Adolf Scheuber (January 23, 1833 – April 12, 1892) was an American farmer and politician. Born in

Prussia Prussia, , Old Prussian: ''Prūsa'' or ''Prūsija'' was a German state on the southeast coast of the Baltic Sea. It formed the German Empire under Prussian rule when it united the German states in 1871. It was ''de facto'' dissolved by an em ...

, Scheuber emigrated to the United States in 1849 and eventually settled in

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. He was a farmer and merchant. Scheuber served as notary public, register of deeds for Jefferson County and as

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. In 1877, Scheuber served in the

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and was a

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. Later, Scheuber lived in

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where he died.''Wisconsin, Its History and Biography 1848-1913,'' volume V,

Ellis Baker Usher Ellis Baker Usher (June 21, 1852April 21, 1931) was an American journalist, newspaper publisher, and Democratic politician. He served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin from 1887 to 1890, and was publisher of the La Crosse ''Chronic ...

-editor, The Lewis Publishing Company, New York and Chicago: 1914, pg. 1344

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