Third Generation

20. Herman Ludwig FRIESKE was born about 1857 in Preussen (Prussia).^2,24,104 The Oak Grove Cemetery records list his surname as "Friske" and his birth year as "1857?" He was listed as age 18 in the 1870 Census.

His birthplace was listed as "Prussia" in the 1870 Census. He appeared in the census in 1870 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.²⁴ He was confirmed on 26 March 1871 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁷ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Herman appeared in the census in 1880 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.² He was living with his parents and his occupation was "Clerk in Store." He died on 10 January 1898 at the age of 41 in Monroe County, WI.^46,104,105 According to the cemetery records, he died at age 40 of Tuberculosis. He was buried on 13 January 1898 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.^106,107 in the Oak Grove Cemetery. (He is buried in Section OP, Block 3, Lot 37, near his sister, Alvina, and her husband, August Tegelberg.)

Herman Ludwig FRIESKE and Anna UNKNOWN (FRIESKE) were married.¹⁰⁸ Anna UNKNOWN (FRIESKE) was born on 26 July 1858.¹⁰⁸ She died on 13 March 1916 at the age of 57.¹⁰⁸ She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰⁸ in the Oak Grove Cemetery. (Her surname may have been Zuhlsdorf.)