From Memorial and Genealogical Record of Dodge and Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin, publ. 
1894 - Page 148-151
 
F. PAUSTIAN.  Few, indeed, are those who fail to realize that "bread is the staff of life," and no 
matter how much labor and care is expended by the busy housewife, unless she has a good 
grade of flour to work with, her efforts will result in failure, and one may ask for bread, and a 
stone, so to speak, will be received.  In fact, the Alpha and Omega of the matter is that the miller 
must thoroughly understand his business and have the proper machinery with which to do his 
work, or a grade of flour will be sent out of which it will be impossible to make wholesome bread.  
The business of flour milling has come to be regarded as one of the most important of callings, 
and the amount of capital invested in this line of business is very large, and many skilled hands 
are employed to furnish the chief food product to the various households of the country.  As a 
successful follower of the grist milling business, F. PAUSTIAN stands at the head in Dodge 
County, Wis., and from his finely equipped roller mills at Mayville, a fine grade of flour is sent out.  
Not alone does he confine his attention to this business, for he is also the proprietor of the electric 
light works of the town, and in various other ways he has shown that he is enterprising and 
substantial.  He has been a resident of Mayville since 1857, but was born in Prussia, March 27, 
1832, and in his native land grew to manhood and obtained a good practical education in his own 
language, but in English is self-educated.  He learned his trade in early life and followed that 
business for a number of years in the old country.  In 1857, with the view of securing a fortune, he 
embarked at Hamburg for the city of New York, in which city he arrived in the fall of that year, and 
he almost immediately came to Wisconsin and to Dodge County, locating at Hustiford.  He 
worked in the flouring mill at this place for eight years, and in February 1865, came to Mayville 
and purchased the mill here, which was at that time an ordinary water mill, with four runs of 
stone.  He at once began devoting his attention to building up a fine trade, by sending out a 
superior grade of flour, and so successful was he in this respect that in 1880 he decided to add 
the roller process to his mill, and it is now equipped with twelve sets of rollers, which makes it one 
of the most complete mills of Dodge County, its capacity being 125 barrels per day.  In March 
1894, Mr. PAUSTIAN contracted for the electric light plant of Mayville, and in the month of June 
the works were completed, according to Edison's best incandescent light system - one of the 
most perfect in use, and the citizens of the town are delighted with the improved lighting of the 
streets, residences and business buildings.  Mr. PAUSTIAN deserves many words of praise for 
the energetic manner in which he pushed this enterprise to a successful conclusion, as well as for 
the substantial aid he has given other enterprises of the town, and he has his reward in the 
respect which is accorded him by his fellow townsmen.  He is also the owner of an oatmeal mill 
and a saw mill, the former of which he erected in 1888, it being a very complete mill of its kind, 
and which is doing a good business.  Mr. PAUSTIAN commenced the battle of life for himself in 
Dodge County with very little means, and has by his own good judgment, energy and push, built 
up a very extensive and paying business. His thirty-seven long years of business life in this 
section have been characterized by the most undeviating honesty and the respect that is 
accorded him by all classes is justly merited.  He was married in Hustiford, in 1860, to Miss 
Sophia ROLL, who was born, reared and educated in Germany, and to their union the following 
children have been given: Albert P., who is his father's assistant in the milling business, is a 
young man of excellent habits, and gives every promise of a useful citizenship; Anna was 
educated in Mayville and Milwaukee; Martha; Clara is a successful teacher of Dodge County, and 
was educated at Oshkosh; and Paula, who is now attending the schools of Mayville.  Politically 
Mr. PAUSTIAN is a Republican, and his first presidential vote was cast for Abraham Lincoln in 
1860.
 
Submitted by Carol