GOTTLIEB STEINBRENNER, farmer, Sec. 14; P. O. Stitzer; was born in 1814, in Germany. He was a son of Michael and Elizabeth Steinbrenner, of Germany. He came to America in 1853, locating in Pennsylvania for one year and seven months; then to Galena, Ill., for eighteen months; then to the town of Harrison, in Grant Co., Wis., where he resided for nearly nine years; then to Blake's Prairie, in the same county, for two years, when he moved to Liberty, where he has lived since. He was married, in 1857, to Miss Girock. She was a daughter of Conrad and Christina Girock, of Germany. They have five children - John G. and John, Mary, Louisa, Christina. He has 200 acres of land, valued at $3,500. In politics, he is a Republican, and a member of the Evangelical Church. He has been School Director for one term, and has lived where he now resides for sixteen years.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.