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Book Title: History Of The Minnesota Valley

CHAPTER LXXXIV.

EMMETT—BANDON—HENRYVILLE-PALMYRA-WELLINGTON—ERICKSON—BROOKFIELD-HECTOR—WANG—MELVILLE
—TROY.

   Emmett was set apart for organization September 7, 1870, and the first
election was held September 21, 1870, at which time twelve votes were cast and
the following officers elected: L. A. Brooks, chairman, John Warner and William
Powers, supervisors; Patrick Coulahan, clerk; H. E. Wadsworth, treasurer;
William Powers and L. A. Brooks, justices; C. Pickthorn and James Daley,
constables.

   The first settlers came in June, 1869, and were L. A. Brooks and H. E.
Wadsworth, on section 32, G. L. Dodge, section 20, and William Powers. The fall
of the same year, John Warner, Patrick Coulahan, James Daley, Charles Pickthorn
and Wesley Wiley, took claims and settled.

   The Methodists held meetings in 1871, at private houses, and in 1875, a
society was organized. Services are uow conducted weekly by Rev. J. Lamberson,
in the school-house in the village of Renville. The Evangelicals held services
at private houses from 1872 to 1881, when the church was completed on section
18, Troy, where they now attend. The Catholics and Norwegian Lutherans have held
religious services at private houses and school buildings.

   The first school was taught in the winter of 1870-'1, in L. A. Brook's house,
by Charles Peneman. There are now five schools in the town.

   The first child born in the town was William, a son of James and Eliza Daley,
born February 20, 1870. The first death was that of Christian Nacke, who was
frozen to death, January 7, 1873. He was found near section 14.

   Wadsworth P. O. was established in July, 1875, and H. E. Wadsworth appointed
postmaster, the office being located at his house. In 1876, the office was
removed to the house of L. A. Brooks, who was appointed postmaster; in 1879 the
office was discontinued.

   The village of Renville was surveyed in September, 1878, on land owned by the
Hastings and Dakota Railway Company and J. M. McKinlay in in the south-west
quarter of section 5. The present boundaries contain about 400 acres on sections
5 and 8. It was incorporated and the first election held March 15, 1881, at J.
T. Brooks' office in the village with the following result: J. B. Boyd,
president; O. Quamsoe, P. Williams and B. F. Heins, trustees; J. T. Brooks,
recorder and W. F. Baade, treasurer. The village has a population of about 275,
and consists of the following business houses; three genera] stores, two
hardware stores, one millinery and one drug store, one meat market, two hotels,
two blacksmith shops, one harness, one shoe, one wagon and paint shop, two
saloons, a lumber yard, one real estate and loan office, one lawyer, two
physicians; two elevators, capacity about 45,000 bushels.

   The Renville Station News was established in the fall of 1879, by D. C.
Wadsworth, and issued weekly until the spring of 1881, when it was discontinued.
Renville P. O. was established in January, 1879, and the office located at J. B.
Anderson's drug store, he being appointed postmaster. It was afterwards removed
to W. F. Baade's store and he appointed postmaster.

   W. F. Baade was born in 1840. He served four years in the army of his native
country, Germany. Immigrated to Minnesota in 1868; worked two years in a brewery
at Winona, then opened a store in Flora, Renville county; in 1879 he erected a
building for his mercantile trade at Renville. He has served as town treasurer
and postmaster. Mr. Baade married in 1869, Miss Albertina Otto; Anna, William
and Melvina are their children.

   David Benson, native of Norway, born in 1841, was educated in the common
schools and an agricultural college. From 1867 until 1871 he lived in Rochester,
Minnesota; was employed as clerk in a store; after traveling in the south one
winter, he located in Mower county, this state, but came in 1873 to Emmett. Mr.
Benson was a member of the state legislature in 1873-'4-'5 and '7. Married in
1871, Carrie Knutson; their children are Belle, Benjamin, Louise, Clara, Mary
and Anna.

   George Bennison, born in 1827, is a native of Yorkshire, England, where he
lived until twenty-four years of age; since then he has been a resident of the
United States. After farming in Murray county, Ohio, seven years he removed to
Illinois, and since 1870 has lived in Minnesota; he is employed in farming on
section 6 of Emmett. Miss Mary Coyle was married in 1851 to Mr. Bennison;
William is their only child.

   J. T. Brooks, who is a native of Wisconsin, was born in 1854 in St. Croix
county, where he attended school. When fourteen years of age he accompanied his
parents to Emmett, and this town has since been his home. He has filled the
offices of notary public, justice of the peace and town clerk. In 1876 he was
united in marriage with Sarah A. Read, who has borne him four children: Henry,
Minnie C., Gertrude and the baby.

   Loren A. Brooks was born June 18, 1825, in the state of New York. In 1835 he
went to Michigan, and when twenty-one years old removed to Illinois; worked
there five years at farming and mining, then migrated to Wisconsin, where the
enlisted in 1862, in Company D, Third regiment; served on the frontier and
afterward went south. Since June, 1869, his home has been in Emmett, where he
has been town clerk seven years, beside holding other offices. Married November
15, 1851, Elizabeth Thomas; Jesse T., Lucy E., Flora E., Cora A., Estella E. and
Ethel M. are their children.

   Samuel D. Childs, born in 1842, in New York, moved, with his parents in 1850,
to Wisconsin. He enlisted there in 1861, in Company A, Eighth infantry;
re-enlisted in 1864, participated in very many severe engagements and served
through the entire war. Until 1868 he was in Dodge county, Minnesota, then came
to Renville county, and was the first settler in Norfolk. From 1876 until 1880
he worked at the wagon maker and carpenter trade in Beaver Falls, now has a shop
in Renville. Married in 1866, Laura Sherwood; the children are Leah M., Melvin
B., Arthur J., Martha, Elsie and Elinor.

   Dr. W. Clay was born in 1854, in Chicago, Illinois. About four years later he
went with his widowed mother to New York but one year after removed to
Minnesota. Mr. Clay attended the high school at Plainview and began the study of
medicine there in 1877, with Dr. J. P. Waste. Two years after, he entered Bush
Medical College, of Chicago, and since graduating from there in 1880, has been
in practice at Renville. Dr. Clay taught school some while studying medicine.

   John M. Dorman was born in 1814, in Rockbridge county, Virginia. From four
years of age until 1836 his home was in Highland county, Ohio; his education was
common school and academical. He began teaching in 1840; continued several
years; also studied law in Indiana was admitted in 1846 and until 1852 was in
practice in that state. In 1852 he returned to Ohio; practiced at Hillsboro
until 1859 when he was elected prosecuting attorney of Highland county; he was
elected city justice of Hillsboro in 1861; served two years. During the
rebellion he held mass meetings and acted as recruiting officer. He began
practicing at St. Peter Minnesota, in 1865 and was soon elected borough
attorney; removed to New Ulm and opened an office; was twice appointed county
attorney and was once elected attorney of Brown county. In 1870 he removed to
Beaver Falls, was chosen county attorney and court commissioner of this county
to both of which offices he was subsequently re-elected; has also served as
justice. Practiced in 1877-'8 at Granite Falls, but since 1881 has been village
attorney of Renville. Married in 1846, Miss A. Stagg who died in March 1860;
their son M. B. is in the United States navy; the other children are Edna F.,
John K., Emma and Anna.

   Heinrich Freudenthal, who was born in 1837, remained in Germany, the land of
his birth, until the year 1871; at that date he became a resident of the United
States. He was a soldier seven years in his native country, and for sixteen
years followed the life of a sailor. Mr. Freudenthal was married in 1866; his
wife, Sophia T. Prea, born in 1843, is also a native of Germany; their children
are John, Wilhelm, Ernst, Henry, Louise, Bernhardt, Frederic and Gustaff.

   Franklin A. Gordon, native of Illinois, was born February 23, 1852, in Coles
county. When twenty-three years old he moved to Iowa county, Wisconsin, where he
worked at farming six years; passed one year in Iowa previous to 1872, the date
of his coming to Emmett. Mr. Gordon was employed in teaching and farming until
in 1878 he began harness-making. He has held the offices of justice and town
treasurer. Married in 1876 Alice M. Green; children: Grace E., Charles E. and
the twins, Martha and Mary.

   Ole Hansen, who was born in 1847, is a native of Norway, and the son of Hans
Stremson. The latter was born in the year 1825, and his marriage occurred in
Norway in 1847, with Rena Olson. In 1872 the family immigrated to the United
States; Mr. Hansen worked two years in Wisconsin, and upon coming in the spring
of 1874 to Emmett, took a farm of eighty acres; the children are Ole, who owns
eighty acres on section 4, and Samuel.

   B. F. Heins, born in 1846, is a native of Germany, where he lived five years.
Immigrated to Iowa and made that state his home until 1878, then came to Emmett
and began the tin and hardware business; he is in partnership with P. W. Heins.
He is a member of the village council, and has held the office of town
treasurer. In Scott county, this state, in 1873, Miss Esther Sampere was married
to Mr. Heins; Edna E. is their only child.

   Knudt K. Nelson, native of Norway, was born in 1858, and when five years of
age came to this country with his father's family. He owns 160 acres of land in
Dakota, but is keeping a meat-market in Emmett. The father of Mr. Nelson located
in Goodhue county, Minnesota, in 1863, but in 1871 removed to Sacred Heart,
Renville county. He was the father of ten children: Carrie, Knudt, George,
Christie, Nels, Gustave, Julia, Sophia, John and Charlie.

   Ole N. Olson, born in 1836 in Norway, came at the age of eleven years to
America. He lived in Illinois seven years and returned to that state after
passing three years in Iowa and two years in Minnesota. Enlisted in company D,
36th Illinois; served from July, 1861, to September, 1864; at the battle of
Stone river he was severely wounded. Upon being discharged he came to Minnesota;
has lived in Dakota, Kandiyohi and Renville counties. Married on Christmas,
1864, Julia Johnson; the children are Julia and Jane.

