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Author: L. A. Fritsche

NICHOLAS MANDERFELD.

    Nicholas Manderfeld, of New Ulm was born in Prussia, Germany, October 18,
1848, and is a son of John H. and Gertrude Manderfeld, both natives of Germany,
where they grew up, were married and established their home. The father was a
teamster, also followed farming in a small way in his native land until in May,
1857, when he came to America, locating in New Ulm, Minnesota. Soon thereafter
he entered one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 1, four miles south of
New Ulm. He turned the virgin sod, put up a small shack and planted his crops.
By hard work and persistence he developed a good farm. Later he purchased forty
acres of timber land and continued farming until he retired and moved to New
Ulm. He was among the early settlers of Brown county. He took an interest in
public affairs, and became township supervisor. He was living here during the
Indian massacre. His family consisted of nine children, five of whom are still
living, namely: John, Kate, Peter, Nicholas and Eva.

    The subject of this review grew up on his father's farm, he having been but
nine years old when he was brought to America He worked hard when a boy and
received a meager education in the public schools in Sigel township. He
continued to work with his father on the homestead until his marriage, then
purchased one hundred and twenty acres in Sigel township and started farming for
himself in a small way, but he persevered and after adding many improvements on
his farm sold out and bought two hundred and sixty acres in Milford township,
where he farmed until he retired from active life, moving to New Ulm in 1906. He
had at one time four hundred and twenty acres, and was very successful as a
general farmer. He was working near New Ulm when the Indian massacre took place.
When the alarm was given he ran to his home in Sigel township and warned his
parents and many of their neighbors and thereby saved their lives. They all
hastened to New Ulm for protection. When he reached town one of his duties was
to herd the oxen which the people had driven into town.

    Nicholas Manderfeld was married on October 19, 1871, to Isabelle Richards, a
daughter of Theodore and Elizabeth (Kaufenbach) Richards, and to this union
fourteen children have been born, only six of whom are now living, namely: Kate
is the wife of Louis Adam and they have six children, Isabelle, Louis,
Katherine, Loretta, Charles and Theodore; William; Theodore married Clara Dorn,
and they have two children, Jerome and Adaline; Edward married Maggie Dorn, and
they have two children, Deloris and Bernedett; Charles married Anna Dietz, and
they have two children, Isabelle and Manella; Henry married Elizabeth Arnold,
and they have seven children, Nicholas, Michael, Anthony, Edward, Carrie,
Gertrude and Florenda.

    Mrs. Manderfeld was born in Germany. Her parents were natives of Prussia.
The father died in 1900 and the mother in 1889. Mr. Richards devoted his life to
farming, came to America in 1855, two years in Albany, New York, and then
located near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he remained until 1867, when he removed
to Brown county and bought a farm of two hundred acres and engaged in farming
here until his death. His family consisted of twelve children, seven of whom are
now living, namely: Gertrude, Anthony, Joe, Maggie, Theodore, Angeline and
Isabelle. The eldest boy in the Manderfeld family was killed during the Indian
outbreak at Big Stone lake where he was working for the government. Mr.
Manderfeld is a member of the Catholic church.


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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