History of Faulk County, South Dakota, together with biographical sketches of pioneers and prominent citizens, Part 22

Author: Ellis, C. H. (Caleb Holt), b. 1825
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Faulkton, S.D. : Record Print
Number of Pages: 522


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PETER NORBECK


CHARLES NICHOLSEN


NORBECK-NICHOLSEN Artesian Well Drillers REDFIELD, SOUTH DAKOTA


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changing atmospheric conditions, transforming a semi-arid region with its drought and hot winds, with failure of crops, to ideal homes, abundant harvests and many times doubling the price of land, above what it was worth under former conditions.


WILLIAM H. RICE was born at Waupaca, Waupaca county, Wisconsin, June 26th, 1858, and resided there un- til 1890, when he came to South Dakota, locating at Faulk- ton, where he published the Faulk County Record for about three years in connection with M. P. Springer. In 1896, he moved back to Wisconsin, returing to Faulkton, again in 1900. In 1906 he purchased the Faulkton Record and has been identified with its publication ever since.


On April 24th, 1893, he was married to Miss Emma R. Oertel, of Waupaca, Wisconsin, and to them has been born one child, Grace, now fifteen years of age.


Mr. Rice is of American parentage, his father, Henry H. Rice, having been born and raised in Chautauqua coun- ty, New York, and a great grandfather was a surgeon in the revolutionary army.


Socially Mr. Rice is a member of the Odd Fellows and Knights of Pythias. Politically he has always been identi- fied with the republican party and is at the present time chairman of the Faulk county republican central committee.


HENRY METZ was born in Germany, February 18, 1846 and came to the United States with his parents locat- ing in the state of Illinois.


He was but fifteen years of age at the time the Civil War commenced, yet he had an honorable war record. He


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was among the early settlers of Faulk county and took all interest in social and political affairs. In politics he was an earnest and devoted friend and an able and honest oppo- nent. In the campaign that culminated in the admission of South Dakota as a state, Mr. Metz was an intelligent and active worker, and an influential leader among his German fellow citizens. In his death the community in which he lived experienced a serious loss.


FRED H. POTTER was born in the state of New York in January, 1864. He came to South Dakota in 1889 and located at Hitchcock, Beadle county and worked in the flour mill there for one and one-half years. In August, 1891, he went to Mellette and build and ran a roller process flour mill in which he installed an electric light plant and ran it by artesian power He closed out his business at Mellette in 1901. In 1907 he located in the new and en- terprising town of Cresbard in this county and engaged in the hotel business in which he has been very successful.


F. E. CLARK was born January 17, 1850, in Hart- ford, Connecticut and came to Faulk county, South Dak- ota, in August, 1883, locating in what is now the town of Pioneer.


Mr. Clark married Miss Kate Avery in Cresco, Iowa, in June, 1880 and to them have been born five children. He now resides on his original homestead, which lie took in 1883. Like others he had hardships and privations, but ten years ago the tide turned and prosperity followed. He now has a well cultivated farm, a good set of farm build- ings and contentment, happiness and perfect satisfaction with his surroundings have followed.


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CHRISTIAN GREENER was born May 24, 1842, in Germany. In 1852 his parents immigrated to the United States and remained in the city of New Orleans for one year, then removed to St. Louis, Missouri, and from there to Dubuque, Iowa, where he remained with his parents until he was fifteen years of age. Then another move was made to Lancaster, Grant county, Wisconsin, where he re- sided until 1880. In that year he moved to Blue Earth county, Minnesota and after a three years residence there, in 1883 came to Dakota Territory, locating in Hand county. In the spring of 1891 Mr. Greener became a resident of Faulk county and located in Faulkton where he has since resided.


On October 5th, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Albina E. Taylor of Lancaster, Wisconsin, and to them have been born seven children, viz: Edward E., who died in his ninth year; Charles T., who is married, has a daughter seven years old and resides in Faulkton; Carrie, who married Frank Benning and resides in Hand county, South Dakota, with a family of six children; Annie May, who died in infancy; Ednah V., who married Robert Cor- bett, of Hand county, South Dakota and moved to Port Arthur, Texas. In 1905 she died leaving three children; Grace, who was born after they removed to Dakota, is married to Levi Hurd and resides in Hand county, South Dakota and is the mother of one child; and Wilber Lin- coln who is yet at home attending the Faulkton city schools.


In1 1853 Mr. Greener enlisted in Company E. First Wisconsin Cavalry and was mustered out at the end of the war. He is a member of the Phil Sheridan Post, Grand Army of the Republic at Faulkton. Mr. and Mrs. Greener


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are members of the Faulkton Free Methodist church and are considered among our most reliable christian people.


C. B. CHAMBERS, was born in Lancaster county, Pennsylvania, June 19, 1849. His father, Abraham Cham- bers, a native of the sante county and state, was born De- cember 12, 1819. He was an iron smelter by trade, follow -. ing farming the last active years of his life. Subsequently he came to Faulk county, Territory of Dakota, and made: his home with the subject of this sketch, where he died .. He was a descendent of Abraham Chambers who served in the Revolutionary War on the American side, and his uncle General Robert Chamber was one of the founders of Cham- bersburg, Pennysylvania. The mother of our subject, Ann Mary (Atkinson) Chambers, was a native of Pennsylvania, of English ancestry. Her father, John Atkinson, was born at Kendall, England, and was a son of Robert. Atkinson .. He came to America when a boy, previous to the Revolu- tionary War.


The subject of this sketch was the second son in a. family of seven children, and was reared in Indianapolis, In- diana, where the family had moved in 1854. His father and oldest brother entered the service in the Union Army in the Civil War from Indiana. The subject of this sketch attended the city schools at Indianapolis, and at the age of seventeen years left home and went to Iowa, where he hired to his uncle and remained with him two years. His father then moved to Iowa, and this son went into partner- ship with him, and engaged in farming in Green county, tin- til 1883, when he came to Dikota Territory and squatted


RESIDENCE OF C. B. CHAMBERS, FAULKTON


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on the north-west quarter of section 7, township 120, north, range 66, west. He later filed a tree claim on other land and filed a homestead on the south-east quarter of the same section. He erected a shanty 8x10 on the tree claim, but lived with neighbors across the road.


His parents came to Dakota in the spring of 1884, and resided on section 10, township 120, range 67, where the subject of this sketch established a general store, and was also postmaster of the Roanoke postoffice for seven years, which was located at his store, while his father ran the inail route from Roanoke to Northville, in Spink county. In 1889 he permanently located on his homestead on sec- tion 7, township 120, range 66, and continued to do busi- ness until 1894, since which time he has engaged in farm- ing, has been a dealer in real estate, justice of the peace, and notary public.


When he located in Dakota in 1883, he had many ex- periences; among theni, encountering swollen streams, while hauling his goods to his farm in the spring of 1884. His crops were hailed out in that year, and again in 1898, but they averaged ten bushels per acre. He had two teams and some farming machinery, when he started for Dakota and in 1899 owned six quarter sections of land, about five hundred acres of which were under plow; he had a complete set of farını buildings, and raised wheat, cattle and horses. He had thirty-four head of stock on his farin, including one registered Percheron stallion named Black Diamond. In 1900 he removed to Faulkton, and engaged in real estate business to which he has given his attention up to the present time. He has a residence in Faulkton, an illustra- tion of which may be seen on Page 493 of this history. Mr.


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Chambers has a real estate office on eighth avenue and with his rented farms to look after, is doing an extensive real estate business.


THOMAS EUGENE BICKELL was born at Myrtle, Bon Homme county, South Dakota, December 28th, 1881, and resided with his parents on a farmi until 1891 when they removed to Tyndall, South Dakota, where the subject of our sketch received his education in the public and high schools of that city. When sixteen years of age he entered the Tyndall Register as an apprentice, and after serving two years on that paper, accepted a position with The Bon Homme County News, another paper published at Tyndall. In 1891 he came to Faulkton and accepted a position with H. S. Koon, editor of the Faulkton Advocate, and a year later when this paper was sold to Fremont Young, was ein- ployed as foreman until June, 1908, when he associated. himself with W. H. Rice in the publication of The Faulk- ton Record, under the firm name of Bickell & Rice.


