BIOGRAPHIES: August KLOCKEMAN, Turtle Lake, Barron County, WI

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August Klockeman, a popular mail carrier on Route 2, out of Turtle Lake
Postoffice, was born in Germany, Aug. 1, 1870, son of Frederick and Gustina
(Klein) Klockeman. He attended school in Germany for several years and came
to this country with his parents in 1883. He then attended school in Iowa,
and was graduated from the State Center High School. From Iowa he came to
this county with his parents in 1897. He has farmed, logged and worked in
sawmills, in Polk and Barron counties. In 1904 he moved to the village and
took up his present duties. He was married at Turtle Lake, Oct. 19, 1899,
to Bertha Jeske, daughter of Carl and Paulina Jeske, natives of Germany,
who came to America in 1883, lived for a while in Barron County, and then
moved to Polk County, this state, where he died and where she is still
living. Mr. and Mrs. Klockeman have three bright boys, William, Albert and
Walter. A girl, Anna, died at the age of four years.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 613.