Bio of Seivert, Nicholas Pierre (b.1864) Wabasha Co., MN
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Seivert, Nicholas Pierre (page 548), the present postmaster of Mazeppa,
was born in Itzig, Luxembourg, April 10, 1863, son of Pierre and Susana
(Kauder) Seivert. The father was for a number of years a private tutor to
children of rich parents, but later engaged in general mercantile
business. He fell a victim to the cholera in 1870, and his widow
subsequently married Kaspar Scheer, with whom, and her two sons by her
first husband, John and Nicholas, she came to the United States about
1872, the year of her marriage to Mr. Scheer. They settled in Mazeppa
Township, this county, where for several years they endured pioneer
hardships, living in a log cabin in the woods, while Mr. Scheer worked out
for others. At the end of that period they moved into the village, where
they had a better house, with three acres of land. There Mrs. Scheer died
in 1891, and Mr. Scheer in 1917. Nicholas P. Seivert was nine or ten years
old when he accompanied his mother and step-father to Wabasha County.
After arriving in Mazeppa Township he went out among strangers, working
for his board, and also for a while attending school. At the age of twelve
he hired out to a farmer, who paid him $50 for the first years' work, and
$75 for the second year, after which he received $15 a month. Later he
gave up farming and went to work in a cooper shop, learning the trade,
which he subsequently followed for a number of years. He also worked five
years in a flouring mill at Mazeppa and Wabasha. He then returned to the
cooper's trade, which he followed three years in Wabasha, where he also
engaged in closing out a stock of groceries for a Mr. Gross. After finally
closing out his interests there he came to Mazeppa, where for nineteen
years he was a clerk in the store of E. L. Ford. At the end of that time
he engaged in the mercantile business for himself, conducting a store for
five years in Mazeppa, or until August 24, 1916, when his place was
destroyed by fire. In September, that year, he was appointed by President
Wilson postmaster at Mazeppa, which office he still holds. He has been
town and village clerk for several years, and has served as a member of
the school board as clerk and president. Mr. Seivert was married January
10, 1887, at Mazeppa, to Catherine Bechen, daughter of Theodore and
Catherine Bechen. The parents of Mrs. Seivert were both natives of
Luxembourg, the father born in Kehlem. They came early to this country, as
Mr. Bechen served in the Civil War as a private in an Iowa regiment. He
and his wife had two sons and one daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Seivert have had
five children, four of whom are living. The one deceased was Mary, who
passed away in February, 1918. The living are: Susan, wife of Joseph B.
Threinen, of Watertown, S. D.; Theodore A., employed in a wholesale shoe
concern at St. Paul; Kathryn, who is at home; John, a signal engineer
associated with the Western Electric Co. of Chicago, who is assistant
postmaster at Mazeppa. Theodore and John both served in the recent war
with Germany. Theodore enlisted as a private in the Minnesota infantry,
and was stationed five months at Camp Grant. John, who enlisted in the
signal corps, also served five months in the United States. Mr. Seivert
and his family are members of the Catholic church, and he belongs also to
the Catholic Order of Foresters and to the Central Society. The family is
one highly respected for neighborly qualities and good citizenship.