Bio of Burkhardt, Henry Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Burkhardt, Henry, sheriff, office in county jail. Sheriff Burkhardt was 
elected in the fall of 1881 and his term of office will expire with the 
close of the present year, December 31, 1883. His deputies are: Rudolph 
Eichenberger, Wabasha; Robert Romick, Lake City; William Baxter, 
Plainview; John Gregory, Mazeppa. Mr. Burkhardt is a native of 
Switzerland, came to America in 1854 and was in Madison county, Illinois, 
until his removal to Wabasha in 1860. The following year, 1861, in the 
spring, Mr. Burkhardt removed to Read's Landing and engaged in business, 
establishing his meat-market and dealing in live-stock. This business he 
still conducts, its management at present being in the hands of his son, 
Otto. Mr. Burkhardt has been prominently identified with the business of 
Read's Landing and also with its local government, for the past twenty-two 
years, as well as interesting himself in county affairs, serving as 
commissioner of the county for the fifth district from 1877 to 1881. In 
1856 Mr. Burkhardt married Elizabeth Burgher. They have seven children 
living: Rudolph, born December 27, 1857, now married and living in Polk 
county; Otto, in charge of the business at Read's Landing, born March 28, 
1864. Fannie, born March 4, 1866; Annie, born January 24, 1868; Bertie, 
born April 5, 1870; Henry, Jr., born June 12, 1872; Edwin, born February 
13, 1878.
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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