Zacharie GOFFART; Biographical Sketch; DePere Township, Brown Co.,
Wisconsin

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Excerpt from  Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River
Valley Counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago by J H Beers Co
publishers 1900 Chicago, IL.

Zacharie Goffart.     Among the intelligent, prosperous agriculturists
and self-made citizens of De Pere township, none is more deserving of
mention than the one whose name is here recorded.  He was born August
1, 1842, in Belgium, a son of Peter J. Goffart, who was a merchant and
landowner in his native land, and in comfortable circumstances.  He
died when his son, Zacharie was twelve years old.

Zacharie Goffart received all his education in Belgium, and when,
about fourteen years old, came with his widowed mother to the United
States.  They sailed from Antwerp in April, 1857, on the
'Westphalia,', and came via Quebec to Green Bay, Wis., where they
arrived eight weeks after leaving their home.  An older brother of our
subject, Ferdinand, had preceded them to this country, and they all
resided for a time in Green Bay township; but the land was poor, and
they soon afterward moved to De Pere township, along the East river.
In this region, which was then all in the woods and abounded with wild
animals, Zacharie was reared to manhood, and, there being no lack of
work he commenced early to assist in the clearing of the land.  From
De Pere the family later removed to Rockland township, where they
resided for 7 years.

On June 11, 1867, Mr Goffart was married, in De Pere, to Miss Mary T.
Daix, a native of Belgium,  and to this union were born six children,
four of whom are yet living, namely: Catherine, Ellen (a school
teacher, of Peoria, Ill.), Hortense (a schoolteacher at Stevens Point,
Wis.), and Leo (living at home). The mother of these died November 10,
1879, and was buried in De Pere cemetery, and on January 10, 1881, Mr.
Goffart was married, in De Pere, to his present wife, Elizabeth
Becher.  She was born March 17, 1861, in New Denmark township, Brown
county, a daughter of  Joseph Becher, who was a native of Germany.  To
this marriage were on who have traveled more extensively.