Biography extracted from History of Sauk County, Wisconsin Chicago: Western Historical Company, published 1880.

Reedsburg:

Albert Boehm, photographer and taxidermist, was born in Prussia Dec. 4, 1829, and, before leaving his native land, studied for a druggist; he came to America, and landed in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1855; in the same year he went to Portage, Wis., where he was in the drug and photograph business until 1858, when he went to Juneau Co., Wis., where he remained five years; in 1874, he removed to Reedsburg, Wis,; for nearly ten years, Mr. Boehm has been engaged in gathering together and preserving a very extensive collection of birds, insects and small animals; he has birds from Germany, and some specimens from nearly every section of the United States - from the lakes to the gulf; he has also a large collection of minerals, shells, etc., the whole comprising one of the finest collections in the State. Mr. B. was married for the second time, in 1875, to Miss Frances Wolf; by his first wife he has four children - Bertha, Louise, Charles and Emma. Mr. B. is a member of Odd Fellows' Lodge.

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