Redwood County, Minnesota - The whole text, 1916 (part 1 of 13)

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JVIemScr «>f the Wisconsin Arcliacolu&i S- .--m t't*» Histories of Goodhue, Dakato, *ice, J^rd.; MtP%vei , Fret-born, Fillmore Winona Wright

Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge

Member of the Minnesota Historical Society, Member of the National Historical Society, Member of the Wisconsin Archaeological Society; Editor of the Histories of Goodhue, Dak a to, Rice, Steele, Mower, Freeborn, Fillmore, Winona, Wright and Renville Counties, Minnesota.

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Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Robert... 797 Parker, William B., and Family 797 Petersen, Peter T., and Family. 805 Peterson, Swan, and Family... 682 Peterson, Swan F., and Family 681 Philbrick, Mr. and Mrs. F. W.. . 635

Biooraphioal Review

The material for the biographies in this volume has been gathered by representatives of H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., through personal interviews with the people of the county. The notes thus gathered have been placed in typewritten form, and submitted to the subject of the sketch, or to a relative or friend, for correction and approval. Some have been submitted in person. Others have been mailed. Ample opportunity has thus been given for completeness and correctness.

In many cases, however, the sketches have not been returned, and in that event it has been necessary to print from the duplicates. It is obviously beyond the power of the publishers to guarantee the accuracy of these sketches. The authenticity of the facts and dates, the accuracy of the spelling of names, the suitability of the data, has of necessity depended upon the people themselves.

The personal estimates of character, accomplishments and worth, have been added by the editors, after consultation with those who are best qualified to judge of such matters. It is believed that, in the main, the biographies are correct, that they will prove valuable sources of reference. That all the people to whom sketches have been sent have not corrected them, and thus given them an added value is greatly to be regretted.

Charles Duncan Gilfillan, one of the most prominent factors in the early history of Minnesota, was born in New Hartford, Oneida county, New York, July 4, 1831, son of James and Janet Agnes OilfiUan. The father, James Gilfillan, a carpet weaver and woolen manufacturer, was born, as was his wife, in Bannockburn, Scotland, where both families had lived for many centuries. In 1830 the family came to the United States with a Scotch colony and located in Oneida county, New York. Charles Duncan Gilfillan was born in New Hartford, New York. As a boy he moved to Chenango county and was there educated at the Home Academy in New Hartford, New York. As a youth he alternated his winter schooling with summer work on farms and at the age of seventeen entered Hamilton College, where he remained for two years. This institution in 1893 conferred upon him the honorary degree of Master of Arts. In 1850, then a young man of nineteen years, Mr. Gilfillan went to Washington county, Missouri, where during the ensuing fall and winter he taught school at Potoai in the iron region southwest of St. Louis. In 1851 Mr.

Gilfillan came to the state of Minnesota, in the annals of which state his name was to occupy a prominent place. For two years after his arrival he taught school in Stillwater and at the same time studied law in the office of Michael E. Ames. In 1853 he was admitted to the bar and soon after took a partnership with Gold T. Curtis, succeeding to a considerable portion of the practice of his preceptor. In the spring of 1854 at the first municipal election held in Stillwater, he was elected to the office of recorder. In the succeeding autumn he removed to St. Paul. In 1857 he formed a law partnership with his brother, James Gilfillan, later chief justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, an association which continued until 1863, when Mr. Gilfillan retired from the practice of law. His name will be permanently associated with the early history of the city of St. Paul, owing to his connection with the water system. He gave to the subject much thought and study, consulted all the best authorities and single handed proceeded to construct the present system, which he carried successfully to completion. Mr. Gilfillan was president, secretary and leading spirit of the old water company until the sale of the system to the city in 1882, after which he remained a member of the board of commissioners. Few men were more actively connected with the material interests of St. Paul and of the State. In 1882 he built the Gilfillan block in St. Paul at the corner of Fourth and Jackson streets. This building was at the time the finest of its kind in the city. He operated largely in city property and owned large tracts of land throughout the state, including the Gilfillan tract of ten thousand acres in Redwood county, which he bought in 1882. In early life Mr. Gilfillan was a Whig and cast his first vote for the Whig ticket. However, he was present at the first formal organization of the Republican party of Minnesota, at the capitol in St. Paul, February, 1855, to which party he yielded unswerving devotion for the rest of his life. He was active in » politics and always effective as a worker. He was the first chairman of the Minnesota Republican Central Committee, and held the position for four years. In 1859 he was the first regular Republican candidate for mayor of St. Paul, but was defeated by Hon. John S. Prince. He was a member of the House of Representatives from Ramsey county in 1864, 1865 and 1866. From the latter year until 1886 he was a member of the State Senate, and thus served in the Legislature for a period of thirteen years. He was instrumental in promoting the passage of some of the most wholesome and just laws found on the statute books of the state. He was chairman of the committee on railroads and was for ten years on the judiciary committee. Mr. Gilfillan organized the Minnesota Valley Historical Association, of which he was the moving factor. It was his generosity which financed the erection of many of the monuments and markers which, in the locality of Redwood and Renville counties, mark many of the historical scenes of the Sioux Indian uprising of 1862. In the facts of this uprising Mr. Gilfillan was especially interested as the foundation of his fortune was secured from his commissions as attorney for the sufferers by the massacre, who had claims against the government for property destroyed. In behalf of these people he labored early and late and secured from the fund sums which helped many of them to start anew in life. Mr. Gilfillan spent much time in travel and educated his children largely in Germany and France. Mr. Gilfillan was prominent in banking circles in St. Paul, being one of the organizers of the St. Paul Trust Company and for many years vice-president of the First National Bank of St. Paul. In his later life, Mr. Gilfillan devoted his time to developing his farm in Redwood county. He carried on extensive farming and stock raising. For this purpose he built Gilfillan station and elevator and extensive stock yards.

Mr. Gilfillan was married December 28, 1859, to Emma C. Waage, daughter of Rev. Frederick and Angelina Waage. Mrs. Emma (Waage) Gilfillan died at Philadelphia, September 25, 1863. The only child born of this marriage died in infancy. Mr. Gilfillan later married Fannie S. Waage, sister of his deceased wife. By this marriage there are four children, Emma K., Fannie W., Charles O., and Frederick J.

Charles 0. Gilfillan, son of Charles Duncan Gilfillan, is one of the extensive land owners of Redwood county and owner of the large Gilfillan estate. At the age of twenty-five he took charge of the Redwood county estate. Gradually he discontinued stock raising and is now devoting his attention largely to small grain and corn. The estate is beautifully laid out and has about thirty-five tenants. The home itself is one of the finest in Minnesota Valley. The estate includes railroad station, elevator, stock yards, business office, extensive barns, and a beautiful home. Mr. Gilfillan is a modern and scientific farmer and carries on his operations along the latest approved lines.

Milton E. Powell, for nearly half a century a resident of Redwood Falls, is now known as the leading citizen of the county. He is the Nestor of the Redwood county bar, and for many years was the county's leading practitioner. With the county fairs in the early days, with the inauguration of a banking system in this county, with the establishment of the present school system, with the activities of the county fair in the early days, with the old Winona & St. Peter railroad (now the Chicago & Northwestern), and with many other public movements he has been actively identified. His reputation in the Masonic order extend* far beyond the bounds of the state. A native of New York state, Major Powell, as he is familiarly called, a native of New Yorir, was born near Kinderhook, in Columbia county, April 17, 1840, of Holland descent, and is a son of Joseph Powell, whose birth occurred in the same county on December 10, 1797. His father was a farmer by occupation, and on reaching manhood married Melinda Older, who was born in Delaware county, New York, March 20, 1804, and was a daughter of Nathan Older, of English extraction. They became the parents of six children - two sons and four daughters; two only are still living, one daughter and one son. Joseph Powell died in Sparta, Mora county, Wisconsin, November 19, 1870. His wife died December 23, 1881. The first thirteen years of his life, our subject passed in Delaware and Erie counties, New York, after which he removed with his parents to Sparta, Wisconsin, where he attended the common schools, but later returned to the Empire state and became a student in the Aurora Academy, of Erie county, where he pursued his studies for two years. From 1858 until 1861 he studied law in the office of Graves & Rice, attorneys, and on the expiration of that time enlisted in the First Wisconsin Battery, Light Artillery, with which he faithfully served as an officer for three years, taking part in a number of important engagements, including those at Tazewell Court House, Tennessee; Chickasaw Bayou; Port Gibson, Mississippi, and the siege of Vicksburg. Later he was in the ordnance department until May 16, 1865. On receiving his discharge, Mr. Powell returned to Sparta, Wisconsin, where he began reading law under the direction of Hon. R. Bunn, of Wisconsin. On September 25, 1865, he was admitted to the bar at Sparta, where he at once began the practice of his chosen profession, and where he continued until his removal to Redwood Falls in 1867. Here he became one of the leading attorneys, having been county attorney of Redwood county for thirteen years, but in 1905 laid aside his professional duties and engaged in agriculture. He has prospered in his undertakings and now possesses a considerable amount of valuable property. On June 28, 1870, was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Powell and Josephine Butterworth, of Sparta, Wisconsin. In Masonic affairs, as mentioned, Mr. Powell takes a prominent part, being a thirty-third degree Mason, and belonging to the Blue Lodge, Chapter and Commandery. He was Grand Commander of Knights Templar in 1891. He assisted in the organization of the Bank of Redwood Falls, of which for one term he served as vice-president. Publicspirited and enterprising, he is largely interested in any movement to improve or to advance the welfare of his adopted county.

William H. Gold, banker, leading citizen, man-of-affairs, has taken his part in the development of the financial, agricultural, religious and social life of Redwood Falls, and is regarded as a valuable citizen in every respect. Born in Davis, Stephenson county, Illinois, March 20, 1865, he was the son of Aaron and

Ellen (Cahoon) Gold, people of sturdy eastern stock, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and New York and descended on the paternal side from German ancestry. The parents came from Pennsylvania to Illinois in 1855, where the father died in 1890 at the age of sixty-nine and where the mother passed away in 1874 at the age of forty-six. Reared in this home, William H. Gold grew to healthy boyhood on a farm. At the age of sixteen he learned the art of telegraphy and subsequently worked in this line for some ten years in Illinois, Iowa, and Minnesota. It was in this capacity that, as a young man, he came to the upper Minnesota Valley, which was designed to be the scene of his future activities. While station agent for the C, M. & St. P. at Sacred Heart in Renville county, he was impressed with the business possibilities of this region and consequently in 1886 he became interested in the lumber business, eventually resigning his railroad position to devote his entire time to that line. In 1887 in company with his brother, Prank 0. Gold, he purchased a lumber yard at Sacred Heart, which he conducted for some years. Gradually the brothers established other yards, until they owned six flourishing establishments. In 1894 William H. Gold moved to Renville, where he gradually became interested in the grain, banking and land business in connection with his brother, Prank O. Gold, and H. N. Stabeck. In 1895 W. H. Gold became vice-president of the Security Bank of Renville. In 1896 he became president and retired permanently from the lumber business. In 1902 he was succeeded by H. N. Stabeck. The following year, when the First National Bank of Renville took the place of the Security State Bank, W. H. Gold was retained as one of the directors. In the meantime, in 1898, Mr. Gold had organized the Gold-Stabeck Land and Credit Company at Renville and had conducted it for several years. This company moved in 1901 to Minneapolis and is one of the larger concerns of its kind in the Twin Cities. Among its other interests, this company controls a chain of banks. In 1901 five of these banks were located in Redwood county. They were at Redwood Palls, Belview, Revere, Vesta, and Wabasso. It was in that year that Mr. Gold came to Redwood Falls to take charge of all the Gold- Stabeck interests in this county. In 1904, he sold out his interests in the Gold-Stabeck Company and took over all their interests in Redwood county. With John P. Cooper, he organized the Gold-Copper Securities Company with Mr. Cooper as president and Mr. Gold as secretary and treasurer. This company owns a controlling interest in the State Bank of Redwood Palls, State Bank of Vesta, and the Marietta State Bank, each of which Mr. Gold is the president. In 1910, in partnership with R. W. Sears, founder of Sears, Roebuck & Company, he organized the firm of Sears and Gold, now succeeded by Gold, Wise, and Gold. This concern owns a number of farms in Redwood county and makes a specialty of breeding Holstein cattle. While one of the purposes of establishing the famous Sears and Gold Holstein herd was to make money, nevertheless, it was also its object to improve dairying conditions and raise the standard of stock in this county by selling to the farmers pure bred cattle at a nominal price. This object has succeeded and many of the farmers of the county are using stock from this famous herd to improve their own breed. In church work, Mr. Gold has been especially active, being an ardent supporter of the Methodist Episcopal denomination. A member of the board of the local church for many years, he in 1904 represented the Minnesota conference at the general conference held at Los Angeles. For ten years, he has been treasurer of the Minnesota Relief Fund Association of the Minnesota Conference and during that time has handled and invested a sum of $100,000. In Sunday school work he has been superintendent of the local school for some twelve years, was president of the Redwood County Sunday School Association for several terms and for five years was president of the State Sunday School Association. As a crowning achievement in this line, he has done efficient work for several years as trustee of Hamline University, Hamline, Minnesota, and of Parker College, Winnebago city, Minnesota. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic Order. In a quiet unostentatious way, Mr. Gold has done much for Redwood Falls. As a banker it has been his aim to develop rural resources. As a citizen, he has used his influence for every movement that has for its object the betterment of the community. As a home builder, he has created one of the substantial residences and sightly grounds of the city and as president of the Commercial Club, he has done much to promote the interests of Redwood Falls throughout the state. Coming to Sacred Heart with but little capital, save his ambition, energy, and optimism, he had made himself one of the successful men of the Northwest and the work he has accomplished is in itself the highest ecomium that could be written of his work. In spite of his unusual success, he is affable and approachable and his friendship is freely given to any worthy object. Mr. Gold was married May 15, 1889, to J. Winnifred Bennett, born January 3, 1868, daughter of C. A. and Margaret (Lee) Bennett. C. A. Bennett, pioneer newspaper man of Minnesota, founded the Granite Falls (Minn.) Journal in 1880 and published it until 1914. He is now living in retirement at Granite Falls. Mrs. Bennett died in 1872 at the age of twentytwo years. Mr. and Mrs. Gold have been blessed with seven children : Glenn W. ; Donald W. ; Lois and Lola ; Margaret ; Rhoda and Charles. Glenn W. was born April 24, 1890, and is general manager of the Gold, Wise & Gold firm. He married Josephine Griffith, of Alexandria, Minn., and lives in Redwood Falls. At the present time, he is sergeant major of the Third Battalion, Second Infantry M. N. G. on the Texas border. Donald W. was born January 7, 1893, was graduated in 1916 from the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn., and has entered the state bank 6f Vesta. Lois and Lola, born September 1, 1894, are now students at Hamline University. Margaret was born November 4, 1900, and Rhoda was born December 23, 1902. Charles, born January 31, 1905, died February 4, 1905.

John P. Cooper, financier, agriculturist, and raan-of-affairs, is descended from sturdy New England ancestry, from whom he derives a staunch vain of integrity and love of rural endeavor which have been characteristics in his splendid success. John P. Cooper was born not far from Sparta, Monroe county, Wis. March 15, 1859, the son of Isaac W. and Elizabeth (Decker) Cooper, natives of New England. He was reared on the home farm, received an excellent education in the common school and at the age of nineteen years completed the academic* course in the Sparta High School. Thus equipped, he taught school for a while. Then he went to LaCrosse, Wis., and secured some sound business experience in the employ of P. S. Davidson, a dealer in lumber and boat supplies. Returning to Sparta, he there spent another year. It was in 1883 that he came to Redwood county with four others still in the employ of Mr. Davidson, who at that time owned some seventeen thousand acres in this vicinity. In charge of this farm and a large corps Of men he farmed for Mr. Davidson for several years. He saw, however, a field of wider opportunity in the business future of Redwood Palls and consequently in 1886 came to this village and in company with S. O. Mason, under the firm name of Mason and Cooper purchased the furniture store of O. W. McMillan. A year later Mr. Cooper bought out his partner and continued to conduct the business alone until 1888 when he sold out to H. N. Bell. For several years thereafter he engaged in the real estate business and also sold musical instruments, having a large business in piano-fortes and organs throughout the county. During this period his prosperity increased to the extent that he realized the great possibilities of the banking business in Redwood Falls. Therefore in 1903 he allied himself with the Gold-Stabeck interests, together they purchased the Bank of Redwood Falls and consolidated it with the Gold-Stabeck State Bank and conducted it under the name of The Gold-Stabeck State Bank until 1908, when the name was changed to the State Bank of Redwood Falls. At the time of consolidation Mr. Cooper retained the position of viee president, an office which he has now occupied continuously since 1903. In connection with this banking institution the Gold- Cooper Securities Company was organized in 1907 with a capital of $25,000, subscribed entirely in Redwood Falls. Of this eom- pany Mr. Cooper is the president, Glenn W. Gold, vice president, W. H. Gold, secretary, and R. A. Cooper, treasurer. Another of the Cooper interests is the State Bank of Vesta of which Mr. Cooper is vice president. Since early boyhood, Mr. Cooper has been vitally interested in farming. He owns a number of farms in Redwood county, makes farming a hobby, carrying on stock farming on an extensive scale, makes a specialty of beef cattle and gives his personal attention to the management. While toiling early and late and achieving more than a man's usual degree of success Mr. Cooper has not neglected his duties as a public man and citizen. For seven years he was chairman of the board of county commissioners; for three years he was mayor of Redwood Falls and he is now serving his thirteenth year as treasurer of the board of education. He is a charter member of the Redwood Falls Lodge No. 42, Knights of Pythias and is also an active worker in the Commercial and Automobile Clubs. John P. Cooper was married November 1, 1880, to Ida M. Garrett, who was born February 7, 1856, daughter of Albert A. and Mary (Brooks) Garrett, the former of whom was a pioneer saddler of Sparta, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Cooper have two children: Myrtle and Robert A. Myrtle was born August 21, 1881, married Alfred M. Evello, a leading attorney of Lisbon, N. D., and has one child, Avis. Robert A. was born October 30, 1883, married Ruth Lyman, daughter of Dr. E. A. Lyman of Redwood Falls and is cashier of the State Bank of Redwood Falls of which his father is vice president. Isaac W. Cooper, father of John P. Cooper, was born in Connecticut and was married in Massachusetts to Elizabeth Decker, who was born in that state. After their marriage they moved to Pennsylvania and from there came to Monroe county, Wis. After farming there for some years they retired to the neighboring town of Sparta. There Mrs. Elizabeth Cooper died in 1892 at the age of sixty-five years. Her husband survived her three years, dying in 1895 at the age of seventy-five. They were pious christian people attending the Methodist Episcopal church.

