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HAOKEN HAAGENSON. Among the "Valley" farmers of Cass county the gentleman above named is entitled to a foremost place. He has a fine farm in Norman township and his home on section 2 is one of pleasant surroundings and furnishes every comfort of life and many of the luxuries. Mr. Haagenson went to North Dakota as a pioneer settler, driving to his new location with an ox-team, and he had but limited means, but is today one of the well-to-do and highly esteemed men of his community.
Our subject was born near Christiania, Norway, November 19, 1842. His parents, Hagan and Carrie Haagenson, were also natives of Norway and passed the most of their lives in that country. The father died there and the mother emigrated to America and passed her last days in this country, they were the parents of two children, our subject and one daughter, both of whom reside in North Dakota.
Mr. Haagenson was reared and educated in Norway and emigrated to the United States in 1869 and soon afterward located in Mitchell county, Iowa, and remained there six years. He went to Cass county. North Dakota, in 1875, and entered a homestead claim to eighty acres of land in section 2, of Norman township, where he still resides. He erected a small log house, in which he lived for fifteen years, and then built his present fine residence, which is substantial and furnished in good taste and comfort. The other buildings of the place evidence thrift and skillful management and Mr. Haagenson now owns three hundred and sixty acres of good land and is one of the substantial men of Norman township.
Our subject was married, in 1869, in his native country, to Carrie Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Haagenson are the parents of nine children, named as follows: Caroline, Else, Annie, Isabella, Knute, Hilda, Christina. Carl O. and Henry O., all of whom are living. The family are members of the Lutheran church and are highly respected in the community in which they reside. Mr. Haagenson assisted in the organization of his township and has served in various local offices. Politically, he is a Republican and is firm in his convictions.
HON. JOHN E. HAGGART. Few men are more prominent or more widely known in the enterprising city of Fargo and North Dakota than John E. Haggart, United States marshal for North Dakota. He has been an important factor in public affairs and his popularity is well deserved, as in him are embraced the characteristics of an unbending integrity, unabated energy and industry that never flags. He is public-spirited and thoroughly interested in whatever tends to promote the moral, intellectual and material welfare of his city, county or state.
Mr. Haggart was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, April 19, 1846, a son of John and .Mabel (Northrop) Haggart, also natives of the Empire state. The grandfather, Gilbert Haggart, was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and on his emigration to the United States located in New York, where he followed farming throughout life. The father was also an agriculturist, was major in the state militia, and was quite a prominent man in New York. He was twice married and had three sons.
Reared on the home farm in much the usual manner of farmer boys of his day, John E. Haggart was educated in the country schools. In 1863 he entered the employ of the government in the coast construction corps and spent about a year and a half with the Army of the Potomac, after which he returned to New York. In 1867 he came west and crossed the plains, starting from Leavenworth, Kansas. The following winter was spent in southern Colorado and New Mexico, and he then came to what is now Wyoming, where he conducted a lumber yard for the Union Pacific Railroad until 1870. In 1871 he landed four miles below the present city of Fargo, North Dakota, and in August of that year took up a claim on the Sheyenne river, which he improved and still owns. He is one of the most extensive land owners in the state, having nineteen hundred and sixty acres in all in the home farm. He raises from thirty-five to forty thousand bushels of wheat annually, and in 1898 harvested thirty-seven thousand seven hundred fifty bushels. He was one of the thirteen to organize and put in operation the Fargo Southern Railroad, of which he was a director, and is always willing to support any enterprise for the good of the community.
In 1875 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Haggart and Miss Betsy J. Hertsgaard, and to them have been born nine children, as follows: Gilbert W., Mabel E., Maggie I., John C, Estella M., Alexander M., George E., William H. R. and Daniel.
Mr. Haggart was the first man to be made a Mason in this state, being initiated into the order in 1873, since which time he has been made a Royal Arch Mason, a Knight Templar, a thirty-second-degree Scottish Rite Mason and a member of the A. A. O. of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. Since attaining his majority he has been a stanch supporter of the Republican party and has served on the county and state central committees. In 1874 he was elected sheriff of Cass county and filled that office for twelve consecutive years in a most capable manner. He was elected the first city marshal of Fargo, and in 1889 was elected to the state senate, of which he was a prominent and influential member until 1898, when he resigned to accept his present office, that of United States marshal for North Dakota. He was well qualified to fill that office, as he had previously served as deputy for eight years. He has been called upon to fill a number of other public positions of honor and trust, being a member of the state prison board and other important boards. He also assisted in locating the Agricultural College at Fargo and has done much to help that institution, introducing in the senate all the bills in its behalf, including the one to secure the land on which the college has been erected. The part which he has taken in the development of the county and in advancing the interests of the state has impressed his name indelibly upon its records, and he well deserves mention among the honored pioneers and representative citizens.
HON. HORACE HALBERT. Intelligence, untiring energy and integrity are the leading characteristics which have guided this gentleman to success, financially and socially. He is proprietor of one of the most extensive and finest tracts of land in Cass county, and is held in the highest esteem by his fellowmen. His home is in Kinyon township, on section 7, and he follows general farming.
Our subject was born in Potter township, Yates county, New York, March 1, 1827, and was reared on a farm in his native county. He went to Kalamazoo, Michigan, in 1858, after graduating from the State University, at Ann Arbor, Michigan, which he entered in 1854. He was engaged in teaching mathematics in the Kalamazoo high school about four years and then returned to his native place and followed farming until about 1866, when he removed to Livingstone county, Michigan, and followed agriculture one year and then taught mathematics in the Baptist College, at Kalamazoo. He resided in Livingstone county, Michigan, till the spring of 1885, when he went to North Dakota, and settled in Kenyon township, where he has since been a resident and has devoted his entire attention to agricultural pursuits. He owns one thousand two hundred and eighty acres of land in Kinyon township and is among the substantial men of his calling.
Our subject was married in Yates county, New York, to Miss Mary E. Taylor, a native of that county. Mrs. Halbert died in Kinyon township, Cass county, North Dakota, June 28, 1888. Mr. and Mrs. Halbert adopted two children, brother and sister: Theresa E., now Mrs. D.E. Porter; and Clifford E., who married Miss M.E. Garrett, and resides in Kinyon township, Cass county. Mr. Halbert has always taken an active part in public affairs wherever he has chosen his home, and while a resident of Livingstone county, Michigan, he served as county treasurer four years, and for some years was supervisor of his township. He was elected to the Michigan senate on the Republican ticket in the fall of 1878 and served one term. He has been county commissioner for Cass county for six years, and has also served as a member of the board of supervisors of Kinyon township, Cass county. He is identified with the Presbyterian church and is active in church work. He was a charter member of the college society, Zeta Psi, of Michigan.
THOMAS M. HANCOCK, of the firm of Shields & Hancock, publishers of the "Edgeley Mail," is a gentleman of much force of character, and occupies a prominent position as a citizen of true worth.
He was born in London, England, April 15, 1870, and was the eldest in a family of ten children, six sons and four daughters, born to Luke and Louisa (Mitchell) Hancock. His parents were married in their native country, England, and the father was a machinist by trade. He received his early education in his native land, and came to America with his parents when a young boy, and located in Canada. Some time later they went to the state of New York, and there our subject worked at railroading, and in 1889 went to Fargo, North Dakota.
He secured a position on the "Fargo Commonwealth," which paper has since been discontinued. He there received his first lessons in printing, and remained in their employ until the fall of 1891 when he went to Edgeley and assumed charge of the "Mail" publishing office, the following year becoming a partner with Mr. Shields. He is the present editor of the paper, and supervises the news columns. He was appointed postmaster at Edgeley during Cleveland's administration, and was an efficient officer.
He was married in Salem, South Dakota, October 6, 1894. to Miss Hattie French, a native of Missouri. Mrs. Hancock's father, L. W. French, was an extensive farmer in Missouri, and is now a resident of Edgeley, North Dakota. One child has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hancock, a daughter, who bears the name of Gertrude M. Mr. Hancock is a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen, Modern Woodmen of America, 1. O. G. T., and the Masonic fraternity, and the auxiliary lodge. Order Eastern Star. He is a man of genial social nature, and pleasing address, and is deservedly popular in his community, and is one of the leading newspaper men of that part of the state.
OLE K. HANSON is successfully pursuing farming on the fertile soil of Raymond township, Cass county, and has a pleasant home in section 22. He is one of the pioneers of that region and his thorough practical knowledge of his calling and his honest industry have been potent factors in producing the present solid prosperity of the locality and giving to it a name as a thriving agricultural district.
