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Watertown Residents

 

Derived from: The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin by C. W. Butterfield, 1879

 

CONRAD DIPPEL, Sixth Ward, Dodge Co; born in Saxony Nov. 2, 1831; came to America in 1849; located on Staten Island; there and in New York City, he learned the trade of plasterer and stone and brick mason.  Resided on Staten Island, New York City and New Jersey until 1855, except a few months spent in Indiana and St. Louis in 1852 and 1853.

 

In May, 1854, he married Louise Hoerger; she died in Cottage Grove, Dane Co., Wis., in October, 1861; by this marriage he had three children, two of whom are now living – Louis and Caroline; one son, John, died when only about 6 months old. 

 

Mr. Dippel’s present wife was Mrs. Wilhelmina Niemann; they were married in April, 1862; she had one daughter by a former marriage – Augusta (now Mrs. Wendtland of Watertown).  Mr. Dippel came to Watertown in 1855; lived here until March, 1861, then he removed to Cottage Grove, Dane Co., where he resided until April, 1862, then returned to Watertown.

 

He served one year and one month in Co. I, 37th Wis. V.I.; was wounded and lost right arm, near Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864; discharged and pensioned in December, 1864; since that time he has lived in Watertown.  He was educated at the Polytechnic Institute of Dresden, Saxony. 

 

For six years, he taught in the Sixth Ward Public School of Watertown; he is a member of the German Reformed Church; he is Secretary and Treasurer of the Bible society, and is a member of the Northeastern Wisconsin Bee-Keeper’s Association.  Mr. Dippel is a bee-keeper of considerable prominence, being a producer to quite an extent.

 

Conrad and Wilhelmina are buried in Oak Hill Cemetery 

 

Dippel, Conrad Civil War veteran, GAR Personal War Sketch, 1890

 

 

 

H. B. DODD, representing the express and telegraph companies; was born in Toledo, Ohio, in October, 1849.

 

When 9 years of age, he removed to Indianapolis, where he resided seven years; going thence to Canada; remaining there two years and removing to Kalamazoo, Mich., residing there one year, when he again removed and established himself at Fond du Lac; whence, after four years’ residence, he again moved to Watertown, reaching his present home in the spring of 1872.

 

He has been in the employ of the American Express Company thirteen years. 

 

On the 29th of May, 1872, he was married to Adelaide O. Lewis, of Fond du Lac, a native of New York State, by whom he has one child – Carrie Olive, born Dec. 23, 1874.

 

 

 

EDWARD DOSCHADES, hotel proprietor, Waterloo; born in Germany March 20, 1838; came to America in 1865; located at Watertown, Wis., and went to work at his trade of turner; in 1868, went to Baraboo, Sauk Co., and engaged in the same business.

 

In 1871, he opened a hotel at Everyman's Station, which he kept until 1875; went to farming two years; in 1878, came to Waterloo and started the Wisconsin Hotel. 

 

Married, in Germany, in May, 1864, Amelia Budach, of Germany.  Has one child - Otto, born Dec. 30, 1875.

 

 

 

S. M. EATON, manufacturer of mineral waters; born near Kingston, Canada, Dec. 26, 1832.  His father, Almon R. Eaton, came with his family to Whitewater, Wis., in 1842; after two years’ residence there, he removed to the town of Hebron, Jefferson Co., where he now resides. 

 

S. M. Eaton came to Watertown in 1868, having been located at Fond du Lac for two years prior to that date, engaged in the manufacture of soda and mineral waters since 1866. 

 

On April 1, 1855, he married Eleanor J. Green, daughter of Joseph Green (deceased), of Hebron; she was born in Saratoga, N.Y., July 28, 1832; they have four children – Frank M., Edward O., Clarence C. and Ella A.

 

Burials in OH cem

Eaton, Edward O., b. 1859, d. 1890 

Eaton, Eleanor J., b. 1832, d. 1912

Eaton, Ella A., b. 1865, d. 1919

Eaton, F. M., b. 1856, d. 1911   

Eaton, S. M., b. 1832, d. 1922   

 

 

 

 

 

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March 24, 1906

 

A powerful team belonging to S. M. Eaton & Son, attached to an ice wagon, became frightened Saturday afternoon near Fifth street and ran away, going west on Main street at a breakneck speed, colliding with a buggy near the corner of Fourth and Main, belonging to Mrs. Amelia Brennecke who had come to the city with her son, who fortunately were absent from the buggy at the time as the vehicle was badly wrecked. Pursuing their flight they struck another buggy belonging to Martin Stueber, a farmer, in front of the store of Schempf Bros. & Co., which was also badly wrecked and Mr. Stueber slightly injured.

 

Continuing their flight they struck a farm wagon opposite the Masonic Temple belonging to O. Brennecke, a farmer, taking off their hind wheels without injuring no one and then ran to the corner of Main and Washington streets, where they were stopped. It is surprising that so little damage was done and only one person injured as street at the time was full of teams and people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THOMAS D. EVANS, carpenter and joiner; born Dec. 16, 1823, in

Carmarthenshire, Wales, where he was educated and learnt his

profession; came to America in 1853, and located in Watertown, Wis.;

worked for himself till 1856, when he entered the employ of the C. & St.

P. Railroad, and worked in several departments till, in 1869, he became

foreman carpenter, and still holds that position.  Married Miss Margaret

Jones, of Wales, in September, 1851; they have one child – David T. 

Members of the Welsh Presbyterian Church; Republican.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HON. H. FLINN, nurseryman and farmer, Sec. 8;  P.O. Watertown; born

March 7, 1825, in Leesville, Lawrence Co., Ind.; moved to Illinois in

1830 with his parents, who located in Paris, where he learned his

profession of nurseryman.  In 1848, he came to Wisconsin and settled in

Watertown Township, Jefferson Co.; bought two and one-half acres and

afterward five acres of land near the College; then ten acres on Silver

Creek, when he sold the first two pieces.  About 1858, he bought ninety-

nine acres of prairie and timber land, a tavern stand and ferryboat in

Iowa, and sold it within six days.  In 1859, he bought 120 acres in Iowa

for $600, and within a year, sold it for $1,200; then bought forty acres

near Columbia, Wis., and sold it at an advance of $150.  In 1860, bought

160 acres near Delton, on Webster Prairie, and sold it at a loss of over

$800.  In 1874, bought his nursery grounds and farm of sixty-two acres,

on which he raises all kinds of fruit and shade trees and evergreens

suitable to this climate; on the farm, he raises all kinds of grain and

stock.  Married Miss Annice Frost, of Hustisford, Wis., March 10, 1850;

had eight children – Eunice (now Mrs. Squiers), Alvy N., Harriet (now

Mrs. Hurtubise), Annie, Eudora, Viola, Benjamin and William S. (who

died at 9 years of age).  Mr. Flinn was Mayor of Watertown for 1873 and

1874; was employed in the Quartermaster’s department in St. Louis from

1864 till the close of the war; member of Assembly for 1877, 1878, and

is for 1879; was elected the first time without opposition, polling 2.034

votes.  In 1879, he received 819 against 534 for J. Gibb (Independent

Democrat), 5,387 for Shennick (Independent Democrat), and 183 for

S.S. Woodworth (Greenbacker).  He was Alderman of the Third Ward

for 1877.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST FUERMANN, brewer; was born in Germany Jan. 8, 1822;

came to Wisconsin in 1847, locating in Milwaukee, where he opened a

grocery and saloon; he then moved to Watertown and engaged in the

brewing of lager beer in a building 24 x 50 and gradually made additions

to the same until he has the handsomest brewery in Watertown.  He

married, in 1846, Christiana Hengott, of Prussia; he has nine children –

Charlie, August, Amelia, Julius, Aida, Henry, Iette, Albert and Gerhard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AUGUST FUERMANN, Jr., proprietor of saloon; born in Watertown