   S. N. Olsen, son of Rev. Nels Olsen, was born in Kendall county, Illinois,
and when six years old moved with his parents to Iowa. In 1857 he went to
Fillmore county, Minnesota, and three years later to Dakota county; lived eight
years there, the same length of time in Kandiyohi county; he worked at the trade
of carpenter; spent two years more in Dakota county and in 1878 came here. He is
constable and deputy sheriff. Married in 1874 Miss O. Knutson; one child: Adeline
S.

   F. P. Parsons, native of Connecticut, was born in 1854, in Winsted. The
family migrated, in 1858, to Wisconsin; four years later to Iowa, and in about
two years returned to Wisconsin, where fie learned telegraphy. He worked a few
months in each of several places, then lived for five years at Faribault, after
which he became station agent and operator at Renville. Jennie Shipley was
married December 25, 1879, to Mr. Parsons; John M. and William P. are their
children.

   Lars Pederson was born in 1849 and in 1871 left the land of his birth,
Norway, to become a resident of America. He located at St. Peter, Minnesota, in
1872, but removed about a year after, to Fillmore county. Since 1878 he has been
working at his trade, that of blacksmith, in Renville. At Chatfield, this state,
in 1875, he married Regina Swenson; their children are Samuel, Peter R. and Leon C.

   William Powers, a native of Ireland, was born in 1838. From 1856 until 1868,
his home was in Pennsylvania, where he was engaged in lumbering. He was united
in marriage in that state, with Agnes Daley. After residing one year in Blue
Earth county, Minnesota, he came to Emmett. For eight years he has held the
offices of supervisor and justice. Mr. and Mrs. Powers have seven children:
George, Mary, William, Leo, Eliza, Joseph and Andrew.

   B. F. Sloan, native of Pennsylvania, was born in 1848 in Crawford county.
From 1854 until 1863 his home was in La Salle county, Illinois; for several
years he was a clerk. March, 1864, he enlisted in Company I, Second Pennsylvania
cavalry; was transferred to the Second United States light artillery; honorably
discharged in August, 1865. He was disabled three months by a wound in the foot.
For a time Mr. Sloan was engineer on the Toledo and Warsaw railroad. Came to
Minnesota in 1871 and in 1880 started his meat market in this place.

   John F. Smith was born in 1842 in France but has been a resident of the
United States since coming here at the age of two years with his parents. He
lived in Wisconsin where he was engaged in farming and mining. Enlisted in 1861
in Company H, Seventh Wisconsin. Was in service four and one-half years; he was
wounded at the battle of the Wilderness. Mr. Smith visited California, but
returned and since 1870 has lived in Renville. Married in 1866, Maria Crooks;
their living children are Samuel A., William H., Mary J. and Bertha A.

   W. D. Spaulding was born in 1848, in Michigan. The family migrated in 1853,
to McGregor, Iowa. While residing in that state he attended the common schools,
also learned telegraphing and was employed as operator in different places. In
1878 he came to Renville and embarked in the drug business. Mr. Spaulding
married in 1879, Miss Nettie Farley; they have one child.

   E. C. Stevens, native of New York, was born in 1830, in Lewis county, where
he learned the trade of carpenter. He moved to Columbia, Ohio, afterwards to
Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Was mayor of that town one term. He built there the first
warehouse on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad. Mr. Stevens came to
Renville in 1878; built an elevator in company with Mr. Griffin and is now
engaged in buying grain; also conducts a farm of 640 acres. Married in 1853.
Amanda Rogers; one child: George.

   A. T. Strand who is a native of Norway was born in 1856. Since the year 1864
he has been a resident of the United States. From Columbia county, Wisconsin he
removed to Emmet county, Iowa; his home was in that state twelve years. In 1877
he came to Minnesota; afterwards traveled some in Dakota; is now assistant
postmaster and clerk for W. F. Baade.

   John Walser .was born in 1852, and while living in Austria, the land of his
birth, he learned the trade of painter. In April, 1870 he moved to Beed's
Landing; afterwards went to Menomonee, Chippewa Falls, Eau Claire and Bed Wing.
Since 1880 Mr. Walker has kept a paint shop in Benville, and is doing a good
business.

   J. Westby, who is a native of Norway, was born in 1856, and in 1877 came to
the United States. First located in Iowa, then went to Winona, Black River
Falls, Chippewa Falls and Minneapolis, after which he removed to Freeborn
county, but in 1878, came to Renville. He has worked at the carpenter trade; is
now in the saloon business.

   John H. White, born in. 1821 in New York, went when twenty-eight years old,
to Wisconsin, where he served as deputy sheriff, three years. He kept hotel five
years at Harrisville, that state. From 1860 until 1863 he was farming in Olmsted
county, Minnesota, then removed to Beaver Falls; was deputy sheriff there two
years. He passed some time in Iowa, but since 1881 has been proprietor of the
Renville House of this place. Married in 1849, Lucy Clark, who died in 1865; his
second wife was Mrs. Phoebe Butler.

   George D. Wilcox, born in 1831, is a native of Washington county, New York.
The family went to Virginia and lived about eighteen years; had a farm and
cheese factory; subsequently removed to Michigan. In 1864 he enlisted in Company
A, 3d Infantry of that state: was in service eighteen months. After farming two
years in New York he came to Minnesota; went from Flora to Sacred Heart, where
he lived twelve years; is now keeping hotel in Renville. Married Adeline Dixon
in 1855; Silas A. is the only living child; Matilda Wilbur, married in 1867, is
his second wife.

   William Yock, who is a native of Prussia, was born in 1826, and was reared as
a farmer. He immigrated to the United States in 1856; for seventeen years his
home was in Dodge county, Minnesota; he worked five years in a brick yard. Since
1873 he has lived at his farm in Renville; 160 acres on section 14. Mr. Yock was
married in 1850, to Sophia Wegward; have four children.

BANDON.

   This town was set apart for organization January 4, 1871, and election
ordered held at Jeremiah Farrell's house, section 18. The election was held at
the time and place appointed, but owing to the destruction of the early records
we are unable to give the result. Jeremiah Farrell was the first settler,
locating on section 18, where he now lives, in April, 1869. Martin Johnson,
Jacob Anderson, G. Nelson and S. Killey located the same year.

   The Norwegian Lutheran Synod was organized soon after the first Norwegian
settlers arrived by Rev. T. H. Johnson; services are held monthly in the
school-house in section 26. The Norwegian Danish Conference held meetings about
1876 and occasionally thereafter.

   There are four school buildings in the town, two frame and two log, all well
attended during school sessions. Bandon post-office was established in 1881 with
A. O. Hole as postmaster.

   Iver Brandjord was born in 1838 in Norway. Came to America in 1866, and after
living two years in Fillmore county, Minnesota, he removed to Renville county;
resided one year in Camp, and his home has since been in Bandon; he is the owner
of 120 acres of land on section 32. Olive Skjie became his wife in 1875, and has
borne him four children: Bertina, Iver, Amelia and Siverine.

   Jerry Desmond was born in 1854; lived in Canada, his birthplace, until coming
in 1870 to the United States; his home has since been on section 6 of Bandon,
where he owns a farm of 160 acres. In 1876 he married Miss Mary Cunningham;
Cornelius and David are their children.

   Jeremiah Farrell, native of Ireland, was born in 1825, and immigrated in 1851
to New York. After a residence of eighteen years in that state he came here,
arriving at Mankato April 17, 1869; he came to Bandon and settled on section 18;
is now the owner of 808 acres of land. Mr. Farrell has filled various town
offices. Married February 3, 1855, Hannah Leary, born in 1833 in New York; the
living children are Cornelius, John, Patrick, Ellen and Mary, twins, Timothy and
Dennis.

  D. Hanlon was born in 1827 and lived in his native country, Ireland, until
immigrating to Massachusetts in 1851; in 1861 he went to Wisconsin and eight
years later came to his present place of residence, section 6, Bandon. Married
Miss Ann Ragen in 1856; she was born in 1833 in Ireland; of the nine children
born to them eight are living: Daniel, Anna, Timothy, Ellen, William, Margaret,
Catharine and Anna Mariah.

  Andrew Hanson, native of Norway, was born in 1848. In company with his parents
he came to the United States in 1866, and for eight years lived in Goodhue
county, Minnesota, then came to Bandon. Miss B. Iverson was married to him in
1870; Edward, Henry, Samuel, Bertel, Albert and John are their children.

  Abraham Hara, native of Sweden, was born in 1840. Upon coming to this country
in 1870 he located in Michigan, and three years later migrated to Wright county,
Minnesota; after living there five years he located permanently on section 31,
Bandon; Miss Eva M. Euso was married to him in 1873, and has borne three
children: Isaac W. and Mary A. are living.

  Benjamin Holm was born in Sweden, December 3, 1834, and in 1872 immigrated to
Michigan; he lived there seven years then removed to Minnesota and has since
lived in Bandon. In 1855 he married Margaretta Johns, also a native of Sweden;
they have had fifteen children; the living are Amanda, Charley, Herman, Selma,
William, Mary and Annie.

  James Hurley, a native of Ireland, was born in 1833, and in 1842 accompanied
his parents to New York, where he resided twenty-five years; after passing five
years in Olmsted county, Minnesota, he came to this county, and has since lived
in Bandon. Married Johanna Farrell in 1858; Patrick, Catherine, Cornelius,
Johanna, Jeremiah, Mary, James, William and Timothy are their children.

  Herman Johnson was born in 1854 in Finland; after living sixteen years in
Norway he immigrated in 1873 to America; resided in Michigan for about four
years, but removed in 1877 to Minnesota and has since lived in Bandon. Miss
Crata Caroline, born in 1850, became his wife in 1874; in 1879 they lost their
only child.

