Bio of SIEG, August P. (b.1863) 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 ========================================================================= 1053 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY August P. Sieg, a leading citizen of Howard Lake village and Stockholm township, was born in Germany, January 25, 1863, son of Christ and Anna (Block) Sieg, who came to America in 1876, and bought eighty acres of land in section 34, Albion township. August P. remained at home until he attained his majority. Then he worked out as a farm hand for a year. In 1884 he purchased eighty acres in section 24, Stockholm township, and started to establish for himself a home in the wilderness. He had a small log house, with a shingled roof and a basswood floor, but only a little of the land had been cleared. He had little money and had to buy all his furniture on credit. He owned a cow, a heifer, two pigs and a few chickens, and with borrowed 1054 HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY money he purchased a pair of oxen. Times were not very prosperous, and the way to success was both long and rough. He carried butter and eggs six and a half miles to town, and then sold the eggs for five cents a dozen and the butter for eight cents a pound. But he had courage, and he was a hard worker, and as the years passed prosperity came to him, His farm in Stockholm now consists of 180 acres of good land, under the highest cultivation. It is adorned with a sightly brick house, which is 18 by 24 feet, with additions 16 by 16, 16 by 14 and 12 by 14. The barn is also a model of its kind. It is 80 by 36 feet, with twenty-foot posts, and accommodates thirty cattle, six horses and sixty tons of hay. In November, 1912, Mr. Sieg moved to the village of Howard Lake, where he has eleven acres of land and a comfortable home. He and his family attend the German Lutheran church at that village. Mr. Sieg was married, February 21, 1884, to Henrietta Brobrowski, born in Germany, August 27, 1863, third of the eight children of Andrew and Christina (Ziedler) Brobrowski. To Mr. and Mrs. Sieg have been born five children: Louisa, Otto, Clara, Zelma and Carl. Louisa was born December 22, 1884, and was married December 29, 1909, to William Mahlstedt. They have one child, Agnes, born January 4, 1911. Otto was born June 24, 1889, and married Ida Zander. Clara was born September 23, 1892, and was married December 26, 1912, to Arthur Reich. They have one child, Leone, born April 4, 1913. Zelma was born August 20, 1896, and Carl was born November 24, 1901.