From the book - HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. published in 1909:
Albert George Scherf, a progressive and prosperous jeweler of Red Wing, is a native of this county, born December 20, 1862, in Hay Creek township. His father was Anton Scherf, and his mother, Elizabeth E. Kattergrolin, whose brother and a Mr. Barnes were the first men to make brick in the city of Red Wing. The father was a native of the Black Forest district, in Germany, and the mother was born in Westphalia, Germany. Anton Seherf came to this country in 1852, and for a time worked with his brother on the famous first suspension bridge across the Niagara, coming to Wacoota in 1854, where he engaged in steamboating and rafting on the Mississippi river, continuing for several years. In 1860, he pre-empted 160 acres at Hay Creek, and to this added from time to time until he was the proud possessor of 593 acres of rich land, all in one farm and mostly under cultivation. There he continued farming until 1903, when he moved to Red Wing, where he and Mrs. Scherf are living, but still owning the old homestead in Hay Creek. They were married at Red Wing, November 2, 1861. Albert G. attended the district schools of Hay Creek, and after one year at the high school of Red Wing, took a four months course at the Curtiss Business College of Minneapolis, after which he entered Wesleyan University of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, graduating in 1890. Thus equipped, with an excellent education, he taught school two years in his native town, and for a time acted as agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company. His next occupation was as representative of the "Human World," of St. Paul, for which he was manager one year. He subsequently worked on his father's farm eight years. In 1901, while on the farm, he was sent to the legislature from the Red Wing district, and at about the same time, in partnership with his brother, Fred A., opened a hardware and farming implement establishment on Bush street, which was sold to Augustine & Wilson in 1907. Mr. Scherf moved his family to Red Wing in 1904. In June, 1905, he launched in the jewelry business on Third street, where he has a large business. He also owns 200 acres of land in Hay Creek township adjoining his father's farm. Mr. Scherf was one of the many called upon to mourn after the Lake Pepin disaster, July 13, 1890. His brother Martin (born in 1867), and his aunt,Mary Scherf, together with the latter's daughter, lost their lives in that catastrophe. A sister, Matilda C., born December 2, 1864, died in 1897. While at college, Mr. Scherf was captain of one of the University Cadet Corps, and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the United Workmen, the Royal Arcanum, the Elks, Red Men, and the Red Wing Commercial Club. He is an independent voter, for two years served as justice of the peace in Hay Creek, and is at present connected with the Red Wing Telephone Company. The family religion is that of the Methodist and English Lutheran churches. The subject of this sketch was married in Hay Creek township May 6, 1897, to Emily Saupe, born September 6, 1872, daughter of Frederick Saupe, a native of Germany, and an early settler of Hay Creek. To Mr. and Mrs. Scherf have been born four children: Horace E., born March 6, 1898; Eugene P., born April 18, 1900; Jerome L., born May 2, 1903, and Ruth D., born April 27, 1905. The children are all at home.
Albert George Scherf, a progressive and prosperous jeweler of Red Wing, is a native of this county, born December 20, 1862, in Hay Creek township. His father was Anton Scherf, and his mother, Elizabeth E. Kattergrolin, whose brother and a Mr. Barnes were the first men to make brick in the city of Red Wing. The father was a native of the Black Forest district, in Germany, and the mother was born in Westphalia, Germany. Anton Seherf came to this country in 1852, and for a time worked with his brother on the famous first suspension bridge across the Niagara, coming to Wacoota in 1854, where he engaged in steamboating and rafting on the Mississippi river, continuing for several years. In 1860, he pre-empted 160 acres at Hay Creek, and to this added from time to time until he was the proud possessor of 593 acres of rich land, all in one farm and mostly under cultivation. There he continued farming until 1903, when he moved to Red Wing, where he and Mrs. Scherf are living, but still owning the old homestead in Hay Creek. They were married at Red Wing, November 2, 1861. Albert G. attended the district schools of Hay Creek, and after one year at the high school of Red Wing, took a four months course at the Curtiss Business College of Minneapolis, after which he entered Wesleyan University of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, graduating in 1890. Thus equipped, with an excellent education, he taught school two years in his native town, and for a time acted as agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company. His next occupation was as representative of the "Human World," of St. Paul, for which he was manager one year. He subsequently worked on his father's farm eight years. In 1901, while on the farm, he was sent to the legislature from the Red Wing district, and at about the same time, in partnership with his brother, Fred A., opened a hardware and farming implement establishment on Bush street, which was sold to Augustine & Wilson in 1907. Mr. Scherf moved his family to Red Wing in 1904. In June, 1905, he launched in the jewelry business on Third street, where he has a large business. He also owns 200 acres of land in Hay Creek township adjoining his father's farm. Mr. Scherf was one of the many called upon to mourn after the Lake Pepin disaster, July 13, 1890. His brother Martin (born in 1867), and his aunt,Mary Scherf, together with the latter's daughter, lost their lives in that catastrophe. A sister, Matilda C., born December 2, 1864, died in 1897. While at college, Mr. Scherf was captain of one of the University Cadet Corps, and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the United Workmen, the Royal Arcanum, the Elks, Red Men, and the Red Wing Commercial Club. He is an independent voter, for two years served as justice of the peace in Hay Creek, and is at present connected with the Red Wing Telephone Company. The family religion is that of the Methodist and English Lutheran churches. The subject of this sketch was married in Hay Creek township May 6, 1897, to Emily Saupe, born September 6, 1872, daughter of Frederick Saupe, a native of Germany, and an early settler of Hay Creek. To Mr. and Mrs. Scherf have been born four children: Horace E., born March 6, 1898; Eugene P., born April 18, 1900; Jerome L., born May 2, 1903, and Ruth D., born April 27, 1905. The children are all at home.
From the book - HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY, MN. published in 1909:
Albert George Scherf, a progressive and prosperous jeweler of Red Wing, is a native of this county, born December 20, 1862, in Hay Creek township. His father was Anton Scherf, and his mother, Elizabeth E. Kattergrolin, whose brother and a Mr. Barnes were the first men to make brick in the city of Red Wing. The father was a native of the Black Forest district, in Germany, and the mother was born in Westphalia, Germany. Anton Seherf came to this country in 1852, and for a time worked with his brother on the famous first suspension bridge across the Niagara, coming to Wacoota in 1854, where he engaged in steamboating and rafting on the Mississippi river, continuing for several years. In 1860, he pre-empted 160 acres at Hay Creek, and to this added from time to time until he was the proud possessor of 593 acres of rich land, all in one farm and mostly under cultivation. There he continued farming until 1903, when he moved to Red Wing, where he and Mrs. Scherf are living, but still owning the old homestead in Hay Creek. They were married at Red Wing, November 2, 1861. Albert G. attended the district schools of Hay Creek, and after one year at the high school of Red Wing, took a four months course at the Curtiss Business College of Minneapolis, after which he entered Wesleyan University of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, graduating in 1890. Thus equipped, with an excellent education, he taught school two years in his native town, and for a time acted as agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company. His next occupation was as representative of the "Human World," of St. Paul, for which he was manager one year. He subsequently worked on his father's farm eight years. In 1901, while on the farm, he was sent to the legislature from the Red Wing district, and at about the same time, in partnership with his brother, Fred A., opened a hardware and farming implement establishment on Bush street, which was sold to Augustine & Wilson in 1907. Mr. Scherf moved his family to Red Wing in 1904. In June, 1905, he launched in the jewelry business on Third street, where he has a large business. He also owns 200 acres of land in Hay Creek township adjoining his father's farm. Mr. Scherf was one of the many called upon to mourn after the Lake Pepin disaster, July 13, 1890. His brother Martin (born in 1867), and his aunt,Mary Scherf, together with the latter's daughter, lost their lives in that catastrophe. A sister, Matilda C., born December 2, 1864, died in 1897. While at college, Mr. Scherf was captain of one of the University Cadet Corps, and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the United Workmen, the Royal Arcanum, the Elks, Red Men, and the Red Wing Commercial Club. He is an independent voter, for two years served as justice of the peace in Hay Creek, and is at present connected with the Red Wing Telephone Company. The family religion is that of the Methodist and English Lutheran churches. The subject of this sketch was married in Hay Creek township May 6, 1897, to Emily Saupe, born September 6, 1872, daughter of Frederick Saupe, a native of Germany, and an early settler of Hay Creek. To Mr. and Mrs. Scherf have been born four children: Horace E., born March 6, 1898; Eugene P., born April 18, 1900; Jerome L., born May 2, 1903, and Ruth D., born April 27, 1905. The children are all at home.
Albert George Scherf, a progressive and prosperous jeweler of Red Wing, is a native of this county, born December 20, 1862, in Hay Creek township. His father was Anton Scherf, and his mother, Elizabeth E. Kattergrolin, whose brother and a Mr. Barnes were the first men to make brick in the city of Red Wing. The father was a native of the Black Forest district, in Germany, and the mother was born in Westphalia, Germany. Anton Seherf came to this country in 1852, and for a time worked with his brother on the famous first suspension bridge across the Niagara, coming to Wacoota in 1854, where he engaged in steamboating and rafting on the Mississippi river, continuing for several years. In 1860, he pre-empted 160 acres at Hay Creek, and to this added from time to time until he was the proud possessor of 593 acres of rich land, all in one farm and mostly under cultivation. There he continued farming until 1903, when he moved to Red Wing, where he and Mrs. Scherf are living, but still owning the old homestead in Hay Creek. They were married at Red Wing, November 2, 1861. Albert G. attended the district schools of Hay Creek, and after one year at the high school of Red Wing, took a four months course at the Curtiss Business College of Minneapolis, after which he entered Wesleyan University of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, graduating in 1890. Thus equipped, with an excellent education, he taught school two years in his native town, and for a time acted as agent for the Mutual Life Insurance Company. His next occupation was as representative of the "Human World," of St. Paul, for which he was manager one year. He subsequently worked on his father's farm eight years. In 1901, while on the farm, he was sent to the legislature from the Red Wing district, and at about the same time, in partnership with his brother, Fred A., opened a hardware and farming implement establishment on Bush street, which was sold to Augustine & Wilson in 1907. Mr. Scherf moved his family to Red Wing in 1904. In June, 1905, he launched in the jewelry business on Third street, where he has a large business. He also owns 200 acres of land in Hay Creek township adjoining his father's farm. Mr. Scherf was one of the many called upon to mourn after the Lake Pepin disaster, July 13, 1890. His brother Martin (born in 1867), and his aunt,Mary Scherf, together with the latter's daughter, lost their lives in that catastrophe. A sister, Matilda C., born December 2, 1864, died in 1897. While at college, Mr. Scherf was captain of one of the University Cadet Corps, and a member of the Beta Theta Pi fraternity. He belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the United Workmen, the Royal Arcanum, the Elks, Red Men, and the Red Wing Commercial Club. He is an independent voter, for two years served as justice of the peace in Hay Creek, and is at present connected with the Red Wing Telephone Company. The family religion is that of the Methodist and English Lutheran churches. The subject of this sketch was married in Hay Creek township May 6, 1897, to Emily Saupe, born September 6, 1872, daughter of Frederick Saupe, a native of Germany, and an early settler of Hay Creek. To Mr. and Mrs. Scherf have been born four children: Horace E., born March 6, 1898; Eugene P., born April 18, 1900; Jerome L., born May 2, 1903, and Ruth D., born April 27, 1905. The children are all at home.
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