- PHILLIP SASSMANN, of Black Creek township, Outagamie county, is operating the old Sassmann family homestead, which has been in the family for nearly forty years, and which was developed from the virgin soil, his father having purchased it when it was nearly all wild property. Phillip Sassmann was born April 13, 1878, on this place, and is a son of John and Sophia (Hominghouse) Sassmann, natives of Germany. The parents of Mr. Sassmann were married in New York State, and in about 1872 came to Wisconsin, Mr. Sassmann taking up eighty acres of land in section 21, Black Creek township, which had been but partly cultivated. Here John Sassmann spent the remainder of his life engaged in general farming and stock raising, his death occurring October 6, 1910, and that of his wife in July, 1893, and both are buried in the Black Creek Cemetery. They had a family of nine children, and of these Phillip Sassmann is the youngest.
Phillip Sassmann secured his education in the common schools of Black Creek township, and as soon as he was able began to assist his father in the duties of the home farm. At the time of his father's death, he secured sixty acres of the old homestead, and in addition to this he owns another tract of forty acres, and he now has fifty-seven acres under the plow. Mr. Sassmann farms along scientific lines and specializes in barley and dairy products. His property is well kept, being thoroughly fenced and drained, and is considered one of the good, productive farms of this section. Politically a Replublican, Mr. Sassmann has always been active in the interests of his party, and he has been especially interested in educational matters, now serving as clerk of the school board. In his religious belief he is an adherent of the faith of the Evangelical Church, and he and Mrs. Sassmann attend St. John's church of that denomination.
In 1903 Mr. Sassmann was united in marriage to Miss Emma Hanf, who was born November 22, 1878, the eldest of the five children of Michael and Mary (Sitz) Hanf, natives of Germany and Canada, respectively, who were married in Outagamie county, Wisconsin and are now residing in Center township. Mr. and Mrs. Sassmann have had no children.
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