Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Kallymyen, Martin 1849 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com November 3, 2006, 5:55 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) MARTIN KALLEMYEN, of Leota township, is a native of Mahaska county, Iowa, where he was born June 10, 1849. He is the son of John William and Tryntje (Vermer) Kallemyen. The father was born in Holland and came to America at the age of 60 years. He located in Mahaska county, Iowa, where he lived until his death in 1862, at the age of 75 years. Our subject's mother, also a native of Holland, died in Mahaska county in 1878, at the age of 68 years. On his father's farm in Blackoak township, Mahaska county, Iowa, Martin lived until he was seventeen years of age, spending most of that time getting his education. He moved to Ackley, Iowa, in 1866 and worked at farm labor three years. After his marriage, which occurred at the end of that time, he rented a farm in the same vicinity and farmed three years. He moved to Sioux county, Iowa, in 1873, and became a pioneer settler of that county. He bought a homestead relinquishment there, proved up on the land, and farmed six years. During the next five years he was engaged in the hardware business in Hospers. Disposing of that property, he bought a farm two miles north of Hospers and engaged in agricultural pursuits several years. During the year 1889 Mr. Kallemyen came to Nobles county and bought 200 acres of land on section 9, Leota township, upon which he lived three years. He then bought a half section in Murray county and farmed that eight years. The next six years were passed in Leota village, during three and one-half years of which time he caried [sic] mail out of Leota. In 1906 he bought the sixty acre tract of land on section 6, where he now lives. Mr. Kallemyen was the first Hollander to locate in Leota township, and it was he who was responsible for the settlement of Hollanders in that precinct. Being pleased with the country to which he had come in 1889, he visited a Hollander settlement in Sioux county, Iowa, and induced many to sell and locate there. All who came and have remained here have prospered. In Ackley, Iowa, in November, 1869, Mr. Kallemyen was married to Martha Kooiman, a native of Andyk, Holland. To them have been born the following children: Tryntje, born Dec. 16, 1871; Gerret, born Nov. 13, 1873; Lena, born Jan. 7, 1876; Willhemina, born March 23, 1878; Marie, born April 23. 1880; Jan Willem, born March 13, 1882; Jacob, born July 2, 1884; Susanna, born Nov. 15, 1886; Martha, born Jan. 29, 1889; Martin, born May 1, 1891; Klaus, born June 13, 1S98; Pieter, born June 17, 1897. Mr. Kallemyen has served seven years on the town board during his residence in Murray county. Mrs. Kallemyen served six years as a member of the school district while a resident of Murray county. Both Mr. and Mrs. Kallemyen are members of the Dutch Reformed church. Our subject and John Kreun were named a committee in the early days to select and purchase the site for the Presbyterian church of Leota, which was a year later made the Reformed church. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/kallymye243gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 3.7 Kb