Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Berscheidt, John (Jr.) 1873 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

JOHN BERSCHEIDT, Jr.

JOHN BERSCHEIDT, JR., was born in Aurora, Illinois, October 1, 1873, and came to
Barton County with his parents when he was four years of age. The family located
near Claflin in Logan township and John, Sr., at once took up the occupation of
farming. He was one of the really old timers of this part of the state and had a
great deal to do with the development of the soil and reclaiming this part of
Kansas from the Indians and buffaloes. John, Jr., attended the schools in this
county and began farming for himself in 1906. He was married in Ellinwood in
1910, to Mrs. Lizzie Weisburg. At the time of their wedding Mrs. Weisburg had
one child, Mamie who is now fifteen years of age and she and Mr. Berscheidt are
the parents of one child, John, Jr., who is five months of age and makes the
third John in the Berscheidt family. Mr. and Mrs. Berscheidt own the home place,
160 acres about 1 1/2 miles west of Ellinwood and 380 acres one mile west of
there. The home place is farmed by Mr. Berscheidt while the remainder of the
land is rented. The residence which is thoroughly modern and one of the neatest
in that section of the county contains 9 rooms with a bath and all the necessary
closets, etc. The barn, 30 by 38 feet is ample to take care of the stock used by
Mr. Berscheidt in his farming operations. They have lived on this place a little
more than one year and are improving it in such a way that it will be cue of the
most attractive places in the county in a very few years. Fine shade trees have
been set out, many of them being of the fruit bearing variety. Mr. Berscheidt is
experimenting with irrigation methods and has a fine pumping plant on his place
and if the writer is not mistaken he will opon a new era in farming methods in
this county providing the water supply is ample to carry on the experiments he
has in mind.


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