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resided. His principal occupation since that time has been the buying and shipping of live stock. In the meanwhile, however, he has had many other interests. For three years, from 1908 to 1911, he owned and managed a lumber year at Seaforth, at the end of that period, selling it to the C. M. Youmans Lumber Co., by whom it is now conducted. Much of the lumber for this yard he cut from his own holdings in the northern part of the state. In 1905 Mr. Johnson assisted in organizing the Security State Bank of Seaforth, of which he became first president. In 1911, owing to pressure of other duties, he resigned this position and since that time has served as vice president. His other banking interests include stock in the New State Bank of Morton. A thorough believer in the agricultural future of the country, he assisted, in 1896, in organizing the Sheridan Co-operative Cream- ery Co. and served as its first secretary for two years. In spite of his business activities, Mr. Johnson has found time to serve his fellow citizens in various public capacities. For eight years he was treasurer of Sheridan township. In 1902 he became the second mayor of Seaforth, a position he held for two years. For fourteen years he was on the village council and for one year was the village treasurer. Fraternally he is affiliated with the A. O. U. W. of Belview and with the I. O. O. F. of Seaforth. George H. Johnson was married January 1, 1894, to Minnie Good- rich, who was born March 14, 1867, daughter of Simeon Stevens and Chloe (Salisbury) Goodrich. This union was blessed with three children: Marie, Robert and Beth. Marie, born October 17, 1895, passed through the country and village schools, was graduated from the Redwood high school in 1913 and from the pianoforte department of the Northwestern Conservatory of Music at Minneapolis in 1915 and is now teaching music in and around Seaforth. Robert, born February 23, 1897, passed through the country and village schools, was graduated from the Redwood Falls high school in 1914 and is now assistant cashier of the Se- curity State Bank of Seaforth. He is a thorough believer in preparedness and an enthusiastic member of Company L, Second Infantry Regiment, Minnesota National Guards, having recently served on the Mexican border. Beth was born April 11, 1899, passed through the village schools and is now studying in the Redwood Falls high school.
Rev. Julius F. Lenz, pastor of St. John's German Lutheran Church of Sheridan township, was born November 8, 1880, in Renville county, Minnesota. He is a son of Ferdinand Lenz, born . December 27, 1835, and his wife, Augusta (Brettin) Lenz born March 7, 1852, both natives of Germany. The father came to America in 1865 and settled in Emmet township, Renville county, where he took a claim of 160 acres, and built a sod house in which Julius F. Lenz was born. He broke the land and by hard
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work and self-denial brought the farm to a high state of cultiva- tion, increasing its acreage from time to time until at one time he owned 500 acres. There were thirteen children in the family: Charles, Ida, Emilie, Emma, Ferdinand, Julius, Paulina, Albert, William, Rudolph, Harry, Adolph and Christ. After completing his studies in the country schools of this locality Julius F. Lenz attended the Dr. Martin Luther's College at New Ulm for one year. He then entered the Northwestern University at Water- town, Wis., studying there from 1901 to 1905, and next going to Concordia Seminary at Springfield, Ill., where he remained from 1906 to 1910. He was ordained as minister, June 5, 1910, in Em- met township, Renville county, Minnesota, and began work in a mission field at Meadow, S. D., where he remained until 1911. August 6 of that year he accepted a call to St. John's German Lutheran church in Sheridan township. He has devoted himself to his work with great zeal and a marked improvement has taken place in the parish during his stay there. The membership has increased about 40 per cent. He has also charge of St. Peter's church at Seaforth and does missionary work at Wabasso. At St. John's church he is also interested in the parish school con- ducted by the church seven months of the year. Mr. Lenz was married June 28, 1911, to Hedwig Mueller, who was born in Chicago, Ill., July 18, 1890, daughter of Otto and Bertha (Janke) Mueller. Her parents, natives of Germany, came to America in 1889 and now lives in Chicago, where the father is employed as a mechanic. There were seven children in the family, of whom five are now living: Frieda, Hedwig, Arthur, George and Ger- trude. Mr. and Mrs. Lenz have three children: Gilbert, born June 27, 1912, Manfred, born December 15, 1913, and Edith, born July 4, 1915.
David B. Ganoe, a thrifty farmer of Sheridan township, was born October 5, 1858, in Champaign county, Illinois, son of John and Mary (Odkins) Ganoe. The father, a farmer, born in Ohio in 1814, moved in 1859 to Dallas county, Iowa, where he owned 400 acres and resided there until his death in September, 1892. His wife was born in Ohio in 1830 and died in 1885. There were the following children in the family: Elizabeth, now Mrs. W. R. Currey of Dallas county, Iowa; Nancy, deceased; Catherine now Mrs. William Toole of Dawson, Iowa; Eliza, Mrs. William Chance, deceased; Mary E., now Mrs. Joe Collins of Dawson, Iowa ; James, of Jefferson, Iowa; John, of Adel, Iowa; William, also of Adel, and David B. of Sheridan township, Redwood county. After completing his school work, David B. Ganoe went to Colorado, where he worked for five years in the coal mines. He then re- turned to Iowa, and when his father's estate was settled, in 1899, came to Redwood county and bought 80 acres three miles west of his present place. In 1911 he bought 80 acres of well improved
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land in section 13, Sheridan township. He has the following acreage: 50 acres of wheat, 70 of oats, 80 of corn and 18 of barley, and rents additional land for a part of his crops. He has five milch cows of the Shorthorn breed and raises Duroc Jersey swine and Percheron horses. Progressive and industrious, he has been successful in his line of work. In politics he is a Re- publican, and religiously a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Ganoe was united in marriage May 5, 1891, to Mary Williams, who was born in Canada, October 15, 1869, daughter of John and Annie (Gorman) Williams. Her father was born in 1861 in Eng- land and became a merchant in Ottawa, Canada, where he died November 1, 1869. Her mother, born in Ireland in 1853, died in Canada in 1911. The children in the family were: James and Mary, who were twins, born October 15, 1869. James died in the fall of 1884 in England, where he was living with an uncle. Mrs. Ganoe's mother married, secondly, Martin Hickey, and by this second marriage there were seven children, of whom one is now living, Agnes, now Mrs. D. W. Forester. Mr. and Mrs. Ganoe have no children.
George S. Davis, proprietor of the Sunnyside Stock Farm and a progressive farmer of Sheridan township, was born in Rice county, November 9, 1867, son of William and Mahala (John- son) Davis. William Davis, a native of Illinois, came to Rice county, Minnesota with his parents in 1852. He was a member of the Minnesota National Guards for one year. In 1867 he home- steaded land in Beaver Falls township, Renville county, where he resided until his death in November, 1903, at the age of fifty- nine years. His wife died November 15, 1910, at the age of sixty years. George S. Davis remained at home until thirteen years of age, when he began working out, being employed four years on a farm in Dakota county. In 1891 he rented a farm in Red- wood county, living on the Isaac Johnson farm in Sheridan town- ship for seventeen years. In 1892 he bought the northwest quar- ter in section 35, Sheridan township and moved on to it in 1910. He has developed the land and greatly improved the place, hav- ing erected a modern residence, besides excellent barns and other farm buildings. The farm is all fenced with woven wire and in 1910 a barn, 58x64x12 was built, in 1911 a silo was built with a capacity of 150 tons. The residence, built in 1910, is a modern two-story eight-room structure equipped with hot water plant and acetylene lights and cost about $3,000. Mr. Davis has in- creased the size of his farm and now owns 360 acres of land, two acres of which is set out in fruit. He raises Durham cattle, has eighteen milch cows and feeds two or three carloads of cattle for the market every year. He is a director of the Wabasso Farmers Creamery and the Farmers Grain and Fuel Company at Seaforth. For one year he has served as clerk of the school board of district
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No. 75. Mr. Davis was married July 4, 1892, to Mattie E. Steg- ner, who was born March 24, 1876 and died May 14, 1914. She was the daughter of Conrad Stegner, a pioneer of Redwood county, who worked as a mechanic in Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Davis were blessed with four children: George, Hazel, Mahala (deceased) and Doris. Mr. Davis was married the second time, September 8, 1915, to Mrs. Jennie (Byington) Taylor.
