Robert Plisch (April 7, 1845 – March 13, 1915) was an American politician and farmer. Born in Silesia,

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, Plisch emigrated with his family to the United States in 1856. He was a farmer and lived in the community of Ziegler, in the town of

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, in Marathon County. He served on the Berlin Town Board, the Marathon County Board of Supervisors, and was deputy sheriff. He was also involved with the Marathon County Agricultural Society. He served in the

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in 1895 and was a

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.'Wisconsin Blue Book 1895,' Biographical Sketch of Robert Plisch, pg. 684

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1845 births 1915 deaths Prussian emigrants to the United States People from Marathon County, Wisconsin Farmers from Wisconsin County supervisors in Wisconsin Wisconsin city council members Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly 19th-century American legislators {{Wisconsin-WIAssembly-Democratic-stub