WI BIO - Sheboygan Co - WOLFF, Jacob Henry & Louis

History of Northern Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical, 1881, vol II, p 
999

Biography of Jacob Henry WOLFF (father of Louis)

Jacob Henry WOLFF, foreman of the machine department of Sheboygan 
Manufacturing Company, Sheboygan [Sheboygan County, Wisconsin], was born in 
Germany in 1833. He learned the trade of cabinet maker and was employed at 
it for some years. He came to America in 1856, and resided in New York for 
four years, where he was employed as a cabinet maker.

Mr. WOLFF came to Wisconsin in 1856. He located in Sheboygan County and was 
engaged as a carpenter and millwright for twelve years, and was employed for 
four years in the same business in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin. Mr. WOLFF 
came to the City of Sheboygan in October 1871, and has since been engaged in 
his present capacity.

On 19 September 1855 at New York, Jacob Henry WOLFF married Kate PUSCH [a 
maiden name?], who was born in Germany. [Note that Mr. WOLFF is said to have 
come to America in 1856, but was married in New York in 1855, suggesting one 
of these dates is incorrect.] They [Jacob Henry and Kate WOLFF] have five 
children: Mary, now Mrs. Van Schwent SKOFSKI; Louis, Henry, Lizzie and 
William W.

Biography of Louis WOLFF (son of Jacob Henry)

Louis WOLFF, foreman of the binding department, Sheboygan Manufacturing 
Company, Sheboygan, was born 19 October 1859 in Herman, Sheboygan County, 
Wisconsin, and is the eldest son of Jacob H. WOLFF, also in the employ of the 
Sheboygan Manufacturing Company. Louis WOLFF resided with his parents up to 
October 1871, when he came with them to the City of Sheboygan. In 1874 he 
commenced with the Sheboygan Manufacturing Company. He had been employed for 
six years with his father in a carpenter shop. Louis WOLFF has been employed 
in his present capacity as foreman of the binding department since April 1880.

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