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companion, the mother of his children, the youngest only two years old, passed on before to the great beyond, leaving husband and children lonely and desolate.
His happy genial disposition served him in these hours of sadness. Uncle Tom cheered up the best he could and kept his four boys in his bachelor home until 1903, when James and Thomas married and moved into their own homes.
James married Miss A. M. Brenneck, of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and Thomas Jr. married Miss Tena Titgen and left uncle Tom still batching, with the two younger sons, Jolın and George, until July 10, 1907, when death came and took the one that had always been depended upon to cheer in the hour of sadness. He was laid to rest in Hoven cemetery, leaving four sons to mourn their great loss, James at Carlyle, Thomas on his farm and John and George on the old homestead.
ELLEF LOKEN was born March 26, 1885, in Norway and emmigrated to the United States in 1872, and located in Wisconsin in July, 1873.
In 1879 he removed to Hancock county, Iowa, and in 1883 he moved to Faulk county, South Dakota. He now resides in Pulaski on his farm of 320 acres of valuable land; 150 acres under cultivation, with good farm buildings, and farm machinery, nine horses and twenty head of neat cat- tle.
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Mr. Loken married Miss Carrie Guttenburg, and to them have been born three children. She died in 1887 and a second marriage was contracted with Miss Ida Olson in 1889. To them has been born five children. Mr. Loken
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is one of the successful pioneers who experienced the hard- ships of the early settlers of this county and now enjoys the prosperity that has come to them in later years.
CORNELIUS HOGEBOOM was born in the state of New York in 1857 and with his parents came to the state of Wisconsin when about three years of age and to Faulk comunity in the spring of 1883, since which time he has been a continuous resident of the township of Hillsdale, Faulk county. On December 16th, 1877, he married Ermina Hammond at Limoncase, Wisconsin. To them have been born two children, William and Thomas P., both of whom are married, William H., to Miss Emma Findeis and Thom- as P., to Sadie Janes. William H., now resides in Hills- dale and Thomas P., in the town of Zell. .
To William H., and Emma (Findeis) Hogeboom two children have been born, viz: Clayton and Cornelius.
Mr. Hogeboom has not only experienced the hardships and privations of pioneer life, but his reward is that pros- perity which has come to so many of our Faulk county farmers. He is now one of our independent, retired farılı- ers, pleasantly located in the village of Rockhanı.
WILLIAM BYRNE, who is one of the representative farmers and stock growers of Faulk county, where he is the owner of a large and valuable stock ranch, is a native son of the great north-west, and has exemplified its pro- gressive spirit in a marked degree, gaining success through his well directed efforts in connection with the industral developments of South Dakota, where he has maintained his home for the past twenty-five years, so he is entitled to be counted among the pioneers of Faulk county.
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Mr. Byrne was born in Allamakee, county, Iowa, on the eighteenth of September, 1861, and is a son of Law- rence and Delia Byrne. William Byrne was raised on the homestead farm where he was born, and received his edu- cation in the excellent public schools of Iowa. He con- tinned to be associated in the management of the home- stead until 1882, when the property was sold and he then, with his mother and other members of the family, came to Dakota Territory. They passed the winter of that year in Turner county and the spring of 1883, came to the new county of Faulk, where each of the family entered claims on government land. The subject of this sketch took a preemption claim six miles east of Orient and one mile from the Miranda station, on the Chicago and North West- ern Railroad. Miranda is his postoffice address. He at once commenced the improvement, to which he has con- tinued to add until nearly one thousand acres are under in- provement, being devoted to the raising of wheat, oats, corn, barley and hay. He is giving his attention to the raising of high grade stock. His place has an excellent supply of pure water which may be secured at a depth of about sixteen feet upon any part of the ranch. Two years ago Mr. Byrne added to his valuable property by the erec- tion of a fine residence with all modern improvements. He has also a herd of fine horses. Politically he is in accord with the principles and policies of the republican party and fraternally identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Knights of the Maccabees.
On the 15th day of May, 1895, Mr. Byrne was married to Miss May Paul, who was born in Muscatine, Iowa, being a daughter of August Paul, who removed from that
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state to Dakota Territory in 1884, locating in Faulk county, where he remained until 1894, when he removed to the state of Virginia, where he resided for several vears, but is now a resident of Faulk county again. He is a native of Germany as is his wife, whose maiden name was Bertha Shulz. To Mr. and Mrs. Byrne have been born six child- ren, vìz: Paul, Raymond, Theodore, Leonard, John and Robert.
