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MENGHIS, F. M. (Switzerland, Mar. 7, 1837--Unknown). Menghis emigrated to the United States in 1852. He learned the drug trade and worked in the drug business in Indiana.  While living there, in 1863, he married Miss Mary Weber, a native of the city of Luzerne, Switzerland; they had five children. Her parents came to Dubuque in 1855.
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Mr. and Mrs. Mengis came to Dubuque in 1865 and were soon in the millinery business which became the largest business in their line in the city.  
[[Image:MENGIS.png|left|thumb|250px|1872 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald]]MENGHIS, Ferdinand M. (Luzern, Switzerland, Mar. 7, 1838--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 11, 1884). Menghis emigrated to the United States in 1852. He learned the drug trade and worked in the drug business in Indiana.  While living there, in 1863, he married Miss Mary Weber, a native of the city of Luzerne, Switzerland; they had five children. Her parents came to Dubuque in 1855.
 
Mr. and Mrs. Mengis came to Dubuque in 1865 and were soon in the millinery business which became the largest business of its kind in the city.  


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Oldt, Franklin. '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 848
Oldt, Franklin. '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 848


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1872 advertisement. Photo courtesy: Telegraph Herald

MENGHIS, Ferdinand M. (Luzern, Switzerland, Mar. 7, 1838--Dubuque, IA, Jan. 11, 1884). Menghis emigrated to the United States in 1852. He learned the drug trade and worked in the drug business in Indiana. While living there, in 1863, he married Miss Mary Weber, a native of the city of Luzerne, Switzerland; they had five children. Her parents came to Dubuque in 1855.

Mr. and Mrs. Mengis came to Dubuque in 1865 and were soon in the millinery business which became the largest business of its kind in the city.

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Oldt, Franklin. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 848