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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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