Bio of FYTEN, William H. (b.1861), Wright Co., MN
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497   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY

William H. Fyten, farmer, Monticello township, was born in Holland, October 
20, 1861, son of John H. and Marguerite (Mertens) Fyten, natives of Holland, 
who came to America in 1872 and located in Minneapolis, where the former, 
who was a stone-mason, died May 10, 1877, and the latter in 1904. In their 
family there were eight children:  Anna, wife of L. Geris, of Douglas county; 
John (deceased) ; William H.; Catherine (deceased) ; Theodore (deceased) ; 
Nellie (deceased); Lena, wife of William Smith, of Minneapolis, Christian 
(deceased).   As a young man, William H. was interested in the mercantile 
business in Minneapolis, which he followed until 1893. Then he came to Wright 
county and purchased the following year eighty acres in section 33, Monticello 
township, where he has since carried on general farming and stock raising. 
The place is well improved and the home is a sightly one. Mr. Fyten is an 
independent voter. He is a member of the German Catholic Benevolent Society. 
Mr. Fyten was married, February 13, 1884, to Mary Jasper, a native of Carver 
county, Minnesota. To this union have been born twelve children: Frank and
John, of Minneapolis; Mary, wife of Martin Robeck, of Monticello; and 
William, Anna, Matilda, Rudolph, Marguerite, George, Walter, Clarence 
and Mary Inez, at home. The family faith is that of the German Catholic 
church.