Bio of Otto Goetsch (b.1870)Wabasha Co., MN

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Otto Goetsch, a representative of a family that has been engaged for a 
number of years in agricultural development in Mazeppa Township, and 
who is himself an active and successful farmer, was born in Pommern, 
Germany, November 25, 1870, son of August and Mary (Piel) Goetsch. He 
was educated in his native land and came to America with his parents in 
1884, the family, after a brief residence in Wisconsin, settling on a 
farm in Mazeppa Township, Wabasha County, Minn. Until 1907 Otto worked 
for his father, and the latter then deeded to him 160 acres of land in 
section 29, which is the old home farm. He has improved his property by 
the erection of a new barn and outbuildings, and is planning the erection 
of a new residence. As a general farmer and stock raiser he is meeting 
with success and is making financial progress. He is a director in the 
Peoples State Bank of Mazeppa and in the Farmers' Shipping Association of 
the same place. Mr. Goetsch was first married, June 30, 1913, to Anna 
Summerfield of Mazeppa Township. She died December 9, 1917, leaving one 
child, Celia, who was born on June 16, 1916. On April 28, 1920, Mr. 
Goetsch married Elise Ploenert, a native of Germany, who came to this 
country a few years ago. Her father died in 1901 and her mother still 
resides in Germany. Mr. Goetsch and his family are members of the "Popple 
Grove" congregation of the German Lutheran church.

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