February Birthdays

Jace Palmquist February 1
Miles Choudhary February 3
Anna Threadgold February 9
Kathleen Threadgold February 22

New baby

Oscar LaMoine

Born January 24

Parents Thomas & Terri

Grandparents Donald & Kathleen

Oscar and Hannah

This is from the Artesian Centennial Book. There is more information about each of the children that I can type in if anybody wants to know more.

Oscar Christian Threadgold and Hannah Bergette Gruthoug were married September 9, 1890 at Argyle, Wisconsin. There is no exact record of when they came to South Dakota, but it seemed it was about 1895 that they came to Benedict Township near Artesian. They had two children then. Henry Robert and Blanche Sylvana. They had six more sons born after coming to Artesian. James Orville, Frank Freeman, Harvey Bernell, Victor William, Twins Ray H. and Ralph O. Blanche died at age 4 of spinal meningitis. Ralph died at age 12 of heart trouble. Oscar had a fine team of horses. He was a house mover and did any other type of work which required strong teams. He also helped dig wells. He was one of the first men in the area to own a steam threshing machine. Hannah had milk cows. They were her pride and joy She and the boys delivered milk and cream in town. She also raised large flocks of turkeys and gardens which were bountiful and beautiful. Oscar, in later years, operated the Fairmont Creamery in Artesian. Hannah was a very faithful worker in the Lutheran Church. She, Julia Moe and Bessie Severson spent many days baking Lefse and other goodies for the big Ludefish and Lefse dinners that the church sponsored. She also make and quilted many beautiful quilts which she sold to ladies from Mitchell, Huron, Sioux Falls, and Woonsocket. She was a victim of glaucoma and spent the last 10 years of her life without her eyesight. She died in 1947 and Oscar in 1950.

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