Bio of August F. GOETZ (b.1844) Wabasha Co., MN

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August F. Goetz, an early settler in Plainview Township, where for 43 
years he was engaged in agricultural pursuits, and who is now living 
retired in Plainview Village, was born in Germany, September 20, 1844. 
Educated in his native land, he came to America in 1869, a young man 
of 25 years, and for about a year resided in Wisconsin. It was in 1870 
that he arrived in PlainviewTownship. After working out for a year, he 
rented a farm and engaged in agriculture on his own account, operating 
his place under rental for five years. He then bought 80 acres in section 
7, Plainview, a tract with poor buildings, but on which he lived for five 
years. Selling it at the end of that time, he bought 160 acres in section 
29, Plainview, this being an improved farm, on which also he resided five 
years, carrying on general farming. The next place he purchased was a 
farm of 160 acres in section 28, and here he made his home until his 
retirement in 1913, a period of about 17 years. During this time he 
carried on mixed farming, improving his property and adding to his 
land until he had 625 acres, all in Plainview Township. His career was 
an industrious and successful one, and he built up a good home. He has 
sold all his land except his residence property in Plainview, where he 
spends his summers, making his home in California in the winter. He 
and his family are affiliated with the German Lutheran church. Mr. 
Goetz was married October 3, 1871, to Rose Wandray, who died 
January 1, 1918. They were the parents of twelve children: Adeline, now 
Mrs. John Eggare of Plainview; Fred, residing in Plainview Township; 
Emma, wife of Henry Boice of Elgin Township; Laura, now deceased, 
who was the wife of John Hadley of Plainview; Otillia, now Mrs. 
William Boehlke of Plainview; Albert, residing in Plainview Township; 
August, Jr., of Plainview Township; Elsie, wife of Henry Beneke, of 
South Dakota; Edward, of Plainview Township; Ernest, a shoe merchant 
in Plainview; Arthur, of Plainview Township; and Elna, now Mrs. 
Henry Knocke, of South Dakota. Mr. Goetz and his family are members 
of the German Lutheran church.

Note: This biography was taken from the book "History of Wabasha 
County" copyrighted in 1920.