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Mr. Struck was married in Cedar township, Martin county, Minnesota, September 10. 1895, to Ursula Russenberger, who was born in
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Switzerland February 11, ISTO. She is the daughter of Hans and Magdalena Russenber- ger, who came to the United States in 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Struck have no children. During the winter of 1908 09 they made a trip to France, Germany, Switzerland and England. They are members of the German Lutheran church of Kimball township.
PETER JACOBSEN (1893) owns a half see- tion of Belmont township land on sections 12 and 13. Ile is a native of Denmark and was horn November 22, 1863, the son of Christ and Inger (Ilansen) Jacobsen. Peter received his carly training in his native land, working out by the year on farms until he was seventeen years of age. He came to the United States in ISSO, and for twelve years resided in the city of Chicago. Eight years of this time he was employed in a brick yard: during the rest of the time he was the proprietor of a grocery store.
Mr. Jacobsen sold out his Intsiness interests in Chicago and came to Jackson county in 1893. Upon his arrival he bought the south- west quarter of section 12, Belmont township, and began farming. which has been his ocon- pation ever since. He made all the improve- ments on his farm, and has added to his real state holdings by the purchase of the north- west quarter of seetion 13. In addition to farming this land he rents a forty aere tract. Mr. Jacobsen is a director of school district No. 39. Hle belongs to the Norwegian Lutheran church and to the Danish Brotherhood lodge.
On the sixth day of June, ISS5, in the city of Chicago, Mr. Jacobsen was married to Mary Peterson, a native of Denmark. Mr. and Mrs. Jacobsen have been blessed with offspring, hav. ing thirteen children. all living. They are Inger. Mamie, John. Augusta. Jennie. Tillie, Christ. Peter. Mabel, Myrtle. Walter, Mary and Arthur.
HIERMAN STIUDAIIL. (1902). a farmer of Christiania township, was born in Winneshick county. Iowa. February 12. 1582. the son of llans and Rachel (Lunbo) Shudahl. His father was a stone mason and marble cutter and was born in Iowa. He died in 18St. Our sub- jeet's mother was born in Norway and eame to America in the seventies.
Herman received a common school education
and made his home with his parents in his native county until he was fifteen years of age. Hle spent two years in Houston county, Minnesota, two years in Fillmore county, and in March, 1902, came to Jackson county. He farmed six years on section 27, Christiania township, and in 1908 moved to his present lo- cation on section 22.
Mr. Shudahl was married December 24, 1903, to Mi -- Nellie Olson, a daughter of Ryar and Gertie Olsan, of Christiania township. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Shu- dahl. namely: Horace R., born March 12, 1905; Cordon, horn September 23, 1906; Harry, born February 18, 1908. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.
WILLIAM E. CARR (1891), proprietor of the West hotel of Jackson, was born in Lewis county. New York. April 2, 1855, the son of Thomas and Clistie (Walker) Carr.
When he was young William Carr moved from his New York state home to LaSalle county, Ilinois, where he lived with an uncle and where he was engaged in tiling until 1881. That year he moved to Greene county. Iowa, and for the next ten years was engaged in the dray business. He moved to Jackson in 1891 and for two years ran a dray line in that vil- lage. Selling out. he moved onto a farm in Wisconsin township, and conducted it four years. Ile then located in the new village of Alpha, engaged in the dray business there five years and in the hotel business three years. He again took up his residence in Jackson in May, 1907, rented the West hotel, and has since been its landlord.
Mr. Carr was married in JJackson January 20. 1893. to Mrs. Chloe S. Vanduzer, who was born in Vernon county, Wisconsin, January 9, 1870. To them have been born two children, Vellie and Ralph. By a former marriage Mr. Carr has one daughter, Flossie, now Mrs. J. J. Klochok.
While residing in Wisconsin township Mr. Carr was a member of the school board of district No. 104, and while living in Alpha served two terms as a member of the village council. Ile is a membr of the M. W. A. and M. B. A. lodges.
ALBERT F. TRAMM (1906). of Peters- burg township, is a native of Will county, 11-
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linois, and was born January 21, 1874, the son of John and Louis (Trubach) Tramm. Until he was fifteen years of age he lived on the home farm with his folks in Illinois, and then went to Lake county, Indiana, where he worked on the farm of Mr. Joe Hayden for one year. In the year 1893 he worked in Will county as a carpenter for Mr. E. Koeh. After that he worked at different places in Lake county, Indiana, and Will county, Illinois, for six years.
On the 14th day of November, 1899, he was united in marriage to Minnie Berg, of Lowell, Indiana. Four children have been born to this union, as follows: Jennie G., born Feb- ruary 28, 1901; Elnora, born May 7, 1903; Lizzie B., born September 16, 1905. died June 9. 1907; Minnie M., born September 30, 1907.
Mr. Tramm belongs to the E. F. U. lodge. At this writing he has served two years as school director in his district.
At the age of twenty-five years Mr. Tramm moved onto his old homestead and farmed it for a term of six years. On the first day of March, 1906, Mr. Tramm arrived in Jackson county, and sinee that time he has been en- gaged in farming in Petersburg township.
CONRAD HUSSONG (1900) is one of the prosperous and successful farmers of Alba township. He owns 240 acres of choice farm- ing land and rents an additional eighty. His place is well improved with fine buildings and other improvements and he is putting in a complete system of tiling on the farm.
Mr. Hussong is of German birth and was born August 25, 1870. He came to America with whis father when nine years of age, lived seven years in Tazewell county, Illinois, and then located in Iroquois county of the same state, where he resided until coming to Jackson county in 1900. He received his pri- mary education in his native country and after coming to America completed his schooling in the English schools. Until he was twenty- one years of age Mr. Hussong resided with his father. Then he married and engaged in farming on his own account. Upon his ar- rival to Jackson county Mr. Hussong bought the southeast quarter of section 23, Alba, then bare of improvements, and engaged in farm- ing. In 1907 he added to the dimensions of his farm by buying the west half of the south-
west quarter of section 24, known as the Freer homestead.
The parents of our subject were Louis and Louisa (Golzer) Hussong. of whom the lat- ter died in Germany in 1879. Mr. Hussong later married Margaret Weher and they came to the United States and settled in Illinois. Mr. Hussong died there in 1900, aged 58 years.
Conrad Hussong was married in Iroquois county, Illinois, February 17, 1892, to Martha J. Krowas, who was born in LaSalle county, Illinois, December 24, 1873, the daughter of Carl Krowas. To Mr. and Mrs. Hussong have been born the following children: Charles L., born March 4, 1894; Edward C., born January 10, 1897; Louis H., born October 18, 1901; Ray- mond W., born May 16, 1904; Minnie A., horn April 7, 1007; Hilda M., born February 24, 1909.
Mr. and Mrs. Hussong are members of the German Lutheran church and he belongs to the M. W. A. lodge. For six years he served as a member of the school board of distriet No. 85, and for two years was road overseer.
JOSEPH J. CHALUPNIK (1904) is a Hunter township farmer who owns the southeast quarter of section 26. He is a native of Marshall county, Iowa, and was born October 15, 1868. His parents, Anton and Antonia (Salesek) Chalupnik, were born in Austria, came to America in the early sixties and set- tled in Marshall county, Towa, where they were married. They moved to Tama county, Iowa, in 1873, bought land there and now reside in Traer, Tama county. Joseph is the oldest of a family of eight children born to these parents.
Joseph accompanied the family to Tama county, Iowa, when five years of age, and spent the greater part of his life there. Until he was twenty-two years old he lived with his parents; then he rented land and engaged in farming on his own account. Mr. Chalup- nik came to Jackson county in January, 1904, and located upon his present farm, which he had purchased in 1902.
In Tama county, Iowa, October 16. 1893, Nr. Chalupnik was married to Anna Uridel, who was born in Tama county. Iowa, November 27, 1876. To these parents have been horn the following named ehildren: Adolph, born August 21, 1894; Olga, born December 31, 1895; Lottie, born August 19, 1897; Elsie, born Feb-
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rnary 28, 1899; Emma, born November 24, 1900; Albina, born April 3, 1902. Mr. Chalup- nik is a member of the Z. C. B. J. lodge.
FERDINAND ESSER (1907), proprietor of a saloon at Heron Lake, was born in Spring- field, near the city of Madison, Wisconsin, September 10, 1575. the son of John and Ag- nes (Fischenich) Esser. He received a com- mon school education and resided in the vil- lage of his nativity until past twenty-one years of age.
Mr. Esser left home in the spring of 1897 and located at Adrian, Nobles county. He tended bar for his brother for ten months and then bought a butcher shop, which he conducted until 1905. He was retired from active pursuits for a couple of years, and then. in March, 1907, moved to lleron Lake and engaged in the saloon business. Mr. Esser owns an eighty acre traet of land in Summit Lake township, Nobles county. He is a mem ber of the Catholic church and of the Catho- lic Order of Foresters.
At Adrian on October 22, 1901, Mr. Esser was married to Miss Christine Ulrich. To these parents have been born four children: Mar- garet, born September 9. 1902; Gertrude, born September 5. 1904: John. born April 21, 1900; Lonisa, born March 8, 1908. Mrs. Esser died March 29, 1909, aged 28 years and 11 days.
OSRO C. MARCY (1905) owns 320 acres of land on seetions 13 and 12, Christiania town- ship, and is one of the successful farmers of that precinct. He is a native of Mitchell county, lowa. and was born June 17, 1859. the son of James and Mary ( Bort) Marcy. Both parents were born in New York state and his father was a cabinet maker by trade. Both parents are dead. William Marcy, an unele of our subject's father, was a former governor of New York state.
In 1871 Osro Marey moved from his native county to Northwood, Worth county, of the same state, and there he grew to manhood. In 1982 he moved to De Smet. Kingsbury county, South Dakota, but returned to Towa in 1891. He located in Cottonwood county, Minnesota, in 1896 and engaged in farming there until March, 1905, when he bought his present farm and became a resident of Jack- son county. lle makes a specially of raising
Shropshire sheep. Mr. Marcy owns stock in the Farmers State Bank of Windom and in the Farmers Elevator company of the same vil- lage, lle is a member of the M. W. A. and A. O. U. W. lodges.
March 30, 1857, Mr. Marcy was married to Lura Gebler, of Chicago. They are the par- out- of the following named children: Ralph, horn December 15: Iss ;; Raymond, born Jan- ary 23. 1559: Bert 6., horn December 26, 1891; Vernon IL .. born January 15, 1891; Donald B., born December 14, 1896: Theodore MeKinley, horn May 24, 1902.
MAURICE MADDEN (1993) is a Middle- town township farmer residing a few miles southwest of Jackson. Ile is a native of Springfield. Sangamon county, Illinois, and was born October 16, 1855. the son of John and Margaret ( Fitzgerald) Madden.
Maurice spent the greater part of his life in his native county. Until he was nineteen years of age he lived on the farm with his parents: then he spent seven years working out as a farm hand. Locating in the city of Springfield, he was employed one year as a street car driver and in a roller mill. He then engaged in farming for himself, renting his father's farm two years and another farm in the same county thirteen year -. He spent the next four year- farming in Nebraska, and in 1903 came to Jackson county. He has since farmed the northwest quarter of see- tion 3, Middletown township.
