Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Manderfeld, Peter P. 1860 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

             PETER P. MANDERFELD.

    Peter P. Manderfeld, well-known and progressive farmer and stockman, of
Cottonwood township, this county, proprietor of a well-kept and profitably
operated farm of two hundred and twenty acres a little more than two miles from
New Ulm, is a native son of Brown comity, having been born on the farm where he
still makes his home January 1, 1860, son of John and Cecelia (Drach)
Manderfeld, the former a native of the Rhine province in Germany and the latter
of the kingdom of Bohemia, who were among the early settlers of Brown county and
for years prominent and influential residents of Cottonwood township.

    John Manderfeld was trained to the trade of a tanner in his native land and
remained there until he was twenty-seven years of age. He then, in 1853, came to
the United States, locating in Chicago, where he found employment at his trade
and where he presently married. He and his wife then went to Iowa and lived on a
farm in the neighborhood of Dubuque. In 1859 John Manderfeld and a company of
land seekers of his own nationality left Dubuque and walked to this section of
Minnesota, "spying out the land." Mr. Manderfield was favorably impressed with
conditions in the New Ulm settlement and entered his claim to a quarter of a
section of land in Cottonwood township. He then returned to Iowa and brought his
family and goods with him to Brown county, driving through by ox team. He
established his home on the homestead tract in Cottonwood township and early
became recognized as one of the foremost pioneers of that neighborhood. During
the Indian uprising in 1862 he took an active part in the defense of New Ulm and
in all ways proved his worth as a citizen. He retired from the active labors of
the farm in 1905. To him and his wife five children were born, Winsel, Clara
Peter P., Minnie and Frank.

     Peter P. was reared on the homestead farm in Cottonwood township and has
lived there all his life. He completed the course in the common schools, at the
same time proving a very real help in the development of the home place, and
upon the death of his father, in 1905, bought the interests of the other heirs
in the farm and has since owned and operated the same. He has spent about ten
thousand dollars in improvements on the place since it has been in his ownership
and has one of the best improved farms in his neighborhood. His farm house is of
modern construction, equipped with electric lights, a sanitary-sewer system and
many conveniences which would have been undreamed of in pioneer days hereabout.

     In 1886 Peter P. Manderfeld was united in marriage to Kate Juneman, who was
born in the kingdom of Saxony, daughter of Joseph Juneman and wife, who came to
the United States in 1882 and settled in Sigel township, this county, and to
this union six children have been born, Minnie, Agnes, Lillian, Cecile, Herbert
and Florence. Minnie, the eldest daughter, married George Brown and has one
child, a daughter, Mabel. They make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Manderfeld.
Agnes and Lillian Manderfeld are members of the fine corps of public school
teachers in Brown county. Mr. Manderfeld is a member of the Masonic fraternity
and takes a warm interest in the affairs of that organization. In his political
persuasion he is a Socialist and is an ardent advocate of the principles of that
party. 


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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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