Mr. Bickell is of English parentage, his father G. I .. Bickell, having been born at Brandtford, Canada, and his. mother at Banbury, England, the latter coming with her parents to the United States when only two years of age.


On September 15th, 1909, he was united in marriage. to Miss Rhea D. Griffee, of Faulkton ..


Socially, Mr. Bickell is a member of the Masonic order, The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and the. Modern Brotherhood of America. Politically he has. al- ways been identified with the republican party ..


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GEORGE A. MORSE was born October 4th, 1827, at Weston, near Boston, Massachusetts. The Morse family came to this country from London, England, in 1635, set- tling in Middlesex county, Massachusetts.


Mr. Morse was born in one of the old family faını houses erected near the beginning of the last century, and lived upon the old farm until he was seventeen, when he was employed four years as a clerk in a store in Boston situated near the Old State House and Old South Church. On June 17, 1842, the completion of Bunker Hill monu- ment was celebrated, and Mr. Morse, then a fifteen year old boy, stood near the platform and heard Daniel Webster deliver his famous speech, and saw the one hundred and thirty-two aged soldiers of the revolution, occupying seats of honor on the platform. He heard speeches delivered in Old Faneuil Hall by Charles Sumner, William Lloyd Garrison, Wendell Phillips, Daniel Webster, Robert C. Winthrop, Rufus Choate, Father Matthew and other proni- nent men of that time.


He was married September 12, 1850, to Caroline Mer- rill, a teacher in the Dwight school in Boston, and they immediately left for their new home in Illinois, making the trip from Buffalo to Detroit on the old steamer May- flower, crossing the state of Michigan by the Michigan Central, and thence by boat to Chicago, there being 110 railway into Chicago from the east at that time.


For three years the family lived at Peoria and Gales- burg, Illinois, and in March, 1853, Mr. Morse went ahead of the new line of railway, and became the first settler, and erected the first building in the city of Kewaunee, Henry county, Illinois, now a city of 12,000 inhabitants. He


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was engaged in the farm machinery and grain business at Kewaunee until 1864, when he removed to Chicago and went into business with his brother Albert. He was in the Chicago convention that nominated Abraham Lincoln for president in 1860.


In August, 1869, he again took up pioneer life, settling in the new town of Corning, Iowa, where he lived until 1883. In the fall of 1876 he was elected to the Iowa legis- lature and reelected in 1878. On March 14, 1883, he came to Faulkton, South Dakota, when it contained only four buildings.


With his two sons, Albert and Charles, he took up gov- ernment land five miles south of town. His first wife, Caroline Morse, died July 11, 1887, and on January 14, 1891, he was married to Marietta Talcott, who survives him. He served two terms as mayor and was clerk of the school board from 1892, until his death, in 1905, and was also for several years president of the Faulk County Old Settlers Association. He was loved and esteemed by a large nun- ber of friends, who will mourn with his wife and children their sad loss. His four surviving children are: Albert W., president of the Security State Bank; Charles A., in the real estate business, at Knoxville, Tennessee; Mrs. P. M .. Conklin, of Omaha, and Mrs. C. C. Norton, of Faulkton.


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INDEX


Introduction 7


Introductory 11


State History 16 1


Faulk County 23 1 1 1


County Organization 32


The First Settler 45


Buffalo in Faulk County 48


The Blizzard of January 12, 1888


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Faulkton 61


LaFoon 63


DeVoe 64


The Western Third of Faulk County


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The Pioneer Settler 72


The First Memorial Day 74


· New Social Relations


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The First Election 83


New Postoffices 92


The Donation of a Church Bell


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Veterans of the Civil War


Grand Army Post 97


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Educational 103


The Railroad 107


Faulk County in 1908 101


From County Commissioners' Record 115


Faulk County by D. S. Smith 138


Early History 144


Town Organization In Faulk County 146


Town Officers 151


The Coming of the Railroads 161


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The Town of Zell 172


Seneca 181


. Future Growth 183


Faulkton 185


Social Organization 194


Church Organization 215


The Woman Suffrage Question 227


The Faulk County Court House 256


Old Settlers' Annual Picnic 261


BIOGRAPHICAL.