Our subject was born in Norway October 30, 1853, and remained in his native land until 1873, when, in June, of that year, he came to America. He settled in ^Minnesota and was employed at farm labor and also worked in the woods and at different occupations, and in the fall of 1877 went to Cass county. North Dakota, and located on the land where he still resides. He has built a complete set of good, substantial f set of good, substantial farm buildings on his place and made every arrangement by which he can more easily till the land and dispose of the products, and he is recognized as one of the substantial farmers of Raymond township. He owns five hundred and sixty acres of land and engages in general farming.
Mr. Hanson was married, in Moorehead, Minnesota, July 18, 1887, to Miss Mary F. Anderson, who was born in Goodhue county, Minnesota , November 20, 1865. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hanson, three of whom died in childhood. The surviving children are named as follows : Henry F., Martin A. and Fred T. Mr. Hanson has always taken an active interest in the welfare of his community and has held numerous local offices, and is highly esteemed and respected for his true citizenship. He is a man of just principles and his career has been marked throughout by persistent efforts to advance the interests of those for whom he labored as well as for himself, and he has been rewarded in a financial as well as social sense for his earnest efforts.
 THOMAS G. HARROLD, a pioneer settler of Wheatland township, Cass county, has devoted his career to the pursuit of agriculture, and is now one of the most extensive land owners of the state of North Dakota. He has a thorough knowledge of his calling and is passing his declining years amid the comforts which result from a well-spent life. He is a man of excellent character and highly respected throughout the region in which he has spent over twenty years.
Our subject was born in Halton. Ontario, Canada, April 25, 1829, and was a son of James F. and Catherine (Ghent) Harrold, of Irish-Canadian and American descent. The father went to Canada when a young man and engaged in teaching school and farming and he died the same year our subject was born. Our subject had one brother and three sisters and the brother and our subject are the only survivors of the family and reside in Cass county. The maternal grandparents were of English extraction and settled in North Carolina and when that colony seceded from the English government they removed to Canada. Our subject was reared and educated in Canada and resided in Hamilton, where he was employed in a boot and shoe factory ten years as a leather cutter. He went to Cass county, North Dakota, in 1879, and purchased a half-section of land in Empire township and also entered claim to land as a tree claim in Richland county and in 1881 moved to the farm where he now resides in Wheatland township. He is now the owner of twenty-eight hundred and fifty acres of land, all of which he operates, and raises annually over twenty-five thousand bushels of grain of different kinds. He has met with phenomenal success and is one of the solid men of the state.
Our subject was married, December 6, 1855, to Miss Catherine Davis, who died in 1858, leaving two children, one son now living, named Ralph W Mr. Harrold was married to Mrs. Mary A. Stewart, nee Cross, a native of Halton county, Ontario, September 29, 1862. Mrs. Harrold's grandparents were natives of Vermont and were of the old Puritan stock, but removed to Canada during the Revolutionary war. Mr. and Mrs. Harrold are the parents of four children, as follows: Carrie E.. now Mrs. J. M. Pattullo, of Tacoma, Washington; Benjamin H.; Willis P.; Franklin S., all of whom are living. Mr. Harrold is a member of the Baptist church and Mrs. Harrold of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Harrold has advanced the better interests of the community in which he has made his home and is interested in public affairs, but has never sought public preferment, devoting his attention to his work, and is highly esteemed as a citizen and farmer. Politically, he is a Republican.
GILBERT G. HAUGEN. Among the foreign-born citizens of Cass county who have entered heartily into American customs and civilization and are found prospering in their chosen callings and gaining an assured position among their associates, this gentleman is entitled to prominent mention. He came to America in his youth and has since that time been identified with American progress and is now the fortunate possessor of a fine farm in Noble township, Cass county, his home being located on section 25.
Our subject was born in Norway, December 10, 1850, and resided in his native land until eighteen years of age, when he emigrated to America and landed at Quebec. He went at once to Houston county, Minnesota, where he was employed at farm labor for eight years and then settled in Dakota, June, 1877. He located on the farm where he still resides in Noble township and is the owner of three hundred and seventy acres of well-improved land. He has followed farming throughout his career and is well versed in that calling and has met with success.
Our subject was married in Noble township, Cass county, North Dakota, June 7, 1880, to Miss Martha Oseth, who was born in Houston county, Minnesota, May 7, 1861. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Haugen, named as follows: Gena Maria, Henry O., Gustave M., Olena, Oliver Albert and Selma B. Mr. Haugen is widely known as a public-spirited citizen and one who keeps pace with the times. He is a hearty supporter of every enterprise which has for its end the up building or advancement of his community, and has served as a member of the board of supervisors of Noble township. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church.
 HON. WILLIAM J. HAWK, the pioneer merchant of Buffalo, Cass county, is one of the men in whose coming to that locality all who honor honest industry and good citizenship can rejoice. His career has been marked with persistent efforts to advance the interests of his community as well as his personal interests, and he has been rewarded by the acquisition of a comfortable competence and a high reputation. He is engaged in operating an elevator in Buffalo and also in the implement business and conducts general farming on four sections of valuable land in the vicinity of the city.
Our subject was born near Wilkesbarre, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, March 20, 1853, and was a son of Isaac and Jane (Owen) Hawk, natives, respectively, of New Jersey and New York. His father was a farmer by occupation and moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, and in 1856 went to Rock county, Wisconsin, where he purchased land and resided until his death in 1878, aged sixty-three years. The mother died in 1891. The grandfather of our subject, on the father's side, served in the Revolutionary war.
Our subject was one of three children, two sons and one daughter, and he was reared and educated in Wisconsin and engaged in farming there until 1879. when he went to Cass county, North Dakota, and entered claim to land six miles south of Buffalo. In 1880 he erected one of the first store buildings in Buffalo and established a general merchandise store and also engaged in the lumber business and farming implements. He continued thus until 1894, when he disposed of the merchandise and at present conducts the implement business. He erected the first flat house to handle grain in 1880 and in 1888 erected the elevator which he now conducts. He deals extensively in grain and devotes a portion of his time to the operation of his fine farm adjoining the city of Buffalo, Cass county, and is giving considerable attention to the improvement of his stock, which consists at present of a small herd of thoroughbred brown Swiss cattle and about forty head of grades.
Our subject was married in Wisconsin, in 1882, to Mary E. Smiley, a native of Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Hawk are the parents of one daughter, upon whom they have bestowed the name of Delia J. Mr. Hawk served in the territorial legislature of 1887 and his efficient services during that session are best evidenced by the fact that he was elected as a representative in the state legislature in 1897 and served one term. He. has also filled many local offices and is one of the leading citizens of Cass county. He affiliates with the Masonic fraternity and Ancient Order of United Workmen.
ANDREW HAYERTZ, proprietor of one of the fine farms of Eldred township, Cass county, is one of the men in whose coming to this county all who honor honest industry and good citizenship can rejoice. He was among the first settlers of that locality and is successfully pursuing farming in section 20 and has a well improved estate.
Our subject was born in Loraine, France, December 21, 1856, and was a son of Nicholas Hayertz, a sketch of whose life appears elsewhere in this volume. Our subject was reared in his native land and remained there until the family came to America in 1874 and went to Cass county with his father and entered a homestead claim in section 24 of Clifton township. This he sold and bought the northwest quarter of section 9, Eldred township. He makes his home on section 20, which he rents. The farm comprises one quarter section, and is carefully tilled and provides a comfortable living.
Our subject was married, in Cass county, North Dakota, March 24, 1886, to Amelia Blase, a native of Bohemia. Six children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hayertz, named as follows: Louis, Mary, Christina, Annie, Gustavus and Katherina, all of whom are living. Mr. Hayertz is well versed in his calling and his farm evidences good management and economical conduct, and he devotes his attention entirely to his calling, and has met with success, and is well and favorably known in Eldred township.
NICHOLAS HAYERTZ, deceased. For over twenty years prior to his demise this gentleman was identified with the farming interests of Eldred township, Cass county, where he was one of the first settlers. He prospered in his calling and became the owner of a fine estate covering a half section, and placed upon it good improvements, and provided a comfortable home for his declining years.
Our subject was born in France. June 8, 1827. His parents were natives of France and passed their lives in their native land. Our subject was reared in France and followed shoemaking there until 1874. when he emigrated to the United States and located at Winona, Minnesota. He remained there five years, and in 1879 went to North Dakota, and settled on section 7, in Eldred township, Cass county, purchasing the land from the railroad company, and was the first settler of that section. He purchased a half section for one hundred and ninety dollars, and at the time of his death this tract was fully improved and well cultivated.
