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CHARLES RINGLE, farmer, merchant and Postmaster of Herman; born in Bavaria Oct. 30, 1835; came to America with his parents in 1846, and settled in Washington Co., Wis .; after eighteen months they settled on Sec. 25, town of Herman; he was educated in the Fatherland and in Washington Co .; began mercantile business in' 1865 ; was made Postmaster in 1866; built a large brick store in 1876, where he has a complete stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hats and caps, millinery, crockery, glassware, patent medicines, notions, etc. Mr. Ringle is a Democrat ; was Town Treasurer nine years, Justice of the Peace four years, Town Clerk two years, and is now Chairman. Married Miss Johanna Erdman in 1858, who died Dec. 5, 1875, leaving five sons-William, Robert and Ernest (twins), Herman and Julius ; in 1876, he married Mrs. Wilhelmina Plock, a sister of the deceased wife. Mr. Ringle is a member of the New School Lutheran Church. He has 60 acres in Herman and 400 in Marathon Co., Wis .; Mrs. Ringle has 80 acres in Herman.
GEORGE SCHOTT, County Treasurer of Dodge Co .; P. O. Herman; born in Germany June 13, 1836; son of George M., who died in 1874, at the age of 86, in Herman; was the father of eleven children ; was a much respected and honored man; the family came to Canada in 1847, and moved to Dodge Co., Wis., in 1849, and settled on a farm of forty acres. George started for himself
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when 17 years old, farming and running a thrashing machine; ran it four years, then bought 120 acres in Herman and commenced farming on his own account, and was engaged in selling farm machinery; through his industry and integrity has accumulated a competency. In 1862, was elected Town Treas- urer, and afterward Chairman of the town, and was elected to the Legislature in 1872 and 1876; has been on the County Board and Supervisor many times, and is now Treasurer of Dodge Co. ; received a large majority. Married, Feb. 7, 1861, Caroline Bates, daughter of Peter Bates, who was a native of Germany; have had six children-Charles, George, Caroline, William, Ida, Emma. Himself and family are members of the Lutheran Church.
JOHN STEINER, farmer, Sec. 29; P. O. Iron Ridge ; born in Wurtemberg in 1819; spent his early life and was educated in his native country ; was about eighteen months in the army; came to America in 1846; lived three years in Milwaukee Co., Wis., and settled in Herman, Dodge Co., in 1849, on his present farm of 100 acres ; at the time a forest, he has since cleared and improved it, erecting good buildings and making a home. Mr. Steiner is an independent Democrat ; was a member of the Wiscon- sin Legislature in 1858; has been Justice of the Peace twenty-five years, also Chairman, Clerk and Assessor ; has been Secretary of the Herman Insurance Company since it was organized in 1856. Mar- ried Miss Rosina Kawalti in 1849, who died Feb. 3, 1863, leaving three children-John D., Mary A. and Rosa; Sept. 20, 1863, he married Miss Julia Hummel; they have three children-Sarah E., William J. and Julia.
AUGUST THIELKE, merchant, Huelsburg; born in Prussia Feb. 3, 1830 ; spent his early life and was educated in the Fatherland, learning his trade of brewer; came to America and to Theresa, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1854 ; after eight years of farming, removed to Huelsburg, and bought a farm and brewery ; continued the business about eight years, then sold the brewery and bought the store and stock of J. Huels ; here he has a large and complete stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hats and caps, hardware, tinware, millinery, patent medicines, notions, etc .; also has a farm of 178 acres in Herman. He is a Democrat, and a member, with his family, of the Lutheran Church. Married Miss Margaret Huels Feb. 18, 1863; they have nine children-Amelia, Augusta, August, Barbara, Herman, John, Mary, Emma and Gustav.
M. F. WEGWART, merchant and Postmaster, Woodland ; born in Prussia March 11, 1823; spent his early life and was educated in the Fatherland ; came to America in 1854; was a brickmaker by trade, and worked one year in Milwaukee and one year in Neosho, then settled on a farm in Hustisford, which he sold in 1869, and began business in Woodland. Mr. Wegwart is a Republican ; is Treasurer of the Woodland Hook and Ladder Fire Co., and was made Postmaster in 1874; he has a large stock of dry goods, groceries, hardware, tinware, glassware, stoves, crockery, boots and shoes, hats and caps, trunks, satchels, patent medicines, etc. He married Miss Ernestina Marsh March 18, 1848; they have five living children-Augusta, Rosalie, William, Herman and Ida.
