History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 50

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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In April, 1904, Dr. Kellogg was married to Miss Pearl Mabel Cheney, of Ramona, South Dakota, and to them have been born four children, Lynn Edward, Ray Milton, Esther A., and Ruth Mabel. Dr. Kellogg is well known and popular in Masonic circles, belonging to the blue lodge at Madison; Cyrus Chapter, R. A. M., and he is also a Knight Templar and the Elks Lodge, No. 910, of Sioux Falls. He is a member of the Tau Alpha Epsilon, a Greek let- ter society, and he and his wife hold membership in the Seventh Day Adventists church. In politics he is a republican and is the present coroner of the county. Along more strictly professional lines his connection is with the National Eclectic Medical Society and the State Eclectic Medical Society. He stands today as one of the ablest and most successful physi- cians of Lake county. His knowledge of and familiarity with scientific principles is com- prehensive and exact; moreover, he is most careful in the diagnosis of his cases, and he adds to his professional training a ready sympathy which aids him in a quick understand- ing of the condition of those under his care. He closely observes the ethical standards of the profession and enjoys the full respect of colleagues and contemporaries.

HENRY B. ANDERSON.

South Dakota on the whole has been signally favored in the class of men who have occupied high public offices, in which connection mention should be made of Henry B. Ander- son, who served for two terms as state auditor, his second term expiring January 6, 1915. He had previously held various minor positions and in each had given evidence of his worth and capability so that his election to a still higher position followed as a natural sequence.

Mr. Anderson is a native of Sweden, born September 15, 1859, at Moheda and was a youth of twelve years when in October, 1871, he was brought to the United States by his parents Andrew and Sarah (Alander) Anderson. They were respected and prosperous farm- ing people in their native land, noted for honesty and piety, and they carefully reared their children to appreciate all that is high and ennobling in life. They settled in Jefferson county, Nebraska, and were agriculturists all their lives. Both are deceased.

After living in Jefferson county, Nebraska, from October, 1871, until the spring of 1883, Henry B. Anderson came to South Dakota and filed on a homestead in Davison county. His early education had been acquired in the common schools of Sweden and after coming to the new world he had attended the common schools in Nebraska, working nights and mornings for his board while pursuing his early education. His youth was largely a period of toil. He was employed as a farm hand in Nebraska until he came to this state, where he again followed the same occupation, but on his own account. until the fall of 1898. Energy. industry and enterprise characterized him in the control and management of his farm and brought him a fair measure of success. He is still the owner of a valuable farming property in Tobin township, Davison county, and has a fine home in Mitchell, South Dakota.

While in Davison county Mr. Anderson was elected county commissioner for the years 1899, 1900 and 1901. He was elected county auditor in 1898 and was reelected in 1901, while from the 1st of March, 1903, until the 1st of March, 1906, he served as deputy county auditor.

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He was then elected county auditor in 1906 and was reelected in 1908, serving until elected state auditor in 1910. The capability, faimness and promptness with which he discharged his official duties during his first term led to his reelection, and he served until January, 1915. In polities he is a stalwart republican but does not believe in the domination of a machine or political ring, feeling that as a public servant he should treat all people alike regardless of politics. Thus he has proven a most capable official and the excellent record which he has made has led to his frequent selection for office. On his retirement from office the office force presented him with a handsome seal ring. He had retained all of the former employes during his incumbeney and it is a pleasing memory to him that during the whole time not a dis- sension or unpleasantness occurred.

On the 12th of November, 1882, at Fairbury, Nebraska, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Ida C. Lindahl, a daughter of John P. and Anna Lindahl, a member of a worthy family of self-respecting and respected people. Her father died in 1908 but Mrs. Lindahl is living and resides most of the time with Mr. and Mrs. Anderson, being hale and hearty at the age of eighty-one years. The children of this marriage are: Hilda L., who became the wife of .Joseph Vermiiyea and died March 23, 1906, leaving a husband and little son, Kenneth; Annie E., who became the wife of Frank J. Walsh in December, 1905, and now has a son; Minnie E., the wife of Joseph B. Walsh, of Pipestone, Minnesota; Arthur A., who died June 3, 1914; Nor- man H .: Esther E .: Ethel M., who died February 10, 1915; and Carl E., who died May 1, 1914.

