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In 1892, three years after his arrival in America, Hans C. Andersen was married to Henrietta Peterson, who was born on February 24, 1858. in Norway, and who left her native land in 1882, settling in Sherburne county, Minnesota. Mrs. Andersen has borne her husband six children : Mrs. Emma Bergstrom lives in Rail Prairie township; Mrs. Anna J. Olson lives in Ripley township; Goldie, Hans, Cora and Paul are at home.
Mr. and Mrs. Andersen and family are members of the Lutheran church. Mr. Andersen is independent in politics. Beginning in 1895 he served twelve years as clerk of Rail Prairie township and is now a member of the school board of district No. 47. He is also township supervisor of Rail Prairie township.
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RT. REV. MGR. EDWARD JOHN NAGL.
Born in Landskron, Bohemia, November 29, 1849, the Rt. Rev. Mgr. Edward John Nagl, now the spiritual director to the Franciscan Sisters at the hospital and orphanage of Little Falls, is one of the well-known church- men in this part of Minnesota. Few men have had more to do with carry- ing the gospel into the pioneer communities of this state than he. In 1901 he had conferred upon him the honorary title of Domestic Prelate of the Pope and hence the title of Monsignor, which is equal to that of prince and second only to that of bishop. In fact, he has twice had charge of the affairs of this diocese in the absence of the bishop, who was on a visit to Rome. Only his age and his poor health have stood in the way of his election to bishop.
The Rt. Rev. Mgr. Edward J. Nagl is the son of John and Theresa Nagl, natives of Bohemia, who came to America in 1868, living here until their death. The son attended school in Bohemia until he came to America. After landing at New York, he went to Watertown, Wisconsin, where he had friends, and while sojourning there he decided to study for the priest- hood. At the end of a two months' visit, he went to St. Vincent University, in Pennsylvania, and there studied philosophy for one year. Afterward he entered St. John's University, at St. Paul, Minnesota, and was a student of theology there for two years. He was ordained into the minor order on September 22, 25, 26 and 27, 1876, and ordained to the holy priesthood on September 28, 1876. by Bishop Seidenbusch. He celebrated his first holy mass on October 15, 1876, at St. Cloud, and after his ordination remained with the bishop at St. Cloud, Minnesota, for two months and then took charge of a mission at North Prairie, Minnesota. During the next seventeen years. when he was stationed at North Prairie, Minnesota. he built a parish house and a magnificent church. During this period, he also had charge of mis- sions at Elmdale, Minnesota, and also built a new church at that place.
After seventeen years, Father Nagl was assigned to the parish at Pierz. Minnesota, where he remained for five years. There he built a parochial school. He was next stationed at St. Augusta, Minnesota, where he had charge of a mission for thirteen and one-half years. While at St. Angusta, his health failed and he was compelled to leave. Ile came to Little Falls from St. Augusta and here has served as spiritual director to the Franciscan Sisters, who have charge of the hospital and orphanage.
The Rt. Rev. Mgr. Edward J. Nagl is one of the widely-beloved men
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of Morrison county. He has been a blessing to his faith and has left in his wake an influence which has made the world brighter and better. He has been the general vicar of the diocese of St. Cloud for twenty-three years.
FRANKLIN PIERCE FARROW.
Among the business men of long standing and enviable reputation in Little Falls, Morrison county, Minnesota, is Franklin Pierce Farrow, a native of Morrison county, born on March 28, 1857.
Franklin Pierce Farrow is the son of Charles and Kathryne (Nash) Farrow, who were natives of the state of Maine and who came to Morrison county in 1855. shortly after their marriage, two years before Franklin Pierce Farrow was born.
Minnesota was then a territory. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Farrow settled first on Green Prairie, where they took a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres. The land, however, was not surveyed in those days and so they merely staked off what they believed to be one hundred and sixty acres. This was all wild country and there were no roads anywhere. Building a house, they lived on the land until the outbreak of the Civil War, about three years later, when Charles Farrow moved the family to what was then known as St. Anthony, now Minneapolis, and enlisted in Company A, Ninth Regi- ment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, in 1861. He served with the Ninth Minnesota until 1865.
In the spring of 1866 the Farrows moved to Two Rivers township, Morrison county, taking a claim of one hundred and sixty acres in section 6. This country was also wild and there were very few roads. Mr. Farrow was compelled to build one and one-half miles of road to reach his claim. Afterward he built a log house and cleared a part of the land, but worked in the lumber camp most of the time. He lived on this farm until 1881, when he sold out to his son, Franklin Pierce, and moved to Little Falls. There he worked in the saw-mill for several years and helped to build the dam across the Mississippi. Subsequently, he lived in Royalton for several years, but finally moved to Little Falls, where he died on March 13, 1907, when past eighty years of age. By his marriage to. Kathryne Nash five children were born: Mrs. Emma Trask, Charity, Mrs. Cassius Tibbets, Franklin Pierce and Mrs. Dora Tuttle. Charles Farrow was a member of the Methodist church and the Masonic fraternity.
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Named for President Franklin Pierce, Franklin Pierce Farrow was educated at St. Anthony, now Minneapolis, and in the schools of Morrison county. He lived with his parents until his marriage. Shortly before that he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land from Nick Shafer, located in section 7, Two Rivers township. Part of the land was improved and he started housekeeping in a log house. After living on this farm for about four years, he sold out to Anthony Snyder, who still lives on the place. He then removed to Royalton, Minnesota, and opened the first butcher shop in the town. He bought native stock and did his own butchering. After being in Royalton for four and one-half years, Mr. Farrow moved to Little Falls, purchasing a meat market there, which he operated for seven and one-half years and selling out to a man named Zalondeck.
A little later Mr. Farrow built the Columbia hotel, which he operated for a few months and then rented it. A year later he sold it and was appointed chief of police under Mayor Staples, which office he held for one year. He then bought a farm two and one-half miles southeast of Little Falls and engaged in the stock and dairy business. After seven years he sold out and purchased the livery barn from P. H. Newman, which he has operated ever since.
In 1907 Mr. Farrow bought an old chain-drive Reo automobile, which was the third car in Morrison county. He used this car in the livery business, but since that time has owned many other cars. In 1908 he purchased a garage where the opera house stands, which he operated until January 19. 1912, when it caught fire and burned, Mr. Farrow losing heavily. One man lost his life in the fire.
After the fire of 1912, Mr. Farrow purchased a building on First street and established the garage there which he now owns. He does repairing and general auto livery. Mr. Farrow is agent for the Empire and Maxwell cars and operates an auto truck line between Little Falls and Pierz.
Mr. Farrow's wife, who, before her marriage, was Sara J. Muncey, was born in Maine. She came to Minnesota with her parents when a small girl and settled in Swan River township. There she lived until her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Farrow have had seven children, as follow: Rhoda Wals- worth, G. Warren, Charles, Gordon and three children who are deceased.
Franklin Pierce Farrow is identified with the Democratic party but has never been especially active in politics. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a past grand in the Odd Fellows. During the life of the Knights of Pythias lodge in this place he was a member of that order.
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J. H. NEWMAN, D. V. S.
As a farmer and veterinary surgeon, probably no man in Morrison county has achieved a more pronounced success than Dr. J. H. Newman of Little Falls. He is not only a farmer of large holdings in this county but he is also a veterinary surgeon and enjoys an extensive practice. Because of the success he has achieved, he has gained for himself a reputation which extends far beyond the borders of his own locality. Good judgment, keen discrimination, good common sense and adequate preparation have entered into his makeup and are responsible for his success.
J. H. Newman is a native of Pierz, Minnesota, born on November 24, 1877. He is the son of P. H. and Gertrude (Dippen) Newman, the former of whom was born at Madison, Wisconsin, as was the latter also. Both were educated at Madison and lived with their parents until their marriage. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Newman came to Morrison county shortly after their marriage and homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land near Pierz, where they built a small frame house about fourteen by sixteen feet, suffer- ing the privations of pioneer life. Subsequently, they sold out and removed to Pierz, where Mr. Newman engaged in the hotel business, then traded the hotel for a farm in Buh township, where he remained two years then came to Little Falls, where he engaged in the livery business three years and where he also operated a meat market. After conducting these two businesses for several years, he sold out and erected a brick building at the corner of Second street and First avenue, where he opened a livery and sales stable. He operated this livery and sales stable until 1896, when he sold out to F. P. Farrow. Two years later he completed a brick building one door south of the Farrow livery and started a sales stable, which he operated until his death.
During the years he was in business, P. H. Newman invested in land in this section. At the time of his death, he owned about eight hundred acres, part of which was under cultivation. He was a Republican in politics and for many years treasurer of the Elk lodge. By his marriage to Gertrude Dippen there was a large family of children born, among whom were the following : Margaret died early in life; Mrs. Kathryne Brown; Peter L .; Dr. J. H., the subject of this sketch; Dr. H. C., a veterinary surgeon at Wadena, Minnesota ; Louis died early in life; Dr. W. P., of Perkam, Minne- sota ; Mrs. Anna Carlysle, Mrs. Mayme Ward, Dean Bracke, and others who died young.
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J. H. Newman attended the Catholic school at Pierz a few terms and then finished his elementary education in Little Falls. He worked for his father in the horse business when a lad, and about 1890 was taken in as a partner. He continued in the horse business until 1896, when he entered the Chicago Veterinary College and attended school for one term. After- wards he returned to the business and continued with his father until 1901. He then re-entered the veterinary college, completed the course and gradu- ated in 1903. Doctor Newman practiced his profession in St. Cloud, Minne- sota, for one year and in 1904 opened an office in Little Falls, in the build- ing where his father had last operated the sales stable.
Dr. J. H. Newman is an extensive landowner, having more than one thousand acres in Morrison and Crow Wing counties, most of which is improved land. He is a practical farmer and one who is especially inter- ested in stock raising. He has large herds of cattle, sheep and hogs and also owns a great many fine horses. Doctor Newman likewise owns city property. He uses an automobile in his profession and to visit his farms.
Doctor Newman's wife before her marriage was Maze Walz, a native of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
A Republican in politics, Doctor Newman is now serving as alderman of the second ward of Little Falls. He has been a member of the Elks lodge for many years. One of Doctor Newman's hobbies is good roads, and few men have done more to promote their building in this county than lie.
EDWARD M. ROSENBERG.
Edward M. Rosenberg, assistant cashier of the Farmers State Bank, at Bertha, Todd county, Minnesota, is a native of Chicago, Illinois, where he was born on July 25, 1875. Mr. Rosenberg is the son of Edward C. and Johanna ( Alm) Rosenberg, natives of Germany, the former of whom was born on August 5, 1842, and the latter born on February 2, 1841.
Edward C. Rosenberg was educated in the public schools of Germany and, because of an injury to his foot suffered when a young man, he escaped military service. In 1868 he immigrated to America with his wife. They landed at New York City and went direct to Barbadoo, Wisconsin, where they had friends. After living in Wisconsin and working as a laborer for a few years, Edward C. Rosenberg, after the Chicago fire, moved to Chicago in order to assist some friends who had lost everything in that great fire.
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He lived in Chicago and worked as a laborer there for five years and then moved to a farm near Chicago, where he was a tenant for several years. In the spring of 1886, he came to Todd county, Minnesota, purchasing one hundred and sixty acres of land in sections 17 and 18, of Bertha township. In the fall of the same year, the Rosenberg family came to Todd county and settled on the farm, which, with the exception of four acres, was all timber land. Here Mr. Rosenberg built a small frame house and in a short time began to clear the land. In the spring of 1887, he rented a small tract a few miles away and put out a crop. In the meantime, he was engaged in clearing his own land and lived on the farm until the spring of 1900, when most of the land had been cleared. At that time he sold out and moved to Bertha, Minnesota. His wife died on November 12, 1900, and, after her death, he moved to Chicago, where he lived until his death on July 25, 1905.
Mrs. Johanna Rosenberg, who had come to the United States with her husband, was the mother of nine children, three of whom are now living, August J., Mrs. Caroline Steinberg, and Edward M., the subject of this sketch. The deceased children are, Minnie, Charles, Henry, Louis and two who died in infancy. Of the living children, August J. is a farmer in section 28, of Bertha township. He married Emma Mueller and has five children, August, John, Edward, Gertrude and Ella. Mrs. Caroline Steinberg is the wife of E. C. Steinberg, a farmer in section 16, of Bertha township. They have six children, John, Irene, Arthur, Carl, Alfred and August.