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ERNEST ADELMEYER, blacksmith and wagon-maker, Sec. 28; P. O. Kekoskee ; born in Prussia Feb. 14, 1850, son of Gottfried Adelmeyer, who was also a blacksmith; he came to America in 1854, and settled on a farm in Le Roy, working on the farm and at his trade till his death, Oct. 16, 1872. His son, Ernest, was educated in the county, and learned his trade after his father died ; built his present shop in 1875 ; does general blacksmithing and manufactures wagons, carriages, sleighs, cutters, harrows, etc. He married Miss Amelia Reese June 27, 1874 ; they have three children-Katherina, Caroline and Amelia. In politics, a Republican ; he is now Supervisor of his town ; is in religion a Roman Catholic.
ANDBEW BACHHUBER, merchant and farmer, Farmersville; born in Farmersville Nov. 30, 1857 ; he is a son of Max Bachhuber, who was born in Bavaria Dec. 13, 1832, and came to America in 1846, first locating in Addison, Washington Co., Wis., then removing to Milwaukee where he lived until 1855, when he settled in Le Roy, Dodge Co .; here he owned a farm and store, and held many town offices ; was a member of the Wisconsin Legislature in 1860, 1864 and 1875 ; serving as Post- master of Farmersville nine years, and resigning in favor of his wife in 1875, who in turn resigned in 1879 Mr. Bachhuber died Feb. 2, 1879, leaving a wife and ten children. He was a Democrat in politics, and a Roman Catholic in religion. His son Andrew was educated in the Mayville High School, and is now in charge of the farm and store, where he has a general stock of dry goods, groceries, hardware, tinware, crockery, patent medicines, notions, etc. He, like his honored father, is a Democrat and a Catholic ; was
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appointed Town Clerk to fill his father's place at his death, and received every vote cast in his town for the office, March, 1879.
HORACE BARNES, farmer, Secs. 14, 13 and 23; P. O. Farmersville ; born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., June 3, 1823 ; his boyhood was passed in his native county, where he was educated and mar- ried ; he came to Le Roy and settled on Government land in the spring of 1847, and had to cut his way for about a mile through dense timber in order to get his team and goods to his claim ; after building a log house he began the pioneer work of cutting and burning timber, clearing the land and making a home ; his present improved farm of 180 acres with its large and convenient buildings is the result. Mr. Barnes is a Republican ; was the second Assessor of his town, and served about nine years as Town Clerk; was elected Chairman about 1858, and has been a member of the County Board for fourteen years, or longer than any other resident of the county. Married Miss Phebe Higgins July 1, 1864, who was born in Onondaga Co., N. Y., Aug. 10, 1826; they have nine children-William D., Asa D., Horace Jr., Henry B., Julius A., Flora A., Blanche, Duane P. and Phebe I.
C. W. COWLES. farmer, Secs. 21, 15 and 16 ; P. O. Kekoskee; born in Clarkson, Monroe Co., N. Y., Sept. 7, 1830; was educated in a graded school in Murray, Orleans Co., and the Brockport Collegiate Institute. In the fall of 1851, he settled in Le Roy ; taught school in joint districts, Nos. 4 and 5; afterward teaching five terms in Le Roy and one in Lomira; he bought forty acres of land, which he now owns ; it was heavily timbered, but he cleared it, has added to it, and, as a result of twenty years of toil, has a well-improved farm of 102 acres with good buildings. He is a Republican ; was Town Super- intendent under the old law ; has been Supervisor twice, and is now Justice of the Peace, and has been for ten years past. He married Miss Mary A. Farrington, of Manchester, England, Sept. 19, 1863, who was born May 17, 1842 ; they have four living children-Hattie S., Edward M., Frank L. and Albert H. Mr. Cowles has been for twenty years past a member of Du Page Lodge, I. O. O. F., Kekoskee, and with his wife is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His brothers, Rufus R. and Friend D., enlisted in Company B, 10th W. V. I., and Manley T. was a volunteer in the 32d W. V. I .; Rufus R. was shot in the battle of Stone River ; Friend D. died of starvation at Andersonville, and Manley T. died in the Nash- . ville Hospital.
M. L. COWLES, farmer, Sec. 2 ; P. O. Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co .; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Jan. 6, 1822 ; spent his early life and was educated in his native county ; at 21, he went to Wind- ham Co., Conn., where he married Miss Olive, daughter of Thomas Gallup, Oct. 27, 1845, who was born Dec. 22, 1819 ; after a number of years spent here and in Westerly, R. I., they settled in Le Roy, in March, 1856; Mr. Cowles has 1823 acres, which he has cleared of a scattering growth of timber, replac- ing the old log house with his present residence in 1864; built a large barn in 1857 ; he has grade and full blood short-horn cattle, Merino sheep, besides other stock and the usual crops. Mr. Cowles is a Republican and a member, with his wife, of the M. E. Church. Their eldest son, George M., is farming in Richardson Co., Neb .; the two younger, Charles H. and Emma M., reside in Dodge Co.
NICHOLAS EBERHART, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Oakfield, Fond du Lac Co .; born in Alsace Feb. 15, 1823; was educated and learned the trade of miller in his native land; came to America in 1844, lived three years in New York State, and then made a five-months visit to his fatherland ; on his return, brought about sixty families with him ; he settled in Walworth Co., Wis., where he had a hard struggle with poverty and bad luck ; had a fifty-acre farm, and worked like a slave ; in 1855, he settled in Le Roy on eighty acres, which he now owns; having more means, he bought eighty more in 1856 ; this farm is improved in every way ; his large brick house was built in 1871. He married Miss Chris- tina Eberhart, in June, 1847 ; they have four sons-Lewis, Christian, George and Edward. Mr. Eber. hart is a Republican, and a member of the Evangelical Association of North America.
JOHN FISHER, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Farmersville; born in Wurtemberg Jan. 2, 1832; spent his early life and was educated in the Fatherland, and came to America in 1854; was a laborer in New York and Ohio about five years, and settled on a farm in Lomira in 1859; enlisted in the 15th Ill. V. C., in August, 1861, was in Missouri, Arkansas and Mississippi, and with Sherman in his Vicksburg failure ; the regiment then came North and captured Arkansas Post, and was with Grant in the final Vicks- burg campaign; then returned to Little Rock, Ark., where they wintered ; had a desperate battle at Saline River, Ark., and was discharged at the end of the three years, or in August, 1864. He returned to Lomira and sold his farm in 1866, when he located on his farm of fifty-six acres. Married Miss Wil- helmina Fisher April 20, 1866 ; they have four children-Mary, John, Martin and Magdalena. Mr .: Fisher is a Republican ; was Town Treasurer in 1870, and is now serving his fifth term as Assessor.
MYRON G. GRAVES, farmer, Sec. 1; P. O. Oakfield ; born in Cortland Co., N. Y., Sept. 30, 1836 ; son of Austin and Sophronia Graves, who settled on eighty acres of Government land in Le
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Roy, in May, 1846; this was the third or fourth family in the town ; Mr. Graves built a log house, and, on the 20th of May, with three others, cut the first road to the Mayville saw-mill and brought back a load of lumber. Austin Graves cleared this farm and made a home; he died in February, 1879, leaving his wife and four sons. M. G. Graves was educated in the county, where he lived until September, 1861, when he enlisted in the famous 10th W. V. I; was captured at Pulaski, Tenn .; paroled, and, returning to Wisconsin, was honorably discharged in July, 1862; in 1864, he went overland to Nevada and California, remaining about four years. On his return, he married Miss Lydia A., daughter of P. H. Kinyon, Dec. 26, 1869 ; they have four children-Eva L., Walter K., Hattie E. and Nellie L. Mr. Graves owns the old farm ; he is Republican, and a member, with his wife, of the M. E. Church.
