MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE

C01LJ]>^'riE;S OF"

Faribault, Martin,

Watonwan and Jadson,

MINNESOTA.

ILLUSTRATEO.

CHICAGO. THH LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY. 1895.

MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE COUNTIES OF

374 ity of

He

346.

has been

a

Town

has served as

member and

Clerk,

president of the

Village Council and of the School

Board.

He holds membership in Lodge No. & A. M., in which he is now serving

87,

F.

as Sec-

and also belongs to Lodge No. 39, A. O. U. W. of which order he is Past Grand Master of the State, while in the retar)-;

,

Knights of Pythias he

>^OHN

STEPHEN SCHULEIN,

well-known /•

1

and

much

a

respected

farmer residing near Welcome, Minnesota,

dates his birth in

Bavaria,

Germany, September 11, 1842. He is a son of George and Barbara (Nasser) Schulein. George Schulein, also a native of Germany, was born in October, 8 2. He came to America in 1881 and settled in Freeborn county, Minnesota, where he still lives. The mother of John S. died in April, 1853, aged forty-one years. They had four children, namely: John S., whose name heads this 1

article;

Barbara,

1

who married

26,

homestead law, and

quarter, under the

secured 1888,

title to

bought an additional

he

finally

In May,

the entire quarter.

120

acres

from the railroad company, thus making 280 acres

Of

all told.

this tract

The

under cultivation.

i

fine

50 acres are grove which

surrounds the house and which

Past Chancellor.

is

Fox Lake township. Later he took the south half of the same section

quarter,

is

an attrac-

tive feature of the place,

was

Mr. Schulein's farm

stocked as follows:

is

set out in 1872.

Eighty head of hogs, thirty of

and

cattle,

nine of horses.

November

14, 1869, Mr. Schulein was Germany, to Mary Barkhard, and they have children as follows: Eva, born November 13, 1870, was married to

married,

in

Herrman George,

November 13, 1894; December 17, 1872; John,

Gottschling,

born

born April

18, 1875, is

now attending college

Lea; William, born April

at Albert

Amelia, January

12,

3,

1878;

1881; Rosina, January

1885; Edwin, February 23, 1889; and

18,

Harry, January

1892.

8,

After years of honest and arduous

G. Reim, a

toil,

farmer of Freeborn county, Minnesota; Mar-

Mr. Schulein has succeeded in acquiring a

garet, wife of Christian Virgens, a farmer of

competency and

Martin

family with

county; and Eva, wife of Michael After the mother of these children

Nasser.

died, Mr. Schulein

was married

again.

He

had no children by his second wife, and it was shortly after her death that he came to

a

member

all

in

surrounding himself and

the comforts of

of the

Lutheran Church

come, and he and

his family are

most highly esteemed people

He

life.

at

Wel-

among

of their

is

the

com-

munity.

America.

The

subject of our sketch was the

the Schulein family

World.

He landed

in

come

to

New York

1869, and immediately

first

to the

of

New

in

October,

came west

to Free-

WOHLHUTER devotes eHILIP farming time and energies to

wages

at railroading, farming,

ever he could find to do.

came ent

to Martin county

farm,

May

and what1,

and located

24,

acres of valuable land.

1871, he

and

his pres-

ful

the north half of the northeast

on

Fox Lake township, Martin county, where he owns 240

section

born count)', Minnesota, where he worked for

his

thrifty in

appearance,

supervision and

the busy

life

His

of the

tells

fine farm,

neat

denotes his care-

to the passer-by of

owner.

