| Summary: | the business alone. In 1910 the Johnston Land Company of St. Paul, Minnesota was buying land in Greenland Township. They were doing much building at this time and they bought the hardware and implement business from Mr. Bakke. They also bought the Carpenter Lumber Yard and Mr. Bakke took over the management of the lumber yard for three years. In 1913 the Johnston Company was ready to dispose of their holdings in Marion and Mr. Bakke bought the hardware and implement business back again. In 1915 John R. Trapp was taken into partnership and this continued until 1923 when they took over the International Harvester contract at Nome, North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Bakke operated the hardware and implement business in Nome fifteen years. In 1906 Mr. Bakke and Mrs. Effie Olson, a widow, were united in marriage. Mr. Bakke acquired four daughters and two sons, they were: Laura, Agnes, Pearl, Alice, Clifford and Andrew Olson. Mr. and Mrs. Bakke had five sons and one daughter: Arthur, Ervin, Oswald, Woodrow, Maurice and Ellen, Laura Nagle, Pearl Drentwett and Alice Walsh live in Eugene, Oregon; Oswald and Lillian Bakke, Madras, Oregon; Maurice and Flossie Bakke, Albany, Oregon. Arthur and Mildred Bakke, Lyle, Minnesota; Woodrow and Ruth Bakke, Mankota, Minnesota; Agnes Crossman, Deer Lodge, Montana; Ellen Adams, San Luis Obispo, California; Ervin Bakke and Clifford and Andrew Olson are deceased. Mr. Bakke was a member of the Lutheran Church and his political views were Republican. Mr. Bakke served as town clerk in the village of Marion and was a director on the school board for fourteen years, resigning when they moved to Nome. Mr. Bakke was instrumental in getting the village of Marion incorporated in order that the village could control transcient brawls during the harvest season. Mrs. Bakke passed away September 15, 1952 and Mr. Bakke passed away May 27, 1954. Minnesota. They moved into Marion July 17, 1962 after retiring from farming. Although retired Bill worked at different farms in the area. They have six children: Larry lives in Litchville and works for Curt's Standard Station. Carole is married to Dennis Klakken and has three children, Dennis, Jr., 15 yrs.; Tamara, 13 yrs.; and Rebecca, 10 yrs. They live at Pompey Pillar, Montana. Wm., Jr. (Billy) lives on the home farm near Griswold and is a dairy farmer. He married Wanda Rassmuson of Fort Ransom, N. Dak. They have two girls, Lori, 12 yrs.; and Debby, 10 yrs. Marvin lives in Fargo, N. Dak. and is employed at Baker Nursery. Margaret (Peggy) is married to John Danuser of Adrian. They live in Meridian, Miss., and have two children: Tara, 4 yrs.; and David, 2 yrs. John is a Lt. in the Marine Air Force. Patricia (Patsy) is married to Wesley Limesand and lives in Fargo, N. Dak. She is employed at North Port State Bank and Wesley works at N.D.S.U. Research Center. BEHLMER, HAROLD AND ALICE Alice B. Struble, daughter of the Henry B. Strubles, was born May 20, 1899 at Marion. She received her grade school education at Marion, and with her parents, moved to Fargo in 1912. She received her high school education from Fargo High School and her degree in voice and piano from the Dakota Conservatory of Music. She gave music lessons, taught school and worked for Shotwell Floral Co. for several years. She married Harold Behlmer in 1922. They moved to the farm at Marion to farm with her parents. In 1930 they moved back to Fargo. They are the parents of three children: Alida, Mrs. Dale Tyler, Pacific Grove, Calif.; Harold, of Mt. Clemens, Mich.; and Mary Lou, of Fargo. Mr. Behlmer passed away in 1959. Alice is working for the American Legion Auxiliary as Hospital Representative at the Veterans Hospital in Fargo. BARNHART, JOHN D. AND EMILY John D. Barnhart was born in Indiana in Aug. 1860. He lived there and in Michigan until coming to North Dakota. Emily J. Jenkins was born in Canada, Aug. 1865. She moved with her parents to Minnesota where Moorhead now stands, when she was two years old. When grown she moved to North Dakota and filed on a homestead in LaMoure County, Grandview Township. John and Emily Jenkins were married Aug. 30, 1888. They lived on their land in North Dakota for some time, then moved to Fargo, and later to the western part of the state. They had a family of four girls and three boys. Emily Barnhart passed away in 1927 and John Barnhart in 1929. BARTLE, LEROY AND MARIAN LeRoy married Marian Conrad, daughter of Henry and Lydia Conrad. They farmed west of Dickey and later NE of LaMoure. They now make their home in Dickey. BASSEN, WILLIAM AND STELLA Wm. (Bill) Bassen is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Klaus Bassen and was born in Prairie Township, April 4, 1898. Stella Mollner is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mollner and was born in Fargo, North Dakota, Dec. 1, 1907. Bill and Stella were married on Sept. 12, 1935 at Moorhead, BERG, BERT Bert was born in Wise in 1876. He married there and had four children: Hazel, Arthur, Mildred (Mrs. Art Spoerl, Mrs. Art Knudsen), and Milo. His wife died there and in 1913 he came to live with his brother, Gilbert, on the Wells farm in Greenland Township. He married again in 1918 and their children were Beatrice, Lloyd, and Bert, Jr. He died in 1923. BERG, ELMER (BUD) AND RUBY Elmer and Ruby (Wangrud) Berg were married in 1934 and, except for a time out West when Bud worked on the Grand Coulee Dam, they farmed in the Marion-Litchville area. They are the parents of DeLette, Mrs. Norman E. Winkelman, who serves the United Methodist Church in Bismarck, N.D. and are the parents of Brent, 18; Mark, 15; and Darcy, 6. A second daughter, Shirley, who is Mrs. Robert Boom, resides in Marion with her three children, Randi, 17; Tammi, 15; and Shelli, 13. Olga Mae married Larry Epling and lives in Gaston, Oregon. Their children are Dawn, 14; Paul, 13; and Todd, 12. Roger E. Berg, only son of the couple, married Eileen Gartland of Newark, N.J. and lives on the family farm at Staples, Minn., which Elmer and Ruby purchased in 1956. Roger has 2 children: Justin Roger, 2; and a baby daughter, Jennifer. Elmer died in 1965. Ruby is now the wife of Justin Strand and lives at Comstock, Minn. 67 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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