Peter 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

PETER BOEBEL, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Boscobel.  Born in Baden, Germany; came to
Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1854; worked there at the stonemason trade two years - the 
trade he learned in Baden.  In 1856, came to Grant Co., where he has since 
resided.  Owns 430 acres of land, which he has improved with a good barn costing 
about $800, and other improvements.  Member of the Presbyterian Church.  Married 
in 1865, to Katherine Brechler; she was born in Baden.  They have six children – 
five sons and one daughter.