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 EISTOEY OF GOODHUE COUNTS 771 quence on the floor and his good sense in caucus and committee deliberation won the confidence of his fellow members, and in 1909 lie was elected to his present position as speaker. Nol alone, however, at the state capital, is his influence felt, for at home his merits are no less realized, lie has served as president of the village council one year and lias been a member of the council two years. He has also done considerable campaigning for the Republican party. Mr. Rockne was married December 10, 1899. at Zumbrota. to Susie Albertson, daughter of Elling Al- bertson. a prominent fanner of Wanamingo. The fruits of this union are three children — Melroy, horn September 11. 1900; Elnor. born February 26, 1902, and Ariel, born June 26. 1904. The family worships at the Lutheran Church. W. Scott Van de Bogart is a new comer in Zumbrota town- ship compared with those who settled here in the fifties and sixties, but in the dozen or so years that he has lived here he has already established himself in the confidence and regard of the community. He was born in Appleton, Wis., February 15, 1862, son of Henry and Emeline (Hubbard) Van de Bogart, natives of New York state. They came west to Wisconsin in the early days and engaged in farming until 1862, when the father joined the union army and served in Company D. Twenty-first Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. . until his death at Murfreesborb as the result of a fever contracted during the campaign. After this sad bereavement, the mother lived at Appleton until 1878. She then lived two years in Kansas and in -1880 moved to North Dakota and still later to Nebraska. In 1899 she came to live with her son. then returned again to Nebraska, and subsequently in 1907 again took up her home with her son, and ended her days, November 26, 1908. W. Scott received his education in Wisconsin, there spent his young manhood and in 1880 took up a homestead of 160 acres in North Dakota and also a tree claim in the same state. In 1897 he came to Zumbrota township, purchased 150 acres of land in section 29. and continued to carry oh general farming. Mr. Van de Bogart was married April 2, 1884, to Annie Barteau, daughter of David and Joana (Willet) Barteau, natives of New York state, who came to Zumbrota in 1873 and engaged in the hardware business. The father died in August, 1908, and the mother makes her home in Zumbrota village. To W. Scott and Annie (Barteau) Van de Bogart were born five children — Jay H., born April 28, 1885, is employed by the Tri-State Telephone. Company at Minneapolis; Byron B., born July 12. 1888, died in March 6, 1908; Hazel L., born Febru- ary 19, 1891. lives at home; Sadie J., born May 9. 1894, died September 23. 1903; Ruth A., born March 8, 1898, lives at home. The mother of these children died March 17. 1898, and the