Obituaries
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Friday,
August 7, 1908
Worthington Advance
Death of Philo Hawes
Philo Hawes, one of the pioneers of Southern Minnesota, and a maker of the history of this section, passed away at his home at Luverne, early Tuesday morning, death being due to cancer from which he had been a suffer for some time.
Philo Hawes, in 1865, homesteaded on what is now the present site of Luverne, and for years was the mail carrier over the old mail route from Blue Earth, Minn., to Yankton, S.D., through Jackson, Graham Lakes, Luverne and Sioux Falls, and after the Sioux Falls railroad was built he was appointed mail agent on that line and served in that capacity for many years.
Deceased was a veteran of the civil war, serving as lieutenant in the 11th Minnesota volunteers. He was three times elected as commander of the Minnesota G.A.R. association.
The funeral was held Thursday afternoon and was largely attended, large numbers being present from Worthington and other towns
Philo Hawes
Founder of LUVERNE IS CALLED BY DEATH
LUVERNE, Minn AUG. 4.-Philo Hawes. one of the best known
men in southern Minnesota, died at his home in this city at 1 a. m. today, aged
77 years. He was the first settler in Rock county and the father of Luverne,
naming the city after his eldest daughter. He located here in1867, taking up a
homestead, which is the present site of the city.
For several years after first locating here he was government mall agent.,
carrying the mail by pony express from Blue Earth City to Yankton, S. D. At that
time the nearest town to Luverne was Jackson, in Jackson county, and lumber had
to be hauled from Madelia, 125 miles distant.
In 1853 Hawes resided at Red Wing. and for several years operated a. line of
stages from that place to Faribault, Zumbrota and other points in southern
Minnesota. He also operated a. mail route from Red Wing to Blue Barth City from
1874 to 1884, and he was engaged as mail clerk on the St. Paul & Sioux City
railroad.
At the outbreak of the civil war he enlisted as second lieutenant in Company D.
Eleventh Minnesota and served until the close of the war. He was married in 1850
to Malvina Hines. In Rock county, Wisc., who with two children, Charles 0. Hawes
of the mercantile firm of Hawes & Son, and Miss Carrie Hawes, survive.Mr. Hawes
was born tn. Tompkins county. N. Y. Dec. 18, 1830. At the age of 12 he moved
with his parents to Janesville, Wisc. He later resided for some time in St.
Paul.
The funeral services, under the auspices or John A. Dix post, G. A. R, will be
held Thursday.
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CHARLES HUNT
BURIED AT LUVERNE FRIDAY
Charles Hunt died at his home in Magnolia, Minnesota last Tuesday, Dec. 9th.
Burial was Friday, Dec. 13, at Luverne.
He had suffered a stroke on Dec. 2, and died from the effects of it. He had
formerly lived on a farm north of Hull, and will be remembered by the older
settlers of that area.
(Abstract, "The Sioux County (IA) Index", 12-20-1935)
HANS HAROLDSON
Oakes,
N.D.--Hans Haroldson, 88, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. D. Hoar of
Oakes, on Feb. 1. Funeral services will be held Monday, Feb. 5, in Hills,
Minnesota.
Mr. Haroldson was born Feb. 19, 1863, in Norway and married Marrit
Sundrol Kjos in March, 1883; she died in 1937. A few years after her death he
moved to Oakes to be near his daughter.
Besides his daugther, he is survived by two sons, Lewis of Sioux Falls and Iver
of Billings, Mont.; two brothers, Martin of Dalton, Minn. and Olaus of Jasper,
Minn.; 19 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
(Abstract, "Aberdeen Daily News" 2-4-1951)
KRIENE HUISMAN,
December 6, 1939, Kriene Huisman, age 66, a brother of the
late Weert Huisman of Ellsworth, died at his home in Ashcreek Wednesday morning
of cancer of the spine and liver. He had been returned Sunday from the Sioux
Valley Hospital in Sioux Falls to await the end in his own home. Elliott
Rosenberg was the last of six children born to Mr Huisman’s first wife, and the
death of whom dated from Elliott’s birth December 14 1915.
Deceased was later married a second time and to this union one child was born.
The widow, children and one brother, Chris Huisman, Sauk Centre Minnesota
survive.
Funeral services will be held at the late home in Ashcreek Saturday and burial
will be in the State Line church cemetery southwest of Ellsworth.
Ellsworth News
Mrs. Josephine Hauger, a pioneer resident of Rock County, passed away Tuesday afternoon at 2:05 o'clock at her home on East Luverne Street, where she had resided for many years. Death was due to infirmities of old age and a general complication of ailments, and followed an illness of seven weeks duration. Funeral services, conducted by Rev. J. O. Mundahl, will be held this Friday afternoon at 2:00 o'clock from Our Saviour's Lutheran Church and interment will be made in Maplewood. Six grandsons of the deceased: Clifford and Rudolph Hunstad, Glenn and Arland Steen and Lionell and Merlyn Larson will be the pallbearers. Josephine Gulbrandson was born September 12th, 1842, on a farm near Oslo, Norway. She was reared to young womanhood in that vicinity, and was united in marriage to Mr. Lars Hauger in 1865, at Oslo. Mr. and Mrs. Hauger took up their residence at Nittedahl, Norway. Coming to this country in 1869, they first located in Allamakee County, Iowa, residing there four years. They moved to Rock County in 1872, taking up a homestead on section 30, Denver Township. Eight children were born to this union, all of whom survive. They are Mrs. Hilda Hunstad, of Jasper; Adolph and Mrs. M. H. Steen, of Hardwick; Mrs. John Christiansen and Olaf, of Tacoma, WA: Mrs. O. O. Bjorgan, of Goodridge: Mrs. G. A. Larson, of Sherman, and Edwin, of Jasper. A foster son, Rollie Olsen, also survives Mr. Hauger died in 1896, and Mrs. Hauger had made her home in Luverne since 1910. She was next to the youngest in a family of eleven children and was the last surviving member. Passing of Mrs. Hauger brought to a close an unusually long and well spent life, and as one of the earliest settlers in Rock County she shared the labor and tribulations common to its early development. In her declining years, she retained a remarkably keen mentality. She was ever a devoted mother and a loyal friend
Submitted by Paul Everett