Jackson County, Minnesota - Biographical sketches, 1910 (part 11 of 13)

Glaus made his home with his parents and attended school until he was sixteen years of age. Then he worked one year in his father's rope and harness shop. He came to the United States in 1881 and located in Woodford county, Hlinois, where he worked out as a farm laborer imtil 1890. That year he came to Jackson county and bought his present farm, the soutl^west quarter of section 25, Ewington township. He did not locate on his farm at once, but for several years lived on an uncle's farm on section 16. Later he improved his own place and has since made his home there. Mr. Knuth has been a member of the township board for the past six or seven years and he has served as school director of district No. 54 for the last two years. He is a member of the German Lutheran church.

Mr. Knuth was married in Jackson county May 8, 1898, to Flora Janssen, a native of Illinois. They have six children, as follows: Margaret, John, Henry, Hannah, Willie and Mary.

JOSEPH H. GRAVES (1899) owns and farms the northeast quarter of section 31, Des Moines township. He is a native of Stark county, Illinois, and was born March 22, 1875. His parents, James and Caroline (Fling) Graves, were born in Ohio, came to Illinois in the early days, and now reside in Iroquois county of that state, aged 68 and 64 years, respectively. They are the parents of six children, as follows: Ida, Isaac, Laura, Anna, Joseph and Leroy.

Joseph, the next to the youngest of this family, accompanied his parents from Stark county, Illinois, to Indianapolis, Indiana, when four years of age, and later he located with them in Iroquois county, Illinois, where he received his education and grew to manhood. He came to Jackson county in 1899, and until the fall of 1908 farmed rented farms in Des Moines and Middletown townships. He then bought his present quarter section and took possession in the spring of 1909. He is a director of the Jackson Cooperative association and is a member of the Modem Woodmen lodge.

The marriage of our subject occurred in Iroquois county, Illinois, May 6, 1896, when he wedded Mary Purviance, a native of Union county, Iowa, and a daughter of Mark and Katherine Purviance. Seven children have been bom to this union, namely: Mary Frances, Harry Purviance, Katherine Matilda, Charles Henry, Bruce Edward, Walter Howard, Joseph Leroy.

F. H. SANDER (1899) owns and farms the northwest quarter of section 19, Petersburg township.. He is a native of the city of Chicago and was bom September 22, 1872, the son of F. H. and Annie C. (Reiles) Sander.

When he was three years old our subject moved wHh his parents to Middle ton, Dane county, Wisconsin, and resided there until he was twenty-five years of age. He spent one year in Roberts county, South Dakota, and tlien came to Jackson county in the spring of 1899, and that fall took up his residence in Cottonwood county. He there engaged in farming for himself. He returned to Jackson county in the spring of 1901, bought his present farm, and has ever since made his home there. He has stock in the Middletown Telephone company, in the Jackson County Fair association and in the Peoples CJooperative company. He served three years as a director of the school district in which he lives.

Mr. Sander was married November 22, 1899, to Minnie A. Kreyssler, a native of Petone, Illinois, and a daughter of John and Maria Krevssler, and to them have been bom the following named children: Julia, bom September 12, 1901, died March 4, 1909; Leona, l)orn January 20, 1904; Leverna, born June 24, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Sander are members of the Evangelical church.

FRANK G. ALBERTUS (1899), proprietor of the Albertus Clothing company's store at Jackson, was born in Owatonna, Minnesota, February 14, 1881, the son of G. F. and Elizabeth (Hoefer) Albertus, the former being a pioneer merchant and real estate dealer of Owatonna, who died at that place October 21, 1909.

Frank spent his boyhood days in his native city, being educated in the high school of that city and in Pillsbury Military academy, having been graduated from the latter school. In 1898 he moved to Worthington and for one year was employed as clerk in the clothing store of his brother, A. R. Albertus. He moved to Jackson in 1899 and for a little less than three years clerked in the store of Burnham Bros. & Co. He organized the Albertus Clothing company in 1902, opened the store and has since been at the head of that institution. He holds membership in Good Faith Lodge No. 90, A. F. & A. M.

Mr. Albertus was married in Jackson Au* gust 24, 1904, to Mina 0. Matteson, a native of Jackson county and a daughter of Benjamin and Jannett Matteson, pioneres of the county. To Mr. and Mrs. Albertus has been bom one child, Gladys, who was bom on June 30, 1908.

DR. HERBERT L. ARZT (1901) is a practicing physician in the village of Jackson, where he has resided for the last eight years. He is a native of the city of St. Paul, where he was bom June 22, 1875, the son of Christian and Caroline (Erkle) Arzt.

The father of our subject was born in Germany, his mother in the city of Paris. Coming to the United States when young and before their marriage, they lived respectively in New York City, in Ohio, and in St. Paul, where they were married fifty-five years ago in the "first brick building erected in that city. Cliristian Arzt, whose life occupation was contracting, still lives in St. Paul and is seventy-nine years of age. Caroline Arzt died in St. Paul in 1908 at the age of seventy -eight years. Herbert is one of a family of ten children, of whom the following four are living: E. A. Arzt, of Sioux City, Iowa; Mrs. James W. Turner and Mrs. Thomas L. Smith, of St. Paul, and the subject of this biography.

Minnesota state university. After securing his general education he matriculated in Rush ^ledical college of Chicago, from which institution he was graduated in 1901. After a short service in the Presbyterian hospital of Chicago, in the fall of 1901, Dr. Arzt moved to Jackson and began the practice of his profession, and that village has since been his home. In the fall of 1909 he took a postgraduate course in the New York Polyclinic Hospital.

Dr. Arzt is coroner of Jackson county, having been elected in the fall of 1908; is medical examiner for the M. W. A. lodge, and is i^ director of the Jackson Building & Loan association. He is a member of the Masonic, Odd Fellows and Modern Woodmen lodges.

In Jackson on July 3, 1907, Dr. Arzt was united in marriage to Miss Blanche J. Paddock, daughter of G. B. Paddock, of Jackson, one of the county's pioneers. Mrs. Arzt is a graduate of the Jackson high school, and for seven years before her marriage was principal of one of the schools in the city of Meriden, Connecticut.

JOHN GRUNST (1890), farmer and stock raiser of Enterprise township, was born in Germany June 22, 1874, the son of Carl and Gustie (Schultz) Grunst, both of whom reside in Enterprise. His father served three years in the German army and has been engaged in farming all his life.

John lived in the fatherland until he was six years of age. He came to America with his parents in 1880, lived in Cook county, Hlinois, ten years, and then, in March, 1890, came to Jackson county. He resided with his parents until 1902, and then began farming for himself. He farmed the southwest quarter of section 2, Enterprise, for three years, and then moved to his present location, the northwest quarter of section 3. Besides general farming he breeds Shorthorn cattle, Poland China swine and Belgian and Percheron horses. He owns stock in the Farmers Elevator company of Alpha.

Mr. Grunst was married October 23, 1901, to Miss Bertha Wolff, who was bora January 12, 1883. To them have been bora the following named children: George, bora in 1902; Willie, bom 1903; Earl, bonr 1905, died 1908; Elsie, born 1907. The family are members of the German Lutheran church of Kimball.

Biogbaphical Histoky

LOUIS KRUMWIEDE, (1899) is a farmer and landowner of Hunter township, residing two and one-half miles east of Lakefield. His parents are Henry and Dora (Sternberg) Krumwiede, who reside in Iroquois county, Illinois. They came from Germany soon after their marriage, lived a few years in Cook county, Illinois, and in the early seventies located in Iroquois county. They are the parents of nine children, as follows: Mary, Henry, August, Fred, Louis, Emma, Bertha, Will and George.

Louis was born in Cook county, Illinois, January 22, 1864. When a child he accompanied his parents to Iroquois county, and that was his home until he came to Jackson county. He was educated in the district schools and in a German school at Buckley, and worked on his father's farm until twenty -five years of age. He was married in 1889 and for the next ten years engaged in farming on his own account and worked at the carpenter's trade in Buckley, which he followed three years. Mr. Krumwiede came to Jackson county in 1899 and bought the northeast quarter of section 2, Hunter township, upon which he has since resided. On the place at the time of purchase was a dug-out, built by an early settler. This he has replaced by a modem hoi;ne and he has made other improvements, including a complete system of tiling.

At Buckley, Iroquois county, Illinois, on December 18, 1889, Mr. Krumwiede was united in marriage to Mary Larson, who was bom in Cook county, Hlinois, November 20, 1870. To them have been born two children: Malinda (Mrs. Charles Severson), of Enterprise township, bom October IS, 1890; Leonard, born January 14, 1893. Mr. Krumwiede is a member of the German Lutheran church.

GUIDO E. PIETSCH (1878) is a farmer and stock raiser of LaCrosse township, his 240 acre farm being only a short distance from Miloma. He is an early day settler of northwestern Jackson county and has lived on his present place ever since he was seven years of age.

Our subject was born in Austria November 19, 1871, the son of Joseph and Rosalia (Klapka) Pietsch. The former was born rebrual-y 6, 1830, came to the United States and to Jackson county in 1878, and died April 14, 1898. The latter was bom in 1829 and is now living in Jackson county. Our subject is one of a family of eleven children born to these parents, the other children being: Franz, who resides in Austria, bom November 5, 1851; Josef, of Mankato, born January 24, 1854; Alois, born January 12, 1856, died February 12, 1856; Aloisia, of Murray county, bom January 18, 1857; Alois, of Madison Lake, Minnesota, born December 14, 1858; Marie, of Blue Earth county, Minnesota, bom September 5, 1860; Johann, of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, born September 20, 1862; Francisca, of Nobles county, born June 17, 1865; Edward, bom February 12, 1868, died March 20, 1868; Adolph, of Aberdeen, Washington, bom January 19, 1869.

