Barton County KS Archives Biographies.....Werhahn, William 1875 - 
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Author: Great Bend Tribune

WILLIAM WERHAHN

AMONG the large planters and property owners of Barton County William Werhahn
deservedly takes his place, and although net a native born Kansan he is so much
a Barton County product that he remembers little prior to his boyhood here. He
was born in the Province of Hanover, Germany, November 20th, 1875; came to
America the spring of 1882 with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Christian Werhahn of
Great Bend, and they settled first near Grinnell, Iowa, on a farm. They also
lived in Pouche and Marshall counties, Iowa, for about four years, and then came
to Kansas, settling permanently in Pawnee Rock township, Barton County. William
Werhahn was then but eleven years old. He attended the public schools of the
district, chased rabbits, hunted game on the open prairie, broke bucking broncos
and helped his father on the farm. His days were passed in the open and the
Dutchman's son soon became a full fledged Kansas kid, with all his aims and
desires. It is not wonderful then that he was early bitten by the
"land-grabbing" microbe, and soon determined to own and farm his share of the
face of the earth. When married and settled he bought a quarter section from his
father; later he bought one hundred and sixty acres from Peter Dirks, and still
later he rented two hundred and eighty acres adjoining, and today farms a total
of six hundred acres. During the time he also acquired by purchase three hundred
and twenty acres near Greensburg, Kiowa County, and three hundred and twenty
near Offerle. These two last named tracts are improved and rented, and his total
holdings in fee are nine hundred and sixty acres of as fine land as there is in
the state. His residence is thirteen and one-half miles west of Great Bend, and
the improvements are a two story white frame house, a 32x66x16 red frame barn,
having stalls for eighteen horses and twenty cattle. Then there are other small
buildings, sheds and numerous windmills, with a nice grove surrounding all.

[photo] Farm Home of William Werhahn

  William Werhahn and Miss Bertha Fleske, of Wausau, Wisconsin, were married on
February 1st, 1905, and they have been blessed with three interesting children:
Bertha, 6; Hilda, 4 and Martha, 3.


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Biographical History Of Barton County


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