Biographies:  Carl DEVNER, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Carl Devner, a farmer, was born in west Prussia, Germany, March 20, 1854.  
Came to this country in 1881 and settled on a farm in the town of Ludington.  
Moved to the city of Eau Claire in 1909, where he has since lived as a very 
successful truck farmer.  He married, in 1871, Miss Wilhelmine Krueger, also 
born in west Prussia, Germany, and who died in 1891.  Remarried in 1893, to 
Miss Emilie Desmer.  Mr. Devner served several terms as supervisor in the 
town of Ludington.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 563.