Guido accompanied the family from their Austrian home to America in June, 1878, and has ever since made his home on the farm he now owns. The head of the family bought the land upon arrival, it being then without a building of any description on it, and only five or six acres had been broken. The Pietschs put up buildings and at once started to make their fortune in the new world. The grasshoppers and a series of wet seasons brought hard times to the family, who were poor when they arrived, having only enough money to pay half of the purchase price of the land, and during the first five years of their residence in Jackson county they suffered many hardships. Our subject was educated in the district school of the neighborhood and until he was twenty-six years of age worked for his father. At that age he bought the home farm and has since conducted it to his own account. He has since added to the farm by the purchase of eighty acres adjoining and has developed the place to a well improved farm. He diversifies his farming, raising considerable stock and engaging quite extensively in dairying.

Mr. Pietsch was elected clerk of school district No. 97 in 1899 and served in that capacity during the next five years. Thereafter he was chosen a director of his district and filled the office four years. Again in 1909 he was elected clerk and now liolds tlie office. He was chosen road overseer when he was twenty-one years of age and held the office four years. He and his family are members of the Catholic church of Heron Lake.

LaCrosse townsbip^ June 19, 1878. She is a daughter of Frank and Marie (Jones) Winkler, who came to Jackson county in 1876 and who are nov living at Currie, Minnesota. Mr. Winkler was born in Austria October 18, 1855, came to America when seventeen years of age, lived in Chicago, in Wisconsin, and came to Jackson county in 1876. At the age of twenty-one vears he took as a homestead claim the land upon w^hich Mrs. Pietsch was bom. Mrs. Winkler was bom in Austria March 22, 1857, came to the United States in 1876 and was married in Jackson county in 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Pietsch have four children, named as fpllows: Adela, born June 16, 1898; Laura, born August 24, 1900; Alfons, born September 7, 1903; Orlando, bom November 11, 1906.

ANDREW BENSON (1871), Petersburg township farmer, was born in Jackson county May 20, 1871, and has made his home here all his life. He is the son of Daniel and Bertha (Ashlyson) Benson. He received a common school education and after growing to manhood engaged in farming for himself. He owns 200 acres of land in Petersburg, 160 acres in North Dakota and 198 acres in Iowa, and has stock in the Petersburg creamery and the Jackson telephone.

Mr. Benson was married March 11, 1896, to Bertha Nasby. To them have been born two children: Balmore, bom April 15, 1899, and Albertina R., bom July 22, 1902.

FRANK A. MATUSKA (1881), who owlis a half interest in the butcher shop and hardware store of the firm of Matuska & Skalicky, was lK)rn in the city of Chicago May 28, 1873, the eldest of a family of five children born to Joseph and Mary (Basak) Matuska. The other children are John, Joseph, Annie and Mary. The parents of our subject were bom in Bohemia, came to America when children, and were married in Chicago. His father was killed in a runaway accident in Jackson county twelve years ago; his mother lives in Hunter township.

Frank received his early training in Chicago. He came to Jackson county with the family in 1881, and until 1901 worked on his father's farm in Hunter township. Then he moved to Jackson and in partnership with John Bedner opened a butcher shop, which was conducted in partnership one year. Mr. Matuska bought out his partner and ran the shop one year. Then a partnership was formed between Mr. Matuska and Frank Skalicky, by which each' obtained a half interest in the hardware store and meat market. In 1906 Frank Skalicky sold his interests to his brother, Emil Skalicky. Early in 1908 the firm also engaged in the harness business, and during 1909 erected one of the finest business blocks in Jackson, in which are housed both the hardware and harness businesses, while the meat market occupies a building adjoining.

Mr. Matuska owns over a half section of land in Canada, a farm in Hunter township and a half Interest in the village property. He is a member of the Catholic church, of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the Modem Woodmen of America and the Western Union.

In January, 1906, at Jackson, Mr. Matuska was married to Mary Skalicky, a native of Wisconsin and a daughter of Frank Skalicky. To them have been bom four children: Joseph, Mary, Lilly and Rosa.

TOLLEF OLSON (1870) has been a resident of Belmont township nearly forty years, ever fsince he was thirteen years of age. He is a native of Clayton county, Iowa, and was bom April 15, 1857, the son of Ole and Sarah Tollefson. These parents were bom in Norway and came to America when children. They were married in Wisconsin and later took up their residence in Clayton county, Iowa. In 1870 they came to Jackson county, bought land in Belmont township and homesteaded in Christiania township. Mr. ToUefson died about fifteen years ago. His widow married Lars Bratager, of Belmont, and died in 1907. There were eight children in the family, of whom tlic following four are living: Isabella, Annie, Tollef and Nels.

Tollef lived in his native county until 1870, when he accompanied his parents to Jackson county. Until he was twenty-five years of age he lived on the parental farm on section 16, Belmont. Then he engaged in farming on his own account, renting land in Christiania township. Five years later he bought his present farm, the northeast quarter of section 18, then unimproved land, and he has made his home on the place ever since. He now has a model farm, improved with substantial buildings. In

On December 13, 1887, Mr. Olson was married in Belmont township to Betsey Johnson, also a native of Iowa. The following four children have been born to them: Sophia, Anna (Mrs. Arlo Christensen), Obena and Thea. Mr. Olson has held the office of clerk of school district No. 18.

he moved to Alpha, where he served as village marshal one year and as bartender for Carl Thuesen two years. He then returned to the farm. He is a member of the Catholic church of Jackson.

FRANK SIEVERT (1888) is a farmer and thresherman of West Heron Lake township. He was born in the state of Illinois April 25, 1884, the youngest of a family of five children born to Fritz and Sophia Sievert. His parents are of German birth. They came to the United States and after living in Illinois for a short time came to Jackson county in 1888 and resided on the farm in West Heron Lake township now occupied by their son. The father died in 1898; the mother still lives on the farm.

Frank accompanied his parents to Jackson county in 1888 when four years of age and he has ever since resided on the home farm, the northwest quarter of section 19, West Heron Lake. He is now engaged in farming the place and for the last several years has been engaged in the threshing business in partnership with F. C. Ruthenbeck.

Mr. Sievert was married in West Heron Lake township May 1, 1905, to Matilda Becker, also a native of Illinois, having been bom October 29, 1886. To this union have been born two children: Leda, born January 5, 1906; Walter, born September 16, 1907. The family are members of the German Lutheran church of Okabena.

THOMAS KABLE (1886), in partnership with his brother Henry, farms the southwest quarter of section 25, Enterprise township, and has spent nearly his entire life in Jackson coimty. He was born at Winona, Minne^ sota, August 25, 1882, the son of Wensel and Anna Kable. He accompanied his parents to Jackson county in April, 1886, and this has ever since been his home.

The family located in Enterprise township, and there Thomas grew to manhood, receiving a country school education. Until 1905 he lived on the farm, assisting in the management of the place and in threshing. In 1905

JAMES D. SHAY (1899), of Jackson, was born in Chillicothe, Illinois, November 14, 1872, the son of John D. and Bridget (Shay) Shay. His father now resides in Ewington township; his mother died in 1905. Both parents were natives of Ireland and came to the United States soon after their marriage.

The subject of this biography lived with his parents in Hlinois until 1891. There he received a common school education, which was supplemented with a course in the Sherburn high school after the family moved to Martin county. Mr. Shay, Sr., bought land in Jackson county, but the family home was in Martin county until 1899. James was engaged in railroad work in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Kansas City, Kansas, three years and did carpenter work in Martin county. He was also engaged in the real estate and insurance business. He moved to Ewington township with his parents in 1899 and was engaged in farming several years. He ran a restaurant in Dubuque, Iowa, one year in partnership with a brotherin-law, and taught school one term in Martin county. In 1908 Mr. Shay, in partnership with Charlie Peterson, bought the Albert Jackson restaurant and was a partner in that business until the spring of 1909, when he sold out to his partner, and has since been en* gaged in the restaurant business on the oppo« site side of the street. Mr. Shay is a member of the Catholic church. He served as a member of a school board in Martin county three years. He is a member of the Carpenter's union and Carmen's union.

GERHARD KUHNAU (1880), Weimer township farmer, was born near Green Bay, Wisconsin, August 31, 1873, the eldest of a family of eight children born to Robert and Al vina (Shoeman) Kuhnau. These parents were born in Germany and soon after their marriage came to America and located near Green

Bay, Wisconsin. In 1880 they came to Jackson county and engaged in farming in Heron Lake township, near lake Flaherty. The father of our subject died there in March, 1897, at the age of 56 years. His mother still lives on the home farm with a son. The other children of the family are Arthur, LeTihard, Robert, Rudolph, Richard, Reiuhold and Lottie.

At the age of seven years Gerhard accompanied the family from Wisconsin to Jackson county. Until 1897 he lived on the Heron Lake township farm, securing a country school education and working on his father's farm. He then married and engaged in farming on the present place, the northwest quarter of section 36, Weimer, where he has since resided.

Mr. Kuhnau was married October 26, 1897, in Weimer township to Minnie Winzer, who was born in the same township May 17, 1883. She is the daughter of Charles and Ida Winzer, pioneer settlers of Weimer. To Mr. and Mrs. Kuhnau have been bom the following name(f five children: Robert, Ernest, Henry, Lena and Irena.

HANS STAHL (1888), Sioux Valley township farmer and land owner, was bom in Germany November 16, 1862, the son of Hans and Elsaler Stahl, both of whom died in Germany. There were twelve children in the familv.

