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Charles Lammers, an influential citizen, publie official and mer- chant, was born in Cincinnati, April 8, 1861, son of William and Sophia (Schweer) Lammers. He was brought to Renville county in 1862, was present when his father was killed during the Indian massaere, was held captive with his mother and brother Fred, and remained with his mother and step-father in Renville county until he was twenty years of age. Then he worked out as a farm hand. May 11, 1884, with but $500 capital, he opened a hardware store in Fairfax. In 1886 he sold this store and opened a general merchandise establishment at Fairfax with Thomas Greer as a partner, under the firm name of Lammers & Greer. In 1891 Mr. ' Greer retired, then A. F. Rieke bought in and the firm became Lammers & Rieke. In 1896 Mr. Lammers sold out and engaged in the grain business in Fairfax for four years. During this time he erected and operated an independent elevator. Then in 1900, with Henry Hanser and G. A. Rieke, of the firm of Hanser & . Rieke, he engaged in the furniture, humber and hardware busi- ness. The company is now known as the Hauser Lumber Com- pany, of Fairfax, Gibbon and Franklin. For several years MIr.
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Lammers was secretary and for the last four years he has been treasurer of the concern. He is also vice-president of the Fair- fax State Bank. Ilis political career began at an early date. For eighteen years ending in 1905 he was treasurer of the town of Cairo. For seven years he was a member of the Fairfax village eouneil. Since January, 1907, he has been a county commissioner from the Second district. Mr. Lammers was married May 11. 1885, to Emma Durbahn, who was born January 4, 1864, daughter of Jacob and Dora ( Anthony) Durbahn. The father and mother were born in Germany, came to America, farmed in Nicollet county, retired to New Uhn. He died at the age of seventy-one. The mother died in 1881 at the age of fifty. Mr. and Mrs. Lam- mers have six children: Harry C., born September 10, 1888; Millicent, born November 17, 1889; Wilbert, born March 1, 1892; Benjamin, born October 5, 1893; Wesley, born April 24, 1896. and Ada, born December 10, 1900. The family faith is that of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which Mr. Lammers is a trustee. The part taken in the Indian outbreak of 1862 by the Hammers family is a tragie one. William Lammers, a substantial German citizen, came to America in the fifties, seeking the advantages of life under the light of a Republic. In 1862 he brought his family to Renville county and pre-empted the northwest quarter of see- tion 19, Flora township. Happy that at last he had secured land, and a farm on which he might make a competence and rear his children to strong manhood and womanhood, he set at work with a will. Hle erected a log cabin, made a little clearing, got in some crops, and was eagerly looking for the harvest time when he might store up provisions for the coming winter. But on August 18, 1862, a band of Indians came down on the little cabin, butch- ered and mutilated William Lammers and took his wife and their two little sons, Frederick and Charles, as prisoners. They were held in captivity for six weeks, and during this time Charles was very much disliked by the Indians, so one day he was taken and thrown in the fire while his mother was sent after water, but the quick and daring moves of his brother Fred saved him from being roasted to death. From Camp Release they went to Nicollet county. There the following spring another son, William, was born. September 26, 1864, the widow and mother married George Rieke, now a resident of Fairfax. William, the posthummus child, lived to the age of twenty-six. Hle farmed in Sibley county with his brother, Frederick W., and left a widow and one child. Fred- eriek W. is married and has two sons, Walter and Edwin Lammers.
