Posted on: Clark Co. Wi Biographies Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Wi/ClarkBios/10741 Surname: Schwamb, Blanchard, Keyser ------------------------- 1891 Biographical History of Clark & Jackson Counties WI John Schwamb, of section 11, Weston Township, Clark County, was born in Washington County, Wisconsin, October 10, 1861, the son of Jacob Schwamb, deceased, and a cabinet-maker by trade. Our subject was reared in Cedar Creek, a small village in his native county, and worked on a farm. He came with his parents to this county in October, 1877, settling on section 12, across from the road from his present home. The place was then a dense woods, and all had to work to clear a place to raise crops. Mr. Schwamb now owns forty acres of land, sixteen of which is cleared, where he is engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He was married April 5, 1884, to Mary J. Blanchard, a daughter of Freeman S. and Hannah (Keyser) Blanchard, of Minnehaha County, South Dakota. Mr. And Mrs. Schwamb have two children: Arthur and Lulu, born March 29, 1885, and June 14, 1890, respectively. Mr. Schwamb is a Republican politically, and is an enterprising young man, interested in his countrys welfare. For further account of his parents see biography of Jacob Schwamb