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Our subject was married in Decorah, Iowa, to Miss Anna Hardwick, a native of Germany. Mrs. Anderson died in Grand Forks, North Dakota, No-
vember 17, 1898. Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, who are named as follows: Larine C. and Ernest E. Mr. Anderson is a worthy and popular citizen.
THEODORE A. LUROS, president of the Farmers' Bank of Crary, North Dakota, is a gen- tleman of excellent characteristics and is widely and favorably known as a citizen and business man. He was born near Decorah, Winneshiek county, Iowa, December 4, 1864. He was reared on his father's farm in that county and remained there until 1890, engaged in farming and stock raising.
Mr. Luros was elected register of deeds in Win- neshiek county, in the fall of 1890. and served one term. In the early summer of 1893 he went to Crary, North Dakota, and, in company with Edgar Anderson, established the Farmers' Bank of that town, opened for business June 26, and Mr. Luros has since acted as president of the institution. He is also engaged in buying and shipping horses from the eastern market for North Dakota.
Mr. Luros was married, in Winneshiek county, Iowa, to Miss Hannah Anderson, a native of Win- neshiek county, and a daughter of Anon Anderson, a prominent farmer and stock dealer of Winneshiek county. Mr. and Mrs. Luros are the parents of one child, named Floyd T. Mr. Luros is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church and also holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, Knights of the Maccabees and Modern Wood- men of America.
WARREN W. ARCHER. The subject of this review may be truly classed among the lead- ing farmers and business men of Steele county. His business location is in Finley, where he owns. an elevator and also a coal and wood business. His residence is on his old pioneer homestead on section 14, in Greenview township, where he also operates an extensive farn.
Allen county, Indiana, was our subject's native place, and his birth is dated November 13, 1858. He was the oldest of four children born to James and Catherine (King) Archer, and he was left father- less at the age of ten years. The home farmi was. encumbered with debt, and the prospects were not encouraging in the least, but he bent his boyish ener- gies to the task and when at the age of twenty-three years, he left the home roof, the debts were cleared and he had also earned for himself by outside work about three hundred dollars, with which sum he went to Fargo, North Dakota. He worked there. one year, in which time he also secured his home- stead, and in 1883 moved to his homestead farm, and during the first three years thereon lived alone. He erected the main part of his present comfortable. and commodious residence in 1892, and has ex- tended his farin until he is now the owner of three sections of land, and follows farming successfully.
MR. AND MRS. WARREN W. ARCHER.
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He purchased the wood and coal business in Finley in the spring of 1899, and also erected an elevator with a capacity for forty thousand bushels.
Mr. Archer was married, in 1886, to Miss Re- becca Beyerle. Eight children have been born to this union, as follows: Elmer, Edith, Clarence, Warren, Mabel, Stella, Ralph and Harold. Mr. Archer is a man of active public spirit, and in po- litical sentiment is a Republican. He has pros- pered through his own efforts alone, and is one of the highly esteemed men of his community. A group portrait of Mr. Archer and his excellent wife is published in connection with this sketch.
JOHN M. SOBY, a well-known business man of Ramsey county, conducts an extensive mercan- tile business in the village of Crary. He is one of the enterprising citizens who have helped to build up the business interests of the county and to bring it to the solid prosperity which it enjoys.
Mr. Soby was born in the kingdom of Norway, June 18, 1856. He was reared and educated in his native land and remained there until 1883, prin- cipally engaged in farming, but having also learned the blacksmith's trade in the meantime. In 1883 he came to the United States and proceeded at once to Fergus Falls, Minnesota. He engaged in farm- ing in Ottertail county, Minnesota, remaining there about two years. He then went to Traill county, Dakota, where he worked at blacksmithing until 1886.
In 1886 Mr. Soby came to Ramsey county and selected the village of Crary as his permanent home. He opened a blacksmithing and general repair busi- ness and was successful in his undertaking, his work increasing each year and his profits keeping pace with the business. He continued in this line until 1893, when he opened up a mercantile business, in which he is still engaged. He is one of the solid business men of the community and his fair deal- ing and courteous treatment have won him a steadily increasing trade.
