Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Tammen, Herman 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

HERMAN TAMMEN

"THE Ideal Farm," the home of Herman and Augusta Neese Tammen, thirteen miles
west of Great Bend, covers three hundred and twenty acres of the best farm land
in Barton County. The soil was naturally rich, but after nineteen years of
constant effort it has been brought to such a high state of improvement that it
is now one of show places of the county. The chief feature to attract is a
wall-like grove of locust and box elder which surround and cover five acres
about the residence and effectually isolates it. But if you enter the driveway,
beneath a bower of overhanging bows, a court and grass plot meets the view in
the center. A one-story, eight room frame residence, setting high and balconied,
stands to the right. On the left stands a 32x54 barn and an 18x50 shed and an
8,000 bushels capacity elevator and good Fairbanks scales. To the rear of these
is the orchard. In front is the garage, chicken houses, dairy and other
buildings. Cement walks lead to these, and the well kept lawn is relieved by
plants and flowers. The deep shade and ever changing natural tints are relieved
by the tastefully painted buildings and the flowering plants. An engine supplies
water distributed through the house and other buildings, and an electric dynamo
lights them and supplies the power to propel a separator, churns and washing
machine. A 10 horse power engine is used to elevate the grain and to clean and
grind the feed of the farm. The house is furnished both tastefully and elegantly
and its hospitality is dispensed by a model housewife. In fact there is nothing
cheap about the farm or premises and it is well named, "The Ideal Farm."

  Herman Tammen was born September 2, 1875, in Hanover Province, Germany, and in
1892, when 16 years of age, came to America and his education was acquired in
the mother country, with a few terms in our public schools. His parents died
when he was a small boy. He soon purchased two hundred and forty acres of land,
and later a tract of eighty acres more and these make up the resident farm.
Besides this he owns a section in Pawnee county, and a half section in Ford.

[photo] Farm Residence of Herman Tammen

  Herman Tammen and Miss Augusta Louisa Mary Neese were married on October 28,
1898, at the brides home in Rush County. They have been blessed with five lovely
children: Minnie Christina Mary, 9; Harry Conrad, 8; Hilda Frances, 6; Rosa
Louisa, 4, and Herman August, 2.


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Biographical History Of Barton County


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