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EMIL VETTING
This is a biographical sketch from "History of Manitowoc County Wisconsin" .by Dr. L. Falge, 1911-1912, v.2, p.10-11.

Emil Vetting, chairman of the town board of Manitowoc Rapids, and one of his community's leading agriculturists, is a native of the city of Manitowoc, and was born February 16, 1864, a son of Louis and Julia (Reich) Vetting. Louis Vetting was born in 1830, in Germany, and came to the United States at the age of eighteen years with his brother, Frederick, securing employment by the month as a farm hand in Manitowoc county, and also engaging in the manufacture of shingles. Until 1868 he made his home in the city of Manitowoc, and in that year purchased the land that became the Vetting family homestead, on which there had been but little improving done, the family residence being a log barn until Mr. Vetting could erect a more comfortable home. The remainder of Mr. Vetting's life was spent on this land and at the time of his death he had developed it into a valuable property, being ranked among the leading farmers of his community. He died in 1895, while his widow, who was born August 4, 1839, in Germany, survived him until 1911 and passed away in the city of Manitowoc. Louis Vetting served his town as assessor for two terms and always took a deep and active interest in the official affairs of his community. Emil Vetting was one of a family of eight children, and was four years of age when the family moved to the town of Rapids, his education being secured in the district schools here. Reared to the occupation of a farmer, he has made this his life work, and his knowledge of matters agricultural have made him one of Rapids' most successful men in that line. Like his father, Mr. Vetting has interested himself in matters pertaining to the public welfare of this section, and he has served as supervisor of the town of Rapids for two years, and in 1909 was elected by his fellow townsmen to act in the capacity of chairman of the board, a position which he at present very acceptably fills. Mr. Vetting bought his farm in 1895, and during the same year was united in marriage with Miss Matilda Larson, daughter of Ole and Maria Larson, natives of Norway, who came to this country and settled in the town of Cato, Manitowoc county, where Mrs. Vetting was born. Seven children have been born to this union: Eugene, Olga, Irvin, Herbert, Clarence, Helen and Viola. The family is connected
with the German Lutheran church.

Emil married LARSON, Mathilda on 30 Mar 1895 in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA. Mathilda (daughter of KJÆR, Ole Larson and HOLM, Anna Marie) was born on 23 Jun 1871 in Cato, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA; died on 2 Oct 1937 in Manitowoc Rapids, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA; was buried in Newtonburg, Wisconsin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. VETTING, Viola was born in 1912 in Wisconsin, USA.
2. VETTING, Helen was born in 1908 in Wisconsin, USA.
3. VETTING, Gerhardt was born in 1914 in Wisconsin, USA.
4. VETTING, Arnold was born in 1917 in Wisconsin, USA.
5. VETTING, Herbert was born in 1903 in Wisconsin, USA.
6. VETTING, Clarence was born in 1906 in Wisconsin, USA.