Jackson County, Minnesota - Biographical sketches, 1910 (part 10 of 13)

The father . of our subject was Bjorn J. Watland, who was born in Stavanger, Norway, March 12, 1854. He came to the United States with his parents in 1873 and located near Leroy, Mower county, Minnesota, where his parents homesteaded government land. He engaged in farming there until 1886 and then moved to Emmons county. North Dakota, where he conducted a sheep raftch ten years. During his residence there he had a government contract to supply the troops at Fort Yates with meat, wood and hay. He returned to Mower county, lived there one year, and in 1897 took up his residence in Jackson county. He bought the Des Moines township farm where his sons now reside, made most of the improvements on the place and engaged in farming there until his death, which occurred May 13, 1904. While a resident of Leroy, Bjorn Watland was married to Elizabeth Spande, who was born in Fillmore county, Minnesota, December 27, 1862, and who now makes her home with her sons on the Jackson county farm. Seven children w^ere born to these parents, as follows: Alfred, born May 4, 1885; Bert, born July 19, 1887; Mamie, bom February 22, 1890; Anna, born March 13, 1892; Cecelia, born August 15, 1894; John, born June 24, 1896; Ella, bom September 19, 1899.

Alfred Watland is the eldest of these children and was born in Leroy, Mower county, Minnesota. Wliile yet a baby he accompanied his parents to Emmons county, North Dakota, and there he spent his boyhood days. After residing ten years in Dakota the family returned to Mower county and located near Adams. One year later, in 1897, Alfred came with his parents to Jackson county, and has since resided on the farm his father bought at that time. Until his father's death he worked on the place, and after that event he and his brother took the management of the farm. He has served as clerk of school district No. 7 for the past two years and is president of the Des Moines River Telephone company.

EDWARD ELNESS (1874) is a Christiania township farmer and thresher who owns the east half of the northwest quarter of section 20 and the south half of the southeast quarter of section 17. He has spent his entire life in the county, having been born on the farm he now conducts October 12, 1874, the son of E. N. and Ellen Elness. His father lives in Oregon; his mother is dead.

Mr. Elness received a common school education and assisted his father in conducting the farm. Later he engaged in farming for himself and in the threshing business, which he has followed for the past fifteen years. He owns stock in the Christiania Creamery company and in the Bergen Store company. He is a member of the Lutheran church and of the Woodmen lodge of Windom.

Mr. Elness was married May 20, 1900, to Minnie Olson. They are the parents of three children; Clifford, bora October 20, 1902; Lloydi born March 6, 1904; Leland, bom May 10, 1906.

GUSTAV WIESE (1896) is one of the progressive farmers of Sioux Valley township, where he owns and farms 200 acres of land. He engages extensively in stock raising and has large herds. He has a nice home and a well improved farm.

Mr. Wiese was born in Schonberg, Holstein, Germany, April 25, 1872, the son of C. H. and Maggie (Harder) Wiese. His father was a veteran of the Danish war (1848-51) having served four years in the German army. He was a jeweler by trade and followed that occupation in his native land forty -three years. He died at Schonberg, Grermany, September 8, 1902, at the age of 79 years The mother of our subject died in Germany in October, 1806, aged 65 years.

Gustav Wiese spent the first fifteen years of his life in his native town, receiving his education in the public schools. In the spring of 1888 he came to the United States and located at Holstein, Ida county, Iowa, where.

however, he remained only three months. He then went to Ewing, Holt county, Nebraska, where he lived a year and a half, working on the farm of his brother-in-law. The next tliree years were spent working on a farm in Shelby county, Iowa. This brings us up to the year 1893, when he returned to his old German home for a six months' visit. Returning to America in the spring of 1894, he again located in Shelby county, Iowa. In the fall of 1894 he came to Jackson county and bought 120 acres of his present farm in Siouz Valley township. In the spring of 1895 he returned to the county to make permanent residence. For two years he worked at the carpenter trade in Lakefied and in the vicinity of Lake Park, Iowa, and then, in 1897, he located upon his farm and has ever since been engaged in farming.

Mr. Wiese was married in Sioux Valley township February 16, 1897, to Emma Untidt, daughter of Henry and Alvina Untidt. Mrs. Wiese was born in Scott county, Iowa, July 7, 1878. To Mr. and Mrs. Wiese have been born the following named children: Hellmuth, born February 23, 1899; Rudolph, born December 14, 1901; Alvina, bom August 30, 1903; Bertha, born October 20, 1905; Norma, bom June 25, 1907.

LELAND L. ZENOR (1907), real estate dealer and broker of Heron Lake, is a native of Story county, Iowa, where he was bom April 12, 1870. In his native county he lived until he was thirty years of age. A^ter receiving a common school education he attended Iowa State college at Ames and completed his education with a business course in Drake university, Des Moines.

After his school days Mr. Zenor engaged in the hardware and implement business *at Ames, Iowa, and four years later he opened a real estate office in the same city. He conducted the business at Ames until the year 1900, when he moved to Crookston, Minnesota, and there engaged in the real estate business until 1907. That year he moved to Heron Lake and opened a real estate and brokerage office, which he has since conducted. He deals principally in Texas, Montana, North Dakota and Minnesota lands, and does a thriving business. In partnership with L. F. Lammers Mr. Zenor owns a large ranch in Texas and he personally owns a large ranch in Montana, besides several farms in Jackson county and village property in Heron Lake and Windom.

Mr. Zenor's grandparents were^ among the early settlers of Iowa, having located there in 1849. His parents are W. J. and Mary £. (O'Brien) Zenor, who were bom in Indiana and married in Iowa in 1868, and who now live retired lives at Ames, Iowa. Leland is the eldest of a family of three children, the others being Celand C, who is in his brother's employ, and Gretta (Mrs. C. £. Holmes), of Ames, Iowa.

Mr. Zenor of this sketch was married at Ames May 22, 1894, to Cora P. Skelton, a native of the town in which she was married and a daughter of William and Anna Skelton. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Zenor: Marie, born April 30, 1895; Helen, bora May 30, 1899. Mr. Zenor is a member of the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias and Elks lodges.

JOHN C. EDLIN (1878) is one of the prosperous farmers and big landowners of Middle - town township. He owns 408 acres of land in Minnesota and a quarter section in North Dakota. He has a fine farm, equipped with all modem improvements for its successful ciiltivation. He engages extensively in stock raising and has nothing but good grades.

Mr. Edlin is a native of Sweden and was born February 9, 1848, the son of Carl and Christina Edlin. He was raised on a farm and received a common school education. At the age of twenty -one years he left home and came to America, locating first in Rockford, Illinois, where he worked about six months. From that point he came to Minnesota and stopped at Mankato, working on the railroad for two years. He then engaged in farming in Cottonwood county and was so occupied five years. Mr. Edlin went to Red Wing in 1877, worked one year in that place, and then, in the fall of 1878, arrived in Jackson county, which was destined to be his home for many years. He bought a farm in Middle town that fall, then went east, and in the spring of 1879 came to reside permanently.

During his residence in Middletown M^. Edlin has served seven years as a member of the township board, twelve years as a director of the school board and eight years as road

Mr. Edlin was married October 25, 1883, to Miss Louise Swenson, and to them have been born the following named children: Charles P., bom January 26, 1885; Ludwig L., born April 25, 1887; Adolph, born March 1, 1889; Albert Edgart, bom February 12, 1891, died February 12, 1894; Oscar Rudolph, born December 5, 1894.

EMIL TROSIN (1881) owns a two hundred acre farm in Heron Lake township a short distance northeast of Lakefield, where he has a fine home and well improved farm.

Mr. Trosin was born in the Fatherland October 18, 1869, the son of Frederick and Christina <Mattzlof) Trosin, both deceased. At the age of twelve years he accompanied his parents to the new world and came with them to Jackson county. For five years he lived with his parents on their farm on section 28, Heron Lake township, and for the next six years he worked on the farm of D. W. Ko-^ lander. The next year he spent working for his brother in Emmet county, Iowa, and then he and his brother engaged in farming in Martin county. One year later Mr. Trosin again moved to Jackson county and located upon his present farm, which he had bought two years before. The place was practically unimproved at the time and all the improvements on the farm are the result of his labors. During the summer of 1909 he erected a fine nine-room residence at a cost of $2,200.

Mr. Trosin was married in Host township April 10, 1898, to Annie Zach, who was born in Jackson county June 2, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Trosin have no children of their own, but they have an adopted son, Fred E. Istel, aged nineteen years and a native of Milwaukee.

Mr. Trosin is a member of the Heron Lake township board of supervisors and he has held the office of president of the Heron Lake Creamery company for the last six years.

AUGUST' SCHEPPMANN (1902) is one of the large land owners and successful and influential farmers of West Heron Lake township. He owns 840 acres of land in West Heron Lake and Alba townships, his home place being the north half of the northwest quarter of section 17, one half mile south of Okabena.

He is the youngest of a family of nine children bom to Henry and Wilhelmina (Denne) Scheppmann, and he was bom in Germany January 4, 1850. Both his parents died in the old country, his father when he was only nine years of age. At that tender age he had to assist in earning money to support the family, although he was able to attend school until he was fourteen years of age. After growing up he worked in the coal mines and was so engaged until thirty years of age.

Mr. Scheppmann emigrated to America in 1880 and first located in Tazewell county, Illinois, where he engaged in ditching and well digging two years. Then he engaged in farming, having bought farm lands in Tazewell and Iroquois counties, living in each of those counties eleven years. In 1902 Mr. Scheppmann sold out in Illinois and located in Jackson county, investing his money in lands south of Okabena. He has prospered and is in ea^y circumstances. He is greatly interested in the development of the county and is interested in several lines of endeavor besides his farming interests.

