Bio: Garnich, Emil (1881) 
Poster: Sandra Wright
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----Source: History of Northern Wisconsin (Ashland County, Wis.) 1881, Page 71-72 

Emil Garnich, hardware, Ashland, was born in Prussia, Germany, Dec. 10, 1843. His mother died when he was three years old, and his father came to America in 1849, locating in Egg Harbor, N.J. Emil came in 1863, having learned the tinsmith’s trade in Germany. He at once went to Philadelphia and worked at his trade, then going to Michigan, on Lake Superior, he stopped at Eagle Harbor, where he worked for wages, finally buying his employer out and establishing himself a business. In 1872 he came to Ashland and went into the hardware line under the firm name of Leihy & Garnich, and now carried a stock of $5,000 and business of $10,000. He married Miss Isabella Bolls, of Michigan, in 1863. They have four children – Hattie, Annie, William and Erwin; Carl deceased. Mr. Garnich was Supervisor in 1874 and 1875; belongs to the Masonic order and the I.O.O.F.