Compendium history and biography of North Dakota; a history of early settlement, political history, and biography; reminiscences of pioneer life, Part 133

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Publication date: 1900
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ANSON D. ATHERTON, one of the early settlers of Cass county, has resided in Hunter town- ship for the past thirteen years and has successfully conducted farming there. He is widely known and occupies a prominent place as a worthy citizen and progressive farmer.

Our subject was born in Luzerne county, Penn- sylvania, July 9, 1838, and was a son of Anson and Sarah (Mitchell) Atherton, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. Ilis father was a farmer and passed his career in Pennsylvania, his death occurring in 1864, and the mother died in 1879. Five sons and three daughters were born to this worthy couple. The grandfather of our subject, Elisha Atherton, was a native of Massachusetts.

Mr. Atherton was reared in Pennsylvania and educated there and followed farming in that state

until 1859, when he went to Cleveland, Ohio, and re- sided there seven years, returning to Pennsylvania, continued his residence there until 1878, when he located in Mitchell county, Iowa. He went to Fort Snelling, Minnesota, in 1881, and was engaged one year there in putting in the water works of that city. He went to Casselton, North Dakota, in 1882, and was there five years, superintending some of the large farms of that section. His present home is in Hunter township, and he has a well improved farm, the income of which has placed him in com- fortable circumstances. Our subject was married in Ohio to Selinda Bailey. Two children were born to this union, as follows: Cora and Selinda. Mr. Atherton was married in Pennsylvania to Sarah Pike, and one child, named Katie, was born to them. Mr. Atherton was married to Ellen Morse Armstrong, a native of Vermont, in 1882, at Minneapolis, Minnesota. Our subject is a gentle- man who keeps abreast of the times and is interested in the general welfare of his community and has served in various local offices. Politically he is a Republican, and is stanch in defense of the prin- ciples of his party.

GEORGE W. POSEY, one of the first men to settle in Corinne township, is a prosperous and en- terprising farmer, and is well known throughout Stutsman county as a man of the highest character.

Our subject was born in Wayne county, Illinois, June 29. 1843. His father, James Posey, was a na- tive of Tennessee, and was a farmer by occupation. The grandfather of our subject, William Posey, was a farmer and slave holder in Tennessee, and settled in Wayne county, Illinois, many years before the Civil war. Our subject's maternal grandfather came to America from England and settled in Wayne county, Illinois, in the early days of the state. The grandparents on both sides were wealthy and influential men in Illinois. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Jalucia Farris, was born and raised in Virginia, and her father, G. WV. Farris, was a farmer and slave holder. The parents of our subject were married in Illinois, and of the nine children born to them cur subject was the fourth in order of birth. The family moved to Jo Daviess county, Illinois, when he was but two years of age, where the father worked in the lead mines. There our subject was reared and attended the village schools, and in 1854 the family again changed their residence, settling in Crawford coun- ty, Wisconsin, where the father spent the balance of his life in the pursuit of farming.

Our subject grew to manhood in Wisconsin, and at the age of nineteen years enlisted in Company A, Twentieth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. He was sent immediately to the south, and was in the De- partment of the Gulf. He participated in the bat- tles of Prairie Grove (Arkansas), Vicksburg, and was on the Red river expedition, then sent to the Rio Grande river, then to the capture of Mobile,

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thence to Galveston, Texas, where he remained un- til he was mustered out. He was in active serv- ice and served three years, lacking nine days, as a brave defender of the Union. Returning fron the war he purchased a farm in Crawford county, Wisconsin, and began farming, and followed that calling in Wisconsin from 1867 to 1883, when he went to North Dakota. While in Wisconsin he owned two farms, and also run as raftsman on the river, and also dealt in live stock to a large extent. He located in Stutsman county, North Dakota, in 1882, and the following year was joined by his fam- ily, and filed claim to the southeast quarter of sec- tion 2, in township 144, range 62, as a tree claim, and the northeast quarter of section 2, in town- ship 144, range 62, as a pre-emption, and later took the southwest quarter of section 2, same township and range, as a homestead claim. He had but limited means, and erected a 12×12 shan- ty, in which he lived one summer. He lost a large amount of hay and his barn by prairie fire in 1883, and the following year one of the most exten- sive prairie fires recorded in the county destroyed from one thousand four hundred to one thousand eight hundred dollars' worth of his wheat located near Jamestown. He and his brother, David Posey, were the first settlers of Corinne township, and the nearest house at that time was fifteen miles distant. He is now the owner of eight hundred acres of land, on which he has placed modern and convenient ar- rangements and a complete set of farm buildings, and taken altogether has one of the best equipped farms in the township.

Our subject was married when twenty-three years of age to Miss Abra Kielley, who was born in Mus- kingum county, Ohio, February 18, 1845. Mrs. Posey's father was a lawyer and school teacher, and also owned farms in Wisconsin. He located in Dane county, that state, in 1854, and was county su- perintendent of schools in Dane and Crawford coun- ties at different times, and was also sheriff of Craw- ford county. He was born in New Hampshire and was of Irish descent. Mrs. Posey is a lady of ex- cellent education, and taught in the schools of Craw- ford county, Wisconsin, several years. Twelve chil- dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Posey, as fol- lows: George W., deceased: Sarah J., now mar- ried ; Clara M., also married : Mary E. : Thomas E. : Isaac W., deceased ; Virgil D .; James E., deceased : Nellie J .; Forrest B .; Pearl and Bessie: A family group portrait is shown on another page. Mr. Posey is a man who keeps abreast of the times in all mat- ters of a public nature, and is identified with the re- form principles of the Populist party, and was act- ive in its organization in 1892, and has attended numerous county conventions, and has also served on the central committee.

JOHN M. CLARK is a man of progressive, en- lightened views, and his standing as an old settler of Kidder county is well known. He has a fine

home in township 139, range 70, and has met with unbounded success as an agriculturist.

Our subject was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1856, and was the third in a family of five chil- dren. His father, George Clark, was born in New York, and his people were from Vermont. He was a hotel keeper by occupation. The mother of our subject, who bore the maiden name of Eliza Merrit, was a daughter of a farmer, and her brothers all followed that occupation. The parents of our sub- ject were married in Canada.

Mr. Clark was raised in Glencoe, Canada, and attended the city schools, and at the age of twenty- two left home and went to Whiteside county, Illi- nois, where he operated an engine ten years in a paper manufactory, and in 1888 he went to North Dakota, and in February of that year took govern- ment land in township 140, range 71, and began farming. He had but five dollars, and he and his wife worked for others during the first year. He then bought horses on time and built a shanty and a straw-roofed barn, and his first crop was in 1889 on rented land and he did well; then followed sev- eral years of failure and success in alternation, and in 1891 he had a good crop, and has since pros- pered. He now owns a farm of four hundred and eighty acres, with three hundred acres under cultiva- tion, and he operates six hundred and forty acres each year, and engages the most extensively in grain raising of any farmer in that part of the county. On his home place he has a set of good buildings, and all machinery for conducting a model farm, and has made a good home for himself and family.

Our subject was married, in 1882, to Miss Mary Wilson. Mrs. Clark was of American descent, and was born in Ohio. She died in 1896. Mr. Clark was married to Mrs. Glenie Shoeburg in 1898. Mrs. Clark was born in Wisconsin, and is a daughter of George Watson, who was of American descent and was a farmer by occupation. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark, who is named Lee, and was born August 3, 1899. Mrs. Clark has two other children by her former marriage, named Liddia and Alice. Mr. Clark is a member of the Independ- ent Order of Foresters, and politically he is a Repub- lican.

HON. HENRY D. COURT, now residing in Battle Creek, Michigan, was for many years en- gaged extensively in farming in Cass county, North Dakota. He is a pioneer settler of Towner town- ship, where he located in 1882, and remained a resi- dent of that locality about thirteen years, becoming one of the well-known and honored citizens of his community and prominent in public affairs of the state.

Our subject was born in West Chester, Chester county, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1825, and was a son of Henry and Hannah (Archer) Court, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania, and passed their lives in that state. Our subject was reared

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and educated in Pennsylvania, and from there moved to Michigan in April, 1855, and settled near Battle Creek, where he resided until 1882, and en- gaged in farming. He then went to Cass county as general manager for H. E. Sargent, ex-general manager of the Northern Pacific Railroad. He opened up a farm of one section of land in 1882, and added to the property by purchase from time to time until the interests reached the extensive pro- portions of two thousand three hundred and eighty- five acres of land in 1895, when Mr. Court resigned his management, since which time he has lived re- tired in Battle Creek, Michigan. He took much interest in fine stock, and'brought the trotting horse, Pilot Middleton, to Cass county.

Our subject was married in Pennsylvania to Rebecca E. Jones, a native of that state. Seven children, five of whom are still living, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Court. One son, Frank E., is now manager of the Cass county farm, assuming charge at the time of his father's resignation in 1895. The farm produces from thirty-five to forty thousand bushels of grain per annum, and they also raise a fine herd of Shorthorn cattle. Our subject takes an active interest in public affairs wherever he re- sides, and while living in North Dakota was elected on the Republican ticket as a state representative, and served as a member of the lower house in 1889- 90, and gave much attention to the interests and gen- eral welfare of his community. He is a man of ex- cellent executive ability and business tact, and has made a success of his career, and well merits his high standing.

CHARLES J. CONLON. A prominent posi- tion as a citizen and member of the farming com- munity of Clifton township, Cass county, is held by the gentleman above named. He is one of the pio- neers of that locality, and his skill and thorough practical knowledge of his calling have been potent factors in producing the present solid prosperity of his community, and he is deservedly held in high esteem by his associates. On another page will be found a portrait of Mr. Conlon.

Our subject was born in Ontario, Canada, July 15, 1861. His parents, Patrick and Bridget (Gol- loglly) Conlon, were natives of Ireland, and emi- grated to America when they were children. The family resided in Canada until 1881, and then re- moved to Cass county, North Dakota, where the mother died in 1895. The father served in the Civil war with a Michigan regiment, and died in Michi- gan from exposure and heart failure as a result of his service. Three sons and two daughters con- stituted the family of children, and all now live in North Dakota and are as follows: James, John J., Charles J., Mary and Anna.

Mr. Conlon was reared and educated in Can- ada, and followed farming there until 1881, when he went to Cass county, North Dakota, with the fan- ily, and has followed farming, railroading and car-

penter work in the bridge department of the rail- road. He has a quarter-section of land and placed good improvements thereon, and is one of the solid men of his community.

Our subject was married, in November, 1894, to Mary E. Carey, a native of Ireland, who came to America with her parents, Patrick and Margaret ( Mahoney) Carey, when she was a child, and resid- ed in Wisconsin. Mr. Conlon is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a Re- publican in political sentiment, but has never sought or filled public office, devoting his attention to his farm and its improvement, in which he has met with success and enjoys a good competence and the re- spect of his fellow men.

GEORGE TAYLOR, proprietor of a fine farm in Bathgate township, enjoys the distinction of being the oldest resident settler of his township, and has a handsome home in section 10, and follows diversi- fied farming with unbounded success.

Our subject is a native of Puslinch township, Wellington county, Canada, and was born February 17, 1850. He was the eighth in a family of nine children born to Samuel and Margaret ( Hutcheon) Taylor, who were of English and Scotch extraction, respectively, and are now deceased.

Mr. Taylor worked at home with his father most of the time until 1879, and also followed carpenter- ing some, and in the spring of 1879 he gathered to- gether his available resources, amounting to about two hundred and fifty dollars, and went to North Dakota, and filed a pre-emption claim on the land which he now owns. He erected a small log house for himself and wife on the banks of the Tongue river, and was fortunate in his choice of land, his home now being but about a half-mile from the town of Bathgate. He at once began to develop the farm, and his first crop was from nineteen acres of ground, and he lived by finding odd jobs at car- penter work and hunting wild game. There were two other settlers near his home, but they afterward left, and he was then the oldest settler of the town- ship, after their departure. He built a small board addition to his log house and there resided twelve years, when he erected a modern and commodious residence, and now has a fine home, well finished and furnished with excellent taste. His residence and outbuildings are among the best in the county, and were all designed by himself and built with his. own hands. He engages in stock raising to some extent, and deals in Poland China hogs, Clyde horses. and graded Shorthorn cattle. He has made a suc- cess of his career, and now has one of the well im- proved farms of the township.

Our subject was married, in 1876, to Miss Isa- bella Thompson. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. taylor, as follows : Robert, de- ceased ; Winona, deceased; Grover Cleveland, de- ceased ; Adlai S., deceased ; and John T. Mr. Tay- lor assisted in the organization of what was origi-

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nally Hamilton township, comprising Hamilton and Bathgate townships, and became the first chairman of the township board. He became assessor of Bathgate township upon the organization of the township, and served eight years, and in 1896 was elected county commissioner for the third district for a term of three years, and was re-elected in 1899, in which capacity he still serves. He is a Master Mason, and member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Ancient Order of United Work- men. Politically he is a Democrat, and is firm in his convictions.

LESLIE J. HERBISON is an able representa- tive of the farming community of Farmington town- ship. Walsh county, and has been a resident of that locality for fifteen years, and is well and favorably known. He has an excellent farm, good buildings and a comfortable home, and has gathered about him a host of friends who willingly accord him a prominent place as a citizen and agriculturist. His residence is in section 25, where he located in the early days.

Our subject was born in Leeds county, Ontario, February 5, 1852, and was reared on a farm. He assisted with the work there and learned his first lessons in agriculture from practical work on his father's farm. When nineteen years of age he left home and came to the United States, in 1869, and first settled in Flint, Michigan, where he lived eight years, engaged in lumbering. He then went to Montana in 1879, and was engaged in stock raising and mining until the fall of 1885, when he came to Walsh county, North Dakota. He purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in 1886, and has been a resident thereon since that date. He has thoroughly improved his place, and added to his acreage from time to time, and his farm now ex- tends over four hundred acres, and the entire tract is improved and tillable, and general farming is car- ried on there.

Our subject was married in Redwood Falls, Min- nesota, to Miss Carrie Allen, a native of that state. Three children who died in infancy were born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbison. Mr. Herbison is a man of earnest endeavors and active public spirit, and has served his community in various offices of trust, and in the fall of 1898 was a candidate on the Republi- can ticket as a member for the state legislature. His success is the result of a well-spent career, and his life is worthy the emulation of the rising genera- tion.

JOHN J. HUSEBYE, deceased, was for nearly twenty years intimately connected with the devel- opment of the great agricultural resources of Nor- man township, Cass county. He went to Dakota as a pioneer settler of that locality, and at the time of his demise was a prosperous and highly esteemed farmer and citizen.

Mr. Husebye was a native of Norway, and was born in August, 1827. He was a son of John and Martha Husebye, who were also natives of Norway. They emigrated to America in 1853, and the father died in Chicago, and the mother and family later located in Iowa, where our subject, the next oldest child, had purchased land. The family of children consisted of three sons and three daughters, all de- ceased but one, who is living in the United States. The mother afterward settled in North Dakota, and passed away there.

Our subject was reared and educated in Norway. and with his parents came to America and resided in Iowa until 1879. He then went to Cass county, North Dakota, and purchased three quarter-sections of land in Norman township, which was wild land, and began at once to make a home there, and at the time of his death had a well improved and highly cultivated farm.

Mr. Husebye was married in Iowa, in 1864, to Miss Kjersti Lovbroten, a native of Norway, who emigrated to America in 1849. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Husebye, ten of whom are now living, and are as follows: Julia, now Mrs. Ellerston ; Martha, now Mrs. A. H. Johnson ; Henry J., Albert; Emma, now Mrs. Stehjenyem; Clara ; Oscar and Minnie, twins; William and Ida. Mr. Husebye died in North Dakota in 1897, and left a large circle of mourning friends and relatives. He was a consistent member of the Lutheran church, and was highly esteemed in the community in which he spent so many years of his life.

HENRY J. HUSEBYE, the eldest son of John J. Husebye, was born in Iowa, September 9, 1870, and went with his parents to North Dakota, where he has since resided. He is now the owner of a half- section of good land, and engages in general farm- ing in Norman township. He was married, in 1893, to Miss Caroline Haagenson, a daughter of Haw- ken Haagenson, a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this volume. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Husebye, named as fol- lows: Alvin, Keziah and John. The family are members of the Lutheran church, and are well known and held in high respect and esteem.

ROBERT M. TUTTLE, one of the prominent newspaper men of Morton county, North Dakota, with Mr. W. C. Gilbreath, publishes the "Mandan Pioneer." He was the organizer of the Pioneer Publishing Company, and is now acting as court stenographer in the district court in the sixth judi- cial district, to which office he was appointed in 1889.

Our subject was born in Norfolk county, Eng- land, in 1857, and was the third in a family of three, and was raised and educated in England on a small farm, and grew to manhood in the vicinity of Nor- folk county. He left home at the age of twenty years, and began newspaper work near London, on the "Farnham News," and there worked about one

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year, and then went to Nottingham and worked on the daily paper, and in the spring of 1880 went to New York city and spent one year there at news- paper work for English and American newspapers, and in 1882 went to Pennsylvania. He worked on the "Titusville Herald" four months, and then on the "Providence Journal," and in 1882 went to Min- neapolis and was employed on the "Minneapolis Tribune" one year. In 1883 he went to Mandan, North Dakota, and purchased the "Mandan Pio- neer." The paper was established in 1881 by F. H. Ertel, and the first issue was in November, 1881. In 1897 W. C. Gilbreath purchased a half-interest, and the paper has since been conducted by our subject and Mr. Gilbreath. The paper was run as a daily until 1891, when our subject changed it to a weekly paper. It is Republican in politics, and enjoys a wide circulation.

Our subject was married, in 1884, to Miss Helen Jones, a native of Ohio. Mrs. Tuttle was engaged in teaching in her native state, and is a lady of rare attainments. One daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Tuttle, whose birth is dated 1886. Mr. Tuttle is a Republican in political sentiment, and takes an active part in public matters. He was among the early business men of Mandan, and has done his full share in upbuilding the town financial- ly and socially, and is entitled to the prominent place which he occupies among the energetic and enter- prising citizens of the town where he makes his home.

CLIFTON G. DALRYMPLE, one of the wealthy and highly esteemed citizens of Harmony township. Cass county, is proprietor of a well in ;- proved farm comprising one section of land, and has pursued that calling in Cass county for over twenty years. He went there as a pioneer settler, and has braved the dangers and overcome the dis- couragements of making a home in a new country, and is to-day among the well-known men of his community.

Our subject was born in Warren county, Penn- sylvania, September 1, 1856, and was a son of Reu- ben and Isadore (Jackson) Dalrymple, both of whom were natives of Pennsylvania. His father was a farmer and still resides in Warren county, Pennsylvania, aged seventy-one years. His mother died in 1887. Our subject was one of three sons, two being in North Dakota and one in St. Paul, Minnesota. The grandfather, Clark Dalrymple, was born in New York, and engaged in farming in Pennsylvania.

Mr. Dalrymple was reared and educated in Pennsylvania, and resided there until 1878, in which year he went to Cass county, North Dakota, and entered claim to land in Cass county as a home- stead. and later purchased the farm on which he now lives. The land was unimproved, and he has transformed it into one of the best developed farms of the country. He has followed farming there

continuously since, and is now the owner of one sec- tion of land, and has made a success of general farming.

Our subject was married, in 1892, to Harriet Shutt, a native of Pennsylvania. Mr. Dalrymple is a man of progressive ideas, and keeps abreast of the times in current matters, but does not seek pub- lic office. Politically, he is identified with the Re- publican party, and is strong in his convictions.

WILLIAM STEINBACH. Among the foreign born residents of Eddy county who are thoroughly identified with American civilization and progress may be noted William Steinbach. He is the fortu- nate possessor of a well improved farm in town- ship 148, range 66, and has acquired his fortune by the exercise of honest industry and persistent efforts, and is widely known and highly esteemed.

Our subject was born on a farm in the province of Cablesands, Germany, April 20, 1862. His father James Steinbach, was a blacksmith and farmer and also a grain dealer, and came to America with luis family April 17, 1882. The mother of our sub- ject, whose maiden name was Mary Basher, was born and raised on a farm in Germany. The pa- ternal grandfather of our subject, John Steinbach, was a wealthy business man, and horse dealer and grain and stock raiser, and the maternal grandfather of our subject, John Basher, was a crockery mer- chant, and later in life a farmer.

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Compendium history and biography of North Dakota; a history of early settlement, political history, and biography; reminiscences of pioneer life, Part 133

Author: Publication date: 1900 Publisher: Chicago, G.A.Ogle Number of Pages: 1432

Author:
Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago, G.A.Ogle
Number of Pages: 1432