Henry Gratz 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 Liberty, Biographical Sketches, Page 1029

HENRY GRATZ, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Stitzer; was born in Germany in 1827; is a 
son of Eustace Gratz; he lived with his parents until 25 years old; he came to 
America in 1852, locating in Chicago for one and a half years; then to Indiana 
for four years, working on a railroad, but soon wending his way to Hazel Green, 
Grant Co. for four years; then on Yellowstone River for two years, returning to 
Hazel Green for one and a half years, and in 1865 he enlisted in the 44th W. V. 
I., Co. K; served seven months or until the end of the war. He was married in 
1854, to Mary Kaufman, a daughter of George and Margaret Kaufman; has ten 
children - Louisa M., George F., August E., Mary Ann, Rosa W., Henry G., William 
G., Minnie, Lewis and Sophia C. Politics. Republican; has been Pathmaster one 
term; has 160 acres of land; is a member of the Evangelical Church.