- WILLIAM RUBBERT, whose fine farm of ninety-five acres, located in the town of Greenville, is devoted to general farming and dairying, is a native of the Fatherland, having been born in Prussia, September 20, 1852, his parents, August and Henrietta (Keopke) Rubbert, also being natives of Germany. They came to the United States in 1866, locating in Greenville town, this county, and after renting land for two years bought the present farm of William Rubbert, on which they spent the remainder of their lives, the father dying in 1887 and the mother in 1903. August Rubbert served in the regular army in Germany. William Rubbert received his education in the schools of his native country, and was fourteen years of age when he came to the United States. He has never left the Greenville farm, of which he has been the owner since his marriage, and he has made his property of ninety-five acres one of the finest of its size in the town. The buildings are in the best of repair, and are large and substantial, while the land is fertile, well graded and well fenced. General farming and dairying have claimed Mr. Rubbert's attention, and he has a fine herd of sleek well-fed cattle. Mr. and Mrs. Rubbert are members of the Lutheran Church. He is an independent voter, preferring to use his own judgment as to which is the better man for the office at stake. On February 15, 1883, Mr. Rubbert was married to Anna Rubbert, who was born in Prussia, April 28, 1864, daughter of Charles and Carrie (Kraus) Rubbert, who came to the United States in 1870 and located in Clayton township, where they first rented and later bought a farm on which the father still lives. The mother passed away in the fall of 1903. Charles Rubbert also served in the German army. Mr. and Mrs. William Rubbert have had six children, as follows: Henry, born January 6, 1884, a carpenter residing in South Dakota; Reinhold, born August 15, 1885, a farmer of Greenville township; Emma, born June 23, 1888, who married Harry Frey, a painter and paper hanger of Greenville township; Charles, born October 14, 1891; Arthur, born December 9, 1897; and Walter, born May 25, 1900, all residing at home.
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