WILLIAM G. AND ADELINE STARCK
Oliver County 1885-1985; Pages 954 - 955
William G. Starck was born September 6, 1875 at Carondelet, Missouri, now south of St. Louis. His parents Theodore and Wilhelmina (Junke) Starck came from West Prussia, Germany in 1872. (Typo 1772)
William was from a family of nine, a brother and sister passed away in infancy. In 1884, the family moved to Gladstone, Nebraska where William received his education, going to school during the winter months.
1896 was an eventful year, as he voted for president, William Jennings Bryan.
He learned horsepower and steam threshing and spent three years as an apprentice feeder and bundle shaker. He was a member of Stationary Engineers.
In 1901 he came to North Dakota, looking for a job and relatives. He arrived in Mandan, on his birthday and one he never forgot, as president McKinley had been shot. He walked along the railroad West of Mandan, stopping at the Carlson farm and luckily meeting his uncle, Gus Starck of Sweet Briar, who was there with his threshing machine. They were threshing in the Heart River Hills and the New Salem area. William was hired as a bundle shaker. When done, William and his cousin, Henry Sonnenberg left Judson for Canada. On the way to check out homesteads there, they passed the Morton County farms of Ernest and Charles Matthiesen, Frank Dettmann and Otto Wendt and in Oliver County the Grosgebawer's on the Square Butte Creek, the Christ Skubinna and John Kiebert places. On section 15 just west of where William later filed his Homestead, Mr. Alvin Gaines had laid out a township. The store had burned down about a week before they pass through. A blacksmith shop was still there, but deserted. He later heard Tom Digby had run the store. The Gullickson and Jenesses places where next, arriving at his cousin's ranch, he met Dan Edwards, who were partners with Henry and located halfway between the Schofield and Smith homes, father West was Billy Glanders and Theodore Daub (Art's father). After they were joined by Ben Smith they took their spring wagon apart, using it as a rowboat they practice crossing the Missouri River at Washburn swimming the horses behind on the third time across.
The area they saw in Canada, was a disappointment. So they came back to North Dakota and Oliver County. William and George Digby were hired to work at the Schofield Ranch. After two weeks, William received word he was needed at home, and went back to Nebraska for the winter. However, he was not satisfied in Nebraska and in the spring of 1902, William and his younger brother Theodore packed two covered wagons with supplies, and started on the overland trip to North Dakota. There sister Anna accompanied them, and did the cooking. They traveled about 20 miles a day, when the weather was favorable. They camped out at night and slept in the wagons. Strong winds slowed them down, the horses became sick from eating green hay, and were weak and not able to travel too far, but finally snapped out of it and they made better time. At Kulm, North Dakota a snowstorm forced them to seek shelter for themselves and their horses. They held up until the storm was over and farmers came to town and broke a road. It took them a month to travel about 750 miles.
After spending a few days with relatives near Sweet Briar, they started for Oliver County to locate homesteads. William filed on southeast quarter of section 14 - 142 - 83, and Anna on the northwest quarter of the same section. Later Anna married and relinquished her claim to Theodore. Through many hardships they proved up their claims. They batched until 1908. Some of the first neighbors were, Luther and Tom McCrea, Ralph Whitman, Joe Steel, Bill Miner, Jarvis McDonald, Engelburt Kebn, Frank Dvorak, John McNeil, John and Horace Beardsley, Charles Wilson, William O'Brien, Dent Welles, Louis and Herman Lehmkuhl and Myron Reynolds.
On July 1, 1908, William was married to Adeline Starck in Owatonna, Minnesota. They labored together through all the hardships of early pioneers in Oliver County. They were in debt and paid interest for many years. In 1943 they made their last payment on the mortgage, and felt they had bought their farm back three times.
Despite all this they always had something to eat, and wear. Friends and relatives were always welcome in their home. Some years later they were able to buy 320 acres to add to their farm and were proud to be able to pay cash.
They improve their place by planting a large grove of trees around the buildings. It was to this place the miner children were brought in the terrible blizzard of 1920.
William was a firm believer in education and served 30 years on the Center Consolidated School Board, nine years as treasurer for St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Center, of which they were members. He was a charter member of the Lutheran Brotherhood.
William and Adeline had two children: Erwin, who married Charlotte Siegel and Anna, who married Jesse Benjamine. In later years the Starcks made a number of trips to visit relatives in Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and enjoyed them, but felt their home was Oliver County. William passed away in 1960 and Adeline in 1972, and they were buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, north of Center, North Dakota.
Oliver County 1885-1985; Pages 954 - 955
William G. Starck was born September 6, 1875 at Carondelet, Missouri, now south of St. Louis. His parents Theodore and Wilhelmina (Junke) Starck came from West Prussia, Germany in 1872. (Typo 1772)
William was from a family of nine, a brother and sister passed away in infancy. In 1884, the family moved to Gladstone, Nebraska where William received his education, going to school during the winter months.
1896 was an eventful year, as he voted for president, William Jennings Bryan.
He learned horsepower and steam threshing and spent three years as an apprentice feeder and bundle shaker. He was a member of Stationary Engineers.
In 1901 he came to North Dakota, looking for a job and relatives. He arrived in Mandan, on his birthday and one he never forgot, as president McKinley had been shot. He walked along the railroad West of Mandan, stopping at the Carlson farm and luckily meeting his uncle, Gus Starck of Sweet Briar, who was there with his threshing machine. They were threshing in the Heart River Hills and the New Salem area. William was hired as a bundle shaker. When done, William and his cousin, Henry Sonnenberg left Judson for Canada. On the way to check out homesteads there, they passed the Morton County farms of Ernest and Charles Matthiesen, Frank Dettmann and Otto Wendt and in Oliver County the Grosgebawer's on the Square Butte Creek, the Christ Skubinna and John Kiebert places. On section 15 just west of where William later filed his Homestead, Mr. Alvin Gaines had laid out a township. The store had burned down about a week before they pass through. A blacksmith shop was still there, but deserted. He later heard Tom Digby had run the store. The Gullickson and Jenesses places where next, arriving at his cousin's ranch, he met Dan Edwards, who were partners with Henry and located halfway between the Schofield and Smith homes, father West was Billy Glanders and Theodore Daub (Art's father). After they were joined by Ben Smith they took their spring wagon apart, using it as a rowboat they practice crossing the Missouri River at Washburn swimming the horses behind on the third time across.
The area they saw in Canada, was a disappointment. So they came back to North Dakota and Oliver County. William and George Digby were hired to work at the Schofield Ranch. After two weeks, William received word he was needed at home, and went back to Nebraska for the winter. However, he was not satisfied in Nebraska and in the spring of 1902, William and his younger brother Theodore packed two covered wagons with supplies, and started on the overland trip to North Dakota. There sister Anna accompanied them, and did the cooking. They traveled about 20 miles a day, when the weather was favorable. They camped out at night and slept in the wagons. Strong winds slowed them down, the horses became sick from eating green hay, and were weak and not able to travel too far, but finally snapped out of it and they made better time. At Kulm, North Dakota a snowstorm forced them to seek shelter for themselves and their horses. They held up until the storm was over and farmers came to town and broke a road. It took them a month to travel about 750 miles.
After spending a few days with relatives near Sweet Briar, they started for Oliver County to locate homesteads. William filed on southeast quarter of section 14 - 142 - 83, and Anna on the northwest quarter of the same section. Later Anna married and relinquished her claim to Theodore. Through many hardships they proved up their claims. They batched until 1908. Some of the first neighbors were, Luther and Tom McCrea, Ralph Whitman, Joe Steel, Bill Miner, Jarvis McDonald, Engelburt Kebn, Frank Dvorak, John McNeil, John and Horace Beardsley, Charles Wilson, William O'Brien, Dent Welles, Louis and Herman Lehmkuhl and Myron Reynolds.
On July 1, 1908, William was married to Adeline Starck in Owatonna, Minnesota. They labored together through all the hardships of early pioneers in Oliver County. They were in debt and paid interest for many years. In 1943 they made their last payment on the mortgage, and felt they had bought their farm back three times.
Despite all this they always had something to eat, and wear. Friends and relatives were always welcome in their home. Some years later they were able to buy 320 acres to add to their farm and were proud to be able to pay cash.
They improve their place by planting a large grove of trees around the buildings. It was to this place the miner children were brought in the terrible blizzard of 1920.
William was a firm believer in education and served 30 years on the Center Consolidated School Board, nine years as treasurer for St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Center, of which they were members. He was a charter member of the Lutheran Brotherhood.
William and Adeline had two children: Erwin, who married Charlotte Siegel and Anna, who married Jesse Benjamine. In later years the Starcks made a number of trips to visit relatives in Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and enjoyed them, but felt their home was Oliver County. William passed away in 1960 and Adeline in 1972, and they were buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, north of Center, North Dakota.
WILLIAM G. AND ADELINE STARCK
Oliver County 1885-1985; Pages 954 - 955
William G. Starck was born September 6, 1875 at Carondelet, Missouri, now south of St. Louis. His parents Theodore and Wilhelmina (Junke) Starck came from West Prussia, Germany in 1872. (Typo 1772)
William was from a family of nine, a brother and sister passed away in infancy. In 1884, the family moved to Gladstone, Nebraska where William received his education, going to school during the winter months.
1896 was an eventful year, as he voted for president, William Jennings Bryan.
He learned horsepower and steam threshing and spent three years as an apprentice feeder and bundle shaker. He was a member of Stationary Engineers.
In 1901 he came to North Dakota, looking for a job and relatives. He arrived in Mandan, on his birthday and one he never forgot, as president McKinley had been shot. He walked along the railroad West of Mandan, stopping at the Carlson farm and luckily meeting his uncle, Gus Starck of Sweet Briar, who was there with his threshing machine. They were threshing in the Heart River Hills and the New Salem area. William was hired as a bundle shaker. When done, William and his cousin, Henry Sonnenberg left Judson for Canada. On the way to check out homesteads there, they passed the Morton County farms of Ernest and Charles Matthiesen, Frank Dettmann and Otto Wendt and in Oliver County the Grosgebawer's on the Square Butte Creek, the Christ Skubinna and John Kiebert places. On section 15 just west of where William later filed his Homestead, Mr. Alvin Gaines had laid out a township. The store had burned down about a week before they pass through. A blacksmith shop was still there, but deserted. He later heard Tom Digby had run the store. The Gullickson and Jenesses places where next, arriving at his cousin's ranch, he met Dan Edwards, who were partners with Henry and located halfway between the Schofield and Smith homes, father West was Billy Glanders and Theodore Daub (Art's father). After they were joined by Ben Smith they took their spring wagon apart, using it as a rowboat they practice crossing the Missouri River at Washburn swimming the horses behind on the third time across.
The area they saw in Canada, was a disappointment. So they came back to North Dakota and Oliver County. William and George Digby were hired to work at the Schofield Ranch. After two weeks, William received word he was needed at home, and went back to Nebraska for the winter. However, he was not satisfied in Nebraska and in the spring of 1902, William and his younger brother Theodore packed two covered wagons with supplies, and started on the overland trip to North Dakota. There sister Anna accompanied them, and did the cooking. They traveled about 20 miles a day, when the weather was favorable. They camped out at night and slept in the wagons. Strong winds slowed them down, the horses became sick from eating green hay, and were weak and not able to travel too far, but finally snapped out of it and they made better time. At Kulm, North Dakota a snowstorm forced them to seek shelter for themselves and their horses. They held up until the storm was over and farmers came to town and broke a road. It took them a month to travel about 750 miles.
After spending a few days with relatives near Sweet Briar, they started for Oliver County to locate homesteads. William filed on southeast quarter of section 14 - 142 - 83, and Anna on the northwest quarter of the same section. Later Anna married and relinquished her claim to Theodore. Through many hardships they proved up their claims. They batched until 1908. Some of the first neighbors were, Luther and Tom McCrea, Ralph Whitman, Joe Steel, Bill Miner, Jarvis McDonald, Engelburt Kebn, Frank Dvorak, John McNeil, John and Horace Beardsley, Charles Wilson, William O'Brien, Dent Welles, Louis and Herman Lehmkuhl and Myron Reynolds.
On July 1, 1908, William was married to Adeline Starck in Owatonna, Minnesota. They labored together through all the hardships of early pioneers in Oliver County. They were in debt and paid interest for many years. In 1943 they made their last payment on the mortgage, and felt they had bought their farm back three times.
Despite all this they always had something to eat, and wear. Friends and relatives were always welcome in their home. Some years later they were able to buy 320 acres to add to their farm and were proud to be able to pay cash.
They improve their place by planting a large grove of trees around the buildings. It was to this place the miner children were brought in the terrible blizzard of 1920.
William was a firm believer in education and served 30 years on the Center Consolidated School Board, nine years as treasurer for St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Center, of which they were members. He was a charter member of the Lutheran Brotherhood.
William and Adeline had two children: Erwin, who married Charlotte Siegel and Anna, who married Jesse Benjamine. In later years the Starcks made a number of trips to visit relatives in Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and enjoyed them, but felt their home was Oliver County. William passed away in 1960 and Adeline in 1972, and they were buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, north of Center, North Dakota.