   Martin Johnson, who was born in 1834, was reared and educated in Norway, his
birthplace, but emigrated in 1866, and for two years resided at St. Peter,
Minnesota; removed to Renville county and located at his present home in Bandon;
has held various offices. Married in 1869, Johanna Halverson, born in 1842, in
Norway; Eunice, Paulina, John A., Julius, Oles and Hans P. are their children.

   Mathias Killey, native of Norway, was born in 1854 and in 1868 immigrated, in
company with his parents to Mankato, Minnesota; one year later he settled
permanently in Bandon. In 1881 he married Miss R. Jord. Erland Killey, his
father, was born in 1810 in Norway; the mother was born in 1813 and is also a
native of Norway; they reside here with their son.

   John Larson, who was born in 1851, lived in Norway, his native country, until
accompanying his parents, in 1866 to St. Peter, Minnesota; for about eight years
he lived there then came to Bandon. In 1872 he married Miss Mary Killey; Mary L.
is their only living child.

   Ole H. Lee is a native of Norway, where he was born in 1853. In 1871 came to
the United States; lived six years in Goodhue county, Minnesota, after which he
came to Bandon. His marriage with Miss Martha Martinson took place in 1876; Hans
and Bertina are their children.

   Gabriel A. Nelson was born in 1841 in Norway, but has been a resident of
Minnesota since 1866; after living six months in Fillmore and eighteen months in
Nicollet counties he located in Bandon; has held various offices in this town.
Married in 1867 Carrie Christopherson.

   John Nestande, a, native of Norway, was born in 1841 and came to this country
in 1868; stopped one year in Wisconsin. He migrated to Minnesota and to Bandon.
Mr. Nestande has filled the offices of supervisor and assessor. Miss Lena Lee in
1874 became his wife; Peter, Albert, Mena and Anna are their children.

   Gurenus Peterson who was born in Norway in 1840, came to the United States in
1867: resided three years in Rock county, Wisconsin, one year in Fillmore
county, Minnesota and then settled in Bandon, of which town he has been clerk
for six years. Married in 1870, Rejine Tollesson; children: Jina, Torveld,
Peter, Rosena and Rejina.

   Ole Steffenson is a native of Norway: he was born in 1843 and in 1866
immigrated to Goodhue county, Minnesota, where for six years he was engaged in
farming; since 1872 has lived in Bandon. Miss Olina Hanson became his wife in
1866; Steffenson, Henry, Bertin and Anna are their children.

   Jacob A. Volen was born in 1840 and left his native place, Norway, in 1866,
to settle in the United States: after staying two years in St. Peter, Minnesota,
he came to this county and has since lived in Bandon. Miss Ina Lyng, was married
to him in 1868, and has borne him six children: Mary I., Annie, Sophie, Jette
and Ida are living,

HENRYVILLE.

   The town, of Henryville was organized in 1871 and the first election held
March 28th, at which were chosen: John Swobody, chairman, James Holden and F. M.
Carlson, supervisors; T. H Barkey, clerk and assessor; L. G. Moore, treasurer;
Joseph Sharp and James Greeley, justices; Henry Seely, and David Smith,
constables; James Holden and F. M. Carlson, overseers of roads. The first
settler was Patrick Barkey, who came in May 1866; James O'Neil and Robert
Nicholson came that year.

   The first religious services were held by the Catholics in 1869, and in 1880
the society began the erection of a church; thirty-five families belong to the
parish, which Father Berghold visits monthly. The Bohemian Catholics separated
from the above society in 1877, and in 1880 built a church in the western part
of the town.

   Henry, son of Thomas Barkey, born in June 1868, was the first birth. The
first death was that of Thomas Garritty, who was frozen to death in January,
1869; between the latter date and 1876, seven deaths occurred in this town from
freezing. Henryville post-office was established at the house of Dr. Schoregge,
postmaster, in 1879; he is still in charge of the office.

   J. J. Bickel, native of Ohio, was born in 1844, and brought up on a farm.
From 1864 till the fall of 1870, he lived in Rice county, Minnesota; he was then
in Flora, Renville county, two and one-half years, after which he settled in
Henryville. In 1865, Mr. Bickel married Mary Doyle; three children have been
born to them, only one is living, Mary.

   F. Bouda was born in 1851, in Austria, and served in the German army about
three and one-half years; came in 1874 to Minnesota; after living in Le Sueur
five months he came to Henryville; his farm lies on section 4. Rosa Stiha, born
in 1860 in Le Sueur county, was married to him in 1877; May and Agnes are their
children.

   Lawrance Bouda, who was born in 1842, is a native of Austria, but has been a
resident of Minnesota since fifteen years old. He remained in Rice county until
1870, then settled in Henryville. Mr. Bouda has been constable for six years. In
July, 1874, he married Rosa Menard, who was born in Bohemia. Annie, Mary, Agnes,
and Rosa are their children.

   John Cooley, born January 18, 1812, in Springfield, Massachusetts, lived on a
farm until sixteen years old, when he learned wagon-making. In 1833 he went to
Montgomery county, New York, and seven years later to Orleans county; removed,
five years afterward, to New York city, and since 1871 has resided in
Henryville. In 1834 he married Eliza Foster; she died in 1864. Mary, Ervilla and
Francis are their children. Annie Davenport became his wife in 1866; one child;
she had four children by a former husband.

   Michael Garritty, native of Racine county, Wisconsin, was born October 25,
1854, in Rochester; at the age of fourteen years he accompanied his parents to
Renville county, Minnesota. He has been assessor of his town and also held
school offices. Margaret Holden was born in Canada; November 28, 1876, she was
married to Mr. Garritty. Margaret E., James T., Edward J. and Catharine M. are
their children.

   Owen Heaney was born June 24, 1820, in Ireland. In 1832 he moved to Canada,
where for a number of years, he held both town and county offices; came to
Minnesota in 1867; after living two years in Olmsted county he settled in
Henryville. Mr. Heaney has held the office of county commissioner six years.
Married, January 27, 1852, Margaret Percy: they have had nine children; the
living are James, Frank H., William J., Alfred J., Maria C., Anna A. and Arthur P.

   Joseph Kartak, native of Austria, was born in 1829. In 1860 he came to Le
Sueur county, Minnesota, and two years later to Rice county, where he remained
seven years, after which he came to Henryville; from November, 1864, until July,
1865, he served in Company D, Second Minnesota. Mr. Kartak married in 1856, Mary
Nekola; ten children; Rosa, Jacob, Mary, Stephen, Annie, Agnes, Francis,
Josephine, Jennie and John; eight are living.

   John Kelly, native of Ireland, was born September 17, 1845, and when a child
accompanied his parents to Racine county, Wisconsin. Enlisted in December, 1863,
in Company E, 19th Wisconsin infantry; served until August, 1865. In 1866 went
to Fillmore county, Minnesota, for a few months and after living five years in
Rochester, located in Henryville. Maria Garritty was married to him November 28,
1872; the children are Thomas J., John W., George and James F.

   Joseph Kodet, native of Austria, was born in 1833 and attended the common
schools; learned the trade of blacksmith of his father. From 1854 until 1870 he
resided in Wisconsin; then migrated to this state and settled on section 28 of
Henryville. Teresa Swoboda, became his wife in 1870; have four children, Emma,
Joseph, Mary and John.

   Wenzel Kojetin, native of Austria, was born September 20,1828; served twelve
years as a soldier, then worked seven years at making pumps. In 1866 he
immigrated to Chicago, Illinois; about a year later he went to Missouri, and
removed from there to Belle Plaine, Minnesota, where he bought a farm. In 1878
he came to Henryville. Married, February 9, 1858, Anna Macholdovoa; ten
children; John, Wenzel, Frank and Mary are living.

   Jacob Kryl, born June 26, 1841, in Bohemia, moved with his parents to
Rochester, Wisconsin, when he was twelve years old. Enlisted, August, 1862, in
Company I, 26th Wisconsin; from January until June, 1863, he was in the
hospital, then transferred to the invalid corps; was wounded in the right arm
during a riot; discharged in July, 1865. Mr. Kryl removed to Northfield,
Minnesota, but in 1867 came to Henryville; has been supervisor and treasurer
several years. Married in September, 1868, Josephine Zita; the children are
Jamie, Thomas, Mary and Josephine.

   William Moloney, born in Ireland in 1826, immigrated in 1846 to Philadelphia,
and the same year removed to Illinois. Four years later he visited Virginia;
returned and in 1855 went to St. Paul for two years, after which he was in Scott
county until coming in 1878 to Henryville. He married Margaret Nash in 1857;
Mary, Sarah A., James, Andrew, Patrick, William, Thomas and Maggie are their
children.

   Dr. H. Schoregge was born April 18, 1816. He attended school at different
places in Germany, his native land, and after graduating, devoted some time to
the study of medicine. Upon coming to this country he practiced four mouths in
New York city, and then in Boston until 1870, when he located on his farm in
Henryville. He is justice of the peace and postmaster. Dr. Schoregge married,
November 26, 1846, Johanna Laidner; of their eleven children, only five are
living: John, William, Helen, Charles and Annie.

   Joseph Sharp, native of Nova Scotia, was born September 8, 1820; for a time
he followed the sea; visited England, Ireland and Scotland, then returned to his
native land; from 1848 till 1865 he lived in Maine; after passing two and
one-half years in Dakota county, Minnesota, he came to Renville county and
settled on his present farm. He has been justice of the peace six years.
Married, September 30, 1850, Charlotte Chase; two children are dead; the living
are Horatio and Ella.

