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KERN, JACOB - Dubuque County, Iowa

JACOB KERN

Mount Calvary Cemetery
Dubuque County, Iowa
Uploaded 8/6/2013 by
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Jacob was born in Bavaria, Germany

Visitor Contributed Post-ems Notes...


Posted on Jan-8-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
JACOB KERN, firm of Kern & Co., millers, Sec. 34; P.O. Cottage Hill; he was born Dec. 7, 1822, in the parish of Krombach, district of Landgricht, Alzenau, Germany; in 1849 he came to New York, thence to Grant Co. Wis.; engaged there in milling till 1876, when he came to his present locality and bought the premise known as the New Spring Mills; this mill has a capacity of grinding Con't.

Posted on Jan-8-2014 by CHERYL MOONEN
about one hundred bushels per day. Married Eliza Pluemel in January 1854; she was born in Germany; they have eight children- Caroline, Theressa, Joseph, Josephine, Eliza, Henry, Anna and Sarah. Catholic. “The History of Dubuque County" http://members.tripod.com/~Doreen_3/DBBIOAB.htm