Bio:
Sebold, Wolfgang,
1856
Contact: Stan
----Source: 1918 History of
Clark Co., WI, by Franklyn, Curtiss-Wedge, Transcribed: Tue, 13 Feb
2001
Surnames:
Wolfgang Sebold,
1856
WOLFGANG SEBOLD, proprietor of a farm of ninety-eight acres in section 1,
Mayville Township, was born in Germany, Aug. 17, 1856, son of Wolfgang and
Mary (Derigel) Sebold. The father died when the subject this sketch was quite
young, and his widow, marrying again, came to the United States with her
second husband and her son Wolfgang in 1880, the family living five months in
Milwaukee. They then came to Clark County and bought the farm now owned by
Wolfgang. Building a log cabin, in which they resided for some ten years, Mr.
Buehner, the stepfather of our subject, broke and cultivated the land with
oxen, and at the end of the period above mentioned erected the present
residence. He died in 1901. A brother of Wolfgang, named Frank, now resides in
Marshfield, Wis. Wolfgang Sebold has always resided on this farm since coming
here thirty-seven years ago. He raises the usual crops, including oats, rye
and hay, and for the last ten years has done a profitable dairy business,
milking sixteen cows. He was a member of the township board from 1901 to 1904
and also served ten years on the sc'hool board. Mr. Sebold was married Nov. 6,
1890, to Annie Skerbeek, who was born in Austria in October, 187? daughter
of Frank and Mary Skerbeck. She came to America with her parents in 1881, her
father being a farmer who located at Deer Creek, Taylor County, Wis.; but he
and his wife are now residing at Dorchester. They had twelve children, of whom
eight are now living: Antonnette, Joseph, Gustof, Clara, Amanda, Paulina,
Frank and Annie. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Sebold are: Mary, now Mrs.
Herman Burns [SEE NOTE BELOW], of Winchester, Wis.; Annie and Tilly, residing in Oshkosh, and
Joseph, Helen, Amanda, Louis, Edith, Max and Herman, all of whom reside at
home. The family are members of the Catholic Church. This is the biography of my grandfather. I am 86 years old. Our family name was
Behrens, pronounced like barrens, but people were always changing it to Burns. I
don't know why they did that.
This biography was written when I was three years old. My mother was Mary Sebold,
daughter of Wolfgang Sebold and Annie Skerbeck. She is mentioned toward the end
of the article as being married to Herman Burns, but his name wasn't Burns it was
Behrens. EMAIL from Ruth (Behrens) Spigarelli.
(rgreer@uplogon.com )
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