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Our subject is a brother of State Senator O. A. Lende. He has five brothers and five sisters: Senator Olai A., Tennes A., Minnie (Mrs. W. L. Gray), Lorinda, Mattie, Elmer, Mihlo, Elfta, Rebecca, Corillan and Norman.
Mr. Lende was married in Cottonwood No- vember 9, 1910, to Daisy Edna Gibb, a resi- dent of that village and a native of Lyon county. She was born May 21, 1884, and is a daughter of J. F. Gibb, an early settler of the county.
MRS. KATHERINE McMAHON (1884), of Eidsvold township, is the widow of Joseph James McMahon, one of the early day set- tlers of the township. Her maiden name was Katherine O'Connor and she was born in Washtenaw county, Michigan, November 7, 1862. Her father, James O'Connor, was born in Michigan and her mother, Sarah (McLaughlin) O'Connor, was born in Rhode Island. The former died in 1892 and the latter in 1907. Miss O'Connor received her education and grew to womanhood in her native state, and in 1882 she was united in marriage to Mr. McMahon.
Joseph James McMahon was also a native of Michigan and was born January 15, 1855. His father, Francis McMahon, and his motil-
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er, Mary (McGar) McMahon, came to Lyon county in 1882 and located in Eidsvold town- ship, where they resided until their deaths. Mrs. McMahon died on Christmas Day, 1893, and Mr. McMahon on December 11, 1908.
In his native state James McMahon grew to man's estate. He was married in 1882, and in the spring of 1884, largely as a re- sult of the advertising matter sent out by the Catholic colonization people, he and his wife came to Lyon county and bought land in the extreme northwestern corner of the county, on section 6, Eidsvold. There he resided until his death, which occurred Jan- uary.13, 1905, and there his family still lives.
To Mr. and Mrs. James McMahon the fol- lowing named children were born: William Francis, born January 5, 1883; Mary Eliza- beth, born March 5, 1885; Margaret Ellen, deceased, born December 17, 1887; Zita Ann (Mrs. Edward Buckley), of Minneota, born February 28, 1889; Katherine, deceased, born May 16, 1891; Joseph, born May 2, 1895; Katherine Ann, born June 28, 1898: Lucy Ellen, born December 20, 1900. The family are members of the Catholic church of Minneota.
EDWARD DE CLERK (1890), senior pro- prietor of the Marshall Bottling Works, was born in Holland August 15, 1868, and is a son of Bernard De Clerk and Mary (De Smet) De Clerk. Edward has one brother, Peter, living in Indiana, and a sister, Rosa, residing in Fargo, North Dakota. His par- ents came to this country from Holland in 1892 and live in Marshall.
Edward De Clerk came to the United States in 1889 and lived eight months in New York before settling in Westerheim township, Lyon county, in December, 1890. There he made his home for the next four years, then bought 200 acres in Clifton and Stanley townships, and farmed for himself until the spring of 1911, when he rented his place and moved to Marshall. In March, 1911, Mr. De Clerk and Emery Fuller bought the Marshall Bottling Works and deep water well from A. C. Porter and are continuing the business under that name. They bottle all kinds of carbonated drinks and find a large market for the celebrated Silver Springs water.
Our subject was married in Europe in 1900
to Leonie Van De Veire. Three children were born to this union, all of whom are dead. The wife died in 1910. Mr. De Clerk was married a second time, to Emma De- fever, a native of Belgium. Our subject is a member of the Catholic church.
MILTON S. CLARK (1905) is a farmer and owner of Lyon county real estate and resides in Rock Lake township. He farms 162 acres of land on the north edge of the precinct.
Mr. Clark was born near Creighton, Ne- braska, May 13, 1886, received his early education in the common schools of that state, and later took a course in Wayne College, of Wayne, Nebraska. After work- ing out on farms in his native state for a time, he came to Lyon county in 1905. worked on farms for awhile, and then engaged in the livery business at Lynd one winter. For a few months he worked in the horse barns of William B. Peniston at Marshall and then for a time worked out at various forms of labor.
In 1910 Mr. Clark started in business for himself and has since been engaged in farming in Rock Lake. He raises Holstein and Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs. He has been quite successful in his under- takings.
Gladys Blanchard became the wife of Mr. Clark December 7, 1910. She was born in Rock Lake township June 22, 1890, a daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Blanchard, pio- neers of the county. One child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Ruby, born May 1, 1912, and died the following day.
Edward and Hattie (Hughton) Clark, the parents of our subject, were born in Wis- consin and Kansas, respectively, and are now residents of the last named common- wealth. Milton is one of a family of eleven children. the others being as follows: Wal- ter, a veteran of the Spanish-American War and now a resident of Brockton, Montana; Frank, of Sioux City, Iowa; George, of Rock Lake township; Charles, of Norfolk, Nebras- ka; Harry, of South Sioux City, Iowa; Ro- land and Warren, of Rock Lake township; and Harley, Oscar. Grace and Nina, all of Norfolk, Nebraska.
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REV. HENRY VICTOR VAN WAL- LEGHEM (1905), pastor of the Catholic Church of St. Eloi in Ghent, was born in Belgium March 18, 1866. He received his education in the schools and colleges of his native land. After a course at Bruges he was ordained a priest, and at Louvain he later studied philosophy, taking a post-grad- uate course in that subject and in science.
Rev. Van Walleghem was graduated from Louvain in 1892, and, returning to Bruges, he was a teacher of mathematics and the sciences in the college until 1903. In the latter year he came to America and spent six months in Rochester, New York, as assistant pastor of the Franco-Belgian church, Our Lady of Victory, in that city.
In the latter part of 1903 Rev. Van Wal- leghem was called to the assistant pastor- ate of St. Luke's Parish in St. Paul, where he remained one year. He was then sent to Ghent to take charge of the Church of St. Eloi, where he has since served.
WILLIAM C. AHERN (1884), farmer of Eidsvold township, has resided in that pre- cinct since he was eleven years of age. He was born in Sangamon county, Illinois, May 6, 1873, and in 1884 he came with his parents to Lyon county. The father purchased land on section 8, Eidsvold, and eventually be- came the owner of the whole section.
William lived on the home farm until 1903, engaging with his brothers in its manage- ment after the father's death in 1896. In 1903 he was married and bought the north- west quarter of section 22 and forty acres on section 21. He moved to his new home, improved the place, and has since made his home there. Mr. Ahern served one term as a member of the township board.
Garrett and Kate (Brown) Ahern, the par- ents of our subject, were born in Ireland and came to America when children. They resided in Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, for many years and after 1884 in Lyon county. Garrett Ahern died on the farm November 27, 1896; his widow still lives on the home farm with her son James and two daughters. There were thirteen children in the family, of whom the follow- ing named ten are living: Philip P., of Taunton; Josie, Nell (Mrs. Thomas Walsh). of Fargo, North Dakota; William C., of this
biography; James, who farms the home place; Mike F., cashier of the State Bank of Taunton; Katherine (Mrs. Maurice Breen), of Minneapolis; Thomas G., a bank- er, of Hampden, North Dakota; Garrett, a merchant of Taunton; and Annie, a school teacher.
William C. Ahern was married in Mar- shall June 10, 1903, to Mamie Breen, a na- tive of Missouri and a daughter of John Breen, one of the prominent farmers of Westerheim township. Mr. and Mrs. Ahern have five children: - Margaret, Lucile, Eve- lyn, Joseph and Eleanor.
VICTOR VERGAUWE (1909) is the senior member of the firm which owns the City Meat Market of Marshall. He was born in Flanders, Belgium, September 29, 1880, and there he was educated and resided until twenty-two years of age. During the next six years he was engaged in working at the butcher trade in various towns of Belgium. Germany and France.
