Second Generation

11. Inga Tine MOGEN was born on Nov 25, 1898 in Blooming Valley Twp, South Dakota. She died on Oct 15, 1974 in St Louis Park, MN. She was buried in Lebanon Lutheran Church cemetery, SD. Her middle name, Tine (pronounced teen) indicated that she was the tenth child born to C K & Berit Mogen. She and her siblings grew up on the farm, attending rural school and Lebanon Lutheran Church. Inga along with many of her siblings prepared for teaching at Northern Normal school in Aberdeen. She taught in the school near her home, but her brother Henry lived closer and as he was a bachelor she stayed there and no doubt did cooking and other household

Inga & Herb had a buggy and bobsled courtship and having set a date with the Rev C.O.B. Ness to perform their marriage, for some reason the date had to be changed. Rev Ness said whenever a date must be changed it is better to make it earlier, so they were married June 8, 1920. At this point I will save you the trouble of looking up the birth date of their first born, it was March 8, 1921.

The newlyweds moved to a farm referred to as “the Lines place”. This farm was located just across the county line into Day county, so it must have been six or seven miles from the Mogen farm East of Lebanon church. This was a long drive by wagon or sled. Beatrice Marjorie and Calvin Eugene were born there.

Their next home was located one mile west of Lebanon Church and one mile east of Herb's parents home and the Blooming Valley School #2. This is the school where the Dorsett children obtained their elementary education. Hope Ione, Ruth Eleanor and Helen Jean were all born there with the help of a mid-wife.

This part of their story includes the depression years following the 1929 Wall Street crash and the years of limited rainfall in the 30's. Since the soil was sandy and did not retain moisture very well it could have been named the “Slim Pickins Farm”. I remember my parents commenting that the water supply was of good quality and plentiful and Dad always kept the windmill in good working order. This was probably the only labor-saving devise available to them along with the two or three teams of horses. In spite of poor crops and low prices, Inga and Herb provided for their family and themselves with a can-do attitude. Inga grew gardens and preserved everything in sight. She also was a seamstress, and did a share of the milking and butter making. Herb and his brothers butchered beef and pork and Inga canned meat and raised chickens. No one ever went hungry, but the children didn't often say “I don't like that” at the table. Mavone Owen Eidet, (Joe's mother-in-law) recalls that the Dorsetts lived near her parents, and the two families spent time together. She says that Herb was the neighborhood "vet" as he had a way with livestock and professional help was unavailable in those days.

When Herb passed away in 1966, Inga sold the farm and bought a small house in St Louis Park, MN close to daughter Bea. She lived a busy as usual life there, assisting at several charities, neighboring and visiting her other children and grandchildren until her passing in October of 1974.

Submitted by Helen Jean Dorsett Kampen, February 2007

Inga Tine MOGEN and Herbert DORSETT were married on Jun 8, 1920. Herbert DORSETT was born on Sep 9, 1895. He died on Jan 28, 1966. He was buried in Lebanon Lutheran Church cemetery, SD. Herbert L Dorsett was born in Iowa (pronounced Ioway by his family) Sept 9, 1895. When his parents announced their plans of going to South Dakota with their two or three small children, the elders said “you don't want to go there! The only fruit you can grow there is rhubarb!” But they did go to South Dakota, moving family and belongings by wagon. They purchased a farm in the western part of Blooming Valley township, only one mile from the Day County line.

When World War I reared its ugly head, Herb (the oldest in his family) went into the army. After a short training period, he sailed on a troop ship to LeHavre, France. The war ended about the time that the ship reached France, so he was back in SD fairly soon.


In the late 1930's Herb had a serious problem with his right hip, which left him with a severe limp the rest of his life. Herb and Inga bought a small acreage at the edge of Ortley in the early 1940's. Herb raised some beef cattle there, Inga milked a cow or two and raised a garden every year. She also worked in a grocery store for several years.
Inga Tine MOGEN and Herbert DORSETT had the following children:

+48	i.	Beatrice Marjorie DORSETT.
+49	ii.	Calvin Eugene DORSETT.
+50	iii.	Hope Ione DORSETT.
+51	iv.	Ruth Eleanor DORSETT.
+52	v.	Helen Jean DORSETT.