- JOHN M. FASSBENDER, one of the influential citizens of Black Creek township, who for the past ten years has been engaged in agricultural pursuits on section 28, has also been prominently identified with public matters in the township for a long period and has held numerous positions of honor and trust in the gift of his fellowtownsmen.Born December 11, 1867, in Ellington township, Outagamie county, Wisconsin, Mr. Fassbender is a son of Peter and Elizabeth (Nettekoven) Fassbender, natives of Prussia, Germany, who came to this country in childhood and were married in Milwaukee county. After their marriage they came to Outagamie county and settled on sixty acres of raw land in Ellington township, Mr. Fassbender's equipment at this time being a team of oxen, a breaking plow, a three-cornered drag and a wagon. Seven or eight years lat er he secured horses and as time went on he made improvements, purchasing modern machinery a piece at a. time until he was finally the possess or of a proper equipment with which to cultivate his land. He lived there from 1860 until 1901, in the meantime adding eighty acres to the origin al tract, and at this time had all of the land with the exception of five acres of wooded land under cultivation. He built a modern house in 1880 and a basement barn, 78x36 feet, in 1881, and in 1902 sold the property to his son, who now lives on it. Mr. and Mrs. Fassbender are now living retired at Appleton, the father being seventy-four years old and the mother seventy-three..John M. Fassbender was sixteen years of age when he commenced working in various cheese factories, and he continued to be so occupied until he was twenty-three years of age, when he embarked in the business himself, conducting a factory for five years.He then went to Appleton, where the next five years were spent in vario us occupations, and in 1902 he bought the farm he now occupies, which he h as continued to operate until the present time. 'Since then he has refenced the entire place with barbed and woven wire, reroofed all the buildin gs and remodeled the barn, putting in'cement floors and stanchions and mak ing it modern and up-to-date with cattle-watering system and other improve ments, and its dimensions are now 102x36 feet. In addition to the eighty a cres on which he lives, he owns ten acres of timber land in section 19. He carries on general farming and stock raising, marketing dairy produc ts, hogs and cattle, and is a breeder of registered Holstein cattle. He has twelve milch cows and uses Percheron horses in the operation of his land. lMr. Fassbender is a. member of the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is a Republican, and he is chairman of the board of health, has been treasurer of the school board for six years, served three years as town ship clerk, from 1904 to 1907, and was road commissioner nine years and j ustice of the peace for six years.He is treasurer of the Twelve Corners and Mackville Telephone Company, a nd is a stockholder therein. Mr. Fassbender and his family are connected w ith the Roman Catholic Church.In 1895, Mr. Fassbender was married to Miss Anna Siegert, who was born Apr il 8, 1865, the eldest of the nine children of Gottfried and Matilda (Lut e) Siegert, natives of Germany who came to America with their parents as y oung people. Mr. Siegert enlisted in 1861, from Milwaukee county, Wisconsi n, in Company I, 32d Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and after h is service to his country was completed, he went to Greenville township, O utagamie county, where he was engaged in farmling. He retired from farmi ng activities in 1909, and he and his wife are now residents of Appleto n. Mr. and Mrs. Fassbender have had nine children: Herbert, Arthur, Raymon d, Clarence, Margaret, Adelia, Florence, Walter and Irene, all living at h ome.
Retired in 1909 in Appleton, Wi from farming. Married in 1895 to Anna Sieg ert, who was born April 8, 1865, the eldest of 9 children of Gottfried a nd Matilda (Lute) Siegert, natives of Germany who came to America withthe ir parents. John and Anna's children were:Herbert, Arthur, Raymond, Clarence, Margaret, Adelia, Florence, Walte r, & Irene. John's father was Peter Fassbender.
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1867 - 1942 (74 years)
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