From the city of Paris Mr. Verganwe de- parted for the United States, arriving in New York in October, 1908. For some time he was employed as a meat cutter in a New York shop at the corner of Sixth Ave- nue and Twenty-fourth Street. Mr. Ver- ganwe took up his residence in Marshall in October, 1909, at which time he bought the City Meat Market. He carried on the busi- ness alone until March 21, 1911, when he took as a partner Cyrille Feryn. The part- ners deal in all kinds of fresh and salt meats, fish, etc.
Mr. Vergauwe is not married. He is the son of Jacob and Clemencs (Jacksons) Ver- gauwe, both of whom died in their native land. Victor is the youngest in a family of seven children, the others being: Camille, Jule, Leon, Henry, Louise and Pharailde. Leon Vergauwe lives in Marshall, Henry in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, the other chil- dren in Belgium.
CHARLES W. CADY (1892) is the efficient mail carrier on the Lynd route. Mr. Cady is one of the oldest carriers in point of serv- ice in the state of Minnesota, having been in the service twelve years-ten years as regular carrier and two years as substitute.
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He is a native of Vermont and was born at Williston on April 11, 1860.
Our subject received his early education in the district schools of Vermont, later at- tending Essex Classical Institute of Ver- mont, where he finished at twenty-two years of age. He then traveled for two years in Pennsylvania, New York and Ohio for a drug house, after which he clerked and worked at farm labor until 1892. In that year he came to Lyon county, worked two years for O. C. Gregg and one year for the state on the Coteau Farm. Later he moved to Camden and purchased ten acres of land and engaged in truck-farming, which occupation he followed until he was burned out in 1905.
Mr. Cady is a member of the Methodist church of Lynd and is recording steward of the church. He was director of school district No. 14 for three years. He has a comfortable home and several lots in the village of Lynd.
On March 21, 1892, Mr. Cady was united in marriage to Bessie Gregg Mosher, a daughter of William E. and Julia A. (Bow- ers) Mosher, of Vermont. Mrs. Cady is a native of Vermont and was born at St. Albans Bay June 17, 1862. They have an adopted daughter, Mrs. Andrew Larson, of Hamill, South Dakota.
Mr. Cady's grandfather was a veteran of the War of 1812, and some of his other an- cestors were in the Revolutionary War.
DR. EARL L. HALL (1902) is a phy- sician and druggist of Russell. He is a native of the Badger state and was born at Eau Claire May 26, 1877. He is a son of 'Frank A. and Nancy M. (McIntosh) Hall, the former a native of Massachusettts and the latter of Maine. Mrs. Hall died in 1905. The father resides at San Francisco. They were the parents of two sons: Dr. E. L., of this sketch, and Neale C., of Lead, South Dakota. The latter is county treasurer of Lawrence county.
Our subject was graduated from the Eau Claire High School in the modern classical course. He later attended the Medical De- partment of the University of Minnesota, from which he was graduated in 1902. After that he was house physician in the Minne- apolis City Hospital one year.
Dr. Hall came to Lyon county in 1902 and located at Russell for the practice of his profession. He has practised there continu- ously since that date and has been very successful. In April, 1911, he purchased the C. J. Wimer drug store at Russell. He has put up a splendid building next to the post- office and has one of the neatest and best arranged drug stores in this section of the state.
Dr. Hall holds membership in the Masonic and Modern Woodmen lodges and has served as master of Coteau Lodge No. 244 two years. He has been a member of the Vil- lage Council of Russell the past six years and was president of that body three years.
Our subject was married at Eau Claire April 28, 1906, to Florence Pickett, a native of that place. They are the parents of two children, Robert and Richard.
EVAN M. JONES (1897) is the pro- prietor of a general merchandise store at Garvin, postmaster of that village, editor of the Garvin Leader, and interested in several other enterprises of his town. He has resided in the county fifteen years and has become prominently identified with Garvin's business and social interests. During the entire forty-five years of his life he has lived in Minnesota.
Our subject was born in Blue Earth county January 19, 1867, and spent his early years there. He was educated in the Mankato Normal School and at the age of seventeen years began teaching school, which he followed several years. He lo- cated in Murray county in 1890 and for seven years engaged in farming. Mr. Jones became a resident of Lyon county in 1897, when he located at Russell and established a general merchandise store. One year later he disposed of that and en- gaged in business in Garvin, being the third merchant to become established in that village. He erected at that time the building in which he has since conducted the business.
Mr. Jones has served as postmaster of Garvin since September, 1900, and he has edited the Garvin Leader since June, 1911. He is treasurer of the Garvin Creamery Company, secretary of the local Board of Education, and one of the directors of
EVAN M. JONES Postmaster, Merchant and Editor of Garvin.
FRANK D. PINCKNEY Cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Garvin.
CHARLES W. CADY One of Minnesota's First Rural Mail Carriers.
DR. E. L. HALL Physician and Druggist of Russell.
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the Farmers State Bank of Garvin. Fra- ternally he is a Mason and a Woodman.
In Blue Earth county, on October 19, 1889, Mr. Jones was wedded to Maggie J. Williams. She was born in Wisconsin and died March 7, 1901, at the age of thirty- two years. As a result of this union three children were born, Allen, Benjamin and Margaret. The second marriage of Mr. Jones occurred May 30, 1902, when he wedded Clara Helleson, a native of Lyon county and a daughter of Clemet Helle- son, an early settler. Mr. and Mrs. Jone's have two children, Mabel and Vivian.
The subject of this biography is of Welsh descent. His father, William P. Jones, was born in Wales July 15, 1828, came to the United States in 1847, lived in Jackson county, Ohic, until 1856, and then became a resident of Blue Earth county, Minnesota. There he became a prominent citizen. He was a member of the Home Guards at the time of the In- dian War, and in 1877 he served as a mem- ber of the Minnesota Legislature. He died at Lake Crystal May 28, 1908. Our sub- ject's mother, Margaret ( Walters) Jones, was born in Wales in 1831 and now re- sides at Lake Crystal. There were sixteen children in the family, of whom the fol- lowing named thirteen are living: John, William, Ursula, Maggie, Ann, Mary, Stephen, Thomas, Elizabeth, Evan M., Wal- ter, Samuel and Dorothy.
FRANK D. PINCKNEY (1905) is cash- ier of the Farmers State Bank of Garvin and a member of the Garvin Real Estate Company. He is a native of Illinois and was born in Astoria February 25, 1882, a son of Howel and Mame ( Watkins) Pinck- ney, the former a native of New York and the latter of Wisconsin. They reside at Lake Benton. There are four children in the family: Frank D., of this sketch; Watkin T., of Lynchburg, Virginia; Leon and Jennette, who reside at home. Mr. Pinckney, Sr., has a national reputation as an auctioneer.
When two years of age Frank accom- panied his parents to Western Kansas, where they resided eight years, returning at the end of that period to Fulton county, Illinois, where they lived five years and
where Frank attended school. They then moved to Pike county, Missouri, where they farmed for two and one-half years, after which they moved to Lake Benton, Minnesota, near which place they farmed and where Frank completed his schooling. In June, 1905, our subject moved to Gar- vin and entered the Lyon County Bank as cashier, a position he held until that bank was absorbed by the Farmers State Bank. Since that time he has held the position of cashier of the last named institution. Mr. Pinckney holds membership in the Modern Woodmen and Elks lodges.
Mr. Pinckney was married June 16, 1909, to Winnie Lybarger, a native of St. Charles, Minnesota.
JOHN KNUDSON (1899) is one of the progressive farmers of Eidsvold township residing a few miles north of Minneota. He owns the north half of the northeast quarter of section 14 and the north half of the north- west quarter of section 13.
