Redwood County, Minnesota - The whole text, 1916 (part 10 of 13)

H. B. West, publisher of the Morgan " Messenger,' ' was born at High Island Lake (now called New Auburn), Sibley county, Minnesota, December 1, 1884, son of Marion B. and Frances (Gibbs) West. The father, Marion B. West, was born in February, 1863, in Wisconsin, to which state his parents had journeyed in the fifties from Hartford, Conn., where the elder Mr. West had worked in the original Rogers Bros.' silverware factory. On moving to Minnesota in the early seventies, the West family located on a farm a few miles south of Brownton, the town at that time being made up of a few shanties and having no railroad. In 1883 Marion B. West was united in marriage with Frances Gibbs and moved onto a farm near the parental place, which Mr. West purchased. The parents of Prances Gibbs, who were of "Yankee" origin, came to Sibley county from New York state in the early days before the railroad was built west of the Twin Cities, and they were compelled to haul the products of their farm to St. Peter, where transportation was furnished on the Mississippi river by steamboat. The daughter, Frances, was born at High Island, the subsequent birthplace of her son, the subject of this sketch, and was one of the first white children born in that section of the state. She died March 14, 1898. After farming for a few years, Marion B. West moved to Brownton, where he went into the harness business with his brother. This concern had been in business but a few years, however, when M. B. West went into partnership with his father at Brownton, under the firm name of West & Son, in the hardware, implement and coal business. This firm continued to do business under the original name until 1908, when its senior member passed away and the son took over the entire business, which he still conducts. H. B. West, who was born the year following his parents' marriage, was educated in the public schools at Brownton, from which he was a graduate in 1902. Directly after concluding his school work he began an apprenticeship as printer in the office of "The Messenger" at Morgan, Minn., with which paper he has been connected as printer, foreman, or editor practically ever since, except for short intervals, during one of which he worked for a few months on the advertising " alley" of a daily paper. In February, 1912, Mr. West purchased "The Messenger" at Morgan, which he owns and edits at the present time, enjoying liberal patronage from the business men of the town. September 29, 1910, H. B. West was united in marriage to Carrye Hartwick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hartwick, of Morgan. Joseph Hartwick was employed in the State Bank of Morgan until his death in February, 1915. Mr. West is a member of the Presbyterian church, of which he is a trustee and for several years he has served as superintendent of the Presbyterian Sunday school. During the years 1913-14 he served as state oil inspector for the county of Redwood under Governor Eberhart. He is secretary of the Morgan Commercial Club, and at all times takes a deep interest in public affairs. He is a member also of two fraternal orders, the Equitable Fraternal Union and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, being a past grand in the last mentioned lodge.

James Clements was born twelve miles from Belfast, Ireland, and came to America as a boy of fifteen years. At the time of his marriage he located in Lisbon, St. Lawrence county, New York, and there spent the remainder of his years. He died about 1883. His wife died in 1858 at the age of fifty-one years. Of their large family, eight grew to adult years: John, Henry, Isabel (wife of Daniel J. Aldrich), Eliza (wife of George Martin), Albert, William, David and James.

George Martin was born in New York state and was married in 1860 to Eliza demerits, daughter of James Clements. In 1865 they came westward to Michigan. Two years later they came to this state and located at Hastings, Dakota county. After living there some fifteen years they moved to Beaver Falls in Renville county. March 15, 1916, they retired and took up their residence in Redwood Falls. Mr. and Mrs. Martin are the parents of three children : Eva F., now Mrs. H. A. Baldwin, of Redwood Falls ; Carrie, now Mrs. Fred Elf rink; and Rupert, now of White Rock, S. D.

Daniel J. Aldrich, veteran of the Civil war, and an early settler of Renville county, this state, was born in North Adams, Mass., February 6, 1830. As a young man he went to California in 1853 and engaged in mining for some two years, making the journey by way of the Isthmus of Panama. Upon his return he farmed for a while in St. Lawrence county, New York. In 1863 he enlisted in Co. B, 150th N. Y. Vol. Inf., served in many important campaigns and battles and was present at the surrender of General Robert E. Lee. After his discharge in 1865 he came to Minnesota, lived a year at Hastings and then purchased a farm near Faribault. It was in 1878 that he came to Renville county and secured 160 acres in Beaver Falls township. There he lived until 1896 when he retired and moved to Morton where he died February 15, 1902. Daniel J. Aldrich was married February 17, 1852, to Isabel Clements, born in Lisbon county, St. Lawrence county, New York, July 14, 1833, daughter of James Clements, and died at Morton November 16, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Aldrich were the parents of eight children: Loretta, now Mrs. Miles Bell, of Aberdeen, S. D. ; S. H., of Minneapolis ; Luther D., formerly of Morton, killed by a horse ; Aurilla, now Mrs. John Blume, of Morton; Herman J., of Victor, Mont.; Laura E., now Mrs. J. C. Donaghue, of Minneapolis ; George W., of Minneapolis, and Frederick H., a physician and surgeon of Belview, Redwood county, Minnesota.

Frederick H. Aldrich, M. D., a leading citizen of Belview, has been one of the active factors in the modern growth and prosperity of that thriving metropolis. As mayor, banker, postmaster, physician and man-of -affairs, he has taken his part in every public move and his efforts have been appreciated by a constantly increasing circle of friends. He was born in Faribault, this state, February 22, 1872, son of Daniel J. and Isabel (Clements) Aidrich, who brought him to Beaver Falls, Renville county, in 1878.

After passing through the district school of his neighborhood, he went to Minneapolis, where he attended the Lincoln graded school and the Central High school. Thus prepared, he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, at Chicago, the medical department of the University of Illinois, and was there graduated, May 20, 1902. He next received the customary training as an assistant at the Vesta (Minn.) hospital. His first office was at Seaforth, in this county. In 1903 he came to Belview and succeeded to the practice of Dr. H. P. Dredge. Since then he has continued in his profession here and has won for himself an enviable reputation for his skill and knowledge. His public service has included ten years as coroner of Redwood county and two years as mayor of Belview. As postmaster of Belview since March 7, 1914, he has given the village the best postal service it has ever received. His financial holdings include stock in the Farmers' State Bank, of which for three years he was president, and 375 acres of Redwood county real estate. His fraternal affiliations are with the A. 0. U. W. and the A. F. & A. M. Dr. Aldrich was married August 18, 1903, to Emma L. Scholz, M. D., born at Lake Zurich, HI., June 1, 1874, daughter of Franz and Augusta (Froelich) Scholz, both natives of Leipsig, Germany. Dr. and Mrs. Aldrich have one son, Herrick J., born February 20, 1907. Emma L. Scholz, now Mrs. Frederich H. Aldrich, graduated from the high school in Joliet, 111., in 1897, and entered the Chicago College of Homeopathy from which she was graduated in 1902 as one of the first class of three women to receive a degree from that institution. Thus prepared, she practiced a year at Monticello, Minn. Since her marriage she has been in active practice with her husband. She is the only woman physician in Redwood county and she and her husband working together have established an extensive practice which reaches for many miles in every direction. Mrs. Aldrich is the second oldest in a family of ten children. Marie, the wife of Henry Schwerman, is dead. Rose is dead. Charles J. is a merchant in Chicago. H. May is principal of the schools at Lake Bluff, 111. Elizabeth died at the age of eleven years. Anna is now Mrs. Donald C. Smith, of Sheboygan, Wis. Frank C. lives in Chicago. Gertrude is now Mrs. Edward Young, of Barrington, 111. Ada resides with Dr. and Mrs. Aldrich in Belview and is the assistant postmistress.

Orlando B. Turrell, a venerable and respected resident of Redwood Falls, whose name has been inseparably connected with the development of the county, was born near Danbury, Conn., in September, 1834, and removed with his parents to Putnam county, New York, in 1842. In 1857 he came to St. Paul and engaged in banking and the real estate business. Since 1877 he has been engaged in agriculture, banking and real estate in Redwood Falls. He served several years in the legislature, and has held many other positions of public honor and private trust. At one time he was prominently mentioned in connection with the candidacy for congress from this district. He is the author of a valuable work on "The Early Days in Redwood County,' ' published by the Minnesota Historical Society. Extracts therefrom have been included in this history. Mr. and Mrs. Turrell are now living in their pleasant home, overlooking, the beautiful Redwood Falls park, and bordering on the Ramsey State park. They have two children, Robert and Luella. A brief mention should here be made of Mr. Turrell 's connection with the development of the real estate of Redwood county. J. W. Paxton, backed by eastern capital, had secured control of a large tract of land in Redwood county at a very low price. The Indian danger being past, and the memories of the Uprising fading away, Mr. Paxton believed that there would be a great influx of settlers to Redwood county. The influx in time, did come, but the prospective settlers paid no attention to Redwood lands, but nearly swamped the Northwestern railroad in the rush to South Dakota, where vast areas awaited the homesteader. Mr. Turrell to a large extent shared Mr. Paxton 's views and had high hopes of future success when in 1871 he took over the tract which then consisted of about 16,000 acres of land, 4,500 of which had been broken, and houses built on twenty quarter sections. Mr. Turrell shared to a large extent Mr. Paxton 's hopes and convictions. But the grasshoppers came and for many a long year Mr. Turrell saw his tenants' crops ravaged by the greedy insects, and this, as well as the influx to South Dakota, already mentioned, put an end to the expectations of immediate success.

Alex. McCorquodale, a pioneer of Delhi township, was born in Scotland. Upon coming to America, he sailed the Great Lakes for a number of years, and then purchased a farm in Ontario, Canada. He later sold this, and moved to Wabasha county, this state. From that county he came to Delhi township, this county, as one of its earliest settlers. He was one of the first town officers at the time of the organization of the township, and continued to serve in a number of important capacities thereafter. His wife and daughter, Jennie, now Mrs. Eldridge G. Pomroy, were the first women in the township. Aside from Mrs. Pomroy, Mr. and Mrs. McCorquodale had seven children: John, living in Texas; Agnes (deceased) ; Daniel, living at Echo, Minn. ; Alexander, at Ukiah, Cal. ; Rachel, now Mrs. E. P. Lile, of Modesto, Cal. ; Duncan, of Delhi, this county; and Archie, of Echo.

Eldridge Gerry Pomroy, one of the builders of Fort Ridgely, and one of the oldest territorial pioneers still living in the state, was born in Hopkinton, St. Lawrence county, New York, August 23, 1833, son of John Phelps and Narcissa (Henderson) Pomroy. He came west in 1852, and in 1853, with his brother

Jesse H. and others, hired out to the government to assist in building Ft. Ridgely. The story is told in full elsewhere in this book. In 1855, he, with John Nairn and Alex. Hunter, helped to build the old government mill at Redwood Falls. He then went to Florida, was ill with the fever at New Bedford, Mass., for several months, and also spent a time in New York state. In April, 1858, he returned to St. Paul and in June of that year started for the Lower Indian Agency in Redwood county with the intention of going to Sioux Falls, S. D. Indian troubles, however, prevented a continuation of the trip, so he made a basswood boat from timber secured at the Redwood Falls mill, paddled down the Minnesota river to Mankato and in time reached St. Paul. In 1861 he enlisted for three years in Go. G. 1st Minn. Vol. Inf. In 1864 he hired out to the United States government at St. Louis, Mo., as carpenter and was sent to Edgefield, Tenn., to build cavalry sheds for the army horses. September 9, 1865, he returned to his home in New York and in 1870 again set out for St. Paul where he worked at his trade until 1888. Then he took a trip to California looking for a suitable location, but seeing nothing which pleased him he returned to Minnesota and homesteaded 160 acres in Underwood township, this county. After improving his place he sold it in 1903 and bought 160 acres in Kintire township, which he still owns. In 1901 he and his daughter, Ethel, attended the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo, N. Y. He retired from farming in 1903 and moved to Delhi. His daughter, Ethel, and her husband, Arthur Neale, live on the farm. Mr. Pomroy is a Republican and has been a school officer for eleven years, chairman of the Underwood township board one year and president of Delhi village council three years. Fraternally he is a Blue lodge and Chapter Mason. Mr. Pomroy was married, December 7, 1880, to Mrs. Jennie (McCorquodale) Monroe, born February 14, 1852, in Scotland, daughter of Alex, and Rachel McCorquodale, who brought her to Buffalo, N. Y., as an infant. Mr. and Mrs. Pomroy have one child, Ethel, born September 21, 1884. She was married June 9, 1909, to Arthur Neale, son of Alonzo Neale, and has three children: Eldridge, born May 25, 1910 ; Beatrice, born September 28, 1912 - and Alma, born October 4, 1904. Mrs. Jennie Pomroy, then Jennie McCorquodale, was married July 11, 1870, to Peter Monroe, who was born in Canada, in 1843, devoted his life to the carpenter trade, and died in 1873, leaving a daughter, Tenia, born in Wabasha county, July 30, 1871, now the wife of Emil Euenzli, of Redwood Falls. John Phelps Pomroy, the father of Eldridge Gerry Pomroy, was born in Keene, N. H., in 1794, and as a youth became a carpenter. In 1844 he came as far west as Cleveland, Ohio, but most of his life was spent in the east. He died in 1849 and is buried in St. Lawrence county, New York. He married Narcissa Henderson, who was born in Washington county, New York, in 1801, died February 27, 1887, and is buried in Niagara county, New York. In the family there were eight children: David, born January 2, 1820; Jesse H., born October 23, 1821; Henry G., born August 17, 1823 ; Lucretia, born August 27, 1825 ; Delia A., born August 3, 1827; Earl, born November 27, 1829 ; John, born September 6, 1831 ; and Eldridge G., born August 23, 1833. All are dead except Eldridge G.

Joseph Tyson, commissioner of the Kfemsey State Park, is one of the earliest settlers, having arrived in this part of the state in the sixties. He camped for a night in Redwood Falls, but kept on his way, and located in Yellow Medicine county. Later, however, he took up his residence in Redwood county. Mr. Tyson has devoted his life to stock breeding, and was one of the first to bring pure blooded cattle to this region. For some years he did good service as county commissioner. For a long period he was one of the sustaining factors in the county fair. He has also been active in many other public movements. His greatest work, however, has been in connection with the State Park. The wonderful roads which wind through that park are permanent monuments to his enthusiasm, hard work and skill. The city has no more enthusiastic " booster" than he, and he is doing much to make the vicinity of Redwood Falls known through the state. Mr. Tyson is married and has one of the prettiest homes in the city. He is affiliated with the Masonic order, the Redwood Falls Commercial club, and many other organizations.

Joseph Danielson, a prominent citizen of Walnut Grove, was born in Holstein, then a part of Denmark, now a part of Germany, January 24, 1866, only child of Jordan and Mary (Kiel) Danielson. Jordan Danielson, while serving in the Franco-Prussian war of 1870-71, was badly wounded, and though he lived for several years thereafter, he eventually died from the effect of his injuries in 1877, his wife having passed away in 1875. In 1881 Joseph Danielson came to America and for several years was employed by his uncle in Mills county, Iowa. Later he engaged in farming for himself in the same county. It was in 1894 that he came to Redwood county and purchased 160 acres in Lamberton township, where he lived for several years. Then he engaged in the farm implement business in Walnut Grove. Disposing of this business in 1909 he purchased 320 acres in North Hero township. In 1913 he again took up his residence in Walnut Grove, where he purchased the garage business of Damp & Tillisch. In November, 1915, he sold this prosperous establishment and purchased land in Lincoln county, this state. Mr. Danielson is an active, progressive man, whether as a farmer or as a business man, and has won the confidence of all with whom he has come in contact. While he has been too busy to mingle much in political life, he has nevertheless done excellent service for three years as one of the supervisors of North Hero township. Mr. Danielson was married July 17, 1889, to Adelia Lanz, who was born in Mills county, Iowa, June 29, 1867, and died February 24, 1916. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Danielson are : Ida, born June 22, 1891, head nurse at the Mud-Baden Baths, Jordan, Minn. ; Frances, born December 21, 1892, now Mrs. Theodore W. Prail, of Walnut Grove ; Albert, born January 3, 1895, a business college student at Minneapolis; Louis, born November 14, 1897, an automobile expert; Sadie, born February 20, 1899, a nurse at St. Peter, Minn.; and Roy, born July 13, 1901. The members of the family all belong to the German Lutheran church.

Anton Kramer, cashier of the State Bank of Lucan, was born February 6, 1879, in Stacyville township, Mitchell county, Iowa, son of Michael and Gertrude (Bernard) Kramer. He attended the common schools of his neighborhood and the Redwood Falls High school, next going to Mankato, where he attended the State Normal school one yiar. In 1900 he began as clerk in a store at Seaforth, Minn., and after a year went to Belview, where he clerked for two years. From 1904 to 1909 he operated a livery stable and bought stock at Lucan. October 4, 1909, he entered the State Bank of Lucan as cashier, which position he now holds. He is president of the village council and clerk of the school board. Mr. Kramer married Dora O. Norcutt, born in Granite Rock township, Redwood county, daughter of George W. and Julia (James) Norcutt. Mr. and Mrs. Kramer have the following children: Chloris, born August 29, 1908; Bernard, born December 26, 1909; Lyle, born October 24, 1911; and Lyndon, born November 21, 1914.

George W. Norcutt was born April 17, 1842, in Sycamore, HI., and there attended school. In 1862 he enlisted in the 10th Minn. Vol. Inf.; took part in the defense against the Indians; in the fall of 1863 was detailed to St. Louis and from there went south ; engaged in the Battle of Tocopola, Miss., and two days later the Battle of Nashville, Tenn. ; was under fire for thirteen days at the Siege of Mobile but sustained no serious injury or sickness ; and was honorably discharged September, 1865. Soon afterward he came to Waseca, Minn. In 1872 he went to Kansas and hunted buffalo. During the winter of 1872-73 he operated a blacksmith shop in Stockton, now the county seat of Brooks county, Kansas, his being the only shop in the whole county at that time. In 1875 he rented a farm. In 1881 he came to Redwood county, where he bought 160 acres in Morgan township and remained there for seven years. In 1888 he sold this and rented a farm in Granite Rock township, this county. In 1894 he bought 160 acres in section 21 and later added eighty acres of state land. When the railroad came through he sold sixty-seven acres of the 160 to the railroad for the townsite of Lucan. In 1912 he rented his farm and retired to Lucan. In the spring of 1916 he purchased onehalf a section of land at Hedgesville, Mont., where he now resides. He was married January 1, 1886, to Julia James, born in Massachusetts. They had the following children: Richard, now on the. old farm in Granite Rock township ; Edward, a farmer in Tehama county, California; Izeta, Mrs. V. L. Petrie, who died March, 1915; A. D., a farmer of California; Dora, Mrs. Anton Kramer; Laura, Mrs. Louis Kartak, of Menahga, Minn.; and Frank, with his father at Hedgesville, Mont.

Charted H. Werring was born in Wisconsin, and was brought to this vicinity by his parents, who were among the first settlers west of New Ulm after the Indian outbreak. He farmed for many years in Home township, Brown county, but is now living at Sleepy Eye. His wife died in 1896 at the age of thirty-four years. There were five children in the family : Ross A., a veterinary surgeon at Kansas City; Wayne R., a Morgan attorney; Floyd F., a farmer in Home township, Brown county; Mildred, a teacher who graduated from the Sleepy Eye High school in 1909, and from the Academic department of the State University in 1914; and Elaine, at home.

Wayne B. Werring, L.L.B., attorney of Morgan, was born in Brown county, Minnesota, December 24, 1883, son of Charles H. and M&ude (Brown) Werring. After passing through the schools of his neighborhood, he graduated from the Sleepy Eye High school and subsequently registered in the Law Department of the University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1906. While a student there, he served as a member of the Athletic Board of Control for two years. Upon graduating from the University he was admitted to the bar, and in 1908 opened his professional office in Morgan, where he has developed a good practice. He is a Republican in politics and has been secretary of the Republican County Central Committee since 1911. Fraternally he is associated with the I. 0. O. F. and the K. P. He is a member of the State Bar Association.

D. E. Lamb, for many years one of the substantial farmers of Sheridan township, was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, October 2, 1860, son of De Witte W. and Jane (Farrand) Lamb, the former of whom was born in New York state, came to Wisconsin in 1858, and farmed there until his death in 1893 at the age of seventy-two years, his wife dying in 1895 at the age of sixty-six years. D. E. Lamb was reared to farm pursuits, and spent his early life in his native state. He first came to Redwood county in 1884 but a few ye*rs later he returned to Wisconsin. In the meanwhile, in 1887, he had purchased a farm of eighty acres in section 32, Sheridan township, onto which he moved about 1893. There he successfully farmed until his death, July 22, 1915. His business holdings included stock in the Farmers' Grain & Fuel Co. at Seaforth, of which he was one of the directors. A believer in good roads, he did excellent service as road overseer, and his interest in educa- ' tion was demonstrated by his work as director of school district 12. Since his death, Mrs. Lamb has continued to operate the home farm. D. E. Lamb was married April 16, 1884, to Elizabeth Taber, born August 9, 1858, daughter of John and Charlotte (Smithers) Taber. Mr. Taber was born in England, came to Canada as a young man, and in 1869 located in Vail township, this county, where he farmed until 1906 when he moved to the state of Washington where he died in 1909 at the age of eighty years. Mrs. Taber now makes her home in Sioux City, Iowa, at the age of seventy-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Lamb had the following children: Edna Alice, Minnie, Clinton, Ralph, Sarah and Leon. Edna Alice was born January 12, 1885, married Frank Hamilton, and died in 1907, leaving three children: Nellie, Mildred and George E. (deceased). Minnie was born February 2, 1891, married John Kramer, a farmer of Sheridan township, and has two children, Hazel and Viola. Clinton was born August 27, 1893 and Ralph was born September 12, 1896. Sarah was born March 2, 1897, graduated from the normal department of the Lamberton High school and is now teaching. Leon was born December 20, 1899.

Benjamin F. Fuller was born in Rome, N. Y., and engaged in the general merchandise business with his father in West Edmonston, N. Y. At the outbreak of the Civil war he enlisted as first sergeant in Battery A, First New York Artillery, served three years in the army of the Potomac and was discharged as first lieutenant, taking part in the battles of Wilderness, Fair Oaks, and others, but receiving no serious wounds, though he had three horses shot from under him. After the war he was appointed clerk in the second auditor's office in the United States treasury department and served there 40 years until two months before his death, in February, 1903. He was a devoutly religious man, a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and contributed to various religious journals, including the "Christian Advocate,* ' of New York, and the "Methodist," of Baltimore. During the war he compiled a book of devotional instruction, which, together with his interesting diary, is now in the possession of his son. His wife, Emma E. Williams, was born in 1836 and died in 1890.

Robert E. Fuller, a leading citizen of Delhi township, was born in West Edmonston, New York, August 2, 1861, son of Benjamin F. and Emma E. (Williams) Fuller. He spent his youth on various farms and in 1882 entered into partnership with John A. Willard and established the West Lawn farm, near Mapleton, Minn., where they engaged in the breeding of Percheron horses, Shorthorn cattle and Poland-China swine. In 1900 Mr. Fuller sold his interest there, and bought the south half of section 34, Delhi township, on which he has erected a modern ten-room house and other good farm buildings. Here he is now engaged in general farming and stock breeding. He has taken an active part in the affairs of the community, and has been treasurer of his school district. Fraternally he is affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., the I. 0. 0. F. and the M. W. A. Mr. Fuller was married March 22, 1882, to Phebe M. Sutherland, born on January 24, 1860, in Belmont> Wis., daughter of James and Hannah (Stephenson) Sutherland. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller have the following children: Lulu, Emma, Willard C, Benjamin F., and Robert E., Jr. Lulu was born November 21, 1884, married George F. Johnson, of Redwood county, and died May 12, 1906, leaving a twin boy and girl, born May 12, 1906. The boy, George Johnson, is now living with his grandfather, R. E. Fuller. Emma was born June 27, 1886, and died .September 1, 1890; Willard C, born July 26, 1891, is a graduate of Hamline University ; Benjamin F., born September 12, 1893, is a medical student at the Hamline University ; Robert E., Jr., was born March 11, 1896, and is a graduate of the Redwood Falls high school. Mrs. Fuller is well known throughout this part of the state for the active part she takes in various civic organizations. A graduate of the Mankato Normal school, she was a teacher fori eight years, and this experience stands her in good stead in all her activities. She is very enthusiastic in the work of the W. C. T. U., having been state superintendent for Minnesota of the department of Christian Citizenship and Legislation for twelve years and state superintendent of the department of Law Enforcement for fifteen years; also president for two years of District No. 6, composed of Redwood and Brown counties. She is president of John S. Marsh Corps, No. 74, W. R. C. She is also president of the Ladies' Cemetery Association, organized to care for the Redwood Falls cemetery. She is likewise a prominent member of the Eastern Star and has held all the chairs.

James Sutherland was born in Scotland, came to America, engaged in the general merchandise business for a while in New Brunswick, where he was a member of the General Assembly, and then spent four years in the gold mines of Australia, later coming to the United States and engaging in farming in Wisconsin. His wife, Hannah Stephenson, was born in New Brunswick, Canada, and died in 1864.

Monroe O. Reynolds, M. D., was born at Eliza, HI., September 1, 1855, and after acquiring his preliminary education, entered the Rush Medical College, at Chicago, 111., where he was graduated in 1882, after which he established himself as a practitioner in his native town. In addition to building up a large practice, he dealt heavily in real estate, became an extensive land owner, and secured a comfortable fortune. In 1910 he became interested in

Redwood county land and here purchased 800 acres, on which he planned to spend his declining years. But before he was able to carry into effect his plans for developing this property, he died at Redwood Falls, May 13, 1910. His wife, Emma Hart wig, was born at New Boston, Illinois, February 22, 1851, and died at Aledo, 111., July 31, 1893.

Carl A. tteynolds, one of the enterprising and energetic citizens of Redwood county, was born at Eliza, Illinois, September 4, 1884, only son of Dr. Monroe G. and Emma (Hartwig) Reynolds. He acquired his preliminary education in the public schools, completed a course at the Western Military Academy at Upper Alton, HI., in 1902, and then took a two-years' course in the Springfield (HI.) Business College. March 1, 1910, he came to Redwood county, where he has since resided. His well-cultivated farm consists of 160 acres in section 33, Delhi township, and 200 acres in section 4, Redwood township, and here he carries on general farming along the latest approved lines, raising the customary grain crops, and making a specialty of Shorthorn cattle, Duroc-Jersey swine and Percheron horses. He has erected a number of modern buildings, and the whole place shows the progressive spirit of its owner, Mr. Reynolds' ambition being to develop as good a place as is to be found in the county. While Mr. Reynolds has not cared to mingle in public affairs, he did efficient service as a member of the school board in 1910. His fraternal affiliation is with the M. W. A. at Redwood Falls, and he is also a member of several other organizations. He was married September 13, 1905, to Irma Guthrie, born in Millersburg, 111., January 27, 1884, daughter of George and Ida (Williams) Guthrie, and they have one son, Clifford, born June 22, 1906. George Guthrie, father of Mrs. Carl A. Reynolds, was born March 7, 1854, and is engaged in farming in Aledo, HI. He married Ida Williams, born October 8, 1861. There were the following children: Irma, now Mrs. Carl A. Reynolds; Lyman, born October 13, 1886; Ralph, born July 18, 1888, killed in an automobile accident May 15, 1915, at Aledo, HI. ; and Adin, born February 18, 1897. Lyman and Adin are at home on the farm.