From 1903 to 1906 Mr. Scheppmann was manager of the Okabena creamery. He took an active part in the organization of the Okabena Cooperative Farmers Elevator company, of which he is the president. The company was organized and incorporated August 21, 1909, with fifty-three stockholders, and began business September 7, 1909. The officers of the company are: August Scheppmann, president; Sam Frederickson, secretary; John Gruseng, vice president; John Koster, treasurer; Sam Dahl, Will Hussong, Frank Anderson, directors.

Our subject was married in Germany August 3, 1877, to Recka Beckschulte. To them have been bom the following children: Bertha, Freda, August, Sam, Henry, Minnie, Willie, Lydia, Eddie and Loui. Mr. Scheppmann is a member of the Christian Apostolic ehurch.

E. RICE (1897), a farmer residing in Jackson, was bom May 23, 1853, in Steuben county, New York, the son of Warren and Amy (Kent) Rico. When our subject was five years of age the family moved from New York state to Winneshiek county, Iowa, and there the subject of this biography resided sixteen yeara, receiving an education in the schools of Orleans township.

When he reached his majority, in 1874, Mr. Rice moved to Cottonwood county, Minnesota, took a homestead, and engaged in farming it twenty -one years. lie sold out in 1896 and moved west, locating in Yakima county, Washington. He came to Jackson in September, 1897, and has since been engaged in farming.

Mr. Kice was married at Ridgeway, Iowa, September 4, 1877, to Miss Ida May Clough. To this union have been born the following named children: Warren M., born June 15, 1878; Carlton B., born September 17, 1881, died October 3, 1897; Mattie P. and Minnie M. (twins), bom April 23, 1888; Nellie B., bom July 19, 1892. Mr. Rice owns 112 acres of land in Des Moines and Wisconsin townships. He and family are members of the Methodist church.

Mrs. Rice is one of the pioneers of Jackson county. She is the daughter of those pioneer settlers, Marcellus Clough and Mary (Young) Clough, and was bom in Winneshiek county, Iowa, May 28, 1858. At the age of three years, in the spring of 1861, she accompanied her parents to the wild and sparsely settled Jackson county country. In January, 1862, the family moved to Mankato, resided there one year, and then returned to the former home in Winneshiek county. In the spring of 1865 the family again returned to Jackson county and Marcellus Clough took a preemption and homestead near the spot where Jackson was built. He and John Yoimg each built frame houses on their claims, the first erected in Jackson county. The Clough home burned down a few years later, but the Young home still stands. In 1872 Ida May Clough accompanied her parents back to Winneshiek county, and there in 1877 she was married to Mr. Rice.

MIKE J. MILLER (1883) engages in farming on section 30, Wisconsin township, a short distance southeast of Jackson, where he owns a quarter section of land, upon which he has lived many years. He is the son of John and Elizabeth (Kessler) Miller and is one of a family of five children, John, Barbara, Gertrude, Mary and Mike J. The father was born in Germany and came to America when fourteen years of age. He located in Wisconsin in the early days and died in Dane coimty of that state twenty-five years ago. The mother

To these parents at Columbus, Dane county, Wisconsin, on September 10, 1861, Mike J. Miller was born. He received a district school education and until twenty-two years of age resided on his father's farm in his nativb county. He came to Jackson county in 1883 and settled upon the land where he has ever since lived. This farm was formerly owned by Mr. Miller's grandfather, who lived upon it in grasshopper days, and the old log cabin in which his grandfather lived still stands on the farm. The land was later bought by our subject's father, and later still Mike Miller acquired the property. The latter has made all the improvements on the place, including the erection of a fine house, large bam, outbuildings and grove. Mr. Miller owns in addition thirty acres of timber land along the Des Moines river. He has served as chairman of the township board.

Mr. Miller was married at Columbus, Dane county, Wisconsin, November 29, 1884, to Lena Ullrich, who was also born in Dane county and who was brought up in a neighboring family. She is the daughter of Chris Ullrich and has four brothers living in Petersburg township. To Mr. and Mrs. Miller have been born four children, as follows: Elma, Agnes, Ben and Mike.

ALEX SULLIVAN (1872) is one of the large landowners and successful farmers of LaCrosse township as well as one of the pioneer settlers. He is an extensive feeder of cattle and hogs and a big grain raiser. He farms 480 acres of land. He owns 320 acres individually and in partnership with his brother Jerry owns 640 acres on sections 17 and 21.

Mr. Sullivan is a native of Sibley county, Minnesota, where he was bom December 24, 1861, the son of Owen and Mary (O'Neil) Sullivan. He spent his childhood days in Sibley county and came to- Jackson county with his parents in 1872. With the exception of one and one-half years spent in St. Paul during the years 1878-79, he has ever since been a resident of the county. His parents homesteaded in LaCrosse township and on his father's farm he grew to manhood. His father died when he was sixteen years of age and thereafter he continued to make his home with his mother. When he was about twenty- one years of age the home place - ^the southeast quarter of section 4 - was turned over to him and he has ever since been engaged in farming it. He has prospered and from time to time has added to his possessions by purchase.

Otur subject and his family are members of the Catholic church of Heron Lake and he is a member of the Yeomen and Catholic Order of Foresters lodges. He has held the office of clerk of his school district.

Mr. Sullivan was married in Heron Lake May 27, 1806, to Agnes Bohnpool, a native of Germany. To them have been born three children: Gene, Paul and Bemioe.

FRANK J. HASSING (1892) is the proprietor of a wagon maker's shop at Alpha, of which village he is one of the oldest residents. He was born at Easton, Faribault county, Minnesota, May 14, 1867, the son of John H. and Rocine (Kerser) Hassing.

In his native county Frank Hassing grew to manhood, residing with his parents until he reached his majority. In 1888 he went to Albert Lea and worked out one year. Returning to Easton, he worked at the carpenter trade for a year and a lialf. In August, 1892, he became a resident of Jackson county. For two years he lived on a farm southwest of Jackson, then lived a few months in the village of Jackson, and early in 1895 located in the village of Alpha, then just started. . He worked at the carpenter trade in Alpha for eleven years, and in 1906 bought the wagon maker's shop from Theodore Jasper and has since conducted it.

Mr. Hassing was married January 8, 1895, to Catherine Steiner, of Jackson. To them have been born four children. Charles A., who was the first child born in the village of Alpha, was born November 6, 1895. The other children are John C, Clara M. and Lawrence H. The family are members of the Jackson Catholic church and Mr. Hassing is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters of Jackson, of which organization he has held some of the principal offices. He owns a quarter section of land in St. Louis county, Minnesota. Mr. Hassing was president of the Alpha village council three years.

BRADFORD F. VANDUZEE (1882), who now lives a retired life in Jackson, is a native of Gouverneur township, St. Lawrence county, New York, having been bom February 27, 1827. His parents were David and Chloe (Wood) Vanduzee, who were bom and married in the state of Vermont. Eight years after their marriage they moved to St. Lawrence county. New York, where they resided the rest of their lives. His father lived to be 85 years of age and his mother 65. The elder Vanduzee was a miller by trade and engaged in business in St. Lawrence county for a number of years. There were seventeen children in the family, of which our subject was the youngest. Only one of the other children survives, Mrs. Nancy Hodgbloom, who lives at Gouverneur, New York, and who is 86 years of age.

Bradford grew to manhood in his native county, residing with his parents until seventeen years of age. At that age he went to De Kalb, New York, and for the next three years served an apprenticeship to the carpenter's trade, after which he followed his trade there one year. At the age of twenty-one years he came west, locating in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin. He worked at his trade there one year and then located in Waupaca, Wisconsin, where he resided two years and where he engaged to erect a mill. The next permanent location of Mr. Vanduzee was Vernon county, Wisconsin, where he was destined to pass many years of his life. During his long residence there he worked at his trade, also engaging in farming, having pturchased a two hundred acre farm, which was managed by a hired man.

In 1864 Mr. Vanduzee enlisted from Vernon county, Wisconsin, in company D, of the Eighteenth Wisconsin regiment, and served until the close of the war, participating in the grand review of Washington.

From Wisconsin Mr. Vanduzee came to Jackson county in 1882, and this has ever since been his home. Upon his arrival he bought a farm on section 13, Wisconsin township (a farm which he still owns), and there he made his home, working at the carpenter trade while his sons managed the farm. He erected many of the buildings in the neighborhood and when the village of Alpha was founded near by he erected the first structure on the townsite as well as many of the town's first buildings. In 1892 Mr. Vanduzee located in Jackson, where he has since lived. Until the fall of 1908 he worked at his trade, since which time he has letired from active labors. In addition to his farm, Mr Vanduzee owns a residence and a shop in Jackson. While living in Wisconsin township he served as township assessor and was one of the school directors of his district. Mr. Vanduzee was married at Waupaca, Wisconsin, August 8, 1852, to Theresa J. Perkins, who was the daughter of Chester and Salinda (Chase) Perkins and who was bom in Cattaraugus county, New York, January 30, 1828. Nine children were bom to this union, of whom the following seven are living: Solomon, Alice Smith, Finney, Grant, Lurilla Short, Chloe Carr and Willard. The deceased children are Ralph, who died in March, 1907, and Rosa Smith, who died in May, 1908, aged 56 years.

CARL NIEMANN (1887) is one of the successful farmers of Christiania township, in which he owns a half section of land. He is a German by birth and was born September 7, 1846, the son of Martin and Fredericka (Gohl) Niemann. The former died about fifteen years ago; the mother died in 1908.

