Lyon County, Minnesota - Biographical sketches, 1912 (part 14 of 17)

ARLOW S. KINCH (1910) is the junior member of the firm styled the Lawler- Huntting Clothing Company, of Marshall. The company was founded in the fall of 1910 by F. F. Huntting and T. A. Lawler, two successful young business men of Fairmont, and Mr. Kinch. The firm handles clothing, furnishings and shoes.

A. S. Kinch was born on a farm in Fillmore county, Minnesota, November 8, 1878, the son of James K. and Elsie J. (Howe) Kinch. The parents make their home in Marshall with their only child. The father is a native of Pennsylvania, the mother of Fillmore county, Minnesota.

At the age of ten years Arlow moved to Spring Valley, Minnesota, where he was educated and where he lived until nineteen years of age. He clerked in a dry goods store at Austin two years, in the dry goods department of a large department store at Winnebago City one and one-half years, and for six years in department stores at Jackson. He then engaged in the mercantile business at Fairmont in partnership with K. F. Woodard, and was so engaged three years. In 1910 he located in Marshall and engaged in business as stated.

Mr. Kinch was married in Jackson August 10, 1905, to Clara Olson. They have one child, Maxine O., born June 29, 1911. Mr. Kinch is a member of the Knights of Pythias lodge of Fairmont.

PEDER J. ALMJELD (1893), a successful farmer of Shelburne township, was born in Norway September 29, 1874, his parents being John P. and Marih P. (Ottem) Almjeld. Both parents died in the old country. The children all journeyed to America, except Marie, who still lives in Norway. Peder has two sisters, Rende and Paulina (Mrs. Hens Ely), and two brothers, Peter M. and Ole, living in Centerville, South Dakota. Two sisters, Marih (Mrs. Andrew Berg) and Ingrid, and one brother, Lars J., are residents of Lyon county.

The subject of our sketch came to this country from Norway in 1893, taking up farm work in Lyon county, Minnesota, immediately upon his arrival. He farmed for different people for nine years, then rented and farmed for himself. In 1911 he bought the northeast -quarter of section 9, Shelburne township. At the present time Mr. Almjeld farms that quarter and rents and lives upon the northeast quarter of section 2 0.

The wife of our subject was Clara R. Berg, of Shelburne township. She is a daughter of E. Berg; the family came here from Fillmore county. Peder J. Almjeld and Clara R. Berg were married in Lyon county February 23, 1901. Three children have been born to this union: Clifford, Floyd J. and Earl L. Mr. Almjeld is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

GEORGE A. SCHAIN (1911) is one of the young attorneys of Lyon county and resides in the city of Tracy. He was born in Browns Valley, Minnesota, September 17, 1887. His parents ai'e Jacob and Irene (Burdick) Schain, the former a native of Norway and the latter of New York. They located in Willmar in 1860. In 1880 they moved to Browns Valley, where the father is engaged in the mercantile business. The mother died in September, 1911. There are three children in the family, Charles R., Josephine and George A.

George grew to manhood and attended school at Browns Valley, having been graduated from the high school of that city. He then attended the University of Minnesota and was graduated from the law department in 1911. While attending school he clerked and read law in an office. On June 26, 1911, he moved to Tracy and opened an office over the Boston Cash Store.

ALBERT WREATH (1902), who rents the O. R. Owens farm, the northwest quarter of section 26, Custer township, was born in Kansas September 25, 1879, and is a son of William and Clara (Cargill) Wreath, who reside in Monroe township, Lyon county. The parents have been residents of the county since 1904. William Wreath is a veteran of the Civil War.

Albert's family moved to Iowa when he was three years of age, and there he grew to manhood, receiving his education and assisting his father. During his Iowa residence he also worked out at farm labor six years. In February, 1902, when Albert was twenty-three years of age, he came to Lyon county and found employment as a farm hand near Dudley the next two years, later hiring out one year at the same work in Custer township. The past six years Mr. Wreath has been engaged in farming for himself in Custer township and has been doing well.

He was married September 16, 1903, to Alice Moore, a native of Ida Grove, Iowa, the wedding taking place in Lyon county. Mrs. Wreath is a daughter of F. P. and Katie A. (Machemer) Moore. -Her mother is deeased and her father is a resident of Monroe township. Her father located in Lyon county in 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Wreath are the parents of the following children: Edith, born June 5, 1904; Amy, born April 27, 1906; Ruth, born March 29, 1908; and Edna, born April 17, 1910. Mr. Wreath is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen lodge of Garvin.

F. J. LONGTIN (1901) is the genial proprietor of a Marshall saloon. He was born in Cloud county, Kansas, on December 17, 1874, where he grew to manhood. He took up his residence in Aurora, Kansas, and for five years was in charge of the hardware department in a large department store.

In 1901 Mr. Longtin located at Marshall and for two years tended bar in the Atlantic Buffet. Then he moved to Tracy, where, in company with his father, F. Longtin, he conducted a saloon two years. He then returned to Marshall, and on May 19, 1905, he bought the saloon of J. D. Lanoue, which is situated on Main Street, two doors from the Atlantic Hotel. There he has since been in business.

Mr. Longtin was married in Jamestown. Kansas, on April 19, 1898, to Xelda Marcott, who was born in Illinois. To them have been born the following named children: Loretta, Adolph, Freddie, Josephine, Flavius and Amedie.

Mr. Longtin is the son of Flavius and Julia Longtin, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Illinois. They located in Tracy in 1903, where they now reside.

X. J. ROBINSON (1872), attorney-at-law of Tracy and ex-county attorney, is a native of the county and a son of two of the very early settlers. He is a successful practitioner and is interested in many business enterprises of his city.

Our subject was born on his father's homestead on the southeast quarter of section 1, Custer township, March 8, 1872, and on that farm he made his home until moving to Tracy in 1900. He was graduated from the Tracy High School in 1897 and from the Law Department of the University of Minnesota in 1900 with the degree of L. L. B. He at once engaged in the practice of his profession at Tracy and has been so engaged ever since.

In local politics Mr. Robinson has taken an active part. He served two terms as mayor of his city, has been city attorney for the past six years, and for the same length of time has served as a member of the Water and Light Board. He was elected county attorney on the Republican ticket in 1906, was re-elected in 1908, and served four years. In business matters Mr. Robinson has also been active. In 1910 he organized the Tracy Garage Company and has since been president of the company. It is one of the big institutions of Tracy, the building which houses it being one of the largest in the county. He is also one of the organizers of the Tracy Building and Loan Association, which was founded in 1910, and is its attorney and a director. Mr. Robinson is a member of the Knights of Pythias and Maccabee lodges. For six years prior to 1910 he was chancellor commander of the local lodge of the Knights of Pythias.

Our subject was married in Tracy February 26, 1911, to Leah M. Mongeau. She was born in Manteno, Illinois, and came to Lyon county when a child with her parents, Adler and Agnes (Smith) Mongeau.

N. J. Robinson descends from cue of the old New England families whose coming to America dates back to the earliest known settlements in the Colonies. On his father's side he is Scottish-German origin; his mother was of New York parentage and of Scottish descent.

His father, George S. Robinson, was born April 7, 1S36, at Springwater, Livingston county. New York, being the son of Joseph and Cathreen (Spangler) Robinson, the former a Methodist minister. His mother, Nellie (Gould) Robinson, was born December 15, 1846, in North Adams, Massachusetts. The parents came to Lyon county in 1868 and took as a homestead claim the southeast quarter of section 1, Custer township. On it the father built a log cabin, in which was held the first meeting of the Board of County Commissioners of Lyon county.

George Robinson was identified with the early history of the county and held many offices of trust in his township. He died August 24, 1906. Mrs. Robinson still lives and makes her home in Tracy. There are seven children in the family. Evan D., the eldest, resides in Montana. The others reside in Lyon county and are as follows: George M., Ella (Mrs. J. E. Morgan), Fred R.. Frank D., Earl H. and N. J.

OLE OPHIEM (1905) is manager of the Tracy Cement Drain Tile, Brick and Block Comp'any, one of the big and prosperous business concerns of Tracy. Mr. Ophiem was one of the gentlemen who organized the company in 1907 and he has since been the manager of the concern. It was reorganized and incorporated in 1911 with a capital stock of $50,000.

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Over 15,500 blocks were sold during the year 1911. Among the cement block buildings the company has erected are two for Mr. Ophiem, the Donaldson coal office, the jail at Lucan, Minnesota; the Berge store at Porter, Minnesota; the farmers' cooperative creamery at Porter; an ice house at Hendricks, Minnesota, and the electric light plant at that place; the large garage building at Tracy. Blocks were also furnished for the farmers' co-operative creamery at Tracy, the Richard Department Store at Tracy, and for a creamery at Ivanhoe.

Ole Ophiem was born in Norway July 14, 1876. In 1887 he came to America with his parents and located in Minnehaha county, South Dakota, where he lived until seventeen years of age. He then moved to Canby with his parents, and when he was twenty-three years old he engaged in the cement business, which he has ever since followed. He located in Tracy in 1905 and two years later organized the company as stated. Mr. Ophiem is a member of the M. W. A. and A. O. U. W. lodges.

Our subject was married in Tracy October 15, 1905, to Lena Thompson and to them have been born four children, as follows: Stella B., Alice J., Bernice V. and John A.

The parents of our subject are John and Bertha (Kail) Ophiem. They came from Norway in 1887 and after having lived a few years in Minnehaha county, South Dakota, they located in Yellow Medicine county, Minnesota, where they still reside. They have the following named eight children: Ole, Olaf, Nellie, Lena, Bertha, Josie, Tom and Ella.

JAMES S. BARTLETT (1903) was born in Troy, New York, January 16, 1848. There he was educated and at the age of twenty went to Rock county, Wisconsin, where he farmed for the next twenty years. The Par West brought its appeal to Mr. Bartlett, and he spent one year in Southern California, thence going to Fairbury, Nebraska, where he lived during the next ten years. While at Fairbury he started in the hotel business, which occupation has claimed his attention since that time. Mr. Bartlett conducted a hotel in Madison, South Dakota, for two years, and during the next eight years conducted at different times hotels at Salem, South Dakota; Northfield, Minnesota; Sioux City, Iowa; and Minneota, Minnesota. From Minneota Mr. Bartlett moved to Tracy and has since conducted the Exchange Hotel, in partnership with his son Clarence E., who is also a real estate dealer.

