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COLLECTIONS
OF THE
MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY
VOLUME XIV.
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES
1655-1912
COMPILED BY
WARREN UPHAM, D. Sc,
Secretary and Librarian,
and
MRS, ROSE BARTEAU DUNLAP,
Library Assistant.
ST. PAUL, MINN.
PUBLISHED BY THE SOCIETY.
June, 1912.
PRINTED AND BOUND BY
THE VOLKSZEITUNG COMPANY,
ST. PAUL, MINN.
OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.
William H. Lightner, ----- President
Charles P. Noyes, - First Vice-President
Loren W. Collins, - Second Vice-President
Everett H. Bailey, ------ Treasurer.
Warren Upham, - Secretary and Librarian.
John Talman, - Newspaper Librarian.
committee on publications.
William G. White, Gen. James H. Baker,
Charles. W. Ames, Harold Harris,
Henry S. Fairchild.
committee on obituaries.
Edward P. Sanborn, Gen. James H. Baker,
John A. Stees, Frederick M. Catlin.
The Secretary of the Society is ex-officio a member of these Committees.
#> ,£ ^"*--S^
PREFACE.
Many readers come to this Society's Library for biographic
information concerning the pioneer settlers and prominent citi-
zens of Minnesota, and it has often required much search to
find the information desired. Therefore the present work was
undertaken to bring into a single volume, in alphabetic order,
brief notes of the biographies of Minnesota people, gathered
from the many books, pamphlets, newspapers, and other rec-
ords, in which these have been published.
.About two hundred and fifty sources of this information, in
some eases comprising a series of many volumes, have been
examined in the compilation of this work. Among these
sources are national and state collections of biographies; many
historical and biographical volumes and pamphlets relating to
counties, cities, and towns of Minnesota; histories and mili-
tary records of the state; publications relating to its educa-
tional institutions, the professions of law and medicine, reli-
gious denominations, and various associations and fraternities;
magazines and journals; personal memoirs; family genealo-
gies ; and scrap-books, and the files of our state newspapers.
Each volume and pamphlet, or each series of several or many
volumes under one title, has received a reference number, des-
ignated in the following list ; and after each biography through-
out this work its derivation is shown by these numerical refer-
ences. The reader desiring more full information of any biog-
raphy is thus guided to the book, pamphlet, or newspaper
volume, in the Historical Library, or often to several of these
VI MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
publications, where additional biographic details, and fre-
quently very interesting comments in approbation or criticism,
are found.
Constant care has been taken to note correctly the dates
and places of birth and deatji, the year when pioneers and set-
tlers came to Minnesota, places of residence, occupation or pro-
fession, public services, etc. From so many and diverse
sources, however, it is probable that occasional errors in dates
and other v statements may occur; but it is believed that in
nearly all instances these are referable to the original sources
of the information, rather than to inaccurate compilation.
The scope of this work includes the early explorers, fur
traders, and missionaries, from Groseilliers and Radisson, Du
Luth, Hennepin, and Le Sueur, onward to the organization of
Minnesota as a Territory in 1849, and to her admission into the
Union as a State in 1858. For the period since 1849, the eonr-
pilation has been necessarily limited to men and women of
prominence in the territory and state, or in their communities,
whose biographies have appeared in print; but it is true that
many other useful and highly honored citizens have had no
published record. In a few instances, when sketches could
not be found but were deemed especially desirable and need-
ful, they have been supplied by correspondence or interviews.
Chiefs and otherwise noteworthy persons among the aborig-
inal peoples, the Ojibways and the Sioux, are also included,
whenever definite biographic information could be obtained.
More than 14,000 biographic sketches have been gathered in
the manuscript series for this volume, and this entire series is
preserved for reference in the Historical Library; but it has
been practicable to publish in this book of convenient size only
about 9,000 of these sketches.
A large number of biographies of Minnesota persons promi-
nent in the professions, in public services, and in the commerce
and industries of the state, were published in 1907 in two
books, numbered 24 and 25 in the following list of sources of
this volume. As both these books are in the principal public
libraries, where they may be consulted, the greater part of
their biographies are omitted from this work, which has been
mainly restricted, in its references for numbers 24 and 25, to
PREFACE. VU
those biograpbies that are also received into our manuscript
compilation from other sources. About 3,500 sketches in these
two recent publications, omitted here, form a very important
and valuable supplement of the present collection.
This compilation has been brought together from more than
1,000 books and pamphlets, including several large series
which are each listed with only a single reference number.
In this Society's scrap-books, a series of sixty-eight volumes
of newspaper articles and items published from 1861 to the
present time, many newspapers from all parts of the state
have supplied biographic sketches used here.
Files of several early newspapers of Minnesota have also
been thoroughly examined to obtain their items of biographies ;
and this search has been carried through the whole series of
our oldest newspaper, the Minnesota Pioneer, and its continu-
ations in the Pioneer and Democrat and the Pioneer Press,
from 1849 to 1912. About two hundred and fifty bound news-
paper volumes have been thus examined for their contribu-
tions to this work.
It is hoped that this collection of Minnesota Biographies
found in so many publications, brought here into one alpha-
betic list for convenient reference, will be of great and per-
manent value to all classes of our people who may wish to
acquaint themselves with our state history.
Through its numerical references, with notation of portraits
by the asterisk (#), this work supplies a comprehensive index to
the wide range of biographic literature of Minnesota, and to
the printed portraits of her most noteworthy people.
It will be especially helpful in researches for several papers
relating to the sources of immigration to this state, both from
foreign countries and from the older eastern and southern
states of this Union, with discussion of the contributions by
each country and state to the founding and upbuilding of
Minnesota, desired for later volumes in these Historical Collec-
tions.
Another use of this book will be to aid statisticians and stu-
dents of social science in many investigations of the evolution
of the composite qualities characterizing the people of the North
Star State.
SOURCES OF THIS COMPILATION.
Collections of Biography of the United States.
Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography, edited by James
Grant Wilson and John Fiske, six volumes, 1887-89 1
Supplement of this Series, vol. VII, 1900 2
National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, fourteen vols., 1893-
- 1906 . . . . 3
Supplement of this Series, vol. I, 1910 3A
Lamb's Biographical Dictionary of the United States, edited by
John Howard Brown, seven vols., 1900-03; also published under
another title, The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary
of Notable Americans, ten vols., 1904 4
Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century,
edited by Thomas W. Herringshaw, 120 arid 1,046 pages, 1907. 5
The Century Cyclopaedia pf Names, edited by Benjamin E. Smith,
1,085 pages, 1895; and its Supplement, 92 pages, 1909 6
American Annual Cyclopaedia, published by Appleton and Co., 42
vols., 1861-1902, containing obituaries in the year of decease. . 7
American Men of Science, a Biographical Directory, edited by J.
McKeen Cattell, 364 pages, 1906; 596 pages, 1910 7A
Political Register and Congressional Directory, 1776-1878, by Ben.
Perley Poore, 7i6 pages, 1878. 8
Official Congressional Directory, "frequent issues during sessions
of Congress, 1879-1912 9
Biographical Congressional Directory, 1774 to 1903 (57th Congress,
2d Session, House Doc. No. 458), 900 pages, 1903 10
Army Register, U. S., 1779-1879, third edition, by T. H. S. Hamer-
sly, 928 and 379 pages, 1881 11
Records of Laving Officers of the U. S. Army, 689 pages, 1890, and
List of Officers of the Army, 1779-1900, 863 pages, both by
William H. Powell. . . 12
Biographical Register of tine Officers and Graduates of the U. S.
Military Academy at West Point, N. Y„ 1802-1890, by Gen.
George W. Cullum, three vols., 1891; and Supplement, vol.
IV, 1890-1900, published 1901 13
Historical Register and Dictionary of the U. S. Army, 1789 to 1903,
by Francis B. Heitman, two vols., 1903 14
Records»of Living Officers of the U. S, Navy and Marine Corps, by
Lewis R. Hamersly; fourth edition, 489 pages, 1890; seventh
edition, 511 pages, 1902 15
SOURCES OF THIS COMPILATION. IX
List of Officers of the Navy of the XL S. and of the Marine Corps,
1775-1900, by Edward W. Callahan, 750 pages, 1901 16
Who's Who in America, a Biographical Dictionary of the United
States, edited by John W. Leonard and Albert N. Marquis,
seven vols., 1899-1912 17
Collections of Biographies of Minnesota.
The United States Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery
of Eminent and Self-made Men, Minnesota Volume [by Jere-
miah Clemens and J. Fletcher Williams], 604 pages, 1879 18
Biographical History of the Northwest, by Alonzo Phelps, 222
pages, 1890 19
The Biographical Dictionary and Portrait Gallery of Represent-
ative Men of Chicago, Minnesota Cities, and the World's Co-
lumbian Exposition; 1,037 pages, 1892 20
A Biographical History with Portraits of Prominent Men of the
Great West, 723 pages, 1894 21
Progressive Men of Minnesota, edited by Marion D. Shutter and
J. S. McLain, 514 pages, 1897 22
Encyclopedia of Biography of Minnesota, and History of Minne-
sota, by Judge Charles E. Flandrau, 497 pages, 1900 23
The Book of Minnesotans, a Biographical Dictionary, edited by
Albert N. Marquis, 572 pages, 1907 24
Little Sketches of Big Polks, Minnesota, by R. L. Polk and Co.,
441 pages, 1907 25
History of the Great Northwest and its Men of Progress, edited by
C. W. G. Hyde and William Stoddard, 592 pages, 1901 26
A History of the Republican Party ... A Political History of
Minnesota, by Eugene V. Smalley, 426 pages, 1896 27
Minnesota Historical Society Collections, vols. I to XIII, 1850-
1908 28, 1-XIII
Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Minnesota, published
by A. T. Andreas, 394 pages, 1874 . 29
Legislative Manuals, 1889 and 1893-1911; also including biographic
pamphlets for 1873 (by the Pioneer Press Co.), for 1877 and
1878 (by C. L. Hall), and a scrap-book compiled from the Daily
Globe for 1879 30
History of the Upper Mississippi Valley, 717 pages, 1881 31
History of Duluth and St. Louis County, edited by Dwight E. Wood-
bridge and John S. Pardee, two volumes, 899 pages, 1910 31A
History of the Minnesota Valley, 1,016 pages, 1882. 32
Minnesota Valley: Sketches .... of the Monuments and
Tablets erected by the Minnesota Valley Historical Society in
Renville and Redwood Counties . . . connected with the ,
Indian Outbreak of 1862; 79 pages, 1902 33
Illustrated Album of Biography of Southwestern Minnesota and
Northwestern Iowa, 1,080 pages, 1889 34
X MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Illustrated Album of Biography of the Famous Valley of the Red
River of the North and the Park Regions, 844 pages, 1889 35
History of the Red River Valley, by Warren Upham and others,
two volumes, 1,165 pages, 1909 36
Compendium of History and Biography of Northern Minnesota,
1,031 pages, 1902. . . 37
Compendium of Central and Northern Minnesota, 828 pages, 1904. 38
Memorial Record of the Counties of Faribault, Martin, Watonwan,
and Jackson; 766 pages, 1895 39
History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley, 636 pages,
1881 .. 40
Fifty Years in the Northwest [History and Biographies of the St.
Croix Valley], by W. H. C. Folsom, 763 pages, 1888 41
History of the Saint Croix Valley, edited by Augustus B. Easton,
two volumes, 1,290 pages, 1909. 42
Counties (in Alphabetic Order).
History of Anoka County, by Albert M. Goodrich, 320 pages, 1905. . 43
Pioneer History of Becker County, by Alvin H. Wilcox, 757 pages,
1907 44
Atlas and Gazetteer of Blue Earth County, 146 pages, 1895 45
History of Blue Earth County, by Thomas Hughes, 622 pages, 1909. 46
Clay County and its Resources ; Supplement of the Moorhead Inde-
pendent, 65 pages, Jan. 5, 1900 47
History of Dakota County and the City of Hastings, 551 pages, 1881 48
History of Dakota and Goodhue Counties, edited by Franklyn Cur-
tiss- Wedge, two volumes, 1910 56
(Volume I, 662 pages, comprises the History and Biographies
of Dakota County.)
History of Dodge County, pages 771-1269, in History of Winona,
Olmsted, and Dodge Counties, 1884 49
Atlas of Dodge County, with Biographies, 129 pages, 1905 . . . ; 50
History of Faribault County, by J. A. Kiester, 687 pages, 1896 51
Faribault County, in the Memorial Record, 1895, before noted. . . . . 39
History of Fillmore County, 626 pages, 1882 52
History of Freeborn County, 548 pagers, 1882 53
History of Freeborn County, compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge,
883 pages, 1911 53A
History of Goodhue County, 664 pages, 1878 54
Goodhue County .... Past and Present, by an Old Settler
[Rev. Joseph W. Hancock], 349 pages, 1893 55
History of Goodhue County, edited by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge,
1,074 pages, 1909. 56
(Also forming Volume II of History of Dakota and Goodhue
Counties, 1910.)
SOURCES OF THIS COMPILATION. XI
Illustrated Souvenir of Grant County, by the Grant County Herald,
61 pages, 1896 57
History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, 713
pages, 1881 58
Geographical and Statistical History of the County of Hennepin,
by W. H. Mitchell and John H. Stevens, 149 pages, 1868 59
History of Hennepin County, edited by Col. John H. Stevens, pages
1003-1497, in History of Minneapolis [by Isaac Atwater] and
Hennepin County, 1895 60
History of Houston County, 526 pages, 1882 61
Jackson County, in the Memorial Record, 1895, before noted 39
History of Jackson County, by Arthur P. Rose, 586 pages, 1910 62
History of Kandiyohi County, by Victor E. Lawson, 446 pages, 1905 63
Lake County, 10 pages, in "Two Harbors in 1900" 106
McLeod County, pages 501-701, in Illustrated Album of Biography
of Meeker and McLeod Counties, 1888 64
Martin County, in the Memorial Record, 1895, before noted 39
Meeker County, 494 pages, in Illustrated Album of Meeker and
McLeod Counties, 1888 (also published in Album and History
of Meeker County, 610 pages, 1888) 65
History of Mower County, edited by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge, 1,006
pages, 1911 65A
An Illustrated History of Nobles County, by Arthur P. Rose, 637
pages, 1908 65B
History of Olmsted County, pages 617-1148, in History of Winona
and Olmsted Counties, 1883 66
History of Olmsted County, by Hon. Joseph A. Leonard, 674 pages,
1910 66A
Pipestone County: An Illustrated History of the Counties of Rock
and Pipestone, by Arthur P. Rose, 802 pages, 1911 71A
Pope County, 364 pages, in Illustrated Album of Biography of Pope
and Stevens Counties, 1888 67
History of Ramsey County and City of St. Paul, 65Q pages, 1881. . 68
Ramsey County, Bench and Bar, by Charles E. Flandrau, in the
Magazine of Western History, vols. VII and VIII, 1888 69
History of the City of St. Paul and County of Ramsey, by J.
Fletcher Williams, 475 pages, 1876 28, IV
Redwood and Renville Counties: Monuments and Tablets of the
Sioux War, 79 pages, 1902, before noted 33
History of Rice County, 603 pages, 1882 70
History of Rice and Steele Counties, compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-
Wedge, two volumes, 1,561 pages, 1910 70A
Rock County, Souvenir Edition of the Rock County News, Luverne,
32 pages, Dec. 20, 1899 71
An Illustrated History of the Counties of Rock and Pipestone, by
Arthur P. Rose, 802 pages, 1911 71A
Xll MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Saint Louis County, History, by Hon. John R, Carey, in Minn. Hist.
Soc. Collections, vol. IX, pages 241-278, 1901. 28, IX
History of Dukth and St. Louis County, edited by Dwight E. Wood-
bridge and John S. Pardee, two volumes, 899 pages, 1910, be-
fore noted . . 31A
History of Steele County, 411 pages, in History of Steele and Wa-
seca Counties, 1887 72
History of Steele County, compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge,
pages 629-1247, in History of Rice and Steele Counties, 1910.. 70A
Stevens County, pages 367-530, in Illustrated Album of Biography
of Pope and Stevens Counties, 1888 73
History of Wabasha County, pages 561-1315, in History of Winona
and Wabasha Counties, 1884 74
History of Waseca County, pages 413-733, in History of Steele and
Waseca Counties, 1887 75
History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley, 636 pages,
1881, before noted .- 40
(Washington County forms also a great part of Nos. 41 and 42.)
Watonwan County, in the Memorial Record, 1895, before noted. ... 39
History of Winona County, 966 pages, 1883 76
Winona County, Portrait and Biographical Record, 423 pages, 1895. 77
Winona and its Environs, by Lafayette H. Bunnell, 694 pages, 1897. 78
Cities and Towns (in Alphabetic Order).
Austin Souvenir, by H. O. Basford, 52 pages, 1896 79
Cannon Falls Souvenir, by H. E. Graham, 34 pages, 1900 80
Crookston, the Queen City of the Red River Valley, 49 pages, 1882. 81
Duluth, pages 683-699, in History of the Upper Mississippi Valley,
1881, before noted 31
Duluth, History to 1870, by Hon. John R. Carey, in Minn. Hist. Soc,
Collections, vol. IX, pages 241-278, 1901 28,- IX
History of Duluth and St. Louis County, edited by Dwight E. Wood-
bridge and John S. Pardee, two volumes, 899 pages, 1910, be-
fore noted 31A
Hastings, 1881, as before noted , 48
Hector Souvenir, by G. F, McPherson and C. A. Rolf, 40 pages,
1900 . . 82
Luverne and Rock County Souvenir, 32 pages, 1899, before noted . . 71
Mankato, Its First Fifty Years, 1852-1902, 347 pages, 1903 83
History of the City of Minneapolis, by Isaac Atwater, two vols.,
1,010 pages, 1893; again published in 1895, with addition of
the History of Hennepin County 84
Minneapolis, in History of Hennepin County, 1881, before noted ... 58
Minneapolis: Personal Recollections of Minnesota and its Peo-
ple, and Early History of Minneapolis, by John H. Stevens,
433 pages, 1890 85
SOURCES OF THIS COMPILATION. Xlll
A Half Century of Minneapolis, edited by Horace B. Hudson, 569
pages, 1908 85A
Minneapolis, Metropolis of the Northwest, by the Star Publishing
Co., 218 pages, 1887 86
Pen and Sunlight Sketches of Minneapolis, by the Phoenix Pub-
lishing Co., 214 pages, 1893 87
Minneapolis: History of the Police and Fire Departments of the
Twin Cities, 600 pages, 1899 88
Minneapolis: Series, Resources of Minnesota, E. E. Barton, pub-
lisher; 138 pages, 1889 89
Minneapolis: Illustrated Souvenir of the Minneapolis Journal, 122
pages, 1891 90
Moorhead, the Key City of the Red River Valley, 105 pages, 1882. 91
Redwood Falls, Souvenir, 52 pages, 1900 92
History of the City of St. Paul and County of Ramsey, by J.
Fletcher Williams, 475 pages, 1876 28, IV
St. Paul, in the History of Ramsey County, before noted, 1881. ... 68
History of St. Paul, edited by Gen. C. C. Andrews, 603 and 224
pages, 1890 93
Past and Present of St. Paul, by W. B. Hennessy, 814 pages, 1906. . 93 A
Pen Pictures of St. Paul, and Biographical Sketches, by T. M.
Newson, 746 pages, 1886 94
St. Paul, History and Progress, published by the Pioneer Press
Co., 216 pages, 1897 95
St. Paul: History of the Police and Fire Departments of the Twin
Cities, 600 pages, 1899 96
Industries of St. Paul, 1882-3, 162 pages 97
Resources of St. Paul, Illustrated Souvenir of The Dispatch, 128
pages, Jan., 1892 98
St. Paul: Series, Resources of Minnesota, E. E. Barton, publisher;
199 pages, 1888 99
Sturdy Sons of St. Paul, by A. R. Fenwick, 188 pages, 1899 100
St. Paul Trade Journal, Annual Number, 104 pages, August 10, 1901. 101
Sandstone, a Souvenir, 14 pages, 1899 102
Shakopee, a Sketch, Historical and Industrial, by William Hinds,
47 pages, 1891 103
Stillwater, Trades Review, by Easton and Masterman, 48 pages,
Jan., 1898 104
Stillwater, pages 125-8, at end of No. 98, before noted 105
Two Harbors in 1900, 68 pages 106
Winona and its Environs, by Lafayette H. Bunnell, 694 pages, 1897,
before noted 78
Note. — Consult also the County Histories, Nos. 43-78, for their Cities
and Towns. Many counties, cities, villages, and townships,
partly in addition to these in the preceding lists, have good col-
lections of biographies, grouped under the county and township
names, in Nos. 31 and 32, page ix.
xiv minnesota historical, society collections.
Histories of Minnesota.
History of Minnesota, by Rev. Edward D. Neill; first edition, 628
pages, 1858; fourth edition, 928 pages, 1882 107
History of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier, by Judge Charles
E. Flandrau, 408 pages, 1900 108
Illustrated History of Minnesota, by T. H. Kirk, 244 pages, 1887. . . 109
History and Civil Government of Minnesota, by Sanford Niles, 307
pages, 1897 110
The Book of Minnesota, Development, Resources, etc., published
by the Pioneer Press Company, 128 pages, 1903 Ill
Early Empire Builders of the Great West, by Moses K. Armstrong,
456 pages, 1901 112
Minnesota, the North Star State, by Prof. William W. Folwell, 382
pages, 1908 113
Minnesota in Three Centuries, 1655-1908, by Warren Upham, Re-
turn I. Holcombe, Gen. Lucius F. Hubbard, and Frank R.
Holmes; four volumes, 390, 513, 546, and 458 pages, 1908 114
Military Records of Minnesota.
Minnesota in the Civil and Indian Wars, 1861-1865, published un-
der supervision of a Board of Commissioners, Judge William
Lochren, chairman, and Gen. C. C. Andrews, editor and sec-
retary; vol. I, 844 pages, 1890; vol. II, 652 pages, 1893, and
second edition, 654 pages, 1899 ." 115
History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians in Minnesota,
by Charles S. Bryant and Abel B. Murch, 504 pages, 1863. ..... 116
History of the Sioux War and Massacre of 1862 and 1863, by Isaac
V. D. Heard, 354 pages, 1863 117
Dakota War Whoop, or Indian Massacres and War in Minnesota,
of 1862-3, by Harriet E. Bishop McConkey, 429 pages, 1863... 118
A Thrilling Narrative of the Minnesota Massacre and the Sioux
War of 1862-3, by A. P. Connolly, 273 pages, 1896 119
The Adventures of "Antelope Bill" in the Indian War of 1862, by
Parker I. Peirce, 244 pages, 1898 120
Monuments and Tablets of the Sioux War, 79 pages, 1902, before
noted 33
Civil War, 1861-5: Memorials of the Military Order of the Loyal
Legion of the United States, Minnesota Commandery, 1886-
1912 ■. . . ; 121
Memorials of Acker Post, Grand Army of the Republic, St. Paul,
18974908; Manuscripts by Josiah B. Chaney 122
War with Spain, Campaign in the Philippine Islands: Official
History of the Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry, by Lieut. Martin
E. Tew, 111 pages [appended to Campaigning in the Philip-
pines, by Karl Irving Faust], 1899 123
SOURCES OF THIS COMPILATION. XV
Minnesota Society, Sons of the American Revolution, Year Book,
1889-1895, compiled by William Henry Grant; including "In
Memoriam," pages 500-513 124
Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Minnesota, Secretary's
Reports, 1900, 1901, 1902-3, and 1904-8; Memorials of deceased
members 125
First Battalion of Artillery, National Guard, State of Minnesota, 28
pages, 1898 126
Note. — The following books, though not containing biographies,
may also be usefully consulted:
Glimpses of the Nation's Struggle, Papers read before the Minnesota
Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the
United States, six volumes, 1887-1909;
History of the First Regiment of Minnesota Volunteers, a Scrap-Book,
136 pages, 1897-1908, in the Library of the Minnesota Historical
Society;
The Story of a Regiment, being a Narrative of the Service of the Second
Regiment, Minnesota Veteran Voluntee'r Infantry, 1861-1865, by
Gen. Judson W. Bishop, 256 pages, 1890;
A Drummer-Boy's Diary, comprising Four Years of Service with the
Second Regiment, Minnesota Veteran Volunteers, 1861 to 1865, by
William Bircher, 199 pages, 1889;
History of the Fourth Regiment of Minnesota Infantry Volunteers dur-
ing the Great Rebellion, 1861-1865, by Alonzo L. Brown, 594 pages,
1892;
With the Thirteenth Minnesota in the Philippines, by John Bowe, 216
pages, 1905;
Story of the Fifteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, by Rev. T.
A. Turner, Chaplain, 170 pages, with the Roster as a Supplement
of 27 pages, 1899.
Educational Institutions.
University of Minnesota: The Gopher, published annually by the
Junior Class; vols. 1-25, 1887-1911 „ 127
Forty Years of the University of Minnesota, edited by E. Bird
Johnson, 639 pages, 1910 127A
Dictionary of the University of Minnesota, by E. Bird Johnson,
215 pages, 1908 127B
Carleton College: Algol, published annually by the Junior Class;
vols. 1-6, 1889-94 (since discontinued) 128
The History of Carleton College, by Rev. Delavan L. Leonard, 421
pages, 1904 129
History of Hamline University, when located at Red Wing, 1854
to 1869, published by the Alumni Association, 263 pages, 1907. 130
XVI MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Macalester College Contributions, Department of History, Liter-
ature, and Political Science, by Rev. Edward D. Neill; First
Series, 273 pages, 1890; Second Series, 307 pages, 1892 131
A History of Macalester College, by Henry D. Funk, 304 pages,
1910 131A
St. John's University Record, vols. 1-25, 1888-1912 132
St. Olaf College: The Manitou Messenger, published, monthly by
the students; vols. 1-26, 1887-1912 133
Willmar Seminary: The Seminary Echo, published monthly by
the students; vols. 1-10, 1889-1900 134
Other Colleges, Seminaries, Normal Schools, etc., catalogues and
reports 135
Minnesota Journal of School Education, Minneapolis; vols. 1-31,
1882-1912 177
Professions of Law and Medicine.
Reports of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, 115 vols., 1851-1911.. 136
History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota, edited by Hon. Hiram
F. Stevens, two vols., 500 pages, 1904 137
Biographies of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, by Hon. Charles
B. Elliott, in The Green Bag, vol. IV, 1892 138
Lawyers and Courts of Minnesota prior to and during its Territo-
rial Period, by Judge Charles E. Flandrau, in Minn. Hist.
Soc. Collections, vol. VIII, pages 89-101, 1898 28, VIII
The Bench and Bar of Ramsey County, by Charles E. Flandrau,
in the1 Magazine of Western History, vols. VII and VIII, 1888,
before noted 69
Minnesota State Medical Society; Transactions, 1869-1911, obitua-
ries of members 139
Minnesota State Pharmaceutical Association, Proceedings, 1885-
1911, obituaries of members 140
Religious Denominations.
Minnesota Baptist State Convention, Annual Reports since 1859.. 141
Baptist Home Mission Monthly, August, 1898 142
Congregationalist: Minutes of the General Association (Confer-
ence) of Minnesota, 1856-1911 143
The Congregational Year Book, 30 vols., 1882-1911 144
Roman Catholic: The Diocese of St. Paul, Golden Jubilee, 1851-
1901, 156 pages 145
Acta et Dicta, published by the St. Paul Catholic Historical So-
ciety, 1907-1911 146
SOURCES OF THIS COMPILATION. XV11
The American Jewish Year Book, biographies in the volumes pub-
lished in 1903 to 1911 147
Lutheran Church Reports and Periodicals, largely from manuscript
compilation by Prof. Edward L. Arndt, of St. Paul, kindly con-
tributed for this volume 148
American Lutheran Biographies, by Rev. Jens C. Jensson (Rose-
land), 901 pages, 1890 149
Methodist Episcopal Church: Minutes of the Minnesota Annual
Conference, 1856-1911 1 150
Methodist Episcopal Church: Northern Minnesota Annual Confer-
ence, 1895-1911 151
Protestant Episcopal Church: Journal of the Annual Council,
Diocese of Minnesota, 1857-1911 152
Fifty Years of Church Work in the Diocese of Minnesota, 1857-1907
[Protestant Episcopal], by Rev. George C. Tanner, 516 pages,
1909 152A
Presbyterian Church: Minutes of the Annual Meetings of the
Synod of Minnesota, 1858-1911 153
Central Presbyterian Church, St. Paul, Semi-Centennial, 1852-1902,
68 pages -. 154
History of the First Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis, 1835-1910,
by Rev. Albert B. Marshall, 228 pages, 1910 154A
Note. — Consult also Magazines and Journals, Nos. 176-181.
Associations, Fraternities, and Miscellaneous.
Minnesota Editors' and Publishers' Association, Proceedings, 1867-
1911, obituaries of members 155
Minnesota Journalism in the Territorial Period, and from 1858 to
1865, by Daniel S. B. Johnston; in Minn. Hist. Soc. Collections,
vol. X (Part 1), pages 247-351, 1905; vol. XII, pages 183-262,
1908 28, X, XII
Masonic Veteran Association of Minnesota, Proceedings, 1894-1911. 156
Masonic Golden Jubilee: Semi-Centennial of the Grand Lodge, A.
F. and A. M. of Minnesota, edited by Dr. George R. Metcalf,
99 pages, 1903 157
Masonic: Historical Sketch read at the Semi-Centennial Celebra-
tion of the Introduction of Freemasonry in Minnesota, by Dr.
George R. Metcalf, 43 pages, 1899 158
Masonic: Proceedings, Grand Lodge, A. F. and A. M. of Minne-
sota, 1853-1911 159
Masonic: Proceedings of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Min-
nesota, 1859-1871 and 1885-1890 160
Masonic: Proceedings of the Grand Council of Royal and Select
Masters, 1874-1888 161
Masonic: Proceedings of the Grand Commandery of Knights Tem-
plar of Minnesota, 1866-1885 and 1889-90 162
XV111 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
The Masonic Record, St. Paul; vols. I-VI (its entire series), Nov.
1, 1892, to Oct. 1, 1898 . 163
Odd Fellows, and other Fraternities and Orders, miscellaneous
publications^ „. 164
The Poets and Poetry of Minnesota, by Mrs. W. J. Arnold, 336
pages, 1864 165
Minnesota Horticultural Society, Annual Reports, 39 vols., 1866-
1911 .* 166
History of the Minnesota State Agricultural Society, by Darwin S.
Hall and R. I. Holeombe, 405 and xxiii pages, 1910 1. 166A
The Mississippi Valley Lumberman, Minneapolis, vols. 1-43, 1876-
1912 167
History of Lumbering in the St. Croix Valley and on the Upper
Mississippi and its Tributaries, with Biographic Sketches,
papers by William H. C. Folsom and Daniel Stanchfield, in
Minn. Hist. Soc. Collections, vol. IX, pages 291-362, 1901 28, IX
The Northwestern Miller, Minneapolis, vols. 1-90, 1875-1912 168
History of the Scandinavians ... in the United States, by O.
N. Nelson; two vols., pages 643 and 498, 1893 and 1897; and
second edition, revised, pages 518, 280, 1904 169
A History of the Swedish-Americans of Minnesota, by A. E. Strand,
1,147 pages, in three volumes, continuously paged, 1910 169A
The First Chapter of Norwegian Immigration (1821-1840), its
Causes and Results, by Rasmus B. Anderson; second edition,
476 pages, 1896 170
History of the Welsh in Minnesota, by Rev. Thomas E, Hughes
and others, 306 pages, 1895. 171
The American Jewish Year Book, biographies in the volumes pub-
lished in 1903 to 1911, before noted 147
Minnesota Old Settlers' Association, manuscript records by Josiah
B. Chaney „ 172
Biographic Notes of Old Settlers, by Hon. Henry L. Moss, in Minn.
Hist. Soc. Collections, vol. IX, pages 143-162, 1901 28, IX
Manuscript Biographic Notes of Minnesota Pioneers, by Josiah B.
Chaney 173
Minnesota Territorial Pioneers' Association, Proceedings, 1899-1911. 174
Minnesota Historical Society, manuscripts and special biographic
references 175
Minnesota Historical Society Collections, vols. I to XIII, 1850-1908,
before noted .28, I-XIII
Magazines and Journals.
The Northwest Magazine, vols. 1-21, 1883-1903 (published in New
York to July, 1884, and later in St. Paul and Minneapolis) . . . 176
Minnesota Journal of School Education, Minneapolis; vols. 1-31,
18824912 177
SOURCES OF THIS COMPILATION. XIX
The North and West (successor to the Northern Presbyterian),
1891-1898 178
The Northwestern Congregationalist, Minneapolis and St. Paul;
vols. 1-8, 1888-1900 179
The Methodist Herald (called after 1897 The Midland Christian
Advocate), Minneapolis; vols. 5-14, 1891-1904 180
Minnesota Missionary and Church Record, published at Faribault,
and later at Minneapolis and St. Paul, 1888-1905 181
Personal Memoirs.
Life of James Lloyd Breck, by Charles Breck, 557 pages, 1883 182
An Apostle of the Wilderness, James Lloyd Breck, by Theodore
I. Holcombe, 195 pages, 1903 183
The Ancestry, Life, and Times of Hon. Henry Hastings Sibley, by
Nathaniel West, 596 pages, 1889 184
Lights and Shadows of a Long Episcopate [autobiography], by
Bishop Henry B. Whipple, 576 pages, 1900 185
Lives of the Governors of Minnesota, by Gen. James H. Baker,
Minnesota Historical Society Collections, Vol. XIII, 480 pages,
1908 28, XIII
Family Genealogies,
Atwater History and Genealogy, by Francis Atwater, 492 pages,
1901 186
Bailey Genealogy, by Hollis R. Bailey, 479 pages, 1899 187
Genealogy of the Bigelow Family of America, by Gilman B. Howe,
517 pages, 1890 188
Genealogy of the Breck Family, by Samuel Breck, 281 pages, 1889. 189
The Cheney [and Chaney] Genealogy, by Charles H. Pope, 582
pages, 1897 190
Chittenden Family, by Alvan Talcott, 262 pages, 1882 191
A Genealogy and History of the Chute Family in America, with
Allied Families, by William E. Chute, 493 pages, 1894 192
The Descendants of Nathaniel Clarke, by George K. Clarke, 468
pages, 1902 193
Genealogy of the Cornell Family, by Rev. John Cornell, 468 pages,
1902 194
Genealogy of the Corser Family in America, partly by Elwood S.
Corser, of Minneapolis; 306 and 30 pages, 1902 195
The Crafts Family, by James M. and William F. Crafts, 803 pages,
1893 196
A Cutler Memorial and Genealogical History, by Nahum S. Cutler,
663 pages, 1889 197
The Genealogy of the Delano Family, by Major Joel A. Delano, 561
pages, 1899 198
XX MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Descendants of Joseph Easton, 1636-1899, by William S. Easton, of
St. Paul; 249 pages, 1899 199
, A Genealogy of the Polsom Family, by Jacob Chapman, 297 pages,
1882 200
History and Genealogy of the Goodhue Family, by Rev. Jonathan
E. Goodhue, 394 pages, 1891 201
The Hamlin Family, by Hon. H. Franklin Andrews, 1,411 pages,
1902 202
A Genealogical History of the Harwood Families, by Watson H.
Harwood, second edition, 104 pages, 1896. 203
Herrick Genealogy, revised edition, by Lucius C. Herrick, 516
pages, 1885 204
Hoar Genealogy, by Alfred Wyman Hoar, of Monticello, Minn.; 56
pages, 1898 205
One Thousand Years of Hubbard History, by Edward W. Day, 495
pages, 1895 .......; 206
The Humphreys Family in America, by Frederick Humphreys, 836
pages, 1883-86 207
The Kelloggs in the Old World and the New, by Timothy Hopkins,
three vols., 2,321 pages, 1903 208
Genealogy of the Keyes Family, by Asa Keyes, 319 pages, 1880 209
Kingsbury Genealogy, by Joseph A. Kingsbury, 258 pages, 1901;
and by Frederick J. Kingsbury and Mary K. Talcott, 732 pages,
1905 210
Lamson Memorial, 1635-1908, by Otis E. and Frank B. Lamson, of
Buffalo, Minn.; 121 pages, 1908 211
A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family in the United States, by
Elias W. Leavenworth, 376 pages, 1873 212
Memorial of Solomon Leonard and his Descendants, by Manning
Leonard, 454 pages [1896].. 213
The Libby Family in America, by Charles T. Libby, 628 pages, 1882. 214
Mann Memorial, a Record of the Mann Family in America, by
George S. Mann, 251 pages, 1884 215
John Neill and his Descendants, 127 pages, 1875 216
History and Genealogy of the Family of Thomas Noble, by Lucius
M. Boltwood, 870 pages, 1878. 217
Noyes Genealogy, by Col. Henry E. and Harriette E. Noyes, two
vols., 575 and 437 pages, 1904 218
Noyes-Gilman Ancestry, by Charles P. Noyes, of St. Paul; 467
pages, 1907 219
The Phelps Family of America, by Judge Oliver S. Phelps and
Andrew T. Servin, two vols., 1,865 pages, 1899 220
The Pillsbury Family, by David B. Pillsbury and Emily A. Getchell,
307 pages, 1898 221
SOURCES OF THIS COMPILATION. XXI
A Genealogical Record of Samuel Pond and his Descendants, by
Daniel S. Pond, 126 pages, 1875 222
Genealogy of the Riggs Family, by John H. Wallace, 147 pages,
1901 223
Genealogy of the Family of Sanborne or Sanborn, by V. C. San-
born, 692 pages, 1899. . . . 224
Sanborn Family in the United States and Brief Sketch of the Life
of John B. Sanborn, of St Paul; 75 pages, 1887 225
Genealogy and Memoirs of the Stearns Family, by Mrs. Avis
Stearns Van Wagener, two vols., 744 and 531 pages, 1901 226
The Stebbins Genealogy, by Ralph S. and Robert L. Greenlee, two
vols., 1,386 pages, 1904 227
The History of the Descendants of Elder John Strong, by Benjamin
W. Dwight, two vols., 1,586 pages, 1871 228
The Descendants of William Towne, by Edwin E. Towne, 372
pages, 1901 229
Trowbridge Genealogy, by Frances B. Trowbridge, 848 pages, 1908. 230
Upham Genealogy, by Frank K. Upham, 573 pages, 1892 231
A Genealogy of the Van Voorhis Family in America, by Elias W.
Van Voorhis, 725 pages, 1888 232
Wakefield Memorial, by Homer Wakefield, 352 pages, 1897 233
Genealogical Notes of the Washburn Family, by Mrs. Julia Chase
Washburn, 104 pages, 1898 234
Genealogical Notes of the Whipple-Hill Families, by John Whipple-
Hill, 106 pages, 1897 235
The Whitcomb Family in America, by Charlotte Whitcomb, of Min-
neapolis; 621 pages, 1904 236
Scrap-Books and Newspapers.
Minnesota Historical Society Scrap-Books, 68 vols., 18614912, with
designation of the volume cited 237
The Minnesota Pioneer, Pioneer and Democrat, and Pioneer Press,
St. Paul; full series, April 28, 1849, to 1912, weekly and daily,
with dates of biographies 238
The Minnesotian, St. Paul, from Sept. 1, 1851, and the Minneso-
tian and Times, to 1861 239
Daily Press, St. Paul, Jan. 1, 1861, to April 10, 1875 . 240
Correspondence.
Received by Correspondence and Interviews 241
Note. — Many sketches have been supplied with dates of terms of
official services, and of removals and deaths, by consulting the Legisla-
tive Manuals (No. 30), Directories of Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth,
etc., and the Northwestern Gazetteer and Business Directory of Min-
nesota, the Dakotas, and Montana.
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS.
Many of the persons whose biographic sketches are gathered
in this volume have died since the sources Whence it is com-
piled were published. Information of their place and date of
death is requested to be sent to the Secretary of this Society
for notation in its Library.
Such additional notes have been inserted throughout this
work for a considerable number who have died during the
time of its printing, but several of these for the earlier parts
of the volume are given in the ensuing list. Others are also
here noted whose deaths, though occurring longer ago, have
come to our knowledge since their places in the printing were
passed.
A few corrections and added sketches are also included in
this list; and the Secretary will thank any readers who will
send needed corrections for preservation and reference.
"The Aborigines of Minnesota, a Report based on the col-
lections of Jacob Y. Brower, and on the field surveys and notes
of Alfred J. Hill and Theodore H. Lewis, collated, augmented
and described by N. H. Winchell," published in 1911 by this
Historical Society, forms a quarto volume of 761 pages, writh
many halftone page plates and more than 500 plats of groups
of aboriginal mounds surveyed in this state. Histories of the
Sioux and Ojibways of Minnesota are given in this report, with
many portraits. It also contains, in pages 707-731, an alpha-
betic list of about 1,500 personal names of Ojibways who have
borne some part in Minnesota history, with citations of pub-
lications in which they are mentioned. Biographic sketches,
however, are not presented, excepting for Brower, Hill, and
Lewis, with portraits, in the preface.
The present work was originally undertaken in connection
with the compilation of another volume, "Minnesota Geo-
graphic Names," for this Society's Collections. In that fur-
ther volume, on which much progress has been made, it is
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planned to give the origin, meaning, and date, so far as can be
ascertained, of our place names, as of the state, its counties and
townships, cities, villages, railway stations, post offices, creeks,
rivers and lakes, hills and mountains, and the streets and
parks in cities. Many personal notes and frequent sketches of
the early explorers, first settlers, and prominent citizens, com-
memorated by these names, are being thus gathered, consider-
ably extending the biographic records of Minnesota.
When the foregoing pages, the latest to be printed in this
long work, were at their final proof-reading, this Society's
Library received the new Volume VII of No. 17 in our sources
of compilation. This new edition of the most serviceable col-
lection of biographies of living men and women in the United
States has about twenty for Minnesota that were not in its
former editions nor in this compilation, to which accordingly
they are here added.
St. Paid, Minn., June 1, 1912.
Abell, John S., d. in Waseca, Minn., July 1, 1905.
Adams, Samuel E., d. in Minneapolis, March 29, 1912.
Allin, Cephas Daniel, b. in Clinton, Ont, Canada, Aug. 18, 1876;
was graduated at the University of Toronto, 1897, and from its law
department, 1899; studied later at Harvard University, and in Berlin
and Oxford; instructor in political science, University of Minnesota,
1907-9, and assistant professor since 1910. [17.]
Ames, Rev. Charles Gordon, d. in Boston, Mass., April 15, 1912.
Anderson, John J., d. in St. Paul, April 25, 1911.
Babbitt, Frances Eliza, b. Jan. 24, 1824; d. at Coldwater, Mich.,
July 6, 1891. She was a school teacher at Little Falls, Minn., where
her observations and published papers, in 1878-84, noting artificially
flaked quartz fragments in the Mississippi valley drift, gave evidence
of the presence of man there during the closing stage of the Glacial
period. [241.]
Barnard, Albion, d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 11, 1912.
Bigsby, John J., English geologist, b. in Nottingham, England, Aug.
14, 1792; d. in London, Feb. 10, 1881. He traveled along the northern
boundary of Minnesota in 1823; published many papers on Canadian
geology. [Dictionary of National Biography.]
Breck, James Lloyd; add references to 182 and 183 in the foregoing
list.
Bright, Alfred Harris, lawyer, b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., Oct.
29, 1850; was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1874, and
from its law department, 1876; came to Minnesota in 1891, settling in
Minneapolis; general solicitor of the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault
XXIV MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Ste. Marie Ry. Co., 1891-1908, and its general counsel since 1908. [17;
24; 25.]
Burnham, Capt. John W., d. in Fargo, N. D., Jan. 5, 1912.
Campbell, William W., d. in Washington, Pa., in 1905.
Carney, Patrick H., d. in Duluth, Minn., Jan. 23, 1912.
Carpenter, Elbert Lawrence, lumber merchant, b. in Rochelle, 111.,
March 6, 1862; has engaged in lumber business in Minneapolis since
1887, being of the Shevlin-Carpenter Co. since 1S93. [17.]
Child, James Erwin, d. in Waseca, Minn., Feb. 25, 1912.
Child, Simeon P., d. near Shapokee, May 26, 1912.
Coolen, John, last on page 139, spelling corrected.
Coulter, John Lee, statistician, b. in Mallory, Minn., April 16, 1881;
was graduated at the University of North Dakota, 1904, and with the
degree of Ph. D. at the University of Wisconsin, 1908; was assistant
professor of rural economics, University of Minnesota, 190940, and
special agent of the U. S. census bureau since 1910. [17.]
Crooker, Josiah B., b. in Cayuga county, N. Y., Aug. 3, 1828; d. in
Minneapolis, May 30, 1912. He came to Minnesota Territory, settling
in Owatonna; was a representative in the legislature, 1865-6, and a
state senator, 1869-70; removed to Minneapolis, and engaged in lumber
business there and in Anoka, and later in real estate business; was one
of the founders of the Central Baptist Church in Minneapolis. [237 ( 68 ) .]
Dane, Henry J., d. in Le Sueur, Minn., May, 1905.
Davis, Capt. Ellery C, d. in Crookston, Minn., Jan. 17, 1912.
Dewey, Harry Pinneo, Congregational clergyman, b. in Toulon, 111.,
Oct. 30, 1861; was graduated at Williams College, 1884, and Andover
Theological Seminary, 1887; was pastor in Concord, N. H., 1887-1900,
and in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1900-7; came to Minnesota in 1907, and has
since been pastor of Plymouth Church, Minneapolis. [17.]
Dickson, Thomas Hunter, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 4, 1840; d. in
St. Paul, May 14, 1912. He came to Minnesota in 1880, settling in St.
Paul; was freight agent of the Great Northern railway, 1880-1901, and
of the Northern Pacific railway since 1901. [25; 237 (68).]
Dilley, George W., d. in St. Paul, Aug. 28, 1910.
Dunwell, Dennis W. C, d. in Lewiston, Idaho, Feb. 21, 1907.
Fish, Everett W., d. in Rochester, N. Y., March 24, 1912.
Flat Mouth (Eshkebugecoshe), chief of the Pillager band of the
Ojibways in Minnesota, b. in 1774; d. about 1860. This band lived in
the vicinity of Leech lake. In the War of 1.812 he refused to join the
British against the United States, and through his long life he was
much respected by both the red and white men. [28, V; 241.]
Gage, George M,, d. in Sacramento, Cal., April, 1910.
Gibbs, Mrs. Jane de Bow Stevens, d. in Rose township, near St. Paul,
May 30, 1910.
Gilbert, Newington, d. in Merriam Park, St. Paul, April 10, 1912.
Gillies, Andrew, M. E. clergyman, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 3,
1870, and the same year was brought to America; was graduated at
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. XXV
the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y., 1891, and at the Wes-
leyan University, Conn., 1895; was pastor in Vermont and New York,
1895-1907; came to Minnesota in 1907, and has since been pastor of
the Hennepin Avenue Church in Minneapolis. [17.]
Gjertsen, Henry John, d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 2, 1911.
Graham, Christopher C, d. in Red Wing, Minn., May 1891. [56*.]
Granger, Warren. A memorial biography, 42 pages, by his brother,
James N. Granger, was published in 1895 for the Minnesota Com-
mandery of the Loyal Legion.
Gray Cloud (Mahkpiya-hoto-win), a half breed Sioux woman, b. about
1793; d. at Black Dog's village, on the Minnesota river, in 1850. She
was married at Prairie du Chien to Captain Thomas Anderson, an
ofiicer of the British army, and later to Hazen Mooers, the fur trader,
with whom she lived on the large Gray Cloud island of the Mississippi
river between St. Paul and Hastings. This island was named for her
by Andrew Robertson, her son-in-law. [28, IX; 241.]
Hall, Albert R., d. in Knapp, Wis., June 2, 1905.
Hall, Oscar H., d. in St. Paul, April 2, 1912.
Hamblin, Charles Henry, b. in London, England, Sept. 13, 1859;
came to America in 1882, and to Minnesota in 1889; was managing
editor of the Minneapolis Evening Tribune, 1891-1902; business man-
ager and editor, Minneapolis Tribune Co., since 1902. [17; 24.]
Hamlin, James Garrit, d. in Spokane, Wash., May 4, 1912.
Hecklin, Fred, d. in Chaska, Minn., Sept. 16, 1905.
Heywood, Joseph Lee, page 324; a memorial volume, "Robber and
Hero," by Prof. George Huntington, 119 pages, with portraits, was pub-
lished in 1895.
Hill, Andrew H., d. in Portland, Ore., April 5, 1910.
Hill, Frank Davis, U. S. consul, b. at Pine Island, Minn., May 28,
1862; d. at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, May 23, 1912. He studied
at the University of Minnesota, 1878-82; was admitted to the bar in
1884; entered the diplomatic service in 1887, as consul in Asuncion,
Paraguay; later served in Montevideo, Uruguay, in Venezuela, Brazil,
Amsterdam (1899-1907), St. Petersburg, Barcelona, and Frankfort.
[17; 237 (68).]
Hoag, Charles; omit authorship of biography of Henry Clay.
Hoffman, James K., d. in St. Paul, May, 1905.
Hole-in-the-day (Bagwunagijik, "Hole, opening, rift in the sky");
the hereditary name of Ojibway chiefs, passing from father to son
through three generations. The sketch on pages 337-8 refers to the
second of these chiefs. [28, I, II, IV, V, VI, IX, X.]
Hubbard, Rennselaer Dean, d. in Chicago, 111., Aug. 29, 1905.
Humbird, John A., b. in Pennsylvania, July 18, 1836; d. in Spokane,
Wash., Aug. 4, 1911. He resided many years in Wisconsin, and re-
moved to St. Paul, Minn., in 1899; was largely interested in railroad
building, and in timber lands, lumbering, and banking, in Wisconsin,
Minnesota, Idaho, and on the Pacific coast. [237 (59*).]
XXVI MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Humiston, Ransom F., page 354; add that he was born July 3, 1822,
and died in April, 1889. [65B*.]
Hummel, William, d. in Portland, Ore., April 6, 1911.
Humphrey, James Kent, d. in St. Paul, April 28, 1912.
Hyde, Cornelius Willet Gillam (full name, given only by initials
on page 360) ; since 1901 editor of School Education, residing in Rob-
binsdale, Minneapolis. [17.]
Johnson, Charles E., d. in St. Paul, April 9, 1912.
Johnston, Lawrence Albert, Lutheran clergyman, b. at Sugar
Grove, Pa., Aug. 12, 1855; was graduated at Augustana College, Rock
Island, 111., in 1879, and at Augustana Theological Seminary, 1881;
was pastor in Iowa and Illinois, and in St. Paul, Minn., 1894-1904, and
since 1911; editor of Lutheran newspapers since 1883, and author of
religious books. [17.]
King, Osmyn B., b. in Sufneld, Conn., June 15, 1831; d. in Minneapolis,
March 19, 1912. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in St. Anthony,
and at first practiced law; was treasurer of Hennepin county, 1865-8;
was in lumber business the next ten years, and later was teller of the
Security Bank, etc.; was one of the founders of the Park Avenue Con-
gregational Church, Minneapolis,- in 1867. [237 (68*).]
Koernee, August T., d. in St. Paul, April 17, 1912.
Kray, John, d. at Cold Spring, Minn., June 6, 1905.
Krayenbuhl, Gustave, d. in Chaska, Minn., June 5, 1905.
Lewis, Martin B., d. in Red Wing, Minn., March 31, 1912. .
Linnen, Edward Bangs, b. in Le Sueur, Minn., March 21, 1864;
studied at the University of Minnesota, 1879-82; has since been U. S.
inspector successively of river and harbor improvements, the railway
mail service, and from 1894 to 1910 for the Department of the Interior;
resides in Minneapolis. [17.]
Listoe, Soren, page 444 ; add that he was U. S. consul at Rotterdam,
Netherlands, 1897-1902, and consul general there since 1902. [17.]
Loveless, Capt. Charles B., d. in Worthington, Minn., Dec. 29, 1890.
[65B.]
Lynch, Frederick Bicknell, b. in Madison, Wis., May 4, 1866;
studied at Yankton College, S. D.; came to Minnesota in 1897, set-
tling in St. Paul; engaged in real estate business, and since 1901 in
lumbering, and has other extensive financial interests. [17; 24; 25.]
McClure, John Charles, d. in Red Wing, Minn., April 4, 1912.
McDougall, Alexander, b. in Scotland, March 16, 1845; came to
America in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1870, settling in Duluth; has
engaged since 1865 in lake transportation and ship building. [17; 24.]
McLean, Thomas Nicol, d. in Chicago, 111., March 20, 1912.
Manton, Rev. Joseph R., d. in Richfield, Minn., Jan. 17, 1912.
Markham, J. M., d. at Hot Springs, Ark., Sept., 1905.
Martin, William Leslie, b. in Lee County, 111., Nov. 15, 1854; has
been since 1886 successively chief clerk, treasurer, general freight
ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. XXvil
agent, traffic manager, and vice-president, of the Minneapolis, St. Paul
and Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.; resides in Minneapolis. [17; 24.]
Maxwell, Guy Everett, educator, b. in Forest City, 111., Sept. 10,
1870; was graduated at Hamline University, St. Paul, 1893; engaged in
teaching in Minnesota and Wisconsin; since 1904 president of the
State Normal School, Winona, Minn. [17; 24.]
Medicine Bottle, chief of a small Sioux band living on and near
Gray Cloud island of the Mississippi river above Hastings, and re-
moving in 1852 to the vicinity of the Redwood Agency, where he died
before the Sioux outbreak of 1862; was uncle of the warrior of this
name mentioned on page 500. [241.]
Milligan, William F., d. in Chicago, 111., Oct., 1905.
Miner, Nelson H., d. in Sauk Center, Minn., April 21, 1905.
Molloy, Mary Aloysia, teacher and author, b. in Sandusky, Ohio;
was graduated at Ohio State University, 1903, and as Ph. D. at Cornell
University, 1907; came to Minnesota, and was assistant principal of
Winona Seminary, Roman Catholic, 1907-11; dean of the College of
St. Teresa, Winona, Minn., since 1911. [17.]
Montgomery, William H., d. in Owatonna, Minn., May 10, 1912.
Morrison, Daniel Alexander, d. in Rochester, Minn., March 15, 1912.
Neiler, Samuel B., d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 13, 1911.
Nind, Mrs. Mary Clarke, d. in Boston, Mass., Sept., 1905.
Norton, Matthew George, b. in Lewisburg, Pa., April 20, 1831 (date
corrected.)
Notestein, Wallace, educator, b. at Wooster, Ohio, Dec. 16, 1879;
was graduated at the University of Wooster, 1900, and as Ph. D. at
Yale, 1908; assistant professor of history in the University of Min-
nesota since 1910. [17.]
Oftedal, Sven, d. in Minneapolis, April 1, 1911.
Oswald, John Conrad, d. in Minneapolis, June 13, 1905.
Parsons, Oliver, pioneer, b. in South Paris, Maine, June 1, 1823; d.
in Minneapolis, April 25, 1912. He came to Minnesota in 1849, settling
in Stillwater, and engaged in lumbering; removed to Minneapolis in
1876, and was in mortgage and loan business there about twenty-five
years. [237 (68).]
Penicaut, French shipwright, companion and narrator of Le Sueur's
expedition in 1700-01 to the Minnesota and Blue Earth rivers. [28, III.]
Peterson, Samuel D., d. in New Ulm, Minn., Feb. 10, 1911.
Pfaender, William, d. in New Ulm, Aug. 11, 1905.
Pillsbury, Charles Stinson, miller, son of Charles Alfred Pillsbury,
b. in Minneapolis, Dec. 6, 1878; was graduated at the University of
Minnesota, 1900; engaged in real estate business and flour manufac-
turing; resides in Minneapolis. [17; 24.]
Pillsbury, John Sargent, twin brother of the foregoing; was grad-
uated at the same place and date; learned flour milling by working in
all departments, 1900-6; secretary and treasurer of the Pillsbury Flour
Mills Co., since 1909; resides in Minneapolis. [17.]
XXviii MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Ponthan, Swan A., d. at White Bear, Minn., Aug. 15, 1911.
Rosser, Gen. Thomas L., d. in Charlottesville, Va., March 29, 1910.
Russell, Charles P., d. in Eyota, Minn., March 19, 1912.
Schaefer, Anton, d. in St. Paul, July 1, 1911 (date corrected.)
Shakopee (Little Six) was the hereditary name, like Wabasha, of
three successive chiefs, in lineal descent from father to son, of a band
of Sioux in the Minnesota river valley near the site of the city of
Shakopee, which commemorates the first and second of these chiefs.
The sketch on page 693 refers to the third and last who bore this
name. 12S, I, III, VI, IX, XII.]
Sheire, Romaine, d. in St. Paul, Sept. 11, 1905.
Sheldon, Theodore B., commemorated by the Sheldon Auditorium in
the city of Red Wing, Minn., died there April 3, 1900. [56*.]
Simmons, Thor K., v in Red Wing, Minn., May 7, 1890. [56*.]
Smith, Birdsey Wooster, d. in St. Paul, May 29, 1912.
Storms, George E., d. in Superior, Wis., May 19,^ 1912.
Strong, John H., d. in Athens, Minn., April 2Qt 1905.
Tanner, John, captive of the Ottawa Indians, partly on and near the
northern boundary of Minnesota, b. in Kentucky about 1780; d. in
1847. The narrative of his captivity during thirty years, 426 pages,
edited by Edwin James, was published in 1830. [1.]
Van Slyke, William A., d. in St. Paul, Jan. 14, 1910. [237 (59*).]
Wardell, John Middleton, of Tracy, Minn., d. in St. Paul, May
21, 1912.
Weigle, Luther Allan, educator, b. in Littlestown, Pa., Sept. 11,
1880; was graduated at Gettysburg College, 1900, and as Ph. D. at Yale,
1905 ; has since been professor of philosophy in Carleton College,
Northfield, Minn., and its dean since 1910. [17.]
Weiss, Anton Charles, journalist, b. in Sheboygan, Wis., Sept. 20,
1862; came to Minnesota in 1887, settling in Duluth; editor and pub-
lisher of the Duluth Herald since 1890. [17; 24; 25.]
Welz, Frederick R., d. in Daytona, Fla., Feb. 25, 1910.
Werner, Nils O., d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 24, 1910.
Wing, Francis Marion, newspaper artist, b. in Elmwood, 111., July
24, 1873; studied at Grinnell College, Iowa; engaged in making cartoons
and caricatures for the Minneapolis Journal since 1900. [17.]
Wing, Marcus, d. in Rochester, Minn., March 27, 1911.
Witte, William, d. in St. Paul, Aug. 19, 1905.
Wollan, Nels B., d. in Starbuck, Minn., June 9, 1905.
Woolstencroft, Benjamin W., d. in Slayton, Minn., Oct. 17, 1908.
[65B.*] jN
Wounded Man (Taopi, the Sioux, page 767) was a son of Old Bets
(page 564). [Aborigines of Minnesota.*]
Younger brothers, pages 889, 890; see ''The Story of Cole Younger"
(full name, Thomas Coleman Younger), an autobiography, 124 pages,
with portraits, 1903, and "Robber and Hero," by Prof. George Hunting-
ton, 119 pages, 1895.
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
Note. — Numerals after each sketch refer to the preceding list
of sources of this work, which may be consulted for more full
information.
An asterisk (*) after a numeral refers to a portrait with the
biography.
Aaker, Hans H., educator, b. in Ridgeway, Iowa, April 16, 1862; came
to Minnesota in 1883 to teach at Willmar. After 1894 he was prin-
cipal of Concordia College, Moorhead. [26*; 134 (June, 1897).*]
Aaker, Lars K., b. in Norway, Sept. 19, 1825; came to the United
States in 1845, and to Minnesota in 1857; was a representative in the
state legislature in 1859 and 1861; served in the Third Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; was again elected to the legislature in 1867
and 1869, and was a state senator, 1880-4; settled in Crookston in the
latter year as receiver of the U. S. land office. [35; 169.]
Aanenson, Andrew, farmer, b. in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1861;
resides at Shelly, Norman county; was representative in the state leg-
islature in 1901 and 1903. [30.]
Aas, Elias, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sand, Norway, April 28, 1855;
studied theology at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis; was pastor in
Polk and Marshall counties, Minn., 1886-1888, in Dakota county, Minn.,
1888-1904, and in Northwood, N. D., after Nov., 1904. [148.]
Abbetmeyer, Karl D. A. F., Lutheran clergyman and educator, b.
Aug. 19, 1867, in Germany; came to the United States in 1873; was
graduated at the University of Watertown, Wis., 1888, and at the
Theological Seminary at Milwaukee, 1890; was pastor in West St.
Paul, 1895-98; and professor at Concordia College, St Paul, since 1902.
[25; 148.]
Abbott, Amos Wilson, surgeon, b. in India, Jan. 6, 1844; was edu-
cated at Dartmouth College and the College of Physicians and Sur-
geons, New York; came to Minnesota in 1877, settling in Minneapolis,
where he has since practiced. [24; 85A.]
Abbott, Anstice, Congregational missionary, b. Aug. 16, 1839, in
Ahmednagar, India, where her parents were missionaries; was grad-
uated at Abbott Seminary, Andover, Mass., 1858; was a teacher in the
Minneapolis High School, 1872-9, and in Bennett Seminary, Minne-
apolis, 1881-6; was a missionary in India, 1888-1905; now residing in
Le Cannet, France. [179 (July 18, 1890); 241.]
I MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Abbott, Emma, singer, b. in Chicago, 111., Dec. 9, 1850; d. at Salt
Lake City, Utah, Jan. 5, 1891. She was accustomed to sing in con-
certs from her early childhood, and became distinguished as an opera
singer. Her father settled in Minneapolis in 1878, and there she often
visited him. She was married to Eugene Wetherell, who died in 1889.
"The Life and Professional Career of Emma Abbott" (192 pages),
written by Sadie E. Martin, was published in Minneapolis, 1891. [6; 7.]
Abbott, Evebton Judson, physician, b. in Milan, Ohio, Oct. 19, 1849;
was graduated from the medical department of Western Reserve Uni-
versity, Ohio, 1875; the next year settled in St. Paul; professor of
clinical medicine, University of Minnesota. [24; 25; 68; 93; 125.]
Abbott, Ezra, pioneer, b. in New Hampshire; d. in Owatonna, Minn.,
Aug. 16, 1876. He came to Minnesota with his brother, John H. Ab-
bott, in 1855, being among the first settlers in Owatonna. [72.]
Abbott, Howard Strickland, lawyer, b. in Farmington, Minn., Sept.
15, 1864; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1885; was
admitted to the bar in 1887, and has since practiced in Minneapolis;
lecturer in the department of corporation law in the University of
Minnesota since 1897; author of several text-books on law. [17; 24;
25; 85A;* 127 (12*); 127A*; 137.]
Abbott, Howard T., lawyer, b. in Washington, D. C, Feb. 11, 1867;
came to Minneapolis in 1879; was graduated in law at the University
of Michigan, 1890; settled at Duluth in 1890. [31A.]
Abbott, James W., b. in Morgan county, Ohio, Jan. 9, 1843; served
in the 87th Ohio Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota, and in
1872 settled in Shell Rock township, Freeborn county, Minn., where
he engaged in lumber and mercantile business, and later in buying
grain. [53.]
Abbott, John Steele, physician, b. in St. Paul, Minn.* Nov. 15, 1883;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1905, and in medicine
at the University of Pennsylvania, 1908 ; was afterward connected with
hospitals in St. Paul and Rochester. [127A.*]
Abbott, Russell Bigelow, Presbyterian clergyman, b. at Brookville,
Ind., Aug. 8, 1823; was graduated at the Indiana State University, 1847;
was ordained to the ministry in 1857; came to Minnesota, and in
1869-84 was pastor at Albert Lea; founder and president of Albert Lea
College, 1884-1903. [24; 53; 53A.*]
Abbott, Seth, b. in 1817; d. in Chicago, 111., Oct. 22, 1901, He was
the father of Emma Abbott, the famous singer, and during her girl-
hood traveled with her, giving concerts and teaching singing schools.
He resided in Minneapolis, 1878-90, and engaged in real estate busi-
ness; removed to Chicago. [237 (19*).]
Abbott, Sheridan J., lawyer, b. in Lorain county, Ohio, March 25,
1837; came to Minnesota in 1867; resided at Delavan, 1887-1902, then
removed to Winnebago City; was a representative in the state legis-
lature in 1893 and 1897-9, [30; 51*; 237 (32,* 67*.)]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. O
Abbott, William D., lawyer, b. at Clinton Falls, Minn., July 13, 1859;
was graduated at Carleton College in 1883, and was admitted to the
bar in 1884; settled in Waseca in 1885; removed to Winona in 1892.
[24; 75; 77.]
Abeix, John S., farmer, b. in Constantia, N. Y., July 22f 1834; came
to Minnesota in 1856, and settled in Waseca; was a representative in
the state legislature in 1879. [30; 75.]
Abercrombie, John, surveyor, b. in Bannockburn, Scotland, July 7,
1844; came to the United States in 1871, and settled in Alexandria,
Minn., 1875; engaged in railroad surveying. [38.]
Abercrombie, John Joseph, soldier, b. in Tennessee, 1802; d. in
Roslyn, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1877. He was graduated at West Point, 1822;
captain, 1836; served in the Florida and Mexican wars, and was bre-
vetted lieutenant colonel; was in Minnesota at the beginning of the
civil war, through which he served, and was brevetted brigadier gen-
eral at its close. Fort Abercrombie, N. D., on the Red river, adjoining
Minnesota, was named in his honor. [1.]
Abrahamson, Isaac, pioneer, b. in Norway, June 30, 1831; came to
the United States in 1853, and to Minnesota in 1856; opened the first
store in Houston, 1859. [61.]
Accault, Michael, explorer, sent by La Salle with Hennepin during
the summer of 1680 to explore the upper part of the Mississippi river;
was with Hennepin in his captivity by the Sioux Indians, and in his
discovery of the Falls of St. Anthony. [1.]
Achenbach, Louis H., Lutheran clergyman, b. May 20, 1863, at Grand
Rapids, Mich.; was graduated at Concordia College, Ft. Wayne, Ind.,
in 1884; and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., in 1887; pastor
in Minneapolis since 1889. [148.]
Acker, Henry, b. in Clarkstown, N. Y., June 8, 1804; came to Minne-
sota in 1857, and settled on a farm in Ramsey county; was a repre-
sentative in the state legislature in 1860. [239 (Feb. 25, I860).]
Acker, William H., b. in Clyde, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1833; was killed in
the battle of Shiloh, April 7, 1S62. He came to Minnesota in 1854;
studied law, and was bookkeeper in a banking house; was adjutant
general of this state, 1860-61; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war, attaining the rank of captain. Acker Post, G. A. R., in
St. Paul, is named in his honor. [28, IV;* 68; 94; 115; 237(1); 238
(May 6, 1862).]
Ackermann, Julius Henry, merchant, b. in Muehlhausen, Germany,
Jan. 9, 1844; came to the United States in 1862, and two years later
settled in Carver county, Minn.; engaged in milling and mercantile
pursuits in Young America; was a state senator in 1883-5; represent-
ative in the legislature, 1889, and deputy state treasurer, 1895. [22*;
30; 32.]
* MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Adams, Mrs. Barbara Ann Shadecker, b. in the Canton of Bern,
Switzerland, Dec. 18, 1810; came with her parents to the Selkirk Set-
tlement, Manitoba, 1821; removed to Fort Snelling, 1823; and lived in
the family of Col. Snelling till after her marriage to Capt. Joseph
Adams in 1827. They were among the first settlers in Chicago in 1833,
and later engaged in farming. Her husband died at4he age of ninety
years. [28, VI.]
Adams, C. P., b. in Ohio in 1844; served in the 18th Illinois Regt.
in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1865; owned a farm at Excel-
sior; was a representative in the state legislature in 1872-3. [30.]
Adams, Charles Powell, physician, b. in Rainsburg, Pa., March 3,
1831; d. in Hastings, Minn., Nov. 2, 1893. He came to Minnesota in
1854, settling in Hastings; was representative in the last territorial
legislature, 1857 ; served as captain, major and lieutenant colonel in
the First Minnesota Regt., 1861-4; was brevetted brigadier general;
was in command of the Independent Battalion of Minnesota Cavalry,
1864-6, in expeditions against the Sioux; later practiced medicine in
Hastings many years, and was mayor in 1872; was a state senator,
1879-81. [18*; 28, XII; 30; 48; 56; 115; 237(3).]
Adams, David A., b. in Norfolk, Eng., Feb. 26, 1838; d. in St. Paul,
June 13, 1911. He came to the United States in 1854, and to Minne-
sota the next year; settled on a farm near Hutchinson in 1857; served
in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a representative in
the state legislature in 1872; resided in Hutchinson after 1874. [24;
64; 237 (67*).]
Adams, David T., b. in Rockford, 111., Sept. 6, 1862; came to Duluth
in 1882; discovered the rich iron ore deposits of the Mesabi range,
and is interested in many of the most important mines of that region.
[23*; 25.]
Adams, Edward D., b. in Boston, Mass., April 9, 1846; was graduated
at Norwich University, Vt., in 1864; engaged in banking in Boston and
New York; constructed the railway terminals in St. Paul and Minne-
apolis for the Northern Pacific railroad, and in 1883 was vice presi-
dent of that company. [176 (Feb., 1897).]
Adams, Elmer Ellswotth, journalist, b. in Waterbury, Vt., Dec. 31,
1861; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1879; was graduated at
the State University in 1884; settled in Fergus Falls the same year,
and has since edited the Journal; was a representative in the state
legislature, 1905-09. [24; 25; 30*; 35; 237 (14).]
Adams, John C, physician, b. in Ireland in 1831; came with his par-
ents to the United States in 1841; was graduated at the medical de-
partment of the University of Louisiana; served as surgeon in the
Confederate army in the civil war; was ordained as an Episcopal priest
in 1867; the next year settled in Lake City, Minn.; was rector of the
Episcopal church four years, and afterward practiced medicine. [74.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 0
Adams, John Quixcy, b. in Canaan, Conn., April 19, 1837; came to
Minnesota in 1873; was president of the Northern Pacific Elevator
Company, 1887-91, and later engaged in grain commission business,
residing in St. Paul. [23; 93*; 95*.]
Adams, Mrs. John Quincy, b. in Perry, N. Y., in 1842; d. in St. Paul,
July 25, 1901. She married Mr. Adams in 1865; settled in St. Paul
in 1877; was influential in the organization of patriotic societies, and
was the first state regent of the Daughters of the American Revolu-
tion for Minnesota. [237 (14).]
Adams, John Quincy, an Afro-American, b. in Louisville, Ky., May 4,
1849; settled in St. Paul in 1886; has since owned and published The
Appeal; was bailiff of the municipal court, 1896-1902. [96*; 241.]
Adams, Moses N., Presbyterian clergyman, b. at Sandy Springs, Ohio,
Feb. 14, 1822; d. in Buffalo, N. Y., July 23, 1902. He was graduated at
Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, 1848; was a missionary at
Lac qui Parle, Minn. 1848-53; pastor at Traverse des Sioux, 1853-60;
was a government agent to the Sisseton Indians; an army chaplain,
1876-86; a missionary near the Sisseton Agency, 1887-92; afterward
resided in St. Paul. [237 (19*).]
Adams, Samuel Emery, b. in Reading, Vt, Dec. 1, 1828; came to
Minnesota in 1856, settling in Monticello; was a state senator, 1857-60;
was paymaster in the civil war, and was brevetted lieutenant colonel;
has resided in Minneapolis since 1883, being in real estate business,
and was an alderman many years; is a prominent freemason. [18;
22*; 29; 31; 166A;* 237 (18*); 241.]
Adley, Warren, b. in Maine in 1822; came to Minnesota in 1856;
served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; kept a hotel
at Osakis; was a representative in the state legislature in 1873. [30.]
Adsit, Charles, pioneer, b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., April 29, 1833;
d. in Owatonna, Minn., Oct., 1902. He came to Minnesota when twenty-
three years old, and owned a farm in Aurora township. [237 (19).]
Agatin, Arcadius L., lawyer, b. in Grodno* Russia, Feb. 7, 1868;
came to the United States; was graduated at Lauderbach Academy,
Philadelphia, 1884, and in law at the University of Minnesota, 1889;
settled in Duluth, 1890. [31A*.]
Ahlness, Christian, farmer, b. in Hurdalen, Norway, Dec. 23, 1843;
came to the United States in 1864; settled in Hanska, Minn.; was a
representative in the state legislature in 1891. [169.]
Ahlstrom, L. J., b. in Morby, Sweden, in 1854; came to the United
States in 1868; resides in Minneapolis, where he is in the life insur-
ance business; was a representative in the state legislature in 1899.
[30.]
Ahmann, John J., merchant and farmer, b. in Germany in 1860;
came to Minnesota in 1875; settled in Torah, Stearns county, in 1885;
attended St. John's University; has been a state senator since 1907
[30.*]
6 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Ahrens, Henry, farmer, b. in Germany, Aug. 2, 1835; came to the
United States in 1853; settled in Renville county, Minn., in 1862, and
the same year lost most of his property in the Indian outbreak; was
the first treasurer of the county, 1864-70; owned an interest in a saw-
mill and a flouring mill at Beaver Falls; was a state senator, 1878.
[32.]
Aiken, James, journalist, b. in Summit county, Ohio, in 1851; set-
tled in Redwood Falls, Minn., in 1880, and owned and published the
Gazette. [32.]
Aitkin, William Alexander, a Scotch trader, b. about 1787; d. at
Swan River, Minn., in 1851. He came to this region when a boy of
fifteen; became an Indian trader, and had charge of the Fond du Lac
department of the American Fur Company, with headquarters at Sandy
Lake. Aitkin county and town are named for him. [41; 114; 241.]
Aiton, George Briggs, educator, b. in Nicollet county, Minn., June
15, 185(>; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1881; engaged
in teaching in several Minnesota towns; since 1893 has been State
Inspector of High Schools, residing in Minneapolis. [17; 24.]
Akeley, Healy Cady, lumber merchant, b. in Stowe, Vt., March 16,
1836; was admitted to the bar in 1858; served in the Second Michigan
cavalry in the civil war; settled in Minneapolis in 1887; engaged in
lumber business; was president of the Flour City National Bank and
of the Akeley Lumber Company. The town of Akeley, Minn., was
named for him. [17; 24; 25; 167 (Jan. 5, 1900).*]
Aker, Henry, b. in Eker, Norway, Oct. 8, 1836; came to the United
States in 1873, settling in Montevideo, Minn.; engaged in real estate
business, and was register of deeds for Chippewa county, 1887-96.
[169.]
Aker, Knute S., farmer, b. in Norway, Sept. 19, 1853; came to the
United States in 1861 with his parents, who settled in Iowa; removed
to Polk county, Minn., 1878; resides near Nielsville; a representative
in the legislature, 1911. [30.*]
Akers, Charles N., lawyer, b. in Jacksonville, 111., Dec. 4, 1849;
came with his parents to Goodhue county, Minn., in 1859; was grad-
uated at the University of Wisconsin in 1874; was admitted to the bar
in 1876. He settled at Red Wing in 1875; removed to St. Paul. [54;
93; 130*; 137.]
Akers, John Milton, M. E. clergyman, b. in Fulton county, Pa., Feb.
12, 1836; d. in St. Charles, Minn., Feb. 3, 1889. He came to Minnesota
in 1869; was pastor at Sauk Center, Wabasha, Pine Island, and other
places. [150.]
Akers, Peter, M. E. clergyman and educator, b. in Campbell county,
Va., Sept. 1, 1790; d. in Jacksonville, III, in 1885. He became a Meth-
odist minister, and was president of McKendree College, Illinois. In
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. i
1857 he came to Red Wing, Minn., as professor of Biblical Literature
in Hamline University; resided in Minnesota eight years, and then
returned to Illinois. [130.]
Akers, William D., pioneer, b. in Flemingburg, Ky., Sept. 12, 1820;
d. at Meyer's Falls, Wash., Dec. 18, 1905. He settled in Cherry Grove,
Minn., and engaged in farming; was captain in the Eleventh Minne-
sota Regt. in the Indian war; later resided in Wisconsin and Wash-
ington. [237 (39).]
Albrecht, George Eugene, Congregational missionary, b. in Wahlau,
Prussia, Aug. 12, 1855; d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 24, 1906. He was edu-
cated in Germany; came to the United States, and was graduated at
the Theological School, Oberlin, Ohio; was ordained, 1882; was pastor
in Iowa, and later was professor in Chicago Theological Seminary;
was a missionary to Japan -and dean of the Theological Seminary of
Doshisha University; returned to the United States on account of ill
health, and was pastor in Minneapolis until his death. [144.]
Alden, Robert Spencer, architect, b. in Verona, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1810;
d. in Minneapolis, May 29, 1877. He settled there in 1856; built the
Metropolitan hotel, St. Paul, the Academy of Music, Minneapolis, and
many other important buildings. [237 (1); 238 (May 31, 1877).]
Alden, Thomas C, b. in Hartford, Conn., Nov. 1, 1827; engaged in
commerce on the Pacific, 1848-56, in which he was very successful;
settled in St. Cloud, Minn.; engaged in the butcher business, 1860-5;
owned a farm, part of which was on the site of St. Cloud; served as
second lieutenant in the war against the Sioux. [31.]
Alder, Arnold, b. in Herisan, Switzerland; d. in Mantorville, Minn.,
May 31, 1884. He came to the United States in 1851, and ten years
later settled on a farm in Concord, Dodge county, Minn.; was county
auditor, 1878-84. [49.]
Alderman, Solomon Flagg, lawyer, b. in East Granby, Conn., in 1862;
came to Minnesota in 1883; settled in Brainerd; was clerk of the dis-
trict court in Crow Wing county ten years, county attorney three
years, and a state senator, 1907-9. [30.]
Aldrich, Alanson George, physician, b. in Adams, Mass., March 19,
1856; was graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Balti-
more, in 1879; has practiced medicine in Anoka since 1883. [24; 43.*]
Aldrich, Cyrus, congressman, b. in Smithfield, R. I., June 18, 1808;
d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 5, 1871. He came to Minnesota in 1855, set-
tling in Minneapolis, and engaged in real estate business; was a rep-
resentative in Congress, 1859-63; a member of the state legislature,
1865; and postmaster of Minneapolis, 1867-71. [10; 18; 27; 28, III; 29;
41; 59; 174*; 238 (Oct. 6, 1871).]
Aldrich, Mrs. Flora L. Southard, physician, b. in Westford, N. Y.;
was married to Dr. A. G. Aldrich in 1883; was graduated from the
O MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
medical department of the University of Minnesota; resides with her
husband in Anoka. She has written many articles for medical maga-
zines, and is author of a book entitled "My Child and I." [43.]
Aldrich, Henry Clay, physician, b. in Minneapolis, April 13, 1857;
was gradauted at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1881;
has practiced in Minneapolis since 1887; was profesor in the State
University; and after 1891 was editor of the Minneapolis Homeopathic
Magazine. [25; 84.]
Alexander, Charles Lewis, lawyer, b. at Kasson, Minn., Jan. 3, 1879;
was graduated from the State University, 1902, and from its law de-
partment, 1903; has since practiced in Pelican Rapids; was a repre-
sentative in the state legislature in 1907. [24; 25; 30.*]
Alexander, Edmund B., soldier, b. in Virginia in 1803; d. in Wash-
ington, D. C, Jan. 3, 1888. He was graduated at the U. 8. Military
Academy in 1823; was commandant at Fort Snelling, 1866-8; attained
the rank* of brigadier general; retired from the army in 1868. [11;
12; 13.]
Alexander, John J., farmer, b. in Erie county, N. Y., Feb. 15, 1833;
d. Feb. 11, 1891. He came to Minnesota in 1854, settling in Rice county;
was a representative in the legislature, 1887. [54A.]
Alexander, Walter, b. in Burlington, N. Y., in 1838; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 4, 1898. He became freight agent for the Manitoba railway in
1870, president of the Eastern Minnesota railway in 1890, and after
1894 was connected with the Union Pacific railway. He resided in
St. Paul. [238 (Sept. 5, 1898).]
Alford, E. F., lawyer, b. in 1864; was graduated at Oberlin College;
resides in Duluth; was a representative in the state legislature in
1901. [30.]
Allanson, George G., journalist, b. in Brown's Valley, Minn., April
9, 1871; engaged in the printing business after 1890; proprietor and
editor of the Weekly Footprint, published in Wheaton, since 1896. [38.]
Allanson, John Sylvanus, civil engineer, b. in Framingham, Mass.,
July 31, 1831; d. in Henderson, Minn., Sept. 6, 1900. He served in
Massachusetts and New York regiments in the civil war; settled in
Brown's Valley, Minn., in 1870, and engaged in mercantile business;
removed to Henderson in 1875. [121.]
Allen, Abner B., journalist, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., July
10, 1842; served in the 12th Wisconsin regiment in the civil war; set-
tled in Jackson, Minn., in 1886, where he was editor and proprietor of
the Jackson Republican, 1886-1900; editor of the Bemidji Sentinel since
1906. [25; 39.]
Allen, Alvaren, hotel proprietor, b. in Morristown, N. Y. Sept. 25,
1822; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 1, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1851, and
engaged in livery business; later owned a stage line and mail route,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
9
and was a railroad contractor; was owner and proprietor of the Mer-
chants' Hotel in St. Paul, 1875-1902. [23*; 24; 25; 41; 68; 93A; 94;
95*; 98*; 237 (48*).]
Allen, Clarence Duane, lawyer, b. in Fillmore county, Minn., Jan.
11, 1864; was graduated from the law department of the University
of Wisconsin in 1887; settled in Spring Valley; was a representative
in the legislature, 1899-1901. [23; 30.]
Allen, Edmund Pratt, b. in Whitehall, N. Y., in 1869; came to Min-
nesota in 1878; was graduated at the University of Minnesota in 1890';
engaged in insurance business in Minneapolis; was a representative
in the legislature, 1907. [30*; 127A.*]
Allen, Hans, educator, b. near Decorah, Iowa, March 15, 1861; was
graduated from Luther College, Decorah, 1883, and the Theological
Seminary, St Louis, Mo., 1886; was pastor in Mankato, Minn.; after
1894 was principal of the Lutheran Ladies Seminary, Red Wing. [148.]
Allen, Hugh Neill, lawyer, b. in Neillsville, Wis., April 13, 1873;
came to Minnesota, 1892, settling in Minneapolis; was graduated at
the University of Minnesota, 1898, and its law department, 1901; was
a representative in the state legislature, 1909. [24; 30*; 127 A.*]
Allen, J. D., b. in Clinton, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1841; settled in Le Roy,
Minn., in 1867, and engaged in selling hardware and farm machinery;
was a representative in the state legislature in 1879. [30.]
Allen, John Beard, b. in Crawfordsville, Ind., May 18, 1845; served
in an Indiana regiment in the civil war; settled at Rochester, Minn.,
in 1865; studied law there, and at the University of Michigan; was
admitted to the bar in 1869, and the next year removed to Olympia,
Wash.; was U. S. senator from Washington, 1889-93; later resided in
Seattle, Wash. [3.*]
Allen, John H., b. in Franklin county, Maine, March 19, 1832; d. in
Los Angeles, Cal., March 7, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1854;
engaged in milling in several towns; was receiver of the U. S. land
office at Alexandria and later at Fergus Falls, 1876-84; was treasurer
of Mille Lacs county four years, and a representative in the legisla-
ture; engaged in banking and milling in Fergus Falls. [35; 168
(March 13, 1896);* 237 (62).]
Allen, John H., merchant, b. in Galena, 111., June 24, 1838; d. in St.
Paul, April 24, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1865, settling in St.
Paul, and engaged in wholesale grocery business. [68; 93A*; 95*; 237
(35*).]
Allen, Joseph, building contractor, b. in Queen's county, Ireland,
Dec. 1, 1813; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 29, 1898. He came with his parents to
the United States when an infant; settled in St. Paul in 1866. [238
(Dec. 30, 1898).]
Allen, Lloyd W., building contractor, b. in Oswego county, N. Y.,
June 20, 1843; served in the 37th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war;
settled in Wells, Minn., in 1878. [39.]
10 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Allen, Ormanzo, lawyer, b. in Alfred, N. Y., in 1830; d. in Austin,
Minn., May 22, 1902. He was graduated at Alfred University, 1851,
and at Union College^ 1S54; was admitted to the bar in 1856; settled
in Austin the same year; was county auditor, and after 1865 was pro-
vost marshal of the first district of Minnesota. [79*; 237 (19*).]
Allen, Oscar A., lawyer, b. in Red Wing, Minn., June 20, 1863; was
graduated at college in 1885; was professor in Gustavus Adolphus
College twelve years; was admitted to the bar in 1897; settled in
Hector in 1899. [82, 169.]
Allen, Truman F., M. E. clergyman, b. in Vermont in 1840; d. in
Minneapolis, Sept. 27, 1903. He was pastor in Anoka, and later in
Minneapolis. [237 (23*).]
Allen, William A., lawyer, b. in Burlington, Vt; d. in St. Paul,
May 1, 1904. He settled in Winona, Minn.; practiced law, and was
municipal judge there; in 1899 became assistant librarian in the state
law library, St. Paul. [237 (35).]
Allen, William Prescott, lumberman, b. in Thomaston, Me., Sept.
1, 1843'; d. in Portland, Maine, in August, 1908. He served in the First
Iowa Cavalry, and later in the 65th U. S. Infantry, attaining the rank
of captain; settled in Minnesota at the close of the war; after 1881
resided at Cloquet, and was general manager and vice-president of
the C. N. Nelson Lumber Company; was a member of the state senate,
1891-5. [27*; 30; 237 (51).]
Allen, Wilson Adolphus, physician, b. in Pendleton, Ind., March 6,
1834; settled in Rochester, Minn., in 1872; was graduated at Hahne-
mann Medical College, Chicago, 1879; inventor of the invalid elevator,
used in the care of the sick, patented in the United States, Canada,
Great Britain, etc. [66; 66A.]
Alley, John Thompson, lawyer, b. in West Virginia, Jan. 1, 1850;
came to Minnesota in 1865; was admitted to the bar in 1879; was
judge of probate for Wright county, 1886-94, residing at Buffalo; was
a representative in the state legislature in 1901, and a state senator,
1903-05. [25; 30.]
Alley, Josephus, lawyer, b. in Virginia in 1848; came to Minnesota
in 1865 ; was admitted to the bar in 1874 ; settled in Brown's Valley,
1881; was the first county attorney of Traverse county. [32.]
Alley, William H., lawyer, b. near Augusta, Maine, Feb. 28, 1855;
came with his parents to Minnesota when a child; settled in Hallock
in 1880; engaged in mercantile business three years, then practiced
law; was attorney of Kittson county, 1889-91. [35.]
Allison, Thomas, b. in Illinois in 1825; came to Minnesota in 1857;
took a claim on the site of Sleepy Eye in 1864, and with W. L. Breek-
enridge laid out the town in 1872. [32.]
Allred, L. J., b. in Richmond, Ind., Sept. 20, 1829; came to Minne-
sota in 1855; served in Minnesota regiments in the civil war, and be-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 11
came captain; engaged in farming and lumber business; resided at
Lewiston, Winona county; was a representative in the state legisla-
ture in 1878. [30-.]
Almen, Louis C, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, March 30, 1846;
came to the United States in 1870; was graduated at Augustana Col-
lege in 1876; was ordained to the ministry, and three years later set-
tle! in Minnesota; resided in New London, Kandiyohi county, after
1879. [36; 169.]
Almklov, S., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway in 1850; came to the
United States in 1874; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary, Minne-
apolis, 1877; was ordained to the ministry, settled in Benson, and had
seven churches under his charge. [32.]
Almy, William Ellery, soldier, b. in Washington, D. C, Nov. 9,
1856; d. in San Juan, Porto Rico, Aug. 1, 1901. He was graduated at
the U. S. Military Academy in 1879; served from Minnesota in the war
with Spain; attained the rank of major in 1899. [12; 13; 125.]
Alness, Arne Larsen, banker, b. in Romsdal, Norway, Jan. 22, 1845;
came to the United States when twenty-four years old, and settled in
St. Paul; organized the Scandinavian American Bank, in 1887, and has
since been its president. [24; 25; 169.]
Alstead, John H., b. in Norway in 1849; came to the United States
in 1869, and to Minnesota the same year; settled in Evansville in 1877;
two years later opened the first real estate and insurance office in the
town. [35.]
Ames, Albert Alonzo, physician, b. in Garden Prairie, 111., Jan. 18,
1842; d. in Minneapolis, Nov. 16, 1911. He came with his parents to
Minneapolis in 1851; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. as assist-
ant surgeon, 1862-4 and as surgeon, 1864-5; was a representative in the
legislature in 1867; and was mayor of Minneapolis in 1876, 1882, 1886,
and 1900-2. Having been accused of taking a bribe, he resigned the
mayoralty, and was afterward tried for this crime. [18; 22*; 23*;
26*; 41; 58; 84; 88*; 115; 237 (23*).]
Ames, Alfred Elisha, physician, b. in Colchester, Vt., Dec. 13, 1814;
d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 24, 1874. He was graduated at Rush Medical
College in 1845; came to Minnesota in 1851, settling on the site of
Minneapolis; was a representative in the territorial legislature in 1853,
and a member of the state constitutional convention; 1857. [18; 32;
41; 58; 59; 139; 157*; 162; 166 (1875); 166A*; 237 (1); 238 (Sept.
24, 1874^]
Ames, Charles Gordon, clergyman, b. in Dorchester, Mass., Oct. 3,
1828; came to Minnesota in 1851, as a missionary of the Baptist
church, but, his theological views having changed, he joined the Uni-
tarian denomination; remained in St. Anthony Falls until 1859; after-
ward resided in Boston. [27*; 28, X; 85.]
Ames, Charles Wilberforce, publisher, b. in Minneapolis, June 30,
1855; was graduated at Cornell University, 1878; learned the printers'
12 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
*,
trade in California; settled in St. Paul, 1882, and was connected with
the West Publishing Co., of which he is since 1903 vice president and
general manager; principal founder and president of the St. Paul In-
stitute of Arts and Sciences, 1908. [17; 24; 25.]
Ames, Eli B., lawyer, b. in Colchester, Vt, Aug. 3, 1820; settled in
Minneapolis in 1857, and engaged in general insurance business; was
secretary of the state senate, 1861-4, and mayor of Minneapolis, 1870-1.
[20; 58.]
Ames, Fred William, b. in Minneapolis, July 5, 1858; served in the
Thirteenth Minnesota Regt. in the Philippine war, attaining the rank
of colonel; returned to Minneapolis in 1899; was connected with the
police department, in 1903 was convicted of taking a bribe, and was
sent to the state prison for a term of six years. [123.]
Ames, Jesse, sea captain, b. in Vinal Haven, Maine, Feb. 4, 1808;
commenced a seafaring life when less than fourteen years old, and con-
tinued it during forty years; he made his last trip in 1861, soon after-
ward came to Minnesota, and with his sons purchased the Northfield
flouring mills. [18*; 41; 70; 168 (Oct. 5, 1883).*]
Ames, Mes. Mary Clemmer, author, b. in Utica, N. Y., 1839; d. in
Washington, D. C, May 18, 1884; She married Rev. Daniel Ames, and
with him came to Winona, Minn., in 1S56, where he was pastor of the
Presbyterian church two years. She became a well known newspaper
writer, living in Washington, and being connected with the N. Y. Inde-
pendent many years. She published "Ten Years in Washington," and
several other books. In 1883 she married Edmund Hudson. [3*; 4*;
76.]
Ames, Mrs. Mary Lesley, author, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., November,
1853; was assistant librarian of the American Philosophical Society,
1873-83; was married to Charles W. Ames in 1883, and has since re-
sided in St. Paul; author of "Life and Letters of Peter and Susan
Lesley," 1909. [17.]
Ames, Michael E., lawyer, b. in Vermont in 1822; d. in St. Paul in
1861. He settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1849; removed to St. Paul in
1853; was a member of the state constitutional convention, 1857. [41;
94.]
Ames, William Leonard, b. in Plymouth, Mass., July 9, 1812; d. in
St. Paul, Feb. 8, 1873. He came to Minnesota in 1S50>, settling in St.
Paul; owned a farm in Ramsey county; was one of the original town-
site proprietors of St. Peter; president of the State Agricultural So-
ciety, 1862-3, and its treasurer, 1865-8; was a director of the St. Paul
and Pacific railroad company, president of the Home Insurance Com-
pany, and had many other business interests. [68; 94; 166A*; 241.]
Ames, William Leonard, Jr., real estate dealer, b. at Franklin Fur-
nace, N. J., Jan. 10, 1846; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 29, 1910. He came to
St. Paul in 1850; was a cadet at Annapolis two years, 1859-60, and
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 13
served as a midshipman in the civil war; was a representative in the
legislature of Minnesota in 1891, and of the Board of Public Works,
1899-1900. [25; 100.]
Amundson, Christopher, merchant, b. in Norway, Sept. 13, 1835;
came to the United States in 1849, and to Minnesota in 1853; resided
in St. Peter after 1867; was a representative in the legislature in
1879-81, [24; 25; 30; 169.]
Amundson, Ole, farmer, b. in Norway in 1844; came to the United
States in 1862, and to Minnesota in 1867; settled in Alexandria, and
engaged in the sale of agricultural implements; was a representative
in the legislature, 1877. [30; 169.]
Anahwangmanne, Simon, a Sioux of the Wahpeton band, was an
early convert to Christianity under the teaching of Rev. S. R. Riggs;
was friendly to the whites during the outbreak of 1862, and aided in
rescuing white captives; was a scout with Gen. Sibley's troops in 1863;
died on the Sisseton Reservation, South Dakota, in 1891. [33; 115 to
120.]
Ancker, Arthur B., physician, b. in Baltimore, Md., in 1853; was
graduated at the Medical College of Ohio; settled in St. Paul in 1882,
and the next year became city and county physician. [237 (55*); 238
(Nov. 9, 1899)*]
Anderegg, J. A., lawyer, b. in Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1862; set-
tled in Le Sueur; was a representative in the legislature in 1903-5.
[30*.]
Anderson, A. H., farmer, b. in Sweden in 1856; came to Minnesota
in 1869; resided at Sacred Heart, Renville county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1903. [30.]
Anderson, Abel B., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Dane county, Wis.,
Dec. 6, 1847; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1872,
and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1874; settled in Appleton,
Minn., in 1888; the next year removed to Montevideo, and was a pro-
fessor in Windom Institute. [169.]
Anderson, Alexander, banker, b. in Putnam* N. Y., Nov. 28, 1831;
d. in Blue Earth City, Minn., Jan. 1, 1910. He served in the 123d N. Y.
Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; settled in Blue
Earth City in 1868; engaged in mercantile business, and after 1890 was
cashier of a bank. [39; 237 (56*).]
Anderson, Andrew, farmer, b. in Sweden, May 9, 1862; came to the
United States in 1888, settling in Lakeland, Minn.; was a represent-
ative in the state legislature, 1909-11. [30*; 42.]
Anderson, Andrew C, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Manitowoc, Wis.,
Sept. 8, 1855; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1873,
and at Luther Seminary, Madison, Wis., in 1880; came to Minnesota;
was pastor at Albert Lea after 1889. [169.]
14 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Anderson, Andrew G., merchant and brick maker, b. in Sweden, in
1840; came to the United States in 1855, and to Minnesota the same
year; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Carver in 1865, engaged in mercantile business, and after 1886 in flour
milling and manufacture of brick; was a state senator, 1887-9. [30;
32; 169.]
Anderson, Anthony, b. in Washington county, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1833;
settled in Blue Earth City, Minn., in 1866; engaged in mercantile busi-
ness and banking, and owned a lumber yard; was treasurer of Fari-
bault county ten years. [51.]
Anderson, Anton V., farmer, b. in Vasa, Goodhue county, Minn., Oct.
31, 1873, and resides there; attended the State Agricultural School,
1903-6; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*; 56.]
Anderson, Arthur Converse, banker, b. in Bethel, Vt, Dec. 2, 1859;
d. at White Bear, Minn., May 29, 1909. He settled in St. Paul in 18S3;
was assistant cashier of the St. Paul National Bank, 1883-8, cashier,
1888-1902, and president, 1902-06. [24; 95*; 125; 237 (56*).]
Anderson, August, journalist, b. in Munkarp, Sweden, Aug. 20, 1860;
came to the United States in 1881, settling in St. Paul; engaged in
newspaper work, and was author of several Swedish novels. [169.]
Anderson, August Johan, b. in Sweden, May 9, 1860; came to the
United States in 1869, settling in Minnesota; resided at Taylor's Falls,
and was manager of the Taylor's Falls Produce Company; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1891-7. [27*; 30; 169.]
Anderson, Berndt, journalist, b. in Lund, Sweden, Aug. 2, 1840; d.
in St. Paul, Feb. 24, 1911. He obtained a University education in his
native country; came to the United States in 1880, settling in St. Paul,
and was editor of the "Skaffaren;" was chief of the dairy and food
commission of the state, 1893-9. [22*; 30; 169*; 237 (59*).]
Anderson, Bernhart N., farmer, b. in Manchester, Minn., May 2,
1861; was treasurer of Freeborn county four terms; was state senator
since 1907. [24; 30*; 53A.]
Anderson, C. M., banker, b. in Iowa, Jan. 14, 1855; came with his
parents to Minnesota and resided in Lac qui Parle county; was reg-
ister of deeds, 1876-8, and afterward county treasurer; removed to Pres-
ton, 1902. [24; 32; 169.]
Anderson, Daniel, farmer, b. in Hassela, Sweden, in 1842; came to
the United States in 1850, and to Minnesota the next year; settled in
Cambridge in 1868; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; was county auditor, and held other offices; was a representative
in the legislature, 1873, 1875-9, and 1889. [30; 169.]
Anderson, Francis W., banker, b. in Stafford, Conn., Sept. 22, 1832;
d. in Everett, Wash., Oct. 1, 1902. He established the St. Paul National
Bank in 1883, and was its president after 1892, [95*; 237 (19*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 15
Anderson, Frank Maloy, b. in Omaha, Neb., Feb. 3, 1871; came to
Minneapolis in 1875; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1894; later studied at Harvard University and in Paris; professor of
history in the University of Minnesota since 1905. [127A, *B.]
Anderson, George, pioneer, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., Feb. 12, 1819;
d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 2, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1845; owned
a farm near Albert Lea; during the last three years of his life resided
in Minneapolis. [237 (28).]
Anderson, Henry, b. in Norway, June 30, 1847; came with his par-
ents to the United States when ten years old, and to Minnesota in
1864; served in the First Minnesota artillery, 1865; engaged in farm-
ing, and after 1876 in mercantile business in Montevideo; was treas-
urer of Chippewa county four years, and was a representative in the
legislature in 1883. L32; 169.]
Anderson, Henry G., banker, b. in Lafayette county, Wis., Nov. 17,
1857; settled in Jackson, Minn., in 1886; was one of the organizers of
the Jackson National Bank, 1904, and has since been its president.
[62*.]
Anderson, James S., b. in Marshalltown, W. Va., Feb. 3, 1826; d.
May 8, 1885. He came to Stillwater, Minn., in 1846; engaged in log-
ging and lumbering. [40; 41.]
Anderson, John, Baptist clergyman, b. in Sweden, March 25, 1831;
d. in Lenthrop, Chippewa county, Minn., in 1888. He came to the
United States when twenty-one years old, and to Minnesota in 1855;
organized the first Swedish Baptist church in the territory; was pas-
tor in Vasa, Eggleston, Minneapolis, and Lenthrop. [141.]
Anderson, John A., farmer, b. in Sweden, Aug. 15 1842; came to
the United States when nine years old; and to Vasa, Goodhue county,
Minn., in 1857; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
was a representative in the legislature in 1887. [169.]
Anderson, John D., physician, b. in Victoria, Ontario, June 29, 1855;
was graduated at Trinity Medical School, Toronto, Canada, 1879, and
afterward studied in Edinburgh, Scotland; settled at Minneapolis in
1883, where he has since practiced. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 84.]
Anderson, John J., b. in Westergotland, Sweden, 1873; came to the
United States the next year with his parents, who settled in Alex-
andria, Minn. ; engaged there in furniture and undertaking business ;
a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30.*]
Anderson, Joseph, pioneer, b. near Smithfield, Ohio, in 1826; d. in
Oklahoma City, O. T., June 23, 1897. He served in the Mexican war;
settled in Minnesota in 1855, and engaged in dealing in cattle; served
in the Indian war, 1862-3, with the rank of captain; removed to Texas
in 1877. [115; 2-37 (9).]
Anderson, Lars, teacher, b. in Sweden in 1829; came to the United
States in 1856, settling in Minnesota; resided in St. Peter after 1877,
and was register of deeds for Nicollet county. [32; 169.]
16 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Anderson, Michael, b. in Norway, Sept, 2, 1836; came to the United
States in 18^5, and settled in Northfield, Minn., the same year; served
as musician in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; removed
to Fergus Falls; was sheriff there six years; was sergeant-at-arms of
the state senate, 1878, and a representative in the legislature, 1879.
[30.]
Anderson, O. D., lawyer, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1854; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1855; was graduated at the Normal
School at Winona in 1877; was admitted to the bar in 1881; settled in
Red Wing; was probate judge, l$85-94. [169.]
Anderson, R., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Nordf jord, Norway, Oct. 7,
1853; came to the United States when eighteen years old; was grad-
uated from the theological department of Augsburg Seminary, Minne-
apolis, in 1882; was pastor in St. Paul four years, and later in Roch-
ester. [169.]
Anderson, Robert, b. in Chicago, 111., July 24, 1864; came to Freeborn
county, Minn., with his parents in 1869; resides in Albert Lea; was
register of deeds, 1897-1907, and afterward assistant cashier of the
Freeborn County State Bank. [53A.*]
Anderson, S. G., b. in New Jersey, Jan. 27, 1846; served in the army
in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1866; settled in Hutchinson;
owned a farm of 2,000 acres; was a representative in the legislature
in 1878. [30.]
Anderson, Svante, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, July 19, 1839;
came to the United States in 1862; was ordained to the ministry in
1878; was pastor at Waseca, Minn., eleven years; and afterward was
pastor at Worthington. [169.]
Anderson, Sydney, congressman, b. in Goodhue county, Minn., Sept.
17, 1880; studied law in the University of Minnesota, and practiced in
Lanesboro; was elected a representative to Congress in 1910. [30.*]
Anderson, William B., lawyer, b. in Pittsburgh, Pa., in 1862; came
to Minnesota in 1891; was attorney of Winona county six years; was
a representative in the legislature, 1901-2 and 1905. _ [30.]
Andrews, Charles, merchant, b. in Chisago county, Minn., Aug. 15,
1857; was sheriff of that county for sixteen years after 1886; resided
in Lindstrom after 1890. [42; 169.]
Andrews, Christopher Columbus, lawyer, soldier, and author, b. in
Hillsborough, N. H., Oct. 27, 1829; studied law at Cambridge, Mass.,
and in 1850 was admitted to the bar; came to Minnesota in 1857, set-
tling at St. Cloud; enlisted soon after the beginning of the civil war
as a private, but was commissioned captain in the Third Minnesota
Regt.; became colonel in 1863, brigadier general in 1864, and was
brevetted major general in 1865. Gen. Andrews was minister to Swe-
den and Norway, 1869-77, and consul general to Brazil, 1882-5. In later
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 17
years, living in St. Paul, he edited a history of this city (1890, pages
603 and 224), and since 1S95 has been chief fire warden of the state.
Author of "Minnesota and Dacotah" (1857, pages 215) ; "History of
the Campaign of Mobile" (1867, pp. 352) ; and many special reports on
commercial relations of the United States with Sweden, Brazil, etc.
[1; 3*; 17; 24; 28, XII; 30; 93; 98*; 115.]
Andrews, George L., soldier, b. in Rhode Island; attained the rank
of colonel in 1871; was commandant at Fort Snelling during parts of
1883-8; retired from the army in 1892. [12; 13.]
Andrews, John Wesley, physician, b. in Russellville, 111., April 6,
1849; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1856; was graduated at
Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1877, and Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, New York, 1880, and afterward studied a year in Europe.
Since 1887 he has practiced in Mankato. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 32; 45*;
46*; 83.*]
Andrews, Quincy E., physician, b. in Portage county, Ohio, Jan. 26,
1834; was graduated in medicine at Jefferson College, Philadelphia,
1865; came to Minnesota and practiced in Farmington and Alexan-
dria; removed to Michigan, but in 1880 returned to Minnesota, settling
on a farm in Kragnes township, Clay county. [37*.]
Andrews, Thomas Francis, b. in Sutton, N. H., March 31, 1830; d.
in Minneapolis, July 14, 1892. He settled in St. Anthony, Minn., in
1855, and engaged in mercantile business twenty years. [84*; 238
(July 15, 1892).]
Andros, Frederic, pioneer physician, b. in Berkeley, Mass., Sept. 14,
1802; d. in Minneapolis, April 28, 1895. He came to Iowa in 1834; was
government physician to the Winnebago Indians, and came with them
to Long Prairie, Minn., in 1846; was a representative in the Territorial
legislature in 1855; soon afterward removed to another state, but re-
turned to Minnesota a short time before his death. [238 (April 29,
1895).]
Andrus, George, b. in Franklin county, N. Y., in 1842; came to Min-
nesota in 1859; served in the Third Minnesota infantry and the Second
Minnesota cavalry in the civil war, attaining the rank of first lieuten-
ant; settled in Chatfield in 1866; engaged in wagon-making and black-
smithing; was a representative in the legislature in 1876 and 1881.
[52.]
Angier, Henderson M., pioneer, b. in Chenango county, N. Y., Oct.
24, 1835; d. in Litchfield, Minn., Dec. 30, 1904. He came to Minnesota
in 1859, settling on a farm in Meeker county; was one of the first set-
tlers in Litchfield. [237 (35).]
Angle, Edward Hartley, dentist, b. in Herrick, Pa., June 1, 1855; was
graduated at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, 1878; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1884; was professor in the dental department
18 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
of the University of Minnesota, 1888-91; published a text book on
dental science. [84.]
Ankeny, Alexander Thompson, lawyer, b. in Somerset, Pa., Dec. 27,
1837; was admitted to the bar in 1861; came to Minnesota in 1872,
settling in Minneapolis, where he engaged five years in lumber busi-
ness and flour milling, and has since practiced law. [20; 22*; 25; 26*;
58; 85A*; 90*; 137*.]
Ankeny, William P., lumberman, b. in Somerset, Pa., Oct. 4, 1821;
d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 20, 1877. He settled in Minneapolis in 1857,
and engaged in the manufacture of lumber; was a state senator in
1872. [58; 238 (Dec. 21, 1877).]
Annon, William J., b. in Ireland, Jan. 2, 1866; came to the United
States when thirteen years old; settled in Anoka, Minn., in 1893; busi-
ness manager of the Anoka Water Works, Electric Light and Power
Company. [25; 43.]
Anson, Mae Harris, journalist, b. in Niles, Mich., May 24, 1865; was
graduated at Bennett Seminary, Minneapolis, and at the New England
Conservatory of Music, Boston; has been a newspaper correspondent
and magazine writer since 1890. She resides in Minneapolis. [17.]
Anthony, David, banker, b. in South Adams, Mass., June, 1832; d.
in Kasson, Minn., Feb. 3, 1878. He came to Kasson in 1859; engaged
in wheat buying, and after 1874 was president of the First National
Bank. [49; 166 (1878).]
Antoine, Charles, pioneer, b. in Quebec, Canada, Nov. 3, 1794; was
employed as a fur trader and a scout near Fort Snelling, before Min-
nesota became a territory; settled in Faribault in 1847, and later owned
a farm at Mendota. [70.]
Apgar, Ai G., pioneer, b. in Tompkins county, N. Y., Aug., 15, 1828;
d. at Long Lake, Minn., Nov. 4, 1877. He settled on a claim in Shako-
pee in 1852. When Scott county was organized, he was appointed the
first sheriff, and filled the same office by election, 1854-5; removed to
Long Lake, Hennepin county, in 1866. [103; 237 (1, 49).]
Appel, J. G., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Bavaria, Dec. 23, 1865;
studied in Luther Seminary, Afton, Minn., and was ordained in 1885;
has been pastor at Lamberton, Decoria, and Springfield, Minn. [148.]
Appleby, Mrs. Cornelia Day Wilder, b. in St. Paul in 1868; d. there,
Jan. 20, 1903. She was the only daughter and the heir of the St. Paul
pioneer, Amherst H. Wilder. By the terms of her will most of her
large fortune was devoted to the establishment of "The Amherst H.
Wilder Charity," for the benefit of the worthy poor of St. Paul. Her
husband, to whom she was married in 1895, was Dr. T. B. W. Villiers
Appleby. [237 (28). ]
Appleby, John F., inventor and manufacturer, b. in Whiteborough, N.
Y.; served in the 23d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; invented the
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 19
Appleby twine-binding harvester, and patented it in 1869; also invented
other farm machinery; settled in Minneapolis in 1880. [58.]
Appleby, Thomas Henry Montague Villters, Episcopal clergyman,
b. in Regent's Park, Eng., Oct. 28, 1843; was educated as a physician
and priest in England; came to America in 1866; was rector in St.
Vincent, Minn., 1881-8; was appointed archdeacon of Minnesota in 1888,
and of North Dakota in 1898; general superintendent of Indian mis-
sions since 1900, residing in Duluth. [17.]
Appleby, William Remsen, educator, b. in Hoboken, N. J., Feb. 11,
1865; was graduated at Williams College, 1886, and the School of
Mines, Columbia University, 1887 ; has been professor of mining and
metallurgy in the University of Minnesota since 1890, and dean of its
School of Mines since 1891, residing in Minneapolis. [7A; 17;
127A,* B.]
Applegate, J. C, journalist, b. in Pittsburgh, Pa., July 22, 1860; was
graduated at Oberlin College; came to Minnesota in 1882; settled in
Cannon Palls, and was editor of the Goodhue County News. [80.]
Archibald, Alexander Russel, educator, b. in Musquodoboit, Nova
Scotia; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1874, and came to Min-
nesota the same year. In 1877 he founded the Archibald Business
College in Minneapolis. [22*; 26*; 58.]
Archibald, Edward Tracy, miller, b. in Osnabruck, Canada, June 14,
1827; came to Minnesota in 1855, and a few years later engaged in
flour milling at Dundas. [18; 70A; 168 (Sept. 7, 1883)*.]
Archibald, John M., miller, b. in New York, Dec. 25, 1849; came
to Minnesota in 1865, and resided in Dundas; was a state senator,
1877. [30.]
Arctander, George A., R. C. priest, b. in Skien, Norway, Dec. 31,
1868; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 15, 1909. He came to the United States in
1887, and attended St. John's College, Collegeville, Minn.; was or-
dained a priest in 1896; was pastor in Minneapolis, and after 1907 in
St. Paul. [146.]
Arctander, John W., lawyer, b. in Stockholm, Sweden, Oct. 2, 1849;
was graduated at the Royal University of Norway, 1870, and the same
year came to the United States. Four years later he came to Minne-
sota, and was soon afterward admitted to the bar. In 1875 he pub-
lished a practical handbook of the laws of Minnesota in the Norwegian
language, and afterward rewrote it in Swedish. He resided in Willmar
ten years, and in 1886 removed to Minneapolis. [22*; 24; 25; 169.]
Arctander, Ludvig, lawyer, b. in Skien, Norway, Jan. 3, 1863; was
graduated at the University of Christiania, 1881, and the same year
came to the United States, settling in Minnesota; was admitted to the
bar in 1885; has since practiced in Minneapolis. [24; 25; 137; 169.]
20 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Ardley, Henry T., lb. in England in 1850; traveled extensively, and
was foreign correspondent and artist for leading periodicals; was in-
structor in drawing and wood carving, and principal of the school of
design, in the University of Minnesota, 1887-94. [127 (2*); 127A.]
Argetsinger, Ulysses G., lawyer, b. in Steuben county, N. Y., in
1867; came to Minnesota in 1874; was admitted to the bar in 1893;
resides at Mapleton; was a representative in the legislature in 1899.
[30; 45.*]
Armington, J. L., physician, b. in Stillwater, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1818;
studied medicine in Lousiville, Ky., and commenced practice in Indi-
ana; came to Dakota county, Minn., in 1857; was surgeon in Hatch's
Battalion in the civil war; resided in Cannon Falls after 1880. [48.]
Armsby, Lauren, Congregational clergyman, b. in Massachusetts,
Jan. 16, 1817; d. in Council Grove, Kan., March 2, 1904. He was grad-
uated at Amherst College in 1842; studied at Union Theological Sem-
inary and at Andover Seminary; was pastor in Faribault, Minn., 1856-
63; was chaplain in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; after-
ward resided in New Hampshire and Kansas. [237 (35).]
Armson, James George, b. in Thornton, Ont, July 8, 1859; came to
Minnesota in 1884, engaging in business at Stillwater, of which city
he was mayor, 1898-1909; surveyor general of logs and lumber, first
district of Minnesota, 1905-9; a member of the Minnesota Tax Com-
mission since 1909. [24; 25; 30*; 42; 241.]
Armstrong, Albert, b. in Columbiana county, Ohio, March 18, 1825;
came to St. Paul in 1857; was clerk of the district court, 1865-77; later
engaged in real estate and commission business. [68; 94.]
Armstrong, Augustus, lawyer, b. in Milan, Ohio, March 29, 1833; d.
in Delavan, Wis., Aug. 18, 1873. He settled in Freeborn county, Minn.,
in 1857; was a representative in the legislature two years, and a state
senator two years. In 1869-73 he was U. S. marshal for this state.
[29*; 52; 53A.*]
Armstrong, D. W., b. in Yates county, N. Y., March, 1819; settled
in Stillwater, Minn., in territorial days; was cashier in a bank, and
after 1878 was inspector of wheat for the mills and the board of trade.
[40.]
Armstrong, George W., b. in Ohio in 1827; d. in St. Paul. He en-
gaged in newspaper publication; settled in St. Paul in 1853; was terri-
torial treasurer, 1857-8, and state treasurer, 1858-60; later dealt in real
estate. [94.]
Armstrong, George W., lawyer, b. in Dodge county, Minn., Aug. 9,
1873; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1898; served in
the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt in the war with Spain; has practiced
law in Minneapolis since 1899; was a representative in the state legis-
lature in 1901-5. [24; 30.*]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 21
Armstrong, H. F., merchant and farmer, b. in New York in 1831;
came to Minnesota in 1856, and settled in Red Wing; served in the
Eighth Michigan cavalry in the civil war; was a representative in the
Minnesota legislature in 1873. [30.]
Armstrong, James Douglas, lawyer, b. in St. Paul, April 8, 1866; was
graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1889; has since prac-
ticed in St. Paul. [24; 25; 93A; 95.*]
Armstrong, John- A., b. in Ellsworth, Maine, Sept. 15, 1831; d. in
Minneapolis, Nov. 29, 1878. He settled in St. Anthony, Minn., in 1856;
engaged in lumber business, and after 1867 was a member of the
Northwestern Fuel Company. [84.*]
Armstrong, John Adams, farmer, b. in Lisbon, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1864, settling in Nashville, Martin county, where
he engaged in raising thoroughbred stock; was county auditor, 1870-9.
[18.]
Armstrong, John Alexander, b. in Argyle, N. Y., May 25, 1834; came
to Minnesota in 1861; engaged in mercantile business at Owatonna
ten years, and in hardware and banking at Winnebago City, 1870-1898;
was a representative in the legislature in 1901. [25; 30; 34; 39.]
Armstrong, Moses Kimball, congressman and author, b. in Milan,
Ohio, Sept. 19, 1832; d. in Albert Lea, Minn., Jan. 11, 1906. He was
educated at Western Reserve College, Ohio; came to Minnesota in
1852, and was surveyor of U. S. lands. In 1858 he removed to Yank-
ton, Dakota; was a member of the Dakota territorial legislature, being
speaker of the house in 1862, and president of the senate in 1867, and
was the delegate of that territory in Congress, 1871-4. He established
the first permanent Democratic paper in Dakota. In 1866 he published
"History and Resources of Dakota, Montana, and Idaho" (72 pages),
and in 1901 "The Early Empire Builders of the Great West" (456 pp.).
After 1878 he resided at St. James, Minn., having interests in banking
and real estate. [1; 17; 24; 28, XII*; 34; 39*; 53A; 111*; 174*; 237
(3, 39).] -
Armstrong, Thomas Henry, lieutenant governor, b. in Milan, Ohio,
Feb. 6, 1829; was graduated at Western Reserve College in 1854;
studied law; came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in the town of High
Forest; and in 1874 removed to Albert Lea. He was a representative
in the legislature, 1864-5; lieutenant governor, 1866-70; and a state
senator, 1878. [18*; 29; 30; 41.]
Arndt, Edward Louis, educator, b. in Bukowin, Prussia, Dec. 19,
1864; came to the United States in 1866; was graduated at Concordia
College, Ft. Wayne, Ind., in 1882, and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
Mo., 1885; was ordained at East Saginaw, Mich., in 1885; professor
and instructor at Concordia College, St. Paul, since 1897. [148.]
22 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Arneson, Arne, farmer, b. in Berum, Norway, May 16, 1842; came to
the United States in 1851, and to Fillmore county, Minn., two years
later; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a
representative in the legislature in 1873; resided in Preble township.
[30; 52.]
Arneson, Oscar, b. in Bergen, Norway, April 16, 1878; came to the
United States and to Minnesota in 1881 with his parents, who settled
at Barrett, Grant county; was publisher of the Grant County Review
at Herman eleven years; chief clerk of the Minnesota House of Rep-
resentatives, 1911. [30.*]
Arnold, W. J., b. in Smithfield, R. I., Aug. 14, 1810; came to Wabasha,
Minn., in 1856; was a representative in the legislature, 1859-60; was
postmaster several years, and county coroner after 1868. [74.]
Ash, Caleb D., b. in New Hampshire, Oct. 26, 1823; came to Minne-
sota in 1862; engaged in farming in Winona county; removed to Ma-
delia in 1871; aided in organizing the Minnesota Valley Bank, 1886,
and was its president. [34.]
Ashley, Welch, pioneer, b. in Hancock, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1807; d. in
Jackson, Minn., Feb. 23, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1865, settling
on a farm in Jackson county; the next year, with H. S. Bailey, he laid
out the town of Jackson; was one of its proprietors, and built the first
sawmill there. [62.*]
Askegaard, David, b. in Norway; came to the United States in 1872;
owned a grain elevator at Comstock, Clay county, Minn., and also was
a merchant and farmer, owning and cultivating about 4,000 acres of
land. [47.]
Askeland, Hallward Tobias, librarian, b. in Stavanger, Norway,
Nov. 30, 1860; came to the United States in 1875, and to Minneapolis
the same year; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary in 1882; engaged
in newspaper work, and after 1889 was librarian of a branch of the
public library. [169.]
Aslakson, Ole, farmer, b. in Telemarken, Norway, Dec. 24, 1823;
came to the United States in 1861, and the same year settled in Min-
nesota; owned a farm in Kandiyohi county, beside Foot Lake; was the
first president of the board of trustees of Willmar Seminary. [134
(April, 1897.)*]
Atherton, Cornelius, b. in New England, Feb. 6, 1815; d. in Roch-
ester, Minn,, Oct. 29, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1855; built the
first grist mill in Dodge county in 1857; resided in Rochester after
1876, and engaged in mercantile business. [237 (11).]
Atherton, H. H., merchant, b. in Vermont in 1832; came to Minne-
sota in 1854; was one of the pioneers at Elgin, Wabasha county; later
removed to Kasson; was a state senator in 1873. [30.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 23
Atkins, Barton, b. in 1827; d. in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1901. He
came to Duluth in the early 80's, and engaged in traffic on the great
lakes; was appointed U. S. marshal in Alaska in 1894. [237 (14).]
Atkins, W. E., journalist, b. in Canada in 1864; d. in Minneapolis,
Jan. 1, 1903. He came to Minneapolis when eighteen years of age, and
engaged in newspaper work. At the time of his death he was editor
of the South Minneapolis Press. [237 (28*).]
Atkinson, C. M., journalist, b. in Appleton, Wis., Nov. 14, 1862; en-
gaged in newspaper publication in several states, coming to Virginia,
Minn., in 1897; two years later removed to Hibbing, where he is editor
of the Mesabi Ore. [37.]
Atkinson, James Benton, pioneer, b. near Ktngston, Canada, Nov.
13, 1822; came to Minnesota in 1856 and was one of the first settlers
of Forest City, Meeker county. He represented his district in the first
state legislature; served as captain of cavalry and artillery in the
Sioux Indian war and the civil war ; and held many offices in his
county. [18; 65.]
Atwateb, Isaac, judge, b. in Homer, N. Y., May 3, 1818; d. in Minne-
apolis, Dec. 22, 1906. He was graduated at Yale College in 1844, and
after being admitted to the bar came to Minnesota in 1850; was asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court of this state, 1858-64; was after
ward occupied with the practice of law, and in caring for his real
estate interests in Minneapolis. Author of the "The History of Minne-
apolis," two volumes, published in 1892, and of many contributions to
magazines and newspapers. [23*; 26*; 28, X; 29; 32; 41; 58; 59; 137;
168 (April, 1892*); 186; 237 (43*).]
Atwood, Francis, physician, b. in Franklin, Mass., Aug. 20, 1846; d.
in St. Paul, Aug. 5, 1882. He was graduated at Harvard College in 1869,
and from its medical department four years later; studied in Vienna
one year, and then settled in St. Paul, where he gave attention to dis-
eases of the eye and ear. [68; 93; 139; 237 (1); 238 (Aug. 6, 1882).]
Atwood, George Henry, lumber manufacturer, b. in Waterville, Maine,
Nov. 5, 1861"; attended Bowdoin College; came to Minnesota in 1882;
settled in Stillwater in 1884; president of the Atwood and Jones Lum-
ber Co., and has many other large business interests. [42.]
Aubolee, M. O., lawyer, b. in Norway; came to the United States,
and was graduated at the Lutheran College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1884;
was admitted to the bar in 1896; settled at Two Harbors, Minn., the
same year; was county attorney for Lake county, 1897-1906. [106.*]
Auerbach, Maurice, merchant and banker, b. in Prussia, Feb. 5,
1835; came to the United States in 1857, and settled in St. Paul. He
opened a dry goods store, which in 1863 was changed to a wholesale
house, and in which he retained a leading interest until 1890, Later
he was president of the Union Bank of St. Paul. [20*; 24; 94; 95.*]
24 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Aulneau, Jean Pierre, b; in Moutiers, France, April 21, 1705; joined
the order of the Jesuits at the age of fifteen years; came to Canada
in 1734, and the next year to Fort St. Charles, on the Lake of the
Woods, as a missionary to the Crees of northern Minnesota and the
adjoining part of Canada; was massacred, with the eldest son of Ver-
endrye and twenty other Frenchmen, by the Sioux on an island of that
lake, June 6, 1736. [146.]
Austin, A. C, settled in Maple Grove, Hennepin county, Minn., in
1856; was a representative in the legislature three terms; later re-
moved to Minneapolis. [60.]
Austin, Horace, governor, b. in Canterbury, Conn., Oct. 15, 1831; d.
in Minneapolis, Nov. 7, 1905. He settled in St. Peter, Minn., in 1854;
served in the Indian war, 1863, as captain of cavalry; was judge of the
Sixth judicial district, 1865-9; governor of Minnesota, 1870-4; later was
third auditor of the U. S. Treasury, and afterward was connected with
the Department of the Interior seven years. In 1887-9 he was chair-
man of the railroad commissioners of Minnesota. He resided at Lake
Minnetonka, and during his last years engaged in mining in California.
[3; 22*; 27*; 28, XII, XIII*; 29; 30; 51; 109*; 115; 137; 237 (39*).]
Austin, Joseph E., lawyer, b. in Good Thunder, Minn., Nov. 18, 1876;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1903, and settled
at Chisholm; was a representative in the legislature, 1907-09. [24;
25; 30.*]
Austin, Marshall P., physician, b. in Charleston, Mich., in 1849;
was graduated at the Homeopathic College of Michigan, 1881; settled
in Minneapolis in 1883; was a member of the faculty of the medical
department of the University of Minnesota, 1895-1902. [127 (10*).]
Austin, Samuel Jones, b. in Hampton, N. Y., March 14, 1839; d. in
Minneapolis, Minn., May 19, 1906. He served in the 98th N. Y. Regt. in
the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; settled in Minneapolis in
1868; engaged in mercantile business, and later dealt in grain. [121.]
Averill, John Thomas, congressman, b. in Alma, Maine, March 1,
1825; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 3, 1889. He was graduated at Wesleyan Col-
lege. In 1857 he settled in Lake City, Minn. During the civil war he
served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt., becoming its colonel in 1864, and
was bre vetted brigadier general in 1865. After the war he founded
and conducted a wholesale paper house in St, Paul, under the name of
Averill, Carpenter and Co. In 1858-60 he was a state senator; and in
1872-5 represented his district in Congress. [1; 7; 10; 27; 68; 93A;
US; 121.]
Avery, Carlos, journalist, b. at Minooka, III, Jan. 25, 1868; came to
Minnesota in 1872; was superintendent of schools for McLeod county,
1890-6, and since has owned and published the Hutchinson Leader;
was appointed a member of the state game and fish commission in
1906. [24; 30.*]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 25
Ayer, Mrs. Elizabeth Taylor, missionary, b. in Massachusetts in
1803; d. in Belle Prairie, Minn., Aug. 15, 1898. She went as a mis-
sionary teacher to Mackinaw, Mich., in 1828; was married there to
Frederick Ayer in 1831; came with him to Minnesota, and opened a
school for the Indians at Sandy Lake, 1832; resided at several differ-
ent mission stations in this state; at the close of the civil war removed
to Georgia, and engaged in missionary work among the negroes. Mr.
Ayer died in Atlanta in 1867. Afterwards Mrs. Ayer resided with her
son at Belle Prairie, Minn. [28, VI; 102*; 114; 237 (9).]
Ayer, Frederick, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Stockbridge, Mass.,
in 1803; d. in Atlanta, Ga., April 28, 1867. He opened the first school
in Minnesota at Sandy Lake in 1831; established a mission among the
Ojibways at Pokegama in 1836; was ordained to the ministry at Ober-
lin, Ohio; was employed in the Chippewa Agency, 1861-5; and after-
ward was missionary and teacher to the freedmen in the South. [28,
I, VI; 31; 41; 42; 114.]
Ayer, Lyman W., farmer, b. at the Pokegama Mission, Minn., June
10, 1834, being the first white child born in that part of the state;
served in the Second Minnesota Light Artillery, 1862-5; settled a few
years later on the family homestead at Belle Prairie. [31; 237 (23*).]
Ayer, Otis, physician, b. in New Hampton, N. H., June 19, 1817; d. in
Le Sueur, Minn., Jan. 27, 1889. He was graduated from the medical
department of Dartmouth college, 1841; practiced in his native town
many years; came to Minnesota in 1856 and settled in Le Sueur; was
surgeon of the Second Minnesota Regt., 1863. [18; 32; 139.]
Ayer, Piiineas, lawyer, b. in Haverhill, N. H., in May, 1830; d. in
Duluth, Minn., Feb. 28, 1906. He was graduated at Dartmouth Col-
lege, 1852, and Harvard Law School, 1854; settled in Duluth in 1883.
[237 (39).]
Ayers, Ebenezer, b. in Herkimer county, N. Y., Aug. 20, 1817; came
to Minnesota in 1854, settling on a farm in Woodbury, Washington
county; was a representative in the legislature in 1867 and 1872. [40;
41.]
Ayers, Oscar, merchant, b. in Vermont in 1841; came to Minnesota
in 1867; settled at Austin, and engaged in mercantile pursuits; was
a state senator, 1891-3. [30; 79.]
Ayres, Horace Beemer, b. in Allamuchy, N. J., Sept. 20, 1856; was
graduated at Lafayette College, 1878; has been a specialist in forestry
for the land departments of the St. Paul and Duluth and Northern
Pacific railway companies; resides in Aitkin, Minn. [7A.]
Baasen, Francis, secretary of state, b. in Luxemburg, Germany, in
1820; d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 10, 1901. He came to the United States in
1839; and to Minnesota in 1856; settled in New Ulm, where he prac-
ticed law; was a member of the state constitutional convention, 1857;
26 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
was the first secretary of this state, 1858-60; served in the First Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of colonel ; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1873. [30; 32; 114; 237 (11).]
Babb, Edward Charles, h. near Portland, Maine, Feb. 1, 1834; d. in
Minneapolis, March 9, 1899. He served in the Ninth N. H. Regt. in
the civil war, rising from a private to the rank of captain; came to
Minnesota in 1868, settling in Minneapolis, where he engaged in lum-
bering and was president of the Cedar Lake Ice Company. [20*; 22*;
58; 121; 237 (9*).]
Babcock, D. L., Baptist clergyman, b. in Gtsego county, N. Y., Sept.
21, 1831; came to Minnesota in 1855; was ordained the next year; en-
gaged in home missionary work, chiefly in Winona and adjoining coun-
ties. [174*.]
Babcock, Earle Jay, b. in St. Charles, Minn., June 11, 1865; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1889; professor of chemistry
and geology, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, N. D., 18914902,
and professor and dean of its college of mining engineering since 1898.
[7A.]
Babcock, Joseph W., b. in Connecticut in 1820; d. in Kasota, Minn.,
Feb. 15, 1883. He enlisted in the army in 1845, and served through the
Mexican war; then settled in St. Paul; in 1851 founded the town of
Kasota; built a sawmill there the next year, and afterward engaged
in stone quarrying. [94; 237 (1).]
Babcock, Kendric Charles, educator, b. in South Brookfield, N. Y.,
Sept. 8, 1864; came to Minnesota, 1885; was graduated at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, 1889, and was instructor there, 1890-94; professor in
the University of California, 1896-1903; president and professor of his-
tory, University of Arizona, 1903-10; removed to Washington, D. C.
[17; 241.]
Babcock, Leverett Wright, physician, b. in New York in 1840; d. in
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 25, 1906. He was graduated at the University of
Vermont in 1869; came to Minnesota in 1879, and resided in Wadena;
was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1903, and was elected
speaker in 1903. [30; 237 (43*).]
Babcock, Lorenzo A., lawyer, b. in Sheldon, Vt; came to Minnesota
in 1848, and settled at Sauk Rapids. He was attorney general of the
territory, 1849-53, and removed to St. Paul; was secretary of the con-
stitutional convention in 1857; practiced law in St. Paul until his death.
[28, IX; 69.]
Bachelder, Francis L., b. in Union, Maine; settled in Minneapolis
in 1866; was a member of the North Star Barrel Co.; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1883. [168 (Jan. 12, 1883).]
Bachmann, Charles W., building contractor, b. in Germany in 1837;
came to the United States in 1853; settled in Young America, Minn.;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 27
served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a repre-
sentative in the state legislature in 1873. [30.]
Backus, Edward Wellington, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1860;
engaged in lumber business in Minneapolis, 1882; president of the
Backus-Brooks Co., since 1899. [17; 24; 25; 87; 167 (Nov. 16, 1900*).]
Backus, Electus, soldier, b. in New York; d. June 7, 1S62, at De-
troit, Mich. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy in 1824;
was commandant at Fort Snelling during parts of 1843-5; attained the
rank of major in 1846. [11; 12; 13.]
Bacon, Seldon, lawyer, b. in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 28, 1861; was
graduated at Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 1882; and in law at
the University of Wisconsin, 1884; practiced law in Minneapolis, 1884-
94; then removed to New York. [17.]
Baer, John Willis, b. in Rochester, Minn., March 2, 1861; spent his
childhood in Ohio, but returned to Rochester in 1879; was general sec-
retary of the National Christian Endeavor Society, 1891-1902; then
became general secretary of the Presbyterian denomination, residing
in New York city; since 1906 has been president of Occidental College,
Los Angeles, Cal. [4; 179 (July 10, 1891).]
Bagley, George C, b. in Stewartstown, N. H., March 1, 1851; came
to Minnesota in 1885, settling in Minneapolis; engaged in grain busi-
ness, and is president of several elevator companies. [24; 85A.*]
Bahner, Melchior, R. C. priest, b. in St. Cloud, Minn., Dec. 9, 1870;
d. there, Oct. 4, 1902. He was graduated at St. John's College in 1889;
entered the Benedictine order in 1890; was ordained a priest in 1894;
lived in the Bahama Islands, as a missionary to the negroes. [132
(Nov., 1902).]
Bailey, Charles Monroe, dentist, b. in Portland, Maine, Dec. 6, 1843;
was graduated in dentistry at Harvard University, 1871; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1874; was professor in the dental department of the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1888-96. [25; 84;* 85A.]
Bailey, Everett H., banker, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., April 10, 1850;
settled in St. Paul in 1873, accepting the position of receiving teller in
the First National Bank; became its vice president, 1897, and presi-
dent, 1907. [24; 25; 95*; 187.]
Bailey, Francis Browtn, judge, b. in Portland, Maine, June 22, 1839;
d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 29, 1896. He was admitted to the bar in 1870;
settled in Minneapolis in 1877; was judge of the municipal court,
1883-9, and judge of probate in 1890. [84*; 90*; 238 (Sept. 30, 1896).]
Bailey, George, pioneer, b. in Lome, Ireland, about 1822 ; came to
the United States in 1852, and was the second settler in Zumbro, Wa-
basha county, Minn., 1855. [74.]
Bailey, Orlando, farmer, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1820;
settled at Big Lake, Sherburne county, Minn., in 1852; kept a hotel, and
owned a farm; was sheriff of the county six years. [31.]
28 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bailey, Philo Calvin, merchant, b. in Pompey, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1828;
d. in Waseca, Minn., Dec. 6, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1856, set-
tling in Wilton, Waseca county; removed in 1867 to the new town of
Waseca, and was its leading hardware merchant; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1862 and a state senator, 1877-78. [18; J50;
75; 237 (48*).]
Bailey, Vernon, b. in Manchester, Mich., June 21, 1864; became a
field naturalist of the U. S. Biological Survey; resided at Elk River,
Minn.; removed to Washington, D. C. [17.]
Bailly, Alexis, pioneer, b. Dec. 14, 1798, at St. Joseph's, near the
Canadian shore of Lake Huron, being a mixed blood, French and one-
fourth Ottawa Indian. He died in Wabasha, Minn., June 3, 1861. He
received a good education at Montreal, and engaged in the fur trade.
In August, 1821, he made a trip from Fort Snelling( then Fort St. An-
thony) to the Red River settlement, in charge of a drove of cattle. In
1828 he settled in Prairie du Chien; in 1833 removed to Mendota,, Minn.,
and three years later to Wabasha; was a member of the first Terri-
torial Legislature. He married a mixed-blood Indian woman, the
daughter of J. B. Faribault. [32; 74; 131; 237 (54*); 241.]
Baily, Calvin P., farmer, b. in New York, May 9, 1828; settled in
Detroit, Minn., in 1873; was state insurance commissioner, 1889-91.
[30.]
Bain, John, farmer, b. in Canada in 1843; came to Minnesota in
1868, settling in Fremont, Winona county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30.]
Baerd, Lyman D., farmer and banker, b. in Austin, Minn., Oct. 17,
1857; engaged in mercantile business there, and later conducted a
farm; was postmaster for the state legislature in 1879; was admitted
to the bar in 1881; engaged in real estate and loaning business, and
was president of the Citizens' National Bank. [30; 65A; 79; 166A*.]
Baker, A. C, merchant, b. in Freedom, Ohio, Dec. 19, 1838; came to
Minnesota; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
settled in McLeod county in 1865; engaged in mercantile business in
Brownton after 1878. [64.]
Baker, Albert F., druggist, b. in Bethel, Maine, June 2, 1839; came
to Monticello, Minn., in 1856; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt.,
1862-5; engaged in the furniture business three years; was clerk of
the district court, 1866-70; and afterward owned a drug store. [31.]
Baker, Daniel A. J., lawyer, b. in Franklin county, Maine, in 1825;
d, in Minneapolis, Oct. 2, 1909. He came to St. Paul in 1849; taught
the first public school in Minnesota territory, 1850-1, the number of
pupils being one hundred and three; practiced law in St Paul; was
one of the company who pre-empted the site of Superior, Wis., and
organized the town; resided on a farm in Rose, Ramsey county, after
1855, and built a large greenhouse there. [41; 68; 94; 98*; 237 (59*).]
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Baker, Edward Larrabee, merchant, b. in Hubbardton, Vt., Sept. 8,
1836; first came to Minnesota in 1855, surveying in the Lake Superior
region; settled at Red Wing in 1858, and engaged in the hardware busi-
ness; served in the Third Minnesota Regt, 1861-4, and attained the
rank of captain. [18.*]
Baker, George Lee, b. in Ashburnham, Mass., Oct. 26, 1835; d. in
Minneapolis, March 23, 1890. He came with his parents to Minnesota
in 1857; enlisted in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in 1862; was after-
ward lieutenant in a colored regiment; engaged in mercantile and real
estate business in Minneapolis. [121.]
Baker, George W., b. in Chittenden county, Vt., Jan. 9, 1823; came
to Minnesota in 1856, and the next year settled in Rochester; was
sheriff of Olmsted county two terms; removed to Bismarck, Dak., in
1881, where he was collector of customs. [66.]
Baker, Isaac E., miller, b. in Troy, Pa., June 30, 1845; d. in Minne-
apolis, Jan., 1897. He was general agent of the Millers' and Manu-
facturers' Insurance Co., Minneapolis, after 1891. [168 (June 14, 1895,*
and Jan. 29, 1897*).]
Baker, James Heaton, general, b. in Monroe, Ohio, May 6, 1829; was
graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, 1852; came to Minnesota
in 1857; was secretary of state, 1860-2; was colonel of the Tenth Min-
nesota Regt. in campaigns against the Sioux, 1862-3, and served till
the close of the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier general;
was U. S. commissioner of pensions, 1871-75, and later was U. S. sur-
veyor general for this state; resides in Mankato; author of "Lives of
the Governors of Minnesota," forming Volume XIII, Minn. Historical
Society Collections. [18; 23*; 41; 83*; 113; 115; 166A.*]
Baker, L. H., b. in Illinois; came to Minnesota in 1879; settled in
Clay county ; engaged in mercantile business, and dealing in grain
and farm machinery; in 1899 platted the townsite of Baker. [47.]
Baker, Lewis, journalist, b. in Belmont county, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1832;
d. in Washington, D. C, May 1, 1899. He purchased the St. Paul Globe
in 1885, and conducted it until 1893; was U. S. minister to Nicaragua,
Costa Rica, and Salvador, 1893-8. [93*; 176 (April, 1886); 237 (9*);
238 (April 30 and May 1, 1899*).]
Baker, Samuel H., teacher, and lawyer, was graduated at Syracuse
University in 1877; was the first principal of Pillsbury Academy,
Owatonna, Minn., 1877-80; later was a lawyer in Denver, Colo. [141
(1889).]
Baker, Thomas A., miller, b. in Waterville, Me., Oct. 14, 1839; served
in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; and was afterward cap-
tain in the TJ. S. Heavy Artillery. He resided at Cannon Falls fifteen
years, and later at Minneapolis and Anoka. [31.]
Baker, W. S., b. in Maine, April 28, 1808; d. in Waseca, Minn.,
March 6, 1887. He settled in Otisco, Waseca county, in 1856; was the
first county treasurer, 1857-8. [75.]
30 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Baldwin, Benjamin Chapman, civil engineer, b. in Durham, N. Y.,
Sept. 7, 1821; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 22, 1909. He came to Minnesota in
1855; resided in Lake City until 1873, and then removed to St. Paul;
was chief clerk in the U. S. surveyor general's office, 1877-1907. [237
(56*).]
Baldwin, Charles O., lawyer, b. in Perry, 111., in 1862; was gradu-
ated at Illinois College, Jacksonville, in 1886; came to Minnesota in
1887; resides in Duluth; was a state -senator, 1899-1902. [30.]
Baldwin, F. Eugene, lawyer, b. in Wayne County, Pa., March 7, 1825;
was graduated at Illinois College in 1846; was admitted to the bar in
1847; came to Minnesota in 1855, and resided in Minneapolis and at
Clear Lake, Sherburne county; was attorney of that county two years,
and owned a farm there; was a state senator in 1859-60. [31.]
Baldwin, Hial D., judge, b. in Ira, N. Y., July, 1827; d, at Red Lake
Falls, Minn., Oct. 15, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1858, and was
admitted to the bar the next year; settled in Redwood Falls in 1871;
was county attorney several years; was judge of the Ninth judicial
district, 1882-3. [32; 92; 237 (43*).]
Baldwin, John, farmer, b. in Canada, Dec. 30, 1844; came to Minne-
sota in 1874; resided in Jackson, and was register of deeds, 1888-1905;
was a representative in the legislature, 1909. He removed to Spirit
Lake, Iowa, the same year. [30*; 39; 62.]
Baldwin, Melvin R., congressman and civil engineer, b. in Chester,
Vt, April 12, 1839; d. in Seattle, Wash., April 16, 1901. He served in
the Second Wisconsin Regt. during the civil war, and gained the rank
of captain; came to Minnesota in 1875, settling in Minneapolis; re-
moved to Duluth in 1886, and engaged in real estate business and
building; was a representative in Congress, 1893-5. [10; 20; 30; 237
(14*).]
Baldwin, Mykon Augustine, banker, b. in Sheldon, N. Y., May 21,
1832; d. in Lake City, Minn., Feb. 23, 1881. He settled in Lake City
in 1868, and was president of the First National Bank after 1876. [74.]
Baldwin, Rufus Judd, pioneer, b. in Guilford, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1826;
d. in Arizona, Aug., 1897. He was graduated at Union College in 1846;
was admitted to the bar; came to Minnesota in 1857; settled in Min-
neapolis and engaged in banking, and later in railroad enterprises;
was a state senator, 1861-3; owned large interests in mines in the
Southwest. [59; 84; 167 (Sept. 3, 1897); 237 (9*).]
Baldwin, T. P., farmer, b. in New York in 1836; settled in Minne-
sota in 1856; served one year in the civil war; owned a farm at Pilot
Mound, Fillmore county; was a representative in the legislature in
1873. [30.]
Baldwin, W. R., farmer, b. in Elyria, Ohio, Sept. 12, 1841; came to
Minnesota in 1868, and settled near Faribault; was a representative in
the state legislature in 1881. [70.]
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Bali, Artemus Ebenezer, journalist, b. in 1833; d. in West Concord,
Minn., March 16, 1906. He was first lieutenant of the Third Iowa in-
fantry in the civil war. He published newspapers at White Bear, Fair-
mont, and after 1892 in West Concord. [237 (39).]
Ball, F. M., physician, b. in Pickaway, Ohio, May 27, 1839; studied
medicine at New Albany, Ind., and at Marion County Medical School,
Ky.; served in the army, 1861-4; came to Minnesota and engaged in
the practice of medicine at Jordan, Cokato, and after 1880- at Howard
Lake, Wright county. [31.]
Ball, Henry A., photographer, b. in Albany county, N. Y., Dec. 9,
1845; served in the 113th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Minne-
sota in 1866, and three years later settled in Delano. With Daniel
Fish he established the first newspaper in the town, called the Big
Woods Citizen. [31.]
Ball, John, b. in Rutland, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1835; d. there, Sept. 26,
1875. He came to Minnesota in 1853, settling in Winona; engaged in
surveying; served in Minnesota regiments in the civil war, attaining
the rank of lieutenant colonel; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1866, and was afterward treasurer of Winona county. [77;
115.]
Ballard, Charles W., physician, b. in New York city, Jan. 22, 1826;
was graduated at both Washington Medical University and the College
of Dental Surgery, Baltimore, in 1S50; settled in Albert Lea, Minn.,
in 1870, where he engaged in real estate business. [53.]
Banholzer, Frederick, brewer, b. in Wurtemburg, Germany, in 1824;
d. in St. Paul, Jan. 3, 1903. He came to the United States in 1849,
and settled in St. Paul in 1856; was a building contractor, and erected
many of the first stone buildings in St. Paul; later owned and conducted
a brewery. [237 (28).]
Banning, William L., b. in Wilmington, Del., Jan., 1814; d. in St.
Paul, Nov. 26 1893. He was admitted to the bar in Philadelphia; set-
tled in St. Paul in 1855; engaged in banking; served in the Third Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; and afterward engaged in railroad con-
struction. [28, VIII; 94; 237 (3); 238 (Nov. 27, 1893*).]
Banvard, John, traveler and artist, b. in New York City, Nov. 15,
1815; d. in Watertown, S. D., May 16, 1891. He painted a panorama of
the Mississippi river from the falls of St. Anthony to its mouth, and
exhibited it in the leading cities of America and Europe. He also
painted panoramas of Venice and of Palestine. [1; 241.]
Barbaras, George, lawyer and banker, b. in France, Sept. 14, 1832;
d. in Hastings, Minn. He came to the United States in 1847, and to
Dakota county, Minn., in 1861; resided in Hastings after 1869; was
admitted to the bar in 1874; later engaged in banking. [48.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Barber, Daniel R., miller, b. in Benson, Vt, Feb. 14, 1817; d. in Min-
neapolis, April 17, 1886. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling at
Minneapolis, and engaged in mercantile business , and later in the
manufacture of flour. [19*; 20*; 58; 84*; 85A.*]
Barber, Edwin Roswell, b. in Benson, Vt., Nov. 22, 1852; came with
his parents to Minneapolis when three years old; engaged in mill-
ing; was president of a grain elevator company, and had other finan-
cial interests. [24; 85A*; 168 (July 24, 1891*).)
Barck, Gustavus W., physician, b. in Barkeryd, Sweden, May 10,
1832; came to the United States in 1850; was a surgeon in the army
two years; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1864; removed to Albert Lea
in 1868. [24; 53A; 169; 237 (38*).].
Bardwell, Charles S., lumberman, b. in Goshen, Mass., Nov. 26,
1835; d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 1, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1857,
settling in Excelsior; engaged in the sash and door business in Min-
neapolis after 1869. [167 (Dec. 2 and 9, 1892*).]
Bardwell, J. P., Congregational missionary, b. about 1801; d. at
Leech Lake, Minn., July 30, 1871. He was in charge of the missionary
work among the Ojibways from 1843 to I860, and later was assistant
Indian agent at Leech Lake. [238 (Aug. 9, 1871).]
Bardwell, Winfield W., lawyer, b. at Excelsior, Minn., July 18, 1867;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1890; has since
practiced in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature,
1903-5. [24; 25; 30.*]
Barer, Felix A., pioneer, b. in Switzerland, Jan. 1, 1839; d. in Le
Sueur, Minn., Dec. 10, 1910. He came to the United States when four-
teen years of age, and to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Seventh
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, becoming captain; was county audi-
tor, clerk of the court, and register of deeds for Le Sueur county.
[237 (62*).]
Barke, John Owen, lawyer, b. in Stavanger, Norway, Nov. 12, 1850;
came to the United States in 1870; was graduated in law at the Uni-
versity of Iowa, 1880; settled in Fergus Falls, Minn., the same year.
[37*; 137; 169.]
Barker, Almon P., lawyer, b. in Naples, Maine, Aug. 11, 1846; came
to Minnesota in 1868, and was admitted to the bar the next year; set-
tled in Princeton in 1874; was superintendent of schools of Mille Lacs
county, 1874-8, and county attorney, 1879-82. [31.]
Barker, Henry Freeman, lawyer, b. in Naples, Maine, May 8, 1850;
was graduated at the Albany, N. Y., Law School, 1875, and the next
year came to Minnesota; settled at Cambridge in 1878; was county
attorney of Isanti county fourteen years; was a representative in the
legislature in 1883 and 1887, and state senator, 1899-1905. [24; 25; 30;
37*; 38.* |
Barker, Thomas, b. in Canada, in 1845; served in the Fifth Vermont
Regt. in the civil war ; came to Minnesota in 1866 ; taught school in
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
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Faribault, Mankato, and Cleveland; settled in Le Sueur Center in
1880, and was county superintendent of schools, 1880-84. [32.]
Barlow, Frank W., druggist, b. in Genesee county, N. Y., Nov. 19,
1852; settled in Albert Lea, Minn., in 1870; was treasurer of Free-
born county, 1880-86. [24; 53.]
Barlow, J. L., b. in New Jersey in 1843; came with his parents to
Minnesota in 1855; engaged in newspaper publication; after 1881 re-
sided in Garden City, and was proprietor of The Messenger. [32.]
Barlow, William W., b. in New York, Feb. 19, 1840; served in the
22d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1872,
settling on a homestead in Amo, Cottonwood county; removed to Win-
dom in 1880, and kept a hotel; was sheriff of the county, 1883-90.
[34.]
Barnard, early missionary, b. in Bennington county, Vt, June 2,
1817; d. in Pomona, Mich., in 1905. He was educated at Oberlin Col-
lege; came to Minnesota about 1843, and engaged in missionary work
among the Ojibways at Red Lake. Later he established a mission at
Walhalla, N. D. [237 (31).]
Barnard, Albion, physician, b. in Dixfield, Maine, Nov. 5, 1822; was
graduated at Bowdoin Medical School in 1848; came to Minnesota in
1855; settled in Minneapolis; served in the Indian war in 1863; was
physician and superintendent at Leech Lake Indian Agency, 1865-75;
later engaged in milling in Minneapolis. [60.*]
Barncard, Jacob Z., b. in Franklin county, Pa., in 1842; came to
Minnesota in 1855; served in the Second Minnesota Regt, 1861-4;
afterward was first lieutenant in the First Minnesota Regt.; resided
in Steele county after 1867; owned a lumber yard in Owatonna. [72.]
Barnes, Franklin, b. in Highgate, Vt., June, 1833; came to Minne-
sota in 1855; settled on a farm in Vernon Center, Blue Earth county,
1857, and two years later assisted in laying out the village; opened a
store there and also a lumber yard. [32.]
Barnes, George A., b. in Newton, Mass., Jan. 17, 1822; d. in Wells,
Minn., Oct. 21, 1892. He came to Minnesota about 1869, and settled in
Wells in 1871; engaged in real estate, insurance, and loaning. [39.]
Barnes, George B., Congregational clergyman and educator, b. in
Turin, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1837; d. in Minneapolis, May 4, 1909. He was
educated at Oberlin College; served in the civil war and afterward
engaged in teaching; was ordained in 1869; was the first president of
Fargo College, 1887-92; was pastor in Campbell, Minn., 1900-02; and in
Minneapolis from 1906 until his death. [144.]
Barnes, Isaac Albert, lawyer, b. in New Bedford, Mass., Sept. 7,
1852; was graduated at the Albany Law School, 1877; came to Minne-
sota in 1882, settling at Minneapolis, where he engaged in law prac-
tice, and is largely interested in real estate and additions to the city.
[22*; 24; 25.]
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34 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Barnes, Nathan F., b. in Portland, Maine, June 26, 1S17; served in
the U. S. navy five years, and afterward studied and practiced law
several years; came to Minnesota in 1858, and settled as a farmer at
-Alexandria; resided in St. Cloud after 1865, being editor of the Times,
and later city clerk; was a representative in the legislature in 1866
and 1874, and was influential in securing the location of a state normal
school at St. Cloud. [18; 41.]
Barnes, Smith T., merchant, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Jan.
11, 1841; d. Aug. 8, 1895. He settled at Minnesota Lake, Faribault
county, Minn., in 1866; engaged in general mercantile business, and
later owned a drug store, and dealt in grain; was clerk of the district
court, 1884-8. [51.]
Barnes, William Augustus, dealer in real estate, b. in Manchester,
N. Y., March 28, 1840; served in the 108th New York Regt. during the
civil war; came to Minnesota in 1872, settling in Minneapolis, where
he acquired large interests in city property and banks. |20*; 84.*]
Barney, Feed Elisha, b. in S wanton, Vt., Oct. 10, 1859; settled in
Minneapolis in 1881; engaged in real estate and insurance business;
president of the East Side State Bank since 1906. [24; 25; 85A.]
Barney, Sheldon F., lawyer, b. in Tompkins county, N. Y., Dec. 4,
1831; d. in Mankato, Minn., April, 1905. He settled in Mankato in
1856; was a state senator in 1862; with others he established, in 1865,
the first machine shop and foundry in Blue Earth county. [45; 83*;
237 (31*).]
Barney, Thomas Jefferson, b. in Watertown, N. Y., in 1806; d. in
St. Paul, May 1, 1886. He first came to Minnesota as captain of a
steamboat bound for Fort Snelling; settled in St. Paul in 1854; was
largely interested in real estate there. [94; 237 (1).]
Barnum, Edward Phelps, b. in Stonington, Conn., June 16, 1831; d.
in St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. 10, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1856; set-
tled in Sauk Center in 1867, where he was proprietor of a hotel, owned
a furniture store, and later was bookkeeper in the Bank of Sauk Cen-
ter. In 1890 he became proprietor of a newspaper, the Sauk Center
Avalanche; was clerk of court in the Seventh judicial district in 1892,
[23*; 31; 155*; 156; 237 (19*); 238 (Oct. 7, 1881).]
Barr, George Tillotson, banker, b. in Terre Haute, Ind„ in 1851;
came to Minnesota in 1867; resided in Mankato, and was its mayor
one term; was a representative in the legislature in 1889, and a state
senator, 1891-7; removed to Los Angeles, Cal., in 1902. [30; 45*; 83*.}
Barr, John Henry, b. in Loudoun county, Va., Sept. 2, 1828; d. in
Manakto, Minn., Nov. 27, 1869. He settled' in Mankato in 1867, and
established a wagon and plow manufactory. [83.*]
Barrager, E. R., journalist, b. in Sheboygan county, Wis., in 1859;
came to Minnesota, and established the Appleton Gazette; removed to
Pillsbury in 1879, where he published the Weekly Itemizer, [32.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 35
Barbagee, James A., b. in Sheboygan county, Wis., in 1854; settled
in Pillsbury, Minn., in 1881, and with his brother published the Weekly
Itemizer. [32.]
Babrett, Joseph Osgood, b. in Canaan, Maine, April 30, 1823; d. in
Brown's Valley, Minn., Feb. 8, 1898. He settled therein 1881, and en-
gaged in tree planting. He took an active interest in the Minnesota
Forestry Association. [166 (1898*); 167 (Feb. 18, 1898); 237 (9*).]
Barrett, Luther, pioneer, b. in Oswego county, N. Y., in 1825; d. in
Horicon, Wis., Oct. 29, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1854; engaged
in farming, and later owned a hotel and a butcher's shop in Mankato;
was a scout under Gen. Sibley in the Indian war. Later he resided in
Colorado and Montana. [237 (35).]
Babrett, Michael, farmer, b. in Ireland, Oct., 1830; came to the
United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1857; settled at St. Wen-
dell, Stearns county; was a representative in the legislature in 1879.
[30.]
Barrett, Peter E., b. in Pennsylvania in 1853; came to Minnesota
when six years old; resided in Hutchinson, and was a dealer in wheat.
He was a representative in the legislature, 1891-3. [30.]
Barrett, Theodore H., b. in Orangeville, N. Y., Aug. 27, 1834; d. in
Herman, Minn., July 20, 1900. He settled in St. Cloud, Minn., in 1856;
enlisted in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in 1862; attained the rank of
brigadier general, and after the war owned and managed an extensive
farm in Grant and Stevens counties, Minn. [121.]
Barron, Horace Everett, b. in Bradford, Vt., March 21, 1826; d. Feb.
26, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1855, settling at Faribault, where
he built the first hotel. He was a representative in the legislature in
1874; and was many years president of the Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb and the Blind, located at Faribault. [18; 70; 70A.]
Barrows, Fred C, lumberman, b. in Orono, Maine, March 29, 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in Minneapolis; was member of a
prominent lumber firm; was state oil inspector, 1897-9. [30, 58; 88.*]
Barrows, Morton, lawyer, b. in Reading, Mass., June 14, 1856; was
graduated at Harvard University, 1880, and in law at Brown Univer-
sity, 1883; has since practiced in St. Paul. [17; 24; 25; 93.]
Barrows, William M., lumberman, b. in Augusta, Maine, Sept. 1,
1830; came "to Minnesota in 1855, and resided in Minneapolis; was a
member of the firm of Merriman, Barrows and Co., manufacturers of
lumber. [19*; 58; 84.*]
Barsness, Ole N., farmer, b. in Norway, Nov. 20, 1844; d. in 1882.
He came to the United States in 1861, and to Minnesota five years
later; settled in Barsness township, Pope county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1879; was sheriff of Pope county two years.
[30; 169.]
36 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Barta, Ferdinand, lawyer, b. in Union, Wis., Sept. 8,-1857; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1882; settled in St. Paul in 1883; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1895-7. [22*; 24; 30; 93; 93A; 95*; 238
(Nov. 9, 1899).]
Barteau, Sid B., merchant, b. in Hillsdale, N. Y., in 1862; came with
his parents to Zumbrota, Minn., in 1871; was a representative in the
legislature, 1899-1901; removed to .Idaho, 1909. [30.]
Barteau, Sidney Havens, Congregational clergyman, b. in Windsp.r,
N. Y,, April 17, 1822; d. at Lake Charles, La., Oct. 7, 1897. He was
graduated at Auburn Theological Seminary in 1850; was ordained to
the ministry in the Presbyterian church the next year; was synodical
missionary, and later pastor in Congregational churches, in Wisconr
sin; came to Minnesota in 1870, and was pastor in Zumbrota, Crook-
ston, Stephen, and other places; in 1892 removed to Lake Charles.
[144; 237 (32); 241.]
Barteau, 'Stephen Brewster, merchant, b. in Binghamton, N. Y., in
1816; d. in Zumbrota, Minn., in 1894. He came to Minnesota in 1871,
settling in Zumbrota; engaged in the hardware business and banking,
and owned several farms; was a representative in the legislaure iii
1889. [30; 54.]
Barthel, Peter, b. in Luxemburg, Germany, Aug. 8, 1818; came to
the United States in 1853, and to Carver county, Minn., the next year;
engaged in farming, and later in hardware business in Chaska; was a
representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Bartholomew, Charles L., cartoonist, b. in Chariton, la., Feb. 10,
1869; was graduated at Iowa State College, 1888; has since been en-
gaged in newspaper work in Minneapolis. [17; 24; 85A.*]
Bartholomew, Riley Lucas, pioneer, b. in Geneva, Ohio, May 30,
1807; came to Minnesota in 1852, settling on a claim in Richfield, Hen-
nepin county; was a member of the state constitutional convention,
1857, and a representative in the legislature, 1859-60. [60.*] '
Bartleson, Charles John, lawyer, b. in Macomb, 111., April 3, 1844;
served through the civil war in the Second Illinois cavalry; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1867; came to Minnesota in 1870, settling in Min-
neapolis. [2,2*; 24; 25; 137.]
Bartlett, Amander H., b. in Olean, N.'Y., Sept. 28, 1829; d. in Glen-
ville, Minn., April 14, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1^56, settling
in Freeborn county; was a representative in the territorial legislature
in 1857, and also in the first state legislature. He was admitted to the
bar in 1860. [53; 53A; 237 (19).]
Bartlett, Cyrus K., physician, b. in Boxford, Mass ,,Jaii. 23; 1829;
d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 26, 1906. He was graduated at Harvard Med-
ical College in 1852; became superintendent of the Minnesota Hospital
for the Insane at St. Peter in 1868, and filled that position many years.
[32; 237 (43).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 37
Barto, Alpiionso, lieutenant governor, b. in Hinesburg, Vt., May 27,
1834; d. in St. Cloud, Minn., Nov. 4, 1899. He served in the 52d Illi-
nois Regt., 1S62-5, attaining the rank of captain; came to Sauk Center
in 1869, and practiced law; was a representative in the legislature,
1872-3, and lieutenant governor of Minnesota, 1874-6. [18; 29; 30;
121*; 127 (10*); 156; 157*; 237 (9*).]
Barton, Ara, farmer, b. in Cbarlestown, N. H., April 12, 1824; d. in
Morristown, Minn., Nov. 6, 1898. He came to Minnesota in 1857; set-
tling near Cannon Falls, but after a few years removed to Northfield;
served in the Minnesota Mounted Rangers in the Indian war, attain-
ing the rank of captain; was a state senator, 1859-60, and a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1870-3; was Democratic candidate for gov-
ernor, 1873; president of the State Agricultural Society, 1873-4; sheriff
of Rice county, 1876-85; removed in his last years to Morristown. [70;
115; 166A*; 174.]
Barton, Humphrey, lawyer, b. in Fulton county, Pa., May 6, 1857;
was admitted to the bar in 1885; came to Minnesota the same year,
and settled in St. Paul. [20; 24; 25; 93; 93A; 98*; 100; 137.*]
Baschor, Joseph, pioneer, b. in Germany in 1832; came to the United
States in 1869; settled the same year on a farm in Bashaw, Brown
county, Minn., being the first settler there. The town is named for
him. [32.]
Basford, Henry O., journalist, b. in Guilford, Maine, April 22, 1838;
came to St. Paul in 1856; removed to Colorado, where he spent eight
years in mining; returned to Minnesota in 1867, settling in Austin;
became connected with the publication of the Austin Register in 1868,
and was its sole proprietor after 1878; established the Daily Register
in 1890. [65A; 79*; 238 (Nov. 16, 1893*).]
Basford, R. B., b. in Maine; came to Minnesota in 1866, settling in
Winona; engaged in real estate and loan business; was fire insurance
inspector for southern Minnesota thirteen years; was a representative
in the legislature, 1895-7. [30; 76.]
Bashaw, Alexander, stone contractor, b. in Franklin county, Vt.,
Sept. 9, 1857; came to Minnesota in 1880, and settled in Mankato in
1882; president and manager of the Mankato Lime, Stone and Fuel
'Co.; constructed in 1906 the first concrete bridge in Blue Earth county.
[46.]
Bass, Edgar Wales, educator, b. in Prairie du Chien, Wis., Oct. 30,
1843; came with his parents to St. Paul in 1847; enlisted in the Eighth
Minnesota Regt. in 1862; was graduated at West Point Military Acad-
emy in 1868; was professor of mathematics there, 1878-98, having the
rank of colonel; later resided in Bar Harbor, Maine. [7A; 93.*]
Bass, Frank B., b. in St. Paul, Nov. 20, 1848; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 9,
1906. He was educated at Racine, Wis., and later studied art in Paris,
France; engaged in real estate business in St. Paul. [98*; 237 (43).]
38 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bass, Jacob Wales, pioneer, b. in Braintree, Vt., in 1815; d. in St.