Andrew O. Ginunestad, a leading citizen of Belview, is one of the foremost men of the county, and there are probably few men in the upper Minnesota valley whose interests are so varied, or whose influence is so widely extended, or whose work has meant so much in the building up of the region in which they have made their homes. Starting as a poor boy, with few advantages, and with little encouragement, he has established himself as public official, extensive land owner, and successful business man, and it is to his credit that his powerful influence has ever been exerted in behalf of those principles which he has believed to be right, even when his espousal of such principals has meant a personal sacrifice. In spite of his prosperity, and the demands made upon him by his extensive interests, he is democratic and approachable, and when time permits, he likes nothing better than to leave his banking house and join in the labors of the tenants and employes on his various farms, especially during the harvest season. Through all his years of success he has not forgotten the struggles of his early years, and his delight is in speaking an encouraging word to any boy who is trying to make good under adverse circumstances. He was born at Oimmestad in Oloppen, Nordf jord, Norway, August 5, 1865, son of Ole Mathiasson Oimmestad and Eli Ghristenson (Mardal) Oimmestad, who brought him to Swedes Forest township, this county, in 1876, arriving here on July 7. He had attended school to a certain extent in Norway, and this education he continued in the schoolhouse of District No. 5, near his home in Swedes Forest. His training was further perfected by courses in the Windom Institute, Montevidio, Minn., in 1889 and 1890, and in Beeman's College of Actual Business, Bed Wing, Minn., in 1890 and 1891. In the meantime he has been working his own way by various lines of endeavor. He toiled on his father's farm, herded cattle, sold books, clerked in stores, bought wheat, acted as an agent for farm machinery, sold lands, and wrote insurance. These activities culminated in 1893 in the establishment of the Oimmestad Land & Loan Agency, at Belview, an organization which is still in existence, and which is doing a good business. In 1905, with three others, he organized the Belview Mercantile Co., of which he was a member for eight years. His banking interests are extensive. In 1906 he secured control of the State Bank of Belview, of which he is now president; he helped incorporate the Delhi State Bank and was its president two years; he helped organize the Redwood County State Bank of Redwood Falls, and is one of its directors. In connection with his business career he has been executor or administrator and attended to the probating of over twenty estates. A thorough believer in co-operative effort, he was the main factor in organizing the Farmers Grain & Fuel Co. of Belview, was its first president and treasurer, and is now, and has at all times since its organization in 1900, been its treasurer and a member of the board of directors; he was, president of the Belview Creamery Association a number of years; he was a member of the board of directors of the Bedwood County Rural Telephone Co. for a time, and its president for two terms. Belview 's two civic organizations have found in him an ardent supporter; he is president of the Belview Commercial Club, of which he has been a member since 1893, and he has been the only president of the Belview Automobile Club, which he assisted in organizing in 1913. His services in local township and village offices have been many. As justice of the peace for the village of Belview and township of

Kintire from 1892 to 1894, he gave general satisfaction. In one of these years he heard no less than seventy-six cases. He also performed several marriages. From 1894 to 1899 he was clerk of Kintire township. From 1894 to 1900 he was a member of the village council of Belview, and its president four years. Since 1895 he has served continuously as a member and treasurer of the Board of Education, and has recently been reelected for three more years. From 1906 to 1909 he was treasurer of the village. A Republican in politics, he was a member of the Seventh District Republican Congressional Committee for twelve years, and represented the district at the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1908. Owning large tracts of land, and personally supervising his three farms of 720 acres near Belview, he is deeply interested in the agricultural welfare of the county, is an active member of the Redwood County Farmers' Club, and was a delegate from Minnesota to the First National Farm Land Congress held in Chicago in 1909. Although there lives no truer American than he, he nevertheless has many tender memories of the land of his birth, and has been an active member and is now treasurer of the Nordf jordlaget of America, an association of those who came from Nordf jord, Norway, and their descendants. In religion, a devout adherent of the Norwegian Lutheran faith, he has been treasurer of the church of that denomination in Belview since its organization in 1896. The Luther College Club, of Decorah, Iowa, the Gale College Club of Galesville, Wis., and the Home Finding Society of Chicago, all find him an active member. Mr. Gimmestad was married June 15, 1892, to Annie B. Hegdal, who was born in Swedes Forest township, December 14, 1870, daughter of Bent H. and Barbro (Bergseth) Hegdal, and this union has been blessed with nine children: Oscar, Ella B., Bertha, Bernhardt, Alfred, William, Evelyn, Agnes and Walter. Oscar was born January 4, 1893, graduated from Gale College at Galesville, Wis., and is now assistant cashier in the State Bank of Belview. Ella B. was born January 20, 1895, is a graduate of the State Normal School at Winona, and of the Ladies Luther Seminary at Red Wing, and is now a teacher in the public school at Vesta, Minn. Bertha was born January 5, 1897, graduated from the Ladies Luther Seminary at Red Wing, and is now a student at the Stout Institute, at Menomonie, Wis. Bernhardt was born September 25, 1898, and is now a student at St Olaf College, at Northfield. Alfred was born April 27, 1902; William, August 11, 1905; Evelyn, April 13, 1908; Agnes, July 17, 1911, and Walter, November 13, 1914.

Ole M. Gimmestad was born at Gimmestad in Gloppen, Nordf jord, Norway, October 12, 1823, and was married June 22, 1850, to Eli Cbristensen Mardal, who was born August 9, 1826. They came to America in 1876 and located in Swedes Forest, this county. Their first farm consisted of 80 acres in section 20. Later they added 160 more in sections 18, 19 and 29. They achieved success by hard labor and were numbered among the most substantial people in the community. Mr. Gimmestad died June 17, 1896, and his good wife passed away December 5 of the same year. In the family there were four children: Berte, Mathias, Christen and Andrew 0.

Bent H. Hegdal was born in Nordf jord, Norway, and there married Barbro Bergseth. They came to America in 1869, and located in Swedes Forest, this county, first securing 80 acres, and later adding 160 acres more. Mr. Hegdal retired from active work in 1910 and moved to Belview, where he died April 12, 1915.

Christ Nielsen, a well known merchant of Revere, was born June 2, 1874, in Denmark. His father is a gardner and still lives in Denmark, and his mother died in 1912. Christ Nielsen came to the United States June 21, 1892, and located in Sleepy Eye, Minn., where he attended school and took a course in English to prepare himself for a business career. In the fall of 1892 he went to Sanborn, Minn., and was employed by Bendixen & Co. for six years. He then went to Lamberton, where he worked one year in a general store. In 1898 he returned to Denmark for a visit to his home and a year later returned to the United States. He next spent several months in New York City attending the Eagan School of Business, and he then went to Wanda in Redwood county, where he became manager of the first general store in the town, owned by Schrader & Co. of Sanborn. After six months he left Wanda to accept a position as salesman for Pattridge Bros, of Tracy, Minn., which position he held for nine years. He was also at Tyler and Russell for a short time. In the fall of 1910 he came to Revere and bought his present store, stock and building, succeeding Matt. Miesen. Mr. Nielsen is a progressive business man and has won and held the respect of the people of the community by his integrity and high character. He has been an earnest temperance worker and has always used his influence to promote good morals and sobriety among the people where he has lived. He was secretary of the Farmers Elevator Company of Revere for the first year of its existence. Mr. Nielsen was married in 1903 to Nellie Johnson, born May 15, 1874, Skine, Sweden, daughter of Bengt Johnson, who came to America in 1885, settling first in Lyon county, Minnesota, and later in Murray county, Minnesota, where he died in 1914 at the age of eighty years, his wife having died many years before. Mr. and Mrs. Nielsen have four children : Alvin, born in 1904 ; Walter, born in 1906; Gertrude, born in 1908, and Charles, born in 1909.

Earl J. Hoagland, who, with his brother Frank L., owns and edits the Lamberton "Star," was born at Marshall, Minn., October 5, 1882, son of James F. and Agnes (Marshall) Hoagland.

He passed through the common and high schools of Marshall, and has since been in business with his brother, first in St. Paul under the name of the Hoagland Printing Co., then in Westbrook, Minn., where they issued the " Sentinel," and later in Lamberton, where they succeeded E. M. Wilson of the "Star." Mr. Hoagland is a Mason, and is also associated with other organizations. He was married May 3, 1904, to Beatrice Watson, born at Marshall, Minn., daughter of Fred J. and Cynthia (Moffett) Watson, the former of whom is a building contractor at St. Paul.

Frank L. Hoagland, who, with his brother, Earl J., owns and edits the Lamberton "Star," was born at Marshall, Minn., February 8, 1888, son of James F. and Agnes (Marshall) Hoagland. He passed through the common and high schools of Marshall, and also attended the Hamline University, since which time he has been in business with his brother. Like him, he is a member of the Masonic order and of other organizations.

Jamas F. Hoagland was born in Pennsylvania, May 13, 1856, came to Lyon county, this state, as a boy, and followed farming until 1889, when he entered the employ of the Marshall Milling Co. He married Agnes Marshall, who was born in London, England, June 16, 1862. They have four children : Earl J. and Frank L., editors of the Lamberton "Star"; Claude, of Marshall; and Robert, of Devils Lake, N. D.

James E. Noil, scientific agriculturist, was born in Long Grove, Scott county, Iowa, October 4, 1886, son of John F. and Caroline (Brandt) Neil. He was reared to farm pursuits by his father, passed through the common schools, graduated from the Augustana College Academy, at Rock Island, 111., in 1907, and from the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa, in 1911. January 1, 1912, he became an agent in the Farm Extension Bureau of the University of Minnesota. His work in this capacity won him favorable attention, $nd on November 1, 1913, he was tendered the position of County Agricultural Agent of Redwood county. During the years he held this position he was a factor in several distinct forward movements in Redwood county agriculture. The office was discontinued in the summer of 1916, and Mr. Neil is now devoting his time to various lines of agricultural work. His work here has won him many friends, he has established himself as one of the masters in his chosen profession, and a brilliant future is assured him. The influence of his labors will continue to grow, though the abolishing of his office has retarded the fruition of many of the results which were on the eve of being realized. Mr. Neil is the author of the scholarly article on Redwood County Agriculture which appears in this history. He was married August 2, 1913, to Edith C. Otto, born September 2, 1885, daughter of William H. and Emma (Edgar) Otto, and they have one child, Lantha D., born February 19, 1915. John F. Neil, father of James F. Neil, was born April 25, 1858, and was married May 27, 1884, to Caroline Brandt, born October 10, 1857. Their children were: Alma, born March 5, 1885; James E.; and Mary J. and Charles F., born September 13, 1889, all of whom are on the home farm except James E. William H. Otto, father of Mrs. James E. Neil, was born in Pennsylvania, September 12, 1845, and is now a retired farmer of Ames, Iowa. He married Emma Edgar, born in Iowa, August 6, 1854. Their children were : Ira E., manager of the College book store, Ames, Iowa ; Wilber W., manager of the Park Davis branch, New York ; Grace M., wife of G. L. Clayton, in the railway service ; Edith C, wife of J. E. Neil; Iva D., now wife of F. C. Waples, real estate dealer of Manchester, Iowa; Ada F., wife of Rev. W. L. Patterson, a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church, Arthur, Iowa.