Carl was raised on his father's farm and received a common school education. He served four years in the German army and is a veteran of the French-German war. While serving his country he received a wound in the hand from a sword thrust. At the age of twenty -six years Mr. Niemann came to Ameri- - ca and located in Chicago, where he lived three years. From the city he moved to Door county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in farming twelve years. He came to Jackson county in 1887 and located upon the farm where he now lives, on section 16, and has ever since been a resident of Christiania.

Mr. Niemann owns a 120-acre farm of line land and has it well improved. He owns Ktock in the Bergen creamery, in the Windom telephone and in the Farmers' elevator at Windom. He has served as township treasurer thirteen years and has been treasurer of school district No. 63 for the last twenty years. He is a member of the Lutheran church.

Mr. Niemann was married April 3, 1877, to Miss Johanna Langhoff, and to them have been bom seven children, as follows: Martha (Mrs. John Egge), born February 11, 1878; Albert, born October 27, 1880; Arnold, bom June, 1882; August, born June, 1884; Adolph, bom 1886; Carl, bom March 10, 1888; Emma, born January 1, 1891.

JOSEPH VACEK (1889) is an Enterprise township farmer who has lived on his present farm twenty years. He owns 320 acres - the southwest quarter of section 13 and the northeast quarter of the same section.

Mr. Vacek was bom in Austria March 10, 1862, son of the late Martin Vacek and Mary Vacek. At the age of thirteen he came to the United States with his parents and located in Jones county, Iowa. In that county he received a common school education and grew to manhood on his father's farm. He came to Jackson county on April 1, 1889, located upon his present farm, and that has ever since been his home. In addition to his farming operations, he is interested in the Enterprise Horse company. He is the clerk of school district 94 and has held the office nine years. He and family are members of the Catholic church and he is a member of the Catholic Western ITnion order.

JOSEPH F. GOLITKO (1892) conducts a general merchandise store at Lakefield. He is a native of Austria Hungary, and was bom March 19, 1871, the son of John and Mary (Plenzner) Golitko.

At the age of ten years Joseph came to America with his parents, and after a stay of six weeks in Fort Scott, Kansas,* located permanently at Bonneterre, Missouri. One year later, in 1882, the family home was made at Carbon, Clay county, Indiana, and that was the home of our subject until 1891, excepting a stay of three months in Cleveland, Ohio. In Indiana Joseph completed his education, which had been begun in his native land.

For a short time in 1891 Mr. Golitko was at Cifcra, Florida, and on March 31, 1892, he came to Jackson county for the first time. For several years he engaged in farming in Minneota township, where he still owns a quarter section of land, and later moved to Lakefield, where he engaged in business. He holds membership in the M. W. A. and Catho-

' Mr. Golitko was married in Jackson August 16, 1898, to Miss Anna Navara. To them have been born the following named children: £mma, Mary, Margaret, Laura, Elizabeth, Anna and Frank.

GEORGE E. MORRISON (1897) is one of the successful farmers and stock raisers of Alba township. He owns the northwest quarter of section 14 and the northeast quarter of section 23.

Mr. Morrison was born in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, February 16, 1862, the son of Jonas Morrison and Sarah (Faust) Morrison. The father, who was of Scotch descent, died when our subject was only six or seven years of age. The mother of our subject was bom in Pennsvlvania in 1831 and was of German descent.

George was brought up on a farm and educated in his native county, making his home there Until seventeen years of age. At that age he went to Carroll county, Iowa, and during the next four years was employed as a farm hand. He then married and rented a farm in the same county, which he conducted two years. His next place of residence was Sioux county. Iowa, where he resided twelve years, engaged in farming rented land. He came to Jackson county in 1897, and located upon his present farm, which he bought at that time. During the, grasshopper days this farm, so it is told, was owned by Mr. Sears, of the firm of SearSj Roebuck & Company, Chicago. Mr. Sears was then very poor and suffered many hardships. He became disgusted with the county, sold out and left - to engage in business in Chicago and become several times a millionaire. The farm was practically unimproved when Mr. Morrison took possession and he has made all the improvements. He has prospered and in 1901 bought his second quarter section of land. He farms the whole half section and raises a lot of well graded stock.

The marriage of our subject occurred in Franklin county, Pennsylvania, January 17? 1884, when he wedded Emma C. Herr, who was bom in Cumberland county, Pennsylvania, May 13, 1863. To these parents have been born the following named eight children: Roy, born April 2, 1885; Maynard, bom January 19,

1887; Harry, born July 25, 1890; Stella, bora January, 23, 1892; Ethel, bom June 1, 1806; Edith, born August 6, 1898; Millard, bom November 4, 1900; Elsie, born April 3, 1904. Mr. Morrison has served as clerk of Alba township since the spring of 1900. He was treasurer of school district 102 for six years and has served as a director of the district. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge of Okabena.

LARS MYRVOLD (1886) is a farmer and landowner of Delafield township. He was born in Norway January 17, 1862, the only child born to Stephen and Kjeste (Damen) Myrvold. His parents came to America in 1887 and bought property on section 16, Delafield, where they resided many years. His father now makes his home with his son. Our subject's mother died in 1900 at the age of 73 years.

Lars lived in Norway with his parents until twenty-two years of age, working on the farm and securing his education. He came to the United States in 1885 and located at Jackson and for four years was employed as a farm hand. In 1889 he bought the southeast quarter of section 17, Delafield, and that has ever since been his home. The place was prairie land at the time of purchase, and he has made all the improvements, planting the grove and erecting the buildings. In 1900 he added to his holdings by the purchase of the northwest quarter of section 16, which was his father's old farm. He farms the whole half section.

Mr. Myrvold was married in Jackson county November 30, 1888, to Lena Lysgard, who was born in Delafield township in 1872, and who is the daughter of Andrew Lysgard, one of the township's pioneer settlers. To Mr. and Mrs. Myrvold have been born the following named children: May Caroline, Elmer Lewel, Arthur and Dagny Viola.

The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church. Mr. Myrvold has served as a director of school district No. 115 for the past eight years and has been a township supervisor for the past five years. He has been a stockholder of the Wilder Creamery company for the past thirteen years.

Henry lived in Germany until he was twenty-one years of age, living with his parents on the farm. He came to America in 1880 and located in Champaign county, Hlinois, where he engaged in fanning nine years. He came to Jackson county in 1889, bought his present farm and has ever since made his home there. He has made all the improvements on the place and has one of the fine homes in the township. The farm is well improved and supplied with hog tight fences throughout. Mr. Schmidt is a stockholder in the Rost and Okabena creameries and in the farmers elevator of Lakefield. He is a member of the township board and has held school office ever since coming to the county. He and his family are members of the German Lutheran church of Rost.

Mr. Schmidt has been married twice, the first time in Champaign county, Hlinois, in 1883, when he wedded Elizabeth Foualing, who died in 1887. By his first wife three children were bom, namely, Margaritta, Andrew and Ralph. The second marriage of Mr. Schmidt occurred in Rost township in 1897, when he wedded Mary Ehlkin. Six children have been born to this union, namely, Albert, Annie, Lizzie, Mena, Lulu and Freda.

HENRY I. VALGAMORE (1882), of Jackson, is a native of Knox county, Hlinois, and was bom January 11, 1853. His parents were Davis S. and Samantha (Brace) Valgamore, natives of Ohio and Hlinois, respectively. The former served in the war of the rebellion, being captain of company D, of the Seventh Hlinois cavalry. After the war he located near Parsons, Kansas, and died at that place in 1879, aged 54 years. His wife died in Hlinois in 1857.

Henry Valgamore's mother dying when he was four years of age, he was brought up in the home of his grandparents at Abingdon, Hlinois, residing with them until 1870. He then went to Kansas, and for the next twelve years resided in the states of Kansas, Minnesota and Hlinois, engaged in various occupations. In the early eighties, his father having died, Mr. Valgamore returned to Kansas and spent the next ^ye years conducting the farm and settling up the business affairs of his father. He then bought a farm in Fillmore county, Minnesota, and engaged in agricultural pursuits there until 1892. That year he located in Jackson and the next year bought the Jackson creamery, which he conducted, as well as a bottling works plant, until 1906, when he sold to Isaac Wads worth. Since that date he has not been actively engaged in business, but he handles automobiles and conducts a garage during the season. He owns two residences in Jackson. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and Yeomen lodges.

WILLIAM H. BAKER (1893) is a Middletown township farmer who owns the southwest quarter of section 5. He is a native of the city of New York and was bom May 2, 1857, the son of William and Katherine Baker.

When six years of age, in 1863, the subject of this bior^raphy accompanied his two sisters to Rockford, Winnebago county, Illinois, and two years later moved to Odell, in Livingston coimty, of the same state. In 1868 he moved to Chenoa, McLean county, and the next year to Ford county. In the last named county he grew to manhood, engaged in farming, and resided until 1893. On the ninth day of February of that year he arrived in Jackson countv. He moved onto his farm in Middletown and has since made his home there.

Mr. Baker served as supervisor of his township from 1902 to 1905 and was justice of the peace one year. He is a member of the Methodist church and of the M. W. A. lodge.

On February 1, 1880, Mr. Baker was united in marriage to Miss Emma Hamlon. They are the parents of the following named children: Mabel, born January 11, 1881; Cecil M., born November 21, 1882; Frank W., bom September 10, 1884; Charles F., born January 17, 1886; Clyde W., born July 9, 1890; Nellie, born September 26, 1895.

PETER O. ANDERSON (1868) is one of Jackson county's native sons, having been born on his father's old homestead in Belmont township September 13, 1868. He is the son of the later Ole A. Aas and Caroline (Lilleberg) Aas, who came from Norway when young and who were married in Jackson county soon after their arrival in 1866. His father died in Jackson in 1906; his mother lives in Jackson.

