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FRED MADSON FAMILY
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TOWNSHIP 140N RANGE 93W
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FRED MADSON FAMILY
Fred Madson was born March 14. 1863 in Randers, Denmark. He came to Bismarck in 1882 at age 19 with $4.00 in his pocket and got a job with the Northern Pacific railroad on a gravel train, working west of Mandan. He spent two years on the gravel train working until they reached Glendive. They wintered at Sully Springs where the water froze in the tanks and snow had to be shoveled into the steamer and melted.
In 1885 he filed on a homestead five miles southeast of Taylor on Sec. 14. Twp. 139. R. 93. On this section the ruts made by Custer's wagon train were visible until the dust storms of the thirties.
Christine Olsen was born in Ringstad, Denmark on Jan. 10, 1867 and came to North Dakota with the Peter Christianson family in 1884. She worked for the Hamden family in the section house in Antelope. Fred Madson and Christine Olsen were married Nov. 30, 1885 in Richardton at the home of her uncle, Peter Jensen. Peter escorted immigrants from Denmark to this area and helped them get established.
The Madsons began their home in a sod house with a dirt floor on their homestead and were the parents of six children. They were Nels, Anders, Bill, Nora, Harry and Frank. Their three oldest sons were born in the sod house and Nora and Harry were born at the present farm location.
After accumulating more cattle than they had pasture for, they moved to McKenzie Co. in 1902 and ranched there until that area was homesteaded. Frank was born on that place, six miles west of Schafer, on Jan. 1, 1905. Later they returned to Stark Co. leaving their two oldest sons, Nels and Anders, to run the ranch. Their son, Harry, passed away in 1910 at age 16 of infantile paralysis.
Anders and Nels married the Christianson sisters, Bessie and Eva, in 1913. These young women had come from Fergus Falls, Minn, to take up homesteads on the Little Missouri. Nora Madson married Harold Terry and they now live in Portland, Ore. Bill worked as a carpenter and was single. He passed away in Salem, Ore.
Frank married Margaret Hull, a school teacher from Driscoll, N.D. on Sept. II, 1927, and that year the Fred Madsons retired to Taylor, leaving their son, Frank, and his wife to run the farm. Fred passed away in 1930 and his wife, Christine, in 1949.
Frank and Margaret have three daughters and one son. They are Marilyn, Lyle, Susan and Karen.
Marilyn married Lee Hutchinson and they farm east of Taylor. Their four children are Gary, Jack, Carol and Kay. Gary married Colleen Schmeling and they and their son, Merlin, live on the Madson farm where Gary's great-grandfather homesteaded. Jack married Nola Paulson and they farm in Dunn Co. Carol married Errol Nitschke and they and their son, Clay, live in Minot. Kay teaches school in New Rockford.
Lyle Madson is married to Muriel Hall of Langdon and they live in Cedar Falls, la., where Lyle is an engineer with the John Deere Company. Their children are Kathy, Scott and Laura.
Susan is Mrs. Douglas Wiley and she and her husband and two children. Dawn and Scott, live in Spokane, Wash., where Doug works in vocational rehabilitation.
Karen is a legal secretary and she and her daughter. Kelsey Sticka, live in Dickinson.
Frank and Margaret Madson have recently moved to Taylor.
Fred Madson was born March 14. 1863 in Randers, Denmark. He came to Bismarck in 1882 at age 19 with $4.00 in his pocket and got a job with the Northern Pacific railroad on a gravel train, working west of Mandan. He spent two years on the gravel train working until they reached Glendive. They wintered at Sully Springs where the water froze in the tanks and snow had to be shoveled into the steamer and melted.
In 1885 he filed on a homestead five miles southeast of Taylor on Sec. 14. Twp. 139. R. 93. On this section the ruts made by Custer's wagon train were visible until the dust storms of the thirties.
Christine Olsen was born in Ringstad, Denmark on Jan. 10, 1867 and came to North Dakota with the Peter Christianson family in 1884. She worked for the Hamden family in the section house in Antelope. Fred Madson and Christine Olsen were married Nov. 30, 1885 in Richardton at the home of her uncle, Peter Jensen. Peter escorted immigrants from Denmark to this area and helped them get established.
The Madsons began their home in a sod house with a dirt floor on their homestead and were the parents of six children. They were Nels, Anders, Bill, Nora, Harry and Frank. Their three oldest sons were born in the sod house and Nora and Harry were born at the present farm location.
After accumulating more cattle than they had pasture for, they moved to McKenzie Co. in 1902 and ranched there until that area was homesteaded. Frank was born on that place, six miles west of Schafer, on Jan. 1, 1905. Later they returned to Stark Co. leaving their two oldest sons, Nels and Anders, to run the ranch. Their son, Harry, passed away in 1910 at age 16 of infantile paralysis.
Anders and Nels married the Christianson sisters, Bessie and Eva, in 1913. These young women had come from Fergus Falls, Minn, to take up homesteads on the Little Missouri. Nora Madson married Harold Terry and they now live in Portland, Ore. Bill worked as a carpenter and was single. He passed away in Salem, Ore.
Frank married Margaret Hull, a school teacher from Driscoll, N.D. on Sept. II, 1927, and that year the Fred Madsons retired to Taylor, leaving their son, Frank, and his wife to run the farm. Fred passed away in 1930 and his wife, Christine, in 1949.
Frank and Margaret have three daughters and one son. They are Marilyn, Lyle, Susan and Karen.
Marilyn married Lee Hutchinson and they farm east of Taylor. Their four children are Gary, Jack, Carol and Kay. Gary married Colleen Schmeling and they and their son, Merlin, live on the Madson farm where Gary's great-grandfather homesteaded. Jack married Nola Paulson and they farm in Dunn Co. Carol married Errol Nitschke and they and their son, Clay, live in Minot. Kay teaches school in New Rockford.
Lyle Madson is married to Muriel Hall of Langdon and they live in Cedar Falls, la., where Lyle is an engineer with the John Deere Company. Their children are Kathy, Scott and Laura.
Susan is Mrs. Douglas Wiley and she and her husband and two children. Dawn and Scott, live in Spokane, Wash., where Doug works in vocational rehabilitation.
Karen is a legal secretary and she and her daughter. Kelsey Sticka, live in Dickinson.
Frank and Margaret Madson have recently moved to Taylor.