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Mr. Petersen first came to the United States in 1871 at the age of twenty-three years and spent two years in the new world. During this time he resided in various parts of the country-three months in Connecticut, five months in Chicago, three months in Clinton, lowa, and one year in New Bedford, Massa- chusetts. He returned to Denmark in 1873, spent seven months there and on the ocean, and then, in 1874, again located in New Bed- ford, Massachusetts. One year later he went to Boston, where he resided six years.
In 1883 Mr. Petersen moved to Salem, Mas- sachusetts, and six months later came west and located in Omaha. Ile remained there only two months, moving in July, 1883, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he lived four years. It was in April, 1887, that Mr. Peter- sen first came to Jackson county. After spend- ing seven months there he returned to Mil- wankee. Three and one-half years later he came to the county to reside permanently, and he has ever since been engaged in farming his Petersburg township farm. Besides his farm- ing operations, he is interested in the Peters- burg Creamery association and the Jackson Telephone company. He served ten years as treasurer of his township and nine years as a member of the school board of the district in which he lives. He is a member of the Luth- eran church and of the D. B. S. lodge, of Jack- son.
Mr. Petersen was married May 15, 1883, to Miss llansina Sorenson. They are the parents of three children, as follows: Henry P., born February 19, 1SS4; Annie MI., born August 28, 1886; Arthur, born October 28, 1888.
JOHN UPTAGRAFFT (1881) is a resident of Middletown township, Jackson county, en- gaged in agricultural pursuits.
The grandfather of our subject was a native of Pennsylvania and his grandmother of Ire- land. Ilis father was born in Pennsylvania November 26, 182S. In 1834 he moved to Ash- land county, Ohio, where he engaged in farm- ing. Nine years later he moved to Monroe county, Michigan, where he again engaged in
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agricultural pur-nits until 1857. That year he moved to Olmsted county, Minnesota.
John Uptagrafft was born in Olmsted coun- 13. Minnesota, in 1857. When he was only six years old his parents took him to Spirit Lake, lowa, near Orleans. llis father lived here until his death in May. 1893. His mother lived with her chillren until her death in 1905 at the age of 92 years. John U'ptagrafft lived at home until about nineteen years of age. spending his time during the winter months roaming over the southern part of Minnesota, trapping and hunting. He was unmolested, as there were no settlers for many miles around. the nearest railroad stations being Mankato, Minnesota: Fort Dodge, Jowa : and Sioux City. lowa.
In the year 1878, on July 21. Mr. Uptagrafft was married to Miss Mary Etta Waite. He lived with his parents at Orleans, lowa. until 1882. when he bought eighty acres of land in the northern part of Minneota township. Jack- son county. lle lived on this place until 1894. at which time he soll his home and bought 160 acres of his father-in-law. in Middletown
the northwest quarter of section 32. On that place he now resides.
Mr. and Mrs. Uptagrafft have a family of twelve children, all living. They are as fol- low -: Sarah Loretta, horn August 31, 1879: Leroy. born August 9, 1851 ; Enrias, born De- cember 7, 1882: Afford Earnest, horn May 13, 1885: Abbie, horn August 6, 1887: Vernic, boru May 31. 1889; Bertha, born August 26. 1890; Alla J. and Mice May (twins), born Oktober 26, 1892: Cland Ray, born October 22, 1595; Ralph R., born August 22. 1897; John Floid, born May 30, 1902.
HERMAN L. STROM (1857); cashier of the Brown National Bank and ex postmaster of Jackson, was born in Norway May 7, 1865. He is the son of Frodor and Elizabeth (Larson) Strom and is one of a family of five children. the others being Anna (Mrs. O. H. Smith}. of De H Rapids, South Dakota: Henrik, of St. Paul: Ellen (Mrs. C. C. Bratrud). of Sjoux Falls, South Dakota: Rebekka. The parents of our subject emigrated to America in 1879 and located at Decorah, lowa. Later the fam- ily moved to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, and still later to Milwaukee, where the father of our subject had employment in the office of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad com.
pany. Mr. Strom died in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, in 1897. His wife now resides in Des Moines, lowa.
Herman came to the United States with hi- parents in 1879 and for two years lived with them in Decorah, lowa, during which time he completed his education in the Lutheran college. In 18SI he went to LaCrosse, where for five years he was employed in a station- ery store. He located in Jackson in Is87, was employed as clerk in Berge Brothers store three years, and then entered the Bank of Jackson (now the Brown National Bank) as assistant cashier -a position he held for the next seven years.
Mr. Strom was appointed postmaster of Jackson November 1. 1897. and served until 1901, when he resigned to again take a posi- tion in the bank. He became cashier at that time and has ever siner held that position. Mr. Strom owns Jackson village property and farm lands in this county and in northern Minnesota. He is a member of the Preshy- terian church and of the Odd Fellow- lodge.
At Jackson. in August. 1893. Mr. Strom was united in marriage to Emma G. Ilill. a native of Minnesota and a daughter of Mrs. Cath- erine Hill, of Jackson. To Mr. and Mrs. Strom have been born five children. as follows: Brad- ford IT .. Harold F., Henrik R., Elizabeth C. and Edward F.
OSCAR FOSS (1880) owns and farms a quarter section farm on section 18. Delafield. one mile south of the village of Willer. Ile was born on the farm which he now owns December 9. 1880, the son of L. A. and Anna Foss Furuseth, of the same precinct.
Oscar has spent his entire life on the farm he now conducts. He was educated in the Wilder publie school and until he reached his majority worked for his father. Then he rent- ed the home farm and conducted it on shares with his brother until March. 1908. At that time he bought the property from his father. lle is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Delafield township.
Mr. Foss was married in Delafield township December 18. 1905, to Clara Brakke. daughter of John P. Brakke and a native of the town- ship in which she was married. To Mr. and Mrs. Foss have been born two children: Mild- red. born March 21. 1907; Luella, born Decem- ber 16, 1908, died October 6, 1909.
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AUGUST WERNER (1893), a farmer and stock raiser of Petersburg township, was born in Bornteen, Germany, December 25, 1853, the son of Carl and Maria (Shueman) Werner, both deceased.
August spent his boyhood days in Germany, but emigrated to the United States with his parents when less than eighteen years of age. The family sailed from Hamberg for the new world on August 28, 1871, and the next year located in the city of Chicago, soon after the terrible fire. During the winter of 1872-73 Angust worked in the country near Chicago, and then moved to the city, where he resided one year. During the next sixteen years he lived in and in the vicinity of Chicago. Then in March, 1893, he moved with his family to Jackson county and has ever since made his home in Petersburg township.
Mr. Werner owns the southwest quarter of section one and the east half of the southeast quarter of section two, Petersburg. He owns stock in the Farmers Elevator Co., of Alpha, in the Alpha Creamery Co. and in the Alpha Horse company. He is a member of the Ger- man Lutheran church.
In Chicago, Illinois, on July 9, 1877, Mr. Werner was married to Marie Pasal, who was born July 26, 1852. To these parents have bren born the following named children: Paul- ina, born June 7, 1878, died June 1, 1882; Angusta, born May 28, 1879; Emma, born May 20, 1880; Herman, born November 26, 1882; Martha, born December 5, 1883; Henry, born September 17, 1885; Eddy, born May 1, 1887; Lizzie, born April 13, 1891; Otto, born June 7, 1894. All the children except Otto were born in Evergreen Park, Illinois.
BARBARA READLE (1873), proprietor of the hotel at Miloma and postmistress of that office, was born in Baden, Germany, June 2], 1851. the daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Cook) Readle.