Our subject took the name Anderson in preference to that of Aas when a young man on account of the similarity of names in the neighborhood. Until his marriage in 1896 Mr. Anderson lived with his parents on the old homestead on section 4. He then bought his present farm on section 9, where he has since resided. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

Mr. Anderson was married in Jackson county April 12, 1896, to Annie Hanson, a native of Belmont township and a daughter of Jonas Hanson that pioneer settler of the township. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, as follows: Clara, Joseph, Obert, Maurice, Pearl, Henry.

DR. C. L. BURRILL (1901), Heron Lake dentist, was born in Nicollet county, Minnesota, July 26, 1873, the son of L. L. and Clara Inez (Dolph) Burrill. When he was four years of age he accompanied his parents to Springfield, Brown county, where he grew to manhood and where his parents still reside.

Our subject received a high school education in Springfield and completed his general education in Minneapolis in 1899. He then went to Chicago and entered the dental department of Northwestern university, from which he received his diploma in May, 1902. June 10 of the same year Dr. Burrill located in Heron Lake and engaged in practice. He holds membership in the Southwestern Minnesota Dental association, the Minnesota State Dental association and the National Dental association.

Dr. Burrill was married January 7, 1906, to Miss Rosa K. Miller, of Okabena. He is a member of the Methodist church and of the Masonic and Knights of Pythias lodges.

He owns 300 acres of land on sections 2 and 3 and farms it all, engaging in general farming and stock raising. He has a nice home and has, made most of the improvements on the farm himself.

Mr. Klindt was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Crei-many, July 21, 1852. His father, Henry Klindt, was a brick layer by trade and died in his native land in 1897. The mother of our subject, Annie (Gotch) Klindt, died in Germany in 1891. Ferdinand w^as brought up on a farm and educated in the country schools. After growing up he worked on farms and in February, 1881, came to the United States. He worked on a farm in Scott county, Iowa, one year and then located in Ida coimty, Iowa, where he lived three years, working as a farm hand. In 1885 he went to Lyon county, Iowa, where he bought a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits until 1892. That year he came to Jackson county, bought 160 acres of his present farm - the H. Butterfleld homestead - and has since made his home there, buying his other property subsequently. Mr. Klindt served as a member of the township board of supervisors several years. He is a member of the Hermann Sons lodge.

In Sioux Valley township on February 5, 1895, Mr. Klindt was united in marriage to Johanna Kathrine Rohr, daughter of Hans Rohr, of Arnold's Park, Iowa. She was born in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, August 29, 1875, and came to the United States in 1881. To Mr. and Mrs. Klindt have been bom six children: Frieda Louise, born October 5, 1895; Walter, born May 3, 1896, died September 27, 1897; Josephine Katherine, born March 11, 1898; Elsie Minnie, bom June 14, 1900; Hans Henry Ferdinand, born May 16, 1902; Uoyd, bom December 31, 1907, died January 2, 1908.

JOHN L. KING (1870), editor and publisher of the Jackson County Pilot, is a native of Jackson county, having been bom in a log house in Wisconsin township August 11, 1870. His father is William V. King, one of the countv's earlv settlers, who now resides in Jackson. His mother was Antonette L. (Porter) King, who died March 26, 1896.

At the age of two years John accompanied the family to the village of Jackson and in that village he spent his boyhood days, receiving his education in the Jackson public schools. In July, 1888, he went to Jasper,

Minnesota, where he learned the printer's trade in the oflFice of the Jasper Journal and where he resided four years. Mr. King then went to Clifton, Kansas, where for a little less than two 'years he edited the Clifton Times.

In 1893 Mr. King returned to Jackson and the following year he accepted the position of deputy county auditor, serving under his father, William V. King, until January, 1897. On November 26, 1896, in partnership with J. C. McCroden, he bought the Jackson County Pilot, which was published under the firm name of King & McCroden until November 10, 1900. At that time Mr. King bought .his partner's interest and his since been sole publisher. He publishes the only democratic paper in Jackson county and has made the Pilot an influential agent in the affairs of the county.

Mr. King was appointed deputy oil inspector by Governor John A. Johnson in 1903 and has since held the office. For four years he was chairman of the democratic county central commitee and he was a member of his party's state central committee two years. He is a director of the Jackson Building and Loan association and is treasurer of the Jackson Library board. He hold* membership in the Knights of Pythias lodge.

At Mankato on June 19, 1907, Mr. King was united in marriage of Miss Lillian F. Hurd, a native of Blue Earth county, Minnesota, and a daugfiter of Hiram A. and Celestia Hurd.

WH^LIAM C. BUCHlVfANN (1881) has lived upon his present farm in Petersburg township nearly twenty-nine years. He is a German by birth and first saw the light of day November 16, 1864, being the son of William and Amelia (Hessler) Buchmann, both deceased. He came to the United States with his parents alkthe age of nine years. The family resided in the city of Chicago three months and then located in Wisconsin, where our subject lived eight years.

In the month of March, 1881, Mr. Buchmann came to Jackson county. He bought land in Petersburg and for the first few years made his home in a 10x15 feet shanty - and one summer four families lived in that. Besides his farming operations, he engaged in the threshing business eleven seasons, having been the owner of two horse power and one steam outfit. Mr. Buchmann now has a fine farm of 240 acres on the east half of section 17, improved with a large, modem house and a good sized basement barn. He owns stock in the Petersburg Creamery company and in the Jackson Fair association. He served one year as supervisor of his township, five years as town treasurer and ten years as road overseer.

Mr. Buchmann was married November 28, 1889, to Adeline Wendelsdorf, who was bom December 2, 1873. To these parents have been bom the following children: Mary, born October llj 1891; Arthur H., born September 26, 1892; Ernest T., born August 18, 1894; Reuben P., born August 13, 1897, died March 10, 1898; Esther R., born August 5, 1900; Addio E., born January 22, 1903; Ruth E., born March 1, 1906. Mr. Buchmann and his family are members of the Evangelical church.

MATHIAS FEST (1897) owns a quarter section farm on the north shore of Heron lake, it being described as the southwest quarter of section 22, Weimer township. He was bom in Grant county, Wisconsin, October 7, 1865, and is of German- Austrian descent. His father, John Fest, came to America from the fatherland when fifteen years of age and was married in Dubuque county, Wisconsin. He died in 1902 at the ag^ of 87 years. The mother of our subject, Mary (Robinstein) Fest, a native of Austria, now resides at Cassville, Wisconsin. Mathias is one of a family of thirteen children, of whom nine are living.

During the first twenty-three years of his life Mathias Fest lived with his parents in his native county; then he took a position as clerk on a government boat, the "General Barnard," plying the Mississippi river between St. Louis and St. Paul, and was so employed two years. Between that time and the year 1897 he engaged in farmingtwo years near Cherokee, Iowa, two years in Charles Mix county. South Dakota, and again two years near Cherokee. He came to Jackson county in 1897, rented the farm he now owns two years and then bought the place. He has lived on the farm since coming to the county. He raises cattle and sheep quite extensively, having a flock of 300 sheep, and makes a specialty of dairy farming. Mr. Fest was a supervisor of Weimer township two years and has served as justice of the peace of his precinct since 1899. He is a mem-

At Cherokee, Towa, on the ninth day of February, 1893, Mr. Fest was married to Elizabeth Bauer. She is a daughter of Fred and Mary Bauer and was born in Cherokee December 19, 1876. Six children have been bom to this union: Arthur, Loretta, Lucy, Mathias, Joseph and Isabella.

FRED W. KIDNEY (1872), a farmer and horse dealer of Middletown township, was born on the farm he now conducts October 8, 1872, and resided on that farm with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age. When he reached his majority he engaged in farming for himself three or four years.

Mr. Kidney moved to Superior, Iowa, where he conducted a barber shop for a time; then he moved to South Dakota, where he resided eight years. Thereafter for a time he traveled over the northwestern states, dealing in horses. In 1908 he returned to his native county and has since been engaged in farming the old homestead, besides dealing in horses.

The parents of our subject were pioneer settlers of Jackson county, Joshua W. and Phoebe E. (Randall) Kidney, bom respectively in Cattaragus county, New York, and Wisconsin. They were married in Wisconsin and soon afterwards, in the early sixties, moved to Mason City, Iowa. They came to Jackson county in 1869^ paid $250 to Nelson Arms for a relinquishment to his homestead claim - the southwest quarter of section 28, Middletown township, - engaged in farming the place and proved up and secured title. Nelson Arms, the original claimant, was later murdered is Missouri, together with his wife and children and a man named Dickerson, by a man named Tausy. Tausy was hung for his crime and the rope which served the purpose is now in the possession of Mrs. Olive (Pearson) Allen, whose husband was a relative of Arms. Jushua Kidney died on the old home place May 9, 1909, aged 78 years. His wife died in Eflfington, South Dakota. They were the parents of three children, one of whom died in infancy. The others are Robert H., of Jackson, and Fred W., of this sketch.

Our subject was married in Roberts county, South Dakota, in November, 1902, to Maggie Ness, who was bom near Sacred Heart, Minnesota, the daughter of Ole Ness. Two children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Kidney, as follows: Franklin A. and Maggie M.

O. E. ELNESS (1873), Christiania township farmer, has lived in that precinct since he was one year of age. He was born in GSoodhue county, Minnesota, December 3, 1871, the son of Elling and Alan Elness. His parents were bom in Norway and the father came to America in 1865 or 1866. He took a homestead claim in Christiania township in 1870. There he resided many years; now he lives in the state of Washington. The mother of our subject is dead.

Our subject came to Jackj^on county with his parents in the spring of 1873 and has ever since lived in Christiania township, engaged in farming, carpenter work and threshing. Mr. Elness owns 200 acres of land on section 17. He has stock in the telephone company of Windom, in the Christiania Creamery company and in the store at Bergen. He is a member of the Lutheran church and of the Modem Woodmen and Sons of Norway lodges. He served two years as constable of Christiania township.

Mr. Elness was married October 5, 1895, to Betty Tngebritson.* They are the parents of three children, named as follows: Edna, bom August 8, 1897; Irene, bora April 2, 1900; Orpha, bom Febmary 5, 1903.

JOHN GRETN (1891) is the manager of the Lakefield Tile and Drainage company. He was born in Hessen, Germany, March 10, 1869, the son of Henry and Elizabeth (Lapp) Grein, both of whom died in their native country. 'John was educated in his native country and made his home with his parents until 1880. That year he came to the United States and located in LaSalle county, Illinois. One year later he took up his residence in Iroquois county, Illinois, where for four years he was e^iployed as a farm hand.

During the time he was working in Hlinois, in 1889, Mr. Grein came to Jackson county and bought an eighty acre tract of land in Rost township. In 1891 he became a resident of the county and has ever since made his home here. During the first year he worked at farm work; then he married and engaged in farming in Rost, having added to his real estate holdings by the purchase of another eighty acre tract. He farmed four years and then engaged in the threshing business four years. Moving to Lakefield, he conducted a butcher shop one year, and then sold out and made a visit to Germany. Keturning he engaged in the butcher business a short lime, and for two years prior to 1908 engaged in the dredging business.

During the month of July, 1908, Mr. Grein in partnership with John Frederickson and A. C. Quivili organized the Lakefield Tile and Drainage company, and in October of the same year the company was incorporated with a capital stock of $25,000. Mr. Quivili is president of the company, Mr. Frederickson secretary and Mr. Grein is treasurer and manager. It is the largest plant of the kind in Jackson county and employs ten men. The plant was started in July, 1909, and now manufactures cement drain tile, building blotks, etc. It covers an area of 60x150 feet and has a daily capacity of from 2,000 to 4,000 tile, the sizes manufactured ranging from four to twenty-two inch. There is a ready sale for the product and the company is meeting with success. A ditching machine is also owned by the company, utilized to cut trenches and lay the tile. It has a capacity of from 500 to 800 feet per day, according to the size of the tile and the depth of the ditch.

Mr. Grein was married in Rost township January 11, 1892, to Miss Anna Schultz, a native of Wisconsin. To this imion have been born seven children, as follows: Henry, Willie, Herman, Lizzie, Alonia. Lilly and Mabel. The family are members of the German Lutheran church, of which Mr. Grein is treasurer and one of the elders, ite is now serving his second term as a member of the village coimcil.

JOHN G. LIEPOLD (1875) owns a quarter section farm in LaCrosso township, a few miles northwest of Heron Lake, upon which he has lived all except the first three months of his life. He was born in Austria May 9, 1875, and when an infant in arms was brought by his parents to the United States and to Jackson county.

The parents of our subject. Franz and Beatrice (Winkler) Liepold, came from the old country during the summer of 1875 and took as a homestead claim the east half of the southeast quarter of section 2, I^Crosse township, upon which they lived until the year 1901, when they sold the homestead to their son and moved to Heron Lake. Mrs. Liepold died there February 13, 1906, at the age of 68 years. Their first house on the old homestead was made of sun -burned clay with a hay thatched roof. It still stands on the farm.

John worked on his father's farm until 1901. Then he married and, purchasing the home place, engaged in farming on his own account. He also owns the north half of the northwest quarter of section 1. Mr. Liepold is clerk of school district No. 44 and before taking that position held the office of director. He is a member of the Catholic church- of Heron Lake and of the Catholic Order of Foresters.

Mr. Liepold was married in La Crosse township October 15, 1901, to Anna Hedrick. She . was born in Austria March 5, 1878, and is the daughter of Frank and Anna Hedrick, of Graham Lakes township. Nobles county. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Liepold, namely: Alphons, Irene and Beatrice.

JOHN L. STEFNER (1888), carpenter and builder of Alpha, has resided in Jackson county since he was thirteen years of age. He was born in Calumet county, Wisconsin, April 4, 1875, the son of Anton and Magdalen (Bomlander) Steiner.

In his native county our subject lived until he was thirteen years of age. Then in 1888 he moved with his parents to Jackson county, and until he was of age lived with them on the farm a little northeast of the Jackson depot. Upon reaching his majority in 1896 he worked one year on a farm south of Jackson and the next vear on a farm near Mallard, Iowa. In 1898 Mr. Steiner moved to the little town of Alpha and engaged in carpenter work, which he has since followed. He owns property in the village of Alpha and eighty acres of land in St. Louis county, Minnesota. He is a member of the Catholic church of Jackson and of the Catholic Order of Foresters.

Mr. Steiner was united in marriage to Miss Gertie Beckman, of Madelia. To them have , been bom the following named children: Louis, born December 14, 1904, died February 17, 1905; Herman J., born November 6, 1905; Bernard L., bom November 14, 1907.

Mr. Molden's parents ^vere H. 0. and Mabel (Wal) Molden, both of whom died in Norway; Their children are Gilbert, Paul and Chestie, of whom the latter lives in the old country. Paul was born in Norway January 22, 1871. Until he was nineteen years of age he lived with his parents in his native land, assisting with the farm work and attending school. He came to America in 1890, lived one year at Sioux City, Iowa, one year in Cottonwood county, and then in 1892 came to Jackson county. For three years he worked out as a farm hand; then he bought his present farm - at the time unimproved - and has since been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church, has been a director of the Wilder public schools for the past six years and has been road overseer for several years.

Mr. Molden was married in Delafield townshop October 25, 1894, to Tillie Skinrud, a daughter of Hans and Louisa Skinrud, pioneer settlers of Delafield township. She was born in Delafield December 11, 1876. One child, Mabel L., has been bom to this union.

FREDERICK B. FABER (1895), junior member of the law firm of Knox & Faber of Jackson, is a native of Seymour, Connecticut, and was born January 13, 1865. His parents, Jacob P. and Mary C. (Conde) Faber, were natives of Germany, but come to the United States when young and were married in Seymour, Connecticut. His father died in that New England town; his mother still resides there.

Frederick B. Faber grew to manhood in Connecticut. In 1889 he was graduated from the Wesleyan university at Middletown, Connecticut, and later from the Minnesota Law school. In 1895 he moved to Jackson and began the practice of his profession and five years later formed a partnership with T. J. Knox.

On June 27, 1900, Mr. Faber was united in marriage to Miss Bertha S. Meyer, of Wabasha , Minnesota, and to them have been born two children: Henrietta and Russell C. Mr. Faber is a member of the Masonic and Modern Woodmen of America lodges.

Augustus is the eldest of a family of three children born to^N. H. and Rhoda N. (Pollock) Tallman. He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 16, 1880, and came to Jackson county with hia parents in 1884. His father bought the north half of the north half of section 10, Heron Lake township, and upon that farm our subject was brought up. With the exception of three years spent as an engineer in a flouring mill at Jasper, Minnesota, Augustus has made his home on that farm ever since coming to the county. He worked for his father until 1905, when they moved back to their old home in Cedar Rapids. Since then Augustus and Donald Tallman have farmed the home place. In the spring of 1909 the elder Tallman bought the other property on section 10 and the boys farm that also. N. H. and Rhoda Tallman are natives of Ohio and Indiana, respectively. They located in Cedar Rapids in an early day.

Our subject was married in Jackson county February 17, 1904, to Ida Marquardt, who was born in Illinois February 17, 1886. She is the daughter of the late Lewis Marquardt and Minnie (Hasse) Marquardt, who lives in Lakefield. Three daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Tallman: Gertrude, bom July 31, 1905; Edna, born March 8, 1907; Doris, born November 9, 1908. Mr. Tallman is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

Donald Tallman, a brother and partner of Augustus Tallman, was bom in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, January 27, 1882. He has lived in Jafkson county since his second birthday, securing an education in the district schools, brother rented the home place and began farmbrother rented the home place and began farming on their own account.

EDWARD MILBRATH (1883) in a West Heron Lake township farmer and the manager of the Okabena creamery. He was bom on his father's homestead in Rost township, Jackson county, May 7, 1883, the eldest of a family of five living children. His father, Ferdinand Milbrath, was born in Germany and came to America when fourteen years of age. lie lived in Wisconsin and Fillmore county, Minnesota, before locating in Jackson county. Upon his arrival to Jackson county he took a homestead claim in Rost township, where be

Edward grew to manhood in Rost township, making his home with his parents. When a young man he left home and located in Lakefield, where he clerked in a hardware store three years. The next three years were spent clerking in a hardware store in Ok^bena, and then, in 1904, he bought his present 160 acre furm adjoining the Okabena townsite. He has made all the improvements on the place and has a fine home.

Mr. Milbrath has stock in the bank at Okabena and in the elevator and creamery of the same village, being the manager of the last named institution. He is a member of the Oerman Lutheran church. For four years he was justice of the peace in West Heron Lake township and he is now one of the directors of school district No. 57.

In Heron Lake township on September 24, 1905; Mr. Milbrath was united in marriage to Emma Malchow. She is a daughter of C. F. W. Malchow and was born in Jackson county September 22, 1883.

