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FRIDOLIN TRUNK, who owns and farms the southwest quarter of section 2, Worth- ington township, is a new comer to the county, having lived here only four years. lle was horn March 10, 1866, in Hettigen- heurn, Baden, Germany, the son of Francis A. Trunk and Theresa ( Edelmann) Trunk. llis father was born May 29, 1825, and died in Germany Aug. 25, 1906. llis mother was born in 1826 and died in her native country in January, 1882.
During the first fifteen years of his life Fridolin Trunk lived in Germany, and then came to America, landing in Baltimore June 23. 1881. He went direct to Minonk, Wood- ford county, Ill., which was his home for ten years. He had received an education in his native country, but completed his schooling with a two years' course in Il- linois. During his residence in Woodford farm labor
county he worked at
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there. Having decided to go into busi- ness for himself, he went to Chatsworth, Livingston county, Ill., in 1891, rented a farm and for six years made that county his home. He then moved to Iroquois coun- ty and farmed six years on rented land. In September, 1901, during the time he resided in Iroquois county, he first came to Nobles county, Minnesota, and purchased the land upon which he now lives. In February, 1904, he moved to the county to make his perma- nent residence here.
Mr. Trunk was married at Chatsworth, Ill., May 31, 1893, to Mary Elizabeth Fin- negan, who is a native of the town in which she was married. To Mr. and Mrs. Trunk have been horn the following children, all of whom are living at home: Francis Frido- lin, born April 18, 1894; Roy Edward, born Dec. 19, 1895; Joseph Erwin, born July 25, 1898; Mary Ella, born Ang. 7, 1899.
WALLACE SAXON, an Indian Lake town- ship farmer, is a son of the late Charles Saxon. He was born in Allamakee county, Iowa, September 23, 1871, came with his parents to Nobles county the next spring, and has ever since resided in Indian Lake township. He was educated in the common schools of district No. 23. Hle lived on his father's farm until 1902, helping in the work there. Ile then rented a farm and ou- gaged in farming for himself.
In the spring of 1907 he leased the John Saxon farm on section 30 and now makes his home there. He is a member of the Indian Lake Baptist church and a member of the Indian Lake band. For several years he held the office of overseer of his road district.
ROBERT W. SHORE, Ransom township farmer, was born in Grant county, Wis .. June 16, 1858, and is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shore. He came to Nobles county with his parents in the spring of 1873 and has ever since made his home in Ransom township. He resided with his parents until 1890, when he moved onto the farm where he now resides and where he has since lived. He owns the south half of the northeast quarter of section 16 and the west half of the northwest quarter of section 15.
Mr. Shore was married in Ransom town- ship on Nov. 28, 1890, to Miss Millie Fer- rin, daughter of S. G. Ferrin, who now lives in New Mexico. Mrs. Shore was horn in Minneapolis and resided there until four- teen years of age, when she eame with her father to Nobles connty and Ransom town- ship. To Mr. and Mrs. Shore was born one child-a son who died in infancy. Mr. Shore served several years as clerk of school dis- trict No. 21.
EDWARD FOGARTY, grain buyer of Ellsworth, has been in that village for the past nineteen years. He was born in Limer- ick county, Ireland, in April, 1854, the son of Patrick and Mary (Elligott) Fogarty. The father came from Ireland to America in 1856 and settled in Walworth county, Wis. Later he took up his residence in Olmsted county, Minn., where he engaged in farming until his death, which occurred in November. 1901, at the age of $2 years. The mother died in Olmsted county Dec. 1, 1900, and was 74 years old.
When Edward was two and one-half years old he came with the family to America. The home was in Walworth county, Wis., until 1861, and thereafter until 1884 in Olmsted county, Minn. In the latter place he grew to manhood, heing raised on his father's farm, and in later years engaged in farming for himself. In ISS4 Mr. Fo- garty went to Petaluma. Sanoma county, California, where he engaged in farming two years. Returning to the east he farmed two years near La Moure, N. D., and then re- sided one year in Ontonagon county, Michi- gan.
