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

         [page 205-206]
         
         FRED A. GROSS, a well-known and respected citizen of Alma town-
       ship, Buffalo county, residing in section 26, was born in Alma
       township, July 1, 1876, son of JACOB and JUSTINE (KUEHN) GROSS.
       His parents were natives of Germany who came to America in the
       fifties, settling first in Washington county. JACOB GROSS took
       an active part in helping to quell the Indian uprising in 1863,
       being one of the defenders of New Ulm, Minn., and fighting the
       savages in Dakota. Later he settled in Alma township, Buffalo
       county, Wisconsin, on the farm now owned by his son FRED, where
       he died in January, 1913, at the age of 72 years. His wife, who
       was born in 1854, is still living. They had in all five children,
       one of whom died in infancy. The others, who are living, are:
       CONRAD, a farmer in Alma township; ELIZABETH, wife of RUDOLPH
       MUELLER, of Alma; JACOB, who married MARY ROELLICH and resides
       in Alma, and FRED A., subject of this sketch. FRED A. GROSS was
       educated in the district school, and up to the age of 27 years
       was engaged in assisting his father on the home farm, which he
       then purchased and operated until recently. This farm contains
       a trifle over 237 acres, of which about 100 acres are cleared,
       the rest being in woodland. MR. GROSS does general farming,
       giving most attention to dairying and hog raising. His barn
       measures 30 by 80 feet and is furnished with a stone basement
       and supllied by a brick silo. He also has a good modern eight-
       room house and is the owner of a threshing machine, separator
       and engine, doing threshing for all his neighbors. In the fall
       of 1917 he rented the farm to JACOB KONTER and is now engaged
       only in threshing and sawing lumber. MR. GROSS was married, Aug.
       23, 1902, to EMELIA ROELLICH, who was born in Alma township,
       July 14, 1881, daughter of WENZEL and THERESA (KREIBACH) GROSS
       (sic), her parents being natives of Germany. She is one of a
       family of thirteen children, eleven of whom are now living. To
       Mr. and Mrs. GROSS two children have been born; WILMA E. March
       24, 1904, and WALDEMAR F., April 11, 1906, both of whom are
       attending school. After renting his farm, MR. GROSS built a
       five-room house a few rods from his former home, in which he
       and his family are living, while the farming is being carried
       on by his tenant.
       
       Transcriber's Note. The mother of Emelia Roellich is presented
       in the above biography in error. Her name was THERESA (KREIBACH)
       ROELLICH. See biography of Gustav F. Roellich.
       
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