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


CHRISTOPHER LANG, farmer, Sec. 26; P. O. Jefferson; born June 24, 
1830, in Bavaria; came to America with his parents in 1846, who located 
in Jefferson Township, Jefferson Co., Wis., and he, unfortunately, lost 
both parents almost immediately afterward, his mother dying in 1847 
and his father, John Lang, in 1849; in 1853, Mr. C. Lang bought sixty 
acres of land in Aztalan; he now owns one hundred acres on Sec. 26, 
twenty on Sec. 15, twenty on Sec. 36; he built his first barn in 1861, and 
a farmhouse in 1863; the barn was destroyed by fire in 1873 built his 
present brick residence in 1872, and erected a new barn in 1874.   Two 
of his brothers, Peter and Adam, enlisted in the 29th W.V.I. in 1861; the 
former was killed at Vicksburg, but Adam served till the close of the 
war, and is now living in Iowa.  Mr. L. married Miss Mary Herman, of 
Wurtemberg, Sept. 1, 1854; they have five children – Peter, born Feb. 2, 
1857; J. Fred, March 30, 1859; Flora, April 19, 1863; Maggie, June 25, 
1865; Eddie, May 7, 1872.  Mr. L. is serving his thirteenth year as 
Treasurer of the School District; is a member of the Evangelical 
Association, of which he is Trustee for the third term; he has served as 
Sunday-school Superintendent for over twenty years.



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