HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY 1911
August Dettloff, Sr., for twelve years supervisor of the town of Pleasant Valley, is one of the substantial men of the community, and in addition to serving on the town board has been road overseer for a long period and member of the school board of district No. 48 for many years.
He was born in Germany, May 3, 1850, son of Carl and Mary Dettloff, the former of whom is dead.
The family came to America in 1867, lived a time in Dane county, Wisconsin, and in 1871, came to Pleasant Valley township, where the parents purchased 160 acres in section 22. August Dettloff, Sr., the subject of this sketch, remained at home with his parents and worked on the home farm until twenty-three years of age. Then he worked out as a farm hand for three years, and subsequently worked on the railroad three years.
Later he purchased 120 acres in section 27, Pleasant Valley township. This tract he has increased to 320 acres, and on this he follows general farming, having ten Norman horses, thirty head of swine and about fifty cattle. He sells cream to the Grand Meadow creamery, in which he is a stockholder.
The subject of this sketch was married November 26, 1874, to Rekia Eilars, a native of Germany, who came to America with her parents and settled in Austin in 1868.
This union has resulted in ten children: Gustie married William Grimm, of Swink, Colo.; Ida married August Badger [Battcher], a farmer of Olmsted county; Frank married Musette Drake, and lives in Pleasant Valley; Carl married Ella Hatfield and lives in North Dakota; Lizzie married Charles Drake, of Pleasant Valley township; August married Manda Wagner, of Frankford township; Annie married William Beiderbick, of Racine township; Walter lives in Colorado; Otto and Albert are at home and the latter attends school.
The family faith is that of the German Lutheran church.
August Dettloff, Sr., for twelve years supervisor of the town of Pleasant Valley, is one of the substantial men of the community, and in addition to serving on the town board has been road overseer for a long period and member of the school board of district No. 48 for many years.
He was born in Germany, May 3, 1850, son of Carl and Mary Dettloff, the former of whom is dead.
The family came to America in 1867, lived a time in Dane county, Wisconsin, and in 1871, came to Pleasant Valley township, where the parents purchased 160 acres in section 22. August Dettloff, Sr., the subject of this sketch, remained at home with his parents and worked on the home farm until twenty-three years of age. Then he worked out as a farm hand for three years, and subsequently worked on the railroad three years.
Later he purchased 120 acres in section 27, Pleasant Valley township. This tract he has increased to 320 acres, and on this he follows general farming, having ten Norman horses, thirty head of swine and about fifty cattle. He sells cream to the Grand Meadow creamery, in which he is a stockholder.
The subject of this sketch was married November 26, 1874, to Rekia Eilars, a native of Germany, who came to America with her parents and settled in Austin in 1868.
This union has resulted in ten children: Gustie married William Grimm, of Swink, Colo.; Ida married August Badger [Battcher], a farmer of Olmsted county; Frank married Musette Drake, and lives in Pleasant Valley; Carl married Ella Hatfield and lives in North Dakota; Lizzie married Charles Drake, of Pleasant Valley township; August married Manda Wagner, of Frankford township; Annie married William Beiderbick, of Racine township; Walter lives in Colorado; Otto and Albert are at home and the latter attends school.
The family faith is that of the German Lutheran church.
HISTORY OF MOWER COUNTY 1911
August Dettloff, Sr., for twelve years supervisor of the town of Pleasant Valley, is one of the substantial men of the community, and in addition to serving on the town board has been road overseer for a long period and member of the school board of district No. 48 for many years.
He was born in Germany, May 3, 1850, son of Carl and Mary Dettloff, the former of whom is dead.
The family came to America in 1867, lived a time in Dane county, Wisconsin, and in 1871, came to Pleasant Valley township, where the parents purchased 160 acres in section 22. August Dettloff, Sr., the subject of this sketch, remained at home with his parents and worked on the home farm until twenty-three years of age. Then he worked out as a farm hand for three years, and subsequently worked on the railroad three years.
Later he purchased 120 acres in section 27, Pleasant Valley township. This tract he has increased to 320 acres, and on this he follows general farming, having ten Norman horses, thirty head of swine and about fifty cattle. He sells cream to the Grand Meadow creamery, in which he is a stockholder.
The subject of this sketch was married November 26, 1874, to Rekia Eilars, a native of Germany, who came to America with her parents and settled in Austin in 1868.
This union has resulted in ten children: Gustie married William Grimm, of Swink, Colo.; Ida married August Badger [Battcher], a farmer of Olmsted county; Frank married Musette Drake, and lives in Pleasant Valley; Carl married Ella Hatfield and lives in North Dakota; Lizzie married Charles Drake, of Pleasant Valley township; August married Manda Wagner, of Frankford township; Annie married William Beiderbick, of Racine township; Walter lives in Colorado; Otto and Albert are at home and the latter attends school.
The family faith is that of the German Lutheran church.
August Dettloff, Sr., for twelve years supervisor of the town of Pleasant Valley, is one of the substantial men of the community, and in addition to serving on the town board has been road overseer for a long period and member of the school board of district No. 48 for many years.
He was born in Germany, May 3, 1850, son of Carl and Mary Dettloff, the former of whom is dead.
The family came to America in 1867, lived a time in Dane county, Wisconsin, and in 1871, came to Pleasant Valley township, where the parents purchased 160 acres in section 22. August Dettloff, Sr., the subject of this sketch, remained at home with his parents and worked on the home farm until twenty-three years of age. Then he worked out as a farm hand for three years, and subsequently worked on the railroad three years.
Later he purchased 120 acres in section 27, Pleasant Valley township. This tract he has increased to 320 acres, and on this he follows general farming, having ten Norman horses, thirty head of swine and about fifty cattle. He sells cream to the Grand Meadow creamery, in which he is a stockholder.
The subject of this sketch was married November 26, 1874, to Rekia Eilars, a native of Germany, who came to America with her parents and settled in Austin in 1868.
This union has resulted in ten children: Gustie married William Grimm, of Swink, Colo.; Ida married August Badger [Battcher], a farmer of Olmsted county; Frank married Musette Drake, and lives in Pleasant Valley; Carl married Ella Hatfield and lives in North Dakota; Lizzie married Charles Drake, of Pleasant Valley township; August married Manda Wagner, of Frankford township; Annie married William Beiderbick, of Racine township; Walter lives in Colorado; Otto and Albert are at home and the latter attends school.
The family faith is that of the German Lutheran church.
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