BERT WHiLFORD (1890) is a Hunter township farmer residing two and one-half miles southeast of Lakefield. He is a native of Cottonwood county and was born October 13, 1871, the son of John and Nancy (Allison) Willford. His father was born in Ohio January 2, 1824, and died September 20, 1881; his mother was bom in Illinois May 5, 1828, and died May 18, 1892. They were the parents of eleven children, of whom Bert was the youngest.

When our subject was five years of age he accompanied his parents to Colorado, and that state was his home seven years. He then took up his residence in Spirit Lake, Iowa, where he lived until he came to Jackson county in 1890. Since his arrival here he has been engaged in farming, having rented the farm on section two, Hunter, where he now lives, in the spring of 1909. While a resident of Des Moines township Mr. Willford served four years as clerk of school district No. 7 and for six years he was constable of his precinct. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

daughter of J. H. Wood, of Des Moines township. To Mr. and Mrs. Willford have been born seven children, named as follows: John G., born April 23, 1896; Elmer R., bora November 9, 1896; Arthur C, born August 6, 1899; Isabelle G., born July 3, 1901; Donald A., bom April 4, 1906; Vernon L., born January 22, 1909; Violet V., born January 22, 1909.

THOMAS KULSETH (1879), of Christiania township, was born in Norway October 29, 1828, the son of John and Betsy (Thompson) Thompson, of whom the former died at the age of 65, the latter at the age of 97. Thomaa leceived a common school education and after growing up engaged in farming. He lived in Norway over fifty years, and then came to America in the spring of 1879 and located in Christiania township, where he has ever since resided. He owns 160 acres of land on section 26.

Mr. Kulseth was married in 1851 to Gertrude Pauls. To them have been born seven daughters and one son, named as follows: Julia (Mrs. Anton Berge), of North Dakota; Bessie (Mrs. Peter Hoffland), of Jeffers, Minnesota; Carrie (Mrs. Peter Borsgard), of Christiania; Sarah (Mrs. Ludwig Ehem), of Christiania; Bessie (Mrs. Albert Jacobson), of Christiania; Lena (Mrs. Paul Olson), deceased; Mary (Mrs. John Hamm), of Christiania; John, of Christiania. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

CHARLIE PETERSON (1880), who is engaged in the restaurant business at Jackson, is a Jackson county boy, having resided here since he was a boy five years of age. He is the son of the late John Peterson and Sophia Peterson. The former died in 1906 at the age of 67 years; the latter lives in Jackson. To these parents, in Christiania, Norway, Charlie Peterson was born October 29, 1875.

In 1880 the family emigrated to America and came direct to Jackson county, locating in Enterprise township. One year later the family home was made in Jackson and oiur subject has been a resident of that village ever since. He was educated in the Jackson schools and then began clerking. In 1898 he and his brother, Julius, went into the general merchandise business at Lakefield, which they continued one year. Charlie enlisted in company H (Worthington), of the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer infantry, on July 6, 1898, at the time of the Spanish- American war, and served in the army until the muster out of the regiment on March 27, 1899. He was stationed with his regiment at Camps Ramsey and Snelling (St. Paul, Minnesota), Camp Meade (Harrisburg. Pa.), and Camp McKenzie (Augusta, Ga.) The regiment did not see service at the front. In 1908 Mr. Peterson formed a partnership with James Shay and purchased the restaurant of Albert Jackson, which the partners conducted until the spring of 1909. At that time Mr. Peterson purchased his partner's interests and has since conducted the business alone. He has built up an excellent trade and is doing a prosperous business.

Mr. Peterson was married at Sherburn, Minnesota, May 4, 1908, to Minnie Schwager, a native of Martin county. To this union has been born one child, Ronald. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson are members of the Lutheran church.

MIKE WHISNEY (1891), of Des Moines township, is a native of Slovis, Austria, and he was born November 25, 1866, the son of Andrew and Mary (Zepi) Whisney. The first sixteen years of his life were spent in his native land, attending school and working for his parents on the farm. He came to the United States in 1881 to make his fortune in the new world, his earthly possessions at the time of his arrival being a five cent piece.

Mr. Whisney worked as a teamster a few months in Hazeltown, Pennsylvania, drove a team in a stone quarry a couple of years at Marble Head, Illinois, was in Chicago a few months, worked in the coal mines of Streator, Illinois, for a time, worked as a farm hand near Sibley, Iowa, several years, and again took up his residence in Streator for a short time. He came to Jackson county in 1891 and with the saWngs of former years bought the northwest quarter of section 30, Des Moines township, and began farming. Later he added to his holdings until today he ha? a fine farm of 206 acres, all of the improvements upon which he has made. The boy who landed in America twenty -eight years ago has prospered. He is vice president of the Des MoLnes-Hunter Telephone company, is a member of the scljool board of district No. 11, and has served six years as road overseer.

Mr. Whisney was married at Streator, Illinois, May 10, 1S87, to Annie Riko, also a native of Austria. They are the parents of six children, named as' follows: John, Joseph, Mary, Julia, Mike and Lawrence. The family are members of the Lutheran church and Mr. Whisney is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

HENRY F. POHLMAN (1884) is one of Jackson county's successful farmers, having a fine home on the east shore of Heron lake in Heron Lake and Weimer townships, where he owns 166 acres. He was bom April 29, 1873, in kreis Minden, Holtzhausen, Westfallen, Germany, son of the late Carl Pohlman and Christina (Gieselman) Pohlman.

Until he was eleven y«^rs of age Henry lived in his native land. In 1884 be accompanied the family to America, arriving in the little village of Lakefield on March 24. The head of the family bought a farm on section 8, Heron Lake township, and that was the home of our subject seven years. Thereafter until his marriage in 1897 he lived with his parents on section 2, West Heron Lake township. He received an education in the district schools and in the German school of Delafield township. After his marriage in 1897 Mr. Pohlman moved onto his present farm, which he had bought two years before, and upon that farm he has ever since made his home. He has made all the improvements on the farm.

In addition to his farming operations Mr. Pohlman has other business interests. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator company of Lakefield, in the First National Bank of Lakefield, in the Jackson County Cooperative company's store at Lakefield and in the Sontag Lumber company of Heron Lake. Besides his home farm Mr. Pohlman owns a half interest in a half section farm in Griggs county, North Dakota. He is a member of the German Lutheran church,

Mr. Pohlman was married in Heron Lake township June 7, 1897, to Alvina Malchow, who was born in Heron Lake township April 11, 1877, and who is the daughter of C. F. W. and Augusta (Kietzer) Malchow, of Lakefield. To Mr. and Mrs. Pohlman have been bom the following named four children: Louisa, born May 7, 1898; Emil, born July 15, 1902; Arnold, bom May 5, 1904; Esther, bom September 13, 1906.

JESS A. HOLM (1890) is one of the successful farmers of Wisconsin township and has been a resident of the county twenty years. He is of .Danish birth and first saw the light of day July 18, 1863. He is the only child of the late Peter Holm and Annie (Scott) Holm. His father died in Jackson December 14, 1905, aged 68 years. His mother makes her home with her son and is 75 years of age.

Jess received his education in Denmark and spent the first seventeen years of his life in his native land, residing with his parents. He came to the United States with his parents in 1880 and located at Burlington, Iowa. From the time of his arrival until 1890 he worked in the shops of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroad. In the last named year he came to Minnesota, and, after living six months in Martin county, became a resident of Jackson county. With the exception of three years, when he was engaged in farming in Enterprise township, Mr. Holm has resided upon his present farm ever since coming to the county. He farms 585 acres of land, raises considerable stock and milks twenty-five cows. He is also quite an extensive hay dealer, shipping from twelve to fifteen cars annually.

Mr. Holm was married at Burlington, Iowa, October 10, 1884, to Amanda Selburg, a native of Keokuk, Iowa. Her parents were both natives of Sweden and both are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Holm are the parents of four children: Emma, bom June 21, 1886; Hans, bom August 20, 1888; Nellie, bom April 12, 1890; Bennie, born January 24, 1892. Mr. Holm is a member of the Danish Brotherhood lodge and for the past four years has been treasurer of school district No. 14.

IX)UIS L. JOHNSON (1901), assistant cashier of the First National Bank of Jackson, was born in Burr Oak, Kansas, October 6, 1879, a son of Bennet H. and Martha (Moore) Johnson, natives of Connecticut and Vermont, respectively. These parents were among the very early settlers of Jackson county, having come here from Sauk county, Wisconsin, in 1865. They homesteadod in Wisconsin township, where they resided until 1873. That year the family moved to Kansas, which was the family home until recent years, when B. H. Johnson and family again became residents of Jackson county.

state. He was educated in the Burr Oak public schools and in the Kansas Wesleyan Business college. After his graduation from the business college Mr. Johnson entered the Jewell County National Bank, where he was employed as a clerk until he came to Jackson county in 1901. He located in Jackson and took the position of assistant cashier in the First National Bank, which he has since held. Mr. Johnson was married at Burr Oak, Kansas, June 20, 1907, to Ethel Olney, a native of that place and a daughter of A. N. and Lida Olney. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Masonic and Woodmen lodges. He owns a home in the city.

LEONARD ACKERMAN (1903) is a Host township farmer. He was bora in Livingston county, Illinois, July 3, 1874, one of a family of seven children bom to Hiram and Bempke (Leenderas) Ackerman. His parents were of German birth and came to America in 1854. They lived, respectively, near St. Louis, Missouri, in Adams county, Hlinois, and in Livingston county, of the same state. His father now resides in that county and is 87 years of age. His mother died in 1884.

Leonard spent nearly his entire life in Livingston county, Illinois, receiving his education in the district schools and working for his father until nineteen years of age. At that age he took the management of his father's farm and conducted it until the year 1903. That year he came to Jackson county and located upon his present farm in Rost township - the southeast quarter of section 10.

