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Charles Dahlenburg
18 Sep 1840 – 2 Feb 1920
| Birth | 18 Sep 1840 |
| Death | 2 Feb 1920 |
| Cemetery | ZCBJ Cemetery Wagner , Charles Mix County , South Dakota , USA |
| Added by | Duane Skeel on 11 May 2019 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/91666252 |
Bio
Charles Dahlenburg, owner of one of the largest farms in Bon Homme county, and one of its early settlers, lives on section 19, Hancock township, not far from the town of Andrus. Mr. Dahlenburg was born September 18, 1840, in Prussia, Germany. Both of his parents, John and Mary (Heitmann) Dahlenburg, were Prussians, and their family comprised six children, one of whom, Otto, is dead. The others are Mary, Charles, the subject of this sketch; Fred, Minnie, and Augusta. Mr. Dahlenburg, the eldest boy in the family, came to the United States in 1869, and went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and secured work upon a farm near the city. Then he spent two years in Grant county, Wisconsin, and finally found his way, like so many other thrifty pioneers, to the Dakotas, arriving in Yankton in 1872. He found work as a porter at the Morrison Hotel, and later went to the Merchants, where he had like duties. Yankton was then, as may be imagined, a very inconsequential village, the population not exceeding six hundred people. Mr. Dahlenburg remained there for two and a half years and then went to Bon Homme county, where he immediately pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres. He soon after added three hundred and twenty more to this tract, and also purchased eighty from his mother and the same amount from his brother, Otto, now deceased, both of whom where then living in Dakota. This made a grand total of six hundred and forty acres, and this is the extent of Mr. Dahlenburg's farm today, which is a pretty good sized piece of improved ground, even for South Dakota. Nearly all of it is under cultivation, and in addition Mr. Dahlenburg has built a fine two-story residence, which cost over fifteen hundred dollars; several fine barns and storehouses, a large hop house, artesian well, which supplies a lake over fifteen acres in extent, and other improvements too numerous to mention. An excellent view of this valuable property is shown on another page. IT is a model northwestern farm, and when it is considered that its owner was working as a porter at a dollar a day a few years ago the results which he has obtained are all the more noteworthy. It is a deserved success, and no one will envy Mr. Dahlenburg his prosperity, for he has earned it by persistent exertion and by the closest attention to the work which he started out to accomplish. Mr. Dahlenburg is a Republican politically. Though a very busy man, he finds time to devote to school and educational matters, and has served for years upon the county school board, and is now its treasurer. He is also an active worker in the Congregational church, which he attends. Mr. Dahlenburg and Miss Elizabeth Miller were married in 1874. Mrs. Dahlenburg is a native of Grant county, Wisconsin, and she has borne her husband eight children, all of whom are still at home. They are: Frank, Clara, Charlie, Kittie, Emma, George, William, and Ida.
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Siblings
- Marie Elizabeth "Mary" Dahlenburg Ness 1839–1906 FaG
- Wilhelmina "Minnie" Dahlenburg Jach 1841–1918 FaG
- Johan Georg Frederich "Fred" Dahlenburg 1843–1925 FaG
- Augusta Dahlenburg Belz 1850–1912 FaG
- Wilhelm Otto Dahlenburg 1855–1880 FaG
Children
- Frank Dahlenburg 1875–1949
- Charles Dahlenburg 1877–1956
- Clara Dahlenburg Bartley 1880–1963
- Catherine "Katie" Dahlenburg Brych 1882–1923
- Emma Dahlenburg 1884–1979
- George Dahlenburg 1886–1940
- William C Dahlenburg 1890–1909
- Ida Marie Dahlenburg Anderson 1892–1978
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