Biographies: John GOBLER, Rice Lake, Barron Co., WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Victor Gulickson 23 March 1999 ==================================================================== John Gobler is operating a farm of 120 acres in sections 7 and 8, Rice Lake Township, which he purchased in 1899, which he has developed and which he has operated for more than twenty years. He was born in Germany May 10, 1852, son of Ferdinand and Dorothy (Jurn) Gobler. Ferdinand Gobler was a miller by trade. He brought his family to America in 1852, worked at his trade in. New York two years, in Detroit, Mich., a year, and in Styles, Mich., four years. In 1858 he bought 40 acres in Brown County, Wis., all covered with timber. He built a log house and barn and started clearing the land and farming. He prospered with the years and added to his possessions until he owned 200 acres of land in Brown County. He died in 1910 and his wife in 1916. John came to America with his parents and attended school until fifteen years of age. As a young man he entered the employ of the Hub and Spoke factory at Kaukana, Wis., in the Fox River Valley. With this concern he came to Rice Lake. He is well known in the community and has served several years on the school board. Fraternally he is a member of the Odd Fellows. Mr. Gobler was married Aug. 10, 1875, to Henrietta Made, at Wrightstown, Brown County, this state. This union has been blessed with six children: Louis, Otto, Fred, Herman E., John A. and Dora. Fred A. has worked in the postoffice at Thief River Falls, Minn., for some twelve years past. He married Daisy Kra(o)tka, and has two children, John E. and Elsie. Herman E. is married and lives in St. Paul. Dora married Christian Runz, and lives in Dickinson, North Dakota. Mrs. Henrietta Gobler died in October, 1902. In 1904 Mr. Gobler married Laura Carolay. --Taken from The History of Barron County, Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp 682-683