Hans was brought up on a farm in his native land, attending school and making his home with his parents until past nineteen years of age. He came to America in 1872 and located in Scott county, Iowa, where he lived ten years, engaged in farming, threshing, corn shelling and working out. He then took up his residence in Durant, Iowa, where he bought a small place and engaged in farming, threflhing and corn shelling for the next six years. In 1888 he came to Sioux Valley township, of Jackson county, and conducted a rented farm on section 23 three years. He then bought his present farm - the northeast quarter of section 24 - and upon that place he has since lived. He rents land which he farms in addition to his own land, farming 352 acres. When he bought his farm the only improvements consisted of a little shanty, and he has practically made all the improvements on the place.

Mrs. Stahl have been bora the following children: Meta, Malinda, Matilda, Hilda, Dena, Amanda, Albert and Ferdinand. Mr. Stahl was a director of school district No. 77 for two years.

^ GEORGE B. CUNNINGHAM (1896) is the ruVal mail carrier for route No. 4 out of Heron Lake. He is a native of Green county, Wisconsin, and was bom July 18, 1869. ffis parents, William and Mary (Land) Cunningham, now deceased, were natives of Indiana and Blinois, respectively.

The subject of this biography has resided in many different parts of the country and been engaged in various occupations. Until he was seventeen years of age he made his home with his parents, during this time living seven years in Green county, Wisconsin, nine years in Franklin county, Iowa, and then locating in Hamilton county, Nebraska. After starting in life for himself Mr. Cunningham engaged in clerking, in the sewing machine business and in the dray business, living five years in Hamilton county, Nebraska, three years in Chase county and one year in Sheridan county, of the same state.

In 1893 Mr. Cunningham went to Alberta, Canada, making the trip overland in three weeks' time, and there he homesteaded and -engaged in farming two years. Owing to the lack of markets at that time Mr. Cunningham met with financial reverses. Returning from the north in 1895, he lived in Cherokee county, Iowa, one year, and then, having married, he came to Jackson county in October, 1896. He located in Heron Lake and for several years engaged in various occupations. In January, 1903, he was appointed mail carrier and h.«is been so employed since.

Mr. Cunningham was married in Plymouth county, Iowa, October 20, 1896, to Christina Herman, who was bom in Germany March 20, 1876. Her parents reside at Rushmore, Minnesota. Seven children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Cimningham, as follows: Dudley, Lioyd, Orville, Raymond, Blanch, Frederick and Bertha. Mr. Cunningham is a member of the M. W. A. and Yeomen lodges.

a family of seven children born to Peter and Mary (Johnson) Peterson. Until he was fifteen years of age he lived at home; then he started in life for himself, working out in Sweden until he was of age.

When he reached his majority Mr. Peterson came to America and located at Manistee, Michigan, where he worked in the timber and on the river until 1888. He then made a visit to his old home in Sweden. Returning, he lived a few months at Moosehead Lake, Maine, and then went to Gardner, of the same state, where he worked on the docks for a while. Again coming west, he worked in the woods about Manistee, Michigan, until 1891. That is the date of his arrival in Jackson county. So early n» 1885 Mr. Peterson had bought a farm on section 26, Kimball township, and when he came to the county to reside permanently he located upon that farm, which has ever since been his home.

Mr. Peterson was married in Kimball township July 9, 1892, to Augusta Johnson, who was bom in Sweden in September, 1862. To them have been bom the following named seven children: Alfred, Gustaf, Harry, Elmer, Albert, Marie and Beda. The family are members of the Swedish Mission church.

CHARLIE SEVERSON (1890), of Enterprise township, was born in Wabasha county, Minnesota, October 14, 1879, the son of Charlie and Minnie (Moglind) Severson. The former emigrated from Denmark in 1876; the latter, who is now deceased, was born in New York state.

The subject of this biography moved with his parents from Wabasha county to Jackson county in March, 1890, and grew to manhood on a Hunter township farm. He secured a common school education and made his home with his parents until 1904. That year he went west and one year resided in the Big Bend country of central Washington. Returning, he located on a farm two miles east of Lakefield, and in 1909 moved to his present farm, the northeast quarter of section 34, Enterprise.

native of Iowa City, Iowa, where he was born November 20, 1866, the Eon of A. J. and Ada Dennis) Bond. His education was received in the country schools^ in the Johnson county, Iowa, high school, and in the Iowa state university.

At the age of twenty -two years Mr. Bond began his business career as bookkeeper in the First National Bank of Storm Lake, Iowa. Three years later he took a position as corresponding clerk for the Iowa Land & Loan company, of Storm Lake, and later became treasurer of the Iowa Investment company, of Sioux City, which position he held several years. In 1894 he became cashier of the Cherokee County State Bank of Meriden, Iowa, and was employed in that capacity seven years. In 1901 Mr. Bond moved to Lakefield, having bought out the interests of M. H. Evans in the Jackson County State Bank in partnership with J. M. Putman, and since that date has been identified with the bank.

During his residence in Lakefield ^Ir. Bond has served as a member of the village council and of the school board. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and Eastern Star lodges.

FRANK L. POPE (1886) is a Christiania township farmer who owns 400 acres of Jackson county land and 160 acres of Cottonwood county land. He is a native of England, having been bom February 18, 1870.

The parents of our subject are Dr. Alfred Pope and Isabella (Hoagraves) Pope, who reside in England. Dr. Pope is a noted physician and lecturer. Thirty years ago he lectured in America before various medical colleges, and later returned to his native land.

Frank received a common school education in England and when sixteen years of age left home and came to the United States. It was in 1886 that he located in the village of Windom, where he resided for a number of years. In 1901 he bought his present farm in Christiania township and has since been engaged in its care. He owns stock in the telephone company and in the Farmers Elevator company of Windom. He is a member of the Episcopal church.

Mr. Pope was married May 6, 1903, to Pauline Hohenstein, of Lakefield. To them have been bom two children: Frances, bom February 1, 1904; Henry, born Febmary 20, 1908.

HERMAN GURITZ (1888) is one of the big fanners of Middletown township. He owns the east half of section 17 and 120 acres of the southwest quarter of section 16, all of which he farms. He is a native of Will county, niinois, and was born November 16, 1863. His parents, William and Christina Guritz, were bom and married in Germany, emigrating to the United States soon after the latter event, and died in this country. They were the parents of eighteen children, all living.

Herman attended the public schools of his native county and resided with his parents until 1888, working on his father's farm and those of neighboring farmers. He came to Jackson county in 1888 and located upon the land in Middletown township where he has ever since lived. He is a member of the German Lutheran church.

Mr. Guritz was married in Chicago in '1890. to Enuna Foshaga, a native of Will county, Illinois. The following named six children have been born to them: Minnie, Henry, Amel, Herman, Tillie and Manda.

PR. OSCAR E. ROBERTS (1900)^ dentist, of Jackson, was born in Cottage Grove, Washington county, Minnesota, on the eighth day of September, 1870. He is of Dutch-Irisb-Scotch descent. His paternal grandfather came from Holland when a child and fought in the war of 1812. His father, Richard Roberts, was born in New York state, came to the territory of Minnesota in 1855, and ever since that date has lived at Cottage Grove, being now eighty years of age. The mother of our subject is Anna (McChesney) Roberts, who is now about seventy years of age.

Oscar E. Roberts made his home with his parents until after he had finished his education in 1000. He attended the common schools of Cottage Grove, studied two years in the Hastings high school, two years in Carleton college of Northfteld, and then entered the state university, from the dental department of which institution he was graduated after taking a four years' course. Dr. Roberts located in Jackson in July, 1900, and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and of the A. F. & A. M. lodge.

county, Illinois, and a daughter of George and Sarah (Coleman) Raub. She came to Jackson county in the spring of 1898. To Dr. and Mrs. Roberts have been born two children: Dorothea, born March 20, 1904, and Murial, born January 10, 1907.

WILLIAM J. C. SCHROEDER (1886), grain and dairy farmer of Petersburg township, has resided in Jackson county since he was five years of age. He was bom in Cook county, Hlinois^ December 5, 1881, the son of William and Maria (Meyer) Schroeder.

The family arrived in Jackson county March 24, 1886. William received a country school education and was brought up on the farm, working for his father and for other farmers until he was of age. Soon after reaching his majority he engaged in farming for himself two years, then hauled cream one year. After that he bought machinery and has since been engaged in business for himself, farming land on the northwest (juarter of section 27, Petersburg township. Mr. Schroeder owns stock in the Petersburg Creamery company and is a member of the German Lutheran church.

Mr. Schroeder was married November 20, 1907, to Mary Schulte, of Arcadia, Iowa. To them has been born one child, Ella, bom February 10, 1909.

AL\RTIN A. FOSS (1869), farmer and stock raiser of Heron Lake township, is one of the county's pioneers. He was bom near the city of Christian ia, Norway, the son of Anton aiid Martha Foss. He was brought up on a farm and when twelve years of age came to America with his parents.

After living in Olmsted county, Minnesota, one year the family came to Jackson county and located on section 18, Delafield township. They were the first family to make improvements in that precinct, although one or two claims had been taken before that date. For several years Martin worked for bis father and for neighboring farmers, and in 1882 he bought his present farm, the southeast quarter of section 18, Heron Lake township, and farmed it ten years. He went to Windom in 1892 and from that date until 1899 was in the general merchandise business at Windom and Heron Lake. Returning to the farm, Mr. Foss has since been engaged in farming. In 1901 he

Mr. Foss has stock in and is a director of the First National Bank of Lakefield and has stock in the Jackson County Cooperative Store company and' the Farmers Elevator company of the same town. He is clerk of school district No. 17 and has served since 1900, and he has held the office of township treasurer. Mr. Foss and his family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Lakefield.

