Excerpt from History of Linn County Iowa, Vol. 2: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time

George Frederick Rabus is senior member of the firm of Rabus Toeller, con ducting a flourishing business in designing and modeling special machinery, wood and brass patterns and general machine work in Cedar Rapids. He was born in Tecumseh, Michigan, February 5, 1862. His father, John R. Rabus, was a native of the town of Giesengen, Bavaria, and came to the United States in 1849 at the age of thirteen years at which time he settled in Maumee Valley, near Toledo, Ohio. His education was completed in the schools of Adrian, Michigan, and he afterward learned and followed the machinist 's trade. During the Civil war he was called by draft into active service. And was assigned to duty in repairing guns and cannon at Tecumseh, Michigan, in the only United States foundry in the middle west. After the war he continued to follow the machinist 's trade for many years but is now living in honorable and well earned retirement at Adrian, Mich igan. He married Miss Christina Martiny, a native of Wurtemburg, Germany, who having passed away, now lies buried at Adrian, Michigan.

George Frederick Rabus was provided with excellent educational opportunities, pursuing college studies after completing his high-school course. Being somewhat frail physically, in the hope of developing a more strong and robust manhood, he went to work upon a nursery and fruitfarm, following that occupation for two years, the out-door life proving very beneficial., At the age of eighteen years he turned his attention to the machinist 's trade, being bound out by his father for a term of four years. On the completion of his apprenticeship, during which time he became an expert workman in that line, he entered the employ of the Lake Shore Railroad Company and after leaving that service engaged with the Litchfield Machine Company. Subsequently he returned to his home and remained there for eighteen months after which he came to Cedar Rapids, entering the employ of the Fawcett Manufacturing Company as foreman, managing their entire business in its operative department during the seventeen years in which he remained with the house. No higher testimony could be given of fidelity and capability in service than the fact of his long connection with the company, but ambitions to engage in business on his own account that his labors might more directly benefit himself, he organized the firm of Rabus Toeller in 1901. From the beginning they have conducted a growing business in designing and modeling Special machinery, in manufacturing wood and brass patterns, and in conducting general machine work. Theirs is a well-equipped plant and the output is satisfactory to its patrons as shown in their continued support. Their business is now being conducted in terms of tangible profit and their success is the legitimate reward and logical result of many years of experience and activity in the business.

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