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William Jakob and his wife, Henriette Jakob, were both born at Rumelsburg, Germany. Both came together to Eau Claire county in 1857 and settled on a farm in the town of Washington. Their son Julius Ludwig Jakob still lives on the old farm, where he was born February 20, 1864, and is a member of the district school board No. 7.
George Martin Betz, born March 29, 1838, in Wuertemberg, Germany. Came to America in 1853 and to Eau Claire county in 1857, where he still lives on his farm in the town of Bruns- wick. He served as sergeant in Company G, Forty-eighth Wis- consin Volunteer Infantry, from February 14 until December 13, 1865. Was for twenty-six years a member of school board in his district and is still a member of the German singing society "Germania" at Eau Claire. He married in 1860 Lomira Noyes, and after her death he remarried in 1873 Emma Saupe. Had fourteen children. His eldest son, Frank, owns the biggest fac- tory of surgical instruments in the world at Hammond, Indiana.
August Messerschmidt, born January 18, 1850, at Posen, Ger- many. Came to Eau Claire county in 1870 and settled on a farm in the town of Lincoln, where he has since lived. Ile married Emilia Sell and they had seven children. Three of them- Rudolph, Otto and Emil- are evangelical pastors.
Michael Weire was born February 19, 1835, at Bathen, Ger- many. He came to America in 1852 and to Eau Claire county in 1856 and took a homestead near Augusta. Worked in the winter time in the lumber camps and in the summer time on the river up to 1862. Then worked his farm up to 1901, at which time he sold the farm and bought some property in the city of Augusta, where
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he resides. In August, 1863, he enlisted in the Thirtieth Wiscon- sin Infantry, Company I, in which he served three years and two months. After that he was discharged, September 20, 1865, at Madison, Wisconsin. He had six years common school education at Bathen, Germany. Served several terms as treasurer of his school district in the town of Bridge Creek. On February 19, 1866, he married Miss Francis Caroline Schlegelmilch, of Sauk county. Of their ten children six are living.
John F. T. Waak was born in 1853 in Pommern, Germany. Ile came in 1873 to this country and settled in Fall Creek on a farm. He has farmed ever since. Served his town for ten years as road commissioner. Ile married Lizzie Waak and had five children.
Charles Betz was born in 1831 in Wuertemberg, Germany. He came to this country in 1849 and to Eau Claire county in 1858, where he has since lived on his farm in the town of Brunswick. He married in 1872 Emma Betz and they had four children. For many years he was a member of the school board.
Fred Schiefelbein and his wife Emma (Schwenke) Schiefel- bein, both born in Germany, came to Eau Claire county in 1884 and settled at Augusta. They started farming in 1888 on forty acres of land. They deeded the farm in 1900 to their son August Herman Schiefelbein, who was born August 16, 1873, in Germany, and came with his parents to Eau Claire county in 1884. He enlarged his property and now owns 315 acres of land. He served the town of Lincoln three years as assessor and since 1912 has held the position of secretary of the Fall Creek Farmers' Mutual Fire Insurance Company. He attended the common pub- lie school in the town of Lincoln. Ile married January 1, 1904, Emma Strasburg.
Wilhelm Madinski was born October 22, 1856, Hirschberg, Germany; came to Eau Claire county, 1883, and followed his trade as a painter, and now conducts a hardware store of his own in the city of Eau Claire. He attended a high school at Ilirsehberg, Germany. He married, 1882, Miss Alvine Rose, who was born May 18th, at Colberg, Schlesien, Germany.
Ferdinand Hoeppner was born June 14, 1848, in Schlesien, Germany. Came to Eau Claire county, 1880, and settled in the city of Eau Claire, where he has since lived. For ten years he followed his trade as a blacksmith, then engaged himself in manufacturing trunks and traveling bags, and is at present vice-president of the Eau Claire Trunk Co. He is a member of the German singing society, "Germania," and of the Maccabees.