   Jonas Spalsbury was born September 30, 1828, in Jefferson county, New York.
In 1853 he moved to Ripon, Wisconsin; in 1865 to Rochester, Minnesota; in 1870
to Redwood county, and six months later to Beaver Falls, where he remained until
coming in 1876 to Henryville. He served in the late civil war from August, 1862,
until March, 1863. Julia Smith became his wife August 2, 1865. Dexter, William
E., Annie, Alva P., Jonas J., Mildred M. and Edward M. are the children.

   John Swobody, born in Austria in 1846, accompanied his parents to Racine
county, Wisconsin, in 1856. From August 1862 until June 1865 he served in the
army; enlisted in Company I, 26th Wisconsin. For eight years he has been
chairman of the town board, and has been treasurer four years. July 9, 1873 he
married Agnes Zetah; four children: John, Joseph, Frank and Mary.

   John Wilt who was born in Austria in 1839, was reared on a farm and attended
the common schools. In 1869 he moved to Scott county, Minnesota, hut one year
later located at Sleepy Eye, where he resided eleven years, and then came to
Henryville; Annie Dobeas became his wife in 1867; Annie, Lizzie, Mary, Francis,
Teresa and Katie are their children.

   John Zetah was born in June, 1850, and is a native of Bohemia, Austria. The
family emigrated from that country when he was ten years of age, and became
residents of the United States. After residing two years in La Crosse county,
Wisconsin, he removed to Le Sueur county, Minnesota, and lived there until
coming in 1875, to Henryville. In 1878 he married Mary Budke, of Bohemia; Mary
is their only child.

PALMYRA.

   This town was set apart for organization January 2, 1872, and the first
election held January 30, following, at which were chosen: E. H. Oleson,
chairman, John Anderson and Lafe Tennis, supervisors; Thomas Risdall, clerk and
assessor; Ole Halvorson, treasurer; A. Tollefson, justice; Halver Halverson,
constable. Claims were taken in the town in June, 1870, by D. S. Greene and one
Franklin, but the first actual settler was E. H. Oleson, who came the same
month; Lorens and John Erickson came soon after.

   The first religious meeting was held by the Norwegian Lutherans in 1872,
conducted by Rev. J. B. Borg; who in 1878 organized a society with about twenty
members. Rev. N. P. Xavier now holds services monthly, in the town hall which
was built in 1877. The first school was taught in 1876 at E. H. Oleson's, by
Martha Ericson; there are now in the town four school districts. The first
marriage was that of T. A. Risdall and Anna Johnson, in June, 1871. Carl, son of
John Olson born in August, 1870, was the first birth. Palmyra post-office was
established at T. A. Risdall's house in 1873; after several changes it was
discontinued in 1880. Eddsville post-office was established in 1878, and E. H.
Oleson appointed postmaster, and the office located at his house on section
twenty-eight.

   George Carney, born October 15, 1845, in Canada; in 1850 accompanied his
parents to Burlington, Vermont, but removed in 1855 to Wisconsin. Enlisted in
Company K, Seventh Wisconsin infantry; served from August, 1861, to February,
1863. In 1869 he came to this state and in 1871 to Palmyra. Married in January,
1866, Mary Galliger, born March 19, 1850, in Concord, Massachusetts; six living
children, Minnie M., born March, 1868; William J., July 21, 1870: Nettie E., May
31, 1873; Jessie J., November 22, 1876; Gordon G., December 14, 1878, and Thomas
A., November 21, 1881.

   Peter Ericson, born December 21, 1845, in Jefferson county, Wisconsin. Lived
on a farm and worked some at carpentering. He migrated in 1869 to Michigan, and
in 1871 came to Palmyra, Minnesota; owns a farm of 160 acres and has engaged in
teaching part of the time since coming here. Mr. Ericson has been town clerk,
supervisor and justice. In 1873 he married Tena Tennis; five children are living.

   Patrick Gillan, native of Ireland, immigrated in 1853 to Maine. Lived on a
farm near Hastings, Minnesota, from 1856 until 1864, the date of his enlistment
in Company F, Hatch's battalion; after serving about two years he was honorably
discharged and was then in the employment of the government one year. Came to
his present farm in May 1869; married in June of that year, Catharine Connell;
five children are living.

   Ole Halvorson, a native of Norway, was born October 15, 1835. After coming to
the United States in 1852 he was dependent upon his own exertions. From 1855
until 1871 his home was in Fillmore county, Minnesota; he then located on his
farm in Palmyra. Mr. Halvorson married in 1861, Esther Anderson; eight children
are living.

   Gilbert Mathison, born March 20, 1834, remained in Norway, the land of his
birth until 1855 at which time he immigrated to Indiana. The following year he
removed to St. Paul; in 1860 he went to Arkansas, but in 1875 settled on his
farm in Renville county. In 1867 Anna Ericson became his wife; they have five
living children.

   Edwin H. Oleson was born October 14, 1830, in Norway, but emigrated from
there in 1850 and located in Wisconsin. Enlisted in 1861, in company H, Eighth
Wisconsin; re-enlisted and served through the entire war. He came to this state
in 1869, but did not settle on his farm in Palmyra until 1870. Mr. Oleson has
held different town offices and keeps the Eddsville post-office. Married in
1867, Mrs. Martha Lee; seven children are living.

   Paul J. Ranberg, born July 30, 1830 in Norway, moved to New York in 1852, and
soon after to Wisconsin. He visited Europe but returned to Wisconsin and sailed
on the lakes until enlisting in 1861 in Company H, 15th Wisconsin infantry;
re-enlisted in 1863 and served until war ceased. Again visited his native place,
but in 1868 came back, and in 1872 moved to Palmyra; married Betsy Nelson in
1873; six living children.

   Michael Reagan, native of Ireland, was born in September, 1831. Went in 1851,
to Toronto, Canada, in 1860 to Michigan, and in 1867 to Birch Cooley, where he
was one of the first settlers. Since 1880 he has resided at his farm in Palmyra.
In 1859 married Johanna Desmond; six children. His brother, J. H. Reagan, also
born in Ireland, settled in Birch Cooley, in 1868. Agnes Jones became his wife
in 1863 and has borne him ten children.

WELLINGTON.

   This town was set apart for organization June 4, 1873, and an election held
June 17, at William Carson's house; the details cannot be given as the early
records of the town are missing. William Carson was elected chairman and Henry
J. Barton, clerk. The first settler was William Chalk, who came in May, 1870,
and was soon followed by Dennis Crady and John Garrahy.

   The German Methodists held service in private houses in 1874 and in 1880
built a frame church near the center of the town, where services are held
semi-monthly. The first school was taught in 1877 by Solomon Demmings; there are
now two frame school buildings. The first birth was that of John Chalk, July 3,
1870. The first death was that of Mrs. Margaret Murphy, July 3, 1870. A daughter
of John Fahey was killed by the cyclone of July 15, 1881.

   Charles Black was born in 1843 in Prussia. Immigrated to Wisconsin in 1868;
after passing one year in that state and Minnesota he located in 1869 in Cairo,
which town was his home five years and he then came to Wellington. Mr. Black and
Miss Charlotte Kruger were married in 1870. Robert, Fred, Amil and Henry are
their children.

   August Borth was born in 1837 in Germany. For fourteen years he followed the
life of a sailor; he visited all the principal ports of the world. In 1865, went
to Washington county, Wisconsin, hut shortly after began farming in Winona
county, Minnesota; remained four years, then spent one year in Winona and in the
spring of 1872 came to Wellington. Married in 1865 Louisa Bade; their living
children are Fritz, Minnie, Emma, Frank and Albert.

   August Fritz, native of Germany, was born in 1843. His home was in Green Lake
county, Wisconsin, from 1863 until 1871, when he removed to Nicollet county,
Minnesota, and about two years after came to his farm in Wellington. Wilhemina
Podoll was married to him to him in 1865, in Wisconsin, and died there about
three years after. Henrietta Heise became his wife in 1868; the children are
Frank, Theresa, Otto, William, Albert, and Adolph. Minnie is deceased.

   Gustav Grams, who was born in 1840, is a native of Germany, but has been,
since 1867, a resident of the United States. After living one year in Dodge
county, Wisconsin, he removed to Minnesota; worked in Olmsted county, three
years, and in 1872 came to Wellington. Mr. Grams married in 1872, Amelia
Schimer. Emma, John, Matilda, Lena and Amanda are their children.

   Karl Hillmann was born in 1832 in Hanover, where also he was married in 1856,
to Wilhemina Fenza, who bore him two children: Minnie and Charles. In 1865 they
immigrated to Milwaukee, where Mrs. Hillmann died; he remained there two years
doing carpenter work. Removed to Minnesota and continued in that employment
eleven years at Winona; since the spring of 1878, his home has been in
Wellington. In 1865 he married Mary Pulka, who died in 1869 leaving two
children, Henry and Emma.

   Ferdinand Hinzman, a native of Prussia, was born in 1838. In 1867 moved to
New York; afterward passed three years in Green Lake county, Wisconsin, one year
in Nicollet county, Minnesota, and then located in Wellington. Married in 1861,
Sophia Giesa, who died January 28, 1877; her children are William, Annie,
Herman, Louis and Minnie. In October, 1879, he married Mrs. Kieker, who had one
child, Annie, and has borne Mr. Hinzman one daughter, Eda.

   August Lehmann was born in 1844, and reared on a farm in Germany, the land of
his birth. He came in 1871 to the United States and worked at farming five years
in Wabasha county, Minnesota, In 1875 he removed to Wellington. Mr. Lehmann
married in 1876, Caroline Witt; they have three children: Matilda, Alvina and
Amelia.

   Gustav Mahlke, native of Germany, was born in 1850. When fourteen years old
he came to Minnesota with his parents and settled in Winona. In 1877 he removed
to his present home in Wellington; has filled the office of justice of the
peace, several terms. April 24, 1877, he married Mrs. Wilhemina Splettstear, who
had five children: Lena, Emma, Johanna, Herman and Otillia; she has borne Mr.
Mahlke one child, Adelia.

