Several months after his parents and two older sisters arrived in Mineral Point, WI, Jacob was born.
His family had traveled a great distance from Wilmington, Delaware to SW Wisconsin with plans for a new life, perhaps his parents relocated on news of a business opportunity. Back east, Mr. Joseph Gully had been one of the first lager beer brewers where he owned and operated Wilmington's French Lager Beer Brewery. By the time Jacob was born in Wisconsin in December of 1856, his family's plans had become focused on farming. Locating ten miles southeast of Mineral Point, they opened a farm on land that had been assigned Mr. Gully by the government, sight unseen years earlier, a provision due him for his enlistment and service in the US Mexican War.
Jacob lived almost nine years on his parent's farm in the countryside of north central Fayette Township, Lafayette County, Wisconsin before moving 380 miles to central Minnesota. His dad died suddenly in 1861 when he was four years old. After his mother Crescentia married again in 1864, she and new step father Johann Jaeger sold the Gully farm for $475 (160 acres was appraised at $640 just 3 years earlier) and traded livestock and tools for a good team of oxen and wagon and moved the whole clan, Jacob's six siblings and himself, nine people in all, to central Minnesota.
Jacob grew to manhood on the Jaeger farm in Lake Henry Township, seven miles SW of tiny St. Martin, MN. During his later teen years, together with brother Joe Gully, he bought 80 acres across the road east of the home place. The boys farmed this land, hired out at neighboring places and also assisted the family at home. Physically, Jacob was the slightest and shortest of his brothers. He stood short of their Gully father's height of 5'3".
Crescentia continued birthing children and in October 1876 her sixteenth was born, however her health failed and she died in January 1877. She was forty-four years old.
Following his mother's death, Jacob now 20 years of age, decided to return to his roots in Wisconsin. He wanted to reacquaint himself with old neighbors, find work and inform people of his mother's death. Before he left home, oral family history recalled, he muscled and shoved his much larger step father into a wood shed and locked the door. He accused Johann, among other things, of ruining his mother's health.
Jacob stayed almost five years in his old southwest Wisconsin neighborhood before acting on an opportunity to homestead in Dakota Territory. Before leaving, he purchased a fine horse team, Jack and Butch (bay Belgians that stayed with him for years), a breaking plow and wagon and loaded all onto a railcar. He rode as far as construction allowed stepping off at De Smet, DT. During his stay in Wisconsin, he had met a slender young girl named Edith Walker who was 1.5 years younger than himself whose parents had known his parents. After he had established himself in southern Clark County, DT working his Collins Township land and supplementing his income laying track for the RR near Redfield, Edith, in the company of her sister Ellen and brother-in-law Peter Hoffman, joined Jacob in June 1883. Edith immediately filed another 160 acre homestead claim under her own name. Her parcel was situated in extreme northern Kingsbury County, two miles southeast of Jacob's claim. The Hoffman's settled a mile south of Edith's or nine miles north of De Smet, Dakota Territory.
Six months later, on January 10, 1884, Jacob and Edith married at De Smet. He was twenty-eight years old and she was twenty-six. ("Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family were living in the De Smet area at that time and also in the Gully neighborhood was newly born Harvey Dunn, who went on to become one of Dakota's most celebrated artists.) They set up housekeeping on Jacob's farm in Collins Township and birthed their first child, Thomas Albert, that same fall on October 20. They eventually had eight children. Their last child, Raymond Gully, born in 1902, became a medical doctor. Their daughter Mary Etta entered the Presentation Order at Aberdeen and became Sr. M. Clotilda BVM. Five sons, Tom, Clarence, Joseph, James and Lawrence took up farming. Daughter Ellen never married and kept house and cared for her parents. Tom and Lawrence also never married. There were sixteen grandchildren.
Owning at least three quarters of land, 480 acres, Jacob and Edith were known as prosperous farmers including their notoriety as purchasers of the township's first steam threshing machine. Jake was known for his honesty in all transactions. He broke his own horses. Edith was a good manager and thrifty in every way. When the territory split in half becoming separate states in 1889, Jacob and Edith found themselves in South Dakota while Jake's brothers above the line found themselves in North Dakota.
