Marie Hovey Full Name: Marie Hovey Place of Birth: Griggs County, North Dakota Father's Name: Nils Olson Hovey Mother's Name: Marit Hoyme Siblings' Names: Ole, Carl, Julia, Nora Marie Hovey Retires: Thirty years of devotion to duty and service to a community seldom duplicated ended August 1, 1952, when Marie Hovey retired from her job as switchboard operator for the Manfred Telephone exchange. Although her position may seem like an insignificant one to the rest of the world, few people will ever receive from their neighbors the honor, love and respect for a job well done that the people in the Manfred area show Marie for her unselfish devotion to their welfare and convenience. Ill health forced her retirement. She is now making her home with her brother, Ole Hovey, and his wife who live northeast of Manfred. Mrs. Harley Kittelson has taken over Miss Hovey's job. Miss Hovey took over as switchboard operator for the independent exchange June 1, 1923 and served in that capacity until her retirement without a vacation. The longest she was away from the switchboard during the 30 years was in 1952 when she spent 11 days in the Harvey hospital. Although occasionally someone would fill in for her while she went to a neighborhood party, she seldom left the exchange building where she made her home. One winter when she was crippled with rheumatism she had casters put on the bottom of her chair so she could wheel herself from her bed to her place at the switchboard, should a call come in at night. Miss Hovey placed herself on 24 hour call. There was understanding among the customers of the company that no calls would be placed after 10 p.m. but countless times Marie got out of bed late at night to place an emergency call, try to ring or locate someone being called long distance. Another example of the service she rendered was given by S. A. Rogness who said "Marie saved me driving many extra miles when I had the bulk gas truck. When a farmer left word that he needed gas, Marie would call around the countryside until she found me to tell me that I could make my delivery on my way back to Manfred." The exchange started in 1909 at one time served 175 farms and businesses. The consolidation and enlarging of farms, the depression which forced some farmers to drop or discontinue phone service, the reduction in the number of businesses and residences in Manfred, and lines which were torn down because of construction and were not rebuilt contributed to the curtailing of services of the exchange which now has about 60 phones. Marie would not see some of the people she served until they paid their bill at the end of the year, but she could always recognize the people by their voices. A collection has been taken in the Manfred community and a sizeable sum will be presented to Marie as a gift of good will from the people of the area. The material rewards she received for her efforts were small, but Marie Hovey has a place in the hearts of the people of Manfred that no amount of money could buy. Article on Marie Hovey from the Wells County Paper August 1952 1886-1953 Marie died on December 5, 1953

Rudolph and Nora Peterson Husband's Full Name: Rudolph Peterson Husband's Place of Birth: Forest City, IA Husband's Father's Name: Andrew Peterson Husband's Mother's Name: Anna Peterson Husband's Siblings' Names: Wilhelm, Peter, Adolph, Anna, Theodore, John Aunt and Uncle who raised him: Nils and Marit Hovey Wife's Full Name: Nora Rogness Peterson Wife's Place of Birth: Manfred, ND Wife's Father's Name: Nikolai Rogness Wife's Mother's Name: Everina Lunderness Hauge Wife's Siblings' Names: Selma, Elvina, Lars, Martha Olsen, Sophie Opdahl, Ole, Anna Hager, Elvin, Ellen Staaleson, Lars Child's Names: Lowell (Loretta Vanackeren) Grandchildren: Kathleen, Debbie and Kelly Rudolph. Peterson was born May 6, 1895 in Forest City, IA. He moved to Tuttle at the age of 10. He was a nephew of Nils and Marit Hovey, according to 1910 Census. They were Marie Hovey's parents. Rudolph grew up near Tuttle. Nora met Rudolph when he was playing in a dance band.He played the violin, Mary Rogelstad played the piano and Oscar Melby played clarinet. They often played for S/N functions. He married Nora Rogness in Harvey June 6, 1925. Mr. Peterson was a mechanic in Manfred. He had attended Hansen Mechanical Trade School in Fargo and served in World War I.

Loren and Kathy Alveshere Husband's Full Name: Loren Curtis Alveshere Husband's Place of Birth: Harvey, ND Husband's Father's Name: Clarence Gustav Alveshere Husband's Mother's Name: Lena Frovig Alveshere Husband's Siblings' Names: Carol Moldenhauer Wife's Full Name: Kathleen Ann Garland Wife's Place of Birth: Fargo, ND Wife's Father's Name: Theodore Garland Wife's Mother's Name: Frieda Aroline Edinger Garland Wife's Siblings' Names: unknown Children's Names: Thomas Brian, Michael Todd, Sarah Kay Meier Back row, left to right: Loren Alveshere, Kathy Alveshere, Mitchell Moldenhauer. Middle row: Tom Alveshere, Lisa Moldenhauer, Carol Moldenhauer, Clyde Moldenhauer. Front row: Mike Alveshere, Clarence Alveshere, Lena Alveshere, Sarah Alveshere. Loren Curtis Alveshere, son of Lena and Clarence, attended the Fram Country Grade School until going to Harvey High School. He graduated in 1960. Loren went to North Dakota State University, Fargo, and graduated in 1965 with a B.S. degree in Animal Science, while working in the cafeteria and the Meats Department of NDSU. While in Fargo, he met Kathleen Ann Garland. They were married June 25, 1966 in Fargo. Then she joined him in Postville, Iowa where Loren worked as a livestock buyer at Oscar Mayer Co. Kathleen was born in Fargo and raised there. She attended Fargo schools, graduating from Fargo Central High School in 1961. She also completed training at Interstate Business College in Fargo and was a stenographer at Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. in Fargo. Kathleen also has interests in painting and designing including rosemaling and sewing. Her parents were Theodore Franklin Garland and Frieda Aroline Edinger Garland from the Carrington-Barlow area. Frieda graduated from New York Hairdressing Academy in Fargo and was employed as a hairdresser before marriage. Theodore was in the gravel business for many years in Glyndon, Minnesota and invented the Garland Gravel Jig. Frieda Garland died in 1971 in Portland, Oregon and is buried at the Carrington Cemetery. While Loren and Kathleen were living in Iowa, their son Thomas Brian was born, their second son is Michael Todd and their daughter, Sarah Kay. They lived in Postville, Iowa until April 1974. At that time, they packed up to move to the Clarence Alveshere farm where Loren had grown up. Loren has a grain and Livestock operation on the farm now. The children attended Harvey Public Schools. The family attends Trinity Bethany Lutheran Church and Kathleen belongs to the Manfred Homemakers group. Source: Growing With Pride

John P. and Emma Nelson Husband's Full Name: John P. Nelson Husband's Place of Birth: Norway Husband's Father's Name: unknown Husband's Mother's Name: unknown Husband's Siblings' Names: unknown Wife's Full Name: Emma Miller Nelson Wife's Place of Birth: Smaland, Sweden Wife's Father's Name: Miller Wife's Mother's Name: unknown Wife's Siblings' Names: Alma Miller Erickson Children's Names: Hilda, Edith (Carl Carlson), Henry, Arthur (Emma Larson) Emma came to America from Smaland, Sweden with her parents when she was nine years of age. She grew to womanhood at Winthrop, Minnesota, and then went to Bismarck as a young lady where she married John P. Nelson. John and Emma were married on November 24, 1883. They homesteaded on a farm north of Manfred in 1894, and lived there until August 1917 when they moved to Manfred. John passed away in December 1918. She continued to reside in Manfred, ND until time of her death, except for several years spent with her daughter Hilda in Minneapolis. In Manfred they lived in what was later known as the Ostrem house. Emma died on November 21, 1941 at her home in Manfred and was laid to rest on Tuesday, November 25th. Funeral services were conducted from the Lutheran Church in Manfred with Rev. J. M. Langseth officiating; interment was made in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Ed Benson, Emil Nelson, Martin Moen, Wm. Abrahamson, Knute Nelson and Ole Rudi.

Phillip and Hilda Deede Husband's Full Name: Phillip Deede Husband's Place of Birth: Manfred Township, ND Husband's Father's Name: Andrew Deede Husband's Mother's Name: Dorothy Frank Deede Husband's Siblings' Names: Gottlieb, Pauline Herman, Kate Hirschkorn Christine Hauser, Amelia Lang, Molly Miller Wife's Full Name: Hilda Rodacker Deede Wife's Place of Birth: Fessenden, ND Wife's Father's Name: Matt Rodacker Wife's Mother's Name: Sophia Fischer Rodacker Wife's Siblings' Names: Ella Thygeson, Albert Rodacker, Emma Miller Child's Name: Hildor Deede The Deede brothers, Gottlieb and Phillip worked together as carpenters beginning in 1915 when Phillip was only fifteen years old. They built buildings needed by area farmers such as barns, granaries, as well as additions to existing buildings. To begin a building project the brothers ordered the needed materials, which were then delivered by wagons directly to the building site. One might wonder how many wagonloads were necessary in order to haul the large quantity of materials needed to build a barn. The brothers would then measure the lumber to the proper lengths and cut it with handsaws ready for the building project. After all was prepared, they would then recruit men to help them erect the structure. Phillip had expressed how pleased he was to help the area farmers with their building projects. Two of these hip-roofed buildings are still in existence: the one on his father’s homestead, as well as, the barn on the Gene Melby farm built in 1915. Another barn no longer in existence, built in 1920, was for Mike Fischer. (Source: the New Manfred News December 2002, page 11) Phillip and Hilda moved into the Fessenden community in 1940. They purchased the Rodacker farm four miles west of Fessenden in St. Anna Township. Their son Hildor attended country grade school and graduated from Fessenden High School. In 1951 he married Nellie Harris. He entered the army and was sent to Korea where he served 18 months overseas. Phillip and Hilda remained on the farm until Hildor’s return in 1953, when they purchased a home in Fessenden, known as the G. L. Hope house. Phillip continued his interest in the farm until the early 1970’s. The Rodacker family farm continues to be farmed by Hildor and his sons Thomas and Wayne. Source: Fessenden Centennial Book

C. C. and Anna Melby Husband's Full Name: Kristen Kristenson Rogne Melby Husband's Place of Birth: Valdres, Norway Husband's Father's Name: Kristen Mikkjelsen Rogne Husband's Mother's Name: Guro Gudbrandsdtr Bustebakke Husband's Siblings' Names: Guri Rudi, Gudbrand, Kristen, Marit, Guri Opdahl, Torstein, Kristen Wife's Full Name: Annie Olsdotter Stokkebryn Melby Wife's Place of Birth: North Aurdal, Norway Wife's Father's Name: Ola Olsen Stokkebryn Wife's Mother's Name: Mali Knutsdotter Rogne Wife's Siblings' Names: Ole, Ingrid Jorstad, Ingebjørg Meisedalen, Knut Children's Names: Gena Flick, Clarence, Clara Shearer, Anne Cook Kristen immigrated to the USA in 1880. In the USA, Kristen first used Rogne for his last name, as indicated on his marriage recorded at the courthouse, but he soon became known as C. C. Melby. Christian C. Melby was born in Valdres, Norway and as a young man immigrated to the United States as did his two sisters and his brother, T. K. Rogne, who was Manfred's first Postmaster. C. C. first located east of the town of McHenry on a tree claim. In the early 1890's he filed on a homestead north of Manfred, soon to be followed by Anna Stokkebryn, who homesteaded next to his land. They later were married and continued to farm and build up a large farmstead as well as holdings. He built the first large hip roof barn in the area and was instrumental in the immigration of many of his countrymen, paying their fare and employing them until they worked it off and were able to be set up in various occupations. He was an early builder and promoter of Manfred. He built the largest store in Manfred, with groceries, dry goods, hardware and a furniture store on the ground floor. The top floor consisted of offices, apartments and a large hall for social events. One such office was that of Dr. P. A. Boyum who had his office there before he moved to McKenzie County. C. C. Melby later acquired an alfalfa ranch east of Lancaster, California, and a duplex in Riverside, California. Their two youngest daughters Ann and Clara later owned these properties. C. C. and Anna also had a son Clarence, who at the age of two met a tragic death. As a two-year-old, he watched everything and noticed his mother set a cup up high in the cupboard, so when she turned her back, he climbed up and drank it. It was lye that she was using to wash clothes with. There was no way to save him. Their oldest daughter, Gena who was born September 10, 1895, went to Montana to homestead in 1916 with many other young people from the Manfred area. There she endured many hardships as they all did. She married another homesteader, Ray S. Flick who had moved to the same area. C. C. Melby died in San Pablo, California. Source: Growing With Pride

Warren and Bielda Hoover Warren and Bielda Hoover Husband's Full Name: Warren D. Hoover Husband's Place of Birth: Rock Lake, ND Husband's Father's Name: Daniel W. Hoover Husband's Mother's Name: Maude Moore Hoover Husband's Siblings' Names: Grace and Gladys Wife's Full Name: Bielda Talea Fehr Hoover Wife's Place of Birth: Toronto, SD Wife's Father's Name: Brechter Eilert Fehr Wife's Mother's Name: Mary Elmira Egger Fehr Wife's Siblings' Names: Eilert, William, Julia Albus, Baby, Ruth Krueger, Twin Boys, Walter, John Children's Names: Maridel Sprenger, Derald, David Warren and Bielda Hoover moved from Minneapolis to the former Matt Biever farm near Manfred in the fall of 1944. Warren Hoover came from Rock Lake, where his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hoover homesteaded in 1898. He married Bielda Fehr on November 21, 1940 in Minneapolis. Mrs. Hoover's parents were Mr. and Mrs. Bert Fehr of Manfred. Her grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Eilert Fehr who resided in Manfred Township. The Hoovers' children are Mrs. James (Maridel) Sprenger of Bismarck, Derald (Ruth) Hoover of Stanley and David (Lois) Hoover of Starkweather. There are six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren. Maridel Sprenger is retired from the ND State DOT in Bismarck. Derald is retired now from his position as Assistant General Manager and Financial Administrator of Mountrail-Williams Electric Cooperative in Stanley-Williston-New Town. David is retired County Executive Director of FSA-USDA of Towner County in Cando. Derald and David also farm. Bielda Hoover died August 30, 1985 and Warren Hoover died March 13, 1993. Following Bielda’s death, Warren Married Marjorie Rangen. Both are now deceased.

Vern and Bernice Nelson Husband's Full Name: Vern Otto Nelson Husband's Place of Birth: Tolley, ND Husband's Father's Name: Bor Nelson Husband's Mother's Name: Freida Oberg Husband's Siblings' Names: Norman, Lawrence, Roy, A, B, Doris, Margaret, Elaine, Justin Wife's Full Name: Bernice Gladheim Nelson Wife's Place of Birth: Plaza, ND Wife's Father's Name: Ole Gladheim Wife's Mother's Name: Clara Ranum Wife's Siblings' Names: Mildred, Gerda, Doris, Ordean, Cora, Ora, Carol Children's Names: Vernon, Warren, Robert, George, Owen, Curtis, Pam Vern Nelson was born November 25, 1913 at Tolley to Bror and Freda Nelson. He grew up there and began his education. He later moved with his family to the Sanish area where he completed his education. As a young man he entered the Civilian Conservation Corps. He married Bernice Gladheim in June 1942 at San Francisco, California where they made their home until moving back to North Dakota in 1944, She was born at Plaza and raised at Sanish where she graduated from high school in 1934. She worked for the Bank of North Dakota at Bismarck in 1939 during the state centennial celebration. They made their home on a farm south of Manfred until 1950 when they moved to the Gladheim family farm north of Manfred. They were members of the Vang Lutheran Church of Manfred. Bernice was a Sunday School teacher and active in the Vang Ladies Aid. They are buried at the Vang Cemetery north of Manfred.

Roy and Ella Adams Husband's Full Name: Roy Chester Adams Husband's Place of Birth: Mabel, Fillmore, Minnesota Husband's Father's Name: Erasmus M. Adams Husband's Mother's Name: Sarah Adams Husband's Siblings' Names: Ella, Silas, Ada (Frank M. Tripp) Wife's Full Name: Ella Josefina Anderson Adams Wife's Place of Birth: Decorah, Iowa Wife's Father's Name: Jacob A. Anderson Wife's Mother's Name: Ellen Simpson Anderson Wife's Siblings' Names: Adolph, Christian, Anna, Tesa, Clara, Arthur, Roy Edward, Children's Names: Raymond, Ada Mae (Bruce Tweten and Augustine Ekren)), Alan and Ruth (David Wright) On the left: Mrs. Martin Melby with Myrtle and Kermit On the right: Mrs. Roy Adams with Ada Mae and Raymond Roy Adams was born in Minnesota in 1883. He married Ella Anderson and they were the parents of four children: Raymond, Ada Mae, Allen and Ruth. Mr. Adams came to Fessenden in 1905 and worked for T. L. Beiseker banks in Harvey, Manfred and Fessenden. He served on the school board, city council, was a Lutheran church trustee for six years and treasurer for ten years. He was city assessor for eleven years. Mrs. Adams passed away February 14, 1953. Roy Adams Obituary Roy Chester Adams died Tuesday, July 15, 1980 in Thief River Falls, Minn, at the age of 97 years. Services were held Saturday at the First Lutheran Church of Fessenden at 11:00 a.m. with burial at the Hillside Cemetery of Fessenden. Officiating at the service was Rev. Arville Bakken, with Mrs. June Streibel, as organist and Lowell Rau and Bruce Tweten singing solos. Casket bearers were Howard McGuiness, Erwin Engbrecht, E. S. Killie, M. C. Solberg, Sam Krause and Alvin Mohr. Honorary Bearers were members of the Mystic Tie Lodge No. 124 of Fessenden. Mr. Adams was born June 17, 1883, in Mabel, Minn, son of the late Erasmus and Sarah Adams. He was raised on the family homestead and received his early education in the area country school. Upon graduating from high school, he enrolled in the Decorah Business College at Decorah, Iowa. While attending college, Roy met and later married Ella Anderson in 1909 at Decorah. After receiving his business degree, they moved to Manfred where he managed the Manfred Bank. Article from the Manfred News July 1906: Roy Adams, cashier pro tem of the Manfred State Bank, passed the reins of business into the hands of S. H. Ongstad last week Friday and left for Harvey where he holds down a position as assistant cashier in one of Beiseker’s banking institutions. In 1925 they moved into Fessenden where Roy accepted a position at the local bank as Banker-Realtor under T. L. Beiseker, who was owner of the bank at the time. They remained in Fessenden until approximately 1972, when he moved to Kensal, where he lived with his daughter Ada Mae Tweten until 1976. He then moved to Thief River Falls, Minn. where he had resided since. Mrs. Adams died February 14, 1953. Roy was very active in Community affairs. He was a member and past Treasurer of the First Lutheran Church for many years, a member of the Mystic Tie Lodge No. 124 of Fessenden and a past member of the Fessenden School Board. He is survived by 2 sons, Raymond of Fargo, Alan of Thief River Falls, MN, 2 daughters, Mrs. Bruce (Ada Mae) Tweten of Kensal and Mrs. David (Ruth) Wright of Oregon City, Ore; 13 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

T. L. and Clara Beiseker Husband's Full Name: Thomas Lincoln Beiseker Husband's Place of Birth: Muncie, Indiana Husband's Father's Name: Charles N. Beiseker Husband's Mother's Name: Kate R. Reilly Husband's Siblings' Names: Jessie (Shelby); (Mary Yelland); Henry, Elizabeth (Metzger); Arthur N., Lawrence, Loretta (Roberts) and Chester Wife's Full Name: Clara Edwards Beiseker Wife's Place of Birth: Moscow, Freeborn, Minnesota Wife's Father's Name: Daniel B. Edwards Wife's Mother's Name: Olinda Van House Edwards Wife's Siblings' Names: Henry, Ellen, Amy, Sherman Children's Names: Charles and Lila Netcher Fessenden and Wells County have been the home for many years of one of the shrewdest and most noted bankers and financers of the entire Northwest, T. L. Beiseker. Mr. Beiseker was born in Muncie, Indiana, April 8, 1867, in their covered wagon as the family was moving to Austin, Minnesota. He died in June of 1941. He was educated in the schools of Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and at Austin, Minnesota. At Austin he was employed for seven years as deputy county auditor. In the spring of 1893 he came to Sykeston and organized the Wells County Bank with a capital of $10,000, the first bank organized under the state law and also the first permanent bank established in the county. He was elected president of this bank and in 1893 moved it along with the county seat to Fessenden, reaching there November 18, 1894. Mr. Beiseker is interested in several other banks of the county and also in banks in North Dakota and Montana. Mr. Beiseker purchased land in Manfred and had the First State Bank of Manfred built in 1905. In 1892, Mr. Beiseker was united in marriage to Miss Clara A. Edwards of Austin and they were the parents of two children, a daughter, Lila, now Mrs. A. L. Netcher of Fessenden, and son, Charles, now deceased, who served in the U. S. Aviation Corps in the World War. Mrs. Clara Beiseker took a very active part in Red Cross activities and on May 1918 became chairman of the Fessenden working branch. It is said by many of those who worked with her that no other woman devoted as much time as did Mrs. Beiseker to the production of the innumerable article her unit was called upon to make. Her mother, Olinda Edwards, must surely have been a great inspiration to her during those days of hard work, and a son in the service must indeed have been the incentive to perform to the most of her ability. Mrs. Beiseker took sick early in spring and died May 7, 1919. Mr. Beiseker left Wells County in the late 1920s after his banking business fell due to poor investments. Beiseker moved to Alberta where he lived out the rest of his days. . Source. The History of Wells County and Its Pioneers – by Walter E. Spokesfield 1929 The Beiseker Mansion in Fessenden, ND. This is where T. L. Beiseker resided while running his banking empire. It has been on the National Register of Historical Places since 1977.

Tennes and Anna Hauge IHusband's Full Name: Tennes Hauge Husband's Place of Birth: Manfred, ND Husband's Father's Name: Torger J. Hauge Husband's Mother's Name: Anna Erfjord Hauge Husband's Siblings' Names: Martha, Albert, Ella, Clarence, George, Martha, Leonard Wife's Full Name: Ann Rogness Hauge Wife's Place of Birth: Pierce County, ND Wife's Father's Name: Andrew Rogness Wife's Mother's Name: Liva Berg Rogness Wife's Siblings' Names: John, Sam, Selmer, Melvin Anton, Elmer, Martin, Jacob, Baby Girl, Lars, Lars Children's Names: none Tennes and Anna Hauge farmed north of Manfred for many years. They were members of the Bethel Lutheran Church. When Anna was interviewed at her 100th birthday she remembered working in a cook car. The hours were long from 5 a.m. until 11 p.m. every day. She made pies and doughnuts. "The men liked the doughnuts and pies," she grinned. Hauge took care of her parents for many years. She married Tennes Hauge when she was about 40 years old. They lived in the Manfred area. When her husband died in 1962, she moved to Harvey. They did not have any children but cared for six teenage nephews. She was an active member of the Bethel Church near Heimdal where she was baptized and confirmed. She was very alert and made her own decisions, even at 100 years of age. When she was about 94 years old she decided to live in the nursing home in Harvey. Excerpts from January 8, 2002, Herald Press Article by Carrie Opdahl

August and Fredericka Schmitcke Husband's Full Name: August Schmitcke Husband's Place of Birth: Poland Husband's Father's Name: Husband's Mother's Name: Husband's Siblings' Names: Wife's Full Name: Fredericka Hildebrand Schmitcke Wife's Place of Birth: Russia Wife's Father's Name: Wife's Mother's Name: Wife's Siblings' Names: Children's Names: Albert, Emma [Fast], Gotfried [Mary], Edward, Ben [Elsie], Rudolph [Mary Kleinsasser], Anna [Fred Jungling], Otto [Emma Kleinsasser], Jacob August and Fredericka immigrated in about 1894 and were residence in Manfred in 1901 until about 1906. They are not listed in the census records so apparently came after the 1900 census and left before the 1910 census. August walked to town for candy for the children at Christmas time and never returned, having frozen to death on this trip. Most of the family grew up in McLean County, North Dakota and settled there, according to his great grandson. We have not found his grave, although there are several unmarked graves in the Manfred Township Cemetery, and very likely is buried there.