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NABERS, THEODORE, proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel; born in Prussia April 15, 1821; he was brought up there and learned the tailor’s trade; he emigrated to America in 1844, and lived in Memphis and St. Louis until he came to this county, arriving in Fort Madison June 1, 1849, and began working at his trade, and was the first tailor to carry a stock of goods in this city; he carried on the tailoring business with the general mercantile business for fifteen years; built the Metropolitan Hotel in 1858, and was in the hotel business for nine years; rented it until 1875, when he again took charge of it. He married Catherine Pellts, from Holland, in September, 1847; she died in 1872; they had sixteen children, only four of whom survive — Amelia, Lette, Mary and Edward. He married Elizabeth Winkop, from Prussia, in August, 1873; they have one daughter — Josephine, and have lost one son.