BIOGRAPHIES: William RAICHLE, Gale Township, Trempealeau Co., 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: Nance Sampson, Trempealeau Co. WIGenWeb Coordinator, 15 February 2003 ==================================================================== ** Posted for informational purposes only -- the poster is not related to the subject of this biography. William Raichle, one of the older residents of Gale Township, of which he was a pioneer settler, was born in Germany in 1831 and came to America in 1854, locating first in the State of New York, Where he spent two years engaged in farm work. In 1857 he came to Trempealeau County, Wis., making a homestead in Gale Township which now forms a part of the farm of his son, William F. Raichle. Here he engaged in farming and stock raising and continued in those occupations until 1906, when he retired. Four years later he sold the homestead to his son, but is still living on it. He served formerly on the school board and in other local offices and since pioneer days has been one of the best known and most respected citizens of the township. He was married in 1869 to Emma Messer, who was born in Germany in 1848 and came to America in 1868, locating in Winona, Minn., whence she removed a year later to Trempealeua County, Wis. They had eight children: Anna, Chris, William F., Freada, Carl, Ella, Emma and Fritz, of whom Freada and Ella are now deceased. -Transcribed from the "History of Trempealeau County Wisconsin, 1917", page 433