J. P. NELSON (1907), the manager of the Farmers Mercantile company's store at Jackson, was born in Argyle, Wisconsin, March 25, 1863, the son of Lars and Karen (Gaukrud) Nelson. He secured a common school education in Argyle and was a student at Valparaiso (Indiana) college one year. After his school days he accepted a position as clerk in a store in Argyle, and in 1889, in partnership with a brother, engaged in the general merchandise business. Two years later he sold out, and in 1892 moved to Superior, Iowa, where he was engaged in tlie general merchandise business fifteen years. In the spring of 1907 Mr. Nelson moved to Jackson, and has since been the manager of the Farmers Mercantile company's store.

Mr. Nelson owns 445 acres of land in Petersburg towjiship, and a comfortable home in Jackson. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and of the I. 0. 0. F., M. W. A. and R. N. A. lodges.

At Superior, Iowa, on March 15, 1889, Mr. Nelson was united in marriage to Miss Anna C. Anderson. To them have been born six children, as follows: Ora C, born January 20, 1890; Leland G., born November 29, 1891; Homer A., born September 10, 1893; Velma R., born February 8, 1896; Gladys J., born February 22, 1898; J. Philo, bom March 19, 1900.

ERNEST E. PEARSON (1882) is a Middletown township farmer and has lived in the county since he was two years of age. He is a native of Hardin county, Iowa, and was born May 11, 1880, the son of Jess G. and Samantha (Campbell) Pearson. The parents of our subject were born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Hands county, Iowa, respectively, and were' married in the latter place. They came from Hardin county, lowa, to Jackson county in 1882, bought a farm upon which their son now lives, engaged .in farming there until November, 1906, when they moved to the state of Washington, where they now reside. They are tbe parents of nine children: Olive (Mrs. L. S. Allen), Robert A., Ernest £., Martin E., James E., Lizzie D. (Mrs. K C. Armstead), William A., Jess L., Benton W. and Florence.

Ernest was only two years of age when he accompanied his parents to Jackson county, and he was brought up on the farm he now conducts. Until he reached his majority he worked on his father's farm; then for a few years he worked for neighboring farmers. In 1904 he went to Washington, remained there about six months and returned to Jackson county. He rented a farm near his father's place, conducted it until 1906, when he married and rented his father's place, which he has since conducted.

Mr. Pearson was married December 26, 1906, to Ella Kephart, who was bom in Middletown township March 21, 1886, and who is the daughter of Brunce and Mary (Myers) Kephart, of Lakefield.

HERMAN H. KOEP (1903), farmfer of Delafield township, was born in Benton county, Iowa, June 25, 1873. His parents, Claus and Mary (Paulson) Koep, were born in Germany and came to America in 1862, locating in Iowa. The former died September 12, 1890, aged 66 years, 4 months and 28 days. His mother lives in Benton county, Iowa, and is 76 years of age.

Herman was brought up on a farm and educated in district schools. He lived on his father's farm until 1897; then he married and engaged in farming on rented land in Benton county. He came to Jackson county in the spring of 1903 and located upon his farm, which he had bought in the fall of 1902. He owns the southeast quarter of section 25, Delafield, and forty acres adjoining in section 30, Christiania. His farm was only slightly improved when he bought. He erected the bam, fenced the land and made many improvements. He makes a specialty of stock raising and has good grades of stock. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator company of Windom and in the Mutual Telephone company of the same village. Mr. Koep is a member of the M. B. A. lodge of Windom. He is treasurer of school

Our subject was married in Benton county, lowa^ February 24, 1897, to Katie Lackmann, who was bom in Bento^ county March 1, 1879. She is the daughter of George and Annie (Miller) Lackmann, of Benton county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Koep are the parents of six children: Clara, born December 8, 1897; Agnes, bom January 11, 1900; Bernhardt, born February 1, 1002; Helen, bom October 6, 1903; Elsie, bora January 16, 1907; Edwin, born October 20, 1009.

LEONARD F. ZINSER (1903), retired evangelist and minister of the gospel, is now engaged in farming in Hunter township, a short distance west of Lakefield, where he owns a farm on section 6. Rev. Zinser was born near Tiffin, the county seat of Seneca county, Ohio, August 27, 1866, the son of A. F. and Mary C. (Miesse) Zinsei*. He is of German descent, his grandfather having established the American branch of the family. The father of our subject was bora in Ohio in 1839 and now live|i at Storm Lake, Iowa. The mother of our subject was born near Lancaster, Fairfield county, Ohio, in 1840 and is living. These parents had eight children, of whom six are living,, of which Leonard is the eldest.

At the age of eighteen months our subject accompanied his parents from his native state to £1 Paso, Illinois, at which place he grew to manhood. He was brought up on a farm and early in life engaged in farming, which he continued until 1894. After receiving his primary education he became a student at the Illinois Wesleyan university of Bloomington and for the next three years engaged in evangelistic work as a gospel singer. He next entered the ministry and for six years had charge of churches in Illinois, two years at Hennepin, two years at Tremont and two years at Flanagan. In 1903, on account of poor health. Rev. Zinser was obliged to give up his chosen profession, and that year he came to Jackson county. He bought a farm on section 6, Hunter township, and has since been engaged in farming. During the first three years of his residence in the county he occupied the pulpit at Welcome, but for the past three years has devoted his time exclusively to his farming operations. He is at present a

Rev. Zinser was married at Johnstown, Pennsylvania, June 1, 1896, to Barbara E. Paul, who was born in Canada November 4, 1867. Her father, E. S. Paul, lives with his daughter; her mother, Elizabeth ( Stray er) Paul, died in February, 1900. Two children have been bora to Rev. and Mrs. Zinser, Fern F., born April 23, 1899; Pauline, bora August 29, 1900.

NEWTON FREER (1874), Alba township farmer, was born in Ulster county. New York, October 20, 1844, the son of J. D. and Anna L. (Hasbrook) Freer, both natives of the Empire state. They came west in 1851 and located in Winneshiek county, Iowa, moved to Jackson county in 1874, and died in Heron Lake. Newton is one of a family of six children born to these parents.

The subject of this biography moved from Ulster county. New York, with his parents when a child and grew to manhood in '\^^- neshiek county, Iowa. He spent his early years with his parents on the farm with the exception of five years when he was employed in a flouring mill at Frankville, Iowa. He spent three years in the Black Hills country, and then, in 1874, became a resident of Jackson county. He took as a homestead claim the east half of the southwest quarter of section 24, Alba township, and upon that place he has ever since resided, being one of the pioneer settlers of the precinct.

Mr. Freer was married in Winneshiek county, Iowa, February 6, 1874, to Rosa Rathburn, a native of the county in which she was married, having been bora September 16, 1854 She is the daughter of Walter and Welthy (Lummis) Rathburn. One child was born to this union, Lloyd, born in April, 1886, and died in September, 1894. They have an adopted son, Emmet, aged fourteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Freer are members of the Methodist church. He has served as a member of the Alba township board and now holds the ofl^ce of treasurer of school district No. 85.

GUSTAVE J. CHRISTLE (1899), deputy sheriff of Jackson county and proprietor of the Lakefield house, was born in Germany February 2, 1861. His father, Joseph Christie, died in Germany when Gustave was a boy of thirteen years of age. His mother, Amelia (Wurst) Christie, still makes her home in the fatherland and is 73 years of age. Of the six children of the family Gustave is the only one in America.

At the age of thirteen years our subject came to the United States with his grandfather. After spending one year in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, he moved to Chelsea, Tama county,. Iowa, and for three years made his home on the farm of an uncle, Mathias Michael. The next eighteen months were spent on the plains of southwestern Nebraska. Mr. Christie then located in Mills county, Iowa, where he worked as a farm laborer three or four years and where he was married in 1883.

After- his marriage Mr. Christie moved to Charles Mix county, South Dakota, and located on government land. One year later he went to Brule county, of the same territory, and engaged in farming six years. We find our subject next in Lyon county, Iowa, where for two years he farmed rented land. Moving to Nobles county, Minnesota, from that place, lie bought a farm in Lorain township, upon whicli he lived six years. Mr. Christie sold out in 1898 and moved to Worthington. He bought a restaurant in that village, conducted it a year, and then moved t6 Lakefield in 1890 and bought the Lakefield house. He has been the boniface of that hotel for the past ten years. Besides his duties in the hotel Mr. Christie djevotes part of his time to looking after his farm in Ransom county, North Dakota, and attending to his duties as deputy sheriff, to which office he was appointed in 1906.

Mr. Christie was married in Glenwood, Milh county, Iowa, June 16, 1883, to Miss Emma V. Goff, a native of Illinois and a daughter of George Goff. Two sons and three daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Christie. The eldest daughter, Amelia, is the wife of Charles Persons and resides on the Isthmus of Panama, her husband being a bookkeeper in the government employ. The other children are Edward, Maud E., Cora Dell and Merritt G.

JOE GOGOLINSKI (1901), Des Moines township farmer and breeder of Percheron horses, is a native of Germany, where he was bom February 6, 1878. He is the son of the late

John Gogolinski and Annie (Pekorski) Gogolinski, of Dutch-Poland stock but natives of Germany. They came to America in 1880 and the former died in this coimtry; the latter lives in Chicago.

Joe accompanied his parents to America when two years of age and until he was twelve years old resided with his parents in Chicago. At that age he went to Wisconsin, lived there a short time and then returned to Chicago, where he lived several years. He learned the machinist's trade, at which he worked until his health failed. In 1901 he left the city and located in Jackson county, engaging in farming the Des Moines township farm of his father-in-law. He is a well known horse breeder and several of his brood mares and colts have been awarded the first premiums at tlie Jackson county fairs.

Mr. Gogolinski was married in the city of Chicago October 9, 1900, to Emma Tousek, who was bom in the city in which she was married. To these parents have been born three children: Alfonso, born in Chicago; Mary and Helen (twins), born in Des Moines township.

JOHN E. ELOFFSON (1876) is one of the succesdful farmers and large landowners of Belmont township. He owns 520 acres of land in one body and farms it all. His holdings include all of section 14, except the north half of the north half, and a forty acre tract on section 23.

Mr. Eloffson was born in Norway June 9, 1847, the son of Elof and Annie M. Eloffson, both deceased. He is the next to the oldest of a family of nine children. He grew to manhood in his native country, working on his father's snmll farm and engaging in fishing and sailing. He came to the United States in 1873, lived three years in Nicollet county, Minnesota, and then located in Jackson county, Avhich has ever since been his home. For several years he worked at the carpenter trade in Jackson, and as he accumulated money ho invested it in Belmont real estate. He moved onto his farm in 1883.

Besides his mammoth farming operations Mr. Eloffson is interested in several other lines of business. He is a director of the Norwegian store in Christiania township, in the Belmont Creamery company, in the Belmont Telephone company and has stock in the new elevator company. He has held the ofTice of township supervisor, treasurer of school district No.* 30, and road overseer. He and his family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

Mr. Eloffson was married in Jackson county in June, 1884, to Mary Flatgard, a native of Norway. She is the daughter of Tory Flatgard and came to Jackson county when a baby. They have eleven children, named as follows: Alvin T., professor of a school in Washington; Julia, Annie, Gear, Clara, Emm^, Hilda, Handa, Julius, Olga, Lorain.

ANDREW H. MELVHiLE (1901) owns a section of Jackson county land and farms the home place on the shore of Heron lake, in West Heron Lake township, described as lots one, two and three of section 14. He has a pretty home located on a peninsula jutting out into the lake. Mr. Melville, after devoting many years to educational work, was obliged to give up his chosen profession, and since 1901 has been trying to regain his health by engaging in farming.

The gentleman whose name heads this sketch was born in Peotone, Will county, Illinois, June 17, 1872, the son of Dr. A. H. Melville and Catherine (Melville) Melville. His parents were bom in Scotland and came to Prescott, Ontario, Canada, in their childhood days. His father was educated in the university of Edenburg and McGill college, at Montreal. During the civil war he volunteered his services to the northern cause, came to the United States, and was made a surgeon of the 79th New York Scotch Highlanders. He later bocame head surgeon of the regiment and served throughout the war. He died soon after his discharge from the army. The mother of our subject died when Andrew was seven years of age.

Andrew Melville received his primary education in the country schools of Will county, Hlinois. He was a student at the state normal school at Bloomington five years and completed his education in 1896 in the university of Chicago. He then took up teaching as a profession. He taught in Cliicago one year, was principal of the training department of the Bloomington normal school three years and was teacher of pedagogy at DeKalb, Illinois, one year. Then he gave up his profession and located ofr his farm in Jackson county. In addition to his home farm Mr. Melville owns the northwest quarter of section 19, Belmont, the northwest quarter of section 14, EM'ington, and the northeast quarter of section 23, Rost.

Mr. Melville was married at Utica, Illinois, October 26, 1900, to Miss Lydia M. Fedde, who was born in Columbia county. New York. She is the daughter of Richard R. and Rhoda S. (Weaver) Fedde. Mr. and Mrs. Melville are members of the Presbyterian church.

WILLIAM WREDE (1886), farmer of Enterprise township, was born on the farm where he now lives February 1, 1886, the son of John and Amelia (Schonfield) Wrede. John Wrede came from Germany in 1870, lived, respectively, in Cairo, Illinois; St. Louis, Missouri; Rock Island, Illinois; and in Jackson county, where he died in 1900. During the time he lived in Rock Island he was employed in a sawmill; otherwise he engaged in agricultural pursuits all his life. Our subject^s mother lives in Enterprise township and owns the southeast quarter of section 16, which her son farms.

William received a common school education, graduating from the school of district No. 107 in 1902. He helped his father with the farm work during his younger years, and after the latter's death assumed the nuinagement of the place. He iB a member of the (jerman Lutheran church. He holds the office of road overseer of his district.

PETER JEPSON (1894), the Jackson village marshal, is a native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and was born November 8, 1872. He is the youngest of a family of four children, all living in the United States. His brothers and sister are John P., Soren P. and Annie M. Jepson. The parents of these children were John Peter and Anne Margaret (Brink) Jepson, who died in their native country, the former May 18, 1891, the latter December 31, 1890.

Peter secured an education in Germany and until after his father's death worked in the latter's rope factory. In the fall of 1891 he came to America and located at Huntley, Faribault county, Minnesota, where he worked on the farm of his brother, John Jepson, until the spring of 1894. On March 15, of the last named year, he moved to Jackson. For four years he worked in the village at different oc- cupations, and on December 8, 1898, received the appointment of village night watchman. He served until April 1, 1902. He was again appointed to the position on November 15, 1902, and the following April was appointed village marshal, which office he still holds.

Mr. Jepson was married in Jackson October 21, 1901, to Georgine Mary Handevidt, a native of Gardner, Illinois, and a daughter of Nels P. and Petrie Handevidt. To Mr. and Mrs. Jepson have been born two children: Arthur Peter, born July 2, 1904; Pearl Margaret, bom February 23, 1907. Mr. Jepson is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

FRED W. G. HARTMAN (1898) is a Petersburg township farmer and stockraiser residing upon the southwest quarter of section 26. He was born in Bleckendorf, Germany, December 3, 1861, the son of John and Teresa (Rust) Hartman, both deceased.

The first thirty years of the life of our subject were passed in Germany, where he secured his education and where he worked in a tile factory after reaching manhood. After reaching that age Mr. Hartman decided to try his fortunes in the new world and in January, 1892, arrived in this country. He located first in the town of Renwick, Wright county, Iowa, and five months later went to (joldfleld, in the same county, where for five years he lived, working in a tile factory four years and engaging in farming one year. He moved to Jackson county in March, 1898, and has since been engaged in farming in Petersburg township.

Mr. Hartman was married in Germany on the first day of the year 1884 to Miss Mary Koenig. To this union have been bom the following children: Mary, bom October 8, 1884; Dora, bora June 6, 1886; Elesbeth, bom December 1, 1887; Emma, born June 10, 1890; Hulda, bom August 17, 1892; Paul, bom July 6, 1894; Ida, bom July 14, 1897; Martha, bora Febraary 10, 1902. The family are members of the German Lutheran church.

JOHN HOVELSRUD (1874), in partnership with his brother Bernhard, o^iis and farms 240 acres of land on section 27, Heron Lake township, a short distance northeast of Lakefield. He is a native of the county, having been bora on his father's homestead on section

34, Heron Lake township, October 22, 1874. His parents, Mathias H. and Ingeborg (Lunde) Hovelsrud, were born in Norway and came to America in their youth. They were early day residents of Minnesota and came to Jackson county in 1873, taking a homestead a little east of the present village of Lakefield. The father died there in June, 1899, aged 57 years. The mother still lives on the old homestead. Eight children were born to them, as follows: Julia (Mrs. A. J. Christy), of Okabena; Hilda (deceased), John, Bernhard, Gilbert, Julius, of St. Paul; Ever (deceased) and Halmar, of Story City, Iowa.

Until he was twenty -one years of age John lived with his parents^ securing an education and working on the farm. After reaching his majority he engaged in school teaching and in 1900 he and his brother bought their present farm on section 27 and have since farmed the place in partnership. ' Neither of the brothers is married. During the summer of 1909 they erected a commodious residence on the farm. John Hovelsrud has served as a member of the school board of district No. 80 since 1900.

FRED 0. FREDERICKSON (1875) is the manager of the St. John Grain company's elevator at Wilder and of the Sontag Lumber company's yards in the same village. He is the son of Ole Frederickson Bokke and Mary (Mellem) Frederickson Bokke, residents of Delafield township. These parents came to the United States in 1870, located at Muskegon, Michigan, and the same fall took up their residence at Madelia. The next year they located at Windom, where our subject's father worked on the railroad one year and where he conducted a railroad boarding house three years. In 1872 he had entered a homestead claim in Delafield townsliip, .Jackson county, and when he moved from Windom located on the land where he has ever since made his home and where he owns 600 acres of land. He was bom in Norway in 1844, his wife in 1846.

Our subject is the eldest of five children bom to these parents, the others being Ole, Albert, Ella, Gina (Mrs. John J. Swenson). He was born in Norway Febmary 19, 1869, and when one year of age accompanied his parents to America. He grew to manhood on the Delafield township farm, receiving an education in the district schools and in the Breck school of Wilder, where lie studied three years, takiog a business course in addition to the scientific course. After obtaining an education Mr. Frederickson assisted his father in the management of the big farm and made his home on the farm until 1904. That year he moved to Wilder and accepted the position of manager of the St. John elevator, which position he has since held. When the yards of the Sontag Lumber company were established in Wilder Mr. Frederickson was made manager and has held that position in addition to his duties with the elevator company.

During his residence in Delafield township Mr. Frederickson served two years as township clerk. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Delafield.

EMIT^ PETERS (1889) is a farmer of Sioux Valley township, where he farms 280 acres of land. He is the son of Nicholas and Vaten Peters, now residents of Lake Park, Iowa, for many years residents of Jackson county. The father came from Germany in 1882, where he had been a shoemaker. After living in Davenport, Iowa, and Rock Island, Hlinois, a few years he came to Jackson county and engaged in farming. He prospered and became one of the heavy land owners of his neighborhood, now owning an even thousand acres of land in Sioux Valley and Rost townships.

