Biography: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Robert Mehlman ************************************************************************ Submitted by Kathy Grace, December 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. 1155 Robert Mehlman, firm of Mehlman Bros., wholesale and retail dealers and manufacturers of cigars, smokers' articles, etc.; was born in Kenosha, Wis., Sept. 1, 1853. His parents soon moved to Milwaukee, Wis. He lived at home until he was eighteen years of age, and learned the cigar trade and worked for different parties until 1877 (in Milwaukee and Oshkosh), and settled in this place April 29, 1873; began business as above noted. They do a large wholesale business, with an increasing trade.