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When Albert was five years old he went with the family to Jardin county, Iowa, where he was raised on a farm and spent his young life getting an edneation. He came to Nobles county with his parents in the fall of 1884. During the first four years of his residence here he worked out by the month, and then began farming for himself. Ile engaged in farming in Grand Prairie township until 190]. That year he bought the southeast quarter of section 18, West- side township his present farm-and in the spring of 1902 moved onto the place.
Mr. Rust has been married twice. llis first marriage occurred at Ellsworth Feb. 16, 1893. when he wedded Miss Louisa Nolte. a daughter of Henry Nolte. of Grand Prairie township. She was born in Ogle county, II., Ang. 2, 1973, and eame to No. bles county with her parents in 1881. Mrs. Rust died April 3, 1901. To Mr. and Mrs. Rust were born five children: Gazena. Her- man, Henry, Jennie and Louis.
Mr. Rust's second marriage was to Hen- rietta Simmonsmeyer, who was born in Germany and who came to the United States in July, 1894. having been left an orphan. To them have been born two chil- dren: John, who died in February, 1904; and Arthur, who was born in December, 1905. Mr. and Mrs. Rust are members of the German Baptist church.
DANIEL E. HARVEY, a Hersey township farmer. owns and resides on the northeast quarter of section 28. Besides his farming
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interests he is interested largely in thor- ycars he farmed rented land. Ile then rent oughbred stock, his specialties being Per- cheron horses and Shorthorn eattle.
Mr. Harvey descends from a family of old settlers in the state of New York. His father, Henry Harvey, was born in Craw- ford county, l'a., and now resides in Milford, lowa. His mother, Sarah (Kelly) Harvey, is a native of Ohio. To these parents was born Daniel E. Ilarvey in Allamakee county, Iowa, Sept. 3, 1868. For eighteen years he lived in the county of his birth, working on the farm and securing an education in the schools of Monona, Clayton county, lowa. In 1886 he moved with his parents to Cerro Gordo county, which was his home until 1898, with the exception of the year 1889, when he was in the lumber business in Seat. tle, Wash. During the last three years of his residence in lowa he farmed for himself on a rented farm.
In IS9S Mr. Harvey moved to Worthing. ton and for one year was engaged in the hay business, in the employ of the Devereaux Commission company. Ile then moved onto his Hersey township farm, which he had purchased in 1897, and that has been his home sinee.
Mr. Harvey was married Oct. 4, 1893, at Mason City, lowa, to Abbie Barlow, a na- tive of lowa. Mrs. Ilarvey died Oct. 29, 1900, leaving four children-Flava, Chaun. cey, Opal and Oren, who died May 9, 1902, aged two years.
ROBERT ROSS owns and farms the north east quarter of section 33, Larkin township. and has been a resident of the county four- teen years. He was born in Lafayette county, Wis., Dec. 3, 1855, the son of Rob- ert and Margaret Ross. The father was born in Ireland. He died in 1881, aged 50 years. Our subjeet's mother died in Wis- consin in 1870 and was 39 years of age at the time of her death.
In his native county Robert Ross lived until he came to Nobles county in 1894. After growing to manhood he worked out at farm work and for a short time he had em- ployment as a miner. In 1880 he began farming for himself and followed that oe- cupation in Lafayette county fourteen years. Coming to Nobles county in 1894, he located first in Lismore township, where for ten
ed the north balf of section 17, Laikin, and farmed that four years. He bought his present farm in 1900, and in the spring of 1908 moved onto it.
Mr. Ross was married at Seamore, Wi -. , on June 10, 1880, to Ellen Turner, who was born in England Dec. 15, 1860. Her parents were Richard and Mary (Tinkler) Turer The father died July 26, 1890; the mother March 30, 1905. To Mr. and Mrs. Ross have been born the following children: Ellie Annie, born Sept. 24, 1881, died May 22, 1894; Carrie Belle (Mrs. C. R. Ltley), of Roek county, born Dec. 14, 1883; Frank Robert, born April 1, 1885; George Richard, born May 26, 1890; Leslie Alfred, born Nov. 29, 1894; Orville James, born Oct. 26, 1897; Genevieve, born June 28, 1903.
ADOLPH RAMERT, a farmer of Graham Lakes township, is one of the early day settlers of the county. He is a son of the late Venanz and Anna (Zelner) Ramerth and was born in Austria. He came to the United States with his parents in 1878, lived with them one year at Mankato, three years in Murray county, and thereafter until the late eighties in Seward township. Ile then bought his present farm, the northwest quarter of section 18, Graham Lakes town- ship, and has since made his home there lle has a finely improved and valuable farm.
Mr. Ramert was married at Heron Lake June 28, 1887, to Miss Francisca Pitsch, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pit-ch She was born in Austria and came to the United States with her parents in the spring of 1878, the family locating near Prairie .Junction. Iler father died about ten years ago; her mother is living and. resides with ber children in Murray and Nobles counties. Mr. and Mrs. Ramert are the parents of the following children: Mary, born Det. 27 1888; Annie, born March 22, 1890; Adolph, born Aug. 3. 1891; Filemena, born Jan. 30, 1893; Francisca, born March 20, 1895; Al- Fort, born Feb. 14, 1898; Willibrord. horn Dec. 25, 1899. Mr. and Mrs. Ramert are members of the Catholic church of Fulla. Mr. Ramert served three years as director of sehool distriet No. 4 prior to 1906. 11 is the local agent of the Willmont Mutual Fire Insurance company.
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CHARLES GLOVAA, of Leuta township. Was born in MeLean county, Ill., Oct. 18: 1579, the son of John and Barbara Glovka, natives of Indiana and Germany, respec- tively, and now residents of Adrian.
Our subject came to Nobles county with his parents in J887 and for one year lived on a farm in Olney township. The family then moved to Larkin township, where Charles resided until he was twenty-two years of age, working on the farm for his father. He received his education in the public schools of Illinois and Nobles county, attending the Adrian school several terms.
In the summer of 1900 Mr. Glovka moved to the new town of Lismore, and in part- nership with John Duel engaged in the livery and draying business. A year and a half later he sold out and engaged in farming in Larkin township, which he fol- lowed four years. Moving to Worthington he took employment with J. D. & W. I. Jumiston, and was employed by that firm eight months. In the fall of 1906 he moved onto the farm where he now lives-the west half of section 12, Leota-and since that time has been engaged in farming with his brother, William.
Mr. Glovka was married in Larkin town- ship June 25, 1902, to Addie Cooper, who was born in lowa June 23, 1881. She is the daughter of Albert H. Cooper, who lives in Rushmore. ller mother is dead. To Mr. and Mrs. Glovka have been born two ehild- ren: Lester, born Mareh 29, 1903; Lee, bom Jan. 16, 1906.
IRA MISIILER, deputy sheriff of Nobles county, is a native of lowa, having been born in Jackson county May 4, 1835. 11is parents, Christian and Adalina (Brillhart) Mishler, were very early settlers of that part of Iowa, making the trip there by stage when there were only twelve miles of railroad west of Chicago. The father was a native of Ohio and died in Blackhawk county, lowa, in 1879, at the age of 51 years. The mother was also a native of Ohio, but moved to Illinois when a girl and resided there until her marriage. Ira is the next oldest of a family of seven children. of whom the others are Cyrus, Fannie (Sny- der), Hattie, Emma (Smith), Matie and Annie.
In Jackson county, Iowa, Ira lived until lie was ten years of age. Then he moved with the family to Waterloo, Blackhawk county, where he lived with his father on the farm until the latter's death in 1879. Ira and his twin brother, Cyrus, then took the management of the farm, which they conducted until 1889. That year he moved to Worthington and for ten years owned and managed the Western House livery barn. After the election of Sheriff Fauskee in 1002, Mr. Mishler was appointed deputy sheriff and has since held the office.
Mr. Alishler was married in Waterloo, Iowa, February IS, ISSS, to Miss Libbie Palmer, a native of Butler county, lowa, and a daughter of John and Louisa (Jefferies) l'almer. Mr. and Mrs. Mishler are the par- ents of two children: Gertrude, born May 0, 1891; Marjorie, born June 27, 1896.
For the last five years Mr. Mishler has held the office of village assessor. Ile is a member of the Baptist church and of the N. P'. and MI. W. A. lodges of Worthington.
FLOYD A. MATHIESON, thresher and farmer, owns and resides on the southeast unarter of section 36, Elk township. Ile was born in Winneshick county, Iowa, April 17, 1877, the eldest of a family of four sons and one daughter. His father is John Matheson, who now resides near Carters- ville, lowa. lle is a native of Delaware county, lowa, and is of Scotch deseent, his father, John Matheson, having been born in Scotland and having come to Manitoba, Canada, when seven years of age. The mother of our subject is Elsie (Nicholson) Matheson, who was born near Erie, Pa.
U'ntil he was fifteen years of age Floyd Matheson resided with his parents in the county of his birth. The family then moved to Cerro Gordo county, which was the home ten years. There the subject of this bio- graphy worked on his father's farm until he was 21 years of age. He received his education in the distriet schools of Winne- shick and Cerro Gordo counties and in the Nora Springs seminary and business college, from which institution he was graduated in 1897.
Upon reaching his majority Mr. Matheson started out in life for himself. lle worked out one year, then purchased a threshing
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machine, and during the next three years was engaged in farming and in the thresh- ing business. In the spring of 1902 he came to Nobles county and bought eighty acres in section G, Ilersey township, and 40 acres in section one, Elk. He resided on his Ilersey township property until the spring of 1907, when he and his brother, Richard Il., bought the southeast quarter of section 36, Elk, since which time he has made his home there. He engaged in the threshing business when he came to the county and has followed that occupation ever since, now owning and operating three machines.
Mr. Matheson was married in Carters- ville, Iowa, Jan. 1, 1901, to Minnie E. Trev. ett, who was born near Portland, Iowa, Oct. 8, 1882. She is the daughter of George C. and Jennie (Latham) Trevett. The mother died in August, 1901; the father now lives near Cartersville, Iowa. To Mr. and Mrs. Matheson have been born the following chil- dren: Elnora, born May 17, 1903; Erroll J., born Nov. 21, 1905; Elsie, born Nov. 10, 1907. Both Mr. and Mrs. Matheson are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. of Worthington. He is a director of school district No. 96.
PETER LEDINE is a Bigelow township farmer and a son of Erick and Lottie (Person) Ledine. He was born in the city of Sundsvall, Sweden, Aug. 11, 1878. secured his education in his native country and worked on the farm and in the timber.
He came to the United States with his parents in 1893 and setiled with them in Bigelow township, Nobles county. During his first year's residence there he worked out at farm work by the month, and then assisted with the work on his father's farm. He took a preemption chiim to land in the northern part of Minnesota, but abandoned the claim before securing title and returned to assume the management of his father's farm. He managed that until the spring of 1907, when he bought his present farm-the northwest quarter of section 23. Bigelow township-erected the buildings thercon, and sinee that time has been farming for him- self. For several years he was engaged in the fur business, buying and shipping furs.
Mr. Ledine was married at Grand Rapids, Mich., June 5, 1907, to Hildur Erickson, a
daughter of Carl E. and Sophia Erickson. of Grand Rapids. Mrs. Ledine was born in Sweden March G, 1884, and came to the United States when two years of age. Bo h Mr. and Mrs. Ledine are members of the Baptist church of Indian Lake.
During his residence in Bigelow township Mr. Ledine has served as road overseer. Ile was one of the organizers of Telephone company No. G, which was organized in the spring of 1906, being the president and man- ager of the company, and he is also in terested in other important local enter- prises.
