Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Kaufman, Nicholas 1872 - ************************************************ 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, 10:40 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) NICHOLAS KAUFMAN, proprietor of a Brewster furniture store, came to Nobles county when one year of age and has been a resident of the county ever since. The father of our subject was John Kaufman, one of the old settlers of the county and a prominent man in Brewster. He was born in Schiers, Switzerland, in 1840, learned the trade of cabinet maker in the old country, came to the United States when a young man, and engaged in farming in Hersey township and mercantile pursuits in Brewster from 1873 until his death in August, 1907. Nicholas Kaufman's mother is Johanna (Lenzen) Kaufman, who was born in Germany, came to the United States when seven years of age, and was married in Carver county, Minn. She is the mother of the following children: Nicholas, Tillman, Margartha and Eisbeth. Nicholas Kaufman was born in Carver county, Minn., April 14, 1872, and came to Hersey township with his parents when one year old. He was educated in the Brewster public schools and in the Breck school at Wilder, and made his home on the farm until 1902. In that year he bought his father's store at Brewster, and has since been engaged in the furniture and implement business. Besides his business property he owns eighty acres of land in section 15, Hersey townshp. In 1896 Mr. Kaufman was elected assessor of Hersey townshp and held the office two years. In recent years he held the office of town clerk, giving up the position in March, 1907. Mr. Kaufman was married June 12, 1906, to Ida L. Kasper, and to them have been born one child—Florence R. 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/kaufman100gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.3 Kb