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GLAB, ADAM - Dubuque County, Iowa

ADAM GLAB

Mount Calvary Cemetery
Dubuque County, Iowa
Uploaded 6/19/2013 by
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ADAM GLAB
GEB.
1. NOV. 1829
GEST.
26. NOV. 1880

Visitor Contributed Post-ems Notes...


Posted on Jan-5-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
ADAM GLAB, brewer and malster, proprietor of the Northern Brewery, Couler avenue, Dubuque; was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Nov. 17, 1828; he emigrated to America in 1852, and came to Dubuque the same year; he engaged in mining, and carried on that business for twenty-five years, and is still interested in mining; in 1866, he built his present large brewery at a cost of $50,000 Con't.

Posted on Jan-5-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
and engaged in brewing business, and manufactures about four thousand barrels annually; when he came here he had nothing, and owes his success to his own industry and management. In 1851, he married Miss Kathrina Wemer, from Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany; they have had eight children; six are living-Nicholas, Allie, Frank, Louise, Maggie and Katie. Mr. Glab's parents are both living near him; Con't.

Posted on Jan-5-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
his father is 80 years old, and his mother is 77 years of age. “The History of Dubuque County" http://members.tripod.com/~Doreen_3/DBBIOAB.htm