Luken, B. H. 1816-1901

LUKEN, KUHLMANN

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 4/3/2008 at 19:50:44

DEATH OF B.H. LUKEN

B.H. Luken died at his home on Fulton street on Tuesday morning at an early
hour. Mr. Luken was upwards of eighty-six years of age and his death was due
to dropsy supervening on rheumatism from which he had suffered terribly at
times for many years past.

Barney Henry Luken was a native of Germany having been born in the province
of Oldenburg on May 10, 1816. He emigrated to Ireland from his native land
in 1846 and in the following year came to the United States settling at
Guttenberg, Iowa, where he was married in 1850, to Elizabeth Kuhlmann. In
1868 they moved to Dubuque county and in 1873 came to Plymouth county
settling on a farm in Lincoln township where they lived until 1883 when they
took up their residence in LeMars. The deceased leaves a widow and six
children. His sons, John, Joseph, August and Will and his daughters, Mrs.
Barney Wilken reside in this county and another son, Barney, lives at
Woodstock, Minn.

The funeral will be held on Friday morning at St. Joseph's Catholic church.

~Source: LeMars Sentinel, August 15, 1901