This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hitz, Beguhn Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/gFC.2ACI/1304 Message Board Post: John F. Hitz, proprietor of Maple Hill Dairy Farms, consisting of two farms, one of 143 acres in Section 31, town of Red Cedar and the other of 34 acres on 14th Avenue within the limits of the city of Menomonie, was born in Germany, Aug. 29, 1861, son of John F. and Fredericka (Asmus) Hitz. Both parents died in their native land. John F. attended school in Germany and subsequently learned the cabinet-maker's trade, which he followed there until 1881. In April, that year, he came to the United States and to Menomonie, Wis., where he followed his trade, also doing carpenter work until 1909. Then buying an improved farm in the town of Red Cedar, he rebuilt the house, and put up a granary, wood house, machine shed and horse and cow barns, all in modern style and with modern equipment. There he farmed until 1917, when he rented the farm to his son on shares and bought the farm within the city limits. The buildings on this place were old and in their place, Mr. Hitz erected new on! es, including a fine modern stucco residence, and a modern dairy barn of 30 x 40 feet in ground plan. Mr. Hitz is following dairy farming with good success, keeping Guernsey cattle with a pure bred sire at the head of the herd. He was married April 26, 1890 to Anna Beguhn, who was born in the town of Red Cedar, March 9, 1870; and of this union, three children have been born: Gustav A. May 16, 1892; Erwin J. Oct 19, 1895; and Ferdinand, May 24, 1900. Ferdinand, who resides with his parents, is conducting the home farm in the town of Red Cedar. The Hitz family are members of the German Lutheran Church. Extracted from the History of Dunn County (Wisconsin), 1925, p. 679-680