History of Nemaha County, Kansas . p his land for the first time. Foryears he worked incessantly early and late to make both ends he achieved success and was able to accumulate some of hisreturns. At the time of his death, April 14, 1896, he owned 410 acres ofland, which was a remarkable record, considering the difficulties whichhe was forced to undergo. He was $100 in debt when he reached Americaand labored under the additional handicap of being in a strange countryand compelled to use a strange language. William Hecht was conspicu-ously successful as a farmer. But best of all,
History of Nemaha County, Kansas . p his land for the first time. Foryears he worked incessantly early and late to make both ends he achieved success and was able to accumulate some of hisreturns. At the time of his death, April 14, 1896, he owned 410 acres ofland, which was a remarkable record, considering the difficulties whichhe was forced to undergo. He was $100 in debt when he reached Americaand labored under the additional handicap of being in a strange countryand compelled to use a strange language. William Hecht was conspicu-ously successful as a farmer. But best of all, he never relied on anyoneto help him out. From the start, he worked independently and saved hismoney and he was never under obligations to any man. Such a spirit ofindependence and self-reliance never fails to make success for its posses-sor, and certainly did not in this instance. Sophia (Blidsoe) Hecht, the mother of Louis, was born in 1834, and,like her husband, was of German birth. Both of her parents were of Ger- o o K> a. HISTORY OF NEMAHA COUNTY 5^9 man birth and were married in their native land but came to Nemahacounty, Kansas, in the early days. They were buried in the Lutherancemetery in Nemaha township. Mrs. Hecht died in 1872. To Mr. andMrs. Hecht were born eleven children, only three of whom are surviving are: Mrs. Minnie Stiner, Pawnee county, Nebraska;Louis, subject of this review, third oldest son; Mrs. Eliza Boehmer, ofRichardson county, Nebraska. Louis Hecht was born in Nemaha county, Kansas, June 3, 1861, andgrew up on his fathers farm on which he put in many long hours of laborwhen he would have preferred to be splashing in the creek, or lying in theshade. He attended No. 8 district school during the short termsit was in session. At the age of twenty-two years, he rented land for ayear from his father and farmed it with considerable success, and the fol-lowing year, he became heir to 160 acres of fine land in the southwestquarter of section
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