Kloster, Christian Peter 1874-1960

KLOSTER, NIELSEN

Posted By: Linda Mohning, volunteer (email)
Date: 5/27/2012 at 06:01:44

We may not always realize it, but quite often little things rob a farmer of the joy of farming and living in the free open country. It may be broken-down gates, a half-destroyed string of fence, a leaky roof or a dozen other similar things that ought never to be found on a farm. These seemingly trivial things are often responsible not only for keeping the owner in a bad temper but also positively occasion loss in many ways. Realizing this fact Christian P. Kloster, of Fredonia township, has always kept everything about his farm in shipshape.

Mr. Kloster was born in Rodding, Schleswig, Germany, November 9, 1874. He is a son of Jens A. and Laurentine Kloster, a sketch of whom will be found on another page of this work [see Thorvald Kloster’s biography]. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in his native land where he attended school until 1888, then clerked in a store in Rodding until 1890, in which year he immigrated to the United States, locating on a farm in Fredonia township for which he paid thirty-eight dollars per acre, later adding forty acres more, for which he paid seventy dollars per acre, and subsequently added another forty, for which he paid one hundred and fifteen dollars per acre. He now has a well-improved and productive farm of one hundred and sixty acres. He set out a fine grove upon moving here, and has now a splendid group of buildings. He has made about five thousand dollars worth of improvement on the place. He carries on general farming and stock raising successfully, feeding most of the grain the place produces to cattle and hogs. He also does a dairy business, keeping an average of ten good cows. His place is known as “Ash Hill Farm”.

Mr. Kloster married Christina Nelson [Nielsen], and to this union five children were born, namely; Tena, Nis, Jens, Harold and Herlig. The wife and mother passed away on July 14, 1907.

Politically, Mr. Kloster is a Democrat. He has taken an active interest in public affairs for many years and has served as township clerk and trustee, also as school director. He is a present secretary of the school board, also an overseer in the Fredonia Grange. He belongs to the Danish Lutheran church of Fredonia township.

Source: The History of Plymouth County, Vol. II, edited by W. S. Freeman, 1917