BIOGRAPHIES:   John QUADERER, Barron, Barron County, WI

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John Quaderer, founder of Barron, and one of the founders of Barron County,
was born in Switzerland, July 16, 1829, the son of Lawrence and Mary (Yale)
Quaderer. He came to America in 1852, landed at New Orleans, found his way to
Chicago, and in June of the same year located in Dodge County, this state.
After farming for a while, he worked on a Mississippi River drive. In 1853 he
went to Dubuque, Iowa, and entered the employ of Knapp, Stout & Co. in their
lumber yards. He was soon sent by them to Menomonie, in this state, and in
1854 into Barron County, at first as a foreman, and later as a contractor. In
the sixties he opened a camp at Barron, and was thereafter identified with its
history. He gave the land where the courthouse is now located, and made many
other benefactions. He also platted the village. He was a real leader and
served in numerous county offices, including county treasurer and chairman of
the county board. From 1870 to 1878 he was postmaster. He was elected alderman
when the city was incorporated. He established the Quaderer House, still
standing on the south side of Quaderer Creek, near the courthouse, and after
the railroad came through, built another Quaderer House, still standing on La
Salle Street. The Barron Co-operative Creamery is located on land leased from
him for ninety-nine years. After a long and useful life, filled with good
works, he died Nov. 21, 1898. A brief outline fails to do justice to this
rugged pioneer. His story is inseparably recorded in the story of the progress
of Barron County. Mr. Quaderer was married Jan. 14, 1872, to Mary Ross, and
this union was blessed with five children: Alma, Frank, Thomas, Jacob and
John. Mrs. Mary Ross Quaderer died in January, 1884. For his second wife he
married Margaret Redmon, and this union was blessed with six children:
William, Lawrence, Sarah, Emma, Ida and Louise. By a previous marriage to
Joseph Parent, Mrs. Margaret Redmon Quaderer, had one son, Joseph.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 942.