Johann HEINRICH WENDT

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JOHN H. WENDT, one of the best known and most highly respected farmers of Grand Chute township, Outagamie county, was born September 4, 1824, near the city of Rostock, in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Germany. His father, also named John H., had a family of four children, John H. being the son. Our subject attended the common schools near his home until he was fourteen years of age, after which for a time he was engaged as a farm hand, and worked also three years in the shipyards, there making enough money to pay his way to the United States. This voyage he made in 1857, sailing from Hamburg and taking forty-five days to reach New York, from which city he continued his journey to Milwaukee, Wis., where he found employment among the farmers in Franklin township, near Milwaukee. In 1858 he was married to Sophia Behning, and for he next eight years lived on a rented farm. In 1866 he purchased 160 acres in Section 5, Grand Chute township (the southwest quarter), Outagamie county, to which he removed with his family, entering at once upon the work of improving the property, and he saw many days of weariness and hardship before it was finally brought to its present splendid condition. In place of the original rude improvements he built upon the land on of the first brick houses in his neighborhood, the structure being the talk of the time. His parents were poor and his father was an invalid, therefore unable to assist the son, who made a home for him for eighteen years [circa 1875] while he was helpless, and himself toiled diligently to support the family and build a comfortable home. In saying that Mr. Wendt is a thoroughly self-made man, the term is in no manner abused, as is too often the case. He has experienced his share of accidents and misfortunes, but surmounted them all. Soon after he was married and while living in Milwaukee, with bright prospects ahead, he was unfortunate enough to break a leg, the Poor authorities would have paid his his doctor's bill, but he objected and paid them himself out of his own limited means. He has always been a kind and obliging neighbor, and is in every respect a most worthy citizen. A devout Christian, he has been for many years a leading member of the Lutheran Church, in which he is an active worker; has assisted in building two houses of worship for that organization, and served as treasurer for twenty- two years and three months, when he resigned. In political matters he is a Democrat, and for eighteen years, beginning with 1872, has served as assessor to his individual credit and the general satisfaction of his townsmen. Children as follows were born to Mr. and Mrs. Wendt: George, residing in Grand Chute; Mary, now Mrs. Joe Uhlenbrauck, also of Grand Chute; Sophia, Mrs. John Mueller, of Appleton; John, deceased, who was a farmer by occupation; Amelia, Mrs. August Plaman, of Freedom; Emma, Mrs. John Pingel, of Freedom; Ida, Mrs. William Lowenhagen, of Grand Chute; and Henry, Mathilda and Ella at home. --- "The Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley counties of Brown, Outagamie and Winnebago", Part I, Page 528

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Titel	Familienforschung Masch
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Hochgeladen	2023-11-26 11:56:15.0
Einsender	Sebastian Masch
E-Mail	sebastian.masch@wilsen.de
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