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Sherman, our subject participated in all of the exciting scenes that heralded the fall of Atlanta, and in the battle. of Jonesboro. When Sherman pushed out his columns to the sea, the Fifteenth Wisconsin was assigned for duty to the railroad between Nashville and Chattanooga, where our subject re- mained until February 13, 1865, when he was mustered out of the service. Returning to Madison, Wisconsin, he was commissioned as first lieutenant of Company E, Fifty-third Wis- consin Infantry, and did gallant service in Missouri until October 10, 1865, when he was again mustered out and finally dis- charged.
Immediately on leaving the service Mr. Lucken removed to the State of Iowa, and, putting up a woolen mill at Decorah, the seat of justice of Winneshiek county, con- tinued its operation there for about nine years. In 1874, disposing of his property there, he removed to Lyle, Mower county, Minnesota, at which point lie was engaged in the general merchandise trade until the centennial year, 1876, when, once more sell- ing out, he opened a general store at Bloom- ing Prairie, Steele county, this State, but in 1878 disposed of it and came to Polk county. . Here he took up a claim in the town of Rus- sia, but shortly after was appointed receiver of the estate of T. H. Ergens, and remained there until April, 1879, at which date he came to Crookston, where he has resided ever since. During that summer, a vacancy having occurred in the office of the county treasurer, Mr. Lucken was appointed to that position. At the election in the succeeding fall he was chosen by the qualified voters of the county to fill the same post, and has been continued therein by a discriminating and admiring constituency, he being elected his own successor ever since. He has always been identified closely with the republican party, and stands high in the local councils of that organization.
The subject of this memoir is a leading and active member of the Masonic frater- nity ; was made a Mason in Great Light Lodge, No. 81, of Decorah, Iowa, in 1866, but is now a member of Crookston Lodge, No. 141, A. F. & A. M .; of Pierson Chapter, No. 40, R. A. M., and of Constantine Com- mandery, No. 20, K. T.
Mr. Lucken was united in marriage on the 27th of May, 1867, at Decorah, Iowa, with Miss Elizabeth Wilson, a native of Norway, and the daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Wilson. By this union there has been born two children-Horace and Leonard.
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W INSLOW HOLASEK. Among the thrifty and frugal citizens of Grant county, Minnesota, is the gentleman whose name heads this biographical sketch. His beautiful farm, comprising 160 acres of well cultivated land lies in Logan township on section 22, where he carries on, success- fully, a general farming and stock-raising business. Mr. Holasek is a native of Minne- sota, born in Eden Prairie, Hennepin county, and is the son of Joseph and Mary (Charstic) Holasek, natives of Bohemia, a subdivision of the Austrian Empire. The father and mother of our subject emigrated to the Unit- ed States, and settled in Hennepin county, where they still remain. The father is a farmer, and is one of the representative citi- zens of the locality in which he resides. They are the parents of thirteen living chil- dren, named in the following order-Anna, Mary, Winslow, Joseph, John, Julia, Stephen, Jennie, Frank, Fred, Rosa, Christena and Amiel.
Winslow Holasek spent his school days in Hennepin county, attending for some time in Minneapolis, but principally in the district schools. At the age of nineteen years he left the school-room, and until he had reached
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the age of twenty-one, worked for S. W. Farnham, in Minneapolis. After remaining with this gentleman for about eighteen months, Mr. Holasek moved to Grant county, Minnesota, settling, in 1880, on his present tract of land in Logan township on section 22. On this place he has since remained, and is one of the prominent and influential farm- ers of that region.
Mr. Holasek was united in the holy bonds of matrimony on the 18th day of February, 1882, to Miss Mary Souba, a native of Wis- consin. This union has been blessed with two children-Joseph W. and Rosa M. Mr. Holasek is a Catholic in religious belief. He is a man of the strictest honor and integrity, highly esteemed by all his acquaintances. He holds the office of treasurer of Logan township and is also poundmaster. H affiliates with the democratic party and takes an active interest in that organiza- tion's campaigns.
JUDGE FOLSOM DOW is one of the landmarks of Richland county, North Dakota, having been the second settler in the village of Wahpeton. He has therefore been identified closely with all the interests of that place since its foundation. He is of English descent, and traces his ancestry back to Benjamin Dow, his great grand- father, who came to America from England, in about 1740, settling at Seabrook, New Hampshire. Benjamin Dow's son Winthrop was the grandfather of the subject of our sketch.
