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

Reedsburg:

F. Derleth, blacksmith, Reedsburg; born in Pennsylvania Oct. 23, 1845; married May 13, 1873, to Miss Mary Andres, who was born April 27, 1853; his family consists of four children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows; Henry, born March 1, 1874; Englebert, Oct. 28, 1876; Josephine, Oct. 22, 1878 and Leon, Feb. 8, 1880. Mr. Derleth is a blacksmith by trade; he came to Sauk City, Wis., with his parents in 1852; his father Michael, was a blacksmith, and from him Mr. D. learned the trade, at which he worked for about twenty years; was, for nearly fifteen years, associated with his father in the blacksmith-shop; but, after his father death, which occurred in 1865, Mr. F. Derleth came to Reedsburg, built his present shop and located in his business. Mr. D. is an adherent of the Roman Catholic Church.

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