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

Freedom:

A. I. Spahr, dealer in tin, stoves and hardware, North Freedom, Wis.; born in York. Co., Penn., March 12, 1834; moved to Springfield, Ohio, in 1859. He enlisted in August, 1862 in Co. A, 94th Ohio V. I., and served till the close of war. He was in the battles of Stone River, Tenn., Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge; was wounded at Resaca, Ga., was transferred to the Invalid Corps at Camp Douglas, Chicago; mustered out at Springfield, Ill., at the close of war; came to Sauk Co. in 1877. He was married Feb. 18, 1877, to Mrs. Sarah A. Swetland; they have one child-Eva, born November, 1878. Mrs. Spahr is a member of the M. E. Church; and in politics Mr. S. is a Republican.

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