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History of Buffalo & Pepin Counties, Wisconsin - Vol. 1
pub. H. C. Cooper, Jr. & Co., Winona, MN - 1919

         [page 157-158]
         
         JACOB BOTZET, who is operating a farm of 35 acres, on the
       edge of Fountain City, Buffalo county, was born in Peper's
       Valley, Buffalo township, this county, Dec. 6, 1858, son of
       JACOB, SR., and ELIZABETH (KRITZENTHALER) BOTZET. He grew up
       on his parents' farm, attending country school, and later
       took up farming and threshing, being engaged in the latter
       occupation every fall for 34 years, for 9 years using the
       old horsepower thresher. Recently he has used a gasoline
       engine. Out of the 34 fall seasons that he has been engaged
       in this work 16 were spent in North Dakota. MR. BOTZET also
       operated his father's farm from 1879 to 1897, it coming into
       his possession on his father's death. In 1898 he sold it,
       having in the previous year removed to Bluff Siding, where
       he remained 15 years. During three years of that time he
       was engaged in operating a feed mill, then for three years
       he conducted a saloon. The rest of the time was spent in 
       contract work and in the Dakotas threshing. Since then MR.
       BOTZET has resided on his present farm in North Street Val-
       ley, near Fountain City. This place was first owned by a MR.
       KALBOR, the first husband of MARY BUEL, who subsequently
       married B. J. OENING, MR. BOTZET'S father-in-law. The house
       was built of brick from MR. OENING'S brick-yard here, the
       brick for most of the brick buildings in Fountain City hav-
       ing been made in this yard. MR. OENING, who was born in 
       Westphalia, Germany, was married in Dubuque, Iowa, he and
       his wife afterwards locating in Fountain City, where she
       had to carry water for a quarter of a mile. This was at an
       early period when Indians were numerous in the vicinity. He
       and his wife had eight children, of whom three are now liv-
       ing. The marriage of JACOB BOTZET, JR., to MARIE LOUISE
       OENING, daughter of BERNARD JOHN and MARY (BUEL) OENING,
       took place Jan. 21, 1881. She was born in the house in
       which she now lives, and which her parents occupied for
       many years. She and her husband have been the parents of
       nine children: BERNARD, ADELINE, CATHERINE, ALPHONSE, IDA,
       ANELIA, EDWARD (deceased), AGNES and ELIZABETH. MR. BOTZET
       has at various times taken an active part in public affairs.
       He was chairman of the Buffalo town board for four terms,
       and a member of the county board, during which time the
       new court house was built, served two terms on the side
       board, and was school clerk two years, while living at
       Bluff Siding. At one time he was a stockholder in the
       old flour mills at Fountain City, that were afterwards
       burned down. He is a member of the Catholic church.
       
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