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

         [page 166]
         
         JOHN SCHULZ, a pioneer who helped to develop the agricultural
       resources of Canton township, Buffalo county, was a native of
       Germany, where he was married to CAROLINE RIECH, also a native
       of that country. In 1860, with his wife and his three first born
       children - CHARLES, JULIUS and JOHN - he came to the United States
       to establish a new home and better his condition. The voyage was
       made on a sailing vessel and occupied over seven weeks. A daugh-
       ter, LENA, was born in Chicago, and subsequently the family con-
       tinued their westward journey to La Crosse, Wis., moving to Can-
       ton township, Buffalo county, in 1862, and there taking up a 
       tract of wild land in section 24. The surrounding country was so
       covered with brush that the father had to cut his way in, there
       being no road. He had brought with him an ox team and wagon, and
       on is eighty-acre tract he erected a log house, which was the
       home of the family for a number of years. In time his industry
       and thrift brought their reward and he found himself the owner
       of a good farm of 280 acres, having from time to time made addi-
       tional land purchases. He was a prominent member of the German
       Lutheran church, in which for a number of years he held official
       position. His lamented death at the age of 63 years deprived the
       township of a worthy and useful citizen. His wife, who survived
       him, is still living on the old homestead, having reached the
       age of 90 years on Sept. 21, 1918. In addition to the children
       already mentioned - CHARLES, JULIUS, JOHN and LENA - four others
       were born to them in Buffalo county, namely, HERMAN, JULIA, 
       BERTHA and GUSTA.
       
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