A History of Henryville, Renville Co., MN Bios Included ========================================================================= 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: Joy Fisher Submitted: Janusry 2005 ========================================================================= Excerpted from: "HISTORY OF THE MINNESOTA VALLEY, INCLUDING THE EXPLORERS AND PIONEERS OF MINNESOTA" BY REV. EDWARD D. NEILL, -AND — "HISTORY OF THE SIOUX MASSACRE" BY CHARLES S. BRYANT. MINNEAPOLIS: NORTH STAR PUBLISHING COMPANY, 1882. RENVILLE COUNTY. CHAPTER LXXXIII. 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. BICKEL 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. BOUDA 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. BOUDA 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. COOLEY 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. GARRITTY 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. HEANEY 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. KARTAK 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. KELLY 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. KODET 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. KOJETIN Wenzel Kojetin, native of Austria, was born September 20, 182S; 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. KRYL 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. MOLONEY 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. SCHOREGGE 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 months 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. SHARP 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. SPALSBURY 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. SWOBODY 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. WILT 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, but 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. ZETAH 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.