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Isaac W. Rovainen, deceased, was born March 7, 1868, in Sweden. son of Carl M. Rovainen, a farmer of that country. Isaae W. Rovainen came to America in 1886 and worked in the copper mines at Calumet. Mich., for two years and for five years as miner in the Black Hills in South Dakota. In 1892 he bought 160 acres in section 31, Bandon township, where he lived until his death, January 9, 1915. From 1902 until his death he served as elder and reader of the Finnish Apostolic Lutheran church, which is located on the northwest corner of seetion 5, Camp township. He was also its treasurer. At the time of his death Alr. Rovainen owned one-half section of land. He had built a nice eight room house and was stockholder in the creamery and
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elevator at Franklin. Mrs. Rovainen, with the help of her chil- dren. now eonduet the farm. In 1889 Mr. Rovainen married Ilil- da J. Lahti, daughter of Peter and Johanna Rahti. Her father came to America in 1864 and located in Camp township in 1866, where he lived until his death in 1911, at the age of seventy years. His wife lives in section 19, Camp township. Mrs. Hilda ( Lahti) Rovainen died July, 1894, leaving one son. Alfred. now a farmer in Birch Cooley township. Mr. Rovainen was married a second time on February 2, 1895, to Emma JJ. Johnson, born December 3. 1870. She attended the State Normal school at Mankato and was a teacher for fom years. She also was treasurer of school distriet No. 69 for ten years. By this second marriage there were ten children : Verna A., born November 15, 1895, a teacher in New York Mills, Minn .: Esther, born January 28, 1897; Adolph, born May 27. 1898; Gladys G., born March 24, 1900; Helen A., born March 11. 1902: Mamie E., born January 15, 1904: Carl M .. born May 2, 1905; Lila A., born April 11, 1907; Inez J., born December 18, 1909, and Mildred E. T., born June 28, 1913.
Isaac Bogema was born on section 18. Camp township, Febru- ary 17, 1866, son of Mathias and Eva Bogema. Mathias Bogema came to America in 1865, living at St. Peter, Minn .. for six months, then going to Camp township, where he spent the winter. In the summer of 1866 he homesteaded 160 acres of land in section 1, in Bireh Cooley township, where he remained for six years. Ile disposed of this land and bought 160 acres in section 35. Camp township, where he lived until his death, March 8, 1892. His wife died in 1872, at the age of fifty years. Isaac Bogema re- mained at home until he was twenty-five years old and in 1892 bought 160 acres of land in the southeast quarter of section 31. Bandon township, where he still lives. He has improved and developed the farm, owns 220 aeres, and has good buildings. Mr. Bogema is a stockholder in the Franklin Elevator and is a mem- ber of the Finnish Lutheran church. He was married December 8. 1891. to Maria Lagari, born August 25, 1862, daughter of Randall Isaac Lagari, now living in Camp township, and his wife, Louisa Lagari. They are both natives of Finland and in 1897 Mr. Bogema sent them money to pay their passage over to America. Mr. and Mrs. Bogema have seven children: Lydia, born October 11. 1892, married to Joseph Sherman, of San Francisco: Walter, born April 20, 1895; Arthur, born July 9. 1896: Oscar, born September 21. 1897: Hjahnar, born November 15, 1900: John, born June 15, 1902: Alma, born October 11, 1903; all except the ohlest of these children being at home.
Mathias E. Kelly, now deceased, was born in Norway, October 1, 1853, son of Erland and Jorend (Nestegaard) Kelly. Erland Kelly was born May 10, 1810. and his wife, Jorend (Nestegaard)
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Kelly, was born January 1. 1814. In 1868 they came with their family to America and settled on a farm in section 30. Bandon township, where they built their home and engaged in farming until the time of their death. Mr. Kelly died January 15, 1900, and Mrs. Kelly died in January, 1901. Mathias E. Kelly came to America with his parents in 1868, and located with them in Bandon township. In time he purchased, together with his broth- er Severt, the southeast quarter of section 30, Bandon township. This land they purchased from an older brother, who also bore the name of Severt, who had taken it as a homestead. In time Mathias Kelly became the sole owner and proprietor of this farm, and added to it at different times, until it now contains 440 aeres in the home farm and 268 aeres in sections 5 and 6, Camp township. He built a nice home, large barns and a com- plete set of outbuildings, and here carried on general farming. until his death, February 26, 1915, with the exception of four years, from 1900 to 1904, when he was in the general merehan- (lise business in Franklin in partnership with his brother Ole E. Kelly and E. S. Johnson. Mr. Kelly was a member of the school board for ten years and was a stockholder and director in the Franklin Creamery. February, 1881, he married Ragnild Jordet, born April 25, 1854, daughter of Severt and Marit (Brunshagen) Jordet. She now resides with her children on the home farm. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Kelly: Edward, was born April 20, 1882. He was a stu- dent of the Red Wing Seminary at Red Wing, Minn., and is now farming in Camp township. He married Clara Gunderson, of Mankato, and they have four children: Inez, Marlow, Kenneth and Vincent. The farm he is living on is a part of the Mathias E. Kelly estate. Jennie was born October 22, 1884. She gradu- ated from the Domestic Science class at the Ladies' Lutheran Seminary, at Red Wing, in 1906, and resides at home. Severt, born October 22, 1867, is farming with his brother Edward, on their farm in Camp township. He was a student at the Agricul- tural College at Minneapolis. Milton, born March 16, 1891, and Oscar, born October 3, 1892, conduet the home farm. Oscar was a student of the Red Wing Seminary. These young men are breeders of thorough-bred Aberdeen Angus Black Poll cattle and Duroc Jersey swine, and each year ship from four to five car- loads to the South St. Paul yards for the market. They also are largely patronized by individual buyers for breeding purposes. Thorvald, now a student of the Red Wing Seminary, was born December 4, 1894. The family are all members of the Hauge Norwegian Lutheran church.
Ole P. Hoimyr was born in Norway, September 27, 1854, son . of Peter and Anna Olene ( Isaacson) Hoimyr. Peter Hoimyr came to America in 1867 and located first at Kilbourne, Wis., and later
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at St. Peter, Minn. In 1869 he homesteaded 160 acres in section 26, Bandon township and lived there until his death in 1903, at the age of seventy-four. His wife died in 1911. Ole Hoimyr remained at home until 1880, when he engaged in farming for himself. He purchased 160 aeres in section 16, Bandon township, where he still lives, having built up a good farm. Mr. Hoimyr is a member of the Norwegian Synod Lutheran church and taught parochial school for eight years. He served on the township board for five years and also was township treasurer for fifteen years. Hle was postmaster at Bandon postoffice for eleven years, the office being in his home. May 13, 1880, Mr. Hoimyr was mar- ried to Anna Johanessen, born October 14, 1850, and died Deeem- ber 22, 1913. There is one child, Marith Palma, born October 27, 1884, who is married to Jorgen Olson, manager of Mr. Hoimyr's farm. They have one child, Anna Mildred. born January 8, 1915.
Herman Holm was born in Hammerfest, Norway. August 18, 1866, son of Benjamin and Margaret ( Ruona ) Holm. The father was a sailor on the large walrus and sealing vessels and was a native of Sweden, where he was married. In 1872 he came to America and engaged in work as a miner in the copper mines at Hancock, Mich., and remained there for seven and a half years. In 1880 he came to Bandon township, where he settled on rail- way land and lived there for two years. In 1882 he bought 80 aeres in the north half of the southwest quarter of section 30. Here he remained for four years and then sold and bought land in the northeast quarter in section 31, where he lived until his death, June 18, 1903. at the age of sixty-nine years. Herman Hohn remained at home until he was twenty-seven years of age. Ile then worked in the Calumet, Mich., copper mines for a time and one year on a railroad in Ontario. In 1896 he bought 80 aeres in the east half of the northeast quarter of section 31, Ban- don township, which was the home farm and moved onto it in 1906. In 1911 he sold and bought 160 acres in the southwest quarter of section 32, Bandon township, where he still lives. Mr. Holm is a stockholder in the creamery and elevator company, at Franklin. He was married July 14, 1904, to Mary Maki, born May 31, 1875, daughter of Solomon and llattie (Komse) Maki, farmers of Finland. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hohn, Edward and Arthur. The family attends the Luth- oran church.
