Compendium history and biography of North Dakota; a history of early settlement, political history, and biography; reminiscences of pioneer life, Part 87

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Publication date: 1900
Publisher: Chicago, G.A.Ogle
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Our subject was born in Switzerland, March 30, 1854. He was raised in his native village in Grau- bunden county, and was a son of Lucy Haas, who was a farmer by occupation. His father came to America in 1866, and settled near Fountain City, Wisconsin, where our subject grew to manhood and received a common school education. He engaged in farming with his father in Wisconsin until he reached his twenty-seventh year, when in 1881, he went to Jamestown, North Dakota. He worked for others during the first summer, and in 1882 en- tered claim to government land near Spiritwood, on which farm he erected a claim shanty 6x8 feet. He worked in the town and on his farm and in 1883 he and Gaudenc Gasal built the Wisconsin House in Jamestown, and conducted the same in partnership two and a half years, when our subject purchased the business. The partnership also included farm- ing interests, and in the fall of 1885 they lost wheat, buildings and machinery to the amount of one thou- sand dollars by prairie fire. Mr. Haas conducted the hotel until the fall of 1893, and in 1891 suffered the loss of the barn belonging to the hotel by fire, and the following year he and his brother formed the firm of Haas Brothers & Company, and established a grocery, which at the end of six months was burned, causing a loss of one thousand dollars. Our subject rented the Wisconsin House and resided in Jamestown until 1897, and worked at the machine business. In the spring of that year he purchased six hundred and forty acres of land and began farming. He now has four hundred acres under cultivation, and is surrounded by the comforts of a country home. He engages in grain raising en- tirely, and has been successful.

Our subject was married, in 1886, to Miss Eliza- beth Kasper, who was born and raised in Switzer-

land. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Haas, as follows: Maggie, born in 1887, now de- ceased ; John L., born in 1888; Ida, born in 1889; Eddy, born in 1892; Verena, deceased, and George. Mr. Haas is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. He takes an active part in local affairs of a public nature and ever labors for the welfare of his adopted land. He has served as school director and is the present county commissioner. In political sentiment he is a Democrat.

ROBERT W. FARRAR, the well-known man- ager of the Wahpeton "Globe and North Dakota Presse," of Wahpeton, North Dakota, was born in the northern part of West Virginia, March 7, 1872, a son of Robert B. and Mattie E. (Thompson ) Farrar. On leaving his native state at the age of eleven years he came to what is now South Dakota, and lived here and in Minnesota until coming to North Dakota in 1881. During that time he learned the printer's trade, and for five years was employed in the office of the "Aberdeen News." He then purchased the "Ellendale Commercial," of Ellendale, North Da- kota, and conducted that paper for three years. On selling out he came to Wahpeton and accepted his present position. He is a young man of good busi- ness ability, and as a journalist is meeting with good success. Fraternally he is a member of the Inde- pendent Order of Odd Fellows. He was married in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in January, 1894, to Miss Louise Talcott, of Faulkton, that state, and to them have been born two children, Robert and Doris.

JOHN C. McGREGOR, one of the early settlers of Cass county, North Dakota, is well known as an agriculturist who is doing an extensive business. He is thorough, practical and industrious and has gained the highest regard of his associates. He developed a good farm in Empire township, sold it and pur- chased his present valuable tract of land-a quarter- section in Ayr township.

Our subject was born in Huron county, Ontario, Canada, May 30, 1855, and was a son of John and Mary (Mckenzie) McGregor. His parents were natives of Scotland, the father of Invernesshire, and the mother of Rosshire. They were farmers and the father died in Canada in 1890. The pater- nal grandfather, John McGregor, came to America with his family and located in Canada in 1844, and died there. Our subject has three brothers and three sisters, one brother, Dr. McGregor, of Fessen- den, Wells county, North Dakota, and one sister being in North Dakota.

Our subject was reared in Canada, and in 1877 entered the employ of the Canada Pacific Railroad Company, and in 1878 went to Wheatland, North Dakota, locating land on section 22 in Empire town- ship. He remained there a year and a half and then entered a homestead claim to land in section 8

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of the same township and lived in that township un- til 1899. He then spent one year in Minnesota, and has resided in Ayr township since that time. He owns a quarter-section of choice land, and operates one section annually with success.

Our subject was married, in 1886, to Isabella Aitchison, a native of Scotland, who came to the United States when fifteen years of age. Five chil- dren have been born to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. McGregor, as follows: Esther H., Mary K., Alexander W., John M., and Jessie I. Mr. Mc- Gregor assisted in the organization of Empire town- ship, and was one of its first settlers. He has filled all the township and school offices, and is a man of active public spirit, and deservedly popular with the people. He holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Modern Woodmen of Amer- ica and Ancient Order of United Workmen.

VINCENT L. STONE, deceased. This gentle- man passed many years in Grand Forks, North Da- kota, as an attorney, and became one of the leaders of his profession, and his demise was deeply mourned by the people as that of a personal friend and most worthy citizen. He was born at Mexico, Oswego county, New York, June 26, 1854.

The father of our subject, Samuel H. Stone, died in 1887, and the mother died in 1892.

Mr. Stone's early education was received at Mexico Academy; from there, in 1870, he entered Hamilton College, at Clinton, Oneida county, New York, graduating with honor in 1874. He ranked high in the rhetorical department of college work ; was especially strong as a debater, winning the first prize in the extemporaneous prize debate of his class held in its commencement week. He began the practice of law at his home, was early connected with important cases, and soon became favorably known by the bar of central New York. In 1881, with success in his profession already assured at home, he was so strongly attracted by the enterprise, vigor and life of the Northwest, that at the opening of the next year he went to Fargo, North Dakota, and identified his life interests with that center of what he considered a most promising field of growth and development.

Mr. Stone was married, October 11, 1883, to Fanny B. Sage, of Racine, Wisconsin. One child was born to this union, who lived but five months. Mr. Stone died at Los Angeles, California, Decen- ber 20, 1891. At a meeting of the bar at the time of his death, his record was reviewed by various speakers, and all were high in their praise of his life work and excellence of character.

JOSEPH MALLOUGH, deceased. This gen- tleman was associated with the farming interests of Howes township, Cass county, for many years prior to his demise, and was an exemplary citizen and in- dustrious and energetic man. He was one of the

first settlers of that township, and was widely known and held in highest esteem by all with whom he came in contact. His estate is now conducted by his widow and children, and the farm is pleasantly situated and well improved.

Mr. Mallough was born in county Tyrone, Ire- land, May 19, 1829, and was a son of Benjamin Elinor ( Hasty) Mallough, both of whom were na- tives of Ireland. His father was a linen weaver and also followed farming, and emigrated to Canada about 1839, where he remained until his death. Our subject had one brother and two sisters, one sister, Sarah Kennett, residing in San Francisco, Califor- nia.

Mr. Mallough was reared and educated in Canada, and was a sailor on the great lakes in his early life for some years, and was captain of a vessel before leaving that work. He then began farming in Can- ada, which he followed there until 1881, and then went to Cass county, North Dakota, and entered a homestead claim on section 14, in Howes township, and later removed his residence to section 12, where he resided until his deatlı. He was successful in his farming pursuits, and his property was care- fully managed, and the soil tilled to the best ad- vantage.

Mr. Mallough was married in Canada, in 1856, to Rebecca Shannon. Two children were born to this union, of whom one son is now living, Benjamin H., residing in Walburg township, Cass county, North Dakota. Mr. Mallough married Christina Smith, a native of Scotland, in 1865. Mrs. Mal- lough came to America in 1848 at the age of ten years, and resided in Canada. Eight children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Mallough, named as follows: Mary J., now Mrs. M. Morris ; Elinor, John, Mal- colm S., David M., Annie L., George W. and Janus WV. Mr. Mallough died in North Dakota in 1893, leaving his wife and children to mourn for him. He was prominent in public affairs of his township, and had filled numerous offices in the town and school boards. He was a member of the Masonic frater- nity, and in political sentiment was a Democrat.

HALVOR J. RINDY. With no other resources than those which nature bestowed upon him, this gentleman began his life work, and his present com- fortable circumstances are the pleasing result of his capacity for well-directed labor and his persistent efforts. He is now the owner of a fine farm in Primrose township, Steel county, and his home is on section 24, where he has added a complete set of farm buildings, and enjoys rural life. His farm is supplied with an abundance of water by the south and is admirably adapted to general farming, in fork of the Goose river running through the place, which he is engaged.

