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Born 1890
From An illustrated history of Lyon County, Minnesota (1912)
OSCAR H. BURCKHARDT (1893). One of the enterprising young farmers of Coon Creek township is Oscar Burckhardt, a graduate of the Marshall High School and the Sioux Falls Business College. He is a native of Illinois and was born at Florence Station, Stephenson county, on May 9, 1890, a son of John and Albertina (Watzke) Burckhardt, early settlers of Lyon county.
The father was one of the most prosperous farmers in the county and also one of its largest land holders. He passed away on March 15, 1909, and with his death Lyon county lost one of its best citizens, one who did nobly his part in the upbuilding of the agricultural district. To Mr. and Mrs. John Burckhardt were born the following children: John, Alfred, Charles, Henry J., Oscar, Mrs. F. J. Henrichs, Mrs. H. Seibert, all of Lyon county; and Mrs. Annie Sullivan, of Matlock, Iowa. Mrs. Burckhardt resides on the home place near the village of Russell, and it is with her that the subject of this sketch lives. Mr. Burckhardt, Sr., served two years in the Civil War and received an honorable discharge.
The.young man whose name heads this sketch accompanied his parents to Lyon county when he was only four years of age. He attended school in district No. 63, in the Russell schools, and later in the Marshall High School two years. He also attended the Sioux Falls Business College. After finishing his course at the college Oscar worked for some time for the Tuthill Lumber Company, at Sioux Falls, as bookkeeper. After his father's death he returned home and has since had charge of the home farm. He is the owner of the southeast quarter of section 26, Coon Creek township, and farms 340 acres in addition to that. He raises considerable stock, including Duroc- Jersey bogs and Holstein cattle. He is a member of the German Lutheran church. Mr. Burckhardt is unmarried. He is a successful farmer and stock raiser.
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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