Outagamie County, WI - Biography of John Henry BOTTENSEK of Dale 1806-1865

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SUBJECT: Biography of John Henry BOTTENSEK of Dale 1806-1865
SUBMITTER: W. David Samuelsen
EMAIL: dsam@wasatch.com
DATE SUBMITTED: Apr 16, 1999
SURNAMES: BOTTENSEK, BUCK, REMMERS, SCOTT, WEGE
SOURCE: Record of the Pioneers of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; page 9, pub. 1898, The Post Publishing Co.


BIOGRAPHY:
JOHN HENRY BOTTENSEK

Was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1806; he came to Wisconsin in 1847; he came to the town of Dale in 1854 and
settled on a farm on Sections 14 and 23, T. 21, R.15, where he cleared his land and established a home where he
resided until his death in 1865; He married Sophia REMMERS in 1846; they have two sons and one daughter now
living. The oldest, John, born in 1850, married to Ella BUCK of Appleton; they have one daughter. John
BOTTENSEK is a graduate of Lawrence University; is practicing law in Appleton and is now district attorney. The
second son, August, born in 1852, married to Marietta H. SCOTT in 1875; they have three sons and two daughters;
they now
live on a farm in Dale. Their daughter, Lena, born in 1858, married to Edward WEGE; they have four daughters; they
now live in Ellington. John Henry BOTTENSEK's widow now lives in Appleton.