Meeker County MN Archives Biographies.....Lenhard, Jacob 1827 - 
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JACOB LENHARD, of Darwin township, is a native of the German Empire, born July 1,
1827. He was reared in that classic land and remained there until 1852, when bidding
adieu to the beloved fatherland he crossed the ocean to the shores of free America,
in search of the liberty of action and the chance of competency not afforded to him
in the land of his birth. He settled near Buffalo, N. Y., where he remained some
three months, after which he went to Canada, and worked on the construction of the
railroad suspension bridge over the Niagara river. From there he proceeded west to
Chicago, Ill., but less than a year later removed to Polk county, Wis., and there
purchased a farm and settled down to the life of a Western farmer. He made that part
of the “Badger State” his home for thirteen years and at the expiration of that
time, in 1868, came to Meeker county, and settled in Darwin township. He was united
in marriage, September 4, 1854, with Miss Dora Yerkes, who is the mother of seven
children— Henry P., born June 22, 1855; John P., born January 9, 1857; William F.,
born December 9,1858; Jacob A., born January 21, 1860; Mary M., born December 25,
1862; Conrad E., born March 24, 1865; and Anna D., born January 18,1869. The sons
are all well-to-do farmers of the township.

  Mr. Lenhard and his family are members of the Lutheran church and respected and
honored citizens.


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


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