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John B. Peters, farmer, Monticello township, was born in Ger- many, August 18, 1853, son of Peter and Eliza (Howe) Peters. who spent the span of their years in Germany. In the family there were seven children: Anthony and Mary (deceased) ; Bar- bara, of Germany; Mathias and John, of Wabasha county, Min- nesota ; John B., of Montieello; and John W., of the state of Washington. John B. Peters came to Ameriea in 1872, and lo- eated in the county of Wabasha, this state. In 1896 he came to Montieello township, and purchased 160 aeres in seetion 21, where he has sinee continued to live. He has a full line of im-
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provements, sightly house, good barns, and well-kept stock. He is a Demoerat in politics, and a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Peters married Mary Leisen, a native of Germany, and they have seven children : Eliza and George F. are at home ; Edward A. is a druggist at International Falls, Minn .; Eva is the wife of Edward Kleine, of Monticello; Agnes is a milliner at St. Thomas, N. D .; John and Frank are at home.
Ira C. Murray, dairyman, Monticello township, was born in section 6, on his father's homestead, where he still resides, Jann- ary 28, 1888, son of William and Cynthia (Merrel) Murray. Ira C., the youngest of the family, showed unusual aptitude for farm work at a very early age. He attended the district schools and at the age of twelve took charge of the home place. At the age of nineteen he and his mother went west, and spent some seven months ranching in Colorado and California. Then, after a short trip to South Dakota, he returned to West Prairie, Monticello, and again took charge of the home place. He makes a specialty of dairying, and is the owner of the prize registered Holstein bull named Prince Aalje Sals Butter Boy. Mr. Murray is a Republican in politics and the family faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church.
William Murray, one of the early settlers of Wright county, was born in New Brunswick in 1836. In 1869 he came to Wright county, where he took a homestead of eighty-nine acres on West Prairie, section 6, Monticello township. He broke and cleared the land, erected his home and outbuildings and became one of the leading representative farmers of the county. On this farm he toiled early and late and thus acquired snecess. He took an active interest in the welfare and upbuilding of the community and his death, April 30, 1907, was greatly mourned. On July 4, 1867, he was united in marriage to Cynthia Merrel, who was born in New York state in 1847 and came to Wright county with her husband in 1869. She has proved a faithful helpmate to her cherished husband and is loyal to her friends and church. She still resides on the old home farm with her son, Ira C. In the family there were eight children : Lester W., of Monticello; Edith, now Mrs. Edward D. Kemp, of Paonia, Cal .; Anna May (deceased) ; Sarah (deceased) ; Lottie (deceased) ; Nettie, now Mrs. Sherman Van Nest, of Los Angeles, Cal .; Robert (deceased) ; and Ira C.
Asa M. Perkins, stockraiser and farmer, Monticello township, was born in Morris, Ill., September 16, 1852, son of Joseph and Roxana (Baldwin) Perkins, natives of Massachusetts, who came to Wright county in 1854, brought their family in 1855, and located in Monticello township. The father died September 6, 1906, and the mother March 4, 1894. In the family there were
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four children : Waldo (deceased) ; Asa M .; Eda, widow of J. S. Day, of Raymond, Minn .; and Abbie, the wife of A. D. Lewis, of Everett, Wash. Asa M. Perkins spent his youth on the home farm, passed through the distriet sehools, and took courses at the University of Minnesota. In 1874 he went to Kandiyohi county and took a claim, where he remained four years. In 1882 he bought eighty aeres in section 35, Monticello township. He now owns 295 acres, has put in a full line of improvements, carries on general farming, and makes a specialty of swine rais- ing. Ile is well known as a successful educator, having taught school some twenty winters in the schools of this county. He is independent in politics, and has been town supervisor, as well as serving in minor offices, and has been a member of the school board for many years. He is a popular member of the M. W. A. Mr. Perkins was married, July 10, 1879, to Florence Bueklin, a native of Roekford township, this county, daughter of Alby and Rebecca (Leeper) Bueklin, natives respectively of Michigan and Indiana, who located in Rockford township in the early fifties and were there during the Wright County war. Mr. Bueklin died in 1895 and his wife in 1861. In their family there were five children: George, of Minneapolis; Charles, of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ; Udoris (deceased) ; Ernest (deceased) ; and Florence, the wife of Asa M. Perkins. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have had eleven children: Eda (deceased) ; Alby, of North Da- kota ; Bert, at home; Lottie, wife of John Larson, of Minneapolis; Frank, at home; Charles (deceased) ; Carrie, Viola and Della, at home; and Florence and Edward (deceased).
John A. Lindgren, general merchant, Monticello, was born in Sweden, April 14, 1873, son of John A. and Bertha Lindgren, who brought their family to America in 1879, and located in Silver Creek, this county, where they took a claim and followed general farming. After the death of the father, the mother mar- ried A. Hero. The children in the Lindgren family were: John A .; Andrew G., a school professor at Eeho, Minn .; Christina (deceased) ; Bertha, wife of C. P. Weston, of Silver Creek ; Hilma, of Portland, Ore .; Helen, now Mrs. Harry Klemz; and Albert, of Stanton, Minn. John A. Lindgren, the subject of this mention, remained on the home farm until he was about twenty years of age. For two years he elerked in a store in Minneapolis. Then for four years he traveled for the Jewell Nursery, of Lake City, Minn. At the end of this period he took a course in the St. Cloud State Normal sehool. Subsequently he became interested in the mercantile business in Monticello. In June, 1901, he en- tered into partnership with Joseph and John Roman, under the firm name of Lindgren & Roman Bros., in a general mercantile store. January 1, 1910, Mr. Lindgren took over the entire busi- ness. He has been successful and is one of the substantial men
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of the community. He is a Republican in politics, and a member of the I. O. O. F. Mr. Lindgren was married December 28, 1899, to Mary Louise Roman, a native of Big Lake, Minn.
John Geiser, farmer, Monticello, was born in Switzerland, December 14, 1868, son of John and Albertine (Ambuhl) Geiser, natives of Switzerland who came to America in 1870, and located in section 20, Monticello township, where in time they acquired 100 acres. The father died in August, 1906, and the mother in February, 1908. They were members of the Evangelical Lutheran church. John Geiser, by his first wife, had four children: Eliza, wife of Charles Boerner, of Duluth, Minn .; Rosa, wife of Andrew J. Covart (deceased) ; Robert, of Seattle, Wash., married to Nettie M. Mitchell; and Mary, wife of William Campbell, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich. By his second wife he had nine children : Freda, deceased wife of Albert N. Mitchell ; John; Anna, wife of William Cooley, of Morris, Minn .; Emma, wife of F. N. Wilson, of Mountain Top, Ark .; Matilda, who is at home ; Rudolph, super- intendent of schools, Cannon Falls, Minn .; Janette, wife of P. C. Deming, of Minneapolis, Minn .; Helen, wife of M. S. Mallough, of Wimbledon, N. D .; and Albert, of Winnipeg. John Geiser attended the public schools, learned agricultural pursuits from his father, and as he grew to manhood took charge of the home place, which he still conducts. He has made many improvements, and has been very successful in earrying on general farming and stockraising. He is interested in the progress of the community and has done good service on the school board for some five years. In politics he is a Republican. A niece, Gladys E. Mitchell, makes her home with her relatives on the home place.
Archie H. Moores, farmer, Monticello, was born at Big Lake, Sherburne county, Minnesota, October 24, 1880, son of William and Lillian (Robinson) Moores, both natives of Minnesota, and still residents of Big Lake. In the family there were nine chil- dren : George, of Big Lake; Eva, wife of John Pearson, of Big Lake; Archie H .; William, of North Dakota; Cora, wife of Roy Gulliford, of Big Lake; David (deceased) ; Hattie, wife of Alfred Benson, of Minneapolis: Allan (deceased), and Guy (deceased). Archie H. remained at home until attaining his majority, having in the meantime attained a good public school education, and worked on the farm with his father. For a while he worked in the northern forests and for a time engaged in the ice business at Big Lake. In 1903 he came to Wright county, and bought eighty acres on seetion 30. Later he added twenty acres more. He now has a good place, and carries on general farming and stock raising. In politics he is independent. Fraternally he associates with the Maccabees. Mr. Moores was married May 31, 1903, to Emma Norrell, born in Minnesota, daughter of John and Emma (Wall) Norrell, the latter of whom died in 1891 and
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the former of whom lives with the subject of this sketch. Mr. and Mrs. Moores have four children : Harvey C., Dorothy J. E., Melvin N. and a boy who died in infancy.
Alexander Mitchell, pioneer, Monticello township, was born in Maine, November 16, 1808. In the fall of 1854 he went to Illinois, where he remained until the spring of 1855, when he came to Monticello township and located on section 16, Monticello township. In 1862 he sold this farm and bought another in section 10, where he spent the remainder of his days. Ile was married November 2, 1856, to Jerusha Webber, and they had nine children : Frank, Henry A. and Anna, who are dead; Albert N., of Monticello; Augustus, who is dead; Laura, wife of F. J. Wakefield, of Washington; Dora, who is dead; Edwin, of Mon- ticello; and Charles Fremont, of Monticello.
Charles Fremont Mitchell, farmer, Monticello township, was born in the township where he still resides, January 9, 1858, son of Alexander and Jerusha (Webber) Mitchell, the pioneers. He was reared to farm pursuits, and in 1886 purchased his present farm of 160 acres in sections 18 and 19. He has brought the place to a high degree of cultivation and carries on general farming, hav- ing a fine dwelling and a good set of outbuildings. During the past ten seasons he has devoted considerable attention to thresh- ing. Mr. Mitchell is a Republican in politics. He has been super- visor for five years and assessor for two years and has also served in minor offices. He belongs to the M. W. A. Mr. Mitchell was married, November 17, 1872, to Adelhietd Geherenbeck, a native of Germany, and they have had eight children : Fremont, of Monticello; William, of Todd county, Minnesota ; Bertha, at home ; Lottie, at home ; Alice Le Roy (deceased) ; Fred (deceased) and James (deceased).
Frank L. Hanson, farmer, Monticello township, was born in the township where he still lives, February 22, 1882, son of Peter and Hannah (Silk) Hanson, natives of Denmark, who came to America about 1872, lived awhile in Steele county, in this state, and then came to Wright county. The father died in April, 1892, and the mother now lives in Monticello. In the family there were six children : Sophia (deceased) ; Frank (deceased) ; Mary, wife of Albert James, of Monticello; Frank L .; Rose, at home ; and Elizabeth, wife of Jacob Stengelin, of Monticello. Mr. Han- son has devoted his life to farming. He operates the home place in section 32, which he has named "Meadow Lawn," and in addition to this he owns and operates seventy-one acres in sec- tion 24. In politics he is a Demoerat. Mr. Hanson was married, June 18, 1903, to Elizabeth Sutherland, daughter of Edwin and Margaret Sutherland, and they have one son, Albert Clayton. The family faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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Albert B. James, farmer, Monticello township, was born in the Province of Quebec, Canada, April 12, 1862, son of Edward and Jane (Kinch) James, the former a native of Canada and the latter of Ireland, who came to Minnesota in 1869, located at St. Paul, came to Wright county in 1871 and located near Howard Lake, came to Monticello township about 1875, and here lived until the death of the mother in October, 1909, after which the father moved to the village of Monticello, where he died October 13, 1913. In their family there were seven children: Sarah, wife of Gilbert Middah, of Buffalo; William, of North Dakota; Albert, Elizabethi (deceased) ; Mary of Monticello; Isaac, of Annandale; and Henry, of Buffalo township. Albert B. James remained with his parents until about thirty years of age. At that time he bought 192 acres in sections 25 and 36, Monticello township, where he now has one of the best farms in the town. He successfully carries on general farming and stock raising, and is one of the leading men of his community. He is an inde- pendent voter and the family faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. James was married, January 1, 1896, to Mary Hanson, daughter of Peter Hanson, a sketch of whose family appears elsewhere in this work.
Albert Katilinek, farmer and veteran of the Civil war, Mon- ticello, was born in Bohemia, April 23, 1836, son of John and Lydia Katilinek, also natives of Bohemia, who came to America about 1846, and located in Cook county, Illinois, where they spent nearly all the remainder of their lives, dying, however, at the home of their son in Wright county. They were the parents of four children: Mary (deceased) ; John (deceased) ; Joseph, of Cook county, Illinois, and Albert. Albert Katilinek remained with his parents until he was twenty-one years of age. Then he went to Iowa for about a year, and then to Pike's Peak, Colo., after which he returned to Illinois. There he enlisted in Com- pany G, Thirty-Ninth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, serving four years and eight months. To recapitulate the story of the cam- paigns, skirmishes, marches and battles in which he engaged would be to repeat the well-known story of that famous regiment. It is sufficient to say that he was a good soldier and never failed in his duties. He was wounded in South Carolina. After he was mustered out at Springfield, he worked in Chicago about two years. Then he came to Wright county, and located at Maple Lake. Later he sold this and purchased 314 acres in sections 28 and 29, Monticello township, where he now carries on general farming and stockraising. The place is well improved and con- stitutes one of the best farms in the neighborhood. Mr. Katilinek is an active member of the G. A. R. He has been town super- visor at various times and has also served in minor offices. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Katilinek
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was married, for his first wife, to Mary Hudek, and by this union there were five children: Edward, of Monticello township; Will- iam, at home; Emma, wife of J. F. Hammer, of Angel Island, Cal .; and twins, who died in infaney. For his second wife he married Rosa Cech, a native of Bohemia, who came to America in 1861 and settled in Woodland township. The service took place November 21, 1882. To this union there were born four children : Frank, of Monticello township; George, Mary and Clarence, at home.
August Klatt, farmer, Monticello township, was born in Ger- many, July 10, 1860, son of Carl and Augusta Klatt, who spent the span of their years in Germany. In the family there were six children : Minnie, August, Franz, Matilda, Carl and Julius. August Klatt started life for himself at the age of fourteen, and has devoted his years to farming. He came to America in 1893 and located on a farm near Buffalo, in this county. In 1897 he came to Monticello and purchased 140 acres in sections 28 and 29. He has made many improvements and has an excel- lent place. He is a Republican in politics and has served five years on the school board. Mr. Klatt was married, October 4, 1885, to Augusta Martweick, a native of Germany, and they have had nine children : Otto, of Monticello; Martha, wife of August Grelling, of Buffalo township, this county; and Fred, Leone, Gladys, Holbert, Leo, Henry, at home; and Lena (deceased). The family faith is that of the Lutheran church.
William H. Fyten, farmer, Monticello township, was born in Holland, October 20, 1861, son of John H. and Marguerite (Mer- tens) Fyten, natives of Holland, who came to America in 1872 and located in Minneapolis, where the former, who was a stone- mason, died May 10, 1877, and the latter in 1904. In their family there were eight children: Anna, wife of L. Geris, of Douglas county ; John (deceased) ; William H .; Catherine (deceased) ; Theodore (deceased) ; Nellie (deceased) ; Lena, wife of William Smith, of Minneapolis; Christian (deceased). As a young man, William H. was interested in the mercantile business in Minne- apolis, which he followed until 1893. Then he came to Wright county and purchased the following year eighty acres in section 33, Monticello township, where he has since carried on general farming and stoek raising. The place is well improved and the home is a sightly one. Mr. Fyten is an independent voter. He is a member of the German Catholic Benevolent Society. Mr. Fyten was married, February 13, 1884, to Mary Jasper, a native of Carver county, Minnesota. To this union have been born twelve children: Frank and John, of Minneapolis; Mary, wife of Martin Robeck, of Monticello; and William, Anna, Matilda, Rudolph, Marguerite, George, Walter, Clarence and Mary Incz, at home. The family faith is that of the German Catholic church.
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Lindsay C. Goetzke, farmer and stock raiser, of Monticello township, was born in St. Paul, Minn., September 3, 1869, son of Fred G. and Emily (Gauger) Goetzke, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1864 and located on a farm near St. Paul, where the mother died in 1875, and the father January 14, 1912. In the family there were six children : August, of Dakota county, Minnesota; a boy and girl who died in infancy; William, of St. Paul; Annie, widow of William Boesel, of White Bear Lake, Minn., and Lindsay C. For second wife the father married Johanna Post, and to that union there was born one child, Mary, wife of Otto Keihl, of New Canada, Minn. After attaining his majority, Lindsay C. operated his father's farm for a while and then went to the city of St. Paul. Then he farmed in Wisconsin three years and on a place near St. Paul two years. In 1902 he eame to Wright county and bought 162 aeres in section 34, Mon- ticello township, where he has since carried on general farming and stock raising. He has an unusually fine herd of cattle and is one of the successful dairymen of the community. He is an independent voter, and the family faith is that of the Lutheran church. Mr. Goetzke was married, November 16, 1892, to Lonisa M. Bahls, a native of Minnesota, of German descent. They have five children : Harry J., Leroy A., Elsie M., Wesley F. and Hazel N.
William M. Johnson, farmer, Monticello, was born in Illinois, October 7, 1871, son of Peter X. and Bettie (Swanson) Johnson, natives of Sweden, who came to America about 1870, lived a while in Illinois, then went to Iowa, and in 1901 came to Wright county, where they purchased 120 acres in section 21, Monticello town- ship. The father died in February 28, 1908, and the mother still makes her home on the farm. In the family there were six chil- dren: Swan (deceased) ; William M .; Emily, of Monticello; Minnie, the wife of Fred Edquist, of Minneapolis; Amanda, wife of Charles J. Anderson, who works on the home place; and Luther E. William M. Johnson remained with his parents until about twenty-one years of age. Then he bought 100 acres near the village of Stanton, Iowa. Later he sold this and followed his trade as a painter. Subsequently, however, in 1903, he bought eighty acres near the home place. Near the village of Monticello. He has made many improvements, and earries on general farming and stock raising. In polities he is a Republican, and the family faith is that of the Swedish Mission church. Mr. Johnson was married, in Stanton, lowa, October 13, 1899, to Amanda Larson, a native of Sweden. Their only child, a son, Earl William, died in infancy. He was born June 26, 1901. Amanda Larson was born in Ilelsingborg, Sweden, May 21, 1880, and came to America in 1896.
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Luther A. Johnson, farmer and stock raiser, Monticello, was born in Montgomery county, Iowa, July 16, 1880, son of Peter X. and Bettie (Swanson) Johnson, who are appropriately mentioned elsewhere in this work. After learning the harness-making trade, he opened a shop in Braham, Min. In 1905 he took up a home- stead in Midland, S. D. In 1907 he returned to Wright county and operated the home place in Monticello three years. Then he bought forty acres. Later he bought another forty. He carries on general farming and stock raising, and the land is well improved. Mr. Johnson is a Republican in politics. He attends the Swedish Lutheran church.
