Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Plankenhorn, Louis 1859 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

LOUIS PLANKENHORN

THE subject of this sketch, Louis Plankenhorn, was born in Wayne County,
Indiana, April 14, 1859, He came to Barton County in 1892, and bought land in
South Bend township which is now his home place. This land is located in the
northwest corner of section 16 and is in a high state of cultivation. In
addition to this land Mr. Plankenhorn farms seventy-five acres of land adjoining
the home place en the west. He was married August 17, 1882, to Miss Florence
Job, in "Wayne County, Indiana. They are the parents of two children: Ethel
Christina, 26 years of age, who is now Mrs. F. W. Stewart and resides on a farm
five miles north of Great Bend and Glenda Irene who is fifteen years of age and
living at home. She is a student in the Barton county schools. Mr. Plankenhorn
has taken a great interest in his home place as is evidenced by the fact that
with all the regular work of raising a crop of staple products he has found time
to improve the surroundings, and south of his home he has a fine orchard in
which are found apple, plum, peach and other fruit trees. The residence consists
of seven rooms in addition to bath, pantries, closets, etc. The home is well
built and neatly arranged and the shade trees about the house are well arranged
and maintained in a most inviting manner. The barn is is 30 by 52 feet and has
an addition that is used as a cow barn which is 20 by 48 feet in dimensions. Mr.
Plankenhorn has one of the nicest home places in that section of the county and
farms his land according to the best methods and is an enterprising and
progressive citizen and has done much to make the part of the county south of
the river one of the beat of the crop producing sections.

[photo] Home of Louis Plankenhorn


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Biographical History Of Barton County


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