LEWIS BEITLER, Sec. 24; P. O. Mt. Hope; owns 240 acres land, valued at $15 per acre; born in Pennsylvania in 1841; came to Wisconsin in 1855; he settled on this farm in 1869. Married Catherine Day, a native of this county; they have two children - Traverse J. and Clay D. In 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 20th W. V. I.; was discharged in 1865.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.