Mr. Bartlett's parents were Elisha W. and Margaret (Corcoran) Bartlett, the former a native of Massachusetts and the latter of Cork, Ireland. Margaret Corcoran came to this country when a child and her parents settled in Troy, New York. To Elisha and Margaret Corcoran were born four children, namely: Henry, Louisa, Mary and James S. Our subject is the only child living. Margaret (Corcoran) Bartlett died sixty-two years ago. Elisha Bartlett later married Palmyra Lewis, a native of Petersburg, New York. To this union six children were born. Emma, Julia, Anna and Fanny are living, and a daughter, Lucy, and a son, Lewis, died a number of years ago.

On March 10, 1872, James S. Bartlett was united in marriage to Emma J. Bullock, the ceremony taking place in Rock county, Wisconsin. The wife died in Salem, South Dakota, February 14, 1903. Three children were born to the couple, as follows: Henry, who died in Orange, California, at the age of fifteen years and was buried at Santa Anna, California; Clarence E., a real estate dealer and associated with his father in conducting the Exchange Hotel; and Cora (Mrs. Sam Carroll), of Dell Rapids, South Dakota. Mrs. Carroll has one son, Glenn, aged thirteen years.

Clarence Bartlett, son of the subject of this biographical sketch, was married to Ethel Shephard, a native of Lake county, South Dakota, the marriage taking place at Madison, South Dakota. They are the parents of two children, both girls. May is aged ten years and Margaret is seven.

REV. LAURENT ERIK SJOLINDER (1906) is pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church of Tracy, having been called to the charge six years ago. Rev. Sjolinder also supplies the pulpit at Walnut Grove, in Redwood county, and makes visits to a church at Ivanhoe, in Lincoln county.

Sweden is the native home of Rev. Sjolinder. He was born in the province of Vester-Norrland on April 22, 1859, a son of Olaf P. and Anna Marie (Brown) Sjolinder. The family immigrated to America in 1882, resided for a short time in Union county, South Dakota, and later in Charles Mix county, of the same state, where the . father died in December, 1883. Laurent attended the common schools and finished a three years' academic course in his native land prior to the coming of the family to America. In this country he continued his studies at the Augustana College and Theological Seminary in Rock Island. Illinois, graduating from the college in 1886 and from the seminary in 1888. He was ordained June 24, 1888, and took his first pastorate in Union and Lincoln counties, South Dakota, preaching in that field until 189 6. For three years thereafter he served as a missionary for his denomination in Minneapolis and St. Paul. North Dakota was the scene of the young minister's next pulpit work, and he served a continuous pastorate of seven years with the church at Grand Forks, moving from there to Tracy in 1906. The pastor's widowed mother died in Tracy May 20, 1907, and is buried in the Swedish Lutheran cemetery.

On May 12, 1897, occurred the marriage of Rev. Laurent Erik Sjolinder and Marie B. Yttreness. The bride is a native of Albert Lea, Minnesota, and is the daughter of John B. and Bertha Yttreness, who now reside at Beresford, South Dakota. Rev. and Mrs. Sjolinder are the parents of the following children: Lawrence, born March 21, 1898; Anthony, born March 15, 1901; and Julius, born September 24, 1907.

JOHN THOLEN (1884) is a large land owner of Westerheim township and lives on the southeast quarter of section 2 8. He owns 1230 acres of good farming land and is one of the well-to-do men of the township.

Our subject was born in Holland December 24, 1856, and is a son of John Christian and Mary Elizabeth (Bergbens) Tholen, now deceased. John received his early education in Holland, where he attended the common schools until nineteen years of age. He then worked at home for his father until 1880. In the fall of that year the young man came to America and located in Henry county, Illinois, where he engaged in farming three years. In the' summer of 18 84 he came to Lyon county and settled on the place where he has since resided.

The marriage of John Tholen and Gertrude Dircks occurred February 6, 1883, in Carver county, Minnesota. She was born in Holland. By her marriage to Mr. Tholen she became the mother of three children, as follows: Leo C, Hubert A. and Mary E. Mrs. Tholen died March 19. 1887.

Our subject was married a second time, to Matilda "Wambecke. The marriage occurred at Ghent February 18, 1889. She is a native of Belgium, born October 7, 1864, and is the daughter of Ferdinand and Rosalie (Fau) Wambecke. They settled in Lyon county in 188 8 and both are deceased. By this second marriage nine children were born: Joseph H., William V., Leonora M., Elizabeth B., John C, Henry A., Albert J., Lambert J. and Frank W. All the children live at home.

Mr. Tholen has been director of school district No. 44 for five years. He is a stockholder of the Farmers Elevator Company of Ghent. His church affiliation is with the Catholic church.

HERMAN SCHURZ (1886) is the proprietor of the City Hotel, a restaurant and a feed barn in Marshall. He is a native of Germany and was born May 29, 1862, a son of Edward and Christine Schurz, both of whom are deceased. They were the parents of two children: Marie, of Germany, and Herman, of this sketch. In 1880 our subject came to the United States to seek his fortune and lived three and one-half years in New York. Later he located in Chickasaw county, Iowa, where he farmed three years.

In 1886 Mr. Schurz came to Lyon county and spent two years working on farms in the county, after which he returned to Iowa and was married. He returned to Marshall and on May 11, 1888, opened a hotel and restaurant in the building now occupied by the City Meat Market. He conducted his business in the latter building three years, when he purchased the two-story brick building which he now occupies. Mr. Schurz conducted the business seven years longer and then rented out his hotel business and purchased a farm in Lake Marshall township, which he conducted three years. He sold his farm and again took up the hotel business, bought the lot adjoining his building, put up a two-story addition, and has since conducted the hotel and restaurant. In 1911 Mr. Schurz purchased the Hayes-Lucas lumber sheds and converted the property into a hitch and feed barn.

Mr. Schurz owns considerable property in addition to his business interests in Marshall. He owns farms in Amiret township and in Red Lake county, eighty acres onehalf mile from Russell, and two and onehalf acres in the city of Marshall, besides several lots. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge and served on the City Council four years.

At Tona, Iowa, April 1, 1888, occurred the marriage of Mr. Schurz to Carrie Schenfeldt, a native of Wisconsin. Thev are the parents of two children: Charles and Helen.

AUGUST SCHROEDER (1895), of Sodus township, was born in Benton county, Iowa, June 1, 1870, a son of Gustav and Catherine Schroeder, deceased. He was brought up on a farm and secured his schooling in his native county.

Mr. Schroeder came to Lyon county in 1895 and for a number of years worked out on farms and with threshing crews. He moved to Lac qui Parle county in 1904, farmed there two years, and then returned and took up his residence in Marshall. Several years later he again engaged in farming, one year on section 18, Sodus township, and since then at his present location. He owns the northwest quarter and the west half of the northeast quarter of section 21, has a fine farm, and has just completed a new home.

On the fourth day of May, 1904, at Marshall, Mr. Schroeder was united in marriage to Inga Ueland, who was bora in Norway September 22, 1878. Her father, Rasmus Ueland, lives in Cottonwood; her mother,

JESSE E. FINNELL (1905) is the proprietor of the City Feed Mill of Marshall. He was born in Shelby county, Iowa, May 16, 1887, the youngest son born to T. J. and Malinda (Wolf) Finnell, natives, respectively, of Coshocton and Mount Vernon, Ohio. The family moved to Defiance, Iowa, in an early day and engaged in farming there until moving to Lyon county in 1905. The other children of the family are as follows: Mary (Mrs. J. C. Marshall), WTheeler and Jane, all living in Lyon county.

Jesse resided with his parents in Shelby county, Iowa, until he came to Lyon county with them in 1905. For several years he and his father farmed a place southwest of Ghent. In the fall of 1910 Mr. Finnell' located in Marshall and established the City Feed Mill in the Goodwin Building on Main Street. He put in new machinery, engine, feed mill, shellers, etc., and manufactures all kinds of feed and does custom work. The business has increased greatly since he engaged in the business.

Jesse Finnell is unmarried and makes his home with his parents, his father assisting him with the management of the business. Our subject is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and A. O. U. W. lodges.

JOHN A. BURCKHARDT (1887) is a son of the late John Burckhardt, Sr., and a land owner of Coon Creek township. He is a native of Stephenson county, Illinois, and was born April 2, 1877. When seven years of age he accompanied his parents to Lyon county, the family locating in Coon Creek township, where his father bought land and where our subject received his schooling and grew to manhood.

In 1907 the subject of this sketch took charge of the farm which he now owns and operates. Besides farming, he raises a great number of cattle and hogs. He is a member of the M. W. A., A. O. U. W. and R. N. A. lodges.

Casper and Julia (Quaine) Larson, of Tyler, the former a native of Denmark and the latter of Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Burckhardt have two children: Alice V. and Bernice V.

EUGENE SIMMONS (1903) has been the superintendent of the Marshall Power & Light Company's plant for the past nine years. He was born in Howard county, Iowa, January 20, 1869, and during the first thirteen vears of his life resided with his parents in several different places. At the age of thirteen he located in Minneapolis, lived in Fargo, North Dakota, for a time, and then settled permanently in Wadena, Minnesota.

In the city of Wadena Mr. Simmons secured a high school education and then took up railroad work. For a year he was employed in the shops of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company at that point, and for the next five and one-half years he was a fireman on the Northern Pacific. Thereafter for a time he operated stationary engines and for six years had charge of the Wadena lighting and waterworks plant. In 1903 he gave up that position and located in Marshall to assume his duties as superintendent of the city plant.

Mr. Simmons is an electrician of more than local fame. He is first vice president of the Minnesota Electrical Association and is an associate member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers. He is a member of several Masonic orders and of the A. O. U. W. lodge. In the local Royal Arch Chapter he is high priest.

