Blue Earth County, Minnesota - Biographical sketches, 1901 (part 8 of 15)

Securing land across the river from ^ladelia, Minnesota, in 1861, Ambrose Knapp embarked in the raising of stock. During an outbreak by the Sioux Indians that threatened the lives of the white settlers, in 1863 he was forced to leave his farm, and he then went for safety to Mankato, where during the Civil war he engaged in the freighting business for the government. Afterward he bought and sold land until the infirmities of age forced him to relinquish business activities and he made his home near his son from 1890 until his death, which occurred January 33, 189.3. The education of James K. Knapp was obtained in the schools of the various localities where the family resided. August 18, 1861, he learned that the savages were secretly plotting to massacre the white settlers at ISFew IJlm and he hurried to the settlement to warn the people. Thereupon he was by them dispatched a distance of thirty miios to secure aid from the military station at St. Peter. The undertaking was perilous in the highest degree, hut he arrived there in safety. Later in the same year he assisted in the building of Fort Cox at Madelia. August 28. 1863. he joined a company of state militia under Captain Eeed, in which he served for six montlis. During May of 1863, he enlisted in Company K, First Minnesota Cavalry, under Peter B. Davy, at St. Peter, and on June 6th was ordered out on an expedition against the S'oux Indians. After having followed the trail for several days, July 31 th they attacked a force of three thousand savages at Big Mound, South Dakota. During the charge several Indians were killed, also two white men, one of the latter being Dr. Weiser, the company physi- cian. Mr. Knapp was wounded by being thrown from a horse and dragged several rods, but the injuries were not serious and he rejoined the rngiment in a few days.

After having returned to the camp the company started on the march. At Stony lake on tlie 28th of July they were surrounded by twentyfive hundred Indians, but fierce fighting finally drove back the savages, who were followed by the soldiers, driven across the Missouri river the following day, and their wagons, horses and provisions captured. On the 15th of September Company K was detailed as escort to Governor Ramsey and other prominent officials who were cng-aged in making a treaty with the Chippewa Indians. At the expiration of his time Mr. Knapp was mustered out of the service at Fort Snelling, November 28, 1863. At different times he assisted in raising companies for service during the war.

Under the homestead laws, Mr. Knapp took up eighty acres near jMadelia in 1865 and there he followed farming until 1872. During the two following years he engaged as a veterinary surgeon at Mankato, and from 1874 to 1887 followed the same occupation at Rochester, this state. In the vear last named he came to Madison Lake, where he followed practice as a veterinarv and conducted a drug store. The burning of the bu'lding and stock of drugs in 1899, caused him to remove from the town, and for a time he made his home at Anacortes, Washington, where he had an interest in a clam cannery. .Tune 4, 1903, he returned to Madison Lake, where he has since lived in retirement. Interested in educational work, he has served efficientlv as a member of the board of school directors. In addition he has been a councilman and for six terms filled the office of justice of the peace. His marriage was solemnized at Mankato, Julv 3, 1868, and united him with 'Marffaret Murphv, daughter of John and Catherine (O'Connell) Murphv, natives of Ireland. The familv hold membership in the Roman Catholic church and contribute to its maintenance. T'ive children blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Knapp. four of these survivins, namely: James, who married Martha Sorge; George, who married Mary Olmstead; Genevieve, Mrs. Henry Mullerleile; and Estella, who is the wife, of Elmer Casper.

KR.UEGER, LOTUS W. - Enthusiasm, self confidence and faith in one's life purpose are among the essentials of success evidenced by Dr. Louis W. Krueger. With the exception of the time spent in post graduate work in Xew York and Chicago all of his professional life, from the time of his graduation from the Medical Department of the University of Minnesota in 1896, has been spent in and around the town of Mapleton. Justified by thorough preparation and constant progression in expecting the most satisfying compensation of his calling, Dr. Krueger has more than realized his expectations, and today is patronized and appreciated by a large number of the foremost families of the town and county. In addition to a general medical and surgical practice, he has served for many years aft health officer of the town and also has given ill valuable aid as county physician. He is known as a profound, safe and dependable guide to the boon of health, as a sincere student of sanitation and the simpler ways of acquiring it.

The studentship of Dr. Krueger, both professionally and generally, is characterized by the thoroughness and patience with difficulties which characterizes tlie Teutonic peoples. His parents, Fred G. and Otilie Bietan, Krueger, were natives of Germany, and" the former bom in Prussia. After immigrating to the LTnited States tbey spent some time in Pittsburc, Pennsylvania, then came to Wisconsin, settling in Ripon, where Louis W., the fourth oldest of five children, was born May 26, 1868. Eventually the family located in Faribault county, Minnesota, where the doctor attended the public schools, and from where he moved to Mankato, where he graduated from the high-school in the class of 1891. He then became principal of the public schools of ICasota, and in the fall of 1892 assumed the position of principal of the Franklin school, in Mankato. He was very successful as an educator, promoted with vigor the qualities which convert pupils into practical and serviceable citizens, and personally gained a kind of insight and experience which has been of great value to him in later years.

The marriage of Dr. Krueger and Eilla F. Mc- Cormick occurred June 29, 1899, Mrs. Krueger being a daughter of George L. McCormickj of Owatonna, Minnesota. Dr. and Mrs. Krueger are the parents of two children: Leslie Emmet and Alice Onalee. Dr. Krueger is a member of the Minnesota Valley ^Medical Association, the Blue Earth county jNIedical Association, .and the Minnesota State iledical Society. Fraternally he is a master Mason, and a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a genial and sympathetic man, having a fine and optimistic nature, and enlists as friends and well wishers all who are privileged to know him well.

KEUSE, FEED W. - A practical German, of brisk, enterprising American temperament, such b. a combination which is i-reative of the most progressive and substantial merchants in the country; the foregoing is also descriptive of Fred W. Kiuse, manager and partner with (Jco. E. Brett Inc., for many years, ifr. Kruse was born in the Fatherland, January 5, ISTl, the son of Gottfried and Theresa Kruse. The father engaged in various lumbering and agricultural pursuits in Europe, becoming a resident of ]\rank;ito in 1884, and spending his declining vears in that city, where he died in 1898 at the age of eighty-two; the venerable mother still survives. The children of their family were as follows : Gottfried, Jr.; Louis, and Henry J. Kruse, comprising the mercantile firm of Ivruse Brothers, Mankato, Fred W. ; and Thresa, wife of :\Iartin 'SV'alscr, who is also a merchant of this city.

Fred W. Kruse was first educated in the schools of his native locality, and was a student in a German high school at the age of fifteen, when he came to ilankato and continued his studies in the high school of that city, and at Ihe Catholic College. In 1887 he entered the firm ot Geo. E. Brett where he continued to rise until 1908 when he left to open the firm of Fred W. Kruse Company, a women and childrcns outfitters emporium, in the new Coughlan-Hickey Building erected especially for him. This new Company will be one of tie largest and finest in the State and will gradually open up a chain of stores through the Xorthwcst. His past years of experience as buyer has placed him among the authorities on st\des in ready to wear garments for women and children both in the eastern markets, where he made frequent visits, as well as at home.

Mr. Kruse alwa\s takes a keen interest in the development of, and stands ready at all times to do anything for the advancement of ilank-uto. He is the owner of a beautiful home at '248 Clark street, and several acres in "Oaklavm," formerly known as the i\Iarsh Addition. He is, in fact the originator of the plat destined to become a charming resident locality. His wife was formerely iliss Claude Coughlan, daughter of T. E. Coughlan, to whom he was married on the 8th of July, 1903. Domestic in his tastes, and of a broad social temperament, he is respected by all who know him.

KUEHXE, FEEDIXAXD A. F. - The junioimemlier of the Kuehne Wagon Company of Mankato, is a native of this community and was born July 10, 1874. The third oldest of the six children of Frederick August and Marie (Kratzman) ICuehne. Ferdinand A. F. Kuehne was educated m the public scIkhjIs, and the first Business College of ^Fankato, and from very early vouth had the incentive to industry which emanated from his father's busy wagon manufactory. It was thus his good fortune to step into a waiting opportunity, the creating of whicli for his sons, not the least of the many admirable services attributed to the elder Kuehne.

In the atmosphere of the wagon s])op young Kuehne developed marked mechanical ability, and finally mastci'cd every detail rd the industry of which he no\\' is an integral part. He is naturally active and energetic, having a large fund 1)!: reserve power, and in all ways has contributed to the upbuilding of a concern justly rated as one of the best and most reliable in Blue Earth county. May 2). 1900, Mr. Kuehne was united ill marriage to Louise I\reine, of Cobden, Minnesota, and of the union there are three children, Carl, Walter, and Heri.iert. ilr. Kuehne takes little interest in afl'airs outside of this immediate business, and has no political or public a.-pirations. He votes the Eepublican ticket, and i'- a member of the German Lutheran church.

KUEHNE, J. H. CARL. - The skill and energy and business foresight of two generations of the family have combined to make the plant of the Kuehne Wagon Company, of Mankato, one of the foremost of its kind in Blue Earth county. F. August Carl Kuehne, the establisher of thff business, was born in Hamburg, Germany, and in early life evidenced marked mechanical ability which found vent when he apprenticed to a wagon .maker at the traditional age of fourteen }ears. Eventually he embarked in manufacturing liacks and other vehicles, and being confident of his workmanship, and ability to weather any kind of competition, readily yielded to the suggestion of larger opfwrtunity which came to him across the wastes of the Atlantic. Preceded by his brother, August, who for some time lived in Minnesota and other parts of the country, and now is a resident of Rock Valley, Iowa, Mr. Kuehne disposed of his European interests, and with his family came to America in the early '70s, locating almost immediately in Mankato, where he found employment with the wagon making firm of Jensen & Hoerr. He afterward worked for other concerns in the county, and in 1884 established his present business on Main street, in 1891 moving to an enlarged and rebuilt plant on the corner of Second and Mulberry streets. The ability and shrewd business sense of the owner received ready recognition, and his vehicles created a demand over a large part of the county. They were invariably well constructed and well painted and finished, and thus the foundation of the business was skill, reliability and progressiveness. In his native land Mr. Kuehne married Marie Kratzman, who bore him six children, all of whom are living and who survived his death in 1900, at the age of fiftyeight years. Mr. Kuehne was a many sided and cultured man, having an especial fondness for good music and good literature. In this he shared the typical traits of the well born and educated German, and his tendency resulted in a gain to Mankato through his organization of the Mankato Liedertafel. He was very socially inclined, and was a prominent member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

was born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1870, and was little more than a baby when brought to this Country by his parents. He was educated in the public schools of Mankato and at the original Business College of the town, and as a boy worked in his father's wagon manufactory, finally becoming a member of the firm of Kuehne & Company. He is doing a large business in manufacturing buggies and wagons, and has also a large painting and repairing department. He inherits the thrift and perseverance of his successful father, and has strong, forceful and independent ideas of business and general affairs. His social side i.'! well developed, and he is popular in the most exclusive German-American circles in this part of the county. Mr. Kuehne married, June 21, 1904, Rugust Prahl, of Few Ellen, Minnesota, and of the union there is a daughter, Elizabeth L.

KUNKEL, PAUL. - Germany is the native country of Paul Kunkel and April 36, 1853, the date of his birth, his parents having been Dr. Karl and Adolphenia (Henningsen) Kunkel, who passed their entire lives 'in the Fatherland. Dr. Kunkel was a physician and surgeon of considerable reputation and engaged in practice until shortly before his death, which occurred in 1898. There were ten children in his family and all of them are still living.

During boyhood Paul Kunkel acquired a fair German education and learned the trade of carpenter and Joiner. TJpon coming to the United States in 1872, he settled at Cincinnati, OMo, where he secured employment in a furniture factory, remaining for a year. During 1873, he came to Minnesota and settled in Nicollet county but after about twelve months he returned to Cincinnati and resumed work in the factory where he continued for four years. At the expiration of that time, in 1879, he came to Blue Earth county and purchased a small tract in Rapid an township, where he took up general farming. From time to time he added to his holdings until now he is the owner of two hundred and ninety acres in Rap'idan township. During a considerable period after his arrival in Blue Earth county he devoted ijior? attention to carpentering than to farming, but since 1895 he has devoted himself exclusively to agricultural pursuits and has been successful in operating his farm. The house and other buildings on the place were erected under his immediate supervision and he has been interested in making valuable improvements on the property as his means have permitted.

The marriage of Mr, Kunkel took place in 1880 and unitecl him wiih Miss Anna Piel, daughter of Karl Piel, a German by birth and ancestry. After coming to the United States, Mr. Piel settled in Illinois and engaged in farming there until after the death of his wife. As early as 1872 he came to Blue Earth county and settled in Lyra township near the village of Good Thunder, where he still makes his home. The family of !Mr. and ilrs. Kunkel comprises si-K children, namely : August, ilinnie, Otto, Eeinhold, Grover and Paul, all of whom are yet with their parents on the home farm. The family are members of the Lutheran church. Politically Mr. Kunkel votes the Democratic ticket.

LAMM, STEPHEN. - The life which this sketch delineates began at Haslach, Baden, Germany, December 33, 1827, and closed at Mankato, Minnesota, in March, 1904. Xear the close of the year 1851, Mr. Lamm crossed the ocean from his native land to the new world and proceeded from the Atlantic coast westward to Missouri, where he sojourned for a number of years. During the period of his residence there he was united in marriage, August 1, 18.54, with Caroline, daughter of Matthias Stilmire. During the spring of 1856, he came to Minnesota and landed at Mankato May 1st. Soon afterward he opened a general store, which he conducted with success for a long period, but after 1885 he gave his attention entirely to banlcing, loaning money and buying and sellincr real estate. In 1896 ho was elected president of the Eirst Xational Bank of Mankato, and from that time until his death he was an influential factor in financial affairs in his home town.

stanch support to any measure calculated to promote the growth of ilankato or the welfare of her residents. For iseventeen years he served as a member of the city council and from 1857 to 18G0 he held the office of treasurer of Blue Earth county. From the early days of his residence in Jlankato he was a chief supporter of the German Catholic church and no one aided more than he in the establishment of its finances upon a substantial basis and in the extension of its field of usefulness. His children were carefully trained in Catholic teachings and one of his daughters is now Sister M. Lambertine of ililwaukee. The other children also have been generous contributors to the faith. They are named as follows: Julia, wife of Clement Sehroeder; Leo S., whose sketch accompanies this article; Philip, Robert and Otto, of Mankato; and Carrie, wife of John H. Hohman, of St. Louis, Mo.

LAMM, LEO S. - Numerous enterprises connected with the commercial development of Mankato have enlisted the means and co-operation of Leo S. Lamm, whose association with the progress of the city includes service as treasurer of the Mankato Savings and Building Association, treasurer of the Standard Brewing Company, (incorporated), vice-president of the First National Bank of Mankato, trustee of the Mankato public library, trustee of the Calvary Cemetery Association and an active worker in the Commercial Club. In addition to the responsibilities entailed by these manifold associations, ho has acted as executor of the estate of his father the late Stephen Lamm, one of the honored pioneers and leading men of Mankato. In this city occurred the birth of Leo S. Lamm, July 23, 1861, and here he received an excellent education in parochial schools, and the Minnesota State Xormal School, On entering the world of business activities he became collection clerk ill the Fir.-jt National Bank, Two years later he was promoted to the position of bookkeeper in the bank, which position he filled for six years. At the expiration of that time he formed a partnership with Clement Schroeder under the firm name of Lamm & Schroeder and embarked in

The next enterprise in which Mr. Lamm became interested was the furniture business, . which h(- conducted with his father-in-law, John Jilein, under the 'title of John Klein & Company. January 1, 1897, he retired from the firm in order k) engage in the real estate and loan business with his father, continuing in the same connection until his father's death, since which time he has filled the position of executor of the estate. In religious associations he is a member of St. Peter and Paul's German Catholic church, wliile fraternally he holds membership with the United Order of Foresters. The movement looking toward the location of St. Joseph's hospital in ]Mankato received his stanch support, as have all other plans for the benefit of the people and the enlargements of the city's field of usefulness.

The first marriage of ]\Ir. Lamm united him, June 1, 1886, with Tillie Klein, who died in June, 1897, aged thirty-four years. Four sons were born of the union, namely : William S.. Alpheus A., Vincent de Paul and Gregoir I. Tlie present wif^e of Mr. Lamm, w^hom he married Xovember 1.5, 1898, was Minnie C. Luger, a native of Wabasha county, Minnesota, and a daughter of John Luger, -now residing at North Sf. Paul, this state. The children born of this union are Norbert Leo, Hugo Clements and George Edward.

LAMM. OTTO. - Otto Lamm, was born in Jlankato September 30, 1874, and is the youngest son of Stephen and Caroline Lamm. His father was born at Haslach, Baden, Germany, on the 23rd of December, 1827, emigrating to the United States in December of 1851, and locating at St. Charles, Missouri. Here, on August 1, he was married to Caroline, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Matthias Stilmire, and in the spring of 1856 came with his 3'oung bride to Mankato.

For nearly half a century Stephen Lamm continued to reside in Mankato as one of its most prosperous merchants, ablest financiers, and most trusted, enterprising and liberal citizen.

i'rom 1856 until 1885, his pursuits were chiefly mercantile, and after the latter year his time was mainly devoted to real estate, loans and banking. At the time of his death in 1902 he had held the presidency of the First National Bank for a period of seventeen years. He was treasurer of Blue Earth county in 1857-60, was long a member of the City council, as well as the incumbent of other local offices, and the measure of the public honor conferred upon him was simply his capacity to perform such duties and give his private affairs the attention which was absolutely necessary.

Otto Lamm, the son, was educated in the parochial schools, but was employed at an early age as assistant bookkeeper for John Klein. From 1S91 to 1899 he engaged in the furniture business with his brother, George S., but in the latter year founded his own establishment at No. 169 South Front street. The enterprise continued to flourish on that site until he entered into partnership with John H. Hohman, and erected the mammoth store on Front street, in 1906. This great four-story building is of brick, it."5 floor dimensions, seventy-six by one hundred and thirty feet, and admirably combined the business requisites of commodiousness, convenience and attractiveness. Its stock was remarkably complete and up-to-date and as both partners were practical men, the quality, as well as the style was of the best. But soon the business was disposed of and the two partners became connected with tha Standard Brewery Company of Mankato.

Aside from his devotion to such an institution, and the natural pride which he takes in it as a personal creation, Mr. Lamm is loyal to all movements which tend to advance the development of Mankato, along business, educational and moral lines. He is a leader in the work of the Commercial Club and an active member of the St. Peter and Paul's church; also identified with the Automobile Club and the fraternities. Knights of Columbus, Elks, and Foresters. Mr. Lamm was married November 20, 1901, to Minnie Hohman, daughter of Casper Hohman, of St. Louis, and they are the parents of Eugene J. and Theresa M.

LAMM, EDWARD L. - Of the younger generation of business men of Mankato who are pursuing useful callings,, mention is clue Edward L. Lamm, since liHl.") the owner and proprietor of a drug store at 307 North Front street. iMr. Lamm was born in Mankato October 8, 1879, and is a son of Leo and Trena (Guth) liamm, natives of Baden, German}^, and Quincy, Illinois, respeetivelv. Leo Lamm came to Mankato in the summer of 1854, and thereafter plied his trade of shoemaknig until shortly before his death in 1898, at the age of sixty-four years. He is survived by his wife and nine" of his family.

Mr. Lamm was educated in the public and parochial schools of Mankato, and in 1896 began to learn the drug business as a clerk for the Seidle Drug Company, with whom he remained about four years. He next found employment Avith the H. I. Parry Drug Company, and in 1905 bought out the business he at present conducts, and Avhieh he has greatly enlarged and irr.proved. Among other furnishings he has added a new prescription case and has greatly increased his stock of staple and patent drugs. He has a neat and well kept store, and at night thfc lights throw out an inviting and cheerful glow upon the ])asser.s by. Mr. Lamm draws and keeps trade by his reliability, thoroughness and obligingness, and though an independent merchant for a comparatively brief period, he already has many dependable and frequent patrons.

Because of his musical ability and appreciation, Mr. Lamm has materially elevated the musical standard of Mankato, and has been the leader of the Lamm orchestra since 1901. The orchestra has delighted thousands with its sane and sympathetic interpretation of the best masters, and gives promise of a long and prosperous musical c?reer, having already the reputation of being the best orgaJiization of its kind in this part of Blue Earth county. Mr. Lamm's social side finds an outlet in the Nicollet Council, Knights 01' Columbus, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, and the Commercial Club.

originated in Germany and exhibits in the lives cl' its members the sturdy characteristics of the Teutonic race. Prior to the war of the Eevolu- Ijon George Lamp emigrated from the Fatherland and settled in \'irginia. With him came a brother, who enlisted in the war with England and served his adopted country faithfully and well as soldier in the ranks. Some years after his marriage to ftliss Millburn and the birth of their son, Abraham the original emigrant, George Lamp left the Old Dominion and established the family in the wilderness of Ohio, where he remained until death terminated his pioneer activities. On a farm which he assisted in clearing from the primeval wilderness Abraham Lamp engaged in agricultural pursuits until he passed from earth at an advanced age. Among the children born of his union with Eliza Hessen, one was a son, Isaiah, born in Belmont county, Ohio, and married to Elizabeth Burns, a narive of the same place. Her father, George Xathan Burns, was a native of Virginia, whence he removed to Ohio, in boyhood in company with his parents, settling on a raw tract of land, which he assisted in developing into a valuable farm.

On leaving Ohio for the cheaper lands of the west, where he might profitably engage in farm pursuits, Isaiah Lamp settled in Illinois, but two years later he made a tour of investigation into ilinnesota and at that time selected a location ip the eastern part of the state near Mantorville, Dodge county. Returning to Illinois he brought his family with him to Minnesota, settled on a rented farm, and for two years remained in that place, but at the expiration of that time he remoA'ed to Blue Earth county and bought a claim in Sterling township. The remaining years of his life were passed in farm pursuits on this property and he attained a fair degree of success as fl-ell as a high standing among his neighbors. During March of 1864 he enlisted in Company B, Braekett's Battalion, and was ordered to the western frontier. For a year the company remained on duty in Idaho, after which they were transferred to Devil's Lake in North Dakota. In June of 1866 they were honorably discharged from the army and returned to their various homes.

daughters now living in Blue Earth county and cne daughter in Kenville county, this state. The only son, Bentley, was born in Belmont county, Ohio, October 4, 1854, and at an early age accompanied the family to Blue Earth county, where he attended the schools of Sterling township. Eemaining at the old homestead until 1S96, during that year he purchased the M. M. Pi-att farm and on it he has since made his home, still owning however, the original farm, and having altogether landed possessions aggregating f(rur hundred acres. Plowing water adds to the value of both farms and good buildings increase the ease with which the owner cares for his stock and stores his grain. In addition to raising general farm products, the stock business is conducted; dairy cattle of the Jersey breed are carried on the land, hogs and good grades are raised for the markets and bring in excellent revenues, while Morgan horses are the type mostly carried for work and for breeding purposes. The excellent condition of the farm proves the owner to be a man of judgment, energy and perseverance. The marriage of Mr. Lamp took place in July of 1878 and united him with Ella, daughter of M. M. Pratt, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this volume.' The children comprising their family are as follows : Eugenia and Cora, who are popular teachers in this state; Wallace, who hap started out for himself in Oklahoma and is meeting with success; Glennie, deceased; Inez and Lulu, who remain with their parents on the home farm. Always interested in educational affairs, Mr. Lamp has given his children the best local advantages possible and has served with efficiency as a member of the school board. For some time he also officiated as chairman of the township board of trustees.

LANG, JOHF IST. - Among the stock dealers and business men of Mankato and Blue Earth county, John ISF. Lang, is among the most prominent, enterprising and progressive and this, although he is still a young man in the early "thirties. He is a native of Dane county, Wisconsin, born December 4, 1864, the son of John and Jcnette (Ebe) Lang, of Germany, who came to Milwaukee, that state in 1848. and in 1860 migrated to Mitchell County, Iowa. The father is still an active and prosperous stock dealer of the Hawkeye state. There is also an older sister living, ilary, now the wife of Oscar Walker, of Keyster, Iowa.

John iST. Lang spent his boyhood days in Wisconsin and Iowa, being educated in the common schools of these states. When he was ten years of age he came with his father to Iowa, and with him obtained a thorough knowledge of the live stock business from the raising of the stock to its disposition in the great markets of the west. When he was twenty-one years of age he left his father's employ and started as an independent dealer at Osage, Iowa. Several years later he came to Mankato, where for six years he was proprietor of a butcher's shop, continuing to buy and sell stock. He is still actively engaged in the latter line, furnishing stock on a large scale to the markets of St. Paul, Sioux City and Chicago.

In June, 1906, Mr. Lang formed a partnership with Julius A. Anderson in the livery business, and since that time has assisted in establishing a first-class trade, under the firm name of Lang & Anderson which was later disposed of. He is not only a business man of energy and ability, but possesses fine social qualities and is a citizen who has a strong and good influence on the community. Fraternally, he is a member of ths Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mr. Lang was married January 19, 1885, to Miss Mary Louise Blogen, a daughter of Henry and Mary (Boyna) Blogen, of Mankato.

LARSOX, DAYID and ELIAS. - During the summer of 1875 Beauford township had added to its capable and industrious farming population two brothers, David and Elias Larson, who at that time were twenty-one and fourteen years old respectively. They were the sons of Ole and Gertrude Larson, Natives of Bergen, Norway, and were born in Ravine county, Wisconsin in 1854 and 1861, respectively. Ole Larson and his wife were married in Bergen, a seaport and the second city of Norway, in the southwestern part of country, in 1836, and in 1841 set sail for America, thereafter occupying various homes ill different parts of the country, and from Racine county, Wisconsin, coming to Blue Earth countv, Minnesota, in 1869. Here the father died in 1871, the mother surviving him until 1901. Both were very religious and highly respected people, acquiring a competency as farmers and stock raisers, and among other claims upon the consideration of their transplanted coimtr3'men, assisted in erecting the first Norwegian Lutheran church in the United States. Besides Da\id and Elias, who were the second and third oldest of their six children, there survives John, a resident of Lamberton; and Mrs. A. Sonve, of Beauford township.

In Wisconsin David and Blias Larson acquired a fair common school education but the problem of self support confronted them too early to make study anything but a secondary consideration. L'pon coming to the to-ivuship which now is their home they bought three hundred and twenty acres of land two miles north of Mapleton and theii* industry and good judgment has converted this into one of the finest farming tracts in Blue Earth county. They have a comfortable residence and fine barns and general improvements, and they have made a scientific study of the soil and its possibilities in this northern paradise of farmers. In addition to grain and general produce they raise horses, cattle and hogs, and in all of their departments of activity maintain a high and profitable standard. The brothers are congenial companions socially, as well a? agriculturally and having no wives or immediate kin to minister to their needs and comfort, depend much upon each other in the every day struggles of existence. Both are kindly disposed and generous gentlemen, devoted to their life work, and always ready to lend a helping hand to those less fortunate than themselves.

LATOUEELL, ALEXANDER. - The distinction of being the oldest surviving resident of Danville township, residing continuously on the same property, belongs to Mr. Latourell, who since coming to Blue Earth county in 1859 has made his home on the farm he then took up as a claim. The land lies six miles east and one mile south of Mapleton. Including originally a homestead claim and a timber claim as well, the farm embraces two hundred and forty acres of rolling land, with excellent drainage, substantial improvements and fertile fields bearing their tribute of golden grain in return for the owner's care and cultivation. Cattle of the shorthorn variety are raised on the farm, also hogs of Poland-China strain, while in horses the preference is toward the Norman grades. Some years ago Jlr. Latourell was actively interested in promoting county ditch No. 5, five miles in length, extending from section sixteen in Danville township in a northeasterly direction and emptying into the Cobb river in Medo township. By means of this ditch a large amount of territory is drained and it has given the further advantage of drying up five small lakes.

