The history of Renville County, Minnesota, Volume I, Part 45

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn; Renville County Pioneer Association
Publication date: 1916
Publisher: Chicago : H.C. Cooper, Jr. & Co.
Number of Pages: 890


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John M. Kern, a prosperous farmer of Norfolk township, was born in Springfield, Ilinois, January 19, 1858. His father, John J. Kern, was born July 19, 1835, in Germany, received his edu- cation at Wurttemberg. and came to America in 1859. From 1861 to 1873 he was professor of mathematics and natural history at the l'niversity of Hinois. Then he located at Springfield, Illinois, and in 1873 moved to Hebron, Nebraska, and farmed in Thayer county until 1890. Next he went to Portland, Oregon, where he became editor of a German newspaper, and lived there until his death, June 12, 1914. His wife, Henriette (Scharbach ) Kern, died February 12, 1911. At the age of twenty-one John M. Kern homesteaded land in Thomas county, Kansas, where he


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lived until July 1. 1894. Then he went to Edmonton, Canada, where he also homesteaded land. After a year and a half he came to Minnesota and rented a farm in Norfolk township, paying $600 per year for a half section, and raised about $4,000 worth of grain per year. In 1902 he bought the northwest quarter of section 20, Norfolk township. He now owns 540 acres of good land, makes a specialty of feeding cattle on ensilage from his two large silos, and has a large herd of cattle and swine. He has six acres of land devoted to the raising of fruit. Mr. Kern has been township clerk for eight years and is a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevators at Olivia and Bird Island and also in Eddsville Creamery and in the Farmers' Telephone Company of Bird Island. He was married March 10, 1886, to Christina Prelm, born January 13, 1867, daughter of Karl and Elizabeth (Bloom) Kern. Her father, a farmer of Hebron, Nebraska, died in March, 1896, at the age of seventy-six, and her mother is still living in Ilebron, Nebraska, at the age of eighty-one years. Mr. and Mrs. Kern have had the following children: Amelia, born Sep- tember 7, 1886, married to William Burghart, and the mother of three children : Mary, born July 7, 1888; Annie, born March 20. 1892; Charles M., born May 11, 1894: Homer, born September 21, 1896; Isabel, born January 1, 1900; and Lawrence, born Feb- rnary 19, 1904. All the children except Mrs. Burghart live with their parents.


William Keltgen. a prominent farmer of Norfolk township, was born in Union Grove, Wisconsin, October 28, 1852, son of John and Margaret (Terry) Keltgen. John Keltgen was born in Germany and came to America in 1848. In 1856 he located in Nicollet county, where he farmed until his death in 1881, at the age of seventy-two years. He took part in the battle against the Indians at New Ulm. His wife died in 1895, at the age of sixty- six years. William Keltgen began his career by rafting and Ium- bering in the pine woods of Wisconsin for four years, working on threshing erews in the fall. Then he rented a farm in Nicollet county for two years. In 1879 he bought 160 aeres in section 12, Norfolk township, where he still remains. The quarter section with which he started has been increased to 1,240 acres, the small frame house, 16 by 18 feet, has been replaced with a sightly nine- room dwelling, and in 1897 the place was improved by the eree- tion of a modern barn, 42 by 102 by 18 feet. The other buildings are also ample and appropriate. Mr. Keltgen has been the chair- man of the township board for six years and treasurer and diree- for of the school board for thirty years. He is a stockholder and director of the Farmers' Elevator Company in Bird Island and a stockholder in Eddsville Creamery and Renville County Fair Association. He is a member of the Catholic church and of St. Joseph's Society of Bird Island. Mr. Keltgen was married Feb-


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rnary 3, 1880, to Elizabeth Steinbach, born February 6, 1856. Her father, Francis Steinbach, was a pioneer farmer of Wiscon- sin and died in Nicollet county, Minnesota, at the age of seventy years, in 187S. Her mother, Katherine (Poseley) Steinbach, died in 1861, at the age of fifty years. Mr. and Mrs. Keltgen have had the following children : Franeis, born November 7, 1880, eashier of the Pabst Brewing Company, Minneapolis: Henry, born May 17, 1882, a farmer of Norfolk township; John B., born March 18, 1884, a farmer in North Dakota; Marguerite, born August 14, 1886, married to Henry Ranenhorst, a farmer at Bird Island; Julia, born May 29, ISS9, married to William Leach, a farmer of Norfolk township; Mary, born June 26, 1892, and William, born March 30, 1894.


Hugh H. Logan, a well known resident of Morton, was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 2, 1867, son of John and Catherine (McCarthy) Logan. The father was born in Cork county, Ireland, and came to America in 1855, working in the oil mines in Pennsylvania. until 1870, when he came to Olmsted coun- ty. Minnesota, and began farming. During his stay in Olmsted county he served on the school board for ten years. Ile is now a retired farmer, living at Stewartville, Minnesota, at the age of seventy-eight years. The mother died in 1875, at the age of thirty- eight years. Hugh H. Logan left his home in Ohnsted county when he was eleven years old and went to Fargo, North Dakota, where he arrived with only twenty-five cents in cash. He met a man on the street who gave him work on his farm near that city for the summer. Then he seenred work on the Dalrymple wheat farm near Moorhead, Minnesota, where he remained for five years. Next he worked in Tennessee and Missouri for a few months. Then he came to St. Charles, Minnesota, where he worked on the farms in the neighborhood and also in the hotel in the village. After four years he engaged in the livery and ice business for about three years. While in St. Charles he served on the village council for four years. In 1905 he came to Morton and is now engaged in the drug business, being proprietor of the Red Cross Pharmacy. He also owns 120 acres of land in Birch Cooley township, three and a half miles east of Morton. In 1913 Mr. Logan built a fine modern home in the northwestern part of Morton. It is a semi-bungalow style, two story, 28 by 38 feet, with nine rooms and a full basement. The lower floor is finished in oak with maple floors and the upper floor in birch. It has many modern conveniences such as a clothes chute, hot water heat, built-in bookcases and buffet and electricity for lighting, pumping water. sweeping. washing and ironing. There is also a sleeping porch. He has also built a nice barn and garage. The total cost of the house and garage is $7,000. Mr. Logan is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, held all the


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chairs in the St. Charles Lodge and was a representative to the state meeting of 1900. The family attend the Episcopal church.


The Northwest Druggist says of Mr. Logan's establishment : "This store is one of the most attractive and best arranged phar- macies among the smaller towns of the state. It is equipped with high grade fixtures throughout, has settee-booths and a new modern soda fountain. The owner has installed an electric piano for the entertainment of customers and has provided a rest-room for the ladies. the only store in Morton furnishing such accom- modations. Particular attention has been given to the prescrip- tion department which is equipped with every modern conve- nience. The registered pharmacist in charge at this writing is 11. E. Brown." Mr. Logan was united in marriage September 27. 1905. to Mrs. Florence ( Diedrich) Ilokdridge, who was born hmne 10. 1880. in Qniney township. Ohnsted county, Minnesota. Her father. John Diedrich, was born in Luxemburg, and came to. America at the age of eighteen years. He resided in St. Louis for two years, then came to Rollingstone, in Winona county. where he remained until 1573, going From there to Olmsted coun- ty. where he took a homestead in Qniney township, breaking and developing a fine farm, on which he remained until his death in 1900, at the age of sixty-four years. He married Jeannette Smith, who was born in Wilna, Jefferson county, New York, and died in Olmsted county. Minnesota, in 1903, at the age of fifty- three years.


