Gottleib Meinholdt Posted4U@Charter.net on Wed, 14 Feb 2001 Surname: MEINHOLDT, REINDORF, WITHEE Source: History of Clark County, Wisconsin (1918), by Franklyn, Curtiss-Wedge GOTTLEIB MEINHOLDT, who died in Eaton Township, July 9, 1905, was known as
an early settler in that township, a man who had done good pioneer work as a
logger and farmer. He was born in Saxony, Germany, and was reared in his
native land where he married Wilhelmina Reindorf. A cooper by trade, he thus
gained his living in Germany until he and his family emigrated to the United
States, locating at Franklin, Sheboygan County. There two more children,
Gustave and Emma, were born to him. In 1879 he bought eighty acres of wild
land in Sections 7 and 8, Eaton Township, on which tract he built a log house
and barn, but having no stock, or anything on which to live, he went to work
in the woods for Mr. Withee, as also did his sons. After being thus occupied
for two winters, he gave up that kind of work, as it was too hard for a man of
his age, and thenceforth did what he could towards clearing the farm. Before
his death he lived to see forty acres cleared. His wife died in West Salem,
Wis. Two children, Bernhardt and Anna, were born in Clark County. |
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