Biographies:  William Ernst SCHWAHN, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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William Ernst Schwahn, born in 1852, near Stettin, Germany, and came to 
this country with his father, William Ernst, who was born near Prenzlau, 
Germany, in 1810, and who was a butcher by trade; immigrated to America 
in 1870 and settled in the city of Eau Claire, where he died.  William 
learned the harness maker trade and has followed it ever since. He is at 
present a partner in the firm of Schwahn-Seyberth Saddlery Co., which in 
the year 1911 built a big factory building and doing a very lively business.  
In the year 1875 Mr. Schwahn married Miss Jennie Johnson, who was born in 
Norway, in 1853.  He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and the National 
Union. 

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 569.