BIOGRAPHIES: Lewis VOLL, 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 7 January 2002 ==================================================================== Lewis Voll, a retired farmer, living in Barron City, has resided in this county since 1903. On his arrival here he bought 160 acres in Section 23, Barron Township, and set to work to improve it. He cleared 75 acres, repaired the house, remodeled the barn and operated the farm for five years. Then he sold it and in 1908 bought 40 acres in Section 26, to which tract he added by subsequent purchase until he had brought the area of his farm up to 120 acres. Of the total area 45 acres were cleared when it came into his possession and he continued the work until 75 acres were cleared. He also erected a fine set of buildings and for several years continued general farming and dairying. His place was a well improved one, house and barn being furnished with electric lights, and the barn with James equipment, the air pressure water works being provided for both. The cattle were of the Holstein variety. Mr. Voll did good service for five years as supervisor of his township and one year as assessor. In the spring of 1920 he rented the farm to his son, Herbert, and acquired a home in Barron where he now lives. He is a stockholder in the Barron Co-operative Creamery, the Barron Consumers' Store, and the New Richmond Packing Co. Mr. Voll was born Nov. 27, 1857, in Germany, son of Ludwig and Charlotte (Borck) Voll, natives of that country, who came to America in 1873 and located in Sauk County, this state, where they farmed the remainder of their lives, the father dying Feb. 27, 1906, and the mother May l6, 1896. In the family there were three children, Lewis and Herman, now of Baraboo, and Frank, who is deceased. Lewis received his education in Germany, came to this country with his parents and remained with them until 1878. In 1881 he went to South Dakota and took a homestead of 160 acres in Hamlin County. He broke a large part of this tract and erected a set of buildings. There he devoted himself to wheat raising for ten years. Then he came back to Sauk County, this state, and after two and a half years of farming there, bought 80 acres in North Freedom Village, Wis. From there he came to Barron County. Mr. Voll was married Jan. 1, 1879, to Emma Mogler, born March 26, 1861, in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wis., daughter of John and Johanna (Klein) Mogler, who came to America from Germany in the late fifties and located in Sauk County, this state, where they lived the rest of their lives, the father dying June 10, 1893, and the mother in 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Voll have three children: Anna, Frank and Herbert B. Anna was born Aug. 30, 1879, and is now Mrs. W. R. Cuthbert, of Barron Township. Frank was born April 19, 1887, and lives in Barron City. He married Edith Otis and has one child, Iona May, born Dec. 23, 1914. Herbert B. was born Nov. 26, 1897, and now operates his father's farm. He was married in 1919 to Mabel Hutchison, born Sept. 19, 1901, daughter of Ira and Della (Carr) Hutchison, of Barron County. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert B. Voll have one child, Betty Bell, born May 14, 1920. Lewis Voll belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America and is affiliated religiously with the Methodist Episcopal Church. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pp. 117-118.