Pipestone County, Minnesota - Chapter 34: Pipestone County Biographical, 1911 (part 6 of 7)

Miss Grace Herron, a resident of Lucas county, Iowa, became the wife of Fred Smith on November 15, 1903. She was born November 12, 1885, the daughter of Andy and Sarah (Hodson) Herron. Her parents were married November 25, 1881, and to the union were born thirteen children. Besides Mrs. Smith there are Joe, Omer E., lona M., L. Delia, Eva M., Madge M., Avis L., E. Fay, Vergil W., Jud T., Agnes L, and Bonnie L. The Herron family home was in Lucas county, Iowa, except three years spent in western Nebraska. Joe, the oldest in the family, now farms with Mr. Smith in Gray township. He was born in Lucas county, Iowa, in 1884 and came to Pipestone county March 10, 1911. Before that his home was always in Lucas county, Iowa, excepting one year spent in Valley Springs, South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of the following four children: Herbert D., born December 12, 1905; Sarah I., born July 28, 1907; Orpha M., born December 30, 1908; and Murrel E., born August 24, 1910.

GEORGE RAE (1890), proprietor of a restaurant and confectionery store in Jasper, is a native of Scotland and was born in Aberdeen shire, January 18, 185<i. He is the son of George and Barbara (Farquhr) Rae, who came from the "bonnie land of the Scots" to the United States in 1886. After a residence of four years ai Dell Rapids, South Dakota, they moved to Jasper, which is still the home of George Rae, his wife having died July 4, 1889. Despite the fact that Mr. Rae, Sr., has passed his three score and ten of years, he is still hale and hearty and is actively employed at the stone quarry. George and Barbara Rae were the parents of ten children, all living. They are Maggie, of Aberdeen, Scotland; James, of Manchester, England; Elizabeth, of Massachusetts; Barbara, of South Dakota; Isabella, of Australia; and Andrew, Alex, William, Robert and George, all of Jasper.

George Rae of this review grew to manhood in his native country. As a boy he learned the trade of stone mason from his father and worked with him in that line until his marriage at the age of twentythree. In 1881 his career in America began. He worked at his trade in Wisconsin for two years and for another two years was a stone mason in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He next located at Dell Rapids, the same state. While there he was instrumental in bringing about the organization of the Dell Rapids Co-operative Stone company. Thirteen men were interested in the company, which owned a big stone quarry and yards and employed over 300 men. One year the firm shipped 1400 cars of street paving blocks.

general mercantile business. On selling out, he ran a pool hall and lunch counter for three years, or until 1898, when he started his present business. His is a popular eating house and he carries a full line of sweets, fruits, cigars, sort drinks, etc.

Mr. Rae was married while yet a resident of Scotland to Anna Mitchell, also a native of Aberdeen shire, having been born in October, 1858. The wedding ceremony took place July 31, 1870. Eight children have been born to this union, all of whom are living. They are Annie, Barbara, Elizabeth, Bella, George, Andrew, Clarence and Wallace. Mr. Rae served on the city council for three terms. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.

CARL OPPEN (1900) is the efficient manager of the plant of the Pipestone Electric Light, Heat and Power company, the concern which is responsible for the up-to-date system of illumination in vogue in that city. The plant was established and the present building erected in 1901 by Minneapolis parties, who controlled the franchise until December, 1909, when it was sold to a Huron, South Dakota, company, headed by Mr. C. Campbell, the present secretary and treasurer of the corporation.

Carl Oppen, the subject of this biography, was born in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, August 24, 1876, the son of O. K. and Julia Oppen, also natives of the Badger state. The former parent now resides in Chicago, but the mother has been deceased for a number of years. Carl lived on the home farm in Wisconsin until sixteen years of age, until 1892, when the family moved to Worthington, Minnesota. There he learned the trade of machinist in the shop which the elder Oppen established in that town. Our subject was employed in a Chicago machine shop for six months, then returned to Worthington in October, 1898, to accept a position in the municipal electric light and power plant. He was employed there as fireman and engineer until 1900, when his residence in Pipestone commenced. For eighteen months he was the engineer at the flouring mill and then became connected with the electric light plant. He worked as engineer and electrician until

At Worthington, on December 14, 1898, Mr. Oppen was married to Lola McCracken, a native of Hickory county, Missouri. She born September 5, 1876. To these parents the four following named children have been born: Homer R., Mabel M., James C. and Ralph L. Our subject holds membership in the following Masonic orders: Quarry Lodge No, 147, of Pipestone; Triune Chapter No. 51, of Pipestone: Minnesota Consistory No. 1, of St. Paul: St. Paul Council No. 1, of St. Paul. He is also an Odd Fellow and a member of the State Firemen's association.

OLAP HANSEN (1906) is the proprietor and operator of the Holland creamery, a leading industry of that village and of the county, as it is the most extensive butter manufacturing plant in the county outside of Pipestone. It is entirely through Mr. Hansen's untiring efforts that such a condition has come to pass. He came to Holland in 1906 and found there the idle plant of the Holland Creamery company, a co-operative concern which had proved a failure. Mr. Hansen forced a reconstruction. He opened the plant, which had been idle more than two years, bought the stock, installed an entire new and improved set of machinery, and, backed by years of practical experience, soon had the business on a paying basis. The weekly shipments of butter average about 6000 pounds and the checks paid to farmers for cream amount to nearly $.'5000 per month.

Olaf is the son of Ole Hansen, whose home has always been in Denmark, and he is one of a family of three children. A brother, Carl, is a resident of Ruthton. His only sister, Annie, met her death while crossing the Atlantic on the ill-fated ship "Norge." which went down in the sea and cost the lives of 676 out of a passenger list of 888. The mother of our subject died when Olaf was a child.

In Denmark, on September 2. 188.3, Olaf Hansen first beheld the things of earth. He received a common school education and early became an adept at the butter-maker's trade. He followed that occupation in his native land until coming to America at the age of twenty-one. He secured employment at his trade successively in Rosendale, Wisconsin, and Tyler, Minnesota, going from the latter place to Brown county. South Dakota, where he served the Savo Finnish Creamery company as butter-maker for three months. Previous to locating in Holland in 1906, he followed his trade at Granite Falls and Ruthton, Minnesota.

GEORGE CLAUSEN (1900) is the owner of a well improved farm in Elmer township, of which he has been a resident for eleven years. He was born across the seas, in Schleswig, Germany, the first of August, 1867. His parents, George and Maren (Jorgenson) Clausen, were farmers by occupation. George was educated in the German public schools and resided on the home farm in his native land until twenty years of age. On coming to America he located in Shelby county, Iowa. He worked out three years and then farmed rented land until moving to Pipestone county in 1900. At that time Mr. Clausen bought his home farm, the southwest quarter of section 32, Elmer, and later he bought the northwest quarter of the same section. He is a large stock raiser. In an official capacity our subject served his township as treasurer and school district No. 17 as clerk.

While living in Iowa, on February 19, 1889, the subject of this biography was married to Annie Schack, who was born April 12, 1866, the daughter of Jacob and Johanah Maria (Nelson) Schack, both natives of Germany. To Mr. and Mrs. Clausen the following nine children have been born: Hannah, born June 23, 1890; George, born February 5, 1892; Marius, born January 15, 1894; Alma, born June 30, 1898: Dora, born October 29, 1900; Annie, born April 19, 1902; Sophus, born March 13, 1904; Olga, born November 10, 1907; and Walter, born June 6, 1909. Mr. Clausen and his family belong to the German Lutheran church.

has been a resident of the county twentjyears. He was born in Audubon county, Iowa, May 30, 1880, and is the son of Peter Nissen, a Dane by birth and a resident of Tyler, Lincoln county. His mother, Mary Nissen, who was also born in Denmark, died when our subject was eight years of age.

From Iowa Amil moved with his father to Lincoln county, Minnesota, in 1888 and located on a farm north of the village of Tyler. They lived there three years and then located in Pipestone county - in Aetna township. He assissted with the management of the home farm until becoming of age, then was employed at agricultural pursuits until 1904. That year Mr. Nissen rented his father's Rock township farm, which he conducted four years, moving then to a location two miles east of Holland. He moved from Rock township to the farm he now operates in Aetna in the spring of 1911.

The subject of this review was married at Pipestone to Clara Murphy, a native or Rock county. To them have been born the following five children: Laura, born July 14, 1904; Lawrence, born July 16, 1906; Ella, born October 12, 1907; Frankie, born March 2, 1909; Florence, born March 10, 1911,

HARRY N. STODDARD (1910) is manager of the Pipestone branch of the Gamble-Robinson Fruit and Produce company, whose main office is located in Minneapolis. The company also maintains branchei at Aberdeen, South Dakota; Miles City, Montana; Oelwein, Iowa; Mankato, Rochester and St. Paul, Minnesota. One traveling representative covers the territory adjacent to Pipestone. Mr. Stoddard has been in the employ of the company fourteen years.

Harry is one in a family of tour children, the othen being Will R., of St. Paul; Earl B., of Stewartville, Minnesota; and Blanch G. Sauer, of St. Paul; who were born to Roscoe N. and Li/.zie M. (Porter) Stoddard, both natives of Maine. Roscoe N. Stoddard died January 24, 1892, but his wife survives and resides at Stewartville, Minnesota.

at Elgin, Minnesota, March 16, 1870. Thirteen years later the family moved to Montevideo, Chippewa, county, lived there four years, and then going west located at Anaheim, California. The Stoddards returned to Minnesota and conducted a large stock farm at High Forest three years. From there Harry went to Monticello, at which place and later at St. Paul he was connected with the Crescent Creamery company. Mr. Stoddard's next move was to Winona, out of which city he traveled tor the R. A. Foster wholesale egg house for six years. In 1897 he accepted a similar position with the Gamble-Robinson company and was on the road until placed in charge of the Pipestone branch in August, 1910. Our subject is a member of the XJ. C. T.

