Second Generation

4. Johann Andreas "John" MITTELSTAEDT Sr. was born on 10 December 1848 in Wisehnewko, Posen Province, Preussen (Prussia).^8,11,12,29 He emigrated in 1864 from Preussen (Prussia).⁸ He was Lutheran on 29 November 1875 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^15,29 when he became a member of St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. He was listed in the Church Register as member number 37 of the first 100 members of the congregation, and he was also listed on the Membership Roster in 1900. John appeared in the census in 1880 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹⁰ His occupation was "Farmer."
He appeared in the census in 1895 in Monroe County, WI.³⁰ His household consisted of 3 males and 1 female, of which 3 of them were born in the United States and 1 in Germany. No names are listed, but the person who was born in Germany was most likely his mother, Kate. He appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ His occupation was "Farmer."
John appeared in the census in 1905 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ His occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1910 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³² He was living with his son William and his family.
He died on 23 December 1924 at the age of 76 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.¹¹ John was buried in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.¹³ in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Johann Andreas "John" MITTELSTAEDT Sr. and Margarethe "Maggie" ECKELBERG were married on 6 May 1875 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,12,29,33 at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Their witnesses were Johann Eckelberg and Ernst Schmalz.

The 1900 Census indicates that they had 3 children, of whom all were living at the time. The Census listed "Willie" and Bertha as living in the household, but not John, Jr, and Margaret. It is possible that Bertha was adopted, as she was listed in the 1905 Census as "Bertha Marquardt," a "Hired Hand." Thus, their three birth children would have been John, Jr., Margaret, and William. Margarethe "Maggie" ECKELBERG, daughter of Friedrich Karl ECKELBERGER and Margaretha Jacobina Anna MOHR, was born on 20 October 1859 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.^{8,10,12,13,29,34,35,36} She appeared in the census in 1870 in Wilton Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴ She was confirmed on 6 April 1873 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³⁴ at St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church. Maggie appeared in the census in 1895 in Monroe County, WI.³⁰ She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She appeared in the census in 1905 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ Maggie died on 27 October 1907 at the age of 48 in Sparta, Sparta Township, Monroe County, WI.^11,13 She was buried on 30 October 1907 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.^13,35 in the St. John's Evangelical Lutheran Church Cemetery.

Johann Andreas "John" MITTELSTAEDT Sr. and Margarethe "Maggie" ECKELBERG had the following children:

+14	i.	Reverend Johann Friedrich "John" MITTELSTAEDT Jr..
+15	ii.	Margaretha Henriette "Margaret" MITTELSTAEDT.
+16	iii.	Wilhelm Gustav "William" MITTELSTAEDT.
17	iv.	Bertha MITTELSTAEDT was born in June 1890 in Wisconsin.^8,11 (She was not mentioned as one of the children in the Monroe County Heritage Book Article 106, but she was listed with the family during the 1900 Census.) She appeared in the census in 1900 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.⁸ She appeared in the census in 1905 in Ridgeville Township, Monroe County, WI.³¹ She was listed as "Bertha Marquardt," age 14, a "Hired Hand." It is possible that she was adopted. .