Compendium history and biography of North Dakota; a history of early settlement, political history, and biography; reminiscences of pioneer life, Part 68

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In 1880 Mr. Maresh was married, in Valley City, to Miss Mary Paddon, who was born in Wisconsin, in 1860, and they have become the parents of ten children. Mr. Maresh's life has been one of vast and varied experiences, as he has met with more hardships than usually fall to the lot of one man, yet he has come out of it all with success emblazoned upon his banner and to-day owns one of the best farms in the Sheyenne valley.

HENRY J. HELLEKSON, manager of the mercantile establishment of Ole H. Hellekson, at Fairmount, Richland countv. is a young man of marked business ability, as has been demonstrated in the success attendant on the above named gen- eral store. He is thorough and practical and has had extensive experience in handling financial af- fairs. He has won a high reputation among his associates in Richland county.

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Our subject was born in Iowa county, Wiscon- sin, March 11, 1871, and was reared in his native county, attending the common schools and later the normal school at Valparaiso, Indiana. He com- pleted his studies in 1891 and was then employed as clerk in a general store at Wheaton, Minnesota, for three years and was assistant cashier of the Citizens' Bank at Wheaton for about three years. He went to Fairmount, North Dakota, in the spring of 1896 and assumed the management of the store which he has since conducted. The firm carries a large stock of hardware, lumber, furniture, farm machinery and undertaking goods.

Our subject was married, at Wheaton, Minne- sota. April 30, 1893, to Miss Hulda M. Lundberg, a native of Sweden. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hellekson, named as follows: Irvin L. and Violet N. Mr. Hellekson is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Modern Woodmen of America. He is one of the rising young men of that locality and his honesty and business integrity are never questioned.

ERWARD M. DARROW, M. D. In com- parison of the relative value to mankind of the various professions and pursuits it is widely recog- nized that none is so important as the medical pro- fession. From the cradle to the grave human des- tiny is largely in the hands of the physician and the most successful of these is he, who through love of fellow men, gives his time and attention to the re- lief of human suffering. One of the ablest repre- sentatives of his noble calling is Dr. Edward M. Darrow, the pioneer physician and surgeon of Fargo and the Red river valley.

He was born in Winnebago county, Wisconsin, January 16, 1855, and is a son of Daniel C. and Isabelle ( Murray) Darrow, both natives of New York. The father, who was a farmer and contractor by occupation, went to Wisconsin when it was still a territory, and there spent the remainder of his life. He had two sons who took up the medical profession, the other being now a physician of Moorhead, Minnesota. The grandfather of our subject, Elezer Darrow, was also a native of New York, and was a son of Daniel Darrow, of Con- necticut, who served as a soldier in the Continental army during the Revolutionary war and died at the extreme old age of ninety-six years.

Mr. Darrow, of this review, was reared in his native county, where he attended school for some time and later was a student at the Oshkosh high school and the Lawrence University at Appleton, Wisconsin. In 1874, before leaving college, he began the study of medicine under Dr. Thomas Russell, of Oshkosh and the following year entered Rush Medical College of Chicago, from which he was graduated in 1878. He commenced practice at Fargo in the spring of that year and has prosc- cuted his profession here continuously since. He has visited the principal hospitals of England, Scot-

land, France and also of this country, where he ob- tained much valuable knowledge not to be gained in text books and he is constantly improving on his own and others' methods, being one of the most pro- gressive physicians of the state. In 1878 he started the first Cass county hospital, which is still in ex- istence, and he enjoys an excellent private practice. He was the first superintendent of the board of health of Dakota territory and issued the first li- cense to practice within its borders. He was also surgeon-general under Governor Burke; was coun- ty physician for years, and is still a member of the insanity board, with which he has been connected for some time.

In 1879 Dr. Darrow was united in marriage with Miss Clara Dillon, also a native of Wiscon- sin, and to them have been born five children : Mary H., Clara E., Kent E., Frank I. and Daniel C. Politically, the Doctor is an ardent Democrat and takes an active interest in the success of his party. He is one of the few thirty-third-degree Masons in this country, and also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, the State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. His entire life has been devoted to his profession and he has met with the most excellent success in practice, thereby gaining a reputation second to none in the state. His kindly and benevolent spirit is manifest by the readinees with which he responds to a call that comes from one from whom he knows he can receive no possible remuneration.

