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Below is a family biography included in History of Lee County, Iowa published by Western Historical Company in 1879. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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PETERS, JACOB, of the firm of Peters & Bernhard, proprietors of the Potowonock Mills; born in Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 26, 1815; he came to America in 1834; lived in Ohio until 1841, when he came to Iowa; arrived in Lee Co. Nov. 11, 1841, and began improving a farm; in 1847, he came to Fort Madison and went to brick making, and was afterward selling and collecting for an agricultural implement house in Quincy, until 1852, when he went to California, crossed the plains, and remained there engaged in mining, store-keeping, hotel and brewing business, until he returned, in 1859. He engaged in the bakery business in 1863, with Mr. Bernhard; in 1868, they built their large mill, and since then have been engaged.in the milling business, and they do the largest business of the kind done here. He married Elizabeth Schnieder from Germany, in 1843; they have two children — Charles H. and Katie Sophia, now Mrs. Diedrich; they have lost two sons.
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