Peter M. Hage was born on the northeast quarter of section 28. Bandon township, October 8, 1880, son of Martin JJohnson Hage and Johanna (Peterson) Hage. The father was born ilt Norway and came to America in 1861, going to St. Peter, where he lived for three years, then in 1864 homesteading in section 28, Bandon township, where he remained until his death. The
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mother was born July 10, 1838, and died May 25, 1915. Peter M. Hage took charge of the home farm, consisting of 200 acres. in the spring of 1909 and has been manager ever since. Ile is a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevator at Fairfax. October 14 1910, he was married to Emma Possen, born September 24, 1894, daughter of John Possen, now living in Gibbon, Minn., who came from Germany to America in 1885, and of his wife, Alvina Possen. Mr. and Mrs. Hage have three children, Maurice Marvin, Harry Holly and Florence Lenora. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson are: Julia, now Mrs. Benjamin Vigen, of Nel- son county, North Dakota; Paulina, now Mrs. Adolph Gumpolen, of Rolette county, North Dakota : John. of Granville, North Da- kota : Julius: Ole and Peter, farmers of Bandon township, this county ; and Maurice, who is in the hunber business in Winni- peg, Canada.
Ole A. Korsmo was born in Norway. October 14, 1862, son of Andrew S. and Mary O. (Skarness) Korsmo. Andrew S. Korsing came to America in 1869, bought 130 acres of land in section 21. Camp township and lived there until his death, November 22, 1874, at the age of sixty-four. His wife died in March, 1890. at the age of ninety-two. Ole Korsmo remained at home until twenty-three years of age, and then bought 80 acres of wild prairie land in section 27, Bandon township, on to which he moved in 1899. He has developed this farm, increased it to 120 acres, erected a good dwelling and barns and made many im- provements. He is a stockholler in the creamery and co-opera- tive store at Fairfax, has served as school director for eight years and is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church. Mr. Korsmo was married May 25, 1899, to Mrs. Gurina Peterson, widow of L. Peterson, son of Hellek Peterson. She is the daughter of Hans Mangseth and was born April 21, 1875. By her first marriage she had three children : Hannah, born June 7, 1893; Mable, born September 21, 1894, and Leonard, born July 18, 1896. Mr. and Mrs. Korsmo also have three children: Anton, born February 16, 1900; Mathilda, born October 4, 1902, and Gladys, born March 28, 1908.
James L. Murnan, a prominent farmer of Bandon township, was born on section 36. Bandon township, August 7, 1881, son of John and Jane (Blake) Murman. The father, when a child, was at Ft. Ridgely during the Indian outbreak. He homesteaded the southeast quarter of the eastern half in section 36, Bandon township, where he lived until his death. at the age of twenty- eight, September 15, 1882, being killed in a threshing machine. The mother died February 2, 1898, at the age of forty-two. Be- sides the subject of this sketch, there was one child, Mary Jane, born August 21, 1879, now the wife of Thomas J. Maxwell, a farmer in Engene, Ore. They have five children: Leonard,
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James, Mary. William and an infant. After his mother's death James L. Murnan made his home with James Maxwell, in Camp township. and attended school until 1900. Then he worked for his nnele Patrick Murman, at Kingston, Meeker county, Minn., and attended school there for two years. Next he homesteaded in Rosean county, Min., where he remained for six years. A year was then spent in Memphis, Tenn., and five years as a car- penter at Fairfax, Minn. Ile is now farming on the old home place. He is a member of the Catholic church and of the K. C. and C. O. F.
Michael Heikka, deceased, was born in Finland and came to America in 1864. For a muaber of years he worked as a farm hand in the summer and trapped in the winter. Once he snc- ceeded in trapping a lynx in some timber near Bird Island. This is said to be the only lynx ever seen in Renville county. In 1872 he homesteaded 137 acres in section 5, Camp township, and in 1880 bought 160 aeres in section 32, Bandon township, where he lived until his death in 1895, at the age of sixty-three years. In 1872 he was married to Mary Johnson, born in Norway, in 1848. She now lives with her two sons, Henry and Charles, who own and manage the home farm of 220 acres. Henry has been a sue- cessful thresher for twenty years and Charles raises pure blooded Poland China swine and has a large number of them registered, raising about 120 per year. Onee a year he has a publie sale. The brothers also raise Herford cattle. Henry is a director of the Franklin Creamery and Charles is a stockholder of the Farm- ers' Elevator, at Franklin. Besides these two sons Mr. and Mrs. Heikka had the following children: Bertha, married to David Ilolland, who lives in Montana ; Annie, living in Montana ; Ida, married to Charles Savage. in Montana, and Emma, married to Edward Glorviek, of Minneapolis; Rega, a trained irse at the Swedish hospital at Minneapolis, and Crissia, at home.
Hans F. Mundahl, an industrions farmer of Bandon township, was born in Norway. April 26, 1844, son of Fred Hanson, a farm- er, who died in 1850, at the age of forty. and his wife, Gjetlng (Knudson), who died in 1901, at the age of seventy-five. Hans F. Mundahl came to America in 1870 and worked in Fillmore county four years. In 1874 he bought the southwest quarter of section 36, Bandon township, where he has lived ever since. Ilis first house was of sod with a sod roof and had no floor. Ile brought an ox team with him from Fillmore county and an old wagon and plow. The first three years were very discouraging, as he had no erops, the grasshoppers destroying all. He made a little butter, which he sold to Ft. Ridgely at six cents per pound. But these pioneer times passed away, and Mr. Mundahl became a prominent and prosperous farmer. In July, 1869, he was united in marriage in Norway to Syneva Mundahl, born October 31,
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1844, daughter of Ole Mundahl, a farmer in Norway, and his wife, Anna (Thomassen) Mundahl. Ten children were born: Frederick, born on the ocean, died at the age of two weeks; Fred- erick, born in May, 1870; Carrie, born December 10, 1872, mar- ried to Martin Nygaard, a farmer of Astoria, South Dakota, by whom she has nine children; Ole, born March 12, 1874, died May 19, 1912; Anna Juliana, born December 15, 1876, wife of Carl Hanson, of Minneapolis; Henry, born October 4, 1878; Bertha, born September 2. 1880, died February 23, 1910, wife of Alfred Olson, a carpenter, in Minneapolis; Frida, born May 31, 1882. now living in Minneapolis; Christian H., born September 27, 1884, living in Lake Mills, Iowa, and Henrietta, born March 12, 1887, living in Minneapolis. All of the children have adopted the surname of Friekson.
Henry Frickson, a successful farmer of Bandon township, was born on section 36, in the township where he still lives, Oeto- ber 4, 1878. son of Ilans F. Mundahl and his wife, Synova Mun- dahl. He remained at home until 1904, when he went to Red Wing, Minn., to attend the Red Wing Seminary, remaining there until 1907. During the summers of 1905-1910 he taught parochial school. From 1904 to 1909 he rented a farm from his uncle, Hans I. Mundahl, which he worked with hired help. From 1911 to 1914 he rented his father's farm in section 36, Bandon township, and in the fall of 1914 bought 80 acres of this farm on which he erected a fine eight room house and substantial barn, 28 by 40. He has served as township elerk for five years and has been treas- urer of school district No. 66 for three years. He is a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevator at Fairfax and director of the new creamery there. He is a member of the Hanges Norwegian Inth- eran church of Camp township, is president of the Young Peo- ple's Temperance Society of that church, and has been president and is now treasure of the Excelsior Young People's Society of the same church. Henry Frickson was married June 26. 1912. to Anna Distad, born in Norway, September 12, 1888, daughter of Kjel Distad, a retired farmer of Norway, and his wife, Ger- trude (Eithune) Distad. Mr. and Mrs. H. Friekson have one child, Gladys Constance.
