Illustrated album of biography of the famous valley of the Red River of the North and the park regions of Minnesota and North Dakota : containing biographical sketches of settlers and representative citizens, Part 45

Author: Alden, Ogle & Company
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Alden, Ogle & Company
Number of Pages: 872

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IMOTHY HEALD, one of the most prominent and influential citizens of Grant county, Minnesota, is a resident of section 23, Pomme de Terre town- ship, where he is extensively engaged in a general farming and stock-raising busi- Mr. Heald was married on the 7th day of April, 1838, to Miss Elizabeth Martin, a native of Maine, and now the mother of the following-named children- Velgora, Samuel W., Ezra M., Aaron, Loanthia, Francis H., Hannah A. and Jonas P. All the children are married, except Samuel, who was killed ness. He is a native of Maine, born in Penobscot county on the 3d day of Sep- tember, 1816, and is the son of Jonas and Hannah (Mckinney) Heald, natives of Maine, where they remained during their entire lives. They were devoted to the farmning industry. The mother passed away in | in the late war. He was twenty-one years

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of age at the time of his death and belonged to the Third Minnesota Infantry.

Mr. Heald has held the offices of assessor and various offices of the school district, including school clerk, treasurer, etc. In political matters he is a republican, and evinces deep interest in all local affairs. He is one of the most prominent and highly esteemed citizens of the township, and a man of the strictest honor and integrity, his word being considered as good as.a bond.

UDGE WILLIAM S. LAUDER is the present district attorney of Richland county, North Dakota, and resides at Wah- peton, the county seat of said county. Judge Lauder is a native of Orleans county, New York, where he was born February 9, 1856.

The parents of the subject of our sketch were Thomas and Mary (Scott) Lauder, natives of Wigtonshire, Scotland. They came to America in 1844 and settled in Orleans county, New York, where they remained until 1857. The father was by occupation a farmer, and is now living in River Falls, Wisconsin, where he holds a high place in the esteem of his fellow-men. He held the position of county commissioner for many years in Pierce county, Wisconsin. In his family were eight children - Samuel, Isabelle, Thomas, William S., Gavan, Mary J., John and James. The mother died Jan- uary 1, 1889.

The subject of our sketch was reared on the home farm, receiving the advantages of a common school education until he was eighteen years of age. He attended the St. Croix Collegiate Institute, from which he graduated in 1874. After his graduation he turned his attention to teaching and taught school for five terms in Pierce and St. Croix counties, Wisconsin. Of sturdy Scotch descent and having had the advantage of a

rugged early training he turned part of his time meanwhile to work in the pineries and on the " drive " in Wisconsin. After this he began the study of law in the office of Hon. Wellington Vannatta, at River Falls, Wis- consin, with whom he remained for three years. In 1879 he was admitted to the practice of law in that State, and soon after he opened an office in Prescott, Pierce county. Remaining there until 1881 he turned his course westward and located in Richland county, North Dakota, where he has since been actively engaged in the prac- tice of his profession. In 1882 he was elected judge of probate, which office he held for two years, at the end of which time he was elected district attorney, and being re-elected in 1888, is the present incumbent of that office. In politics he affiliates with the republican party and is a leading mem- ber of the Order of Knights of Pythias. He has made numerous profitable investments in real estate, and at present owns a fine farm near Wahpeton. Judge Lauder is a man of excellent literary and legal attainments, and has built up a large practice that extends over several counties in Dakota and Minne- sota. He is an able district attorney, and is one of the leading lawyers of his town and county. He is unmarried and makes his home at the Headquarters Hotel, where lie has domiciled during his residence in Wahpeton.

YMAN H. SUTTON is a member of tlie firm of Sutton & Kyed, of Alexandria, Minnesota. They are manufacturers of and dealers in harness and horse furnishing goods. They have also a repair shop in connection in which repairs are promptly made, and satisfaction guaranteed.

Mr. Sutton is a native of Cattaraugus county, New York, and was born in 1849. He is the son of Lyman C. and Jane A.

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(Brooks) Sutton, who were natives of New York. Mr. Sutton's father was engaged in boot and shoe manufacture until in 1855, when he came to Iowa. One year later he came to Minnesota, settling in Fillmore county, whence he came to Alexandria in 1871. At this time he turned his attention to farming, locating on a farm two miles north of Alexandria. He is now living on the same farm of 120 acres. He had a family of three children-Charles W., Lucretia D. (now Mrs. McQuillan), and Lyman H.

The subject of our sketch, until twenty years of age, remained at home attending school. He learned his present trade in Iowa and Minnesota, and after coming to Alexandria in 1872 he purchased a farm of eighty acres two miles from town. Here he engaged in mixed farming for eight years. At the end of this time he went to Parker's Prairie, where he opened a harness shop, which he kept for one year. He then went to Ashby, Grant county, Minnesota. At this latter place he opened a harness shop, and continued in the harness business for three and a half years. He then concluded to change his business operations and came to Alexandria ; there he opened a harness shop, which he has continued ever since. He pur- chased a house and lot on Seventh avenue and O street, where he now lives. He also owns a farm in Hudson township, where he became interested in 1887. Mr. Sutton is independ- ent in politics, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. He is one of the leading business men of the village. and county, and takes an active interest in all things that pertain to the interest of Alexandria and vicinity.

He was married in 1869, in June, to Miss Louise C. Ibberson, the daughter of Abra- ham Ibberson, of Mower county, Minnesota. Seven children have blessed this union- Lizzie J., Nora J., Mary A., Etta J., Ernest V., Minnie, and Luvern L.

AMES H. BARNARD, one of Moorhead's most energetic and successful business men, is the proprietor of the Key City Dray Line. He is a native of Madison county, New York, where he was born, June 1, 1837. His father was Ashabel A, and his mother, Abigal (Stowell) Barnard, natives of Madi- son county, also. They were thrifty New York State farmers and lived in that county until 1839. They then removed to Cat- taraugus county, where the mother still remains on the old homestead worked by her husband, who died in 1886. He had held many town offices. Politically he was a firm believer in democratic ideas. Both he and his wife attended the Baptist church. They had six children-James H., Mary E. (now Mrs. C. Bull), Wellington (who died at Andersonville prison, having been there three months-it is said he literally starved to death !), Ann (now Mrs. L. Bull), Edgar, and Emmie (now Mrs. Crook.)

Our subject, the oldest of his father's children, was reared on the farm, receiving a good common school education. He lived at home until he was nineteen years of age, then went to Olean, New York, working on a farm a few weeks, for which he received $15. He then accepted a place in a hotel of that city and remained for seven years, five years of this period he worked con- stantly, not being off duty for a single day.

Mr. Barnard married Miss Mary E. Morris daughter of Neeley and Elizebeth (Raub) Morris. After his marriage he engaged in farming in Cattaraugus county, New York, continuing there and in Allegany county of the same State, until 1880, when he moved to Moorhead, Minnesota. He first pre- empted a quarter section of land in Ransom county, Dakota, built a house and lived on the same a year. He moved into Moorhead in the fall of 1881. The first year, he worked on the Grand Pacific Hotel, and the same winter he purchased a team and commenced

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draying, which business he has since fol- lowed ; he now owns several teams and is the leading drayman of the city of Moor- head.

To be more specific regarding Mrs. Barnard's people, it will be in place to here state that her father was engaged in farming in Cattaraugus county, New York, in the town of Ischua. He went on this farm when only nineteen years old and remained there until his death, when he was sixty-six years of age. Their family had six children, four of whom are now living-Cordelia (now Mrs. Learn), Eli, William and Mrs. Barnard. Twodied-Melvin and John. Mrs. Barnard's grandfather, on her father's side, was Thomas Morris, who was the first judge of Cattaraugus county, New York, as well as the first merchant doing business in Frank- linville, of that county. Her parents on the mother's side trace themselves back to German origin, while on the father's side they were from England.

In his political belief Mr. Barnard is a democrat. Both he and his wife belong to the Baptist church. Mrs. Barnard is an active worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and also does noble service in the Ladies' Benevolent and Aid Society.

Mr. and Mrs. Barnard have been the parents of four children-Melvin W., Bertha C., Neeley (deceased), and Earl.

OUIS HINTZE, the local agent for the loan, real estate, insurance and collec- tion firm of A. D. Stephens, came to Ada, Minnesota, where he now resides, on the 14th of January, 1881, when that place only contained some four or five business houses and twice that many residences, and has made this his home ever since.

Mr. Hintze is a native of Hanover, Ger- many, born September 18, 1855, and is the son of C. L. and Louise (Ohland) Hintze. He was reared in the land of his birth and received an excellent education, both in the schools of that country and under private instruction, from his sixth year upwards. At the age of fifteen le commenced life as a clerk in a grocery store in his native land, but six months later determined to seek his fortune in the New World. Having no cap- ital beyond a stout heart and a pair of will- ing hands, he was compelled to work his way across the Atlantic. After landing at New York he crossed over to Brooklyn, where he spent some five years in cleri- cal labor with one party. At the expiration of that period a longing to see his parents caused him to relinquish his position, and he paid a visit to the home of his boyhood. After remaining there a year he returned to Brooklyn, New York, and there, re-entering the employ of the gentleman with whom he had been before, made his home until 1881, when he came to Ada.

For the first two years here Mr. Hintze was employed in the furniture store of A. F. George, after which, for eighteen months, he was the clerk of the Ada House. Return- ing once more to see his parents, where all his family, except his brother William, re- side, he spent six months, and on returning to Ada engaged in his present business. He is recognized as a shrewd business man, and enjoys the entire confidence of his em- ployer and the fullest respect of the com- munity. He has been quite successful since coming to this point, and, although without money when he started in life, has accumu- lated a substantial capital, which he has well invested in loans and in real estate.

Mr. Hintze is an active member of Nor- man Lodge, No. 154, of which he was one of the charter members and the first tyler, and of which he has been secretary for five

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years. He was made a Mason in Allemania Lodge, No. 741, of Brooklyn, New York, in 1879.

William Hintze, the brother of Louis Hintze, also a resident of Ada, was born in Hanover, Germany, April 1, 1861. At the age of seventeen he, too, came to the United States, and spent five years as a clerk in the city of Brooklyn. In 1883 he came to Ada, where his brother was located, and was in the employ of Thorpe Bros. & Co., having the charge of their branch store at Gary, Minnesota for a year. From there he went to Minot, Dakota, for the same firm, and at the end of a year came to Ada, and has had charge of their books ever since. He is a young man of more than the average ability, shrewd, straightforward and upright, and possessed of the entire confidence of his employers. Although he was entirely with- out means when he landed on these shores, and in debt for his passage money, by dili- gence and economy he has accumulated a nice little capital, which is well invested. He is also a member of Norman Lodge, No. 154, A. F. & A. M., of Ada, and an active worker in the order.

OHN UTTERBERG, engaged in the liquor business in the city of Barnesville, Clay county, Minnesota, is one of the prominent business men of that locality. He is a native of Sweden, born on the 9th of July, 1852, and is the son of J. P. and Mary (Peterson) Utterberg, also natives of that kingdom. The subject of this article remained in his native land until he had attained the age of twenty years. During that time he attended the common schools in his native place and received a fair education. He also learned the blacksmith's trade, and at the time men tioned, 1872, emigrated to the United States. After landing he went to Minnesota and

settled in Wright county, where he remained, engaged in various occupations, until 1878. In the spring of 1878 he removed to Clay county in company with Mr. Marth and Mr. Mackenroth, and in May of the same year Mr. Utterberg secured a clerkship in the general merchandising store of Mr. Marth, whose biography appears in another part of this work. Our subject remained in this position for three years, and at the ex- piration of that time engaged in the saloon business and continued in that vocation two years. He then sold out and opened a gen- eral merchandising store in partnership with Mr. Colby, under the firm name of Colby & Utterberg. After continuing in the mer- chandising industry for about eighteen months Mr. Utterberg sold his interest in the business to his partner, and then estab- lished himself in the liquor business. He has since been engaged in the business, and carries a full line of goods, fine liquors, all kinds of wines and whiskies and imported cigars. He has one of the finest bar-rooms in the county and is popular and well liked by all. In 1880 he took a farm of 137 acres, which he still operates, in connection with his liquor interests. His farm is under good cultivation and has good building improve- ments. He is a prominent citizen of his vil- lage and has held the offices of assessor of both villages, village treasurer and deputy sheriff. While he was holding the latter official position, in attempting to arrest a criminal about two miles from the village of Barnesville, the criminal fired upon Mr. Utterberg and dangerously wounded him. By the best of medical treatment he recov- ered and now carries the bullet which so nearly ended his life, as a watch charm. Mr. Utterberg owns considerable property in the village, both houses and lots, and is one of the leading men of the county. He is a member of the German Lutheran church ; a member of the Independent Order of

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Odd-Fellows, Colfax Lodge, No. 107, and also a member of the Order of Druids, of which he is deputy grand master.

Mr. Utterberg was married September 18, 1880, to Miss Carrie Hoglund, of Buffalo, Wright county, Minnesota. Her parents were farmers of that locality. Mr. and Mrs. Utterberg have been the parents of four chil- dren-Maria Christena, deceased ; Mathilda Josephena and John Ludvig, living, and Alis Isadora, deceased.

In political matters our subject is a democrat.

OHN O. SACKETT. Among the leading and prosperous agriculturists of the town of Maxsville, Grant county, Minnesota, is the gentleman whose name heads this article. Mr. Sackett is a native of Connecticut, born in Syracuse, June 12, 1848, and is a son of Charles and Sarah (Dolph) Sackett, who were natives of the same State. The father of the present subject was a mill-wright by trade, also a wrestler of no little note. Charles Sackett located the first railroad through Iowa, traveling through the State on foot. He operated the first pile- driver, which was used in the process of bridge-construction in that State, and for many years owned and operated a luni- ber mill in Fulton, Iowa. He died when John, our subject, was but nine years of age. John remained at home until he was about ten years of age, at which time he went to work for farmers in the surrounding neigh- borhood. At the age of fourteen he went to Rockford, Illinois, where he attended school for a period of two years. Leaving school he went to Iowa, and for the next four months he was employed in an office. He next found work as traveling agent for a pump factory, and after being employed by them for two years he went to Vernon

county, Wisconsin. He there remained, engaged in stock-raising and farming, for twelve years. In 1880 he removed to Grant county, Minnesota, and after spend- ing a year or two in looking over the coun- try, in 1882 he settled on 160 acres of land on section 4, Maxsville township, where he has since lived, engaged in general farming and stock-raising. He now owns some 200 acres of well-improved land, with neat, com- fortable building improvements.

Mr. Sackett was married to Miss Ida White, daughter of Andrew and Jane White. By this union Mr. and Mrs. Sackett have been blessed with the following chil- dren-Charles, Edison, Emma and Earle. Edison and Emma are deceased. Mr. Sack- ett is one of the prominent men of his town- ship and has held the following offices : Assessor, treasurer, and chairman of the board of supervisors. He takes an active interest in all public matters and is a repub- lican in his political affiliations.

R EV. J. O. CAVALLIN, who is the highly respected clergyman of the Swedish Lutheran church, of Moorhead, Minnesota, claims attention in this connection.

He is a native of the southern part of Sweden, and was born November 25, 1844. His parents' given names were Ola and Annie, who followed farming throughout their lives, as did their foreparents. The father died in 1861. In 1863 the mother and only child came to America, settling at St. Peter, Minnesota, where the son bought a piece of land. The fall in which they came the son entered the Anscari school at Carver, Minnesota, where he remained for three years. From there he went to Augustana College at Paxton, Illinois, remained there four years, and graduated in 1870. He was ordained and accepted a call from the Swed-

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ish Lutheran church at Spring Garden, Good- hue county, Minnesota, where he served faithfully until 1880. He then accepted a call from the church at Moorhead. When he arrived at this charge there were only eleven members of a church, which now num- bers 140. The church edifice is situated on the corner of Sixth and William streets. Our subject has just opened the Hope Academy of Moorhead, of which he is the president. This institution is under the control of the Swedish Lutheran Benevolent Society of the Red River Valley, of which our subject is also president. The above academy is built on modern plans ; is steam heated, and cost about $15,000.

Our subject was married to Miss Sarah Paulson, of Carver, Minnesota, in 1866, she being the daughter of Hans and Bertha Paulson. Mrs. Cavallin was a teacher at Carver, Minnesota, prior to her marriage. They have a family of nine children - Mary L., Heyno E., Spener A., Herman L., Esther D. T., Martin Ph., Eugene F., Lillie M. and Nina L.

In his political belief our subject is a repub- lican, and is also a strong advocate of tem- perance. He is a ripe scholar, an able preacher, and is esteemed by all as a sincere Christian gentleman. To his efforts more than to any other influence the city owes the establishment of the academy at Moorhead, and his untiring zeal and efforts are fully appreciated by all.

ILLIAM HOEFLING is one of the most prominent business men in Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He is engaged in the agricultural implement business, and is located on the corner of Cascade and Michi- gan avenues. Mr. Hoefling stands at the head of the business men of his adopted town.

He is a native of Germany, and was born in 1845. He is the son of John H. and Rosina (Reuss) Hoefling, both of whom were natives of Germany. The father was a man of considerable prominence in his native land, and for many years, during the latter part of his life, followed the business of taking Government contracts. He was very successful in his business ventures and obtained a large fortune. He served one year as a volunteer in the German army. His family numbers five living children- Ann M., John C., William, Julia and Joseph, all of whom, except Julia, came to America.

