Biographical Sketch of Jacob Stussi, St. Joseph, Buchanan County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Jacob Stussi, farmer and dairyman, Riverton, was born October 9, 1832,
in Switzerland, and was reared at his birth place and received the
benefits of an education.  It might be said that he was literally
brought up in the dairy business.  He understands it thoroughly and
has followed it through life.  In the spring of 1863, he emigrated
to the United States, and landed at New York City.  He first settled
in Brooklyn, where he remained two years and then came west to St.
Louis, Missouri, where he resided three years, and afterwards moved
to Andrew County, and engaged in the dairy and cheese making business.
He remained there six years, and came to Buchanan County in 1878.  He
first settled east of Platte River, and moved to the place he now
occupies in the spring of 1880.  He was the founder of the town of
Riverton, which formerly existed under the name of Bridgeport, but it
had nearly died out.  Mr. Stussi bought several pieces of land there,
and started the town anew.  He built a two story hotel and other 
buildings and is erecting a dwelling house for himself.  The town is
situated on the line of the Narrow Gauge road, and has the prospect
of becoming a lively place, and it is due to Mr. Stussi's untiring
efforts.  He commenced life a poor boy and has been the architect of
his own fortune.  He was married, in 1862, to Miss Frances Mier, a
native of Switzerland.

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