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Author: L. A. Fritsche

THEO WIEBEL.

    Theo Wiebel, a well-known farmer and stockman of Cottonwood township, this
county, proprietor of a well-kept farm of three hundred and nineteen acres a
little more than seven miles from New Ulm, his trading point, is a native son of
Brown county, born on the pioneer farm on which he still makes his home, August
22, 1872, son of Alexander and Cecelia Wiebel, natives of Germany and pioneers
of this county, for years regarded as among the leading residents of Cottonwood
township.

    Alexander Wiebel was trained as a harness-maker in his native land. He came
to the United States in 1853, landing at New York City, proceeding thence to New
Jersey, where he workd as a farm hand for a year, at the end of which time he
came West and for a short time was employed as a farm hand in Iowa. In 1855 he
joined the considerable German colony that even then had gathered in the New Ulm
settlement and homesteaded a quarter of a section of land in Cottonwood
township, this county, thus having been one of the very earliest settlers of
that part of Brown county. There he made his home for thirty-nine years,
retiring from the farm in 1894 to a pleasant home in New Ulm, where his death
occurred shortly afterward. To him and his wife twelve children were born,
namely: John, Margaret, Alex, Caroline, Edward, Bernard, Benedict, Henry, Mary,
Theo, Cecelia, deceased, and one who died in infancy.

    Theo Wiebel was reared on the homestead farm and received his schooling in
school No. 4, in the neighborhood of his home. He quit school when about
thirteen years old and thereafter gave his whole attention to the work of
helping develop the home farm. He married in 1893 and upon his father's
retirement the next year rented the home place and there has ever since
continued to make his home. After his father's death he bought the farm from his
mother and has been the owner of the same since 1896. He has put most of the
present improvements on the place, has a comfortable brick house and is very
pleasantly situated, an excellent automobile adding to the comfort of himself
and family. Mr. Wiebel has given a good citizen's attention to local political
affairs and is the present supervisor of Cottonwood township, an office he has
held for more than ten years. He also has been treasurer of the school board for
three years.

     In 1893 Theo Wiebel was united in marriage to Anna Liesenfeld, who was born
in Sigel township, this county, daughter of Peter and Gertrude Liesenfeld,
natives of Germany and early settlers of Brown county, pioneers of Sigel
township, who were the parents of eight children, four sons and four daughters.
To this union was born one child, Oscar. Mr. and Mrs. Wiebel are members of the
Catholic church at Searles and take an active part in parish affairs.


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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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