Our community, Marion, N. Dak., 1900-1975: prairie to present

was rented to Nick Weilers. In 1907 they built a house and lived there for several years. Mr. Struble was manager of the Farmers Feed Mill in the building later occupied by the Alber Blacksmith Shop. In Feb. 1912 the famjly moved to a farm just west of Anoka, Minn. Five years later they sold this fa...

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Summary:was rented to Nick Weilers. In 1907 they built a house and lived there for several years. Mr. Struble was manager of the Farmers Feed Mill in the building later occupied by the Alber Blacksmith Shop. In Feb. 1912 the famjly moved to a farm just west of Anoka, Minn. Five years later they sold this farm and moved to Marie, Minn. They farmed here until 1926 when they couldn't resist the temptation to get back into N. Dak. They moved to a farm northwest of Jamestown, where they farmed until Charles passed away in August 1939. Carrie died in 1969, she was 93. They had four children: Lois, Mrs. Loyal Johnson, Middle River, Minn., one daughter, Carol (Mrs. Jack Ellis, children: Bruce, Jean, and James); Howard married Louise Sieh of Jamestown, lives on farm near Jamestown and in Ariz., their children are: Keith (married Lynn Marie Lees, children, Lori, Bradley, and Bruce), Charlotte (Mrs. Dean Stenseth, children, Maren and Jennifer), Charles (married Darlene Klima of LaMoure, children, Tiffiney and Cory), and Mary (Mrs. Robert Amundson, children. Sherry and Paula); Bernice, Mrs. William Leftwich, Annandale, Va., their children are: William Jr., Jack, and Suzanne (Mrs. Fred Mintz); Keith, died in 1928. STRUBLE, CHARLES J. AND PEARL Charles John Struble, son of the Henry B. Strubles, was bom Sept. 26, 1897, on the farm (homesteaded by his father and Uncle Charles Struble in 1887) south of Marion. This farm is still owned by Charles and son, Lawrence. Charlie attended the first nine grades of school in Marion. In 1912 he moved to Fargo with his parents, where he finished his high school and college education at N.D.S.U. He worked as Dairy Herdsman for a year and with the beef and hog programs, teaching butchering, meat cutting, and processing. In 1922 he went to Salt Lake City to work for Western Piggly Wiggly Stores for a year, then was transferred to Tacoma and Spokane, Wash., where he was supervisor of several Piggly Wiggly stores. When his mother passed away in June of 1930, Charlie returned to farm with his father. He was married to Pearl Dahl, daughter of the Peder Dahls of Marion, in 1933. She was born at Valley City, N.D., in 1910. The same year the family moved to Ypsilanti, N.D., where she received her grade and three years of high school before moving to Greenland in 1928, where she completed her high school education. They have enjoyed and taken an active part in church, school and community affairs; Charlie as Township Clerk, director and chairman of the school board, instructor in the Veterans on the Farm Program, and a member of the LaMoure County Reorganization Board for several years. Pearl served as a 4-H leader and Sunday School teacher for many years, and as a Director from LaMoure County on the Agricultural Research and Education Council at N.D.S.U. They retired into Marion in March of 1973, leasing their farm, so are still interested in farming. They are the parents of two children, Lawrence and Loretta. Lawrence received his grade and high school education at Marion. He attended N.D.S.U. and received a B.A. Degree in Education. He served two years with the Army as an Instructor at Silver Springs, Maryland. He married Luella Gall, daughter of the John Galls of Jamestown, N.D., in 1957. They have three children, Judy, Janine and Jill. A son, Charles, passed away in infancy. Lawrence taught at Litchville, N.D., from 1958-1962, and since that time has been an English Instructor at the Jamestown, N.D. High School. He was President of the Jamestown Education Association for two years, is now Chairman of the English Dept. and is the Southeast Director of the N.D.E.A. Luella is, at present, secretary at Jamestown Aviation. Loretta received her grade and high school education at Marion. Being active in 4-H, she won a trip to the International 4-H Club Congress in Chicago in 1954. She attended N.D.S.U. and received a B.A. Degree in Home Economics. She taught at Wishek for two years, and in 1961 went to Wells County as Home Extension Agent for three years. In June 1963, she married Jim Fike, son of the Lester Fikes of Fessenden, where they now reside. In 1965 she resigned as home agent and taught Home Economics in Harvey, N.D. for two years. They have two children, Becky Ann and Byron. Jim is with the Kost Transport Co., and Loretta is presently doing substitute teaching in the Fessenden School System. STRUBLE, HENRY B. AND ALIDA Henry was born in Vicksburg, Michigan, August 6, 1866. There he went to grade school and grew to manhood. In the spring of 1886 he came to Lisbon, N.D., and from there walked to LaMoure over the snow since the railroad was blocked. He went to work as a farm hand around Grand Rapids and LaMoure until the spring of 1887 when his brother, Charles, joined him and they homesteaded the south half of section 22 in Sheridan Township. He married Alida, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Nick Crist of Grand Rapids, on November 24, 1893 and they made their home on the farm. They drove to Dickey or Grand Rapids with horses for groceries and supplies or to sell their grain. Their children are: Charles J. (Pearl Dahl) and Alice (Mrs. H. H. Behlmer). In 1902 they moved into the new town of Marion, into a house moved from Griswold, which was part of the Bomberg and Dursch Store. They purchased and operated the Livery Stable for a few years and then sold it. He then did a lot of teaming, hauling supplies, gravel, etc., for the new buildings in and out of town. In 1910 he went to work for the Johnson Hardware Store, where he worked until 1912 when they moved to Fargo, N.D. There he worked for the International Harvester Company for four years and then bought half interest in the retail store. In 1923 they moved back to the farm with their daughter and her husband (Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Behlmer) and farmed until 1929. The Behlmers then moved to Fargo. Alida died in 1930, and their son, Charles, came back and farmed with Henry until Henry's death in 1942. Henry was Township Assessor for several years and was a member of the School Board. He also was the first Treasurer of the County AAA, organized in 1935. TAYLQR, HOMER AND CLARA Homer Taylor of Champayne, Illinois and Clara Hauer of Vallonia, Indiana, were married in Chicago, III., on Dec. 4, 1916. Homer was a fireman for the Santa Fe Railroad, but due to health reasons, he was advised to go to a drier climate. They decided to go west and, in the Dakotas, he found the climate ideal. They settled on a farm at Ryder, N.D. After several years, they, with their three children, arrived in the Marion community in 1934. Hazel, an RN at the Providence Hospital Emergency Room, in Everett, Wash., and her husband, Leonard Rise, Construction 120 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.