Untitled From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 920

HENRY KETTLER, retired farmer and highly esteemed citizen of Platteville, Grant county, was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1828, a son of Henry and Louisa (KRAUSE) KETTLER. The parents, natives of the same place, came to the New World in 1857 and made their home with their son in Smelser township, Grant Co., Wis. The father died in 1877, the mother ten years later. In the family of this worthy couple were four sons, of whom Henry is the eldest; Conrad came to Grant county in 1857, and died in November, 1899; August is also a resident of Platteville; Frederick was single on coming to America, was married in Grant county, and now resides in Nebraska.

Henry KETTLER was reared and educated in his native land, and there continued to make his home until 1856, when he took passage at Bremen on a sailing-vessel, landing after a voyage of fifty-two days in New York, whence he came direct to Grant county, Wis. He purchased a farm in Smelser township, and to its improvement and cultivation devoted his energies for many years. Meeting with excellent success in his farming operations, he was at length able to lay aside all business cares and live on the accumulation of former years, moving in 1892 to Platteville, where he has since lived a retired life.

In 1862 Mr. KETTLER was married in Smelser township to Miss Mary KNIPPING, also a native of Hanover, Germany, and to them have been born three children, namely: Henry, who now lives on the home farm; John, who is married and resides on the same place; and Louisa, Mrs. WISE, who lives on a farm in Belmont township, Lafayette county, Wisconsin.

Mr. and Mrs. KETTLER are active member of the Lutheran Church, in which he has held office for the past fifteen years, and in politics he is identified with the Democratic party. He is one of the prominent and well-known men of Grant county, and is highly respected and esteemed by all with whom he has come in contact.



This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck