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

Baraboo:

George Bender, (deceased) was born at Nassau, Germany, May 31, 1819. Was married May 31, 1848, to Miss Anna Ohnosorg; he came to America in 1848, stopped for a few months in Milwaukee, then to Sauk City in 1858; came to Baraboo and engaged in the saloon and village hall business up to 1869, when he built the Baraboo City Brewery and ran it till his decease, which occurred April 1, 1874. They have had nine children, six yet living, viz., Mrs. Isabel Junk, Robert W., Adolph, Frank, Albert J. and Fred. Since the death of Mr. Bender, the widow has built a fine brick hotel (Bender House) on the corner of Bridge and Linn streets; she still owns the hotel and brewery; the business is all run and managed by her oldest son Robert W. Bender.

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