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 80

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

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southern part of the State, engaged in no particular business, when he was married to Miss Hermine Lambert, of Dakota county, Minnesota, after which he engaged in vari- ous occupations, when in 1878 he removed to Wadena, Wadena county, Minnesota, and for five years engaged in the carpen- ter's. trade. In 1883 he entered into partnership with E. S. Lambert, and they continued the furniture business for three years, when Mr. Cook purchased the interest of Mr. Lambert and the firm continued as Hassen & Cook up to Jan- uary, 1889, when Mr. Hassen purchased Mr. Cook's interest. He carries a full line of fur- niture, and has an extensive business in the undertaking line. He is doing a good and satisfactory business, and is among the most prominent men of the village. Mr. Hassen is a prohibitionist in politics and a worthy citizen in every respect.

ICHAEL M. MALLON is a resident of the village of Perham, Otter Tail county, Minnesota, where he is engaged in the livery business and also operates a gen- eral machine shop, handling all kinds of farm machinery, etc. He is a native of Wiscon- sin, born in Washington county, on the 4th day of June, 1855, and is the son of Thomas and Catharine (Ryan) Mallon, natives of Ire- land. When the parents of our subject emi- grated to the United States they first settled in New York State, where they remained for some time, removing from there to Wiscon- sin, where they have since remained. They were among the first settlers in Washington county, Wisconsin, where they are now engaged in farming. They had a family of the following-named children - Michael, Lawrence, Patrick, Mary, Agnes, Thomas, Hannah and James.

Mr. Mallon, the subject of this biograph- ical review, received his education in his native State, where he attended the common schools until he was thirteen years old. He then traveled through the different parts of the State, engaged in farming, and in the pineries of Wisconsin and Michigan. From the latter State he returned to Wisconsin and engaged in farming for two years, and in 1879 removed to Minnesota and settled in Perham, Otter Tail county, where he engaged in his present business. He opened a machine shop, and has been engaged in that business, in addition to his livery inter- ests, ever since. He keeps a first-class livery stable, and is doing an extensive trade in the machinery business. In addition to his inter- ests in Perham, our subject owns a fine farm in Dakota, and is actively engaged in buying and selling horses. He is a leading and suc- cessful business man of the village, and is well and favorably known throughout the county.

Mr. Mallon was united in marriage on the 28th day of June, 1883, to Miss Jane Stant- ley, and this union has been blessed with three children-Arthur, Thomas and Mamie. Our subject is a democrat in his political affil- iations, and is actively interested in all local matters. He is a citizen of the strictest integrity and honor, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.

OHN KNIGHT, one of the oldest and most prominent settlers of Wadena county, Minnesota, is the present efficient county treasurer of Wadena county. He settled in that region in the fall of 1870, and since that time his name has been promi- nently identified with the official history of that county. He is a native of the State of New York, born in Jefferson county, of that State, on the 5th day of April, 1850, and is

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the son of William and Louisa (Witt) Knight, natives also of the Empire State. The father died when our subject was eleven · years old. The mother is still living in Minnesota. The father of our subject was a member of the Fifty-second Illinois Infantry. At the time of his death the family were residing in Illinois. After the father's death the family returned to New York State.

John Knight, the subject of this biograph- ical sketch,remained in his native State during his early boyhood, then removed to Illinois, where he remained until after his father's death. At eleven years of age he returned to his native State with his mother, brothers and sisters. He remained in New York until the fall of 1864, during which time he attended school. In 1864 he enlisted in the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth New York Infantry. He was mustered in at Sackett's Harbor, New York, and served throughout the balance of the war. He was in front of Petersburg during the winter of 1864-65, and followed Lee in the spring campaign of 1865. The regiment to which he belonged was at Lynchburg, at the surrender of Lee in 1865. After the close of the war the subject of this article returned to his native State, where he remained until 1870. He then emigrated West and located on Parker's Prairie, Min- nesota, where he remained one year. He then returned to his native State for his family, and after returning to Minnesota engaged in farming pursuits near Parker's Prairie. When Mr. Knight returned to New York State he was converted, and was licensed to preach in the Methodist Episcopal church. In 1873 he took charge of the Meth- odist church at Parker's Prairie, and success- fully filled that charge for one year. He then went to Scott county, Minnesota, where he filled several charges, and one year later took charge of the pastorate at Rush City, Minnesota. He filled that charge for two

