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land, and has the balance of his farm in pasture. He has met with success in grain raising, and during the season of 1899 operated three self binders. He is interested to some extent in stock raising and has from thirty to sixty head, but devotes his attention chiefly to wheat raising.
Our subject was married, in 1876, to Miss Jen- nie Stoffer. Mrs. Frost was born and raised in Canada, and was a daughter of Abraham Stoffer, a mill owner, and now a resident of Dakota. Her grandparents were from Pennsylvania and the grandfather served in the war of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. Frost are the parents of five children as fol- lows : Oliver C., born in Trinity county, Texas, Jan- uary 5, 1878; Glenn, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 26, 1889; Stanley Dewitt, born in St. Paul, February 7, 1891 ; Bud, born in Wells county, North Dakota, August 20, 1895, and Effie, born in Manitoba in 1881, died at the age of eleven monthis. Mr. Frost keeps pace with the times in local affairs and is a Republican in political faith, and is one of the highly respected men of northewest Wells county.
OLE O. JORDET. Among the men who are successfully pursuing farming in South Mayville township, Traill county, there is no better represent- ative than the gentleman whose name introduces these paragraphs. He has a pleasant home in sec- tion 18, is one of the leading citizens of that locality.
Our subject was born in Valders, Norway, in 1838, and was the youngest of five children, three sons and two daughters, born to Ole and Annie Knutson. He remained in his native land until after he attained his majority, and in 1861 emigrated to America, and located in Dane county, Wisconsin, and in 1862 enlisted in Company H, Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Infantry. Early in the spring of 1863 the regiment was sent to Columbus, Kentucky. It moved down the river to Snyder's Bluffs, and par- ticipated in the siege of Vicksburg, and served in the Black river expedition. He was sunstruck at Helena, Arkansas, and was sent to the hospital at Memphis. He did not recover his health, and was discharged from the service March 11, 1864. He then returned to Black Earth, Dane county, Wiscon- sin, and worked at carpenter "work and wagon making. In the spring.of 1879 he went to May- ville, North Dakota, and entered claim to govern- ment land in South Mayville township, and also pur- chased one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land, and is at present owner of four hundred and eighty- five acres of valuable land. He follows general farming, and has made a success of his vocation, and is enjoying the results of his earnest endeavors.
Our subject was married, in 1871, to Ellen Ol- son Hang. Mrs. Jordet died December 22, 1895. The following children were born to this union : An- nie Emilia, Nellie, Oscar, Albert, Mina, George, Mallo, Mina, Otto and Arthur Norman. Mr. Jor-
det has served as treasurer of the Mutual Insurance Company, of Traill county, since its organization in 1885. He was elected county commissioner in the fall of 1894, and is an efficient and faithful offi- cer. He has served as a delegate to various county and state conventions, and is one of the leading citi- zens of South Mayville township, and is actively in- terested in the welfare of those among whom he lives, and is highly esteemed and respected by his fellow men.
ANTHONY T. BURGUM. The agricultural interests of Webster township, Cass county, find an excellent representative in the gentleman above named. His fine estate covers one section and a quarter of land, is thoroughly improved and under careful tillage. The buildings upon it are substan- tial and the entire estate is one of the best in that locality.
Our subject was born in Herfordshire, England, October 21, 1834. His parents, William and Edith ( Bowery) Burgum, were natives of the sanc shire as our subject, and the father was a farmer and passed his life in England, where he died in 1848. and the mother survived until 1899.
Our subject was the only child, and was reared and educated in England, and followed farming there until 1871, when he came to the United States and settled in Montgomery county, Iowa, where he purchased land and resided until 1882. In that year he went to Cass county, North Dakota, and rented land the first season, and then purchased section 31 in Webster township. The land was all wild land and he has transformed it into one of the highly cul- tivated tracts of the community.
Our subject was married in England to Miss Ann Harper, who died in 1874, leaving six children, named as follows: William H., Joseph A., Tom O., Ann, Edith and Clara J. They all reside in the United States. Mr. Burgum was married to Eliza- beth E. Hall, a native of Illinois, in 1884. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Burgum, named as follows: Zana, Elizabeth A. H. and Francis. Mr. Burgum has filled most of the school and township offices, and is actively interested in the general welfare of the community in which he has resided so many years. He is a Republican in political sentiment, and is held in high esteem by his many friends.
HON. HENRY N. JOY, dealer in hardware and furniture in Hamilton, Pembina county, is the oldest resident business man of that town, and his business continues as it was established in the fall of 1882. Mr. Joy has varied financial interests in that locality, and is one of the substantial and hon- ored citizens of North Dakota, and has labored earnestly for the upbuilding of the locality in which he chose his home.
Our subject was born in Sauk county, Wiscon-
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sin, September 1, 1859, and was the second in a fam- ily of five children born to Theodore L. and Saralı ( Barber) Joy, both of whom were residents of Can- ada. The father was of Irish-German descent, and the mother was a native of England. Early during the Civil war the father enlisted for service in the Union army, and sent his wife and children to Co- burg, Ontario, Canada, where the mother's people resided. Returning from the war he engaged at his trade of wagon maker in Peterboro, Canada, and our subject was reared and educated in Canada. He completed the course in the Peterboro Collegiate In- stitute with the class of 1877, and at once learned the tinner's trade, and was connected with the hardware business as clerk and also at work at his trade until July, 1882, when he came to Pembina, North Da- kota, and looked over the country and then pur- chased lots in the platted town of Hamilton. The Great Northern Railroad was soon afterward com- pleted to that point, and in the fall of that year our subject completed arrangements to establish a busi- ness, and was one of five business firms, and is now the only one of the original five left. He became interested in the hardware and lumber business in 1890 in Glasston, the firm being Joy, Armstrong & Company. Mr. Joy is also vice-president of the Bank of Hamilton, and is one of the substantial busi- ness men of Pembina county.
Our subject was married, in 1884, to Miss Ber- tha Scott. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Joy, named as follows: Frank S., Edna M .; Harry B., deceased ; Clyde B. and Herbert L. Mr. Joy served in the state legislature in 1897 and 1898, and was chairman of the banking committee and a member of the judiciary committee. He has served as chairman of the township board, and in 1897-98 was chairman of the county central commit- tee, and is a leader of his party. He holds member- ship in the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and is a Master Mason. In religious faith he is a men- ber of the Methodist Episcopal denomination.
DANIEL WEBSTER, one of the first settlers of Webster township, is a gentleman who has lab- ored unceasingly for the advancement and develop- ment of that region, and has gained a comfortable competence and an enviable reputation. His gen- erous disposition and public spirit have never been called in question, and his name is associated with the higher interests of the community in which he has passed the last twenty years. He has a well im- proved farm, the development of which he has per- sonally superintended, and has gained a knowledge of his calling which enables him to operate the same with marked success.
Our subject was born in Franklin county, Maine, March 4, 1854, and was a son of Samuel R. and Hannah J. (Masterman) Webster, also natives of Maine. His father was a farmer, and removed to Washington county, Minnesota, in 1856, where he now resides. He went to North Dakota in 1883 .
and homesteaded land in Traill county, where he re- sidled six years, during which time the mother of our subject passed away, and the father afterward re- turned to Minnesota. Six sons and two daughters were born to them, three sons and one daugliter now residing in North Dakota. The grandfather of our subject on the father's side was a native of Maine, and spent his career in that state.
Mr. Webster was reared in Minnesota and edu- cated there, and in 1878 went to Cass county and entered a tree claim and pre-emption on section 30; in Webster township, which was among the first papers filed on land in the township. He began at once to break the prairie, and the first year broke three acres, and has followed farming there continu- ously since.
Our subject was married, February 19, 1884, to Lura Masterman, a native of Maine. Mrs. Web- ster's parents, Levi and Celestia (Doble) Master- man, were natives of Maine, and the father died there. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Webster, as follows: Clifton E., Margie B., Agnes L. and Vera J. ; Gertrude and Guy H. are deceased. Mr. Webster assisted in the organization of his township and the township was named in honor of his services. He has filled some of the local offices, and is active in public affairs. He holds member- ship in the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Modern Woodmen of America.
PETER LYALL, well known as an early settler of township 150, range 72, in Wells county, is suc- cessfully pursuing agriculture, and is proprietor of a well-improved and remunerative tract of land. He is a young man of good business tact, and has ac- quired his possessions by his honest and earnest ef- forts, and is held in high esteem by his associates.
Our subject was born in Scotland, April 27, 1874. His father, James Lyall, was a farm man- ager, and operated seven hundred acres of land. The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden name of Mary Thompson, was of Scotch birth and parentage. She died in Minneapolis, Minnesota. in 1897.
Mr. Lyall was raised in Scotland, and attended the country schools, and at the age of eighteen years came to America with the family in 1892. Three of his brothers went to Cass county, North Dakota, in 1884, and settled in Wells county in 1889. Our subject was the youngest of a family of eight chil- dren, and began farming with his father and brotli- ers in Wells county, North Dakota. His father erected a house, hauling the lumber from Sykeston, and supplies from there or New Rockford, forty miles distant. For several years they farmed to- gether, and passed through many discouragements, including heavy loss of crops by prairie fire or hail. His father now owns a farm of four hundred and eighty acres, two hundred and sixty-five of which is under cultivation, and the balance in pasture and hay land, and our subject has a quarter-section of
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land on which he resides and has improved with ex- cellent buildings and enjoys prosperity. He has a good supply of machinery, including a half interest in a threshing outfit, and is one of the progressive farmers and well known throughout Wells county.
Our subject was married, in July, 1898, to Miss Mary Reid, who was born and raised in Scotland, and came to America in July, 1898. Mrs. Lyall's fa- ther, Benjamin Reid, was a manager and timekeeper of a coal mine in Scotland. One child was born to bless the home of MIr. and Mrs. Lyall, upon whom they have bestowed the name of James. He was born in North Dakota, May 14, 1899. Mr. Lyall and wife are members of the Presbyterian church, and Mr. Lyall holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America.
GEORGE B. FARNHAM, proprietor of one of the excellent farms of Webster township, resides near Arthur, and is one of the early settlers of that locality. He is intelligent and progressive, and has gained an assured position in the community in which he resides, and is widely known as a gentle- man of true citizenship.
Our subject was born in Wisconsin, November 30, 1854, and was a son of Jonathan E. and Rachel ( McDermont ) Farnham, natives respectively of New York and Nova Scotia. His father was a farmer and cabinet maker, and followed his trade in New York and Canada until 1850, when he went to Wisconsin and in 1857 to Minnesota, where he fol- lowed farming until his death in 1889. The mother of our subject died in 1882. Eight sons and two daughters were born to them, two sons and one daughter now residing in North Dakota.
Our subject was reared in Minnesota, and there received his education and later taught school there for ten years. He went to North Dakota in 1879, and was one of the first teachers of the state. He settled south of New Buffalo on land which he en- tered as a homestead, and in 1884 moved to his pres- ent location, and is now the fortunate owner of a well-improved tract and enjoys the comforts of rural life.
Our subject was married, in 1887, to Miss Edith E. Burgum, a native of England, who came to America when a child. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Farnham, as follows: Al- bert T., Mabel R., Myrtle E., Harry B., Marjorie L., Hiram H. and Edith. The last named two are twins. Mr. Farnham is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Politically, he is a Demo- crat, and is strong in his convictions. He has served in various local offices, and is held in high esteem by all with whom he is associated.
GEORGE M. HOGUE. Among the younger business men of Kidder county who have rapidly risen to the front, may be mentioned Mr. Hogue. He is the popular druggist of Steele, and has fol-
lowed his vocation there for many years and is very proficient in his line, and owns and operates the only drug store in the city.
Our subject was born on a farm in Guernsey county, Ohio, May 12, 1873, and was a son of S. A. and Cornelia (Farrel) Hogue, both of whom were of American descent and the mother a native of Ohio. The father was a farmer throughout his ca- reer, and served as a soldier in the Civil war four years.
Mr. Hogue was reared on the farm and attended the common schools, and at the age of nineteen years began farming for himself; but this venture proved a failure. The family moved to Dakota in 1884, and the father became an old settler and took gov- ernment land. Our subject entered the drug store of Dr. L. C. Smith, at Steele, when twenty years of age, and clerked for him three years, and in 1896 purchased the store and established his own busi- ness. He has the largest and best stock of drugs of any store in the county, and in 1899 passed the ex- amination and became a registered pharmacist. The store was established in 1881 by C. H. Dyer, who sold the same to Dr. Smith about 1885, and it was the second drug store established in Kidder county.
Our subject was married, in 1898, to Miss L. M. Whitford, a native of Michigan of American de- scent. Her father, O. A. Whitford, was an old set- tler of Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Hogue are the par- ents of one child, upon whom they have bestowed the name of Clara. The daughter was born in Steele, North Dakota, in 1899. Mr. Hogue has served one term as alderman, and has been elected as city clerk. He is actively interested in local af- fairs of a public nature, and is identified with the Republican party, politically. He has made many friends in North Dakota, and has successfully con- ducted his business in Steele.
JOHN B. LOCKHART. Canada has fur- nished to the United States many bright, enterpris- ing young men who have left the Dominion to enter the business circles of this country with its more progressive methods, livelier competition and ad- vancement more quickly secured. Among this number is Mr. Lockhart, a prominent real estate dealer of Fargo, North Dakota. His portrait will be found on another page.
He was born in the town of Woodstock, Oxford county, Canada, November 18, 1868, and is a son of James and Mary ( Walton) Lockhart, natives of Scotland and England, respectively. They were married in Canada, and there both died when our subject was only six years old. He was reared and educated in his native land, completing his educa- tion in the University of Toronto in 1890. The same year he came to Fargo, and in 1893 entered the law office of Francis & Sully, with whom he studied for some time. In 1893 he also took charge of the real estate business of H. C. Southard, and
JOHN B. LOCKHART.
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on the death of that gentleman, in the same year, succeeded to it. He handles lands and loans quite extensively in North Dakota and western Minnesota, and now does an exten- sive business amounting to one million five hundred thousand dollars per annum1. Being
enterprising, wide-awake and energetic he has met with most excellent success during his residence in this state, and has personally become the owner of a large amount of farming land and city property.
In January, 1899, Mr. Lockhart was united in marriage with Mrs. Dr. Turner, of Fargo. He is a stanch supporter of the Democratic party, but has never sought nor desired public office, preferring to give his undivided attention to his business inter- ests. Socially he is a Knight Templar Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine, and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias.
CARL NEUHAUSER, a well-known citizen of Sheyenne, Eddy county, is proprietor of a fine farm near that town, and has gained a comfortable com- petence since taking up his residence in that region. He was one of the pioneer settlers of Eddy county, and his fine farm is the result of his earnest efforts and painstaking care.
Our subject was born in Amrisweil, Switzer- land, February 16, 1853. His father, A. Neuhauser, was a wealthy merchant in Switzerland, and owned extensive farms and conducted the building of rail- roads, and was engaged in general mercantile busi- ness and also manufacturing. The mother of our subject bore the maiden name of Anetta Chasp.
Mr. Neuhauser was the youngest in a family of five children, and was raised in his native town, and received a liberal education. He left home at the age of twenty years and traveled over Switzerland, France, Italy and Germany, and in 1875 came to the United States and worked at the tinsmith's trade in the state of New York about a year and a half, and in 1876 went to Canada, where he was fore- man for James Brothers' galvanized cornice works. In 1876 he went to St. Johns, New Brunswick, in the interests of the same firm, with six French-Ca- nadian workmen and six car loads of iron goods, and was in the employ of the company there two years. He went to Boston and New York in 1878, and in New York city enlisted in the United States army and was assigned to the Seventeenth Infan- try, and spent six months at Fort Snelling, Minne- sota, with the Seventh Infantry, and was then sent to Fort Totten, North Dakota, to join his regiment. He spent five years in the army service, and three years at Fort Totten post as tinsmith for the govern- ment. He filed claim to land in Eddy county, North Dakota, in the spring of 1884, located one mile and a half from Sheyenne, and built a 12x20 house and a barn, and had one thousand dollars in money with which to start. His first team was a yoke of oxen, and he followed farming with them several years, and remained on the farm until 1899, when he re- 34
moved to Sheyenne and established a candy shop and pool hall, which business he sold in January, 1900. He has a farm of three hundred and twenty acres, two hundred and eighty of which are under cultivation, and he has all necessary machinery, horses, hogs and a complete set of farm buildings, and all conveniences of modern farming.
Our subject was married, in 1885, to Miss Ma- tilda Feldkamp, who was born in Hanover, Ger- many, and came to America when a young girl. Her father was a farmer and an old settler of Da- kota, locating there in 1883. Six daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Neuhauser, as follows: Marie, Emelia, Anetta, Frieda, Maud and Nellie. Mr. Neuhauser has served his community in various local offices, including county constable, and held the office of school director six years. He is a Dem- ocrat in political sentiment, and has attended numer- ous conventions of his party. He holds member- ship in the Modern Woodmen of America, and is deservedly popular with his fellow men.
JAMES E. HALL, sheriff of Walsh county, residing in Grafton, is one of the efficient public of- ficers, and is widely known and enjoys the highest regard of his fellow men. He is a member of the drug firm of J. A. Dunn & Company, of Walhalla, in Pembina county, and has other financial inter- ests, and is a gentleman of strict integrity and good business ability.
Our subject was born in the northern peninsula of Michigan in 1856, and is a son of Edward and Marie (Elms) Hall. His parents were natives of Ireland and came to America when children, and were married in New York. They moved from Michigan to Minnesota in 1866, and the father died there in 1893, and the mother still resides in Minne- sota. Four sons were born to this worthy couple, of whom our subject is the only one in North Da- kota.
Mr. Hall was reared and educated in Minne- sota, and in the spring of 1880 came to Pembina county, North Dakota, and there entered claim to land and remained one year. He then came to Grafton, Walsh county, and began buying wheat for Brooks Brothers, and also for Mr. Leistikow, and continued thus engaged nine years. He was elected sheriff of Walsh county in 1898, and is now serving in that capacity, and fills the office with credit to himself and his county alike.
Our subject was married, in 1885, to Louisa Kelley, a native of Canada. One son and four daughters, all of whom are living, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hall. Mr. Hall served as alder- man of the city of Grafton two terms prior to his election to his present office, and takes a hearty in- terest in affairs of a public nature. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and in political sentiment is a Democrat and an earnest worker for party prin- ciples. His high standing as a citizen is well merited.
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AARON CHANDLER, one of the pioneers of Bell township, Cass county, is passing his declining years in comfortable circumstances that are the re- sult of a well-spent career. He has followed farm- ing the greater part of his life, and is widely known as a successful agriculturist and faithful citizen.
Our subject was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, October 28, 1829, and was a son of Spencer and Ellen (Brailey) Chandler, natives of Washington county, Pennsylvania. His father was a farmer by occupation, and went to Ohio when he was a young man, becoming one of the early settlers of that state. He passed his life there and died in Ohio about 1853. The mother of our subject died in 1840. The grandfather of our subject, Jonathan Chandler, was a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, was a Quaker, and died in Ohio. Our subject was one of a family of seven children-five sons and two daughters.
Mr. Chandler was reared in Ohio and educated there, working his way through Oberlin College in 1849-50. He began his business career as clerk in a store and followed that calling for some time, and in 1850 removed to Blackford county, Indiana, where he engaged in teaching school and also farm- ing. He went to Des Moines, Iowa, in 1857, where he remained until 1860, and then went to Pike's Peak and followed mining there two years, and aft- erward returned to Indiana, and in 1864 enlisted as first lieutenant of Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-third Indiana Volunteer Infantry. He served six months, during which time he was on garrison duty at Bridgeport, Alabama. He then returned to Iowa and made his home there until April, 1881, when he went to Cass county, North Dakota. He entered claim to land in Barnes cóun- ty and spent six months there, and then went to Fargo, and also operated a farm in the county. He and his son together have two sections and a quarter of land, all of which is improved and furnishes a good income.
Our subject was married, in 1852, to Margaret Pitman, a native of Ohio. Mrs. Chandler's par- ents, Anthony and Margaret Pitman, were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively, and they settled in Jay county, Indiana, and died in that state. One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Chandler, Arthur P., who is associated in the farm interests with his father. Mr. Chandler is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Politically, he is a Republican, and has stood stanchly for the prin- ciples of that party throughout his life. He is a man of true worth as a citizen, and enjoys well- merited success and the highest esteem of his fel- low men.
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