Ozaukee Obituary Peter Loehr

Fond du Lac Daily Commonwealth
Thursday, February 9, 1899.

Was Assemblyman From the Third District in 1889 - Heart Diseasethe Cause.

Ex-Assemblyman Peter Loehr of Dotyville, died at 6 o'clock this morning of heartdisease, at the age of 68 years. He is survived by a large family of grown up children.Ex-Assemblyman Loehr was born in Thalheim, Nassau, Germany, in 1831, where he receiveda common school education. In 1855 he came to Wisconsin and settled in Milwaukee.Three years later he came to
Dotyville, in the town of Forest, where he has since resided. He was chairman ofthe town board from 1873 to 1888, when he was elected to the assembly from the thirddistrict, then comprising the towns of Ashford, Auburn, Calumet, Eden, Forest, Marshfield,Osceola and Taycheedah. His opponent at that time was Henry Stannard, a farmer residingin the same Town.

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Milwaukee Journal
Thursday, February 9, 1899

Peter Loehr: "Ex-Assemblyman from Fond du Lac Expiresfrom Heart Disease.

FOND DU LAC, Wis., Feb. 9- Peter Loehr, formerly assemblyman from the old Easterndistrict of Fond du Lac county, died today of heart disease at his home in the townof Forest. He was born in Germany sixty-eight years ago, came to America in 1855and to this county in 1858. He was elected member of assembly on the Democratic ticketin 1888. He is survived by his widow and thirteen children.