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Born 1871, Stephenson county
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
F. CHARLES BURCKHARDT (1895) is one of the successful and prosperous farmers of Coon Creek township, where he has resided the past seventeen years. He was born in Stephenson county, Illinois, November 3, 1871. His father was the late John Burckhardt and his mother is Albertina I Watzke) Burckhardt, both of whom woe born in Germany. The father came to America when four years of age and located in Illinois, where he resided until his removal to Lyon county in 1895. He died in March, 1908. The mother resides on the old home place near Russell.
Charles attended school in Illinois until nineteen years of age, after which he assisted his father on the farm until twenty-four years of age. In 1895 he accompanied his parents to Lyon county and took charge of the farm which he now operates, the northeast quarter of section 23, Coon Creek township. He owns 2S0 acres of land. He also owns village property in Russell. In addition to general farming Mr. Burckhardt raises a great deal of stock, including Duroc- Jersey hogs, Durham cattle and Plymouth Rock chickens. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge and holds stock in the
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Farmers Elevator Company of Russell and in the Farmers Mutual Telephone Company. He was the owner of the first automobile in Coon Creek township, a Maytag car.
Mr. Burckhardt was married December 18, 1896, to Rachael Nina Milner, a daughter of Thomas and Ella (Knapp) Milner, of Russell. The father is a native of Ohio and the mother of Wisconsin. Mrs. Burckhardt was born April 23, 1880, in Coon Creek township. To this union have been born two children: Allie, born June 26, 1899, died April 11, 1901; Allen, born May 20, 1901.
Mr. Burckhardt has four brothers and three sisters, as follows: Alfred, Henry, John, Oscar, Lizzie (Mrs. Fred Henrichs), Ida (Mrs. Henry Siebert), all of Coon Creek township; and Annie (Mrs. John Sullivan), of Matlock, Iowa. Mrs. Burckhardt has one brother and one sister: Vernon, of Russell, and Jessie (Mrs. Herbert Webster), of Aberdeen, South Dakota.
As printed in An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Coon Creek
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