Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1891-01-16
SKETCHES
OF THE
Members of the Legislature.
1891.
Members of the Senate.

1891.
Members of the Senate.
ALMEN,G JOHN of Grafton, Walsh county,
was nOrn in Sweden on the 18th day of April,
1850; ancestry Swede; was educated in common
North Dakota in August, 1879: is married and at
present engaged in farming; came to America
and settled in Goodhue county, Minnesota, in
1859; has always followed farming; was a mem
Der OF the constitutional convention Of North Da-
k0ta; was elected to the senate of 81 as a repub-
lican.
ARNOLD, HORACE f., of Larimore, Grand
Forks county,; was born in the county of Wind
ham, state of Connecticut, On the 10Th day of June,
ssssesd from Salsa caledonia n,, aesdem; y ,aa Min1 i;
single ard is a. present engaged in farming
ana newspaper work; in early life he was Ell:
gagged as a teacher, next AS a contractor and
builder; during the last ten years his attention has
been given to the development and management
of a large farm at Larimore; he recently bought
and now publishes the Larimure Pioneer; is cap
tain of Altoona camp Of Sons of Veteraus, Which
being is organized in his city; was elected state
senator as a re uhlican.
BlDLAKE, JOHN, of Osnabrook, Cavalier
county. was born in the county OF llereforAshire,
England, ON the 24.il day of June, 1858; ancestry,
English: was educated at Hereford college: set
tied in North Dakota in 1881; is married and is at
present engaged in the hardware and machinery
business; came to this country in 1873, and until
recently has always been engaged i'll thrming;
was elected to the territorial house from Cavalier
county "a a democrat. by Il large majority in 1856,
and was again chosen ut the last election, to serve
Ill the senate.
BJORGO, JOHN, of Thompson, Grand Forks
county, was born in the county of Vale, Norway,
on the 18th day OF May, 1852; ancestry Norwe-
North Dakota in 1881; is married and at present
engaged in merchandising and farming; has been
postmaster at Thompson for seven years and is
at present chairman Of the board of county com
missioners of Grand Forks county; was elected to
the senate Of '9l as a democrat.
BISBEE, ANDREW, of Bisbee, Towner coun-
ty, was born in the county of Oxford, state OF
Maine, on the Sth day OF April, 1913; ancestry
American; settled in North Dakota in 1888; is
married and at present engaged in farming; EN-.
listed in Seventh Maine, Company B., and served
the hottest battles and receiving several severe
wounds; has always been a republican, and was
elected to the senate Of 81 as a republican.
BRYNJOLFSON, SKAPTI BRYNJOLFUR,o of
in the north part of Iceland on the 29th Of O.
tober, 1860, and lived in that country until 1874.
when he emigrated with his parents TO Nova
Scotia, where he engaged in farming and mining
for seven years; then started for the west and
lived in Minnesota for one year and settled in the
western part of Pembina county, North Dakota,
lived ever since; in the fall of 1889 he ran for
representative, but was defeated: has always
been a democrat; he is a descendant from the old
Morse "Vikings' who settled Iceland over 1000
years ago; he is a single man and has never gone
to school, but when small was taught at his
parents knees, which was the custom Of Iceland;
received an education from books without a
teacher since coming to this country; was elected
to the senate Of 1891 as a democrat.
CASHEL, JOHN L., of Grafton, walsh coun
was born in New York city, state of New Yo
educated at Wayland university, Beaver Dam,
Wis, and state university, Madison. Wis,
and settled in North Dakota in 1881; is mar
ried and is at present cashier OF the First Ma
tOQdl bank OF Grafton. WAS raised on a farm on
the frontier Of Wisconsin up to a man grown, ex-
cepting the time attending college; his first bust
college at Lacrosse, Wis, from 1871 to 1876; next
engagement was in the mercantile business at
Rochester, Mimi: following that, was in the real
estate and abstract business at Faribault, Mimi;
from there he moved to Grafton and has been ac-
lively engaged in the banking business ever since;
has held local offices in Walsh county; was elected
s'a state senator from the Fourth district as a
tpublican.
ENGER, F1NGAL g., of Portland, Steele
county, was born in district of Ringerike, Nor
way, on the 22d day OF February, 1916; ancestry
of Norway; settled in North Dakota in 1871; is
married and at present engaged in farming; was
the first settler in Steele county, going there in
1871, at Which time there was no market nearer
than Fargo; has been engaged extensively in
farming ever since; has always been an advocate
OF the principles OF the republican party, and has
been, and is now, a consistent worker for prOhi-
bition OF the liquor traffic; was elected to the SEN
ate OF 81 as a republican.
ENGLE, MATTHIAS L.. of Lisbon, Ransom
county, was born on the LIST day OF September,
l84S, i'll Angelica. Allegeny count", New York;
among the teachers he had when a hnY and who
have since become prominent are United States
Senator Teller of Colorado and Congressman D.
T. Richardson Of New York. Af;er l. ceiving an
academic education le began life as n clerk III
the American Express company's Office at
auburn, under a special appointment from the
FAMOUS president of express companies, Henry
Wells. He Was connected with express business
as CLERK, messenger and agent until 1874. when
a mercantile and loaning business; came to Ran
som county, North Dakota, in 1881, and engaged
in farming with his brother-in.law, Geo. W. Rob
!nsOn, and has continued farming since that
time; at the first election held in Ransom county
ne was elected as one of the county commission
es and was made chairman Of the board, which
position he held up to November, 1887, when he
resigned in order to be able to give his private i'll
terests his undivided attention.; in politics he has
always been a democrat, but never a strong par
tlsan; he was nominated for the senate last fall
Dy the democratic convention and elected by
democratic. independent and farmers alliance
votes; he is a prominent alliance member of
Ransom county.
FULLER, BAILEY W., of jamestown, Suits
state of Vermont, on the 2Ist day OF January,
lo47, OF American ancestry; was educated at
johnson academy, and settled in Dakota in the
year 1881, at jamestown; was elected to the legis.
laGure OF Vermont for two successive terms, IN
1875 and 1873, as a republican, and was elected
mayor of the city of Jamestown in 1889: is
married and is at present engaged in the real es-
tate business; was elected to the first state senate
ana reelected to the senate of 81 as a republican.
HAGGART, JOHN E., of Fargo, Cass county,
was born IN the county of st. Lawrence, state
OF New York. on tie 10Th day of April, 1916, of
scotch ancestry; was educated at common schools
and settled in Dakota in the year 1871, at Fargo,
but had been in the territory as far back as 1857:
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