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HISTORY OF MINNEHAHA COUNTY.
1892. Supervisors, Alex Schindler chairman, Win. Englehardt, D. M. James; Peter Chelius treasurer, F. B. Lockwood assessor, Peter Finton clerk, Daniel Murphy and N. B. Even constables. Sixty-five votes were cast.
1893. Supervisors, Alex Schindler chairman, D. M. James, Henry Buchheim; Peter Chelius treasurer, W. J. Berguin assessor; Amos Shaul and Peter Finton justices, F. B. Lockwood clerk; John Thrasher and Daniel Murphy constables. At a meeting of the board August 19, Carl Kruse was appointed treasurer, Peter Chelius hav- ing resigned.
1894. Supervisor, Henry Buchheim chairman, D. M. James, J. M. Trecker; Carl Kruse treasurer, W. J. Berguin assessor, F. B. Lockwood clerk. A malignant form of diphtheria broke out in the township in August of this year, and again the January, following, and the township paid out in caring for the sick, and the expenses of the board of health, about $500. The county reimbursed the town- ship in part for the money paid out, but having also paid out S200, the cost of four two-wheel scrapers, during the year, the township at the end of the fiscal year was in debt in the sum of $511.34, with no cash on hand.
1895. Supervisors, Alex Schindler chairman, John F. Jordan, J. P. Gallagher; F. B. Lockwood clerk, Carl Kruse treasurer, W. J. Berguin assessor, Peter Finton and D. B. Oakes justices, John Thrasher and N. B. Even constables. Seventy-seven votes were cast. At the close of the fiscal year the township had an indebted- ness of $576.79 with only forty-one cents on hand.
1896. Supervisors, Alex Schindler chairman, Bernard Buls, John F. Jordan; F. B. Lockwood clerk, Carl Kruse treasurer, Peter Finton assessor, Henry Mundt and Peter Finton justices, John Thrasher and H. J. Dubbe constables. The line between Humboldt and Clear Lake was surveyed.
1897. Supervisors, Alex Schindler chairman, Bernard Buls, A. K. Sanborn, F. B. Lockwood clerk, D. M. Smith treasurer, Peter Finton assessor, Henry Mundt and Peter Finton justices, H. J. Dubbe and John Thrasher constables.
1898. Supervisors, Bernard Buls chairman, Henry Lewyn, Charles Buchheim; F. B. Lockwook clerk, Gust. Schievelbien treas- urer, W. J. Berguin assessor, Henry Mundt and Peter Finton jus- tices, John Thrasher constable.
1899. Supervisors, Bernard Buls chairman, Carl Buchheim, Fred Getzen; clerk, F. B. Lockwood; treasurer, Gust. Schievelbien; assessor, W. J. Berguin; justice, Peter Finton.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
BECK, NICHOLAS, a native of Germany, was born in 1824. He emigrated to the United States and lived in New York until 1877, when he removed to this county and located on his present home- stead, the southwest quarter of section 25 in Humboldt, where he has since been engaged in farming.
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BUCHHEIM, CARL, was born in Clayton county, Iowa, November 28, 1861; attended the common schools and worked on a farm until 1886, when he came to this county and bought the southwest quarter. of section 7 in Humboldt, where he has since resided. He has held school offices, and is now a member of the township board; is a good farmer, and a respected citizen.
BUCHHEIM, HENRY, was born in Germany December 7, 1854. He emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1856, and set- tled in Clayton county, Iowa, where he was raised on his father's farm. On the 3d day of April, 1877, he came to this county and took up as a homestead the southwest quarter of section 33 in Humboldt, where he has since resided. He has purchased eighty acres adjoin- ing his homestead in Wellington, and has a good farm; has been treasurer of his school district eighteen years; chairman of the town board two years; and for the last three years has been in charge of the Farmers Warehouse at Humboldt. He is an esteemed citizen.
CALDWELL, HIRAM B., was born in Vermont March 14, 1829, and died in Humboldt township January 15, 1893. When quite young he moved with his parents to South Bend, Indiana, and a few years later he removed to Baraboo, Wisconsin. In 1869, he came to this county, where he resided until his death. He was an upright, hon- est man, and an esteemed citizen.
DRAKE, JAMES WESTLEY, is a native of New York and was born April 27, 1854. He came to Dakota from Wisconsin in 1878, arriving in this county on the 25th of March. He filed a pre-emption on the southwest quarter of section 12 in Humboldt, which he afterwards sold, and bought the northeast quarter of section 2 in the same town, where he resides at the present time. He built the first "frame house" in Humboldt township -- a board shanty ten by twelve feet- upon his pre-emption, in which he lived, and his neighbors thought he was putting on a great deal of style, as they were living in sod houses and log cabins. Mr. Drake is a well-to-do farmer, has held school district and township offices, and is a good citizen. His mother, Mrs. Anna C. Rawson, owns the southeast quarter of sec- tion 2, and the north half of the northeast quarter of section 14 in the same town, where she resides.
FAUBER, CHARLES, was born in Ohio December 9, 1850. He lived in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Illinois before he settled in this county in March, 1880. He filed a homestead upon the southwest quarter of section 11 in Humboldt, where he has since resided and has a good farm.
FINTON, PETER, was born in Ohio, March 23, 1830. He has been engaged in farming in Indiana, Minnesota and Nebraska, and while residing in Minnesota was elected representative to the state legisla- ture, and served during the session of 1872. He came to this county and settled in Humboldt in 1884, taking up land in section 15, where he still resides. He has been town clerk and justice of the peace in Humboldt several years, and is highly esteemed as a neighbor and citizen.
HENRY MUNDT.
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FLYNN, MICHAEL, is a native of Ireland. He was born in 1833, and when only thirteen years of age emigrated to the United States. He lived in New York and Illinois until 1878, when he removed to Dakota, arriving in this county on the 12th of January. He took up as a homestead the northeast quarter of section 27, in Humboldt, where he built a sod house covered with lumber, in which he lived with his family until he built his present residence. He also owns a tree claim on the northwest quarter of the same section, where his son, Edward Flynn, now lives. Mr. Flynn was one of the first set- tlers in Humboldt who remained permanently. He has a good farm and is a good farmer.
KRUSE, CARL, is a native of Germany, and was born July 19, 1842, During his minority he attended school and worked on a farm; in 1864 came to this country and settled down to farming in Clayton county, Iowa, and remained there until he removed to this county, where he arrived on the 3d day of April, 1877. He took up the north half of section 33 in Humboldt township, where he still resides. He has been a member of the town board of supervisors for several years, and township treasurer four years. He is a good farmer and an esteemed citizen.
LEWYN, HENRY, is a native of England, and was born in 1859. He came to Dakota and located in this county in 1887, upon his pres- ent farm, the southeast quarter of section 35 in Humboldt, where he still resides. Mr. Lewyn is a prosperous farmer and has a nice farm with good buildings and other improvements. He formerly lived in Rhode Island, Maryland, Minnesota and Colorado.
LOCKWOOD, FRANK B., was born in New York, March 15, 1839. During the war of the rebellion he enlisted in the 12th Independent Ohio Battery, and served nearly four years, until the close of the war. He has lived in a good many states, but for the last twenty years has been a resident of Dakota, coming to Salem, McCook county, in 1878. In 1884 he removed to the northeast quarter of section 10 in Humboldt, where he has since resided. He has been postmaster at Humboldt and has held township offices, and is an en- terprising, respected citizen.
MUNDT, HENRY, was born in Germany, October 21, 1853. He emigrated and came to McGregor, Iowa, in 1867, where he worked on a farm two years, and then attended a Normal school at Galena, Illinois. The following seven years and a half he worked in wagon manufactories in Iowa. In the spring of 1878 he came to Dakota and took up as a homestead the southeast quarter of section 34 in Hum- boldt, where he still resides. He purchased the southwest quarter of section 35 in the same town, and now has a valuable, well improved farm of 320 acres. In 1881 he was road overseer; in 1883 assessor; was town supervisor four years, two years of which he was chairman: in 1888 was elected county commissioner and served his full term of three years. He was very attentive to his duties as commissioner and took a lively interest in everything that came before the board. He was especially careful in protecting the county funds, and no bill presented received his vote until he was fully satisfied that it was correct.
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MURPHY, HUMPHREY, was born in Ireland in 1840; came to the United States in 1864, and to this county in the fall of 1878. He took up the southwest quarter of section 20 in Humboldt, and has resided there since then. He is a respected citizen.
OAKS, ASA, was born in Minnesota, November 10, 1868, and came to this county with his father, D. B. Oaks. He is engaged in farming on the southeast quarter of section 12, in Humboldt, and is a young man of good character and well liked by his neighbors.
OAKS, DEASRO BUCK, was born in Mina, Chautauqua county, New York, July 19, 1835. He lived there and in Illinois and Minne- sota until 1878, when he removed to Dakota, arriving in this county on the 25th day of May. He took up as a homestead the southeast quarter of section 12, in Humboldt, and as a tree claim the south- west quarter of section 7, in Hartford, adjoining his homestead. He has a good farm with three wells of good water, a commodious resi- dence, granary and stables; he also has quite a large maple grove and an apple orchard in bearing. He has held the office of justice of the peace, is an industrious farmer and a good citizen.
O'CONNELL, TIMOTHY, was born in Newcastle, Limerick, Ire- land, in 1832. He emigrated to the United States and lived in New York, Pennsylvania, Iowa and Minnesota prior to his coming to this county in the spring of 1880. He then took up as a homestead the southwest quarter of section 24, in Humboldt, where he has since resided.
ROOT, ADDISON LINCOLN, was born in Ohio, May 10, 1845. He lived in Wisconsin for some time and came to this county April 8, 1879. He secured as a homestead the northwest quarter of section 11, in Humboldt, where he has since resided. He enlisted in the army in 1865 and served thirteen months.
SANBORN, AMOS K., is a native of Canada, was born October 30, 1838, and came to Dodge county, Wisconsin, when he was six years old. He then lived in Minnesota and Iowa, and came to this county in July, 1880. He says that all he had at that time in money was a five-dollar bill, and that he shoveled snow on the railroad to make a living the first winter. He now owns the southeast quarter of sec- tion 8, in Humboldt, where he resides engaged in farming. He has been a member of the town board of supervisors, and has held other minor offices, and is a good citizen.
SCHINDLER, ALEXANDER, was born in Allen county, Ohio, June 26, 1845. He lived in Indiana and Minnesota prior to his coming to this county March 28, 1879. He then made a homestead entry on the northeast quarter of section 23, in Humboldt, and has resided there ever since. He has been chairman of the town board, road super- visor and school district clerk. He enlisted in the army and served from August, 1862, to August, 1865.
SHAUL, AMOS, was born in Clark county, Ohio, November 28, 1826. He was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Company C, 110th Ohio Infantry, and served until the close of the war. At the time of his discharge he
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was first lieutenant of Company C. After the war he engaged in farming in Ohio, Indiana and Iowa, and in 1882 settled in Humboldt, where he resided until July, 1896, when he removed from the state. He held various town offices, and frequently attended the Republican conventions as a delegate. He was frequently known to have opin- ions of his own, but they were always in line with good citizenship.
WEBSTER, LEONARD, was born in the state of New York, in 1831. He lived in Wisconsin and Minnesota before he came to this county, where he settled on the 25th of May, 1880. He filed a home- stead upon the northwest quarter of section 10, in Humboldt, where he resides engaged in farming.
GRAIN FIELD SCENE.
PALISADE TOWNSHIP.
103-47)
This township is bounded on the east by the Minnesota state line, which was surveyed in 1862. The north, south and west lines were surveyed by M. K. Armstrong in October, 1864, and the sub- divisions were made the same month by Carl C. P. Meyer. The township contains 15,069.45 acres of land. There were settlers in this township in 1873, and during the next three or four years quite a number of persons took up land there and engaged in farming.
PALISADES ON THE SPLIT ROCK RIVER.
The name Palisade was suggested by the peculiar formation of the channel through which the Split Rock river flows in sections 30 and 31. The soil is good, and the surface gently rolling, except along the banks of the Split Rock.
The first school was taught in the fall of 1877 in a sod shanty be- longing to Hans Nitteberg, which was located on the northwest quar- ter of section 8. The teacher was Miss Mattie Rasch, who came from Iowa, and at the close of the school returned home. A post office was established on the southwest quarter of section 4 in 1874,
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and Job Wood, who also kept a hotel, was appointed postmaster. The office was named Pleasant Valley, and remained there about eight years, when it was moved to the northwest quarter of the same section, and the name changed to Rapid Creek. Truman Griggs was postmaster of this office for two years, when it was moved about forty rods across the state line into Minnesota, the name changed back to Pleasant Valley, and Charles Reynolds appointed postmaster.
A second post office was established in this township in August, 1878, and was located near the southeast corner of the southwest quarter of section 30, where a little village soon sprang up. C. W. Patten had previously built a small custom flour mill on the Split Rock at this point. He purchased some of the timber that was in the old barracks at Sioux Falls, which he used in the construction of the mill dam, but a few years after, during high water, the dam went out, and, as one of the old settlers of Palisade said to the writer, "quite a number of farmers living on the banks of the Split Rock below the old mill site secured some of this timber, which may still be seen in their farm buildings." This little village was in a pros- perous condition when the Willmar & Sioux Falls railroad was built and a station established at this point in the fall of 1888, but when the Sioux City & Northern railroad was built into the township, forming a junction with the Willmar & Sioux Falls on section 20, the village of Palisade was doomed. The residents accepted the situa- tion, and the buildings were moved to Garretson.
SHERMAN.
In 1888, when the Willmar & Sioux Falls railroad opened for traffic, a station named for E. A. Sherman, one of the directors of the road, was established on the northwest quarter of section 4, and eleven blocks were platted by E. A. Sherman, and M. J. Zeliff and wife during that year, with a view to starting a village. A post office was also established the same year, and A. C. Berg, who had formed a copartnership with C. A. Estenson and opened a general store, was appointed postmaster, and held that office until January 1, 1899, when O. B. Bratager assumed the duties of the office. There are now two general stores, one hardware and one drug store, and a blacksmith shop, doing business at Sherman. It is an important point for the shipment of grain, although only four miles from the city of Garret- son. Peavy & Co. have an elevator with a capacity of 45,000 bushels, and there are two other large elevators, one with a capacity of 35,000 bushels, and the other 20,000 bushels. The little village of Sherman is pleasantly located, and the inhabitants are already anticipating the time when they will have a municipal government.
PALISADE TOWNSHIP BOARD.
1881. Supervisors, A. E. Bothwell, J. W. Wood, A. J. Cooley; clerk, Ole Rudd; treasurer, C. W. Patten; assessor, Frank Eastman; justices, A. Herbert, Ole A. Hanson; constables, Kirk Herbert, (). G. Auly. Mr. Bothwell was chairman of the board during the year 1881.
1882. Supervisors, A. E. Bothwell chairman, A. J. Cooley, E.
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Olson; treasurer, C. W. Patten; assessor, Ole A. Hanson; constables, Ed. Beardsley, John Rudd. July 20, Ellef Ellefson was appointed supervisor to fill vacancy. At the end of the fiscal year the treas- urer reported money received $156.20, balance on hand 28.10.
1883. Supervisors, A. E. Bothwell chairman, Ellef E. Ellef- son, E. Royce; treasurer, C. W. Patten; assessor, Ole A. Hanson; justices, A. Herbert, Hans S. Nitteberg; constables, John Rudd, Ira Royce.
1884. Supervisors, A. E. Bothwell chairman, E. Royce, An- drew Morrison; clerk, Ole Rudd; treasurer, C. W. Patten; assessor, Ole A. Hanson; justices, C. W. Patten, J. W. Wood; constables, Ira Royce, John Rudd. June 2, the board met with the board of High- land and divided the work on the highway between the two town- ships.
1885. Supervisors, F. L. Herbert chairman, John Rudd, Lewis Gilbert; clerk, Ole Rudd; treasurer, C. W. Patten.
1886. Supervisors, F. L. Herbert chairman, Lewis Gilbert, Wm. Nevill; clerk, O. A. Hanson; treasurer, C. W. Patten; assessor, Anton Rudd; justices. W. B. Allen, L. M. Jacobson; constables, A. J. Cooley, John Steinmetz.
1887. Supervisors, James Whealey chairman, John Overbee, A. J. Cooley; clerk, Peter F. Eichner; treasurer, C. W. Patten; asses- sor, Anton H. Rudd. A by-law was adopted "prohibiting nonresi- dents from hunting in this township without the permission of the owners."
1888. Supervisors, James Whealey chairman, A. J. Cooley, John K. Overbee; clerk, P. F. Eichner; treasurer, C. W. Patten; as- sessor, Anton Rudd; justices, F. L. Herbert, E. Humphrey; con- stables, John Steinmetz, O. A. Hanson. There were thirty-nine votes cast at this election.
1889. Supervisors, James Whealey chairman, John Rudd, Mag- nus Johnson; clerk, P. F. Eichner; treasurer, M. H. Wangsness; as- sessor, A. H. Rudd; justice, E. E. Cross.
1890. Supervisors, John Rudd chairman, Magnus Johnson, A. J. Cooley; clerk, P. F. Eichner; treasurer, M. H. Wangsness; as- sessor, Ole Rudd; justices, O. A. Hanson, E. E. Cross; constables, John Steinmetz, E. N. W. Shook. Fifty-five votes were cast at this election. May 30, diphtheria having appeared in a boarding house in Garretson the house was quarantined and orders issued to several persons to keep their premises clean and properly drained; a small building was erected to be used as a hospital. July 8, Charles East- man was appointed justice to fill vacancy caused by the resignation of E. E. Cross. October 4, George E. Beardsley was appointed clerk in place of P. F. Eichner, resigned. November 4, Edward Eastman was appointed justice in place of Charles Eastman, re- signed. At the close of the year the treasurer reported that he had received $413.94, that orders in the sum of $136.32 had been issued on account of diphtheria and the erection of a hospital, which should be paid by the county, and that the indebtedness of the township aside from this was $191.80.
1891. Supervisors, James Whealey chairman, Ole A. Hanson,
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A. J. Cooley; clerk, L. M. Jacobson; treasurer, M. H. Wangsness; assessor, Ole Rudd; justice, E. Eastwood; constable. A. Estenson. The number of votes cast was 109. June 27, Melvin Zeliff was ap- pointed justice in place of O. A. Hanson, resigned, and it was de- cided to build several stone culverts during the year.
1892. Supervisors, James Whealey chairman, Ole A. Hanson, John H. Bly; clerk, L. M. Jacobson; treasurer, John Overbee; as- sessor, Ole Rudd; justices, Emory Royce, Job W. Wood; constables, Magnus Johnson, C. A. Estenson. There were twenty-six votes cast at this election, and it was voted "that the pesthouse be moved to some suitable place by the board to be used for town purposes, and in which to hold their meetings." March 29, the board directed O. A. Hanson to hire men and teams to move the pesthouse onto the northwest corner of section 22, and that the building should be called Palisade Townhall. John Lewis and Ole Rudd were ap- pointed justices in the place of Royce and Wood, who had failed to qualify. June 27, the board directed the posting of five notices to the effect that all noxious weeds must be destroyed during the months of July and August, and that the same notice be published in the Garretson Progress. November 12, the board ordered that the pesthouse be moved on to the corner of section 16, there to be used as a townhall.
1893. Supervisors, Ole A. Hanson chairman, John H. Bly, John Lewis; clerk, L. M. Jacobson; treasurer, John Overbee; assessor, Ole Rudd; justices, Alexander Allen, George W. Peterson. Twenty- eight votes were cast. A vote was taken upon the question whether or not the township should be resurveyed, resulting in 11 votes for and 7 against. November 11, the board met at H. H. Keith's office to draw a contract with John O. Langness for a resurvey of the town- ship, but Mr. Langness not being willing to agree upon the terms proposed, the contract was let to T. M. Patten, who agreed to do the work and pay all the expenses, except furnishing monuments, for the sum of $350.
1894. Supervisors, O. A. Hanson chairman, Fred Steinmetz, Magnus Johnson; clerk, L. M. Jacobson; treasurer, John Overbee; assessor, Ole Rudd; justices, George W. Peterson, Emory Royce; constables, Ed Lewis, A. C. Estenson. Forty-six ballots were cast. A motion was made and carried that no taxes be levied during the vear. March 22, George W. Peterson was appointed supervisor, Fred Steinmetz refusing to qualify; Lewis Gilbert and J. J. LaDue were appointed justices in the place of Peterson and Royce who failed to qualify. During this year there were quite a number of meetings of the board to consider road work, the building of culverts and bridges, the vaccination of the people; to give instructions to the road overseers in consequence of the resurvey, and to prosecute per- sons obstructing the highways.
1895. Supervisors, G. W. Peterson chairman, F. L. Herbert, Andreas Larhahl; clerk, L. M. Jacobson; treasurer, John K. Over- bee; assessor, Ole Rudd.
1896. Supervisors, A. J. Cooley chairman, Magnus Johnson, A. O. Lardahl; clerk, G. W. Peterson: treasurer, John Overbee; as- sessor, Ole Rudd.
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1897. Supervisors, A. J. Cooley chairman, Magnus Johnson, John Ingebretson; clerk, G. W. Peterson; treasurer, John Overbee; assessor, Ole Rudd.
1898. Supervisors, A. J. Cooley chairman, J. H. Bly, John Ingebretson; clerk, G. W. Peterson; treasurer, John K. Overbee; assessor, Ole Rudd.
1899. Supervisors, O. A. Hanson, Magnus Johnson, J. J. Klungness; clerk, G. W. Peterson; treasurer, Wm. Pierce; assessor, Ole Rudd.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
BERG, A. C., is a native of Norway, and was born September 11. 1860; emigrated with his parents to the United States in 1872, and lived in Michigan two years, where he attended the public schools; removed to Dakota and settled in this county on the 9th day of Sep- tember, 1874, his father, C. A. Berg, taking up land in section 19 in Highland township. He remained with his father working on the farm and attending the Augustana College at Canton until 1886, when he went to Dell Rapids and clerked for R. W. Howland for some time, then returned home, got married, and lived on the farm until in 1888. At that time he removed to Sherman, where he, in partnership with his brother-in-law, C. A. Estensen, opened a gen- eral store under the firm name of Berg, Estensen & Co., and since then has been doing a successful business at that place. He has been a member of the school board six years, and postmaster at Sher- man from 1888 to 1899. He is a good business man, an enterprising, respected citizen, and well liked.
BLY, JOHN H., was born in Lee county, Illinois, March 16, 1862. He came to this county in 1886, and bought the southeast quarter of section 32 in Palisade, where he has since resided, and has a good farm. He has been a member of the town board of supervisors for two years, and clerk of the school board four years. He is a good farmer and a good citizen.
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