Ramsey County, ND -Pioneers' Association of the Devils Lake Region The following names of Devils Lake Region pioneers were found in an old booklet. Unfortunately, there is no printing date noted anywhere on the booklet but the following brief news item was published in the April 25, 1919 Hansboro News newspaper: Devils Lake - A roster of pioneer settlers of the Lake region is being compiled here for transmission to the State Historical Society. Three of the men whose names appear on the list settled here as early as the latter '60's. ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. http://www.usgwarchives.net/nd/ndfiles.htm ************************************************************************ Contributed 2001 by Mary Lindbo, PIONEERS OF THE DEVILS LAKE REGION, NORTH DAKOTA The following are the names of the Members of the Pioneers Association of the Devils Lake Region, who have filed with the Secretary a form of application giving a history of their settlement. These forms are being bound in a book that is to be filed with the State Historical Society. NAME AND PLACE DATE OF ARRIVAL Anderson, Bernt, Coulee Township June 1, 1883 Anderson, Christian, Bartlett April 2, 1883 Arsenault Elodia (Sister), Fort Totten May 30, 1880 Ayerst, Fred, Fort Totten May 1, 1878 Baker, Charles H., Morris Township July 12, 1882 Baker, Fred A., Freshwater Township October 10, 1882 Baker, John E., Bartlett April 1, 1883 Beatty, F. W., Towner County May 16, 1883 Beauchamp, John B., Towner County June 1, 1883 Becker, Frederick A., Fort Totten March 2, 1883 Belford, W. H., Devils Lake July 1, 1883 Benham, Maj. T. S., Poplar Grove April, 1882 Brainard, Abner P., Devils Lake April 8, 1883 Brending, Fred H., Devils Lake May 1, 1882 Brenner, Ernest W., Fort Totten June 10, 1868 Brooke, Jas. V., Old Devils Lake February 23, 1883 Brudeseth, Tosten, Jerusalem June 5, 1882 Bryn, Engebret A., Grand Harbor July 8, 1882 Bryn, John A., Grand Harbor July 8, 1882 Bryn, Peder A., Grand Harbor July 8, 1882 Budde, Charles, Devils Lake April, 1883 Campbell, James G., Old Devils Lake June 1, 1882 Cavenaugh, Frank, Fort Totten May 24, 1873 Chisholm, Dan, Odessa Township January 20, 1882 Chisholm, Finley, Odessa Township January 20, 1882 Christianson, Thomas,, Devils Lake March 28, 1883 Church, J. B., Churchs Ferry May 14, 1883 Clark, Edgar B., Larimore March 9, 1882 Close, John, Grand Harbor May 10, 1883 Cockburn, Alex, Devils Lake May 22, 1883 Conyers, John S., Towner County May 23, 1883 Copeland, C. E., Devils Lake April 15, 1883 Copeland, George, Devils Lake April 15, 1883 Cowan, John F., Stump Lake July 15, 1881 Coykendall, Fred, Devils Lake May 22, 1882 Coykendall, Frank, Devils Lake March 1, 1883 Crafts, Fred Whipple, Creel City May 18, 1883 Crary, John H., Crary June 3, 1883 Creel, General Herber M., Fort Totten March 20, 1880 Cubbison, J. M., Minnewaukan June 8, 1883 Currie, Alex, Walsh County June 1, 1882 Daeley, John, Freshwater Lake November, 1882 Daeley, Richard, Freshwater Lake May 18, 1882 Dahlen, John