Bio of Charles August LANDECK (b.1859), Wright Co., MN

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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.

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be some typos.

HISTORY OF WRIGHT COUNTY 1003
Charles August Landeck, a leading farmer located in section 10, Rockford 
township, is one of the highly respected and honored men of the community. 
By hard work and careful planning he has acquired a competence, and is 
regarded as a splendid example of what may be accomplished by honesty 
and indusbry.  He was born in Prussia, Germany, April 12, 1859, son of 
Charles and Louise Landeck, and was the only child in the family, except 
Paul, who was drowned. The father died when Charles August was about three 
or four years old, and in 1866 the mother and son came to America and 
located at Milwaukee. There the mother married Christian Kunz. In 1868 
they moved to Minneapolis. The mother died in 1898 at the age of sixty-four. 
The stepfather is still living at the age of seventy-eight. Their marriage 
( resulted in two daughters, Emma and Louisa. Even as a boy, Charles 
August Landeck secured employment carring shingles at $2.00 a day. In 
fact, being a good workman, he was able to command good wages whenever 
he desired employment. At the age of eighteen he learned the blacksmith 
trade, and in this occupation he engaged in Minneapolis until 1892.
 Through all these years his worth commended itself to his patrons, and 
he numbered his friends by the score. In 1892, however, he determined 
to change his occupation. Accordingly he came to Wright county, and 
purchased 120 acres in Rockford township.  A shack stood on the place, 
and the land had been cleared in patches. Mr. Landeck finished clearing 
the land, and made many important improvements. He added forty acres more, 
and erected a pleasant home and suitable buildings. One of the features 
of the place is the new barn, 30 by 72 feet, with eighteen-foot posts. 
Mr. Landeck takes great pride in his good stock, and he has a splendid 
herd of Shorthorn cattle, as well as a profitable drove of Poland China 
swine. Mr. Landeck was married in 1882 to Lena Miltz, born in Prussia, 
Germany, June 8, 1859, daughter of David and Christina (Schultz) Miltz. 
Mr. and Mrs. Landeck have six children, Walter E., Robert Fred, Ernest, 
Charles, Mamie and Hazel.