Artz, Frank 413


Allen, Amon L. 459


Bottum, Hon, Joseph H. 281


Byrne, Hon. Frank M. 286


Bryden, David 337


Bixler, John A. 376


Berg, Herman


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Bell, William


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Boller, Andrew


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Batteen, Mrs. Louisa 463


Byrne, William 470


Bruggeman, Frank 480


Bickell, Thomas Eugene 496


Chambers, C. B 492


Clark, F. E. 490


Clifford, A. B. 483


Chapman, Henry- 472


Cole, Ephriham 455.


Clark, Hon. S. Wesley 462


Chapman, Sammuel E. 467


Chapman, Edward 362


Cochrane, Lizzie M. 343


Cornwell, I. Allen 304


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Dodds, William J. 357


Deady, Thomas 364


Dahl, H. M. 398


Dixon, John A. 410


Davis, Rev. John T. 466


Ericsen, Andrew T. 406


Ensch, Dr. Edward


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Ensch, Mrs. Catherine (Deisch) 407 1 1


Ellenbecker, John 408 1 1


Eaton, Arthur J.


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Ellis, Caleb Holt


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Edgerton, William M.


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1 Ellis, Arthur W. 485 J 1


Faulkner, William G. 317


Finley, John H. 1


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Findeis, Adam


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Freeland, Rev. J. K


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I Forrest, Charles P. 414


Ford, Elvin W.


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Ford, Edward 475


Finley, William E. 476


Griffee, Abraham D. 309


Garrick, Alexander


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Golden, Emanuel


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Gooder, Albert


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1 L $ Grater, Joseph L 460 4 1 1 1 1 1


Gabler, Jacob


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Greener, Christian 491 1


Harrington, John 350


Hooper, Mrs. Emma A.


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Hagan, Nelson 412


Hatfield, F. E. 420


Hays, Joseph H. 425


Hays, Mrs. Lizzie (Fahs) 428


Hays, John W. 442


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Humphrey, Captain H. A. 451


Holgate, Rev. Ernest 461 Hall, Williamı R. 464


Hogeboom, Cornelius 470


Johnston, James W. 340


Jones, D. Roy 355


Jarvis, Matthew J. 421


Jarvis, Dr. Abbie A. 422


Jarvis, George J. 440


Jungworth, R. 479


Knapton, Robert 333


Kellett, William 411


Kern, Mrs. Bertha 477


Korupp, Henry 477


Kolegraff, Philip 480


Latham, Hon. D. H. 315


Lower, William H. 343


Loy, Samuel 368


Law, Allen 397


Luke, John F. 445


Lambert, Butler 453.


Loken, Ellef 469


Miller, Hon. Alexander 330


McDearmon, Merill S 359


Moulton, C. C. 389


McComb, Edwin 395


Mertens, Christopher 445


Mckay, William 467


McAllen, William H. 473


McGrath, John M. 478


Metz, Henry


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Morse, George A. 497


Niemeyer, Carl 355


Nevins, J. S. 395


Nestor, James T 396


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Nestor, Thomas 468


Norbeck & Nicholson Co. 486


O'Neil, Patrick H. 289


O'Neil, Mrs. Annie (Carline) 292


Person, Frederick D. 349


Pickler, Major John A. 267


Pickler, Alice M. A 276


Phelps, Arthur W. 360


Pangburn, Frank A 361


Purcell, Thomas 376


Pillsbury, Daniel W 405


Pagel, A. F. 474


Potter, Fred H. 490


Roseland, Elias 346


Roseland, Gabriel T. 346


Rush, Joel 353


Reinecke, Henry W 326


Rathbun, Dr. J. P. 368


Ramsdell, Francis M 370


Riley, George G. 397


Rudine, Alex C. 411


Reed, Henry F. 465


Robbins, Rev. Anson Hart 466


Rice, William H. 489


Smith, Darius S. 335


Sangster, Adam 344


Simmons, Rev. Thomas 297


Simmons, Mrs. Anna R. 298


Seaman, Fred Andrew 308


Sprague, Albert J 316


Shirk, John H. 823


Stone, Orlando L. 323


Stoddard, George H. 328


Strachan, A. M. 375


Swift, Otis A. 383


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Schmitt, Peter 419


Steele, Sheldon J. 456


Seckner, Ellsworth S 472 1


Strasburg, Carl 475 ! I


Schaefer, Henry 476 1 1


Sime, Andrew 483


Thorn, Stephen F. 358


Turner, James P 329


Thorn, William Springate 404


Thorn, Mrs. Louisa 409


Thompson, Alexander M 419


Vanmeerbeck, Oscar 364


Vinton, William B. 398


Voss, Amon C. 473


Wilkinson, Henry 356


Wight, L. T. 394


Whitney, Selwyn 399


Wallace, J. H. 399


Weideman, H. G. 474


Wood, Rev. A. A. 446


Young, Fremont 387


Young, Joseph M. 396


York, Charles E. 476


ILLUSTRATIONS


Along the Nixon River near Faulkton 39


Baker, Mack, Residence 189


Bottum, Hon. J. H. 283


Bottum, Mrs. Sylvia G. 283


Byrne, Hon. Frank M. 287


Chambers, C. B., Residence 493


Catholic Parsonage, Zell 129


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Congregational Church, Cresbard


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Congregational Church, Faulkton 220


Catholic Church, Faulkton 221


Dean, R. L. 391


Dunsmore, James M. . 499 i 1


Elevator at Cresbard 109


Forrest House, Orient 416


Forrest House Stable, Orient 417


Faulk County State Fair Ehibit, 1904 29


Ford, Elvin W., Residence, 139


Faulk County Court House 257


Faulk County Abstract Building 305


Faulkner, W. G. 320


Faulkner, Mrs. W. G. 321


Gooder, Albert, Residence 437


Hotel and Business Block in Cresbard


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Harrington, John, Residence 199


Hays, Joseplı H. 430


Hays, Mrs. J. H. 430


1 Hays Block, Faulkton 431


Indian Carnival 49


Jarvis, Mathew J. 423


Jarvis, Dr. Abbie A 423


Johnston, J. W., Residence 341


Kline, Mrs. Emma, Residence 179


Lehman, W. H., Residence 159 1


Lower, W. H., Residence 99


Latham, D. H. 312


Latham, Mrs. Nellie A. 313 1


Loy, Samuel, Residence 379


Miranda Band 79


Methodist Church, Cresbard 209


Methodist Church, Faulkton 221


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Miller, Alexander, Draft Horses 331


Moore, A. M., Residence 481


New Catholic Church, Zell 265


Norbeck & Nicholson 487


Old Catholic Church, Zell 264


O'Neil, P. H. 294


O'Neil, Mrs. Annie Carline 295


Old Sod Shanty in 1888, S. F. Thorn 69


Public School Building, Faulkton 231


Person, F. D., Residence 251


Pickler, Major J. A. 272


Pickler, Alice M. A. 273


Pickler, J. A., Residence 279


Queen City Hotel, Faulkton 401


Residences in Cresbard 149


Roseland, Elias, Residence 347


Ramsdell, Francis M 372


Ramsdell, Mrs. Laura 373


Steam Breaker in Faulk County 59


Sangster, Adam, Residence 89


Sisters' Convent and School, Zell 169


Swift, O. A., Residence 241


. Simmons, Rev. Thomas


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Simmons, Mrs. Anna R. 301


The Author 9


The Old Scd Shanty on the Claim 19


Turner, Frank, Residence 365


Wood, Rev. A. A. 447


Young, Fremont, Residence 385


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