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Born 1873
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
HENRY F. POHLMAN (1884) is one of Jackson county's successful farmers, having a fine home on the east shore of Heron lake in Heron Lake and Weimer townships, where he owns 166 acres. He was born April 29, 1873, in kreis Minden, Holtzhausen, Westfallen, Germany, son of the late Carl Pohlman and Christina (Gieselman) Pohlman.
Until he was eleven yrs of age Henry lived in his native land. In 1884 be accompanied the family to America, arriving in the little village of Lakefield on March 24. The head of the family bought a farm on section 8, Heron Lake township, and that was the home of our subject seven years. Thereafter until his marriage in 1897 he lived with his parents on section 2, West Heron Lake township. He received an education in the district schools and in the German school of Delafield township. After his marriage in 1897 Mr. Pohlman moved onto his present farm, which he had bought two years before, and upon that farm he has ever since made his home. He has made all the improvements on the farm.
In addition to his farming operations Mr. Pohlman has other business interests. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator company of Lakefield, in the First National Bank of Lakefield, in the Jackson County Cooperative company's store at Lakefield and in the Sontag Lumber company of Heron Lake. Besides his home farm Mr. Pohlman owns a half interest in a half section farm in Griggs county, North Dakota. He is a member of the German Lutheran church,
Mr. Pohlman was married in Heron Lake township June 7, 1897, to Alvina Malchow, who was born in Heron Lake township April 11, 1877, and who is the daughter of C. F. W. and Augusta (Kietzer) Malchow, of Lakefield. To Mr. and Mrs. Pohlman have been bom the following named four children: Louisa, born May 7, 1898; Emil, born July 15, 1902; Arnold, bom May 5, 1904; Esther, bom September 13, 1906.
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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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