HERRMANN SIEMERS, of the firm of Siemers & Thiele, saloon-keepers, Platteville; was born in Pupsen, Germany; came to America in 1865; lived nine months in New York City, then went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and came from there to Platteville in 1868; worked three and a half months on a farm, and has been in his present business since. In November, 1872, he was married, in Lyons, Iowa, to Lena Kuhl, and has three children - Mary, Julia and Frederick.
This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.