BIOGRAPHIES: Daniel WIRTH, Prairie Farm Township, Barron County, WI

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Daniel Wirth, now deceased, was one of the worthy pioneers of Prairie Farm
Township. He developed a good farm, took an active part in church and
school affairs, reared a family, which is still prominent in the county,
and in every way did his duty as a good man and a patriotic citizen. He was
born in Germany, April 23, 1841, and was there reared and educated. As a
young man, he set out for America, and made the voyage aboard a sailing
vessel, a trip taking many a long and tiresome week. On the same boat was
Katherine Miller, who was born in Germany, July 12, 1847. After landing,
they came to Dane County, this state, and were there married. There for
several years he was employed at general farm work. He came to Barron
County in the late sixties, and settled on 160 acres of wild land in
Section 26, Prairie Farm Township. He put up a log house, 16 by 24 feet,
with log stables, and started clearing up the land. At first he had little
to work with but an ox team. For a while times were hard, and to obtain
funds to support the family while the farm could be made productive, he
worked in the lumber woods in the winter time for several seasons. The
family has many interesting stories to tell of his adventures in the early
day. On one event, he walked to Menomonie to get a tooth pulled. When he
arrived there the pain was gone and he decided to postpone the pulling. So
he trudged the long journey home again, only to have the tooth start aching
again just as he got within sight of his cabin. As time progressed he
replaced his log buildings with a good set of modern farm structures, and
he built up a good farm. He was instrumental in the starting of the German
Evangelical Congregation at Prairie Farm and held a number of its offices.
For a number of years he was treasurer of the school board. He died Oct.
22, 1905, and his wife died Nov. 19, 1918. They were the parents of eight
children: Gottlieb, John, Anna, Fred, Ernest, Elizabeth, Margaret and
Arnold. Anna married Sim. Dorn, of Barron, and was killed in an automobile
accident at Rice Lake, Oct. 31, 1921. Frank is also dead, Elizabeth is the
wife of Oscar Meyer, of Prairie Farm Township. Margaret is the wife of
Henry Arnold, of Dallas Township.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 526.