Bio of Welti, John (b.1826) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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Welti, John (page 331), pioneer farmer, came to this county in 1855 and
spent nearly all of the remainder of his years in Oakwood Township. He was
an honest, industrious man, a good neighbor and true friend. His word was
as good as his bond and he was respected by all who knew him. By hard and
persistent effort he opened a large farm, and had his part in the
upbuilding of the community in which he lived. A native of Switzerland, he
was born December 9, 1826. In 1855 he came to Minnesota, and engaged in
business at Wabasha. From there he moved to a farm in Snake Valley, Watopa
Township, this county. About 1858 he secured 120 acres in Oakwood
Township, this county, and here spent the remainder of his life. To the
original track he added 80 acres, making a good farm of 200 acres, which
he developed and improved, and where he attained a competence, bringing it
from a wild stretch of prairie to a well-cultivated, well-fenced place,
with substantial buildings and good equipment of tools, implements and
machinery. After a long and useful life, he died July 12, 1903. Mr. Welti
was married at Wabasha, May 28, 1856, to Mary Frank, who was born in
Germany in 1830, came to America as a young woman, with her parents Mr.
And Mrs. Philip Frank, and lived with them in Watopa Township until her
marriage. Mr. And Mrs. Welti had ten children: John, of Oakwood Township;
Mary, wife of John Schumann, of Elgin; Christina, now Mrs. Ernest Stoll,
of Elgin; Fred, of Winona; Elizabeth, wife of Herman Schmelling, of
Winona; Philip and Henry, twins, of Plainview; Emma, living on the home
farm; William of Rochester, and Jacob, living on the home farm.