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Mr. Arnold was married at Mankato Decem- Iner 29, 1885, to Josephina S. Lentz. a native of the city in which she was married. Two chil- dren have been born to this union. named Ver- da C. and 2. Olive M.
WILLIAM C. DUNLOP (1899) is a farmer and land owner of Hunter township and re- sides on section 3, one mile east of Lakefield. He has been a resident of the county for the last ten years. He was born in Columbia coun- 1v. Wisconsin, September 27, 1869, the son of William and Jennett (Caldow) Dunlop. His parents were born in Scotland but came to America with their parents when children and were married in this country. They located in Columbia county, Wisconsin, and there the father of our subject still lives, being seventy years of age. The mother of our subject died there in IS91. There were right children in the family, named as follows: Gabriel, Jennett. William. Joseph and Jane, twins: Robert, died wlen ten years of age; Lizzie and Annie, twins.
William C. Dunlop lived on a farm with his parents until he reached his majority ; then he engaged in farming for himself, which he followed two years, From 1892 to 1890, when
and threshing. After his marriage he again engaged in farming and was so occupied in Columbia county until he came to Jackson county on October 18, 1599. Upon his arrival Mr. Dunlop bought the northeast quarter vi section 25. Rost township, and rented the south- west quarter of section 30. Hunter township, which he bought two years later. In the fall of 197 he sold the last named land and bought hi- present eighty - three and one-half acre farm on sertion 3. Hunter, still retaining his Rost township farm. During his residence in Hunter township Mr. Dunlop has served two years as a supervisor and three years as chairman of the board. He was also clerk of school dis triet No. 52 for five years, and he is now a director of district No. 12. He is a member of the Masomnie and Modern Woodmen lodges.
At Lodi, Columbia county. Wisconsin, on September 24. 1896, Mr. Dunlop was married to Mayme Bullen, who was born in the town of Arlington July 15, 1873. She is the daughter of David and Hannah Bullen. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dunlop. Ro- bert. horn March 1. IsOS: Ruth, born March 1. 1900.
1.EO JJ. DOSTAL (1899). register of doods of Jackson county, was born in Winneshiek county, lowa. September 1. 18th, the son of Frank and Josephine tPribyl Dustal. In his native county he lived twelve years and then accompanied his parents to Worth county, lowa. in ISTS, He completed his education in a parochial school in Worth county, from which he was graduated in IsSt.
Mr. Dostal grew to manhood on his father's farm in Worth county. He moved to Jack- son county, Minnesota, in May, 1899. and bought an eighty acre farm in Des Moines township. a short distance west of Jackson. He engaged in farming there until the beginning of the year 1909, when he moved to Jackson to enter upon the duties of the office of register of deeds, to which office he had been elected the fall before on the democratie ticket. Mr. Dos- tal still owns his farm in Des Moines. During his residence on the farm he served in var- ion- township offices. He is secretary of the Jackson County Farmer- Mutual Lightning In- surance company.
At Manly, lowa, on February 12. 1592, Mr. Dostal was married to Miss Anna Kloyda, who
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died September 13, 1903, aged 31 years, and to this union three children were born, as fol- lows: Adeline II., born April 23, 1893; Lillian K., born November 27, 1895; Augusta A., born August 20, 1901. The second marriage of Mr. Dostal occurred at Jackson July 20, 1907, when he wedded Rosa Dgimela. To them has been born one childl, Louis, born April 30, 1908. The family are members of the Catholic church and Mr. Dostal belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters.
NELS HANSON (1891), Heron Lake town- ship farmer, was born in Sweden July 3, 1858, the eldest of a family of four children born to Jens and Elna (Nelson) Hanson, now de- ceased.
Until 1882, at the age of twenty-four years, Nels lived in his native land. He began work- ing out at the age of ten years and followed several occupations. He came to the United States in 1882, lived one year in Connecticut, one year in Livingston county, Illinois, and seven years in Ford county, Illinois, during which time he worked as a farm hand and as an employe of tile factories. Mr. Ilanson came to Jackson county in 1891. lle farmed a rented place in Heron Lake township two years, and then moved onto his own farm, the west half of the southeast quarter of sec- tion 26, which he had bought before coming to the county. lle has resided upon that farm ever since. In addition to the eighty acres he owns he farms rented land.
Mr. Hanson was married in Chicago, Illinois, October 5, 1887, to Matilda Bjork, who was born on March 28, 1863. The following four children have been born to this union: Ernest, a graduate of the Globe Business college of St. Paul, now a resident of St. Paul; Ledia (Mrs. Frank Palmer), of Lakefiekl; Annie, a high school student: Harry, residing at home. Mr. Hanson is a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge.
