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Born 1866, Livingston county
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
CHRIST STUDE (1895), farmer of Alba township, was born in Livingston county, Illinois, August 19, 1866, the son of Cbrist and Margaret (Kroa) Stude, of whom the former is dead, the latter living in the state of Washington.
Mr. Stude resided in his native county until the year 1895. That year he came to Jackson county and bought the northwest quarter of section 33, Alba township. He has ever since been engaged in farming the place, making his home with his brother, Henry Stude. He is unmarried and one of a family of five children, the others being Henry, Charlie, Annie (Mrs. Herman Leeck) and Lewis. He is a stockholder in the Brewster creamery and also in the Farmers grain elevator at Brewster.
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.
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