Crawford-Clinton County IA Archives Biographies.....Pahl, Henry 1855 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

HENRY PAHL, a harness-maker of Westside, was born in Holstein, Germany, March
23, 1855, a son of Deitrich Pahl. The latter is still engaged in the
harness-makers' trade in Germany, aged seventy-seven years. Henry, the only son
of his parents, received a good education in his native language, and learned
his trade at his father's work-bench. At the age of seventeen years he came with
an uncle to New York, and then to Clinton county, Iowa, the latter having a son
in that place. In 1885 Mr. Pahl came to Westside and engaged in business, and he
is now a dealer in and manufacturer of harness, saddles, collars, blankets,
nets, whips, brushes, and every article kept in a first-class harness shop. He
understands all the details of the business, buys the best leather, does good,
honest work, and sells at reasonable prices. His main store-room, 22 x 23 feet,
is large and light, and well arranged for his trade, and his work-room is 16x20
feet.

  Mr. Pahl was married at the age of twenty-five years to Miss Sophia Franzen, a
native of Germany, who came with her parents to Clinton county, Iowa, at the age
of ten years. To this union was born four children: Clara, Willie, Harry and
Ella. The great loss of Mr. Paul's life was in the death of his estimable and
beloved wife, who died April 1, 1892, at Clinton, Iowa, where she had gone to
attend her father's funeral. She was buried in that city. Politically, our
subject affiliates with the Democratic party; religiously, is a member of the
German Lutheran Church; and socially is a member of the Five-Mile Shooting Club.
He is yet in the prime of life, jovial and social with all, and a popular
business man.


Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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