Judge Dow was born in New Hampshire, August 5, 1838, his parents being Samuel and Mary (Pease) Dow, natives of the same State. The mother was a daughter of Win- throp Pease, who was the son of Enoch Pease, a native of England, and who, on coming to this country, settled in Deerfield,
New Hampshire, where he followed the busi- ness of farming.
Samuel Dow was a farmer by occupation, and also dealt largely in cattle, buying and driving to Massachusetts, where he sold many head. He died in the place of his nativity January 19, 1867. The mother died February 17, 1870. They had a family of three children, two of whom are now liv- ing - Louisa M., now Mrs. Blake, and Fol- som, whose name appears at the head of this sketch.
Judge Dow spent his younger days on the home farm attending the district school. At fourteen he commenced a course in the Phillips Academy, where he attended every winter until he was seventeen years old. At that age he began the study of law with James McMurphy, Esq., in Epping, Rock- ingham county, New Hampshire. He con- tinued prosecuting his legal studies in the winter, and working on the farm during the summer, until 1864. In that year he was admitted to practice by the supreme court of New Hampshire. He then opened a law office in his native town, and engaged in active practice there until 1870. During this time he had made his home on his mother's farm, but after his mother's death, which occurred February 17th, in that year, he settled up the estate and started for the West, traveling in search of a location. For two months he traveled over the Northwest, . " viewing the landscape o'er," and then settled for a short time in Yankton, North Dakota. While on his prospecting tour he came to North Dakota on a Government surveying corps. He followed the line from Brecken- ridge across the Boid Sioux river into Dakota, and when he passed over what is now the site of the county seat of Richland county, so struck was he with the beauty and lay of the country, that he concluded to mark it for his own. So, taking a stake, with his name carved upon it, he drove it into the ground as a land-
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mark. His prophecy has been verified in the fact that now that land lies within the lim- its of the city of Wahpeton. The same year he returned and built a house on this land, becoming the second settler in the place, where he has since resided. He com- menced operations on the farm by having forty acres broken and put under cultiva- tion. However, he had no idea of relin- quishing his hold on his profession, so he opened an office in his house and gave his at- tention to what business there was in the legal line. He was the first regularly ad- mitted lawyer in the county, and has con- tinued in active practice since coming to this county. The settlers organized a school board in 1873, and he became one of its mem- bers, which position he held until 1887, when he refused to serve longer. He was the first justice in the county, being elected in 1873, and married the first couple who were married in the county. This couple, after their marriage, camped on the river bank, turning their oxen loose to graze on the prairie, and themselves sleeping in their covered wagon. In the morning they bought a few goods and then started for their home on the Cheyenne river, far to the northwest. Judge Dow has officiated at more marriages than any three men in the county, and seems to be in active demand by those desirous of launching on the matrimonial sea. He has held the office of justice during most of the time since 1873, when he was first elected. He has held other positions of trust and responsibility, among them that of county superintendent of schools, county treasurer, and district attorney. He enjoys a large and lucrative practice, and is held in high esteem by his fellow-citizens. He buys and sells real estate and makes collections. He has invested largely in lands throughout the county, and owns some village property.
In January, 1882, Judge Dow was mar- ried to Miss Josephine M. Losinger, of Roch-
ester, Minnesota, daughter of Frederick and Harriett (Eaton) Losinger, natives of Penn- sylvania and Connecticut, respectively. This marriage has been blessed with two children - Mary and Clarence S.
Judge Dow is a supporter of the princi- ples of the republican party, and is an ac- knowledged leader in its local affairs. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and attends the Congregational church, of which he is a trustee, and of which he was one of the lo- cal founders. The judge is a man of strong, decided opinions, is careful and conservative in all things, and by his integrity and fear- less defense of the right has endeared him- self to the hearts of all who know him.
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EWELL N. HARDY is the junior member of the firm of Kortsch & Hardy, of Alexandria, Minnesota. He was born in Rock county, Wisconsin, on March 20, 1843, and is the son of Samuel B. and Mary (Carlton) Hardy, natives of Massachu- setts.