GEORGE F. PEABODY. The agricultural in- terests of township 147, range 66, in Foster county, have an excellent representative in the gentleman above named. His fine estate consists of four hun- dred and eighty acres, is well situated and thor- oughly improved and has been under careful tillage for several years. The buildings upon it include a substantial residence, barn, sheds, windmill and every other structure that will add to the con- venience of those engaged in the work on the place.

Our subject was born in Quebec, Canada, in 1862. His father, Samuel Peabody, was a iner- chant in Mansonville, Canada, and the family was of English descent. He was one of the pioneers of North Dakota in his later life and his death oc- curred there in 1898. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Laura Stone, was born and raised in Vermont.

Mr. Peabody was the eldest in a family of four children, three of whom were daughters, and was raised in Mansonville, Canada, and worked in his father's store. He went to North Dakota, in 1884, and located in Stutsman county, but soon afterward entered claim to land in Foster county. He spent the first two years in Pingrec, employed at farm labor, and in 1886 began farming in Foster county, on section 4, in township 147, range 66. He built a claim shanty (x10 feet and had no means with which to further his work and his two teams were

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three oxen and one horse, with which he farmed for three years, and had a sod barn for shelter of his stock. He entered claim to land as a pre-emption in 1886, and as a homestead in 1892 and has engaged principally in grain raising. His best crop was in 1891, but he could not get it threshed until the fol- lowing spring and the profit of the crop was lost. He keeps eleven horses and about thirty-six head of cattle and has met with success as a general farmer. He and his father were associated together in their farming and together passed through pio- neer experiences and the partnership was continued until the father's death in 1898.

Our subject was married, in 1897, to Miss Nellie Gilman, who was born and raised in Belvidere, Illi- nois. Mrs. Peabody is a lady of rare attainments and was a teacher in the primary department of the public schools of Belvidere for nine years. Her father, Colonel Gilman, was deputy marshal in Chi- cago and later was one of the pioneer settlers of North Dakota. He and our subject's father were cousins. Mr. Peabody is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Knights of Pythias, Knights of the Maccabees and Woodmen of the World. He is a man of progressive ideas and takes an active interest in the welfare of his community and is deservedly held in high esteem. Politically, he is a Democrat.

FRANK E. CRAFTS. A prominent position as a citizen and a member of the farming community of Fairmount township, Richland county, is held by the gentleman above named. He is one of the pioneer settlers of North Dakota and is successfully engaged in farming on section 8, of Fairmount town- ship.

Our subject was born in Grass Lake, Jackson county, Michigan, April 18, 1857, and was the third in a family of four children born to Edward K. and Lucina (Spaulding) Crafts, a sketch of whom ap- pears elsewhere in this work. He was reared on his father's farm and received a common-school ed- ucation and also attended the Agricultural College, at Lansing, Michigan. When ten years of age he moved with his parents to Hartford, Van Buren county, Michigan, where he grew to manhood and resided unil 1879, when he went to Richland county, North Dakota, with his father. He entered a home- stead claim to one hundred and sixty acres in Fair- mount township, and on that estate has erected a complete set of good farm buildings and is sur- rounded by all the adjuncts of modern farming. He has added to his possessions and is now the owner of three hundred and twenty acres of land.

Our subject was married in Jackson county, Michigan, January 1, 1884, to Miss Arrah Bella Griffin, a daughter of Joshua and Julia Griffin. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Crafts, as follows : Clarence G., Harold E., Julia B. and Lucina L. Mr. Crafts takes an active interest in local affairs and has served as a member of the

board of supervisors, township clerk and a member of the school board. He is a prominent member of the Baptist church and has been superintendent of the Sunday school for many years. He also holds membership in the Modern Woodmen of America.

