Hall County
FRED A. BUCHFINCK, who is a progressive and enterprising young farmer of Hall County, has lived on the old homestead in Lake township all his life. He was born in Hall County, Nebraska, May 25, 1898, a son of August and Anna (Niemoth) Buchfinck, who now live retired at Grand Island.
August Buchfinck, father of Fred A., was born in Russia and was fourteen years old when he came to the United States. In 1873 he came to Grand Island and found work with a farmer and the $83 he earned the first year was his start in business. During the second year he was paid $12 a month and thereby he was able to buy a team of mules, using these within another year he had a paying job working for the railroads. He helped build the Burlington road from Hastings west to Utah and also was employed on the Oregon Short Line. He then took a homestead in Grant County of which he is still owner, together with his homestead and sixteen sections, having in Hall County 320 acres, in Merrick County 480 acres, and 320 in Howard County. His industry during his active years was unceasing, and his business judgment remarkable. He is one of the directors of the Grand Island State Bank and has other interests. He married Anna Niemoth, who was born at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and of their ten children, the following survive: Clara, who is the wife of Albert Beyersdorf, of Lake township; Freda, who is the wife of Paul Beyersdorf, of Leat, Nebraska; John L., who lives in Grant County, married Grace Wright; Fred A., who farms in Lake township; and Amelia, Arthur and Myrtle, all of whom reside at home.
Fred A. Buchfinck had superior educational advantages. After completing the public school course in Hall County, he entered Midland College, at Atchison, Kansas, and later spent a year in a military academy at Kearney, since which time he has been devoting his energies to agricultural pursuits in Lake township.
On February 16, 1918, Mr. Buchfinck was united in marriage to Miss Rose L.
Torney, who is a daughter of John and Katie (Stadler) Torney, of Kearney
County. They are members of the Lutheran church. He belongs to the Farmeršs
Union. Mr. Buchfinck is very well thought of, and he and wife have a
pleasant social circle.
Transcribed by Larry Coates