Ole H. Boyum, energetic farmer, was born August 16, 1872. on the place where he now resides, in the north half of the southeast quarter of section 35, Camp township. The father, Hans O. Boymm, was born in Norway, September 18, 1840, and was married June 12, 1865, to Breita O. IInsabe, who was born November 17,
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1840. They came to America in 1867, and located in Fillmore county, this state, where they had relatives. After a year there they, in company with Ole O. Nesburg, started out for this county with an ox team. They settled on section 35, Camp township. and there Ilans O. Boyum died December 22, 1914. Ilis wife still lives on the place. She has many stories to tell of pioneer days. when they lived in a dug-out and endured many hardships and privations. Ole H. Boyum has always been at home. In 1903 he and his brother Christ rented the home place, and in 1906 he bought the 100 acres containing the buildings. le has made a number of improvements and carries on general farming and stockraising. Mr. Boyum was married June 25, 1903, to Tillie Evenson, who was born October 22, 1885, daughter of Ole (). Evenson, a pioneer farmer of Renville county now living with the Boyums, and of Barbara (Erickson) Evenson, who died February 10, 1902, at the age of fifty-five. Mr. and Mrs. Boyum have five children : Oscar, born February 18, 1905; Bertha, born January 17, 1907 ; Harvey, born December 9, 1908, and Leonard and Lloyd, born January 13, 1911.
Nels O. Nelson, an active farmer of Camp township, was born in section 23, Camp township, June 21, 1884, son of Sievert N. Nelson, born in Norway, June 1, 1840, and came to America in 1865. After spending three years in Goodhne county he came to Renville county in 1868 and homesteaded 160 acres in section 22, Camp township, where he remained until 1874, then selling out and going to California. In 1878 he returned and bought 200 acres in sections 22 and 23, Camp township, where he remained until his death. November 4, 1907. He was married hine 10, 1880, to Mary Holten, born December 14, 1855. Nels O. has remained on the home place, eighty acres of which he owns and 120 acres of which he rents. He started for himself in 1908 by renting the place, and three years later he purchased the stock and equipment. He carries on general farming and makes a specialty of Red Poll cattle. Duroe swine and Plymouth Rock chickens. He is a stock- holder in the Fairfax Co-operative store and in Fairfax Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company. Ilis faith is that of the Nor- wegian Lutheran church, in which he is a trustee. He was mar- ried June 7. 1911. to Minnie Semerud, born November 28, 1882, daughter of John O. Semerud, a farmer of Cairo township. a native of Norway, and his wife Emma (Asak) Semernd. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson have two children : Joseph Stanley, born March 22, 1912, and Ethel Myrtle, born October 31, 1913.
William A. Johnson, an enterprising young farmer of Camp township, was born in that township October 7. 1884, son of Mathias and Albertina (Frisca) Johnson. Mathias Johnson, a native of Norway, was born in 1846, and upon coming to America in 1865 settled in Nicollet county, which was his home for two
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years. He enlisted in Company A. First Minnesota Regiment, and was honorably discharged six months later. In 1866 he took a homestead on seetion 20. Camp township. His marriage to Alber- tina Frisea took place in 1870 and the following children were born : Emma. Osear. Ama M., Maria A .. William A .. Ilenty. Minnie S. and Elizabeth, Mathias Johnson has retired from farm- ing and lives at Franklin with his wife, who is now sixty-six years of age. William Johnson rented the home farm in 1905 and lived there three years. In 1908 he engaged in the meat business at Nashwauk, Minnesota, and continued this line of work for three years, after which he engaged in the livery business for three months in the same town. In 1911 he bought the home farm of 240 acres and has followed the fortunes of a farmer ever since. He raises Guernsey cattle, having about fifteen milch cows. and feeds about ten for the market. His swine are of the Poland- China breed, of which he has about ninety. Mr. Johnson has just completed a cement silo 15 by 40, with a capacity of about 200 tons. He has served as township treasurer for two years and as a member of the school board three years. He is the president of the Franklin creamery and a stockholder of the Farmers' elevator at Franklin. He is a member of the Finnish Lutheran church. Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Ina Lydia Raattama June 5, 1910. She was born January 11, 1890, daughter of Peter Raattama, a farmer in Ottertail county, born in Sweden in 1848 and came to America in 1862, and his wife, Catherine (Johnson) Raattama. Three children have blessed this union : Clarence, Evangeline, and Virginia.
