Washington County Biographies



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Nicholas Guth, Jr.

Nicholas Guth, Jr., proprietor of American House, and lumber dealer, Kewaskum; son of Niclaus Guth, Sr., who was born at Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, and immigrated to this country in 1846, and setled in the town of Polk, Washington Co.; he came to the town of Kewaskum in 1856, and settled in the village in 1865, and engaged in milling, which business he still follows. Nicolaus Guth, Jr., is the successor of his father in the hotel business and in the lumber trade. He was born in the town of Kewasku, in 1856. he was married to Lena Fleischman; they have two children-Clara and Fredda.

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