FARIBAULT, MARTIN,

\VA

Mr. Wohlhuter was born on the 5th of

February, 1856,

Germany, and

in Alsace,

a son of Valentine and

is

Eva (Wohlhuter)

TON WAX AND JACKSON.

township, where he has since lived, being

now an inmate of the home of his son Philip, who in his father's declining years now repays him in part for the care which

Wohlhuter. The paternal grandfather, Michael Wohlhuter, had a family of six children, namely: Mae, Lawrence, Valentine, Kate, George and Michael. The father,

summers when he sought

Valentine Wohlhuter, was born

ica,

November

10,

in

Germany,

1823, and after arriving at

he received Philip

youth.

his parents

a lad of only ten

home

a

of October,

owner

purchase of land of eighty acres,

in

name, was not a

township.

of

six

children,

—

Lena,

Philip,

Sarah, Eva and Valentine. The mother was born December 23, 1819, and died on the 2d of January, 1885. Ere the Paul,

parents

their native land four children

left

were born to them, as follows: Valentine, who was born August 18, 1849, and is now living in

F.

Fairmont, Minnesota; Eva, wife of

Barge,

also of Fairmont;

Philip;

and

who was born January 18, 1862, now living in Kingsboro county,

Frederick,

and is South Dakota, where he is acting as agent for C. L. Coleman, the extensive lumberman. He married Lily Carrot, and they have two children, Eva and Albert.

The

first

home son, who

of the family to seek a

beyond the Atlantic was the

eldest

1868 sailed for the United States.

his

becoming

—the west half

northeast quarter of section 24,

relative.

Amer-

He made

1885,

Philip Wohlhuter, who, though of the

a family

in

he lived until after

he had reached man's estate. first

same The latter had

in his

Wohlhuter was

and with

years of maturity was married, on the lOth 1848, to Miss Eva, daughter of

375

of the

Fox Lake

This he at once began to

culti-

vate and improve, and as his financial re-

sources increased he added to the

first

other eighty acres, buying the other

in

He I

is

now

50 acres

an-

1890.

the owner of 240 acres, of which is

yields to the

broken, and, highly cultivated,

owner a golden

tribute in re-

turn for the care and cultivation he bestows

upon

There are a beautiful grove of two acres and neat and well-kept buildings, all of which go to make this one of the valuable it.

farms of the neighborhood.

In addition to

the cultivation of grain he also engages in stock-raising to eight

and

horses,

some

extent, and

now has

twenty-seven head of cattle

thirty-six hogs.

The lady who bears the name and graces the home of Mr. Wohlhuter was in her

continued their journey across the country

maidenhood Miss Agnes Gottschling, daughAugust and Christina (Schultz) Gottschling. She was born October 26, 1873, and the marriage was celebrated November Their children are Arthur Her27, 89 1. mann Philip, born November i, 1892, and

to Freeborn

Alvina Mary, born February

in

Re-

porting favorably concerning this country,

the following year the parents, accompanied

by

Philip, sailed

ing

New York

from Havre, France, reach-

They

on the 2d of April.

county, Minnesota, where the

father engaged in farming until 1871.

On

the 29th of September of that year he arrived in Martin county and secured a stead,

home-

comprising the south half of

the

northwest quarter of section 24, Fox Lake

ter of

1

The

parents

12,

1894.

membership in the Mr. Wohlhuter was con-

hold

Lutheran church. firmed in the church then located at Fox Lake, December 10, 1876, by Rev. Ernst Giesel, and his wife was confirmed in Wei-

MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE COUNTIES OF

37^

come,

in the spring of

1889, by Rev. C. G.

In politics he

Eisenberg.

a stalwart ad-

is

and uses

vocate of Republican principles,

and support to insure the success and promote the growth of the party. At this writing, in the spring of 1895, he is serving as a member of the Town Board of his influence

and was recently Constable. Although his life has been quietly passed he has lived to merit the esteem of those with whom he is brought in contact, and his friends in the commnnity are many. Supervisors,

this tract of land

summer

April

of 1S69 he put

and

his claim,

21,

after doing so

returned to

Fillmore county and worked for wages

Then he came back

months. in

ever

it

since, devoting his earnest efforts to its cul-

and

tivation

improvement.

In

1884 he

it on the north, and now has 120 acres, sixty of which are under cultivation. That same year, 1884, His grove he built his present residence.

bought forty acres adjoining

set out in

1870.

Luedaman was married June 5, 1879, to Katy Muehler, daughter of Henry She came tc and Mary (Drewes) Muehler. this country when a child, with the Drewes family. Her married life covered only a Mr.

a

and respected

prosperous

a

farmer

Minnenear Welcome, was born in Hanover, Germany, December 31, 1841, son of John and Lena (Jergens) Luedaman. The father was residing sota,

Germany

a carpenter by trade and died in

He was

in 1845.

His

twice married.

first

was Lena Jergens, who died leaving children, Henry, Christopher and

si.x

land

to his

Martin county and has resided on

was

HRISTOPHER LUEDAMAN,

the

In

1877.

up a small house on

1

few years, her untimely death occurring April 1884, and she left two children:

22,

Mary

Lena, born June 25, 1880; and Anna Mary, March 8, 1882. June 27, 1884, Mr. Lueda-

man

the wife

Dora Koukal, widow of Her maiden name was Peterson, she being a daughter of John and Mary (Womdraw) Peterson. Her marriage to Mr. Koukal occurred in November, 1872, and by him she had two children: Will-

of

Christo-

iam, born August

and Caroline, who Henry Berkman, is also deceased.

married

March

wife

three

Peter.

The

children by

his

second wife,

whose maiden name was Lucretia Beakman, were as follows:

Mary,

Bruins; Lena, deceased, of

wife

Henry Drewes; Katy, wife

Henr}'

of

who was

pher Huelot;

Christopher land April

4,

Luedaman

1869, and landed

in

New York

on the 17th of that month, from there coming directly we.st to Preston,

Fillmore county,

Minnesota, where the Drewes family, cousins, lived.

John Koukal.

In July of the .same

April 17,

section

secured

Sophia Wilhelmina, born

1885.

Luedaman Church when cjuite Mr.

united with the Lutheran j'oung,

and

still

worships

with this denomination.

enDREWES, who EEINRICH farming near Welcome, gaged is

in

—

He

child,

his

compan\' with Messrs. Hermann Black and Heinrich Drewes, he came to Martin county and located his homestead, the east

Fox Lake township.

1875; and Anna, born She and Mr. Luedaman

7,

1877.

year,

in

half of the southeast quarter,

31,

have one native

his

left

married Mrs.

title

Minnesota,

to

countv.

another one of the

German He was born

thrifty

10,

is

settlers of in

Martin

Hanover, Ger-

FARIBAULT, MARTIN, ness ability, and

is

well

known

as

WATONWAN AND

one of the

most successful and profjressive business men His sagacity and far-sightof this locality. edness enable him to fully understand a situation and enable him to take advantage of a favorable opportunit)- for promoting his own interests and those of the county, which are The present advanced very dear to him. condition of this section of Minnesota is due to such his

men

who

as Mr. Barnes,

influence

for

exercises

the best welfare of the

The men who occupy

community.

seats in

son,

cultivated

it

Minnesota,

county,

upon

mediately

removal

his

till

in

at

once

built his

of the

range 32.

A

priate here,

and

sketch of his is

life

is

appro-

of Lois

He

mensen.

He was

reared in his native land

and was there married, December to

April

Christina Jorkensen.

lowing month

landed

at

the county,

in

there he at once proceeded to

Cumniings

county.

32

His farm

In

acres.

rented

a tract of

planted

in

Nebraska,

mensen, we

he

sixteen hogs

addition

this he which was

to

acres,

sixty

of Mr.

make

and Mrs. Clem-

record as

follows:

Jo-

hannah Margaret, born February 14, 1863, living in Fairmont; John Peter, a is now boot and shoe dealer of Sherburne; Hans

September

Point,

stocked with

is

cattle,

flax.

Christian, born

where

his

10 acres; oats, 30 acres; barley, 10 acres; corn,

1873,

West

33,

and fourteen horses. The past year, 1894, he had the following grain acreage: wheat,

1862,

From

and they In May,

now has 130

he

quarter section,

9,

Boston.

the only

niulberrj' variety,

kind

21,

accompanied by his family, then consisting of wife and five children, Mr. Clemmensen left Denmark, and on the 17th of the fol-

In

now has

has over a hundred trees

Of the children

and Martelena (Clemmensen) Clem-

it.

