BIOGRAPHIES: Frederick E. LENTZ, Barron, 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 18 July 2000 ==================================================================== Frederick E. Lentz, who is engaged in the automobile business in Barron City, was born in Germany, April 29, 1866, son of Frederick and Marie (Blake) Lentz, both of whom died in their native country. Frederick E. received his early education in Germany and later came to America. With Menomonie, Wis., as his headquarters, he farmed and worked in lumber mills and in the pineries until 1899. In that year he came to Barron County and purchased 240 acres in section 24, Prairie Farm Township, where he cleared 160 acres, erected a good set of buildings and carried on general farming and dairying until 1914 when he rented his farm and moved to Prairie Farm Village where he engaged in the automobile business. Then he sold out and moved to Barron, where he is now engaged. Mr. Lentz is a popular man in the community, has a good business and is well liked. Fraternally he is a member of the Modern Woodmen. Mr. Lentz was married April 24, 1877, to Katherine Smith, who was born Oct. 20, 1869, daughter of Walter and Marie (Kalemback) Smith, natives of Germany, who came to America in the late sixties and settled in Dunn County, Wis., where they secured a homestead of 300 acres. Mr. Smith died Jan. 21, 1908, and his wife still lives on the home farm with her daughter, Mrs. John Hartung. Mr. and Mrs. Lentz are the parents of six children: Walter W., born May 19, 1888, is living in Lehigh, Wis.; Minnie K., born March 7, 1890, is the wife of Albert Vergin of Dallas Township, this county; Alice E., born June 17, 1892, is now Mrs. Arthur Lever of Dunn County, this state; Frederick J., born Feb. 12, 1894, now lives in Seattle, Wash.; James E., born June 12, 1896, resides in Ohio; and Edna K., born May 13, 1911, lives at home. The family faith is the Methodist Episcopal Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 483-484.