Christian H. Frickson, son of Hans F. Mundahl, was born September 27, 1884, in section 36, Bandon township, and remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age. He then became assistant cashier in the state bank at Fairfax. where he remained for three and a half years. From 1900 to 1904 he attended the Red Wing Seminary, taking a course in the academie depart- ment. He then graduated from the National Business College at Minneapolis, and was assistant cashier of the First National Bank at Lake Mills. la., for four years. In August. 19144, he bought the western half of his father's farm in the southwest
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. quarter of section 36. Bandon township. He has served as township assessor for one year. He resigned and moved back to Lake Mills, la., in huily, 1915, where he engaged in the restau- rant business. He is a member of the Hange's Norwegian Luth- eran church. May 29, 1912, Mr. Frickson was united in mar- riage to Mabel Nystuen, of Lake Mills, Ia., born August 1, 1889, daughter of Gilbert and Anna (Severson) Nystuen. Gilbert Nys- then has been in the real estate business at Lake Mills for twen- ty-five years.
Lars Olson was born in Norway, June 24, 1844, son of Ole Ilermansoin, a farmer in Norway, and Anna (Olson) Hermanson. Lars Olson came to America in 1866, coming directly to Nicollet county, Minn., where he remained for two years. For four years he was employed as a farm hand and in 1871 homesteaded in section 26, Bandon township, where he still lives. The first house was a rude dugout. He has since improved his farm and become prosperous. In 1915 he erected a fine modern resi- dence. Ile has served as township assessor for four years and is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church. He was mar- ried March 16. 1858. to Christina Olbjornson, born December 30, 1858. in Norway, daughter of Olbjorn Asselson, a farmer in Norway, and Ambjor (Satte) Asselson. Six children have been born: Anna Marie, born December 10, 1888, a seamstress. at. home : Amalia Olive, born April 15, 1890, at home ; Amanda C'or- nelia, born July 12, 1892, who attended school at the Fairfax High school and Madison (Minn.) State Normal school, and has been a teacher in Renville county since 1912; Oscar. born Devem- ber 14. 1894, a student from St. Olaf College, now manager of the home farm and a stockholder in the Farmers' Co-operative Ele- vator at Fairfax: Marie, born August 12, 1897, at home, and Lonisa Christine, born Angust 9, 1903, at home.
Hjalmer Ruona was born July 16, 1880, in Camp township, this county, son of Solomon and Anna (Ostala) Ruona. In 1908 he bought 160 aeres in section 16, Bandon township and moved there March 22, 1910. He has increased and developed his farm and made many improvements. Hle now owns 280 acres. Ile is a stockholder in the elevators at Franklin and Fairfax and also in the creamery at Franklin. He has served as road overseer for one year. He is a member of the Finnish Lutheran church. De- cember 17, 1910, Mr. Ruona was married to Minnie Pajari. born September 9, 1887, in Norway, fourth of the twelve children of Peter and Elizabeth (Tabia) Pajari. Der father came to Amer- iea in 1891 and located at Ironwood. Mich., where he remained for one year. Then he moved to Douglas county. Min., where he lived for eleven years, next going to Wadena county, Minn., where he is still engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Ruona have four children: George Vincent, born September 6, 1911 : Ilar-
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Jens S. Ness, a prosperous farmer of Bandon township. was born in Norway, Angust 17, 1862, son of Sylvester Ness, a car- penter in Norway, who died in 1869, at the age of fifty years. and Margaret (Hilleren) Ness, who died February 5, 1914, at the age of ninety-two. Jens S. Ness came to America in 1883 and went directly to Bandon township, Renville county, this state, where he was employed as a farm hand for six years. Then he rented a farm in Camp township for nine years, in 1901 buying 80 acres in section 36, Bandon township, where he still lives. He now has a well improved farm. He is a member of the Nor- wegian Lutheran church and one of the collectors for the treas- urer for the Red Wing Seminary of Red Wing, Minn., and also has been director of school district No. 66 for nine years. June 20, 1912, he was united in marriage to Severena Anderson, born. October 10. 1867. danghter of Ole and Annie (Kvam) Anderson. Her father was born in Norway and came to America in 1865, locating on a farm in Wisconsin, where he died March 1, 1909, at the age of seventy-four. Her mother died June 25, 1911. Mr. and Mrs. Jens S. Ness have an adopted child, Margaret Lund, born June 25, 1907.