ELLSWORTH S. SECKNER, was born in New York, December 14, 1861. In 1865 his parents moved to Wis- consin and in 1878 they removed to the state of Iowa, and remained in that state until his removal to Dakota Terri- tory, in 1884. Mr. Seckner located near the county line. between Hand and Faulk counties and was counted as one. of the Ellisville settlement. There were hardships and privations without number, but amidst them all he never lost faith in Dakota. He now has 320 acres of as. fine land as can be found in central South Dakota and in addition is. renting three quarter sections. He has under fence three hundred acres. On his own land he has four fine wells of pure water, at a depth of 50 feet, with good farm buildings, forty head of neat stock, fourteen horses, and fifty sheep. Mr. Seckner has everything to satisfy the average Dakota citizen. In 1886 Mr. Seckner was united in marriage. with Chloe Miller from the state of New York, and enjoys. a happy home ..
HENRY CHAPMAN was born in England, July 3, 1842, and came to Canada in 1877, and to Faulk county- in 1887, locating in what is now the town of Wesley, where.
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he took a homestead, to which he has added three more quarter sections. In addition to this valuable farm prop- erty he has added valuable town property. When he came to Faulk county he was comparatively a poor man. In April, 1905, on account of better climatic conditions, he removed to California with abundance of this world's goods to meet all reasonable worldly demands.
WILLIAM H. McALLEN was born July 11, 1857, at West Chazy, New York. His first business engagement was with O. K. Wood & Co., as a traveling salesman, where he was actively engaged for eight years. In the meantime he had taken up his residence in Wisconsin, where he resided until 1883, when he removed to Faulk county, Territory of Dakota, where he located government land, and where he has since resided. In addition to carry- ing on his farm, Mr. McAllen has been engaged in selling farm machinery. 1
His farm embraces all of section 15, township 119, north of range 68, west. He has 360 acres under fence for pasture and the remaining 280 acres are under cultiva- tion. He has an extra good set of farm buildings, all nec- cessary farm machinery, sixty head of neat stock and nine- teen head of horses.
In July 1896, he was united in marriage to Miss Min- nie Matatty of Aberdeen, South Dakota. To them have been born five children, viz: Delia, Isabella, Viola, Frances, and Hubert.
AMON C. VOSS was born in Indiana June 8, 1858, and remained in that state until the year 1885, when
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he removed to Faulk county, South Dakota. On December 12, 1869, he married Miss Sarah F. Hawkins a native of Indiana. To them have been born six children, viz: Mary V., who in 1892 married Aaron Peck and resides in Canada, West; Lorenzo A., who is married and lives in this county; Chas. S., who is a resident of this county; Earl E., who resides in Bowman, North Dakota; Inez I., and Roy E., who are at home with their parents.
Mr. Voss has a farm of 480 acres, 200 acres under cultivation, good farmi buildings, all necessary farm ina- chinery, twenty head of horses and forty-five head of neat stock. His home is two and one-half miles from a railway station. After twenty-three years residence in this coun- ty, today he stands among the happy, satisfied, and con- tented Faulk county farmers ..
A. F. PAGEL is one of the worthy pioneer citizens; of Orient, having located there in 1883. He has had a large share of the hardships of pioneer life. He is now well established in a good paying business and counted among the reliable, prosperous, business men of that town ..
H. G. WEIDEMAN came to Orient in 1887, where he has had a continued residence up to the present time. Mr. Weideman is now in the employ of the Conway Bros. in their extensive merchandise business in that village.
ELVIN W. FORD was born May 30, 1857, in Fulton: county, Ohio. In the spring of 1883 he came to Faulk county, South Dakota, and located in what is now the town of Union, and exercised liis homestead right upon the land:
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he now lives upon; to this quarter section he has added two more. Upon his farm of 480 acres of valuable land Mr. Ford has seen all sides of Dakota life. First came failure of crops, disappointment, hardship and a struggle for ex- istence. The last and hardest was when his entire crop was destroyed by hail. Financially no progress was made for the first ten or twelve years. On June 2nd, 1884, he was married by Judge Hardy at LaFoon, to Miss Lunetta Smith, who was born in Hillsdale, Hillsdale county, Michi- gan.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford have the honor of being the first couple married in the newly organized county of Faulk, if not by the newly appointed judge. To them have been born four children, viz: Grace M., Hazel M., Glenn F., and Harold M. Mr. Ford has 160 acres of land under improve- ment. He has fifteen head of horses, thirty head of neat cattle, and ten hogs. His new house now completed, an illustration of which is to appear in this history is equal to the best in the county. Mr. Ford has served on the board of county commissioners and is an active member of the :school board.