EDWARD K. CRAFTS, a pioneer settler of Fair- mount township, Richland county, is one of the successful farmers of that region. He is a native of Middleton, Addison county, Vermont, and was born May 22, 1823. He moved with his parents to Washtenaw county, Michigan, when eight years of age and there grew to manhood. He was en- gaged in farming and resided in Washtenaw county until twenty-four years of age and then settled in Jackson county, Michigan, where he purchased land and engaged in farming many years, later moving to Van Buren county and located near Hartford. He, continued to reside there until the fall of 1879, when he disposed of his interests in Michigan and went to North Dakota. He located on section 18, in Fairmount township, Richland county, and has since been a resident of the farm where he originally located. He has erected substantial farm build- ings and otherwise improved the estate and is now the owner of one half-section of land.

Our subject was married in Washtenaw county, Michigan, to Miss Lucina Spaulding, a native of Shoreham, Vermont. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Crafts, named as follows: Wilbur I., Eva A., Frank E., a sketch of whose life ap- pears, and Walter A. Mr. and Mrs. Cafts are mem- bers of the Baptist church and are highly esteemed throughout Richland county.

CHRISTIAN E. LARSON, one of the leading farmers of Sheridan township, La Moure county, is a pioneer settler of that region. He went to Da- kota as a young man and his determination to suc- ceed, supplemented by his energetic efforts and honest purposes, has placed him among the fore- most in his calling and he now enjoys a comfortable competence. His home is on section 32, and he has added every comfort to modern farming.

Our subject was born on a farm in Green coun- ty, Wisconsin, January 10, 1859, and was the fourth in a family of eleven children, seven sons and four daughters, born to Erick and Amanda (Evans) Larson. His father was born in Norway and came to Wisconsin in the early days of that state. He was regarded as a man of excellent business quali- fications and during the Civil war he went to Cali- fornia to prospect for gold, where he was taken ill and compelled to return home, from which illness he never fully recovered and died in 1877, in which year the mother also died.

Our subject remained at home and assisted on the farm until 1882, and in the spring of that year went to La Moure county. North Dakota, and filed claim to the northeast quarter of section 32 .in Sheri- dan township, and which is his present home farm. He possesses five hundred and sixty acres of land

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and has met with unbounded success in general farming. For the first few years he and his brother, Martin, were in company in their business, but in 1888 the partnership was dissolved by mutual con- sent, since which time our subject's interests have been alone.

Mr. Larson was married, in December, 1889, to Miss Helen Schmoker, a native of Buffalo county. Wisconsin, who was born August 27, 1870. Mrs. Larson is a daughter of Paul and Rose (Steele) Schmoker, who now make their home with Mr. and Mrs. Larson. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Larson, all of whom were born on the homestead farm in Sheridan township .. They bear the following names: Amanda, Erwin and Myrtle. Mr. Larson has held numerous township offices and at all times works for the better interests of his community. He is a Republican in political sentiments, but does not take an active part in po- litical movements. He is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America.

THOMAS KLEINOGEL. Probably no man has been more intimately associated with the business interests of North Dakota than the gentleman whose name heads our present article. He is the founder and present proprietor of the Northwestern Gro- cery Company and has met with unbounded success in his labors in Fargo, where he has spent the past ten years of his career.

Our subject was born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sep- tember 26, 1858, and was a son of Louis and Sarah (Dikeman) Kleinogel, the former a native of France and the latter of Pennsylvania. His father came to America in 1845 and soon afterward set- tled at Cleveland, where he was engaged in the lumber trade, owning several mills in Michigan. He was killed at Sand Lake, Michigan, in 1867. Three sons were born to this worthy couple, two of whom are now living, and one resides in Colo- rado.

Our subject was reared in Ohio until twelve years of age, when he went to Hanover, Germany, and attended school there till fifteen years of age, and then returned to America and attended school two years. He then accepted a position as reporter on the "Grand Rapids Times," in Michigan, and later as city editor and was connected with other papers in Chicago and Logansport, Indiana, four years. He then began work as a commercial trav- eler and followed that line twelve years and in 1890 went to North Dakota and located at Fargo, where he established the Northwestern Grocery Company, of which business he has been proprietor since. He also owns a wholesale grocery business in that city and has prospered and is one of the substantial men of that locality.