A. G., Devils Lake May 25, 1883 DeMars, Cassimere, Grand Harbor May 15, 1882 DeMars, Edmond, Grand Harbor June 15, 1882 Denoyer, Joseph, Grahams Island July 12, 1882 Denoyer, Stephen, Grahams Island July 10, 1882 Devany, Edmund M., Devils Lake April 2, 1883 Dingman, H. H., Towner County June 4, 1883 Dion, Antoine A., Grand Harbor November 29, 1882 Dohney, Michael, Grand Harbor March 2, 1883 Doyle, W. J., Bartlett May 12, 1883 Drapeau, Philomena (Sister), Fort Totten November 2, 1874 Eaton, James B., Grand Harbor October 16, 1882 Elliott, S. H., Devils Lake October 18,, 1882 Elmslie, George, Bartlett July 6, 1883 Enger, Ever C., Churchs Ferry November 4, 1884 Espetol, Ole O., Bartlett June 12, 1883 Fanning, Richard F., Devils Lake June 9, 1883 Fassett, Smith, Devils Lake June 2, 1882 Fisher, C. M., Creel City April 10, 1883 Fitzpatrick, John, Devils Lake November 3, 1882 Forrest, Pat, Devils Lake June 1, 1883 Franklin, E. M., Devils Lake May 12, 1883 Fugle, John, Poplar Grove October 16, 1882 Furstenau, Gus, Devils Lake May 14, 1883 Furstenau, Louis, Devils Lake April 1, 1883 Garske, Charles, Devils Lake July 8, 1883 Gilberg, Peder, Ramsey County May, 1882 Glass, Geo. H., Devils Lake March, 1883 Glerum, Peter, Grand Harbor April 1, 1883 Gorman, Edward, Towner County May 8, 1883 Gordon, William, Morris Township June 5, 1882 Graham, E. A., Devils Lake May 1, 1883 Graham, John, Devils Lake May 20, 1882 Graham, Joseph, Devils Lake May 20, 1882 Greene, C. W., Old Devils Lake March 18, 1883 Guldner, Peter, Benson County April 17, 1882 Haig, Wm. R., Ramsey County October, 1882 Hale, Henry, Fort Totten April 13, 1878 Hansbrough, Henry C., Devils Lake March, 1883 Harvey, John L., Towner County June 1, 1883 Heerman, Capt. E. E., Rock Island November 9, 1882 Hermansen, Christ, Cleveland Township June 1, 1883 Hillerman, T. A., Bartlett April 25, 1883 Hoghaug, M. A., Walsh County October 4, 1879 Horne, J. A., Devils Lake April, 1883 Hoystad, Ole J., Ramsey County June 20, 1883 Hunt, Rev. Jerome, Fort Totten September 30, 1882 Hunter, Frank V., Nelson County May 15, 1883 Hunter, John C., Grahams Island July 29, 1880 Huseby, Andrew, Bartlett April 2, 1883 Jacobson, B. Theodor G., Grahams Island March 30, 1883 Jamieson, George W., Devils Lake May 18, 1883 Kelley, Clark W., Devils Lake July 8, 1883 Kelly, Dennis, Devils Lake May 12, 1883 Kelly, J. W., Odessa Township June, 1882 Kelly, John, Ramsey County March 28, 1883 Kelly, Joseph, Devils Lake March 25, 1883 Kelly, Patrick, Devils Lake March 19, 1883 Kent, J. B., Bartlett June 13, 1883 Kildakl, Andrew J., Devils Lake May 15, 1883 Kitch, Nick, Webster Township June 1883 Klufton, Amund, Grand Harbor May 1, 1883 Kveseth, C. G., Bartlett April 1882 Lake, Henry, Dry Lake June 19, 1882 Lamoreaux, James G., Jerusalem June 7, 1881 Lange, John, Devils Lake April 1883 Lapham, Cal A., Bartlett May 8, 1883 LaRose, Octave, Fort Totten May 24, 1873 LaRue, Edgar, Creelsburg November 8, 1882 Leach, Arthur B., Devils Lake May 15, 1883 Lee, T. T., Devils Lake May 17, 1883 