Bio: Steinfeldt, John (History - 1844)

Poster: Janet Schwarze

----Surnames: STEINFELDT SCHULTZ FREUDLE HUYCK DELONG EBBE

----Source: 1891 Biographical History of Clark Jackson Counties Wisconsin

John Steinfeldt (1844)
 

John Steinfeldt, residing on section 34, York Township, is one of the many German citizens who have largely assisted in the development of the resources of this country. He was born in Mecklenburg, Germany, March 24, 1844, and is a son of John and Minnie (Schultz) Steinfeldt, natives of the same province. The parents emigrated to America in 1853, and settled in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, where they died at an advanced age. They had five children born to them, only two of whom lived to maturity: Mary, the wife of William Freudle, and John the subject of this biography. The latter was nine years of age when he came to America, and passed his youth in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, where he had the advantage of the public schools. He continued a resident of that county until 1883, and then removed to Clark County, and located on the farm where he now lives. He purchased at the time 120 acres, ten of which were cleared he now has about fifty acres under cultivation, and in time will reclaim the whole farm from the state in which nature left it. The life of a pioneer is not an easy one, and only those who have experienced it can appreciate the privations and hardships to which the early settlers were subjected. Mr. Steinfeldt began his career without any means, and it is through his own exertions that he has accumulated his property.

Politically he affiliates with the Republican party, and has represented the people of his township in many of its offices.
1862, he enlisted as a member of Company B, Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was honorably discharged in September, 1865, at Brownsville, Texas he participated in the battles of Little Rock, Jenkins Ferry, Prairie Duane, Vicksburg Spanish Fort and in the siege of Mobile, and several minor skirmishes, but was never wounded or taken prisoner.

Mr. Steinfeldt was married December 23, 1869, to Miss Margaret Huyck, of Sheboygan County, Wisconsin she was born in Canada, June 17, 1851, and is a daughter of Aaron and Margaret (DeLong) Huyck, natives of the state of New York, and now residents of York, Clark County Wisconsin.

Mr. And Mrs. Steinfeldt are the parents of one daughter, Mildred, the wife of John Ebbe, further notice of him will be found in this volume.