Biographies:  August BARTIG, Augusta, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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August Bartig, born at Wolsko, Germany, August 5, 1838, came to America in 
1864.  He married, in 1868, Miss Louise Schroeder, who was born November 17, 
1848, at Putzig, Germany, and came to America in 1863.  They settled at 
Ripon, Wis., where Mr. Bartig followed his trade as a carpenter.  They moved 
to Augusta in 1870.  For several years Mr. Bartig had run a saloon, then 
engaged in the farm implement business.  He died in 1905.  His wife still 
lives at Augusta.  They had nine children, of whom seven are living.  A son, 
Henry Bartig, was born January 9, 1869, at Ripon, Wis.; came with his parents 
to Augusta in 1870; studied in the Augusta high school and has been since 
confidential clerk in a general department store at Augusta.  He married 
Bertha Ernstine Menge in 1895.  As a side line in business Mr. Bartig has 
been a successful breeder of fancy poultry for the past eight years.   

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 564.