Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Backer, August J. 1874 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche


AUGUST J. BACKER.

    August J. Backer, manager of the extensive plant of the Essig Co-operative
Creamery Company at Essig, this county, and one of the best-known and most
expert creamery men in the state, is a native son of Brown county, having been
born on a farm in Milford township, August 26, 1874, son of John and Martha
Backer, well-known and influential residents of that part of the county, further
details of the history of which family are set out in a sketch relating to P. J.
Backer, presented elsewhere in this volume.

    August J. Backer was reared on the home farm in Milford township and
received his elementary education in district school No. 15, supplementing the
same by a comprehensive course in the Agricultural College at St. Anthony Park,
following the regular agricultural course by the full dairy course, he having
determined to give his attention to the dairy business. Upon leaving college he
was engaged as assistant in the creamery at Lafayette, in the neighboring county
of Nicollet, and after four months of service there was engaged as manager of
the creamery in Sigel township, this county, where he remained for three years
and six months, at the end of which time he went to Lamberton, where for a year
he was employed in the agricultural implement store of F. H. Retzlaff. His
services then were engaged by a creamery company at Florita, in Renville county,
where he remained one year and six months, or until he took charge of the
creamery at Essig. When the co-operative plan was adopted by the promoters of
the Essig creamery in 1902, Mr. Backer was asked to draw the plans for the
creamery. He was elected first manager of the plant, installed the machinery for
the same and has been manager ever since the creamery was established, having
created an enormous demand for the products of the Essig creamery. The first
year the creamery was in operation it turned out sixty thousand pounds of
butter. The annual output, now exceeds one hundred and seventy-five thousand
pounds, the whole of which product is shipped to the exclusive market of New
York City, where it commands the highest prices.

    In 1901 August J. Backer was united in marriage to Ella Hellman, daughter of
Henry Hellman and wife, and to this union three children have been born, Albert,
Edgar and Harold. Mr. and Mrs. Backer are earnest members of the German Lutheran
church and take an active interest in the general good works of their home
community. Mr. Backer is an "independent" voter.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF BROWN COUNTY MINNESOTA
ITS PEOPLE, INDUSTRIES AND INSTITUTIONS

L. A. FRITSCHE. M. D.
Editor

With Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens and Genealogical Records
of Many of the Old Families

VOLUME II
B. F. BOWEN & COMPANY, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana


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