Joseph Readle and family came to America in 1852, landing at Baltimore in February of that year. He located at Cincinnati, Ohio, lived there one year, spent the next year in Kentucky, and then returned to the Ohio city, where he was engaged in the wood and coal business until 1872. That year he moved to Jackson county and homesteaded in Alba township, where he lived until his death, April 14, 1896, aged 79 years. His wife, the mother
of our subject, died April 7, 1893, aged 68 years. Ten children were born to these par- ents, of whom the following five are living: Lawrence, Stephen, Joseph, Mrs. Anna Snyder and Miss Barbara Readle.
Miss Readle made her home with her par- ents in Alba township until her mother's death in 1893. Then she rented the hotel at Prairie Junction (now Miloma) and engaged in the hotel and restaurant business. One year later she bought the property, and in March, 1894, she was appointed postmistress of Prairie Jimetion, and has resided there ever since. She is assisted by her brother, Joseph Readle, who is deputy postmaster.
Joseph J. Readle was born in Cincinnati March 23, 1856. He left home when sixteen years of age and learned the glazier trade, which he followed five years in Sioux City, Towa. The next five years he was shipping clerk for the firm with whom he had been employed. Thereafter he was employed at various occu- pations in different parts of the United States. In Jannary, 1908, he located at Miloma and has since been deputy postmaster. Mr. Readle was married at Sioux City to Nellie Noonan, a native of Marshalltown, Iowa. She died in September, 1901. One child, Ralph, was born to this union.
ARTHUR J. SPARKS (1897) is a farmer and thoroughbred stock raiser who resides within the corporate limits of the village of Lakefield. He owns the old Rasmus Larson homestead adjoining the village of Lakefield and the southeast quarter of section 6, Ilun- ter township. He was one of the first to bring a herd of registered Shorthorn cattle to Jackson county, and he has a fine herd of stock. He also has 400 growing fruit trees on his home farm.
Mr. Sparks was born in Grant county, Wis- consin, January 9. 1873, the son of Joseph and Mary A. (Tomlinson) Sparks. Both parents were natives of England. They came to Amer- ica when seven years of age, lived one winter in Canada, and then located in Grant county, Wisconsin, in 1837, being very early pioneers of that county. The father of our subject crossed the plains to California in 1849 and was the first to reach the famous Grass Val- ley. He returned to the states by way of Panama, the gulf of Mexico and the Missis- sippi river and lived in Grant county, Wiscon-
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sin. until a short time before his death. He died in 1905. aged 78 years. His wife still lives and is 72 years of age. They were the parents of ten children, of whom the follow- ing tive are living: Mrs. C. E. Buell, of Web- ster City, lowa; Mrs. Allie Blank, of North Dakota: Frank T .. of Buffalo Center, lowa: Arthur J., of this sketch; and Clinton A., of Buffalo Center. lowa.
Arthur lived with his parents in Grant coun- ty, Wisconsin. until 1897. and there he re- ceived a district school education. In the year last mentioned he came to Jackson conn- ty and bought the northwest quarter of see- tion 36. Delafield township, where he lived nearly four years. Selling that, he bought the Larson homestead, on the edge of Lakefield, and there he has since lived, engaged in farm- ing and stockraising. During his residence in Delafield township Mr. Sparks was a member of the school board of his distriet. He is a member of the Maccabee and M. W. A. lodges.
Mr. Sparks was married in Lakefield Fel- ruary 15. 1899, to Miss Lena D. Larson, who was born on the homestead where she now lives. She is the daughter of Rasmus and Christine B. (Hokansen) Larson, early pioneers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Larson were na- tives of Norway. They came to America in 1867. lived three years in Goodhue county. Min- nesota, and then came to Jackson county and located on their homestead where Lakefield now stands. At that time there was no Lake- field- and no railroad. It took one week to get lumber from Madelia with oxen with which to build their abode. On this place they spent the rest of their lives. Mrs. Larson died in 1902 at the age of 75 years and Mr. Larson died in 1903 at the age of 67 years.