At Owatonna, Minnesota, on August 29, 1905, Harry N. Stoddard was married to Edna S. Brown, a native of Steele county. Two children have been born to these parents: Evelyn, bo4-n June 22, 1906, and Gertrude, born December 20, 1908.

ALBERT OLSON (1891), of Eden township, was born on the farm he now conducts on December 11, 1891. His father was born in Norway August 15, 1885, and died February 14, 1910. He came to this country and to Pipestone county when thirty years old and homesteaded the southeast quarter of section 24, Eden. Albert haT farmed the land since this family misfortune. His mother, also a native of Norway, was born January 2, 1858, and is now a resident of Jasper. Our subject has a sister, Tillie, born August 6, 18S9, and a brother, Elmer, born September 11, 1894.

CHARLES A. CALKING (1893) is manager of the Colman Lumber company at Edgerton and is the postmaiter of that village. His birth occurred November 4, 1868, in Clayton county, Iowa. While a young lad he moved with his parents to Dickinson county, in the same state, where he grew to manhood. After finishing his education in the public schools of Spirit Lake, he clerked for a time- in a store of that town and then entered the employ of Capt. D. L. Riley, in his lumber yard. That business Mr. Calking has followed ever since.

In 1891 our subject moved to Tyler and later to Benson and Alexandria, Minnesota, managing the yards of the Blackenor-Curran company at those places. Since 1893 he has resided at Edgerton and has held his present position continuously. The Colman Lumber company was the first to engage in business at Edgerton, building in 1878 before the railroad was built, when it was necessary to haul the supplies in wagons. Mr. Calking is now serving his second term as postmaster of Edgerton, having been first appointed through the efforts of Ex-Congressman McCleary. John Gnindler is the assistant poitmaster. Mr. Calking served five years as a member of the village council. He is a Knight of Pythias by lodge affiliation.

Charles is the son of George and Maria (Waugh) Calking, natives of England and Dungannon, Ireland, respectively. They were married at Toronto, Canada, and soon after, in 1S56, they came to the United States and located in Clayton county, then Dickinson county, Iowa. Mrs. Calking died March 17, 1874, but her husband is :still a resident of Spirit Lake. They were the parents of ten children, two of whom, William and James, were drowned together in Turkey river, Payette county, Iowa, while swimming. The names of the living children are Mary, Ella, Amelia, Charles A., Minnie, Elva, Jesse J. and Harry.

Charles A. Calking was united in marriage at Benson, Minnesota, on July 21, 1892, to Mary E. Hogan, who was born at Anoka, Minnesota, February 8, 1874, the daughter of J. M. Hogan. Two daughters have blessed this union: Mabel M., born May 7, 1893, and Clara G., born November 11, 1895.

PRANK WAGNER (1905), of Fountain Prairie township, owns and farms the quarter of section 32, land upon which he has lived since moving to the county in 1905. A native lowan, he was born in Blackhawk county September 21, 1863, the son of Moritz and Carrie (Glesser) Wagner, both natives of Germany,

Prank was reared on the parental farm in Blackhawk county and educated in the near by district school. On severing home ties at the age of twenty-three years, he went to Colorado and farmed three years; then for a year he was located in Montana. He pushed further west and for two years we find him identified with the agricultural interests of California. Mr. Wagner returned to rent and manage the home farm in Blackhawk county, and was so engaged until he bought and located on his Pipestone county land. He has made many substantial improvements on the place and only recently completed a fine new barn.

Our subject was united in marriage at Pipestone on December 20, 1905, to Edith Parnitzke, a native of Warrenton, Missouri. She was born in Warren county, Missouri, January 13, 1883. Mrs. Wagner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Adolph and Mary Agusta (Ockershausen) Parnitzke. Her father is a native of Germany; her mother is of German parentage but was born at Lansing, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner are the parents of one son, William A., born November 9, 1908. Mr. and Mrs. Wagner are members of the German Evangelical church.

MRS. LUKE M. BROWN (1905) is the proprietor of a millinery store and is a dressmaker of Pipestone. She is a native of Woodhull, Steuben county. New York, and was born November 20, 1861. She is of Scotch-English descent. Her father, David C. Bullard, was born in New York state November 14, 1829, and her mother, Mary Ann (Tubbs) Bullard, was born in the same state July 3, 1833. Both were descendants of early Scotch and English families in America. Mrs. Brown is one of a family of twelve children, of whom the following named seven are living: Walter, of Winnebago City; Emily Richardson, of Fairmont; Maryeth Kinney, of Winnebago City; Mrs. Brown, of this sketch; Euna Oulman, of St. "James; Selden E., of St. James; George W., of Havre, Montana.

The Bullard family came west in 1866 and settled in Mitchell county, Iowa. Later they lived in Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, and in Houston county, Minnesota, and in 1875 located in Martin county, this state. In Rutland township, on Lake Martin, the father of our subject took a homestead claim, and there the family resided until 1897. That year Mr. Bullard di?d and soon thereafter the family took up their residence in Fairmont, where they resided a number of years. The mother of our subject, who is now seventy-nine, years of age, resides with a daughter in St. James.

After her school days the subject of this review went to Eldora, Iowa, where for a few years she was engaged in the millinery business, clerking in a dry goods store and trimming hats. She was married December 24, 1882, to Seward W. Pratt, a native of Cattaraugus county. New Yoi-k. Mr. and Mrs. Pratt made their home in Fairmont, Minnesota, until his death, which occurred February 22, 1901, at the age .of forty-three years. To them were born four children, as follows: John C. Pratt, of Baker City, Oregon, born September 24, 1885; Maud M. Pratt, a school teacher, born January 13, 1887; Dee H. Pratt, born November 15, 1889; Lillian M. (Mrs. Harry Schapler), of Sioux Falls, born August 27, 1891. ,

The second marriage of our subject occurred at Estherville, Iowa, August 3, 1905, when she was wedded to Luke Brown, of Pipestone. Since that date she has resided in Pipestone. Mr. and Mrs. Brown are the parents of one child, Margaret Stannard Brown, born July 21, 1906.

For several years after the death or her first husband Mrs. Brown conducted a millinery store in Fairmont. In the spring of 1910 she opened a store and dressmaknig parlors in Pipestone. She carries the largest and most complete' line of goods in the city. Mrs. Brown is an active lodge worker, holding membership in the Royal Neighbors, Brotherhood of American Yeomen, Mystic.' 'Workers, .Mystic Toilers, Lady Maccabees, Degree of Honor and Woman's Relief Corps. In all the orders oxcept the Mystic Workers she has held office. She- was -assistant de^Juty organizer of the Lady' Maccabees and the Mystic Toilers. She is -a Presbyterian.

FRED J. BINNEBOSE (1902), an Altona township farmer, was bprn on' the tenth of April, 1882, in .loliet, Illinois.--. His parents, Charles and Lena (Robcke) Binnebose, were born in Germany and are now residents of Gray township.

the family became residents of Plymouth county, Iowa, which was their home until moving to Pipestone county In 1902. Fred was reared on a farm and educated in the district schools of Plymouth county. For four years after -the Binneboses made settlement in Pipestone county, he assisted on the farms of his father in Sweet and Gray townships; then he commenced farming on his own account. For a year he was located on a farm near Hatfield and in 1909 moved to his present pla'ce, the west half of section 36. Mn Binnebose is a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge at Cazenovia.

At Pipestone, oh March 23, 1909, the subject of this review was joined- in marriage to Lottie Pollock, who was born In Iowa March 10, 1891. One son, Leslie, was born to these parents, on December 27, 1909.

MAGNUS K. STEEN (1877) is the owner of one of the fine farms of Eden township, the southeast quarter of section 24. His handsome, new farm residence is modern in every particular, as are also the other buildings on the place. Mr. Steen filed a timber claim to his land in the early days, making entry on the same on his twentyfirst birthday, July 12, 1884. He also owns a quarter section of land in Clark county, South Dakota, four miles from the county seat.

Magnus is one in a family of three sons and four daughters, all but one of whom are living, born to Knut K. and Karn (Bartelson) Steen, natives of Norway. Knut K. Steen was born December 12, 1827, and. died May 14, 1891, while his wife passed away in June of the year following, at the age of sixty-nine years. Besides. our subject the living children are Otto K., :a 'Rose Dell township . farmer; CaTolftie Nelsou, of Jasper; Hannah Nelson, of- Chicago; Matilda Ellefson, of Rose Dell township; and Clara Nbrvold, of Volga, South Dakota.

The birth of Magnus K. Steen occurred in Allamakee county,- Iowa, July 12, 1863. He was fourteen years of age when the family departed from Iowa and made settlement in Rock county. The father homesteaded on section 14, Rose Dell town- ship, and upon that farm our subject made his home until he was twenty-seven years old. Then he settled on his present Pipestone county farm, which he had taken as a timber claim a number of years previous. In addition to being a progressive farmer, Mr. Steen is a useful citizen or his community. He served six years as a member of the township board and was a school director for five years. He is a director of the Rose Dell Mutual Insurance company and is the treasurer of the Norwegian Lutheran church, of Rose Dell.

At Old East Point Creek, on June 26, 1894, Magnus K. Steen was joined in the bonds of matrimony to Mattie Jensen, daughter of Engebret and Ragnel Jensen, both living in Allamakee county, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Steen have three children: Clara, born January 9, 1897; Lester, born February 1, 1901; and Myrtle, born November 20, 1906.

ELMER E. KURD (1908), of Pipestone, is the popular conductor on the Pipestone- Heron Lake branch of the Omaha road and the owner of the Victoria airdome, a popular amusement resort of that city, of which his son, Victor E. Hurd, is the manager. Mr. Hurd rented Holt's hall in 1909 and launched this enterprise. In the spring of 1910 he erected his own commodious and well arranged building and has met with pronounced success in his undertaking. The Victoria is unrivalled by any similar enterprise in this section of the state.

In the town of Ma.xwell, Wisconsin, on September 14, 1866, occurred the birth of Elmer E. Hurd of this review. At the age of thirteen he moved with his parents to Gary, Deuel county, South Dakota, where his father, C. P. Hurd, homesteaded a quarter section of land. Elmer completed his education in the schools at Gary. On attaining his majority he left home and for three years was located in different portions of the west, principally in Colorado and New Mexico. He returned and commenced his railroading career with the Rock Island line at Estherville, Iowa. Six months later he became connected with the ' Great Northern - as a brakeman, and during the four years of such employment made his headquarters at Willmar. Mr. Hurd then accepted a run a^ conductor on the main line of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha railroad, with which he has now been connected for fifteen years. He has operated trains on the main line and many of the branches of the Minnesota & Iowa division, and prior to moving to Pipestone was located at St. James and Worthington.

Elmer is the eldest of six children born to C. P. and Maggie (Bates) Hurd, both natives of New York and now residents of Clear Lake, South Dakota. They were married at Madison, Wisconsin. C. P. Huru is a civil war veteran, having served for four years as a member of company G, Twenty-fifth Wisconsin volunteer infantry. Besides our subject the following are the children born to these parents: Wallace A., who died June 23, 1898, at Chickamauga Park, Tennessee, while serving as a volunteer in the Spanish-American war; Fred E., a conductor on the South Dakota Central; Minnie (Mrs. Axel Hanson), of Watertown, South Dakota; Libby (Mrs. Fred Warner), of Clear Lake, South Dakota; and Myrtle (Mrs. Louis F. Hanley), of Clear Lake.

At Watertown, South Dakota, on January 18, 1895, Elmer E. Hurd was united in marriage to Mary E. Phillips, of Clark, South Dakota. Mrs. Hurd is a native of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and was born July 1, 1865. One son, Victor E., was born to these parents, on December 8, 1895. Ir a fraternal way our subject is affiliated with the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Eastern Star branches of the Masonic order, the Yeomen, Modern Brotherhood of America, the Mystic Workers, OrSer of Railroad Conductors and the Railway Protective association.

ROBERT W. COLBURN (1908), grocer of Pipestone, is one of that city's most enterprising men of business. He is an enthusiastic booster for Pipestone and is confident of a most promising future prosperity for southwestern Minnesota's railroad center. Mr. Colburn is the successor to the old established grocery business of A. C. Wright, which is one of the two exclusive grocery stores in the county.

(Giles) Colburn, both natives of New York and both deceased, Robert W. Colburn of this slcetch was born at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 19, 1872. In that Iowa city he was educated, completing the commercial course offered by the high school, and in that city he grew to manhood. He moved from his home city to St. Pau), where he resided continuously until coming to Pipestone. From the first Mr. Colburn engaged in the grocery business in the capital city, and for many years he was a leading spirit in the large and influential organization, the Retail Grocery Clerks' association. For three years he was honored with the presidency of the association and in 1903 was delegated the St Paul representative to attend the national convention at Buffalo, New York.

In 190G our subject became connected as salesman with the fruit and commission house of Gamble-Robinson company, and it was largely through his recommendations and efforts that the company established a branch house at Pipestone. At the time of establishment Mr. Colburn was placed in charge of the Pipestone house, which prompted his removal to that city in September, 1908. He resigned his position after a year's service and until buying his present business, in October, 1910, he traveled through southwestern Minnesota for C. Shenkberg & Co., whole- grocers of Sioux City.

Mr. Colburn, together with O. P. Nason and .1. H. Robson, were the most actively interested in the organization and the early development of the Pipestone Commercial club, which has been of inestimable value in attracting widespread attention to the many commercial and industrial advantages offered by Pipestone to the investor and home seeker. Mr. Colburn was the club's first secretary, and on retiring from the office was succeeded by J. H. Nichols. Fraternally he is allied with the Odd Fellows, Modern Brotherhood, United Commercial Travelers and M. W. A.

At St. Paul, on October 20, 1900, Robert W. Colburn was united in marriage to Emaline Snow, of Vinton, Iowa, a native of Ursa, Adams county, Illinois. They are the parents of two children, Frances 3ad Robert.

CURTIS I. GROVER (1900), Gray township farmer, was born in Tama county, Iowa, January 19, 1874, the son of George and Katherine (Fullmer) Grover. He was educated in the district schools and resided on the home farm in Tama county until 1895, when the family moved to Harris, Osceola county, Iowa. There the Grovers remained five years, at the end of which time they became identified with Pipestone county interests, George Grover in 1900 buying the east half of section 36, Gray. The first year in the Minnesota county Curtis broke prairie and raised a crop of flax; then he rented his father's farm, which he has since successfully conducted. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge.

At Pipestone, on January 2, 1901, Mr. Grover of this review was joined in marriage to Ida Zimmerman, the daughter of Martin and Louisa (Kemnetz) Zimmerman. She was born in Floyd county, Iowa, July 10, 1885. Mr. and Mrs. Grover are the parents of the following named children: Grace, born February 4, 1902; Hazel, born January 30, 1904; Curtis, born April 12, 1906; Martin, born October 4, 1909.

WILLIS E. DOAN (1896) is an Edgerton grain buyer. He was born in Ingham county, Michigan, October 25, 1858, the son of Alonzo and Betsey E. Doan, the latter of whom is still living. The father died in 1898.

Willis E. Doan grew to manhood on liis father's Michigan farm. On attaining his majority he went to Kansas, remained there two years, and then horaesteaded and lived in Hand county. South Dakota, ten years. In 1895 he located in Luverne for a year, was a Burke township farmer for twice that length of time, then settled in Edgerton, and has since been employed in the different elevators. He also oversees a small farm. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge and his wife of the Royal Neighbors.

In Mason, Michigan, on December 30, 1888, Willis E. Doan and Etta DuBois were made man and wife. Mrs. Doan was born in Cass county, Michigan, August 6, 1869, the daughter of C. C. and Alsina (Phelps)

DuBois, the latter of whom is deceased. The father, C. C. DuBois, is a resident of Lansing, Michigan. Two sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Doan, namely: Vance E., born August 27, 1890, a brakemau on the Milwaukee railroad; and Mort A., hocn April 15, 1894, who is the night operator at the Edgerton depot. In May, 1909, Mrs. Doan opened a cafe and restaurant in lidgerton. She serves meals, short orders, and deals in confectionery, bakery goods, etc.

JESSE C. WALTER (1905) is a contractor and builder of the vi'Iage of Trosky. He was born in Stephenson county, Illinois, the ninth of June, 1883, the son of Albert and Mary (Clarno) Walter, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Illinois. They are now residents of Illinois.

Our subject was reared on his father's farm and lived there until attaining his majority. He then went to the town of Orangeville, where he learned the cirpenter's trade and was employed at such occupation at that place until 19i)5, the date of his settlement in Trosky. Fcr awhile he worked with J. L. Chaney, then established his present contracting building business. He has erected man}' of the substantial buildings in Trosky and vicinity.

At Edgerton, on December 12, 1907, Jesse C. Walter was joined in wedlock to Mollie E. Frankeberger, also a native of Stephenson county, Illinois, where she was born September 12, 1882. One child, Wendell W., was born to these parents, October 17, 1908. Mr. Walter holds membership in the Odd Fellows lodge.

HENRY PLYGARE (1909), of Ruthton, is the manager of the branch yard of tlie H. W. Ross Lumber company at that point. He Is a native Minnesotan, having been born in Atwater, Kandiyohi county, on August 2, 1879. His parents, Andrew and Mary (Hallberg) Plygare, came to the United States from their native land of Sweden when young. They were married at Providence, Rhode Island, and settled in Kandiyohi county in an early day. They now reside at Atwater.

Henry was educated in the graded school of Atwater and in the commercial department of Highland Park college, Des Moines, Iowa. On completing the course of the latter institution, he entered the employ of the Security Bank of Atwater as bookkeeper. At the age of twenty-tour he became a grain buyer, and in that capacity was located a year and a half at Guelph, North Dakota, and for three years at Green Valley, Minnesota. While living at the latter place Mr. Plygare became connected with the H. W. Ross Lumber company, and was transferred from the management of the yard at Green Valley to his present position in 1909. He is the venerable counsel of Ruthton Camp No. 3694, Modern Woodmen of America.

Henry Plygare was married in his native town on May 17, 1906, to Clara Irene Davidson, who was born in Atwater June 9, 1881. A daughter, Alice, was born to these parents on May 7, 1907.

ADOLPH SMALLFIELD (1905), who farms the southeast quarter of section 26, Gray township, was born at Davenport, Iowa, October 11, 1859. His father, William Sraallfield, a German by birth, settled in Davenport in 1848. Por a number of years he was a merchant in that city, then became a Scott county farmer. The mother of our subject was Mary (Steinhllber) Smallfleld, a native of Ohio. Adolph lived on, and assisted with the management of, the home farm until after his twenty-third birthday. Then he married and commenced farming on his own account. He left Iowa in 1901 to go to Rock county, Minnesota. He farmed in Kanaranzi township three years and then became identified with agricultural interests in Pipestone county. Prior to moving to his present place, our subject farmed rented land on sections 17 and 7, Gray township.

In Scott county, Iowa, on February 3, 1883, Mr. Smallfield was joined in wedlock to Alvina Schroeder, a native of that county. She was born August 14, 1864, the daughter of Henry and Catherine (Martin) Schroeder, both natives of Holstein, Germany. To Mr. and Mrs. Smallfleld have been born the following seven children: Albert, born November 27, 1883;

PAUL LANYON (1898) farms 800 acres of Pipestone county land, which includes all of section 36, range 47, Altona, and the northeast quarter of section 1, range 47, Troy. He is also a large raiser of high grade stock.

To the parents, John Lanyon, a native of England, and Annie (Sherrill) Lanyon, a native of Wisconsin, was born Paul Lanyon of this review in Lafayette county, Wisconsin, September 8, 1886. Both parents ai-e still living and are residents of Pipestone county. Paul attended the district schools of his native county until fifteen years of age. Then, in 1901, the family moved to Humboldt county, Iowa, where the father engaged in farming two years. For similar periods tlie Lanyons were located at Milford and Terrill, Iowa. Our subject was employed in the railroad shops in Oelwein, Iowa, for a year previous to coining to Pipestone county, which was in 190S. Since August, 1910, Mr. Lanyon has managed the E. A. Brown elevator at Cresson.

