Bio: Paff, Jacob (1881) 
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Surnames: Paff, Deugel, Morman, Doell

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 565

JACOB PAFF, Wausau, was born in Prussia, Nov. 5, 1824, and came from Germany to Wisconsin, locating in Wausau, in the Fall of 1849. He was engaged in building houses and mills for seven years, and then dealt in general merchandise, on the corner where Deugel's store is now located. He owns the building where Mr. Deugel and Mr. Morman are, and is erecting a large double brick building, two stories in height, next to Morman's. Mr. Paff was in the mercantile business about sixteen years, then engaged in insurance and lumbering. In 1879, he discontinued insurance business, but is still interested in lumbering. He was County Treasurer for two years, County Clerk two years, has been Mayor of the city one term, and member of the County Board several times. Mr. Paff was married in Wausau, Jan. 20, 1856, to Sophie Louise Doell, who was born in Prussia. They have five children — Matilda, Charles, Jacob, Albert and Willie. They have lost three children — Libbie, Bertha and Sophie.