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On June 9, 1896, August J. Carlson was united in marriage to Mary Reddington, who was born at Atchison, Kansas, in 1870, and is the daugh- ter of James Reddington and wife. To this union the following children have been born: Margaret, Alfred, John, Fred, and Victor. Margaret is a graduate of the Irving high school, having completed her course in that institution with the class of 1916. Alfred is a junior in the high school and John is a freshman: Fred is in the seventh grade and Victor is in the second grade. Mr. and Mrs. Carlson are prominent members of the Epis- copal church and take much interest in the services of that denomination, of which they are substantial supporters. They have long been prominent in the social and the religious life of the district, and have many friends who hold them in the highest esteem.
Politically, Mr. Carlson is identified with the Republican party, and has always taken a keen interest in the civic affairs of his home city. He has served as a member of the city council, where he gave valuable services.
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Being a man of broad views and progressive ideas, his official life was suc- cessful. He is a prominent member of the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Anti-Horse-thief Association. He has been a member of the first lodge for twenty-five years and is a past chancellor and has represented his lodge at the grand lodge. Mr. Carlson is a repre- sentative citizen and his active life has been a most successful one; he is recognized as one of the substantial men of the county.
JOHN H. KRUG.
John H. Krug, one of the well-known and successful young men of Marshall county, was born in Washington county, Kansas, on January 18, 1890, the son of Jolin and Ida ( Kasneck ) Krug.
John Krug was born in 1860 in Pennsylvania, where he was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools of the district. At the age of seventeen years he engaged as a farm hand, working by the month for twelve years. He then purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Washing- ton county, Kansas, which he developed and improved and where he engaged in general farming and stock raising for ten years, when he sold the farm and bought one hundred and sixty acres of land in Phillips county, Kansas, his present home. In addition to general farming he is an extensive breeder of high-grade draft horses, in which he has been most successful.
Ida (Kasneck) Krug was born in Germany in 1853 and was reared in a village of that country and received her education in the local schools. At the age of fourteen years, she came to the United States with her parents and located in Washington county, Kansas, where she grew to womanhood and was married in 1887. She continued to live in that county until the time of her death in 1895. Mr. and Mrs. Krug were the parents of three children as follow: Walter, John H. and Rudolph. Walter is employed by the Standard Oil Company and is stationed at St. Joe, Missouri, and Rudolph is a brakeman on the Grand Island railroad with headquarters at Hastings. Nebraska. Mr. and Mrs. Krug were reared in the faith of the German Lutheran church and Mr. Krug is now an active member of that denomina- tion. Politically, he is identified with the Republican party and takes much interest in local affairs and is at present a member of the school board of his home district.
Ifis mother having died when he was but five years of age. John H.
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Krug was reared by Margurete Ramar, in whose home he remained until he was sixteen years of age. His early life was spent on the farm and he received his education in the local schools. As a lad he learned telegraphy and was later appointed station agent at Endicott. The first year he was relief man and during that time he worked at twelve different stations for the Grand Island railroad. For a year he was at Powells, Nebraska, as agent, when he was, transferred to Hanover as operator, and after a year at that place, he served as agent at Bremen, for five years before assuming his present position as agent at Herkimer. Here he has a relief man and devotes much of his time to the automobile business. In 1913 he erected a building, four- teen by twenty feet, opposite the depot and established a garage and handled second-hand cars for a year. He then built a brick block, thirty-two by twenty-two feet, on the same location and handled the Ford and Dodge cars for Charles Travelute, of Marysville. After two years he took the agency for the Saxon automobile and discontinued the sale of the Ford and Dodge cars. In April, 1916, he built a two-story iron-clad garage, thirty-eight by sixty-four feet, on Main street. The upper part of the building is used as a public hall and the lower part for the automobile business. His garage is one of the finest in this section and he has the greatest floor space of any garage in the town. He has a well-established business and during the first part of 1916 he sold ten carloads of Saxon cars and fifty Chevrolet cars since January I.
In addition to his extensive automobile interests, Mr. Krug has much property in the town, owning four good business places, many vacant lots and a fine residence. In 1914 he installed an electric light plant and has the con- tract for lighting the city, and has lights in nearly all the buildings in the place. He also owns and conducts a modern and up-to-date pool and billiard parlor, which is managed in such a manner as to receive the approval of the greater portion of the resident population.
On May 10, 1914, John H. Krug was united in marriage to Freda Ida Minder, the daughter of Adolph and Rosa (Kohler) Minder. The parents were natives of Switzerland. where the father was born in 1860 and the mother in' 1859. Their early lives were spent in their home village and there they were educated in the public schools. After reaching their majority they were married in 1888 and continued to reside in the land of their birth until 1891, when they came to the United States, locating at Home City, Kansas. As a young man. Mr. Minder learned the saddlery trade and on coming to Home City he established a harness shop, which he conducted for twelve years, when he sold the place and moved to Herkimer, where he built a sub-
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stantial residence and harness shop and continued in the business until his death in 1906. Since the death of her husband. Mrs. Minder has made her home with Mr. and Mrs. Krug. Politically. Mr. Minder was identified with the Democratic party and took much interest in local affairs. He and his wife were reared in the faith of the German Lutheran church and were prominent in all church work. They were the parents of two children, Freda Ida, who was born in Switzerland on September 10, 1890, and Adolph, born at Home City, Kansas.
John H. and Freda Ida Krug are the parents of one child. Leman Paul. who was born on April 3. 1915. Mr. and Mrs. Krug are members of the Lutheran church and are prominent in the social and religions life of the town, where Mr. Krug is recognized as one of the substantial and most pro- gressive business men, and where he has taken an active part in promoting its best interests.
FRED MOSER.
Fred Moser, a well-known resident of Marysville township, Marshall county, is a native of Germany, where he was born on March 11, 1860, the son of Jacob and Marie Moser.
Jacob and Marie Moser were also natives of Germany, where they were educated, grew up and were married. Jacob Moser was born in 1825 and was reared in a village, where he and his wife lived until the time of her death in 1864. when the son. Fred, was four years of age. For four years after the death of his wife, Mr. Moser continued to live in Germany, when in 1868 he decided to come to America. After the death of Marie Moser. Mr. Moser was united in marriage to Rosa Onger, a native of Germany. By Marie Moser. Jacob Moser was the father of three children as follow : George, who is now deceased: Fred the subject of this sketch and J. C., a butcher of Marysville. To Rosa Moser has been born three children as fol- low: William, Mary and Charles, all of whom are now deceased.
On his arrival in the United States in 1868, Jacob Moser at once came to Kansas and purchased three hundred and sixty acres of land in Marys- ville township. Marshall county. This he developed and improved and engaged in general farming and stock raising with much success until the time of his death in 1896. He and his family were members of the German Lutheran church and were prominent in the early social and religious life of the township, where they were hekl in the highest regard. Mr. Moser was
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identified with the Democratic party and took a good deal of interest in local affairs, and had much to do with the civic life of the township and the county. He was a progressive man and his farm and stock were among the best in the district. Being a man of excellent judgment, his advice was often sought in matters that pertained to the welfare and improvement of the locality.
Fred Moser received his earliest educational training in the public schools of his native land and at the age of eight years came to the United States with his father and the other members of the family. He completed his edu- cation in the schools of Marshall county, and grew to manhood on the home farmi, where he assisted his father with the farm work. At the age of twenty- one years he engaged as a farm hand by the month and later worked in a stone quarry. After some years of this work he was employed in the office of the division superintendent, of the Northern Pacific railroad. In 1897 he returned to the farm, he and his brother renting two hundred and twenty acres of land, which was a part of the old home place. Here he engaged in general farming for two years, when he rented one hundred and sixty acres near Oketo, where he lived for ten years, at the end of which time he came to his present farm where he is successfully engaged in the operation of three hundred and eighty acres of splendid land. In addition to his gen- eral farming, he pays much attention to the raising of cattle and hogs, and has some of the best animals in this section of the township. He has always taken an interest in local affairs and has served his township as a member of the school .board.
In 1888 Fred Moser was united in marriage to Anna Georgina May, the daughter of David and Mina (King) May. David May was born in Germany in 1836 and was there educated in the public schools and there grew to manhood. He later came to the United States and located in Illinois, where he was married to Mina King. Some years later they located in Cass county, Nebraska, where they died. They were the parents of two children, Frank and Georgina. Anna Georgina (King) Moser was born in the state of Illinois and was educated in the common schools and lived at home until the time of her marriage. Her death occurred on February 24. 1902. She was a woman of many excellent qualities and during her short life had made many friends. She and Mr. Moser were the parents of the following chil- dren : Perry W .. born on February 20, 1889; Mina May, February 4, 1890; Royal G., June 13, 1894; Minnetta, March 28, 1896; William J., January 12, 1898, and Horace A., born on December 9, 1900. The children are all at home with the exception of Royal G., who is working on a ranch in Nebraska.
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PETER S. BURNETT.
Of the well-known and prominent retired farmers and stockmen of Blue Rapids, Marshall county, is Peter S. Burnett. a native son of the South- land, born in North Carolina on October 20, 1835, the son of Jesse and Mary ( Stoner) Burnett. also natives of North Carolina, and there they received their education in the public schools and were later married.
Jesse Burnett was the son of Thomas Burnett, a life-long resident of North Carolina, where he was drowned many years ago. When Peter S. was three years of age. his parents left the South and came to Indiana, where they established their home on a farm in Putnam county and there the father died in 1884, at an advanced age. He was a hard-working and industrious man and was held in the highest esteem. His wife, Mary Burnett, was born in 1816 and died in April, 1913. She was the daughter of a Revolutionary soldier, Peter Stoner, who married Eva Cottner, both being natives of the state of Pennsylvania. The father was a soldier of the Revolutionary War. and a strong supporter of the government. They also came to Putnam county, Indiana, where they died.
Peter S. Burnett lived for many years in a log cabin and received his education in the early schools of Indiana and was on the farm in Madison township, Putnam county. He remained on the home farm until 1856. when hie engaged as a farm hand at twelve dollars per month. There was at that time little to regulate the hours that a man should work each day, other than the sun or the weather. It was from daylight to dark, and many times it was from before daylight until after dark. While yet a lad and going to school, he split rails and cut many a cord of wood.
On the attempted dissolution of the Union, Mr. Burnett demonstrated his patriotism and his determination to assist in the defence of the flag. by enlisting in Company G, Thirtieth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry. Ile fought his first battle at Bellemont. Missouri. on November 7. 186 !. and on February 12, 1862. he was at Ft. Henry. Tennessee. He was later at It. Donalson and saw the surrender of the Southern forces to General Grant, under whom Mr. Burnett was then serving. It was an impressive sight to the new soldier to see. amid the waving of the Stars and Stripes. the fluttering of the white flags of truce. He also saw active service and hard fighting at Pittsburg Landing and was with the forces at the hard fought battle of Brittenslane. Tennessee. Ile took part in several important skirm- ishes and was made first sergeant of his company. On May 2. 1863. he was in the battle at Port Gibson, Mississippi, and on May 12 at Raymond;
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May 14, the battle of Jackson was fought; on the 16th, Champion's Hill; on May 17, Big Black river and on May 22, the forces settled down for the siege of Vicksburg, and for forty-seven days, this memorable engagement continued, when on July 3, 1863, the white flag was seen to wave from the camp of the Confederate forces, and the long and trying ordeal was over. From April until September of the next year he was at the siege of Atlanta, during which time he was in several small fights. He was with Sherman on the march to the sea, and was present at the surrender of General Johnson. During his campaign to the sea, he fought battles in the country where he was born, though in the opposing forces of most of the residents of that sec- tion at that time. He was in the march from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Washington, where he took part in the Grand Review. He was then sent to Louisville, Kentucky, where he was mustered out of the service on August 17, 1865, and was discharged at Springfield, Illinois, some time later. For four long years, he had given his best services to the cause of the Union and was once more a free man to engage in the work of life.
In December, 1865, Mr. Burnett came to Kansas and located on a farm in section 12, Waterville township, Marshall county. The township has since been changed to Blue Rapids City township. Here he purchased one hun- dred and sixty acres of partly improved land at ten dollars per acre. There were many people in the community at that time who thought him foolish to pay so much for farm land at that time, where there were so many acres to homestead at a much lower price. But the tract suited him and he made the purchase. He made many extensive improvements and developed the farm into one of the finest in that section. He engaged in general farming until 1891, when he retired and moved to Blue Rapids, where he now has a splen- did residence. He enlarged his original farm until he became the owner of two hundred and fifty acres, all of which he placed under high cultivation. He was an extensive breeder of Shorthorn cattle and kept many hogs. He soon became recognized as one of the most successful and progressive farm- ers and stockmen in the county, where he has ever been held in the highest regard.
On May 9, 1867, Mr. Burnett was married to Margaret J. Stout, a native of Buchanan county, Missouri, where she was born on October 29, 1848, and her death occurred on August 4, 1890. She was the daughter of Albert and Nancy ( Williamson) Stout, who were natives of Virginia. They settled in Missouri, where they remained until 1859, when they came to Mar- shall county, and settled on a farm near Blue Rapids, where Mr. and Mrs. Burnett were later married.
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To Peter S. and Margaret J. Burnett was born one child, Belle, who is now the wife of Elmer F. Haven of Jacksonville, Florida, where Mr. Haven is an inspector for the Armour Packing Company, of which he is the chief of the bureau of animal industry. Mr. and Mrs. Burnett were long identified with the active life of their home community, and were ever interested in all that tended toward the moral, social and educational betterment of the town- ship and the county. Mrs. Burnett was an exceptional woman, who by her pleasing qualities won for herself many friends, who hold her in kindly remem- brance. Both she and Mr. Burnett were attendants of the Baptist church, taking much interest in all church services and were substantial supporters of the society.
Politically, Mr. Burnett is a member of the Republican party, and has always taken a keen interest in the civic life of the township. Though he has never been a seeker after office, he has served as a member of the local school board for twelve years. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and of the Grand Army of the Republic Post at Blue Rapids and is the quarter-master of the local organization. His life has been an active one and he takes much pride in the fact that during his life in the defense of his country, he was under fire for three hundred days. Today he is one of the honored and highly respected men of the state.
FRED CROME.
Fred Crome, the well-known manager of the elevator at Bremen, Kan- sas, was born on the home farm in Logan township, on January 28, 1878. the son of Conrad and Mary ( Sluiter ) Crome, natives of Germany, where the father was born in 1828 and the mother in 1838.
Conrad and Mary Crome were educated in the schools of Germany and there grew up and were married. Mr. Crome spent five years of his young life in Australia, where he worked in a gold mine. The rest of his life, until 1871, he lived in his native land where he was engaged in farming. In 1871 he decided to come to the United States, where he might better make a home for those dependent upon him. On his arrival in this country he located for a time in Indiana, where he worked in a smelter, making rail- road rails. The following year he came to Kansas and purchased one hun- dred and sixty acres of land in Logan township. Marshall county. This land he developed and improved and engaged in general farming and stock rais-
CHILDREN OF CONRAD AND MARY CROME.
Daughters, reading from left to right: Anna, Hermine, Emma. Sons, left to right: Fred, Conrad, John H., Herman H. and William.
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ing until the time of his death in 1904. He and his wife always took an active part in the services of the German Lutheran church, of which they were members and of which Mr. Crome was a trustee for many years. He was identified with the Republican party and was prominent in the civic and political life of the township. For a number of years he served as road boss and was a member of the local school board.
Conrad and Mary Crome were the parents of thirteen children, of whom eight are living, as follow: Conrad F., Herman, Fred, Hermine, William, Anna, John and Emma. Conrad is a farmer in Marshall county: Herman is engaged in general farming in Washington county ; Hermine Pralle is the wife of a well-known farmer of Logan township: William is farming the home place : Anna Duever resides on a farm in Washington county, where her husband is a successful farmer: John is a rural mail carrier out of Bremen and Emma Lauderbach is living in Logan township, where Mr. Lauderbach is a successful farmer and stockman. Mr. and Mrs. Crome were ever prominent in their home community, took much interest in the social and moral development of the district and were held in the highest esteen and regard by all who knew them.
Fred Crome received his education in the local schools and was reared on the home farm, where as a lad he assisted his father with the farm work. At the age of sixteen years he was employed as a farin hand and worked by the month for nine years. He then rented a farm of one hundred and sixty acres in section 31. Logan township, and after three years he purchased the place. He made many extensive improvements and placed the farm under a high state of cultivation. After nine years he traded it for the elevator at Bremen and a residence property in that place. In connection with his farm work, Mr. Crome operated a threshing machine from 1901 to 1906.
The elevator which Mr. Crome now owns, was established about 1894 by W. H. Koeneke, who enlarged and improved the property in 1901. Since assuming possession of the elevator. Mr. Crome has made many valuable improvements and is now doing about thirty thousand dollars in business each year. He is most progressive and believes in keeping his elevator up to a high standard of excellence. He has the confidence of the public and his business shows an increase from year to year.
In 1908 Fred Crome was united in marriage to Kate Wassermann. who was born in Herkimer township, Marshall county, in 1887, the daughter of Chris and Katie ( Germerroth) Wassermann, natives of Germany and now prominent residents of Herkimer township. Mrs. Crome died at the birth of her child, Katie, who was born on October 27, 1909. In 1912 Mr. Crome
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was united in marriage to Lizzie Wassermann, a sister of his first wife, who was born in Marshall county in 1889 and received her education in the schools of her home township. To this union three children have been born as fol- low : Fred, whose birth occurred on January 29, 1913: Munford, on Novem- ber 19, 1914, died on January 22, 1917, and Edgar, on April 9. 1916. Mr. and Mrs. Crome are members of the German Lutheran church and are prom- inent in the social life of the town.
OSCAR T. RUSSELL.
Among the well-known and successful farmers of Marysville township. Marshall county, may be mentioned Oscar T. Russell, who was born in the state of Illinois on May 22, 1864, the son of John H. and Maria Jane (Wat- kins ) Russell, who were natives of Ohio and Kentucky, respectively. the former having been born in 1831 and the latter in 1835.
John H. Russell was reared on the farm and received his education in the public schools. When he was but a lad he came with his parents to Illi- nois, where they established their home on a farm, and there the son, John. learned the principles of agriculture during his younger days and became impressed with the independent life of the farmer. In 1851 he was united in marriage to Maria Jane Watkins, who received a splendid education in the public schools and was a successful teacher for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Russell were married in the state of Illinois, where they lived for some years after their marriage, when they decided to locate in Iowa. Mr. Russell pur- chased four hundred acres of land in northwestern part of that state, which he developed and improved and engaged in general farming and stock raising for five years, when he sold the place and in 1884 moved to Kansas. Here he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of splendid land near Marysville, the farm being the one on which the son, Oscar T., now lives. John H. Russell engaged successfully in farming and stock raising until the time of his death in 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Russell always took an active interest in the services of the Methodist Episcopal church. of which they were members. Politically. Mr. Russell was identified with the Republican party, and while taking much interest in local affairs, was not an office seeker. He and Mrs. Russell were the parents of the following children: Sophia, James, Oscar T., Effie .A., W. G. and five that are now deceased. Sophia Mulnix lives at Potwin, Kansas, where her husband is a druggist: James H. is a retired
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farmer at Summerfield, Kansas; Effie A. resides at Marysville, Kansas, and W. G. is a merchant at Jefferson City, Missouri.
Oscar T. Russell was reared on the farm and received his education in the common schools. He remained at home, assisting his father with the work on the farm, until he was twenty-one years of age, when he started in work for himself. He rented a farm near Marysville, where he lived for two years. He and his brother, W. G. then purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, which they farmed in partnership for two years, when Oscar purchased the entire farm, which he operated until 1906. In the latter year he sold the place and purchased the old home place of one hundred and sixty acres, which he has increased and is now the owner of five hundred and forty acres of the best land, all of which is under a high state of cultivation and well improved. During a portion of his time as a farmer he has given atten- tion to the feeding of cattle ; but for the past few years, he has devoted the greater part of his energies to the cultivation of corn and wheat, in which he has been most successful.
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