BIOGRAPHIES: Otto D. KAHL, Prairie Farm 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 30 April 2001 ==================================================================== Otto D. Kahl is one of the most prominent men in Prairie Farm Township. He is president of the Prairie Farm Co-operative Association, and of the Prairie Farm Co-operative Creamery, vice-president of the Ridgeland Shipping Association, and a stockholder in the Farmers' State Bank of Ridgeland. He has served efficiently as chairman of the township, and as such, not only did good work for the town, but also sat with credit on the county board. He has also been town assessor. The Church of the Evangelical Association at Prairie Farm has found in him a valued member, as he has been one of its efficient officials for many years, an active worker in the Sunday School, a regular contributor and a loyal supporter. His farm of 184 acres is a model place in every particular. He has a modern eight-room home, a basement barn, 36 by 116 feet, with full basement, a silo, 14 by 45 feet, and other suitable buildings. The house, barn and yards are illuminated with electricity, the house has a furnace, running hot and cold water and other conveniences, and there is running water for the stock in the barn and barnyard. Mr. Kahl is conducting farming on a successful scale, specializes in a fine herd of Guernsey cattle, and belongs to the Guernsey Association. He is a good citizen, a good farmer and a good business man, and is a fine type of the modern scientific Wisconsin agriculturist. He was born on Section 4, this Township, July 9, 1875, the son of Frederick and Christena (Muller) Kahl, the pioneers. He was taken to Section 26 as an infant, and was there reared, and attended the district school. He learned farming from his father. At the age of fifteen he first went into the woods to work, and was thereafter employed for nine winters, working in camps, and "toting" between the towns. For a while he was employed as a farmer for John Quaderer, the well-known lumberman. With this preparation, in 1901, he bought 88 acres of his present farm. At that time only 20 acres of the place had been cleared. He set to work with a will, and his efforts have resulted in as good a farm as is to be found in the neighborhood. Mr. Kahl was married on Dec. 25, 1892, to Anna Quaderer, who was born at Barron, Aug. 1, 1874, the daughter of John and Mary (Ross) Quaderer, the former of whom was the most prominent figure in Barron County history for many a long year. Mr. and Mrs. Kahl have had eleven children: Stella, Bessie, Howard, Esther, Chester, Ruth, Hope and Grace, living, and Maude, Leon and an unnamed infant, deceased. Stella was born April 12, 1896, and married Bert Link, a farmer of Prairie Farm Township. Bessie was born Dec. 6, 1898, and is the wife of Frank Rassbach, of Dunn County. Howard was born July 2, 1901; Esther, and Chester (twins), Aug. 29, 1904; Ruth, Jan. 17, 1909; Hope, Jan. 9, 1913; and Grace, July 29, 1916. Maude was born April 20, 1893. Leon and the unnamed infant (twins) were born April 27, 1894. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 942-943.