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Mr. Boecker was married in Germany Feb. 20. 1878, to Christina Butenweg, and to this union have been born the following children: Annie (Mrs. William Reckers), of Westside township; Henry, who owns and operates the Adrian creamery; Lewis, of Wadena, Minn .; Joseph, Herman, William and Hubert, who reside at home. Mr. and
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Mrs. Boecker are member of the Catholic church of Adrian.
EDWARD H. SCHRAAN, proprietor of the Brewster creamery, was born at Waconia, Carver county, Minn., Nov. 18, 1882, the son of Audrew aud Bertha (Switchberg) Schraan. The father was also a native of Carver county, and now, at the age of 52 years, still makes his home there, engaged in farm- ing. Our subject's mother was born in Ger- many, and is now living at the age of 50 years.
Edward received his education in the schools of his native county, which was bis home until March, 1904, when he came to Brewster. We built the Brewster creamery at a cost of about $5,000, and since his arrival in Nobles county has been engaged in operating it. He was instrumental in making the Brewster country a great dairy country, and annually pays out thous- sands of dollars to the farmers. During 1907 he paid out $37,951.95. Ile has built up an excellent business.
Mr. Schraan was married at St. Paul Oct. 2, 1906, to Miss Lillian Nichaus.
ERNEST BOOTS, Larkin township farmer, was horn in Kreis Aurich, in the province of Hanover. Germany, Feb. 7, 1881, the son of llenry and Annie (Benz) Boots, also re-i- dents of Larkin township.
Ernest Boots came to the United States with his parents in 1894 and located in Grundy county, Iowa. There he resided on his father's farm until 1902, when the fam- ily came to Nobles county. lle continued to make his home with his father until his marriage in 1903. Then he rented land, and sinee has been farming in Larkin town- ship.
At Worthington on Aug. 2, 1903, Mr. Boots was married to Mary Smith, dangh- ter of George N. and Annie Smith, of Sum- mit Lake township. Mrs. Boots was born in Illinois Sept. 8, 1883. To them have been born two children: Violet, born March 7. 1905; Ilenry, born March 12, 1907. Mr. Boots is a member of the Presbyterian church of Rushmore. His wife is a Baptist.
HENRY F. HASEMANN owns and farms a half section of well improved land on sec- tion 17, Seward township, where he has re- sided since 1896. He was born in Will county, Ill., Sept. 18, 1872, and is the sou of John Haseman and Louisa (Winzenburg) Hlasemau.
The former was born in Germany on Jan. 1, 1839, and emigrated to the United States when 16 years of age. When he landed in Will county, Ill., he had only twenty-five cents in money, but was well supplied with pluck and perseverance and a determination to succeed iu the country of his adoptiou. That he has been successful is shown from the fact that he owns consid- erable real estate in Nobles county, land in North Dakota and Will county, Ill., and is a stockholder in a Chicago bank. He purchased the laud upon which his son-the subject of this sketch-resides 17 years ago, and has since deeded the land to him. The father now resides iu Will county and is 69 years of age. Ilis wife was born in Cook county, Ill., and is living in Will county at the age of 61 years. Henry is the third oldest of a family of eleven children, of whom the oldest and the youngest are dead. The living brothers
and sisters are: . William, Henry, Fred, John, Gustav, Lena, Mary, Susie and Emma.
llenry Haseman lived with mus parents on the farm in Will county, III., until sixteen years old and attended the country schools. lle then took a two-term course in the Powers Business college, Chicago. After hin- ishing his studies he took a position with Montgomery Ward & Co., Chicago, as bill clerk, holding the place two years.
In 1896 Mr. Ilaseman came to Nobles county and for one year worked farm for his brother-in-law. He then moved onto the southeast quarter of seetion 17, Se- ward township, where he has since resided, and has made a success of his farming pur- smits. The place was unimproved at the time he took possession differing greatly from its present appearance and productive qualities. In 1898 he built his present com- modions residence and a $2,000 barn and other buildings on the place. Besides being a large grain raiser, Mr. Hlaseman breeds Shorthorn cattle and is quite an extensive feeder.
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Mr. Ilaseman was married in Chicago reb. I, 1895, to Miss Rose Thormo, who tify. is a native of Will county, IN., where she lived until twenty-one years of age, or just prior to her marriage. She is the daughter of William and Wnaelmina (Meyer) Thur. Han, natives of Germany. The former is dead; the latter lives in South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Haseman are the parents of the following named children: Mildred, Matilda, Pearl, Viola (deceased), Irene and Alice.
Mr. Haseman's popularity and his business ability have been recognized by his neigh - bors. lle held the offices of justice of the peace and clerk of his school district for several years, and is now clerk of the town- ship board.