   Rudolph Paschke, born in 1837 in Germany, came in 1867 to Minnesota, and
after living in Olmsted county three years he removed to Cairo and took a
homestead. Since 1877 he has lived in Wellington. Married in 1866 Paulina Sell.
Reinhart, Amil and Emma are their children Mr. Paschke was away from home at the
time of the tornado in July, 1881; the lives of his wife and family were saved
by their taking refuge in the cellar; the buildings and crops were destroyed.

   Robert Schoenfelder, Sr., deceased, was born in 1820 in Germany, and in 1848
came to America; locate;} in Buffalo, New York, where he was employed in
carpentering thirty-two years. In 1878 he settled in Wellington. Miss Mary Adam,
born in 1824 in Germany, was married to him in 1850. Of their seven children,
four are living: William, who for a number of years held the offices of justice
and town clerk, Robert, Mary and Frederick. Mr. Schoenfelder died October 30, 1879.

   Albert Shultz, who is a native of Prussia, was born in 1852. When thirteen
years old he accompanied his parents to this country and settled in Winona,
Minnesota, where he was employed in a planing mill. In 1876 he took eighty acres
in Wellington. Mr. Shultz was united in marriage with Miss Frehlich in 1873;
their children are Elizabeth, Amanda, William and an infant. Clara is deceased.

ERICKSON.

   This town was formerly a part of Sacred Heart, but was organized as Erickson
in 1874, and the first election was held January 27 of that year. The officers
elected were: Ole Gilbertson, chairman and constable, Peter Gerdee and E. H.
Walstad, supervisors; Henry Paulson, clerk and justice; Peter P. Dustrud,
treasurer, assessor and constable. The first settlers, Ole and Andrew
Gilbertson, Christian Evenson and a few others, came in the summer of 1871. In
1875 occurred the first marriage, that of Lars H. Milstone and Ingebor Hanson.
The death of Emma H. Walstad, in 1872, was the first. The first school was
taught in 1875 at E. H. Walstad's house, by Mary Bovee. In 1873 the Norwegian
Lutherans began holding meetings, under Rev. John Halverson.

   Erik Hansen, born in 1844, is a native of Norway, but since 1871 has been a
resident of the United States. After living in Dane county, Wisconsin, three
years he migrated to Minnesota; resided two years in the town of Sacred Heart
and then took a homestead in Erickson. Mr. Hansen married in 1871, Carrie
Gilbertson; their children are Hageberth, Gilbert, Martin, Bernard, Amil and
Charles.

   Johan S. Olsen, who is a native of Norway, was born in 1830. He came in 1869
to the United States; lived four years in Rushford, Fillmore county, Minnesota,
previous to coming in 1873 to the town of Erickson; his farm on section 26
contains eighty acres. In Fillmore county, in 1869 he married Miss C. M. Anderson.

   Gabriel S. Osmundson was born in 1849. At the age of three years he left
Norway, the land of his birth, and came with his parents to America. Until 1862
his home was in Wisconsin, then he removed to Iowa, and in 1869 married Julia
Aufindson. Since the summer of 1873 their home has been in Erickson. The living
children are Oscar K., Ole, Bertina M., Henrietta D. and Henry S.

   Hans Hanson Roly is a native of Norway, where he was born in 1847. Emigrated
in 1866 to the United States. He lived about three years in Dane county,
Wisconsin; removed to Minnesota, and in the autumn of 1871 located permanently
in Erickson. Caroline Johnson became his wife in 1867; eight children: Julia,
John, Helga, Herman, Hilda and Ottia are living.

   Finger T. Strand was born in 1851 in Norway. In 1861 he came to this country
and after living in Wisconsin five years, removed to Emmet county, Iowa, where
he was engaged in farming until 1877, at which date he came to Erickson. Mr.
Strand is treasurer of this town. Married January 15, 1873, Belle Olson; Mary
A., Helena, Bertina and Gurena are their children.

   Iver Thompson native of Norway, was born in 1852. Upon immigrating to the
United States in 1867 he came to Minnesota and worked at farming in Kandiyohi
county six years. In 1872 he came to Erickson and took a homestead; now owns 160
acres. Married in 1872, Miss Mary Johnson. Julius, John, Charles and Josephine
M. are their children.

   Tosten H. Wolstad, who was born in Norway in 1840, emigrated in 1850 and
became a resident of the United States. He was farming in Dane county,
Wisconsin, until 1876, at which time he came to Erickson, which town is still
his home; his farm is located on section 14, and contains 160 acres. Mary A.
Gilbertson was married to him in 1871. Hilda is their only child.

BROOKFIELD.

   Brookfield was organized in 1874 and the first election held April 7 of that
year: First officers E. K. Pellett, chairman; John Booth and Alexander Camp,
supervisors; C. E. Porter, clerk; George Taylor, assessor; John Wilt, treasurer;
Henry Girard and Diton Grindal, justices;. A. Camp and W. C. Fleet, constables.
The first settlers, who came in 1871, were Wm. Simmons, E. K. Pellet, and A.
Camp; W. C. Fleet, D. Grindal, J. Wilt and C. E. Porter came in 1872. The
Methodists began holding meetings in 1877, with Rev. N. Tainter as leader and
soon organized a society, which is now in charge of Rev. George Geer. The first
school was taught in 1875 by E. K. Pellett in a building erected for the
purpose. The first marriage was that of Albert Brown and Franc Booth in
November, 1881. The first birth was May, daughter of John Porter, born May 1,
1874. July 21, 1874, occurred the first death, that of Wilder, son of John Wilt.

   T. S. Benson was born in Massachusetts in 1841. In 1862 enlisted in the 46th
Massachusetts and served one year. In 1873 he came to Renville county and
located on his present farm in Brookfield; has been supervisor, town clerk,
constable and deputy sheriff. Married Mary C. Pellett; three children living,
Cora, Edward A. and Jessie R.

   Wm. C. Fleet was born in Pennsylvania in 1852 and at the age of three years
his parents took him to Illinois. In 1866 they came to Minnesota, and for two
years lived in McLeod county. He then moved to Meeker county and from there to
this county and located in Brookfield. In 1875 he married Hettie Grindal; their
children are Cora A., Clara B. and Hattie A.

   W. B. Graham was born in Green Lake county, Wisconsin, July 4, 1857. Came
with parents to Olmsted county, Minnesota, in 1863; he attended school in
Rochester for two years; his father was among the early settlers of Hector. In
1877 he located his farm in Brookfield; he is at present engaged in teaching
school.

HECTOR.

   This town was, when organized in June 1874, called Milford, but as there was
a town by that name in the state, it was changed to Hector, after a town in New
York, from which many of the settlers came. June 30, 1874, the first election
was held and the following officers chosen: W. H. Graham, chairman, J. N. Chase
and G. W. Colwell, supervisors; J. J. Clark, clerk; William Perkins, assessor;
James Cammings, treasurer; John Baker and J. B. Perkins, justices; N. C. Rale
and Allen Parks, constables. Among the first settlers were W. H. Graham, John
Baker, James Cummings and J. J. Clark, who came in 1873 and settled in the
north-eastern part of the town; J. B. Perkins came in 1874 and located on
section 34.

   Meetings were held by the Methodists, conducted by Rev. Potter, who organized
a society; meetings are held in the village school-house, with Rev. Geo. Geer as
pastor. The first school was taught in the winter of 1875, at J. B. Perkins'
house by Julia Graham; there are four school districts in the town.

   Plainfield post-office was established in 1875, with J. B. Perkins as
postmaster; he kept the office at his house until it was discontinued in 1878.
Hector post-office was established in 1875, and located at John Baker's house;
he held the office until the fall of 1878, when it was moved to the village and
located at the store of W. D. Griffith, who has since been postmaster.

   The village of Hector was surveyed in September, 1878, on land owned by the H
& D. railway and J. M. McKinlay, in the north-east quarter of section 29. The
present boundaries include the south-east quarter of section 20, the south-west
quarter of section 21, the west half of section 28, and the east half of section
29, comprising 960 acres. It was incorporated by act approved February 23, 1881,
and the first election was held March 11, 1881, at which were chosen as village
officers: W. D. Griffith, president; C. H. Nixon, O. F. Peterson, and B. W.
Schonweiler, trustees; H. Simmons, recorder; M. Abbott, treasurer; A. Strom,
justice; James Chapman, constable. The village has a population of about 250,
and has the following business houses: five dry goods and grocery stores, two
drug stores, two hardware stores, one millinery, one furniture and one jewelry
store, two blacksmith and wagon shops, one harness shop, a shoe shop, a paint
shop, two meat markets, one livery stable, one lumber yard, three hotels, four
saloons, two elevators, capable of storing 60,000 bushels of grain; the
professions are represented by one lawyer and one physician. A newspaper, the
Renville County Union, was established in June, 1881, by the Hector Publishing
Company, is issued weekly, and has a good circulation.

   M. Abbott was born in Franklin county, Indiana, in 1837. He came to Minnesota
in 1856 and after farming two years in Le Sueur county, returned to Indiana; in
1861 came again to this state and enlisted at Cannon Falls in the first
Minnesota and served two and one-half years; was in twenty-four engagements. In
1866 he located at Lexington, Le Sueur county, and was engaged in merchandise
business there and at Willmar and Dassel; since 1877 has been in business at
Hector. In 1864 Mr. Abbott married Miss A. N. Nichols, who died at Dassel
Minnesota in 1872. Lottie M. Forder became his wife in 1874; he is the father of
eight children, five of whom are living.

