1914 Delaware County History pgs. 331-332
Ulysses Barfuse,
successfully engaged in the pursuits of farming and stock-raising, owns a tract
of land comprising two hundred acres on section 17, Hazel Green township, and
has made his home in this county for a period covering a quarter of a century.
His birth occurred in Switzerland on the 24th
of November, 1860, his parents being Jacob and Marian (Maurer) Barfuse,
both of whom passed away in that country. Throughout his active business career
the father devoted his attention to general agricultural pursuits. He had a
family of nine children, seven of whom survive but only two of whom are
residents of the United States, namely: Ulysses, of this review; and Louise,
who is the wife of Alfred Grunig and makes her home
in South Dakota.
Ulysses Barfuse was a young man of twenty-five years when he
crossed the Atlantic to this country in 1885, taking up
his abode at Monticello, Jones county,
Iowa. Four years later, in 1889, he came
to Delaware county,
within the borders of which he has since remained. In 1903 he purchased a farm
of two hundred acres one mile east of Ryan, which he has operated continuously to
the present time and whereon he has erected several buildings and made other
improvements which enhance the value and attractive appearance of the property.
In connection with the production of cereals he devotes considerable attention
to the raising of stock, both branches of his business proving satisfactorily
remunerative.
On the
17th of March, 1885, in Switzerland, Mr. Barfuse
was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Grunig, a daughter
of Abraham and Margaret Grunig. The father passed
away in Switzerland and the mother came to this country
in 1888, locating in Monticello, Jones county, Iowa, where her demise occurred in 1912.
To our subject and his wife have been born seven children, as follows: Alfred;
Freda, who is the wife of Thomas Turner, of Ryan; Minnie, who gave her hand in
marriage to Fred Bronemann and resides in Washington; Mary, the wife of Henry McEnany, of Adams township, this county; Hulda; William, at home; and one who died in infancy.
Coming to the United States in early manhood, Ulysses Barfuse wisely utilized the opportunities which presented
themselves and has worked his way steadily upward to a position of prosperity
and prominence in his community.
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