Lena D. the only child of these parents, was born August 21, 1875. She completed a com- mon school education at Lakefield and then. to fit herself for leaching, she took a course of three terms at the Mankato Normal school. She taught four years in the schools of Jack- son county and was married to Arthur .I. Sparks in 1899. To Mr. and Mrs. Sparks have been born the following children: Stacey II .. Florence C. M., D. Rosene. D. Ruth, Clarenes .I., Theodore A. and Eugene Is
SAMUEL DAHL (1890) is the proprietor of a general merchandise store at Okabena. Ile was born in Norway July 18. 1860, son of the
late Amfred Dall and Alma Dahl, Ilis father died in 1889.
At the age of ten years Sam Dahl emi- grated to the United States and located in Winne-hick county. Jowa, where he resided until 1880, securing an education and working at farm work. From 1880 to 1890 he was en- gaged in farming in Murray county, Minne- sota, and in August of the last named year located in the village of Heron Lake. He bought grain there for a number of years and then started in the general merchandise store business at the little hamlet of Okabena. lo owns stock in the Farmers Telephone com- pany and has served as treasurer of West Her- on Lake township for eight years. He is a member of the Odd Fellows and Woodmen lodges.
Mr. Dahl was married May 17. 1891, io Mary Bognes. They are the parents of the following named children: Albert M. horn August 29. 1893: Lillian O., born November 4. 1896: Nettie A., born December 13. 1899; Sid- ney M .. born April 21, 1902; Edith M., born March 12: 1904: Chester F., born November 4. 1905.
DR. IVER S. BENSON (188D). physician and surgeon of Jackson, is a native of the conty and the son of pioneer settlers. Ilis parents were Ben and Bertha ( Lostegard) Ben- son, born in Norway April 18. 1826. and Feb- ruary 21, 1835, respectively. They came to Amerier in 1867 and to Jackson county in Oc- toher of the same year. The head of the fam- ily tiled a homestead claim to the northwest quarter of section 32, Petersburg township. and he and his wife lived there the rest of their lives. The father of our subject died in the spring of 1900; his mother died in Feb- ruary. 1882.
There were sixteen children in the family. of whom three died in infancy. The thirteen living children are: Ben, born April IS, 1855; Ashley, horn September 21. 1856: Sigrid (Mrs. Lars Nelson). horn October 9. 1860: Ragnhild (Mrs. F. E. Murray), born November 5, 1863: Peter, born January 30, 1865; Engebret, born February 12. 1867: Berget (Mrs. S. A. Bruns- vold). born January 14, 1869: Andrew, horn May 20. 1871: Marget (Mrs. S. H. Darby), horn April 6, 1874; Louis, born April 25, 1876: Jolm, born August 25. 1877; Anna, born June 23, 1879; Tver S., born October 3, 1881.
DR. IVER S. BENSON
Physician and Surgeon of Jackson and a Native of Jackson County.
THENEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
! ATOM I NOX IL. INGATLANO.
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Iver S. Benson, the youngest of this large family, was born in Petersburg township and spent his boyhood days on the farm, attend- ing the district school. In the fall of 1897 he entered Augustana college of Canton, South Dakota, and was a student there until his, graduation in the spring of 1901. During the next year he was engaged in teaching school, condneting a six months' term in Jowa and a three months' term in Jackson county. } the fall of 1902 he began the study of medi- cine at Hamline university and was a student there two years. He entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of Chicago, in 1904, from which he received his diploma in the spring of 1906. Immediately after graduation Dr. Benson was appointed resident physician and surgeon of the Norwegian Deaconess hos- pital in Chicago and served in that capacity one year. He located in Jackson in the spring of 1907 and has ever since been engaged in the practice of his profession.
Dr. Benson now conducts a hospital and has his office and residence in the new Matuska & Skalicky block, opposite the postoffice. Dr. Benson hokls membership in the Jackson County Medical society, the Minnesota State Medical society and American Medical association. Fraternally he is associated with the Knights of Pythias, Equitable Fraternal Union, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Sons of Norway. Hle and his wife are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.
