Manske-Niemann Farm Sale
Preview Items 10/22/25 1-5 PM
Sale ends 10/29/25 6 PM
Removal of Items 11/1/25 9 AM - 4 PM
Excerpts from Ophelia Niemann's hand-written memoir of growing up on the farm:
The Manske-Niemann farm has been operating since the 1850s. Michael Manske came to this area from Prussia and established this current farm during that time. Michael and his wife had many children, one of which was a son named William. He and his wife had two daughters, Louisa (born 1869, died 1985) and Emma Marie (born 1871). Louisa married H. C. Niemann and they had a son they named Clarence H. F. Niemann. 6 weeks after Clarence was born, Louisa passed away. Louisa's sister, Emma, moved in to tend to the farm and raise Clarence. Emma Manske worked the farm, shocked wheat, picked corn, raised Red Poll Cattle, and maintained the household. There was a live-in hired hand, Harm Schmidt, who helped run the farm. Clarence was a veteran of WWI and upon his discharged, married Emma Brandt. Clarence and Emma (Brandt) had two daughters, Helen Lucille and Ophelia Louise. Clarence, Emma (Brandt), Emma (Manske), Harm (aka Unkie), and the two daughters all lived together at the Manske-Niemann Farm that still stands today.
Clarence Niemann was a veteran of World War I and all kinds of illness almost took his life. Emma Manske even wrote to the President of the United Stated to help get his release from service. He was finally discharged with only one lung and health problems for the remainder of his life. Upon his return home, Charles settled into life on the farm. He was always working with machinery and invented the power-take-off for the corn picker, but a person that viewed his idea and was connected to an established company copied the invention and Clarence never received anything for his patent.
In November 1976 there was an estate sale where many things left the farm. What's left is leaving the farm for good on out back-to-back sales we're hosting.
10/29/25 Catalog Features:
(3) Model T Doodlebugs (hay binder, corn picker, field cultivator)
Misc. Antique Farm Equipment
Visible Gas Pump
Antique Avery Threshing Machine
Perkins Windmill (erected 1898)
Antique Furniture
Galvanized Buckets
Ladders
Lumber
Assorted Tools
Antique Sewing Machines (Singer & Necchi)
Glassware & Kitchenware
Hand-made Quilts
Antique Clocks
German Literature
Vintage Schoolbooks
Nokomis, IL Yearbooks and Hat
Vintage Costume Jewelry
Vintage Cards, Pictures, & Calendars
10/30/25 Catalog Features:
Assorted Potters
Fire King Glass
Uranium Glass
Vintage Pyrex
Model T Horn
Tons of Local Memorabilia from Montgomery County, Illinois
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Seller(s): Ophelia Niemann National Historic Manske-Niemann Farm Living Trust.