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


E.G. KALTENBRUN,  hardware merchant, Lake Mills; born in 
Germany Sept. 25, 1836; came to Wisconsin in 1852; located at 
Watertown; went to work at his trade of tinsmith.  In 1855, came to Lake 
Mills and engaged in mercantile business with Mr. J.H. Bruns; they 
opened the first hardware business in the village.  In 1856, he went to 
Chicago, then to Colorado, returning to Lake Mills in 1864; went into 
hardware business.  In 1869, sold out to F.W. Myers; started again, in 
1874, the business he is now in.  Married, at Lake Mills, Nov. 10, 1865, 
Augusta Rosenberg, of Germany; have two children.


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