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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography . New York: D. Appleton.
- "German Heritage Corner: Niemeyer, John Henry (1839-1932)". germanheritage.com. Retrieved 31 January 2012.
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