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Received his business education in the common schools of Ger- many. 1872 he married Miss Marie Wolf, who was born August 3, 1849, in Germany. They had three children, of which Clara is the wife of Mr. William E. Wahl, president of the Eau Claire Trunk Co. Both sons, Willy and George, are members of the same company, also owners of the Eau Claire Sweat Pad Manu- facturing Co.
William E. Wahl was born 1868, in Province Posen, Germany. He came to America in 1872 and to Ean Claire county in 1877. Visited the common public school and became engaged in the manufacturing of trunks and traveling bags. At present he is the president of the Eau Claire Trunk Co. He is a member of the "Woodmen," the "Maccabees," and the "Beavers." In 1892 he married Miss Clara Hoeppner, who was born in 1873, at Eau Claire.
Wilhelm Schnittke, born in Prussia, Germany, in 1840. Was soldier in German army and fought in the wars of 1866 and 1870-71. Came to America in 1873 and to Eau Claire county in 1891. Settled in the town of Pleasant Valley, on a farm, where he still lives. He married, in 1868, Friederike Schwolow, who also was born in Germany.
Ferdinand Zieman, born in West Prussia, Germany, and his wife, Wilhelmine (Brnesewitz) Zieman, who was born in Pom- mern, Germany, came to America in 1871, and to Ean Claire county in 1874, where Mr. Zieman died in 1901. Their son, Otto Jnlins Zieman, was born in Fall Creek, April 24, 1875, learned the harnessmaker trade and worked at that trade up to 1900, when he added hardware and farm implements, and pos- sesses now a flourishing business at Fall Creek. He was the first president of the village of Fall Creek, served three years in that capacity, served as school clerk and treasurer, also as county supervisor. Married, in 1905, Miss Minnie Zanke, who died in 1905. Remarried in 1907, to Emma Zanke. Three children.
Daniel Zempel and his wife, Caroline Zempel, were both born in Posen, Germany, and came to this country in 1857, settled at Princeton, Wis. Then moved to Fall Creek, Eau Claire county, in 1864, and settled on a homestead, which is now a part of the village of Fall Creek. Their son, Reinhard Henry Zempel, was born in Princeton, Wis., August 18, 1861; has also been a farmer and lives now on the old homestead. He married, in 1885, Miss Christina Friederich, and they have nine children.
Herman Leipnitz was born at Wurzen, Germany, January 28, 1860. Came to this country and the city of Eau Claire in 1883,
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where he has followed his trade as a cabinetmaker ever since. Ile married, in 1883, Minna Bertha Heimstaedt, also born in Ger- many. They own niee private property.
Carl Devner, a farmer, was born in west Prussia, Germany, March 20, 1854. Came to this country in 1881 and settled on a farm in the town of Indington. Moved to the city of Eau Claire in 1909, where he has since lived as a very successful truek farmer. lle married, in 1871, Miss Wilhelmine Krueger, also born in west Prussia, Germany, and who died in 1891. Remar- ried in 1893, to Miss Emilie Desmer. Mr. Devner served several terms as supervisor in the town of Ludington.
Herman Gerke was born in 1860, at Pommern, Germany. Came to America in 1872 and to Eau Claire county in 1878. He always followed his trade as a cigarmaker and is a member of the German Singing Society and the German-American Society in the city of Eau Claire.
John Brunner was born in 1848, in Germany. Came to Amer- ica and Eau Claire county in 1872, locating in the city of Eau Claire, where he has followed his trade, that of a tailor. He is a member of the "Germania" Singing Society of Eau Claire, and also of the German-American Society of Eau Claire county.
William Miller and Ernestine (Laube) Miller were both born in Germany, married in 1863 and came to America the same year. Came to Fall Creek, Eau Claire county, in 1868. Mrs. Miller died in 1884, and Mr. Miller remarried in 1885. Mr. Miller was born at Lippen, Germany. They had twelve children, of whom William still lives at Fall Creek. Ile was born at Chicago, in 1867, and came with his parents to this county in 1868. Was farmer until 1906, then engaged in a lumberyard at Fall Creek. Married, in 1895, to Miss Bertha Lonise Henke. They have two children.
