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Our subject was wedded to Marie Ander- con in Minneapolis January 18, 1890. To this union the following children have been born: Olga, born April 23, 1895; Hydey, born June 9. 1897; Henning, born April 14. 1900; Donald, born March 28, 1906; and Kenneth, born July 31, 1908. Mr. Polson is a native of Sweden and was born July 20, 1868.
HERMAN F. WEIDAUER (1906) is one of Grandview township's farmers. He was born in Germany June 7, 1884, and is a son of Frederick and Selma (Los) Weidauer. The parents are both living in Germany.
The subject of this sketch received his early education in the Fatherland, and he attended school until fourteen years of age. He then had employment in a weaving fac- tory two years before coming to America in the spring of 1901. That year Herman and his brother Ernest located in Calhoun coun- ty, lowa, where the former worked out at farm labor until 1906.
It was in January of the latter year that Mr. Weidauer came to Lyon county and engaged in farming in Lake Marshall town- ship. After one year's residence there he rented land and farmed in Fairview town- ship three years, from there moving to his present farm, the south half of the south- west quarter of section 13, Grandview town- ship. He also conducts the A. L. Rivard 240-acre farm in the same township. Mr. Weidauer raises considerable stock.
The marriage of our subject to Emma Cross occurred in 1906, at Marshall. Mrs. Weidauer is a native of Illinois and was born May 9, 1SSS, a daughter of August and Margaret (Stauter) Cross. To this union three children were born: Raymond, born
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March 30, 1907; Le Roy, born July 8, 1909; and lola, born September 13, 1911. Mrs. Weidauer's parents are living and reside at Marshall.
Our subject is a member of the German Evangelical church of Marshall and is allied with the fraternal order of Modern Wood- men.
FRED CLAUSEN (1906) is a young farm- er residing near Garvin who has lived in Lyon county for the past six years. He is a native of Germany and was born at Alsan September 6, 1884, a son of Thomas and Katherine Clausen. The former died in 1909: the latter resides with her son near Garvin.
Fred Clausen attended school in Germany until fourteen years of age and then worked out as a farm hand seven years. In 1906 he came to America and located at Russell, where he worked a year; then he worked four years on farms near Balaton. In the spring of 1911 he rented the northeast quar- ter of section 12, Coon Creek township, which he operated until the fall of that year, when he moved to the farm in Custer township.
Mr. Clausen has two brothers and two sisters living, as follows: Chris and Mrs. Hans Mork, of Russell; Tom and Mrs. An- drew Nelson, of Balaton.
WILLIAM VAN SADELHOFF (1905) is the manager of the Van Dusen elevator at Amiret. He is a native Hollander and was born November 3, 1882, the son of Theodore and Mary (Lucassen) Van Sadelhoff. The former is deceased and the latter resides in Holland. William is the only one of the family in America. Mr. Van Sadelhoff came to the United States when twenty-two years of age and settled in Martin county, South Dakota, where he resided one year. In 1905 he moved to Ghent, where he engaged one year in the livery business and one year as grain buyer for the Western Elevator Com- pany. He then located in Marshall and worked in the Leland elevator one year. In 1908 he moved to Amiret and has since been engaged as manager of the Van Dusen Ele- vator Company's house at that place. Mr.
Van Sadelhoff holds membership in the Cath- olic church and the M. W. A. lodge.
Mr. Van Sadelhoff was married at Ghent June 9, 1909, to Adelle Paradis, a native of Lyon county and a daughter of Teles Par- adis, an early settler of the county.
ERNEST DE KEYSER (1909) is the pro- prietor of a saloon in the village of Ghent, where he has resided the past three years. He was born in Belgium July 22, 1878, and came to the United States in 1904, located in South Bend, Indiana, and later went to Mishawaka, where he worked four years for the Ball Band Rubber Company. In 1909 Mr. De Keyser moved to Ghent and pur- chased the Matt Van Der Hegen saloon, which he has since conducted. Mr. De Key- ser's parents are both dead. He has two brothers and four sisters who reside in Bel- gium, namely: Fulma, Gustaaf, Alfred, Irma, Laura and Alice.
Ernest De Keyser was married in Misha- waka on April 28. 1905, to Elizabeth Van Hove, a native of Belgium who came to the United States in 1902.
ERICK O. ERICKSON (1911) has, since August 27, 1911, been proprietor of the hotel and livery business at Florence formerly owned by Andrew Sanden. Mr. Erickson has realized the necessity of making the automobile a part of the modern livery equip- ment. He has been enjoying a liberal pat- ronage in both lines of his new enterprise. In addition to this he has other interests requiring his attention. Mr. Erickson owns a 280-acre farm near Tyler and a share in the old parental farm in Union county, South Dakota. He is also a shareholder in the Tyler Lumber Company, of Tyler, Min- nesota.
