. History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people. operated it successfully until 1908. The followingyear he opened the yard which he is now conducting. Mr. Wild carries a large line of building materials and lumber and also enjoysa good trade as a coal dealer. His reliable business methods have been one ofthe strongest factors in his growing success. His business has now reached ex-tensive proportions and his prosperity is well merited, for throughout his businesscareer to upbuild rather than to destroy has ever been his broad policy. He is,moreover, a stockholder in the Citizens Bank of C
. History of Black Hawk County, Iowa, and its people. operated it successfully until 1908. The followingyear he opened the yard which he is now conducting. Mr. Wild carries a large line of building materials and lumber and also enjoysa good trade as a coal dealer. His reliable business methods have been one ofthe strongest factors in his growing success. His business has now reached ex-tensive proportions and his prosperity is well merited, for throughout his businesscareer to upbuild rather than to destroy has ever been his broad policy. He is,moreover, a stockholder in the Citizens Bank of Cedar Falls and in the broomfactory, and is president of the Germania Building, Loan & Savings likewise owns a number of fine farms in various counties of Iowa and alsoin Minnesota and South Dakota, and in Cedar Falls he owns business property,a fine residence and some vacant lots. His interests have constantly broadenedand his energy and determination have enabled him to overcome all of the difii-culties and obstacles in his ABRAHAM WILD HISTORY OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY 175 In Germany, about forty-two years ago, Mr. Wild was united in marriage toMiss Katrina Wild, who although of the same name was not a relative, and theycame to the new world on their wedding journey. They are the parents of fourchildren. Matilda A., who is a graduate of the Normal School at Cedar Fallsand has taught school, is now a nurse in the Presbyterian Hospital. Anna R., agraduate of a business college in Cedar Rapids, has taught school for one term andfor fifteen years has been secretary of the Normal College at Cedar Falls. FredRichard H., a graduate of the University of New York, is now a mechanicalengineer of California. Harry B., who was educated in a military college ofKentucky, is now a lumberman of Los Angeles, California. The children were allprovided with liberal educational opportunities and have become valued factorsin the life of the dififerent communities in which they res
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