Mr. Ackerman was married in Livingston county, Illinois, Febmary 20, 1896, to Dorothea T: Post. She is the daughter of Albert J. Post and was bom in the county in which she was married. Seven children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Ackerman, as follows: Harm, Albert, Reinhard, Theodor, Frances, Paulus and Annie. Mr. Ackerman served as justice of the peace of his precinct during 1906 and 1907.

F. E. >IALCHOW (1877) is the manager of the implement business of Malchow Brothers of Wilder. He is the son of Charles and Christine (Kilen) Malchow. During the hard times of the seventies Charles Malchow and family, who had settled in Heron Lake township in an early day, were obliged to temporarily abandon the farm and seek employment at Mankato. It was during a temporary residence in that town, on the 16th day of February, 1877, that F. E. Malchow of this sketch was bom. I'lie family returned to the farm in Heron Lake township the year of his birth.

Our subject grew to manhood and was educated in the county. After completing the course of study furnished in the country school he attended the Breek school at Wilder two years. He made his home on his father's farm until seventeen years of age. The next five years of his life were spent in Windom, in the employ of a Windom merchant. Returning to Wilder, he worked at the grain business several years - one and one-half years for C. W. Cillam, one year for the Citizens Elevator company, and then for Thom & Christensen until August, 1907.

In 1907 Mr. Malchow went to Lincoln county, Colorado, where he took a homestead and resided one year. He and his brother, J. C. Malchow, are now the owners of a stock and dairy farm in that county. Returning to Wilder in 1908, Mr. Malchow took the management of the implement house of Malchow Brothers and has been engaged in that business since. The firm of which he is now the manager was organized May 1, 1905, his partner being J. C. Malchow.

Mr. Malchow was married at Wahpeton, North Dakota, January 16, 1901, to Stella Wellington, a native of Wisconsin and a daughter of S. A. Wellington. The latter, who now lives in Windom, is a veteran of the civil war and an ex-prisoner of Andersonville and Libby prisons. To Mr. and Mrs. Malchow have been born two children: Althea W., bom September 4, 1905, and Samuel Byron, bom March 16, 1909. Mr. Malchow served as president of the Wilder village council several years and was a member of the board of education three years. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

ROLLEN W. LIVENGOOD (1902), manager and owner of the Jackson Plan-sifter flouring mill, has not been a resident of Jackson county a great many years, but he was born in the neighboring county of Martin. The date of his birth was April 30, 1873, and he is the son of R. F. and Ophelia (Fallett) Livengood, natives of Pennsylvania and New York state.

respectively. The father came to Fillmore county, Minnesota, when seven years of age. Ho is now living and is 62 years old. The mother of our subject is living at the age of 60 years. Rollen is one of a family of four children, his brothers and sister being Fred R., John S. and Nellie V.

Rollen grew to manhood in Martin county and was educated in the public schools of Sherburn and Fairmont. Until he was sixteen years of age he lived at home and assisted with the work in his father's flouring mill at Fairmont. He then set out in life for himself, working from that time until 1902 in flouring mills in difl'erent parts of this state and at Egan, South Dakota, where he was for one and one-half yearn. In 1902 he moved to Jackson and bought a half interest in the flouring mill at that point, his father being the owner of the other half interest. In the summer of 1909 he purchased his father's interest and is now sole owner. The mill is one of the town's important industries. Mr. Livengood manufactures flour and feed and deals in fuel. He is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge and holds the ofl'ice of past grand in that institution.

Mr. Livengood was married at Fairmont on Christmas day, 1891, to Mary Youmans, a native of Martin county and a daughter of Levi and Samantha Youmans, both deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Livengood has been born one child, R. Jay Livengood, born May 12, 1893.

JOSEPH HAYOSTEK (1897), Hunter township farmer, was bom in Hungary in March, 1861, the son of Matt and Mary Hayostek, both of whom died in their native land.

Joseph was brought up on a farm and lived in Hungary until 1886. That year he emigrated to America and for the next eleven years was employed at railroad work and in factories in Elk and other counties of Pennsylvania and in Ohio. He came to Jackson county in 1897, bought a farm on section 33, Hunter township, lived there four years, and then bought his present farm, the southeast quarter of section 32, where he has ever since resided. He is a member of the Catholic church and is a director of school district No. 113.

children were born, named as follows: Steve, Mary, Annie. The second marriage of Mr. Ilayostek occurred in Elk county, Pennsylvania, in November, 1892, when he wedded Annie Kubis. Three sons have been born to this marriage, as follows: Frank, Mike and Joseph.

WILLIAM A. McQUILLEN (1872), of Middletown townsliip, has been a resident of the county since he was three years of age. He owns the west half of the southwest quarter of section 30, Middletown, and farms a rented quarter section in addition.

Mr. McQuillin is a native of Hamilton, FiUmore county, Minnesota^ and was bom August 15, 1869, the son of Ezra L. and Annie (Waite) McQuillin. When he was three years of age he moved with the family to Jackson county. His mother died when he was four years of age, and thereafter he made his home with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac C. Waite. He was educated in the country schools of Minneota township and took a two years' course in Pillsbury academy. Until eleven years ago William made his home with his grandparents on section 36, Minneota. Then ^ his grandfather sold the Minneota property and bought the farm which our subject now owns. After reaching his majority, Mr. Mc- Quillin worked for his grandfather on the farm for wages, and after the latter's death, three years ago, he inherited the property and has since made his home there.

Mr. McQuiUin was married at Spirit Lake, Iowa, April 2, 1902, to Miss May Farmer, a native of Dickinson county. To them have been bom three children, as follows: Vera, Geraldine and a baby girl.

Our subject holds the office of clerk of school district No. 12 and has served as con* stable and school treasurer. He is a member of the Baptist church of Loon Lake.

JOHN QUALEY (1888), wagon maker of Jackson, was bom in Norway May 31, 1806, one of a family of four children bom to Svend and Martha (Larson) Qualey, who still make their home in their native land.

John Qualey was brought up in the home of his grandparents, was educated in the schools of Norway and emigrated to the United States in 1888, coming direct to Jackson. For three years he worked at odd jobs. He took a position in O. A. Bathe's wagon shop in 1801 and continued in that gentleman's employ, with the exception of one year, until October, 1007. Then he purchased the shop and has since conducted it. In addition to this business he is secretary of the Jackson Building and Loan association. He is a member of the Lutheran church and of the A. O. U. W. and Sons of Norway lodges.

Mr. Qualey was married in Jackson January 17, 1897, to Anna Lee,, who was bom in Norway and who came to the United States in 1888. To Mr. and Mrs. Qualey have been born three children: Martha J., Albert C. and Thorina B. -

SIEBEND H. SAATHOFF (1890) owns and farms 120 acres on section 28, Wisconsin township. He is a native German and was bom September 19, 1870. His father, Heie Saathoff, came to America in 1882 and settled in Iroquois county, Illinois, where he died the following year. The mother of our subject, Annie (Wioltzen) Saathoff, resided in Illinois until 1890, when she and her sons moved to Jackson county.

Siebend came to America with his parents in 1882 and to Jackson county with his mother in 1890. He rented the farm upon which he now lives, farmed it twelve years, and then bought it. Upon his arrival he had bought an eighty acre tract on section 27, which he rented, and sold that three years ago, and bought the forty acre tract on the southwest quarter of section 28. He has made all the improvements now on his farm, including the grovp. Siebend is the yoimgest of three brothers, the other two of whom, Henry and Heie, own land and reside in the same precinct. Mr. Saathoff is treasurer of the Des Moines Carman Mutual Fire and Lightning Insurance company of Jackson and Martin counties, an office he has held for the last seven years. He and his family are members of the German Lutheran church.

Mr. Saathoff was married in Jackson county February 27, 1897, to Augusta Werner, a native of Chicago, Illinois, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Werner, of Petersburg township. Five children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Saathoff, namely, Henry, born November 28, 1898; Emma, born March 15, 1900; Albert,

MARTIN B. HOFSTAD (1881) is a Delafield township farmer residing only a short distance from Windom. He was born in Norway January 3, 1862, the son of Benjamin and Ingar (Houghdal) Hofstad and one of a family of five boys and two girls. The father of our subject died in Norway December 17, 1892, aged 82 years; his mother lives in the old coimtry and is 80 years of age.

Martin came to America and to Jackson county in 1881 when nineteen years of age. For several years he worked for farmers in the vicinity of his present home and then he spent several years in Minneapolis and in the northern pineries. He spent one year in Alaska, and returning to the states, again came to Jackson county. He conducted a restaurant in Lakefield four years and then located on his present place and has since been engaged in farming. His farm consists of 160 acres on section 2.

Mr. Hofstad was married in Delafield township December 4, 1898, to Albertina Olson Saxhaug, daughter of Glaus Olson Saxhaug, who homesteaded the farm upon which Mr. Hofstad now resides in 1870 and resided there until his death December 25, 1885. Mrs. Hofstad was born in Norway June 23, 1864, and came to the United States when two years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hofstad have no children of their own, but they have an adopted daughter, Mariah, born October 16, 1896.

MARTIN ARNDT (1896) is a farmer and landowner of Des Moines township, having a fine home on section 31. He owns the southeast quarter of that section and the west half of the southwest quarter of section 29. He is a native of Germany and was born October 18, 1861, the eldest of a family of five children born to Anton and Rosa (Kanthack) Amdt, both deceased.

