- GOTLIEB HARTWICH, an old and highly respected citizen of
Green county, was born in
- Germany March 23, 1831, and for many years has been a resident
of the village of Juda. Christian and Sophia (ZIMMERMANN) HARTWICH,
his parents, were honorable and industrious people of Danzig,
Prussia, where the father followed cattle herding and farm labor.
Soon after coming to this country, in 1870, he died at the town
of Sylvester, Green Co., Wisconsin.
- Gottlieb HARTWICH married Miss Frezeka REASA in 1855, and
the following year the
- newly-married couple came to this country, where they have
had a family named as follows: Wilhelmina, born Sept. 22, 1855,
died Feb. 15, 1865. Herman, born May 16, 1857, is now a farmer
in south Dakota. Carl, born Oct. 22, 1858, is a farmer in Lafayette
county, Wis. Julia, born July 11, 1860, is the wife of William
BRONCO, of Green county, Wis. Louisa, born Sept. 23, 1861, married
Ferdinand MILLER, of Green county, Wis. Elizabeth, born Oct.
1, 1867, married John FOX, of Nebraska. Henry, born Feb. 28,
1873, is a farmer at Brodhead. Martha, born Oct. 24, 1871, died
in 1873. Mr. HARTWICH lost his wife June 16, 1896. She was born
Aug. 3, 1832, and through her useful life proved herself a faithful
wife and a true Christian woman. Mr. HARTWICH and his devoted
wife came to this country very poor people, but before she died
their circumstances had greatly changed, and their last years
together were very comfortable. Mr. HARTWICH recently sold a
half-section of good farming land in South Dakota, and has recently
disposed of two farms in Green county. He is now spending his
last years in a very comfortable home in Juda. Mr. HARTWICH has
always been a stanch Republican, and for forty years was a consistent
member of the Evangelical Church.
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin,"
(c)1901 Union Publishing; pp. 545-546.
-
- Courtesy of Carol.
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