BIOGRAPHIES:  Johann Gotlieb KASSLER, Ella, Pepin Co., WI

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Johann Gotlieb Kassler (deceased) was born at Mingen, Bavaria,
September 22, 1822, and died at Ella, Wis., September 10, 1872.  He was
the only son of his parents who died when he was a small boy.  He
attended school until he was ten years old, when he began to learn the
blacksmith's trade.  He also worked as a teamster.  About 1842 he came
to Sheboygan, Wis., and continued in that vicinity for several years. 
He worked first as a farm laborer, and later at his trade in a large
factory.  Work was not very plenty, and he was sometimes obliged to
travel some distance in search of it.  On one occasion he came near
being lost in the snow, but just as he was becoming discouraged he
reached a house where he obtained employment at chopping.  Later he was
employed as fireman on a steamboat on the Mississippi river, running as
far north as St. Paul.  He worked at blacksmithing near Fort Madison
and Dorchester, Iowa, until 1863, when he removed to Frankfort township
and purchased 160 acres of wild land.  He divided his attention between
his trade and the improvement of his farm until his death. He was a
quiet, industrious citizen, and a member of the Roman Catholic church. 
He married Miss Mary Scholz, at Fort Madison, Iowa, April 27, 1857. 
Mrs. Kassler lived on the farm with her nephew, Joseph Scholz and
family, until her death, which occurred January 30, 1892, of la grippe.
She was sixty-seven years of age.  Joseph Scholz was born at Slavia,
Germany, May 24, 1864.  He came to America in 1883, and was married
October 1, 1888, to Lena Schwap.  They have one child, Mary.

-Transcribed from the "Historical & Biographical Album of the Chippewa
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2," pages 730-731.


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