JACOB DOERR, judge of the probate court of McIntosh county and one of the honored citizens of Ashley, was born in Russia on the 23d of December 1876, a son of Gottlieb and Christina (Becker) Doerr. After spending the first eight years of his life in his native land he was brought to the new world in 1884 and the family located in Tripp, South Dakota. Four years later they became residents of McIntosh county, North Dakota, where the father filed on a homestead, residing thereon for about twenty years, but he is now living in Lehr, this state.
Judge Doerr was about twelve years of age when he became a resident of McIntosh county. During his boyhood he attended the district schools, where he acquired a good practical education, and when not in school aided in the operation of the home farm. He thus early became familiar with agricultural pursuits and on starting out in life for himself at the age of twenty-two years began farming on his own account. For some years he continued to follow that occupation with excellent results and is today the owner of five hundred and twenty acres of land in McIntosh county, which he has brought to a high state of cultivation. In 1912 he laid aside agricultural pursuits when elected judge of the probate court and has since devoted his attention to the duties of that office. His rulings are fair and impartial and he is creditably filling the position to which he has been called.
Judge Doerr was married in 1898 to Miss Christina George, of McIntosh county, and to them have been born seven children, namely: August, Edward, Albert, John, Henry, Walter and William. The family hold membership in the Baptist church, and in politics the Judge is an ardent republican, taking a commendable interest in public affairs.
HON. JOHN J. DOYLE, One of the most prominent and influential citizens of the southern part of North Dakota is John J. Doyle, who is not only an important factor in public affairs but is also one of the representative business men of Mcintosh county, now serving as president of the Security State Bank of Wishek. He is a native of Scott county, Minnesota, and a son of Patrick and Elizabeth Doyle, who were born, reared and married in Ireland. It was in 1864 that they crossed the Atlantic to the United States and located in Minnesota, where for some years the father was engaged in railroad work. For a time he was subsequently engaged in farming near Redwood Falls and from 1880 until 1885 was in the employ of the Northern Pacific Railroad, having charge of the surfacing of their track from Dickinson, North Dakota, to Helena, Montana. In 1885 he brought his family to Mclntosh county, North Dakota, and here preempted a quarter section of land and also took up a tree claim of similar size about ten miles south of Wishek, on which he lived until 1896. During the following two years he was engaged in the cattle business and in 1898 removed to Wishek, where he resided up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1907. His wife had passed away in 1895.
John T. Doyle was reared in much the usual manner of boys in the west and is indebted to the public schools of Minnesota and Bozeman, Montana, for the early education he acquired. It was in 1883 that he became a resident of Bozeman and two years later he accompanied the family on their removal to North Dakota, remaining under the parental roof until 1889, when he preempted a quarter section of land and began farming on his own account. He also entered a tree claim and proved up on both tracts, continuing to engage in their operation until 1895, when he sold out. During the following three years he was interested in the cattle business and on disposing of that turned his attention to the grain trade, with which he has since been prominently identified. He owns two elevators in Wishek and a half interest in another, also one at Ashley; and operated another at Burnstad from 1909 to 1915, when he sold it. From 1898 to 1903 he was engaged in the mercantile business in Wishek and in 1905 turned his attention to the banking business, establishing the First State Bank at Richardton, North Dakota. In July of the same year he founded the First State Bank of Glen Ullin, this state, and also built an elevator and opened a lumberyard at the same place, but in January 1906, sold his interests there and returned to Wishek, where he established a lumberyard. He disposed of it, however, in May of the same year and embarked in the land business, in which he is still engaged, buying and selling land on an extensive scale. In September 1909, he organized the Security State Bank of Wishek, of which he is the principal stockholder and president. In March 1914, he was one of the principal incorporators of the Wishek Lumber Company, of which he is secretary and general manager. He acquired some four thousand acres of valuable land, for which he paid the top market price, but he has since sold some of this property and bought other tracts from time to time, his present holdings being somewhat less than four thousand acres. He possesses remarkable business and executive ability and usually carries forward to successful completion whatever he undertakes.
