Bio of Jacob HORSCH (b.1825 d.1899), Wright Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Glen Pettit ========================================================================= This Bio is from the HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY, Volumes I and II, Published in 1915 by Franklin Curtiss - Wedge. Surname Index for The HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY can be found at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/wright/wright.html Under HISTORY. NOTE: This file was scanned and changed to text so there may be some typos. Jacob Horsch, one of those early settlers whose courage, industry and faith had so important a part in the developing of Wright county, was born in Baden, Germany, November 11, 1825, and there received his early education. It was in 1853 that he came to America and located in Bordentown, N. J. In that town he was married, August 21, 1853, to Elizabeth Ehrmann, who was born in Baden, Germany, September 3,1831, and came to America the same year that he did. In 1854 they removed to Chicago, and there lived four years. From October, 1858, dates their residence in this county. In that month they came to Franklin township and took a homestead of eighty acres in section 4, Franklin township. This tract was covered with brush and trees and untouched by the hand of man. They built a log house and a log barn, broke and "grubbed" the land, and underwent all the hardships incident to pioneer life. As time passed, their hard work received its reward, and they became prosperous and influential members of the community. A good frame house and roomy outbuildings took the place of the original log structures, and the farm became one of the best in the neighborhood. Jacob Horsch served in Company E, Second Minnesota Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war. He and his wife both died on the home farm, he March 22, 1899, and she May 7, 1903. Mr. Horsch was a sincere friend of education. He helped to build the first schoolhouse in his district, and served on the school board for many years. Mr. and Mrs. Horsch were the parents of ten children: Caroline (deceased), Rosa, of Delano; Jacob, Jr., of Franklin township; Adam, of Delano; Elizabeth, wife of William Pagenkopf, of Maple Plain, Hennepin county; Amelia, wife of Henry Schwerin, of Echo, Minn.; Andrew, of Franklin township, and George, of Delano. Two others are deceased.