Anton E. Melwold, efficient proprietor of Hillerest Farm, was born on the place where he still resides, in the northwest quarter of section 24, Camp township, June 16, 1880. son of Eriek G. and Enga (Bergley) Melwold. The father was born February 19. 1836, came to America in 1866, lived at Albert Lea. in this state. until 1869, then came to Renville county and secured the present homestead in Camp township. There he remained until his death, January 14, 1913. He was married in 1876 to Enga Bergley, who with her children. Effie. Anton E .. Mathilda and Dina, all live on the home place. All are progressive agriculturists, and Dina has had the advantages of courses in the agrienltural department of the University of Minnesota. Anton E. Melwold has managed the home farm since 1903. The home and other buildings are excel- lent, the land in a splendid condition and the blooded stock is of the best. Mr. Melwold is president of the Farmers' Progressive Chib of Cairo township, a director in the Renville County Swine Breeders' Association, vice-president of the Fairfax Co-operative Company, director in the Fairfax creamery and stockholder in the State Bank of Fairfax. The family faith is that of the Nor- wegian Lutheran church.
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Ole Hagevold, farmer and stock-raiser of Camp township, was born in Dovre, Norway, March 9, 1860, son of llans Ilage- vold. who died in 1875 at the age of forty-one, and of Breta Berg who is still living in Norway. Ole lagevold came to America in 1892, and located in this county. For a year he worked as a farm hand in Bandon township, and then rented a farm for several years in the same township. Then he bought 157 acres in section 8, Camp township, where he now lives. IIe has a good eight-room house and a 32 by 40 barn which he built in 1907. One hundred aeres are under the plow, and in addition to raising the usual erops he breeds Shorthorn eattle and Duroc- Jersey swine. Hle is a stockholder in the Crescent Milling Company, the Franklin Creamery and the Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company, all of Franklin. For three years he has been a director of the school board of his district. Mr. Ilagevold was married May 11, 1892, to Marie Engelien, who was born April 5, 1867, daughter of Hans Engelien, who died in Norway in 1908 at the age of seventy-five, and of Marit Tamburhaugen, who died in 1910 at the age of eighty. Mr. and Mrs. Hagevold have two children : Ilans, born May 10, 1893; and Melvin, born March 8, 1898.
Mathias O. Hagestad, a well-known farmer of Camp township, was born in Norway. Imme 22, 1847. son of Ole and Martina (Moss) Ilagestad. The father was born in Norway, came to America in 1867. lived in Trempeanleau county, Wisconsin, nntil 1873, then came to Renville county, and lived in Camp township for a year, subsequently going to Grantsburg, Wisconsin, where he farmed until his death, January 26, 1884. The mother was born February 12, 1817. and died in March. 1887. Mathias O. Hagestad remained with his parents until 1871, when he bought eighty acres in section 23, Camp township, inside of the Fort Ridgely reservation. Five years later he sold and went to Grantsburg, Wisconsin, where he remained two years. Next he bought 120 acres in section 14, Brandon township. In 1896 he sold out and purchased a traet of 160 aeres in sections 22 and 27, Camp township. He now owns 240 acres. has a good house, and a sightly barn built in 1914. He is a stockholder in the Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company of Fairfax. For seven years he has been a school director in his district. Mr. Hagestad has taken considerable interest in the affairs of the early days. IIe lives on an historie spot, the farm where he is having been owned by the Baaseh family at the time of the Indian uprising. Mathias O. Hagestad was married October 3, 1871, to Martha O. Berge, born June 13, 1855, daughter of Ole E. and Celia (Hanson) Berge. Ole E. Berge was born February 9, 1826, eame to America in 1854, lived in Dane county, Wisconsin, two years, in St. Croix county, Wisconsin, two years. and in Trempeauleau county,
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Wisconsin, for eleven years. Ile came to Renville county June 22, 1869, and bought 160 acres in seetions 22, 23 and 27, Camp town- ship, where he farmed until his death June 7, 1891. His wife now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Peter Berg, at Madison, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Hagestad have eight children: Louisa was born August 26, 1872: and Nicolai, November 7, 1874. Otelia was born April 10. 1878, and married Alfred Lunder, of the Hauser Lumber Company. Fairfax. Cornelia was born July 3, 1881, and died December 7. 1902. Celia was born February 22. 1883, and married Carl Peterson, agent for the Dan Patch line at Waterville, Minnesota. Louis was born JJanuary 17. 1889. Ella was born September 29, 1891, and married Einar Nelson. of the Nelson Brothers garage, Fairfax. Manford was born January 17, 1895, and is the agent for the Dan Patch line at Madison Lake, Minn.
Andrew A. Bergley, a prominent farmer of Camp township, was born in Norway, June 22, 1847, son of Andrew and Ellen (John- son) llanson. The father came to America in 1873, and lived in Camp township until his death in 1905 at the age of eighty- three. The mother died in 1908 at the age of eighty-five. Andrew A. Bergley eame to America in 1872. and located in St. Peter. in this state, where he worked three years on the rail- road and in a brick yard. In 1875 he came to this county, and purchased the north half of the southeast quarter of section 23. Camp township. When he started he had one cow and two chickens. During the first two years his erops were destroyed by the grasshoppers. But he worked hard, and with undaunted courage. and his faith has now been rewarded. He owns a well- improved farm of 160 acres, has a ten-room house and a large barn. and other good buildings, and successfully carries on general farming and stockraising. For six years he has been a member of the school board. Mr. Bergley was married June 3, 1875, to Lena Jolison, who was born Angust 3, 1843, daughter of John Gilbertson, a farmer who died in Norway, in 1897. at the age of eighty-five, and of Johanna (Nelson) Gilbertson, who died in 1859 at the age of forty-seven. Mr. and Mrs. Bergley have four children. Emma was born August 15, 1876, married A. O. Lund. a harness dealer, and lives in Franklin. Amelia was born January 31, 1879, and married Nels E. Nelson, a farmer of Cairo township. John was born May 12, 1883; and Gena was born March 30. 1886: both are at home.
Anton Brown was born in Cook county, Illinois, May 21, 1868, son of William Brown, who was born in Germany, eame to this country in 1854, and now a retired farmer living in Chicago at the age of seventy-five years, and of his wife, Sophia (Komann) Brown, aged sixty-six. Anton Brown worked out from seventeen until twenty-four years of age. From 1892 to 1908 he farmed
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in Illinois and then sold his property there and purchased ninety aeres in section 8, Camp township, where he is now. Ile raises Shorthorn cattle and Poland China swine. He is a stockholder in the Franklin Farmers' Elevator Company and Creamery Company. Ile has served as school clerk for two years and justice of the peace. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Brown was married May 10, 1892, to Lena Welter, born August 7, 1868. Iler father. Michael Welter, was born in Germany and engaged in the trade of a carpenter and later in farming, coming to America in 1855, where he settled in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and died September 2, 1898, at the age of seventy-seven years. Her mother, Susanna DeVille died February 2. 1908, at the age of eighty-two years. Mr. and Mrs. Brown have had nine children : William, born February 17, 1893; Susan, born May 29, 1894; Lydia, born May 2, 1896; Anton, Jr., born May 23, 1898; Albin, born June 9, 1901; Paul, born April 19, 1906; Gertrude, born February 19, 1904, and died March 29, 1905; Margaret, born November 11, 1907; Leo, born April 5, 1911.