Our subject was born in Tellemarken, Norway, November 25, 1858, and was the second in a family of seven children, born to John and Susana ( Nel- son ) Rindy. His father died in 1866, and the

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mother now resides with our subject. The family left Christiania, Norway, in a sailing craft, in May, 1866, and after a voyage of fourteen weeks arrived at Quebec, Canada. Dane county, Wisconsin, was their objective point, and after their arrival there the father purchased a farm of eighty acres, but his death occurred soon afterward and the family was left without support. Each of the children then was forced to lend their aid toward the livelihood, and our subject began at the age of twelve years to support himself and add his mite to the support of his widowed mother. He went to Minnesota and worked a short time, and in the spring of 1879 went to Dakota and began work in Traill county, and also entered claim to the land on which he now resides. He worked for others and aso improved his own farm some, and in the fall of 1881 took a team and six head of cattle from Minnesota, and began farm- ing on his place. He built a 14x16-foot log house with mud shingles, and had a comfortable pioneer home, and the second year his cultivated acres in- creased from ten to twenty-four. He has added valuable improvements, including a commodious and substantial barn, erected in 1898, and has gath- ered around him the comforts and conveniences of modern farming. He breeds the short horn Dur- ham cattle, and keeps about twenty head of stock. Mr. Rindy was married in 1881 to Miss Maggie Bra- der. Thirteen children, seven of whom are living. have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Rindy, and bear the following names: John H .; Fredrick J., deceased ; Maria S., Fredrick N. ; Henry W., deceased ; Hilda M .. deceased : Hilda M .; Clara J., deceased ; Lilly A., William H., Clara; Tilda J., deceased ; and Os- car E., deceased. Mr. Rindy is a member of the Lutheran church, and is an exemplary citizen. He is the present township clerk, and has served in that capacity since the organization of the township. He was elected county commissioner for the third dis- trict in 1893, and has twice been re-elected to that office, and is now serving his third term. He is a stanch Republican in political faith, and is a member of the Republican county central committee.

HENRY K. PENNINGTON, of the firm of H. K. Pennington & Company, hardware merchants, of Milnor, Sargent county, is one of the well-known business men of that locality, and is possessed of ex- cellent business qualifications. He was born in Houlton, Aroostook county, Maine, March 5. 1857, and was the twelfth in a family of fourteen chil- dren born to William E. and Elizabeth I. (Slipp) Pennington.

When our subject was about one year of age his parents moved to the province of New Brunswick, and resided there thirteen years, when they returned to Houlton, Maine, and there our subject continued to reside with them until 1872. He attended the common schools and Houlton Academy, and in 1872 the family moved to Hudson, Wisconsin, after which our subject attended the high-school at Still-

water, Minnesota. He remained with his parents until 1877, and then engaged in farming in Minne- sota, and also operated a feed and flour store at Hudson, in company with his brother, Wel- lington Pennington. He continued in that busi- ness till the fall of 1879, when they disposed of the store and went to Fargo, North Da- kota, where our subject was employed as clerk in a grocery store for fifteen months, and then went to Minneapolis, where he spent two years, and then returned to Fargo, and was employed as clerk in a grocery house until May, 1885. He then went to Milnor, Sargent county, and engaged in the confec- tionery business in June of that year, and continued thus until 1890. Soon after disposing of the con- fectionery he engaged in the farm machinery busi- ness with Ole Hansen, and they contintied together until February, 1897, when the partnership was dis- solved, and Mr. Pennington purchased a half inter- est in the hardware business with John F. McNulty and Andrew Helgeson, and the business is now con- clucted under the firm name of H. K. Pennington & Company. They carry an extensive stock and en- joy their share of the patronage. Mr. Pennington owns four hundred and eighty acres of land in Sar- gent and Cass counties, and is counted among the substantial men of his community.

Our subject was married in Milnor, Sargent county, North Dakota, November 26, 1889, to Miss Mary Wolfe, a native of Nicollet county, Minnesota, and a daughter of the late George Wolfe, of that county. Mrs. Pennington organized the first Sun- day-school established in Sargent county, and taught the first Sunday-school class. Mr. Pennington is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows. He has held the office of school treasurer and township clerk, and is an ear- nest worker for the better interests of his commt- nity.

EASTON K. AUS. As a pioneer of Ransom county, and a prosperous farmer this gentleman de- serves special mention. He has aided in the devel- opment of that region, and his labors have always been given heartily and with a oneness of purpose commendable in every respect. He is proprietor of a fine estate in Preston township, and makes his home on section 6, where he has added modern im- provements, and perfected arrangements for en- joying the comforts of life.

Our subject was born in Filmore county, Min- nesota, April 2. 1861, and was the oldest in a family of eight children born to Knud and Ingeborg E. (Aus) Aus, who were natives of Norway.

Our subject went to Lisbon, Ransom county, in 1882, and worked in the Sheyenne valley for some time. He removed to the farm he now owns in 1891, and is now the possessor of one half-section of land. The farm and the improvements thereon rep- resent his labors in Dakota, and bespeak honest in- dustry and careful management. He has become in-

EASTON K. AUS AND WIFE.

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terested in stock raising in recent years, and is breed- ing to purify the short horn Durham strain, which he is confident is the best for Dakota. Good water is obtainable on the farm from a depth of one hun- dred and forty-two feet, and is abundant for domes- tic and farm use.

Our subject was married, in 1888, to Miss Ger- tie Randall. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Aus, as follows : Carl, Anna, Oscar, Emma, Edwin and an infant, Arthur. Mr. Aus is a mem- ber of the Lutheran church. From 1892-94 he served as county commissioner for the fourth dis- trict, is chairman of the township board, serving two terms, and has also served as treasurer, and in the organization and naming of the township he took an active part. He is a man of good education, having completed his studies at the Decorah Lut- theran College, and is a man of influence wherever he resides. He keeps pace with the times, and in all matters of a public nature takes an active interest. Politically he is a Republican and Prohibitionist. He is a thorough student of the questions of the day, and is strong in his convictions. A portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Aus is shown in connection with this sketch.

THOR T. BYE. A country must have some superior features and bright prospects for a gentle- man of the wide experience of Mr. Bye to locate therein and make it his home. He has spent some years in other climes, and is not even a native of this land, but he has chosen for his abiding place Richland county, North Dakota. Here he has a pleasant estate on section 22, in Ibsen township, consisting of three hundred and twenty acres, and on which he has added many improvements and sub- stantial buildings.

Mr. Bye was born in Norway, December 5, 1843. He followed farming in his native land until 1871, when he came to America. The stories of the won- derful physical resources of this country, of the op- portunities afforded honest industry to gain a foot- ing in business and society, attracted this young man, and he entered the field with many others of his countrymen, who are now found wielding the implements of the trades, opening up unsettled re- gions, and bringing the farm lands into high culti- vation. He located first in Minneapolis, where he remained five years, during which time he was en- gaged in the mercantile business, and later served as mail carrier, and afterwards was employed as a clerk in a store. He left the confinement of a busi- ness life and spent some five years in travel and in mining in the Black Hills country, and in 1882 went to Richland county, North Dakota, and settled in what is now Ibsen township, where he has since been a resident. He is now the possessor of three hundred and twenty acres of land, and the entire es- tate is under the best of cultivation, and shows with what care he conducts the business as regards every detail. He is thorough and practical, and has made

a success of the vocation which he has engaged in for over fifteen years. He was among the early set- tlers of that region, and has aided in its changes from a wild country to a fertile farming district, and his own estate is but the result of well-directed labor. He has erected such buildings as are needed to carry on the work in the most approved manner, and to look to the comfort of the family, and the garnering and shelter of the products, and has provided ample shelter for his stock.

Mr. Bye was married in Richland county, North Dakota, in the summer of 1885, to Miss Johanna Magnusson, a native of Norway. Mrs. Bye is an estimable lady, and is entitled to much credit for the share she has taken in the acquisition of the estate as the result of her words of cheer and counsel. Our subject is a gentleman who has ever taken an active interest in the affairs of his township, and has held various offices of trust. In the townhip of Dwight before the organization of the township of Ibsen he held various positions, and for the four years just passed he has served as county commissioner, his term of office expiring January 1, 1899. He has found his adopted land one in which a man who uses sound judgment and earnest effort will acquire not only a solid financial standing, but a place among the prominent men of his community. He is ac- corded the highest esteem by his fellow men, and his home is one of the pleasant places to be found in Richland county. He has wielded an influence for good that has been felt wherever he has made his residence, and he well deserves his success.

"THE MAYVILLE TRIBUNE," the pioneer weekly paper of Mayville, Traill county, was estab- lished in September, 1881, by Mr. McCormick, and soon afterward passed into the control of E. I. Smith, who sold it to the present proprietors, Larin Brothers, in May, 1891. The paper is an advocate of Republican principles, and has a wide and increas- ing circulation, and is ably managed and edited by the proprietors.

David Larin, senior partner of the firm of Larin Brothers, and the present efficient postmaster of Mayville, is a gentleman of good business qualifica- tions, and has made a success of his career. He was born in Montreal, Canada, May 31, 1869.

Mr. Larin's parents, Isaac and Louise (de Chat- lette) Larin, were of French descent, and the mother now presides over the home of our subject in May- ville.

Our subject was the oldest of a family of five children, and at the age of eighteen years was ap- prenticed to the printer's trade in Michigan, where he was removed with his parents when he was about eleven years old. He went with his mother to Lisbon and settled on a farm in 1882, and worked in the "Star" office, and resided in that town eight years, and then purchased the "Enterprise" in Shel- don, Ransom county, and was there one year, after which he went to his present location. The paper

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which he now owns jointly is enjoying prosperity and a fine new Cunston press, operated by a two and a half horse-power gasoline engine is one of the equipments of the plant. The office is supplied with new type, and no country office of the state has superior equipments for job printing, in which line they do a good business.

Mr. Larin was appointed postmaster of Mayville in August, 1898, and is efficient and popular as an officer. Since taking up his residence in that city he has taken an active part in public affairs, and is well known in county and state conventions, and is a gentleman of intelligence and true citizenship, and enjoys well merited success.

NICHOLAS HAVERTZ, deceased. For over twenty years prior to his demise this gentleman was identified with the farming interests of Eldred town- ship, Cass county, where he was one of the first set- tlers. He prospered in his calling and became the owner of a fine estate covering a half section, and placed upon it good improvements, and provided a comfortable home for his declining years.

Our subject was born in France, June 8, 1827. His parents were natives of France and passed their lives in their native land. Our subject was reared in France and followed shoemaking there until 1874. when he emigrated to the United States and located at Winona, Minnesota. He remained there five years, and in 1879 went to North Dakota, and set- tled on section 7, in Eldred township, Cass county, purchasing the land from the railroad company, and was the first settler of that section. He pur- chased a half section for one hundred and ninety dollars, and at the time of his death this tract was fully improved and well cultivated.

Our subject was married, in France, in 1853, to Annie Dephring. Four sons and two daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Havertz, as follows: Anton, Andrew, Lena, John, Maggie and Henry. All reside in Cass county, North Dakota. The mother died April 29, 1900. Mr. Havertz died August 11, 1899. He was well known as an early settler and held in high esteem by his many friends.

PEER HANSEN is an energetic and success- ful farmer residing on section 20, township 139, range 58. Barnes county, who from an humble be- ginning in life has accumulated a fine property. He not only commenced without means, but was obliged to battle with the elements of a foreign soil and the customs of a strange country, as he is of foreign birth and parentage. He was born on the Island of Fyen, Denmark, September 14. 1859, and is a son of Hans and Anna Olson, who are still living in that country. Throughout his active business life the father engaged in farming, but is now living retired.

Our subject attended school near his boyhood home and remained with his parents until fourteen

years of age, when he started out to make his own way in the world, his first employment being on one of the neighboring farms. He continued to work as a farm hand in that vicinity until he attained his majority, when he was enrolled as a soldier of the regular Danish army and served for seven months, after which he returned to farm work. In 1883 he emigrated to America and on the 19th of June, that year, landed in Valley City, Barnes county, North Dakota. After working on different farms in the vicinity of Valley City for a period of six years, he purchased his present place and has since engaged in agricultural pursuits on his own account with marked success, becoming the owner of an excellent farm of four hundred and forty acres.

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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 87

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