. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . hree children: Or-ville H., aged eight years; Hallie B., aged six; andJennie, .aged two. Both husband and wife havebeen teachers in the schools of AVaukesha County,and in politics he is a Republican. Eliza T., thenext child in Mr. and Mrs. Droughts family, be-came the wife of William Moore, of Milwaukee,who has been in the employ of the Chicago, Mil-waukee <k St. Paul Railroad for twenty , the youngest, wedded Miss Sarah


. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . hree children: Or-ville H., aged eight years; Hallie B., aged six; andJennie, .aged two. Both husband and wife havebeen teachers in the schools of AVaukesha County,and in politics he is a Republican. Eliza T., thenext child in Mr. and Mrs. Droughts family, be-came the wife of William Moore, of Milwaukee,who has been in the employ of the Chicago, Mil-waukee <k St. Paul Railroad for twenty , the youngest, wedded Miss Sarah reside in VV^alw()l?tll County, where he is en-gaged in farming. Mr. and .Mrs. Drought have witnessed the growthand (Uvcldpincnt of the country from a wilder-ness to one rich in all products. They have beenactively identilied with the interests of the com-munity in which they reside and are esteemed fortheir many excellent traits of character. He hasbeen a member of the Methodist Episcopal Churchfor more than fifty years, while his wife has beena inenilicr of the Close Communion Baptist Chinchsince 1838. They are kind Christian people, and. CHARLES G. DEISSNER. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 535 are spending their declining years !n peace andliap|)iiiess. Having loilt-d side Ijy side for almosthalf a cenlury, lliey still ahiflc lo enjoy the fniitsof their lalif)r. ellARLKS (;. DKISSNKR, Sheriff of Wau-kesha County, of which he is a native, washorn in the town of Pewaukee, September8, ISoT). His parents (now deceased) were CliarlesT. and Louisa (liauermeistor) Deissnei, pioneers ofWaukesha County. Charles T. Deissner was bornin Madgeburg, Saxony, (iermany, August 5, I81G,and was a son of Daniel G. Deissner, who came toAmerica in 184(1, and settled in the town of Ie-waukee, Waukesha County, Wis., where he builtthe first water-mill erected in the county, andground grain for the early settlers. Two yearslater the sou, Charles T., followed and took up hishome with his


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