Homer Township in the eighties (T. 139-R. 63)

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Baldwin; Dewey; Homestead; Ida; Maude; Theodore; Beaver Creek
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/6284

(21) The house on the Case place had stood in a field across the section line west from where the present asylum buildings are located, Case bought it and had it moved to his homestead, some fifty years later it was moved again, this time to the south suburbs of Jamestown. The Jud Wright family occupied this house one winter in the early eighties, before their own new home was complete, this was probably the winter of 1883-84. Mr. Case used to parade with the G.A. R. veterans of the Civil War, but I do not know what his military service was. He was the age of the other service men and quite possibly had been in the war. He had a negro working for him, named Henry, for some years. A farmer named Good had died on a farm a mile west and was buried in the yard. Later the widow wished the body moved to the cemetary and paid Case $10.00 for the moving and George sublet the job to Henry for $5.00. When the Case family moved to Minneapolis, they left the farm and stock in charge of M.W. Wright, there were three mules in the outfit, Pride Jack, Black Jack, Kate and a sorrel gelding called Baldy. Black Jack was a mean kicker and flattened Russel Wright's face one time when being led out to water, tine bones were badly crushed and a trip was made to Jamestown to bring out Dr. Baldwin who picked out the broken pieces and dressed the wound, this was the only medical attention the injury received but the boy recovered, badly scarred. The Phelps farm was on the northwest quarter of section 31, just across the line from Cases', I cannot remember that the Phelps people ever lived there, they built a good two story white house with green blinds, which burned many years ago, the large barn was framed like those in the east and pegged together with whittled oak pins according to Matt Wink who helped build it and who lived a few miles to the north in 80 and 90s. The big barn still stands. There was a row of tall cottonwood trees along the north which were a land mark for many years but most of them are gone now. Hazel Case married Bill Ford down Beaver creek way and died. Maude married some one in Mandan. Percey worked as brakeman and Conductor on NP out of Jamestown and retired and moved west. CARL DOEDE Carl Doede filed a homestead on the northwest quarter of section thirty four on November 9th, 1880, and made final proof December 18, 1888 . It is not known just when the family movad on the place. When the Homer No. 3 school was started July 5th, 1882 (Myrtle Dewey, teacher) Emma Doede aged eleven enrolled, also Amelia aged 9, both these girls grew up, but died at home before being married. None of the other children entered school till April 12, 1886, when Theodore, aged twelve started. Miss Eunice Lawrence was teacher. Ida, aged ten, started Nov. 31, 1887, under Minnie L. Procter. She married Jim Alexander of Sharlow and made her home there for many years. Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.