BIOGRAPHIES: John QUARDERER, Barron Barron County, WI

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John Quaderer, farmer and lumberman, Barron. Among the earliest settlers of 
Barron county is our subject, whose name will be handed down to posterity 
as one who has always been a friend to the poor and needy, and who has done 
much toward the upbuilding of his county and town. He was born in Germany 
July 16, 1829, and is a son of Lawrence and Mary (Yahle) Quaderer. He 
immigrated to America in 1852 and landed at New Orleans, La. Coming to 
Wisconsin by way of Chicago in June of that year, he worked on a farm in 
Dodge county for one year, and then engaged as river driver on the 
Mississippi river for one season. He then went to Dubuque, Iowa, and engaged 
with Knapp, Stout & Co. in the lumber yards at that point. He was sent to 
Menomonie by them and then, in 1854, up the river to Barron county, as a 
cutter of pine timber. Mr. Quaderer was so much pleased with Barron county 
that he took up a permanent residence here on the present site of Barron, 
and has ever since made this his home. He was the first settler in the town 
of Barron and the first farmer in the county, and now owns 200 acres of fine 
land. At one time his farm consisted of some 600 acres. He donated the 
present court-house site to the county, and also many residences to poor 
people. It is told of him that in an early day he would start from Eau Claire 
with a load of provisions and oftimes would have little left when he arrived 
home, as he was so generous to all, that they had but to ask for what was 
wanted and it was theirs. Few men are more universally beloved than John 
Quaderer.

January 14, 1872, he married Miss Mary Ross, a half-breed Chippewa Indian, 
and to them were born four children, namely: Anna, Frank, Thomas and Jacob. 
Mrs. Quaderer died in June, 1872, and is buried in Barron cemetery. Soon 
after Mr. Quaderer married Miss Maggie Redmon, also a Chippewa half-breed. 
They are the parents of four children: Joseph, William, Lawrence and Sarah. 
Mr. Quaderer has been prominently identified with the politics of the county 
since its organization. He was the first town and county treasurer when the 
county was called Dallas, and has since served in the same capacities, and 
as supervisor a number of terms and chairman of the board of supervisors four 
terms. In 1889 he served as alderman and mayor of the city of Barron. He was 
the second postmaster appointed in Barron, serving from 1870 to 1878. 
Politically Mr. Quaderer has always been a strong advocate of the principles 
of the democratic party.

-Transcribed from the "Historical and Biographical Album of the Chippewa 
Valley Wisconsin, 1891-2", page 402.