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Henry Scherfenberg was born in Brunswick, Germany, April 5, 1833, and there learned the trade of shoemaker. In 1854 he came to America, and lo- cated near Springfield, Mass., where he learned the trade of wood-turner. He
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arrived in Minnesota, April 20, 1857, and settled on a claim near Grand Lake, in Rockville township, this county. Five years later he came to the lower town, St. Cloud, and spent part of his time as a shoemaker, and part of his time as an employe in the sawmills. In 1880, impaired health caused him to seek outdoor work, and he accordingly took up light farming at Haven, in Sherburne county. In 1894 he returned to St. Cloud where he died September 25, 1899. His widow is still living in St. Cloud. Mr. Scherfenberg was married in 1858 to Angeline, daughter of Herman and Marie (Holt) Evers. She was born in the village of Schapen, in Hanover, Germany. Of the five children born to Mr. and Mrs. Scherfenberg there are living three, Harry W., George G. and Albert F. Harry W. married Emma Knickerbocker, and they have one child, Reva. George G. is a piano merchant in St. Cloud. Albert F. is married and lives in Portland, Oregon.
George G. Scherfenberg was born in St. Cloud, November 23, 1867, son of Henry and Angeline (Evers) Scherfenberg. He attended the St. Cloud Union School, and also the St. Cloud State Normal School. At the age of twenty- three he married and purchased a farm in the neighborhood of his father's place in Haven, Sherburne county. In 1900 he came to St. Cloud and engaged in the piano business with G. W. Cline, in which partnership he went to Seat- tle. Upon his return he purchased the piano business of Fritz Guy. He has since continued in this line very successfully, and has satisfied customers scattered throughout four counties. Mr. Scherfenberg is a Mason and an Elk, and a charter member of the local lodge of Eagles. Mr. Scherfenberg married Susan M. Ayers, October 15, 1890, and they have one daughter, Cora, who graduated from the Bradley College, at Peoria, Ill., in 1914.
Milton F. Sweet, of East St. Cloud, was born in the township of Monroe, Saratoga county, New York, February 27, 1845, son of William and Mary Ann (Fish) Sweet. William Sweet was also born in that township, and was a farmer and surveyor. Mary Ann (Fish) Sweet was born about 100 miles north of New Orleans, her father having come from Pennsylvania in an early day. Milton F. remained on the home farm until sixteen years of age. Then he enlisted in Company G, Seventy-seventh New York Volunteer Infantry, and was later transferred to Company B in the same regiment, being in the Sixth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. To relate his war experiences and to name the battles in which he participated would be to review a history of the Seventy-seventh New York. During the three years and six months of his service he was under fire in fifty-three battles. He was discharged at Wash- ington, D. C., July 7, 1865, and was later mustered out at Albany, N. Y. He worked that summer for his Uncle Ward Fish, and in September, 1865, came to Minnesota. From St. Paul he went to Rockford, in Hennepin county, and in November, 1865, located on a claim in Stockholm, Wright county. He built a log cabin, broke the land, cleared forty acres, and started to live a pioneer life. In 1884 he came to East St. Cloud, where he and his wife have since been engaged in making rag carpets to order. He erected with his own hands the house in which he now lives. He and his wife have had the pleasure of seeing all their daughters graduate from the St. Cloud State Normal School. Mr. Sweet married Marit Erickson, a native of Vermland, Sweden, and they
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have five children, Mary, Annie, Minnie, Ida and Walter W. Mary married Richard Vosburg; Annie married William Chapman, and they live in Maine; Minnie married Stewart Lowry, they live in Fergus Falls and have three chil- dren; Ida lives in Portland, Oregon, Walter and his wife, Nellie have two children, and live in Minneapolis.
William Schmid was born in Germany, February 10, 1851, son of Leo and Mariana Schmid. He came to America in 1879 and worked in New York, Philadelphia and Milwaukee. In 1884 he came to St. Cloud, worked a while for Mathew Boll, on Fifth avenue, then bought him out and later moved the market to its present location at 811 St. Germain street. Mr. Schmid mar- ried Emma Keller, a native of Baden, Germany, and they have nine chil- dren: Leo E., Andrew, Louise, Ernest, Otto, Josephine, Lawrence, Walter and Hildegaard.
James F. Stephens, head miller for the George Tileston Milling Co., St. Cloud, was born in Hopewell, Chester county, Pennsylvania, July 4, 1852. He came of a family of millers, his father, born in London Grove, in that county, having been in charge of several mills in that vicinity. James F. received a common school education, and studied two seasons in the academy in his home town. For some ycars he devoted his time to agricultural pursuits. But he was desirous of following his father's trade, so he came to Minneapolis, and learned the process of making flour in the mills of Pillsbury, Crocker & Fisk. After the explosion of one of their mills in 1881, he became head miller for the J. A. Christian & Co., in the Pettit Mill, Minneapolis. In 1891 he came to St. Cloud, and has since occupied his present position. He was under George Tileston until Mr. Tileston's death, after which H. C. Ervin, Fred A. Ranney and J. C. Enright were managers successively. The present man- ager and vice-president is William Stratton. Mr. Stephens has taken an active interest in the affairs of the city, has served on the city council fifteen years, and on the school board and in other positions of trust and honor. He be- longs to the Royal Arcanum, the Modern Woodmen and the Woodmen of the World and the Maccabees. He has been Master of North Star Lodge, No. 23, A. F. & A. M., having received a dimit from Hennepin Lodge, No. 4, which he originally joined. James F. Stephens married Ida M. Briggs, a native of Min- neapolis, daughter of Eleazer C. and Virginia M. (Ray) Briggs. They have three children, Ruther R., Percy C. and Dorothy O. Ruther R. is a teacher in Duluth. Percy and Dorothy graduated from the St. Cloud High School in 1913.
Christ Schmitt, county treasurer of Stearns county, was born September 21, 1862, in Oberemmel, Prussia, son of Michael Schmitt, who was born in 1809 and Susanna Schmidt who was born in 1821. In 1866 the family came to America and located in Belle Plaine, Carver county, Minnesota. In 1869 the family moved to Lake Henry township, in this county, and in 1876 came to St. Cloud, where, in partnership with Fred Herberger, the father, engaged in the brewery business for a while. Christ Schmitt followed the wanderings of the family, and completed his schooling in the St. Cloud State Normal School. He worked a few months for Quaw & King, in Fargo, N. D., and six months in the drug store of George Spencer, in St. Cloud; was two years
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in the mercantile business in Little Falls, and clerked for Michael Mazarus, of St. Cloud a year. For two years he was in the meat business, for three years in the bottling business, and for twelve years in the marble and granite business. The carcer of Mr. Schmitt as a public office holder has been notable. He was a member of the city council for twelve years, and was president of that body for four years. He became county commissioner, served two years, and resigned that position to conduct his campaign for county treasurer in the fall of 1900. He was then elected to his present position and has since served continuously. Mr. Schmitt is a member of the B. P. O. E., the F. O. E., the C. O. F., the K. of C., the I. O. R. M., the A. O. U. W. and the M. W. A. On September 15, 1891, Mr. Schmitt married Mary M. Molitor, the daughter of Michael Molitor, and they have five children, Victor J., Herbert J., Eleanor E., Albert W. and Marie A.
