Bio: Schaefer, Fred G. (1882 – 19??)

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Surnames: Schaefer, Krause

---Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

---Schaefer, Fred G. (18 April 1882 – 19??)

FRED G. SCHAEFER,* who is one of the enterprising young business men of Wausau, junior member of the general mercantile firm of Krause & Schaefer, with business location at No. 741 Third avenue, South, was born on a farm in the town of Stettin, Marathon County, Wis., April 18, 1882. His parents, Fred C. and Louisa Schaefer, came to Marathon County from Dodge County, Wis., in 1878, and both are now deceased.  

Fred G. Schaefer was reared on the home farm in the town of Stettin and attended the public schools there and at Wausau, in which city he has made his home for a number of years and has been in the mercantile business with his father-in-law, Fred Krause, as a member of the firm of Krause & Schaefer, for the past eight years. I

In 1904 he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Krause, who is a daughter of Fred Krause, one of Wausau's leading citizens. They have a wide social circle and additionally Mr. Schaefer is identified with the Royal Arcanum and the Modem Woodmen.