BIOGRAPHIES: Henry August STELTZNER, Stanley Township, Barron County, WI

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Henry August Steltzner, one of the real pioneers of Stanley Township, was
born in Switzerland July 24, 1830, and was there reared and educated and
grew to adult years. He learned the carpenter's trade as a youth and
followed this in his native,land for some years. In 1868 he came to the
United States and followed his trade in La Crosse, La Crosse County, this
state. For a few months he worked in Minnesota and then again returned to
La Crosse. From there he went to Buffalo, Buffalo County, this state, then
to Eau Claire, in Eau Claire County, and then to Menomonie, in Dunn County.
In 1870 he secured a homestead of 160 acres in Section 4, Stanley Township.
This was then all wild land. He built a log cabin and started clearing up
the place. At first he had little to work with except his hands and a few
tools. His first cows were raised from calves for him by a neighbor. A
little while after he arrived he secured an ox team. He prospered with the
years and in time developed a good farm. To his original tract he added 80
acres more, making a good place of 240 acres, one of the largest in the
neighborhood. He erected good frame buildings, some of which were the work
of his own hands. For many years he successfully carried on general farming
and dairying. He became one of the leading men of his community. He was
honest and upright in every respect and was held in high esteem and regard.
For some years he was assessor of his township, and he also served on the
school board for many terms. His death, June 18, 1893, was sincerely
mourned by all who knew him. He was a good citizen, a loving husband and a
kind father, and exerted a good influence over all with whom he came in
contact. Mr. Steltzner was married Aug. 14, 1875, to Mary Becker, who was
born in Dodge County, Wisconsin, Oct. 14, 1856, the daughter of Peter and
Magdalena (Weiser) Becker, natives of Germany and early settlers of that
county. Mrs. Steltzner still lives on the home place. Mr. and Mrs.
Steltzner had nine children: Peter, August, Magdalena, Christian, Andrew,
Louis W., living; and Henry, Lucy and Elizabeth, deceased.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 764.