KAMMERER, S.

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, p 167

S. KAMMERER, miller, Fountain City [Cross Township (per 1878 Atlas), Buffalo 
County, Wisconsin], was born 18 September 1850 in Switzerland; came to 
America in 1872 and located in Green Lake, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. 
He rented and ran a grist mill four years. In April 1878 he came to 
Wisconsin, and was in various occupations until the spring of 1881, when he 
purchased his present mill. It is the first flouring mill built in this 
[Buffalo] county. Mr. KAMMERER intends to put in a few improvements, and 
will soon have a capacity of one hundred barrels per day.

[When the 1880 census was taken, S. KAMMERER had not yet purchased the mill, 
nor does the biography mention him being married. For those reasons he is 
likely the mill worker in the following family enumerated in the 1880 census 
of Waumandee (north of Fountain City), Buffalo County, Wisconsin (p 252): 
John OCHSNER, head of household, married, age forty-eight, miller, born in 
Switzerland, about 1832 from his census age, to parents also born there; his 
wife, Louisa OCHSNER, age forty-one, born in Switzerland to parents also born 
there; and the following children, all born in Wisconsin to parents who were 
both born in Switzerland: son Adolph OCHSNER, age eighteen, mill worker; 
daughter Lena OCHSNER, age sixteen, at home; son Rudolph OCHSNER, age nine, 
attending school; and son Henry OCHSNER, age three. The others, unrelated to 
John OCHSNER, include: Segimond (Sigimond? Sigmond?) KAMMERER, single, age 
twenty-nine, mill worker, born in Switzerland, about 1851 by his census age, 
which does not dispute the year of birth given in the biography, to parents 
also born there; and two Prussian-born laborers: Anton GLODOWSKI, age 
nineteen; and Simon SOBIECH, age twenty-three. If Sigmond KAMMERER is the 
"S. KAMMERER" of the biography, did he purchase the mill operated or owned by 
John OCHSNER? Surnames with spellings similar to KAMMERER include KEMMERER 
and KAMUELLER. Bracketed material added by submitter (who is not researching 
these surnames) to support and clarify information given in the biography and 
to raise questions.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly