N. B. Nemmers

Nemmers was born in St. Donatus, on March 15, 1852. He attended the local public schools, and attended Pio Nono College, a Catholic men's normal school outside Milwaukee, graduating in 1874. He taught school in Jackson County until 1882, when he became a merchant in La Motte, which remained his primary occupation until his death. On July 5, 1876, he married Elizabeth Manders of St. Donatus; they would have eleven children together.^[1]

Nemmers served many years as postmaster of La Motte and also held the office of mayor, councilman, school director, tax assessor, etc. In 1889, he was elected as a Democratic member of the Iowa House of Representatives; he was re-elected in 1891.^[2]

He died February 3, 1923, aged 70.^[3]