Our subject was married, in 1890, to Rosella Poquett, a native of Iowa. Mr. Kleinogel is a mem- ber of the Masonic fraternity in all its branches, is a thirty-third-degree member, past master of Shilo

Lodge and past high priest of Keystone Chapter. He is prominent in the Knights of Pythias order and is past chancellor of the lodge of Fargo and he is first senior councillor of Fargo Council of U. C. T. He is a stanch Democrat in political faith and was chosen chairman of the state central committee in 1896 and still serves as such.

DR. ROBERT D. CAMPBELL, physician and surgeon of Grand Forks, North Dakota, is one of the rising men of his profession in the Northwest. He is intelligent, practical and earnest in his work and has built up a lucrative and extensive practice in Grand Forks and vicinity and is a man of the high- est honor and respected by all with whom he has to do.

Our subject was born in Wellington, Ontario, Canada, January 8, 1867. His parents, Alexander and Margaret (McKinven) Campbell, were natives of Scotland and came to America about 1864 and still reside in Canada, where the father followed general merchandising. They were the parents of six children, four sons and two daughters. all of whom, with the exception of our subject, reside in Winnipeg.

Mr. Campbell was educated in Manitoba Univer- sity, graduating from that institution in 1888 with the degree of A. B. and he at once began the study of medicine in the same university and graduated in 1893 and the same year moved to Brainard, Min- nesota, where he was in the Northern Pacific Rail- road Hospital and remained one year and in 1894 came to Grand Forks and at once formed a partner- ship with Dr. Wheeler, which partnership still ex- ists. Dr. Campbell took a post-graduate course in the Chicago Post-Graduate College in 1896 and has. followed general practice and surgery. He is a member of the North Dakota State Medical So- ciety and has been secretary of the same for three years.

Our subject was married, in 1896, to Miss Jose- phine Swaine, a native of Wisconsin. Dr. Campbell is a member of the Masonic fraternity, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a skilled and conscientious prac- titioner and is deservedly popular with the people among whom he resides and labors.

CULBERT GILBERTSON, one of the most prominent men of Wolcott, is carrying on an ex- tensive mercantile business in that thriving town and is also the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of land in Richland county, which he operates. He began his business career with nothing except the tools which nature gave him and has risen by clint of his own efforts to a prominent place in the business interests of Richland county. He is an early settler of that region and is closely connected with the annals of Richland county.

Our subject was born in Norway, June 21, 1858 ..

CULBERT GILBERTSON.

MRS. CULBERT GILBERTSON.

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His father died in his native land in 1866 and our subject came to America with the mother and fam- ily in 1873. They located in Alamakee county, Iowa, on a farm there and our subject grew to man- hood, assisting with the farm work. He went to Dakota in May, 1879, and engaged in farming in Walcott township, following the same two years, after which he embarked in the mercantile and farming implement business. He carries a general stock of merchandise and conducts an extensive business in both that line and farming machinery. He owns and operates four hundred and eighty acres of land, located partly in Walcott and partly in Dwight townships, and has made a success of that branch of his labors.

Our subject was married, in Walcott township, March 29, 1882, to Miss Belle Grant, a native of Norway. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilbertson, as follows: Christine, Gustave. Ole, Adolph, Gunhild and Ida. Portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Gilbertson are shown on another page. Mr. Gilbertson has held the offices of school di- rector, school clerk and treasurer and takes an act- ive interst in educational affairs and all matters of a public nature. He is broad minded and energetic and every enterprise which tends to the public good meets with his hearty support. He is an active member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

P. MCHUGH WALKER, M. D. To an able practitioner and a young man who has rapidly risen to prominence in Dakota this review is devoted. Mr. Walker has been a resident of Ellendale a comparatively short time, but has already gained an enviable reputation and commands an extensive practice. He is well learned in his profession and is a close student and a conscientious practitioner.

Our subject was born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, May 19. 1876, and was the fourth in a family of nine children born to Andrew W. and Catherine Costello, both of whom were natives of Canada. His father was born in 1832 and the mother in 1844. They are now living in Grafton, North Dakota, where the father conducts the real estate and insurance business and is a successful business man and highly respected.

Our subject removed with his parents to Graf- ton, North Dakota, in 1882, when he was a child, and there received his early schooling, after which he entered the University of Notre Dame, at South Bend, Indiana, where he took a classical course two years and then attended the Lindsay, Ontario, Collegiate Institute, taking science. He then read medicine in the McGill Medical College, at Montreal, entering the school in 1893 and graduating with the class of 1898. He then made a trip to England for further research and traveled in England, Scot- land, Ireland and France and for a time was a student in the University of Edinburg and also spent some time engaged at the Guys Hospital in London. From abroad he returned to Montreal and there remained

about three months in the Victoria Hospital and then went to Dakota and after a short visit at his home located in Ellendale in the spring of 1898. He is associated with Dr. Merchant under the firm name of Merchant & Walker, and since establish- ing in Ellendale has steadily increased his practice.

Dr. Walker is a member of the Knights of Pythias and is popular with his associates. He en- joys the confidence of the people and his success is assured in Dakota.

VERNER R. LOVELL, one of the ablest law- yers practicing at the bar of Cass county, is now a member of the well-known firm of Benton, Lovell & Bradley, of Fargo, North Dakota. A native of Minnesota, he was born in Hastings, Dakota coun- ty, May 8, 1863, and is a son of Royal and Rosella (Elliott ) Lovell, natives of Vermont and New Hampshire, respectively. In their family were two sons, who are still living. As early as 1855 the father became a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota, and later made his home in Hastings, where he engaged in business as a grain dealer. The paternal grand- father of our subject was Captain Frink Lovell, of Connecticut.

The subject of this sketch obtained his education in the school of Iowa, in which state his parents are now living, and he was graduated from the University of Iowa in 1886. He came to Fargo the same year and here began the study of law, but completed his preparations for entering the legal profession at Moorhead, Minnesota. On his ad- mission to the bar, in 1888, he opened an office in Casselton, Cass county, North Dakota, forming a partnership with Hon. S. B. Bartlett and was successfully engaged in practice there until 1898, since which time he has been a member of the firm of Benton, Lovell & Bradley at Fargo. He gives his entire time and attention to practice and has met with well-deserved success in his chosen call- ing.

In 1894 Mr. Lovell married Miss Bertha F. Taylor, a native of Ohio, and they now have a little daughter, Lois Virginia. Since casting his first ballot he has been a firm supporter of the Dem- ocracy and has served on both the state and county central committees. During his residence in Cas- selton he filled the office of city attorney and also mayor for some years and has always taken a deep and commendable interest in public affairs. So- cially, he belongs to the Masonic fraternity, Benevo- lent and Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias.

JOHN HOFFMAN. Among the men who are gaining a good support by tilling the soil of Sum- mit township, Richland county, and incidentally laying aside a competence to tide them through their declining years, the gentleman whose name introduces this history is an able representative.

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He makes his home on section 28, and has erected substantial and commodious buildings and other- wise demonstrated the pleasing results of well-di- rected labor.

Our subject was born in Calumet county, Wis- consin, March 5. 1861. He was reared in his native county and assisted his father on his farm until abont twenty years of age, when he went to Dakota. He entered a homestead claim to one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 28 and has engaged in farming that tract since. His improvements are above the average in construction and design and modern machinery and methods are used to lessen the labors incident to farm life. He has added to his possessions from time to time and is now the fortunate possessor of four hundred and ninety acres of land and is engaged in general farming.

Our subject was married in Wahpeton, North Dakota, June 17, 1884, to Miss Anna Tryba, a native of Winona, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Hoff- man are the parents of four children, as follows: John, William, Paulina and Anna. The family are members of the St. John Catholic church of Wah- peton and are well known and highly respected.

ANDREW R. BERLAND. A prominent po- sition as a public-spirited citizen and prosperous farmer of Ransom county, North Dakota, is ac- corded this gentleman. He has been associated with the agricultural interests of that region from its earliest settlement and is proprietor of one of the best estates in the Sheyenne valley. He makes his home in Preston township and engages in gen- eral farming.

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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 68

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