HERMAN UHEN - Biography

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This biography appears on page 652 in History of Racine and Kenosha Counties, Wisconsin...
published by the Western Historical Co.: 1879.



HERMAN UHEN, farmer, Sec. 12; P. O. Burlington; born in Westphalia,
Germany, in August 1826; he came to McHenry Co., Ill., in 1854, where he
engaged at farming; in 1857 he removed Wisconsin; located in Burlington;
bought a farm, on which he is now living and working. He first married
in Waukegan, Ill., in 1854, Miss Elizabeth Rareman, who was born in
Westphalia, Germany, in 1830; had three children, two living- Elizabeth
and Mary. His wife died in Jan., 1859. He married again in Burlington,
in June, 1859, Miss Mary Navind, who was born in Westphalia, Germany, in
1824. They have five children - Bernard, Henry, John, Joseph, and
Theresa. Some of his sons are assisting their father on the farm. He is
the owner of 207 acres of fertile land, well improved. Members of the
Burlington Catholic Church.