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FOSSELMAN, John
FOSSELMAN, John. (Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 23, 1826--Unknown). Fosselman came to the United States in 1854 and Dubuque the same year. He engaged the grocery business in 1859. In 1849 he married Miss Susanna Greibner, a native of Bavaria. They had five children.
Fosselman retired in May 1879 and turned his business over to his son, Frank. (1)
See: JOHN FOSSELMAN
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Source:
1. "Caught on the Fly," Dubuque Herald, May 2, 1879, p. 4. Online: https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=uh8FjILnQOkC&dat=18790502&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
Oldt, Franklin. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880, p. 791