FREDERICK MARING, farmer, Sec. 21; P. O. Dickeyville; son of Caspar Ortes and Margaret Maring, was born in Burch, Ewrach, Bavaria, Aug. 10, 1807; he came to the United States in 1841, and lived in Pennsylvania one year; then to Galena, Ill., where they remained a year; then to Hazel Green, where they lived thirteen years, and followed mining three years; then engaged in farming, etc.; in 1856, settled in Paris on Sec. 21, where he now resides and owns 163 acres. He was married in Pennsylvania in the spring of 1842; has ten children living - the eldest, Festus, is at home; he enlisted in Co. I, 25th W. V. I., Aug. 6, 1862; served through the war and was discharged June 7, 1865; he is a member of the Town Board, and a member of the fraternity of Odd Fellows; Louisa, now Mrs. Wackershauser, in Paris, Wis.; Catharine, now Mrs. Montag, residing in Iowa; Magdalena, now Mrs. Hoffmeister, in Potosi, Wis.; William, Dickeyville; Mary, now Mrs. Schneider, in Wausau, Wis.; Mitchell and Friederick, at home; Barbara, now Mrs. Schmeltz, in Dubuque, Iowa; Leone, at home.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.