BIOGRAPHIES: Joseph LEISZ, Cameron, 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 28 June 2002 ==================================================================== Joseph Leisz, cheese maker for the Cameron Cheese Co., was born on the Atlantic Ocean, May 5, 1892, the son of John and Agnes Leisz, who were then on their way from Germany. They came to Barron County, and settled in Turtle Lake, where the father is still living, and where the mother died. Joseph was reared on the farm, attended the district school and learned dairying and agriculture from his father. For a while he worked in the factory of the Pioneer Cheese Co. at Turtle Lake and in the factory of the Clayton Cheese Co. at Clayton, in Polk County. In this employment he became much interested in cheese and butter making, and decided to perfect himself in its science. Accordingly, in the winter of 1913-14 he took the dairy course in the University of Wisconsin at Madison. That summer he entered the employ of the Clover Leaf Equity Cheese Factory in Bear Lake Township, this county, and did good work for that concern for several years. Dec. 22, 1919, he came to Cameron, and on Jan. 1, 1920, assumed the duties of his present position. He is an expert in his line, and knows the business from the time the cows are fed in the field until the time the butter and cheese are placed on the table. He is popular in the community and has the respect and liking of all who know him. Mr. Leisz was married Oct. 5, 1915, to Elizabeth Thome, who was born in Bear Lake Township, this county, May 30, 1887, the daughter of Peter and Margaret (Lejune) Thome, natives of Germany, who settled in Bear Lake Township in the early eighties. Mr. and Mrs. Leisz have two children: Frederick, born Nov. 1, 1917, and Catherine, born April 21, 1919. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 589.