Mr. Madden was married in Buffalo, Illinois, October IS. Isss. lo Johanna Vennemann. a native of Springfield. To this nion have been born the following named ten children: John t ... C'atherine M., Florence W .. Francis X, Petranilla R., Frederick T., Alfonso E., Theresa M .. Ena E. and Cycil C.
VICK W. WEIS (1909), proprietor of a black smith and machine shop at Lakefield, was born in Luxemberg. Germany, September 7. 1873, the son of Philip and Mary (Schmidt) Weis, who still live in Germany.
In Germany Mr. Weis was educated and learned the machinist's trade. living with his parents until he emigrated to America in 1895. Upon his arrival to The new world he located at Omaha, Nebraska, where he worked three years and two months. He then located at
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Petersburg, Nebraska, where he opened a ma- chine shop of his own, which he conducted four years. Selling out there, he moved to Ladysmith, Wisconsin, where he bought a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits three years, working in a saw mill part of the time. The next two years of his life were spent in Ladysmith in charge of the eleetrie lighting plant. We next find our subject at Rose Creek, Minnesota, where he condueted a ma - chine shop until he located in Lakefield in February, 1909. He bought the James Rost machine shop and has since conducted it. Be- sides his business property in Lakefield, Mr. Weis owns a farm in the state of Wiseon- sin.
At Underwood, Towa, December 12, 1900, Mr. Weis was united in marriage to Rebecca M. Church, a native of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Three children, named Rosa, Charles and Flor- enee, have been born to this union. The fam- ily are members of the Catholic church and Mr. Weis belongs to the Odd Fellows and Workmen lodges.
EDWIN STREATOR (1896) is a farmer and land owner of Weimer township. He was born in Winnebago county, Illinois, July 20, 1840, the son of Price S. and Jemima (Sweet) Streator. His parents were both natives of Bradford county. Pennsylvania, his father being descended from a well known family who came from France in colonial times. His par- ents were married in Pennsylvania and located in Illinois in 1835, his father dying in Winne- bago county, of that state, in 1848. Mrs. Streator later located in Fillmore county, Min- nesota, where she died in 1880, aged over seventy years. There were seven children in the family, of whom the following named are living: L. L. Streator, of Fillmore county ; Mrs. A. M. Kingsbury, of Mason City, Iowa; Mrs. Il. M. Graham, of Woonsocket, South Dakota, and Edwin S., of this sketeh.
Edwin eame to Fillmore county, Minnesota, with his mother in 1834, he being then four- teen years of age, and there he lived until 1872. That year he came west and took a homestead claim on section 34. Springfield township, Cot- tonwood county. where he resided until 1896. He then located on his present farm on section 4, Weimer township, and has since made his home there. He owns 240 acres of land. During
his residence in Cottonwood county Mr. Strea- tor held various township offices.
The marriage of our subject occurred in Fill- more county January 9, 1869. when he wedded Celia E. Eddy, a native of Ohio. To these parents have been born two children: Orley E., of Bowman county. North Dakota, born October 15, 1871; Clara E., born November 21, 1873.
JOHN H. GURITZ (1902) is a Middletown township farmer. He was born in Washington township, Will county, Illinois, June 20, 1876, and spent his early years in his native county. His parents, Will and Mary (Schaffer) Guritz, were born in Germany but came to America in an early day. The former worked in a mill in Chicago for a number of years and en- gaged in farming in Will county, to which place he moved in the early seventies. He died there in 1905. aged 72 years. Our subject's mother now lives in Beecher, Illinois.
John Guritz attended the district schools of Will county and with the exception of one year spent in Iowa, he resided there, working on his father's farm, until 1902. That year he married and came to Jackson county. He rented the farm upon which he has ever since lived-the southwest quarter of section 25- and has made his home there since. Ile bought the property in the year 1908. Mr. Guritz has held the office of treasurer of sehool dis- triet No. 23 for the last seven years.
