January 23, 2013 - Some Brachvogel News Clippings

We are talking here about large prairie families, and a small community where if people aren't related to you, they know someone who is.

Two of my Wilson great grand aunts married Brachvogels, Brackvogels, or Brockvogels... Mary Ann Wilson and her sister Rosella, the twin of my ggreat grandmother, Rosetta Wilson. 

Mary Ann married Henry Brachvogel Sept. 17, 1890 when she was only 20.   Rosella married Leo Brachvogel, with their marriage date unknown by this writer.  Note to self: I need to find out this marriage date how these two men were related.  Have always made the assumption that they were brothers, but a quick check doesn't present any proof of this. 

Mary Ann and Henry had seven children.  The middle son was named Frank (1900-1957).  The following is an untitled piece, from October, 1937, with the assumption that it was in the Wessington Times (SD).

Frank Brackvogel met with a serious and painful weekend while helping to saw wood at the Charlie Daugherty home on the Kastner Ranch in the gulch in the hills southwest of town last Saturday afternoon.  In sawing a particularly hard stick of wood the belt was thrown from the pulley on the saw and Frank immediately attempted to put it back on without waiting for the saw to stop.  In some way his sleeve or glove was caught and his arm was drawn around the pulley and he was thrown several feet.  One bone in his arm - fortunately the left one - was broken and the broken end protruded through the flesh, and the other bone was dislocated at the wrist.  He was immediately brought in to the hospital here (?) and Dr. Aldrich set the fractured wrist but was unable to put it in a cast because of the lacerations which have to be left open until they have healed.  Frank will probably be laid up for some little time. 

Charlie Daugherty was Mom's uncle. I need to learn more about the Kastner Ranch.  This is another example of how two totally seperate family branches continue to be connected in the South Dakota Prairies.

Frank is on the right in this photo.  I have no date.