WABASHA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
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			HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY


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                                   ALSO A 

                        HISTORY OF WINONA COUNTY

                                  CHICAGO:
                      H. H. HILL & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
                                     1884




  Basey, Augustus, restauranteur, Lake City, was born in the Province of Hamburg, now part of 
 Prussia, January 10, 1824. His father, Frederick, was a merchant and overseer of a farm, and the 
 youthful Augustus passed his early life in a rural region. When seventeen years old he began to learn 
 the baker's trade. In the spring of 1854 he set out for the land of promise beyond the Atlantic, and 
 landed at New York April 5. Proceeding to Canada, he found employment in a brass foundry, and set 
 about acquainting himself with the strange language spoken all around him. Before the close of the 
 year he found his way to Baltimore and secured employment at his trade. In 1855, in partnership with 
 a brother, he established a bakery at Watertown, Wisconsin. In July of the following year he sold out 
 to his brother and went to Sparta, in the same state, where he operated a bakery for three years, and 
 afterward a farm for like period. In 1864 he became a resident of Lake City and began his present 
 business. Five years later he built the handsome two-story brick-front which he now occupies. All 
 sorts of fruits and confectionery are kept on sale, and a fine business is done in feeding the hungry. 
 April 19, 1856, Mr. Basey was united in wedlock with Miss Laney Orman, born in New York, of 
 German parents. Three daughters have blessed this union, all at home, and christened Mary, Anna 
 and Emma. The Lutheran church represents the religious faith of the family. In political matters Mr. 
 Basey adheres to the democratic party. He is a member of the American Legion of Honor and the 
 Equitable Aged Union, and insurance organization.