Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Falk, John P. 1833 - 
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   JOHN P. FALK, one of the leading farmers of Acton township, is a native of
Schleswig, a province of Denmark, -which the Germans took in 1864. He was born on
the 17th of February, 1833, and came to the United States in 1876, and after
stopping for about two months on Two Rivers, in Morrison county, Minn., walked from
there to Acton township, a distance of eighty-two miles, in two days. One difficulty
he encountered was in finding a place to stay all night, as he had $1,200 on his
person, and feared robbery; but after considerable trouble, he found a place at
German’s where he was hospitably treated. In Denmark he had owned a small farm,
which he had sold before leaving the old country, and upon his arrival in Acton he
purchased eighty acres on section 32, with no improvements, paying $1,000 for it. He
has added forty acres to the farm since, and now has a comfortable home and a
valuable farm. He has substantial farm buildings, and his barn is the most
conveniently arranged in the township, it being so built that he can water his stock
without taking them out of their stalls, and it is so warm that water does not
freeze in it during the most severe weather.

   Mr. Falk was married, on the 27th of March, 1857, to Sophia Christianson, who was
born on the 21st of September, 1830. They have had the following children— John,
born January 28, 1858, died when about five months old; Laurine, born September 12.
1859, married Martin Hinck, and lives in Minneapolis; and Peter John, born December
2, 1861. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran Church. Mr. Falk has taken
a prominent part in public affairs. He was one of the founders of the insurance'
company which was organized in Acton and Genesee townships, and has been treasurer
of the company since its organization. He has devoted a great deal of time and money
to the interests of the association, and deserves much credit for his zeal. He has
also been church treasurer for a number of years, and has spared neither labor nor
money when the good of the cause demanded his aid. In political matters ho is a
democrat, and has held various offices of trust, including that of supervisor for
two years.


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Extracted from:
Illustrated Album of Biography
Meeker and McLeod Counties, Minnesota
1888

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