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Mr. Myers was united in marriage at Worthington on April 22. 1906, to Martha Bliefernicht.
CHARLIE PETERSON. Hersey township farmer, has resided on the farm he now occupies for the last twenty years. Ile is a native of Kane county, Ill .. where he was born Nov. 10, 1855, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nels Peterson. His parents were natives of Sweden and came to the United States and located in Hlinois soon after their marriage. Flis father died in 1865; his mother died in THinois in 1904, aged 81 years.
In his native county Charlie Peterson was raised on a farm, and there he lived, attend- ing school and engaging in farm work, until March. 1888. Then he came in Nobles coun- ty and moved onto his Hersey township farm- the northeast quarter of section 16- which he had purchased the year before he became a permanent resident of the coun- ty. At the time he took possession the land was unimproved.
In Kane county, Ill., on March 14, 1888. Mr. Peterson was married to Josie Carlson, who was born in Sweden and came to the United States and to Kane county in 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson are the parents of the following children: Albert, born April 1. 1889: Ben, horn May 22, 1890; Rene, born Sept. 9, 189]: Lillie, born Jan. 22, 1893; Lavina. born Nov. 1, 1895; Charlie, born Dec. 20, 1899; Oscar, horn Nov. 10, 1901.
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Mr. Peterson has served as director of school district No. 85 during the past ten years.
ROY THOM, of Olney township, lives up- on the northeast quarter of section 14, which he owns and which he has handsomely im- proved recently with new buildings through- out.
Roy is the son of William and Eliza (Mitchell) Thom, both of whom died in 1907. He was born on the old Thom homestead on seetion 12. Ohney township, on Sept. 19, 1879, and his entire life has been spent in the township in which he was born. lle at- tended school and worked on his father's farm until his marriage, which occurred in 1906. He then moved onto his pre-ent farm, known as the Simpson homestead, but which was purchased by William Thom in the early days.
The date of Mr. Thom's marriage was June 20, 1906, when he was wedded to Miss Bertha MeChord, daughter of W. R. D. and Margaret (Churchill) MeChord, wao
were among the pioneer settlers of central Nobles county. To Mr. and Mrs. Thom has been born one ehild, Helen Lueile, born June 25, 1907.
JOIN N. DIDIER, Larkin township farm- er, owns 240 aeres on sections 5 and S. He was born at Evanston, Cook county, Ill., Dee. 18, 1873. Ilis parents were born in Luxemburg, the father in 1823, the mother in 1833. They came to the United States in their youth and located in Evanston, after- wards moving to Iowa. The father died at New Hampton, Jowa, in 1899; the mother died in Larkin township in 1901.
J. N. Didier lived in Evanston until he was twenty-two years of age, and during several years of that time was employed by a brother on a truck farm. The next two years were spent at Caledonia, lowa, and thereafter, until he came to Nobles county in 1901, ne resided in Chickasaw county, Iowa. Coming to Nobles county, Mr. Didier located on the place where he has sinee resided, hav- ing bought the land in February, 1900. His farm is well improved and he is an exten- sive stock raiser.
Mr. Didier was married at North Washing- ton, Iowa, June 5, 1900, to Miss Anna Rasan-
er, who was born in Chickasaw county, lowa, in 1881. To them have been born four children-Luella, Osear, Viola and Lucile.
For six years Mr. Didier has served as a member of the board of supervisors of Lar- kin township. Ile is a director of the Lis- . more Farmers' Elevator company and of the Lismore Telephone company. Hle and his wife are members of the Catholic church of Lismore.
MICHAEL PLEMP, proprietor of the Lis- more ereamery, was born in Leiden, Holland, March 13, IsTI, the son of John and Jo- hanna (Lamme) Plemp. The father, a civil engineer, died in his native country. The mother still lives in Holland and is 67 years of age.