Our subject was born in Sweden Novem- ber 18, 1877, being a son of Olof and Chris- tine (Neilson) Erickson. The former is de- ceased and the mother resides at Tyler, Minnesota. The Ericksons came to this country when Erick was twenty months old and settled in Union county, South Dakota, where Erick grew up and where he attended school until seventeen years of age. He then worked on the home farm for the next five years. At that time he moved to Lin-
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coln county, locating on a farm near Tyler in September, 1904, having bought the land the year before. There he farmed until buying the hotel and livery business in Florence and moving to that town. The Norwegian Lutheran church numbers Mr. Erickson among its membership, and he is also a member of the A. O. U. W. lodge.
The marriage of Erick O. Erickson and Margret Nelson occurred in Union county, South Dakota, December 22, 1902. The bride was a native of Norway and was born November 22, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Erickson are the parents of three children. They are Oscar, born March 31, 1904; Clara, born De- cember 14, 1905; and Ernest, born January 10, 1909.
HENRY COMO (1906), of Vallers town- ship, is a son of Joseph and Delvina (Bud- reau) Como. His father was born in Canada and his mother in Illinois. They moved to Kansas and engaged in farming near Clyde. They came to Lyon county in 1906 and are now engaged in farming near Green Valley.
To these parents, in Clyde, Kansas, Henry Como was born September 7, 1888. There he secured his education and was brought up on a farm. He came with the family to Lyon county in 1906 and lived on the farm with his father until the spring of the present year. Then he was married and engaged in farming for himself, renting the southwest quarter of section 28, Vallers town- ship. He is a member of the Catholic church.
Florence Paradis, who was born in Lyon county January 3, 1892, was married to Mr. Como at Marshall on April 16, 1912. She is a daughter of Lawrence and Josephine (Cheaubeneau) Paradis, of Lucas township.
FRANCIS J. TIEMESSEN (1898), one of the younger farmers of Nordland township, has charge of the southeast quarter of sec- tion 19. He was born in Loo, Holland, No- vember 1, 1880, a son of John W. and Jo- hanna (Staring) Tiemessen.
Francis secured a common school educa- tion in his native land and at the age of seventeen years, in 1898, he came to Amer-
ica and to Lyon county. For several years he worked for farmers in the vicinity of Ghent; in 1906 he was married and con- menced farming for himself. For three years he farmed on section 10 and moved to his present location in 1909, buying the farm at that time. He has made a success of his operations.
Mr. Tiemessen was married in Minneota March 7, 1905, to Johanna Thompson, a na- tive of Whitewater, Wisconsin, and a daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Thompson. Her parents were born in Norway and now re- side in Minneota. Mr and Mrs. Tiemessen have five children, Bernice J., Irene M., Agnes C., Catherine L. and Lillian T. Mr. Tiemessen is a member of the Catholic church of Minneota.
JOSEPH WALQUIST (1911) is a native of Sweden and has been a resident of the United States about seven years. Since moving to Tracy in 1911 he has been in the employ of Knut Nylin, merchant tailor.
Joseph Walquist was born May 10, ISS8. His father, John A. Walquist, and his moth- er, Josephine A. (Saxburg) Walquist, are both living in Wargarda, Sweden. Joseph learned his trade in Sweden and worked there for some time as a journeyman. In 1905 he came to this country and was em- ployed two years on a farm near New Lon- don, Minnesota. Finding employment in Minneapolis, he worked at his trade four years, moving from there to Des Moines, Iowa, and in 1911 locating in Tracy. Mr. Walquist is a member of the K. P. lodge.
Joseph Walquist's father, John A. Wal- quist, is a sergeant in the Swedish army. Besides Joseph there are four other children in the family, Ellen, Iver, Arved and Fritof.
WILLIAM SCHOEL (1901) is a farmer of Lyons township, a native of Muscatine coun- ty, Iowa, and a son of Chris and Florence (Markley) Schoel, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Ohio. William was born January 18, 1883, and received his schooling and grew to manhood at the fam-
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ily home in Iowa. When nineteen years of age he accompanied his parents to Lyon county and resided with them until 1908. when he moved to the farm he now operates, the northeast quarter of section S, Lyons township. He has been engaged in thresh- ing five years in connection with his farm labors.
Our subject's uncle, William C. Schoel, resides with him. The latter is a native German and was born in 1851. He came to the United States in 1871 and located at Rock Island, Illinois, where he remained a short time. Then he went to Scott county, Iowa, where he worked at farm labor until coming to Lyon county in 1901.