Fred Deike, an enterprising and successful farmer of Sheridan township, was born near Chicago, 111., April 27, 1860, son of Frederick and Mary (Gathman) Deike. He was reared on the home place, and there remained until several years after attaining his majority. About 1885 he came to Redwood county, and purchased 320 acres of wild prairie land in the southeast quarter of section 1, and the northeast quarter of section 12, Sheridan township, which farm he has since increased to 480 acres, 400 acres of which are under cultivation. Valuable features of the place are a tract of 135 acres in clover and timothy, and an orchard of four acres, as well as extensive groves. On this place, Mr. Deike carries on general farming along the latest approved lines, and makes a specialty of feeding Poll-Angus cattle, grade swine and Shropshire sheep for the markets. Holding, as he does, the esteem and respect of his neighbors, he has served as justice of the peace for six years and has been a director of school district 61 for twelve years. Mr. Deike was married April 9, 1885, to Louise Helberg, born April 12, 1862, at Schaumberg, Cook county, Illinois, daughter of William and Louisa (Mensing) Helberg. Mr. and Mrs. Deike have had twelve children: Edward, Fredericka (deceased), William, Arthur, Mathilda, Albert, Walter, George (defeased), Fred, Katherine, Theodore and Louis.

Frederick Deike was born in Germany the others in his family being : Henry, who died in Germany ; Christian, who died in Rice county, Minnesota; Mary (deceased), Mrs. Henry Barnstedt, of Rice county, Minnesota; William, who was killed in the Civil war; and Louise, now Mrs. Henry Kiecher, of Itasca, Dupage county, Illinois. Frederick Deike came to America in 1855 and located in Cook county, Illinois, where he lived until his death in 1897 at the age of seventy-six years. He married

Mary Gathman, who now lives in Ontarioville, 111., and their children are: Fred, of Sheridan township, this county; Henry (deceased) ; William, of Rice county, Minnesota ; Herman, of Arlington Heights, 111. ; Edward, of Franklin Park, 111. ; Ernest, of Cook county, Illinois; and Caroline, now Mrs. William Esau, of Aberdeen, S. D.

William Helberg was born in Germany, the others in his family being: Mary, who married William Grote; William, Fred, Dorathea, who married John Koeling ; Henry, Louis, and Sophia, who married Jacob Bushard, all except the youngest, Sophia, being now deceased. William Helberg came to America in 1845, and located in Cook county, Illinois, where he died in 1901 at the age of seventy-eight years. He married Louisa Mensing, vho died in 1895, at the age of seventy-two years. Their children were : Henry (deceased) ; Frank, of Elgin, 111. ; Margaret (deceased), who married Henry Mensing; Sophia, who married Gerhard Greve and lives on the Helberg farm in Cook county, Illinois; Louise, now Mrs. Fred Deike; and Emma (deceased).

Charles J. Scott, a proficient farmer of Delhi township, was born December 18, 1866, in Northfield, Minn., son of Elias and Lucia (Erwin) Scott. His father was born in Ohio in 1837 and died in Renville county, Minnesota, in 1902, and his mother was born in New York state in 1846 and is now living in Renville county. The father was a farmer and came to Renville county in 1875, where he bought 240 acres of land and farmed there until he moved to Renville in 1898. The following children were born to these parents : Charles J. ; Mabel, of Renville county ; Earl, living in Montana; Effie, Mrs. Fred Tibbets of Delhi; Fred, of Renville county ; Frank, of Fargo, N. D. ; and Arthur, of Fargo, N. D. Charles J. Scott attended public school until fifteen years of age. He also attended Cogan's Academy at Sauk Center, Minn., and spent one year at Curtis Business College, Minneapolis. At the age of twenty-eight years he came to Redwood county and bought 160 acres of land in section 6, Delhi township. There was a small house and barn on the place at the time. In 1900 he built an eight-room modern house and also a granary. In 1915 he built a machine shed, two corn cribs, a hog house and hen house. He set out a grove of trees and has about thirty apple trees. He has also done considerable fencing and tiling. He has increased his farm to 204 acres and carries on diversified farming. He keeps from twenty-five to thirty grade Shorthorn cattle a year, about fifty head of Duroc Jersey swine, and from six to eight Percheron horses. He raises some grain, having fifty acres of wheat, forty acres of oats and seventy acres of corn this year, and is increasing his corn and diminishing his wheat acreage every year, raising white and yellow dent corn. Besides farming he has operated a thrasher for ten years, was em- ployed on the G, M. & St. L. Railway for six months and has worked in the woods a year. Mr. Scott is a Republican in politics and has served on the township board for six years, and wi*s justice of peace of Delhi township from 1900 to 1910. He has been president of the school board for district No. 18 for fiye years and is director and stockholder of the Farmers ' Grain and Fuel Company at Delhi. Fraternally he is affiliated with the I. 0. 0. F. at Redwood Falls. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Scott was married September 4, 1894, to Mary Gaffney, who was born November 6, 1871, in Flora township, Renville county, daughter of James and Mary (Powers) Gaffney, farmers of Renville county, now deceased. There were ten children in the family: George, deceased; Annie, deceased; Edward, of Renville county; Catherine, Mrs. John Anderson, of Washington; Nellie, deceased; John, of North Dakota; James, of Delhi township; Frank, of North Dakota; Joseph, deceased; and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Scott have nine children: Guy, born in 1896; Percy, born in 1898; Gladys, born in 1899; Earl, born in 1901 ; Howard, born in 1903 ; Stanley, born in 1905 ; Inez, born in 1907; Geneva, born in 1909; and Dorothy, born in 1914.

Charles Church Little, a progressive farmer of Delhi, was born October 19, 1857, at Scottsville, Albemarle county, Virginia, son of Theodore and Sarah (Bragg) Little. His father was born in Massachusetts in 1818 and died January, 1903, and his mother was born in Massachusetts, August 26, 1824, and died January

10, 1899. They were married September 30, 1846, in Tecumseh, Michigan, where Mrs. Little had moved with her parents at an early age. Theodore Little went to Virginia when a young man and for thirteen years was in the drug business. He also patented, manufactured and sold a medicine called " Little White

011, " which he sold in twenty-three states of the union. For several years before the Civil war he was captain of a United States government packet boat on the James river canal. He also owned and operated a woolen mill at Scottsville, Va., which was burned down by General Sheridan's troops in 1864, the general thinking his father a southern sympathizer. General Sheridan also made his headquarters in Mr. Little's house for several days. Because of losses sustained at the time of the war, Mr. Little lost a fortune of $80,000. In 1865 Theodore Little moved to Bowens Prairie, la., where he lived on his father's farm. In 1890 he moved to Spencer, Clay county, Iowa, and lived there the rest of his life. Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Little were the parents of eight children, of whom five are now living. Charles C. Little acquired his early education in the schools of his neighborhood and finished his education at Davenport, Iowa, Business College. Then he engaged in the poultry business at Cascade, la., for four years. He also operated a cheese factory and creamery at Spencer, la. In 1881, after making a trip to Denver, Colo., he went to Clay county, Iowa, and worked on a farm there owned by his father. In 1902 he bought his present farm and made many improvements thereon, but did not live there himself until 1908, renting it out in the meanwhile. During these six years he was engaged in the dairy business at Redwood Falls, Minn. He carries on diversified farming and intends to make several improvements in the near future, including the tiling of 150 acres and the building of a new house and machine shed. In politics a Democrat, Mr. Little has served on the school board for one year. He is a member of the Masonic lodge at Spencer, la. December 17, 1884, Mr. Little was united in marriage to Margaret Jones, born October 8, 1856, near Rockford, HI., daughter of William and Elizabeth (Pells) Jones. Her father was born in Wales May 18, 1810, and came to Canada with his parents. He studied at Boston, Mass., and began practice as a physician in Illinois. He died August 20, 1879. His wife was born in Dunkirk, N. Y., September 23, 1823. The Johnsons and Lathrops from whom she was descended were prominent in the early history of New York, an uncle, Dr. Ebenezer Johnson, being the first mayor of Buffalo. She died October 19, 1905, having made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Little, since 1886. There were five children in the family, of whom two are now living. Mrs. Little is a member of the Eastern Star, Charity Chapter No. 35, having served as Worthy Matron and secretary of said chapter. She is also a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Redwood Falls, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Little have two children: Theodore W. and Maude I. Theodore W., born July 15, 1886, graduated from the Redwood Falls High School and spent one year at Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis., and is now teaching school near Forsyth, Mont. He belongs to Lodge No. 91, A. F. & A. M., of Redwood Falls and to the Royal Arch Chapter at Forsyth, Mont. Maude I., born July 25, 1889, studied in the Redwood Falls high school and the State Normal school at Winona. She is a member of the Eastern Star Lodge.

Clarence A« Johnson, editor of the Belview Independent, was born April 22, 1884, in Minneapolis, Minn., son of Arthur B. and Mabel (Emory) Johnson. The father, Arthur B. Johnson, born in Elgin, Illinois, March 25, 1855, came to Minnesota with his parents, locating at Farmington and later at Minneapolis. In 1881 he came to Redwood county, where he rented a farm one and a half miles east of Seaforth, in which village he now lives. He was married, November 15, 1883, to Mabel Emory, who was born February 21, 1858, in Meeker county, and died in Philadelphia, December 26, 1903. Clarence A. Johnson remained at home until he was sixteen years of age. He studied telegraphy in the railroad office at Seaforth, but later gave it up and worked in the Seaforth "Item" office under G. R. Tuttle. Later he was employed at Belview, Vesta and Sanborn. June 1, 1905, he left Redwood county for the Pacific coast and was gone about six years. After his return he worked in St. Paul, Duluth and Chicago. Returning to Minnesota in 1914, he, with his brother, Lovel, leased the plant of the Belview "Independent" from Otto Flom, the brother remaining until the following November. In the following spring, Clarence A. bought the plant and has since been its proprietor and editor of the paper, a bright and newsy weekly. He also runs the plant as a job printing office. April 17, 1915, Clarence A. Johnson was married to Sophia G. Martin, who was born in Swedes Forest township, this county, in 1891, daughter of John and Turina (Rennevammen) Martin. He and his wife have one child, Maurice Lovel Johnson, who was born February 11, 1916.

John Martin was born in Sweden in 1847 and came to America in 1868, locating in Carver county, Minnesota, where he remained one year. In 1869 he bought 80 acres of land in Delhi township, but failed to make the necessary payments and lost it. He then returned to Carver, Carver county. In 1880 he came to Swedes Forest township, Redwood county, and bought 160 acres in section 31. He put in a crop, but the grasshoppers ruined it and he returned to Carver for the winter and cut wood. The next spring he returned to Swedes Forest and put in another crop, which the grasshoppers also destroyed. Undaunted, however, he held on to his land. In 1891 he became the agent of the Great Western Grain Company, a Minneapolis firm, at Belview and continued in this position until 1898. He built the Independent Elevator, which is now known as the Farmers Grain & Fuel Co. He continued to add to his holdings until he owned 2,170 acres of land in Swedes Forest, Delhi, Vesta and Kintire townships. In 1898 he built a fine house in Belview costing $6,000. A hard worker, Mr. Martin raised himself from comparative poverty to a position of affluence. He was influential in getting the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway to locate a station at Belview. February 9, 1900, he died while yet in middle life, his loss being deeply deplored by his numerous friends. Mr. Martin was married in 1880, at Beaver Falls, Renville county, Minnesota, to Turina Rennevammen, who was born December 18, 1861, in Fillmore county, Minnesota, and who is now making her home at Parkland, Washington. Their children were Mathilda, Ida, Frank, Oscar, Sophia, John, Charles, Otto and Henry.

Daniel W. Banker, now owner of a fine apple and fruit ranch in Oregon, was born in Clinton county, New York, December 15, 1842, son of Elias and Mary (Morrison) Banker. When he was but four years old his father died in New York State at the age of forty-eight years, and the wife and children came to Minne- sota in 1851. She died at Maple Grove, Minn., about 1904. They were the parents of eight children. Daniel W. Banker was brought up on the farm and in his youth attended the public schools. At the age of twenty years he began industrial life as clerk in the store of N. Crockett at Osseo, Minn., and was thus occupied for one year. Then for two months he was on a farm in Anoka county, returning subsequently to his home at Maple Grove, Hennepin county. In 1871 Mr. Banker rented a farm near Osseo for three years. The next year he drove the stage from Maple Grove to Monticello and from 1875 to 1878 he was farming and running a mill. Coming to Redwood county in 1878, he rented land for three and a half years. In 1882 he again came to Redwood county and worked by the year until 1884. That year he purchased a farm near Marshall, Minn., which he operated for a year and a half, and then rented his land to his brother-in-law and worked out for about five years. After that he purchased 160 acres of land in Paxton township, and a year later added another 160 acres, making an excellent farm of 320 acres, located in sections 21 and 28, which property he still owns. On it he made extensive improvements, including all necessary buildings and there followed diversified farming. He made .a specialty of breeding fine draft horses, having an imported Percheron sire. Mr. Banker was also prominent in local affairs. He served as supervisor and chairman of the town board and also on the school board. He cast his first presidential ballot in 1868 for General U. S. Grant and has been an ardent worker in the Republican party ever since. He continued to live on his farm until 1911, when he removed to Oregon, where he is now engaged in fruit ranching. Daniel W. Banker was married December 24, 1871, to Ellen M. Pike, who was born in Essex county, Massachusetts, August 21, 1853. Mrs. Banker traces her ancestors back to Major Robert Pike, who was born in«1615, became a member of the Massachusetts colony in 1635, and there died at the age of ninety-two years. In his family of eight children, Robert, the second in order of birth, was the ancestor in direct line of Mrs. Banker. Her grandparents, Caleb and Mary (Pike) Pike, who were second or third cousins, were natives of the Old Bay State and there both died. Her parents, Moses E. and Emma J. (Barnard) Pike, were also natives of that state, born in Essex county, the former September 24, 1839. The father came to Maple Grove, Minn., in 1866, and here purchased a partially improved farm, which six years later he sold. He then settled near Northfield, this state, where he died from the effects of a kick from a horse, April 1, 1896. He had long survived his wife, who died January 1, 1867. In their family there were four children. Mrs. Banker was educated in the district schools and remained at home until her marriage to Mr. Banker. Of this union two chil- dren were born : Fred M., August 28, 1873, and Emma M., August 18, 1878. Both acquired a good education in the schools of Redwood Falls, Fred finishing his studies in the high school of Minneapolis. He is now a representative business man and farmer of Redwood Falls. Emma M. is now Mrs. Raleigh E. Jennings of Long Beach, Cal. The family worship at the Presbyterian church.

Fred M. Banker, manager of the stock yards at Redwood Falls, was born August 28, 1873, in Osseo, Minn., son of Daniel W. and Nellie (Pike) Banker. He completed his studies in a Minneapolis high school and then worked with his father until 1907, when he entered into partnership with G. E. Lamberton operating a bus line in Redwood Falls. In the fall of 1909 he became a partner with his brother-in-law, A. M. Dennistoun in the stock and farming business and bought his present farm of 220 acres on the outskirts of Redwood Falls. Mr. Banker, being the manager, lives on the farm. They now have five acres of stock yards and are extensive buyers, feeders and shippers of cattle, swine and horses, keeping also on hand several full blooded Durham cattle, Percheron horses and Duroc Jersey and Poland China swine. Besides stock raising they carry on farming and have an acreage of 290 acres of corn, 30 of wheat and 110 of oats. There is a modern six-room cottage on the farm and many substantial farm buildings : two barns, 36 by 60 feet each ; one 24 by 40 feet ; one 16 by 40 feet, and another 26 by 80 feet ; a scale house, 16 by 18 feet, and a silo,18 by 36, with a capacity of 200 tons, and three corn cribs with a capacity of 800 bushels, all improvements having been made by the owners. Besides this farm, Mr. Banker is also owner of 160 acres in section 21, Paxton township, 40 acres in section 11, Redwood Falls township, and has an interest in 40 acres in section 19, Paxton township. Mr. Banker is stockholder and director of the Farmers Elevator Company at Redwood Falls and stockholder in the Rural Telephone Company. In politics he is a Republican and has served as treasurer of the township board of Paxton township for three years. He is a member of the Masonic lodge and also of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Banker was married Oct. 25, 1899, to Margaret Dennistoun, who was born in July, 1876, daughter of Thomas and Margaret Dennistoun of Paxton township. They have one child, Horace, born June 21, 1908.

Matfaiai Christensen, was born in Denmark. Upon coming to America, he lived in Stearns county, this state, some eight years, and then located in Walsh county, North Dakota, in the Red River Valley, where he secured a homestead. About nine years later he came to Brookville township, this county, and bought 400 acres of land, where he farmed until 1900, when he retired and erected a house on a tract of 80 acres, where he still lives. Mr. Christensen married Christina Johnson and they had four children. Matilda is now Mrs. C. H. Frederiksen. Ole, Christian, and Karen, who is now Mrs. James Jenson, occupy different portions of the home farm.

Lars Frederiksen, for some years a citizen of Sundown township, was born in Denmark in 1836, and there married Lena Johannesen, who was born in 1839. They came to the United States in 1881, and found their way to Sleepy Eye, Brown county, this state, and starting with a capital of $300 secured four cows and two oxen and squatted on a piece of land. Two years later they purchased 40 acres in the same vicinity. They were not entirely satisfied with the place, however, and so they sold out and secured 80 acres in Sundown township, this county. Working together with a will, the family erected a house 20 by 24 feet and a barn, 26 by 40 feet, and built up a good dairy business. Mr. Frederiksen died in 1890 and his wife on Christmas eve, 1914. Mr. and Mrs. Frederiksen have had eight children: Tena (deceased), Christian H., Regine (deceased), Adolph, Mollie, Peter, Laura and Harry. Tena married H. J. Rasmussen. They came to America in 1877, located in Salt Lake City, became affiliated with the Mormon faith, and had eight children. She died in March, 1898. Christian H. lives in Sundown township. Regine died in Denmark in January, 1913. Adolph is practicing law at Springfield, Minn. Mollie is the wife of James Peterson, a farmer of Norma, N. D. Peter is a farmer of Brookville township. Laura is the wife of Jorgen Rasmussen, a farmer of Norma, N. D. Harry is a farmer of Norma, North Dakota.

