Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Essig, John 1851 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

JOHN ESSIG.

    John Essig, successful farm of Milford township, Brown county, Minnesota is
a native of the state of Illinois, born on May 29, 1851, in Will county, son of
John F. and Louise (Grannarman) Essig, both natives of Germany.

    John F. Essig came to America as a young man and located in the state of New
York, where he remained for four years, following his trade of glass-blower. He
then moved to Will county, Illinois, and settled on a farm, where he followed
that vocation for some seventeen years, coming to this state and county in 1866.
He located in Milford township and bought one hundred and sixty acres, for which
he paid fifteen hundred dollars. He later added forty more acres and farmed his
entire holdings until within ten years of his death. At that time he retired
from the active duties of life, and took up his residence in Springfield, where
he passed his declining years, his death occurring in 1896.

    John Essig, the immediate subject of this sketch, is one of a family of ten
children, nine of whom are still living, John, as a boy, attended the common
schools of his home township in Illinois and remained under the parental roof
until twenty-three years of age. He then homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres
of land in this state near Sanborn and remained there for about eight years,
when he moved to Milford township. Upon coming here he purchased two hundred
acres in section 5 and has since increased his holdings to four hundred and
fifty acres, all located in this same township. He still has one hundred and
seventy five acres in timber and pasture land and his farm is considered among
the very best of the township.

     In addition to his farming interests, Mr. Essig has been widely known
throughout this section for the past few years as the operator of a threshing
outfit, in which enterprise he has been very successful.

     On November 10, 1885, John Essig was united in marriage with Sarah Berg, a
daughter of Matthew Berg, and to their union six children have been born. These
are William, Milton, Meta, Percy, Anna and Cecelia, all at home with the
parents. Religiously, Mr. Essig is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at
New Ulm, contributing generously of his means toward the support of that society.

     Politically, Mr. Essig is an independent voter, and while not at any time a
seeker after office, has been active in political matters as related to local
affairs. He served several terms as road boss and his work in this line was
highly pleasing. Mr. Essig started the town of Essig, which is named for him.


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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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