This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Muesse, Reynolds Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/lEC.2ACE/1151 Message Board Post: From "History of Grant County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 894. LANCASTER HENRY MUESSE, contractor and builder and dealer in lumber, Lancaster. Is a native of Germany; was born in Prussia June 22, 1836. Emigrated to America in 1848. Learned the trade of carpenter and joiner in Philadelphia. Came to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled in Lancaster, and began working at his trade; and since then, for the past twenty-six years, he has been successfully engaged in contracting and building, and has done a large business. In 1875, established the lumber business, and has a good trade. He has served as Police Justice and member of the Town Board. Was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Reynolds, a native of London, England, Oct. 15, 1860. They have six children - Olive, John, Hattie, Harry, Frank, Susie. [I am not related to this family. I'm just posting this as a service and hope it helps!]