GEORGE S. MITCHELL is a Larkin town- ship farmer who has resided in the county since ISS6, and makes his home on the southeast quarter of section 36. Ile is a native of the state, having been born in Houston county on July 12, 1856, the son of George Mitchell and Ann (Smith) Mitchell. The former is a native of Aberdeen shire, Scotland, in which country he lived until soon after his marriage, when he emigrated to the United States in 1852. He first located in Kenosha county, Wis., where he resided four or five years, and then moved to Ilouston county, Minn., being one of the early settlers in that section of the state. Ilere he bought land and made his home until ten or twelve years ago, when he took up his residence at Sheldon, in the same county, where he now lives at the age of $2 years. llis wife was also a native of Aberdeen shire, Scotland. She died in Houston county, Minn,, about twenty-four years ago.
George Mitchell, the subject of this re view, resided with his parents until 1880, as- -isting with the farm work and attending the distriet schools in his boyhood days. On the date last mentioned he moved to his present farm in Noble- county, which he had purchased the year previous, and where he has since resided. With his own labor he has brought his farm up to its present state of perfection. He is a breeder of Shorthorn rattle and Poland.China hogs, and is a chicken fancier of more than local re
pute, as his pens of B. P. Rocks will tes-
Gevige is one of a family of five children, of whom one is dead, and two brothers and two sisters are living. He was married in Houston county, Minn., Dee. 29, ISSI, to Miss Maggie Kerr, a native of that county and a daughter of Daniel and Mary ( Walker) Kerr. To them has been born one daughter -Blanche Annabelle, born Sept. 1, 1892.
Mr. Mitchell was school director of dis- triet No. 81 for a number of years and has held the office of treasurer of that distriet for the past fifteen years. Hle is a member of the M. W. A. lodge and ot the Presbyterian church of Rushmore.
1. I. LUEPKER, a Seward township farm- er, resides on the west half of the northeast quarter of section 10, where he has made his home since 1900. Hle was born in Garna. villo, lowa, Nov. 27, 1874, where he lived only a few years and then moved onto his father's farm in Clayton county, Iowa. Here he resided until 1900, seeuring a limi- ted education in the country schools and working part of the time on his father's place and a few years on farms in that county.
Mr. Luepker is the son of Fred Luepker and Clara (Fulling) Luepker, both natives of Germany. The former came to the Uni- ted States in the carly seventies and first settled in lowa, where he lived but a year and then returned to the old country. Becom- ing dissatisfied there, he again set sail for the new world, and located in Clay county, lowa, where he bought land and where he has since made his home. The mother died two years ago in lowa at the age of 45 years.
The subject of this sketch is the next to the oldest of a family of nine children, all of whom are living in the United States, They are: Louise (Mrs. Fred Kahle) ; Louis, Ernest. Mary (Mrs. Ed. Gilster), Willie, Johnnie, Freddie, Annie and Minnie.
In the spring of 1900 Mr. Luepker moved to Nobles county and bought the 80 acres of land, above described, and has since added to his real estate by the purchase of an adjoining 40 acre tract. On this land he has built a cosy home and is leading the life of a successful Nobles county farmer.
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Mr. Luepker was married at Fulda, Miun., July 20, 1900, to Mary Peterson, a native of Germany. She come to the United States when a young girl, and is the daughter of Jonu and Mary Peterson, who settled in Murray county, Minn., about Is years ago, and where the former died. The lat- ter is living. To Mr. and Mrs. Luepker have been born two girls-Freda and Sophia.
Mr. Luepker was a member of the Seward tuwuship board of supervisors two years, and was road overseer three years. lle is a member of the German Lutheran church of F'ulda.
WENTWORTH W. DUNNING, Larkin township farmer, is a native of Kenosha county, Wis., where he was boru Dec. Il, 1875, and where he resided until eight years of age, when he moved with his parents to Union Grove, Racine county, Wis., making that his home six years. Then he moved to St. Charles, Ill., and after a residence there of one year, moved onto his father's farm in Clay county, lowa, where he lived eight years, the last year of which le and his brother, Charles, rented the place. Ile received his education in the district schools of the counties in which he resided in his boyhood days.
In the spring of 1901 Mr. Dunning moved to Nobles county and settled on the farm on which he has since lived-the northwest quarter of section 34. This land, and also the southwest quarter of the same section, was purchased by his father the year be- fore. The father has since died and the land is now owned by the subject of this sketch and his sister, Mrs. Maud Rider. In the spring of 1908 Mr. Dunning pur- chased the southwest quarter on section 6, Dewald township, and will move to that place next spring and make it his perma- nent home.
