Bio of BEHRNS, Julius A. (b.1874) Wabasha Co., MN
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Behrns, Julius A. (page 449), a well known and respected citizen of  Oakwood 
Township, engaged in general agriculture and stock raising on a farm of  310 
acres in section 19, was born on his father’s farm in section 30, this  
township, August 28, 1874. His parents were Hans and Margaret (Schacht) Behrns,  
natives of Germany, who came to this country when young, the father at the age  of 
18 years and the mother at that of eight. They were married in Olmsted  
County, and in 1862 settled on a farm in section 30, Oakwood Township, Wabasha  
County. The farm contained 160 acres, to which Hans Behrns added until he had  
280 acres. He retired in March, 1920, and took up his residence in Minneapolis,  
where he is now living on Thomas street. Julius A. Behrns acquired his  
elementary education in the Bremen District School, and later attended the  
Rochester High School. Until the age of 23 years he remained on his parents’  farm, 
and then went to Lac Qui Parle County, 2where he bought a farm of 160  acres, 
which he operated for four years. He then sold it and moved to a farm of  146 
acres belonging to his father in section 9, Elgin Township, which he worked  
for 15 years, or until the fall of 1919, when he took possession of his present  
farm of 310 acres in section 19, Oakwood Township. He follows general 
farming,  including the raising of sugar beets, and stock breeding, keeping pure-bred 
 Hampshire hogs. He belongs to the Elgin Shipping Association, and his 
operations  are being conducted on a successful basis, redounding to his own benefit 
and  identifying him as a factor in the agricultural development of the 
county. Mr.  Behrns was married January 20, 1892, to Bertha Hein, of Elgin 
Township, the  issue of the marriage being five children, namely: Elenora, born in Lac 
Qui  Parle County, November 4, 1899, who is the wife of Leslie Wood, of 
Winona; Ezra  E., born July 22, 1900; Delbert, March 5, 1902; Sylvia, January 23, 
1906, and  Arthur, May 19, 1908. The Behrns family are affiliated religiously 
with the  Lutheran church.