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

         [page 191-192]
         
         JOSEPH F. GOBAR, who is engaged in agriculture and dairying in
       Alma township, Buffalo county, his residence lying in section 12,
       was born in Alma township Jan. 2, 1862, son of JULIUS and ELIZA-
       BETH (KAISER) GOBAR. The father was a native of New York and a
       carpenter by trade, while his wife ELIZABETH was born in Switzer-
       land, Oct. 15, 1842. They were married in Alma City and located
       in Buffalo county, Wisconsin, taking the farm in Alma township
       of which the subject of this sketch is now the proprietor. The
       father died in Missouri at the age of 32 years. MRS. GOBAR died
       Feb. 1918. They were the parents of six children: FRANK, who is
       now a physician, residing in California; JOSEPH F., subject of
       this sketch; JOHN JULIUS, a physician residing in South Dakota;
       GEORGE, a physician in Muscoda, Wis.; NELLIE, who died at the
       age of two years; and CHARLOTTE, who is the wife of E. R. C.
       JONES and resides in Janesville, Wis. JOSEPH F. GOBAR spent his
       youth and early manhood in Alma township. On his father's death
       the farm was left to the family and was purchased by JOSEPH in
       1895, since which time he has been engaged in operating it on
       his own account. Its area is 120 acres, of which 80 acres are
       now cleared. MR. GOBAR does general farming but gives his chief
       attention to dairying. He has a herd of good cattle, with a
       pure-blooded bull of the Holstein breed. He is also successfully
       engaged in the raising of swine. His barn is 90 by 34 feet in
       size, with a stone basement, and in connection with it is a 
       stone silo. His residence, erected about ten years ago, is a
       commodious ten-room house.
       
         MR. GOBAR was married Nov. 27, 1890, to ANNIE LEHMAN, who was
       born in Belvidere township December 20, 1868, daughter of JACOB
       and LOUISA (ZIMMERMAN) LEHMAN. Her father, who was a farmer,
       died in Mondovi at the age of 81 years. Her mother, who was born
       Aug. 5, 1842, is still living. MRS. GOBAR was the third born in
       a family of eleven children, namely: LOUISA, JACOB, ANNIE, CARRIE,
       BARBARA, LENA, IDA, FRED, ALVINA, JOHN and EMMA. LOUISA and JACOB
       are now deceased. All the surviving children except CARRIE are
       married. To Mr. and Mrs. GOBAR four children have been born, whose
       record in brief is as follows: ELIZABETH, born Nov. 13, 1891, was
       graduated from the Alma high school and is now residing at home;
       RUTH, born June 7, 1893, is a graduate of the Alma high school
       and the Training School at Alma, and is now employed in the 
       First National Bank of Alma; RALPH, born May 25, 1895, was gradu-
       ated from the Alma high school, and assisted his father until
       June, 1915, when he enlisted in the United States Navy; HARRIET,
       born Sept. 8, 1905, is living at home and attending school.
       
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