An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota, Part 113

Author: Rose, Arthur P., 1875-1970
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Luverne, Minn. : Northern History Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 924

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AMEL E. SHUBERT (1887), who farms the northeast quarter of section 12, Gray township, has resided in the county twen- ty-four years. The date of his nativity is

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January 3, 1867, and the event occurred in Iowa county, Iowa.

At the age of seventeen Amel left Jowa and with his parents, Martin and Tersie (Klotcher) Shubert, moved to Yellow Medi- cine county, Minnesota, where the father bought land. Our subject became identified with Pipestone county interests three years later. He was employed in Pipestone three years by Stanley Bros .; then he commenc- ed his career as an independent farmer. He rented his present farm in the spring of 1910 and has lived there since. Mr. Shu- bert has for seven years been clerk of school district No. 32. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. lodge and the Catholic church.

At Marshall, Lyon county, on October 17. 1905, was performed the ceremony which united Amel E. Shubert and Kate Panck in the bonds of matrimony. Mrs. Shubert is a native of Wisconsin and was born in 1882, the daughter of Steven Panek. Three chil- dren have been born to these 'parents, nam- cly, Mabel, Miland and Amel.

GEORGE R. STEVENS (1906) has been the manager of the Farmers Co-operative association of Ruthton since its organiza- tion. This flourishing company was organ- ized and incorporated in June, 1906, by a number of prominent business men and farmers of Ruthton and vicinity, The com- pany owns the former elevator property of the Minnesota & Western Grain company and handles grain, coal, feed and flour. The following is the present list of officers: President, J. J. Beal; secretary, W. L. Rog- de; treasurer, S. B. Da; manager, G. R. Stevens. The directors are Ed. Ginzel, M. M. Bly, Christ Hansen and Alva Smith.

The subject of this biography is a native of the south, having been born in Gallatin, Tennessee, on the fifth of Angust, 1868. He was the eldest child born to John B. and Martha (Gregg) Stevens, both of whom are deceased. The former was a native of Ohio and the latter of Pennsylvania. George was in his first year when the family mov- od to Nebraska, and on his father's farm in that state he developed into manhood.

At the age of twenty one Mr. Stevens forsook the shelter of the parental roof and became a resident of Minnesota. He farm-

ed near Currie, Murray county, for two years and was similarly engaged near the town of Lake Wilson. He clerked in a Lake Wilson store for three years prior to 1906, the year of his settlement in Ruthton and commencement of the duties of his present position. Mr. Stevens is one of Ruthton's councilmen. He is a member of the Blue Lodge of Ruthton, the Royal Arch Chapter at Pipestone, and of the Modern Woodmen lodge.

While a resident of Lake Wilson, on Sep- tember 1. 1895, George R. Stevens was married to Susan Saboin, who was born near Alma City, Waseca county, Minnesota, August 14, 1870. A son and a daughter have been born to these parents. They are Harold, born July 30, 1896, and Mildred, born December 26, 1898.

ED. B. MALOSH (1901) is one of Sweet township's enterprising agriculturists. He is a native of Ohio and was born in Miami county November 21, 1855. In that county his father, Jerome B. Malosh. was also born, on April 1, 1827. The father of Jer. ome B. Malosh came from France and his mother was a native of Scotland. The mother of our subject. Catherine (Phillips) Malosh, was born in the state of New York February 17, 1831. The Phillips family are of old Pennsylvania Dutch stock. Both parents are living and reside in Wisconsin.

Ed. was a six months old babe when the Malosh family departed from the Buckeye state and made settlement in Vernon coun- ty, Wisconsin. There he was educated and resided until arriving at the age of twenty- one years. That year, 1876, he severed home ties and became a resident of Oim- sted county, Minnesota. He was employed at farm lahor for seven years and then re- turned to Wisconsin for two years. He spent a year in Berrien county, Michigan, and for a like period was employed in the nineries of northern Wisconsin. We next find our subject as a farmer in Moody coun- ty, South Dakota, where he remained three years; then he resided on a farm in his old locality in Wisconsin for eleven years.