Robert A. Cooper, financier, cashier of the State Bank of Redwood Falls, was born in the city where he still resides, Oct. 30, 1883, son of J. P. and Ida M. (Garrett) Cooper. He was here reared, and passed through the graded and high schools. In 1904 he entered the State Bank of Redwood Falls, in 1907 became assistant cashier, and on Jan. 1, 1914, assumed the duties of his present position. In addition to this he is treasurer of the Gold-Cooper Securities Co. Fraternally, Mr. Cooper is Master of the Blue Lodge; a Chapter and Commandery Mason, and a member of the Knights of Pythias and the I. O. O. F. Aug. 7, 1912, he married Ruth Lyman, daughter of Dr. E. A. and Blanche (French) Lyman.

Hans VL Anne, secretary and treasurer of the Anne & Thune Co., Inc., clothiers, Redwood Palls, was born in Norway, May 19, 1861, son of John and Mattie (Batsager) Anne. John Anne, the father died in Norway in 1875. The widowed mother then came to America, located at Red Wing, and later at Zumbrota, both in Goodhue county, this state, making her home with her son, Hans M., until her lamented death in 1886. Hans M. in the meantime attended school in Norway, and in 1880, at the age of nineteen came to America and located in Red Wing, this state, where he likewise attended school for a while. For some time he was clerk in C. C. Clausen's dry goods store in that city. Later he went to Zumbrota clerked in Mr. Clausen 's store in that village. After his employer's death in 1885, he started work in the general store of Fred George, also in Zumbrota. It was in 1887 that he came to Redwood Falls, and in partnership with P. M. Ringdahl engaged in the clothing business under the firm name of Anne & Ringdahl. In 1888, Gunder G. Thune bought out Mr. Ringdahl, and the firm became Aune & Thune. For nearly three decades Mr. Aune has occupied a commanding position in the life of the community, and his work has left an impression on official life in city, county and educational affairs. His term of office for four years as alderman and two terms as mayor were marked by great progress in this city. His work for the past ten years as a member of the board of county commissioners of which he is now chairman has been highly commended, his official policy combining conservatism of the people's funds with a desire to secure for the county the greatest efficiency and progress along all lines of improvement. As secretary of the board of education for the past seven years he has also rendered the people of the city distinguished service. His work in helping to organize the Redwood Falls Electric Telephone Co., of which he has been the only secretary and treasurer, marked a distinct forward move in the life of the city. Fraternally Mr. Aune is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias, and he is an able member of the Commercial Club as well as of other organizations. Mr. Aune was married Aug. 17, 1893, to Corrine Swain, of Madison, Wis., and they have four children: Hazel, Harold, Irene and Eleanor.

Gunder G. Thune, president of the Aune & Thune Co., Inc., clothiers, Redwood Falls, was born in Norway, May 14, 1855, son of Gunder and Gurie S. (Bkren) Thune, who brought the family to America in 1857, located on a homestead in Minneola, Goodhue county, this state, farmed until 1895, and then retired, the father dying in 1906 at the age of 74, and the mother still living on the home place. There the subject of this sketch was reared, attending the district schools and learning farming from his father. Later he studied in the public schools of Red Wing, and at Darling's Business College, at Rochester. For nine years he was clerk in the general store of John Anderson at Zumbrota, where he thoroughly mastered the mercantile business. With this experience he came to Redwood Falls in the spring of 1888, and bought an interest in the firm of Aune & Ringdahl, which then became Aune & Thune. Arriving here nearly thirty years ago, Mr. Thune, in the years that have passed, has become one of the prominent citizens of the city. For one term he did good service as a member of the council. In the Commercial and Automobile clubs he has been an enthusiastic "booster." Fraternally he is associated with the Knights of Pythias and other orders. A thorough business man he has taken his part in the growth of the city and county, and is an enthusiastic believer in the future of this region. Gunder G. Thune was married March 22, 1882, to Annie A. Brakke, a native of Norway, who early in life lost her parents. To Mr. and Mrs. Thune have been born four children: Mary, Josephine, Zelma and Florence, all of whom are now at home. Mary has been clerk in the office of the county auditor for the past twelve years. Zelma, a music teacher, is a graduate of the Northwestern Conservatory of Music at Minneapolis. The family faith is that of the Presbyterian denomination, in the local church of which Mr. Thune has been trustee since 1903.

The Anna & Thune Co., Inc., clothiers, Redwood Falls. The story of this company, now the leading clothing concern in Redwood county is a most interesting one, embracing as it does a small beginning/ a fire which nearly wrecked its hopes at a time when great success was dawning, a plucky new beginning, and finally its present prosperity. In 1887, Hans M. Aune, then a clerk in a general store at Zumbrota, Minn., came to Redwood Falls, and with P. M. Ringdahl, opened a small clothing store, under the firm name of Aune & Ringdahl. In 1888, Gunder G. Thune, also a Zumbrota clerk, bought out Mr. Ringdahl, and the firm became Aune & Thune. The two young men set at work with a will, toiled early and late, and by honesty, good buying, shrewdness, hard work and straightforward business methods, soon built up a large business. After a time they outgrew their original quarters, and in 1900 moved to their present site. But when the prospects for the future seemed the brightest, a fire came on Oct 22, 1903, and totally destroyed their property, entailing a loss of about $30,000. But with undaunted courage, the partners set at work, erected a splendid building, and started in again, achieving a still greater measure of prosperity than before. The store is an ideal one in every way. The building is sightly and convenient, equipped with all modern advantages. The main floor is used for sales and display rooms, and offices. The stock is large and thoroughly up-to-date, while the assortment1 is mi- usually full and complete. The basement is used for storage. In the basement also is the "Ideal" gasoline lighting system plant, by which the establishment is brilliantly illuminated throughout with gas. In addition to the Redwood store there is a branch at Dawson, Minn., operated by 0. M. Aune, a brother of Hans M. The Aune & Thune Co. was incorporated in 1913, with a capital of $50,000, the officers being: President, Gunder Q. Thune ; vice president, 0. M. Aune ; secretary and treasurer, Hans M. Aune.

Fremont W. Philbrick. While "the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong" the invariable law of destiny accords to tireless energy, industry and ability a successful career. The truth of this assertion is abundantly verified in the life of Mr. Philbrick, who is now at the head of a large general store at Redwood Falls, Minn.; and is also president of the Redwood County State Bank, of Redwood Palls, which he recently organized. He was born at Pond du Lac, Wis., May 5, 1854, and is the second son of Charles Q. and Eliza M. (Pinkham) Philbrick, the former a native of New Hampshire and the latter of Maine. By occupation the father was a carpenter and builder. Our subject was principally reared in Minnesota, where his parents removed in 1856, making their home for a number of years at Rushf ord, Fillmore county, and there his education was obtained in the public schools. At the age of sixteen years he began teaching in that county, and his first business experience was as a clerk in a general store. Later he was cashier and bookkeeper at LaCrosse, Wis., for the firm of Olson, Smith & Co., wholesale dry goods, with whom he remained for six years, and on the expiration of that period formed a partnership with W. R. Putmam of LaCrosse, under the firm name of Putnam ft Philbrick, dealing in boots, shoes, hats, caps, and men's furnishing goods. TUa connection lasted for two years, when he sold out to Mr. -Putnam and went to Milwaukee, where for a short time he was in employ of the grocery firm of Ball & Goodrich as traveling ^jjfattnan It was in 1879 that Mr. Philbrick came to Redwood <b|NlBs> where in connection with C. A. Francois, he purchased stock of general merchandise of Sickle & Wiltshire, and this IjWWtm i nln'r continued for two and a half years, when our sub- ;Sfptoft purchased Mr. Francois' interest and has since successfully r "ISHBdueted the business alone. In 1886 he erected his present r JgJfcfe store building, which is two stories in height with a basevisHmt, and is forty-eight by one hundred and twenty-four feet. J^JMs built of brick and fitted up with all modern improvements - heat, water, sewerage, electric lights and cash carrier sys- Jt is "wdl located and has every convenient arrangement the accommodation of his immense stock of goods, which ^Iwsys of the best grades and selected to meet the require- ments of his patrons. He carries everything to be found in a firstclass general dry goods store, employs an efficient corps of clerks, and by his courteous and fair treatment has gained a liberal patronage. In connection with his mercantile interests he is a large stockholder in the newly organized Redwood County State Bank, an institution destined to become one of the leading financial institutions of Redwood county; he also owns a number of farms and city residences which he rents. Mr. Philbrick is a prominent and representative citizen of Redwood Falls, and has been called upon to serve in several official positions, being a member of the city council two terms, city mayor six terms, and county commissioner four years, during which time he served as chairman of that body. While holding that office the court house and county jail were built under his personal supervision as chairman of the building committee. At one time he was asked to become a candidate for the state senate from his district, but modestly and positively declined, as he cares nothing for the honors or emoluments of public office, and prefers to confine his attention to his business interests. In the positions which he has filled, however, he has always proven himself an intelligent, capable and efficient officer, and his many friends were greatly senator. He has also been called upon to settle up several estates, disappointed that he would not become their candidate for state Fraternally he affiliates with the Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Philbrick was married in 1880 to Miss Ella V. Blair, of LaCrosse, Wis., daughter of A. A. Blair. They have one son, John Blair Philbrick.

Note. - It is with a deep feeling of sorrow that since the beginning of the compilation of this history, we have been called upon to chronicle the death of Mrs. Ella Blair Philbrick (wife of our subject, F. W. Philbrick), who passed this life on May 19, 1916. Mrs. Philbrick was a woman of rare attainments, possessing a beautiful and noble character, and was beloved by all who knew her.

