HOWARD MAYNARD BECK
 Howard was born 25 May 1892 in Brownsdale, Mower County, Minnesota to Henry and Elizabeth Isabel Dille Beck. His siblings included, at least: Harry (1890), Chester, and Bernice (1900).
Prior to the war, Howard was a telegraph operator. He was inducted into the U. S. Army at Towner on 18 September 1917. He was sent to Camp Dodge, Iowa and then as a Private served in Battery A, 338th Field Artillery, to 1 April 1918, then Battery B, 321st Field Artillery, to his death as a result of being killed by enemy action on 2 November 1918. He was involved in the offensive at St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne, France.
He was initially buried in France but his remains were removed to the European Section, Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia.
Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family Members
GISLI and GUDRUN JOHNSON BENIDIKTSON
Gisli was born 6 January 1878 in Gimli, Monitoba, Canada to Eyolfur and Solrun Benidiktson. He arrived in McHenry County in 1901 eventually receiving a land grant in Section 18 of Mouse River Township.
Gisli married Gudrun Johnson in 1908. Gudrun was born on 1 October 1876 in Iceland. She immigrated by herself to Winnipeg, Manitoba and worked as a seamstress.
Gisli and Gudrun had seven children: Juliana; Solrun; Leifur who in 1970 lived in Upham; Olive Haugen, who in 1970 lived in Chula Vista, California; Runa, Ruby, and Gunnar [next paragraph].
Gunnar August was born in McHenry County on 13 August 1921. He died in Belgium in World War II in what was called the Battle of the Bulge. He was posthoumsly awarded the Purple Heart. Gunnar's Obituary. Initially buried in Belgium the family had him reinterred at McHenry County at Melankton Cemetery.
Gisli's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family Members
Gudrun's Burial, Tombstone Photo, Links to Some Family Members
FRED C. BROWNING
Fred was born on 13 September 1870 in Germany.
Fred was living in Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota when he joined the U. S. Army on 12 May 1898 at Fort Snelling. He was assigned to Company C of the 3rd U. S. Infantry as a Private. The 3rd saw action in Cuba and then after their return to Minnesota were involved in some Indian wars. Although he signed up for the Spanish-American war for three years he was released on 26 December 1898 at Fort Snelling.
Although in 1900 Fred was living in McHenry County he returned to Minnesota on 21 March 1901 in Nicollet County to marry Anna Sophia Frederika Richart daughter of Carl and Frederika Richart. Her surname in records has been spelled Richert and Richard. Their children included: Rosella (1903) Wheeler, Carl, Walter, Lawrence (1908), and Anne. From complications in Anne's birth, Anna died on 6 September 1909 in McHenry County. Shortly after Anna's death, Anne was adopted by Henry and Kathleen Wagner. In 1910, Fred married Frieda Felleger. Frieda was born in Germany on 11 November 1895 in Belsighelm, Germany. Their children included: Fred, George (1915), and Helen (1919) Roudee.
Fred's first homestead is in 1907 although they were in McHenry County for the birth of their first child in 1903. They settled in Section 22 of Schiller Township.
Fred Burial, Links to Some Family
Anna Burial
Frieda Burial, Obituary, Links to Some Family
THOMAS C. BRYANT
This writer could find very little information on Thomas. The McHenry County 1890 Veterans Census lists Thomas in the Civil War in Company B, 3rd Ohio Cavalry. A pension record shows him starting to receive his pension on 18 August 1890 in North Dakota. Two land records have Thomas C. in Section 14 of Newport Township in 1889 and then for same township in Section 22 in 1893. A Veterans Administration request for tombstone record shows it will be in the cemetery where this Thomas C. Bryant is buried in Wisconsin.
BURGESS FAMILY
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