In February, 1900, Mr. Malosh once more effected a settlement in Moody county, South Dakota. In another year he made his first acquaintance with Pipestone coun-

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ty. He farmed four years in Sweet town- ship; then once more located in Moody county. That time he remained two years and then was lured back by the advantages of Pipestone county, his home since. He has for four years been located on his pres- ent place, the north half of section 19, Sweet township.

At Flandreau, South Dakota, on Novem- ber 21, 1887, our subject was married to Josie Johnson, who was born in Norway . March 22, 1866, and who came to this coun- try in 1883. Mr. and Mrs. Malosh are the parents of two children: Roy, born Octo- ber 14, 1888; and Cora, born August 2, 1890.

JOHN J. NATZKE (1882), real estate dealer of Pipestone, is a native of McHen- ry county, Illinois. He is one of four liv- ing children, the names of the others being William, Angusta and Hannah, who were born to August and Louisa Natzke, both natives of Germany and now deceased.

The date of the birth of our subject was December 8, 1860. When four years of age he moved with his parents to But- ler county, Iowa, where he was educated and grew to manhood. When twenty-two years old John cast his lot with the young but promising Pipestone county. He bought the northwest quarter of section 12, Eden township, which he improved and upon which he made his bome until moving to Pipestone City in 1904. He still owns his Eden farm, together with three other quar- ter sections in the same precinct. During. his residence in that township he served as a member of the board of supervisors and also as treasurer of his school district. Mr. Natzke has devoted his attention to the real estate business and the manage- ment of his property interests since mov- ing to the county seat. He recently conl- pleted a handsome bungalow in the city, planned after a building of the same type he became impressed with while on a trip through southern California.

Mr. Natzke was married in Eden town- ship on January 26, 1881, to Emma E. Lange, a native of Dane county, Wiscon- sin. They are the parents of the follow- ing four children: William, who operates the nome farm; Clara (Mrs. Frank Ett-

ner), of Elgin, Illinois; Elmer, who mar- ried Josephine Nelson and resides at Sioux City, Iowa; and Lillian, of Pipestone.

CHRIS F. RIECK (1902) owns and farms the east half of section 7, Osborne town- ship, and is an extensive breeder of Short- horn cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs. His home has been in Pipestone county since 1902. A native of Mecklenburg, Germany, he was born January 25, 1863, the son of Chris and Dorathea Rieck, who immigrat- ed to the United States when our sub- ject was a child.

The family first located in Iowa county, Iowa. For three years they lived in the town of Amana and then the father en gaged in farming. After six years the family home was established in Benton county, the same state, and there our sub- ject lived and farmed until becoming a resident of Pipestone county in 1902. He has made many substantial improvements on his farm, completing in the summer of 1910 a fine residence and barn costing over $4000. Mr. Rieck is a stockholder in the Farmers Elevator company of Ed- gerton, is a member of the township board and clerk of school district No. 43.

In Benton county, lowa, the twenty- eighth day of February, 1886, Chris F. Rieck was united in marriage to Emily J. Wehrman, the daughter of Henry and Sarah (Elder) Wehrman. She is a native of Iowa and was born September 19, 1863. Four sons have been born to these par- ents. They are Fred, born March 13, 1887; Rudolph, born March 7, 1889; Ed- ward, born July S, 1893; and John, born March 23, 1905. The family are members of the German Lutheran church.

NICHOLAS VOS (1898), farmer and stock raiser of Elmer township, owns the southwest quarter of section 23 of that precinct. His parents, Rokus and Nellie (Denberger) Vos, were natives of The Netherlands who settled in Marion county, Iowa, at an early date. In that county our subject was born January 14, 1862. Nicholas was fourteen years of age when the family moved to Sioux county, lowa, and there he finished his schooling. At

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the age of twenty he commenced the snap- ing of his own career. He farmed rented land five years, was employed on the rail- road ten years, and in 1898 established himself on the Pipestone county farm he now owns. Mr. Vos makes a specialty of breeding Durham cattle. He owns stock in the farmers' elevator at Trosky and is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.

The subject of this biography was mar- ried at Alton, lowa, February 22, 1882, to Cornelia Depenning, who was born April 17, 1862, the daughter of Leonard Depen- ning. Mr. and Mrs. Vos are the parents of the following nine children: P. Nellie (Mrs. A. J. Grandia), born January 18, 1883; Leonard, born April 28, 1885; Kate (Mrs. James Swart), born March 30, 1887; Walter, born December 1, 1892; Roy, born November 1, 1895; Lydia, born February 9, 1897; John P., born February 5, 1899; Clarence A., born June 28, 1902; and Nich- olas C., born January 10, 1906.

EDWARD BURG (1889) is the manager of the Farmers Elevator company at Jas- per and is president of the village council. He has always been prominent in the civic affairs of his home town and on several occasions has served as a member of the council.

Edward Burg was born in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, October 3, 1862. Up to his seventeenth year his life was pass- ed on his father's larm in the native coun- ty. On leaving home he went to the iron range district of Michigan, where for six years he was employed in the mines and at various other occupations. On leaving Michigan he made North Dakota his desti- nation, and in that state he worked as a mechanic with an elevator construction crew, maintaining headquarters at Wahpe- ton. Atfer two seasons at such employ. ment our subject went to Danvers, Minne. sota, where he accepted a position as grain buyer for the Northwestern Elevator com- pany. After a year he was transferred to Ihlen, Minnesota, and in i888 to Jasper, which has been his bome continuously since.

He had charge of the Northwestern company's interests in Jasper for nineteen years, or until July, 190, when he accept-

ed his present position. The farmers' ele- vator, of which he is the manager, was built three years ago by a company of rep- resentative farmers of Pipestone and Rock counties. The organizers were John W. Wehrman, John Kahler, Andrew Enger, John Seeman, W. J. Drew, F. H. Everett, Canuel Van Acker, P. H. Norval, F. E. Seeman, Otto K. Steen, P. O. Olson and T. T. Bieber. The present officers are: President, John W. Welirman; vice presi dent, P. H. Hermanson; secretary, W. J. Drew; treasurer, F. C. Bauman; directors, John Kahler, Gunder Peterson, Emil Mad- etcke, J. H. Manion and Otto K. Steen; manager, Edward Burg. The company is incorporated and does a general grain and fuel business.

Edward is the son of John and Hildgard Burg, both natives of Germany, who canc to this country at the ages of six months and sixteen years, respectively. They were married in Fond du Lac county, Wis- consin, and there Mr. Burg still resides. His wife has been dead for twenty-seven years.

Our subject was married in the county of his birth July 29, 1888, to Christina Berrens, born in the same county May 16, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Burg are the parents of two living children: Hiram A., born October 4, 1891, and Lester H., born Au- gust 15, 1895. One child, Mark C., was born August 19, 1889, and died November 7, 1889. Mr. Burg is a member of the Ma- sonic and Workmen lodges.

WILLIAM BOYCE (1890), Gray town- ship farmer, was born in Allamakee coun- ty, lowa, on the nineteenth of February, 1872. His parents, Samuel Boyce, a New Yorker by birth, and Philema (Young) Boyce, a native of Ohio, were early set- tlers of that Iowa county. William was eleven years of age when the Boyce fam- ily moved to O'Brien county, lowa, whence they moved, after a seven years' residence, to Pipestone county. Samuel Boyce bouglit the northwest quarter of section 10, Gray township, and that farm our subject has rented and farmed since 1900. Mr. Boyce is a large stock raiser. lle is the treasur- er of school district No. 5. In a fraternal

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way he is affiliated with the I. O. O. F. and M. W. A. lodges.

