BIOGRAPHIES: Louis REMLINGER, Arcadia Township, Trempealeau Co., WI

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Louis Remlinger, proprietor of a good farm in Arcadia Township, about two 
and a half miles southeast of the village of that name, was born at Mauley 
Station, N.Y., Oct. 6, 1863.  His parents were John and Mary (Seibert) 
Remlinger, who were married at Mauley Station about 1851, the mother having 
been born at that place in 1839.  The father, John Remlinger, was a native 
of Germany, born in 1832.  In 1865 he came West with his wife and family, 
making the journey by rail to Dunleith, Ill (now East Dubuque), from which 
place they took boat to Trempealeau Village, where they remained about a 
week.  Then they came by ox team to Arcadia Township, this last trip taking 
a day and a half.  Here Mr. Remlinger settled on 160 acres of wild Government 
land in Meyers Valley, on which he built a log shanty, and began improving 
his land.  In 1875, having by this time made fair progress on his farm, he 
put up a more pretentious and commodious log house, together with a barn.  
Later he sold this property and moved to Dodge Township, near Pine Creek, 
where he spent practically the rest of his life, dying at Arcadia in 1894.  
He was then, and had been for some time, a widower, his wife having passed 
away at Arcadia in 1886.  They had a family of nine children:  John, born 
in New York State, in 1853, who is a resident of Eau Claire, Wis.; Polly, 
born in New York State, in 1855, who is now Mrs. Fred Wenzell, of Arcadia 
Township; George, born in New York State, in 1857, whose present whereabouts 
is unknown; Jennie, born in 1859, in New York State, who is the wife of John 
Thompson, of Winona, Minn.; Louis, the subject of this sketch; Nicholas, 
born in 1867 in Arcadia Township, where he died in 1892; Frank, born in 
Arcadia Township, in 1869, who is living at St. Mary, Idaho; Mary, born 
in Arcadia Township, in 1871, who is now Mrs. George Sentz, of Red Wing, 
Minn.; and Joseph, born in Arcadia Township, in 1873, who is living in 
Winona, Minn.  Louis Remlinger was educated in the common and parochial 
schools, but never reached advanced studies, as he had to assist his father 
on the farm at an early age.  He resided at home until he was 21 years old 
and then worked out five years for others.  He was married Sept. 9, 1887 to 
Eliza, daughter of Louie and Eva Fischer, of Arcadia Township.  He 
subsequently rented and worked farms in Trempealeau County until 1895, in 
which year he bought 73 acres in section 1, township 20, range 10, situated 
about two and a half miles southeast of Arcadia Village, which place is his 
present home.  Here he does general farming and dairying, keeping graded 
cows, and having an ample supply of teams and other equipment.  He built 
his present residence, which is a very comfortable one-and-a-half-story 
brick house, consisting of upright and wing.  He has also put up good barns, 
a granary, tool sheds and other necessary buildings.  His wife, Eliza, died 
July 18, 1911, and on April 12, 1915, he married for his second wife, 
Barbara, daughter of John and Anna Maier, of Arcadia Township.  His children, 
by his first marriage, are:  Gertrude, born June 29, 1888, who is the wife 
of Henry W. Werner, a contracting electrician and prominent citizen of 
Winona, Minn.; Frank, born Jan. 8, 1889, who is a farmer in Arcadia Township; 
William, born March 23, 1891, who resides on the old Remlinger homestead; 
Albert, born May 8, 1892, who served with the Wisconsin State militia on 
the Texas border; Elizabeth, born Oct. 4, 1895, who is residing at home; 
Leo, born March 12, 1897, who lives at home and assists his father one the 
farm, and Raymond, born March 28, 1900, who resides at home.  Mr. Remlinger 
is a Democrat in politics, and for one year was a member of the township 
board, but otherwise has not been active in public affairs.  He and his 
family are members of the German Catholic church at Arcadia, and he belongs 
also to St. Joseph's Catholic Society at Winona, Minn.

--From the "History of Trempealeau County, Wisconsin, 1917," pages 771-772