- JOSEPH KNIPSCHILD, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Tiffany; born in
Prussia in 1810; came to
- Wisconsin in 1846, locating in Springfield, Dane Co.; remained
till 1868 then moved to La Prairie, where he purchased eighty
acres, his present homestead. Married, in 1836, Miss Elizabeth
DESSWEG; they have had eleven children - Agate, born Oct. 28,
1837, died Oct. 10, 1846; William, born Jan 1, 1840; Elizabeth,
Feb. 18, 1842; Joseph H., July 1, 1844; Madelina, born Feb. 18,
1846; died Nov. 13, 1847; John A., born Aug. 21, 1848; Frank,
March 28, 1851; Clara M., Oct. 16, 1852; Lena, Oct. 21, 1854;
Mary, Sept. 24, 1856. Mr. KNIPSCHILD is a Democrat.
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- Taken from "The History of Rock County, Wis."
(c)1879, pp. 834-835.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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