Bio of Reiter, Emil W. (b.1862) Wabasha Co., MN
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Reiter, Emil W. (p. 463), a retired farmer residing in Elgin Village, was
born in Posen, Prussia, Germany, June 6, 1862. At the age of ten years, in
1872, with his parents, Fred and Ameliage (Myer) Reiter, he came to the
United States, the family settling first in Buffalo, N. Y. In 1877 they
came to Minnesota, Locating in Elgin Township, Wabasha County, where Emil
began working out on farms. By 1891 he had become a good, practical
farmer, with ambitions looking to an independent career in that industry,
and accordingly he rented a farm in Farmington Township, Olmsted County,
where he resided until the following year. He then bought a farm of 160
acres in sections 7 and 8, Elgin Township, on which he made a number of
valuable improvements, in 1913 building a basement barn 36 by 60 feet, and
a good house and out-buildings. As a general farmer and stock raiser he
made good progress and acquired a competence upon which he retired in
1918. The farm is now being operated by his son, Clarence. Mr. Reiter was
married June 17, 1891, to Molly Boie, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. John Boie,
and the issue of this marriage is three children: Helen, born December 6,
1893, now Mrs. Oscar Benike of Rochester; Clarence, born August 17, 1896;
and Elna, born May 26, 1905. Mr. Reiter and his family are members of the
Lutheran church, and are well known and respected in Elgin and the
vicinity. He is a member of the Old Settlers' Association of Elgin.