Biography: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Joseph Hartel ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, November 2004 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ History of northern Wisconsin: containing an account of its settlement, growth, development, and resources, an extensive sketch of its counties, cities, towns and villages, their improvements, industries, manufactories, biographical sketches, portraits of prominent men and early settlers, views of county seats, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881 p. 1148 Joseph Hartel, sawyer for O.D. Peck; was born in Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 27, 1827; engaged in saw mills in Germany; came to the United States in 1861, and located in Oshkosh, Wis.; engaged in saw-mills and continued in them in different positions; has been sawing about thirteen years. He was married in Oshkosh, in 1861, to Kraust Aeigan, of Oshkosh. They have three children- Phillip, Joseph and Augusta. Mr. Hartel is a member of the German Catholic Church.