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Riedel, David (History - 1849) |
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Janet Schwarze |
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stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org |
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RIEDEL BARTH |
----Source: 1918 History of Clark County,
Wisconsin
DAVID RIEDEL, a prosperous general farmer of Lynn Township,
operating a farm of 120 acres in Section 20, was born in Schlasinn,
Germany, April 16, 1849. His father, David, followed the occupation
of farmer his native land. About 1865 the family emigrated to the
United States, locating at Cedarberg, Ozaukee County, Wis., a place
not many miles of Milwaukee. There David, Sr., and his family
remained seven years, at the end of which time he came to Clark
County, buying eighty acres of land, on which he resided until his
death. David Riedel, Jr., subject of this sketch, attended school
in Germany and was 16 years old when he came to America. He made
his home with the family in Ozaukee County for some time, but after
having learned the carpenter's trade, he went to Chicago soon after
the great fire there in October, 1871, when men in every branch of
the building line were in demand, and worked there for three years.
He then came to Neillsville, worked at the carpenter's trade for a
few years, and his father having arrived in the county, joined him
on the farm.
On June 6, 1876, he was married to Augusta Barth, in Calumet County, Wis. She was born in 1856, daughter of Ernest Barth, a farmer of that county. After his marriage Mr. Riedel bought eighty acres of land near Granton, Clark County, and settled there, residing on it and operating a farm for eighteen years, when he bought his present place of 120 acres in Section 20. Here he is carrying on general farming with good financial results. He and his wife have seven children: Pauline, Adele, Ernest, Alvina, Eliza, Ahna and Martha.
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