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JOHN C. WILDBERGER, saloon-keeper, Bloomington; was born in Switzerland in 1833, and is the son of Jacob and Mary F. Wildberger, of Switzerland; in 1853, he sailed for America and landed in New Orleans in April, 1853; here he remained but a short time, and then came to Bloomington in the same year, which has been his home ever since. He enlisted in Co. A, 101st I. V. I., as Orderly Sergeant, in 1862, and was mustered out in 1865; he participated in the battles of Resaca, Lookout Mountain (the battle above the clouds), Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta, etc., and was with Sherman on the march to the sea, through the swamps of the Carolinas, and at Washington on the grand review; he did good service and was only sick about two months; with this exception, he served full time. At the close of the war he returned home to Bloomington; Mr. Wildberger was in the bakery business about five years; he was, also, for a short time, a resident of Morgan Co., Ill. He married Hattie Weersh, of Switzerland; they have four children— John, Casper, Hattie and Lotta.