BIOGRAPHIES: Ernest HARTEL, Rice Lake, Barron County, WI

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Ernest Hartel was born in Dodge county, Wis., January 15, 1850, and is a son 
of Frederick and Henrietta (Kaepernick) Hartel, who came from Germany. The 
mother came to America in 1844, the father soon after, and located in Dodge 
county, where he engaged in farming and followed his trade, that of 
blacksmithing, as well. Frederick Hartel died in Dodge county, August 22, 
1890, his widow resides with a daughter in Horicon, Wis. Ernest Hartel came 
to Rice Lake in 1885, and built the stave-mill of Meiklejohn & Hatten, of 
which he is manager. He has followed the business of manufacturing staves 
since he was fifteen years of age. He also located the stave-mill at Thorpe, 
Wis., in November, 1879. He was united in marriage, May 11, 1879, with Miss 
Ruth Louise Wood, a native of Nicholville, St. Lawrence county, N. Y., who 
came to Wisconsin with her parents, who located near Ogdensburg, Waupaca 
county, and followed farming. The mother made her home with her daughter in 
Rice Lake for some time prior to her death, which occurred May 26, 1890. Mr. 
and Mrs. Hartel have two children: Glenn Dale, born April 30, 1882, and 
Charles Ernest, born April 25, 1886. Mr. Hartel is a member of the A. F. and 
A. M. He united with Lodge No. 123, Waupaca, Wis., April 12, 1875, but took 
out a demit from that lodge, and was one of the charter members of Rice Lake 
Lodge No. 234. He has been a lifelong democrat.

-Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa 
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2", page 868.