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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HON. PETER OLINGER, is now the chief executive of Dubuque, having been elected Mayor of the city in I894. His course in office has already demonstrated the fact that his administration will be an able one and that the best interests of the city will be carefully looked after. A native of Germany, he was born in Luxemburg, June 11, 1854, and is a son of Peter and Mary (Musell) Olinger. In the family were five sons and a daughter, but only two are now living, Peter, of this sketch, and one brother, who resides in Paris, France.

The boyhood days of our subject were spent under the parental roof and in attendance at the public schools until fifteen years of age, after which he gave his time and attention to farming for two years. In 1871, when a young man of seventeen, he bade adieu to friends and Fatherland and sailed for America. When he reached the New World he came at once to Dubuque, and in this county worked as a farm hand for eighteen months. On the expiration of that period he returned to the city, where he embarked in the livery business. He erected a new stable, fitted it up in the most approved style and for fifteen years carried on operations along that line, meeting with good success in his undertakings. He was also engaged in buying and selling horses, owning the celebrated horse "Keno F." In 1891 he sold his livery business and has since been dealing in horses.

Mr. Olinger was married on the 28th of December, 1877, the lady of his choice being Miss Maggie Whiel, of Dubuque, daughter of Max Whiel. Both he and his wife are members of St. Mary's Catholic Church, and are well known people of this community. Mr. and Mrs. Olinger have six sons and one daughter.

Mr. Olinger takes quite a prominent part in political affairs and keeps well informed on the issues of the day. In 1882 he was called to public office being elected as Alderman from the Third Ward for a term of four years. In 1892 he was again chosen to that position for a term of two years, and in 1894 he was elected Mayor of the city, as the candidate of the Democratic party, which position he is now creditably and acceptably filling. He came to America in limited circumstances but was possessed of an enterprise, industry and determination to succeed and has steadily worked his way upward until he is now numbered among the substantial as well as among the prominent citizens of Dubuque.