IIis father was engaged during most of his life in the boot and shoc business, and, coming to Wisconsin in about 1841, settled in Rock county, where he took Government land and engaged thereafter in farming. He remained in this county until 1853, when he sold out and came to Minnesota, settling on Spring creek, near Red Wing. At this place he also took Government land,and improved the same until 1864. At this time he moved into the city of Red Wing, where he engaged in the man- ufacture of boots and shoes. Later he went to Diamond Bluff, Wisconsin, where he engaged in the grocery business. He re- mained in this place until his death, which occurred in 1884, in the month of May. The mother died in November, 1887. They were both members of the Methodist Episcopal church, the father having been prominent in the churches of which he had been a member,
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having held the position of class-leader and other offices for many years. They had a family of thirteen children, six of whom are now living -Charles C., Ebenezer, Newell N., Albert H., Matilda A. and Julia A.
Mr. Hardy, the subject of this sketch, spent his younger days on the farm, and received his education in the common schools of the State of Minnesota. In 1862 he enlisted in Company H, Eighth Regiment Minnesota Volunteers, and was in the service for three years and nine days. He was in four heavy Indian battles in Minnesota and on the plains of Dakota, saw service in seven battles of the South beside many skirmishes, witness-' ing the severest service in the battles of Murfreesboro and Nashville, where he saw the annihilation of Hood's army. From Nashville he went around by the coast where his regiment joined the corps of General Sherman. They remained one month with General Sherman's command, during a por- tion of his " march to the sea." At Charles- ton, North Carolina, the regiment was dis- banded, and discharged at Fort . Snelling, Minnesota. On receiving his discharge from the service he went to Pine Island, Minne- sota, where he engaged in farming, remain- ing in this business for three years, at the end of which time, in 1868, he came to Douglas county, Minnesota, where he took a homestead of 160 acres in the town of Lake Mary. Here he built a log house with what is called a " shake " roof, and which was with- out a floor the first winter. Here he saw the severest times of his life. On coming to Douglas county he had but $5 in his pocket with which to improve his farm and buy provisions. Five dollars went but a little way in accomplishing this-flour being $16 a barrel, and no potatoes nor vegetables of any kind to be had at any price. However, Mr. Hardy was a man not to be frightened by such things. He kept on improving the farm as best he could until it was in fine
condition, with fine buildings. He lived here upon this farm until 1878, at which time he came into the city of Alexandria and en- gaged in mercantile business with Nord & Kortsch. He continued with this firm for about five years, and then Mr. Nord retired from the business, turning over his portion of the firm assets to Mr. Hardy, who formed a partnership with Mr. Kortsch. This busi- ness partnership they have continued ever since. In 1884 they purchased the store building, which they now occupy on the corner of Sixth avenue and Main streets, at which point they are doing a very large business. Mr. Hardy has made many in- vestments in land in Douglas county. Be- sides his town property he owns a farm in the town of Orange and one in the town of Hudson, the latter being now run and managed by himself. He has quite a fancy for blooded stock, especially horses, and has now a number of first-class animals. He owned the well-known race horse Selkirk, who, when thirty-one years of age, trotted a mile in 2:40, and at that extreme old age looked like a young horse.
Mr. Hardy was married, in 1875, to Miss Celestia E. Putnam, of Pelican Rapids, Min- nesota, the daughter of Lewis Putnam. Seven children have blessed this union- Charles C., Rachel S., Mary C., Flora B., Lewis P., Samuel B. and Joseph F.
Mr. Hardy is a republican in politics ; is an honored member of the G. A. R. and Knights of Honor. He has held the offices of pathmaster, town clerk, supervisor, etc. He resides in his beautiful home on the shores of Lake Winona west of Main street. Mr. Hardy has been one of the most suc- cessful business men who have settled in Alexandria. In his farms and other invest- ments he has made considerable money, and now occupies much of his time in making farm loans, and looking after his other busi- ness interests.
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C. CLEMENT is engaged in the general line of brokerage business in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He handles real estate and insurance, and is general business agent for what is known as the South Side Real Estate Headquarters. He collects rents, notes and accounts, and pays taxes for non-residents. His office is located in the Clement and Wright block, corner of Bismarck and Cas- cade streets.
Mr. Clement is a native of Hopkinton, Merrimac county, New Hampshire. IIe was born on the 8th day of December, 1824, and is the son of Caleb and Lydia (Gyle) Clement, natives of New Hampshire. The father was by occupation a farmer, and died in 1826. Caleb's father, Peltiah, was a farmer by occupation and a native of New Hampshire. Lydia (Gyle) Clement's father was David Gyle, also a native of New Hamp- shire, and a farmer. Caleb Clement had a family of three children-Sarah A., now Mrs. Chase ; Mehitable, now Mrs. McGoom; and C. C., the subject of our sketch.
C. C. Clement remained beneath the par- ental roof until he was well along in years. When nine years of age his parents moved to Lowell, Massachusetts, where he received a good public school education. At sixteen years of age he was apprenticed to learn the carpenter's trade, and served in this line until he was nineteen years old, at which time he commenced work as a journeyman carpenter, doing some contracting in
Lowell and vicinity. After completing his apprenticeship he attended the academy at Pembrook, New Hampshire, for one year, and in 1850 went to California by way of the Isthmus of Panama. IIe remained in California for two years, during the first few months of which time he worked in the mines. Then he jobbed at the carpenter's trade, but his health failed and he was not able to perform the necessary amount of work which would enable him to carry on 1
his large business. Finally he was so terri- bly shaken up with fever and ague that he was forced to leave the country. In 1852 he returned to Lowell, Massachusetts, coming back by way of the Nicaraguan route. After coming to Lowell he continued for some time to work at his trade, but in 1853 he turned his attention to the grocery business, and opened a store which he ran for one year. He then went to Lake Village, New Hamp- shire, where he engaged with the Boston, Concord & Montreal Railroad Company, as pattern-maker in their shops. He continued in this business for eight years, and thence going to Concord, he engaged in the same kind of work for the Concord, M. & L. Rail- road, continuing in their employ for over one year. During the first year of the war he went to Portsmouth (New Hampshire) Navy Yard, where he worked at machine pat- tern-making for one year; thence he came westward to Ohio, settling in Sandusky, where he had charge of the car de- partment in the Sandusky, Dayton & Cincinnati Railroad Company's shops for three years, having in charge during the greater portion of this time, a crew of fifty men. 'In 1865 he came to Minnesota and settled at Faribault, where, for a time, he performed no labor, but carefully looked after the recuperation of his health. Later he went to work on the Minnesota Central Railroad, for which company he had charge of all their bridges and turntables. In 1867 he went to Minneapolis where, for one year, he worked in the shops of this railroad com- pany. At the end of this time he turned his attention to other lines, and was given charge of the erection of and putting the machinery into the first Washburn flouring mill in Min- neapolis. After completing this work he went to Winona, where he was placed in charge of the mechanical department of the shops of the Winona & St. Peter Railroad Company, in whose employ he remained for
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two years. In 1869 he removed to Hastings and found employment in being placed in charge of the mechanical department of the Hastings & Dakota Railroad Company. For eleven years he continued working for this line of road. In April, 1880, he came to Fergus Falls, Minnesota, as agent for the late George B. Wright, who was one of the pro- prietors of the town site of Fergus Falls, and had extensive business interests in this region. Mr. Clement had charge of all this business when he settled in Fergus Falls. Mr. Wright died in 1882, and Mr. Clement was engaged in settling up his business until 1883. When the matters in relation to the estate of Mr. Wright were closed up, the subject of our sketch turned his attention to his present business, in which he lias continued ever since.
Mr. Clement was married in 1846 to Miss Saralı S. Lathum, a native of Maine and dangliter of Hon. Cyrus Lathum of Lowell, Massachusetts. They had a family of eight children, three of whom are now living- Emma C., now Mrs. J. G. Shouts ; Caleb C., superintendent, secretary and treasurer of the Winona Plow Works; and Elizabeth, now Mrs. A. C. Cooper, of Fergus Falls. Mrs. Clement died in 1857. She was a mem- ber of the Free-Will Baptist church, and an exemplary Christian lady. Mr. Clement's second wife was Mrs. Elsie J. Wright, widow of C. R. Wright, and a native of New Hamp- shire. Mrs. Elsie Clement by her first hus- band had one child-Charles J. Wright, of Fergus Falls, who has been clerk of the court for Otter Tail county for about eight years.
