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Note: Henry Pasker emigrated from Prussia at age 19. He sailed from Bremen, Germany, and landed at Baltimore on November 4, 1847. From Baltimore he went to Boston where he lived two years; then he went to Cincinnati. He filed for U.S. citizenship in Cincinnati on November 25, 1852. [40]
In 1856 Henry Pasker was living at New Vienna, Iowa. There is a story that Henry arrived, on foot, in the New Vienna area with 25 cents in his pocket. Using this money to buy an ax, he went into the woods north of New Vienna and began making barrels for businesses in Guttenberg. He was a cooper by trade.
Henry was thought to be a rather odd person by some people. He wore his hair very long and parted it in the middle; and never wore a hat, explaining that while on the ship coming to America the wind had blown his hat off. He owned land at "Pine Hollow", usually had 30 to 40 horses, and enjoyed showing off by vaulting onto and over his horses.
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