BIOGRAPHIES: Frank SCHEIBE, Elk Mound, 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 30 June 2002 ==================================================================== From the 1925 History of Dunn County. FRANK SCHEIBE was born in Germany, Feb. 3, 1827. While still a young man he emigrated to America and in 1857 was married in the state of Pennsylvania to Martha Elizabeth Ausman, and in the following year, 1858, they came to Dunn County, Wisconsin, where the latter already had a brother living, John Ausman. (See the Ausman biographies). On his arrival Frank Scheibe bought 160 acres of wild land in Section 25, town of Elk Mound and began the building of a farm. It was hard work and the times also were hard, so much so, in fact, that Mr. Scheibe was forced to sell the north "80" of his farm to obtain money for the support of his large family. In common with all the pioneers, he started with log buildings, but in course others of modern construction took their place and prosperity finally crowned his efforts. He died Aug. 28, 1901. His wife, in maidenhood Martha Elizabeth Ausman, as before mentioned was born at Rohrda, province of Aschwege, Germany, on June 19, 1842, and came to America with her parents when a little girl, the family settling in Forest County, Pennsylvania. Her marriage to Mr. Scheibe has been already narrated. She was converted in 1862 and united with the Evangelical Association, and in this church she remained, a faithful and devoted Christian until she was called to the heavenly mansions, her death taking place at her home in Elk Mound on August 13, 1907. In addition to her immediate family of surviving children, she left two brothers and a host of other relatives and friends. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Scheibe, 14 in number, were as follows: Elizabeth, who married Charlie Lange, of which union there are three children, Myrtha, Raymond and Dorothy; Henry, of Asotin County, Washington, who married Lizzie Huber and has nine children, Raymond, Gussie, Clara Belle, Dewey, Sidney, Henrietta, Wilbur, Glenn and Lawrence; Nicholas, now deceased, who married Julia Schick and left five children, Ella, Roy, Henry, Frank and Laura; Fred, of Elk Mound, Dunn County; George, of Eau Claire, Wis., who married Caroline Bushendorf and has four children, Victor, Leonard, Ervin and Mildred; John, of Tacoma, Wash., who married Jennie Alberts; Aldolph,, who was drowned in the Chippewa River; Samuel, of Cloquet, Minn., who married Hattie Crain, and has five children, Helen, Clarence, Gladys, Eleanor and Harold; William, deceased; Anna, now Mrs. J. D. McGilvray of Cloquet, Minn., whose children are Earl, Thelma, Frank, Dorothy, Anna Belle and Ray; Emma, who is the wife of Otto Drummer of Elk Mound and has one child, Frank Scheibe; Gust, now in Oregon, who married Belle Crosby; Edith, deceased; and Clara, wife of Herman Bentz of Albertville, Chippewa County, Wis.