Untitled From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 568

PETER B. LIPPOLT, a popular and successful farmer in the town of Paris, Grant county, is a native of the Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany, where he was born March 6, 1831, and there his parents, Wende and Christina LIPPOLT, were also born and died.

Mr. LIPPOLT came to this country alone in 1857, worked a year in a factory near Freeport, Penn., and then removed to Philadelphia, where he had factory work until 1860, the year of his coming West. While in Philadelphia he married Miss Elizabeth HARMON, a German born and bred young lady. Together they came to Wisconsin and settled at Platteville, where he found work for a time among the neighboring farmers, and then purchased a small farm near the line of the towns of Platteville and Paris, settling down to the work of making a home. The breaking out of the Civil war stirred the military fever of his race, and he enlisted in Company B, 43d Wis. V.I., serving in the Army of the Tennessee, and receiving his honorable discharge at Nashville in June, 1865. As a solider he did his duty well, and participated in several serious battles.

After the war Mr. LIPPOLT came home sick and broken in health and was able to do very little work for several years. Mrs. LIPPOLT died in March, 1875, leaving one daughter, Fredericka, who is now the wife of John SHAMBO, living near Platteville. Mr. LIPPOLT subsequently married Miss Louisa CLARE, a daughter of John and Magdaline CLARE, old pioneers of Grant county, and to this union have been born four children: (1) George, born in 1877, is unmarried, and is a resident of Grant county. (2) Louisa, born in 1879, is the wife of Melvin BOWMAN, who resides on his farm in Paris, Grant county. They have one daughter, Gladys. (3) Miss Lena, born in June, 1882, lives at home. (4) William, born in 1885, is at home.

In politics Mr. LIPPOLT has always been a stanch Republican, and he is a member of Sherman Post, G.A.R., at Platteville. He is also a member of the German Hutten Lodge, of Philadelphia. In religion both he and his wife are members of the Platteville Lutheran Church, to which for many years he has been a liberal contributor, and while it was building he took an active part in its behalf. He is still one of its strongest friends, and was an officer in the organization for a number of years. As a worthy citizen and an upright man his standing is beyond reproach.




This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck