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

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John W. Seils, farmer, Sec. 24; owns 77½ acres; born in Pommern, Prussia, Germany, My 28, 1819; came to America and settled in Sauk Co., Wis., in 1868. He was married February 1843, to Miss Minna Milke; she was born in Prussia, Germany; they have seven children-Minna, Augusta, Matilda, Hannah, Lena, Theresa and Theodore. Both he and his wife are members of the Baptist Church; in politics, Mr. Seils is a Republican. He has given his children a good education, and some of his daughters have taught more or less in the public schools.

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