Jacob M. Beer 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 Wyalusing, Biographical Sketches, Page 1041

JACOB M. BEER, Sec. 35; P.O. Brodtville; owns 255 acres of land, valued at $20 
per acre; was born in Switzerland in 1834; came to America in 1854, and settled 
in Ohio; in 1861, he came to Wisconsin and located on this farm.  Married Sarah 
J. Barnes, a native of New York; they have three children - Leonard, Louis and 
Laura.  Has been a member of the Town Board two terms.  In 1862, he enlisted in 
Co. D, 33d W.V.I., and was discharged in 1865.