From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
Publ. 1912 - Page 831-832
 
FRED MALSCH.  One of the best known men of a past generation in Walworth 
county and one of the most highly esteemed was the late Fred MALSCH, a man of 
strong characteristics and a high sense of honor, also a man of kind and 
generous disposition and public spirit - a man whom to know was to respect and 
admire.  He was born in Saxe-Meiningen, Germany, February 13, 1832, and there 
he lived until 1867.  Following in the footsteps of his father, he learned the 
trade of mason, in which he became very skilled.  In 1867 he came to America 
and located at Lyons, Walworth county, Wisconsin, where he worked at his 
trade.  He was married in 1869 to Christina RADER, daughter of Frederick and 
Anna (KELSCHNER) RADER and a native of the same locality in Germany in which 
the subject was born.  Her parents had died when she was thirteen years of 
age, and she came to America in 1868.  She came to Lyons, this county, and was 
living at the same place in which the subject was staying when they met.
 
In 1870 Mr. MALSCH and wife moved to Springfield, Wisconsin, and in 1876 moved 
on a farm which they rented for two years, then went back to Springfield.  
While on the farm he continued to work at his trade, and this he followed as 
long as he was able to work.
 
Mrs. MALSCH had been married in Germany and two children had been born to her 
in that country, and one of the children and her husband died there, the other 
child, Mary, having accompanied her mother to America, and here she married 
Fred ROWN, and lived until her death in 1897.
 
Mrs. MALSCH had two children by her second marriage, Herman and Andrew, both 
of whom live in Lake Geneva, and are very well situated in reference to 
material things.
 
The death of Fred MALSCH of this sketch occurred in May 1890, after an 
honorable career, throughout which he did his duty faithfully in all the 
relations of life, winning the good will of all concerned.  His widow is 
living in her own cozy home in the town of Springfield.  She is a faithful 
member of the Lutheran church, as was also Mr. MALSCH.
 
Submitted by Carol