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History of Northern Wisconsin
pub: The Western Historical Company,
     Chicago, 1881


         [page 179]
         
         JACOB KELLER, saloon, Chilton. Born in canton Zurich, Switz-
       erland, Feb. 8, 1847. He came to America, in 1857, with his 
       father. Landing in New York, they came to Calumet County, and 
       located on a farm in the town of Chilton, where his father died 
       in 1863. That year he learned the blacksmith trade, but after-
       wards went to Fond du Lac, where he remained two years. After 
       taking a trip through the States, he came to Chilton, and opened 
       a saloon, having Henry Seigrist as partner till 1879, when he 
       opened his present business. In 1873, he married Miss AUGUSTA 
       BROUDES, of Rantoul. They have three children - CARL, LOUIS and 
       MATILDA. Mr. KELLER was Deputy Sheriff in 1873 and 1874, and is 
       a member of the I. O. O. F.
       
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