John O. Hogstad, a respected farmer of Camp township, was born in Norway, September 13. 1862, son of Ole and Martha (Melhus) Ilogstad. The father was born in Norway, June 26, 1818, came to America in 1866, located in Goodhue county, lived there two years, eame to Camp township in 1868, and bought the northwest quarter of seetion 16. The first home the family occupied here was a dug-out with a sod roof; there was no plaster, the walls being of clay to hold out the loose earth. They started farming with a pair of oxen and a wagon. For some years they ent wheat with a eradle and hay with a seythe. Ole Hogstad died Inly 23. 1894. His wife, who was born July 23, 1825, died July 19, 1904. John O. Ilogstad has remained on the home farm which he purchased in 1893. He owns 160 aeres, has set an acre and a half to fruit trees, and raises llolstein eattle and Duroc- Jersey swine, some of each of which are registered full bloods. The modern seven-room honse was built in 1902 and the well- equipped barn and silo in 1908. Mr. Hogstad is a stockholder in the Fairfax Co-operative Company, the Franklin Creamery. and the Farmers Co-operative Elevator Company of Franklin. He has been town treasurer eight years, town supervisor one year and school treasurer five years. Mr. Ilogstad was married July 21, 1888. to Nellie Jacobson, who was born February 26. 1864, danghter of Ole and Olena (Peterson) Jacobson. The father was born April 1. 1829, in Norway, came to America in 1872. bonght 160 aeres in seetion 35, Camp township, and there lived until his death March 23, 1915. His widow is now eighty- five years of age and is now living with her oldest son, John J. Jacobson. in Camp township.
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Edward Berg, an active farmer of Camp township, was born April 16, 1864, in Norway. His father, Iver Oien, was a farmer in Norway and died in 1893 at the age of seventy years. His mother is still living in Norway at the age of seventy-two years. Edward Berg left Norway May 18, 1889, reached Boston June 10, and Grantsburg, Wisconsin. June 13. During the first year he worked out on farms. Then he rented a farm in Camp township. for two years and in 1901 purchased 160 aeres in section 17, in the same township. He has now a well improved farm of 200 acres of which two acres are set out in fruit, and has erected a nice six-room house, large barn and two silos. He specializes in llolstein eattle. Mr. Berg has served as school treasurer for five years and is a stoekholder in the ereamery, mill and elevator at Franklin. as well as in the Farmers Co-operative Store at . Fairfax. lle is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. The family faith is that of the Norwegian Lutheran ehnreh. Mr. Berg was united in marriage July 3, 1900, to Mrs. Mary Lund, born Jannary 5, 1866, widow of Peter Lund, a farmer of Camp township. and danghter of Erie Lokken. Her father eame to America in 1865 and farmed in Camp township until 1905 when he died at the age of eighty-one years. Her mother, Carrie Lokken, died in 1908 at the age of eighty-five years. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Berg: Speneer. born March 14. 1901; Edmund, born August 5. 1902; Milo, born September 11, 1903; Gladys, born November 6, 1904; Bernice, born February 13. 1906; Lloyd, born July 22, 1907: Clara, born March 18, 1910, and died Angust 28, 1910; and Ernest, born April 13, 1914. By her marriage to Peter Lund, Mrs. Berg had the following children: Palmer, a farmer in Marshall county, Minnesota : Manrice, who lives with Edward Berg; Arnold, a farmer in Marshall county, Minnesota; Leonard, of Franklin, this county ; Cora (deceased) ; and Henry, who lives with Edward Berg.
Herman Bethke, a leading farmer of Camp township, was born March 21. 1856, in Nemitz province of Pommern, Germany, sou of William Bethke, a farmer of Germany, who died in 1873 at the age of sixty-six years, and his wife, Wilhelmina Retzlaff, who died in 1876 at the age of fifty-six years. Herman Bethke came to America in 1882 and purchased land in section 7, northeast quarter of Camp township, in the fall of 1883, seenring 160 aeres. He raises Shorthorn cattle, Poland-China hogs and White Leghorn chickens. He has two acres of fruit land and 120 acres of plow land. Ilis first house was of logs, 16 by 28 feet. In 1901 he built a fine eight-room house, also a good barn, a house for the swine and a granary. Mr. Bethke is a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevator Company at Franklin and has served as treasurer of the school board three years. Mr. Bethke was married February
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17, 1884, to Lonisa Harder, born December 12, 1858, in Nemitz, province of Pommern, Germany. Her father, David Harder, was a farmer of Germany, who died in 1883 at the age of seventy years. Her mother, Ernstina (Bethke) Harder, died in 1863 at the age of thirty-nine years. Five children have blessed this union : William, born January 24, 1885, graduated from the Mankato High school in 1906, graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1910 and took a post-graduate course, receiving his degree of M.A. in 1911. He lectured one year in Minneapolis on Business Management and for two years held the chair of Economies in the University of Colorado. He is now at the head of the Department of Business Administration in the La Salle Extension University of Chicago. Carl was born July 17, 1886, and is at home. Katie was born March 14, 1888, and is married to Palmer Lund, a farmer in Marshall county, Minnesota. Emma was born JJanuary 22, 1890, and is married to George Eriekson, a farmer in Mashall county, Minnesota. Tillie, born April 18. 1892. is at home.
