BIOGRAPHIES:  Philip WINTERWERBER, Dallas, Barron Co., WI

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Philip Winterwerber, now living retired in a pretty home in Dallas Village,
after a busy life filled with hard work and worthy endeavor, is a splendid
example of those men who have come from the old country with no resources
except their native ability and their capacity for strenuous labor and have
carved for themselves a place among the successful men in this new country
of boundless opportunity. He was born in Germany, Feb. 15, 1859, son of
George and Elizabeth (Fuhr) Winterwerber, and was there well educated. As a
youth he worked with civil engineers for some time and then served three
years in the regular army. In 1883 he came to America, and after landing in
New York found his way to Madison, this state. For several years thereafter
he was variously employed, mostly at farm labor. In 1896 he came to Barron
County and bought 80 acres in section 17, west, Dallas Township. He cleared
and stumped forty acres and built a complete set of buildings and fences.
There he carried on general farming until 1917, with the exception of three
years when he lived on his father-in-law's farm in section 20, west, Dallas
Township, 80 acres of which his wife inherited. Mr. Winterwerber was
unusually successful in his operations and was at one time owner of 240
acres. He had the ability to get the most out of his farms and his stock,
he was a good buyer and a good seller, and while generous in the support of
public ventures was shrewd and frugal in the management of his own affairs.
In 1917 he retired and moved to the village of Dallas, where he purchased a
comfortable residence, where he and his good wife will spend the afternoon
of life surrounded by the respect and esteem of their friends. While in the
township, Mr. Winterwerber served on the school board for six years, and he
is the present assessor of the village. He and his good wife are ardent
supporters of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Winterwerber was married
April 10, 1890, to Anna Kessler, daughter of Peter and Susan (Thousand)
Kessler, and this union has been blessed with three children: Fred was born
Jan. 26, 1891, and is now in Chicago; Gertrude was born Aug. 2, 1895, and
is a telephone operator in Minneapolis. Pauline was born Sept. 7, 1899, and
is now accountant in the Bank of Dallas.

--Transcribed from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper,
Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 855.

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