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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  HENRY PFEIL, breeder of Aberdeen Angus cattle and Poland China hogs, is one of

the well known farmers of Bigelow township, where he owns 640 acres of land,

most of which lies on the north bank of Ocheyda lake. He devotes his energies

almost exclusively to the breeding of stock, the greater part of his land being

farmed by his sons, Walter and George.



  Mr. Pfeil was born in the province of Hesse Nassau, Germany, June 7, 1860.

Both his parents died when he was an infant. He came to the United States in

1872 and lived in Benton county, Iowa, until he was thirty-three years of age.

Until he was twenty-four he worked at farm work for wages, then he married,

rented a farm and conducted it nine years. It was in February, 1893, that Mr.

Pfeil came to Nobles county and bought eighty acres of land in Bigelow township—

the start of his present large farm. It was then unimproved land; today it is

graced by some of the finest farm buildings in the township.



  At LaPorte, Iowa, on Oct. 16, 1884, Mr. Pfeil was married to Miss Lena,

Schuck, daughter of the Rev. Nicholas and Catherine (Hammann) Schuck. She was

born in Washington county, Wis., April 15, 1859. They are the parents of seven

living children, as follows: Walter, born Aug. 6, 1885; George, born March 16,

1886; Katie, born Nov. 7, 1892; Ruth, born Dec. 19, 1894; Roy, born Oct. 29,

1895; Sarah, born May 15, 1896; Philip, born Feb. 3, 1902. Two other children,

Howard and Lilly, are deceased, the former having died at the age of five years

and the latter aged three. Mr. and Mrs. Pfeil and family are enrolled as members

of the German Evangelical church of Worthington. Mr. Pfeil is a member of the

school board of district No. 28. For seven years prior to 1905 he served as a

member of the Bigelow township board.



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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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