JOSEPH HEIMERL, Jr., farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Farmersville; born in Bavaria Aug. 15, 1842; his parents came to America and to Lomira, Dodge Co., Wis., in 1853, locating on heavily timbered land; they did real old settlers' work, in chopping out a farm and home; Mr. Heimerl afterward deeded this farm to his son, the subject of this sketch, who sold it in 1871, and bought his present farm of ninety-six acres, upon which he has erected most of the buildings; he was a teacher in the district schools of Lomira six terms; is an ardent Democrat in politics; was Assessor three terms, and Supervisor one term, in Lomira, and has been Assessor and Chairman of Le Roy; he is now the Democratic candi- date for the Wisconsin Assembly for his district. Is in religion a Catholic. He married Miss Mary Waas Jan. 25, 1865; they have four children-Justina, Clara, Joseph and John-having lost four children.
LOUIS LEHNER, merchant, Lehner's Corners; born in Bavaria July 27, 1849; his parents emigrated to America in 1852, and settled in Addison, Washington Co., Wis., removing in 1860 to a farm in Le Roy. Louis Lehner was educated in Wisconsin, and enlisted in the 1st W. V. C. in 1864; was with his regiment in Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia; had many engagements, and saw much hard service with that famous regiment; was honorably discharged in July, 1865. Returning, he worked on the Le Roy farm until 1871, when he bought the store and stock at what was then Sterr's Corners; has since continued the business; has a complete stock of dry goods, groceries, boots and shoes, hardware, drugs and medicines, notions, etc. Married Miss Kate Waas Dec. 14, 1871; they have four children- Louis, Anna K., Matilda C. and Lillie M. Mr. Lehner is a Democrat and a Roman Catholic.
JOHN McCLAIN, farmer, Sec 21; P. O. Kekoskee; born in County Tyrone, Ireland, Oct. 28, 1829; came to America in 1848, and settled in Schuylkill Co., Penn., where he was engaged in transferring coal from the cars to the canal-boats until 1864, when he came to Le Roy and settled on his present farm of ninety acres; this was only partially chopped off, and he did genuine frontier work in clearing the land and making a home. He married Miss Jane Crawford, of County Tyrone, in 1859; they have five children-John, Sarah, Oliver, Robert and Jane. Mr. McClain is a Republican and a member of the M. E. Church.
JULIUS MARTEL, farmer, Sec. 36; P. O. Mayville; born in Alsace, France, Nov. 2, 1851; his parents came to America in 1856, and, after one year in Mayville, settled on a farm in Williamstown; here Mr. Martel lived, with the exception of three years spent in the Mayville High School, until 1877, when he settled on his present farm of ninety-two acres, upon which he has made substantial improvements. He married Miss Bertha Bosim Oct. 10, 1877; they have one daughter- Adell, born Sept. 27, 1878. Mr. Martel is a Republican and one of the stirring young farmers of his town.
JOSEPH MARX, farmer and hotel-keeper, Secs. 2 and 5; P. O. Farmerville; born in Rubi- con, Dodge Co., Wis., Oct. 11, 1852; son of Nicholas Marx, a shoemaker, who was born in Germany June 10, 1822, and settled in Rubicon in 1848; after ten or twelve years, he removed to Le Roy and built the Five-Mile House, which he kept until his death, May 13, 1874, the business being continued by his sons Joseph and Frank. Joseph Marx lived in Dodge Co. until June 21, 1870, when he enlisted in the 3d U. S. Regulars, but, on account of defective eyesight, was soon discharged ; in the spring of 1871, he went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked two years in a foundry and one year at railroading; on his return to Farmersville, he married Miss Susanna Wiesner, of Washington Co., Wis., May 18, 1875; they have three children-Joseph J., Susanna I. and Daniel F. Mr. Marx is a Democrat, and was Justice of the Peace two years in Le Roy.