In the city of Minneapolis, on June 14, 1907, Dr. Benson was united in marriage to Kather- ine Oberg, who was born in Sweden and who came to America and to Minneapolis at the age of six years. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Oberg.
CHARLES II. MEYER (1886) is a farmer and stockraiser of Petersburg township. He was born in llanover, Germany. October 29, 1861, the son of Henry and Mary (Undje) Meyer.
Mr. Meyer came to America when sixteen and one-half years of age, landing in New York city April 28, 1878. He located first in DuPage county, Illinois, where for four years he lived on a farm. Then he went to a point west of Chicago and worked at the carpenter trade two years. Then taking up his resi- dence in the city of Chicago, he continued to work at his trade twenty-three months long-
er. On July 2, 1885, he went to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, worked at his trade until Feb- ruary 28, 1886, returned to Chicago, and in- mediately set out for Jackson county, arriv- ing on March 25, 1886. His total possessions at the time of his arrival were his chest of tools and two sets of clothes. He came with the intention of soon returning to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, but he liked the looks of the country and decided to remain. From the date of his arrival until his marriage in 1891 Mr. Meyer lived with the family of Mr. Schroeder in Petersburg township and worked at the car- penfer trade. Then he bought property and engaged in farming, which he has since fol- lowed.
Mr. Meyer owns 240 acres of land in section 13. Petersburg. Ile owns stock in the Peters- burg Creamery company and in a threshing company. He is a member of the Petersburg German Lutheran church and holds the office of church treasurer.
Mr. Meyer married Miss Lena Schroeder in 1891. To them have been born the following children: Ida S., born May 2, 1892; Edward, born March 3, 1895: Elmer, born August 19, 1899, died January 13, 1908; Alice, born Marel 22. 1902; Ellsworth, born June 21, 1904; Lilly, born June 14, 1909.
THOMAS H. GRINAGER (1889). deceased,was a resident of Delafield township nineteen years, having made his home during that time on his farm two and one-half miles south of Wilder. He was born in Westre Toten, Norway, May 3. 1824, the son of Hans Hanson and Ilelen (Peterson) Hanson.
Early in life Mr. Grinager engaged in farm- ing, later becoming a blacksmith and engaging in that business for several years. He came to America in the fall of 1888 and located at Stoughton, Wisconsin. The next spring he came to Jackson county, and from that time until his death he engaged in farming in Dela- field township. Upon his arrival he bought The north half of the northeast quarter of see- fion 30 a farm which is now owned by his widow and conducted by his son, Hans Grin- ager. Our subjeet was a member of the United Lutheran church. He died June 16, 1908.
Thomas Grinager was married in Norway April 27, 1859. to Andrena Hanson, who sur- vives her husband. To this union were born the following named children: Hanna (Mrs
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Jolm Aker). of Janesville, Wisconsin, born Au gust 21. 1860; Petra (Mr -. Mike Johnson. of Weimer township, born January 20, 1563, died May 3, 1908: John, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. born March 9, 1865; Thea (Mr-, Jacob T. UHs- nes), of Norway, horn June 9. 156%; Augusta (Mrs. John Johnson), of Cottonwood county, horn February 15, 1871: Helen (Mrs. John Larson). of Delafield township, born November 14. 1874: Hans, who resides at home, born Feb rnary 20, 1578; Albert. born April 3. 1842. died July 6. 1908.
Hans Grinager has conducted the farm since his father's death and farms in addition the southwest quarter of section 19, which he rents. He is numarried.
CHRIST BAUER (1883) owns 240 acres of land on sections 12 and 11, Heron Lake town- ship. where he has lived nearly a quarter of a century. He is a German by birth and was born June 24. 1856, one of a family of two boys. Both his parents are dead, his mother having died when he was ten years old. his father twenty years ago.
