EXEL, Martin

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, pp 162-163

Martin EXEL, Alma, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, manufacturer and dealer in 
cigars, No. 141, Sixth District, was born 05 February 1843 in Germany. [Both 
of his parents were also born in Germany according to the 1880 Alma census, p 
324 C. Martin's age in this census is thirty-seven, consistent with the year 
of birth given in the biography.] In 1868 he came to America, and first 
settled in Eau Claire [Eau Claire County, Wisconsin], and was employed as a 
cigar maker for nine years. In 1877 he removed to Alma, and established his 
present business.

In 1874 Martin EXEL married Clara THEISEN [a maiden name?], who was born in 
Wisconsin [about 1855, calculated from her age of twenty-five years in the 
1880 census; her father was born in Prussia, and her mother in Germany.] 
Martin and Clara EXEL have four children [alternate spellings of names, not 
bracketed, are per 1880 census; approximate years of birth (calculated from 
census ages) have also been added]: (1) Mary, born about 1876; (2) Sopha, 
enumerated as "Sophia," born about 1877; (3) Matilda, born about 1879; and 
(4) Martin, listed as "Martin August" in the census, born about 1880. 
Submitter is not researching these surnames. Bracketed material added to 
transcriptions to support or clarify information given in biographies and to 
raise questions.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly