George O. Darkenwald

George O. Darkenwald was born in Herxheim, Bavaria Germany in 1862. He came to the State of Indiana as a little lad of three in 1865. He and his parents made their home there until 1883, when he came to Dakota Territory as a young man of twenty. Mr. Darkenwald filed on his homestead in 1887, the northeast quarter of Section 2 in Uxbridge Township. He made this his home until 1937, when he moved to Wimbledon. He was united in marriage to Mary Altringer in 1898. They were the first couple to be married in the St. Bonaface Catholic Church in Wimbledon. Reverend Father Beuhler of Valley City officiated at the ceremony. To this union were born fourteen children,

  1. two of whom died in infancy.

  2.  

  3. Oscar and

  4. Edna (Wade) of Olympia, Washington;

  5. Louise (deceased in 1964);

  6. Evelyn Renauld;

  7. Dorothy Tanner;

  8. Wilbert (deceased in 1960);

  9. Cordelia Sorem,

  10. Vera Mohr and

  11. Marshall Darkenwald of Wimbledon;

  12. Herbert of Great Falls, Montana;

  13. Eleanor Morrison of Bellview, Washington; and

  14. Elaine Chojnacki of Shelton, Washington (deceased in 1969).

Mr. Darkenwald was a leading citizen of Uxbridge township for over fifty years. He was a director of the First National Bank, president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank, a trustee of the St. Bonaface Church of Wimbledon for many years. He passed away on September 17, 1941 at the age of 78 years. His widow, Mary Darkenwald, lived her remaining days in Wimbledon and passed away on August 20, 1964 at the age of 85 years.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 54