FRED GADE, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Boscobel; is a native of Mecklenberg, and, when in Prussia, followed the milling trade for ten years, and at Mecklenberg four years, and fifteen years he followed farming; in 1874, he came to Clayton, Iowa, and, in 1875, came to the town of Marion; here he engaged in milling, running the Red Mill, now known as the Marion Center Mill, for four years, then went to farming. Owns 200 acres of land. He was married in 1859 to Miss Mena Hagen, who was a native of the same place.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.