HESCH HISTORY: Sweet, Sweet Corn!

This branch of the Austrian Hesch family is descended from Johann Hesch and his wife Marya (Schlinz) Hesch, who came to America from Oberschlagles, Bohemia with three sons: Paul, Mathias, and Anton. +++Johann & Marya settled in Buffalo County, Wisconsin but moved to Pierz, Mn in about 1885. .+++Mathias settled in Waumandee, Wisconsin and moved to Pierz in 1911. +++Anton never married but farmed with his dad in Agram Township, where he died in 1911.+++And Paul, my great grandfather, settled five miles away, in Buckman, Minnesota. He died there in 1900.

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Sunday, August 18, 2013

Sweet, Sweet Corn!

If you're craving some fresh, picked-this-morning sweet corn from Buckman, now's the time. The Janson kids parked the stand across from the church again, and the next generation of kids is getting involved.

Damn, this makes me smile!