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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  DAVID HERLEIN is one of the big farmers of Nobles county, he being the owner

of the whole of section 7, Worthington township. He has been a resident of the

county for the last twenty years. Burreau [sic] county, Ill., is the place of

his nativity, and July 22, 1861, was the date of his birth. He is the son of

Peter Herlein and Sabina (Schuecket) Herlein. His father was a native of Germany

and died in January, 1893. His mother resides in Burreau county, Ill.



  The elder Herlein was a farmer and David grew to manhood on his father's place

in Illinois. There he secured a common school education and resided until he was

26 years of age. In 1886 Peter Herlein had come to Nobles county and purchased

section 7, Worthington township, for which he paid $10.25 per acre—land which is

today easily worth $60 per acre. In March, 1888, David came to Nobles county,

located on the land, and has since that date been engaged in its cultivation, he

being now the owner of the tract. Since locating here he has purchased a half

section of land in Wadena county and a quarter section near Hinckley, both of

which he still owns. He devotes his energies largely to the raising of stock and

has some of the finest herds in the county. Mr. Herlein has held a school office

for many years past. For several years he was director of the district in which

he lives, and for the last four years he has held the office of treasurer.



  Mr. Herlein was married at Iowa City, Iowa, July 2, 1896, to Emma Erhart, to

whom have been born the following children, all of whom are living at home:

Emma, John and Edna.



  Besides being rated as one of the successful farmers of Nobles county, Mr.

Herlein has gained notoriety in another way. He is one of the best rifle shots

in the United States, and is the possessor of over a dozen gold medals secured

in tournaments held by the Upper Mississippi Schutzen Bund. In 1886 he won the

championship prize given by the association, winning over 250 contestants

representing the states of Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Wisconsin, Minnesota,

Iowa and Ohio. At that shoot he made a score of 219 out of a possible 250, and

the score has never been beaten, although the targets now in use are larger,

having three-fourths inch rings instead of one-half inch. Had the target been

the size of those now in use his score would have been 232. Mr. Herlein joined

the association when nineteen years of age, and at the first shoot after

becoming a member of the team he took first prize. He has attended nearly every

shoot since he has become a member of the organization and his medals cover a

period from 1880 to date.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 



WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908



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