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


OTTO J. KERSCHENSTEINER,  Assistant Register of Deeds, 
Jefferson; was born in Jefferson March 21, 1861; was educated at 
Jefferson Liberal Institute.  Mr. K’s. father, John K., was born in 
Bavaria, Germany, Nov. 14, 1820; came to America in May, 1853, and 
settled in Jefferson; died Aug. 1, 1879.  His wife, Magdalena, mother of 
Otto, was born in Switzerland.  There is one daughter, Bertha, sister of 
Otto, born May 9, 1857.


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