Outagamie County, WI - Biography of William H. SPOEHR of Bovina Township 1874-

************************************************************************
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.
************************************************************************

Contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives
SUBJECT: Biography of William H. SPOEHR of Bovina Township 1874-
SUBMITTER: W. David Samuelsen
EMAIL: dsam@wasatch.com
DATE SUBMITTED: Apr 15, 1999
SURNAMES: SPOEHR, SCHULTZ, WITTHUHN, DIKELMAN
SOURCE: History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, page 631, 1911


BIOGRAPHY:
William H. SPOEHR

a general farmer and stock raiser of Bovina township, and the owner of eighty acres of fine farming land in section 4,
is a native of this township, born March 16, 1874, a son of Ernest and Matilda (Schultz)Spoehr. Mr. Spoehr's parents,
who were natives of Germany, were married in Outagamie county, Wisconsin, whence they had
come when young people, and Mr. Spoehr, who has followed farming thoroughout his life, is now living at
Hortonville, at the age of seventy-four years, his wife having passed away in May, 1896, when
forty-eight years old. Ernest Spoehr was a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, enlisting in May, 1862, in
Company D.,
Fifty-second Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with which organization he served until the close of the war.
He participated in all the engagements in which his regiment took part, including the battle of Gettysburg, and he is
now a popular comrade of Hortonville Post, Grand Army of the Reupublic. When he first located in
Outagamie county, in 1851, Appleton was a small village to which he used to go to obtain flour and other necessities,
it being the nearest marketing point, and Indians were still numerous around this section, although they were in the
main friendly. He has lived to see this great wilderness become converted into a land of prosperity and plenty, and has
done his full share in brining such favorable conditions about.

William H. Spoehr was educated in the district schools, and remained at home on his father's farm until he reached the
age of twenty-five years, when he was married, June 1, 1899, to Miss Bertha Witthuhn,
born January 11, 1879, daughter of Charles and Louisa (Dikelman), Witthuhn, and to this union there have been born
five children: Leland W., Pearl M., William V., Arline L., and Everett C. After marriage, Mr. Spoehr removed to Two
Rivers, Wisconsin, where for two years he was employed in the veneering and seating factory, coming back at the end
of that time to Bovina township, where for about eight years he was engaged in working at the painter's trade. Mr.
Spoehr has since that time been engaged in farming, and he now has all of his property under cultivation with the
exception of about five acres. The buildings on the property are well built and conveniently located, the entire
property is well fenced with barbed and woven wire, and the farm has a prosperous and well-kept appearance that
speaks well for the industry and good management of its owner. Mr. Spoehr is a member of the Odd Fellows, is a
Reupublican in his political views, and is connected religiously with
the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which Mrs. Spoehr is also a member.