Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Knees, Bernhard 1860 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

BERNHARD KNEES.

    Among the good citizens of Milford township, Brown county, Minnesota, is
Bernhard Knees, one of the children of the well-known family of William Knees.
For further particulars regarding this esteemed family, the reader is referred
to the sketch of another son of the family, Albert Knees, which will be found
elsewhere in this volume.

    Bernhard Knees was born in the same township in which he lives, on March 8,
1860, and in his native township he received his education. He later became one
of his father's assistants on the home place, remaining with him until some
twenty-two years of age, when he started out in life for himself. For about five
years, he worked as a farm hand among the farmers of this section and when
twenty-seven years of age, he bought eighty acres, which is part of his present
homestead. Ten years later he bought one hundred and sixty acres, making his
present holdings two hundred and forty acres, about one hundred and fifty being
under the plow. He carries on general farming such as practiced throughout this
section and is uniformly successful with his crops.

    On October 31, 1889, Bernhard Knees was united in marriage to Kurigunde
Backer, daughter of John Backer, and to their union five children have been
born, namely: Frieda, Hertha, Erna, Oscar and Ella, all single and at home with
their parents. All belong to the Lutheran church. Politically, Mr. Knees is an
independent voter, and altogether stands high in the respect of the citizens of
his community.


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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