Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Gareis, John 1864 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

JOHN GAREIS.

     John Gareis, numbered among the progressive citizens of Milford township,
Brown county, Minnesota, is a native of Germany, born in Bavaria on December 6,
1864, a son of John and Ricka Gareis, both natives of the same place. John
Gareis, the eldest, was a farmer in his native land and followed that vocation
throughout his life. He, with his family, emigrated to America in 1872, came to
this state and located in Milford township on the land where the immediate
subject of this sketch now resides. The farm at that time consisted of one
hundred and twenty acres in farming lands and twenty acres in timber, and on
that tract John Gareis, the elder, passed the remainder of his life. His death
occurred in 1910, his wife having died in 1894. He took a keen interest in the
development of this section and served as road overseer for a good many years.

     John Gareis was one of a family of ten children, nine of whom are now
living. John was young when brought to this county by his parents and received
his education in the schools of this township. He remained under the parental
roof until twenty-two years of age, when he became a farmer on his own account,
having purchased one hundred and forty acres from his father. At the present
time he owns two hundred and ten acres all of which is under cultivation except
ten acres, which is in timber. Mr. Gareis divides his attention between general
farming and the raising of a certain amount of live stock and is quite
successful in carrying out his plans.

     On June 29, 1893, he was united in marriage with Alma Krause, born on
August 29, 1874, in Milford, a daughter of Henry Krause, and to their union has
been born a family of six children, namely: Walter, Ellen, Alma, Harry, Arnin
and Roy, all unmarried and at home with the parents. Mr. Gareis and his family
are members of the German Lutheran church, in the work of which they take a
commendable interest. Politically, he gives his support to the Republican party
and like his father before him, he is interested in the question of good roads.
He has been road boss for a good many years and is now also serving as township
supervisor of Milford township. Mr. Gareis is one of Milford township's
progressive citizens, always interested in the development of any phase of
community life.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana


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