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


LEWIS KNIESEL, proprietor of butchering establishment; was born in 
Hessia, Germany, Jan. 31, 1819; he learned his trade in his native 
country, and about the year 1845, he went to Frankfort on the Main, 
where he was in the employ of one man for seven years; came to 
Watertown in 1853, where he has since lived.  Married Miss Mary 
Wahg, of Frankfort, in 1846, with whom he lived till June, 1875, when 
she died, leaving one son, Lewis, who is now in Dakota.


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