Biographies:   Gustav ZANK, Bridge Creek Township, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Gustav Zank, chairman of the town board of Bridge Creek township, and one of
the prosperous and influential German farmers of this place, was born in 
the Province of Psen, Germany, April 14, 1856, and is one of a family of
seven children born to Christ Zank.  The others are August, Christ, Fred, 
Julius, William, who died in the old country, and Minnie, who died when young.
In 1867 Christ Zank, father of our subject, emigrated with his family to the
United States from Germany.  He first located at Ripon, Wis., where he 
resided one year, thence in 1868 came to Eau Clarie county and settled on a
farm.

Gustav was reared on his father's farm, attending school in winter and 
assisting in the farm work during the summer months, and has continuously
been engaged in that vocation.  He owns 320 acres of good land in section 26,
Bridge Creek township, where he is successfully engaged in farming and stock
raising.  His farm is in a good state of cultivation and well improved with
substantial buildings, and he is numbered among the prominent and well-to-do
men of his town.

In 1883 Mr. Zank married Bertha Wiegand, a native of Germany, and to them 
the following children have been born:  Adelina, wife of Charles Gruen, of 
Eau Claire; Emil lives in Augusta; Rudolph; Ernest; Suzane, and Mamie.
Religiously Mr. Zank is a member of St. John's Lutheran church, and 
politically he is an active member of the Democratic party.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 910