MOS AUST (1879)
AMOS AUST, of Pipestone, is the eldest son in a family of five daughters and two sons who were born to William and Berth (Kurth) Aust, pioneers and homesteaders of Gray township. The names of the children in the Aust family besides our subject are Clara, Katie, Henry, Josephine, Tina and Louise.
William Aust, the father, first beheld the things of earth in the land of the kaiser across the seas. When a youth of sixteen he took passage for America, and for a number of years he was employed at farm labor in the vicinity of Fountain City, Wisconsin. From that locality he moved to Rochester, Minnesota, where he became the owner of a small farm, and it was there also that he was married to Betha Kurth, a native of Wisconsin.
The charms of Pipestone county had, during the late seventies, been heralded through the eastern part of the state, and in consequence had attracted the attention of many a prospective settler. Among those was William Aust, one of a small company who in the spring of 1878 acted upon a resolve to inspect the new land for themselves. The visit proved sufficient to impress Mr. Aust with the desirability of the region, and before returning to his home in Rochester he pre-empted a quarter section of land in the vicinity of the future town of Holland.
In 1879) Mr. Aust, accompanied by his family, undertook the journey overland via the ox-team route and prepared to make a permanent settlement in the sparsely settled and undeveloped Pipestone county of that day. There was a surprise in store for the pioneer on arrival at his destination. His claim had been jumped during his absence, and it proved impossible to assert his right to the land. However, there was plenty of prairie land waiting to be taken, and, taking advantage of the homestead laws,Mr. Aust filed claim to the northeast quarter of section 12, Gray township, which was destined to be his home for many years. The covered wagon which had brought the family in the journey across the sea of prairie was converted into an abode until a sod covered shanty could be constructed on the claim. It was necessary to haul the lumber needed from Tracy, a distance of fifty miles. Eventually the barren plain was transformed into a blooming gardenthrough the never ceasing efforts of industrious hands.
In 1889 Mr. Aust moved from the old farm and for eighteen months was a resident of Pipestone. He then became the owner of an eighty acre tract on section 14, Gray, for which he paid $500. It was a paying investment. The ground was broken and planted to flax, and the first year a crop, valued at $1200, was realized. At the end of three years William Aust retired
from farming and moved to Kasota, Lesueur county, where he conducted a hotel for six years. He then returned to Pipestone county and the Gray township homestead, lived thereon a year, and then became a hardware and machinery merchant in Pipestone. This business he finally traded for a half section of land near Manchester, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, where be had previously acquired 900 acres. This land which he purchased at bargain prices, was in after years disposed of for a handsome sum. Mr. Aust farmed his half section in
Kingsbury county tor a number of years, in 1903 lie returned for a visit to his old home in Germany. He returned to the United States in the spring following and shortly afterwards again journeyed to the land of his birth, where he remained and where he proposes to spend his declining years. Amos Aust of this review is a native of Fountain City, Wisconsin, where he was born May 27, 1878. When an infant in his first year he accompanied his parents to Pipestone county and settled with them on the Gray township homestead. He attended school
in that precinct at a time when the task of directing the youthful mind was carried on in the farm homes of the neighborhood. Amos was later sent to the Pipestone Public school. He was fourteen years of age when the Aust family moved to Kasota, He left that place to return to Pipestone county and moved to the homestead in Gray, which he conducted three years.
Mr. Aust was for a time engaged in the grain buying business- He managed the elevator at Gray's Siding for three years and was located for a year at Wilmont, Nobles county, where he was employed in a similar capacity. His father had moved to Kingsbury county, South Dakota, and there Amos went to live for a time. He invested in a half section of land, which he
farmed for a year, and then once more established a home in Gray township on the farm which he had in the meantime bought from his father, and which our subject still owns. He continued to farm until the death of his wife early in 1909. During the fall of that year he bought grain at Colman, South Dakota, then settled in the city of Pipestone, where he is now engaged in the real estate business. He devotes especial attention to the sale of Texas lands. Mr. Aust has invested heavily in real estate in the Panhandle region of that state.
At Pipestone, on October 7, 1902, Amos Aust was joined in marriage to Hattie Riffel, the daughter of W. H. Riffel, of Pipestone. She was born near Burlington, Iowa, on August 22, 1881, and died January 3, 1909. The following four children were born to this union: Lola, born July 16, 1903; Harold, born August 24, 1904; Ethel, born October 20, 1905; and Gladys, born September 27, 1907- During his residence in Gray Mr. Aust for several terms officiated as justice of peace.
