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 HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY 1003 Charles P. Hall was born in Red Wing, graduated at Hobart College in the class of 1897; taught school one year in western New York, and graduated from the law department of the Uni- versity of Michigan in 1901. Admitted to the bar in Minnesota in 1902; practiced in co-partnership with 0. M. Hall until 1904, when he located ;it Cannon Falls, holding position of city attor- ney 1905-6-7. At present he practices in Eed Wing and Cannon Falls. William Busch received his education in the public schools of Germany, and at the age of twenty years, in 1851, came to America. Seventeen months' work at the baker's trade in New York gave him enough money to move to Chicago, where he remained from 1853 to 1858. At Hay Creek, in this county, which was then being settled, he took up a claim of 160 acres and carried on farming about eighteen years. Although he pros- pered in this venture he had a desire for larger business ventures, and in 1S76 he sold his farm and came to Red Wing, where he invested his money in several different concerns, including the Goodhue County Bank, of which he is now a director. He is also a director in the Red Wing Sewer Pipe Company, the. Red Wing Milling Company, the Linseed Oil Company and the Red Wing Brick Manufacturing Company. He is vice president of the LaGrange Mills. His real estate holdings include city prop- erty, a 320-acre farm in Vasa township and a 185-acre farm in Featherstone township. In politics, Mr. Busch is a Democrat. He has been township supervisor and a member of the city coun- cil. In 1853-1854 he served in the militia. To the Knights of Pythias he pays his fraternal allegiance. William Busch was married in February, 1868, to Fredericka Wolbrus, by whom he has six children. Carl E. Vangsness was born in Wisconsin, October 14, 1860, son of Iver and Unni Vangsness. He received his education in Belle Creek, and worked on the farm with his father until he was twenty-eight years of age, when he purchased eighty acres of land in Section 29 ; he also rents 160 acres and follows a gen- eral line of farming and stock raising. Mr. Vangsness was mar- ried March 2, 1888, to Elizabeth Iverson, daughter of Iver and Berit (Romo) Iverson, natives of Norway. They came to America and located in Wanamingo township, where they have since been engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Vangsness have ten children: Ingmar, who is a student at the State University; Iver, Bella. Henry, Rudolph, George, Ida, Florence, Luella and Clarence. Mr. Vangsness is a Republican in his politics and has been road overseer and director of the school board for several years. He and his family are members of the Norwegian Lu- theran church.