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


JOHN HACHTEL,  farmer, Sec. 13;  P.O. Helenville;  born in 
Wurtemberg in 1827; came to America in 1854 and remained one year 
in Philadelphia, Penn.; he then settled in Helenville; he spent a short 
time in Kansas and settled on the farm he now owns of 140 acres in 
1859.  Married Miss Catherine Lutz in 1855, who died in September, 
same year, leaving one daughter – Louisa.  He married Miss Elizabeth 
Holzworth in 1859; they have eight children – George, Caroline, John, 
Charles, William, Mary, Andrew and Henry.  Mr. Hachtel is a Democrat.  
The family are Lutheran.  He is raising cattle and has seventeen head, 
also has twenty-four sheep, fifteen hogs and a pair of horses, having just 
sold a good team.


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