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Featherstone (Range 15, Town. 112). See. 1. Cornelius C. Vanderbaugh, April, 1856; Mathias Woodley, June, 1856; Henry Suigerstra, May, 1857; John W. Koch, August, 1856; Vietor Dumes, December, 1857; Frederick Koch, May, 1856; George Droummershousen, February, 1857. Sec. 2. Maria M. Hoffman. September, 1856; Mathew Sorin. March, 1857; Sarah Tiekner. June, 1856; Emanuel Zeller, April. 1856; Ferdinand Shoemaker. October, 1856. Sec. 3. Ole Hawkinson, July, 1857. Sec. 4. Har- sten E. Perkins, June, 1856. See. 5. Gisel Martinson, Jume, 1856; George W. T. Wright. September. 1856. See. 6. George W. Tilton, May, 1857; Timothy Jewett, April, 1856; Elisha A. Hoyt, April. 1856. Sec. 7. John F. Enz, May, 1857; Solomon Anderson, December, 1856. Sec. 8. Simon P. Monroe, May, 1857. Sec. 7. Patrick Harrigan, April, 1856. Sec. 9. Jeremiah Meacham. August, 1856. Henrietta Cox. September, 1856; Ben- jamin Cox, March, 1856. Sec. 10. Andrew J. McCormick. May, 1857; Frederick Mack. April, 1857. Sec. 11. William D. Chill- son, October, 1856; Alexander F. Dowell, January, 1857. Sec. 12. Lydia Allen, March. 1856: Judith Wood, Dec .. 1856. Sec. 14. Gustavus Witte, November, 1856; Johannes Kress, Septem- ber, 1856. Sec. 15. Adin Brooks, August, 1856; Calvin Frizzell. June, 1856; Faland Sindofar, May, 1856; Isaac F. Balding, April, 1856. Sec. 17. William Coleman, July, 1856; Mathew S. Tyler, April, 1856. Sec. 18. Andrew Bankson, April, 1856. Sec. 19. John Storkel, April, 1856; Jeffrey C. Weatherby, May, 1856. Sec. 20. William Fryberger, July, 1856; Vincent Goldsmith, April. 1856; Phillip Storkel, November, 1856. Sec. 21. Jesse Cole- man, August, 1856; Theron McCord, April, 1856; Asahel D. Roberts, January, 1856. Sec. 22. John Correll, October, 1856; Herbert Scott, May, 1856. Sec. 23. Sofie Kassonbie, April, 1857 ; Christian Ruttger, August, 1856. Sec. 24. Mary Forcier, April, 1857. Sec. 25. George Campbell. April, 1857. Sec. 26. Sophia Langie, December, 1857; Jacob Heitt. January, 1857. Sec. 28. LeRoy Doud, August. 1856; John Watson, May, 1856. Sec. 29. William L. Watson, October, 1856; John Bully, May, 1856; Wil- liam Robson. January. 1856. Sec. 30. Robert H. Stutson. August, 1856; Bridgett Day, May, 1856; William Stephens, June, 1856. Sec. 31. Lewis J. Bennett, June, 1856; Orestes A. Spickerman, June, 1856. Sec. 32. August Reighert. December. 1856: Seth Norton. May. 1856; Jacob Marty, May. 1856. Sec. 33, James
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McMahon. May, 1856; Peter McManus, September. 1856. See. 36. Jennette D. Brown, June, 1857.
