JACOB BAUMGARTNER, farmer, Sec. 5; P. O. Fennimore; born in Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 26, 1830; he emigrated to America with his father in June, 1850; they came directly to Wisconsin, first to Milwaukee, thence to Jefferson Co., thence to Cassville, Grant Co. July 19, 1850. Mr. Baumgartner went to St. Louis in the fall of that year, where he worked in a tannery; he learned his trade, that of a dyer, in Germany; he returned to Cassville in May, 1851, and worked for Thomas Scott, near Cassville; he reutrned to St. Louis in August of that year; in March, 1852, he came back to Cassville; he left Grant Co. again, and engaged to work for Freeman Harmony, near Janesville, as a farm hand. He was married, Oct. 23, 1852, to Mary Winterling, born in Bavaria, and came to this country with her parents in 1848, and settled in Jefferson Co. Mr. Baumgartner settled in the town of Fennimore, Sec. 3, where he lived a short time; settled on his present farm May 5, 1855; he has 377 acres of land; is engaged in grain and stock raising. Has had nine children, seven of whom are living - Louise, Nelson, Leo, Peter, Frank, Wilhelm and Cora. Mr. Baumgartner possesses much valuable information regarding the history of Grant Co. for the last thirty years. He is not only a careful observer and in possession of an excellent memory, but has also practiced the keeping of a diary, noting current events at the time of their occurrence. Both himself and wife are numbered among the most intelligent people of Grant Co.

This biography generously submitted by Roxanne Munns.