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

Reedsburg:

Herman Wischoff, boot and shoe-maker, Reedsburg; came to Reedsburg in the spring of 1876, and began his present business, in which he has ever since been engaged; he is a native of Germany, born in Hanover, Dec. 13, 1850; he came to America in 1868, and for seven or eight years after his arrival in this country worked at his trade, which he had learned before leaving Germany, in the city of Chicago. He was married, in November, 1875, to Miss Elizabeth Halbersleben; they have three children - Ida, Caroline and Herman. Mr. and Mrs. W. belong to the Lutheran Church.

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