Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Berkner, George 1866 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

GEORGE BERKNER.

    Home township, Brown county, has many progressive tillers of the soil who
are to be commended for their up-to-date methods. Among these, George Berkner
should he mentioned, as only a cursory glance over his well-kept farm will
convince one. He was born near Green Bay, Wisconsin, October 20, 1866, and is a
son of William and Henrietta Berkner, both natives of Germany. The father spent
his boyhood in the Fatherland, coming to the United States when seventeen years
of age, locating in Wisconsin, his parents having accompanied him. They engaged
in farming and he remained under his parental roof-tree until his marriage,
which took place in 1875. Soon thereafter he removed to Dodge county, Wisconsin,
and bought a farm of one hundred and eighty-two acres, which he improved and
farmed successfully until 1903, when he sold out and came to Brown county,
Minnesota, where he has since resided, now living in Sleepy Eye. He was a
soldier in the Union army during the Civil War, serving three and one-half
years, during which he took part in many important engagements, seeing much hard
service. His family consisted of seven children, five of whom are now living,
namely: Edward, Alfred, Henry, Ezra and George.

    The subject of this sketch received his education in the common schools, and
during the crop seasons when he was a boy he assisted his father with the
general work on the farm, remaining at home until his marriage when he moved to
Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, where he purchased one hundred acres of land
which he farmed until he came to Brown county, Minnesota, in 1903, locating in
Home township, where he bought two hundred and sixty acres, and here he is
successfully engaged in general farming, stock raising and dairying, making a
success of all departments. He has on an average of forty-five acres of corn and
one hundred acres of small gram, about all of which be feeds to his live stock,
of which there are at this writing about sixty head of cattle, all good grades.
He feeds from fifteen to twenty head of cattle each year, and milks on an
average of twelve cows the year round. He has a silo with a capacity of one
hundred and sixty tons, and without a doubt has one of the most modern barns in
the county. He has spent about eight thousand dollars in improvements on his
place, which is one of the best in the township in every respect.

     Mr. Berkner was married in 1890 to Gertrude Bernd, a daughter of J. M.
Bernd, and to this union four children have been born, namely: Milton, Lester,
Selma and Gomer, the last named being deceased.

     Politically, Mr. Berkner is a Republican. He was one of the organizers of
the Farmers Club, of which he is now vice-president. He is an advocate of modern
methods in agriculture and has done much to encourage better farming in Brown
county. He was chairman of his township when he lived in Fond du Lac county,
Wisconsin.


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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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