BIOGRAPHIES:  Joseph GABRIEL Sr., Oak Grove Township, Barron Co., WI

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Submitted by:  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  24 February 2004
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Joseph Gabriel, Sr., a retired farmer, still living on the home place in
Section 25, Oak Grove Township, was born in Bohemia, Dec. 11, 1861, son of
John and Margaret Gabriel, natives of Bohemia, who came to America in 1871,
and settled in Manitowoc County, Wis., where they farmed the remainder of
their lives. Joseph was a youngster of ten when his parents brought him to
Wisconsin. He attended school for a while, and worked with his father until
1881. Then he rented the farm for three years. In 1884 he moved to the city
of Manitowoc, where he was variously employed for several years, part of
the time in a glue factory. He came to Barron County in 1900 and bought 80
acres in Section 25, Oak Grove Township. To this, in 1910, he added 80
acres more in the same section. He cleared 60 acres, erected a sightly set
of buildings, and developed what is regarded as one of the best farms in
the township. He successfully carried on general farming and dairying until
1916 when he retired and turned the place over to his son, Joseph, who
operated it until Jan. 1, 1921, when he assumed the management of the Rice
Lake Hotel at Rice Lake. Mr. Gabriel reserved for himself a few acres a
short distance from the old home, and there he has built a pretty modern
bungalow, where he will spend the afternoon of life free from the more
strenuous duties of farm endeavor. He is one of the leaders in the
community, did good work on the school board for a number of years, and is
a stockholder in the Brill creamery. He was married April 21, 1885, in
Manitowoc County, this state, to Mary Dvorak, who was born in Bohemia, Dec.
5, 1868, the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Kolosuf) Dvorak, natives of
Bohemia, who came to America in 1872, and located in Manitowoc County,
where they spent the remainder of their days. Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel have
three children, Joseph, Anna and Mamie. Joseph was born Feb. 12, 1886, and
now lives at Rice Lake, Wis. Anna was born Oct. 10, 1888, and is the wife
of Frank Ebel, of Oak Grove Township. Mamie was born May 2, 1890 and died
two months later. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic church.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 338.


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