The Ijatourell family is of French-Canadian extraction. Alexander was born in Leeds county, Ontario, Canada, March 7, 1836, being a son of Francis De Laire and Mary Ann (Touseau) Latourell, natives of Canada. His father, who was born in the city of Montreal was orphaned by the death of the grandfather. At the time he was about twelve years of age, and three years later he went to Pennsylvania, where he remained for seven years. At the time of his marriage he returned to Canada and there made his home until 1855. A year before his son, Alexander, came to the United States and traveled in search of a location, visiting Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin, and finally locating in the latter state in Green Lake county. There the father and other members of the family joined him. In 1859 the majority of the members of the family came to ^Minnesota and afterward made their home in Danville township for longer or shorter periods.

There were in tTie family the following named sons and daughters ; Caroline, deceased ; Charles W., who died before the family left their Canadian home; Julia Ann, the widow of Shadrack Spaulding, ^and a resident of Wisconsin; Alexander ; John Wesley, residing near St. Paul ; Reuben Oscar, who engaged in farming in Oregon until his death; Angeline, ^Mrs. B. A. Cooper, of North Dakota; Benjamin Franklin, deceased; Francis Washington, residing near

Minnesota Lake; and Lucy Ann of Portland, Oregon. Several of the sons participated in the Civil war as soldiers of the Union. October 11, 1862, Alexander and John Wesley enlisted in Company B, First ]\lounted Regiment of Minnesota, Tinder Colonel McPhail. The company was mustered in at St. Peter, ordered to Fort Ridgeh', and joined General Sibley in his pursuit of the Indians, driving them across the Missouri river. Returning to Fort Ridgelv, the regiment remained there for a short time and then was removed to Fort Snelling, where they were honorably discharged at the expiration of their term of enlistment. During their period of service the company was lined around the gallows on service at the time of the execution of the thirty-eight Indians at Mankato. The family was further represented in the army by Benjamin and Oscar, both of whom were honorably discharged at the expiration of their terms. The former served principally in Tennessee and was a member of Company C, Eleventh Minnesota Infantry.

The marriage of Alexander Latourell took place December 38, 1869, and united him with Sophia Neller, a native of Germany, her father, Francis A. Neller, having been a pioneer of 1855 in Minnesota. They became the parents of the following named children : Cora T. and Francis A., both deceased; Charles E., now residing at Duluth, Minnesota; C'lara it., deceased; ilaud C, teaching in Xorth Dakota; Chester Arthur, a telegraph operator in Kanabec county, ]\Iinnesota; Florence E., a trained nurse in Mankato; Harvey A. and Grover C, both of whom remain on the home farm and aid in its cultivation. The family occupy a comfortable residence and have a position among the most substantial people of the to-\vnship. In religion they are identified with the Catholic church at ]\Iapleton. While Mr. Latourell has now reached an age and a financial standing that renders unnecessary further continuance in life's activities, such is his energy and perseverance that he finds little satisfaction in rest, and allows himself only the usual amount of recreation. Notwithstanding his exceedingly busy life he does not show his age, but carries his years lightly and gives a stranger the impression of being younger than he confesses to be. .Vll through his long identification with the county he has been prominent in township affairs, at different times has filled all the township offices, for a long period served as a school director and efficiently served as chairman of the township council for fifteen years.

LAURISCIi, CHRISTIAN J. - A young lawyer of Mankato, an active Republican and having a considerable public record. Christian J. Laurisch is a native of Danville, Blue Earth county, and was born on the 2d of October, 1873. His parents, John and Mary (Krause) Laurisch, were natives of Germany and pioneers of Wisconsin, migrating to ]\Iinnesota in 1866 and settling on a farm in Danville township. There the father died in 1900, at the age of fifty-seven years, his wife and the mother of C'hristian J. Laurisch- still surviving him. John Laurisch was a faithful soldier of the civil war, serving throughout as a private of the Third Wisconsin Infantry and receiving his share ot honorable wounds. The year after the war he removed to Minnesota and for some time was identified somewhat prominently with Mapleton, Blue Earth county.

Christian J- Laurisch was the fifth in a family of eleven children, nine of whom are still living. Through the public and high schools of Wells, Minnesota, he received his preliminary education, being trained to farm work during this period and at its conclusion turning himself to the task of imparting instruction through the district schools of this, and Waseca county. While teaching he also commenced the study of law in the office of A. R. Pfau, continuing thus from 1893 until 1895, when he left to attend the law department of the University of i\Iinnesota, and when he was admitted to the bar in the spring of 1896, located at Mapleton. He remained at the latter location until Pebruaiy, 1906, when he became a resident attorney of Mankato as a member of the firm of Pfau, Pfau & Laurisch.

Mr. Laurisch has been an active and leading Eepublican for some years, having served during six years as Village Recorder and City Attorney at Mapleton. He is a stockholder in the bank at that place and at one time was a director. He is also influential in fraternal circles through his identiiication with the A. F. and A. M., K. P. and B. P. 0. E. Mr. Laurisch's wife, to whom he was married August 12, 1903, was formerly Anna Lulu Little, of Watertown, South Dakota.

LAURISCH, PRANK. - The high standing of Danville township as one of the best agricultural communities of Blue Earth county may be attributed to the energy and intelligence of the fanners whose patient efforts and well-directed labors have been fruitful of permanent results for the well-being of the township. Nor have other families been more energetic or industrious than the one represented by the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch and whose father was an honored and resourceful pioneer. The homestead so long occupied by the father is now the property of the son and stands on section one, comprising one hundred and eighty acres of choice farming land. A neat residence affords a comfortable home for the family. Commodious barns furnish protection for the stock from the icy blasts of winter. Granaries provide for the storage of the crops raised on the land. The elevation of all these buildings is such as to provide excellent drainage and prevent an unhealthful accumulation of water even in times of excessive moisture.

On the place where he now resides Frank Laurisch was born October 10, 1869, and was the second son in a family consisting of three sons and six daughters. One of his brothers, C. J., a well-known attorney of ilankato, is represented elsewhere in this volume. The boyhood years of Frank were passed in a comparatively uneventful manner, the routine of farm work in the summer being broken by attendance at the district school during the winter months. Prom an early age he displayed an interest in agriculture and on arriving at man's estate he selected it as his life occupation, which he has since followed with an encouraging degree of success. In February of 189"2 he brought a bride to his home, his marriage having united him with iliss Bessie Di.xon, a native of Freedom township, ^Vaseca county, and a daughter of Thomas Dixon, an honored old settler of that county. Five children bless their union, Elma, George, Troy, Keuben and Charlotte.

Of recent years Mr. Laurisch has become interested in raising fine stock and now he has on his farm some splendid specimens that are registered. His Shorthorn cattle have the attractive appearance indicative of pure blood, and the same is true of his Poland-China hogs, tliese two departments of stock-raising being his specialties, and in them he has met vsith commendable success. He owns a number of fine Perchcron horses and also has some high-grade Hambletonians. It is not his policy or preference to participate in public affairs, his tastes being rather for the Cjuiet life on the farm and the enjoyment of domestic pleasures with his children growing up around him. Yet he shirks no duty that devolves upon a true patriot. His interest in the welfare of his township and county is deep, and his affection for the land of his birth is so intense that removal to another section of the country could not lessen in his heart the ties that bind him to the old hom^.

LEHilAX, JOHN F. - In the advancement and development of the agricultural prosperity of Blue Earth county the German by birth or descent has played an all important part. In the pioneer days of the state his conservatism v\'as a lever and his dogged perseverance in the face of difliiculties an al)solute necessity. He always has taught the fundamental business principle that a dollar should be earned before it should be spent and that to live within one's income ^\as the only sure preparation for acquiring a competence. The Lehman family, ^.-hich became identified witli the homestead now operated and owned by John F. Lehman, in Lyra township, in the early "TOs, has set an example of dependable and useful citizenship, culminating in the farming, social and political services of the present head of the familv.

Born June 1, 1871, in Lyra township, Blue Earth county, John F. Lehman is a son of August S. and Henrietta (Braddmen) Lehman, natives of Prussia, Germany, and who came to the United States in 1866. Locating in Dodge county, Wisconsin, the elder Lehman engaged in general farming for five years, then moved north to Lyra township, where he tilled the soil, and where now, at the age of seventy-one years, he still takes a keen interest in the affairs of the younger generation. His wife died February 13, 1896, and five of her seven children still are living : Hnlda, Herman, Minnie, John, and Adeline. John F. was educated in the public schools and April 19, 1895, was united in marriage to Bertha (Ludwag), daughter of John S. and Albertina (Voll) Ludwig, natives of Germany and who came to MapleLon, Blue Earth county in 1885. In 1900 Mr. and Mrs. Ludwig removed to North Dakota, and now are making their home in Lamaire. To Mr. and Mrs. Lehman have been born four children: Lillie, Irene, Arnold and Alfred.

The Lehman farm consists of a hundred and twenty acres of land nearly all of which is under cultivation. General farming is engaged in, and Poland-China hogs and a good grade of cattle raised. Nearly all of the buildings on the farm were constructed by the elder Lehman himself and are kept in excellent repair by his son. Mr. Lehman votes the Democratic ticket, and has been prominent in local politics, for many years. He has served as constable in Lyra township, supervisor for three years, and treasurer of the school board for nine years. In religion he is a Lutheran. He takes a many sided interest in the affairs of the community, and was the promoter of the Lyra telephone company which, through his tireless exertions covering twenty-eight days, now has thirty-seven subscribers. For this service he is entitled to and iu large measure has, the gratitude of the rural dwellers of the township. He is a wide-awake and enterprising man, thoughtful of the welfare of others, and winning confidence and respect because of his business sagacity and uprightness.

LENTZ, FREDERICK. - A goodly number of the men now prominent in the agricultural affairs of Blue Earth county owe their success to the inheritance of sturd}-, thrifty, enterprising and economical .qualities that come as a heritage from a long line of Teutonic ancestors, supplementary to which they have enjoyed, as factors in their progress, the benefit of traits more especially characteristic of the people of the United States. Included in the list of German-American residents of the county we present the name of Frederick Lentz, who for a long period has made his homo in Danville township and meanwhile has acquired the title to a farm comprising nearly four hundred acres. In addition to this property, which is his homestead, he is the owner of a quarter-section farm situated in North Dakota. The acquisition of large landed possessions marks him as a man of sagacious judgment and keen foresight, while the substantial improvements noticeable on his home place bespeak his love of neatness and order. Besides the raising of general farm products and the fattening of hogs and cattle for the market, he carries a large herd of dairy cattle and is interested in and manager of the Danville Star creamer}', which is located on his farm.

As previously intimated the Lentz family is of German origin. Carl and Henrietta (Buss) Lentz were born, reared and married in Pflugrade Pommern, Germany, from which place they emigrated in 1866 and arriving in the United States proceeded direct to Wisconsin. In 1867 they removed to Minnesota and settled in Danville township. Blue Earth county, where they passed their remaining days. Two of their children are now living. Frederick, who was the youngest of the family circle, was born in Pflugrade Pommern, Germany, February 1, 1852, and received his education in the excellent schools of his native province. After accompanying his parents to America he aided them in the development of a tract of raw land in Minnesota and while living there he formed the acquaintance of Miss Louisa Schmidt, daughter of John Schmidt, an honored pioneer of the community. Mrs. Lentz was born in Dodge county,

Wisconsin, moving to Minnesota in 1867, and tliere was united in marriage with Mr. Lentz February 1, 1874, her death occurring March 8, 1907. Surviving her were the following children: Charles P., who now conducts a mercantile establishment at Lake Wilson, Murray county, Minnesota; Lydia, who married Otto Schultz and died February 24, 1907, at her home in Vivian, Waseca county, this state; John, who remains at the old homestead and assists in its cultivation ; Sarah, Mrs. Karl Schultz, of Vivian ; Walter, William, Clarence, Oscar and Ethel, all of whom remain at home.

Ever since his marriage Mr. Lentz has been engaged in independent farming in Danville township, where now he owns and occupies one of the best places in the community, and has risen from a position of poverty through constant labor to a place of honor, influence and financial standing in his locality. The farm of which he is the owner possesses exceptional advantages for drainage through the fact that the ground is rolling, and thus fair crops can be raised even in seasons when there is an excess of moisture. The neat residence and the substantial farm buildings were built under his supervision and afford .the best of facilities for comfort and convenience. It is the ambition of the owner to have his place compare favorably with the best in the township and he spared neither labor nor time in bringing about the desired result.

LEO^TARD, HENRY F. - The Leonard family comes from Hessen and Prussia, where the ancestors resided as far back as the genealogy can be traced. The founder of the name in America was Quirinus Leonard, who came from his native land to the new world at the age of twelve years and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, there attending school and growing to man's estate. Early in life and immediately after he left school he followed the profession of a teacher, but after his removal to Mankato, Minnesota, he turned his attention to business enterprises. For a time he conducted general mercantile affairs and later became interested in the real esetate and insurance business at Mankato, where he remained until his death, December 5, 1898, at the age of sixty-three years. Surviving him is his widow, Elizabeth (Keber) Leonard, a resident of Mankato. Also he is survived by four of his ten children, namely : Frank J., who is engaged as hotelkeeper at Virginia, ilinnesota; Peter W., who entered the priesthood of the Roman Catholic church and is now a professor in Canisius College in Buffalo, New York; Henry F., who was seventh among the ten children, and Katherine, who resides in Mankato.

During the residence of the family at Jordan, Minnesota, Henry F. Leonard was born May 36, 1871. Brought to Mankato in early childhood, he was sent to the parochial school in this city and received a fair education there. For a time he assisted his father in the mercantile establishment and later became his aid in the general real estate and insurance business, with which gradually he gained a complete familiarity, and then became a partner under the firm title of Q. Leonard & Son. January 1, 1899, he succeeded to the business after the death of his father and has since conducted the same, representing among other companies the Royal, Liverpool, Germania of New York, Connecticut of Hartford and American of Newark, New Jersey.

The marriage of Henry F. Leonard in 1896 united him with Mary J., daughter of Joseph B. Huettl, of Mankato. They are the parents of five children, Elizabeth M., Marie K., Quirinus P., William J. and Alfred S. The family are prominent members of St. Peter and Paul's German Catholic church at Mankato and have contributed liberally of time and means to its charities and missionary movements. The benevolent society of the church has been under the leadership of Mr. Leonard as its president for four successive years, and he further acts as secretary of the Calvary Cemetery Association. Identified with the Knights of Columbus, he has had the office of financial secretary of the local lodge for two 3'ears and is also secretary of the D. R. K. U. G. V. M. He is also a member of the finance committee of the D. R. K. U. G. V. M. The Booster Club of Mankato numbers him among its members, and he main- tains a warm concern in all movements for the upbuilding of the city and the extension of its business industries. Besides the organizations previously named, he is identified with the German Land Company, in which he now holds the office of president; and in addition he holds the position of president of the Weekly Post Publishing Company, Incorporated.

LEWIS, DAVID J. - Many of the most thrifty and persevering farmers of Minnesota came to this country from Wales, and among the number, mention should be made of the late David J. Lewis, an honored citizen of Blue Earth county and an industrious farmer occupying a valuable estate in South Bend township. Born in the southern part of Wales, he was a son of Joseph J. and Ann (Rowland) Lewis who were natives and lifelong residents of Wales. The education of David J. Lewis was obtained in the schools of his native land. Under the careful training of his parents he was taught to be economical, industrious and persevering, and these traits stood him in good stead when prosecuting hi,"^' life work in the northwest.

Upon crossing the ocean to the United States in 1842 David J. Lewis settled in Kew York and found no difficulty in earning a livelihood there, but it was his desire to become a land owner and he determined to secure i^roperty in the northwest, where lands were then cheap. In 1855 he came to Blue Earth county and settled among the few farmers of the region. Indians still roamed through the forests and sometimes molested the lonely settlers on the frontier, but he had no difficulty with them, and was able to prosecute his farm work without interruption. Out of an unattractive tract of land he evolved a fine farm and here he remained until his death in January of 1904. Many friends mourned his loss and testified as to his worth of character and generosity of disposition.

Upon coming to Blue Eartli county Mr. Lewis was a bachelor. A few years later he established a home. July 12, 1859, he married Miss Margaret Jones, who was born in the south of Wales ^N^ovember 13, 1837. Her parents, Thoma'- and Ann (Roderick) Jones, were natives of tiiC part of Wales where her birth occurred. As early as 1841 they came to the United States and settled at Waukesha, Wisconsin, wliere they were pioneers. From there in 1855 they came to Blue Eartli county and settled in South Bend township where the father died in 1861. Llis widow subsequently removed to Oregon, where her death occurred in 1877. Although Thomas Jones died s^ix years after coming to Blue Earth county, he in that short time had proved himself to be a Avorthy citizen and progressive man, and the pioneers felt a personal loss through his demise. He brought the first threshing machine and the first mower into the county and interested others in these labor saving implements. In addition, he acted as the first surveyor in the county. While he had received . no special training in surveying, he possessed decided skill along that line and his old surveys are still recognized as authoritative.

The family of Thomas Jones comprised nine children, namely; Edward, Ann, Mary, Humphrey Eliza, Margaret, Thomas, John and Roderick. Only three are now living, viz : Humphrey, Thomas and ilrs. Lewis. The union of David J. Lewis and wife was blessed with ten children, eight of whom survive, as follows : Joseph R. and Anna R., who make their home in North Dakota; Thomas D., living in Blue Earth county; Elizabeth, wife of H. A. Alleman, of Mankato; Mary and David E., who are living in North Dakota; Ida j\I. and Humj^hrey E., who reside with their mother on the old homestead, Humphrey now having charge of its cultivation and improvements.

LEWIS, H. L. - The history of the little settlement at Jamestown had covered only a comparatively brief period when the founder of the Lewis family in America came hither in company with a colony of Welsh families. When the Revolutionary war began Samuel Lewis, a descendant of the original immigrant, enlisted for service and was chosen captain of his company, remaining in that position and enduring all the hardships of that fateful struggle until finally peace was restored. Succeeding generations scattered all over the country, and where- over the name became established it stood for patriotism, pioneer spirit and a high degree of intelligence. During the middle years of the nineteenth century Rev. G. F. Lewis, a Presbyterian minister, removed with his family from New York to Wisconsin, where he took up preaching in sparsely settled agricultural districts. Among his children was a son, B. S., who was born in New York, studied la^' at Union college, Schenectady, New York, was admitted to the bar in early manhood, and during 1866 removed to Minnesota, settling as attorney at Waseca. As the years passed by he built up an enviable reputation in his profession and came to rank among the most successful attorneys of the. state. It was said by many that no lawyer had a more thorough knowlege of state laws and their application than did Mr. Lewis, and his death in 1890 at the age of fifty years removed from the state one of her most brilliant counselors and advocates. In addition to hie law practice he accomplished much in behalf of educational work in his home city and was a stanch friend of the public school system. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Mary Eaton was born in Wisconsin, the daughter of a pioneer merchant of that state.

