Bio of BUTENHOFF, Ferdinand (m.1917) and STOCK, Emma, Clay Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, 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. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Don Hansen Submitted: June 2006 ========================================================================= CLAY COUNTY FAMILY ALBUM A History of Rural Clay County, MN, 1976 FERDINAND BUTENHOFF FAMILY Ferdinand was born in Franklin County, Iowa to August and Willamenia Tievs Butenhoff. He came to Baker at the age of seventeen, purchasing his farm in 1913. He was married to Emma Stock, daughter of Adam and Emilia Stock of Farmington township, Albany, Mn. In 1917. Traveling at this time was mostly by train if you were going any distance. During the years before the land was all turned much of it was used as pasture and hay land for sheep and cattle. Horses were used for field work; Ferdinand owned and operated a threshing rig. They moved around to about a half dozen farms during harvesting. Livestock, milking, chores, poultry, large gardens kept everybody busy. Usually there were several hired hands and at times a school teacher living with the family. A school was moved into this area in about 1925 - Dist. 114W. One teacher taught all eight grades and was also janitor. Church for the family was at Trinity Lutheran of Sabin, Mn. In early years, many times the distance of nine miles was covered by horse and buggy or in the winter time by sled. Children in the family" Mathilda - Mrs. Lester Possehl - living in Alliance township. Irene - died at the age of sixteen while a senior in High School. Arnold - owns and operates home farm in Alliance Township. Cecelia - Mrs. Desmonde Jerde - teaches Home Ec. In Britton, S.D. LaVerne - died at the age of nineteen. Avis - Living in Moorhead, Mn. Works in Federal Civil Service in Fargo, N.D. Laurence - married to Beverly Johnk. He farms in Alliance Township. This farm was first sold along with other lands by President Wm.McKinley to the Northern Pacific Railroad Co. After owning the land for sometime they sold it to the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Co. This company sold the land to John Erickson and Lew Huntoon in 1896 and since then the land has been owned by private parties. Ferdinand Butenhoff purchased the farm in 1913 from Hattie M. Graves and Clem Graves. ========================================================================= Copyright Don Hansen 2006. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm =========================================================================