BIOGRAPHIES: Louis L. LINDEMER, Prairie Farm Township, Barron Co., WI ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, 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. Transcribed by Kate Wilson. Edited and submitted by Vic Gulickson 14 September 2003 ************************************************************************ Louis L. Lindemer, now deceased, was a man of varied activities in this county, to which he came as a young man. He was a native of this state, born in Dodge County, Neb., Feb. 10, 1859, the son of George and Christiana Lindemer, natives of Germany, who came to Wisconsin as a young people and were married in this state. The subject of this sketch was reared on the farm, and attended the public and parochial schools. As a youth he learned the tinners' trade, at Horicon, in his native county. He was not quite of age when he went to Winona, Minn., on the Mississippi River, near which city he obtained farm employment. From there in the early eighties he came to Barron County and entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co., first on their farm, then in their tin shop at Rice Lake, and then in their tin shop at Prairie Farm. Next he worked for Willis Downs, on his farm and in the woods. In 1886 he was married, and thereafter stayed several months in his native county. Then he brought his bride to Barron County and settled on 80 acres of land in section 27, Prairie Farm Township, east of Prairie Farm Village. He built a frame house, started to clear up the brush and break the land and develop a farm. At first his domestic animals consisted of a span of horses and a cow. Mr. Lindemer, however, has considerable other employment aside from farming. For several winters he continued to work in the woods. For a time he teamed for George E. Scott, the Prairie Farm merchant, and for a time for the Barron Woolen Mills. In 1909 he bought a place in section 28, Prairie Farm Township, which is still the family home. He put up a good house and barn and developed a profitable farm. Here he carried on general farming and dairying until his death, June 27, 1920, of heart failure. He was a man held in excellent regard by all who knew him, he was a good husband, a loving father, a kindly neighbor and loyal friend. His standing as a citizen is shown by his service for several years as a member of the town board. He was a member of the Evangelical Association Church, located east of Prairie Farm, and was always ready and willing to help in any good cause. All in all, he was a substantial citizen, who did his duty in life as he found it and left a gracious memory with all who knew him. Mr. Lindemer was married at Prairie Farm on Oct, 20, 1886, to Emma Wing, who was born in Cook's Valley, north of Bloomer, in Chippewa County, Sept. 26, 1866, the daughter of Gardner and Alma Wing, both natives of this country. This union has been blessed with six children. Leonard Richard farms in Prairie Farm Township. Archie Lee is in Minneapolis. Grace Alma is the wife of Benjamin Haines of Ridgeland. Hazel May is the wife of Charley Curtis of Prairie Farm. Louis Arthur and George Gardner are at home. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 550-551. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm