REMAINS OF BEN BRAND, KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE, BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS
The funeral of Ben Brand, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brand of Logan, who gave his life for our country, while in action with the U. S. forces in France, was held from the Presbyterian church of this city Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, only a small fraction of the immense crowd that gathered being able to find room in the church. It was the first funeral for the remains of a returned soldier to be held in this city, and practically the entire city and countryside turned out to show their appreciation for the services of the noble youth who made the supreme sacrifice.
Rev. P. W. Erickson, pastor of the church delivered a very eloquent sermon.
Special singing, including "America" and "Nearer My God to Thee", by the Misses Morsene, J. H. Colton and C. B. Davis, with Mrs. George E. Valker at the organ, also marked the services. The Rev. Mr. Erickson's funeral sermon was a tribute to the American heroes who served and fell in France and a plea to citizenry to be imbued with a proper spirit of Americanism so that the ideals for which Ben Brand and thousands of other American boys fell may be perpetuated. His eulogy of American soldiers and the cause for which they served in the World war was one of the most eloquent utterances ever heard in Minot.
Ex-service men and members of the Minot Lodge of B. P. O. E. were in the funeral cortege. The order in which the various units formed in the line of march was: Bearers accompanying the hearse, Capt. Otto Gross and Bugler Walter Caverly, firing squad, ex-service men in uniform, sailors in uniform, ex-service men in civilian clothes, Elks, citizens in automobiles. The bearers were W. K. Wilkins, H. B. Ellison, Vern Teets, K. G. Cook, Earl Scribner and George Stredwick. A firing squad of eight ex-service men in uniform fired a salute at the grave. The Rev. P. W. Erickson officiated at the cemetery.
The body of the soldier arrived Saturday at 2:30 a.m. over the Soo and was taken to the Van Fleet undertaking parlors. The body was received in a solid oak casket and was one of 3,000 soldiers shipped from France to Hoboken. Forty-five bodies came to western states, three to North Dakota. Of this number, one was received at Drake and one at Kenmare.
The casket was draped with the national colors and the floral tributes were profuse.
Ben Brand met death in action in France, May 15, 1918 and the remains were first interred in a military cemetery in France, where it remained until the government removed it and arranged to ship to the old home. The remains were laid to rest in the Brand burial plot in Rose Hill cemetery.
Ben Brand was born near Lidgerwood, N. D., and was twenty-two years of age at the time of his death. He came to Ward county with his parents when a boy of eleven and took great interest on his father's farm at Logan. He will be remembered as one of the boys of the county who took such an interest in the work of the boys' farming clubs, being a winner in the boy's corn contest. Once in a stock judging contest he defeated many of his elders. He had shown considerable ability in agriculture and stockraising and most certainly would have been heard from had his life been spared.
When our country went to war, he offered his services, enlisting in Minot in Co. A. At Camp Greene he was transferred to Co. D and in France was transferred to the First Division, Co. B, 18th Inf. A brother, Will Brand saw service in France, and another brother, Frank, was in service in Honolulu, during the war. Will now resides at Logan and Frank is a resident of Toledo, Ohio. There are two other brothers at home, John and Roy. All of the brothers, with the parents attended the funeral. A sister-in-law of J. J. Brand, Mrs. Wenzel Parizek and her daughter, Pauline, of Lidgerwood, were in the city expecting to attend the funeral, but were called home the day previous by a telegram.
**The Ward County Independent, Thursday, April 7, 1921, Page 1.
The funeral of Ben Brand, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brand of Logan, who gave his life for our country, while in action with the U. S. forces in France, was held from the Presbyterian church of this city Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, only a small fraction of the immense crowd that gathered being able to find room in the church. It was the first funeral for the remains of a returned soldier to be held in this city, and practically the entire city and countryside turned out to show their appreciation for the services of the noble youth who made the supreme sacrifice.
Rev. P. W. Erickson, pastor of the church delivered a very eloquent sermon.
Special singing, including "America" and "Nearer My God to Thee", by the Misses Morsene, J. H. Colton and C. B. Davis, with Mrs. George E. Valker at the organ, also marked the services. The Rev. Mr. Erickson's funeral sermon was a tribute to the American heroes who served and fell in France and a plea to citizenry to be imbued with a proper spirit of Americanism so that the ideals for which Ben Brand and thousands of other American boys fell may be perpetuated. His eulogy of American soldiers and the cause for which they served in the World war was one of the most eloquent utterances ever heard in Minot.
Ex-service men and members of the Minot Lodge of B. P. O. E. were in the funeral cortege. The order in which the various units formed in the line of march was: Bearers accompanying the hearse, Capt. Otto Gross and Bugler Walter Caverly, firing squad, ex-service men in uniform, sailors in uniform, ex-service men in civilian clothes, Elks, citizens in automobiles. The bearers were W. K. Wilkins, H. B. Ellison, Vern Teets, K. G. Cook, Earl Scribner and George Stredwick. A firing squad of eight ex-service men in uniform fired a salute at the grave. The Rev. P. W. Erickson officiated at the cemetery.
The body of the soldier arrived Saturday at 2:30 a.m. over the Soo and was taken to the Van Fleet undertaking parlors. The body was received in a solid oak casket and was one of 3,000 soldiers shipped from France to Hoboken. Forty-five bodies came to western states, three to North Dakota. Of this number, one was received at Drake and one at Kenmare.
The casket was draped with the national colors and the floral tributes were profuse.
Ben Brand met death in action in France, May 15, 1918 and the remains were first interred in a military cemetery in France, where it remained until the government removed it and arranged to ship to the old home. The remains were laid to rest in the Brand burial plot in Rose Hill cemetery.
Ben Brand was born near Lidgerwood, N. D., and was twenty-two years of age at the time of his death. He came to Ward county with his parents when a boy of eleven and took great interest on his father's farm at Logan. He will be remembered as one of the boys of the county who took such an interest in the work of the boys' farming clubs, being a winner in the boy's corn contest. Once in a stock judging contest he defeated many of his elders. He had shown considerable ability in agriculture and stockraising and most certainly would have been heard from had his life been spared.
When our country went to war, he offered his services, enlisting in Minot in Co. A. At Camp Greene he was transferred to Co. D and in France was transferred to the First Division, Co. B, 18th Inf. A brother, Will Brand saw service in France, and another brother, Frank, was in service in Honolulu, during the war. Will now resides at Logan and Frank is a resident of Toledo, Ohio. There are two other brothers at home, John and Roy. All of the brothers, with the parents attended the funeral. A sister-in-law of J. J. Brand, Mrs. Wenzel Parizek and her daughter, Pauline, of Lidgerwood, were in the city expecting to attend the funeral, but were called home the day previous by a telegram.
**The Ward County Independent, Thursday, April 7, 1921, Page 1.
REMAINS OF BEN BRAND, KILLED IN ACTION IN FRANCE, BURIED WITH MILITARY HONORS
The funeral of Ben Brand, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brand of Logan, who gave his life for our country, while in action with the U. S. forces in France, was held from the Presbyterian church of this city Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, only a small fraction of the immense crowd that gathered being able to find room in the church. It was the first funeral for the remains of a returned soldier to be held in this city, and practically the entire city and countryside turned out to show their appreciation for the services of the noble youth who made the supreme sacrifice.
Rev. P. W. Erickson, pastor of the church delivered a very eloquent sermon.
Special singing, including "America" and "Nearer My God to Thee", by the Misses Morsene, J. H. Colton and C. B. Davis, with Mrs. George E. Valker at the organ, also marked the services. The Rev. Mr. Erickson's funeral sermon was a tribute to the American heroes who served and fell in France and a plea to citizenry to be imbued with a proper spirit of Americanism so that the ideals for which Ben Brand and thousands of other American boys fell may be perpetuated. His eulogy of American soldiers and the cause for which they served in the World war was one of the most eloquent utterances ever heard in Minot.
Ex-service men and members of the Minot Lodge of B. P. O. E. were in the funeral cortege. The order in which the various units formed in the line of march was: Bearers accompanying the hearse, Capt. Otto Gross and Bugler Walter Caverly, firing squad, ex-service men in uniform, sailors in uniform, ex-service men in civilian clothes, Elks, citizens in automobiles. The bearers were W. K. Wilkins, H. B. Ellison, Vern Teets, K. G. Cook, Earl Scribner and George Stredwick. A firing squad of eight ex-service men in uniform fired a salute at the grave. The Rev. P. W. Erickson officiated at the cemetery.
The body of the soldier arrived Saturday at 2:30 a.m. over the Soo and was taken to the Van Fleet undertaking parlors. The body was received in a solid oak casket and was one of 3,000 soldiers shipped from France to Hoboken. Forty-five bodies came to western states, three to North Dakota. Of this number, one was received at Drake and one at Kenmare.
The casket was draped with the national colors and the floral tributes were profuse.
Ben Brand met death in action in France, May 15, 1918 and the remains were first interred in a military cemetery in France, where it remained until the government removed it and arranged to ship to the old home. The remains were laid to rest in the Brand burial plot in Rose Hill cemetery.
Ben Brand was born near Lidgerwood, N. D., and was twenty-two years of age at the time of his death. He came to Ward county with his parents when a boy of eleven and took great interest on his father's farm at Logan. He will be remembered as one of the boys of the county who took such an interest in the work of the boys' farming clubs, being a winner in the boy's corn contest. Once in a stock judging contest he defeated many of his elders. He had shown considerable ability in agriculture and stockraising and most certainly would have been heard from had his life been spared.
When our country went to war, he offered his services, enlisting in Minot in Co. A. At Camp Greene he was transferred to Co. D and in France was transferred to the First Division, Co. B, 18th Inf. A brother, Will Brand saw service in France, and another brother, Frank, was in service in Honolulu, during the war. Will now resides at Logan and Frank is a resident of Toledo, Ohio. There are two other brothers at home, John and Roy. All of the brothers, with the parents attended the funeral. A sister-in-law of J. J. Brand, Mrs. Wenzel Parizek and her daughter, Pauline, of Lidgerwood, were in the city expecting to attend the funeral, but were called home the day previous by a telegram.
**The Ward County Independent, Thursday, April 7, 1921, Page 1.
The funeral of Ben Brand, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brand of Logan, who gave his life for our country, while in action with the U. S. forces in France, was held from the Presbyterian church of this city Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, only a small fraction of the immense crowd that gathered being able to find room in the church. It was the first funeral for the remains of a returned soldier to be held in this city, and practically the entire city and countryside turned out to show their appreciation for the services of the noble youth who made the supreme sacrifice.
Rev. P. W. Erickson, pastor of the church delivered a very eloquent sermon.
Special singing, including "America" and "Nearer My God to Thee", by the Misses Morsene, J. H. Colton and C. B. Davis, with Mrs. George E. Valker at the organ, also marked the services. The Rev. Mr. Erickson's funeral sermon was a tribute to the American heroes who served and fell in France and a plea to citizenry to be imbued with a proper spirit of Americanism so that the ideals for which Ben Brand and thousands of other American boys fell may be perpetuated. His eulogy of American soldiers and the cause for which they served in the World war was one of the most eloquent utterances ever heard in Minot.
Ex-service men and members of the Minot Lodge of B. P. O. E. were in the funeral cortege. The order in which the various units formed in the line of march was: Bearers accompanying the hearse, Capt. Otto Gross and Bugler Walter Caverly, firing squad, ex-service men in uniform, sailors in uniform, ex-service men in civilian clothes, Elks, citizens in automobiles. The bearers were W. K. Wilkins, H. B. Ellison, Vern Teets, K. G. Cook, Earl Scribner and George Stredwick. A firing squad of eight ex-service men in uniform fired a salute at the grave. The Rev. P. W. Erickson officiated at the cemetery.
The body of the soldier arrived Saturday at 2:30 a.m. over the Soo and was taken to the Van Fleet undertaking parlors. The body was received in a solid oak casket and was one of 3,000 soldiers shipped from France to Hoboken. Forty-five bodies came to western states, three to North Dakota. Of this number, one was received at Drake and one at Kenmare.
The casket was draped with the national colors and the floral tributes were profuse.
Ben Brand met death in action in France, May 15, 1918 and the remains were first interred in a military cemetery in France, where it remained until the government removed it and arranged to ship to the old home. The remains were laid to rest in the Brand burial plot in Rose Hill cemetery.
Ben Brand was born near Lidgerwood, N. D., and was twenty-two years of age at the time of his death. He came to Ward county with his parents when a boy of eleven and took great interest on his father's farm at Logan. He will be remembered as one of the boys of the county who took such an interest in the work of the boys' farming clubs, being a winner in the boy's corn contest. Once in a stock judging contest he defeated many of his elders. He had shown considerable ability in agriculture and stockraising and most certainly would have been heard from had his life been spared.
When our country went to war, he offered his services, enlisting in Minot in Co. A. At Camp Greene he was transferred to Co. D and in France was transferred to the First Division, Co. B, 18th Inf. A brother, Will Brand saw service in France, and another brother, Frank, was in service in Honolulu, during the war. Will now resides at Logan and Frank is a resident of Toledo, Ohio. There are two other brothers at home, John and Roy. All of the brothers, with the parents attended the funeral. A sister-in-law of J. J. Brand, Mrs. Wenzel Parizek and her daughter, Pauline, of Lidgerwood, were in the city expecting to attend the funeral, but were called home the day previous by a telegram.
**The Ward County Independent, Thursday, April 7, 1921, Page 1.
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