CHRIST JENSEN (1890), Wisconsin town- ship farmer, owns the north half of the north- east quarter of section 7, upon which he has lived for nearly twenty years. He is of Dan- ish birth and first saw the light of day June 26, 1858. His father, Jens Hansen, died in Denmark in 1895; his mother. Sidsel (Jensdat- ter), still lives in her native land.
Christ lived with his parents until twelve years of age; then he began hustling for him- self, working on farms until be was seven- tren. At that age he took up the life of a seaman and followed the sea three years. He eame to America in 1880 and spent the first nine months of his life in the new world at New Orleans. He then came to Minnesota and for a year and a half engaged in farming in Brown county. For the next few years lie divided his time between working on a home- stead in Griggs county, North Dakota, and in the pineries of Pierce county, Wisconsin. Later for eight or nine months he was working on a grading contract in Barron county, Wiscon- sin, and his next jump was to the state of Mississippi, where he took a contract for levee work near IIelena. He was there several months, and then located at Omaha, Nebraska, where for four years he engaged in teaming.
In March, 1890, after having lived in many parts of the country, Mr. Jensen came to Jackson county to make his permanent home. He bought the eighty acre farm in Wisconsin township, and that has ever since been his home. Ile holds the office of township treas- urer and has been clerk of school district No. 1 during nearly the entire time of his resi- dence in the county. He has also held the of- fice of township supervisor. He is a member of the Danish Brotherhood, Danner Lodge No. 96, of Jackson.
Mr. Jensen was married at Omaha July 8, 1891, to Fritzena Jacobsen, also a native of Demnark. To this union has been born one child. Olga, born April 26, 1907.
GUSTAF A. ANDERSON (1896), proprietor of a photograph gallery in Jackson, was born in Sweden September 22, 1873, the son of An- drew and Sophia (Jonason) Anderson. His father died when our subject was three years of age and thereafter during his residence in the old country he lived with an uncle.
In 1891 Mr. Anderson came to the United States and located at Estherville, Iowa, where for several years he lived at the home of an uncle, attending school during the winter months and working on the farm during the summer months. In the fall of 1895 he began learning the photographer's trade in Esther- ville and the next year moved to Jackson and opened a gallery, renting the Roberts' studio. He remained in that location eight
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years and then bought his present property. lle built the operating room and made other improvements and now has one of the finest studios in southwestern Minnesota. Miss Louie Babcock has been employed as retoucher by Mr. Anderson for the past twelve years.
The subject of this review was married in Jackson June 22, 1904, to Julia B. Lewis, a native of Jackson county and a daughter of Christian Lewis, of Wisconsin township. Mr. Anderson is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and the Chapter.
LEMEK OLSEN (1888) is one of the exten- sive and successful farmers of Wisconsin town- ship, residing a short distance southeast of Jackson. Hle farms 480 acres of land on see- tions 32 and 33. Our subject was born in Nor- way October 17. 1859, the son of Ole Larson and Martha (Peterson) Larson, both of whom are past ninety years of age and living in their native country. They are the parents of three children, Lemek, of this sketch: Peter, of Norway: Mrs. Anton Olson, of Norway.
Until he was twenty-seven years of age Lemek resided with his parents, securing an education and assisting with the farm work. At that age he married and for a year or two worked ont. He came to America and to Jack- son county in ISSS. arriving in Lakefield on the first day of October of that year. He work- ed ont two years, then rented land and farmed for himself two years. He then became a land owner, buying an eighty acre tract in Heron Lake township, which he conducted six years. Ite sold his land, rented a few years, and then sold all his possessions with the deter- mination of making his home in the west. Not bring satisfied with the western country, Mr. Olsen returned and for four years engaged in farming in Heron Lake township. In 1905 he rented the II. G. Anderson farm in Wiscon- sin township, and that has since been his home.
Lemek Olsen was married in Norway to An- na Panlinn Hendrickson, a daughter of Henry Peterson. Six children have been born to these parents, as follows: Matilda, born January 19, 1457: Henry, born Angust 2, ISSS: Anton, born January 21, 1590, died March 3, 1906: Linda, born September 16, 1591: Alfred, born Jan- unry 19, 1895: Palmer, born August 14. 1897. The family are members of the Lutheran church of Jackson.
