Brown County MN Archives Biographies.....Mecklenburg, Daniel 1863 - 
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Author: L. A. Fritsche

DANIEL MECKLENBURG.

    Daniel Mecklenburg, residing on his farm of three hundred and sixty acres in
Milford township, Brown county, Minnesota, and joint-proprietor of a saloon in
Essig, was born in Wisconsin, January 18, 1863, a son of Charles and Ricka
Mecklenburg, both natives of Germany. Charles and wife were married in their
native land, where he was a shepherd, following that vocation until the time of
emigrating to America. He located in Wisconsin, where he preempted land, and
remained there until 1867, when he came to Brown county, this state, and
purchased one hundred and twenty acres in Milford township. He farmed here until
the time of his death in 1872. Of the six children originally in that family,
but two are now living, Daniel being the only one in this county; the other
being Louis of Renville county, Minnesota.

    When a boy, Daniel Mecklenburg attended the public schools of Milford
township and was early apprenticed to the carpenter trade. He later worked as a
farm hand and for a number of years followed a threshing machine. In 1885 he
purchased a threshing outfit for himself and operated it until 1913, having in
the meantime threshed all over this section and being personally known from one
end of this county to the other. During all these years he continued the
management of his farm, as he still does, and in 1914 bought the saloon business
at Essig, in partnership with J. O. Case.

    Daniel Mecklenburg was married on May 5, 1885, to Emma Knees, a daughter of
William Knees, and to their union ten children have been born. These are: Allie,
Arthur, Jennie, Alfred, Hairy, Lillie, Emil, Esther, Alma and Mayme. Allie
married Gertrude Meyer and has one child, Gilbert. Arthur chose Ella Meyer as
his wife, and the balance of the family are still under the parental roof.

     Mr. Mecklenburg has by his own efforts won a pleasing degree of material
success. He bought his first farm of one hundred and twenty acres in 1888 and
has increased his holdings since then, putting in all about five thousand
dollars on his farm by way of improvements. Politically, he is an independent
voter and has always been interested more or less in local matters. For about
seven years he was a member of the board of supervisors, being also road
supervisor for some time and school treasurer of his township for some six
years; all his duties being discharged in a manner satisfactory to his fellow
citizens. Mr. Mecklenburg holds church membership in the Friends church at Essig
and is a man genuinely liked by a wide circle of acquaintances.


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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