. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . final rest. In early life the father devoted his attention to merchandis-ing but afterward became a farmer. Christian Baertsch was educated in tlie public schools of his native state and spenthis youthful days there in tlie \isual manner of farm lads, work and play dividing his ]ST8 he wed<Ied Miss Eliza Dell, of Buffalo county, Wisconsin, and after their marriagehe operated a portion of his fathers farm until 1882, when he came to North Dakota andtook up a preemption on section 2, Sheridan township, Lamoure county. l
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . final rest. In early life the father devoted his attention to merchandis-ing but afterward became a farmer. Christian Baertsch was educated in tlie public schools of his native state and spenthis youthful days there in tlie \isual manner of farm lads, work and play dividing his ]ST8 he wed<Ied Miss Eliza Dell, of Buffalo county, Wisconsin, and after their marriagehe operated a portion of his fathers farm until 1882, when he came to North Dakota andtook up a preemption on section 2, Sheridan township, Lamoure county. lie jirovcd up onthat claim and occupied it for years, after which he honiesteaded his present farm, towhich he removed on the 1st of October, 1889. On this farm he platted the town of Marionwhen the railroad was built to that point in 1900 and has since been prominently identifiedwith the upbuilding of the village. He now owns the west half of section 11 and the westIialf of section 2.!, Sheridan township, Lamoure county, together with what remains of the. CHRISTIAN BAERTSCH HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 935 old homestead, his holdings embracing altogether seven hundred acres, making him one ofthe substantial citizens of his part of the county. He is also a stockholder and one of thedirectors of the First National Bank of Marion and he was one of the dominant factors inthe organization of the Farmers Elevator Company of Marion, of which he is now a director. While a firm believer in democratic principles, Mr. Baertsch would never consent toliold public office. He belongs to Dickey Lodge, No. 63, F. & A. M., has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite in Dakota Consistory, No. 1, A. & A. S. R., and also hasmembership in Lincoln Lodge, No. 57, L 0. 0. F. Mr. and Mrs. Baertsch have become parents of eight children, six sons and two daugh-ters: Edmund, an agriculturist of Lamoure county; Estella, the wife of Alden Angevine,who follows farming in Barnes county; Lena, t
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