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 168] ZIEGENFUSS BROTHERS, butchers, Fountain City, CHRISTOPH, the elder brother, was born in Prussia, Dec. 13, 1837, He married TERESA REID, a native of Baden. They have five children - GEORGE, LENA, MARY, WILLIAM and EDDIE. He en- listed in Co. F, 12th Ill. I., in 1861, and was discharged in 1864. He has been Justice of the Peace, Village Trustee and Marshal of Fountain City. MICHAEL, the younger brother, was born in the same place, April 14, 1843. He also enlisted in the U. S. A. in Co. G, 19th Ill. I., in 1861, and was discharged in 1862. He married LENA REID, of Baden. They have four children - ALOISE, HERMAN, EMMA and KATE. GEORGE ZIEGENFUSS, their father, was born in Prussia in 1806. In 1852 he came to America with his family, and their first location was in Galena, Ill., where they lived three years, when they removed to this place. His business has been, and still is, brewing. He married CATHERINE ENGELHART, also born in Prussia. They have four children living - MARY, JOHN, CHRISTOPH and Michael, the last two of whom sketches appear elsewhere. ===========================================================================