Bio of BORELL, Louis (b.1844), Wright Co., MN
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1068 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 

Louis Borell, an early settler, was born February 22, 1844, in Bavaria, 
Germany, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Bower) Borell. Of the eleven children 
in the family, there were four, Louisa, Margaret, Joseph, and Louis, who 
came to the United States. Joseph was the first. He came to New York state 
in 1853. Louis came to Milwaukee in 1862, and was employed in several places 
until 1865, when he came to Wright county and secured 160 acres in section 
6, Woodland township. He built a log cabin, and with the assistance of his 
good wife became a prosperous farmer. They cleared 200 acres in all, and 
erected sightly buildings. Mr. Borell was a prominent man and served as 
supervisor of the town. For a time he was president of the Co-Operative 
Creamery at Waverly. He was one of the builders of the first Catholic church 
in the township. Mr. Borell married Catherine Kneable, whose father was 
Andrew Kneable, a business man near Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Borell have 
had nine children: Mary, Josephine, George, Frank, Kate, Anna, Charles, John, 
and Eliza- 

1069   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 

beth. Mr. and Mrs. Borell are now retired and live in the village of Waverly.