| Summary: | other quarters which he farmed until 1915. Then Mr: Keene operated a steam threshing rig every fall and after threshing he would plow with the engine and a ten bottom plow. In 1915 he decided to farm on a smaller scale so he purchased a half section five miles southwest of Marion and erected a new set of buildings where he lived the remainder of his life. 1935 they celebrated their golden wedding an- niversary|with all the family present. Mr. Keene passed away Nov. 1, 1938, at the age of 76. Mrs. Keene made her home with her son,Walter, and daughter, Myrtle Wood, until Aug. 13, 1944, when sne passed away at the age of 82. William and Jennie Kettlewell Mr. Kettlewell accompanied J. A. May from Cornwall, England, in the spring of 1892. After working for Mr. May for three years, thereby learning the farming methods of the pioneer farmers, he purchased a farm for himself. Mr. Kettlewell operated his farm very successfully. November 14, 1896 he was married to Jeannie Sivear, who had accompanied her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sivear, two sisters and one brother from Ontario, Canada. The elder Sivears were, born and raised near Southampton, England. The Sivears located on a homestead in LaMoure County in June 1872. Their nearest store and post office were located at Jamestown, which they reached by horse and wagon. Two days were required for the trip. When their wheat was harvested it was hauled to Fort Ransom where it was ground into what is known as whole wheat flour. The miller kept a portion of the flour ir exchange for his labor. Mrs. Kettlewell, when a young girl, saw the lumber that built the first store in Grand Rapids, float down the James River in the spring high water in the form of a raft. Mr. and Mrs. Kettlewell farmed for many years and upon retiring, located in Tacoma, Washington, where they now reside. Their family, Albert, Myrtle, Elsie and Oscar all reside in Tacoma, all being married but one son. £. M Mr. and Mrs. Henry Sarbaum Mr. Sarbaum and his son Fred arrived in Litchville by train with household furniture, implements and stock in January 1905. Mrs. Sarbaum had arrived by way of LaMoure a few days earier with six children. With much difficulty they traveled the distance to the John Hemmer farm, now the M. A. Schall farm near Litchville. The first year they lived in Litchville where Mr. Sarbaum conducted a dray line. They then purchased a farm in Greenland Township, and in the spring of 1906 built a house and barn and started to work the land, 40 acres being planted the first year. Prairie fires did much damage, but they continued to improve their land and the first spring set out a grove of trees. The children attended school in a little one room building now the Howard Taylor residence and Mr. Sarbaum served on the school board many years. They attended Church services in Litchville until a priest came to Marion and offered mass, first in a farm home then in the Woodman hall, until 1917, when the Catholic Church was built. In the winter of 1910 - 1911, because of much snow the Sarbaums found themselves in need of fuel and food many times but always managed to surmount every difficulty. In June 7, 1913, the Sarbaums celebrated their silver wedding with 100 guests present. In 1917 the Greenland School was built and this offered the five younger children a high school education. Mr. Sarbaum passed away January 9, 1924, at the age of 60 years but Mrs. Sarbaum continued on the farm with her three youngest children until she passed away on September 5, 1937, at the age of 74 years. This left Regina and Louis on the farm, which they operated a few more years. There were tragic things which occurred in their family when their son Henry disappeared in the spring of 1930 while on a huntin trip in Kansas. He has never been heard of since. Again when their son Martin with his wife and baby were killed in an auto accident leaving three small Children. The Sarbaums were good kind and willing neighbors, always ready to come to their neighbors aid. They took great pride in church, school and community affairs. The Sarbaums were the parents of 13 children as follows: Christine, Mrs. Joe Melancen; Louise (deceased) Mrs. Frank Christensen; Walburgoe, Mrs. John Trzpuc; Martin (deceased); Martha, Mrs. James Hallman; Henry; Anthony Sylvester; Frances; Regina, Mrs. George Lillehoff; Louis. Two small children died in infancy. There are 31 grandchildren. Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Schulz Mr. and Mrs. Gottlieb Schulz with their family came from Dresden, Germany. They arrived in Jamestown on May 12, 1892. His brother William Schulz had settled here in 1882 so they made their home with him for a time and later with George Huphjer. In 1895 he homesteaded the southeast quarter 20-in Meadow Lake Township. He broke up this new land with a team of oxen and a team of horses. They did their trading in Jamestown and one trip for supplies would require two days. In later years Mr. and Mrs. Schulz acquired two more quarters of land, and built up some very fine farm buildings, a result of much hard work and saving of money. 73 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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