Bio:
Schlinkert, William
Contact: Stan
----Source: 1918 History of
Clark Co., WI, by Franklyn, Curtiss-Wedge
Surnames:
William
Schlinkert His wife is still
living, being now 58 years old. Six of their children are also living, and two
are dead, a list of their family being as follows: Emma, now Mrs. Erick Schoenherr, of Weston Township; Fred, now proprietor of the old homestead in
Weston Township; William, who lives in Pine Valley Township, this county;
Robert, of Weston Township; Elsie, who is now Mrs. John Pagenkopf; Erick and
Paul, who are deceased, and Theodore, residing in Weston Township. 1880 Federal Census--Weston, Clark, WI Responses I read with interest this
short biography of William Schlinkert. He was my grandfather's father. I
believe the youngest person in the picture is my grandfather, Theodore Carl
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William Schlinkert and Family
WILLIAM SCHLINKERT, a pioneer of Weston Township, now deceased, was born in
Germany and was 18 years of age when he came to the United States, which he
did on a sailing vessel, landing in this country after a long voyage. Locating
in Wisconsin, he worked in various parts of the state, and finally came to
Clark County and began the life of a pioneer farmer on 160 acres of wild land
in section 7, Weston Township. There were then no roads to the place. Building
a log house and barn, he started with nothing but his hands, being just able
to pay for the land. He had no team and no cow, but got a cow about a year
later. He had been married in Wisconsin to Augusta Floerke, and his wife
proved a good helpmate for him. Mr. Schlinkert worked in the woods in the
winter time, clearing his farm in the summer. In time he increased the size of
his farm by buying forty acres more. He helped to chop a road through to his
place, built a good brick house, and cleared up his land, finally becoming a
prosperous citizen. He also helped to build the old structure in which the
Lutheran congregation worshipped at an early date, and contributed to the new
church, of which he was a member. On his farm he made considerable use of
oxen. Mr. Schlinkert died in May, 1897, at the age of 47.
William F. Schlenkert @30, b. Prussia, Farmer, Parents b. Prussia
Wife: Augusty @22, b. Prussia, Parents b. Prussia
Dau: Emma M. @3, b. WI
I may have some early pictures that could be of interest to you.
Thanks, Anita Schlinkert Almond,
almondanita@comcast.net
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