| Summary: | ANTON "TONY" MOCK MARY FEIST MOCK (1897-1971) Anton Mock was born July 9, 1898 and was brought as an infant to the United States by his parents, Peter and Katherine (Gross) Mock. He married on Nov. 23, 1920 Mary Feist, daughter of Joseph M. Feist, and for one year they lived on the ranch west of Kintyre and a farm near Tolstoy. In 1924 he moved to South Dakota where he operated a garage and blacksmith shop, but in 1938 returned to Kintyre and had a similar operation there. In 1947 he purchased the De Remee blacksmith shop and the following year the Braddock service station. For ten years Tony and Mary also operated "Ma's Place", a cafe at Braddock in conjunction with the service station. Their children are Elizabeth (Kuipers), Frank, Helen (Bresnahan), Leo, Irene (Zottnick), Jerome, James, Hubert, Dennis and Dennice (Meyer). There are also 44 grandchildren and 8 grandchildren. E. O. Mickel EDGAR OWEN MICKEL (1867-1950) MARY EDNA HARLAN MICKEL (1869-1951) The Mickel family arrived in Emmons County in 1905 to live at Omio. Ranching and raising cattle and horses was their main operation, and Mr. Mickel gathered and brought wild horses from Montana to the county to sell to the local farmers. He was instrumental in the planning and building of the Omio Methodist country church, and when this structure was torn down, his son, Montie Montana, took some of the stones to California where one block is being laid as a cornerstone in a new church to be dedicated there to both father and son. About 1914 the family moved to Wolf Point, Montana, where Mr. Mickel was the Stampede's first grand marshal and rodeo producer in 1916. He was married in 1887, and the children were Dale, Glen, Carl, Owen (Montie Montana), and Alta (Winship). HENRY EDWARD MAGRUM (1885-1965) BERTHA RINGIUS MAGRUM (1888-1962) Henry Edward "Ed" Magrum was bom at Oak Harbor, Ohio, to John and Elize (Madson) Magrum. After coming to Linton in 1904 he worked for the livery stable and also hauled kerosene to Fort Yates by sled. Later he homesteaded 6 miles south of Kintyre, but sold it and moved to the Frank Ringius farm. He raised hound dogs and became a well known coyote hunter. At one time he threshed with his own rig clear into Canada and into the Peace River country. Bertha was the daughter of Charlotte Anderson Ringius by her first marriage. She was not sent to school, as she was needed to help herd the thousands of sheep that belonged to Mr. Ringius and the neighboring ranchers. To protect the lambs from the coyotes, she had a huge dog and was the pnly one who could get near him. She was a friend of all animals. In a short time she could calm a muskrat, rabbit or gopher and tickle their noses with a blace of grass. They never seemed to be afraid of her. Orphaned at age 13, she lived with her uncle, Anton Carlson, the John Geil, Charles Lane and Charles DeWitt families. She attended school near Linton to learn to read and write. In 1906 she married Fred Barrows who died 6 weeks later, and the following year she married Ed Magrum. Their children are: Back Row: Reuben, Bernard, Mary (Geise) Phillips, John, Clarence, Josephine (Conners), Christine (Sr. Virginia), Angela (Jangula), and James. Front Row: Mark, Mr. and Mrs. Magrum, and Martha (Kuntz). JOHN McCRORY MARY PARKS McCRORY Emmons County lost its last Civil War veteran when "Jack" McCrory died on Mar. 20, 1933, at the age of 91. He was born in Chateaugay, New York on April 17, 1842. He enlisted in the Union army in 1862 and served with the 10th Minnesota infantry throughout the Civil War, taking part in many of the major engagements against the south. Following the south's surrender, he was stationed in Minnesota with a regiment of troops protecting the settlers from the Indians. He took part in the capture and hanging of the 24 Indians following the Mankato massacree and was with Sibley on his expedition in pursuit of Indians into North Dakota, ending in the battle at Apple Creek. He returned to Minnesota and on Jan. 1, 1871 married Mary Parks, the daughter of Thomas and Melinda (Hinton) Parks. In 1877 they came to North Dakota, starting a dairy ranch at Fort Yates. In 1878 he crossed the river into Emmons County and went into the cattle business. His ranch comprised 15 quarters of rich bottom land in Winona. The McCrorys were the parents of one son, Thomas. WILLIAM McCULLEY (1859-1940) HARRIET McCULLEY (1869-1952) As a young man William McCulley came to Burleigh Co. in 1877, and came to Emmons Co. in 1899 to homestead on the banks of the Horsehead. However, because of the need to educate their children, they moved to Linton. In 1903 the McCulley and Clarence East families left North Dakota to live in Virginia, but they didn't like the climate, so returned 2 years later. While there, their son Arthur passed away. The McCulleys' children were Dr. Lawrence, Harriet (Mork), William A., Arthur, Mabel (Walz) and Alex. 138 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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