Brown County Biographies
From "The Annals of Brown County", Grant Harrington, 1903
Frank Daeschner.
Frank Daeschner, the enterprising
hardware merchant of Hiawatha,
was born July 19, 1858, in Kane County, Ill. When he was eight years old
the family moved to Richardson
County, Neb., where he grew to
manhood on the farm receiving the
education furnished by the district
school of his locality. He spent a
couple of years In Texas and California and then returned to Richardson
County, Neb., and purchased a
quarter section of land a mile from
the Kansas line. Here he resided until the spring of 1899 when he moved
to Hiawatha purchasing the O. C.
Hill property. He was a successful
farmer and stock raiser building up
a tine herd of Poland China swine
and other fancy stock.
In June 1900 Mr. Daeschner purchased the George H. Adams stock
of hardware in Hiawatha and has
devoted his energies for the past
two years to making this business a
success. He has given special attention to furnace work and has
equipped quite a number of residences
and public buildings with complete,
up to date heating plants during
this time.
Mr. Daeschner is an active church
and Sunday School worker. He is a
member of the Evangelical Church of
this city, is a member of the board of
directors of the church, superintendent of the Sunday School and president
of the Young Peoples Alliance.
He is also a member of the executive
committee of the Kansas Conference
branch of the Young Peoples Alliance, an organization which includes
Kansas, Missouri and part of Oklahoma, and has served three times as
president of the Conference Branch.
Before coming to Hiawatha, Mr.
Daeschner served as a member of the
school board, as township clerk and
as a justice of the peace. He is now
one of the directors in the Blue
Valley Mutual Insurance Co. He is
a Woodman being a member of Oak
Leaf Camp at Hiawatha
Mr. Daeschner found a happy companion In the person of Miss Kate
Schalble of Falls City, Nebr. They
were married Feb. 23, 1888 and are
now the proud parents of four children named Esther, Wesley, Ruth
and Frank, Jr.
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