What Happened to Andrew Messer?
Waupun Times – the 25th of July, 1895.
Dr. G.F. Messer, prison physician, is very anxious to hear from his
younger brother, Andrew J. 
Messer, who left his home one year ago and
has not been heard from since. At the time of his disappearance, Mr.
Messer was living with his mother in Kansas City, Mo. The missing man
is described as 20 years of age, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, smooth
face, blonde hair, bluish-gray eyes, not very stoutly built. He has a
deep ringing cough that was the result of measles. Any information
concerning the young man may be sent to Dr. Messer at Waupun. “- Andrew
J. Messer was the youngest son of Mrs. Dr. Wing, who formerly lived in
this city.
Hartford – the 25th of September, 1908. Knowing
how interested our residents are in news regarding the Hartford people
who moved to the 
west, we asked Miss Juno Goetz, who with her mother
recently returned from Washington. Mrs. Wing, formerly Mrs.
Messer, was one of several they had the pleasure of meeting there. Her
son, Dr. George Messer, recently of Beaver Dam, is now located at
Tacoma and is doing very well there. Her son Andrew, the youngest of
the Messer boys, recently came to Washington from Nevada, where he
accumulated a large fortune through mining. The other son, Adolph, is
located at Seattle.
Note: The Andrew Messer referenced in this story is the son of Andrew Messer who built the Messer Grist Mill in Richfield, WI
(From newspaper clippings found at the Hartford History Room)
