Lacrosse-Milwaukee County WI Archives Biographies.....Schenke, Martin February 5, 1822 - 
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MARTIN SCHENKE, painter and carpenter; was born in the Netherlands, Feb. 5, 
1822; came to Milwaukee in 1855, and in the year 1856 to New Amsterdam, where 
he worked around there in the hotel and saloon business. He enlisted in Co. I, 
8th W. V. I., in the year 1861, as private; promoted to Corporal; was Color-
Bearer of the 8th, and has had the honor of carrying the noble old "Abe," the 
historical old eagle; was in thirty-two battles; was wounded at Corinth, 
Miss.; receives a pension. Owns town property. His first wife was a native of 
Holland, where they were married; she died there. His second wife was 
Josephine Christn, born in Switzerland; they married in January, 1876. Was 
Constable and Town Sealer.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 842.

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