History of Stearns County, Minnesota, Volume I, Part 91

Author: Mitchell, William Bell, 1843-
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago : H. S. Cooper
Number of Pages: 964


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Jacob L. Hohmann, educator, was born on the home farm in St. Cloud township, May 15, 1859. He spent his early days with his parents, and after attending the district schools, entered the St. Cloud State Normal School. He commenced his present profession of teaching in 1879 and has devoted over a quarter of a century to that profession. He now lives in St. Cloud. Mr.


FRANK HURRLE AND FAMILY


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Hohmann is also an artist of considerable ability, and his work in oils, water colors, crayons and the like has attracted favorable attention and won a ready market. Jacob L. Hohmann married Annie Trautlein, who was born in Fountain City, Wis., daughter of Henry and Frances (Shellhauner) Traut- lein, the former of whom was a veteran of the Civil war, spent his declining years as a farmer near Eau Claire, Wis., and died December 19, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Hohmann have six children : Leo, Ida, Marie, Paul, Regina and Alphonse.


Frank Hurrle was born in Baden, Germany, about the year 1828, and came to America in the later forties. After living for a time in Illinois, he came to Stearns county in 1854, and settled in St. Augusta township. He died in 1885. He was twice married and had seven children. Agnes married Emil Grams, of Minneapolis. Frank married Minnie Goener, and they live on the Goener farm in St. Augusta. Annie is in a convent in Duluth. Mary is in a convent at Little Falls. Theresa is the wife of Richard Creps, of St. Augusta. Xavier married Mary Falke, and lives in Buckman. John H. is a St. Cloud merchant.


John H. Hurrle, of the firm of Avery & Hurrle, St. Cloud, was born in St. Augusta, Minn., March 29, 1875, son of Frank and Mary (Schomaker) Hurrle. He remained on the home farm until 1910, when he came to St. Cloud and entered the employ of A. A. Eich. In 1913 he formed a partnership with J. P. Avery. They handle organs and pianos and automobiles. Mr. Hurrle is a member of the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Hurrle married Lizzie Benort, daughter of Edward and Catherine Benort, and they have two children, Lo- retta and Irene.


Henry Herschbach was born in Germany, married Susan Assenmacher, had three children, and brought the family to America in 1842. For twenty- five years he lived in Joliet, Illinois, working at his trade as a carpenter. Later he came to St. Cloud and with his son engaged in the furniture business at the corner of Eighth avenue and St. Germain street. Later they sold out to Rudolph Huhn. Mr. Herschbach died in 1889 at the age of eighty years. Mary A. Herschbach, the second child in this family married Mathias Dress- ling in 1857, at Joliet, Ill. He was a tailor by trade, came to St. Cloud with his wife's people, worked for a time at his trade, and then opened a shop of his own, but was forced to retire by reason of poor health. Mr. and Mrs. Dressling had eight children, of whom there are living three, Joseph, Mary and Louise M. Joseph lives in St. Paul. He married Tracy Bebensee, and they have adopted a bright boy, Edward, whom they are giving a parental love. Mary is the wife of William Koepper. They have five children. Louise M. married William Wrecktenwald. Mr. Wrecktenwald was born in Long Prairie, and is now manager for the Garden City Feeder Co., of Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Wrecktenwald have three children, Alvina, Joseph M. and Richard.


Nicholas Heinen was born in Fond du Lac, Wis., May 5, 1856, son of Peter and Lucile (Peck) Heinen, the former of whom was born in Budesheim, Brum, Germany, came to America about 1848, located in Wisconsin, and in 1857 settled on a farm in the town of St. Joseph, this county, where he farmed until his death in 1889. Nicholas remained on the farm until the fall of 1879. Then


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he engaged in business in Wahpeton, N. D., for three years, after which he eondueted a general store in Willard, Minn., for four years. Then he came to St. Cloud, where, in 1887, he and his brother, Peter, opened a store. Eight years later he went into the livery business. For the past eighteen years he has been local agent for the Hamm Brewing Co., of St. Paul. Mr. Heinen is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. He married Mary M. Schindler, and they have seven children, Peter P., Anna M., Joseph F., Mary, Agnes A., Martin N. and Luey.


