Bio of Scheer, Kaspar (b.1837) Wabasha Co., MN
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Scheer, Kaspar (page 548), an early settler in Mazeppa Township, where he
made a good record as a pioneer farmer, was born in Germany in 1837. He
grew to manhood in his native land, where in 1872 he married Mrs. Susanna
Seivert, widow of Pierre Seivert, and soon afterwards they came to the
United States, accompanied by the two Seivert children, John and Nicholas.
On arriving at La Crosse, Wis., they found they had to wait there a week
before they could get a boat bound up the river, and when they finally
disembarked at Lake city, Mr. Scheer had but twenty-five cents left in
cash. They were met, however, at Lake City by relatives with an ox team,
who lived in Mazeppa, and who brought them to the latter township. About
ten days later they began housekeeping in a log house in the woods, the
building being in such poor condition that when they awoke in the morning
they had to shake the snow off the bed before they could get up. After
working for others for two or three years Mr. Scheer and his family moved
into the village, where he bought three acres of land and built a house.
There he resided for the rest of his life, passing away in 1917. At the
time of his death he had been a widower for sixteen years, his wife having
died in 1891. They had four children, three daughters and one son. One of
the daughters, Anna, died when four years old. The surviving children are:
Katherine, wife of Cal Raymond, of Brainard, Minn.; Mary, wife of Frank
Bunde, of Duluth, Minn., and George, who resides in Mazeppa. Mrs. Scheer's
sons by her first husband, Pierre Seivert, are both living, John being a
resident of Spokane, Wash., and Nicholas Seivert of Mazeppa.