Bio of LIESENFELD, John (b.1829), Brown Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Patrick Walden Submitted: January 2004 ========================================================================= Book: History of the Minnesota Valley incuding the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota Published: North Star Publishing Compnay, 1882. Authors: Rev Edward D Neill and Charles S Bryant Location: Sleepy Eye Public Library. Ref 977.6 N 25 T Abstract: John Liesnefeld. Page 746 John Liesenfeld, a native of Prussia, was born in 1829. When about twenty-five years of age he went to McHenry county, Illinois; came to Minnesota in 1856, and lived in Mower County four years, then in 1860 settled in Sigel. Married in 1856 Catharine (Katherine) Kripsbruch (Krebsbach). Eight Children have been born to them; only three are living, Mary, Katie and Anna.