Bio of SCHLEIF, August (b.1853), Wright Co., MN ======================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Diane Hanson Submitted: April 2004 ======================================================================== 996 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY August Schleif, a farmer of Rockford township, was born in West Posen, Germany, December 24, 1853, son of John and Wilhelmina (Bahn) Schleif. The father died in Germany, and the mother, with the eight children, August, Gusta, Charles, Amelia, John, Otelia, Bert and Matilda, came to America in 1867 and located on eighty acres in Rockford township. She died in 1913 at the age of eighty-one. August Schleif was brought to this country by his mother, was reared to farm pursuits, and has devoted his life to that line. He has a neat, well-kept place, with plenty of fruit, and carries on general farming in a modern manner. He is interested in education and has served as treasurer of his school district. Mr. Schleif married Minnie Roloff, the widow of Charles Roloff, and they have three children, August, Robert and Oscar.