Carl Pehlke and his wife, Johanna Pehlke, both born in Ger- many, came to Eau Claire county in 1882, and settled on a farm, where Mr. Pehlke died in 1906. His wife still lives on that farm. Their son, Henry Albert Pellke, born in 1858, lives on same farm. He married, in 1885, Marie Auguste Wilhelmine Wamke.
Friedrich Carl Bleichrodt, born at Ziegelroda, Germany, June 12, 1839. Came to Ean Claire county in 1879 and settled on a farm in the town of Washington. Since 1904 he has lived in the city of Altoona. He is a veteran of the German-Austria war of 1866, being in five battles. He married, in 1867, Mrs. Charlotte Fischer, and had three children. Richard, born in 1868, and at present a carpenter and contractor at Altoona. Ida, who mar-
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ried the farmer, Finlayson, and Bruno, who also is a farmer. All three of them in Eau Claire county.
August Bartig, born at Wolsko, Germany, August 5, 1838, came to America in 1864. He married, in 1868, Miss Louise Schroeder, who was born November 17, 1848, at Putzig, Germany, and came to America in 1863. They settled at Ripon, Wis., where Mr. Bartig followed his trade as a carpenter. They moved to Augusta in 1870. For several years Mr. Bartig had run a saloon, then engaged in the farm implement business. He died in 1905. His wife still lives at Augusta. They had nine children, of whom seven are living. A son, Henry Bartig, was born January 9, 1869, at Ripon, Wis .; came with his parents to Augusta in 1870; studied in the Augusta high school and has been since confiden- tial clerk in a general department store at Augusta. Ile married Bertha Ernstine Menge in 1895. As a side line in business Mr. Bartig has been a sueeessful breeder of fancy poultry for the past eight years.
Christopher Schroeder, a mason by trade, came with his wife from Putzig, Germany, and settled at Ripon, Wis., in 1863. From there they moved to Angusta, where Mr. Schroeder died in 1900, at the age of 84 years. His wife died in 1889, at the age of 78 years.
Carl Friedrich Radke was born in 1847, in Germany; came to America in 1853 and to Eau Claire city in 1871, where he is still living. He married Augusta Schilling, of Fall Creek, Wis.
Andrew Prueher, born in 1846, in Bohemia-Germany. Came to Eau Claire in 1871 and has since worked in the city at his trade as a watchmaker. He is a member of the Catholic knights. In 1874 he married Mary Brunner, who was also born at Bo- hemia-Germany. Of ten children, Andrew is also watchmaker and jeweler, Frank is a blacksmith and Joe is a machinist.
Frank Xavier Ihle was born in Wuertemberg, Germany, in 1837, and came to the city of Eau Claire, where he has lived since, as a carpenter and musician. He served one term as a justice of the peace. In 1860 he married Christine Roessler, who was born in 1849, in Polk county. Of their thirteen children Frank is a druggist, John a traveling agent, Ed a dentist and Leo a farmer.
Reinhard Ihle was born in Wuertemberg, Germany, in 1828. Came to Eau Claire in 1847 and lived in the town of Seymour as a farmer; served as soldier in the civil war in 1865. Died Feb- ruary, 1914.
Carl Friedrich August Voss, born in 1853, in Pommern, Ger- many. Came in 1883 to the city of Eau Claire, where he works
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as a plumber and gasfitter. He is a member of the Brotherhood of the Modern Woodmen and of the German-American Society. He married, in 1876, Bertha Knoebler, and has two children.
Geo. Michael Roessler, born in 1858, in Wuertemberg, Ger- many. Came to this county in 1885 and worked since in that city as a plumber and gasfitter. He is a member of the Brotherhood of Modern Woodmen and of the German-American Society. In 1885 he married Miss Catherine Bauer.
Michael Marten, born in 1831, in Posen, Germany. Immi- grated to this country in 1857 and settled on a farm in the town of Lincoln. He died in 1906, aged 75 years. His wife was Caro- line Teal, also born in Posen, Germany, in 1836. She died in 1911, also aged 75 years. Their son, Wilhelm Marten, was born in 1866, in the town of Lincoln, on the old homestead, where he resides. 'Ile is the director of a local telephone company ; serves as school clerk and for several years has been town chairman and county supervisor. He married, in 1893, Miss Emilie Welke, who was born in the town of Lincoln, in 1872.
Leonard Seyberth was born in Bavaria, Germany, in 1854; eame to America in 1871 and to Eau Claire county in 1880. For some time he followed his trade as brewer, but soon learned the butcher trade and became a very successful dealer in all kinds of live stock for the butcher trade. IIe is the president of the Schwahn & Seyberth Saddlery Co., and the president of the Schwahn & Seyberth Manufacturing Co. Mr. Seyberth served as alderman of his ward for thirteen years. Ile belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the Odd Fellows, the German singing society, "Germania," and to the German-American Society. In 1881 he married Miss Anna Seliwahn, who was born in 1863, in Pom- mern, Germany. Their son, William Seyberth, who was born in 1883, in the county of Eau Claire, is secretary and treasurer of the Schwahn & Seyberth Saddlery Co., and holds the same posi- tion in the Schwahn & Seyberth Manufacturing Co.
John Konz, born in 1844, in the Rheinprovinz, Germany, came to this country in 1861, and to this county in 1874. He has al- ways been a farmer near Augusta, where he still resides. He held the office as road commissioner and is a veteran of the eivil war. He served from 1864 to 1865 in the 43rd Illinois Infantry, Company F. In 1868 he married Miss Franziska Kriseh, who was born in 1852, in Bohemia, Germany. Two sons, of whom John is a blacksmith at Osseo and Walter a farmer on his fath- er's place.
Julius Blasius was born in 1862, in Posen, Germany ; came to
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America in 1880, and to Eau Claire county, where he followed his trade as a buteher in the city of Eau Claire. He served one term as a supervisor, is a member of the Knights of Maccabees, of the Odd Fellows, the German singing society, "Germania," and the German-American Society. In 1885 he was married to Miss Lonise Sommercorn, who was born in 1867 in Dodge County.
William Heinrich Stein, born in 1856, in Schleswig-Hol- steen, Germany, came to this county in 1882, and lived in the city of Ean Claire, where he followed his trade as butcher ; occasionally owned and worked farms in the vicinity of the city He is a member of the German singing society, "Germania," and the German-American Society of Ean Claire county. Mr. Stein married in 1884. His wife was formerly Miss Augusta Kohlke, who was born in 1864, in Pommern, Germany.
Herman Schlegelmilch was born at Suhl, Germany, 'in 1830. He learned the trade of gunmaker and followed that trade in many cities of Germany, and also in this country, to which he immigrated in 1853. Mr. Schlegelmilch came to Eau Claire county in 1860 and settled in the city of Eau Claire. He erected the first brick building in that city and conducted a very sue- cessful hardware business. He was supervisor of the village of Eau Claire and alderman when the city was incorporated. Mr. Schlegelmileh died in 1903. Ilis wife, formerly Miss Augusta Krueger, was born at Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. They were married at Beaver Dam, Wis., and had five children. Their son, Ilerman F. Schlegelmilch, was born in 1867.
John Werner Becker, born in 1825, at Hildesheim, Germany ; came to America in 1855 and to Ean Claire county in 1857, where he worked at his trade as a cabinetmaker until his death in 1884. Mr. Becker married in 1859. His wife was formerly Miss Loretta Freyermuth, born in 1835, at Gross Rederohingen, Loraine, at that time a French province, but since the German-French war of 1870-71 belongs to Germany. She died in 1906. Of their eight children three still live in Eau Claire county and in the city of Eau Claire. They are Mrs. A. P. Goethel, Mrs. Albert Sehwahn and Miss Loretta Becker.
Albert P. Goethel, born in 1859, at Indianapolis, was the sou of Mr. Chas. F. and Amelia Goethel, who were of German descent. In 1877 he came to the city of Ean Claire and worked in the sad- dlery trade for eight years. Then he started a meat market at Altoona. Eau Claire county. After five years he came back to Ean Claire and conducts a flourishing meat market there. Mr.