SIDNEY ROBSON (1908) is the treasurer of the firm of Robson-Hilliard company, wholesale grocers, which is counted among the foremost of Pipestone's substantially established commercial enterprises. Because of Pipestone's exceptional advantages as a railroad center the city is a fruitful field for the operation of such a house as the Robson-Hilliard company, as its success and increasing volume of business attests. The Robson-Hilliard company employs an able corps of salesmen, who cover a large tributary territory, and the quality of the output compares favorably with that of the largest of the state's wholesale grocery houses. The Pipestone company was organized in 1907 and began business in July of that year. The paid-in capita! stock is $75,000 and the following are the officers: J. H. Robson, president; J. W. Hilliard, vice president; James

Sidney Robson of this sketch is the son of J. H. Robson, of Owatonna, Minnesota, and Anna G. (Schad) Robson, deceased. Both parents were born in Geneva, Freeborn county, in the pioneer days of the state's history. Mrs. Robson was the first white child born in the county of Freeborn. Sidney was born in the city of Owatonna, September 2, 1882. Following his graduation from the Owatonna high school, he was for a year a student at the university of Minnesota. His school days over he engaged in a banking career, which was marked with success. For two years he held the position of cashier of the Security State Bank of Owatonna; then, until moving to Pipestone in 1908, he was employed in a similar capacity with the Mouse River Bank, of Towner, North Dakota.

R. A. HYDE (1905) is the junior member of the firm of Green & Hyde, real estate brokers, of Pipestone. A native of England, he was born at Staleybridge October 23, 1877. He was four years of age when he crossed the sea with his parents and made settlement in the United States. On the farm of his father near LeMars, Iowa, Mr. Hyde resided until after his twentysecond birthday. He was educated in the district schools of his home county.

For eight years Mr. Hyde was connected with the Advance Thresher company, as traveling representative. His headquarters were for most of the time at Mitchell, South Dakota, though in the years 1905 and 1906 he was located at Pipestone. In 1909 he formed a partnership with W. A. Green in the real estate business at Gentry, Arkansas. The firm moved from that point to Pipestone in April, 1910, and now conduct an office in the Commerce block. In addition to real estate. Green & Hyde deal in automobile supplies and are agents for the Overland car.

JOSEPH STURZL (1902), blacksmith of Pipestone, is a native German. He was born June 19, 1878, the son of Bartholomew and Theresa Sturzl, both deceased. They were parents also of two other sons, Xavia and Frank, and of two daughters, Helena and Josephine.

When a child of six years Joseph crossed the Atlantic with his parents and located with them at Medford, Taylor county, Wisconsin. Two years later the family moved to Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, and there Joseph divided his time between attendance at the public schools and learning the blacksmith's trade in the shop of his father until he was thirteen years old. He was then left fatherless, and until 1897 he w?s employed in different shops, completing his trade. In the year mentioned Mr. Sturzl reopened the shop of his father in Sleepy Eye and conducted the same until locating in Pipestone five years later. He bought the shop of L. H. Moore and the tools of Charles Davis and has built up a well equipped plant for general work. Mr. Sturzl is an expert horse shoer. He owns his residence in Pipestone.

At New Ulm, Minnesota, on July 30, 1902, Joseph Sturzl was married to Barbara Platzer, a native of Germany who came to this country in early childhood. Three sons and one daughter have been born to these parents, namely; Jerome, Lawrence, Joseph and Josephine.

WILLIAM C. ASLESEN (1902), who is associated with his brother, Erick J. Aslesen, and John Rudd in the conduct of Jasper's big and successful mercantile establishment of Aslesen Bros. & Rudd, was born in Brownsville, Minnesota, August 20, 1877. He is the son of that esteemed and honored couple, Christ and Sigrid (EUetson) Aslesen, resident of Jasper of whom mention is made in this volume under the sketch of Erick J. Aslesen.

The year of his birth William accompanied his parents in their journey to establish a home in Minnehaha county, South Dakota, where his father filed on a homestead claim. AVhen he was a boy of five, the family moved to Sioux Falls, remained there seven years, and then returned to the old farm. William's early education was received in the public schools of Sioux Falls and Jasper and later he was graduated from Macallaster college, ' St. Paul. His school days over, he went to Hills, Minnesota, and for a year and a half clerked in the store of Olaf Skyberg. In 1902 he removed to Jasper and entered the firm in which he has since been interested.

Aslesen Bros. & Rudd is an institution of which Jasper may well be proud. In point of actual business transacted, it stands in the lead of any similar concern doing business in Pipestone county. The firm carries a full and complete line of general merchandise and clothing, the business being housed in two separate buildings. In addition, the firm owns other property in Jasper and considerable farm land in South Dakota.

At Watertown, South Dakota, on May 26, 1909, Mr. Aslesen was married to Miss Nettie Wells, who was born in Mankato, Minnesota, February 27, 1882, the daughter of James and Mary (Fields) Wells. One daughter, Mary, was born to these parents, March 4, 1910. Mr. Aslesen holds membership in the K. P. and M. W. A. lodges.

AUGUST C. KALLSEN (1910), farmer and stock raiser of Eden township, is a native lowan. He was born in Benton county August 26, 1888, the son of Peter and Matilda (Miller) Kallsen. Peter Kallsen is a native German, but the mother was born in Benton county. August was reared on a farm and was educTted in the district and parochial school at Keystone. He started to work out at the age of fifteen years and was so employed three years. Then he rented land and farmed for himself In Iowa. In the spring of 1910 he came to Pipestone county and has since rented and farmed the east half of section 36, range 47, Eden, land owned by his father. He is engaged quite extensively in the raising of sheep.

a native of Benton county, Iowa. She was born November 22, 1891, the daughter of Louis and Anna (Petermann) Meyer, now residents of Pipestone. Mr. and Mrs. Kallsen are members of the German Lutheran church.

CHARLES W. STUDE (1907) caters to the automobile trade of Pipestone. He conducts a garage and an up-to-date repair shop and is the local agent for the Ford car. Charles is the third in a family of four sons and one daughter, the names of the other children being Henry, Christ, Louis and Annie. He was four years of age when his father. Christian Stude, died. His mother, Margaret Knoa, married a second time and now resides in the state of Washington.

Our subject passed the first sixteen years of his life on the farm of his father in Livingston county, Illinois, where he was born February 6, 1878. He was educated in the district schools and later in the public schools of Streator. In the fall of 1893 Mr. Stude was adopted by the state of Minnesota. He worked for a year on a farm near Brewster, Nobles county, then took employment in the McChesney blacksmith and machine shop In that village and became proficient as^ a mechanic. For a number of seasons he was engaged as an engineer in a threshing crew. He established the first teed mill in Brewster, which he conducted two years, selling out on his removal to Pipestone in 1907.

Charles W. Stude was joined in matrimony on June 20, 1906, at Brewster, to Minnie Pinz, the daughter of Herman Pinz, one of Nobles county's early settlers. A daughter, Dorothy, has been born to this union.

ELMER R. SANDERS (1904), who successfully farms the southwest quarter of section 20, Grange township, is a native lowan. He was born on the farm of his father, George W. Sanders, in Benton county, on April 18, 1SG6. His father, a native of Virginia, died in 1886. The mother of our subject, Ellen (Goff) Sanders, a native of Wisconsin, still resides in Benton county. Besides Elmer there are seven other sons and two daughters in the Sanders family, namely: Isaac B., Charles T., Albert J., Will, Perry E., Fred, George, Lucinda and Jlartha.

Elmer Sanders was educated in the district schools of his native county, where he also began his career as farmer at the age of eighteen years. In 1896 he moved to Wright county, Iowa, farmed there eight years, and then established his residence in Pijiestone county. He engages extensively in the threshing business. Mr. Sanders' 1910 crop of barley yielded twenty-five bushels to the acre, his oats, forty-five bushels, and his corn, fifty bushels.

Our subject was married July 14, 1910, in Pipestone to Mrs. Maggie Furnia, a native of Michigan. Mrs. Sanders has an only son, Joseph Furnia, of Chicago. Mr. Sanders holds membership in the Odd Fellows lodge.

ALBERT H. DIETZ (1905) is the manager of the yard of the Lampert Lumber company at Holland. He is a native Minnesotan and was born in Cottonwood county on March 25, 1881. His father, Henry Dietz, is also a son of the North Star state and was born near New Ulm. Henry Dietz married Mary Gluth, who came to the United States in early childhood from her native land of Germany. The Dietz family were early settlers of Cottonwood county and are now residents of Sanborn, Minnesota, at which place Henry Dietz is a general merchant. Besides Albert H., of this review, there are eight other children in the family, as follows: Lilly, Anna, Charlie, Gertie, Lilly, Walter, Esther and Arnold.

Albert was five years of age when the family moved from Cottonwood county to Sanborn, and in that town he received a graded school education and commenced the career he has since followed. At the age of eighteen he entered the employ of the Lampert Lumber company as second man in the branch at Sanborn, a position he held six years. He then became the manager of the Mississippi Lumber & Coal company's yard at Monticello, Minnesota. He remained at that place six months, leaving in 1905 to accept his present position in Holland. Mr. Dietz holds membership in the Modern Brotherhood of America lodge. At Sanborn, Minnesota, on January 12, 1905, our subject was married to Ida M. Leopold, the daughter of Jacob and Mary Ijeopold, of Sanborn. She was born in that town May 26, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Dietz are the parents of two children: Clifford, born August 9, 1906, and Ivan, born January 9, 1910.

JOHN M. AREND (1907) is a blacksmith of Trosky. A native of New York, he was born at Sheldon January 8, 1879. At the age of four he moved with his parents to Gibertsville, Iowa, where he grew to manhood on his father's farm. At the age of fifteen he began to learn the blacksmith's trade, and on attaining his majority he went to Colraan, South Dakota. For two years he did carpenter work, then bought a half interest in a blacksmith shop and was engaged in its conduct until March 20, 1907, the date of his settlement in Trosky. He owns one of the neatest little shops in the county and does general blacksmith and wood work and repairing.

On June 3, 1908, at Gilbertsviile, Iowa, Mr. Arend was joined in marriage to Mary Demuth, who was born at that place in July, 1881. Mr. Arend has served as justice of the peace for the past three years. He is a member of the Catholic church.

THEODORE CARSTENS (1909) is the junior member of the firm of Henning- Carstens Company, proprietors of the "Fair" store at Pipestone. This enterprising business institution has been under its present management since November, 1909. At that time Mr. Carstens and Carl Henning came to the city and bought the dry goods stock of Sommerville Bros, and the general merchandise stock of E. J. Beaudry. These two businesses were combined into the "Fair," which now occupies the double room in the Syndicate block and is recognized as the largest department store in the county.

Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, is the birthplace, and August 2, 1865, the date of the birth of Theodore Carstens. His parents, John and Emily Carstens, are both natives of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. They came to this country early in life and were married in Wisconsiii during the pioneer days of that state. For the past twenty-eight years Mr. and Mrs. Carstens have been residents of Medford, Wisconsin. Eight years after his birth our subject moved to New Holstein, Wisconsin, where he was a student in the public schools until his fifteenth year. Then the family home was established at Medford. Theodore was associated with his father in the meat and provision business in that town for twenty years. He traveled at intervals and finally disposed of his interests in the Wisconsin town to locate in Pipestone. -

At Renville, Minnesota, on June 24, 1896, our subject was united in marriage to Bertha Henning, and to this union have been born two daughters, Caroline and Dorothy. Mr. Carstens holds membership in the Masonic and Modern Woodmen orders.

JOHN H. BONG (1898) is one of the highly esteemed citizens of Jasper and a practising physician and surgeon in that thriving community. He is one of the successful practitioners in the county and is a man who has risen through adverse circumstances to a position of affluence. Dr. Bong makes a specialty of the diseases of the eye, ear, nose and throat and intends in the future to devote his entire attention to such practice. He has taken special postgraduate work in a leading Chicago school with that intent.

A native of Sweden, Dr. Bong was born July 25, 1872. He came alone at the tender age of eight years to this country and direct to Minnesota. He grew to manhood in the village of Carlton, near Duluth. Starting unaided and without means, he owes his rise in the world entirely to his own efforts. After completing a public school course, he worked his way through Valparaiso university and completed the scientific course. He then taught school for a number of years, following which he entered the medical department of the university of Minnesota, from which he was graduated as an M. D. with the class of 1897. After practising for a year and a half in the city of Minneapolis, Dr. Bong located in his present field of labor.

been the president ot the local board of health since the first year of his residence there, and has been a capable chief executive of the Commercial club. He organized the Jasper telephone service and was the first president of the controlling company. In the past he has been a director of the Farmers Elevator company, secretary ot the Co-operative Creamery company, and a member of the board of education. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masons, Knights of Pythias, Maccabees, Modern Woodmen, Ancient Order United Workmen and Royal Neighbors orders. He is the medical examiner of the three last named lodges and for all the old line insurance companies doin.p; business in the village.

The doctor owns a beautiful home in the village and two Rock county farms. On one of his farms, south of Jasper, is located the Blue Jasper stone quarry, the only blue stone known in the vicinity. It takes a beautiful polish and is very much in demand for building, trimming and monumental purposes. The quarry has been opened and worked to some extent.

At Jasper, on the twenty-seventh of February, 1899, Dr. Bong was married to Mrs. Louise Johnson, the former wife of Dr. M. Johnson, deceased, a well known earlier physician of Jasper. Mrs. Bong is a native of Marshalltown, Iowa. She is a pharmacist and at one time was proprietor of Johnson's pharmacy. One son, John Norman, was born to these parents, on February 19, 1903.

F. W. PRATT (1891), for twenty years a resident of Pipestone, is the manager of the Minneapolis Brewing company's branch at that point. The Pipestone branch is one of the important and early established distributing points of the company and the manager of it has supervision over all the others in southwestern Minnesota and southeastern South Dakota, extending to the Missouri river, a territory which comprises eleven sub-branches. When he came to Pipestone in the spring of 1891, Mr. Pratt in company with his cousin, G. W. Pratt, established the Pipestone bottling works, which they still own, but the active management of the

A native of the Buckeye state, F. W. Pratt was born at Chardon, Geauga county, June 7, 1858. Nine months after the natal event he accompanied his parents to Green county, Wisconsin, where he was reared and grew to manhood on his father's farm. He later purchased the home farm and conducted it several years, but gave up farming on account of defective eye sight and moved to Wahpeton, North Dakota, where he became familiar with the bottling business. After three years' residence there he located in Britton, South Dakota, where with his cousin he established a bottling works and lived until moving to Pipestone and establishing a similar enterprise.

At Madison, Wisconsin, July 7, 1878, Mr. Pratt was married to Sybilla Gannon, a native of that city. Two children have been born to these parents: Maud (Mrs. Earl Hallowell), of St. Paul, and George G., of Pipestone. Mr. Pratt is affiliated with the Elks and the United Commercial Travelers.

ALBERT L. STEINKE (1904) has been a resident of Pipestone for the past seven years. He is a native Minnesotan and was born at Henderson March 16, 1882. The year following his nativity he moved with his parents to the town of Gaylord, where the father. Otto H. Steinke, engaged in the hardware and tinning business, the details of which our subject acquired in subsequent years under the tutelage of his parent. On leaving home Albert went to Westbrook, Cottonwood county, where he was employed at his trade of tinner for three years. From that town he moved to Pipestone in 1904.

On locating in Pipestone Mr. Steinke entered the employ of the Laird-Norton company, at that time dealers in both lumber and hardware. He was connected with thai firm for a period of three and one-halt years; then until January, 1909, he was a tinner in the shop of L. R. Ober. On the date mentioned Mr. Steinke opened a tin shop of his own on a side street. Assured of success, he soon after moved to a more favorable location on the corner of Olive and Lcwry streets and there laid the foundation for his present liardware business. He deals in stoves and hardware staples and also maintains the original tin shop. Our subject is a member of the Masonic and Modern Woodmen lodges.

The father of Albert, Otto H. Steinke, who was born in Germany December .3, 1854, married Elizabeth Hemberlie, a native of Evansville, Indiana. She died May 13, 1888, at the age of twenty-eight years and Mr. Steinke died September 8, 1910. They left five children: Laura, Albert, of this sketch; Emma, Metha and Elizabeth. By a subsequent marriage of his father, Albert has two half-sisters and a half-brother, Martha, Willie and Edith. Our subject was married at Windom, Cottonwood county, December 16, 1903, to Dorothy Moeller, of Davenport, Iowa, who was born in that city September 30 1883. One daughter, Bernice, was born to this union, December 26, 1904.

MARK D. WOOLSTENCROFT (1909), the editor of the Huthton Gazette, has spent the thirty-two years of his life in twc adjoining Minnesota counties, Murray and Pipestone. His father, the late Judge Benjamin W. Woolstencroft, of Slayton, was prior to his death on October 17, 1908, one of the well-known and highly respected citizens and men of affairs in this section of the state. He was the third person to settle in Nobles county, back in 1867, and lived in that county until 1879, when he commenced his eventful and useful career in Murray county. He held an enviable record as a public official. He was a commissioner of Nobles county, commencing his term with the organization of the county in 1870. He was for six years the county surveyor of Nobles county, and surveyor of Murray county for eighteen years. He was elected probate judge of Murray county in 1894 and was serving in that capacity at the time of his death. Judge Woolstencroft married Susan D. Anscomb, and to them were born seven children, the following six of wliom are living: Minnie M., James, Mark, Belle (Mrs. Charles Lawrence), of Madison, South Dakota; John and Lulu (Mrs. H. O. Johnson), of Currie.

Woolstencroft, in Murray county, on the first day of the year 1879, the subject of this biography was born. The home of his father had been destroyed by fire a short time previous to this event and the family were temporarily residing on the Jack Woolstencroft farm. Mark was a year old when the family located in Pulda, and in that town he acquired a high school education and grew to manhood.

In his boyhood days Mark D. Woolstencroft learned the printer's art in the office of the Fulda Republican, over which his father presided as editor for many years. For five or six years Mark assisted at the case during the winter months and worked at the carpenter trade during the summer seasons. For two years he gave his whole attention as assistant on the Lake Wilson Pilot, following which he was engaged in the furniture business at Slayton for a year and a half. In 1909 Mr. Woolstencroft moved to Ruthton and has since presided over the destinies of the Gazette. He is recorder of the village and is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

In Pipestone, on June 3, 1907, our subject was united in marriage to Isabella Krall, a native of Wabasha county, Minnesota. She was born October 16, 1879. Two children have been born to this union: Mark B., born ,Iune 16, 1908. and Arthur H., born August 11, 1909.

The Ruthton Gazette was established in 1897 by W. C. Smith as a six-column folio and was later changed to a five-column quarto. Mr. Smith was the active head of the paper until June, 1909, when he leased the plant and business to its present editor, Mark D. Woolstencroft. The paper is now a five-column quarto. The Gazette espouses the doctrines of republicanism.

WILLIAM BAKER (19o0), farmer of Osborne township, is a native lowan. The son of Arthur and Catherine (Bearman) Baker, he was born in Marion county, Iowa, May 3, 188.5. He was three years of age when the Baker family moved to Nebraska, where they remained ten years and then returned to Ringgold county, Iowa. In the district schools of that county William completed his education. In 1900, after having lived two years in Sibley, Iowa, the family became residents of Pipestone county. Our subject assisted on the home farm until 1904, when he rented land and commenced farming on his own account. He now lives on the southwest quarter of section 25, Osborne, where he engages extensively in stock raising, especially of hogs and sheep.

At Leota, Nobles county, on February 8, 1904, William Baker was joined in marriage to Marie Kallemeyn, who was born April 23, 1884, the daughter of Martin and Martha (Kooiman) Kallemeyn, of Leota. A son, William Arthur, was born to this union April 22, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Baker are members of the Christian Reformed church of Edgerton.

VICTOR F. FRANK (1898), Sweet township farmer, is a native of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, at which place his birth occurred February 1, 1857. It was sevei'al years before this natal event that his parents, William and Nettie Frank, came from their native land of Germany and located in the Wisconsin city, where the father followed the occupations of butcher and carpenter. In the early boyhood of Victor the family moved to Lancaster, Wisconsin, where he was educated. He commenced his career as an agriculturist in Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, near Mason City. On leaving that place he established his present residence in Pipestone county in 1898. He rented different farms in Sweet township until the fall of 1909, when he located on the northwest quarter of section 24, which he now conducts.

At Lancaster, Wisconsin, on August 10, 1883, our subject was joined in marriage to Lorena Bartold, who was born in Homer, Wisconsin. Two sons, William and Bert, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank. The family are members of the Congregational church.

CLAIRE G. TABOR (190G), of the firm of Hall & Tabor, proprietors of a Pipestone meat market, was born in Clay county, Iowa, jn February 5, 1878, the son of Oscar G. and Sarah M. Tabor, natives of New York and Wisconsin, respectively. Oscar G. Tabor horaesteaded land in Clay county.

At the age of four years Claire moved with his parents from Iowa to the southern part of Missouri, where the family lived four years, and then settled in Garretson, South Dakota. Mr. Tabor lived on a farm in that vicinity seven years, and then for three years he was engaged in the hardware and implement business in Garretson with his father, under the firm name of Tabor & Son. In 1906 he became Identified with Pipestone county interests. He bought a farm near Holland, which he conducted until moving to Pipestone in Febi-uary, 1909, to engage in his present business. Mr. Tabor is a member of the M. B. A. and I. O. O. P. lodges.

At Garretson, South Dakota, on June 6, 1900, Claire G. Tabor was united in marriage to Bertha Hanson, who was born in Lee county, Illinois, September 15, 1877. To this union have been bom three children: Elmer T., born March 10, 1901; Calvin O., born September 28, 1903; and Aura, born July 26, 1904.

EUGENE L. MEYERS (1899) is a hardware and harness dealer of Woodstock, a business he has carried on in that town since 1899. At that time be bought the since been conducted. Mr. Meyers carries F. D. Bennett, in which the business has since been conducted. Mr. Meyers carries in stock a full line of hardware, stoves, windmills, saddlery, etc., and does furnace and lighting work.

Eugene is one of a family of five children born to Reuben and Sarah M. (Lattig) Meyers, both natives of Northhampton county, Pennsylvania. At an early date they moved by the overland route to Freeport, Illinois, where the family resided until 1884, going that year to Osceola county, Iowa, where Reuben Meyers died in 1889. His wife is still living and resides in Stephenson county, Illinois. The other children in the Meyers family besides our subject are Steven J., of Sibley, Iowa; Annie (Mrs. T. M. Yorger), of Harris, Iowa; Susie (Mrs. Eugene Bobb), of Dakota, Illinois; and Fred, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

While the family were living in Freeport, Illinois, on August 22, 1860, Eugene L. Meyers was born. He received a country school education in his native coiinry, from which he moved, at the age of twonty-tour years, to Osceola county, Iowa. He owned and farmed land there tor nine years; then for six years he was located in Kossuth county, of the same state, where he represented the Dr. Baker Medical company. He left that locality in 1899 to establish his residence in Woodstock.

In Sibley, Iowa, on October 25, 1892, Mr. Meyers was wedded to Rose Cloud, whose birth occurred in Johnson county, Iowa, January 7, 1873. This union has been blessed by three children, namely: Ruth, born November 2, 1893; Lola, born July 10, 1895; and Donald, born April 17, 1903.

Mr. Meyers has been honored on several occasions by election to offices of trust. He has served on the village council and board of education at Woodstock. He was largely instrumental in the organization of the Woodstock Rural Telephone company, in November, 1909, and is the present executive head of the company. Other officers of the company are George Moline, secretary; James Jackson, treasurer; and John Campbell, Adolph Abraham and Will Boese, directors. Mr. Meyers is a thirty-second degree Mason and also belongs to the O. E. S. and A. O. U. W. lodges and the Presbyterian church.

WALTER W. HALL (1908), of Pipestone, who is associated with C. G. Tabor in the conduct of the Hall & Tabor meat market, is a native of the Badger state. He is the son of William Hall, a Vermonter by birth, who died in 1905, and of Anna Hall, a native of Maine. The mother is still living and resides at Stevens Point, Wisconsin.

The date of the birth of our subject was August 5, 1869. He attended the schools of Portage county until he was fourteen years of age. Then the family moved to Pierre, South Dakota, and there Walter grew to manhood. At the age of twenty he moved to Blunt, South Dakota, and for ten years conducted the butcher shop he established at the time of locating there. He then returned to Pierre, where he remained six years, working at his trade and dealing in stock. We next find Mr. Hall at Bellefourche, South Dakota, where he was in business two years. Returning to his former home at Blunt, he was a stock buyer for two years, then turned his attention to the hotel business at Fort Pierre. He was the proprietor of a hotel at Clark, South Dakota, for two years prior to moving to Pipestone in August, 1908. He at once established a meat market, and six months later the firm of Hall & Tabor was organized.

While living at Blunt, South Dakota, on March 20, 1889, W. W. Hall was joined in wedlock to Ja<net Hoover, who was born in Muscatine, Iowa, November 15, 1870. Two children have blessed this union. Their names are Hazel, born February 13, 1890, and William, born March 9, 1897. Mr. Hall is a member of the K. P. and M. B. A. lodges.

WILLIAM THOMSSEN (1908), farmer and stock raiser of Elmer township, llrst saw the light of day in the province of (lolstein, Germany, July 10, 1862. His father, Hans Thomssen, came to this country in 1888 and now lives with his son. His mother, Mary (Sahm) Thomssen, died in the old country when William was six ;ears of age.

The subject of this biography was reared on the farm and educated In the common schools of his native land. He severed home ties at the age of nineteen years and immigrated to the United States. He was employed in a brick yard at Perth Amboy, New Jersey, for a year, then went to Davenport, Iowa, which was his home for the next ten years. He was employed the while in a syrup refinery. Mr. Thomssen's next move was to become a Minnesota farmer. For ten years following 1893, he was a resident of Middletown township, Jackson county. While there he served eight years on the board of supervisors and for part of that period was chairman of the board. He also held office in his school district.

From Jackson county our subject moved to Mower county in 1903 and there farmed until making settlement in Pipestone county three years ago. He rents and farms the east half of section 19, Elmer. He raises stock of the best grade.

Pipestone Cot'Xty Riogeaphies

At Davenport, Iowa, on March 22, 1884, Mr. Thomssen was married to Liza Rascli, who was born in Schleswig, Holstein, Germany, July 10, 1862, and who came to America twenty years later. Mr. and Mrs. Thomssen are the parents of the following named eleven children: Mamie (Mrs. Henry Rosenbrook), of Beardsley, Minnesota, born February 19, 1885; Freda, born August 7, 1886; Alfred born June 30, 1888; Willie, born March 19, 1890; Henry, born March 8, 1892; Annie, born March 21. 1894; Charlie, born October 12, 1895; Harry, born August 26, 1897; Arthur, born April 10, 1899; Ella, born May 12, 1901; and Emma, born April 27, 1903. The five eldest children were born in Davenport, the next five in Jackson county and Emma in Mower county. The family are members of the German Lutheran church of Trosky.

HENRY K. HOLVIG (1900). The story of the career of a self-made man is always interesting and is a source of inspiration to the youth born amid adverse circumstances and forced to make his way through lite by unaided efforts. Such is the case with Henry K. Holvig. The family were poor and there was a large number of children dependent upon the sacrificing parents. From small beginnings Mr. Holvig has prospered and he now takes his stand among the successful business men of Jasper.

Henry Holvig is a native of Iowa and was born in Winneshiek county on August 3, 1874. His father, Knute, and his mother, Isabelle (Holverson) Holvig, came to the United States from Norway in 1861. They homesteaded in Moody county, South Dakota, in 1877, and there Knute Holvig died at the age of fifty-two years. His wife lives in Jasper with her son.

When a child of three years, Henry accompanied his parents to the South Dakota home. The journey, long and tedious, was made in a prairie schooner. In that new country he grew to manhood. He attended the district schools, and later through his own efforts for several years was a student at Augustana college. Canton, South Dakota. His education was supplemented by a course in the St. Paul Business college. His school days

In 1900 Mr. Holvig settled in Jasper. For a year he clerked in the store of Struble & Teslow. As the result of frugal industry, in a few years he was able to buy them out, and he conducted the mercantile business under his own name until 1910. Then he organized the Farmers Co-operative Mercantile company and merged his business with the larger concern. The company is capitalized at $6000. Mr. Holvig is the holder of the majority stock and is the active manager of the business. The other officers of the company are; Marcus Nelson, president; John .1. Aaker, vice president; C. Bngebretson, treasurer; Eli Iverson, secretary. The board of directors consists of Robert Iverson, Olie Eniong, H. Helgeson and T. Ausen. The large stone block which houses the business is the property of Mr. Holvig.

May 18, 1904, is the date of the marriage of Mr. Hovig to Hattie Olson, who was born in Minnehaha county. South Dakota, on .August 5, 1880. The ceremony took place in Jasper. To them one son, Kennet, was born on January 28. 1910. For two terms Mr. Holvig served on the village council of Jasper.

FRED FORD (1899) farms the northwest quarter of section 30. Troy township, land which is owned by his father, John Ford, nov/ of Wenatchee, Washington. His mother, Sarah (Batch) Ford, died in 1901 in Pipestone county.

