for themselves, built shelter homes from logs. As the
years progressed Szymon handed down the farm to
his son John in 1901. In 1908 Jacob bought the
farm from his brother. Later in years Jacob sold the
farm to his son Theodore and wife Frances (Writz)
in the year of 1913. Jacob and his wife and children
then settled on a farm located one mile northwest of
Poniatowski.
Theodore and Frances worked hard clearing the
heavy timber of 100 acres. They used horses and
logging sleighs. The house and barn were built of
logs. At the beginning they had like 5 cows, 6
sheep, some pigs and chickens. To get the groceries
they used sleighs once a month. Lot of field work
was done by hand, grain with a cradle; hay made
with sythes; straw chopped by a hexle machine and
peas and beans done by flail. The women had to
help a lot until the family grew up. Later Theodore
built a barn in 1914 and in 1920 the brick house
was built. A lot of hand work was included and later a
wood stave silo was also built. In 1928 he bought a
McCormick tractor and a McCormich threshing
machine with which he did custom work for threshing
and filling silos. He was the only one that had one,
besides a small line of machinery.
Theodore (dec. 1960) and Frances (dec. 1964) had
13 children namely: Leo, Andrew, Joseph, John, Paul,
Julia (Boris), Rose (Buchberger), Catherine (Sis. M.
Kay), Victor, Marcella (Vogedes), Martha (Zielinski),
Louie, and Loretta (Jesko). Three sons served in
the service U.S.A.
Frances enjoyable hobbies were spinning wool and
knitting.
In the year of 1945, their son Leo, and wife
Theresa (Bargender) bought the farm and continued to
farm with the same horses and the same tractor for
two years. They had 26 milk cows, and some sheep,
chickens, geese, and ducks. As the years went on
Leo bought more machinery, a new tractor in 1952 a
Co-op tractor, silo, blower, drags, chopper, wagons
and a different threshing machine with which he did
custom work. In 1969 a new 44' x 104' shed was
built, the house was remodeled and pine and spruce
trees were planted.

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Leo and Thersa had ten children namely: Marlyn
(Sister M. Ursula), Kenneth, Carol (Sister M. Carlotta),
James, Betty (Miskulin), Joyce (Benning), Glenn,
Gerald, Cindy and Randy. The two daughters are
nuns in the Felician Order of Chicago, and three
sons farming. Theresa's parents are deceased. She
came from a family of eight. Four brothers and three
sisters.
In. 1976, two single sons Glenn and Gerald bought
the farm from them. Leo and Theresa then moved to
their new home at Athens, Wisconsin. Remodeling
of the barn and milkhouse was done; new pipe line
milker was installed; more cows added; a new silo
was built and more machinery and tractors were
purchased. They are now on grade A milk and ship to
A.M.P.I.

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