The family are members of the Methodist church and Mr. Anderson belongs also to Chanka Lodge, I. O. O. F., and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, both at Mitchell, South Dakota. He is truly a self-made man, having depended entirely upon his own labors and resources from an early age. Industry and enterprise have characterized him in every relation of life, and high and honorable purpose is the basic motive of his official career.

FREDERICK A. HURT.

Frederick A. Hurt, who is engaged in general merchandising at Chester, was born in Woodbury county, Iowa, on the 13th of June, 1874, his parents being James M. and Rosa Eveline Hurt, both of whom remained residents of the Hawkeye state until called to their final rest. The father was a farmer and upon the old homestead Frederick A. Hurt was reared. The country schools afforded him his educational opportunities and when his textbooks were put aside he gave his undivided attention to the work of the farm, assisting his father until twenty-two years of age. For three years he owned and published the Journal at Doon, Iowa.

In 1899 Mr. Hurt came to South Dakota and was employed by others for a time, after which he began farming on his own account. He was afterward in Jasper, where he was em- ployed in a printing office and as assistant postmaster for three years. He then went upon the road as a traveling salesman, representing a Waterloo, Iowa, concern in the sale of cream separators. In the fall of 1906 he came to Chester and for a year was employed on a news- paper. He then engaged in the painting business for one season and in July, 1908, bought the business of Mrs. G. A. Bush, a dealer in notions at Chester. The stock was then valued at only about one hundred dollars but has been increased until he today carries a stock worth nine thousand dollars and is doing a good business. He is progressive and wisely utilizes his opportunities and advantages. His sales have now reached a gratifying annual figure and the business is a growing one. Mr. Hurt is also a stockholder in the Farmers State Bank and in the Sioux Falls Casualty Company.

In 1902 Mr. Hurt was united in marriage to Miss Luella A. Loffswold, a daughter of Edmund A. Loffswold, of Iowa. To them have been born the following children: Kenneth D., who is deceased : Frederick D .; Russell James; Genevieve Malvina, who has also passed away ; and CeDella Virginia.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Methodist church and of its teachings they are loyal adherents. His political allegiance is given the democratic party but without desire for office, his interest being that of a public-spirited citizen. He belongs to the Modern Woodmen, the Modern Brotherhood of America, Brotherhood of American Yoemen, and the Knights of Pythias, associated with the local lodges of Chester, and he also belongs to Sioux

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Falls Lodge, No. 262, B. P. O. E. In 1914 he was chancellor commander of the Knights of Pythias; venerable consul of the Modern Woodmen of America; and president of the Modern Brotherhood of America; and in 1915 was a delegate to the grand lodge of Knights of Pythias which convened at Aberdeen. He is secretary of the Commercial Club and an active factor in the work of that organization. He enjoys hunting and fishing and is a member of the Chester Outing Club. He is justly accounted one of the leading and progressive young business men of his locality who loses no opportunity to further the interests of South Dakota or make its advantages known.

JOHN W. LACKEY.

John W. Lackey, who devotes his attention to the pursuits of general farming and stock- raising with excellent success, is the owner of a fine farm of two hundred and ten acres on section 12, Wayne township, Minnehaha county. His birth occurred in Carlisle, Cumber- land county, Pennsylvania, on the 9th of May, 1867, his parents being John and Margaret Lackey, both of whom are deceased. The father followed farming throughout his active business career.

John W. Lackey attended the common sehools of his native state in the acquirement of an education and when not busy with his textbooks assisted his father in the work of the home farm, also continuing his labors thereon when he had completed his studies. At the age of eighteen he left the parental roof and made his way to Battle Creek, Iowa, where he was employed as a farm hand by a brother for two years. When twenty years of age he purchased two horses and a cultivator and started out as an agriculturist on his own account, operating a rented farm in Iowa for twelve years. The year 1900 witnessed his arrival in South Dakota. He had previously purchased a quarter section of land in Nebraska but disposed of this property and bought two hundred and ten acres on section 12, Wayne town- ship, Minnehaha county, which he has cultivated continuously and successfully since. He makes a specialty of full blooded cattle, having sixty head at the present time, and has raised most of the stock on his farm. His horses are of excellent breed and he also feeds one hundred and fifty head of hogs annually. The breeding of fancy stock affords him recreation as well as profit. His attractive farm is modernly equipped in every particular and in its operation he utilizes the latest and most effective methods. He has won a gratify- ing degree of prosperity during the period of his residence in this state and may be num- bered among its representative and progressive citizens.

