BIOGRAPHIES: Fred WEBER, Stanfold Township, Barron Co., WI *********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, 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. Submitted by: Vic Gulickson 24 February 2004 *********************************************************************** Fred Weber, an energetic farmer of Section 1, Stanfold Township, was born at Tower City, N. D., April 22, 1896, the son of John and Katherine (Valerius) Weber, natives respectively of Germany and Minnesota. After farming for some years in North Dakota, they came to Barron County in 1904, and purchased 80 acres in Section 1, Stanfold Township, where they started farming once more. There the father died in 1905 and the mother in June, 1913. Fred was a small boy when he came to this county. He attended the district schools, and learned farming on the home place. He has gradually taken over its management. He thoroughly understands his business and is doing good work. He successfully carries on general farming and dairying, and has a good herd of cattle, headed by a full-blooded sire. He raises good crops and is already well along the road to success. Mr. Weber was married June 28, 1919, at Cameron, in this county, to Margaret Klossner, who was born in Le Roy, Minn., on Nov. 14, 1898, the daughter of John and Anna Barbara (Dick) Klossner, the father a native of Switzerland and the mother of Wisconsin, who came to this locality twelve years ago and now live at Rice Lake, in this county. Mr. and Mrs. Weber have one son, Leroy, born Feb. 1, 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Weber are both well liked in the neighborhood, they are active in social affairs, and their home is always open to their friends. --Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 177. © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm