1921 Duluth & St Louis County MN, Van Brunt.pdf - Garon.us

DULUTH AND ST. LOUIS COUNTY 657
He was in front-line trenches in the Vosges Mountains; was present
in the battle of St. Mihiel, and passed through terrible fighting in
the Meuse-Argonne offensive. On November 10, 1918, just one day
before the signing of the Armistice, he was wounded in action at
Haudimont, and died of those wounds twelve days later, on November
22. 1918.
Edward B. Swanson lived at Saginaw, Minnesota, son of Ben
Swanson, of that place.
Wallace J. Taylor was of Virginia, where his mother still is.
Olaf Ugstad, of Duluth, was born October 3, 1891, at Hurum,
Buskruds County, Norway, but has been in America for many years.
At one time he was employed by the Wilson Contracting Company,
Duluth, and later was foreman at the St, Louis County Work Farm.
He was enlisted into the United States army in January, 1918, and
assigned to the Spruce Production Section of the Forestry Division.
He was accidentally killed at Emuclaw, Washington, on August 2,
1918. The body was returned to Duluth for burial. A brother is
Reginald Ugstad, of Hermanstown.
Fiori Valbiter, a resident in Virginia before the war, was born
in Rome, Italy, and at the time of enlistment in 1918 was twentyseven
years old. He died at Detroit, Michigan.
Haralebes Vasilion was of Hibbing.
Florent Van de Perre also was of Hibbing.
Peter Verdi made his home in Eveleth before entering the service,
but was born at Agri, Italy, on May 2, 1897. He was a married
man at time of enlistment, and his wife, Lydia, still lives in Eveleth.
Peter left for military duty on May 17, 1918, and went to France
with an infantry regiment. He was killed in action in France on
November 1, 1918.
Leander Waillin, lived at Sandy, Minnesota, where his father,
Tom Waillin, has a farm. The family is Finnish, and Leander was
born in Finland on September 8, 1886. He was included in the second
Duluth draft for the National Army, but was destined not to go
overseas. During the epidemic of Spanish Influenza which swept
through the home cantonments in the autumn of 1918, Waillin contracted
the disease, and died on November 10, 1918, being then at
Camp Kearney, California.
Aino Nicanor Wene was a stalwart agricultural pioneer of Buyck,
St. Louis County. He was developing an acreage of wild land near
Buyck when called into service in September, 1917. He was assigned
to the Corps of Engineers and ultimately reached France, where he
was killed in action on October 15, 1918. His sister, Mrs. Niemi
Ahlgren, lives in Buyck, but the Wene family is of Finnish origin,
Aino was born at Rauma, Finland, January 10, 1892.
Philip T. White was of .Ely, son of Harry E. White, of that
place.
Arthur Charles Williams was a native of Hibbing, although the
family lived at Kinney at the time he enlisted. He was born on
December 26, 1898, and lived on the Ranges practically all his life,
his father having been connected with mining operations on the Range
for almost a generation. He, William Williams, latterly has been
blacksmith in the shops of the Oliver Iron Mining Company at
Hibbing. The son was not yet twenty years old when, on August 5,
1918, he enlisted in the Medical Department of the United States
army. He was almost immediately assigned to overseas duty and
soon after landing in France was taken sick, pneumonia developing.