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1879. Ifis parents are Albert and Mary (Kor- anda) Pribyl, now living in Jackson, aged 66 and 58 years, respectively.
Joseph Pribyl came to America with his parents in IS83. After ten months spent in Chicago the family came to Jackson county, arriving in March, ISS4. The head of the family bought a farm on section 16, Hunter township, and twelve years later one on see- tion 20. Joseph lived on the farm with his parents until 1895. receiving an education in the country schools and in the Jackson high school. Coming to Jackson village, he clerked in Peter Hansen's store eight months and then accepted a position in the Bank of Jackson (now the Brown National Bank), and has been with that institution ever since, for the last eight years as assistant cashier.
Mr. Pribyl is a member of the Catholic church and of the Catholic Order of Foresters. lle is one of a family of eight children: Charles, Joseph J., August, Wesley, Frank, Jerry, Mary, Agnes and Bessie.
The marriage of Mr. Pribyl occurred in Jack- son May 27, 1901, when he wedded Laura Bet- leeh, a native of Dane county, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Emil and Sarah (Cerhan) Bet- lech. Mr. and Mrs. Pribyl are the parents of three children: Marie T .. llelen F. and Jose- phine K.
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WESLEY WORSHEK (1891) is one of the successful farmers of Belmont township, in which precinet he owns a half section of land -the northwest quarter of section 28 and the northwest quarter of seetion 36. He is one of a family of five children and his parents were Joseph and Mary Worshek. They came from Bohemia to the United States in 1866 and located in Iowa. Mrs. Worshek died in that state in 1889, and after her death Mr. Worshek came to Jackson county, where he lived until his death, February 28, 1905, at the age of 83 years. The other children of the family are Annie, Joseph, Mary and John.
Wesley Worshek was born to these parents in Bohemia November I. 1860. At the age of six years he accompanied his parents to Am- erica and located in Jones county. Iowa. Six years later the family home was made in Guthrie county. Iowa, and there our subject lived until 1891. That year he moved to Jack- son county and bought his present farm of
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Nichola- Olson, and that place has ever since been his home. He added to his real estate hollings in 1903 by the purchase of the quarter on section 36. Since buying his farm he has added greatly to its value by the crection of new building- and other improvements. He is a stockholder of the Belmont Creamery company and of the Jackson County Ele vator company. For several years he served as a director of school district No. 5. He and his family are members of the Catholic church of Jackson and he belongs to the M. W. A. Indge.
Mr. Worshek was married in Guthrie conn- 1x, Iowa. to Barbara Benda, a native of Ro- hemia. Nine children have been born to this union as follows: Frank. born May 2, 1987: Tillie, born June 29, 1888: Laura. born An- gust S. 1891: Joseph, born February 12. 1893: Eddie, born February IS. 1895: Henry. born .Inly 1. 1898; Lonie, born April 27. 1901; Blanche, born April 20. 1903: Agnes, born Jan- uary 24. 1906.
Since this sketch was prepared. Mr. Worshek, on December 7, 1900, sold his place to John Erickson, of South Dakota, after a residence in the county of eighteen years.
WILLIAM TORDSEN (1893) owns and farms the northeast quarter of section 22. Rost township. He is the son of Peter Tord. sen. of Rost township, and Christina (Hend- ricks) Tordsen, who died in Ida county, Iowa, January 26. 1888.
William Tord-en was born in Scott county. Towa. January 14, 1879, and when two years of age moved with his parents to lda county. lowa. There he was brought up on his father's farm and received his primary education. Ile accompanied his parents to Jackson county in 1893 and completed his education in the district school in Rost township. He made his home with his father until 1901. That year he engaged in the threshing business in part - nership with John Husen until 1903, and two years later sold a half interest to his brother. and has been so engaged ever since. In 1903 he also engaged in farming. renting the Ju lins Meyer farm in Rost. In the spring of 1900 he moved onto his present farm, which he had bought in 1908. Besides his other interests Mr. Tordsen has stock in the Farmers Elevator company of Lakefield. He is treasurer of school district No. 109,
Mr. Tord-en was married in Jackson June 6. 1902, to Bertha Meyer, daughter of Julius and Marie (Stoffen) Meyer. of Lake Park, Towa. Mrs. Tordsen was born in Holstein, Jowa. June 6, Isst, and came to Jackson county with her parents in 1897.
EDWARD SCHUMACHER (ISSO) is an Alba township farmer and condnet- his father's place. the south half of section 12. n short dis- tance west of Okabena. lle is a native of the county, having been born on the farm he now conducts April 26, 1880.
The parent- of our subject. Heury and Caro- line (Hohena) Schumacher, were born in Ger- many, but came to America in an early day, settling in Brown county, Minnesota, in the late fifties. There they resided until they came to Jackson county in 1870. They lived on the old tree claim in Alba township until 1903. when they moved to lleron Lake, where they still reside. Mr. Selmmacher is a veteran of the civil war, having served in company A. of the Eleventh regiment of Minnesota vohmicers.
Edward Schumacher grew to manhood on his father's farm in Alba. attending the district school and working on the farm. In the spring of 1905 he took a homestead in Lyman county, South Dakota, and the next year moved onto his land. After a residence there of over a year he proved up on the claim and then re- turned to Jackson county. He has since been engaged in farming his father's farm of 320 acres.
Mr. Schumacher was married in Cottonwood county, Minnesota, March 20. 1905. to close- phine Crowell, who was born in Fillmore county, Minnesota, January 3. 1881. Her grandfather was the third settler of Fillmore county. hav- ing located there in 1853. Her parents, Edwin and Clara (Genth) Crowell, now reside in low- ard county, lowa. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Schumacher. Russell. born September 17. 1907. Mr. Schumacher is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.
JOHN DUNKER (1891) owns and farms the southeast quarter of section 12. Enterprise township. which has been his home for the last eighteen years. Mr. Dunker is a German by birth. having been born in the fatherland May 23, }$5S. the son and John and Lizzie Dunker.
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Mr. Dunker's parents died when he was seven years of age and he was thrown on his own resources at an early age. He came to Ameri- ca when fourteen years of age, landing in the city of New York May 4, 1872. Locating at Hlavana, Mason county, Illinois, he grew to manhood there and after reaching mature years engaged in farming. He bought his present farm October 8, 1890, and the following March moved onto it and became a permanent resi- dent of Jackson county. He has been engaged in farming since and for several years was en- gaged in operating a threshing machine and corn sheller.
Mr. Dunker has been married twice. His first marriage was to Dora Webber, whom he married May 28. 1882. She died September 7, 1891. To this union were born the following named children: Fred. born August 1, 1883: Henry. born January 12. 1886: Mary. born December 20, 1888; Maggie, born March 10, 1890. The second marriage of Mr. Dunker oeeurred October 28, 1894, to Annie Golz, of Berlin, Germany. To them have been born the following named children: Diek, born Sep- tomber 16. 1895: Lizzie, born February 19, 1897; Bertha, born March 8, 1898; Charles, born November 30, 1901; William, born Jan- ary 3, 1905; Dora, born May 1, 1908. The family are members of the German Lutheran church of Kimball township. He holds the office of clerk of school distriet No. 20.
KARL NEJEDLY (1886) is a shoemaker and the proprietor of one of Jackson's shoe stores. He is the son of Joseph Nejedly, one of a family of five children, and was born in Vranej, Bohemia, September 14, 1855. His early days were spent in his native land, where he attended the village school and where at the age of eleven years he began working at the shoemaker's trade.
At the age of twenty Mr. Nejedly joined the Austrian army and served a four years' en- listment during the war between Austria and Bosnia and Herzegovina, as a result of which war the two last named countries were added to the Austrian empire. During the last two years of his service Mr. Nejedly saw service in the enemies' country. After the war Mr Nejedly went to Germany, where he worked at his trade until he emigrated to America in 1882. He first located at Cleveland, Ohio, where he worked at his trade for a time. During his
residence there he was frequently called upon to make shoes for the family of President Garfield. After leaving Cleveland, Mr. Nejedly worked at his trade in the following towns: Menominee, Michigan; St. Paul, Minnesota; Mendota, Minnesota ; and Owatonna, Minne- sota.
In 1886 Mr. Nejedly came to Jackson county and opened a shoe repair shop in the county seat village. and four years later opened a shoe store in connection. These he conducted continuously until 1906, when be sold out and moved to California. Ile remained in the far west only a short time. and then returned to Jackson and again engaged in business. Be- sides hi- business, Mr. Nejedly owns a home in the village. He is a member of the C. S. P. S., the M. W. A. and the Equitable Fraternal Union.
In Cleveland, Ohio, July 24. 1882. Mr. Nejedly was united in marriage to Josephine Simon, who was born in Zop, Bohemia, March 19, 1857, and who came to America a few months before her marriage. To this union have been born six children, as follows: Otto. born Sep- tember 14, 1883; Olga, born October 25, 1884; Boodie, born April S, 1888; Rose, born No- vember 25. 1890; Lumer, born August 8, 1892; Mildred, born May 4. 1903.
JOHN V. KRAL (1901), a resident of ITun- ter township, has lived in the county but a few years, but in that time has prospered. and he owns 440 acres of well improved land. He is a native of Bohemia, where he was born March 13, 1866, and is the son of Frank and Josephine Kral, both of whom live in the old country at advanced ages. They are the parents of three children, John (the subject of the sketch) being the oldest.
John Kral grew to young manhood in his native country, and there he received a fair education. At the age of seventeen years he crossed the Atlantic to seek his fortune in the new country. He settled in the city of Chi- cago, where he worked a few months in a planing mill. He then became a tailor's ap- prentice and learned that trade, and worked at it about fifteen years. Having been frugal in his habits. he had saved up a sum of money, and with this he opened a tailor shop of his own and prospered to such an extent that he soon had a large force of men employed in turning out custom work. Mr. Kral conducted
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his shop until 1904. when, owing to ill health, he was forced to sell and seek other employ- ment. In that year he came to Jackson county and bought 440 acres of land in Ilun- ter township, the home place being located on the south half of the northwest quarter of section 27. He has spent the sum of $19,000 on the farm. which includes the improvements made since purchasing the place.
Mr. Krat was married in Chicago, Illinois, on November 6, 1887, to Frances Res, a na- tive of Bohemia, who came to the United States in 1876. To this union twelve children have been born. They are: Jerry, horn April 26. ISSO; John, born June 28. 1890: Bessie. horn Or-
tober 16, 1891: Fernie, born November 6. 1894; Georgie, born February 23. 1898; Emma, born January 15, 1900; Ella. born March 22. 1901; Charlie, born March 7. 1903; Albe. born July 10, 1904; Mary, born January 4, 1906; Frank, born March 30, 1907; Josie, born March 24, 1908.
Mr. Kral has held the office of treasurer of the township board the past two years, and for four years has been treasurer of school district 84. He is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and of the Catholic church.
EDWARD G. PAGE (18871. of Jackson, was born in the city of Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 15, 1876, the son of John M. and Mary J. Page. both of whom are dead. When he was two years oldl the family moved to Mantorville. Minnesota, and there he lived until his mother died when he was six and one-half years of age. Upon the death of his mother Edward was taken into the family of M. B. Hutchinson. and for several years lived with that family on the farm near Spring Valley, Minnesota. In 1886 he accompanied the Hutchinsons to Ches- ter. lowa. and one year later came with them to Jackson.
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Edward attended the Jackson schools and grew to manhood in that village. After his school days he worked on a farm for several years and later for John Muir in the village. He went to Wyoming in 1899 and worked in Laramie until October 20 of that year, when he enlisted in the United States volunteer in- fantry and was sent to the Philippines. He served in the army twenty and one half months, during the greater part of which time he was stationed on the islands of Luzon. Samar and Layte and rose to the position of corporal.
He returned to the United States and was hon- orably discharged at San Francisco July 5. 1901. Mr. Page returned to Jackson and for several years was engaged in various occupa- tions, during the summer of 1905 working in Wyoming on a cattle ranch owned by John Whitaker and was made foreman of the ranch. In 1907 he took a position as manager of Otis Ashley's barn.
Mr. Page is nomarried. He is the youngest of a family of four children, of whom three are living. He owns the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 20. Enterprise township, which he bought in June. 1908. He holds membership in the K. P. and M. W. A. lodges.
THUGBERT JJ. NELSON (1879) is a tailor by trade and a member of the firm of Nelson Bros .. clothiers and tailors of Heron Lake. He has lived in Jackson county all his life, having heen born in Weimer township August 11, 1879. the son of Herman and Bertha (Olson) Nelson. His parents were natives of Norway and came to America and to Jackson county in 1876. Ilis father died in Heron Lake in 1882: his mother still makes her home in that village and is 61 years of age.
Ingbert grew to manhood in Jackson county. In 18OS he started learning the tailor's trade. After he had served an apprenticeship he open- ed a shop in Heron Lake, which he conducted six years. He then opened a clothing store in connection with the shop. and one year later. in February, 1909. he admitted his brother, George, as a partner, and they have since been engaged in business under the firm name of Nelson Bros.
Mr. Nelson was married in Heron Lake Feb- ruary 21. 1907. to Emma Berrean, a native of Minnesota. She conducts a millinery store in Heron Lake. Mr. Nelson is a member of the Tromen lodge.
