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From the Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette, Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 710-711
A. W. WELLERS, engineer and miller of Platteville, Grant county, and a representative of one of the old pioneer families of this part of Wisconsin, is a prosperous clerk of the city in which he resides, and highly esteemed.
A. W. WELLERS was born in Germany, in April, 1845, a son of A. W. and Wilhelmina (MYER) WELLERS, natives of Germany, who came from that country to America in 1846, when our subject was but one year old. A. W. WELLERS, Sr., was a cabinetmaker by trade, and was the first of that trade to locate in this portion of the State, settling as he did in Platteville, where he resided until 1865, when he removed to Hurricane Grove, and died one year later. The mother survived until 1888, when she too, passed away in Grant county. Four children are still living, of the family born to these worthy people: (1) Elizabeth, born in Germany, in 1838, grew to womanhood in Platteville, married John TOBLER, who died in the Civil war, leaving one son, John, now of Chicago; Elizabeth then wedded Andrew GOVIER, of Fennimore, and they have four children, Edward, Burton, Grant and Ida. (2) Meta, second child of Mr. and Mrs. A. W. WELLERS, Sr., was born in Germany, in 1842, was educated in the public schools of this city and Lancaster, and is now a successful teacher and palmist in Chicago, being a great linguist, and speaking fluently, German, Latin, Greek and French. (3) A. W., our subject. (4) Mary, born in Platteville, in 1849, married, is now a resident of Oakland, Cal., with one daughter, Laura, who is also married, and a resident of Buffalo, New York.
A. W. WELLERS, Jr., grew to manhood in Grant county, where he received a common school education, later removing with his parents to Hurricane Grove, and at the time of his father's death, the entire support of the family fell upon his shoulders. For twelve or fourteen years thereafter the family continued to reside upon the farm, but at the expiration of that time Mr. A. W. WELLERS removed with his mother to Platteville, where he engaged with his uncle, John KEMPLER, as a clerk, and where he learned the trade of miller. This trade Mr. WELLERS has followed continuously ever since, in various parts of the county, and for eighteen years was employed by Noah VIRGIN, one of Platteville's pioneer business men, but is now a clerk in Platteville.
IN 1877 Mr. WELLERS married Miss Maria SEITZ, of Grant county, a native of Germany, daughter of Henry SEITZ, now deceased. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. WELLERS purchased property on Furnace street, where they resided until 1895, when they sold this residence, and purchased another in the Homestead Addition to Platteville. Here they erected a substantial home, and are surrounded by all modern comforts. To them were born six children: Margaret, born in Platteville, a graduate of the State Normal, and a young lady of culture and refinement; Georgia C., a student in the Normal school of Platteville; Emma A., student in Platteville Normal School; Albert W., a student in the high school; Charles H., a student in the Normal School; and Marie, in the Platteville schools. Politically Mr. WELLERS has always been identified with the Republican party; is a member of the Modern Woodmen, and of the Knights of the Globe, as well as the Platteville fire company. The entire family are members of the Lutheran Church, in which they are deservedly prominent. The WELLERS family is well known throughout Grant county, and Mr. and Mrs. WELLERS are good representatives of the solid people of Platteville.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck