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Early Watertown
Residents
JOACHIM ALWART, farmer; P. O. Watertown; born in
Germany in 1831 - he came to America in 1851. Married Miss Albertena Betow, of
Johnstown, Rock Co., Wis., and lived there till 1866, when he moved to
Watertown, bought a farm of 144 acres within the city limits and upon which he
now lives; he has five children - John,
Bertha, Herman, George and William. Mr. Alwart
has been a prominent member of the Lutheran Church and has been a Trustee of
the same for five years.
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JAMES AMES, butcher; born in the town of Macedon,
Wayne Co. N. Y., July 4, 1844; the year of his birth his parents, with their
family, removed to Wisconsin and engaged in farming; located on Section 22, in
town of Emmett, Dodge Co; James was engaged in farming pursuits until he
commenced his present business in 1878. He married Lizzie Darling
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CHARLES ARENBERG, cooper, Sixth Ward, Dodge Co.;
born in Brunswick, Germany, Oct. 8, 1832; came to America in July, 1854;
located in Milwaukee; came to Watertown in May, 1856. He was married in
Milwaukee, in June, 1855, to Mary Dittes; she was born in Baden, Germany; they have
had three children; one died in infancy; the living are Otelle and Ernst. Mr. Arenberg,, is one of the oldest coopers in the State; he has been
engaged in the business ever since he came to the country; he is one of the
leading citizens of the city; he has been Supervisor; is now President of Concordia Musical Society, having held
that position several times. He has been President of the Northwestern Saengerbund,
and is at present a member of that society; he is a member of the Sons of Hermann and has been President
of the same, also has held presidency of the Grand Lodge.
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CHARLES ARNOLD, Justice of the Peace; born in
Germany Nov. 7, 1833; came to New York in 1863 - in 1863, he enlisted in Co. M
12th N. Y. V. C.; was attached to the staff of Gen. Schofield, also the staff
of Gen. Cox; Mr. Arnold was employed as book-keeper in
banking-houses in Europe prior to coming to America; he was bookkeeper for the
Collier White Lead Company, of St. Louis, before coming to Wisconsin in 1876;
he was obliged to leave his position in St. Louis on account of lead poisoning,
and came to Wisconsin to regain his health; since coming here, he has been
employed as book-keeper for the Rock River Flouring-Mill Company, and as
assignee of Milwaukee and Watertown firms; in 1881 he was elected Justice of
the Peace. He married Miss D. Deetjen; they
have one child - Jennie. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold are members of the
Episcopal Church.
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JOHN F. BANDELIN, manufacturer of and dealer in
boots and shoes; was born in the Kingdom of Prussia
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M. N. BARBER, M.D., born in the town of Mendon, near Rochester,
N. Y., in March 1821. His present wife was Jane
L. Hartwell. They were married in La Porte, Ind. They have
two children - Laura and Neal. The doctor has two
children from an earlier marriage - Jane L. (now Mrs. J. R. Buchanan for
Trinidad, Colo.) and Frank A. (who is associated with his father in the
practice of medicine. Dr. Barber came to Wisconsin from La Porte,
Ind., in the spring of 1846, and located at Racine, where he remained until he
came to Watertown, in the spring of 1848.
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JOHN A. BARRETT, dealer in lumber, lath, packets,
fence-posts, etc.; born in Watertown Township June 23, 1841; engaged in farming
until he was 21 years of age; since then be has been extensively engaged in the
lumber trade in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota; engaged in business in
Watertown in April, 1876. Mr. Barrett is a son of William and Eliza (Allen) Barrett; they settled here in 1839. His
mother died in March, 1859, and his father died
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AMOS BAUM, Assistant Cashier of the Watertown
Bank; born in Manheim, Herkimer Co., N. Y.; came to Watertown in 1855. For six
years, he was connected with the Jefferson County Bank; he was not engaged in
active business for about two years. In October, 1863, he was appointed to the
position which he now holds in the Bank of Watertown. He has served as School
Commissioner, etc.; Vestryman and Treasurer of the Episcopal Church.
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A. BAUMANN, dealer in grain and general farm
produce; born in Watertown
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STEPHEN BAUMGARTNER, Cooper; born in Hungary
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THOMAS BAXTER, manufacturer of lime; born Aug.
15, 1832, in Franklin Co., N. Y.; moved with his parents to Waterbury,
Washington Co., Vt., when quite young, and was educated there. In 1850 he went
to work for the Vermont Central Railway, as foreman of construction. In 1853,
went to Ohio, working in the same capacity on the Ohio Central Railway. In
1856, came to Janesville, Wis., working on the NorthWestern
Railway till 1857, when he came to Watertown, remaining in the direct employ of
the company till 1873, and had transactions with them till 1875, when he began
to manufacture Watertown lime on the North road, and now averages 300 bushels a
day, and employs generally six hands, but sometimes increases the force from
ten to twelve. Married Miss Frances McCullough, of Ohio,
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CHARLES BECKER, cigar manufacturer, Sixth Ward,
Dodge Co.; was born in Germany Aug. 26, 1838; came to Watertown in 1866; worked
as cigar-maker for Wiggenhorn Bros. until
December, 1878; in the spring of 1879, be commenced manufacturing for himself.
In April, 1868, he married Augusta Zahn; she was born in Germany; they have five
children - Christiana, Fredrick,
William Charles, Victor Otto, Augusta and an infant son.
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CHARLES BECKMAN, Justice of the Peace, Sixth Ward,
Dodge Co.; born in Prussia Aug. 16, 1813; came to America in September, 1843;
located in Buffalo, N. Y.; taught school in Western New York until he
came to Wisconsin in September, 1845; engaged in farming until 1868. He has
held the office of Justice of the Peace continuously since 1853, except for
three years, from 1860 to 1862, and one year prior to that time; he was for
many years Supervisor, Alderman, City Treasurer, School Commissioner, City
Clerk, Commissioner of Public Debt, and, in 1874, he was a member of the
Assembly. It would be difficult to find a man in the State who had received so
many manifestations of the esteem and confidence of his neighbors and
fellow-citizens as the people of this vicinity have shown to Mr. Beckman. He
was married, Oct. 31,1839, to Hannah
Charlotte Knuth; she was born in Prussia Feb.
7 1812; they have had seven children; the living are Anna Maria Eliza (now Mrs. Hermann Teisch, of Dakota), Alvine Louise Francisco (now Mrs. Eugene Gebhart,
of Watertown) and Henry Louis Martin
(a resident of this city).
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Derived from: The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin by C. W. Butterfield, 1879