Mr. Dunning's father was B. D. Dun- ning, a native of Ticonderoga, N. Y. Ile came west in the early days and settled in Kenosha county, Wis., where he farmed sev eral years, and then went into the imple ment business in Union Grove, Wis., and later engaged in the general merchandise business in Silver Lake, Wis. He movel from there to St. Charles in order to edu cate his children and that he might the bet-
ter visit the Hot springs, his health having failed. Ifis next move was to Clay county, Iowa, where he bought a farm, and where he died Jan. 16, 1907, at the age of 06 years. His wife was Rhoda ( Wheeler) Dun ming, who died mue years ago.
Wentworth Dunning was married at the home of the bride's parents in Olney town- smp, Nobles county, Minn., Feb. 12, 1900, tu Mabel ureig, daughter of James Greig, one of the pioneers of Nobles county. 10 this union two children have been born- Clayton LeRoy, born Jan. 1, 1906; Mary, born Oct. 12, 1907.
Mr. Dunuing was clerk of the school dis triet in which he lives three years, re- signing the office because of his intention to move to Dewald township. lle and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church of Rushmore.
GEORGE V. PETTIT (1850-1908), late proprietor of a Worthington meat market, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., March 31, 1850. In childhood he moved to St. Paul, where he lived many years, and where he engaged in carpenter work and in the life insurance business.
In 1892, Mr. Pettit moved to Rushmore and engaged in the hay and grain business, later going into the meat market business. Ile moved to Worthington in 1001 and start- ed a meat market. Two years later he bought out the market of Hibbard & Mitchell and conducted the business at the old loca- tion on Main street until the spring of 1908, when he sold out. Mr. P'ettit was a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church and of the A. O. U. WV. and Odd Fellows lodges. He died Sept. 4, 1908.
Mr. Pettit was married in Minneapolis in 1883 to Delia Vial. To them have been born two sons, R. Kenneth and Ivan V. Kenneth was born at Hastings Feb. 19, 1886. Ivan was born at St. Paul April 14, 1888.
CARL KOPPLOW is one of Little Rock township's sueeessful farmers and feeders. Ile came to Nobles county twenty-one years ago, comparatively a poor man. By indus- try and frugality and a thorough knowledge of farm work, he has become the possessor of an entire section of fertile soil in
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Nobles county. He owns the northeast quarter of section 17-the home place-the west half of the northwest quarter of section Is, the southwest quarter of section 9, the northwest quarter of section 15, and the west half of the northeast quarter of sec- tion 15, all in Little Rock township. There were practically no improvements on the place when he bought it in 1887. The change wrought by Mr. Kopplow's industry has been marked and pleasing. He has a well im- proved place and is just finishing the eree- tion of a $3,000 residence. lle feeds sev- eral car loads of cattle and hogs each year.
Mr. Kopplow is the son of Frederick Kop- plow and Mary (Sellhusen) Kopplow, both of whom were natives of Germany, and both are dead, the former passing away when the subject of this sketch was one year of age. Carl was born in Germany Jan. 20, 1853, and, with his mother, emigrated to the United States in May, 1869. They first settled in Racine county, Wis., where Carl worked on farms five years, and then he and his brother-in-law, Fred Winke, rented a farm in Kenosha county, Wis., which they ran in partnership until 1880, when he mar- ried and bought out Winke's interest, con- ducting the plice alone until 1887.
In the last named year Mr. Kopplow moved to Nobles county and bought the farm on which he now resides, and has since added to his real estate possessions by the purchase of the additional tracts of land as described in the first paragraph of this sketch.
Mr. Kopplow was married in Wilmot, Kenosha county, Wis., on Jan. 27, 1880, to Minnie Stenzel, a native of Germany, who came to the United States a few years prior to her marriage. She died May 21, 1899, at the age of 13 years. To this union five children were born, of whom the oldest son, August, died Jan. 8, 1905, at the age of twenty two years. The others are Henry, Otto, Ida and Tillie.
Mr. Kopplow has held several offices in his township. lle was a member of the board for several years and was its chair- man in 1905, resigning the office on ac- count of the death of his son, August. He was also a member of the board of edu- cation in district thirteen for a period of ten years. He is a member of the German Lutheran church at Little Rock.
PETER J. WALLRICH, a Westside town- ship farmer, has resided in the county since IS$5, and in the township where he now make- his home, on the southeast quarter of section 36, for the past nineteen years. He was born in Kenosha county, Wis., May 5, 1858, where he resided with his parents on a farm until he reached his majority, and where he received a common school educa. tion. lle is the son of Mathias Wallrich and Angeline (Casper) Wallrich, both natives of Germany. The former came to the United States when yet a young man and located in Kenosha county, Wis., where he bought land and where he resided thirty years, mov. ing to Lyon county, lowa, where he died about fifteen years ago.
Peter Wallrich is the next youngest of a family of nine children four boys and five girls, all of whom are living except one. When he was twenty-one years of age he moved from the county of his birth to Pierce county. Wis., where he farmed two years. Moving to Colorado, he resided in that stale one year, and then took up his residence in Lyon county, lowa, where he farmed four years.
In 1885 Mr. Wallrich came to Nobles county, Minn., and bought a farm in Little Rock township, where he resided four years. Hle then sold out and purchased the farm in Westside township, upon which he has since had a continuous residence.
Mr. Wallrich has been twice married, his first wife being Mary Neyens, a native of Wisconsin, to whom he was married July 28, 1889, and who died Jan. IS, 1900. To this union three children were born, namely: Annie, Leo and Regine.
Mr. Wallrich was married the second time, in this county, on Jan. 10, 1904, to Annie Casper, who was also a native of the state of Wisconsin, and whose father was John Casper; her parents are both deceased.
Mr. Wallrich has served twice in an of- ficial capacity in his township, having been a member of the board for three years and assessor one year. He is a member of St. Joseph's society and the Catholic church at Adrian.
LARS T. EIDE is a Ransom township farmer, having resided continuously in the county sinee ISSS. He was born in Norway
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Aug. 13, 1866, where he lived on his fath- er's farm and attended school until fourteen years of age. He is the son of the late Tores E. Eide and Valvorg (Larson) Eide, hoth of whom are native Norwegians. They both eame to the United States in 1882 and located in Illinois, where he farmed until four or five years ago, when he died. Mrs. Eide is residing with a son at Goldfield, Iowa. Lars is the fifth in age of a family of eight boys, three of whom are dead. Those living are: Elling, of Chicago; Osmond, of Goldfield, lowa; Thomas, of South Da- kota; Lars T., of Nobles county, Minn., and Sam, also of Nobles county.
In the fall of 1881 the subject of this sketeh emigrated to the United States and located in Morris, Grundy county, Ill., where he worked on farms for two or three years, and then he rented a place and farmed it until 1888. In that year he came to No- bles county and bought the east half of the northeast quarter of section 21. Ransom township, and returned to Illinois and work- ed two years in a lumber yard in Joliet, and on a farm about three years. In 1894 he moved to his farm in Nobles county and began the work of improving the place and making it habitable and productive. Ten years ago he bought the southwest quarter on seetion 9, Ransom township, and this place he also farms with other lands he rents.
Mr. Eide was married in Coal City, III., in October, 1886, to Bertha Olson. a native of Illinois, and the daughter of Thos. Olson. They are the parents of nine children- Thomas, Lettie, Cora, Lester, Earl, Ella, Edna, Maud and Ruth.
Mr. Fide has been a member of the school board sinee distriet No. 92 was organized, he and Mons Sorem and Robert Shore being the organizers of the district. Mr. Eide cir- enlating the petition. He was also road overseer for a number of years in his dis- triet. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran canreh of Ransom.
TIENRY BAAL, a Grand Prairie farmer, owns and resides upon a half section of land in that splendid township. Ile is a very successful grain raiser, having produced about 45,000 bushels of oats the season just passed. He was born in German Valley, Stevens county, Ill., Dec. 16, 1867, where he grew to manhood on his father's estate. At the age of twenty-six he rented his fath- er's farm and ran it with the assistance of his brother, John Baal, six years. Then he married and ran the place in his own name for another year. He is the son of Manka Baal, a native of Germany, who came to the United States in 1847 and settled in Stevens county, Ill., he being one of the pioneers in that seetion of the state. He paid 75 eents per acre for land there that today is worth $150. He died in Stevens county in 1880 at the age of 50 years. His wife was Bregtje (Barger) Baal, who was also a na- tive of Germany. She died in April, 1908, at the age of 74 years. Henry is the next to the youngest of a family of five children- four boys and one girl, all of whom are liv- ing and reside in Stevens county, Ill., with the exception of the subject of this sketch.
In 1901 Mr. Baal moved to his present farm in Grand Prairie township, Nobles county, Minn., which he and his brother, John Baal, had purchased the previous year. Soon after taking possession of the place he bought out his brother's interest and has since farmed the entire half seetion. Be- sides being a large raiser of grain he feeds a car load of cattle and hogs each year. His present commodious farm buildings are quite a contrast to the old "shack" that stands on the place, which was built hy a Mr. James when he homesteaded the farm in the early seventies.
Mr. Baal was united in marriage at George, Towa, on March 26, 1900, to Lucinda Green- field, a native of German Valley, III., and the daughter of Toes and Marie Greenfield. the latter being dead. To them have been born two boys-Walter Raymond, born April 6. 1903, and Bert Harvey, born April 26, 1907.
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