Thursday, February 28, 1839 Mathias Doffing
Mathias Doffing was born in Prussia. His family emigrated to America in 1844 when Mathias was just 5 years old. They first settled in Marystown, near Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin. A few years later they moved west to Dakota County, Minnesota
The Doffings were farmers and the floodplains of the Mississippi River were some of the best soil in the country. The family became successful and large. In 1861 Doffing married Margaret Ficker, a member of another immigrant farming family.
In 1875 he and his brother-in-law Peter Ficker partnered in the Hastings City Brewery. Doffing sold his shares in the brewery in 1878 and returned to farming. Mathias Doffing died on December 6th, 1924 after falling off his wagon. He was 85 years of age.
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