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KILBURN, E., was born in Canada, May 1, 1825. He came to the United States in 1846, and lived in Wisconsin and New Hampshire until he settled in this county in 1878. He took up a homestead on the northeast quarter of section 31 in Taopi, where he has since re- sided and has a good farm. He has always been prominent in town affairs; has held the office of justice of the peace several terms, and supervisor and chairman of the town board; and is a well liked and highly respected citizen.
KLINE, ADOLPH, came to this country from Germany, where he was born in 1847. He came to Dakota in 1878, after having lived in Wisconsin and Iowa for some time. He filed a tree claim and a pre- emption upon the east half of section 30 in Taopi, and engaged in farming.
LARSON, ELIAS, is a native of Norway, and was born January 11, 1856. He emigrated to this country in 1872, and lived in Iowa for six years, then removed to Minnehaha county and settled on his present farm, the northeast quarter of section 25, in Taopi, where he has since resided. He is an active and well-known citizen, and has held the office of assessor.
LARSON, TOM, was born in the province of Bergen, Norway. February 15, 1862. When he first came to this country he located in Iowa and lived there until the spring of 1878, when he moved to Dakota. He owns and resides upon the southwest quarter of section 15, and on April 3, 1885, he filed a tree claim upon the southwest quarter of section 26, in Taopi. He is an industrious farmer and a good citi- zen, and has been assessor for three years.
W. O. COLTON.
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OLSON, OLE, was born in Sweden August 4, 1844, and was reared on his father's farm. In 1871, he emigrated to the United States, worked on a farm in Wisconsin for awhile, three years in a pinery in Michigan, three years on a farm near Lincoln, Neb., and six months in a gold mine in the Black Hills, after which he bought a farm in Wahoo precinct, Saunders county, Nebraska, and lived there about seven years. He removed to this county in the spring of 1885, and bought the southwest quarter of section 1, in Taopi, where he still resides with his family, consisting of wife, three girls and three boys. His farm is well improved with good buildings, seven acres of trees, and orchard. He is a good farmer and a good citizen.
REED, JAMES O., a son of Orville H. Reed, was born in Water- town, New York, May 9, 1852. He came to this county in 1880, and settled in Taopi, taking up a homestead and a tree claim in section 31, and has since that time resided there. He has held various town offices, and was nominated for the legislature in 1892, but his party was in the minority, and he did not secure the election. He is an ac- tive citizen, and stands well with his neighbors and acquaintances.
REED, ORVILLE H., was born in Watertown, Jefferson county, New York, December 13, 1828, and was educated in the common schools. He was at one time engaged in the oil business in Pennsyl- vania, and afterwards lived seven years in Wisconsin. In 1880, he came to this county and settled in Taopi, taking up the southwest quarter of section 29 as a homestead, where he has since resided. He followed the trade of carpenter and joiner for twenty-five years. While residing in New York he held town offices. He is a good neighbor, and a respected citizen.
STONDAHL, C. KNUTSON, was born in Minnesota, April 25, 1857, and came to this county in 1878. He had no property when he first came here, but took up 160 acres of land in the northwest quarter of section 18, in Taopi, as a homestead. By industry and economy, he soon had quite a good farm, although the hail storms destroyed his crops three times. He has been school treasurer, and also constable of Taopi, and is a good citizen.
THOMPSON, AUSTIN, is a native of Iowa, and was born July 1. 1857. He came to this county on the 16th day of August, 1878, and secured a homestead on the southeast quarter of section 23 in Taopi, where he has since resided, and has a good farm. He was one of the supervisors of the town board in 1895, is an industrious farmer and a good citizen.
THOMPSON, CHARLES, was born in Norway, October 22, 1853. He emigrated to the United States and resided in Howard county, Iowa, for some time, but removed to this county in 1878, and settled on his present farm, comprising 160 acres in sections 25 and 26 in Taopi, which is now a well improved farm. He was one of the super- visors of the town board in 1896 and 1897, and is an enterprising, good citizen.
