From the Historical Bicentennial Souvenir of Elkton, Minnesota and Marshall Township, 1976:
Fred was born near Elkton, Minn. on February 13, 1883, the son of Herman and Bertha Kraft. He spent his younger years working on farms and for the Chicago Great Western Railroad out of Elkton. One of his jobs with the railroad was "track walker." One man from the section crew walked the tracks to check and tighten the nuts that hold the rails together.
On October 16, 1907 he married Maria Neubauer in St. John's Lutheran Church near Elkton. Maria was born in Germany in 1886 and came to Minnesota with her parents in 1895. They settled in the Sutton area, which until it burned at the turn of the century, was a flourishing village located two miles north of Elkton.
Fred and Maria farmed in the Elkton area most of their lives and Fred was also a cattle buyer. During World War I he owned and operated grocery and dry goods stores in Elkton, Johnsburg and Stacyville, Iowa. In the late 20s he worked for the G. W. Eastman Elevator company until it was completely destroyed by fire in 1944. Later he opened a feed, seed and fertilizer store which he operated with his son Rudy until he retired, and sold the business to Dick Hemingway. Fred died in 1961 and Maria, who is now 90 years of age, lives alone in the family home in Elkton. Three children were born to this family: Alice of Austin, Rudolph, deceased, and Gilbert of Kasson. - Written by Gilbert Kraft, his son.
From the Historical Bicentennial Souvenir of Elkton, Minnesota and Marshall Township, 1976:
Fred was born near Elkton, Minn. on February 13, 1883, the son of Herman and Bertha Kraft. He spent his younger years working on farms and for the Chicago Great Western Railroad out of Elkton. One of his jobs with the railroad was "track walker." One man from the section crew walked the tracks to check and tighten the nuts that hold the rails together.
On October 16, 1907 he married Maria Neubauer in St. John's Lutheran Church near Elkton. Maria was born in Germany in 1886 and came to Minnesota with her parents in 1895. They settled in the Sutton area, which until it burned at the turn of the century, was a flourishing village located two miles north of Elkton.
Fred and Maria farmed in the Elkton area most of their lives and Fred was also a cattle buyer. During World War I he owned and operated grocery and dry goods stores in Elkton, Johnsburg and Stacyville, Iowa. In the late 20s he worked for the G. W. Eastman Elevator company until it was completely destroyed by fire in 1944. Later he opened a feed, seed and fertilizer store which he operated with his son Rudy until he retired, and sold the business to Dick Hemingway. Fred died in 1961 and Maria, who is now 90 years of age, lives alone in the family home in Elkton. Three children were born to this family: Alice of Austin, Rudolph, deceased, and Gilbert of Kasson. - Written by Gilbert Kraft, his son.
Family Members
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Albert David Kraft
1884–1953
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Henry Herman Kraft
1886–1914
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Margaret K Kraft Broderson
1889–1984
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Benard Theodore "Ben" Kraft
1891–1983
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Anna K Kraft Drake
1893–1961
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Tracy M. Kraft Overkamp
1895–1983
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Frances L. Wilhelmina "Minnie" Kraft Conway
1897–1917
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Ella S Kraft Feigum
1899–1986
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George William Kraft
1901–1958
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Clara Johanna Kraft Pacholl
1903–1972
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