FRANK E. FULLER (1906), of Rock Lake township, is a recent addition to the farming population of Lyon county. He is a son of William and Clara (McNeil) Fuller, residents of Sodus township. His father was born in Indiana, his mother in Ohio. There are two other children in the family, Floy, a school teacher of Balaton, and Edith, of the same village.
Frank Fuller was born in Benton county, Indiana, February 9, 1887, and in that county he resided until nineteen years of age. He attended school until fifteen years old and thereafter worked on his father's farm. He came with the family to Lyon county in 1906 and until his marriage six years later worked for his father. Then he rented the northeast quarter of section 20, Rock Lake township, and has since been engaged in farming for himself.
The date of Mr. Fuller's marriage was January 3, 1912, and occurred at Watseka, Illinois. His bride, Margaret Collins, was born at Wellington, Illinois, July 6, 1887.
ALBERT E. PETERSON (1910), of Sodus township, was born in Dunn county, Wis- consin, January 13, 1877, a son of Adolph and Gunild (Christopher) Peterson, the for- mer a native of Norway and the latter of Wisconsin. Albert resided at home until twenty-six years of age, when he married and purchased a quarter section of land near Cedar Falls, Wisconsin, where he farmed until 1909.
That year he sold his Wisconsin prop-
erty, came to Lyon county, and purchased the northwest quarter of section 30, Sodus township, in September of that year. In February, 1910, he moved here and took up his residence on the place, which is a fine farm. Mr. Peterson is chairman of the school board of district No. 51.
Mr. Peterson was married in Wisconsin September 24, 1902, to Jennie E. Whinnery. a native of Dunn county. She was born June 2, 1881, and is a daughter of William and Matilda (Smith) Whinnery, the former a native of Iowa and the latter of Pennsyl- vania. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson are the par- ents of the following children: Jessie A., born November 29, 1903; Lois I., born Sep- tember 2, 1907; Edna L., born May 27, 1911.
CHRIS NELSON (1908), proprietor of the Garvin meat market, was born in Denmark December 29, 1877. In the old country he worked at the brick mason's and butcher's trades and in 1901 came to America. He settled in Redwood county and for two or three years worked as a farm laborer and in a livery stable at Milroy.
Mr. Nelson went to Lake Shetek in 1905 and for the next three years worked in a hotel. He located in Garvin in 1908 and for several years worked as a mason and butch- er. He bought the meat market in March, 1911. Mr. Nelson is a member of the Nor- wegian Lutheran church and the M. W. A. lodge.
Anders and Agnes Marie Nelson, the par- ents of Chris Nelson, reside in Denmark. Chris is the only one in America of a family of nine children. The other children are Inger, Nels C., Agnes, Maries, Edgar, Chris- tian, Karen and Senna.
Mr. Nelson was married at Tracy Sep- tember 13, 1911, to Emma M. Nelson. She was born in Lyon county and is the daugh- ter of one of the early settlers, Thomas Nel- son, who lives near Garvin.
GROVER C. WHITLATCH (1910) is a farmer of Monroe township, renting 170 acres, the northeast quarter of section 2.
Mr. Whitlatch was born in Marion county, lowa, March 30, 1885, and lived in that county until 1910. He was educated in the country schools of his district and was
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brought up on the home farm. After he had reached young manhood he divided his time between the home farm and helping neighbors. For two years he had charge of his father's place.
In 1910 Mr. Whitlatch came to Lyon coun- ty and has since farmed for himself on rented land. He moved to the place he now farms in the spring of 1912. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge of Tracy.
The marriage of Mr. Whitlatch and Elma Phelps took place in Marshall January 21, 1911. To this union one child has been born, Maria Elizabeth, the date of her birth being February 22, 1912. Mrs. Whitlatch was born in Marion county, Iowa, January 20, 1890.
Mr. Whitlatch's parents live in Marion county, Iowa. His father, R. J. Whitlatch. was born in that county, and his mother, Emma (Nickell) Whitlatch, was born in Mon- roe county, Iowa.
HARRY E. CARSTENS (1893) is the junior member of the firm of E. H. Carstens & Son, general merchants of Taunton. He is a native of Tyler, Minnesota, and was born March 6, 1SSS. When five years of age. Henry accompanied his parents to Taunton, where he attended school, later entering his father's store as clerk. In 1908 he was admitted as a partner, the firm name being changed to E. H. Carstens & Son. He is a member of the Taunton Fire Department.
The parents of our subject are E. H. and Minnie (Lopine) Carstens, both of whom are living. They are the parents of the follow- ing named seven children: Mary (Mrs. N. A. Rudning), of Bellingham, Minnesota; Paul and Ida (Mrs. H. J. Prelwitz, of Bel- lingham; William F., of Altamont, South Dakota; Henry, of Little Falls, Washington; Mabel, a school teacher.
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