Louis William Steinberg Biography >From "History of Davenport and Scott County" Vol. II by Harry E. Downer-S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. 1910 Chicago. To view the picture of Louis William Steinberg that accompanies this biography, please go to the main Scott county, Iowa page at: http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ and click on Pictures/ Documents section. Surnames: Steinberg, Hagen, Ronneberg, Jackson, Schmidt, Doellinger, James, Clausen. Louis William Steinberg was born on the 3d of November, 1822, in Münden, Hanover, Germany. He came to America with his parents at the age of ten years and landed at Baltimore, where he received his schooling and later went to Cincinnati, Ohio. There following the trade of tailor and cutter. In 1848 he married Anna Wilhelmine Hagen, who was born in Cuxhaven, Germany, on the 25th of March, 1822. Being left an orphan at a tender age, she was reared in the family of Dr. Ronneberg, of Hamburg. At the age of eighteen she came to America as companion to Mrs. Jackson, a relative of the celebrated statesman, General Andrew Jackson. They landed at New Orleans after being at sea nine weeks, making the voyage in a sail boat. In 1852 Mr. and Mrs. Steinberg came to Davenport, where they resided for nearly fifty years. L. W. Steinberg was one of the first and most active members of the Maennercher of this city. He was also a member of Scott Lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and was one of a committee of two to translate the constitution into the German language for the use of the lodge. Though quiet and retiring in his habits, he was passionately fond of music and flowers, and many there were who enjoyed the hospitality of his home, with its beautiful rose garden. He died November 5, 1895, missed and mourned by all who knew him. His wife, who survived him for ten years, passed away on the 23d of October, 1905, at the age of eighty-three years, honored and revered by all relatives and a host of friends. Five daughters are left to cherish the memory of a loving father and devoted mother. They are as follows: Pauline, the wife of E. H. Schmidt; Bertha, the widow of G. A. Doellinger; Cornelia, the widow of Ed James; Eveline, the widow of Otto Clausen; and Miss Tillie Steinberg. Al! l are residents of Davenport. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES