Johann Fuchs

John Fuchs was born in Germany. He married Anna Gertrude Loehr in 1841, and the same year located in Wisconsin in the township of Calumet.

In 1854 the family went to Milwaukee, and from there set out with an ox team to drive to St. Paul. They spent the winter in that place, and there the son, John, was born. The other children were Michael, Quirin, Mary Ann, Joseph, and Elizabeth. In the spring of 1855 the family came to St. Cloud, then a little hamlet of log houses. After staying there a few days and looking about, they secured a quarter section in Wakefield township now occupied by the subject of this mention. (John Fuchs Jr)

There were then no roads but the stage track and the Indian trails. The nearest neighbor was over a mile distant. Samuel Wakefield, from whom the town was named lived two miles away. The Fuchs family built a log cabin and a log barn and with two yoke of oxen began to clear the place for cultivation.

During the Indian troubles the family fled to St. Joseph for a short stay. John Fuchs Sr., the father, added 100 acres to his original claim, and became a prominent citizen. For a time he served as assessor of the township. He died in the middle seventies at the age of sixty-six. His wife died many years later at the age of eighty-one. (History of Stearns County, p 1008)

John Fuchs came to America from Germany, in the forties, bringing his wife with him. After forty-nine days on the water, they reached America, and then found their way overland to Wisconsin, where they secured forty acres of land in the woods, There they lived for about a decade.

It was in 1852 that the family came to St. Paul, driving an ox team. They spent the winter in that city, and in the spring of 1853 came to Stearns county.

During the Indian troubles the family took refuge in St. Cloud, while the father shouldered a gun in defense of the frontier. John Fuchs made his home on a farm near Cold Springs until his death.

(History of Stearns County, pp 1066-1067)

In 1854 the family went to Milwaukee, and from there set out with an ox team to drive to St. Paul. They spent the winter in that place, and there the son, John, was born. The other children were Michael, Quirin, Mary Ann, Joseph, and Elizabeth. In the spring of 1855 the family came to St. Cloud, then a little hamlet of log houses. After staying there a few days and looking about, they secured a quarter section in Wakefield township now occupied by the subject of this mention. (John Fuchs Jr)

There were then no roads but the stage track and the Indian trails. The nearest neighbor was over a mile distant. Samuel Wakefield, from whom the town was named lived two miles away. The Fuchs family built a log cabin and a log barn and with two yoke of oxen began to clear the place for cultivation.

During the Indian troubles the family fled to St. Joseph for a short stay. John Fuchs Sr., the father, added 100 acres to his original claim, and became a prominent citizen. For a time he served as assessor of the township. He died in the middle seventies at the age of sixty-six. His wife died many years later at the age of eighty-one. (History of Stearns County, p 1008)

John Fuchs came to America from Germany, in the forties, bringing his wife with him. After forty-nine days on the water, they reached America, and then found their way overland to Wisconsin, where they secured forty acres of land in the woods, There they lived for about a decade.

It was in 1852 that the family came to St. Paul, driving an ox team. They spent the winter in that city, and in the spring of 1853 came to Stearns county.

During the Indian troubles the family took refuge in St. Cloud, while the father shouldered a gun in defense of the frontier. John Fuchs made his home on a farm near Cold Springs until his death.

(History of Stearns County, pp 1066-1067)

In 1854 the family went to Milwaukee, and from there set out with an ox team to drive to St. Paul. They spent the winter in that place, and there the son, John, was born. The other children were Michael, Quirin, Mary Ann, Joseph, and Elizabeth. In the spring of 1855 the family came to St. Cloud, then a little hamlet of log houses. After staying there a few days and looking about, they secured a quarter section in Wakefield township now occupied by the subject of this mention. (John Fuchs Jr)

There were then no roads but the stage track and the Indian trails. The nearest neighbor was over a mile distant. Samuel Wakefield, from whom the town was named lived two miles away. The Fuchs family built a log cabin and a log barn and with two yoke of oxen began to clear the place for cultivation.

During the Indian troubles the family fled to St. Joseph for a short stay. John Fuchs Sr., the father, added 100 acres to his original claim, and became a prominent citizen. For a time he served as assessor of the township. He died in the middle seventies at the age of sixty-six. His wife died many years later at the age of eighty-one. (History of Stearns County, p 1008)

John Fuchs came to America from Germany, in the forties, bringing his wife with him. After forty-nine days on the water, they reached America, and then found their way overland to Wisconsin, where they secured forty acres of land in the woods, There they lived for about a decade.

It was in 1852 that the family came to St. Paul, driving an ox team. They spent the winter in that city, and in the spring of 1853 came to Stearns county.

During the Indian troubles the family took refuge in St. Cloud, while the father shouldered a gun in defense of the frontier. John Fuchs made his home on a farm near Cold Springs until his death. (History of Stearns County, pp 1066-1067)