BIOGRAPHIES:   Louis G. MEYER, Elk Mound, Dunn Co., WI

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LOUIS G. MEYER, a retired farmer and respected citizen residing in
the village of Elk Mound, was born in Washington County, Wisconsin,
Dec. 8, 1853, son of Ludwig and Anna Catherine (Todter) Meyer. The
parents were born and spent their early years in Hanover, Germany,
coming to the United States in 1848 at the time of the German
revolution. When they left home they were not married, but on board
the sailing vessel which brought them to this country they became man
and wife. In Washington County, Wisconsin, they settled on 40 acres
of timber land, building a log cabin with a dirt floor, and making
their home there for ten years, during which time they made some
progress as farmers. In 1858 they moved to Chippewa County, locating
in the town of Sigel, but soon removing to Chippewa Falls, where they
made their home for a year. They next bought 140 acres of wild land
in the town of Eagle Point (now Tilden), Chippewa County and began to
improve the place, Ludwig Meyer in time ! building up a fine farm
there with an excellent set of buildings. On March 27, 1896, he
suffered a bereavement in the loss of his wife, but continued to
conduct the farm until his own death on March 28, 1915. The children
in the Meyer family were Herman, Louis, Anna, Otto, Gustave, Adolph,
Caroline, Michael and William, all of whom are living except Gustave.
Louis G. Meyer remained with his parents until he was 25 years old,
assisting his father to develop the homestead. In 1878 he began
independent farming, buying 80 acres of wild land in the town of
Auburn, Chippewa County. Having built a small frame house and straw
barn on it, he made it his home for five years, during which time he
made improvements on the property. He then sold out and moved to
Chippewa Falls, where for ten years he was employed in a lumber yard.
He then came to Dunn County and for five years thereafter rented a
farm in the town of Red Cedar. His next investment was the purchase
of a farm of 160 acres in the to! wn of Spring Brook, which was an
improved piece of property. There he farmed until the fall of 1919,
when he leased the place to his son, Raymond, and, retiring from
active work, moved to the village of Elk Mound, where he has since
resided. In the town of Spring Brook he served as school director. He
is a stockholder in the Elk Mound Co-operative Creamery and one of
the substantial citizens in his community, whose success has been
achieved by hard work and foresight and who has made a good record
for honesty and efficiency. Mr. Meyer was married March 11, 1880, to
Amelia Vonderheiden, who was born in Chippewa County, Wis., April 24,
1860, and of this union six children have been born, namely, William
A., Gustave R., Albert G., Alva M., Raymond W., and an infant who
died unnamed. William A., born March 8, 1881, and now a rancher in
Montana, married Mrs. Mary McDonald. Gustave R., born Aug. 3, 1883,
who is a veterinary surgeon in Elk Mound, married Kate Bruce, and has
three childr! en, Louis, Ellery and Nancy. Albert G., born July 5,
1886, now of Idaho, married Mary Evelyn Long and has three children,
Alma, Nellie and an infant, who at the date of this writing has not
yet been named. Alva M., born July 7, 1893, died in her twenty-sixth
year, on Jan. 12, 1919. Raymond W., born Feb. 22, 1896, married
Louise Konke and has two children, Galvin and Ethel. He and his
family live on the old home farm in the town of Spring Brook. The
Meyer family are members of the Angelical Church and enjoy a high
society standing.

-Transcribed from the "History of Dunn County Wisconsin, 1925," page 542

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