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C. F. Viebahn

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C. F. Viebahn was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Viebahn was born in what is now Germany in 1842.[1] In 1851, he moved with his parents to Baraboo, Wisconsin.[2] He attended what is now the University of Wisconsin-Madison and later became principal of Watertown High School in Watertown, Wisconsin.

Viehbahn married Lona Fischer in 1868. They would have one son before her death in 1893. In 1895, Viebahn married Josephine Hall, a mother of two. He died of pneumonia on March 17, 1915.

Political career

Viebahn was elected to the Assembly in 1908. Additionally, he was Superintendent of Schools of Watertown, as well as of Manitowoc County, Wisconsin and Sauk County, Wisconsin. He was a Democrat.

References

  1. ^ "BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES". Wisconsin Blue Book 1909. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
  2. ^ "Professor Charles Viebahn". Watertown Historical Society. Retrieved 2014-01-23.
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