Other Events and Attributes:

• Obit: 4 Aug 1939, Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, United States; Address:
  Antigo Daily Journal

Notes:

There is a George Eckart living in Antigo WI in the 1900 Census.
Age would match his.
He is married to a Barbara which matches a Manitowoc County Marriage
EKART: George
m: 13 Nov. 1877 (co. mar. index v.4 p.123)
to: Barbara Legro

Name: George Eckart
Home in 1900: Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin
Age: 44
Birth Date: Dec 1855
Birthplace: Bohemia
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Immigration Year: 1856
Relationship to head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Bohemia
Mother's Birthplace: Bohemia
Spouse's Name: Barbara
Marriage Year: 1878
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 22
Residence : Antigo City, Langlade, Wisconsin
Occupation: View Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members:
Name Age
George Eckart 44
Barbara Eckart 50
George Eckart 17
John Eckart 12
Emma Eckart 6
Rosa Eckart 1
Ida Eckart 3.12

Birth:
Birth year according to death certificate.

Obit:
Antigo Daily Journal
August 4, 1939 pg. 1 & 7
George Eckart Antigo's Oldest Pioneer, Is Dead

Passed Away Early Today at 86; Had Been Ill Seven Weeks

George Eckert (sic), Sr. Antigo's oldest pioneer, died at his home at 1030 4th Ave., early this morning after an illness of seven weeks at the age of 86 years.

The deceased was born in Austria, September 1853. He came to this country with his parents when only a year old. The family settled in the town of Gibson, Manitowoc county, and it was from that section that he came to what is now Langlade county in 1876. He came here with F.A. Deleglise, the founder of Antigo, and he picked out a piece of land, just west of what was later to become the city of Antigo, as a homestead.

He started clearing the land and the following year was married to Barbara Legro and the trip to Antigo was their wedding trip, made by ox team. He had already erected a small log house on the land and had a few vegetables planted. It was here that they lived until their retirement a number of years ago, when they moved nearer the center of the city, the farm in the meantime having become a part of the city limits.

Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Eckart, five of whom have passed away. Those surviving besides Mrs. Eckart are John and George and Mrs. Rose Kalouner and Mrs. John Kubeny, all of this city. He is also survived by 15 grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. A sister, Mrs. Anna Censky of Drummond, Wis. and a brother, John of Albert Lea, Minn., also survive.

The funeral will be held at the Muttart & McGillan funeral home Monday afternoon at two o'clock and will be in charge of the Z. C. B. J. society of which he had been a member for many years. Interment will be in the Bohemian National cemetery in the western part of the city and south of the original Eckart homestead.

George Eckart.


Antigo Daily Journal
August 8, 1939, pg unknown.

George Eckart Sr.

Funeral services for George Eckart Sr., Antigo's oldest pioneer who died Friday morning, were held Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Muttart and McGillan funeral home under the auspices of the Z.C.B. J. lodge, Interment was in Bohemian National cemetery in the western part of the city.

Pallbearers were six grandsons of the deceased, George, John, Clarence, and Eugene Kubeny, Edward and Erwin Eckart.

Coming from out of town for the funeral were the Misses Marion and Lorraine Eckart, Mr. and Mrs. George Kubeny and son, Jack, and Mr. and Mrs. John Kubeny and son Donald, of Milwaukee; Mrs. Anna Censky of Drummond; Mr. and Mrs. John Eckart, Mr. and Mrs. George Eckart and daughter, Mrs. Agnes Dobberstein, Albert Lea, Min.; Joe Soukup, Chicago; Mrs. James Amensen, Green Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Phiefer, Sturgeon Bay; Mr. and Mrs. Emil Kloida, Francis Kloida, and Mrs. Hodis, Manitowoc; Mr. and Mrs. Anton Honzik, James Honzik, and Beorge (sic) Honzik, Mishicot; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kunz, Francis Creek; Oscar Censky of Oakfield, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. John Surprise of Shiocton and Mrs. Lillian Censky of Chicago.

Died:
Death certificate looked up at Antigo courthouse
Birthdate listed as 9-15-1852 Austria
He was a retired farmer and died of Arterio Scerosis.
Book 9 Page 567.

George married LEGRO, Barbara on 13 Nov 1877 in Manitowoc, Manitowoc, Wisconsin, United States. Barbara was born about 1859; died on 27 Jun 1950; was buried in Antigo, Langlade, Wisconsin, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Death certificate looked up Book 13 page 364

Notes:

Married:
Celebrate Wedding Anniversary

On Nov. 12, 1936, Mr. and Mrs. Eckart celebrated the 60th anniversary of their wedding. It was the same year, January 22, just 60 years before, that Mr. Eckart came to this section. He came to The Journal office that day with the story of his experiences, which was published in the Journal. It is such a vivid picture of the life of this pioneer and of the early days of Antigo that we are going to republish the story at this time, It follows:

On January 22, 1876 Mr. Deleglise and myself came to the wild woods, what the Indians called Antigo, but Mr. Deleglise called it Spring Brook. Later when it became a village, Mr. Deleglise gave it the name Antigo. That is 60 years ago today.

