Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Kniese, B. F. 1864 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  B. F. KNIESE, farmer of Summit Lake township, has been a resident of the

county eighteen years. Besides the three eighties in the home place he rents

other land adjoining, making 440 acres of land that he farms. He raises stock

extensively and has a fine farm.



  Mr. Kniese was born in Saxony, Germany, March 26, 1864. His father was Bernard

F. Kniese, who died in Iowa March 6, 1908. His mother was Mary Sophia (Boog)

Kniese, who died in Iowa April 16, 1907. In his native country Mr. Kniese lived

sixteen years, securing an education and working at farm work. He then came to

America with his parents and located in Calhoun county, Iowa, where he engaged

in farming on his father's place two years. He and his father then farmed in

O'Brien county eight years, and in 1890 he came to Nobles county. After farming

on rented land in Summit Lake township some years he purchased the 240 acre farm

on section 16, where he has since resided.



  In O'Brien county, Iowa, on June 5, 1888, Mr. Kniese was united in marriage to

Miss Louise Fischer, who was born in Germany and who came to the United States

in 1882. They are the parents of the following children: Edgar, Albert, Paulina,

Fred, Elsie and Emily. Two children died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Kniese are

members of the Lutheran church of Wilmont, and Mr. Kniese. has served as

director of school district No. 94 for the last eight or ten years.



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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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