B. E. Schoener, sheriff of Stearns county, was born in Freeport, Oak township, this county, July 8, 1874, son of Casper and Mary (Inselsperger) Schoener, the former of whom was born in Bavaria in 1824, came to America in 1859, worked on the canal at Delphos, Ohio, for a while, there married, came to Stearns county about 1858, settled on a farm in Oak township, and here reared his family of four boys and six girls, having at the present writ- ing reached the good age of eighty-nine. His good wife passed away May 9, 1912. The youth who was destined to become the sheriff of the county, received a good district school education, and remained on the home farm until twenty-two years of age. Then he started out in life for himself. After attending the business college at Sauk Centre, he worked for his brother Her- man, in an implement store. He was employed two years by H. J. Haskamp, at Bisbee, North Dakota; worked at railroading for a while on the Oregon Short Line, in Montana; returned to Freeport and engaged in the refresh- ment business for two years; came to St. Cloud and worked for the Interna- tional Harvester Co. three seasons ; went to Carlos, Douglass county, this state, and with a partner engaged in the general mercantile business under the firm name of Schoener & Kuhn; sold out three years later; had charge of the Lamper Lumber Co., at Waubay, S. D., three years; and then entered the employ of the Midland Lumber Co., having charge in succession of their yards at Rockford, Paynesville and St. Cloud. In the fall of 1912 he was elected to his present office. He is a member of the B. P. O. E., the M. W. A., the A. O. U. W., the F. O. E., the C. O. F. and the K. of C. While at Carlos he served two years as president of the village council. Mr. Schoener and family are members of the Catholic Church. On November 26, 1901, Mr. Schoener married Isabel Boyer, and they have three children, Everett B., Walter J. and Ruth Lucille.
George Reis, superintendent and miller for the St. Cloud Mills, was born on a farm in Heidesheim, Germany, son of Jacob and Elizabeth (Becker) Reis, the former of whom died in 1891 and the latter in 1912. As a child, George Reis played about a mill and learned much about the making of flour. At the age of fourteen he took up the work in earnest. In 1881 he came to America, and worked as a farmer two years in Adair county, Iowa, for his uncle, George Reis. In 1883 he came to Stearns county and entered the em-
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ploy of Frank Arnold, who had a mill about two miles from St. Cloud. About seven years later he became connected with Wesley Carter, first as super- intendent and later as partner. This mill was purchased by Harry C. Ervin, in 1902. Since then, Mr. Reis has been his superintendent, and while under his supervision it has been a success, pleasing to its owner. Mr. Reis is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters and of the Royal Arcanum. Mr. Reis married Katherine Dehler, daughter of John Dehler, an early settler of Stearns county. Mr. and Mrs. Reis have two children: Otto, who is an ac- countant in the office of the St. Cloud City Mills, and Irna, attending the high school at St. Cloud.
Joseph Rieder, retired farmer, living in St. Cloud, was born June 19, 1845, in Seneca county, Ohio, son of George G. and Marian (Schindler) Rieder. He was brought to Le Sauk township, this county, in 1856, and lived on the home farm until the Civil war. In 1861 he enlisted in Company G, Fourth Minn. Volunteer Infantry, and followed the well-known fortunes of that regiment including the Siege of Vicksburg and many other engagements. After a service of three years and nine months he was honorably discharged. Then, after living a short time on his father's farm, he purchased a place of 140 acres in section 19, Le Sauk township, where he successfully carried on general farming for thirty years. In 1901 he retired and moved to St. Cloud, where he now lives. He has led a very active life. As the result of his war associations he belongs to the G. A. R. and his wife is a member of the Women's Relief Corps. Joseph Rieder was married by Father Conelius January 17, 1871, to Susanna Pung, daughter of Joseph and Catherine (Gillis) Pung, and a native of Fond du Lac, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Rieder have four children, Mary, John J., Martin and Elizabeth. Mary married Joseph Blommer, and they have five sons. Joseph Blommer died August 11, 1912. John J. married Susan Hoffman and they have seven children. Martin married Elizabeth Sherber, and of their six children, five are living. Elizabeth now deceased married Adam F. Hiemenz, and had three children. George B. Rieder was born in Germany, came to America, located in Ohio, came to Minnesota in 1856, and took up farming in Le Sauk township, this county, where he spent the remainder of his days. Joseph Pung and his wife were born in Koln, Germany, came to America, located in Fond du Lac, Wis., came to this county in the fifties, and lived in St. Joseph township until about ten years before his death, when he moved to his daughter's home in St. Joseph, where both ended their days, Mr. Pung dying two years before his wife.
