Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Wullschleger, Jacob 1859 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

JACOB WULLSCHLEGER.

    Jacob Wullschleger, for years one of the best-known and most successful
carpenters and builders in Marshall county, but since 1908 a farmer in Center
township, proprietor of a fine place of a quarter of a section there, is a
native of the republic of Switzerland, but has been a resident of this country
since 1882. He was born in the canton Aargau, Switzerland, August 5, 1859, son
of Isaac and Anna Wullschleger, both natives of that same country, the former
born in 1829 and the latter, in 1830, who spent all their lives there, the
latter dying in 1872 and the former in 1877. Isaac Wullschleger was a farmer and
carpenter and a substantial citizen in the neighborhood in which he lived. He
and his wife were the parents of nine children, of whom the subject of this
sketch was the second in order of birth and all of whom came to this country
save Ida, the first-born, who died in her native land, the others being as
follow: Mrs. Anna Costin, of Wichita, this state; Emma, who is married and lives
in Oregon; Robert, one of the best-known residents of Center township, this
county, who for years was engaged with his brother, Jacob, in building
operations in this county; Richard, also of Center township; Otto, who is now
living in California; Ferdinand, of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Albertine Lenderman,
who is living on a farm near Oklahoma City.

    Jacob Wullschleger received his schooling in his native Switzerland and
early learned from his father the carpenter trade, at which he and his brother,
Robert, worked there until the fall of 1882, when they came to the United
States, proceeding to Livingston county, Illinois, not long afterward coming on
over into Kansas, locating near Wichita. In the spring of 1884 they came to
Marshall county and located at Marysville, where they began working as
carpenters and builders and were there thus engaged for a period of twenty-eight
years, during which time they became recognized as among the most successful
building contractors in this part of the state, many of the best buildings not
only at Marysville, but in other parts of this and surrounding counties having
been erected by them. In 1907 Jacob Wullschleger bought a quarter of a section
of land in Center township and decided to become a farmer, the love of the soil
being inherent in him, the Wullschlegers for generations back having been
farmers. In 1908 he moved to the farm and has since lived there, he and his
family being very well situated. Mr. Wullschleger has one of the best farm
plants in the county. His buildings are of an excellent type and occupy a
beautiful site on rolling land, or rather a group of knolls, offering admirable
opportunities for landscape gardening. Much stone is used in the buildings and
the driveway up to the house is enclosed between stone walls. Besides the
commodious residence there are two barns, a garage, an ample granary, corn cribs
and the like, all well kept, and an orchard in the rear. In addition to his
general farming operations Mr. Wullschleger gives considerable attention to the
raising of grade Holstein cattle and is doing very well. Politically, he is a
Republican, but during the years of his busy life in this county has not found
time to seek public office.

    On April 18, 1885, the spring after he came to Marshall county, Jacob
Wullschleger was united in marriage to Rosa Schwartz, also a native of the
republic of Switzerland, born in the canton of Bern on April 2J, 1865, daughter
of Christ and Anna (Hanni) Schwartz, who came to America in 1883, arriving in
Marshall county on December 31 of that year. Christ Schwartz died in Oklahoma in
1892 and his widow survived him three years, her death occurring in 1895. To Mr.
and Mrs. Wullschleger six children have been born, namely: Otto, born on January
8, 1886, who is at home assisting his father in the operations of the farm;
Anna, November 10, 1887, who married Lawrence Griffis and is living at
Frankfort, this county; Ida, April 7, 1890, born at Laramie, Wyoming, where the
family spent one year, who is now a nurse in the Sisters hospital at St. Joseph;
Huldah, April 18, 1893, at home; Ernest, January 15, 1900, and Walter, July 17,
1905. The Wullschlegers are members of the Evangelical church and take a warm
interest in church affairs, as well as in the general social affairs of their
community, helpful in promoting all worthy causes thereabout.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)


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