Bios of Kennebeck, Theodore (b.1867) Wabasha Co., MN
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Kennebeck, Theodore (page 668), owner of a good farm property of 165 acres
in section 3, Glasgow Township, which he is successfully operating, was
born in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, June 15, 1867, son of Bernard and Anna
(Oening) Kennebeck. The parents were both natives of Germany, the father
born in 1825. The latter was twice married, Anna Oening being his first
wife. She died when her son Theodore was a babe, and Bernard Kennebeck
subsequently remarried. When Theodore was three years old he came with his
father and step-mother to Wabasha County, Minnesota, the family settling
in Glasgow Township, where the father bought 160 acres of wild land and
began farming. There Theodore grew to manhood, having but limited
educational opportunities, as he attended district school very little.
After remaining with his father until reaching the age of 28 years, he
started in for himself, buying his present farm, or rather, 120 acres of
it, in section 3, Glasgow Township. To this he has since added 40 acres
more, together with five acres of timber, making the total area of his
land 165 acres. He has a good residence and other buildings, including a
stave silo, and his farm is well stocked with Durham and Holstein cattle
and Duroc-Jersey hogs. In addition to a full equipment of teams, tools and
machinery, he owns a good auto car. As he gives his chief attention to his
stock he feeds most of his farm product at home. Mr. Kennebeck was married
October 10, 1900, to Josephine Anna, daughter of Anton and Mary Passe of
Pepin Township, this county, where she was born April 29, 1881. Of this
union seven children have been born: Regina Emeline, August 1 1902; Arnold
Anthony, February 29, 1904; Lawrence Joseph, May 15, 1906; Joseph John,
August 26, 1908; Herman Theodore, March 7, 1910; Henry George, February 8,
1913; Jeanette Marie, January 18, 1916; and Lloyd George, July 1, 1918.
Mr. Kennebeck is politically aligned with the Republican party. He has
served for several years as school treasurer of District 68, and is a man
who takes a helpful interest in the general good of the community. A
Catholic in religion, he and his family are members of St. Felix parish at
Wabasha.