Albert Netzel died in 1919 at the age of 61, and was buried in Clintonville, Wisconsin on Graceland Cemetery.
From "Commemorative Blographical Record of the Upper Wisconsin Counties: Waupaca, Portage, Wood, Marathon, Oneida, Vilas, Langlade and Shawano" by Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co. 1895;
Albert Netzel is a native of Germany, born in Pommern in 1858 to
August and Fredericka (Blanck) Netzel, who were also natives of the same neighborhood,
The parents of our subject were reared and married in Germany, and on determining to leave the Fatherland took passage on a sailing vessel at Bremen, which, after a voyage of seven weeks, reached the harbor of Baltimore. They thence proceeded by rail to Oshkosh. Wis, by boat to New London, and on foot to Grant township, Shawano county, where the father secured a tract of timber land, and began the work of developing a farm.
Many were the hardships and trials of pioneer life to be endured; but as the vears passed and the country became more thickly settled, the comforts of civilization were more easily obtained, and the unbroken timber tract was greatly improved. The father there died in August, 1881, but the mother is still living on the old homestead.
They had a family of eight children: Charley, who is married (Louise Buelter) and resides in Grant township, Shawano Co., Wis.; Otelia, wife of Gottlieb Garbrecht, a clothing merchant of Shawano: William, who is married (Wilhelmine Ulricke Krueger), and follows farming in Grant township; Herman (m. Louise Reisner Qualmann) who carries on carpentering in Shawano; August, who is married (Emelie Raasch), and carries on agricultural pursuits in Grant township; Julius, who is married (Mathilda Laatsch), and is engaged in the furniture business in Caroline,
Wis., Amelia, wife of Theodore Buettner, a miller of that place; and A. F subject of this sketch.
A. F. Netzel was reared and educated in Germany, and came to this country with his parents, for the first few years aiding in the arduous task of clearing and developing a new farm. He remained on the old homestead until seventeen years of age, when he learned the trade of carpentering with his brother, following that porsuit for four years. He next engaged in the saloon and hotel business in Caroline, Wis, where he continued for a period of four years, at the end of that time coming to Clintonville, where he rented a store room of M. Madel for two years. He then built his present business block, a two-story structure 24 x 50 feet.
This was in 1892, and since that time he has carried on the saloon business, winning success in his undertakings.
Mr. Netzel was married in Shawano county, Wis, in (March 17) 1882, to Miss Augusta Jesse, who was born in Mayville, Dodge Co, Wis., and is a daughter of Charley and Caroline Jesse, natives of Germany, and pioneer settlers of Mayville. Her father is a farmer by occupation, and is now engaged in gardening near Waupun, Wis.
Six children have been born to our subject and his wife: Rudolph. Alma, Helinda, Albert. Arthur and Viola. While living in Shawano county Mr. Netzel served as justice of the peace, and in polities he is a Republican. He has lived in this section of the State for almost a quarter of a century, and has, therefore, witnessed much of its growth and development, always doing his share in the work of progress.