WILLIAM GLOVKA, Leota townsnip farmer, in partnership with his brother, Charles, farms the west half of section 12. Ile has lived in the county since he was two years old, and is the son of John and Barbara Glovka, late of Lismore, now of Adrian.
William was born in Illinois March 7, 1885, and came to Nobles county with his parents in 1887. For ten or eleven years he lived on his father's farm in Larkin township, and then, with his father, two sisters and one brother, he went to Richland county, N. D., where they resided less than one year. The family then located in Lis- more township, and with them our subjeet resided three years. At the end of that time the parents moved to Lismore village and William worked out one year. He spent the winter of 1904-05 in Lismore, and in March moved onto his father's farm in Leota township, where he has since been engaged in farming. During the first year he and his brother, Fred, farmed the place in partnership; the next year William. Fred and Charles Glovka farmed the place: since that time Charles and he have conducted the farm.
1. SHELOUIST is a farmer whose land is located within the limits of the village cf Wilmont. He was born in Osterjemtland Sweden, Dec. 8. 1858. the son of John and Mary (Carlson) Shelquist. The mother died in Sweden in 1897; the father in [owa in 1905.
Mr. Shelquist was raised on his f pi's farm in Sweden and securei Vis Uritis
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there. He came to America iu ISS) and located in Lucas county. Iowa, where he was a coal miner until 1889. On the 20th of March of that year he came to Nobles county and located on the east half of the northeast quarter of section 36, Willmont township, which land he had bought in 1.57. There he has been engaged in farm- ing ever since, his place now being within the limits of Wilmont village. In addition to his home place he owns the northwest quarter of section 31. Bloom township.
In Lucas county, lowa, in October. 1852, Mr. Shelquist was married to Ida Carlson. To them have been born the following child- Ten: Henry. of Minneapolis; Gust, of Min- Neapolis; Ida (Mrs. G. T. Carey). of Wil- mont; Walter and Violet, who reside at home.
For six years Mr. Shelquist served as treasurer of school district No. 16. He has been a member of the Wilmont village conn- cil ever since the village was incorporated in 1900, and he has been a member of the Wilmont school board for the last five years.
JOHN F. JAMES farms 480 acres of land in Westside township. the property of Thomas Roach. The land is the west half of section 19. where the home is, and a quarter section on 15.
.John is the next youngest of a family of six children, whose parents were Cornel ins and Mary Anna (Hamley) James. The father was born in Cornwall. England, in 1×19, came to the United States when a young man and settled at Dodgeville, Wis .. where he died in 1889. He was a farmer, millwright and carpenter. Our subject's mother still lives in Dodgeville, and is 80 years of age. The children of this family are Rebecca (Mrs. Cy. Hoskins). William. Minnie (Mrs. Ed. Smith). Lizzie (Mrs. Stephen Chapple). John and Cornelius.
Our subject. was born in Dodgeville. Wis .. (1 Aug 25. 18GG. Ilis boyhood days were spont near that Wisconsin town, securing an · Ineation and working on his father's farm. After his marriage in 1888 he began farm- ing for himself, which he was engaged in until 1896. That year he moved to Nobles county and has been farming since. Ile moved onto the farm he now occupies in
1905. In 1900 he bought a quarter section of land in Lismore township, but sold it the next year and invested in 200 acres of Canadian land, which he also sold later.
Mr. James was married in Dodgeville in January, 1888, to Miss Mary Haas, a na- tive of that place and a daughter of George Hlaas. To them have been born six child- ron: Cornelia, born Sept. 25, 1888; Roy. born Dec. 18, 1SS9; Olive, born Feb. 10, 1891; George, born May 16. 1896; Ethel, born Feb. 7, 1903; Mildred, born July 27, 1905.
Mr. James is one of the supervisors of Westside township and is a member of the school board of district No. 50. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.
ANTON R. SCHMIDT, proprietor of the Dundee hotel, has been a resident of the county of Nobles twenty-three years. IIe was born in the province of Pomerania. Germany, Feb. G, 1866, the son of Frederick and Carolina (Sehrom) Schmidt, both of whom died in the spring of the year 1882.