On the 24th of November, 1897, Mr. Lackey was united in marriage to Miss Anna Wirth, a daughter of Jacob Wirth and a lady of German extraction. They have a son, Harold, who is eleven years of age. Mr. Lackey gives his political allegiance to the republican party and has ably served as clerk of the school board for a period of ten years. His religious faith is that of the Presbyterian church. The course which he has followed throughout the period of his residence in Minnehaha county and South Dakota commends him to the confidence and goodwill of all and he has an extensive and representative circle of friends.

GUSTAVE A. S. ARNESON.

A practitioner at the har of Hamlin county, Gustave A. S. Arneson is well and favorably known in this connection and has made for himself a creditable position during the thir- teen years in which he has been active along professional lines in this part of the state. He was born in Decorah, Iowa, on the 9th of March, 1868, a son of Amon and Julia (Wolden) Arneson, both of whom have now passed away. The father was for many years engaged in merchandising and he also held the office of sheriff of Winneshiek county.

Gustave A. S. Arneson, one of a family of eight children, spent his youthful days in his parents' home and when he had passed through consecutive grades in the public schools he entered the high school. Still later he became a student in the Decoral Institute, trom which he was graduated with the class of 1888. For two years he followed teaching in Iowa.

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Deciding to come to South Dakota, he accordingly arrived in Bryant, Hamlin county, in August, 1890, and there followed mercantile pursuits for several years. In 1898 he was elected clerk of the courts for Hamlin county, was twice reelected and occupied that posi- tion for six years. During this time he resolved to follow a professional career and made choice of the practice of law. While serving as clerk of the court he became a student in the law offices of Judge Bennett and Aubrey Lawrence, formerly states attorney, and after carefully mastering many of the principles of jurisprudence he successfully passed the examination that secured his admission to the bar in April, 1902.

On the expiration of his last term as clerk of the court Mr. Arneson returned to Bryant and entered upon the practice of his chosen profession, remaining there continuously since. He soon proved his ability to successfully cope with intricate and involved legal problems, to unravel a legal tangle and to present his cause with clearness and force that seldom fail to win the verdict desired. The court records are evidence of his success, and his ability is further demonstrated in the fact that in 1912 he was chosen to the office of county judge by popular suffrage and was reelected in 1914.

Mr. Arneson was united in marriage to Miss Bertha Braaten, a daughter of Harvey and Mary Braaten, who were pioneer settlers of Hamlin county, South Dakota, but later removed to Saskatchewan, Canada, where they now reside. To Mr. and Mrs. Arneson have been born six children: Mabel G. and Agnes H., who are now teaching in the district schools; Ralph W .; Dora E .; William R .; and Harlan A.

The family attend the Lutheran church, of which the parents are members, and Mr. Arneson also holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. His political views are in accord with the principles of the republican party and upon that ticket he was elected county auditor for four terms. He also served as city attorney for two years and was reap- pointed to the latter position in 1915, being the present incumbent. He enjoys a ride through the country in his motor car and also likes to spend a leisure hour as a disciple of Izaak Walton, but his time and attention are chiefly concentrated upon his professional duties and since being elected to the bench he has made an excellent record, his decisions being strictly fair and impartial, so that his excellent work during his first term led to his reelection to the office.

ARTHUR E. LABRIE.

Arthur E. Labrie, residing at Turton, cultivates several hundred acres of land. He is a native of Kankakee, Illinois, born November 2, 1859, a son of Marcel and Constance (Lemeaux) Labrie. The father died in 1875 and was buried in St. Ann, Illinois. Eleven years later the mother was called to her reward and was laid to rest in Turton, South Dakota.