At Woodstock, on June 19, 1900, our subject was joined in marriage to Louise Carpenter, who was born in Champaign county, Illinois, June 3, 1862. Mrs. Boyce is the daugther of James and Mary E. (Feeks) Carpenter, both natives of New York.

OLE WILLIAMS (1908) owns and farms the northeast quarter of section 6, Aetna township, land which he bought on first coming to the county three years ago. His parents, Johannes and Guri (Knutson) Wilhelmson, were small farmers in Hang- esund, Norway, where occurred the birth of our subject on July 27, 1866. In the first year of his manhood Ole embarked from native shores and journeyed to Amer- ica alone. He was employed for three years on a farm near Sanborn, Jowa, then engaged in ditching and tiling work at Lake City, Iowa. Mr. Williams later rent- ed land and farmed in Sac county, Iowa, of which he was a resident until coming to Pipestone county in 1908.

On December 30, 1894, while visiting at his old home in Norway, Ole Williams was married to Annie Halvorson, the daughter of Peter and Mari (Larson) Halvorson. They are the parents of the following five children: Martin, born December 8, 1895; Gilbert, born May 23, 1897; William, born January 18, 1899; Mabel, born October 6, 1901; and Melvin, born September S, 1907. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

DR. ERNEST E. ARGETSINGER (1897), of Pipestone, is associated with his broth- er, Dr. Elmer H. Argetsinger, in the prac- tice of the dental profession. Argetsinger & Argetsinger have been established in commodious quarters over the Pipestone State Bank since 1903.

Our subject is one in a family of ten children born to G. W. and Mary Jane (Maricle) Argetsinger, both of whom were natives of New York. The former parent is still living and is a resident of Mapleton, Minnesota, bnt Mary Jane ( Maricle) Arget- singer has been deceased since September,

1907. Shortly after the Argetsingers mov- ed from the east and settled in Minnesota, on April 8, 1879, Ernest E. of this review was born. At the age of three years he moved with his parents from Faribault, the city of his birth, to Mapleton, which was the family home for many years. In 1895 a removal to Wisconsin was effected, and from that state two years later the family came to Pipestone county and established a residence. Dr. Argetsinger has been a Pipestone dentist since 1903, the year of his graduation from the university of Mich- igan.

At Mankato, on June 15, 1905, Dr. E. E. Argetsinger was married to Anna Deem, a native of Ohio. The following three children have been born to this union: John D., Ellsworth B. and Harry. Frater- nally our subject is affiliated with the Ma- sonic and Modern Woodmen orders, and for several years he has been a member of the Pipestone board of education.

G. L. CHESLEY (1887) has for twenty- four years been known as the artistic pho- tographer of Pipestone. His studio is a model of its kind and is excelled for ar- rangement and equipment by none in southwestern Minnesota.

The subject of this biography is a native Minnesotan, his birth having occurred at Owatonna on December 5, 1860. There he was educated and learned the photogra- pher's art in the studio of his father. On leaving home Mr. Chesley worked as a photographer in various cities, among them St. Louis, Milwaukee and Minneapolis. He settled in Pipestone in 1887.

The marriage of Mr. Chesley to Dora M. Pierson occurred in Pipestone October 20, 1892. Mrs. Chesley was born in Mankato, Minnesota. There have been there chil- dren as the result of this union: Donald and Dorothy, twins, aged fifteen years, and Eloise, aged eight years.

ANDREW H. NELSON (1889) is one of Jasper's pioneer citizens and business men, having come to the village the spring following its founding. He erected a small building and in a modest way engaged in wagon making. His business grew from

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the start, and a few years after his arrival it became necessary to increase his facili- ties. He erected the building which now houres his business, which is styled the Jasper wagon shop. In addition, he buys and sells old iron and metals.