Christian H. Frederiksen, farmer and stock raiser of Sundown township, was born in Denmark, May 14, 1862, son of Lars and Lena (Johannesen) Frederiksen. He came to America with his parents in 1881 and lived with them in Brown and Redwood counties. In 1888 he purchased 120 acres of state land in section 12, Sundown township. To this he has since added a number of tracts among which may be mentioned 160 acres in section 1, Sundown, purchased in 1892 ; 160 acres in section 19, Morgan township, purchased in 1901, and 160 acres in section 13, Three Lakes township, purchased in 1907. On his original place in section 12 he has made many modern improvements, including a sightly home, erected in 1911. Mr. Frederiksen carries on general farming, and makes a specialty of stock feeding, a business in which he has been extensively engaged for some twenty years. Active in public affairs, he is president of the Redwood County Bureau of Agriculture, and is clerk of school district 86, which he helped to organize. For ten years he did service as county commissioner, resigning in 1914 ; he is also township clerk of Sundown township. Mr. Frederiksen has engaged in the process of transforming the raw prairie into a model farming community, with all facilities for pleasant rural living. Mr. Frederiksen was married August 2,

Charles Lund, a pioneer farmer of Johnsonville township, now retired, was born in Sweden, July 7, 1848, son of Magnus Johnson and Helen Johnson, both of whom were natives of Sweden and died in that country. He acquired his education in his native land, and was brought up to farming, which occupation he followed until coming to America in 1868. Locating in Carver county, Minnesota, he found employment in the harvest fields and on the railroad until 1872. He then came to Redwood county and took a pre-emption claim of 160 acres. Paying for 80 acres of it, he homesteaded the other 80 acres, located in section 34, Johnsonville township. His farm then consisted of wild prairie land and he was the first settler in that part of the county. Mr. Lund at once got busy. Hauling lumber by ox team from New Ulm, he built his first residence - a small and unpretentions dwelling, consisting of a dugout with a shanty over it, began breaking the land and planted two acres of grove. Before long he increased his holdings by the addition of 80 acres of railroad land, by which time he had 240 acres all in one farm. After residing in his primitive dwelling for five years, he built a frame house, which he has since twice rebuilt, and in addition to a commodious residence he now has a fine barn and outbuildings. He followed general farming until 1914, and, although, in common with the other pioneer settlers, he had to endure many hardships and misfortunes in early days, he persevered until better days came and rewarded him with a fair measure of prosperity. In 1914 Mr. Lund rented his farm to his son and retired from active labor, going to reside at Walnut Grove in a house which he had previously purchased. During his active career he found time to participate more or less in public affairs, served as chairman of the town board for several years and was treasurer of school district No. 19 for about sixteen years. He is a stockholder in the Building and Loan Association and in the Walnut Grove State Bank, of which he is one of the directors. His religious affiliations are with the Swedish Lutheran church. Mr. Lund was married in November, 1872, to Anne Charlotte Swenson, who was born in Sweden, April 21, 1856, and who came to America in 1861. They have been the parents of eleven children, of whom the three eldest, John, Anton and Edward, are now deceased. The survivors are : Esther, now Mrs. Jens Nickolsen, postmistress at Revere; Laura, who is the widow of Nels

Pehrson; Hanna, who married OUe B. Dahlgren, a merchant of Walnut Orove ; Anna, wife of Albert Dahlgren of Gales township ; Edward, who resides on the old homestead; and Minnie, Hathe and Arthur, who reside at home.

Henry C. Engeman, manager of the Farmers Grain and Fuel Company at Delhi, Minn., was born March 27, 1872, in Renville county, Minnesota, son of Henry and Anna (Gaffney) Engeman. The father, born in Germany, came to America in 1862, locating in 1865 in Renville county, where he farmed for many years. He died in 1911, when nearly ninety years of age. After coming west he was married in Renville county to Anna Gaffney a native of New York State, who died in 1881. Eight children were born to bless this union of whom seven are living : J. H., of Silverton, Ore.; G. C, of Excelsior, Minn.; Henry C, of Delhi, Minn.; Lena, now Mrs. E. Pomery, of Kalispell, Mont. ; Emma, now Mrs. T. D. CNeil, also of Kalispell, Mont.; Anna, now Mrs. Martin Kohls, of Omemee, N. D. ; Frank, of Hancroft, B. C. The one deceased is Sophia, who was the eldest of the family. Henry C. Engeman completed his education in the schools of Renville county and in 1895 came to Redwood Falls, where he farmed for two years. He then moved to Delhi and became the manager of the Great Western Elevator, which position he held for six years. July 30, 1903, the Farmers Grain and Fuel Company was organized and he became a stockholder in it and also its manager. The company started out with a capital of $10,000. There were eighteen incorporators, all leading men of Delhi and vicinity. Under the wise and efficient management of Mr. Engeman the company has grown and prospered and shows promise of great prosperity in the future. In 1912 Mr. Engeman entered into partnership with Mr. F. G. Tibbetts in the farm implement business, under the firm name of Tibbetts & Engeman. The firm is doing a large business in the community and neighboring country. In politics Mr. Engeman is a staunch Democrat and has held office in the village of Delhi, having been clerk of the village council four years and trustee of the council for four years. He is affiliated with Lodge No. 64, I. 6. O. F. at Redwood Falls, and he and his family are all devout members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Engeman was married in April, 1898, to Nellie Steel, who was born November 12, 1879, in Canada, daughter of Robert and Jane (Wilson) Steel. Her father was a farmer, born in Scotland, who came to Minnesota and settled in Redwood county in 1888 and died in 1913. Her mother is still living and resides at Chisholm, Minn. They were the parents of eight children, all living at home. Mr. and Mrs. Engeman have five children: Robert, Erwin, Gerald, Clifford and Leonard.

Johnathan T. and Caroline (Knowlton) Reynolds. The father, born in New York State, died July 7, 1896, at St. Paul, where he had been engaged in the coal, feed and street sprinkling business. The faithful mother died in 1873 at Decorah, Iowa. There were five children in the family : Constantine, Clifton, Carrie M. (now Mrs. Marion A. Mace), Herbert N. and Arthur. Clifton E. Reynolds finished his education in the common school and learned the trades of plasterer and bricklayer at St. Paul, to which place his father had moved some years before. In 1892 he moved to Redwood Falls and later to Belview. In 1895 he came to Lamberton and was engaged in the contracting business here until 1913, when he took his present position as manager of the Lamberton Block and Tile Company, in which company he is also shareholder. He is independent in politics and fraternally is associated with the Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Reynolds was married, May 26, 1888, to Amelia Hass, who was born at Kiel, Germany, September 28, 1863, daughter of Phillip and Antje (Arp) Hass. Her father is now living in the Island of Laalland, Denmark, he and his family having moved from Kiel, Germany, to Denmark in 1864. He was general manager of a very large grain and stock farm for over forty years. His wife, mother of Mrs. Reynolds, died in Denmark, January 17, 1910. Their daughter Amelia was the only member of the family to come to America, which she did in 1886. She has in Denmark two brothers and one sister - Edward, Frederick and Emma. Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds have one child, Phillip C, who was born October 5, 1890, at St. Paul, Minn. He was graduated from the Lamberton high school in 1909 and from Hamline University in 1913. He is now special agent at the State Labor Bureau and is also studying law at the St. Paul College of Law.

Jens B. Hansen, a farmer of Morgan township, was born in Denmark, January 5, 1860, son of Hans Oleson and Anna Christine Jensen. The father, a worker in wooden ware, and also the owner of a small farm in Denmark, died in 1884 at the age of seventy-five years, and his wife died in 1914 at the age of eighty-one years. They had two children, Nels and Jens B. Nels is still living in Denmark, following the trade of his father. Jens B. Hansen, after completing his schooling, also took up his father's trade. In 1892 he came to America with his wife and three children and located in Morgan township, Redwood county, Minnesota, on some wild prairie land which he used for grazing. Here he built a small frame house, 14 by 16, and a barn. He had three horses and bought three cows. One of the latter he sold in order to get feed for his horses and another he killed for his own use. He also had some chickens. The nearest milling place was Golden Gate. After living here with his family for eight and a half years, Mr. Hansen rented another farm for one year. In 1900 he bought 120 acres of his present farm, to which he has since added 40 acres more. By hard work and thrift he has improved and developed the place and become a very successful farmer. He is also interested in the Farmers Elevator, of Morgan, and in the Farmers Creamery. Religiously he is connected with the Danish Lutheran church. When he first came to this county the nearest church of this denomination was the "Fredsmindee Danish Lutheran Church" of Brookville township, eleven miles away, to which he used to drive with his family on Sunday in a rude box sled which he had constructed. In 1904 the Betania Danish Lutheran church was built in Morgan township and the Hansons have attended this church ever since. Mr. Hanson was one of the organizers of it and a member of the building committee. He was also its first president, and, with the exception of one year, has held that position ever since. His wife has been very active in the Sunday school work, the Sunday school having been started the year before the church was built, and held in the schoolhouse, and she was both the first teacher and the first superintendent. Mr. Hansen was married in Denmark, July 26, 1884, to Mary Christina Johansen, who was born in Denmark, October 25, 1861, daughter of John Nelson and his wife, Carrie Oleson, the parents being farmers. The mother died in Denmark and the father, with the children - Stena, Hannah, Lars Peter, Lena and Mary Christina - came to America in 1890 and located at Albert Lea, Minn., where he engaged in farming. He came to Redwood county in 1894 and located in Morgan township where he now lives. The family faith is that of the Danish Lutheran church. Mr. and Mrs. Hansen have had five children: Alfred, Walter and Olga, born in Denmark, and Anna and Victor, born in Morgan township, Redwood county, Minnesota. Alfred, whose birth date was May 9, 1885, and who resides in Morgan township, married Minnie Hensen and has one child, Ruth. Walter was born June 26, 1886. Olga, born September 1, 1889, married Harry Shoemaker. Anna was born February 3, 1893, and Victor, January 25, 1896.

