Wisconsin, its story and biography, 1848-1913 . ch has been identified with Shawano county since 1880, andhas had an active business career since he reached manhood in thiscounty. Born in Germany, February 28, 1868, Albert H. Gustman wasthe son of August and Albertina (Kroening) Gustman. In 1880 thefamily made their journey across the ocean and settled in Shawanocounty on a farm in the town of Westcott. There the father workedindustriously and lived a substantial man in the community until hisdeath in 1898. The mother passed away several years before. A boy of twelve years when the family loca
Wisconsin, its story and biography, 1848-1913 . ch has been identified with Shawano county since 1880, andhas had an active business career since he reached manhood in thiscounty. Born in Germany, February 28, 1868, Albert H. Gustman wasthe son of August and Albertina (Kroening) Gustman. In 1880 thefamily made their journey across the ocean and settled in Shawanocounty on a farm in the town of Westcott. There the father workedindustriously and lived a substantial man in the community until hisdeath in 1898. The mother passed away several years before. A boy of twelve years when the family located in Shawano county,Mr. Gustman had already received some educational advantages in hisnative country, and continued here in the common schools, assisting inthe labors of the home farm. In 1898 he sold the farm and moved to thecity of Shawano. There up to the time of his election as county treasurer,he was identified with different enterprises. He first bought a dray linerunning it for several years. For four years he drove the United States. HISTORY OF WISCONSIN 1303 government stage to Keshena, in the Menominee Indian next undertaking was a restaurant and bakery, and he built thatup to a profitable enterprise and then sold out at the end of two the following year he conducted a furniture and undertaking estab-lishment, and on his election to his present office he sold out to his son-in-law, who had previously been his partner, Mr. M. C. Karth. Mr. Gustman was married at the age of twenty years in 1>>S toMiss Minnie Gottschalk, who was born in Germany and came to Shawanocounty when a girl. Their two children are: Louisa, wife of M. C. Karth,and the mother of four children, whose names are Paul, Fred, Marieand Carl; William, who is married and lives in the state of Gustman takes a prominent part in the St. Jacobi Lutheran churchat Shawano, and is an elder. George W. Johnson. A substantial and ably managed institutionthat has had
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