Message #: |
751 |
Date Posted: |
11-01-2001 |
Bio: |
Gergen, William (History - 1823) |
Contact: |
Volunteer |
Email: |
stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
Surnames: |
GERGEN BAUCHOP |
Biographical History of Clark and Jackson
Counties, Wisconsin, by The Lewis Publishing Co., 1891 Pages 148 -
149:
WILLIAM GERGEN was born in Germany, April 25,
1823. His parents with a family of four children came to America in
1847 and settled in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin. The father died
in that county in 1874. William was married in Racine County,
February 5, 1856, to Elizabeth Bauchop, who was born in Scotland in
1836. Mr. Gergen came to Clark County in 1868. His family at that
time consisted of four children and five were afterward born to
them. They are all living at this writing and their names are as
follows: W.A., Mary E., Emma J., Maggie, Elwood, Edwin, Grace,
Alfred and Vernie. All have received a fair education in the
district schools of the county.
In the fall of 1864 the subject of our sketch entered the service
of his county, enlisting in Company H, Thirty-fifth Wisconsin
Infantry. He participated in the White River expedition and in the
engagement at Fort Spanish. All through the term of his enlistment
he served with bravery and was honorably discharged February 4,
1866.
While in the army Mr. Gergen save enough money to buy an
eighty-acre farm after his return to Wisconsin. This farm, which is
located in section 5, Grant Township, five miles northeast of
Neillsville, he purchased in 1872. He has since improved it and it
is now valued at $50 per acre. Mr. Gergen is regarded as one of the
successful farmers and prominent citizens of Clark County.
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