Oliver County 1885-1985; Pages 954 - 955
William G. Starck was born September 6, 1875 at Carondelet, Missouri, now south of St. Louis. His parents Theodore and Wilhelmina (Junke) Starck came from West Prussia, Germany in 1872. (Typo 1772)
William was from a family of nine, a brother and sister passed away in infancy. In 1884, the family moved to Gladstone, Nebraska where William received his education, going to school during the winter months.
1896 was an eventful year, as he voted for president, William Jennings Bryan.
He learned horsepower and steam threshing and spent three years as an apprentice feeder and bundle shaker. He was a member of Stationary Engineers.
In 1901 he came to North Dakota, looking for a job and relatives. He arrived in Mandan, on his birthday and one he never forgot, as president McKinley had been shot. He walked along the railroad West of Mandan, stopping at the Carlson farm and luckily meeting his uncle, Gus Starck of Sweet Briar, who was there with his threshing machine. They were threshing in the Heart River Hills and the New Salem area. William was hired as a bundle shaker. When done, William and his cousin, Henry Sonnenberg left Judson for Canada. On the way to check out homesteads there, they passed the Morton County farms of Ernest and Charles Matthiesen, Frank Dettmann and Otto Wendt and in Oliver County the Grosgebawer's on the Square Butte Creek, the Christ Skubinna and John Kiebert places. On section 15 just west of where William later filed his Homestead, Mr. Alvin Gaines had laid out a township. The store had burned down about a week before they pass through. A blacksmith shop was still there, but deserted. He later heard Tom Digby had run the store. The Gullickson and Jenesses places where next, arriving at his cousin's ranch, he met Dan Edwards, who were partners with Henry and located halfway between the Schofield and Smith homes, father West was Billy Glanders and Theodore Daub (Art's father). After they were joined by Ben Smith they took their spring wagon apart, using it as a rowboat they practice crossing the Missouri River at Washburn swimming the horses behind on the third time across.
The area they saw in Canada, was a disappointment. So they came back to North Dakota and Oliver County. William and George Digby were hired to work at the Schofield Ranch. After two weeks, William received word he was needed at home, and went back to Nebraska for the winter. However, he was not satisfied in Nebraska and in the spring of 1902, William and his younger brother Theodore packed two covered wagons with supplies, and started on the overland trip to North Dakota. There sister Anna accompanied them, and did the cooking. They traveled about 20 miles a day, when the weather was favorable. They camped out at night and slept in the wagons. Strong winds slowed them down, the horses became sick from eating green hay, and were weak and not able to travel too far, but finally snapped out of it and they made better time. At Kulm, North Dakota a snowstorm forced them to seek shelter for themselves and their horses. They held up until the storm was over and farmers came to town and broke a road. It took them a month to travel about 750 miles.
After spending a few days with relatives near Sweet Briar, they started for Oliver County to locate homesteads. William filed on southeast quarter of section 14 - 142 - 83, and Anna on the northwest quarter of the same section. Later Anna married and relinquished her claim to Theodore. Through many hardships they proved up their claims. They batched until 1908. Some of the first neighbors were, Luther and Tom McCrea, Ralph Whitman, Joe Steel, Bill Miner, Jarvis McDonald, Engelburt Kebn, Frank Dvorak, John McNeil, John and Horace Beardsley, Charles Wilson, William O'Brien, Dent Welles, Louis and Herman Lehmkuhl and Myron Reynolds.
On July 1, 1908, William was married to Adeline Starck in Owatonna, Minnesota. They labored together through all the hardships of early pioneers in Oliver County. They were in debt and paid interest for many years. In 1943 they made their last payment on the mortgage, and felt they had bought their farm back three times.
Despite all this they always had something to eat, and wear. Friends and relatives were always welcome in their home. Some years later they were able to buy 320 acres to add to their farm and were proud to be able to pay cash.
They improve their place by planting a large grove of trees around the buildings. It was to this place the miner children were brought in the terrible blizzard of 1920.
William was a firm believer in education and served 30 years on the Center Consolidated School Board, nine years as treasurer for St. Paul's Lutheran Church of Center, of which they were members. He was a charter member of the Lutheran Brotherhood.
William and Adeline had two children: Erwin, who married Charlotte Siegel and Anna, who married Jesse Benjamine. In later years the Starcks made a number of trips to visit relatives in Nebraska, Colorado, Utah and enjoyed them, but felt their home was Oliver County. William passed away in 1960 and Adeline in 1972, and they were buried in the Lutheran Cemetery, north of Center, North Dakota.
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