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way. During the years he spent in Sioux county he worked out at farm work. He first came to Nobles county in 1884, worked here one season, and then returned to his former home. In 1888 he again came to the county and it has been his home ever since. He bought a relinquishment and took as a tree claim the northeast quarter of section 8, Summit Lake township. Later hc changed the filing to a homestead and proved up on the land. Immediately upon taking his claim he began making improvements -enl- tivating the land and setting out trees. When he changed the filing he erected a shanty, and it was not until 1899 that he erected his present house thereon. During the first few years he was a resident of the county he worked out in Rock county. but later devoted his whole time to the management of the farm. In 1907 he added to his holdings by the purchase of the south- east quarter of section 5, of the same town- ship.
Mr. Anderson was married at Adrian Jan. 28, 1899, to Josephine Olson. daughter of Ole Olson, of Summit Lake. Mrs. Anderson was born in Decorah. Iowa. but came to Nobles county with her parents at an early age. She was edueated in the public schools of Iowa, at Worthington and Stoughton. Wis., completing it with a course in the Northwestern Business college. from which she was graduated. She then began teach- ing school, which occupation she followed near Canton, S. D., three years. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of the follow- ing children : Annie Marie, Clarence Aaron, John Kenneth and Joseph Simon. Mr. An- derson is a member of the Odd Fellows lodge of Wilmont. lle served six years as school director. two years as constable and seven years as road overseer.
W. C. RENSHAW, Dewald township farmer, resides only a short distance from the village of Rushmore. He owns and farms the southeast quarter of section 17. Mr. Renshaw is of Scotch and Dutch de- scent and was born in Fayette county. Penn-
sylvania. . June 23. 1849. Ilis father was Thomas F. Renshaw, who was born in Fay- ette county. Pa .. in 1813 and died Oct. 31. 1865. Our subject's mother was Mary Ann (Mckean) Renshaw, who was also a native
of Fayette county. She was born in 1822 and died Nov. 3, 1851.
Our subject was raised on a farm and was educated in the public schools of his native county. In the spring of 1865 the family moved to Clayton county, Iowa, and there Mr. Renshaw lived eleven years, during the greater part of which time he engaged in farming. In 1876 he moved to Sac county. lowa, where he farmed until the spring of 1903. He then came to Nobles county. bought his farm and has resided there since. Mr. Renshaw was one of the organizers of the Rushmore Cooperative Creamery com- pany and is its president. During the last four years he has held the office of chairman of the Dewald township board.
In Prairie du Chien. Wis., on June IS. 1872, Mr. Renshaw was united in marriage to Dora J. Ames. daughter of Barnabos and Mary Ames. of New York state. To Mr. and Mrs. Renshaw have been horn the fol- lowing children: Carl, born Aug. 27, 1873. died Sept. 4, 1875; Mand. horn Sept. 4, 1875. died Jan. S. ISS4; Thomas MeKean. horn Nov. 25. 1877: Alfred W .. born June 3. 1SS0; Edgar A .. born Nov. 15. 18S2: Wilbur F .. horn Nov. 13. ISSố: Ethel M., born Aug. 28. 1888: Lois N .. born April 25. 1890; Solon B., horn Nov. 17. 1892.
ERNEST H. BURFEIND, senior member of the Burfeind-Wagner Drug company. of Ells- worth. was born in the city of Minneapolis Nov. 5. 1879. the son of Henry H. and Rachael (Gundlach) Burfeind. The father was born in Germany and came to America when 19 years of age. He located first in New York and later moved to Minneapolis. where he is now living at the age of 60 years. Our subject's mother. who was born in New York. is living and is 53 years of age.
In Minneapolis Ernest Burfeind lived until 1901. There he secured his education and grew to manhood. He became a pharmacist and for eight years before he came to No- bles county was employed in a Minneapolis drug store. Coming to Ellsworth in 1901. he purchased the drug store and conducted it alone until April 6, 1908, when he admitted Joseph Wagner as a partner.
