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

Baraboo:

Charles Eber; born at Haardt Palatine, Germany, Aug. 1, 1852; came to America April 1, 1870 with his parents; they stopped in New York City for a few months; he commenced railroading on the P. & R. R. R.; then on the P. & E. R. R., as brakeman; then on the P., C. & St. L. R. R.; then in 1874, moved to Baraboo, Wis.; went to work on the C. & N. W. R. R., as brakeman; then to firing up to January, 1879; he then took an engine. He was married Nov. 9, 1875, to Miss Barbara Egerer; they have one child, Anna.

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