Fred Ford was born in Yorkshire, England, May 16, 1884. He was nine months of age when the family located on American soil, in Stark county, Illinois. Just before Fred's fifteenth birthday the Fords made settlement in Pipestone county, the father having become the owner of the land in Troy already described. Our subject secured his education in the village school of Osceola, Illinois, and later in the district schools of Troy township. He lived on the home farm until after the death of his mother in 1901; then he went to Illinois to be employed for a year at farm labor. The following two years we find him working in a livery barn and later

IRA LOUIS DEMARY (1907) is tlie manager of the business of the Farmers Cooperative company, of Pipestone, dealers in grain, coal and seeds. This company was organized and incorporated in 1905 with the following first officers and board of directors: C. C. Cunningham, president; A. E. Rydell, vice president; G. E. Sellers, secretary; Corry Ridgway, treasurer; A. Barclay and W. P. Russell. The capital stock of $10,000. was divided into 400 shares of $25 each. The present officers are Charles Rebman, president; L. V. Aekermann, vice president; Thomas McQuoid, secretary; A. E. Rydell, treasurer; and these mentioned together with John Morgan, J. E. Morgan and .lohn Telford constitute the board of directors.

Our subject is the son of Alfred Demary and the second in a family of five children, the names of the others being Albert E., Alice M., Harry N. and Jennie E. Alfred Demary is a native of Canada, who. at the age of twenty-four, moved to LeMars, Iowa, where he married Harriett M. Redmond, a Minnesotan by birth. He now lives at Jackson, Nebraska.

It was at LeMars, on November 16, 1882, that Ira Louis Demary was born. He was educated in the public schools, later at Western Union college, at LeMars, then pursued a course in the mechanical department of Iowa State college, at Ames. He was employed for a time in machine shops in Sioux City and LeMars, followed other occupations, and then secured his first employment in the grain business at LeMars. In August, 1907, Mr. Demary moved to Ihlen, Pipestone county, where he managed the farmers' elevator for two years prior to accepting his present position in Pipestone.

At Seney, Iowa, on December 4, 1907, Mr. Demary was married to Ina Penning, and to these parents have been born two daughters: Luella J., who was born January 28, 1909, and Clara E., born January 9. 1910. Our subject is a member of the M. W. A., Yeomen and Masonic lodges.

JOHN S. JOHNSON (1905), of Eden township, was born in Tysnes, Bergen, Norway, on the second of April, 1868, the son of John and Christie (Eachland) Johnson. The year following his birth, when he was eighteen months of age. the Johnson family departed from the land of the Norse and made settlement in the new world, locating in Clinton county, Iowa.

The father secured employment on a farm in that Iowa county but lived only until 1871, our subject being three years of age at the time of this family loss. With her family of six sons and one daughter, the widowed mother moved to Story county, Iowa, where she rented land and, with the aid of her older sons, engaged in farming. John assisted with the work on ihe home farm until 1897, when he became the owner of a 120 acre farm in Story county and set up in the occupation for himself. Disposing of his Iowa real estate in 1905, he moved to Pipestone county. For two years he farmed rented land, then bought the place whereon he now lives, the southeast quarter of section 16, Eden. Mr. Johnson is an extensive breeder of high grade stock. He is a shareholder in the Farmers elevator at Ihlen and a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

In Eden township, on January 8, 1902, occurred the marriage of John S. .lohnson to Julia Dalland. a native of Iowa and the daughter of Oliver and Bertha (Olson) Dalland, both of whom originally came from Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are the parents of three children: Clifford, Beatrice and Herbert.

GUS M. PETERSON (1894) is the junior member of the firm of G. Peterson & Sons, general merchants of Jasper. He is one of a family of five children, the son of Gilbert Peterson, a native of Christiania, Norway. The other four children of the family are Julius P., Clarence, Leonard A. and Mellie.

Gus was born in Granger, Minnesota, October 1, 1880, and that was his home until 1894, when he accompanied the family to Jasper. His early education was received in the schools at Granger, and his schooling was completed in the public schools of Jasper. After leaving school, he clerked for a short time in a general store, and then for three years he was employed in the Journal office. In 1903 he was taken into the firm of G. Peterson & Sons, which prior to that time consisted of his father and brother, Julius P. Since then he has been actively engaged in the business.

In 1910 he was elected village recorder. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias and in 1910 served as the chancellor commander of the lodge.

BRAMWELL A. TURNBULL (19081, shoemaker of Pipestone, is a native of the Isle of Man, as were also his parents, Richard and Catherine (Collister) Turnbull. The former is of Scotch-English parentage, while the mother comes from a family who have for several generations inhabited the little island principality. Both parents are still living at the ripe old ages of eighty and seventy-seven years, respectively, and reside at Belle Plaine, Iowa. Our subject is the only surviving son in a family nf two children. A brother, Edward, succumbed to a sunstroke in Tama county, Iowa, nineteen years ago.

Bra ni well A. Turnbull was born August 25, 1860. He received an early education in the land of his birth and at the age of twelve immigrated with his parents to the United States. The family located on a farm in Tama county, Iowa, where Bramwell lived until after his twenty-second birthday. He then went to Belle Plaine, Iowa, where he learned the trades of harness and shoe-making and conducted a shop of his own in that place for many years. On leaving that place, he went to Chicago, and from there two years later, to Winnebago City, Minnesota, where he was a shoe merchant. In 190S Mr. Turnbull settled in Pipestone and took over the shoe shop of Barney Nedham, which he is now conducting.

While residing in Belle Plaine Mr Turnbull took an active interest in the affairs of the municipality. He served on the city council, was city clerk, and was also a justice of peace. He was for fifteen years a leading member of the volunteer fire department, of which he was the chief during the last several years of his residence there. He joined Belle Plaine Lodge No.

151, I. O. O. F-., and passed successively through all the higher chairs of the order. He was the past commander of the lodge for four years. On removing to Winnebago City he transferred his membership to the lodge at that place. He is now the district grand master and is a member of Hope Lodge No. 89, of Pipestone.

Our subject has been twice married. In 188.'), at Chicago, Mr. Turnbull was married to .losie Woodward, who died in 1901. One son, James B., an electrical engineer in Chicago, was born to this union. In Chicago, on February 23, 1903, his marriage to Gertrude S. Fargo occurred. Mrs. Turnhull is a native of Ohio and before her marriage was connected with the Garfield Park sanitarium, Chicago, as a trained nurse. They have two daughters: Catherine F., born in Winnebago City on Marcli 25, 1904, and Mona G., horn in the same place on October 1, 190G.

CHARLES .T. DOCK (1889) has been a resident of Jasper for eight years. Coming to the village in 1903, he established the first pool and billiard hall and ten pin alley, and it is in the conduct of that husi- 7iess that he is now engaged.

He is the son of Fred and Elizabeth Dock, both of whom were born in Germany. They came to the United States when fifteen and twelve years of age, respectively. He settled in New York at first, and she located in Iowa. They were married in Clayton county, Iowa, which they made their home until 1882. They came to Pinestone county in 1889 and settled on section 19. Eden township. He died there April 21, 1904, at the age of seventv-one years. The mother is still living, making her home with her son in Jasper. There are ten living children from this union. They are John, Carrie (Mrs. William Ihdet, Charles J., Fred, William, George, Amelia (Mrs. Ben Halvigt, Albert, Ella (Mrs. Graner Redding) and Frank.

Charles J. Dock was born in Clayton county, Iowa, July 4, 1866. That was his home for the first eighteen years of his life. He grew up on a farm and received his education in the district schools. He moved with his parents to Benton county, Iowa, where he assisted his father in the management of the farm. The family came to Pipestone county in 1889. For the first six years Charles rented land in Eden township and engaged in farming for liiraself. In 190.3 he forsook country life and set up in his present business in Jasper. From 1906 to 1908 he conducted a saloon in the same building in which his billiard hall was located, but during the latter year he closed it, and since has devoted himself exclusively to his original line of business. He carries a full line of soft drinks, cigars, etc.

While a resident of Eden township, Mr. Dock served two years as assessor and for two years was the school clerk. Charles is unmarried and lives wim his mother. He owns residence property and has an interest in the home farm.

CORNELIUS CHRISTIANSEN (1902), farmer and stock raiser of Grange township, is a native of Grant county, Wisconsin. He was born on May 3, 1870, the son of Ever and Netia A. (Brekke) Christiansen, who came originally from Norway. On his father's Wisconsin farm Cornelius grew to manhood. He assisted at home until twenty-seven years of age, then bought land in Grant county and commenced farming on his own account. In 1902 Mr. Christiansen moved to Pipestone county and rented the north half of section 21, Grange, which he later bought and upon which he has since made his home. He is an extensive breeder of high grade stock, making a specialty of Polled Angus cattle, Poland China hogs and Shropshire sheep.

In Grant county, Wisconsin, on June 5, 1882, our subject was joined in marriage to Elizabeth P. Olson, who is a native of that county. She is the daughter of Christopher C. and Bertha (Sage) Olson, both natives of Norway. Two children, Elmer C. and Laura M., have been born to these parents. Mr. Christiansen is a member of the church of the Seventh Day Adventisls.

CHARLES R. RIPLEY (1899), prominent agriculturist of Burke township, is a native of the Empire state. The son of Eugene and Julia (Harrington) Ripley, his birth occurred in Otsego county April 10, 1870. As an infant Charles moved with his parents from New York to Lyon county, Iowa, where the father had invested in land. There he acquired his schooling and grew to manhood. At the age of twenty years our subject bought an eighty acre farm in Lyon county, which he conducted until 1899, when, on disposing of the same, he moved to Pipestone county and came into possession of his present up-to-date farm, the southwest quarter of section 20, Burke. Mr. Ripley is a successful stock breeder and raises especially cattle, sheep and hogs. He is a member of the M. W. A. and R. N. A. lodges and the Methodist church.