Mr. Soby was married at Mayville, North Da- kota, to Miss Anna Emanuelson. Mrs. Soby is also a native of Norway and to her able assistance is due in a large degree the success which has at- tended their efforts to establish for themselves a comfortable home and competence for after years. To Mr. and Mrs. Soby six children have been born, named as follows: Martha, Alfred, Elida, Julia, Roy, Mabel. They compose a family of bright and intelligent children and their education is receiv- ing due attention. Mr. Soby has many friends and is regarded as a model citizen and valued member of the community in which he lives.
BERNARD HAGGERTY, one of the first set- tlers of Harvey township, Grand Forks county, has made a success of agricultural pursuits and is among the foremost men of his community. He is
a native of Canada, and was born in Ottowa, in No- vember, 1840.
The parents of our subject, Martin and Bridget (Masterson ) Haggerty, were natives of Ireland and came to Canada about 1838 and were seventeen weeks on the voyage. They settled in Canada and spent the rest of their lives there. They were the parents of seven children, four sons and three daughters, who are now living, but our subject is the only one of the family located in North Dakota.
Mr. Haggerty was reared in Canada and re- ceived his education there and made his home in Canada until 1874, when he went to Grand Forks county, North Dakota. He settled near Mento and entered a homestead claim and the same fall went to Harvey township, where he took land as a pre- emption and has resided thereon since that date. He was among the first settlers north of Grand Forks and was the first to put his plow in the ground in this vicinity, and experienced the hardships of pioneer life. He now owns three quarter-sections of land and has placed valuable improvements on his home farm and is one of the substantial men of Harvey township. He engages in general farming and has made a success of the work in North Da- kota.
Our subject was married in Canada, in 1867, to Ellen Ferry, a native of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Haggerty are the parents of two children, named as follows: John and Kate. Mr. Haggerty is a gentleman of active public spirit and assisted in the organization of his township and is always stand- ing on the side of right and justice and promoting any enterprise which tends to strengthen or ex- tend the great agricultural interests of his town- ship and county. He is well and favorably known and deservedly so, as his influence is for good and his name is beyond reproach.
Mrs. Haggerty owns several residences in the city of Grand Forks, where the family make a per- manent home. She has endured the hardships of pioneer life side by side with her husband.
CHARLES K. LASKI, a prosperous farmer of Enterprise township, whose pleasant home is sit- uated on section Io, has contributed his share to the general prosperity of Nelson county.
Mr. Laski was born at Iso Kyro, division of Waasa, Finland, September 16, 1870. He was the second of three sons born to John and Mary Luh- taupaa. The parents reside in Enterprise township Nelson county, North Dakota. The father, since coming to America, has taken the name of Laski.
Our subject was nine years of age when he came to America. The family located in Calumet, Michi- gan, where the father was employed in the copper mines. When Charles was fourteen years of age he was also employed about the mines and continued there for two years. In the spring of 1885 the fam- ily removed to Dakota, locating in Enterprise town- ship, Nelson county, and taking land in section 3,
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of that township. In 1893 our subject filed a home- stead claim to the tract of land where he now makes his home and in 1895 began farming on his own account. He is the owner of a team and built upon his land a small dwelling and a sod barn. Since that time he has steadily prospered and is now the owner of an additional three hundred and twenty acres of land. In 1898 he erected a large and com- modious barn for the housing of his stock and the storing of his farm products. He is a thrifty farmer and turns his means to the best uses. He operates a threshing machine each season and has made this a profitable business for the past eleven years.
Mr. Laski was married, in 1895, to Miss Lizzie Erickson Ruff, who was born in Calumet, Michi- gan. To Mr. and Mrs. Laski four children have been born, named in the order of their birth as fol- lows: Bernhardt, deceased, Lilia, John Werner, de- ceased, and Bessie. Mr. Laski has proved him- self a good citizen and useful member of the com- munity. He is a Republican in political sentiment and a member of the central committee of that party in the county, and is regarded as one of the party leaders in Enterprise township. He is school treas- urer and has been a member of the township board. In 1897 Pelto postoffice was established and Mr. Laski received the appointment of postmaster. He is a member of the Lutheran church and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen.
WILLIAM HARVEY, deceased. Among the earliest pioneers of Grand Forks county, North Dakota, the name of William Harvey is given a foremost place. He settled in that county in 1877 and the township of Harvey, in which he made his residence, was named in his honor. He acquired a good property and conducted farming until his death and the homestead is now occupied by his family, the mother residing with the two sons, James and Robert, who successfully operate the farm.
Our subject was a native of Scotland and was born near Glasgow, in 1820. He was a son of John and Mary ( Mason) Harvey, and the family emi- grated to Lower Canada about 1823 and the parents died in Upper Canada.
Mr. Harvey was reared and educated in Canada and remained there and followed farming until 1877, when he went to North Dakota, and at once located in Grand Forks county, entering homestead and pre- emption claims to land in Harvey township, and there passed the remainder of his life. He was a successful farmer and well versed in his calling, as he has devoted his entire time and attention to the details of his work.
Our subject was married, in 1849, to Cather- ine Ferry, a native of Ireland, who was born in county Farmaugh, and came to Canada with her parents when a child and was reared there. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey, who are named as follows: John, Mary, William, Kath-
erine, Peter, Matthew (deceased), Robert, Edward, James M. and Alice. Since the father's death it has devolved upon the sons to conduct the farm and James and Robert remain on the homestead with the mother, and the present well known estate evi- dences most careful management and close atten- tion to the various details of farm life.
Mr. Harvey died in Grand Forks county, North Dakota, in 1883. He was a consistent member of the Catholic church and in his demise the county lost a worthy citizen and the community an es- timable gentleman. He assisted in the organiza- tion of the township and served as supervisor until his death. He devoted his career to agricultural pursuits and owned a section of land.
JOHN MAGUIRE, a leading pioneer of Har- vey township, Grand Forks county, has won for himself an enviable place in the esteem and confi- dence of the entire community in which he has so long made his home.
Mr. Maguire was born in Lanark county, Can- ada, February 9, 1847. His parents, Michael and Ann (Diffley) Maguire, were natives of Ire- land and emigrated to America while still in their youth. They were married in Canada and there the father died in 1872 and the mother in 1888 They were the parents of a family of seven sons and one daughter, all but one of whom are still liv- ing, five being residents of North Dakota.
Our subject was reared in Canada and came to the United States in 1865, first locating in Penn- sylvania. He returned to Canada in 1868 and in 1871 went to Minnesota and took up his residence in Mankato. He went to Sioux City, Iowa, but soon returned to Mankato, and in 1882 he came to Grand Forks county, where he has since resided. He is the owner of a valuable property and has gained the esteem and respect of all with whom he has come in contact during his long residence in the county. He is an energetic and industrious worker and is regarded as one of the substantial citizens of the county and a valued member of the community.
Mr. Maguire was married, in 1881, to Miss Mag- gie Faughnan, who is also a native of Canada. They have one son, John J. The family worships at the Catholic church, of which they are devout members. Mr. Maguire is township supervisor and has been school clerk for many years and for six years justice of the peace.
JOHN H. SMITH, widely known as a pros- perous merchant of Crary, Ramsey county, is one of the progressive and enlightened men of his com- munity and has aided materially in the development of that region. He has varied financial interests in North Dakota and is one of the substantial citizens of the town of Crary.
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Our subject was born in the county of Ontario, Canada, March 10, 1847. He was reared on a farm in his native place until he was eighteen years of age, when he engaged in the mercantile business and also operated a flouring-mill and saw-mill in Ontario county. He continued in business there there for several years and also in Toronto for about four years in the mercantile and building business and went from Toronto to North Dakota in the spring of 1882. He pre-empted one hundred and sixty acres of land near Inkster, where he lived for several months and in the spring of 1893 went to Devils Lake and was engaged in contracting and building there about two years. He then located in Crary and has since engaged in the mercantile business in that city. He is also largely interested in real estate in that vicinity.
Our subject was married, in the province of Ontario, Ontario county, Canada, to Rebecca A. Marr, a native of Middlesex county, Ontario. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one child living, named Eva V. M., and one son is now deceased, Oscar, who died at the age of four years. Mr. Smith held the office of postmaster at Crary eleven years, serving under the administration of both political parties, and he was an efficient and popular officer. He has served as justice of the peace and notary public and is prominent in school affairs, having held some school office for several years past. He is a trustee of the Congregational church and is active in church work of that denomination. In political faith Mr. Smith is a Republican and is a member of the Republican county central committee. He is a citi- zen of true worth and well merits his success and high standing.
DUNCAN C. McLEOD is one of the enter- prising and progressive citizens of Crary, North Dakota. He has a fine estate in Stevens township, Ramsey county, and is also largely interested in other financial enterprises of that locality. He is the present efficient and popular postmaster of Crary and has made a success in his work in North Dakota.
Our subject was born near North Sidney, Nova Scotia, February 15, 1858, where he was reared and resided until 1878. After attaining his majority he went to Michigan and was employed at carpenter work on the Detroit, Saginaw & Bay City Railroad (now the Michigan Central) between two and three years and then went to South Dakota. He fol- lowed the same line of work there until the summer of 1883, when he went to Ramsey county, North Dakota, and located near the village of Crary and has been a resident of Stevens township since that date. He owns nine hundred and twenty acres of land and since 1890, in addition to his farming, he has been employed by the Minneapolis & North- ern Elevator Company in buying grain. He is also a member of the firm of McLeod & Kavanaugh, who conduct an extensive hardware business in the
town of Crary. Mr. McLeod was appointed post- master of Crary in 1898 and is ably discharging the duties of that office.
Our subject was married, in Niagara, North Dakota, to Miss Mary R. Nason, a native of Maine. Mr. and Mrs. McLeod are the parents of three chil- dren, who are named as follows: Duncan C., Jr., Lucile and Eva S. Our subject is prominent in secret society circles and is a member of the Ma- sonic fraternity in the Scottish Rite, being a thirty- second-degree Mason, a Royal Arch and a Mystic Shriner, and also is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Modern Woodmen of America. He takes a hearty interest in all public affairs of local importance and is deservedly pop- ular with the people among whom he has passed so many years and is held in high esteem by all,
EDWARD CALDWELL. Not alone to the men who have taken prominent place in public mat- ters is credit due for the prosperity and rapid de- velopment of the great Northwest. More than to any other class credit is due to the agriculturist, working steadily and asking no favors at the hands of political parties, but creating the natural wealth upon which the greatness and induring prosperity of any country must rely. Among those deserving special mention in this connection is Edward Cald- well, whose home is in Harvey township, Grand Forks county.
Mr. Caldwell was born in Canada October 26, 1862. His parents, Henry and Sarah ( Mckeon) Caldwell, both of Irish birth, emigrated to America in 1858 and still reside in Canada. They have four sons and six daughters living, three of the sons residing in North Dakota. Our subject was reared to manhood in Canada and was employed for two years in the Grand Trunk Railway shops. In the spring of 1882 he came to Dakota, first settling near Langdon and taking up land there. He soon after returned to Grand Forks county and has since resided in that county. He has met with good suc- cess and lias a nice home and a valuable farm, well improved and stocked.
Mr. Caldwell was married, in 1897, to Miss Hattie Bushaw. Mrs. Caldwell is a native of Canada. To tus union two children have been born, namely: Delmar J. and Minerva S. Mr. Caldwell has taken little part in political affairs, but has been content to make for himself and family a comfort- able home and to do what he could in a material way for the better development and prosperity of his community and he has been rewarded not only by the acquisition of a valuable property, but by the confidence and esteeem of all who know him. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.
HON. HARRY A. NICHOLSON. As an all around prominent man of Ramsey county no one of its citizens more justly deserves the title than
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Mr. Nicholson. He resides in Crary and has ex- tensive financial interests in the town and vicinity and has done his share in promoting the growth and development of that thriving place. He was born in Henry county, Indiana, November 6, 1858.
Our subject was reared on a farm in Tippe- canoe county, Indiana, and for two years prior to taking up his residence in North Dakota he was employed as clerk in a general store at Battle Ground, Indiana. In July, 1882, he went to Ram- sey county, North Dakota, and settled on the north shore of Devils Lake in Minnewankon township, near the town of Odessa, where he resided and proved his pre-emption claim. He spent most of his time there until 1891, when he located in the town of Crary and has engaged in the grain and machinery business there since that date. He erected an elevator at Crary in 1899, which has a capacity of twenty-five thousand bushels, and he has also been largely interested in real estate since taking up his residence in Ramsey county. The elevator is operated by Mr. Nicholson, under the name of "The Golden Grain Elevator." Our sub- ject has prospered in each of the enterprises in which he has embarked and is now one of the sub- stantial men of his community.
