Francis married Bernice Storch June 23, 1932. They had four children, June, Jean, Jane & Joan.
When Francis was three years old a barn door fell on him. To ease his crying and pain one of the families took and bathed him the cool waters of the Beaver Creek. From this it paralyzed him & he developed spinal meningtis. When his father, Gustavus saw that they couldn't help him, he rode horseback to St. Peter to get a specialist to come and give him medcal attention. He recovered but was unable to walk. One day, his uncle Lewis Blume, took him into the woods, sat him down and walked a few steps away to a bird's nest, where he said to Francis, "Come here Franny, see what I found." Francis got up and walked to it. It was his first steps to recovery. He was able to walk again, but all his life he walked lame or with a limp. In those days barn doors weren't fastened with hinges, they were held in place by posts or small logs.
When he was eight years old his parents moved to Peever, South Dakota. He and his brother, Willie herded the sheep and cattle all the way from Beaver Falls to Peever along the Big Stone Trail, which at that time was more or less a wagon trail. The lived in South Dakota until 1891 when the family moved back to Beaver Falls and bought a farm in Section 12. When William married, the farm was divided into two 169 acre farms. William operated one and Francis and his father the other.
In 1931 he moved back to his farm in Beaver Falls, where he engaged in farming, until he fell on the ice in 1959 and was confined to a wheelchair.
When Francis and his father took over the farm they built all the buildings, except the house which Butlers had built. When Gustavus built the barn, the beams in it were taken from the First Lutheran church in Beaver Falls Township. This church stood on the northeast corner of Section 14 and was abandoned when the Zion Lutheran Church was built in Morton in 1888.
In 1949 this barn was struck by lightening and Francis rebuilt it. (Excerpt taken from the Renville Country History Book, 1980 Page 206.)
When Francis was three years old a barn door fell on him. To ease his crying and pain one of the families took and bathed him the cool waters of the Beaver Creek. From this it paralyzed him & he developed spinal meningtis. When his father, Gustavus saw that they couldn't help him, he rode horseback to St. Peter to get a specialist to come and give him medcal attention. He recovered but was unable to walk. One day, his uncle Lewis Blume, took him into the woods, sat him down and walked a few steps away to a bird's nest, where he said to Francis, "Come here Franny, see what I found." Francis got up and walked to it. It was his first steps to recovery. He was able to walk again, but all his life he walked lame or with a limp. In those days barn doors weren't fastened with hinges, they were held in place by posts or small logs.
When he was eight years old his parents moved to Peever, South Dakota. He and his brother, Willie herded the sheep and cattle all the way from Beaver Falls to Peever along the Big Stone Trail, which at that time was more or less a wagon trail. The lived in South Dakota until 1891 when the family moved back to Beaver Falls and bought a farm in Section 12. When William married, the farm was divided into two 169 acre farms. William operated one and Francis and his father the other.
In 1931 he moved back to his farm in Beaver Falls, where he engaged in farming, until he fell on the ice in 1959 and was confined to a wheelchair.
When Francis and his father took over the farm they built all the buildings, except the house which Butlers had built. When Gustavus built the barn, the beams in it were taken from the First Lutheran church in Beaver Falls Township. This church stood on the northeast corner of Section 14 and was abandoned when the Zion Lutheran Church was built in Morton in 1888.
In 1949 this barn was struck by lightening and Francis rebuilt it. (Excerpt taken from the Renville Country History Book, 1980 Page 206.)
Francis married Bernice Storch June 23, 1932. They had four children, June, Jean, Jane & Joan.
When Francis was three years old a barn door fell on him. To ease his crying and pain one of the families took and bathed him the cool waters of the Beaver Creek. From this it paralyzed him & he developed spinal meningtis. When his father, Gustavus saw that they couldn't help him, he rode horseback to St. Peter to get a specialist to come and give him medcal attention. He recovered but was unable to walk. One day, his uncle Lewis Blume, took him into the woods, sat him down and walked a few steps away to a bird's nest, where he said to Francis, "Come here Franny, see what I found." Francis got up and walked to it. It was his first steps to recovery. He was able to walk again, but all his life he walked lame or with a limp. In those days barn doors weren't fastened with hinges, they were held in place by posts or small logs.
When he was eight years old his parents moved to Peever, South Dakota. He and his brother, Willie herded the sheep and cattle all the way from Beaver Falls to Peever along the Big Stone Trail, which at that time was more or less a wagon trail. The lived in South Dakota until 1891 when the family moved back to Beaver Falls and bought a farm in Section 12. When William married, the farm was divided into two 169 acre farms. William operated one and Francis and his father the other.
In 1931 he moved back to his farm in Beaver Falls, where he engaged in farming, until he fell on the ice in 1959 and was confined to a wheelchair.
When Francis and his father took over the farm they built all the buildings, except the house which Butlers had built. When Gustavus built the barn, the beams in it were taken from the First Lutheran church in Beaver Falls Township. This church stood on the northeast corner of Section 14 and was abandoned when the Zion Lutheran Church was built in Morton in 1888.
In 1949 this barn was struck by lightening and Francis rebuilt it. (Excerpt taken from the Renville Country History Book, 1980 Page 206.)
When Francis was three years old a barn door fell on him. To ease his crying and pain one of the families took and bathed him the cool waters of the Beaver Creek. From this it paralyzed him & he developed spinal meningtis. When his father, Gustavus saw that they couldn't help him, he rode horseback to St. Peter to get a specialist to come and give him medcal attention. He recovered but was unable to walk. One day, his uncle Lewis Blume, took him into the woods, sat him down and walked a few steps away to a bird's nest, where he said to Francis, "Come here Franny, see what I found." Francis got up and walked to it. It was his first steps to recovery. He was able to walk again, but all his life he walked lame or with a limp. In those days barn doors weren't fastened with hinges, they were held in place by posts or small logs.
When he was eight years old his parents moved to Peever, South Dakota. He and his brother, Willie herded the sheep and cattle all the way from Beaver Falls to Peever along the Big Stone Trail, which at that time was more or less a wagon trail. The lived in South Dakota until 1891 when the family moved back to Beaver Falls and bought a farm in Section 12. When William married, the farm was divided into two 169 acre farms. William operated one and Francis and his father the other.
In 1931 he moved back to his farm in Beaver Falls, where he engaged in farming, until he fell on the ice in 1959 and was confined to a wheelchair.
When Francis and his father took over the farm they built all the buildings, except the house which Butlers had built. When Gustavus built the barn, the beams in it were taken from the First Lutheran church in Beaver Falls Township. This church stood on the northeast corner of Section 14 and was abandoned when the Zion Lutheran Church was built in Morton in 1888.
In 1949 this barn was struck by lightening and Francis rebuilt it. (Excerpt taken from the Renville Country History Book, 1980 Page 206.)
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