John Anderson, a successful business man of Morton, was born in Sweden. December 9. 1856, son of Andrew and Anna (Olson) Henderson. His parents remained in Sweden, the father died in 1904, and the mother is still living there at the age of seven- ty-right. John Anderson came to America April 28. 1881, and worked in the quarries in Pennsylvania for a time. Angust 12. 1886, he came to Morton and became the foreman for T. Sanl- paugh & Company. in the granite quarries. He remained there for eight years, when he leased the quarries and in 1900 bought them. Ile employs a mimber of men and makes monuments and dressed building stone. November 1, 1880, Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Ane L. JJohnson, of Sweden. They have four children, Bernard, who works for his father, was born Sep- tember 4, 1881. was married May 12. 1905, to Christina Mitchell. and has two children, Bernard Evan and Ruby Viola. Fred also works with his father. Annie is married to Erie Mitchell, of St. Paul, and William is in the music business in Morton.


Otis W. Newton, one of the conspicuous men of Morton, was born in Erie county, New York. January 13, 1850. The father. Otis W. Newton, was a cabinetmaker, came to Redwood county, in 1868, and died in 1879, at the age of seventy-three. The mother. Adeline (Green) died in 1852. at the age of forty-four. June S,


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1864, the subject of this sketch enlisted at Columbus, Wisconsin. in Company F, 41st Wis. Vol. Inf., becoming dispatch carrier at Memphis, Tennessee, and participating in Forrest's raid. He was discharged September 23, 1864, and is now chaplain and surgeon of Benjamin Franklin Post. No. 116. G. A. R., at Morton, which le has served as commander for four years. After his discharge from the army Mr. Newton attended school at Columbus, Wiseon- sin, until April 15, 1865. Then he and his father moved to Minne- apolis, where they remained until 1868, when his father bought a farm of 160 acres in section 9, Sherman township, Redwood coun- ty. He was one of the early pioneers of this township and helped organize it. In 1872. Mr. Newton returned to Minneapolis and worked there as a earpenter until 1892. For twelve and a half years of this time he was manager at Itasca for O. II. Kelley. the founder and secretary of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry. In 1893 Mr. Newton came to Morton and started a wagon shop, which he operated during the next twenty-one years. June 1. 1914. he became postmaster at Morton, which position he still holds. Mr. Newton was married May 21, 1885, to Charity Porter, born March 18, 1865. Her parents, Seneca and Mary (Shelden) Porter, were farmers of Wright county, this state. Mr. and Mrs. Newton have two children, Charlotte, boru December 26, 1896, and Carrie, who is adopted. born October 29. 1891, both at home. The family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.


Albert L. Farrar, a well known barber of Buffalo Lake, was born in Collins, Meleod county, July 13, 1867, son of Joseph and Margaret (Donovan Farrar. Joseph Farrar was born in Oswego county, New York, Jamary 27. 1832. When a young man he moved to Bureau county. Illinois, where he married Margaret Donovan. On October 27, 1862, he enlisted in Company I. Twen- ty-seventh Ilinois Volunteer Infantry and served until dis- charged at the close of the war, October 23, 1865. In August he came with his family to MeLeod county and settled on a home- stead in Collins township, near the Renville county line. He left there in 1879 and moved to Hutchinson. It was there that he became a member of the G. A. R. post. Mrs. Farrar died Febru- ary 28, 1856, leaving three sons: William J., Albert and Frank L. On January 16. 1891, Mr. Farrar married Mrs. E. H. Hoyt.


Leon E. Lambert, well known manager of a lumber and coal yard, at Renville, was born in North France, December 5, 1856, son of Felieien and Josephine (Barthelemy) Lambert. and of Huguenot deseent. Felicien Lambert, son of Joseph Lambert, a school teacher, was government collector of customs in France and died by accidental drowning, when he was thirty-six years old, leaving four children: Charles E., Leon E., Emma I. and Aurelie, His widow married Joseph Morriau and in 1872 the


