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


L. W. KRUEGER, proprietor of the Wisconsin House; born in Prussia 
Sept. 26, 1844; came to America in May, 1852; located at Buffalo, N.Y.; 
lived there until 1854; July 4, of that year, he arrived in Watertown; 
worked for B. O’Byrne, as shoemaker’s apprentice, for three years; after 
serving his apprenticeship with Mr. O’Byrne, he worked two years 
longer for him; concluding to engage in other business, he went to 
Chicago and was employed as a grocery clerk there for one year, then 
returned to Watertown, and was engaged in farming one year; farming 
not being congenial to him, he went to Oconomowoc and carried on 
business for himself, as shoemaker, for four years; then sold out and kept 
a boarding-house one year; afterward carried on the grocery and 
commission business for years, when he sold out that business and 
returned to Watertown in 1874, since which time he has been engaged in 
keeping hotel.  He was married, in Chicago, April 2, 1868, to Bertha 
Muth, a former schoolmate and neighbor for several years; she was born 
in Nassau June 7, 1846, and came to America, with her parents, when 
she was 4 years of age; they have five children – Emma, born Feb. 2, 
1869; Charles, born Dec. 26, 1871; Louis, born Nov. 4, 1873; Hattie, 
born Dec. 11, 1876; and Celea, born July 13, 1878.  Mr. Krueger is one 
of the originators of the Concordia Musical Society.


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