Outagamie County, WI - Biography of William Roloff of Cicero township (1864- )

***********************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any
format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations
desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal
representative of the submitter, 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. 

http://www.usgwarchives.net
***********************************************************************

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives
SUBJECT: Biography of William Roloff (1864-         ) of Cicero township
SUBMITTER: Janice Marasch     
EMAIL: jmmarasch@aol.com
DATE SUBMITTED: 10 Apr 2000
SURNAMES: ROLOFF, HENNING
SOURCE: History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, Thomas H. Ryan, Chicago, Goodspeed
Historical Association, publishers, p. 1269, 1911


BIOGRAPHY:
William Roloff of Cicero township



WILLIAM ROLOFF. Among the progressive, well-to-do farmers of Cicero township, Outagamie
county, there are not a few who are natives of the Fatherland, and of these the gentleman here
named is a prominent representative. He was born February 9, 1864, son of John and Henrietta
(Scham) Roloff, natives of Germany, who were married in that country and had there two
children, William and Lena, and one child after they came to this country in 1869, Emma. On
first coming to the United States, the Roloff family settled in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and after
three years removed to Seymour village, that place being their home until 1876, at which time
they came to Cicero township, buying a tract of eighty acres of land, of which ten acres had been
cleared. Mr. Roloff built a log cabin and two log stables, 18x28 and 10x20 feet, respectively, but
these have since been replaced by a basement barn 36x90 feet. with basement
under all, and with cement floors and patent staunchions, a wagon shed 20x48 feet, a hay barn
20x48 feet, and a fine, modern, eight-room house. The parents are still living on the old
homestead, each being eighty-two years old. William Roloff took charge of the home property
twenty-one years ago, and since that time he has made many improvements on the place, in
addition to adding to its size by purchasing forty acres. He has been engaged in farming all of his
life,
and the present condition of his property is but the just reward of thrift and industry properly
directed. In June, 1881, Mr. Roloff was married to Mary Henning, who was born in New York,
September 15, 1859, and to this union there have been born four sons and one daughter: Robert,
Walter, Otto, Menda and William, all living at home.