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Hall County
JOSEPH BUCHFINCK, whose excellent farm is situated on section 12, Lake township, Hall County, is a careful, industrious man who thoroughly understands farming. He was born near Odessa, Russia, August 19, 1868; his parents were Leopold and Christina (Meyer) Buchfinck.

The parents of Mr. Buchfinck came to the United States and immediately to Hall County, Nebraska, in 1872. The father homesteaded three miles north of Grand Island where the family lived until 1880, when the family returned to Russia but only for a visit. When the father came back to Hall County, he bought 160 acres in Lake township,and it is this land that his son Joseph is so successfully operating today. The mother died on September 11, 1902 and the father's death followed on March 30, 1911. They had twelve children, all of them live in the United States, two, Joseph and August, in Hall County, and Christ, in Howard County, Nebraska.

On January 26, 1891, Mr. Buchfinck was united in marriage to Miss Lena Wagner, a daughter of Soloman and Theresa (Wagner) Wagner, who were early settlers in Merrick County. Four children have been born to the above marriage: Ernest, Theodore, Helena and Armin. Mr. Buchfinck and his family belong to the Lutheran church. He belongs to the Farmer's Union and the Nonpartisan League.

Transcribed by Larry Coates