BIOGRAPHIES: Nicholas SCHENTEN, Arland Township, Barron County, WI

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Nicholas Schenten, who since 1897 has developed a good farm of 140 acres in
Arland Township, of which he is now a well known and respected citizen was
born in Luxembourg, Jan. 7, 1872, son of Michael and Katie (Miller)
Schenten. His parents died in their native land. There Nicholas was
educated and subsequently, until 1891, worked for his father. He then went
to Rheims, France, in the vicinity of which place he was engaged for three
years in farm labor. In 1894 he came to America, landing at New York,
whence he came west to Dubuque, Iowa. There he remained for four years, or
until the fall of 1897, when he came to Barron County and started in for
himself as a farmer. The tract he purchased consisted of 80 acres of wild
land in section 3, Arland Township, and his first work was to erect a shack
for a temporary residence, after which he began to clear the land. In 1899
he bought 60 acres more in section 10, the same township. In the meanwhile
he was obliged to spend two summers in the harvest fields of Minnesota to
earn money on which to live. In spite of such interruptions he made gradual
progress and up to the present time has cleared 100 acres, besides erecting
a set of modern buildings. He is engaged in mixed farming and dairying,
keeping grade Holstein cattle and is making good financial progress, being
also a stockholder in the co-operative creamery at Barron. In religion he
is a Catholic. For twelve years he has served on the school board of
district No. 2. Mr. Schenten was married Sept. 16, 1902, to Maggie Ehl, who
was born Feb. 10, 1881, in Iowa, daughter of Peter and Katie (Stoffel) Ehl.
Her parents are now deceased. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Schenten has
resulted in the birth of twelve children, of whom ten are now living, the
record being as follows: Katie, born Dec. 19, 1904; Marie, born June 19,
1906, who died Nov. 12 the same year; Anna M., born Nov. 3, 1907; Josephine
E., born Jan. 3, 1909; Maggie A., born Jan. 20, 1910; Michael, born Feb. 6,
1911, who died in infancy; Lena, born Jan. 6, 1912; Susanna, born Jan. 17,
1913; Michael and Nicholas P. (twins), born Jan. 2, 1914; Marie, born June
22, 1917, and Frances, born July 4, 1920.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 908.