Emil Peters was born in Germany February 22, 1876, and came to America with his parents when six years of age. The first year of his life in the new world was spent in Davenport, Iowa, and then the family home was made in Rock Island, Illinois. There Emil attended school and worked in a lumber yard, carrying water and driving a team. He came to Sioux Valley township with his parents in 1889 and immediately began working out for neighboring farmers. After being so employed five years he again took up his residence with his parents and lived with them until he was twenty-seven years old, assisting with the farm work. He was married in 1902, rented his father*s half section farm in Rost township and started in life for himself. In 1906 his father retired from the farm and Emil rented the home place, where he has since lived. He farms 280 acres of his father's land and raises lots of cattle, horses and hogs. He is a member of the Sons of Hermann lodge.

township March 4, 1902, to Ella Brockman. She is» the daughter of Hans and Annie Brockman, of Lakefield, and was bom in Tama county, Iowa, March 23, 1875. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Peters, as follows: Luvema Luella, born February 12, 1903; Leonard Roy, bom October 19, 1909.

JOHN C. BEHRENS (1903) owns and farms the southwest quarter of section 14, Delafield township. He has one of the best improved farms in the township, all tiled and fenced. \yhen he bought the farm in 1901 practically the only improvement consisted of the dwelling house.

Mr. Behrenswas born in Germany March 21, 1867, the elder of a family of two children bom to Eli and Marguerita (Behrens) Behrenai The former died in Whiteside county, Illinois, in 1879; the latter is living at the age of 67 years. John C. Behrens accompanied his parents from the fatherland to the new world in 1874. Until he was of age he resided on the farm in Whiteside county, Illinois. Then he married and engaged in farming on his own account, having rented a farm in that county. Three years later he moved to Plymouth county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming eleven years. In the spring of 1903 Mr. Behrens came to Jackson county and located upon his present place, which he had bought in 1901, and there he has since made his home.

In Whiteside county, Illinois, on February 22, 1888, Mr. Behrens was united in marriage to Ida Folkers, who was born in the county in which she was married July 28, 1867, and who is the daughter of Henry Folkers. Mr. and Mrs. Behrens have had twelve children, of whom three died in infancy. They are members of the German Lutheran church. Mr. Behrens is a member of the board of supervisors of Delafield township.

STEPHEN G. CASS (1907), managed of and owner of a half interest in the Jackson TDe and Brick company, is a native of Bellingham, Washington, where he was born August 21, 1880. In 1885 he accompanied his parents, James F. and Matilda (McCrea) Cass, to Seattle, and in that city he was brought up. He received his primarj' education in the Puget sound citv, and in 1898 became a student at

Mr. Cass located in Chicago in 1900 and foi five years was engaged in the wholesale dry goods trade. Early in 1906 he went to Denver, Colorado, remained there six months, and in August of the same year located in Cullom, Illinois. He took up his residence in Jackson in August, 1007, purchased a half interest in the Jackson Tile and Brick company's plant, E. S. Shearer being the owner of the other half interest, and has since been engaged as manager of the plant.

At Denver, Colorado, February 1, 1900, Mr. Cass was married to Miss Florence E. Shearer. To them have been born two children: Stephen Bruce J born February 6, 1907, and Jeanette E., born November 15, 1908.

JOHN A. CHALUPNIK ( 1901 ) owns and farms the west half of the southwest quarter of section 15, Hunter township, four miles south of Lakefield. He is a native of Marshall county, Iowa, and was born April 27, 1870, the son of Anton and Tina (Salasek) Chalupnik. These parents were born in Austria and emigrated to America before their marriage. They are now residents of Traer, Iowa, and have a family of ten children, the living ones named as follows: Joseph, John, Mary, Rosa, Fannie, Julia, Josie and Emma.

John A. Chalupnik accompanied his parents from his native county when two and one-half years of age and located in Tama county, Iowa, and that was his home until he came to Jackson county in 1901. He made his home with his parents on the farm until he was of age and then he and his brother Joseph engaged in farming on a rented farm. He was married in 1892 and then took up his residence in Traer, where for a number of years he engaged in teaming and threshing. In June, 1900, be bought his Jackson county farm and the following March moved on to the place, wher% where he has since lived. Besides his farming operations, Mr. Chalupnik has l)een engaged in the threshing business for the last four years.

Our subject was united in marriage to Fannie Vlasak in Tama county, Iowa, January 6, 1892. She was born in Linn county, Iowa, October 16, 1870. One child has been born to this union, Lucy A., bom July 5, 1893. Mr. Chalupnik has served as chairman of the township board of supervisors for the past two

FREDERICK W. SCHOELLERMAN (1903) is the proprietor of the general merchandise store of Sioux Valley township and was the last postmaster of Sioux Valley postoffice. He was born in Germany September 12, 1852, the son of Frederick and Katherina (Thompson) Schoellerman. Both his parents died in the year 1905 at advanced ages. They had only two children, Elza Oelke and the subject of this biography.

At the age of two years, in 1854, Fred accompanied his parents from Germany to America. The family located at Garnavillo, Clay* ton county, Iowa, and in that town our subject grew to manhood and spent his early adult years. Until he attained his majority he resided at home, learning the wagonmaker's and carpenter's trades in Garnavillo. After mastering his trades, Mr. Schoellerman moved to Farmersburg, also in Clayton county, and conducted a wagonmaker's shop until 1884. That year he moved to Beadle county. South Dakota, and took a homestead, and there he resided until 1903, engaged in farming and working at the carpenter's trade.

Because of an accident while building a church in 1903, resulting in a broken arm, Mr. Schoellerman sold out in South Dakota and became a resident of Sioux Valley township, Jackson county. He bought the little store conducted in a 16x24 foot building by Mrs. Green and received the appointment of postmaster of the Sioux Valley office, which was conducted in the store. Mr. Schoellerman enlarged the building to 24x64 feet, built an addition for a residence, and put in a full line of general merchandise. He has built up a lucrative trade and now handles all classes of general merchandise, dry goods, groceries and hardware. He is assisted in the store by his son, Ben.

Mr. Schoellerman was married at Garnavillo, Iowa, November 17, 1874, to Julia Quencel, who was bom in Garnavillo, October 10, 1852. These parents have seven living children, as follows: Julius, of Beadle county, South Dakota; Will, of Ward county, North Dakota; Hubert, of Clark county, South Dakota; Alfred, of Sioux Valley township; Ben, residing at home; Ora and Olga (twins), attend-

HENRY W. VOEHL (1891). One of the most successful farmers of Rost township is the gentleman, whose name heads this biography. Henry W. Voehl was born in LaSalle county, Illinois, September 2, 1870, the son of Conrad and Barbara (Steinhardt) Voehl. When he was two years old the family moved to Iroquois county, and there he grew to manhood. He attended the country schools and worked on his father's farm. As farm land was high in that county, in the spring of 1891, Henry was sent to Jackson county to work on a farm there for one season, to find out the opportunities offered, the climate conditions, etc. Being well pleased with the country he went back to Illinois in December, 1891, and returned to Jackson county in the spring of 1892, accompanied by his parents' brothers and sister and many other immigrants from Iroquois county, the party having with them an entire train load of stock, machinery and household goods.

After arriving in Jackson county Henry completed his education with a year's course in the Breck college of Wilder, and thereafter he worked on his father's Rost township farm until 1899. That year he engaged in farming for himself, having bought the northwest quarter of section 16 the year before, and that has ever since been his home. AVhen he bought the farm it was unimproved prairie land, and all the improvements which grace the place today are the results of his work. He has a commodious residence, modern in every particular. His farm is all tiled and fenced with hogtight fencing in the six-field system.

Besides his farming operations Mr. Voehl is interested in many other lines of business. He has just begun the breeding of the thoroughbred Holstein cattle for dairy purposes, and expects to engage in the business extensively. For the past nine years he has owned and operated a threshing machine. When tlie Rost Cooperative Dairy association was organized in 1898 he was one of the organizers and was its first secretary, an office he also holds at the present time. He has also been president and a director of the company. Mr. Voehl was one of the organizers of one of the first rural telephone lines in Jackson county - the Rost

Telephone company - ^and has ever since been secretary of the company. He has stock in the Fiist National Bank of Lakefield and is vice president of the bank. He is also a stockholder in the First State Bank of Okabena and in the Jackson County Cooperative company's store at Lakefield. He has shares in and is a director of the Farmers Cooperative Elevator company of Lakefield.

In church matters Mr. Voehl takes a prominent part. He is a member of the Rost German Lutheran church and has been treasurer of the church society for a number of years. Iir a local political way he has also been active. He has been clerk of Rost township since March, 1895, and has been clerk of school district No. 103 for the past seventeen years. He was the census enumerator for the townships of Rost and EWington when the federal census of 1900 was taken. He also does surveying for tile drains.

The parents of Henry Voehl came to the United States from Germany in the spring of 1870. They lived in LaSalle county, Illinois, a short time and then located in Iroquois county. They came to Jackson county in 1891 and made their home in Rost township. The father died March 18, 1003, at the age of 60 years. The mother still lives in Rost and is 69 years of age. Henry is the youngest of a family of four children, the others being Conrad R., Walter and Lizzie (Mrs. Henry Brill).

Mr. Voehl is a man of family. He was married in Rost township June 18, 1899, to Mary Albers. She is a daughter of Henry and Annie (Ernst) Albers and was bom in Cook county, Illinois, July 8, 1877. To Mr. and Mrs. Voehl have been born four children, as follows: Annie B., born July 1, 1900; Lillian E., born April 4, 1902; Leona F., born June 21^ 1906; Sadie M., born January 2, 1909.

THEODORE FUGLESTEEN (1899) resides in Middletown township, a short distance south of the village of Jackson. He engages in farming and stockraising and buys and ships stock on an extensive scale. He owns a 120- acre farm on section 1, Middletown, and eighty acres on sections 6 and 7, Petersburg, and also has an interest in a (quarter section in Deuel county, South Dakota. He has a finely improved farm, and is on the road to success.

