From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 751. City of La Crosse CHARLES W. EHMAN, saloon-keeper on South Third street, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1854. His father, August Ehman, was a locksmith, and came from Silesia, Prussia, to the United States in 1844; lived in Cincinnati, Ohio, till 1859; then in Detroit, Mich., till 1865, and since that has resided in La Crosse. Charles W. was educated in Detroit, and came to La Crosse with his parents; was engaged in clerking till summer of 1879, and since that has been in his present business. Nov. 20, 1879, he married Annie L. Smith, of La Crosse, and has one child - Louisa. [I am not related to this family and have no further information. I'm posting this as a service and hope it helps!]