BIOGRAPHIES:  Henry John HELLENDRUNG, Prairie Farm Tsp., Barron County, WI

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Henry John Hellendrung, a substantial farmer of Section 27, Prairie Farm
Township, was born in Germany, April 4, 1862, the son of Charles and Yetta
(Minelard) Hellendrung. These good people had three children, born in 
Germany, Henry, Herman and Gusta. Of this family, Henry was the first to 
come to the United States. He arrived in 1883 and entered the employ of the 
Knapp, Stout & Co. at Menomonie, in Dunn County, this state, working for 
them in the mills there, in the woods northward, and on the Washburn farm 
in Sheridan Township, Dunn County. In 1885 Herman joined him. About 1885, 
the parents and Gusta came. For several years the subject of this sketch 
was variously employed in this region. In 1892, he bought 120 acres of land 
from Chris. Kurschner, in Section 27, Prairie Farm Township. An old log 
shack stood on the place, 12 by 14 feet, and into this he moved his family. 
About ten acres had been cleared. Mr. Hellendrung started farming with a 
cow and a few implements. In the house, his wife had only the most meager 
household equipment. For a time it was hard to get along. In order to get a 
little money for immediate necessities he continued to work in the woods 
winters, leaving his family alone in the dreary cabin, often cut off from 
communication with the neighbors for weeks at a time. Thus the family worked 
together, each taking a proper share of the burdens, and in time their hard 
work, their never-failing good cheer, and their intelligent efforts, met 
with success. Mr. Hellendrung now has a well-improved place, with a modern 
home, and commodious barn, and other suitable farm buildings. The land is 
well cleared and well tilled, and is being conducted on a profitable basis. 
Mr. Hellendrung has believed in going his own way in life, quietly and 
efficiently, attending to his own affairs, and he is held in high esteem for 
what he has accomplished and for his sterling worth. He was married on May 
16, 1890, to Augusta Kisier, who was born in Sheridan Township, Dunn County, 
this state, on Jan. 28, 1872, the daughter of Chris and Caroline Kisier, 
now deceased, early settlers of Dunn County, where they farmed for many 
years. Mr. and Mrs. Hellendrung have had nine children: Walter, who is at 
home; Ernest, who lives in Menomonie; Valentine, who is at home; Tena, who 
is the wife of John Kurschner, of Prairie Farm Township; Vernie, who is the 
wife of Louis Kurschner, Prairie Farm Township; Ella, Mary, Mollie and Alma. 
The family faith is that of the Evangelical Church.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 609.