Frederick Haar Biography


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	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	FREDERICK HAAR, one of the leading dealers in agricultural implements 
and machinery in Hutchinson county, was born in the southern part of 
Russia on the 27th of February, 1856, being a son of Jacob and Frederica 
(Rop) Haar, who emigrated thence to the United States in 1875, coming 
forthwith to South Dakota and locating in Hutchinson county, where the 
father filed entry on homestead, pre-emption and timber claims of one 
hundred and sixty acres each, seven miles southwest of the present 
village of Freeman, which had not then sprung into existence. He resided 
on this farm about fifteen years, thence removing to Edmunds county, 
where he remained three years, and finally taking up his residence in 
the village of Freeman, where he and his wife have since maintained 
their home. Both are devoted members of the Lutheran church, and he is a 
Republican in his political proclivities. 

	Frederick Haar, the subject of this sketch, was reared to maturity 
in his native land, where he received the advantages of the common 
schools, and he was nineteen years of age at the time when he 
accompanied his parents to the United States, in 1875. He shortly 
afterward entered claim to a quarter section of government land near 
that of his father, in Hutchinson county, and after his marriage, in 
1876, he settled on his farm and set himself vigorously to the task of 
improving the same and bringing it under effective cultivation. He 
continued to be thus identified with agricultural pursuits about six 
years, at the expiration of which, in 1882, he took up his residence in 
the newly established village of Freeman, where he entered into 
partnership with Hon. Christoph Guenthner and engaged in the hardware 
and implement business, in which they continued to be associated for 
nearly a score of years. In 1901 they disposed of the hardware stock and 
the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent. Mr. Haar retained the 
implement business, which he has since continued as an individual 
enterprise, and his reputation as a careful and upright business man is 
so thoroughly established that he has continued to control a large and 
important trade, having the implicit confidence of all who know him. He 
is a stanch adherent of the Republican party but has never sought 
office, and both he and his wife are worthy members of the Lutheran 
church, in which he is serving as elder. 

	On the 4th of June, 1876, Mr. Haar was married to Miss Dorothy 
Schmidtcall, of Yankton county, and of their fourteen children twelve 
are living, namely: Gottlieb, who is cashier of the Merchants' State 
Bank, of Freeman; Jacob, who assists his father in the management of his 
implement business; Barbara, who is the wife of Reinhold Baer, who is 
engaged in the hardware business in Freeman; Mina, who is the wife of 
David Ellwine. of this place; Robert, who is at the parental home; 
Theodore, who is attending college in Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Lydia, 
Caroline, Hella, Albert, Bertha and Hugo, who remain beneath the 
parental roof.