EDWARD FORD. Near and almost adjoining this valuable home and farm is another beautiful farm home owned and occupied by Mr. Ed ard Ford another son of the Buckeye state (a brother) who was born in October, 1859. Mr. Ford was away from home on business which prevents a write up of which any pioneer might be proud.
CARL STRASBURG was born in Germany in 1851 and came to America in 1873 and located in the state of
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Wisconsin. In 1876 he was married and moved to Arcade township in this county. In 1895 he removed to Hillsdale township where he now resides.
Mr. Strasburg now has 400 acres of well improved land, with good farm buildings and is an independent and reli- able Faulk county farmer.
HENRY SCHAEFER was born in Muscatine, Iowa, in 1862. And in 1883 became a citizen of the town of Zell, in Faulk county, South Dakota, where he has since resided.
In 1900 he married Amelia Rose of Miranda, in this county. He now is the possessor of 640 acres of Faulk county real estate which with his improvements is easily worth forty dollars per acre. Mr. Schaefer may be count- ed among the contented, well to do, reliable Faulk county farmers.
CHARLES E. YORK came to Faulk county in 1883, and located in what is now the town of Welsey, with a full share of Dakota experience. Mr. York has acquired a half section of Dakota land, good farm buildings, two hundred and sixty acres under cultivation, and is one of the ex- perienced and reliable citizens who has faith in Dakota lands and well understands the advantages and importances of keeping abreast with the successful enterprising Dakota pioneer farner.
WILLIAM E. FINLEY was born in Guernsey county, Ohio, on July 24, 1869 came to South Dakota in the spring of 1892, and November 16, 1893, married Miss Clara A.
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Larson, of Dodgeville, Wisconsin. Mr. Finley escaped much of the hardships and disappointments of the earliest settlers. At the end of two years he filed a homestead on the land where he now resides and to this quarter sec- tion he has added five more, and now owns 1000 acres of the best of Dakota soil worth forty dollars per acre. Five hundred acres under cultivation. A good artesian well, 24 horses, fifty head of neat stock and fifty hogs. Here is an- other $40.00 per acre farm all acquired before the fortieth mile stone is reached.
MRS. BERTHA KERN was born in Germany in 1864. Her maiden name was Bertha Kiemp. In 1886, she came to Faulk county, and that fall, married James Kern. To them have been born nine children, viz: Annie, who is married to Otto Luch and lives in Reed City, Michigan, Herman, Robert, Otto, Frank, Emma and Bertha. Eight years ago they located upon their present home farm, consisting of of 480 acres of valuable land. Two hundred . and twenty-five acres under cultivation. She has extra fine farm buildings, all improved farm machinery, eight- een horses, forty head of neat stock, and twenty hogs. Mr. Kern died about two years ago. Since that time Mrs. Kern has, with her sons, had remarkable success in carry- ing on the farm. The oldest son is less than twenty years of age, yet with the mother's aid and guiding hand, the farm receives the best of cultivation as shown by the abun- dant yield.
HENRY KORUPP was born in Germany, Jannary 6, 1852, and came to Wisconsin in 1880 .. He came to Faulk
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county on October 26, 1885. He married Miss Ida Kalın, who was born of German parentage, in the state of Wis- consin. To them have been born six children, four of whom are now living. Hulda, is married to William Wag- ner, a resident of the township of Myron, in this county; Leo, Florence and Alone, who are yet a part of the family circle.
Fifteen years ago Mr. Korupp purchased one quarter section, a part of his homestead. Here the drought, the hot winds and hail destroyed the crops, the cold stormny win- ters, the scarcity of fuel to keep warm, made one continu- ous struggle. But a heroic effort was made and today there is a change of conditions. To that quarter section he has added four more and erected a fine set of buildings. Four hundred acres are under cultivation, all necessary farm ma- chinery, fifteen fine horses, and forty head of neat stock and twenty hogs, help to keep up the fertility of his well improved farmı.