years, and then went to Wadena, Wadena county, Minnesota, where he had charge of the Methodist church for a period of two years. He has since remained in Wadena, although he has filled several small charges in Otter Tail county. He is a most active worker and has organized many churches, taking a true and Christian interest in his work. In 1886 he was elected to the respon- sible office of county treasurer, which posi- tion he has since held, being re-elected in 1888. He held the office of assessor for the village for seven years, and is one of the representative and popular citizens of the village and county. He is a member of the social organizations, Masonic and Odd-Fel- lows. He is a member of the United States pension board of examining surgeons, also of the Grand Army of the Republic. IIe is one of the most active men of the village and a democrat in political matters.

RANK JERRUE is a prominent mer- chant of Warren, Marshall county, Minnesota, where he carries on the furniture and undertaker's business. He was born in St. Constan Parish, district of Montreal, Canada, March 4, 1852, and is a son of Anthony and Bridget (Fadden) Jerrue, the father a native of the same place as the son, and the mother a native of Ireland. The grandparents on the father's side were born in Paris, France. Anthony Jerrue was a veteran of the late war, enlisting in 1861, and serving in the Union army until the close of hostilities. He was badly wounded and was granted a pension of twelve dollars per quarter. He (Anthony Jerrue) removed to St. Joseph county, Michigan, in 1858, and his wife followed the next year. The wife died in Fulton, Michigan, July 21, 1861. They were the parents of the following-named

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children-Mary, Francis, Anthony, Nora, Daniel, Maggie and Tillie, all of whom are living except Nora and Anthony. Nora died in Michigan in 1874, and Anthony died in Kansas Angust 10, 1887. The latter left a family of four children.

Frank Jerrue, the present subject received luis education in his native land, and at the age of nine years was bound out to a man named Orcutt for twelve years, or until he had attained majority. However, he only remained with him eighteen months, for, when his father returned from the army, a neighbor complained to him about the cruel treatment Frank was receiving at the hands of Orcutt. Our subject then remained with his father one year, when he was bound out to Mr. Kidd, with the agreement that Frank was to have a fair education, and at the age of twenty-one was to receive two hundred dollars. He remained with him until he was eighteen years old, when Mrs. Kidd died, and two years later Mr. Kidd passed away. There being nine in the family and not much property, the prospects for the two hundred dollars were meager. Frank then decided to 'shift for himself and hired out to a farmer for fifteen dollars a month. After working a short time, his father heard of the where- abouts of his son, and, after making satis- factory arrangements with Frank's employer, they removed to Benton Harbor, Michigan, where he remained one summer. He then went to Leonidas, Michigan, and attended school for one winter, doing chores for his board. In the spring of 1870 he engaged work with a farmer, and after remaining on the farm for nine months went to the Michi- gan pineries, where he worked in a saw-mill during the winter. In the spring he went back to the farmer with whom he had previ- ously worked, remaining with him through harvest. He then removed to Constantine, Michigan, and worked in a flouring-mill until late in the fall. He was then taken sick and,

upon his recovery, moved to North Grand Rapids, Michigan, securing work in a saw- mill. In the spring he went to driving logs on the Muskegon river and shortly after was forced, on account of ill-health, to quit work. He returned to Leonidas, where he was sick almost all summer. On the 22d of Septem- ber, 1873, he started, with a team, for Kan- sas, and on arriving there took a pre-emption claim, upon which he lived one year. He then abandoned his farm and worked during the winter in a grist-mill in Roseville, Kan- sas. In the spring he engaged in farming for a man by the name of Thayer and proved up on his original claim. After operating his farm for three years he rented it, and for a short time lived with his brother Anthony. In the spring of 1878 he removed to Phillips county, Kansas, where his pre-emption was, and lived there until the spring of 1884, then moved to Marshall county, Minnesota, where he built a house and engaged in the milling business. In 1885 he traded his farm in Kan- sas for one in Marshall county, Minnesota, which he now rents. In November, 1887, he engaged in the furniture and undertaking business and now has one of the finest stocks in the village. He does a general repairing trade and has a good business. He still holds his interest in the mill and is one of the act- ive business men of the town.

Mr. Jerrue was married August 18, 1877, to Miss Elizabeth Davis, the daughter of William and Harriett Davis. Her father was a Union soldier and served all through the Civil War, coming out without an injury. Her mother died August 22, 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Jerrue have been blessed with the fol- lowing-named children - Emma M., Otis F., Beulah E., Cora E., Ernest C. and Clarence W. Our subject was elected justice of the peace in 1888. He is a member of the Methodist church, with his family. He belongs to the Knights of Phythias and is a republican in politics.

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LE B. GLARUM, the popular proprietor of the Glarum Hotel, on Third street, Willmar, Kandiyohi county, Minnesota, has been a resident since 1872, when he settled in the village and opened a boot and shoe store, which business he carried on until 1880, when he purchased 160 acres of land one-half mile south of the city and engaged in farming. He has been identified with hotel interests in the city since 1876, when he erected his present fine building, which he has since run. He is a native of Norway, born in 1844, and is the son of Bendik and Maret (Oleson) Glarum, also natives of that kingdom. The parents, who are farmers, still reside in their native land. They are the parents of six children, named in the fol- lowing order-Ole, Lars, Ole B., John, Rag- nild and Ragnild. The parents are devoted members of the Lutheran church.

Mr. Glarum, the subject of this article, spent his younger days in attending school in his native land, living at home until he was fourteen years old. He then engaged in sheep and cattle herding, and after three years entered an apprenticeship to the boot and shoe trade. After serving two years learning his trade he worked at it as a jour- neyman until 1870. Then he emigrated to the United States, and went direct to Will- mar, Kandiyohi county, Minnesota, where he remained two weeks. He then went to Min- neapolis, Minnesota, and after remaining two years working at his trade returned to Willmar and opened a boot and shoe store, as before stated. Since taking his farm he has added 155 acres to it and has fine build- ing improvements, and is engaged in an ex- tensive and successful farming and stock raising. He has always lived in the village since his settlement in the county, and is well and favorably known to the general travel- ing public.

Mr. Glarum was united in marriage in 1867 to Miss Johannah Christianson, the daughter

of Christian and Gaala (Rasbak) Oleson, farmers of Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Glarum have been blessed with eleven children, five of whom have died, as follows-Bastian (deceased), Maret (deceased), C. Basten (deceased), Christiana (deceased) and Bendik Johan (deceased). Those living are-Mary, Bertha, Olena, John, Christian and Anna Louise. Mr. Glarum and his family belong to the Lutheran church. He is one of the solid and substantial business men of the place, and is a republican in his political affiliations. He is well known as a hotel man and has the reputation of running one of the best hotels in the county. He is an exem plary citizen, and is highly esteemed by all who know him.

EV. GEORGE S. WHITE. Prominent among the leading and eminent clergymen of the Northwest is the gentle- man whose name heads this article, a resi- dent of the city of Fargo, North Dakota, where he is pastor of the Methodist Epis- copal church. He is a native of the State of New York, born in Pompey, Onondaga county, New York, on the 7th of October, 1832, and is the son of John and Clarinda (Safford) White, natives of Massachusetts and New York, respectively.

Our subject's boyhood-days were spent on his father's farm with the usual advantages of a district school, with an occasional term at some academy near by, of which there were several. Before he was sixteen he was engaged to teach the district school at Mathew's Mills for the winter, boarding around after the custom of the time. Hav- ing a desire for higher scholastic attain- ments, our subject's father consented to " give him his time," if he thought he could do better than to work on the farm. By saving his earnings he was enabled to pros-

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ecute his studies at De Ruyter and Manlius academies and Cazenovia Seminary. His school terms were considerably prolonged by economy in boarding himself, sometimes alone and at others with fellow students in clubs. For three consecutive winter terms he was employed as teacher of the Peck Hill school, the trustees so appreciating his serv- ices as to advance his salary each succeeding term. Receiving the appointment from the assembly district in which he lived to the State Normal School at Albany, New York, he entered, on examination, the sub-senior class, and prosecuted his studies there. To replenish his purse, he then served as book- keeper for a company of railroad contractors in Western New York, for the summer follow- ing, and then engaged as principal of the Union School at Manlius village, which position he held for two years. While thus employed, he married Miss A. Louisa Fox, the daughter of Rev. Wesley Fox, of the Oneida conference. His health being much impaired by the confinement and labor of school life, he resigned his position, and for the two following years was a member of a carriage factory firm in Marathon, New York. At the age of twenty years, while in school in Cazenovia Seminary, he was converted, but had no thoughts of the ministry until three or four years later. While in school he pur- sued a mathematical and scientific course, for which he had a special taste, and think- ing also to prepare himself for civil engineer- ing. But before engaging in that occupation he felt himself called of God to the ministry, and taking his recommend from the Caze- novia quarterly conference, where he was then residing, was received into the Oneida conference, at its memorable first spring session in 1857, at Cazenovia. His pastoral charges have been the following: North Pitcher, Cincinnatus, Greene, Butternuts, New York Mills, Chittenango, Seneca Falls, Skaneateles, Syracuse, Weedsport, Canastota,

Lodi, Phelps, and Fargo, where he is at the present time meeting with well-merited success.

In 1868 Rev. White was appointed pre- siding elder of the Cortland District, in New York, in which office he served four years, and at the end of the term was appointed to the Utica District. Near the close of the first year he was prostrated by acute bron- chitis, and brought near death's door. The preachers of the district kindly persisted in asking for his reappointment to the district, with a vacation of three months to recuper- ate, which request was granted, but the severity of the climate and the excessive duties of the office proved to be too great a tax on his debilitated constitution, and at the end of the second year, being invited by the church at Seneca Falls to become its pastor, he resigned the office of presiding elder, and received a transfer tothe Central New York conference and an appointment to that church. The charges upon which he has served have almost invariably been vis- ited with revivals of religion and an increase of general prosperity. Concerning his min- isterial abilities one of his parishioners writes : " As a speaker his clear and distinct enunci- ation is noticeable. His bearing indicates natural energy of character and large reserve force, his perceptions are keen and readily take hold of truth in its great outlines. Terse and vigorous in his style, direct and forcible in his application of truth, his words do not fail, under the Divine blessing, to reach the human heart. A man of strong convictions, and feeling his accountability to God for the fidelity with which he expounds the Divine Word, there is no stopping to inquire whether the truth which he preaches will be palatable to his hearers. He has manifested outside of his pulpit more than ordinary talent as an organizer and administrator, and his social qualities invite and secure the confidence of all who know him."

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Rev. and Mrs. White in their union have been blessed with the following-named children-Elbert F., who married Miss Fannie Moore, of Minneapolis, Minnesota; George A. married Miss Mertie Gulick, of Lodi, New York ; Cora M., the wife of Frank Van Liew, of Lodi, New York; and Clarence E., now living at home and attending the high school. Our subject is a member of the Adelphi Council of the Royal Arcanum. In the summer of 1882 Mr. White, in company with two other gentlemen from New York, visited Dakota and located a colony of about forty New Yorkers on unsurveyed public lands in Dickey county, at a place which they named Yorktown, now on the " Soo" line of railroad, which resulted in the organization of a corporate " Yorktown Land Company," of which Mr. White has since been treasurer and for a time secretary also.

In 1884 he spent the summer with his family in Yorktown, Dakota, for the improve- ment of his health, resuming his ministerial work in the East in the fall, and continuing it until the failing health of his wife led him to seek a change of climate for her benefit, and to accept an appointment to Fargo which was proffered him.

ON. CHARLES W. MORGAN, the present efficient postmaster of the city of Hillsboro, North Dakota, is also engaged in an extensive livery business. He is a nativeof the State of Maine, born in Guil- ford, Maine, on the 13th day of September, 1848, and the son of Samuel and Emily (How- ard) Morgan, also natives of that State.

Our subject, Mr. Morgan, remained at home on the farm, attending school until he was eighteen years old, when he enlisted in Company H, Thirtieth United States Infan- try, at Newport, Kentucky, September 10, 1866. He went with his company to Fort

Russel, Wyoming Territory, where Cheyenne City now stands, and was all through Wyoming Territory, Utah and Colorado. In 1868 the regiment was consolidated with the Fourth United States Infantry, and our subject served until his time expired, in September, 1869. While in the service he was in the following engagements - Fort Phil Kearney, North Park, South Pass Creek, Rolling Springs, and a number of skirmishes. He was wounded at the battle of Rolling Springs, on account of which he was confined to the hospital for six weeks. After being mustered out he returned to his native State, and after visiting for a short time went to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where he took charge of a crew of men in the woods and on the river for Bray, Wilder & French. In July, 1872, he removed to the Red river and went into the employ of the Hudson Bay Company, as clerk in a store at Goose River which is now Caledonia. He remained there two years, and then, with his brother, purchased the store, which they ran until his brother died in January, 1880. Our subject then took as a partner A. H. Hanson, and they remained together until 1885, when they closed out the business. In the fall of that year our subject was elected to the Territorial legis- lature, from the Eighteenth district. He then returned to Goose River, and from there went to Hillsboro, where he established the livery stable he has since run. He keeps a first-class stable, and has sixteen horses. In July, 1888, he was appointed postmaster by President Cleveland, which position he has since filled. In September, 1888, the post- office was robbed, the safe blown open, and between $600 and $700 secured. No trace has ever been obtained of the robbers.

Mr. Morgan was united in marriage on the 1st day of April, 1877, to Miss Carrie Gor- . don, the daughter of H. L. and Carrie (Han- son) Gordon, natives of Norway. Mr. and

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Mrs. Morgan have been blessed with the fol- lowing-named children-Alice E., Laura C. and Manley M. Our subject is one of the prominent and well-known citizens of the city. He is a member of the Masonic fra- ternity, Hillsboro Lodge, No. 32, A. F. & A. M., and Casselton Chapter, No. 8. In political matters he affiliates with the demo- cratic party, and is actively interested in all local matters. He is a man of the strictest honor and integrity, and every laudable home enterprise receives his hearty support.

KALVIN M. CROWELL is a prominent attorney-at-law in the village of Long Prairie, Todd county, Minnesota. He is a native of New York State, born in Steuben county, and is the son of Alvin and Malinda (Covey) Crowell, natives also of the State of New York. The father and mother of our subject removed to the State of Michigan in 1849 or 1850, where he remained until 1856, when he removed to the State of Iowa, later to Minnesota, and settled in Wright county in 1880, where he is still living. The mother of our subject died in 1887. They are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church. They are the parents of the following-named children -Chancey, Hiram, John, Clarissa, Alvin, Melvin, Almira, Ira, Aaron, Howard, George, and Alice and Almond (twins).

Mr. Crowell, the subject of this article, received his education in the States of Michi- gan, Iowa and Illinois, finishing his educa- tion at Lowell, Michigan, in 1868. He commenced in life for himself at the age of fifteen years, and at first worked out as a laborer, then engaged in teaching in the . State of Michigan for several years. He then removed to Minnesota and settled in Todd county, Minnesota, in 1870, locating in Birchdale and Grey Eagle townships, where

he homesteaded land and continued to reside for three years. He taught school for sev- eral terms while holding his homestead. In 1883 he was married to Sarah A. Phinney ; in 1871 he removed to Sauk Centre, Minne- sota, where he commenced the study of law with Charles Walker, with whom he re- inained one year. He was admitted to the bar in June, 1874, by Judge McKelvy of St. Cloud, Minnesota. Mr. Crowell then removed to the village of Long Prairie, Todd county, Minnesota, in August, 1874, where he commenced the law business and has since continued in that profession. He tried "the first jury case that was ever tried in the district court of Todd county," in December, 1874. He was admitted to practice in the United States District Court at St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1884, and is prominently known all over the State. While on his farm

he held the office of clerk of the township for three terms, and also held the office of county attorney "of said county " for three terms. Mr. Crowell is a member of the Masonic fraternity ; is a republican in politics and one of the most substantial and highly esteemed-citizen of Todd county. He is now forty years old.

UDGE W. W. ROOSMAN, attorney-at- law and city justice in Detroit City, Becker county, Minnesota, is one of the old- est settlers in the locality in which he lives. He is a native of the State of New York, born in Clinton county New York, on the 12th day of August, 1829, and is the son of Fred- erick and Celia (Hedding) Roosman, natives of New York. The father of our subject was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods through active life, and is still living in New York at the advanced age of ninety years. The mother died in 1878. She was a sister of Bishop Hedding, of the Methodist Episco- pal church. The father and mother of our

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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 80

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