Bio of KERSTEN, Frank G. (b.1879), Wright Co., MN

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1033     HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY



Frank G. Kersten, an energetic citizen of South Haven, was born in 

section 18, South Side township, October 11, 1879, a son of Gottlieb and 

Johanna (Graupmann) Kersten. He was reared on the farm, attended the 

district schools, and since he was eighteen years old has had charge of 

the home farm in section 16, South Side township.  He makes a specialty 

of raising potatoes, and has been very successful in this line. In 1914 

he raised 6,000 bushels on forty-two acres. For the past eight years he 

has purchased and sold stock and produce in South Haven, and his 

honorable dealings have won him high commendation, both from the farmers 

from whom he buys and from the produce houses to which he sells.  In 

addition to his other holdings, he owns stock in the South Haven Rural 

Telephone Company, in which he is the vice president.  He has been on the 

village council nine years, village assessor six years, and president of 

the school board three years.  Mr. Kersten was married June 20, 1905, to 

Minnie Ernst, daughter of William Ernst, a retired farmer, who lives in 

Paynesville, in Stearns county, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Kersten have 

four children: Myrtle was born April 11, 1906; Grace was born October 22, 

1907; Ernst was born June 20, 1909; and William was born March 8, 1914.