At Wadena, Minnesota, on December 23, 1896, Mr. Simmons was married to Hattie M. Brate, who was born in Hancock county, Iowa, and who moved with her parents to Wadena when a child. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons have four children: Arthur B., Eugene C, Margaret L. and Peter.

The parents of our subject are Samuel W. and Sarah C. (Ellis) Simmons, who are now residents of Portland, Oregon. The father was born in Kingston, Canada, the mother in Lewis county, New York. There are four children in the family, as follows: Sarah E., of Portland; Nora L. Knight, of Otter Tail county, Minnesota; Eugene, of Marshall; and Guy R., of Portland.

ALFRED KELSON (1903) is a young farmer of Rock Lake township who in company with_ his brother James rented the north half of section 13 four years ago and has since been farming the place. The boys are wide-awake lads and hustlers, and they have been successful in their venture. They are realizing, as are so many of the farmers in this section, the wisdom of entering into the stock raising business in addition to general farming, and are raising cattle for market every year.

Alfred was born in Kankakee county, Illinois, October 21, 1S90, and is a son of Andrew and Mary (Sorenson) Kelson, early settlers of Illinois. The family came to Lyon county in March, 1903, and the father purchased land in Custer township, where the parents now reside. Our subject received his early education in Illinois and later attended the country school of Custer township and the village school at Balaton. When eighteen years of age he and his brother started in their farming venture.

CARL F. BERG (1906) is the manager of Bingham Brothers' grain elevator at Minneota. He is a native of Yellow Medicine county, was born on his father's farm February 2, 1887, and there grew to manhood. His father, P. M. Berg, was an early settler of Yellow Medicine county and is now a merchant of Minneota. Carl located in Minneota in 1906, worked a few years in his father's store, and then ran a dray line one year. He then returned to his parents' old farm and conducted that one year. In March, 1911, he entered the employ of Bingham Brothers and has since bought grain and managed the elevator for that firm.

Carl F. Berg was married at Canby, Minnesota, August 7, 1908, to Sarah Josephson, a resident of Minneota and a daughter of Asbjorn Josephson. Two children have blessed their union - Henry and a baby girl.

county, Wisconsin, November 13, 1S79. His parents, Knut and Lena Lien, came from Norway in an early day and made settlement in Wisconsin, where they engaged in farming.

Anton secured his education in Wisconsin and resided there until 1900. That year he accompanied the family to Cottonwood county. Minnesota, lived with them there two years, and then the family came to Lyon county. Knut Lien bought the west half of section 26 and forty acres on section 35, Lucas township, and established a home there. Anton Lien has ever since lived on that farm. In 1907 he rented the land from his father and has since conducted it to his own account. His parents moved to Cottonwood, where the father died soon after and where the mother still has her home. Anton Lien is a director of school district No. 17.

The marriage of Anton Lien and Ronog Mattestad occurred in Cottonwood March 21, 1908. Mrs. Lien was born in Guldbrundalen, Norway, September 3, 1886, a daughter of Hans and Rande (Olson) Mattestad. Mr. and Mrs. Lien have two children: Lila V., born December 30, 1908; and Arden K., born May 9, 1910.

ARCHIE S. MONGEAU (1887) is the manager and grain buyer for the Northwestern Elevator Company at Marshall. He was born in Kankakee county, Illinois, January 11. 1885. His parents are Atler and Agnes (Smith) Mongeau, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Illinois. They came to Lyon county in 1887 and located in Fairview township. The mother died in 1897. They were the parents of eight children, as follows: Josephine (Mrs. M. D. Devereant), of Illinois; Leah (Mrs. N. J. Robinson), of Tracy; Archie S., of this sketch; Edmond, a fireman on the Northwestern railroad at Huron, South Dakota; Napoleon, a student of the Tracy High School; Oscar, a student at Kankakee, Illinois; Emma and Ziphere.

When two years of age our subject accompanied his parents to Lyon county and located in Fairview township. There he grew to manhood and obtained his education in the district schools and in the Marshall High School. He then worked on his father's farm until March 15, 1910. On the, latter date he entered the employ of the Northwestern Elevator Company at Marshall as manager and grain buyer, lie has held this position since that date.

The elevator was built by the Northwestern Elevator Company about fifteen years ago. The company buys and ships grain and handles coal and seed. The home office is at Minneapolis and C. A. Magnuson is president. The company owns 105 elevators on the Great Northern Railroad, with a storage capacity of 5,500,000 bushels.

ALBERT WILD (1902), of Lake Marshall township, was born in Germany November 4, 1859. His parents are Defter and Mary (Hacker I Wild. Albert worked at home until twenty-four years of age, when he came to America.

Upon his arrival to America, Mr. Wild first, located in Illinois, where he worked as a farm hand three years. He then moved to Nobles county, Minnesota, where he bought eighty acres of land and farmed ten years, when he sold out and moved to Lincoln county, Minnesota. He resided in the latter county until 1902 and then came to Lyon county and -purchased the southeast quarter of section 18, Lake Marshall township, where he now lives. Mr. Wild is a member of the German Evangelical church.

In Nobles county, May 30, 1889, occurred the marriage of Mr. Wild to Anna Suhler, a native of Germany. She is a daughter of John and Margrette (Hahn) Suhler and was born June 9, 1863. To Mr. and Mrs. Wild have been born the following children: Edward J., born November 6, 1891; John A., born March 7, 1893; Alfred N., born November 25, 1898; Esra, born January 12, 1902.

OSCAR VANDEN BERGHE (1906), proprietor of the Corner Saloon in Ghent, is a native of Belgium and was born August 12, 1884. His father, Joseph Vanden Berghe, is deceased, and his mother, Sophia (Vergote) Vanden Berghe, resides with her son in Ghent.

Oscar was brought up and given his education in Belgium. At the age of fourteen years he gave up school and became an employe of a can-making factory in Eeghem, Belgium, where he worked four years. Coming to America in 1904, our subject located

Our subject came to Lyon county in 1906, located in Ghent, and engaged in farm labor in the vicinity for two years. Mishawaka, Indiana, was his home for the next three years, Oscar being employed in a shoe factory during that time, but he had become attached to Lyon county and returned to Ghent in August, 1911. He purchased the Corner Saloon from Ernest De Keyser and has since conducted the place, handling wines, liquors and cigars. Oscar Vanden Berghe is a member of the Catholic church.

JOHN DeVOS (1883) owns and farms 450 acres of land on sections 29 and 32, Vallers township, and has a well-improved place. He has lived in Lyon county since he was fifteen years of age and has been farming on his own account nineteen years.

Belgium is the native land of John DeVos and September 21, 1868. was the date of his birth. His mother, Matilda (Lambrecht) DeVos, died in 1876, and in 1883 he came with his father, Charles DeVos, to America. The first home was in Minneota and later John and his father lived at Ghent. For several years our subject worked out at farm labor, but in 1893 he rented his father's farm and started in business for himself. In 1899 he bought his Vallers farm and the next year moved to his new home. Mr. DeVos is a member of the Catholic church and was a director of school district No. 48 for two years.

Mr. DeVos was married in Ghent to Clemense Van Daele, who is also a native of Belgium. She is a daughter of Serel and Melae (Cuman) Van Daele. Our subject and his wife have eight children, Mary, Camiel, Serel, Sadie, Lizzie, Elsie, Julia and Bertha.

PRANK L. WOODRUFF (1906) was born in Faribault county, Prescott township, Minnesota, January 10, 1879, and made that place his home until moving to Marshall. His parents, Wallace A. and Sarah Jane (Snyder) Woodruff, natives of Vermont and Illinois, located in Faribault county in 1863, in company with Wallace A. Woodruff's father, Joseph C. Woodruff. Joseph C. took a homestead and bought forty acres and

Wallace A. and his wife located in Marshall in 1902, where they now reside. They bought 240 acres of land in Stanley township, which they still own, and also the Beebe place of six acres just east of town, where they make their home. They have two children living, J. C. Woodruff, proprietor of a dray line in Marshall, and Frank L., who after coming to Marshall assisted in running his father's farm.

The grandfather, Joseph C. Woodruff, was a participant in the Indian outbreak of 1862, being a member of the Winnebago City Guards. Wallace A. Woodruff enlisted in Company H, First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, and served during the last year of the Civil War, and at the time of the assassination of Lincoln he was stationed at Chattanooga.

DANIEL F. SALMON (1890) is manager of the Western Elevator Company's elevator at Taunton. He is a son of William and Ellen (Gould) Salmon, both natives of Ireland. They came to the United States when young and settled in Illinois, where they were married. In 1881 they came to Lyon county, where the father died a few years later. The mother now resides in Minneapolis with a daughter. The family still own the old farm in Lyon county.

Daniel was born in Bloomington, Illinois, June 27, 1872, and resided there with his grandparents until eighteen years of age. In 1890 he came to Lyon county and joined his parents, who had moved here in 1881. He resided with them about nine years. He attended the Marshall High School and taught school five terms. Later he returned to the farm and operated it several years.

In 1898 Mr. Salmon went to Minneapolis and worked three years as a motorman for the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. His next move was to Waverly, South Dakota, where he had charge of a grain elevator and lumber yard. In 1903 he moved to Taunton, where he has since been manager of the Western elevator. Mr. Salmon is also engaged in the butcher business, having started a shop in 1908. Our subject is a member of the M. W. A. lodge and has been justice

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Mr. Salmon was married at Ghent June 1. 1904. to Mary L. Regnier, a native of Kankakee county, Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Salmon are the parents of three children: Joseph D., Edwin and Allen.

FRANK E. HOOK (1901) is proprietor of the Mint Saloon in Tracy. He was born in West Bend. Wisconsin, September 10, 1866. His father was Eugene F. Hook, a native of Germany who came to the United States when a year old with his parents and settled on the land where the city of Milwaukee now stands. At that time Milwaukee was a hamlet of eight or ten houses. He was married there to Mandeline Strahmyer. They moved to Grundy Center, Iowa, and to Cedar Falls in 1881. In 1901 they came to Lyon county and bought land in Monroe township where the father died November 16, 1907, aged sixty-three years. Mrs. Hook resides in Tracy.