The subject of this sketch lived in his native land until the spring of 1880. There he received common school . education. When fourteen years of age he came to America and located at Chaska, Carver county, Minn. Five years later he took up his residence in Lorain township, Nobles county. near Brewster, where he lived until 1899. He then went to Dundee. where he has since been engaged in the hotel busi- ness. lle is also engaged in the nursery business.
Mr. Schmidt was married in 1888 to Min- nie Leistico, who was born in Carver counts in 1871 and who came to Nobles county with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Leisti- co. in 1880. Mr. and Mrs. Schmidt have been the parents of eight children. seven of whom are still living. One child. a daugh- ter. died in infancy. The living children are Lizzie, Tony, Margaret, Ferny, Martha. Fred and Carmond Incile.
With the exception of one year. Mr. Schmidt has served as a member of the village conneil of Dundee from 1898 to 1907. Ile is a member of the German Lutheran church and of the Modern Wood- men of America lodge.
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CHARLES DILLEHAY is the proprietor of an Ellsworth saloon and has been a resi- dent of the county fourteen years. He was born in Perry county, Ohio, on the fifteenth day of January, 1957, and there he lived on a farm until he was thirty-three years of age.
His parents were Stephen and Catherine (Brady) Dillehay. both natives of Ireland. They came to the United States during their younger days and settled in Ohio. The mother died there in 1984; the father in March, 1890, aged 76 years.
In 1890 Mr. Dillehay of this sketch went to Colorado and for four years served as night watchman at the Denver White Lead works. He then came to Nobles county, arriving here July 28, 1994. For six years he engaged in farming in Grand Prairie township and then moved to Ellsworth. After one year spent tending har for Bird & Klinkhammer, he went to Little Rock, Iowa, and for one year and six months was in the saloon business there. Returning to Ellsworth he purchased the saloon of Bird & Klinkhammer and has since con- ducted the business.
Mr. Dillehay was married in Ellsworth June 30, 1903. to Mrs. Katherine McCarron. who was born in Ireland and who came to America when eighteen years of age and located in Boston, coming west 25 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Dillehay are members of the Catholic church of Ellsworth. and Mr. Dille- har is a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians.
SAM M. STEWART. cashier and director of the Citizens National Bank of Worthing- ton. was born in Kenosha county. Wis .. April 1, 1864, the son of David C. and Mary A. (MeKoy) Stewart. Both the Stewart and MeKoy families are of Scotch descent. but the families have lived in America sev- eral generations. David C. Stewart was born in Genessee county. N. Y .. and died Dec. 24. 1904, aged 84 years. Our subject's mother was born in Ohio and died Aug 29. 1907. aged 75 years.
In Kenosha county. Wis .. Sam Stewart lived nearly 27 years. He was raised on a farm and secured his education in Salem. Wis. He was married at Fox River. Wis .. Jan. 7, 1891, to Ida M. Patterson. a native
of the county in which she was marrie l. Mr. Stewart moved to Ashton, lowa, after his marriage, in which place he resi lel seven years. Two years of that time he was employed in the Bank of Ashton: the res. of the time he was in the implement bu-i ness.
In 1898 Mr. Stewart went to Brewster. and in partnership with Geo. W. Patterson started the Bank of Brewster. of which in- stitution he was cashier. In that village he also engaged in the lumber, fuel and imple- ment business. He disposed of his interests there in 1902, and moved to Worthington, which has since heen his home. For a few years he spent the greater part of his time in Europe, having made three trips over the pond. In June, 1905, he purchased the im- plement business of J. D. Hnmiston, and was engaged in that business one and a half years. Mr. Stewart purchased C. T. Tup- per's interest in the Citizens National Bank in June, 1907. and has since been cashier.
