Source: Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota (1900)
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Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota (1900).
Born on a farm in McHenry county, Illinois, March 4, 1858, second of six children.
Farmer and county treasurer of La Moure county, North Dakota.
Settled La Moure county 1881, filed claim SE quarter sec.
18, twp.
136, range 63.
Married Mary Tanner in 1883 in Illinois.
Elected county treasurer 1884.
Reappointed and elected 1898.
Appointed by Governor Ordway to first board of county commissioners.
Republican.
Member Ancient Order of United Workmen and Modern Woodmen of America.
Presbyterian.
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