Bio: Ulrich
Family
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Stan
----Source: Levis 125 Year Book (1981);
provided by
""The Jailhouse Museum".
Surnames: ULRICH STOLL
FIALA
Ulrich
Family
Having been born in Germany, George
Ulrich came to America as a young man, settling in Chicago, Ill. He was married
to Mathilda Stoll. They moved to Peru, Ill. Where he worked in a foundry.
On Oct. 26, 1895, George Ulrich came
to Neillsville, Clark Co., Wis. in search of land which he could purchas. He
was successful in his venture and purchased 320 acres in the township of Levis,
from the Adams Land Co. He paid cash for this land and returned to Peru, Ill.
To work that winter. In the spring of 1896 George and Mathilda and three
children, namely, William, George and Bertha, together with their livestock,
machinery, and household goods, moved by railroad to the township of Levis,
Clark Co., Wis. Her they built a small one room house and a lean-to shed for
the cattle. They cleared some land and raised enough food for the family, their
three horses and two cows. In the winters of 1896 and 1897 they cut logs and
constructed a 30 by 60 foot log barn. In the fall of 1897 they built part of
the present frame house. The present barn was built in 1911. An addition to
the house was completed in 1918.
Two more children were born to them
in the town of Levis, Ernest, born March 8, 1898, and Karl, born March 12,
1905. Karl became sick with polio in September of 1921 and passed away Jan. 14,
1922. On July 22, 1922, George Ulrich passed away at the age of 76. His wife
Mathilda, passed away Aug. 3, 1953 at the age of 92.
On May 8, 1923, Ernest Ulrich
purchased his father’s farm. He married Helen Fiala Nov. 25, 1923. Four
children were born to them, Hilda, Elsie, Grace and George.
They built the machinery sheds,
chicken house and silos and cleared much more land.
Ernest served on the school board of
Washburn, District 1. He was supervisor of Levis township for six years, and
town chairman for seven years, as well as serving on the Clark County Board of
Supervisors for several years.
On May 1, 1979, George Ulrich and his
sisters took over the ownership and management of the dairy farm. They built
another silo. At present the farm is 320 acres, of which 165 acres are cleared
fields.
This farm has been in the Ulrich
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