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

Troy:

Samuel Walster, farmer, Sec. 19; P. 0., Black Hawk; born in Lincolnshire, England, Feb. 13, 1817; he came to this country in 1850. Married, in Richland Co., Ohio, Miss Elizabeth Bonham, a native of Buckinghamshire, England; they came to Wisconsin in 1851 and located in the town of Troy, Sauk Co., which has been their home since; they have seven children-Mary J., Andrew H., Harriet, Albert, Parker, Belle and Isaiah; Mr. Walster is a leading and successful farmer; he owns over 300 acres of land; his farm is well improved and desirably located. In politics, he is a Republican.

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