Charles S. Olds, part owner of the Crozier-Olds Coal Company, and treas- urer of the St. Cloud Ice Co., was born in Clinton township, Rock county, Min- nesota, son of George H. and Jennie (Knight) Olds. He lost his father at the age of six years, and was reared by his stepfather, E. A. Brown. He attended the district schools, and received his preparatory education in the Luverne, Minn., High School. In 1899 he graduated from the academic department of the University of Minnesota, with the degree of A. B. For a time he was interested in the firm of his stepfather, known as E. A. Brown & Co., grain commission dealers. In 1910 he came to St. Cloud, and purchased an interest in the two concerns with which he is now connected. He is a member of the
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U. C. T. and the M. W. A. Mr. Olds married Nellie Hodgson, daughter of Lewis C. and Lelia (Ebersol) Hodgson, and this union has been blessed with four children : Dorothy A., George H., Charles W. and Lewis E. Samuel Olds, the grandfather of Charles S. Olds was born in Vermont, and moved in 1850 to Ft. Wayne, Indiana, where he opened a hat store. Joseph Knight, the maternal grandfather of Charles S. Olds was a native of Franconia Notch, New Hampshire. George H. Olds, the father of Charles S. Olds, was born in Vermont, and was taken to Ft. Wayne, Ind., in 1850. In 1870 he came to Rock county, Minn., and secured a claim. He died in 1882, leaving a widow, Jennie (Knight) Olds, and two children, Charles S. and Alice A. Mrs. Olds later married E. A. Brown. Mr. and Mrs. Brown now live at Luverne, Minn. They have three children, Edward W., Susan K., and Marian A.
Henry C. Block, Sr., a retired farmer living in St. Cloud, was born in Guschlar, Kingdom of Hanover, Germany, January 10, 1849, son of Henry C. and Marie (Zeinbeing) Block. The family came to America in 1856. After an eight-weeks' sailing voyage they landed at New Orleans. From there they came up the river to St. Paul, making stops at St. Louis, Mo., and Dubuque, Iowa. From St. Paul they came to St. Cloud with an ox team, crossing the river at the so-called "upper ford." Upon looking about for a suitable home, they finally located in what is now St. Augusta township, in a neighborhood which came to be known as Luxemburg. This land in time they purchased from the government. The subject of this mention lived with his parents for a while. After his marriage he bought a farm across the line in Fair Haven township. His first improvement there was the erection of a small frame house for which he sawed the timber. On this place he lived for forty-one years. He was successful in his operations, his hard work resulted in good crops and stock, and as time required, he erected various buildings. In 1910 he retired and moved to St. Cloud where he now resides. During his life in the country, he filled nearly all the town offices with the exception of that of clerk. He did notable work for six years as one of the town supervisors, and for eighteen years as a member of the school board. In 1903 and again in 1905 he sat in the lower house of the Minnesota Legislature. He is still president and manager of the Luxemburg Telephone Co., which operates in connection with the Northwestern Telephone Exchange Co. He is a keen, active, intelligent man, highly respected by all who know him. Mr. Block married Henrietta Grunewald, the daughter of Charles and Henrietta Grune- wald. She died April 13, 1913, leaving ten children : Henry C., Jr., Frederick, Frank E., John P., Charles, Martha, William, August, Henrietta and Esther. Henry C., Jr., lives in Alberta, Canada. He married Blanche Cooper, and they have three daughters: Henrietta, Hester and Lou. Frederick E., Wil- liam, August and Martha also live in Alberta, Canada. The sons do a large grain business there. In the season of 1913 they harvested and threshed 19,000 bushels of wheat. John P., Charles and Henrietta are on the home farm in Fair Haven. Esther lives with her father. The family faith is that of the German Methodist Church.
Walter N. Niskern, of the firm of Wright & Niskern, general insurance rep- resentatives of St. Cloud, was born in Farmington, Dakota County, Minn., De-
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cember 28, 1878, son of Nicholas and Abbie (Shoutz) Niskern. He came to St. Cloud in 1890, and worked for the Granite City Railway Co. for a number of years before he entered his present business. Mr. Niskern is prominent in public life and in fraternal circles. Taking an active interest in Masonry, he is past master of North Star Lodge, No. 23, A. F. & A. M., and secretary of the board of trustees of the North Star Cemetery. He is also an energetic worker in St. Cloud Lodge, No. 516, B. P. O. E., and in the St. Cloud Commercial Club. In 1910 he was elected assessor of the city of St. Cloud. Mr. Niskern was married November 1, 1904, to Theresa M. Zaczkowski, daughter of L. Ferdinand Zaczkowski, who was born in Saxony, Germany, and came to Richmond, this county, in 1855, and Mary Kirsch, who was born in Cold Spring, this county, November 26, 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Niskern have five children: Minnie Ruth, born August 20, 1905; Frank William, born De- cember 15, 1906; Ruth Elizabeth, born March 19, 1908; Arthur George, born December 8, 1909; and Eleanor D., born June 2, 1912. Nicholas Niskern, the father of Walter N. Niskern, was born in New York state, and as a young man came with his parents to Farmington, Dakota county, Minn., where his father, Martin, conducted the Niskern Hotel. He married Abbie Shoutz, the daughter of John Shoutz, a veteran of the Civil war. She was brought from Germany at the age of one year, in 1854, and was reared on a farm near Glen- coe, this state. She now resides at Waite Park, this county. Nicholas Nis- kern died in 1884.
Harold R. Neide, general agent at St. Cloud for the Great Northern Rail- way, was born in Mt. Vernon, N. Y., July 13, 1865, son of Rev. George Little and Emma (Allen) Neide. He received most of his early schooling in Duanes- burg, N. Y., and in Albany, N. Y. At the age of fifteen he determined to look out for himself. Accordingly he left home and went to work for the Dela- ware & Hudson Railway, first as a messenger boy, and later, when he had learned the art, as telegrapher. In 1887 he was appointed train despatcher on the Champlain Division of that road. In 1888 he became chief despatcher for the company. But his health failed him, and in 1890 he came west to St. Paul. In 1892 he started work for the Great Northern as traveling pas- senger agent. In 1894 he took up the duties of his present position. Mr. Neide is one of the progressive young men of St. Cloud. He is deeply inter- ested in the development and growth of the city, and is a fine example of what a man may accomplish, though thrown upon his own resources in his early 'teens. He is a good railroad man and has a splendid future. Mr. Neide was married at Whitehall, New York, October 5, 1898, to Clara Man- ville, and they have four children: James Manville, born January 29, 1900, and died January 21, 1901; Lorett Manville, born June 3, 1903; Marion Allen, born October 16, 1908; and Ruth Elizabeth, born August 6, 1912. Clara (Man- ville) Neide was born at Whitehall, New York, November 19, 1872, the young- est of the three children of James H. and Elmira (Hatch) Manville, the for- mer of whom was born in New York and died April 8, 1908, and the latter of whom was born in Vermont, and died September 8, 1903. The other two children in the Manville family were: Lorett, now Mrs. John Doren of White- hall, N. Y., and Arthur, who died in May, 1871.
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Rev. George Little Neide was born in Philadelphia, Penn., January 6, 1823, and died at Ossinning, New York, November 17, 1903. After receiving his educational training he was ordained, first a deacon and then a priest, of the Protestant Episcopal Church, of America. As a young man he preached in various parishes in the East, and finally became rector of the old St. George Episcopal Church, of New York. After his health failed him, he took smaller parishes and was located successively at Champlain, N. Y., Duanesburg, N. Y., Schuylerville, N. Y., and Holland Patent, N. Y. He was married February 3, 1846, to Emma Louise Allen, who was born in Philadelphia, Penn., March 17, 1826, and died at Ossinning, N. Y., December 15, 1903. They had nine chil- dren : Charles A., deceased; Mary E., deceased; Louise, deceased; Rev. Rob- ert H., of New Caanan, Conn .; Rev. George L., Jr., of Memphis, Tenn .; Theo- dore, deceased; Emma Grace, deceased; Harold R., of St. Cloud; and Ethel H., of Ossinning, N. Y.
Franz G. Naegeli was born in Canton Gaerish, Switzerland, May 1, 1843, son of Henry and Margaret (Miller) Naegeli. As a boy he learned the trade of a blacksmith. This was in the old apprentice days, and he not only had to give his services for three years but also had to pay a cash bonus of eighty francs. In 1867 he came to America. After brief stays in Chicago and St. Paul, he came to St. Cloud, and at once started working at his trade. In 1872 he purchased the property where he still makes his home. In 1883 he erected a shop on this property and started in business for himself. In the early days he was a maker of tools for the development of the granite industry. In 1869 he made the first break-hammer that was used in the local quarries. Mr. Naegeli reaches the ideal of Longfellow's "Village Blacksmith." He has beautified his grounds to a remarkable extent, and raises many varieties of fruits and flowers and vegetables in profusion. He is noted for his liberal hospitality, and friends and strangers alike are made welcome. He is jovial and good natured, and radiates courage and good cheer, so that no one can meet him without feeling better and happier. Mr. Naegeli was married in 1872, by the Rev. E. V. Campbell, of St. Cloud, to Lena Hodel, a native of Tune, Switzerland, who came to Albany, in Stearns county, with her mother and three brothers. Mr. and Mrs. Naegeli have ten children: Frank, Rosa, Her- man, Alexander, Henry, Robert, Lena, William, Charles and Fritz. Frank lives in North Dakota. He is married and has four children. Rosa is the wife of Reinold Noak. Herman lives in North Dakota, is married and has two children. He is a veteran of the Spanish-American war. Alexander lives in Albany, this county. He is married and has two sons. Henry lives in North Dakota, is married and has two children. Robert is married and lives in North Dakota. Lena is married and lives in North Dakota. Fritz lives at home. William is a Minneapolis dentist. He is married. Charles is a tele- phone employe in St. Cloud.
Mathias Nuerenberg, of St. Cloud, was born in Marytown, Fond du Lac county, Wis., April 20, 1858, son of Stephen and Mary Nuerenberg. The fam- ily came to America in 1845, lived in Marytown, Wis., until 1864, and then came to St. Martin, Stearns county. In 1878 they came to St. Cloud, where Stephen Nuerenberg engaged in the lime and cement business with his son
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Mathias. Mathias had followed the fortunes of his family, and remained with his father until the business was sold to Gruber & Porwoll. Mathias Nuerenberg, the subject of this mention, then went to Fargo where he was employed in general cement work for some two years. For a while he worked in Montreal. In 1898, having in the meantime retained his home in St. Cloud, he returned here, and became general agent for the Gluek Brewing Co., a position he still occupies. Mr. Nuerenberg is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters, the St. Joseph Benevolent Society and the United Commercial Travelers. In the early days he was a member of the volunteer fire depart- ment of St. Cloud, and was foreman of the "Little Giant" company. Mr. Nuerenberg married Barbara Gores, who was born in Minneapolis, her par- ents having come from Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Nuerenberg have ten chil- dren: Stephen, William, Annie, Katherine, Gertrude, Emil, Leo, Joseph P. and Carl. Stephen lives in Butte, Montana. He married Mary Anderson. William lives in Butte also, and is married. Annie is the wife of Louis Moos- brugger, chief of the St. Cloud Fire Department. They have one child, Ray- mond. Katherine married Louis Gerrer, and they have four children, Marie, Earle, Louise and Jerome. Gertrude married William Rezinski, and they have two children, Gertrude and Margaret. Emil married Lillian Eberlien. Leo is a driver for the St. Cloud Fire Department. Joseph P. is in his father's office. Carl is attending school.
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