Peter Heinen was born in Fond du Lae, Wis., the son of Peter and Lueile (Peek) Heinen. He was engaged in various oecnpations in his youth, and at the time of his death was engaged in the mercantile business in St. Cloud with his brother Nieholas. He died in 1897 at the age of forty-six years. He was married in 1888 to Catherine Goetten, the daughter of Peter and Anna (Nie- son) Goetten, and they had five children: Otto P., Leo B., Albert J., Hildegard A. and Victor E. Mr. Heinen was a member of St. Joseph's Benevolent So- ciety and of the Knights of Columbus.


Chandler Harmon, retired lumberman and agriculturist, living at 4829 Dupont avenne, South, Minneapolis, Minn., was born in Maine, August 4, 1839, son of Allen Harmon, who brought him to St. Anthony, a part of the present eity of Minneapolis, in 1850. Chandler Harmon eame to Sank Centre in 1859, and became a prominent citizen, taking an active part in the growth and development of township and village. He served on the town and school boards, and aeted on various committees as oceasion required. In 1900 he retired and took up his home with his children. During the Civil War, Mr. Harmon was employed in the quartermaster's department, U. S. A. For some years he engaged in railroad building. In 1872 he became interested in mill- ing, and for some years operated a mill at Sauk Centre. On November 5, 1865 Mr. Harmon married Franees E. Reed, of Paynesville, Minn., and they have two children, Lulu M., of Minneapolis, and William W., of Menominee, Mieh. Mrs. Harmon died June 16, 1899. Allen Harmon was born in Maine, married Charlotte Boobar. In 1850 he brought his family to St. Anthony. He died at the age of seventy and his wife died two years later. His children were: William, Luey J., Chandler, Elijah A., Nellie, Abbie, Charles T., Arra and Miland S.


Thomas K. Hasbrouck, auctioneer, was born in Centerville, St. Joseph county, Michigan, September 26, 1859, son of David and Caroline (Munson) Hasbronek. He went with the family to Mapleton, Iowa, and remained on the home farm until thirty-three years of age. In 1892 he went to Benson, Swift eounty, this state, where he engaged in the hotel business and operated a livery stable and a wood yard in connection. He also dealt to a considerable extent in real estate. Subsequently he operated a hotel and farm in New London, Kandiyohi county, and still later a farm in Watab, Benton county, Minnesota. In 1906 he came to East St. Cloud, and purchased the Grand City Hotel. Two years later he took up his present business. He has been very suecessful and is known as one of the best men in his line in this part of the state. Nature has endowed him with many gifts, he is keen, penetrat- ing, shrewd, a good mathematician, and well learned in the law. He is a


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member of the Modern Woodmen and the Eagles. By his first wife, Emma Chapman, Mr. Hasbrouck had six children. The present Mrs. Hasbrouck was Margaret MeCarty, the daughter of Richard MeCarty, who settled in Scott county, this state, in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Hasbrouck have two children, Lorene and Thomas E., Jr.


Nels E. Henning, proprietor of the Henning Sidewalk Co., with factory and offiee in East St. Cloud, was born in Skone, Sweden, November 22, 1877, son of Henning Person and Grinnilla Person. Nels E., after receiving a good education, eame to America in 1898, landed in Boston, and found his way west to Princeton, Bura county, Ill. In that county he worked as a farm hand and as a eoal miner. In 1901 he eame to this state, and worked in the cement business at Mankato. In 1906 he came to East St. Cloud and engaged in the same line on his own account, laying sidewalks, and manufacturing cement paving, paving blocks, building blocks, pipe and tile of varying sizes. Dur- ing the first three years that he was in business he laid an average of about two miles of walks a year. This business has increased year by year, and has been very successful. Mr. Henning is a good workman, is a close stu- dent of his business, always does his work well, and gives complete satisfac- tion in all his undertakings. Mr. Henning was married October 28, 1903, to Maria Berglund, of Swedish descent. They have four children: Paul H., Wendel Y., Marion, and Oliver P. The beautiful home, of which Mr. Hen- ning is justly proud, is located at 109 Fourth avenue, Southeast. The family faith is that of the Swedish Congregational Chureh.


Arthur A. Hussey, painter and decorator, St. Cloud, was born in the city where he still resides, September 3, 1857, son of Allen E. and Sarah (Kinney) Hussey, the pioneers. Arthur A. received an exeellent education in the public schools. At the age of eighteen he went to Minneapolis, and learned the trade of painting. Then he returned to St. Cloud. In the spring of 1882 the firm of Hussey & Thursdale was formed. They carried on a flourishing busi- ness for eighteen years in painting, decorating and wall papering. At the end of this period Mr. Hussey became traveling salesman for the Farwell, Osmund & Kirk Co., of St. Paul, for two and one half years, after which he engaged in business for himself. He does a large business in interior decorat- ing, wall papering and exterior painting. He is a member of the Royal Ar- canum, and the Independent Order of Foresters. Mr. Hussey was married December 6, 1885, to Charlotte N. Whitney, daughter of James and Julia (Dorr) Whitney, the former of whom was an iron worker.


Allen E. Hussey was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, and came to St. Cloud in 1856. He was an architect by profession and designed many important build- ings in St. Cloud and vicinity. He died in 1900 at the age of seventy-one years. His wife, Sarah Kinney, died in the early sixties, and for his second wife he married Rosanna MeCleary, who died in 1908. By his first marriage there were four children, two of whom died in infancy: Arthur A., of St. Cloud, and Charles C. (deceased). By the second marriage one child was born, Hattie, now Mrs. A. H. Kendall, of St. Cloud.


Peter Goetten was born in Hundsheim, Germany, and came to America in 1848, at the age of fifteen years. For eighteen years he lived in Illinois,


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making his home thirty miles from Chicago. There he married Anna Neison, who was born in Freir-on-the-Rhine, and came to America in her youth. In 1866 the family came to St. Cloud, and acquired a farm in Luxemburg town- ship, this county. This he rented as his other business grew in importance. He was interested in the cattle business, and had a market on St. Germain street, St. Cloud. Mr. Goetten died March 27, 1910. His wife died January 16, 1912. Their daughter, Catherine A., who married Peter Heinen, was born in Illinois, and was brought to this county by her parents. She attended the Franklin and the parochial schools in St. Cloud, and was reared in the family home at the corner of Eleventh avenue and First street, North, St. Cloud.


Andrew Gruber, of the firm of Andrew Gruber & Co., St. Cloud, manu- facturers of cement walks and other cement products, tile, lime and plaster, was born in Canton Graubuenden, Switzerland, October 26, 1858, son of Andrew and Katherine (Schanutt) Gruber. He came to America in 1880 and located in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, with his brother, John. In 1882 he came to St. Cloud and engaged in building and contracting. In 1887 he engaged in his present business with Frank Porwell as partner. Mr. Gruber is one of the active citizens of the city. He is treasurer of the school board, a body of which he has been a member for ten years. He is treasurer and one of the trustees of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, and a prominent worker in the St. Joseph Benevolent Society. Mr. Gruber married Elizabeth Looman, a native of Holland, and their children are: Joseph A., Wilhelmina, Agnes M., Frank A., Susan, Sarah, Carl, Clement and Marcella. Joseph mar- ried Alma Seabold, and they have two children, Evelyn and Mary. Wilhel- mina married Ralph C. Peabody, and they have three children, Willard, War- ren and Helen.


Andrew P. Goetten, of St. Cloud, was born in the city where he still re- sides, January 26, 1868, son of Peter and Anna (Nieson) Goetten. He at- tended the public and parochial schools, and at an early age became interested in his father's business. In 1896 he went to Melrose, in this county, and opened a market. In 1904 he returned to St. Cloud, and with his brother, bought out his father. Later he purchased his brother's interest and since then has conducted the market alone. His good nature, courteous bearing, and honest dealing have brought him a general patronage. He is a member of the Catholic Order of Foresters. Mr. Goetten married Caroline O'Brien, a native of Linden, Wis., and they have several children.


John P. Goetten, of St. Cloud, was born in the city where he still resides, September 30, 1873, son of Peter and Anna (Nieson) Goetten. He attended the public and the parochial schools as well as the St. Cloud State Normal School. In 1904 he and Andrew P., his brother, bought out their father. In 1905 they separated, and John P. now has a splendid market and is doing a large business. He belongs to the Elks and the Knights of Columbus. Mr. Goetten married Hattie Himsl, and they have five children: Gesla, Louis, Alona, Amour and Gerald.


Jacob Grandelmeyer, one of the pioneers of St. Cloud, was born in Canton Zurich, Switzerland, crossed the ocean to Maryland, lived there for a while, found his way westward, and about 1855 reached St. Cloud, where he died in


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1876. He built one of the first frame houses in the Upper Town of St. Cloud. It was located on the northwest corner of Ninth avenue and St. Germain street. The historic old building is still standing on the east side of Tenth avenue, between Germain and First streets, North.


Robert L. Gale, manager of the St. Cloud Storage & Produce Co., was born June 12, 1859, in Middlesex county, Ontario, Canada, son of Robert L. Gale, a native of London, England, and Mary E. Radcliffe, a native of Dub- lin, Ireland. The subject of this mention came to St. Cloud in 1883, and found employment in the First National Bank. With this insight into the commercial possibilities of St. Cloud, he engaged in the fuel business and fol- lowed that line for eleven years. Then he operated a flour mill at Osaker, Minn., for three years. In 1900 he organized the St. Cloud Storage & Produce Co., and erected the building in which the business is housed. The plant is an extensive one, handles and stores eggs, fruit and dairy products, and manufactures ice cream on a large scale. The structure is of brick, 126 by 124 feet. Mr. Gale was married June 12, 1890, to Lou-Alice, daughter of Dr. John H. Murphy, of St. Paul. They have two children, John H., of St. Paul, and Mary A., who remains at home.


Levi Frost, a pioneer, was born in Athens county, Ohio, September 17, 1835, son of Joseph and Rhoda (Brown) Frost, with whom he came to Maine Prairie, Stearns county, in 1857. He farmed with his father, and became acquainted with many of the pioneers of the county. In 1862 he assisted in erecting the stockade on section 13, in which he and others gathered for safety, some remaining as long as eight or ten weeks. In 1863 he went back to his native county with his parents. In 1886 he located in McLeod county, Minnesota. In 1889 he came to Fair Haven, in Stearns county. In 1891 he came to Waite Park, in St. Cloud township. In 1900 he took up his resi- dence in St. Cloud. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Frost were members of the Metho- dist Church. Mr. and Mrs. Levi Frost are members of the Christian Church. Mr. Frost married Elvira Worthen, born in Meigs county, Ohio, daughter of Charles and Phoebe (Hugg) Worthen, also natives of that county. Before her marriage, Mrs. Frost was a teacher for fifteen years in southern Ohio.


Joseph Frost, a pioneer of Stearns county, and a veteran of the War of 1812, was born in Granville, Mass., June 7, 1790, and learned the trades of carpenter and millwright. At the age of twenty-two he participated in the war with Great Britain. He married Rhoda Brown, a native of Albany, N. Y., and about 1830 located in Athens county, Ohio. In 1856 the family came to St. Paul. In 1857 they started for Stearns county, making the trip by ox team to St. Francis, Anoka county, and then by horse team to Maine Prairie. They farmed here for a while, and in 1863 returned to Meigs county, Ohio, where they died. Of their eleven children, there are now living four: Julia, Lucy, Elmira and Levi.


William M. Fisher, secretary and treasurer of the Grinols Company, was born October 11, 1872, at Saginaw, Michigan, son of Henry and Mary (Os- wald) Fisher, who, in 1888, brought him to St. Cloud, where the father oper- ated the Le Sauk Hotel until his death a year later. William M. received a good public school education, and took courses in the St. Cloud State


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Normal School. He was an accountant for the California Wine House for five years, and blockman for the Plano Manufacturing Co., three years. In 1895 he became connected with the Grinols Company. In 1900 he became a stockholder, and in 1904 bought out the Grinols interests. The concern is engaged in the farm implement and fuel business. The other efficers of the concern are: Mrs. William M. Fisher, president; and Ripley B. Brower, vice- president. Mr. Fisher married Katherine, the daughter of William and Mary (Finnegan) O'Brien, and they have one daughter, Mary Lucile. Mr. Fisher is a member of the Elks and the Knights of Columbus.


William H. Feddema, a resident of St. Cloud, is a splendid example of that sturdy race of Hollanders, who, from the earliest days, have contributed so materially to the citizenship of the United States. He was born in the Province of Groningen, Netherlands, January 10, 1842, son of Herman and Annie (Tenberg) Feddema, who brought him to America at the age of twelve years. They landed in Quebec, Canada, went from there to Buffalo, New York, and thence to Lafayette, Ind., where the father pursued his trade as a carpenter. May 5, 1857, they arrived in Sauk Rapids, Minn., and just seven weeks after they had left their home in Indiana, secured a preemption elaim in St. Joseph township. At the end of a year they sold their elaim, and moved to Le Sank township, where they preempted eighty acres, on which the parents spent the remainder of their lives. William H., like most other boys, had an uneventful childhood. His education was received in his native land and in Lafayette, Ind. He remained at home until 1863, when he came to St. Cloud, and secured employment with J. W. Tenvoorde, on the Court House, then in the course of construction. Later he moved to Cottage Grove, Wash- ington county, this state, where he was variously employed. The country at that time was in the turmoil of Civil War. In 1864, Mr. Feddema went to Hastings, and enlisted in Company B, Eleventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, with which he went first to Ft. Snelling, and then south. In 1865 he was mustered out at Galitan, Tenn., after which he returned to his father's farm in Le Sauk. Later he took a homestead in St. Joseph township, which he afterward sold to John Linneman. Mr. Feddema then returned to Lafayette, Ind., where he was employed in a lumber yard for several years. In 1872 he returned to Stearns county, and purchased a farm in St. Martin township from Judge L. W. Collins, where he labored for nineteen years. Then he secured a farm east of Lake Henry in Roseville, Kandiyohi county, where he farmed for fifteen years. Subsequently he came to St. Cloud. In 1907 he secured em- ployment in the Great Northern shops at Waite Park, where he has since been engaged. Mr. Feddema married Johanna Emsing, a native of Holland, and they have had thirteen children, of whom there are living ten: Herman, in Alberta, Canada ; John, in Foley, Minn .; Annie, Mary, Lawrence, Deina, Ber- nard, Peter, Margaret and Kate, now Mrs. Kemper, of Perham, Ottertail county.


John Fritz, pioneer, was born in Westphalia, near Baden, Germany, and early became a woodworker. His family still holds his certificate of profi- ciency as a cabinet-maker and carpenter. In the late forties, he brought his wife and his son, Andrew, to America. After four years in Sandusky, Ohio,


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he brought them to St. Paul. In 1856 he started out with his son for Stearns county, making the trip on foot. He took a claim in the vicinity of Pleasant lake, Stearns eounty. Later his wife joined him and he sold out and came to St. Cloud, where he erected a home on Sixth avenue, North, near the Cathedral. He worked as a contractor and builder and died shortly after the Civil War. His wife enjoyed long years and died in 1890.


Andrew Fritz, veteran, was born in Westphalia, near Baden, Germany, November 29, 1836, son of John Fritz, the pioneer. He was brought to Amer- ica at the age of eleven, and lived with his parents in Sandusky, Ohio, and St. Paul, Minn., before coming to Stearns county in 1856. He learned the woodworking business from his father and was employed as a carpenter for many years. In 1863 he enlisted in Company D, First Minnesota Mounted Rangers, and served on the Northwestern frontier. Upon his return from the war he married. After having been in the building trade for many years, he purchased a farm west of the city of St. Cloud, and engaged in the dairy busi- ness some fifteen years. Later he retired and took up his residence with his son, Andrew E., in St. Cloud. When Andrew E. moved to St. Paul, Andrew Fritz entered St. Joseph's Home for the Aged, where he died November 4, 1913. He was a popular man in the eity and highly esteemed.


Andrew Fritz was married shortly after the Civil War to Mary Braun, who was born in Germany, the oldest daughter of Xavier and Magdalena (Lindel) Braun, who settled in St. Cloud township in 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fritz had eleven children. The living are: John J., Andrew E .. Rose, Albert H., William H., Frank, Rupert J. and Sophia. John J. is an elevator operator, in Minneapolis. He married Anna Hammerel, and of their five children there are living four: Wilfred, Hugo, Robert and Margaret. Andrew E. is mentioned elsewhere. Rose married Xavier Honor, of St. Cloud, and they have two children living, Eleanor H. and Xavier A. Albert H. lives in Crookston, Minn. William H. lives in Mitehell, S. D. He married Ada Richardson, and they have three children: Albert, William, and Mary L. Frank is mentioned elsewhere. Rupert J. lives in Sioux City, Iowa. He mar- ried Catherine Weber. Sophia is the wife of Frank Kline, agent for the Chicago & Illinois Western Railroad, at MeCook, Ill. They have three ehil- dren : Fred, Mareella and Edward. Three of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Fritz died in infancy. One, Edward, died at the age of seventeen years.


Andrew E. Fritz, public examiner of the state of Minnesota, was born in St. Cloud, January 28, 1870, son of Andrew and Mary (Braun) Fritz. He passed through the public schools of St. Cloud and graduated from the St. Cloud State Normal School in 1891. Then he taught school for a while. From 1898 to 1901 he was superintendent of schools in Ottertail county, this state. For some years he was connected with The Fritz-Cross Co., blank book manufacturers. In 1911 he was appointed to his present position. He married Harriet Moran, and they have two children, John and Richard.


Frank Fritz, St. Cloud photographer, was born in the eity where he still resides, June 11, 1878, son of Andrew and Mary (Brann) Fritz. He attended sehool in St. Cloud, and afterward tanght for a while. For a time he was in


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partnership with his brother, John J., in the photograph business. For some years he has conducted a studio of his own and does some excellent work. He is a member of the Elks, the Knights of Columbus, and the Eagles.


Henry Edelbrock was born in Dernekamp, Westphalia, Germany, April 23, 1823. As a young man he married Gertrude Grosse Kleimann. He became a prosperous and successful farmer, reached middle age, and reared a fine family, all in his native country. But his brother, Joseph, had come to America, located in St. Cloud, and established the first general store in the village. After considering the matter for a long time, Henry Edelbrock de- cided to come to America. He accordingly sold out his possessions, and with his family started for America, reaching St. Cloud in 1880. Here he spent the remainder of his life in retirement.


Mr. and Mrs. Henry Edelbrock had ten children: Anton, Gertrude, Anna, Henry, August T., Theodore, Joseph F., Elizabeth, Mary and Theresa. Anton and Gertrude are dead. Anna married John Heinann, contractor, of St. Cloud, and they have seven children. Henry married Mary Moritz, lives in Melrose, and has four children. August T. married Annie M. Schwartz, has seven chil- dren and lives in St. Paul. Theodore lives with his brother, Joseph F. Au- gust T. and Theodore were in the clothing business together in St. Cloud for some twenty years. They are now retired. Joseph F. is appropriately men- tioned elsewhere in this volume. Elizabeth married John Schwartz, and they have four children.




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