CARL C. A. WINZENBURGER, farmer, P.O. Burnt Prairie, was born June 27, 1821, in Goeppingen, Wurtemberg, Germany; his father Carl C. Winzenburger, was also a native of Germany, where he died; he was in the employ of the German Treasury Department.  The mother of our subject was Friederika (Langbein), a native of Germany, where she died.  She was the mother of three children --- Catharina, Friederika and Carl C. A., our subject, who was educated in Germany, where he carried on a large business, and was also married, in 1850, to Margareta Ziegler, who died there, leaving one son, Edward L.  His second wife was Susannah Ziegler, who died leaving one daughter, Margareta, wife of Henry Kieser.  Our subject's present wife was a Mrs. Jeanette A. Le Rue, a daughter of Carl Xavier Forstmayer, a native of Fortsheim, Germany.  She is yet living; her first husband was of French descent, and she yet talks the French language very fluently; her father, Carl Xavier Forstmayer, was a man of rare talents, and an able business man; he was married Charlotte L. Marischsall, who was a daughter of a Madame Violoe, whose descendants are heirs of a large fortune.  Mr. Winzenburger came to this country in 1864, and in the southeast corner of Leech Township bought 320 acres of land, at $10 per acre. which he mainly improved, and keeps in a high state of cultivation.  He is a man of good, sound sense,
independent in political matters, and believes to do to others as you wish to have them to do you.