Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Otte, William 1848 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

WILLIAM OTTE

THE home of William Otte is located one and one-fourth miles south of Heizer and
the farm covers two hundred and sixty acres of choice farming lands. It was
originally high, rolling prairie, but has been transformed into one of the most
habitable places in Barton County. The house, barn and other improvements are
all modern and attractive, and there is sufficient timber to light the landscape
with green. The growing crops prove the soil to be fertile and in a high state
of cultivation, and that the ruling spirit is a past master of agriculture.

[photo] Residence of William Otte and Family

   William Otte was born in Hanover, Germany, September 3rd, 1848, and came to
America in 1868, when he was twenty years of age, and settled first in Rock
County, Wisconsin. He remained there four years and then went to Cedar County,
Iowa, where he remained until he came to Barton County in 1878. He bought school
land in this county and also took a homestead, a part of which is now included
in the home place, which comprises 260 acres of land. He also owns 100 acres
four miles northeast of Heizer, 400 acres in Ness County and some town lots in
Heizer. Mr. Otte married Mrs. Alvina Jackal November 7, 1880, and they are the
parents of seven children: William, George, Henry, Warner, Anna Frederick,
Bertha, all of whom are residents of the county. Mrs. Otte was born December
16th, 1860, in Germany and is a kind mother and faithful housewife.

[photo] Early Home of William Otte



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