Untitled From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 737-738

JACOB S. BRUGGER, a fruit farmer of the town of Platteville, Grant county, has done the people of southern Wisconsin valuable service by showing in his own career the possibilities of this region for the cultivation of many kinds of fruit and profitable raising of which was long supposed to be confined to more favorable conditions.

Mr. BRUGGER is a native of the county, born in August, 1870, a son of J. J. and Mary (CARL) BRUGGER. His mother is a daughter of Jacob CARL, an old pioneer of Grant county. J. J. BRUGGER was born in Grant county in 1846, and his wife in 1848. The BRUGGERs came from Switzerland, and the CARLs from Germany. It is not too much to say that the best characteristics of both nationalities have passed down the line of heredity, and appear in the young man who is the subject of this article. J. J. BRUGGER, who was a harness maker and farmer, is now leading a retired life in Platteville. He and his wife have ten children: William, born in 1868, lives in this State. Jacob S. is the second son, John, born in 1872, married a Miss SNEE, and they live on the old homestead; they have one child, Catherine. Frank, born in 1874, is in Dubuque, Iowa. Mary, born in 1876, is living at home. Daniel, born in 1878, Charles in 1880, Annie, in 1882, Ella in 1883, and Maggie, in 1886, are attending the Platteville schools.

Jacob S. BRUGGER obtained his education very largely in school No. 8, and remained with his parents until he was twenty-one. He has mastered the science of farming thoroughly, and carries on his place according to the most modern methods. He was a well driller for some two years, and bought and sold horses for a year, shipping to the Minnesota markets. In 1893 Mr. BRUGGER married Miss Anna M. SCHRODER, the only daughter of C. F. and Mary I. SCHRODER, old and prominent residents of Grant county. Mrs. BRUGGER was born in 1868, was a student of the Platteville Normal and is one of the valuable women of her community, most highly esteemed by all who know her.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. BRUGGER spent three years on his father's farm, and during the season he was engaged in running a threshing machine for his neighbors. In November 1896, he purchased the John GILMAN property, in Platteville, where he is now raising grapes, apples, and all kinds of small fruits. Since taking possession of this place, Mr. BRUGGER has erected all new buildings with the latest modern improvements, and this is one of the handsomest and best maintained tracts of real estate in the section, showing the master touch in every department. Mr. BRUGGER is a share-holder in the Toadville mine, Grant county. He is a stockholder in the Belgian horse "Baron de Hauntes," known as the finest bred draught horse in this State.

Mr. and Mrs. BRUGGER are the parents of a family of four children: Clarence E., born Feb. 18, 1895; Ferney I., July 25, 1896; Hazel N., May 13, 1898; and Hurbert D., 1900. They attend the Primitive Methodist Church, and he has always been a Democrat, as was his father. Fraternally Mr. BRUGER belongs to the Order of Foresters.




This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck