Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Seifert, Henry 1864 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

HENRY SEIFERT.

    Henry Seifert, a well-known retail liquor dealer at New Ulm, this county, is
a native son of Brown county, having been born on a pioneer farm in Cottonwood
township, July 11, 1864, son of John and Catherine Seifert, natives of Bohemia
and early settlers in this part of Minnesota, both of whom lived to ripe old
ages, long being numbered among the most useful and influential residents of
this community.

    John Seifert was the eldest of five children born to his parents, John
Seifert and wife, substantial farming people of Bohemia, the others having been
Joseph, Andrew, Christian and Mazy. The mother died in her native land, after
which the father followed his son, John, to this country and his last days were
spent in Milford township, this county, he being past eighty years of age at the
time of his death. The younger John Seifert and his wife came to America in
1856, proceeding straightway to Minnesota and locating in Cottonwood township,
this county. John Seifert was possessed of considerable substance when he came
to this country and upon locating in Brown county bought a quarter of a section
of land in Cottonwood township, where he established his home and proceeded to
bring his wilderness tract under cultivation. There were but few settlers in
that part of the county in those days and the Seiferts were thus among the real
pioneers of that community.

    St. Paul then was the market place for this region and John Seifert was
accustomed to be gone fourteen days on trips to that outpost with his ox-team,
going laden with grain and returning laden with a supply of provisions. During
the Indian uprising in 1862 he was enrolled among the brave defenders of New Ulm
and in all his activities was actuated by a desire to promote the best interests
of the pioneer community, so that he soon came to he regarded as one of the
leading citizens of that section. As he prospered in his farming operations he
added to his land holdings, buying an adjoining quarter section soon after
locating on his original homestead and later buying a tract of two hundred and
four acres, thus becoming the owner of a fine farm of five hundred and
twenty-four acres. In their declining years he and his wife moved to New Ulm,
where their last days were spent, he being eighty-two years of age at the time
of his death and she seventy-five. Both were earnest members of the Catholic
church and their children were reared in that faith. Seven of these children are
still living, namely: Mary, wife of Peter Arbes, of New Ulm; Anna, wife of John
Korbel, of the same city; Peter, a well-known resident of Sigel township, this
county, Henry, the immediate subject of this biographical sketch; Joseph, of
Lamberton, this state; Clara, wife of Joseph Wiesner, of New Ulm, and John, of
Cottonwood township, this county.

     Henry Seifert was reared on the old homestead farm in Cottonwood township,
receiving his education in the district school in that neighborhood, and
remained at home until he had reached manhood's estate. His father then gave him
a farm of one hundred and twenty-four acres of land in that neighborhood, on
which he lived for two years, at the end of which time he went to LeSueur and
engaged in the retail liquor business. After two years thus engaged in LeSueur,
he sold his place there and moved to New Ulm, where he opened a similar place of
business and has ever since been thus engaged in the latter city, being one of
the best-known publicans in this part of the state.

     Henry Seifert was united in marriage to Anna Forster, who was born in
Wisconsin, daughter of Carl and Barbara (Steiner) Forster, natives of Bohemia
and later residents of Brown county, a history of which family is set out in the
biographical sketch of Mr. Seifert's brother, John H. Forster, furniture dealer
and undertaker at New Ulm, presented elsewhere in this volume, and to this union
five children have been born, as follow: Dr. Otto Seifert, a physician at New
Ulm, who married Marian Field and has one child, a daughter, Muriel; Dr. Arthur
Seifert, a dentist at New Ulm; Elsie, who married Doctor Warner, of Canby, this
state, and Leo and Myra. Mr. and Mrs. Seifert are members of the Catholic church
and their children were reared in that faith. They have many friends in New Ulm
and vicinity and are popular in their circle. Mr. Seifert is a Democrat and for
years has given attention to local political affairs, but has never been an
aspirant for public office. He is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters
and of St. Joseph Society and takes a warm interest in the affairs of both
organizations.


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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