Our subject was married, in France, in 1853, to Annie Dephring. Four sons and two daughters were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hayertz, as follows: Anton, Andrew, Lena, John, Maggie and Henry. All reside in Cass county. North Dakota. The mother died April 29, 1900. Mr. Hayertz died August 11, 1899. He was well known as an early settler and held in high esteem by his many friends.
JOHN E. HEADLAND. The lands beyond the seas are well represented in the agricultural districts of the West and Cass County, North Dakota, owes much to these foreign-born citizens who are found in the possession of well cultivated tracts and are working for the better interests of the country which they have chosen as their home. The subject of this review has resided in Cass County for over a quarter of a century and at all times has been found standing on the side of right and justice and laboring to up build his community, and his efforts have been crowned by the acquisition of a good estate and a wide reputation as a public-spirited and energetic citizen. He makes his home on section l in Stanley township.
Our subject was born in Sogn Bergen Stift, Norway, July 30, 1837, and was reared on a farm and continued his residence there till April, 1869, when he left his native land for America and landed at Quebec in May, of that year. He went with his wife from Quebec to Red Wing, Minnesota, and later to Goodhue County, Minnesota, and worked there one year at farm labor and then worked in Rice County one year. He went to Cass County. North Dakota, June 9, 1871, and settled on the farm where he now lives. He has added to his possessions from time to time and is now the owner of one hundred and ninety acres of well improved land, and he has erected good buildings and completed every arrangement for lessening labor and disposing more easily of the products of the farm. He is a thorough, practical farmer and his estate bears evidence of careful management and painstaking care in its operation.
Our subject was married, in Norway, April 15, 1869, to Miss Solvei Ousen, who was born in Norway May 27, 1850. Mr. and Mrs. Headland are the parents of six children, as follows: Ella M., Andrew J., Carrie G., Emil J., Anna S. and Herman N. Mr. Headland takes an active interest in educational affairs, and has served as a member of the school board for many years. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.
OLE E. HEADLAND. For over a quarter of a century this gentleman has been identified with the farming interests of Stanley township, Cass County, and has acquired a comfortable competence and a pleasant home, and gained the confidence and esteem of his associates. He came to America in search of a home and advantages for a young man, and his fine farm is evidence of his prosperity and thrift. He has a thorough knowledge of his calling and has aided materially in the development of that region. His home is in section 2, and he is engaged in general farming.
Our subject was born in Norway, June 1, 1841, and resided in his native land until 1875. when he came to America and landed in New York, in May of that year. He went from there direct to Dakota, and entered claim to one hundred and sixty acres of land as a pre-emption, and has since resided thereon. He has increased his acreage, and is now the owner of a farm of three hundred and twenty acres, the improvements of which he has placed there, and they include a good residence, barn and outbuildings, and all the machinery and conveniences of modern farming.
Our subject was married in Norway, in June, 1873, to Miss Bertha Berdal. who was also a native of Norway. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Headland, named as follows: Ella, Gertie, Andrew, Gertina. Hannah G., Ada N., Edwin H., Jensene M., Adolph J. and Oscar B. Adolph died at the age of eleven and a half years. Mr. Headland is active in public affairs, and has served as a member of the school board for several years. The family are members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.
THOMAS HEATH. The farming and stock raising interests of North Dakota have a worthy representative in the person of Thomas Heath. He has resided in Kinyon township, Cass county, many years and has developed a fine farm and is among the substantial men of his calling. He is a man of excellent character and integrity and well versed in his vocation, and he is a hearty supporter of all projects which tend to the protection and up building of the better interests of his adopted land. His home in section 31 is supplied with every convenience known to modern farming.
Our subject was born in Devonshire, England, December 7, 1852, and was reared on the farm there till he attained his majority, when he came to America and settled in Rochester, New York. He remained there five years and in the spring of 1879 went to Dakota and purchased a farm in Reed township, Cass county, on which he resided six years and then disposed of his interests there and removed to the farm on which he now resides in Kinyon township, Cass county. He has placed valuable improvements on the place and engages in general farming and stock raising, being interested largely in the raising of sheep and cattle. His labors have met with success and he is now the fortunate possessor of eight hundred and twenty acres of well improved land.
Our subject was married, in New York City, April 14, 1878, to Miss Fannie Burrows, who was born in Devonshire, England, May 30, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Heath are the parents of three children, as follows: Annie G., Frank B. and Walter A. One child, Thomas Spurgeon, died at the age of two years. Mr. Heath takes an active part in all matters pertaining to local government and has served as justice of the peace. Mr. and Mrs. Heath visited their native land during the winter of 1898-09 and had visited there seven years prior to that time. He has prospered through industrious habits and careful methods and enjoys a goodly fortune. Mr. and Mrs. Heath take an active part in religious work and are identified with the Free Methodist church.
HON. MARTIN HECTOR, one of Fargo's most popular and influential business men, is now president of the Fargo National Bank, which, while not one of the oldest banking houses of the state, is considered one of its most substantial. It was organized in 1807. and its deposits have rapidly increased until today they average with any hank in the state. On its organization Mr. Hector was chosen president, O. J. DeLendrecies, vice-president and W. C. McFaddcn, cashier. Its board of directors is composed of the above named gentleman, together with Seth Wright and George E. Nichols. All are well-known citizens of North Dakota and are numbered among Fargo's most prosperous and reliable business men. They do a general banking business and issue foreign and domestic exchange. Mr. Hector, the able president of this financial institution, has been a resident of Fargo since 1872.
He came to the Northwest a poor boy without other resources than good health and a determination to succeed, and has worked his way upward in the commercial world until today he stands in the front rank of the successful business men of this section, having become one of the wealthiest men of North Dakota. He is also prominent in public affairs and has filled a number of positions of honor and trust since coming to this state. He was president of the city council for several years, and has done much to bring about the substantial improvements in which Fargo takes a great pride. He has never sought political preferment or public honors, but holds a high position in social and business circles. In 1893 he was selected as a member of the board of commissioners from North Dakota to the World's Fair, and was elected president of that body. While devoting a great deal of time and money to that work (probably equivalent to $1,000), he refused to accept from the state any pay for his services. He is always willing to support any movement calculated to prove of public benefit and the community is fortunate that number him among its citizens.
J. D. HENNING, M. D., a leading physician and surgeon of Fargo, North Dakota, was born January 9, 1850, near the city of Pittsburg, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. His parents, Samuel and Elizabeth (Dodds) Henning, who were of Scotch-Irish descent, spent their entire lives in Pennsylvania, the father following the occupation of farming.
The Doctor attended the academy at Wilkinsbury, Pennsylvania, and after leaving that institution he commenced the study of medicine. In March, 1876, he entered the Jefferson Medical College, from which he was graduated two years later. During the following three years he engaged in practice at Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, and from there removed to Cedarville, Ohio, where he remained for two years. In 1883 he came to North Dakota, and after eight years spent in practice at Sheldon became a resident of Fargo, where he has since made his home. He is now at the head of a large and growing general practice, and as County physician has charge of the Cass County hospital. He has met with eminent success in his chosen calling, and is justly ranked among the ablest physicians and surgeons of this section of the state.
In 1877 Dr. Henning was united in marriage with Miss Mary Sterrett, also a native of the Keystone state, and they are the parents of two children, Carl S. and Helen. Politically the Doctor is an ardent Republican and takes a deep and commendable interest in public affairs. He is a member of the State Medical Society, the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Independent Order of Foresters. He is examining surgeon of all these secret organizations and others, and is quite a popular and prominent citizen of Fargo.
WILLIAM HENSCHEL, one of the most influential and best-known citizens of Cass county, is conducting a fine farm in Walburg township and is also engaged in the handling of farm machinery in Chaffee. He is a foreign-born citizen, but has become identified with American civilization and progress and is possessed of energetic character and active public spirit.
Our subject was born in Prussia, Germany, March 19, 1854, and was a son of Frederick and Dorothy (Tantow) Henschel, who were natives of the same province and now reside in North Dakota. His father was a laborer and in 1858 came to America with his family and settled at Mayville, Dodge county, Wisconsin, and resided there until 1869, when he went to Winona county, Minnesota, and remained there until 1878, when he went to Cass county, and entered a homestead claim in section 8, of Maple River township, remaining there until 1897, and then moved to the home of our subject, where he now resides. Our subject had one brother and five sisters and two of the sisters are deceased. The others of the family reside in North Dakota.
Mr. Henschel was reared and educated in Wisconsin and Minnesota and went with his parents to Dakota and assisted in building a home in the far West. They were among the first settlers of Cass county and the improvements made on their farm were among the first in the county. During the first year of his residence there our subject entered a pre-emption claim to land in section 20, and later sold this and purchased a half-section in sections 4 and 9, of the same township, on which he began farming in 1882. He remained there until 1888 and then moved to his present home and has followed farming there continuously since that date. He has prospered and is now the owner of two sections and a quarter of choice and well-improved land.
Our subject was married, in 1882, to Augusta Froemke, a native of Buffalo county, Wisconsin, and a daughter of Carl and Mary (Stangerberg) Froemke. Mrs. Henschel's parents came to the United States in 1857, and her father was among the early settlers of Cass county, settling one mile west of Fargo in 1875 and he died in 1897. Mr. and Mrs. Henschel are the parents of six children, named as follows: Frederick C, Augusta R., Mary E., Herbert H., Clara R. and Robert W. The family are members of the Evangelical Association and are highly respected in the community in which they reside. Mr. Henschel has been chairman of the township board for the past four years and has served in some of the school offices. Politically, he is a Republican.
OLE O. HERBRANDSON. One of the well-cultivated tracts of Norman township, Cass county is ably conducted by the subject of this review. He was reared in Dakota, and has been identified with the progress and growth of the township in which he resides since its early settlement. and is widely and favorably known as a farmer and citizen.
Our subject was born in Houston county, Minnesota. October 28, 1858. His parents. Ole and Carrie Herbrandson, emigrated to America from Norway about 1850 and settled in Houston county, Minnesota, and resided there until 1872. when they removed to Cass county, North Dakota, and the father homesteaded land on section 14 of Norman township, where he still resides, and where the mother died in 1888. They were the parents of three sons, all of whom live in North Dakota. The family are members of the Lutheran church and are held in high esteem throughout Cass county.
Our subject was reared and educated in North Dakota, and has followed farming there continuously since attaining his majority, and is now proprietor of a well-improved estate. His real estate consists of two hundred and forty acres of land, and he has erected a complete set of good buildings on the place, and is recognized as one of the substantial men of Norman township.
Our subject was married. March 29, 1882, to Miss Gunil Huffen, a native of Norway. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbrandson. as follows: Caroline. Olava. Ole and Matilda, all of whom are living. The family are members of the Lutheran church, and are esteemed highly in the community in which they make their home. Mr. Herbrandson is a wide-awake and energetic farmer, and his estate is well managed and improved, and he commands respect and esteem wherever he is known.
WILLIAM H. HERMAN. In whatever vocation engaged the successful man is the persistent man. The subject of this review has a well developed farm in Harwood township, Cass county, and has acquired his possessions and enviable reputation by honest industry and economy. He is now enjoying his well-earned success in his pleasant home in section 9.
Our subject was born in Winnebago county, Wisconsin, November 14. 1863. He spent his boyhood days in his native place and remained there till the fall of 1881, when he went to Dakota in search of a field for his labors and with the object of engaging in farming for himself. He worked at farm labor in Harwood township. Cass county, till the fall of 1889. He settled on the farm which he now owns and has operated it since 1890. consisting of three hundred and twenty acres of land. He has erected a complete set of good farm buildings and added other improvements to the place and conducts general farming. His place evidences careful management and painstaking care in its operation and ranks among the best tracts of land in the locality.
Our subject was married in Harwood township, Cass county, December 25. 1890, to Miss Maggie Still, daughter of David Still, one of the early settlers of Harwood township. Mrs. Herman was born in Canada and went to Dakota with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Herman are the parents of one child, Ira A. One son died at the age of fifteen months. Mr. Herman is a man of the highest honor and is respected by all with whom he has to do. In affairs pertaining to local government he has taken an active part and has held various official positions. He has been township clerk two years in Harwood township and a member of the board of supervisors five years and is the present chairman of the board. He holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Brotherhood of American
KNUD HERTSGAARD. This gentleman was one of the first settlers of Norman township, Cass county, and has been engaged in farming there for nearly thirty years. He has developed a fine farm and is now one of the well-to-do men of his locality and enjoys an enviable reputation as a farmer and worthy citizen. His home is located on section 34, and he has gathered together a fortune and is enjoying the result of a well-spent career.
Our subject was born in Norway, October 8, 1843. His parents, Jorgen and Ingri (Inselhus) Hertsgaard, were natives of Norway, and the father died in his native land. The mother died in the United States in 1896. Three sons and four daughters comprised the family, all of whom are in the United States, and three sons and one daughter live in North Dakota.
Mr. Hertsgaard was reared and educated in Norway, and in 1869, in company with his mother, brother and three sisters came to America, and located in Rock county, Wisconsin. He remained there one year and then removed to Lansing, Iowa, and in 1871 went to Cass county, North Dakota, and entered a homestead claim in section 34, where he has resided continuously since. He erected a log house and began at once to break the wild prairie land, and now has one of the well developed farms of that locality. He now owns over three quarter-sections of land', all of which is fully improved, and on his home farm he has erected a complete set of substantial buildings, and enjoys prosperity.
Our subject was married, in 1877, to Christie Maikin, a native of Norway, who came to America with her parents in 1869. Her parents are now residents of Sargent county, North Dakota. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hertsgaard as follows: Jergon, Ida C, Otto E., Iver B., Henry O.. Inger K., Selma T., Carl E. and Albert M. The family are members of the Lutheran church of Kindred, and are highly respected in their community. Mr. Hertsgaard is a director of the school district and is active in school affairs. He is independent in politics and is a man of good judgment and practical ideas.
OLE J. HERTSGAARD. one of the earliest settlers of Norman township, Cass county, is a man of good judgment and has gained a comfortable competence and an enviable reputation by honest efforts. He is proprietor of one of the best farms of his community and has resided in Norman township for nearly thirty years and is well known throughout the locality as a wide-awake and enterprising agriculturist.
Our subject was married, in North Dakota, in 1842, and is a brother of Knud Hertsgaard, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this volume. He was reared and educated in Norway and in 1868 came to the United States and located in Rock county, Wisconsin, where he remained three years. He went to Cass county, North Dakota, in 1871, and-located in section 35, in Norman township. This was railroad land and he had to purchase same. He erected a small log house and at once began breaking a farm and later took a homestead in Walcott township, Richland county. He now owns four hundred and thirty acres of land, all of which is improved and he has built a set of good buildings and arranged every detail for the comforts of life and the economical conduct of the place and is among the solid men of Norman township.
Our subject was married in North Dakota, in 1876, to Carrie Haugstad, who was born in Norway, and came to .America in 1869. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hertsgaard. as follows: Jurgen, Oscar L and Conrad L The family are members of the Lutheran church, of Kindred', and enjoy he esteem of those among whom they reside. Mr. Hertsgaard has served as clerk of the school board and in various local offices and in 1874 was chosen county commissioner and served five years in that capacity. He is a man of active public spirit and is firm in his adherence to the right and to his friends. In political sentiment he is independent.
OLE HICKS, in whose honor the town of Hickson is named, is a pioneer settler of Pleasant township, Cass County, and has a fine estate in section 24, which he has accumulated since taking up his residence there, and is one of the honored and esteemed citizens and agriculturists of his locality.
Our subject was born in Sweden, April 21, 1845, and was a son of Hakan A. and Carrie (Olsson) Hicks. His parents were born in Sweden, and in 1869 the father came to the United States, and was joined by the family the following year. He entered a homestead in Clay County, Minnesota, on the Red river, in the fall of 1869, and began work on the land in 1870. His family resided there until the father's death in 1894, and' the mother passed away in 1899. Seven sons and three daughters came to the United States, of whom five sons and two daughters are still living, and three sons now reside in Cass County. North Dakota. The parents were devout members of the Lutheran church.
Mr. Hicks was reared and educated in Sweden, and came with his parents to the United States in 1870 and entered a homestead in Cass County. North Dakota, on which he now resides. He is the owner of a section and a half of good land, thirty head of cattle and twenty horses, and the improvements of his place are modern in every particular and form a fit habitation, while the buildings and machinery are of the best, and he has made a remarkable success of his work in North Dakota, and is now accorded a prominent place as a farmer of good methods and ideas.