Michael came to America in 189] and set - tled in Sioux county, lowa, where he lived on a farm two years. He then moved to South Dakota and engaged in farming until 1902. That year he came to Lismore and bought the Glovka & Deul livery barn. After conducting that three years, he sold out to William 'Higgins and gave his entire time to the management of his creamery, which he built the year before and which was opened Feb. I, 1905. Ile has a first class plant and is eondueting one of Lismore's im- portant business enterprises. Hle pays out many thousands of dollars each year and the business is increasing.
Mr. Plemp was married in South Dakota Nov. 21, 1894, to Miss Christina . LeCoeq, a native of Pella, lowa. She is the daugh- ter of Frank LeCoeg, who was born in Holland and who came to the United States when eighteen years of age and became one of the early settlers of Pella. Mr. and Mrs. Plemp are the parents of three children: John, born April 21, 1896; Frank M., born June 29, 1902; Johanna C., horn Feb. 2, 1908. Mr. Plemp is Lismore's eity treasurer. Prior to his eleetion to that offiee in the spring of 1907 he served as a member of the city council.
WILLIAM B. STOUTEMYER, proprietor of the Worthington Transfer company and of the city's iee business, has grown to manhood in the city in which he now lives. He came to Worthington when a boy thir-
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teen years of age, and has spent the great er part of his life here. He is the wolf the late William E. and Emmogene Stoute. myer, who for many years were residents of Nobles county.
. William Stoutemyer was born in Chat -- worth, Ill., Dee. 14, 1574, and made his home there until thirteen years of age. lle then came to Nobles county with his par- ents and for many years resided with them on the farm just outside of the village of Worthington. le wa- educated in the Worthington public schools and was grad- uated from the high school with the ela-s of 1896. Ile then entered the pharmacy de- partment of the Minnesota state university, from which he was graduated, becoming a registered pharmacist.
In September, 1899, Mr. Stoutemyer bought a drug store at Luverne, which he conducted two years. lle then sold out and took a position as traveling salesman for a drug house, which was his occupation for the next seven years. Four years of this time Minneapolis was his place of residence; dur- ing the last three he made his home in Worthington. Giving up his position on May 1, 1908, Mr. Stoutemyer bought the transfer and ice business from W. G. Ram- age in Worthington.
Mr. Stoutemyer was married in Worthing. ton March 22, 1903, to Maude B. Forbes, a native of Worthington and a daughter of the late zom and Caroline Forbes. To Mr. and Mrs. Stontemyer has been born one child, a girl, Gene, born May 12, 1904.
Mr. Stoutemyer is a member of the Ma- sonic lodge of Luverne and of the Shriners of St. Paul.
ALBERT F. EISELE, farmer and stock raiser, owns the south half of section 17, Summit Lake township, which has been his home for the last seven years. lle is a na tive of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. having been born there Sept. 23, 1849.
The father of our subject was Henry Eisele, who was born in Wurttemberg, Ger- many. came to the United States when 21 years of age, and died in 1884, at the age ot 72 years. Our subjeet's mother was Fred- ericka (Flaterer) Eisele, who was born and married in Germany and came to the United States with her husband immediately after. ward. She died in 1882, aged 70 years.
The family moved to West Newton, about 35 miles southeast of Pittsburg, when the subject of this biography was five years old, and in that place he made his home for over thirty years. There he secured his edu- cation, and there at the age of twelve years he began to earn his own living. At that age he took employment in the paper mill owned by C. P. and S. B. Markle, by whom he was employed until nineteen years of age. The next two years of his life were spent in Kansas, Missouri and Illinois. lle then returned to West Newton and took a posi- tion as stationary. engineer in a coal shaft, being thus employed two years. For the next twelve years he worked in the coal mines of his home town.
In the spring of ISS6 Mr. Eisele gave up mining and turned farmer. lle located near Rock Rapids, in Lyon county, lowa, bought land there and farmed until 1901. lle then sold out aud moved to Nobles county, buy- ing the half section of land . where he has since resided.
Mr. Eisele was married at West Newton, Pa., May 14, 1875, to Mary A. Griffith, daughter of the late Richard and Margaret (Evans) Griffith. . Mrs. Eisele was born in Ebensburg. Cambria county, Pa. They are the parents of the following children: Adla F. (Mrs. A. J. Apple), of Brookings county, S. D .; A. 11., of Williams county, N. D .; Richard. of Rock Rapids, lowa; Carl S., of No- bles county; Edward, of Williams county, N. D .; Wilbur, of Washington county, Col .; Thomas, of Kansas; Gertrude, Raymond, Joseph, Dewey, all at home. A baby girl died in infancy.
HERMAN II. KROGMAN, Lismore town- ship farmer, was born in Oldenburg, Ger- many, Aug. 14. 1862. and came to the United States in 1879, landing at Baltimore on July 8. He first located at Petersburg. lowa, near which town he worked three years as a farm laborer. In Carroll county, lowa. be farmed four years and then went to Sioux county, of the same stato, where he farmed six years. In the spring of 1892 Mr. Krogman enie to Nobles county and bought his present farm the northwest quarter of section 23, Lismore township - where he has since resided.
Mr. Krogman was first married in the
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spring of 1887 in Carroll county, Jowa, to Miss Josephine Rosener, who was born in Germany in 1867. She died at the age of twenty-one years, one year after marriage. To them was born one child, Anton. His second marriage occurred in Sionx county, lowa, in 1889, when he was wedded lo Miss Anna Wess, a danghter of Mr. and Mrs. JIerman Wess. She was born in Hanover, Germany, in 1872 and came to the United States with her parents in 1882. They are the parents of the following children: Eliz- abeth, Mary, Frank, Rosina, Alphonso, George and Linus. Mr. and Mrs. Krogman are mem- bers of the Catholic church.
JOIN VOSS, Larkin township farmer, has been a resident of that township since 1886. Ile was born in Prussia March 25, 1870, and came to America and to Nobles county with his parents in 1886.
The family located on the northeast quar- ter of section 16, Larkin township, the farm How owned by our subject, and on that place he has lived ever since. John bought the farm from his father.
Mr. Voss was married May 9, 1900, at St. Kilian to Miss Josephine Heling, who was born in Prussia in 1884, and who came to the United States in 1891 and located at Adrian, afterward moving with her parents to St. Kilian. Her father now resides in that village. Her mother died in 1903. To Mr. and Mrs. Voss have been born the fol- lowing named children: Joseph, Mary, Her- man and Elizabeth. The family are mem- bers of the Catholic church of Wilmont.
FERD J. KIESSLING, of Westside town- ship, was born in New York city Feb. 21, 1874, the son of Julius and Annie (Lindner) Kiessling. The former died in Nobles coun- ty in 1896; the latter lives with her son. When Ferd was four years old the fam- ily came to Nobles county. The father bought the cighty acre farm where the son now lives, paying $7.50 per acre, and erected a building, and then the family returned to the home in the east. In 1882 the family again eame out, but remained only about one month. They came out again in 1885 and made their permanent home here. Our subject has lived on the farm ever since, and
since his father's death he and his brother, Julius, have farmed the home farm. The property belongs to the mother and the two sons. The boys also own eighty acres on section 3, Westside. The family are members of the Catholic church.
THOMAS MARR owns a half section of land in Lismore township and resides a short distance from the village of Lismore. Ile is a native of Dodgeville, Wis., where he was born May 29, 1868, the son of Joseph and Alice (Teague) Marr.
Joseplı Marr was born in Lancastershire, England, Oct. 12, 1828, came to the United States when eighteen years of age, and set- tled at Dodgeville, Wis., where he lived and engaged in the cabinet making business un- til he moved to Nobles county in September. 1882. He settled in Grand Prairie town- ship, where he resided until his death, Oct. 5, 1906. The Teague family, of which our subject's mother was a member, is one of the aristocratic families of England. Alice Teague was born in Cornwall. England. May 10, 1835, and died March 5, 1902. She was the daughter of Captain John Teagne, who came to the United State- in an early day and was employed by the government in making surveys around the great lakes. He died on the spot where the city of Chicago has since been built.
At the age of fourteen years Thomas Marr came to Nobles county with his parents. For seventeen years he lived on the Grand Prairie township farm. Then he bought hi- farm in Lismore township and has since made his home there.
Mr. Marr was married at Luverne, Minn., Sept. 302 190%, to Mary Erickson, a native of Grand Prairie township, and a daughter of Erick and Martha Erickson, now of Brown's Valley, Minn.
To Mr. and Mrs. Marr have been born the following child- ren : Mildred, born Jan. 5, 1904; Ellen, born Ang. 10, 1905; Raymond, born Oet. 15, 1907.
Mr. Marr is a stockholder in the Lismore Cooperative Grain company. Ile holds a membership in the Odd Fellows lodge at Adrian. He has been clerk of school district No. 78 for the last six years and was town- ship assessor in 1906.
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HENRY J. BLUME is the proprietor of a photograph gallery at Worthington. Ile was born at Pontiac, Livingston county, Ill., -April 30, 1870, the son of William It. Blume and Maggie (Immike) Blmine, both of whom are natives of Germany and now residents of Nobles county.
Henry was educated in the country schools of Livingston county. After quitting school he engaged in farming there, and followed that occupation until nis arrival in Nobles county, which was on March 4, 1893. lle located in Worthington and that city has been his home ever since. ror many years he operated a threshing machine in castern Nobles county, and gained a wide reputation as a successful inresher. For many years he was secretary of the Nobles County Threshers' Protective association- - an organi- zation for the protection of the interests vi men engaged in the threshing business.
In 1899 Mr. Blume attended the Ilinois College of Photography, at Effingham, Ill., tak- ing a one year's course. The next year he worked in a photograph gallery at Princeton, Il .; then he returned to Worthington and resumed his threshing operations. For the next few years he was engaged in various occupations.
Ile was nominated by primary ballot in 1v2 on the democratic ticket for clerk of court of Nobles county, but was defeated by F. L. Jumiston. April 17, 1906, occurred the marriage of Mr. Blume to Miss Avis Stanbus, of Worthington. On September 1, 1906, Mr. Blume opened a photograph gallery in Worthington, which he has conducted since that time. His work is high class and he has built up a good business. Many of the illustrations in this work are half tone en. gravings made from "photos by Blume."
Mr. Blume is a member of the Baptist church of Worthington. He is also a mem- ber of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Maccabees, Yeomen and the Mystie Toil- ors. He has been commander of the Macca- bee lodge of Worthington almost continuously since the lodge started, and twice has been a delegate to the state convention of that order.
JAMES BALDWIN is a Bloom township farmer who owns and farms the southwest quarter of section 8. He descends from a
long line of American ancestry, his parents and grandparents having been born in the United States. His paternal great grand- father came from Canada.
Our subject was born in Bradford county, Pa., in October, 1849, ibe son of Thomas W. and Emeline (Benjamin) Baldwin, also natives of the same county. The father was a farmer and was born in 1835. lle resided in his native county all his life and died there in March, 1898. The mother of om subjeet died in 1900.
James Baldwin was raised on a farm and was educated and lived in Bradford county until 23 years of age. At the age of six- teen years he began working at the plas- terer's and brick mason's trade, and that was his occupation for twenty-six consecu- tive years. In 1872 Mr. Baldwin moved to Chemung county, N. Y., where he lived seven years. He then came west and lo- cated in Lemars, lowa. After a nine years' residence there he went to Sioux City, lived there two years, and then, in 1891, eame to Nobles county. lle bought his present farm in Bloom township, gave up his trade, and has ever since been engaged in farming.