ANDREW CARLSON (1899), Petersburg township farmer, is a native of Varbarge, Sweden, and was born February 3, 1858, the son of Carl and Johanna (Anderson) Carl- son. In 1879 he left his native land and lo- vated near Rochelle, Ogle county, Ilinois, where he engaged in farming twenty years. On the twenty-tifth day of November, 1899, he arrived in Jackson county and he has ever since made his home in Petersburg township, where he owns a quarter section of land.
The subject of this biography was married to Miss Annie Simonson, who died in August, 1898, after having borne the following named children: Agnes, born January 12, 18S9; Julia, born July 23, 1891; Charley, born September 8, 1993; Bertha, born January 1, 1895; Ella, born June 13, 1897.
Mr. Carlson is a member of the Swedish Lutheran church.
ADOLPH ANDERSON (1897), blacksmith of Jackson, was born in Sweden March 13, 1874. Ilis parents are Andrew and Christina Ander- son, both of whom are living in their native land. Adolph received a common school edu- cation in Sweden, and at the age of fourteen years began working at the blacksmith trade. which he has followed all his life. lle left home in 1893 and came to the United States. locating first at Howard, South Dakota. lle worked at his trade there two years, at Corn- ing. Iowa, one year, and again in Howard, South Dakota. He located in Jackson in 1897 and that village has since been his home. Ile worked in the shop of Ludvigsen Brothers four years, in that of George Sawyer two years, and in 1903 he bought a shop of L. A. Moon. and has since been in business for himself. He bought his present shop from Gus Thomp- son.
Mr. Anderson is a member of the Odd Fel- lows and M. W. A. lodges and of the Consoli- dated Casualty company. He is a member of the Swedish Lutheran church. He has been connected with the Jackson fire department for the past eight years.
At .Jackson, on September 5. 1902, Mr. An- derson was married to Theresa Weiland, a na- tive of Wisconsin. To them has been born one child. Antonette Anderson.
JOHN MeGLIN (1892) is one of a firm which owns a line of elevators in southwestern Min-
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DR. ANTON J. MOE Founder and Owner of the Southwestern Minnesota Hospital, Heron Lake.
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nesota with headquarters at Lakefield. He is a native of Dubuque county, Iowa, and was born June 17, 1861. His parents were John and Jane (Rogers) MeGlin, who were born in Ire- land and who came to America when children. They were married in New York state and then moved west and located in Dubuque coun- ty, Iowa, where they acquired land and lived a number of years. Later they located in Buena Vista county, Iowa, and there our sub- jeet's father diedl September 9, 1882, having reached the age of 64 years. His wife died at Heron Lake April 24, 1900, at the age of 64 years.
The subject of this biography lived with his parents in Dubnque county until eight years of age, and then accompanied them to Buena Vista county. There he resided on his father's farm until 1886, securing his education and helping with the farm work. In the last named year he moved to Rock Valley, lowa, and in partnership with a brother, Michael MeGlin, he engaged in the lumber and coal business six years. The brothers then moved to Heron Lake and engaged in the same business, which they followed eleven years in that village. The next year and a half were spent in Okabena in the same business, and then they sold out and moved to Lakefield. It was in 1905 that the brothers bought the elevator and coal business of the Canton Grain company in Lakefield. They have since increased their business, now owning elevators at Heron Lake, Okabena, Kinbrae and Edgerton, making their head- quarters at Lakefield. They are extensive grain dealers, buying, cleaning and shipping.
While a resident of Heron Lake Mr. McGlin served as a member of the village council ten years, and during four years of that time was president of the council. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.
Mr. McGlin was married at Rock Valley, Iowa, March 2, 1897, to Nora Fahey, a native of Clinton, lowa. Three children have been born in this union, Eva G., John E. and Wil- liam M.
DR. ANTON J. MOE (1902), founder and proprietor of the Southwestern Minnesota hospi- tal at Heron Lake, was born at Trondhjam, Nor- way, February 12, 1868, the son of John Moc, who came to the United States in 1883 and who now resides at Spokane, Washington.
Anton J. Moe received a common school edu- cation in his native country and at the age
of fourteen years came to America with his parents and located in Wisconsin. He was graduated from the Sparta high school in 1888 and later became a student in the university of Wisconsin and still later was graduated from Rush Medical college of Chicago. Dr. Moe practiced his profession five years in Wisconsin and then, in 1902, located in Ileron Lake. There he founded the Southwestern Minnesota hospi- tal and has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in the hospital.
