Living Family Archive

St. Mathias County, Minnesota

St. Mathias County, Minnesota

Stories set here

A Snowstorm, an Open Door, and a Growing FamilyDrawing partly on Floyd’s accounts, the family recounts Dan and Bernal’s rented farm and Olive’s desperate appeal after Clarence Vosburg’s accidental death. Dan offered shelter in exchange for cooking and housekeeping, initially unaware of her two oldest daughters. Olive and Dan married in 1899 and had five children, two of whom died young. The account also recalls Carrie’s devout household and Bernal’s departure after Newton’s death to sell sewing machines, including his meeting with Belle Woodley.

Events here

Before Dan married
Dan and Bernal work a rented farm
Grew feed corn and ninety-day russet potatoes for sale or barter and kept chickens, pigs, and a milkin’ cow.

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