Francis Breinig was reared on the farm which he is at present occupying, and which was given him by his father when ready to commence life on his own account. He received his education in the district school and his training was for an agriculturist's life. So well did he learn the mysteries of soil and grains, of rainy seasons and droughts, with the proper means of taking advantage of one and protective measures against the other, that he made a success of his farming life. Our subject has been School Director for two terms, and in politics never fails to cast a Democratic vote. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and has sung in the choir for over thirty years. His landed possessions comprise a quarter-section under an admirable state of cultivation, and his life of usefulness and industry and his record for integrity and true-hearted faithfulness in all the relations of life have given him a hold upon the community which all might well desire to share.