In 1909 Mr. Doyle married Miss Catherine E. Scanlan, of Page, North Dakota, and to them have been born three children, of whom two survive, namely: John Myron and Walter James. The family are communicants of the Catholic church, and Mr. Doyle is also a member of the Knights of Columbus.
In politics he is a stanch republican and his fellow citizens recognizing his worth and ability have called upon him to fill official positions of honor and trust. In 1898 he was elected to represent his district in the state legislature, was reelected in 1910 and again in 1912. In 1909 he was one of the men to advocate the appointment of a committee to investigate the state educational institutions and to place them on an economical basis after finding out what was necessary to maintain them but the proposal met with but little approval at the time. In 1915, however, the legislature was forced to appoint such a committee on account of lack of funds. At all times Mr. Doyle advocated the initiative and referendum and was one of the members to support the measure for the exemption of taxes on farm improvements, etc. He has always kept thoroughly informed on the questions and issues of the day and never withholds his support from any enterprise which he believes will prove of public benefit. He stands deservedly high in business and financial circles and is a man of whom the community might feel justly proud.
LOUIS E. FEINSTEIN, who is successfully engaged in merchandising in Zeeland, North Dakota, was born in New York city in October 1882, his parents being Adolph and Sarah M. (Pleno) Feinstein, both natives of Odessa, Russia. In that country the father learned the baker’s trade, at which he worked for some years, but after coming to America in 1880 found employment in an overall factory in New York city. In 1882 he removed to South Dakota, where he found work as a farm hand and soon became thoroughly familiar with agricultural pursuits. He took up a homestead in Campbell county, North Dakota, in 1884, and was engaged in the improvement and cultivation of that place until 1901, when he sold his farm and removed to Zeeland, where he conducted a general store until 1912, Since that time he has lived retired in Zeeland and has now reached the age of seventy-two years. His wife is also living.
Louis E. Feinstein was only a small child when the family came to North Dakota and here he grew to manhood, completing his education in the schools of Eureka. He remained with his parents until they left the farm and removed to Zeeland, where he was in partnership with his father in the mercantile business for some time. Since 1914 he has been alone in business and is now conducting an up-to-date store, carrying a well selected stock of general merchandise, for which he finds a ready sale in the village and surrounding country. He owns the building in which he does business and is today numbered among the substantial men of his community.
In August 1912, Mr. Feinstein married Miss Sadie Mackoff, by whom he has two children, Stella and Esther. He is of the Jewish faith and politically is identified with the republican party, which he supports at the polls. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen camp at Zeeland until its dissolution and has served his fellow citizens on the town board with credit to himself and to their entire satisfaction.
ISADORE E. GIEDT, Throughout his business career Isadore E. Giedt has been identified with banking and is now serving as cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank of Lehr. He is one of the most alert and progressive young business men of his county. He was born on the 22d of June 1889, in McIntosh county, his parents being John P. and Elizabeth (Giedd) Giedt, natives of Russia, though of German parentage. In 1886 they came to the United States and on reaching the shores of this country proceeded at once to McIntosh county, North Dakota. The father filed on a homestead ten miles south of Wishek, where he lived up to the time of his death, which occurred in 1914. At that time he was the owner of four hundred acres of well improved and valuable land. The mother is still living and now resides with a daughter in Bismarck.
Isadore E. Giedt was reared under the parental roof and received his early education in the district schools of the neighborhood and the high school at Ashley, North Dakota. Later he attended the Dakota Business College at Fargo, from which he was graduated in 1907. Immediately following his graduation he came to Lehr and has since been identified with the banking business as assistant cashier and cashier of the Farmers & Merchants Bank. He is now serving in the latter capacity and has assisted in making the bank one of the substantial financial institutions of Logan county. Its present officers are J. M. Hammond, president: John J. Giedt, vice president; John Bisehof, second vice president; I. E. Giedt, cashier.
