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Red and other standard varieties. He sells cockerels and eggs for hatching through the advertisements in the farm papers. In addition to this farm, Mr. Hoepner also owns 480 acres of land in Colorado, the property being well improved and fenced. In politics Mr. Hoepner is an Independent and has served as road overseer for one year. He is a member of Lodge No. 68, A. O. U. W., of Redwood Falls, and of the M. W. A. camp at North Red- wood. He has traveled in fourteen different states of the Amer- ican Union and also over most of Canada. Mr. Hoepner was mar- ried October 20, 1909, to Maude Parker, who was born in Pratt, Kans., June 28, 1890, daughter of John W. and Mary (Headrick) Parker. Her father was born in Ohio, March 3, 1845, and is now living at Pratt, Kans., having retired from farming. Her mother was born in Hickory county, Iowa, April 27, 1850. There were nine children in the family: Thomas, who lives at Mt. Pleasant, Iowa; Bertdell, in El Paso county, Colorado; Edward, now de- ceased; Midgie, deceased; Arthur, of Meade county, Kans .; Al- phonso, Robert and Wesley, residing in Pratt county, Kans., and Maude. Mr. and Mrs. Hoepner's children are: John William Gottfried, born August 17, 1910; Clarence Frank, born May 27, 1912, and Mary Margurite, born September 24, 1915. Mrs. Hoep- ner has in her own name a good 160 acre farm in south central Kansas.
Arthur Carbert, a prosperous farmer of Delhi township, was born in England, November 17, 1870, son of Thomas and Mary (Buckle) Carbert. The father, Thomas Carbert, who was born in 1812, was a man of note in his locality. A gardener and tax collector by occupation, he was also a fine musician. He was the leader of the band in his native town, sometimes played the bass drum, at which he was an expert, and sang bass in the church choir, being greatly interested in church work. He was also a man of sound sense and excellent judgment in the ordi- nary affairs of life, and, as he had also some legal knowledge, his advice was often sought and generally taken by his neigh- bors on legal and other matters. His wife Mary was born in 1832 and died in 1906. They had nine children, all of whom are living, and whose names and place of abode are as follows: Helen, Margaret and John, residing in England; Herbert, in Ontario, Canada; Arthur, of Redwood county, Minnesota; Harold, of Montana; Edith, now Mrs. Peter Mckay, of Redwood county, Minnesota, and Emanuel and Ernest, in England. Arthur Car- bert at the age of seventeen went to Stratford, Canada. After living: there for eighteen months he came to Redwood county, Minnesota, where he worked out among the farmers for several years. Then he bought 80 acres of land in Kintire township at $9.00 per acre, and later added another 80 acres at $13.00 per acre. Subsequent to that he purchased 80 acres more at $25.00
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per acre, and still later, in 1909, bought 160 acres more at $32.50 per acre. This land was located in sections 14, 15, 22 and 23. In 1911 he sold it all for $55.00 per acre and bought 240 acres in sections 5 and 8, Delhi township, at $58.00 per acre. He has spent much time and money on this place and has one of the best farms in that part of the county. He has erected a fine ten-room modern house costing $4,500, a barn 30 by 50 feet, and a corn crib, costing $1,500, and in the fall of 1915 he built a con- crete silo with a capacity of 120 tons. As a grain farmer Mr. Carbert raises some 30 acres of wheat, 80 acres of corn and 45 acres of oats. He feeds about a car load of Shorthorn cattle a year and is the owner of a fine black grade Poll-Angus sire. He has also a good herd of Duroc Jersey swine and a flock of Shrop- shire sheep, feeding about two carloads of sheep a year. He raises all the horses he needs on the farm, keeping the Percheron breed. Mr. Carbert is an Independent in politics. He is a mem- ber of the Presbyterian church, having been an elder for several years and choirster of the church choir at Delhi for twenty years. Mr. Carbert was married October 27, 1898, to Stella Salome Bruner, who was born February 11, 1880, in Winnebago county, Illinois, daughter of Darius Alvin and Sarah Jane (Tofflemire) Bruner. Her father, born in 1856, in Lexington, Ontario, Can- ada, and her mother, born in Illinois in 1850, are both now living in Saskatchewan, Canada. There were seven children in their family : Stella, Clark Alvin, Samuel Floyd, Henry George (de- ceased), Sarah Elizabeth, Nellie Adell (deceased), and Hugh Car- lyle; all now living with their parents in Canada with the excep- tion of Stella, Mrs. Carbert and those deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Carbert have seven children, who were born as follows: Edith Mary, January 10, 1900; Charles Alvin, September 6, 1901; Fred- eric Thomas, December 20, 1903; Martha Jane, June 8, 1906; Samuel Arthur, July 4, 1909; Lillian Belle, July 11, 1911; and Ralph Edward, April 9, 1916.
Rasmus Madson, a pioneer of Brookville township, was born in Denmark, and there married Carrie Nelson. In 1866, with their four children-Christian, Peter, William and Mary-they embarked on a sailing vessel, and after a long and perilous voy- age, safely reached the United States. After living in Michigan for a while, they came to Redwood county in 1871, and were among the first families to locate in Brookville township. Here they secured 80 acres of partly improved land, to which they later added 80 acres more. They developed and improved this place, erected buildings, and became prosperous members of the community. Mr. Madison died in 1904 at the age of seventy- nine, and his wife died in 1895 at the age of seventy-one.
Michael Dooner, at one time county commissioner of Redwood county, was born in Canada, May 9, 1849, and was there reared
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and educated. At the age of twenty he came to the United States and located in Iowa. A year later he came to Redwood county and took up his residence in Willow Lake township. He devel- oped a wild tract of land, and added to his original purchase until he had a good place of 360 acres, well developed and im- proved, and well supplied with suitable farm buildings. His financial holdings included creamery stock, and an interest in the State Bank of Wanda. By long and faithful service on the township and school boards he won the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and his work as county commissioner more than justified the trust which was imposed in him. He was a devout Catholic, and helped to build the first church of that faith in this vicinity. At the height of his successful career, he was cut down by death on November 15, 1913, in the sixty-fourth year of his life. Mr. Dooner was married November 26, 1889, to Mary Madson, born in Michigan, December 8, 1867, daughter of Rasmus and Carrie (Nelson) Madson, and named for an older sister Mary, who was born in Denmark and died in Michigan. Of the eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Dooner there are now living eight: Maria Lucy, born November 24, 1892; Nellie Maude, December 5, 1894; John Robert, February 29, 1896; Michael J., March 13, 1897; Elmer Louis, November 14, 1898; William Frank, June 4, 1900; Louis Edward, October 12, 1902; and Florence Alberta, born February 16, 1909. Maria Lucy is the wife of Glenn Meade, of Willow Lake, and has one child, Juanita Mary. Mrs. Dooner is a capable business woman, and since the death of her husband, has efficiently managed the home farm of 360 acres, assisted by her children.
Jeremiah O. Mahoney, a prominent farmer of Sheridan town- ship, and son of Jeremiah and Mary (Reagan) Mahoney, was born in Ireland July 24, 1854, and came to America with his par- ents when a boy. They settled in Olmsted county, Minnesota, where the father bought 160 acres of land and farmed until his death, May 6, 1907, at the age of ninety-two years. His wife died December 16, 1909, at the age of eighty-six years. Their children were: Jeremiah O .; Michael, deceased; John of Olmsted county; Mary, now Mrs. D. O'Connell of Olmsted county; Tim- othy of Olmsted county, and Andrew, deceased. Jeremiah O. Mahoney in his youth attended the schools of his locality and there acquired the elements of knowledge. He left home at the age of twenty-three and was employed by a railway company for three years. Coming to Redwood county in November, 1887, he rented a farm for three years and then bought 120 acres of land in section 9, Sheridan township. The land was wild and uncul- tivated, but Mr. Mahoney set to work breaking up the soil and has since made continuous improvements, until he now has one of the finest farms in this locality. He has erected good substan-
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tial buildings, including a two-story house, a large barn and other needed structures, and has also a fine grove around his home and a small orchard. He carries on general farming, raises grains and breeds swine, cattle and horses for his own use. Mr. Mahoney is an Independent in politics and has held the office of road overseer for seven years and clerk of the school board of district No. 103 for three years. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Mahoney was married January 10, 1884, to Mary Looney, who was born August 4, 1861, at Fond du Lac, Wis. The wedding took place at the home of Lawrence Holton, the oldest settler of Sheridan township, and where many people were married in the early days, as there was no church there at that time and the priest had to come from Birch Cooley. The day of the wedding was typical of the season; one of the old-time blizzards was raging, but the house was full of guests nevertheless, and the wedding dinner was one long to be re- membered by those present. The parents of the bride were Tim- othy and Johannah (Mahoney) Looney. Her father was a farmer of Sheridan township and died March 7, 1901. Her mother died March 9, 1902. There were five children in the family: Mary; John, deceased; Timothy, deceased; Jeremiah, deceased; and Ellen, now Mrs. John Keller of North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney have the following children: Ellen, born January 9, 1885; Jeremiah, born September 19, 1887; Mary, born August 20, 1890; Julia, born May 27, 1892; Joseph, born August 18, 1896; and Margaret, born August 3, 1907. Ellen keeps house for her brother Jeremiah, who is a farmer in Sheridan town- ship. Julia, who is a graduate of the Redwood Falls high school, and a teacher, is also a student in the agricultural department of the State University. Mary, Joseph and Margaret are residing at home.
Robert Stewart, a highly prosperous farmer of Redwood Falls township, was born in Wabasha county, Minnesota, October 23, 1867. In the fall of 1871 he came to Minnesota with his parents and resided with them on their homestead in Redwood Falls township, faithfully attending the district schools, and later, entering the Rockford Business College at Rockford, Ill. Be- ginning life for himself on the Thomas Whittet farm of 240 acres in Redwood Falls township, he remained on it three years, after which, in 1901, he purchased the old Stewart homestead of 320 acres in the southeast quarter of section 10, and the north- east quarter of section 15, this being the old home of his father. Now he owns 440 acres of well improved land in Redwood town- ship, all tiled-this being the second job of tiling done in the county-and has erected several up-to-date buildings. In 1911 he built a cattle feeding barn, 36 by 60 feet, two silos, one brick, with a capacity of 150 tons, and one frame with a capacity of
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175 tons. In the summer of 1914 he erected buildings on 120 acres in section 11 and built an eight-room brick and concrete house, 28 by 35 by 14 feet. It is equipped with a hot water heating system and an electric light plant in the basement, which furnishes light for all the buildings, and has quarter-sawed oak floors and finishings down stairs and fir upstairs. There is a pressure tank in the basement. Mr. Stewart is now engaged in building a modern barn 36 by 60 feet. Mr. Stewart specializes in stock and buys and sells cattle for the market, selling about six cars of cattle and one of swine each year. He has 15 acres of fruit, mostly apples. He has served as clerk of school district No. 4 about two years. Mr. Stewart has been an elder in the Presbyterian church for the last fifteen years and is now a teacher in the Sunday school. September 16, 1903, Mr. Stewart was mar- ried to Belle Montgomery, who was born August 12, 1871, daugh- ter of Robert and Margaret (Breckenridge) Montgomery, her parents being natives of Scotland. The father came to Winne- bago county, Illinois, with his parents in 1842, and there he later engaged in farming and died in 1907 at the age of seventy-eight years. He was an active worker in the Presbyterian church. His wife, who was a Sunday school teacher and interested in the Missionary Society, died in 1899, at the age of sixty-five years. Mrs. Stewart was graduated from the high school at Rockford, Ill., in 1891 and was a teacher in the schools of that city and of the vicinity for twelve years. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart have three children : Florence M., born April 5, 1905; Katherine M., born July 23, 1908; and Alice E., born September 29, 1912.
John Lauterbach, an early settler, was born in Prussia, Ger- many, in 1853, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lauterbach, who in 1854 brought him to Chicago, from which city, after living there four years, they brought him to New Ulm, in Brown county, this state, in 1858. There John Lauterbach was reared, learning, as a youth, the trade of wagonmaker, a trade which he followed there for many years, entering in business for himself in 1875. In 1884 he came to Redwood Falls, where he has since resided. For some ten years he has now been employed as a traveling salesman. Mr. Lauterbach married Mary Henle, a native of Milford township, the first white child born in Brown county. This union has been blessed with a fine family of thirteen chil- dren: Grace, Maggie, Michael, Anna, Joseph J., Clemens A., Herbert, John, Susie, Agnes, Mamie, Rose and Anton. Grace is the wife of Andrew Cook, proprietor of a restaurant at St. Peter, Minn. Maggie is the wife of John Kaus, a groceryman of Red- wood Falls. Anna is the wife of Chris Schulte, a harnessmaker of Redwood Falls. Michael and Joseph are in the ice cream and confectionery business at Redwood Falls. Herbert lives in Boise City, Idaho. Clemens A. is postmaster at Redwood Falls.
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Susie and Mamie are clerks. John is a mail carrier at Redwood Falls. Rose and Anton are still attending school. Mrs. Lauterbach is the oldest of twelve children born to Mr. and Mrs. Athanathius Henle, five of whom are still living in and about the vicinity of New Ulm. Mr. Henle was one of a small party of Germans who left Chicago in the early fifties to establish a colony in the west- ern wilderness. Going to St. Paul by train, they boarded boats that took them up the Minnesota river near where the city of New Ulm is now located. A deserted Indian village served as a refuge for the time being, but the Indians returned from a season's hunt and compelled them to leave these haunts. Traversing up stream they came to a beautiful place in the valley where they erected a big log cabin and later laid the foundation for what is now the city of New Ulm. Both Mr. and Mrs. Lauterbach were residing with their respective parents during the Indian massacre and experienced the hardships of those days. Mr. Lauterbach nar- rowly escaped death when a bullet from one of the Indian rifles grazed the front of his coat, tearing the buttons from it. Mrs. Lauterbach and the other children were rescued by their mother, who hid with them in the woods for several days until help ar- rived. During these trying experiences twenty-one relatives of Mrs. Lauterbach fell victims of the cruel savages.
Clemens A. Lauterbach, postmaster of Redwood Falls, and former business manager of the Redwood "Gazette," was born ' in the city where he still resides, April 27, 1887, son of John and Mary (Henle) Lauterbach. He acquired his education in the graded and high schools of Redwood Falls, and as a boy of four- teen received his first newspaper and printing experience in the office of Aiken & Schmahl, proprietors of the "Gazette." To journalism and printing, he has since devoted his life, with the exception of two years, 1906-08, when he was in the laundry business in Redwood Falls. For several years he acquired ex- perience in the leading newspaper offices and printing plants in St. Paul and other cities, and thus prepared, returned to Red- wood Falls in 1911, and acquired a half interest in the Redwood "Gazette," the paper on which he had worked as a small boy. In the autumn of 1916 he sold to Mrs Bess M. Wilson, the owner of the other half interest. On May 25, 1914, he was appointed postmaster, and entered upon the duties of that office June 11, of that year. In this capacity he has done most efficient service, and has given the best of satisfaction to all the people of the community. Mr. Lauterbach is a member of the Catholic church and affiliates with the Knights of Columbus and the Catholic Order of Foresters. In politics he is a progressive Democrat.
Michael Lauterbach, of the firm of "Mike & Joe," manufac- turers and dealers in ice cream and confectionery at Redwood Falls, was born in the city where he still lives, December 21,
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1881, son of John and Mary (Henle) Lauterbach. He was reared on a farm and in the city, and as a young man learned the har- ness trade. In 1898 he started work in that line at New Ulm, and in 1902 opened a shop of his own in Redwood Falls, taking his brother, Joseph J. as a partner a few years later. In 1906 they disposed of the harness business and bought the confec- tionery store of the Knowlton Brothers. Under the firm name of "Mike & Joe," they still conduct this establishment, which is the leading store of its kind in the county. They do a large business in confectionery, ice cream, soda water, cut flowers and Columbia Grafonolas. In addition to manufacturing much of their own confectionery, they make ice cream on an extensive scale, wholesaling it to a number of dealers in neighboring towns, as well as retailing it to families throughout the city. Their place is attractive and expensively furnished, and is one of the popular gathering places of Redwood Falls. For some years past, Mr. Lauterbach has been the official government weather observer. Deeply interested in music, Mr. Lauterbach has been president and manager of the Scenic City Band for some fifteen years, and has also done considerable orchestra work. He is the chief ranger of the Catholic Order of Foresters and a member of the Knights of Columbus. Michael Lauterbach was married October 12, 1910, to Rose Olga Schilling, born August 22, 1880, daughter of Louis A. and Cecelia (Ochs) Schilling. Mr. Schill- ing, a veteran of the Civil war and a carpenter by trade, was for some fifteen years city clerk of New Ulm. Mr. and Mrs. Lauter- bach have two children: Mercedes Rose, born October 10, 1912, and Wallace Michael, born March 15, 1916.
Joseph J. Lauterbach, of the firm of "Mike & Joe," was born in Redwood Falls, July 3, 1884, son of John and Mary (Henle) Lauterbach. For a time he was employed as a mill worker, and later engaged in the harness business with his brother Michael, with whom he later established their present business. He has been connected with the Scenic City Band for some fifteen years, and has been its secretary and treasurer for some five years. He has also done considerable orchestra work. For several years he was an active member of Co. L, Second Minnesota, M. N. G., served as corporal and sergeant, and was at one time elected a lieutenant, though in this office he declined to serve. Fraternally he is affiliated with the Knights of Co- lumbus and the Catholic Order of Foresters, in the local lodge of which latter order, he has been treasurer for many years. Joseph J. Lauterbach was married July 29, 1914, to Alice Russell, daugh- ter of Richard and Alice (Gratz) Russell, the former of whom is the inventor of the Russell Road Grader. Mr. and Mrs. Lau- terbach have one son, John Richard, born May 23, 1915, and a daughter Mary Catherine, born October 19, 1916.
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Almon E. King, prominent citizen and former postmaster of Redwood Falls, was born in New Hampshire, December 10, 1850, a son of James and Roxalana (Barnard) King. James King, a substantial farmer of New Hampshire, moved in 1854 to Lee county, Illinois, where he attained considerable prominence, serv- ing as county supervisor and in other positions of private trust and public honor. He died in 1895 at the age of seventy-two years. His good wife survived him five years and died in 1900 at the age of seventy-six years. Reared in Lee county, Illinois, Almon E. King lived at home until he was twenty years of age. He started his career as a clerk, after which he engaged in the drygoods business at Mt. Morris, Illinois. Later he spent sev- eral years in Minneapolis. In 1880 he came to Redwood Falls, and, with his brother Walter B. King, under the firm name of the King Brothers, engaged in the drygoods and implement busi- ness. In this connection he continued for many years, remaining in the drygoods business until 1892, and in the implement and machinery business until 1901. In 1902 he was appointed post- master, and did most efficient service until his retirement in 1914. Subsequently he purchased from W. B. Clement, the in- surance agency established by J. B. Robinson & Co. in 1872. This agency, Mr. King still conducts. His financial affiliation is with the State Bank of Redwood Falls, of which he has been a director for the past eight years. His public services have included nine years of active work as president of the school board. He has also been prominently identified with a number of public movements. Mr. King was married May 20, 1879, to Alice Felker, born December 12, 1852, daughter of Abraham and Katherine (Wingert) Felker. Mr. and Mrs. King have had four children. Two died in infancy. Katherine was born in August, 1886, and died January 8, 1900. Forest V. was born in August, 1889, and is a civil engineer for the Minneapolis Bridge Co. Mrs. King is actively identified with church and social work in Redwood Falls, and is most highly regarded by a large circle of friends.
Joshua H. Sanders, who thirty years ago became one of the heaviest land owners in Redwood county, was born in St. Law- rence county, New York, and was there reared and educated. He came to the Northwest in 1857, and a few years later took up his home in St. Paul, where he became one of that group of sturdy men whose character has so strongly impressed itself upon the life of Minnesota. As the trusted associate of the builders of the great Northwest he was one of the inner council of powerful minds in the years when an Empire was being made. Familiarly known as Captain Sanders, he was intimately con- nected with the steamboat traffic at a time when the Mississippi river was a great highway of commerce. For a time he was
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agent for the Northern Packet Line. Later, with a partner, he established the firm of Sanders & Mathews, and transacted busi- ness in building supplies on the levee at St. Paul. He was a director of the First National Bank of St. Paul for a long period, and through that institution, about 1885, purchased 16,000 acres of Redwood county land, situated a few miles south of the city of Redwood Falls. The care of this property caused him to make frequent trips to Redwood Falls, and he thus became fa- miliar with a region that he always called the "Garden Spot of America." A large part of the land was subsequently sold off, and at his death the remainder was divided among his family. After a useful life, filled with worthy achievement and success- ful endeavor, he died September 2, 1899, at the age of seventy years. His widow, a native of Lima, Ind., whose maiden name was Ella Martin, still makes her home in St. Paul.
Howard P. Sanders, manager of the extensive Sanders tract, in Redwood county, and a literary man of considerable note, was born in St. Paul, Minn., August 31, 1874, son of Joshua H. and Ella (Martin) Sanders. After passing through the St. Paul pub- lic schools and the Academy at Andover, Mass., he entered Har- vard University at Cambridge, Mass., and was duly graduated therefrom. He then spent several years as foreign correspondent for New York, Chicago and St. Paul papers, writing special des- criptive articles of various points of interest, including the cities of London, Paris, Rome and Florence. He also traveled extens- ively in this country, visiting and writing articles concerning many historic, scenic and industrial centers. In addition to this, he has contributed both verse and prose to various leading maga- zines. In 1911 Mr. Sanders moved to Redwood Falls, for the pur- pose of being close to his land and to oversee the improvements thereon. He is now making extensive developments, and having divided the estate into quarter sections, which he rents on shares, he is erecting on each a substantial farm home for the tenants. Mr. Sanders was married October 23, 1911, to Mrs. Mary E. Woolley, born October 10, 1874, widow of Earnest A. Woolley, an attorney of Walnut, Ill. She was educated at Armour Sem- inary and is the daughter of David S. Mathias, born January 2, 1844, an official of the United States Steel corporation, who lives at Chicago, and his wife, Tryphena Jones, who was born August 1, 1848. By this first marriage Mrs. Saunders has one child, a son, Parker D. Sanders, who has been adopted by Mr. Sanders. The young man, who is a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon, is a stu- dent in the agricultural department of the University of Minne- sota, and after his graduation he plans to take up scientific farm- ing as his life work.
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