Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 394-395

JOHN HAEBERLE. Among the citizens of Ohio Township who are of German birth is the gentleman of whom this narrative is written. He was reared in his native land, and there learned the traits of economy and frugality which have been the source of his present competency. Many of the best citizens of Sedgwick County are his countrymen, and they almost invariably merit and receive the esteem and respect of the community to the same degree that he does.

      Mr. Haeberle is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, and was born Aug. 2, 1847. The home of his parents, Frederick and Regina Haeberle, stood among the beautiful hills and mountains which dot that picturesque land, and there our subject grew to manhood. In his boyhood, like all German youths, he was well educated in his native language, both in the common schools and the High School, as he was an only son. As he grew to maturer years ideas of the future began to flit across his mind, and knowing how difficult it was in his native land for a man to rise above the circumstances of his birth, and finding the land oppressed by an iron military despotism, he cast his eyes toward America. In that land, he thought, where one man is as good as another, he might rise to a better state of affluence than was possible at home, and in 1866 he went to Bremen, and embarking on a steamer, after an ocean voyage of twenty-two days across the stormy Atlantic landed at New York City.

      After a short time spent in the metropolis, Mr. Haeberle came West, and settled at the town of McGregor, Clayton Co., Iowa, which was then one of the busiest places on the Mississippi River. For about three years he was employed as a clerk in the store of Mr. Liebhardt, after which, in 1871, he returned to the fatherland, on a visit to his boyhood home. On returning to the United States, in the following year, he came to Kansas, and settling in Sedgwick County, took up, under the pre-emption act, the southeast quarter of section 8, Ohio Township, where he made his residence until 1874. From the latter date until 1880 he spent his time in the West, where he was engaged in mining and brewing, and then returned to his farm, where he has since lived.

      During the year 1880, however, previous to settling down to agricultural pursuits for the second time, our subject revisited his native land, but returned the same year. He was united in marriage, May 22,1882, with Miss Pauline Krimmel, who was born in Wurtemberg on the 17th of February, 1859, and is the daughter of John and Anna (Fuss) Krimmel, natives of Germany. Our subject and his wife make their home upon his farm, where he has 160 acres of highly fertile and productive land, which, by the exercise of industry, energy and excellent management, he has brought to a model condition of cultivation. Coming to this country a poor lad, he has been the architect of his own fortunes, and is deserving of the highest commendation. Possessing the esteem and respect of the entire community, he may well be ranked among the honest and representative German citizens of Sedgwick County. His honor and integrity are unimpeachable, his word being considered as good as his bond. Politically, he is entirely independent of any partisanship, and in the exercise of his elective franchise considers the man and not party platforms. He is a member of the German Evangelical Association, and is a true and sincere Christian gentleman.

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