BIOGRAPHIES: August Charles KURSCHNER, Prairie Farm Twp., Barron County, WI ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Vic Gulickson 31 July 2000 ==================================================================== August Charles Kurschner, a prosperous farmer of section 34, Prairie Farm Township, was born in the old homestead in this township, Dec. 4, 1876, the son of Martin and Anna (Kellenbach) Kurschner, the pioneers. He was reared to farm pursuits by his father and attended the district school. As a youth he first went into the lumber woods, and thereafter spent ten winters there. Later he took over 80 acres of the home farm. He has built up a good place and successfully carries on general farming and dairying along approved lines. He is a man of sound sense and good judgment and is highly regarded throughout the community. He married Fannie James, a native of Michigan. She was gracious woman and of sterling qualities, and her death, Dec. 25, 1903, was sincerely mourned. She left six children, Raymond, Leonard, Mildred, Lloyd, Dorothy and Alice. All are at home. All the members of the family are well liked by all who know them. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 989.