Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Behr, Peter N. 1861 - ************************************************ 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 November 3, 2006, 9:35 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) PETER N. BEHR, Seward township farmer, is one of the successful agriculturists of that precinct, where he has resided on the southwest quarter of section 28 since 1885. He was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Aug. 3, 1861. His parents were Christian Behr and Maggie (Hausen) Behr, both natives of Germany, where the latter died in 1871. The husband and father came to the United States in 1882 and bought a few acres of land in Clinton county, Iowa, where he resided with a daughter until his death in March, 1887, being about 75 years of age at the time of his demise. Peter N. Behr grew to early manhood in the country of his nativity, living with his parents and attending school until seventeen years old, when he worked out for a period of two years. In 1881 he emigrated to the United States, and selected Teeds Grove, Iowa, as his first place of residence, near which place he worked on a farm two years. Then he moved to Clinton, in the same state, and bought a team and ran a dray two years. Disposing of his business in Clinton in 1885 he came to Nobles county, Minn., and bought the southwest quarter on section 28, Seward township, and returned to Clinton, where he worked as teamster for C. Lamb & Son, lumber dealers, for two years. He then moved back to his farm in Nobles county and began the work of improving the place, there being nothing on the farm but an old "shack" and only a few acres had been broken when he purchased it. He now has a model farm, and in the last few years has made the place more profitable by a complete system of tiling. He has added to his possessions by the purchase of the adjoining quarter section on 29. He is an extensive grain raiser, and has large herds of finely graded cattle and hogs. Mr. Behr was married in Clinton, Iowa, March 9, 1889, to Dora Siemens, a native of Germany, who came to the United States in 1882, her parents being Peter and Annie Siemens, who reside in Tama county, Iowa. To this union have been born seven children, as follows: Annie, Christ, Dora, Mary, Maggie, Minnie and Martha. Mr. Behr has held office almost continuously since residing in the county. He was township assessor seven consecutive years, has been a member of the township board a number of years and is at present holding the office of president of that body. He was clerk of school district No. 37 three years, and was a director of the same district for a number of terms. The family affiliates with the Pfingsten German Lutheran church. 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/behr265gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 3.3 Kb