JOSEPH ROGGY, saloon, Front street, Muscoda; was born in Bavaria in 1818; came to America in 1851, and located in Muscoda. He built and run successfully for sixteen years the first brewery in Muscoda; learned the trade of brewer in the old country. He was married the first time to Miss Barbara Renkbarg, in 1846, by whom he had two children - one son and one daughter - and for his second wife he married Miss Lena Oswald, a native of Germany, married in Muscoda in 1853. He was in the army in the old country six years. The family are members of the German Lutheran Church; has been on the side board two terms. He is the oldest German settler living in Muscoda.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.