Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Ackerman, Peter H. 1846 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 21, 2006, 10:46 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) PETER H. ACKERMAN, of Dewald township, is a fruit and grain farmer. His farm consists of 120 acres in section 2. He has it finely improved and makes a specialty of fruit growing. He has on the place over one hundred apple trees, besides many other kinds of fruit. Mr. Ackerman was born in Holstein, Germany, Oct. 18, 1846, the son of Peter and Telge (Hanson) Ackerman. The mother died when the subject of this sketch was eight years of age; the father passed away in 1883. Peter H. lived in his native country until his 27th year. There he secured an education in the village schools, and after boyhood days worked as a laborer by the month. When 23 years of age he joined the German army and took part in the French-German war, being in active service from the fall of 1869 till the fall of 1871. In the spring of 1873 Mr. Ackerman came to the United States and located at Clinton, Iowa. For two years he was employed near that city as a farm laborer. He then moved to Grundy county, Iowa, which was his home until 1882. The first two years in Grundy county were spent in working by the month. He then rented land and farmed for himself during the remainder of his residence there. In 1880 he purchased a quarter section of land in Hancock county, Iowa, and in 1882 moved to that location. There he engaged in farming nineteen years. In 1901 he came to Nobles county, bought his present place of 120 acres, and has since made his home there. Mr. Ackerman was married at Grundy Center, Iowa, Nov. 2, 1877, to Mary Hanno, who is a native of the same place as is her husband. To these parents have been born six children, as follows: Gusta (Mrs. Chas. Davis), Des Moines, Iowa; Emma, a school teacher residing at Wesley, Iowa; Anna (Mrs. Charles Morton), Rushmore; Margaret, Minneapolis; Clara (Mrs. N. Baker), of near Mt. Vernon, Iowa; Harry, residing at home. Mr. Ackerman is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America lodge of Reading. During the last six years he has held the office of treasurer of school district No. 15. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/ackerman103gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb