Henry Ausman

Henry Ausman was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Ausman was born in Germany on October 20, 1836 to John H. and Anna M. (Weigand) Ausman. He immigrated with his parents to Venango County (now Forest County) Pennsylvania in 1848. He moved to Dunn County, Wisconsin in 1860 and settled in Spring Brook, Wisconsin. Ausman worked for Knapp, Stout & Co. and farmed in the area before entering into various businesses.{{Cite book|url = http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm/compoundobject/collection/wch/id/14519/rec/1|title = Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin including a general historical sketch of the Chippewa Valley; ancestral records of leading families; biographies of representative citizens, past and present; and portraits of prominent men|last = Forrester|first = George|publisher = A. Warner|year = 1891|isbn =|location = Chicago, Illinois|pages = 876}} In 1865, he became an Evangelical minister.{{Cite book|url = http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/WI/WI-idx?type=turn&id=WI.IHDunnCounty&entity=WI.IHDunnCounty.p0443&isize=text|title = History of Dunn County, Wisconsin|last1 = Curtiss-Wedge|first1 = F.|last2 = Jones|first2 = Geo.|publisher = H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co|year = 1925|isbn =|location =|pages = 347–349}}

On August 4, 1855, Ausman married Martha Elizabeth Sippel. They had eleven children. Ausman died on December 4, 1924.

Ausman's great grandson, La Verne Ausman, was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and an official in the Farmers Home Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture.

Political career

Ausman represented Dunn County in Wisconsin's 32nd State Assembly in 1879.{{cite book|title = The Blue Book of the State of Wisconsin|url = https://archive.org/details/bluebookstatewi00statgoog|publisher = David Atwood|year = 1879|edition = 18th|location = Madison, Wis.|page = [https://archive.org/details/bluebookstatewi00statgoog/page/n553 491]}} Other positions he held included Chairman (similar to mayor) and Town Treasurer of Elk Mound (town), Wisconsin and County Commissioner (similar to county supervisor) of Dunn County. He was a Republican.