BIOGRAPHIES: Frederick KLOCKEMAN, Sr., Turtle Lake, Barron County, WI

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Frederick  Klockeman,  Sr.,  a  substantial  citizen  now living retired in
Turtle  Lake,  was born in Germany, Feb. 24, 1845, son of Henry and Johanna
Klockeman,  who  spent the span of their years as Germany farmers, and both
of  whom  are  now  deceased.  Of  their  eight  children, two came to this
country,  and  these  are the only two that are living. One of these two is
Mary,  the  wife  of  August  Jagau,  of Marshalltown, Iowa. The other, the
subject  of this sketch, was reared and educated in Germany. As a youth, he
first  worked  on his parents' farm, then he worked as a railroad man for a
while,  and  then  he  was  foreman  on a sugar beet plantation for several
years.  He  served  in  the  German  Army  for four and a half years, which
included  the  years  1870-71,  when the Franco-Prussian War was raging. In
1883  he  came  to  America  and  settled near State Center, Iowa, where he
successfully  farmed until 1897. In that year he came to Barron County, and
settled,  on  a  farm of 160 acres in Section 5, Turtle Lake Township. This
land  had  considerable  standing  timber  but had partly been cut over. By
cutting  and  sawing the timber, he secured enough lumber for the excellent
set  of  buildings  he  erected. He also cleared much of the stump land and
developed  a  good farm. In 1902 he sold this farm and bought one in Beaver
Township,  Polk  County.  This he traded for the Commercial Hotel in Turtle
Lake.  This  hotel he rented. He sold it in 1913. In the meantime, in 1913,
he  bought another farm in Section 30, Almena Township. In 1909 he moved to
Turtle  Lake,  where  he  has  since  continued to live. Here he has been a
trustee  of  the  village  for  several terms. Mr. Klockeman was married in
Germany,  to Gustina Klein, daughter of Christ and Gustina Klein. The Klein
family  has lived in one spot in Germany for over three centuries. The home
was  once burned by the Frenchmen under Napoleon, and once by the Russians,
but has each time been rebuilt on the same walls. Mrs. Christ Klein, mother
of  Mrs.  Klockeman, lived to be nearly one hundred years old. Mr. and Mrs.
Klockeman  have  had five children, four boys and one girl. August lives in
Turtle  Lake and is mail carrier on Route 2. Frederick, Jr., is a farmer in
Beaver  Township, Polk County. Alexander is a railroad fireman and lives in
St.  Paul.  Alma is the wife of Walter Barrett and lives at Grinnell, Iowa.
Ernest,  the  twin  brother  of  Alexander,  was  killed  by electricity at
Plainview,  Minn.,  May  11,  1918.

--Taken  from:  History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co.,
1922, pg. 163.