George Salzmann From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 1036.

TOWN OF PARIS

GEORGE SALZMANN, farmer, Sec. 25; P. O. Dickeyville; owns 160 acres of land; son of Adam and Anna Salzmann; was born in Gusladen, Prussia, Nov. 18, 1815; he came to the United States in 1849; settled first in Ohio near Cincinnati; lived there about two years; went to Kentucky, near Covington, where he remained about five years; thence to Galena, Ill., three years; thence to Dickeyville, where he lived on a rented farm for four years; then on Sec. 36, town of Paris, three years; then, in 1866, he bought the place where he lived until the 29th of July, 1877, when he died suddenly in the field while at work. He was married Feb. 2, 1843, to Miss Theresa Junemann, daughter of Martin and Theresa (Hartung) Junemann, of his native place; she still resides on the homestead in Paris; they had eight children, six of whom are living - Anna, now Mrs. Jentz, living in Hazel Green, Wis.; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Ginter, living in Conception, Mo.; Barbara, now Mrs. Weagel, living in Benton, Mo.; Caspar, living at Ishpeming, Mich.; Henry J., at home; Frank, at Corwith, Iowa. Mr. Salzmann was a member of the Holy Ghost Chapel, German Catholic Church, at Dickeyville.

 


This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.