Notes
Note for: Jennie Ewell, 1876 -
Lived only a few months and was buried on the claim in Kansas.
Notes
Note for: Stella Ewell, 1877 - 1893
Died at the age of 16 on Boston Mountains in Arkansas. She was up on the
mountain preaching.
Notes
Note for: Emery John Ewell, 18 JAN 1880 -
Married Emma Damorn on 18 Sept 1906. They had 4 children
Notes
Note for: Lars Ekberg, 8 JAN 1869 - 7 DEC 1942
Lars came to America and settled on a farm in Winner, S.D. where he farmed
until he died. He and his wife Johanna had only one child, a son named
Eric who
died fairly young in Winner. Johanna died before Lars and when Lars
died, his
brother Olof inherited and sold his ranch.
FORMER BUREAU COUNTIAN ENJOYING RARE GOOD CROP (undated)
Report that Lars Eckberg, who left Bureau County 28 years ago to farm
in South Dakota, is expecting to have his fourth good crop since 1929 was
made by Olaf Eckberg, Bureau Township farmer, who returned recently from
a trip through Minnesota and the Dakotas. Others in the touring party
were Mrs. Eckberg and two sons, Orville and Harold.
Farm of Lars Eckberg, brother of the Bureau county man, is located on
the Roosevelt reservation near Winner, S.D. It is in a small pocket, 150
miles long and 100 miles wide, which has adequate conditions for maturing
a crop. The rest of South Dakota is badly burned by drought, Mr. Eckberg
said. The Bureau county people spent about ten days on their trip,
visiting friends and relatives in Minnesota and the Dakotas.
ECKBURG FINDS BETTER CONDITIONS IN SOUTH DAKOTA (undated)
Olaf Eckburg, Wyanet Township farmer, returned Thursday from South
Dakota where he had driven on a motor trip with two of his sons, Leroy
and Orville. Orville remained in South Dakota where he will be director
of athletics and instructor at the Rosebud Indian Reservation near the
Dakota Bad Lands. Orville graduated last Spring from Wheaton College and
was appointed to the position on the Indian Reservation by the Federal
Government.
While in South Dakota, Mr. Eckburg visited his brother who resides at
Winner, where he has extensive farming interests. Crop conditions are
greatly improved this year over last when widespread destruction and
suffering was caused throughout the state by drought and dust storms.
Wheat has averaged about 12 bushels to the acre this year and barley is
yielding about 20 bushels.
Vast areas were rendered completely barren by the drought last year,
but the farmers, Mr. Eckburg reports, have learned a lesson, and they are
now handling their soil more carefully. They are allowing weeds to grow
over vast areas to prevent the soil from blowing, and much of the land
will not again be plowed, at least for a number of years until a new
generation comes along to repeat the mistakes of their elders. A great
amount of wheat will be sown this year, but instead of plowing the land
before seeding, the wheat will be drilled in the stubble left from this
year's crop, so that the stubble will hold the soil from blowing. Around
Winner, South Dakota, which is about 660 miles from Wyanet, vast acreages
of land were abandoned by its former owners who were financially ruined
last year, and now this land may be rented for as little as a nickel an
acre. There is also plenty of land for sale to anyone who has the
courage to make that kind of investment, and the prices are only a few
dollars an acre. Much of this land is fertile and productive, but in
order for it to produce, rainfall must be received in more generous
quantities than has been the case during the past few years.
Farmers in South Dakota who formerly had large herds of livestock, now
consider themselves fortunate if they have one cow and a pig or two.
Government relief was the only means of support of whole communities
following the drought last year, and the people would have starved if the
government had not helped them, Mr. Eckburg reports.
LARS ECKBERG (undated obituary, likely from the Wyanet paper)
Olaf Eckberg of Wyanet reported this week the death of his brother,
Lars Eckberg, 73, a former resident of Bureau county, who died Dec. 7,
1942, at his home near Winner, S.D. Mr. Eckberg had been ill for several
days prior to his death, which followed a heart attack.
Funeral services were held in Winner.
Mr. Eckberg was born in Sweden, Jan. 8, 1869. On Nov. 18, 1892 he was
married to Johanna Hanson. To them were born three children, all in
Sweden: Anna and Hans, who died in infancy, and Eric, who died in 1921.
Mrs. Eckberg died Aug. 10, 1940.
The couple came to Bureau county in 1903 and resided at New Bedford
until 1913, when they moved to Tripp county, S. D., settling in Pleasant
Valley. Mr. Eckberg was a member of the Lutheran church.
He is survived by one brother, Olaf, of Wyanet; a sister-in-law, Mrs.
Lars Hanson of Winner; a brother-in-law, Sam Hanson of California; and
two nieces Mrs. Frank Woodring of Omaha, Neb.; and Mrs. Panny (sic)
Hanson of Winner.
He was buried in the Winner cemetery beside his wife and son.
LARS EKBERG (undated obituary, probably from the Winner paper)
Many neighbors from Pleasant Valley and other friends attended funeral
services for Mr. Lars Ekberg last Friday afternoon at Mason's Funeral
Home where the services were conducted By Rev. O. W. Berquist. Pall
bearers were Messrs. C. D. Mills, H. A. L. Thompson, L. A. Pederson, C.
A. Allison, Wm. Boerner and Carl Ekberg. Music was furnished by Mesdames
A. A. Wedean Alice Olson , and Messrs J. E. Broline and A. A. Wedean.
Mr. Ekberg had been ill for some time in a local hospital, with heart
trouble, but he died at his home.
Lars Ekberg was born in Sweden January 8th, 1869 and died at his home
near Winner, S. D., on December 7th, 1942, at the age of 73 years, 10
months and 29 days.
November 18th, 1892, he was married to Johanna Hanson. To them was
born a son, Erik, who passed away in 1921. His wife, Johanna, passed
away August 10th, 1940.
They came to the United States in 1903, and resided at New Bedford,
until 1914, when they moved to Tripp county, settling in Pleasant
Valley.
He was a member of the Lutheran church and a devoted husband and father.
He leaves to mourn his death, one brother, Olaf, of Wyanet, Illinois. A
sister-in-law, Mrs. Lars Hanson of Winner, S.D., a brother-in-law, Sam
Hanson of California and two nieces, Mrs. Frank Woodring of Omaha, and
Mrs. Fanny Hanson of Winner, S. D., also his many friends and neighbors.
Interment was made in the Winner cemetery beside his wife and son.
CARD OF THANKS (undated clipping)
We wish to thank all the neighbors and friends of the late Lars Ekberg,
who were so kind, thoughtful and helpful during his last illness and
death.
Olaf L. Ekberg
Mrs. Lars Hanson
Mrs. Fannie Hanson
Mrs. Franl Woodring