WI BIO - Richland Co - WULFING, William

History of Crawford & Richland Counties, Wisconsin. Springfield, IL: Union, 
1884, p 1182

William WULFING was born near the Rhine River in Prussia, and was bred to 
mercantile life. He arrived in Richland County, Wisconsin, on 25 May 1849, 
and soon purchased the west half of the northwest quarter of Section 16, Town 
9 North, Range 1 East [Orion Township]. Here he erected a log cabin and 
commenced pioneer life and continued tilling the soil with considerable 
success until 1876, when he rented his farm to his son, removed to Richland 
Center [Richland Centre] and has since given his attention to the office of 
Justice of the Peace. He is a Democrat in politics, and while a resident of 
Orion [Orion Township, Richland County, Wisconsin] served as town Treasurer 
nine years and several terms as Justice of the Peace. 

On 16 April 1844 he [William WULFING] married Constance SIGRIST [maiden 
name]. In 1849 he emigrated to the United States and settled as above 
stated. Mr. and Mrs. WULFING have reared twelve children, ten now living: 
(1) William, (2) Eugene, (3) Frank, (4) Richard, (5) George; (6) 
Constance, now the wife of Charles HOOLE; (7) Johanna Maria (Mary Jane), now the
 wife of Martin Luther BOBB**see note; (8) Henrietta, now the wife of Clark BROWN;
 (9) Emily, now the wife of Norman BENNETT, and (10) Theodora.
 [To be added here at a later date, from the 1906 History of Richland County,
 is the biography of Eugene C. WOLFING, probably the Eugene mentioned above,
 who was a prosecuting attorney (1876-1878) in Richland County.]

Submitted by Cathy Kubly

**Note:  “A descendant submitted a correction to this bio as follows:
The fourth child of William and Constance (Sigrist) BOBB was Johanna Maria, who
went by Mary Jane.  Mary Jane married Martin Luther BOBB.”  The original publication
lists Martin Luther’s name as M.L. BABB in error.
Correction was submitted by:  Vic BOBB, great-grandson of  Martin Luther BOBB.