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


FREDERICK WINKENWERDER, farmer, Sec. 16;  P.O. Watertown; 
born Feb. 2, 1837, in Mecklenburg; came to America in 1851, and 
worked in Milford for six months, then came to Watertown and clerked 
in a store till the fall of 1860, when he went into partnership with George 
Hemp as a dry-goods and general merchandise dealer.  In the fall of 
1863, they dissolved, and he and his brother ran the business till 1865, 
when they sold out.  In the fall of 1866, he bought a stock of goods at 
Hustisford, Dodge Co., but in the spring moved back to Watertown, and 
kept store there till the spring of 1873, when he bought 120 acres of land 
in Farmington Township; sold that in 1875, and bought 120 acres in 
Watertown Township; sold again in 1877, and bought the farm he now 
owns, of 120 acres; he raises all kinds of grain and live stock, and carries 
on a good business.  Married Miss Frances A. Bates, of Farmington, Oct. 
12, 1862; they had seven children – George, born April 17, 1866; Alice, 
May 5, 1868; Carrie, born May 29, 1869, died July 21, 1870; Hattie, 
born Sept. 17, 1870; William, May 10, 1873; Nellie, Feb. 21, 1876; Jane, 
Dec. 14, 1878.


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