Simon E. Rekedal a substantial farmer of Granite Rock township, was born in Norway, August 28, 1873, and was there reared. In 1892 he came to America, and after living a few months in Echo, this state, secured employment as a farm assistant in Redwood county. Four years later, in 1896, he bought 80 acres in section 5, Granite Rock township. In 1901 he secured 160 acres more in section 6. To the development of this farm he has since devoted his attention. He planted a grove, set out a good orchard of apple, plum and cherry trees, and a good-sized berry patch, and brought the farm to a high degree of improvement. His home originally built in 1903 was rebuilt and remodeled in 1913. His roomy barn, erected in 1905, was struck by lightning and destroyed in 1907, but undaunted by this disaster he built his present barn, a large structure with a full cement basement, in 1914. Mr. Rekedal was married March 21, 1903, to Hilda Dahl, born July 31, 1881, in Norway, and this union has been blessed with seven children : Bertha, born January 11, 1904 ; Melvin, born September 29, 1905; Elias, born December 31, 1907; Helen, born April 29, 1910; Ella, born October 27, 1912; Ruth, born May 29, 1915, died June 18, 1915, and Ralph, born May 11, 1916. Simon E. Rekedal is the oldest son of Elias and Bertha (Riise) Rekedal, who still live in Norway, the other children in the family being Christian, Ellen, Martin, John, Albert and Peter. Mrs. Simon E. Rekedal is the daughter of Martin and Hannah Dahl. Martin Dahl was born in Norway May 30, 1855, came to America in 1884, worked in Sacred Heart, Renville county, this state, until 1891, and then purchased 120 acres of land in Vesta township, this county. He and his good wife had eight children : Hilda, Magnus, Sina, Carl, Benjamin, Minnie, Helen and Mabel.

Frank W. Hoepner, a successful farmer of Delhi township, was born in Germany, December 20, 1879, son of Gottfried and Minnie (Fredrick) Hoepner. He came to America with his parents in 1884, settling in New Ulm, Brown coqnty, Minnesota. In 1887 they moved to Fairfax, Renville county, and in 1891 to North Redwood, Redwood county, locating in Honner township. The mother died June 3, 1899, and is buried in the cemetery at Redwood Falls. There were five children in the family : Frank W., Fred, Charles, Emma and Louis, all of whom are now living in Redwood county. It is worthy of note that within twentyfive years after he came to America, Gottfried Hoepner owned over 700 acres of land. Frank W. Hoepner, after completing his school studies at North Redwood, took a course in the Minnesota Business College at New Ulm in 1902. He then farmed with his father until 1909, later bought 160 acres of land in section 24, and still later 40 acres more in section 13, Delhi township. His father's farm in Honner township is part of the ground used by General Sibley for an army camp during the Indian outbreak in 1862, and Mr. Hoepner has many souvenirs of arrow heads, beads and other articles which were found on these grounds. There were one or two small buildings on the Delhi farm, including the house, when Mr. Hoepner bought it from his father and he has since erected necessary buildings and done considerable fencing. He raises some grain, having fifty-five acres of wheat, 40 acres of corn, 45 acres of oats and five acres of barley. He keeps six Holstein cows for dairy purposes and raises Poland China swine, Percheron horses, feeding about fifty steers for the market every year. In 1907 he began to give special attention to the chicken business and now has pens of full-blooded chickens of White Leghorn, White Wyandottes, Silver Laced Wyandottes, Brown Leghorns, Black Minorcas, Barred Plymouth Rock, White Plymouth Rock, Rhode Island

Bed and other standard varieties. He sells cockerels and eggs for hatching through the advertisements in the farm papers. In addition to this farm, Mr. Hoepner also owns 480 acres of land in Colorado, the property being well improved and fenced. In politics Mr. Hoepner is an Independent and has served as road overseer for one year. He is a member of Lodge No. 68, A. O. U. W., of Redwood Falls, and of the M. W. A. camp at North Redwood. He has traveled in fourteen different states of the American Union and also over most of Canada. Mr. Hoepner was married October 20, 1909, to Maude Parker, who was born in Pratt, Kans., June 28, 1890, daughter of John W. and Mary (Headrick) Parker, Her father was born in Ohio, March 3, 1845, and is now living at Pratt, Kans., having retired from farming. Her mother was born in Hickory county, Iowa, April 27, 1850. There were nine children in the family : Thomas, who lives at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; Bertdell, in El Paso county, Colorado; Edward, now deceased; Midgie, deceased; Arthur, of Meade county, Kans.; Alphonso, Robert and Wesley, residing in Pratt county, Kans., and Maude. Mr. and Mrs. Hoepner 's children are: John William Gottfried, born August 17, 1910; Clarence Frank, born May 27, 1912, and Mary Margurite, born September 24, 1915. Mrs. Hoepner has in her own name a good 160 acre farm in south central Kansas.

Arthur Carbert, a prosperous farmer of Delhi township, was born in England, November 17, 1870, son of Thomas and Mary (Buckle) Carbert. The father, Thomas Carbert, who was born in 1812, was a man of note in his locality. A gardener and tax collector by occupation, he was also a fine musician. He was the leader of the band in his native town, sometimes played the bass drum, at which he was an expert, and sang bass in the church choir, being greatly interested in church work. He was also a man of sound sense and excellent judgment in the ordinary affairs of life, and, as he had also some legal knowledge, his advice was often sought and generally taken by his neighbors on legal and other matters. His wife Mary was born in 1832 and died in 1906. They had nine children, all of whom are living, and whose names and place of abode are as follows: Helen, Margaret and John, residing in England; Herbert, in Ontario, Canada ; Arthur, of Redwood county, Minnesota ; Harold, of Montana; Edith, now Mrs. Peter McKay, of Redwood county, Minnesota, and Emanuel and Ernest, in England. Arthur Carbert at the age of seventeen went to Stratford, Canada. After living: there for eighteen months he came to Redwood county, Minnesota, where he worked out among the farmers for several years. Then he bought 80 acres of land in Entire township at $9.00 per acre, and later added another 80 acres at $13.00 per acre. Subsequent to that he purchased 80 acres more at $25.00 per acre, and still later, in 1909, bought 160 acres more at $32.50 per acre. This land was located in sections 14, 15, 22 and 23. In 1911 he sold it all for $55.00 per acre and bought 240 acres in sections 5 and 8, Delhi township, at $58.00 per acre. He has spent much time and money on this place and has one of the best farms in that part of the county. He has erected a fine ten-room modern house costing $4,500, a barn 30 by 50 feet, and a corn crib, costing $1,500, and in the fall of 1915 he built a concrete silo with a capacity of 120 tons. As a grain farmer Mr. Carbert raises some 30 acres of wheat, 80 acres of corn and 45 acres of oats. He feeds about a car load of Shorthorn cattle a year and is the owner of a fine black grade Poll- Angus sire. He has also a good herd of Duroc Jersey swine and a flock of Shropshire sheep, feeding about two carloads of sheep a year. He raises all the horses he needs on the farm, keeping the Percheron breed. Mr. Carbert is an Independent in politics. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, having been an elder for several years and choirster of the church choir at Delhi for twenty years. Mr. Carbert was married October 27, 1898, to Stella Salome Bruner, who was born February 11, 1880, in Winnebago county, Illinois, daughter of Darius Alvin and Sarah Jane (Tofflemire) Bruner. Her father, born in 1856, in Lexington, Ontario, Canada, and her mother, born in Illinois in 1850, are both now living in Saskatchewan, Canada. There were seven children in their family: Stella, Clark Alvin, Samuel Floyd, Henry George (deceased), Sarah Elizabeth, Nellie Adell (deceased), and Hugh Carlyle ; all now living with their parents in Canada with the exception of Stella, Mrs. Carbert and those deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Carbert have seven children, who were born as follows: Edith Mary, January 10, 1900; Charles Alvin, September 6, 1901; Frederic Thomas, December 20, 1903; Martha Jane, June 8, 1906; Samuel Arthur, July 4, 1909; Lillian Belle, July 11, 1911; and Ralph Edward, April 9, 1916.

Rasmus Madson, a pioneer of Brookville township, was born in Denmark, and there married Carrie Nelson. In 1866, with their four children - Christian, Peter, William and Mary - they embarked on a sailing vessel, and after a long and perilous voyage, safely reached the United States. After living in Michigan for a while, they came to Redwood county in 1871, and were among the first families to locate in Brookville township. Here they secured 80 acres of partly improved land, to which they later added 80 acres more. They developed and improved this place, erected buildings, and became prosperous members of the community. Mr. Madison died in 1904 at the age of seventynine, and his wife died in 1895 at the age of seventy-one.

and educated. At the age of twenty he came to the United States and located in Iowa. A year later he came to Redwood county and took up his residence in Willow Lake township. He developed a wild tract of land, and added to his original purchase until he had a good place of 360 acres, well developed and improved, and well supplied with suitable farm buildings. His financial holdings included creamery stock, and an interest in the State Bank of Wanda. By long and faithful service on the township and school boards he won the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and his work as county commissioner more than justified the trust which was imposed in him. He was a devout Catholic, and helped to build the first church of that faith in this vicinity. At the height of his successful career, he was cut down by death on November 15, 1913, in the sixty-fourth year of his life. Mr. Dooner was married November 26, 1889, to Mary Madson, born in Michigan, December 8, 1867, daughter of Rasmus and Carrie (Nelson) Madson, and named for an older sister Mary, who was born in Denmark and died in Michigan. Of the eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dooner there are now living eight: Maria Lucy, born November 24, 1892; Nellie Maude, December 5, 1894; John Robert, February 29, 1896; Michael J., March 13, 1897; Elmer Louis, November 14, 1898; William Prank, June 4, 1900; Louis Edward, October 12, 1902; and Florence Alberta, born February 16, 1909. Maria Lucy is the wife of Glenn Meade, of Willow Lake, and has one child, Juanita Mary. Mrs. Dooner is a capable business woman, and since the death of her husband, has efficiently managed the home farm of 360 acres, assisted by her children.