Our subject was married, in 1872, to Marit Larson, a native of Sweden, and Mr. and Mrs. Hicks are the parents of six living children, named in order of birth as follows : Helma Caroline, Lewis Henry, Clara Helen, Olive Alvera, Annie Lillian and Minnie Viola. The family are members of the Swedish Lutheran church and are highly respected in the community in which they reside. Mr. Hicks is well known as an old settler of Pleasant township, and has done much to further the development and growth of that locality and enjoys the respect of his fellowmen. In politics he is a Republican.
AUGUST HILKE. Among the prominent early settlers of Cass county the gentleman above named is entitled to special mention. He has remained through discouragements and privations and is now the fortunate possessor of one of the best farms of Cass county, and his residence on section 23, of Everest township, is evidence of his prosperity and thrift. He has gained an assured position as a citizen by his earnest labors for the advancement of the locality of which he chose his home and much of the present solid prosperity of that region is due to his faithful and painstaking efforts.
Our subject was born near Berlin, Germany, November 18, 1837, and was a son of George and Dora (Engle) Hilke, both of whom were natives of Germany. His parents came to America in 1852 and settled on a timber farm in Dodge county, Wisconsin. they removed to Winona county, Minnesota, in 1861, where the mother's death occurred. The father died at the home of our subject in North Dakota, aged ninety-five years. Three sons were born to this worthy couple, our subject being the only survivor of the family.
Mr. Hilke was reared in Wisconsin and there began farming and acquired a good property in that state and in 1861 removed to Minnesota, where he purchased land and followed farming some years. He went to Casselton, North Dakota, in 1878, and then purchased a half-section of land, on which he now resides. It was without improvements, but he has transformed it into one of the finest pieces of property to be found in Cass county. He removed his family to the new home in 1880, and has held residence there continuously since.
Our subject was married, in Wisconsin, in 1859, to Minnie Krugmeier, a native of Germany. Mrs. Hilke died in 1884. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hilke, four sons and seven daughters. Three children died in infancy and the surviving children bear the following names: Amelia, Elizabeth, Minnie, Henry, Ida, Amanda, Annie and Albert. Mr. Hilke was next married to Cora Clark, a native of Minnesota, in 1885. Our subject assisted in the organization of his township and has held various offices therein almost continuously since. He is at present chairman of the board of supervisors, school treasurer and road overseer. He holds membership in the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He keeps pace with the times and in political sentiment is a stanch Democrat.
JAMES E. HILL is one of the leading farmers of Cass county, wherein he is a large land owner. His real estate amounts to eight hundred acres, his home farm being in section 14, in Rich township. He has added the usual improvements of a model farm and every detail is carefully looked after and provisions made for the economical conduct of the place and the comfort of its inhabitants.
Our subject is a native of Oxford county, Canada, and was born October 28, 1854. His parents, Henry C. and Jane (Dolson) Hill, were natives of New York and Canada, respectively. His father was born in 1827 and emigrated to Canada at the age of twelve years and there grew to manhood and followed farming until 1881, when he went to Cass county and entered a homestead claim on section 24, of Rich township, where he resided until his death, July 25, 1899. The mother died in 1891. They were members of the Baptist church and highly esteemed by all. Five sons and two daughters were born to them, all of whom are now residents of Cass county, North Dakota.
Our subject was reared in Canada and received his education there and then followed farming until he went to Cass county. North Dakota, in 1881. He entered claim to land in section 12, of Rich township, and later homesteaded land in section 14, of the same township, which now comprises his home farm. He has added to his possessions from time to time and is now the fortunate possessor of eight hundred acres of choice land, which he successfully operates.
Our subject was married, in Canada, in 1873, to Elizabeth Caister, a native of Canada. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hill, as follows: Laura L., Henry L. and Ethel M. Mr. Hill keeps abreast of the times and is actively interested in the welfare of his adopted country. He has served as chairman of the town board and is widely and favorably known. He is independent in politics.
SIMON V. HOAG, an ex-soldier and well-to-do farmer, resides in section 33, in Harwood township, Cass county, and is widely known as a man who is conducting an extensive business. He is a man of indomitable will, untiring perseverance and an energetic character. He experienced pioneer life in Dakota, and has been a resident of Cass county for nearly thirty years, during which time he has devoted his attention wholly to farming and has met with success in his calling.
Our subject was born in .Montgomery county. New York, December 18, 1833, and was reared in that county till twenty years of age and then removed to Fulton county, Ohio, and engaged in farming three years, after which he settled in Whiteside county, Illinois, on a farm near Morrison. While a resident there he enlisted in Company C, Eighth Regiment Illinois Cavalry, and served nearly four years, a brave and loyal service. After the close of the war he returned to Whiteside county, Illinois, and resumed farming, which he followed there from 1865 till the spring of 1870, when he removed to Yankton, Dakota, and one year later went to North Dakota and entered claim to land in section 34, in Harwood township, and has resided there since that date. He was in company with John M. Bender for nearly ten years, in agricultural pursuits, and of late years has conducted his business alone. He has erected a complete set of good farm buildings on his place and is now the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of well-improved land, and follows general farming successfully.
Our subject was married, in September, 1861, at Delta, Ohio, to Martha A. Bradley, a native of Fulton county, Ohio. Mrs. Hoag died in Fulton county, Ohio, June 23, 1866, while on a visit to her native place. Mr. Hoag was married in Cass county, North Dakota, October 29, 1876, to Miss S. Lizzie Leaverett. Mrs. Hoag was born in Errol, New Hampshire, March 5, 1854. Mr. and Mrs. Hoag are tlie parents of the following children: Stephen H., Gertrude E., Phoebe C, Mary C, Nellie, Cora J. and S. Bender. Three children died in childhood, as follows: Amelia died in infancy; S. Lizzie died at the age of three years; and John E. died at the age of twelve years. Mr. Hoag takes an active interest in affairs of local import and has served as county commissioner of Cass county one term and was elected for a second term but resigned after serving one year. He has been a member of the board of supervisors of Harwood township for many years. He holds membership in John F. Reynolds Post, No. 5, G. A. R., and affiliates with the Masonic fraternity.
 JOHN S. HOCKING, a prosperous and highly esteemed farmer of Cass county, makes his home in section 34 in Empire township, and is one of the pioneers of that locality. He has acquired a tine estate through honest industry, and stands foremost in his calling.
Our subject was born in Cornwall, England, June 24, 1846, and was a son of Edmund and Tabitha (Bennetts) Hocking, both of whom were natives of Cornwall. His father was a tin miner and passed his life in England, and the mother died there in 1896. Four sons and three daughters were born to them, our subject being the only one of the family in the United States. The family is one of the oldest and best known in England. The grandfather of our subject, Samuel Hocking, was a soldier under Wellington at Waterloo and was awarded several medals during his service for bravery.
Mr. Hocking was reared and educated in his native isle until nineteen years of age, and in 1866 came to America, landing at New York. He located in New Haven county, Connecticut, and worked there as a miner one year and then went to North Carolina, where he worked in the copper and gold mines, and in 1868 went to Lake Superior, in the copper mines of Michigan, and remained thus engaged until the spring of 1878, when he went to Cass county, and began farming. He entered claim to land in section 4, of Wheatland township, as a homestead, and later took land as a tree claim in Empire township, in section 34, where he has resided continuously ever since. The land was all wild at the time he settled thereon and there was but one settler between his place and Casselton. Mr. Hocking is now the owner of two and a quarter sections of land, all of which is under plow, and he has met with unbounded success in his vocation.
Our subject was married, in 1870, to Miss Mary Matters, a native of Devonshire, England. Ten children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hocking, named as follows. Ella, now Mrs. R. S. Smith; Jennie, now Mrs. Walker; Edmund, Samuel, Richard. John, William, Thomas, Harry and Isaac Newton. Mr. Hocking is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He has filled various local offices in the township and has been chairman of the township board for many years. He is progressive and intelligent and works earnestly for the better interests of his community and well' merits his high standing. Politically he is a Republican.
 JAMES B. HOCKRIDGE, a prominent farmer of Cass county, is following his calling in Bell township, and has a well-developed farm of one section. He is one of the early settlers of the county, and his labors in behalf of the community in which he resides entitle him to' a foremost rank as a citizen and farmer.
Our subject was born in Oxford county, Ontario, April 9, 1860. His parents. Richard and Elizabeth (Ormrod) Hockridge, were natives of England, and his father was born at Barnstable. He was a farmer by occupation, and emigrated to Canada about 1835, and settled in Oxford county, where he spent most of his life and died at the age of forty-eight years. Three sons and two daughters were born to them, all of whom reside in the United States. The mother now resides in Cass county. North Dakota.
Our subject was reared in Canada and there received his education, and in 1872 went to Detroit, Michigan, where he learned the plumber and gas fitter's trade, and then returned to Canada. He spent two years there, and then two years on the great lakes and in the pineries, and then went to Vicksburg, Mississippi, in the employ of the government in the geographical survey on the lower Mississippi river. He later became engineer on a tug, and remained in the south until 1887, when he went to Cass county, North Dakota, and settled on section 12, in Arthur township, which he purchased in 1885. He engaged in farming thereon until 1898, when he purchased the farm on which he now resides. He is the owner of one section of choice land, and has surrounded himself with all the conveniences and appointments of a model farm, and is among the substantial men of Bell township.
Our subject was married at Chester, Illinois, in 1889, to Nettie M. Beare, a native of Illinois. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hockridge, as follows: Jessie B., Thomas B., Floyd and Earle R. Mr. Hockridge is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and in political sentiment is a Republican. He takes an active interest in local affairs, and has served as a member of the town board, and school treasurer for many years.
 HON. EVEN H. HOLTE. Among the farmers in the prime of life in Cass county, a good station has been attained by the gentleman above named, whose career has been marked with energy, prudence and persistent effort. His well-directed labors have resulted in the attainment of a fine estate in Noble township, where he resides on section 26, and is surrounded by all that goes to make life enjoyable, while he has gained a host of friends by his active labors for the welfare of his community, and is deservedly popular with the people among whom he has lived since his boyhood.
Our subject was born in Norway, March 21" 1860, and was a son of Hans O. and Elene Holte. His parents came to America in 1869 and settled in Wilmington township, Houston county, Minnesota, where they lived until the spring of 1878, and then removed to Noble township, Cass county , North Dakota, where they reside on section 36.
Mr. Holte came to America with his parents when he was nine years of age, and remained at home until 1891, when he began farming for himself, settling on the land where he now resides. He has lived in Noble township since the spring of 1878 and has followed farming, and is now the owner of five Hundred and eighty-two acres of land. He is progressive in his work, and on his home farm has erected a complete set of good farm buildings, and made other valuable improvements.
Our subject was married in Noble township, Cass county, December 9, 1891, to Miss Alma Schow, a daughter of Martin and Dorothea Schow, a .sketch of whose lives appears on another page of this volume. Mrs. Holte was born in Norway, January 17, 1863, and came to America with her parents when about two years of age. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Holte, as follows : Malven H. and Delia E. M. Mr. Holte was elected to the North Dakota legislature in the fall of 1890, on the Republican ticket, and served one term, giving efficient service for his community. He has served as county assessor of Cass county, and has been a member of the board of supervisors of Noble township for many years, and justice of the peace and clerk of the school board several years. He is a member of the Norwegian Lutheran church, and s an earnest worker in that denomination. He is a gentleman of the highest degree of integrity, and adheres strictly to the right and justice, and enjoys the confidence of his fellow men.
DAVID HENDERSON HOUSTON. Much has been said of the wonderful resources of North Dakota, but too much cannot be said of the men who have developed these resources and cultivated and encouraged to the utmost its wealth-producing elements. Of these worthy men, none in all North Dakota is more deserving than D. H. Houston, whose fine residence is on section 25, Hunter township, Cass county, near the village of Hunter.
Mr. Houston settled in Cass county, near Hunter, in 1879. He had moderate financial means, but immediately set about building for himself a competent fortune in his new home. He entered both a homestead and a tree claim, and also purchased land till his holdings aggregated eight hundred acres. Since that time he has added to his possessions until his landed estates now cover five sections, all of which is under cultivation, yielding annually from fifty thousand to sixty thousand bushels of grain. Nor are the productions of his farm remarkable in quantity only. Mr. Houston has for many years given special attention to the production of a superior article of seed wheat, and the yield and quality of Houston's blue stem seed wheat attained an enviable reputation throughout the state. Stock raising has also been given a share of the attention of this modern agriculturist. He has constantly sought in the breeding of stock to develop the best grades for practical purposes, and his success has become a part of the history of the county. His farm machinery is of the best manufacture and modern pattern, and includes a steam thresher, a dozen or more binders, and other farm machinery in proportion, and on the farm is an elevator with a capacity of thirty thousand bushels for handling his grain.
Mr. Houston is a native of Scotland, and traces his ancestry by a clearly defined line of descent, as far back as 1160, to the Houston's who held a baronial entailed estate in Scotland. Our present subject was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1841, and the next year came with his parents, Peter and Margaret (Henderson) Houston, to the United States. They lived for about a year in New York city and then moved to Albany, New York state, and lived there about two years, and in 1847 settled in Columbia county, Wisconsin, and in that county both parents died. The father was a contractor and builder, but in later life followed farming. There were six sons in the family, three of whom are now living, and Mr. Houston's two brothers still reside in Wisconsin. The father acquired the title of "Honorable" under appointment by the governor, and on account of valuable services rendered the people of Wisconsin in the sale of a land grant donated by the Milwaukee Railroad Company for the benefit of the railroad farm mortgagors.
Our subject was reared in Wisconsin, and received the education afforded by the schools of that state. He followed farming and seed growing there until, in 1879, he removed to Dakota and began the career that will be briefly described in the following lines. His marriage occurred, in 1888, Miss Annie Laura Pencille, of South Troy, Minnesota, becoming his wife. Mrs. Houston is a daughter of Professor Pencille, who for more than thirty years has been well known as a leader in musical circles. Mrs. Houston is lady of much refinement and culture, and her acquirements in music are of a high degree; singing and playing on piano and guitar, and when traveling with her husband she earned the appellation of "The North Dakota Songstress." Mr. and Mrs. Houston have one child, David Henderson Houston, Jr.
Mr. Houston has not found farm life unsuited to an active mind. He has, in addition to his extensive farming, found time to perfect many photographic inventions. In 1861 he began his experiments in photography. In 1867 he patented his first camera, and in 1881 invented the arrangement involving the basic principles of the kodak camera, and sold the patent to George Eastman, of the kodak company, for five thousand seven hundred dollars, from which an immense business was built. In 1894 he had issued two new patents covering new principles over those of the 1881 patent. The basic principles of these later patents were also incorporated in a more modern kodak camera, and upon which Mr. Houston receives a royalty. He is now engaged in perfecting more photographic and other inventions, and is a regularly registered patent attorney, practicing directly with the patent office at Washington, D, C. In addition to his other qualities Mr. Houston is endowed with ability as a literary man. He is the author of a number of productions of merit, his poems and verses having attracted much attention throughout the state. He is gifted with rare descriptive powers. His Red river valley poem, and his war song, "On to Cuba," the words and music of which were both written by himself, have passed through several editions. Mr. Houston is a man of rare social qualities, surrounded by all the conveniences and comforts of modern life, and his home is characterized by an air of genuine hospitality and good cheer. Mr. Houston, with Mrs. Houston and their son, David, attended the International Exposition at Paris, France, in the summer of 1900, and visited relatives in Scotland. Our subject is a member of the Masonic fraternity.
WILLIAM HOWELLS. an early settler of Bell township, Cass county, is successfully operating three sections of land and is well known in that region for his energetic character and strict integrity. He has followed farming throughout his career, and is well versed in the most approved methods of operating a farm and is able to contribute information for the benefit of others less favored by nature or experience.
Our subject was born in England, September 15, 1852, and was a son of Henry and Ellen (Hall) Howells, natives of Wales and England respectively. His father was foreman on one of the large farms of England for many years, and in 1861 went to Canada, where he remained until his death in 1898. The mother of our subject survives and makes her home in Gray county, Ontario, Canada. She was the mother of four sons and six daughters, two of the sons now residing in the United States and the others of the family in Canada. Mr. Howells was reared and educated in Canada and there learned farming, and in 1878 came to the United States and the following year located at Fargo, North Dakota. He went to Hunter, Cass county, in 1883, and opened up the farm for James Hales, since which time he has operated three sections of land, breaking most of it himself. He has met with unbounded success in the pursuit of agriculture and is one of the men whose labors in North Dakota have done much to sustain and extend the farming interests.
Our subject was married, in 1892. to Miss Carrie Nyquest, a native of Sweden. Two children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Howells, as follows: Nettie E. and Minnie E. Mr. Howells is a Republican in political faith and stands firm for his convictions.
NEWTON K. HUBBARD is one of the honored veterans of the Civil war whose devotion to his country was tested not only by his service on the field of battle, but in the still more deadly dangers of southern prisons. This gallant soldier is now a leading and prominent business man of Fargo, North Dakota, and a prosperous and influential citizen.
Mr. Hubbard was born in Hampden county, Massachusetts, December 17, 1839, and is a son of George J. and Marian (Adams) Hubbard, natives of Massachusetts and Connecticut, respectively. The father, who was a farmer by occupation, passed his life in New England, and reared a family of five sons, of whom two are still living on the old homestead in Massachusetts, while two are now deceased. Our subject completes the family. His paternal grandfather was Capt. George Hubbard of Revolutionary fame, who was a member of the Connecticut troops.
Mr. Hubbard, of this review, is indebted to the schools of Massachusetts for his early education, but later he was a student in the Providence Conference College in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. In 1859 he removed to Painesville, Ohio where he taught school until the spring of 1861, when, feeling that his country needed his services in her efforts to preserve the Union, he enlisted in Company D, Seventh Ohio Volunteer Infantry. He was in the service for three years and three months, being first with the Army of the Potomac and later with the Army of Tennessee. During an engagement at Cross Lanes, West Virginia, he was captured with one hundred and fifteen others and held prisoner for nine months and six days, being first confined at Richmond three weeks. New Orleans five months, and the remainder of the time at Salisbury, North Carolina. He was out on parole nine months, and was finally exchanged in the spring of 1863. The following winter he rejoined his regiment at Dumfries, Virginia; participated in the battles of Chancellorsville, May 1-3, 1863 ; Gettysburg, July 1-3 ; Lookout Mountain, November 24, 1863; Missionary Ridge, November 25, 1863; and Ringgold, Georgia, November 27, 1863, where all the officers of his company were killed but one. He was promoted to sergeant major of this regiment for meritorious conduct at Ringgold, Georgia. He was in the battles of Resaca and Dallas, Georgia, in 1864. He was slightly wounded at Chancellorsville, and was mustered out at Cleveland, Ohio, with a war record of which he may be justly proud.
For four years thereafter Mr. Hubbard made his home in Geneva, Ohio. In 1870 he went to Duluth, Minnesota, and in the fall of the same year came to the Red river valley, being one of the pioneers of this section. He located on Elm river, in Dakota Territory, and carried the dispatch from Mr. Cook which located the railroad at that place. In company with Jacob Lowell, he located upon land at that point, but the following spring a man "with two guns" jumped his claim and offered to move for $500. Mr. Hubbard declined the offer, however, having given up the idea of farming, to which decision he probably owes his great success. Going to St. Paul in the spring of 1871, he purchased a stock of general merchandise and under the firm name of Hubbard & Raymond opened a store at Oak Lake, North Dakota, furnishing supplies for the Northern Pacific Railroad. They also successfully carried on stores at Brainard, Moorhead, Glyndon, in Minnesota, and Jamestown, Dakota, but at the end of two years dissolved partnership, Mr. Raymond going to Bismarck, while Mr. Hubbard remained in business alone at Moorhead for some time. In 1874 he formed a partnership with his bookkeeper, E. S. Tyler, and they opened a store at Fargo under the firm style of E.S. Tyler & Co. This business was carried on until 1882. In the fall of 1875 Mr. Hubbard disposed of his store at Moorhead, and the same year the firm of Hubbard & Tyler built the Headquarters Hotel at Fargo, in sixty days, at a cost of $20,000. He bought Mr. Tyler's interest in 1880. That hostelry he successfully conducted until 1882, when he sold the same for $40,000. For some years he has been interested in the real estate and banking business, and assisted in organizing the First National Bank of Fargo, of which he was the first vice-president, and is still a stockholder. He purchased the first three lots sold at this place for one hundred and seventy-five dollars each, on the corner where the First National Bank now stands, and has been prominently identified with the commercial interests and the development of Fargo and Cass county.
In 1876 Mr. Hubbard was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth C. Clayton, of Paynesville, Ohio, and they have one daughter. May B. Politically Mr. Hubbard is an ardent Republican, and takes a deep interest in the success of his party, but his extensive business interests have prevented him from taking an active part in political matters, though he has served as a member of the central committee, and delegate to county and state conventions. He was one of the three delegates to the national convention at Chicago that nominated President Harrison. He was one of the first charter member Masons in Fargo, and is also an honored member of the Grand Army Post at that place. He has borne a very active and important part in the development and up building of the Red river valley, and is one of the best-known citizens of the Northwest. At one time his health failed, and he spent six months in the sanitarium at Battle Creek. He regained his health and is now rugged and strong.
 JUDGE SANFORD A. HUDSON. When, after years of long and honorable labor in some field of business, a man puts aside all cares to spend his remaining years in the enjoyment of the fruits of his former toil, it is certainly a well-deserved reward of his industry.
" How blest is he who crowns in shades like these A youth of labor with an age of ease." wrote the poet, and the world everywhere recognizes the justice of a season of rest following an active period of business life. Judge Hudson is now living retired at his home in Fargo, North Dakota, and his history is one that shows the accomplishment of well-directed labor. A portrait of Judge Hudson is presented in connection with this sketch.
The Judge was born in Oxford, Massachusetts, May 16, 1817, and is a son of Amos and Mary (Fisk) Hudson, also natives of that state, where the father was engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods and in merchandising in early life. In 1828 he removed to Ellisburg, Jefferson county. New York, where he died ten years later. He had a family of nine children, seven sons and two daughters, but only three sons are now living. The grandfather, William Hudson, was born in Massachusetts, in 1751, and as a lieutenant in the Colonial army took an active part in some of the most important battles of the Revolutionary war.
Judge Hudson's early education, acquired in the common schools, was supplemented by a course at Union Academy, Belleville, Jefferson county, New York, and in 1846 he commenced the study of law in that county, being admitted to the bar at Utica, New York, in 1848. The same year he removed to Janesville, Wisconsin, in company with John R. Bennett, later a circuit judge of that state, and there he successfully engaged in practice for thirty-two years, acting as city attorney for some time. In 1881 he came to Fargo, North Dakota, as judge of the third judicial district, having United States jurisdiction, comprising the entire territory now composing North Dakota. He was appointed to that position by President Garfield, and most creditably filled the office for four years. He then engaged in private practice until 1892, since which time he has lived retired. He was a distinguished lawyer and jurist and enjoyed an excellent practice.
In October, 1847, Judge Hudson married Miss Sarah D. Campfield, a native of New York and daughter of John M. and Fanny (Harvey) Campfield, by whom he had five children, who are still living, namely: Francis L.; Theodore C, a clergyman in the Episcopal church; Harriet J.; Sanford H., an attorney in Henson, Minnesota, and Sarah C. The wife and mother died in Wisconsin in 1877. Her father, John M. Campfield, was a prominent lawyer of Jefferson county. New York. In his political affiliations the Judge was first a Whig and later a Republican. He assisted in organizing the latter party, and has taken an active and prominent part in promoting its interests. He stands deserved high in the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens and is held in high regard by all who know him.
 GENERAL ALEXANDER HUGHES, of whom a portrait will be found on another page, is one of the ablest .lawyers practicing in the state, is a recognized leader in the Republican party, and is an honored veteran of the Civil war. A native of Canada, he was born in Brandford, September 30, 1846, and is a son of Christopher and Frances (Pike) Hughes, who were born in the north of Ireland and emigrated to Canada about 1801 or 1802. In 1846 they removed to Columbia county, Wisconsin, where the father entered a government tract of land. He was a graduate of Trinity College. Dublin, Ireland, and was a civil engineer, which profession he followed to some extent throughout his entire life. He died in Wisconsin in 1867, and his wife in 1871. To them were born thirteen children, six sons and seven daughters, of whom only our subject and four sisters are now living. Two of the sons died from wounds received in the Civil war.