Elm Creek township, section 13, range and adjoining his present farm. Of

as follows:

Nels Peter Clemmensen was born in Fuen county, Denmark, May 11, 1840, son

its

He

upon the premises.

twenty-seven head of

township 103,

in

house and barn and estab-

acres in cultivation.

18,

lives of

seem well adapted to the climate. 1893, Mr. Clemmensen purchased of Valentine Wohlhuter 106 acres of land located in

original

west quarter of section

pur-

now

1885 he began planting trees, and

trees

located on the north-

he

arrival here

his

lished his residence

of the Russian

is

Im-

virgin state, not a furrow turned on

in the conmionwealth, yet their would avail little were it not for the sustaining and upholding influence of the men who remain at home devoted to the business and material interests of their reThey form the bone spective communities. and sinew of the nation and to them all

Minnesota,

1883.

This tract was then

Ward.

R. M.

Martin

to

July,

chased the farm on which he

nent factors

ty~\^ ELS PETER CLEMMENSEN, 1 I one of the enterprising men and \ y leading farmers of Martin county,

then

leased a quarter section of school land and

services

due.

Peter-

He

which he farmed two years.

a fine grove.

is

385

Hans

rented 160 acres of land from

the legislative halls of the State are promi-

credit

JACKSON.

12,

1870,

March

25, 1887;

19,

1867, and

died January 24,

Robert, born March

died

Mary, born November

2,

1871,

1875;

Andrew

has recently

spent some years in California and

is

now

on the home farm Edwin, born in Nebraska, October 5, 1874, died at Sherburne May 29, 1891; Morris,

assisting his father

;

FARIBAULT, MARTIN, in a family of eight

children,

WATONWAN AND

whose parents

He

JACKSON.

5'9

never be content with mediocrity,

will

were Ira L. and Virginia Bailey. Mrs. Rucker was born March 28, 1864, and by

and, should he take up the practice of law,

her marriage has become the mother of four

career,

children, three yet living,

— Muriel Virginia,

we

getic nature.

born January[]6, 1888; Mildred Antoinette,

born June 20, 1889; and Mahlon Bailey, born December 20, 1891. Eugenia, born May 21, 1893, died on the twenty-first of

September following. On the 4th of May, 893, occurred a most serious and deplorable accident in the 1

home girl

A

of this interesting family.

was

frying out

Mrs.

fire.

poured upon the flames, but burned about

Medical ever}'

aid

effort

was

at

the

in so

face

He

Jackson. ent

O.

I.

O.

member

of

of America, in

also an active

is

Windom

and of the

F.,

Modern Woodmen

of

and consist-

Episcopal Church, and

of the

superintendent of a large Sunday-school

His

Jackson.

life

in

has been well spent, and the

many

highest regard of

friends

is

given him.

and

Fairmont, Minnesota, agent and

neck.

relieve

to

her dis-

For a time it was thought that her eyes were uninjured, but later they began to trouble her greatly. Her husband then

tress.

WOHLHUTER,

VALENTINE

doing was

W.

summoned and

once

put forth

Camp

member

a

is

kitchen,

into the

hurriedly secured a pail of water which she

badly

Rucker

Mr.

Lodge, No. loS,

which caught on

lard

Rucker ran

servant

him a successful and brilliant knowing his persevering and ener-

predict for

is

of

the land

representative of

local

T. Hansen, the extensive real-

His marked busi-

estate dealer of Chicago.

ness ability has given him high standing with

and

this firm,

his dealings

have brought him

a wide acquaintance throughout this part of

Minnesota, while his sterling worth has

won

Minnesota, that she might have the care of

him the confidence and regard

with

the best specialists, and for thirteen weeks

whom

took her to

St.

