Bio of Mons J. RACHE(b.1868) Yellow Medicine Co., MN USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: LaNaye Hennen Source: "A History of Yellow Medicine County" by Arthur P. Rose Published 1914 MONS J. RACHE (1872) Has made the home farm--the northeast quarter of section 28, Stony Run township--his continuous home since he was a small boy. Mr. Rache was born in Norway December 6, 1868. His parents, Lasse C. and Dorothy Rache, came to the United States in 1871, first locating in Fairbault county. They remained there about a year and then came to Yellow Medicine County, taking for their homestead the piece of land now owned by Mons J. The elder Mr. Rache died on the homeplace in 1897, the mother in 1902. The trip of some 200 miles was made with oxen--a long and tedious journey. Oxen were the motive power when they had to go to Willmar--forty miles away--to trade; oxen did the work on the farm; in fact, if it had not been for those willing workers of the early day--the animal that did much of the farm work and later was converted into meat for the table--Yellow Medicine county would have been much longer reaching a self supporting stage. Mons J. Rache was educated in the country schools, and after growing to manhood, he operated the farm for his father many years. He purchased the place in 1896 and has been successful in its management. He belongs to the United Lutheran church and has served his township as school director and road overseer a number of years. Mr. Rache has two brothers. One, Rev. Christian Rache, was educated in Redwing Seminary and in Chicago and is now pastor of a church at Robinson, Kansas, the other Ellis R. Rache, is a lawyer at Willmar, Minnesota; the latter was educated at the University of Minnesota, where he took a six years' course. Mr. Rache was married in 1895 to Sophie Simmonson, a daughter of R. S. Simmonson, who came from Norway in an early day and located in Swift county. The following are their children: Levi, born March 20, 1896; Dina, April 14, 1898; Roy, March 18, 1900; Henry, June 28, 1903; Charles E., December 12, 1906; Monroe H., February 3, 1910; and Evelyn E., March 30, 1912.