Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Seifert, Otto John 1888 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

OTTO JOHN SEIFERT, B. S., M. D.

    Dr. Otto John Seifert, one of the best-known young physicians in this part
of the state, who has been practicing his profession at New Ulm since the fall
of 1912, having located there after a period of valuable experience as interne
in the city hospital at Minneapolis, is a native son of Brown county, having
been born on a farm in Sigel township, February 5, 1888, son of Henry and Anna
(Forster) Seifert, the former also a native of this county and the latter of the
state of Wisconsin, both of whom long have been residents of the city of New Ulm.

    Henry Seifert was born on a pioneer farm in Cottonwood township, this
county, son of John Seifert and wife, natives of Bohemia and early settlers of
Brown county, long substantial and influential residents of the Cottonwood
neighborhood, whose last days were spent in New Ulm, both living to be upwards
of seventy years of age. John Seifert and wife were among the earliest of the
Bohemian colonists to settle in this part of the state and they reared their
family on the homestead farm in Cottonwood township. John Seifert was one of the
brave home defenders during the time of the Indian uprising in 1862. In their
declining years he and his wife retired from the farm and spent the rest of
their lives in New Ulm. They were the parents of nine children, Catherine, Mary,
Anna, Peter, John, Henry, Joseph and two who died in youth. Henry Seifert was
reared on the home farm in Cottonwood township and grew up as a farmer boy. He
married Anna Forster, daughter of Carl and Barbara Forster, natives of Bavaria,
early settlers of this county, both of whom lived to be upwards of seventy years
of age. Carl Forster and wife upon coming to America first became residents of
Wisconsin, but presently came to this county, where they spent the remainder of
their lives. They were the parents of eight children, Anna, George, John,
Charles, Frank, Rose, Albert and one who died in youth. Not long after his
marriage Henry Seifert left the farm and moved to LeSueur, later moving to the
city of New Ulm, where he has for years been engaged in the retail liquor
business. He and his wife are members of the Catholic church. To him and his
wife six children have been born, namely: Dr. Otto J., the immediate subject of
this biographical sketch; Dr. Arthur V., a well-known dentist at New Ulm; Leo, a
law student; Elsie, who married Dr. Omer Warner, of Canby, this state; Harry,
who died in 1892, at the age of two years, and Myra.

     Otto J. Seifert was reared at New Ulm and received his elementary education
in the parochial schools there, after which he spent five years in St. Thomas
Military Academy. He then entered the University of Minnesota and was graduated
from that institution in 1910, with the degree of Bachelor of Science,
immediately thereafter entering the medical department of the same university,
from which he was graduated in 1912. Upon receiving his diploma, Doctor Seifert
was appointed an Interne in the city hospital at Minneapolis and after a period
of valuable service there, during which he acquired much practical experience in
the practice of his profession, he returned to his home in New Ulm and, in the
fall of 1912, opened an office and has ever since been quite successfully
engaged in practice. Doctor Seifert is the present health officer of New Ulm and
county physician for the first district. He is a member of the Brown County
Medical Society, the Minnesota State Medical Society and the American Medical
Association, in the affairs of all of which organizations he takes much
interest, and is regarded as one of the rising young medical men of this part of
the state.

     On October 28, 1912, Dr. Otto J. Seifert was united in marriage to Marian
Nettie Field, of Amery, Wisconsin, who was born in that city, June 8, 1892,
daughter of Louis S. and Jeannette Field, both natives of Rockford, Illinois,
who for years have been prominent residents of Amery. Louis S. Field is a miller
there, one of the leading men of the town. To him and his wife but two children
have been born, Marian and William. Mrs. Seifert is a graduate of the Amery high
school and of the Nurses Training School at Minneapolis, in which latter city
she formed an acquaintance with Doctor Seifert.

     To Dr. Otto J. and Marian N. (Field) Seifert one child has been born, a
daughter, Muriel. Doctor and Mrs. Seifert are members of the Catholic church and
take an active interest in the various social and cultural activities of their
home city, being held in high esteem by all hereabout. Doctor Seifert is a
member of the Knights of Columbus, of the Catholic Order of Foresters and of the
St. Joseph Society, taking an active part in the affairs of all.


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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