The only son and one of three children of B. S., and Mary Lewis, the gentleman whose name introduces this article was born at AYaseca, Minnesota, July 10, 1872, and received his education in public schools. It had been his intention to take a collegiate course, but after graduating from the high school at the age of eighteen his health was so poor that further study was deemed unwise, accordingly he entered upon business activities. For a time he was employed at Janesville, Waseca county, but after eight months there he resigned to accept an offer from the James Quirk Milling Company at Waterville, this state. Luring the following eleven years he was mostly in their employ and rose to be secretary, treasurer and assistant manager of the company. However, for eighteen months of this time he v.-as away from the tirm, having founded a bank at Madison Lake, with which he continued for eighteen months. In 1903 he bought out the Mapleton Milling Company, the capacity of which since he took charge has been increased from one hundred and fifty barrels to five hundred barrels, running twenty-four hours. The pleasant home of Mr. Lewis at ilapleton is presided over by the accomplished young lady whom he married October 12, 1898, and who was Miss Grace L. Everett, daughter of ]\L E. Everett, an attorney of AYatcrville, this state. Two sons bless their imion, Mahlon and Benedict.

In this connection it will not be amiss to make mention of the Mapkton Milling Company, the leading industry of the town flhose name it bears. That the mill has been of gTeat local importance may be inferred from the fact that the company not only buys the wheat raised by the farmers for miles in every direction, but also from their treasury is paid out every year thousands of dollars in ^Yages to employes, thus proving of inestimable value to the business interests of the place. The history of the enterprise dates back to the year 1880, when Moses Gates and Peter Nelson visited ^Mapleton and secured a bonus of $1,000 for a grist mill. An excellent mill was soon in operation, but the proprietors, being more interested in erecting mills than managing them, sold out to Sherman Peet. James Pearson was the head miller of the first mill, and he was succeeded by Charles Eogers. In 1886 the old stone system was replaced by modern rolls. In February, 18S7, the mill was destroyed by fire. Ten days later the people of the village and surrounding country assembled in meeting and subscribed a bonus of $1,500 to i.s^ist in the building of a new mill. The work of reconstruction was taken up so promptly that just four months after the fire a new mill started to grind flour with John Hendee as head miller. In November, 1887, S. Peet took in as partner Daniel W. Brooks. A modern engine was purchased, and James Pearson was prevailed upon to return as head miller. The cash system was instituted and matters were placed upon a business basis.

Another change came into the management of the mill when Starkcy & Ketzeback bought the property in Alay, 1893. The capacity was increased, the plant was run night and day to meet the growing demand for their flour, and an elevator was erected with a capacity of twenty-five thousand bushels. Early in 1902 Mv. Ketzeback, died, and in order that home business men might retain his interest, it was purchased from his heirs by W. A. and E. B. Hanna, H. M. Qninn and H. C. Hotaling. In March of 1903 J. T. Starkey, sold liis interest to H. L. lewis and W. E. Everett, and a reorganization was effected with Mr. Lewis as manager. A Corliss engine was installed of two hundred and fifty horsepower. About this time the local business men sold their shares to capitalists, so that the present owners are W. J. Jennison and W. J. Eussell, of Minneapolis, and Jlr. Lewis and Joseph Zahalka, of Mapleton. The mill consumes about two thousand bushels of wheat daily and its leading brand of flour, Maplesota, is known far and wide. It is the intention of the owners to increase the capacity from time to time and also to adopt every modern improvement as it is presented to the milling world.

In fact, it is the policy of the firm to utilize only modern machinery for in no other way can the competition of the twentieth century be met. Everything about the place bespeaks the progressive spirit of the owners, and the only spot in the mill where one may find a reminder of the milling system of pioneer days is in the basement, where several of the old mill stones are fiimly cemented in the floor, relics of early milling in Mapleton.

LEWIS, WILLIAM E. - The changes wrought by the past one-half century in the history of Blue Earth county are familiar to Mr. Lewis, who has been an eye-witness of local progress and a contributor to agricultural development. It was during the year 1856 that he arrived in this section of the northwest with other members of the family joining his father, who had come here the previous year. At that time settlers were few and houses were five miles or more apart. The arduous task of transforming a raw tract of land into a fertile farm fell upon the family and the early years of their residence in this county were years of unceasing struggle and self-sacrificing toil. They also witnessed the horrors of the Indian war of 1862. Eventually they reaped the reward of their labors and became known as prosperous and progressive farmers and upright citizens whose

Born in Wales, July 11, 1835, William E. Lewis is a son of Morris and Mary (Jones) Lewis, the former a miner, who came to the United States in 1839. Two years later the family joined him and settled in Pennsylvania. At first he worked at Pottsville and later at Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, from which city he went to Arkon, Ohio, and later worked in mines at Brady's Bend, Pennsylvania. As early as May of 1855 he became a pioneer of Minnesota and took up a tract of government land" in Blue Earth county, where a year later the family joined him. On the land that he pre-empted he remained for many years and here his death occurred in 1882. Eventually his widow removed to Mankato, where in 1901 her death occurred. The father was one of a family of twelve children, whose parents were humble members of a Welsh mining community and he had no chance whatever to gain an education or to lift himself out of the poverty to which he was born; but notwithstanding these obstacles he gained independence and won recognition among the farmers of his locality.

At the early age of ten years William E. Lewis began to assist his father in the coal mines in Pennsylvania, and after he came to Minnesota he helped to clear and improve the claim on Avhich the family settled. Agriculture has been his life work, but of recent years he has retired from farm pursuits and is making his home at Lake Crystal, where he has many friends among the most substantial citizens. In politics he has always been a stanch believer in Eepublican principles. During the Civil war his sympathies were strongly on the side of the Union, and December 23, 1863, he enlisted in the United States army in the Civil War as a private in Company E, Second Minnesota Cavalry, with which he engaged in service in the Indian Wars of those days. With the regiment he received an honorable discharge November 22, 1865, at Fort Snelling. Since the organization of A. T. Murphy Post No. 108, G. A. E., he has been one of its active members and has maintained an interest in its work. In religion he is identified with the Baptist church.

The marriage of Jlr. Lewis took place July 29, 1862, and united him with Miss Sarah Davis. Eight sons and five daughters were born of their union. The following attained years of maturity: John E., who resides at Walla Walla, Washington; Morris M., who died at the age of thirty-five years; Mary Ann, who married Edward E. Nichols a farmer, and makes her home near New Ulm, Minnesota; Elizabeth, wife of William S. Evan.';, a farmer of Blue Earth county; Thomas E., who is emploj'ed in the government service in Montana, and who for three years was a soldier in Company M, Tenth United States Infantry and spent two years in the Philippine Islands; William M., who is married and carries on farm pursuits in Blue Earth county; Edwin, a farmer residing near Lake Crj'stal; Mattie, who married Walter Wolfenden and resides in Lake Crystal, Minnesota; and David J., who is now in Montana in the government service.

LOOK, HENEY LEE. - On a farm in Pleasant Mound township adjoining the township line of Shelby on the east, may be found Henry Lee Look busily engaged in the various duties attendant upon the management of a profitable property. The family of which ho is a member has been represented in America ever since the Pilgrim Fathers crossed the rough seas to the bleak and barren shores of New England. His grandfathers, Samuel W. Look and Columbus Harvey, were natives of New England, and descended from pioneer families of that region. The parents, William Henry and Emily Luce (Harvey) Look, were born in "Maine, the former during the year 1849. The second name of the mother. Luce, has been in the family for nine generations and was first borne by a progenitor who came over in the historic Mayflower.

The grandfather was a sea captain and commanded his own ship. At the time of the discovery of gold in California he fitted out a ship snd started by ocean to California, where after a long voyage he landed at San Francisco. Following the custom usual to the time and place, his crew deserted him. Thereupon he proceeded io Oregon and remained for a year engaged in the fibbing business. After returning to San Francisco he secured another crew for his ship, proceeded to the isthmus of Panama, sold the ship there, and came the rest of the way home in another vessel. A year later he started again for Oregon via the Horn. There he made a successful trip and engaged in barter with the Indians. On his return he was wrecked near the isthmus and for a time floated on the roof of a house. After twenty-four hours he was picked up by a French liner. A companion also was rescued, both being unconscious when rescued. Tlie ship was overloaded and comparatively few were saved.

As early as 1869 William Henry Look had visited Minnesota and had returned to the east with a favorable impression concerning the northwest.

In 1883 he came back and established their home in Shelby township. Blue Earth county, where the grandfather died in 1887. In the fall of 1906 the father sold his interests here and moved to Idaho, where since he has made his home. There were five children in his family, the second of these being Henry Lee Look, who was born at New Vineyard, Franklin county, Maine, September 12, 1878, and received oountr}' school advantages, supplemented Ijy attendance at the Amboy high school and the Parker College in Winnebago. At the age of twenty years he started out for himself and since then he has engaged in farm pursuits with a gratifying degree of success. October 6, 1903, he was united in marriage with Clarise Lorena Salisbury, who was born in Pleasant Mound township, Ijcing a daughter of James Salisbury and a granddaughter of H. E. Salisbury, an honored pioneer. One son has blessed the union of Mr. and Mrs. Look.

