BIOGRAPHIES: Carl ZUEHLKE, Dallas Township, 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 10 June 2001 ==================================================================== Carl Zuehlke, a respected farmer of Sections 16 and 17, Dallas Township, was born in Germany, March 8, 1868, the son of William and Caroline (Wintland) Zuehlke. The family came to America in 1892 and located at Ashland, Wis. There Carl worked on the railroad. The next year he purchased 120 acres in Sections 16 and 17, Dallas Township, Barron County, and sent his parents to occupy it. In 1898 he moved onto it himself with his wife and oldest child. But that same year the great fire swept everything away, so he moved back to Ashland again. In 1902 he returned to the farm, to the development and cultivation of which he has since devoted his attention. He has a fine set of buildings, including a pleasant residence and a barn, 36 by 70 feet, with full basement, and James equipment. The entire farm is fenced, and fifty acres cleared. Mr. Zuehlke carries on general farming and dairying, and has been successful in his operations. As the father of children, he is interested in education, and has served three years as a member of the school board of his district. He is a stockholder in the Prairie Farm Telephone Co. Mr. Zuehlke was married April 29, 1896, to Eva Jeske, who was born Nov. 2, 1872, the daughter of Gottfried and Louisa (Schmelter) Jeske, both of whom are now deceased. This union has been blessed with seven children: Mamie B., born Feb. 4, 1897, now the wife of Ernest Krause, of Prairie Farm Township; Hilda L., born March 23, 1899, who clerks in a store at Ridgeland; Elsie G., born Feb. 5, 1901, who is the wife of John O'Flannagan, of Dallas; Matilda O., born March 24, 1905; Albert A., Aug. 1, 1907; Elmer F., July 23, 1912; and Dorothy L., Dec. 11, 1915. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 839.