BIOGRAPHIES: John SEIBOLT, Barron, Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, 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. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 16 July 2001 ==================================================================== John Seibolt, business man of Barron, was born in Racine County, Wis., Jan. 18, 1854, son of George and Katherine (Hoffnail) Seibolt, natives of Germany. George Seibolt came to America in 1848, and located at Racine, Wis., where, in 1862, he enlisted in the Civil War. Upon his discharge in 1863, he went to New York State, where he was employed as a gardener and as an employe in a malt house. In 1865 he came back to Wisconsin, and bought 80 acres in Monroe County, on which he farmed until 1879, when he again went back to New York State, where he was employed in gardening. He took up his home with his son, John, in Wisconsin, in 1893, but afterward, again went to New York State, and died in Buffalo, in September, 1907. John, the subject of this sketch, received his early education in Buffalo, N. Y., and farmed for some time with his father in Monroe County, Wis. In 1879, when his parents went East, he went to Jackson County, in this state, and purchased a sawmill, which he operated for four years. This he sold, but, after a brief interval in Monroe county, he returned to Jackson County, purchased 160 acres of land and another sawmill, and operated the farm and sawmill until 1900. Then he came to Barron and worked in a sawmill here. Afterward he operated a bicycle shop for two years and a meat market for six years. In 1913 he acquired a sawmill in Poskin, Wis., to which he devoted his winter months until he sold out in 1918. In the meantime for many years he has operated threshing machines during the fall seasons, and is regarded as one of the best in his line in this locality. Mr. Seibolt was married Jan. 13, 1892, to Agnes James, who was born May 15, 1863, daughter of Evan and Mary (Lea) James, natives respectively of Wales and England. The mother came to America in 1845 and the father in 1857 and after their marriage they settled in Jefferson County, Wis., going to Monroe County in 1867, and there farming until 1893. They then moved to Tomah, Wis., where Mr. James died June 9, 1896 and Mrs. James, Oct. 13, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Seibolt have five children: Hattie E., Lura K., George E., John L. and Walter E. Hattie E. was born Feb. 4, 1893, married Leslie J. Miller, now a manual training teacher in Tyrone, New Mexico, and has one son, William Lea D. Miller, born Oct. 25, 1920. Lura K., born Jan. 19, 1895, is now teaching in North Dakota. George E., born May 22, 1897, and John L., born Aug. 4, 1899, are working on the "Soo" line, George E., having his headquarters in Minneapolis, and John L. in Barron. Walter E., born April 6, 1902, is at home and follows the carpenter's trade. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 114.