Joseph Gottfried

    Joseph Gottfried, one of the old and highly esteemed German farmers of Warrick County, was born in Bohemia, Germany, July 24, 1814, and is the oldest of nine children born to John and Annie (Repka) Gottfried, who were also natives of Bohemia, where they lived and died.

    Joseph's early years were passed in attending the schools of his native country and assisting his parents. in 1849 he left home, relatives and native land, and crossing the great expanse of water, came to the United States. For three years he resided at Cleveland, Ohio, then came to this county where he resided three years longer. He then went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but in 1865 returned to Warrick County, Indiana, which has since been his home. For two years he farmed in Boon Township, and since then has been engaged in agricultural pursuits on his present place of eighty acres of good land.

    September 11, 1853, Mr. Gottfried married Mary Pecka, and the following named of the nine children born to them are yet living: Rudolph, Anna, Josephine, John, Frank, Charley and Emma. Mr. Gottfried is an enterprising and successful farmer, and he and family belong to the Roman Catholic Church.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.