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7/15/01

Attended Johnson Family Reunion in Sioux Falls.  This was the first since August of '86.  Copied the family history of the Rauk family who were the maternal side of Andrew Johnson's (my dad's mom's dad) family.  Also copied records for Andrew Johnson's children.

7/29/01

Copied John O Spilde's obit from Brookings Public Library Microfilm.

From the December 27th, 1917 Brookings Public Register:

 JOHN O. SPILDE DEAD

    From the Arlington Sun we learn that John O. Spilde, father of Mrs. P. R. Crothers, died at the family home near Badger, in Kingsbury county.  The Crothers family lived in the city during the time their sons, Harold and Ralph, attended college.  Mr. Spilde made his home with them during that time and was well known to many in the city.  The following obituary is taken from the Arlington Sun:

    John O. Spilde was born in Hardanger, Norway, August 26, 1830.  He came to America in 1848 and worked on farms in northern Illinois and southern Wisconsin for several years.

    He was married to Miss Carrie Jenson and settled in northern Wisconsin where he bought a large tract of cutover timber land near Wausau, Wisconsin.  This land after years of hard labor he succeeded in making into a fine farm.

    In 1883 he sold this place and came to Dakota territory where he settled in Badger township, Kingsbury county, and again undertook the task of making a farm home out of a tract of wild land.

    In 1905, his wife died and since that time he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. P. R. Crothers.

    Old and full of years he quietly passed away on the morning of Dec. 12th, 1917, strong in the Christian faith, that has for many years been the sustaining power of his life.

    The funeral service was conducted by Rev. H. A. Dettmers at the Badger church Friday afternoon, Dec. 14.  There was a large attendance of relatives and neighbors and the service closed with prayer at the Badger cemetery.  The text of the sermon was: Job. 14th chapter -- "If a man die, shall he live again?"

08/16/01

PR Crothers - The Long Winter - story of the 1880 Winter.

08/19/01

Brad and Amy Spilde are the parents of Ashlyn Ruth Spilde born Aug. 9, 2001, at 9:21 a.m. in Brookings, SD.  She weighed 8 lb. 2 oz. and was 19 1/4 in long.

Summer '03

I moved my website to my cable modem's ISP since my upload speed is limited to 128kbps.  This means no guestbook, but the site should load quicker for users.