Andrew Eberhard, dealer in
agricultural implements and farm machinery, Guttenberg,
was born in Baden, Germany, in 1838. He came to the
United States in 1852, with his father, Michael Eberhard,
who settled in Volga township, Clayton County, and
resided there until his death, which occurred in 1881, at
the advanced age of 84 years. His wife died in 1869.
Andrew Eberhard located in Guttenberg, in his present
business, in 1869. He has built up an enormous trade, his
annual sales averaging $65,000, and in 1875 it reached
$90,000. He carries a full and complete line of goods,
and has one of the best paying establishments of this
kind in the county. He married Katherine Blankenein, a
daughter of Henry Blankenein. They have five children,
two sons and three daughters. source: History of Clayton
County, Iowa, 1882, p. 865-866 |