WILLIAM VOLLRATH.

William VOLLRATH, of section 13, Warner Township, range 3 west, Clark County, was born in the Province of Rhine, Prussia, November 23, 1856, the son of John and Mary (KREMER) VOLLRATH, both natives of Germany, the former born December 11, 1814, the latter August 22, 1818. They were the parents of three children: Phillip, Maggie and William. The mother died December 1, 1881, in this country, hers being the first death in this township west of Black River.

William VOLLRATH, our subject, came to the United States in September, 1867, and first lived in Franklin, Herman Township, Sheboygan County, this State, until the spring of 1870, when he settled in Warner Township, Clark County, Wisconsin, which has ever since been his home. In 1881 he settled on his present farm of 120 acres, one-third of which he has since cleared, and where he is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He has also worked in the pineries twelve winters.

Mr. VOLLRATH was married April 18, 1881, to Augusta DECKER, a native of Germany. They have two children: Bertha and John. The mother died January 30, 1883, and December 1, 1883, the father married Anna HERIJAN, a native of Bohemia. By this marriage there are three children: Maggie, George and Clara. Mr. VOLLRATH has been Town Treasurer four years Supervisor four years, and is now filling the office of Town Clerk. He is also agent for the Lynn Farmer's Mutual Insurance Company. He is a Republican politically, and a member of the German Reformed Church.

ADDED NOTE:
According to the records of the Emanuel Reformed chruch in Warner, Wisconsin Elisabeth Mary Kremer died Dec. 1, 1871. I do believe this is the correct date as the Lippe-Detmold settlement where she resided was first established there in 1870 and the first death would have been much earlier than 1881.

SOURCE: "Biographical History of Clark Jackson Counties, WI," Lewis pub. co., 1891, pg. 187.