AMOS AUST, of Pipestone, is the eldest son in a family of five daughters and two sons who were born to William and Berth (Kurth) Aust, pioneers and homesteaders of Gray township. The names of the children in the Aust family besides our subject are Clara, Katie, Henry, Josephine, Tina and Louise.
William Aust, the father, first beheld the things of earth in the land of the kaiser across the seas. When a youth of sixteen he took passage for America, and for a number of years he was employed at farm labor in the vicinity of Fountain City, Wisconsin. From that locality he moved to Rochester, Minnesota, where he became the owner of a small farm, and it was there also that he was married to Betha Kurth, a native of Wisconsin.
The charms of Pipestone county had, during the late seventies, been heralded through the eastern part of the state, and in consequence had attracted the attention of many a prospective settler. Among those was William Aust, one of a small company who in the spring of 1878 acted upon a resolve to inspect the new land for themselves. The visit proved sufficient to impress Mr. Aust with the desirability of the region, and before returning to his home in Rochester he pre-empted a quarter section of land in the vicinity of the future town of Holland.
In 1879) Mr. Aust, accompanied by his family, undertook the journey overland via the ox-team route and prepared to make a permanent settlement in the sparsely settled and undeveloped Pipestone county of that day. There was a surprise in store for the pioneer on arrival at his destination. His claim had been jumped during his absence, and it proved impossible to assert his right to the land. However, there was plenty of prairie land waiting to be taken, and, taking advantage of the homestead laws,Mr. Aust filed claim to the northeast quarter of section 12, Gray township, which was destined to be his home for many years. The covered wagon which had brought the family in the journey across the sea of prairie was converted into an abode until a sod covered shanty could be constructed on the claim. It was necessary to haul the lumber needed from Tracy, a distance of fifty miles. Eventually the barren plain was transformed into a blooming gardenthrough the never ceasing efforts of industrious hands.
In 1889 Mr. Aust moved from the old farm and for eighteen months was a resident of Pipestone. He then became the owner of an eighty acre tract on section 14, Gray, for which he paid $500. It was a paying investment. The ground was broken and planted to flax, and the first year a crop, valued at $1200, was realized. At the end of three years William Aust retired
from farming and moved to Kasota, Lesueur county, where he conducted a hotel for six years. He then returned to Pipestone county and the Gray township homestead, lived thereon a year, and then became a hardware and machinery merchant in Pipestone. This business he finally traded for a half section of land near Manchester, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, where be had previously acquired 900 acres. This land which he purchased at bargain prices, was in after years disposed of for a handsome sum. Mr. Aust farmed his half section in
Kingsbury county tor a number of years, in 1903 lie returned for a visit to his old home in Germany. He returned to the United States in the spring following and shortly afterwards again journeyed to the land of his birth, where he remained and where he proposes to spend his declining years. Amos Aust of this review is a native of Fountain City, Wisconsin, where he was born May 27, 1878. When an infant in his first year he accompanied his parents to Pipestone county and settled with them on the Gray township homestead. He attended school
in that precinct at a time when the task of directing the youthful mind was carried on in the farm homes of the neighborhood. Amos was later sent to the Pipestone Public school. He was fourteen years of age when the Aust family moved to Kasota, He left that place to return to Pipestone county and moved to the homestead in Gray, which he conducted three years.
Mr. Aust was for a time engaged in the grain buying business- He managed the elevator at Gray's Siding for three years and was located for a year at Wilmont, Nobles county, where he was employed in a similar capacity. His father had moved to Kingsbury county, South Dakota, and there Amos went to live for a time. He invested in a half section of land, which he
farmed for a year, and then once more established a home in Gray township on the farm which he had in the meantime bought from his father, and which our subject still owns. He continued to farm until the death of his wife early in 1909. During the fall of that year he bought grain at Colman, South Dakota, then settled in the city of Pipestone, where he is now engaged in the real estate business. He devotes especial attention to the sale of Texas lands. Mr. Aust has invested heavily in real estate in the Panhandle region of that state.
At Pipestone, on October 7, 1902, Amos Aust was joined in marriage to Hattie Riffel, the daughter of W. H. Riffel, of Pipestone. She was born near Burlington, Iowa, on August 22, 1881, and died January 3, 1909. The following four children were born to this union: Lola, born July 16, 1903; Harold, born August 24, 1904; Ethel, born October 20, 1905; and Gladys, born September 27, 1907- During his residence in Gray Mr. Aust for several terms officiated as justice of peace.
