WI BIO - Dodge Co - SCHELLPFEFFER, Gottfried

History of Dodge County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1880, p 682

Gottfried SCHELLPFEFFER, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Mayville, was born 12 
November 1838 in Prussia, where he spent his early life and was educated. 
[On a map of Dodge County in the 1878 Atlas of Wisconsin, Mayville is in 
Williamstown Township. Section 7 of Williamstown Township is in the Horicon 
Marsh. Possibly resided on Section 7 of Theresa Township? Theresa Township 
is just west of Mayville, and the only town shown in Theresa Township 
(Theresa) is not designated as a P. O.] He came to America and to 
Williamstown Dodge County, Wisconsin] with his parents, who settled in that 
township. With fifty cents in his pocket, he [Gottfried SCHELLPFEFFER] began 
as a farm laborer, worked by the month until 1862, and settled on his present 
farm of ninety-three acres. He has cleared and improved this farm, and now 
has the best of buildings and a good home.

On 23 May 1865 he [Gottfried SCHELLPFEFFER] married Miss Frederica GUSE. 
They [Gottfried and Frederica (GUSE) SCHELLPFEFFER] have seven children: 
Charles, Minnie, Herman, Matilda, William, Augusta, and Robert. Mr. 
SCHELLPFEFFER is a Democrat. He is raising grade shorthorn cattle, pure-bred 
sheep, etc.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly