Mrs. Suter was the mother of 22 children - 12 survived her along with 62 grandchildren, 93 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.
When Anna was 14 years old she came to America from Switzerland, where she was born January 20th, making the trip from Europe to Chicago by way of the Great Lakes, and thence by stagecoach to a little Iowa settlement called Eagles Point - now known as Dubuque. She was married there to John David Suter, and in 1852 the two made the trip up the Mississippi to a point about 4 miles from Hastings where they built a log cabin and cultivated the land.
They lived there during the time of the Indian massacres when Fort Snelling was the nearest protection for settlers on the praries, when the pioneer farmers had to make their trips by canoe or horseback to St. Paul for supplies. They lived there 11 years.
42 years ago (1886) they moved to Pierce County, Wisconsin where they established another farm.
Mr. Suter died 21 years ago (1907) at the age of 85. He was a veteran of the Mexican war. For the past 11 years Mrs. Suter has made her home in St. Paul.
She was a midwife to the local Sioux.
Mrs. Suter was the mother of 22 children - 12 survived her along with 62 grandchildren, 93 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren.
When Anna was 14 years old she came to America from Switzerland, where she was born January 20th, making the trip from Europe to Chicago by way of the Great Lakes, and thence by stagecoach to a little Iowa settlement called Eagles Point - now known as Dubuque. She was married there to John David Suter, and in 1852 the two made the trip up the Mississippi to a point about 4 miles from Hastings where they built a log cabin and cultivated the land.
They lived there during the time of the Indian massacres when Fort Snelling was the nearest protection for settlers on the praries, when the pioneer farmers had to make their trips by canoe or horseback to St. Paul for supplies. They lived there 11 years.
42 years ago (1886) they moved to Pierce County, Wisconsin where they established another farm.
Mr. Suter died 21 years ago (1907) at the age of 85. He was a veteran of the Mexican war. For the past 11 years Mrs. Suter has made her home in St. Paul.
She was a midwife to the local Sioux.
Family Members
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David A Suter
1850–1945
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Margreat Suter Kuhns
1853–1930
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Samuel Suter
1857–1890
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John Rudolph "Rudy" Suter Sr
1861–1955
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Anna Suter Larson
1864–1955
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Theodore Walter "Dore" Suter
1867–1950
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Ulrich Gottfried "Ole" Suter
1867–1953
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Agnes Suter Ebensperger
1870–1914
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Andrew "Andy" Suter
1870–1939
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Mary Schuller Suter Martin
1872–1952
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