Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Knees, Albert 1863 - 
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                    ALBERT KNEES.

     Albert Knees, a fanner of Milford township, Brown county, Minnesota, was
born in the same township in which he now resides, on October 8, 1863, being a
son of William and Mary Knees, both natives of Germany.

     William Knees was but a boy when he came to this country with his parents
and the family located in Illinois, where William grew to manhood. He remained
in that state until 1857 when he came to Minnesota and located in this county,
at a date early in the history of this section. He entered from the government a
tract of one hundred and sixty acres in Milford township and set about improving
his holdings. He erected a log cabin and in spite of many drawbacks and
inconveniences, slowly won a pleasing degree of success. He farmed here all his
life and came to own two hundred and forty acres of Brown county's good farming
lands.

     William Knees went through the trying time of the Indian outbreak, fleeing
to New Ulm for protection with his family, and also giving his services to
protect the town. He was one of the substantial citizens of this section and is
well remembered by many friends who still survive. He departed this life in
1902, his wife having preceded him in 1885. They were the parents of nine
children, eight of whom are still living, Philip, Lena, Bernard, Henry, Albert,
Emma, Bertha and Mary.

     Albert Knees' education was such as the early schools of Milford township
offered and he remained under the parental roof assisting his father, until
twenty-seven years of age. He then started out in life for himself, his first
venture being the renting of a farm of two hundred and forty acres, where he
remained for six years. Then for the next nine years he farmed a rented place of
one hundred and thirty acres, at the end of which time he purchased one hundred
and and eighty acres in Milford township, which is now his present home and
joins the city of New Ulm. Since purchasing this place he has added improvements
to the extent of over three thousand dollars and is bringing it up to a high
standard. He carries on general farming such as practiced in this section and
still has five acres of heavy timber lands. He milks on an average of fifteen
cows the year round, disposing of their product to a nearby creamery.

     Albert Knees was married in 1892 to Emma Wiedermann, a daughter of John
Wiedermann, and to their union one child has been born, a daughter, Edna.
Politically, Mr. Knees is a Democrat, giving earnest support to his party, while
he holds fraternal affiliation with the Modern Woodmen of America.


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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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