Martha Sipple, a native of Germany who had come to America with her parents in 1847, locating in Venango County, Pennsylvania. On Aug. 4, 1855 she was married in Venango County to Henry William Ausman.

The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ausman, were eleven in number:
1. Catherine E., b. March 2, 1856, married Jacob Webert and for many years lived on a farm in the town of Elk Mound, which farm she still owns. Mr. Webert having died in 1904, she then kept house for her father. She has nine children, Fred, Martha, Edward, Alvin, Lewis, Florence, Erma, Stanley and Minnie.
2. Martha, b. Feb. 16, 1858, married Henry Pohrman of Chippewa Falls, but has no children.
3. John Frederick, b. March 6, 1860, married Catherine Webert, who died in 1923. He is now retired and lives with his five children, Anna, Rosetta, Samuel, Edna and George.
4. Minnie, b. May 23, 1864, married Frederick Wege, has one child, Delia.
5. Henry W., b. April 18, 1862, a farmer in Spring Brook, married Caroline Webert; they have no children.
6. Edward, b. Sept. 7, 1867, is, as already mentioned, one of the firm of H. Ausman & Sons. He married Ella Jessel, and has eight children, Roy, Hazel, Edward, Jr., Florence, James, Margaret, Marion and Erma.
7. Magdelina, b. Oct. 26, 1869, died September, 1894.
8. Emma Caroline, b. March 14, 1872, married Joseph Axt and resides in St. Peter, Minn., where Mr. Axt is station agent for the C. St. P. M., & O. Railway. She has two children, Clifford and Dorothy.
9. Albert Benjamin, b. April 22, 1876, now one of H. Ausman & Sons, is an active factor in the community affairs of Elk Mound, being now village president and also a member of the board of education. He helped to organize the Elk Mound Creamery Company, and was secretary for several years; is a stockholder, director and vice president of the Bank of Elk Mound, and a member of the Elk Mound Commercial Club. He is well known throughout Dunn County as a progressive and public spirited citizen. He married Jessie Dalrymple and has five children, Henry, Kathryn, Emmett, Vaughn and Faith.
10. Benjamin Albert, b. April 22, 1876, a twin brother of Albert Benjamin, and also a member of H. Ausman & Sons, married Mabel Frederick and has one child, Palma.
11. Laura R., b. Aug. 17, 1878, married Charles Goehring and resides in Naperville, Ill., no children.

Mrs. Martha Ausman, the mother of the above mentioned children, after a married life of 68 years, during which she well and faithfully performed the duties of wife and mother, died July 23, 1923. She was a woman of many rare qualities of mind and heart. The surviving members of the family are all affiliated religiously with the Evangelical Church.

SOURCE: Curtiss-Wedge, F.; Jones, Geo. O. (ed.) / "History of Dunn County, Wisconsin" (1925) pages 348-349