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

         [page 152-153]
         
         CHRISTIAN SCHWEIZER, SR., one of the Buffalo county pioneers
       of 1856, now deceased, was born in Thun, Canton Berne, Switzer-
       land, Jan. 27, 1827, and came to the United States in 1850. 
       Landing at New Orleans after a voyage of 72 days, he made his 
       way up the river to St. Louis, and for several years wandered 
       up and down the river between St. Louis and Dubuque, working 
       for the most part at the carpenter's trade. At last he came 
       north to work in the pineries of Wisconsin, and that occupa-
       tion brought him to Alma, Buffalo county in 1856. There he 
       erected some of the first buildings. There also he was married 
       to FRANCES ULRICH, Dec. 11, 1858. She was born in Switzerland, 
       Aug. 10, 1837, and had come to America with her parents when 
       three years old. After residing in Alma for a while MR. SCHWEIZER 
       got a tract of land of 80 acres close to the village, it being 
       now included within the city limits, and he subsequently bought 
       90 acres more adjoining, so that he had a farm of 170 acres, 
       which he proceeded to improve and cultivate. In 1865, he and
       his wife having then three children - LOUISA, FRANK and JOHN -
       he enlisted in Company K, 48th Wisconsin Infantry, being mus-
       tered out in March 24, 1866. He saw service against the Indians 
       on the western frontier, and after his return home resumed 
       farming and continued to reside at Alma, his life being pro-
       longed until Feb. 10, 1912, when he passed away at the age of 
       85 years and 14 days. His wife, who survived him, is still 
       living in Alma. In early days MR. SCHWEIZER served in various 
       village offices. Besides carrying on his farm and doing occas-
       ional carpenter work, he also practiced dentistry after a some-
       what primitive fashion. When people who had a troublesome tooth 
       would come to him to have it extracted, he would make them sit 
       on the doorstep of his old log house, and would pull the tooth 
       with the crude forceps of those days, which consisted of a sort 
       of hook, with a handle adjusted as a lever, and which, though 
       not painless, was always effective. In his later years MR. 
       SCHWEIZER was a member of the G. A. R. post at Alma. He and 
       his wife had eight children: LOUIS, FRANK, JOHN (all three now 
       deceased), CHRISTIAN, FRANCES, FRED, FRANK and LOUISA.
       
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