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Joseph Hirner, a resident of Edina, Mo., is a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, where he was born June 28, 1855, and came to the United States in 1870. He located at Palmyra, Mo., where he learned the shoemaker’s trade with an uncle, and came to Edina in 1879. Here he engaged in the shoe business, at which he has remained ever since, meeting with good success. At his store, on the extreme northwest corner of the square, he carries a full and well-selected stock of boots, shoes, trunks, hats, caps, etc., and also manufactures boots and shoes, having the largest boot and shoe store in Edina, and controlling a large city and country trade. Mr. Hirner was married September 12, 1870, to Wilhelmina Jacobi, of Marion County, Mo., a native of Germany. They have four children: Joseph S., Henry A., Ignatz F. and Elizabeth. In politics our subject is a Democrat, and served two years as a member of the city council. He is a member of the C. K. of A., and himself and family belong to the Catholic Church. He is regarded as one of the enterprising and successful business men of Edina.