11. 0. JOHNSON (1897 . of Christiania town- ship. was born in Norway February 19. 1863. the son of Ole and Carrie Johnson. He came to America with his parents when three years of age and has lived, respectively, in LaCrosse county. Wisconsin. until 1871. Swift county. Minnesota, until 1877. Mitchell county. Towa. until 1851. Rock county, Minnesota, until 1893. Grant county, South Dakota, until 1897, and
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in Jackson county since the last named date. He received a good common school education and was brought up a farmer. With the ex- ception of six months in the mercantile busi- ness at Luverne, Minnesota, and one year as a photographer in Benson, Minnesota, Mr. John- son has been engaged in farming ever since he reached manhood.
Mr. Johnson was married December 12, 1889, to Caroline Olson, and to them have been born five children: Ida. born in April, 1891; Alfred, born May 12, 1896; Ernest, born in November, 1897; Mabel, born in April, 1900; Carl. born in April, 1902. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church and Mr. Johnson is a member of the Woodmen of the World. lle owns a quarter section of farming land in Marshall county, Minnesota, and has stock in the Farmers Elevator company of Windom.
JOSEPH V. MAKOVICKA (1891), proprie- tor of one of the saloons of Jackson, is a na- tive of New York city, having been born there March 9, 1873, the son of Joseph and Anna (Tupa) Makovicka. In 1877 he moved with his parents from the city and located at New Prague. Minnesota, where he lived until ISSS. Ile was brought up on a farm and was educa- ted in St. Venslous Catholic school at New Prague.
In 1888 Mr. Makovicka moved to Montgom- ery. LeSueur county, and for three years con- dneted a cigar factory there. On the first day of May, 1891, he became a resident of Jackson county, locating at Lakefield. He conducted a cigar factory there one year and then moved to Jackson, engaging in the saloon business and in the manufacture of cigars. He oper- ated the cigar factory six years and has con- ducted the saloon ever since. During his resi- dence in the county seat village Mr. Makovicka has been engaged in several other lines of busi- mess. In 1893 he opened a meat market and conducted it three years. In 1901 he engaged in the marble business as a member of the firm of Jackson Marble Works. the members of the firm being Joseph Makovicka, J. V. Mako- vicka and Joseph L. Rakard. He bought his partners out in 1902, conducted the business alone four years and then sold a half interest to Ed. Gilbertson.
In 1907 Mr. Makovieka moved to Wells, bought a saloon there, conducted it a short time, and then returned to Jackson. For many
years he was the agent of the Standard Brew- ing company, of Mankato, and is now agent for the C. & J. Michel Brewing company, of LaCrosse. Mr. Makovicka is a member of the Catholic church and of numerous 'orders. Ile joined as a charter member of the Z. E. K. J. in 1897, and on January 1, 1899, organized the first lodge of the Catholic Western Union west of the Mississippi river. He also be- longs to the C. O. F. and to the K. U. J., a Catholie Bohemian lodge.
On July 31. 1894, Mr. Makovicka was mar- ried in Jackson to Miss Thresa Bunderle, who was born in Allegheny, Pennsylvania, Febru- ary 2. 1875. To these parents have been born the following children: Frank, born October 2. 1900, died December 12, 1900; Joseph, born February 19, 1902; Rudolph, born November I. 1903: Robert, born February 8, 1906; Blanche, born February 15, 1908.
HENRY SAATHOFF (1890) owns a splen- did farm on section 28, Wisconsin township, upon which he has resided for the last nineteen years and which he brought up to its present standard. Henry is the eldest of a family of three sons born to Hey and Antie (Woltzen) Saathoff. He was born in Ostfreesland, Ger- many. August 11, IS60.
The subject of this biography resided with his parents until twelve years of age. Then he joined the crew of a sailing vessel and sailed the seas ten years, during which time he visited nearly all the European and African ports. He came to America in ISSI, and from that time until 1890 lived in Champaign and Iroquois counties, Illinois. Mr. Saathoff arrived in Jaek- son county in 1890, farmed rented property one year, and then bought his present farm of 160 acres in Wisconsin township. The only improvement on the farm at the time he bought it was a little shack, and in this he lived four years; now he has a fine farm, with excellent improvements.
At Danford. Iroquois county, Illinois, on March 7. 18SO, Mr. Saathoff was united in mar- riage to Fredericka Hasbergen, who was born in Germany and who came to the United States in the year 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Saathoff have three children, named as follows: Heyko Ru- dolph Albert, born February 1. 1891; Wilhel- miene Annette, born February 14. 1893; Alma Margrata Alberdina. born May 10, 1895. The family are German Lutherans.
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ALBERT GOUR (IS9)) owns a 240 acre farm in Kimball township and has been en- gaged in farming it for the last nineteen years. He was born in Germany July 14. Is55, the youngest of a family of five chillren. Hi- father, William Gohr, died when our subject was nine months old. and his mother, Caro- line (Jaffke) Gohr, died when he was thirteen years of age.
Thrown upon his own resources at a tender age. Albert Gohr carly learned to take care of himself. Ile lived in Germany seventeen years, working at odd jobs and spending the last year of his residence in the old world working at the brick layer's trade. Ile came to Amer. ica at the age of seventeen, and for eight months worked on a farm near the city of Chicago. Then he took a position with Henry Baisford & Company, packers. of Chicago, and was in their employ twenty years. In July. 1885. he had paid a visit to Jackson county and had bought the east half of the southwest quar- ter of section 16, Kimball township, and in 1891 he gave up his position in Chicago and moved to the county. where he has since been engaged in farming. He bought the southwest quarter of section 23, Kimball, four years after his arrival, and he farms all his land.
Mr. Gohr was married in Chicago March 26. 1876, to Minnie Stenke, who was born in Ger- many in ISSS and who came to the United States when nine years of age. She is the daughter of Anton and Minnie Stenke, both de- ceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Gohr have been born twelve children, of whom the following ten are living: Lena (Mrs. Mens Hansen), Albert A., Minnie. (Mrs. Charles Waswol. Dora (Mra. Theodore Schoewe), Hattie, Olga, George. Lco. Esther and Clara. The five children first named was born in Chicago, the others in Minnesota.
The family are members of the German Lu thern church. Mr. Gohr was a member of the Kimball township board from 1893 to 1908 with the exception of one year and he was a member of the school board of his district for the same length of lime.
ALTON B. CHEADLE (1883) is the cashier of the First National Bank of Jackson and has lived in that village since he was a boy thir- teen years of age. He is the youngest of a fam- ily of four children born to Rev. Henry Clay Cheadle and Emma K. (Keyes) Cheadle, both natives of Ohio. The father was a Presbyter-
ian minister and came to Minnesota in 1872. He occupied the Presbyterian pulpits at Jack- son and Lakefield from 1883 to 1894 and then irturned to his former home in Blue Earth, where he lived until his death in February. 1906, at the age of 77 year -. Our subject's moth- er died in Blue Earth in 1599 at the age of 63 years.
To the-e parent -. in Amesville, Athens county Ohio, Alton B. Cheadle was born on the 12th day of February, 1870. In 1822 be accompanied his parents to Blue Earth, Minnesota, and re- sided there from that time until Isso. The next three years were passed in Buffalo, Wright county, Minnesota, and then in 1883 he moved with his parents to Jackson. He was educated in the public schools of Jackson and the high school at Cannon Falls, completing his school- ing with a two years' course at Macale-ter college.
At the age of fifteen years he began work- ing. during the vacation periods, for George R. Moore, the present president of the First Na tional Bank of JJackson, but at the time clerk of the district court of Jackson county, and since taking employment at that early age he has ever since been employed by, or a -- sociated with, Mr. Moore. When the latter or- ganized his private bank in Is87 Alton Cheadle became an employe a year and a half later. and has ever since been counceted with the bank. When that pioneer financial institution was reorganized into a state bank Mr. Cheadle was not yet of age, but the next year he reached his majority and was at once made cashier of the bank. When the reorganization into a national bank was brought about Mr. Cheadle was made cashier, a position which he still holls.
Mr. Cheadle has been a member of the Jack son board of education for several years and is at present treasurer of the board. He is interested in the Jackson Building & Loan association and has held the office of treasurer of that popular institution for eighteen year -. Mr. Cheadle is a member of the Presbyterian church and of the Masonic Fine lodge and chap- ter and the M. W. A. and A. O. U. W. orders.
In Jackson, on July 19, 1892, Mr. Cheadle was married to Miss Jessie Fiddes, a native of Jackson and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Fiddes. One daughter and one son have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Cheadle, Agnes M. and Alexander II.
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PETER HANSEN (1891) owns and farms the east half of the northeast quarter of seetion 15, Wisconsin township, where he has resided for the last eighteen years. He is a native of Denmark and was born September 15, 1868, the son of Hans Christianson and Frederieka (llansen) Christianson.
Peter Hansen came to America at the age of fourteen years, after having received a common school education in his native country, and settled in Brown county, Minnesota. He came to Jackson county in 1891, bought his present farm, and has since made his home on it. Hc has a good farm and a fine set of buildings He owns stock in the Farmers Elevator com- pany of Alpha. Ile has served four years as a member of the board of supervisors of Wis- consin township. He is a member of the Pres- byterian church, of which he has been an elder for two years and a trustee for six years.
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