JOHN M. MCGRATH was born September, 1857, at Elgin, Illinois. When six years of age his mother died, leaving three children, himself and one sister, (Mary A.) older than himself, and one younger, (Sarah) of whom lie has lost all knowledge. The family with which he made his home moved to Fort Dodge, Iowa. When eighteen years of age lie went to Cedar county, Iowa, and his home was in the state of Iowa until he came to Faulk county, in 1885.
Mr. McGrath married Miss Martha I. Golden of Ce- dar county, Iowa, December 9, 1880. To them have been born six children, five of whom are now living, viz: Emery
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E., Alvin E., Edna A., Alta M., and Elsie V. Emery E. married Miss Dora Cloutier, July 17, 1901, and to them have been born four children. Alvin E. married Miss Olive Smith July 21, 1909.
Mr. McGrath's other children are yet at the family home in Pulaski township in this county, where he removed with his family in January, 1885. When he came to this county he had very little of this world's goods, but after coming he had a full share of the hardships and privations of pioneer life. And in 1892 he was $800.00 in debt and not a dollar above what was required to support his family. But since that time there has been steady and growing pros- perity. All debts have been paid and he now owns a farın of four hundred and seventy acres, three hundred and thirty of which are under cultivation and the remainder in a well fenced pasture; and one of the best set of farm build- ings in Faulk county, only three and one half miles from a railroad station. The best of modern improved farm ma- chinery, ten head of horses, thirty head of neat stock and seventy-five hogs. Few, if any of the first settlers of this county, are in better circumstances with more desirable sur- roundings. Mr. McGrath has not only found time for the accomplishment of much results, but has served on the board of town supervisors twelve years and is at the pres- ent time chairman of the board, as well as chairman of the township school board.
R. JUNGWIRTH was born in Austria, in 1866, came to this country and settled at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, where he remained three years; from there he canie to Faulk county and settled in Zell in 1885. Since that time he has
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been in the employ of the Chicago & Northwestern rail- road company nearly nineteen years. For the last two and one-half years he has been in the saloon business.
FRANK BRUGGEMAN, the son of Frang and Cath- erine Bruggeman was born in Germany in 1877 and came to this country with his parents in his childhood. In 1883 he came to this county and settled at Zell, and for the last five years he has been engaged in the sale of general mer- cliandise and is doing a prosperous business.
PHILIP KOLEGRAFF was born in Germany in 1856. When about two years of age his parents came to America and located in Monroe county, Wisconsin, where they re- mained until he was twenty-two years of age. From there he removed to Wabasha county, Minnesota, where he mar- ried Miss Mary Demming in 1878. In the spring of 1884 he came to Zell in this county. To them have been born six children, viz: Frank, Edward, William, Mary, Lucy and George. Frank died when thirteen years of age; Ed- ward was married to Annie Harder and to them has been born one child, Clarence, who is now three years old. Mr. Kolegraff has experienced all the ups and downs of pioneer life. No man can tell him of the failure of crops, drought, or hail, of the privations and hardships experienced by the: average Faulk county farmer, yet he had the courage to. remain and is now reaping his reward. With 1,200 acres of rich prairie land and two sets of good farm buildings, with thirty-five head of horses, and a good supply of neat. stock, with a full supply of farm machinery, the tax col- lector always finds him ready to meet his share of the pub -. lic expenditures ..
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ANDREW SIME was born July 5, 1860, in Norway, and came to the United States in 1882. Came to Dakota and settled in Moody county, and in 1885 took a homestead in Faulk county and the following years made his perma- nent residence here.
In 1886 he married Miss Bertha Wonge, who was born in Norway in 1858. To them have been born six children, viz: Arthur, Annie, Ed, Belle, George' and Clie. Mr. Sime has 640 acres of land, 300 acres under cultivation, the remainder in a fenced pasture.
A new house was built last year at a cost of $3000.00, his barn built four years ago at a cost of $1000.00 and all necessary outbuildings for a first class farm home, He is within easy distance of Millard on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Wecota on the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway, and Faulkton on both the Chicago & North- Western and the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railways. All of this property has been acquired since coming to Faulk county and together with his twenty head of horses, fifty head of neat stock and twenty head of hogs, could not be bought for less than $25,000.00.
Mr. Sime is surrounded by a number of Scandinavian neighbors and is one mile from an English school, and has not only a good desirable home but surroundings where he can enjoy a happy life.
A. B. CLIFFORD was born March 16th, 1849, in Van Buren county, Michigan. Engaged in farming and telegraph operating. In 1886 he removed to Faulk county and located in what is now the town of DeVoe. In 1880 he married Miss Kate B. Blackman, of Muscatine, Iowa,
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To them has been born one son, Perry, who is now seven- teen years of age and in his second year in the Aberdeen high school. Mr. Clifford is one of our successful enter- prising pioneer farmers.
He has one section of valuable land one mile south of the DeVoe postoffice, 380 acres under cultivation and the. balance in a well fenced pasture of natural grasses. His house has an actual value of $3500.00 and he has all neces- sary farm buildings and farm machinery. He has fourteen head of horses, ninety-four head of neat stock. The ac- tual cash value of his posessions, all of which has been ac- cumulated since coming to this county, cannot be valued at less than thirty-five thousand dollars ..
JACOB GABLER was born in Germany, October 28, 1850. When about two years old his parents emigrated to, the United States and located in the state of New York. After ten years residence there they removed to the state. of Wisconsin. In the spring of 1883, he came Faulk coun- ty, South Dakota.
In 1870 he married Miss Katie Wagner, of Wisconsin. To them have been born eight children, viz: John, Mary, Anna, Emma, Zetta, Lizzie, Henry F., and Olive, all of whom are living in South Dakota.
Mr. Gabler has 480 acres of land in the town of Emer -- son, three miles from a railroad station, three hundred acres. under cultivation the remainder an enclosed pasture. Ex- tra good farm buildings, all farm machinery, twenty-two, thousand dollars would not be an offer worth considering .. Mr. Gabler is in the strictest sense a worthy pioneer settler. who has seen all sides of Dakota life.
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ARTHUR W. ELLIS, son of Caleb H. and Lydia E. ( Haines) Ellis, was born at Fort Fairfield, Aroastook county, Maine, June 7th, 1852. When he was about fif- teen years of age his parents moved to the state of Michi- gan, where his home was until 1883 when he moved to Beadle county, Territory of Dakota. In 1886 he moved to Ellisville, Faulk county and in 1891 he located in Faulkton where he has resided until the present time.
On October 14th, 1877, he was united in marriage with Mrs. Hannah Bates, of Camden, Hillsdale county, Michi- gan. To them was born one daughter, Mabel Winnefred Ellis, whose death occurred at Clinton, Iowa, July 4th, 1908, just twelve days after her marriage. On April 18th, 1895, there was a second marriage, to Mrs. Nellie L. War- ren, of Faulkton, South Dakota, where they have since re- sided at their pleasant home on Ninth Avenue.
Mrs. Warren was born November 6th, 1858, in Ober- lin, Ohio, where she grew up to womanhood, and enjoyed the advantages of the Oberlin celebrated schools. After her marriage to Mr. Warren, of Sandusky, Ohio, on Janu- ary 27th, 1881, they resided in that city until their removal to Spink county, the spring of 1886. From this union there was born, November 8th, 1884, one son, Ralph E. Warren, who has grown up to manhood in this city.
Socially Mr. Ellis is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Knights of the Maccabees and Mrs. Ellis is a member of the Ladies of the Maccabees and the Rebekalis, the ladies organization of the order of Odd Fellows. Mr. and Mrs. Ellis are members of the Methodist Episcopal church.
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NORBECK & NICHOLSON CO., a popular and so- ciable business firm at Redfield, Spink county, South Da- kota.
Peter Norbeck is a native born Dakotan, thirty-nine years old, who has the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. He has not only been successful in business, but has taken an interest in public affairs. He is now a mem- ber of the state legislature.
Charles L. Nicholson the junior member of the firm, came with his parents to Dakota Territory from Chicago, Illinois, when eight years old. Mr. Nicholson is now thirty-six years old. For the last seven years this firm has been engaged in drilling deep artesian wells, and in manufacturing and handling well drilling supplies. They were the first to introduce the cheap artesian wells into Faulk county. When they came into the county to drill wells, there was only one flowing well in the county, and that was the old Faulkton city well, which had cost about $8,000 and had never been a success.
What is true of Faulk county, is true of the state; they have been the pioneers in the artesian well business, or rather were the first men to put the artesian well business in the reach of the people, making a price that the settlers could afford to pay, thus making it possible for them to utilize the life-giving force, not only for drinking purposes but for power.
The liberal policy of this enterprising firm is clearly demonstrated by the rapid increase of wells in this county, there now being nearly four hundred of them which are bringing vast quantities of pure sparkling water to the sur- face, not only a blessing to man and beast, but completely
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