   J. B. Ames, native of Maine, was born in 1851. In 1865 he came with his
parents to Northfield, Minnesota, and in 1872 went to Iowa and lived two years
at Fort Atkinson; returned to Minnesota and engaged in milling at Minneapolis;
moved to Hutchinson and in December 1881, came to Hector; is dealing in grain.
Married at Hutchinson in 1874, Henrietta Stockings, who was born in Indiana in
1854; they have three children.

   John Baker was born in Pendleton county, Virginia, May 18, 1820; in 1831
learned the trade of saddler and harness maker. In 1873 he came to Minneapolis
and the following fall located on the farm where he now lives, on section 2. In
1843 he married Miss Matilda Moore, who has borne him five children; Lucius C.,
Oscar H., Flavel M., Sherman D. and Osis R.

   H. G. Bloemendal, native of Holland, was born in 1838; learned the trade of
baker; was also in the army for a time. In 1869 he came to this country and
lived in Illinois three years, then moved to Jackson county, Minnesota; soon
after removed to Renville county and to the farm he now owns on section 34,
Hector. In 1862 he married Anne E. Hagen; one child, Henry Conrad.

   H. W. Clark was born in St. Lawrence, Minnesota, in 1859, and when about
twelve years old moved to Fort Ridgely; he remained there until eighteen, then
learned telegraphy and worked for the St. Paul and Pacific railroad one year,
then came to Hector. After acting as operator one year was at Glencoe one year,
then took charge of the station at Hector, as agent.

   R. S. Crombie, was born in Richmond county, Canada, in 1862. He lived on a
farm until twelve years old, then began clerking for his brother; three years
after, he returned home and in 1880 came to Minnesota, and a short time after
went to Rapid City, Dakota, and engaged in mining and government surveying. In
July, 1881, came to Hector and engaged in lumber business.

   Michael Davitt was born in Kentucky, in 1858. Came with parents to St. Paul
and from there to Sibley county, where he grew up. In the spring of 1881 he came
to Hector and engaged in saloon business, firm of Davitt & O'Donnell. He married
Lizzie Callahan at Bird Island, in May, 1881.

   O. A. Dolven was born in Norway in 1837. At the age of fourteen he started
with his parents for America, but before reaching their destination they were
shipwrecked, and his parents were both drowned. He located in Dodgeville,
Wisconsin, and in 1862 he moved to Brush Prairie, McLeod county; in the fall of
1880 moved to Hector, and is engaged in hotel business and selling farm
machinery. His wife was Sophia Anderson, whom he married in 1860; they have had
eleven children, six of whom are living. In the spring of 1864 Mr. Dolven
enlisted in the First Minnesota heavy artillery, and was mustered out in 1865.

   J. J. Dougherty was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1838, and at the age of
seventeen moved to Burlington, Iowa; in 1858 he came to Minnesota, and was a
farmer in Carver county until 1878, then moved to Hector township and lives on
section two. In 1877 he married Anna Duffy; they have three children: James,
Frank and an infant. He served in Company L, Second Minnesota cavalry, from 1863
until the close of the war.

   William Ebert was born in Germany in 1827, and learned the trade of
shoemaker. In 1850 came to the United States, and worked at his trade in New
York city four years, then located in Sibley county, Minnesota; in 1878 moved to
section 21, Hector township. May 6, 1862, at St. Paul, he married Margaret
Higgins, who was born in Ireland in 1836.

   M. B. Foster, native of Michigan, was born in 1843. Received his education at
the State University, and taught for two years; in 1872 he moved to Minnesota,
and taught school in Wabasha county four years, in Glencoe two years, and has
since lived on a farm on section 26, Hector. Catherine Tolwell became his wife
in Michigan in 1871; they have four children, Adelle, William B., Thomas I. and
Robert M.

   L. T. Grady was born in Sullivan county, New York, in 1852. Came with his
parents to this state in 1857, and lived in Henderson, Sibley county, until
1879, then moved to Hector, and built the store on Main street which he now
occupies with a stock of general merchandise; in 1881 he bought out Mohan, his
partner, and has since conducted the business alone.

   W. D. Griffith was born in New York city in 1848, and came to Minnesota with
his parents in May, 1853. After living in Hennepin county eleven years, he
returned to New York city; he was in the lumbering business in the state of New
York, and in August, 1866, located at Hutchinson, McLeod county, Minnesota;
worked at carpenter's trade, and in 1878 came to Hector and engaged in general
merchandise; sold out, and in 1880 opened a stock of stationery; has been
postmaster since October, 1878. Married at Hutchinson in 1873 Ruth A. Ells;
Harold, Ada and Ida are their children.

   A. Isaacson was born in Norway in 1834, and came alone to the United States
when he was 14 years old; lived in Dodge county, Wisconsin and engaged in
business there until 1859: went to California and was mining one year; returned
to Wisconsin and was in merchandise business in Dane county, until 1877, then
removed to Glencoe, Minnesota; kept a hotel there three years then came to
Hector, and opened a store of general merchandise. Married in Dodge county,
Wisconsin, in 1858, Jane Jones; their living children are Carrie, Albert, Daisy,
Fred, Gladis and Frankie.

   George W. Leasman was born in Green county, Wisconsin, in 1852. He removed
with his parents to McLeod county, Minnesota, in 1872, and after farming there
for a time, came to Hector, Renville county, and settled on section 22; has been
town treasurer one year, assessor four years, and in 1880 was elected constable.
His father, Charles Leasman, is a native of Germany.

   S. C. Levicy was born in Clinton county, Ohio, in 1847. He remained at homo
until 1869, then went to California, and for three years was freighting and
mining. In 1872 he returned to Ohio, and in 1878 moved to Indiana, and in the
spring of 1881, came to Minnesota; in August, located at Hector; for the past
ten years he has been engaged in teaching and now has charge of the school at
Hector. In 1877 he married Elizabeth Moore. Mr. Levicy enlisted in the 170th
Ohio infantry in 1864, and served through the war.

   Samuel Marsh, native of England, was born in 1835. In 1856, he emigrated and
located at Alton, Illinois, and in 1863, removed to Minnesota; lived in Wabasha
county, two years then came to Renville county and lived in the town of Preston
Lake, on a farm; after a time moved into the village of Hector. Married
Elizabeth Lebanon in 1858; of their nine children, eight are living.

   W. B. Marshall was born in Scotland, in 1844, and lived in the city of
Kenross until 1853 then came with his parents to the United States and lived in
Rock county, Wisconsin, four years, then moved to Dodge county. He learned the
trade of carpenter and followed same in Wisconsin; came to Hector in 1878, and
has since bought and shipped grain. He was married in 1873, to Emiline Sebring,
who was born in 1858; they have four children: William, Frank, Helen and Edward.

   E. D. Morris was born in New York in 1857; lived in the village of Cobleskill
until 1879, then came to Red Wing, Minnesota, and worked at his trade, printer,
in the "Advance" office. After eighteen months there he came to Hector, and on
the first day of June, 1881, issued the first number of the "Renville Union."
Under his able management the paper has gained a large circulation and is an
influential organ in the county.

   James S. Niles was born in Sullivan county, Indiana, in 1822; learned the
trade of cabinet maker and worked at that and carpenter work in Indiana until
1854, then settled in Olmsted county, Minnesota; in 1857 he engaged in furniture
trade at Rochester and while living there was one of the first aldermen. In
Eyota he was in the furniture business three years, grocery one year, and then
settled in Boon Lake, Renville county, on a farm; in 1880 he came to Hector and
has since run the American Hotel. He was elected county commissioner in 1877;
also served two yearp as deputy treasurer of Renville county. His first wife was
Sarah Pendy, whom he married in 1845; she died in Rochester; in 1860 he married
Emeline Matteson; he is the parent of eleven children; eight are living.

   C. H. Nixon was born in Boone county, Illinois, in 1840, and came with
parents to Minnesota when 17 years old. In 1861 he enlisted in the 3d Minnesota,
Company K, and served three years. In 1868 he located in the town of Cairo,
Renville county, and farmed until 1875, then opened a store at Fort Ridgely;
three years later, moved to Hector, and built a store and carries a large stock
of general merchandise. Was married in this county in 1869, to Margaret
Lebarron; their children are Joseph, Eva and Harrison.

   P. O'Donnell was born in Ireland in 1847, and at the age of ten came to
America with his parents who settled in Ohio. In 1868 he came to Sibley county,
Minnesota, and in 1878 removed to Hector. In partnership with Michael Davitt, he
runs a saloon.

   J. E. Perkins, a native of Minnesota, was born at St. Anthony, Hennepin
county, in 1855. He grew up there; from 1874 until 1879 lived on a farm in
section 31, Hector township, Renville county; during the latter year he engaged
in the butchering business in the village of Hector, in company with his
brother, L. J. Perkins. His father, J. B. Perkins a native of North Carolina, is
living in McLeod county.

O.F. Peterson was born in Indiana in 1852 and lived in the village of Milford
until 1858, then went with parents to Illinois. In 1878 he went to Red Wing,
Minnesota, and in the spring of the following year started business in Hector.
The firm of Nelson, Peterson & Co. deal in hardware, machinery and furniture,
and in connection have a harness shop. Emily Johnson became his wife at Red Wing
in 1878.

   August Prelwitz, native of Europe, was born in 1842. At the age of ten he
came to America and lived in Wisconsin. Enlisted in Janesville in the fall of
1861, and served eighteen months in an infantry regiment. In the fall of 1863 he
moved from Wisconsin to McLeod county, Minnesota, and after farming there nine
years removed to Renville county and located on section 28; was one of the three
first men in Hector township.

   J. S. Rowley was born in Franklin county, New York, in 1839, and there
learned the carpenter's trade. In 1873 he went to Hastings, Minnesota, where he
worked at his trade, then removed to Hector and settled on section 32, on a
farm; moved to the village in the spring of 1881, and does carpenter work. Ellen
Freeman became his wife in 1865; they were married in Jefferson county, New
York; she died at Belleville, in that state. In 18_2 he married Annie Fillmore;
is the parent of seven children; six are living.

   B. W. Schonweiler was horn in Iowa in 1856, and at one year of age came to
Minnesota and lived in Wabasha county until the fall of 1880, then started in
the merchandise business at Hector; the firm is B. W. and J. A. Schonweiler. J.
A. was born in Iowa in 1854, and is now conducting the store at Kellogg, Wabasha
county, Minnesota, owned by the firm. He was married in 1878 to Mary Ann Mahan,
and has two children.

   Dr. W. Smalley, native of Vermont, was born in 1849. At the age of eighteen
he moved to Massachusetts, and one year after went to Kansas; attended Normal
school, then taught for a time, he-fore commencing the study of medicine;
graduated from the medical department of the Iowa State University, and began
practice at Nemaha, Kansas; from there he came to Hector in 1881. Married
Josephine Kirk in Kansas in 1880; is practicing and conducting a drug store at
Hector.

   G. C. Smith was born in 1849 in Germany. At the age of three years his
parents took him to St. Louis, Missouri, and he there grew up and learned the
trade of machinist; worked in various places until 1870, then became employed by
the Winona and St. Peter railroad as engineer; served one year, then another
year in a carriage factory as foreman; moved to Iowa; returned to this state and
worked in a plow factory at Austin. Was a railroad contractor for some time and
January 1, 1882, began keeping the Sherman Hotel at Hector. In 1872 he married
Mary A. Gillett; Alice J. and Margaret M. are their children.

   Henry Stockman, native of Germany, was born in 1821, and learned the trade of
shoemaker; in 1851 came to the United States and until 1859 lived in Cook
county, Illinois; moved to Shakopee, Minnesota, and kept a boot and shoe store
until 1871, then moved to Norwood; in 1879 came to Hector and engaged in the
lumber business, which he sold in 1880. He married Dorothy Ben-eke; Henry,
Edward, Annie and John are their living children; two have died.

   A. Strom, native of Norway, was born in 1820; learned the trade of carpenter
and in 1853 emigrated; worked at Chicago four years, then located in Butternut
Valley, Blue Earth county, Minnesota. In 1878 he moved to Hector and the
following year came to the village and started .a drug store. In 1855 he married
at Chicago, Marion Oleson; they have five living children: Thora, Owen A.,
William B., Allie and Cordelia.

   Louis Thiele was born in Germany in 1829 and learned the carpenter trade. In
1857 he came to this country and two years after, came to Minnesota and located
in Flora, Renville county, where, in 1862, his wife and child were killed by the
Indians. In the fall of that year he enlisted in the Sixth infantry and served
until the end of the war. He farmed until 1868, then kept hotel at Beaver Falls
until 1871, then lived on his farm until 1877; engaged in mercantile business in
Camp township until 1880, then removed to Hector and deals in general
merchandise. His first wife was Elizabeth Haak, married in 1859. Laura Larson
became his wife in 1864. He has seven children living.

   O. T. Thompson was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, in 1858, and lived on a
farm there until 1878, then moved to Glencoe, Minnesota, and two years later to
Hector, and keeps a billiard hall and saloon; the business was started by the
firm of Pepper and Thompson, but the first named sold his interest in the spring
of 1881 to his partner.

   B. R. Vaunice was born in Montgomery county, Indiana, in 1842 and removed
with his parents to Illinois in 1852; taught school and clerked in a drugstore;
in 1871 moved to Hastings, Minnesota, and was in the drug business four years,
then in insurance and collections until the fall of 1880, when he came to
Hector. Is a member of the firm of White and Vannice, insurance and real estate
agents. Married at Hastings in September, 1873 Ella R. Day; Ulrich Harold and
Annie Ethel are their children.

   G. H. White was born in Green county, New York, in 1843; was raised on a farm
and attended the Ashland Academy. In 1880 he came to' Hector and is village
justice and general builder. In 1862 he married Catherine Thomas, who has borne
him three children; two are living.

   W. C. White, native of New York, was born in 1846, and in 1852 moved with
parents to Dodge county, Wisconsin; finished his education at the Wisconsin
State University and in the fall of 1872 removed to Shakopee, Minnesota, and
taught in the graded school one year; was principal of the Henderson schools two
years, and in 1875 was admitted to the bar in Sibley county. In 1876 was elected
county superintendent of Sibley county for two years and was justice of
Henderson four years. In 1879 came to Hector and engaged in the practice of law;
is a member of the firm of White & Vannice. Eva A., daughter of Hon. C. D.
Parker, of Wisconsin, became his wife in 1872. Charles P., William E., Ella and
Ethel are their children.

WANG.

   This town was first a part of Sacred Heart, then of Hawk Creek, and July 28,
1875 was set apart for organization. The name was taken from a district in
Norway. The first settlers were Theodore Rongerud, Christian Ingebretson, Hans
Gunderson, and O. Narvestad, who came in 1867. The Norwegian Lutheran
denomination held meetings at Hans Gunderson's house in 1870, and in 1880 built
a frame church which cost $2,200. Their pastor is Rev. John Berg. The Norwegian
Lutheran Conference separated from the other society in 1876, and in 1880 built
a church on section 34, at a cost of $1,500. Rev. Ericson is pastor of this
church. The first school was taught by Mrs. F. W. Brasch. There are three frame
school-houses in the town. The first death was that of a man named Nelson, in
the fall of 1870. The first birth was Julius Tandberg, July 31, 1868. The first
marriage was that of M. Agre and Betsey Tandberg. New Lisbon post-office was
established in 1866, and A. T. Ellingboe appointed postmaster; he has the office
at his house.

   Ole Christopherson "Soena," was born in September, 1844, in Norway. From the
age of nine years until 1857 he lived in Michigan, then in Dane county,
Wisconsin until 1860, at which date he removed to Iowa; in 1862 he removed to
Goodhue county, Minnesota. The year following enlisted in Company F, 2d cavalry,
and served through the remainder of the war. Married, January 15, 1869, Jane T.
Althon; the children are: Anna, Betsey, Christopher, Torger, Mary and Gertdane.

   A. T. Ellingboe was born in Norway, August 13, 1852, and when nine years old
immigrated with the family to Goodhue county, Minnesota. He attended common
school and St. Olaf's College, Northfield. In 1874 he came to his present home
in Wang; has been clerk since the organization of the town, justice since 1876,
and postmaster of New Lisbon since June, 1879. Betsey Leen became his wife
December 16, 1876; Tom, Betsy, and Christina are their children.

   Torger T. Elthon, native of Norway, was born December 25, 1852. Since the age
of four years he has been a resident of the United States; the family immigrated
to Iowa, and he removed in 1861, to Goodhue county, Minnesota; thence in 1876 to
the town of Wang.

   O. T. Grover was born May 5, 1844 in Norway, and when five years old
accompanied his parents to Wisconsin. He enlisted March 23, 1865, and was
honorably discharged when war ceased; from 1868 till 1871 he was in Goodhue
county, Minnesota, then came to Wang. Married in 1870, Sarah Olson Holen; two
children have died; the living are Louise, Nels, Betsy and Oliver.

   C. O. Narvestad was born October 14, 1837. He was a soldier for seven years
in Norway, his native country. In 1864 he engaged in the furniture business at
Chatfield, Minnesota, but in March 1865 he enlisted in the engineer corps, and
when discharged, resumed his furniture business. Came to Wang in the fall of
1867, and was the first settler in town. Syverine Tonberg was married to him in
1866; Olof, Betsy, Julius, Dinah, Matilda, John and Anton are their children.

   K. K. Veken, who was born May 4, 1849, left his native land, Norway, in 1856
and moved with his parents to Wisconsin; lived in Manitowoc and La Crosse
counties and then migrated to Goodhue county, Minnesota, where he resided until
1872, the date of his location in Wang. June 18, 1874, he was united in marriage
with Betsy J. Webland, who has borne him six children: Clara, Oscar, Maria and
Emma are living.

   O. K. Williams, native of Norway, was born December 22, 1847. At the age of
five he accompanied his parents to Wisconsin, which was his home until 1861,
when he removed to New Ulm; he was at that town when the severe battle occurred
with the Sioux. From 1862 until 1872 he was in Goodhue county and then settled
at his home on section 12 of Wang. In 1873 he married A. S. Simmonson who is the
mother of five children: Cornelius Emma, Julius, Julia and Sten.

MELVILLE.

   The organization of this town took place in 1876, the first election being
held August 15th. The first officers, so far as can be given, were: F. E. Wolff,
chairman; M. S. Rause and P. Kirchner, supervisors; Albert Brown, clerk; N. G.
Poore, justice. The first claim was taken by Miss Caleff in the spring of 1872;
the first settler was N. G. Poore, who came in the fall of 1872. The next
spring, F. Hart, Charles Sergeant and Louis Yeager arrived. The first religious
meetings were conducted by Rev. S. Adams, a Baptist, in 1877. The Moravians
organized a society early in 1882; they had held meetings since 1877. Other
denominations hold service occasionally. In 1871 Miss Caleff taught the first
school in her dwelling on section 18. There is but one school-house in the town.
The first birth in the town occurred in 1875, in the family of F. Steffens.

   Samuel Caleff, native of Massachusetts, was born February 8, 1807, at Ipswich
and while young moved with his parents to New Brunswick. He followed the life of
a sailor twenty years. In 1857 he removed to Minnesota and settled near
Hastings; came in 1878 to Melville where he holds the office of justice; his
daughter Dora made the first claim in the township, 80 acres on section 18.
Married in 1836, Susan Justason; of their three children, two are living.

   Henry Hippie was born April 10, 1837, in Perry county, Pennsylvania, and when
fifteen years old moved to Dover, Illinois; came to Minnesota in 1856; worked
two years at blacksmithing in Rochester, then went to Plainview and in 1862
enlisted in Company C, 10th Minnesota; served until 1865. The year following he
settled at Beaver Falls and erected the first building there; he was one of the
organizers of this county. May, 1877, he located a claim on section 6, Melville.
Married in 1866 Celestia A. Mills; five children.

   Charles Kenning, native of Prussia, was born March 28, 1850. Came in 1854
with his parents to America; lived one year at Buffalo, New York, and four years
in Toronto, Canada, after which he went to Chaska, Minnesota; learned the
carpenter's trade, and was in the sash and door business six years. May, 1878,
he came to his home on section 7, Melville, and since 1879 has been town
treasurer. Henrietta Schau was married to him in 1870, and has five children.

   N. G. Poore was born May 29, 1838, at Columbus, Pennsylvania. At the age of
four years he accompanied his parents to Ohio, and lived in various parts of
that state, also spent one year in Kentucky, but returned to Ohio. He migrated
to Minnesota, and for seventeen years lived on a farm near Hastings; during that
time he passed one year steamboating, and was south for a time in the employ of
the government. Since 1872 his home has been in Melville. November, 1860, he
married Sarah J. Finney; they have five children.

   George H. Raitz, a native of Pennsylvania, was born March 7, 1842, in
Northampton county. The family moved to Illinois when he was twelve years old,
and two years after settled in Carver county, Minnesota. Enlisted in 1862 in
Company H, Ninth Minnesota, and remained in service until 1865. In 1874 he went
from Carver county to McLeod, and in 1877 came to Melville. Mr. Raitz married in
December, 1869, Louisa Wolff; they have four children.

   F. E. Wolff, who was born December 26, 1839 is a native of Green county,
Pennsylvania. When he was fifteen years of age he moved with his mother to
Chaska, Minnesota, and lived on a farm there until coming in 1876 to Melville;
took a claim on section 20. Paulina Hedtke became his wife February 17, 1869; of
their six children three are living.

TROY.

   This town was set apart for organization March 21, 1876, and the first
election held on April 8. J. W. Hodsdon was elected chairman, Peter Miller and
August Schendel, supervisors: J. L. White, clerk; Charles Waldo, assessor; T. H.
Risinger, treasurer; August Schendel and T. H. Risinger, justices; Charles
Waldo, constable.

   August Schendel took the first claim in the town in 1871, and in 1873 brought
his family. In 1872 Paul Seeger, Peter Miller and Charles Waldo settled in the
town. The first religious meetings were held by the Evangelicals in 1872; a
society was organized, which in 1881 built a frame church on section 18 at a
cost of about $1,600. A Methodist society was organized, but afterward joined
the one at Olivia. Maggie Ericson taught the first school in 1877. Millard White
and Delia Miller were the first couple married; the event occurred in 1878.
Robert Seeger, born in May, 1873, was the first birth. The first death was in
1874, that of Birdie Brown.

   H. S. Atchley was born April 6, 1832, in Ovid Seneca county, New York. Lived
in Michigan from infancy until five years of age, when the family removed to
Wisconsin and he resided in different parts of that state and Minnesota; was in
Davenport, Iowa, a short time, then lived five years in St. Paul. Enlisted
August 20, 1861, in Company K, Second Minnesota, and returned to this state,
upon being discharged April 7, 1862, for injuries received in service. He has
lived in different places but since 1878 his home has been in Troy. October 9,
1867, he married Eliza Verian; their children are Martha, Mary J., Debora A.
Lizzie, Willis and Orin S.

   Fred Bingenheimer was born June 30, 1851, in Germany, and when fourteen years
old accompanied his parents to Wright county, Minnesota. In 1873 he removed to
Minneapolis, thence in 1876 to Dakota county and in 1879 came to Troy; married
May 24, 1877; his wife, who was Helen Schween, has borne him two children;
Amanda H. E. and Eliza S. D.

   George Burch, native of Indiana, was born May 15, 1838, in White county, and
at the age of ten years migrated, with his parents to Illinois. He enlisted
August 15, 1862 in Company E, 93d Illinois and served until June 23, 1865; he
was confined in rebel prison four months. In 1865 Mr. Burch located in Beaver
Falls Minnesota, but since 1878 has lived in Troy. His wife was Violetta M.
Comstock, married March 22, 1874.

   Perry Burch was born July 17, 1844, in White county, Indiaua, where he
remained until 1852, at which date he moved to Illinois. From 1862 until 1865
his home was in Le Sueur county, Minnesota, and then he lived in Beaver Falls
until- coming, in 1881 to Troy. Mr. Burch participated in the Indian war of
1862. He married June 15, 1875, Maggie J. Powers; one child, Mary Ethel.

   J. B. Converse, born June 22, 1832, in Bridgewater, Oneida county, New York.
He learned the trade of miller and in the winter of 1862-3 operated a mill in
Mantorville Minnesota; returned to New York and until the spring of 1864 was
working at his trade in Will county, Illinois, then in Goodhue couuty, this
state till coming in 1876 to Troy. Married November 25, 1857, Abbie Gaskell;
Arthur J. is their only child.

   W. E. Drescher, who is a native of Germany, was born in 1838. He emigrated
from that country in 1868 and resided in Rock county, Wisconsin, until 1871;
then came to New Ulm, Minnesota, but removed one year later to Troy. Mr.
Drescher married in 1863, Lena Repe, she has borne him eleven children; Hulda,
William, Charles, Edward, Anna, Magdaline and Emma are living.

   Ferdinand Fritz, who was born in the year 1823, is a native of Germany:
immigrated in 1870 to Dodge county, Wisconsin, but removed in 1874 to Minnesota
and has since been a resident of the town of Troy; his farm is located on
section 32 and contains 80 acres.

   Herman Fritz, a native of Germany, was born in 1833 and lived in that country
until 1865, since that date he has been a resident of the United States; his
home was in Dodge county, Wisconsin until 1872, when he located at his farm of
eighty acres on section 32 of Troy. In 1847 he married Ernestine Peper; have
eight children: Ferdinand, Bertha, Wilhelmena, Louis, Ida, Anna, Herman and Julius.

   J. W. Hodsdon was born September 25, 1853, in Kennebec county, Maine. From
1871 until 1874 he resided in Wabasha county, Minnesota, then located
permanently in Troy; he has filled various town offices and has been chairman of
the board since the organization of the town. On the 26th day of July, 1874, he
married Alice M. Holton; Etta Belle is their only child.

   J. W. Lowery, native of Wisconsin, was born July 1, 1846 in Grant county. He
enlisted November 15, 1862; remained in service until July 16, 1865, when he
returned to Wisconsin and continued to live there till 1868 at which time he
migrated to Wabasha county, Minnesota. Since 1869 his home has been on section
30 of Troy. Married February 9, 1878, Matilda French; they have had two
children; Floyd Edgar is living.

   Frank McCormick, native of Connecticut, was born June 10, 1854. In 1865 he
went to Newark, New Jersey. After remaining there one year and the same length
of time in Northfield, Minnesota, he came, in 1867, to Troy, where he has held
different town offices; his farm is located on section 6. Mary Alice Burch
became his wife December 25, 1876; they have one child, Effie May.

   P. Miller, a native of New York, was born December 28, 1842, in Columbia
county; from the age of four until twenty-four years his home was in the state
of Wisconsin; then he lived until 1872 in Dodge county, Minnesota and since that
in the town of Troy. Mr. Miller served in the late war from February, 1864 to
November, 1865.

   Conrad Nill was born in 1832. He learned blacksmithing in Germany, the land
of his birth, and emigrating from there in 1855 he came to this country to live.
Until 1865 he lived in Hennepin county, Minnesota with the exception of one year
in New Jersey. After residing in New Ulm three years he located in Troy. Mr.
Nill enlisted in 1862 and served through the remainder of the war. In 1865 Anna
Schrap was married to him and has borne him four children: Anna, Conrad, August,
Katie and Willie.

   P. Olson, native of Sweden, was born September 8, 1838; when twenty-one years
old he entered the army of that country and served fourteen years. In 1873 he
went to Kansas but the year following removed to Beaver Falls, Minnesota and in
1878 came to Troy. He married April 2, 1863, Katie Pearson; Mary, Peter S.,
Ellen, Eliza M. and Lawrence I. are their children.

   William Reik, who was born in 1822, is a native of Germany, where he was
reared on a farm and from 1840 until 1844 served in the army. In 1873 he
immigrated to Minnesota and settled on section 20, town of Troy. The marriage
uniting William Reik and Henrietta Tolsen took place in 1851 in Germany; There
are four children: Gustaf, Herman, William and Tilda.

   G. Schendel, born January 2, 1851, is a native of Germany, but has been a
resident of the United States since coming here when five years old with his
parents. Resided in Hennepin county, Minnesota, until coming in 1871 to Troy; on
April 6, 1846 he married Augusta Schaffer, who is the mother of three children:
Amel L. and Emma M. E. are living.

   Johan Stange was born October 4, 1843, and remained in Germany, the land of
his birth, till 1866, the date of his immigration to Jefferson county,
Wisconsin. In 1873 he located in Brown county, Minnesota, but removed in 1876 to
Troy, his present home; married September 10, 1871, Eureka Brown; their children
are Ernest, Willie, John and Christian.

   C. Waldo, born June 10, 1840, in Germany, came with his parents to Wisconsin
when he was fourteen years old, and when fifteen he started in life for himself.
He served from October 17, 1861, to October 13, 1862, in Company A, 18th
Wisconsin infantry. From 1866 until 1872 his home was in Dodge county,
Minnesota, then he came to Troy. Mr. Waldo has held numerous town offices.
Malvina Miller became his wife April 15, 1871. The living children are Gertie
L., Rosie M., John C. and Hiram M.


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