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Soon after arriving in Dubuque, he entered the office of the Surveyor General. A great deal of the land in Iowa, Wisconsin and southern Minnesota was surveyed under his supervision. He remained in the office of the Surveyor General for seventeen years. In 1861, he entered the drug business in Washington, D.C. and continued there until 1866. In 1867, he entered the leather trade back in Dubuque. He served as secretary of the Linwood Cemetery Association. | Soon after arriving in Dubuque, he entered the office of the Surveyor General. A great deal of the land in Iowa, Wisconsin and southern Minnesota was surveyed under his supervision. He remained in the office of the Surveyor General for seventeen years. In 1861, he entered the drug business in Washington, D.C. and continued there until 1866. In 1867, he entered the leather trade back in Dubuque. He served as secretary of the Linwood Cemetery Association. | ||
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Oldt, Franklin. '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 852-853 | Oldt, Franklin. '''History of Dubuque County, Iowa'''. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 852-853 | ||
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NAIRN, Thomas S. (Washington Co., MD, Feb. 16, 1822--Dubuque, IA, Feb. 13, 1890). Nairn grew up in Maryland and after reaching adulthood went south to Mobile, Alabama for three years. He moved to Iowa in 1845 and settled in Dubuque.
Soon after arriving in Dubuque, he entered the office of the Surveyor General. A great deal of the land in Iowa, Wisconsin and southern Minnesota was surveyed under his supervision. He remained in the office of the Surveyor General for seventeen years. In 1861, he entered the drug business in Washington, D.C. and continued there until 1866. In 1867, he entered the leather trade back in Dubuque. He served as secretary of the Linwood Cemetery Association.
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Oldt, Franklin. History of Dubuque County, Iowa. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880, p. 852-853