Biography: Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin: Joseph F. Lenz ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, August 2004 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ Joseph F. Lenz, of the firm of Lenz & Ehlers; was born in Austria Jan. 10, 1841; came directly to Fond du Lac in 1856, where he has since resided, working at the wagon-maker's trade, which he began learning in Europe. Mr. Lenz has been engaged in business for himself since 1873. He was married at Fond du Lac, Jan. 24, 1861, to Fredericka A. Eichmeyer, born in Holstein, Germany; they have three children- Joseph H., Rudolph and Louis. He has been one of the mangers of the German-English Academy during thirteen years. Transcribed from The History of Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Chicago : Western Historical Company, 1880 pg. 828