In 1872 Frank Hook accompanied his parents to Grundy Center, Iowa, and in 1881 to Cedar Falls, Iowa, where he resided on the farm with his parents until twenty-seven years of age. He then entered the employ of the Diamond Joe Line of steamers, which plied between Memphis, Tennessee, and Stillwater,- Minnesota. He served as fireman two years, was promoted, and served as chief engineer ten or eleven years. His headquarters were at St. Louis during that service.

In 1901 Mr. Hook came to Lyon county and farmed in Monroe township seven years. In April, 1908, he purchased the Mint Saloon of J. W. Alexander and has since conducted the place. Mr. Hook is a member of the Eagles lodge. He was school treasurer four years and has served as road overseer in Monroe township.

EMIL J. KRUEGER (1906), after being in business more than twenty years, came to Lyon county six years ago, bought the south half of section 21, Monroe township, and engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has made many improvements on his farm, including tiling, fencing, etc., and is becominginterested in stock raising. He is president of and was responsible for the organization of the Farmers Club of Tracy in March, 1912, the club now having a membership of 100.

Our subject was born near Hamburg, Germany, October 6, 1866. His father, Carl Krueger, was a steel mill worker. He died some years ago in Germany. The mother, Mary (Wauteg) Krueger, lives in Hamburg. Emil was brought up and educated in Germany, and when sixteen years of age he came to America and located at Peotone, Illinois, where he lived until 1898, most of the time being employed in a general store. In 1898 he moved to Manteno, Illinois, and engaged in the general merchandise business for himself, making his home in Manteno eight years and then coming to Lyon county and buying the farm where he now resides. While a resident of Manteno Mr. Krueger was a member of the Village Council four years, and hp was city clerk two years during his residence in Peotone.

Emil J. Krueger was married at Manteno, Illinois, to Grace Smith, the ceremony takingplace April 16, 1900. His wife was born in Manteno May 3, 1878. To this union a daughter, Dorothy, was born March 16, 1910. Mr. Krueger has one son, Walter Krueger, by a former marriage. Our subject is a member of the Catholic church. His fraternal affiliations are with the Modern Woodmen lodge of Tracy.

HARRY C. MILLER (1905), painter, paperhanger and decorator of Marshall, was born at Sterling, Nebraska, August 15, 1873. "When he was a child he accompanied his parents to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he resided many years and learned his trade.

After mastering his trade Mr. Miller worked as a journeyman painter for several years in that part of the country extending from Toledo, Ohio, and Chicago to the Pacific Coast. He was at Ottumwa, Iowa, three years, and in 1905 he located in Marshall, opened a shop, and has ever since resided in that city. He has decorated and painted the interior of the Methodist church, the Carnegie library, city hall, the M. W. A. building, and a number of residences.

Minnesota, October 5, 1898, to Lydia Wolf, a native of the village in which she was married. Mr. and Mrs. Miller have three children: Edna, Evelyn and Matah.

Our subject is a son of Oliver and Kate (Greenfield) Miller, who were pioneers of Nebraska, having settled at Sterling before the coming of the railroad. The father was born in Germany, the mother in New York. There are six sons in the family, as follows: Luther, of Sterling, Nebraska; Harry, of this sketch; Frank, of Ottumwa, Iowa; Lester, of Marshall; Clyde of Adams, Nebraska; Robert, of Lincoln, Nebraska.

JOHN WAMBEKE (1886) owns 480 acres of land in Westerheim township and is one of the successful farmers of the community. He was born in Belgium July 8, 1872. His parents were Ferdinand and Rosalie Wambeke, who came to this country and settled in Fairview township in 1886. John received his early education in his native land and attended the country schools for a short time after the family came to this country. His mother died in 1910 and his father one year later.

John began farming when a young man. He has always been a hard worker and a careful manager, and those cpialities with a thorough knowledge of the best methods of farming have brought him success. He has in the last ten years bought 4S0 acres of fine land, which is increasing in value every year.

The marriage of our subject to Sadie Van Daele, a native of Belgium, occurred in Ghent February 4, 1902. To this union six children have been born, named Ferdinand, Bertha, Lenora, Elizabeth, Anna Maria and Leona Maria.

John Wambeke has living three brothers and four sisters, as follows: Charlie, Henry, Peter, Mrs. John Tholen, Mrs. Frank Buysse, Mrs. Adolph De Vose and Mrs. August De Sutter. Mr. Wambeke is a member of the Catholic church of Minneota.

ANDREW JOHNSON (1902) is manager of the Laird-Norton Yards at Balaton and has been a resident of that village ten years. Sweden is the country of his nativity and he was born October 10, 1873. He came to

Mr. Johnson located at Stewartville, Olmsted county. Near that place he engaged in farming for a number of years, and for three years he worked in a lumber yard in the village. He moved to Balaton in 1902, worked in the Hayes-Lucas yard until 1907, and then accepted the position of manager of the Laird-Norton Yards, which he has since held.

The company for which Mr. Johnson works was the first to engage in the lumber business in Balaton. It was established as the Laird-Norton Company, Incorporated, in 1855 and changed to its present title in 1900. The general offices are at Winona and the officers are M. G. Norton, president; F. A. Thatcher, vice president; F. S. Bell, secretary and treasurer; O. M. Batchford, manager. The company has 110 yards in South Dakota and Minnesota and deals in all kinds of building material, coal, etc.

Mr. Johnson was married at Balaton December 29, 1910, to Nora S. Sorenson, a native of Illinois. They have recently erected a fine home in the village. Mr. Johnson is a member of the Modern Woodmen and Workmen lodges.

JOHN E. KLEINE (1903), Lake Marshall township farmer, was born in Hanover, Germany, December 28, 1871. He received a common school education in the land of his birth, coming to the United States when seventeen years of age and locating at Le Mars, Iowa. He worked on different farms near Le Mars until 1899, when he married, rented land, and started farming for himself.

In 1903 Mr. Kleine came to Lyon county and purchased the northwest quarter of section 30, Lake Marshall township, where he now lives. Later he purchased the east half of the southeast quarter of section 25, Lynd township. Mr. Kleine is a member of the German Lutheran church. He served four years as director of school distinct No. 7.

Mr. Kleine was married at Le Mars, Iowa, March 8, 1899, to Katherine Ahlfs, a native of Hanover, Germany. ' She is a daughter of John H. and Anna (Renkin) Ahlfs. The former died in Germany at the age of seventy-one years and the latter at the age of seventy-three. Mrs. Kleine was born August

HARVEY H. ADAIR (1895) is a well driller and a dealer in windmills and pumps in Marshall. He was born in Green county, Wisconsin, May 23. 1866, a son of Ezra and Elizabeth (Cummins) Adair, the former a native of Canada and the latter of the United States. The parents are deceased. In the family are eight children: Harvey H., of this sketch; Charles, of Marshall; Alex. Ezra, Maud and Josephine (Mrs. Fred Willard), of Artesian, South Dakota; Bertha (Mrs. Ed. Willard), of Pierre, South Dakota; and Libbie (Mrs. Carl Santee), of South Dakota.

When four years of age our subject went to Parsons, Kansas, and lived on a farm with his parents until 1885, when he moved to Sanborn county, South Dakota, where he farmed and conducted a well drilling machine until 1895. In the latter year he came to Lyon county, located at Marshall, and has since been engaged in the well business. He is one of the best and oldest well drillers in the county, having learned the business under his father, who was an expert at the business. He makes all kinds of tubular wells and handles windmills and pumps. Mr. Adair is a member of the Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors lodges.

On January 4, 1887, at Carthage, South Dakota, occurred the marriage of Mr. Adair to Louise Boudine. To this union were born the following children: Ethel, Clyde and Leslie. Mr. Adair was married a second time at Northville, South Dakota, on January 24, 1905, to Magdaline Pluman, a native of Minneapolis. They have two children: Margaret and Angeline.

CLAUS FRAHM (1904) is the blacksmith in the village of Lynd. He is a native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and was bora March 16, 1849. He is the son of Jerry and Wibke Frahm. The father died in 1852, in Germany, and the mother died in 1889, in Tama county, Iowa.

moved to Scott county, Iowa, where he resided a short time, working at farm labor. He then went to Jackson county, where he remained a year, engaged in the same work, and then went to Clinton county, Iowa, where he remained a year. We next find our subject in Tama county, Iowa, where he resided eighteen years. While there he and an older brother conducted a blacksmith shop. In 1SSS he moved to O'Brien county, Iowa, where he rented a farm and operated it until 1904. During that time he was superintendent of the county farm.

In 1894 Mr. Frahm came to Lyon county and rented a farm near Lynd, which he operated for seven years and then moved to the village of Lynd, where he opened the blacksmith shop which he still operates. Mr. Frahm is a member of the German Lutheran church.

In 1876 the subject of this biography was united in marriage to Annie Klink, a native of Germany and a daughter of Jerry Burns. Mr. Burns died several years ago. Mrs. Frahm died February 27, 1906. Mr. and Mrs. Frahm were the parents of the following children: Julius, Herman, Theodore, George, Frank, Annie, Ella.

NELDER ERIKSRUD (1902) has lived within a short distance of Tracy since he was two years old. For the last ten years he has been a resident of the city, working at teaming and engaging in buying and selling horses. In 1910 he was made police officer of the city.

The subject of our sketch was born in Fillmore county, Minnesota, January 21, 1876. In 1878 the family moved to Murray county and located just south of Tracy. Nelder grew up on the home farm and worked with his father for some years. He and his brother Lawrence eventually bought the farm and ran it until ten years ago, when Nelder moved to Tracy. He still owns the farm south of town.

Nelder Eriksrud is the son of Martin and Mary Eriksrud, natives of Norway who came to this country and located in Wisconsin early in life. They were married in Wisconsin and later moved to Fillmore county, Minnesota. In 1878 the family moved to Murray county and bought land just over the Lyon-Murray county line. Mrs. Eriksrud died

HERMAN HEXRICHS (1891) was born in Bremer county, Iowa, October 5, 1883. He resides in Coon Creek township, where he has operated his brother's farm for the past three years. His parents are Fred and Frederica (Froest) Henrichs, the former a native of Germany and the latter of New York State. They settled in Bremer county in an early day. In 1887 they moved to Hand county, South Dakota, where the father homesteaded land, which he later sold, and the family moved to Lyon county. Mr. Henrichs purchased land near Burchard, and it was there that our subject received his schooling and grew to manhood. He resided with his parents until 1906, when he rented a farm near Russell on which he resided until moving to his brother's farm. Our subject raises considerable stock.

Mr. Henrichs was married in Marshall, Minnesota, to Nettie Peterson, a native of Iowa. They were married February 21, 1907. Mrs. Henrichs is a daughter of James and Amelia (Hansen) Peterson. To Mr. and Mrs. Henrichs have been born the following children: Glen, born March 21, 1908; Evelyn, born February 7, 1910; and Earl, born September 5, 1911.

ANTON HOMMERBERG "(1904) is manager of the Lyon County Co-operative Company's store at Balaton. He was born in Scandia township, Murray county, Minnesota, July 24, 1877. His parents are Carl M. and Ingre Hommerberg, natives of Sweden who came to the United States in 1870 and located in Murray county, where they still reside. They are the parents of four children: John, a farmer of Murray county; Anton, of this sketch; Edwin and Wilhelm, who reside at home.

Antcn made his home with his parents in Murray county until 1902. He received his education in the public schools and in Gustavus Adolphus College, from which he was graduated in 1908. In 1903 he went to Currie, Minnesota, and clerked in a store one year, then to Balaton, where he clerked three years in the general store of F. J. Breening. In May, 1908, the Lyon County Co-operative Company was organized and he was engaged as manager, a position which he has held since.

The Lyon County Co-operative Company was organized in May, 1908, by a number of farmers in the vicinity of Balaton. The company is capitalized for $50,000 and is incorporated. The officers are as follows: President, F. F. Norwood; vice president, F. S. Bartlett; treasurer, J. E." Miller; secretary, Morton Hjermstad; manager, Anton Hommerberg. They carry a complete line of hardware, machinery and general merchandise. The store occupies the fine new store block of the First National Bank.

ISAAC N. OLEVSON (1891) bought land on section 19, Westerheim township, in the seventies, but it was many years later when he came to Lyon county and commenced to farm his land. He has a well-improved place of 400 acres, farms it all, and raises considerable stock for market. Mr. Olevson has just completed one of the largest barns in the township, the -structure being 52x80 feet.

Nels and Betsey (Brien) Olevson, parents of Isaac, came to this country from Norway in 1857, settled in McHenry county, Illinois, where they remained three years, and in 1859 moved to Chicago. That city was then only a village, and Nels Olevson ran a dairy. He and his wife were residents of the city until their deaths in 1873 and 1881, respectively.

Isaac was born in Norway July 3, 1846, and came to this country with his parents. The boy's youth was mostly spent in Chicago, and when a lad of only eighteen years he enlisted in Company F, Eighth Illinois Cavalry, and served in the Army of the Potomac during the latter part of the war, being honorably discharged in 1865. He then returned to Chicago and entered the railroad business in the capacity of fireman.

Young Olevson in a few years was- promoted to engineer on the Chicago & Northwestern line and ran for many years between Chicago and Clinton, Iowa, and later between Watertown and Brookings, South Dakota. His health failed and in search of other occupation he came to Lyon county and has since been farming the land he bought many years ago. Mr. Olevson was in Chicago at the time of the great fire of 1871, and during the time that the city's drinking water supply was destroyed he hauled water by train from Elmhurst to the stricken city.

Isaac Olevson married Martha Leland in Chicago in 1872. She is a native of Dane county, Wisconsin, and by her marriage to Mr. Olevson became the mother of the following children: Fillmore, of Washington State; Mabel (Mrs. Asa Conger), of Lyon county; Beatrice (Mrs. Nickolai Orsen), of Westerheim; Bertrand, on the farm; George and Williard, at home. Mr. Olevson has one sister living, Josephine, a resident of Chicago.

Our subject is a member of the Masonic lodge, having joined in Watertown, and has taken the degrees admitting him to the Commandery and the Knight Templars. Mr. Olevson served as justice of the peace two years.

CHARLES M. SNAPP (1885), of Marshall, has lived in Lyon county since he was fifteen years old. He was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, October 5, 1870, lived in Illinois with his parents from 1881 to 1885, and since then has been a resident of Lyon county, most of the time engaged in farming.

Jacob and Sarah (Mann) Snapp, the parents of our subject, were born and married in Nicholas county, Kentucky. The former served in the Kentucky Home Guards during the Civil War. The family moved to Marshall in 1885 and Mr. Snapp has since lived in that city, spending most of his summers with his children in Kentucky. Mrs. Snapp died in Marshall July 14, 1908, at. the age of seventy-two years. Mr. Snapp is now eighty-five years of age.

The children of the Snapp family are as follows: Marian, Aaron and William, of Kentucky; Floyd, Corilla (Mrs. Wesley Holt), Samuel, Charles M., Annie, deceased; Stella and Calla (Mrs. Victor J. LaVoy), of Marshall.

GEORGE O. LARSON (1896) farms the northwest quarter of section 13, Nordland township. He was born in Woonsocket, South Dakota, July 22, 1886, a son of Andrew and Metsey (Hauge) Larson. The father was born in Denmark and the mother in Iowa. For a number of years Andrew Larson operated a bus line in Woonsocket. In 1896 he moved with his family to Lyon county and farmed rented land in Eidsvold township ten years.

George began his schooling in Woonsocket and completed his education in the schools of Minneota. In 1904 he began to work out at farm labor and in 1905 and 1906 he worked in the railroad shops at Brainerd and Two Harbors, Minnesota. In the fall of the year last mentioned he and his brother Louis bought eighty acres of timber land in Todd county, Minnesota, and spent the following winter there. He returned to Lyon county in the spring of 1907, worked as a farm hand two years, married in 1909, and commenced farming. He now makes his home with his mother-in-law and farms the northwest quarter of section 13. He and his wife are members of the Free Norwegian church.

Mr. Larson was married in Minneota July 15, 1909, to Josephine B. Bjerkan. She was born in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, November 3, 1873, was educated in the Appleton High School and in the Minnesota Business College at Minneapolis, and for nine years taught Lyon county district schools. Mr. and Mrs. Larson have one child, Alfred O., born March 4, 1911.

Mrs. Larson's father was Ole J. Bjerkan. He was born in Trondhjem, Norway, June 5, 1826, came to the United States in 1865, and to Lyon county in 1878. He bought the northwest quarter of section 13, Nordland township, and engaged in farming it until his death on May 13, 1905. Mrs. Larson's mother is Karen (Larson) Bjerkan. She was born in Nanestad, Norway, June 25, 1844, and came to America and located in Rushford, Minnesota, in 1869. She still makes her home on the old farm in Nordland.

A. G. BETOURNE (1897), proprietor of the Monogram Saloon of Tracy, was born in Kankakee county, Illinois, August 4, 1859. He is one of a family of six children born to Mose and Rosa Lee (Beniouw) Betourne, natives of Canada. The former is deceased; the latter makes her home in Kankakee countv, Illinois.

Until he was twenty-eight years of age A. G. Betourne lived on his father's farm; then he located in Kankakee and engaged, in the saloon business until moving to Lyon county in 1897. The first year of his residence in the county Mr. Betourne tended bar for Gits & Vergote, at Marshall. He took up his residence in Tracy thereafter, tended bar for W. B. Keller four years, and then purchased the business he has since conducted. Mr. Betourne owns his . home in Tracy. He is a member of the Eagles lodge.

The subject of this review was married in Chicago March 8, 1897, to Amy Rexstrew. who is also a native of Kankakee county. Mr. and Mrs. Betourne have three children, Fern, Euclide and Alice.

His prowess on the cinder path was scarcely less. Among his numerous records are the following: Fifty-yard dash, 5 3-5 seconds; one hundred-yard dash, 10 2-5 seconds; running high jump, 5 feet 5 inches; running broad jump, 22 feet 4 inches; running hop, step and jump, 44 feet 4 1-2 inches; 16-pound shot put, 37 feet 7 inches. Mr. Kennedy was also a member of the baseball and basketball teams of Hamline and enjoyed the unique distinction of being the first student at the university who made every athletic team during his freshman year. In addition to these various athletic honors, he was elected president of the "Class of 1905" during his freshman year.

DUNCAN L. KENNEDY (1887) is a lawyer of the city of Marshall. He is a native of Wisconsin and was born December 30, 1881, a son of D. Ward and Flora (Keter) Kennedy, natives of Wisconsin.

When six years of age our subject came to Lyon county and made his home with his grandfather, Judge D. A. Kennedy, on a farm in Island Lake township, one year, after which he moved to Marshall and was graduated from the Marshall High School in 1900. He then attended Hamline University two and one-half years, after which he returned to Marshall and was employed in the law office of Thomas E. Davis two years. He then went to Wisconsin and learned the printer's trade, which he followed until February, 1909, when he returned to Marshall and read law in the office of Davis & Michel. He was admitted to the state bar in June, 1911, and entered the firm of Davis & Michel, where he has since been engaged. He is a member of the B. P. O. E. and the M. W. A. lodges.

Mr. Kennedy has been prominent in athletics since boyhood and while at Hamline University took an active part in athletic sports and was a member of the Hamline University football teams of 1902-03-04. He was equally prominent in other branches of athletics while at Hamline. He was admittedly one of the best all-around athletes that ever attended Hamline University. During his three years of football he was placed on the "All-Minnesota" team by the newspaper

OSCAR A. KROOK (1886), postmaster of Marshall, has resided in Lyon county many years, most of the time as a resident of the county seat city. He was born in Sweden, the son of Nels Olson Krook and Boel (Ljungberg) Krook, both of whom are buried in their native land. There are seven children in the family, as follows: Edward O. Krook, of Clinton, Minnesota; Augusta (Mrs. John Leveau), Carl O. and Theodore, all of Sweden; Oscar A., of this sketch; Anna A. (Mrs. Nels Nelson) and Marie, both of Sweden.