At Northfield, Illinois, on February 2, 1902, Mr. Guritz was united in marriage to Martha Tate, a native of the city in which she was married and a daughter of Will and Sophia (Holste) Tate. One child has been born to this union, Harvey, born January 26, 1903.
O. M. TEIG (1906), farmer of Christiania township, was born in Story county, Iowa, October 1, 1886, the son of Ole K. and Nellie (Raymond) Teig. The former emigrated from Norway in 1881, after having spent his young- er days as a sailor, and located in Story county. Iowa. where he lived until he came to Jackson county in 1906.
O. M. Teig secured a common sehool educa- tion and grew to manhood in his native eoun- ty. Hle accompanied his parents to Jackson county in the spring of 1906 and resided with them on section 15. Christiania, until 1908. In the last named year he engaged in farming
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on his own account, having rented the north- west quarter of section 22. on the bank of Lower's lake. Mr. Teig is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.
JAMES C. JOHNSON (1597), of Jackson, was born in Olborug, Denmark, March 4, 1864, the son of Christ and Marie (Jensen) Johnson. He received a common school education in his native country and lived there until he was nineteen years of age.
Mr. Johnson came to America in 1883 and located at Spencer, Iowa, where he lived four- teen years, being employed at various kinds of labor. lle moved to Lakefield in 1897 and for two years was employed as a grain buyer. He then moved to Jackson and that village has been his home ever since.
The marriage of our subject occurred at Spirit Lake. Iowa, October 30, 1990, when he wedded Miss Minnie Scharf. Seven children have been born to this union as follows: Leon- ard E., Grover G., Frances E., Ruby R., Loland C .. Lyla M. and Lyle J. The family are mem- bers of the Lutheran church.
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MATTINAS BAUMAN (1903) is a farmer and landowner of Ewington township, owning the west half of the west half of section 13. He was born in Baden. Germany, January 2, 1847. son of Leonard and Barbara (Banman) Banman. The former died in Champaign county. Illinois, in 1889, aged 64 years; the latter died in Germany in 1869.
The subject of this biography lived in Ger- many until he was past twenty-one years of age. He was raised on a farm and educated in the village school, making his home with his parents during his boyhood days. He came to America, arriving in New York June 7. 1868, and located in Marhsall county, Ilinois. There he worked as a farm hand ion months and then returned to his old country home. Ro- turning to America again in March, 1869, Mr. Banman took up his home in Champaign county, Illinois, where he bonghi a farm and engaged in agricultural pursuits eight years.
The next home of our subject was Iroquois county, illinois, which was his home the next twenty -even years. Hle owned an eighty acre Firm there but farmed a half section. In the year 1902 Mr. Bauman sold out in Ili- nois and bought his farm in Ewington town-
ship, and on February 27, 1903. moved to his new home. He is a member of the Evangelical church of Ewington township. He served as a director of school district No. 92 for two years and has held the office of road overseer.
Mr. Banman has been married twice. His first marriage occurred in Marshall county, Illinois, Jannary 23. 1872. when he wedded Mary Goetz, who was born in Canada and who died in Iroquois county May 6, 1890. Eight children were born to this union. as follows: Caroline (deceased), Rosa (deceased). Charles (deceased), John. a Ewington township farm- er: Ben. Edward. school teacher of Ewington; Annie, school teacher of Alba township: Aggie (Mirs. Herman Meinhard). of Illinois.
The second marriage of Mr. Bauman oc- curred in Troquois county in Angust. 1893. when he wedded Maggie Haffner, a native of Mar- shall county, Illinois. To this union have been born the following named five children: Leon- ard. Lloyd. Wilbert. Leona and Grace. all liv- ing at home.
Mr. Bauman's eldest danghier, Caroline, who became the wife of Albert Lenz. was murdered in cold blood in Iroquois county, Illinois. in November. 1807. by a man named Hartman. who later paid the penalty of his crime by hanging at Paxton, Illinois.
