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Albert Lindquist, Brother of Sheriff Lindquist and Melvin Haugen, Son of Mr. and Mrs. Ole K. Haugen were the victims--Bodies Seined Out
Funerals Were Largely Attended.
This Community and the Kansas Lake Community
Extend Deepest Sympathy to the Bereaved Families
Sunday afternoon about five o�clock Melvin Haugen, son of Mr. and Mrs. O. K. Haugen, of this city and his uncle, Albert Lindquist, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gust Lindquist, were drowned in Long Lake. For more than 50 years the boys and young men of the county have been going to Long Lake to bathe in the summer time. In all these years the lake has never claimed a victim until now.
Just how the accident happened will never be known. Melvin Haugen was a boy 15 years of age. He has been working this summer on the farm of his uncle, Elof Erickson, and on Sundays generally went over to his grand-parents� to spend the day. He was over there Sunday afternoon and suggested to his uncle, Albert Lindquist, that they go in bathing. He put on his bathing suit at the house but his uncle went down by the lake shore behind some bushes and donned his bathing suit. Albert Lindquist was a good swimmer, having swam across the lake many times. The boy was learning to swim. It is supposed that after being in the water a short time that Melvin got a cramp, and went down and that his uncle in trying to save him was also dragged down and was unable to save himself or the boy. Mr. and Mrs. Lindquist sitting on the lawn at the house heard the boys cry of distress and Mr. Lindquist went immediately to the lake shore. He saw Albert�s clothes on the bank and out some four rods he saw small ripples on the water that soon disappeared. A lady was on the other side of the lake saw the boys go down and hastened around the end of the lake to give the alarm. On the south side of the lake and about a half a mile from where the boys went in there were more than 100 bathers in the water, and among them Sheriff Lindquist, brother of Albert Lindquist, the drowned man. The word soon reached there that a couple of boys had been drowned and to get boats and go there at once. August hastened with all speed to get on his clothes and get in a boat and row rapidly to the west end of the lake. Two other boats went along and some boys who could dive. When they reached the place as near as they could judge, the boys repeatedly dived in an effort to find the bodies. This failing, a long fish net was finely secured and the lake dragged. The first drag was without success, but the second effort brought bodies in the net.
The first shock to the parents of the boy and the man was almost more than they could bear. By the time the bodies were found they had been in the water nearly two hours. Dr. Thompson had been summoned and was there when they were taken from the water. He did all that was possible to restore life, but they had been in the water too long. The bodies were taken in automobiles to Benson�s undertaking parlors.
Sheriff Lindquist did not know until after he reached the place where the boys went down that it was his own brother that was one of the victims.
Melvin Haugen�s Funeral Tuesday.
The funeral of Melvin Haugen was held at the house and the Norwegian Lutheran church Tuesday afternoon, Rev. M. K. Hartman being in charge. The church was more that filled with sympathizing friends. The choir sang three numbers and Madam de Rochlenge sang a solo. Rev Hartman spoke words of comfort from the text found in one of the Psalms. �They That Sow in Tears Shall Reap in Joy.� There was a profusion of floral offerings from friends. Six of his playmates acted as pallbearers. The remains were laid to rest in Mt. Hope cemetery.
Besides his parents, Melvin leaves to mourn two brothers, Philip and Conrad. He was a bright and likable boy. Active whether at work or play. He had been confirmed from the Norwegian Lutheran church. At school he stood high in his studies and was a general favorite among his playmates.
The Plaindealer joins the community in extending its sympathy to the bereaved families.
Albert Lindquist�s Funeral Wednesday
The funeral of Albert Lindquist the other victim of the drowning was held Wednesday from the home of his parents; Mr. and Mrs. Gust Lindquist and from the Kansas Lake church, Rev. F. A. Conrad officiating. It was very largely attended and the floral offerings were many and beautiful. A large number of friends followed the remains to their last resting place. Albert Lindquist was a single man. He had made his home with his parents and when they became aged he took the burden of cares from their shoulders. He had been specially kind and helpful to his mother and the blow to her is very great. Only a week before, as she sat looking over the lake from the house he said �Long Lake is a beautiful lake and in the 50 years we have lived near it there has not been a drowning in it.� Her boys had swam in it from the time they were mere children.
Albert Lindquist leaves besides his parents, two brothers, August and Edward, and two sisters, Mrs. Elof Erickson and Mrs. O. K. Haugen.
St. James Plaindealer, 22 July 1917, 1:3-4
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M. Henderson,
Pioneer of �66,
Passes Away
Martin Henderson, a resident of Watonwan county since 1866, dies at his home on the shores of Kansas Lake, in Long Lake township on Friday, July 20, at 12 o�clock noon. Mr. Henderson�s age at the time of his death was 83 years, 8 months and 21 days.
Mr. Henderson was born in Sweden December 3, 1848, and was the son of Hendrick and Martha Hendrickson. The Hendrickson family emigrated to the United States in 1852 locating first at Muskego, Wisconsin, where they spent one winter, then moved to Dane County in the same state, where they resided for a year. They then moved to Vernon county, where they bought a farm and lived until 1866.
In 1866 the Hendricksons decided to move to the then new state of Minnesota, where there was an unlimited quantity of fertile agricultural lands open to settlement. They came to Watowan county and on July 19, 1866, arrived on the banks of Kansas Lake, where they located the homestead which has been in the Hendrickson family ever since.
It may be proper to note here that the original family name, as it came from Sweden, was Hendrickson, but a clerk in the U. S. land office entered the name as Henderson, and, it was under this name that the homestead was taken, so Henderson it remained even to this day, with the Scottish rather than the Scandinavian sound.
