Jackson County, Minnesota - Biographical sketches, 1910 (part 7 of 13)

Gust was educated in the Swedish schools and until eighteen years of age lived with his parents. After that age he worked for his own account and in 1883 came to the United States. He located first at Sugar Notch, Luzerne county, Pennsylvtinia, where he worked at the carpenter trade four years. He then came west and for several years worked at his trade in St. Paul. While a resident of the Minnesota capital city Mr. Benson bought the southwest quarter of section 22, West Heron Lake township, and in 1893 he moved onto the land and began farming. He resided on that farm six years and bought the east half of section 28, and has since made his home on that land, farming the whole 480 acres. He is treasurer of school district No. 90.

Mr. Benson was married in St. Paul December 11, 1886, to Engri Mortenson, who was born in Sweden, the daughter of Morten Nelson, and came to the United States in 1884. To them have been born the followingg named children: Arthur, born April 28, 1890; Alma, bom November 4, 1892; Septer, born September 26, 1899; Herman, born February 3, 1904. The family are members of the Swedish Lutheran church.

ANDRE M. ST. JOHN (1897), vice president of the St. John Grain company, and manager of the Lakefield branch, is of the ninth generation of the St. John family since its arrival to America from England in the early days of the country's history. His parents were ^iatthew and Roxaline (Pierce) St. John and he was born in Albany county, New York, May 6, 1846.

Andre lived with his parents on the farm in Albany county. New York, until 1856, and in that year the family moved to the wilds cfi Minnesota and were among the fisrt settlers of Mower county, the father preempting land twelve miles south of Austin. Owing to the lack of school privileges in Minnesota territory in these early days the early education of our subject was limited. In a log cabin in Mower county he received his early schooling from his father, and at the age of sixteen years he became a student in the Cedar Valley, Iowa, Seminary, where he studied two years.

After secm-ing his education he returned to his father's farm and assisted with the work until he reached his majority. He then bought a farm in Mower county and engaged in agricultural pursuits until the year 1879. That year he moved to Mitchell county, Iowa, and was engaged in general merchandise business until 1897. He then sold out and moved to Lakefield, where he entered into partnership with his two brothers, W. P. and B. P. St. John, and engaged in the grain business. He erected the grain elevator at Lakefield at that time and has since made his home in that village.

on an extensive wholesale and retail business in grain, coal and flour. The company was incorporated with a capital stock of $150,000 in 1907. The home office is in Heron Lake and the company owns and maintains elevators at the following named places: Heron Lake, Wilder, Windom, Bingham Lake, LeSueur, Amboy, Winnebago City, Elmore, Adrian, Brewster, Beaver Creek in Minnesota, and Ledyard, Hospers and Rock Rapids and other points in Jowa. The officers of the company are B. P. St. John, president and treasurer; A. M. St. John, vice president; M. W. Smith, secretary. ITie directors are M. W. Smith, A. M. St. John,

Mr. St. John was married at Clinton Falls, Steele county, Minnesota, October 24, 1872, to Ella D. Finch, a native of New York state. She is a daughter of the late W. W. Finch, who came to Minnesota in 1853. Mr. and Mrs. St. John are the parents of the foU owing named children: Helen A. (Mrs. Leslie Hill), of Watertown, South Dakota; Alice L. (Mrs. Lester B. Parsons), of Watertown, South Dakota; Wilhelmina (Mrs. Eugene Callan), of Woodstock, Minnesota; Sherman E. St. John, of Republic, Washington.

During the years *1 900, 1901 and 1907 Mr. St. John served as president of the Lakefleld village council and he has also been a member of the board of education. He is a member of the Methodist church and of the M. W. A. and Yeomen lodges.

ALEXANDER T. FIDDES (1880), junior member of the firm of A. Fiddes & Son, Jackson, and half owner of the drug business of that firm, is a native of Jackson. He was born December 21, 1880, and is the son of Alexander and Agnes (Hunter) Fiddes, pioneers of the village.

The subject of this review secured his general education in the village of his birth, having been graduated from the high school in 1898. He then took a position in his father's drug store, which was purchased that year from C. A. Portraann, and four years later took a course in Drew's school of pharmacy. Later he purchased a half interest in the business from his father and has since been engaged in managing the business. The store is located

THEODORE E. GAGE (1884), one of the members of the firm of Gage Brothers, dealers in implements at Lakefield, has resided in Jackson county all his life. He is the son of the late Charles M. and Estella (McClellan) Gage.

Charles Gage, the father, was bom in Elgin, Kane county, Illinois, in 1863, and he lived on his father's farm near that city until 1884. He then married and moved to Jackson county. He bought a farm in Belmont township, upon which he lived imtil 1897. He then moved to Lakefield and engaged in the implement business with John Frederickson. One year later Mr. Frederickson sold to E. A. Gage and the firm became Gage Brothers, which it still continues to be, although there have been changes in the ownership since the firm was named. In 1905 E. A. Gage sold his interests to his brother, John Gage. Charles Gage continued in the business until his death, which occurred July 19, 1908. Charles M. Gage was the father of five children, as follows: Theodore E., Florence M., Bertie M., Harold and Sylvia S. ^

Theodore E. Gage, the eldest of these children and the subject of this biography, was born on the farm in Belmont township November 3, 1884. He received his primary education in the district schools of Belmont township and then attended the graded and high schools of Lakefield, having been graduated from the latter institution in 1902. He completed his education in Hamline university. In the spring of 1905 Mr. Gage took a position as bookkeeper in the Jackson County State Bank, and in 1907 became assistant cashier. He held that position until his father's death in 1908, when he took his father's interest in the implement business, and he has since been an active member of the firm.

Mr. Gage was married in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, June 17, 1908, to Grace Belle Adair, who was born in Minneapolis May 20, 1884, and who is the daughter of F. D. Adair, a former merchant of Lakefield. They are the parents of a son, Charles Adair, bom April 6, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Gage are members of

Biogbaphical Histoby

PETER DILLEY (1892) owns and farms a quarter section farm on section 11, Enterprise township, where he has lived for the last eighteen years. He is a native of Huntington, England, and was bom June 20, 1860, son of George Dilley, who resides with his son, and Ann (Kay) Dilley, who is dead.

ted States at the age of twenty -one years and located at Orland, Cook county, Illinois. Therci he resided eleven years, spending the first year working at bis trade and the rest engaged in farming. In 1885 he bought his present farm in Enterprise township, and in March, 1892, moved to Jackson county and located upon the farm, where he has ever since lived. He is a director and stockholder of the Farmers Elevator company of Alpha and has stock in the Enterprise creamery. He holds the oflfice of chairman of the township board and has served for thirteen years, and for seven years he was a director of his school district. He is a member of M. W. A. lodge No. 6383, Alpha. Mr. Dilley was married March 22, 1885, to Hattie Troffer. She died April 6, 1891. The second marriage of Mr. Dilley occurred July 30, 1891, when he wedded Jane Bcagley, of Orland, Illinois. She was bom June 26, 1867. To these parents have been bom the following named children i Cecelia, born June 2, 1892; Gordon, born November 8, 1894; Lilly, born March 26, 1896; Mary, bora September 17, 1897; Flossie, bora April 8, 1899; Bernard, bom September 2, 1902; Annie, born October 26, 1903; Leonard, bom March 31, 1905; Bessie, bom November 29, 1906.

FERDINAND KOEHN (1884) is one of the prosperous farmers and big landowners of Heron Lake township, owning 400 acres in one piece on sections 2 and 3, all of which he and his sons farm. He has resided on his present farm twenty -five years.

Mr. Koehn was born in Germany November 22, 1865, the youngest of a family of five children. His father died when our subject was a child and he spent his early days living with his mother and working on farms. His mother and the other children came to America in 1879 and for five and one-half years lived in Lapeer county, Michigan. His mother died in 1899, aged 82 years. Our subject came to Jackson county in 1884, bought eighty acres of his present farm, and upon that land has ever since resided.

In the village of Lakefield, on April 26, 188G, Mr. Koehn was married to Henrietta Daily, who was born in Germany in 1859 and came to the United States when twenty years of age. Eight children have been born to these parents, as follows: Otto, bom January 23, 1887; Charlie, bom March 11, 1888; Fred, born July 11, 1889; Alvena, born July 20, 1891; Minnie, bom December 9, 1892; Paulina, born November 6, 1894; Emil, born March 6, 1896; Bertha, born June 7, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Koehn and children are members of the German Lu-* theran church.

LEONARD A. LIBRA (1887) is a landowner and farmer of Petersburg township who has lived on his present place twenty-two years. He was born in Moravia, Austria, September 3, 1867, the son of Joseph and Josephine (Ambrose) Libra.

Our subject received a common school education in his native country and in December, 1880, emigrated with his parents to America, who located in DeSoto, Iowa. Although not yet a man grown Leonard spent most of the time of the seven years* residence in that place working in a stone quarry. In 1887 Mr. labra came to Jackson county and located on his present farm in Petersburg township, on section 17, where he has since been en^ged in farming. He owns 120 acres of land and has served as a member of the township board since 1906. He belongs to the Workmen, Woodmen and Z. C. B. J. lodges.

Mr. Libra was married April 4, 1885, in De Soto, Iowa, to Mary Zebedee. As a result of this union three children ^ere born; Edward A. and Mary E., bom July 17, 1887, and Anna bom December 17, 1889. Mr. Libra's second marriage occurred October 16, 1892, when he wedded Josie Najt in Jackson. To these parents have been bom the following children: Roy E., bom March 15, 1894; William L., born May 28, 1897; Ella J., born June 5, 1900; Lydia, born October 19, 1901; Nettie, bom May 12, 1903; Leonard A., Jr., bom March 29,

CHRIST STUDE (1895), farmer of Alba township, was born in Livingston county, 11- linois, August 19, 1866, the son of Cbrist and Margaret (Kroa) Stude, of whom the former is dead, the latter living in the state of Washington.

Mr. Stude resided in his native county until the year 1895. That year he came to Jackson county and bought the northwest quarter of section 33, Alba township. He has ever since been engaged in farmihg the place, making his home with his brother, Henry Stude. He is unmarried and one of a family of five children, the others being Henry, Charlie, Annie (Mrs. Herman Leeck) and Lewis. He is a stockholder in the Brewster creamery and also in the Farmers grain elevator at Brewster.

LOUIS W. ASHLEY (1879), proprietor of a dray line in the village of Jackson, was born in Des Moines township, .Jackson county, September 26, 1879, the oldest son of Leonard and Mary (Thomas) Ashley, who reside just south of Jackson, and who are old settlers of the county.

Louis received his education in the Jackson schools. He worked on his father's farm and at different occupations until reaching his majority. He moved to Jackson in 1900 and for two years worked with the telephone company. In 1902 he engaged in tlie dray business, which he has since followed. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge and of the Equitable Fraternal union.

Mr. Ashley was married in the coimty June 22, 1907, to Lydia Raasch, daughter of the late Carl Raasch and Mrs. Raasch. One child has been born to this union, Floyd, born January 24, 1909.

MARK HUSBY (1884), of Belmont township, was born in that township May 20, 1884, the son of Gunder and Paulina (Peterson) Husby, of Jackson, and the eldest of a family of seven children. On the farm upon which he was born Mark has spent his entire life. He secured an education in the school in district No. 79 and until he was twenty years old worked for his

Mr. Husby was married in Belmont township December 9, 1903, to Carine Leen, a native of Emmet county, Iowa, and a daughter of Christ and Thora Leen. Mr. and Mrs. Husby are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

FRANCIS O. LEE (1892) resides in the village of Jackson, from which place he farms his Middletown township land, four miles southwest of town. He has been a resident of the county seventeen years.

The parents of our subject are John and Hannah (Spink) Lee. John Lee was bom in Haslet, Yorkshire, England, October 18, 1829; Hannah Spink, in Hook) Yorkshire, England, January 28, 1834. They were married November 30, 1852, and in July, 1853, came to the United States. From the time he was sixteen years of age until his marriage John Lee was a sailor. Upon their arrival to the new world Mr. and Mrs. Lee located at East Haven, New Y'ork, and eighteen months later moved to Morgan county, Illinois. In January, 1868, they moved to Logan county, Illinois, and the next year to Sangamon county of the same state, where they bought a farm and resided until 1891. They then moved to the town of Buffalo, in Sangamon county, and there they still reside. Mr. and Mrs. John Lee brought up a family of twelve children, of whom eight are living. The children are: George R., born April 21, 1855, died February 18, 1904; William, born September 28, 1856, died May 27, 1908; Mariam, born April 7, 1858; Francis Oliver, born February 12, 1860; Joseph, bom August 18, 1861, died April 15, 1863; John Albert, bom May 14, 1863; Morris Parker, bom January 28, 1865; Minnie Ann, bom July 15, 1867; Nora Bell, born June 18, 1869; Anna Adelia, born August 25, 1873; Aldie May, born April 11, 1875; Sarah Elizabeth, born January 10, 1878, died December 20, 1884.

It was while his parents were living in Morgan county, Illinois, on the twelfth day of February, 1860, that Francis Oliver Lee was born. Until he was of age he worked on his father's farm; then he farmed rented land ami made his home with his parents until he was twenty-five years old. Then he rented a farm near Curran, Sangamon county, farmed

1892, came to Jackson county, Minnesota. He farmed in Des Moines township one year, and then located in Middletown township, where he resided ten years. While still a resident of IllinoiSj Mr. Lee had come to Jackson county and bought the northeast quarter of section 4, Middletown township, which he still owns, but upon which he never lived. In the fall of 1902 Mr. Lee moved to Jackson, bought town property, and has since made his home there, engaged in conducting his farm. During his residence in Middletown Mr. Lee served one term as a member of the township board. He holds membership in the A. F. & A. M., the M. W. A. and the Eastern Star lodges. His wife is a member of the Presbyterian church and of the Eastern Star and Royal Neighbors lodges.

Francis Oliver Lee was married at Mount Pulaski, Logan county, Hlinois, on the first day of the year 1885, to Miss June Alexander, who was bom in Waynesville, Dewitt county, Illinois, May 28, 1862, the daughter of Orrin A. and Lockey M. (Parker) Alexander. Her mother died September 2, 1887, aged 56 years, 4 months and 8 days. Her father died October 23, 1908, aged 84 years.

Orrin A. Alexander was a noted photographer of war times and before, and he took several pictures of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas when they were on their memorable debating trip. These pictures are in the possession of Mrs. F. 0. Lee. From these originals all the pictures of Lincoln of that time have been copied. Of Mr. Alexander's work as a photographer the Decatur (Hlinois) Review of Novemmber 29, 1908, said:

"When O. A. Alexander was found dead in Mount Pulaski it was recalled that during the war he was a traveling photographer with a territory comprising Decatur, Bloomington, Clinton and Springfield. When his daughter, Mrs. Oliver l^e, of Jackson, Minnesota, came to dispose of her father's effects she found great quantities of copper plates, mates, frames and capes used in the mounting of daguerreotype pictures. Among them she found many photographs of army officers and fair ladies, but of greater interest were pictures of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas, taken at the time of the famous debate."

Mr. and Mrs. Lee have three children: Reuel Parker, born February 18, 1888, in Logan county, Illinois; Mabel June, born October 17, 1890, in Logan county, Illinois; Royal Emory, born March 27, 1894, in Middletown township, Jackson county.

W. L. CALLISON (1896) is the manager of the Farmers Cooperative Elevator company of Heron Lake. He was born near the city of Laporte, Indiana, June 9, 1842, the son of James and Paulina (Phillips) Callison. The father was born in Whiteside county, West Virginia, and moved to Laporte county, Indiana, when quite young. After becoming of age he bought government land there and engaged in farming imtil 1863. That year he moved to Rock county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in 1888. Our subject's mother was a native of Erie county, Pennsylvania. She was married to Mr. Callison in Laporte county, Indiana, and died October, 1906, at the age of 86 years. They were the parents of ten children, six of whom are living, our subject being the third oldest.

W. L. Callison resided on the farm in Laporte county, Indiana, until his parents moved to Rock county, Wisconsin, in 1863. He remained under the parental roof one year after the family moved to Wisconsin; then he started out in life for himself. He located in Winneshiek county, Iowa, and for one year was the foreman of the Locus Lane farm. He then went to West Union, Iowa, where he engaged in farming four year*. He then engaged in the grain business and that has been his occupation ever since. He bought grain in West Union, Iowa, in Hazelton, in Oelwein, and in Boy den, being a resident of the last named town from 1881 to 1889, and serving as postmaster four years under appointment by Grover Cleveland.

In 1889 Mr. Callison went to Rock Valley, Iowa, where he bought grain four years; then he moved to Hartland, Wisconsin, where he engaged in the grain and hardware business until 1890. In August of the last named year he moved to Heron Lake, where he has since been a grain buyer. The Farmers Cooperative Elevator company, of which he is the manager, is composed of farmers living tributary to Heron Lake, most of them living in Jackson county, a few in Cottonwood county. The com- pany was organized October 15, 1904, and bought the elevator of the Anchor Grain company. The officers and directors of the company are: Jerry Sullivan, president; Tollef Egge, vice president; L. F. Lammers, secretary; C. F. Morley, treasurer; John Mathias, C. G. Buckley^ F. J. Stenzel and N. J. Henkles.

Mr. Callison served as assessor of Heron Lake village four terms. He is a member of the Methodist church and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for the last nine years. He belongs to the Odd Fellows lodge of Heron Lake, to the Encampment at Windom, and to the Iowa Legions lodges.

At West Union, Iowa, on December 22, 1868, Mr. Callison was married to Elizabeth J. Knox, a native of Newark, New Jersey, and a daughter of John and Jennie Knox, natives of Ireland and later residents of New Jersey, and carlv settlers 4o Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Callison have been the parents of four children, of whom the following two daughters are living: Jennie (Mrs. J. F. McKellar), of Windom; Mabel (Mrs. M. B. Kellam), of St. Paul. Joseph C. Callison and William E. Callison, sons of these parents, are deceased.

JOHN B. THOMPSON (1893) is a farmer and breeder of thoroughbred Duroc- Jersey hogs and owns the southeast quarter of section 21, Middletown township. He was born in Leaf Rivei; township. Ogle county, Illinois, August 31, 1868, the son of David and Mary (Ballaugh) Thomson.

David Thomson was bom in Johnstown, -Scotland, and came to the United States in 1849. In the city of New York he worked at the baker's trade until 1852. The next ten years of his life were spent in California; then he returned to New York, lived there a short time, and then located in Ogle county, Hlinois, where he bought a farm and where he has ever since resided. He is now 81 years old. His wife was bom in Brooklyn, was married to Mr. Thomson in the spring of 1862, and is now living at the age of 70 years. John B. Thomson is one of twelve children born to these parents, of whom the following named eleven are living: Will, Jean, Euphemia, John B., Stewart, a doctor of Byron, Hlinois; Alexander, a doctor of St. Tx)uis; Mattie, Nisbet, Edward, Robert and (Jeorge.

country schools and in a business college of Rockford, Illinois. At the age of twenty be took a position as shipping clerk in the S. B. Wilkins knitting factory at Rockford, but later he returned to his father's home and lived there until 1893. That year Mr. Thomson moved to Jackson county and located upon the farm which he had bought the year before and where he has ever since resided. He established his herd of thoroughbred hogs eight years ago.