John Knudson's parents, Knut Follinglo and Gertrude Follinglo, are dead. Our sub- ject is the only one of the family living in America. The others are Knute, Carrie, Mary and Annie.
In Norway, on January 14, 1859, John Knudson was born. He attended school and spent his boyhood days on his father's farm. In May, 1884, he came to America, lived two years at Glencoe, Minnesota, and then took up his residence in Minneapolis, where he resided for the next thirteen years. During that period of residence he worked for the Standard Oil Company, in a planing mill, and for a piano house.
Mr. Knudson came to Lyon county in 1899, rented the farm he now owns two years, and then purchased it. At the time he be- came the owner the only improvements the farm boasted were a little shack and a few cottonwood trees. Now it is one of the best improved farms of the township, con- taining a two-story, eight-room house, barn and other buildings, fences, groves, and a brick tile silo of ninety-ton capacity, erected in the summer of 1912. Mr. Knudson is one of the first four farmers in Lyon county to erect a silo of this kind. The others are John O'Connor, Helge Helgeson and Andrew Jacobson. Mr. Knudson intends to engage
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extensively in the feeding of cattle and hogs.
The marriage of our subject to Marie T. Swennes occurred in Minneapolis May 14, 1892. She was born in Norway and came to the United States in 1889. Mr. and Mrs. Knudson have nine sons and one daughter, named as follows: George, Ingwald, Edwin, Martin, Knute, Theodore, Otto, Johann, An- drew and Gertrude. The family are mem- bers of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Minneota. Mr. Knudson has been township supervisor the past six years.
A. C. DALE (1893) is the proprietor of a blacksmith and repair shop in Minneota. He was born in Medina county, Ohio, June 27, 1858, a son of Sarah L. (Harris) Dale, a native of Ohio. Our subject was the only child. The mother was married a second time to C. M. Hopkins. To this union have been born the following seven children: William, Edward, Forest, Bertrand, Nettie, Hattie and Susie. Mr. and Mrs. Hopkins reside at Rochester, Minnesota.
Our subject accompanied his parents when a child to Michigan, Iowa, and later to Olm- sted county, Minnesota. At the latter place he grew to manhood and learned the black- smith's trade. After finishing his apprentice- ship he conducted shops at the following places: Orien Mills, Minnesota; Grand Meadows, Minnesota; Douglas Station, Min- nesota; Hadley, Minnesota; Ireton, Iowa; Rochester, Minnesota; and Slayton, Minne- sota.
In the spring of 1893 our subject came to Lyon county and located at Tracy, where he conducted a blacksmith shop until March, 1895. He then moved to Minneota, where he has since conducted a shop, with the excep- tion of three years spent at Des Moines. lowa. At the latter place he was employed by his half-brothers, the Hopkins Brothers, who conducted a bicycle and repair shop. Mr. Dale is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.
Mr. Dale was married in Murray county June 11, 1882, to Mary E. Luce, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Dale are the parents of seven children: Maud, William, Anna, Hattie, Hazel, Earl and Norma.
JULIUS T. DAHL (1908) is the proprietor of a photograph gallery at Marshall. He was
born in Winona county, Minnesota, but when a child accompanied his parents to Richland county, North Dakota, where he resided on a farm until twenty-five years of age. He then learned photography and later con- ducted a gallery at Mayville, North Dakota, three years. The next four years were spent in the business at Kindred, North Dakota. Then, in 1908 he located in Marshall, con- ducted a gallery in the Opera House Block a short time, and then bought the Oftey gallery in the rooms over the Hollo store, where he has since been.
Mr. Dahl is the son of Tom Olson and Mary ( Uldrickson) Olson. His parents were born in Norway, located at Winona upon their arrival to America, and now reside at Walcott, Richland county, North Dakota. There are five children in the family, as fol- lows: Rhoda, Ole, Julius T., Theodore and Martin.