Jacob Gully died suddenly in his sixty-eighth year. Collapsed from a heart attack, he was found outside where he had been feeding his pigs. Edith lived nineteen more years dying at the age of eighty-five on her beloved Dakota farm.
written by Gregory Dorr and Verda Pew Gully
His family had traveled a great distance from Wilmington, Delaware to SW Wisconsin with plans for a new life, perhaps his parents relocated on news of a business opportunity. Back east, Mr. Joseph Gully had been one of the first lager beer brewers where he owned and operated Wilmington's French Lager Beer Brewery. By the time Jacob was born in Wisconsin in December of 1856, his family's plans had become focused on farming. Locating ten miles southeast of Mineral Point, they opened a farm on land that had been assigned Mr. Gully by the government, sight unseen years earlier, a provision due him for his enlistment and service in the US Mexican War.
Jacob lived almost nine years on his parent's farm in the countryside of north central Fayette Township, Lafayette County, Wisconsin before moving 380 miles to central Minnesota. His dad died suddenly in 1861 when he was four years old. After his mother Crescentia married again in 1864, she and new step father Johann Jaeger sold the Gully farm for $475 (160 acres was appraised at $640 just 3 years earlier) and traded livestock and tools for a good team of oxen and wagon and moved the whole clan, Jacob's six siblings and himself, nine people in all, to central Minnesota.
Jacob grew to manhood on the Jaeger farm in Lake Henry Township, seven miles SW of tiny St. Martin, MN. During his later teen years, together with brother Joe Gully, he bought 80 acres across the road east of the home place. The boys farmed this land, hired out at neighboring places and also assisted the family at home. Physically, Jacob was the slightest and shortest of his brothers. He stood short of their Gully father's height of 5'3".
Crescentia continued birthing children and in October 1876 her sixteenth was born, however her health failed and she died in January 1877. She was forty-four years old.
Following his mother's death, Jacob now 20 years of age, decided to return to his roots in Wisconsin. He wanted to reacquaint himself with old neighbors, find work and inform people of his mother's death. Before he left home, oral family history recalled, he muscled and shoved his much larger step father into a wood shed and locked the door. He accused Johann, among other things, of ruining his mother's health.
Jacob stayed almost five years in his old southwest Wisconsin neighborhood before acting on an opportunity to homestead in Dakota Territory. Before leaving, he purchased a fine horse team, Jack and Butch (bay Belgians that stayed with him for years), a breaking plow and wagon and loaded all onto a railcar. He rode as far as construction allowed stepping off at De Smet, DT. During his stay in Wisconsin, he had met a slender young girl named Edith Walker who was 1.5 years younger than himself whose parents had known his parents. After he had established himself in southern Clark County, DT working his Collins Township land and supplementing his income laying track for the RR near Redfield, Edith, in the company of her sister Ellen and brother-in-law Peter Hoffman, joined Jacob in June 1883. Edith immediately filed another 160 acre homestead claim under her own name. Her parcel was situated in extreme northern Kingsbury County, two miles southeast of Jacob's claim. The Hoffman's settled a mile south of Edith's or nine miles north of De Smet, Dakota Territory.
Six months later, on January 10, 1884, Jacob and Edith married at De Smet. He was twenty-eight years old and she was twenty-six. ("Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family were living in the De Smet area at that time and also in the Gully neighborhood was newly born Harvey Dunn, who went on to become one of Dakota's most celebrated artists.) They set up housekeeping on Jacob's farm in Collins Township and birthed their first child, Thomas Albert, that same fall on October 20. They eventually had eight children. Their last child, Raymond Gully, born in 1902, became a medical doctor. Their daughter Mary Etta entered the Presentation Order at Aberdeen and became Sr. M. Clotilda BVM. Five sons, Tom, Clarence, Joseph, James and Lawrence took up farming. Daughter Ellen never married and kept house and cared for her parents. Tom and Lawrence also never married. There were sixteen grandchildren.
Owning at least three quarters of land, 480 acres, Jacob and Edith were known as prosperous farmers including their notoriety as purchasers of the township's first steam threshing machine. Jake was known for his honesty in all transactions. He broke his own horses. Edith was a good manager and thrifty in every way. When the territory split in half becoming separate states in 1889, Jacob and Edith found themselves in South Dakota while Jake's brothers above the line found themselves in North Dakota.
Jacob Gully died suddenly in his sixty-eighth year. Collapsed from a heart attack, he was found outside where he had been feeding his pigs. Edith lived nineteen more years dying at the age of eighty-five on her beloved Dakota farm.
written by Gregory Dorr and Verda Pew Gully
Several months after his parents and two older sisters arrived in Mineral Point, WI, Jacob was born.
His family had traveled a great distance from Wilmington, Delaware to SW Wisconsin with plans for a new life, perhaps his parents relocated on news of a business opportunity. Back east, Mr. Joseph Gully had been one of the first lager beer brewers where he owned and operated Wilmington's French Lager Beer Brewery. By the time Jacob was born in Wisconsin in December of 1856, his family's plans had become focused on farming. Locating ten miles southeast of Mineral Point, they opened a farm on land that had been assigned Mr. Gully by the government, sight unseen years earlier, a provision due him for his enlistment and service in the US Mexican War.
Jacob lived almost nine years on his parent's farm in the countryside of north central Fayette Township, Lafayette County, Wisconsin before moving 380 miles to central Minnesota. His dad died suddenly in 1861 when he was four years old. After his mother Crescentia married again in 1864, she and new step father Johann Jaeger sold the Gully farm for $475 (160 acres was appraised at $640 just 3 years earlier) and traded livestock and tools for a good team of oxen and wagon and moved the whole clan, Jacob's six siblings and himself, nine people in all, to central Minnesota.
Jacob grew to manhood on the Jaeger farm in Lake Henry Township, seven miles SW of tiny St. Martin, MN. During his later teen years, together with brother Joe Gully, he bought 80 acres across the road east of the home place. The boys farmed this land, hired out at neighboring places and also assisted the family at home. Physically, Jacob was the slightest and shortest of his brothers. He stood short of their Gully father's height of 5'3".
Crescentia continued birthing children and in October 1876 her sixteenth was born, however her health failed and she died in January 1877. She was forty-four years old.
Following his mother's death, Jacob now 20 years of age, decided to return to his roots in Wisconsin. He wanted to reacquaint himself with old neighbors, find work and inform people of his mother's death. Before he left home, oral family history recalled, he muscled and shoved his much larger step father into a wood shed and locked the door. He accused Johann, among other things, of ruining his mother's health.
Jacob stayed almost five years in his old southwest Wisconsin neighborhood before acting on an opportunity to homestead in Dakota Territory. Before leaving, he purchased a fine horse team, Jack and Butch (bay Belgians that stayed with him for years), a breaking plow and wagon and loaded all onto a railcar. He rode as far as construction allowed stepping off at De Smet, DT. During his stay in Wisconsin, he had met a slender young girl named Edith Walker who was 1.5 years younger than himself whose parents had known his parents. After he had established himself in southern Clark County, DT working his Collins Township land and supplementing his income laying track for the RR near Redfield, Edith, in the company of her sister Ellen and brother-in-law Peter Hoffman, joined Jacob in June 1883. Edith immediately filed another 160 acre homestead claim under her own name. Her parcel was situated in extreme northern Kingsbury County, two miles southeast of Jacob's claim. The Hoffman's settled a mile south of Edith's or nine miles north of De Smet, Dakota Territory.
Six months later, on January 10, 1884, Jacob and Edith married at De Smet. He was twenty-eight years old and she was twenty-six. ("Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family were living in the De Smet area at that time and also in the Gully neighborhood was newly born Harvey Dunn, who went on to become one of Dakota's most celebrated artists.) They set up housekeeping on Jacob's farm in Collins Township and birthed their first child, Thomas Albert, that same fall on October 20. They eventually had eight children. Their last child, Raymond Gully, born in 1902, became a medical doctor. Their daughter Mary Etta entered the Presentation Order at Aberdeen and became Sr. M. Clotilda BVM. Five sons, Tom, Clarence, Joseph, James and Lawrence took up farming. Daughter Ellen never married and kept house and cared for her parents. Tom and Lawrence also never married. There were sixteen grandchildren.
Owning at least three quarters of land, 480 acres, Jacob and Edith were known as prosperous farmers including their notoriety as purchasers of the township's first steam threshing machine. Jake was known for his honesty in all transactions. He broke his own horses. Edith was a good manager and thrifty in every way. When the territory split in half becoming separate states in 1889, Jacob and Edith found themselves in South Dakota while Jake's brothers above the line found themselves in North Dakota.