Sept. 3, 1850; associated with his father in the brewing business here,

and Chicago agent of the Fuermann Brewing Company from October,

1871, until he returned to Watertown, and engaged in present business in

February, 1878.  Dec. 19, 1874, he was married to Eliza Speer (daughter

of Ferdinand Speer); she was born in Watertown; they have one child –

Amanda, born April 29, 1878.  Mr. F. is a member of A., F. & A. M.,

I.O.O.F., Turners’ and Concordia Musical Societies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WM. FUERSTENAU, teacher; born in Prussia April 16, 1830; came to

America in 1857; located in Chicago; was employed as a teacher there

and in that vicinity for seven years; then he came to Watertown, and has

been engaged in teaching here ever since; he is Principal of the school

which he is now connected with; educated at Stettin Seminary, in

Germany.  Mr. F. is a member of the Missouri German Lutheran Synod. 

Oct. 12, 1854, he was married, in Germany, to Wilhelmina Gramzow;

she was born in Prussia; they have six children – Martha (now the wife

of Rev. Mr. Machmiller, of Fairbank, Iowa), Renata (now teaching in

Milwaukee), Martin (a student in the Northwestern University), Paul and

Anna.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S. B. FULLER, wholesale and retail dealer in new “Home,”  Eldredge,”

and the best makes of Singer Sewing Machines.  Mr. Fuller came to

Watertown in August, 1866; he has sold about 4,000 sewing machines

since he engaged in that business in 1869; the first three years of his

residence here, he was in insurance business; then, for nine years, he was

district agent for the “Singer Manufacturing Company;”  he was born in

Milford, N.H., June 24, 1841; from 1855 to 1856, resided at Fond du

Lac.  In April, 1870, he was married to Mary I. Avery, daughter of Dr.

Avery, of Richmond, Ind.; she was born in Ohio; they have three

children – Gertrude, Anna and Abbie.  Mrs. Fuller is a member of the

Congregational Church.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Richard Enrst Lauersdorf was born August 29, 1934 at Watertown, WI, the son of Ernst and Adela Lauersdorf. Baptized and confirmed at St. John's in Watertown.

 

Graduated from Northwestern College in 1956 and from Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in 1960. Spent a year of vicarage at Grace in Tucson, AZ.

Married to Charlene Baumgarten of North Freedom, WI on June 26, 1960. She was a parochial school teacher, piano teacher, is an artist, and author. Four children: Beth - Mrs. Roger Kramp whose husband is principal at Mt. Lebanon in Milwaukee; Dr. Mark - wife Dr. Josee from France, both teaching at Luther College in Decorah, IA; James - wife Karen, he is regional sales rep for Luzenac of America, living in Manhattan, MT; Anne - Mrs. Clayton Drewa of Fox Lake, WI where she teaches at St. John's. Six grandchildren, one great grandchild.

 

Served the first mission of WELS in Canada, Our Savior's at Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, June 1960 till end of December 1963. Served St. Matthew's of Ontario, WI and St. John's of Kendall, WI, January 1964 till end of December 1968. Served St. John's of Jefferson, WI, January 1969 till end of August 1997.

 

Contributing Editor of Northwestern Lutheran 1974-1998, writing the opening devotional page for those twenty years. Member of Board for World Missions 1969-1997 with service on its Latin American Committee, also as vice-chairman of the Board for World Missions, and as the chairman of the Committee for Mission Expansion.

 

1st Vice President of WELS 1987-2001 with service on its Conference of Presidents, Committee on Assignment of Calls, Coordinating Council, and Synodical Council.

 

Full time Vice President of Mission and Ministry for WELS 1997-2001 when retired.

 

Author of Hebrews Commentary in People's Bible series; of "With our Eyes on Jesus" (devotions on the twelve apostles, and other festivals); of "Be Near Me Lord Jesus" (devotions for Advent and Christmas); of "As Luther Taught the Word of Truth" (devotions on the Small Catechism).

 

Accepted a call to Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, West Bend, WI, and installed as part time pastor on March 2, 2003.

 

 

 

 

Derived from: The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin by C. W. Butterfield, 1879