Andrew's birthplace is Green county, Wisconsin, the date of his nativity, De- cember 14, 1855. That was his home for tle first four years of his life, when he moved with his parents to Winneshiek county, lowa. There he grew to manhood, securing his education in a Norwegian pa- rochial school. Starting out in the world, he first went to Waukon, Iowa, where he learned the trade of wagon maker, and for ten years that was his home. We next find him in Rock Rapids, lowa, where for three years he worked at the carpenter trade. Following this, he turned his at- tention to agricultural pursuits, farming three years in Martin township, Rock coun- ty. Then for six months he was the pro- prietor of a hotel at the then new town of Bruce. From Bruce he went direct to Jasper, which is still his home.

Andrew Lesney and Isabelle Lesney, the parents of Andrew Nelson, were both na- tives of Norway. The father died in Wis- consin a few months before Andrew was born. His mother was married a second time to Nels Sjurson. She died some years ago at Hills, Minnesota.

On July 30, 1883, at Luverne, Mr. Nelson was united in marriage to Annie Peterson, a Norwegian by birth, who came to Amer- ica when only a year and one-half old. To them were born eleven children, of whom the following six are still living: Arthur Henry, born August 14, 1892; Addie Carl, born January 14, 1895; Pearl Mabel, born March 12, 1896; Wyeth Philip, born No- vember 24, 1901; Daphine Louise, born April 23, 1901; Andrew Wilfred, born May 2, 1909. Of the five deceased children, three died within a few days of each other of black diphtheria. The dates of the births and deaths of the children who have pass- ed away are as follows: lda Millia, born April 20, 1884, died February 12, 1892; Clara Louise, born November 20, 1885, died February 13 1892; Arthur Henry, born Feb- ruary 20, 1888, died February 7, 1892; Pe- ter William, born April 3, 1890, died Decem-

ber 7, 1909; Magdlen Emily, born Febru- ary 10, 1907, died March 7, 1907.

For one term Mr. Nelson served as jus- tice of the peace. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

HANS RUSSAU (1906), now a retired farmer of Pipestone, until recently owned and farmed the northeast quarter of sec- tion 34, Troy township, which was his home since 1906. A native of Germany, Hans was born in the province of Holstein May 19, 1864, the son of John Russau, a laborer, and Catherine (Haij) Russau. He bade farewell to native land at the age of sev- enteen years and became an adopted son of Uncle Sam. For a year and a half he was employed as a gardener and teamster in Chicago, then became a Tamna county, Iowa, farmer. Five years ago he settled in Pipestone county. While on the farm Mr. Russau engaged extensively in stock raising and made a specialty of Shorthorn cattle. He is a stockholder in the Farm- ers Telephone company,

Recently Mr. Russau sold his farm, for which he obtained a record-breaking price per acre. On January 11, 1911, he held a public sale, when he also obtained record- breaking prices for his cattle and sheep. Mr. Russau has now retired from active pursuits and makes his home in Pipestone.

Cur subject was married in Chicago on February 19, 1903, to Annie Jarmuth, whose birth occurred December 12, 1870, at Niles Center, Illinois. Mrs. Russau is the daugh- ter of Charles and Sophia (Peters) Jar- muth, both natives of Mecklenberg, Ger- many. They came to the United States in 1855 and homesteaded land near Chicago.

JAMES A. ROBSON (1907), secretary of Robson-Hilliard Company, the wholesale grocery concern that has contributed in a large ireasure to the fame of Pipestone as a commercial center, has been a resident of that city since the organization of the enterprise. The company of Robson-Hil- liard was organized in 1907 and is capital- ized for the sum of $75,000.

The subject of this biography is a son of one of the promoters of the company, J. H. Robson, a resident of Owatonna, Minne-

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sota. J. H. Robson was an early settler of that eastern Minnesota city and was born in Fillmore county when that terri- tory was just commencing to be opened for settlement. J. H. Robson married An- na G. Schad, now deceased, who had the distinction of having been the very first white child born in Freeborn, one of Min- nesota's oldest counties. March 6, 1885, is the date of the birth of James A. Robson, the event occurring in the city of Owaton- na. He was educated in Pillsbury acade- my and the university of Wisconsin, and . came direct from the latter institution to assume his present duties in Pipestone in May. 1907.

