Alexander Wandell, b. 1857, Clayton County, IA > 1889 MT - Bio
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Alexander Wandell, b. 1857, Clayton County, IA > 1889 MT - Bio
| Carole (View posts) | Posted: 6 Oct 2006 11:43PM GMT |
Classification: Biography
Surnames: Wandell, Wells, VanDerhoff, Tracy
A biography/family history of Alexander Wandell, Montana farmer and ranchman, is included in "Montana, Its Story and Biography", Vol 3.
Alexander was born, 21 Apr 1857, son of Ephraim and Angeline (Tracy) Wandell. His father, Ephraim, was a farmer who had located to Iowa in 1854. He married Angeline in Cattaraugus County, NY. Children: Phineas, Edgewood, IA; Alexander, Sydney, MT; John, Waterloo, IA; Will, South Dakota; Timothy, Portland, OR; Ephraim, died in Harvard, IL; George, Frankfort, ND.
At age 19, Alexander worked as a farmhand and five years later went into the butter business, making butter for creameries in Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. In 1889, Alexander came from Delaware County, Iowa, to Montana where he became a farmer and rancher, retiring to Sydney, MT, in 1917.
On 3 Jul 1888, Delaware County, IA, Alexander married Miss Harriet Wells, born in Berrien County, MI, 5 Oct 1864, daughter of Lewis and Sarah (VanDerhoff) Wells. Lewis Wells was born 1827, Columbus, OH, and Sara was born 1837, Berrien County, MI, and they both died in Greely, IA, where they had come to farm in 1866.
Wandell child: Helen.
Alex Wandell died 2 Nov 1950, age 93, Richland County, MT.
Harriet A. Wandell died 4 Apr 1948, age 82, Richland County, MT
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Alexander was born, 21 Apr 1857, son of Ephraim and Angeline (Tracy) Wandell. His father, Ephraim, was a farmer who had located to Iowa in 1854. He married Angeline in Cattaraugus County, NY. Children: Phineas, Edgewood, IA; Alexander, Sydney, MT; John, Waterloo, IA; Will, South Dakota; Timothy, Portland, OR; Ephraim, died in Harvard, IL; George, Frankfort, ND.
At age 19, Alexander worked as a farmhand and five years later went into the butter business, making butter for creameries in Iowa, Nebraska, and Wisconsin. In 1889, Alexander came from Delaware County, Iowa, to Montana where he became a farmer and rancher, retiring to Sydney, MT, in 1917.
On 3 Jul 1888, Delaware County, IA, Alexander married Miss Harriet Wells, born in Berrien County, MI, 5 Oct 1864, daughter of Lewis and Sarah (VanDerhoff) Wells. Lewis Wells was born 1827, Columbus, OH, and Sara was born 1837, Berrien County, MI, and they both died in Greely, IA, where they had come to farm in 1866.
Wandell child: Helen.
Alex Wandell died 2 Nov 1950, age 93, Richland County, MT.
Harriet A. Wandell died 4 Apr 1948, age 82, Richland County, MT
I am not related