Mr. Clement was formerly a whig, but on the organization of the republican party be- canie an earnest supporter of that organiza- tion, but during the last few years has affil- iated with the prohibition party. He has been a member of the school board in Hast- ings and Fergus Falls, and in various other
ways has enjoyed the confidence of his fellow townsmen. He was formerly a member of the Free-Will Baptist church, but of late years has been connected with the Presby- terian society, being a man of considerable prominence in church work. Since coming to Fergus Falls he has held the position of elder in his church society, and was a commissioner from the Red River pres- bytery to the general assembly of the centennial meeting at Philadelphia in May, 1888. Mr. Clement has extensive busi- less interests in Fergus Falls and vicin- ity, and handles the business of many foreign residents. His business relations extend from Maine to Fergus Falls. On his books are to be found many farms and much desirable city property for sale. He is an active and vigilant collector, and in all his business transactions has proven him- self to be a wise and judicious manager, and to have gained the confidence of all his busi- ness patrons.
RED L. HAMPSON, the junior mem- ber of the firm of Andrews & Hamp- son, dealers in hardware and lumber and loan agents, and of the firm of Andrews & Co., dealers in general merchandise, in the village of Ada, Minnesota, is one of its most prominent and influential merchants.
Mr. Hampson is a native of Akron, Sum- mit county, Ohio, and the son of Henry O. and Eliza (Osborn) Hampson. He first saw the light March 17, 1858, and spent the first sixteen years of his life in that portion of the Buckeye State. When he was about ten years of age his father died from the ef- fects of hardships and exposure incurred dur- ing the service in the Second Olio Cavalry Regiment during our late Civil War, leaving his widow with two small children - Fred L., the subject of this sketch, and Clara, now
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the wife of Judge A. Veland, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Mr. Hampson remained with his mother in Akron, assisting to the extent of his ability in providing for the family maintenance un- til 1875, when they all came west to Min- neapolis. Leaving his mother and sister at Faribault, Minnesota, he went to the "Flour City" to get a house ready for them, and after they had come on and got settled he entered the employ of O. A. Pray, as office boy at the magnificent salary of $3 per week, and with the understanding that he was to have a chance to learn the trade of mill- wright in the shop. This latter, after some eight months' delay, seemed to be no nearer to him, and for some time after he was em- ployed at whatever he could find the most advantage to him in a financial way. In the winter of 1876-77 he entered the print- ing establishment of Johnson & Smith, of that city, where he learned the trade of lithographer, and remained until the sum- mer of 1878. Leaving his work for a short time he came to Glyndon, and found work in the harvest field for L. H. Tenney, who had formerly been the major of the regi- ment in which Mr. Hampson, Sr., served. The same fall our 'subject returned to Min- neapolis and resumed his labors in the litho- graphic trade, but the following summer Major Tenney, who had taken quite an in- terest in the young man, procured him a sit- uation in the lumber yard of Andrews & Bro., at Glyndon, and, coming to that place, he entered their employ. For two years he was at work in their interests there, and, in 1881, such was their confidence in him that they sent him to Ada to establish a yard for the sale of lumber there. In January, 1882, he was taken into partnership with an equal interest with the two brothers.
In the fall of 1883 the firm established a branch lumber yard at IIalstead, on the Red river. In the fall of 1884 they purchased a
stock of hardware, which they opened in connection with their lumber yard at Ada, under the charge of Mr. Hampson, and at the same time made the same addition to their business at Halstead. In the spring of 1885 the firm dissolved partnership and divided the business, A. C. Andrews taking the stand at Halstead, and C. R. Andrews and Mr. Hamp- son the business at Ada, and the present firm was formed. In the fall of 1886 the new firm purchased a stock of general mer- chandise, and Mr. Andrews came up from Glyndon and assumed charge of that branch of the business, our subject still having control of the other. In all their interests the firm are doing a large and increasing business, and are among the most popular business men of the place.
Since locating in Ada, Mr. Hampson has been one of the most active and energetic citizens in all matters pertaining to the gen- eral interest and welfare of the community. He is strictly temperate in his habits, and has probably done more to promote the cause of temperance and drive out the liquor traffic than' any other individual in this part of the country, the village refusing to grant any license in the same for the sale of liquor. Mr. Hampsongis the acknowledged leader of the prohibition party in Norman county, and was, in 1888, the chairman of the county executive committee of that following. IIe is an active member of the Congregational church, and was mainly instrumental in the organization of the society of that denomi- nation in Ada, and in the building of the church. It was partially owing to his efforts that the Ada creamery was established at that place in the spring of 1886, with a cap- ital of $6,000 in a stock company, and he is the secretary and one of the directors of that institution.
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