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HARRY A. GANO (1898), of Pipestone, the proprietor of Gano's up-to-date restaur- ant and cafe, is a native of Buffalo, New York. He is the oldest of four sons born to John and Lena Gano, natives, respect- ively, of New York and Ohio, and now res- idents of Pana, Illinois. llarry was born January 13, 1876. George, the second son, died in May, 1904, and the two youngest are named John and Edward.
Our subject was two years of age when he moved with his parents to Cleveland, Ohio, and from that city the family remov- ed successively to Greencastle, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; St. Louis, Missouri; and Springfield and Quincy, Illinois. In the last named city Harry was educated and passed his youth. At the age of nineteen he severed home ties and jour- neyed to the far west, where for a time he was employed in the smelters of the mining region; then for two years was a rancher in Colorado, lfis next move was to Minneapolis, where he mastered the car- penter's trade, and then entered the employ of the contracting and building firm of McChen & Christianson.
Mr. Gano located in Pipestone in 1898, making that eity his headquarters while en- gaged in elevator construction and repair work for MeCuen & Christianson in a ter- ritory comprising the states of Nebraska, lowa, Minnesota and the Dakotas. He was thus employed five or six years, then be- came a member of the Pipestone police foree and did night duty for three years. In April, 1909, Mr. Gano bought the Doug- las restaurant, whose business at that time was badly run down. The new proprietor remodeled the place and has since built up an excellent patronage. In 1906 Mr. Gano served as chief of the Pipestone fire de- partment. Ite holds membership in the M. W. A. and 1. O. O. F. lodges.
In Pipestone, on May 18, 1902, Harry A. Gano was married to Myrtle Hitcheox, the daughter of County Treasurer J. Hitchcox, a pioneer of the county. They are the parents of two children: Ray, born Decem- ber 2, 1903, and Mildred, born May 23, 1906.
EDWIN A. MILLIS (1897), now of ben- net, Colorado, was for thirteen years prior to his removal in September, 1910, a well-known resident of Osborne town- ship. He was born in Fenton township, Murray county, on October 6, 1882, and is the son of Frank and Fronia (Nichols) Millis.
Our subject lived in and attended the distriet schools of his native township un- til attaining the age of fifteen years, when he moved with his grandparents to Pipe- stone county and lived with them on a farm within the corporate limits of the vil- lage of Edgerton until the spring of 1910. He finished his schooling in the Edgerton schools and assisted his grandfather with the work of the farm until 1908. Then Edwin rented the place and conducted it until moving to land he had bought, the west half of the northwest quarter of sec- tion 22. Osborne township. He went to Colorado in the fall of 1910 to homestead land and now lives there.
Edwin A. Millis was married in Edger- ton February 19, 1909, to Mildred Irene Golden, the daughter of John and Ella Gold- en, both deceased. Mrs. Millis was born in Zanesville, Ohio, July 20, 1890. A son, Al- bert Anson, was born to these parents on March 6, 1910. On the removal of the family to Colorado they were accompanied by an nele, Anson Proctor Nichols.
The parents of our subjeet's motner, ('lark Proetor Nichols and wife, with whom he made his home for many years, were among the pioneer settlers of Fenton town- ship, Murray county. They homesteaded land there in 1879. Both died in Edger- ton, but not until both had attained the ripe old age of eighty-seven years.
LOUIS NIL SON (1887) is the manager of the Rothschild Grain company's elevator at Trosky. Ile enjoys the distinction of
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having been the second child born in that village, his nativity occurring April 18, 1887. Lloyd Ahlan, who takes precedence over Louis as a claimant for first honor in this respect, was born but fifteen days previous.
Our subject is the son of Arne and Marie (Larson) Nilson, both natives of Norway, who came to this country during the early eighties. They were on the ground when the town of Trosky was founded, the father setting up in the blacksmithing business, in which he was engaged up to the time of his death in 1897. His wife is now living at Jasper.
