John Lind Biography - Grant County Wisconsin

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Submitted by David W. Taft, dwtaft @ gmail.com

History of Grant County Wisconsin
Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881
Town of Liberty, Biographical Sketches, Page 1030

JOHN LIND, hotel, Stitzer; was born in 1848 in Berks Co., Penn.; was a son of 
Henry and Jeanette Lind; lived with his parents until 14 years of age, then came 
to Liberty, Grant Co., Wis., in company with his parents, but soon after 
arriving, went to Lancaster and learned the carpenter trade with Henry Messie 
and William Alcorn, with whom he worked for six years. He married Annie Schoen-
berger, a daughter of John and Annie Schoenberger; then to Liberty for two 
years; then to Allamakee Co., Iowa, for two years; then returning to Liberty, 
where he has since lived. Has three children - Jennie M., Mary J., Emma L; is 
the proprietor of the City Hotel at Stitzer; also the owner of a saloon in the 
same place Politics, Republican, and is a member of the Evangelical Church.