Lewis Steffen may have been born "Frank Lewis," and his name was often spelled "Louis" by census takers and a county historian (see below). But he appears to have typically gone by "Lewis Steffen."
He was born May 5, 1858, the 6th of at least 9 children of John and Appolonia (Stark) Steffen. His parents had immigrated from German with his father's father and stepmother in 1848, first settling in New York and then coming to Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin in Spring 1855. Lewis grew up on a farm in Dale, Outagamie, Wisconsin near his grandfather Jakob Steffen and step-grandmother, and near some of his father's siblings and various cousins. (See his parents' and grandfather Jakob Steffen's biographies, also associated with Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery.)
Here is a short bio from the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, (written in 1895), page 829-30 on his life:
"Louis Steffen was born May 5, 1860 (note: incorrect year 00 it was 1858) in Hortonia, Outagamie county, passed his youth and early manhood on the farm and at school, and at the age of twenty-one began working for his own account. For some years he was engaged in lumbering, and for the next five years followed farming in the employ of others, after which he bought a farm in North Dakota, near Jamestown, upon which he located and engaged in raising wheat. After living four years on this farm he sold it, then, in company with his brother Peter, bought the farm he now occupies and which they have since conducted. On May 18, 1887, Mr. Steffen married Miss Annie E. Steffen, who was born in Hortonia township, June 27, 1863, daughter of Jacob and Isabella Steffen, and two children have come to their home, Florence Jessie, born May 26, 1889, in North Dakota, where she died August 18, 1889, and Ercell, born December 18, 1890. Like the other members of his family Mr. Steffen is a member of the Catholic Church."
It must be noted that Lewis' wife Annie was his first cousin. Her father Jacob Steffen (see above) was Lewis' father, John's, full brother, both John and Jacob being sons of Jakob Steffen and his second wife Mary Elizabeth.
The above source, notes in another place that Lewis and his brother owned and operated a threshing outfit together, which they used with success to make money beyond what they made with their farm.
After the above biography was written in 1895, Lewis and his wife Annie had a third child, Gerald Ira, on December 9, 1897. Thus, they had two children -- a boy and a girl -- who lived to adulthood (Ercella and Gerald).
Lewis Steffen continued to live with his wife, two children and brother as long as two servants through the 1900 and 1910 Censuses. He appears to have been quite prosperous. He died on October 22, 1917 at the age of only 59, and was buried in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery near his father Jakob, various siblings, nephews and nieces. His wife Anna was buried by him when she died years later in 1926.
He was born May 5, 1858, the 6th of at least 9 children of John and Appolonia (Stark) Steffen. His parents had immigrated from German with his father's father and stepmother in 1848, first settling in New York and then coming to Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin in Spring 1855. Lewis grew up on a farm in Dale, Outagamie, Wisconsin near his grandfather Jakob Steffen and step-grandmother, and near some of his father's siblings and various cousins. (See his parents' and grandfather Jakob Steffen's biographies, also associated with Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery.)
Here is a short bio from the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, (written in 1895), page 829-30 on his life:
"Louis Steffen was born May 5, 1860 (note: incorrect year 00 it was 1858) in Hortonia, Outagamie county, passed his youth and early manhood on the farm and at school, and at the age of twenty-one began working for his own account. For some years he was engaged in lumbering, and for the next five years followed farming in the employ of others, after which he bought a farm in North Dakota, near Jamestown, upon which he located and engaged in raising wheat. After living four years on this farm he sold it, then, in company with his brother Peter, bought the farm he now occupies and which they have since conducted. On May 18, 1887, Mr. Steffen married Miss Annie E. Steffen, who was born in Hortonia township, June 27, 1863, daughter of Jacob and Isabella Steffen, and two children have come to their home, Florence Jessie, born May 26, 1889, in North Dakota, where she died August 18, 1889, and Ercell, born December 18, 1890. Like the other members of his family Mr. Steffen is a member of the Catholic Church."
It must be noted that Lewis' wife Annie was his first cousin. Her father Jacob Steffen (see above) was Lewis' father, John's, full brother, both John and Jacob being sons of Jakob Steffen and his second wife Mary Elizabeth.
The above source, notes in another place that Lewis and his brother owned and operated a threshing outfit together, which they used with success to make money beyond what they made with their farm.
After the above biography was written in 1895, Lewis and his wife Annie had a third child, Gerald Ira, on December 9, 1897. Thus, they had two children -- a boy and a girl -- who lived to adulthood (Ercella and Gerald).
Lewis Steffen continued to live with his wife, two children and brother as long as two servants through the 1900 and 1910 Censuses. He appears to have been quite prosperous. He died on October 22, 1917 at the age of only 59, and was buried in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery near his father Jakob, various siblings, nephews and nieces. His wife Anna was buried by him when she died years later in 1926.