Luke's hospital

in St. Paul,

she was under the care of the best medical skill

that could be secured,

and

but

all

to

no

he has been brought

Mr. Wohlhuter large

several

power of again looking upon their faces It was a sad blow to them all. Mrs. Rucker had been of great assistance to her husband in his school duties, but could now no longer aid him. This led him in part to abandon the school work and enter upon official life. He was also prompted by another motive. He is a very ambitious man, and, constantly wish-

Alsace,

the

little fiimil}' lost

the !

ing to improve, he thought this might be a

step toward preparing fession

which he some

him

for the legal pro-

da}'

hopes to enter.

in

members

elsewhere

in this

France,

1849, and

a

is

of

whom

volume. on

contact.

a representati\e of a

and prominent family

once bright eyes which beamed with love and kindness upon her avail,

is

of all

the

of

Minnesota,

are mentioned

He was i8th

of

born

in

August,

son of \'alentine and

Eva

(Wohlhuter) Wohlhuter. The paternal grandMichael Wohlhuter, had a family of

father,

namely: Mae, Lawrence, ValGeorge and Michael. The Valentine Wohlhuter, was born in

six children,

entine, father,

Kate,

Germany, on the loth of November, 1823, and was married October 10, 184S, to Miss Eva,

daughter of Philip Wohlhuter,

though

of the

She was one

same name was not a

who

relative.

of a family of six children,

as

MEMORIAL RECORD OF THE COUNTIES OF

520

follows: Philip, Lena, Paul, Sarah,

Valentine.

The mother

Eva and

was 1819, and

of our subject

born on the 23d of December,

The

died on the 2d of January, 1885.

par-

ents were married in the land of their birth,

and before emigrating four children,

America they had

to

being Valentine,

the eldest

whose name heads

this article;

the rest were

Eva, wife of A. F. Barg; Philip; and Frederick, who was born January 18, 1862, and is

now

Kingsbury county, South

living in

Dakota, where he

acting as agent for C.

is

He

L. Coleman, the extensive lumberman.

married Lily Carrot and they have two chil-

Eva and Albert. The highly esteemed citizen to whose personal history we now direct the attention

dren,

of

our readers was the

come

He

to America.

teen years of his

adieu to

first

spent the

nine-

first

Alsace, then, bidding

life in

home and

of the family to

friends,

he made his way

where he embarked on a westward bound steamer, which weighed anchor on the 14th of July, 1868, and reached New York harbor fifteen days later. He did not tarry long in the eastern metrop-

to Havre, France,

but crossed the continent to Fayette

olis,

which he

until the spring of 1870.

then that he took up his residence nesota,

settling

first

in

It

in

was Min-

Freeborn county.

Resolving that his labors sliould more directly

he rented and operated a

benefit himself,

farm for a year. Mr.

Wohlhuter has been

a

resident of

Martin county since the 20th of Maj, 1871.

Soon

after his

arrival

stead on section

24,

he located a home-

Fox Lake township,

and in a short time returned to Freeborn county to harvest the crop which he had In the autumn he was previously planted. again

in

Martin county and made a perma-

still

owns the homestead

at first secured,

tion

devoted

until

March

and

to

its

when he was

21, 18S4,

cultiva-

and energies

his entire time

intrusted

with the care of the extensive interests of

W.

T.

Hansen & Company,

of

Chicago,

having charge of the Martin county territory.

He

then removed to Fairmont, where he re-

when

sided until the ist of November, 1885,

he established headquarters In December,

in

Sherburne.

1893, however, he returned

opened an office in the bank building and remained there until the 1st of April, 1894, when he removed to his

to the county seat,

He

present location. interest of the firm

has handled,

He

of land values,

close study

and take advantage buying and

ties for

in

the

which he now represents,

177,000 acres of land.

has

made

a

quick to see

is

of favorable opportuni-

and

selling,

his services

have therefore been mutually profitable to the company with which he is connected His business and executive

and himself. ability

and

of a high order,

is

his

sagacity

and farsightedness have brought success, while his honorable dealings has gained him universal confidence.

On

cormty, Iowa, where he worked for wages

on a farm

He

nent location.

the 23d of March, 1882, Mr.

huter was united in marriage to Miss

Helen

Follett,

WohlMary

daughter of Edwin R. and

Olive K. Follett.

They

now

are

the par-

ents of three living children, and they lost

born,

their

first

born

May

1884.

are

1

i,

Edwin

who was November 14,

Valentine,

1883, and died

Those who are

still

with their parents

Olive Eva, born July 29,

Helen, born

November

29,

1884; Jessie

1885; and

Edna

Grace, born August 31, 1890.

With ter holds

the Masonic fraternity Mr.

membership

relations.

He

Wohlhuis

a pro-

gressive citizen, public-spirited in an eminent

degree and has always done

much

in behalf

FARIBAULT, MARTIN,

WATONWAN AND

JACKSON.

of the national interests and general welfare

after his arrival here

of his

community. Whatever tends to bentown and county receives his hearty support and co-operation, and the conimunit}' recognizes him as a citizen that it In manner he is could ill afford to lose. pleasant and genial, always courteous and affable, and withal a true gentleman in the

on

efit

he worked for James Densmore,

I

^r

^

P

_

JAGODZINSKE, Welone of the

come,

Minnesota,

thrifty

Germans who has acquired property

a nice

own

responsibility.

Lake county, Wisconsin.

in

life

For three years of Green It was the father's

wish that his son should learn the trade of but knowing in what poverty had always been kept by follow-

shoemaker, his people

ing this calling, our subject brought

his

all

and finally him give induced to up the trade and go to Fond du Lac, as stated above. Young Rudolph was robust and exceptionally strong, and hence took to farm work. In June, Minnesota became to and in Fari87 1, bault county worked at whatever he could influence to bear on his father,

best sense of that term.

^V^ UDOLPH

his

he started out

is

and comfortable

home in Martin county. He was born in Margouin,

1

He

get to do.

Posen, Ger-

in

September

Martin county,

also visited

of that year, in

company with

many, April 8, 1S50, son of Martin and Henrietta (Dumke) Jagodzinske. In 1868

his future father-in-law,

Martin Jagodzinske emigrated with his fam-

section in Fraser township,

Green Lake county, Wisconsin, where he worked at his

zinske

shoemaker, for several years, and from there removed to Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. At Fond du Lac he served as watchman, emploj'ed by a Mr. Meyers, occupying this position until his death. He

tion

was born November 2, 18 19, and died November 16, 1874, and was about fifty-five

ina Bursack.

years of age at the time he died.

house, his present fine residence having been

America,

to

ily

settled

in

trade, that of

wife, nee Henrietta

ruary of

I,

His

first

Dumke, was born Feb-

1820, and died during the last part

September, 1853, when her son and only Rudolph, was three years old. Janu-

child,

ary

18,

1854,

he married, for

his

second

Amalia Frederick, who was born October 2, 1832, and is still living. By this marriage there were the following children: wife,

Bursack.

Friedrich Wilhelm

Bursack located a quarter

Mr.

an

located

and Mr. Jagod-

eighty-acre

tract,

the

south half of the southwest quarter of sec24,

Lake township.

Fo.x

After

this

they returned to Wisconsin, and during the

same

fall

of

family drove

the entire

1871

through to their new homes,

having

in

the meantime married Miss Paul-

The

took his bride built in 1887.

In

our subject

house to which he

little

now

is

He

used

built

1879 he bought

acres of the railroad

an

his

as

a

barn

poultry

in

additional

company,

— the

i8yi.

eighty

north

half of the northwest quarter of section 25,

Fox Lake township; and still

another eighty,

in

1885 he bought

— the south

southeast quarter of section 24,

half of the

Fox Lake

township.

He

again added to his posses-

Ferdinand, Matilda, Flora, William, Hattie,

sions in the

fall

of

Louis and Minnie.

southeast quarter of section

Rudolph Jagodzinske came with the family

to this country,

and almost immediately

township.

With

1894, by purchasing the 15,

Fox Lake

the exception of one acre,

which he gave to the Evangelical Church

in