Joseph Sieger

Sieger's parents, John and Frederikke, were born in Germany and arrived in the United States in 1853. They travelled to Wisconsin and purchased 100 acres of farmland along Alder Creek and route 2 in Wolf River Township. They must have been hard working and industrious for they eventually purchased an additional several hundred acres of tillable land and marsh, extending their property to the shores of the Wolf River. It was here, on the family farm, that Joseph was born, married his wife Addie, had a son Grant, worked his entire life, and died.

The Wolf River flows past Freemont to the north and Lake Poygon to the south. Freemont was home to the early, well known, decoy maker DeWitt Wakefield (1849 – 1942) and T...