At Minneapolis, on June 22, 1908, Mr. Robson was joined in marriage to Lora Seeley, a Canadian by birth To these par- ents has been born one daughter, Jane.

JOHN P. ASHBAUGH (1884), for twenty- seven years a resident of Edgerton and the proprietor of a drug store at that place, was born in Pike county, Ohio, November 25, 1856. He is the son of Nimrod and Elizabeth (Gleason) Ashbaugh, natives of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, and Wooster, Ohio, respectively. His mother died in 1894 and his father passed away July 28, 1910, at the age of seventy-six years, at the home of a daughter in Albany, Oregon.

During his sixteenth year John moved with his parents from the Hoosier state to Tama county, lowa, and three years later went with them to Nobles county, Minne- sota, the father taking a homestead in Ran- som township. In 1884 Mr. Ashbaugh mov- ed to Edgerton, which has been his home ever since. In company with his brother-in- law, George Gulick, he bought and conduct- ed a grocery store for awhile, then traded the business to William Lockwood for the Edgerton hotel, which the two gentlemen operated nine years. On dissolving partner- ship, Mr. Ashbaugh bought and farmed land two miles east of the village for eight years.

On retiring from farm life our subject resumed his residence in Edgerton, built a home, and in 1904, in company with H. B. Francis, bought the drug store of Dr. T. B. Francis. This partnership existed

for two years, and since then Mr. Ashbaugh has conducted the business alone. He car- ries a complete line of drugs, toilet arti- cles, stationery, etc. He served as presi- dent of the Edgerton village council in the early nineties, and for the past three years has been the village treasurer. Mr. Ash- bangh is the owner of a quarter section of land in Osborne township and of a half sec- tion in South Dakota. He is a member of the Masonic, K. P. and M. W. A. lodges.

Jehn P. Ashbaugh was married in Dodge- ville, Wisconsin, February 14, 1885, to Bes- sie Gulick, who was born in that place in 1854. Mrz. Ashbaugh died April 12, 1910, aged fifty-six years. Two sons were born to this union: Vergil J., on July 12, 1893, and Alfred M., on April 9, 1895.

JOSEPH G. MOGLASHEN (1899), a well known Osborne township farmer, is an lowan by nativity and was born in Tama county October 23, 1880. His father, James MeGlashen, of Edgerton, is a native of Scotland. Ilis mother, Mary (Steen) Mc- Glashen, died the month following the birth of our subject, in November, 1880. She was born in Scotland, of Irish paren- tage.

In early boyhood Joseph moved with his father from Tama to Grundy county, Iowa, and resided there until fifteen years of age. He was reared and educated iu the town of Morrison. On leaving lowa, the father and son resided for a year near Winnipeg, Manitoba, then settled in Min- nesota. For three years he was employed in a grain elevator at Chandler, Murray county, then in 1899 came to Pipestone county.

Mr. McGlashen resided four years in the village of Hatfield, where he was a grain buyer and manager of the lumber yard. During two winters before leaving Chand- Ier he had found opportunity to take a course in the Cedar Rapids Business col- lege. He left Hatfield to become manager of the large Fay farm, of which his father was the financial manager. This farm comprises the whole of section 33, Os- borne township, and he ably conducted the large tract for a period of six years. in the spring of 1910 Mr. MeGlashen rent- ed and moved to his present farm, the

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An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota, Part 113

Author: Rose, Arthur P., 1875-1970 Publication date: 1911 Publisher: Luverne, Minn. : Northern History Publishing Company Number of Pages: 924

Author: Rose, Arthur P., 1875-1970
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: Luverne, Minn. : Northern History Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 924