Robert L. Koch

KOCH, DUNWELL

Posted By: Clay County IAGenWeb Coordinator (email)
Date: 11/21/2010 at 14:01:58

Of Palmer & Koch, dealer in hardware, was born in Dubuque, Feb. 15th, 1863, and lived in that city until 1880. His education was received in Dubuque, and was supplemented by a two years' course at a Chicago business college. He then returned to Dubuque, where he entered the wholesale hardware establishment of Westphal, Hinds & Co., and clerked until he came to Spender and purchased D. B. Smyth's interest in the hardware trade and formed a partnership with h. S. Palmer. Mr. Koch is an active young business man. He is secretary of the Masonic lodge, a position he has held for a number of years. He is the owner of 160 acres of land in Dakota and several town lots in Spencer. He was married in 1887 to Miss Lizzie Dunwell of this place.

Source: A History of Clay County, Iowa, by W. C. Gilbreath, 1889, p. 147