Fred Boebel Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Marion, Biographical Sketches, Page 936

FRED BOEBEL, farmer, Sec. 20; P. O. Boscobel.  Born in Baden, Germany, March 28, 
1829; came to America in 1853, remaining in Ulster Co., N. Y., about six months; 
he then came to Grant Co., where he has since lived.  He owns 240 acres of land; 
he has cleared and improved this farm, with a barn costing about $700; his house 
cost about $600.  All of this property he has earned since coming here.  Married 
in 1857, to Miss Elizabeth Shide; she was born in Baden; had six children, three 
living - one daughter and two sons.