History of Wapello County, Iowa - 1878 - Z

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History of Wapello County, Iowa
Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

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Unless otherwise noted, all biographies were submitted by Dick Barton.

ZANGS, HENRY A., wholesale dealer in wines and liquors; born in Prussia July 4, 1832, came to the United States Nov. 14, 1864, locating Bentonsport, Van Buren Co., Iowa; came to Ottumwa in the spring of 1865; was in a woolen factory for a year; then began the business of dyeing; in 1868, went into the grocery trade; traveled one year for a Keokuk liquor house; returned to Ottumwa and went into his present business. Married Paulina Anwerda in November, 1867; she was born in Holland ; had five children; one died in infancy; four living - Henrietta, Christian, Catharine and Gerhardy.