Leet, Ole, Freshwater June, 1882 Lemke, Frederick, Towner County May, 1883 Locke, Fred D., Morris Township July 12, 1882 Locke, Geo. H., Ramsey County October, 1882 Lohnes, Edward H., Fort Totten July 20, 1867 Ludwig, William, Devils Lake October 30, 1883 Lysne, Erick, Bartlett February 15, 1883 Maher, John W., Devils Lake April 24, 1883 Maloney, Thomas H., Devils Lake May, 1883 Mann, Frank W., Devils Lake March 24, 1884 Mark, J. O., Grand Harbor June, 1882 Marks, C. C., Pitchers Grove May 27, 1882 Marks, Garrett, Towner County June 4, 1883 McCanna, James J., Towner County May 8, 1883 McCanna, D. W., Towner County November 20, 1882 McCauley, Neil, Ramsey County April 8, 1883 McClory, Peter J., Grand Harbor May 18, 1882 McCormick, James, Bartlett April 18, 1883 McDevitte, John, Poplar Grove December 17, 1880 McDonell, Angus J., Devils Lake June 6, 1883 McDonell, Allan, Creel City March 1, 1884 McGee, William H., Towner County May 20, 1883 McIntosh, W. H., Devils Lake March, 1883 McKone, Peter, Dry Lake May 16, 1883 McLeod, D. C., Bartlett June 15, 1883 Merrick, Ensign P., Dry Lake May 26, 1883 Merrick, Fred E., Devils Lake May 25, 1883 Merrick, Will, Dry Lake May 25, 1883 Michaels, James Sr., Fort Totten December 17, 1877 Miller, August, Ramsey County April 23, 1883 Miller, Louis H., Ramsey County April 12, 1882 Moen, E. T., Devils Lake June 10, 1883 Morgan, Peter, Bartlett June 18, 1883 Morgridge, W. J., Grand Harbor June 14, 1882 Morris, Sgt. Thomas P., Fort Totten May 14, 1870 Moylan, John F., Towner County June, 1883 Myren, Ole T., Grand Harbor July 13, 1883 Nees, C. M., DeGroat Township July 8, 1882 Nelson, Charles, Grand Harbor April 27, 1883 Nestegard, Sven, Ramsey, County March 12, 1882 Nicholson, Harry A., Odessa July 20, 1882 Noltimier, A. H., Valley City April, 1878 Noltimier, Henry A., Big Coulee June, 1883 Noonan, Michael, Bartlett April 1, 1883 Norton, D. D., Grand Harbor September 6, 1882 Noyes, T. H., Towner County June 10, 1883 Noyes, Tracy J., Towner County June 10, 1883 Noyes, William L., Towner County June 10, 1883 Nye, Stephen Alfred, Devils Lake April 2, 1884 Oliver, John C., Jerusalem June 28, 1879 Orr, Emmett, Devils Lake July, 1882 Palmer, Edgar A., Rock Island March 9, 1882 Palmer, Frank, Fort Totten April 9, 1868 Page, Jean (Sister), Fort Totten January 25, 1879 Palmer, Lafayette, Rock Island December, 1881 Parker, Fremont S., Devils Lake May 15, 1883 Pederson, Ole B., Ramsey County April 5, 1883 Pendroy, James A., Pendroy August 15, 1882 Pendroy, L. B., Mouse River August 15, 1882 Percival, John A., Devils Lake December 17, 1882 Perkins, James O., Old Devils Lake April 20, 1882 Pew, W. E., Towner County May, 1883 Pierce, Charles, Stump Lake April 8, 1882 Pitcher, Frank, Pitchers Grove August 26, 1882 Pitts, William R., Grand Forks May 21, 1878 Powell, A. M., Devils Lake March, 1882 Powell, W. E., Ramsey County May 10, 1883 Priest, Edward E., Towner County May, 1883 Priest, Frank W., Fort Totten August 15, 1881 Prosser, Frank H. Rader, John C., Grand Harbor June 13, 