In 1913 Mr. Giedt was united in marriage to Miss Mary Nagel, of Lehr, and to them has been born a daughter, Viola Lillian. Religiously they are identified with the Baptist church, and fraternally Mr. Giedt is affiliated with Edgeley Lodge, No. 41, A. F. & A. M., and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. His political support is given the men and measures of the republican party and for several years he has filled the office of city auditor. He likewise served as postmaster at Lehr for four years and was for one term mayor of the town and no trust reposed in him has ever been betrayed, whether of a public or private nature. He is an energetic, wide-awake business man and is regarded as one of the leading citizens of Lehr.
FRED N. GILLIS, cashier of the First State Sank of Wishek and one of the representative citizens of that place, claims Ohio as his native state, his birth occurring in Kinsman on the 13th of February 1882. His parents were John A. and Hattie (Norton) Gillis, the former of whom was born in the same house where our subject’s birth occurred, while the mother was born in Meadville, Pennsylvania. They were married in Meadville and for five years thereafter resided in Ohio, at the end of which time they removed to Topeka, Kansas. There the father established a carriage factory, which he conducted for twenty years, becoming prominently identified with the manufacturing interests of that city. About 1901 he retired from business and removed to California, locating in Redlands, where his wife died the following year and where he still resides.
Fred N. Gillis accompanied his parents on their removal to Topeka, Kansas, where he attended both the public and high schools, and completed his education in the Kansas State College at Manhattan, graduating from that institution with the degree of B. S. in the class of 1903. For a year following his graduation he was employed on a government survey in the Bad Lands of North Dakota and in the summer of 1904 came to Wishek, where he was offered a position in the First State Bank as assistant cashier. After serving in that capacity for one year he was elected cashier of the institution and has since filled that important office in a most creditable and satisfactory manner.
In 1908 Mr. Gillis was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Bitner, of Rochester, Minnesota, and to them has been born one daughter, Roberta Virginia. Mrs. Gillis is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church and takes an active interest in its work. Fraternally Mr. Gillis is identified with Maple River Lodge, No. 41, A. F. & A. M.; Wishek Lodge, No. 99, I. 0. 0. F.; and Bismarck Lodge, No. 1199, B. P. 0. E.
The republican party finds in him a stanch supporter of its principles and he has been a member of the county republican central committee. For the past three years he has served as chairman of the town board and is also filling the office of school treasurer. He has always been found true to every trust reposed in him, whether public or private, and he well merits the confidence and respect of his fellow citizens. He is the owner of nine hundred acres of fine farming land in McIntosh and Logan counties. He is a business man of much more than ordinary ability, is progressive and farsighted and stands high in banking circles of southern North Dakota.
DR. GEORGE GRANT, who is successfully engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery in Wishek, North Dakota, was born on the 2d of June 1873, in Ontario, Canada, his parents being Malcolm and Martha (Lather) Grant. The father was born on the Orkney Islands, off the coast of Scotland, and was a young man when he crossed the Atlantic and settled in Canada. In Hamilton, Ontario, he married Miss Martha Lather, who was a native of Lancashire, England, and when a child accompanied her parents on their emigration to the new world. During his active life Mr. Grant engaged in farming but is now living retired at the advanced age of ninety years, his birth having occurred in 1826, and he makes his home in Bothwell, Ontario. His wife died in 1912.
Dr. Grant was reared at home on the farm and his early education, acquired in the local schools, was supplemented by study at the Chatham Collegiate Institute. Prior to finishing his education there he began teaching school and for five years followed that occupation. In 1900 he came to the United States and took up the study of medicine, being for two years a student at the University Medical College of Kansas City, but for the last two years of his course he attended the Illinois Medical College of Chicago, from which he received his M. D. degree in the class of 1904. Following his graduation. Dr. Grant came to Wishek, North Dakota, where in the intervening twelve years he has built up an extensive practice. He ranks among the leading physicians and surgeons of his part of the state and the success that he has attained is well merited.
