Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Nolte, Henry 1845 - ************************************************ 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 20, 2006, 2:26 am Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) HENRY NOLTE. One of the prominent and successful farmers of Grand Prairie township is Henry Nolte, who has been engaged in farming there for the last twenty years. Mr. Nolte was born in Lippe Detmold, Germany, on July 21, 1845. His parents were Henry, and Sophia (Kracht) Nolte, both of whom are deceased, the father having died in Franklin county, Iowa, in 1885, aged 73 years, and the mother on July 14, 1894, aged 75 years. In his native country Mr. Nolte resided until he was twenty-one years of age. There he was educated in the common schools, supplemented by a two years' course in English after coming to America. Until he was fifteen years old he lived on a farm. Then he took employment in a brick yard, at which business he was employed until he came to America in 1866. He departed from Germany on a sailing vessel on March 17 and landed in New York on May 9. Going at once to Ogle county, Ill., Mr. Nolte rented a farm and engaged in farming there until the spring of 1875. The preceding fall he had bought 170 acres of land in Franklin county, Iowa, and in the spring he took up his residence there and engaged in farming until the spring of 1888. It was in 1879 that he met with an accident, having his right hand mangled in a corn sheller. In 1887 Mr. Nolte decided to change his location, due to poor school facilities. He had a family and was three miles from school. The opportunity for an advantageous sale affording, Mr. Nolte disposed of his farm in Franklin county and set out to look for a new location. He came to Nobles county in the fall of 1887, liked the looks of the country and decided to invest. He bought four hundred acres of his present farm on section 7, Grand Prairie township, and in the spring of 1888 moved onto the place, and it has been his home ever since. When he came to the county Mr. Nolte had only $1,200, and the farm he bought was only slightly improved. Today he has one of the finest improved farms in the vicinity, including a beautiful grove and a fine orchard. During the time of his residence in the county Mr. Nolte has prospered. He is now the owner of the east half of section 7, the north half of the northwest quarter of section 7 and the northwest quarter of section 5, all in Grand Prairie township, a section of land in Saskatchewan, valued at $20 per acre, and two sections in Kit Carson county, Colorado, valued at $12 to $15 per acre. Until recently he owned other Nobles county property. Mr. Nolte engages in stock raising quite extensively as well as grain farming, raising a considerable number of cattle and hogs. He holds stock in the First National Bank of Ellsworth and also in the State Bank of Magnolia, of which institution he is one of the directors. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Ellsworth. In politics he is independent but takes an active part. He served as township assessor one year and has been a school officer during nearly the whole time of his residence here. For seven or eight years he was a director of district No. 39, and since retiring from that office he has held the office of treasurer of the district, having served about ten years. Mr. Nolte has been married twice. His first marriage occurred in Ogle county, Ill., on June 11, 1872, when he led to the altar Miss Gesiene Essman. She died Dec. 28, 1893. To them were born the following children: Louise (Mrs. Albert Rust), born Aug. 2, 1873; died April 3, 1901; Henry, born Jan. 10, 1875; Herman, born Feb. 17, 1876; Adolph, born March 12, 1878, died Sept. 6, 1878; Charles, born May 9, 1879; Minnie, born March 23, 1882; John, born April 12, 1884, died Sept. 8, 1884; Fred, born Oct. 1, 1885; John, born Jan. 174 1888; Gesiene, born Sept. 4, 1889, died Feb. 12, 1890; Gesiene, born Oct. 4, 1890; Bernhardt, born March 10, 1892. All of the living children are residents of Grand Prairie township. On December 4, 1894, Mr. Nolte was married to Mrs. Minnie Krueger, who died July 31, 1907. To them were born two children, as follows: Marie, born July 29, 1895; Alvina, born Dec. 13, 1899. 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/nolte57gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 4.8 Kb