From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 765. City of La Crosse JACOB KASMANN, proprietor of the Canada House, Second street, opposite depot; has resided in La Crosse since December 4, 1858; was railroading most of the time; worked five years for the C., M. & St. P. R. R. Co., and thirteen years for the S. M. R. R. Co.; has been in the hotel since May 15, 1880. He was born in Bohemia, Austria, in 1843; son of Mattheus Kasmann, who came to America with his family in the fall of 1858, settled in Monroe Co., Wis., where he still lives. Jacob was married in December, 1865, to Caroline Pagel, and has five children - Annie, Mary, Therese, Joseph and John. He enlisted in February, 1865, in Co. A, 51st W. V. I., and was in the service till the close of the war. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]