Albercht, Robert

ALBERCHT

Posted By: Joyce Hickman (email)
Date: 3/10/2007 at 20:12:09

Robert Albercht, farmer, P. O. Minden, was born in Kolleda, Germany, May 22, 1839. He is the son of Christian and Elizabeth (Hartroth) Albercht, both natives of Germany. His father was born in 1802, and was the Mayor of Kolleda, Germany. He died in 1863, in Sauk County, Wis. The mother was born in 1805, and died in teh same place as her husband, in 1865. They had six children - two boys and four girls. Our subject received his education in his native town and Wisconsin, to which latter State in went in 1849. In the fall of 1864, he enlisted in the Forty-fifth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, Company K, Capt. Lashe. He fought at Nashville, and was afterward assigned to railroad duties between Lookout Mountain and Louisville, Ky. He was promoted March 1, 1865, after which he did officer's duty till the close of the war. He came to this county in 1876, and bought eighty acres of land, paying $10 and $11 per acre. In 1879, he purchased forty acres more, at $11 per acre. The land was all wild, but is now in a good state of cultivation. He engages in general farming. He was married, in Sauk County, Wis., September 3, 1866 to Caroline Meyer, born in Clearfield County, Penn., December 10, 1846. She is the daughter of George Henry and Christina (Ehrhart) Meyer, both natives of Germany. Her father was born in 1820, and her mother in 1826. They are both now living in Thayer County, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. Albercht have five children - Clara, Daisy, William, Henry and Fred. In politics, our subject is Independent. (From the 1882 History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa)