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May 18, 1910, Mr. Cutler was married to Mabel M. French, a daughter of LeRoy and Clara French, of Chatfield, Minnesota.
OSCAR A. BURLINGAME (1898) is the proprietor of a Minneota restaurant and a member of the Yeomen lodge of that village. He was born in Warren county, Iowa, August 19, 1874. When he was eight years of age he accompanied his parents to Polk county, Nebraska, lived there three years, on a home- stead in Keith county, Nebraska, five years, and then accompanied his parents back to Warren county, Iowa.
Mr. Burlingame farmed in Warren county seven years, was proprietor of a butcher shop in New Virginia. Iowa, one year, and in 1898 came to Lyon county. He worked out one summer and then engaged in farming and operating a threshing machine until 1906. That year he located in Minneota, where he engaged in the following lines of work: bought cream one summer, worked in a furniture store eighteen months, and worked in a butcher shop sixteen months. In April, 1911, Mr. Burlingame purchased the McGinn restaurant, which he still conducts.
Mr. Burlingame was married in Warren county, Iowa, February 7, 1900, to Emma E. Nevins, a native of Illinois. She moved to Warren county, Iowa, when a child. Mr. and Mrs. Burlingame have one child, Raymond A., born September 17, 1909.
The parents of our subject are Josiah and
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Rachael (Lamb) Burlingame, the former a native of Iowa and the latter of Ohio. They reside at Bristol, South Dakota. Their chil- dren are Oscar A., Alta, Malissia, Lena and Christmas.
REV. TH. TYCHSEN (1909) has been pas- tor of the Evangelical Lutheran church of Tracy since July, 1909. In addition to his Tracy charge Rev. Tychsen on alternate Sundays supplies the German Lutheran pul- pits at Walnut Grove and Cobden. During the winter the pastor conducts confirmation classes among his congregations.
Rev. Tychsen was born in Schleswig-Hol- stein, Germany, October 21, 1882. His par- ents were Peter J. and Brigitta Amalia (Lor- enzen) Tychsen, both of whom are still liv- ing in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Our subject received his early education in Ger- many, attending both German and Danish schools and mastering the two languages. At the age of fifteen years he took up farm labor for a few years, later attending the German Ministers Seminary near Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, two years.
The opportunity to come to America, for which he had been waiting, came in 1905, and the close of that year found our sub- ject in St. Paul, a student at the German Lutheran Seminary. The intervening years until the ordination of the young pastor on June 20, 1909, were divided between study at the seminary and various pulpits which he was called upon to supply. During the win- ter of 1907 and 1908 our subject had charge of five congregations near Regina, Saskatche- wan, Canada. He was there seven months before returning to his work at the seminary. In the summer of 1906 he had charge of the German Lutheran congregation of Pine Val- ley, Wisconsin, and another time had charge of three congregations in Wisconsin, namely, the Burlington, Lyons and Elkhorn churches. Soon after the pastor's ordination he ac- cepted the call to the Tracy church. Since taking the Tracy church Rev. Tychsen has served as assistant secretary of the Minne- sota district of the Evangelical Lutheran Joint Synod of Ohio and other states.
Rev. Tychsen was married July 15, 1909, at Morgan, Minnesota, to Lilly Kamholz, a native of Minnesota. She was born May 18, 1888. The Tychsens had one daughter,
Brigitta Wilhelmina Victoria, born October 18, 1910, and died January 24, 1911.
THOMAS R. DOHERTY (1902) is the owner of 347 acres of land in Monroe town- ship and is interested in various enterprises. He is a stockholder of and was one of the organizers of the Farmers Elevator Com- pany of Tracy and served as the first presi- dent, holding the position four years. He was also one of the organizers and the first president of the Farmers Co-operative Cream- ery Company of Tracy.
Mr. Doherty was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 26, 1855, and is a son of Simon and Bride (Carbery) Doherty, both of whom died in 1901. The parents were early settlers of Illinois, where they lived nineteen years and then moved to Franklin county, Iowa, where they made their home until their deaths. Thomas received his education in Illinois and at the age of twenty-one years accompanied his family to Iowa. That state was his home for the next twenty-four years, and with the exception of several years spent in teaching he was engaged in farming. He acquired consider- able land, but in 1901 he sold his Iowa inter- ests and purchased land in Monroe township, Lyon county, where he has since resided.
Mr. Doherty was married January 24, 1886, at Iowa Falls, lowa, to Ruth Eveline Cran- dall, a native of Marquette, Wisconsin. She was born August 14, 1863, and is a daughter of De Witt and Diana (Lyon) Crandall, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Doher- ty have four children: Fayette Carbery, a graduate of the University of Minnesota; Cecil Walter, a student at the University; Leila Ruth, a student of the Tracy High School; and Cora Esther, born August 23, 1906.
Our subject is a member of the Presby- terian church. He is also a member of the Farmers Club of Tracy, and fraternally he is allied with the Modern Woodmen lodge.
JOSEPH C. WOODRUFF (1902) is the proprietor of a dray and transfer line in Marshall. He is a native of Minnesota, hav- ing been born in Prescott township, Fari- bault county, on April 10, 1871. His parents are Wallace A. and Sarah (Snyder) Wood-
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ruff, who reside in Marshall and are natives of Vermont and Illinois, respectively. There is one other child in the family, Frank Wood- ruff.
Joseph was brought up on his father's farm and resided on the farm of his birth until his arrival to Lyon county in 1902, with the exception of nine months spent working for the Northwestern Railroad Company and three months, when he operated a billiard hall at Winnebago City. Upon his arrival to Lyon county he spent one year in Mar- shall and for the next year and a half con- ducted a general store at Milroy. He then conducted his father's farm, twelve miles northeast of Marshall, one season, and since that time he has lived in Marshall. He worked on the dray line for Al Dewitt, C. M. Hanks and Bert Blakesley, and on January 20, 1906, he established the business which he has since- followed. Mr. Woodruff is a member of the M. W. A. and Yeomen lodges.
The marriage of Joseph Woodruff to Mar- garet McCue occurred in Prescott township, Faribault county, Minnesota, on September 16, 1895. She is a native of Ripon, Wiscon- sin. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Woodruff, named as follows: Mar- garet B., Fay E., Joseph E. and Manerva C.
HENRY G. MOHR (1882), who farms 240 acres of land a short distance from Taunton, in Eidsvold township, has spent his entire life in Lyon county and is the son of a homesteader. The father, William Mohr, still lives on the farm he homesteaded in an early day; the mother, Emilie (Freiheit) Mohr, died May 10, 1909.
Henry Mohr was born in Eidsvold town- ship July 25, 1882. He attended the district school until seventeen years of age and worked on his father's farm until his mar- riage in 1907. Since that time he has been farming for himself on section 20. He is a successful farmer and stock raiser.
The marriage of Mr. Mohr to Emma Sternke occurred in Eidsvold township Sep- tember 26, 1907. She is a native of Wausau, Wisconsin, and was born August 13, 1887. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Mohr, as follows: Alfred, born Septem- ber 2, 1908, died September 26, 1908; Robert, born November 20, 1909; Esther, born De- cember 16, 1911.
JOSEPH B. WILLIAMS (1905) is assist- ant cashier of the First State Bank of Rus- sell. He was born in Watonwan county, Minnesota, November 30, 1885, the son of B. Williams and Carrie (Newgard) Williams. The parents came from Norway to the United States at early ages and both died here, the mother when Joseph was one year of age and the father in 1903.
After his mother's death Joseph was adopted by Mrs. Louise Johnson and spent his boyhood days in Faribault county. There he received his primary education, complet- ing it with a course at St. Ansgar College, of St. Ansgar, Iowa, and a business course at the Mankato Business College.
In 1905 Mr. Williams moved to Russell and took a position with the First State Bank, a few months later being made assistant cashier. He is a member of the Masonic, Woodmen and Royal Neighbors lodges.
Mr. Williams has four brothers: William and Andrew, of Minneapolis; Christ, of Bricelyn, Minnesota; and Martin, of Glen- wood, Minnesota.
RUDOLPH A. T. MEYER (1901) is the owner of one of the best farms in Vallers township. It is improved with a good set of buildings and is tiled and fenced. The farm consists of 240 acres and is de- scribed as the southeast quarter of sec- tion 20 and the north half of the south- west quarter of section 21. Mr. Meyer engages in general farming and raises Dur- ham cattle and Chester White hogs.
Mr. Meyer's early life was spent in other occupations than farming, many years hav- ing been devoted to a mercantile career. He is a German by birth, having been born in the province of Mecklenburg June 2, 1852. When he was one year old he was brought by his parents, Ludvig F. and Car- oline (Groth) Meyer, to America. The family home was made in Clayton county, Iowa, and there our subject grew to man- hood. He received a good education, com- pleting it with a course in a commercial college at Dubuque.
At the age of nineteen young Meyer started out in life for himself. He taught school in Clayton county four years and in 1875 he and J. W. Ward opened a gen- eral store at Postville, Iowa. For the next
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eleven years they carried on the business under the firm name of Ward & Meyer. At the end of that time the stock was divided and Mr. Meyer, who had erected a store building, engaged in business alone. Two years later a fire destroyed his build- ing and all except a small part of his stock. He closed out the business and turned farmer. After renting land for sev- eral years in Iowa, he came to Lyon coun- ty in 1901, bought his Vallers farm, and has since been engaged in its management.
Mr. Meyer served on the township board five years, was justice of the peace eight years, and has been treasurer of school dis- trict No. 48. He is a German Lutheran.
Bertha Bander and Rudolph Meyer be- came man and wife at Lansing, Iowa, on October 16, 1876. She is also a native of Germany and was born November 12, 1853. To them have been born seven children, named as follows: Amanda, the wife of H. F. Maroude; Rudolph, of Vallers town- ship; Albert, deceased; Elsa, the wife of J. H. Johnson; Paul, of Roseau county, Minnesota; Malinda, the wife of Peter Par- adis; and Ulrich, who lives with his par- ents.
JOHN WILSON (1897) is the proprie- tor of a livery and feed stable and engages in buying and selling horses in Marshall. He is a son of William and Lucita Wilson, the former a native of Pennsylvania and the latter of Ohio. The parents are both deceased.
John Wilson moved to Iowa in the spring of 1881. On November 28, 1888, he was married to Carrie Cleghorn, daughter of A. M. and Mary Cleghorn, of Gaza, Iowa, upon whose farm the town of Gaza is sit- uated. In 1897 Mr. Wilson moved to Min- nesota, located on a farm he had purchased in Custer township, Lyon county, and re- sided there three years. Then he moved to Marshall, purchased the William Thor- burn livery stock and the old Blakesley barn, and for six years engaged in the livery business. At the end of that time he sold to B. Snyder.
Mr. Wilson then went to Sauk Center, where he conducted a barn six weeks, then to Cottonwood and conducted a barn one year. Later he went to Minneapolis, bought.
a home on Fremont Avenue, and bought and sold horses five years. He returned to Marshall and purchased the Fred Wat- son barn, which he has since conducted. He still retains his Custer township farm, which he rents. Our subject is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.
TONY W. KAECHELE (1902) is the proprietor of a furniture store and under- taking parlors in Tracy. He is a native of Revere, Minnesota, and was born May 20, 1879. His parents are Alouis and Annie (Schmid) Kaechele, natives of Ger- many. They settled at New Ulm in an early day. In the early seventies they immigrated to Redwood county and home- steaded land, where they lived until their deaths. They were the parents of the fol- lowing children: Joseph, Louis, Tracy, Victoria and Tony.
When a boy our subject went to Spring- field, where he grew to manhood and re- ceived his education. At fourteen years of age he entered a furniture store and clerked several years. He then attended the Chicago College of Embalming, from which he was graduated in 1896. The next two and one-half years were spent in the employ of a firm of undertakers in Minneapolis. In 1898, at the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Mr. Kae- chele enlisted in Company A, Twelfth Min- nesota Volunteer Infantry, and was sta- tioned at Chattanooga, Georgia Park and Louisville. After the war he went back to Springfield and worked in a furniture and undertaking establishment over three years.
The next move of our subject was to Tracy, where he worked for H. E. McAllis- ter one year. Then he and his brother Louis opened a furniture store at Tracy under the firm name of Kaechele Brothers, which they conducted about three years. After that our subject in company with E. M. Schmid formed the Tracy Furniture Company. Messrs. Kaechele and Schmid conducted the store two years, when Kae- chele Brothers again became the proprie- tors. They sold later to John Filkins. In January, 1911, the subject of this sketch opened a furniture store in the W. R. Ed- wards Building. He makes a specialty of
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undertaking work and he is also in the repairing business. Mr. Kaechele holds membership in the M. W. A., A. O. U. W. and K. P. lodges.
On February 15, 1901, at Springfield, Minnesota, occurred the marriage of Mr. Kaechele to Cora D. Knudson, a native of that city. They are the parents of one child, Sylvia.
WILLIAM G. STORCK (1911) is a Lynd township farmer who is a comparatively new settler in Lyon county. He was born in Chicago April 3, 1870, a son of Philip and Katherine (Neitz) Storck. The father died in 1873; the mother resides with our subject.
William spent the first fourteen years of his life with his parents in Chicago, and it was there that he received his early education. When nine years old he ap- prenticed himself to a job printing firm and was so engaged until fifteen years of age. At fifteen he went to work as a farm hand near Hampshire, Illinois, where he worked for two and one-half years, and then went to Manhattan, Illinois, where he worked until 1893. From 1893 until 1896 he was engaged as a teamster in Chicago. He then farmed in Illinois until he came to Lyon county in 1911. Upon his arrival to Lyon county, Mr. Storck purchased 400 acres of land on section 1, Lynd township, the well-known Youmans Farm.
Mr. Storck is one of Lyon county's pros- perous farmers, engaging extensively in raising and shipping stock, as well as gen- eral farming. He has stock in the Farm- ers Elevator Company of Marshall. Dur- ing twelve years of his residence in Illi- nois Mr. Storck was a director of his school district. He is a member of the United Evangelical church.
In 1895 Mr. Storck was married to Mary Schaaf, a daughter of Henry and Agnes Schaaf, of Manhattan, Illinois. Mrs. Storck was born November 18, 1868, at Manhat- tan. They have one child, Norman, born July 20, 1896.
SIGURDUR B. ERICKSON (1885), as- sistant cashier of the Farmers & Merchants National Bank of Minneota, is a Minneota
product. He entered the employ of the bank as bookkeeper when he was eighteen years of age, and his integrity, attention to duty and good business instincts have earned him his present responsible posi- tion.
Sigurdur was born in Minneota Septem- ber 24, 1885. His parents, Oddur and Elin (Sigurdurdottir) Erickson, still reside in Minneota. They were pioneer settlers of Lincoln county and in later years moved to Minneota, where they have long been residents.
Sigurdur was reared in the parental home and given a good education in the common schools. When the opportunity was offered of taking the position as book- keeper in the local bank he accepted and has been with the institution since. He is now assistant cashier and a director. Mr. Erickson is a member of the Icelandic Lutheran church. He is associated with the I. O. O. F. and Modern Woodmen lodges, filling the office of treasurer of the former and clerk of the M. W. A.
August 24, 1911, Sigurdur Erickson was married to Ella E. Ross. Miss Ross was born and brought up in the state of Kan- sas. The wedding occurred in Jackson . ville, Illinois.
DR. J. F. SMITH (1908) is one of the leading veterinary surgeons of Marshall and has an office near the "Hitch Barn." The doctor was born in LaPorte, Indiana, December 1, 1855, and when a child moved with his parents to Benton Harbor, Mich- igan, where he resided until seventeen years of age. Then he took up his resi- dence in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and re- sided there two and a half years. He moved to Otter Tail county, Minnesota, in 1876, and while engaged in farming went through two trying years in the grasshop- per days. He remained on the farm until 1899 and on account of ill health quit that occupation with the view of taking up vet- erinary work. He attended the Kansas City Veterinary College, from which he was graduated, and returned to Otter Tail county and practised there four years. He then moved to Benson, Swift county, and practised five years, or until 1908, when he moved to Marshall. The doctor is qual-
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ified in every way for the profession he has chosen and is enjoying a splendid and growing practice in Marshall and the sur- rounding territory.
The doctor is not married. He is the son of Samuel and Almyra E. (Cotten) Smith, who were natives of Cuyahoga coun- ty, Ohio. They were married near Chi- cago and settled in Indiana in the late fif- ties. Both are dead. They are the par- ents of six children: Alva, of Otter Tail county; J. F., of this sketch; Eli E., of North Dakota; William H. H., of North Dakota; Mary E. (Mrs. A. T. Finley), of North Dakota; and George T., of Otter Tail county, Minnesota.
Dr. Smith is a member of the Minne- sota State Veterinary Medical Association and of the K. P. lodge.
ANTON E. ANDERSON (1881) is man- ager of the Northwestern Elevator Com- pany at Florence. He is a native of Lyon county and was born in the township in which he has spent his entire life January 27, 1881. He spent his boyhood days with his parents on the farm and attended the district schools, later attending the Sioux Falls Business College. After finishing school he worked one year in the State Bank of Tyler. In the fall of 1907 Mr. Anderson returned to Florence and has since been engaged in buying grain for the above named firm. This elevator was built in 1887 by the firmn which now owns it and was the first elevator in Florence.
Mr. Anderson is a son of Edward and Mattie (Olson) Anderson, natives of Nor- way who came to Fillmore county, Minne- sota, in the sixties, and to Lyon county in the early seventies. Their first home was in Shelburne township, where they still reside. They are the parents of seven chil- dren, as follows: Carrie (Mrs. C. M. Mil- ler), of Raymond, Minnesota; Mollie (Mrs. W. P. Innes, of Tracy; Anton E., of this sketch; Louis, Edwin, Martin and John, who reside at home. One child, Tillie, died when six or seven years of age. The subject of this sketch holds membership in the Masonic and M. W. A. lodges.
Mr. Anderson was married July 21, 1909, at Florence, to Pauline Oftsad. She also was born in Shelburne township and is a
daughter of Andrew Ofstad, one of the earliest settlers of that precinct. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson have one child, Edmund A.
MAURICE GROTTA (1902), who is a prosperous farmer of Clifton township, was born in Ramsdal, Norway, December 16, 1865, and is a son of Ellif and Male (Al- ness) Grotta. The father was a farmer and cooper. When Maurice was four years of age the family came to this country and settled in Brown county, Minnesota, where the father took a homestead and where our subject grew to manhood.
Maurice obtained his education in a country school and worked on the home farm. At the age of eighteen years he bought forty acres and started in for him- self, later adding to his holdings until he was the owner of a half section in Brown county. He later sold and for several years was in the land business, in 1892 returning to Norway.
It was in 1902 that the subject of this sketch came to Lyon county and bought the southwest quarter of section 35, Clif- ton township. He moved on the place in 1909. For several years he was interested also in land around Milroy. He raises cat- tle for market, in addition to his general farming, and owns stock in the Farmers Elevator Company of Milroy and in the Nelson & Albion Mercantile Company of Nelson, Minnesota.
On December 1, 1906, occurred the cere- mony which joined in the holy bonds of matrimony Maurice Grotta and Julia Ellif- SO11. She was born in Norway and is a daughter of Bord and Jensine Ellifson, who still live in the land of the midnight sun. To our subject and his wife have been born three children, Emma, Ernest M. and Jennie B. Mr. and Mrs. Grotta are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.
KNUTE NYLIN (1886) is a merchant tailor of Tracy. He was born in Sweden May 23, 1866, a son of Otto and Mary Nylin. The father died in 1877 and the mother in 1910. They were the parents of six children: Knute, of this sketch; Jennie, of St. Paul; Andrew, Clara, Amelia and Lottie, of Sweden.
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Knute learned the tailor's trade in the old country under his father's instruction. In 1886 he came to Lyon county and locat- ed at Tracy, where he worked in a shop several months. He then spent several months working at his trade at Canby, Minnesota, and Miller, South Dakota. Re- turning to Tracy, he has made that his home ever since. On his return, he and Gust Abrahamson opened a tailor shop and engaged in business under the firm name of Abrahamson & Company. They con- tinued in partnership eight years, when Mr. Nylin purchased his partner's interest, and he has since conducted the business alone. He is the oldest tailor in Tracy.
Mr. Nylin has a fine business, employing four or five men. He does all kinds of merchant tailor work, repairing, cleaning. Mr. Nylin is a member of the K. P. and M. B. A. lodges. He owns a fine residence in Tracy, which he had built in 1910.
In 1889 Mr. Nylin was married at Tracy to Nellie Larson, a native of Norway. They are the parents of two children, Esther and Victor.
J. W. MATHIS (1909) is proprietor of one of Marshall's up-to-date jewelry stores, and while he has been a resident of the city for only three years, his business has grown to very satisfactory proportions. This is because of the high quality of the goods he carries and because he thoroughly understands the business in which he has devoted a number of years.
On moving to Marshall in October, 1909, Mr. Mathis opened a jewelry store in the building now occupied by the Marshall State Bank, occupying those quarters until December, 1910, when he moved to his present quarters. The optical department of the store is in charge of a specialist in that line, and he also carries a neat stock of musical instruments.
Mr. Mathis was born in Saes, Graubeu- ten, Switzerland, May 24, 1863. When three years of age he came to the United States with his parents, who settled in Chaska, Minnesota, where he resided until fourteen years of age. After a residence in Durand, Wisconsin, of three years, he moved to Belleplaine, Minnesota, where he learned the jeweler's trade. His next move
was to Morgan, this state, where he en- gaged in the jewelry business for eight years, or until moving to Marshall.
Mr. Mathis was married in Belleplaine, Minnesota, May 23, 1889, to Lonisa H. Bierlein, who was born near Chaska, Min- nesota. To this union three children have been born, as follows: May, a student at the Winona Normal School; Elmer, a high school student; and Mabel.
Mr. Mathis is a member of the Modern Woodmen lodge and the family affiliate with the Presbyterian church.
JUSTUS ENGLAND (1900), farmer of Rock Lake township, is proving that the farmer on a comparatively small scale can prosper, for he has been very successful on his eighty acres, the west half of the northwest quarter of section 16. He is a stockholder in the Current Lake Tele- phone Company and has been a stock- holder and director of the Farmers Co- operative Company of Balaton since its organization, serving as vice president three years. Mr. England is the Rock Lake representative of the Southern Min- nesota Better Development League.
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