HERMAN C. GROTE, of the firm of Grote & Unbrager, planing-mill and manufacturer of all kinds of furniture, Muscoda; was born in Westphalia, Prussia, Oct. 6, 1830, where he was educated. He came to America in 1847, and located first in Milwaukee, where he worked for Mr. Schenck at the furniture business (who is now in the same business in Milwaukee), three weeks for 95 cents; he then went to Galena, Ill., where he learned the trade of cabinet-making and turning, remaining there until 1854, when he came to this State and located in Platteville, where he worked at his trade, and in February, 1855, he came to Muscoda and established the cabinet and turning business. He married in 1854, at Platteville, Miss Jane Mann, a native of England. They have seven children; the oldest son is now engaged in the carpenter trade at Viroqua.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.