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


F. W. SIDOW, farmer, Sec. 28;  P.O. Watertown; born Oct. 2, 1838, in 
Prussia; came to America in June, 1853; located in Watertown 
Township, Jefferson Co.; worked out at farming, also, at Madison, in a 
bakery; in 1861, bought twenty acres; in 1863, sold it and bought forty 
acres; in 1872, bought forty acres more; now owns eighty acres; 
enlarged the house, built barns, etc.; he has raised all kinds of grain and 
stock; he was sick with typhoid fever twelve weeks; afterward caught 
cold and it settled in his back, so that he could not work for a year.  
Married Miss Augusta Wiegand, of Prussia, Dec. 11, 1863; have six 
children – Emmie, born Sept. 2, 1864; Minnie, Nov. 12, 1865; Edmond, 
Sept. 5, 1868; Amalia, Nov. 5, 1872; Phillippina, Feb. 24, 1875; Alma, 
Nov. 3, 1877.  He was Treasurer of the township for one year, and is 
Supervisor for 1879.


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