BIOGRAPHIES:   Louis HANDORF, Dallas Township, Barron Co., WI

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Louis Handorf, a leading farmer of Section 31, Dallas Township, is a native
of this state, born in Dunn County, Feb. 21, 1874, the son of William J.
and Hinnah (Hintz) Handorf, natives of Germany. These good people came to
America in 1868, and settled near Menomonie, in this state, where he did
farm work for several years. In 1876 he bought 160 acres of wild land in
Section 31, Dallas Township, this county, put up a log cabin and started to
break the land. As time passed he built up a good place, erected a suitable
set of buildings, and cleared eighty acres. In 1894 he retired but
continued to make his home on the place with his son, Louis, until his
death, June 29, 1912. His wife died June 26, 1919. In the family there were
five children: Sophia (deceased), Dora, August, Anna (deceased), and Louis.
Louis came to this place with his parents, attended the district school of
the neighborhood, learned farming from his father, and assisted him in
developing the farm. In 1894 he bought the place, and has since
successfully conducted it. To the original he has added 40 acres more, so
that he now has a good farm of 200 acres, one of the best in the
neighborhood. He has erected a new set of buildings, including a pleasant
house and a barn. 30 by 70 feet, and he has also cleared up thirty
additional acres. He carries on general farming and dairying and has a good
herd of Holsteins, headed by a full-blooded sire. His financial holdings
include stock in the Ridgeland Creamery, the New Richmond Packing Plant,
and the Heinrick Partridge Co. of Minneapolis. In public affairs he has
done good service on the school board and on the town board. Mr. Handorf
was married Oct. 26, 1901, to Augusta Glaser, who was born in Germany, Oct.
13, 1881, the daughter of William and Henrietta (Peshaw) Glaser, natives of
Germany, who came to America in 1884, and settled in Prairie Farm Township,
this county, where they prosperously farmed until 1910, when they retired
and moved to Dunn County, where they now live. Mr. and Mrs. Handorf have
had nine children. Pauline C. was born Aug. 11, 1902, and died Aug. 14,
1902. Lulu L. was born Dec. 25, 1904, and is attending the Lutheran High
School at Milwaukee. Ernest A. was born Dec. 3, 1906. Josie S. was born
Sept. 9, 1908. Waldon H. was born Oct. 16, 1910. Ruth A. was born Sept, 30,
1911. Irene A. was born July 15, 1913. Gertrude M. was born July 15, 1915.
Archie E. was born Feb. 6, 1919. The family faith is that of the German
Lutheran Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pg. 864.

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