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 1I1STOKY OF GOODHUE cnlATY 799 home and took up farming until 1865, when he re-enlisted in Company I. Twenty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He was discharged in July, the same year, returned home and again re- sumed general farming, which he has since continued, making- a specialty of raising sheep, of which he owns a flock of 500 or more. He has a fine farm of 160 acres, a comfortable home and first-class buildings. March 30, 1869, Mr. Dickey was married to Sarah Steele, daughter of John and Sarah Steele, natives of Wis- consin. Mr. and Mrs. Dickey have had two children: Earle is dead. Bruce, born April 25. 1881, is in the government service, having been stationed in the Philippines as assistant cashier in the custom house for the past ten years. His granddaughter, Ella, lives in Dodge Centre. Minn., with her mother. Harold E. died August 22, 1905. F. W. Cate, a prosperous Pine Island farmer, was born in Pine Island township, August 12, 1864, son of Isaac and Caroline (Young) Cate, natives of New Hampshire, who came to Minnesota in 1856 and took up a homestead, which they broke and culti- vated, carrying on a general line of farming. The father served in the Civil war and died at Fort Snelling in 1864. The mother died in 1895. They had ten children, of whom eight are living. F. W. Cate was educated in the common schools and has always been a farmer. He purchased his father's farm and in 1901 bought the Farrington forty acres, and again in 1907 purchased sixty-nine -acres near Pine Island village, where he moved in 1909. He now carries on general farming, dairying and raises sheep, owning a flock of about 200. The Cate homestead is still in the family, having never changed hands. Mr. Cate was married No- vember 1, 1888, to Mary Drazan. Their only daughter, Teressa P., married Leon Klingsporn, and has one daughter. Blanche P., born February 3, 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Klingsporn reside on the old homestead. Mr. Cate is a member of the Modern Woodmen of Pine Island, and in his politics is a Eepublican. Oliver Berg, of Pine Island township, was born in Dane county, Wisconsin, November 13, 1850, son of Thomas and Turi (Hoff) Berg, who came in the early days to Dane county, and in 1860 to Goodhue county, where they pre-empted land in Pine Island town- ship and engaged in farming until they died ; the father in 1891 and the mother in 1899. They had a family of four children: Ole F., of Cherry Grove township; Oliver, the subject of this sketch ; Isabelle, now Mrs. Slette, of Faribault county, and Anna, married Ole Winger and lives in Virginia. Oliver was educated in the common schools and attended high school for two years. After leaving school he returned home and engaged in farming, which he has since continued. He has 190 acres of land, of which ninety acres is under cultivation, and on this property he conducts