The Stall Families of Jackson County, Minnesota

THOMAS H. STALL (1805), senior member of the Jackson mercantile firm of T. H. Stall & Co., is forty-four years of age and has spent his entire life in Jackson county. He was born on section two, Des Moines township, on October 31, 1865, the son of Oliver and Helen (Hansen) Stall. These parents were born in Norway a.nd came to the United States when young. They were married in Illinois and in the spring of 1865, immediately after the discharge of Oliver Stall from a three 3'ears' service in the union army, they came to Jackson county. The head of the family took as a homestead claim the northeast quarter of section 2, Des Moines township, making the filing in May, 1865. A census of the county, taken two months after his arrival, showed a total population for Jackson county of 233. Oliver Stall continued to farm his original homestead until 1906, when he retired from active life and is now enjoying the fruits of a well spent and hard working life at the age of seventy years. Our subject's mother died in the fall of 1876. They were the parents of four children, of whom the three following are living: Thomas H., of this sketch, Martina (Mrs. Jake Johnson), of Windom, and Hans M. Stall, who resides upon the old boni( stead.

Thomas H. Stall lived with his parents on the farm until he reached his majority. He attended the country schools and completed his education in the Jackson high school. At the age of twenty-one years he bought a farm in Belmont township and conducted it five years. He then moved to Jackson and entered the employ of J. W. Cowing and clerked in that gentleman's store five years. At the end of that time he bought an interest in the store and remained with the firm two years. In 1899 he formed a partnership with H. E. Anderson and G. A. Husby and opened a general store in the building in which he is still located. The firm carries a line of general merchandise, dry goods, groceries, clothing and shoes.

Mr. Stall is a member of the Lutheran church and of the E. F. U. and M. W. A. lodges. He has three sons and two daughters, namely: Norin, Tilford, Theodore, Hazel and Ruth.

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HENRY A. STALL (1879) owns and farms the northeast quarter of section 2, Des Moines township. He was born on that farm May 29, 1879, the son of Oliver and Helen (Skogen) Stall, of whom the former is now living in Jackson and the latter died in 1901. Oliver Stall was born in Norway, came to the United States when young and located in Illinois.

He served three years as a soldier in the union army, and immediately after his discharge came to Jackson county, in the spring of 1865, when there were less than 250 residents in the whole of Jackson county. He homesteaded the farm now owned by his son in Des Moines township.

Henry was educated in the district schools of Des Moines township and until he reached his majority worked for his father on the farm. Then he rented the farm and conducted it under the lease until 1907. That year he bought the farm.

Mr. Stall was married in Enterprise township in September, 1903, to Bertha Wiger, who was born in Jackson county February 24, 1880. She is the daughter of the late Ole Wiger, who was one of the early settlers of Enterprise township and who died in 1905. Three children have been bom to Mr. and Mrs. Stall, namely: Hayes, Bert and Gordon. Mr. Stall is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America lodge.

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MARTIN STALL (1877), Des Moines township farmer, was born on the farm he now manager July 13, 1877. He is the son of Hans and Jnlia (Holsten) Stall. The former is a native of Norway and came to the United States when a boy. He lived in Illinois eight years and then enlisted in the union army in nn Illinois regiment and saw three years' service. After the war he came to Jackson county and homesteaded the southeast quarter of section 2, Des Moines township. He resided on the farm until seven years ago, when he moved to Jackson, where he now lives. The mother of our subject died November 17, 1896.

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Sir. Stall was married in Jackson December 2, 18119, to Laura Hade, who was born in Norway.Inly 12, 1877, and came to the United States when four years of age. She is the daughter of Jens Kade, deceased. The family are members of the Evangelical Lutheran church of America.

(;EuK(iK li. VAKNS (1874) is an early day settler of Middletown township, having come to the county when ten years of age and having spent nearly all of the rest of his life here. He owns a quarter section farm on section 3.

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