Bios of Eggers, Joseph Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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Eggers, Joseph (page 312), one of the early settlers of Wabasha County,
now passed away, whose labors were productive of good results, both to
himself and family and to the community in which he successively made his
home, was a native of Germany, where he grew to manhood, and married
Amelia Schrew. On their wedding day he and his bride started for America,
and on landing in this country proceeded west to Iowa, where for about two
years they both worked in a flour mill. Then they came to Minnesota, and
several years later settled in Wabasha County, buying a claim of 160 acres
in the township of Hyde Park. The land was wild and heavily timbered, none
of it having been broken, so Mr. Eggers had a task before him requiring
energy, patience and muscle. With all these he was well endowed, and with
the able assistance of his wife, who was a willing worker, he cut the
timber, erected a set of buildings and developed the land, thy finally
finding themselves the owners of a very good farm. In 1875 they bought a
farm of 120 acres in Plainview Township. This latter place was already
improved, so there was less strenuous work for them to do, and they
resided on it until 1905, in which year they retired and became residents
of Plainview Village. Here Mrs. Amelia Eggers died June 30, 1910. She was
survived less than five years by her husband, who passed away in February,
1915. Of the nine children the two first born died in infancy. The others,
in order of birth, were: John C., now of Rochester; Dora De Grief, of
Forest Lake; Minnie, of Plainview; Emma, now Mrs. H. K. Oliverson, of
Plainview; Mary, who became the wife of Ed Persons, and died in September,
1900; Henry H., a well known business man of Plainview, and George, who
resides in Arkansaw (sic).