John G. Ableiter 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

JOHN G. ABLEITER, farmer; P. O. Annaton; was born in 1829, in Württemberg; was a 
son of Leonard Ableiter; living with his parents until he was 14 years of age; 
then worked for himself fourteen years; then went to Switzerland for four years, 
when he again returned to Germany, where he resided but six months; then came to 
America, in 1854, locating at Chicago ; then to Grant Co., Wis., near 
Platteville, for two years; then to Liberty, where he has lived since he was 
married to Miss Mary Klais, a daughter of Bernard Klais, of Mineral Point. They 
have five children - George, Albert, August, Mary and Annie. He has 148 acres of 
land, in politics, he is a Democrat, and a member of the Anglical Church.