1883 Ransier, L. J., Towner County May 2, 1883 Reed, James A., Devils Lake January 14, 1883 Regan, B. B., Dry Lake June 8, 1882 Regan, Peter, Webster 1883 Richardson, Fred, Grand Harbor April 14, 1883 Richter, H. J. C., Grand Harbor May 29, 1882 Riordan, Timothy W., Elm Grove June 7, 1882 Riordan, W. A., Devils Lake June, 1882 Ruger, H. H., Fort Totten 1877 Rustom, George O., Devils Lake April 20, 1883 Rustom, Hans O., Minnewaukan Township March 28, 1883 Ryan, James H., Bartlett April 19, 1883 Salmons, J. W., Towner County June 10, 1883 Samuel, W. G., Old Devils Lake July 12, 1882 Sather, A. O., Towner County May 8, 1883 Sather, Nels O., Towner County May 20, 1883 Saunders, Thomas C., Stump Lake April, 1882 Schnetter, William E., Grand Harbor May 10, 1883 Serumgard, Ole, Devils Lake April 21, 1884 Serumgard, Siver, Cass County April 30, 1882 Severson, S. E., Ramsey County March 30, 1883 Sjoberg, John, Devils Lake April 8, 1883 Smith, John H., Devils Lake March, 1883 Snook, Frank, Grand Harbor June 15, 1882 Solberg, Thorwold, Churchs Ferry May 31, 1882 Sorenson, Rasmus, Webster Township June 1, 1882 Stade, Andrew J., Grand Harbor April 22, 1883 Stahl, Charles, A., Towner County June 1, 1883 Stewart, James, Towner County May 8, 1883 Stewart, James A., Devils Lake City November 12, 1882 Stoeser, Jos. B., Devils Lake March 26, 1883 Stoeser, John Sr., Grand Harbor April 6, 1883 Stoeser, Louis W., Ramsey County December 28, 1882 Storman, Louis, Sweetwater April 3, 1883 Studley, Charles A., Benson County June 1, 1883 Sullivan, Thos. W., Ramsey County March 20, 1883 Tanton, A. G., Devils Lake June 15, 1883 Thoe, Halvor, Devils Lake June 12, 1882 Thompson, Herman, Grand Harbor July 24, 1882 Thompson, Sidney F., Devils Lake October 4, 1883 Thompson, Thos. P., Freshwater June 29, 1882 Thorson, T., Stump Lake May 25, 1882 Tinbo, Ole P., Norway Township June 10, 1883 Tinbo, Gabriel T., Grand Harbor May 18, 1883 Todd, Charles, Ramsey County July 4, 1882 Torvick, Ole M., Grand Harbor April 1, 1883 Turner, David H., Dry Lake June 12, 1882 Ugland, Hans L., Devils Lake April 20, 1883 Ulstad, Gunder, Devils Lake June 29, 1882 Vickery, Ira, Odessa June 10, 1883 VanLiew, John, Devils Lake April 25, 1883 Vannier, George A., Devils Lake April 25, 1883 Wagner, Calvin M., Grand Harbor February 16, 1883 Wagness, Ever, Fort Totten May, 1878 Walker, Oliver P., Towner County June 15, 1883 Watt, James E., Devils Lake April 14, 1883 Webster, William, Devils Lake June 10, 1883 Wehe, Charles L., Devils Lake June 5, 1882 Wehe, L. J., Bartlett May 5, 1883 Wells, J. T., Towner County July 4, 1883 Welton, Lemuel G., Dunseith October 21, 1882 Wheeler, George, Ramsey County June 10, 1882 Whipple, Abram O., Devils Lake April, 1883 Williams, Geo. H., Creelsburg January 10, 1883 Wilson, Geo. P., Devils Lake April 7, 1883 Wineman, S. L., Devils Lake April, 1883 Wirtz, A. J., Rock Island March 15, 1882 Wirtz, C. J., Rock Island March 15, 1884 Wolf, Jacob, Devils Lake September 1, 1882 Zunich, Chas. T., Grand Harbor August 15, 1882