Chris Poulsen, a substantial farmer of Sheridan township, was born in Denmark, November 15, 1867, son of Jens Peter Poulsen, a farmer of Denmark, who died in 1876 at the age of forty-eight years, and his wife, Sesil (Christenson) Poulsen, who is still living in that country. Chris Poulsen came to America in the spring of 1888 and located in Racine, Wis., where he worked for three years. In the fall of 1890 he bought 80 acres in section 25, Sheridan township, Redwood county, Minn., and came here himself in the spring of 1891. That year he built a one-room house, 14x20 feet and in 1902 rebuilt and remodeled it into a com- fortable eight-room house. The barn was rebuilt in 1910 and made 42x42 feet. Mr. Poulsen has a nice grove of trees, three acres of fruit land, and 40 acres of land set aside for clover and timothy. Mr. Poulsen keeps about 30 cows, of which 10 are milch cows. He is a stockholder in the Wabasso Creamery and in the Wabasso Grain and Fuel Company. In politics a Republican, he has been treasurer of school district No. 46 for seven years. Religiously he belongs to the Danish Lutheran church. Mr. Poulsen was united in marriage July 2, 1888, to Matilda Jensen, who was born in Denmark, born October 27, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Poulsen have the following children : Celia, born June 9, 1889, who was married, June 12, 1912, to Fay Truesdale, of Redwood Falls, Minn., and has two children, Clarice and George; James, born June 4, 1890, and now assistant cashier of the State Bank of Tulare, S. D., who was married, May 13, 1916, to Vina Harrison; Carl, born February 21, 1893, and now residing at home; Alfred, born May 20, 1895, who is a student in the Agricultural school; William and Lillian, twins, were born October 9, 1898, and Elmer, born September 7, 1905, all three of whom reside at home.
Joseph J. Troske, an enterprising farmer of Vail township, was born February 2, 1870, in Minnesota Lake township, Faribault county, Minnesota, son of Frank and Anna (Varvra) Troske. Frank Troske was born in Germany in 1844 and came to America in 1861, locating in St. Paul, Minn. He enlisted in Company E, Sixth Regiment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, was engaged in the battle of New Orleans, and marched with Sherman to the sea, serving eighteen months. In 1865 he came to Minnesota Lake township, and took up a homestead of 120 acres, later making additions to it until he had 600 acres. In true pioneer fashion he
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broke the land with ox team, and built his first house of logs. Later he made many improvements. He built a two-story brick house in 1885 and in 1893 a new barn. After a life of useful ac- tivity, he died May 5, 1907. His wife, to whom he was married in 1868, was born May 1, 1844, in Bohemia. They had ten chil- dren: Joseph J., subject of this sketch; Frank W., a farmer of Kingman township, Renville county; John H., residing on the old homestead; Christena, wife of Jos. Woelfel, a farmer of Sheridan township; Henry E., a farmer of Minnesota Lake town- ship, Faribault county ; Anna B., wife of Geo. Bach, mail carrier of Minnesota Lake township; Paul J., a carpenter of Minnesota Lake township; Herman H., a mason of Minnesota Lake town- ship; William, a farmer of Minnesota Lake township, living on the old homestead, and Mildred, a stenographer of Mankato, Minn. Joseph J. Troske remained at home on the farm until twenty-seven years of age, and then rented his father's farm. In 1900 he came to Redwood county, where he bought the east half of section 20, Vail township, which he broke up. He made addi- tions to this from time to time, until he owned 560 acres in sec- tion 20, Vail township, and 240 acres in sections 14 and 23 Vesta township, making 800 acres in all. He has one of the largest apple orchards in Vail township. He has been justice of the peace for several years; also treasurer of Vail township, which office he still holds. A Redwood county picnic was held on this farm, which is an ideal place for such gatherings. It was gotten up by the Redwood County Bureau of Agriculture, of which Mr. Troske is a member. Mr. Troske was married June 15, 1897, to Anna M. Kozitza, who was born June 8, 1878, in Minnesota Lake township, Faribault county, Minnesota, daughter of Joseph J. Kozitza. Her father, born in Austria in 1844, came to America in 1865, locating in Waseca county, Minnesota, where he worked as a teamster and farm hand. After a time he bought 40 acres of land in Minnesota Lake township, and later acquired 80 acres at Mapleton, Danville township, Blue Earth county, and moved there. He still owns the farm in Minnesota Lake township and has added to the Mapleton farm, Danville township, until he has 240 acres in all. His wife, Josephine (Sonnek) Kozitza, was born in Germany in 1853 and came to America in 1865, dying in 1887. Mr. Kozitza was married again to Susanna Barteck, who died November 24, 1893. By the first marriage there were the follow- ing children : Anna M .; John J., a farmer on the homestead in Blue Earth county; Mary J., nurse at the Mayo hospital at Rochester; Agnes C., wife of F. J. Bach, a farmer of Blue Earth county; Thomas, a farmer on the homestead in Blue Earth county, and Rose, principal of the schools in Willow Lake town- ship, Redwood county. By the second marriage there were: Susan, a teacher in Willow Lake township; Theodore, a dentist
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in Nebraska, and Andrew, a teacher, who is a student at the agricultural department of the University of Minnesota, at St. Paul. He is a member of Battery F, Second Battalion, Field Artillery, which is now at Llano Grande, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Troske have the following children: Ervin E., born August 21, 1898, who is attending the agricultural department of the Uni- versity of Minnesota at St. Paul, Minn .; Arnold A., born January 23, 1900, and now a student at St. Thomas College, St. Paul, Minn .; Ursula M., born March 12, 1903, who is attending St. Joseph Academy at Marshall, Minn .; Joseph D., born August 1, 1905; Rachel R., born June 11, 1910; Lester, born January 8, 1914, and Glenn George, born February 25, 1916.
Fred L. Froelich, one of the thrifty farmers of Sheridan township, was born in Nicollet county, May 15, 1869, son of Her- man Froelich, a retired farmer of New Ulm, who was born in Germany and came to America in 1870, and his wife, Barbara Froelich, who died in 1903 at the age of sixty. Fred J. Froelich, in 1889, bought 120 acres of land in section 17 Sheridan township. He built up the place, made improvements, erected fine buildings and added land from time to time until he now owns 200 acres. He has erected a nice seven-room house and a barn, 36x60x14 feet. He is a member of the German Lutheran church. Mr. Froelich was married December 10, 1892, to Sophia Pehling, born March 20, 1877, daughter of Philip Pehling, a retired farmer now living in Mankato, and his wife, Mary (Wistedt) Pehling. Mr. and Mrs. Froelich's children are: Dora, Herman, Ella, Leona, Esther and Fred.
Nels L. Nelson, an enterprising farmer of Sheridan township, was born in Racine, Wis., February 18, 1883, son of Lars and Annie (Larson) Nelson. His father was born in Denmark and came to America in 1872, locating in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he remained for one year. He then moved to Racine, Wis., where he lived until 1890, working for the Mitchell & Lewis Wagon Company. In 1887 he bought 80 acres of land in section 36, Sheridan township and, moving onto it in 1890, resided there until 1912, when he retired from farming and took up his resi- dence in Wabasso. Nels L. Nelson remained at home until 1912, when he purchased the home farm and began working for him- self. He has built up the place made improvements and erected buildings, including a barn 36x60x14 feet. He now has a well improved farm of 120 acres and raises graded Shorthorn cattle and Poland China swine. Aside from this he is a stockholder in the Wabasso Farmers Co-operative Creamery. Religiously he is a member of the Danish Lutheran church. Mr. Nelson was mar- ried November 6, 1912, to Anna Kargh, born March 29, 1883, daughter of Lars and Johanna (Knudson) Kargh. Her father is a native of Denmark and came to America in 1870, settling near
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Evan, Brown county, where he farmed for twenty-five years and died in 1894. His wife still lives at Evan.
