Anton Wahle Biography


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	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 469-470

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ANTON WAHLE. Among the foreign born residents of McCook county, who are 
thoroughly identified with American civilization and progress, may be 
noted Anton Wahle. He is a native of Prussia, Germany, where he was 
born August 28, 1864, the second child in the order of birth of a 
family of nine children born to Joseph and Annie (Peters) Wahle. The 
former died in 1893, but the latter is still living and is making her 
home with the subject of our sketch. Mr. Wahle owns a quarter-section 
of land in Salem township, and manages a quarter-section for his 
mother, his residence being situated on the northeast quarter of 
section 32, and he is surrounded by such improvements as go to make up 
a first-class estate. 

In the year 1880, Mr. Wahle landed with his parents in New York, and 
came from there directly to Dakota. They made their way by rail as far 
as Sioux Falls, arriving about Christmas, and the following week they 
drove across the country to Salem, where the father filed a homestead 
claim to the property now owned by the mother; another quarter was 
subsequently purchased, which is owned by the son to whom we devote 
this article.- Thus such English education as the common schools 
afford, our subject received in the Dakota schools, and he is, strictly 
speaking, a Dakota-bred American citizen and a respected and valued 
member of the community. The home farm is improved with a comfortable 
residence, windmill and a deep well, and at present two hundred and 
forty acres is under the plow. He also keeps a small herd of dairy 
cattle, seven in number, which is proving a successful venture. 
Politically, our subject is a Democrat. He is a member of the township 
board of supervisors, and for two terms has been one of the school 
directors in the district in which he lives. In religious matters, he 
is identified with the Roman Catholic church. 

In 1892, Mr. Wahle was united in marriage to Miss Louisa Knoblauch, a 
native of the state of Iowa, and their wedded life has been blessed by 
the presence of a little son upon whom they have seen fit to bestow the 
name of Joseph, and a daughter, Anna.