W. P. MILES, farmer, Secs 4 and 5; P. O. Oak Center, Fond du Lac Co., Wis .; born in Genesee Co., N. Y., Sept. 5, 1842 ; son of David Miles, born in St. Johnbury Plains, Vt., June 17, 1798. The Miles family were among the first settlers in Le Roy, in spring of 1846 ; only four or five families in the town ; Mr. Miles bought U. S. land, built a log house, cleared up his farm, and made a home ; wild game was plenty, but they had to pound corn into meal, as the nearest mill was at Neenah, and the nearest mar- ket Milwaukee ; W. P. Miles saw rough pioneer experience, as the family was large and money scarce ; he
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used to wear rags on his feet to school in winter, drying then during school hours, and wearing them home again. He resided on the old farm until Sept. 9, 1861, when he enlisted in Co. B, 10th W. V. [ .; was Drum- Major of the regiment, and served with it until March, 1862, when he was honorably discharged on account of disability ; his brother, Holsey, was shot by bushwhackers in Woodville, Ala .; in October, 1864, Mr. Mile; enlisted in Co. G, 1st W. V. C., was in the battles at Hopkinsville, Ky., helped chase Hood over the Tennessee River, was in the fights at Columbus, Ga., and present at capture of Montgomery and Selma, Ala., was also with his famous regiment when it rewarded the 4th Mich. V. I. for its treachery in the capture of Jefferson Davis, by shooting about 30 men, and he thinks the entire 4th would have fared hard but for Col. Harndon of the 1st ; on his return, Mr. Miles settled on the old homestead of 140 acres, which he has owned since the death of his father, July 19, 1876. Married Miss Mary McClain in 1856; they have four children -Florence, Holsey, Calista and Muzetta. Mr. Miles is a Republican, and has been Consta- ble and Supervisor ; is also an Odd Fellow.
JOHN RIFENBERGH, farmer, Sec. 12 ; P. O. Brownsville ; born in Huron Co., Ohio, Oct. 11, 1838 ; when he was about 12 years of age his parentssettled in Le Roy, Dodge C )., Wis .; here he worked several years as a carpenter and joiner, enlisting September, 1861, in Co. K, 10th W.V. I. ; he served three years, participating in every battle which that historic regiment fought; was com missioned Second Lieutenant of his company by Gov. Salomon. At the expiration of his three-years term of service he returned to Le Roy, bought his farm of 80 acres, March, 1867 ; was the architect and builder of his pleasant hone. He married Miss Olive A. Rhodes March 21, 1868, who was born Feb. 26, 1842, in St. Lawrence Co., N. Y .; they have three living children-Effie A., Fred L. and Roberta A. Mr. Rifenbergh is a Repub- lican and a member of Oakfield Lodge 158, A., F. & A. M.
GEORGE SCHMID, farmer and brewer, Secs. 25 and 26; P. O. Farmersville ; born in Bava- ria March 10, 1829 ; was educated in the Fatherland, where he learned his trade of brewer; came to America in 1853, spent three years in Milwaukee and then settled on his present farm of 742 acres ; he built his brewery in 1858, and has since continued the business, manufacturing about 100 barrels of beer per annum ; his improved farm, large house, barns, brewery, etc., are the result of his own labor and man- agement. He married Miss Mary Greiner in 1854, who was born in Bavaria Feb. 1, 1832; they have nine children-George, Mary, Anna, Lizzie, Joseph, Matild , Caroline, Alis and Max. Mr. Schmid is a Democrat, and a member, with his wife, of the Catholic Church.
MARKUS STERR, farmer, Secs. 26, 27 and 28; P. O. Farmersville; born in Bavaria April 25, 1817 ; came to America with his brother, Joseph, in 1846, locati ig in Milwaukee, where they were joined in 1847, by Caspar and Andrew ; in November, 1847, the four brothers removed to Le Roy, (see biography of F. X. Sterr) ; Mr. Sterr worked here, then in Mayville, then in Milwaukee, thence removing to Indiana and Michigan ; returning in November, 1853, to Le Roy, he settled on sixty acres of his present farm, where he did real pioneer work in chopping and burning heavy timber ; he cleared this, bought and cleared more, and now has 230 acres well improved, with a large brick house and good barns, etc. He married, in August, 1853, Miss Elizabeth Meirtz, of Upper Austria; they have seven children living-Theresa, John, Marcus, Elizabeth, Peter, Robert and Michael. Mr. Sterr is a Republican, and has been for years Treasurer of School District No. 4.
FRANK STERR, farmer, Secs. 14 and 15; P. O. Farmersville; born in Batavia Sept. 25, 1833; came to America and to Le Roy with his father, Caspar Sterr, (see biography of F. X. Sterr); at 21, he went to Michigan, and spent six years in the pineries ; returning to Le Roy, he rented a saw-mill two years, then built and owned a share in his brother's saw-mill. He enlisted Sept. 22, 1864, in the 43d W. V. I. ; the regiment was held in reserve at the battle of Nashville, and served until the war closed ; on his return to Le Roy, he sold his interest in the saw-mill, and bought forty acres of his present farm, with n , buildings of value ; by hard work and attention to business, he has 182 acres of well-improved land, a new brick house and good barns. He married Miss Mary Yung Oct. 6, 1856; they have thirteen children-John, Louisa, Louis, Leonard and Frank (twins), Anna, Robert, William, Mary, Theresa. George and Emma. Mr. Sterr is a Republican ; was Town Treasurer three successive terms and Assessor three terms. The family are Roman Catholic.