James F. Scanlon was born in Sligo county, Ireland, Novem- ber 9, 1867, son of Martin and Mary (Keenan) Scanlon, both natives of Ireland. The father came to America in April 1882, and purchased the northwest quarter of section 8, Sheridan town- ship, Redwood county, where he engaged in farming until March, 1907, when he died at the age of seventy-two years. His wife now lives on the home place. James F. Scanlon grew to manhood on the homestead and engaged in farming for himself in section 8, where he lived from 1896 to 1906. Then he moved to the home place and has lived there ever since. His property comprises 80 acres of land and is well cultivated. Mr. Scanlon has served as director on the school board of district No. 70 for three years. He is affiliated with and has held all the chairs in the A. O. U. W. lodge at Belview and was a member of the Grand Lodge at St. Paul in 1910. He is a member of the Catholic church at Vesta. Mr. Scanlon was married November 13, 1896, to Annie Shimon, who was born November 20, 1879, daughter of Frank and Rosa (Boudy) Shimon. Her father, a native of Bohemia, emigrated to America in 1865, locating at New Prague, Minn., where he lived for six years. Then he moved to Henryville township, Ren- ville county, where he lived for thirty three years. Coming from there to Sheridan township, Redwood county, he engaged in farming here for a time but is now retired from active work and with his wife lives with his son Joseph in section 7, Sheridan township. Mr. and Mrs. Scanlon have had seven children: Mary (known as Mamie), born November 9, 1897; Martin, April 14, 1899; Katy Eudora, December 26, 1900; James Francis, April 27, 1903 (died December 19, 1904) ; William, April 26, 1905; Joseph, February 16, 1908, and Anna, August 18, 1911.
Thomas Kerby, a successful farmer of Sheridan township, was born May 6, 1834, in Quebec, Canada, son of Michael and Margaret (Griffin) Kerby, who were natives of Ireland and mar- ried there. They came to Canada in 1833, where the father fol- lowed his trade as a tailor. In 1836 they moved to Toledo, Ohio, where Mrs. Kerby died in 1837. Mr. Kerby lived there for a num- ber of years, returning to Quebec later in life and dying in 1884. Thomas Kerby was the only child of his parents and received his education at Toledo. He then traveled through Illinois, Missouri and other western states until 1868 when he came to Sheridan township, Redwood county, Minnesota, and took up a claim of 160 acres on which he is now living. He built a one-room frame house, at that time the first house in the township, which is still standing and is now used as a shed. The lumber for this house was hauled by ox team from Willmar, Minn. In 1882 Mr. Kerby built his present large residence. He now has a well improved
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farm with a good barn and other buildings. A Democrat in politics, he has served on the board of supervisors of Sheridan township for many years. He has also for many years been treasurer of the school board of district No. 11. The family are members of the Catholic church. Mr. Kerby was married in Birch Cooley, Renville county, June 28, 1879, to Elizabeth Holten, sister of Lawrence Holten, the eldest settler now living in Sheri- dan township, and daughter of Charles and Bridget (Reynolds) Holten. Her father was born in 1908 and died in 1879 in Sheri- dan township; her mother, born in 1814, died in 1897. Their children are: Annie, now Mrs. Frederick Duffield, Michael, living at home, and Thomas J., also living at home.
