BIOGRAPHIES:   Peter ENDERS, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  02 September 2003
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Peter Enders, retired farmer living in Rice Lake, was born in Washington
County, Wis., July 9, 1860, son of John B. and Barbara (Meisner) Enders.
John B. Enders was born in Germany, and there learned the shoemakers'
trade. He came to America at the age of 28 years, and studied English in an
evening school in New York City, where he followed his trade for a while.
Then he came to Wisconsin, and took up his trade at Milwaukee, then a small
place. At one time he owned twelve acres near what is now the business
center of that city. He was married there to Barbara Meisner, who was born
in Germany and came to America when twelve years of age. After his health
failed, he moved to Washington County, where he farmed for 13 years. Then
he sold the place and moved to Pierce County, also in this state, where two
years later he died. His wife then moved to Loyal, in Clark County, this
state, where she died. Peter grew to manhood in Pierce County. For many
years he farmed, at home and in the neighborhood, with the exception of a
few seasons he worked in the woods, until 1901, having purchased a farm of
120 acres in Section 35, Oak Grove Township. This was partly improved. He
set to work and cleared about 50 acres more, and built up a fine farm,
erecting a good frame house, a large, modern barn, and numerous
outbuildings. There he successfully followed general farming, dairying and
stock raising. He had a good herd of Holstein cattle with a full-blooded
sire at its head, and a good drove of horses. He was also a sheep fancier,
having first a herd of Cotswold and Shropshire breeds, and later a herd of
full-blooded Oxfords. He did things on a successful scale, and was one of
the representative men of the community. In the spring of 1920, he sold the
farm, and retired to Rice Lake, where he bought his present home, a fine,
modern semi-bungalow, at 832 Lake Street, facing the lake shore, where he
and his wife are enjoying the comforts of a well-earned rest. Fraternally,
Mr. Enders is a member of the Catholic Knights. Mr. Enders was married May
7, 1895, to Thekla Rupp, the daughter of Joseph and Caroline (Ott) Rupp,
now deceased, who was born in Wurtemburg, Germany, Sept. 26, 1862, came to
America in 1890 and located at Reed's Landing, in Wabasha County, Minn. Mr.
and Mrs. Enders have had four children. Caroline Barbara was born Feb. 26,
1899. Joseph and two unnamed children, died in infancy. The daughter, Miss
Caroline, is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. The family
worships at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at Rice Lake.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pg. 186.


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