BIOGRAPHIES: Henry William AUSMAN, Spring Brook Township, Dunn 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: Laura Abood 27 June 2002 ==================================================================== From the 1925 History of Dunn County. HENRY WILLIAM AUSMAN, a prominent farmer in the town of Spring Brook, the scion of a pioneer family well known throughout Dunn County, further mention of whom may be found in this volume, was born in this town, April 18, 1861, son of Henry and Martha (Sipple) Ausman. He acquired a district school education and remained at home helping his parents until 19 years of age. He then went to the village of Elk Mound to learn the harness maker's trade, working at it there for eight months, after which he returned to the home farm remaining there until 1885. During the next five years he was engaged in working 160 acres belonging to his father in Section 14 of the town of Spring Brook. In 1890 he purchased the farm in Section 14, this town, which he is now operating, successfully carrying on general farming and dairying. He has modernized the farm in various ways, including the remodeling of the buildings. For many years he and his wife made their own butter, which they sold to private customers in Eau Claire. They also raised many chickens, disposing of them in the same manner. Mr. Ausman is a stockholder in the Elk Mound and Eau Claire telephone companies. He has always taken an intelligent interest in the welfare and advancement of the community in which he lives and has lent his aid and influence to every worthy cause. He was married in the town of Elk Mound, March 12, 1885, to Caroline Webert, who was born March 10, 1866, in Caldott, Chippewa County, daughter of George and Catherine (Goetz) Webert, the parents being natives of Germany who came to America in the fall of 1865 and settled in that county. After remaining there a year, however, they came to the town of Elk Mound, Dunn County, and to the Fred Ausman farm, where they resided until 1885. After that they lived with their children during the remainder of their lives. Mrs. Webert, who was born Aug. 18, 1824, was the first to pass away, dying Jan. 31, 1894, in her sixty-ninth year. Mr. Webert, having been born Aug. 25, 1818, was nearly 85 when he died July 11, 1903. They had been the parents of 12 children, namely, Michael, Anna C., Magdalena, Henry, Maria, Conrad, Anna M., Jacob, Elizabeth, Catherine, Anna and Caroline. Of these children the following is a further record: Michael, who was born Nov. 8, 1843, married Elizabeth Ausman on Sept. 19, 1869. He died April 26, 1904 and his wife on Aug. 21, 1920. Anna C., born Dec. 10, 1846, was married on Jan. 21, 1868, to John Haag. Mr. Haag died May 22, 1919 and Mrs. Haag is now residing at Cadott Falls, Chippewa County, Wis. Magdalena, born Aug. 18, 1848, was married April 5, 1876, to Fred Ausman, who died March 10, 1904. Mrs. Fred Ausman is now a resident of Eau Claire. Henry, born in 1850, died in Germany at the age of one year. Maria, born in 1852, died in Germany at the age of six weeks. Conrad, born in 1853, died in Germany at the age of two years, being the third successive child to die in infancy. Anna M., born Jan. 23, 1855, was married on March 31, 1884, o Henry Buschendorf, and is now residing in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. Jacob, born May 23, 1857, married Catherine E. Ausman, March 14, 1878. He died Oct. 4, 1904. Elizabeth, born Aug. 5, 1859, died at the age of 16 years in 1875. Catherine, born Jan. 9, 1862, married John F. Ausman, Jan. 18, 1883, and died Sept. 4, 1923. Anna, born in April, 1864, died at the age of eight years in 1872. Caroline, born March 10, 1885, and married Henry W. Ausman, March 12, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Ausman, who have no children, are members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Eau Claire. (note the date error of the birth date for Caroline, it is noted earlier as 1866).