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in 1860, and was subsequently re-elected in 1861 and 1862. He was then elected to three more terms in 1867, 1868, and 1869, before being elected to a final term in 1871. In all of his legislative service, he represented
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Windfree" and his wife. Abert allowed them to live on his land outside the city, but for compensation, Abert asked for Windfree to cut wood and clear land. After a season, Windfree continued on his journey.
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George Abert married Louisa
Ackerman, a German American immigrant from Bavaria, in July 1840. They had eight children together and enjoyed 71 years of marriage before her death in October 1889. Several of their sons went on to prominence in Milwaukee.
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Milwaukee to other early Wisconsin settlements, and various other duties. In 1837, he accompanied Kilbourn to the territorial legislature, being held in
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in the northwest states, along with his sons, in 1865, and used it to manufacture stoves and other hollow-ware. For many years, it was the only such factory west of New York state.
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In 1860, Abert was one of the founders of the German Mutual Fire
Insurance Company of Milwaukee and was the first present of the company. He subsequently opened the first
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during the Civil War. After the war, he operated the family's iron foundry for many years, served as deputy sheriff, and was elected to the
Milwaukee city council.
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pioneer. He was an important figure in the growth and development of the city of
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Milwaukee became a city in 1846, Abert was elected to the first city council. He was subsequently elected city railroad commissioner in 1857.
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and likely contributed significantly to its rejection by voters in 1846.
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John B. Abert, their fourth child, enlisted at age 16 and served in the
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Wisconsin Assembly, Milwaukee 2nd District Election, 1871
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Byron D. L. Abert, their second child, enlisted with the
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389:(May 10, 1817 – October 14, 1890) was an
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828:Wheeler, Andrew Carpenter (1861).
626:General Election, November 7, 1871
393:to the United States from Alsace,
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1046:"Forty-Fifth Regiment Infantry".
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589:45th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment
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1171:Burials at Forest Home Cemetery
580:and served through most of the
347:Henriette Louisa Maria (Krekel)
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849:"List of Assembly Districts".
472:In Milwaukee, he was hired by
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748:"George Albert (1817 - 1890)"
282:; died 1889)
1151:People from Newark, New York
753:Wisconsin Historical Society
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1072:Watrous, Jerome A. (1909).
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61:Wisconsin State Assembly
571:Milwaukee Public Museum
265:Louisa (Ackerman) Abert
126:Harrison Carroll Hobart
995:Portage Daily Democrat
930:"Official Directory".
901:"Official Directory".
875:"Assembly Districts".
443:Wayne County, New York
991:"Hon. Geo Abert Dead"
1121:People from Bas-Rhin
666:Independent Democrat
350:(b. 1860; died 1933)
343:(b. 1855; died 1911)
336:(b. 1850; died 1887)
329:(b. 1849; died 1923)
322:(b. 1847; died 1916)
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242:Forest Home Cemetery
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387:George Gideon Abert
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188:George Gideon Abert
160:Louis A. Schmidtner
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609:Candidate
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409:Early life
395:Democratic
364:Politician
359:Profession
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194:1817-05-10
170:David Knab
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687:Plurality
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454:Milwaukee
399:Wisconsin
391:immigrant
369:Signature
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230:Wisconsin
226:Milwaukee
146:In office
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697:+35.78%
657:+17.89%
290:Children
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679:28.52%
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