Lewis Steffen may have been born "Frank Lewis," and his name was often spelled "Louis" by census takers and a county historian (see below). But he appears to have typically gone by "Lewis Steffen."
He was born May 5, 1858, the 6th of at least 9 children of John and Appolonia (Stark) Steffen. His parents had immigrated from German with his father's father and stepmother in 1848, first settling in New York and then coming to Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin in Spring 1855. Lewis grew up on a farm in Dale, Outagamie, Wisconsin near his grandfather Jakob Steffen and step-grandmother, and near some of his father's siblings and various cousins. (See his parents' and grandfather Jakob Steffen's biographies, also associated with Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery.)
Here is a short bio from the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, (written in 1895), page 829-30 on his life:
"Louis Steffen was born May 5, 1860 (note: incorrect year 00 it was 1858) in Hortonia, Outagamie county, passed his youth and early manhood on the farm and at school, and at the age of twenty-one began working for his own account. For some years he was engaged in lumbering, and for the next five years followed farming in the employ of others, after which he bought a farm in North Dakota, near Jamestown, upon which he located and engaged in raising wheat. After living four years on this farm he sold it, then, in company with his brother Peter, bought the farm he now occupies and which they have since conducted. On May 18, 1887, Mr. Steffen married Miss Annie E. Steffen, who was born in Hortonia township, June 27, 1863, daughter of Jacob and Isabella Steffen, and two children have come to their home, Florence Jessie, born May 26, 1889, in North Dakota, where she died August 18, 1889, and Ercell, born December 18, 1890. Like the other members of his family Mr. Steffen is a member of the Catholic Church."
It must be noted that Lewis' wife Annie was his first cousin. Her father Jacob Steffen (see above) was Lewis' father, John's, full brother, both John and Jacob being sons of Jakob Steffen and his second wife Mary Elizabeth.
The above source, notes in another place that Lewis and his brother owned and operated a threshing outfit together, which they used with success to make money beyond what they made with their farm.
After the above biography was written in 1895, Lewis and his wife Annie had a third child, Gerald Ira, on December 9, 1897. Thus, they had two children -- a boy and a girl -- who lived to adulthood (Ercella and Gerald).
Lewis Steffen continued to live with his wife, two children and brother as long as two servants through the 1900 and 1910 Censuses. He appears to have been quite prosperous. He died on October 22, 1917 at the age of only 59, and was buried in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery near his father Jakob, various siblings, nephews and nieces. His wife Anna was buried by him when she died years later in 1926.
He was born May 5, 1858, the 6th of at least 9 children of John and Appolonia (Stark) Steffen. His parents had immigrated from German with his father's father and stepmother in 1848, first settling in New York and then coming to Hortonville, Outagamie, Wisconsin in Spring 1855. Lewis grew up on a farm in Dale, Outagamie, Wisconsin near his grandfather Jakob Steffen and step-grandmother, and near some of his father's siblings and various cousins. (See his parents' and grandfather Jakob Steffen's biographies, also associated with Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery.)
Here is a short bio from the Commemorative Biographical Record of the Fox River Valley, (written in 1895), page 829-30 on his life:
"Louis Steffen was born May 5, 1860 (note: incorrect year 00 it was 1858) in Hortonia, Outagamie county, passed his youth and early manhood on the farm and at school, and at the age of twenty-one began working for his own account. For some years he was engaged in lumbering, and for the next five years followed farming in the employ of others, after which he bought a farm in North Dakota, near Jamestown, upon which he located and engaged in raising wheat. After living four years on this farm he sold it, then, in company with his brother Peter, bought the farm he now occupies and which they have since conducted. On May 18, 1887, Mr. Steffen married Miss Annie E. Steffen, who was born in Hortonia township, June 27, 1863, daughter of Jacob and Isabella Steffen, and two children have come to their home, Florence Jessie, born May 26, 1889, in North Dakota, where she died August 18, 1889, and Ercell, born December 18, 1890. Like the other members of his family Mr. Steffen is a member of the Catholic Church."
It must be noted that Lewis' wife Annie was his first cousin. Her father Jacob Steffen (see above) was Lewis' father, John's, full brother, both John and Jacob being sons of Jakob Steffen and his second wife Mary Elizabeth.
The above source, notes in another place that Lewis and his brother owned and operated a threshing outfit together, which they used with success to make money beyond what they made with their farm.
After the above biography was written in 1895, Lewis and his wife Annie had a third child, Gerald Ira, on December 9, 1897. Thus, they had two children -- a boy and a girl -- who lived to adulthood (Ercella and Gerald).
Lewis Steffen continued to live with his wife, two children and brother as long as two servants through the 1900 and 1910 Censuses. He appears to have been quite prosperous. He died on October 22, 1917 at the age of only 59, and was buried in Saints Peter and Paul Cemetery near his father Jakob, various siblings, nephews and nieces. His wife Anna was buried by him when she died years later in 1926.
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