A Standard History of Waupaca County, Wisconsin. An Authentic Narrative of the Past, with Particular Attention to the Modern Era in the Commercial, Industrial, Educational, Civic and Social Development.

              HISTORY OP WAUPACA COUNTY 739
and when death came to him on April 5, 1889, he had about thirty acres cleared and he had also erected a small barn. His widow survived him and kept her home on the old place until her death in January, 1915, at the age of seventy-eight. They were parents of four children: William, in California.; Albert; Paul, who is in the automobile business in Minnesota; and Louis of Madison, AA^isconsin.
Albert Schoelkopf was eight years of age when his parents removed to Waupaca County and he acquired his education while living on the old farm in Bear Creek Township. In his youthful years he took his part in the farm work, and after the death of his father he assumed the entire management. He later bought out the interests of the other heirs, provided a home for his mother, and on the old farm has also reared his own family.
On November 15, 1894, Mr. Schoelkopf married Augusta Hass, daugh¬ ter of Wilhelm and Helena Hass of Bear Creek Township.
At the present time Mr. Schoelkopf has about sixty acres of the Lone Oak Stock Farm cleared and in cultivation, and every stump has been removed from the fields. He has built and fortified his fences, has re¬ modeled the house into a comfortable residence, and a few years ago he put up his fine stock barn, 40' by 60 feet. In 1914 he erected a silo 121/9 by 33 feet. His principal income is through dairying, and he milks from ten to twelve cows and also keeps some hogs,
Mr, Schoelkopf is also secretary of the Mattison Telephone Company, He has been a good citizen as well as a successful farmer, was a member of the township board two years, assessor five years, and chairman of the township board three years.   He is an independent republican.
Air, and Mrs, Schoelkopf have seven children, and the sons are now . actively associated with their father in business. The children's names are: Lydia, Herman, Esther, Robert, Lorrine, Celia and Flora, the last being twins.
Wilhelm Hass, father of Mrs. Albert Schoelkopf, was born in Germany June 14, 1847, a son of Fred and AVilhelmina Wendt Hass, His father was a glazier and spent all his life in Pomerania. He and his family were Lutherans.   The children were Augustus W.^ Wilhelm, August and Fred.
Wilhelm Hass had the advantages of the German public schools, .learned the glazier's trade, and in the spring of 1881 emigrated to America. Coming to Waupaca County he located on his present farm in section 10 of Bear Creek. Township. The land was all wild, and the only improvement was a log shack. Up to that time Wilhelm Hass had never had an axe in his hand. He soon learned how to use it and wielded it with good effect in clearing off the heavy woods. Altogether he cleared up about sixty acres, and on his farm of eighty acres he has placed all the buildings and in many ways has improved and increased its value. In 1872 he married Helena Bremar, and she and their chil¬ dren accompanied him to America and began life in the wilds of Bear Creek Township. The children were: Alary, Augusta, Anna, Minnie, who died when a young woman, Emelia, William and Fred. The Hass family are all active members of the German Lutheran Church.