The first twenty-three years of the life of our subject were spent in his native land. He attended school and worked for his parents and served two years in the (German army. In 1884 lie came to America, worked on a farm near Milbank, South Dakota, until the next spring, and then located at Fairmont, Minnesota. He resided there two years, working as a farm hand one year and on the railroad one year. He worked on the railroad at Huntley, Minnesota, four years and then rented a farm in Faribault county, which he conducted until 1896. That year he came to Jackson county and located upon his farm in Des Moines township, which he had bought before coming to reside permanently. Later he bought his other farm land on section 29.

Mr. Arndt was married at Fairmont, Minnesota, February 14, 1886, to Susana Wiacorack, who was bom in Germany and who died October 6, 1901, at the age of thirty-eight years. Six children were born to this union, named as follows: Anna, Martha, Paul, Joseph, John and Bruno. The family are members of the Catholic* church at Jackson. He was a township supervisor two years and is at present a member of the school board of district No. 11.

FERDINAND FLAGMAN (1893), farmer and stock raiser of Sioux Valley township^ was born in Propststei, Holstein, Germany, November 6, 1848, the son of Hans and CSatherine Flagman.

Ferdinand's parents died before he was six months old and he was taken into the family of an uncle and aunt, with whom he lived until he was ten years of age. Then he went to live with a family in the country and made liis home there until a man grown. In 1874 he came to America and located in Scott county, Iowa, where he was employed as a farm liand until 1881. He spent the next year working on a farm in Crawford county, Iowa, and in 1882 moved to the vicinity of Holstein, Ida county, where he leased an eighty acre tract of land and engaged in farming one season. We next find Mr. Flagman in Lyon county, Iowa, where he bought a 120 acre farm and farmed until 1893.

In the fall of 1893 Mr. Flagman came to Jackson county and bought his farm, the southwest quarter of section 1, Sioux Valley township, then only slightly improved. He did not at once begin farming the place, but rented it to Herman Frodermann for a number of years. In 1895 Mr. Flagman returned to his old home in Germany, where he spent fourteen months visiting. Returning, he bought forty acres of land in the southern part of Sioux Valley township and farmed it ten years. A few years ago Mr. Flagman took possession of his farm on section 1, where he has since resided. He is quite an extensive stock raiser and is a successful farmer. Mr. Flagman served as treasurer of school district No. 72 for six years. He belongs to the Sons of Hermann lodge.

In Dennison, Crawford county, Iowa, on August 20, 1896^ Mr. Flagman was married to Mary Fenern, who was bom in Holstein, Germany, January 21, 1860. To them has been born one child, Harry, born November 3, 1897. By a fquner marriage Mrs. Flagman is the mother of one child, Otto Fenern.

where he lived fifteen years. He then came to Jackson county and located on section 17, Fetersburg township, where he has since lived. He was married to Mary Week June 29, 1868. He owns 360 acres of land in Fetersburg.

John C. Wendelsdorf of this sketch accompanied his parents to Jackson county in the spring of 1882. He received a common school education and until he was twenty-five years of age lived on the home farm. Since that time he has been engaged in business for himself, farming the southeast quarter of section 19.

Mr. Wendelsdorf was married October 25, 1905, to Miss Mary Heser. To them have been born two children: Mabel, born October 11, 1906; Irene, born August 6, 1908.

WIU.IAM F. DREWS (1903), cashier and manager of the Farmers State Bank of Heron Lake, is a native of Carver county, Minnesota, and was born November 20, 1883. He is the fifth child of a family of nine children bom to G. Drews and Augusta Drews. These parents now reside at Seaforth, Minnesota.

When William was six months old the family moved to Gibbon, Sibley county, Minnesota, and that was the family home fifteen years, William securing his education in the public schools of Gibbon. He located in Seaforth, Redwood county, and engaged in the hotel business with his father until 1903. That year he moved to Heron Lake and took a position as bookkeeper in the Farmers State Bank. He was made assistant cashier in 1905 and cashier in 1908 and has had charge of the bank for the past three years. Mr. Drews is a member of the Heron Lake village council. Fraternally he is associated with the Masonic, Eastern Star and Woodmen lodges.

The marriage of our subject occurred in Heron Lake June 20, 1907, when he wedded Jennie Smith, a native of Heron Lake and a daughter of John T. Smith.

JOHN C. WENDELSDORF (1882), Feters. burg township farmer, was born in Greengarden, Illinois, March 25, 1879, and is the son of John and Mary (Week) Wendelsdorf, of the same township.

John Wendelsdorf, the father of our subject, was born in Germany October 13, 1845, came to the United States when twenty-one years of age, and located in Greengarden, Illinois,

TH.BERT THORESON (1886), Christiania township farmer, was born in Cottonwood county, Minnesota, June 22, 1881, the oldest child born to Anton and Carrie (Larson) Thoreson. When he was five years of age he accompanied his parents to Jackson county, where he lias ever since lived. After growing to manhood he engaged in farming, and he now farms the .northeast quarter of section 31. He is a member of the Lutheran church.

The parents of our subject were natives of Norway. The father was a well digger and farmer. He died in 1895. His widow makes her home with the subject of this biography. There are six children in the family, namely: Tilbert, born June 22, 1881; Olof, born January 24, 1885; Lizzie, born November 28, 1888; Igman, born September 16, 1890; Emil, born October 12, 1893; Clara, bora December 19, 1894.

JOHN A. NAVARA (1887), mral mail carrier from the Lakefield office, was born in Chicago May 18, 1878, the son of Vit and Mary (Kosticka) Navara. His parents were born in Bohemia, came to America after their marriagQ and settled in Chicago. They came to Jackson -county in 1887 and lived on the farm in Hunter township until 1907, when they moved to Lakefield, and now make their home with their son.

John came to Jackson county with his parents in 1887 and until he was a young man made his home on his fa therms farm, the east half of the southeast quarter of section 16,

Hunter township. He attended the district schools of Hunter township and the high schools of Jackson and Lakefield, and when nineteen years of age took a course in the Metropolitan Business college of Chicago. For a time after his school days he worked in Lakefield at various occupations, and in 1901 took the position of mail carrier, which has since been his occupation.

Mr. Navara was married at Chicago August 16, 1904, to Tesse Felix, who was bom in Chicago October 13, 1884. She is the daughter of John and Tesse Felix. Her father died nine years ago; her mother lives in Chicago. To Mr. and Mrs. Navara have been born three children, as follows: Elsie, born June 3, 1905; Theodore J., born May 9, 1906, died January 1, 1909; Lawrence, born September 9, 1908. The family are members of the Lakefield Catholic church. He is a member of the Western Catholic Union of Jackson and of the Modern Woodmen lodge. He holds membership in the Rural Letter Carriers association and is treasurer of the Jackson county branch.

JOHN L. HOIXAND owns a 120 acre farm on sections 14 and 13, Delafield township, where he has lived his entire life, having been bom on that farm. His parents were Andrew and Carrie (Thompson) Hofland, natives of Norway and Wisconsin, respectively.

His parents homesteaded the farm in 1870 and spent the rest of their years on the place. There. John grew to manhood and in the district school he was educated. His father died when John was nine years of age, and soon thereafter he took the active management of the place, continuing to make his home with bis mother until her death July 13, 1907. He now has charge of the estate. John is the oldest of five children, the other children being Sophia Dahl, of Canada; Lena Matson, of Jackson county; Augusta Hanson, of Edgerton, Minnesota; Emma, who resides with her brother.

Mr. Hofland is unmarried. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Windom and of the M. W. A. lodge. He served one year as road overseer.

August received a common school education in his native land and resided there until twenty- three years of age, engaging in farming after growing up. He came to the United States in 1882 and located at Minonk, Hlinois. He moved to Kewanee, Henry county, in 1884 and resided there until 1892. During part of the time of his residence in Ulinois he was engaged in farming, the rest of the time he was employed by a steam heating company. Mr. Kielblock came to Jackson county in March, 1892, and has since been engaged in farming in Wisconsin township. He owns 160 acres of land and has stock in several local enterprises, including a creamery, elevator and horse company. He has served as school treasurer nine years and has held other official positions.

Mr. Kielblock was married May 30, 1884, to Miss Caroline Zobal, who was born April 4, 1866. To them have been bom the following named eight children: Winnie L. M., bom November 21, 1887; Caroline M. A., bom December 13, 1889; Anna D., born September 7, 1891; Edwin A. H., bom November 28, 1893; August George O., born October 6, 1896; William H. A., bom March 22, 1899; Frederick C, boru July 12, 1901; Theodore H. E., born November 2, 1905. The family are members of the German Lutheran church.

JOHN M. SAWYER (1885), Hunter township farmer, was bom in Whiteside county, Illinois, August 12, 1860, the son of Robert and Louisa (McUmber) Sawyer, natives of Scotland and New York state, respectively. John's father died when the subject of this biography was five years old, and soon afterward he and his mother located in Tama county, Iowa. His mother bought a farm there, and there young Sawyer was educated and grew to manhood.

John worked on his mother's farm in Tama county until 1885; then they came to Jackson county and located on section 15, Hunter township, where our subject still managed his mother's farm until 1890. That year he was married, bought his present farm on section 12, and has ever since been engaged in farming for himself. His mother died in Grundy county, Iowa, in 1906.

Arkansas, January 5, 1890, to Ella Puckett, a native of Illinois. To them have been born the following named nine children: James, Sarah, Mary, Jessie, Charles, deceased; Rosa, Aggie, Thomas and Allen. For a number of years Mr. Sawyer was clerk of school district No. 15. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge.

CLAUS KNUTH (1891), farmer of Ewington township, was born in Grermany August 11, 1864, the second of a family of eight children livifig. His father is Henry Knuth, who in the old country was a rope maker and who now makes his home with his son. Our subject's mother, who is now dead, was Wiebke (Clodius) Knuth.