Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Meybrunn, Jacob 1831 - living in 1917
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JACOB MEYBRUNN.

    Jacob Meybrunn, one of the old settlers of Marshall county, and now a
prominent retired farmer at Summerfield, was born in Baden, Germany, on March 1,
1831, near the town of Freiburg, and is the son of Joseph and Frances (Firschen)
Meybrunn, both of whom spent their lives in Germany, where the father was a farmer.

    Jacob Meybrunn received his education in the schools of his native land and
there grew to manhood. At the age of twenty-three, in 1854, he -decided to come
to America. After a voyage of forty-two days from Havre, France, he landed at
the port of New York. He had but a few dollars, and it was necessary for him to
find work. He at once proceeded to western Pennsylvania, where he worked in the
coal mines and did some farming, and also engaged in the making of charcoal from
the timber in the vicinity of his home. While living in the state of
Pennsylvania he was united in marriage in 1865 to Regina Winkler, who was born
in Bavaria, Germany, in 1845, the daughter of George and Otilia (Schlitzer)
Winkler. Her parents were also natives of that country, where they lived until
1852, when they came to the United States and located in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, and there the parents died some years later.

    At the time of his marriage, Mr. Meybrunn was engaged in teaming in the oil
regions of Pennsylvania, but in this he was not successful, and met with many
reverses. He then engaged in farming, working for an old employer. Here he met
with more success and in 1868 visited his old home in Germany. On his return to
this country after an absence of six months, he came to Kansas, where he
homesteaded eighty acres of land in Balderson township, Marshall county. He
purchased an old house in St. Bridget township, which he hauled to his farm, and
in this he and his family lived for some time. He at once began the task of
developing his land and preparing it for the planting of crops. As he began to
prosper he pre-empted eighty acres and then he purchased another eighty acres,
all excellent land, but it required much labor to bring it under cultivation. He
engaged in general farming and stock raising and was successful. After a
residence of fourteen years on the place, he built a beautiful and substantial
house. His barn and other outbuildings were in keeping with the other extensive
improvements. After a residence of thirty-five years of active life on the farm,
he retired in 1903 from farm work and moved to Summerfield, where he now lives,
a well-respected citizen.

    To Mr. and Mrs. Meybrunn were born the following children: George Joseph,
deceased; Jacob, John, Frances, Nancy, Mary, Paulina and Regina. Jacob married
Mary Wendel and since 1886 has resided at Portland, Oregon; John lives on the
old home place and is married to Maggie Steig, and to this union three children
have been born, Frank, George and Edward; Frances is the wife of Joseph Wagner,
of Idaho, and they are the parents of five children, Jacob, Joseph, Isaac,
Josephine and Abelina; Nancy is the wife of James Gallagher, of Holloway,
Kansas, and is the mother of thirteen children, Rosa, Katie, Andrew, Peter,
Mabel, Bertha, Theodore, Fred, Regina, George, William, Leo and Francis; Mary
married Lawrence Gallagher a railroad man of Dubois, Idaho, and they are the
parents of three children, Cecelia, Blanche and Edmond; Paulina Smith resides in
Nebraska and she and her husband are the parents of three children, Henry,
Lawrence and Reginald, and Regina Keck resides in Balderson township, where her
husband is engaged in farming.

    Mr. Meybrunn is identified with the Democratic party and has for many years
taken an active interest in local affairs. During his many years of residence in
the county he has had much to do with its growth and development. He and his
wife are earnest members of the Catholic church and are prominent members of the
community in which they live and where they are held in the highest regard.


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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