During his boyhood days Oscar Krook attended school and when a young man left Sweden and came to America. He first landed at Red Wing, Minnesota, where he worked in a furniture factory during the summer months to earn the means to continue his studies in the English schools during the winter months. He came to Marshall in 1886 and learned the tinner's trade in the store of J. P. Watson, working continuously five years. Mr. Krook then went to Minneapolis and took a course in the Minnesota School of Business. Returning to Marshall, he again entered the employ of Mr. Watson, as bookkeeper and clerk, and continued in his employ one year.

Our subject then engaged in the hardware and furniture business at Balaton as a member of the firm of Krook & Tyler. Five months after the business was established the store was destroyed by fire and Mr. Krook was left practically penniless.

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He again took up his residence in the county seat and for a time was employed as bookkeeper for Watson & Chace. Mr. Krook then went to Winona and took employment with R. D. Cone & Co., wholesale and retail hardware dealers. For three years he was manager of the retail department and for four years was a traveling representative of the firm. At the end of that period Mr. Krook again located in Marshall and for some time was in the office of Thomas E. Davis, working at the insurance business and other work. He was appointed postmaster of Marshall by President Roosevelt in 1907 and was reappointed by President Taft in 1911.

Mr. Krook was married in Marshall on August 31, 1900, to Mary A. Davis, daughter of Reese Davis, who was one of the early settlers of Lyon county. Mrs. Krook was born on her father's homestead near Tracy. Three children have been born as a result of this union, namely, Alfred T., born in September, 1902; Marion J., born in January, 1909; and Robert D., born May 12, 1911. Mr. Krook is a member of the Masonic and Yeomen lodges.

FRANK W. CASE (1875), editor and proprietor of the Lyon County Reporter, has spent all except the first six months of his life in Marshall. He was bora at Waverly, Iowa, September 20, 1874, the son of C. F. and Fannie (Waller) Case, who are also residents of Marshall.

When Frank was six months of age he accompanied his parents to Marshall, \ the family making the trip from New Ulm by wagon and arriving at their destination in a raging blizzard. He received his primary -education in the Marshall High School and then spent one year working in his father's printing office. He then became a student in the University of Minnesota, from which institution he was graduated in 1898.

After his school days Frank assumed the management of the Reporter and later became sole owner. He has built the paper up to its present standing - one of the leading publications of Southwestern Minnesota with a great influence.

Mr. Case holds membership in the Masonic, Woodmen and Brotherhood lodges and is secretary of the last named order. He has been a member of the Marshall Fire Department a number of years and has been its president.

DR. L. E. IJAMS (1910) is a practising doctor of osteopathy of Marshall. He is the son of Thomas L. and Rosetta (Walker) Ijams, the former a native of Zanesville, Ohio, and the latter of Bloomington, Illinois. The father died in 1908; the mother lives at Farmer City, Illinois.

In DeWitt county, Illinois, on September 30, 1877, the subject of this biography was bom, and on his parents' farm in that county he grew to manhood. He received his general education in the district schools, in the high school at Farmer City, and in the schools of Quincy. For a time he clerked in clothing stores and was a traveling salesman with the Dayton Spice Mill Company. Mr. Ijams then took up the study of osteopathy as his life's profession. He was graduated from the Still College of Osteopathy at Des Moines, Iowa, and has since been engaged in practice. He opened an office in Marshall in June, 1910, has built up a lucrative practice, and is popular in church and social circles.

Dr. Ijams was married at Springfield, Illinois, on September 7, 1905, to Ethel E. Hall, a native of the city in which she was married. Dr. and Mrs. Ijams have three children: Byron, Walker and Elouise. The doctor is a member of the A. F. & A. M., Eastern Star and Calumet fraternities and of the Methodist church. He has membership in the American Osteopathic Association, as well as in the state and Southern Minnesota associations.

Our subject is one of a family of ten children, five boys and five girls. Their names are Harvey, Hattie, Ida, George, Millard, Lewis E., John, Ella, Edyth, Edna, and all are living.

township, has lived on that place since he was less than three years of age and for the past twenty years has had the management of the farm.

Thomas and Catherine (Boland) Rogan, the parents of our subject, were born and married in Ireland. After their marriage they came to America and for a number of years lived in Chicago. The father was a prospector and miner and before the family became residents of Lyon county he was engaged in mining in the West. A few years after his family moved to Lyon county he came and made his home here until his death in 1900. There are five children in the family, as follows: Mary (Mrs. Ed. Kelly), of Alberta, Canada; Ann (Mrs. Pat Kiley), of Minneota; Kate, who lives at home; Bridget (Mrs. John Kiley), of Minneota; and James T.

James T. Rogan was born in Chicago August 15, 1877, and in the spring of 1880 he accompanied his mother, brothers and sisters to Lyon county. Mrs. Rogan bought the farm at that time and still makes her home there. James was brought up on that place and has always lived there. He is unmarried and makes his home with his mother and sister. He is a member of the Catholic church of Minneota and of the Yeomen lodge.

PAR. O. ANDERSON (1897) since May 1, 1903, has been the buttermaker at the Garvin creamery. He is a native of Sweden and was born June 5, 1868, a son of Andrew O. and Ingar Anderson, who located at Clear Lake, Sherburne county, Minnesota, upon coming to the United States. Andrew O. Anderson died August 31, 1901. They were the parents of six children, five of whom are living: Par. O., of this sketch; Andrew O., Noven, Adel and Hjalmar. One son, Oscar, is dead.

The subject of this sketch came with his parents to Clear Lake, Minnesota, in 1888, and in 1893 he located at Richmond, Stearns county, where he operated a creamery two years. He then moved to Tracy, where he conducted a creamery five years, and at the end of that time he took employment with the Thompson Creamery Company of Marshall and operated one of their creameries at French Lake, Wright county. Then he went to the Marshall Creamery Company and was buttermaker eight months. He moved to Garvin May 1, 1903, where he has had charge of the creamery since that date. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Congregational church and the Modern Woodmen and Maccabee lodges.

At Tracy, Minnesota, on December 6, 1902, Emma Busk became the wife of Mr. Anderson. She is a native of Sweden and is a daughter of Andrew Busk. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have two children, namely, Ernest and Sigfrid.

CHARLES E. PLANTZ (1907) farms the northwest quarter of section 11, Island Lake township, and has been a resident of Lyon county five years. He was born in Blackhawk county, Iowa, November 26, 1872. His father and mother, Jacob and Sarah ( Sands) Plantz, were natives of New York and Michigan, respectively, and both are dead. They were early settlers of Iowa.

When he was ten years old Charles accompanied the family to Humboldt county, Iowa, and there he finished his schooling and grew to manhood. He worked out several years and in 1897 he rented land and began farming for himself. He owned a half interest in a 120-acre farm there, his brother Elias owning the other half, but he later disposed of that property.

In 1906 Mr. Plantz moved to Rothsay, Wilkin county, Minnesota, and farmed rented land there four years. He spent one year in Superior, Wisconsin, working in the ship yards and the railroad. His arriyal to Lyon county was in 1907. The first season he worked out and during the next two years he farmed 200 acres of O. C. Gregg's farm. He rented the northwest quarter of section 15, Island Lake township, one year, and in 1911 he moved to his present place.

At Humboldt, Iowa, on January 15. 1902, Mr. Plantz was married to Mrs. lone J. Donaldson. She is the daughter of O. J. and Mary (Larson) Conklin, now of Livermore, Iowa, and she was born at Lake Mills, Iowa, December 30, 1879. They have two children, Viola I. and Darial L. By her former marriage Mrs. Plantz has one son, Roy Donaldson. Mr. Plantz is a member of the Masonic lodge.

EMERY G. FULLER ( 1SU0) is one of the proprietors of the Marshall Bottling Works. In March, 1912, he and Edward De Clerk bought the establishment from A. C. Porter and are now actively pushing the sale of bottled soft drinks and of Silver Spring water.

Mr. Fuller is a native of Lyon county and was born January 1, 1890, on his father's farm, the southwest quarter of section 13, Lake Marshall township. He was brought up on the farm and came to Marshall in 1908, entering the employ of A. C. Porter in the bottling works and holding the position of foreman up to the time of buying the plant with Mr. De Clerk. The business is a good one and should keep growing under the efficient management and hustling qualities of the owners.

Emery Fuller is a son of Walter A. and Emily Jane (Buck) Fuller, who have been residents of Lyon county for nearly thirty years. His father is a native of Illinois and Mrs. Fuller is a New York State woman. The parents still live on the Lake Marshall township farm where they made their home when first coming to Lyon county. Besides Emery, they were the parents of the following children: Carrie, Frank, Linus, Clarence, Harry, Bertha, Roy, Eva, Hattie, Ernest and Robert.

FRED LARSON (1896), a successful farmer and stock" raiser of Shelburne township, was born in Thorning, Sogn, Denmark, April 25, 1869. His parents were Thomas and Katrina (Lair) Larson, both of whom are now dead.

Our subject received his early education in Denmark, where he attended the common schools until fourteen years of age. He then worked for his father on the home farm for eight years. Like many of his countrymen, he believed the United States offered great opportunities to the young man, and in 1891 he came to this country, locating in Washington county, Nebraska, where he remained one year. Moving to Clay county, Iowa, Fred worked as a farm hand three years, then rented a place and farmed for himself one year.

of land. During the rest of that year he worked out, teaming. In February of the following year our subject purchased the farm upon which he now resides. He conducts a splendid cattle, horse and hog raising business in addition to- his general farming. Mr. Larson is a member of the Danish Lutheran church of Ruthton and is chairman of the board of school district No. 57.

On October 20, 1896, our subject was married to Johanna Christine Paulson, a resident of Shelburne township and a native of Denmark. She was born September 28, 1878, and her parents were Jess and Christina (Jacobson) Paulson, who now reside at Ruthton.

Three children have been born to Fred and Johanna Larson: Jess, born June 27, 1899; Dewey Thomas, born July 18, 1905; and Geneva Christina Katrina, born February 12, 1908.

J. DELBERT GILPIN (1912), editor of the Tracy Headlight, was born near Dunkirk, Ohio, January 10, 1876. J. P. and Lucindia (Tidrick) Gilpin, his parents, were also natives of Ohio and died in Nebraska.

The subject of this review attended school in his native state until sixteen years of age and then accompanied his parents to Nebraska. In that state he attended school a short time, clerked in a store, and taught school. He became a student of the University of Nebraska and later entered the Minnesota University, from the Academic Department of which he was graduated.

After his graduation Mr. Gilpin was superintendent of the Wayzata public schools two years. In May, 1912, he purchased the Tracy Headlight and has since conducted that journal. He is a member of the Methodist church of Tracy.

Mr. Gilpin was married at Tracy August 1, 1906, to Luella Grace Larson, who was born in Redwood county in February, 1886. Mr. and Mrs. Gilpin have one child, Gladys Lucile, born August 7, 1907.

gen, Norway, May 2, 1851. His parents were Ole and Sunive Ossen, both of whom died in the old country. George received his schooling and grew to manhood in the land of his nativity.

When seventeen years of age our subject came to America with his brother, Severt, and located in Winneshiek county, Iowa, where he worked at farm labor three years. He then purchased eighty acres of land in Hancock county and farmed eight years. His next move was to Winnebago county, where he purchased 240 acres of land and farmed until 1900.

In the latter year Mr. Ossen sold his Iowa farm, came to Lyon county, and purchased 441 acres of land on section 31, Lyons township. He has made his home there continuously since. In addition to his extensive farming interests, Mr. Ossen makes a specialty of feeding and shipping cattle and hogs. He is a shareholder of the Farmers Elevator Company and of the First State Bank of Russell. He is president of the former company' and a director of the bank. Mr. Ossen was chairman of the Township Board of Supervisors eight years. He is one of the largest land owners of Lyons township.

In Winneshiek county, June 24, 1874, Mr. Ossen was united in marriage to Betsey T. Fosse, a native of Bergen, Norway. She was born October 23, 1851, and is a daughter of Torkield and Christie (Tweet) Fosse. Mr. and Mrs. Ossen are the parents of the following named eight children: Sophia S., born February 3, 1875; Thireld O., born November 16, 1876; Joseph A., born May 8, 1881; Lawrence, born July 9, 1883; John M., born December 20, 1888; Bessie S., born September 3, 1885; Alice R., born March 13, 1892; Gertrude, born January 29, 1896.

WILLIAM A. MOORE (1884), proprietor of a Marshall dray line, was born in Clark county, Wisconsin, November 20, 1882. When he was two years old he was brought by his parents to Lyon county, the family home being established on section 18, Lake Marshall township, where the father purchased eighty acres of land.

William Moore spent his boyhood days, working for his father until eighteen years of age. Since then he has been shifting for himself. He worked out for a year and then, his father having died, he returned to the farm and conducted it until 19*07. That year he located in Marshall and for four and one-half years was employed on the J. C. Woodruff dray line. In April, 1912, he engaged in business for himself, establishing the third dray line. Mr. Moore is a member of the Modern Woodmen and Royal Neighbors lodges.

Our subject is one of a family of eight children, the others being Daniel, Mary, Sarah, Rose Ann, Martin, Robert and Theresa. Their parents are the late Anthony Moore and Charlotte E. (Minnick) Moore. The father was born in Ireland and the mother in Philadelphia. They came West when young and were married in Wisconsin. Anthony Moore died on the farm in Lake Marshall township in 1900 at the age of fifty-two years. Mrs. Moore resides in town, and William A. makes his home with her.

CHRISTIAN H. KELLER (1909) is a new arrival to Lyon county and farms the northeast quarter of section 11, Lynd township. He is a native of Illinois and was born at Kankakee February 2, 1867, a son of Conrad and Elizabeth (Meier) Keller. The father of our subject resides at Kankakee, Illinois, where he moved after his retirement from active farm labors.

Our subject received his early education in his native town. After leaving school he entered the employ of his father on the farm, where he worked until twenty-three years of age, when he started farming for himself.

Mr. Keller is a member of the Methodist church. Fraternally he is affiliated with the M. W. A. and the Yeomen of America lodges. He is a stockholder of the Farmers Elevator Company of Marshall. For two years he was an assessor in Kankakee county, Illinois, and was trustee of school district No. 1 in the same county.

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a daughter of Isaiah and Louisa (Stanton) Hartung. To this union have been born the following six children: Harry William, born July 13, 1891; Hattie Elizabeth, born December 16, 1893; Frank Elmer, born August 2 0, 1898; Bertha Louise, born November 12, 1900; Lester C, born April 22, 1903; Weldon Conrad, born February 16, 1911. All reside at home with their parents.

JOSEPH L. NELSON (1904) is the proprietor of a billiard and pool hall in Cottonwood. He is a native Minnesotan and was born at Pipestone October 12, 1879. His parents are John and Annie Randena (Okre) Nelson, natives of Allamakee county, Iowa. The father died in 1890. They were the parents of five children, named as follows: Ofto, Selma, Clara, Hulda and Joseph L. The mother was married a second time, to Ole Ostenson. The grandparents of our subject are Ole and Aslank Nelson, natives of Norway, who came to the United States in a very early day and settled in Allamakee county.

Joseph Nelson resided at Pipestone, where he received his education and also learned the carpenter's trade, until 1903. In 1904 he came to Lyon county with his mother and sisters and located at Cottonwood. He later went to Hanley, Saskatchewan, Canada, and worked at the carpenter's trade a year. He then worked at Minot, Aneta and Cooperstown, North Dakota, at the same trade two years, when he returned to Cottonwood. Upon his return he purchased his mother's restaurant and conducted it until February, 1911, when he sold and opened a pool and billiard hall. He installed an entirely new outfit.

Mr. Nelson was married at Cottonwood June 29, 1910, to Clara Elmer, a native of Cottonwood and a daughter of John Elmer. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have one child, Rudolph, born April 12, 1911.

ANTON RASMUSSEN (1900) is a farmer and land owner of Coon Creek township. He is a native of Denmark and was born January 20, 1868, a son of Peter

When nineteen years of age our subject immigrated to the United States and for nine years resided in Chicago. There he worked on the railroad, drove a coal wagon and operated a dairy. He then went to Lincoln county, Minnesota, where he purchased a quarter section of land, which he operated two years. Then he returned to Chicago, where he conducted a dairy one year more. He came to Lyon county in 1900 and upon his arrival purchased the northwest quarter of section 30, Coon Creek township, upon which he still resides. Besides farming, Mr. Rasmussen raises a great deal of stock. He is a member of the Danish Lutheran church and the Danish Brotherhood of America lodge. He has stock in a farmers' co-operative lumber yard and creamery at Tyler.

On September 19, 1889, at Chicago, Illinois, the subject of this review was married to Annie Meyer, a native of Germany and a daughter of Nels and Annie Meyer. To Mr. and Mrs. Rasmussen have been born three children, Peter, Lizzie and Degma.

GEORGE A. MULLEN (1911) is the junior member of the firm styled the Mullen Land Company of Marshall. He is a native of Iowa and was born at Fort Dodge April 24, 1887, where he resided until twelve years of age. His parents are M. A. Mullen and Mildred (Babbit) Mullen, natives of Watertown, Wisconsin. After their marriage in 1883 they moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa, where they resided until 1892. Then they moved to Gilmore, Iowa, lived there until 1899, and then moved to Palo Alto county, Iowa. They lived in the latter place until 1905, when they moved to Pipestone, where they now reside. They are the parents of the following children: Anna, Adelaide, Joseph, Marie and Bernice, of Pipestone; George A., of this sketch; James of Weyburn, Saskatchewan, Canada.

When twelve years of age George accompanied his parents to Palo Alto county to reside. He attended school there and grew to manhood. He spent four years as collector for the Raleigh Medicine Company, with headquarters at Madison and Egan, South Dakota. For a year he was disciplinarian at the Pipestone Indian School, after which he was district manager for the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York at Pipestone. In September, 1911, he moved to Marshall and launched the Mullen Land Company, which is comprised of himself and his father, M. A. Mullen. They deal in real estate and are a strictly reliable firm. They have some of the best farms in the county on their list. They also have listed many acres in other parts of the state, having offices at Morris and Pipestone, Minnesota, and Grand Forks, North Dakota.

HENRY L. TRAEN (1884) is a fanner and land owner of Eidsvold township. He was born in Belgium August 25, 1871, and came to America and to Lyon county with his parents in 1884. His education was begun in the old country and finished in Lyon county.

Henry attended school until eighteen years old and thereafter until 19 04 he worked on his father's farm. Louis Traen, the father, still lives in Eidsvold township; the mother, Rose Traen, died in

1910. Our subject was married in 1904 and began farming for himself at that time on the place he now owns. The northeast quarter of section 19 became his property in the spring of 1912. Mr. Traen has a well-improved place and engages in stock raising to some extent.

Mr. Traen was married in Taunton in 1904 to Kate Fear. She was born in Germany September 25, 1885, and is a daughter of Antone and Mary (Szazynski) Fear. Her parents reside in Lincoln county. Mr. and Mrs. Traen have three children: Louis, born January 26, 1905; Paul, bom May 21, 1907; and Anton, born April 26,

DONALD H. RULIFFSON (1895), bookkeeper of the Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Minneota, was born March 18, 1893, in Lincoln county, Minnesota.

His parents, Charles P. and Alice M. (Sloan) Ruliffson, were early settlers of Lincoln county and located in Lyons township, Lyon county, in 1895, where they now own one of the largest farms in the vicinity.

Donald attended country school in Lyons township and the village school in Russell, later attending high school for a time in Ortonville and spending one year in the Marshall High School. He discontinued his high school course in June, 1910, and worked on the home farm that summer, and in September he took a position with the local bank as bookkeeper.

Mr. Ruliffson is a member of the Presbyterian church of Russell. He made many friends throughout the county during his school days at Marshall and Russell and is popular among the young people of Minneota.

ANDREW HOOK (1901) is a farmer of , Monroe township, being the proprietor of 160 acres on the northwest quarter of section 15. Mr. Hook raises stock in addition to his general farming.

Mayville, Wisconsin, is the birthplace of Andrew Hook, November 10, 1869, being the date of his birth. His father, Eugene Hook, died December 12, 1907, and his mother, Madeline (Stromyer) Hook, lives in Tracy. When our subject was a child the family moved to Grundy Center, Iowa, where they made their home until 1901. Andrew was brought up on the farm and educated in the country schools, and later fanned in Iowa.

It was in 1901 that Andrew Hook came to Lyon county and bought his present farm, where he has since lived. He was married February 21, 1895, to Minnie Miller, at Finchford, Iowa. Mrs. Hook is a native of Galena, Illinois. To this union have been born three children, as follows: Veronica, bom December 12, 1895; Nettie, born June 4, 1898; and Harold, born October 24, 1902.

WALTER P. WOHLHETER (1911), manager of the farmers' elevator at Marshall, was born in Chamberlain, South Dakota, December 4, 1886. He is the son of C. L. and Florence (Downie) Wohlheter, natives of Iowa and residents of White. South Dakota.

The mother of our suhject is a daughter of E. B. Dowie, one of the early settlers of Marshall. There is one other child in the family, Verne Q.

When Walter was six years of age the family moved from Chamberlain to White, Brookings county, South Dakota, and there he grew to young manhood. After securing a high school education, he attended the State College at Brookings two terms and completed his education in the Mankato Commercial College. He then entered the grain business, being manager of the E. A. Brown elevator and that of the farmers' company at White prior to his removal to Marshall on July 17, 1911. Since that date he has had charge of the Marshall elevator.

Mr. Wohlheter was married at White, South Dakota, June 3, 1908, to Jessie Denhart. She was bora in Pipestone county and is a daughter of W. B. Denhart, an early settler of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Wohlheter have two children, Phyllis and Clementine. Our subject is a member of the Masonic and Woodmen lodges.

GEORGE DANDURAND (1887), Sodus township farmer, is a native of Indiana and was born at Milford February 28, 1875. His parents are Marcle and Mary (Bourgret) Dandurand, natives of Canada. They settled in Indiana in an early day.

In 1887 George accompanied his parents to Lyon county, the father renting a half section of land in Lynd township. They resided there three years and then moved to Lake Marshall township, where they farmed four years. In 1895 our subject was married and took up farming for himself. He farmed a part of the time in Lake Marshall township and part of the time in Sodus township. He also spent one year in Canada. In 1905 he purchased the northwest quarter of section 8, Sodus township, which he later sold, and he now rents the same. Mr. Dandurand is a member of the Catholic church and the Modern Woodmen lodge.

On July 25, 1895, at Marshall, occurred the marriage of Jennie Melencon to Mr. Dandurand. She was bom in Milford,, Indiana, on July 3, 1873, and is a daughter of Eugene and Salina (Shopin) Melencon, natives of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Dandurand are the parents of the following five children: Bessie M., born September 25, 1896; Frances Lucy, born December 25, 1899; Hurby E., born December 1, 1901; Bernice D., bom October 23, 1903; Roland O., born May 24, 1908.

FRED E. CHILD (1909) is editor and publisher of the Russell Anchor and has spent his entire life in the printing and newspaper business. He was born in Nevada, Story county, Iowa, December 22, 1877. After securing an education he learned his trade in the local newspaper offices, the Nevada Representative and the Nevada Journal.

Thereafter, before he became a resident of Lyon county, Mr. Child worked on many different papers in Iowa and Minnesota. He was employed for a year on the Algona, Iowa, Upper Des Moines and for a time on the successor of that journal, the Upper Des Moines-Republican. Mr. Child worked two years on the Reveille at Redwood Falls and one year on the Times-Messenger at Madelia and then for two years had charge of the Wabasso Standard. He next had charge of the mechanical department of the Herald at Wabasha for more than a year, and in March, 1909, he became the owner of the Russell Anchor. Mr. Child has greatly improved the paper and made a success of the venture. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge and was chief officer of the local order in 1910.

Mr. Child was married at Redwood Falls September 18, 1904, to Lutie Lenore Robinson, a native of Redwood county and the daughter of Lafayette Robinson, one of the early day treasurers of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Child have three children: Doris Marie, Donald William and Fay George.

Fred Child is the youngest child of a family of seven children, the others being Hattie Stevens, of Des Moines, Iowa; Willie, of Ames, Iowa; George, of St. James, Minnesota; Harry, of Boone, Iowa; Bert B., of Nevada, Iowa; and Mollie Glasco, of Des Moines, Iowa.

The parents of these children were George and Lavina (Hall) Child. The former was born in Bath, New Hampshire, settled in Illinois when fourteen years of age, and at Nevada, Iowa, in an early day and acquired land there. He served as a member of Company K, Thirty-second Iowa Infantry, as first and second lieutenant and quartermaster. He was sheriff of Story county eight years and later was in the livery business. He died in 1902 and his wife in 1S80.

The subject of this sketch was born in Johnson county, Iowa, September 3, 1868. His parents, A. J. and Harriett (Cleghorn) Hamilton, were natives of Indiana but settled in Iowa in an early day. When Frank was very young the family moved to Pocahontas county, and there he received his schooling and grew to manhood.

At the age of twenty-one years young Hamilton started out in life for himself, renting land in Iowa and farming thirteen years. In 1902 he moved to Lyon county and located in Balaton, soon afterward renting land near the village and farming the place until 1908. During that year he changed his residence to Monroe township and has since been on his present farm.

Mr. Hamilton was married in Pocahontas' county, Iowa, April 1, 1890, to Emma Garton. They have four children, Herbert L., Ethel, Dora E. and Harry. Mrs. Hamilton is a native of Illinois and is a daughter of J. P. and Elizabeth Moulton Garton. She was born May 28, 1871.

DONALD R. MIHILLS (1909) is part owner and manager of section 16, and 240 acres on section 15, Stanley township, which he owns in partnership with his father. He is a native of Wisconsin and was born in Fond du Lac October 20, 1887, a son of G. U. and Antonette C. (Carpenter) Mihills, the former a native of New York and the latter of Wisconsin. The parents reside at Fond du Lac, where the father is engaged in the lumber business and also owns a section of land. He engages extensively in breeding Percheron horses, established the » county fair there, and has been quite prominent in the development of his part of the country. They were the parents of two children:

Donald attended the schools, in the city of his birth and later attended Northwestern Military Academy and the University of Wisconsin. He was graduated from the former in 1904 and the latter in 1909. The latter year is the date of the arrival of our subject to Lyon county. He took charge of the above mentioned farm, which had been purchased by his father in 1S87, in connection with several hundred acres more, which have been sold.

Our subject is a member of the Elks and Masonic lodges and is treasurer of Stanley township. His great grandfather. Colonel Calvert Pier, was the first settler of Fond du Lac.

FREDERICK W. E. MALZAHN (1S96) is the efficient tailor in the city of Marshall. He was born in Germany December 1, and when eighteen years of age came to the United States and located in Le Sueur, Minnesota. He is a son of Frederick William and Henrietta (Schwandt) Malzahn, natives of Germany. Both parents are deceased. They were the parents of two children: Frederick W. E., of this sketch, and Augusta i Mrs. William Ladwig), of Clifton township.

Our subject served his apprenticeship as a tailor at Le Sueur, where he resided five years, and then went to Faribault, where he resided three months. He later went to St. Paul and worked at his trade till 1891, and then to St. Cloud, where he worked at his trade one season. The next few years were spent at his trade in Minneapolis, Chicago and Columbus.

In 1896 Mr. Malzahn came to Lyon county and located in Marshall, where he worked as tailor two years for Ed. Cartier. He then engaged in business for himself, which he has since continued.

JAMES M. HANSON (1903), Coon Creek township farmer, was born in Denmark September 15, 1876, a son of Hans and Annie (Christensen) Christopherson. James received his schooling in the land of his nativity, where he lived until eighteen years of age, when he immigrated to America.

Mr. Hanson purchased 160 acres on section 17, Lyons township, which he held until the fall of 1911, when he sold and bought land on section 21, Coon Creek township, where he now lives. He is a member of the Danish Lutheran church and was treasurer of school district No. 69 one year.

Mr. Hanson is a man of family. He was married in Lyons township March 10, 1905, to Damie Stiefel, a native of Lyons township and a daughter of David and Jane (Jones) Stiefel, of Russell. Mr. and Mrs. Hanson are the parents of two children, Olga and Margrette.

E. W. ANDERSON, D. C. (1911), Doctor of Chiropractic, is a recent addition to Tracy, having moved there from Canby in November, 1911. Dr. Anderson has offices on the second floor of the W. J. Coles Building on Third Street and has been achieving success in his profession during his short residence there.

Burt county, Nebraska, is the birthplace of our subject, who first saw the light of day on June 16, 1886. His boyhood was spent for the most part in Custer and Dawson counties, Nebraska, and during much of his early life he was in the saddle on the plains of Nebraska, tending cattle and ranching. The new profession of chiropractic adjustments claimed his interest, and determining to study the science the young man, then in his early twenties, enrolled in the Palmer School of Chiropractics in Davenport, Iowa, in 1908. Graduating in November, 1910, the doctor first located in Canby, where he remained about a year before he moved to Tracy. Dr. Anderson is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge.

The parents of our subject were A. C. and Lizzie (Stenman) Anderson, both natives of Stockholm, Sweden. They came to this country about fifty years ago. The father is dead; the mother lives in Gothenburg, Dawson county, Nebraska. Ernest W. of this sketch has the following brothers and sister living: Julius and Oscar, of Big Springs, Nebraska; Jesse, of Gothenburg, Nebraska; and Nena, of Gothenburg, Nebraska.