A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . also added to the general possessed superior business and executiveability and was an excellent financier, so thathe was enabled to carry forward to success-ful completion whatever he undertook. Hedealt quite extensively in real estate, pur-chasing and selling niuch farm land and cityproperty. He was one of the leaders in allmovements calculated to promote the im-provement and upbuilding of Burlington,and at the time of his death his realtypossessions in that citv were extensive andimportant. When he came to Iowa therew
A biographical history of Fremont and Mills Counties, Iowa . also added to the general possessed superior business and executiveability and was an excellent financier, so thathe was enabled to carry forward to success-ful completion whatever he undertook. Hedealt quite extensively in real estate, pur-chasing and selling niuch farm land and cityproperty. He was one of the leaders in allmovements calculated to promote the im-provement and upbuilding of Burlington,and at the time of his death his realtypossessions in that citv were extensive andimportant. When he came to Iowa therewere no mills in Des Moines county, andhe aided in erecting the first one within its. CONRAD MAGEL ThF NM K-RTPURIIC I IP R ART A s ; ^ . - I > - 1 A f< w If k. BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 259 borders. lie lived to see the county settledup by progressive and prominent people, andevery line of business, agricultural, com-mercial and professional represented and villages sprang up and Burling-ton deveK)ped fruni a few cabins to a cit}of splendid proportions and Magel withheld his support from nomovement or measure calculated to proveof general good, and just a year beftjre hisdeath gave one thousand dollars to theBurlington Hospital. He also reared alarge and interestino- familv who are nowwell established in life, carrying forwardthe work he inaugurated. Elizabeth is the•widow of William Hilgartner: William andHenry are living in Dq^ }iloines c<iunty;Charles is a prominent farmer and stock-raiser of Fremont county; Conrad, the sub-ject of this re\iew; Peter- is ]i\ing neaiBurlington; Mary is the wife of J. Burlington; Margaret
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