In North Dakota, during the month of June, 1897, Mr. Dahl was united in marriage to Carrie Fatland. To this union have been born the following named daughters: Cla- rissa, Mabel, Louisa and Dora.
WILSON HERRON (1904) is a farmer and land owner of Rock Lake township. He was born in Newton county, Indiana, August 1, 1872. His parents, Samuel and Elenor ( Waren) Herron, were born in Ohio, moved to Indiana during the Civil War, and resided in that state until their deaths.
Wilson attended the schools of the Hoosier State until seventeen years of age and from that time until he was twenty-two he con- ducted the home farm. He operated a livery barn at Morocco, Indiana, four years, and for three years thereafter he engaged in farming near that place.
Mr. Herron engaged in farming in Poca- hontas county, lowa, eight months and in the fall of 1904 came to Lyon county, where he has since farmed. He purchased his present place, the northwest quarter of section 20, in 1908. Mr. Herron is a member of the Metho- dist church of Balaton and he has been a director of school district No. 18 for the past three years.
At Rensselear, Indiana, on November 15, 1896, Mr. Herron was married to Cora Brown. His wife was born in Jasper county, Indiana, April 3. 1874. To them have been born the .
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following named five children: Estal, de- ceased: Cleo, Beryl, Palmer and Chester.
WILLIAM H. CARROLL (1909), now a retired farmer and a former proprietor of the Exchange Hotel of Tracy, is one of the new residents. Mr. Carroll purchased the hotel property in October, 1909, from Edward Meyer and in January, 1910, moved here from Illinois and took charge of the business. In August, 1911, he rented the building and furnishings to J. S. Bartlett & Son, who have since conducted it.
Mr. Carroll farmed in Illinois for many years prior to coming to Minnesota. He was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, New York, February 12, 1861, his parents being John and Margaret (Reid). Carroll. His mother died in May. 1901, and his father in 1909. The Carroll family moved to Illinois in 1865 and engaged in farming, the father and mother residing on the farm at the time of their deaths.
Our subject attended the common schools in Dekalb county, Illinois, in his early youth, and later attended the high school at Malta. where he was graduated at the age of twenty-one. He then engaged in farming in Dekalb county until 1910, at which time he moved to Tracy, having purchased the hotel property there the previous year. Before moving to Tracy he disposed of his Illinois interests. Mr. Carroll held the office of school director for a number of years before leaving Illinois.
On March 28, 1898, at Chicago, William H. Carroll was married to Mary Fischer, a na- tive of Switzerland. She was born March 26, 1865, a daughter of Christian and Kath- rina (Spiech) Fischer, both of whom died in the old country. Mrs. Carroll has one child, Mamie H. (Mrs. Frank Bzoskie), of Tracy. Mat Zehman and Frank Fischer, two brothers of Mrs. Carroll, live in Chicago. Mr. Carroll has one sister, Mary (Mrs. Frank Young), who lives in Malta, Illinois.
GEORGE B. CUTLER (1900), of Lake Marshall township, was born in Marshall, Wisconsin, August 10, 1881, a son of George W. and Laura (Mayhew) Cutler, who located in Lyon county in 1900. Mr. Cutler, Sr., died in February, 1905. The mother and two
daughters, Fannie and Ruby, reside in Mar- shall. Another daughter resides in Tracy and a son at Athol, South Dakota.
Practically the first twenty years of our subject's life were spent in and near Mar- shall, Wisconsin, with his parents. It was there that he received his schooling and grew to manhood. In 1900 he accompanied his parents to Lyon county and spent the first year working south of Marshall. For the past ten years Mr. Cutler has operated the home farm. He holds membership in the M. W. A. lodge at Dudley, Minnesota, is a stockholder and secretary of the Lake Mar- shall Rural Telephone Company, and is a stockholder of the Lyon County Agricultural Association. Mr. Cutler is a breeder of Black Polled Angus cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs, with which he has taken prizes for several years at the Lyon county fair.
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