It was in 1889 that Mr. Fogarty moved to Ellsworth, the town which has since been his home. For ten years he was land- lord of the Central house, and since that time he has been engaged in buying and shipping grain. Mr. Fogarty is a staunch democrat and has always supported the nominees of that party. He served several years as member of the Ellsworth village council and was justice of the peace for a number of years. He and his wife are mem- bers of the Catholic church.
Mr. Fogarty was married at Ellsworth June 15, 1894, to Mrs. Gertrude Esser, a native of Wiseonsin and a daughter of Ber- nard Fischenich. To Mr. and Mrs. Fogarty
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have been born the following children: 1.omisa. born Aug. 30. 1895; Edward, born Nov. 23, 1897; Marian, born July 15, 1900; William, born Sept. 12, 1902. By her for- mer marriage Mrs. Fogarty is the mother of the following children: Anna. born May 15. 1880; Frank, horn May 8, 1882; Lizzie. born July 1, 1884; Bernard, born July 1. ISS6: Henry, born July 14, 1888; Lena, born Aug. 22, 1890.
JULIUS PIEPER has been a resident of Little Rock township twenty-four years and is one of the extensive farmers of that precinct. He owns the north half of section Il and the northwest quarter of seetion 13.
Mr. Pieper is of German birth, having been born in the province of Pommern Oct. 19, 1862, the son of Carl and Carolina (Schwartz) Pieper. both of whom died in their native land. He came to the United States in 1879 and located at Davenport, Iowa, where for seven months he worked in a livery harn. Late in the same year of his arrival to the country he moved to Osceola county. lowa. and for five years worked as a farm hand. lle came to Nobles county in 1884 and bought 140 acres on seetion 36. upon which he resided until March, 1901. lle then sokl out there and bought his present farm of 480 acres.
The marriage of Mr. Pieper occurred in Lyon county, Iowa, on April 8. 1885. when he wedded Lena Thiesse, who was born in llanover. Germany. and who came to the I nited States in ISS4. To them have been horn the following children: Nellie, Freda, Carl. Henry, Melvina, Mildred. Roosevelt and a baby girl.
For six years Mr. Pieper served as chair- man of the little Rock township board of supervisors and has held the office of treas. mer of school district No. Il for the last six years. Mr. and Mrs. Pieper aro mom bors of the German Lutheran church of Rushmore.
WILLIAM F. LARIMORE is a Worthing- ton township farmer who owns the west one-half of section IS. He is a native of Illinois, having been born in Tazewell county of that state March 20, 1858. On both his father's and mother's sides he is of Irish-
German descent. His father, Timothy Lari more, was a native of Virginia, and his mother, Mary (Dillon) Larimore, was born in Illinois. Both parents are dead, his father having passed away September 12, 1599. and his mother June 14, 1903.
Mr. Larimore has been engaged in farm- ing all his life. fle lived in the county of lis birth until the year 189], after reaching man's estate engaging in farming for him- self. In the year last mentioned he moved ta Wayne county. I., where he resided five years, and then took up his residence in Grundy county, of the same state. There he farmed until March, 1903, when he sold out, came to Nobles county and made his permanent home.
His marriage to Hattie E. Reed occurred in Circleville, 11 .. July 5, ISSI. his wife having been born and raised in the village in which she was married. Their children, with dates of birth, are as follows: Lora, born Sept. 4. 1883, (now Mrs. J. E. Fitch) of Grundy county, Ill .; Louis, born Oct. S, 1885: Timothy, born Oet. 23. 1887; Guy E., born Oct. 2, 1892, died Oct. 18. 1894; Roy, born July 25, 1897; Hazel, horn March 22, 1906. All the children except Mrs. Fitch reside at home.
During his residence in Illinois Mr. Lari- more served 16 or 17 years as school di- rector in the different districts in which he lived and was also highway overseer several years. Before he had become a voter of Minnesota he was made elerk of school dis- triet No. 72 and served in that capacity three years. Ile is now a member of the board of supervisors of Worthington town- ship. He holds a membership in the M. W. A. lodge of Worthington.
CHARLES F. KOLP. Hersey township, is a comparatively new arrival to Nobles coun- ty. having resided here only about five years. lle owns 240 acres of land in section 22. his home being only a few miles west of Brewster. Mr. Kolp is a native of Linn county. Towa. having been born there Nov. 6. 1872. llis father. Henry A. Kolp, was born in Reading. Pa., in 1842. and is now living in Tama county. lowa. This mother. Susan (Willhelm) Kalp, was born in Penn- sylvania in 1846 and is still living.
When Charles F. Kolp was one year old his parents moved to Tama county from
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Linn county, and there our subject was raised on a farm. ITis boyhood days were spent in securing a common school education and assisting in the farm work. When he became of age he was given the manage- ment of the farm, which he conducted for several years. During the last year of his residence in Tama county he engaged in farming for himself. In the spring of 1900 be moved to Terril, Dickinson county, Iowa, near Spirit Lake, and for the next three years he was the manager of a large stock farm there. He then came to Nobles coun- ty and began farming his 240 acre farm in section 22, Hersey township, which he had purchased the year before.
Mr. Kolp was mited in marriage to Eliza - beth Childs Feb. 14, 1900. To them have been born three children, as follows: Earl, March 11, 1901; Irene. Jan. 23, 1904; Carl, Feb. 1, 1907.
Mr. Kolp holds a membership in the Pres- byterian church of Tama county, and is a member of the M. W. A. lodge of Brewster.
JOHN HONNEF, of Willmont township. was born in Germany Jan. 16, 1843. one of a family of three children. A brother, Jacob, now lives on the old home farm in Ger- many; a sister, Mary, lives in Kansas. The father of this family was Andrew Joseph Honnef, who was a soldier of the German army for eighteen years. He died in 1881 at the age of 83 years. Our subject's mother was Mary (Sehoeben) Honnef. She died in 1876.
After growing to manhond John Honnef hecame a soldier of the German army and took part in two wars. He served in the Austrian war of 1866 and in the French- Prussian war of 1870-71. In the former he was wounded in the leg. Mr. Honnef came to America in 1885 and direct to Ad- rian. There he lived one year, and then he hought the southwest quarter of section 33. Willmont township, and engaged in farming. At the time of making the purchase the land was raw prairie land. and he bought it from the railroad company. He has lived on the farm ever since taking possession, and he has improved the place with sub- stantial buildings.
Mr. Honnef was married in Germany Feb. 18, 1870. to Miss Katherine Andres, daugh- ter of John and Katherine (Schoeben) An-
dres. She was born March 10, 1847. These parents have six children : John, born Feb. 17, 1871; Andrew, born April 23, 1873; Jacob, born Feb. 23, 1876; Maggie, born Jan. 16, 1878; Mary, born March 16, 1880; Annie, born March 28, 1887.
The government and social conditions of the United States are much hetter than those of Germany, according to Mr. Honnef, and he is well satisfied with the change he has made. He is an ardent democrat and has always supported the candidates of that party.
HERMAN HELING, of Larkin township, in partnership with his brother, Joseph, farms the east half of section 4. He is the son of Barney Heling, of Willmont township, and Lizzie (Kotbus) Heling, who died in 1892.
Herman was born in Heiden, Germany, June 3, 1883, and came across the water with his parents when eight years of age. The family located in Willmont township. and on the home farm our subject was raised. After growing up he worked out several years and in 1905 began to farm for himself in partnership with his brother. Herman is a member of the Catholic church and of the M. W. A. lodge.
HENRY KLINE, farmer of Westside town- ship, was born in Effingham county. Ill., Feb. 18, 1868. He is the son of William and Vermena Kline and is the next to the youngest of a family of six living children. consisting of Sophia, William, Minnie. Charles. Henry and Laura.
