BIOGRAPHIES: John GYGLI, Oak Grove Township, Barron County, 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. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 8 April 2002 ==================================================================== John Gygli, an estimable farmer of Section 30, Oak Grove Township, was born in Switzerland, Feb. 15, 1857, the son of Arthur and Anna (Summer) Gygli, who spent the span of their years in that country. He was reared and educated in his native land, and there learned the carpenters' trade. In 1883 he came to America, and located at Monroe, in Green County, this state. For a while he was a farm helper, and then rented a place. From there, in 1907, he came to Barron County, and acquired his present farm of 160 acres. He has cleared 50 acres, put up fences, and erected a complete set of buildings, so that he now has a good modern place, as well improved as any in the neighborhood. He successfully carries on general farming and dairying, and has a good herd of Holstein cattle, with a full-blooded sire at the head. He has held office as treasurer of his church. Mr. Gygli was married Dec. 29, 1887, to Margaret Kundert, who was born in Switzerland, May 9, 1864, the daughter of Abraham and Margaret (Heitz) Kundert, natives of that country, who came to America in 1881, and settled in Monroe, Green County, Wis. The mother died in 1893, and in 1905, the father moved to the village, where he still lives. Mr. and Mrs. Gygli had twelve children: John, born March 13, 1889, lives in Haugen. Margaret, born May 9, 1890, was the wife of Leo Gaylord, who died in 1912. She subsequently married Melvin 0. Nelson of Rice Lake. Anna, the wife of Louis Gammelgard, of Sarona, Wis., was born April 5, 1893. Lena, born Oct. 5, 1894, and Marie, born Feb. 9, 1896, are at home. Fred, born July 17, 1897, now operates a poultry farm at Occidental, Cal. Henry, born April 21, 1899, is at home, and manages the home place. Rose, born Sept. 13, 1900, is a teacher. Frieda, born Nov. 14, 1903, attends the Rice Lake High School. Helen was born Jan. 10, 1906; Edwin, June 17, 1908; and Harry, Aug. 10, 1909. The family faith is that of the Swiss Reform Church at Rice Lake. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., 1922, pg. 332.