The Kiene Family of Dubuque County, Iowa

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The Beaubiens were the descendants of an old Detroit family of noble French origin. They were among the founders of Chicago, keeping there one of the first stores, hotels and livery stables. Four brothers, Mark, Joseph, David and George, came to Dubuque in 1846. Mark and Joseph died at Hannibal, Missouri; David and George remained in Dubuque and each married and reared families.

Charles Hypolitte Gregoire was born in 1798 in this country. His father was a native of France and was concerned in the French revolution. Charles H. grew up mainly at Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, and was early engaged in trading in furs, merchandise, etc., on the Mississippi. In 1820 he married Eulalie Pratte and they had one son, Charles H. J. Gregoire, a well known citizen of Dubuque. He lived many years in the lead country of Wisconsin and came to Dubuque in 1852 and here died in 1859. He projected the lower Harbor Company and carried it through the panic of 1857, and owned the fine ferry steamers at Dubuque. His remains were taken to Ste. Genevieve for interment.

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Henry Kiene, president of the C. A. & N. railroad, and secretary and treasurer of the Glasser Tobacco Company, was born in the city of Dubuque, January 21, 1859, a son of the old pioneer, Peter Kiene, appropriate mention of whom is made elsewhere in this work. After attending the public schools our subject entered and was duly graduated from the Bayless Business College, and succeeding this was,'for a time connected with his father's loan and real estate establishment. Later he was associated in business with his brother, Peter Kiene, Jr., but in 1878 removed to Sioux City, Iowa, and for a period of eleven years successfully followed the live stock industry. In 1889, however, he disposed of his interests and went to Alta Vista, Iowa, where he established the Alta Vista Savings Bank. At that place he also operated a lumber yard, a mercantile establishment, and engaged in the raising of cattle, spending eleven years thus engaged. Mr. Kiene then returned to his native city and has ever since been prominently identified with the growth and development of Dubuque. Since 1900 he has been engaged in the handling of western land, principally throughout Minnesota and the Dakotas, in which states he is a heavy holder of real estate. Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, and is also identified with the Dubuque Men's and Dubuque Country Clubs. To his marriage with Miss Mary Mielke, daughter of Henry and Caroline, solemnized at Sioux City, July 17, 1884, two children were born; Frank, who died in 1900 at the age of twelve years, and Adeline, now the wife of Frank C. Keesecker, a druggist of Dubuque, who has one child, Francis, two years old. Mr. Kiene is one of the representative men of Dubuque, takes an active interest in local public affairs of importance, and, like his father before him, has made life a success. He resides at 118 Broadway.

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Emil Kiene, proprietor of the Dubuque Rubber & Belting Company, with offices and warehouse at 422 Main street, Dubuque, was born in this city October 12, 1869, the son of Peter Kiene, St., appropriate mention of whom is made elsewhere in this publication. He received his scholastic training in the local ward and high schools, leaving the latter in his seventeenth year. He then entered the concern of which he is now head, which was founded by his father and brother Paul, and thoroughly mastered the details' of the rubber and belting business. In 1900 he bought out all interests in the company and has since conducted it alone. Aside from this he is interested in various other local enterprises. He is a member of the Dubuque Club and the Masonic fraternity, in which order he has attained the rank of Knight Templar. To his marriage with Miss Allye K. Knight, solemnized in Dubuque March 22, 1897, two daughters and two sons have been born, named Mabel A., Watkins K., Martha A. and George, all attending Fulton school in Dubuque. Mrs. Kiene is the daughter of the late W. J. and Mary Knight, the father at that time being district attorney for the Illinois Central Railroad Company. He died in February, 1908, preceded by his wife in 1888, and both are buried in Key West cemetery. Mr. Kiene and family reside at 73 Broadway, the home in which he was born.

As printed in the source¹. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.