Charles Semke was born in Germany and emigrated to the United States in 1859. He and his wife, Wilhelmina, homesteaded in Harrison Township in the early 1870s. Charles was the first postmaster of the Harrison Post Office. He served nearly 21 years. He and his wife are buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Superior.
Early in Jewell County history, there was discussion on the matter of what to name Town 1 South Range 8 West in Jewell County. Two suggestions were Kleveland and Norway as K. O. Kleveland, from Norway, was an early settler. But another suggestion was Harrison, after one of the two earliest setters in the township, George Harrison. The name Harrison prevailed.
The readers of the August 27, 1877, Jewell County Monitor learned about a "new" post office. That post office was Harrison and it was to be located in the "southeast quarter of section 14" of Harrison Township. The first postmaster was Ch...
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