| Summary: | COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY AND BIOGRAPHY. 973 mother and brothers, went to North Dakota and set-tled on a farm in township 157, range 67, in Towner county, and followed farming until 1890. He then worked at his trade in St. Paul and Minneapolis until 1893. He has conducted the Cando Herald since 1898 and meets with good success in the work, and aside from the duties in newspaper work he operates a half section of land, and enjoxs a comfort-able competence. Our subject was married in 1899 to Miss Lillie Rover. One daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Fogerty, upon whom they have bestowed the name of Janet E. ^Ir. Fogerty is identified with the Republican party politically and is secretary of the Republican county central committee. R. H. WATSON, whose home is in Willow City, Bottineau county, belongs to that large con-tingent that Canada has sent over to the making of Dakota. It is little enough to say that he sustains all the best traditions of his lineage. His father, John Watson, was a farmer, a native of Ireland, and came to America in 1847. His wife, Alary Dowd, was born and reared in Ireland. R. H. Watson was the fifth in a family of eight children, and was reared on the Canadian farm. He had a common-school education, and when he at-tained manhood left home and took up the burden of life for himself. He was born in 1861, and in 1884 he bought land near Orangeville. and began a farm-ing career. He was there nine years and had a farm of one hundred acres, with about ninety under cul-tivation and good buildings. It compared well with the neighoring places, and he was certainly suc-successful while there. But it was too contracted. He wanted room. He sold out and in the fall of 1893 made his appearance in Willow City, where he established a drug store. Two years later he moved it to his present location on Main street, and put up a handsome and commodious building 24x60 feet, having drugs in front and a general store in the rear. He owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres east of the city, and engages in farming to a limited extent, and perhaps more for pleasure than for profit. He was married to Aliss Adeline Hutch-inson, in Canada, December 31, 1894. She was born in Peel comity, Ontario, and her father, Hugh Hutchinson, was a farmer. His people were born in Ireland. She is the mother of three children, Mil-dred, Eva and Wilbur. Mr. Watson is an independ-ent voter and seeks the best interests of the country rather than the promotion of party bigotry. He is a Mason and a member of the JModern Woodmen of America. THOM.\S CARR, a prosperous and success-ful agriculturist of Grand Forks county, whose pleasant home is located on section 29 of \\'alle township, is counted among the pioneers of Dakota. ]\Ir. Carr was born in Wavne countv, Pennsvl-vania, November 25, 1833. He was reared on a farm in his native state until he was eighteen years old, receiving such education as could be gleaned from the pulilic schools of the day. He then went to New London, Connecticut, and there shipjjerl on board a whaling vessel, and went to New Zealand, and thence to the Arctic ocean. They returned to the Sandwich Islands for supplies and then visited the coast of Cahfornia. From there they proceeded down the coast to Chili, and he was there discharged from the ship. Shortly after he found employment on an English steamer engaged in the coasting trade among the South American states, and visited Chili, Bolivia, Peru and other countries along the coast. He then shipped on board a merchantman from Cal-lao to \'alencia, Spain. Thence he went to the West Indies, to Liverpool and finally to New Orleans. After a short time there he came up the Mississippi river to St. Louis, thence to Chicago, and then for two years followed the lakes, a portion of the time as common sailor and a portion of the time as mate On leaving the lakes he went to Pierce county, Wis-consin. He purchased land there and engaged in farming until 1863. In March of that year he en-listed in Company F, Thirty-Seventh Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. He was at the siege of Petersburg and in nu-merous skirmishes and fights. At the close of the war he returned to his farm in Pierce county, Wis-consin, and remained there until 1878. It was in the spring of 1878 that he came to Grand Forks county, and located on the farm where he now re-sides, and which has since been his home. He is now the owner of eight hundred acres of the best land in the state, and has enhanced his estate with many improvements and conveniences. He has been engaged in agriculture continuously since coming to Dakota, and has been successful. Mr. Carr was married in Pierce county to Miss Helen Pike, who was born in Ohio. To that union six children were born, named as follows: Frank; Belle, now j\Irs. Charles Taulby Angle, now Mrs. Parmenter Thomas E. Edna and Helen. Mrs. Helen Carr died in Grand Forks county May 16, 1885. Mr. Carlo's second marriage took place in Grand Forks count}-. Miss Edna Woodward becom-ing his wife. Airs. Carr is a native of Wisconsin, and is an accomplished lady. Mr. Carr takes a deep interest in all matters of a pulilic nature affecting his county and community, and has been chosen to various township offices. His integrity, good fellow-ship and public spirit have won him a host of friends. OLE SERUMGARD. register in the United States land office at Devils Lake. North Dakota, is one of the public spirited and enterprising citizens of his locality, and enjoys the highest esteem and confidence of his fellownien. He is engaged in the farm machinery busines-s in Devils Lake in com-pany with Air. Prosser, and has met with success Internet Archive
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