1875 A. T. Andreas Atlas
1880 Dubuque County History
Honorable William B. Allison
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
Cascade Biographies
Dr. Rodolphus Clark
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
Honorable Frederick M. Knoll
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
Honorable James McCann
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
Honorable Peter Olinger
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
Short Biographies
Joseph Simones
John F. Sloan
Charles F. Smyth
Johanna (Baker) Specht
Ralph Spensley
Daniel Stallard
J. Peter Stendebach
Honorable William W. Stewart
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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MATTHEW TSCHIRGI, who is now living a retired life in Dubuque, enjoying a rest, which he has truly earned and richly deserves, was born in Canton St. Gall, Switzerland, in October 1824. His parents, Matthew and Agahtha (Capirell) Tschirgi, were both natives of the same country, and there spent their entire lives.

In the public schools of Switzerland our subject was educated, and in his father's brewery learned the brewing business, becoming thoroughly familiar with it in all its departments. Having heard much of the advantages and privileges afforded young men in the New World, he determined to test the truth of these reports on attaining his majority, and in 1845 crossed the ocean to New Orleans. He then worked on a steamer in order to pay his passage to St. Louis, where he worked in a brewery for two months. He then came up the Mississippi to Dubuque, and established the first brewery in the state of Iowa, conducting the same until 1886, when he laid aside business cares and retired to private life. He had a large trade, and although he began operations on a small scale, steadily increased his facilities to meet the growing demand.

Mr. Tschirgi was married in Dubuque in 1848, Miss Catherine Zollicoffer becoming his wife. Her father, George Zollicoffer, became one of the pioneer settlers of Dubuque, of 1834. In their family were nine children, seven of who are yet living, five sons and two daughters. Matthew is now President of the Dubuque Construction Company. John, who is Superintendent of the Dubuque Milling Company; Katie, wife of Frank Jaeger, a capitalist; Louisa, wife of Jacob Traut, a merchant of this city; and George, Arnold and Frank, who are all living in Wyoming. The mother of this family is a member of the Lutheran Church.

In connection with his other interests, Mr. Tschirgi has dealt to a considerable extent in real estate and erected great many residences. In I873 he crossed the water to Vienna, and attended the Brewers’ Convention, being sent as a delegate by the United States Brewers' Association. He remained abroad for three months, during which time he visited his old home in Switzerland. He is now well advanced in years, but yet enjoys good health being well preserved both mentally and physically. In polities he acts independently.