Mr. Thomson was married in Jackson October 19, 1898, to Mary Muir, daughter of Robert and Mary Muir, pioneers of the county, who now live at LaMoure, North Dakota, ^irs. Thomson was born in the log house on the old Middletown homestead July 24, 1873. Five children have been born to this union, named as follows: Mary E., bom January 26, 1900; Minnie J., bom August 7, 1902; Mattie A., bom January 25, 1905; Nellie B., bora May 5, 1907; Eva M., bom July 22, 1909.

H. S. CULBERTSON (1891), manager of the Jackson branch of the Laird -Norton Yards, lumber and fuel dealers, is a native of the Keystone state, having been bom in Warren county, Pennsylvania, April 10, 1861, the son of John H. and Jane (Morritt) Ciilbertson. The father died in 1876; the mother in August, 1907, at the age of 79 years.

Wlien our subject was seven years of age the family moved from Pennsylvania to Clayton county, Iowa, and on a farm in that county Mr. Culbertson lived until 1885. After his father's death in 1876 he took the management of the farm. In 1885 he went to Dakota and other western states and for several years was unsettled as to location. During' one year he lived in Estherville, Iowa. Mr. Culbertson moved to Jackson in 1891 and took a position with the John Paul Lumber company, this firm being succeeded by the Lamb Lumber company, and later by the Laird -Norton Yards. He has held the position of local manager of this yard ever since locating in the village.

The Laird-Norton Yards purchased the Jackson branch in 1905. This company was established in 1855 at Winona, which is still the headquarters. Messrs. Laird and Norton, who established the company, are still living and active in the management of the company. The Laird -Norton Yards was incorporated in 1900.

ty November 4, 1894, to Miss Anna C. Lewis, a daughter of Ex-Treasurer Christian Lewis. Mrs. CuJbertson was bom in Jackson county in 1872. To them have been bom two children: Gerald H. and Milton Lewis. Mr. Gulbertson is a member of the A. F. & A. M.

WALTER L. PIGMAN (1893) is a Ewington township farmer and stock raiser, farming the north half of section 28. He is a native of Montgomery county, Iowa, and was born October 8, 1875. His parents, Alonzo D. and Helen (Chambers) Pigman, are living in the state of South Dakota, aged 66 and 55 years, respectively. His father is a native of Indiana and his mother of Wisconsin.

When Walter was three years of age the family moved from Montgomery county, Iowa, to Webster county of the same state, and there he lived the next twelve vears. He was educated in the district schools and wan brought up on the farm, moving to Cherokee county, Iowa, in 1890. In 1893 Walter came to Jackson county with his parents. He lived in Lakefleld four years, working by the day as a thresherman and in other occupations. He began farming in Ewington township in 1897 and has since been so engaged, having been on the present place - the William Barton farm - for the past four years.

Mr. Pigman was married at Worthington December 29, 1904, to Martha Hoffmeister, a daughter of George and Annie Elizabeth (Schaffner) Hoffmeister. She was bom in Boone county, Iowa, October 20, 1886. They are the parents of three children: Leon, born April 19, 1905; Clarence, bom January 28, 1906, died August 22, 1907; Lloyd, bom March 22, 1908.

EMIL J. SKALICKY (1886) is a member of the firm of Matuska & Skalicky, proprietor of a hardware store, meat market and harness shop in Jackson. He is a native of Wisconsin, having been bom in Dane county August 24, 1877, the son of Frank and Sarah (Betlach) Skalicky.

The first nine years of the life of Mr. Skalicky were spent in his native county. On August 24, 1886, he came to Jackson county with his parents and until January, 1900, he resided with them on the farm in Enterprise township. On the date last mentioned he moved to Jackson and took a position as clerk in the First National Bank. A short time later he gave up his position and went to Mankato, where he took a six months' course in a business college. Returning to Jackson, he again took his position in the bank, and remained with that institution until May 22, 1907. On that date he purchased from his brother-in-law, F. A. Matuska, a half interest in that gentleman's hardware store and meat market, and the firm name became Matuska & Skalicky.

Mr. Skalicky was married November 23, 1898, to Anna Matuska, and to them have been born the following named children: John J., bom August 28, 1899; Joe J., born September 4, 1901; Louis E., bom November 8, 1904; Anna, born January 8, 1906.

Besides his to\^Ti property Mr. Skalicky owns 160 acres of land in Enterprise township and a half section of Canadian land. He is a member of the Catholic church, of the C. 0. F. and W. B. C.'U. lodges.

During the season of 1909 Matuska & Skalicky erected one of the finest business blocks in the city, costing about $16,000. It is built of Luveme gray brick and Kasota pink stone. The first floor is occupied by the hardware and harness stores of the firm, while the upper floor is occupied by the offices of business and professional men. The building was occupied for the first time in January, 1910.

CHARLES F. JACKMAN (1889), Petersburg township farmer, is a native of Genoa, Dekalb county, Illinois, where he was bom June 26, 1882. He is the son of Merton F. and Alice E. (Fenton) Jackman, of the same township.

Charles moved with his parents from Hlinois to Sherburn, Minnesota, in the spring of 1889 and in the fall of the same year came with them to Jackson county. He resided with his parents on the Petersburg township farm until 1906, when he married and engaged in farming for himself. He farms the old A. C. Jackman farm on section 24.

On June 20, 1906, Mr. Jackman was united in marriage to Miss Maria E. Sampson, of Clear Lake, Iowa. Two children have been, bora to this union: Lawrence, born October 14, 1907, died October 17, 1907; Olive F., bom October 21, 1908.

for the last fifteen years.- He was bom in Reading township, Livingston county, Illinois, August 15, 1874, and resided in that county until 1805, growing to manhood on his father's farm and receiving a conunon school education. He came to Jackson county upon reaching his majority and bought his present farm, the southeast quarter of section 32, Alba, upon which he has ever since lived. He has made practically all the improvements on the place, has all the land under cultivation, well fenced and partly tiled.

The parents of our subject were Christ and Margaret (Kroa) Stude. Both parents were born in Germany and came to America when young, having been married nnd having resided in Livingston county, Illinois. The father of our subject died there twenty-five years ago. H*i8 mother remarried and now lives in the state of Washington. Henry Stude is the eldest of a family of five children.

Mr. Stude was married in Jackson county, October 10, 1898, to Millie Baumgard. She was born in Illinois on March 10, 1880, and is a daughter of Kudolph and Gustie (Leeck) Baumgard, natives of Germany. Her mother is dead; her father lives at Hatfield, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Stude are the parents of three children, as follows: Paul, born February 17, 1901; Walter, bom October 10, 1904; Clara, bom March 26, 1907.

Mr. Stude is a member of the Alba township board of supervisors. He is a stockholder and a director of the creamery at Brewster and a stockholder in the Brewster Farmers elevator; also a stockholder in the Brewster Horse company.

GEORGE BEHRENFELD (1870), stock buyer and real estate dealer of Heron Lake, is a native of Minnesota and one of the very earliest residents of western Jackson county. He was bora August 20, 1861, at a point forty miles west of St. Paul, where is now located the town of Waconia, in Carver county. His parents were John and Anna (Shibley) Behrenfeld, natives of Germany and Switzerland, respectively.

The father of our subject came to America in 1846, lived about six months in Wisconsin, and in 1855 located in Carver county, Minnesota. There he took government land and engaged in farming until the town of Waconia was founded. At that time he moved to the new village and engaged in the hotel business until 1870. In May of that year he moved with his family to Jackson county and took a homestead in LaCrosse township. He engaged in farming there twenty- two years, and then moved to Heron Lake, where he engaged in the milling business. He died at Heron Lake in 1901, aged 77 years. The mother of our subject immigrated to America and was married to Mr. Behrenfeld in this country. She died about eighteen years ago.

George Behrenfeld accompanied his parents to Jackson county when nine years of age. H<* received a country school education and lived on his father's LaCrosse township homestead until eighteen years of age. He left home at that age and for seven years was employed in a flouring mill at Rock Rapids, Iowa. Returning to Jackson county at the end of that time, he bought land in LaCrosse township and engaged in farming five years. Leaving the farm, Mr. Behrenfeld located in Heron Lake and for a time was employed in his father's mill. Then he engaged in the stock and real estate business, which he has since followed. He has office rooms in the First National Bank building. He deals in Minnesota and North Dakota lands and buys and ships stock. He owns farms In LaCrosse and Weimer townships and village property. Mr. Behrenfeld is a member of the Catholic church and of the M. W. A.. M. B. A., Royal Neighbors and K. of C. lodges.

Mr. Behrenfeld was married in Jackson county October 15, 1886, to Louisa Powletcheck, aged 42 years, a native of Austria and a daughter of John and Eva Powletcheck. She came to Jackson county with her parents in 1872. Mr. and Mrs. Behrenfeld are the parents of the following children: Maybelle L., aged 19 years; Beatrice B., aged 16 years; Eva M., aged 13 years; John C, aged 9 years; Raymond G., aged 7 years; Marrion M., aged 4 years.

EDWARD F. HEWETT (1897) owns a 320 acre farm on sections 12 and 1, Delafield township, a short distance south of Windom. He is the son of an Episcopal minister, Rev. John Prowse Hewett, and Elizabeth (Upcott) Hewett was his mother. Both parents are deceased. Edward is one of a family of five sons and was born in Norton Fitz Warren, near Taunton, the county seat of Somerset, England, March 19, 1869.

