Gottlob Haar Biography


	This biography appears on page 1107 in "History of Dakota 
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				GOTTLOB HAAR.  

	Gottlob Haar is the secretary and treasurer of the Murner 
Abstract Company of Olivet and in this connection has gained a large 
clientage which makes his business a paying one. He is a native son of 
Hutchinson county, born on the 1st of October, 1877, a son of Fred and 
Dorothea Haar. The father came to the United States when a young man 
from South Russia, where he was born and reared. He arrived in 1877 
and, making his way to the northwest, homesteaded in Dakota territory, 
where he carried on farming for a number of years, aiding in 
transforming the wild hand into productive fields. He is now engaged in 
the hardware and implement business in Freeman and is a well known and 
representative citizen of the town in which he makes his home.  

	Gottlob Haar pursued his early education in the public schools of 
his native county and afterward attended a private school in Milwaukee. 
His early business training was received at Freeman, where he remained 
for two years. On the expiration of that period he turned his attention 
to the abstract business in Olivet, where he was located when he became 
an active factor in political circles by accepting the office of clerk 
of the courts in 1907. He still continues in that position, in which he 
has proved a capable, efficient, prompt and reliable official. At the 
same time he maintains his interest in the abstract business and the 
two make continuous demands upon his time and energies, so that he is 
leading a busy life.  

	On the 22d of December, 1901, Mr. Haar was united in marriage to 
Miss Mamie Eaton and to them have been born three children, Harold, 
Howard and Ruth Aillyn. In religious faith Mr. Haar is a Lutheran and 
he and his family attend the church of that denomination. His political 
endorsement is given to the republican party, which finds in him a 
stalwart champion. He is not identified with any fraternities but is 
fond of outdoor life and in such finds his chief recreation. He 
represents one of the old families of his part of the state and has 
been a witness of much of the growth and development of the county from 
pioneer times. He is popular and well liked and his circle of friends 
is constantly growing as the circle of his acquaintances is extended.