F. WEDHASE, harness-maker and carriage-trimmer; is a native of Germany, and was born in Prussia Feb. 5, 1823; grew up and learned the trade of carriage-trimmer; after the revolution, he emigrated to America in 1849, and the following year came west to Dubuque and entered the employ of L. D. Randall & Co., and was engaged in carriage trimming for that firm for fifteen years; he made the first top buggy ever made in Dubuque. He came to Lancaster and established his present business in 1869, and is the oldest harness-maker in Lancaster. In 1852, he married Augusta Koch, from St. Lous; they have eight children - Frank, in Dakota; Lizzie, in Boscobel; Fanny, in Dakota; John, Clara, Ida, Della and Fred.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.