WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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		    "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY MINNESOTA"
                               COMPILED BY
                         FRANKLYN CURTISS-WEDGE
                                AND OTHERS

                                ILLUSTRATED

                               WINONA, MINN.
                          H. C. COOPER, JR., & CO.
                                   1920




 Ahlers, Henry (page 744), a general farmer who is operating a good farm of 230 acres in Glasgow 
 Township, was born in Westphalia, Germany, October 31, 1885, son of Martin and Mary (Kors) Ahlers. 
 Given only a limited common school education, he was bound out at the age of 12 years by his father to a 
 farmer, and thus early acquired a knowledge of agriculture. In 1910 he came alone to Wabasha County, 
 Minnesota, where he had a brother, Herman, living. For two years he worked out as a farm hand during the 
 summers, cutting cordwood in the winters. On November 7, 1912, Mr. Ahlers married Mary Stamschror, 
 who was born on the farm in Glasgow Township, on which Mr. Ahlers now lives, in 1890, daughter of Mr. 
 and Mrs. Anton Stamschror. The first year after his marriage Mr. Ahlers rented his father-in-law's farm, 
 situated in sections 10 and 11. In 1913 he bought it and has since made his home there. It contains 230 
 acres, and is provided with a comfortable residence. When it came into his possession the other buildings 
 were poor, but he has improved the property by erecting a modern barn, 36 by 72 by 16 feet, with a full 
 eight-foot stone basement for cattle and horses. It has a cement floor and is provided with a modern 
 equipment. He also built a silo, 14 by 30 feet, of 100-ton capacity, a steel windmill and other necessary 
 buildings. The farm is well stocked with high grade Shorthorn cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs, and Shropshire 
 sheep, and Mr. Ahler's equipment includes a Dodge touring car. From a young man with a capital of $60 
 Mr. Ahlers has risen to be one of the most prosperous farmers of his township and is highly esteemed as a 
 man and citizen. The latter he became in the late spring of 1920, when he received his final papers of 
 nauturalization. He and his wife have been the parents of five children, the youngest of whom died in 
 infancy. The survivors are: Margaret A., born August 30, 1913; Helen E., born June 4, 1915; Joseph C., born 
 March 9, 1917, and John G., born September 9, 1918. The Ahlers family are Catholics in religion and 
 member of St. Felix parish.