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family eame to Wausau, Wisconsin. Emma JJ. had died in France. The mother died in Wansan, Wis., in 1904, at the age of sixty-five years. Leon E. Lambert grew to manhood amid the humber regions of Wisconsin and had meagre opportunities for obtaining an English education, but is versed in the French language and speaks it Huently. As a young man he went to Big Stone City, South Dakota, and took up carpenter and gen- eral construction work, having already learned carpenter and mill work in Wisconsin. In 1896 he came to Renville county and established his present business at Renville. Mr. Lambert was clerk of the city of Renville for four years. He is a mem- ber of several fraternities : the A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., M. B. A .. R. N. A., and the Rebekah degree. In 1913 Mr. Lambert visited France and took great pleasure in seeing Paris and many other places of interest. Ile has relatives taking part in the great Enropean war, serving in the Belgian, English, German and French armies. In 1880 Mr. Lambert was married to Anna Lenvendoske. born in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, daughter of An- ton Lenvendoske, who came from East Prussia to Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Lambert had ten children: Mamie L. (de- ceased ) : Jennie A., wife of S. L. Johnson, of Renville, a grain dealer, now living in Minneapolis; Lulu B., wife of J. E. Stone; a traveling salesman, living at Minneapolis; Prosper H., assistant cashier, in Mohall Security Bank at Mohall, North Dakota; Percy A., stenographer, at Fargo, North Dakota; Aurelia M., a student at Hamline university: John R., manager of the limber vard at Dallas, South Dakota ; Frank W. and Inel E., both with their father in the lumber yard at Renville: and Daisy M., a student at Renville high school.


Peter B. Olson, deceased, was born in Christiania, Norway, March 4, 1852, son of Ole and Bertha Olson. He came to America at the age of seventeen years and located in Fillmore county, where he worked on the farms during the summer and went to school in the winter. Then he went to St. Paul and worked there for a time as a clerk in a store. He finally bought a stock of goods and came to Sacred Ileart township, where he started a general merchandise store, it being the first one of its kind in the vicinity. This was before the village of Sacred Heart was organized. Mr. Olson also followed farming and for a time he taught school. Ile always took an active part in politics, being prominent in the Republican party. Ile first held office as deputy sheriff under his father-in-law, Ilans Fiekl, for two or three terms. Later he accepted the position of cashier in a bank at Beaver Falls. In the fall of 1890 he was elected regis- ter of deeds for Renville county, and was in office from Jannary 1, 1891, to January 1, 1895. After serving in this capacity he established his home in section 12, Sacred Heart township, pur-


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chasing eighty acres which was gradually increased to 160 acres. He became one of the representative farmers of the township and made a specialty of breeding good stock, having Shorthorn and Holstein cattle and Poland China hogs. He was also inter- ested in fruit raising and set out a fine orchard of apple trees. Mr. Olson held several township offices, serving for several years as justice of the peace and as township clerk. He also held the position of postmaster of Emmet postoffice, and served on the school board. Fraternally he was a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows, of Beaver Falls. His religion was that of the Imtheran congregation, of Renville, of which he was a trustee and both of whose churches he helped to build. Mr. Olson was married in 1870 to Olivia Field, born April 6, 1852. The town of Olivia, in Renville county, is named in her honor. She was the daughter of Hans and Martha (Bingham) Field. Twelve children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Olson : Henry, Oscar. Martin, Agnes, Charlotte, Emma, Fred, Alice, Williard, Ethel and Edna (twins) and Florence. Edna is dead. Mr. Olson died lune 19. 1901. lle was a successful man, a good neighbor and a loyal friend. The farm is now conducted under the super- vision of Mrs. Olson.


Anton Geray, a well known farmer of Wellington township, was born in Germany November 19, 1859, son of Frank JJ. Geray, a German farmer, who died in 1903 at the age of seventy-five, and of Sidonia Schmidt, who died in 1914 at the age of seventy- eight. Anton Geray came to America in 1883. and lived five years in Nicollet county, this state. In 1887 he bought his present farm, which consists of the southeast quarter of seetion 31, on to which he moved in the spring of 1887. He has erected a good residence and suitable outbuildings and has brought the farm to a high stage of cultivation. Mr. Geray has been township treasurer six years. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Catholic Order of Foresters. Mr. Geray was married June 28, 1887, to Rosa Huelskamp, who was born August 26, 1867, daughter of Frank and Theresa (Kachelmeier) Hnelskamp. The father, who was one of the first settlers in Nicollet county, died in 1900 at the age of sixty-eight. The mother now lives in West Newton in that county. Mr. and Mrs. Geray have ten children : Theresa, who married Lonis Stoll, a farmer in Wellington town- ship; Mary, who married Emil Gumbold, of St. Paul; Zita, Alphonse, Frank, Alice, Stephen, Joseph and Henry (twins), John and Cordelia.


James H. McGowan, horseman. man-of-affairs and theatrical manager. was born in Canada. March 1, 1854, second child of Patrick and Cholice (Hall) MeGowan. The father was born in Canada, August 7, 1826, and died May 18, 1901. He came to the United States in 1856 and spent the first winter at St. Peter, in


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this state. Then he moved to Sibley county, where he farmed near Green Isle until the spring of 1868. Next he went to Brown county on the Ft. Ridgely Reserve, where he remained until 1877, then going to Redwood county, near Morgan. In 1880 he moved to Renville county and worked on the railroad with his teams. In 1882 he erected the building now used for the Morton post- office. It was then used by R. B. Henton and 3. HI. McGowan as a store. After a short time he worked on the railroad again and in 1884 moved to a farm in Norfolk township. Subsequently he built a residence in Morton which he occupied for a time. later making his home with his son-in-law. John Cutting, and with Matt. Bertrang, another son-in-law, near Sleepy Eye, where he died. His wife. Cholice Hall. was born in 1833 and died March 8, 1885. They were married in Canada in 1851, and had fifteen children. James remained at home until he was twenty- one years old. Then he worked in the woods and on the river for four years. In 1880 he worked on the Dakota Central railroad as rodman with the division engineer. Then he worked two years on the Toledo & Northwestern railroad from Eagle Grove. Iowa, as contractor. Next he started a store with R. B. Henton at Morton in the building erected by his father, on the northwest corner of block fifteen, lots 26 and 27. where the store of R. B. Henton Ir. is now located. In 1887 Mr. McGowan bought R. B. HIenton's share and in 1891 sold a half interest to R. B. ITenton Jr. The firm then became known as MeGowan & Henton, until December 12, 1903, when it was sold to D. L. Crimmins. Mr. McGowan has been a horseman for many years. In 1890 he purchased Pedro L., 2:18, a trotter. In 1903 he owned and raced Aleneer, 2:191/4, a pacer; in 1904 Tempest, 2:2214, pacer: both sired by Tempter and both dying while Mr. McGowan still owned them. In 1905 he raeed Marion Lockhart, 2:1914, pacer ; Minnie Nutwood, 2:1314, pacing and trotting, 2:2714. He is now keep- ing Minnie Nutwood for breeding purposes, she being the mother of Happy Heart. 2:211/4, pacer. Happy Heart has won the first place three times and was a close contender in six other fast races in four states, having brought home about $1,400 in prizes. At Des Moines, Towa, September 2, 1914. he was the winner of the pacing division of the Western Breeders' Futurity No. 1, getting first, third and fourth money and a very handsome silver cup. Happy Heart's next start was at Iluron, South Dakota, State Fair, September 15. in the 2:40 pace, purse $500. Over a bad, muddy track with a strong wind blowing he won in three straight heats, each in 2:2114. The next time Happy Ileart raced was at Redwood Falls on October 1, in the 2:25 pace. purse $300, where he won in three straight heats, best time being 2:22. Mr. McGowan now looks after his farms, the Morton Opera House and his horses. He resides in a modern house of ten rooms in


