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 942 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY on general farming until in 1892, when he retired from active life. He died in 1903 and the mother passed away in 1901. T. 0. Bonde received his education in the public schools at Northfield, Minn., and took a business course at a La Crosse business college. After leaving school he took up farming, and in 1900 purchased 160 acres in Dakota, remaining three years, after which he sold and returned to the old home, where he has since managed the farm with his brother. Mr. Bonde has three sisters and three brothers. The sisters are : Bertha E., married to Charles Asper, of Portland, Ore.; Emma, married to John Beauline; and Belle, married to Oliver Tucker, of Hibbing. Minn. The brothers are : <;. O., living in North Dakota; Austin, now of North Dakota; Albert, living at home. Mr. Bonde is a Kepublican in politics, has served as chairman of the town board four years, and was justice of the peace two years. He is interested in the Farmers' Elevator at Dennison. John Engersetter, of Warsaw township, was born in North- field, Rice county, Minnesota. November 28, 1869, son of Erick and Julia Haland Engersetter, natives of Norway, who came to America in 1852, locating in Wisconsin, where the father worked on a farm, remaining two years. In 1854 they moved to Rice eounty, Minnesota, where the father homesteaded eighty acres of timber land, which he broke and cleared. He also built a house of logs. Later he purchased 160 acres of land in Northfield town- ship, where he moved the log house and improved the land, carry- ing on general farming, and adding more land, at one time 160 acres and another time eighty acres, until he owned in all 480 acres, which he managed until his death, January 28, 1904. The mother is still living on the old homestead with her son, Edward. John was one of six children : Albert, now of Canada ; Carrie, married Albert Mohn, uoav of Rice county ; Julia, married George Rauk, now of Rice county; Edward, lives on the homestead; Bertha, married Carl Knutson, now of Rice county; and John is the subject of this sketch. John received his education at the public schools of Rice county and worked on the farm at home ■ until 1893, when he bought 200 acres of land, of which 180 acres was in Goodhue county, where he built a home, barn and other outbuildings, and now carries on general farming and dairying, also raising fine horses and stock. The other twenty acres are in Rice county. Mr. Engersetter was married March 8, 1898, to Julia Lein, daughter of Gunder and Annie (Estrem) Lein, natives of Norway, who came to this county and settled in Holden town- ship, where they purchased land and carried on general farming until the father died in 1906. The mother is still living on the homestead. Mr. and Mrs. Engersetter have four children : Gil- man A., Eddie G., Annie J., and Gunda Lenora. Mr. Engersetter