Frank H. Amtsbauer, son of William and Sophia (Dahn) Amtsbauer, was born in Germany, December 21. 1854. His father was born May 28, 1818, came to America in 1871, engaged in farming at Watertown, Wisconsin, and died August 7, 1888. Ilis mother, Sophia Dahin, was born May 25, 1818, and died February 14. 1896. Frank Amtsbaner worked out till 1884, when he pur- chased eighty acres in section 7. Camp township. He made this his home until the fall of 1901, when he moved to Franklin. Here he operated a garden and fruit farm until the Fall of 1912. Then he sold and bought eighty aeres in section 17, Camp township, the Osear Schott farm, where he is still living. Ile has two acres set ont in apple trees and one in plum trees. Mr. Amtsbauer has served as township clerk one year and has been chairman of the township board four years. He has also been a member of the school board three years and is a faithful attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Amtshauer was united in mar- riage to Katherine Mengel, August 7, 1884. She was born Angust 23, 1857, daughter of John Mengel, born July 11, 1818, in Ger- many and came to this country, engaging in farming near Water- town, Wisconsin, where he died October 21, 1871. His wife, Margaret (Schaller) Mengel, was born May 27, 1820, and died November 27, 1881. Mr. and Mrs. Amtsbaner have two children : Myrtle M., born January 27, 1889, a graduate of the Franklin High school in 1907 and of the Mankato State Normal school in 1908, now a teacher at Fairfax, and Rudolph C., born December 29, 1892, at home.
John H. Elstad, a prosperous farmer of Camp township, was born in Norway, October 29, 1862, son of Hogen and Martha (Hanson) Elstad. The father was born in Norway, July 29, 1829,
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came to America in 1869, bought 160 aeres in section 15, Camp township, and there lived until his death, January 17, 1902. The mother was born in Norway, August 22, 1828, and now lives with her daughter, Mrs. Mina JJ. Quickstad. of Toronto, South Dakota. Jolm H. Elstad came to America with his parents, and since then has resided on the home place, which he purchased in 1886. The first house in which the family lived was built of logs, with a sod roof. At present Mr. Elstad has a comfortable eight-room house, with a good barn and silo and good equipment. He does general farming, has two acres set out in fruit and makes a specialty of Duroc swine, Shorthorn cattle and Percheron horses. Mr. Elstad is vice-president of the Franklin Milling Company, of Franklin : treasurer of the Farmers' Co-operative Store at Fairfax, and stockholder in the Farmers' Co-operative Elevators in Fairfax and Franklin. He has been clerk of his school district thirty-two years, and a member of the school board eight years. The family faith is that of the Hauge Norwegian Lutheran church. Mr. Elstad was married November 5, 1886, to Annie Hogstad, born in Norway, December 9, 1864, daughter of Ole and Martha (Mel- hose) Hogstad. Mr. and Mrs. Elstad have given a parents' affee- tion and eare to four children: Henry Ouren, born January 26, 1891, now employed by the Daily Free Press, of Mankato; Signe Elstad, born January 5, 1893; Clarence Korsmo, born May 12, 1901, and Esther Elstad, born September 2, 1904.
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