WI BIO - Dodge Co - SCHLEY, John G.

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

John G. SCHLEY, farmer, Section 7, P. O. Mayville [Williamstown Township; 
Section 7 of Williamstown Township is (on a map of Dodge County in the 1878 
Atlas of Wisconsin) in the Horicon Marsh; could have resided on Section 7 of 
Theresa Township, just west of Mayville and received mail from Mayville, 
since the only town shown in Theresa Township is Theresa, not designated a P. 
O.], was born 20 April 1830 in Prussia. He came to America with his parents, 
who were among the very first settlers in Lebanon in 1843 [Lebanon Township, 
Dodge County, then in the Territory of Wisconsin; statehood for Wisconsin 
achieved on 29 May 1848.] After eight years [1851?] he settled and has since 
resided in Theresa [Theresa Township, Dodge County, Wisconsin], and settled 
on his present farm of 172 acres in 1865. 

In 1855 he [John G. SCHLEY] married Miss Wilhelmina PAGENKOP. They [John G. 
and Wilhelmina (PAGENKOP) SCHLEY] have ten living children: John F., Mary, 
Julius, Gustav, Albert, Matilda, Herman, Augusta, Reichard, and Alvina. Mr. 
SCHLEY is rearing good stock for general purposes, and the usual crops. He 
is a Lutheran in religion, and a Democrat in politics. Mr. SCHLEY has been 
Supervisor five years, and now holds the office.

Submitted by Cathy Kubly