George Behrenfeld

Until eighteen years of age Edward lived with his parents in England; then he took up the life of a sailor and for the next three years was an apprentice on board ship. On his second trip of eighteen months he made a tour of the world. In 1890 he located in Cottonwood county, Minnesota, and for two years engaged in farming in Lakeside township on a farm left him by his fatlier. Mr. Hewett married in 1893 and returned to his old home in England. A little over three years later, in 1897, he returned to the United States and became a resident of Jackson county. After farming five years in Enterprise township, he sold out and moved onto his present place, where he has since lived with the exception of a year and a half spent in California. This was from the fall of 1907 to June, 1909, when he resided near San Jose.

Mr. Hewett was married in Cottonwood coun^ ty October 21, 1893, to Carolina M. Christensen, who was born in Delafield township June 5, 1874. She is a daughter of the late Peter Christensen, who was one of the county's early settlers and who died January 28, 1906. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hewett, as follows: Francis F., bom December 30, 1894; George E., born June 7, 1896; John C, bom March 21, 1898; Arthur P., born June

Mr. Hewett is a member of the Episcopal church at Windom and of the I. O. 0. F. and A. 0. U. W. lodges, and Mr. and Mrs. Hewett are members of the Degree of Honor lodge.

JOHN McMARTIN (1893) is the manager of the Jackson vard of the C. L. Colman Lumber company. He was born in Ormstown, in the province of Quebec, Canada. His parents, Finley and Grace (McEwen) Mc- Martin, both deceased, were natives of Scotland and came to America before their marriage.

The boyhood days of John McMartin were spent on a farm in Quebec. He attended school in the town of Durham and later engaged in clerking in stores in that town. In 1868, fit the age of twenty-four years, he located in Faribault county, Minnesota, remained there only a short time and then went to Claremont, Dodge county. There he engaged in farming for a number of years and later became agent for the Laird Norton Lumber company, which position he held a number of years. In 1888 Mr. McMartin located at Clear Lake, Iowa, where for 'Ave years he was agent for the Nelson Tenney Lumber company. In 1893 he located at Jackson and since that date has beeii the manager of the C. L. Colman Lumber company. Mr. McMartin owns village property. He served two years as a member of the village council and belongs to the A. F. & A. M. lodge.

In Franklin, Quebec, on December 26, 1869, Mr. McMartin was married to Ellen F. Moe, a native of the town in which she was married. To this union have been born the following children: Edward S., Elizabeth G., Marjorio A. and Elsie.

HANS ANDERSON (1881), farmer and landowner of Enterprise township, is a native of Norway and was born August 5, 1841. His parents, who are both dead, were Anders and Oleana (Larson) Ulrickson.

Mr. Anderson lived in Norway until he was forty years of age. He received a common school education, and after growing up engaged in farming. He came to the new world in 1881, and in October of that year arrived in Jackson county. The first four years he lived on section 18, Wisconsin township. Two years after his arrival he took as a tree claim the north half of the southeast quarter of section 20, Enterprise township, and in 1886 moved onto that place, where he has ever since resided. He now owns 120 acres on that section.

In April, 1871, Mr. Anderson was married to Andrena Anderson, was was born September 4, 1845, and died December 10, 1887. Seven children were born to this union, as follows: Alma C, born September 19, 1872; Lena, born May 20, 1875; John and Andrew (twins), bom April 17, 1878; Hans, born October 28, 1880; Arthur and Enery (twins), bom May 10, 1885. Mr. Anderson and children are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Belmont.

LEWIS STUDE (1895) owns and farms the southwest quarter of section 33, Alba township. He was born in Livingston county, Hliiiois. May 25, 1882, the son of Christ and Margaret (Kroa) Stude. These parents were bom in Germany, came to America when young, and were married in Illinois. The father died

Lewis received an education in the district school of Illinois and in Alba township, Jackson county, to which place he moved with his mother and stepfather in 189&. He lived at home until seventeen years of age; then he began working for his brothers on the farm in Alba township. In 1905 the property was divided and Lewis fell heir to the southwest quarter of section 33. He improved the farm and at once began its cultivation.

Mr. Stude was married December 20, 1905, to Emma Gkrdes. She was born in Livingston county, Illinois, May 25, 1882, and is the daughter of John and Hika (Lanus) Gerdes.

IX)UIS KIESEL (1884), who is engaged in the saloon business at Jackson, has been a resident of the county just a quarter of a century. He was bom at Botkissengen, Bavaria, April 7, 1860, the son of Andrew and Christina Kiesel.

Mr. Kiesel received a common school education in his native country and emigrated to the United States in 1877. He went direct to Chicago and the same year located at Winfield, in Dupage county, Dlinois, where he lived seven years, engaging in farming. In October, 1884, Mr. Kiesel came to Jackson county and engaged in farming in Wisconsin township, five miles east of Jackson, for eight years. He moved to Jackson in 1892 and has been engaged in the saloon business ever since that date.

At Turner Junction, Illinois, on January 31, 1882, Mr. Kiesel was manied to Angelis Steflfes, to them have been born the following children: Nicholas, bom November 7, 1883, died in 1888; Joseph E., born November 15, 1884; John W., born June 15, 1888; Louis, Jr., born August 15, 1891; Frances, born December 2, 1894.

Mr. Kiesel is a member of the Catholic church and of the C. O. F., K. P., Sons of Herman and Redmen lodges. He is the owner of real estate and town property. From 1884 to 1892 he served as a member of the board of supervisors of Wisconsin township.

JOHN G. GAGE (1905), dealer in implements and heavy hardware in the village of Lakefield, is a native of Kane county, Hlinois, where he was born February 2fi, 1870. His parents were Solomon and Marion (King) Gage, descendants of colonial stock, and natives of New York and Connecticut, respectively. His father was born June 15, 1827, and died November 7, 1886. His mother was bom October 4, 1840, and died January 4, 1871.

Our subject's younger days were spent on his father's farm in Kane county, Illinois, where he received his primary education in the district schools. At the age of seventeen he became a student at the Elgin academy, Elgin, Illinois, and later was a student at Drew's Business college of Elgin and the Parker college of Winnebago City, Minnesota. In 1890 he took up the study of pharmacy in the Northwestern School of Pharmacy, of Chicago. Later he entered the Chicago College of Pharmacy, from which he was graduated in 1893. From the date of his graduation until 1897 Mr. Gage was employed as a pharmacist in Chicago. He then embarked in the drug business at Hamshire, Illinois. Selling out two years later, he moved to Chicago and worked as a pharmacist and prescription clerk tmtil 1901. That year he was appointed an instructor of dispensing in the Northwestern Medical school. I^ater he became a salesman and prescription clerk, and was so employed until 1905.

When a boy fifteen years of age, Mr. Gage first came to Jackson county and resided for a period of six months on his father's farm four miles east of Lakefield. In 1905, on account of ill health, he was obliged to give up his profession, and then it was he came to Jackson county to reside permanently. He located in Lakefield and entered into the implement and heavy hardware business in partnership with his brother, C. M. Gage, and Lakefield has since been his home. Mr. Gage owns the southeast quarter of section 1, Hunter township, and residence property in Lakefield. He is a member of the Methodist church and a prominent lodge man, holding* membership in the A. F. & A. M., at Lakefield, Chapter, at Jackson, Commandery, at Fairmont, Osman Temple, at St. Paul, Eastern Star and Odd Fellows, at Lakefield.

Mr. Gage was married in Chicago September 8, 1898, to Clara T. Burke, who was bom In Nevada county, Ohio, November 8, 1873. She is the daughter of CJharles W. Burke, who died in Chicago in December, 1908, and Henrietta Burke, who now resides in Chicago. One child

BENDICK FREDERICKSON (1876), Christiania township farmer and feeder of cattle and hogs, is a native of that township, having been born on the farm he now conducts December 7, 1876j the son of pioneer residents of Christiania. His parents were John and Engebor Frederickson, who came from Norway soon after their marriage, and, after living a short time in Olmsted county, settled in Jackson county, taking as a homestead claim in 1870 the south half of the southwest quarter of section 24, Christiania township. On that farm they lived until their death, some fifteen years ago. Bendick is the oldest of a family of four children living. The others are Albert, Henry and Anna (Mrs. Gust Thompson).

With the exception of a few years when he was working out -Bendick has spent his entire life on the home farm. He bought the farm from the other heirs in 1901 and has since resided on the place. Mr. Frederickson is not married and makes his home with the family of his brother, Albert. Recently he has begun feeding cattle and hogs for the market. In addition to his own farm he farms an eight}' acre tract on section 24. Mr. Frederickson is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and of the Sons of Norway lodge. He is a director of school district No. 26.

ALBERT ALBERTSON (1891), Ewington township fanner, was born in Logan county, Illinois, February 18, 1872, and in that county grew to manhood, securing an education and working on his father's farm. In 1891 he came to Jackson county with his parents and for ten years lived with his parents on their Ewington township farm. Mr. Albertson was married in 1901 and engaged in farming, having bought 160 acres of land on section 15. Four years later he sold that farm and bought his present place, the north half of section 16, where he has since lived. He is beginning to breed thoroughbred cattle and hogs and intends to engage in this business extensively in connection with his general farming.

The parents of our subject are Henry and Hannah Albertson. They were born in Germany, came to America when young and were married in Logan county, Hlinois. They came to Jackson county in 1891 and have since lived on their farm in Ewington township. Albert ia the oldest of a family of three boys - Albert, Fred and Theodore.

Albert Albertson was married in Ewington township February 28, 1901, to Lena von Behren, daughter of Henry von Behren, of Ewington. Mrs. Albertson was born in Hlinois in 1883. Four children have been bom to this union: Minnie, bom April 3, 1903; Sophia, bom November 7, 1906; Mary, born October 21, 1904; George F., bom October 28, 1908. The family are members of the German Lutheran church.

DR. W. W. WOLD (1894), dentist of Jackson, was born in Luveme, Minnesota, August 16, 1873, the son of B. S. and Margaret (Olson) Wold, natives of Iowa and Norway, respectively. Both are deceased. They were the parents of the following named children: Stephen, Belle, Louis, Carrie, Albert, Lillian and William.

