BIOGRAPHIES:  George A. HAAG, Spring Brook Township, Dunn County, WI

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George A. Haag, who owns and operates the Elk Creek Farm in Section 1, town 
of Spring Brook, was born in the town of Sigel, Chippewa County, Wis., March 
14, 1869, son of John and Anna (Webert) Haag.  The parents were natives of 
Germany, the father of Wittenberg and the mother of Hessen, and both came to 
America when young. In 1863 John Haag, at the age of 19 years, enlisted in 
Company B, 26th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry and subsequently served until 
the close of the war, on receiving his discharge from the army locating in 
Milwaukee, from which place, however, he soon came to Chippewa County, taking 
the train from Milwaukee to Sparta, from the latter place walking to Chippewa 
Falls, and then following the Yellow River to what is now the town of Sigel, 
where he settled on a piece of wild land, which he ultimately developed into 
a good farm, residing on it until his death, which took place May 17, 1918.  
He was for many years one of the prominent citizens of his town and served at 
various times in school and town office.  Since his death his wife Anna, to 
whom he was married in 1867, has made her home in Cadott, Wis., with her son, 
John.  The children of Mr. and Mrs. John Haag, 12 in number, were:  George A., 
of the town of Spring Brook; Louis C.,  of Eau Claire; John N., of Cadott; 
Henry, who died in 1916; Mary, now Mrs. Fred Buschendorf of the town of Elk 
Mound; Anna, wife of Wesley Becker of Greeley, Colorado; Arthur F., a 
physician in Chicago; Edward G., of Monona, Iowa; Benjamin, of Eau Claire, 
Wis.; William, who died at the age of 21 years and two who died in infancy.  
George A. Haag acquired a district school education in Chippewa County and as 
he grew up assisted his parents by working on the home farm.  In 1890 he came 
to Dunn County locating on his present farm of 160 acres in Section 1, town of 
Spring Brook, which he has developed according to modern methods, having also 
put up a set of new buildings, which are electrically lighted, power being 
obtained from the Elk Mound branch of the Northern States Power Company.  He 
is successfully carrying on general farming and dairying, keeping grade 
Guernsey cattle with a pure bred sire.  Mr. Haag was married Nov. 19, 1897, 
in Elk Mound, to Mary Buschendorf, who was born in the town of Elk Mound, 
Jan. 6, 1870, daughter of William and Katherine (Sipple) Buschendorf.  Mr. and 
Mrs. Haag are the parents of four children:  Cora, born Feb. 23, 1898; Verona, 
Nov. 28, 1899; Sylvester E. P., July 10, 1901, and Irene, Oct. 1, 1904.  The 
family are affiliated by membership with the United Evangelical Church of Elk 
Mound.

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