Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Dahl, August C. 1877 - 
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AUGUST C. DAHL.

     August C. Dahl, secretary-treasurer of the New Ulm Roller Mill Company and
one of the most active and energetic young business men of that city, is a
native son of Brown county, having been born on a pioneer farm in Cottonwood
township, February 20, 1877, son of Christian and Ernestine (Krueger) Dahl, the
former a native of Germany and the latter of Brown county.

     Christian Dahl was but four years old when his parents came to the United
States, the family settling near Watertown, Wisconsin, where he remained until
he was nineteen years old, at which time he came to Minnesota seeking land and
bought a tract in Cottonwood township, this county. That was before the days of
the Indian uprising and when defense measures became necessary Mr. Dahl enlisted
in the United States army and for three years served as one of the protectors of
the settlers in these parts. At the conclusion of this service Mr. Dahl returned
to his homestead farm and proceeded to develop the same. His affairs proved
prosperous and he gradually added to his holdings until he became the owner of
five hundred and sixty acres of well-improved land in Cottonwood township. He
was active in local public affairs and served his township well in various
offices of a public character. His death occurred in 1910. He and his wife were
the parents of eleven children, seven of whom are still living, Henry, Benjamin,
Robert, August C., Louis, Arthur and Chris.

     August C. Dahl was reared on the home farm and received his elementary
education in the district school in the neighborhood of his home, supplementing
the same by a course in the Mankato Normal School, from which he was graduated
in 1900. For two years thereafter he taught school at Money Creek, in Houston
county, and in 1902 became engaged as a clerk and bookkeeper in the offices of
the New Ulm Milling Company at New Ulm. The interest he manifested in the
affairs of the company from the very beginning of his connection therewith was
rewarded by his election in 1911 to the important and responsible position of
secretary-treasurer of the company, which position he still holds, being one of
the best-known flour-mill men in this part of the state.

     In 1903 August C. Dahl was united in marriage to Louise Backer, daughter of
August Backer and wife, and to this union one child has been born, a daughter,
Verna. Mr. Dahl is a member of the Commercial Club of New Ulm and takes an
active interest in the extension of the city's commercial and industrial life.
He is a director of the Brown County Bank of New Ulm and a director of the State
Bank of Essig. He is a Republican and is a member of the Masonic fraternity and
of the Knights Templar, in the affairs of which organizations he takes a warm
interest.


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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