BIOGRAPHIES:  Robert MORSBACH, Durand, Pepin Co., WI

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ROBERT MORSBACH, druggist, Durand, was born in Ronsdorf, Cologne,
Germany, Aug. 4, 1828. After passing through the public schools of his
native town, he attended a private school in Cologne, and at the age of
nineteen, he came to the United States. He went to Baltimore, and from
there to Milwaukee, and thence to Sauk City, where he resided twelve
years. Then came to Eau Claire, and in 1862, to Durand. In 1854, he was
appointed Notary Public, which office he still retains. He has held the
office of Town Clerk, was Deputy Sheriff of Sauk County, and Under
Sheriff of Pepin County one term. He was married, Dec. 9, 1855, in Sauk
City, to Miss Paulina Baumgardt. She died in Durand, May 1, 1868,
leaving two sons, Ernst F. and Carl A. Jan. 16, 1870, he married Mrs.
Elvira Sarah Sargeant.

-Transcribed from the "History of Northern Wisconsin, 1881," page 702


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