From History of Walworth County Wisconsin, Vol. 1, by Albert Clayton Beckwith, 
publ. 1912 - Pages 712 - 713
 
ALBERT HOGE.  One would be compelled to cover a wide radius of territory in 
southern Wisconsin to find a more painstaking tiller of the soil than Albert 
HOGE, of Geneva township, but this is not to be wondered at when we learn that 
he comes of the thrifty Germanic race and that his ancestors were all people 
who believed in hard work and painstaking effort.
 
Mr. HOGE was born in Pemmern, Germany, on September 3, 1867, and is the son of 
Christ and Rica HOGE.  The subject spent his boyhood in the fatherland, and 
when sixteen years old he emigrated to America, with his aunt, to Harvard, 
Illinois.  After working out a year and a half, he had saved enough out of his 
earnings to pay for the transportation of his father, mother and brother, Ben, 
and sister, Freda, to America, which he accordingly did, and the family located 
near Harvard, Illinois, the parents finally buying a nice home and lived there 
many years, the father dying in May 1908.  The mother is still living, making 
her home with her daughter Freda, who married August PRUSSING.  Ben also worked 
and saved his money, learned the barber's trade, which he now follows, and he 
too, owns a good home.
 
Albert HOGE bought his farm in 1899, but rented his father-in-law's farm for 
four years and then moved on his present farm in Geneva township, Walworth 
county, section 19, in which he has eighty acres; he also owns forty acres in 
section 20.  He built a splendid residence here in 1911, and is now well fixed, 
having a well improved and productive farm, which he has kept up to a high 
state of cultivation.  He handles a good grade of live stock.
 
Mr. HOGE was marred in May 1891 to Annie RADER, of Geneva township, this 
county.  She was born in Brandenburg, Germany, and when a child was brought to 
Walworth county, Wisconsin, by her parents, William and Dora (BRINKMAN) RADER.  
They located in Bloomfield township, this county, about 1870, buying a farm 
there.  After living there some time they bought a farm in Geneva township, 
near Como, and lived there twenty-five years or more.  The mother died a few 
years after coming to America, and the father is now living near Genoa 
Junction, Bloomfield township.  One daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. 
HOGE, Oleda.  They all three belong to the Lutheran church at Elkhorn.

Submitted By:  Carol
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