Atchison County Biographies
E. W. Howe's Historical Edition of the Atchison Daily Globe
These biographies were originally published in 1896 in the Atchison Daily Globe, written by the editor and publisher, E. W. Howe. In 1916 the biographies were reproduced in Sheffield Ingall's "History of Atchison County, Kansas," with a few updates such as death information.
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MATT. GERBER.
Matt. Gerber came to this county originally in 1855 as pastry cook
on a Government steamer. There was almost no town at Atchison then, and
he went to Sioux City with the boat and afterwards returned to St. Louis.
In 1856 he was pastry cook on the "A. B. Chambers," which ran between
St. Louis and Weston and was commanded by Captain Bowman, the father
of Mrs. D. C. Newcomb and Mrs. G. H. T. Johnson. Mr. Gerber was born
in Baden in 1833 and came to America in 1853, landing at New Orleans, and
for a time ran on boats on the lower Mississippi. For many years he was the
hero of Atchison children, as he operated a bakery, confectionery and toy
store on the south side of Commercial street, near Fourth. Mr. Gerber first
located in Sumner in 1858, where he ran a bakery, coming to Atchison in i860,
and was in business at the same location for over thirty-four years. Mr.
Gerber died in Atchison, December 14, 1907.
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