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


ANDREW WALTHER,  farmer, Sec. 1;  P.O. Golden Lake, Waukesha 
Co., Wis.; born in Germany in 1829; came to America in 1854 and lived 
eleven years in Waukesha Co. and settled on the farm he now owns of 
eighty acres in 1866.  He married Miss Sophia Gaul in 1852; they have 
five children - Charles, John, Philip, Sarah and Mary.  Mr. Walther is a 
Democrat and a member of Summit Grange, No. 94.  He came to 
America with little means and, by his labor and prudence, has improved 
his farm and now has one of the most pleasant homes in his town.  His 
eldest son is a merchant at Oconomowoc; John is farming in Summit, 
Waukesha Co., and Philip is on the homestead.


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