MOS AUST (1879)
AMOS AUST, of Pipestone, is the eldest son in a family of five daughters and two sons who were born to William and Berth (Kurth) Aust, pioneers and homesteaders of Gray township. The names of the children in the Aust family besides our subject are Clara, Katie, Henry, Josephine, Tina and Louise.
William Aust, the father, first beheld the things of earth in the land of the kaiser across the seas. When a youth of sixteen he took passage for America, and for a number of years he was employed at farm labor in the vicinity of Fountain City, Wisconsin. From that locality he moved to Rochester, Minnesota, where he became the owner of a small farm, and it was there also that he was married to Betha Kurth, a native of Wisconsin.
The charms of Pipestone county had, during the late seventies, been heralded through the eastern part of the state, and in consequence had attracted the attention of many a prospective settler. Among those was William Aust, one of a small company who in the spring of 1878 acted upon a resolve to inspect the new land for themselves. The visit proved sufficient to impress Mr. Aust with the desirability of the region, and before returning to his home in Rochester he pre-empted a quarter section of land in the vicinity of the future town of Holland.
In 1879) Mr. Aust, accompanied by his family, undertook the journey overland via the ox-team route and prepared to make a permanent settlement in the sparsely settled and undeveloped Pipestone county of that day. There was a surprise in store for the pioneer on arrival at his destination. His claim had been jumped during his absence, and it proved impossible to assert his right to the land. However, there was plenty of prairie land waiting to be taken, and, taking advantage of the homestead laws,Mr. Aust filed claim to the northeast quarter of section 12, Gray township, which was destined to be his home for many years. The covered wagon which had brought the family in the journey across the sea of prairie was converted into an abode until a sod covered shanty could be constructed on the claim. It was necessary to haul the lumber needed from Tracy, a distance of fifty miles. Eventually the barren plain was transformed into a blooming gardenthrough the never ceasing efforts of industrious hands.
In 1889 Mr. Aust moved from the old farm and for eighteen months was a resident of Pipestone. He then became the owner of an eighty acre tract on section 14, Gray, for which he paid $500. It was a paying investment. The ground was broken and planted to flax, and the first year a crop, valued at $1200, was realized. At the end of three years William Aust retired
from farming and moved to Kasota, Lesueur county, where he conducted a hotel for six years. He then returned to Pipestone county and the Gray township homestead, lived thereon a year, and then became a hardware and machinery merchant in Pipestone. This business he finally traded for a half section of land near Manchester, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, where be had previously acquired 900 acres. This land which he purchased at bargain prices, was in after years disposed of for a handsome sum. Mr. Aust farmed his half section in
Kingsbury county tor a number of years, in 1903 lie returned for a visit to his old home in Germany. He returned to the United States in the spring following and shortly afterwards again journeyed to the land of his birth, where he remained and where he proposes to spend his declining years. Amos Aust of this review is a native of Fountain City, Wisconsin, where he was born May 27, 1878. When an infant in his first year he accompanied his parents to Pipestone county and settled with them on the Gray township homestead. He attended school
in that precinct at a time when the task of directing the youthful mind was carried on in the farm homes of the neighborhood. Amos was later sent to the Pipestone Public school. He was fourteen years of age when the Aust family moved to Kasota, He left that place to return to Pipestone county and moved to the homestead in Gray, which he conducted three years.
Mr. Aust was for a time engaged in the grain buying business- He managed the elevator at Gray's Siding for three years and was located for a year at Wilmont, Nobles county, where he was employed in a similar capacity. His father had moved to Kingsbury county, South Dakota, and there Amos went to live for a time. He invested in a half section of land, which he
farmed for a year, and then once more established a home in Gray township on the farm which he had in the meantime bought from his father, and which our subject still owns. He continued to farm until the death of his wife early in 1909. During the fall of that year he bought grain at Colman, South Dakota, then settled in the city of Pipestone, where he is now engaged in the real estate business. He devotes especial attention to the sale of Texas lands. Mr. Aust has invested heavily in real estate in the Panhandle region of that state.
At Pipestone, on October 7, 1902, Amos Aust was joined in marriage to Hattie Riffel, the daughter of W. H. Riffel, of Pipestone. She was born near Burlington, Iowa, on August 22, 1881, and died January 3, 1909. The following four children were born to this union: Lola, born July 16, 1903; Harold, born August 24, 1904; Ethel, born October 20, 1905; and Gladys, born September 27, 1907- During his residence in Gray Mr. Aust for several terms officiated as justice of peace.
