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August Lindeman was born Feb. 6, 1822, in Germany and came to Rochester, Minnesota, in 1854, where he remained for
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three years. Then he moved to Le Sueur county and remained there for eleven years. In 1868 he bought 160 acres of land in section 7, in the northwest quarter of Beaver Falls township, where he remained until the spring of 1894, when he retired from farming and moved to North Redwood. On this farm he built a one and a half story log house, 18 by 18 feet, with a shingled roof and board floor, hauling the material from Man- kato. Beginming farming with a plow. harrow and a wagon as his only tools, he gradually improved his land until, in 1894, he had increased his farm to 560 acres. He died in 1896. His good wife, whose maiden name was Mary Granke, was born in Ger- many, Jan. 6, 1834, and is now living at North Redwood at the age of eighty-four.
Ernest F. Lindeman, one of the modern and progressive farm- ers of Beaver Falls township, was born in the township where he now resides, lan. 31, 1873, son of Angust and Mary (Granke) Lindeman. lle was reared on the home farm and attended the distriet schools of the neighborhood. In 1894 he rented a farm in Redwood county, where he remained for four years. Then he became manager for the Great Western Elevator Co. at Delhi, this state. After two years and a half in this capacity, he pur- chased a half interest in the firm of Hoskins & Honor, owners of a granite-working plant at North Redwood. and changed the name to Roskins & Lindeman. In 1902 he moved onto his pres- ent farm of 240 aeres in section 4. Beaver Falls township, which he purchased in 1896. He has accomplished some splendid de- velopments. carries on general farming, and makes a specialty of raising and feeding cattle for the market. One of the notable features of the farm is a fruit orchard of one and a half acres. The home which Mr. Lindeman erected in 1912 is one of the best rural residences in the county. It is modern in every way, 33 by 44 feet. two stories, with twelve rooms and a full basement. The lower story is finished in oak, attractive features being the open stairway and built-in buffet and book cases. The upper story is finished in pine. The home is equipped with hot water heat and acetylene lights throughout. A porch runs across the front and around on the east side. The house cost some $8,000 and is distinctly a model of its kind. Mr. Lindeman has served as the township assessor and is a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevator Company and the Farmers' Telephone Company at Redwood Falls. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and attends the Presbyterian church. April 2, 1901. Mr. Lindeman was united in marriage to Amanda L. Schafer, born August 26, 1880, daughter of John and Caroline ( Krupp) Schafer. They were married in Faribault, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Lindeman have three children, Pearl M. and Perey M .. twins. born May 9. 1902. and Bonnie L., born June 24. 1903. John Schafer was born in
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Wasmar, Mecklenberg, Germany, March 17, 1829, and died March 4, 1885. He was married at Faribault, this state, Aug. 30, 1870, to Caroline Krupp, who was born at Georgendorf, Germany, Dec. 5, 1837, and now lives in North Redwood, this state. John Schafer had a notable war record. On Sept. 27, 1861, he enlisted as a private in Company G, Second Missouri Artillery, and was pro- moted for bravery, first to corporal and then to sergeant, serving as such under Captain John Emil. He was discharged by special orders Aug. 24, 1863. In 1867 he came to Renville county and engaged in farming for the remainder of his life.
Lewis J. Lindeman, an eminently successful farmer of Beaver Falls township, was born in that township, Aug. 22, 1870, son of August and Mary (Granke) Lindeman. In 1894 he rented 320 aeres of the home farm in sections 6 and 7, which he operated until 1897 when he bought it. He carries on general farming and raises grain and a good grade of stock, having Belgian horses and Shropshire sheep. In 1905 he built a very fine home, 40 by 50 feet, two story, with twelve rooms and a full basement. It is equipped with furnace heat, and acetylene lights are used, both in the house and in the other buildings. A thousand-gallon pres- sure tank in the basement furnishes water throughout the house and to all the barns and buildings. The house is finished in oak, with oak floors downstairs and with white pine on the second floor, and has all modern conveniences. It was erected at a cost of some $9,000. For six years Mr. Lindeman operated a com- plete portable gasoline threshing outfit. For the past three years he has operated a gas tractor outfit for the same pur- pose, and with this tractor he operates an eight-bottom plow on his farm.
Mr. Lindeman and family are members of the Methodist Epis- copal church at Redwood Falls. He is a stockholder and director of the Redwood County Rural Telephone Company and a direc- tor of the Farmers' Elevator Company at Redwood Falls, and has been a director of the Flora Mutual Fire Insurance Company for eight years. He has been chairman of the township board for eleven years and treasurer for School District No. 7 for four years.
Feb. 21, 1894, Mr. Lindeman was united in marriage to Rosa Wilschnack, born Jan. 14, 1876, daughter of August and Augusta (Miller) Wilschnack. Her father came to Renville county in 1876. Before coming to Minnesota he had lived in Wisconsin and was one of the soldiers of the Civil war, having served nine months in Company E, First Wisconsin Cavalry, in 1864 and 1865, and was with Sherman on his famous march to the sea. He died in Markasan, Wisconsin, Aug. 14, 1912, aged sixty-eight years, to which place he moved in 1900. His wife died in 1878. at the age of twenty-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Lindeman have
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one child, Lillian Vivian, whom they have adopted. She was born Dec. 30, 1910.
Edward H. Davis was born Aug. 8, 1872, in Beaver Falls town- ship, son of William Davis, who died in 1904, at the age of fifty- six years, and Ilally (Johnson) Davis, who died in 1910, at the age of sixty years. William Davis was born in Illinois and came to Renville county in 1863, where he secured a homestead of 80 acres in section 18, Beaver Falls township, where he remained until his death. Ile served on the school board for two years. There were six children in the family, five boys and one girl. Edward H. Davis farmed in Redwood county for about one and a half years, then he moved to section 18, in Beaver Falls town- ship, where he remained for one year. Then he engaged in the blacksmith trade in North Redwood for nine years. Returning to Beaver Falls township he bought 160 acres of land in section 20, and has lived there ever since. He has improved the farm, increased it to 240 acres and raises stock for the market. He breeds Durham cattle and feeds and prepares for the market about one carload of cattle and one of hogs every year. One of the features of his farm is a silo, 16 by 30 feet, with a nine-foot pit. It has a triple wall with a capacity of 165 tous. Mr. Davis has served on the village council of North Redwood for three years. He is a stockholder and director of the North Redwood creamery and is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of North Redwood. Mr. Davis was married March 6, 1898, to Freda Graffenberger, born April 18, 1879, in Germany. She was adopted by her grand parents at the age of two and a half years and reared by them. Her grandfather, Albert Graffenberger, died in November, 1914, at the age of eighty-six years. He came to America in 1881 and lived in Redwood county until 1901, when he moved to Toledo, Washington, where he died. The grand- mother, Wilhelmina Biedemann, died Feb. 6, 1900, at the age of sixty-nine years. Mr. and Mrs. Davis have six children: Edith, born Nov. 5, 1899: William, born March 11, 1902; Howard, born June 7, 1905; Mildred, born Nov. 25, 1908: Alice, born July 7, 1913, and Gordon Edward, born July 4, 1915.
Charles C. Buscho, cattle dealer, was born July 26, 1890, in Beaver Falls township. Renville county, Minnesota, son of Wil- liam and Minnie Buscho, who came to Renville county in 1869, and now live in Morton. In 1910 Charles bought the home farm of 549 acres in sections 25, 26, 35 and 36 in Beaver Falls town- ship. In 1911 he built a new barn, 36 by 40 feet. He raises Short- horn, Hereford and Galloway cattle, good swine and Percheron horses, making a specialty of feeding cattle and shipping about three carloads of cattle and eighty hogs each year. He also sells about seventy cords of wood in Redwood Falls and Morton each year, having 200 acres of standing timber. Mr. Buscho is the
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treasurer of the Farmers' Co-operative Grain Company, at Mor- ton, and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at Morton. He was married June 19, 1912. to lda Tretbar, born Nov. 13, 1891, daughter of Clemens Tretbar, aged seventy-nine years, a farmer and pioneer of Brown county and a veteran soldier, hav- ing served four years in the army, and Pauline (Flamme) Tretbar.
