Charles Malchow

As printed in 1910

CHARLES MALCHOW (1869), ex-sheriff of Jackson county and secretary of the Delafield Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance company, resides on his farm in Delafield township, just east of the village of Wilder. He is a pioneer, having spent over forty years of his life in Jackson county, and was one of the very first to locate in Heron Lake township.

Mr. Malchow is a native of Prussia and was born June 25, 1846, the son of Frederick and Henrietta (Kuhn) Malchow. He came to the United States with his parents when quite young and located with them in Waushara county, Wisconsin. He resided at home until February, 1865, when he enlisted in company F, of the Fiftieth Wisconsin volunteer infantry. He served in the army until June, 1866, the longest part of his service being spent in Dakota territory under Colonel John G. Clark in frontier warfare against the Indians.

After his discharge from the army Mr. Malchow spent a few years working on farms in Wisconsin and Minnesota. In the spring of 1869 he moved to Jackson county and in- May of that year filed a soldier's homestead claim to the southwest quarter of section 8, Heron Lake township, being one of the three first settlers of that precinct. The others were Fred Ebert and Albert Hohenstein and all settled on the banks of Lake Flaherty. On this farm he lived twenty-nine years, passing through the grasshopper days and other trying ordeal of pioneer life and witnessing the development of Jackson county from a wilderness to the prosperous condition of the present time. In 1898 Mr. Malchow moved to his present location just outside the village of Wilder and has since made his home there.

During his long residence in the county Mr. Malchow has held many offices of trust. He was sheriff of the county from 1879 to 1887 and has many times been called upon to serve as township officer. He is secretary of the Delafield Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance company, which was organized May 10, 1888, and began business September 1, 1888. In January, 1909, the company had in force $1,619,- 894 of insurance. The assets of the company on that date were $2,546.70 and the disbursements for the past year were $2,135.56. For the past ten years the company has maintained a record of levying an assessment of only one and one-half mills on the dollar. The officers of the company are Herman Rossow, president; C. F. Morley, vice-president; Charles Malchow, secretary; August Pohlman, treasurer; August Wolf, John Nestrud, T. J. Egge, August Milbrath and John P. Koster, directors. Mr. Malcliow is the owner of 480 acres of Jackson county land, a quarter section in Colorado, and town property in Armstrong, Iowa.

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Mr. Alalchow's second marriage occurred at Mason City, Illinois, October 5, 1897, when he married Katie A. Skinner. She was born in Long Island, New York, moved to Illinois when a baby, and resided in that state until her marriage. Mr. Malchow is a member of the Evangelical church; his wife belongs to the Presbvterian church.

As printed in An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.