Jacob Gully died suddenly in his sixty-eighth year. Collapsed from a heart attack, he was found outside where he had been feeding his pigs. Edith lived nineteen more years dying at the age of eighty-five on her beloved Dakota farm.
written by Gregory Dorr and Verda Pew Gully
His family had traveled a great distance from Wilmington, Delaware to SW Wisconsin with plans for a new life, perhaps his parents relocated on news of a business opportunity. Back east, Mr. Joseph Gully had been one of the first lager beer brewers where he owned and operated Wilmington's French Lager Beer Brewery. By the time Jacob was born in Wisconsin in December of 1856, his family's plans had become focused on farming. Locating ten miles southeast of Mineral Point, they opened a farm on land that had been assigned Mr. Gully by the government, sight unseen years earlier, a provision due him for his enlistment and service in the US Mexican War.
Jacob lived almost nine years on his parent's farm in the countryside of north central Fayette Township, Lafayette County, Wisconsin before moving 380 miles to central Minnesota. His dad died suddenly in 1861 when he was four years old. After his mother Crescentia married again in 1864, she and new step father Johann Jaeger sold the Gully farm for $475 (160 acres was appraised at $640 just 3 years earlier) and traded livestock and tools for a good team of oxen and wagon and moved the whole clan, Jacob's six siblings and himself, nine people in all, to central Minnesota.
Jacob grew to manhood on the Jaeger farm in Lake Henry Township, seven miles SW of tiny St. Martin, MN. During his later teen years, together with brother Joe Gully, he bought 80 acres across the road east of the home place. The boys farmed this land, hired out at neighboring places and also assisted the family at home. Physically, Jacob was the slightest and shortest of his brothers. He stood short of their Gully father's height of 5'3".
Crescentia continued birthing children and in October 1876 her sixteenth was born, however her health failed and she died in January 1877. She was forty-four years old.
Following his mother's death, Jacob now 20 years of age, decided to return to his roots in Wisconsin. He wanted to reacquaint himself with old neighbors, find work and inform people of his mother's death. Before he left home, oral family history recalled, he muscled and shoved his much larger step father into a wood shed and locked the door. He accused Johann, among other things, of ruining his mother's health.
Jacob stayed almost five years in his old southwest Wisconsin neighborhood before acting on an opportunity to homestead in Dakota Territory. Before leaving, he purchased a fine horse team, Jack and Butch (bay Belgians that stayed with him for years), a breaking plow and wagon and loaded all onto a railcar. He rode as far as construction allowed stepping off at De Smet, DT. During his stay in Wisconsin, he had met a slender young girl named Edith Walker who was 1.5 years younger than himself whose parents had known his parents. After he had established himself in southern Clark County, DT working his Collins Township land and supplementing his income laying track for the RR near Redfield, Edith, in the company of her sister Ellen and brother-in-law Peter Hoffman, joined Jacob in June 1883. Edith immediately filed another 160 acre homestead claim under her own name. Her parcel was situated in extreme northern Kingsbury County, two miles southeast of Jacob's claim. The Hoffman's settled a mile south of Edith's or nine miles north of De Smet, Dakota Territory.
Six months later, on January 10, 1884, Jacob and Edith married at De Smet. He was twenty-eight years old and she was twenty-six. ("Little House on the Prairie" author Laura Ingalls Wilder and her family were living in the De Smet area at that time and also in the Gully neighborhood was newly born Harvey Dunn, who went on to become one of Dakota's most celebrated artists.) They set up housekeeping on Jacob's farm in Collins Township and birthed their first child, Thomas Albert, that same fall on October 20. They eventually had eight children. Their last child, Raymond Gully, born in 1902, became a medical doctor. Their daughter Mary Etta entered the Presentation Order at Aberdeen and became Sr. M. Clotilda BVM. Five sons, Tom, Clarence, Joseph, James and Lawrence took up farming. Daughter Ellen never married and kept house and cared for her parents. Tom and Lawrence also never married. There were sixteen grandchildren.
Owning at least three quarters of land, 480 acres, Jacob and Edith were known as prosperous farmers including their notoriety as purchasers of the township's first steam threshing machine. Jake was known for his honesty in all transactions. He broke his own horses. Edith was a good manager and thrifty in every way. When the territory split in half becoming separate states in 1889, Jacob and Edith found themselves in South Dakota while Jake's brothers above the line found themselves in North Dakota.
Jacob Gully died suddenly in his sixty-eighth year. Collapsed from a heart attack, he was found outside where he had been feeding his pigs. Edith lived nineteen more years dying at the age of eighty-five on her beloved Dakota farm.
written by Gregory Dorr and Verda Pew Gully
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