This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Nicke, Miller Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/949 Message Board Post: Robert G. Nicke, dealer in agricultural implements at Tomah, was born in Germany October 5, 1875, and came to America with his father, Gotlieb Nicke, and his family of five children in 1892. They first located in Chicago, Ill., where for two and one-half years the father worked as a day laborer. In the fall of 1895 they removed to Monroe county, Wisconsin, and purchased forty acres of land and here made their home for ten years. For two and one-half years Robert and his father operated a sawmill with marked success near Tomah. In 1904 Robert G. moved into the city of Tomah and engaged in the grocery business, which he conducted for three years. Disposing of his grocery, he purchased the implement business from Dan Crowley, and has since successfully continued in that line. He carries a large stock of all kinds of farm machinery, including gasoline engines, binders, twine, pumps, windmills, spring and farm wagons and carriages from the leading manufactureres of the count! ry. He is one of Tomah's prosperous, safe and reliable business men and prominent alike in business and social circles. In politics he is independent in thought and action, supporting the man for office whom he thinks best qualified for the position regardless of party affiliations. On August 12, 1908, at Tomah, Mr. Nicke was united in marriage to Miss Eda Miller. They have two children, Raymond and John Nicke. Source: History of Monroe County Wisconsin. Past and Present INcluding an account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County. Editor0In-Chief: Randolph A. Richards. 1912 C. F. Cooper & Co. Chicago