- THEODORE OTTMAN, who is engaged in farming and who resides
on section 12, Rock
- Township, was born in Schoharie County, N.Y., and is a son
of Henry OTTMAN, a native of the same county and of whom a sketch
appears elsewhere in this volume. He remained a resident of
the Empire State until 1856, when in company with the family
he emigrated to the West, locating in Rock County. His parents
became residents of Janesville, and with them he remained for
a short time, when in company with his brother he bought land
in La Prairie Township. The succeeding four years were spent
in the cultivation of that farm, after which he purchased seventy-five
acres on section 7 of the same township, where he continued to
reside for four years. Leaving Wisconsin, he then removed to
Lawrence, Kas., where for five years he engaged in the real estate
business. At length returning to Rock County, he purchased a
farm of 160 acres on section 12, Rock Township, where he is now
engaged in general farming. He also gives some attention to
stock-raising. In his political sentiments he is a supporter
of the Republican party, and is well informed on all matters
of public interest.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, p. 330.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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