Arthur E. Labrie attended the schools of Kankakee until he was fourteen years of age and then gave his whole time to assisting his father with the work of the homestead. In 1883 he came to South Dakota with his mother and entered a claim from the government. He took up his residence on his homestead and began the cultivation of the land and the raising of stock. His labor was rewarded hy good crops from year to year and his excellent management enabled him to purchase more land from time to time but he has now disposed of all of his South Dakota farm land, retaining only some city property in Turton and land in Wisconsin.

Mr. Labrie was married in Turton in 1887 to Miss Victoria Lafort, a daughter of Will and Lyselle (Sorell) Lafort, both of whom are deceased and are buried in Kankakee county, Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Labrie were born four children: Edward, a clerk in Kansas City, Missouri; Pearl, the wife of J. R. Stout, a farmer of Idaho; Amelia, the wife of George Rahn, farming near Turton; and Leona, the wife of Jesse Fortin, proprietor of a restaurant in Turton. The wife and mother died in 1896 and her remains were interred in a cemetery at Turton. In January, 1899, Mr. Labrie was again married, Miss Angele St. Martin becom- ing his wife. Her father, Siever St. Martin, is residing in Bloomington, Minnesota, but her mother, who bore the maiden name of Angele Graseau, passed away December 18, 1902, and is buried in Minneapolis. By his second marriage Mr. Labrie has two children, Victor and Wesley.

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Mr. Labrie is a democrat in his political allegiance and has taken quite an active part in local politics. For twenty years he has served acceptably as county constable. He is a communicant of the Roman Catholic church and his religious faith is the force that deter- mines his daily life, which is in accordance with the teachings of Christianity. His integrity and rectitude are well known and his fellow citizens speak most highly of him.

OTTO YAGGIE.

Otto Yaggie is the owner of ahont one thousand acres of land in the southern part of the state. He makes his home on section 35, Mission Hill precinct, Yankton county, and has been identified with the territory and its development from pioneer times. He was born in the village of Burgaschi, Switzerland, on the 2d of June, 1873, and is a representative of one of the best known, most successful and prominent families of Yankton county. He has the thrift and energy characteristic of his Swiss ancestors.

His parents were Anton and Ida (Ackerman) Yaggie, who were born in a southern canton of Switzerland. The father died in that country in the fall of 1874, leaving four sons, Robert, Joseph, Otto and Jacob. The second named never came to America but went to Hungary, where he is in charge of a large cheese factory, having followed a pursuit for which his native country is famous throughout the world. In the fall of 1884 the widowed mother left her native land for America, sailing from Havre on the Germania and reaching New York city some time in November. She had an uncle living near Seymour, Jackson county, Indiana, and with him the family found refuge until coming to the west in the following spring. The mother, with her three boys, arrived in Yankton July 2, 1885, and at once they turned their attention to whatever they could find to do. For two and a half years they all worked on farms and in 1887 the mother rented the Solberger farm, now known as the Burgi farm, northeast of Yankton, and thus started the three hoys on a pros- perous career as independent farmers in the great and growing west. In 1887 Mrs. Yaggie's father, Joseph Ackerman, joined her and remained with them upon the farm while he lived, but his death occurred about 1888. The family occupied that farm until 1894, when they removed to the place now owned hy Otto Yaggie, having purchased the tract about one year before. The farm comprises a quarter section, from which three lines of railroad take twenty acres for right of way. In 1897 the brothers formed a partnership which continued for four years. At the end of that time Jacob removed to Mission Hill, while Robert and Otto con- tinned together upon the home place until 1907, during which time they purchased about four hundred acres of land. Each has since purchased one tract after another until they are substantial landowners, widely recognized as prosperous farmers in the community in which they make their home. Of the sons coming to America with their widowed mother, Robert is the eldest. Otto, the third in order of birth, and Jacob, the youngest, were aged but twelve and ten years respectively when the family first arrived in Dakota. After the dissolution of the partnership between the brothers Otto Yaggie purchased the home farm from his mother, who now makes her home in Yankton, and to this he has added from time to time until he now owns about sixteen hundred acres of rich and valuable land in this state, the Red River valley in Minnesota and in the west. His place of residence is one of the old farms of the county and the substantial brick house, around which good farm buildings cluster, was the refuge of many families for a fortnight or more during the never to he forgotten flood of April, 1881.

Mr. Yaggie was married on the 30th of October, 1906, to Miss Annie Zitzelsberger, a native of the village of Kupfam, Bavaria, and a daughter of Mathias and Theresa (Huber) Zitzelsberger. There were three children born to Mr. and Mrs. Yaggie, Ida Theresa, Anna Marie and Leo Lawrence. Mrs. Yaggie drew a claim in the Rosebud land opening which she proved up.

In politics Mr. Yaggie is a democrat and fraternally is connected with the Knights of Columbus, which fact indicates that his religious faith is that of the Catholic church. He has vivid recollections of the blizzard of January, 1888. His mother was away from home caring for a sick family, leaving Otto and his grandfather alone on the farm, for one brother was then in town and the other in school. The supply of wood became exhausted and Mr. Yaggie

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and his grandfather went to hed in order to keep from freezing. He had previously braved the storm in order to feed and water their cow and make her as comfortable as possible. He felt his way along the fence to and from the harn, thus returning to the house in safety. Mrs. Yaggie was at school that day and spent the night at the home of the teacher nearby. The teacher went home for dinner and on returning for the children found his face covered with ice. He started back with the seven children and, although the distance was very short. for an hour and a half he wandered around and around in the storm, during which time Mrs. Yaggie, who was then a little girl, became very tired. Several times they circled the house, as their tracks indicated the next day, before they could find the building, for the air was so thick with snow that they could not see a few feet ahead. In the spring of 1897 the Jim river flooded the bottoms and washed out all three of the railroad tracks. Otto Yaggie transferred the mail by hoat for the stages until the railroads were rebuilt. Those were never to be forgotten days and experiences, and the story of almost miraculous escapes on the part of many is scarcely matched by any tale of fiction. From pioneer times to the present Otto Yaggie has witnessed the changes which have occurred as the work of develop- ment has been carried steadily forward. Watching his opportunities to promote his inter- ests, he has steadily advanced along business lines and is today one of the most substantial farmers of the county.

WILLIAM E. EGE.

The growth and rapid development of western cities has been one of the wonders of the age. They have been established and promoted hy men who have brought with them a knowledge of all the conditions which have wronght for progress in the east and this knowledge has been applied in the upbuilding of cities which rival, if they do not ontstrip, their older neighbors. The progressive town of Centerville, in Turner county, has as one of its wide-awake and energetic citizens William E. Ege, who is the owner and manager of the opera house.

He was horn in Columbia county, Wisconsin, February 23, 1862, and is a descendant of Bernhard Ege, who with his four sons arrived in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from Wur- temburg, Germany, September 20, 1738. The sons established their families in Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey. Our subject is descended from the Pensylvania branch. He is a son of William S. and Eliza J. Ege, who is the year 1872 arrived with their family in South Dakota, settling three miles east of Centerville on a homestead claim which the father secured from the government and on which not a furrow had been turned or an improvement made when it came into his possession. He farmed this until 1877, when he opened a general store at the old town of Centerville. When the railroad was built through in 1883, necessitating the removal of the town to a point upon the line, he took up his ahode in the present town and was actively and prominently identified with the promotion of its interests from that period until his death. He was the first postmaster and the first presi- dent of the village board and in his death, which occurred in May, 1913, the community lost one of its valued citizens. He passed away in Los Angeles, California, as did his wife, who died on the 23d of December, 1908.

William E. Ege attended the public schools of Wisconsin but his educational privileges were somewhat limited and most of his life's lessons have been learned in the hard school of experience. He came with his parents to South Dakota and shared with the family in the trials and privations of life on the frontier. He remained with his father in the old town and afterward became his partner in business in Centerville. Eventually he sold the store and embarked in general merchandising, in which he continued for two years, when he dis- posed of his stock. Since that time he has dealt in real estate, handling city property, and he is thoroughly conversant with values in this part of South Dakota and knows what property is upon the market. He is also the owner and manager of the opera house of Cen- terville and in this connection has provided for the city many first-class entertainments. He huilt the first telephone exchange in Centerville in 1900 and conducted the same for eight years, when it was sold to a stock company.

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History of Dakota Territory, volume V, Part 50

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