William Wold, the subject of this biography, attended the public schools and grew to young manhood in Rock county. At the age of fifteen he entered Sioux Falls university and was a student there two years. The next two years were spent in collegiate work in Iowa City, Iowa, and he then entered the dental department of the Iowa sfate university, from which he was graduated in the spring of 1894. Immediately after graduation Dr. Wold located in Jackson and began the practice of his profession, where he has since resided. In 1900 he erected his present neat and commodious building, One block east of the court house, which he has equipped with all modern improvements and appliances for his profession.

Dr. Wold was married at Jackson Jime 1, 1898» to Maud Emily Ashley, daughter of Benjamin W. and Juliet Ashey, who were among the very first residents of Jackson. Four children have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Wold, named Lillian, Gladys, Edna and William. Dr. Wold is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Royal Arch, Comma ndry, Shriners, Eastern Star, and M. W. A. orders.

HERMAN J. ARNOLD (1885) has conducted a harness shop in the village of Heron Lake for the past twenty-four years. He is a native Minnesotan and was born near the village of Mankato during the perilous times of the Sioux

The parents of our subject are Adam Arnold and Ernestine (Mararaf) Arnold. Both parents were bom in Grermany and came to America in the late fifties. They located near Mankato, taking a claim that was originally entered by Mrs. Arnold's stepfather, Christian Klotzky. Mr. Arnold still lives upon land adjoining his old homestead and is 77 years of age. Mrs. Arnold died in 1880. To them were born nine children, of which five are yet living, and of these Herman is the oldest. He was born May 25, 1862.

Until he was eighteen years of age Herman Arnold lived on his father's farm, attending the schools during the winter months. He then left home and started learning the harncssmaker's trade in Mankato. He worked at the trade there five years and then, in 1885, moved to Heron Lake, w^here he opened a harness and repair shop, which he has ever since conducted. Mr. Arnold served as president of the council of Heron Lake one term in the early nineties and was a councilman several terms. He is a member of the Lutheran church and of the K. P. lodge.

Mr. Arnold was married at Mankato December 29, 1885, to Josephina S. Lentz, a native of the city in which she was married. Two children have been born to this union, named V^erda C. and E. Olive M.

WmLTAM C. DUNLOP (1899) is a farmer and land owner of Hunter township and resides on section 3, one mile east of Lakefield. He has been a resident of the county for the last ten years. He was born in Columbia county, Wisconsin, September 27, 1869, the son of William and Jennett (Caldow) Dunlop. His parents were born in Scotland but came to America with their parents when children and were married in this country. They located in Columbia county, Wisconsin, and there the father of our subject still lives, being seventy years of age. The mother of our subject died there in 1891. There were eight children in the family, named as follows: Gabriel, Jennett, William, Joseph and Jane, twins; Robert, died when ten years of age; Lizzie and Annie, twins.

William C. Dunlop lived on a farm with his parents until he reached his majority; then he engaged in farming for himself, which he followed two years. From 1892 to 1896, when he was married, he engaged in carpenter work and threshing. After his marriage he again engaged in farming and was so occupied in Columbia county until he came to Jackson county on October 18, 1899. Upon his arrival ;Mr. Dunlop bought the northeast quarter of section 25, Rost township, and rented the southwest quarter of section 30, Hunter township, which he bought two years later. In the fall of 1907 he sold the last named land and bought his present eighty-three and one-half acre farm on section 3, Hunter, still retaining his Rost township farm. During his residence in Hunter township Mr. Dunlop has served two years as a supervisor and three years as chairman of the board. He was also clerk of school district No. 52 for five years, and he is now a director of district No. 112. He is a member of the Masonic and Modern Woodmen lodges.

At Lodi, Columbia county, Wisconsin, on September 24, 1896, Mr. Dunlop was married to Mayme Sullen, who was born in the to^vn of Arlington July 15, 1873. She is the daughter of David and Hannah Bullen. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop, Robert, born March 17, 1898; Ruth, born March 1, 1900.

LEO J. DOSTAL (1S99), register of deeds of Jackson county, was born in Winneshiek county, Iowa, September 1, 1866, the son of Frank and Josephine (Pribyl) Dostal. In his native county he lived twelve years and then accompanied his parents to Worth county, Iowa, in 1878. He completed his education in a parochial school in Worth county, from which he was graduated in 1886.

Mr. Dostal grew to manhood on his father's farm in Worth county. He moved to Jackson county, Minnesota, in May, 1899, and bought an eighty acre farm in Des Moines township, a short distance west of Jackson. He engaged in farming there until the beginning of the vcfir 1909, when he moved to Jackson to enter upon the duties of the office of register of deeds, to which office he had been elected the fall before on the democratic ticket. Mr. Dostal still owns his farm in Des Moines. During his residence on the farm he served in various township offices. He is secretary of the Jackson County Farmers Mutual Lightning Insurance company.

died September 13, 1903, aged 31 years, and to this union three children were born, as follows: Adeline H., born April 23, 1893; Lillian K., bom November 27, 1895; Augusta A., born August 20, 1901. The second marriage of Mr. Dostal occurred at Jackson July 20, 1907, when he wedded Rosa Dgimela. To them has been bom one child, Louis, bom April 30, 1908. The family are members of the Catholic church and Mr. Dostal belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters.

NKLS HANSON (1891), Heron Lake township farmer, was bom in Sweden July 3, 1858, the eldest of a family of four children bom to Jens and Elna (Nelson) Hanson, now deceased.

Until 1882, at the age of twenty-four years, Nels lived in his native land. He began working out at the age of ten years and followed several occupations. He came to the United States in 1882, lived one year in Connecticut, one year in Livingston county, Illinois, and seven years in Ford county, Illinois, during which time he worked as a farm hand and as 8n employe of tile factories. Mr. Hanson came to Jackson county in 1891. He farmed a rented place in Heron Lake township two years, and then moved onto his own farm, the west half of the southeast quarter of section 26, which he had bought before coming to the county. He has resided upon that farm ever since. In addition to the eighty acres he owns he farms rented land.

Mr. Hanson was married in Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 1887, to Matilda Bjork, who was born on March 28, 1863. The following four children have been bom to this union: Ernest, a graduate of the Globe Business college of St. Paul, now a resident of St. Paul; Ledia (Mrs. Frank Palmer), of Lakefield; Annie, a high school student; Harry, residing at home. Mr. Hanson is a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge.

CHKIST JENSEN (1890), Wisconsin township farmer, owns the north half of the northeast quarter of section 7, upon which he has lived for nearly twenty years. He is of Danish birth and first saw the light of day June 26, 1858. His father, Jens Hansen, died in Denmark in 1895; his mother, Sidsel (Jensdatter), still lives in her native land.

Christ lived with his parents until twelve years of age; then he began hustling for himself, working on farms until he was seventeen. At that age he took up the life of a seaman and followed the sea three years. He came to America in 1880 and spent the first nine months of his life in the new world at New Orleans. He then came to Minnesota and for a year and a half engaged in farming in Brown county. For the next few years he divided his time between working on a homestead in Griggs county, North Dakota, and in the pineries of Pierce county, Wisconsin. Later for eight or nine months he was working on a grading contract in Barron county, Wisconsin, and his next jump was to the state of Mississippi, where he took a contract for levee work near Helena. He was there several months, and then located at Omaha, Nebraska, where for four years he engaged in teaming.

In March, 1890, after having lived in many parts of the country, Mr. Jensen came to Jackson county to make his permanent home. He bought the eighty acre farm in Wisconsin township, and that has ever since been his home. He holds the ofiTice of township treasurer and has been clerk of school district No. 1 during nearly the entire time of his residence in the county. He has also held the office of township supervisor. He is a member of the Danish Brotherhood, Danner Lodge No. 96, of Jackson.

Mr. Jensen was married at Omaha July 8, 1891, to Fritzena Jacobsen, also a native of Denmark. To this union has been bom one child, Olga, born April 26, 1907.

GUSTAF A. ANDERSON (1896), proprietor of a photograph gallery in Jackson, was bom in Sweden September 22, 1873, the son of Andrew and Sophia (Jonason) Anderson. His father died when our subject was three years of age and thereafter during his residence in the old country he lived with an imcle.

In 1891 Mr. Anderson came to the United >States and located at Estherville, Iowa, where for several years he lived at the home of an uncle, attending school di\ring the winter months and working on the farm during the summer months. In the fall of 1895 he began learning the photographer's trade in Estherville and the next year moved to Jackson and opened a gallery, renting the Roberts' studio. He remained in that location eight years and then bought his present property. He built the operating room and made other improvements and now has one of the finest studios in southwestern Minnesota. Miss Louie Babcock has been employed as retoucher by Mr. Anderson for the past twelve years.

The subject of this review was married in Jackson June 22, 1904, to Julia B. Lewis, a native of Jackson county and a daughter of Christian Lewis, of Wisconsin township. Mr. Anderson is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and the Chapter.

LEMEK OLSEN (1888) is one of the extensive and successful farmers of Wisconsin township, residing a short distance southeast of Jackson. He farms 480 acres of land on sections 32 and 33. Our subject was born in Norway October 17, 1859, the son of Ole Larson and Martha (Peterson) Larson, both of whom are past ninety years of age and living in their native country. They are the parents of three children, Lemek, of this sketch; Peter, of Norway; Mrs. Anton Olson, of Norway.

