| Summary: | in June 1903, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Johnson who had come to Grandview Township, Dakota Territory to homestead in 1883. Josephine was born in 1884. Nels and Josephine lived on a farm north of Marion where their first two children, Mary and Blanche, were born. Mary died when she was three days old. They purchased the Martin Spoerl homestead in 1908. It was located four and one half miles south and one half mile east of Marion. While they lived there the other children were born. Nels was interested in Purebred Hereford Cattle and at one time had a large herd. He made many improvements on the farm, and was one of the first in the area to have electric lights. They made their home there for 38 years until Nels died in 1946. Josephine died in October, 1956. Their children are: Blanche (Mrs. Robert Adam, deceased 1935, one son Robert Jr. deceased 1953); Louise (Mrs. Henry Roscoe, deceased 1957, four sons, John, Dennis, James, and Bruce); Alvin and Pearl (Hickey) of LaMoure, N.D. have two children, Linda in Minneapolis and Dale at home; Edgar and Rita (Carboneau) live in Portland, Oregon, they have two sons, Gerald at Fergus Falls, Minn, and Mark at Minneapolis; Mildred (Mrs. George Mahler of Fairmount, N.D., seven children, Thomas, Nancy, Barbara, Janet, Jean, Marlene, and Timothy; Hazel (Mrs. Dean Triplett, St. Petersburg, Florida, has three daughters, Ann, Kathy, and Judy); Mae (Mrs. Spencer Hillesland of Mill City, Oregon, has two sons, Scott and Larry). ANDERSON, PAUL AND DELORES Paul (Bitz) Anderson, son of Charles X. and Mabel (Maisel) Anderson, was born in 1930 in Marion. He married DeLores, daughter of Elizabeth (Gall) and Daboldt Ketterling of Mcintosh County. DeLores was born at home in May, 1932. She, with her family then moved to LaMoure. Paul (Bitz) and DeLores were married at Moorhead, Minn., in Dec. of 1950, and moved on the C. X. Anderson farm where they still live. They have three children: Joan, born 1952, married Leslie Krenz, son of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Krenz of Litchville. Joan and Les live in Marion, she teaches at LaMoure and Les farms with his father. Monte, born 1954, is employed at Denver, Colorado. Renee, born 1959, is at home. ANGEVINE, ALDEN AND ESTELLA Alden Angevine was uorn in Nova Scotia on July 7, 1873. He came to LaMoure with his parents, sisters and brother in 1883, where he attended school and worked in Peter Benson's Grocery Store. Later he came to Greenland Township with his parents. In 1894 he homesteaded the quarter section of land adjoining his father's homestead. On Jan. 15, 1904 he was united in marriage with Estella Baertsch, daughter of Christian and Eliza Baertsch, and they lived on this farm for 24 years. Six children were born to them: Charlotte (Mrs. Lloyd McKay, 5 children: Beth, John, Marilyn, Beverly, and Roger); James (Genevieve, 4 children: James Jr., Robert, Donald, and Dorothy); Mildred (Mrs. Wendell Bertsch, 4 children: Dick, James, Renee, and George); Alden Jr. (deceased 1922); Alfred (Ann, 2 children: Maridee and Karen); Marjorie (Tony Salatti, 3 children: Nick, Maria, and Tina). ANGEVINE, ALFRED AND ADELINE Alfred was born at Wallace, Nova Scotia in 1844. He married Adeline McCulloch in 1865. Adeline was born at DeBert, Nova Scotia in 1845. Their children are Mrs. Olive McCully, Mrs. Ida Jones, Alden, Frank, and Edna. In 1881 he came to LaMoure and followed his trade as a carpenter. When his family came to join him in 1883 he homesteaded in Greenland Township. They farmed there for 20 years the i moved into Marion and engaged in business, dealing in wool, feed, and flour. Later with his son Frank and Charles McCully he purchased the lumber yard. After disposing of this business he made cement blocks for several years. Then in 1911 they moved to Parkbeg, Canada. Alfred died in 1921 and Adeline in 1932. ARDUSER, JOHN C. AND MARGARET John was born of Swiss parentage in.Wisconsin in 1871. He came to N.D. in 1887 arid worked in the harvest fields near Wimbledon, then returned home. He came back to N.D. in 1892 and in 1893 he married Mrs. Margaret (Christ) Bayasch, a widow with two children, Conrad and Anna, who with her husband had homesteaded in Saratdga Township in 1886. Margaret was born in Wise in 1861, and came to N.D. in 1884 and was employed at the Gladstone Hotel prior to her marriage. She was also of Swiss parentage. Their children are: Conrad, Leonard (Dora Young), Anna (Mrs. Carl H. Anderson), Estella (Mrs. John Hohmann), Albey (Mrs. Clayton Paulson), Luella (Mrs. Ward McCleary), Verna (Mrs. Don Bixby), Celia (Mrs. Simon Nelson), and Margaret (Mrs. Fred Paulson). John was very active in community affairs and business. They made their home on their farm until 1932 when they moved into Marion. John died in 1953 and Mrs. Arduser died in 1944. Mr. Arduser served as a school director and/or township supervisor of Saratoga Township from 1893 to the time he retired to their home in Marion and with his neighbors established and built Saratoga School No. 2 in 1894. He served as a member of the State Legislature for this district during three consecutive terms, from 1921 to 1927, he also was elected County Commissioner of LaMoure County in 1932 and served until 1949. During this period he was also appointed a member of the County Welfare Board. Mr. Arduser and A. T. Christ with a number of businessmen and farmers of Dickey, N.D., organized the original bank at Dickey and he was a member of its board of directors up to the time it was consolidated with the Farmers & Merchants State Bank, also of Dickey. In January, 1912, Mr. Arduser and Mr. Christ purchased a controlling interest in the First State Bank of Adrian, N.D., and he served as its president and as a member of its board of directors to the time it was consolidated with the First National Bank of Montpelier, N.D., in 1926. In the fall of 1928 he and a number of farmers and merchants of Marion organized the present. State Bank of Marion. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Marion Equity Elevator Co., since its organization and also served as its president for several years. Mr. and Mrs. Arduser developed their original homestead into a farm of 1700 acres which was later divided into four separate farmstead units, named Pleasant Prairie Home Farms. No. 1, consisting of six hundred forty acres being operated by Mr. and Mrs. Conrad Paulson and sons; No. 2 by Mr. and Mrs. John Anderson, consisting of four hundred eighty acres; No. 3 by Mr. and Mrs. Eldred McCleary, consisting of three hundred twenty acres and No. 4 by Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Arduser, consisting of three hundred twenty acres. 62 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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