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Philip Laun
Philip Laun, Justice of the Peace and Court Commissioner, Hartford; is a native of Hesse-Darnstadt, Germany; is the son of Balthassar and Maria (Neithinger) Laun; was born Feb. 2, 1815; was married, in his native country, in 1850, to Miss Maria Ruf, and, in 1851, emigrated to the United States. The four years succeeding his arrival in this country he spent in the city of New York; he then came to Milwaukee, where he remained only a short time, and came to Hartford in 1855, where he has since made his home. He was the first to open a barber-shop in the village of Hartford, and continued the business eighteen years. In 1858 and 1859, he served as Deputy Sheriff; for several years, he acted as Interpreter in the Circuit and County Courts; about 1870, he was elected Justice of the Peace, and has held the office continuously since to this writing; he was appointed Court Commissioner, and is now serving his third term in that office. Mr. Laun has only one child, a son, named Henry, who is married and resides in Missouri. On the organization of the Hartford Hook and Ladder Company, Mr. Laun was one of the charter members.
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"History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Wisconsin," published in 1881 by Western Historical Company.