TOPHAM, THOMAS H., is a native of England, and was born March 18, 1851. He emigrated to the United States in 1880, lived a
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few months in New York, then resided in Connecticut until he re- moved to Dakota. He arrived in this county March 20, 1892, resided in Grand Meadow a short time, and is now engaged in farming in section 31 in Taopi. He was one of the grand jurors at the Novem- ber term of Minnehaha county circuit court in 1894, and during his short residence in the county has established a good reputation as a citizen.
WILLARD, LEVI LAROY, is a native of Vermont, and was born in 1846. He lived a few years in Iowa and Wisconsin, and removed to this county in 1879. He took up a homestead and tree claim in sec- tions 27 and 31, and engages in general farming, raising grain, horses, cattle, sheep and hogs. In 1896 he was nominated on the Republican ticket to the house of representatives of the South Dakota legislature, but his party was in the minority that year, and conse- quently he was not elected. Mr. Willard is a good neighbor and cit- izen, and is one of those men whom everybody likes.
J. B. GODDARD.
BUFFALO TOWNSHIP.
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Buffalo is the northwest township in the county and contains, ac- cording to the government survey, 19,355.53 acres of land. In Au- gust, 1859, the township lines were surveyed by W. J. Neeley, and the subdivision was made by H. T. Austin in June, 1867. This sur- vey shows that Buffalo lake in sections 2 and 10 covered 440 acres of land at that time, Diamond Lake 282 acres, a portion of Clear Lake 126 acres in section 36, and another lake, part of which is in McCook county, covered 191 acres in sections 19 and 30. There were some small streams tributary to these lakes, and one of the branches of Skunk creek had its source at the northeast corner of section 30. If a survey should be made of these lakes and water courses at the present time they would not make so good a showing upon a map of the township.
Alexander Irvine settled on the northeast quarter of section 27 in May, 1877. H. J. Dallen, Sever O). Henjum, B. E. Nelson, and Freeman O. Nichols came in 1878, and several prominent, well-to-do farmers residing in this township at the present time settled there in 1879.
The first school house in Burk was located on the northeast cor- ner of section 9. It was covered with one thickness of boards, and warmed by a sheet-iron stove. The fuel used was hay, and the scholars twisted it ready for use during the recesses and at noon. The teacher was Mary E. Brenner, who taught the school for three months, at $18 per month.
During the last ten years some fine farm buildings have been erected, and taking the township as a whole the evidence of pros- perity is not wanting. There is not a post office in the township, and the residents receive their mail at Taopi and Montrose. The nearest railroad station is Montrose on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minne- apolis and Omaha railway.
SEVENTH DAY ADVENT CHURCH. The church of the Seventh Day Advent was erected in 1889, on the southeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 26 in Buffalo, and was paid for by sub- scription. It is principally open for the Seventh Day Adventists. who keep their Sabbath on Saturday, but Protestants of all denomi- nations are welcome to worship in the church.
ST. JACOB'S NORWEGIAN EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CONGREGA- TION .- This church organization was perfected in 1884 by the Rev. O. O. Sando, who remained its pastor until he was succeeded by the
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Rev. M. Shirley. The present pastor is the Rev. M. Swaren, and the congregation consists of ninety members of which forty-seven are communicants. It is connected with the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Synod of America. In 1887, this society built a church on the southeast corner of section 15. It is a fine church building, twenty-eight by forty feet and has a steeple eighty-one feet in height which can be seen for several miles in all directions.
BUFFALO TOWNSHIP BOARD.
The first meeting of the township board was held at the resi- dence of S. O. Henjum January 14, 1881. At this meeting S. O. Henjum was chosen chairman; the other members of the board were Jacob Stevens and J. Nebbergall; H. J. Dallen was assessor, B. C. Baarson clerk, C. Bode treasurer, William Eggert, L. W. Granger justices, H. Stevens constable. The first warrant issued was in favor of H. J. Dallen for services as assessor in the sum of $18.
