♂ Casper Ludwig OELKERS
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His nick name was "Louis". He came to America in 1875 fromDeutschland with the rest of his family. They left the port ofHamburg on the ship _________. It sailed to New York, arriving on_______. The family traveled to rockstone county, MN, where theystayed fro just one year. They traveled on to Cass County, Nebraska.There they bought 2 adjacent farms and remained for the rest of theirlives. Louis met his wife Sophie while he was selling his apples at a farmersmarket in Lincoln, Nebraska. She was a baker for the Pound family,and presumably was out purchasing food for the household. Louis was a farmer his whole life. He was also a bee keeper. He wasable to tend to his hives without protective clothing. Louis is reported to have held the reigns of Buffalo Bill Cody's horsewhen he was in Lincoln one time. Buffalo bill gave Louis ahalf-dollar for this, which has been kept in a coin box to this day,now in the possession of George Oelkers.
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