Edward M. Rosenberg received a part of his education in the state of Illinois, but was educated mostly in the district schools of Bertha township. Mr. Rosenberg made his home with his parents and assisted on the farm until his marriage on May 9, 1900, to Clara Siegel. Mr. Rosenberg and his young bride began housekeeping on eighty acres of land in section 21, of Bertha township, which he had received from his father. It was wild timber land and very little of the land was cleared. During the next few years, he cleared a considerable part of the land and engaged in the dairy business until March, 1908, when he purchased one hundred and forty acres in section 28, of Bertha township, two-thirds of which was cleared and well improved. There Mr. Rosenberg conducted a dairy on a large scale until the death of his wife in the fall of 1913. Afterward, he had an auction sale and disposed of his personal property and moved to Bertha, renting the one-hundred-and- forty-acre farm to Charles Murphy. Mr. Rosenberg has sold his first eighty- acre farm, but still owns one hundred and forty acres. He also owns resi- dence property in Bertha. After moving to Bertha, Mr. Rosenberg worked for the Bottemiller Company in a general store, and while there was asked
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to apply for the position as assistant cashier of the Farmers State Bank. Mr. Rosenberg obtained that position on January 5, 1915, and still holds it. He is quite familiar with all phases of modern banking and is making a most pronounced success of his new vocation.
Mr. Rosenberg's first wife, Clara Siegel, was born in Saxony, Germany, on October 9, 1876, and was educated in her native land. She came to America at the age of fourteen years with her parents, who settled in Bertha township, and made her home with her parents until her marriage. At the time of her death, October 21, 1913, she was survived by a family of six children, Johanna, Martha, Selma, Albert, Helen and Hildegard. On Decem- ber 30, 1914, Mr. Rosenberg was married to Emma Geadke, a native of Germany, who had come to America when a small child.
Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberg and family are members of the German Luth- eran church. As an independent Republican Mr. Rosenberg has served as township supervisor for a term of three years and also as township clerk for a period of three years.
VICTOR SCHALLERN.
There is no positive rule for achieving success, and yet in the life of the successful man there are always lessons which may be followed. The man who gains prosperity is he who can see and utilize the opportunities that come his way. The essential conditions of human life are ever the same, the surroundings of individuals differing but little. When one man passes another on the highway of life, it is because he has the power to use the advantages which fall within the purview of the race. Today among the prominent citizens and successful business men of Little Falls, Morrison county, Minnesota, is Victor Schallern, a real estate and insurance dealer, and, since 1912, city clerk of Little Falls. Keen discrimination, sound judg- ment and executive ability enter very largely into his make-up and have contributed as important elements in his material success.
Victor Schallern was born on December 14, 1861, at Mansfield, Ohio, 6ยบ the son of Doctor Reiner and Anna (Hirschberg) von Schallern, both of whom were born and married in their native land. Germany. Dr. Reiner von Schallern was born about 1824 and was engaged in the practice of medicine all of his life. He was a graduate of the University of Heidelberg. He took part in the Revolution of 1848 and, on account of the perils of living
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in Germany after that revolution was suppressed, came to the United States when about thirty years old. Landing in New York City, he took charge of a tuberculosis camp on Ward Island, New York, holding this position for a couple of years. Afterwards he practiced medicine for a time in Cleveland, later in Mansfield, where his son, Victor, was born, and still later in Colum- bus. About 1862 Dr. Reiner Schallern enlisted in Company I, Forty-eighth Reginient, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a surgeon and served throughout the Civil War. His oldest son, Ottmar, was hospital steward in the same company.
After the war Doctor Schallern returned to Columbus, Ohio, where he remained only a short time and then moved to Pennsylvaniaburg, near Versailles, in the state of Indiana. There he purchased a farm but also prac- ticed his profession. Subsequently, he moved to Batesville and then to Manitowac, Wisconsin, where he resumed his practice as a physician. After remaining in Manitowac for about six years, Doctor Schallern moved to Ripon, in Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, also practicing there. While liv- ing at Ripon he had gone to New York in the interest of a patent, which was designated as the "nautical hodometer," and while in New York City took sick and died, at the age of fifty-six years. Doctor Schallern was a Republican in politics and a member of the German Lutheran church. He was a member of the Masonic lodge and had joined the lodge in Germany. He was a high officer in the Sun lodge.
