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

         [page 201]

         CHARLES HILGERT, proprietor of a farm of 160 acres in section 24,
       Alma township, Buffalo county, was born in Sheboygan county, Wiscon-
       sin, May 3, 1858, son of JACOB and Anna MARGUERITE (MICHEL) HILGERT.
       The father, a native of Germany, came to the United States in the
       early fifties, settling in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin. He was a
       carpenter by trade and worked for some time in Chicago. Coming to
       Buffalo county, Wisconsin, he located in Alma township, where he
       carried on farming, and where he died in 1901 at the age of 82 years.
       His wife, who was born in Germany, April 8, 1829, died in 1889 at
       the age of 60 years. They had 13 children, of whom four - MARY,
       LENA, KATIE and HENRIETTA - are now deceased. The survivors are:
       LIZZIE, JACOB, CHARLES, GEORGE and ANNA, the last mentioned of whom
       married WILLIAM APPEL and lives in Canada. CHARLES HILGERT was 22
       years old when he started farming for himself, having previously
       been engaged in assisting his father. Buying his present farm from
       his father, he has since operated it with profitable results, being
       engaged in general farming, but especially in dairying and the rais-
       ing of sheep and swine. His cattle are of the Holstein breed, one
       being registered and the others being of good grades. His hogs are
       of the Poland-China variety. Mr. HILGERT'S barn has a stone basement
       with a cement floor and measures 70 by 36 feet. It is equipped with
       steel stanchions and in connection with it is a good stone silo. The
       house is a six-room structure. Progressive and public spirited, MR.
       HILGERT has made steady advances in prosperity and has also devoted
       some time to public affairs, having served on the town board for four
       years. He was married, Dec. 18, 1886, to ANNA RUFF, who was born in
       Wabasha, Minnesota, Oct. 29, 1868, daughter of GEORGE and JULIA (KROUS)
       RUFF, both of whom are now deceased. Their children were ANNA, CARL
       and PAULINA. Mr. and Mrs. HILGERT have had 13 children: LENORA, born
       Sept. 19, 1887, who married CARL BORGWARDT; OLINDA, born in Alma
       township, who died at the age of three years; LENA, born March 16,
       1891, who is residing at home; MARY, born March 27, 1892, who is the
       wife of EMIL BEST, of Alma township; ANNA, born March 13, 1894; CARL,
       Feb. 5, 1896; HILDA, Jan. 15, 1898; WILMA, March 2, 1899; ELLA, Jan.
       6, 1901; CLARA, Dec. 15, 1902 (is attending training school at Alma);
       SELMA, May 19, 1907; LILLIE, Oct. 15, 1909, and ROY, Aug. 7, 1912.
       Those not married make their home with their parents. HILDA is a
       teacher, while WILMA and ELLA attended training school and are now
       teaching.

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