John G. Ableiter From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 1029.

TOWN OF LIBERTY

JOHN G. ABLEITER, farmer; P. O. Annaton; was born in 1829, in Wurtemberg; was a son of Leonard Ableiter; living with his parents until he was 14 years of age; then worked for himself fourteen years; then went to Switzerland for four years, when he again returned to Germany, where he resided but six months; then came to America, in 1854, locating at Chicago; then to Grant Co., Wis., near Platteville, for two years; then to Liberty, where he has lived since he was married to Miss Mary Klais, a daughter of Bernard Klais, of Mineral Point. They have five children - George, Albert, August, Mary and Annie. He has 148 acres of land. In politics, he is a Democrat, and a member of the Anglical Church.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.