Brown County Biographies
From "The Annals of Brown County", Grant Harrington, 1903
J. M. Schenkleberger.
The best improved farm in Walnut
Township is that of Mr. J. M. Schenkelberger, one mile east and three
and a half miles north of Fairview.
There are four hundred acres, a good
portion of which is in grass. There
are ^thirteen thousand feet under
roof in the barns, sheds and hog
pens, and all are paved with rock.
One bank barn is 60x60, with 32 foot
posts; it holds 100 tons of hay, 600
bushels of grain and 75 head of cattle and is so arranged that the stock
can be fed and watered without being taken out of the barn. A second
barn is 40x76 and holds 16 horses, 50
tons of hay and 2000 bushels of grain.
In addition to this there is a corn
crib 28x30, a chicken house 16x20,
milk house, wood house, and additional granaries, corn cribs and
numerous other buildings. Mr. Schenkelberger keeps a herd of from 75 to
100 head of Short-horn Cattle all
eligible to register; raises from 100 to
150 thorough-bred Poland China
hogs every year and feeds cattle and
hogs extensively every season. He
has never sold a bushel of corn since
he has been farming but feeds up all
he raises to his stock.
Mr. Schenkleberger was born May
16, 1845 in Holmes County, Ohio and
comes of good thrifty German stock,
his father and mother both being
natives of the Fatherland. He was
educated in the common schools of
Holmes County, and learned the
stone-mason's trade, at which he
worked for six years. In November
1870 he came to Kansas on a prospecting tour and purchased a part of the
farm where he now resides. He did
not move to Brown County, however until 1879. His place was then
raw prairie and all of the improvements of which it now boasts have
been placed there by him since that
date. He has added to his holdings
from time to time until he now owns
400 acres in one body.
Mr. Schenkleberger was married to
Miss Martha Purdy in Ohio Sept. 17,
1874 who was also a native of
Holmes County. They have five children, Clara and Carrie born Sept. 17,
1876, Peter Charles born Nov. 2, 1878,
Julia born March 10, 1881, and William L., born Oct. 3, 1883, Clara is
an artist of rare ability and the
Schenkelberger home is adorned
with many fine specimens of her
skill. Her pictures have been on exhibition at various places and have
always attracted attention. Carrie
is a graduate of the Normal Course
at Lindsborg College, Class of '97.
She is also a musician and artist.
Peter Charles graduated with honors from the Still Osteopath College
Des Moines, Iowa January 1902 and
is now in Chicago taking a medical
course at Hanamann College. Julia
is a graduate of the Hiawatha Academy, Class of 1902, and will continue
her studies in College. Mr. and Mrs.
Schenkelberger and their children
are members of the Congregational
Church at Fairview of which Mr.
Schenkleberger is one of the Trustees.
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