Mrs. Ella Blair Philbrick. Ella V. Blair, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Blair, was born at Brandon, Vermont, July 31, 1850, and when quite young came with her parents to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, growing to womanhood in that city and taking up the art of music teaching as a vocation. She was a member of the First Congregational Church of that city and for sixteen years was a faithful member of its choir. On April 21, 1880, she was united in marriage to F. W. Philbrick, who had the year previously become a business man of Redwood Falls, Minnesota. Coming to Redwood Falls, Mrs. Philbrick at once became a prominent factor in church work and social circles. She united with the Presbyterian Church and proved herself an ardent i?OTker for many years. She became a Christian Scientist during the later years of her life and found much comfort and beauty in her new faith. She was an enthusiastic leader in the ranks of the suffrage movement and after constant agitation succeeded in perfecting an organization called the "Equality Club" and was its efficient president until failing health forced her to give it np. She was also a vice president of the Woman's Suffrage Association of Minnesota. She was a charter member of the Pythian Sisters, also a member of the Relief Corps and W. C. T. U. She had a natural gift for music and art and was the possessor of a beautiful voice which was always at the command of every worthy event. Her untimely death came as a most sorrowful blow to her many friends, occurring on May 19, 1916, just before the completion of this history. Thus has fallen the curtain of life over a most beautiful and noble character, one whom in life it was ever a pleasure to meet and know, and one by whom the world has been benefited for her having lived in it.

Francis O. Hubbard, of the Hubbard-Davis Co., clothiers, haberdashers and men's furnishers, Redwood Falls, was born at Brasher Falls, N. Y., Aug. 24, 1874, son of Reuben G. and Mary E. (Russell) Hubbard, the former of whom was a leather worker and harness maker. After the death of the father in 1885, the mother married Reuben S. Whipple who, in 1887, brought the family to Redwood Falls. Thus arriving in this city as a boy of twelve years, Francis 0. Hubbard was sent to the graded schools, and in due time graduated from the high school. With this preparation, he entered the employ of the clothing firm of Aune & Thane, in which situation he continued for some twelve years. In October, 1902, having, during his twelve years of business life not only thoroughly acquainted himself with the clothing trade but also with the needs of Redwood Falls in this line, he formed a partnership with his uncle, Geo. H. Russell, of New York, and under the firm name of F. Q. Hubbard & Co. opened his present store, assuming at once the position of active manager. The death of the uncle Sept. 15, 1905, necessitated a change in the firm, and in 1909 the Hubbard-Davis Co. was incorporated with a capital stock of $12,000, Francis G. Hubbard being president; F. W. Ferris, vice president; and George M. Davis, secretary and treasurer. In 1915, Mr. Davis was succeeded by G. E. Larson. The store is well located in the Peterson building on Washington street, carries a large stock of well selected goods and enjoys a well deserved patronage. Busy as he is with the details of bis large trade, Mr. Hubbard has found time to interest himself in public, religious and fraternal affairs. He is a director in the Redwood County Agricultural Society, and a member of j2je ^ TP. A A. M. and the K. of P., in both of which he has held otBcisl portions. The Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is a trustee, and its Sunday school, in which he has long been active, have found him an energetic and valued worker. Mr. Hubbard was married June 14, 1899, to Rosella M. Ferris, daughter of J. W. and Rhoda (Driesbock) Ferris, the former of whom is the manager of the local branch of the Standard Oil Co. Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard have one daughter, Grace Elizabeth.

James W. Inglis, D. D. 8., a well known dental practitioner of Redwood Falls and prominent man in the affairs of the Second Infantry, M. N. G., was born in Columbus, Columbia county, Wis., March 29, 1876, son of James and Isabelle (Hall) Inglis. He was there reared to young manhood, passed through the public schools of his neighborhood, was graduated from the Oshkosh (Wis.) Normal School in 1898 and from the Dental School of the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1901. Thus prepared, he went back to Columbus and opened an office where he engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1904 he came to Redwood Falls where he has since been located and where he has acquired a large clientele. His offices are well equipped and Dr. Inglis keeps well abreast of the latest trend of thought and manipulation in all departments of oral operation and hygiene. Being thoroughly ethical in the practice of his profession, Dr. Inglis has allied himself with the National, The State and The Southern . Minnesota Dental Associations. A thorough believer in education, he has taken an especial interest in the Redwood Falls public library and is now serving as one of its directors. Of military life, Dr. Inglis has made a hobby and has found in this line of endeavor, recreation and diversion. Joining Company L, Second Regiment M. N. G., he was soon elected captain, a position in which he served for three years. Upon retiring from this position he became Inspector of Small Arms on the Staff of the Colonel of the Second Infantry with the rank of captain, a position which he still retains. In connection with the military service he has won high honors as a marksman and sharpshooter. His fraternal relationships are with the Masonic and Pythian orders. James W. Inglis is descended from Scottish ancestry. His father, James, was born in Selkirk, Scotland, came to America in 1852, living in Boston two years, went to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama where he lived for three years. He then engaged in farming in Columbia county, Wis., where he is still living at the good old age of eighty-eight years and where his good wife passed away in 1913 at the age of eighty-two years. James W. Inglis was married October 25, 1904, to Minnie Swett, who was born May 18, 1872, daughter of Franklin Swett, an architect at Fond du Lac, Wis. Mrs. Inglis graduated from the Oshkosh (Wis.) State Normal School and taught school for five years. She died December 18, 1908, leaving one child, Miriam, born September 6, 1906. September 3, 1913, Dr. Inglis married Gertrude

G. Hicks, who was born November 26, 1884, daughter of Steven P. Hicks, who farms near Tracy, Minn. Mrs. Inglis graduated from Pillsbury Academy at Qwatonna, this state, and from Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, and taught school for a number of years before her marriage.

George Johnson was one of that small band of sturdy pioneers who settled in Redwood county in 1864, the first year in which people ventured to live here after the massacre. He was born in Bloom county, New York, was raised in that state and at the age of twenty-one started out in life for himself. An example of the conditions existing when he was a young man is shown by the fact that for several years he received but $7.00 a month for bis services. In 1840 filled with the sturdy spirit of the early pioneers he came westward to Wisconsin and took up a claim near the present city of Watertown. He erected a log cabin and with a team of oxen started breaking the land. So highly did he improve this place that in 1852 he was enabled to sell it for $6,000 in gold. Then he came to Minnesota and settled in Le Seuer county where he farmed for some twelve years. It was in the fall of 1864 when he ventured up the Minnesota valley, found Col. McPhail and others who had then been living a few months at Redwood Falls and after visiting with them a short time, took a claim four miles east in Honner township. There he again started pioneer life. He constructed a shack, farmed with a team of oxen, lived on the simplest of fare and endured all the hardships, toils and privations incident to life in the frontier country. In 1876, ripe in wisdom and experience, he retired from active life and took up a home in Redwood Palls. He died while visiting his former home in Le Seuer.

Henry D. Everett, pioneer Redwood Falls hotel keeper, and developer of one of Redwood county's best farms, was born in Orange county, New York, descended from a long line of sturdy Welsh pioneers of that state. As a young man he became a harness maker and carriage trimmer. In 1857 he moved to Ripon, Wisconsin, and from there to Berlin, Wisconsin. In both of these cities he followed his trade, and in the meantime developed a farm lying midway between the two places. It was in 1878 that he came to Redwood Falls, and became proprietor of the old "Commercial Hotel," located on the present site of the jail. Later he conducted the "Exchange Hotel,1 9 located on the present site of the "McAllister Hotel.' ' About 1890, he moved to what is now the Alexander farm, west of the fair grounds, and developed this farm into one of the best in the county. Eleven years later he retired and moved to a pleasant home on Wyoming street, in Iiamberton's addition, Redwood Falls. Here he died in 1902. jfr- Everett was a man of genial temperament and energetic dfapotntion, and was widely known and liked. At one time he served on the city council of Redwood Falls. He was married in Orange county, New York, to Caroline Mather, a direct descendant of Cotton Mather, the Plymouth colonist. This union was blessed with five children: Charles V., Elizabeth, Edward S., Janette and Fannie. Charles V. is treasurer of Redwood county. Elizabeth is the widow of E. D. McClintock, and lives in Minneapolis. Edward S. is now traveling in Wisconsin, having until recently lived in Everett, Washington. Janette married O..L. Dornberg, and died in 1884. Fannie teaches in Seattle, Washington. The mother died at her home, while on a visit, in 1915. ington. The mother died at her home, while on a visit, in 1915.

Charles V. Everett, county official, public spirited citizen, and man of affairs, has been connected with the official life of Redwood county since 1885, and there is probably no man better acquainted with the county's records and transactions than he. In addition to his county work, he has been prominent as a fraternity man, as an officer of the county fair, as chief of the fire department, and as one of the energetic " boosters' ' of Redwood county and Redwood Falls. He was born in Orange county, New York, Sept. 3, 1852, son of Henry D. and Caroline (Mather) Everett, both of old Colonial stock. He was brought to Wisconsin by his parents and received his early education in the schools of Ripon and Berlin, in that state. In 1875 he went to Boston, Mass., and took a two years' course in Comer's Commercial College. In 1878 he joined his parents in Wisconsin, and with them came to Redwood Falls the same year. For a time he engaged in the hotel business with his father and for a time in the livery business with E.. D. McClintock. In the early eighties he became assistant to Till Tibbetts, then county surveyor. Jan. 4, 1887, he succeeded Mr. Tibbetts, and held office until Jan. 3, 1893. Since that time he has continued his interest in civil engineering and has done more or less surveying even to the present time. Mr. Everett worked in the auditor's office under Till Tibbetts who took office in 1887, and Andrew H. Anderson who took office in 1891. In 1895, when Charles W. Mead became sheriff in place of Casper Blethen, resigned, Mr. Everett became his deputy. Again, under Isaac N. Tompkins, who took office in 1899, he became deputy auditor, and so continued under Lars P. Larson who took office in 1907. When N. V. R. Hunter died in August, 1911, Mr. Everett was appointed treasurer, in which position he still remains. He was a charter member of the I. 0. 0. F., and belongs to the Masons, the Foresters and the Maccabees. He has been secretary of the county fair for some years, and was at one time village marshal of Redwood Falls. The family faith is that of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Everett was married Sept. 14, 1887, to Jennie Geraldson, born Sept. 17, 1870. This union has been blessed with two children, Helen and Harold

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Ben, Helen was born July 21, 1891, graduated from the Albert Lea College, Albert Lea, Minn., in 1914, and is now a teacher in Columbus, Mont. Harold Ben was born Feb. 9, 1894. He has been assisting his father in his official duties, but is now on the Mexican border with Company L., Second Regiment, Minnesota National Guard.

Marion F. Johnson, assistant superintendent of the beautiful Ramsey State Park in Redwood Falls, has lived in this county longer than any other man, coming here when there were only a few scattered cabins. He has watched a pioneer country, but recently ravished by the Indians, developed year by year into one of the most prosperous communities of the Northwest. During the nearly half century which he has lived here as boy and man he has had his part in the development and upbuilding of the community and is one of the most honored and revered citizens of this part of the Minnesota Valley. Mr. Johnson was born in Watertown, Wis., Oct. 22, 1849, son of George and Mary (Calph) Johnson, both natives from New York state. He was taken by his parents to LeSeuer county in 1852 and brought by them to Redwood Falls and Honner township in 1864. Upon his first arrival in Redwood Falls he slept for a time in the famous McPhail cabin which is now reserved as a historic landmark in the park of which he is assistant superintendent. At the age of seventeen he struck out for himself, but two years later returned home and at the age of twenty-one was presented by his father with eighty acres of land. This by diligent effort he developed and improved. He erected some splendid buildings as conditions required and in time had one of the finest farms in the neighborhood. In 1905 he retired from farm life and in 1911 disposed of his farm holdings. He has been engaged in his present work at the park since 1912. A republican in politics, Mr. Johnson has seen considerable public life both in Sheridan and Redwood Falls townships. He was chairman of the town board, overseer, roadmaster and member of the school board in Sheridan. While in Redwood Falls he has been a councilman and a member of the board of education. His fraternal affiliation is with the Odd Fellows. Mr. Johnson was married in 1876 to Mary E. Stegner, who died in 1906. In 1913 he married Mrs. Laura Peck. He is the father of ten children: Hannah, Mary, Josephine, Benjamin, George, Alwilda, Leonard, Sarah, Bessie, and Florence.

Frank Olague, lawyer, former representative and senator of the state, was born in Ohio, came to Minnesota in 1881, attended the common schools and Mankato State Normal School and taught school for five years. Then he read law in the office of Pfau & Young of Mankato and was admitted to the bar in November, 1891- He practiced law at Lamberton, Minn., until Jan. 1, 1910, when l*e located in the city of Redwood Falls where he now resides. He was county attorney of Redwood county from 1895 to 1903 ; state representative from 1903 to 1907, being speaker of the House during the session of 1905; and state senator, representing Redwood and Brown counties, 1907 to 1915. He was vvice president of the Senate and chairman of the finance commission during the sessions of 1911 and 1913. Mr. Clague does a general law business, is interested in farming and banking. At present he is director of the State Bank of Redwood Falls and Resident of the First National Bank of Lamberton, also president of Lamberton Land Company. Fraternally he is associated with the A. F. & A. M., commander of the Redwood Falls Commandery and is a thirty-second degree Mason. He is also a member of the K. P., I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E. and M. W. A. lodges. Mr. Clague was married in 1895 to Stella Porter, a daughter of John and Ellen Porter of Vernon Center, Blue Earth county, Minn.

August 0. Burmeister, proprietor of the Redwood Falls Roller Mills and Electric Light plant, was born in Hille, Germany, April 9, 1861, son of Frederick Burmeister, a farmer in Germany, who died in 1900 at the age of eighty-two and his wife, Anna (Hopman) Burmeister, who died in 1887 at the age of fifty years. August C. Burmeister came to America in 1877 and worked as a miller in Irving, New York, for two years. The next few years were spent at various places, one year in Milwaukee; one year in Milf ord, Wis. ; another year in Milwaukee ; two years in Madison, Wis. ; and two years in Lake Mills and Madison, Wis. In the fall of 1889 he came to Redwood Falls and bought the Redwood Falls Roller Mills. When he purchased the plant it had a capacity of fifty barrels per day; now it has an output of 125 barrels per day. It is thoroughly modern, equipped with both water and steam power. In 1898 an electric light plant was started and run in connection with the mill until 1909, when a suitable building was erected and modern machinery installed. It is located on the bank of the Redwood river, north of Redwood Falls. It uses an alternating current of 300 horsepower and 200 kilowatt and serves Morgan, Morton, Franklin and North Redwood. At the present time Mr. Burmeister is installing a public heating plant which will supply the business houses. Seven men are regularly employed at his plant and much extra help is frequently engaged. Mr. Burmeister is one of the prominent men of Redwood Falls and holds several responsible positions. He was president of the First National Bank of Redwood Falls for some time and at present is the vice president and chairman of the board of directors. For four years he has been a member of the city colincil and also of the board of education. Mr. Burmeister1 was married Sept. 10, 1887, to Lillian J. Hooper, born Dec. 24, 1863. Her father, Richard Hooper, a miller at Lake

Mills, "Wis., was born in Cornwall and died in 1912 at the age of eighty-five years.' The mother, Abigail (Lent) Hooper, now lives at Lake Mills. Mr. and Mrs. Burmeister have had five children : Edith, Winnifred, Margaret, Charles and Augusta. Edith was born June 17, 1889. After graduating from the Redwood Falls high school, she entered Hamline University, and was there graduated in 1912. Subsequently she taught school at Elmore, Minn., a year. She is now the wife of L. Parsons, who is proprietor of a garage at Amboy, Minn. Margaret was born Feb. 17, 1902. After graduating from the Redwood Falls high school, she entered the Illinois Women's College, at Jacksonville, HI., and was there graduated in 1915. She is now teaching at Buffalo, Minn. Charles was born Aug. 27, 1905, and is doing well at his studies in the Redwood Falls schools. Augusta is dead.

Ole J. Bollum, superintendent of the county home, was born in Goodhue county, Dec. 5, 1862, son of Ole and Helena (Opegaard) Bollum. The father was born in Norway, came to America in 1862, engaged in farming in Belvidere township, Goodhue county and remained there until his death in 1893 at the age of seventysix years. He was married in 1847 and his wife died in 1914 at the age of ninety-three years. Ole J. Bollum remained at home until his marriage in 1886 when he engaged in farming for himself. In 1892 he left Goodhue county and entered the general merchandise and hotel business at Boyd, Minn. At the end of seven years his property burned and he moved to Hanley Falls, where he engaged in the hotel and grain business until 1908. Then for three years he sold monuments for Pentony Bros, in Redwood Falls. His ability attracted attention, and on June 15, 1912, he was appointed to his present position as superintendent of the county home and county farm. No better a man could have been chosen. With good business ability, and executive talent, he combines a special aptitude for solving the many problems incident to his position, and both his work and his Worth are highly regarded throughout the county. The county home has twenty-six acres of land on the western side of the city. There is a fine building costing about $17,000, accommodating abont twenty people. There are from. 10 to 15 inmates at the present time. Mr. Bollum was married May 26, 1886, to Annie Carlson, born July 19, 1867, in Norway. Her father, Karl Carlson, was born in Norway and came to America in 1870, living at Frontenac, Goodhue county till his death, January, 1906, at the age of sixty-nine years. Her mother, Karina (Loekken) Carlson died in 1899 at the age of seventy-two. Mr. and Mrs. Bollum have had four children: Claude O., born Nov. 5, 1887, and died April 14, 1889; tester O., born June 6, 1889, died July 29, 1913; Edwin H- »nd Edith C. (twins), born Aug. 13, 1894. Edwin H. is clerk for Aune & Thune, in Redwood Palls.

John Clark, a retired farmer of Redwood Palls, Minn., was born in Scotland, Oct. 15, 1844, son of John and Margaret (Sinclair) Clark. The father was born in 1803 and emigrated in 1856, with his family to Ontario, Canada, where he bought 100 acres on which he lived until his death in 1877. The mother was born in 1813 and died in Ontario in 1890. Of the nine children in the family living, John and his sister, Catherine, now Mrs. Archie Currie, of western Canada, are the only ones living. John Clark left the parental roof at twenty years of age 'and bought 100 acres near his father's place on which he lived until 1879. In that year he came to Redwood county and bought 80 acres in Redwood Palls township. Later many improvements and additions were made until at one time he owned 600 acres, on which he made a specialty of raising grain and breeding swine, cattle and horses. The farm was well situated in a fine grove and was further beautified by a small apple orchard of about two and a half acres. Here he lived until 1913 when he retired and moved to Redwood Falls where he owns a pleasant home surrounded by three acres of well kept grounds. As the children grew to maturity he gave each one of them a portion of the farm. His son, Chester, is now living on the old homestead, the other children all having sold their portions and moved away. Mr. Clark has taken great interest in the activities of the community and has been chairman of the board of supervisors of Redwood Falls township for four years. He was trustee of the school board of district No. 46 for nine years, and for fifteen years he was assessor of Redwood Falls township. In politics he is a Republican. The family faith is that of the Christian church. Mr. Clark was married Nov. 5, 1864, to Mary Jane Caldwell, a lady of Scotch descent, born in Ireland, Jan. 5, 1847, daughter of James and Margaret (Morrison) Caldwell. From Ireland, the Caldwell family came to Canada'in 1848, where the parents died, the father on January 17, 1869, and the mother, Feb. 8, 1878, leaving four children: James, now of Michigan; John, now of Colorado; Mary, now Mrs. John Clark; and Roger, now deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Clark are the proud forebears of eighteen children, thirty-one grandchildren and one great grandchild. John, born Sept. 2, 1865, lives in Regina, Canada, and has six children ; Margaret, born Sept. 18, 1866, now widow of Qeo. L. Evans of Redwood Falls, has eight children and one grandchild; James, born Nov. 1, 1868, of North Dakota, has four children ; Flora, born March 15, 1867, now Mrs. T. S. Wilcox, Wabasso, Minn., has four children; Rebecca, born Nov. 22, 1869, now Mrs. Charles Beers of Redwood Falls township, has three children; Daniel, born April 1, 1870, is a merchant at Minneapolis ; Alfred, born August 16, 1872, is a lawyer at Portland, Ore. ; Alexander, born August 9, 1874, lives in Regina, Canada, and has three children; Fred, born l$ov. 6, 1876, of Sacramento, Cal., has two children; Jennie E., born July 12, 1879, is Mrs. Prank Stanford, Denver, Colo.; Catherine, born April 20, 1881, is now Mrs. Dalbert Hicks, Regina, Can., and has one child; Lillian, born Jan. 16, 1881, now Mrs. Chas. Walker, lives in California; Malcolm, born Sept. 4, 1882, lives in Portland, Ore., where he is a lawyer; Dorothy, born Sept. 17, 1883, is a high school principal; Maude, born May 29, 1884, now Mrs. Earl Butcher, resides in Redwood county ; Isabelle, born Jan. 6, 1886, is a school teacher at Minot, N. D. ; Chester, born June 11, 1890, lives on the old homestead; and Blanche, born March 21, 1892, is a school teacher at International Falls, Minn

William A. Brand, M. D., was born in Faribault, Minn., Feb. 26, 1876, son of Charles and Mary (Bury) Brand. His father was born in Germany in 1842 and came to America in 1860, locating in Illinois where he lived until 1867. Feb. 16, 1865, he enlisted in Company L., First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, saw service at Chattanooga, Tenn., and was discharged Sept. 27, 1865. In 1867 he located in Waseca count, Minnesota, where he homesteaded in Blooming Grove township. In 1880 he moved to Lac qui Parle county, Minnesota, and in 1885 to Big Stone City, South Dakota, where he conducted a nursery until his death in 1907. He was a member of the German Evangelical church, a class leader, and a very strong and active prohibitionist all his life. The mother was born in Berne, Switzerland, Dec. 1, 1840, came to America in 1848, and now lives in Big Stone City, South Dakota. William A. Brand graduated from the high school of Milbank, South Dakota, in 1899 and from the University of Minnesota in 1904, receiving the degree of M. D. He took up post-graduate work in the Chicago, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat College and in the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary, and June 14, 1904, located in Redwood Palls, where he has developed a very large practice. Dr. Brand is a member of the "Nu Sigma Nu" fraternity and of the state and national medical societies, also of the county society, being secretary of the county society from 1906 to 1910. He is very active in politics and was chairman for two years of the County Republican Central Committee in Redwood county and for three years in Grant county, South Dakota. Since 1909 he has served as county health officer. From 1906 to 1910 he served as city health officer. Prom 1907 to 1909 he served on the school board and is now a member of the public library board. Fraternally he is affiliated with the I. O. O. P., A. O. U. W., M. W. A., E. P. U., and with the K. P., in which he has held all of the chairs and is a trustee. He was also active in organizing Company L of the Second regiment of the Minnesota National Guards at Redwood Falls and was first sergeant for three years. He also was influential in getting a new armory and is now the company 's medical examiner. Other positions of honor now held by Dr. Brand are : Examining surgeon for United States Marine Corps, member of legislative council of American Medical Association for Minnesota, examining physician for advisory commission of State Sanatorium for Consumptives. Dr. Brand was married June 29, 1904, to Irene M. Ross, daughter of John Ross, a contractor and builder of Bemidji, and his wife Margaret (Shattuck) Ross, who died in 1914. Dr. and Mrs. Brand have two children: Berenice E., born Oct. 20, 1905, and William Ross, born March 21, 1912.

John Whittet, builder, contractor and agriculturist, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, Feb. 28, 1809, and was reared to the building trades. In August, 1850, he came to America and secured a tract of land in Sumner township, Jefferson county, Wisconsin, where he farmed until his lamented death, June 2, 1870. His wife, Janet Watson, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, Aug. 19, 1821, and died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Otto O. Striegl, at Milton Junction, Rock county, Wisconsin, June 2, 1911. The children in the family were six: John, of Redwood county; George, of Redwood county; William, of Rock county, Wisconsin ; Thomas, of Redwood county ; and Lena, now Mrs. Otto G. Striegl, of Rock county, Wisconsin. + V V UtortUt ^«8u*o*> fcjtfj

Job Bunting was born in England, was there reared, and as a young man came to America and located in Wisconsin, where he married Mary Nobles, also a native of the same country. In their family there were six children : Isaac, now of Dane county, Wisconsin; Joseph, now of Delhi, this county; Amos, now of Dane county, Wisconsin ; Salina, wife of Henry Abbott, of Edgerton, Wisconsin ; Elizabeth, now wife of Arthur Vickers, of Albion, Wisconsin ; and Alice, wife of David W. Whittet, of this county.

David W. Whittet, agriculturist, man-of-affairs and former county commissioner, has lived in Redwood county fpr more than forty-five years and has witnessed all the marvelous changes by which the county has changed from a wild frontier region into a well-settled, prosperous farming community of wealth and progress. He was born in Scotland, Sept. 24, 1848, son of John and Jennette (Watson) Whittet, who brought him to Jefferson county, Wisconsin, in 1850. There he was reared and educated. In 1871 he came to Redwood county, and with his brother John bought 160 acres in section 35, Delhi township. Later John traded his interest to his brother George. David W. in addition to this has acquired a tract of 105 acres in section 2, Redwood township. For many years Mr. Whittet carried on general farming in a successful manner. His son now occupies the farm and raises general mixed crops. For many years Mr. Whittet was too busy developing his farm to accept public office, though he was from the very beginning interested in the progress and better- ment of the whole community. Later he began to assume many public responsibilities. For twelve years he served on the board of supervisors, part of the time as chairman. For a time he was township assessor. His excellent work for the township attracted attention, and he was elected county commissioner, serving for six years with credit to himself and to the satisfaction of his fellow-citizens. Fraternally, Mr. Whittet is a member of Redwood Falls Lodge, No. 91, A. F. & A. M. Mr. Whittet was married March 22, 1868, to Alice Bunting, born in Dane county, Wisconsin, May 15, 1848, daughter of Job and Mary (Nobles) Bunting, and this union has been blessed with four children: Byron, William, Mary Jessie, and James. Byron was born Feb. 2, 1871; William, Feb. 8, 1875; Mary Jessie, Aug. 27, 1877, and James, June 3, 1883. There are also eighteen grandchildren, fourteen boys and four girls.

William O. Ward, attorney, civil engineer, legislator and veteran of the Civil war, was born in Oneida county, New York, Dec. 27, 1830, and was there reared. As a young man he came to Madison, Wisconsin, and there, in 1858, he took up the study of law with Wood & Blake. Later he had such men as Matt. Baldwin and George B. Smith for his preceptors. Thus prepared, he was admitted to the bar, Judge Harlow S. Orton being the presiding judge when he was admitted. When the call came for troops to defend the Union, Mr. Ward enlisted and served throughout the conflict. Upon coming to Minnesota, Mr. Ward was made chief engineer on the Winona & St. Peter Railroad. Mr. Ward became a prominent man, represented his district in the legislature several terms, and in 1880 was a candidate for member of Congress on the Republican ticket. In December, 1852, Mr. Ward married Martha Dodge. She died in November, 1865, leaving two children: Clarence Tully Ward, formerly of Redwood Falls, Minnesota, now deceased, and Anna Lucretia, now the widow of E. A. Hendrickson, of Minneapolis. For his second wife, Mr. Ward married Ella Trowbridge, and to this union there were born four children: Mattie, widow of D. L. Cummings, of Waseca, Minnesota; Rosco P., of Waseca; Florence, now Mrs. C. H. Watson, of Waseca ; and Earl Whipple, of Canada.

Clarence Tully Ward, for many years one of Redwood Falls' most eminent as well as most popular citizens, was born in Booneville, New York, Sept. 15, 1854, son of William Q. and Martha (Dodge) Ward. As a boy he was brought to Madison, Wisconsin. When the Civil war broke out and the father enlisted in the army, the duty of helping support the family fell upon young Clarence, and in after-life he often told with relish of selling papers on the streets of Madison to bring in a little money for his mother. In 1868 he came to Minnesota and joined his father at Wadeca. After attending school there for a while he took the four years' course in Shattuck Military Academy at Faribault, this state, and then studied two years in the University of Minnesota. Then he entered the law office of Davis, O'Brien & Wilson at St. Paul. Thus prepared he was admitted to the bar and entered into partnership with E. A. Hendrickson, at St. Paul. In November, 1882, he came to Redwood Falls and entered into partnership with his father-in-law, Judge H. D. Baldwin. Later they discontinued the practice of law, purchased the private banking business of George Brayley, and established the Redwood County Bank. He was city recorder in 1884, and was mayor of Redwood Falls in 1886. He assisted in the material upbuilding of the city by erecting several buildings on Main street. Fraternally he was a chapter, commandery and blue lodge Mason and a member of the Knights of Pythias. Mr. Ward was a generous, liberal-hearted man, and made friends wherever he went. His death, May 25, 1893, was sincerely mourned. He was married, Dec. 21, 1876, to Annie Elizabeth Baldwin, who was born in Dunkirk, Wisconsin, daughter of H. D. Baldwin. Three children were born to this couple : Ella, born Aug. 8, 1879, and died March 12, 1888; Clinton B., born Aug. 10, 1881, and died Nov. 7, 1882 ; and Harry W., now of Redwood Falls.

Harry W. Ward, the present city recorder of Redwood Falls, was born in Redwood Falls, April 3, 1884, son of Clarence T. and Annie E. (Baldwin) Ward. The father was born in 1854 and came from Waseca to Redwood in 1882, and with H. D. Baldwin opened the Baldwin & Ward Bank, now the First National Bank. He remained with this institution until his death, 1892. The mother was born in 1855 and was* a daughter of H. D. Baldwin. Harry W. Ward attended the public schools and the high school and finished his education at Macalester College and at Shattuck College of Faribault. He turned his attention to the banking business and organized the State Bank of Carlyle, Carlyle, South Dakota, becoming its president until the fall of 1912, when he went into the real estate and insurance business in Redwood Falls. Jan. 19, 1914, he was appointed city recorder, and in January, 1915, was elected to the same office for the ensuing term. Mr. Ward is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and also of the K. P. He is a member of the Episcopal church. He was married Oct. 5, 1906, to Mary Dunnington, born Feb. 7, 1886, daughter of T. E. and Mary Dunnington. Her father is a tobacco dealer of Malta, Ohio. He has served as postmaster for sixteen years. Mr. and Mrs. Ward have one child, Grace, born Dec. 22, 1907.

Darwin L. Bigham, for nearly fifty years a resident of Redwood county, has, since the earliest days, been a vital factor in its growth and progress. He was born in Hamilton, Ohio, Nov. 24,

1843, son of William and Martha (Ross) Bigham. He received an excellent early education at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and was graduated as a ci^il engineer in the fall of 1866. He came to Minneapolis and engaged in the produce business with A. L. Whitney, under the firm name of Whitney & Bigham, the store being located on Bridge Square. In connection with this store, Mr. Bigham traveled extensively through Minnesota, buying butter, eggs, potatoes, beans, onions and the like, thus supplying the farmers with ready cash and bringing to Minneapolis many much needed staple articles of food. In 1867 he decided to locate in Redwood Falls. The place on account of its natural beauty and future possibilities had appealed strongly both to his artistic and business sense. With Henry Baker, he set out from Minneapolis with a horse team, passed through Watertown, Green Leaf, New Ulm, Ft. Ridgely and Beaver Falls, crossed the Martell Ferry at the Lower Sioux Agency, and reached his future residence. Upon his arrival here, he purchased the Honner cabin, facing north on the alley which now divides block - . Mr. Honner continued to live in one gride of the house. Mr. Bigham began to deal in land and early in 1868 opened the first lumber yard west of New Ulm. This he continued for several years. Daring the grasshopper period he lost many thousands of dollars in bad debts and it took him many years to recoup himself. Mr. Bigham has served as county surveyor at intervals since the earliest days and has been prominent in road, bridge, and ditch building. For several years he did most efficient service as county superintendent of schools. In connection with his business he has traveled extensively in Minnesota, North and South Dakota, and he has also visited the Argentine Republic, staying several months each time. He has been on the township board, on the village council, on the board of education and has served in other positions of public trust and private honor. Mr. Bigham was married Aug. 18, 1867, to Anna Stimson, who was born in England, Dec. 31, 1842. Mr. and Mrs. Bigham have been blessed with six children: Zelma, Martha, William, Lydia, Addie G., and Darwin R. Zelma is the wife of Robert Turrell, a civil engineer for the Great Northern Railway at Havre, Montana. Martha married Frank Colver, who has been connected with the St. Paul Despatch for some twenty years. William R. died in 1890 at the age of nineteen. Lydia A. married F. A. Searing, secretary of the Board of Trade at Mankato, Minnesota. Addie G., a linotype operator, is at home. Darwin R. is a farmer in Montana.

Angus D. McRae, register of deeds, was born in Ontario, Canada, on Dec. 14, 1874, a son of John D. and Mary (Matheson) McRae. Mr. McRae lived at home with his parents until he was about seventeen years of age. In 1894 he graduated from the ffleepy Bye high school, after which he attended the Mankato normal school for one year. Mr. McRae then taught two years in the public schools of Brown county, and on Sept. 10, 1897, he started the newspaper known as the Sanborn Sentinel at Sanborn, Minnesota. He continued running this paper until the fall of 1908, at which time he was elected register of deeds of Redwood county, and has since been re-elected three times, and still occupies that position. Mr. McRae was postmaster of Sanborn, Minnesota, from the spring of 1903 until Jan. 1, 1909. He was also treasurer of the village of Sanborn for three years. Mr. McRae is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and of the Knights of Pythias. He is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has filled all the chairs in the same. Mr. McRae was married on Nov. 29, 1901, to Margaret E. Dotson. Mrs. McRae was bom Nov. 9, 1875, and graduated from the high school of Santa Cruz, California. She was a teacher in the public schools of Redwood county for four years. She is a daughter of Enos P. and Emma (Knapp) Dotson. Mr. Dotson was a grain dealer at Sanborn, Minnesota, for twenty-eight years; he was the organizer of the State Bank of Sanborn, and was its president for many years. He was also mayor of the village of Sanborn for thirteen years. Mr. Dotson (age 63) and Mrs. Dotson (age 57) are now living at Santa Cruz, California. Angus D. McRae 's father, John D. McRae, was born and raised in Ontario ; he moved to the United States in 1879, and farmed in Home township, Brown county, until the fall of 1913, at which time he gave up farming and moved to Maxville, Ontario, where he still lives in good health at the age of eighty-two years. The mother is still living at the age of seventy-four years with her husband at the same .place.

Rudolph Stensvad, better known as "Rud.M Stensvad, creameryman, garage owner, dealer in automobiles, accessories and supplies, is one of that long list of men who have added distinction to the mayor's chair of the city of Redwood Falls. Energetic and progressive, he has taken an interest alike in rural and city development, and has had his share in the modern upbuilding of the county. He was born on a farm in New Richland township, Waseca county, this state, March 11, 1874, son of A. J. Stefnsvad and Ingeborg Rollefsdotter, who came from Norway as young people, were married in Waseca county, and farmed in New Richland township the remainder of their days, the father dying in 1904 and the mother in 1881. "Rud." attended the district schools of his neighborhood and was reared on the home farm. At the age of seventeen he became an apprentice buttermaker in the North Star Creamery in his native township. Seeing the need of better preparation, he entered the State Dairy School of the University of Minnesota at St. Anthony. He graduated in the spring of 1892, and went to Belvidere Mills,

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Minn., where he engaged in creamery work. He was similarly employed in Bird Island from 1893 to 1894, and in Hartland from 1894 to 1898. Then he and his brothers, Ole and John, went to Iowa and purchased creameries at Rock Valley, Marcus, and Hull. The Hull creamery came under the direct management of the subject of this sketch, who successfully conducted it until 1907. It was that year that he sold out, came to Redwood Falls, and purchased the old Farmers' Co-operative Creamery. He disposed of the old building, moved the equipment to its present location at the corner of Mill and Third streets, purchased new machinery, installed new systems in various departments, and built up a splendid institution, making himself one of the leading creamerymen of the Northwest. In April, 1916, he purchased the Lobdell Garage, securing the equipment, and leasing the building for two years, with the option of buying at any time during these two years. Of his future plans, the Redwood Gazette at that time said: "Mr. Stensvad will have associated with him his two sons, both of whom understand automobiles, repairs, battery work, etc., thoroughly. A complete Cadillac service station will be installed in the garage. Mr. Stensvad having been the Cadillac representative for southwestern Minnesota for several years, will continue the agency, along with the garage business proper. The agency for United States tires and supplies will also be continned and also the Willard storage battery station, special attention being paid to the recharging and keeping in order of batteries.

"Mr. Stensvad has had broad experience with automobiles and all lines of work connected with them. His new quarters, which Mr. Lobdell leaves splendid equipped for all lines of work, give a fine opportunity to both Mr. Stensvad and his sons to put their knowledge to use to the best advantage and to render better service to the public than ever before. The many friends whom Mr. Stensvad has made during his Redwood Falls residence are pleased that he is to continue his work under the more favorable conditions of the new establishment. Every one is confident that the success of the Lobdell garage will be continued under the new proprietorship.' ' The months that have passed since then have more than justified these expectations, and Mr. Stens- / vad is building up a substantial business, which is rapidly increasing in size and importance. Mr. Stensvad is the secretary and treasurer and executive committee member of the Retail Automobile Dealers' Association, which has for its object and motto " Standardization of the automobile business, making it a business, not a game." Since 1912 he has been president of the Redwood County Agricultural Society, and to his efforts and devoted work is largely due its splendid reputation throughout the state. Politically, Mr. Stensvad has been very active. For twp terms he has been on the city council, and for one term did excellent service as mayor. He is secretary of the Redwood County Central Democratic Committee, and has been a delegate to state Democratic conventions. 'For two terms he has managed the political campaigns of Hon. Joseph R. Keefe. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Masonic and Pythian orders. Mr. Stensvad was married at Hartland, Minnesota, July 26, 1895, to Lina Sibilrud, born Nov. 1, 1878, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Julius C. Sibilrud. Mr. and Mrs. Stensvad have been blessed with three children, Ingolf M., born Jan. 8, 1897; Julian Arthur, born June 20, 1898, and Norma Agnes, born Jan. 26, 1902. Both of the sons are employed by their father as mechanics.

Donald Stewart, a sturdy pioneer of Redwood county, was born in Campbellton, Scotland, May 1, 1834, son of Hugh and Annie (McLean) Stewart, descended from the ancient royal Stewart clan of that country. The former came to Canada when Donald was a boy. There they lived for a number of years. From there in 1860 Donald Stewart and his brothers, Archibald, Andrew and John, came to Wabasha county, this state. It is worthy of note that all of these four brothers afterwards came to Redwood county and all became prominent and prosperous citizens, Andrew being the only one of the four who is now living. Donald Stewart arrived in Redwood county in the fall of 1871 and secured a half section of land in sections 10 and 15, Redwood Falls township. His first building was a frame shanty 16 by 24 feet, which in later years was converted into a granary. Beginning to farm on a small scale and gradually breaking more and more of his land, Mr. Stewart in time attained unusual prosperity. Of sturdy Scotch principles, he early espoused the prohibition cause and fought hard for his belief in the days when temperance was not so popular as it is at the present time. At one time he was a candidate for the legislature. A thorough believer in education, he served for some years as a school director. It is worthy of note that Mr. Stewart specialized in the dairy business at the time when many others believed that this county was more adapted to the feeding and shipping of stock and would never become a leading cow district. His active life was brought to an untimely end July 2, 1896, when he was killed in a runaway accident. Mr. Stewart was married in London, Canada, July 1, 1861, going back to Canada from his farm in Wabasha county to claim his bride. His wife, Catherine (Watson), was born in Scotland, June 1, 1833, came to Canada as a girl, lived with her husband some ten years in Wabasha county, came to Redwood county with him, was an admirable helpmate in all his endeavors, and survived her husband by two years, dying Nov. 30, 1898. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart were the parents of eight children: Annie L. is the wife of Andrew D. Smith, of

Pax ton township, Redwood county, Minnesota; Andrew D. is a farmer of Redwood Falls township, Redwood county ; Margaret, of Seattle, Washington; Robert, of Redwood Palls township; Archie, deceased ; Belle, now Mrs. W. J. McDonald, of Walnut Grove, Redwood county; John, of Melford, Minnesota; Catherine, now Mrs. Francis Pollard, of Morgan, Redwood county.

Andrew D. Stewart, agriculturist, man-of-affairs, and public speaker, was born in Wabasha county, this state, March 31, 1864, son of Donald and Catherine (Watson) Stewart, and was still a boy of tender years when his parents brought him to Redwood county in 1871. Here he was reared to agricultural pursuits and received his early education in the little red schoolhouse of district four, the fourth public school erected in this county. Later he attended the Winona State Normal School for two years. Thus equipped with the groundwork of the education, which he has since increased by deep reading and wide observation, he started teaching school in this county, serving schools at Delhi, North Eedwood, and district No. 61 in Sheridan township. For several years the father and three sons, Andrew D., Robert, and John, farmed together on the old homestead, improving and developing it in various ways. In 1894 the partnership was dissolved, Andrew D. taking two hundred and eighty acres in sections 15 and 16, Redwood Falls township, and Robert taking a similar tract. It was at that time that Andrew D. moved into a small frame house on his present farm. By diligent labor and industrious effort, Mr. Stewart increased his farm to its present size of 600 acres. In 1899 he built his splendid present residence, and as necessity has required he has erected various barns and outbuildings. At the present time he is erecting a second set of buildings with the intention of dividing his farm into two divisions, both of which will be devoted largely to dairying and cattle feeding. A feature of this new set of buildings will be a concrete barn 34 by 64 feet. Nearly all of the farm which goes with these new buildings is tiled and fenced and the whole place will constitute one of the best rural estates in the county. As a public man, Mr. Stewart is widely known. He has perfected himself in the art of oratory and his services in this regard have been greatly in demand in Sunday school assemblies, farmers9 picnics, social affairs. Aside from his farm holdings in Redwood county, he owns a half interest in a tract of three hundred fifty acres in Cass county, this state. A sincere friend of the farmer and true believer in rural co-operative effort, he has been secretary of the Redwood Falls Farmers Mutual Insurance Company nearly twenty-five years. He is president of the Redwood County Rural Telephone Company, director of the Farmers Elevator Company of Redwood Falls, secretary of the State Mutual Creamery and Cheese Factory Fire Insurance Company, and secretary of the State Association of Farmers Mutual Insurance Companies. Active in religious work, he is president of the Redwood County Sunday School Association. His business holdings, in addition to stock in these various associations and companies, include stock in the State Bank of Redwood Falls, of which he is one of the directors, and in the Redwood Falls Keystone Silo Company, of which he is president and an active moving factor. An independent thinker, he has always chosen the course which he has believed to be right, regardless of political parties. He has been a candidate for a seat in the lower house of the Minnesota state legislature, has served the township as assessor for two years, and has been school clerk of his district for eight years. All in all, Mr. Stewart is a useful citizen and it may truly be said that the agricultural and social conditions of Redwood county have been bettered by his devoted efforts. Mr. Stewart was married Feb. 22, 1894, to Anna McNair, who was born Sept. 16, 1866, daughter of Robert and Anna (Grenleese) McNair, the former of whom was born in Scotland, Dec. 12, 1827, came to America in 1847, lived in Ohio until 1850, moved to Illinois, was there married in 1860 and there died Sept. 23, 1901, and the latter of whom was born April 10, 1833, and died June 23, 1900. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have three children: Helen, Wallace and Douglas. Helen was born Oct. 30, 1895, and is now a student at Carlton College at Northfield, this state. Wallace was born June 2, 1898, was graduated from the Redwood Falls high school June 4, 1915, and is now attending the Carlton College. Douglas was born Nov. 26, 1903, and is doing splendidly in his studies in the school district which his father attended so many years ago.

Albert J. White was born in Marshall county, Iowa, Oct. 27, 1872, son of George B. and Eliza (Griffin) White. George B. White was for twenty-five years engaged in school work in central Iowa, being at one time the principal of Spring Creek Institute, near Oskaloosa, Iowa, which he assisted in developing into what is now Penn College, Oskaloosa, Iowa. He afterward entered the ministry of the Friends' church, remaining in this work until he retired, moving to Faribault, Minnesota, where he died in 1895, at the age of sixty-seven years. His wife died in 1913 at the age of seventy-eight years. Albert J. White spent one year at Le Grand Academy, Le Grand, Iowa, and graduated from New Providence Academy, New Providence, Iowa, in 1889. After Working for one year on a farm he attended school at Penn College, afterward teaching school for four years in Rice county, Minnesbta. He then removed to Estherville, Iowa, to become manager' of a large stock farm, where he began the raising of ptare-btfeil Galloway cattle, developing a fine herd under the firm name of E.1 H. White & Bro. Under his management these cattle'

-were exhibited at the leading state fairs, the American Royal Shows at Kansas City, the International Live Stock Shows at Chicago, and at the St. Louis World's Fair. A large percentage of prizes were awarded to these cattle, and at one time this herd numbered nearly two hundred head. Pure-bred Percheron horses, Shropshire sheep and Shetland ponies were also handled at the same time under his management. In the spring of 1908 he sold out and came to Redwood Falls, Minnesota, where he has since remained, doing real estate business. He has been secretary of the Commercial Club since Jan. 1, 1914, and secretary of the Automobile Club since Jan. 1, 1913. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., of which he is now district deputy grand master; also a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, of which he is venerable consul. Mr. White was married Oct. 2, 1895, to Laura E. Nichols, born July 22, 1872, daughter of George M. Nichols, a farmer of Rice county, Minnesota, who died in 1889, and Sarah (Lowe) Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. White have two children: Eva M., born July 18, 1896, a graduate of the Mankato State Normal School, and Ethel B., born February 13, 1900. The family united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Redwood Falls, Mr. White from the Friends' Church of Honey Creek, Iowa, and Mrs. White from the Congregational church of Faribault, Minnesota.

Bev. Joseph J, Tomek, pastor of the Church of St. Catherine (Roman Catholic), at Redwood Falls, Minn., was born at Veseli, BSce dotmty, Minnesota, Dec. 25, 1882. He was educated at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., and St. Thomas College, St, Paul, Minnesota, being graduated from the latter institution in June, 1901. The same year he entered the Seminary of St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota, and was ordained to the priesthood on the 12th of June, 1907. He was assistant at the Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota, for three years until August, 1910. He was then appointed resident pastor of Redwood Falls parish, where he is still serving. During his pastorate a fine new church edifice lias been erected, which is one of the best church buildings iii this part of the state, and which was dedicated in November, 1915.