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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 781 17, 1855. His parents, Wenzel and Frances Grossbeck, came to America in 1856, farmed near La Crosse, .Wis., from that year until 1879, then moved to Wabasha county, this state, where the father ended his days as a farmer. The mother, now ninety-two years of age, makes her home with her son, Anton. The sub- ject of this sketch was educated in the public schools of La Crosse, and assisted his father on the farm until 1877, when he came to Mazeppa, Minn., and purchased eigthy acres. To this tract he added from time to time until he owned 240 acres, largely timber land, which he cleared and prepared for crops, im- proving the place by erecting a pleasant home. In 1898 he sold out and purchased 110 acres within the village limits of Zum- brota. In addition to this he owns seventy-one acres in section 30, Zumbrota township, near his village property. Here he carries on general farming. Mr. Grossbeck is a hard working, industrious man, and a law-abiding citizen, a genial companion and a loyal friend. He ' votes the Republican ticket, but has never cared to engage actively in political affairs. His wife, Sophia, whom he married October 23, 1895, was born in Pine Island township, January 24, 1857, daughter of Henry and Sophia Ahneman, natives of Germany. Mrs. Grossbeck is a thorough housekeeper, and a good wife. Arthur E. Mosher, of Zumbrota village, was born in Zumbrota township, May 11, 1871, and received his education in the public schools. After finishing his schooling he engaged with his father in the harness business, to which enterprise a line of shoes was later added. He continued in this business until 1906, when he was appointed assistant cashier of the First State Bank of Zum- brota, proving himself so efficient, that after two months was elected cashier, which position of trust he held at the time of the consolidation, being now connected with the Security State Bank. m He is also interested with Mark H. Powers in the insurance busi- ness. Mr. Mosher has been village treasurer two years, being also a member of the Modern Samaritans. He was married Janu- ary 25, 1901, at Winona, to Florence Angle, of Sparta, Wis., daughter of O. F. Angle, one of the prominent business men of that place. Mr. and Mrs. Mosher have three children — Geraldine, born February 9, 1903, and Dorothy, born May 15, 1906 ; Florence S., born August 3, 1909. Arthur E. Mosher is the son of William and Julia E. (Smith) Mosher, the former a native of New York state and the latter of Hartford, Conn. They came west v in the early fifties and settled in Mazeppa, Minn. William E. Mosher, of Zumbrota village, was born in Onan- daga county, N. Y., March 11, 1843, son of John and Louisa (Marvin) Mosher, both natives of New York state. The father came west in the spring of 1859, locating at Chester, Wabasha