When we came to Wausau we hired a rig to take us to Ackley, but he had a hard time to get us to Hogarty. So the next day, Mr. Hogarty hitched a pair of Indian ponies to what was called a jumper. It was only winter road that Ackley had, being over logs and windfalls. We came to Ackley in the evening. The next day we moved into an empty shanty Ackley had. Then we started to survey and surveyed until spring. By that time John Doersch had a shanty fixed, so we cut a road and moved in. Then I started to clear my place and built a shanty. Deleglise went home to Appleton. I cleared about three-fourths of an acre and built a shanty 12x14.

After planting some potatoes and bagas I started for Wausau. Ten miles this side of Wausau I stopped at a farmer by the name of Noles and got a job for $15.00 a month. I worked through the summer. In the fall I dug my potatoes and bagas. They were fine and big. I dug a hole and stored them, covering them with leaves and they kept fine. Then I started for the old home in Gibson, Manitowoc. I was married in November, 1876. We planned moving here but the weather was so poor we had to stay until the second of January. We had a yoke of oxen and one cow. It took us 14 days and parts of nights. That was our honeymoon trip. We had a covered wagon and I had an old country yoke for each ox separate and farmers had never seen it before. They thought we were gypsies, so the farmers very seldom let us stay over night. Most of the time we had to go on till we came to a stopping place. We got there after midnight. It was the second of February and there was only about 2 inches of snow.

It was a good thing that John Doersch and I cut a new road from here to Hogarty, 12 miles, otherwise I couldn't have moved here when I did. When I moved here I had to build a little barn, so I could put in my oxen and cow. After I had that done I had to go to Wausau to get some stuff. I stopped at Noles farm and I promised him I would come to skid logs in his camp. So I had to leave my sweetheart here. We didn't have very much feed so she had to cut down trees for the cow to browse. That way we wintered our cow. I came to see my sweetheart most every Saturday after supper. That was a 23 mile trip to see how she was getting along. I stayed until Sunday afternoon, then went back to be on the job Monday. There was only one settler on the whole road. That was Mr. Hogarty. What would the young fellows nowadays do. They would have to use an automobile. In the spring of 1877 I got a letter from Deleglise to build a shanty for him. So I built the shanty for him that now stands on the Library lawn. I cleared a place where I built the shanty. Then I cleared one acre where the Home Theatre stands.

In those days it was harder times than now. Nowadays if a young couple gets married they would have to be furnished with all furniture. When we started here we didn't have any furniture. In place of a table we had a wash tub tipped over. For bed we had two poles bored into shanty logs. and poles across. For chairs we had blocks sawed from logs. That time we could not depend on relief like they do now. We had to depend on ourselves and get along as best we could. The first spring we were here, we got out of provisions. So John Doersch and I started to Wausau. We bought a sack of flour and some groceries and some tools that we needed. I carried that sack of flour and it was a warm day. By shaking that sack of flour on my back, I had a quarter of an inch of dough on my coat. I told Mrs. Doersch to scrape it off and bake pancakes right away.

In 1879, 16 of us, I think it was, was, started for Langlade to decide where the county seat would be. We waited until nearly closing time, then we rushed in and beat them by two votes. We had blankets and some food and stayed overnight by a creek. The next morning we started for home all happy. So it is our time to quit until some other time.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 29 Oct 1856, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Address:
  New York
• Naturalization: 13 Dec 1871

Notes:

Emigration:
Port of departure Liverpool, England
Ship name Liverpool
Ship captain Peter Kearney
Ethic race/nationality German
Place of Origin Germany
Port of Arrival New York
Arrival Date 29 Oct 1856

Family members on board the ship:
George age 34 Farmer
Maria age 31
Matthew age 7
Joseph age 3
George age 1 1/2

With Parents
1900 Census shows here since 1854 46 years

Naturalization:
Born about 1822 Bohemia
Circuit Court Manitowoc, Wis
Witness J.D. Markham
Arrival October 1856 New York

"Illinois, Northern District Naturalization Index, 1840-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XKLG-R98 : 12 March 2018), George Eckart, 1871; citing Wisconsin, NARA microfilm publication M1285 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 50; FHL microfilm 1,432,050.

Buried:
Source Information:
Dalby, John. Minnesota Cemetery Inscription Index, Select Counties [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003. Original data: See cemetery name and location provided with each entry.
Township: New Richland
County: Waseca
Name: George Eckart
Birth Date: 17 Dec 1822
Death Date: 17 May 1898
Cemetery: St. Peter
Comments: WITH JOHN & IDA B.
Section: SE

George married STANDOLA, Mary about 1840. Mary was born about 1826 in Czech Republic; died after 1870 and before 1880. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Emigration: 29 Oct 1856, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Address:
• Emigration: 29 Oct 1856, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom; Address:
  New York

Notes:

Emigration:
Port of departure Liverpool, England
Ship name Liverpool
Ship captain Peter Kearney
Ethic race/nationality German
Place of Origin Germany
Port of Arrival New York
Arrival Date 29 Oct 1856

Family members on board the ship:
George age 34 Farmer
Maria age 31
Matthew age 7
Joseph age 3
George age 1 1/2

With Parents
1900 Census shows here since 1854 46 years

Role: Passenger

Emigration:
Port of departure Liverpool, England
Ship name Liverpool
Ship captain Peter Kearney
Ethic race/nationality German
Place of Origin Germany
Port of Arrival New York
Arrival Date 29 Oct 1856

Family members on board the ship:
George age 34 Farmer
Maria age 31
Matthew age 7
Joseph age 3
George age 1 1/2

With Parents
1900 Census shows here since 1854 46 years

Role: Passenger