William Hoefling, the subject of this sketch, received a fine education in his native land, and graduated from the gymnasium at Fuhla. In 1862 he came to America, and settled in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in general work. On the breaking out of the war he was inspired with a feeling of patriotism for the land of his adoption, and enlisted in Company F, Twenty-sixth Regiment of Wisconsin Vol- unteers. He remained in the service until the close of the war. He was a thorough soldier, loyal in all respects, and saw much severe service in the leading battles of the war. He was engaged in the following battles : Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, at which place he was severely wounded, being shot through the left leg and the right shoulder. So severely wounded was he that his life was despaired of, and he lay in Lin- coln hospital, Washington, for eighteen months. Finally gangrene set in and he came very near losing his limb. As the result of his severe wound he has never been a sound man to this day. At Bentonville, North Carolina, his horse was killed under him, and he narrowly escaped severe injury, if not death. On the close of the war he returned to Wisconsin and took a com- mercial course in the Bryant & Stratton Business College, in Milwaukee, graduating

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therefrom in 1865. Then for one year he engaged as clerk in Dane county, Wisconsin, thence he went to Chicago, where he ac- cepted a position as book-keeper in a large wholesale house, continuing in this employ- ment until 1869.

At this time thoughts of his native land took possession of his mind, and he concluded to take a trip to Germany. He carried out this plan and made a visit to his friends in that country, and in the fall returned again to America, settling in Wisconsin, and turn- ing his attention to teaching school. For three winters he taught in Buffalo county of that State and engaged in the buying and selling of grain during the summers. After these three years spent in teaching and buy- ing grain, alternately, he engaged in the wheat business for himself at Alma, Buffalo county, and also did some commission busi- ness, continuing in this line until 1883. At this time he came to Minnesota and settled in Fergus Falls, where he opened his present business. Mr. Hoefling has given himself indefatigably to the improvement and enlargement of his business, in which he possesses to-day the largest trade in this whole Northwestern country. He constantly keeps on hand a complete line of agricultural implements.

In 1874 Mr. Hoefling was married to Miss Ida Saltman of Buffalo city, Wisconsin, a daughter of Emil Saltman. Five children have blessed this union, all daughters-Elfa, Orma, Neoma, Wilma and Laura.

In politics Mr. Hoefling has always affili- ated with the republican party, believes in its principles, and has at all times supported its mandates. He is a prominent member of the Order of United Workmen, and is a lead- ing member of the Grand Army of the Re- public. Mr. Hoefling manages his large business personally, to which is due its ex- tensive increase, and he employes from three to six men continually. In all matters of

public interest Mr. Hoefling has always proven himself worthy of the confidence of the people, and in every way has performed his part in building up the financial and social interests of Fergus Falls and vicinity His capacity for detail and for the manage- ment of affairs is acknowledged to be par excellence. During the war, for some time- in fact from the fall of 1864 until the cessa- tion of hostilities-he occupied a position on General Slocum's staff. At that time and ever since Mr. Hoefling has been a man of prominence in a business sense, and in every way and in all places in which he has lived.

LON. JOHN C. PYATT, attorney-at- law, is one of the leading members of his profession in Wahpeton, Richland county, North Dakota. He was born at Flemington, New Jersey, July 31, 1857, and is the son of King and Elizabeth (Laing) Pyatt.

The parents were natives of New Jersey, and were engaged in farming in Hunterdon county, that State. King Pyatt's parents were Dr. James and Elizabeth (King) Pyatt, natives of the same State. Elizabeth King's ancestors came from Scotland to America on the Mayflower and settled at Amboy, New Jersey. King Pyatt was a man of extensive influence and was prominent in the councils of the republican party, with which he affiliated. He held the office of county collector for many years in New Jersey. He had a family of seven children, five of whom are now living-Ellen, Emma, Sarah, Albert and J. C.

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Illustrated album of biography of the famous valley of the Red River of the North and the park regions of Minnesota and North Dakota : containing biographical sketches of settlers and representative citizens, Part 45

Author: Alden, Ogle & Company Publication date: 1889 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Alden, Ogle & Company Number of Pages: 872

Author: Alden, Ogle & Company
Publication date: 1889
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : Alden, Ogle & Company
Number of Pages: 872