BIOGRAPHIES:  John SEEGER, Prairie Farm Township, Barron Co., WI

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John Seeger, the prosperous and progressive proprietor of the Pine Valley
Farm, Section 4, Prairie Farm Township, was born in Wurttemberg, Germany,
July 30, 1860, one of the sixteen children of John and Christina (Chela)
Seeger, who spent the span of their years in the old country. The subject
of this sketch attended school in Germany and became a potter. He came to
the United States in 1877, stayed in Cincinnati, O., for a short time, then
came to Chicago, Ill., and from there to Red Wing, in Goodhue County,
Minn., in which vicinity he worked on farms for four years. Then he moved
across the river into Pierce County, this state, and rented a farm in
Maiden Rock Township. There he continued to farm for many years, working in
the winter seasons for Knapp Stout & Co. in the lumber woods in Pierce and
Barron counties. In 1910, Mr. Seeger bought the N. P. Eggen farm of 160
acres of improved land in section 4, Prairie Farm Township. This place,
known as the Pine Valley Farm, is one of the most prosperous farms in this
vicinity, and everything about it bespeaks the thrift and intelligent
attention of the owner. Mr. Seeger successfully carries on general farming
and dairying. He has a good herd of Guernsey cattle, a good drove of Poland
China swine, and some excellent Belgian horses. Mr. Seeger has identified
himself thoroughly with the life and interests of the township, and has
joined the Barron County Farm Bureau. He is a stockholder in the Prairie
Farm Cooperative Association. While in Pierce County he served on the
school board of his district. He is a useful citizen of solid and
substantial worth, and enjoys an excellent standing in the community. Mr.
Seeger was married at Red Wing, Minn., in May, 1881, to Lizzy Suter, who
was born on Prairie Island, in Goodhue County, Minn., in 1860, and died
near Red Wing, in the same county, in February, 1884. He was married May
16, 1886, to Catherine Caswell, who was born in Maiden Rock, Pierce County,
this state, May 17, 1865, the daughter of Peter W. and Nancy (Henry)
Caswell. This union has been blessed with twelve children: Sallie, Francis
(deceased), Nancy (deceased), William J., Myrtle (Mrs. John Nelson of
Prairie Farm Township, Edgar, Anna, Harley and Harry (twins), Catherine
(Mrs. Arthur Larson of Prairie Farm Township), John and Beatrice. William
J. was inducted into the World War service Feb. 23, 1918, trained at Camp
Grant, Ill., and Camp Logan, Tex., with depot brigades, and was discharged
Jan. 8, 1919. Edgar was inducted into the service in August, 1918, trained
for infantry service at Camp Grant, and was discharged Jan. 6, 1919. Both
contracted the influenza during their service. Both are now members of the
American Legion.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 490-491.


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