Mr. Burfeind is unmarried. Ile is a mem ber of the Modern Woodmen of Ameri: lodge.
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MELVIN WHITNEY HOVEY, proprietor of the Rushmore dray line, has been a resi- dent of the county since he was seven years old. He was born in Belvidere, Ill., .June 19, 1969, the son of Austin Hovey and Aurelia Whitney) Howry. The father, a native of Illinois, was born May 16, 1833; died Sept. 2. 1903. His mother is a native of Maine, having been born March 17. 1541, and now resides near U'pton. N. M.
With the exception of one year, which was spent with his mother in Maine, Melvin re- sided in Belvidere until 1877. Then he came with his parents to Nobles county in the fall of that year and located in Worthing- ton. The next spring the family moved out to Summit Lake township, where the head of the family had taken a homestead at a distance of twelve miles northwest of Worth- ington. From that date the family resided on the farm and in Worthington, dividing the time between the two places. Melvin was educated in the Worthington schools, and after his school days spent the greater part of his time working on the farm.
In 1901 he moved to Reading, ran a livery barn there one year. and then sold out. The next year and one-half was spent in farm- ing on a rented farm two miles north of Rushmore. He then moved to the village, purchased the Reese livery barn on Nov. 7, 1904, and condneted that business until 1908. when he sold out, and he is now proprietor of the Rushmore dray line.
Mr. Hovey was married August 20. 1902. to Miss Hanna Grace MeChord, daughter of .1. B. McChord, one of the pioneer settlers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Hovey are the parents of two children. Ernest Austin, born July 12, 1904, and Vera Mae, born May G. 1907.
Mr. Hovey is third oldest of a family of six children. They, with their names and births. follow: Francis Amelia, born Oet. 20, 1800: Ida Estella, born April 19, 1867: Mel- vin Whitney, born June 19, 1869: Carrie Helena (Mrs. A. W. Ferrin), born Ang. 17. 1571: Addie Loretta, born Oet. 7. 1873; I loreneo Ethel, born Ang. 7, ISSO. Two sis- ters died at an early age and one died at the age of 21 years.
JOHN A. ANDERSON has recently retired from active farming pursuits and now re- sides in Worthington. For seventeen years
he was engaged in farming in Graham Lakes township, where he still owns property.
Mr. Anderson was born on the island of Orland, Sweden, Aug. 3, 1865, and is the son of A. P. Olson and Elizabeth (Peterson) Olson. Ilis parents still reside in their na- tive land, his father at the age of 75 years and his mother aged GS years. For sixteen years our subject lived with his parents on the island off the southeastern coast of Sweden. Ile was raised on a farm and se- enred a common school education in his na- tive land, completing it with a one year's course in the United States.
When sixteen years of age Mr. Anderson came to the new world and located at Galva, ]]1., where for ten years he worked at farm work for wages. He came to Nobles county in 1590 and bought the northeast quarter of section 32, Graham Lakes township, his wife later becoming the owner of the north half of the northwest quarter of the same seetion. He farmed there five years; then sold out and returned to Illinois. After a six weeks' residence in his old home, he returned and repurchased his Graham Lakes farm, which he operated until the spring of 1908. 1Ie then rented his farm, purchased residence property in Worthington, and has since made his home in the county seat town. During his residenee in Graham Lakes he served four years as elerk of school district No. 31.
Mr. Anderson was married at Kewanee, 111 .. Dee. 31. ISSO, to Emma Schoonover, a native of Kewanee and a daughter of Ros- siter and Margery Schoonover. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson are the parents of one child. Hazel. born June 18. 1893.
In the fall of the present year, Mr. An- derson visited his parents in Oeland, Sweden.
JOIN PARADIES, farmer of Bloom town- ship, was born in Sheboygan county, Wis., March 19, 1870. the son of Lawrenee and Annie (Meyer) Paradies. The father was born in Mondorf. Germany, eame to the I'nited States when eleven years of age. and died Aug. 12, 1893, aged 62 years. The mother was also born in Germany. She died in 1896 at the age of 58 years.
