Page 678. Edward Wendt, a native of Oderberg, Germany, was born on December 11, 1853, the son of Henry and Henrietta (Riebe) Wendt, both of whom were natives of Germany. Henry Wendt died in his native country. The widow came to the United States in 1887, accompanied by some of her children and located in Buffalo, New York, where she died some years later. Mr. and Mrs. Wendt were the parents of the following children: August, Wilhelmina, Louise, Caroline, Emma and Edward. Edward Wendt was educated in the public schools of his native country, after which he served three years in the German army. After his term with the military forces expired he became a maker of brick, which occupation he followed until 1892, when he came to America. On coming to the United States he came at once to Pine Lake township, where he purchased eighty acres of land, which is his home at the present time. He devoted the greater part of his time during the first three years to work in the making of brick at Perham. Since the purchase of his first land, on coming to his new home, he has added one hundred and twenty acres to his farm. The land was without buildings and undeveloped, but by hard and diligent labor he today has the present buildings and the well cultivated fields, the greater part of the clearing and breaking of the land being done by Mr. Wendt. He practices
Page 679. general farming with success and his fields are among the best cultivated in the community. Edward Wendt was married in 1876 to Ulriecke Lehman at Oderberg, Germany. Mrs. Wendt has been of much assistance to her husband in his successful and active life. They are the parents of the following children: Clara, Bernard, Louise, George, Emma, Paul, Robert, Mary, Frieda, Edward and Otto. (History of Otter Tail County Minnesota, Volume II, Its People, Industries and Institutions, Edited by John W. Mason, B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, 1916)
Edward H. Wendt died 30 December 1933.