Bio: Fiebig, Herman & Eva

Surnames: FIEBIG FEIBIG

---------Source: ABBOTSFORD, WIS. CENTENNIAL BOOK - 1973

--------- Fiebig, Herman & Eva

In 1899, Herman Fiebig bought property, two miles east and south of Highway 29, from his father, who had owned it for some time. It was occupied at that time by two bachelor brothers, Whalen and Willis Stanard, who were engaged in clearing the land.

In the spring of 1900, following the sale of his property at Sheboygan Falls, the family arrived in Colby, ready to occupy their new home. A granary, which still stands, had been built for a temporary home. At that time the family consisted of Herman and Eva and their three children: Alfred, Edgar, and Helen. Andrew Flaig, Mr. Fiebig’s brother-in-law, had a private bank and real estate business at Colby.

The granary, their destination, was a two story structure in which they lived for a year. The lumber which was required to build it cost one hundred dollars and one cent, but the one cent was thrown off. Mr. Henkel, an auctioneer, built it. The road past the place, which is new, a graded county road, was then a very winding logging road, little more than a trail.

As soon as they were established in their new home, work began on the house, consisting of twelve rooms and porches, was ready for occupancy in 1901 at a total cost of one thousand five-hundred dollars.

In 1903, the barn was built of timber from the place at a total cost of seven hundred-fifty dollars. Some timbers hand hewn on the place were 43 feet long. Logs again were taken to Colby for sawing.

The original farm of one hundred acres had been increased by the purchase of seventy-three acres more. In 1904, fifty-three acres were sold to Ed Austin, a butcher in Abbotsford. He built a slaughter house near the creek. This property was later acquired by George Brown.

The Fiebig family had been increased by the addition of Clara and Roger. In 1911, when Clara was ready for school, the children transferred from the Riverside School to Abbotsford School.

In 1921, Mr. Fiebig bought the Young home on the corner of Oak and Second Streets, and moved there to live after Edgar married and took over the farm. Now, Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Zahorka are the owners and live there.

Mrs. Fiebig died in February 1949. Mr. Fiebig continued to make his home there until he sold the home to Homer Kennedy in 1951. He then went to live with his son Edgar in Sheboygan, thus ending a half century of Abbotsford history for the Fiebig family.

• Herman and Eva Fiebig are both buried in the Colby Memorial Cemetery, Colby, WI.