The Daily Journal from Fergus Falls, Minnesota • Page 22

Many pioneer families remain in Fergus Falls F. H. Straub Frank H. Straub, born in Michigan, came to Minnesota with his parents in 1863, lo- cating at Winnebago, an Indian agency near Waseca. In 1865 they moved to Morristown and then to Faribault where Straub received his education and clerked in his uncle's jewelry store.

Later he operated a store at Northfield for Hunter Company, and in 1880 home- steaded land in South Dakota. He commuted the land in 1882 and that fall came to Fergus Falls and went into a partner- ship with Mr. Hunter in the jewelry business. The store was located on the site of the pre- sent Mauk Jewelers. Six years later Clrau'u bought out Hunter and moved across the street.

Straub operated the jewelry store until his death in July 1930 and for a time there- after the family continued to operate the business. His daughter, Margaret Straub Johnson, and a grand- son, Warren S. Johnson are residents of this city. Wright Noyes Kaddatz a a devastating Pelican Valley. Injury from grasshoppers here proving slight.

(July 23, 1874 Journal.) BEST WISHES FERGUS FALLS ON YOUR 100th BIRTHDAY It has been a pleasure serving your needs over the past years. SIGELMAN HIDE FUR CO. Fergus Falls Congratulations FERGUS FALLS We are so happy to have been able to participate in your growth for the past 46 years. SWEDBERG FLORAL 200 North Concord Arvid and Evelyn Swedberg Mrs. David Lloyd Brown lives In the home built by her parents, Mr.

and Mrs. Charles J. Wright, in 1882. The first issue of the Fergus Falls Journal, July 24, 1873, carried the following business card advertisement: "Charles J. Wright, surveyor and land examiner, office with W.

C. Bacon. Sections accur- ately subdivided and satisfac- tion guaranteed." Wright was born in Vermont and moved with his parents to Iowa. His father died there, and he and his mother moved to Minneapolis hi 1861. Charles J.

Wright was a nephew of George B. Wright, and soon became in- terested in Fergus Falls. He served as real estate agent for the Northern Pacific and the Great Northern; was clerk of court here for eight years, served on the city council, and represented Otter Tail county in the Legislature in the 1909 session. He was married to Lemyra Fuller in Fergus Falls, Dec. 23, 1879.

They were the parents of two sons, Charles Rolla and Vernon and one daughter, Elsie Lemyra (Mrs. David L. Brown). Charles Rolla (deceased) had one son, Charles J. "Jay." Vernon F.

Wright, also de- ceased, never married. Mrs. Brown has one son, David, superintendent of schools at Goodridge, and two daughters, Florence and Henrietta, both of whom are married and frequently return here with their families for summer vacations. Mrs. Brown's late husband, David L.

Brown, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. D. M. Brown.

D. M. Brown came to Fergus Falls in 1880 from Oswego County, N.Y. He was first interested insurance, representing New York com- panies and later was a major owner of the Fergus Casket Works. His son, David (de- ceased) was associated with his father.

Barnard E. -T. Barnard, who was largely responsible for esta- blishing the Otter Tail County Historical Society and Mu- seum, came to this city in April, 1880, being apprenticed to A. J. Underwood, owner and editor of the Journal.

He became assistant business manager of the Journal before engaging in the furniture and undertaking business in 1903. He bought out C. H. Patton, the third firm to occupy the southwest corner of Lincoln and Court street. Earle Hanson and Nangle Perkins had had stores there before.

Later Barnard expanded his business and moved to the Glass Block on Lincoln Avenue East and in 1930 sold the furni- ture business and built the mor- tuary next to the Fergus Falls Library on Union. Barnard was chairman of the Otter Tail County Red Cross for many years, largely respon- sible for organizing the Rotary Club, and served as its first president. His wife, the former Lillian Nichols was the daugh- ter of George L. Nichols, second postmaster here. Nichols was deputy postmaster the latter part of 1871, and appointed to the office in February, 1872.

