Henry Uloth

Henry Uloth was born February 16, 1856, in Doernbradg, Germany. In Germany, he was a coal miner and was drafted into the German Army. He was married in 1880 to Mary Viereck. Mary was born in Hassen Kassel, Germany on May 4, 1860, and died March 14, 1936. Henry died March 15, 1930. They had eight children;

  1. Ella Norton,

  2. Louise Moe,

  3. Emma Sullivan,

  4. Anna Severance,

  5. Mary Risa,

  6. Elizabeth Thiel,

  7. Emily Schwenke and

  8. Gustav Uloth.

On June 1, 1883, they landed in Valley City, Dakota Territory, with Henry's father and mother. In company with Jacob Haupt, they bought the Northwest ¼ of Section  28, Getchell Prairie, from William Young, paying him $3,600 for 160 acres and 100 acres of crop, four horses and some machinery, paying $2,000 cash. They harvested the first crop, getting 81 cents a bushel. They continued in partnership for two years when they divided up.

In 1885, Mr. Uloth bought the Northwest ¼ of 20 from William Young, built a house and moved into it in the Fall. During the season of 1883 and 1884, Henry worked by the month for N. P. Rasmusson at $20 a month. When he came to settle with Rasumussen, he offered him a section of land in Baldwin Township for his summer's pay, but Mr. Uloth refused it and went to work on the 240 acres which he already owned. After he got his 240 acres paid for in 1887, he bought 80 acres more of pasture land, then in 1891, he bought 160 acres more in the Southwest ¼ of 17, and in 1900, he bought the North ½ of 21 from N. P. Rasmussen-at $25 per acre. This made a total of 800 acres, and later on they moved to Valley City where they built a home.

Mr. and Mrs. Henry Uloth were very active in the establishment and building of the Zion Lutheran Church in Getchell where they are now buried.

The home site that Mr. and Mrs. Uloth built up is now owned by the Orlo Shanenko family

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 254