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HOERR, Peter
HOERR, Peter. (Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, Mar. 13, 1839--Dubuque, IA, Nov. 27, 1930). Hoerr came to Dubuque in August 1865 to visit his brother George who operated a bar. Peter worked for two years in the Rhomberg distillery and then was employed from 1867 to 1889 with JAMES BEACH AND SONS. He left Dubuque briefly to manufacture soap in Montana.
In 1890 Hoerr purchased an interest in WIENEKE AND HOHENADEL, a pickle-canning firm, which was reorganized several years later as the Interstate Packing Company. Hoerr was elected vice president.
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Source:
Goodspeed, Weston Arthur, History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association, 1911, p. 671
