An illustrated history of the counties of Rock and Pipestone, Minnesota, Part 120

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


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While residing in Belle Plaine Mr Turn- bull took an active interest in the affairs of the municipality. He served on the city council, was city clerk, and was also a jus- tice of peace. He was for fifteen years a leading member of the volunteer fire de- partment, of which he was the chief during the last several years of his residence there. He joined Belle Plaine Lodge No.


151, T. O. O. F., and passed successively through all the higher chairs of the order. He was the past commander of the lodge for four years. On removing to Winnebago City he transferred his membership to the lodge at that place. He is now the district grand master and is a member of Hope Lodge No. 89, of Pipestone.


Our subject has been twice married. In 1885, at Chicago, Mr. Turnbull was mar- ried to Josie Woodward, who died in 1901. One son, James B., an electrical engineer in Chicago, was born to this union. In Chicago, on February 23, 1903, his marriage to Gertrude S. Fargo occurred. Mrs. Turn- hull is a native of Ohio and before her mar- riage was connected with the Garfield Park sanitarium, Chicago, as a trained nurse. They have two daughters: Catherine F., born in Winnebago City on March 25, 1904, and Mona G., horn in the same place on October 1, 1906.


CHARLES J. DOCK (1889) has been a resident of Jasper for eight years. Com- ing to the village in 1903, he established the first pool and billiard hall and ten pin alley, and it is in the conduct of that busi- ness that he is now engaged.


He is the son of Fred and Elizabeth Dock, both of whom were born in Ger- many. They came to the United States when fifteen and twelve years of age, re- .


spectivelv. He settled in New York at first, and she located in Iowa. They were married in Clayton county, Iowa, which they made their home until 1882. They came to Pinestone county in 1889 and set- tled on section 19, Eden township. He died there April 21, 1904, at the age of seventv-one years. The mother is still liv- ing, making her home with her son in Jas- per. There are ten living children from this union. They are John, Carrie (Mrs. William Ihde), Charles J., Fred, William, George, Amelia (Mrs. Ben Halvig), Albert. Ella (Mrs. Graner Redding) and Frank.


Charles J. Dock was born in Clayton county, Iowa, July 4, 1866. That was his home for the first eighteen years of his life. He grew up on a farm and received his education in the district schools. He moved with his parents to Benton county, Towa, where he assisted his father in the


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management of the farm, The family came to Pipestone county in 1889. For the first six years Charles rented land in Eden town- ship and engaged in farming for himself. In 1903 he forsook country life and set up in his present business in Jasper. From 1906 to 1908 he conducted a saloon in the same building in which his billiard hall was located, but during the latter year he closed it, and since has devoted himself exclusively to his original line of business. He carries a full line of soft drinks, cigars, etc.


While a resident of Eden township, Mr. Dock served two years as assessor and for two years was the school clerk. Charles is unmarried and lives with his motber. He owns residence property and has an in- terest in the home farm,


CORNELIUS CHRISTIANSEN (1902), farmer and stock raiser of Grange town- ship, is a native of Grant county, Wiscon- sin. He was born on May 3, 1870, the son of Ever and Netia A. (Brekke) Christian- sen, who came originally from Norway. On his father's Wisconsin farm Cornelius grew to manhood. He assisted at home until twenty-seven years of age, then bought land in Grant county and commenc- ed farming on his own account. In 1902 Mr. Christiansen moved to Pipestone county and rented the north half of section 21, Grange, which he later bought and upon which he has since made his home. He is an extensive breeder of high grade stock, making a specialty of Polled Angus cattle, Poland China hogs and Shropshire sheep.


In Grant county, Wisconsin, on June 5, 1882, our subject was joined in marriage to Elizabeth P. Olson, who is a native of that county. She is the daughter of Christo- pher C. and Bertha (Sage) Olson, both na- tives of Norway. Two children, Elmer C. and Laura M., have been born to these parents. Mr. Christiansen is a member of the church of the Seventh Day Adventists.


CHARLES R. RIPLEY (1899), prominent agriculturist of Burke township, is a native of the Empire state. The son of Eugene and Julia (Harrington) Ripley, his birth


occurred in Otsego county April 10, 1870. As an infant Charles moved with his par- ents from New York to Lyon county, lowa, where the father had invested in land. There he acquired his schooling and grew to manhood. At the age of twenty years our subject bought an eighty acre farm in Lyon county, which he conducted until 1899, when, on disposing of the same, he moved to Pipestone county and came into possession of his present up-to-date farm, the southwest quarter of section 20, Burke. Mr. Ripley is a successful stock breeder and raises especially cattle, sheep and hogs. He is a member of the M. W. A. and R. N. A. lodges and the Methodist church.