Vasa (Range 16, Town. 112). Vasa also includes all of Sec- tions 33 and 34 and portions of Sections 25, 27, 28, 36, 35 and 32. in Range 16. Town. 113. for which see Welch. See. 1. Hooper Crews, July, 1856. Sec. 2. Johnson Kennedy, April, 1856. Sec. 3. Charles L. Rothacher, June, 1856; John Freeman, October, 1856. Sec. 4. Phineas S. Fish, December, 1856. Sec. 5. Peter Gustafson, November, 1856; Anna Johnson, November, 1856. Sec. 7. John A. Hollem, August, 1856. See. 8. Bengt Nilson, December, 1856. Sec. 9. John Gusterson, March, 1857; Simon Erick, June, 1857. See. 10. Gustaf Carlson, March, 1857; J. Swant Osberg, September. 1856; Andrew Malmstrom, February, 1857. Sec. 11. Loren B. Wolcott, August, 1856. Sec. 14. Hein- rich Stratman, May, 1856. Sec. 15. John Bergdahl, June, 1856; Swant J. Willard, May, 1856: Hans Mattson, May, 1856. See. 17. Lars Westerson. July, 1856; Andrew Westerson, August, 1856. See. 18. August W. Esping, September. 1856; Ole Swanson, July, 1856. Sec. 19. Charles Peterson, April, 1875; Charles W. Himmelman, January, 1857; John Border. July, 1856; Swan Tufeson, May. 1857. Sec. 21. Nils P. Ofelt, December, 1856; Ann Bergdahl, October, 1856; John P. Ofelt, December, 1856. Sec. 22. Peter Nilson, May, 1857 ; Burt Chilberg, May, 1857. Sec. 23. William Wilson. June, 1856; Peter Monson. April, 1857. See. 25. David L. Spencer, May, 1857; Laura Babcock, May. 1857. Sec. 26. Thure J. Semblad, September, 1856; John Melander, May, 1857; Elisha Rich, March, 1857. See. 27. Charles Back- man, May. 1857; Christina Swenson, July, 1856; Ola Pehr- son, August. 1856; Edward Wyman, July, 1856. Sec. 28. Mathias Flodgrast, October. 1856; Lars Mattson, May, 1857; Jacob Rob- ertson. October, 1856. Sec. 29. Jacob B. MeCove, April, 1856; Christopher McClure, July, 1856: Charles McClure, April, 1857; Henry Edgecomb, December. 1857; Sec. 30. Luther Dodge, March, 1857. Sec. 31. Charles E. Bolander, May, 1857; Gullick IIalvorson. November, 1856. Sec. 32. Erick Norelius, August, 1857; Granville Pierson, August, 1857. Sec. 33. Anders Berg- man, October, 1856. See. 34. Edwin Lampson, June, 1856; Thomas Foley, August, 1856; Polly Arnold, February, 1857.
Cannon Falls (Range 17, Town. 112). Sec. 4. Job W. Brown- ell, July. 1856; Lorenzo D. Hatch, December, 1856; Osear T. Cone, March, 1857 ; Andrew R. Bryant, September, 1856. Sec. 5. Ber- nard Osborne, November, 1855; John N. Murdock, July, 1855; Thomas F. Towne, November, 1855; William I. Paul, March, 1857. Sec. 6. Nicholas Miller, October. 1855; John D. Brown, July, 1855; John D. Wheats, October, 1855; Hugh A. Colville. October, 1855; Eli St. Clair, October, 1855; Oscar H. Towner, November.
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1856; Electa Barnes. January, 1856. Sec. 7. Russell T. Good- win, June, 1856; Benjamin St. Clair, August, 1855; Carl Ander- son, November, 1855; William B. Barton, January, 1856; Wil- liam P. Scofield, May. 1855. Sec. 8. Noah O. Robinson, April, 1856; Clark S. Pierce, August, 1856; John Dunkein, March, 1857; Joseph M. Culbertson. August, 1857. Sec. 9. Andrew Swenson, April. 1857: Lavina Goff, January, 1857; Alvin B. VanCampen, March, 1856. Sec. 10. William C. Baugh, April, 1857; Thomas B. Kittle, August, 1856; Cynthia E. Carico, August, 1856; John B. F. Durfee, April, 1857. Sec. 11. Andrew Laschen, May, 1857. Sec. 12. Andrew B. Carlson. November, 1856; Kittel Asbiorson, November, 1856: Myron B. Hutchinson, August, 1856. Sec. 13. Elihu Kinder, February, 1857; Thomas Seale, April, 1856; Lewis J. Hargrave, August, 1855. See. 14. John Heath, August, 1857; John Mattson, November, 1856; Henry S. Wilson, August, 1856. Sec. 15. Isaac P. Osborn, September, 1856; Joseph Allison, May, 1856; James H. Payton, October, 1855. Sec. 17. Frederick Hartman, August, 1855; Jared Boughton, October, 1855; August Knapp, February, 1856; Washington R. Culbertson, August, 1855; Sec. 18. Warren Hunt, June 1855; James McGinnis, February, 1855; Richard Freeborn, Jr., April, 1855; Hugh Montgomery, December, 1856: George B. Roberts, August, 1855; Franklin D. Clark, July, 1855. Sec. 19. William J. St. Clair, March, 1856; John Dordan. July, 1856; Henry Geir, February, 1856; Andrew J. Sanders, June, 1856. Sec. 20. Zadock L. Carrier, June, 1855; Horace A. Tanner, October. 1855 ; Thomas Ryan, September, 1856; John Fling, August. 1857. Sec. 21. Abraham Mallett, April, 1857; Samuel Proctor, January, 1857. Sec. 22. Charles Morris, December, 1855; William Bragg. August, 1857: Van R. Clark, April, 1855: John Gertsh, April, 1856. Sec. 23. Frank Bred- bury, October. 1856; Swen Louis, March. 1857; Nils Louis, Feb- ruary, 1857. Sec. 24. John Johnson, October, 1856. Sec. 26. Thomas Patterson, November, 1856: John Preston, November, 1855. Sec. 27. Elihu Briddell, May. 1856; Francis Chiquet, May, 1856; Casper Barolinger, May 1856; Edward Strange. May, 1856. Sec. 28. Henry Winship, September, 1856: George F. Jones, De- cember, 1856; Wesley IIardwick, May 1856; Harvey Partridge, December, 1856. Sec. 29. Robert W. Hamilton, August, 1856; William Henderson. August. 1856: Robert Fotherby, June 1856; James A. Robson. July, 1856. Sec. 30. Phoeby James, May, 1857; Stephen Van Guilder, February, 1857; Aquilla Carey. December, 1855: Julia Chase, October. 1855. Sec. 31. Albert E. Weed, May, 1857; Samuel E. Higham, October, 1855; Edward Reilly, Feb- ruary. 1856; Elijah Gass, May, 1856. Sec. 33. Isaac B. Tozer, May, 1857 ; James L. Carico, April. 1857 ; Calvin E. Kellogg, July,
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1856. Sec. 34. Ira S. Rose, June, 1856. Sec. 35. Levi Briddell, May, 1857; John Cockroft, December. 1856.
Stanton (Range 18, Town 112). None of Sections 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and but parts of 7, 8. 9, 10. 11. 12 are in Goodhue county. See. 1. William Flesch. October, 1855; George W. Smith, June, 1856; Joseph Daniels, June, 1856; David W. Humphrey, October, 1856. Sec. 3. Malissa Simond, September, 1855; Robert Mings, May, 1857; William D. P. Berry, December, 1856; Charles Hitch- ings, May, 1857. Sec. 4. William F. Pool, August, 1856; James Rountree, July, 1856; Henry R. Hutchinson, July, 1856; William II. Bennett. June. 1857. Sec. 5. Theodore Swen, October, 1856; William II. Sansom, February, 1857; John Travis, May, 1856; Chauncey D. Tuttle. October. 1856. See. 6. Amos Dickerman, July, 1856; John S. Copley, August. 1856. See. 7. David H. Morrill, May, 1856; Richard Morrill, May, 1856; Alfred M. Hardy. September, 1856. Sec. S. James A. Jacobs, May, 1856; John Richmond. December. 1856; James Workman, May, 1857; George W. Brownell, May, 1856: Allen Richmond, October, 1857. See. 10. Eli Ellsworth, June, 1857; Charles Curran, July, 1857; Mighill II. Patten, July, 1857. Sec. 11. Willis Varrvlut, Novem- ber, 1856; Horace A. Kendall, July, 1857 ; Angeline Moody, May, 1857. Sec. 12. Jane Paxton. November. 1856; Richard O. Etting. September, 1856. Sec. 12. Luther Scofield, June, 1855; George W. Gifford. November. 1856. Sec. 13. Jeremiah E. Tebbets, May, 1857; Eliza W. Merrill, November, 1856 .. Sec. 14. Charles Parks, June, 1855. Sec. 15. Hosea Bradford, November, 1855; Andrew J. Crooker, JJuly. 1857. Sec. 17. Charles H. Neally, July, 1857. Sec. 19. Samuel B. Vinton. October. 1855; William T. Mussey. November, 1855; William B. Dickerson, July, 1856. Sec. 20. Michael Waldhier, June, 1856; Seth Harris, September, 1856; Charles II. Owen, October. 1855. Sec. 21. Oliver W. Lull,' July, 1855; Hugh Woodens, February, 1857. See. 22. Eli Van Guilder, February, 1857; Sherman Hale, August, 1856; Peter D. NeNutt, October. 1855. Sec. 23. Henry Pearson, August. 1855. Sec. 25. Daniel Holland, March, 1857. Sec. 26. Joseph Peckham. August, 1856. Sec. 27. Simon L. Chapman, September, 1856. Sec. 28. George W. Gould, September. 1855; Frederick Odell. May, 1856; Samuel Daniels, January. 1856. Sec. 29. Willard Kenyon. June. 1856; Darius MeNeal. August, 1855; Norman Dan- iels, September, 1855. Sec. 30. Winthrop E. Blair, November, 1855; Franklin II. Blair. November. 1855; John M. Drown, No- vember. 1856. Sec. 31. Daniel Goodhue. May, 1857. Sec. 32. Robert Deakin. September, 1855. Sec. 33. Ulysses Tanner, Sep- tember. 1856: Josiah Lyon, May. 1856; Tra Peck. May, 1857; James Pollard, February. 1857. Sec. 34. Edwin II. Chapman.
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January, 1857; JJohn Tepner. August, 1856. See. 35. Charles P. Haines, August, 1856; George Season, July, 1855. Range 13, Town 113, See. 31. Lucy Pettijon, October, 1857. Range 14, Town. 113. Sec. 31. Hiram B. Middaugh. March, 1856. Ser. 32. Mary Forcier, May, 1857.
Burnside (Range 15, Town. 113). A few of these sections are across the river in Wisconsin. See. 4. David Y. Nethern, June, 1855 : Andrew T. Prible, June. 1855. Sec. 5. William Ennis, Novem- ber. 1855 ; Henry B. Plant, November, 1855; Henry McKenty, Sep- tember, 1856; Frederick W. Breed, December, 1856; Michael Mc- ('ue, April, 1856. Sec. 6. Patrick Gafney, February, 1857 ; Davis Ferguson, November, 1856. Sec. 9. Freeborn F. Hoyt. Septem- ber. 1855; Mathew Sorin, November, 1855. Sec. 10. Obadiah Eames, October, 1855; Pascal H. Shaw, October, 1855; Benjamin Sexton, July, 1855. Sec. 12. Frances Ives, September, 1855. Sec. 13. William Royce, November 1855; Willard Wood. Novem- ber, 1855; Daniel Brooks, December. 1855. Sec. 14. William S. Sexton, October, 1855: Abraham Florentine, September. 1856. Sec. 15. Lucy Heald, November, 1856; Caleb. Smith, October, 1855; Thomas J. Smith, March. 1855. Sec. 17. John Brownson, October, 1855. Sec. 19. Asher O. Moore, October. 1855: Eliza- beth A. Sorin, August, 1856; George P. Hudspith, August. 1856; Alexander Rawson, October, 1856; Emmeline Arnold, January. 1856. See. 20. Dwight Fillotson, October, 1855; Justin Chamber- lin. October 1855; Lewis Quinnelle, October, 1855; Andrew Cot- ter, October, 1855: Charles C. Hardy, February, 1855. Sec. 21. Daniel Bovenmyer, October, 1855; Erasmus R. Loar, October, 1855; Marshall Cutler, November, 1855. See. 22. Charles Smith. October. 1855: Lemon Bates. June, 1855; Rezin Spates. June. 1855. See. 23. Leverett A. Morrison, September, 1856. See. 24. Daniel Sherman. September, 1856; Thomas M. Lowater. January. 1856. Sec. 25. William Simmons, May, 1855. (Sec. 25 is now in Red Wing.) See. 26. William Rock, October. 1855: William S. Grow, November, 1855. Sec. 27. Chauncey Hobart, November. 1855; Warren Bristol, November, 1855; Peter Green, October, 1855. See. 28. Daniel C. Hill, October, 1857; Caleb J. F. Smith, June, 1855; John Stearns, June, 1855. See. 29. Amelia Wright. July. 1855; Mathias Streeter, October, 1855; Simon W. Arnold, October, 1855; John Leeson, September, 1855. See. 33. Norris Hobart. June, 1855; William II. Willington, October, 1855. See. 35. Silas Sawyer, March, 1856; Stephen A. Hart, November. 1855; Elias P. Lowater. December, 1855. Range 15, Town 114. Secs. 29, 30, 31, 32, are in Burnside township. See. 19. Juliet M. Snell. October, 1855. Sec. 29. Charles Walbridge, October. 1855. Sec. 30. Phineas C. Wilcox, November, 1855.
Welch (Range 16. Town 113), including portions of Vasa.
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Sec. 1. William Conaway, October, 1855; Benjamin Bevers, June, 1855. Sec. 2. John Creigh, May, 1856. Sec. 3. Charles Ladd, April, 1856; John O'Shaughnessy, May, 1856; Edward B. Munsell, October, 1855; Michael O'Rourke, May, 1856. Sec. 4. Edward Soderland, October. 1855. See. 5. Mark Howard, November, 1855; Michael Finley, October, 1855. Sec. 7. Daniel Twitchell, October, 1855. Sec. 9. Joseph Weaver, November, 1855. See. 10. Isaac II. Harriet, October, 1855; David A. Gib- son, October, 1855. Sec. 12. Nathaniel S. Eaton, June, 1856. Edward Nilan, May. 1857: Jacob Todd, October. 1855. Sec. 13. Joshua R. Balme, May, 1856: John O. Carter, May, 1856; Still- man Wells, October. 1855; Jacob Freystadt, November, 1855. Sec. 14. Otis B. Pasco, January, 1855; Robert Colby, October, 1855. Sec. 15. John R. Dutch, October, 1855; Delano F. Smith, October, 1855. Sec. 18. Dennis Harbaugh, November, 1855. Sec. 22. Curtis Tomlinson, December, 1855; Jacob B. Bausman, July, 1856; Sec. 25. Clinton Gurnu, Jr., August, 1856. Sec. 26. David Hancock. October, 1855. Sec. 27. Nancy Fish, February, 1856; Phineas S. Fish, February, 1856. Sec. 28. William MeFar- land, June, 1856; A. Gould Blackman, July, 1856. Sec. 29. Mar- garette Baline. January, 1856. Sec. 31. L. Rounsevil, July, 1856; J. M. Gleddon. July, 1856. See. 34. David Finch, September, 1855; Dudley F. Langley, October, 1855. See. 35. Royal Lovell, July, 1856; Samuel Doughty, November, 1856.
Range 16, Town 114. Sections 25, 26, 27, and 34. 35, 36 of this township are in Welch, the rest in Dakota county. Sec. 10. Rial Irish, October, 1855. Sec. 14. James Chambers, July, 1856. Sec. 15. Juliana Miller. September, 1856. Sec. 22. Charles Near, October, 1855; Samuel Hammel, October, 1855; Daniel Keeley, July, 1855. Sec. 23. Edmund Doak, July, 1855. Sec. 24. Wil- liam Deppen, July, 1856. Sec. 27. Asa P. Manning. October, 1855: Seth Washburn, April, 1856. See. 34. Ebenezer Sherman, May, 1856.
Central Point, in part. (Range 12, township 112.) See. 29. Sophia Huot, June, 1857. Sec. 30. Scholastica Fuller, June, 1857; Paul Grignon, May, 1857. Sec. 31. Joseph Labatte. April, 1857; Thomas Robinson, April, 1857.
Red Wing and Wacoota, in part. (Range 14, township 113.) Much of the village of Red Wing had been claimed before the land office opened, that part of the property mentioned in the following list which is now included in Red Wing, having at that time been farm land in the outskirts.
See. 26. Rosalie Lambert, April, 1857. Sec. 27. Henry Ful- ler, July, 1857; Clemment Farribault, April. 1857. See. 29. Lor- enzo D. Chillson, April, 1857; William H. Welch, March. 1856.
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Sec. 31. Hiram B. Middaugh, March, 1856; Nels Nelson, March, 1856. Sec. 32. Mary Lambert, April, 1857; Mary Forcier, May, 1857; Antoine La Chappelle, April, 1857; Vital Bouire, May, 1857. Sec. 34. Henry Fuller, July, 1857; Clemment Farribault, April. 1857. Sec. 36. Cecilia Edwards, April, 1857.
CHAPTER XXIV.
GOODHUE COUNTY CHURCHES.
Religious Influence-Norwegian Lutheran-Norwegian Metho- dist-Swedish Lutheran-English Lutheran-Swedish Mis- sion - German Churches - German Methodism - Swedish Methodists - Roman Catholic - Congregational - Presby- terian-Episcopal-Baptist-Swedish Baptist.
Religions influence has ever been tremendously powerful in Goodhne county. Father Hennepin, a Franciscan priest, bore the crucifix when he landed at the foot of Barn Bluff in 1680. The stockade at Frontenac in 1827 enclosed a mission house of the Jesuit order. The first modern settlers of the county were the Swiss missionaries, Denton and Gavin. Their successors were Aiton and Hancock, Presbyterian clergymen. Wherever the pio- neers settled' they no sooner had their houses roofed over than they began to hold religious services. With so large a Scandina- vian and German population. it is natural that the Lutheran faith should hold a leading position in the county. Not all the people of Scandinavian and German birth, however, subscribe to the tenets of that faith, as the Swedish, Norwegian and German Methodists. and the German and Swedish Baptists are also repre- sented. The Roman Catholic church is important, and the Episco- pal and Methodist Episcopal chapels and churches are scattered throughout the county. There are also a number of Congrega- tional churches and one Presbyterian church. The Christian Sei- entists hold services at Red Wing, and the Salvation Army has at varions times endeavored to gain a foothold here.
NORWEGIAN LUTHERAN.
The United. Church of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran faith is represented in Goodhue county by twelve congregations, Lands (Zumbrota Chapel). Minneola. Holden, Dale, Vang, Urland, Vang's Prairie. Gol. Moland, Kenyon and Hoff.
Holden Congregation was organized September 12, 1856, on lot 6. section 19. in Wanamingo township, in a grove where. in more recent years. the residence of Dr. Charles Gronvold was
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erected. The circuit of the congregation then reached within ten miles of Faribault and east to Zumbrota, and consisted of upwards of seventy heads of families. The organization was effected under the supervision of the Rev. H. A. Stub. The trustees were Knut K. Finseth. Kjostel G. Naeset, Halvon O. Huset and Christopher Lockrem. The trustees secured 100 acres of land, on section 19, for church purposes, which they afterward improved by the erec- tion of a good parsonage, barn, granary and outbuildings. After their organization they had no regular pastor, but were occasion- ally visited by Revs. J. S. Munck. L. Larson and A. C. Preus, until the arrival of Rev. B. J. Muus, in 1859. In 1861 they built their present church, a fine building capable of seating at least 500. The Rev. Fjelstad is pastor.
Lands and Minneola Congregations were originally a part of the Holden Congregations and were served by the Rev. B. J. Muus. In 1868 the two congregations were organized as a sepa- rate charge and the Rev. N. Th. Ylvisaker chosen as minister. The church in Lands was built in 1868 and the church in Minneola in 1871. Rev. N. Th. Ylvisaker died in 1877 and his brother, Rev. John Ylvisaker, was called, remaining until 1879. when he be- eame a theological professor. In 1879, Rev. L. M. Biorn was called and he served the charge twenty-nine years. He died in June, 1908, and is buried at Lands Church. Rev. G. S. Froiland was chosen as his successor and still remains. In the controversy in the Synod. these congregations sided with the anti-Missou- rians. The minister has free use of a beautiful piece of land of about fifty-six acres, upon which is situated the pleasant parson- age. Lands has a membership of about 1,000 souls. The present church is too small and the congregation is contemplating build- ing a new church. Parochial schools are held about eight months in the year, divided between the several school districts. Minne- ola has a membership of about 500 souls, and also maintains paro- ehial sehool eight months of the year. The congregations have young people's societies, a young ladies' society and several ladies' aid societies.
