Gotlieb Eisentraut was born in Saxony, Germany, on January 18, 1823.  Here  he courted and wed Rosina Augusta Freidel.  After the birth of three children  (Ernstina, Augusta and Charles) they migrated to America.  This was about the  year 1849, and they settled on a farm near Fillmore, WI.  The original  homestead is no longer in our family.  Here four more children were born; Mary,  Moritz, Oscar and Gustav.
      One of Gotlieb's hobbies was planting fruit trees, especially apple and  cherry.  He built, alone and by hand, without the use of any mortar, just by  perfect fitting and splitting, a windowless, stone-vaulted cellar that is still  on the farm site.
      According to Aunt Bert (Bertha Stautz) who stayed with Gotlieb and Rosina  for some time, plowing was done by oxen and every time the dinner bell rang,  the oxen would stop short and refuse to move another foot.
      A tombstone marks the spot where they are buried in the cemetery at  Fillmore, WI.