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


A. G. SCHWANKE, teacher in the German Evangelical Lutheran 
School; born in Prussia Jan. 29, 1847; came to America in 1863; located 
at Newton, Marquette Co., Wis.; engaged in farming until 1868; Mr. S. 
received his elementary education in Europe, and, in 1870, he graduated 
from the Addison Lutheran Seminary in Illinois; he then taught school in 
Winnebago Co., Wis., for three years and a half; afterward, taught in 
Washington Co. one year and a half; came to Watertown in 1874, and 
has taught in the school he is now connected with ever since he came 
here.  Oct. 6, 1872, he married Mary Otto; she was born at New London, 
Wis., Feb. 11, 1853; they have two children - Clara, born Aug. 25, 1873, 
and Louis, June 18, 1876.  Mr. and Mrs. Schwanke are members of the 
Lutheran Church.


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