Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Burfeind, Ernest H. 1879 - ************************************************ 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 5, 2006, 4:57 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) ERNEST H. BURFEIND, senior member of the Burfeind-Wagner Drug company, of Ellsworth, was born in the city of Minneapolis Nov. 5, 1879, the son of Henry H. and Rachael (Gundlach) Burfeind. The father was born in Germany and came to America when 19 years of age. He located first in New York and later moved to Minneapolis, where he is now living at the, age of 60 years. Our subject's mother, who was born in New York, is living and is 53 years of age. In Minneapolis Ernest Burfeind lived until 1901. There he secured his education and grew to manhood. He became a pharmacist and for eight years before he came to Nobles county was employed in a Minneapolis drug store. Coming to Ellsworth in 1901, he purchased the drug store and conducted it alone until April 6, 1908, when he admitted Joseph Wagner as a partner. Mr. Burfeind is unmarried. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America lodge. 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/burfeind308gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb