Lyon County, Minnesota - Biographical sketches, 1912 (part 16 of 17)

Our subject resided with his parents in Iowa, attending school and assisting his father on the farm, until 1906, when he came to Lyon county. The first year in Lyon county was spent working at farm labor, after which he rented land near Florence for two years. He tben rented the farm he now operates, the southwest quarter of section 33, Coon Creek township. Besides general farming, he raises a great number of cattle and hogs.

At Pipestone, Minnesota, February 15. 1906, Mr. Johnson was married to Ida Johnson, a native of Murray county and a daughter of Nels and Carline (Larson) Johnson, both natives of Sweden. Mrs. Elmer Johnson was born August 16, 1887. To this union have been born two children: Edith, born March 25, 1907; Roy, born June 5, 1908.

MATHIAS O. BUE (1910), a Cottonwood photographer, was born in Norway March 5, 1889. In his native country he received a common school education and began to learn the photographer's business. He came to America in January, 1907, and located at Granite Falls. For a time he engaged in farm work and amateur photography and for a short time worked in a gallery at Granite Falls. In April, 1910, Mr. Bue located in Cottonwood and bought the gallery of A. N. Hopland.

Our subject is the son of Ole and Johanna (Hagge) Bue, who reside in Norway. There are seven children in the family, named as follows: Hans, Knute and Mathias O., who are in America; Maria, Anton, Ole and Margaret, who live in the old country.

ANDREW OLSON (1909), a Coon Creek township farmer, was born in Skanna, Sweden, June 27, 1878, and is a son of Ole and Christina (Enbon) Anderson, of Krageholm, Skanna, Sweden. Andrew attended school in his native land until fourteen years of age. He also attended the Pullman School in Chicago after coming to the United States.

May 21, 1901, Mr. Olson came to America, locating at Chicago, where he worked in Johnson's chair factory for a short time. He then secured employment from the Pullman Car Company as a carpenter, working eight years. In 1908 he purchased the farm he now owns and operates, the southeast quarter of section 16, Coon Creek township, and moved to the place in the spring of 1909. He has made a great many improvements upon the place. He raises' some stock, including grade cattle, Poland China hogs and Plymouth Rock chickens. He is a member of the Swedish Lutheran church. Mr. Olson has been very successful since coming to Lyon county.

Mr. Olson was married on June 1, 1903, to Elna Nelson, a daughter of Nels and Elna (Anderson) Martinson, of Skanna, Sweden. She was born November 26, 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Olson have two children: Edith Caroline, born February 24, 1904, and Roy Herbert, born April 28, 1907.

Mrs. Olson has two brothers and one sister, namely: John Nelson, of St. Louis, Missouri; Martin Nelson, of Skanna, Sweden; Mrs. Nels Hallen, of Chicago, Illinois. Mr. Olson has one sister, Mrs. Andrew Olson, of Skanna, Sweden.

PRUDENT B. MENARD (1902), of the job department of the News-Messenger office in Marshall, was born in Kankakee county, Illinois. His parents, in company with many other Kankakee county farmers, moved from Illinois in 1902 and located on a farm in Lyon county. Joel A. Menard purchased a large farm near Marshall, but the family have made their home in town.

Our subject attended the public schools in Marshall several years and while yet a student commenced learning the printer's trade in the job office of Elmer A. Hukee. He was later employed in the job office of George Chamberlain and in the newspaper plant of C. C. Whitney. During the summer and fall of the year Mr. Menard was employed by the F. E. Murphy Auto Company of Minneapolis, and in November of that year he returned to Marshall and in company with H. E. Persons operated a job printing office until April, 1912, when he accepted his present position with C. C. Whitney in the News- Messenger office.

Joel A. Menard and Emma M. Menard are the parents of six living children, of whom Prudent is the eldest. The other children are Clara, Rachel, Andrew, Hugo and Virgil.

HECTOR A. MARCOTTE (1900) is a farmer and land owner of Sodus township. He was born in Cloud county, Kansas, August 24, 1884. His parents are Edward and Josephine (Brosseau) Marcotte, natives of Kankakee, Illinois. Hector received his schooling in the district schools of Cloud county.

When sixteen years of age our subject accompanied his parents to Lyon county and resided with them until 1911, when he rented the farm he now lives on, the east half of the southwest quarter of section 6, Sodus township. He owns and farms in partnership with his father the west half of section 5, Sodus township. Mr. Marcotte engages extensively in stock raising and is a successful farmer. He is a member of the Catholic church and the M. W. A. lodge.

At Marshall, April 20, 1910, occurred the marriage of Mr. Marcotte to Helga Davidson, a native of Marshall, born May 3, 1883. She is a daughter of John and Emma (Rafuson) Davidson, natives of Iceland. The mother died in 1898, and the father lives in Marshall. Mr. and Mrs. Marcotte have one child, Fern M., born May 30, 1911.

GUST NELSON (1907), Rock Lake township farmer, was born in Motolo, Sweden, June 9, 1862. His parents, Anders P. and Matilda Nelson, are deceased, the father having passed away in the old country and the mother in New York City.

Gust was a student of the public schools until fifteen years old and thereafter until 1881 he worked at farm labor in his native land. In June of the last named year Mr.

Nelson crossed the sea, worked in a blacksmith shop in New York City one year, was in Chicago for a time, and then located in Ida county, Iowa, where he engaged in farming eighteen years. Mr. Nelson then bought land in Murray county, Minnesota, and resided on the farm until the fall of 1907. At that time he came to Lyon county and has since farmed the southeast quarter of section 17, Rock Lake township. He engages in stock raising as well as grain farming and has been successful. He is a stockholder of the Farmers Elevator Company of Lake Wilson.

Mr. Nelson was married in 1890 to Anna Matilda Larson, who was bom in Sweden June 9, 1863. They have two children, Albert and Ellen (Mrs. Albin W. Nelson), both of Rock Lake township.

ARTHUR GARROW (1884) is engaged in tending bar for V. L. LaVoy at Marshall. He was born at Faller, Indiana, January 5, 1879. He is the son of Frank and Mary (Danderand) Garrow, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Indiana. They settled in Indiana, in 1884 came to Lyon county, and now reside in Lake Marshall township. They are the parents of the following seven children: Arthur, Frank, Wilford, Fred, George, Ida and Louise.

When five years of age, Arthur accompanied his parents to Lyon county and located in Marshall, where he has since resided. For several years after reaching maturity, our subject operated traction engines during threshing seasons. Then he entered the employ of the Marshall Tile & Sidewalk Company and engaged in the laying of sidewalks for about three years. Later he was employed by John Sturgeon in the hitch bam, for whom he worked over three years, and afterwards he worked three months for William Thorburn. In the early part of 1911 he entered the employ of his brother-in-law, V. L. LaVoy, as bartender, a position he has since held.

Mr. Garrow was married in Marshall May 11, 1910, to Stella May Snapp, a% native of Kentucky. They are the parents of one son, Everett Charles Garrow, born June 22, 1911.

SAMUEL McDANIEL (1904) is one of the prosperous farmers of Island Lake township. He has been in the county about eight years and farms the west half of section 9.

Mr. McDaniel is a son of Robert and Sinda (Detrice) McDaniel, natives of Indiana and Tennessee, respectively, and was born in Harrison county, Indiana, May 23, 1881. Samuel lived with his parents in Indiana until 1899, during which time he received his schooling. In the last named year he started out in life for himself and went to Leroy county, Illinois, where he worked at farm labor two years.

After the brief period spent in Illinois, young McDaniel went to Nobles county, Minnesota, and worked on a farm two years. He located in Lyon county in 1904, rented land near Minneota two years, and in 1906 rented his present place. He raises considerable stock and has found this industry to be a profitable venture in the conduct of his farm.

The marriage of our subject to Irene Hurd occurred in Minneota February 28, 1906, and to this union three children have been born, Beatrice, Adrian and Orvil. Mrs. McDaniel was born in Iowa and is a daughter of Alfus and Ellen (Palmer) Hurd, natives of New York and England, respectively, and now residents of Island Lake township.

ISAAC BUGHER (1905) is the proprietor of an auto and horse livery at Garvin. Until 1905 he was actively engaged in farming; then he retired and moved to Garvin, engaging in his present business in April, 1911.

Mr. Bugher's parents were Illinois people. He was born in Henry county, Illinois, February 3, 1862, a son of Robert and Elizabeth (Hillard) Bugher, neither of whom is now living. Isaac Bugher grew to young manhood and received his education in Illinois and moved to Iowa with his parents when he was nineteen years old. There he resided until 1900, farming for himself after he became of age. In 1900 Mr. Bugher journeyed to Murray county, Minnesota, buying land and farming until 1905. That year he gave up active work and moved to Garvin. Mr. Bugher prospered on his farm and has been enjoying a lively business in his present pursuit.

Ingram, a Wisconsin girl. To them were born the following children: Alpheus, Frank, Marietta (deceased), Archie and Lila. Mr. Bugher's second marriage was to Ida Frost, a native of Germany. To this union one child. Vernice, has been born.

P. A. LINDSTROM (1904), Coon Creek township farmer, was born in Sweden February 8, 1S63, a son of John and Mary (Peterson) Carlson. He attended school and grew to manhood in the land of his birth, where he resided until twenty years of age. At that age he came to the United States and located in Chicago, where he worked ten years for the Pullman Car Company. He then moved to Redwood county, Minnesota, where he purchased 160 acres of land and farmed until he sold and moved to Lyon county. '

Nineteen hundred four is the date of Mr. Lindstrom's appearance in Lyon county, at which time he purchased 240 acres on section 28, Coon Creek township, which he still owns and operates. In addition to general farming, he raises some stock, including Black Polled Angus cattle and Poland China hogs. Mr. Lindstrom was justice of the peace in Coon Creek township four years.

On October 1, 1887, at Chicago, occurred the marriage of Mr. Lindstrom to Caroline Johnson, a native of Sweden, born March 1, 1858. Mr. and Mrs. Lindstrom are the parents of three children, Alma, Walter B. and Esther E. Walter is now attending Agriculture School at St. Anthony Park.

JOHN WILLIAM FROEHLICH (1908) is a farmer and thresher of Eidsvold township, residing a short distance north of Taunton. Although he has had his official residence in Lyon county only a few years, he was brought up just over the line in Yellow Medicine county and has a wide acquaintance in northwestern Lyon county.

His parents are Charles G. and Anna (Horn) Froehlich. They located in Yellow Medicine county in 1889, bought land there, and made their home there until their removal to Hamel, Minnesota, in February, 1911.

old he moved with the family to Southwestern Minnesota. He was educated in the Yellow Medicine county public schools and worked for his father on the farm and in the threshing business until 1908. That year he engaged in farming on his own account on section 6, Eidsvold township. He farms a quarter section of land, raises some stock, and in partnership with his father conducts a threshing machine during the fall months. He has had thirteen years' experience as a thresher.

Mr. Froehlich was married in Burton township, Yellow Medicine county, April 10, 1906, to Freda Oetzmann. She was born in Onawa county, Iowa, July 20, 1887. They have three children: Bernard, born August 24, 1907; Esther, born June 28, 1909; and Elmer, born April 14, 1911. . Mr. and Mrs. Froehlich are members of the German Lutheran church and he was road overseer of his district one term.

EDWIN S. RICH (1906) is the station agent at Garvin for the Northwestern railroad and a dealer in hay of that village. He was born at Baraboo, Wisconsin, June 29, 1870, and spent his young manhood on a farm. He began his railroad career when twenty-one years of age as baggageman for the Northwestern road at Wonewoc, Wisconsin.

Ever since he took that employment Mr. Rich has been with the same company, as station agent since his first position. Prior to taking charge of the Garvin station in 1906 he was agent at various stations in Wisconsin, the Dakotas and Minnesota. He is the proprietor of the Garvin Hay Company and in 1910 shipped over 300 cars of hay. He owns a home in Garvin.

The parents of our subject are Alfred and Josie (Hazeltine) Rich, now residing in Sauk county, Wisconsin. His father was born in London, England, came to America in a sailing vessel when a young man, and for a number of years lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. During the war he served in the navy and as a member of a Wisconsin infantry regiment. After the war he was engaged for a number of years as a stage driver on the western frontier. The mother of our subject was born in Walworth county, Vermont. Of the family there are eight living children: William A., Edwin S., Mrs. C. H. Hall, Robert M., Colonel P., Orlando S. and Flora B.

HENRY PATNEAUDE (1900) is the owner of one of Vallers township's fine quarter sections, his farm being located on the northwest quarter of section 25. He has a well-improved farm, a comfortable home, and is prospering from his farm's returns and from his quite extensive stock raising.

Illinois is the native state of the subject of this sketch, and he was born in Iroquois county November 8, 1855. His parents, Eugene and Julia (Blain) Patneaude, were natives of Canada and were early settlers in Iroquois county. Henry was born and brought up on the farm and received his schooling in the district. He remained on the home farm until the death of his parents and then sold out and came to Lyon county in 1900. He purchased 200 acres on section 25 and has since lived on the place.

The ceremony which united Henry Patneaude and Mary Adams in the holy bonds of matrimony was performed in L'Erable, Illinois, October 4, 1880. Mrs. Patneaude was born in that place January 6, 1861, and is a daughter of Frank and Matilda (Marcotte) Adams, natives of Illinois and Canada, respectively. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Patneaude, their names being Wilford, Celia, Pearl, who is now a Sister of St. Paul; Edward and Felician. Our subject and his wife are members of the Catholic church.

A. O. HOVDESVEN (1875), for the past fourteen years cashier of the Cottonwood State Bank, is one of the prominent business men of the city. Mr. Hovdesven was one of the organizers of the Cottonwood Hardware Company, one of the large firms of the county, and with A. E. Anderson was at the head of the business until January, 1912. He helped organize the company in 1905 that erected the large two-story brick building in which the company has its quarters.

1860. His parents were Ole A. Hovdesven and Marn Hovdesven. When the subject of our sketch was seven years of age the family came to this country, locating in Dane county, Wisconsin, and residing on a faru* until moving to Lyon county in 1875.

The Hovdesvens were among the pic ._rs when they came to the county and took a homestead on the southeast quarter of section 6, Vallers township, and a tree claim on the northwest quarter of section 8, of the same township. At that time there were only three families living between the H - desven homestead and the town of Marshall. Their only neighbors were Johannes Anderson, Ole Broughton and Ole O. Brenna. Messrs. Anderson and Broughton are still living on the river in Vallers township. The old postoffice of Brenner took its name from the fact that it was located on Ole Brenna's farm. The elder Hovdesven lived on the homestead until his death in 1898, at the advanced age of seventy-nine years.

A. O. Hovdesven lived with his parents during his youth, helping with the farm work and later buying the tree claim which his father had taken upon his arrival to Lyon county. There the young man resided up to the time he moved to Cottonwood in 1897.

It was while Mr. Hovdesven was still on the farm that he was married to Emillie Sven, of Chippewa county, Minnesota. The marriage occurred June 21, 1888. Miss Sven is a native of Wisconsin. The Hovdesvens have four children: Orvin, a student at the University of Minnesota; Elmer, a student at St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota; Myrtle, a high school student of Cottonwood; and Evelyn, aged eleven.

Since moving to Cottonwood Mr. Hovdesven has been called upon to serve in various official capacities. He is president of the Village Council and president of the Board of Education. He was one of the organizers of the school district. Mr. Hovdesven has a brother, Andrew O. Anderson, who lives in Vallers township, and another brother, C. O. Anderson, who is an attorney in Arizona.

JASPER A. CARON (1894), of Vallers township, was born in Kankakee county, Illinois, March 6, 1887. He is a son of Joseph and Mary (Dandurand) Caron, also resiz

Jasper was seven years old when the family moved to the county. For two years his father farmed rented land near Ghent and then moved to the southeast quarter of section 15, Vallers, a farm he had bought previous to coming to the county. On that farm Jasper grew to manhood and in the nearby district school he received his education. He resided on the home farm with his parents until the fall of 1911; then he moved to his own farm, which is improved with new buildings. He received the southeast quarter of section 28 from his father and later bought eighty acres on section 33.

Mr. Caron was married in Marshall September 11, 1900, to Emma Grandpre, who was born in the city of Chicago May 27, 1881. Her parents, Victor and Louise (Lavoi) Grandpre, were born in Illinois and are now residents of Fairview township. Mr. and Mrs. Caron have three children: Armand, born June 26, 1901; Irven, born August 11, 1903; and Lorine, born July 12, 1907. The family are members of the Catholic church and Mr. Caron holds membership in the Modern Woodmen lodge.

M ANNIE G. ALLEN (1910) has been a farmer in Fairview township since December, 1910. He was born in Richeson county, Nebraska, October 15, 1882. His father was a farmer, and the first eight years of the lad's life were spent on the farm and he commenced to attend the country schools. When the family moved to the town of Bordeaux the boy continued his education in the village school and helped his father, who had established a store. Until twenty-three years of age young Allen remained at home. He then went out into the world to make his own way.

His first work was at Kansas City, where he was employed one year in the stock yards. From there he went to St. Joseph, and there learned the barber trade, working at that occupation three years. The year 1910 saw the beginning of Mr. Allen's farming career, when he came to Lyon county and located in Fairview township, where he has since remained.

Smith occurred at Marshall in October, 1910. She is a daughter of Thomas E. and Kate Smith, natives of Kansas. Mrs. Allen was born in Bordeaux, Nebraska, July 8, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Allen have one son, Ralph.

The parents of our subject are Charles Allen and Alice (Spickler) Allen. The latter is a native of Illinois, and both the parents are now living with a son in Zion City, that state.

THOMAS C. JONES (1901) is the owner of the north half of the northeast quarter of section 17, Lyons township. He has resided in Lyon county eleven years. Thomas Jones was born in Wales February 13, 1854, and at fourteen years of age came to the United States with his parents and located in Ohio. There he worked in the coal mines four years and at Danville, Illinois, until 1881.

In the year last mentioned our subject, accompanied by his brother, John, immigrated to Redwood county, Minnesota. He worked at farm labor several years, after which he spent ten years as a collector, being employed by John H. Bowers, an attorney at Redwood Falls. In 1901 Mr. Jones came to Lyon county, purchased his Lyons township farm, and has resided there since. He was clerk of Lyons township eight years, treasurer one year and clerk of school district No. 69 for six years. Mr. Jones has stock in the Farmers Elevator Company of Russell and is secretary of the company. He holds membership in the Modern Woodmen and Modern Brotherhood of America lodges.

Mr. Jones was united in marriage to Rose A. White at Renville, Minnesota. Mrs. Jones was born in Lesueur county, Minnesota, September 21, 1864, a daughter of Nathan D. and Urane (Frazer) White, natives of New York. During the Sioux outbreak of August, 1862, Mrs. White was taken captive by the Indians and was held six months before being released. Mr. and Mrs. Jones are the parents of the following named children: William N., Evan C, T. Harold, Myrtle U.

EDWARD LeCUYER (1897) is the proprietor of the Duluth House, of Marshall. He is a native of Cloud county, Kansas, and was born August 30, 1880. He lived on the farm of his parents in his native county until seventeen years of age and then moved with them to Lyon county. He lived en the farm in Clifton township for a few years and then went to Ward county, North Dakota, and in the village of Tagus conducted a hotel two years, or until 1910. In October of that year he moved to Marshall, rented the Duluth House, and has since conducted it. He has improved the hostelry and enjoys a good patronage.

The parents of our subject are Fortuna and Nancy (Marcotte) LeCuyer, natives of Kankakee, and Bourbonnais, Illinois, respectively. They moved to Kansas about forty years ago and homesteaded in Clay county, later moving to Cloud county, where they resided twenty-four years. They farmed in Lyon county four years, lived in Red Lake eighteen months, farmed in North Dakota a few years, and in September, 1910, moved back to Lyon county and are now engaged in farming in Grand view township. There are ten children living of this family, as follows: Alfred, Alma, Ada, Medrick, Marie, Dora, George, Blanch, Eli and Edward. All live in Lyon county except Alma, who is now Mrs. Joseph St. Peter and resides in North Dakota, and Dora, who is now Mrs. Alex Lawscn and lives at Grove City, Minnesota.

Edward LeCuyer was married in North Dakota July 25, 1907, to Sarah Peterson, who was born in Blooming Prairie, Steele county, Minnesota. They have one child, Raymond, born August 16, 1909.

PETER CHRISTENSEN (1909) is one of the more recent additions to this farming community, having been a resident of Shelburne township only about two years. In November, 1909, he moved here from South Dakota and purchased 136 acres on the south half of section 30. He engages successfully in cattle raising besides general farming.

Our subject was born in Sjaland, Denmark, January 16, 1871, his parents being Peter and Sophia Christensen. The mother is still living in Denmark. Peter received his early education in Denmark in the common schools. At the age of fourteen he discontinued his school work and* hired out at farm labor for the next four years. In 1889 Peter came to America and located in

Buena Vista county, Iowa, where he worked as a farm hand until 1S96. February 25 of that year he married, at Newell, Iowa, Augusta Capion, and soon afterward engaged in farming for himself in Buena Vista county, making that his home for seven years. In 1903 the family moved to Lake county, South Dakota, from which place they recent- ly came to Lyon county.

Mrs. Peter Christensen was born May 3, 1875, her parents being Chris and Bolettie (Olsen) Capion. Her father lives at the old home in Newell, Iowa; her mother died September 23, 1905.

- Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Christensen: Albert Holger, born February 12, 1901; Eva Eldona, born August 30, 1905; and Alvin Wilbur, born April 14, 1910.

Peter Christensen has three brothers living in this country: Hans, of Newell, Iowa; Chris P., of Chicago; and Nels C, of Dagmer, Montana. Mrs. Christensen has three sisters living, all of whom are married. Ida Matilda (Mrs. Hans Mathisen) and Fannie Berthalena (Mrs. Niel Mayland) reside in Newell, Iowa, and Mamie Wilmine (Mrs. James Haahr), at Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

LARS BERG (1902), the owner of 160 acres on section 27 and a well-to-do farmer of Lucas township, was born in Valders, Norway, October 27, 1864. He is a son of Lars and Ingeborg Berg, of whom the former is living in Norway and the latter is deceased.

Our subject attended the common schools in Norway until fourteen years of age, after which he worked at farm labor in his native land until 1886. In the spring, of that year young Berg came to America and located in Monona county, Iowa, where he resided about eleven years, and then moved to Clay county, Minnesota, where he purchased land and lived until 1902, pursuing the occupation of a farmer.

It was in the spring of 1902 that Mr. Berg came to Lyon county and purchased the south half of the south half of section 27, Lucas township. On that place he has since made his home and devoted himself to general farming and stock raising. He has prospered and his quarter section is one of the fine pieces of real estate in the township.

Mr. Berg was married October 16, 1885, in Norway to Siri Olson. She was born April 25, 1861, and died November 18, 1909. She and Mr. Berg were the parents of eight children, all of whom are living at home with their father. Their names are Louis, Olaf, John, Anna, Lillian, Harry, Clarence and Ida. Mr. Berg is a member of the United Norwegian Lutheran church of Cottonwood.

HECTOR HOFMAN (1900) holds the position of clerk in the Edward Schreiber hardware store in Ghent, and though only recently an employe Mr. Hofman brings to the store business experience of his own and is proving his worth.

Our subject was born in Belgium March 31, 1871, and is a son of Camiel and Constantie (Van Dendacle) Hofman. The former parent is dead and the mother is still a resident of the old country. Hector received a good education in his native land, attending the grade and high schools and later the College of St. Marys in Audenarde, Belgium. His schooling was finished when he was seventeen and for the next twelve years the boy helped his father on the farm.

Coming to America in 1900, Mr. Hofman was employed in a laundry seven months. He then came to Lyon county and worked as a farm hand near Ghent three years and one year as a laborer on the new Catholic church building. The Farmers Elevator Company engaged Mr. Hofman's services and he was grain buyer for that firm the next five years. He resigned his position to investigate the West and for two years our subject conducted an irrigated farm near Fountain, Colorado. He decided that Lyon county was much the better country and returned to Ghent, where he has since been employed in the hardware store.

Mr. Hofman married Louisa De Maeght November 23, 1903, his wife being a native of Belgium. They have six children, Edmund, Herman, Esther, Alfrede, Elvere and Baldwin. Mr. and Mrs. Hofman are members of the Catholic church.

extreme northeastern corner of the precinct. His farm consists of 160 acres in Lyon county and forty acres in Yellow Medicine county, the home place being on section 1, Westerheim.

Julius Sween is a native Minnesotan, having been born in Chippewa county October 20, 1875. His parents, Ole and Mattie Sween, came from Norway in an early day, lived in Wisconsin for a time, and then became residents of Minnesota. They were pioneer residents of Chippewa county and Ole Sween was a homesteader there. They resided there until 1900 and have since made their home in Granite Falls.

Until he was sixteen years of age Julius attended the district schools of his native county. He came to Lyon county in 1895, worked for his brother-in-law two years and then farmed the place for himself four years. In 1901 he became a land owner, having purchased at that time the farm he now conducts. He resided on the place until 1909, then moved to Granite Falls and for three years conducted a garage in partnership with his brother, O. B. Sween. Mr. Sween returned to his farm in March, 1912. He has a well-improved farm and is a successful farmer. He has stock in the Home Telephone Company of Cottonwood. He and his family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Normania township, Yellow Medicine county.

Mr. Sween was married in Yellow Medicine county June 6, 1898, to Emma Severson. She was born in Barron county, Wisconsin, July 24, 1877, a daughter of Andrew O. and Rangneld (Brenden) Severson, former residents of Lyon county. Mrs. Sween's parents sold their Lyon county farm to Mr. Sween, bought land in Yellow Medicine county, and now reside there. Ruby Marion, born April 11, 1900, is the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Sween.

JACOB C. MARSHALL (1906) is the proprietor of the farm on the northwest quarter of section 18, Grandview township. His parents, Jacob Marshall and Elizabeth (Muller) Marshall, were natives of Germany and came to the United States when young, both locating in Erie county,

New York. Shortly after their arrival in this country they were married and lived for many years in Erie county, where they farmed. They were the parents of thirteen children, as follows: Sophia, Maggie, John, Katie, Lizzie, Peter, Annie, Jacob C, Joseph, Alesius, Albert and Dennis. One child, Bertha, died at the age of three years. Mrs. Marshall died in Erie county in 1887, and a few years afterward Mr. Marshall and some of the children moved to Chicago, where the father died in September, 1907.

Jacob C. Marshall was born in East Aurora, Erie county, New York, January 21, 1872. He was educated at an academy in his home county and grew to young manhood on the farm. Two years after his mother's death he moved to Iowa and made that his home until 1901, then moving to Redwood county, Minnesota, and farming five years. It was in 1906 that he came to Lyon county and located in Island Lake township. Mr. Marshall farmed in that township three years and in January, 1909, moved to the place which he now owns.

Our subject married Mary Finnell in Lucan, Minnesota, January 21, 1904. She is a native of Iowa, and she and her husband are the parents of three children, Jacob, Linda E. and John.

ESTEN MYRAN (1892) has been a resident of Shelburne township ever since coming to this country from Norway in 1892, having made Florence his home the greater part of the time. For the period of a year and a half our subject was employed in South Dakota as a farm hand.

The parents of Esten Myran were Svend Myran and Guri Lien, natives of Norway. Born in Opdahl, Trondhjem, Norway, October 12, 1871, our subject lived his early life at home with his people. He attended school for a few years, engaging in the livery business when a boy of only fourteen. He followed that pursuit until twenty years of age, when he decided to seek his fortune in the United States, and the year 1892 found him a resident of Lyon county. Since locating here Mr. Myran has farmed and has prospered. During every fall season he operates a threshing

Our subject is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and belongs to the Modern Woodmen lodge. He has one brother living in America, John Myran, of Yankton county, South Dakota.

HENRY SAVOIE (1902) is a farmer of Lake Marshall township who has resided in Lyon county for a number of years. He is a native of Cloud county, Kansas, and was born February 14, 1885. He is the son of Mike and Julia (Lagess) Savoie and accompanied them to Lyon county when he was seventeen years of age. His parents rented land in Kansas, and it was during this period that our subject received his early education. Upon their arrival in Lyon county the father rented four hundred acres of land in Lake Marshall township. Henry worked with his father until 1905, when he rented the east half of section 21, Lake Marshall township, where he lived until the spring of 1911. At that time he rented four hundred acres in the same township, where he now lives. Henry's parents were born and raised in Kankakee county, Illinois. They are both of French-Canadian descent.

Besides farming, Mr. Savoie engages extensively in stock raising. He raises Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. He is a member of the Catholic church and of the Modern Woodmen lodge.

In Marshall, on January 9, 1906, Mr. Savoie was united in marriage to Emma Paquette, a native of Cloud county, Kansas. Her parents were John and Agnes (Labance) Paquette, who homesteaded land in Kansas in an early day. To this union have been born the following named two children: Fred, born January 11, 1907, died June 4, 1907; Eugene, born November 6, 1908.

WILLIAM JACOB COIL (1909) is a farmer of Eidsvold township and the owner of a 2 4 0-acre farm in that precinct, his farm being described as the northeast quarter of section 30 and the north half of the northwest quarter of section 29.

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Mr. Coil was born in Broad Ripple, Marion county, Indiana, April 10, 18 56. Jacob Conrad Coil and Katherine (Dunahoo) Coil, his parents, died in Indiana in 1878. The father was born in that state in 1818 and the mother in Virginia in 1830. William was brought up on a farm and has engaged in farming all his life. He attended school until twenty-one years of age, worked for his father two years after reaching his majority, and then started out in life for himself.

In Indiana Mr. Coil engaged in farming for a short time and then moved to Champaign county, Illinois, where he purchased land and resided four years. The next twenty years of his life were spent farming in Story county, Iowa, and then for a few years prior to 1909 he was engaged in the same business in Boone county, Iowa. In ' the spring of 1909 Mr. Coil located on his Eidsvold township farm, which he had purchased the preceding fall and where he has since resided. He raises full-blooded Percheron horses and Poland China hogs.

During his residence in Iowa Mr. Coil was frequently called upon to serve in an official capacity. He is a member of the Methodist church and of the Mystic Workers of the World, holding membership at Boone, Iowa.

William Coil and Mary Katherine Blaze were married in Marion county, Indiana, October 24, 1877. Mrs. Coil was born in Cambridge, Indiana, March 26, 1857. Children have been born to this union as follows: Otto J., of Lincoln county, Minnesota, born September 10, 1878; Mary Katherine (Mrs. Oliver M. Barker), of Algona, Iowa, born March 23, 1880; Bertha Nevada (Mrs. Frank Thomas), of Boone, Iowa, born January 25, 1882; Ira Theodore, of Minneapolis, born February 8, 1885; Leslie, deceased, born February 7, 1887; Isa Lulu, of Minneapolis, born August 11, 1889; Inez, deceased, born June 20, 1892; Virgil B., at home, born July 23, 1895; Vera Theresa, at home, born August 10, 1899.

Robert received his education in the places where the Moss family resided during his minority, at Superior, Wisconsin, and Port Huron and Croswell, Michigan, attending school until twenty years of age. He then worked three years as an undertaker at Morg, Wisconsin, when he moved with his parents to Hector, Minnesota, near which place he worked at farm labor three years. Then Robert began learning the barber's trade at Hector, where he worked one year. Cottonwood was the next place to claim him as a resident, and there he worked in a shop three years. Later he bought the Palace barber shop at Russell. Mr. Moss has been successful in his chosen vocation and is a first-class workman, his best advertisement being his pleased customers. He is a member of the Masonic lodge.

The subject of this review was married May 4, 1909, to Mary Carlson, a daughter of Olaf Carlson, of Cottonwood. Mrs. Moss was born near Cottonwood October 12, 1873. They have no children.

JOHN M. PLACE (1902) is a farmer residing on section 2 0, Coon Creek township, who has lived in Lyon county for the past ten years. He is a native of Pennsylvania and was born in March, 1860, a son of John and Margrette (Feninger) Place, natives of Pennsylvania. John received his schooling and grew to manhood in his native state, locating in McHenry county, Iowa, when nineteen years of age, where he farmed until 1902.

In 1902 our subject came to Lyon county and rented the farm he new operates in Coon Creek township. In addition to farming, he raises considerable stock, including Hereford and Black Polled Angus cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge.

Mr. Place was married in Iowa to Catherine Kouch, a native of Ohio and a daughter of Christ and Barbara (Curly) Kouch, the former born in Germany and the latter in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Place are the parents of the following children: William, Clem, Eva, Ada, Ethel and Annie

HENRY BRUNS (1910) is the proprietor of the Lyon County Garage at Minneota and conducts an auto livery in connection. He was born in Germany February 9, 1870, and when twelve years old came to this country with his parents and settled in Otoe county, Nebraska. There he lived on the farm with his parents until 1892.

In the year last mentioned Mr. Bruns moved to Murray county, Minnesota, engaged in farming awhile, and then located at Lake Wilson, where he engaged in the blacksmith and machine business. He moved to Minneota in the spring of 1910 and conducted a blacksmith shop one year. Then he built the Lyon County Garage, a 30x60 feet building, equipped it with machinery and tools for repairing, and has since been engaged in that business. Mr. Bruns is an able workman and conducts a model institution.

The parents of our subject were John and Rebecca (Kleinsmidt) Bruns. They came from Germany in 1882 and settled in Nebraska, where Mrs. Bruns died. The father later moved to Murray county, Minnesota, and died there in 18 97. Henry Bruns has one brother, Fred, of Otoe county, Nebraska.

The marriage of Henry Bruns to Ellen Heymnes occurred at Lake Wilson, Minnesota, April 20, 1898. Mrs. Bruns is a native of Murray county and a daughter of L. J. Heymnes, a homesteader and early settler of Murray county. Mr. and Mrs. Bruns have one child, Chester. Mr. Bruns is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

JOHN B. FLINN (1911) is one of Clifton township's farmers and resides on the northwest quarter of section 10. He was born in Lafayette county, Wisconsin, on October 4, 1881. His father and mother were Fred and Mattie (Severson) Flinn, natives of Wisconsin and Norway, respectively. When John was a child the family moved to Cerro Gordo county, Iowa. There the father bought land and for several years engaged in agricultural pursuits Later he moved to Rockwell,' a neighboring village, and the subject of this sketch grew to manhood in Rockwell and finished his education in the public school.

The elder Mr. Flinn opened a livery and feed stable in Rockwell and also conducted a barber shop. John learned the barber's trade and was with his father until 1899, in which year he moved to Minnesota, locating in Lac qui Parle county, where he rented land and farmed until 1911. That year he came to Lyon county and bought the place where he now resides, one of the finest farms in the township. Mr. Flinn has already taken up stock raising in connection with his general farming, and with his good location and his industry seems assured of success.

The subject of this sketch was married in Blue Earth county, Minnesota, August 29, 1906. The young lady he chose for his wife was Carrie Guddal, a daughter of John and Rachel (Swenson) Guddal, natives of Norway and now residents of Blue Earth county. Mrs. Flinn was born June 18, 1882. To this union has been born one child, Erwood, on September 6, 1911. Mrs. Flinn taught school several years before her marriage, in her home county and in Lac qui Parle county.

NELS O. ERICKSON (1910) is a dealer in live stock and farm implements in Florence. He is a native of Sweden, born February 15, 1879, and in company with his parents came to the United States when five months old. The family settled in Union county, South Dakota, where our subject resided until coming to Lyon county in 1910.

The father of our subject died in 1892 and thereafter, in company with the rest of the children, Nels conducted the home farm. He began the struggle of life for himself when sixteen years of age. His first undertaking was farming and stock buying, which he continued in the South Dakota home until he became a resident of Lyon county, which was in August, 1910.

On his arrival in Lyon county, Mr. Erickson purchased the implement house he now owns from H. P. Sanden and immediately installed a complete stock of farm implements, wagons, pumps, automobiles and buggies. He also buys and ships stock and in company with his brother, E. O. Erickson, deals extensively in hay and

Mr. Erickson's mother was married a second time, to Ole Bergstrom, of Tyler. There are five boys and one girl in the family: Erick, Nels O., Betsy, Jona, Ole and Joe.

FRANK PETERSON (1912) has only recently become a resident of Custer township, locating on the south half of the northeast quarter of section 3 during the month of February, 1912. That farm Mr. Peterson purchased in 1910, at which time he was farming in Redwood county.

In Mercer county, Illinois, Frank Peterson first saw the light of day, on April 12, 1876. His father, Peter Peterson, is a resident of New Windsor, Illinois, and Frank's mother, Lena Peterson, is not living. Frank received his education in Illinois and grew to young manhood on his father's farm. Later he hired out for several years as a farm laborer, and he spent about eight years farming for himself in his native state.

Our subject left Illinois and located in Redwood county, Minnesota, in the spring of 19 05, and there he conducted a farm until taking up his residence in Lyon county in 1912. Mr. Peterson has done well since he engaged in farming and seems bound to continue. The Custer farm is valuable land and our subject has a fine home on the place. Besides his general farming, Mr. Peterson is devoting much of his time to stock raising.

EDWIN K. KELLER (1901) is the manager of Richtmyer's pool hall. He is a native of Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, where he was born July 26, 1872. His parents are Edwin S. and Adeline (Kurtz) Keller, both natives of Pennsylvania, who now reside near Holdridge, Nebraska. They are the parents of the following children: Edwin, Clara, Lilly, Mary, Kate, Addie, Charles, Thomas and Ruben.

When six years of age our subject accompanied his parents to Grundy county, Iowa. In 188 4 the family moved to Sheridan county, Nebraska, where Edwin resided on his father's farm until reaching his majority. The next winter he went to Council Bluffs, Iowa, and worked on a fruit farm, being employed there about four years.' He then went to York county, Nebraska, where his parents then lived, and resided with them several years. Later he went to Fullerton, Nebraska, and conducted a pool hall until the next year, 1901, when he located in Marshall. Since that time he has been engaged in carpenter work, working in the pool hall, and conducting a threshing rig. He and his brother-in-law, E. W. Richtmyer, own the threshing machine.

FRANK BUSSE (1901) owns and operates the northwest quarter of section 34, Sodus township. He is a native of the Badger State and was born at Burlington May 3, 1877. His parents are John and Mary (Mecklenburg) Busse, natives of Germany. When Frank was seven years of age his parents moved to Sioux county, Iowa. They resided there seven years and then moved to Jerauld county, South Dakota, where the father homesteaded land. Our subject remained with his parents until 1901.

In the latter year the subject of this review came to Lyon county and purchased the farm he now operates in Sodus township. He also engages extensively in stock raising. Mr. and Mrs. Busse are members of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Busse was married in Clifton township on June 24, 1908, to Myrtle Knieff, a native of Lyon county. She. is a daughter of Edward and Sarah (Castle) Knieff, the former a native of Illinois and the latter of Minnesota. Mrs. Busse was born' January 28, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Busse are the parents of one child, Edna, born November 2 9, 1910.

GEORGE OVERLEE (1908) is proprietor of the East Side Saloon at Tracy. He is a native of the Gopher State and was born in Brown county January 19, 1876, a son of John and Carrie Overlee, natives of Norway. They came to the United States about forty years ago and located in Brown county, where the father homesteaded land. The mother is dead and the father resides in Lincoln county, Minnesota. There are four children in the family, as follows: Rena, George, Albert and Carl.

George resided in Brown county until eighteen years of age and there received his schooling. He then moved to Redwood county, where he farmed until twenty-six years of age. In 1903 he purchased a saloon at Revere, which he conducted four years, going from there to Arco, where he conducted a saloon. He was in business at Arco six months, when he was burned out. On March 21, 1908, Mr. Overlee came to Lyon county and purchased Peterson Brothers' saloon at Tracy, known as the East. Side Saloon.

At Revere, November 28, 1903, Mr. Overlee was married to Mary Hendrickson, a native of Cottonwood county. They are the parents of three children, Clarence. Myrtle and James.

CLAUD DAYTON NELLIS (1908) is a farmer and land owner residing in Lynd township. He is a native of Iowa and was born in Kossuth county July 23, 1880. He is a son of Charles and Harriett Nellis, early residents of Kossuth county. The father was a native of New York and the mother of Canada.

The subject of this review received his early education near Whittemore, Iowa. He worked for his father on the farm until twenty years of age, and after that farmed for himself in Kossuth county until he came to Lyon county in 1908. In 1907 Mr. Nellis purchased the northeast quar- . t.er of section 35, Lynd township, which he still owns and operates. He moved to this farm in February, 1908. He raises Duroc- Jersey hogs, Shorthorn cattle and Plymouth Rock chickens.

Mr. Nellis is a member of the Methodist church and he is a Modern Woodman. He is a stockholder of the Farmers Elevator Company of Marshall, is road overseer, and has been constable in Lynd township for two years. » county, Iowa. Mrs. Nellis is a native of Iowa and was born July 19, 1882. Previous to her marriage she taught school for seven years in one district. Her parents are natives of Iowa. The father died January 2 6, 1909; the mother resides at Spirit Lake, Iowa.

Mr. Nellis has three brothers and five sisters living: Edward, Emery, Russell, Myrtle, Maggie, Kate, Etta, Olive. Mrs. Nellis has three brothers and four sisters: Frank, Warren, Charles, Cora, Mabel, Neva, Nellie.

HENRY DeVINCK (1903), a farmer and stock raiser of Lyons township, was born in Belgium March 22, 1862, and spent the first twenty-five years of his life in the land of his nativity. His parents were Henry and Mary (Delobel) DeVinck, both of whom died in the old country. Henry attended school and grew to manhood in Belgium and worked out at farm labor until coming to the United States.

He located, on first coming to this country, at Attica, Indiana, near which place he worked as a farm hand. Upon coming to Lytm county in 1903, he purchased a one-third interest in 24 0 acres of land in Lyons township, where he still resides. Besides general farming, he raises and sells horses and Duroc-Jersey hogs. Mr. DeVinck is a member of the Catholic church and is director of school district No. 2, an office he has held for eight years. At Attica, Indiana, October 8, 1892, occurred the marriage of Mr. DeVinck to Mary Phillips, a native of France and a daughter of Fred and Annie (Van Cock) Phillips. The Phillips family came to America in 1889 and settled in Chicago and later in Attica, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. DeVinck are the parents of the following three children: Mary, born July 8, 1893; Elizabeth, born June 17, 1896; Flora, born January 11, 1900.

JOHN STASSEN (1891), of Lake Marshall township, was born in Belgium January 20, 1868, a son of Louise and Elizabeth (Mulleneers) Stassen. John received his early education and grew to manhood in the land of his nativity. He also served three

The family moved to Marshall that year and our subject was employed on farms until 1896, when he married and rented land. In 1908 he rented the 240 acres of land on section 28, Lake Marshall township, where he now resides. In addition to general farming, Mr. Stassen engages in stock raising.

Mr. Stassen was married at Ghent January 26, 1896, to Helen Paradis, a native of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Stassen are the parents of the following named children: Albert, Laura, Vadeline and Florence.

ARTHUR E. ARNTSON (1909) is an attorney-at-law of Minneota and a graduate of the Law Department of the University of Minnesota. He was born at Cannon Falls, Minnesota, October 10, 1885. In 1887 he accompanied his parents to Red Wing, Minnesota, where he resided until 1909. While residing in that city our subject was graduated from the high school and the University of Minnesota.

The parents of our subject are Emanuel and Xelia (Reid) Arntson, the former a native of Iowa and the latter of Minnesota. They reside at Red Wing and are the parents of five children: Arthur E., Neal, Helen, Evelyn and Florence.

After graduating from the University, our subject was engaged three years in his father's real estate office, having charge of the law and collection department. In 1909 he came to Lyon county and located at Minneota, where he engaged in practice with Bjorn B. and A. B. Gislason. The firm name is Gislason, Arntson & Gislason. The firm also deals in real estate under the name of the Globe Land & Loan Company. Our subject holds membership in the Masonic, Elks, Modern Woodmen and Ancient Order of United Workmen lodges.

BENTON J. COLE (1896), who farms the southeast quarter of section 35, Amiret township, was born in Winona county, Minnesota, January 12, 1883. His father, James H. Cole, was born in Hillsboro, Wisconsin, February 10, 1856, and was married to Hannah

When a child Benton was brought by his parents to Minnesota and the family located near Currie, Murray county, where the father purchased land. Benton spent his youth in that county, went to the district school, and later attended high school at Tracy. In 1896 his father bought the southeast quarter and the south half of the northeast quarter of section 35, Amiret township, Lyon county, and the family moved to the new home. Benton helped on the home farm until 1907, when he rented land in Redwood county, and there he lived until 1912. He then rented the farm of his father, the family having moved to Tracy, and Benton has since conducted the farm.

Mr. Cole was married April 4, 1906, to Clara M. Larson. Clara Larson was born in Lyon county January 26, 1883, and is a daughter of Hans T. and Turi (Gullickson) Larson, natives of Norway. They came to America in 1869 and both died in Lyon county. To Mr. and Mrs. Cole two children have been born: Bernice V., born June 9, 1907, and Helen T., born January 18, 1909.

CHRIS MORK (1911) farms the northeast quarter of section 30, Shelburne township. He was bom in Lincoln county, South Dakota, November 19, 1876. His father, Halvor Mork, resides near Sioux Falls; his mother, Ingre (Ode) Mork, died March 12, 1906.

When Chris was ten years old the family moved to Minnehaha county, South Dakota. In the public schools of East Sioux Falls he secured his education and after his school days he assisted his father with the work on the farm. He moved to Lyon county in February, 1911, rented the 200-acre farm of Gullick Rogness, and has since been engaged in farming on his own account. Mr. Mork is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Florence.

Gertrude Nelson became the wife of Chris Mork at Sioux Falls on March 11, 1908. She is a native of that city and was born May 3, 1888. Mr. and Mrs Mork have one child, Alfred Harold, born .June 23, 1909.

OSCAR J. ANDERSON (1910), farmer and renter of the northwest quarter of section 21 in the township of Monroe, is a native of Sweden and has made his home in the United States since he was seventeen years of age.

Our subject was born December 1, 1889. His parents, Anders Anderson and Siverina (Bengtson) Anderson, are still living in Sweden. Oscar received his education in the Swedish common schools. In June, 1906, the boy came to America and located in Kankakee county, Illinois. For four years that was his home, and most of the time be found employment at farm labor. It was in April, 1910, that Oscar came to Lyon county, where, after working out one year, he rented the place where he now resides.

On January 30, 1912, in Tracy. Minnesota, occurred the ceremony which joined Oscar Anderson and Mabel Surprenant in the holy bonds of matrimony. Mrs. Anderson is a native of St. George, Kankakee county, Illinois, and was born December 24, 1892. Mr. Anderson is a member of the Swedish Lutheran church.

AXAL L. BLADHOLM (1891) is the senior member of the firm of Bladholm Brothers, proprietors of the Marshall Machine Shops. He was born in Sweden December 10, 1866, the son of Frans O. and Johanna Bladholm.

In his native land Axal learned the machinist's trade and when twenty years of age came to America and located in South Chicago. He worked in a shop there eight months and then took a position as machinist in the shops of the Pullman Car Company. Two years later he accepted a position in the machine shops of Frazer & Chalmers and was employed by that firm until he located, in Marshall in May, 1891. He has ever since conducted a machine shop in that city, part of the time in partnership with others and now as a member of the firm of Bladholm Brothers.

In 1903 the brothers added to the shop a steel and concrete bridge building department and installed heavy machinery for that purpose. They do heavy forging and machinery work and manufacture a boiler feed pump of their own design. They have a well equipped shop for the kind of work they do and both brothers are first-class workmen. They construct from twelve to seventeen bridges a year, among others they have put in being two over the Redwood river in Marshall, one at Minneota over the Yellow^ Medicine river, one over Three-Mile creek between Marshall and Ghent, and one in Yellow Medicine county over the river of the same name. Bladholm Brothers keep on hand a stock of structural steel for bridge work. They also handle the Glyco babbit metal, being agents for this territory. Another important device they have recently begun to manufacture is a boiler safety plug.

For two years, 1903 to 1905, Mr. Bladholm was state boiler inspector, with headquarters at Marshall. He is a member of the Masonic and Modern Woodmen lodges.

The marriage of our subject to Anna Pherson occurred in Marshall July 15, 1897. Mrs. Bladholm was born in Sweden and came to the United States when eleven years of age with her parents. Before her marriage she lived with her parents, John and Mary Pherson, on their farm four miles north of Marshall. Her father is dead; her mother now resides in Marshall. To Mr. and Mrs. Bladholm have been born five children, named Myrtle, Oscar, Albin, Clifford and Evelyn. All the children were born in Marshall.

JOHN P.LADHOLM (1891) is one of the proprietors of the Marshall Machine Shops, which is engaged in several enterprises, among others the building of steel and concrete bridges. The institution is the leading one of the kind in Lyon county and Bladholm Brothers, the proprietors, do an enormous business.

John Bladholm is a native of Sweden and was bom July 21, 1871. His father, Frans O. Bladholm, still resides in his native land. His mother, Johanna Bladholm, died in Sweden when John was only seven years of age. There are five living children in the family, as follows: Emily, of Paxton, Illi' nois; Axal, Herman and John, of Marshall; and Agada, of Sweden.

After his mother's death the family was broken up and from the tender age of seven years John Bladholm had his own way to make. He came to America at the age of ten years and made his home with an uncle in Chicago, Peter Thorell, a cabinet maker bv trade. When about thirteen years old he took employment with the Pullman Car Company as messenger boy, was promoted times, and was in the employ of the company until 1S91. Three years after he took employment with the company he began working in the machine shop and learned his trade.

During the last few years of his employment for the Pullman Car Company Mr. Bladholm and his brothers, Axal and Herman, and Alfred Stone conducted a little experimental machine shop, working in it during the evenings and making designs, engines, etc. They collected a good deal of machinery, and in 1891 they decided to leave the Pullman Company and set up in business for themselves. They located in Marshall that year and established a machine shop, the beginning of the present immense business of Bladholm Brothers. Five years after its founding the other partners sold to Axal Bladholm, and our subject returned to Chicago and for the next six years was again an employe of the Pullman Car Company, during the latter part of the time being in charge of the machine repair and blacksmith shops. He returned to Marshall in 1902 and rebought an interest in the machine shop, which in the meantime had been conducted by Axal Bladholm, and the firm of Bladholm Brothers was formed.

In 1903 the brothers added to the shop a steel and concrete bridge building department and installed heavy machinery for that purpose. They do heavy forging and machinery work and manufacture a boiler feed pump of their own design. They have a well equipped shop for the kind of work they do and both brothers are first-class workmen. They construct from twelve to seventeen bridges a year, among others they have put in being two over the Redwood river in Marshall, one at Minneota over the Yellow Medicine river, one over Three-Mile creek between Marshall and Ghent, and one in Yellow Medicine county over the river of the same name. Bladholm Brothers keep on hand a stock of structural steel for bridge work. They also handle the Glyco babbit metal, being agents for this territory. Another important device they have recently begun to manufacture is a boiler safety plug.

Mr. Bladholm was married in Marshall June 3, 1892, to Sigrid Johnson, who was also born in Sweden and who came to America al the age of sixteen years. To Mr. and .Mrs. Bladholm have been born four children, of whom the following three are living: Oscar, Arthur and Grace. One child, Albert, died June 27, 1906.

PATRICK J. McGUIGAN (1906), of Marshall, was born in Dubuque, Iowa, March 18, 1874, and when a baby of eleven months his family moved to Farley, Iowa, where Patrick grew to manhood. The farm on which the boy spent his youth was taken as a homestead by his grandfather, Laurence Mc- Guigan, who located in that country in 1846, and the old stone house built by the grandfather is still standing on the place.

At the age of twenty-one Patrick left the old home and went to Sioux City, Iowa, and there learned the plumbing trade. He remained there four years and then located in Chicago and worked at his trade six years. It was in 1906 that our subject came to Lyon county. He made his residence in Russell four years, working at his trade the greater part of the year and running a traction engine in the falls. In 1910 he moved to Marshall and entered the employ of Adams & Son, plumbers. He was with that firm until January, 1912, when Mr. McGuigan opened a shop of his own, and he has since been doing plumbing and heating.

Patrick J. McGuigan is a son of Laurence and Grace (Bradley) McGuigan, natives of Londery, Ireland. Patrick is the only child living, and his parents are deceased.

WALLACE W. CLARK (1910) is a comparatively new arrival to Lyon county. For the past two years he has farmed the southeast quarter of section 34, Stanley township, and engages quite extensively in the raising of horses, cattle and hogs.

Mr. Clark was born in Calhoun county, Michigan, October 17, 1877. His father, George A. Clark, was born in 1846 and died in 1893; his mother, Juliette (Jennings) Clark, lives at Bolivar, Missouri. When our subject was a child the family moved to Missouri, and there young Clark grew up. He attended school until sixteen years of age. Then he worked on his father's farm two years, on farms in Kansas three years, at the same occupation in Iowa three years, and then for a number of years was employed as a coachman in Webster City, Iowa. In 1910 he rented the Stanley township farm which he has since conducted.

Alma Segar became the wife of Mr. Clark in 1903. Her father, Benjamin E. Segar, died February 19, 1912; her mother, Maria Segar, lives in Blairsburg, Iowa. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark. Their names and dates of births are: Gladys, born November 20, 1904; Bernice, born December 22, 1905; Robert, born July 1, 1907; Francis, born October 16, 1908; Hazel, born April 25, 1910; Edman, born July 11, 1911. The family are members of the Methodist church.

HENRY A. TEUFEL (1885) is a clerk in the hardware store of J. H. Carlaw at Balaton. He is a native of Lyon county and was born in Lyons township August 5, 1 ssr. . The parents of our subject are F. W. and Bertha Teufel, natives of Germany who came to America in the seventies. In the early eighties they moved to Lyons township, where they still reside. They are the parents of nine children, as follows: Henry A., Ernest, Lena, Minnie, Mary. Gustav. Louise, Erna and Eddie.

Henry Teufel grew to manhood on his father's farm in Lyon's township and attended the country schools. In 1910 he engaged in farming, but in February of the following year he entered the employ of J. H. Carlaw at Balaton as clerk. He has practically had charge of the hardware store since that date.

IRA W. HEXDRICKSOX (1911) is a new arrival to Lyon county. He farms 240 acres of land on section 3, Eidsvold township, and engages in breeding and feeding Duroc-.Iersey hogs quite extensively, having on hand about 100 head of thoroughbred animals.

Washington county, Iowa, is the birthplace of Mr. Hendrickson and July 23, 1878, was the date of his birth. He attended the district schools of his native county and until he was twenty-two years of age lived on his father's farm. Then he started in business for himself, farmed one year in his native county, and came

North, to Yellow Medicine county. He farmed rented land in Norman township of that county nine years and in the fall of 1911 rented his present place from his father-in-law. During his residence in Yellow Medicine county Mr. Hendrickson served as a justice of the peace.

Mr. Hendrickson was married in Marshall November 17, 1909, to Alma Pearson. His wife was born in 1887 on the farm on which she now resides and is a daughter of Swen Pearson, one of the early settlers of Eidsvold township and now a resident of Minneota.

The parents of Mr. Hendrickson are Austin and Isabelle (Tindall) Hendrickson They were born in Indianapolis, Indiana, moved to Washington county, Iowa, in the early seventies, and still live on a farm there. There are seven children in the family, named as follows: Thomas, an auctioneer of Columbus Junction, Iowa; Charles and George, of Louisa county, Iowa; Ira W., of this biography; lone, of Little Rock, Arkansas; Lettie (Mrs. David Owens), of Colorado; Minnie (Mrs. Edgar Todd), of Louisa county, Iowa.

AMOS S. MORGAN (1901), of Lake Marshall township, was born in Orleans county, New York, June 7, 1857. His parents are Courtland and Lois (Colton) Morgan, the former a native of Connecticut and the latter of Massachusetts.

At eight years of age Amos accompanied his parents to Kankakee county, Illinois, where the father purchased land. There our subject received a district school education and later attended the high school of Kankakee. He then assisted his father with the farm work, worked out as a farm hand falls, and was employed in the coal mines of Illinois for some time.

In 1901 Mr. Morgan came to Lyon county and with his brother, James O, and sister, Grace, purchased the northeast quarter of section 30, Lake Marshall township, and he has since made his home there. The subject of this review is a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge and he is a director of school district No. 7. He is unmarried.

WALTER PBARCY (1906) farms 240 acres of land on section 19, Lynd township. He is a native of Benton county, Indiana, and was born February 9, 1877. His parents, John and Carrie (Walls) Pearcy, were born in Canada and located in Indiana in 1875.

Walter received his schooling in Indiana and was brought up on a farm. At the age of eighteen years he moved to Humboldt county, Iowa, and until his marriage in the fall of 1899 he worked at farm labor. Then he commenced farming for himself and was so engaged in Humboldt county until 1906. That year he moved to Lyon county and rented the farm on which he has ever since lived. He conducts the place in partnership with his brother, William Pearcy. They raise Aberdeen Angus cattle and Chester White hogs. Mr. Pearcy has stock in the Farmers Elevator Company of Lynd.

The marriage of Mr. Pearcy to Alma Plantz occurred in Humboldt county, Iowa. August 30, 1899. His wife was born in the county in which she was married on September 16, 1880, and is a daughter of Jacob and Sarah (Sands) Plantz. Her lather is a native of Michigan, her mother of Illinois. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Pearcy: Fern, born July 17, 1900, and Helen, born January 20, 1905.

SORN A. ANDERSON (1910) has been farming in Island Lake township since 1910, in which year he moved there from South Dakota and bought the northeast quarter and the north half of the southeast quarter of section 1. He is successfully farming the 2 40 acres and is devoting some time to stock raising.

Our subject's parents were natives of Norway. Hans and Ronoge (Hagen) Anderson came from Norway when quite young and were married in this country. The father was a shoemaker by trade and followed that occupation many years in Mankato, Minnesota. Sorn was born in that city July 9, 1876, and was brought up there and attended school until the age of fifteen years. The family then moved to Kossuth county, Iowa, where the father

Sorn was at home with his parents until 1900; then he went to Brown county, South Dakota, bought a half section of land, and commenced farming for himself. He later sold 160 acres and then farmed his remaining quarter until 1910, in which year re sold out and came to Lyon county. He purchased the land where he now resides and has made a well-improved property out of it.

The ceremony which united Sorn Anderson and Hannah Quist in the holy bonds of matrimony was performed in Nicollet county, Minnesota, February 12, 1903. To this union three children were born, Olive, Victor and Throdore. Mrs. Anderson was born in Nicollet county April 3, 1876, and is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nels Quist.

REV. J. H. SLANEY (1910), pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Cottonwood since 1910, was born in Kenilworth, Warwickshire, England, May 2, 1856. His parents, Robert Emery and Sarah Ann (Wayman) Slaney, are deceased. The early education of our subject was obtained in the common schools of the district, and at the early age of fourteen he was sent to the Congregational college at Sheffield, England, from which the young student was graduated in 1882.

Serving five years as a lay minister in England and with a good education and a season of practical experience for assets, young Slaney came to America and settled in Brooklyn, New York, where he served in the capacity of city missionary for the next four years. In 1891 he accepted a call to the First Congregational Church of Morton, Illinois, where he was ordained and filled the pulpit two years. The Congregational Home Missionary Board persuaded him to again take up missionary work, and Rev. Slaney again entered thaj; field, which received most of his attention until 1904. During that time he spent another year in Brooklyn and returned to England for a stay of a year and a half.

Rev. Slaney had by this time decided to devote himself to ministerial work, and in 1903 took charge of the church at Fort Madison, Iowa, where he served as pastor and from which place he also supplied several- of the surrounding churches until 1906. That year he moved to Minneapolis and under the Minneapolis Presbytery had charge of the churches at Waverly and Eden Prairie. In October, 1910, he moved to Cottonwood and has since been pastor of the Presbyterian church.

Rev. Slaney's marriage to Jennie Coulton occurred in England March 2, 1881. Mrs. Slaney was born in England July 14, 1854. To this union one child has been born, Alfred Ploughton, on October 13, 1896.

AUGUST C. PRECHEL (1904) rents the southeast quarter of section 10, Lucas township, farms very successfully 240 acres, and engages in the raising of grade cattle and hogs for marketing.

Christ and Bertha Prechel, parents of our subject, both now living in Posen township, Yellow Medicine county, were born in Germany and came to this country and located in Blue Earth county, Minnesota, in 1868, where they resided until 1900, moving to their present home that year. They had fifteen children, twelve of whom are living, as follows: Augusta (Mrs. Charles Meyer), of Blue Earth county; Paulina (Mrs. Herman Preuss), of Yellow Medicine county; Minnie (Mrs. Alfred Radke), of Crookston; Henry, of St. Paul; August C, of this review; and Fred, Rudolph, Ernest, Edward, Bertha, George and Freida, all of Posen township.

August Prechel was born in Blue Earth county,. Minnesota, June 4, 1883. He received his education in the common schools and resided in his native county until seventeen years of age. During the last two years of his residence in Blue Earth county he worked for his father on the farm and for a neighbor, and after the family moved to Yellow Medicine county in 1900 August continued to live with his parents the next two years. At the end of that time young "Prechel started out for himself and after working out two years he came to Lyon county and continued his work in Lucas township eighteen months, after which he rented the Eliason farm and conducted it five years. Mr. Prechel then moved to the farm he now runs and where he has since resided.

The subject of this sketch was married October 19, 1906, at Marshall to Constance Twedt, a native of Norway, born February 24, 1889. They are the parents of two children: Arvied, born February 4, 1908, and Esther, born November 19, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Prechel are members of the English Lutheran church of Cottonwood.

LUCIEN PILOTTE (1899) owns and farms the southeast quarter of section 2 6, Westerheim township, and is rated among the substantial men of his precinct. He has a finely improved farm and is a successful stock raiser, making a specialty of Percheron and Norman horses, Poland China hogs and Shorthorn cattle.

Jacob and Restitude (Proulx) Pilotte were the parents of our subject. The father was born in France, the mother in Quebec. They located in Kankakee county, Illinois, in 18 43 and had residence there until their deaths. The father died in 1880, the mother in 1886.

To these parents, in Kankakee county, Illinois, on June 20, 1851, Lucien Pilotte was born. He was given a good education, a good start in the battle of life. Until he was thirteen years of age he was a student in the common schools of Kankakee county and Bourbonnais College; for two years he attended the public schools of Iroquois county; for three years he was a student at Notre Dame Academy, of Notre Dame, Indiana, taking a commercial course.

After securing his education young Pilotte engaged in farming with his father in Illinois until he reached his majority. Then he purchased an eighty-acre farm in Kankakee county (which was later increased to a quarter section), was married, and started in life for himself. After eight years on the farm Mr. Pilotte moved to the city of Kankakee. He served six months on the police force and for six and onehalf years he clerked in a hardware store. He returned to the farm, conducted it one year, and then sold and moved to Salix, Woodbury county, Iowa.

Near that village Mr. Pilotte bought a quarter section farm, which he conducted six years. During his residence there his place was struck by one of the most de- struetive cyclones that ever visited Iowa. Five children of one family were killed and great damage was done. Mr. Pilotte lost most of his buildings. In the spring of 1899 the subject of this review and his family came to Lyon county and located on the farm they now own - land which had been purchased the fall before. On that place they have since lived. The family are members of the Catholic church of Ghent.

Mr. Pilotte has held a number of offices of trust. He was treasurer of the city of Kankakee one year, and for three years he was a highway commissioner of Kankakee county. He was clerk of his school district in Iowa six years, and for three years he was clerk of school district No. 44, Lyon county.

Louise Savoie became the wife of Mr. Pilotte at Sainte Marie, Illinois, October 21, 1872. She was born in Kankakee county August 15, 1853, the daughter of John and Rosalie (Beland) Savoie. Her parents were born in Quebec. Her mother died in 19 06; her father, who is now eighty-four years of age, resides with his daughter.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Pilotte are as follows: Eveline (Mrs. Joseph Lerigier), of Sloan, Iowa, born November 9, 1875; Herman, of Fairview township, born March 29, 1878; Georgiana (Mrs. Levi Prairie), of Westerheim township, born July 25, 1879; Joseph, of Sodus township, born July 11, 1881; Alexina, born September 9, 1889; Paul, born April 22, 1894. The two last named reside at home.

ANTON PETERSON (1895), the newly elected constable of Shelburne township, is one. of the successful farmers of the community. He lives on the southwest quarter of section 12, Shelburne township, which he has rented since December, 1911. Mr. Peterson was elected constable of the township in March, 1912. ,

Our subject was born in Racine, Wisconsin, April 22, 1882, and in 1895 he moved with his parents to Lyon county, the family first locating in Coon Creek township. There they remained only one year, the father buying the northwest quarter of section 10, Shelburne. Anton resided on the

Anton's parents are Peter Peterson and Christina (Nelson) Peterson, both natives of Denmark, now living on the home farm on section 10. There were four children born to them, all of whom are living: Hans, of Racine, Wisconsin; Lawrence, at home; Anton and Magdelina (Mrs. John De Kiere), of Marshall.

On December 2, 1911, Anton was married to Elsie Peske, a native of Germany who came to the United States with her parents when thirteen years of age. Her father is Albert Peske, now living in Shelburne township.

WILLIAM DENNIS CARNINE (1906) is a young Lyon county farmer who has resided here for the past six years. He is a native of Switzerland county, Indiana, and was born April 29, 1879. He is the son of Calvin and Sarah (Chambers) Carnine. His father died when William was fifteen years of age.

Mr. Carnine attended country school until sixteen years of age. He is a member of the German Evangelical church of Clifton township and is a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge at Dudley, Minnesota. He engages extensively in stock raising, making a specialty of Shorthorn cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs.

At Fonda, Iowa, on September 27, 1904, Mr. Carnine was united in marriage to Lydia M. Cross, a daughter of August and Marguerite Cross, of Marshall. To this union has been born one child, Leona, born May 14, 1905, at Fonda, Iowa.

THOMAS H. MURPHY (1906) is the proprietor of the Riverside Hotel at Russell. He is a native of the Gopher State, and was born in Wabasha county August 27, 1856. His parents were John and Elizabeth Murphy, natives of Ireland who came to the United States when young. They settled in Wabasha county in the early sixties and moved to Redwood county in 1881, where the father homesteaded land in Westline township.

The father died there; the mother resides in Cass county, Minnesota. They were the parents of the following children: Thomas and William, of Russell; Martha O'Connell, of Mitchell, South Dakota. In early days, before schools were organized, the father had a school in his house for two years in Wabasha county.

In 1872 our subject moved to Redwood county and resided on his father's farm until 1901. After his father's death he purchased the place, in 1896. In 1901 he moved to Cass county, where he purchased a farm and operated it five years. He still owns that place.

In 1906 Mr. Murphy came to Lyon county and located on a farm in Coon Creek township, where he resided until the spring of 1911. Then he moved to Russell and has since had charge of the Riverside Hotel. He is a member of the Catholic church and of the Modern Woodmen lodge While a resident of Redwood county Mr. Murphy was chairman of the Township Board of Supervisors. They were in need of another school in his district and through his efforts it was obtained and he was a member of its board for several years.

Mr. Murphy was married in Vernon county, Wisconsin, February 27, 1889, to Annie O'Connell, a native of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Murphy are the parents of ten living children: John, William, Mary, Agnes, Bernard, Thomas, Leo, James, Michael and Clement. Three children are deceased.

XELS POLSOX (1910) is a farmer of Custer township who rents the northwest quarter of section 34. In addition to general farming, he raises Shorthorn cattle and Duroc-Jersey swine.

Mr. Poison was born in Sweden May 16, 1865, and is a son of Per and Christine (Larson) Poison, both of whom are deceased. Our subject attended the common school in Sweden until fifteen years of age and then worked on his father's farm two years. About six months were spent by the lad in learning the carpenter's trade, but he discontinued that occupation to return to farm labor, which occupied his time until he reached the age of twenty-one years.

America and located in Minneapolis, working on a farm in the vicinity two years and then finding employment as a teamster in the city and working there three years. Mr. Poison then found a good situation with the Wisconsin Central Railroad and for sixteen years was in the service of that company as car inspector, with headquarters in Minneapolis. Desiring to return to country life. Mr. Poison in the spring of 1908 moved to .Murray county, rented land, and farmed two years: then he moved to Lyon county and rented the farm he now operates.

