JACOB SCHMITTEN, tailor, Montfort; was born in the city of Cologne, Prussia, on the Rhine, April 20, 1837; he came to the United States March 28, 1866; he learned his trade at Cologne; he settled at Green Bay, Wis., where he was married to Catherine Mans; she died at Green Bay. Mr. Schmitten went to Milwaukee in 1873, where he worked at his trade and was married to Josephine Grattinger; he lived in Milwaukee about five years, when he removed to Platteville, where his wife died Jan. 2, 1879. He located in Montfort in 1880. Has two children by his first wife - Anna C. and John P.; two by his second wife - Edward and Mary E.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.