General Hughes was reared and educated in Wisconsin, attending first the common schools of that state, which at that time were much inferior to those of the present day. Feeling his country needed his services during the dark days of the Rebellion, he enlisted in Company B, Seventh Wisconsin Infantry, which was assigned to the First Division, First Corps, Army of the Potomac. With this command he participated in the battles of Gainesville, the second Bull Run, the first and second battles of Fredericksburg, and the engagements at Chancellorsville and Brady Station. He was slightly wounded at Gainesville; was shot through the right arm at South Mountain, and in the last day of the battle of Gettysburg was wounded in the left side. Subsequently he took part in the seven days' battle of the Wilderness, where he was wounded in the right leg, and received a heavy blow from a musket at Spottsylvania Court House, but did not go to the hospital. During the battle o£ North Anne river he was seriously wounded, a shot entering his left side and coming out on the right. He lay in a helpless condition for nearly two years. On leaving the service. General Hughes realized the necessity for a good education, and entered Wayland Academy, Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, and later took a course at Bryant & Stratton's Business College, Milwaukee. He was married in 1869 to Miss Mary E. Higinbotham, a native of Indiana, and a granddaughter of Judge Eckles, of Indiana, who was later chief justice of Utah territory. Her father, Samuel Higinbotham, was a surgeon in the Eighty-seventh Indiana Volunteer Infantry during the Civil war, and died in the service in Tennessee. To our subject and his wife were born five sons and one daughter, namely: George A. and Edmund A., both residents of Fargo, North Dakota; Harry A., who died in 1883; William V., Frank C. and Helen A., all at home.
General Hughes located at Monticello, Iowa, in 1868, and commenced the practice of law. The following year he was elected superintendent of schools for the county of Jones. In April, 1871, he removed, with his family, to Elk Point, in the territory of Dakota, now the state of South Dakota, and soon gained high rank in his profession. In 1872 he was elected a member of the upper house of the territorial legislature, and upon its organization was elected presiding officer of said body. In 1880 he was appointed, by the President, superintendent of the census for the territory of Dakota.
In 1881 he was appointed receiver for the United States land office at Yankton, which office he resigned in 1883 to accept the office of attorney general. In the year 1883 he was appointed, by the legislative assembly, a member of the committee to select the site for the seat of government and to erect a capitol building upon such site. When the commission was organized he was elected as president. The capitol building at Bismarck was constructed under his immediate direction and supervision. He removed to Bismarck in 1883 with the other territorial officers and continued to reside at said place until 1899. when he removed to Fargo.
He represented the Bismarck district in the higher branch of the legislative assembly for two terms, and was chairman of the committee on judiciary. Many of the most important laws enacted during the past thirty years in the territory of Dakota and in the state of North Dakota were prepared by him. For sixteen years he filled the position of assistant counsel of the Northern Pacific Railway Company to the entire satisfaction of the company. He was also the first adjutant-general of the territory of Dakota. During the last few years he has given considerable time to business affairs, and is president of the Fargo-Edison Company and of the Hughes Electric Company, whose plants at Fargo, Bismarck and Dickinson furnish light, power and heat for those cities.
The General is now one of the most active and best-known Republicans in the northwest. He has been a member of the territorial and state central and executive committees almost continuously for the past twenty-seven years. He was a delegate to the national Republican conventions in 1872, 1876, 1880 and in 1896. He is recognized as an able lawyer, a graceful, logical and forcible speaker, and is considered especially able in the discussion of legal questions before the courts.
WILLIAM T. HUNTER. Probably no one of the citizens of Cass county is more closely connected with the financial growth of that locality than the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this article. He has various interests and in every enterprise in which he has embarked has exercised sound judgment and good management, and in consequence is one of the substantial men of that region. He is a prosperous merchant and farmer and makes his home in Wheatland, where he located many years since.
Our subject was born near Woodstock, Ontario, Canada, November 27, 1860, and was a son of John B. and Deborah (Thompson) Hunter, the former a native of Scotland and the latter of England. His father came to Canada when a boy and followed farming there throughout his career, and died in North Dakota in 1896, aged seventy-six years. Six sons comprise the children of the family, and all now reside in the United States, and John C. and our subject in Cass county. North Dakota.
William T. Hunter was reared and educated in Canada, in the high school, and in 1879 went to Cass county, and was engaged in clerking for his brother in Casselton a year and a half, and then went to Wheatland, where he established his present general merchandise business. He operates about one to two sections of land annually, and also has established a branch store at Erie and one at Chaffee. He is also interested in the Wheatland Implement Company, and in each line of his work has met with success.
Our subject was married, in 1881, to Eliza Anderson, a native of Canada. Six sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hunter, named as follows: William A.. Harry P.. Lloyd, Theodore, Robert R. and Harold. Mr. Hunter is interested in the welfare of his community but does not fill public office. He holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Ancient Order of United Workmen, and Modern Woodmen of America. His career has been that of an honorable, upright man, and he is held in the highest esteem wherever he is known.
THE HUNTER STATE BANK, of Hunter. North Dakota, was organized in March, 1891. with a capital stock of five thousand dollars. This was increased in 1893 to a capital of ten thousand dollars. The following officers were chosen at the organization of the institution: E. H. Paine, president: J. H. Gale, vice-president; A. H. Paine, cashier: and directors. E. H. Paine. J. H. Gale. A. H. Paine. R. M. Pollock and Wallace Grosvenor. Mr. E. H. Paine continued president of the bank one year and was then succeeded by Mr. Gale, and Joseph Sayer was chosen vice-president, and W. H. Simmons, cashier. Mr. Grosvenor and Mr. Pollock also retired and E. W. Featherstone was elected director. The bank now carries an average deposit of eighty-five thousand dollars, and has a surplus and undivided profit of thirty thousand dollars. It does a general banking business, including foreign and domestic exchange, and is one of the sound financial institutions of the locality.
William H. Simmons, cashier of the Hunter State Bank, is a gentleman of prominence in social and financial circles. He has extensive interests in that locality and has acquired a fortune and a good reputation by his push and energy.
Mr. Simmons was born at Sacramento, California, March 20, 1858, and was a son of Nathan and Julia E. (Foster) Simmons, both of whom were natives of Vermont. He is a brother of F. B. Simmons, of Amenia, whose sketch appears on another page of this volume.
Our subject was reared and educated in Vermont and there began his business career as a clerk. He went to Cass county, North Dakota, in 1879, locating at Casselton, where he entered the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and the following year he became agent at Hunter, Cass county, the first agent there after the sale of the road to the Great Northern Railroad Company. He continued as agent until 1891. when he resigned the office, and in 1892 entered the institution with which he is now connected. He has been associated with this concern continuously since and has prospered as a business man and ably conducts the duties of his position. He is interested extensively in farming, is interested in general merchandising at Addison, Cass county, and is also president of the Kindred State Bank, which was founded in 1899.
Mr. Simmons was married, at Hunter, North Dakota, in 1885, to Marion E. Muir, a daughter of Walter Muir, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. Three daughters have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Simmons, named as follows: Julia, Majoria and Dorothy. Mr. Simmons holds membership in the Foresters, and in political faith is a Republican. He is actively interested in the welfare of his community and has filled various local offices, and is deservedly popular with the people among whom he resides.
JOHN J. HUSEBYE, deceased, was for nearly twenty years intimately connected with the development of the great agricultural resources of Norman township, Cass county. He went to Dakota as a pioneer settler of that locality, and at the time of his demise was a prosperous and highly esteemed farmer and citizen.
Mr. Husebye was a native of Norway, and was born in August, 1827. He was a son of John and Martha Husebye, who were also natives of Norway. They emigrated to America in 1853. and the father died in Chicago, and the mother and family later located in Iowa, where our subject, the next oldest child, had purchased land. The family of children consisted of three sons and three daughters, all deceased but one, who is living in the United States. The mother afterward settled in North Dakota, and passed away there.
Our subject was reared and educated in Norway. and with his parents came to America and resided in Iowa until 1879. He then went to Cass county. North Dakota, and purchased three quarter-sections of land in Norman township, which was wild land, and began at once to make a home there, and at the time of his death had a well improved and highly cultivated farm.
Mr. Husebye was married in Iowa, in 1864, to Miss Kjersti Lovbroten, a native of Norway, who emigrated to America in 1849. Eleven children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Husebye, ten of whom are now living, and are as follows: Julia, now Mrs. Ellerston ; Martha, now Mrs. A. H. Johnson ; Henry J., Albert; Emma, now Mrs. Stehjenyem; Clara; Oscar and Minnie, twins; William and Ida. Mr. Husebye died in North Dakota in 1897, and left a large circle of mourning friends and relatives. He was a consistent member of the Lutheran church, and was highly esteemed in the community in which he spent so many years of his life.
Henry J. Husebye, the eldest son of John J. Husebye, was born in Iowa, September 9, 1870, and went with his parents to North Dakota, where he has since resided. He is now the owner of a half-section of good land, and engages in general farming in Norman township. He was married, in 1893, to Miss Caroline Haagenson, a daughter of Hawken Haagenson, a sketch of whose career appears elsewhere in this volume. Three children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Husebye, named as follows : Alvin, Keziah and John. The family are members of the Lutheran church, and are well known and held in high respect and esteem.
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