Our subject was wedded to Marie Andercon in Minneapolis January 18, 1890. To this union the following children have been born: Olga, born April 23, 1895; Hydey, born June 9. 1897; Henning, born April 14, 1900; Donald, born March 28, 1906; and Kenneth, born July 31, 1908. Mr. Poison is a native of Sweden and was born July 20. 1868.

HERMAN P. WEIDAUER (1906) is one of Grandview township's farmers. He was born in Germany June 7, 1884, and is a son of Frederick and Selma (Los) Weidauer. The parents are both living in Germany.

The subject of this sketch received his early education in the Batherland, and he attended school until fourteen years of age. He then had employment in a weaving factory two years before coming to America in the spring of 1901. That year Herman and his brother Ernest located in Calhoun county, Iowa, where the former worked out at farm labor until 1906.

It was in January of the latter year that Mr. Weidauer came to Lyon county and engaged in farming in Lake Marshall township. After one year's residence there he rented land and farmed in Fairview township three years, from there moving to his present farm, the south half of the southwest quarter of section 13, Grandview township. He also conducts the A. L. Rivard 240-acre farm in the same township. Mr. Weidauer raises considerable stock.

The marriage of our subject to Emma Cross occurred in 1906, at Marshall. Mrs. Weidauer is a native of Illinois and was born May 9, 1888, a daughter of August and Margaret (Stauter) Cross. To this union three children were born: Ravmond, born

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FRED CLAUSEN (1906) is a young farmer residing near Garvin who has lived in Lyon county for the past six years. He is a native of Germany and was born at Alsan September 6, 1884, a son of Thomas and Katherine Clausen. The former died in 1909: the latter resides with her son near Garvin.

Fred Clausen attended school in Germany until fourteen years of age and then worked out as "a farm hand seven years. In 1906 he came to America and located at Russell, where he worked a year; then he worked four years on farms near Balaton. In the sniing of 1911 he rented the northeast quarter of section 12, Coon Creek township, which he operated until the fall of that year, when he moved to the farm in Custer township.

Mr. Clausen has two brothers and two sisters living, as follows: Chris and Mrs. Hans Mork, of Russell; Tom and Mrs. Andrew Nelson, of Balaton.

WILLIAM VAN SADELHOFF (1905) is the manager of the Van Dusen elevator at Amiret. He is a native Hollander and was born November 3, 1882, the son of Theodore and Mary (Lucassen) Van Sadelhoff. The former is deceased and the latter resides in Holland. William is the only one of the family in America. Mr. Van Sadelhoff came to the United States when twenty-two years of age and settled in Martin county, South Dakota, where he resided one year. In 1905 he moved to Ghent, where he engaged one year in the livery business and one year as grain buyer for the Western Elevator Company. He then located in Marshall and worked in the Leland elevator one year. In 1908 he moved to Amiret and has since been engaged as manager of the Van Dusen Elevator Company's house at that plac?. Air

Mr. Van Sadelhoff was married at Ghent June 9, 1909, to Adelle Paradis, a native of Lyon county and a daughter of Teles Paradis, an early settler of the county.

ERNEST DE KEYSER (1909) is the proprietor of a saloon in the village of Ghent, where he has resided the past three years. He was born in Belgium July 22, 1878, and came to the United States in 1904, located in South Bend, Indiana, and later went to Mishawaka, where he worked four years for the Ball Band Rubber Company. In 1909 Mr. De Keyser moved to Ghent and purchased the Matt Van Der Hegen saloon, which he has since conducted. Mr. De Keyser's parents are both dead. He has two brothers and four sisters who reside in Belgium, namely: Fulma, Gustaaf, Alfred, Irma, Laura and Alice.

Ernest De Keyser was married in Mishawaka on April 28, 1905, to Elizabeth Van Hove, a native of Belgium who came to the United States in 1902.

ERICK O. ERICKSON (1911) has, since August 27, 1911, been proprietor of the hotel and livery business at Florence formerly owned by Andrew Sanden. Mr. Erickson has realized the necessity of making the automobile a part of the modern livery equipment. He has been enjoying a liberal patronage in both lines of his new enterprise. In addition to this he has other interests requiring his attention. Mr. Erickson owns a 280-acre farm near Tyler and a share in the old parental farm in Union county. South Dakota. He is also a shareholder in the Tyler Lumber Company, of Tyler, Minnesota.

Our subject was born in Sweden November 18, 1877, being a son of Olof and Christine (Neilson) Erickson. The former is deceased and the mother resides at Tyler, Minnesota. The Ericksons came to this country when Erick was twenty months old and settled in Union county, South Dakota, where Erick grew up and where he attended school until seventeen years of age. He then worked on the home farm for the next five ve:irs. At that time he moved to Lin- coin county, locating on a farm near Tyler in September, 1904, having bought the land the year before. There he farmed until buying the hotel and livery business in Florence and moving to that town. The Norwegian Lutheran church numbers Mr. Erickson among its membership, and he is also a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge.

The marriage of Erick O. Erickson and Margret Nelson occurred in Union county, South Dakota, December 22, 1902. The bride was a native of Norway and was born November 22, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Erickson are the parents of three children. They are Oscar, born March 31, 1904; Clara, born December 14, 1905; and Ernest, born January 10, 1909.

ica and to Lyon "county. For several years he worked for farmers in the vicinity" of Ghent; in 1906 he was married and commenced farming for himself. For three years he fanned on section 10 and moved to his present location in 1909, buying the farm at that time. He has made a success of his operations.

Mr. Tiemessen was married in Minneota March 7, 1905, to Johanna Thompson, a native of Whitewater, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Thompson. Her parents were born in Norway and now reside in Minneota. Mr and Mrs. Tiemessen have five children, Bernice J., Irene M., Agnes O, Catherine L. and Lillian T. Mr. Tiemessen is a member of the Catholic church of Minneota.

HENRY COMO (1906), of Vallers township, is a son of Joseph and Delvina (Budreau) Como. His father was born in Canada and his mother in Illinois. They moved to Kansas and engaged in farming near Clyde. They came to Lyon county in 1906 and are now engaged in farming near Green Valley.

To these parents, in Clyde, Kansas, Henry Como was born September 7,- 1888. There he secured his education and was brought up on a farm. He came with the family to Lyon county in 1906 and lived on the farm with his father until the spring of the present year. Then he was married and engaged in farming for himself, renting the southwest quarter of section 28, Vallers township. He is a member of the Catholic church.

Florence Paradis, who was born in Lyon county January 3, 1892, was married to Mr. Como at Marshall on April 16, 1912. She is a daughter of Lawrence and Josephine (Cheaubeneau) Paradis, of Lucas township.

FRANCIS J. TIEMESSEN (1898), one of the younger farmers of Nordland township, has charge of the southeast quarter of section 19. He was born in Loo. Holland, November 1, 1880, a son of John W. and Johanna (Staring) Tiemessen.

JOSEPH WALQUIST (1911) is a native of Sweden and has been a resident of the United States about seven years. Since moving to Tracy in 1911 he has been in the employ of Knut Nylin, merchant tailor.

Joseph WTalquist was born May 10, 1888. His father, John A. Walquist, and his mother, Josephine A. (Saxburg) Walquist, are both living in Wargarda, Sweden. Joseph learned his trade in Sweden and worked there for some time as a journeyman. In 1905 he came to this country and was employed two years on a farm near New Lon don, Minnesota. Finding employment in Minneapolis, he worked at his trade four years, moving from there to Des Moines, Iowa, and in 1911 locating in Tracy. Mr. Walquist is a member of the K. P. lodge.

Joseph Walquist's father, John A. Walquist, is a sergeant in the Swedish army. Besides Joseph there are four other children in the family, Ellen, Iver, Arved and Fritof.

WILLIAM SCHOEL (1901) is a farmer of Lyons township, a native of Muscatine county, Iowa, and a son of Chris and Florence (Markley) Schoel, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Ohio. William was born January 18, 1883, and received his schooling and grew to manhood at the fam- ily home in Iowa. When nineteen years of age he accompanied his parents to Lyon county and resided with them until 1908, when he moved to the farm he now operates, the northeast quarter of section 8, Lyons township. He has been engaged in threshing five years in connection with his farm labors.

Our subject's uncle, William C. Schoel, resides with him. The latter is a native German and was born in 1851. He came to the United States in 1871 and located at Rock Island, Illinois, where he remained a short time. Then he went to Scott county, Iowa, where he worked at farm labor until coming to Lyon county in 1901.

erty, came to Lyon county, and purchased the northwest quarter of section 30, Sodus township, in September of that year. In February, 1910, he moved here and took up his residence on the place, which is a fine farm. Mr. Peterson is chairman of the school board of district No. 51.

Mr. Peterson was married in Wisconsin September 24, 1902, to Jennie E. Whinnery, a native of Dunn county. She was born June 2, 1881, and is a daughter of William and Matilda (Smith) Whinnery, the former a native of Iowa and the latter of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson are the parents of the following children: Jessie A., born November 29, 1903; Lois I., born September 2, 1907; Edna L., born May 27, 1911.

FRANK E. FULLER (1906), of Rock Lake township, is a recent addition to the farming population of Lyon county. He is a son of William and Clara (McNeil) Fuller, residents of Sodus township. His father was born in Indiana, his mother in Ohio. There are two other children in the family, Floy, a school teacher of Balaton, and Edith, of the same village.

Frank Fuller was born in Benton county, Indiana, February 9, 1887, and in that county he resided until nineteen years of age. He attended school until fifteen years old and thereafter worked on his father's farm. He came with the family to Lyon county in 1906 and until his marriage six years later worked for his father. Then he rented the northeast quarter of section 20, Rock Lake township, and has since been engaged in farming for himself.

The date of Mr. Fuller's marriage was January 3, 1912, and occurred at Watseka, Illinois. His bride, Margaret Collins, was born at Wellington, Illinois, July 6, 1887.