In 1911 Dr. Grant was united in marriage to Miss Sarah B. Link, of Pipestone, Minnesota, and to them have been born two children Jeannette L. and George, Jr. The Doctor is an honored member of the Southern District Medical Society of North Dakota; the North Dakota State Medical Society; and the American Medical Association; and he also belongs to Maple River Lodge, No. 41. A. F. & A. M. of Edgeley, North Dakota; Bismarck Lodge, No. 1199, B. P. 0. E.; and the Knights of the Maccabees. By his ballot he supports the men and measures of the republican party and takes a commendable interest in public affairs. He is one of the representative citizens of his community and wherever known is held in high esteem.
W L. JOHNSON, cashier of the Ashley State Bank and well known as one of the progressive young business men of Ashley, was born in Hoskins, Mcintosh county, North Dakota, November 27, 1887, a son of Clarence D. and Louisa (Castor) Johnson, the former a native of Buckeye, Hardin county, Iowa, and the latter of Michigan. In 1885 Clarence D. Johnson, then a young man, removed to South Dakota, becoming the first white settler of Brown county, and later he made his way northward, establishing his home near Green Lake, Mcintosh county, North Dakota. When the old town of Hoskins was laid out he removed to that point and there remained until the town was moved to Ashley, of which place he then became a resident, continuing to make his home there up to the time of his death, which occurred in November 1898. He was a republican in his political views and was elected the first sheriff of Mcintosh county, acceptably occupying the office for two terms. He belonged to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and to the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and Ashley accounted him one of her foremost citizens.
To the public schools of Ashley, W. L. Johnson is indebted for the early educational privileges which he enjoyed and later he attended school in Oregon, the mother having removed with her family to that state after her husband’s death. There she still makes her home, but after six years spent in Oregon. W. L. Johnson in 1906 returned to Mcintosh county, settling at Wishek, where he received his initial training in the banking business as an employee in the First State Bank, with which he was connected for two years. He then returned to Ashley to accept the cashier ship of the Ashley State Bank, in which important position he has since continued. Aside from his interest in the bank he owns two hundred and forty acres of land in Mcintosh county and his farming interests constitute an element of his growing success.
In 1910 Mr. Johnson was united in marriage to Miss Mildred Warren, of Whitehall, Wisconsin, and to them has been born one child, Claire W. In politics Mr. Johnson is a republican and fraternally he is connected with Ashley Lodge, No. 115, I. O. O. F. He is a young man who early in life has learned the lesson of the value of earnest, persistent effort, and the intelligent direction of his labors has brought to him substantial and well merited success.
THOMAS S. JOHNSTONE, Among the prosperous business men of Mcintosh county who have won success through their own unaided efforts is Thomas S. Johnstone of Ashley, who is prominently identified with banking and other business interests. He comes from the land of hills and heather, for he was born in Scotland, July 29, 1866, and his parents. Charles S and Helen (Simpson) Johnstone, were likewise natives of that country. There the father was employed in coal and iron mines until 1868, when he brought his family to America and located in Bradford county, Pennsylvania. He continued to work as a coal miner in that region until 1874, when he removed to Boone county, Iowa, and there he was similarly employed for a time. In 1876 he went to the Black Hills and worked in the gold mines for about a year, after which he returned to Boone county, Iowa, making his home there until his removal to Mcintosh county, North Dakota, in 1885. Here he took a homestead, which he continued to improve and cultivate until 1901, when he retired from active labor and removed to Ashley, where he still makes his home at the age of seventy-one years. In his farming operations he met with excellent success and was the owner of one thousand acres of land at one time. His wife died on the 18th of June 1910.
