Posted on: Lee Co. Ia Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/LeeBios/10075 Surname: Berg, Hiser ------------------------- BERG, MARTIN, saloon-keeper, Fifth street, between main and Blondeau; was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1827; came to American in 1852, and to Keokuk in 1853, and has since been engaged in the hotel and saloon business. Married Miss Phebe Hiser in 1863; she was born in Ohio in 1843; they have five children - Lizzie, Albert, John, Amelia and Martin, Jr. Mr. B. is a member of the Druids and Turner Societies,; the family belong to the German Presbyterian Church; Liberal. >From 1879 Lee County History, Biographical Sketches, Keokuk City, pg. 684