In Bradford county, Pa., Mr. Baldwin was married Aug. 1, 1872, to Lucy A. Benjamin, daughter of James and Luey Ann Benjamin, both deceased. Mrs. Baldwin was born in Bradford county, Pa., Feb. 4, 1852. To them have been born three children, all of whom died. They were James; died in infancy; Horace, died at the age of four years; Horace, died in infaney. Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin are members of the Methodist church.
HERMAN VOSS has been a resident of Nobles county and of Larkin township for twenty-two years. He owns and farms the southeast quarter of section 9. Mr. Voss was born in Prussia Feb. 15, 1806. llis parents are both dead, his father having died in 1901, his mother in 1893.
On June 15. 1886, the Voss family landed in America and came direct to Nobles county. The father bought the northeast quarter of section 16. Larkin township, and resided there until his death. After grow- ing lo manbood Ilerman began farming for himself. ]le has a finely improved farm and makes a specialty of raising fine stock.
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He has served as treasurer of school dis- trict No. 87 since 1905.
Mr. Voss was married Oct. 3, 1900, to Theresa Brecher, who was born in Austria in 1880. She came to the United States with an uncle in 1895 and lived at Sibley, lowa, until her marriage. Both her parents are dead. Mr. and Mrs. Voss are the par- ents of the following children: Josephine, John, Mildred, Frank and Anna. They are members of the Catholic church.
WILLIAM H. BLUME is a Worthington township farmer who owns and resides upon the southwest quarter of section 19. Hle is the son of William H. Blume and Maggie (Immke) Blume, who are also residents of the same township.
The subject of this biography was born in Livingston connty, Ill., March 18, 1878, and on his father's farm, three miles west of Odell, Ill., resided until his arrival in Nobles county. In 1886 William Blume, Sr., had purchased the land in Worthington town- ship now farmed by the son, and on March 4, 1893, the family came to Nobles county, which has ever since been the home. Our subject assisted with the work on the farm unul 1900, when he began farming it for himself. Two years later he purchased the property.
ROBERT GUY THOM farms the northeast quarter of section 1, Olney township. Hle is a native of the county, having been born at Rushmore Jan. 5, 1879, and is a son of pioneer settlers.
James C. Thom, the father of our subject, was born in Scotland in 1842, and came to the United States when about fifteen years old. He lived in Wisconsin several years, but soon after the close of the civil war he removed to Houston county, Minn., where he resided until he came to Nobles county. Arriving here with the settlers of 1872, he took a homestead in Olney township and . has ever since been a resident of the county. Until recently he owned and farmed a half section of choice land in Olney. lle served four years as sheriff of Nobles county, hav- ing been elected first in 1894. He was chair- man of the Olney township board for many years, resigning the office March 12, 1908.
Albina (Thornton) Thom is the mother of our subjeet. She was born in Hlinios lit 1849. To Mlr. and Mrs. J. C. Thom have been born three children: Harry, who lives at St. Anthony l'ark, Minn .; Guy, the sub- ject of this sketch; Claud, who resides with his parents.
Guy has lived in Nobles county all his life. For several years past he has been engaged in farming for himself. He Was married at Rushmore on Dec. 20, 1901, to Miss Etta Schaeffer, daughter of Chas. Schaeffer, now of St. Paul. To Mr. and Mrs. Thom have been born the following children: Mildred, born Oct. 8, 1902; Mabel, born Feb. 6, 1904; Dalbert, born May 15, 1906.
AUGUST SIEVE, of Larkin township, owns and farms the northeast quarter of section 12, and that has been his home for the last twelve years. He is the son of Joseph and Mary (Themann) Sieve, who reside near Dinklage, Oidenberg, Germany, and who are aged 70 and 69 years, respectively. August was born in Oldenberg, Germany, March 3, 1865.
