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


         [page 180]
         
         EGIDIUS NELLESSON, wagonmaker and blacksmith, Chilton.
       Born in Prussia, Germany, Feb. 12, 1822. While there he 
       learned his trade, and in 1843, came to America, with 
       his father and brother. He went to Erie City, Pa., and 
       after a short stay there, he came to Wisconsin and lo-
       cated in Washington County, where, in 1848, they pre-
       empted land, the farm being in Marytown, where they 
       lived. He moved to Chilton in 1854. This country was 
       then but thinly settled, and he was among the first. 
       He started the second blacksmith shop in the place, and 
       worked on the first mill in Chilton, which is now in ruins. 
       He is established in a good trade. In 1847, he married 
       Miss TOOLE, of Prussia, Germany. They have five children
       - GERTRUDE (now Mrs. BALL), HENRY B., NICHOLAS, EVAR and 
       ANNA. They are members of the Catholic Church.

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