Biographical Sketch of

J. F. Weseloh

Transcribed by Barbara Voss


Source: Portrait and Biographical Album of Green Lake, Marquette and Waushara Counties, Wisconsin, 
published 1890 by Acme Publishing Co., Chicago, Pages 465 - 466

J.F. Weseloh, Register of Deeds for Marquette County, now living in Montello, was born in the Province of Hanover, 
Germany, September 6, 1848 and is a son of Jochem and Anna (Bellman) Weseloh. In early life he showed a taste for 
study, and under the laws of his native land entered school at an early age, acquiring a good education, equipped 
with which he embarked for America in April 1870, his only other stock of trade being a bold determination to succeed 
in life. He landed in New York and soon afterward secured employment in a store in that city, where he remained until 
August 1871, when he went to Ft. Wayne, Ind., where he was similarly employed for about six months. His experience thus 
far had acquainted him with the desirability of acquiring a practical English education if he would make his way among 
an English speaking people, so he accordingly placed himself under the instruction of competent private tutors with 
whom he continued until the fall of 1873, when he entered Addison Seminary of Addison Ill., a preparatory training 
school for teachers, in which the course of study was something similar to that pursued in the Normal Schools, now so 
popular in nearly all of the older States of the union. He remained in the seminary until July 1875, when he was 
recommended by some of the faculty, to fill a vacant position as teacher in an English and German school in the town 
of Crystal Lake, Marquette County. The position was tendered him and accepting it, he at once entered upon the discharge 
of his duties which were so faithfully performed, that he won the high approval of all concerned. He resigned his 
position only when elected to the office of Register of Deeds of Marquette County, in 1883. By successive re-elections, 
he is the present incumbent his term of service having covered more than six years. On his election he removed to 
Montello, where he has since made his home. 

Mr. Weseloh was married October 20, 1876 to Miss Wilhelmina Just, a native of Germany, who for some time previous to 
her marriage was a resident of the town of Crystal Lake. They have one son, Gustave, who was born August 14, 1878. A 
daughter Minna, who was born in 1877, died in infancy.

Politically, Mr. Weseloh affiliates with the Democratic Party, believing that it advocates such measures as are most 
surely conducive to the general welfare. He and his family are members of the German Lutheran Church, of which he is a 
liberal supporter in all of its several interests. Since his residence in the United States, he has constantly striven 
to familiarize himself with the spirit of the government underlying all its institutions and though of foreign birth, 
is in every sense a true and devoted citizen, lending his influence to the advancement and development of the best local 
and National interests. As a citizen, he commands the highest esteem of all and as a public servant more than meets the 
most exacting demands and has a record which has scarcely been duplicated in the history of the county.






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