[2] Adolph, 14, Ernest, 13, Soren, 10, and Herman, 9, were the four oldest sons of Gust Wohlk, a German emigrant from Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
They made it to within three quarters of a mile from the farm, but had to stop when their horses could pull the sled no further.
The eldest brother, Adolph, bundled up his siblings and left them to find help.
His father, Gust Wohlk, found the 14-year-old's body within a quarter mile of their farm.
Gust Wohlk found his three younger sons curled up together in the box of the wagon.