Kenosha County WI Archives Biographies.....Engelhardt, John G. 1847 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 October 27, 2008, 4:38 am Author: Western Historical Society (1879) JOHN G. ENGELHARDT, born in Bavaria in 1847; his family came to America the same year, locating in Kenosha, where his father engaged in brewing and continued until 1874, when he was obliged to retire on account of old age. John G. first engaged in farming, but, after two years, apprenticed himself to the cooper's trade in 1861; has followed that business to the present time. He married, in November, 1870, Miss Ella R. Richardson, a native of Vermont. Mr. Engelhardt was a member of the Kenosha City Council in 1876; is School Commissioner. Is a member of the I. O. O. F. He had four children-John W., Frederick C., Edward C. and Frank C.; the latter died Feb. 12, 1874. Additional Comments: Extracted from: THE HISTORY OF RACINE AND KENOSHA COUNTIES, WISCONSIN, CONTAINING A HISTORY OF EACH COUNTY, ITS EARLY SETTLEMENT, GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT, RESOURCES, ETC., AN EXTENSIVE AND MINUTE SKETCH OF ITS CITIES, THEIR IMPROVEMENTS, INDUSTRIES, MANUFACTORIES, CHURCHES, SCHOOLS, SOCIETIES, ETC., ETC., WAR RECORD, BIOGRAPHICAL 8KBTCHES, PORTRAITS OF PROMINENT MEN AND EARLY SETTLERS, VIEWS OF BUILDINGS, ETC., ETC.; ALSO HISTORY OF WISCONSIN, COSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF WI8CON8IN, CONDEN8ED AB8TRACT OF LAWS OF WI8CONSIN, MISCELLANEOUS, ETC., ETC. ILLUSTRATED. CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY. MDCCCLXXIX. (1879) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/kenosha/bios/engelhar493nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/wifiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb