Bios of Klein, Bartholomew Wabasha Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Timm ========================================================================= This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920. Check out Barbara's site for more great information on this book: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab3.htm There are also some pictures and information from descendents for some of the bios on her pages. Klein, Bartholomew (page 694), a pioneer of Wabasha County, and one of the first settlers in Highland Township, was born in Luxemburg and came to this country in 1856, first locating in Dubuque, Iowa. From there he came to Wabasha county, making the trip with an ox team. After entering this county, he crossed Greenwood Prairie to Glasgow Township, and then came on to Highland Township, where he took a claim in section 14, where his son John N. now lives. Here he built a small log shanty, cutting the logs himself. Subsequently, when his farm had been properly surveyed, he found that one corner of his house was right on the dividing line. The land was wild and covered with timber, and he set to work to clear and develop the farm with the help of an ox team. He married Kathering Shouweiler, who had come to this country in 1854, the Shouweiler family being among the first settlers here. Mr. Klein worked hard on his farm, but was not long permitted to enjoy the fruits of his labor, as he died in 1863. His widow then rented the farm out for a time, and was subsequently married to Mathias Markous, by whom she had a daughter, Anna, who married Mike Ellenz and lives in St. Paul. By her first husband, Bartholomew Klein, she had four children: Maggie, who married Joe Emerick and died in 1919, leaving three sons; Katherine, wife of Garrett Graff of Lake County, S. D.; John N., of Highland Township; and Susan, wife of Joseph Graff of Kellogg, Minn. Mrs. Bartholomew Klein died in 1883.