In Lyon county, Iowa, on July 4, 1890, Charles R. Ripley was united in marriage to Minnie V. Bridge, a native of Benton county, Iowa. She was born November 25, 1871, the daughter of Joseph Bridge, a native of England, and Mary (Waterman) Bridge, who was born in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Ripley are parents of the following named children: Ray, Clifford, Harley, Bertan, Eldred, Ethel, Mabel and Lillian.

EUGENE G. McKEOWN (1909), a practising physician and surgeon of Edgerton, was born In Brookings county, South Dakato, October 10, 1881, and is the son of John T. and Katie (Souther) McKeown, natives of Illinois and Minnesota, respectively. The parents are now residents of Chatfield, Minnesota.

When Dr. McKeown was six years of age he moved with his parents to Chatfield, Minnesota, where he passed his youth. After graduating from the Chatfield high school, he was for two years a student at Carleton college, following which he taught school for two years at McGregor, Iowa. Deciding to take up the study of medicine, he matriculated at the College of Medicine of the university of Minnesota, from which he was granted a diploma in 1909. He was for five months an interne at the City hos pital of St. Paul and in July, 1909, com menced practice in Edgerton. Dr. Mc Keown is a Knight of Pythias and a Mason

.\t Delhi, Iowa, on the fifth of August 1909, Dr. McKeown was united in marriage to Mary E. Burton, who was born in the town of her marriage March 28, 1876.

AVINFRED A. GREEN (1910) is the senior member of the progressive Pipestone real estate firm of Green & Hyde, wliose offices are In Commerce block. A native of Albion, Dane county, Wisconsin, he was born August 29, 1875, the son of Jesse S. and Elmyra (Burdic) Green, now residents of Fordland, Missouri. The former named parent is a native of Wisconsin, while the mother is a native of New York.

Winfred was educated and passed the iirst nineteen years of his life in the village of his birth. He went to Missouri and for the following eight years was engaged in the hardware business in the city of Springfield. He then became a traveling salesman with the wholesale hardware firm of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., of Chicago, and during his four years of service made his headquarters at Mitchell, South Dakota. In January, 1909, Mr. Green moved to Gentry, Arkansas, where he became associated with Robert A. Hyde in the real estate business. The firm moved its headquarters from Gentry to Pipestone In the spring of 1910. Our subject holds membership in the I. O. O. F., M. W. A. and v. C. T. organziations.

The marriage of Winfred A. Green to May D. Delzell occurred at Henderson, Missouri, on February 9, 1S99. Mrs. Green was born in that Missouri town. They are the parents of two children, Helen and Harold.

GEORGE W. FLEMING (190.5). of Elmer township, is a Pennsylvanian by birth. He was born in Warren county September 30, 1860, the son of Buel and Rachel (WoUison) Fleming. George was in his sixth year when the Fleming family departed from the Keystone state and located on a farm in Knox county, Illinois. They farmed there six years, then moved to Missouri, where they were similarly engaged eight years. Our subject next became a resident of Iowa. He lived in Adair county seven years, and for fifteen years prior to making settlement in Pipestone county he was a Lyon county, Iowa, farmer. Mr. Fleming first rented land in Gray township, but since 1908 he has rented and farmed the east half of section 14, Elmer. He raises cattle and hogs extensively.

At Harlan, Iowa, on October 28, 1S84, the subject of this biography was married to Winnie Mann, who was born August 18, 1865, the daughter of Oliver and Kate (Bush) Mann. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming are the parents of nine children, six sons and three daughters, named as follows: Mabel E., Oliver S., Walter F., Haze! V., George D., Layfayette P., Roy E., Edward D. and Carrie L. Mr. Fleming holds membership in the lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.

IRA GOODRICH (1905), of Trosky, first saw the light of day in Stephenson county, Illinois, February 8, 1874, and that continued to be his home until coming to Trosky in 1905. His father, Jerome Goodrich, died November 3, 1903, at the age of fifty-nine years: his mother, Sarah (Kleckner) Goodrich, is still living at the age of sixty-three and resides in Rockton, Illinois.

Ira was educated in the district schools of his native county and assisted with the work on the home farm until coming of age. From the time of reaching his majority until 1901 he farmed on his own account. Then he moved to the town of Orangeville and conducted a hotel and livery for three years. Six years ago he located in Trosky, bought the livery business of B. F. Rice and the barn and residence of L. B. Kenyon and has gained a deserved reputation for first class service. He has been the village constable for the past four years and was the marshal for a time. Mr. Goodrich is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen and Mystic Workers of the World orders.

While a resident of Stephenson county, Illinois, on December 26, 1895, Ira Goodrich was married to Edith Prankenberger, who was born in that county December 19. 1S79, the daughter of A. W. and Sarah Prankenberger. Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich have three children: Vera, .\rthur and Kenneth.

HERMAN SPETH (1903), of Pipestone, was born in Germany the twelfth day of December, 1876. As an infant he came to the United States with his parents and located with them in Tama county, Iowa. He severed home ties on attaining his ma- jority and went to O'Brien county, where he engaged in farming four years. Mr. Spetli tlien moved to Marsiiall, Minnesota, where he tended bar. He moved to Pipestone in 1903 and was successively employed in the same occupation by G. Wahler, Tim Murphy and Peter Clausen. On May 10, 1910, he bought the Calumet bar from Mr. Wahler and has since been engnged in the saloon business for himself.

Our subject has four sisters and the same number of brothers, their names being Henry, Ferdinand, Emil, Johanas, Lena, Trena, Minnie and Anna. Mr. Speth was married in O'Brien county, Iowa, September 10, 1909, to Martha Boes, a native of Minnesota.

JOHN W. EMERY (1902) commenced his career as a Pipestone county farmer in the spring of 1910, when he moved to the farm he. now conducts, the southeast quarter of section 15, Troy township. He engages extensively in the dairy business and raises poultry and hogs.

The father of our subject, John C. Emery, a native of Vermont, married Ellen J. Atwood, of New York, and they homesteaded in Sioux county, Iowa, in 1871. There John W. Emery of this review was born July 12, 1876. He resided on the home farm until twenty-two years of age and then went to Nebraska. He was employed successively in Wayne and Burt counties by the Edwards & Bradford Lumber company. He was next located for a year at Onawa, Iowa, from which place he moved to the city of Pipestone in 1902. Mr. Emery was employed first as drayman, then as painter and paper-hanger, then for three and one-half years previous to engaging in farming he was employed by the Laird-Norton Lumber company at Pipestone and Cazenovia. Ho is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

Barbara L. Klipping, who was born at Freeport, Illinois, April 12, 1883, the dau,ghter of Charles H. and Louise (Goeke) Klipping, became the wife of John W. Emery at Onawa, Iowa, February 28, 1900. They are the parents of three children: Harold L., born April 9, 1901; John C, born August 20, 1903: and Ava L., born July 19 1905.

FRANK M. TUSIA (1909) takes care of the interests of the Minnesota & Western Grain company at Holland, of which village he has been a resident since the fall of 1909. He is the fourth eldest in a family of eight children, the others of whom are Julia, Annie, John, Anton, Joe, Jim and Charlie, who were born to John and Maria (Trautna) Tusia, natives of Austria. They came to the United States in their youth and were married in Chicago, where the family lived until 1883. Then settlement was made in Jackson county, Minnesota, where Mrs. Tusia still resides on the old farm in Hunter township. Her hus band has been dead about twenty years. Our subject also has a half sister, Mary Sturmer.

The birth of Frank M. Tusia occurred in the city of Chicago on May 25, 1878. Five years later he moved with his parents to Jackson county, Minnesota. His father died when Frank was in his fourteenth year, and since then our subject has had control of his own course in life. He was variously employed in the village of Jackson five years, then was located at Lakefield. During the winter months he assisted in the W. W. Cargill elevator and during the summer seasons was employed by L. O. Hickok, a builder of elevators and mills, an occupation he followed seven seasons. He then became buyer for the Harrington Grain company, first at Egan, South Dakota, and later at Lester, Iowa. From the latter place he moved to Holland to assume the duties of his present position.

Frank M. Tusia was united in marriage in 1903 at Egan, South Dakota to Lillian Lanning. who was born in that place on September 10, 1879. This union has been blessed by the birth of three children, as follows: Thelma, born April 16, 1904; Martin, born June 2, 1906; and Libby, born August 8, 1908.

BYRON L. AVERY (1904), farmer and stock raiser of Rock township, is a native lowan. He was born January 29, 1883, on the Marshall county homestead of his father, Byron N. Avery. His father, a native of Vermont, died January 25, 1889. Byron N. Avery married Gertrude Mooers, who was born in Illinois and came of old Penn-

Wlien nine years old Byron L. Avery of tbis sketch moved with his mother to Moville, Woodbury county. Iowa, and was educated in the schools of that village. At the age of fifteen years he went to Fort Dodge, where he remained three years. He learned the printer's trade in the office of the Daily Messenger, and later was employed in a bicycle repair shop. From Fort Dodge Byron went to Sioux City, where he was connected with the American Express company for several years. He first came to Pipestone county in the spring of 1904 to work in the Ruthton flouring mill. He resided in that village until the beginning of the following _year, then returned to Sioux City to accept a city salesmanship with the W. L. Ogden Commission company. In the fall of 1907 Mr. Avery rented land and became a Pipestone county farmer and stock raiser, and since the fall of 1910 has been located on section 17, Rock, where he farms 240 acres of land. He served one term as clerk of school district No. 30.

In the village of Holland, on .January 17, 1905, our subject was joined in marriage to May, the daughter of R. M. Doughty, of Holland. May Doughty was born in Pipestone county June 24, 1886. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Avery, as follows: Nettie May, born January 7, 1906; and Noel Byron and Milton Doughty (twins), born February 8, 1909. Mr. Avery holds membership in Woodlawn Camp No. 2, Woodmen of the World, of Sioux City.

EDWARD F. VINTON (1909), proprietor of the Pipestone five and ten cent store, has been a resident of that city since April, 1909. His business is located in the Caldwell block on Main street, and he carries a complete and seasonable stock of novelties and notions.