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


MICHAEL HELD,  miller and farmer, Erfurt; born in Washington Co., 
Wis., April 2, 1855; has spent his life and been educated in his native 
State; attended the Spencerian Business College of Milwaukee; 
graduated in July, 1872, when he began the milling business; owns a 
flouring-mill, with three run of stone, also a saw-mill furnished with a 
circular saw; both mills run by water-power.  Mr. Held is a Democrat; he 
is a member of Palmyra Lodge, No. 68, F. & A. M.; also Rome Lodge, 
No. 279, I.O.O.F.; also has fifty acres of land in Sec. 14.


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