REV. F. X. WEINHART, Muscoda; born in Austria in 1828, a son of Anthony Weinhart, who is still living in the old country. Father Weinhart received his education in Austria, and came to America as a theologian in 1852; was ordained as a Catholic Priest in 1855, and has had great success in establishing and organizing congregations. In 1856, he started and built his first church in Greenfield, Milwaukee Co., viz., "Holy Sacrament." The second one at Franklin, Milwaukee Co., in 1857, viz., "Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary;" he also established the "St. Aloisius" Church at Sauk City; at Avoca, "St. Joseph's;" at Highland, the German Roman Catholic Church, which was dedicated in 1864, and the church at Muscoda in 1859; at present he has charge of two congregations, the one at Avoca, and the church at Muscoda; he moved to Muscoda permanently in 1880. He was permanently located at Mineral Point for the term of eight years, and also at Highland for the same length of time; he has been in the ministry continually from the time he was ordained, with the exception of the trip he took to Europe, to see his aged father. He established two churches in Richland County, one of which was named "St. Anthony," after his father, and the other "St. Mary." He is the only one living of the three Priests that started the seminary in 1854 and 1855 at Milwaukee. His present congregation at Muscoda only numbered sixteen families in the start, and he said mass in the schoolhouse at first, and then in a wagon-shop, using the workbench as an altar; it is now in flourishing condition, numbering ninety-four families. He has wonderful executive abilities, and is thought highly of by the whole community.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.