Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota (1900)
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Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota (1900).
Born Sept 7, 1858 in Wisconsin.
Oldest son, had six brothers and one sister.
Family moved to Olmsted then Mower county, Minnesota, then to Walsh county, ND.
Later Mercer county.
Came to Bottineau county, ND in 1887 (walked from Mercer county to Minot).
Farmer and thresher, 480-acre farm.
Democrat, township assessor, German Lutheran church trustee.
Married Feb 1895.
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