| Charles C. Blumm |
| Charles C. Blumm,
post office, Rossville, dealer in general merchandise and
manufacturer of harness, and was born in Germany, April
29th, 1848, near the River Rhine. His parents immigrated
to the United States in 1850, stopping at Toledo, Ohio,
where his father died of cholera in 1854. The following
year, in 1855, the family came to this county, locating
at Rossville. In 1865, he went to Prairie du Chien and
engaged to learn the harness maker's trade, working at
that till the latter part of 1866, when he returned to
Rossville and opened a harness shop, continuing but a
short time, when he closed out his business and spent
about a year traveling and working at journey work. He
returned to Rossville and purchased the homestead of his
mother and again opened a harness shop, soon after adding
groceries, and, in 1873, dry goods. In December 1876, he
formed a co-partnership with Jas. M. Ross, adding drugs,
which continued till February 1880, when he purchased Mr.
Ross' interest. He was married to Miss Mary Sencebaugh,
May 30th, 1875. She was a native of West Virginia. Their
children are Charles A. and Daisy P. They have lost one
son, Robert H. Mr. Blumm is a member of the I.O.O.F. pg 475 |