FRANK M. FAAST is one of the enterprising citizens of Lima township, Pepin county, who is engaged in the profitable business of farming, operating 150 acres in section 18, and having also 80 acres of timber land. He was born in this township, Dec. 3, 1879, being the youngest of the seven children of Anton and Jane (Schedauer) Faast. The father and mother were natives of Austria, the year of the former's nativity being 1837 and that of the latter 1841. It was in 1860 that Anton Faast left his native land for the United States, on his arrival locating in Milwaukee. He was married in Madison, and in 1870 he and his family came to Lima township, Pepin county, settling on a farm. He took an active part in local politics and for a number of years was a member of the town and school boards. He died in Lima township, in the spring of 1903, his wife having passed away in the fall of 1902. Frank M. Faast attended the public schools in Lima township and subsequently began working on his father's far, of which he is now the owner and proprietor, having succeeded to it after his father's death. It is a well improved piece of property, well equipped with good buildings and modern machinery -- everything necessary for general farming, which Mr. Faast is carrying on with good financial results. In politics he is a Democrat and has served as pathmaster and as a member of the Lima town board. He is a prominent member of the Catholic church at Lima, and as one of trustees was instrumental in establishing Sacred Heart boarding school. April 19, 1904, Mr. Faast was united in marriage with Bertha Brindle, daughter of Joseph and Mary (Bauer) Brindle. her parents were born in Austria, and on coming to the United States some fifty years ago settled first in Eau Claire and later in the village of Eau Galle, Dunn Co., WI. They are now living on a farm in Albany township, Pepin Co. Mrs. Faast was educated in this locality, attending school first in Eau Galle village and later in Lima township, Pepin Co. Mr. and Mrs Faast are the parents of four children, Ella Laura, Amelia Johanna, Vera May, and Frances Antonia, all residing at home.

Taken from History of Buffalo and Pepin Counties, p 687