KOSCHUETZ, John

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

John KOSCHUETZ, brewer, Fountain City [Cross Township (per 1878 Atlas), 
Buffalo County, Wisconsin], was born 25 December 1848 in Germany; in 1873 
came to America, locating at Fountain City, where he worked in the brewery 
for Behlmer & Fiedler. In 1874 he rented the same and ran it for five years, 
and in May of 1880 bought it for himself. He now brews from 400 to 500 
barrels per year. [Was Henry FIEDLER a partner in the firm of Behlmer and 
Fiedler? The Buffalo County biography of Henry FIEDLER relates that Henry 
was in the brewery business until 1880, after which he was employed as a 
butcher and beer agent. Did Henry FIELDER afterward serve as beer agent for 
John KOSCHUETZ and sell his beer? Was Henry BEHLMER the other partner in the 
firm of Behlmer & Fielder? The Buffalo County biography of Henry BEHLMER 
states he came to the village of Fountain City in 1854, and was employed in 
various businesses. Other connections between the families appear in the 
1880 census, e. g., Paulina FIEDLER, age sixteen, servant, is enumerated in 
the household of John P. BEHLMER, a Fountain City hotel keeper.]

He [John KOSCHUETZ] was married to Louisa ERHART, who was born in Fountain 
City. They are both members of the Catholic church. They have one son, 
Frankie. [The Catholic church in Fountain City was built in 1860, and in 
1881 had a membership of about 100 families (p 166). The 1880 census of 
Fountain City noted a Catholic priest, J. M. UIKER, and three Sisters of St. 
Francis. The KOSCHUETZ family was also enumerated in the 1880 census of 
Fountain City, Buffalo County, Wisconsin: John KOSCHUTZ (KOSCHUETZ?), age 
thirty, brewer, born in Austria, from his census age about 1850, to parents 
also born in Austria; his wife Louisa, age nineteen, born in Wisconsin (about 
1861) to parents both born in Wurtenberg (Wurttemberg); and two brewery 
workers unrelated to John. Perhaps the son, Frankie KOSCHUTZE, was born 
between the enumeration of the 1880 census and the date in 1881 when the text 
went to press? Note that the Buffalo County biography of Henry BEHLMER 
states that Henry married Mary ERHART, a native of Iowa. Was Louisa ERHART 
(born about 1850) related to Mary ERHART (who was born about 1854)? ERHART 
could also be spelled ERHARD or ERHARDT. 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