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Born 1874, Reading township
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
HENRY STUDE (1895) is a farmer and land owner of Alba township, where he has resided for the last fifteen years. He was born in Reading township, Livingston county, Illinois, August 15, 1874, and resided in that county until 1805, growing to manhood on his father's farm and receiving a common school education. He came to Jackson county upon reaching his majority and bought his present farm, the southeast quarter of section 32, Alba, upon which he has ever since lived. He has made practically all the improvements on the place, has all the land under cultivation, well fenced and partly tiled.
The parents of our subject were Christ and Margaret (Kroa) Stude. Both parents were born in Germany and came to America when young, having been married nnd having resided in Livingston county, Illinois. The father of our subject died there twenty-five years ago. His mother remarried and now lives in the state of Washington. Henry Stude is the eldest of a family of five children.
Mr. Stude was married in Jackson county, October 10, 1898, to Millie Baumgard. She was born in Illinois on March 10, 1880, and is a daughter of Kudolph and Gustie (Leeck) Baumgard, natives of Germany. Her mother is dead; her father lives at Hatfield, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Stude are the parents of three children, as follows: Paul, born February 17, 1901; Walter, bom October 10, 1904; Clara, bom March 26, 1907.
Mr. Stude is a member of the Alba township board of supervisors. He is a stockholder and a director of the creamery at Brewster and a stockholder in the Brewster Farmers elevator; also a stockholder in the Brewster Horse company.
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.
Their biographies name Henry Stude: Christ Stude (b. 1879) Charles F. Jackman (b. 1882) Christ Stude (b. 1866)
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