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


C. WIGGENHORN, manufacturer of cigars; was born in Prussia June 6, 
1828, and came to Wisconsin Oct. 19,. 1848, locating in Watertown; he 
learned the jeweler’s trade in Prussia, and at the age of 20 years, together 
with his father and other members of the family, came to America, 
landing at New York City, and the following October went to 
Watertown, where, for a time, he assisted his father, who bought out the 
Buena Vista Hotel; in 1856, he went into the general merchandise 
business in Hustisford, Dodge Co., which business he continued for 
seven years; in 1864, he spent one year at farming, after which he 
entered into copartnership with his brother Eugene in the tobacco 
business, in which they are largely engaged, in the manufacture of 
cigars; in 1857, he was Supervisor of Dodge Co; in 1858, he was 
Treasurer of Hustisford, and in 1854, was clerk in the Post Office at 
Watertown.   He married, in 1853, Ernestine Walther, of Saxonia; he has 
three children – Julius, Guido and Arthur.





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