Crate Kaisley, a well known farmer of Sheridan township, was born in Ross county, Ohio, June 11, 1866, son of Rich- ard and Ann (Swyers) Knisley. The father was a farmer born in Ohio, in which state he lived until 1866, when he moved to Dallas county, Iowa. He died in 1907 at the age of seventy-eight years, his wife dying in 1908 at the age of seventy- six years. Crate Knisley remained at home until nineteen years of age. He then worked in the mines at Angus and Boone, Iowa, for thirteen years, next going to Becker county, Minnesota, in 1898, where he farmed for one year. Then he bought 80 acres in section 13, Redwood Falls township, Redwood county, Minne- sota, where he remained until 1905, when he rented the William Smith place in the same township and lived there seven years. In 1906 he had bought 80 acres in section 13, northern half of the northwest quarter, of Sheridan township, and he moved onto it in 1912 and now resides there. He has improved and developed the farm and considerably increased its value. In 1910 he built a barn 30x32 feet and in 1912 a comfortable eight-room house. Two acres of his land are devoted to fruit and one to alfalfa. He is a stockholder in the Redwood Falls Farmers Elevator Company and in the Sheridan Farmers Telephone Company. Mr. Knisley was married June 12, 1889, to Jeannette Love, daughter of George and Martha Love. Her father, who died in 1914 at the age of seventy-five years, had been a miner at Boone, Iowa. The mother now makes her home with her daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Knisley have two children: Martha, wife of Martin Luby, a farmer of Redwood Falls township, and who has one child, Margaret; and Albert, a farmer in Henryville township, Renville county, who married Mary Malichek, and has four children, William, Harry, Irene and John.
Michael Kramer, now deceased, was for a number of years a prominent farmer of Sheridan township, and a valuable citizen who took a part in the upbuilding of the county, served in public offices, developed a good farm and was in every way a man of honor and integrity. He was born in Fond du Lac county, Wis
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consin, November 11, 1854, son of Philip and Mary (Sauer) Kramer. The father Philip Kramer, born in Germany, was reared as a farmer and carpenter, came to America in the early days, lo- cated in Wisconsin and died in 1863. The mother was born in Germany, November 26, 1821, came to America with her husband and died August 12, 1900. In the family there were nine chil- dren: Gertrude A., Sister of Mercy in a convent at Fond du Lac; Anton, in Mower county, Minnesota; Nicholas, at Fond du Lac, Wis .; Michael, the subject of this sketch; Peter, of Beckerville, Wis .; Mathias, of Harvard, Ill .; Mary A., at Fond du Lac; John (deceased) ; Catherine, now Mrs. Aget Korb of Boyd, Wisconsin. Reared in this large family, Michael. Kramer remained at home until attaining his majority, when he went to Mitchell county, Iowa, and purchased a farm. In 1891 he sold that place, came to Redwood county and purchased 297 acres in section 19, Sheridan township. The year after his arrival he built a comfortable house, which in 1900 was remodeled into the present residence, other buildings being erected as necessity required. The place is now a sightly one with a splendid orchard and grove, is neatly fenced and is well equipped with everything necessary to the carrying on of successful general farming operations. In addi- tion to his farming projects, Mr. Kramer in 1901 erected a store building and operated a store at Seaforth for three years. In politics, he was a staunch democrat, and being much interested in public affairs served for a considerable period on the town and school boards. After a useful life filled with hard work, he died March 9, 1914, and his death is sincerely mourned. Mr. Kramer was married February 26, 1878 at Marytown, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, to Gertrude Bernard, born April 16, 1860, at Mount Calvary, Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin, daughter of Anton and Magdalena (Gerhard) Bernard, both natives of Germany, the former of whom was born July 6, 1827, came to America in 1848, located in Wisconsin, engaged in farming and died June 26, 1874; the latter was born October 25, 1827, and died July 6, 1866. In the Bernard family there were eight children : John, of Saskatchewan, Canada; Arnold, of Cold Spring, Minn .; Peter, deceased; Gertrude, wife of Michael Kramer; Mathias, a merchant of Tyler, N. D .; George, of St. Joseph, N. D .; Sebastian, a priest stationed in the Cathedral of St. Michael at Milwaukee, Wis., and Joseph, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Kramer have been blessed with twelve children: Anton, John, Arnold P., Mary, Michael, Mathias, Romulad Sebastian, Henry G., Nicholas J., Magdalen M., Peter Lawrence and Anna M. Anton was born February 6, 1879, married Dora Norcutt and has four children : Chloris, Bernard, Lyle and Lyndon. John, born September 24, 1880, married Minnie Lamb and has two children, Viola and Hazel. Arnold P. was born October 21, 1882, married Rose
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