Mr. Tretbar had a notable Civil war record. fle enlisted May 20, 1861, in Company K, Second New York Volunteer Infantry, and was discharged at New York City, Jime 20. 1863, by reason of the expiration of his service. Jan. 2, 1864, he enlisted in Com- pany C, New Jersey Volunteer Cavalry, and served until Aug. 1, 1865. He served under Generals George B. MeClellan, Ambrose E. Burnside, Joseph Hooker, U. S. Grant and Philip Henry Sheri- dan, and was in the battle of Bull Run, Shenandoah Valley, Win- chester, Cross Keyes, Cedar Mountain, Manassas, Rappahannock, Chancellorsville, battle of the Wilderness, Gello Tavern, two miles from Richmond, and Petersburg. He was wounded at Winches- ter while on the skirmish line. The history of the charges of his heroic companies is a part of the history of the nation.
Frank M. Serbus, an enterprising farmer of this county, was born Aug. 7, 1864, on boat in quarantine, while his parents were coming to America. The father, John Serbus, was born in Bo- hemia and settled at Belle Plaine, Minnesota, where he lived un- til the spring of 1865, when he homesteaded 140 acres in Home township, Brown county, Minnesota. In 1884 he came to Henry- ville township, this county, and bought 480 acres in section 26. where he remained until the time of his death, in 1897. at the age of sixty-three. The mother, Rosa Bertek, died Aug. 26, 1912, at the age of seventy-three. Frank M. Serbus remained at home until 1888. when he bought 160 acres in section 26. Henryville township, being part of his father's farm. lle still lives there and now owns 400 acres, two acres of which are set out in fruit and fifty acres in timothy and clover. He raises Red Poll cattle and O. I. C. hogs, feeding one car of stock per year for the mar- ket. Ile has served as clerk of School District No. 12 for twenty- seven years and for seven or more years has been a member of the township board and for three years chairman of same. lle is a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevator at Morton and North Red- wood, and also in the New State Bank at Morton. The family are members of the Catholic church. Mr. Serbus was married July 10, 1888, to Mary Zeta, born June 1866, daughter of Frank and Annie Zeta. Iler father was born in Bohemia and came to America in 1865, first living at La Crosse, Wisconsin, then in Scott county, Minnesota, later in Henryville, this county, some six years, and finally again in Scott county, where he died Sept. 15. 1907. at the age of eighty-two. Ilis wife died March 11, 1913.
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at the age of eighty-four. Mr. and Mrs. Serbus have had eight children : Adolph, born July 22, 1899, a farmer in Henryville township; Kate, born Dee. 31, 1891, married to Martin Tersteeg, a farmer of Bird Island township; Joseph, born Sept. 25, 1892; Luey, born March 20, 1897; Mary, born March 11, 1898; Frank, born Ang. 20, 1902; Theodore, born Aug. 19, 1904; Edward, born Feb. 3, 1906, and three others, who died in infancy.
Bernard A. Tersteeg, a well-known farmer of Henryville town- ship, was born in the Netherlands, Nov. 15, 1872, son of Edward and Katherine Tersteeg. who brought him in the early seventies in Muscatine, Iowa, where the father worked at his trade as a blacksmith, later coming to Renville county and engaging in farm- ing. Bernard A. Tersteeg attended school in Holland and in Iowa, coming to Renville county when he was fifteen years of age. When he was twenty years old he left the parental roof and started out for himself. In 1900 he secured a tract of 160 aeres in Henryville township. This land was absolutely wild, not even a well having been dug. He erected a small frame house and a shed, began breaking the land, and engaged in cattle-rais- ing. The changes that have since taken place are remarkable. Seventy-two acres have been added to the original traet. In the spring of 1915 the house was remodelled into a modern dwelling, with such conveniences as a hot air furnace, a bath, running water, and the like. The barn is also modern, and the farm machinery, tools and equipment are modern in every respect. Aside from carrying on general farming, Mr. Tersteeg specializes in stock- breeding, aiming to keep the year around some nine head of horses, some fifty head of cattle, and from 50 to 100 swine. The eattle are of good breed and the swine are of the Duroe-Jersey variety. In everything that tends to increase the prosperity of the agricultural regions of Renville county, Mr. Tersteeg has taken a prominent part. He is president of the Farmers' Ele- vator at Olivia, a position he has occupied for some seven years past. Ile is stockholder in the People's Creamery at Olivia, man- ager of the Farmers' Stock Shipping Association of that place, and a member of the Farmers' and Breeders' Association of Ren- ville county. He has, served on the township board and did efficient service. Fraternally, he belongs to the Catholic Order of Foresters at Olivia. Mr. Tersteeg was married in Davenport, Iowa, Aug. 4, 1896, to Mary Gold. daughter of John and Henrietta Gold, and a native of Buffalo, Scott county, lowa. Mr. and Mrs. Tersteeg have had six children: John Edward, Bernard Michael. Mary Catherine, Edward George, Louis John and Paul David.
Michael Heaney, a pioneer, was born in Ireland, and came to Canada at the age of seven years. He was there married to Cath- erine Perey, a native of that Dominion, and they remained there
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until 1869, when they came to the United States and settled in section 14, Henryville township, this county, taking a home- stead of eighty acres and a tree claim of eighty acres. They erected a sod house, started to break the land with the assistance of an ox team, underwent all the privations of pioneer life, and became successful and honored members of the community. Their experiences in the early days were numerous. They suffered from the cold, the mosquitoes and the grasshoppers. Sometimes they scarcely had enough food to eat. The nearest markets were Will- mar and New Uhn. But as their prosperity increased, conditions changed. They added to their holdings, until they owned 480 aeres, and successfully carried on general farming, making a spe- cialty of stock-breeding. Ile died June 22, 1902, and she. May 14, 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. Heaney were the parents of ten children : Thomas, a retired miner of Spokane, Wash .: John, of Los Angeles, Cali- fornia ; Sarah, of Henryville township, where she keeps house for her brother, Charles: Edward. a farmer of Velva. North Dakota; Agnes, deceased : Charles, a farmer of Henryville township : Helen, deceased; Henry, now living on the old homestead: and Mary and Michael, who died in infancy. The family faith is that of the Catholic church.
Henry Heaney, a representative farmer of Henryville town- ship, was born on the farm where he now lives. April 2, 1877, son of Michael and Catherine (Perey) Heaney, the pioneers. He at- tended the schools of his neighborhood, and there grew to man- hood. In 1901 he started farming for himself on the home farm. lle now owns 480 acres, located in sections 14 and 23. Ife made many improvements, including a sightly and commodious barn, but the structure was hit by lightning on the night of Sept. 2, 1914, killing eight horses, destroying all the harnesses and equip- ment, and burning some eighty tons of hay. entailing in all a loss of some $2.000. Since then he has erected two splendid barns and is now preparing to construct a new house, modern in every particular. About half the farm is under the plow. the remainder is in pasture and meadow. Mr. Ileaney carries on general farm- ing and makes a specialty of stock-raising, shipping two carloads of cattle and one earload of swine each year. Mr. Ileaney is well known and popular, and belongs to the Modern Woodmen of America. Mr. Heaney was married Nov. 26, 1912, to Ethel Van Ormun, a native of Norfolk township. daughter of Elbert and Laura Calhoun Van Ornum. They have two children : Harry. born Nov. 24, 1913: and Zelia, born Feb. 23, 1915.
