 Thomas was born in Ohio in 1841 to George P. and Alice Line.
He had three enlistments during the civil war. He was in Company C, 147th Ohio Infantry Regiment as a Private on 2 May 1864 then mustered out on 30 August 1864. Later he entered Company F 191st Ohio Infantry Regiment as a Private on 2 March 1865, promoted to Quatermaster Sargeant on 2 April 1865, served one year and mustered out then enlisted in Company S 191st as a Quartermaster Sargeant and mustered out on 27 August 1865 at Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia after the end of the war. Some reference this as Company F&S. In some records he is referenced as a Captain but this writer could not find an official document for that promotion..
Thomas was married twice. He first married Laura Helwig in 1870, Their children included; Frank, Flora, Byron, Ella May, and Wallace O. Laura died in 1895 and he then married Ella Wathen in 1896. There are no known children from that marriage.
Thomas died in Killdeer on 29 April 1916. Thomas' Burial. The link includes tombstone photos and links to some family members.
Joseph's tombstone and North Dakota Vital Records indicate he was born in 1865 with no day or month given. Some other records indicate he was born in Russia.
Joseph immigrated to America with his wife Maria (Mary) and their first child Therezia along with Maria's parents Wenzel and Rosalie Polensky and some of their other children. They arrived from Russia by way of Hamburg, Germany and Southhampton, England at New York, New York on the SS Auguste Victoria on 9 November 1891 with indications on the passenger list they were destined for Dickinson.
Mary's siblings included on the trip were Vandelin (1869), Ann Rosalie (1872), Frank (1876), Wenzel (1878), and Albina (1881). [The ages on the passenger list are not exact to those on their tombstones].
Joseph and Mary Polensky Luptak had the following known children: Therezia, Rosalie, Julia, Joseph, Frank, Mary, James, Dominic, Elmer, Susan, Jan, Anna, and Stanley. Anna was the last of the children to die and her obituary indicates she had nine brothers and six sisters. This writer could not find two of the brothers and one of the sisters.
Joseph received a patent for Section 20 in Township 171, Range 97 on 15 March 1898 indicating he quite possibly started homesteading in 1893. Using the birth locations of his children he was in North Dakota before July 1892. Some records have him also on Sections 17-19 and 21.
Mary's Burial, Family Photo, Tombstone Photos, Links to Some Family Members Although born Jens Henrick he evidently used Henry since his arrival in America. He was born in Norway and the 1900 census indicates May 1852 although there are some genealogical records indicating 12 June 1851. He married Ida Caroline Siverts in 1887. They both immigrated in 1880. The 1900 census indicates that Ida had five children with three surviving. Known children are Sivert, James, Harold (see below), and Arthur.
Henry received a land patent for a portion of Section 12, Township 142, Range 92 in 1893.
By 1908 Henry and Ida had moved to Marshall where Henry died in his home on 27 December 1908. Ida lived with children in Dickinson and Fargo until her death on 11 October 1954 in Cass County.
Henry's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family
Ida's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family
Harold was born in Marshall on 5 March 1892 and farmed until his World War I induction.
Inducted on 18 September 1917 and sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa where he served in Battery F, 338th Field Artillery until 27 November 1917, then Battery D, 336th Field Artillery, until 12 June 1918, then 3rd Battery, Field Artillery Replacement Regiment until 10 July 1918, then Battery C, 124th Field Artillery until his 11 March 1919 discharge as a Private. He was overseas from 20 June 1918 until 22 February 1919. He was severely wounded on 31 October 1918 at St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne but remained in the service until his discharge at Camp Dodge, Iowa, on 11 March 1919 as a Private.
Harold suffered severely from his wounds and died in Jamestown on 19 November 1920. Obituary
Harold's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family
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