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Morton erected in 1894. Hle has been a member of the village couneil for seven years. November 13. 1880, Mr. McGowan mar- ried Emma Ilenton, born July 20, 1860. They have had seven children : Margaret Cholice, born August 22, 1881, died Mareh 7, 1902; Mable Josephine, born March 4, 1883, now the wife of Ward Miller, wholesaler and manufacturer of ladies' garments at West Adams street. Chicago, by whom she has one child, MeGowan Miller; Myrtle Agnes, born April 26. 1885, married to Charles MeGnire, a conductor on the M. & St. L. R. R., and lives in Morton, having two children, Margaret and Katherine; Anna Belle, born July 19, 1887, died July 13, 1912; James Bennett, born March 31. 1889. a conductor on the M. & St. L. R. R., who lives in Minneapolis and is married to Emma Farisy ; Ralph Thomas, born Jannary 1, 1893, who is at home: and Marion Edgar, born August 25, 1895, died July 26, 1903.


Frank J. Musil, an estimable resident of Osceola township, was born in Bohemia, December 25, 1838, and came to America with his parents at the age of sixteen. For a few years he lived with them in Tama, Iowa, and then became a farm hand. In 1859 he went west with an ox team, and from then until 1872. when he spent a short time as a sawmill engineer in St. Joseph. Missouri, he devoted his attention to mining and prospecting. In 1872 he returned to Tama, Iowa, and farmed for several years. Later he sold his farm and engaged in the lumber business in Iowa. It was in 1888 that he came to Osceola township and . bought a farm located in sections 23 and 26. At one time he owned 1,300 acres of land, all of which was in Osceola township except a half-section mn Dakota. His present house and barn were erected in 1890. He is a well known man in the community, ยท has been a member of the school board twenty years, of the town board five years, and road overseer for ten years. Mr. Musil was married in Iowa in 1873, to Stazy Rngicka, who was born in Bohemia, and died in 1886 at the age of thirty-two.' Her father, John, was born in Bohemia and died in 1896 at the age of seventy. By this union Mr. Musil had six children: Charles, born in 1874: Michael, born in 1876: Dora, born in 1878; JJohn, born in 1880: Frank, born in 1882; and Mary, born in 1884 and died in infancy. In 1886 Mr. Musil married Kate Novotny, who was born in Bohemia November 25, 1857. To this union there have been born six children: Rudolph, born December 29, 1889; Kate, born May 4, 1891; Agnes, a teacher, born July 11. 1893; James, born January 22. 1896: George, born September 9. 1898; Libby, born November 11, 1901. Rudolph now operates the home farm.


Robert E. Simmons, a well known farmer of Birch Cooley township, was born November 7. 1864, in Waterville. Le Sener county, Minnesota, son of Randall M. and Mary J. (Kennedy)


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Simmons. The father was born in March, 1818. in New York, came to Renville county in 1867, and purchased 160 acres of land in section 33. where he remained until his death, June 29, 1901. The mother died in June, 1874, at the age of fifty-two years. The landing of old ford and ferry across the Minnesota river to the Redwood ageney are on the Simmons farm. John S. Marsh was drowned and many of his men killed here in the Indian out- break in 1862, and a monument stands on the bank of the river to mark the place. The road and tracks where the teams went down the banks can still be seen. Robert E. Simmons now has one of the well improved farms of Birch Cooley township, con- sisting of 740 acres of good land. He feeds cattle for the market and ships about four carloads of cattle and one of hogs every year. IFe built a niee nine-room, one-and-a-half-story house in 1913 at an expenditure of $3,000, and has modernized his farm in other ways. Believing as he does in the progress of the com- munity, he has taken stock in the Farmers' Co-operative Grain Company of Morton. On October 26, 1893, Mr. Simmons was married to Louise M. Sanders, born Angust 9, 1873, daughter of Peter Sanders, born in llolland in 1831, a pioneer farmer of MeLeod county, who died November 6. 1904. and Anna K. (''ollen), aged eighty-three years, who lives in Minneapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons have the following children : Maurice R., born May 28, 1902: Arthur E., born October 29, 1903: Mary L., born May 4, 1905; Joseph R., born May 18, 1908; and Edward J., born January 23. 1911.




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