EDWARD BERNHARD

BERNHARD, WOOLGAST

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Date: 4/19/2019 at 14:50:52

Madison Township
(P.O. Fort Madison)

BERNHARD, EDWARD, of the firm of Peters & Bernhard, Potowonok Mills; born in Prussia Jan. 22, 1818; there learned the baker's trade; he emigrated to America in 1854 ; came to Iowa; lived in Burlington three years ; came to Fort Madison in 1857 ; was in the bakery business seven years ; in 1868, he engaged in the milling business with Mr. Peters; they built the large mill now operated by them and do an extensive business. He married Mrs. Dorothy Woolgast, from Germany, in 1870; his wife had two children—Henry and Charlie.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879