1882. Supervisors, S. O. Henjum chairman, Edgar Kilburn, James Nebbergall; clerk, John Archer; treasurer, Carl Bode; as- sessor, Matthew Owens; constable, A. Gregory; pound master, A. J. Anderson. June 28, Carl Bode tendered his resignation as treas- urer, which was accepted, and H. J. Dallen was appointed to fill the vacancy.
1883. Supervisors, S. O. Henjum chairman, Edgar Kilburn, B. E. Nelson; clerk, John Archer; treasurer, H. J. Dallen; justices, L. W. Granger, W. Rodway; constables, E. A. Packard, Jacob Stevens.
1884. Supervisors, F. J. Burnett chairman, H. J. Dallen, B. E. Nelson; clerk, John Archer; treasurer, John Arneson; assessor, S. (). Henjum; justices, Henry Guth, L. W. Granger; constables, S. J. Holland, John Hand.
1885. Supervisors, S. O. Henjum chairman, Edgar Kilburn, James Nebbergall; clerk, F. J. Burnett; assessor and justice, L. W. Granger; constable, John Hand. May 12, the board appointed Wm. Eggert constable, John Hand having removed from the township.
1886. Supervisors, S. O. Henjum chairman, Edgar Kilburn, E. A. Packard; clerk, John Archer; treasurer, D. W. Kennison; as- sessor, F. J. Burnett; justices, L. W. Granger, Henry Guth; con- stables, William Eggert, S. J. Holland.
1887. Supervisors, L. W. Granger chairman, E. A. Packard, H. J. Dallen; clerk, John Archer; treasurer, D. W. Kennison; as- sessor, Matthew Owens; justice, James Nebbergall; constable, J. N. Hartrauft.
1888. Supervisors, F. J. Burnett chairman, B. E. Nelson, John Hart; clerk, Matthew Owens; treasurer, H. J. Dallen; assessor, John Arneson. February 26, 1889, a petition for the resurvey of the township was received, asking that the question be submitted to a vote at the next annual election.
1889. Supervisors, F. J. Burnett chairman, John Hart, B. E. Nelson; clerk, M. Owens; assessor, John Arneson; treasurer, H. J. Dallen. In May, after having canvassed the votes for delegates to the constitutional convention, the question arose who should deliver
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the election returns at Sioux Falls, and no member of the board was willing to do so. It was then voted that $2.50 should be paid in ad- dition to the fees to the person performing the service, still no one being willing the supervisors and the clerk drew lots in order to de- cide the question. The lot fell on the clerk, who remarks in the record "that he being out of money as usual" made a bill in advance, which was allowed. October 1, Sivert Olson was appointed con- stable.
1890. Supervisors, S. O. Henjum chairman, F. J. Burnett, L. W. Granger; clerk and justice, Matthew Owens; assessor, John Arneson; treasurer, H. J. Dallen; constables, B. E. Nelson, S. S. Olson. April 21, F. J. Burnett resigned as supervisor and G. V. Huntemer was appointed to fill the vacancy.
1891. Supervisors, L. W. Granger chairman, G. V. Huntemer, D. W. Kennison; clerk, John Archer; assessor, John Arneson; treasurer, H. J. Dallen; justice, A. J. Erikson. It was voted to hold all town meetings in the school house in district No. 98. Twenty- five votes were cast.
1892. Supervisors, B. E. Nelson chairman, G. V. Huntemer, John B. Johnson; clerk, S. O. Henjum; treasurer, H. J. Dallen; as- sessor, John Archer; justice, C. H. Radspinner; constables, Peter A. Nerdahl, E. J. Archer.
1893. Supervisors, B. E. Nelson chairman, John B. Johnson, Jacob Stevens; clerk, S. O. Henjum; treasurer, H. J. Dallen; con- stable, Albert Arneson; assessor, John Archer.
1894. Supervisors, Hans Johnson chairman, J. B. Johnson, George Ingalls; clerk, T. J. Burnett; treasurer, John Arneson; Geo. Hill was elected but did not qualify); assessor, F. O. Nichols.
