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


LUDWIG CORDES, farmer, Sec. 26;  P.O. Watertown; born Dec. 4, 
1827, in Hanover, where he was a farmer; came to America in 1847, and 
located in Watertown Township, Jefferson Co., Wis.; bought 240 acres 
of land, half of it from the Government.  He now owns 120 acres, and 
raises all kinds of grain and stock.  Married Miss Henrietta Hoafer, Aug. 
10, 1850; had eleven children – Sophie (who died), Ann (who died), 
Hermann, Henrietta, Amelia (who died), Henry, Frank, Ann, Otto, Helen 
and Marie.


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