WILLIAM HUBNER. a farmer of Bloom township. has lived in the county twenty years. He owns the southeast quarter of section 14. which he has owned ever since coming to the county. He is a native of Brandenberg. Germany, where he was born o' the 19th of September. 1957. His father, William Hubner, resides in Germany and is 72 years of age. His mother. Minnie (Mal- zelburg) Hubner. died in Germany in 1986. aged 47 years.
William was raised on a farm and after growing to manhood became a farm laborer. as had been his father before him. In November. 1876, he joined the Germany army and served two years at Brenlau. receiving Jis discharge Nov. 5. ISTS.
It was in the month of December. 1\$2. that Mr. Huhner set sail for America. de termined to better his conlition in the new world. He went to Men lota. Ill .. and for a year worked on an un le's farm. The rel. ative then movel to Sac county. lowa. and our subiect went with him and for five year- worked on his farm. In 1958 he came to Murray county. bought property and farmed six months. Salling out. he bought his pres- ent place in Bloom township and has re silel there since. The place was w impr ivri prairie land when he bought it and 'e pir
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chase price was only $9.50 per aere. Now he
Mr. Millard was married to Jennie Pederson, las a valuable farm, with handsome im- a native of Chicago and a daughter of Ed- provement. The land is all fenced and nearly all tiled. ward and Augusta Pederson. To them have been born two children: Helen, born July 2, 1896; Verna, born Feb. 10, 1901.
Mr. Hubner was married at Slayton July 24. 18Ss, to Amoria Stitzel, who was born n Byen. Germany, June 14, 1866. To them have been born the following children: Maggie, born April 27. 1889; Amelia. born June 11, 1894; Lizzie, horn Fcb. 3, 1897. The parents are members of the German Lutheran church of Fulda.
Mr. Hubner served eight or nine years as supervisor of Bloom township and was the township treasurer for six or seven years. He now holds the office of director of school district No. 102, which he has had for six years.
CHARLES T. MILLARD, proprietor of a grocery store at Bigelow, was born in Cum- borland county, Pennsylvania, September 3, 1875, the son of Jacob and Alice (Fisher) Millard. Both parents are natives of Penn- sylvania and now live near Sioux Falls, where Mr. Millard is the manager of a dairy farm.
I'ntil he was ten years of age Charles lived in his native county in Pennsylvania. Thereafter until 1892 he lived on his fath- er's farms in different parts of the country. Two years were spent in Dewitt county, Ill., one year at Fonda, Pocahontas county, Iowa. two years at Sutherland, O'Brien county. Iowa. and two years in Dickinson county, Iowa. In 1892 Mr. Millard left home and went to Lake Park, lowa, where he spent one year working in a harness shop for D. C. May. The next three years of his life were spent working at the trade for .J. Il. Carmackel. at Primghar. lowa. One year was spent working at his trade in Cherokee, Jowa, one year at Larrabee, Iowa. and one year working in the harness and hardware departments of a store at Ocheye- dan. Jowa.
Mr. Millard moved to Bigelow in 1898 and entered the employ of R. IT. Wicks, working in the hardware and harness department of that gentleman's store for seven years. He then went into business for himself, starting a general merchandise store, in which he has since been engaged.
At Ocheyedan, Towa, February 13, 1895,
LOUIS M. SOREM, Ransom township farmer, was born in Grundy county, Ill., Feb. 29, 1876, and is the son of Mons and Sarah (Ostrem) Sorem, of the same town- ship.
In the spring of ISS6 the family moved from Grundy county, ill., to Osceola county, Jowa, two miles south of the Nobles county line, and there our subjeet grew to manhood. In 1885 Mons Sorem had bought a farm in Ransom township, and in the fall of 1892 the family moved onto the place and became residents of Nobles county, Louis remained on the home place until twenty-four years of age. during the last two years of which time he and his brother worked the home farm for themselves. In 1902 he ren- ted a farm, which he conducted until the spring of 1908, when he moved onto his own farm, the southeast quarter of section 6, Ransom, which he had bought in the fall of 1906.
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