Bio of Loechler, John S. (b.1878) Wabasha Co., MN
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Loechler, John S. (page 688), a prominent representative of the
agricultural interests of Highland Township, was born in Wabasha village,
this county, April 18, 1878, son of Gabriel and Maggie (Mitmesser)
Loechler. The father, who came to the United States from Germany at an
early day, was married in Wabasha, where he first located. He was
variously employed, working for some time in a grocery store, on the
railroad, and in the round-house of the narrow-gauge road, and for a long
time ran an engine in the saw and planing mill of Mr. Chamberlain. In such
occupations he was employed until his death in 1911. His wife is now
living in Minneapolis with her daughter. Mrs. Dennie Grogen. Mr. and Mrs.
Gabriel Loechler had ten children, five sons and five daughters, all of
whom are living: Anna, the wife of Nicholas Peters, lives at Degraff,
Minn.; Henry, foreman at Big Joe Mill, Wabasha; Gabriel, a farmer in Pepin
Township; Christine, wife of William Miller, a farmer residing in Buffalo
County, Wis.; John S., subject of this sketch; Maggie, wife of Joe
Koopman, of Wabasha; Martha, wife of Dennie Grogen, of Minneapolis;
George, a railroad man living at Red Wing, Minn.; Tillie, wife of Fred
Cook, of Wabasha, her husband being an engineer on the C. M. & St. P.
railway; and Charlie, who is a retired farmer living in Wabasha. John S.
Loechler was reared in Wabasha, where he attended school, both the public
school and that of St. Felix. For several summers he worked in a brick
yard, and then engaged in railroad work for a time. After that for nine
years he was a packer in the St. Joe [sic ~ should be "Big Joe"] Mill in
Wabasha and for three years a general hand, then afterwards for two years
a machine tender. In 1914 he bought 40 acres of land in Cook's Valley
where he farmed for four years. At the end of that time he sold that farm
and bought one of 310 acres in sections 3 and 10, Highland Township, where
he has since resided. The farm is provided with a good read brick house of
12 rooms, a barn 30 by 40 feet, and other necessary buildings, and he is
raising graded stock, including cattle, hogs and sheep, with good
financial results. In 1920 he let a contract for a new frame barn 36 by 80
feet, with an 8-foot cement basement. Mr. Loechler was married in Wabasha
in 1898 to Sophia Tentis, daughter of John and Mary Tentis. Her parents,
now deceased, dame to the United States from Germany in a sailing vessel
in 1878, and settled in Cook's Valley, Glasgow Township, this county and
state. They had a family of ten children, of whom nine are now living,
those in addition to Mrs. Loechler being: Adam, a farmer in Highland
Township; John R., who is farming in Glasgow Township; Delia, wife of John
Tebor, a farmer in Watopa Township; Jake, a farmer of Glasgow Township;
Susie, wife of Ed Graner of Glasgow Township; Allen, also of that
township; Emil, a farmer in Minneiska Township; and Fran, engaged in the
same occupation in Glasgow Township. Mr. and Mrs. Loechler are the parents
of six children: Albert J., Lawrence, Herman, Mary, Susie and Sophia, all
residing on the home farm, which the sons are helping to cultivate.