The address is of this farm is W758 Shady Lane, Colby, Wisconsin 54421

 

The Frank and Elizabeth BEYERL Farm
Colby, Clark Co., WI

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Location: S½ NW ¼ Sec. 14, T28N, R1E

Directions: Go west of Colby on CTH N to Shady Lane (by the utility substation at first curve) and continue west on the [named] gravel road to top of hill. This is the last farm on north side before the
road jogs north and west again.

History: Parcel was homesteaded 1872-1877 by Julius FEIND. Sold in 1878 to Edward FEIND; in 1908/9, to Charles FEIND. The 1915 plat map lists Gust. BEHNKE as owner. A 1926 plat map shows Frank BEYERL as
owner.

Francis "Fuzzy" Beyerl died in the silo in 1989 when frozen silage thawed from the walls and buried him. He built the new/lower house roof inside existing structure, according to local reports.

 

In 1929 Frank BEYERL married for a third time, taking as his wife Elizabeth GRIEGER (nee KLAWINSKI) of Athens, Marathon County, WI. Elizabeth brought 3 sons, Frank and Tony ZETTLER and Gilbert GRIEGER to the marriage, along with 2 daughters, Genevieve and Angeline GRIEGER; while Frank had several children himself. Soon after the marriage, Frank completed building a new, 2 story house on this property, and the family moved into it (he had been living in the SE corner of adjacent Section 10.) In 1930, son Francis (Fuzzy) was born. After Frank died in 1958, Fuzzy, along with Elizabeth, continued to live on the farm. Local reports claim Fuzzy built the new, lower roof inside the existing structure. An unfortunate accident in 1988 claimed the life of Fuzzy - he died in the silo when thawed silage buried him. An interesting connection - Genevieve GRIEGER, who as a teenager came to live with her mother and Frank
BEYERL at this farm, ended up marrying the son of the farmer whose farm lay just to the west of BEYERL's -  FEIND!

 

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