German immigrant, lived in Iowa before Atchison, Kansas.
Free State party member.
Atchison city council (several terms) and city clerk.
Grocer.
First employer of August Mangelsdorf.
Joined Washington Lodge No. 5 A.F. & A.M. Oct 17, 1857.
Also Odd Fellows.
Reared Lutheran.
Married Sophia Binde Nov 10, 1859.
Two daughters.
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