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History of Buffalo & Pepin Counties, Wisconsin - Vol. 1
pub. H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Winona, MN - 1919

         [page 153-154]

         BALTHASAR KELLER, one of the earliest settlers in Belvidere
       township, Buffalo county, was born in Canton Schaffhausen, and
       settled in this county in 1856, taking land in Belvidere township.
       Besides farming he also, at times, engaged in peddling merchandise.
       On April 27, 1861, he enlisted for service in the Civil War, in
       Company H, Sixth Wisconsin Regiment, and had a creditable military
       record, taking part in such famous battles as Second Bull Run,
       Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, in which last
       mentioned fight he was wounded. He was also, for a time, while in
       the service, confined to the hospital on account of malarial fever.
       After the war he resumed farming and became prosperous. He served
       at times in town office, and also as a member of the school board
       of his district, and was a man who was respected for his sturdy
       qualities of citizenship. He was a member of the G. A. R. Post at
       Alma. His death occurred April 9, 1914, when he was 75 years of
       age. MR. KELLER was married in Belvidere township, this county,
       to FRENA MUELLER, who was born in Switzerland, and who is now
       living in Alma, at the age of 74 years. They had eight children:
       FERDINAND (deceased), LILY, LOUISA, GEORGE, ROBERT, CLARA, MOLLIE
       and OSCAR.

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