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1876. His parents were Edward and Mary (Lunde) Fugksteen, the father dying when our subject was six years of age. He was the eldest child, and at the tender age of six he began to work to help support the family. He attended school as opportunity offered, and when fifteen years of age came to America. For five years he worked on farms near LeRoy, Minnesota, attending the An>erican schools during the winter months. In 1896 he rented a farm near LeRoy and engaged in farming there three years. In 1899 he moved to Jackson county, and he and his brotherin-law, John Westerse, farmed on section 12, Middletown, in partnership three years. During the next four years he engaged in the threshing and horse business; then he moved onto the farm upon which he still makes his home, having previously traded western land for it. Mr. Fuglesteen is a director of the Jackson County Cooperative Elevator and Stock company.

At Lakefield, on September 6, 1907, Mr. Fuglesteen was married to Helen Monson, a native of Wisconsin. One child, a daughter, has blessed this union, having been born November 29, 1908.

Theodore is the eldest of a family of six living children, named as follows: Theodore, Knute, Ole, Conrad, Peter and Carrie (Mrs. John Westerse), of Middletown.

FREDERICK W. TROSIN (1881) owns and farms 240 acres of land in Heron Lake township a short distance north of Lakefield, where he has resided nearly thirty years.

Mr. Trosin was born in Germany September 28, 1857.' There he received his education and there he spent the first twenty-four years of his life. His early days were spent working at farm work but during the last seven years of his residence there he was engaged as a fisherman. Our subject came to America in 1881 and proceeded immediately to Jackson county. Two months after his arrival he became a land owner, buying a part of his present farm. He spent the first two or three years working out on neighboring farms, then married and engaged in farming. The farm at the time of purchase was unimproved except for a little homesteader's cabin (in which he lived four or five years) and he has made all the improvements the place boasts.'

and Christina (Mattzlof) Trosin. They came to America tlie same time their son did, and the father died on his son's farm in Heron Lake township. There are nine children in the family - six boys and three girls - and all are living in the United States.

^Ir. Trosin was married in Rost township December 21, 1884, to Tillie Mittelstadt, who was born in Germany and who came to America when one year old. She accompanied lier parents, Frederick and Sophia Mittelstadt, from the old country, lived in Wisconsin a short time and then located in Rost township. Her father, who was one of the early homesteaders of Rost township, died in 1906; her mother is yet living. To Mr. and Mrs. Trosin have been born five children, as follows: Bertha (Mrs. Ferdinand Malchow)., Othela, Mcnna, Emma and Leonard. William died at the age of eighteen months and Richard died when sixteen years of age.

Mr. Trosin was largely responsible for the organization of school district No. 80 and he has been the treasurer of the district ever since. He is a member of the German Lutheran church of Lakefield.

CARL J. SWENSON (1884), of Jackson, was born in Rockford, Illinois, August 30, 1883, the son of Olof O. Swenson and Ida (Swenson) Swenson. His parents were natives of Sweden. His father died in 1897; his mother lives in Petersburg township.

Carl came to Jackson county with his parents when seven months old. His father bought a homestead right to the northeast quarter of section 2, Petersburg township, and upon that farm Carl grew to manhood. He attended the district school and assisted with the farm work until he was twenty years of age. He then located in Alpha and for several years was R. F. D. carrier on route No. 1 out of Alpha. During two years of this time Mr. SAvenson spent his mornings and afternoons working in the Bank of Alpha. During the year 1908 he also conducted a livery barn at Alpha, but disposed of that and located in Jackson, where he has since resided.

Mr. Swenson was treasurer of the Alpha fire department three years, was treasurer of the Alpha cornet band four years and was constable of Alpha village one year. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of Alpha

MAX HARTNECK (1896), proprietor of a dray line in Heron Lake and local agent of the Standard Oil company, is a native Minnesotan, having been born in New Ulm June 19, 1867. His parents were Joseph and Eosa (Rach) Hartneck, who came to Brown county, Minnesota, from Chicago in 1855, making the trip in a small steamboat up the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers. The father died in Brown county about thirty-seven years ago and the mother in 1907 at the age of 70 years.

Max secured his education in the schools of New Ulm and made his home there until he was nineteen years of age. Then he moved to Tracy, Minnesota, where for the next eleven years he worked in a butcher shop and ice plant. He moved to Heron Lake in 1896 and that village has since been his home. He worked in a butcher shop one year and four years in a lumber yard. In 1901 Mr. Hartneck became local agent for the Standard Oil company and one year later he engaged in the draying business and has since been so engaged.

Mr. Hartneck has servinl as constable of Heron Lake for the last two vears and has been a member of the Heron Lake fire department for the last eleven years. He holds membership in the M. W. A., K. P., M. B. A. and Pioneer lodges.

Mr. Hartneck was married in Heron Lake in 1897 to ^Jrs. Annie Hopkins, who was born in Nobles county. They have no children of their own but have an adopted daughter, Mamie R. By a former marriage Mrs. Hartneck is the mother of one child, Frank Hopkins.

CARL TEir; (1903) is a Hunter township farmer who resides two miles south of the village of Lakefield. He is a native of Story county, Iowa, and was born June 20, 1876, the son of Ole and Sarena Teig. These parents were born in Norway and came to the United States thirty-five years ago. From that time until 1904 they lived in Story and Hardin counties, Iowa; then they came to Jackson county and have since lived in Belmont township, Their children are Carl, John, Ode,

Carl made his home with his parents in Story and Hardin counties until he was twenty years of age, being educated in the schools of Hardin county. At the age of twenty he married and engaged in the carpenter business, having served an apprenticeship at the trade before that time. He worked at his trade in Story. Hardin and Hamilton counties until 1903, when he came to Jackson county. lie engaged in farming the northeast quarter of section 8, Hunter township, and tliat place has since been his home.

Mr. Teig was married in Hamilton county, Iowa, October 8, 1896, to Julia Berve, a native of Ogle county, Hlinois, and a daughter of Nels and Anna Berve. Mr. and Mrs. Teig are the parents of the following named children: Amos, born July 18, 1897; Silas, born January 6, 1899; Otis, bom October 24, 1900; Nora, born November 15, 1902; Clara, bom December 5, 1904; Nels, born June 25, 1906; Clarence, born September 1, 1908. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Lakefield.

JOHN D. SCHNAPP (1905) owns and farm« 400 acres of land on section 28, Sioux Valley township. He was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, October 5, 1864, the eldest of a family of eight children born to Jacob and Maggie (Ebersault) Schnapp, now living in Menard countv, Illinois.

John spent, the greater part of his life in his native state. Until he was twenty-four years of age he resided on the farm with his parents; then he rented the home place and conducted it until 1896. That year he rented another farm in tlie southern part of Sangamon county and engaged in farming there four years. He located in Dickinson county, Iowa, in 1900, buying a farm and engaging in farming five years. He sold out in 1905 and bought his present farm in Sioux Valley township, where he has since resided. Mr. Schnapp has made most of the improvements his farm has. During the season of 1909 he raised 3,000 bushels of corn and about 2,000 bushels of small grain. He has been a director of school district No. 64 for the past two years.

DANIEL K. HASBAROEN (1890) is a grain and dairy farmer of Wisconsin township. He owns a t320 acre farm on sections 34 and 27. He was born in Grermany January 9, 1861, the son of Ralph A. and Wate (Greenhoff) Hasbargen. and the eldest of a family of eight children. Two sisters and one brother of this family are living, namely, Fredericka (Mrs. Henry Saathoff), Harmena (Mrs. C. Reisken) and Charles.

The father of our subject died in the old country at the age of 39, in 1872, leaving his wife with a large family of children. She and the children came to America in 1882, lived in Iroquois county, Illinois, several years and then came to Jackson county. Mrs. Hasbargen is now seventy-seven years of age and makes her home with her son, Charles, in Wisconsin township.

The subject of this biography immigrated to America in 1880 and for ten years engaged in farming in Iroquois county, Illinois. - Then . he came to Jackson county, bought the first quarter section of his present farm, and has ever since made his home in Wisconsin township. He is a member of the German Lutheran church. For six years he was a director of school district No. 9.

Mr. hasbargen was married in Iroquois county, Illinois, April 10, 1888, to Anchen Tholen, who was born in Germanv. Ten children have been born to this union, of whom Ralph, Hattie and an infant have died. Those living are Ralph, Henry, Carl, Johannes, Walter, Martin and Katie.

FRANK M. LEV (1889), carrier for R. F. D. route No. 1 out of Jackson, was bom in Bol.emia April 24, 1875, the son of Albert H. and Anna M. (Veverka) Lev. The father now lives in Jackson and is 77 years of age; the mother died at Jackson April 19, 1909, aged 68 years and eight months. There are three living children of this family besides the subject of this biography. They are Mrs. Mary Vajner, Albert A. Lev and Mrs. Anna Benda.

In 1883 Frank accompanied his parents to America, the family home being made at Mount Vernon, Iowa. In 1889 the family moved to Jackson county and made their home on thcf south half of the northwest quarter of section eight, Des Moines township. Frank lived with his parents on that farm until 1906. Then he acquired the propertly, rented it and moved to Jackijpn, where he bought village property. He took the position of mail carrier for route one in 1906} and has since been engaged in that occupation.

Mr. Lev is a member of the Catholic church. He was married in Chicago December 11, 1906, to Anna R. Benesh, a native of the city in which she was married and a daughter of \\'enzel and Mary Benesh. Mr. and Mrs. Lev are the parents of one child, Elenora, born April 3, 1908.