At the age of twenty-one years Dr. Moe was elected county superintendent of schools of Forest county, Wisconsin, holding the office three terms, and for four years during his resi- dence in Wisconsin was in the postal service. Since moving to Heron Lake he has served two years as a member of the village council. Hle is a member of the A. F. & A. M., the Elks, the M. W. A., the A. O. U. W., the M. B. A., the Yeomen and the Eastern Star.
Dr. and Mrs. Moe spent the summer of 1909 in Vienna, Austria, in medical study, and in travel in Europe.
Dr. Moe was married at Viroqua, Wisconsin, in 1897, to Fannie Favor, a native of the town in which she was married. To this union has been born one child, Edgar Allen, born at Chaseburg, Wisconsin, May 27, 1900.
The Southwestern Minnesota hospital, which is a commodious three story building of pleas- ing design, was built by Dr. Moe in 1903. So popular became the institution that in 1903 it was necessarily enlarged. It now has a ca- pacity of fifty beds and is modern in every particular from the basement to the upper story. It is supplied with steam heat, gas and electric lights, a steam ventilating system and high pressure water for fire protection, has electric bells for all beds, lavatories, dispen- sary, a model operating room with elaborate fixtures and instruments, large waiting rooms, consultation rooms, halls and pretty porticos. Since the establishment of the hospital over twenty-five hundred surgical operations have been performed.
Fifteen hundred of these cases have been appendicitis cases ; the others have been hernias, gall stones, cancer, amputations, goiters, eye, ear nose and throat cases, cic. Three assis- tant physicians, Drs. Torkelson, Stevens and Allen, are employed and there are ten nurses. Mrs. Moe is superintendent of the hospital. Patients are received here from all parts of
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Minnesota, northern lowa, North and South Dakota and Canada.
The hospital support- a training school for hur-es, m which instruction by lectures and Visitation work in hospital and private bed . side mur-ing is given. The instruction is a two term course and five pupils are graduated each year. The head nurse is Sister Carrie, who is a native of Denmark, and who has fifteen years experience.
More ground adjoining has been purchased, and, as the business is increasing so rapidly, it will soon become necessary to enlarge the present building.
CHRIS DAHL. (1890), deceased. was a Pet- ersburg township farmer. He was born in Chan- cry. now Clinton. Clinton county, lowa, March 11, 1885. His father, Jens Dahl, is living: his mother. Annie Dahl. died December 23. 1900.
When he was five years old, in April, 1890, Chris came to Jackson county with his par- ents. Hle assisted his father in managing the farm until 190G, when the latter withdrew from the active management and Chris took charge. lle engaged in farming the south half of the southwest quarter of section 25, Petersburg. He was a member of the D. B. S. lodge of Jackson. Mr. Daid died during the summer of 1909.
CHARLES M. HUMPHREY (1893) farms the southeast quarter of section 3t, Des Moines township. He was born in Rensselaer county, New York, August 17. 1564, the son of German and Phydelia (Wyant) Humphrey, the former of English birth, the latter a native of the state of New York. His father died when our subject was two years of age; his mother died in 189t. There were eight children in the family : Edward, William, Libbie, Melvina, Cor- uplia. Mary. Men and Charles,
(larles lived with his mother in his native county until he was sixteen years of age. In 1$50 le located at Masonville, Delaware coun- to, lowa. For several years he worked as a farm hand and then started learning the bar- For trade. He worked at the trade three years in Superior and Iowa Falls, and in 1993 moved to Jackson, where he established the Ashley house shop, which he conducted nine years, In 1901 he rented the Albertus farm, where he
has since been engaged in agricultural pur- sitil -.
Mr. Humphrey was married at Superior, lowa. March 29. 1893. to Addie Lush, a native of Wauroma, Iowa. To them has been born one eluld. Irma. horn August 25, 1896. Mr. Humphrey is a member of the A. O. C. W. lodge.
CLAU'S E. RIEKEN (1892) owns and farms 320 acres of Wisconsin township land, his property being on sections 21 and 16. lle is of German parentage, his father and mother, George A. and Cassie (Saathotf) Rieken, hav. ing immigrated from the fatherland in the iall of 1857. They located in Livingston county, Illinois, and later in Iroquois county of the same state. There the elder Rieken bought land and there both he and his wife died. Out of a family of eleven children the following six are living: Nancy, John. Claus, Sove, Ra- chael and George.
