- CHRIST F. HARTWIG, residing on a fine farm of 400 acres four
miles north of Juda, Green
- county, is a son of William Ludwig and Sophia (HEBBERMAN)
HARTWIG, who were born in Delitzsch, Germany, and were married
in 1849. They came to Wisconsin in 1855. They were the parents
of four children, of whom the eldest, (1) Christ F., is our subject.
(2) William, born in 1853, married Mary ANSMEIR, and died in
1887. (3) Ferdinand, born in 1855, married Mary AUSMUS, and is
now dead. (4) Mary, born in 1865, is now the wife of Ferdinand
AUSMUS, a farmer in Sylvester. William Ludwig HARTWIG was born
in 1825, and died in 1890. Mrs. Sophia HARTWIG, his widow, was
born in 1824, and is still living in Juda, much respected by
all who know her.
- Christ F. HARTWIG was born Feb. 4, 1850, in Delitzsch, Germany,
and was about five years old
- when he came to this country with his parents. He has followed
farming all his life, and has been an active and industrious
man. Part of the home place, which was taken by his father in
1858, is included in his own extensive landed possessions. On
Jan. 15, 1874, Mr. HARTWIG was married to Miss Libbie, daughter
of Phillip HENN, of the town of Jefferson, a German by birth.
This union has been blessed with six children: Lydia, who is
living with her grandmother, Mrs. Sophia HARTWIG, in Juda; and
Minnie, Clara, Edward, George and Lillie, all at home.
- Mr. HARTWIG was reared on the paternal estate, and acquired
his education in the common
- schools. Beginning life a poor boy, he has worked hard, taken
advantage of every opportunity, and prospered, now owning 400
acres of fine land in the town of Sylvester, which is worth at
the very lowest calculation, eighty dollars an acre. There are
fine buildings and ample equipments on the place, and high grade
and profitable farming is the order. Politically Mr. HARTWIG
is a Republican, and has served his town as school director and
in other local offices. He has been a consistent member of the
Evangelical Church at Juda, Wis., for many years. He has an unquestioned
standing as a progressive farmer, and an honest and upright man.
Our subject was named after his grandfather, Christian HARTWIG,
who came to this country, about thirty-five years ago, and died
in the town of Sylvester soon after his arrival, at the age of
seventy-five years.
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- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 725-726.
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- Courtesy of Carol.
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