Washington County Biographies



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John P. Goetz

John P. Goetz, proprietor of the Wisconsin House, Hartford, which he has kept thirteen years; is a native of Saxe-Coburg, Germany, and the son of Charles and Juliana (Huebner) Goetz; was born Dec. 17, 1835, and came to America in 1853; made his home in Brooklyn, N. Y., till 1861, when he came to the town of Hartford and settled on a farm; continued there till June, 1869, when he engaged in his present business. He was married, Jan. 24, 1867, at Hartford, to Miss Agnes Liver, daughter of Casper and Anna Liver; Mrs. Goetz was born in Switzerland; they have five children-Charles W., Frederick, Casper E., John A. and A. Arthur; the daughter is the youngest, and is called Hedwig Juno.

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