Biographies: Charles Ernst SEMISCH, Altoona, Eau Claire Co., WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Nance Sampson 13 December 2000 ==================================================================== Charles Ernst Semisch was born in 1797 in the province Sachsen-Altenburg, Germany, where he followed the trade of carpenter and joiner, and farmer. In 1835 he married Miss Caroline Christine Herzinger, who was born in 1803 at Crimmitzschau in the kingdom of Saxony, Germany. They immigrated to this country in 1854, lived in Milwaukee until 1866, when they moved to Eau Claire county and lived on a farm in the town of Washington, where Mr. Semisch died in 1877 and his wife in 1881. They had two sons, Julius and Frederich. Julius, the elder, was born in 1837, in the province Saxon- Altenburg, Germany. With his parents in 1854 he came to this country and served in the civil war until 1864, when he was severely wounded and honorably discharged. In 1866 he moved with his parents to Eau Claire county and settled with them on the farm in the town of Washington. In 1873 he married Miss Auguste Martin, who was born at Zschernikow, Russia, of German descent. They settled on a farm at a place what is now the city of Altoona, where Mr. Julius Semisch died December 27, 1913. Frederich Semisch, the second son, was born in 1848, also in the province Sachsen- Altenburg. With his parents he came to this country in 1854 and to Eau Claire county in 1866. He has since lived in this county and followed the trade of shoemaker and carpenter in the city of Altoona. --Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present", page 571.