HENRY BORGERT - Biography

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This biography appears on page 636 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.

HENRY BORGERT, farmer and blacksmith, Sec. 11; P. O. Burlington; born in
Prussia, in April, 1815 ; came to Wisconsin in November, 1845, and
located on the farm where he is now living; he is a blacksmith, and has
built a shop on his premises, where he carries on the business in
connection with farming. Married, in Germany, in 1841, Miss Potter; she
died in 1859 ; they had four children -- Henry, Mary, August, and
Margaret. Mr. Borgert married again, in July, 1860, Miss Jane Hollen;
she was born in Germany, in October, 1830; they have four children --
Herman, Anna, Joseph and Christina. Members, of the Burlington Catholic
Church. Owns 80 acres of land.