Louis Nilson commenced his career as a fireman on the Great Northern railroad. He was engaged in a similar capacity with the Northwestern road for about a year. In 1907 he accepted his present position with the Rothschilds and has since man- aged that firm's interests in Trosky. For the past two years he has acceptably filled the office of village assessor. He is con- nected with the M. W. A. and A. O. U. W. lodges.
Mr. Nilson was married at Pipestone in October, 1907, to Ella L. French, the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles French, of Trosky. Mrs. Nilson was born at lreton, lowa, July 24, 1887. One son, Ivan Leroy, was born to these parents, May 8, 1909.
WILLIAM C. EVARTS (1887), of Edger- ton, manager of the farmers' elevator at that place, settled in Pipestone county in 1887 and for many years was a well known Elmer township farmer. He is the eldest of five living children born to El- bert O. and Mary T. Evarts, both of whom are deceased. Our subject has four sisters, whose names are May, Alma, Bessie and Harriett.
In Columbia county, Wisconsin, on June 14, 1858, occurred the birth of William C. Evarts of this biography. In that county he was educated and grew to manhood. Arriving at man's estate, he first went to Minnesota and farmed ťor two years in Blue Earth county. He then re- turned to his old Wisconsin home and re- mained there until 1887, the date of his advent to Pipestone county. Mr. Evarts at that time bought the homestead right
to the southeast quarter of section 34. Elmer township, which farm he improved and on which he made his home until Febru- ary, 1907, when he moved to Edgerton to reside. He served for three years as a member of the town board of Elmer.
On September 29, 1881, in the town of Columbus, Wisconsin, our subject was united in marriage to Mary A. Wade, a native of Moundville, Marquette county. Three children have been born to this union. They are Elbert A., deceased, born September 5, 1882; Guy S., born Septem- ber 21, 1885; and Martha T., born April 18, 1888.
J. WILLIAM ALEXANDER (1900), senior partner in the real estate and in- surance firm of the Alexander Land com- pany, has been a resident of the county since 1900. He is one in a family of five sons and three daughters born to L. W. and Frances (McKenna) Alexander, of Pipestone. The mother is a native of Ohio.
The father of our subject, L. W. Alex- ander, was born in Benton county, Arkan- sas, October 20, 1844, and was married to Frances McKenna in Clinton county, Iowa, on January 3, 1870. Mr. Alexander farmed in Blackhawk county, Iowa, for twenty- three years prior to moving to Pipestone county in 1900. He farmed for five years in Elmer township, was for a year on the old Stevens farm adjoining Pipestone, and since has been a resident of the city and associated with his son in business. L. W. Alexander is a veteran of the civil war. He enlisted in company F, Seventy-fourth Illi- nois infantry, on August 5, 1862, and served in the union army three years and one month under Generals Buell, Sherman, Rosencrans and Grant. He was an active participant in the engagements at Stony River, Lookout Mountain, Perryville, Chick- amauga, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta and Nashville. He received his discharge at Nashville in September, 1865, and then served for three months as a special mes- senger in Tennessee. Mr. Alexander is a prominent member of Simon Mix Post, G. A. R.
The subject of this biography, J. William Alexander, was born in Clinton county, lowa, November 21, 1871. Six years later
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he moved with his parents to Blackhawk county, in the same state, where he was educated and engaged in farming until moving to Pipestone county eleven years ago. After farming five years in Elmer township Mr. Alexander moved to Pipe- stone and became a member of the Allen Land company. After a year he bought the interests of Mr. Allen and formed a part- nership with L. E. Ziegler, of Holland, and his father, L. W. Alexander, styling the as- sociation the Ziegler-Alexander Land com- pany. Several years later the Alexanders took over the Ziegler interest and have since conducted the business in their own name. They write Globe and Old Colony insurance.
In Blackhawk county, Iowa, on April 12, 1899, our subject was married to Mary E. McCullion, a native of that Jowa county. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander have one son, Alphonsus C., born June 28, 1901.
HENRY HERMAN LANGE (1887), of Eden township, is a Pipestone county boy. He is the son of William and Louisa (Leu- men) Lange, both natives of Wisconsin, and early settlers of Eden township, Wil- liam Lange having homesteaded the south- east quarter of section 6. On that farm our subject was born March 15, 1887. IIenry completed two years of study in the Pipestone high school. In 1907 he rented the home farm from his father and has since successfully conducted the same. Mr. and Mrs. Lange are members of the German Evangelical church of Pipestone.
At Pipestone, on March 16, 1910, Mr. Lange was united in marriage to Alwine Ludolph, who was born in Nebraska July 18, 1889. Mrs. Lange is the daughter of Christian and Caroline (Meyer) Ludolph, both natives of Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Lange are the parents of one child, a baby girl born January 11, 1911.
HENRY HARDERS (1895), of Ruthton, is a native Iowan. He was born in Scott county November 8, 1880, the son of Henry and Catherine (Clausen) Harders, both of whom came to this country early in life from Germany. They were married in Scott county, lowa, the family home for
many years. To these parents have been born three sons and one daughter, who be- sides our subject are Adolph, Herman and Amelia (Mrs. H. W. Meyers). Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harders, Sr., are now residents of Spokane, Washington.
When nine years of age our subject moved with his parents to Lyon county, Iowa, and six years later the family located in Pipestone county. After one year the Harders moved to a farm in Rock county and later went to Minnehaha county, South Dakota. Until he was twenty-three years old Henry assisted in the management of the home farm, then for three years farmed on his own account in Minnehaha county. Mr. Harders settled in Ruthton in 1906. He served as village marshal two years and for a time conducted a billiard hall and engaged in tbe livery business. Three years ago he entered the employ of S. Ber- telsen, the Ruthton implement dealer, as salesman, a position he now holds. Mr. Harders has been chief of the Ruthton fire department since the year he became a resident of the town. He owns the build- ing occupied by the billiard and pool hall.
The marriage of our subject to Serena Bertelsen, the daughter of S. Bertelsen, oc- curred in Ruthton in September, 1906. Mrs. Harders is a native of Denmark and came to America with her parents when an infant. Three children have been born to this union: Lanceworth, Kenneth and Goldie Leone. Mrs. Harders is a member of the Eastern Star and Royal Neighbors lodges.
JOHN PRIESTER (1903), farmer and stock raiser of Altona township, owns the southeast quarter of section 25 of that precinct. IIe also farms another eighty acres in the same section, land which he rents. The father of our subject, Matt Priester, was born in Germany April 14, 1846, and died in December, 1907. At the age of twenty years the elder Mr. Priester crossed the seas and made settlement in America. He first was located in Wiscon- sin and then in Iowa. He was by trade a cabinet maker and also engaged in farming. At Gottenberg, lowa, Matt Priester mar- ried Elizabeth Backes, who died June 1, 1908. Also a native of Germany, she was
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born October 21, 1849, and as a child came to this country with her parents.
January 6, 1877, is the date, and Dela- ware county, lowa, the place where oc- curred the nativity of John Priester of this review. In early childhood he moved with his parents to Clayton county, Iowa, and two years later the Priesters located on a farm in Lyon county, lowa, near Rock Rapids. John secured an education offered by the district schools of his home county. He as- sisted with the work on the farm until 1900, the year of his marriage. Following that event he became a Lyon county farmer and was so engaged until 1903, when his career in Pipestone county began. At that time he located on his present farm, then the property of his father, which he inher- ited.
In Lyon county, on June 6, 1900, Mr. Priester was married to Annie Wittrock, the daughter of Henry and Lizzie Wittrock, of Rock Rapids. Mrs. Priester was born near Davenport, lowa, April 7, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Priester are the parents of three children: Alice Edna, born March 30, 1902; Raymond, born September 23, 1903; and Herbert, born August 4, 1905. The family are members of the Catholic church of Pipestone.
WINFIELD M. BUCK (1904). One oť the leading and most enterprising business institutions in the city of Pipestone is the wholesale produce buying firm of Buck Bros. & Co., of which the subject of this review has been the proprietor and gen- eral manager three years. Mr. Buck came to Pipestone in 1904 and formed the com- pany which purchased the butter, egg and poultry business conducted by J. H. Nichols since the eighties, which had developed to large proportions. Fifty carloads of pro- duce are now shipped annually from Pipe- stone by this company. Mr. Buck has a branch house at Watertown, South Dakota. His brother, W. H. Buck, who was connect- ed with the Pipestone house until three years ago is now interested in plants of a similar nature at Madison and Huron, South Dakota.
The birth of Winfield M. Buck occurred in Ogle county, Illinois, March 13, 1867 When twelve years of age he moved with
his parents to Story county, Iowa, later to Mount Vernon, Illinois, then to South Da- kota. In 1891 Mr. Buck engaged in the pro- duce business at Spirit Lake, Iowa, and later established a house at Estherville, where he was located until moving to Pipe- stone seven years ago. Mr. Buck holds membership in the Blue Lodge and Chap- ter of the Masonic order and in the An- cient Order of United Workmen.
At Spirit Lake, Iowa, on May 3, 1893, our subject was joined in marriage to Cora M. Blanchard. To Mr. and Mrs. Buck have been born two daughters, Cleo E. and Bessie M.
HENRY MEYER, JR. (1892) is a young and enterprising farmer of Eden township. lle is the fourth child in a family of seven children born to Henry and Mary (Meyer) Meyer, natives of Germany, who came to this country in 1882 and settled in Iowa county, Iowa. Following are the names of the other members of the family, of whom there are five sons and two daughters: Reaka, Minnie, William, Herman, George and Frank. During his residence in Iowa, which was divided between the towns ot Luzerne and Belle Plaine, the father of our subject was employed as a section fore- man.
Henry Meyer, Jr., was born in Iowa county April 3, 1883, and lived there until nine years of age, when the family moved to Pipestone county. Until 1902 the elder Mr. Meyer farmed rented land in Eden township; then he bought the northeast quarter of section 25, range 47, which our subject now rents and conducts.
E. J. FELDMAN (1903), banker of Trosky, was born at Foreston, Illinois, on the seventeenth of March, 1880. He is one of a family of seven children whose parents are John and Dena (Schilling) Feldman, residents of George, Iowa.
Two years after the birth of our subject the family moved to Grundy county, iowa, where they resided until 1895, when an- other move was made, to Lyon county, in the same state. Mr. Feldman assisted his father with the work on the home farm in both locations and after completing the
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course of the district schools, attended the Cedar Rapids Business college. A year later, in 1901, he accepted a position as stenographer in the George Savings Bank, of George, Jowa. He resigned to engage in the hardware business at Holland, Min- nesota. On selling out in 1905, be located in Trosky, the same year buying tbe Bank of Trosky. Since the reorganization of that institution into a state bank he has discharged the duties of cashier.
Mr. Feldman. was married at Holland on August 29, 1903, to Martha Zempke, whose birth occurred in Osceola county, Iowa, February 9, 1885. One son, Floyd M., was born to these parents August 13, 1904. Mr. Feldman has been the village recorder from the first year of his residence in Trosky and has been the school clerk for the past four years. He is treasurer of the Pipestone County Agricultural society. He is the noble grand of the local I. O. O. F. lodge and the clerk of the M. W. A. lodge.
The State Bank of Trosky is the succes- sor to the Trosky Bank, which was estao- lished as a private institution by W. C. Briggs and Maurice Evans in 1902. In 1904 the bank was sold to J. C. Marshall & Son, and a year later E. J. Feldman came into possession of the business. The reorganiza- tion as a state bank took place in 1908. The bank does a general banking, real es- tate and loan business and is capitalized at $10,000. The present officers are: Presi- dent, Henry Ewoldt; vice president, Q. E. Keister; cashier, E. J. Feldman.
SAM 1. HIRSCHY (1888), with his brother Charles, conducts the popular cigar store in Pipestone known as Hirschy's Smoke House. The two brothers are the only children of Louis and Maggie ( Harri- son) Hirschy, of Pipestone. Louis Hirschy is a native of Dayton, Ohio, and was one of the homesteaders of Fountain Prairie town- ship, having come to the county in 1879. lie has resided in Pipestone since 1888, and is there engaged in the Mumber busi- ness. His wife, Maggie (Harrison) Ilirschy, was born in Highgate, London, England.
In Lake Benton, Lincoln county, on Janu- ary 22, 1886, the birth of Sam L. Hirschy of this review occurred. He was in bis second year when the family moved to
Pipestone, which has since been his home. He was educated in the Pipestone high school, and then for five years was employ- ed as bookkeeper by the Colman Lumber company. In 1908 he bought the George Tousley cigar store. To the original stock he has added a line of Edison phonographs and also caters to the devotees of billiards and pool. Mr. Hirschy is a member of the 1. O. O. F. lodge, No. 89, of Pipestone, and the Elks, No. 262, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
DR. GEORGE D. RICE (1905) is associat- ed with Dr. William J. Taylor, the pioneer physician of Pipestone county, in the prac- tice of medicine at Pipestone. Dr. Rice is the son of a Nobles county pioneer, A. J. Rice, who was one of the earliest business men in the town of Adrian, and who is now a banker of Lismore. llis mother is Mary ( Hitchens) Rice.
The birth of our subject occurred at Adrian on the thirty-first day of August, 1880. After graduating from the high school at that place, he entered the medical department of the university of Minnesota, and while there served as an assistant in the medical dispensary. He received his medical degree with the class of 1903 and immediately thereafter was appointed an interne in St. Mary's hospital at Duluth. In 1904 Dr. Rice located at Albert Lea for the practice of his profession, but in the year following came to Pipestone to form his present partnership with Dr. Taylor. Dr. Rice is a Mason and a Modern Woodman, and in 1909 was the master of the Blue Lodge of Pipestone.
On August 28, 1907, Dr. Rice was united in marriage to Irma George, a native of Pipestone and the daughter of H. W. and Belle (Wickham) George, pioneer settlers of the county and now residents of Pegram, Idaho. Two daughters, Madeline and Mar- garet, have been born to these parents.
JOIIN CAMPBELL (1900) owns and farms the southwest quarter of section 34, Rock township, upon which he has resided since 1900. He is extensively engaged in stock raising and has an especially large herd of Duroc-Jersey hogs. In Washington
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county, Wisconsin, August 9, 1860, John was born. Owen and Agnes (Mallon) Campbell, both natives of Ireland, were his parents.
Our subject acquired a district school education and resided on the home farm until after his twentieth birthday. He then went to Brookings county, South Da- kota, homesteaded land, improved the same, and made that his home for seven years. A portion of that period was spent as an employe of the railroad company. Mr. Campbell departed from South Dakota and went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1887. He was for four years employed as a machinist in that city, tben farmed for a time in that vicinity. We next find him in Mitchell county, Jowa, near Osage, where he farmed for seven years prior to making settlement in Pipestone county, on the farm before de- scribed. Mr. Campbell is prominently iden- tified with all progressive movements in his community. He is a director of the Farmers Elevator company of Woodstock and a member of the village school board. Hle belongs to the Catholic church and to the Catholic Order of Foresters.
John Campbell was married in Washing- ton county, Wisconsin, February 3, 1886, to Maggie Kenney, also a native of that county. She was born October 1, 1863, the daughter of Martin and Bridget (Larkin) Kenney, both of whom came originally from Ireland. To Mr. and Mrs. Campbell five children have been born, as follows: Agnes, Eugene, Florence, Walter and May.
ED. H. MANLEY (1890), Troy township farmer and stockraiser, is the son of Mike Manley, of Troy, a native of New York state, and of Ellen (Minnehan) Manley, of Irish birth. Mrs. Manley lived in Troy township until called by death in July, 1909. The birth of our subject occurred in New Richmond, Wisconsin, January 28, 1881.
The Manley family were residents of New Richmond until 1890, the year of settlement in Pipestone county. They re- sided four years in the village of Airlie, then successively on farms in Eden and Troy townships. Ed. lived with his par- ents on the home farm until 1906; then he rented the farm he has since conducted, the southwest quarter of section 19, Troy.
He raises stock quite extensively. Mr. Manley is a member of the Pipestone C'ath- olic church and of the Modern Woodmen lodge at Cazenovia.
At Pipestone, on October 14, 1908, Ed. H. Manley was united in marriage to Kather- ine Borch, who was born in Hammond, Minnesota, the fifteenth of July, 1885. One child, Francis, was born to these parents, on July 15, 1909.
FRED SMITH (1909), a farmer of Gray township, was born in Hardin county, Iowa, the fifth of November, 1882. Before his fifth birthday the Smith family moved to Warren county, Iowa, and from there in 1898, to Lucas county, in the same state. Fred was educated in the district schools of those two counties. On becoming of age he married and farmed in Lucas county until 1909, when his career in Pipestone county began. He farmed the northwest quarter of section 34, Grange, until moving to his present location, the west half of section 27, Gray, in March, 1911.
Both William and Mary (Milker) Smith, the parents of our subject, were born in Germany but came to this country in early childhood. The Smith family settled in Wisconsin and the Milkers established a home in Illinois, near Springfield. William Smith and Mary Milker were married at Springfield and lived there four years; then they went to Lucas, and later to War- ren county, Iowa, Mrs. Smith died in 1885, leaving three children, wbo besides Fred Smith of this review are Sophia (Mrs. B. A. Miller), of Grange township, and Lizzie (Mrs. Leonard French), of Warren county, Iowa. One daughter, Mary, died in infancy.
Miss Grace Herron, a resident of Lucas county, lowa, became the wife of Fred Smith on November 15, 1903. She was born November 12, 1885, the daughter of Andy and Sarah (Hodson) Herron. Her parents were married November 25, 1881, and to the union were born thirteen chil- dren. Besides Mrs. Smith there are Joe, Omer E., lona M., L. Della, Eva M., Madge M., Avis L., E. Fay, Vergil W., Jud T., Agnes L. and Bonnie L. The Herron fami- ly home was in Lucas county, Iowa, except three years spent in western Nebraska. Joe, the oldest in the family, now farms
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with Mr. Smith in Gray township. He was born in Lucas county, Iowa, in 1884 and came to Pipestone county March 10, 1911. Before that his home was always in Lucas county, lowa, excepting one year spent in Valley Springs, South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are the parents of the follow- ing four children: Herbert D., born De- cember 12, 1905; Sarah I., born July 28, 1907; Orpha M., born December 30, 1908; and Murrel E., born August 24, 1910.
GEORGE RAE (1890), proprietor of a restaurant and confectionery store in Jas- per, is a native of Scotland and was born in Aberdeen shire, January 18, 1856. He is the son of George and Barbara (Far- quhr) Rae, who came from the "bonnie land of the Scots" to the United States in 1886. After a residence of four years at Dell Rapids, South Dakota, they moved to Jasper, which is still the home of George Rae, his wife having died July 4, 1889. Despite the fact that Mr. Rae, Sr., has pas- sed his three score and ten of years, he is still hale and hearty and is actively em- ployed at the stone quarry. George and Barbara Rae were the parents of ten chil- dren, all living. They are Maggie, of Aber- deen, Scotland; James, of Manchester, Eng- land; Elizabeth, of Massachusetts; Barbara, of South Dakota; Isabella, of Australia; and Andrew, Alex, William, Robert and George, all of Jasper.
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