John Wolter, boot, shoe and leather dealer, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1831, and emigrated to the United States in 1845. He resided in New Orleans, La., about six months, and was then employed on steamers plying on the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers. He spent a short time at Southport, Ill., and in 1847 came to Clayton County, locating upon a farm in Jefferson township, which he cultivated three years, and in 1851 settled in the town of Guttenberg, embarking in his present business, and has been very successful. Mr. Wolter's wife died in 1879. She was a native of Prussia, and left four sons, viz.: John W., Henry P. Bennie and Frank. Mr. Wolter's brother Frank settled in Jefferson Township in 1854, and is still residing here. source: History of Clayton County, Iowa, 1882, p. 874 |