In Lyon county, lowa, on July 4, 1890, Charles R. Ripley was united in marriage to Minnie V. Bridge, a native of Benton county, Iowa. She was born November 25, 1871, the daughter of Joseph Bridge, a na- tive of England, and Mary (Waterman) Bridge, who was born in New York. Mr. and Mrs. Ripley are parents of the follow- ing named children: Ray, Clifford, Harley, Bertan, Eldred, Ethel, Mabel and Lillian,


EUGENE G. McKEOWN (1909), a prac- tising physician and surgeon of Edgerton, was born in Brookings county, South Da- kato, October 10, 1881, and is the son of John T. and Katie (Souther) Mckeown, natives of Illinois and Minnesota, respect- ively. The parents are now residents of Chatfield, Minnesota.


When Dr. Mckeown was six years of age he moved with his parents to Chatfield, Minnesota, where he passed his youth. After graduating from the Chatfield high school, he was for two years a student at Carleton college, following which he taught school for two years at McGregor, lowa. Deciding to take up the study of medicine, he matriculated at the College of Medicine of the university of Minnesota, from which he was granted a diploma in 1909. He was for five months an interne at the City hos- pital of St. Paul and in July, 1909, com- menced practice in Edgerton. Dr. Mc- Keown is a Knight of Pythias and a Mason.


At Delhi, lowa. on the fifth of August, 1909. Dr. Mckeown was united in marriage to Mary E. Burton, who was born in the town of her marriage March 28, 1876.


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WINFRED A. GREEN (1910) is the seni- or member of the progressive Pipestone real estate firm of Green & Hyde, whose offices are in Commerce block. A native of Albion, Dane county, Wisconsin, he was born August 23, 1875, the son of Jesse S. and Elmyra (Burdic) Green, now resi- dents of Fordland, Missouri. The former named parent is a native of Wisconsin, while the mother is a native of New York.


Winfred was educated and passed the first nineteen years of his life in the vil- lage of his birth. He went to Missouri and for the following eight years was engaged in the hardware business in the city of Springfield. He then became a traveling salesman with the wholesale hardware firm of Hibbard, Spencer, Bartlett & Co., of Chicago, and during his four years of service made his headquarters at Mitchell, South Dakota. In January, 1909, Mr. Green moved to Gentry, Arkansas, where he be- came associated with Robert A. Hyde in the real estate business. The firm moved its headquarters from Gentry to Pipestone in the spring of 1910. Our subject holds membership in the I. O. O. F., M. W. A. and U. C. T. organziations.


The marriage of Winfred A. Green to May D. Delzell occurred at Henderson, Missouri, on February 9, 1899. Mrs. Green was born in that Missouri town. They are the parents of two children, Helen and Harold.


GEORGE W. FLEMING (1905), of Ehmer township, is a Pennsylvanian by birth. Ile was born in Warren county September 30, 1860, the son of Buel and Rachel ( Wolli- son) Fleming. George was in his sixth year when the Fleming family departed from the Keystone state and located on a farm in Knox county, Illinois. They farm- ed there six years, then moved to Missouri, where they were similarly engaged eight years. Our subject next became a resi- dent of lowa. He lived in Adair county seven years, and for fifteen years prior to making settlement in Pipestone county he was a Lyon county, lowa, farmer. Mr Fleming first rented land in Gray township, but since 1908 he has rented and farmed the east half of section 14, Elmer. He raises cattle and hogs extensively.


At Harlan, Iowa, on October 28, 1884, the subject of this biography was married to Winnie Mann, who was born August 18, 1865, the daughter of Oliver and Kate (Bush) Mann. Mr. and Mrs. Fleming are the parents of nine children, six sons and three daughters, named as follows: Mabel E., Oliver S., Walter F., Hazel V., George D., Layfayette P., Roy E., Edward D. and Carrie L. Mr. Fleming holds membership in the lodge of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.


IRA GOODRICH (1905), of Trosky, first saw the light of day in Stephenson county, Illinois, February 8, 1874, and that contin- ued to be his home until coming to Trosky in 1905. His father, Jerome Goodrich, died November 3, 1903, at the age of fifty-nine years; his mother, Sarah (Kleckner) Good- rich, is still living at the age of sixty-three and resides in Rockton, Illinois.


Ira was educated in the district schools of his native county and assisted with the work on the home farm until coming of age. From the time of reaching his ma- jority until 1901 he farmed on his own ac- count. Then he moved to the town of Orangeville and conducted a hotel and liv- ery for three years. Six years ago he lo- cated in Trosky, bought the livery business of B. F. Rice and the barn and residence of L. B. Kenyon and has gained a deserved reputation for first class service. He has been the village constable for the past four years and was the marshal for a time. Mr. Goodrich is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen and Mystic Workers of the World orders.


While a resident of Stephenson county, Illinois, on December 26, 1895, Tra Goodrich was married to Edith Frankenberger, who was born in that county December 19, 1879, the daughter of A. W. and Sarah Franken- berger. Mr. and Mrs. Goodrich have three children: Vera, Arthur and Kenneth.


HERMAN SPETH (1903), of Pipestone, was born in Germany the twelfth day of December, 1876. As an infant he came to the United States with his parents and lo- cated with them in Tama county, Iowa. He severed home ties on attaining his ma-


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jority and went to O'Brien county, where he engaged in farming four years. Mr. Speth then moved to Marshall, Minnesota, where he tended bar. He moved to Pipe- stone in 1903 and was successively employ- ed in the same occupation by G. Wahler, Tim Murphy and Peter Clausen. On May 10, 1910, he bought the Calumet bar from Mr. Wahler and has since been engaged in the saloon business for himself.


Our subject has four sisters and the same number of brothers, their names being Henry, Ferdinand, Emil, Johanas, Lena, Trena, Minnie and Anna. Mr. Speth was married in O'Brien county, Iowa, Septem- ber 10, 1909, to Martha Boes, a native of Minnesota.


JOHN W. EMERY (1902) commenced his career as a Pipestone county farmer in the spring of 1910, when he moved to the farm he. now conducts, the southeast quarter of section 15, Troy township. He engages ex- lensively in the dairy business and raises poultry and hogs.


The father of our subject, John C. Emery, a native of Vermont, married Ellen J. At- wood, of New York, and they homesteaded in Sioux county, Iowa, in 1871. There John W. Emery of this review was born July 12, 1876. He resided on the home farm until twenty-two years of age and then went to Nebraska. He was employed successively in Wayne and Burt counties by the Edwards & Bradford Lumber company. He was next located for a year at Onawa, lowa, from which place he moved to the city of Pipe- stone in 1902. Mr. Emery was employed first as drayman, then as painter and pa- per-hanger, then for three and one-half years previous to engaging in farming he was employed by the Laird-Norton Lumber company at Pipestone and Cazenovia. He is a member of the M. W. A. lodge.


Barbara L. Klipping, who was born at Freeport, Illinois, April 12, 1883, the daugh- ter of Charles H. and Louise (Goeke) Klip- ping, became the wife of John W. Emery at Onawa, Iowa, February 28, 1900. They are the parents of three children: Harold L., born April 9, 1901; John C., born All- gust 20, 1903; and Ava L., born July 19, 1905.


FRANK M. TUSIA (1909) takes care of the interests of the Minnesota & Western Grain company at Holland, of which vil- lage he has been a resident since the fall of 1909. He is the fourth eldest in a fam- ily of eight children, the others of whom are Julia, Annie, John, Anton, Joe, Jim and Charlie, who were born to John and Maria (Trautna) Tusia, natives of Austria. They came to the United States in their youth and were married in Chicago, where the family lived until 1883. Then settle ment was made in Jackson county, Minne- sota, where Mrs. Tusia still resides on the old farm in Hunter township. Her hus band has been dead about twenty years. Our subject also has a half sister, Mary Sturmer.


The birth of Frank M. Tusia occurred in the city of Chicago on May 25, 1878. Five years later he moved with his parents to Jackson county, Minnesota. His father died when Frank was in his fourteenth year, and since then our subject has had control of his own course in life. He was variously employed in the village of Jack- son five years, then was located at Lake- field. During the winter months he assist- ed in the W. W. Cargill elevator and dur- ing the summer seasons was employed by L. O. Hickok, a builder of elevators and mills, an occupation he followed seven sea- sons. He then became buyer for the Har- rington Grain company, first at Egan, South Dakota, and later at Lester, Iowa. From the latter place he moved to Holland to as- sume the duties of his present position.


Frank M. Tusia was united in marriage in 1903 at Egan, South Dakota to Lillian Lanning. who was born in that place on September 10, 1879. This union has been blessed by the birth of three children, 38 follows: Thelma, born April 16, 1904; Martin, born June 2, 1906; and Libby, born August 8, 1908.


BYRON L. AVERY (1904), farmer and stock raiser of Rock township, is a native lowan. He was born January 29, 1883, on the Marshall county homestead of his fa- ther, Byron N. Avery. His father, a native of Vermont, died January 25, 1889. Byron N. Avery married Gertrude Mooers, who was born in Illinois and came of old Penn-


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sylvania Dutch stock. Mrs. Avery was married a second time to G. A. Forbes and now resides in Nebraska.


When nine years old Byron L. Avery of this sketch moved with his mother to Mo- ville, Woodbury county, lowa, and was edu- cated in the schools of that village. At the age of fifteen years he went to Fort Dodge, where he remained three years. He learned the printer's trade in the office of the Daily Messenger, and later was employ- ed in a bicycle repair shop. From Fort Dodge Byron went to Sioux City, where he was connected with the American Express company for several years. He first came to Pipestone county in the spring of 1904 to work in the Ruthton flouring mill. He resided in that village until the beginning of the following year, then returned to Sioux City to accept a city salesmanship with the W. L. Ogden Commission com- pany. In the fall of 1907 Mr. Avery rented land and became a Pipestone county farm- er and stock raiser, and since the fall of 1910 has been located on section 17, Rock, where he farms 240 acres of land. He served one term as clerk of school district No. 30.


In the village of Holland, on January 17, 1905, our subject was joined in marriage to May, the daughter of R. M. Doughty, of Holland. May Doughty was born in Pipe- stone county June 24, 1886. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Avery, as follows: Nettie May, born January 7, 1906; and Noel Byron and Milton Doughty (twins), born February S, 1909. Mr. Avery holds membership in Woodlawn Camp No. 2, Woodmen of the World, of Sioux City.


EDWARD F. VINTON (1909), proprietor of the Pipestone five and ten cent store, has been a resident of that city since April, 1909. His business is located in the Cald- well block on Main street, and he carries a complete and seasonable stock of novel- ties and notions.


Mr. Vinton is a native of New York state and was born in Cattaragus county on the sixth of April, 1867. When five years of age he moved from the east with his par- ents and located with them at Eau Claire, Wisconsin. In that city he was educated antl grew to manhood. On leaving home he


became connected with several different show troupes and traveled from one end of the country to the other. He left the road in Colorado, and for four years was engaged in mining at Cripple Creek. He then moved to Victor, Colorado, where be passed a competitive examination and re- ceived an appointment as a city mail car- rier, an occupation he followed for ten years. Returning to his old home at Eau Claire, he conducted a moving picture thea- ter for a year previous to settling in Pipe- stone.


In Denver, Colorado, on November 9, 1905, our subject was married to Jennie Cameron, a native of Ottawa, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Vinton have two daughters: Hat- tie, born February 4, 1907, and Lillian, born May 16, 1909. Mr. Vinton holds member- ship in the lodges of the Eagles and Elks at Victor, Colorado, the Knights of Pythias at Eau Claire, and the Modern Woodmen, the Yeomen and the Blue Lodge and the Chapter of the Masonic order at Pipestone, and the Scottish Rite of St. Paul and Shrine.


CHRISTIAN AMUNDSEN (1900) a pro- gressive farmer of Fountain Prairie town- ship, is a Norwegian by birth. His father, Hans Amundsen, followed the occupation of cabinet maker in the city of Christiania, where our subject was born on the first of March, 1859. Hans Amundsen, and also his wife, Nicoline (Severson) Amundsen, are both buried in the land of the midnight sun.


Until he was seventeen years of age Christian was a student in the Norwegian common schools. He then took to the sea and for thirteen years was a sailor in the merchant marine, during that time touch- ing many of the leading ports of the world, especially those of England, France, Spain and the United States. In 1888 he made a permanent settlement in the new world. He located in Sioux City, Iowa, where he worked at bis trade of carpenter until 1900, when he became a Pipestone county farm- cr. He lives on and owns the northwest quarter of section 1, Fountain Prairie town- ship. Mr. Amundsen raises cattle and hogs to a large extent. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.


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In Skien, Norway, on April 26, 1885, the subject of this biography was married to Annie Samuelson, the daughter of Severt and Samuel Samuelson. Mrs. Amundsen's birth occurred January 4, 1858. The follow- ing six children have been born to these parents: Christina, born in Norway De- cember 5, 1887; Harry, born October 25, 1889; Hedvig, born January 8, 1891; Inez, born April 1, 1894; Yngva, born April 21, 1896; and Theo, born April 3, 1901. Theo was born in Pipestone county and the four remaining children are natives of Sioux City.


FRANK P. JACOBSON (1894), a leading blacksmith of Ruthton, has been a resident of that progressive community for the past seventeen years. A native of Denmark, he was born July 8, 1864, the son of Jacob N. and Metta M. (Franson) Jensen. Both par- ents are deceased.


At an early age Frank became proficient at the blacksmith's trade, a line of work he followed in his native land until coming to America at the age of twenty-one. He was located in LaCrosse, Wisconsin for two years and then moved to Minneapolis. For a number of years he was the proprietor of a blacksmith shop in that city, leaving in 1894 to establish his present business in Ruthton. in the year mentioned he bought the shop of P. N. Millenbeck. Mr. Jacob- son owns both his business building and residence property. He is an ex-president of the village council, of which he was a member for two terms. He belongs to the Danish Lutheran church and to the Modern Woodmen lodge.


Frank P. Jacobson was married at Osa- kis, Minnesota, on July 3, 1892, to Lizzie Miller. To these parents has been born one daughter, Laura. She was born July 27, 1893.


ALFRED M. KENDAHL ( 1909), physician and surgeon, has been a resident of Jasper for a comparatively short time, but in that time he has met with success and built up a healthy practice. He is the son of Anton and Martha (Anderson) Kendahl, who re- side in Norway. They are the parents of seven children: Harold, Andrew, John, Al- fred, Carrie, Hans and Hilga.


Laurvix, Norway, is the native place of Alfred Kendahl. It was on January 8, 1878, that he first saw the light of day. He se- cured a good high school education in the motherland. After leaving school, he en- tered the employ of a large mercantile con- cern in Christiania, where he remained un- til 1900, the year of his arrival to the Unit- ed States. He located in Chicago and for several years was a clerk in Marshall Field & Co.'s large department store.


To carry out an early ambition to be- come a physician, in the fall of 1905 he matriculated in the medical department of the university of Illinois, graduating from the course four years later. For a year, beginning in 190S, Dr. Kendahl served as an interne in one of Chicago's leading hos- pitals. In October, 1909, he settled in Jas- per for the practice of his profession. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and of the Knights of Pythias and Modern Woodmen of America lodges. He is also a member of and medical examiner for the Northwestern National Life Insur- ance company and the Royal Neighbors of America.


EMIL A. EKERN (1910) is the manager of the Airlie Elevator company, a farmers co-operative concern incorporated in 1905. The company deals in grain, seeds, salt and coat and has recently bought the lum- ber yard at Airlie, wbich will be restocked. The officers at present are: President, Joseph Crawford; secretary, H. J. Farmer; treasurer, E. W. Davies. The board of man- agers consists of S. J. Carson, Gust Sundt, Albert Ellefson, Mark Ekern, E. S. But- man and William Daily.


Emil A. Ekern is the son of Mark and Mary (Fremstad) Ekern, natives of Nor- way. They were married at Whitehall, Wisconsin, and came as pioneers to Moody county, South Dakota, where they stift re- side on the old homestead. There are elev- en children in the Ekern family, who, be- sides our subject, are Helmer O., Melvin 1., Carl J., Willie L., Inga, Anna, Nettie, Em- ma, Albert and Robert.


Emil was born on the homestead in Lone Rock township on November 28, 1882. He was educated in the district schools of Moody county and resided on the parental


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farm until July, 1910, when he assumed his duties at Airlie with the elevator com- pany, of which he is one of the stockhold- ers. He served for three terms as assessor of Lone Rock township. Mr. Ekern is a member of the United Norwegian Lutheran church. He was married October 26, 1905, to Regina Roshien, also a native of Moody county. Mrs. Ekern died January 8, 1907, at the age of twenty years. One son, Al- fred M., was born to this union.


HANS KLINKER (1908), proprietor of the Trosky livery and feed barn since the fall of 1910, was formerly an Elmer town- ship farmer. A native of Schleswig-Hol- stein, Germany, he was born July 29, 1875, a son of Hans and Catherine (Kittelson) Klinker. Hans attended the common schools of his native land until seventeen years of age, then crossed the broad Atlantic to seek his fortune in the new world. He was employed at farm labor for two years near Huron, South Dakota, then for a number of years was located in different parts of South Dakota, Nebraska, Montana and Ida- ho. Mr. Klinker finally homesteaded in Wyoming and farmed in that state for thir- teen years. Leaving the west in 1908, he located in Pipestone county. He rented and farmed the southeast quarter of sec- tion 12, Elmer, until establishing his resi- dence in Trosky.


The subject of this biography was mar- ried in Tama county, lowa, November 22, 1901, to Emma M. Arp, also a native of Germany. She was born February 21, 1882, the daughter of Henry and Bertha (Shoel) Arp. Three sons and two daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Klinker, as fol- lows: Henry H., born September 3, 1902; Herman C., born April 25, 1904; Edward, born September 31, 1905; Hilda C., born December 8, 1907; and Minnie B., born May 3, 1910.




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