Mrs. Reiner Schallern was also born in Germany about 1826. She became the mother of eight children and lived to be seventy years old, passing away in 1896. Of the Schallern children, Eugene, who died of exposure during the Civil War, Ida and Ottmar, the three eldest, were born in Ger- many. The others are Bruno, Lily, Arthur, Victor and Bertha, the last of whom was the wife of Reverend Becker. She is now deceased.
Victor Schallern, the youngest in a family of eight children, was edu- cated in the public schools of Manitowac, Wisconsin, in the Ripon high school and in Ripon College, where he was a student for three years. After finishing his education, Mr. Schallern took a position as a clerk in the post- office at Ripon, which he held for two years.
In June, 1883, Mr. Schallern came to Little Falls, accepting a position with the Morrison County State Bank, where he remained for eight years. In 1891 he established a real estate and insurance business, which he operated alone until 1896, when he took as a partner Simon P. Brich. The arrange- ment continued two years, until 1899, when Mr. Schallern purchased the
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interest of his partner. In the same year he entered into partnership with Lyman Signor, and this firm has continued ever since.
In 1899 Victor Schallern served as enrolling clerk of the Minnesota state Senate, and one year later was taken ill with fever and confined in bed for almost a year. His brother, who is a physician, attended him. In March, 1912, Mr. Schallern was elected city clerk for a term of one year and has been re-elected continuously ever since.
On September 15, 1886, Victor Schallern was married to Carrie Brown, a native of Bloomington, near Minneapolis, who was born in 1863, the daughter of John Brown, a native of this state. Mr. and Mrs. Schallern have been the parents of three daughters, Hazel L., Florence C. and Carol E., two of whom are living at home.
Since coming to Little Falls, Victor Schallern has been prominent in the councils of the Republican party. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and the Ancient Order of United Workmen of America, in which he served as financier for ten years, and the Improved Order of Red Men. Mr. Schallern is one of the substantial citizens of this city and one of its best-known men.
FRANK A. NELSON.
Frank A. Nelson, a prominent photographer of Little Falls, Minnesota, who is also a stockholder in the Merchants State Bank, the local agent for the Paige-Detroit and Mitchell automobiles and who is interested in Morri- son county real estate, is a native of the southern part of Sweden, where he was born on December 28, 1872.
Mr. Nelson is the son of Nels and Ellen Person, the former of whom was born in 1830 and the latter in 1829. Both were reared in Sweden and were married in their native land. Nels Person was a farmer who lived in Sweden until 1903, when he sold out and came to America. He settled at Center City, in Chisago county, Minnesota, and died there in 1913, at the age of eighty-three years. His wife is still living and is now eighty-six years old. She bore her husband seven children, all of whom grew to matur- ity. Frank A. Nelson, the subject of this sketch, is the youngest.
Mr. Nelson was educated in the district schools of his native land, and when twenty years old came to America, landing in New York City. After- ward he went on to Minneapolis and was there employed as a machinist for one year. In 1890, in partnership with his brother, Peter J. Nelson, he
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opened a photograph gallery at Anoka, Minnesota, and remained there for four years. In 1897 Mr. Nelson came to Little Falls and opened a gallery on First street, southwest, remaining in that location until 1908, when he built a combined gallery and residence on Broadway East, which he still ownis.
On October 17, 1900, Frank A. Nelson was married to Willa V. Ekland, a native of Grove City, Minnesota, who was born in 1873. Mrs. Nelson was educated in the Grove City public schools and has borne her husband two children, Frank Victor and Floyd Edward, both of whom are attending school.
Mr. Nelson is independent in politics. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America and is the past consul of the local lodge. Not only has Mr. Nelson made a financial success of his career in America but he has won what is far better than money, the esteem and the confidence of liis fellow townsmen. He has a host of friends in Morrison county.
BARNEY BURTON.
Barney Burton, a prosperous merchant of Little Falls, Morrison county, Minnesota, where he handles a complete line of clothing and men's furnish- ings, is a native of Peoria, Illinois, where he was born on February 7, 1867.
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