| Summary: | EDWARD BRADDOCK (Written by Anna Braddock Crain) My father, Edward Braddock, was born May 22, 1856 in Philadelphia, Pa. After graduation from Central High School, with honors, he worked for the Pennsylvania Railroad as a civil engineer. While in their employ he married Sarah Gray on Oct. 17, 1876. They moved westward and he was engineer for several railroads in Denver, Missouri, Oregon and South Dakota. He decided to quit railroading and went up into North Dakota to start a ranch 16 miles east of where Linton is now located. After ranching for a few years, he was elected County Auditor of Emmons County. My father was instrumental in helping the railroad get the right of way in the county. The president of the Soo line, Frederick Underwood, was an old friend of my father, so he named the first railroad town in Emmons County "Braddock". During World War I each town had a quota of War Bonds which had to be sold. As Braddock was behind in their quota, my father bought enoughjbonds for them to put them over their quota. He helped organize the Linton State Bank and the German-American Bank of Linton. In 1916 he disposed of his interests here and moved to Minneapolis and was instrumental in organizing the First Joint Land Bank of Minneapolis. He passed away on June 22, 1920, being 64 years of age. IVAR AND LILY EDHOLM In May 1908 Ivar Edholm left his native Sweden and arrived in Braddock. He left behind his sweetheart, Lily, who rejoined him three years later. They were married on Christmas Eve at a friend's home in 1911. In 1912 they rented land north of Braddock and lived in a one-room tar paper shack. They also boarded the school teacher, Nora Melander. The shack rested on four stones which acted as roller bearings whenever the wind blew. Ivar farmed 60 acres with a walking plow. The crop was good that year, but after it was divided in half, they were left with small income for all their work. In 1916 they purchased 160 acres which is the present farm. Three years later construction was started on a two-story house. The family lived in a granary until the house was completed. They were not affected by the flu epidemic that winter, probably due to the abundance of fresh air in the granary. In 1955 their son, Emery, and his wife, Frances, constructed their own home on the same farm. During their married life, Ivar and Lily made four trips to Sweden. In 1961 they celebrated their Golden Wedding anniversary. Mrs. Edholm died in 1967. Ivar resides in his home, enjoys TV, his violin, and his grandchildren. Ivar and Lily's children are Tanny (Nelson), Emery, Ruth (Stuverud), Martha (Anderson), Jane (Duncan), Gladys (Thompson), and Doris (King). LEONARD duHEAUME (1861-1946) A native of the British Isles, Leonard duHeaume was born on the Isle of Jersey, a son of an Episcopal clergyman. At 16 he was sailing as an apprentice seaman on tea clippers to the Orient and other world ports. At 18 he was second mate. He gave up the sea when he ran onto a Bismarck man in England selling Northern Pacific railway land and describing great opportunities for prospective North Dakota settlers. He left England Mareh 1, 1883, and filed on an Emmons County homestead west of the county seat of Williamsport. With the removal of the county seat to Linton and the building of the railroad, he moved here and engaged in the land business. He served as a Linton bank official for some years, was county commissioner for 7 years, put in several terms as alderman, and was mayor of Linton 5 years. In the meantime he became financially interested in the Emmons County Light and Power company, and was president and manager. He was a member and veteran officer of St. Matthew's Episcopal church. BEN CORBIN JR. (1863-1933) Ben Corbin Jr. was born Apr. 11, 1863 in Iowa. He came to Emmons county with his father and uncle with a team of horses and a buckboard. He homesteaded at the mouth of Beaver Creek where he lived in a dug-out. Being a trapper and fisherman, his place was a rendezvous for the sportsmen in the area. He was one of the most skillful trappers in the northwest and many times, on wagers, demonstrated his ability by trapping a beaver in one night at any spot along the creek the bet called for. He also won fame as an old-time fiddler in the dance halls of Winona when that town was a popular resort for Fort Yates soldiers, and was in ready demand as a musician for dances and parties throughout the county for years after the fort was abandoned. When a child, Corbin became partially blind from the effects of measles. In 1890, with funds raised by friends all over the county, he was sent to an eye specialist in St. Louis, however, he never regained his eyesight. PETER DIETLEIN Peter Dietlein was born April 19, 1880, one of 11 children born to Christina Eckstein and Philipp Dietlein. Since schooling was regarded as a luxury, he was permitted to go to school only through the fifth grade before he was kept home to help on the farm. He also hired out to farmers and spent the winters in logging camps. By 1905 he had saved $960 and had bought a team of horses. He decided to seek his fortune in either Canada or North Dakota. His brother-in-law, Will Schloesser, helped him decide by telling him of 80 acres of land near Braddock that had been homesteaded by Kate Schloesser and which would be lost unless someone got it on a relinquisment. Pete went to North Dakota in the winter of 1905 and found 40 acres of land adjacent to Kate's that had not yet been homesteaded. He bought Kate's land for $1.00 an acre and homesteaded the 40. That spring he helped his father at Dent, MN put in the crop, then he returned to Braddock by box car. He built a 14' x 24' barn and a frame shack 12' x 14'. Water had to be hauled in 3 barrels on a stoneboat twice a week from his neighbors, the Karl Schloessers or the Bohlins. The second year he had a well dug at a cost of $160. On Nov. 26, 1907, Pete married Miss Regina Heembrock from Perham. She was 18 and Peter was 27. After the honeymoon, they rode back to Braddock by train. Pete rode in the box car with their possessions, lumber, and household goods. Regina rode in the passenger car. They set up housekeeping in the one-room shanty and lived there several years before they were able to enlarge their home. They were the parents of five chilren; Marie, Elizabeth, Raymond, Francis, and Leo (Fr. Damian). The farm presently is owned by their son Ray who farms it with the help of his sons and daughters. CHAS. DeWITT (1878-1955) His excellent sense of humor brought Charlie DeWitt an unusually wide range of friends and aquaintances throughout the Temvik and Linton area. He was born Dec. 6, 1878 in Jefferson, Iowa. At an early age he moved to Dell Rapids, S.D. with his parents. There he attended school and later married Marie Paulson on May 22, 1901. The couple came to Emmons County in 1903 and homesteaded northeast of Linton. They lived there until 1912 when they moved to Temvik where their four children were born. While at Temvik, Mr. DeWitt served as a rural mail carrier for 32 years until his retirement in 1943. The couple observed their 50th wedding anniversary May 27, 1951. Their children are William, Bernice (Logue), Lola (Swanson), and Gertrude (Hedstrom). -121 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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