Olmsted County MINNESOTA Biographies.....D. B. Brakke December 9 1870 - 
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Mike Oiseth MOISETH@mn.rr.com March 10, 2005, 9:03 am

Author: Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota

D. B. BRAKKE was born in Blue Earth, Minnesota, December 9, 1870. His
father, Lais [Lars] K., was a native of Norway, his birth occurring in
1830. When a young man he came to this country and located in North
Dakota, but later moved to Dane county, Wisconsin, where he resided for
some time. He then came to Blue Earth county, Minnesota, but in 1879
moved to Olmsted county and settled in section 35, in Salem township.
His wife, Christe, died in Chicago, Illinois, in 1900, but Iies buried
in East St. Olaf's cemetery, Rock Dell township. D. B. Brakke was reared
on a farm and has made that branch of industry his occupation through
life. He received a meager education at the district schools, but when
15 years old attended the Lutheran College at Decorah, Iowa, where he
spent three years and came out well equipped for the struggle of life so
far as education was concerned. He then taught school until he was 20
years old, but about that time bought 210 acres in section 5, Rock Dell
township, and there he has resided until the present time, engaged in
farming and stock raising. He keeps Poland China hogs and registered
Durham cattle, and raises large quantities of grains and fruits. His
farm is well provided with good buildings of all kinds. He is one of the
leading farmers of the western half of the county. He is a member of
East St. Olaf's Lutheran church, of which he was secretary for several
years and at the present time is trustee. He has been quite prominent in
politics, and has served as delegate to several county conventions, his
politics being Republican. He has served as a member of the town board
for eleven years, of which he served as chairman for five years. He is
up-to-date and progressive in his views and operations. On August 15,
1894, he was joined in marriage with Miss Martha Lee, whose parents were
pioneer settlers in this portion of the county. Eight children were born
to this marriage: Cora A., born May 29, 1896; Leonard R., born March 13,
1898, died in infancy; Anna C., born January 14, 1900; Delia M., born
October 8, 1901; Lillian L., born November 25, 1905; Louise, born
November 18, 1907; Victor N., born October 19, 1909. This is one of the
educated and refined homes of the county.

Additional Comments:
Joseph Leonard, History of Olmsted County, Minnesota: together with sketches of many
of its pioneers, 
citizens, families, and institutions. Chicago: Goodspeed Historical Association,
1910. Pages 591-592.

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