Bio of Wagner, Gottlieb (b.1842) Wabasha Co., MN
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Wagner, Gottlieb (page 459), a retired farmer residing in Kellogg, where
he and his wife are well known and highly respected, was born in Saxony,
Germany, October 28, 1842, son of Valentine and Elizabeth Wagner. The
parents, who never left their native land, are now deceased. Of their five
or six children, Gottleib was the only one to emigrate to the United
States, accompanying the family of a neighbor to this country in 1867. A
short time was spent with them in Wisconsin, where he worked on a ferry.
Then, in the same year, he came to Minnesota, locating in Glasgow
Township, Wabasha County, where for eight years he worked as a farm hand.
Having by that time saved some money, he bought 160 acres of timber land
in the same township, and began the work of clearing and developing a
farm, which he ultimately accomplished in a very thorough manner. On that
same place he resided for 45 years, or until 1908, when, finding himself
in possession of an ample competence, he retired and took up his residence
in Kellogg. The improvements on his farm include a nine-room house; a
basement barn, 38 by 58 feet in ground dimensions; a hog house, chicken
house, and other necessary buildings, and he always kept the farm well
stocked with a good grade of cattle and swine. Mr. Wagner's education was
obtained chiefly in Germany, but he attended English school two years
after coming to this country. He long ago became a good American, and has
rendered public service, having been a village trustee ever since coming
to Kellogg, except during one year, and having formerly served one year as
supervisor of Glasgow Township and many years as school clerk. He is a
stockholder in the local Telephone Company and the Theilman State Bank.
Politically he is a Republican and in religion a Catholic. Mr. Wagner was
married January 30, 1871, to Mary Graff, daughter of Francis and Barbara
(Graff) Graff, of Glasgow Township, who had come with her parents to this
township at the age of six years. Of this union eleven children have been
born, eight of whom are now living, namely: Bertha, wife of Robert Funk;
Clara, wife of Joe Lachafel; Matilda, now Mrs. Walter Wolf, of Greenfield;
Lillian, who married Francis Gilcreast of Kellogg; Lawrence, who married
Mary Schierts; Lewis, who married Maggie Kling and lives in Montana; and
Edward, who married Clara Merion of Wabasha. Those deceased are Albert,
Celie and John. Francis and Barbara Graff, parents of Mrs. Gottleib
Wagner, were born in Alsace-Lorraine, and came to the United States in
1856. They were among the pioneers of Glasgow Township, and in early days
suffered many privations, having to grind meal in a coffee mill, and carry
provisions on their backs from Wabasha, twelve miles away, there being few
oxen then in the county. On their way to this county they had stopped for
a while at Galena, Ill., where they remained until 1857, when they came to
this county. After the passage of the homestead laws, Mr. Graff
homesteaded his farm, but was not long spared to work on it, as he died in
1869. His wife survived him half a century, passing away at the venerable
age of 92 years on April 8, 1919. They had nine children, five of whom are
living: Susie, wife of John Schuweiler, residing on the home homestead;
Mary, wife of Gottleib Wagner; Elizabeth, wife of George Strang of South
Dakota; Garrett F., of the same state, and Joseph, of Kellogg, Minn.