Christ Klatt
Christ Klatt, one of the
successful and representative agriculturalists of
Waupaca County, now living in Mukwa Township, was born December 26, 1859 in Posen,
Prussia. Jacob Klatt,
his father, was a native of the same locality, born in 1829, and was educated
in the common schools of the Fatherland.
He was reared upon a farm, serving as foreman of a large landed estate
after he arrived at years of maturity, and was thus employed until 1871, the
year of his emigration to America. Mr. Klatt was
joined in wedlock in Germany with Miss Anna Klawitter, also a native of Posen, and
they became the parents of three children—Andrew, Christ, subject of this sketch
and Mary, wife of Stafford Bolinski, of Mukwa.
Upon emigration to America they located in Waukesha, Wis., a year later removing to New London, Wis., where for some time the father worked in the
factories. In that way he acquired the
capital necessary to purchase land, and in 1874 he became owner of a tract of
120 acres upon which he yet resides, but is now owned by his son, Andrew. His political views are in harmony with the
principles of the Democratic Party, and in religious belief he is a Catholic.
No event of special importance
occurred during the childhood and youth of Christ Klatt, who acquired a good
Education, pursuing his studies in the public schools of his native land, and
in the schools of this country after the emigration of his parents to the United States. He was reared
upon the farm, but during his youth learned the carpenter trade, and for some
seven years, followed bridge carpentering upon the railroad. He was an expert workman, one who thoroughly
understood the business in all its details, and his services were therefore
constantly in demand. At length,
however, he determined to engage in agriculture pursuits, and in 1886 he became
the owner of an eighty-acre tract of land in the
township of Mukwa,
upon which he located in 1888. For the
past six years he has devoted his time, and energies to its development and
cultivation, and now has a highly-improved farm—one of the valuable properties
of this locality.
On October 8, 1886, in New London Wis., was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Klatt and Miss
Mary Nussbaum, who was born in the town of Ellington, Outagamie Co., Wis, September 20, 1870, daughter of William and Annie
(Kraus) Nussbaum; the parents who were natives of Germany, came to the United
States in very limited circumstances, but now are numbered among the substantial
and progressive agriculturalists of Mukwa township. By this marriage there are three daughters—Clara,
Rosa and Annie. Mr. Klatt votes with the
Democratic party, which he has supported since becoming an American citizen,
and has filled the office of supervisor.
He is a member of the Catholic Church and the Catholic Knights of
Wisconsin and takes an active and commendable interest in everything pertaining
to the welfare of the community in which he makes his home. The many excellencies
of his character have won him high regard, and he has a large circle of friends
and acquaintances in his neighborhood.
Information copied from:
COMMEMORATIVE BIOGRAPHICAL
RECORD OF THE UPPER WISCONSIN
This book was printed in
Chicago:
J. H. BEERS & CO.
1895
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