LOVELL, FEEDEEICK E. - Adjacent to the corporation of Vernon Center lies the homestead of Mr. Lovell, who since coming to the township in 1884 has been the owner and occupant of the farm, and meanwhile has made numerous valuable improvements. The tract consists of two hundred acres, of which one hundred and fifty acres are under the plow, while the balance is utilized for the pasturage of the stock and for such other purposes as the needs of the place demand. Farm products suited to the soil and climate are raised on the farm, which is one of the most productive in the township. In addition considerable attention is devoted to the raising of Poland-China hogs and Holstein cattle, and a specialty is made of the dairy industry.

Wisconsin is Mr. Lovell's native state, he having been bom December 10, 185G, in Dodge county, where his parents, John and Rosamund (Chapin) Lovell, engaged in agricultural pursuits until their death. Primarily educated in public schools in the county, he was later sent to Ripon college in Wisconsin, where he availed himself of the fine opportunities cfl^ered for the acquiring of a good education. ^ATien he had completed his collegiate course he took up school teaching, which profession he followed both in Wisconsin and in ^Minnesota, and later he displayed his deep interest in educational work by rendering faithful service as a member of the school board for a long period, also as its treasurer for six years.

While still living in Wisconsin Mr. Lovell was there married, September 19, 1883, to Clementina Whitcomb, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (C'ameron) AAliitcomb, pioneers at Hustisford, Dodge county, Wisconsin, engaging in agricultural pursuits in that part of the state until their death. The year after their marriage Mr. and JMrs. Lovell came to Blue Earth county and settled in Yernon Center township, where tliey have since occupied the same farm and given their attention to its improvement. In religious views they are identified with the Methodist Episcopal church and give generously to its missionary enterprises and general benefactions. Three children blessed their union, and to them every advantage was given in order to prepare them for the responsibilities of life. The only daughter, iMargaret, married Miles Porter, an attorney at Lamberton, this state. The sons, John and James, are yet at home, and the former is preparing for the profession of the law by a course in the state university. Fraternally Mr. Lovell holds membership with Vernon Center Lodge No. 131, Knights of Pythias, and also is identified with the local work of the Mutual Benevolent Association. It has not been his custom to bind himself to either of the political parti( for he maintains an independent attitude in pc litical matters and gives his ballot to the me: and measures he deems best qualified to promot the welfare of his town and county or the larg er interesls of the nation.

LOVELL J. PIERCE. - During the eolonia era of American history the Lovell faniil crossed the ocean from England to the ne^ world and identified themselves with the grow ing fortunes of the rich colony of A'irginia, h tlie early development of which they material! aided. The tide of emigTation carried them to ward the west,' the first of the family to settle ii the Mississippi valley being Reuben Lovell, pioneer of Illinois and a lifelong farmer. Nex in line of descent was George W. Lovell bori Jan. 39th, 1843, in Schuyler county, Illinois and there married ilary Jane Toland who wa born Jan. 3, 1843, also a native of the same re gion. As early as 1864 the family became pio neers of Minnesota, where soon afterward th father enlisted in Battery F, First Regiment o j\Iinnesota Heavy Artillery. Dnder the com mand of General Thomas he was stationed a Xashville and Chattanooga and at the expira tion of his time received an honorable discharge after which he took up farm pursuits near Nash ville center, Martin county, Minnesota, and eve since he has remained a resident of the sam locality.

Among ten children comprising the family o George W. Lovell the eldest, J. Pierce, was bor: in Schuyler county, Illinois, January 9, 186J and has been a resident of Minnesota from hi earliest recollections, receiving such advantage as the country schools of the state afforded an gaining a thorough knowledge of the duties whic enter into successful farming. At the age c twenty years he left the old farm and starte out to earn his own way as an agriculturist, » curing a farm near Nashville Center and opera ing the land for a considerable period. In 189 l.e disposed of his interests in Martin county au came to Blue Earth county, where he owns a far: on section twenty-eight, Shelby township, nef the village of Amboy. The tract comprises ovi one hundred acres and the river forms its eastern boundary line. Excellent natural drainage gives facilities for the cultivation of the crops. The ptoek business brings a considerable annual revenue, the principle lines being red polled cattle, and Norman and Hambletonian horses.

The marriage of Mr. Lovell took place July 2, 1890, and united him with Miss Gertrude Dodd, wlio was born at Catskill, Green county. New York, and was educated at Uie C'atskill Academy. The family was established in America by her grandfather, William Dodd who crossed the ocean in IS'i-i and settled at Catskill, New York. Her father, Thomas Dodd, was born at Westmoreland, England, March 23, 1818, and vas a small child when the family emigrated to the United States, where he received fine educational advantages at llui.aers Coilego, New Eiunswick, N. J. During early manhood he taught in a reform school in the city of New Y'ork. In 1819 he married Elizabeth Stevens, v,ho was born Nevember 13, 1824, at Gilboa, Schoharie county. New Y'ork. Her mother was Nancy Du Boice great grand daughter of Louis Du Boice, relative of Guillaume Du Boice, French statesman and one of the negotiators of the triple Alliance 1717 and from 1721 till his death in 1725 lie governed France as prime minister, and Jier father traced his lineage to England. A devoted Christian woman, she reared her children in that faith and her daughter, Mrs. Lovell, became a member of the Presljyteriaii church, in which religion she in turn is training her only child, iliss Elizabeth Lovell.

The Dodd family left the east in 1.S5G and settled in Wisconsin. For six yeais ]\Ir. Dodd taught in that state, also in Missouri and Illinois, after which he returned to New York and remained for four years. His residence in Minnesota dated from 1863, when he entered land in Martin county. For eight years he was employed as a missionary of the Prcsbvterian board of home missions for which work he was admirably qualified by his profound knowledge of the Scriptures and his consecrated devotion to the cause of Christianity. The last four years of his self-sacrificing, earnest existence were passed on his farm west of Aml)ov, this state, and there he passed away in 1875. The only fi'aternal organization in which ilr. Lovell maintains an interest is the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Educational matters always receive his earnest support and he has rendered efficient service as a member of the school board of his district.

LUDTKE, HENRY. - The scientific phases of agriculture have appealed with especial interest to Mr. Ludtke who believes that some of the old-fashioned methods of farming have no reason for continuance- except in usage and tradition ; and ho has been in distinct sympathy with twentieth-century plans of cultivation of the soil and maintaining the fertility of the same. The origin of his interest in scientific farming dates back to his training in the Minnesota School of Agriculture at St. Paul, where he took the complete course of three years, graduating in 1902. During two years of the course he took military training in addition to agricultural work and in his last year at the school he was honored by being chosen captain of his company. His interest in military affairs is inherited from his father, who once served in the German army and always delighted in the study of military tactics.

Born in Pleasant Mound township. Blue Earth county, February- 24, 1875, Henry Ludtke is a son of Emel and .Tuli" (Tesky) Ludtke, . natives of Posen, Germany. The paternal grandfather Christov Ludtke, was born in Posen, Germany, and there spent his entire life, following the occupation of farming. During the year 1867 Emel Ludtke crossed the ocean to the United States and at once proceeded to Wisconsin, wliere he settled on a farm near Princeton. The 3'ear 1874, witnessed his removal from Wisconsin to Minnesota, where he settled on a raw tract of land in Pleasant Mound township and took up general farming. In a short time he sold the land and hought seventy-five acres where he still lives. Subsequent purchase gave him forty acres on section eleven, eighty acres on section twelve, and eighty acres on section fourteen, all of whicli property he subsequently transferred to his son, Henry, with whom he is now living-.

There were twelve children in the family, of whom one son is deceased. Five sons and six daughters are now living, and all are married and established in homes of their own. The youngest son, Henry, received his rudimentary education in the district schools, after which he spent three years in the State School of Agriculture. September 11, 1902, he married Gusta Bergemann, who was born in Illinois, and came to Blue Earth county with her parents, William and Ernestena Bergemann, settling in the township of Ceresco, where her father died. Her mother continues to live in that township.

Two daughters, Gertrude and Leola, comprise the family of Mr. and Mrs. Ludtke. Under the management of Mr. Ludtke are three hundred and eighty-five acres. Willow Creek runs through the farm in such a way as to render possible the thorough tiling of all the land, should such drainage be deemed advisable. Cattle, hogs and horses are raised on the farm and tlie returns from their sale prove that the" owner is a skilled stock raiser. For some years Mr. Ludtke has been working in association with the Minnesota School of Agriculture to ascertain the value of different varieties of commercial fertilizer. Different fields are fertilized with different varieties, the results are carefully notect by him and reports are sent to the college where they are analyzed and results recorded, the final conclusions being published for the benefit of farmers throughout the entire state.

LIJLSDORFP, GERHARD. - The custom of learning a useful trade which has been grounded into the youth of the German Fatherland for many centuries of its histor)', has aided in the development of the enterprises of this country to an almost unprecedented extent. Not only is the Old World workman the soul of thoroughness and reliability, having purchased his experience by long service, rigorous self denial and great singleness of purpose, but he maintains a wholesome respect for the work of his hands, and labors unceasingly towards its ultimate perfection. The splendid possibilities and independence assured by such preparedness were emphatically expressed in the career of Gerhard Lulsdorff, whose name is connected with the ilr. Lulsdorff was born in Cologne, Prussia April 35, 1827, and after a meagre training ii the public schools served an apprenticeship a carpentering from his thirteenth to his seventeentl }'ear. For three years he traveled through Ger many as a journeyman carpenter, at the expir ation of which time he was drafted into th^ army, and exchanged the tools of constructioi for the weapons of destruction. Army life prov ing distasteful to him, through the interventioi of friends he was released from the service, anc returning to his native city, he was employee in one of its largest factories from 1847 unti 1853. With new world ambitions surging in hii brain he embarked in a sailing vessel for Amer ica in 1853, during May of the same year find ing employment as a cabinet maker in New Yorl City, his first piece of work taking the golc medal at the Crystal Palace exhibition, held sooi after. Beginning in 1854 he engaged in shi| building in New York City, and later ii Thomaston, Maine, but after cutting his foo with an ax in the latter city returned to Nev York and found employment in a piano factory The piano company failing and going out o: business, he went on a tour of inspection througl the southern states, spending the winter in Nca Orleans, in the spring journeying through tb northern states. Upon his return to New Yorl he worked in another piano factory, but hii health failing, he came west to recuperate, spen some time in Wisconsin and Chicago, in thi latter place undergoing a severe spell of sick ness, upon recovery from which he again workec at his trade.

