Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Mausolf, John Albert 1869 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

JOHN ALBERT MAUSOLF

[photo]  Home and Family of John Albert Mausolf

THE beautiful "High Valley Farm," the scene portrayed above is the home of John
Albert and Lena Mausolf, twelve and one-half miles west from Great Bend, and it
stands on a farm of four hundred acres that cannot be excelled in Barton County.
The soil is a rich, brown, dark sandy loam, and every acre of it is tillable. It
is well fenced and shows careful cultivation, and the growing crops and weir
filled granaries proves the management is not lacking. The residence is a story
and a half frame, "T" shaped; has an enclosed porch across the front, and
contains ten rooms. It is modernly furnished and supplies all the conveniences
to be had in a city home of the same size and character. Around it are clustered
beautifully leaved forest trees, and inside the iron paled lawn is a carpet of
grass, and there are shrubs, plants and flowers sufficient to make it very
inviting. A model creamery and wash house, built of concrete blocks, stands back
in the yard, and across the driveway is the garage. To the right of this stand
the barns, granary, elevator and other buildings which house the farm implements
and shelter the stock.

  John A. Mausolf was born in West Prussia Province, Germany, on December 20th,
1869, and came to America with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John G. Mausolf, in
1873, who first settled in New York City, remaining two years; removed to Jersey
City where they remained five years, and then removed to Kansas and made a home
in Garfield township, Rush County. The father died in Great Bend 011 February
5th. 1911, and the mother occupies a home in Great Bend. The marriage of Mr.
Mausolf occurried in April, 1896, and the following summer he purchased one
hundred and sixty acres of his present farm, paying therefor $1,750. In 1899 he
purchased eighty acres at a cost of $1,000, and in 1906 he bought one hundred
and sixty acres more for $5,500. The four hundred acres cost $8,250 at the time
of purchase, and would probably sell for $40,000 today.

   John Albert Mausolf was married to Miss Lena Gagelman of Barton County, on
April 16th, 1896, and they have six interesting children—three boys and three
girls, Alma, 15; Harry, 11; Erna L., 9; Alfred 6; Carl, 4; and Loreine, 1.



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