from Portrait and Biographical Album of Washington, Clay and Riley Counties, Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1890
FREDERICK WULFF. Son of one of the early
residents of Hanover Township, is a young man possessing a great amount
of energy and enterprise which are apparent on his fine farm, where he
has instituted modern improvements and is putting forth his best
efforts for further developments. He is numbered among the
representative young men of his township and is justly popular in
social and business circles. We find him in the enjoyment of tile
comforts of a pleasant home, comprising a well-regulated farm upon
which he has expended much labor and which bears fair comparison with
its neighbors.
The youngest of a family of five children, the subject of this sketch
was born June 7, 1855 in the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg. Germany, and
lived there until a youth of fifteen years when he emigrated with his
parents to America. The latter were John B. and Almuth (Bruns) Wulff,
who were likewise natives of Oldenburg and the father a farmer by
occupation. The latter likewise served six years in the German Army.
The parents lived in Oldenburg twenty years after their marriage, then,
in 1870 emigrated to America, landing in the city of Baltimore. Thence
they proceeded to Henry County, Ohio, and from there to Johnson County,
Neb. That same year they made another removal, coming to Washington
County, Kan. and settled upon the land which constitutes the present
homestead of their son. Here the father died in 1880. The mother is
still living and makes her home with one of her daughters, Mrs.
Drugmueller.
John B. Wulff was a man possessing both industry and energy.
He came to this country with little means but in due time became the
owner of 320 acres of land in Hanover Township. He was a man highly
respected and wielded a marked influence in his community. The parental
household included five children of whom Frederick, the subject of this
sketch was the youngest. He was placed in school at an early age and
received a good education in his native tongue. He worked with his
father on the borne farm until twenty-three years old, then purchased
160 acres of it and prepared to establish a home of his own. On the 2d
of May, 1879 he was united in marriage with Miss Minnie, daughter of
Christian and Stene (Myer) Shutte. The parents of Mrs. Wulff were
natives respectively of Prussia and Hanover. They emigrated to America
and aloe now living on a farm adjoining that of Mr. Wulff on the south.
Mr. Shutte has attained his three-score and ten years, while his
estimable wife is fifty-eight years old. They have six children living
and Mrs. Wulff is the fourth in order of birth. She was born in
Illinois in 1864 and acquired a good education in English. Of her union
with our subject there have been born three children: Anna, Jan. 28,
1880; Frederick, Jan. 28, 1884; and Minnie, Jan. 27, 1886.
Mr. and Mrs. Wulff are prominently connected with the German Lutheran
Church at Hanover. Mr. Wulff, politically, is a stanch Democrat and
keeps himself well posted upon the political issues of the times. His
farm is finely situated on the west side of the Blue River, directly
opposite the little city of Hanover. The residence was put up at a cost
of about $500. He has a barn, corn-crib, and shed all with stone
foundations, and erected in a neat and substantial manner. Most of the
land is in a good state of cultivation, 115 acres being under the plow.
Mr. Wulff has planted a goodly number of fruit trees and is
considerably interested in livestock, having sixty head of cattle, 175
head of swine and fifteen head of horses. In 1885 he purchased forty
acres of land on section 18, Hanover Township. He has a fine start,
with the prospect of a competency ere becoming aged.
