Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Lucht, Andrew F. 1860 - ************************************************ 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 23, 2006, 1:28 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) ANDREW F. LUCHT, of Bloom township, owns and farms 240 acres on sections 11 and 15. He is a native of the province of Hanover, Germany, where he was born June 1, 1860. He is a son of Fverich and Peterke (Meyer) Lucht. The father is a retired farmer now living in Crescent City, Iroquois county, Ill., and is 77 years of age. The mother died in Illinois in 1875 at the age of 46 years. Andrew came to the United States with his parents in 1865, landing during the month of June. The family located in Livingston county, Ill. After two years a residence was established near Minonk, in Woodford county, where the family resided three years. The next four years were spent near Eureka, in the same county, and then in 1874 the Luchts moved to near Milford, Iroquois county, where our subject lived until 1890. He lived on the farm with his father until 1882 and then began farming for himself on rented land. In March, 1890, Mr. Lucht came to Nobles county and bought the farm where he has ever since resided. The land was then raw prairie, a vast difference from the finely improved farm that now graces the spot. Mr. Lucht was married in Iroquois county April 14, 1882, to Talke Schmidt, who was born in Livingston county, Ill., May 20, 1866. She was the daughter of Oltman and Almuth Schmidt, who died at the family home in Bloom township, the former in 1907, the latter in 1905. To Mr. and Mrs. Lucht have been born the following children: Peterka Annie (Mrs. Wm. Koehn), of Bloom, born Jan. 17, 1883; Oltman A., born Nov. 9, 1884; Fred A., born June 14, 1889; Arend A., born Sept. 19, 1892; Jonas A., born March 13, 1895; Alma, born Sept. 8, 1898; Katie, born Aug. 3, 1903. All except the married daughter reside at home. Mr. and Mrs. Lucht are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church of Pfingsten. For about ten years Mr. Lucht was treasurer of school district No. 70 and he was a Bloom township supervisor for four years. 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/lucht135gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.7 Kb