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Goethel is a member of the Knights of Pythias and John Barr Glenn Division No. 10. In 1886 he married Miss Anna Beeker.
Chas. F. Goethel, a brother of the former, was born at Chip- pewa Falls, in 1861. He learned the butcher trade and sinee 1884 has been in partnership with his brother, Albert P., at Eau Claire. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and also of John Barr Glenn Division No. 10.
John Honadel, born in 1834, at Darmstadt, Germany ; came to America in 1852; traveled in fourteen states, and 1862 settled on a farm in the town of Lincoln, where he has prospered and sinee lived. From 1862 he served in the Thirtieth Wisconsin Regiment, Company I, over three years. In 1861 he married Anna Roseman, who died in 1866. Then he married Miss Anna Geske and they had ten ehildren.
George C. Huebner, born at Gardelegen, Germany ; came from Europe in 1865 and was connected with different business enter- prises. Up to 1884 he was partner in the leading hardware house of the city of Eau Claire. Mr. Huebner is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows. In 1878 he married Miss Adelina Weyer, also of German descent.
Samuel Kleiner was born in 1853, in Switzerland; came to Eau Claire and started a meat market. In 1885 he bought farm land in Eau Claire and Chippewa counties, raised Norman horses, Cotswold sheep and Poland China swine. Mr. Kleiner was one of the largest farmers of Eau Claire county and when he died in 1889 he owned more than a thousand acres of land. In 1878 he married Miss Elizabeth Aeeola, from Sauk eounty, Wis., who also came from German ancestors.
Andrew Kopp, born in Westenberg, Germany, in 1824; came to America in 1844, and to Eau Claire county in 1854, and set- tled in the town of Brunswick on several hundred aeres of land. He served one year, 1865, in the army, Company G, of the 48th Wisconsin Infantry. Mr. Kopp was married in 1842 to Augusta Lumke and they had ten children. Mr. Kopp died in 1887.
William H. Miller was born in 1828, in Northampton county, Pa., of German descent, the son of Jaeob and Lydia (Flyek) Miller. His father was born in 1791 and served during the war of 1812; died 1866. His mother was born in 1796 and died at the age of 90 years. Mr. Miller was the first white settler of this county and has followed farming all his life and is a prominent grower of high-grade horses, cattle and sheep on his farm near
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Fairchild. His wife was formerly Miss Jane Hobart, who was born in 1838, in Portage eounty, Ohio.
John C. Neher, druggist in the city of Eau Claire, was born at Sauk City, Sauk eounty, in 1857; of German descent. His parents came from Germany in 1852 and to Eau Claire in 1861, where they died. Mr. John C. Nehier learned at first the trade of bookbinder, then studied photography and finally entered in the drug business. For many years he conducted a flourishing drug business in the eity of Eau Claire, from which he retired in 1910. Since 1911 he has been state druggist inspector. In 1885 he was married to Miss Josephine Sturm, who also is a na- tive of Wisconsin; from German descent.
Christof Schlosser was born in Rittersdorf, Germany, in 1856. He eame to this country in 1878 and to the eity of Eau Claire in 1883, where for many years he ran a hardware business in partnership with his brothers, Matthew and Peter. In 1882 he married Miss Loritte Boleman, who was born in 1858, at Ean Claire. Mr. Schlosser is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Odd Fellows.
Matthew Schlosser was born at Rittersdorf, Germany, in 1860. He came to America and to the eity of Eau Claire in 1881. In 1889 he entered in partnership with his brothers, Christofer and Peter, and for many years they conducted a flourishing hardware business in Eau Claire. In 1888 he married Miss Cer- hardine Radensleben, born in 1865.
Peter Schlosser was born in 1864, at Rittersdorf, Germany. In 1883 he immigrated to Ean Claire, and from 1889 he was in the hardware business with his brothers, Christofer and Matthew. Since 1896 he has been engaged in the insurance business.
