Biographies from The History of Columbia County,
Wisconsin, 1880 


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From The History of Columbia County, Wisconsin, 1880,
publ. by Western Historical Company, Chicago, Page
965-966

JULIUS FOX, proprietor of the FOX House, Columbus; was
born in Prussia, Nov. 19, 1827; his father, William
FOX, was a tailor in that country; his mother,
Wilhelmina KAZLOSKIE, was of Polish descent, her
father, Carl KAZLOSKIE, having escaped from Poland
when he was a young man, and afterward made his home
in Prussia.  At the age of 14, Mr. FOX entered upon a
four-years apprenticeship at the shoemaker's trade at
Reetz, and after serving his time at the trade, he
traveled in the interest of the trade for eleven years
over various parts of Europe.  Jan. 26, 1855, at
Reetz, he was married to Miss Wilhelmina, a daughter
of Gotlieb and Caroline BREUNING, a native of Prussia,
born July 26, 1839; May 15, 1856, they sailed from
Hamburg for America, and landed in New York Aug. 2,
following; they came thence to Watertown, Wis., where
they stopped a short time and then came to Columbus,
where he began and carried on his trade for nine
years, as a manufacturer and dealer; he next engaged
in farming for a year; then in the grain trade for a
short time; he bought the Whitney House in 1868,
changed its name to the Fox House and has since been
its proprietor; he also owns a farm of 400 acres in
the town of Columbus.  He has been a member of the
City Council for two years.  Their children are
Charles (deceased), Clara, Robert (deceased), Henry,
Bertha, Laura (deceased), Hobart, and Ozisia.  They
are members of the Lutheran Church.

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AUGUST FRITZ, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Columbus; was born
in Prussia in 1841; his parents, Christian and Regina
FRITZ, emigrated with their family to America in 1857,
and located at Watertown, Wis., where his father died
in 1862; August, the subject of this sketch, enlisted
in Co. E, W.V.I., in 1862, under Col. B PINKNEY, and
partook in all the principal battles and movements of
his regiment during the war; was mustered out at
Galveston, Tex., in August, 1865; returning then to
Watertown, Wis., he made his home on the farm till
1866, when he sold there and bought his present one of
124 acres, on Sec. 34, town of Columbus, where he has
since resided.  He was married, March 20, 1866, to
Miss Mary HOLSTEN, of the town Farmingham, Jefferson
Co., Wis., though a native of Germany, and an emigrant
with her parents to Jefferson Co., Wis., in 1849;
their children are Edwin, Annie, Eleanora and William.
Mr. FRITZ and family are members of the Lutheran
Church.  His mother resides with him.

DANIEL S. FULLER, of the firm of FULLER Bros., dry-
goods merchants, Columbus; was born in Oneida Co.,
N.Y., June 13, 1834; with his parents, L. and Rachel
FULLER, he came to Wisconsin in 1857, and located at
Columbus; he soon went to Berlin, Wis., where he spent
one year, returning to Columbus in 1858, and in
January 1859, with his father, in the firm of L.
FULLER & Son, he began merchandising, and continued
the business under the name till July 1866, when his
brother, Mark R. took the place of his father, and the
firm was changed to FULLER Bros.  In the fall of 1866,
he was married to Miss Frances, daughter of Frederick
INGERSOLL, and a native of Attica, N.Y.; they had
three children - Agnes V., Alfred H. (deceased), and
M. Roosevelt.  Mrs. FULLER is a member of the
Congregational Church.

LUSCIUS FULLER, retired, Columbus; was born in the
town of Kirkland, Oneida Co., N.Y., in July 1810; is
the son of Daniel and Cynthia FULLER, who were natives
of Connecticut; Mr. FULLER devoted his time to farming
in his native county (excepting five years which was
devoted to saw-milling), till 1857; emigrating then to
Wisconsin, he located at Columbus, March 31, 1857; the
first year after his arrival here was given to saw-
milling at Berlin, Wis.; returning to Columbus, he
began merchandising during the winter of 1858-9, and
continued that business for several years; disposing
of his merchandise in 1866, he has since spent his
time looking after his farm of 170 acres in the town
of Columbus.  He was married in 1833 to Rachel
SANFORD, a native of England, who died in Columbus,
Wis., in 1873, leaving three children - Daniel S., now
a merchant of this city; Mark R., a merchant at
Augusta, Wis.; and Alice V., who died in September
1877; they had one son (Alfred E.), who enlisted in
Co. G, 23d W.V.I. in August, 1863, and was with his
regiment in all its principal movements till March
1864, when he died at Milliken's Bend, La.  His second
marriage was in February 1875, to Mrs. Mary D., widow
of the late E. GROVER, of Madison, Wis.; Mrs. FULLER
is a native of Monroe Co., N.Y., but came with her
parents, C. H. and Mary A. WILLIIAMS, to Dane Co.,
Wis., in 1846.  She is a member of the Congregational
Church.

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