 | J.H. Beers & Co - Kenosha (Wis.) - 1906 - 890 pages
...He then rented a farm for one year, at the end of which time he purchased his present i2O-acre tract of land, to which he has added from time to time, his property now comprising 280 acres. On June 14, 1893, Mr. Overson married Miss Caroline D. Stalbaum,... | |
 | W. L. Kershaw - Page County (Iowa) - 1909 - 658 pages
...College in College Springs, Iowa. He started out in business life as a farmer, first purchasing forty acres of land, to which he has added from time to time as his financial resources have increased until now he is the owner of four hundred acres of valuable... | |
 | C. H. Wegerslev, Thomas Walpole - Buena Vista County (Iowa) - 1909 - 724 pages
...worked to his advantage when he began business alone. He eventually purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land, to which he has added from time to time until his place now embraces four hundred acres all in one body, and situated on section 19, Hayes... | |
 | James Henry Hawley - Idaho - 1920 - 606 pages
...with his brother: In 1898 he removed to. Gannett and in 1899 purchased one hundred and twenty-five acres of land, to which he has added from time to time as his financial resources have permitted until he has now more than two thousand acres. Upon his ranch... | |
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In 1900, however, he turned his attention to farming and bought eighty acres of land to which he has added from time to time, his holdings now comprising one hundred and sixty acres. 