Langem
Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing
Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington",
published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
MATTHIAS C. LANGE is a farmer
residing three and one-half miles southeast of Davenport. He was
born November 30, 1835, in Ringsted, Denmark, the son of Christian M. and
Maria Lange, both natives of Denmark, the father of Copenhagen. Both
parents are dead. The only relative Mr. Lange has in this country
is a nephew, W. Rossing.
Mr. Lange grew to manhood in his native country,
where he was a soldier during the war with Germany in 1864. In the
spring of 1872 he set sail from Copenhagen for New York. From the
latter city he came on to Chicago, thence in turn to Tennessee, Iowa, and
Minnesota. Leaving the latter named state he returned to Iowa, where
he lived until the spring of 1879, when he came to Walla Walla, Washington.
In the fall of 1881 he went to Sprague where he worked in the construction
of the Northern Pacific car shops, and the following spring he located
his present homestead. He continued in railroad work, however, for
some time in order to earn money with which to improve his farm, which
now is one of the finest and most up-to-date homes in the county.
In the spring of 1893 Mr. Lange started on
a visit to his old home in Denmark, and while away visited the World's
Fair at Chicago and other points of interest, returning home during the
fall season of that year.
The subject of this sketch is a member of
the Lutheran church and is generally recognized as a man of honor and stability
in the community.
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