History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 21

Author: Kingsbury, George Washington, 1837-; Smith, George Martin, 1847-1920
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1262

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Mr. Foglesong was married near Tulare on the 1st of November, 1906, to Miss Rose Marzahn, the adopted daughter of August and Mary Marzahn, now living near Tulare. Her own parents, Christ and Sophia Eichenberger are deceased and are buried in Redfield ceme- tery. Mr. and Mrs. Foglesong have become parents of two children: Mildred, yet at home; and Leland, who died in infancy.

Mr. Foglesong holds membership in the German Methodist Episcopal church, belongs also to the Masonic lodge and gives his political indorsement to the republican party. The principles which have governed his life are those which everywhere command respect and confidence. He has the goodwill of his fellow townsmen and their high regard. He is a typical American citizen, ready at all times to do his duty and actuated by that laudable ambition which is not only the basis of success but also the foundation for general advancement.

WALFRED F. CARLBERG.

Walfred F. Carlberg is recognized as one of the republican leaders of Roberts county and is also well known in business circles, condneting a sales agency for various antomo- biles. He was born at Spring Garden, Goodhue county, Minnesota, September 19, 1872, a son of Andrew and Maria (Olson) Carlberg, both of whom were natives of Sweden, in which country they were reared and married. After crossing the Atlantic to the new world they settled in Minnesota, where the father engaged in farming, residing for several years in Goodhue county. In 1877 he removed to Bigstone county, where he homesteaded, becoming one of the first settlers of that locality. He contributed in large measure to its development and aided in laying broad and deep the foundation upon which has been built its present prosperity. In politics he was always an earnest and active republican. He belonged to the Lutheran church, took a very active interest in the church work and was leader of the singing for a number of years. To him and his wife were born eight children, five of whom are yet living: Charlie, a resident farmer of Bigstone county, Minnesota; Mary, the wife of Louis Harrison, a retired farmer living in Clinton, Minne- sota; Anna, the wife of Swan Erickson, a farmer living near Clinton; Albert, who is engaged in the land and insurance business at Grassrange, Montana; and Walfred F., of this review.

The last named was a little lad of five summers at the time of the removal of the family to Bigstone county, where he pursued bis education in the country schools. He worked on a farm until 1892 and then went to Clinton, Minnesota, where he learned the blacksmith's trade, which he there followed until 1897. That year witnessed his arrival in Sisseton, where he conducted a blacksmith shop for four years. He did general black- smithing and enjoyed a large patronage. The industry which he displayed and his honor- able methods were the features which won him a substantial business and brought to him a gratifying financial return. He extended his interests to include an implement business, which he carried on in connection with blacksmithing until 1901, when he sold his shop and turned his attention to the general hardware trade, being in partnership with his brother, A. B. Carlberg. In 1905 the brothers sold their hardware stock, and our subject purchased his brother's interest and concentrated his efforts upon the implement business. At the present time, however, he is engaged in the automobile business, conducting a sales agency, handling the Ford and Reo cars. Success in large measure is attending bis efforts. and already this year he has sold more than one hundred cars.

In 1892 Mr. Carlberg was united in marriage to Miss Henrietta Goebel, who was born in Minnesota, a daughter of Henry Goebel, one of the early settlers of that state. Her

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father engaged in merchandising in several towns in Minnesota and in South Dakota, and is now a resident of St. Paul. To Mr. and Mrs. Carlberg has been born a son, Kenneth, thirteen years of age.

In addition to his home property and his business in Sisseton, Mr. Carlberg owns a good farm in Roberts county. He and his wife hold membership in the Presbyterian church and are people of the highest respectability and worth. Fraternally he is connected with the Knights of Pythias and has served as vice chancellor in his lodge for several years. In politics he is an active republican, interested in the success of the party, and is now serving as chairman of the central county committee. He has also been school treasurer and his aid and cooperation can be counted upon to further any plan or measure for the publie good along the lines of steady development. He possesses the enterprise which has heen the dominant spirit in the upbuilding of the northwest, and the success which has attended him in his business career shows that his efforts have been put forth along pro- gressive lines.

L. T. TVEDT.

L. T. Tvedt, one of the venerable citizens and retired agriculturists of Taopi township, has been a resident of this state for more than three decades and is the owner of a valuable farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Minnehaha county and forty acres in Brown county. His birth occurred in Norway on the 1st of April, 1834, his parents being T. L. and Anna Tvedt, hoth of whom are deceased. The father devoted his attention to farming and stock- raising throughout his active business career.

L. T. Tvedt acquired his education in the schools of his native land and after putting aside his textbooks started out as an agriculturist on his own account. In 1856, when a young man of twenty-two, he wedded Miss Mary Wiflen, of Norway, and they have five living children. The family emigrated to the United States in 1882, locating in Iowa, where they remained for one year. In 1883 they came to South Dakota and during the first two years of their residence in this state lived with a sister of Mr. Tvedt. Subsequently our subject purchased the farm of one hundred and sixty acres in Taopi township on which he has resided continuously since and in the operation of which he has won a gratifying and well merited measure of prosperity. The property is splendidly equipped in every particular, modern machinery facilitates the work of the fields and the place has been brought to a high state of cultivation and improvement. Mr. Tvedt has twenty head of cattle and sixty head of hogs. He also owns a tract of forty acres in Brown county but is no longer engaged in agricultural pursuits, leaving the active work of the fields to his son, William L.

Mr. Tvedt gives his political allegiance to the republican party, while his religious faith is that of the Lutheran church. He is fond of fishing and derives therefrom both recreation and pleasure. He has never regretted his determination to establish his home in the new world, for here he has won a comfortable competence and the high esteem of the people of his community. Mr. Tvedt has now passed the eighty-first milestone on life's journey and can look back upon an active, honorable and useful career.

M. L. TOBIN.

In the spring of 1883, M. L. Tobin established a blacksmith shop in Huron which he has conducted continuously throughout the intervening three decades, now owning the finest shop of the kind in South Dakota. He has also been prominent in public life and served as a member of the state senate from 1907 until 1909. His birth occurred in Massachusetts on the 22d of January, 1857, his parents being Patrick and Katherine (Morrisey) Tohin, of that state. In 1858 they removed to Janesville, Wisconsin, and there spent the remainder of their lives.

M. L. Tobin attended the public schools in the acquirement of an education and subse-

M. L. TOBIN

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quently learned the blacksmith's trade. In the spring of 1883, in association with Frank Wilson of Janesville, he came to Huron, South Dakota, and opened a blacksmith shop, which he has carried on continuously since. with the exception of but one day. His shop was destroyed by fire on the 21st of Jannary, 1903, but he immediately secured other quarters. In the early days he manufactured wagons and buggies. Mr. Tobin's shop is well equipped in every particular, having electric light and power and the most modern machinery. It is, in fact, one of the hest establishments of the kind in the entire state, and in its conduct our subject has won a gratifying and well merited measure of prosperity. He is a director of the machinery department of the state board of agriculture, being appointed hy Governor Vessey and reappointed under Governor Byrne on the 20th of March, 1913, and also has charge of machinery and acts as superintendent of grounds for the State Fair Association.

In 1883 Mr. Tobin was united in marriage to Miss Emma Higgins, of Janesville, Wis- consin, hy whom he has two children, Florence and Floyd J. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has ably served as a member of the town council for many years, while he has also been one of the commissioners of Huron. He was likewise honored by election to the state senate and remained an active and valued member of that legis- lative body from 1907 until 1913, having in the meantime been reelected. Mr. Tobin belongs to the Knights of Columbus, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Modern Woodmen of America, the Ancient Order of United Workmen and the Royal Americans, and with his family attends the Catholic church. He enjoys the respect and confidence of all with whom he has had transactions and has achieved creditable success in the development of his busi- ness, which annually nets him a comfortable income.

HIRAM H. MILLARD.

Hiram H. Millard is filling the position of postmaster at Summit. He was born in Pennsylvania, August 29, 1849, a son of Harvey and Nancy (Courtright) Millard, both of whom were natives of the Empire state, the former born in 1817 and the latter in 1820. In childhood they removed with their respective parents to Pennsylvania and were reared and married in that state. In their family were four children, three of whom survive, namely: Andrew, who follows farming in Nebraska; Arad, a veterinary surgeon of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; and Hiram H., of this review. The death of the father occurred in 1908, while the mother passed away in 1910, dying in the faith of the Presbyterian church, of which she had long been a devoted member. In his political views Mr. Millard was a democrat and filled some minor political offices. At an early day, before the war, he had removed with his family to Wisconsin and there he continued in the practice of veterinary surgery, which he made his life work. He was very successful, being accorded a large practice, and thus he provided a comfortable living for his family. He was a son of Ora Millard, a native of New York, as was the maternal grandfather, Joseph Courtright, who served as a soldier in the War of 1812 and was afterward granted a pension hy the government.

Following the removal of the family to Wisconsin, Hiram H. Millard acquired his edu- cation in the schools of that state and in early life he learned the carpenter's trade, which he followed for several years, becoming a contractor. On leaving Wisconsin he went to Iowa, where he engaged in carpentering for fourteen years and on the expiration of that period he came to South Dakota, settling in Summit in 1898. He then took up a claim in Roberts county and is still the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of land which he developed and improved, making his home thereon for ten years. At the end of that time he established his residence in Summit, in April, 1908, and in the intervening period he has erected several houses in the town, thus contributing to its material development.

In 1875 Mr. Millard was united in marriage to Miss Hattie E. O'Dell, a native of New York and a daughter of Joseph O'Dell, who was an early settler of Wisconsin and subse- quently became an agriculturist of South Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Millard have two sons: Frank, who is a railroad man residing in Council Bluffs, Iowa; and Robert, who works for the street car company in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.

Mr. Millard has always been active in politics and has firm faith in the principles of the democratic party. He has held some township offices and on the 16th of December,

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1914, he was appointed by President Wilson to the position of postmaster at Summit, in which capacity he is now serving. He belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Modern Woodmen of America and his religious faith is manifest in his membership in the Christian church. His fellow townsmen recognize in him a man of sterling worth whose motives will hear close investigation and serntiny and whose life has measured up to high standards. Although he started out a poor hoy, he has won a fair measure of success and at the same time has maintained an honorable name in all business relations.

HON. HENRY HEINTZ.

Hon. Henry Heintz, one of the leading and highly esteemed citizens of Brookings county, South Dakota, has there resided continuously for more than a third of a century and since 1901 has held the office of postmaster at Elkton. His birth occurred in Luxemburg on the 1st of October, 1848, his parents being George and Madaline (Lambarell) Heintz, both of whom there passed away. He was reared at home, acquired his education in the public schools and spent some years in travel through France. For about seven years he made his home in Paris but in 1871 crossed the Atlantic to the United States. In 1878 he came to South Dakota, locating in Brookings county and taking up a homestead near the present site of Elkton, which had not yet sprung into existence. He was obliged to make his filing on his homestead at Flandreau, and as there was still no railroad or other road of any kind, traveled by compass across the prairie. Mr. Heintz resided on his farm and carried on general agricultural pursuits continuously and successfully for about twenty-three years or until 1901, when he took up his ahode in Elkton in order to assume the dnties of postmaster, to which office he had previously been appointed under President William Mckinley. Subsequently he received appointments from Presidents Roosevelt and Taft and has held the position continuously since 1901, making a highly satisfactory and commendable record.

In 1890 Mr. Heintz was elected on the republican ticket to represent his district in the state legislature, in which he served during the session of 1890-91, faithfully and ably promoting the interests and welfare of his constituency. He is a wortby exemplar of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to Elkton Lodge, No. 57, A. F. & A. M., and is likewise a member of Elkton Lodge, No. 124, of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His life has been actnated by high principles and characterized by manly condnet and in the community where he has now lived for more than a third of a century he enjoys that warm personal friendship and kindly esteem which are always given in recognition of genuine worth in the individual.

LEWIS F. BARBER, V. S.

