Ramsey County Biographies BERNT ANDERSON, of the twenty-first legislative district, Church's Ferry. Ramsey county, was born at Hadeland, Norway, on December 2. 1861, and is married and has nine children. He came to North Dakota from Ottertail county, Minnesota, in 1883. is a farmer and was educated in the common schools. Has held various school and township offices. He was elected to the house as a republican in 1906, and re-elected in 1908, 1910 and 1912. [Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.] O. P. N. ANDERSON, commissioner of railroads, was born in April, 1872, at Albert Lea, Minn., and there received his early education, graduating from college in 1890. In the summer of 1890 Mr. Anderson located in Ramsey county and began teaching school, finally turning his attention to mercantile business in Starkweather. Two years ago he was a member of the legislature. He was elected railroad commissioner in 1908, was re-elected in 1910 and 1912 as a republican. [Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.] PROF. DWIGHT F. BANGS, superintendent of the School for the Deaf, a state institution, located at Devils Lake, is too well known to the people of North Dakota to need any introduction. His life has been devoted to this line of work and he is favorably known wherever he has labored. Mr. Bangs was born at Washington Heights, New York City, July 3, 1863. and one year later removed with his parents to Flint. Michigan, where he was reared and educated. His father. Prof. Egbert L. Bangs, was for many years superintendent of the Michigan School for the Deaf, and there our subject received his knowledge of the sign language. He graduated from the Flint high school and also attended St. Johnsbury Academy at St. Johnsbury, Vermont, graduating in the class of 1886. In the fall of that year he entered Amherst College, where he was in attendance one year, and in 1 888 went to Farribault, Minnesota, and accepted a position in the Minnesota School for the Deaf, where he remained as teacher seven years. In July, 1895, he was appointed superintendent of the School for the Deaf at Devils Lake. This is a state institution and under the able management of the present superintendent the attendance is constantly increasing Our subject was married, at Faribault, Minnesota, June 5, 1890, to  Miss Cora Van Dorin, a native of Fairfield, Iowa, and a daughter of the late Richard  Van Dorin, who was a veteran of the Mexican as well as the Civil war. Mrs. Bangs was educated in the public schools at Fairfield, Iowa, and also attended a private school in that city, known as Axline University, six years. She was engaged in teaching at Council Bluffs in the school for the deaf and at Faribault, Minnesota, in a like institution three years. Since residing in Devils Lake Mrs. Bangs has been matron of the institution of which her husband is superintendent. The buildings are kept in first class order and neatness rules throughout and Mrs. Bangs is the right woman in the right place. Mr. and Mrs. Bangs have one daughter, named Gertrude. Mr. Bangs is devoted to his work and the discipline of the school is of a high order and the teachers are thoroughly trained and efficient. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by Dena Whitesell M. D. BUTLER, Brockett. of the twenty-first legislative district, was born at Lindsay. Ontario. August 14, 1878 and received his education in common schools of his native country. Came to North Dakota in 1882 with his parents. Has engaged in the business of farming for the past twelve years. He has held several minor offices, such as president of the village board of Brockett. He is married and has three children. He was elected representative as a republican. [Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.] RICHARD DAELEY, the efficient and popular postmaster of Devils Lake, is well known in that locality and has done much to promote the growth of the city and Ramsey county. He was born in Wellington county, Ontario, Canada. August 16, 1858. Mr. Daeley spent the early years of his life until sixteen years of age in his native place and then came to the United States and followed the blacksmith trade in different places until January, 1881, when he went to Grand Forks county. North Dakota. He followed his trade there and erected the first building in Larimore and resided in that city until May, 1882, when he first appeared in Ramsey county and has since been a resident of the county. He engaged in farming until the spring of 1892 and then engaged in the grain business until the spring of 1898. He was then appointed postmaster of Devils Lake by President McKinley and is the present incumbent of the office, and faithfully discharging the duties of his position. Our subject was married, in Larimore, North Dakota, in the fall of 1882 to Miss Anna Welch, a native of Ontario. Mrs. Daeley died in Ramsey county. North Dakota, October 9, 1889. Three children were born to ]Mr. and Mrs. Daeley, who are named as follows: John A., Mabel and Bertha. Mr. Daeley was married to Minnie E. Kilday, widow of William Kilday, February 22, 1898, at St. Paul, Minnesota. Mrs. Daeley was a daughter of Colonel A. S. Pattee, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Daeley has one son by her former marriage, named Albert. Our subject has always acted with the Republican party politically and is a man of broad ideas and keeps pace with the times. He is one of the leading citizens of Devils Lake and well deserves the high station which he occupies in the minds of all with whom he is acquainted. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. CARL DAHLSTROM. North Dakota has many foreign-born citizens who have become thoroughly identified with her financial and social interests and who have gained for themselves a high place in their respective communities. Ramsey County is not without her share of these men and among them a high station is accorded the gentleman above named. He has a comfortable home and pleasant estate in section 27, of Dry Lake Township, and has accumulated his possessions since taking up his residence in North Dakota. Our subject was born in Sweden, November 21, 1862. He came to America early in the '80s and located in Minnesota, but after a short stay there came to Cass County, North Dakota, and remained in Fargo and vicinity until 1863. In June of that year he went to Ramsey County, and soon afterward entered claim to the land on which he now resides in Dry Lake Township. He has resided thereon continuously since that date and has made a success of general farming, and is now the fortunate possessor of two hundred acres of land. He uses modern methods in operating the same and realizes a good income from the place. Our subject was married in Dry Lake Township, Ramsey County, North Dakota, to Miss Mary Erickson. Mrs. Dahlstrom was born in Norway and came to America with her parents in 1879 when about ten years of age. One son has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Dahlstrom, upon whom they have bestowed the name of Eddie E. Our subject was a man of active public spirit and has served as a member of the township board of supervisors and in other ways aided in bettering the condition of his community. History Biography of North Dakota. Transcribed by Laurel Durham LUCIUS B. FANCHER, county superintendent of schools in Ramsey County, whose home is in Devils Lake, is making an enviable record as one of the foremost educators of the state. He is thorough, systematic, and well educated, and is an earnest worker for the advancement of the public school system of North Dakota. Our subject was born in Du Page County, Illinois, August 3, 1860, and was reared on a farm, and removed with his parents to Martin county, Minnesota, when he was four years of age, and when ten years of age settled in Fairmont, where the father moved owing to his election as clerk of the district court of Martin County. There our subject grew to manhood and received a liberal education and attended the Mankato State Normal, where he took the advanced course and graduated in 1879, and also took special courses in different lines and a business course in Minneapolis. After graduating from the State Normal he was employed as deputy auditor of Martin County, and was thus engaged about a year and a half, and then followed various vocations until he engaged in teaching as a profession. He was principal of the schools at Jackson and at Sherburn, Minnesota, and went to Mayville, North Dakota, in the fall of 1885 and assumed charge of the city schools and remained three years in that capacity, and in the fall of 1888 was elected superintendent of the city schools at Devils Lake, and was also principal of the high school. He held the position until the close of the school year in 1894, when he resigned and was elected county superintendent of schools in Ramsey county. He did very efficient work and was re-elected in 1896 and again in 1898 and is now serving his third term in that office. Our subject was married near Mankato, Minnesota, to Miss Amelia A. Bradley, a native of Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. Fancher are the parents of three children, named as follows: Harlan R., Hazel and Carroll E. For several years Mr. Fancher was secretary of the Young Alen's Christian Association, at Devils Lake, and he was one of the incorporators of the Devils Lake Chautauqua Association, and served as its first corresponding secretary, and was a member of the committee that selected the beautiful grounds of that now famous summer resort. He is prominent in state educational work and enjoys the confidence and esteem of the people among whom he labors. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. JAMES GRAHAM, a prosperous and representative farmer of Grand Harbor township, Ramsey County, is comfortably located on section 23, where he has surrounded himself with all the comforts and conveniences of farm life. Mr. Graham was born in Haldimand, Province of Ontario, Canada, February 18, 1852. He was reared to manhood and educated in his native province, receiving the benefits to be had from the common schools until he was nineteen years of age, in the meantime doing his share of work on the home farm. He continued to live in Canada until 1885. In the spring of that year he removed to North Dakota, first settling in the northern part of Grand Forks County. He resided there only six months, however, when he removed to Bottineau County and took up a claim to land. There he remained until 1896, when he came to Ramsey county in the spring of that year and took up the land on which he now resides in Grand Harbor township. He still holds his land, two hundred and forty acres, in Bottineau county. He is the owner of one hundred and sixty acres of valuable land and has been a successful agriculturist since coming to Ramsey county. His property is well improved and supplied with good stock. Mr. Graham was married, near Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, to Miss Abigail Peel. Mrs. Graham is also a native of Ontario, her birthplace being in that province, near the village of Lindsay. Here she was reared and educated and became the wife of  Mr. Graham. They are the parents of three children, named as follows : Margaret B. J., Mary A. and Charles H. Mr. Graham has never sought political preferment, but has been content to do what he could toward the material prosperity of his community and county. He has proved himself a valuable and representative citizen and enjoys the confidence and esteem of all. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by Dena Whitesell JOHN GRAHAM. Among the well regulated farms of Ramsey county. Lake township contains a fair share, and one of these tracts is owned and operated by the subject of this review. Mr. Graham resides in section 30, and has a home of comfortable surroundings, and has aided in making the locality well known in agricultural circles. Our subject was born in Northumberland county, Ontario, Canada, June 3, 1856. He was reared on a farm at his native place, and received a common school education and resided at home until he was about seventeen years of age. He continued his residence in Canada until 1881, when he went to Manitoba and lived there one year. From Manitolia he went to North Dakota in the spring of 1882, and soon after his arrival there entered claim to land in Lake township, Ramsey county, upon which he has since resided, and is one of the oldest settlers of Ramsey county. He owns four hundred and eighty acres of land', which he has brought to a high state of cultivation, and has erected good buildings thereon and provided a comfortable home. All machinery for conducting a model farm is supplied, and the farm is made to yield abundantly and provides a good income. Our subject was married in Huron county, Ontario, Canada, to Miss Ann Fowler, who was a native of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Graham are the parents of five children, who are named in order of birth as follows: Melville J., Elmer J. George O. E., Stella J. and Marvel V. Mr. Graham and wife are members of the Episcopal church, and are held in the highest esteem by their many friends and acquaintances. Mr. Graham is an honored resident of Ramsey county, and his public spirit has never been doubted, and he has served as school director and constable. All local affairs enlist his attention and hearty support, and he is an influence for good in his community. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. PROF. JOHN A. HAIG. As an efficient and popular educational worker this gentleman stands in a foremost rank. He is superintendent of the city schools of Devils Lake, North Dakota, and has devoted his entire life to this line of work and has met with remarkable success, the schools of which he now has charge being noted for their efficient management. Mr. Haig is progressive, enlightened and a tireless worker and well merits his high standing and success. Our subject was born in Potsdam, St. Lawrence county. New York. October 20, 1849. He spent the early years of his life in Potsdam and vicinity and was educated in the common schools of the town and at St. Lawrence Academy, of Potsdam. He graduated from Middlebury College at Middlebury, Vermont, in 1873, and in the fall of that year was elected principal of the Madrid Union Free School of Madrid, St. Lawrence county, which position he held two years, and then went to Messena, New York, and served as principal of the Union Free School and Academy five years. He then spent another year with his former school at Madrid and was then elected county superintendent of schools of the second commissioner's district of St. Lawrence county and held the position nine years. Then for three years he held the office of justice of the peace in Madrid, New York, and was representative of the town of Madrid on the board of county supervisors three years. In the summer of 1894 he was elected principal of the city schools of Devils Lake, where he has since remained. Our subject was married, at Madrid, New York. July 13, 1876, to Miss -Mary A. Hawley, a native of Vermont. Mr. and Mrs. Haig are the parents of four children, as follows: Ernest H., now a junior in Carleton College, of Northfield, Minnesota; Alan V., cashier and bookkeeper for E. J. Chamberlain, of Devils Lake; Myron J., a student of the Devils Lake high school ; and Helen E., attending the city schools of that city. Mr. Haig has striven to promote the educational standard in North Dakota and his services while principal of the city schools of Devils Lake commend him to all as a man of true citizenship and honest principles. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. HONORABLE HENRY C. HANSBROUGH, United States senator from North Dakota, and one of the most prominent figures on the stage of national politics of the present day, is a resident of Devils Lake, North Dakota, and was born in Randolph county, Illinois, January 30, 1848. His father, Eliab Hansbrough, and his mother, Sarah Hansbrough (nee Hagen), were both natives of Kentucky; his forefathers, on his father's side, were Virginians. Eliab Hansbrough was a firm friend and supporter of Henry Clay, and received from the great Kentuckian many tokens of appreciation of his friendship. Like many another man who is now prominent in the affairs of the nation, Henry C. Hansbrough's early education was limited to that which the public schools could offer. He learned the art of printing in San Jose, California, and leaving that place for San Francisco entered the employment of the "Chronicle." ultimately becoming assistant managing editor of that paper. His health failing him, he moved to Baraboo, Wisconsin, still continuing in journalistic work. Becoming infected with the Dakota fever, he moved to Grand Forks in 1881, and established the "News" in that city. In 1883 he sold the "News" and removed to Devils Lake and founded the "Inter-Ocean." which he still owns. A stanch Republican and naturally of an aggressive temperament, he interested himself from the first actively in politics, both local and state: was appointed postmaster and twice elected mayor of his town. The question of statehood for the Territory was being agitated, and about 1885 the campaign for its division and admission as two states was actively inaugurated. There were three men in the northern part of the territory especially active in the advocacy of division—Waldo M. Potter, of the "LaMoure County Chronicle ;" George B. Winship, of the "Grand Forks Herald," and H. C. Hansbrough. The campaign culminated in the territorial convention which was called in Jamestown June 1. 1888. to select a delegation to the national convention held in Chicago, which nominated Benjamin Harrison. It was generally understood that congress would pass the enabling act during the winter of 1888-9, and plans were laid with that end in view. At that convention the south end of the territory, which was unanimous for division, came up with full delegations in a special train from Sioux Falls. Caucuses were held on the train and it was unanimously resolved en route to support Mr. Hansbrough as one of the delegates to the national convention from the northern part of the state, so that when the southern representatives arrived he was practically elected. Mr. Hansbrough had his own county and the territory west of him supporting his candidacy ; a combination was made with Cass county, the delegation from which was headed by N. K. Hubbard, and with the delegates from the southern part of the territory, the agreement being that Hubbard and Hansbrough were to be on the delegation, and in case of the division of the territory Hansbrough was to be national committeeman from North Dakota. The agreement was carried out, and Mr. Hansbrough served eight years on the national committee. After the convention was over it was the frequent boast of the anti-divisionists. in the northern part of the state, that Hansbrough would never be heard from again. When division became an accomplished fact they undertook to punish him for his work in its behalf. At that time he had no idea of running for any office, as he was doing a fairly good business with his several papers and other enterprises that he was interested in, and desired to devote his entire attention thereto, but some of his opponents seemed to fear that he would be a factor in the first state convention and commenced a campaign of antagonism to him personally. This aroused his friends, who had stood with him in the division of the territory ; and it can well be understood that there were many ardent divisionists after the admission of the territory as two states, and before the first state convention' met Mr. Hansbrough had practically been forced into a position where he was obliged to be a candidate for congress. After a memorable struggle in that convention he received the nomination and was elected by the largest majority ever received by any party candidate in the state. He carried the same energy and vim into his public career that he had shown in his private life. During his term in congress there were many perplexing questions to settle and necessary legislation to be passed incident to the admission of a new state into the union. In the adjustment of these questions and the securing of the enactment into the law of the needed measures he was very successful. During his first session the question of curtailing the powers of the Louisiana Lottery, which had endeavored to transplant itself in the state of North Dakota, came up, and Mr. Hansbrough, as the author of the anti-lottery bill, can claim more than any other one individual the credit of stamping out that institution. Cut notwithstanding the large majority he received, and his successful work in the house, the convention in August, 1890, defeated him for renomination by a narrow majority. A defeat at that particular epoch in his career would have crushed many men, but before even the vote was declared he announced himself as a candidate for the United States senate at the election to be determined by the legislature to be elected that same fall. He excited the admiration of even his opponents by the manly way in which he took his defeat for congress. He placed his services at the command of the state committee and worked strenuously for the success of the ticket. When the legislature convened in 1891 his claims to a seat in the United States senate were urged by his friends, and after a hard and exciting fight he was elected to that coveted position. In 1897 he was re-elected to succeed himself, receiving the unanimous support of all the Republican voters in the first formal ballot in caucus. During his senatorial career Senator Hansbrough has maintained his established reputation as a worker in the interests of his state. No legislation of a nature likely to redound to the advantage of North Dakota has been neglected. Of a pleasing personality and address, he has made many firm friends among the leaders in his party both in congress and elsewhere, and this popularity has stood him in good stead in his efforts in behalf of his constituency. His committee assignments have been such as would enable him to accomplish the best results for a northwestern state. He is chairman of the committee on public lands, where are passed upon all questions affecting lands belonging to the United States, questions vital in their importance to the western states, and a member of the committee on agriculture and foresty. During that most important epoch in the history of the Congressional Library—its reorganization, when the volumes were moved into their present magnificent abode—he was chairman of the joint committee of the library, which had jurisdiction of that matter. At the reorganization of the senate in December, 1899. he was selected as one of the committee on committees, and in recognition of his ability and services during his senatorial career received the much coveted appointment as a member of the committee on finance—the most important committee in the senate, membership on which is so eagerly sought after. His other assignments are the committee on the District of Columbia and the committee on international expositions. He was married, in 1879, to Josephine E. Orr, of Newburg, New York, who died on January 14, 1895. In 1897 he married his present wife. Miss Mary Berri Chapman, of Washington, D. C, a lady of high literary and artistic abilities. Senator Hansbrough's father died in 1884. His mother is still living at the ripe old age of eighty-one years. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. JAMES A. HOME. In the list of well-regulated farms of Dry Lake Township, Ramsey County, stands that owned and operated by James A. Home and sons. It is supplied with modern improvements and machinery for its operation and the success which has fallen to the lot of the proprietor is well earned. Our subject has devoted his career to this line of work since residing in North Dakota, and is well-versed and applies himself intelligently to the same, and is one of the fortunate men of the community. His home is in section 16. Mr. Home was born near Birford, Canada, December 7, 1843, and was a son of William and Charlotte Matthews (Eaton) Home, a sketch of whom appears under the title of William Home. The mother died in Canada, July 9, 1858. In June 13, 1859, the father married Miss Jeanette Falcomer and the father, step-mother and two children, the subject of this sketch and his sister, Charlotte M. later settled in Black Hawk County, Iowa. Our subject remained at home until after attaining his majority and then engaged in the milling business in Cedar Falls, Iowa, until the spring of 1870, when he removed to Hampton, Franklin County, and engaged in the same business there until 1876. He then went to Litchfield, Minnesota, and followed milling there two years, and then spent six years in St. Paul and vicinity. He went to Grand Forks County, North Dakota, in the spring of 1882, and remained there one year and then located in Ramsey County and settled on the farm on which he has since resided. He has placed excellent improvements on his home farm and with his sons owns and operates one thousand three hundred and forty acres of land. This furnishes a good income and Mr. Home is one of the solid men of his county. Our subject was married in Black Hawk County, Iowa, to Margaret I. Falconer, who was born in London, Canada, May 10, 1844. Mrs. Home died at Afton, Minnesota, January 7, 1880. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Home, of whom three are still living: Hugh, Albert D. and William George. Two died in infancy. Mr. Home was married to Emma E. Reynolds, in Ramsey County, North Dakota, December 28, 1886. Mrs. Home is a native of Canada, but was reared in the United States. Eight children have been born to this union, who are as follows: John L., James A., Jr., Gertrude E., Victor A., Mary J., Charlotte I., Sarah M. and Emma O. Mr. Home has served as school treasurer and township clerk and is actively interested in public affairs. He is a Royal Arch Mason. History Biography of North Dakota. Transcribed by Laurel Durham WILLIAM HORNE. An honorable position among the farmers of Dry Lake Township, Ramsey County, is willingly accorded this gentleman by his associates. He occupies one of the well-developed farms of the county, and is greatly respected in the community where he has spent the past seventeen years of his life, and where he is passing his declining years surrounded by peace and plenty. His comfortable residence is in section 21. Our subject was born in Portsmouth, England, March 13, 1817, and while he was still young he came to America with his parents and settled near Toronto, Canada, where he was reared and educated. He remained there until after he attained his majority, and then emigrated to the United States with his family and settled in Black Hawk County, Iowa. He continued his residence in that state until March, 1883, when he removed to North Dakota, and at once settled on the land on which he has since resided in section 29 of Dry Lake Township, and is one of the solid men of Ramsey County. He is well versed in the most approved methods of operating a farm, and has met with success in his calling, and has remained to see his family nicely located, and now enjoys a review of a life well spent. Our subject was married in Canada to Miss Jessie Falconer, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, August 10, 1836. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Home, seven of whom are now living and are as follows: Annie J., now Mrs. George Copeland; William C. E.; Jessie, now Mrs. Charles Bessire; Margaret I., now Mrs. Charles B. Richards; Arthur E., a well-to-do resident of that county; Emily C, now Mrs. Wilson E. Lowell; and Robert E., who owns nearly one thousand acres of land in Dry Lake Township, and one hundred and sixty acres in Cavalier County, North Dakota. History Biography of North Dakota. Transcribed by Laurel Durham FRANK H. HYLAND, of the twenty-first legislative district, was born at Jefferson. Greene county, Iowa, September 14, 1880, and after completing his school work in the high school and at the Iowa Agricultural college, came to North Dakota in 1900, locating at Devils Lake. He is an auctioneer by profession. He is married. Was elected to the house in 1910 and to the senate in 1912, as a republican. [Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.] JOHN KAIN, one of the most influential farmers of Webster township, Ramsey county, has devoted his career to farming and has a pleasant home in section 30. He is well versed in his vocation, systematic and industrious, and is possessed of a character of the highest integrity, and enjoys the confidence and esteem of his associates. Our subject was born in Germany, June 17, 1853. He came to America with his parents when three years of age and resided in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, four years and then removed to Waukesha. Wisconsin. The family made their home there some three years and then located permanently in White River. Michigan, where our subject grew to manhood and continued his residence until 1883. In November of that year he entered North Dakota, and located on the farm where he has since been a resident and has prospered there as an agriculturist. The building of the place include a comfortable residence, commodious barns, etc., and every appointment of the place evidences painstaking care in its operation. Mr. Kain owns and operates eight hundred acres of land, and is one of the solid men of his township. Our subject was married in Decatur, Michigan, to Samantha Chapman, a native of the state of New York. Mr. and Mrs. Kain are the parents of four children, who are as follows : Edith O., now the wife of Oliver Twist: Dora, John H. and Leland W. In affairs pertaining to local government Mr. Kain has taken a most hearty interest, and he has been called upon to serve his community in various offices of trust, including member of the township board of supervisors, and justice of the peace, and as an educational worker he has served as school director and president of the school board. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. GEORGE W. KLINE. The maturer years of this gentleman have been devoted exclusively to the toil and labor pertaining to the calling of a farmer, and he has acquired a knowledge of his vocation which makes him a source of information to others less favored by experience or less observing. He owns and occupies a pleasant and remunerative tract of land in Dry Lake Township, Ramsey County, and enjoys the comforts of a happy home in section 20. Our subject was born on a farm in LaSalle County, Illinois, September 5, 1858, where he was reared and educated. He remained in his native county until the spring of 1886, when he went to North Dakota and settled in Dry Lake Township, and has since been a resident there. He owns eight hundred acres of land, which he has gained from time to time, and has thoroughly improved the farm and ranks among the foremost men of his calling in his community. Mr. Kline was married, in LaSalle County, Illinois, May 30, 1880, to Miss Salina D. Schoonover, a native of Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Kline are the parents of two children, named as follows: William L. and Ernest L. Mr. Kline has held the office of township treasurer and school clerk and is a gentleman of true merit, whose public spirit has never been called in question, and is an influence for good in the community with whose higher interests his name is associated. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and Modern Woodmen of America. History Biography of North Dakota. Transcribed by Laurel Durham HENRY LAKE. The fine farms of Ramsey county place it among the thriving agricultural districts of North Dakota. One of these well regulated tracts is owned and operated by Henry Lake, who resides in section 24 of Dry Lake township, and is known as a progressive and intelligent member of his community. He has beautified his home farm, and has added to its value as well by planting fourteen acres of trees around his residence, and the landscape in that vicinity is thereby enhanced in beauty. Other valuable improvements have been added from time to time, and the family enjoys a pleasant and comfortable home. Our subject was born on a farm in York county. Ontario, Canada, June 11, 1856. He was reared and educated in his native county, and remained in Ontario until the spring of 1882, when he came to Ramsey county. North Dakota. He was engaged in teaching six years in Canada, and after taking up his residence in North Dakota devoted his entire attention to the development of his farm. He now owns four hundred and eighty acres of choice land, and follows general farming with good results and is well-to-do. Our subject was married in Ontario county, Ontario, Canada, to Miss Mary Jane Scott, a native of that county. Mr. and Mrs. Lake are the parents of five living children, named as follows: Leila L., Ruddy C, Elmer L, Olive and Charlotte AL Arksey, the second child of the family, was drowned in a tub of water at the age of twenty months. Mr. Lake is a man of active public spirit, and was the first township clerk of Dry Lake township. He has also been township treasurer and a member of the township board of supervisors, and has held the office of assessor for several years. He and wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian church, and are active in church affairs of that denomination, having been members since 1888. Mr. Lake is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. HON. JAMES McCORMICK. This gentleman is one of the most prominent citizens of Coulee township, Ramsey county, having resided there since 1883, and has always been associated with  every good enterprise or public project which had [ for its purpose the upbuilding of business or social | interests in his community. He is a man of the [ highest integrity of character, intelligent and well educated, and well merits his high social standing.  His home is in section 12, of Coulee township, : where he conducts a good farm and enjoys rural  life. Our subject was born in Queens county. Ireland,.April 21, 1847, and when he was about six  years of age came with his parents to America. He resided in LaSalle county, Illinois, for many years, and was there reared to manhood, and from there enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Fifty-sixth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, in February, 1865. He was in the service eight months, and then returned to LaSalle county, Illinois, and engaged in railroad contract work, grading, for some twelve years. In April, 1883, he went to North Dakota, and at once located on the farm where he now resides, and where he has since engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has made valuable improvements and erected good buildings, and cultivates and owns two sections of land. Our subject was married, in Wayne county, Iowa, in the town of Allerton, June 22, 1876, to Miss Cynthia A. Carmony, a native of LaSalle county. Illinois. Mr. and Mrs. McCormick are the parents of five children, four of whom are now living, and are named as follows: Jessie AI., Mabel, Ada C. and James L. A daughter, Margaret, died at the age of fourteen months. Mr. McCormick was elected to the first state legislature in 1889, and his efficient work and popularity while a member of that body is best evidenced by the fact that he was returned to the senate in 1890. He was president of the board of trustees of the North Dakota School for the Deaf four years., being appointed by Governor Shortridge, and he has been county commissioner for Ramsey county from 1885 to 1889, and was again elected' in the fall of 1898, and is now serving. He has always been identified with the Republican party politically, and is an earnest worker for party principles. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by Dena Whitesell EGILD T. MOEN, of the firm of Serumgard & Moen, is one of the well-known real estate men of Devils Lake, North Dakota, as well as a pioneer of the state. He was born on a farm in Vernon county, Wisconsin, October 5, 1858. Our subject was reared in his native place until seventeen years of age and attended school in La Crosse two years and then went to Wilmar, Minnesota, where he attended school two years. He sought the far Northwest in 1879, and that year located in Fargo, North Dakota, and engaged in buying wheat two years, after which he was employed in the real estate and law office of Hazen & Clement and after spending two years there went to Devils Lake. North Dakota, in September, 1883, and engaged in the real estate and loan business, which business has since claimed his attention. He is largely interested in real estate and is one of the well-to-do men of his community. Our subject was married, in Fargo, North Dakota, October 15, 1884, to Miss Reca Steele, a native of Germany. One son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Moen, who died January 22, 1894, when he was seven years of age. Mr. Moen is a courteous, genial man and has hosts of friends in Devils Lake. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. HON. DAVID E. MORGAN, district judge of second judicial district residing in Devils Lake, is one of the prominent men of Ramsey county, North Dakota. He is a man of good education, intelligent and honest in his efforts and has a host of friends in that locality, where he has spent over seventeen years of his life. He has gradually built up an extensive law practice and has long stood at the head of the Ramsey county bar. He is loyal and determined and his success is well merited. Our subject was born in Pomeroy, Meigs county, Ohio, November 8, 1849. He removed with his parents to Sauk county, Wisconsin, when he was a child and there he was reared on a farm. He was educated in the common schools and at Spring Green Academy in Sauk county, Wisconsin, and at Platteville Normal School, where he graduated in 1873, and then took a special course at the Wisconsin University one year. In the meantime he taught school one year at Ironton, Wisconsin, and was also principal of the Chilton high school one year. He was elected clerk of the circuit court of Sauk county, Wisconsin, and was re-elected to the same office and studied law with Judges Remington and Barker, of Baraboo, Wisconsin, during the five years that he held such office, and resigned from the position in 1881. He was admitted to practice in 1880, and first commenced the practice of law at Grand Forks, North Dakota. He went there with Hon. A. H. Noyes, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, now a judge in Alaska, and he and Mr. Noyes formed a partnership for the practice of their profession, which existed one year, when Mr. Morgan, in 1883, went to Devils Lake and established his office there and in September, 1883, entered into partnership with Judge McGee, now of Minneapolis, and has continued his practice there since that date. He was elected state's attorney of Ramsey county in 1884 and re-elected in 1886, serving in that capacity two terms.    He was elected district judge in October, 1889, and has held the office continuously since that date. He has performed his duties faithfully and well and is widely and favorably known for his equity and judgment. Mr. Morgan is a genial, popular gentleman and was recently nominated by the Republicans for judge of the supreme court and the Democratic convention endorsed by such nomination. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity and has passed the thirty-second degree of the order. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by Dena Whitesell NORMAN MORRISON, of the twenty-first legislative district, was born at Laggan, Ontario, March 1, 1859. He received his early education in the common schools of Canada and came to the United States in 1886 engaging in farming. He is still so occupied, his farm being located on the north shore of Sweetwater Lake and is maintained in a high state of cultivation, the buildings and methods being modern in every respect. He is married and has one daughter. He was elected in 1910 and re-elected, 1912, as a republican.[Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.] NORMAN MORRISON, one of the most extensive and influential farmers of Freshwater township, went to Ramsey county in early days and has remained to witness its growth and development and aid materially in the same. He resides in section II, where every appointment of the farm and house bespeak intelligence and good taste. Our subject was born on a farm in Glengary county, Ontario, Canada, March 1, 1859. He was reared and educated in that county and resided there until 1886. In July of that year he went to Ramsey county. North Dakota, and there joined his brothers. Duncan and Finley J. The three brothers farmed in partnership and operated the farm under the firm name of Morrison Brothers. Duncan Morrison died in October, 1890. The brothers erected good buildings and made valuable improvements and they owned and operated fourteen hundred acres of land. The land is fertile and well located and furnishes a good annual income. Norman Morrison was married, in Glengarry county, Ontario, Canada, to Miss Jennie McLeod, a native of that county. Three children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, of whom two sons died in infancy, and a daughter, Sarah B., is the only surviving child. Mrs. Morrison died in Freshwater township, Ramsey county, in January, 1895. Our subject was subsequently married in Ramsey county, North Dakota, to Mrs. Christena Maggie (McNaughton) McMaster, a native of Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Morrison are active members of the Presbyterian church, Webster Chapel, and Mr. Morrison is a trustee of that denomination. He is a man of good judgment and earnest convictions and has served as chairman of the township board of supervisors since 1890 and is also a member of the school board, acting as treasurer of the same. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. JOHN MUNIG, residing on section 17. of Freshwater township, Ramsey county, is one of the intelligent and enterprising farmers of his community. He is of foreign birth, but brought to this country the thrift and economy characteristic of the children of the German fatherland, and he is highly esteemed in his locality for these characteristics and the position he has gained as a prosperous farmer. Our subject was born in Germany, in January, 1846. He spent the early years of his life until sixteen years of age in his native land, and about 1862 came to America. He resided in the city of New York for some time, and then enlisted in Company C, Sixty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, and served eighteen months. He was engaged at the battle of the Wilderness, and was severely injured, his left hip being broken. After his discharge from the service he returned to New York, and after a short time went to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and resided in the state of Wisconsin until the spring of 1883. That spring for the first time he set foot in Ramsey county. North Dakota, and at once located on the farm on which he has since resided. He owns nine hundred and forty acres of land, and his home farm is well improved, and the entire tract is tillable and furnishes a good competence. In the way of buildings the place compares favorably with any farm of that locality, and Mr. Munig gives the place his personal supervision. Our subject was married in Brown county, Wisconsin, to Miss Anna Seidenklantz. Mrs.. Munig died in Freshwater township, Ramsey county, in September, 1891. One child was born to this union, who bears the name of Louis. Mr. Munig was married in Freshwater township to Mrs. Emma (Leet) Bradley, a native of Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Munig are the parents of three children, named as follows: Flora B., George W. and Frank. Mrs. Munig was the mother of one child by her former marriage, a daughter, named Grace E. Our subject has taken a good degree of interest in township and county affairs of a public nature, and is one of the esteemed and influential citizens of his locality. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. PATRICK D. NORTON, member of congress, Third District, was born at Ishpenming, Michigan, May 17, 1876. He came to North Dakota in the early eighties with his parents, when the family located on a farm in Ramsey county. He received his education in the common schools of Ramsey county and at the state university at Grand Forks, from which institution he graduated in 1897. For four years he was principal of schools at Michigan City. For two years he was employed as a commercial traveler. From 1905 to 1907 he was superintendent of schools of Ramsey county. He was chief clerk of the house or representatives of the tenth legislative assembly. In 1907 he moved to Adams county, where he has since been prominently engaged in different lines of business and of which county he was state's attorney from 1907 to 1911. He is a member of both the state and international tax associations. He is unmarried. He was elected Secretary of State in 1910, as a republican and was elected member of congress in 1912. [Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.] ALBERT S. PATTEE, well known as Colonel Pattee, is a prominent business man of Devils Lake, North Dakota. He was born in Blissfield, Lenawee county, Michigan, May 4, 1845, and when he was five years of age removed with his parents to Ypsilanti, Michigan, where the mother died and two years later the father and children returned to Lenawee county and settled in Adrian, where they remained two years, after which they made their home in Lafayette, Indiana. There our subject was reared until the breaking out of the Civil war, when he enlisted, September 20, 1861, in Company A, Fortieth Regiment Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and served till the close of the war and the last two years of his service he was on detached duty, serving in the postoffice department. At the last battle of Nashville his horse fell, breaking Mr. Pattee's left leg. After the war he returned to Indiana and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Seafield, Indiana, where he was appointed postmaster and continued there for several years. He then removed to Monticello, Indiana, and continued in the mercantile business until 1882. He came to North Dakota in 1883 and settled on a claim in Minnewaukan township, Ramsey county, where he lived about two years. He then went to Devils Lake and purchased the hotel known as the Tower House, which he operated until April 20, 1900, when the hotel was destroyed by fire and Mr. Pattee and his wife barely escaped. Our subject was married, at Seafield, Indiana, to Miss Maria Templeton, a native of Indiana and a daughter of the late Hon. James Templeton, who was a judge in Indiana several years. Mr. and Mrs. Pattee are the parents of four children now living, named as follows: Minnie E., Walter J., Jessie and Caius C. Mrs. Pattee is ex-president of the W. R. C. of Devils Lake. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. CHARLES PETERSON belongs to that large class of intelligent and enterprising farmers whose homes are places of social refinement and culture, and whose work as developers of the country is a credit alike to themselves and the community. His estate is located in section 6 of Lake township, Ramsey county, and is one of the well-developed tracts of that region. ]Mr. Peterson is of foreign birth, but is thoroughly identified with the better interests of his adopted land, and is one of the worthy citizens of his township. Our subject was born in Sweden, February 7, 1866. His parents came to America when he was about three years of age, and he has continued his residence in this country since that time. They reside in St. Croix county, Wisconsin, where our subject was reared and resided until 1885. In March of that year he went to Ramsey county. North Dakota, and was employed at different occupations and then spent one year in Montana, after which he returned to Ramsey county and has since resided there. He owns five hundred and thirty acres of land, which he has placed under high cultivation and engages in diversified farming with good results. Our subject was married in Devils Lake, North Dakota. December 25, 1895, to Miss Rosa Ambuhl. Two children have been born to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Peterson,who are named as follows: Joseph J. and Blanche T. Mrs. Peterson was born in Austria, Germany, and at the age of twelve years came to America with- her parents, Leo and Theresa (Weis) Ambuhl. The family located in Ramsey county, where they now reside, in Newberry township. Mr. Peterson is a gentleman of broad mind and active public spirit and has served as a member of the board of supervisors of Lake township and taken much interest in local affairs. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. ALBERT M. POWELL, who conducts an extensive real estate, loan and insurance business in Devils Lake. North Dakota, is one of the pioneer business men of Ramsey county. He has made a success of his work and enjoys a good competence. Our subject was born in Dayton, Ohio, December 23. 1855, where he was reared and educated, graduating from the high school in that city, and he then engaged in the mercantile business in Dayton for some time. He went to Fargo, North Dakota, in the spring of 1882 and after a short stay returned to Dayton, Ohio, and in the spring of 1883 again went to Fargo, but soon returned to Ramsey county. He remained there some months and then went to Towner county, where, upon the organization of the county, he was appointed by Judge S. A. Hudson, clerk of the district court of that county, and had jurisdiction over the adjoining counties of Bottineau and Rolette, which were not then organized, and he filled the office several years. He took up land near the city of Cando, which he preempted. He went to Devils Lake later and was employed as bookkeeper for the mercantile firm of C. & L. Budde, where he remained about two years and then established himself in the real estate, loans and insurance business, which he has since conducted with good success. He is largely interested in real estate in the vicinity of Devils Lake. Our subject was married at Crary, Ramsey county, North Dakota, to Miss Elsie M. Mooers, a daughter of Calvin Mooers, who was one of the pioneers of Ramsey county. Mrs. Powell is a native of Minnesota. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Powell, who are named as follows: Albert W., Arthur A. and Reginald C. Mr. Powell takes an active interest in all public affairs, educational and otherwise, and has served as president of the board of education of Devils Lake. He is an active worker in the Church of the Advent and is a prominent member of the Y. M. C. A. of North Dakota, and an earnest worker in that organization. He has always acted with the Republican party and is a man of broad ideas and firm convictions. He well merits his success and enviable reputation. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. HON. FRANK H. PROSSER. senior member of the firm of Prosser & Serumgard, dealers in farm machinery in Devils Lake, is one of the well-known and influential citizens of Ramsey county. He was born on a farm in Delaware county, Ohio, July 25, 1858. When our subject was two years of age his parents moved to Warren county, Indiana, and settled on a farm near Williamsport, where Mr. Prosser was reared to manhood. He was educated in the common schools and at Oberlin, Ohio, where he spent three years, and then engaged in farming two years in Warren county. He then began the study of law in LaFayette, Indiana, and was admitted to the bar in 1880, and in the fall of 1882 went to Dakota and located a claim about seven miles southeast of Devils Lake. He resided thereon until 1884, and then removed to the city, where he has since been a resident. He was 'elected probate judge in 1884 and filled the office one year. He engaged in his present business in 1891, in company with Ole Serumgard, and is largely interested in real estate in Ramsey county. Our subject was married in LaFayette, Indiana, to Miss Sally M. Click, daughter of the late Dr. E. B. Glick, of LaFayette, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Prosser are the parents of two children, named as follows: Frank H., Jr., and John B. Jr. Prosser was elected to the state legislature in 1894, on the Republican ticket, and served one term, and did very efficient work for the development and advancement of the better interests of his community. He has served on the board of education in Devils Lake, and has held other minor offices in his township, and has always taken an active part in public. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. OLE SERUMGARD, register in the United States land office at Devils Lake, North Dakota, is one of the public spirited and enterprising citizens of his locality, and enjoys the highest esteem and confidence of his fellowmen. He is engaged in the farm machinery business in Devils Lake in company with Mr. Prosser, and has met with success in his business and is one of the substantial men of Ramsey county. Our subject was born in the Parish of Lesje Norway, December 22, 1856, and came to America with his parents in 1868. They settled on a farm in Watonwan county, Minnesota, where our subject grew to manhood and continued his residence there until 1881. His education was received in the common schools and at the State Normal at Mankato, where he graduated in 1879. He was engaged in teaching and farming in Wantonwan county until 1881, when he went to North Dakota and taught school one year in Cass county, afterward going to Griggs county, where he took a homestead claim. He engaged in the land and loan business at Coopers, town and remained there till the spring of 1884, when he went to Devils Lake, following the same business there several years. He formed a partnership with Hon. F. H. Prosser in 1891, under the firm name of Prosser & Serumgard, and they have since engaged in the farm machinery business and have made a success of that line. Mr. Serumgard was married at Mankato, Minnesota, to Miss Karen Throdahl, who was a native of Norway also. Mr. and Mrs. Serumgard are the parents of four children, named as follows: Pauline, Olga, Inez and Harold. Mr. Serumgard taught the first school in Griggs county, and is a gentleman of excellent mind and systematic nature. He was elected treasurer of Ramsey county in 1886, and served two terms. He was appointed a trustee of the State Normal School by Governor Andrew H. Burke, and resigned after serving one year. He has been a member of the city council of Devils Lake for several years, and in July, 1898, was appointed by President McKinley as register of the United States land office at Devils Lake, assuming the duties of that office in September of that year. At the time of his appointment he was serving as mayor of Devils Lake, to which office he was elected in the spring of 1898. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by Dena Whitesell SIVER SERUMGARD, a prominent attorney of Devils Lake, is the senior partner of the well-known real estate firm of Serumgard & Moen, of Devils Lake. He was born in Lesje parish, Norway, December 11, 1859. Mr. Serumgard came to America with his parents in 1868 and settled on a farm in Watonwan county, Minnesota, where he was reared to manhood and where he lived until 1882. He was educated in the high school in Mankato and at the State University at Minneapolis, where he graduated in the literary class of 1890 and from the law department the same year. He was admitted to the bar at Devils Lake in July, 1890. and began the practice of his profession at Cooperstown, North Dakota, where he remained one year and then located in Devils Lake in the spring of 1891. He has since followed practice there and is largely interested in real estate in Ramsey county. He came to North Dakota in 1882 and taught school for some time in Fargo and also taught in Cooperstown until he was admitted to the bar. In August, 1892, in company with Mr. L. D. McGohen, he established the paper published in Devils Lake, known as "The Free Press." This was a Democratic paper and had a wide circulation. Our subject was married, in Covington, Kentucky, February 12, 1894, to Miss Grace E. Kirker, a native of Manchester, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs. Serumgard are the parents of three children, named as follows: Arthur K.. Grace B. and Dorothy D. Our subject was appointed by Governor Shortridge, in 1893, as regent of the North Dakota State University for four years. He has been city attorney for Devils Lake three terms and has also been alderman in the city and is one of the public-spirited men of that locality. He is a member of the Presbyterian church and in political sentiment is Democratic, with which party he has been identified since 1888. Mr. Serumgard formed a partnership with Egild T. Moen, October 1,1898, and this well-known firm conducts an extensive real estate, loan and collection business. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. ANDREW SHERVEN, one of the members of the agricultural community who have made Grand Harbor a prosperous township and added to the wealth of Ramsey county, is a native of Norway, and, like so many of her hardy sons, has found a congenial home in the great Northwest. Mr. Sherven was born in Norway, November II, 1849, and was reared on a farm in his native land until he was about twenty years of age, when, in 1869, he came to the United States. He first went to Dane county, Wisconsin, where he was employed in farm labor for three years. He then went to Goodhue county, Minnesota, where he remained about two years, and then went to the Red river valley, in North Dakota. Here he worked on the Northern Pacific Railroad one summer, when he returned to Goodhue county, Minnesota. He attended the Auxburg Seminary, at Minneapolis, for three years, and also took a business course in Curtiss" Business College of that city. In the spring of 1883 Mr. Sherven came to Ramsey county and took up one hundred and sixty acres of land, where he still makes his home. He has added many valuable improvements, and his property is one of the most desirable estates in Ramsey county. He is now the proprietor of three hundred and twenty acres of land, having added one hundred and sixty acres. He was engaged in the hotel business in Grafton for about a year and a half since coming to North Dakota. Mr. Sherven was married in St. Paul, Minnesota, to Miss Mary Samuelson, who is also a native of Norway. They are the parents of four children, named in the order of their birth as follows : Andrew, Jr., Caroline, Matthew and Annetta. They have a comfortable home, supplied with all the conveniences of modern farm life. Mr. Sherien has taken an active part in the public affairs of his community and township, and has been entrusted with some of the more important offices of his township. Among others may be named that of supervisor, assessor, school director, etc. He has used his influence to advance the educational interests of his community, and has been a worker for the upbuilding of the schools of the township. He is also a consistent member of the Norwegian Lutheran church. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. RASMUS SORENSEN, residing on section 29, of Webster township, is proprietor of an elegant farm, which he has accumulated since taking up his residence in North Dakota. He is one of the early settlers of that region and has been thoroughly identified with its progress and development. Our subject was born in Denmark, May 19, 1859. He was reared in his native land and continued his residence there until 1880, when he emigrated to America to seek his fortunes in the new world. He went to Meeker county, Minnesota, and resided there until 1882, in the spring of which year he became a resident of Ramsey county and located on a farm on which he has since been a resident. He has continued the improvement of his farm and now enjoys a comfortable, home, surrounded by good improvements and is the owner of one thousand two hundred and eighty acres of valuable land and is one of the substantial men of his township. Our subject was married in Webster township, Ramsey county. North Dakota, to Miss Johanna Anderson, a native of Sweden. Five children have been born to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sorensen, upon whom they have bestowed the following names: Christian, Hilda, Alfred. Minnie and Agnes. Mr. Sorensen takes a hearty and intelligent interest in public affairs of his township and has held numerous offices of trust, including a member of the township board of supervisors. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. FRANK VANDERLINDEN. The wealth of Ramsey county is formed in a good part by the incomes of the well-regulated farms of Grand Harbor township, and one of these carefully cultivated tracts is owned and operated by Mr. Vanderlinden, who resides in section 36. He is a pioneer settler of that region, and is one of the worthy citizens of his community, and one in whose coming to the country has aided in its development to a remarkable degree. He is a man of good character, energetic and intelligent, and has made a success of his labors in the Northwest. Our subject was born in Belgium, in 1855, and resided in his native place until 1871, when he came to the United States with his parents. The family settled in Brown county, Wisconsin. where our subject remained until 1882. In March of that year he came to North Dakota, and entered claim to land in section 36, of Grand Harbor township. He at once began the improvement of his farm and has resided thereon since that date. The farm has good buildings and every arrangement for its economical conduct. Mr. Vanderlinden owns one hundred and sixty acres of land, and has met with good success, and his farm yields abundantly and furnishes a comfortable competence. Mr. Vanderlinden was married, in Devils Lake, North Dakota, to Miss DeClark. who was also born in Belgium. Mr. and Mrs. Vanderlinden are the parents of one son, upon whom they have bestowed the name of Joseph. Our subject takes an active interest in the general welfare of his community, and casts his influence for good local government. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by B.Z. WILLIAM WEBSTER, who has devoted hit later years to agricultural pursuits, has a fine farm in the township which bears his name, and is one of the extensive land owners of Ramsey county. He was born about eight miles from Dundee. Scotland, August 9, 1838, and his present home is in section 31 of Webster township, Ramsey county. The father of our subject was a farmer by occupation ( and Mr. Webster was reared on the home farm and assisted with the farm work until he was fifteen years of age.   He began to learn the mill wright's trade when a boy of thirteen years, and after about two years left home and went to Guelph, Ontario, Canada, where he completed his trade, and was employed in a foundry and machine shop. He continued working there at his trade until 1860, when he went to Hast St. Louis, Illinois, and continued the same kind of work until 1866. He then returned to Canada and for several years was employed in the saw-mill business until 1883. In the early summer of that year he came to Ramsey county, North Dakota, and located on the farm on which he now resides. He has erected good buildings, made valuable improvements and otherwise provided a comfortable home, and is now the fortunate possessor of thirteen hundred and twenty acres of land. He was one of the pioneers of Webster county, and in appreciation of his services in its early development the township was named in his   honor. Our subject was married, in Huron county, Ontario, Canada, to Miss Esther Nay, a native of Canada, where she was reared. Mr. and Mrs. Webster have been the parents of thirteen children, twelve of whom are now living, named as follows: David, Robert, William J., Margaret. Mary, George, Anna, Sarah, Edith, Ida, Pearl and Daniel M. Samuel died in Canada at the age of two and a half years. Mr. Webster has served as school treasurer for several years and also as justice of the peace. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and is an elder in that denomination. Source: Compendium of History and Biography of North Dakota, Publ. 1900. Transcribed by Dena Whitesell HOME ©Genealogy Trails