Thomas S. Johnstone passed his boyhood and youth under the parental roof and was educated in the schools of Pennsylvania and Iowa. On starting out in life for himself he worked in coal and gold mines for several years but later turned his attention to agricultural pursuits, taking up a homestead in Mcintosh county, North Dakota, in 1893. He improved the place and engaged in its operation for eight years. In 1901 he was appointed postmaster of Ashley and served in that capacity until 1911, when he and others purchased the Union State Bank, which they reorganized and changed the name to the First National Bank. It has a capital of twenty-five thousand dollars, a surplus of five thousand and deposits amounting to two hundred and sixty-five thousand dollars. Its officers are T. S. Johnstone, president; C. S. Johnstone, vice president; and R. S. Johnstone, cashier. Their bank building being destroyed by fire, they erected another in 1912, which is thoroughly modern and up-to-date in its equipment. Thomas S. Johnstone is also president of the Merchants National Bank, at Mandan, and the German-American Bank of Linton. The First National Bank of Ashley is the largest and strongest institution of the kind in Mcintosh county and its success is due in a large measure to the untiring efforts of Mr. Johnstone, who is a man of excellent business and executive ability.
On the 21st of August 1890, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary Peacock, by whom he has two children, namely: Margaret, now the wife of V. S. Collins, who is engaged in the livery business in Ashley; and Charles, who is still attending school. Mr. Johnstone is also rearing two of his brother’s children, Anella and Keith. In religious faith the family are Presbyterians and take an active interest in the church to which they belong. Mr. Johnstone is also a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Yeomen and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. His political support is given the republican party and he is now acceptably serving as chairman of the town board of Ashley. He is one of the leading and representative citizens of the place and wherever known is held in high esteem.
HON. PAUL T. KRETSCHMAR, Prominent among the public-spirited citizens and representative business men of McIntosh county is Paul T. Kretschmar, president of the First State Bank of Venturia. He comes from the east, being born in New York city, March 10, 1868, and is a son of Carl and Mary (Lehman) Kretschmar, natives of Saxony, Germany, where they were reared and educated. In early life they came to the United States, however, and were married in New York city, where they resided for a time. They removed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1870, and there the father died. The mother is still living and now makes her home with her son Bruno in Bottineau county, North Dakota.
During his boyhood and youth Paul T. Kretschmar attended the public schools of Philadelphia. In 1884 he accompanied his mother and the other members of the family on their removal to Yankton, South Dakota. It was in April 1889, that he came to McIntosh county, North Dakota, and filed on a homestead in Albrights Valley township, on which he resided until 1898, when he was elected clerk of the courts of that county and removed to the county seat—Ashley. He filled that office for six years, following which, in the fall of 1904. he was elected county auditor and served in that capacity for four years. His official duties were always most faithfully and satisfactorily performed and he left office, as he had entered it, with the entire confidence of the public. In August 1909, Mr. Kretschmar was made president of the First State Bank of Venturia. He had previously become familiar with the banking business, having been identified with the Union State Bank of Ashley, of which he was one of the organizers and stockholders and of which he served as vice president until he became president of the First State Bank of Venturia. He has since given much of his attention to the management of its affairs, though he has other business interests, being a member of the firm of Stienecker-Kretschmar Company, grain buyers, operating an elevator in Venturia and another in Ashley. He owns a farm of one hundred and sixty acres three miles north of Ashley besides his city property.
In 1896 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Kretschmar and Miss Catherine Mattis, of McIntosh county, who was born in Russia, and they have become the parents of four children: Otto H., engaged in the lumber business in Venturia; and Mary B, William E. and Paul 0., all at home.
Mr. Kretschmar is a Lutheran in religious belief, while his wife is a member of the Baptist church. The republican party has always found in him a stanch supporter of its principles, and his fellow citizens recognizing his worth and ability have called him to positions of honor and trust. In 1910 he was elected to represent his district in the state senate and so ably did he fill that office that he was re-elected in 1914, being the present incumbent. He is public-spirited and progressive, always foremost in any movement for the betterment of his community, and no trust reposed in him has ever been betrayed, whether public or private. Fraternally he is a member of Ashley Lodge, No. 115, I. 0. 0. F.