Christ Bauer lived in Germany twenty-six Years, of which the first fomteen were spent at home, the others working on farms. He came to America in 1882, lived one year in Cook county, Illinois, and then came to Jack- son county. For four years he worked out and then in 1887 bought his present farm, where he has ever since lived, making all the improvements on the farm. During his long residence in lleron Lake township Mr. Bauer has held several township and school offices. lle is a member of the German Lutheran church.
Mr. Bauer was married in Jackson county jn April. 1889, to Mrs. Will Bauer, a native of Germany. To them have been born three chil dren. named as follows: Rosa, horn June 21. 1590; Berman, born December 6, 1891; Emma. born May 30, 1895. By her first husband Mrs. Bauer is the mother of five children, Frida. Dora, Meta. Ernie and Will.
SAMUEL L. RANK (1896). postmaster of Wilder and proprietor of a general merchandise store in that village, is a native of Fulton county. Indiana, and was born April 4. 1859. His father was Amos Rank. a native of Penn sylvania, who died twenty years ago. His
mother, Sarah Il. Meck) Bank. a native of Virginia, resides in Cottonwood county and is & years of age.
Our subject moved from Fulton county, In- diana. with his parents in Isto, to Cotton. wood county. Minnesota, and made his home on the farm there until he was twenty-six years of age. During the years 1882 and 1883 he was an engineer on a Lake Superior lighter owned by Alex MeDougal, the inventor of whaleback freight vessels. During this time his headquarters were at Duluth. In 1885 MIr. Rank left the home farm. rented a farm in Cottonwood county, and engaged in farming it eleven years.
Mr. Rank moved to Wilder in 1896 and built the creamery at that point. This he conducted a number of years and then sold to the Farm- ers Cooperative Creamery company. After sell- ing the creamery he engaged in the general merchandise business in Wilder and has since conducted the store. He was appointed post . master of the village May 1, 1902, and still holds the office. He is president of the village council and has served as village treasurer. He holds membership in the A. F. & A. M. and the M. W. A. lodges.
The marriage of Mr. Rank occurred in Cot tonwood county May 21, 1885, when he wedded Miss Alice Marie Smith, a native of Mankato. To this union have been born the following named children: Mand E .. Ruth MI .. Clarence E .. Robert S., Marie and Spencer.
Mr. Bank is one of a family of seven chil- dren, of whom the five named are living: Jolm W .. Catherine. Elizabeth, Samuel L. and Elmer.
BENJAMIN MATTESON (1883), proprie- tor of a Jackson jewelry store. was born in Norway September 16. ISIS, the son of Matt and Marih (Johnson) Matteson. In his native land be secured his education and worked on his father's farm. He came to the United States in August. 1867. and located in Winne. shick county, Iowa, where he worked as a farm laborer two years. The next two years were spent in Allamakre county, lowa, and from there he went to Mason City, of the same state.
Mr. Matteson worked at the carpenter trade in Mason City two years and then moved to Worth county, where he bought a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits for three or four years. Having traded his lowa farm for
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one in Martin county, Minnesota, Mr. Matte- son moved to the latter place and farmed until 1880. He then married and moved to Emmet county, lowa, whence, after farming two years, he moved to Jackson village in 1883. For three years he worked at the carpenter trade there and then put in three years at his trade in Estherville, Iowa. Returning to Jackson in the fall of 1889, he engaged in the jewelry business, having bought ont J. W. Cowing, and for the past twenty years has been so engaged.
Mr. Matteson was married at Superior, Iowa, in 1880 to Jennette Andersen. a native of Yel- lowstone, Lafayette county, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Gilbert and Olena Andersen. Mrs. Matteson's parents came from Norway in an early day and were pioneers of Dickinson coun- ty. Iowa, where they both still reside. To Mr. and Mrs. Matteson has been born one child, Mina O., now Mrs. Frank Albertus, of Jackson. Mr. Matteson is a member of the Masonie and M. W. A. lodges.
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