Mr. Sieve was raised on a farm in his native conntiy. At the age of twenty years he began working at the miller's trade, followed that occupation a year and a half, and then joined the German army. Ile served in the infantry at Oldenberg two years. Leaving the army, he again took up his trade and worked another year and a half. He then came to America, arriving in Baltimore on March 17, 1891. He located first at Arcadia, lowa, where for three years he worked out on a farm. He then rented a farm near Halbnr, lowa, and conducted it two years. In 1896 he moved to Nobles county, bought eighty acres of his present farm in Larkin township, and has since made his home there.
At Arcadia, Iowa, on Jan. 30, 1894, Mr. Sieve was married to Caroline Kohorst, who was born in Oldenberg, Germany, Sept. 23. 1872, and who came to the United States with her parents in 1885 and located in lowa. She is the daughter of Gerd Henry and Maria Elizabeth (Wilmhoff) Kohorst. ller father died Mareh 17. 1900; her mother lives at Arcadia, Carroll county, lowa. Mr. and Mrs. Sieve are the parents of the fol-
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Juwig named clubdren, all of whom reside at home: Joseph Henry, born Dec. 15, 1591; Idla Catherina, born March 30, 1997; Frank
born May 1, 1901; Mary Catherina, bom Oct. 2. 1903; Anton Moi-, bom Aug. 15, 190G; Emma Christina, born June 30, 1908.
The family are members of the Catholic church of Wilmont. Mr. Sieve i- treasurer of school district No. 54, to which office he was elected in the spring of 1905. 110 served some time as road overseer.
EDWARD BENSLEY is a Lismore town- ship farmer who owns a farm on section II in the outskirts of the village of Lismore. He is one of the older settlers of northwest- ern Nobles county, and nas resided ou his Mirsent place many years.
Mr. Hensley was born in England Oct. 11, 1859, both his parents dying when he was about twenty years of age. He came to the United States in October, 1882, and lo- cated at Lemars, lowa, where he resided three and one-half years. He then came to Nobles county and bought his present farm in Lismore township, paying therefor $6.50 per acre, and upon that place he has re- sided ever since.
In December, 1890, Mr. Hensley was mar. ried in New York city to Miss Emma Hard- ing, he having gone to the city to meet his bride upon her arrival from her home in England. Mrs. Hensley was born in Eng- land July 18, 1854. Both her parents are dead.
GEORGE W. WHEELER, formerly man- ager of the Rushmore creamery, is an ex- pert butter maker of twenty-four years ex- perience, sixteen of which have been in No- Ides county. Mr. Wheeler was born in Knox county, Ohio, June 5. 1851, his par- ents being Richard C. Wheeler and Deborah (Watkins) Wheeler, both decrased. When George was four years old the family mnov- ed to lowa, and there he spent the greater part of his life. He was raised in Grundy county, where he lived for twenty years. Turing these years de was seenring an eu- cation and working on his father's farm.
When twenty-four years of age he went to Parkersburg, Butler county, and for four
years was employed in a livery barn. We text find him at Aplington, where for one year he was conducting a confectionery store. He then rented a farm in Butler comity, near Sherlock, and for two years was a farmer. The next year was spent in the management of a livery barn at New Hartford, and the year following he was engaged in threshing and shelling corn near Holland. in Grundy county. He then went to Reinbeck and operated a creamery one year for Sperry & Carrington Co., of Grundy Center. He next went to Wellsburg, Grundy county, and engaged in the creamery business for himself, where he was located nearly four years. The next two and one-half years wore passed at Clarion, Wright county, in the same business.
In 1892 Mr. Wheeler came to Nobles coun- ty and for two years ran the Worthington creamery. He then engaged in the business at Round Lake, but remained there only about six months. During the next two years he worked ont at Worthington, and then operated the Worthington creamery one year. In Janaury, 1904, he moved to Rushmore, took part in the organization of a cooperative creamery, and became the man- ager. This was the first successful cream. ery operated in that village, and Mr. Wheel- er met with success in the business. Early in 1908 he moved to Melvin. lowa. where he is now operating a creamery.
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