Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Mier, Jacob C. 1861 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

JACOB C. MIER.

A fact to which due recognition is not always given is that a large percentage
of the people of this section of the state have had their nativity in or trace
their ancestry to Germany. To this class belongs Jacob C. Mier, who was born in
Buffalo, New York, September 14, 1861, but is of German descent, his parents,
Michael and Margaret (Wagner) Mier, having been natives of Luxemburg. They were
reared and married in their native land and had one daughter when they became
residents of Buffalo, New York, while three more children were added to the
family in that city. In 1866 they removed westward to Wapello county, Iowa,
settling upon a farm in Center township, where their remaining days were passed.
The father's death occurred July 29, 1888, when he was sixty-four years of age,
and his wife died in 1884, at the age of fifty-five years. Their family numbered
the following children: Mrs. Mary Stochner, now deceased; John, living in Center
township; Jacob C.; Maggie, who has also passed away; Mrs. Caroline Strong,
deceased; Kate, who has also departed this life; George, of Center township;
Michael, who died in infancy; and Mathew, of Ottumwa.

From the age of five years Jacob C. Mier has been a resident of Wapello county
and when starting out in life on his own account he secured a position in a
brick yard, where he spent seventeen years, acting as head burner during the
greater part of that time. He then turned his attention to farming and is now
the owner of eighty-eight and a half acres of land, on which he not only
cultivates the cereals best adapted to soil and climate but also engages in
raising stock. In fact, stock-raising is the principal feature of his business
and brings to him a substantial return.

In 1886 Mr. Mier was united in marriage to Miss Annie Mott, who was born in
Center township in 1866, a daughter of Philip Mott. Five children have been born
of this marriage: Maggie; William; Ida, the wife of P. Taylor of Ottumwa; Ada,
who is a twin sister of Ida and is the wife of Murray Hiss of Omaha, they having
twin sons, Morrill and Morris; and Melvin. The family attend St. Patrick's
Catholic church and Mr. Mier gives his political allegiance to the democratic
party. His long residence in the county has made him widely known. He has
witnessed many of the events which have shaped the history of this section of
the state and has at different times been connected with its industrial and
agricultural interests in a manner that has contributed to material progress as
well as to individual success.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914



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