Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Hershey, Reuben S. 
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    REUBEN S. HERSHEY. proprietor of the “Fairview Stock and Dairy Farm,” in
Greenleaf township, is a lineal descendant of the Swiss Mennonites of that name who
first settled in Lancaster county, Pa., in 1719. Reuben Hershey was born in
Lancaster county, and was reared on the farm with his parents, Martin and Elizabeth
Hershey. After reaching manhood he was engaged for a time in the forwarding and
commission business, and in 1872 he came to Meeker county, Minn., and bought his
present farm property in Greenleaf township. In 1873 he purchased the James H.
Morris interest in the Litchfield flouring mills, retaining the interest about three
years, remodeling the mill and giving it a reputation second to none in this part of
the State. After his retirement from the milling business, he began devoting all his
time, energy and talents to the stock and dairy business and the improvement of his
beautiful farm home. The farm consists of about 1,000 acres, but a goodly portion is
tenanted, Mr. Hershey’s attention being for the most part given to his stock and
dairy interests. He operates a dairy on the place, the butter of which always
commands an advance in price over the best creamery butter generally on the market.
Mr. Hershey has in the past suffered some heavy losses through grasshopper ravages
and hailstorms, yet he has taken but few backward steps, and to-day “Fairview” is
justly regarded as one of the most beautiful and most valuable farms in this portion
of Minnesota.



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


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