Biography: Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Henry E. BAREIS

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Transcribed from 
Lawson, Publius V.  History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: its cities, towns, resources people. Chicago: C.F. Cooper and Company, 1908. v.2 p.873


H.E. Bareis, dealer in hardware and farm implements, is a native of
Wisconsin, having been born in Rushford Township on November 19, 1865.  His
father, John Bareis, came to America from his native town of Wuertemburg,
Germany, when he was 15 years of age and settled in this township, working
for several years at various occupations, and finally in 1863 he married
Miss Frederica Barnett, who came from the northern part of Germany in 1861.
He and his wife then located in the village of Eureka, where he remained
until 1871, and moved to the farm he had previously purchased in section
18.  Here they made their home and continue to reside, engaged in general
farming until 1903, when they moved to Berlin, this State, and have since
lived in retirement.  They had a family of seven children, five of whom are
now (1908) living, Henry being the eldest.

Mr. Bareis spent his boyhood on his father's farm and received his early
education in the public schools of the township, supplementing it with a
course of study at the High School at Madison, and one year in the schools
of Valparaiso, Ind., after which he was engaged in teaching at Waukau,
Eureka and other places.  In 1895 he purchased the interests of Mr. W.J.
McLaughlin in his hardware business at Eureka, and has since continued it,
carrying a general line of hardware, stoves, farming implements, etc., and
under his careful management, honorable and upright dealing, the business
has increased continuously, and Mr. Bareis is considered one of the most
prosperous merchants of this thriving little village.  He is public
spirited and active in all matters pertaining to the public good, and has
served as Justice of the Peace and Notary Public for ten years.  He has
been a member of the School Board for eight years and town clerk for the
past four years, and is now secretary of the Eureka Canning Company.

In April, 1893, Mr. Bareis was married to Miss Mathilda Kafer, daughter of
John George and Catherine Kafer, who were among the early German settlers
of Rushford Township.  Mr. Bareis and his estimable wife have an
interesting family of four children-Ada, Herbert, Silvia and Baby.