Biographies Jacob Baumhart Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin
	From the 1880 Portrait and Biographical Album, Fond du Lac Co. WI Jacob Baumhart, farmer, Sec 28; PO Eden; born in Rhenish Prussia in 1828; was educated in his native land, and served three years in the Prussian Infantry Guards; came to America in 1854; spent a year in Ohio; then came to Fond du Lac Co.; worked about three years for S. Silvester. Married Miss Elizabeth Brem, a native of Switzerland, in 1858, and settled the same year on 40 acres, now owned by his brother; after selling this he bought 80 acres of his present farm, on which was a good barn and a log house. Mr. Baumhart now owns 155 acres, well improved, and has built a pleasant home. This is a good record for a man who reached Fond du Lac Co., with $3 in money, and who worked out the first summer at $10 per month, having only good health and good pluck to begin with. Mr. and Mrs. Baumhart have six children - Charles, Samuel, Frederick, Matilda, Carolina and Amelia. The family are Evangelical Lutherans; Mr. Baumhart is a good farmer and citizen, voting for men instead of party.
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