John L. King

As printed in 1910

JOHN L. KING (1870), editor and publisher of the Jackson County Pilot, is a native of Jackson county, having been born in a log house in Wisconsin township August 11, 1870. His father is William V. King, one of the county's early settlers, who now resides in Jackson. His mother was Antonette L. (Porter) King, who died March 26, 1896.

At the age of two years John accompanied the family to the village of Jackson and in that village he spent his boyhood days, receiving his education in the Jackson public schools. In July, 1888, he went to Jasper,

Merchant of JackEcn. Publisher of the Jackson County Pilot.

A Native of Jackson County, Clothing Merchant of Jackson,

Minnesota, where he learned the printer's trade in the office of the Jasper Journal and where he resided four years. Mr. King then went to Clifton, Kansas, where for a little less than two 'years he edited the Clifton Times.

In 1893 Mr. King returned to Jackson and the following year he accepted the position of deputy county auditor, serving under his father, William V. King, until January, 1897. On November 26, 1896, in partnership with J. C. McCroden, he bought the Jackson County Pilot, which was published under the firm name of King & McCroden until November 10, 1900. At that time Mr. King bought.his partner's interest and his since been sole publisher. He publishes the only democratic paper in Jackson county and has made the Pilot an influential agent in the affairs of the county.

Mr. King was appointed deputy oil inspector by Governor John A. Johnson in 1903 and has since held the office. For four years he was chairman of the democratic county central committee and he was a member of his party's state central committee two years. He is a director of the Jackson Building and Loan association and is treasurer of the Jackson Library board. He hold* membership in the Knights of Pythias lodge.

At Mankato on June 19, 1907, Mr. King was united in marriage of Miss Lillian F. Hurd, a native of Blue Earth county, Minnesota, and a daughter of Hiram A. and Celestia Hurd.

WHLIAM C. BUCHlVfANN (1881) has lived upon his present farm in Petersburg township nearly twenty-nine years. He is a German by birth and first saw the light of day November 16, 1864, being the son of William and Amelia (Hessler) Buchmann, both deceased. He came to the United States with his parents at the age of nine years. The family resided in the city of Chicago three months and then located in Wisconsin, where our subject lived eight years.

In the month of March, 1881, Mr. Buchmann came to Jackson county. He bought land in Petersburg and for the first few years made his home in a 10x15 feet shanty — and one summer four families lived in that. Besides his farming operations, he engaged in the threshing business eleven seasons, having been the owner of two horse power and one steam outfit. Mr. Buchmann now has a fine farm of 240 acres on the east half of section 17, improved with a large, modem house and a good sized basement barn. He owns stock in the Petersburg Creamery company and in the Jackson Fair association. He served one year as supervisor of his township, five years as town treasurer and ten years as road overseer.

Mr. Buchmann was married November 28, 1889, to Adeline Wendelsdorf, who was born December 2, 1873. To these parents have been bom the following children: Mary, born October lly 1891; Arthur H., born September 26, 1892; Ernest T., born August 18, 1894; Reuben P., born August 13, 1897, died March 10, 1898; Esther R., born August 5, 1900; Addio E., born January 22, 1903; [name withheld], born March 1, 1906. Mr. Buchmann and his family are members of the Evangelical church.

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.