Antone Schafer
1881 History of Northern Wisconsin
Chicago: The Western Historical Company
A.T. Andreas, Proprietor (grammar as is)
Pg. 575
Antone Schafer, hotel, Spencer. Born in Germany, March 14, 1855. Came with his parents
to Hartford, Washington Co., where he stayed until he was thirteen years of age, when he
learned his trade, that of shoe making. He then went to Calumet County, where he worked on a
farm, and going to Sherwood (Clark County), worked at his trade; then to Marshfield, where he
opened a shop with $35, to begin with, and when he sold out five years afterward, he had
$1,750. He then came to Spencer, and bought the Brock House. In 1878, he married Miss Carrie
Schmidt, of Marshfield. They have one child, born Oct. 24, 1879. Mr. Schafer and wife belong
to the Catholic Church.
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