John was raised on a farm in Sheboygan county and resided there until eighteen years old. IIe then went to Cherokee county,
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Iowa, where he lived until 1896. During the first six years there he worked out at farm work by the month and thereafter farmed for himself on rented land. Coming to No- bles county in 1896, be rented the Chas. Fritz farm near St. Kilian one year. He then farmed the Rice farm in Larkin town- ship five years, after which he bought his
present eighty acre farm on section 18, Bloom, and has since made his home there. Mr. Paradies was married at Marcus, Iowa, Nov. 6, 1896, to Lena Russell, a na- tive of Aurora, Ill. To them have been born two children-Lawrence, born Nov. 7, 1900; George, horn Aug. 17, 1902. Mr. and Mrs. Paradies are members of the Catholic church at Wilmont. He was assessor of Bloom township one year and is now a member of the board of supervisors, having been elected in the spring of 1908.
B. G. BLOMGREN, a Bigelow township farmer and stock raiser, is a native of the village of Falkoping, Sweden, where he was born May 1, 1851, the son of the late An- drew Anderson and Christina (Larson) An- derson. The father died in Sac county, Iowa, June 21, 1906, aged 77 years. The mother is now living, at the age of 93 years, in Ida connty, Iowa.
In Sweden Mr. Blomgren lived until 1886. During the entire period of his residence in the old country he resided on the farm, he- ing engaged in farming for himself during the last few years of his residence there. IIe came to America in the spring of 1886, arriving at Odebolt, Sae county, Iowa, on March 26. There he rented land and en- gaged in farming five years. He then moved to Crawford county, in the same state, and farmed four years. Returning to Sae county, he rented land from C. W. Cock, a big land owner, and farmed until 1898.
In the last named year he moved to No- bles county. The year previous to his ar- rival Mr. Blomgren had purchased the south- east quarter of section 22, Bigelow town- ship, but as his place was then unimproved he rented an improved farm on section 27, upon which he resided two and one-half years. Ile then moved onto his own prop- erty, which he had in the meantime im- proved, and that has been his home ever since. Besides his general farming he raises
thoroughbred stock, making a specialty of Shorthorn cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs. In addition to his own farm he rents 120 acres. On his place is a fine orchard, including ap- ple, pear and plum trecs.
Mr. Blomgren was married in Sweden Nov. 23, 1880, to Mary Christina Gustafson. daughter of Andrew and Erika (Swanson) Gustafson. They are the parents of the following children, all of whom reside at home: Alfreda, Esther, Gust, Lillian, Ellis and Arthur. Mr. and Mrs. Blomgren and two of the ehildren are members of the Swedish Baptist church of Indian Lake. Mr. Blomgren served two years as clerk of school district No. 26 and was road overseer one year.
SVANTE KINDLUND, of Worthington, has resided in the county of Nobles thirty- one years, having come here direct from Sweden in 1877. He was born in the prov- ince of Jemtland, Sweden, Dec. I, 1849, the son of M. B. Kindlund and Helen (Mal- berg) KindInnd. Ilis father, who was an in- spector for a wholesale lumber company and who also engaged in farming, died in his native county April 14, 1905. His mother still resides in Sweden.
In his native land Svante Kindlund work- ed at farming and painting, having followed his trade for a number of years. He came to the United States in 1877, spent a few months in Allamakee county, Iowa, and in November of the same year came to Nobles eounty. From Nels N. Langseth he bought the northeast quarter of section 22, Bige- low township, and for four years engaged in farming. He then moved to Worthing ton, and for twelve or thirteen years worked at his trade. He then went into the in- surance business, which he has conducted ever since and of which he has made a de cidedl success. He served one term (ISS8) as member of the city council.
Mr. Kindlund was married in Sweden to Lisa Pearson. To them have been born three children-Helen, who died March 5, 1908; Emma and Martha.
B. F. KNIESE, farmer of Summit Lake township, has been a resident of the ron is eighteen years. Besides the three eighti
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in the home place he rents other land ad- joining. making 410 acres of land that he farms. lle raises stock extensively and has a fine farm.
Mr. Kniese was born in Saxony, Germany, March 26, 1804. His father was Bernard F. Kniese, who died in Iowa March 6, 1908. JHis mother was Mary Sophia (Boog) Kniese. who died in lowa April 16, 1907. In his native country Mr. Kniere lived sixteen years, securing an education and working at farm work. He then came to America with his parents and located in Calhoun county, Towa. where he engaged in farming on his father's place two years. He and his father then farmed in O'Brien county eight years, and in 1890 he came to Nobles county. After farming on rented land in Summit Lake township some years he purchased the 240 acre farm on section 16, where he has since resided.
In O'Brien county, lowa. on June 5. 1888, Mr. Kniese was united in marriage to Miss Louise Fischer, who was born in Germany and who came to the United States in 1882. They are the parents of the following child- ren: Edgar. Albert, Paulina, Fred. Elsie and Emily. Two children died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Kniese are members of the Iniheran church of Wihnont, and Mr. Knicse has served as director of school district No. 94 for the last eight or ten years.
FRANK RECKER, a farmer of Grand Prairie township, owns and farms a half section of land only a short distance sonth of the village of Ellsworth. He was horn in Dubuque county, Jowa, Oct. 1, 1866, the son of the late llenry Recker and Susana (Ilonkamp) Recker. The father was a na- tive of Ohio. He came to Nobles county in 1902, and died near Adrian Ang. 9, 1901, aged 68 years. The mother is a native of Towa and is now living near Adrian, aged 63 years.
Mr. Recker lived in his native county until 24 years of age, during which time he re ceived- his education and worked on his father's farm. He then left home and went to. Marshall county, lowa, where he bought a farm and lived eleven years. Selling out there in 1902 he moved to Grand Prairie township, in Nobles county, and purchased his present farm of 320 acres in sections 32
and 31. 1le has erected new buildings and made other improvements on the place since taking possession.
In Dubuque county, Jowa, on Feb. 3, 1891, Mr. Recker was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Wihnhoff, a native of lowa and a daughter of the late Herman Wilmhot]. To Mr. and Mrs. Recker have been born the following children: Susana, born Feb. 3, 1804; Willie, born July 24, 1896; Ignatius, born Aug. 4, 1898; Carolina. born Sept. 3. 1900; Cicillie, born Oct. 9, 1902; Frank F., born May 20, 1904; Veronica, horn Aug. 6, 1006. Mr. and Mrs. Recker are members of the Catholic church of Ellsworth.
GUST SELBERG, of Ransom township, was born in Sweden Aug. 22, 187], the son of Peter M. and Mary (Selberg) Peterson, both of whom are still living in their native land. Gust is the youngest of a family of right children.
Gust came to the United States in the spring of 1889 and settled at Worthington, in the vicinity of which village he worked as a farm laborer nine years. lle then rent- (dl a farm in Bigelow township, which he conducted three years. In 1893 he had bought 104 acres of land on section 17, Bigelow township. Seven years later he sold that and bought his present farm, the south- west quarter of section 12, Ransom township, where he has since resided. The place was unimproved when he purchased it.
Mr. Selberg was married in Bigelow town - ship Nov. 16. 1897, to Miss Emma 11. Hardo, a native of Bigelow township and a daughter of 1. P. Hardo. of Cass county, Minn. To them have been born the following children: Clifford L .. born Sept. 10, 1898: Esther, born March 25. 1901: Helen, born Jan. 1, 1903; Gilbert. born March 27. 1905; Clayion, born June 18, 1907.
Mr. Selberg engages in general farming and stock feeding. lle is treasurer of school district No. 18 and road overseer of road district No. 1, Bansom township.
