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From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin, publ. 1901- page 941
ADOLPH PRUSSING. This gentleman, who spent his early manhood in active business, mainly in agricultural pursuits, is now living a retired life in Platteville. A man of great energy and more than ordinary business capacity, his success in life is largely due to his own efforts, and to the sound judgment which has enabled him to make wise investments and take good advantage of his resources.
Mr. PRUSSING was born in Holstein, Germany, Feb. 28, 1845, and there spent the first fourteen years of his life. In 1859 he came to the United States with his parents, J. and Catherine (NIPP) PRUSSING, also natives of Holstein. They took passage on a steamer at Hamburg, and after a voyage of twenty-one days landed in New York, whence they proceeded at once to Galena, Ill., and from there to Grant county, Wis. In his native land the father had followed blacksmithing and farming, and purchasing a farm in Platteville township he devoted the remainder of his life to agricultural pursuits He died in Lafayette county in 1875, and his wife passed away at the same place in 1893. Both were earnest members of the Lutheran church. Of their three children Adolph is the oldest; William, a farmer by occupation, died in Platteville township, in 1889, leaving a widow who now resides on Water street in Platteville; Lena is the wife of T. W. SCHROEDER, of Elk Grove, Lafayette Co., Wisconsin.
Adolph PRUSSING was educated principally in the schools of his native land, but also attended school in Platteville for a time. Throughout his active business life he followed the occupation of farming with marked success, and in 1868 purchased an improved farm of eighty acres in Elk Grove township, Lafayette county, to which he added from time to time until he now owns 320 acres of valuable and productive land, which he has placed under excellent cultivation. He also has 160 acres in Belmont township. In connection with general farming he also follows stock raising, and in that branch of his business also prospered. In 1894 he moved to Platteville, and has since lived a retired life, enjoying the fruits of former toil.
In Lafayette county Mr. PRUSSING was married, in 1866, to Miss Lena KAY, also a native of Holstein, Germany, and a daughter of Klaus and Lucy (NIPP) KAY, who came from that country to America in 1857 and located in Lafayette county, Wis., where the father died March 11, 1897, the mother December, 13, 1866. In religious belief Mr. and Mrs. PRUSSING are Lutherans, and in politics he is an ardent supporter of the Democratic party, who takes an active interest in public affairs, having efficiently served as a member of the town board while a resident of Elk Grove township. He has become one of the leading citizens of Platteville, and is widely and favorably known throughout this section of the State.
This biography generously submitted by Carol Holmbeck