BIOGRAPHIES:  Christ W. WAGENBACH, Barron Township, Barron Co., WI

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Transcribed by Kate Wilson. 
Edited and submitted by  Vic Gulickson <vic@indy.net>  9 January 2004
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Christ W. Wagenbach, now deceased, was a substantial hard working citizen
who enjoyed an excellent standing in the community and whose death was a
distinct loss to his associates. He was born in Germany Dec. 17, 1841, and
was there married in February, 1864, to Ida E. Haes, born Feb. 18, 1842.
That year, leaving his bride in Germany, to be sent for later, he came to
America. He was in comfortable circumstances and decided to look about for
a while before locating. After living a few months at Louisville, he came
north in the spring of 1865, found his way to Lansing, Mich., and secured
employment on a railroad, in which employment he remained for twenty years.
In 1885 he came to Barron County and purchased 160 acres of wild land. He
built a small log house, moved into it, and with the help of his family
started clearing and developing the land. By hard work he succeeded in
building up a good farm, with a good set of buildings and suitable
equipment. He was honored by his fellow townsmen by being several times
elected chairman of the board of supervisors, and for some years he sat as
a member of the school board. He was a life-long member of the German
Lutheran Church, a charter member of the Barron congregation, and one of
those who helped build the Barron church. After a long life filled with
useful endeavor, he died in April, 1901. He and his good wife were the
parents of seven children, six of whom are now living: Philip was born May
22, 1867, and is now a farmer in Barron Township, this county. Martin was
born Oct. 28, 1869, and is now a farmer in Barron Township. Elizabeth was
born April 6, 1872, and is now wife of Conrad Wagenbach, a farmer in
Washington. Ida was born March 5, 1875, and is the wife of Stephen Foster,
a farmer of Cataract, Wis. Charles was born April 1, 1877, and is farming
in Barron Township. Frederick was born Oct. 10, 1879, and is farming in
Barron township. Edward is deceased. All were born in Ypsilanti, Mich.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 145.

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