John Oscar Isaacson, pastor of the Apostolic Finnish church, was born in Sweden, March 21, 1851. His father was Isaac Wil- helm Isaacson, who died in Sweden in 1909, at the age of sev- enty-nine and his mother was Maria (Danielson) Isaacson, who died June, 1914, at the age of eighty-six. J. O. Isaacson came to America in 1873 and settled at Cokato, Minn., where he lived for five years. For five years he farmed in section 17, Bandon township, and then bonght 40 acres in section 9, Bandon town- ship, where he still lives. He has served on the township board for six years. Mr. Isaacson was married April 11, 1873, to Margaret Selvala, born Inly 9, 1846.
Louis Savela, son of Carl Savela, was born in Finland, dann- ary 21, 1872, and came to America with his parents in 1880. Ile now manages the home farm and owns 80 acres in section 15. Ile was chairman of the Finnish Lutheran church for six years and is a stockholder in the Franklin creamery, also in two elevators at Fairfax. Lonis Savela was married May 26, 1906, to Emma Isaacson, born March 27. 1884, daughter of John Oscar Isaacson. and they have five children: Mathias Erhard, born June 23, 1907: Ernest Howard, born February 21. 1909 died April 25, 1914: Edna Lillian Margaret, born April 18, 1911; Ida Sylvia, born October 26, 1912. and Violet Evalina, born June 11, 1914.
Carl Savela, a successful farmer of Bandon township. was born in Finland, October 26, 1836, son of Henry Oikarainen, a farmer of Finland, who died in 1876, at the age of seventy years,
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and Bertha (Haikinen) Oikarainen, who died in 1867, at the age of seventy-two. Carl Savela came to America in 1880 and located at Hancock. Min., where he remained for six months, next go- ing to Camp township. this county, where he lived for one year. In 1882, he bought 80 aeres in section 16, Bandon township, where he became a successful farmer and increased his farm to 450 aeres, of which he gave each of his sons 80 aeres. He is a mem- ber of the Finnish Lutheran church. Carl Savela was married June 24, 1867, to Margaret Koskela, born December 7, 1843. daughter of Peter Koskela, a farmer of Finland, who died in 1849, at the age of thirty-four. By a former marriage Mr. Savela has one chikl, Henry, a farmer. in section 6, Camp township. B .. his present marriage there are ten children : Adam, born March 4, 1868, died November 24, 1884; Abel, born May 22, 1870, a miner at Nashwank. Min .: Louis, born January 21, 1872, man- ยท ager of the home farm ; Mathias, born March 17, 1874, a farmer in South Dakota : Bertha Walpuri, born May 23. 1876, wife of Carl Carlson, at Ilill City, Min. : Mary, born March 25, 1879, married to Walter Williams, elerk at Gilbert, Min .: Carl Ludwig, born .July 25, 1884, died Angust 1, 1884: Anna Elsa Wilhelmina. born July 5, 1885, wife of G. K. Maki, a meat dealer in Hill City, Minn. ; Ida Fanny, born June 10, 1891, a clerk at Hibbing, Minn .; and Annie Bay, adopted, born June 9, 1903. Mr. and Mrs. Savela now make their home with their son, Louis.
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