Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Brychta, Jerome M. 1874 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 16, 2007, 2:51 am Author: Emma E. Forter JEROME M. BRYCHTA. Jerome M. Brychta, a well-known and successful farmer of Logan township, Marshall county, was born in this county on February 24, 1874, the son of John and Mary (Marak) Brychta. John Brychta, the father of Jerome M., was the son of John and Anna (Chelopeaka) Brychta, who were natives of Bohemia and there received their education in the public schools, grew to maturity and were married. The father was born in 1783 and the mother in 1803. They were of the farming class and there the mother died in 1867. Seven years after the death of his wife, John Brychta came to the United States in 1874 and made his home with his son, John, until his death some years later. They were the parents of two children as follow: Dora Cejp, born in 1836 and died at her home near Barnes, Kansas, in 1916, and John, Jr., born in Bohemia on January 9, 1839, and was educated in the schools of that country and grew to manhood. In 1865 he came to the United States and located on a farm in Iowa, which he rented for five years and engaged in general farming and carpentering. He then came to Kansas, where he homesteaded eighty acres of land in Logan township, Marshall county, in section 18, and here he is still living with his son, Jerome M. He has long been associated with the Democratic party and has ever taken much interest in local affairs and is held in the highest regard. Mary (Marak) Brychta was the daughter of Matt and Helen (Benes) Marak, who were natives of Bohemia, where the father was born in 1/90 and the mother in 1804. They received their education in the schools of their native, land and there resided for many years after their marriage, where Mr. Marak was engaged in farming. In Bohemia Mr. Marak died in 1862, and three years after his death the widow came to the United States, dying in Iowa in 1871. They were the parents of three children, Joseph, who died in Iowa: Mary, the mother of Jerome M. Brychta, and Helen Burns, whose husband is engaged in office work in Iowa. Mary Marak was born in Bohemia on September 7, 1842, and was there educated and married to John Brychta. In 1865 she and her husband decided to come to America. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are now living: John, a teamster of Marysville: Jerome, the subject of this sketch, and Henry, shipping clerk with M. M. Johnson, of St. Joe, Missouri. Jerome M. Brychta was reared on the home farm in Marshall county and here received his education in the public schools. He remained at home until he was eighteen years of age, when he started in business for himself. He served as an apprentice for two years in a blacksmith shop, after which he worked at the trade for two years when he rented his father's farm and engaged in general farming and stock raising until 1912. He then purchased the farm and has since made the place his home. He has two houses on the place, his father and mother occupying one and he and his family the other. He and his family are members of the Catholic church and have long been active in the social life of the community. Mr. Brychta has always taken keen interest in local affairs and, as a Democrat, has served as township clerk and justice of the peace, as well as treasurer of the school board. In 1901 Jerome M. Brychta was united in marriage to Catherine Greiveldinger, the daughter of Henry and Elizabeth (Pirrott) Greiveldinger, who are prominent residents of Logan township, where Mr. Greiveldinger is a. farmer. The paternal grandparents of Mrs. Brychta were Christopher and Lena (Cinnon) Greiveldinger, who were natives of Germany, the grandfather having been-born in 1800 and the grandmother in 1806. They were educated in their native land and there grew to maturity. The grandfather was a man of much ability and was educated both in German and French, as well as English, his education in the latter tongue being received after coming to the United States in 1855. On landing in the United States he and his family established their home in Wisconsin on a farm, where the grandfather died in 1863, after which the grandmother moved to Kansas and died in Marshall county in 1888. There were thirteen children in the family, all of whom are now deceased with the exception of Henry, the father of Mrs. Brychta. Henry Greiveldinger was born in Germany and there received his primary education, completing his school work in America, where he came with his parents in 1855. He remained at home until the death of his father, when at the age of eighteen years he went to Michigan where he worked in the pine woods and in the saw-mills of the state, until 1870, when he came to Marshall county and homesteacled one hundred and sixty acres of land in Logan township, where he has since made his home. He was united in marriage in 1872 to Elizabeth Pirrott, the daughter of Peter and Catherine (Allair) Pirrott, who were natives of France and Germany, respectively. Mr. and Mrs. Pirrott came to the United States and located in Marshall county in 1871. Here Mr. Pirrott homesteaded eighty acres of land and engaged in general farming for eight years when he sold the place to his son and made his home with his children until the time of his death in 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Pirrott were the parents of fourteen children, three of whom are still living as follow: Anthony, Catherine and Elizabeth, the wife of Henry Greiveldinger. Henry and Elizabeth Greiveldinger as the parents of eight children as fellow: Peter, a.farmer of Ford county, Kansas; Henry, a barber of Hanover; Catherine, the wife of Jerome M. Brychta, of Logan township; Anthony; John; Elizabeth; Maggie, and Joe. They are active members of the Catholic church and are prominent in the social life of the township. Catherine Greiveldinger was born in Marshall county, July 12, 1877, and was reared on the home farm and received her education in the local schools, and at an early age was confirmed in the Catholic church and soon became a member of the altar society. Jerome M. and Catherine Brychta are the parents of the following children: Cecelia, who was born on December 18, 1902; Sidonia, February 7, 1903; Laura, April 17, 1904; Arnold, November 4, 1906; Leonidas and Leonilla, twins, March 30, 1909: Evaline and Elizabeth, twins, December 18, 1913, and Marie and one that died, were twins, who were born on February 2, 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Brychta are esteemed throughout the community in which they live. Additional Comments: Extracted from: History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions by Emma E. Forter Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/marshall/bios/brychta180nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/ksfiles/ File size: 7.2 Kb