F. X. STERR, farmer, Secs. 22 and 26; P. O. Farmersville ; born in Bavaria Oct. 15, 1834; he is a son of Caspar Sterr, who settled with his family and three brothers-Markus, Andrew and Joseph, in Le Roy, November, 1847; the Sterrs were all Bavarians, and were accompanied by twelve or fifteen German families ; the settlers had to cut a road to their farms, as the entire country was a wilderness of heavy timber ; they suffere l terribly from the cold November rains, and, to add to their misery, smallpox broke out among them, Joseph Sterr dying November 27; the brothers saw more than their share of hardships, as, unable to keep a tea n, they were obliged to carry flour from Milwaukee the first winter, and
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afterward from Mayville; Caspar bought Government land, cutting, burning and clearing the timber to make a farm and home; he died Jan. 26, 1876. F. X. Sterr lived and worked with him until 1858, when his father gave him thirty-three acres on Sec. 26, where he lived until 1861, when he bought his present farm of 140 acres ; this he has improved by building a house and several large barns. He married Miss Rosina Oestermier Sept. 10, 1856; they have nine children-Theresa, F. X., Matilda, Albert, August, Rudolph, Rosalie, Amelia and Edward. Mr. Sterr is independent in politics, and, with the family, a mem- ber of the Catholic Church.
SEBASTIAN STERR, farmer, Secs. 34 and 35; P. O. Kekoskee ; born in Bavaria Aug. 12, 1832; son of Caspar Sterr, and came with him to America and to Le Roy in 1847 (see biography of F. X. Sterr); in 1854, he went to Monroe Co., Wis., returning in December, 1860, and bought a farm on Sec. 10, which he exchanged in 1863 for his saw mill and twelve acres ; his mill is run by one of the best water-powers in the county, having a fall of thirty-five feet; he has the muley saw, and does custom work; has sixty-one acres with good improvements. He married Miss Mary Zettl Sept. 29, 1853; they have eight children- Allois, Frederick E., Anna, Louis, Henry, Mary, Matilda and Edward. Mr. Sterr is a Republican.
NICHOLAS WEIDIG, farmer and brewer, Sec. 26; P. O. Farmersville ; born in Williams- town, Dodge Co., Wis., May 4, 1849; son of John Weidig, who came from Germany to America in 1847, and settled in Williamstown in 1848. N. Weidig has spent his life and been educated in the county. He enlisted in the 44th W. V. I. in February, 1865, and served till the war closed; was discharged in the fall of 1865. Settled in Le Roy in 1868; worked in the Mayville and other breweries some time ; then bought his brewery and farm of twenty acres ; he manufactures about 175 barrels of beer per annum. Sept. 1, 1874, he married Miss Theresa, daughter of Markus Sterr; they have two sons-Nicholas and Leonard. Mr. Weidig is a Democrat and in unison with the Catholic religion.
JOSEPH WEINBERGER, boot and shoe maker and hotel keeper, Lehner's Corners ; born in Le Roy, Dodge Co., Wis., Feb. 22, 1856 ; son of Jacob Weinberger, who was born and educated in Bavaria, serving twelve years in the royal army ; he came to America in 1847; was two years in Mil- waukee, and settled 'in Le Roy in 1849. He married Miss Nothburga Sagstetter in 1847; they have five sons-Jacob, Sebastian, Joseph, Xavier and Louis. Jacob Weinberger has spent his life and been educated in Dodge Co., learning his trade of his brother Sebastian ; began his present business in October, 1877 ; has a hotel and saloon, dealing in all kinds of native and foreign wines and liquors, and selling boots and shoes of his own manufacture. He married Miss Caroline Hausinger Oct. 23, 1877 ; they have one son-John Arthur. Mr. Weinberger is a Democrat and a Roman Catholic.
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