Woodbury County >> 1890 Index

History of the Counties of Woodbury and Plymouth, Iowa
Chicago: A. Warner & Co., 1890-91. 

M

Biographies submitted by Dick Barton.

JACOB MARQUART, farmer and stock-raiser, now residing on section twenty-seven, Banner township, was born in Germany, February 15, 1844, and is a son of Philip and Barbara (Cotzimoyer) Marquart. The father is now engaged in farming in Cedar county, Iowa, and both he and wife are members of the Reformed church. Jacob Marquart was born and reared on a farm in Germany, and received a common-school education. In 1846 he came with his parents to America and located in Ohio, where he resided ten years, and then removed to Cedar county with his parents, where he lived: until 1881. At that date he located in Woodbury county, where he now resides, purchasing 160 acres of land, to which he has since added 240 acres, making 400 in all. Politically he is a democrat, and has held the office of trustee for two years. He is a member of the Farmer's Alliance. In 1878 Mr. Marquart married Mary A. Willer, and to this union have been born three children: Charles F., George A. and Philip H. The family are members of the Reformed church.