| Summary: | The first farmer J. S. DeVries worked for in America was John Jongwaard a cousin of R. A. Jongwaard, now living in Litchville, N. D. In the fall of 1905 he came by way of Northern Pacific railroad to Dickey, then hired a livery team and traveled across country through Marion on ot Litchville where he was met by Anthony Jongewaard and J. D. Baas, who he knew when in Iowa. He worked for a number of farmers. They being A. Jongewaard and J. D. Baas, G. Vogelaur and Pete Roarda. He helped find the building spot where John R. Roarda is living today. He bought a half section of land in Meadow Lake Township from Mr. Wells who then was a land agent and printer at Litchville. Mr. DeVries took a trip back to Iowa. He missed his train in Redfield', South Dakota, so while passing the time went fishing and caught his first fish in America. In the spring of 1906 he came back to North Dakota in an emigrant car. He brought with his eight horses, one cow and things most needed to start farming. He moved to the Joe Manns farm which is two miles west of Clark City School. He broke 200 acres of land with a walking plow and his first binder was bought from Bakke and Trapp of Marion. In year of 1906 he helped Pete Roarda move, at this time he bees me aquainted with his daughter, Rina, who later became his wife. The year 1906 was a very severe winter with lots of illness. In midwinter of 1906 Mr. D. Roarda and Mr. DeVries brought lumber from Marion to start building. They lived in a granary until after the spring's work was completed then he moved into his newly built house. Nine children were born to Mr. and Mrs. DeVries. Steve, oldest, a carpenter in Valley City; Pete, farming the home place; Ann (Mrs. John Dykstra); Agnes (Mrs. Joe Miedema); Clara (Mrs. Leonard Wilkens; Jessie (Mrs. George Boom); Henrietta (Mrs. Frank Van Dyke); Jennie (Mrs. Alvin Van Enk); Hattie (Mrs. Walter Piehl). All are living in and around Marion. Mr. DeVries has 25 grandchildren. Mrs. DeVries passed away during the flu epidemic after World War I. He lived with his children for three years and then married Mrs. Seybels. They resided on the farm until 1944, when they moved to Valley City and are living there at the present time. —Mrs. Young of Jamestown—and Fritz of Oakes. In 1915 the family came to Greenland Township where Mr. Eisner bought a farm. The children attended Greenland Consolidated School of which Mr. Eisner was a member of the School Board several years. He also served on the Farmer's Telephone Board. Mr. Eisner was a butcher by trade, and worked for farmers as a side line during the winter months. Mrs. Eisner and the children arrived by train in Marion, Mr. Eisner did not expect them on that day but they caught a ride with their neighbor George Piehl and rode out on a sleigh load of wheat. With a cold March wind blowing and rough roads, Mrs. Eisner was not sure whether she would like this country, however she was not too exacting about her choice of places to make a home and was well satisfied with her husband's choice. The family lived on this farm until the illness and death of Mr. Eisner in March 1936. A son, Otto, preceded him in death; the result of an accident. Since then Mrs. Eisner has made her home in Marion. Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Sehulz Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Schulz came to Saratoga Township from Minnesota in 1896. Their oldest son, Paul, arrived a few/ years previous and had a homestead in Greenland Township. (He and his family now live near Fargo, N. D. Mr. Schulz emigrated from Germany at the age of 18, making the trip in a sail ship. Mrs. Schulz arrived some years later. They were married in Minnesota. Only one child, Louise, was born in North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Schulz lived on their farm west of town until the fall of 1919 when they and some of the family moved to Nampa, Idaho. Near and in Nampa they lived until their death. Mr. Schulz died in 1933 and Mrs. Schulz a few years later. Mrs. William Piehl is one of the daughters. The Piehl family now owns the old place. Helene Schulz, teacher of grades 3 and 4, is another daughter. Three of the family reside in Portland, Ore., and one, Mrs. B. W. Werner, lives in Berkeley, California. Mrs. Ferdinand Lohman, one time homesteader with her husband, and "founder" of the present R. W. Weber farm, was a sister of Fred Schulz. Mr. and Mrs. Pius Eisner Mr. and Mrs. Pius Eisner were born in Saxony, Germany. They came to the United States in 1902 and settled on a farm near Fonda, Iowa. To this union six children were born. Olga—Mrs. Richard Jongewaard'—Arno, Otto, Louis, Martha John Hering John Hering came from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to Dakota territory April 1, 1885, homesteading the same year in Prairie township, LaMoure County. Mr. Hering in 1886 worked for C. D. Hollaway as a blacksmith in LaMoure. In 1887 he started a blacksmith shop on his homestead in Prairie township. In May 22, 1888, he married Wanda Alber at Warren, N. D. They lived on the homestead farm for many years. To this union nine children were born. Five sons and four daughters. The sons are Julius of Alvin, Texas; John of Bismarck, N. D.; Theo of Phoenix, Arizona; Carl of Black Eagle, Montana; Arthur of Sprindale, Washington. The daughters are Lelma (Mrs. Fred Lippert) of Bismarck, N. D.; Helena (Mrs. Fred 48 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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