Bio: Weis, John & Margaret - Early Spencer Area Farm (1887)

Transcriber: stan@wiclarkcountyhistory.org 

Surnames: Weis, Burggraf, Vernal, Boland

Source: Spencer Centennial Book (1874 – 1974)

John Weis came from Ahlbach, Germany to Marshfield, and in 1887 he came to the Jacob Boland farm located on County Trunk C. in the Town of Spencer. A short time later he purchased the farm describe as “80 acres more or less, according to the government survey.” John married Margaret Burggraf, and years later their son, William, and his wife Nellie, bought the farm, which they operated until his death in 1949. The area of the original farm has been extended from time to time, and now totals 500 acres, and is operated as the Weis Farms by two brothers, Vernal and Ray. Vernal and his family reside on the home site, and Ray and their mother, Nellie, live across the road. They have a herd of 75 dairy cows and 75 head of young stock.

 

 


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