Emil G. Bohl Biography


	This biography appears on pages 524-527 in "History of Dakota 
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				EMIL G. BOHL. 

	Emil G. Bohl has a number of business interests as he not only 
engages in farming but operates a meat market and is vice president of 
a bank and road contractor. He owns eight hundred and eighty acres of 
land situated in Tetonke township, Spink county, and the splendid 
condition of his farm is due entirely to his own labor. His birth 
occurred at Springfield Corners, Dane county, Wisconsin, on the 20th of 
August, 1863. His parents were Herman and Sophie (Keirst) Bohl, who in 
1883 brought their family to this state, where they took up a homestead 
claim near the town of Faulkton. There the mother passed away in 1900 
and the father died in 1910, when eighty-one years of age. Both were 
buried in the Faulkton cemetery. The family is of German descent and 
has been represented in the United States since 1852. 

	Emil G. Bohl attended the district schools near his boyhood home 
in the pursuit of his education until he was seventeen years of age but 
only during the winter months as he, as well as the other boys of that 
time, was needed in the cultivation of the farm. Although he received 
but a meager education in school he has done much reading throughout 
life and has always been a close observer, so that he is now a well 
informed man. After leaving school he worked upon farms in Wisconsin 
and South Dakota for several years but in 1886 he purchased a 
relinquishment of one hundred and sixty acres in Tetonke township, 
Spink county, which is his present home. He has since added to his 
possessions until he now holds title to eight hundred and eighty acres 
of land, upon which he does diversified farming. He keeps forty horses, 
about one hundred head of cattle and one hundred hogs and is considered 
one of the most successful stock-raisers in his district. His fields 
yield large returns per acre and as his grain is of high quality brings 
a good price upon the market. He coordinates the various phases of 
farming so as to avoid waste and secure the best returns for his time 
and money, and his activities secure him a gratifying annual income. He 
has a number of other business interests, including a meat market at 
Brentford and an interest in a threshing outfit. He also takes 
contracts for the repair of public highways; is a stockholder in the 
Farmers State Bank and is vice president of that institution, his 
insight into financial matters enabling him to advise wisely as to the 
management of the bank. 

	Mr. Bohl was united in marriage on the 21st of December, 1891, at 
Ashton, to Miss Nettie Houseman, a daughter of Jeremiah and Patience 
(Bedsall) Houseman, pioneers of South Dakota but now residents of 
Seattle, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Bohl have three children all at home, 
namely: Herman, who is a graduate of the State Normal School at 
Aberdeen; Robert; and Cora, a graduate of the Brentford high school. 

	Mr. Bohl is a republican in his political belief and has held 
various township offices and for several terms was assessor. 
Fraternally he is a Master Mason and a member of the Independent Order 
of Odd Fellows. His enterprising and progressive spirit is manifested 
by the fine buildings upon his farm and the excellent condition in 
which everything is kept. In his anxiety to make the farm an efficient 
working plant he has not neglected his residence, which is one of the 
comfortable and attractive farm homes of Spink county and which is 
often the seat of neighborhood gatherings. He believes that a high 
salary is not essential to a young man starting out in the world for he 
recognizes the fact that success does not come to a man without effort 
on his part and has accordingly labored persistently and intelligently 
in the belief that prosperity is within the grasp of any man who is 
willing to apply himself diligently to the work at hand. His faith in 
the power of wisely directed industry has been justified and he is now 
considered one of the most substantial agriculturists in his locality.