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PETTIBONE, Bronson
PETTIBONE, Bronson. (Oneida Co., NY, May 3, 1830---Unknown). Pettibone came west to Iowa in 1852 and located in Dubuque. He clerked in a store and afterward opened his own dry-goods business in 1862. After several years, Pettibone changed careers and entered the grocery and provision trade
Soon after coming to Dubuque, in 1853, Mr. Pettibone married Miss Eveline Eggleston, a native of New York; they had four children.
See: B. PETTIBONE
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Source:
Oldt, Franklin. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 857