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William "Bill" Frederick and Anna Marie (Winkler) Barkmeier owned a farm southeast of Exeter, Nebraska. The 80 acre farm was located one and a quarter miles east of the intersection on the road that continues straight east of Exeter on Highway 6 before the S-shaped curve, then one mile south. A 1918 atlas of Fillmore County shows that this farm was rented by Bill's brother, Frederick "Fred" August Barkmeier, and wife, Clara Elizabeth (Wiszmann) Barkmeier.
From 1918 Fillmore County Atlas - Exeter Township
Following the death of Bill's father, Frederick Barkmeier, in 1916, Bill and Anna Marie farmed the 160 acre farm in the Fairmont Township owned by Bill's parents. After his father's death, Bill's mother, Mary, and his adopted sister, Victoria Geyger, lived with Bill and his wife, Anna Marie, for awhile. His brother, Henry "Hank" Mathias Barkmeier, and his wife, Mary (Harre) Barkmeier, lived on a farm located immediately to the east. Hank and Mary rented this 160 acre farm from Peter Michaely. Bill and Hank's sister, Anna Marie (Barkmeier) Ekeler and her husband, Frank Ekeler, lived on a 160 acre farm immediately north (across the road) of the farm rented by Hank and Mary.
From 1918 Fillmore County Atlas - Fairmont Township
Following the sale of the farm in the Fairmont Township in 1941, Bill and Anna Marie moved to a 74 acre farm immediately northwest of the village of Exeter. From 1948 Fillmore County Plat Map - Exeter Township
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