Claus Ricken, of this sketch, was born in Livingston county. Illinois, March 6, 1859. lle scoured an education and helped with the farm work until he was twenty five years old. Then he married and rented a farm in Ilinois, upon which he lived eight years. Ile moved to Jackson county in 1892 and bought a part of his present farm. He is a firm he- liever in tiling and has added greatly to the value of his land hy a thorough system of til- ing. The farm upon which Mr. Ricken now resides was homesteaded by JJohn M. Utter. one of the county's early settlers, and upon the land was builded one of the carly day school houses a log shanty. Mr. Ricken was treasurer of his township several terms. He has also held the office of director of school district No. 106 and is at the present time school treasurer. He is a member of the Ger- man Lutheran church.
HENRY WALTER JACKSON (1883), pro- prietor of a Jackson meat market, is a native of the county, having been born in Middle- town township May 15, 1883. the son of John .1. and lda M. (Withers) Jackson.
Our subject resided on the farm until 1890. when he moved with the family to Jackson. He received his primary education in Jackson and spent his early days in that village. In 1900 he went to Brookings, South Dakota,
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and took a course in the South Dakota Agri- cultural school. Thereafter he spent several years at different points in South Dakota and lowa. Returning to Jackson, he engaged in the meat market business in partnership with his brother. In 1909 he bought his brother's interest and has since been sole proprietor of the business.
Mr. Jackson was married September 17, 1907, to Miss Ida M. Tuftee. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.
AUGUST HECHT (1901) is a Ewington town- ship farmer. He was born near Karlin, Germany, December 3, 1864, the son of William and Hen- rietta (Beuge) Hecht. Both parents died in II- linois, his father in the spring of 1897, his mother in 1895.
On subject spent the first nineteen years of his life in his native land, having been brought up on a farm and having been educated there. In the spring of 1884 he came to America with his parents, worked in the city of Chicago a little over one year, spent a part of the next year in Livingston county, Illinois, and then located permanently in LaSalle county, of the same state. He lived in LaSalle county until 1898, working out by the month for the first six years of this time and thereafter farming rented land. He located in Clay county, Iowa, in 1898 and lived there three years, engaged in farming rented property. Mr. Hecht came to Jackson county in 1901, rented a Ewington township farm one year and then bought his present place-the south half of the southeast quarter of section 13-where he has since lived. Besides his own land he farms a ren. ted quarter.
In the city of Streator, Illinois, on the twen. ty-third day of February, IS87, Mr. lecht, was united in marriage to Amelia Junker. daughter of Frederiek Junker, of Ewington. Mrs. Heehit was born in Hintern Pomern, Germany, May 25, 1867, and came to the United States when six years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Hecht have sev- en children, named as follows: Louisa, born De- eember 28, 1887; William, born June 28, 1889; Caroline, born March 8, IS91; Bertha, born November 29, 1892; Charlie, born July 6, 1896; Mabel, born July 17, 1900; Elmer, born March 6, 1903.
The family are members of the German Lu- theran church of Ewington and Mr. Hecht is a director of school district No. 91.
JOHN P. KOSTER (1895) is a West Heron Lake township farmer who owns 240 acres of land on seetions 31 and 30. He was born in Oldenburg, Germany, November 11, 1870, the son of Otto J. and Maria (Tjoks) Koster. Ilis father and mother, who are now aged, re- spectively, 87 and 78 years, have been retired from active pursnits fifteen years and reside in Germany. There were ten children in their family, of whom eight are living. The children are: Frederick, Herman (deceased), Otto (de- ceased), Ilajo, Agnes, Maria, Insiene, John I'., Warner and Peter. Of this family John P. and Hajo reside in America; the others are resi- ients of Germany.
John P. Koster lived with his parents in Germany seventeen years, working on the farm and attending school. He came to the United States in 1887, worked four years on a farm in Woodford county, Illinois, and then farmed rented property in Livingston eonnty, Illinois, four years. He came to Jackson conn- ty in 1895, farmed rented land in Rost town- ship four years, and then bought the south- west quarter of section 31, West Heron Lake township, upon which he has ever since resided. When he took possession the land was un- broken and without building improvements. His farm is now thoroughly tiled and has a fine grove and set of buildings. He bought the south half of the southwest quarter of section 30 four years ago.
Mr. Koster has other than farming interests. Ile is a stoekholder and director of the First State Bank of Okabena, is a director of the Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance company of Delafield township and is treasurer of the Rost Telephone company. He has been a supervisor of West Ileron Lake township for the past ten years and has been treasurer of school dis- triet No. 88 for the last three years. Of distriet No. 73 he was a director six years. He is a member of the Rost township German Lutheran church.
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