Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Guggisberg, George 1864 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

GEORGE GUGGISBERG.

    George Guggisberg, of Brown county, Minnesota, was born in the same township
(Siegel) where he now has his farm home, on December 25, 1864, being a son of
Gottlieb and Mary Ann Guggisberg, both natives of Switzerland. Both came to this
country when young, locating in the state of Illinois and it was there they were
married. Gottlieb had been a dairyman in his native land up to the time of his
emigration to America in 1854 and after coming here he worked for a short time
in Illinois as a farm hand, later renting a tract of land which he farmed until
he came to this state in 1858. Upon coming here he entered one hundred and sixty
acres from the government, broke the sod and put up his little cabin home. He
bravely undertook the improvement of his land and so well did he succeed in his
labors that at the time of his death he was the owner of five hundred acres.
Coming here at that early date, they were here at the time of the Indian
troubles when all sought safety in New Ulm. There Gottlieb Guggisberg and his
family remained until all trouble was over before going back to their farm,
where they had suffered heavy losses in the meantime. There were originally
eight children in their family, six of whom are now living, Fritz and George
being the only ones to remain in this county.

    When a boy, George Guggisberg attended the early township schools near his
home, making the best of the meager opportunities offered at that time and
remained on the home farm helping his father, until twenty-five years of age. At
that time he purchased one hundred, and eighty acres, which is now a part of his
present farm, for which he paid twenty-five dollars per acre. His farm today
contains two hundred and eighty-six acres and he has put fully eight thousand
dollars worth of improvements on it, bringing it up to a high standard of
production. Mr. Guggisberg also owns two hundred and forty acres in Nicollet
county, this state, as well as a tract of four hundred and eighty acres in
Canada. He puts in on an average of one hundred and fifty acres to grains each
year, selling most of it.

    George Guggisberg married Emma Vollmer in 1889. She is a daughter of George
Vollmer and is the mother of three children, namely: Walter, Isabelle and
Caroline. The Guggisberg family are members of the German Lutheran church at New
Ulm and stand high in the estimation of their friends in the community. Mr.
Guggisberg is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Republican party and
as evidence of his interest in local matters of this nature, he has served as
school treasurer.


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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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