BIOGRAPHIES: John KAHL, Prairie Farm Township, Barron County, WI

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John Kahl, who died Sept. 25, 1921, was an estimable citizen of Section 23,
Prairie Farm Township, and had been a resident of this county for nearly
fifty years. He was born in Germany, March 10, 1851, the son of John and
Catherine Kahl, who spent the span of their years farming in that country.
He was educated in the government schools and was reared to farm pursuits
by his father. In 1871 he came to America, and for three years found
employment in Dane County. From there, in 1874, he came to Barron County,
and secured 160 acres in Section 23, Prairie Farm Township. He put up a log
cabin and a slab stable, and started farming with a team of horses and a
cow or two. There were then few roads except the tote roads of the lumber
companies, the settlers were scattered, not much had been done in the way
of development. He set to work with a will, and in time had built up a good
farm. He replaced the log structures with a good set of frame buildings,
and added to his acreage until he owned 280 acres. Here he successfully
carried on general farming operations until 1910, when he retired and moved
to Prairie Farm Village, where he purchased a pleasant home. After his
wife's death, in 1916, he moved back to the farm and enjoyed a well-earned
rest after a busy life of hard work, filled with worthy endeavor. Mr. Kahl
was married in 1875 to Mary Hendorf, who was born in Germany in 1859, and
died in Prairie Farm village in 1916. This union was blessed with six
children: Mary, now deceased; George, on the home farm; Anna, of
Minneapolis; Elizabeth, of Rice Lake, John August on the home farm; and
Emma the wife of William Miller, of Prairie Farm Township. George owns 114
acres of the home farm, which he carries on, on his own account and on
which he has a good house and outbuildings.

--Taken  from:  History  of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.,
1922, pg. 624-625.