In the winter of 1857-8 Mr. Lulsdorfl wen into the building business with Theodor Schroeder, filled contracts in several places ii the state, and while working on a building ii Tuscola, Illinois, the scaffolding broke and hi and his partner were painfully if not serioush injured. Soon after this partnership was dis solved, and Mr. Lulsdorff came to St. Paul, Min nesota, July 15, 1858, the last of Februarj 1859, accompanying three companions to th Red River country. The distinction is due Hi of having helped to build the Anson Forthrup^ the first steamer that ever plowed the waters of that nortliern stream. He also was one of the first passengers on the boat, going to Fort Gary, now Winnipeg, which then was practically controlled by the Hudson Bay Company. Returning with a cargo of buffalo hides to Fort Abercrombie, the party went to St. Paul to get their pay and a fresh supply of provisions, and the return trip, as were many others undertaken around that time, was full of incident and adventure. Mr. LulsdorfE in after years delighted to recount his experiences in the wild, undeveloped region of the Red River, the Indians and big game furnishing him material for many a hair raising narrative. He became a regularly accredited employe of the Hudson River Company in 1860, and the following year, while the rest of the country was torn by the dissension of the Civil war, he built for the Minnesota Stage Company the first building in the present town of Moorhead. He also erected several houses for the company in Georgetown, and in 1861 helped build the second boat for the Eed River, named the International, and which began to churn the fl-aters of the river in the spring of 18G"?. The same year occurred the great Sioux outbreak, and all of the employes of the company were obliged to flee for their lives to British Columbia. .V few trusted men, however, were sent back to look after the company's interests at Georgetown, 'Sir. LulsdorfE being of that number. His last undertaking in the great wilderness of the Northwest was to take the boat in which he traveled to Fort Abercrombie for protection. Ami after all, personality is the dominant factor in shaping the course of the average man, and it A\a-; a tinsmith whom Jlr. LulsdorfE met in his travels, that diverted his energy from the desolate and compelling wilds, to tlic city of ^lankato in the fall of 1863. He died June 11, 1906.

It was a small and unpromising tinshop that Mr. Luladorfl estal)lishcd in Mankato during 1863, but lie applied himself to his work with the settled determination of a man who has seen and experienced much, and who is glad of the chance to tie his craft to stable moorings. Eventually the tinshop was lost in the hardware store which now is one of the best in the city, and the transformation of which \\'as due to the Teutonic grit and determination of a man who, all through his diversified life, had made a point of doing all things well. In 1887 he took his son, John A., into the business, which from then has been operated under the firm name of LulsdorfE & Son.

LTJNKElSrHEIMER, JOSEPH. - Numbered in the list of progressive and energetic farmers of Blue Earth county is the gentleman whose name introduces this article and whose entire life has been passed on the old homestead he still occupies. The farm which he owns and operates comprises eighty acres of well-improved land lying on section twenty-seven. Lime township. The improvements on the place bear testimony to the thrift and orderly spirit characteristic of the oviTier. "A place for everything and everything in its place" might be supposed to be One of the mottoes of the occupant whose careful supervision is apparent on e'^ery hand. While the farm is small as to acreage, excellent returns are secured from its cultivation, and the crops are always the best the weather renders possible.

On the farm where he still resides Joseph Lunkenheimer was born October 12, 1863, and here he gained his first ideas as to general farming. A neighboring school gave him fair ad- Viintages for acquiring an education and careful reading ha,s enlarged his fund of knowledge. Novvcmber 9, 1893, he was united in marriage with ]\riss Mary Kubias, who wa'^ born in Germany September 1, 1ST?, being a daughter of .Joseph, and Louisa Kubias, natives of Gerrrany, but emigrants to the United States, settling in Minnesota in 1892, and now living in Renville county. Their children are Joseph, Anna, Mary and Amelia. The children of Mr. and ?,lrs. Lunketiheimer are as follows: Augusta M., born August 16, 1894; Louisa, January 16, 1896; Ida T., October 14, 1898; Mary J., December 16, 1900; Paulina, April 38, 1901; and Elizabeth, October 3, 1904. The religious views of the family bring them into association with the Roman Catholic church, to whose philanthropies they have been generous and regular contributors.

LUNKENHEIMEE, MICHAEL. - The Mstor}' of the Liinkenheimer family has been identified with the agricultural development of Blue Earth county for more than one-half century. Few settlers had arrived in this then lonely region fl-hen in 1854 Jacob Lunkenheimer brought I'is family hither in a "prairie schooner" and began housekeeping in the primitive style common to the day and locality. The spot selected as a home ^ras a tract of unimproved and unbroken land lying in Lime tovraship, and the most arduous application was necessary in order to convert the area into a productive property. Eorty years after he landed here he passed from the scenes of time. During that long period he had witnessed many changes in the coimtry and had personally contributed to the agricultural development of the county, so that he had worthily won the title of an honored pioneer.

Born and reared in Germany Jacob Lunkenheimer married Agnes Leas, likewise a native of that country. In an early day they immigrated to the United States and during 1854 they came to Blue Earth county, where the mother died in 1903, nine years after the death of her husband. They were the parents of ten children, but Joseph and Michael are now the only survivors. Michael was born at the old homestead in Lime township March 13, 1870, and grew to manhood upon the estate where he still lives. His marriage took place in Le Sueur county, Minnesota, April 25, 1893, and united him with Miss Theresa M. Winkelmiller, who was born in JSTicollet county, this state, April 34, 1875. Her parents, Joachim and Theresa (Oswald) Winkelmiller, were natives of Germany, the father born August 21, 1835, and the mother July 22, 1851. Of their five children, only two are living, Mrs. Lunkenheimer and Stephen, the latter a resident of Germany. During 1873 Mt. Winkelmiller and wife came to the United Slates and settled in Minnesota, where she died June 30, 1880. The union of Mr. and Mrs, lAinkenheimer, has been blessed by six children namely: Henry M., born May 29, 1894; Leo J. born August 7, 1896; Frank G., born April 28 1898; August B., February 27, 1900, and Celia M. and Clarence J. (twins) born March 8, 1905 the family are earnest people and up to date agriculturists.

MeCAETY, A. F. - The quiet discharge c such duties as fall to the lot of a farmer hav characterized the years of Mr. McCarty's resi dence in Blue Earth county. Bach season ha brought its discouragements and its sueeesse and the majority of them have brought a nea profit to repay the tiller of the soil for his un wearied industry, so that now the man wh' came here without any capital whatever i classed among the prosperous citizens of Lyr; township. ^Hien he arrived in Blue Eartl county in 1876 he was without money, but h' had youth and health and an abundance o: energy, and he took up agricultural pursuits ii Lyra township with every hope of gaining thi success he has since achieved. In* addition t( raising grain and hay he has engaged extensively in raising Shorthorn cattle and Poland-Chini hogs.

In Cook county, Illinois, near the city o; Chicago, A. F. McCarty was born February 20 1845, being a son of Andrew and Catherini (ISToon) McCarty, natives of Ireland, and pic neers of 1843 in Cook county, Illinois, when they took up a tract of land from the govern ment. Somewhat later they removed to Clifton Illinois, and during 1877 came to Minnesota joined their son in Blue Earth county, estab lished a home in Mapleton, and soon becami well known among the residents of the village They died there and were laid to rest in Maple ton cemetery. Of their ten children eight ar( still living, A. F. having been the fifth in ordei of birth. As before stated, he came to Minne^ sota in 1876 and settled in Lyra township, Blu( Earth county, where he has since risen fron poverty to independence by dint of determinec efforts.

The marriage of Mr. McCarty took place ii 1872 and united him with Miss Mary Fogerty daughter of Edward and Johanna (HindsJ Fogerty, natives of Ireland, but pioneers o: Washington county, Wisconsin, and after 187' residents of Blue Earth county, Minnesota where they settled on a farm in Lyra townshi] and continued here until death. Mr. and Mrs McCarty are the parents of ten children, all o whom have received excellent educations am several have engaged in educational work witl noteworthy success. The eldest son, Edwaid P.

is an instructor of mining engineering in tlie Minnesota State University and has gained a wide reputation for, accurate knowledge of his specialty. The second son, Andrew L., is superintendent of mining engineering at Silver City, J^ew Mexico, and like his older brother is thoroughly proficient in his chosen sphere of activity. The other members of the family are Mary, Julia, Eaymond, Charles, Mark, Joseph and Catherine, The family hold membership in the Eoman Catholic church. In politics Mr. Mc- Carty has never allied himself with any party, but has maintained an independence of thought and has cast his ballot for the men he considers best qualified to represent the people, irrespective of their opinions concerning the national problems. More than once he has been called upon to serve the people of his township in positions of trust, and he has acted as chairman and member of the board of trustees, also has been interested in securing good roads and in the building up of good schools throughout the township.