William Kline, the father, was horn in Germany in 1829 and came to the United States when a young man. He resided in Illinois until 1871. when he moved to Wi- nona county, Minn. He moved to Rock county, Minn., in 1880 and for a number of years engaged in farming in Vienna town- ship. He took as a tree claim the south- west quarter of section 6, Westside town- ship, where his son now lives. In 1902 he moved onto the place and now makes his home with his son. Our subject's mother was born in Germany in 1828 and died in Rock county Jan. 4, 1889, at the age of 60 years, five months and two days.
Henry came from Illinois to Rock county
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with his parents in 1850 and there grew to manhood. After growing up he engaged in farming in Magnolia town-hip, where he bought, and still owns, the northwest quar ter of section 1. In 1904 he bought his father's old tree claim, the southwest quar- ter of section 6, West-ide, and has since made his home on the place. lle engage- quite extensively in stockraising and makes a specialty of Poland China swine and Shropshire sheep.
Mr. Kline was married in Rock county March 30, 1891, to Mi-s Hattie Austin, a nl- tive of Wisconsin and a daughter of Wil- liam Austin, now of Rock county. To Mr. and Mrs. Kline have been born three child- ren : Ethel, Ernest and Mildred. Mr. Kline is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.
RUDOLPH SCHREIBER owns and farms a tract of land on the north shore of West Graham lake, his farm consisting of 93 acres on section 16. He was born in the city of Milwaukee. Wis., where he resided. attending school and working in a machine shop. until 1886.
The father of our subject is John Schreib- er. who came from Germany when thirty years of age and located in Milwaukee. He came to Graham Lakes township in 1886. bought property and farmed until 1904. when he sold ont, since which time he has made his home with his son. lle is 77 years of age. Our subject's mother was Minnie (Newhouse) Schreiber. who died in Kinbrae Jan. 6, 1898. aged 71 years.
Coming to Nobles county with his par- ents in 1856, Rudolph lived on the farm with his parents several years. lle then went to Seattle, where for four years he was in the dairy business. The next two years he spent in Alaska. Returning to Nobles county after the years spent in the west, he purchased his present farm and has since been engaged in farming.
Mr. Schreiber was married at Cedarburg. Wisconsin, Oct. 15. 189S, to Otillie Ernst. a native of the city in which she was mar- ricd.
MATT GERARDY owns and farms 280 arres of land in seetion 21. Grand Prairie township. where he has resided during the last seventeen years. Ile was born in the
village of Perl. kreis Saarburg, Germany, Aug. 23, 1869, the son of the late John Peter Gerardy and Mary (Kerg) Gerardy. The former was born in Tettingen, kreis Saarburg. Regierung-bezerk, Trier, Germany, June 24, 1829. and died in Scott county, Minn., March 30. 1904. The latter resides with her son, the subject of this biography. In 1872. when Mait was only three years old. the Gerardy family came to America and located in Seott county. Minn. That was the home of our subject until 1891. He was raised on his father's farm and was educated in the Catholic Sisters' school of St. Benedict, Scott county, Minn. It was in October. 189], that Mr. Gerardy left home and came to Nobles county. He bought his farm-then only slightly improved-and has made his home there ever since. He has one of the many fine farm homes of Grand Prairie township, has a fine grove, good buildings and an orchard of about sixty apple trees. He makes a specialty of thoroughbred stock and now has 55 head of registered Hereford eatile, besides some high grade horses and hogs.
Mr. Gerardy was married at St. Johns. Scott county, Minn .. Jan. 10, 1893, to Miss Mary Lenz, who is a native of the county in which she was married. She is the daughter of Nicholas Lenz, of Scott county. and the late Gertrude (Rosenplanter) Lenz. Mr. and Mrs. Gerardy are the parents of the following named children: Catherine. born Oet. 28. 1893; Matilda, born Dec. 1. 1896; Frances, born March 1G, 1899; Jose- phine, born Oet. 20, 1900: Elizabeth. born March 4, 1903; Leo, born June 16. 1905; Anna, born March 28. 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerardy are members the Catholic church of Ellsworth. Mr. of Gerardy is a member of the Knights of Columbus. of Sioux Falls; the Catholie Or der of Foresters, of Ellsworth; and St. Joseph's society. of Adrian.
FATHER SEBASTIAN SCHELS is pastor of St. Adrian's church at Adrian, which has one of the finest and best appointed church edifices in Minnesota, erected since Father Schels took charge of the pulpit. The church has a membership of about 155. and is in a prosperous condition.
Sebastian Schels was born in Germany Aug. 7, 1855, the son of Sebastian and
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Frances (Kraus) Schels, who were both born in Germany and lived to old age. He be- gan his studies in his native land, came to the United States in 1874, and studied for the priesthood in St. Vincent college, Phila - delphia. He came to Minnesota in 1882 and completed his studies at St. Johns, being or- dained June 20, 1884. He then engaged in church work in northern Minnesota until 1893, when he went to Germany for the benefit of his health. Returning in 1894 he devoted his time and talents to the cause of his church at Pine City, Minn., and in the year 1895 went to West Albany, Wab- asha county, Minn .. where he remained three years. In 1898 he moved to Adrian, Minn., took charge of the St. Adrian church and has since been the pastor.
GEORGE BEACOM owns and farms 240 acres on section 23, Olney township. He was born in Jones county, Iowa. Jan. 12, 1874, the son of James and Ann (Laughlin) Beacom. The father, a native of Ireland, died Jan. 11, 1903; the mother, who was born in Delaware county, Iowa, died Jan. 28, 1907.
The first five years of his life George Boacom spent in Jones county. Then the family moved to O'Brien county, Iowa, and that was his home twenty years. During all of this time he resided on his father's farm. In 1899 he came to Nobles county and located on his Olney township farm, which he had bought the previous year, and that has since been his home.
Mr. Beacom was married at Sheldon, Iowa, June 20, 1899. to Miss Margaret Sul- livan, a native of Fillmore county, Minn., and a daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Desmond) Sullivan. Her mother lives at. Sheldon; her father died in 1902. To Mr. and Mrs. Beacom have been born four child- ren-Joseph. Wilfred. Ida and Dorothy. The parents are members of the Catholic church of Adrian.
ADAM BETREIS, of Lismore township, is a native of Blue Earth county, Minn., where he was born May 12. 1862. the son of Adam and Margaret (Lill) Beireis. The father was a native of Germany. He died in Adrian in 1902. at the age of 89 years. I'mon their arrival from Germany the fam- ₾ 35
ily located in Ohio and later moved to Bluc Earth county.
Our subject resided in Blue Earth county until ten years of age and then came to Nobles county with his parents. He has lived in Lismore township ever since his arrival, and he now farms the northeast quarter of section 20. He has held the office of road supervisor for the last nine years. lle is a member of the Catholic church and of the Woodmen lodge.
Mr. Beireis was married at Mankato Nov. 30, 1886, to Miss Anna Tillman, who was born in Blue Earth county in 1866. She is the ' daughter of Charles and Margaret (Donfer) Tillman. To Mr. and Mrs. Beireis have been horn twelve children, of whom the following nine are living: George, Mike, Mary, Ella, Eddie. Freide, Henry, Rosa and Robbie.
ANTON GROTE resides in Little Rock township, where he owns 240 acres of land on sections 21 and 2S. He was born in Dubuque county. Towa, Sept. 27, 1871, the son of Henry and Mary (Slieckerman) Grote. Henry Grote was horn in Germany in 1810, came to the United States when a young man. and died in Carroll county, Iowa, April 10. 1803. Mary Grote was also a native of Germany. She died April 10. 1973.
Anton Grote lived in Dubuque county ten years and in Carroll county. Iowa. till 1886. Ho then moved to Lyon county, about four miles south of Little Rock, and resided there till 1902. During the first seven years of his residence there he worked ont; then in 1893 he rented land and began farming for himself. He moved to his present location in 1902, having bought the property the year before. He has made nearly all the im- provements on the place.