M. P. MONTEE (1909) is engaged in farm- ing in the northern part of Christiania town- ship, his home being on the bank of Fish lake. Ile is a native of Ellisburg, New York, and was born July 6, 1854. He is of French de- scent. his ancestors having come from France and established a French colony on what is now Montee's bay, where they received a land grant. Ilis father, Abraham Montee, was born in New York and died in South Dakota. being 77 years old at the time of his death. His mother, Trulove (Benneti) Montee, was born in Vermont and died in South Dakota at the age of 68 years. The father of our subject, his grandfather and a brother were veterans of the civil war, his father and brother hav- ing enlisted in an lowa regiment. The former served from ISGl to the fall of 1864: the lat- ter received injuries while acting as a scout and was discharged.
Our subject resided in his native town one year. in Wisconsin four years, in New Boston, Illinois, four years, in Tonia, Iowa, six years and in Adell, Towa, cleven years. lle went
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to South Dakota in 1880 and took a govern- ment homestead. le came to Jackson county in March, 1909. He is a member of the Meth. odist church of Window and of the Yeomen lodge.
Mr. Monter was married April 7, 189], to Nellie Cone. To them have been born the fol- lowing children: Tracy D., born February 27, 1892; Jesse, born June 1, 1894; Hobert, born August 5, 1896: Floy, born April 30, 1899; Page, born April 6, 1901; Perry, born Janu. ary 18. 1903: May, born November 23, 1905; Ethel, born March 5, 1907.
FRANK STOFFERAHN (1907), Sionx Val. ley township farmer, is a comparative new comer to Jackson county. He was born in Carroll county, Iowa, March 23, 1875, the son of Jolm and Minnie (Stade) Stofferahn. Ilis parents are native Germans, but came to Amerien in childhood and were married in Clayton county, lowa. They resided in that county, in Carroll and Ida counties, Iowa, and are now residents of Garrison, North Dakota. Frank is one of a family of ien children.
Our subject resided in his native county only seven years; then he accompanied his parents to Ida county. Iowa, where he grew to manhood, making his home with his parents until twenty-one years of age and receiving a district school education. After reaching his majority he began working out and at the age of twenty-three married and engaged in farm- ing for himself on rented land. One year after his marriage Mr. Stofferahn moved to Dickinson county, Iowa. Ile engaged in farm- ing there eight years and in 1907 took up his residence in Jackson county, renting the east half. of section 20. Sioux Valley township. Dur- ing the season 1909 he raised 3,000 bushels of corn and 1,600 bushels of small grain.
Mr. Stofferalın was married at Holstein, Ida county, Iowa, February 19, 1898, to Dora Bauer. She was born in Blue Grass, Scott county, Iowa, April 29, 1877, and is the dangh- ter of William and Lena (Stark) Bauer. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs Stof- ferahn. as follows: Ferdinand. born June 17, 1900; Henrietta, born Novenber 13, 1902; Lonie. born November 7. 1904.
Mr. Stofferahn is a director of school dis- triet No. 72 and is a stockholder in the cream- ery company of Sioux Valley. The family are members of the German Lutheran church and
he belongs to the M. W. A. lodge of Lake Park and the Germania Verein, a social or- ganization of Sioux Valley township. This or- ganization was perfected June 28, 1908, with thirty charter members and it now has a membership of 110. Meetings are held on the second Sundays of each month at Reimers' ball during the winter months and in groves in the vicinity during the summer.
MARTIN QUALL (1907) is a farmer and landowner of Des Moines township, residing up- on the old Simon Olson farm a few miles up the river from Jackson. lle is a native of Union county, South Dakota, where he was born October 3, 1880. He is the son of Ole and Mary (Ofstad) Quall, who were born in Norway and came to America before their mar- riage. They resided in Michigan several years, and then located in South Dakota, where they still reside. Martin is one of a family of eight children, all living. They are Annie, Mary, Ella. Elias, Knute, Martin, Peter and Ole.
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