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


AUGUST TISCHAEFER,  proprietor of the Stewart House, Palmyra; 
born in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1844; he enlisted in the 49th Mo. V.I., and 
was at Centralia, Mo., when the guerrilla Quantrell murdered 150 people 
of the town.  The regiment took part in the capture of Spanish Fort and 
Mobile, Ala., and was discharged in October, 1865.  Mr. Tischaefer 
returned to Milwaukee, where he was in the boot and shoe business, and 
afterward kept the Clifton House, then the Railroad House.  He opened 
the Stewart House in 1876; has also a soda-water factory, and is doing a 
very satisfactory business.  Mr. Tischaefer married Miss Paulina 
Geiselman, of Milwaukee; they have three children – Clara, Gertie and 
Cora.  Mr. Tischaefer is independent in politics and religion.


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