BIOGRAPHIES: Valentine KURSCHNER #2, 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 <vic@indy.net>  31 July 2000	
====================================================================

Valentine Kurschner, an early settler of Section 22, Prairie Farm Township,
was born in Germany, March 13, 1852, and there attended school. Feb. 18,
1873, he married Wilhelmina Moline, who was born Nov. 6, 1854. Soon 
afterward they came to the United States, and took a homestead on Section 
22, Prairie Farm Township, this county. He built a log house, established 
his home therein, and started to develop a farm. For several winters in 
order to help out the family funds, he worked in the lumber woods. In time 
he got a good start in life and built up a good farm. He was especially 
prominent in the affairs of the Evangelical Church in Prairie Farm Township, 
and for many years was superintendent of the Sunday School. He was also a 
pioneer dairyman and helped to start the Prairie Farm Co-operative Creamery. 
He died Jan. 3, 1908, and his wife is still living on the home place.

--Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., &
Co., 1922, pg. 621.