Ludvig Marinus Biorn, now deceased, was born in Moss, Nor- way, September 7. 1835. . ITis father was a minister in the state church of Norway, and some of his ancestors held high military and ecclesiastical positions in Slesvig. Biorn became a student at the University of Norway in 1855, graduating as a theological candidate in 1861. The following year he emigrated to America, being called as pastor by the congregation of the Norwegian Synod in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin. Here Rev. Biorn met all the hardships incident to pioneer life. The war, too, added to the difficulty. Company F, of the Fifteenth Wisconsin Regiment, was mostly taken from his congregation. In 1879 he removed to Good-
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hue county. to the congregations of Land and Minneola. The year before the erops of the Northwest were a failure, and Good- hue, with the rest of the counties of this section, were suffering from that failure. With his parishioners, he set to work with a will, enlarging his congregations. establishing schools, forming missions and other societies in connection with the church. He taught the young and the old, visited the sick. assisted the poor and buried the dead. Reverend Biorn was one of the leaders of the Anti-Missourians in the great predestination controversy, and when. after the division of the synod. the United Church was organized out of three Norwegian Intheran denominations, Rev- erend Biorn became the vice-president of the new body. The North, in 1893, said: "Reverend Biorn has a frank, honest, pre- possessing face. He is a thoroughbred gentleman. a popular preacher. an able writer. and, last but not least, there is a vein of true poetry in his psychical makeup. which has found expres- sion in a number of poems, two or three of which are gems of their kind." Reverend Biorn died June 14, 1908, and a grave in Land's church cemetery marks the resting place of his body, but his life still lives. and will continue to live as long as those who knew him live. The result of his labor will live much longer. He was first married to Bollette Fleisher, who died in September, 1881. In 1884 he married Mathilda Johnson, of Wittenburg, Wis. Eleven children survive : Ragnar Biorn, of Minot. No. Dak .; Mrs. Anna Foxen, residing in Norway : Herman, a practicing attorney at St. Paul : Nels, a physician of Ada, Minn .; Mrs. Mellby, wife of Professor Mellby. of Northfield; Sigurd, Aimar. Valborg, Harold, Nina, and Inga, of Zumbrota.
Dale Congregation was organized in 1856 or 1857 by the Rev. P. A. Rasmussen, of Lisbon, Ill. The church is located in Cherry Grove township. Rev. Fjelstad is the pastor.
Vang's Congregation consists of Norwegian farmers who believe in the faith professed by Luther, and who reside in the north of Holden and south of Warsaw. Until 1862 the farmers in that vicinity had no public place of worship, and the log cabins of the farmers had to be used; but in 1862 the farmers in that vicinity organized as a "Sogn," and commenced building a small church. The church was completed in the fall of 1867. and dedi- cated October 18, the following year. It was located one mile south of the town line between Warsaw and Holden, and at the southwest corner of section 4. of Holden. The congregation was not at that time incorporated. and was largely controlled by the Holden congregations, and Rev. B. J. Muus served them all as their minister. They, however, adopted a separate name, and called themselves the Vangs congregation. The word Vangs means in English a wing. and is used here because most of its members
HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY
hail from a congregation in Norway called Vang, in Valders. In 1883 the congregation was incorporated. the following persons signing the articles of incorporation : Peter E. Bakke, Simon O. Gjellum, Halvor L. Lilleskov, Torgor Thompson and Nils Torsten- son. On the south of Vangs church reside a fine settlement of Germans, who are very prosperous, and came to stay, but on the north side were a good many other nationalities, who wanted to sell; and as the Norwegians are generally industrious and pros- perous farmers, they were always ready to buy, and as a result the congregation continued growing north, leaving the church in the south part of the congregation. Finding the old church too small for the large increase. they built a new church nearly in the center of the member's homes. Two years ago the congregation bought a beautiful and high-grade pipe organ. An expensive parsonage is located near the old church site.
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