Albert Friederich Schwahn was born in 1858, at Stettin, Ger- many. Came to this country in 1871 and worked at his trade as a buteher in the eity of Eau Claire. Since 1888 he has con- ducted one of the most flourishing meat markets of the city. In 1885 Mr. Sehwahn married Miss Nettie Beeker, who was born in 1864, at Eau Claire, and also of German descent. He is a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, John Barr Glenn Division and the Odd Fellows.
Henry Christof Schwahn, born at Hohenholz, near Berlin, Germany, in 1846; came to this country in 1870, and settled in the eity of Eau Claire. Ile is in partnership with his brother, Frederich and they have run a fine meat market in the city since 1873. In that same year he married Miss Sophia Rhodes, who
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was born in Baden, Germany, in 1840. Mr. Schwahn is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the Odd Fellows.
William Ernst Schwahn, born in 1852, near Stettin, Germany, and came to this country with his father, William Ernst, who was born near Prenzlau, Germany, in 1810, and who was a butcher by trade; immigrated to America in 1870 and settled in the city of Ean Claire, where he died. William learned the harness maker trade and has followed it ever since. He is at present a partner in the firm of Schwahn-Seyberth Saddlery Co., which in the year 1911 built a big factory building and doing a very lively business. In the year 1875 Mr. Schwahn married Miss Jennie Johnson, who was born in Norway, in 1853. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the National Union.
Fritz Schwahn, born in Pommern, Germany, in 1848; came to America and to the city of Eau Claire in 1872, where he followed his trade as a butcher, until he died. He was an influential mem- ber of the German singing society, "Germania," also a member of the Knights of the Maecabees and Odd Fellows. In the year 1875 he married Miss Helen Hoefer, who was born in 1852, at Wissen in the Rheinprovinz, Germany, and who came to this country in 1870.
Charles W. E. Sommermeyer was born in Gardelegen, Ger- many, in 1830. IIe came to Madison, Wis., in the year 1858, and 1862 to Ean Claire. He was for years engaged in general mer- chandising. He moved in 1882 to Grant county, Dakota, and was on a cattle ranch. In 1887 he returned to Ean Claire and en- gaged in several kinds of business. Ile married Sophia Char- lotte Huebner in 1862, who was born at Gardelegen, Germany. He died in 1912 and his wife died in 1913. Of their five children, Miss Charlotte is a noted mnsieian, Helen is the wife of Mr. William E. Steinberg, also a noted musician, who condnets a very successful music store in the city of Eau Claire. The only son, Edward F., is a dentist of prominence, also residing in Eau Claire.
Albert Steinfeld was born in 1854, on the Island Ruegen, Ger- many, and came to this country in 1867, and to the city of Ean Claire in 1872, and followed his trade as a barber. Ile was a charter member of the Knights of Pythias when they organized in 1884, and also a member sinee he was 21 years old. In 1877 he married Miss Frances Steubing, who was born in 1854, in New York, of German descent.
William Henry Wedemeyer was born in 1853 in Schleswig,
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Holstein, Germany. He immigrated to this country in 1880 and settled in the city of Eau Claire, where he followed his trade as a harnessmaker. In 1889 he established his own harness shop and was very successful. In 1884 he married Miss Catherine Haas, who was born in 1859, in Germany. He was a member of the Knights of Pythias and died in the year 1901.
Charles F. W. West was born in 1862 in the town of Bruns- wick, Eau Claire county, of German descent. IIe learned the cigarmakers' trade and has, with a few short interruptions, al- ways followed that trade. Since 1891 Mr. West has been in part- nership with F. W. Waltersdorf, and they have a flourishing business. Mr. West married, in 1886, Miss Louisa Schreiner, who also is of German descent. He is a member of the Odd Fel- lows.
John Zimmerman was born in 1854, in Germany; came to Eau Claire in 1883 and followed his trade of a harnessmaker. Since 1884 he has owned his own shop and met with best suceess. He married, in 1887, Miss Annie Ackerman, also of German descent. Mr. Zimmerman is a member of the Catholic Knights.
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