Dickinson Co., KS AHGP-Portrait and
Biographical Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and
Marion Counties-August Klingberg
Portrait and Biographical
Record of Dickinson, Saline, McPherson and Marion
Counties
Chapman Brothers, Chicago, 1893
AUGUST KLINGBERG was a well-known
and representative farmer of Dickinson
County for a number of years prior to
his death. He was born in Saxony, Germany,
on the 10th of October, 1841, and spent his
boyhood days in the land of his birth. When a
young man he crossed the briny deep to America,
and after landing in this country made a location
in McLean County, Ill., where he spent the six
succeeding years of his life. On the 5th of May,
1870, in Bloomington, Ill., he was united in marriage
with Miss Johanna Musch, who was born in
Germany, September 7, 1845, and came to America
in 1868, living in McLean County, Ill., until her
marriage.
Their bridal tour consisted of a trip to Dickinson
County, Kan., where they began their domestic
life. Mr. Klingberg purchased land and secured
a homestead of eighty acres on section 6,
Hope Township, where he settled and improved a
farm. At the time of his death he owned two
hundred and twenty acres of valuable land under
a high state of cultivation, while the buildings
upon the place stood as monuments to his thrift
and enterprise. He was a man of good business
ability, and his untiring labors and good management
and perseverance won him success. His life
was an upright and honorable one and with the
Methodist Church he held membership. On the
3d of November, 1884, he was called to his final rest
and many friends mourned his loss.
Unto Mr. and Mrs. Klingberg were born five
children, four sons and a daughter, as follows:
Martha, who is now the wife of Henry Schrader;
Daniel, who died in infancy; William A.; Henry,
who also died in infancy; and Frank J. After the
death of the father the mother erected a pleasant
and commodious residence upon the home farm
and made other valuable improvements. She possesses
good executive ability and is a most estimable
lady.
On the 22d of August, 1890, Mrs. Klingberg became
the wife of Louis Fell, a native of Germany,
born August 3, 1846. He resided in the Fatherland
until 1884, when he crossed the Atlantic to
America and became a resident of Dickinson
County, Kan. Both Mr. and Mrs. Fell are members
of the Methodist Church and take an active interest
in its upbuilding and welfare. They are
highly respected people who have many warm
friends in this community.
(c) 2009 Sheryl McClure for
Dickinson County KS AHGP