A transcription of pages 195-469,
Family Histories from the Verdigre Centennial Book
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ANDREW AND SUSAN [DICK] CAULFIELD

Andrew and Susan (Dick) Caulfield journeyed from Ireland to Chicago, Illinois, in the 1850s. They lived there about a year, then moved to Galena, Illinois. Their journey brought them to Elk Point, South Dakota, and finally to Knox County in the fall of 1881. They homesteaded eight miles southwest of Verdigre (Southeast Quarter of Section 20, Township 30 North, Range 7 West). Andrew had studied medicine, and he and Dr. William Hazen were the first medical doctors in Knox County.

[pg 215 PHOTO Mrs. Andrew [Susan] Caulfield

Children born to Susan and Andrew Caulfield were John (1857), Margaret (1859), Eliza Ann (1862), Robert (1863), Terrance (1869), Andrew (1870), Mary (1873), Emma (1876), Gregory (1877), and Michael (birthdate unknown). Four of the children died in infancy.

Robert homesteaded a parcel of land northwest of the home place. He never married.

Margaret also remained single. She taught in rural Knox County schools.

Terrance married Nettie Scriven and had seven children: Margaret, James, Gregory, Terrance, Alma, John, and Raymond. They farmed the home place.

Andrew married Hulda A. Skondell (originally from Stein Bay, Wisconsin) in 1903 and they were parents of twelve children: Lloyd, Susan, Joseph, Clarence, Mary, Herbert, Lottie, Walter, Gilbert, Mary, Andrew, and Sylvia. Andrew farmed east of the home place.

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