Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography ..of ..citizens of Columbia . ntered the Germanarmy and remained in the service for threeyears, during which time he participated inthe Franco-Prussian war. Although he tookpart in nine hard-fought battles, he for-tunately escaped uninjured. Later he wasemployed in a brewery in Donau, Eschingen,Baden, on the head waters of the riverDanube. Bidding goodby to his native land, went to London, England, in 1873,and was there employed in a brewery forabout a year. In April, 1874, he sailed forthe United States and
Memorial and biographical record and illustrated compendium of biography ..of ..citizens of Columbia . ntered the Germanarmy and remained in the service for threeyears, during which time he participated inthe Franco-Prussian war. Although he tookpart in nine hard-fought battles, he for-tunately escaped uninjured. Later he wasemployed in a brewery in Donau, Eschingen,Baden, on the head waters of the riverDanube. Bidding goodby to his native land, went to London, England, in 1873,and was there employed in a brewery forabout a year. In April, 1874, he sailed forthe United States and landed in New Yorkcity. As a cooper he worked in a sugarliouse at Hastings-on-the-Hudson for oneyear and nine months, and on the ist ofJanuary, 1S76, returned to New York city,and he was employed as a brewer and cooperuntil October, 1879, when he came to Wis-consin, locating in Baraboo in Novemberof that year. His first employment here wasin the capacity of superintendent of a brew-ery owned by Mrs. Bender, and a fewmonths later, in company with Adolph Ben-der, he rented the establishment and em-. V \
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