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Born 1877
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
JOHN A. BURCKHARDT (1887) is a son of the late John Burckhardt, Sr., and a land owner of Coon Creek township. He is a native of Stephenson county, Illinois, and was born April 2, 1877. When seven years of age he accompanied his parents to Lyon county, the family locating in Coon Creek township, where his father bought land and where our subject received his schooling and grew to manhood.
In 1907 the subject of this sketch took charge of the farm which he now owns and operates. Besides farming, he raises a great number of cattle and hogs. He is a member of the M. W. A., A. O. U. W. and R. N. A. lodges.
Mr. Burckhardt was married at Tyler, Minnesota, on January 16, 1907, to Anna M. Larson, a native of Nebraska and a daughter of
Casper and Julia (Quaine) Larson, of Tyler, the former a native of Denmark and the latter of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Burckhardt have two children: Alice V. and Bernice V.
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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