August 28, 1894. Mr. Grote was married in Lyon county, Iowa, to Gertie Beek, who was horn in Germany and who came to the United States in 1886, making her home in Grundy and Lyon counties, Iowa. To them have been born the following children : Henry. Barnie and Fannie.
JOHN ROETMAN owns and farms the southwest quarter of section 3, Leota town- ship. He was born in the province of
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Overysel, Holland, Jan. IS, 1865. His father, Gerrett Roetman, was born Oct. 25, 1829, and died Nov. 10, 1007. Ilis mother, Grace (Doctor) Roetman, died in Holland when John was seven years old.
In his native land John Roetman lived until he was seventeen years of age. He then came to America with his father and located at Hospers. Sioux county, Iowa. He worked on his father's farm two years, and thereafter until 1891 he worked out in Sioux and O'Brien counties. In 1891 Mr. Rootman bought a farm in Murray county, two miles north of his present farm, and engaged in farming there four years. Ile then went back to Sioux county and farmed there eight years. In the spring of 1903 he came to Nobles county, hought his pres- ent farm and his lived there since.
Mr. Roetman was married at Newkirk, Sioux county, lowa, Feb. 26, IS91, to Kate de Graff, daughier of Frank and Jennie (Zorgendrager) de Graff. now living at New- kirk. Mrs. Roetman was horn at Ackley, lowa, Inne 6, 1872. To them have been born the following children : Grace, born Jan. 17 1892; Jennie, born June 30. 1893; Garret, born Nov. 26, 1895; Frank. born Sept. 2], 1897: Margaret, born Sept. 21. 1899; John Harvey, born Feb. 3. 1903: Benjamin An- drow. born Nov. 28, 1904. The family are members of the Christian Reformed church of Leota. Mr. Roetman has held the office of school treasurer of district No. 99 for the last four years.
EDWARD FRANCIS CLOWER, now of Kansas, was for several years located at Bigelow, where he was editor and publisher of the Bigelow Signal and of which village he served as postmaster.
Mr. Mower was horn in Macoupin county, Ill .. Jan. 25, 1866. the son of L. C. and Ann B. (Tompkins) Clower. The former was born Dee. 6. 1830. and died June 21, 1902. The latter was horn July 7, 1835, and is still living. Our subject lived on a farm for the first twenty-six years of his life. He then engaged in the mercantile business, three years at Piasa, Ill., and two years at Dy- sart, lowa. Ile was in the newspaper busi- ness at Ireton, Iowa, three years, and dur- ing the year 1900 worked in a furniture store. He came to Bigelow in December. 1900, and engaged in the newspaper busi- ness, editing and publishing the Signal until
August, 1907, when he discontinued the pa- per and moved to Nebraska and went into the telephone business. Later he removed to Kansas.
Mr. Clower received a common school edu- cation and then entered Blackburn univer- sity, of Carlinville, III. Later he took a course in the Gem City Business college, of Quiney, Ill. In Bigelow Mr. Clower took an active part in local affairs. Ile served as postmaster during nearly the entire time he lived in the village. Ile was village re- corder from 1903 to 1907 and clerk of Bige- low township from March, 1903, until his removal from the county. He is a member of the Methodist church and of the Masonic and Modern Brotherhood lodges.
At Medora, Ill., on April 23, 1891, Mr. Clower was married to Miss Lillian Wilton. To them have been born two children: Sid ney George and Elaine Mattie.
DR. HENRY WIEDOW, physician and sur- geon of Worthington, was born in Clayton county, Iowa, .Jan. 5, 1873, the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Schroeder) Wiedow. Both parents were born in Germany, came to the United States in their youth, and were married in this country. The first twenty years of the life of our subject were spent on a farm. He then matriculated in the Marengo, lowa, high school, from which school he was graduated in 1897. After a two years' academie course in the University of lowa. Henry Wiedow entered . the medical department of the same insti- tution, and received his diploma therefrom in 1902.
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