Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Rudolph Ebert

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Rudolph Ebert, President of the German American Savings Bank; was born at
Dembach, Grand Duchy of Saxe Weimar, Eisenach, June 29, 1829, and came to
America, to Fond du Lac County in the fall of 1848, first locating in the
town of Calumet; he there engaged in farming, which he continued until the
spring of 1850, when he moved to Fond du Lac; he at once secured a position
as Clerk in the Register of Deeds' office, which he held until he was
elected Register in November, 1852; he served 1853 and 1854- one term-
after which he opened an office for the transaction of real-estate, loan
and abstract business; in the spring of 1865, Mr. E. visited Europe,
returning in the fall to renew his business, which was continued until
1866, when the private banking-house of Ebert & Perry was established; in
1873, the bank was organized under the State law as a savings bank, R.
Ebert, President, and J.C. Perry, Cashier.  Mr. Ebert has been six terms
City Treasurer of Fond du Lac, and a member of the Board of Education.  In
November, 1856, he was married to Louisa Encking, a native of Holstein,
Germany; they have six children, but only one is living- Augustus, born
July 22, 1861, and now in the order and sale department of C.J.L. Meyer's
factory.

Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago :
Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 800