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
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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
A. R. Knight
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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
Frederick R. Nitzsche, M. D.
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
Reverend Roger Ryan
George Salot
Colonel C. J. W. Saunders
John Sauser, Jr.
Joseph Schemmel
George Schmitt
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John F. Sloan
Charles F. Smyth
Johanna (Baker) Specht
Ralph Spensley
Daniel Stallard
J. Peter Stendebach
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Oren Stuart, M. D.
James Sweeney
John Tibey
Paul Traut
Matthew Tschirgi
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Chester H. Walker
William Watson, M. D.
F. W. Wieland
Louis Witter
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DORRANCE DIXON MYERS is a worthy representative of the business interests of Dubuque, occupying a prominent place in commercial circles. He is President of the Dubuque National Bank, and the senior member of the firm of Myers, Tice & Co., wholesale dealers in cigars and tobacco at No. 322 Main Street. He was born on a farm within six miles of this city, November 3, 1841, and is a son of William and Susan L. (Shannon) Myers. His father was born August 22, 1807, in New Madrid, Mo., where the paternal grandfather of our subject had located in 1794, at which time the territory belonged to Spain and he purchased the land of a Spanish gentleman.

When William Myers was eighteen years of age the American Fur Company, John J. Astor being the principal owner, employed him. He continued his connection with it until 1833, with headquarters at Kansas City, Mo. In 1832 he married Susan L. Shannon, daughter of William Shannon, a time-honored citizen of Missouri. She was born at St. Genevieve, Mo. In 1833 Mr. Myers came with his wife to Dubuque County, and embarked in general merchandising on Main Street. In 1836 he purchased a farm to which he removed his family, and in course of time transformed the wild land into rich and fertile fields, making the place one of the desirable farms of Dubuque County. There Mr. Myers spent his remaining days, his death occurring January 27, 1884. In early life he was a Whig and afterwards a Democrat. His wife, who was born October 12, 1812, died in Dubuque, September 14, 1890.

D. D. Myers, whose name heads this record, was reared amid the wild scenes of the frontier and with the family shared in the hardships and trials of pioneer life. He was also early inured to the arduous task of developing a new farm. His education was commenced in the country schools, after which he went to Pennsylvania, and in 1856 attended school in Cresson Station. After his return home he worked on the farm for two years. In January 1860, he came to Dubuque, and entered the Treasurer's office under William G. Stewart, in whose employ he remained until 1863. In that year he accepted a position in the master mechanic's office of the Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad, where he was employed until March 1867. In April following he embarked in business on his own account as a manufacturer of fine cut, chewing and smoking tobacco, as a member of the firm of Amrington Myers & Co. That connection continued until 187O, when the present firm of Myers, Tice & Co. was formed, as wholesale dealers in tobacco. This is the leading, firm of the kind in Dubuque and they do an extensive and constantly increasing business. They employ ten men upon the road to represent the house in Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and South Dakota, and from this section of the country they receive a liberal patronage, which is well deserved.

With many other business interests Mr. Myers has also been identified, and his connection there-with has aided materially in the growth and prosperity of the city. He was one of the organizers of the Dubuque National Bank, served as director for some time and on the retirement of B. B. Richards succeeded to the presidency, which position he now fills. He is also a stockholder and director of the Cascade Bank of Cascade, Iowa, a director of the German State Bank of Dyersville, Iowa, of the State Bank of Onawa, Iowa, and a stockholder in the Sheldon Bank of Sheldon, Iowa. He was one of the promoters and directors of the High Wagon Bridge, spanning the Mississippi at Dubuque, which has proved of great success, and is of substantial benefit to the business interests of the city. For two years he served as President of the Bridge Company. He is also a director of the Dubuque Harness & Saddle Company, of the Fire & Marine Insurance Company of Dubuque, and of the City Gas Company.

On the 17th of May 1865, Mr. Myers married Miss Matilda Pratt, a native of Missouri, and a daughter of Rosamond Pratt, of Missouri. They now have eight children, four sons and four daughters. Their home is a commodious residence at No. 1513 Main Street. In his political views Mr. Myers is a Democrat and he takes an active interest in local, state and national politics. He is now serving as Chairman or the Democratic Central Committee. Through the legitimate channels of business he has achieved a success which has brought him a handsome competence. He is enterprising and industrious sagacious and far-sighted and these characteristics have been the lending factors in his success.