. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . sconsin since (), and ofWaukesha since thesummerof 1889. He was bornnear Berlin, Prussia, Germany, August 9, 1848,and is a son of Joachim and Jane (Braun) Mer-ton. In 18,56 he came to the United States withhis parents, who settled in Milwaukee, Wis. Hismothers death occurred in that city, while his fa-ther is still a resident there. Our subject attended the Lutheran parochialschool of Milwaukee until fourteen years of age,when he lef
. Portrait and biographical record of Waukesha County, Wisconsin, containing biographical sketches of old settlers and representative citizens of the county . sconsin since (), and ofWaukesha since thesummerof 1889. He was bornnear Berlin, Prussia, Germany, August 9, 1848,and is a son of Joachim and Jane (Braun) Mer-ton. In 18,56 he came to the United States withhis parents, who settled in Milwaukee, Wis. Hismothers death occurred in that city, while his fa-ther is still a resident there. Our subject attended the Lutheran parochialschool of Milwaukee until fourteen years of age,when he left home to make liis own wa3- in theworld. He began working as a farm hand nearthe Cream City, but later removed to WalworthCounty, where he pursued the same line of to get into something more congenial tohis tastes, he entered upon the study of law in theottice of James Merrill, of East Troy, WalworthCounty, and was admitted to the Bar in 1877. Heat once opened an ollice in Builiiigton, RacineCounty, and entered upon the ])ractice of his pro-fession. Mr. INIerton was successful from the startand soon built up a large and lucrative GEORGE W. WILLIAMS.
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