- CHARLES W. WISCH. For thirty-five years this gentle man
has been a resident of Janesville.
- He has seen it grow from a country village into a substantial
and elegant city, and enjoys a personal acquaintance with many
of its very best people. His occupation is that of a barber,
and his habits and character are beyond question.
- Mr. WISCH was born in the kingdom of Prussia, near Kolberg,
Oct. 9, 1849, and is a son of
- John and Henrietta (BRACK) WISCH, both natives of Germany.
They had five sons and one daughter, four of whom are now living:
Charles W.; Herman F., in Chicago; John F., of Fort Atkinson,
Wis.; and Mary, the widow of John BOHM, of Beloit. The father
was a farmer, and sought a home in this country in 1853, locating
near Watterstown, Wis., where he continued his life labor of
farming. He remained on the farm fourteen years, and then moved
to Plymouth, Rock County, where he lived until his death in 1892,
at the age of sixty-two. His widow is still living. Both were
members of the Lutheran Church. His father was John WISCH, born
in Germany, and a cattle herder by early training; he came to
this country in 1858, and located at Watterstown, where he lived
with his son until his death at the age of sixty-six. He had
four children. The father of Henrietta (BRACK) WISCH was a soldier
in the German army, and died in middle life, leaving a small
family.
- Charles W. WISCH came to America with his father and mother
when about four years old. He
- was reared on the farm, and attended the schools of Watterstown,
both public and parochial. When he was sixteen he began life
for himself as a workman in a broom factory; later he clerked
in a grocery store, and after his marriage he learned the barber's
trade, which he has followed for many years. On Nov. 1, 1872,
Mr. WISCH was married to Miss Clara E. MIDDDAUGH, daughter of
Eliezer MIDDAUGH and his wife, who was a Miss MARBLE. Two children
have blessed this union: Charles P., who married Miss Edith DICK,
and is the father of one child; and Alice. Mrs. WISCH is a member
of Trinity Episcopal Church, and is a lady of many attractive
qualities. Mr. WISCH is independent in his political action.
Socially he belongs to the Mystic Workers of the World. He
has been in the barber business for twenty-five years, and now
has three chairs in his shop, and his patronage comes from the
best citizens of Janesville. He is an intelligent and respected
gentleman with a host of friends. His home is at No. 63 Milwaukee
street, Janesville, in which city he has resided since 1865.
-
- [Transcribers Note: The writer meant Watertown, Wis.,
when he wrote Watterstown.]
-
- Taken from "Commemorative Biographical Record of
the Counties of Rock, Green, Grant, Iowa and Lafayette Wisconsin"
(c) 1901, p. 957.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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