Renville County MN Archives Biographies.....Matzdorf, William J. December 25, 1826 - December 23, 1910
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Source: The History of Renville, Minnesota  Vol 2
Author: Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge

William J. MATZDORF, born in Germany, Dec 25, 1826, came to America in 1848,
settling in Wisconsin, where he bought eighty acres.  He married Augusta Klucus,
born in Germany, Sept. 11, 1831, the ceremony being performed in 1860.  Mrs.
Matzdorf came to America in 1855 with two brothers and is now living in Buffalo
Lake at the ripe old age of 84 years.  In 1861 Mr. Matzdorf enlisted in the
Thirty-second Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, from which he received an honorable
discharge after serving four years and nine months.  In 1872 he settled at
Howard Lake, Wright county, Minn., where he bought 80 acres of land, remaining
there until 1874, when he went to Preston Lake township, Renville county, where
he homesteaded the northwest quarter of section 20, on which he remained until
his death Dec 23, 1910, at the age of 84 years.

Additional Comments:
Transcribed from
The History of Renville, Minnesota, Volume 2

Chicago  -  H. C. Cooper Jr. & Co.  -  1916
Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge


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