BIOGRAPHIES: Edward GESSNER, Fall Creek, Eau Claire County, WI

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EDWARD GESSNER, Postmaster and express agent, dealer in agricultural 
implements, etc.  Came to Wisconsin in 1850; located near Milwaukee, with
parents, farming for over two years, then in Dane County three years; then
went to Pepin County, farmed for six months; then engaged as millwright,
carpenter, etc., for eighteen months.  Went to Eau Claire in 1857; was 
contracting builder there for ten years.  Came to Fall Creek in 1867, and 
built and run a sawmill, up to 1871.  Was appointed postmaster in 1871, and
also commenced his present business.  Was station master of W. W. Railroad 
from 1874 to 1878, and express agent since 1876.  Has also been a member of
Thiel & Gessner, dealers in agricultural implements since the Spring of 
1881.  Was Town Supervisor for one year, and for four years was Town 
Treasurer.  Was Justice of the Peace from 1878 to 1880, and was re-elected
in 1881; has been Notary Public.  Was born in Prussia, in 1837; came to
America in 1850.  Married, at Eau Claire, April, 1861, to Rosalia Herchlep,
born in Prussia.  They have ten children -- Gus H., Charles, Henry, August,
Frank, Emma, Anna, Edward, Helen and Albert.  


--Taken from "The History of Northern Wisconsin containing an Account of its
Settlemen, Growth, Development and Resources; An extensive Sketch of its 
Counties, Cities, Towns and Villages, Their Improvements, Industries, 
Manufacturies; Biographical Sketches, Portraits of Prominent Men and Early
Settlers; Views of County Seats, Etc."  Chicago:  The Western Historical
Company.  A. T. Andreas, Proprietor.  1881.  Page # 342, 343