An artist or a commercial painter, i.e., houses, etc.? My Ernst Otto was a musician, wrote music performed by the local bands in Davenport. Usually, people of talent are gifted in many areas, music, art, etc. It was necessary for most of them to have a regular source of income. Jacob A. Strasser was a friend of Otto and a fellow musician and band leader of Strasser's Union Band. He worked as a bookeeper for the Citizen's Savings Bank in Davenport. The bricks from this building are buried near him in Oakdale. When you are looking through records, and see the name Strasser, will you save the item and forward it to me? I live near St. Louis MO and visit Carl J. Strasser in Davenport. He's Jacob's grandson, one of 3 surviving descendants.