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William Wiggenhorn
1797 - 1876
Death of an Aged Citizen
Watertown Republican, 12 13 1876
Mr. William Wiggenhorn died at his residence in the 1st ward,
Tuesday morning, December 12, 1876, at the age of nearly 80 years, having been
born in Westphalia, Prussia, April 23d, 1797.
Thus another aged citizen has gone from among us to meet his reward in
another world.
Mr. Wiggenhorn came to Watertown direct from Germany in the year 1848,
and for some years was landlord of the Buena
Vista House. Mr. Wiggenhorn was
married in 1821 and his wife, Josephine, who has been his partner in life for
over 55 years, survives him.
Five years ago Mr. and Mrs. Wiggenhorn celebrated their golden wedding
in the midst of their children and friends, who united in the observance of an
event so seldom witnessed.
Their living issue in Constance and Eugene, of the firm of Wiggenhorn Brothers, the well known tobacco
dealers and cigar manufacturers, August, Jeweler, Alexander, of Ashland,
Nebraska, Mrs. R. Diesel, of Woodstock, Ill., Mrs. A. Frohne, of Berlin, Wis.,
and Mrs. W. Meyer, of Ripon, Wis.
Mr. Wiggenhorn’s last sickness was congestion of the lungs, and
continued two weeks, during which time the aged parent received unremitting
care from his wife and children, as well as the best medical attention. But the extreme age of the sufferer precluded
the possibility of his recovery, and he finally passed away peacefully and
calmly. The funeral of the deceased will
take
Buried in St.
Henry’s Cemetery
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Wiggenhorn, William |
Forty-Eighters: Builders of
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