Lacrosse-Dane County WI Archives Biographies.....Schmitz, Theodore 1827 - 
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THEODORE SCHMITZ, farmer, Sec. 2; P. O. Bangor; born in Prussia, Germany, in 
1827. Emigrated to this country in June, 1851. Resided in Northern Illinois 
for about six months; thence to St. Louis, Mo., where he lived till the spring 
of 1854; then went to St. Joseph, Mo., where he engaged to assist in driving 
cattle across the plains to California. This trip occupied about three months. 
He stayed in California till the spring of 1859; he then went to Frazier's 
River, in the British Possessions. Returned to California, where he remained 
two years; thence to Dane Co., Wis., in 1861. Came to La Crosse Co. the same 
year, and settled in the town of Washington, where he lived till October, 
1864. In the fall of 1861, returned to Germany, and was married to Clara 
Urmes. He came back in the spring of 1862. They have six children - Lucy, 
Katrina, John B., John M., Theodore and Gasper. Mr. Schmitz enlisted in the 
spring of 1864, and served till the close of the war. His farm contains 160 
acres.

Additional Comments:
From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 846.

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