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

Westfield:

Heinrich Schewe, farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Ableman; son of William and Catharine (Saunders) Schewe; was born in Hanover, April 16, 1828. He was married in 1853, in Hanover, to Catharine Licht, daughter of Frederic and Catharine (Werner) Licht; they have one child, Henry, now married to Dora Schultz, and residing in Westfield. Mr. Schewe came to Wisconsin from Germany in 1862; settled where he now resides; has 120 acres. Mr. S. and family are members of the Zion German Lutheran Church of Westfield.

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