WILLIAM HUNT (1889) is a farmer and landowner of Middletown township and has lived in the county over twenty years. He is a native of London, England, and was born August 4, 1870, the son of Frederick J. and Isabelle (Dick) Hunt. His father was also a native of EAgland and died in his native land in 1873. The motlier of our subject is of Scottish birth, having been bom at Kelso. After the death of her first husband she married Thomas Sinclair, of Rockford, Illinois, having come to the United States in 1881. Mr. Sinclair died in 1908 and his widow, the mother of our subject, now lives at Spirit Lake.

William Hunt is one of a family of four children. He spent the first fourteen years of his Mfe attending school in his native country. He came to the United States in 1885 and located at Rockford, Illinois, where he resided three years, learning the printer's trade. He came to Jackson county in 1889 and for years lived with his step-father on section 15, Middletown township. He then started out in life for himself and has since been engaged in farming in Des Moines and Middletown townships. He located on his present farm, the northeast quarter of section 6, Middletown, in the spring of 1908. While a resident of Des Moines Mr. Hunt served as treasurer of school district No. 11, and he is now clerk of district No. 55. Ho is a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge.

In Middletown township on November 26, 1894, Mr. Hunt was united in marriage to Minnie Muir, who was born in the county April 9, 1875, and who is the daughter of that pioneer settler, R. C. Muir. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hunt, as follows: Rob-

OLE THORESON (1905), attorney at law at Lakefield, is a native of St. Croix county, Wisconsin, where lie was born December 1, 1872. He is the son of Thore and Ingeborg ^Haldorson) Thoreson. His parents were bom in Norway and were married there. Thev came to the United States in the late sixties and located in St. Croix county, where they homesteaded land and where they still reside. Our subject is one of a family of seven children, as follows: Thore, Henry, C. F., Ole, Tobey, Anna and Peter.

Our subject' spent his boyhood days on his father's farm in St. Croix county. He began attending the district schools when six years of age and when fourteen he entered St. Olaf college at Northfield, Minnesota, where, with the exception of one year, he was a student for six years. After finishing his junior year Mr. Thoreson was made principal of the school at Woodville, Wisconsin, his home town, and taught one year. After leaving St. Olaf ho entered Minnesota state university and completed the academic course in 1901. Two years later he began his studies in the law department of the uiversity and was graduated in 1905, having been admitted to the bar June 2, 1905. He at once moved to Lakefield, opened an office and has since been practicing his profession in that city. He practices in all courts.

Mr. Thoreson was married in Lakefield December 20, 1907, to Amanda Erickson, a native of Jackson county and a daughter of Emil and Amelia Erickson, of Lakefield. To Mr. and Mrs. Thoreson has l)een born one child. Tola Evelyn, bom November 5, 1908. . Mr. and Mrs. Thoreson are members of the Lutheran church.

HENRY BESTE (1900) is a farmer and land owner of Sioux Valley township. He is a native of Germany and was born July 2, 1853, the youngest of a family of three children born to August and Carolina (Miller) Beste. Both his parents died in the old country. A brother of our subject is August Beste, of the United States navy. He is a captain of one of the gunboats and took part in the Spanish-American Tvar,

Henry came to America from Germany in 1867 and located first at Baltimore, Maryland. He spent the first winter driving a baggage wagon in that city and then located at Little York, Pennsylvania, where for the next year he was employed as a stock tender on the Ohio river. Returning to Baltimore after his service, he was employed as a sausage maker a year and a half. Mr. Beste then returned to his old home in Germany and enlisted in the German army to fight in the war between that county and France, he being enlisted as an ambulance driver. After the war Mr. Beste remained in Germany three years, being employed as a driver of a stone wagon.

Retuming to the United States, Mr. Beste located in Scott county, Iowa, where for three years he had employment on the section. He then engaged in farming in Scott county, renting for a number of years and later buying seventy-two acres of land. Mr. Beste came tx> Jackson county in 1900 and bought the northwest quarter of section 26, Sioux Valley township, where he has since lived. In addition to his Jackson countv farm Mr. Beste owns a quartei^ section of land in Butte county. South Dakota. He is a member of the German Lutheran church and of the M. W. A. lodge.

Mr. Beste was married in Grermany November 12, 1883, to Agnes Miller. To them have been born the following named children: Ernest, Henrietta, Agnes, Caroline, Hilda, Henry, Alfred, Freda.

WILLIAM ADAMS (1900), proprietor of a Jackson dray line and agent for the Standard Oil company, was born in Nobles county. Minnesota, January 27, 1884, the only son of George and Jane (Philhour) Adams. Both his parents located in Nobles county in the seventies. His mother died there when William was six years of age; his father moved to Jasper county, Indiana, and died several years vears later.

After his mother's death our subject went to Rensselaer, Jasper county, Indiana, where he resided with his grandparents four years. Then he began working out on farms and earning his own living. When sixteen years of age he moved to Wabash county, Illinois, to make his home with an uncle, and two years later located in Lawrence county, Illinois, and worked as a farm hand. Three years were spent In central Hlinois after that, and then, in February, 1900, he located in Jackson, where he has since lived. The first two years in the village he worked out, and in 1902 he established the dray business which he has since conducted.

WILLIAM POHLMAN (1882), of Weimer township, is one of the successful farmers of that precinct. He was born in Grermany July 22, 1863, the son of Karl and Christina (Geisclman) Pohlman. He is the eldest of five fons, all of whom are living in Jackson county. His father died in September, 1902, aged 63 years;' his mother lives in Heron Lake township.

William received his education and grew to manhood in his native land. He accompanied his parents to the new world in 1882 and with them came to Jackson countv. He worked on the farm one year and then located in Cottonwood county, where he worked as a farm laborer nine years. He spent the next year working in Windom and then again became a resident of Jackson county. For a time he lived with his parents in Heron Lake town* ship and in 1898 married and located on the southwest quarter of section 36, Weimer township, which he had previously bought. He has made all the improvements on the farm and has a nice home. He farms 280 acres of land in Weimer and Heron Lake townships.

Mr. Pohlman was married in Jackson July 2, 1898, to Elsie Peter, daughter of August Peter, a pioneer settler of the county. She was born in Weimer township February 14, 1881. They have three children: Christina, Paulina and Harold. Mr. Pohlman and family are members of the German Lutheran church.

CHARLES HECHT (1895), a Petersburg township farmer. Avas born in Germany April 21, 1851, the son of Carl and Josephine (Radvow Winkel) Hecht. At the age of thirteen years he came to America and located in the city of Chicago, where he lived five years and where he learned the butcher trade.

Mr. Hecht moved from Chicago to Taylor and in that vicinity engaged in farming many years. He came to Jackson county on the last day of February, 1895, located in Petersburg township, and there he has since lived. He owns 400 acres of land.

Mr. Hecht was married April 19, 1877, to Anna Loocks, who was bom February 9, 1868. Ten children have been born to this union, as follows: Laura, born March 16, 1878; George, born July 17, 1879, died October 8, 1903; Martha, bom June 4, 1881; Henry, bom June 4, 1883; ^Minnie, born September 6, 1885; Charley, born October 15, 1887; Anna, born November 15, 1889; Jennie, born December 23, 1891; August, born October 3, 1895; Milton, born September 2, 1897. The family are members of the German Lutheran church.

JOHN MA(4YAR (1889), of Jackson, was bom in Hungary April 5, 1871, the eldest of a family of four children born to George and Anna (Cicman) Magyar. The other children are Mary Durabala, who died in the spring of 1906; Anna (Mrs. John Olsavsky) and George P., of Elkton, Colorado.

The father of our subject came to America in 1879 and located in New Jersey, where he lived a year and. a half. He moved from there to Carbon, Wyoming, where he was joined in '1881 by his wife. He lived there two years, and thereafter lived two years in What Cheer, Iowa, four years at Excelsior, Iowa, and since 1889 in Jackson county, owning a farm on section 1, Belmont township.

John Magyar did not come to America with either of his parents, but he arrived in 1883 and joined them at What Cheer, Iowa. He came to Jackson county with them and resided upon the farm until twenty-four years of age. He tHen located in Jackson. For four years he was employed as a clerk in the T. H. Stall store, and in 1901 became a member of the firm. He was in business three years and then took a position in the department store of Peter Hansen.

Mr. Magyar was married at Jackson September 18, 1895, to Anna Svatlik, a native of Manitowoc county, Wisconsin. To them have been bom six children: Regina, Frank, Mary, Cecelia, Leona and Martha. Mr. Magyar, wife and children are members of the Catholic church. He owns forty acres of land in section 1, Belmont township. He is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Bohemian Catholic Western Union, having held office in both organizations since their establishment and having been a charter mem> ber of both local organizations.

ized the first choir of the Jackson Catholic church- years ago, and he is still the leader and organist. The members of the first choir were Anna Mott and Marv Skalickv, sopranos; Anna Svetlik and Matilda Motl, altos; Wenzel Motl and Frank Svetlik, tenors; Erail J. Skalicky and John Magyar, bass.

CHiVRLES SCHLAPKOHL (1903) is a Sioux Valley township farmer. He is a native of Scott county, Iowa, and was born November 11, 1864. His father, Jochim Schlapkohl, waft born in Germany, came to America when nineteen years of age and lived in Scott county, Iowa, all the rest of his life. He died in 1884 at the age of fifty years and seven months. The mother of our subject, Eliza- (Dietz) Schlapkohl, was born in Germany and is now living in Muscatine county, Iowa.

Charles was brought up on a farm and educated in tlie district schools. He spent his boyhood days at home and after his father's death, which occurred when he was twenty years of age, he conducted the home farm for his mother. He married at the age of twenty - seven, rented the home farm at that time and conducted it until he came to Jackson county in 1903. He bought his 200 acre farm on section 2, Sioux Valley, upon his arrival and has conducted the place since. His farm is tiled and otherwise well improved.