THE 1907 BIOGRAPHY OF

Andrew Lischer

Fifteen years have come and gone since Andrew Lischer established his home in Pottawattamie County, where he has since carried on farming, owning and cultivating eighty acres on Section 3, Waveland Township. He was born in the city of Baltimore, Maryland, September 13, 1845, his parents being Paul and Sophia (Miller) Lischer, in whose family of three children only two are yet living, the elder brother being George J. Lischer now a residence of Columbus City, Iowa. The father a native of Baden, Germany, was born in 1804 and his life record covered the span of ninety-three years, his death occurring in 1897. One coming to the United States in 1840 he settled at Baltimore. He was a wheelwright by trade and worked at the wagon maker’s trade in Baltimore until his removal westward to Iowa in 1867. Settling in Columbus City, he there lived a retired life.

Andrew Lischer was reared in Baltimore and pursued his education in the grammar schools of that city. Coming to Iowa with the family in 1867, he worked at the shoemaker’s trade, which he had previously learned in Baltimore. For twenty-five years he continued a resident of Columbus City and for four years of that time served as its postmaster, filling the position by appointment of Grover Cleveland. His removal to Pottawattamie County in 1892 was followed by the purchase of eighty acres of land on Section 3, Waveland Township and here he has since carried on general agricultural pursuits, having today a well developed farm.

Mr. Lischer was married to Miss Catherine Leffler of Baltimore, Maryland, and they had two sons and three daughters: Ed P. living in Dubuque; Melvina the wife of Emery Morrison of Albia, Iowa; Florence the wife of Ora Book of Waveland Township; Catharine the wife of Hugh Winterstein of Wright Township; and John who resides in Idaho. The wife and mother died in 1885 and Mr. Lischer has since wedded Mrs. James Wooley, a widow, who in her maidenhood was Miss Mary Frances Riley. There are six children by this marriage: Fred, George, Mary Elizabeth, Inez May, Martha Lillian and Rosa Pearl, all of whom are still under the parental roof.

Mr. Lischer votes with the democracy and has been prominent in political circles in the different localities in which he has resided. Aside from serving as postmaster he was a member of the town council and of the school board for many years during his residence in Columbus City and he has also been officially connected with the schools for several years during his residence in Pottawattamie County. He affiliates with the Knights of Pythias Lodge and attends and supports the Methodist Episcopal Church of which the family are members. He has become one of the well known residents of Waveland Township, living a life of activity and business enterprise.