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 866. HISTORY OF GOODHUE I 01 TY October, 1906. There were two children older than Thomas, who are deceased. Mary .lane the younger sister, married Levi Woodbury, now a retired hardware merchant of Zumbrota. A younger brother, Leslie, is now living in Aberdeen. Wash. J. H. Nibbe, an active farmer of Goodhue township, lias been prominently identified with the public life of the vicinity for many years. Il«' lias been township chairman eighl years, has served on the town hoard a similar period, lias been assessor six years and has served on the school board for many terms. In commercial life he is qo less distinguished, being one of the organizers of the Goodhue Co-operative store, of which he is a director and member of the executive hoard; and president of the Farmers' Warehouse Company, a position he has held for the past six years. Mr. Nibbe was horn m Germany, July 27, L853, and in thai country received his education, coming to this county in 1868, and engaging in farming with his father until 1876, when he purchased 160 acres in Goodhue township, where he now carries on general farming, owning 1-M acres in addi- tion to his original purchase. His place is well equipped with all the hitest farming appliances, and in addition to raising the usual crops he owns fourteen head of horses, thirty-three head Of cattle and thirteen sheep, as well as a number of hogS. Air. Nibbe was married in November, 1876, [to Lizzie Darhling, daughter of Charles and Anna Darhling, oatives of Germany, Mho Located in Nay ('reek township in 1856, taking up 160 acres of land and carrying on general farming until their death. The father died m 1891 and the mother in L906. Air. and Airs. Nibbe have been blessed with fifteen children, fourteen of whom are Living. They arc: John J., proprietor <>| a general store at Chippewa balls. Wis.; Carl Kivd. of Richland county. North Dakota: Mattie Louise, wife of I). 1. McHugh, manager of a grain elevator in North Dakota; John Henry, a lawyer, of Bill- ings. Mont.; George E., who died in .May, 1907; Clara Ann, a clerk iii Goodhue village; and Lydia. Bertha C, Annie Margaret. Margarel Lena, Peter C. R., Clarence 0. lb. Florence Philippine, Raymond W.. Blanche AI. and Walter A., all at home. The family faith is that of the German Lutheran church. Jacob and Mattie (Stehn) Nibbe, parents of the subject of this sketch, came from Germany in ISCS and located in this township. Two years Liter they purchased eighty acres and to this added from time to time until they owned in all 480 acres, upon which the father carried on general farming until his retirement in 1877. He died in 1902 and his wife passed away December 24, 1878. In the family, aside from J. H., there were four brothers and one sister: Peter, Jacob, John, Herman and Mary, the latter of whom is now the wife of John Gardan.