AMOS AUST, of Pipestone, is the eldest son in a family of five daughters and two sons who were born to William and Berth (Kurth) Aust, pioneers and homesteaders of Gray township. The names of the children in the Aust family besides our subject are Clara, Katie, Henry, Josephine, Tina and Louise.
William Aust, the father, first beheld the things of earth in the land of the kaiser across the seas. When a youth of sixteen he took passage for America, and for a number of years he was employed at farm labor in the vicinity of Fountain City, Wisconsin. From that locality he moved to Rochester, Minnesota, where he became the owner of a small farm, and it was there also that he was married to Betha Kurth, a native of Wisconsin.
The charms of Pipestone county had, during the late seventies, been heralded through the eastern part of the state, and in consequence had attracted the attention of many a prospective settler. Among those was William Aust, one of a small company who in the spring of 1878 acted upon a resolve to inspect the new land for themselves. The visit proved sufficient to impress Mr. Aust with the desirability of the region, and before returning to his home in Rochester he pre-empted a quarter section of land in the vicinity of the future town of Holland.
In 1879) Mr. Aust, accompanied by his family, undertook the journey overland via the ox-team route and prepared to make a permanent settlement in the sparsely settled and undeveloped Pipestone county of that day. There was a surprise in store for the pioneer on arrival at his destination. His claim had been jumped during his absence, and it proved impossible to assert his right to the land. However, there was plenty of prairie land waiting to be taken, and, taking advantage of the homestead laws,Mr. Aust filed claim to the northeast quarter of section 12, Gray township, which was destined to be his home for many years. The covered wagon which had brought the family in the journey across the sea of prairie was converted into an abode until a sod covered shanty could be constructed on the claim. It was necessary to haul the lumber needed from Tracy, a distance of fifty miles. Eventually the barren plain was transformed into a blooming gardenthrough the never ceasing efforts of industrious hands.
In 1889 Mr. Aust moved from the old farm and for eighteen months was a resident of Pipestone. He then became the owner of an eighty acre tract on section 14, Gray, for which he paid $500. It was a paying investment. The ground was broken and planted to flax, and the first year a crop, valued at $1200, was realized. At the end of three years William Aust retired
from farming and moved to Kasota, Lesueur county, where he conducted a hotel for six years. He then returned to Pipestone county and the Gray township homestead, lived thereon a year, and then became a hardware and machinery merchant in Pipestone. This business he finally traded for a half section of land near Manchester, Kingsbury county, South Dakota, where be had previously acquired 900 acres. This land which he purchased at bargain prices, was in after years disposed of for a handsome sum. Mr. Aust farmed his half section in
Kingsbury county tor a number of years, in 1903 lie returned for a visit to his old home in Germany. He returned to the United States in the spring following and shortly afterwards again journeyed to the land of his birth, where he remained and where he proposes to spend his declining years. Amos Aust of this review is a native of Fountain City, Wisconsin, where he was born May 27, 1878. When an infant in his first year he accompanied his parents to Pipestone county and settled with them on the Gray township homestead. He attended school
in that precinct at a time when the task of directing the youthful mind was carried on in the farm homes of the neighborhood. Amos was later sent to the Pipestone Public school. He was fourteen years of age when the Aust family moved to Kasota, He left that place to return to Pipestone county and moved to the homestead in Gray, which he conducted three years.
Mr. Aust was for a time engaged in the grain buying business- He managed the elevator at Gray's Siding for three years and was located for a year at Wilmont, Nobles county, where he was employed in a similar capacity. His father had moved to Kingsbury county, South Dakota, and there Amos went to live for a time. He invested in a half section of land, which he
farmed for a year, and then once more established a home in Gray township on the farm which he had in the meantime bought from his father, and which our subject still owns. He continued to farm until the death of his wife early in 1909. During the fall of that year he bought grain at Colman, South Dakota, then settled in the city of Pipestone, where he is now engaged in the real estate business. He devotes especial attention to the sale of Texas lands. Mr. Aust has invested heavily in real estate in the Panhandle region of that state.
At Pipestone, on October 7, 1902, Amos Aust was joined in marriage to Hattie Riffel, the daughter of W. H. Riffel, of Pipestone. She was born near Burlington, Iowa, on August 22, 1881, and died January 3, 1909. The following four children were born to this union: Lola, born July 16, 1903; Harold, born August 24, 1904; Ethel, born October 20, 1905; and Gladys, born September 27, 1907- During his residence in Gray Mr. Aust for several terms officiated as justice of peace.
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