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KIEL, FERD., rectifier and dealer in wines and liquors; born in Hanover, Germany, July 28, 1813; there learned the milling business; he emigrated to America, landed at Baltimore, in August, 1839; came to Iowa, and located in Fort Madison, March 15, 1840; he began working at the carpenter’s trade, and, in 1852, engaged in rectifying and liquor business, and has continued in it since; his is the oldest house in this business here; he holds office in the City Council and has done so for several terms. He married Mary Ann Erlbrodt, from Hanover, Germany, May 12, 1839; she died June 30, 1878, leaving four children — Louis, George, Adolph, Wilhelm; they lost four children — Wilhelmina, Adolph, Henry and Ferdinand, the two former died within twenty-four hours, of cholera, in 1851; Ferdinand was in the army, enlisted in the 5th Reg. I. V. C., Co. F, and died of disease contracted in the army.