Fred W. Kuglin, successful farmer and stock-raiser, was born in Germany. April 19, 1872, son of Wilhelm and Angusta (Man- thei) Kuglin. Wilhelm Kuglin came to America in 1874, living in Nicollet county for three years and then purchasing 80 acres
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in section 20, Ilenryville township, this county, where he re- mained until his death, Oet. 4, 1905, being fifty-seven years of age. At that time he owned 400 acres of land. Fred Kuglin remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age, then he bought 120 acres in section 24, Flora township. After seven years he sold this and bought 240 aeres in section 20, Henryville township, which was the old home farm. He raises Durham cattle and makes a specialty of feeding cattle for the market, sending about one car of cattle and one-half ear of hogs per year. Mr. Kuglin has been a member of the township board for six years and chairman for two years. Ile is a member of the German Evangelical church. Mr. Kuglin was married Dec. 9, 1897, to Annie Ahrendt, born July 9, 1875, daughter of John and Emma (Beurry) Ahrendt. HIer father was a native of Germany and came to Flora township, where he was a farmer for thirty years. Then he moved to fodd county, where he lived for twelve years until his death, Nov. 1, 1908, being sixty-two years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Kuglin have seven children : Walter, born Nov. 17, 1898; Lawrence, born June 29, 1901; Silvia, born Dec. 11, 1903: Mabel, born June 6, 1906; Orville, born Oet. 9, 1908; and Pearl, born Ang. 22, 1910; Vivian, born Sept. 30, 1915.
Wencel Swoboda, a well-known farmer of Henryville township, was born in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin. May 15, 1860, son of Wencel and Annie (Bohaukowa) Swoboda. His father came to America in 1854, settling in Manitowoe county and moving to Henryville township, Renville county, this state, in 1869, where he homesteaded on section 32. Ilere he lived until his death, in 1890. at the age of eighty years. The mother died in 1901 at the age of eighty years. Weneel Swoboda remained at home, taking charge of the farm after his father's death. He is still living there and now owns 640 acres of well-improved land, three acres of which are set out in fruit. He raises Durham cattle and Poland-China hogs. Mr. Swoboda was married Oct. 26, 1889, to Emma Kodet, born Jan. 24, 1872, daughter of Joseph and Theresa Kodet. Iler father eame to America in 1869, going to Wisconsin, where he remained until 1874, when he moved to Henryville town- ship. Mr. and Mrs. Swoboda have eight children: Katie, born Jan. 30, 1893, married to Thomas Dunsmore, a farmer of Flora township; Emna, born Feb. 28, 1896; Anna, born March 28, 1898; Ella, born April 4, 1900; Mary, born Oet. 7, 1906; Jennie, born May 17, 1908; Wencel, Jr., born Dee. 11, 1912, and Joseph, born Sept. 20, 1915.
Lloyd C. Trochlil was born on seetion 2, Henryville township, Jan. 21, 1890, son of Frank and Mary (Kueera) Troehlil. The father, a native of Bohemia, has made his home in Henryville township for twenty-five years and has served on the township board for twelve years. Lloyd C. Troehlil remained at home un-
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til 1912, when he rented a farm of 160 acres in section 21, known as the old Malecek Farm, where he still lives. He has served as township clerk for three years and is of the Catholic faith. Mr. Trochlil was married March 31, 1913, to Mary Swoboda, born March 9, 1893, daughter of John G., a farmer in Ilenryville town- ship, for twenty-seven years, and Rose (Malecek) Swoboda. Mr. and Mrs. Trochlil have two children, Cecelia, born May 23, 1914, and Emil, born June 13, 1915.
Wencel Kodet was born in Bohemia, Nov. 1. 1850, son of Wen- cel and Veronica (Koza) Kodet. His father came to America in 1854 and worked in the plow shops at Racine, Wisconsin, for three years, afterwards purchasing 60 aeres of land in Manitowoc county, Wisconsin, where he lived until his death, in 1889, at the age of eighty-six. The mother died in 1900, at the age of eighty- six. Weneel Kodet attended the district schools of Racine county, Wisconsin. and Manitowoc, Wisconsin, and the public schools at Chicago and, in March, 1883, bought 200 acres in section 25, Henryville township, where he still lives. He now owns 845 acres of well-tilled land in Renville county, and 120 acres in Todd county, Minnesota, a total of 965 aeres.