Until he was twenty-seven . years of age Lemek resided with his parents, securing an education and assisting with the farm work. At that age he married and for a year or two worked out. He came to America and to Jackson county in 1888, arriving in Lakefield on the first day of October of that year. He worked out two years, then rented land and farmed for himself two years. He then became a land owner, buying an eighty acre tract in Heron Lake township^ which he conducted six years. He sold his land, rented a few years, and then sold all his possessions with the determination of making his home in the west. Not beinf? satisfied with the western country, Mr. Oisen returned and for four years engaged in farming in Heron Lake township. In 1906 he rented the H. G. Anderson farm in Wisconsin township, and that has since been his home.

Lemek Olsen was married in Norway to Anna Paulina Hendrickson, a daughter of Henry Peterson. Six children have been born to these parents, as follows: Matilda, born January 19, 1887; Henry, born August 2, 1888; Anton, bom January 21, 1890, died March 3, 1906; Linda, born September 16, 1891; Alfred, bom Janxiary 19, 1895; Palmer, born August 14, 1897. The family are members of the Lutheran church of Jackson.

ANDREW CARLSON (1899), Petersburg township farmer, is a native of Varbarge, Sweden, and was bom February 3, 1858, the son of Carl and Johanna (Anderson) Carlson. Li 1879 he left his native land and located near Rochelle, Ogle county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming twenty years. On the twenty- fifth day of November, 1899, he arrived in Jackson county and he has ever since made his home in Petersburg township, where he owns a quarter section of land.

The subject of this biography was married to Miss Annie Simonson, who died in August, 1898, after having borne the following named children: Agnes, bom January 12, 1889; Julia, born July 23, 1891; Charley, bom September 8, 1893; Bertha, born January 1, 1895; Ella, bom June 13, 1897.

ADOLPH ANDERSON (1897), blacksmith of Jackson, was born in Sweden March 13, 1874. His parents are Andrew and Christina Anderson, both of whom are living in their native land. Adolph received a common school education in Sweden, and at the age of fourteen years began working at the blacksmith trade, which .he has followed all his life. He left home in 1893 and came to the United States, locating first at Howard, South Dakota. He worked at his trade there two years, at Coming. Iowa, one year, and again in Howard, South Dakota. He located in Jackson in 1897 and that village has since been his home. He worked in the shop of Ludvigsen Brothers four years, in that of George Sawyer two years, and in 1903 he bought a shop of L. A. Moon, and has since been in business for himself. He bought his present shop from Gus Thompson.

Mr. Anderson is a member of the Odd Fellows and M. W. A. lodges and of the C]k>n8oli» dated Casualty company. He is a member of the Swedish Lutheran church. He has been connected with the Jackson fire department for the past eight years.

At Jackson, on September 5, 1902, Mr. Anderson was married to Theresa Weiland, a native of Wisconsin. To them has been bom one child, Antonette Anderson.

Dr. Anton J. Moe Biogkaphical Histoey

nesota with headquarters at Lakefield. He is a native of Dubuque county, Iowa, and was born June 17, 1861. His parents were John and Jane (Rogers)' McGlin, who were bom in Ireland and who carae to America when children. They were married in New York state and then moved west and located in Dubuque county, Iowa, where they acquired land apd lived a number of years. Later they located in Buena Vista county, Iowa, and there our subject's father died September 9, 1882, having reached the age of 64 years. His wife died at Heron Lake April 24, 1900, at the age of 64 years.

The subject of this biography lived with bis parents in Dubuque county until eight years of age, and then accompanied them to Buena Vista county. There he resided on his father's farm until 1886, securing his education and helping with the farm work. In the last named year he moved to Rock Valley, Iowa, and in partnership with a brother, Michael McGlin, he engaged in the lumber and coal business six vears. The brothers then moved to Heron Lake and engaged in the same business, which they followed eleven years in that village. The next year and a half were spent in Okabena in the same business, and then they sold out and moved to Lakefield. It was in 1905 that the brothers bought the elevator and coal business of the Canton Grain company in Lakefield. They have since increased their business, now owning elevators at Heron Lake, Okabena, Kinbrae and Edgerton, making their head* quarters at Lakefield. They are extensive grain dealers, buying, cleaning and shipping.

While a resident of Heron Lake Mr. McGlin served as a member of the village council ten years, and during four years of that time was president of the council. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

Mr. McGlin was married at Rock Valley, Iowa, March 2, 1897, to Nora Fahey, a native of Clinton, Iowa. Three children have been bom in this union, Eva G., John E. and William M.

DR. ANTON J. MOE (1902), founder and proprietor of the Southwestern Minnesota hospital at Heron Lake, was born at Trondhjam, Norway, Febmary 12, 1868, the son of John Moe, who came to the United States in 1883 and who now resides at Spokane, Washington.

of fourteen years came to America with his parents and located in Wisconsin. He was graduated from the Sparta high school in 1888 and later became a student in the university of Wisconsin and still later was graduated from Rush Medical college of Chicago. Dr. Moe practiced his profession five years in Wisconsin and then, in 1902, located in Heron Lake. There he founded the Southwestern Minnesota hospital and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in the hospital.

At the age of twenty-one years Dr. Moe was elected county superintendent of schools of Forest county, Wisconsin, holding the ofifice three terms, and for four years during his residence in Wisconsin was in the postal service. Since moving to Heron Lake he has served two years as a member of the village coimcil. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the Elks, the M. W. A., the A. 0. U. W., the M. B. A., the Yeomen and the Eastern Star.

Dr. Moe was married at Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 1897, to Fannie Favor, a native of the town in which she was married. To this union has been born one child, Edgar Allen, born at Chaseburg, Wisconsin, May 27, 1900.

The Southwestern Minnesota hospital, which is a commodious three story building of pleasing design, was built by Dr. Moe in 1903. So popular became the institution that in 1903 it was necessarily enlarged. It now has a capacity of fifty beds and is modern in every particular from the basement to the upper story. It is supplied with steam heat, gas and electric lights, a steam ventilating system and high pressure water for fire protection, has electric l)ells for all beds, lavatories, dispensary, a model operating room with elaborate fixtures and instruments, large waiting rooms, consultation rooms, halls and pretty porticos. Since the establishment of the hospital over twenty-five hundred surgical operations have been performed.

Fifteen hundred of these cases have been appendicitis cases; the others have been hernias, gall stones, cancer, amputations, goiters, eye, (;ar nose and throat cases, etc Three assistant physicians, Drs. Torkelson, Stevens and Allen, are employed and there are ten nurses. Mrs. Moe is superintendent of the hospital. Patients are received here from all parts of

The hospital supports a training school for nurses, in which instruction by lectures and visitation work in hospital and private bedside nursing is given. The instruction is a two-term course and five pupils are graduated each year. The head nurse is Sister Carrie, who is a native of Denmark, and who has fifteen years experience.

More ground adjoining has been piurchased, and, as the business is increa*»ing so rapidly, it will soon become necessary to enlarge the present building.

CHRIS DAIIL (1890), deceased, was a Petersburg township farmer. He was born in Chanccy, now Clinton, Clinton county, Iowa, March 14, 1885. His father, Jens Dahl, is living; his mother, Annie Dahl, died December 23, 1900.

When he was five years old, in April, 1890, Chris came to Jackson county with his parents. He assisted his father in managing the farm until 1906, when the latter withdrew from the active management and Chris took charge. He engaged in farming the south half of the southwest quarter of section 25, Petersburg. He was a member of the D. B. S. lodge of Jackson. Mr. Dahl died during the summer of 1909.

CHARLES M. HUMPHREY (1893) farms the southeast quarter of section 34, Des Moines township. He was bom in Rensselaer county. New York, August 17, 1864, the son of German and Phydelia (Wyant) Humphrey, the former of English birth, the latter a native of the state of New York. His father died when our subject was two years of age; his mother died in 1894. There were eight children in the family: Edward, William, Libbie, Melvina, Cornelia, Mary, Allen and Charles.

Charles lived with his mother in his native county until he was sixteen years of age. In 1880 he located at Mason ville, Delaware countv, Iowa. For several years he worked as a farm hand and then started learning the barber trade. He worked at the trade three years in Superior and Iowa Falls, and in 1893 moved to Jackson, where he established the Ashley house shop, which he conducted nine years. In 1901 he rented the Albertus farm, where he

Mr. Humphrey was married at Superior, Iowa, March 29, 1893, to Addie Lush, a native of Waucoma, Iowa. To them has been bom one child, Irma, born August 25, 1896. Mr. Humphrey is a member of the A. 0. U. W. lodge.

CLAUS E. RIEKEN (1892) owns and farms 320 acres of Wisconsin township land, his property being on sections 21 and 16. He is of German parentage, his father and mother, George A. and Cassie (Saathoff) Rieken, having immigrated from the fatherland in the fall of 1857. They located in Livingston county, Illinois, and later in Iroquois county of the same state. There the elder Rieken bought land and there both he and his wife died. Out of a family of eleven children the following six are living: Nancy, John, Claus, Seve, Rachael and George.

Claus Rieken, of this sketch, was bom in Livingston county, Illinois, March 6, 1859. He secured an education and helped with the farm work until he was twenty-five years old. Then he married and rented a farm in Illinois, upon which he lived eight years. He moved to Jackson county in 1892 and bought a part of his present farm. He is a firm believer in tiling and has added greatly to the value of his land by a thorough system of tiling. The farm upon which Mr. Rieken now resides was homesteaded by John M. Utter, one of the county's early settlers, and upon the land was builded one of the early day school houses - a log shanty. Mr. Rieken was treasurer of his township several terms. He has also held the oflfice of director of school district No. 106 and is at the present time school treasurer. He is a member of the German Lutheran church.

HENRY WALTER JACKSON (1883), proprietor of a Jackson meat market, is a native of the county, having been bom in Middle - town township May 15, 1883, the son of John J. and Ida M. (Withers) Jackson.

Our subject resided on the farm until 1890, when he moved with the family to Jackson. He received his primary education in Jackson and spent his early days in that village. In 1900 he went to Brookings, South Dakota, and took a course in the South Dakota Agricultural school. Thereafter he spent several years at different points in South Dakota and Iowa. Returning to Jackson, he engaged in the meat market business in partnership with liis brother. In 1909 lie bought his brother's interest and has since been sole proprietor of the business.

AUGUST HECHT (1901) is a Ewiogton township farmer. He was born near Karlin,Grermany, December 3, 1864, the son of William and Henrietta (Beuge) Hecht. Both parents died in Illinois, his father in the spring of 1897, his mother in 1895.

Our subject spent the first nineteen years of his life in his native land, having been brought up on a farm and having been educated there. In the spring of 1884 he came to America with his parents, worked in the city of Chicago a little over one year, spent a part of the next year in Livingston county, Illinois, and then located permanently in LaSalle county, of the same state. He lived in LaSalle county until 1898, working out by the month for the first six years of this time and thereafter farming rented land. He located in Clay county, Iowa, in 1898 and lived there three years, engaged in farming rented property. Mr. Hecht came to Jackson county in 1901, rented a Ewington township farm one year and then bought his present place - the south half of the southeast quarter of section 13 - where he has since lived. Besides his own land he farms a ren* ted quarter.

In the city of Streator, Illinois, on the twen* ty-third day of February, 1887, Mr. Hecht, was united in marriage to Amelia Junker, daughter of Frederick Junker, of Ewington. Mrs. Hecht was born in Hintern Pomem, Germany, May 25, 1867, and came to the United States when six years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hecht have seven children, named as follows: Louisa, bom December 28, 1887; William, bom June 28, 1889; Caroline, bom March 8, 1891; Bertha, bom November 29, 1892; Charlie, born July 6, 1896; Mabel, bom July 17, 1900; Elmer, born March 6, 1903.

JOHN P. KOSTER (1895) is a West Heron Lake township farmer who owns 240 acres of land on sections 31 and 30. He was bom in Oldenburg, (5ennany, November 11, 1870, the son of Otto J. and Maria (Tjoks) Koster. His father and mother, who are now aged, respectively, 87 and 78 years, have been retired from active pursuits fifteen years and reside in Germany. There were ten children in their family, of whom eight are living. The children are: Frederick, Herman (deceased), Otto (deceased), Hajo, Agnes, Maria, Insiene, John P., Warner and Peter. Of this family John P. and Hajo reside in America; the others are resirents of Germany.

John P. Koster lived with his parents in Germany seventeen years, working on the farm and attending school. He came to the United States in 1887, worked four years on a farm in Woodford county, Illinois, and then farmed rented property in Livingston county, Illinois, four years. He came to Jackson coimty in 1895, farmed rented land in Rost township four years, and then bought the southwest quarter of section 31, West Heron Lake township, upon which he has ever since resided. When he took possession the land was unbroken and without building improvements. His farm is now thoroughly tiled and has a fine grove and set of buildings. He bought the south half of the southwest quarter of section 30 four years ago.

Mr. Koster has other tlian farming interests. He is a stockholder and director of the First State Bank of Okabena, is a director of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance company of Delafield township and is treasurer of the Rost Telephone company. He has been a supervisor of West Heron Lake township for the past ten years and has been treasurer of school district No. 88 for the last three years. Of district No. 73 he was a director six years. He is a member of the Rost township German Lutheran church.

The marriage of Mr. Koster occurred at Flanagan, Livingston county, Illinois, March 15, 1893, when he wedded Bredtji Post, who was born in Flanagan November 2, 1871, the daughter of Albert J. and Antje (Ohling) Post. Seven children have been born to these parents, of whom the following six are living: Otto J., Annie D., Mary A., Albert P., Paulina H. and Freda E.

DR. WILLIAM C. PORTMANN (1886), practicing physician of Jackson, is a native of Switzerland, where he was born June 7, 1858. He is one of a family of ten children born to (Jrs Victor and Anna Moore (Von Steinmen) Portmann. His father was a contracting and civil engineer and died in 1871. His mother died in 1905 at the age of 83 years. A brother of our subject, Dr. E. O. Portmann, is practicing medicine at Canton, Ohio. He was President McKinley's home physician and after the death of the president was Mrs. McKinley's physician.

When William C. Portmann was ten years old he accompanied his parents to America and grew to manhood in the city of Canton, Ohio. In the common schools of that city he received his early education. His father dying when our subject was thirteen years of age, he was compelled at that early age to turn his attention to the support of the mother and family. However, he did not give up his studies but completed his general education in public and private night schools. At the age of twentytwo years he entered the Western Reserve Medical school, of Cleveland, Ohio, and three years later was graduated as a physician. For the first two years after graduation Dr. Portmann practiced in his home city and then, in 1883, located at Mandan, North Dakota, where he practiced three years. Dr. Portmann located at Jackson in the spring of 1886 and has since devoted his time to the practice of his profession in that village.

Dr. Portmann owns his home in the village and two Jackson county farms. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and of the Chapter and Knights Templar of the same order, as well as holding membership in the M. W. A. For twelve years Dr. Portmann served as coroner of Jackson county. He was a member of the school board eighteen years and was president of the village council one year.

In Canton, Ohio, on September 13, 1883, Dr. Portmann was united in marriage to Emma Ball, a native of Canton and a daughter of Ephriam E. and Levina Ball. Three sons have been born to Dr. and Mrs. Portmann, Urs Victor, Milton C. and Arthur B.

JOHN M. ANDERSON (1882), of Enterprise township, has lived in that precinct since he was a child. He was born in Norway April 17, 1878, the son of Hans and Andrena Maria

Our subject was only two and one-half years of age when the family came to America. They resided in DeSmet, South Dakota, one year and came to Jackson county in 1882. John grew to manhood in Enterprise township, where the family home was made. For five years he lived with his parents on section 18, Wisconsin township; then his father took as a tree claim the north half of the southeast quarter of section 20, Enterprise, and there our subject resided with his father until 1901. That year he married and began farming and has ever since made his home on the farm. He has engaged in threshing eleven years in addition to his farming operations. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

Mr. Anderson was married January 14, 1901, to Sena Nelson, who was bom in Illinois September 8, 1876. To them have been bom the following named four children: Clara A., bom November 2, 1902; Hans A., bom May 12, 1904; Clifford A., born May 28, 1905; Lloyd S., born January 11, 1909.

liHCHAEL WAGNER (1899) is a farmer and stock raiser of LaCrosse township. He owns a half section farm, the home place being the southwest quarter of section 26, and he has a nice home.

Mr. Wagner was born in Luxemburg, Germany, September 9, 1853, the son of Philip and Barbara (Thome) Wagner. He is the oldest of a family of seven children and his parents both died in the old country. Michael resided in his native land until he was twenty-four years of age. His father was a carpenter by trade and Michael learned the trade under his father's instruction and worked for his parent until coming to America in 1877. He first located at Dubuque, Iowa. Near that city he worked on a farm several years and at hi's trade three years. In 1886 he bought a farm in Ransom township, Nobles county, Minnesota, where he engaged in farming until 1899. That year he sold out and located in Jackson county, buying a part of his present farm in La- Crosse township, and has since made his home there.

Grant county in 1865. Twelve children have been born as a result of this union, of which there are nine living as follows: Catherina, born November 25, 1887; John, born April 10, 1889; Bertie, born December 17, 1890; Dorothy, bom December 27, 1892; Julia, born May 12, 1897; Mary, bom July 30, 1899; August, born March 18, 1904; Lawrence, born November 25, 1905; Henry, bora December 30, 1907. The children who have died are: Helena, born August 21, 1894, died August 26, 1895; Michael and Frank, twins, born July 1, 1901, died July 1, 1901.

RAYMOND BARTOSCH (1886) owns and operates at Jackson one of the best and most up-to-date harness shops and harness manufacturing establishments in southwestern Minnesota. The business is conducted in a handsome brick block on Main street which was erected by Mr. Bartosch in 1899. On the second floor of this building and the one adjoining is located Jackson's opera house. ,

Mr. Bartosch was bom in Bohemia October 2, 1864, the son of German parents, both his parents, Englebret and Rosa (Schmidt) Bartosch, having been native Germans. The family left the old country when Raymond was ten years of age, came to America and settled in Steele county, Minnesota. On his father's farm in that county Raymond resided until he was sixteen years of age, receiving a coimtry school education. He then went to Owatonna and started learning the harness maker's trade under C. Butch, with whom he remained five years. In January, 1886, he located at Jackson and took charge of the G. A. Albertus harness shop. After managing the business for Mr. Albertus five years he purchased the store and has ever since conducted it. During the first two years he conducted it in the bujlding south of KieseFs saloon, then he purchased an old frame building on the site of his present store, and in 1899 he erected his present handsome structure. In addition to this business property Mr. Bartosch owns a fine home in the city, erected in 1906. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M.

THEODORE SCHROEDER (1898) is one of the prosperous young farmers of Sioux Valley township, where he controls 240 acres of fine farming land. He is a native of Cedar county, Iowa, and was born February 15, 1874.

In his native county Theodore grew to manhood, making his home with his parents and working on the farm imtil nearly twenty-five years of age. He was educated in the district schools and in the Wilton Commercial academy. He came to Jackson county in 1898 and located upon the northwest quarter of section 17, Sioux Valley township, then owned by his father, but later purchased by him. The farm was bare of improvements when he located on it in 1898, but he has built the place up until today he has a fine, well improved farm. In 1909 he raised about 2,500 bushels of corn and 1,600 bushels of small grain. He feeds about 100 head of hogs each year. Mr. Schroeder is a director of the Sioux Valley Creamery company and was its president one year. He also has stock in the Lake Park Farmers Exchange elevator and in the Midland Telephone company.

The parents of our subject are John and Sophia (Krohnke) Schroeder, both of whom were born in Germany and who came to America when children, having been married at Davenport, Iowa. They resided in Odar county, Iowa, many years and later became residents of Scott county. Mr. Schroeder became a heavy land owner and is now living a retired life at Durant, aged 67 years. Mrs. Schroeder died at Durant June 15, 1905, aged 51 years. They had four children, as follows: Theodore and Minnie (twins), Richard and Herman.

Theodore Schroeder was married in Cedar county, Iowa, in the year 1898, to Alvina Miller, who born in the country in which she was married October 22, 1879. She is the daughter of William and Lena Miller, both of whom live in Cedar county. Mr. and Mrs. Schroeder are the parents of four children: Harvey, boiui May 24, 1899; Lillie, born September 24, 1900; Luerna, born May 4, 1902; Irvin, born December 25, 1905. Mr. Schroeder was township supervisor four years and was clerk of school district 72 for seven years.

WILLIAM H. JARMUTH (1888); cashier of the First National Bank of Heron Lake, was born in Chicago September 29, 1881, the son of Henry and Lena (Ruesch) Jarmuth. He came to Jackson county with his parents in 1888 and lived on the home farm until 1900. He was educated in the common schools and in the business department of Toland college.

After his graduation from the business college Mr. Jarmuth took 'a position with the State Bank of Alpha, which he held one year. For several years thereafter he was with the Martin County National Bank of Fairmont, for a time as bookkeeper and for the last three years as cashier. He went to Heron Lake in November, 1907, and has since held the position of cashier of the First National. Mr. Jarmuth is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Royal Arcanum lodges.

OLE IVERSON (1882), Belmont township farmer, residing five miles north of Jackson, is a native of Norway and was born November 26, 185o, the son of Iver and Bertha Skolestad. Both his parents died when Ole was six years of age, and from that age he has made his own living. Until he was nearly twenty-six years of age he worked out in Norway.

In 1881 Mr. Iverson came to America, lived one year in Lee county, Illinois, and then, in 1882, came to Jackson county. For two years he worked out at railroad work and in the harvest fields, and then bought his present farm in section 36, Belmont. The land was all prairie at the time, but he planted a grove, built a house and made other improvements, and in the spring of 1885 moved to his new home. There he has ever since been engaged in farming.

Mr. Iverson was married in Lee county, Illinois, March 25, 1882, to Lena Rondland, who was also born in Norway. They have an adopted son, Oliver, aged seventeen years. Mr. and Mrs. Iverson are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church and Mr. Iverson is a member of the school board of district No. 79.

in Germany August 15, 1852. His parents were Martin and Ernestina (Urban) Shumacher. They came to the United States in 1876 and located in Faribault county, Minnesota. The father died at Minnesota Lake in 1883, at the age of 65 years; the mother died at Kimball, Minnesota, in 1905, at the age of 73 years.

Our subject lived in Germany with his parents until eighteen years of age and then came to America. He bought a farm in Faribault county, Minnesota, upon which he lived several years, and then moved to Wells, where he engaged in carpenter work. Mr. Shumacher became a resident of Lakefield in 1894, bought a saloon from Tossen & Company, then located in the building which is now occupied by the Standard, and continued in the saloon business until his death, which occurred December 1, 1909. He erected the brick building in which tlie saloon Js conducted in 1896 and two years later erected the brick building which adjoins it on the north. He owned his home in the village.

Mr. Shumacher was married at Lakefield in 1894 to Miss Fredericka Bragger, a native of Germany. To them were bom seven children, as follows: Lena, Eliza, Erna, Clara, Harry, Eddie and Emma. Mr. Shumacher and his family were members of the (jlerman Lutherau church.

Until he was eighteen years of age Christian lived witli his parents. Then he began life's battles on his own account. For the next twelve years he was employed as a farm hand and at work in the pineries of his native land. He came to America in 1882 and direct to Jackson county. For five years he worked out on farms in Belmont township and then he bought the west half of the northeast quarter of section 30, Belmont, and that has ever since been his home. When he arrived in the country he was penniless and owed his brother for the passage money across the water. By industry and hard work he has prospered, now owning a 280 acre farm, well improved and stocked. The place was unimproved when he bought it; now he has a splendid grove, a nice house, bams and other buildings - one of the many fine homes of Belmont township.

Biogbaphtcal History

Mr. Lindberg was married in Jackson county October 30, 1888, to Olena Lindberg, who was born in Norway in 1862. They are the parents of three children: Janetta, bom in Belmont township July 1, 1889; Anton, born in Belmont October, 1890; John, bom in Belmont January 2, 1893. Another child, Gara Olava, was born December 20, 1900, and died the same day. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church of West Belmont, Mr. Lindberg having been secretary of the church society fifteen years. He served as treasurer of school district No. 18 for five vears.

PETER HAFER (1902), a farmer and breeder of thoroughbred stock of Ewington township, was bom in Germany April 7, 1865, and two years after his birth accompanied his parents to the new world. Until he was twentytwo years of age he worked on the farm for his father in LaSalle county, Illinois.

After his marriage in 1887, Mr. Hafer rented his father's farm and conducted it five years. He then rented another farm in LaSalle county, which he conducted until 1902. That year he came to Jackson county and rented of George W. Patterson the west half of section 11, Ewington township, upon which place he has ever since lived. During the first year of his residence in Jackson county, because of the wet season, Mr. Hafer lost the thousand dollars he brought with him from Illinois, but since that time has encountered more prosperous times. In 1909 he harvested 3,000 bushels of oats, 1,500 bushels of flax and 1,500 bushels of com.

Mr. Hafer raises full blooded Hereford cattle and has been very successful in their breeding and in getting fancy prices for them at private sale. He also raises thoroughbred Berkshire hogs. He is interested in the farmers' store and elevator at Brewster. He is a member of the Catholic church of Brewster.

Peter is one of a family of two boys, a brother, William, having died at the age of twelve years. The parents of our subject were William and Gertie Hafer, who were bom in Germanv and came to the United States in 1867. They bought a farm in LaSalle county, Illinois, upon which they lived until their death.

In 1892 Mr. Hafer and family made a trip to Germany to visit with the relatives of his wife. They remained five months and visited many of the large cities of Europe. While abroad their son, Peter, died at the age of ten months. Mr. Hafer was called back to the United States by the death of his mother.

MARIUS TONDER (1885), hay dealer and lessee of the Ole Anderson ice plant of Jackson, has been a resident of the county nearly a quarter of a century. He is a native of Schleswig-Hol stein, Germany, and was bom April 17, 1865.

The parents of our subject were Soren and Annie (Top) Tonder, who were also natives of Schleswig-Hol stein, having been born in that country when it was Danish territory and before it had been acquired by the Orman empire. The elder Tonder was a veteran of the war of 1848, serving in the Danish army in its fight against Germany for the possession of Schleswig. After the war he engaged in m^rcantile pursuits. Marius is one of a family of eight children, of whom the following six are living: Peter, Jens, Marius, Antonia, Annie and Catherina. Both parents died in their native country.

Marius attended school and worked in his father's store and on his father's farm in the old country until he was twenty years of age. Then, in 1885, he came to America, spent that summer in Moline, Illinois, and in the fall came to Jackson county. He bought land in Wisconsin township and farmed it twelve years. Moving to Jackson village at the end of that time, he has since made his home there. For five years he engaged in fiax raising on land adjoining the village and then engaged in the hay business. He added to the latter business in 1907 by taking over the ice business formerly conducted by Ole Anderson. Mr. Tonder owns a home in the city. He is a member of the Lutheran church and of the Danish Brother-

Mr. Tonder made a trip to his old German home in 1892, and there that year he was united in marriage to Annie Christensen, a daughter of Martin Christensen, who still resides in the old country. To Mr. and Mrs. Tonder have been born seven children as follows: Julius, bom June 4, 1893; Annie, born August 27, 1895; Mary, bom October 8, 1897; Emma, born April 8, 1901 ; Florence, born June 22, 1903; Thyre, born September 25, 1905; Olga, born April 21, 1908.

HENKY STEFFEN (1900) is a farmer and land owner of Hunter township. Germany is his native country and October 20, 1860, was the date of his birth. His parents were Paul and Marie Steffen. The former died when our subject was one year old and his mother when he was ten years of age.

After his mother's death until he was fifteen Henry lived with a sister. At the age of fifteen he began working out on farms, and when twenty years of age joined the German army and served three years. The next spring after his discharge from the army, in 1884, Mr. Steffen came to America. He worked as a farm hand in Carroll coimty, Iowa, two years, and then located in Omaha, where for six and onehalf years he was employed in a packing house. The next years were spent in farming rented land in Carroll and Crawford counties, Iowa. He came to Jackson county in 1900, farmed rented land in Hunter township two years, and in 1902 bought his present farm. He owns the east half of the southwest quarter of section 15 and the east half of the northwest quarter of section 22, Hunter.

Our subject was married in Germany in 1884 to Paulina Labeck, who was born July 28, 1860. To them have been bom the following named seven children: Herman, bom December 21, 1885; Emma, born October 4, 1886; Harry, bom November 20, 1892; Agnes, born June 27, 1894; Vena, born March 10, 1898; Edward and Edna (twins), bom August 5, 1900. The family are members of the German Lutheran church of Lakefield.

CHARLES E. PERRY (1898) carries the United States mail on rural route No. 1 out of Heron Lake. He was bom at Owego, Tioga county, New York, December 2, 1869, the eldest of a family of eight children bom to Oscar and Frances (Granger) Perry, both natives of the Empire state. The family came west in 1861 and located in Winneshiek county, Iowa. In that county Mr. Perry lived until his death, which occurred in April, 1909, at the age of 70 years. His widow still lives in Winneshiek county and is 67 years of age.