1895. Supervisors, John B. Johnson, Geo. W. Ingalls, H. J. Dallen; clerk, F. J. Burnett; treasurer, John Arneson.
1896. Supervisors, John Arneson chairman, S. M. Riveness, Alex. Irvine; clerk, F. J. Burnett; treasurer, J. B. Johnson; as- sessor, F. O. Nichols.
1897. Supervisors, John Arneson chairman, W. C. Archer, H. J. Dallen; clerk, F. J. Burnett; treasurer, John B. Johnson; as- sessor, J. J. Ordal.
1898. Supervisors, B. E. Nelson chairman, H. J. Dallen, W. C. Archer; clerk, F. J. Burnett; treasurer, John B. Johnson; as- sessor, Joseph J. Ordal.
1899. Supervisors, B. E. Nelson, A. E. Packard, John Arne- son; clerk, F. J. Burnett; treasurer, John B. Johnson; assessor, Joseph J. Ordal.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
ARCHER, JOHN, is a native of Ohio, and was born February 6, 1831. He removed to Illinois, then to Iowa, and came from there to Dakota, May 1, 1881. He secured a homestead on the southwest quarter of section 13 in Buffalo, where he still resides. He has been clerk of the town board for about seven years, and school district clerk eight years. He has a well improved farm, with substantial buildings and a large number of horses and cattle.
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ARCHER, ERNEST J., was born in Kane county, Illinois, Febru- ary 16, 1859. He removed with his father to Iowa, and came to Da- kota, May 1, 1881, taking up a homestead adjoining his father's, on the northeast quarter of section 24. He also owns the east half of the northwest quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of the same section, and has a good farm.
ARNESON, JOHN, has resided in Buffalo since April, 1881. He made a pre-emption filing upon the northwest quarter of section 15, but changed it to a homestead and now resides there. He also has a tree claim upon the southwest quarter of section 15. He has been assessor, treasurer, and chairman of the town board, and has held school district offices several years. He was born in Norway, March 11, 1849; emigrated to the United States and resided for awhile in Iowa and three years in Minnesota before coming to this county in 1881.
BURNETT, F. J., was born at Jordan, Onondaga county, New York, March 1, 1841. Before coming to Dakota he lived in Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan and Iowa. On the 23d day of April, 1861, he enlisted in Co. H, Second Regiment Wis. Vol. Inf., and served until August 16 of that year. On the 24th day of January, 1864, he en- listed in Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery, and served until August 3, 1865. On the 2d day of May, 1878, he arrived in this county and took up 320 acres of land in Taopi township, also the southwest quarter of section 3 in Buffalo township, which he now owns, and upon which he resides. He was chairman of the town board in 1884-8-9, town clerk and enumerator of census in 1885, asses- sor in 1886, supervisor in 1890, and guard at the penitentiary from April 9, 1890, to March 21, 1893, since which time he has resided on his farm. He was elected town clerk in 1894, and by re-elections has held the office since then. Mr. Burnett is a good neighbor, and an upright, respected citizen.
DALLEN, H. J., was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, November 16, 1856. resided for awhile in Iowa and removed to this county in May, 1878. He made a homestead entry on the southwest quarter of section 21, in Buffalo, where he now resides. He has held the office of town treasurer six years, and has also been town assessor and supervisor of the town board.
GUTH, HENRY, was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in March, 1854, and was educated in the common schools. He resided in Wis- consin until he removed to Dakota in May, 1879, at which time he lo- cated in Buffalo, taking up as a homestead the southwest quarter of section 4, where he has since resided. He also pre-empted 160 acres and secured a tree claim in the adjoining county. He is a good farmer and a good citizen. In relating his early experiences as a pioneer he said: "I did not have any vegetables for a year and a half, and I had such a yearning for anything in that line that I ate green oats and other grain with the greatest relish. Pioneers are slaves for those who come after them."