Dr. Lewis F. Barber, a successful veterinary surgeon of Tyndall, belongs to a family that has numerous representatives in this country. There are several branches of the family in America and, although an attempt has been made, it has been found impossible to trace them back to a common ancestor in the mother country. The branch to which Dr. Barber belongs is descended from John Barher, of Yorkshire, England, whose son, Robert, emigrated . to the colony of Delaware about 1687. His father, David W. Barber, was born in Penn- sylvania, April 2, 1837, a son of James W. Barber, who in 1847 removed with his family to Freeport, Illinois, purchasing a farm situated two miles north of the town. David W. Barber was reared in Illinois and was married in Freeport, on the 7th of November, 1862, to Miss Anna E. Crocker, a daughter of Luther E. and Everetta S. Crocker. By her mar- riage she became the mother of eight children: Mrs. Margaret Colgan, Mrs. Carrie A. Dun- woodie, Elizabeth, James W., Lewis F., Mrs. Nettie Berry, Edward S., Samuel and Joseph. In 1872 David W. Barber removed with his family to the old town of Bon Homme, South Dakota, and there opened a general store which he conducted for a period of five years. He subsequently entered a claim six miles southeast of Tyndall and lived thereon for three

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years, perfecting his title to the land. In 1883 he went to Tyndall and opened a general store, continuing in this business until 1894. At that time he returned to his farm, on which he resided until 1905, when he went to De Funiak county, Florida. However, he remained there only two years, after which he returned to Tyndall, much preferring this state as a place of residence to the peninsular state. He has filled many positions of trust and responsibility with honor, having been postmaster of old Bon Homme for seven years, and having also served as county treasurer, judge of the probate court and justice of the peace.

Lewis F. Barher was the second son born to his parents and is a native of Bon Homme county, his birth having occurred at the old town of Bon Homme, September 2, 1872, a few months after the family migrated from Illinois to South Dakota. He grew to manhood in his native county and bore his share of responsibility for the cultivation of the farm. He also assisted his father in the general store which the latter owned. In 1900 he began a three years' course in the Chicago Veterinary College and was duly graduated from that institution in 1903. He immediately located in Tyndall for the practice of his profession, forming a partnership with H. O. Sanford, the firm being known as Sanford & Barber. This association was maintained to the mutual profit of the partners until 1907, when Dr. Barber bought out Mr. Sanford. The following year his elder brother, having in the meantime completed the course in the same college, was admitted to partnership, the firm being now known as Barber Brothers. They are thoroughly prepared for the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery and are proving very successful in their professional work. Their hospital is well appointed and has proved of great value to the stockraisers of the county.

Dr. Barber was married September 12, 1902, to Miss Lucile Cooley, a daughter of J. P. Cooley, who was a well known banker and stockman of Bon Homme county, but is now deceased. Dr. and Mrs. Barber have a daughter, Helen. The parents are members of the Congregational church and contribute to its support. Dr. Barber has a creditable military record, as he served for eighteen months in the Philippine Islands as a member of the First South Dakota Volunteer Infantry under Colonel Frost of Yankton. In one of the many skirmishes in which he was engaged, he sustained a wound, from the effects of which he has never fully recovered. Dr. Barber has proven himself a man of ability in his chosen pro- fession and as a private citizen has manifested those manly qualities of character which invariably win respect and honor. He is widely known throughout the county and all who have been brought in contact with him hold him in high esteem.

KARL T. AISENBREY.

Karl T. Aisenbrey, a resident of Alpena, occupying the position of cashier of the Bank of Alpena, was born in Hutchinson county, South Dakota, October 7, 1889, a son of Karl W. Aisenbrey, a native of Germany, who came to America in 1873. He was one of the pioneer residents of Hutchinson county, where his father, Andrew Aisenbrey, was one of the first to secure a homestead claim. For many years Karl Aisenbrey, Sr., was identified with agricul- tural pursuits but is now retired from active business and resides in Alpena. He married Johanna Bachmann and they became the parents of seven children.

Karl T. Aisenbrey, the fifth in order of birth, attended the public schools of his native county and afterward entered the Sioux Falls Business College, in which he completed the full course of study. He taught school for a year but afterward resumed the occupation to which he had heen reared, devoting three years to farming in Beadle county. In 1909 he purchased an interest in the Bank of Alpena and was appointed its cashier. He has the active management of the institution and is a member of its board of directors. He is a young man of good business ability who carefully watches over the interests of the institu- tion and wisely safeguards the depositors.

On the 26th of November, 1913, Mr. Aisenhrey was married to Miss Isadore McMillan, a daughter of W. Hodge and Medora (Kerns) McMillan, of Alpena. They have one child, Neda Bertha. Mr. Aisenbrey votes with the republican party where national issues and questions are involved but does not feel bound by party ties at local elections and casts his ballot according to the dictates of his judgment, basing his vote upon the capability of the

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candidates. He is a member of the Dutch Reformed church and he finds recreation in all healthful outdoor sports, particularly enjoying hunting and fishing trips. Already he has won recognition as one of the county's capable and progressive young business men and the course which he has thus far pursued argues well for the future.

E. F. BAKER.

E. F. Baker, a representative and substantial citizen of Minnehaha county, South Dakota, has for the past seventeen years held the important position of manager of the E. A. Brown Elevator & Grain Company at Garretson. His birth occurred in Prince Edward Island, Canada, on the 6th of April, 1862, his parents being Jesse and Jane (Leard) Baker, who were there born, reared and married. The father, an agriculturist by occupation, died in 1914, and the mother passed away there in December, 1907.

E. F. Baker was reared under the parental roof and acquired a limited education in the common schools. In 1884, when a young man of twenty-two years, he left home and came to South Dakota, locating at Valley Springs, where be worked as a carpenter for two summers, having served an apprenticeship at that trade in Prince Edward Island. Subse- quently he embarked in the butchering business at Beaver Creek, but his establishment was destroyed by fire in 1889 and for about three years afterward he was engaged in well drilling. On the expiration of that period he again turned his attention to the butchering business, conducting an enterprise of that character at Luverne, Minnesota, for two years. In 1898 he was placed in charge of E. A. Brown's grain business at Garretson, South Dakota, and in that capacity has ably served to the present time or for a period of seventeen years. In this connection he has manifested excellent business ability and sound judgment, his efforts contributing in no small degree to the continued growth and success of the concern which he represents.

In 1886 Mr. Baker was joined in wedlock to Miss Mary Rogers, a native of Prince Edward Island, by whom he had two children: Jessie Margaret, who died when sixteen years old; and Ethel May, who graduated from Yankton College in 1915. He gives his political allegiance to the republican party and in 1911 and 1912 served as mayor of Garret- son, while for eight years he was a member of the school board and served by appointment one year on the council. Fraternally he is identified with the Masons, belonging to Unity Lodge, No. 130, and his wife is a devoted member of the Presbyterian church. During the period of his residence in Garretson he has become widely and favorably known and he holds the esteem and confidence of all with whom business or official relations have brought him in contact.

GEORGE BUTTERFIELD SAMMONS.

George Butterfield Sammons was one of the pioneer merchants of Sioux Falls, the third in reality, arriving here in 1873. He passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. J. D. Russell, in that city, November 20, 1914. He. was born in Utica, New York, on the 24th of April, 1834, a son of Benjamin and Amanda (Butterfield) Sammons, the former of Scotch parentage.

George Butterfield Sammons received his education in the public schools and in a private academy and upon putting aside his textbooks found employment in a hardware store as bookkeeper. His business experience convinced him of the value of a thorough commercial training and he therefore entered a business college and prepared for the work of an expert accountant. He was next connected with a number of firms in Utica, New York. Subse- quently he removed to Illinois and later to Nashua, Iowa. He next went to Frankville, Iowa, where he engaged in business, but in 1871 he made his way to Minnehaha county, Dakota, and took up a homestead in the southeastern part of Benton township. He then returned to Iowa and did not locate in this state until 1873. As soon as be proved up on his claim he disposed of it and in 1873 embarked in the dry-goods and grocery business in Sioux Falls.

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History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 21

Author: Kingsbury, George Washington, 1837-; Smith, George Martin, 1847-1920 Publication date: 1915 Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1262

Author: Kingsbury, George Washington, 1837-; Smith, George Martin, 1847-1920
Publication date: 1915
Publisher: Chicago, Ill. : S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1262