EDWIN HERMAN MAERCKLEIN, M. D, physician and surgeon, engaged in active practice at Ashley, qualified for his profession by study in the Milwaukee Medical College, receiving his degree in 1903. He is a native son of Wisconsin, his birth having occurred in Waubeka, May 9, 1880, his parents being William J. and Minnie (Froelich) Maercklein, the former a native of Germany, whence he came to the United States with his parents in his early boyhood. He and four of his brothers and a brother-in-law were all representatives of the dental profession and practiced in Milwaukee, where they became widely and prominently known in that connection. The father died in that city in 1906, and the mother, who was a native of Wisconsin, passed away in Oakes, North Dakota, in 1914 while visiting her children in this state.
Dr. Edwin H. Maercklein completed his public school course by study in the high school of Milwaukee and then, determining to make the practice of medicine his life work, matriculated in 1899 in the Milwaukee Medical College, from which he was graduated as a member of the class of 1903. Immediately afterward he sought a location in the northwest and he made his way to Ashley, where for a year and a half he was connected in practice with his brother. Dr. Fred W. Maercklein, who had been numbered among the physicians of the town for twelve years but who is now a resident of Oakes. In 1904 Dr. E. H. Maercklein removed to Forman, Sargent county, where he remained for two years, after which he returned to Ashley to become the successor of his brother, who at that time became a resident of Oakes. In the intervening period, covering ten years Dr. E. H. Maercklein has built up an extensive practice which he conducts most successfully, carefully diagnosing his cases and displaying sound and discriminating judgment in administering remedial agencies.
In 1908 he was united in marriage to Miss Ella Johnson, a daughter of L. P. Johnson, cashier of the First State Bank of Ashley, and they have become parents of two children, Dorothy and Florence. In his political views the Doctor is a republican but has limited his office holding to six years’ service as superintendent of the board of health of Ashley.
Fraternally he is connected with Ashley Lodge, No. 115, I. O. O. F.; Bismarck Lodge, No. 1199, B. P. O. E.; the Ancient Order of United Workmen; the Brotherhood of American Yeomen; and the Modern Brotherhood of America. He and his wife are Episcopalians in religious belief and are much interested in the moral progress of the community, while in the social circles of their town they occupy that enviable position which is accorded in recognition of personal worth. In his practice Dr. Maercklein has manifested a progressive spirit that has been evidenced in his search for new and improved methods of handling the intricate and complex problems that continually confront the physician, and in his social, religious and professional relations he has made for himself an enviable name and place.
WILLIAM B. MAERCKLEIN, One of the most progressive and wide-awake young business men of McIntosh county is William B. Maercklein, who is now serving as cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Danzig, where he makes his home. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the 1st of September 1885, and is a son of William J. and Minnie (Froehlich) Maercklein of whom more extended mention is made in the sketch of Dr. E. H. Maercklein on another page of this volume.
William B. Maercklein passed the days of his boyhood and youth in Milwaukee, where he was educated, and in 1906 came to Ashley, North Dakota, taking up a homestead in Mcintosh county, to the improvement and cultivation of which he devoted two years. He then accepted the position of assistant cashier in the Ashley State Bank, with which he was connected for live years, gaining an excellent knowledge of the banking business during that time. He was then made cashier of the Farmers State Bank of Danzig, which position he is still holding, while George Gackle serves as president and J. H. Wishek as vice president. Mr. Maercklein is also a stockholder and director of the bank, which has a capital of ten thousand dollars; surplus and undivided profits of three thousand dollars; and sixty-five thousand dollars in deposits. He is secretary and treasurer of the Farmers Elevator Company of Danzig, assists in the operation of two elevators and is manager of a retail business, handling hardware, farm machinery, etc. He is straightforward and reliable in all his dealings and the success that has come to him is certainly well merited.
On the 14th of April 1914, Mr. Maercklein married Miss Fayette Collins, a daughter of Sidney M. Collins, who was formerly a farmer and surveyor residing in Ashley. Both her parents are now deceased. Mr. Maercklein is independent in politics and is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He stands high in business circles and still further success undoubtedly awaits him.
J C. NIPPOLT, the well known postmaster of Wishek and one of the leading citizens of that place, was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, May 14, 1876, and is a son of William and Wilhelmina (Boettcher) Nippolt. The father, who was a miller by trade, died in early life when our subject was only twelve years of age, and the mother subsequently married John Smith, with whom she now resides in Portersville, California.
During his boyhood and youth J. C. Nippolt attended the common schools and also took a business course in a St. Paul business college. After his father’s death he left home and started out in life for himself, since which time he has made his own way in the world unaided. In 1889 he went to McPherson county, South Dakota, where he was employed at farm labor for three or four years, and then found employment in the Old German Bank at Eureka, South Dakota, with which institution he was identified as assistant cashier for some four years. The following two years were spent in Minneapolis in the employ of a grain firm and at the end of that time he went to Emmons county. North Dakota, where for one year he herded cattle. It was in 1899 that he became a resident of Wishek and here he has since lived with the exception of a year and a half when he represented the International Harvester Company on the road. In Wishek he has been engaged in various business enterprises. For four years he conducted a hotel and for eight years devoted his attention to the insurance business. On the 14th of August 1914, he was appointed postmaster and has since served in that capacity with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of all concerned. He is a painstaking and obliging official and has the respect and confidence of all who know him.
On the 14th of December, 1899, Mr. Nippolt was united in marriage to Miss Genevieve M. Hill, of Wishek, by whom he has two children: Irene, who is now attending high school; and Irwin W., who is in the graded schools. Mr. Nippolt is a stanch democrat in politics and has served on the Wishek town board. He is an honored member of Harvey Lodge, A. F. & A. M.; and Wishek Lodge, No. 99. I. O. O. F, the success that he has attained in life is due entirely to his own efforts and he merits the confidence and trust reposed in him.
HUGO P. REMINGTON, a prominent lawyer of Ashley and the present republican candidate for states attorney of McIntosh county, was the first white child born in Fort Collins, Colorado, his birth occurring on the 29th of June 1879. He is a son of Walter W. and Sarah L. (Porter) Remington. The mother is a representative of an old Virginia family, while the father was born in Ohio and is descended from a long line of sailors. He has devoted his life to educational work and is at present principal of the East Side Latin school of Denver, Colorado.
Reared in his native state, Hugo P. Remington is indebted to its public schools for his early educational advantages and later he became a student in the University of Colorado, from which he received the degree of B. A. in 1905 and the LL. B, degree in 1907. For two years after his graduation he was on the road as a commercial traveler for his eyes had failed him and he was unable to commence the practice of law. In 1909, however, he located in Ashley, North Dakota, and opened a law office, since which time he has successfully engaged in the practice of his chosen profession. He possesses marked ability as a lawyer and in 1916 was nominated by the republican party for the office of states attorney by an overwhelming majority.
On Christmas Day of 1909, Mr. Remington was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Sutton, of Boulder county, Colorado, They attend the Methodist Episcopal church and are quite prominent socially. Mr. Remington is a member of Columbia Lodge, No. 45, A. F. & A. M., of Boulder, Colorado; Bismarck Lodge, No. 1199, B. P. O. E.; and Ashley Lodge, No. 115, I. O. O. F. He is one of the foremost attorneys of McIntosh county and is a man of prominence in the community, exerting a beneficial influence in public affairs.
ALBERT RICHARD RUDOW, editor of the Tribune, published at Ashley, Mcintosh county, was born May 8, 1893, in Pana, Christian county, Illinois, a son of Ludewig and Katherine Rudow, who for the past fifteen years have resided at Monango, North Dakota. The father worked for nearly ten years in the lumber yard of Wade B. Dille but is now retired.
A. Richard Rudow pursued his education in Monango, where he was graduated from the high school in 1906 when but thirteen years of age. Immediately afterward he accepted the position of “devil” on the Monango Journal, then owned by James S. Jensen, now of Foxhome, Minnesota, with whom he remained for some time. He next secured a position on the Times, published at Oakes, but in a little more than a month was called home to take his father’s place in the lumberyard, his father having been injured by a bad fall. Later he again worked in the office of the Monango Journal and subsequently went to Northville, South Dakota, where he spent two months in the Journal office. He then secured a better position on the Beacon at Cresbard, South Dakota, which paper was published by F. 0. Mark. There he remained for nearly two years and in April returned to Monango, where he worked in the Journal office until August 22, 1912. He then purchased the paper, which he owned and edited until May 1913, when he sold out to J. H. Nagel, of Forbes, North Dakota. At that date Mr. Endow removed to Cresbard, South Dakota, where he spent two more years in connection with the Beacon, which paper was discontinued by its owners in 1915. On the 28th of December of that year he accepted a position at La Moure on the Echo, owned by C. C. Lowe, and in July 1916, was transferred to Ashley as editor of the Tribune, also owned by Mr. Lowe. This paper is published half in English and half in German.
On the 15th of November 1912, the marriage ceremony performed by the Rev. M. W. Merril of the Presbyterian church united the destinies of A. Richard Rudow and Edna Mary Ellickson, the wedding ceremony being performed in the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. 0. L. Ellickson, who are prosperous farming people living west of Monango. Mrs. Rudow was born in Monmouth, Illinois, December 4, 1895, and by her marriage has became the mother of two children: Maurice L., born at Cresbard, South Dakota, March 25, 1914: and Mervin Gale, born at Monango, North Dakota, October 26, 1915. Mr. Rudow is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church of Cresbard. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and fraternally he is connected with Camp No. 12916, M. W. A., at Cresbard, and with Morning Star Camp, No. 87, W. 0. W., at La Moure. He has been making steady progress in his chosen vocation since entering a printing office at the age of thirteen years and is now well known as a newspaper man in his part of the state.
ARTHUR STIENECKER, cashier of the First State Bank of Venturia and one of the leading business men of that place, was born on the 15th of October 1881, in Medina, Wisconsin, and is a son of Henry William and Clara (Muehlmeier) Stienecker, the former a native of Germany and the latter of Wisconsin. The father was a boy of sixteen years when he came to the new world and located in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he worked for several years. He finally studied for the ministry of the German Reformed church and has engaged in preaching ever since. In 1893 he came to North Dakota and secured a homestead near Ashley in Mcintosh county, where he still resides. His wife is also living and they are held in the highest esteem by all who know them.
Arthur Stienecker was about eleven years of age when he accompanied his parents on their removal to this state. He was reared on the home farm and attended the common schools for some time but completed his education at Mission House College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Being thoroughly equipped for life’s practical duties, he then accepted the position of assistant cashier in the Ashley State Bank of Ashley, North Dakota, and eight months later was made cashier, in which capacity he served for four years. In 1906 he removed to Venturia and has since filled the position of cashier of the First State Bank, also being a stockholder and director of that institution, of which P. T. Kretschmar is president. The bank has a capital of ten thousand dollars and its deposits amount to one hundred and sixty thousand dollars. It will thus be seen that they are doing an excellent business and have the confidence and support of the community. In partnership with Mr. Kretschmar, Mr. Stienecker is also engaged in the grain business under the firm name of Stienecker-Kretschmar Company, operating an elevator at Venturia and another at Ashley.
On the 20th of June 1906, Mr. Stienecker was united in marriage to Miss Ava Jane Mock, a daughter of Joseph and Ordelia Mock, who were pioneers of South Dakota and now reside in Ellendale, North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Stienecker have three children: Milton Arthur, born October 1, 1910; Thelma Lorraine, born September 29, 1912; and Walter Otto born December 30, 1914. They are members of the German Reformed church, and in politics Mr. Stienecker is a stalwart republican, taking an active interest in public affairs. For four years he has served as secretary of the county republican central committee, has been school director several terms and is now school treasurer. His influence is always on the side of right and progress and he does everything within his power to promote the educational, moral and material welfare of his community.
