1875 A. T. Andreas Atlas
1880 Dubuque County History
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Eugene Anderson
Sanford A. Atherton
Honorable Isaac W. Baldwin
Dickson Beatty
F. E. Behrens
Henry Bockenstedt
John Bomacke
General Caleb Hoskins Booth
Nicholas Bray, M. D.
William Bray, M. D.
Edward Brown
John D. Bush
Edward Butler
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Bernhard Claus, Jr.
Frank W. Coates
Honorable Dennis Nelson Cooley
Reverend Mark Cooney
Hugh Corrance
Patrick F. Cunningham
Mell H. Cushing
Peter Dawson
John Driscoll
Charles Henry Eighmey
Jesse P. Farley
George Fengler
Mrs. Catherine Fries
Albert Gasser
Henry Gehrig
A. P. Gibbs
Theodor Goerdt
John R. Goldthorp
Honorable Julius Graves
Charles H. Gregoire
Ezra Gregory
Daniel Hallahan
Nicholas Hansen
Honorable Thomas Hardie
Henry Henkels
Rev. James Hill
Nancy R. Hill, M. D.
Asa Horr, M. D.
James Howie
Edward R. Jackson, M. D.
Francis Jaeger
Henry J. Jecklin
Reverend Clement Johannes
Evan E. Jones
General George Wallace Jones
John Kantlehner
Joseph K. Kaufmann
James Kelly
John Kleinschmidt
F. H. Klostermann
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Paul Lattner
Honorable Wendelin Lattner
Thomas Lochner
Christian Loetscher
Norton J. Loomis
Delos E. Lyon
J. E. Maguire, M. D.
W. A. Manhart
George Marshall
M. H. Martin
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Benjamin McCluer, M. D.
Susan Ann McCraney
A. S. McDermott
James and Martha McGee
James McGrath
M. F. McNamara
Jacob Michel
Charles Miller
Adam Mink
George Mollart
William J. Morgans
James Mullin
Dorrance Dixon Myers
Nicholas P. Nicks
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J. J. E. Norman
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Bernard J. O'Neill
John P. Page
Frank Paley
John Palmer
Rev. Frederick William Pape
Thomas Phillips
Joseph Platz
Andrew Rahe
Honorable James Rowan
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George Salot
Colonel C. J. W. Saunders
John Sauser, Jr.
Joseph Schemmel
George Schmitt
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John F. Sloan
Charles F. Smyth
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Ralph Spensley
Daniel Stallard
J. Peter Stendebach
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Oren Stuart, M. D.
James Sweeney
John Tibey
Paul Traut
Matthew Tschirgi
Hon. Christian Anton Voelker
Chester H. Walker
William Watson, M. D.
F. W. Wieland
Louis Witter
Jacob Zollicoffer

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ALBERT GASSER is at the head of one of the leading industries of Dubuque, being engaged in tile manufacture of paving and building brick. He is one of the worthy citizens that Germany has furnished to this community. He was born in that country in 1845, and is a son of Alois and Kate (Lindaur) Gasser, both of whom were natives of Germany, and there spent their entire lives.

In the days of his boyhood and youth the gentleman whose name heads this record attended the public schools, thus acquiring a good practical education which fitted him for the duties of life. When a young man of twenty years he determined to seek a home and fortune beyond the Atlantic, and in 1865 sailed for the United States. The vessel in which he took passage dropped anchor in the harbor of New York, and he at once made his way westward to Chicago, in which city he remained for a year. On the expiration of that period he came to Dubuque. This was in 1867. Here he sought employment in the Rohmberg distillery, with which he was connected for a year and a-half, when he began working for the Illinois Central Railroad Company, being employed in various positions with the road for three years. In 1871 he entered the employ of the Chicago, Dubuque & Minnesota, now the Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad Company, and his connection with that road continued for a period of fourteen years. He was ever prompt and faithful in the discharge of his duties, and hence his long retention in the company's service. Having in the meantime acquired some capital, he at length determined to engage in business for himself, and in 1884 embarked in the manufacture of brick, which enterprise he has successfully conducted up to the present time. He now manufactures both paving and building brick of a superior quality, and in consequence receives a liberal patronage. He now has a capacity of two millon brick per year, and employment is given to some twenty-five men. Mr. Gasser furnished the brick used in the construction of the Dubuque County Court House, the Norwegian Plow Works, the Bishop Kennedy Building and many other important business blocks and fine residences.

On the 17th of April, 1872, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Gasser and Miss Lizzie Weinecke, a daughter of Conrad Weinecke, one of the early settlers of this city. They have a pleasant home near the corner of Grandview Avenue and Dodge Street, and their home has been blessed by the presence of four children, Alois, Mattie, Lulu and Jessie.

In his political views, Mr. Gasser is independent, supporting the candidates whom he thinks best qualified for office, regardless of party affiliations. In connection with his other interests, he aided in the organization of the Concentration Ore Company of Dubuque, and of the East Dubuque Smelting Company. He is also a stockholder in the Dubuque Casket Company, also in the Turbine Wheel and Mill Supply Company. He takes an active interest in the work of public improvement and development, and does all in his power toward forwarding the best interests of the community, and is recognized as one of the representative and valued citizens of Dubuque.