Lincoln County, SD Biographies.....Lindeman, Charles W. 1843 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/sd/sdfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com December 29, 2007, 11:53 pm Author: Geo. A. Ogle & Co. (1897) CHARLES W. LINDEMAN. The farming interests of Highland township, Lincoln county, have a worthy exponent in the person of the gentleman above named, who operates 400 acres in sections 10 and 11. Most of the tract is improved and tillable, and altogether makes up an estate whereon a remunerative business may well be done by a man who devotes himself closely and intelligently to his work. In the way of buildings some very substantial structures have been erected for the shelter of the crops and stock, and the comfort of the family, while good fences subdivide and enclose the land. The kingdom of Prussia, an important part of the great Germanic confederation, is the ancestral home of the Lindemans, and there his parents, Martin and Minnie (Grape) Lindeman, were born, grew to maturity and married, and where also Charles W. Lindeman first saw the light of day, August 23,1843. He accompanied his father and mother when they came to America and settled in Jefferson county, Wis., and while living there Mrs. Lindeman died. The father came to Lincoln county, Dak. Ter., in 1867, and in Highland township he also passed away early in April, 1885. Charles W. grew to manhood on his father's farm in Wisconsin, he being the youngest in a family of seven children and twelve years old when he saw the shores of the fatherland receding as the family started for their new home. In 1867 he started from the Badger state for Dakota territory, and on arrival located in Highland township, where he still makes his home. He is, therefore, one of the very earliest settlers of the county. He has always attended strictly to his business, exerting all his energy and labor in the development of his property; that he has succeeded is but the natural result of close application to the management of his farm and sound and mature judgment in all transactions. The lady to whose housewifely skill the neatness and order of the home are due, and whose amiability makes her a charming companion, became the wife of our subject March 19, 1885, in Highland township. She bore the maiden name of Miss Isabella Hanson, and was born in Norway, May 29, 1862, coming to America when she was twenty years of age. Their household is completed by four children, Henry W., Minnie B., Matilda S. and Rosa P. Additional Comments: Extracted from: MEMORIAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD OF Turner, Lincoln, Union and Clay Counties, SOUTH DAKOTA. Containing Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens, with a Review of their Life Work; their Identity with the Growth and Development of these Counties; Reminiscences of Personal History and Pioneer Life; and other Interesting and Valuable Matter which should be Preserved in History. ILLUSTRATED CHICAGO. GEO. A. OGLE & CO. Publishers, Engravers and Book Manufacturers. 1897. Biography is the only true history.—EMERSON. A people that take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote generations.—MACAULAY. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/sd/lincoln/bios/lindeman274gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/sdfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb