Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1918-04-18
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@ Mar. sane HaIiark was bore In
Williams Essuaty, s,saia, Oct s.ss4g
fsee eareasss merr asrlg settlers ID
aise Isuekege State They had ulghsi
children, fsnr 81 sshain died ifxenrlg
years al'lss mother of assr sslhl leet
died ia 1919 fsse fss l,sr sssisse0s
usargiea agaiss. end 10 sisls upies
Wss horn riise children A hal sretss.
er Of Mrs asiiks served III il astssnegs
osa regiment III tie eskslt Nss
Miss tialleek was married u sssis
ias MiilSs oet %. 1907 T.anti si.sss' lsstg, III
tissis domestic Iifa In Ihsekaaasy
County, Iowa. They came te Eah
paint. Dakota, In this faii nf fasSfl.
and staged until stag 1874, a,sa Sss
ie,ssea for sifeir location of thnlr
future home the soilfheass quarter
aof sestios, s.. Mlaaletpn Township
Here their covered wagon wsss their
home. while they plosse,l sin sauae
mellow WHed land III tlse bend 81 .tlan
FeTniiiion river. for garden. .st,d n:
few acres of prairie f9e cd cs las
Because of locating hers, II eaYe
hhffis. Msgks the distinction ef lsefng
! eile FIRST white @ornai, to settle I'll
the north part Of this township ani
also oil being Oh the extreme frontier
8f wflite settlements Id tho Nef4sis-
lion Valley. as at this tiine there was
80 settlement above them This lo4
81
cation placed them five miles freus
their nearest neighhar 4, the south
twenty miles to the east. On the
sest, and north their neighbors were
American ladians Their trading
polnt WAS Ve@iniiiipn. aeariy As MILES
0 the south, and their nearest rail,
road station was SO to loo nfiles from
come. Tie indiAns did not trouble
them, indeed, but caused unrest M
the mind III MRS. Mifks. when she
discovered fregh moceaRin tracks Id
her garden and along the river. and
as Mf Milks must necessarily be ab-1
sent from home occasionally, it was
deemed best to abandon their first
tiola, and move four miles south 1
sso the southeast quarter Of section
~ Of the same township, and get !
nearer 20 neigiibors.
Mrs. .Milks was strong womandid I
much work lii the field, and III pio- a
sneer days could handle OK teams
quite we'll. She was kind hearted,
rood neighbor, d lover Of home and
friends and quick to ser~ers 4 to the
call ef the sick-and those in distress.
This incident for illustration Dur
ing the great flood Of 1881, when all
the rivers Of the west were out Of
their banks, the Vermiilion being no
exception. North Of the town Of Dav.
- the river was three miles wide.
One morning Mr.. and Mrs. Milks dis
5coved d signal Of distress iiyins ffofa |
the Le1nuei Waterman home. which
was surranded with water, geparatr
ing il from the Miiks home by ore
half mile, nevertheless the call must
be answered, Mr. Milks took a skiif,
and landed his wife at the Waterman
house, which was not only surrounded
with water, but had water several
inches deep on the floor Here Mrs
Waterman was very sick and it was
impossible To secure d physician. !
While out IN the river channel great
cakes Of ice were grinding and
groaning, huge snow drifts floating
BY and the waves were slapping
against the board shanty, inside a
little girl was born. and Mrs. MiIks
+ known to All the old settlers as
Belief was the guardian angel. Out
Of love and respect, the baby was
given the rassse Of Belle. Mrs. Belle
Sneiderman Of Davis, dates her birth
back II about April 20, 1851, md ner
birth place " little board s.,anty
standing In the water.
18th the exception Of one. year
sspen1 IN Harrison County, Iowa,
Turner County has been tne home of
ar. and Mrs Millss since 1871, the q
last fey, - having been spent in
Hurley
Mr. Minis departed this life early
In December 1916, and was buried
from this church sance thar tine