Bio of Meincke, Henry Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920.
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Meincke, Henry (page 447), who was for a number of years and up to the
time of his death, a prominent and respected citizen and land owner of Mt.
Pleasant Township, was born in Hanover, Germany, where he grew to manhood
and followed the occupation of a laborer. He was married in his native
land to Anna Tomforde, and after the birth of their first child, Margaret,
they decided to try their fortunes in the United States, to which country
they came in 1870. They settled first in Goodhue County, Minnesota, but
after a while moved to mt. Pleasant Township, Wabasha county, where Mr.
Meincke engaged in farming, and, as he had some means to begin with, he
found little difficulty in making progress, the more so as he was not a
man to shun hard work. So well did he get along that in time he found
himself the owner of 600 acres of land in the township, which in 1909 he
divided among his sons. He was a man of strong and rugged physique, and as
a citizen was useful and respected. He died July 15, 1919, having been a
widower for somewhat over 14 years, as his wife passed away June 15, 1905.
They had in all seven children. The first, Margaret, who, as already
mentioned, was born in Germany, is now the widow of Fred Dose, and resides
in Lake City. The other children, all born in this country, and all now
living, are: Emma, now Mrs. John Brinkman of Zumbrota, Goodhue County,
Minn.; Henry John, a prosperous farmer of Mt. Pleasant Township;
Elizabeth, wife of John Vollmer, of Lake City; George, a farmer in mr.
Pleasant Township; Adolph, who is farming in the same township; and Freda,
now Mrs. Herman Nibbe, of Gilford Township.