In the book's own words, not ours, with obvious scanning errors fixed. A few names of people born after 1905 are withheld for privacy. Families often supplied these stories to the publisher, so check key dates.
Born 1873
From An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910)
WILLIAM G. MALCHOW (1873), cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Wilder, has spent his entire life in Jackson county, having been born in Heron Lake township May 1, 1873. He is the son of Charles and Christine (Kilen) JIalchow, pioneer settlers of the county-
William secured his education in this county, completing it in the academic department of the school at Wilder. After his school days, at the age of nineteen years, he began teaching school, which occupation he followed seven years. He then took a position as grain buyer for the firm of Thorn & Christensen at Wilder and was so engaged three years. In 1902 he and his brother and father bought the controlling interest in the Farmers State Bank and since that date he has held the position of cashier.
Mr. Malchow is a man of family, having been married in Heron Lake township January 2, 1805. to Miss Christine Sether, a native of Blue Earth. Minnesota, and a daughter of Hans E. Sether, a Norwegian Lutheran minister and an early settler of the county. To this union have been born four children: Evangeline C, born December 23, 1898; Vivian G., born July 16. 1000; Thelma. born December 1. 1904; [name withheld], born June 2, 1908.
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As printed in An illustrated history of Jackson County, Minnesota (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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