Peter Lindbom, farmer, Monticello, was born in Sweden, July 29, 1855, son of Carl and Brita (Peterson) Lindbom, both natives of Sweden, where both ended their days. In the family there were three children: Peter, Erick and Anna. Erick lives in Sweden. Anna is dead. Peter Lindbom came to America at the age of twenty-four, and with headquarters at Traey, Minn., worked on the railroad. In 1882 he took up his residence in Minneapolis, and the next twenty years were spent in railroad work and in following his trade as a carpenter. In 1902 he came to Wright county, and secured forty acres in section 19, where he has since continued to live. He eleared the land, erected the buildings, and now has a good, comfortable place in every respect. He carries on general farming and stoek raising. In politics he is an independent voter. Mr. Lindbom was married, May 30, 1891, to Augusta J. Nelson, a native of Sweden, now deceased. They have two children: Carl Albert, born May 7, 1892, and Ellen Josephine, born May 22, 1895.
Sylvester Fyle, farmer, Montieello township, was born in Franee, March 30, 1855, son of Brazile and Mary (Barber) Fyle, natives of France, who came to America in 1856, lived in New York state a while, and then went to Michigan for five years. In the meantime Brazile Fyle had served three years as a private during the Civil war. In 1870 they came to Minnesota, and in 1872 located on a farm in Monticello, where he farmed and carried on his trade as a stonemason. In the family there were seven children : A boy who died in infancy ; Joseph (deceased), for several years an engineer on the Great Northern; Mary (deceased), the wife of Frank Montreuil; Sylvester; Brasile (deceased) ; Jamy, wife of John Crunholtz, of Medicine Lake, Minn., and Josephine (deceased). Sylvester Fyle lived at home with his parents until twenty-three years of age. Then he rented a farm for a while. Subsequently he went to Shakopee for two years. Later he returned to Monticello and purchased eighty acres. He was successful in his operations, and in time aequired 190 acres. Of late years, however, he has presented various tracts to his children, so that he now owns seventy-five acres on
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section 28, Monticello, where he conducts general farming. He has made many improvements and has a good place. In politics he is a Republican. Mr. Fyle was married, January 20, 1876, to Kate Miller, a native of Illinois, but of German descent. To this union have been born seven children: Sylvester B. (deceased) ; John, of St. Michael, this state; Thomas, of Monti- cello township; Rose (deceased) ; Jacob, of Albertville, this state; and Mary and Kate, who are at home. The family faith is that of the Catholic church.
William D. Hamlet, farmer, Monticello township, was born in Brownville, Me., August 8, 1857, son of Joseph B. and Charlotte M. (Snow) Hamlet. Joseph B. Hamlet was born in Maine, was there reared, and during the Civil war enlisted in the Eleventh Maine Pioneer Corps. He served a year and a half, and was then discharged, having been injured while engaged in building bridges. He brought his family to Wright county in 1864 and took up farming in Otsego township. He was postmaster at Lily Pond for some years. He was also justice of the peace. Having gained a considerable knowledge of medicine, he ministered to the ailments of the children in the neighborhood, and was very successful in his treatments. He died in 1900. His wife died in 1911. In the family there were six children : Flora (deceased) ; Lewis B .; Aroline F., wife of Luther Davis, of Drain, Ore .; Flarilla, who died in childhood; William D .; and Helen Amanda, wife of William W. Heath, of Snohomish, Wash. William D. Hamlet remained on the home place until about twenty-six years of age. Then he bought forty acres in Monticello township and started farming on his own account. In 1881 he bought forty acres in section 16, in the same township. He has brought the place to a high stage of cultivation, and successfully carries on general farming. He is a Republican in politics, and has served the town as supervisor some twelve years. It is interesting to note that Tilston Snow, grandfather of William D. Hamlet, was one of the first settlers to cross the Mississippi river into Wright county. He came in 1858 from Maine and settled in Otsego township. Mr. Hamlet was married August 30, 1884, to Della Baker, a native of lowa, daughter of Caleb Fulton and Emeline (Stevens) Baker, who brought her to Wright county when she was one year of age, and settled in Otsego township, where Baker's Ferry is named for them. In the Baker family there were six children : William Hovey, of Washington; Newell (deceased), Nettie, wife of Frank Heath, of Beach, N. D .; Nathan, of Otsego township : Della, wife of William D. Hamlet.
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