BOEHME, Charles A.

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, p 162

Charles A. BOEHME, merchant, Alma [Buffalo County, Wisconsin], was born 27 
May 1823 in Muegeln [near Leipzig], Saxony, Germany. [The 1880 census of 
Alma, p 324 C, has Charles A. BOEHME, fifty-six years of age, merchant, born 
in Germany (about 1824 by his age) to parents who were also born there.] In 
September 1851 he landed in New York City, and his first location was in 
Buffalo [Erie County], New York, and was engaged in tailoring. Two years 
later [1853?] he removed to Terre Haute [Vigo County], Indiana, and was 
engaged in the same business until 1859, when he removed to Buffalo County 
[Wisconsin] and settled in Buffalo City [which on a map in the 1878 Atlas of 
Wisconsin is shown have been at that time in Belvidere Township]. He was 
engaged in merchandising and was also the owner of a saw mill. He afterwards 
removed to this place [Alma].

In 1862 Charles A. BOEHME married [Miss?] Eleanor KEMPTER, a native of 
Germany. [The 1880 census gives the birth place of "Eleanora" as Prussia. 
In this census she is thirty-nine years old, born (about 1841 by her age) to 
a father born in Germany and a mother born in Prussia.] Charles and 
Eleanor BOEHME have eight children [approximate years of birth calculated 
from census ages and added]: (1) Flora, born about 1864; (2) Charles, 
census lists as "Charles A.., born about 1865; (3) Emma, born about 1866; 
(4) George, born about 1867; (5) Adolph, born about 1868; (6) Julia, 
census lists as "Julia R.," born about 1871; (7) Robert, census gives as 
"Robert A.," born about 1878; and Alma, census lists as "Alma E.," born about 
1880. Mr. BOEHME has been Postmaster in this village [Alma] eight years. 
[Also enumerated in 1880 with this family: Henry E. MUELLER, twenty-three 
years of age, single, clerk in store, born in Germany to parents also born 
there. Submitter is not researching these surnames. The information 
included in brackets is added only to support the information given in the 
biography before submitting it to this website.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly