Page 695. Frederick W. Hartung, a retired farmer of Todd county, Minnesota, is a resident of the village of Long Prairie. He is a native of Germany, born in Prussia on the 7th day of March, 1828, and is the son of Casper and Eva Hartung, also natives of the kingdom of Germany. The father and mother of our subject are the parents of the following-named children – Godfried, Anna, Maria, Frederick W. and Jacob. Mr. Hartung, the subject of this biographical review, received his education in the land of his birth, attending the excellent common schools of Prussia until he had attained the age of fourteen years. He enlisted in the German army in Frankfort-on-the-Main, serving one year and five months and receiving his honorable discharge in 1851. He remained in his native land until 1868, when he emigrated to the United States, and after remaining one year in this country returned to his native land. He remained a short time, visiting the scenes of his childhood, and again emigrated to America. After landing on America’s shores he removed to the State of Ohio, and after a short sojourn in that State went to Todd county, Minnesota, and took land on section 8, where he lived until 1887. After remaining eight years on his homestead Mr. Hartung again paid a visit to his native country, and then returned to his farm. He remained, as above stated, upon his farm until 1887, engaged extensively in general farming and stock-raising operations. He was one of the most successful farmers in the county, and still has a fine farm of 640 acres, besides eighty acres within the incorporate limits of Long Prairie. He rents a part of his land, and this gives him a moderate income. In 1887 Mr. Hartung, seeing that old age was approaching and that he was becoming unequal to hard manual labor, decided to retire from active life, and accordingly removed to the village of Long Prairie, Todd county, Minnesota, where he has since remained. He owns a fine brick house, which is built from material made on his own farm. Mr. Hartung was united in marriage on the 15th of March, 1854, to Miss Johannah Anholt, a native of the kingdom of Germany.
Page 696. Mr. and Mrs. Hartung have been blessed with three children, named as follows – Jacob, Charlotte and Anna. The two first named are married, and Anna is at home. Mr. Hartung is a republican in politics, and in one of the representative citizens of Long Prairie. He and his family belong to the Lutheran church. (Illustrated Album of Biography of the Famous Valley of the Red River of the North and the Park Regions, Alden, Ogle & Company, Chicago, 1889)