Seebach, Fred "Fred."

Sessions Served

Other Information

House 1913-14 (District 29); House 1915-16 (District 19)

Party when first elected: Republican

Counties Served: Goodhue

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Date of Birth: 5/28/1841

Birth Place:

Birth County:

Birth Country: Germany

Date of Death:

Gender: Male

Religion:

Reported Minority: None Reported

Other Names: Fred.

City of Residence (when first elected): Red Wing

Occupation (when first elected): County Treasurer, Goodhue County/Formerly Taught School

EDUCATION

OTHER GOVERNMENT SERVICE

County Board/Commissioner: Goodhue County, Minnesota (County Commissioner); 1??? to 1???

Municipal Council/Aldermen: Red Wing, Minnesota (Alderman); 1??? to 1???

Municipal Government: Wisconsin (Town Clerk); 18?? to 18??

Postmaster: Red Wing, Minnesota; 18?? to 1888 [Appointed]

Military: Union Army, 24th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers (United States Civil War, Infantry; Prisoner of War, 15 months; Andersonville, 13 of the 15 months); 08/1862 to 1865

County Government: Goodhue County, Minnesota (County Treasurer); 1902 to 1913 [Elected]

FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS

Spouse: Lydia Hernlem (married on July 9, 1868)
Children: Eight children: Fred, Jacob, Henry, John, and Ernest (sons); Emma, Matilda, and Lulu (daughters)

Family Members Who Have Served in the Minnesota Legislature:

GENERAL NOTES

He came to the United States with his parents and settled near Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the spring of 1844.

"He enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry in August, 1862, was taken prisoner at the battle of Chickamauga, and incarcerated in both Andersonville and Libby prisons." (History of Goodhue County, Minnesota)

He moved to Red Wing in 1873 after selling his farm in Racine, Wisconsin.