Mr. Barnard died in May, 1953. There were four children in the Barnard family, one of whom, Mrs. Harry (Helen) Lincoln, resides in this city on Lakeside Drive. CONGRATULATIONS FERGUS FALLS It has been a privilege to be a part of the life stream of this fine community.

CARPENTER'S HARDWARE HANK STORE 123 East Lincoln' The Noyes family of Orwell were among the early pioneer families in the Fergus Falls community. Thomas St. Clair Noyes was born in New York and when 13 years old came to Minnesota with his mother, lo- cating in St. Paul in 1856. His father died in New York prior to their move to Minnesota, When the Indian uprising oc- curred in southern Minnesota, Thomas Noyes and his mother were living in Datfota County and he enlisted in Co.

F. Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry in 1882. He fought at New Ulm, and helped in caring for the dead and wounded in the massacre there. Later he fought against Sitting Bull under General Sulley, and was then stationed at Fort Ripley until 1864 when he was sent to Kentucky Tennessee, serving under Gen. Scofield in the Battle of Stone River.

He was honorably discharged in 1865 and then moved to Iowa for one year, returning in 1872 to Minnesota. In 1882 he pur- chased a half section of land in Orwell. He married Georgia Molt, a native of England, in 1868, and they were the parents of ten children. Mark Noyes (deceased) and Harry Noyes, now of Woodburn, being sons. Two other sons, Fred and Frank resided on farms, Fred on the home farm.

Thomas S. Noyes died in 1921. Ervin Noyes of this city, a son of Mark Noyes, is a grandson of Thomas S. Noyes, and Mrs. Willard Martin (Berniee Noyes), Battle Lake, is a daughter of Frank Noyes, and grandaughter of the pioneer settler and soldier.

Harry M. Noyes, son of Harry Noyes, another grandson was a resi- dent here until this year when he moved to Oregon, where his family joined him later. He has two sons and a daughter. One son, Jim, is in the armed ser- vices. Ostrum Mrs.

Gunda Dahl of this city is the dauahter of Mr. and Mrs. Olof Ostrum, pioneers here. Her father came here from Sweden about 1884, and her mother, Emelia Carlson, also came from Sweden, about a year later, and was employed in Minneapolis. She and Ostrum were married in 1894, and lived all then- married lives on their farm seven miles north of this city.

They were parents of eight children, of whom Mrs. Dahl is the youngest. Only two survive, Mrs. Dahl and a sister, Mrs. William Norgren in Minnea- polis.

Mr. Ostrum died in 1924, and Mrs. Ostrum in 1944 50 years after her marriage. Mrs. Dahl has a son, Ken- neth, living in Fergus Falls, and a daughter, Mrs.

Arvid Gunderson of Wall Lake, who has.a son, Eric. Anderson A. G. Anderson, father ot Mrs. George W.

Knoff of this city, came to Fergus Falls in March, 1884. He was born in Norway, and came to the United States with his mother and brother in 187D. He received his schooling in Iowa and at the Red Wing Seminary. Anderson became deputy county auditor and deputy county treasurer on his arrival in Fergus Falls. Later he became a well known banker, beginning his banking career as assistant cashier of the First National Bank.

Later he became president of the American State Bank. He served for several years as deputy state treasurer under Julius Schmahl, and after re- tiring from the state trea- surer's office he had an in- surance and real estate office in this city. Anderson was a charter member of the the First Luth- eran Church of this city. He was a public spirited citizen and served as director of the Pio- neer Memorial Home, Farmers Co-operative Elevator Com- pany, Fergus Co-operative Creamery; took an active part in building the addition to St. Luke's Hospital; served many terms as alderman, played an important part in securing funds to double the size of the Fergus Falls Post Office; was president of the Fergus Falls School Board for many terms and served on the Tornado Re- lief Committee.

He married Martha Theodora Olson July II, 1889. They were the parents of two sons one dying in infancy, and E. Merrian (now deceased) and one daughter, Elenora (Mrs. George W. Knoff).

There are two granddaughters Mrs. Russel Dorn (Dorothy Knoff), Minneapolis; and Mrs. Richard H. Raiter (Kathryn Knoff); three great grandchildren Larry Dorn of this city; Steve Dorn, Mrs. David Frampton, Mrs.

Bill Metzer and Debbie Raiter. There are also three great great grandchildren. Charles W. Kaddatz, for 71 years a prominent business man and hotel owner, in Fergus Falls, worked seven years to save and open his first business, a fruit and con- fectionery store in this city In 1886. Kaddatz was born in Ger- many, July 9, 1864, the son of Karl and Louise Kaddatz, and came to the United States in 1869 with the family.

He had only one year of schooling before he went to work on a farm near St, Paul. He then ob- tained a job in a confectionery store in St. Paul and became acquainted with "news chers" and "orange con- ductors," as the boys who sold newspapers, books and fruit on trains we're called. Hearing of a vacancy on the Milwaukee train out of St. Paul, he applied for the job, only to learn $15 was required as se- curity to the company fur- nishing the supplies.

He ap- pealed to his uncle, with whom he was living, for the loan. Fif- teen dollars was a sizable sum in 1879. In recalling the incident later, Kaddatz said: "my uncle said not a word, jumped from his chair in his tailor shop, grabbed the broom and chased me two blocks down the street." No money, no job. Later there was another opening and the Wright Charles" D. Wright, Born in Orwell, Vermont, in 1850, came to Minnesota in 1867 at the sug- gestion of his uncle, George B.

Wright, and spent several years in the surveyor general's office. He came to Fergus Falls in 1877, and two years later became a large stockholder in the First National Bank of this city, and president of the bank in 1883. Mr. Wright married Lucy Barney, a Fergus Falls music teacher, and had two sons, George B. Wright, who became a U.

S. Navy commander, and Murray Wright, who served with the Canadian Expedi- tionary Forces during World War I and was wounded during one of the early battles in France. papers was more lenient, accepting Kaddatz' watch, given him by his sister on his 12th birthday, as security. The first ride on the train from St. Paul to Duluth he lost his candy and fruit to the train crew, but he soon learned to outwit the crew and in 1886 when he came to Fergus Falls to visit his sister, Mrs.

Fred Schacht near Elizabeth, he had $300 in savings and decided Fergus Falls was a likely place for a fruit and confectionery store. By August 1890 he bought out Elmer Stewart's Fruit Store, and in May 1898, built the Kaddatz Bakery. In 1914, he built the Kaddatz Hotel, which was one of the leading hotels of western Minnesota. Kaddatz was also president of the Red River Milling Com- pany, and president of the Con- gress Candy Company of Grand Forks. He was married Jan.

20,1897 to Ida Asseln, daughter of a pio- neer family at Parkers Prairie, her father opening one of the first stores In that village. Their daughter, Mrs. Kathryn Kim- ball, resides in the family home on Summit in this city. FERGUS FALLS 1872--1972 TOO YEARS of PROGRESS We Salute You! ORGENSON Southeast Highway 59 Fergus Falls, Minn. "SERVING ALL YOUR REAL ESTATE NEEDS" RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL FARMS COTTAGES LAKESHORE "Serving Your Investment Needs" MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT SECURITIES REGISTERED REP Check With Us for Information on Arizona Building Lots FERGUS FALLS "CENTENNIAL DAYS" JUNE 25 --JULY 1 FERGUS FALLS 1872 1972 100 YEARS OF PROGRESS ALEXANDRIA WTCN-TV We've gof if ALL together! NSC ABC CBS Television EXCLUSIVE TIME, WEATHER FM MUSIC CHANNEL channel cable television Fergus Cablevision Providing cable television.to more than Fergus Palls families 210 South Court Phone.