Possibly teachers at the Oberon School
Joseph Duckworth, teacher/principal
Information supplied by Jonelle Hvinden
Early settlers of the area are taken from Bureau of Land Management records.
Their names are as follows: Ole Aasen, Romulus Almond, Carl Anderson, Albram Baldwin, Samuel Beer, Thomas Bell, Thor Boreson (Tor Børresen), Darcy Brown, Eliabeth Buehler, Jakob Buehler, Philipp Buehler, William Buehler, Gustav Burkhardt, Richard Burley, S. Henry Burrows, Edmund Butts, Calvin Chapin, Cornelius Claflin, Deborah Claflin, James Cronin, George Cronk, Gust Dalquist, Heman Doane, John Drummond, Delos Dunbar, Oscar Dunbar, O. M. Erickson, Olaf Erickson, Falch Andrew Fergstad, Edward Foster, David Fultz, Eva Fultz, Jacob Fultz, N. B. Garnaas, O. B. Garnaas, Rebecca Gibson, Carl H. Goranson, Charles Greenwood, Thaddeus Hagele, Clara Hall, James Hall, Lorenzo Harriman, Daniel Harshman, Henry Hehakatanka, A. J. Hoiness, Anna Jane Hunter, John Hunter, Lizzie Hunter, Patrick Hunter, Elling Jensen, Emma Johnson, Frank Jones, Thomas Kelly, James Keyes, John Kiblinger, Emery Kinney, Theodore Knatterud, John Lien, Christian Lindstrom, Engeborg Lindstrom, Sveinung Lofthus, Andrew Lysne, Anna Mathews, Vernon Mathews, Johanthan Matthews, Milo Matthews, Victor Matthews, Willikam McGeoch, Daniel McHugh, Zachariah McMillan, Alexander Miller, Hogen Moen, James Morris, George Myers, Ole Nelson, John martin nelson, Clarence Nielsen, Mabel Nielsen, John Ripley, Ellef Rund, Percy Northrup, William Northrup, Charles Norton, Frederick Norton, Jacob Olson, Ole I. Olson, Peter Olson, Oliver Palmer, Harman Panzloff, Mary Jeanne Parker, Hiram Parsons, Lewis Parson, Ole Paulson, Harry Rush, Hans Salberg, Harry Salisbury, Peter Schaffner, W. C. Schaffner, William C. Scaffner, Justus Stearns, Hans Stenberg, Gabriel Porter, Alfred Taylor, Frank Taylor, Ida May Taylor, Lulie Taylor S. JUudson Taylor, Walter Taylor, Henry Thomas, Lucia Thomas, John Thoreson, Frank Tompkins, Anna Ulvang, Benjamin F. Vanduzer, August Voigt, Eli Ward, George Warnock, Harry Weir, John Weninger, Calvin Whitcomb, Charles Williams, Joseph Williams, Willard Wilson, Daniel Wood, David Wood, Edward Yager, and Eliza Hegland.
James Duncan,
of the twentieth legislative district, Oberon, Benson county, was born at
Carnie, Aberdeen, Scotland, and is 54 years of age, is married and has four
children. He came to North Dakota from Wabasha county. Minn., in 1881, and is a
farmer. Was educated in the common schools. Has held school and township offices
for the last fifteen years and was a member of the legislatures of 1905, 1907
and was re-elected to the house of 1909 and to the senate in 1910 as a
republican.
[Source: North Dakota Blue Book, 1913 Legislative Manual, Published under the
direction of Thomas Hall, Secretary of State, 1913. Submitted by Linda R.]
J.W. EEDE, M.D. As
a physician this gentleman stands at the head of his profession, and as a
citizen he is highly esteemed in the community in which he lives. He is a young
man in whom the people repose confidence, is a gentleman of excellent education
and strives to perfect himself in his work. He has become prominent in the
social circles of the town and vicinity, and takes a hearty interest in all
matters tending to promote the general welfare of the people.
Our subject was born in Ontario, Canada, in 1872. His father, J.L. Eede, was a
native of Canada, and was of English descent. He followed farming throughout his
life. The grandfather of our subject came from England about 1840 and was a
dealer in real estate. The mother of our subject was of Dutch descent, and the
family settled in Pennsylvania.
Mr. Eede was the fifth in a family of nine children and was raised on the farm
until fourteen years of age, when he went to Detroit, Michigan, and at the age
of eighteen years graduated from the Detroit high school, and then spent three
years at Ann Arbor, Michigan, in the scientific course. He began studying
medicine, in 1893, in Detroit Medical College, and graduated in 1896 with the
degree of M.D., and in the spring of the same year located at Oberon, North
Dakota, where he practiced his profession about nine months, and in 1897 located
at Harvey. He took a short post-graduate course in the college at Chicago, in
1900, and has built up a good practice and his future in North Dakota is
assured. He is medical examiner for some nine or ten insurance companies and
does a large insurance business, and he also deals some in real estate.
Mr. Eede is a member of the Knights of the Maccabees, Modern Woodmen of America,
the Red Cross, also of the A.F. & A.M., and is prominent in secret society
circles. In political sentiment he is independent. History Biography of North
Dakota. Transcribed by Kim Mohler
The town of Oberon, ND is located in this township.
Antelope Valley Lutheran Church and cemetery is located in SW ¼ section 7 rural Oberon. The church was first organized in 1899 and closed in 1974. The cemetery is still used occasionally for burial and is well maintained. Church and cemetery are located on top of a knoll surrounded by farm land. The grounds are well maintained with trees surrounding the yard on two sides.
There are two cemeteries located in this township, Antelope Valley Cemetery and Hillside Cemetery which is north of the town of Oberon.
Looking for information on my Uncle Leo and Aunt Hazel Nelson who farmed about 3 miles north of Sheyene. Please contact John Nelson.
These photos have been provided by Gail Prewitt, granddaughter of Joseph Duckworth, teacher/principal in Benson schools in the early 1900's. The photos are identified as written in the Duckworth photo album. If anyone can confirm identification or make corrections, please contact cgoltz@loretel.net .
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Joseph Duckworth, teacher/principal |
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