Mr. Nicholson was married at Fergus Falls, Minnesota, in 1890, to Miss Elizabeth Beebe, a native of Minnesota. Three sons have been born to this union, who are named as follows: Harry Raymond, Jesse, and Lawrence. Mr. Nicholson is a member of the Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Maccabees, and Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica. He is most prominent in public affairs of his locality, and has held the principal offices of Stevens township, and was appointed by Governor Francher, as a trustee of the school for the deaf at Devils Lake, and is president of the board of trustees. He is the popular choice of the people for state representative and is a man in whom all repose confidence.
BAYARD H. ELLIS, one of the pioneers of Cass county, now residing on section 27 in Arthur township, is a gentleman of industrious habits and honest principles and by the exercise of these traits of character has accumulated a comfortable com- petence and an enviable reputation. He has met with success in farming and is proprietor of a fine estate.
Our subject was born in Madison county, New York, December 9, 1834. His parents, L. Nathan and Mary ( Whitmore ) Ellis, were natives of New York. His father was a farmer and merchant and lived in New York until his death in 1874. The mother of our subject died in 1865. They were the parents of six sons, our subject being the only one now in North Dakota. The grandfather of our subject, Joel Ellis, was a native of New England.
Mr. Ellis was reared and educated in the state of New York and followed farming and the mer-
chandise business there until 1874, when he went to Iowa and there engaged in merchandising until 1876 and then went to Michigan. He went to Cass county, North Dakota, in 1882, and settled in Bell township, but soon afterward removed to the farm on which he now resides. He has fully improved his farm and owns and operates it jointly with Mrs. Ellis' one-half section of choice land.
Our subject was married, in 1864, to Josephine L. Fish, a native of New York. Mr. Ellis has served in various local offices including supervisor, assessor, and president of the school board for some years, and is active in public affairs. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in political faith affiliates with the eRpublican party. He keeps abreast of the times and is held in high esteem by all with whom he comes in contact. Portraits of our subject and his wife lend interest to this nar- rative and may be found in these pages.
CAPTAIN AUGUSTUS BARLOW, one of the pioneer settlers of North Dakota, resides on section 4, in Falconer township, and has a well-improved and pleasant farm. He accurately recounts many interesting and thrilling experiences amid frontier surroundings, and is one of the intelligent and hon- ored residents of Grand Forks county.
Our subject is a native of lower Canada, and was born at Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada, January I. 1820, and was a son of John and Jennette (Camp- bell) Barlow, the former a native of England and the latter of Quebec. His father went to Canada as an English soldier in the war of 1812, and re- mained there until his death, aged eighty-eight years. He was a shoemaker and farmer. Three sons and three daughters constituted the family, and our sub- ject is the only one in the United States.
Mr. Barlow was reared and educated in Canada in the French schools, and was educated in the French language, which he speaks fluently. He began his business career as a sailor, and his first voyage was from Three Rivers to New York, thence to New Orleans, then up the Mississippi and Ohio rivers to Cincinnati, and later went to St. Louis. He entered the employ of the American Fur Company. in 1845, and ascended the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, and spent fourteen months trapping and hunt- ing and trading with the Indians for furs in the Yellowstone river region, and had one fight with the Black Feet Indians. He returned to St. Louis in 1847, and from there went up the Mississippi to St. Paul, and located the same year at Stillwater, Min- nesota. He followed the Mississippi river twenty- eight years as pilot between St. Paul and St. Louis, and in 1875 went to Grand Forks, North Dakota, and spent five seasons as pilot on the Red river, run- ning from Fargo to Winnipeg, and then to Fisher's Landing. He made some trips past Winnipeg to Ft. Ellis, and hauled the first load of lumber to Bran- don, Canada. In 1875 he located on the claim on which he has since lived, and since 1880 has engaged
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