Bio of REINMUTH, Lewis (b.1852), Wright Co., MN
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474           HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 

  Lewis Reinmuth, now deceased, was one of the most respected citizens 
of Middleville, highly esteemed and honored, and his untimely death has not 
yet ceased to be mourned. He was born in Baden, Germany, January 20, 1852, 
son of George and Barbara (Banchbach) Reinmuth. George Reinmuth was born in 
Baden, Germany, in 1815. He married Barbara Banchbach, and in 1853, started 
with her and the children for the United States. The voyage across the oeean 
aboard the old sailing vessel consumed three months. For a time they livd at 
Pittsburgh, where George Reinmuth worked on a steamboat. In 1857 he set out 
with his family for Minnesota, going down the Ohio, and coming up the 
Mississippi by boat. At St. Paul he hired an ox team to take him and his 
family to Middleville township in Wright county. Here he located a homestead 
of 160 acres on the north banks of Howard lake, where he built his first log 
cabin, and started to clear the land. Fortunately he owned a yoke of oxen, 
but the roads were so bad that it was difficult to use them away from home, 
and he often brought flour from St. Paul on his shoulder. Money was scarce 
and he dug ginseng to get the money with which to pay the government price 
of $1.25 for his land. After a few years, a second log cabin replaced the 
first, and in time a frame house in which members of the family still live, 
was erected. Mr. Reinmuth was a prominent man in his community and served 
several years as a member of the school board. He died at the age of eighty-
two. His wife had died in 1868 at the age of forty-four. Lewis Reinmuth was 
brought to America by his parents in 1853, lived with them in Pittsburgh, 
and in 1857 was brought by them to Wright county. He assisted his father 
in clearing the land and early in life became widely noted as an expert 
wood-chopper. Even as a small boy he was regarded as a wonder with an axe, 
and the feats of strength and skill which he performed in this line were 
little short of marvelous. He grew to manhood on the home place, and always 
remained there. After he came into possession of it he made many 
improvements, and made it a modern farm in every particular. He was a very 
hard worker, took great pride in keeping the best of stock, and delighted 
in having everything in splendid order about the place. He did not mingle 
in public life, but was a faithful member of the German Lutheran church 
of Howard Lake. He was killed May 29, 

475   HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY                         

1913. While he was unloading milk at the Howard Lake Creamery, his team 
of horses took fright and ran away. He was caught in the wheel and turned 
over and over, receiving injuries from which he died soon afterward in 
the office of Dr. E. Y. Chilton. Lewis Reinmuth was married in 1881, to 
Bertha Uecker, a native of Pomerania, Germany, born September 29, 1861, 
daughter of Otto and Caroline Uecker, who came from Germany in 1867 and 
located in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Reinmuth had eight children: Allen, 
Hilda, now Mrs. Frank Westphal, of Howard Lake; Mattie, wife of Claude 
Nissen, of South Shore, South Dakota; George, Otto (deceased), Helen, 
Marie and Lewis. Allen Reinmuth, the oldest son, was reared on the home 
farm, attended the district schools, and in 1913 was graduated from the 
agricultural department of the University of Minnesota. He is a thorough 
believer in modern methods in farming and in co-operation among the farmers. 
He organized the North Howard Farmers' Club, and is its secretary. He 
is a member of the Farmers' Stock-Shipping Association. The farm consists 
of 128 acres conducted along the most scientific lines.