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History of Cass County, Iowa
Continental Historical Co.,
Springfield, Ill: 1884


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        JOHN KROUSE was born in Germany, on the 26th of February, 1835.
     When about eleven years of age be left his native country, and emi-
     grated to America, and first settled in New York.  In a month or
     so he moved to Pennsylvania, and was there engaged in different
     occupations.  He remained there eleven years, when he removed to Cook
     county, Illinois, where he was engaged in carpentering six years,
     when he came to Grundy county, Iowa, and there worked at his trade for
     one year.  In 1875 he came to Cass county, and rented a farm on
     section 7, Victoria township, and in the year 1882, he bought his
     present farm on section 10.  It is now nicely improved, and he has
     erected a nice frame house and several granaries and stock barns.
     Mr. KROUSE was married in 1875, to LOUISA SNYDER, also a native of
     Germany. They have seven children KATIE, HENRY, DANIEL, LOUISA,
     JOHNNIE, WILLIE and DAVID.

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