The Henderson family were the first settlers in the Kansas Lake neighborhood, although others came that same summer.
T he elder Henderson (or Hendrickson) preempted 125 acres of land and, in addition bought 50 acres of railroad land. Mr. Hendrickson built up a fine farm and a comfortable home, dying just thirty years to a day from the time he reached the land which he selected for his future home. He wife died on June 19, 1897, one year after the death of her husband.
Martin Henderson, the subject of this sketch, spent his younger years on the farm assisting his father. He received an education of a superior kind for that day, having attended the public schools of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and the Curtiss Business College in Minneapolis. For fifteen years Mr. Henderson was engaged in railroad contract work, doing grading for various lines. His first job of this kind was in Canada in 1875. He preempted 160 acres of land in Cottonwood county, but lived on it only long enough to prove up.
Mrs. Henderson died about eight years ago.
In 1892, four years before his father�s death, Mr. Henderson returned to the Kansas Lake family homestead, and began the active operation of the farm. He purchased more land, and finally became the owner of 230 acres of as good farm land as the sun ever shown upon.
Mr. Henderson made many improvements upon his farm, and built up one of the finest places in the county. His line was general farming with live stock as specialty. He was a stockholder in the old St. James Farmers Elevator Co.
Mr. Henderson was married on August 4, 1883, to Miss Christine Erickson, a native of Sweden, who came here in 1888. To this union eight children were born, seven of whom survive their parents. One son, Arthur, is dead; the survivors are Henry Walter, Mathilda, who is the wife of Louis Boen; Marie, Phillip, Rodger, Thomas and Mrs. Ernest W. Guggisberg, St. Paul.
There are two grand children and one surviving sister, Mrs. Kate Johnson.
Mr. Henderson had for some years been retired from active life, and lived with his son�s family on the old homestead. He and all the family were members of the Lutheran church. During his active life he was one of the most prominent and successful farmers in the county, and during his residence here has seen the county progress from its pioneer stage to its present well settled and well farmed state. Sixty-six years is a long time. Mr. Henderson saw Kansas Lake for the first time when he was eighteen years old, and lived upon its shores until he was nearly 84.
Funeral services were held on Monday, August 1 at the home at 1 p. m. and at Long Lake church at 2 o�clock Rev. N. I. Evenson officiating.
Pall bearers at the funeral were L. Larson, G. A. Olson, Ed Lindquist, Otto Howe, Robert Devens, and Thos. Offerdal.
Watonwan County Plaindealer
4 Aug 1932
Vol. 42, No. 26
(reprinted with the permission of the publisher of the St. James Plaindealer)
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*Obituary
Mrs. Martin Henderson One of County's Oldest Settlers, Passes Away.
Deceased Born in Sweden. Came to this Country in 1883 and Lived for Time in Minneapolis--Has Lived on Shore of Kansas Lake Since 1891--Funeral Services This Afternoon.
Mrs. Martin Henderson who lived seven miles southwest of St. James died Monday evening at the Fairview Hospital, Minneapolis, where she recently underwent an operation. Funeral services will be held today at 1 o'clock from the farm home and 2 o'clock from Long Lake church, Rev. M. K. Hartman officiating.
Mrs. Henderson is one of the oldest pioneer residents of this county. She was born in Sweden and is the daughter of Andrew and Kisa Erickson. She came to this country in 1888 and was married the same year to Martin Henderson, who then lived in Minneapolis. The family moved to the shores of Kansas Lake in 1891 to make their new home. They have lived there ever since.
Mrs. Henderson is well known through out this county. The Henderson farm on the shores of Kansas Lake has been one of the favorite picnic places and hundreds of persons visit it each summer. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson have always permitted the lake shore to be used by the pleasure seekers and have made no charge for the privilege.
Mrs. Henderson has been active in church work, and has been a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church. She lived a wholesome Christian life, and has made a large group of friends during her residence in this community. The Plaindealer joins with this group in extending sympathy to those who mourn her loss.
On last Sunday morning, July 20, Mr. Hendrick Hendrickson, one of Watonwan county�s oldest residents, died at his home in Long Lake, at the ripe age of 83 years. He was buried on Tuesday from the Norwegian Lutheran church. Mr. Hendrickson came to this country forty-six years ago, settling first in Wisconsin. In 1866 he moved to this county, where he has since resided.
Mr. Hendrickson was the father of six children, two sons and four daughters; Martin Hendrickson, of Long Lake; Henry, who lives in Iowa; Mrs. C. J. Johnson and Mrs. A. Peterson, of this city; Mrs. Erickson, of Wisconsin and Mrs. Erickson of St. Paul. All the children, excepting Henry, were present at the funeral. His aged wife survives him.
St. James Journal, 26 July 1896. 2:2
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*Mrs. Mattie Hendrickson, a lady well known in St. James, died at her home in Coon Valley, Vernon county, Wisconsin, on Saturday last, the remains being brought to this city for interment on Monday. Mrs. Hendrickson was the mother of Mrs. C. J. Johnson and Mrs. Alfred Peterson of this place and for some years resided at Kansas Lake in this county. She was 79 years of age and a native of Norway. She was a widow, her husband having died about a year ago. She had many friends in the county and especially in Long Lake township. Funeral services were held at the residence of C. J. Johnson on Monday afternoon, an impressive sermon being preached by Rev C. D. Blaker. Burial took place in St. James cemetery.
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*Contributed by Judy.