The History of the Township and Village of Mazomanie, 
BY WILLIAM KITTLE, MADISON, WIS. 
STATE JOURNAL PRINTING CO. 1900.

J. A. SCHMITZ was born in Cologne, Prussia, in 1844, and 
came with his parents to Madison, Wis., in 1853, where the 
family lived until 1886. From 1859 to 1865 J. A. Schmitz 
was a clerk in a store in Madison. He married Miss 
Stellzenmueller in 1865 and the next year opened a store 
in Mazomanie. In 1879 he built his present store. He was 
president of the village three years, town treasurer one 
year, and member of the council nine years. The children 
are: Frank, Mrs. Wm. Smith, Alma, Rosa and Matie in 
Mazomanie; Lena, wife of E. A. Savage, resides in 
Milwaukee.

Submitted by Randi McCartney