AUSTIN NASIL is one of the carly set- tlers of western Nobles county and one of the prominent farmers of Westside town- ship, in which township he owns 140 acres
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of land. He raises thoroughbred Shorthorn cattle and lots of other stock.
Mr. Nash is a Norwegian, having been born at Stavanger on Dec. 17, 1844. His parents. Ole and Christina Nash, died in their native land. In the country of his birth Mr. Nash lived until he was twenty. five years of age. At the age of fifteen years he began working at the shoemaker's trade in a town about forty miles south of Stavanger, and followed that occupation until he came to America. lle arrived in the new world in May, 1869, and located in Lee county, Ill., where he made his home eleven years. The first seven years he worked out by the month; then he began farming for himself on rented land. A brother had come to Nobles county during the time Austin was in Illinois, and in March, 1880, he came out to the new country. He bought a homestead right to 160 acres on section 10, Lismore township, and made his home there until the fall of 1892. Then he sold out and bought 280 acres of his present farm in Westside township, where he has ever since resided.
On July 27. 1878, in Lee county. Ill., Mr. Nash was married to Enga Grove. She is a daughter of Ole and Martha Grove, both deceased, and was born in Norway Dec. 16. 1847. To them have been born the follow- ing named children: Ole. born June 16, 1879, died Feb. 14. 1907: Mary, born Ang. 4, 1880. died Nov. 7, 1880: Martin, born June 30. 1881, died Nov. 19. 1887: Lena. born Oct. 9, 1882, died July 11. 1896; Joseph, born Dee. 27. 1883; Oscar,' born Oct. 4. 1885; Minnie, born Nov. 29, 1887. Mr. and Mrs. Nash are members of the Methodist church of Adrian.
W. M. EVANS, president of the Worthing- ton National Bank, has been in the bank- ing business in Worthington fourteen years. as cashier and manager of the Nobles County Bank and in his present position.
Mr. Evans degrends from one of the old American families. Four brothers came from Wales in colonial days and founded the American branch of the family. some mem- bers of which became quite prominent in the affairs of the country. Our subject's great great grandfather was a veteran of
the Revolutionary war. In a very early day members of the Evans family moved to Towa territory and became prominent in the early history of that commonwealth. Lyman Evans, the great grandfather of our subject came to lowa in 1838 and settled in what later became Clinton county. That county was organized March 1. 1840, and its first election was held at the home of Lyman Evans on April 6, 1840. That gentleman was also a member of the Jowa constitu tional convention which convened at Towa City Oct. 7. 1844. and was in session until Nov. 1, of same year. lle and Ralph R. Benedict represented Clinton county. Our subject's grandfather was Charles Evans and his father was John M. Evans. who was born in Dewitt, Iowa territory, in 1844. The latter started a drug store in 1874, which he conducted twenty years, and then retired from active pursuits. He served six years as postmaster of Gowrie, Iowa, hav- ing been appointed by President Grover Cleveland during his first administration. John M. Evans died in June. 1898. Our subject's mother is Elizabeth (Evans) Evans. born at Akron, N. Y., in 1847, and now residing in Gowrie, Iowa.
W. M. Evans was born at Dewitt, Clinton eonnty. Iowa. Oct. 28. 1866. and in that place lived with his parents until 1874. when they moved to Gowrie. Webster county. In the latter place Mr. Evans resided twenty years. He attended the public schools of Gowrie and completed his education in the high school at Bedford, Taylor county. Iowa. At the age of eighteen years, he quit school and engaged in farming on his father's farm near Gowrie, and was thus engaged nine years.
Mr. Evans was married at Gowrie April 26. 1893, to Jennie Lynd. daughter of E. . 1. and Mary E. Lynd. who settled at. Gowrie in 1872. Mr. Lynd was the owner of the townsite of that village. lle now resides
in Los Angeles, Cal. Mrs. Lynd died in September, 1906. After his marriage Mr. Evans soll the farm. bought stock in the Bank of Gowrie and became its assistant cashier.
In the fall of 1894 he purchased a Half interest in the Nobles County Bank. at Worthington. and until the next shrin operated it in partnership with Peor Th mit son. On May 15, 1895. E. A. Lynd pur
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chased Mr. Thompson's interest in the bank, and thereafter the institution was owned and managed by Lynd & Evans. The latter became cashier of the bank and was its manager until the reorganization in the present year. At first quarters were in the Torrance block, but in 1899. Mr. Evans preeted the building in which the institu- tion has ever since been. On Jan. 15, 1908. the Nobles County Bank was reorganized into the Worthington National Bank, and Mr. Evans became its president. Mr. Evans is a member of Fraternity Lodge No. 101, A. F. & A. M., and for five years was sec- retary of the lodge.
CHARLES L. ROWLEY. Summit Lake township farmer, owns and farms the north- west quarter of section 22 and the south- west quarter of section 15. He was born in Hillsdale county. Mich., Dee. 23. 1872. the son of John and Malissa (Scott) Rowley. natives of Illinois and Ohio, respectively. Both parents are living and reside in Ohio.
When the subject of this biography was two or three months old the family moved to Fulton county. Ohio, and there Charles Rowley grew to manhood. Ile secured an education in the schools of Aid and engaged in farm work until he reached his majority. In 1893 he came to Nobles county and for several years was employed at farm work on the farms of J. W. Read. G. T. Bulick and .T. F. Cass. all in Summit Lake township. In 1897 Mr. Rowley purchased the east half of the southeast quarter of seetion 21, Sum- mit Lake. farmed one year and then sold his farm. Hle at once purchased the quarter section he now owns on section 15 from Daniel Shell and the same year rented from the Wyom Forbes estate the quarter upon which he now resides and which he purchased in the fall of 1898.
Mr. Rowley was married in Dewald town- ship Frb. 21. 1898, to Annie Wagner. a native of Michigan City. Ind .. and a daugh- for of Fred and Sophia Wagner. The are the parents of the following children : Zelma. Annie May, Gladys. Floyd Leroy and Fern.
ALFRED MAHLBERG. Bigelow township farmer, was born on his father's farm in
Bigelow township July 17, 1873, the son of Erick and Christine (Landberg) Mahlberg.
Alfred received his education in the school of district No. 56, Bigelow township, and was brought up on his father's farm, where he lived until 1902. That year he was married and began farming for himself on the south- west quarter of section 11, which land ho had bought three and one-half years be- fore.
llis marriage occurred at Worthington on June 25. 1902. when he led to the altar Miss Olive Larson, daughter of L. J. and Bengta Larson, residents of Worthington. Mrs. Mahlberg was born in Sweden Aug. 22, 1877. They are the parents of two children: Arthur Franklin, born April 17, 1003; Ruth Malinda, born Aug. 21, 1905. Both parents are members of the Swedish Luther- an church of Worthington. Mr. Mahlberg has served as clerk of school district No. 56 for the last ten years.
GUST A. HAGBERG, Dewald township farmer, was born in Sweden Jan. 17. 1864. and is the son of Louis and Annie ( Brask) Hagberg, now residents of Elk township.
In 1870 The family came to the United States and located in Clinton. Towa. There Gust lived until he was seventeen years of ago. TTe then left home and went to British Columbia, where for one year he was with a surveying party working for the Canadian Pacific railroad. He then went to Montana and for three years rode the plains as a cowboy. his headquarters being at Billings and Livingston. Returning to his old home in Clinton, he took employment with the firm of C. J.imb & Son. and for several vears was employed in thai firm's sawmills. In 1895 be established a grocery store in (linton, which he conducted two years. He came to Nobles county in 1897 and for six voars farmed rented land in Elk township. Hle then moved to Amery. Polk county. Wis .. hought land there and farmed two years. Returning to Nobles county, he honghi the west half of the southeast quarter of seetion 21. Dewald township. and has since been en- gaged in farming there.
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