Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Krasny, Joseph 1872 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

JOSEPH KRASNY.

    One of the well-known residents and successful farmers and stockmen of
Cottage Hill township, also proprietor of the "Willow Springs Jersey Farm," is
Joseph Krasny, who was born in Bohemia, on March 4, 1872, being the son of Frick
and Frances Krasny, both of whom were natives of that country, the former of
whom died in his native land. After the death of the husband and father, the
mother with her three sons, Joseph, Emil and Gabriel and a daughter, Mary, left
Bohemia and came to the United States. On their arrival in this country they
located in the city of Omaha, and there Joseph Krasny, the subject of this
sketch, lived for sixteen years.

    During his life in the city of Omaha, Mr. Krasny was engaged as a baker, and
was for a time engaged in the large hotels of Omaha and Sioux City. He was then
with Fred Harvey, in the hotel business and spent two years in Los Vegas, New
Mexico, after which he spent some time in California. Some time later he went to
Nebraska and then returned to Sioux City. He did much traveling and was over
much of the western territory of the United States. After having spent much of
his early life in roaming about, Mr. Krasny decided that he would engage in
general farming and stock raising.

    Joseph Krasny was united in marriage to Rosa Nemechek on October 17, 1899,
at Humbolt, Nebraska. Mrs. Krasny was born in Richardson county, Nebraska, in
1884, and is the daughter of Frank and Kate Nemechek, both of whom were natives
of Bohemia. The parents were educated in the land of their nativity and there
they grew to maturity. On coming to the United States they located in Nebraska,
where the father engaged in general farming and stock raising with much success.
His death occurred in 1915 and the mother is now living on the home place at the
age of sixty-six years.

    To Joseph and Rosa Krasny have been born the following children: Joseph E.,
Jr., Minnie, Lillian, Elsie, Rudolph, Jessie and Edwin. The children are all at
home and Lillian and Elsie are twins. Mr. and Mrs. Krasny are highly respected
people in the community and are prominent in the social life of the district.
Mr. Krasny is a strong advocate of the principles of the Socialist party.

    In 1902 Mr. Krasny purchased his present farm in Cottage Hill township, and
is now the owner of two hundred and eighty acres of splendid land, all of which
is under a high state of cultivation and nicely improved. His large dairy barn
is one of the best in the township and in 1911 he built his silo, sixteen by
thirty-four feet, and in 1914 he built the second silo, sixteen by twenty-eight
feet. He now has a fine herd of sixty-two registered Jersey cattle. He has now
been in the breeding and dairy business for three years and has met with much
success. The herd that he purchased from Chester Thomas is one of the finest in
the county, and his herd leader, "Fern's Lad's Lost Time No. 95562," is a fine
specimen of this breed of cattle. Mr. Krasny is a member of the Southwestern
Jersey Breeders Association and of the American Jersey Cattle Club. He lately
exhibited his animals at the Blue Rapids County Stock Show and carried away
sweepstakes and thirty dollars in premiums. Since that time his reputation as a
breeder and raiser of fine stock has become known throughout the district. He
sells many animals to those who are good judges of the better, class of cattle,
and the products of his dairy are shipped to Concordia, where they are always
recognized as standard. During the year 1915 he sold over twelve hundred dollars
worth of cream, in addition to over five hundred dollars worth of male Jerseys.
The feed for this magnificent herd is all raised on the farm, with the exception
of the cotton seed meal.

    Mrs. Krasny is a great fancier of White Leghorn chickens and has some of the
finest in the state, and during the past year she sold over seven hundred and
fifty dollars worth of eggs and chickens.


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)


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