“The History of Jefferson County, Wisconsin”, published: Chicago:  
Western Historical Company.   1879.


NICHOLAS BARTH,  farmer, Sec. 1;  P.O. Fort Atkinson; was born on 
the left side of the Rhine, in France, Nov. 19, 1810; he received a 
common-school education, and at the age of 17, began learning the trade 
of cabinet making, and, for ten years, traveled through France and 
Germany, working at his trade.  November 19, 1842, he married, in 
Englebein, Germany, Miss Elnora Ernaath, born June 29, 1817; had ten 
children – Amelia, Gustave, Ferdinand, Bertha, Robert H., Laura, I. C. 
W., Julia H. and Annette.  In June, 1845, he moved to New York and 
worked at his trade; in August, 1846, he removed to Milwaukee, where 
he again worked at his trade till December; he then came to his present 
location and purchased forty acres of land, subsequently buying 106 
more.  He is a strong Democrat.


Submitted by:  Linda Pingel  (LPingel@worldnet.att.net)