Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Kruse, George A. 1878 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter

GEORGE A. KRUSE.

    George A. Kruse, one of the well-known and prominent farmers of Logan
township, Marshall county, was born in Saunders county, Nebraska, on March 25,
1878, the son of George and Anna (Jurgens) Kruse.

    George and Anna (Jurgens) Kruse were natives of Germany, where the father
was born in 1832 and the mother in 1842. They received their education in the
public schools and there grew to maturity and were married in 1864. Some time
after their marriage they decided to come to America, and after their arrival in
this country, they came at once to Illinois, where they established their home
on a farm on which they lived for some years. They later moved to Nebraska,
where they engaged in general farming for some time, after which they came to
Marshall county in 1882. Here Mr. Kruse purchased three hundred and sixty acres
of excellent land in Herkimer township. The tract at that time was all wild
prairie, but of prime quality. This he developed and improved, and at the time
of his death he had a splendid house, two large barns and other buildings. Mr.
Kruse died on July 18, 1914, his wife having died in 1895, both having died on
the old homestead.

    George Kruse was a man of much business ability and owned at the time of his
death eight hundred and forty acres. He took much interest in local affairs and
was progressive in all things. He was identified with the Republican party, but
did not aspire to office. He and his wife assisted in the educational and moral
development of their home township, and were held in the highest regard. They
were the parents of the following children: Catherine, Margaret, Mary, William,
George, Henry, Anna, Christina, Andrew and two that died in infancy. Catherine
is the wife of William Rabe, a farmer and banker of Bremen, Kansas; Margaret
Schaefer is the wife of a farmer of Herkimer township; Mary Lohse lives in Logan
township, where Mr. Lohse is engaged in farming; William and Henry are farmers
of Herkimer township; George A., the subject of this sketch, is a farmer of
Logan township; Anna Geihsler is a resident of Oklahoma where her husband is
engaged in farming; Christina Prelle is the wife of a merchant and Andrew is on
the home farm. Mr. and Mrs. Kruse were devoted members of the German Lutheran
church and were among the most substantial supporters of that denomination.

    George A. Kruse received his education in the home schools of Marshall
county and grew to manhood on the home farm, where he assisted his father with
the work. After completing his education, and at the age of twenty-two years, he
was given one hundred and sixty acres of land in Nebraska by his father, and
here he engaged in general farming and stock raising for one year, when he moved
to Herkimer township, Marshall county, where he bought one hundred and sixty
acres and rented his Nebraska place. After two years on the farm which he had
purchased, he sold out, after having made many substantial improvements, and
moved to Bremen, where he engaged in the grain and implement business for six
years. He then sold his business in Bremen and moved to his present farm of two
hundred and eighty acres in Logan township. Here he has one of the desirable
farms of the township, and which is substantially improved with a splendid
house, large barn, garage, granaries and alfalfa sheds. Here he is successfully
engaged in general farming and stock raising, and is one of the extensive
breeders of cattle and hogs in the county. He believes in up-to-date methods of
operating a farm, and now has on his place a tractor that will do more and
better work than the horse, thus conserving his time and energy for other purposes.

    In 1904 Mr. Kruse was united in marriage to Minnie Brenneke, the daughter of
Henry and Mary (Vogel) Brenneke, natives of Germany and prominent residents of
Bremen. Minnie (Brenneke) Kruse was born in Bremen on May 23, 1883, and there
received her education in the public schools and resided at home until her
marriage. She and Mr. Kruse are the parents of the following children: Elmer,
born on March 2, 1905; Vera Marie, October 10, 1906; Laverne Arlo, April 26,
1909; George Orbin, July 27, 1911, and Orlinda Leona, July 16, 1915. Mr. and
Mrs. Kruse are active members of the Lutheran church and have long been
prominent in the social life of the community, where their good qualities and
Christian spirit have won for them a host of friends. Mr. Kruse has always taken
a keen interest in local affairs and is one of the representative men of the
township.

He is now township clerk and has served as a member of the school board and has
always taken a deep concern in the educational development in the county.
Progressive in all things, he realizes that the future greatness of any section
must largely depend upon the institutions of learning. The good roads movement
has always received his earnest support.


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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