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Born 1863
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
WILLIAM POHLMAN (1882), of Weimer township, is one of the successful farmers of that precinct. He was born in Grermany July 22, 1863, the son of Karl and Christina (Geisclman) Pohlman. He is the eldest of five fons, all of whom are living in Jackson county. His father died in September, 1902, aged 63 years;' his mother lives in Heron Lake township.
William received his education and grew to manhood in his native land. He accompanied his parents to the new world in 1882 and with them came to Jackson county. He worked on the farm one year and then located in Cottonwood county, where he worked as a farm laborer nine years. He spent the next year working in Windom and then again became a resident of Jackson county. For a time he lived with his parents in Heron Lake town* ship and in 1898 married and located on the southwest quarter of section 36, Weimer township, which he had previously bought. He has made all the improvements on the farm and has a nice home. He farms 280 acres of land in Weimer and Heron Lake townships.
Mr. Pohlman was married in Jackson July 2, 1898, to Elsie Peter, daughter of August Peter, a pioneer settler of the county. She was born in Weimer township February 14, 1881. They have three children: Christina, Paulina and Harold. Mr. Pohlman and family are members of the German Lutheran 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.
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