| Summary: | PETER KRAFT (1848-1912) Peter Kraft and family arrived in Emmons County in a group with 10 other families, settling where the town of Strasburg now stands. They all came from Strasburg, Russia. For three days after their arrival in the county, they were without water and used milk from their cows. Then for about ten days they used water from a small murky water hole about Vz mile away. On one occasion Katie, Peter's daughter, went to the water hole and saw a small snake there. When she arrived home she began to think there could be a snake in her bucket, so she threw the water away and had to make the long trip for more. The group finally discovered Beaver Creek only a few miles away, and used that until they could put in wells. After the death of his wife, the former Katharina Wald, in 1893, he married Franciska Fischer, a widow with three daughters. The children of Peter and Katharina were Joseph, Katharine (Bauman), Stephen, Cecilia (Goodreau), Gregory, Adam, Ferdinand and Peter. His stepchildren were Maggie (Kraft), Katharine (Meier) and Barbara (Volk). r**jjte- ■X\~<-*M MARTIN JANGULA (1894-1970) Adam and Elizabeth (Kerner) Jangula came to this country from Russia, settling near Zeeland, where Martin was born. Kathryn, the daughter of Joseph and Helen (Sautner) Bosch was born in 1899 in Linton. After the marriage of Martin and Kathryn in 1918, they settled north of Hazelton. During the winter Martin made grocery money by pulling cars out 'of snowdrifts that blocked the highway. A drought forced them to move again to a new farm east of Hazelton. During the drought, swarms of grasshoppers at times obscured the sun. In the early forties, the Jangulas purchased the Sueltz farm 5 miles west of Braddock, and, on retirement, moved to that town. Martin and Kathryn had six children: Frank, Adam, Joseph, Lena (Wolbaum), Helen (Bosch) and Bernard. AXEL JACOBSON (1855-1915) ANNA BECKMAN JACOBSON (1861-1924) (Submitted by Edward Jacobson) Axel Jacobson was born in Aserad Mosoken Navistad, Sweden. When he was 19 years old he migrated to the U.S. and came to Chicago where he had a sister. He joined a railroad construction crew that was working as far west as Kalispell, Mont. Anna Josephine Beckman was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, and came with her father and family to America on a freighter in Jan., 1880. They came to Mankato, Minn, and then to Highmore, S. Dak. a year or so later. Axel and Anna were married at Bismarck, D.T. in Aug. of 1888. To this union six children were born. Mary (Clements)—1889, Agnes (Holm)—1890, Carl—1891, Ernest—1895, Edward—1897 and Helen (Reamann)—1899. When a group of Scandinavians came from Bismarck to file on homesteads, Axel filed on SWy4-20, 136-74 and also filed on SEy4-20 for a tree claim. In 1891 he received Homestead Certificate No. 1856, signed by President Benjamin Harrison on Apr. 25, 1891. In 1902 Axel was given a contract to haul mail from Braddock to Armstrong, a distance of about 4 miles. This was discontinued when daily routes were established. Richard Jacobson, a grandson, is now operating the farm near Braddock. His wife, Olive, is a granddaughter of O. W. Nelson, one of the early homesteaders. Their children are Carmen, Nathan and Amy. The Adam Jangula family—1968 GEORGE HUBER (1879-1936) A prominent Sand Creek resident and one of the county's more prosperous farmers, George Huber was born in Gildendorf, South Russia. He came to America with his parents, locating first in Scotland, S. D. In 1902 he married Catherine Kiemele (1880-1968) and brought his bride to Emmons County, settling in Sand Creek where he continued to reside until his death. Active in the political, school and other civic affairs of his community, he served as Sunday School teacher and church treasurer for many years. His popularity was proven when over 1,800 attended his funeral in 1936. The Hubers were the parents of George, Jr., Jacob, Alma (Burckhardt), Martha, Ernestine, Lydia (Hatch), Caroline, Tom and Edwina. 128 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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