Since making his home in Henryville township, Mr. Kodet has held many important positions. He has been chairman of the township board for one year and treasurer of School Dis- triet No. 12 for eight years. He is also a stockholder in the Farmers' Elevator at North Redwood and also at Morton, and a stoekholder in the New State Bank at Morton. Ile is a member of the Bachyn Catholic church in Henryville township. Mr. Kodet was married June 25. 1883, to Mary Swoboda, born April 1. 1861, daughter of Weneel and Annie (Bohaukowa) Swoboda. Her father came to America in 1854 and located at Raeine, Wis- consin. where he remained three years, next moving to Mani- towoc county, Wisconsin, where he remained until 1867, when he settled in Henryville township. He died in 1890, at the age of eighty years. His wife died in 1901, at the age of eighty. Mr. and Mrs. Kodet have ten children: John A., born May 16, 1884, a farmer in Henryville township : Annie J., born March 17, 1886, married to John J. Zitah, a farmer in Henryville township; Mary G., born May 5, 1888, married Frank II. Zitah, a farmer in Henryville township: Emma C., born March 19, 1890, married to Wencel H. Dolezal, a farmer in Henryville township; Alois E., born Feb. 12, 1892: Joseph C., born June 28, 1895: Adolph A., born Nov. 8, 1897 ; Charles H., born Nov. 30, 1899; Katie L., born Sept. 25, 1902: and Ella J., born Nov. 30, 1905. The six young- est children are at home with their parents.
Wencel C. Kodet, a well-known farmer of this county, was born on section 28, Henryville township, Sept. 9, 1883, son of Joseph, a farmer in Henryville township, and Theresa (Swoboda)
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Kodet. Ile remained at home until he was twenty-four years of age and then bought 160 acres of land in the southeast quarter of section 28, Ilenryville township, where he still lives. He has been successful and has taken active part in the work of the township. He was treasurer of School District No. 27 for six years and assessor for one year. He is of the Catholic faith. Mr. Kodet was married May 15, 1908, to Josephine Sokolik, widow of Frank Sokolik, a farmer in Henryville township. She was born March 10, 1890, and is the danghter of John Zetah, a retired farmer at Olivia, and Mary, (Bndik), who died Dec. 27, 1914, at the age of sixty years. By Mrs. Kodet's first marriage there were two children, Lillian and Della Sokolik. Mr. and Mrs. Kodet have one child, Mildred, born Aug. 13, 1909.
Charles W. Chroup, a prosperous farmer of this county, was born in Germany, Oct. 24, 1862, and came to America with his inother, in April, 1867, coming to Le Sueur county, Minnesota. In 1873 his mother and stepfather, John Schaffer, moved to Flora township, Renville county, and he accompanied them. While in Le Sneur county he worked out five years and bought 80 acres in Lexington township, in 1883, which he sold in 1885, and, in 1887, bought 160 acres in the southeast quarter of section 36. llenryville township. He has improved this farm in every way and built a modern eight-room brick house. He has also built a large barn with concrete foundation and has established a good dairy business. He has served as chairman of the township board for three years and has been school treasurer of District No. 101 for two years, having been director of same for fifteen years. Feb. 26, 1889, Mr. Chroup was married to Minnie Gef- fers, born Feb. 16, 1861, in Germany, daughter of Henry Jeffers, who died in 1865. at the age of forty-six, and Mary Geffers, who died at the age of forty-four in 1867. Besides a step son, George, born June 6, 1887, Mr. and Mrs. Chroup have five children : Wil- liam, born March 23, 1890; Henry, born Nov. 23, 1893; Laura, born June 8, 1896; Angela, born Aug. 25, 1900: and Raymond, born April 19, 1904.
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