Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2025 All Rights Reserved USGenNet Data Repository Please read USGenNet Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Linda Talbott for the USGenNet Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ =========================================================================== Formatted by USGenNet Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. =========================================================================== History of Northern Wisconsin pub: The Western Historical Company, Chicago, 1881 [page 167] G. G. OPPLIGER, retired merchant, Fountain City, was born in Switzerland, May 16, 1837. In 1853, he, with his parents, emi- grated to America and settled in Rochester, N. Y. He came to Fountain City in 1858, and was employed for a few years as clerk. In 1861, he started The Buffalo County A'eau//ican, of which he was publisher and editor until 1870, when he sold it to MR. LEICHT. He then went into the drug business; continued until 1870, when he sold his stock to BECKMAN & Son. He married Anna EBNER, a native of Baden, Germany. ===========================================================================