| Summary: | 92S COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. civilization in Ferry township, wliere he took up his residence. To-day he is the owner of a vahi-able farm of two hundred and fifty acres, all well improved and under a high state of cultivation. Mr. ]\Iurphy was married in 1876, to Aliss Ann Sherlock. Mrs. 2^1urphy is also a native of Canada. They have ten children, named as fol-lows : G. Joseph, iXIary, Alaggie. James. Jr., Annie, Arthur, Hllen, Michael, tlizabeth and Isabella. They are all members of the Catholic church, and the family is highly respected in the community. Air. Murphy has taken an active part in public af-fairs of a local nature, and has served as supervisor and chairman of the board. He has been a county commissioner since 1891, and has held a number of school and township offices. In political faith he is a Republican. HOX. STEPHEX EYOLFSOX, residing in section 34, in Gardar township, Pembina county, is a man of sterling qualities, honest and upright, and a representative farmer of that locality. He was born in Iceland, December 25, 1849, and is now a thorough American citizen. Our subject was the third in a family of seven children born to Eyolfur and Steiium (Stefans-dottir) Magnusson. The father of our subject now resides in Manitoba. Mr. Eyolfson worked as a fisherman and farmer in his native land, and in 1874 went to Denmark cii route to Xorway, and from there came to America and at once located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he was employed at farming and lumbering, and as foreman in a lum-ber yard in that city. H* went to Winnipeg, Canada, in 1875, and took land and lived there five years, and endured many hardships, being among the first settlers of that locality. He went to Pem-bina county in the spring of i88o, and worked in Pembina, and also farmed in Joliette township, and in 1883 took land upon which he now resides, and became a resident thereof in 1885. He raises stock and grain, and has about thirty head of cat-tle, one hundred hogs and fifty sheej), and he now has four hundred and eighty acres of land, the most part under cultivation. Our subject was marrietl, in 1885, to Miss Gudrun Bjornson. Seven children have been born to Air. and Mrs. Eyolfson, as follows: Thordis, deceased Cecilia, Thorlak Emmanuel, Thordis, Margret, Pearl and Magnus. Mr. Eyolfson was elected to a seat in the state legislature, in 1894, on the Populist ticket, and served on the commit-tees on banks and banking, corporations (other than municipal), agriculture, highways, bridges and ferries, public debt and state library. He is a leader of his party and is a stanch Farmers' Al-liance man. He was elected countv commissioner for the second district and has served m all the township offices of importance and is one of the best known and most highly esteemed citi-zens of his locality. He holds membership in the Lutheran church, and also the Masonic fraternity, Independent Order of Foresters and Xational Aid Societv. WILLIAM E. GOOZEE. The maturer years of this gentleman have been devoted almost exclu-sively to the labor pertaining to the calling of a farmer, and is a man well versed in his vocation, earnest and systematic, and has met with good results in his work. He has a fine estate in Fresh-water township, Ramsey county, and resides on section 9. Our subject was born in Ringwold, near Do-ver, Kent, England, July 25, 1861. He left home at the age of fourteen years and went to London, where he followed commercial occupations nine years and then returned to his home and purchased his father's mercantile business. He continued to operate the business nine months, and then dis-posed of his interests and emigrated to America in the spring of 1884. He went direct to Xorth Dakota and settled in Freshwater township, where lie entered claim to government land, and has since been a resident of that township. He has erected a complete set of good farm buildings on the place, and provided every arrangement for eco-nomically conducting the farm. He owns two hundred acres, and gains a good competence from the same. Our subject was married at Devils Lake. Xorth Dakota, April 2, 1888. to Miss Lizzie Owen, who was born in \\'ales. and was reared in Wales and Liverpool, England. Mr. and Airs. Goozee are the parent of seven children, named in order of birth as follows: Elsie L., William Harold, Editb Alabel, Frances G., Lenora E., Laura L. and Xel-lie AI. Air. Goozee is one of the prominent men of his township, and has been called upon to serve in various local olfices, including member of the township board of supervisors, township clerk, clerk of the school board and justice of the peace. He was elected county surveyor, but did not qual-ify for the office. He is an active church worker, and is the ruling elder of the Presbyterian church and clerk of the session. He is also heartily in-terested in temperance work in Xorth Dakota, and is an honorary member of the Woman's Christian Temj>erance Union. HOX. FAXGAL G. EXGER. The handsome home of Air. Enger, situated on section 2, in the township which bears his name, is one of the evi-dences of his prosperity. He is the oldest settler of Steele county, and is well known as an extensive agriculturist and land owner. He preceded all other settlers in the county by two years, and his descrip-tions of the early times in Dakota are interesting and give some idea of the privations and discourage-ments to be surmciunted in a new country. His wealth is ilue to his untiring energy and persever- Internet Archive
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