Bio: Kerstein, Sebastian (1881) 
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Surnames: Kerstein, Vogedes, Gensman

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 569

SEBASTIAN KERSTEIN, proprietor hotel Marathon City. Was born in Germany, Oct. 2, 1837. He came to Marathon City in the Fall of 1856, where he lived a short time, and went to Wausau, and followed shoemaking until the war broke out. He then enlisted in Co. G, 12th Wis. V. I., Veterans. He served until the Fall of 1865, and was mustered out at Louisville, Ky., at which time he returned to Wausau, and went in company with J. Gensman in the boot and shoe trade; they were in business about three years. Then he followed farming five years in Stetten Township, and then built his hotel in Marathon City, where he has since remained. He was married, Jan. 1, 1866, to Mary T. Vogedes, who was born in Germany. They have four children — Mary, John, Joseph and Charles.