HOLDEN, OSCAR L., was born in Vermont May 21, 1853. He re- sided in Iowa six years, and removed to Dakota in August, 1882, and
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settled in Minnehaha county. He bought the northwest quarter of section 13, in Buffalo, where he engaged in farming, besides working at his trade of carpenter. He resided on his farm until his death, which occurred June 4, 1897. He was a good citizen.
HILL, GEORGE H., was born in Essex county, New York, in 1857. He removed with his parents to Winneshiek county, Iowa, in 1860, and remained there until January, 1876, when they located in this county, his father, Hiram N. Hill, securing about 200 acres in sec- tion 20, in Benton township. The subject of this sketch moved on to his present farm, comprising the north half of the northeast quarter of section 22, and the southwest quarter and the south half of the southeast quarter of section 15, in Buffalo township, in 1879, and has resided there ever since. He was elected justice of the peace in 1894.
HOLLAND, SEVERT J., is a native of Norway, and was born May 21, 1858. He emigrated to the United States in 1870, and lived in Iowa until he came to Dakota in 1880. He took up as a homestead the east half of the southeast quarter of section 29, and as a tree claim the northwest quarter of section 31, and has purchased the north half of the northeast quarter of section 29, in Buffalo, and resides on his homestead. He has been road supervisor five years and constable. four years.
HENJUM, SEVER O., is a native of Norway, and was born May 21. 1851. He emigrated to the United States and lived in Iowa and Minnesota until 1878, when he came to Dakota, arriving in this county on the 27th day of May of that year. He took up a homestead on the northwest quarter of section 21, in Buffalo, where he still re- sides, and a tree claim on the northeast quarter of section 20, in the same town, which half section of land he still retains and has a fine farm. He has been prominent in town affairs, having held both town and school district offices.
IRVINE, ALEXANDER, the first permanent settler of Buffalo, was born at Janesville, Wisconsin, February 4, 1856. He lived in Iowa for some time, and removed from there to Dakota in May, 1877, when he located a homestead on the northeast quarter of section 27 in Buffalo, where he still resides, and has a good farm. He also owns the east half of the northwest quarter of the same section.
JAASTAD, LEWIS HENDERSON, was born in Norway, February 22, 1855, and emigrated to the United States in 1873 and settled in Iowa. In 1881 he came to Burk, this county, but soon after took ap the southeast quarter of section 8 in Buffalo. He has been school clerk for several years and has also held the office of justice of the peace. He has a good farm, and raises both grain and stock; is a good neigh- bor, and a respected citizen.
JOHNSON. JOHN B., was born in Norway, January 14, 1862, and emigrated to this country with his father, Johannes J. Ordal, in 1880. Since May of that vear he has resided in Buffalo township, and is the owner of a good farm in section 11; has been on the town board four years, one year of which he was chairman, and has held the office of town treasurer. He is a good citizen.
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KENNISON, DANIEL W., is a Vermonter by birth, and was born August 11, 1829. He lived in New York and Illinois for several years and came to this county on the 22d day of August, 1882, from Grundy county, Iowa. He took up a homestead on the northeast quarter of section 35 in Buffalo, to which he added the northwest quarter of section 12, and eighty acres in section 36, and in a few years had a fine farm, with good buildings and improvements. But on account of feeble health he was obliged to give up farming, and in . 1893 removed to Madison, in Lake county, where he resided until in 1898, when he went to Arkansas, in hopes of regaining his health, but failing in this, came to Sioux Falls, and after a long siege in the hospital, recovered his health to quite an extent. He disposed of his farm in Buffalo, except the eighty acres in section 36, and bought some property in Sioux Falls, where he now resides. He was treas- urer of Buffalo township in 1886 and 1887. His two sons, C. A. and C. C., are still residents of Buffalo, where they are engaged in farm- ing, and they are all enterprising men and good citizens. In 1856 he married Miss Jane R. Gage of Chateaugay, New York.
NELSON, BENEDICT E., is a native of Bergen, Norway, and was born March 20, 1854. He emigrated to the United States in 1871, and resided in Dane county, Wisconsin, seven years. In 1878 he came to this county and settled in Buffalo township, taking up as a homestead the northeast quarter of section 23, and the west half of the northwest quarter and the southwest quarter of section 24 as a tree claim, and has since purchased the southeast quarter of section 14. He has a good farm and is a good farmer. He has been supervisor of the town board for several years, and two years its chairman, and has been a member of the school board since 1887. He is frequently elected a delegate to the county conventions, and is one of the most reliable and highly respected citizens in the county.
NICHOLS, FREEMAN O., of Buffalo, was born in Illinois, Sep- tember 19. 1852. When two years old he removed with his parents to Iowa, and lived there until 1878, when he located in this county. He secured a pre-emption in Buffalo, but sold it and went to Lincoln county, where he remained three years. He then returned to Min- nehaha county and took up as a homestead the south half of the northeast quarter of section 32 in Buffalo, where he still resides. He is also the owner of the southeast quarter of the same section, and has a good farm. He has been director and clerk of the school board, and town assessor, and is a pleasant neighbor and a good citizen.
OWENS, MATTHEW, was born in Maine June 5, 1852, and was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools. He removed to Wisconsin and then to Minnesota and came from there to Dakota in July, 1879. He settled in Buffalo township, taking up as a home- stead the northeast quarter of section 3, and also secured a timber claim in section 10. He has been a successful farmer, and is an active, respected citizen. He has held school and town offices, and is well liked by his neighbors.
ORDAL, JOHANNES J., was born in Norway, January 19, 1841, and emigrated to this country in 1880, and located in this county on
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May 16, of that year, on section 10 in Buffalo township, where he has since resided. He is a good citizen.
ORDAL, JOSEPH, son of Johannes, was born in Norway March 4, 1866, and came to this county with his parents in 1880. He lives on the home farm, and owns 80 acres of land adjoining; has been town- ship assessor two years, and is a good citizen.
PACKARD, EDWARD A., was born in Iowa county, Wisconsin. June 18, 1856, and was educated in the common schools. He re- moved to Iowa and came from there to Dakota May 10, 1879. He settled in Buffalo, taking up as a tree claim the southwest quarter of section 25, where he still resides. To this he has added 240 acres in sections 26 and 36, in the same town. He has a well im- proved farm and a thrifty apple orchard of about 150 trees. He has held town offices and has been an active citizen. He is well liked by his neighbors, and is highly respected by all who know him.
STEVENS, JACOB, an old resident of the town of Buffalo, was born in Ohio, in 1847. He resided for some time in Minnesota but came to Minnehaha county in 1879 and took up the north half of sec- tion 9 in Buffalo, where he now resides. He is a good citizen.
* BALTIC.
Soon after the Milwaukee railroad was built between Dell Rap- ids and Sioux Falls, a way station was established on the southeast quarter of section 32 in Dell Rapids township, and was called St. Olaf. A post office was also established, with a Mr. Ebert as post- master. Two or three years after this, J. A. Pettigrew built the St. Olaf's flour mill at this point. The name of the station and post office was changed to Keyes. In October, 1889, John O. Langness platted four blocks in section 5 in Sverdrup township. At this point several business buildings were erected, and at the present writing most of the business is done in the Sverdrup portion of the village. The station, mill, one elevator, and a drug store, are north of the line dividing the townships. On the Sverdrup side there are two elevators, three general stores, two blacksmith shops, harness shop, and lumber yard. There is also a good school house, a creamery, and hotel at this point. Baltic is a good wheat market, and has some very energetic, good business men engaged in business there. Among them are John O). Langness, T. J. and Knut Questad, T. T. Vrenne, and C. H. McFarlin. The location of Baltic, upon the banks of the Big Sioux river, with its water power, surrounded by a rich farming country, makes it a good business point, and now that it has got its name permanently established, it will undoubtedly increase rapidly in population and commercial importance.
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