ALBERS HENRY F. C. BIOGRAPHY BOOK - HISTORY OF RICE & STEELE COUNTIES VOL I & II 1910. Henry F. C. Albers, a prosperous and well-to-do farmer of Bridgewater township, was born in Bridgewater, December 21, 1861, to Henry and Christinia (Clute) Albers, natives of Germany. His father, a farmer in his native land, came to America in 1853 and located near Milwaukee, Wis., where he remained until 1855: he then came to Minnesota, driving across the country with an ox team, and located in Bridgewater township, Rice county, where he preempted land in section 31 and on which he has carried on general farming and made extensive improve- ments. IHe also served in Company H, Fourth Minnesota Regiment, during the Civil War. Our subject attained his education in district schools of Bridgewater. After leaving school he worked on a farm and in 1892 bought 120 acres of land, to which he has added additional purchases until he now has a farm of 280 acres, well cultivated and up to date in every respect. He also has 160 acres in St. Louis county. In addition to carrying on farming successfully, he also conducts a lumber yard at Dundas, Minn. Mr. Albers was married November 15, 1894, to Miss Louisa, daughter of Aug. and Catherine (Suess) Zimmerman, natives of Germany, who in 1881 came to America and located in Bridgewater township, from whence they later moved to Northfield township, where they still live. Mr. and Mrs. Albers have seven children, named in respective order of their birth: Freemont, Clarence, Hattie, Frances, Edward, Carl and Harold, all living at home. Mr. Albers affiliates with the Democratic party. In religious faith he, with his family, adheres to the German Moravian church at Northfield. He is also a member of the United Workmen. Besides conducting his own business successfully, Mr. Albers is a public spirited man, and has done a good deal to promote the welfare of his community. He is a stockholder and director in the Farmers Elevator Company, in Northfield Telephone Company, stockholder in Forest Creamery Company, and stockholder in Independent Harvester Company, of Plano, Ill. He has filled a number of local offices, such as assessor, which office he filled for five years, also supervisor and justice of the peace.