Paul, April 18, 1889. He settled in St. Paul an 1847; ®&e&e& a Imtel
called the "St. Paul House;" was postmaster, 1849-53; later engaged
in a commission and forwarding business. After 1870 he engaged in
farming in Watonwan county. [28, IV, VIII, IX; 41; 93*; 94; 98.*]
Bassett, Daniel, banker, b. in Wolfborough, N. H., in 1819; d. in
Minneapolis, Dec. 1, 1899. He came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in
Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1875-6. [20;
23; 84*; 237 (9*).]
Bassett, Joel Bean, pioneer and lumberman, b. in Wolfborough, N.
H., March 17, 1817; d. in Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 1, 1912. He came to
Minnesota in 1849, settling in St. Paul, but soon pre-empted the land
where a part of the city of Minneapolis now stands; removed there in
1852, and afterward engaged in lumbering and flour milling; was a
member of the Territorial council, 1857; was Indian agent in Minne-
sota, 1865-9. [20*; 24; 84*; 167 (Aug. 5, 1887,* and Aug. 10, 1900*).]
Batchelder, George Washington, lawyer, b. in Danville, Vt., Feb.
18, 1826; d. in Faribault, Minn., Jan. 9, 1910. He was graduated at the
University of Vermont, 1851; and four years later, having been ad-
mitted to the bar, he came to Minnesota, settling at Faribault. In
1872-3 he was a state senator. [18; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 30; 70A; 137;
237 (62).]
Batchelder, Samuel, b. in Topsham, Vt., April 28, 1825; d. in Albert
Lea, Minn. He settled in Minnesota in 1863; was superintendent of
schools of Freeborn county three years, and county auditor, 1869-77.
[53.] *
Bates, David G., steamboat captain, b. in Virginia in 1792; d. in
Galena, 111., Nov. 22, 1850. He bought the steamboat "Rufus Putnam"
in 1824, and came in it to St. Paul the next year. Later he built the
"Galena." [28, VIII.]
Bates, Erastus Newton, pioneer, b. in Plainfleld, Mass., in 1828;
d. in Minneapolis, May 29, 1898. He came to Minneapolis in 1855;
erected a saw mill; was a member of the state constitutional conven-
tion, 1857, and a member of the first state senate. He removed to
Illinois before the civil war; served in the 80th Illinois Regt., attaining
the rank of brigadier general; afterward was twice elected state treas-
urer of Illinois. [167 (June 3, 1898); 237(9*).]
Bates, Marcus Whitman, b. in Chester, Ohio, April 26, 1840; came
to Minneapolis in 1857; served in the 21st Michigan Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of first lieutenant; resided in Duluth after
1890, and dealt in timber and mineral land. [25; 111.*]
Batz, Valentine, b. in Wisconsin in 1854; resides in Holdingford,
Stearns county, Minn., where he is a manufacturer, a merchant, and a
farmer; was a state senator, 1899-1905. [30.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 39
Bauer, George Neander, educator, b. in Jordan, Minn., Jan. 8, 1872;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1894, and later studied
at the University of Iowa and Columbia University; was an instructor
in the University of Minnesota after 1900; professor of mathematics
there since 1907. [7A; 17; 127B.]
Bauer, Joseph Peter, R. C. priest, b. in Alsace, Germany, in 1842;
d. in St. Cloud, Minn., Nov. 19, 1899. When twenty-three years old he
was ordained to priesthood; was a missionary in Africa fifteen years;
came to America in 1880; settled in St. Cloud in 1889. [132 (Nov.,
1899); 238 (Nov. 21, 1899).]
Bauman, J. A., educator, b. in Northampton county, Pa., in 1847;
was graduated from a college in Allentown in 1873; became professor
of natural sciences and mathematics in Gustavus Adolphus College, St.
Peter, Minn., in 1881. [32.]
Baumgarten, Henry, . b. in Germany, Nov. 16, 1848; came to the
United States when twenty years old; settled, in Wabasha, Minn., in
1874, and owned a hotel after 1878; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1883. [74.]
Bausman, Abner Laycock, dentist, b. in Ebensburg, Pa., March 25,
1834; settled in Minneapolis in 1857. [58; 84*; 174.*]
Baxter, Chauncey L., lawyer, b. in Carver county, Minn., May 14,
1859; was graduated at the University of Minnesota in 1882, and from
the law department of the University of Ohio in 1885; settled in Per-
ham. [35.]
Baxter, George N., lawyer, b. in Borodino, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1845; set-
tled in Faribault, Minn., in 1863; was admitted to the bar in 1866; was
county superintendent of schools, 1870-4. [29*; 70.]
Baxter, John, b. in Lincoln county, Maine, in 1827; came to Minne-
sota in 1853; engaged in brick-making in Minneapolis after 1868; was
a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30; 59.]
Baxter, John Thomas, lawyer, b. in Berlin, Wis., Oct. 15, 1862; was
graduated at Williams College, 1887; came to Minnesota the same
year, settling in Minneapolis; was admitted to the bar in 1889. [22*;
24; 25; 137; 171.]
Baxter, Luther Loren, judge, b. in Cornwall, Vt, in 1832; was
admitted to the bar in 1854, and soon afterward settled in Minnesota;
enlisted in the Fourth Minnesota Regt., served at first as captain, and
was promoted to the rank of colonel; was a state senator in 1865-8 and
1870-6, and a representative in the legislature in 1869 and 1877-82; was
judge in the Seventh judicial district, 1885-1911. He resides in Fergus
Falls. [26*; 30; 32; 35; 115; 137.*]
Baxter, William S., b. in Sidney, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1836; came to Min-
nesota in 1856; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war,
owned a farm in Highland, Wabasha county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1875. [74.]
40 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bazilie, Charles, pioneer, b. near Montreal, Canada, Nov. 5, 1812;
d. in 1878. He settled in St. Paul in 1844; engaged in carpenter work,
and later in brick-making. He donated the block of land occupied by
the first state capitol. [28, IV; 94.]
Bazille, Edmund W., b. in St. Paul, April 7, 1855; was admitted to
the bar; was deputy clerk of the district court, 1883-7; and afterward
was abstract clerk, and since 1898 probate judge, for Ramsey county.
[24; 93A; 95*; 100*; 137*; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Beach, S. S., farmer, b. in Decatur, 111., March 7, 1860; settled in
Minnesota in 1864; was a representative in the legislature in 1899.
[30.] .
Beach, William Abtemus, physician, b. in Ionia, Mich., Oct. 20, 1868;
came to Minneapolis in 1879; was graduated at the University of Min-
nesota, 1890, and from its medical department, 1893; resides in Man-
kato. [127A.*]
Bean, Ciiaeles, b. in Sandwich, N. H., in 1827; settled in Stillwater,
Minn., in 1863, and two years later became one of the firm of Hersey,
Staples and Bean, dealers in pine lands; removed to California in
1887, [41.]
Bean, Edwin S„ b. in Stoughton, Mass., April 23, 1847; settled in
St. Paul in 1876; was sheriff of Ramsey county, 1889-93; and later was
clerk of court. He served as major in the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt.
in the Philippine war. [123.]
Bean, J. B., farmer, b. in Minnesota in 1863; resides in Nicollet;
was a representative in the state legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Bean, J. F., pioneer, b. in Rockingham county, N. H., July, 1824;
came to Minnesota in 1852; settled in Haven, Sherburne county, in
1856, where he made the first improvements in the township. [31.]
Bean, Jacob, lumberman, b. in Upper Stillwater, Maine, Jan. 19,
1837; came to Minnesota in 1863, and settled in Stillwater. The Her-
sey and Bean Company, to which he belonged, was one of the largest
in the lumbering business in the Northwest. [23; 41*; 104*; 105.*]
Bean, John &., lumberman and farmer, b. in Salmon Falls, N. H„
April 25, 1831; d. in St. Francis, Minn., Nov. 6, 1908. He came to Min-
nesota in 1848, settling at first at St. Anthony; the next year opened
the first farm in Anoka county; removed in 1870 to the city of Anoka,
and engaged in the lumber business. [31; 41; 43; 237 (51).]
Bean, Martin V., merchant, b. in Dexter, Me., Jan. 14, 1831; set-
tled in Anoka, Minn., in 1855; engaged at first in lumbering; served
in the Eighth Minnesota Regt in the civil war; since 1872 engaged
in hardware business. [25; 31; 43; 115.]
Bean, W. J., farmer, b. in Harrison county, Ind., July 27, 1831; came
to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Nicollet; was a representative in the
legislature in 1877 and 1879. [30; 32.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 41
Bear, William M., M. E. clergyman, b. in Dauphin county, Pa., Nov.
1, 1820; d. in Worthington, Minn., Aug. 27, 1892. He entered the min-
istry in 1843, and joined the Minnesota conference in 1872. He was
pastor at Worthington, Bigelow, Kersey, and Rushmore. [150; 180
(Sept. 14, 1892).]
Beard, A., farmer, h. in New York in 1833; came to Minnesota in
1857; settled at Brownsville; was a representative in the legislature
in 1873. [30.]
Beard, Henry Beach, b. in Huntington, Conn., Jan. 25, 1843; was
graduated at Yale College in 1867; came to Minneapolis in 1869; en-
gaged in real estate business. Lake Harriet Boulevard was donated
by him to the city. [84.*]
Beard, Richard Olding, physician, b. in Middlesex, England, Dec.
20, 1856; was graduated in medicine at Northwestern University, 1882;
settled in Minneapolis; professor of physiology in the University of
Minnesota since 1887. [7A.]
Beardsley, Arthur, civil engineer, b. in Esopus, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1843;
was graduated at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1867; was pro-
fessor of civil engineering and industrial mechanics in the University
of Minnesota, 1869-72; and since 1872 has been professor in Swarth-
more College, Pa. [1; 17.]
Beardsley, Benjamin F., b. in St. Joseph county, Ind., June 10, 1860;
came to Minnesota in 1880, settling in Minneapolis; removed in 1894
to St. Paul, where he has since engaged in insurance. [22*; 24; 25.]
Beardsley, George O., b. in Ohio; d. in Grand Forks, N. D., May 23,
1901. He came to Minneapolis in early days, and, as a United States
engineer, surveyed parts of Minnesota and of North and South Da-
kota. He laid out the townsite of Fargo. He resided in Dakota after
1876. [237 (14).]
Beatty, H., farmer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1831; came to Minnesota
in 1857; settled in Dryden, Sibley county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1860, 1865, and 1873. [30.]
Beatty, James, pioneer, b. in Fairfield county, Ohio, April 27, 1816;
d. in Sauk Rapids, Jan., 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1848; con-
ducted trading posts with the Indians at Sauk Rapids, and in Anoka
and Blue Earth counties; was a merchant in Hennepin county, 1860-9;
and afterward engaged in the hotel business at Sauk Rapids. He was
a representative in the territorial legislature, 1852 and 1855. [31;
237 (2).]
Beatty, John R.» b. in Westmoreland county, Pa., Nov. 5, 1831; set-
tled in Mankato, Minn., in 1857; served in the Second Minnesota Regt.
in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; was county superin-
tendent of schools, 1867-8, and afterward owned a stone quarry and
a lime kiln. [32; 45; 83.*]
42 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Beatty, Samuel B., farmer, b. in Armstrong, Ind., Nov. 15, 1841;
came to Minnesota in 1855; resided in Dryden, Sibley county; served
in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a representative
in the legislature in 1877. [30; 32.]
Beaudette, Joseph, merchant, b. in the Province of Quebec, Canada,
May 10, 1829; came to Minnesota in 1872; settled on a claim on the
site of Gentilly, Polk county, in 1876, and named the town after his
native village; removed to Crookston in 1888. [35.]
Beaudro, John B., pioneer, b. in Sorel, Quebec, in 1824; d. at Red
Lake Falls, Minn., Oct 19, 1901. He settled in St. Paul in 1848; took
a homestead at Lake Como in 1850; removed to Red Lake Falls in
1877. [237 (19).]
Beaulieu, Charles H., b. in La Pointe, Wis., Oct. 23, 1836; d. in
Bena, Cass county, Minn., May 9, 1904. He was lieutenant, and after-
ward captain, of a company of Ojibways in the Ninth Minnesota Regt.
in the civil war; after 1877 was an Indian agent, being connected with
the Leech Lake Agency at the time of his death. [237 (35).]
Beaulieu, Clement Hubon, Sr., b. in Lac du Flambeau, Wis., then
in Michigan Territory, Sept. 10>, 1811; d. at White Earth, Minn., Jan.
2, 1893. He was of French and O jib way descent; was a fur trader at
Crow Wing, and after 1873 lived at White Earth. [44.]
Beaulieu, Paul H., b. at Mackinac in 1820; d. at White Earth, Minn.,
Feb., 1897. He was of French and Indian origin, and had great influ-
ence with the Ojibways. He was well educated and an expert Indian
interpreter. [237 (7).]
Beaumette, Wiliiam, pioneer, b. in Canada, about 1800; d. in St.
Paul in 1870. He emigrated from the Selkirk Colony to Fort Snelling;
settled at Mendota; and later became a resident of St. Paul, where
he lived more than twenty years. [28, IV.]
Beaumont, John Flanders, physician, b. in Freeport, 111., March 29,
1859; was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, in
1876; settled in Minneapolis in 1880; was a specialist in diseases of
the eye and ear. [58; 84.]
Beaupre, Bruno, merchant, b. in Kingston, Ontario, Dec. 16, 1823;
settled in St. Paul in 1853, and engaged in wholesale grocery business.
[18; 94.]
Beaupre, Philip, pioneer, b. in Canada, July 6, 1823; d. at Sauk
Rapids, Minn., Nov. 7, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1844; was a
trader with the Indians many years at Crow Wing and Sauk Rapids,
and afterward engaged in freighting and farming. He resided on a
farm in Benton county. [31; 237 (43).]
Bechdolt, A. F., educator, b. near Karlsruhe, Germany, Nov. 16,
1846; came with his parents to the United States in 1854; was grad-
uated at Lafayette College, Pa., in 1866; engaged in teaching; set-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
43
fedalaalato, Minn., In 1876; was superintendent of the city schools,
and a professor in the state normal school. He now resides in Oregon.
[83.*]
Bechhoeffer, Charles, lawyer, b. in Woodbury, Pa., Jan. 1, 1864;
was graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1885; settled in
St. Paul in 1887. [24; 25; 93; 137.]
Becht, John C, b. in Prussia in 1831; d. in St. Paul, May 28, 1878.
He came to the United States in 1853, and to St. Paul two years later;
was captain in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in
the wholesale liquor business after 1865; was sheriff of Ramsey county,
1876-8, [68; 94; 115. J
Becker, F., farmer, b. in Prussia in 1843; came to Minnesota in
1858; settled in Montgomery; was a representative in the legislature
in 1873. [30.]
Becker, George Loomis, b. in Locke, Cayuga county, N. Y., Feb. 4,
1829; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 6, 1904. He was graduated at the University
of Michigan in 1846; studied law; came to Minnesota in 1849, and be-
gan practice in St. Paul. He was a state senator, 1868-71. In 1862
he became land commissioner of the St. Paul and Pacific railway, and
was ever afterward occupied in advancing the railroad interests of
Minnesota, being a member of the state railroad commission, 1885-
1901. Becker county was named for him in 1858. [18; 28, IV*; 29;
30; 32; 68; 69; 93*; 94; 95*; 96*; 237 (35*).]
Becker, Peter, pioneer, b. in Prussia, Oct. 7, 1830; d. in Belle Plaine,
Minn., Dec. 3, 1902. He came to the United States in 1854, and set-
tled in Belle Plaine in 1857; engaged in shoemaking, farming, and the
manufacture of brick. [237 (28).]
Beckman, Martin A., b. in Bronestad, Sweden, June 27, 1860; came
to the United States in 1881; settled in St. Paul, and after 1889 was
assistant city comptroller. [100*; 169.]
Beckwtth, S. S., pioneer, b. in 1817; d. in Claremont, Minn., Jan.
8, 1890. He was one of the first settlers of Dodge county, Minn. [179
(Jan. 17, 1890).]
Bede, J. Adam, congressman, b. in Lorain county, Ohio, in 1856; en-
gaged in newspaper work; settled in Minnesota in 1886; was a repre-
sentative in Congress from the Eighth congressional district, 1903-09;
resides in Pine City. [9; 17; 24; 25; 30; 42.]
Bedford, Salathiel Boyd, banker, b. at Eldredsville, Pa,, Oct. 10,
1857; came to Minnesota in 1873; settled in Rushmore, 1880, and was
postmaster sixteen years; cashier of the Rushmore State Bank; a
state senator since 1907. [24; 25; 30.*]
Beebe, Franklin, lawyer, b. in Lincklaen, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1825; was
admitted to the bar in 1850; came to Minnesota, settling in Minne-
apolis in 1856; was probate judge of Hennepin county, 1870-5. [18;
58.]
44 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Beek, Joseph Henry, b. in Medina, Ontario, May 8, 1865; came to
Minnesota in 1881, and settled in St. Paul; was graduated at Hamline
University, 1888, and in law at the University of Minnesota, 1897;
since 1900 secretary of the St. Paul Association of Commerce. [166A.*]
Beemer, Henry, b. in St. George, Ontario, Nov. 5, 1836; came to
Minnesota in 1885, settling in Minneapolis, and became general man-
ager of the Northwestern Life Association. [22.*]
Behnke, Henry, b. in Mecklenburg, Germany, Nov. 28, 1832; came
to this country with his parents in 1852, and in 1854 settled in New
Ulm, Minn., where for many years, beginning in 1861, he was a prom-
inent merchant. [18.]
Beinhorn, Frederick, b. in Braunschweig, Germany, in 1821; d, in
New Ulm, Minn., Nov. 1, 1900. He came to the United States in 1852,
and to New Ulm two years later; owned a saw and grist mill, and later
engaged in mercantile business. [32; 237 (11).]
Belcourt, George Antoine, R. C. priest, b. in the district of Three
Rivers, Canada, in 1803; d. at Memramcook, Canada, in 1874. He
was. ordained priest in 1827; became a missionary to the Indians- in
the Red River country in 1830, and resided at Pembina; i author of an
article on the Department of Hudson's Bay, published, in Vol. I, Min-
nesota Historical Collections. [28, I; 35.]
Belden, Clarendon Dwight, Baptist clergyman, b. near Providence,
R. I., May 3, 1848; was graduated at Brown University in 1868, and
at Crozer Theological Seminary in 1874; was a pastor at Austin,
Minn., 1874-81; has continued to reside there, engaging in educational
work and journalism; publishes the Mower County Transcript. [22*;
23; 24; 65A.*]
Belden, Henry C, judge, b. in Burke, Vt., Aug. 30, 1841; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1864; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling in
Minneapolis. In 1895-7 he was judge of the Fourth judicial district.
122*; 25; 26*; 3D.]
Belden, J. M„ merchant, b. in Johnsonville, N. Y., in 1854; settled
in Minnesota in 1876; taught school in Wright county eighteen years;
resides in Montrose; was a representative in the legislature in 1S97.
[30.]
Belden, James J., b. in Wethersfield, Conn., Sept. 13, 1822; settled
in Caledonia, Minn., in 1854; was county treasurer in 1855, and clerk
of the district court several years. [61.]
Belfoy, Frank, journalist and lawyer, b. in Prescott, Ontario, Nov.
1, 1827; was admitted to the bar in 1858; came to Minnesota, in 1862,
setting in Henderson; removed in 1868 to Forest City, and the next
year to Litchfield, where in 1876 he became editor of the News Ledger.
[18.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 45
Bell, Charles J., b. in Somerville, Mass., Oct. 2, 1853; d. Jan. 3,
1903. He was graduated at Harvard University, 1876; studied the next
six years in Germany; was professor of medical chemistry in the
University of Minnesota, 1888-1903. [127B.]
Bell, Charles Nash, lawyer, b. in Weybridge, Vt, March 12, 1847;
d. in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 7, 1908. He was graduated at Middlebury
College in 1868; was admitted to the bar in 1871, and the same year
settled in Mankato, Minn.; removed to St. Paul in 1874. [93*; 237
(51*).]
Bell, Daniel W., b. in Maine, March 2, 1840; served in the 2nd and
16th Maine regiments in the civil war; settled in Stillwater, Minn.,
1866; engaged in logging and lumbering, and in surveying for rail-
roads. Belton, Montana, is named in his honor. [42.]
Bell, David Cooper, b. in West Almond, N. Y., June 22, 1841; came
to Minnesota in 1859, and engaged with his brother in mercantile
business in Minneapolis. In 1870 he was among the organizers of the
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company, of which he was president for many
years. [19.*]
Bell, Edmund, pioneer, b. in Indiana county, Pa., June 5, 1821;
opened the first store in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1853, and two
years later had a post office established at the same place, and named
it Bellville. [52.]
Bell, Edwin, b. near Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 17, 1816; settled in St.
Paul in 1850; built one of the first houses on St. Anthony Hill; en-
gaged in mercantile business; in 1859 was a captain on the Red River,
and ran the first steamboat to Fort Garry; later was engaged in steam-
boat traffic on the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers. [94; 237 (13);
241.]
Bell, George W. H., b. in Jackson county, Tenn., in 1812; d. in St.
Paul, May 8, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1851; and the next year
took the first claim on the site of West St. Paul. He engaged in farm-
ing, cattle raising, and later in real estate business. [237 (11).]
Bell, James Stroud, miller, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., June 30, 1847;
came to Minnesota in 1888; engaged in flour milling; president of the
Washburn-Crosby Co. since 1889. [17; 20; 24; 84.*]
Bell, John Edson, merchant and banker, b. in Brownville, N. Y.,
Oct. 10, 1834; d. at Excelsior, Minn., Sept. 10, 1909. He came to Min-
nesota in 1857, settling in Minneapolis, where he engaged in mercan-
tile business. In 1870 he became cashier of the Hennepin County Sav-
ings Bank, and after 1889 was its president till his death. He was
prominent in church, Sunday school, and Y. M. C. A. work. [20; 24;
25; 174.*]
Bell, John W., physician, b. in Ohio, March 18, 1853; was gradu-
ated at Ohio Medical College, 1876; came to Minnesota in 1880, and
46 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
practiced medicine in Minneapolis; professor in the University of
Minnesota since 1S88; was a state senator, 1891-5. [30; 84; 85A;
127A.*]
Bell, Stephen D., pioneer, b. in Halifax, Vt, July 30, 1822; came
to Minnesota in 1852; was the first settler in Hampton, Dakota county,
1855. [48.]
Bell, William W., physician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., April 18, 1838;
was graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1859; was
captain in the 78th Pennsylvania Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Brownsville, Minn., in 1880. [61.]
Belland, Henry, pioneer, b. in Canada, in 1812; d. in West St. Paul,
Jan. 11, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1836 in the employ of the
American Fur Company; resided in St. Paul, 1840-7; made the second
claim on the site of West St. Paul, 1851; was guide, Indian inter-
preter, and scout, during forty years. [94; 237 (1).]
Belote, Erastus C, b. in Bloomfield, N. Y., May 29, 1812; settled in
St. Paul in 1856, and took charge of the Merchants' Hotel; afterward
conducted other hotels in the city. [93; 94.]
Beltrami, Giacomo Costantino, explorer, b. in Bergamo, Italy, in
1779; d. in Filotrano, Italy, in February, 1855. Being a political exile
from his native land, he came to the United States and went with
Long's expedition in 1823 from Fort Snelling to Pembina. Thence he
traveled alone, with aid of friendly Indians, to Red Lake and the north-
ernmost sources of the Mississippi, and followed the course of that
river to Fort Snelling. He was author of several books, three of which
relate to his discoveries in America. [1; 28, II, VII*; 107; 114*; 176
(Oct., 1896).*]
Belyea, Arthur C, journalist, b. in New Brunswick, Oct. 26, 1858;
came to Minnesota in 1880; resided at Elbow Lake after 1887, and
was editor of the Grant County Herald. [35; 238 (Dec. 4, 1893)*.]
Beman, Samuel S., lawyer, b. in Georgia, March 11, 1822; d. in St.
Charles, Minn., May 9, 18S2. He settled in Winona county, Minn., in
1855; was a representative in the first state legislature, and a state
senator, 1872-4 and 1882. [29*; 30; 76; 78.]
Bement, Robert Bunker Coleman, b. in Northumberland, N. Y., July
3, 1848; was graduated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1869; came
to Minnesota in 1886, settling in St. Paul; was president of the board
of water commissioners, 1892-8; major of engineers in the Spanish-
American war, 1898-9; was elected president of the Robinson & Gary
Co., 1905. [24; 25; 93A.]
Bemidji, Ojibway chief, is said to have been born in 1776; d. at Cass
Lake, Minn., April 20, 1904. He lived in Minnesota near the lake
that bears his name when the first white settlers arrived. [237 (24,*
35*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 47
Bemis, Edward Webster, educator, b. in Springfield, Mass., April 17,
1860; was graduated at Amherst College in 1880; came to Minnesota
in 1883; taught in the public schools in Minneapolis, and was a writer
for the Pioneer Press; afterward gave lectures at Carleton College,
and at many institutions in other states; was assistant professor of
political economy in Chicago University, 1892-5; and later resided in
Cleveland, Ohio, where he was connected with the municipal admin-
istration. [4; 17.]
Bemis, Nathan Marvin, pioneer physician, b, in Whitingham, Vt,
March 25, 1821; came to Faribault, Minn., in 1855, and resided there.
[18; 70.]
Bendeke, Karl, physician, b. in Norway, April 21, 1841; was grad-
uated from the medical college in Christiania, Norway, in 1865; came
to the United States in 1867, and to Minnesota in 1870; five years later
settled in Minneapolis. [58; 169.]
Bender, Christian, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, Sept. 11,
1838; d. in Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 17, 1901. He was graduated at Mis-
sion College, Basel, Switzerland, in 1866; came to the United States
in 1867; settled in Red Wing, and was pastor of the German Lutheran
church more than thirty-three years. [54; 237 (14).]
Bendixen, C. M., farmer;' b. in Denmark in 1858; came to the United
States in 1880', and to Minnesota three years later; resided at Mor-
gan, Redwood county, after 1898; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1907-9. [30.*]
Benedict, Clifford L., lawyer, b. in Wisconsin, Oct. 31, 1862; came
to Minnesota in 1868; was admitted to the bar in 1888; resides in
Mankato; was a state senator, 1899-1903. [24; 30; 45*; 46.*]
Benedict, George Washington, journalist, b. in Rochester, N. Y.,
March 20, 1824; d. at Sauk Rapids, Minn., Feb. 15, 1910. He came to
Minnesota in 1854, and engaged in newspaper work. After 1868 he
owned and published the Sentinel at Sauk Rapids. In 1875 he was a
member of the Minnesota senate. [27*; 31; 38; 41; 237 (52*, 62*).]
Benham, Albert, b. in Steuben county, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1844; came
to Minnesota in 1854; was financial agent for Hamline University about
1869; engaged in agriculture; helped to locate settlers in this state,
and to open new industries here; resides in Minneapolis. [25; 130.*]
Benham, Daniel W., soldier, b. in Ohio, was commandant at Fort
Snelling during parts of 1880-1; attained the rank of colonel in 1897,
and the next year retired from the army. [11; 12.]
Benjamin, Arthur Edwin, physician, b. in Hutchinson, Minn., Dec.
19, 1868; was graduated in medicine at the University of Minnesota,
1892, and has since been an instructor there; resides in Minneapolis,
[127A.*]
48 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Benjamin, John, physician, b. in England, Jan. 5, 1S23; d. in Hutch-
inson, Minn., Oct. 4, 1902. He attended" college at Liverpool; came to
the United States in 1849, and settled in Hutchinson in 1857. [64;
237(19*).]
Benner, Geokge W., journalist, b. in Illinois in 1856; came to Min-
nesota in 1878; resided at Grand Meadow; was a representative in
the legislature, 1891-3. [30.]
Bennet, Charles C, merchant, b. in Malmo, Sweden, in 1847; came
to Canada in 1867; settled in Minneapolis about ten years later, and
opened a wholesale fur house. [169.]
Bennett, Mrs. Adelaide George, b. in Warner, N. H., in 1849; mar-
ried Charles H. Bennett in 1877, and came with him to Minnesota in
1878; author of magazine sketches and poems relating to Minnesota.
[241.]
Bennett, Brayton S„ lawyer, b. in Salem, Mich, in 1860; came to
Minnesota in 1884; was first lieutenant in the Fifteenth Minnesota
Regt; resides in Fosston; was a representative in the legislature in
1903-5. [30.*]
Bennett, Charles, b. in Kenosha county, Wis., Dec. 18, 1839; came
to Minnesota in 1856; served in the defense of New Ulm during the
Indian outbreak in 1862, and later in the Second Minnesota cavalry;
was a member of the legislature in 1877-78; resided in Mankato after
1891; owned a sawmill and dealt in live stock. [46.]
Bennett, Charles A., journalist, b. in Baltimore, Md., July 21, 1845;
came to Minnesota in 1856; served in Brackett's battalion, 1862-6; pub-
lished the Journal in Granite Falls since 1879. [24; 32.]
Bennett, Charles H., druggist, b. in Union City, Mich., July 2, 1846;
served in the 134th Illinois Regt., 1864; settled on the site of Pipe-
stone, Minn., in 1874; built the first house in the county, and was
influential in founding and developing the city. [34; 71A*; 241.]
Bennett, Clarence E., soldier, b. in New York; was graduated at
the U. S. Military Academy in 1855; was commandant at Fort Snell-
ing during parts of 1877-8; was brevetted lieutenant colonel in 1897,
and retired from the army the same year. [11; 12; 13.]
Bennett, Clifton A., lawyer, b. in Shalersville, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1841;
served in the 23d Ohio Regt. in the civil war; was admitted to the
bar in 1867, and the next year settled in Stillwater, Minn.; was clerk
of the district court, 1878-94. [40; 41.]
Bennett, Elihtj Mortimer, pioneer, b. in Mt. Pleasant, Pa., June 8,
1828; d. in Rochester, Minn., March, 1904. He settled there in 1856;
engaged in mercantile business and farming; later removed to North
Dakota, but returned to Rochester a short time before his death.
[237 (35).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 49
Bennett, Leonard Loomis, physician and banker, b. in Plainfield, 111.,
Oct. 7, 1839; was graduated at Rush Medical College, 1862; settled in
Owatonna, Minn., two years later; organized the Farmers' National
Bank in 1873, of which he has since been president. [24; 25; 70A;
72.]
Bennett, S. W., b. in New York in 1842; served in the Fifth Wis-
consin Regt. the last year of the civil war; came to Minnesota in
1865; engaged in teaching; settled in Henderson in 1870; was county
superintendent of schools, 1872-9. [32.]
Bennewitz, John C, b. in Prussia, June 3, 1826; came to the United
States in 1852, and to Minnesota in 1857; engaged in farming; was
a representative in the legislature in 1872; settled in Argyle in 1881;
opened a lumber yard there in 1883. [35; 37*; 38.*]
Benolken, Frank, farmer, b. in McHenry county, 111., in 1846; d. in
Freeport, Minn., Oct. 4, 1906. He served in the civil war; settled in
Oak township, Stearns county, Minn., in 1869; was a representative
in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30; 31; 237 (43*).]
Bensel, C. D., lawyer, b. in Alliance, Ohio, May 11, 1855; came to
Minnesota when two years old; was graduated in law at the Univer-
sity of Iowa, 1876, and was admitted to the bar the next year; pub-
lished the Benson Times two years; settled in Montevideo in 1880;
practiced law, and published the Valley Blossom, and also owned a
hotel. [32.]
Benson, Ben H., b. in Norway in 1846; came to the United States
in 1861; settled in Benson, Swift county, Minn., in 1869, the town being
named for him; engaged in mercantile business; owned a farm in
Hantho, Lac qui Parle county, after 1875. [32.]
Benson, Charles A., banker, b. in Nicollet county, Minn., Feb. 9,
1862; resides in Winthrop; was a state senator in 1903-05. [30.]
Benson, David, farmer, b. in Norway in 1841; came to the United
States in 1867; settled in Rochester, Minn.; removed to Gordon, Ren-
ville county; was a representative in the state legislature, 1873-7.
[30; 32.]
Benson, George F., banker, b. in Boston, Mass., April 11, 1834; d. in
Lake City, Minn., March 29, 1907. He settled in Lake City in 1871;
helped to organize the First National Bank, and was its president
after 1893. [25; 74; 237 (43).]
Benson, Henry N., lawyer, b. in Norseland, Nicollet county, Aug. 1,
1872; was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1893, and in law
at the University of Minnesota, 1895; settled in St. Peter, and was
city attorney, 1898-1911; a state senator, 1911. [24; 25; 30.*]
Benson, Jared, farmer, b. in Mendon, Mass., Nov. 8, 1821; d. in St.
Paul, May 18, 1894. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling at Anoka,
and engaged in farming and cattle raising; was a member and speaker
4
50 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
of the House of Representatives in the state legislature in 1861-2 and
1864; and was again a representative in 1879 and 1889. [18; 27*; 30;
31; 41; 174*; 237 (3, 9*); 238 (May 6, 1894,* and May 19, 1894*); 240
(Nov. 22, 1861).]
Benson, John, M. E. clergyman, b. in Casco, Maine, Feb. 10, 1808;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., Oct. 15, 1889. He came to Minnesota in 1852;
joined the Minnesota conference in 1865; was pastor in Farmington,
Freeborn, and other places, but on account of ill health did not en-
gage in ministerial work during his later years. [150.]
Benson, John W., financier, b. in Dixmont, Maine, March 15, 1849;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1852; settled at Heron Lake
in 1872; engaged in farming, and was president of the First National
Bank there. [62.]
Benson, N. W., b. in Sweden, in 1858; came to Minnesota in 1869;
engaged in hardware and implement business, at Clinton, Big Stone
county, and also in farming; was a representative in the legislature
in 1901. [30.]
Benson, Ramsey, author, b. in Anoka, Minn., Feb. 24, 1866; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1888; engaged in news-
paper work in Minneapolis and Detroit, and has published two books;
resides in Hutchinson. [17.]
Bentley, William A., physician, b. in Lebanon, Conn., Nov. 30, 1837;
came to Minnesota in 1856; served in the army in the civil war; re-
sided in Rush City; was a representative in the legislature in 1877.
[30.]
Benton, Arthur Hotchkiss, banker, b. in Guilford, Conn., May 29,
1846; came to Minnesota in 1871; lived several years in Minneapolis;
and after 1880 resided in Madelia, where he established the Waton-
wan County Bank, and dealt in real estate. [26.*]
Benton, Caleb Henry, lawyer, b. in Lunenburg, Vt, in 1841; d. in
Minneapolis, Nov. 14, 1890. He served in the Fifth Vermont Regt. in
the civil war, attaining the rank of first lieutenant; was graduated at
the Albany law school in 1866; settled in Minneapolis in 1871, [58;
121 ;_ 137*; 157*; 159.]
Benton, Charles William, educator, b. in Tolland, Conn., in 1852;
was son of a missionary, and lived in Beyrut, Syria, 1854-69; was grad-
uated at Yale University in 1874; has been professor of French and
other modern languages in the University of Minnesota since 1880.
[17; 24;. 127 (2* and 8*); 127B; 237 (53*).]
Benton, Mrs. Loanza G., missionary, b. in 1821; d. in Minneapolis,
Sept. 23, 1899. She married Rev. William A. Benton, and was asso-
ciated with him in foreign missionary work for twenty years, her chief
work being that of a medical missionary in Syria. They returned to
the United States in 1869, and after the death of her husband Mrs.
Benton settled in Minneapolis, 1880. [238 (Sept. 24, 1899).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 51
Benton, Reuben Clark, lawyer, b. in Waterford, Vt., May 13, 1830;
d. in Minneapolis. He was graduated at the University of Vermont
in 1854; was admitted to the bar in 1855; entered the Fifth Vermont
Regt. at the beginning of the civil war as captain, and was promoted
to be lieutenant colonel. In 1875 he came to Minnesota, settling in
Minneapolis, where he was attorney for the Great Northern railway.
[20*; 58; 84*; 121; 137*; 237 (9).]
Bentzoni, Charles, soldier, b. in Prussia; was commandant at Fori
Snelling during parts of 1885-6; attained the rank of major in 1891,
and retired from the army in 1894. [11; 12.]
Benz, George, liquor merchant, b. in Germany, April 23, 1838; d. in
Chicago, Jan. 11, 1908. He came to the United States in 1854, and to
St. Paul two years later; was a representative in the legislature, 1873-4.
[24; 25; 30; 68; 94; 95*; 96*; 97; 99; 111*; 174*; 237 (51*).]
Beeg, Albert, secretary of state, b. in Center City, Minn., June 25,
1861; was educated at Gustavus Adolphus College; was register of
deeds for Chisago county eight years; secretary of state, 1895-1901; a
representative in the state legislature, 1901-02; engaged in banking at
Warroad, 1904-06, and at Baudette since 1906. [25; 27; 30; 100; 169;
169A; 238 (Oct. 4, 1896).*]
Berg, Halvor S., b. in Norway, March 16, 1843; came to Minnesota
when ten years old; served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt, 1864-5;
settled on a farm in Stony Run, Yellow Medicine county, in 1872; was
a representative in the legislature in 1874. [32; 169.]
Berg, Segur, farmer, b. in Norway in 1820; came to the United
States in 1853, and to Minnesota three years later; settled at Pilot
Mound, Fillmore county; was a representative in the legislature in
1877. [30; 52.]
Bergh, Ole N., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Narstrand, Norway, March
13, 1842; studied theology at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, and
was ordained to the ministry in 1875; was pastor in Yellow Medicine
county, 1875-83; later in Audubon, and in Crookston after 1905. [148.]
Berghold, Alexander, R. C. priest, b. in Austria, Oct. 14, 1838; came
to the United States in 1864 ; was ordained priest in St. Paul the same
year; settled in New Ulm in 1868; aided in bringing immigrants to
this state; has published several books, one being a History of New
Ulm. [32.]
Berghuis, C, journalist, b. at Spring Lake, Mich., Sept. 20, 1870;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1886; was a student at Willmar
Seminary; was editor of the Chippewa County Herald at Clara City
after 1895. [134 (June, 1897).*]
Berglund, Magnus, b. in Sweden, Sept., 1864; came to the United
States and to Freeborn county, Minn., in 1868; was graduated at the
Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1894; was a home missionary
in Minnesota, and since 1899 engaged in Sunday School work; resides
near Cambridge^ Minn. [53A.]
52 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bergmann, Herman, R. C. priest, b. in Germany, May 12, 1861; came
to the United States with his parents, who settled in Freeport, Stearns
county, Minn.; was educated at St. John's College, and in 1885 entered
the Benedictine order; was ordained a priest in 1889; was professor
in this college, and in 1895 was appointed prior of St. John's Abbey.
[132 (Sept., 1895).]
Beegquist, John G., b. in Sweden, Jan. 11, 1849; came to the United
States in 1868, and soon afterward to Minnesota; settled in 1870 on a
homestead on the site of Moorhead, being the second settler in that
town; engaged in farming and in the manufacture of brick. [35.]
Beegsland, Hans Hanson, educator, b. in Fillmore county, Minn.,
Jan. 23, 1858; was graduated at Red Wing Seminary in 1885, and was
its principal after 1889. [169.]
Bekgstrom, Andrew, civil engineer, b. in Eda, Sweden, in 1838; d.
in Minneapolis, Jan. 30, 1903. He came to the United States in 1864;
settled in Minneapolis the next year; was chief engineer of the water-
works department of the city. [169; 237 (28*).]
Beekey, Charles Peter, b. in Goshen, Ind., March 25, 1867; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1892; was instructor in
mineralogy there, 1893-1903; later an instructor and assistant professor
of geology in Columbia University, New York City. [7A.]
Beekey, Peter, banker, b. in Johnstown, Pa., Sept. 14, 1822; d. in
St. Paul, April 16, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1853, settling in
St. Paul, and engaged in various business enterprises; was president
of the St. Paul National Bank, 1883-92; was a representative in the
legislature in 1872. [20; 24; 25; 93A*; 94; 98*; 174*; 237 (56*).]
Bernard, Allen G., journalist, b. in England, July 28, 1850; d. in
Bralnerd, Minn., Dec. 7, 1908. He came to America when sixteen
years of age; engaged in newspaper work in various states; came to
Minnesota in 1889, and founded a paper in Itasca county; removed to
Walker in 1897, and established the Walker Post; published The Voice
at Cass Lake, 1896-1906. [37*; 237 (51).]
Berrisford, Enoch F., b. in Staffordshire, England, May 27, 1846;
came with his parents to the United States, and to Minnesota in 1856;
served in the Indian war in 1864; engaged in the bakery business in
St. Paul after 1867. [100; 174.*]
Berrisford, John, merchant, b. in Staffordshire, Eng., Sept. 21, 1842;
came to Scott county, Minn., in 1856; served in the Third Minnesota
Regt. in 1861; owned a store in Burnsville after 1872; removed to St.
Paul in 1887, and engaged in the fuel business. [32; 174.*]
Berrisford, Thomas, Sr., pioneer, b. Staffordshire, England, Dec.
17, 1813; d. at Credit River, Scott county, Minn., Oct 1, 1873. He
came to the United States in 1856, and the same year settled on a
farm at Credit River; engaged in general mercantile business, and
was a local preacher in the Methodist church. [174.*]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 53
Berrisford, Thomas, b, in Staffordshire, England, Nov. 15, 1840; d.
at Hot Springs, S. D., March 14, 1894. He came to the United States
with his parents in 1856, and to Minnesota the same year; resided in
St Paul, and owned a bakery. [174.*]
— ^ Berry, Charles Henry, attorney general, b. in Westerly, R, I., Sept.
12, 1823; d. in Winona, Minn., Aug. 21, 1900. He was chiefly educated
in the state of New York, where he was also admitted to the bar. He
came to Winona in 1855. When Minnesota became a state he was
elected attorney general and held the office two years. In 1874-75 he
was a state senator, and afterward was U. S. court commissioner. He
did much to develop the educational interests of Winona. [18*; 41;
76; 77*; 78; 136; 137*; 237 (11*).]
Berry, E., Baptist clergyman and farmer, b. in New York in 1825;
came to Minnesota in 1866; resided in Fairmont; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1872-3. [30.]
Berry, Fred S., b. in Nora, 111., Nov. 27, 1863; came to St. Paul when
a child; was connected with the John Martin Lumber company after
1882; became its secretary and treasurer, 1887, and president, 1905.
[24; 25; 95.*]
Berry, James P., farmer, b. Jan. 26, 1843; served in the Seventh
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; resided in Pleasant Hill township,
Winona county, Minn.; was a representative in the legislature in 1874.
[76.]
Berry, John McDonogh, jurist, b. in Pittsfield, N. H., Sept. 18, 1827;
d. in Minneapolis, Nov. 8, 1887. He was graduated at Yale in 1847;
studied law; came to Faribault in 1855; was a representative in the
territorial legislature in 1857, and a state senator in 1863; was asso-
ciate justice of the supreme court, 1865-87. [18; 30; 41; 70; 168
(April, 1892).*]
Berry, William Morse, b. in Georgetown, Maine, Aug. 12, 1829; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1884, and was superintendent of the park sys-
tem. [84.*]
Bertrand, E. P., farmer, b. in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1838; came
to the United States in 1856, and to Minnesota the next year; resided
in Home, Brown county; was a representative in the legislature in
1877 and 1879. [30.]
Bestick, James T., pioneer, b. in Henderson, N. C, Oct. 16, 1840;
d. Aug. 22, 1906. He served in Massachusetts regiments in the civil
war; settled in Detroit, Minn., in 1872; engaged in various occupations,
as shoemaking, carpentering, etc.; was judge of probate for Becker
county, 1892-6. [44.]
Betcher, Charles, hardware merchant, b. in Prussia, Jan. 31, 1830;
d. in Red Wing, Minn., June 6, 1903. He came to the United States
in 1849, and to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Red Wing; was presi-
dent of a lumber company after 1889. [54; 167 (June 12, 1903); 237
(28).]
54 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bettingeist, John C, pioneer, b. in Germany, Nov. 23, 1823; -cL in St.
Paul, Minn., April 23, 1906. He came to the United States in 1849;
settled in St. Paul in 1852; was the first to engage in the ice business
there; later owned a store, and after 1870 was a commission mer-
chant. [237 (39*).]
Betz, Louis, b. in St. Paul, Feb. 3, 1862; was connected with the
wholesale grocery business eight years, and with the Pioneer Press
company ten years ; was city comptroller, lSO'2-09 ; later the treasurer
of the State Savings Bank. [237 (36*).]
* Bevans, Henry T., lawyer, b. in Canton, 111., May 25, 1839; came
to Minnesota when a child; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; was admitted to the bar in Red Wing in 1871; settled in
Morris in 1876; was attorney of Stevens county three terms, and later
was U. S. collector of customs in Pembina; was assistant adjutant
general of Minnesota after 1889, residing in St. Paul. [73; 130.]
BevanS, MitTON L., b. in Canton, 111., Aug. 9, 1843; d. in St. Paul,
Aug. 18, 1906. He came to Red Wing, Minn., when a boy; served in
the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in St. Paul in 1867;
was a printer for several years, but later owned a store and was
market master of the city of St. Paul. [130.]
Bickel, William, banker, b. in Baden, Germany, July 13, 1834; d.
in Seattle, Wash., March 13, 1900. He resided in St. Paul many years;
was U. S. consul in Mexico, and was connected with the Treasury
Department at Washington, D. C. [156.]
: Bickel, William, contractor, b. in Huntington, Ind., Sept. 5, 1862;
came to Minnesota in 1868; resided in St. Paul after 1876; was a
representative in the legislature in 1889. [30.]
Bickford, Elmer A., farmer, b. in Glover, Vt., in 1849; came to Min-
nesota in 1867, and three years later settled in Otter Tail county,
where he has since resided; was a representative in the legislature in
1895. [30.]
Bicknell, William Clarence, lawyer, b. in St. Lawrence county,
N. Y., June 28, 1855; was graduated in law at the University of Mich-
igan, 1885; settled in Morris, Minn., 1886; was attorney of Stevens
county, 1895-1907; was a representative in the legislature, 1907-09.
[22*; 24; 30*; 73.]
Bierbauer, Jacob, miller, b. in Germany, Aug. 28, 1819; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., March 1, 1896. He came to the United States in 1849;
settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1856. [32; 46; 83.*]
Bierbauer, Oscar, b. in Erie, Pa., Sept. 22, 1855; came with his par-
ents to Mankato, Minn., 1356; was register of deeds, Blue Earth
county, 1887-97; president of the Mankato Malting Co., since 1902.
[24; 52.]
Bierbauer, William, b. in Einselthum, Bavaria, Feb. 26, 1826; d. in
Mankato, Minn., Nov. 30, 1893. He came to the United States in 1849,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 55
and settled in Mankato seven years later, where he established a brew-
ery. [23; 32; 45*; 83.*]
Biermann, Adolph, state auditor, b. in Christiana, Norway, Nov. 19,
1842; served in the 24th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Rochester, Minn., in 1866, and engaged in mercantile business; was
auditor of Olmsted county tnree terms, 1875-81; was state auditor,
1891-5. [30; 66A; 98; 169.]
Big Eagle (Wamdetonka), a sub-chief of the Sioux, b. near Men-
dota in 1827; d. near Granite Palls, Minn., Jan. 5, 1906. He was one
of the chiefs who signed a treaty in Washington, D. C, in 1858; was
a noted warrior, and engaged in nearly all the battles of the Sioux out-
break of 1862; suffered a three years imprisonment at Rock Island for
his participation in the war; author, through an interpreter, of "A
Sioux Story of the War," Minn. Hist. Society Collections, vol. VI, 1894,
pp. 382-400. [28, VI*; 33; 116 to 120; 237 (39); 238 (July 1, 1894).*]
Bigelow, Charles Henry, b. in Easton, N. Y., June 4, 1835; d. in
St. Paul, July 31, 1911. He settled at St. Paul in 1864, engaging in
lumber business and insurance; was president of the St. Paul Fire
and Marine Insurance Co., 1876-1911. [24; 25; 68.]
Bigelow, Edgar A., farmer, b. in 1863 at Zumbrota, Minn., and died
there; was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Bigelow, Edward Elisha, physician, b. in Akron, Ohio, July 1, 1841;
served in the 29th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was graduated
in medicine at the University of Michigan, 1867; settled in Owatonna,
Minn, in 1877. [24; 70A*; 72.]
Bigelow, Horace Ransom, lawyer, b. in Watervliet, N. Y., March 13,
1820; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 14, 1894. He received his early education
in his native state; was admitted to the bar in Utica in 1847; came to
St. Paul in 1853 in company with Charles E. Flandrau, and built up a
large law practice. [3*; 18; 23*; 41; 68; 93; 94; 98*; 137; 188; 237
(9*); 238 (Nov. 15, 1894).*]
Bigham, D. L., b. in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1844; was graduated at
Miami University, Ohio, in 1866; came to Minnesota, and in 1868 set-
tled at Redwood Falls; engaged in lumber business and farming, and
was county superintendent of schools. [32.]
Big Thunder. [See Wakeman, John; 237 (19).]
Bilansky, Mrs. Anne Evards, criminal, came to St. Paul from North
Carolina in May, 1858, and the next September married Stanislaus
Bilansky. Her husband died from poisoning March 12, 1859, and on
March 23, I860, she was hung for his murder. She was the first white
person executed in Minnesota. [238 (March 24, I860).]
Bill, Edward Clark, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
July 15, 1846; d. in Faribault, Minn., May 11, 1892. He was graduated
in St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y., 1870, and at Seabury Divin-
56 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
ity School, Faribault, Minn., 1873; was associate priest in Faribault
and St. Paul, and was a professor in Seabury Divinity School. A
memorial volume of 284 pages, "Biographical Sketches," with thirty of
his sermons, was published in 1892. [70A; 152.]
Billings, Harbison Aiken, lawyer, b. in Watertown, Vt., Jan. 25,
1818; came to Minnesota in 1855, as one of the original proprietors of
Spring Valley. [18.]
Bills, L. W., lawyer, b. near Oswego, N. Y., in 1863; came to Min-
nesota in 1884; settled in Park Rapids; was attorney of Hubbard county
sixteen years; was a representative in the legislature in 1907. [30.*]
Billson, William W., lawyer, b. in Springfield, 111., June 7, 1847;
settled at Duluth; was U. S. attorney for this state, 1873-81; was a
state senator, 1872 and 1883. [24.]
Birch, Charles A., b. in London, England, Oct. 15, 1856; came with
his parents to America in 1864; lived in Kandiyohi county, Minn., after
1869; was graduated at the state Normal School at St. Cloud, 1880;
was elected superintendent of schools for Kandiyohi county in
1881; owned and edited the Willmar Argus, 1889-99; and later was
postmaster at Willmar. [63.]
Bird, Charles, pioneer, b. in Rome, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1839; d. in Fair-
fax, Minn., Nov. 21, 1903. He came to Olmsted county, Minn., when
eighteen years old; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; removed to a farm in Cairo township, Renville county, in 1869.
[237 (35).]
Bird, William, b. in Aberdeen, Scotland, June 28, 1830; d. in Fair-
mont, Minn., June 29, 1908. He came to the United States when a boy,
and lived in Cattaraugus county, N. Y.; served in the civil war in New
York regiments, and attained the rank of captain; settled in Martin
county, Minn., in 1865; was sheriff of that county eight years. [121;
237 (51).]
Birkett, Henry, banker, b. in Ottawa, Canada, July 4, 1848; came
to Owatonna, Minn., in 1870, and owned a jewelry store there, 1873-88;
was a banker and merchant in Austin, 1889-1904; president of the Na-
tional Bank in Mahnomen since 1904. [24; 72.*]
Bishop, Harriet E., teacher, b. in Vergennes, Vt., Jan. 1, 1817; d.
in St. Paul, Aug. S, 1883. She came to St. Paul in 1847, to open the first
permanent school in that city. Through her influence a Sunday school
was also soon organized, and the next year a public building was
erected to accommodate the school, preaching services, etc. She was
author of "Floral Home, or First Years of Minnesota" (1857); and
other books; was married to Mr. McConkey. [28, IX; 94; 141; 165;
237 (1).]
Bishop, James Henry, b. in Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1843; served
in New York regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of first
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 0(
lieutenant; settled in Minneapolis in 1879, and established a wholesale
paper house; was president of the American Savings and Loan Asso-
ciation after 1889. [84.*]
Bishop, John, pioneer, b. in Canada, April 1, 1829; d. at Gull Lake,
Minn., April 9, 1905. He came to Crow Wing, Minn., when twenty-two
years old; was an Indian trader, and later was one of the first set-
tlers in Brainerd. [237 (31).]
Bishop, Judson Wade, soldier and railroad manager, b. in Evans-
ville, N. Y., June 24, 1831; studied civil engineering; settled in Chat-
field, Minn., as a surveyor, and published a map and history of that
county. He joined the Second Minnesota regiment as captain in 1861,
and served through the civil war, being brevetted brigadier general at
its close. Later he was engaged in constructing railroads in this state.
He has resided in St. Paul since 1873; was president of the St. Paul
Trust Company after 1883. [2; 17; 18; 20; 24; 41; 98*; 115.]
Bishop, L. H., b. in Winthrop, Maine, Dec. 23, 1840; came to Minne-
sota in 1867; engaged in mercantile business in Garden City; was a
representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Bisseix, Frank Elmore, physician, b. in Hartford, Wis., Dec. 27,
1845; served in the U. S. navy, 1862-5; was graduated at the Charity
Hospital Medical College in Cleveland, 1869 j came to Minnesota in
1871, settling in Litchfield; was a representative in the state legisla-
ture, 1878-9. [22*; 30; 65.]
Bixby, John, pioneer, b. in Moretown, Vt, Jan. 28, 1814; d. in Au-
rora, Steele county, Minn., Jan. 15, 1890'. He came to Minnesota in
1856, settling as a farmer in that township. Bixby station was named
for him. [72; 241.]
Bixby, Luther, b. in Vermont; d. in Chicago, 111., Aug. 7, 1895. He
settled in Owatonna, Minn., before 1864; engaged in the drug busi-
ness; after 1880 published in Minneapolis the Temperance Review;
and in 1886 removed to Chicago. [72; 241.]
Bixby, Tams, journalist, b. in Staunton, Va., Dec. 12, 1855; came to
Red Wing, Minn., with his parents in 1857; was owner and editor of
the Red Wing Republican; was private secretary, 1890-97, to Governors
Merriam, Nelson, and Clough; was chairman of the IT. S. Commission
to the Five Civilized Tribes in Indian Territory, 1897-1905; and later
was general manager of the Pioneer Press Company, St. Paul. [17;
22*; 24; 27*; 30; 56; 95.*]
Bjorge, Hans P., merchant and farmer, b. in Norway in 1856; came
to Minnesota in 1868; settled in Underwood, Otter Tail county; was
a representative in the legislature, 1885-7 and 1891-3. [30; 169.]
Bjorge, Henry Olson, lawyer, b. at Lake Park, Minn., March 7, 1871;
was graduated at the State Normal School in Moorhead, 1893, and in
law at the University of Minnesota, 1898; resides at Lake Park; was
a representative in the legislature in 1905-09. [25; 30.*]
58 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
. Bjorgo, Kntjdt Knudtsen, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Oet 2,
1847; came with his parents to the United States m 1848; was grad-
uated from Luther College, Decoraa, Iowa, 1870, and the Theological
Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., Wit. For many years he was pastor in
Becker, Clay, mmM. Merman counties, Minn. In 1888 he took charge of
a ©©agregation at Red Wing. In 1891 he was elected president of the
Minnesota district of the Norwegian Lutheran synod of America. He
is one of the founders of the Lutheran Ladies Seminary at Red Wing.
[148; 169.]
Black, John M., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in 1808; d. in St. Paul
iii August, 1893. He came to Minnesota in 1856; was ordained in St.
Paul, and was pastor in Dundas, Caledonia, and Houston. During the
last ten years of his life he resided in St. Paul. [178 (Aug. 10, 1893).]
Black, Mahlon, land surveyor, b. in Hamilton county, Ohio, Oct, 4,
1820; d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 25, 1901. He came to Stillwater in 1847,
and engaged in surveying and lumbering; was a representative in the
territorial legislature in 1849, 1852, and 1857; was postmaster of Still-
water, 1857-61, and mayor, 1860^61; enlisted in a company of sharp-
shooters in 1862, and served till near the close of the civil war, attain-
ing the rank of captain. In 1867 he removed to Minneapolis, and was
auditor of Hennepin county, 1874-8. [18; 41; 115; 127B; 131; 237
(19*).]
Blackmer, Frank Amos, physician, b. in Amherst, Ohio, Jan. 16,
1847; d. in Albert Lea, Minn., July 11, 1900. He came to Minnesota with
his parents in 1857; served a short time in the Fifth Minnesota Regt.,
but was severely wounded in the Indian war of 1862, and was therefore
discharged; was graduated at Cleveland Medical College, 1868; re-
sided in Albert Lea. [23; 53; 53A.]
Blackmer, Heman, lawyer, b. in Amherst, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1850; came
with his parents to Albert Lea, Minn., when seven years old; was
graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1873; has resided in
Albert Lea since 1874, being judge of probate of Freeborn county, 1885-
1909. [24; 25; 53; 53A; 237 (38*).]
Blackmun, Silas, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Oct. 9, 1835;
came to Minnesota in 1863, and settled on a claim in Cottonwood
county in 1874; was a representative in the legislature in 1883 and
1885. [34.]
Blackwell, John, pioneer, b. in Gloucestershire, England, Jan. 4,
1832; d. May 24, 1875. He came to Acton, Meeker county, Minn., in
1857; owned a farm, and taught the first school in Litchfield; was reg-
ister of deeds, and clerk of the district court. [65.]
Blair, Mrs. Margaret Josephine Bailey, educator, b. in Goodhue
Center, Minn., May 5, 1863; was married to John M. Blair in 18S4;
has been director of the domestic art department of the Agricultural
College of the University of Minnesota since 1895; is a lecturer and
writer on domestic science. [127A.*]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 59
Blaisdell, Humphrey Metcalf, lawyer and journalist, b. in Otis,
Maine, Sept. 10, 1841; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 23, 1902. He served in the
Second Maine and other regiments in the civil war ; studied law, and
was admitted to the bar in 1868 ; settled in Fairmont, Minn., the next
year; was editor of the Fairmont News, 1887-94. [34; 39; 121; 237
(19).]
Blaisdell, William, lumberman, b. in 1833; d. in Minneapolis, Nov.
27, 1901. He settled in Minneapolis in 1852; engaged in the lumber
business, and owned much real estate. [237 (19*).]
Blake, John W., b. in Dover, Maine, Aug. 29, 1840; served in the
Foiirtii Wls€OMsim am€ ©ilier regiments in ti*e civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; was one of the organizers of the town of Marshall,
Minn., 1872; was a representative in the legislature, 1873, and a state
senator, 1875. [30; 32; 41.]
Blake, Mrs. Mary Katherine Evans, author, b. in Rockport, Ind.,
Aug. 31, 1859; was educated at Rockport Collegiate Institute; was
married, 1876, to William M. Blake; has published two books; resides
in Minneapolis. [17.]
Blakeley, David, secretary of state, b. in Binghamton, N. Y., in 1831;
d. in New York city, Nov. 7, 1896. He came to Minnesota when eigh-
teen years old, and engaged in newspaper work in St. Paul; was secre-
tary of state of Minnesota, 1862-6; afterward was manager of the
famous Gilmore and Sousa bands. [28, X; 58; 237 (9).]
Blakeley, Russell, steamboat captain, b. in North Adams, Mass.,
April 19, 1815; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 4, 1901. His connection with steam-
boating from Galena to St. Paul began in 1847 and continued many
years; later he engaged in staging and expressing in Minnesota and
in Dakota; and had large interests in banking, insurance, and railway
companies. He settled in St. Paul in 1862. [20*; 28, IV*, IX; 41; 93*;
94; 98*; 176 (Feb., 1888); 237 (14*).]
Blanchard, John, journalist, b. in Sandusky, Ohio, March 31, 1842;
d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 12, 1899. He passed his childhood in Canada,
and was graduated at Albert College. In 1889 he settled in Minne-
apolis, and soon became connected with the Minneapolis Times, of
which afterward he was editor. [23.]
Bleecker, George Morton, lawyer, b. in Whippany, N. J., Nov. 19,
1861; came to Minnesota in 1883, settling in Minneapolis; was gradu-
ated in law at the University of Michigan, 1887, and has since prac-
ticed in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1893.
[25; 30; 137.*]
Blegen, J. H., educator, b. in Faaberg, Norway, Oct. 1, 1851; came to
the United States when seventeen years old; was graduated at Augs-
burg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1880, and in its theological department
three years later; was a professor there after 1887. [148; 169.]
60 MINNEI^QTA HI^TQfiiCAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS
Ble*hen Ali)en J journalist b in Knox Maine Bee 27 IS 4^ ^as
#ra<luateel at "V^eslejan College 1868 #af3 admitted to the bai1 m IStS
practiced in Portland Maine until 1880 settled m Minneapolis in
1884 purchased an interest m the Tribune and the Journal and was
editor of the foijmei' until 1888 removed to Seattle Wash m 1&96
wfrere h^ owns The Times [54A *]
Bliss tfon^ sdldier b in I\few Hampshire d Nov 22 1804 H^e WaS
bfevetted major m 1823 and was conlmandknt at Fort ^nellm& 1^33 $
[11 12 1
Bljss, Joh^ H manufacturer b at Green Bay Wis Oct 4 1^3. d
m Honolulu Hawaii Oct 16 1907 He spent three years 1833 6 ^it
Fort Snellihg o^ wfyich hjs father was bOmman<W* served m tl^p ^n^on
fyrn^y during the civil w^r apd later resided in Erie Pa [28 Vt ^41 1
Bli^se^bach Atrtiusl? photographer editor b m Coldgne Germany
April 15 1861 cam6 to the tJhit^d States m 1881 settled i# Man
kato Minn m 1§86 editor of The Post since 1&05 [25 49 J
Block H C farmer b lp Germany m 1850 came to Minnesota in
1857 resides at ilame Prairie Stearins county was a representative
in the legislature m 1903 5 [30 *]
Block Julius H state treasurer b m Gallon Ohio March 30 l&fJO^
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1870 and lrved in Nicollet
county and later in Le Sueur county He held a position ih tl^e Mih
nesota Hospital for the Ipsane^ at St Peter 1879 86 >vas sl^etin? of
Nicollet obunty 18§9 1901 and treasurer of Minnesota 1^01 Ot [^*
26*, 30, 11^]
Blooqe*t Elijah Has&ell b in ^eathersfleld Vt Fetb 16 183^ d
in Red Wmg Minn June 6 1909 He settled in Red Wing in 18&6
whe>^ ho constructed the^ first gram elevator and later engaged in
grain business was mayor 1$&91901 [23 24 25 2^7 (56)]
Kloo«b RAtno^p M R C priest b in Zanesville Ohio peks $
18&4 was educated at the Dominican College of St Joseph^ near
Somerset Ohio became a member of the Pbminican Order in 1^74
was orjdamed1 priest in 1&79 was jpriof of Holy Rosary Convent Min
n^apo^s, after m$ tU *]
Blc-o^ce^ Samuel b in Switzerland cantei to the United States in
ts4& afad tq Stillwater Mmp iii l8^i i3etve<l ii* tlie ^irst Minn^ota
Regt ni the civil war Ivas treasurer of Washington equity thr1^
terms tfegjnhn^g m 1888 Im^ recent year^ h^ has established a snnV
m^r camp at ^Thite BeifF k*^ (&% ]
Qwmt, Ma^th^V ^C* sdldiex, b ih New ftyvkk w^s grMuat^ at
th^ tr S Military AcWen*y in 1853; ^as commandant at Fbrt ty^ll
fng in i,883» and attained the rank ot coionel the flattie year, retired
from the army in 1894 til 12 > 13 3
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 61
Blythe, John, pioneer, b. in England in 1828; d. in Blooming Prairie,
Minn., April 1, 1886. He came to the United States when a child, and
to Summit, Steele county, Minn., in 1856; served in the First Minne-
sota heavy artillery in the civil war. [72.*]
Boal, James McClellan, pioneer, b. in Pennsylvania; d. in Mendota,
Minn., in 1862. He served a term in the army; settled in St. Paul
about 1846 as a painter; was a member of the first territorial legis-
lature; was adjutant general of the territory, 1851-3; was a represent-
ative in the territorial legislature, 1852; removed to Mendota in 1855.
A street in St. Paul is named McBoal in his honor. [28, IV. IX.]
Boam,* Henry, pioneer, b. in Grafton county, N. H., Nov .10, 1810;
came to. Minnesota in 1856 and pre-empted a farm in Middleville,
Wright county, being the first settler there. [31.]
Boardman, A. J., b. in New Brunswick in 1852; was graduated at
Bowdoin College; settled in Minneapolis in 1878; was a director of the
board of trade and a member of the park commission. [90.*]
Boardman, Frederick H., lawyer, b. in Milltown, N. B., April 25, 1848;
was graduated at Bowdoin College, 1869; was admitted to the bar in
1876; settled in Minneapolis in 1878; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1882-3. [22*; 25; 137.]
Bobleter, John, pioneer, b. in Austria, Jan. 24, 1818; d. in New Ulm,
Minn., Dec. 15, 1900. He came to the United States in 1853; settled
in New Ulm in 1856. [237 (11).]
Bobleter, Joseph, state treasurer, b. in Dornbirn, Austria, April 19,
1846; d. in New Ulm, Minn., July 5, 1909. He came to the United
States in 1858; served in the Union army and navy, 1862-8, and in the
Spanish-American war, 1898; settled in New Ulm in 1868, and was
postmaster there thirteen years; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1884, and from 1887 to 1895 was the state treasurer; was
afterward cashier of the Columbia National Bank of Minneapolis; re-
turned later to New Ulm, and was cashier of the Brown County Bank.
22*; 25; 30; 32; 98; 111*; 237 (56*); 238 (March 13, 1886).*]
Bockman, Marcus Olaus, educator, b. at Langesund, Norway, Jan.
9, 1849; was graduated at Christiania University, 1867; came to the
United States in 1875; was a pastor in Goodhue county, Minn., 1875-86;
is professor and president of the Theological Seminary of the Nor-
wegian United Lutheran church, St. Anthony Park, Minn. [17; 24; 25;
54; 148; 149; 169.]
Bodfors, Andrew Daniel, musician, b. in Cambridge, Minn., Dec. 13,
1871; was graduated at the conservatory of music of Augustana Col-
lege, Rock Island, 111., in 1891; resided in Minneapolis. [169.]
Bodin, Gustav, publisher, b. in Sweden, Feb. 5, 1844; came to the
United States in 1868, and soon afterward settled in St. Paul. Ten
years later he removed to Cokato; was treasurer of Wright county,
1884-1890; became manager of the Augustana Book Concern, St. Paul,
in 1891. [24; 31; 169.]
62 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bodine, P. P., journalist, b. in Waupaca county, Wis., June 24, 1854;
came to Minnesota when eighteen years of age; was graduated at the
University of Minnesota; settled at Red Lake Falls in 1885, and estab-
lished the News. [35.]
Boen, Haldor E., congressman, b. in Norway, Jan. 2, 1851; came to
the United States in 1868, settling in Minnesota; engaged in farming
and in teaching in Otter Tail county; was a representative in Con-
gress, 1893-5; editor of The Globe, Fergus Falls, since 1895. [10; 24;
25; 30; 169.]
Boenisch, Bernhard William, b. in Breslau, Prussia, Dec, 1837; d.
in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 28, 1912. He came to the United States in
1851; settled in St. Paul in 1878; founded the St. Paul Commercial
College in 1889. [93A*; 100.*]
Boeringer, Peter, optician, b. in Basel, Switzerland, April 22, 1814 ;
d. in St. Paul, March 9, 1901. He came to the United States in 1848;
settled in New Orleans, La. ; served in the Seventh Louisiana Regt. in
the civil war; removed to St. Paul in 1874. [68; 237 (14).]
Boettcher, Henry, M. E. clergyman, b. in Brunswick, Germany, Jan.
1, 1834; came with his parents to the United States when eleven years
of age; settled in Le Sueur, Minn., in 1855; entered the ministry in
1861; resided in Rochester, Red Wing, Minneapolis, St. Paul, and other
places, and was presiding elder at Le Sueur in 1882. [32.]
Boggs, James A., b. in Alpena, Mich., in 1861; came to Minnesota in
1884, and settled in Duluth, where he engaged in real estate business;
was a representative in the legislature -in 1893. [30.]
BoGSTAD, R., educator, b. in Norway, Oct. 5, 1861; came to the United
States when eighteen years of age; was educated in Iowa and Minne-
sota; engaged in teaching, 1885-90, and was ordained to the ministry
in 1890; was professor in Concordia College, Moorhead, 18914902, and
later was its president. [36,*]
Bohan, Thomas, lawyer, b. in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1846; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 18,68; came to Minnesota in 1370, settling in Man-,
kato; was city attorney, 1876-7, and a representative in the legislature,
1877-9. [30.]
Bohannon, Eugene William, educator, b, in Boonville, Ind., Oct. 13,
1865; was graduated at the University of Indiana, 1890; engaged in
teaching; came to Minnesota in 1895; was professor in the State Nor-
mal School at Mankato, 1898-1901; has since been president of the
State Normal School in Duluth. [31A.]
Bohanon, John Campbell, pioneer, b. in Washington county, Maine,
Aug. 23, 1817; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 8, 1898. He came to Minnesota
in 1850; and the next year settled on a claim on the site of Minne-
apolis; engaged in farming, lumbering, and later in real estate busi-
ness. [60*; 180 (Sept 21, 1898.)]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 63
Bohland, Adam, druggist, b. in Germany, Dec. 17, 1839; came to the
United States in 1856, and settled in St. Paul the same year; was hos-
pital steward in Brackett's Battalion in the civil war. [68; 166A.*]
Bohland, Peter, farmer, b. in Germany, March 30, 1837; d. in St.
Paul, May 18, 1910. He came to the "United States in 1855, and the
next year settled in St Paul; was a representative in the legislature
in 1879. [30; 68.]
Bolcom, Henry Cable, b. in Hume, N. Y., March 18, 1833; d. in
Winona, Minn., Feb. 10, 1899. He settled in Winona in 1854; served
in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in lumber
business, real estate, and was manager of the Winona Gas Light Co.
[167 (Feb. 17, 1899).]
Bolles, Lemuel, pioneer, b. in New York; d. in Stillwater, Minn., in
1875. He resided in Stillwater, 1844-5; then removed to Afton; owned
a grindstone quarry. [41.]
*Bolles, Sias, M. E. clergyman, b. in Williamstown, Vt., Sept. 5,
1810; d. in Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 15, 1897. He entered the ministry
in 1835; came to Minnesota in 1856; resided in Red Wing during the
later years of his life. [180 (March 3, 1897).*]
Bolton, Adam L., b. in Scipio, Ind., Dec. 6, 1849; came to Mankato,
Minn., in 1869; published the Montevideo Leader, 1880-3; then settled
in St. Paul, where he engaged in the printing business, and since 1887
has been Grand Secretary of Minnesota, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows. [32.]
Bolton, N. H, b. near Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 10, 1839; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1872, where he has since engaged in the manufacture of
mill machinery. [25; 58.]
Bond, John W., b. in Pennsylvania in 1825; d. at Pine Bluff, Ark.,
March 13, 1903. He settled in St. Paul in 1849; engaged in the drug
business; was captain in the commissary department in the army,
1861-5; was state immigration agent; and later engaged in insurance
business. [94; 237 (28).]
Bond, Scipio, dentist, b. in Dayton, Minn., April 28, 1859; was grad-
uated at the Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, 1889; has since
practiced in Anoka. [25; 43.*]
Bonde, T. E., b. in Norway in 1843; came with his parents to the
United States when six years old; and to Minnesota in 1855; owned a
farm in Nerstrand, Rice county; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1891. [169.]
Bondy, Knud W., farmer, b. in Norway, June 16, 1844; d. in Clithe-
rall, Minn., Nov. 15, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1866; resided at
Battle Lake, Otter Tail county; was a representative in the state leg-
islature in 1903-5. [30*; 237 (51*).]
64 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bonin, Joseph, pioneer, b. near Montreal, Canada, Aug. 26, 1820;
was employed by the American Fur Company after 1839; settled near
Stillwater, Minn.; served in the First Minnesota heavy artillery in the
civil war. [40; 41.]
Bonner, D. L., b. in Ireland, Oct. 18, 1812; d. at Stewartville, Minn.,
May 17, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1857, and was one of the
pioneer settlers at Stewartville. [237 (19).]
Bonney, Henry Harrison, b. in Pennsylvania, Aug. 23, 1842; came
to Minnesota in 1862; served in the First Minnesota cavalry in the
civil war; owned a farm near Fairmont; was treasurer of Martin
county, 1893-1901. [39.]
Bonniwell, Mrs. Annie Coles, b. in Northampton, England, in 1829;
d. in Hutchinson, Minn., Nov. 16, 1898. She came to the United States
in 1849, and the next year married Walter Bonniwell; lived on the
frontier, among the Indians, and in logging camps. She was noted
for her kindness, hospitality, and fortitude. [166 (1900).]
Bonniwell, William T., b. in New York city, Aug. 10, 1836; settled
in Hutchinson, Minn., in 1866; was a state senator, 1871 and 1879, and
a representative in the legislature in 1877. He engaged in milling and
dealing in real estate. [29*; 30; 64.]
Bonwell, Arthur, b. in Brown county, Ohio, July 4, 1825; settled in
Blue Earth City, Minn., in 1857; was county auditor, 1860-5, and reg-
ister of deeds one term; afterward engaged in farming. [51; 237 (32).]
Boobar, John J., b. at Sauk Center, Minn., in 1865; resides at St.
Cloud, where he is in the fire insurance business; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Bookw alter, Joseph, b. in Ross county, Ohio, in 1850; came with
his parents to Vernon Center, Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1864; was
graduated at Western College, Iowa, in 1877, and afterward studied
law at Iowa University; was a representative in the legislature in
1881. [32.]
Booren, August, b. in Smaland, Sweden, in 1850; came to Minnesota
in 1866; settled in Stillwater, where he engaged in the wholesale to-
bacco business; was a representative in the legislature, 1891-3. [30;
169.]
Boostrom, Charles Russell, educator, b. in Oneida, 111., March 1,
1864; came to this state in 1897, as one of the founders of the South-
ern Minnesota Normal College, in Austin; has been its president since
1900. [24; 65A.*]
Booth, Albert Edwin, physician, b. in Paterson, N. J., Sept. 30, 1871;
came to Minnesota in 1878 with his parents, who settled in Lyon
county; 'Studied at Hamline University; was graduated in the Homeo-
pathic College of the University of Minnesota, 1899, and was a pro-
fessor there, 1900-1909; has practiced in Minneapolis since 1900.
[127A,* B.]
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Booth, Walter Sherman, author and publisher, b. in Bridgewater,
Conn., Sept. 28, 1827; d. in Minneapolis, June 22, 1901. He came to
Minnesota in 1855, settling in Fillmore county; studied law and was
admitted to the bar at Austin in 1861; edited the Rochester City Post,
and afterward purchased an interest in that paper and the Repub-
lican. In 1884 he removed to Minneapolis, and established a publish-
ing house. [22*; 237 (14*).]
Boothkoyd, Frank, farmer, b. in Welch, Goodhue county, Minn., Oct.
8, 1866, and resides there; a representative in the legislature, 1911.
[30*; 56.]
Borchert, Ferdinand, farmer, b. in Prussia in 1839; came to Minne-
sota in 1857; settled at Bird Island; served in the civil war; was a
state senator, 1891-3. [30.]
Bordewicii, Henry, b. in Vaagen, Norway, Jan. 19, 1844; came to the
United States in 1864; settled at Granite Falls, Minn., in 1873, engag-
ing in mercantile business; was auditor of Yellow Medicine county,
1874-88; postmaster at Granite Falls, 1889-93; and U. S. consul general
at Christiania, Norway, after 1900. [17; 24; 32; 169.]
Bordsen, Theodore, b. at Port Washington, Wis., Feb. 11, 1850; re-
sided in Alexandria, Minn., after 1868; was register of deeds three
years, county auditor nine years, and county treasurer since 1890.
[169.]
Borgen, Anton, merchant, b. in Norway in 1851; came to Minnesota
in 1871; resides in Duluth; a representative in the state legislature,
1909-11. [30.*]
Borlang, Botolf J., merchant, b. in Norway, July 18, 1842; came to
the United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1862; was merchant
and postmaster at Norway, in Wanamingo, Goodhue county, 1867-91;
removed to Kenyon in 1891, and organized a bank, of which he is presi-
dent. [24; 54.]
Bornemann, Bernhart, pioneer, b. in Saxony, Germany, in 1844; d.
in St. Peter, Minn., April 26, 1903. He came to America in 1850, and
to Traverse des Sioux in 1856. Later he established the St. Peter
Woolen Mills. [237 (28).]
Borup, Ch.xRles William Wulff, banker, b. in Copenhagen, Den-
mark, Dec. 20, 1806; d. in St. Paul, July 6, 1859. He was well educated
in his native country; came to the United States in 1828, and in 1848
to St. Paul. In 1854 he established the banking house of Borup and
Oakes, the first in the territory. [18; 41; 93*; 157; 169; 238 (July
7, 1859).]
Borup, Gustav J., banker, b. in La Pointe, Wis., in 1841; d. in St.
Paul, Oct. 15, 1897. He settled in St. Paul in 1849, and at first en-
gaged in the freight business, later in banking. [94; 237 (9).]
Borup, Theodore, b. in 1834; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 23, 1904. He came
to St. Paul in 1851; engaged in commission business, and later was a
sutler on the frontier; resided in St. Paul after 1890. [94; 237 (35*).]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bosee, D., farmer, b. in Germany, Oct. 9, 1830; came to the United
States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1866; settled in Dakota county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Boss, Andrew, educator, b. in Wabasha county, Minn., June 3, 1867;
was graduated in the Agricultural School of the University of Minne-
sota, 1891; has been a professor there since 1894, residing in St. An-
thony Park, St. Paul. [24; 85A; 127B; 166A.*]
Bostwiok, Laednek, pioneer, b. in Toronto, Canada, June, 1815; d. in
Minneapolis, April 13, 1897. He came to St. Anthony in 1850, and was
justice of the peace many years; was assessor of internal revenue,
1862-6. [58; 88; 137; 174.*]
Bosworth, James E., b. in Maine in 1834; came to Minnesota in
1854; resided in Houston county; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1901. [30.]
Bosworth, William, pioneer farmer, b, in New York, Feb. 8, 1807;
came to Minnesota in 1857, and the next year was the first settler in
St. Martin township, Stearns county. [31.]
Bosworth, William W., b. in Machias, Maine, Dec. 16, 1837; came
to Minneapolis in 1857; was connected with the police department after
1874; was appointed captain in 1886. [88.*]
Bothne, Gisle (Christian Johnson), educator, b. in Norway, Sept.
7, I860; came to the United States in 1876; was graduated at Luther
College, Deeorah, Iowa, 1878; head of the department of Scandinavian
language and literature in the University of Minnesota since 1907;
author of History of Luther College, 1897. [17; 127B.]
Botsford, Isaac, journalist, b. in New York in 1836; d. in Albert
Lea, Minn., in 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1857; established the
Blue Earth City News in 1861; served in Brackett's Battalion of
cavalry, 1861-6; afterward published the Freeborn County Eagle and
the Albert Lea Standard. [51.]
Bottineau, Pierre, pioneer, b. in the Red River Settlement, Mani-
toba, Jan. 1, 1817; d. at Red Lake JFalls, Minn., July 27, 1895. His
father was a French trader and his mother an Ojibway Indian. He
came to Fort Snelling in 1837, and was employed as a guide, inter-
preter, etc. After the settlers were ejected from the military reserva-
tion, he lived at St. Paul six years, and then removed to St. Anthony
Falls. [28, IV; 35; 37; 38; 41; 58; 59; 60; 237 (9* and 49*); 238
(July 27, 1895*).]
Boucher, Francis C, educator, b. in France, July 19, 1828; d. in
St. Paul, July 13, 1908. He was a successful banker in his native land
until his property was destroyed in the Franco-Prussian war, in which
he served as a soldier, attaining the rank of colonel. He came to the
United States, residing at first in Kansas, but in 1878 settled in St.
Paul, where he taught the French language and after 1882 was vice
consul. [237 (51*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
67
Boucher, Rene, Sieur de la Perriere, b. at Three Rivers, Canada,
in 1668; built Fort Beauharnois on Lake Pepin near the site of Fron-
tenac, Minn., in 1727; was a distinguished officer in the French colo-
nial service. [107; 146.]
Bouck, Charles W., b. in Rockford, 111., Feb. 29, 1852; came to Brain-
erd, Minn., 1880, and was a bridge builder for the Northern Pacific
railroad; removed to Royalton, 1885, and engaged in hardware busi-
ness and real estate; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30.*]
Bouck, Ira W., merchant, b. in Independence, Iowa, Feb. 22, 1855;
was graduated at Iowa State Agricultural College, 1876; settled in
Bellevue, Morrison county, Minn., in 1880; removed to Royalton; was
a representative in the legislature, 1903-7. [24; 25; 30*; 31.]
Bouteixe, Clarence Miles, educator, b. in Antrim, N. H., July 23,
1851; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1858; was graduated at
the State Normal School in "Winona, 1872; was superintendent of
schools in Marshall after 1895; author of several books and many
magazine articles. [26*; 237 (21).]
Boutwell, G. P., merchant, b. at Wadham's Mills, N. Y., in 1843;
served in the 38th N. Y. regiment in the civil war; came to Minnesota
in 1880, and resides at Clearwater; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1897-9. [30.]
Boutwell, Mrs. Hester Crooks, b. on Drummond Island, Lake
Huron, May 30, 1817; d. in Stillwater, Minn., in 1853. She was the
daughter of the Indian trader, Ramsay Crooks, and a half-breed Indian
woman; received good education at Mackinaw mission; married Wil-
liam T. Boutwell, a missionary to the Indians, and assisted him in
teaching. [41.]
Boutwell, William Thurston, Congregational missionary, b. in
Lyndeborough, N. H., Feb. 4, 1803; d. in Stillwater, Minn., Oct, 11, 1890.
He was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1828, and at Andover Theo-
logical Seminary, 1831; came to Minnesota in company with Rev.
Sherman Hall to establish a mission among the Indians; resided at
Pokegama, Point Douglas, Marine, and after 1847 on a farm near Still-
water. [28, VII*; 40; 41; 42; 107; 110; 131*; 144; 179 (Oct. 17, 1890;
238 (Oct. 12, 1890).]
Bouvette, Joseph B., journalist, b. in St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 17, 1861;
has owned and published the Kittson County Enterprise, at Hallock,
since 1894. [37.*]
Bovey, Charles A., lumberman, b. in Bath, Maine, May 27, 1832; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1869, and established a large lumber business.
[85A*; 167 (Feb. 23, 1900).*]
Bovey, Charles Cranston, b. in St. John, N. B., in October, 1864;
was graduated at Yale College in 1890; settled in Minneapolis the next
year; engaged in the manufacture of flour. [168 (Nov. 27, 1901).*]
68 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bowdish, William Merwin, M. E. clergyman, b. in West Hartwick,
N. Y., Feb. 3, 1843; d. in Chatfteld, Minn., April 25, 1886. He came to
Minnesota in 1862; was licensed to preach in 1866; was stationed at
Plainview, Caledonia, Fillmore, Zumbrota, and other places. [150.]
Bowen, Thomas Evans, journalist, b. in Blossburg, Pa., Oct. 13, 1849;
came to Minnesota in 1855; was graduated at the Mankato State Nor-
mal School ; engaged in teaching, 1870-8; published the Sleepy Eye
Herald, which he established in 1880; was a state senator, 1887-9. [30;
32; 171.*]
Bowers, John C, b. in Blair county, Pa.; came to Minnesota in 1850,
and the next year settled at Itasca, Anoka county; wras postmaster
there twenty-five years. [43.]
Bowers, John H., lawyer, b. in Rockport, Ind., June 7, 1851; was
admitted to the bar in 1878, and the same year settled in Redwood
Falls, Minn.; was judge of probate, Redwood county, 1879-85. [24;
92.*]
Bowers, Lloyd Wheaton, b. in Springfield, Mass., March 9, 1859; d.
in Boston, Mass., Sept. 9, 1910. He was graduated at Yale University,
1879, and in law at Columbia University, 1882; practiced law at
Winona, Minn., in patnership with Judge Thomas Wilson, 1884-93; was
general counsel of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway Company,
residing in Chicago, 1893-1909; was appointed by President Taft as
solicitor general of the United States, April, 1909. [3A; 17; 237 (59*) ;
241.]
Bowlby, Charles Byard, merchant, b. in Nova Scotia, Nov. 19, 1853;
d. in St. Paul, Dec. 31, 1907. He settled in St. Paul in 1893, and was
proprietor of the Boston Clothing House. [24; 95.*]
Bowler, James Madison, b. in Lee, Maine, Jan. 10, 1838; came to
Minnesota in 1858; served nearly five years in the Third Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war. In 1871 he settled on a homestead at Bird
Island; removed to Minneapolis in 1901, engaging in real estate and loan
business; was a representative in the state legislature in 1878; and
was state dairy and food commissioner, 1899-1901. [23*; 25; 26*; 30;
32.]
Bowman, C. V., clergyman, b. in Marback, Sweden, Jan. 13, 1868;
came to the United States in 1879, and to Minneapolis in 1892; was
graduated at North Park College, Chicago, in 1896; was pastor of the
Swedish Mission Church, Minneapolis, 1900-1908, and since then has
been secretary of the Swedish Christian Mission Association. He re-
sides in Minneapolis. [169A.*]
Bowman, George D., journalist, b. in Wilkesbarre, Pa,, March 11,
1827; d. at Las Cruces, N. M., April 27, 1903. He came to Minnesota
in the early 50's; was editor of the St. Anthony Express; removed
from this state in 1861. [28, X; 237 (28).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 69
Bowman, Joseph Anthony, dentist, b. in Barnard, Vt., June 10, 1S37;
d. at Bethel, Vt., May 7, 1905. He served in the army as a musician
in the civil war; settled in Minneapolis at the close of the war, and
resided there until a few months before his death. [84*; 237 (31).]
Bowman, Rowland Claude, b. in Michigan in 1870; d. in Minneapolis,
May 30, 1903. He was cartoonist on the Minneapolis Tribune after
1897; author of a book of poems, "Freckles and Tan," in 1900. [17;
237 (28).]
Bowman, Tiieophit/ts, farmer and merchant, b. in Chester county,
Pa., Jan. 11, 1836; came to Minnesota in 1857; settled near Northfield;
was a representative in the legislature, 1879; removed to Fisher in
1882, and to St. Paul in 1891. [24; 30.]
Boxell, John William, b. in Muskingum county, Ohio, Feb. 6, 1824;
d. in St. Paul, March 1, 1899. He came to Minnesota in 1854; en-
gaged in farming and fruit raising in Washington county; removed
to St. Paul in 1885. [40; 156; 174; 237 (9 and 51).]
Boxrud, John H., farmer, b. in Norway in 1845; settled in Goodhue
county, Minn., in 1862; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; was a representative in the legislature, 1893-5. [30.]
Boyd, Edward A., physician, b. in Portland, Maine, June 10, 1816;
was graduated at the Homoeopathic State Institute, Maine, in 1843;
settled in St. Paul in 1854. [68; 93*; 94.]
Boyd, Harlow James, physician, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., July
30, 1852; d. in Alexandria, Minn., Nov. 21, 1909. He came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1868; was graduated at Columbus Medical
College, Ohio, in 1879; settled in Alexandria in 1886. [24; 35; 237
(56*).]
Boyd, Walter B., b. in Portland, Maine, in 1811; d. in St. Paul, June
3, 1903. He settled in St. Paul in 1853; owned a farm in Little Can-
ada, and was postmaster there. [237 (22* and 28).]
Boyesen, Alf E., lawyer, b. in Christiania, Norway, April 21, 1857;
came to the United States in 1869; was graduated at Urbana Univer-
sity in 1878; was admitted to the bar in Minneapolis in 1880; prac-
ticed the next seven years in Fargo, N. D., and since 1887 in St. Paul.
[22*; 98*; 169*; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Boyington, Alonzo T., pioneer farmer, b. in New York, Feb. 23, 1833;
came to Clearwater, Minn., in 1854, being one of the first settlers in
the township. [31.]
Boylan, John F., b. in Illinois, Sept. 15, 1856; came to Minnesota the
next year; resided in Watertown, and was a dealer in farm machinery;
was a representative in the legislature in 1893. [30.]
Boyle, James P., lawyer, b. in Glencoe, Minn., Feb. 9, 1880; settled
in Eveleth, and was city attorney; a state senator, 1911. [30*. I
70 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Boynton, Fred C, miller, b. in Nashua, N. H., Jan. 11, 1853; came
with his father to Goodhue county, Minn., when a child; was head
miller in the Cataract mill in Minneapolis after 1889. [168 (May S,
1891).*]
Boyum, Ole E., b. in Norway, Feb. 10, 1846; came with his parents
to the United States in 1856, and to Minnesota the next year; owned a
farm in Arendahl, Fillmore county, Minn., after 1862; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1876. [52; 169.]
Brace, Charles H., M. E. clergyman, b. in Almira, 111., July 25, 1841;
d. in Minneapolis, Nov. 8, 1892. He was educated at Union Seminary,
Illinois; entered the ministry in 1860; settled in Minneapolis • in 1884.
[ISO (Jan. 4, 1893).]
Brack, John M., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Shield, Eng., Sept.
9, 1808; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 4, 1893. He came to the United States in
1852, and to St. Paul in 1857; engaged in business several years; was
ordained to the ministry in 1866; was pastor in Dundas, Sheldon, and
Houston. [153.]
Bracken, Henry Martyn, physician, b. in Noblestown, Pa., Feb. 27,
1854; was graduated in medicine at Columbia University, 1877; set-
tled at Minneapolis in 1885; was a professor in the medical depart-
ment of the University of Minnesota, 1888-1909; secretary of the Min-
nesota State Board of Health since 1897. [7A; 17; 24; 26*; 85A;
93A; 127A*, B.]
Brackett, Alfred B., b. in New Hampshire in 1826; settled in St.
Paul in 1856; was captain of three cavalry companies raised in Min-
nesota in 1862, that joined the Fifth Iowa cavalry; served in the civil
war; was breveted colonel in 1864, and served against the Indians as
head of Brackett's battalion, 1864-6; was U. S. deputy marshal after
1871. [94; 115.]
Brackett, George Augustus, b. in Weston, Maine, Sept. 16, 1836;
came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Minneapolis; engaged in flour
milling and railroad building; was president of the Minneapolis Stock
Yards and Packing Company, 1890-3; later went to the Klondike gold
region. [19*; 20*; 84*; 85A*; 174*. |
Brackett, Joseph J,, pioneer, b. in Livingston, Maine, Feb. 8, 1814;
came to Minnesota in 1852, and built in St. Paul the first shingle mill
in the state; settled on a claim in Lakeville, Dakota county, the next
year. [48.]
Brackett, Winslow M., b. in Weston, Maine, July 14, 1843; served
as a musician in the Sixth Maine Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Minneapolis in 1865; organized the Millers' Fire Association, from
which grew the city fire department, and was chief engineer until 1881 ;
later engaged in mercantile business, and was head of the police de-
partment several years. [41; 58; 84*,]
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Braden, James Clinton, b. in Plymouth, Ohio, in 1835; d. in San
Antonio, Texas, Dec, 1877. He settled in Fillmore county, Minn., in
1854; served in the Sixth and Tenth Minnesota regiments in the civil
war; was receiver of the U. S. land office at Litchfield, Minn., 1869-74.
[29; 157; 159; 237 (1).]
Braden, William Wallace, state auditor, b. in Iberia, Ohio, Pec. 3,
1837; d. in Los Angeles, Cal., March 11, 1897. He came to Minnesota
in 1854, and settled as a farmer at Lenora, Fillmore county. He served
in the Sixth Minnesota Regt, 1862-5, attaining the rank of captain; was
a representative in the legislature, 1867-8; and auditor of Minnesota,
1882-91. [18; 29; 30; 41; 52; 115; 121; 122; 237 (9*).]
Bradford, Isaiah Henry, banker, b. in Washington, Wis., June 5,
1857; was graduated at Upper Iowa University, 1876; came to Minne-
sota in 1880; settling in Hubbard, and engaged in banking and real
estate business. [22*.]
Bradford, James F., merchant, b. in Lebanon, 111., Sept. 10, 1834; set-
tled at St. Cloud, Minn., 1865, and died there Jan. 7, 1909. [237 (51*).]
Bradish, James H., lawyer, b. in Cabot, Vt, July 30, 1846; served
during the civil war in the Northern army; was graduated at Ripon
College, 1871; and at Columbia College Law School, 1873; settled in
Minneapolis in 1875. [22*; 60.]
Bradley, Alva W., lumberman, b. in Medina county, Ohio, April 4,
1849; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Duluth, where he carried
on a large lumber business and had banking and other financial inter-
ests. [20.]
Bradley, Benjamin, b. in 1828; d. in Rochester, Minn., May 1, 1902.
He was agent for the American Express Company forty years; resided
in Mankato, Minn. [32; 237 (19).]
Bradley, Charles F., M. E. clergyman, b. in Chicago, 111., Aug. 1,
1852; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1873, and Garrett Biblical
Institute, 1878; came to Minnesota the same year; was professor of
Greek in Hamline University, 1881-3; was later a pastor; now resides
in Boston, Mass. [68; 241.]
Bradley, Edwin, b. in Utica, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1829; d. in Mankato,
Minn., Jan. 9, 1907. He settled in Mankato in 1857; engaged in mer-
cantile business; was county auditor, 1877-9. [83*; 237 (43*).]
Bradley, George, lawyer, b. in Charleston, Maine; was graduated at
Waterville College, 1853; studied law in Bangor, Maine; came to Belle
Plaine, Minn., in 1857; practiced law there until 1860, when he was
appointed receiver of the U. S. land office at Forest City, Minn.; was
Lieut. Col. of the Seventh Minnesota Regt.; later practiced law in
Minneapolis, and died there in 1878. He was speaker of the House of
Representatives in the first state legislature, 1858. [241.]
Bradley, Henry Martin, lumberman, b. in Lee, Mass., May 7, 1824;
settled in Duluth in 1890, and engaged in the lumber business; was
part owner of the Chandler Iron Mine. [23*.]
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Bradley, John E., educator, b. in Lee, Mass., Aug. 8, 1839; was grad-
uated at Williams College, 1865; was superintendent of the Minne-
apolis public schools, 1886-91; removed to Jackson, 111. [90*.]
Bradley, Joshua, Baptist clergyman, b. in 1773; d. in St. Paul, Dec.
16, 1855. He was instrumental in founding two or three colleges,
among them Denison University, Granville, Ohio; was a pastor in St
Paul. [94; 238 (Jan. 23, 1856).]
Bradley, Richard, b. in Stockton, Eng., Aug. 24, 1819; d. in St. Paul,
April 20, 1882. He came to St. Paul in 1854, and was foreman of a
printing establishment [237 (1); 238 (April 21, 1882).]
, Bradshaw, John, Congregational clergyman, b. in Osnaburg, Can-
ada, Nov. 10, 1811; d. at Ann Arbor, Mich., July 8, 1899. He was grad-
uated at Middlebury College, 1839, and Union Theological Seminary,
1850; came to Minnesota in 1880; was pastor 'in Glencoe and Mazeppa.
[144.]
Brady, John Donald, b. in Port Huron, Mich, July 23, 1858; settled
in Duluth in 1893. In 1899 he was appointed surveyor general of logs
and lumber at Duluth. [23.]
Brady, Thomas J., bookkeeper, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1867; came
to Minnesota in 1879; was a representative from St. Paul in the leg-
islature, 1907-09. [30*.]
Bragdon, William W., b. in Cumberland county, Maine, April 29,
1827; d. in St Paul, Oct 27, 1886. He came to Minnesota in 1857;
served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Mankato in 1868; was a building contractor, and later engaged in
bridge building. [32; 238 (Oct 28, 1886).]
Brainerd, Horace J., b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1825; d. in St.
Paul, May 4, 1902. He settled in St. Paul in 1851; was a represent-
ative in the legislature two terms. [30 (1873); 68; 237 (19*).]
Brainerd, John C, banker, b. in Sodus, N. Y., Oct 2, 1844; came to
Minnesota in 1854; resides at Blooming Prairie; was a representative
in the legislature in 1895. [30; 70A.]
Braly, George W., b. in Vermont in 1835; settled in Redwood Falls,
Minn., in 1871, and two years later established the Redwood County
Bank; was register of deeds, 1873-4, and a representative in the legis-
lature in 1880. [32.]
Bramhall, William Ely, lawyer, b. in Ithaca, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1856;
was graduated at Cornell University, 1877, and Columbia Law School,
1880; has since practiced in St. Paul. [25; 93.]
Branch, George W., pioneer, b. in St, George, N. B„ Feb. 11, 1827;
d. in Shasta county, Cat, Jan, 4, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1849;
was one of the founders of Anoka, 1852. [36.]
Branch, William, b. in Ohio in 1825; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 1, 1873.
He settled in St Paul in 1852; engaged in building, and after 1865
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 73
was interested in a railway, being one of its directors and also taking
contracts for grading its roadbed. He was a representative in the
legislature in 1866. [237 (1); 238 (Jan. 1, 1873).]
Bband, Henry, carpenter, b. in Ogle county, 111., Dec. 11, 1841; set-
tled in St. Paul in 1872; was in charge of the St Paul Harvester Works
until 1882, then removed to Tacoma, Wash., but in 1895 returned to
St. Paul. [158*.]
Brandenburg, Alonzo, b. in Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 1, 1849; came to
Minnesota in 1870; settled in Fergus Falls the next year; dealt in
agricultural machinery, and in 1882-9 was sheriff of Otter Tail county;
cashier of the First State Bank since 1902. [25; 35; 157*.]
Brandt, C. C, farmer, b. in Germany in 1837; came to the United
States in 1853; served in Ohio regiments in the civil war; came to
Minnesota in 1865; settled at Sigel, Brown county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1873 and 1878. [30.]
Brandt, Christian, journalist, b. in Vestre Slidre, Norway, Jan. 28,
1853; came to the United States in 1876; published the Nordvesten in
St. Paul, 1881-7; owned and edited the Heimdal after 1891. [Ill; 169.]
Brandt, Olaf Elias, educator, b. in Monterey, Wis., Feb. 19, 1862;
was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1879, Northwestern
University, Watertown, Wis., 1880, and the Theological Seminary in
St. Louis, Mo., 1883; was for several years pastor in Cleveland, Ohio,
and at Lake View, Chicago. In 1897 he became professor of theology
in Luther Seminary at Hamline, St. Paul, Minn. [148.]
Branham, Jesse V., pioneer, b. in Jennings county, Ind., July 8, 1834;
came to Litchfield, Minn., in 1857; was wounded by the Indians at the
time of the massacre in 1862; was auditor of Meeker county, 1864-71;
was one of the townsite proprietors of Litchfield, and named it; en-
gaged in mercantile and real estate business there. [65.]
Brannan, George W., b. in Dayton, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1828; d. in St.
Paul, Feb. 11, 1903. He served in the Mexican war, and in the Sixth
Minnesota Regt in the civil war; settled in St. Paul; drove a stage
between St. Paul and Brainerd; also worked as a carpenter, and as a
clerk. [237 (28*).]
Branson, Lewis C, judge, b. near Flushing, Ohio, March 16, 1825;
was admitted to the bar in Indiana; settled in Mankato, Minn., in
1854; was judge of the Sixth judicial district, 1858-64; removed to San
Francisco in 1866; now resides in Seattle, Wash. [83.*]
Brass, Mrs. Maggie. See Snana. [28, IX.*]
Brawle, Daniel Franklin, b. near New Paris, Ohio, Jan. 11, 1818;
d. in St Vincent, Minn., July 7, 1885. He came to St Paul in 1849;
was a brickmaker by trade; was a representative in the territorial
legislature in 1855; removed to Winnipeg in 1870. [156; 157*; 158.]
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Brazie, Henry W., physician, b. in Trumbull county, Ohio; served
in the Seventh Michigan Regt. in the civil war ; was graduated at
Cleveland Homoeopathic College Hospital in 1870; settled in Minne-
apolis in 1881; was a professor in the University of Minnesota, 1886-93.
[84; 127A.]
Brearley, Samuel Laycock, b. in Rochdale, England, Jan. 26, 1S37;
d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 8, 1895. He came with his parents to the
United States when a child; served in the Fourth Ohio Regt. in the
civil war, attaining the rank of captain; for nearly twenty years was
foreman in railroad shops in Minneapolis. [121.]
Breck, James Lloyd, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Philadelphia, June
27, 1818; d. in Benicia, Cal., March 30, 1876. He was graduated at the
University of Pennsylvania in 1838, and at the General Theological
Seminary, New York, in 1841. With two classmates he organized an
association for mission work in the west, and they began their labors
by founding a mission and seminary in Nashotah, Wis. In 1850 Mr.
Breck came to Minnesota, and founded in Crow Wing and other places
missions among the Ojibway Indians. In 1858 he established academic
schools for both sexes and a divinity school in Faribault, which has
since been the educational center of this diocese. In 1867 he removed
to Benicia, Cal., where he also founded several successful schools.
[1; 4; 28, X; 152A*; 189.*]
Brecke, Ole E., b. in Winneshiek county, Iowa, March 25, 1861; was
graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1881; has since resided
in Minneapolis, being since 1896 passenger agent for several Atlantic
steamship lines. [24; 169.]
Breda, Olaus J., educator, b. at Horten, Norway, April 29, 1853;
studied at Christiania University; came to the United States in 1873;
was graduated from the Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., and was
pastor in St. Paul. From 1879 he was professor at Luther College,
and from 1883 to 1898 was professor of Scandinavian literature and
languages at the University of Minnesota. In 1898 he resigned and
returned to Norway. [127 (2*, 12*); 127 A*, B; 148; 169*.]
Breed, David Riddle, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Pittsburg, Pa.,
June 10, 1848; was graduated at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y.,
1867, and Auburn Theological Seminary, 1870; settled in St. Paul, and
was pastor of the House of Hope church, 1870-85; afterward was pas-
tor in Chicago, 1885-94, and in Pittsburg, where he is now professor
in a theological seminary. [17; 68; 238 (Nov. 19, 1897*).]
Breed, Samuel S., b. in Norwich, N. Y., March 21, 1830; settled in
St. Paul in 1863; was auditor of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Mani-
toba railway, 1880-90; removed to Rochester, N. Y. [68.]
Breen, Mathias, building contractor, b. in County Clare, Ireland, in
1833; came to the United States in 1851; settled in St. Paul in 1868;
constructed many buildings there, among them being the county court-
house. He owned stone quarries at St. Cloud and Kasota. [93.*]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. TO
Bregley, J. A., merchant, b. in Norway in 1849; came to Minnesota
in 1873; resided in Franklin, Renville county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Brekken, Even, pioneer, b. in Norway in 1829; d .in Wangs, Good-
hue county, Minn., Feb. 17, 1895. He came to the United States, and
one year later settled in Goodhue county; was an able friend and sup-
porter of St. Olaf college. [133 (Feb., 1895).]
Bremer, Otto, b. in Brunswick, Germany, Oct. 22, 1867; engaged in
banking; came to the United States in 1886, settling in St. Paul; was
bookkeeper in the National German-American bank; was city treas-
urer, 1901-10. [93A; 237 (36*).]
Brennan, Patrick J., railroad contractor, b. in Ireland, March 17,
1835; d. in Owatonna, Minn., April 11, 1906. He came to the United
States in 1S50, and engaged in railroad construction in Ohio and other
states; settled in Owatonna in 1866. [70A; 72; 237 (39).]
Brennan, Thomas, b. in Burnchurch, Ireland, Nov., 1838; d. at Hot
Springs, Ark., Feb., 1889. He came to the United States when a child;
settled in St. Paul in 1866; engaged in railroad business, and after
1881 in lumbering. [3*; 93*; 167 (March 8, 1889).]
Brennan, William, R. C. priest, b. in Ireland in 1845; d. in Chat-
field, Minn., June 5, 1902. He came with his father to the United
States in 1849; resided in Chatfield after 1857; was educated at St.
John's college; was ordained priest in 1872; was pastor at Birch Coo-
ley, Brownville, Anoka, and other places. [237 (19).]
Bresett, John B., b. in Plattsburg, N. Y., March 13, 1838; d. in Min-
neapolis, March 17, 1892. He settled in St. Paul in 1856; became a
member of the police force the next year; served in the Eighth Min-
nesota Regt, 1862-5; was a special detective for the city after 1872,
and was senior captain of the St. Paul police department several years.
[96.*]
Brett, George Everett, b. in Strong, Maine, Nov. 23, 1846; came to
Minnesota in 1862; was a dry goods merchant in Winona, 1863-5; in
Faribault, 1865-8; and in Manakto since 1868. [24; 25; 83.*]
Bretjer, Charles M., b. in Prussia in 1842; came with his parents
to the United States in 1851; settled in Fergus Falls, Minn., in 1880,
where he was proprietor of the Fergus City Iron Works. [35.]
Bretjer, Frank, b. in Germany in 1839; came to the United States
in 1850, and to St. Paul in 1857; was president of the Hook and Lad-
der Association. He died in 1884. [94.]
Brevig, O. L., farmer, b. in Norway in 1866; came to Minnesota when
two years old; resides in Renville county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1895. [30.]
Brewster, Henry Webb, educator, b. in New Lisbon, Wis., June 19,
1853; was graduated at the University of Minnesota in 1887. The fol-
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lowing year he became connected with the State School of Agricul-
ture, of which he was principal, 1894-1900; removed to Chicago. [23*;
127A.*]
Bridgman, Charles, lumberman, b. in Amherst, Mass., Dec. 22, 1829;
came to St. Cloud, Minn., in 1856, where he was one of the earliest
lumber manufacturers and dealers. [31.]
Bridgman, Elliott, b. in Hampshire county, Mass., May 7, 1830; d.
in Seattle, Wash., April 22, 1906. He served in the Northern army,
1861-5, becoming colonel; settled in Sauk Center, Minn., in 1867; en-
gaged in farming and milling until 1880, when he became one of the
proprietors of the Novelty Wood Works. [31; 237 (39).]
Bridgman* George Henry, clergyman and educator, b. in Ontario,
Canada, Aug. 2, 1841; was graduated at Victoria University, Canada,
1864; became a pastor in the Methodist Episcopal church; was presi-
dent of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, Lima, N. Y., 1873-83; and has
since been president of Hamline University, St. Paul. [17; 24; 25;
166A.*]
Briggs, Asa Gilbert, lawyer, b. in Arcadia, Wis., Dec. 20, 1862; was
graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1885, and from its law de-
partment two years later; has since practiced in St. Paul. [17; 22*;
23*; 24; 25; 26*; 137.*]
Briggs, Epiiraim A., b. in Coeymans, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1837; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1859; served in the Tenth New York and other
regiments in the civil war; settled in Kingston, Meeker county, Minn.,
in 1866; engaged in mercantile business, and after 1875 dealt in real
estate. [65.]
Briggs, Henry E., banker, b. in England in 1856; came to the United
States in 1880, and to Luverne, Minn., two years later; in 1884 helped
to organize the First National Bank of Pipestone, and was its cashier.
[34.]
Briggs, Henry R., farmer and miller, b. in Des Plaines, 111., in 1848;
settled in Houston, Minn., in 1864; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1897. [30.]
Briggs, Hiram Wilxard, educator, b. in Livermore, Maine, May 8,
1828; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 18, 1892. He was superintendent of
schools in Livermore twenty-six years; settled in Minneapolis in 1883,
and was superintendent of the Washburn Memorial Orphan Home,
1888-92. [60.*]
Briggs, John G., farmer, b. in Connecticut in 1821; came to Minne-
sota in 1856; resided at Wasioja; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1893. [30.]
Briggs, John Q., farmer, b. in Roscoe, 111., in 1849; settled in Minne-
sota in 1874; was a state senator, 1907; resides in Houston. [30*;
61.]
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Briggs, Rinaldo R., lawyer, b. in Lake Mills, Wis., April 20, 1851;
came with his father to Minnesota when fourteen years old; was
admitted to the bar in 1873; practiced in Winona, 1S73-8, in Moor-
head, 1878-90, and since in Duluth. [25; 35.]
Briggs, Thomas R., lawyer, b. in Kent county, R. I., Dec. 30', 1826;
d. at Howard Lake, Minn., Jan. 18, 1904. He came to Minnesota in
1855; served in Hatch's Battalion, 1863-6; settled at Howard Lake in
1872, and the next year was admitted to the bar. [31; 237 (35).]
Brill, Hascal Russell, judge, b. in the Province of Quebec, Canada,
Aug. 10, 1846; came to Minnesota in 1859; studied at Hamline Uni-
versity, Red Wing, and at the "University of Michigan; settled in St.
Paul, and was admitted to the bar in 1869. In 1875 he was appointed
judge of the court of common pleas, and since 1876 has been judge
in the Second judicial district. [17; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 30; 41; 93;
95*; 130*; 137; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Brill, William Hascal, journalist, b. in Litchfield, Minn., April 16,
1871; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1890; engaged
in newspaper work in St. Paul, 1898-1902; has since traveled exten-
tively in Alaska, Europe, and Asia, as correspondent for newspapers
and magazines; resides in St. Paul. [17.]
Brimhall, William E., b. in Hardwick, Mass., Feb. 4, 1825; d. in
San Diego, Cal., June 29, 1897. He settled in St. Paul in 1851; engaged
in raising fruits and vegetables, and later owned a large nursery; re-
moved to California in 1886. [166 (1897*) ; 237 (9*).]
Brink, Charles R., brickmaker, b. in Oxford, N. J., April 12, 1831;
settled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1855; served in the Sixth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; was a representative in the legislature in 1876
and 1879. [30; 54.]
Brisbane, William, farmer, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, Dec. 11, 1811;
came to the United States in 1839; settled in Wilton, Waseca county,
Minn., in 1859; was a representative in the legislature in 1867 and
1871. [75.*]
Brisbin, John Ball, lawyer, b. in Schuylerville, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1827;
d. in St. Paul, March 22, 1898. He was graduated at Yale in 1846; was
admitted to the bar in 1849; and came to Minnesota in 1853, settling
in St. Paul; was president of the territorial council, 1856-7; a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1858 and 1863; mayor of St. Paul in
1857. [20*; 28, VIII; 68; 93; 94; 98*; 114; 237 (9*); 238 (March 23,
1898).*]
Brisbine, Albert G., physician, b. in New Lisbon, Ohio, in 1823; d.
in St. Paul, June 3, 1887. He was graduated at Jefferson Medical Col-
lege; settled in St. Paul in 1852. [93; 94; 237 (1).]
Bristol, Warren, lawyer, b. in Lockport, N. Y.; settled on a claim
on the site of a part of Minneapolis; later removed to Goodhue coun-
ty; was a state senator in 1868. [59.]
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Britt, George W., pioneer, b. in Litchfield, Maine, Jan. 8, 1811; d. at
Lake Eunice, Becker county, Minn., April 4, 1893. He was one of the
first settlers there, 1870. [44.]
Broberg, Peter, merchant, b. in Sweden, Dec. 17, 1854; came with his
parents to the United States in 1861, and they were murdered in the
Indian outbreak in Minnesota the next year. He has engaged in mer-
cantile business in New London since 1877, and is also president of a
bank. [24; 169.]
Brohough, Christopher O., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Eidsvold, Nor-
way; d. in Horace, N, D., July 9, 1908. He came to the United States
in 1869; was ordained to the ministry; was pastor in Red Wing, Min-
neapolis, Chicago, and St. Paul. [169; 237 (51).]
Brohough, Gustav O., educator, b. in Eidsvold, Norway; came to
Red Wing, Minn., when a child; was graduated at the University of
Minnesota, 1889; is a professor in Red Wing Seminary, and after 1893
was superintendent of the public schools in that city. [169.]
Broker, Albert Gustave, lawyer, b. in Prussia, Aug. 26, 1854; d. in
Wadena, Minn., Aug. 8, 1907. He came with his parents to the United
States when three years old; was admitted to the bar in 1882, and set-
tled in Wadena the same year; was county attorney, 1884-90. [35;
237 (48*).]
Bromley, Charles A., b. in Plattsburg, N. Y., Oct. 31, 1829; d. in
Stillwater, Minn., Dec. 10, 1888. He settled there in 1853; was cap-
tain in the First and Sixth Minnesota regiments in the civil war;
owned a livery stable. [238 (Dec. 11, 1888).]
Bromley, Edward Augustus, b. in New Haven, Conn., Sept. 24, 1848;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1867, and resided in St. Paul
and later in Minneapolis. In 1876 he entered the employ of the Pioneer
Press Company, taking charge of the Minneapolis Advertising depart-
ment; was afterward connected with the Minneapolis Journal and the
Minneapolis Times, and prepared many fine photographs and articles
on local history for publication in these newspapers. [241.]
Bromley, Melvin Herer, pioneer, b. in Chateaugay, N. Y., Jan. 8,
1838; d. in Stillwater, Minn., May 5, 1903. He settled there in 1856;
served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in liv-
ery business in Stillwater forty years. [237 (?8).]
Bronsoist, David, b. in Anson, Maine, March 19, 1834; settled in Still-
water, Minn., 1855; engaged in mercantile business, lumbering, man-
ufacturing, and banking. [24; 25; 41.]
Bronson, Dexter E., b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1838; served
in the Sixth Iowa cavalry in the civil war, attaining the rank of cap-
tain; came to Minnesota, and in 1881 settled in Breckenridge; en-
gaged in hotel and livery business. [35.]
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Bronson, Edward H., M. E. clergyman, b. in Chemung county, N. Y.,
Jan. 27, 1835; served in the 32d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; en-
tered the ministry in 1867; settled in Luverne, Minn., in 1872. He
was the first English-speaking clergyman in Rock county; but after-
ward, on account of failing health, gave up preaching, and opened a
hardware store. [34.]
Brooke, William Ellsworth, educator, b. in Minier, 111., Oct. 7,
1870; was graduated at the University of Nebraska, 1892; engaged in
teaching; instructor at the University of Minnesota, 1901-05; later the
professor of mathematics there, residing in Minneapolis. [7A; 17;
127B.]
Brooks, Asa D., pioneer merchant, b. in New Brunswick, Jan. 8,
1838; came to Minnesota in 1883; opened the first general store at
Deer River in 1892. [38.*]
Brooks, Cyrus, M. E. clergyman, b. in Westford, Vt, Feb. 6, 1811; d.
in St. Paul, April 21, 1902. He entered the Ohio conference in 1833,
and preached in that state twenty-three years; removed to St. Paul
in 1857, and spent the remainder of his life in this state. [68; 94;
237 (19*).]
Brooks, David, M. E. clergyman, b. in England in 1803; d. in Min-
neapolis, Oct. 10, 1891. He commenced preaching in 1832; came to
the United States in 1842, and to Minnesota in 1853; was instrumental
in founding Hamline University; was chaplain of the legislature in
1879. He was agent for the American Bible Society many years, and
also pastor and presiding elder. [30; 41; 58; 150; 180 (Oct. 28, 1891).]
Brooks, Dwight Frederick, physician, b. in Redfield, N. Y., June 10,
1849; came with his parents to Minnesota when seven years old; was
graduated at Long Island College Hospital, 1876; resided in Minne-
iska during his early life, but in 1886 removed to St. Paul. [74; 93A;
167 (Aug. 3, 1900).*]
Brooks, Frank C, judge, b. in Taunton, Mass., Jan. 12, 1853; was
admitted to the bar in 1878; settled in Minneapolis, 1884; practiced
law until 1899; was a judge in the Fourth judicial district, 1899-1909.
[24; 25; 30-.]
Brooks, Jabez, educator, b. in Stockport, England, Sept. 18, 1823; d.
in San Jose, Cal., Jan. 26, 1910. He came with his parents to the United
States in 1840; was graduated at Wesleyan University, Middletown,
Conn., 1850; came to Minnesota in 1854 as principal of the preparatory
department of Hamline University; was president of this university,
1861-9; and was professor of Greek in the University of Minnesota,
1869-1909. [17; 24; 41; 58; 84; 127 (2 and 8*); 127A*, B; 130; 237
(53*, 59).]
Brooks, Lester Ranney, b. in Oswego county, N. Y., May 19, 1847;
d. in Minneapolis, Nov. 11, 1902, He came with his parents to Minne-
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sota when nine years old; engaged in milling in Winona and later in
grain elevator business in Minneapolis. [85 A*; 167 (Nov .14, 1902*);
168 (Sept. 24, 1897,* and Nov. 12, 1902*); 237 (28*).]
Brooks, Morgan, b. in Boston, Mass., March 12, 1861; was graduated
at Brown University in 1881; was secretary and treasurer of the St.
Paul gas light company, 1887-90, and later was organizer and presi-
dent of the Electrical Engineering Co., of Minneapolis; after 1898 was
professor of electrical engineering in the University of Nebraska.
[17.]
Brooks, Robert, miller, b. in North Lopham, Eng., April 11, 1828; d.
in Jackson, Minn., Dec. 30, 1889. He came to the United States in
1860; settled in Minneapolis in 1872; owned an interest in a mill in
Jackson, and resided there after 1878. [168 (Jan. 10, 1890).]
Brooks, Thomas, b. in Berwick, Pa., May 1, 1824; d. in Rochester,
Minn., March IS, 1902. He settled in Rochester in 1856; was register
of deeds, 1869-73; and after 1881 was clerk in the treasury department,
in Washington, D. C, several years. [66; 237 (19).]
Brooks, Walter Freeman, civil engineer, b. in Rutland, Mass., April
17, 1861; came to Minnesota when a child; was graduated at the Poly-
technic Institute, Worcester, Mass., 1886; engaged in railroad con-
struction in Minnesota, and in railroad, mining, and irrigation engin-
eering in the Pacific coast states and Mexico; resides in Mankato.
[24; 25; 45.*]
Brooks, William F., b. at Battle Creek, Mich., March 1, 1863; came
to Minneapolis with his parents when ten years old; was graduated at
the Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., 1884; engaged in lumber
business in Minneapolis, 1886; treasurer of the Backus-Brooks Co.
since 1900. [24; 167 (May 26, 1893*, and Feb. 15, 1901*).]
Broome, John M., b. in Bavaria, Sept. 26, 1826; came to the United
States in 1852; resided in St. Paul, St. Cloud, and New Ulm, and in
1874 established in Mankato a German newspaper. [32; 83.*]
Brotherton, David H., soldier, b. in Pennsylvania in 1831; d. in
Waynesborough, Pa., Sept. 17, 1889. He was graduated at the U. S.
Military Academy in 1854; was commandant at Fort Snelling during
parts of 1882-3; became lieutenant colonel in 1883, and retired from
the army the next year. [11; 12; 13.]
Brott, George F., b. in Tolland, Conn., July 25, 1825; d. in Washing-
ton, D. C, in 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1850; was elected sheriff
of Ramsey county the next year; founded Sauk Rapids, St. Cloud, and
Breckenridge. [237 (19); 61.]
Brower, Jacob Vradenberg, archaeologist and author, b. in York,
Mich., Jan. 21, 1844; d. in St. Cloud, Minn., June 1, 1905. He came to.
Long Prairie, Minn., in 1860; served in the First Minnesota cavalry,
1862-3; served in the U. S. navy, 1864-5; studied law and was admitted
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to the bar in 1873; was a representative in the legislature, 1873; was
register of the U. S. land office at St. Cloud, 1874-9; explored and
mapped many ancient mounds; author of "The Mississippi River and
its Source," 1893, "Quivira," 1898, "Mille Lac," 1900, and numerous
other works. [7A; 17; 28, XII; 29*; 30.]
Bbower, Ripley Bernard, lawyer, b. in Todd county, Minn., May 22,
1869; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1891; set-
tled in St. Cloud; was a state senator, 18994.905. [24; 25; 30; 237
(10).]
Brower, Walter C, journalist, b. in York, Mich., Feb. 29, 1852; came
with his parents to Minnesota in I860; having lost his sense of hear-
ing, he was educated at the State Institution for the Deaf at Fari-
bault; settled in Sauk Center, where in 1880 he commenced the pub-
lication of the Stearns County Tribune. [31.]
Brown, A. A., b. in Norway, March 27, 1841; came to the United
States in 1850; served in the 15th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war,
attaining the rank of captain; came to Minnesota in 1866; settled in
Alexandria in 1870; was receiver of the U. S. land office in New Ulm,
1873-7; then returned to Alexandria; was a state senator, 1879. [30.]
Brown, Alonzo L., b. in Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1838; d. in Brownton,
Minn., Oct. 11, 1904. He settled in Penn, McLeod county, Minn., in
1857; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, and be-
came captain of a colored regiment; owned a farm on the site of
Brownton, which he surveyed and platted in 1878; author of "History
of the Fourth Regiment, Minn.," 1892, 594 pages. [64; 237 (35).]
Brown, Baldwin, b. in Rochester, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1838; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1849; engaged in real estate business in
Minneapolis, and later owned a livery; was a representative in the
legislature in 1878. [30.]
Brown, Calvin Luther, jurist, b. in Goshen, N. H., April 26, 1854;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1855, and lived in Shakopee and
Willmar; after being admitted to the bar, he settled at Morris in
1878; was judge of the Sixteenth judicial district, 1887-99; an associate
justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota since 1899. [17; 22*; 24;
25; 26*; 30*; 35; 57*; 73; 137; 157*.]
Brown, Charles, pioneer, b. in Ontario county, N. Y., in 1826; came
to Minnesota in 1848, and With his brother Job owned and platted
the town of Brownsville; was editor of a newspaper several years;
died at the hospital for the Insane, St. Peter, 1873. [61.]
Brown, Charles T., b. in Wilton, Maine, Nov. 21, 1827; d. in St.
Peter, Minn., Nov. 30, 1879. He settled in St. Peter in 1860; engaged
in real estate business; was a state senator, 1865 and 1867-8, and a
representative in 1866. [32.]
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Brown, Charles William, glass manufacturer, b. in Newburyport,
Mass., June 14, 1858; followed a seafaring life until 1885, when he set-
tled in Minneapolis, and established the first stained glass manufac-
turing establishment in the Northwest. [22*; 85A.*]
Brown, Claude Sturtevant, b. in Rockfprd, 111., Feb. 19, 1872; came
to St. Paul, Minn,, in 1892, as clerk in the state land department; has
been deputy state auditor since 1906. [24; 30.]
Brown, Edward, Congregational clergyman, b. in Colebrook, Conn.,
Nov. 1, 1814; d. in West Superior, .Wis., March 23, 1895. He was or-
dained to the ministry in 1853; was pastor in Minnesota, 1864-74,
residing in Zumbrota and Medford; then removed to Ohio, [144.]
Brown, Edward A., b. in Winneconne, Wis., Oct. 15, 1856; settled
at Luverne, Minn., in 1872; engaged in grain buying and banking, and
owns a farm of 1,000 acres. [24; 71; 71A.J
Brown, Edward Josiah, physician, b. in Burke, Vt, Jan. 14, 1851 ;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1874, and from its medical de-
partment, 1878; settled in Minneapolis in 1882; is a specialist in dis-
eases of the eye and ear. [24; 85A.]
Brown, Edward M., b. in Vermont in 1821; d. in St. Paul, July 31*
1903. He was graduated at Norwich college, 1844; engaged in news-
paper publication in New Hampshire and Vermont; served in the
Northern army in the civil war; removed to Yankton, S. D., in 1873,
and to Bismarck, N. D., in 1877, being receiver of the U. S. land office
at the latter place; settled in St. Paul in 1890. [237 (16* and 2S*),J
Brown, Edward Scott, millwright, b. in Orono, Maine, Feb. 9, 1830;
came to Minnesota in 1855; resided in St, Anthony and Stillwater;
was a state senator, 1876-7. [30; 40; 41.]
Brown, Emily, Congregational missionary, b. in Granger, Minn. ;
was graduated at Carleton College in 1882; went to Japan as a mis-
sionary, and had charge of the girls' school at Kobe; returned to the
United States on account of failing health, and resided in Dakota.
[179 (July 11, 1890).]
Brown, Frederick P., secretary of state, b. in Kobbervig, Norway,
Aug. 12, 1838; came to the United States in 1854, and settled in Roch-
ester, Minn., in 1862; four years later removed to Blue Earth City;
was register of deeds for Faribault county eighteen years, 1872-90;
and secretary of the state of Minnesota, 1891-5. [24; 30; 34; 51*;
98*; 169.]
Brown, Frederick Vaness, judge, b. in Washtenaw county, Mich.,
March 8, 1862; came to Shakopee, Minn., in 1869; was educated at
Hamline University; was admitted to the bar, 1885; removed to Min-
neapolis, 1889; judge in the Fourth judicial district, 1905-9. [22*;
24; 25; 30; 85A; 137.*]
Brown, Garfield W., lawyer, b. in Pipestone county, Minn., was grad-
uated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1906; has since prac-
ticed in Glencoe; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30.*]
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Brown, Harvey W., b. in Utica, N. Y., in 1838; d. in Minneapolis,
Dec. 31, 1901. He settled in Minneapolis in 1874, and two years later
purchased the property and business of the Minneapolis Gas Light
Company. [237 (19).]
Brown, Henry Francis, lumberman, b. at East Baldwin, Maine, Oct.
10, 1841; came to Minnesota in 1859, settling in Minneapolis, and en-
gaged in lumbering business. To this in later years he added flour
milling and other extensive financial enterprises. He has owned since
1873 a fine stock farm near Minneapolis known as Browndale. [20*;
22*; 24; 25; 85A*; 166A.*]
Brown, Hiram D., printer, b. in Lorraine, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1848; d.
in St. Paul, April 16, 1905. He came to Minnesota, and in 1870 estab-
lished the 'Lake City Sentinel; removed to St. Paul in 1881, where he
owned a printing establishment. [68; 237 (31*).] .
Brown, Horatio D., banker, b. in Pabius, N. Y., April 15, 1835; d. in
Albert Lea, Minn., Aug. 3, 1901. He was graduated at Union College,
Schenectady, N. Y., in 1855; came to Minnesota in 1856, and settled in
Albert Lea the next year; served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war, and became adjutant in the Eleventh regiment. In 1865 he
returned to Albert Lea. In 1872 he was a state senator. The Albert
Lea National Bank was incorporated in 1892, and Mr. Brown became
its president. [23*; 29; 52; 53A*; 121; 237 (14*).]
Brown, Hosmer A., farmer, b. in North Stonington, Conn., Sept. 30,
1830; came to Minnesota in 1855, and founded the town of Brownsdale,
Mower county; was a representative in the legislature in 1870 and
1877. [30; 65A.*]
Brown, Hugh D., merchant, b. in Pennsylvania in 1855; came to
Minnesota when two years old; was one of the founders of the village
of Green Isle, Sibley county, where he afterward resided; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1889. [30.]
Brown* James, lawyer, b. in Butler county, Ohio, March 14, 1821;
d. in Mankato, Minn., Aug. 3, 1889. He was graduated at Miami Uni-
versity, Ohio, in 1845; was admitted to the bar the next year; settled
in Mankato in 1865; was a representative in the legislature in 1881.
[32; 46; 83.*]
Brown, James E., journalist, b. in 1832 in Canada, settled in Fond
du Lac county, Wis., in 1849; came to Blue Earth county, Minn., in
1864; engaged in mercantile pursuits and banking, and in 1900 became
editor of the Amboy Herald. [46.]
Brown, James Warren, b. in Millbridge, Maine, April 27, 1847; came
to Minnesota to be assistant superintendent of the State Reform
School, in St. Paul, and filled that position several years. In 1886 he
became superintendent. The location and name of the institution have
been changed. It is now known as the Minnesota State Training
School, and is situated at Red Wing. [26*; 68.]
84 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Brown, Job, pioneer, b. in Yates county, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1823; served
in the Mexican war; came to Minnesota about 1848; founded and
platted the town of Brownsville, Houston county, and in 1856 platted
Riceford; was a minister in the Second Advent church after 1868;
later removed to La Crosse. [61.]
Brown, John Harrison, judge, b. in Mount Holly, Vt., May 1, 1824;
d. in Willmar, Minn., Jan. 20, 1890. He came to Minnesota in 1855,
settling at Shakopee, and was admitted to the bar the next year;
removed to Willmar in 1871, established the Willmar Republican, and
conducted it three years; was judge of the Twelfth judicial district,
1875-90. [18; 63; 157*; 159; 160; 238 (Oct. 6, 1882).]
Brown, John K., banker, b. in Canada in 1827; d. April 16, 1908.
He engaged in railroad business; settled in Jackson, Minn., and in
1879 founded the first bank there, of which he was president until his
death. [62.]
Brown, John W., pioneer, a brother of the well known early settler,
Joseph R. Brown, was born in Lancaster, Pa., April 16, 1815; d. near
South St. Paul, Oct. 22, 1899. He came to Minnesota in 1844. [238
(Oct. 24. 1899).]
Brown, Joseph Renshaw, pioneer, b. in Harford county, Md., Jan.
5, 1805; d. in New York city, Nov. 9, 1870. When only fourteen years
old he came to Minnesota with the troops that built Fort Snelling.
He afterward became a trader with the Sioux Indians, gained great
influence with them, and opposed the outbreak in 1862. He owned and
published the Minnesota Pioneer and later the Henderson Democrat.
He was secretary of the territorial council, 1849-51, a member of the
council in 1854-5, and of the house in 1857. [18; 28, III and IV*; 29;
40; 41; 42; 56; 94; 113; 114*; 166A*; 237 (1).]
Brown, Lewis Dunham, druggist, b. in Brownstown, Pa., April 12,
1866; was educated at Susquehanna Collegiate Institute; came to Min-
nesota, 1887; settled in Little Falls, 1892; a representative in the leg-
islature, 1909-11. [24; 30.*]
Brown, Luther Montraville, judge, b. in Rutland county, Vt., Feb.
18, 1823; d. in Shakopee, Minn., June 12, 1886. He came to Minnesota
and was admitted to the bar in St. Paul, 1853; and later in the same
year settled in Shakopee. He was the first county attorney of Scott
county; was a representative in the last territorial legislature, and in
the state legislature of 1874; was judge of the Eighth judicial district,
1870 and 1875-77. [18; 29; 32; 237 (1 and 49).]
Brown, Nathan, pioneer, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., April 24, 1820;
came to Minnesota in 1847, and settled on the townsite of Dakota,
Winona county; died there Feb. 8, 1905. [78; 237 (35).]
Brown, Orville, journalist, b. in Bllisburgh, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1812; d.
in St. Paul, Jan. 5, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and for ten
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 85
years edited the Faribault Republican. In 1868 he removed to Man-
kato, and purchased the Mankato Record, which he managed for many
years. [18; 28, X; 32; 83*; 237 (11 and 14).]
Brown, Philip E., judge, b. in Wisconsin, June 19, 1856; was edu-
cated at the University of Wisconsin and the Albany Law School,
being graduated at the latter school in 1881; came to Minnesota in
1883, settling in Luverne: was judge of the Thirteenth judicial district,
1891-1911; associate justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, 1912.
[24; 30*; 71A.]
Brown, Rome G., lawyer, b. in Montpelier, Vt, June 15, 1862; was
graduated at Harvard University, 1884; was admitted to the bar in
1887; settled in Minneapolis in 1888. [17; 23; 24; 25; 127A*; 137.*]
Brown, Samuel P., farmer, b. in Wilmington, N. C, in 1839; came
to Minnesota in 1857; resided at Glencoe; was register of deeds for
McLeod county five terms, and was a state senator, 1891-3. [30; 64.]
Brown, Sera Smith, lumberman, b. in Baldwin, Maine, Aug. 7, 1841;
served in the 25th Maine Regt. during two years of the civil war,
enlisting as a private and rising to the rank of captain; came to Min-
nesota in 1863, and engaged in lumbering; was surveyor general of
logs and lumber for the second district four terms, beginning in 1889.
[22.*]
Brown, Solomon F., physician and farmer, b. in Douglass, Mass., in
1817; came to Minnesota in 1857; settled in Maine Prairie the follow-
ing year, being the first physician there; served in the Fourth Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war, becoming first lieutenant. [31.]
Brown, Thomas S., b. at Craigie, Scotland, Feb., 1837; d. in Win-
dom, Minn., Aug. 14, 1911. He came to the United States with his par-
ents; served in the Fifth California Regt, in the civil war; soon after-
ward settled on a farm in Springfield, Minn.; was judge of probate for
Cottonwood county, 1896-1911. [237 (67*).]
Brown, W. H., M. E. clergyman, b. in South Carolina in 1840. His
mother was a slave, but in 1851 was set free with him. In 1864-5 he
served in the 28th U. S. colored regiment; became pastor of an African
M. E. church in Indiana in 1869; settled in St. Paul ten years later.
[68.]
Brown, Warrington B., farmer, b. in Colchester, Vt., June 4, 1845;
served in the 34th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minne-
sota in 1865, and settled in Pipestone county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1885, and a state senator, 1887-9. [30; 34.]
Brown, William, bricklayer, b. in County Tipperary, Ireland; came
to Minnesota in 1857; settled in St. Paul; was a representative in the
legislature in 1907. [30.*]
Brown, William Parker, b. in 1830; d. in Minneapolis, May 6, 1900.
He came to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Red Wing, and engaged in
lumbering business; removed to Minneapolis in 1885, and engaged in
grain business. [237 (11*); 238 (May 7, 1900).]
86 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Brown, William Reynolds, pioneer, b. near Urbana, Ohio, in 1816;
d. in Newport, Minn., Nov. 25, 1874. He came to Minnesota in 1841;
owned a farm at Newport; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt., 1862-5.
L166A*; 238 (Jan. 7, 1875).]
Brubaker, George E., b. in Lancaster, Pa., in 1839; came to Minne-
sota in 1858; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
resided in Waseca; was a representative in the legislature in 1901.
[30.]
Bruce, S. M., merchant, b. in Montgomery county, Ind., Sept. 9, 1829;
came to Sauk Center, Minn., in 1857, and built the first house there;
served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; engaged in farming until 1873, and afterward in mer-
cantile business. [31.]
Bruels, Nicholas, farmer, b. in 1860 in Blue Earth county, Minn.,
where he has since resided; was a representative in the legislature
in 1893. [30.]
Bruns, Henry A., b. in Iowa, April 9, 1847; came to Minnesota in
1871, and was one of the first settlers in Moorhead, opening a store in
a tent there that year; later owned a sawmill, flouring mill, grain
elevator, and hotel; was the first mayor of Moorhead, and was county
treasurer several terms. [35.]
Brtjnson, Alfred, Methodist clergyman and pioneer, b. in Danbury,
Conn., Feb. 9, 1793; d. in Prairie du Chien, Wis., Aug. 3, 1882. He was
a traveling preacher in Ohio and Illinois several years; came to Min-
nesota in 1837, to establish a mission among the Indians in the vicinity
of Fort Snelling; in 1839 was compelled by ill health to give up min-
isterial work; was admitted to the bar in 1840, and practiced law in
Wisconsin ten years; later was a presiding elder in Wisconsin, and
was chaplain of the 31st Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war. [241.]
Brtjnson, Benjamin Wetherill, pioneer, b. in Detroit, Mich., May
6, 1823; d. in St. Paul, May, 1898. He came to St. Paul in 1847, and
in the fall of that year assisted his brother to survey the town plat;
owned and laid out a large tract in 1852, called Brunson's Addition.
In 1861 he enlisted in the Eighth Minnesota Regt, and served as lieu-
tenant three years. He was a member of the first and second terri-
torial legislatures. [28, IV; 41; 94; 114; 115; 121; 122; 237 (9).]
Brush, Charles Henry, lawyer, b. in Ottawa, 111., Dec. 27, 183S; d.
in Fergus Falls, Minn., May 9, 1910. He served in the 53d Illinois
Regt. during the civil war, being brevetted colonel at its close. In
1880 he settled in Minnesota, and engaged in farming and stock rais-
ing. In 1889 he was a representative in the legislature. After 1890
he was U. S. national bank examiner for Minnesota and some adja-
cent states. [27*; 30; 121; 237 (62).]
Bbusletten, Christian L., merchant and farmer, b. in Norway, Sept.
2, 1853; came to the United States in 1858, settling in Minnesota; re-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 8V
sides at Kenyon, where he has many business interests; was a rep-
resentative in the state legislature, 1897-9. [24; 30.]
Bryan, Henry S., machinist, b. in Cazenovia, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1836;
became master mechanic of the Duluth and Iron Range railway in
1890; resides at Two Harbors. [38.]
Bryant, Charles S., lawyer, b. in Ontario county, N. Y., Aug. 14,
1808; d. in St Paul, May 1, 1885. He was graduated from the college
at Granville, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1829; came to Minne-
sota in 1859, and resided in Wabasha, St. Peter, and St. Paul; author
of "History of the Great Massacre by the Sioux Indians in Minnesota"
(1862), published in 1872. [68; 165; 177 (June, 1885); 237 (1).]
Bryant, Julian C, educator, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 9, 1852;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1859; was graduated at the
University of Minnesota, 1878; has since been engaged in educational
work, chiefly in the schools of St, Paul, being now principal of the
Madison school. [26*; 111.*]
Buck, Adam, b. in Germany, Oct. 12, 1830; came to Minnesota in
1851, and the next year settled on a farm in Sibley county; served
in the Indian war, and as captain in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt.,
1864-5; was a representative in the legislature, 1861, 1868, and 1870,
and a state senator in 1865. [32.]
Buck, Benjamin F., b. in Bethel, Vt, March 13, 1825; d. in Glencoe,
Minn., Dec. 24, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1854; settled in Glen-
coe in 1856, and was proprietor of a hotel. [237 (19).]
Buck, C. F., lawyer, b. in Erie county, N. Y., in 1847; was admitted
to the bar in 1852; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1853; was U. S. mar-
shal one year; raised a company of troops to serve against the Indians
in 1862; was a state senator in 1870-1 and 1879, and a representative
in the legislature in 1877. [29*; 30; 76; 78.]
Buck, Cassius M., banker b. in Greenwood, Minn., June 19, 1859; set-
tled in Faribault in 1894, and was cashier of the Security Bank, which
he had organized; was also connected with three banking houses in
Wright county; was a state senator, 1903-5. [22*; 24; 30; 70A.]
Buck, Daniel, judge, b. in Boonville, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1829; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., May" 21, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1857, and soon
afterward settled in Blue Earth county; removed to Mankato in 1865;
was a representative in the legislature in 1866; a state senator, 1879-81;
and associate justice of the supreme court of Minnesota, 1893-9. [17;
22*; 23*; 30; 32; 83*; 136; 137*; 237 (31).]
Buck, George W., financier, b. in Bradford county, Pa., in 1853; came
to Minnesota in 1890; resides in Duluth; was a representative in the
legislature, 1909. [30.*]
Buck, Henry M., farmer, b. in Oswego county, N. Y., in 1857; came
to Minnesota in 1880, and settled in Waseca county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1893-5. [30.]
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Buck. Norman, judge, b. in Lancaster county, N. Y., April 13, 1833;
d. in Spokane, Wash., August, 1909. He was graduated at Lawrence
University in 1859; settled in Winona, Minn., 1860; was first lieuten-
ant in the Seventh Minnesota regiment in the civil war; was appointed
U. S. attorney for Idaho in 1878, and associate justice of the supreme
court of Idaho in 1881. [237 (56).]
Buckendorf, William, b. in Germany in 1833; d. in Minneapolis, May
"29, 1899. He came to the United States in 1857, and soon afterward
settled in Minneapolis, where he established the first greenhouse in
the city. [60*; 237 (9*),]
Buceham, Thomas Scott, judge, b. in Chelsea, Vt, Jan. 7, 1836; was
graduated at the University of Vermont, 1855, and the same year came
to Minnesota, settling at Faribault; was a state senator, 1874-5; and
has been judge of the Fifth judicial district, 1880-1910. [18; 23; 24;
25; 30; 70A; 137.]
Bucrhout, John, b. in Tarrytown, N. Y., before 1800; d. in Okaman,
Waseca county, Minn., Nov., 1881. He came to Minnesota in 1856, set-
tling in Okaman, owned a steam flouring mill, and invested largely in
real estate. [237 (1).]
Buckxen, James Addison, pioneer, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., June 2,
1831; d. near Pine Island, Minn., Jan. 10, 1903, He came to Rochester,
Minn., in 1854; was the first treasurer of Olmsted county, 1856; was a
member of the state constitutional convention, 1857; removed to a
farm near Pine Island in 1879. [237 (28).]
Buckman, Clarence B., congressman, b. in Bucks county, Pa., April
1, 1850; came to Minnesota in 1872, and the same year founded the
town of Buckman, in which he was one of the first settlers; removed
to Little Falls in 1880, engaging in lumber business and making rail-
road ties; was a representative in the legislature, 1881, and a state
senator in 1889 and 1899-1901; was a member of Congress, 1903-07. [9;
24; 30; 31.]
Buckman, George R., b. in Crown Point, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1832; came
to Minnesota in 1855, and two years later settled at St. Mary, Waseca
county; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was
county treasurer eight years; was founder and cashier of the People's
Bank, Waseca. [75.*]
Budd, Charles Henry, b. in Cambria, N. Y., March 21, 1848; studied
at Genesee Wesleyan University, 1866-67, and was graduated in law
at the University of Michigan, 1872 ; was admitted to the bar the same
year, and settled in Montevideo, Minn., where he opened the first law
office; was county attorney, and president of the Chippewa County
Bank. [24; 32.]
Budd, Joseph Danly, physician, b. in Lancaster, Wis., May 5, 1848;
served a few months in the 50th Wisconsin Regt., to the close of the
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89
civil war; was graduated at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., 1872;
settled in Minnesota in 1887, and resides at Two Harbors, being since
1889 chief surgeon of the Duluth and Iron Range railroad; was a repre
sentative in the legislature in 1903. [24; 26*; 30; 37; 38; 106.]
Budd, William H., farmer, b. in Roxbury, N. J., March 28, 1829; came
to Minnesota in 1854; settled on a claim that is now part of the site
of Fairmont, Martin county; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war ; was clerk of court of Martin county ; author of a history ,
of that county, 124 pages, 1897; now resides in Santa Ana, Cal. [34;
39*; 241.]
Buel, Clarence Clough, journalist, b. in Laona, N. Y., July 29,-1850;
was assistant editor of the Minneapolis Tribune, 1874-5; assistant
editor of the Century magazine since 1881; resides in New York. [17.]
Buell, David L., lawyer and farmer, b. in Colchester, Conn., May 26,
1831; came to Minnesota in 1856; was admitted to the bar; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1863, and a state senator, 1866, 1870-2,
and 1879. He resided in Caledonia. [30; 61.]
Buell, Ovid P., b. in 1858 at Kasota, Minn., where he permanently
resided; was employed as a bookkeeper; was representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30.]
Buenger, Tiieodor H. K., Lutheran clergyman and educator, b. April
29, 1860, in Chicago, 111.; was graduated at Concordia College, Ft.
Wayne, Ind., 1879, and? at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1882;
was ordained a missionary for northwestern Wisconsin, in 1882; was
pastor at New Bremen, 111., 1884-91, and in St. Paul, Minn., 1891-93;
has been president of Concordia College, St. Paul, since 1893. [25;
148.]
Bufflngton, Leroy Sunderland, architect, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept.
22, 1847; settled in St. Paul in 1871; constructed many important build-
ings there, among them being the Federal building, and also remodeled
and in 1881 rebuilt the State Capitol. He removed to Minneapolis in
1874. The West hotel, Pillsbury Hall, the Library building and several
other buildings of the State University, were designed by him. His
most notable work was the invention of steel frame buildings, for
which he secured a patent in 1887. [60.*]
Buffum, George W., farmer, b. in Richmond, N. H., in 1835; served
in the First Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of
captain; came to Minnesota in 1865; settled in Owatonna; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1877-8 and 1887. [30; 72.*]
Bugbee, Emily Hewett, b. in Pomfret, Vt., in 1840; came to Minne-
sota with her brother in 1855; was married in 1860 to F. A. Moore,
and afterward resided in La Crosse, Wis. She contributed many arti-
cles to St. Paul newspapers and to Eastern magazines, and was the
author of many short poems. [165-]
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Bugbee, George C, pioneer, b. in St. Johnsbury, Vt, April 15, 1837;
d. at Hot Springs, Arkansas, April 7, 1884. He settled in Minneapolis
in territorial days; engaged in railroad construction, and later in load-
ing and shipping lumber. [60.*]
Bugge, John Thoreson, educator, b. in Romsdal, Norway, Nov. 19,
1851; d. in Minneapolis, April 30, 1891. He came to the United States
in 1875; was graduated at* Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, in 1879,
and from its theological department three years later; was one of its
professors, and also edited a Norwegian newspaper. [148; 169.]
Buh, Joseph Francis, R. C. priest, b. in Austria, March 17, 1833;
was ordained priest in 1858; came to the United States in 1864; was a
missionary in Minnesota eighteen years, 1864-82, and afterward was
pastor at various places, being located at Ely during recent years.
[38.*]
Buhler, John, farmer, b. in Switzerland in 1822; came to the United
States in 1847,and to Minnesota in 1854, settling in Carver county;
laid out the town of Helvetia and named it; served in the First Min-
nesota battalion, 1865. [32.]
Btjisson, Joseph, Indian trader, b. near Montreal, Canada, in 1797;
d. in Wabasha-, Minn., Oct. 10, 1857. He came to Minnesota when sev-
enteen years old in the employ of the American Fur Company; con-
ducted a trading post at Wabasha after 1839; was one of the original
proprietors of "that town. [74.]
Bull, Benjamin Seth, b. in Jay, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1832; d. in Minne-
apolis, Nov. 21, 1889. He settled there in 1855; engaged in mercan-
tile business and milling; and during the later years of his life de-
voted his attention to superintendence of his large farms. [84.*]
Bullard, Clarence E., lawyer, b. at Fort Madison, Iowa, in 1843;
served in the Sixth Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of first lieutenant; came to Minnesota in 1864; settled in Vern-
dale in 1878; was clerk of the district court of Wadena county, 1881-6.
[35.]
Btjllis, A. H., b. in East Otto, N. Y., Feb. 8, 1832; came to Minnesota
in 1854; was the first merchant in Rice county; later engaged in real
estate business and farming in Delavan; was a representative in the
legislature two terms. [39; 51.]
Bumford, Richard R., b. at Mount Pleasant, Wis., Oct. 26, 1856; came
to Minnesota in 1876; was register of deeds for Lyon county, 1882-8;
afterward engaged iri real estate and insurance business in Marshall.
[171.*]
Bunge, Christian, b. in Germany, April 10, 1846; d. in Eitzen, Hous-
ton county, Minn., May 24, 1902. He settled there in 1867; engaged in
farming and mercantile business; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1887. [61; 237 (19).]
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Bunker, John Elbridge, pioneer, b. in Belknap, N. H., May 27, 182T;
d. in Kasson, Minn., March 16, 1898. He settled in Dodge county,
Minn., in 1855; owned a farm, and was one of the townsite proprietors
of Kasson. [50.*]
Bunn, Charles Wilson, lawyer, b. in Galesville, Wis., May 21, 1855;
was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1874; was admitted to
the bar in 1875; practiced in Wisconsin until 1885, when he removed
to St. Paul; general counsel of the Northern Pacific Railway Co. since
1896. [17; 20; 23*; 24; 25; 93; 127A*; 137.]
Bunn, George Lincoln, jurist, b. in Sparta, Wis., June 25, 1865; was
graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1885, and from its College
of taw, 1888; settled at St. Paul in 1888; was judge in the Second
judicial district, 1897-1911; was appointed an associate justice of the
Minnesota Supreme Court, 1911. [23; 24; 25; 30; 95*; 137; 238 (Nov.
9, 1899).]
Bunnell, Lafayette Houghton, physician, b. in Rochester, N. Y.,
in 1824; d. in Winona, Minn., July, 1903. He was one of the pioneer
settlers of Homer, Minn.; served in the Mexican war, and was sur-
geon of the 36th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; author of "Discov-
ery of the Yosemite" (349 pages, 1880), and 'Winona and its Envi-
rons" (694 pages, 1897). [78; 237 (28).]
Bunnell, Milie, journalist, b. in Goodrich, Mich., Dec. 4, 1861; came
to Minnesota in 1883; was founder and editor of the Duluth Herald,
1883-9; manager of the Duluth News-Tribune Co. since 1899. [24; 25.]
Bunnell, Willard Bradley, pioneer, b. in Homer, N. Y., in 1814;
came to Winona county, Minn., in 1842; was an Indian trader, and
helped to remove the Winnebagoes from Iowa to Minnesota, 1848; set-
tled on a claim in Homer, where he died in August, 1861. [78.]
Burbank, Henry Clay, b. in Lewis, N. Y., May 4, 1835; d. in Roch-
ester, Minn., Feb. 23, 1905. He came to St. Paul in 1853; with his
brother, James C. Burbank, engaged in forwarding and commission
business, and wholesale grocery business. The firm transported sup-
plies and furs for the Hudson Bay Company, and owned wagon trains
and steamboats on the Red River of the North. He was a state sen-
ator in 1873. [30; 98*; 174*; 237 (35).]
Burbank, James C, b. in Ludlow, Vt, in 1822; d. in St. Paul, June
2, 1876. He settled in St. Paul in 1850; engaged at first in lumber-
ing, and later in express and forwarding business, which became very
extensive. After 1867 he engaged in insurance, banking, and railroad
enterprises. [28, IV*; 29; 94; 98*; 166A*; 238 (June 3, 1876).]
Burbank, Justin Edwards, Congregational clergyman, b. in Wash-
ington, N. H., March 18, 1825; d. there, Nov. 4, 1897. He was grad-
uated at Dartmouth College, 1848, and Andover Theological Seminary,
92 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1851; resided in Minnesota, 1858-70, being pastor in Carimona, Union,
and Quincy. [144.]
Burch, Edward Parrish, engineer, b. in Menomonie, Wis., Aug. 20,
1870; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1891; was electric
engineer of the Twin City Rapid Transit Co., 1892-1900; resides in
Minneapolis. [17; 24; 25; 127A*.]
Burchard, Henry M., b. in Paris, N. Y„ Nov. 18, 1825; was grad-
uated at Hamilton College; was admitted to the bar in 1850; came
to Minnesota in 1866; was a representative in the legislature two
terms; settled in Marshall in 1876. [32.]
Burchard, Rodman, b. in Paris, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1808 ; d. in Plain-
view, Minn., Feb. 6, 1883. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and engaged
in mercantile business in Greenville, Wabasha county; removed to
Plainview about 1866. [74.]
Burckhardt, John, b. in Baden, Germany, Nov. 14, 1844; d. in Rus-
sell, Minn., March 9, 1909. He came to the United States with his par-
ents when four years old; served in the 46th Illinois Regt. in the civil
war; settled in Russell, Minn., in 1894, owned much real estate, and
was director in the Russell State Bank. [237 (51).]
Burdick, John W., b. in Connecticut in 1842; came to St. Paul in
1856; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was sur-
veyor of Martin county two years; resided in St. Paul after 1879;
was secretary and treasurer of the Bailey Manufacturing Co. [94.] .
Burdick, Richard C., b. in Michigan in 1834; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 13,
1902. He came to St. Paul in 1851; was a representative in the ter-
ritorial legislature in 1855; was employed by transportation and sur-
veying companies; lived part of the time in Pembina and in Minne-
apolis. [94; 237 (19*).]
Burdick, W. H., b. in Vermont, June 27, 1834; settled in Owatonna,
Minn., in 1865, owned a sash, door, and blind factory, and a planing
mill, and later was a building contractor. [72.]
Burdorf, Fred V., farmer, b. in Germany in 1857; came to Minne-
sota in 1881; resides in Gibbon, Sibley county; was a representative
in the legislature in 1907. [30*.]
Burgess, Gideon A., educator, b. in Providence, R. I., May 29, 1854;
was graduated at Brown University in 1878, and at Cobb Divinity
School, Maine, in 1881; became pastor of a Baptist church in Minne-
apolis in 1889; and the next year was elected president of Parker
College, Winnebago City. [39.]
Burgess, Samuel W., in Grafton, Vt, in 1840; came to Minnesota
in 1856; served in the First Minnesota Regt., 1861-3, and the Second
Minnesota cavalry, 1863-6; settled in Mankato in 1872, and engaged
in the lumber business. [32; 237 (34*).]
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Burkard, Leopold, farmer, b. in Ketsch, Germany, March, 1813;
came to the United States in 1850, and to Minnesota three years later.
He was one of the first settlers of Centerville, Anoka county, where
he was a blacksmith, kept a hotel, and also had a farm. [31.]
Burkdoll, A. R., journalist, b. in Marion, Iowa, in 1852; was grad-
uated at Western College, Iowa, in 1877; came to Minnesota tne next
year, and in 1881 established the Wykoff News in Wykoff, Fillmore
county. [52.]
Burke, Andrew H., governor of North Dakota, b. in New York City,
May 15, 1850; when only twelve years old, joined the 75th Indiana
Regt. as a drummer boy; came to Minnesota in 1877, and was a book-
keeper in Minneapolis until 1880, when he removed to Dakota. He
became governor of the state of North Dakota in 1891, and after serv-
ing through one term he returned to Minnesota and settled in Duluth,
where he engaged in the grain commission business. [22*; 27*.]
Burke, John P., b. in New Jersey, March 18, 1841; came to Minne-
sota in 1869, resided at Wells, and was a dealer in agricultural im-
plements; was a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30; 39;
237 (29*).]
Burke, Martin, soldier, b. in Maryland; d. April 24, 1882. He was
commandant at Fort Snelling in 1857; was brevetted brigadier general
in 1865. [11; 12.]
Burkiiardt, Henry, butcher, b. in Switzerland in 1836; came to the
United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1860; resided at Reed's
Landing; was a state senator, 1887-93. [30; 74.]
Burkleo, Samuel, pioneer, b. in Kent county, Del., March 31, 1800;
d. in Lakeland, Minn., in 1874. He came to Marine Mills in 1839; re-
moved to Stillwater ten years later, and after 1858 resided on the
farm where he died; was a member of the first territorial legislature.
[41; 42; 131.]
Burley, D. Q., pioneer, b. in Vermont, Sept. 28, 1821; was one of
the original settlers of Minnesota City, 1852; served in the Eighth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [237 (34*).]
Burlingame, James M., lawyer, b. in Sterling, Conn., 1839; was grad-
uated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1861;
served in the 157th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; settled in Owatonna,
Minn., in 1867; was city attorney nine years, and county attorney
eleven years; was a representative in the legislature in 1885. [72*.]
Burmester, John Henry, banker, b. in Hanover, Germany, Feb. 8,
1850; came to the United States with his parents in 1856, and to Fari-
bault county, Minn., the same year; engaged in mercantile business
at Wells, and was the first president of the German-American State
Bank. [39; 237 (32*).]
94 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Burnand, Eugene, b. in Switzerland about 1805; d. in St. Paul, March
6, 1880. He was educated at Heidelberg University; taught for a time
in England; came to the United States about 1850; settled in St. Paul
in 1856; was a teacher, an immigrant agent, and after 1862 a justice
of the peace. [237 (1).]
Burnap, Alvares E., b. in Plainfield, N. H., April 24, 1831; came to
Minnesota in 1854; owned a farm in Orion, near Chatfleld; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1876 and 1878. [30; 66A.]
Buhnap, Sidney, farmer and banker, b. in Orion, Olmsted county,
Minn., Jan. 3, 1859; removed to Chatfield in 1897; was cashier of the
First National Bank there, 1S97-1910, and was city treasurer seven
years. [66A.]
Buenham, Franklin James, lawyer, b. in Norwich, Vt., Dec. 31, 1842;
d. in Moorhead, Minn., April 17, 1898. He served in the Ninth . N. H.
Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of first lieutenant; was grad-
uated at Dartmouth College, 1869; came to Minnesota in 1872, and set-
tled in Moorhead in 1875. He was one of the organizers of the First
National Bank of Moorhead, 1881; was its president after 1882. [35;
121; 237 (9*).]
Burnham, John Winthrop, b. in Deny, N. H., Nov. 19, 1829; came
to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Plainview; was a representative in
the legislature, 1858-9; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war, and became captain in a colored regiment; resided in Wheat-
land, N. D., 1878-99, and later in Plainview. [74; 237 (29) ; 241.]
Burningham, Henry, pioneer, died in St. Paul, July 25, 1891. He
came to Fort Snelling in 1849; was assistant surgeon there four years;
engaged in the drug business in St. Paul; and a short time before his
death became deputy building inspector. [238 (July 26, 1891).]
Burnquist, Joseph Alfred Arner, lawyer, b. in Dayton, Iowa, July
22, 1879; was graduated at Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 1902;
studied at Columbia University, 1902-04, and was graduated in law at
the University of Minnesota, 1905; settled in St. Paul; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1909-11. [30*; 127A*; 169A*.]
Burns, J. H., lawyer, came to Minnesota in 1884; was graduated at
the Northern Indiana Law School; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1901. [30.]
Burns, James H., journalist, b. in Wisconsin; settled in St. Paul in
1880; engaged in newspaper work; was appointed deputy state oil in-
spector in 18S7, and the same year purchased the St. Paul Herald.
[99.]
Burns, John, pioneer, b. in Wicklow, Ireland; d. in Winona county,
Minn., March, 1870. He settled on a claim at Homer in 1851. Burns
creek is named for him. [78.]
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Burns, Peter, farmer, b. in Ireland, Aug. 27, 1838; came with his
parents to the United States when nine years old; resided in Stew-
artville, Olmsted county, Minn.; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1879. [30.]
Burns, William H., b. in New York, Feb. 14, 1840; d. in St. Paul,
June 1, 1899. He served in the Ninth New York and other regiments
in the civil war; settled in St. Paul in 1886, and engaged in lumber
business. [122; 156; 167 (June 9, 1899).]
Burr, Walter T., lawyer, b. in Mt. Vernon, Chio, in 1853; settled
in St. Paul in 1878, and was admitted to the bar the next year; was
municipal judge several years. [93.]
Burrows, Randall King, b. in Mystic, Conn., Nov. 28, 1829; came
to Minnesota in 1869, settling in Pine City; was a state senator in
1874. [18.]
Burt, David, clergyman, b. in Munson, Mass., Aug. 2, 1822; d. in
Northfield, Minn., Sept. 24, 1881. He was graduated at Oberlin, Ohio;
came to Winona, Minn., in 1858, as pastor of the Congregational
church; in 1870 became superintendent of schools for the county of
Winona; was state superintendent of public instruction, 1875-81. [18;
30; 68; 237 (1).]
Burt, Grover C, b. in Oswego, N. Y., May 28, 1827; d. in Mankato,
Minn., June 26, 1890. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Win-
nebago City; removed in 1863 to Mankato, and was proprietor of a
hotel. [29*; 32; 83*.]
Burton, Hazen James, merchant, b. in Boston, Mass., July 14, 1847;
came to Minnesota in 1880, settling at Minneapolis; established the
Plymouth Clothing House in 1882, and a branch in 1888 under the same
name in St. Paul. [20*; 24; 25; 84*.]
Burton, Marion Leroy, Congregational clergyman and educator, b.
in Brooklyn, Iowa, Aug. 30, 1874; lived during his boyhood in Minne-
apolis; was graduated at Carleton College, 1900, and at Yale Theo-
logical Seminary, 1906; was principal of Windom Institute, Montevideo,
Minn., 1900-03; pastor in Brooklyn, N. Y., 1908-9; and became presi-
dent of Smith College, Northampton, Mass., in 1909. [17; 237 (54).]
Burton, Richard Eugene, educator and author, b. in Hartford, Conn.,
March 14, 1859; was graduated at Trinity College, 1883, and Johns
Hopkins University, 1888; engaged in editorial work; professor of
English in the University of Minnesota, 1898-1902, and again since
1906; editor for the Lothrop Publishing Co., 1902-4; author of several
volumes of essays and poetry. [17; 127 (13*); 127A*, B.; 237 (53).]
Burwell, Henry, journalist, b. in Bluffton, Ind., in 1872; came to
Duluth in 1890; was editor and publisher of the Iron Trade Journal
after 1898. [106*.]
96 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Burwell, Jule H., b. at Franklin Mills, Ohio, Feb. 14. 1846; served
in an Indian war in the Third Colorado cavalry, 1864; settled in St.
Paul in 1878, and was vice president and general manager of a firm
of wholesale dealers in farm machinery, wagons, etc. [98*; 176 (April,
1886*).]
Bury, Thomas A., b. in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1858; came to Minnesota
in 1880; settled at Two Harbors in 1884; was a representative in the
legislature in 1901. [30; 106*.]
Busch, Friedrich, banker, b. in Reuthen, Germany, Oct. 8, 1839; d.
Jan. 27, 1908. He came to the United States in 1860, settling in Red
Wing, Minn.; engaged in mercantile business there until 1875, when
he removed to Mankato to be associated with John F. Meagher in the
hardware business; later was cashier and afterward president of the
Goodhue County bank at Red Wing. [56; 237 (48).]
Busch, Henry Fredrick William, gardener, b. in Stockhausen, Ger-
many, Dec. 12, 1849; came to the United States in 1869; settled in
Minneapolis in 1870; engaged in gardening, and in 1887 built the first
greenhouse in the state for the cultivation of early vegetables. [60*.]
Bush, Avery K., farmer, seed expert, b. in Oakham, Mass., April 17,
1851; came to Minnesota in 1855; was educated at Carleton College;
resided at Dover, and was a representative in the legislature, 1899-
1903; later removed to Minneapolis. [24; 30.]
Bush, John, pioneer, b. in New York in 1789; came to Fort Snelling
in 1825; and engaged in the fur trade; built a log house on the site
of St. Paul in 1837. Afterward he lived at Red Wing, St. Peter, and
Redwood Falls. [29.]
Bushnell, Chester, pioneer, b. in Norwich, Conn., Aug. 4, 1803; d. in
Plymouth, Hennepin county, Minn., Jan. 26, 1874. He came to Minne-
apolis in 1854; owned a hotel five years, and then removed to a farm
in Plymouth. [60.]
Bushnell, Horace, eminent clergyman of Hartford, Conn., b. April
14, 1802; d. Feb. 17, 1876. He resided temporarily in Minneapolis, and
traveled in Minnesota Territory for his health. [1; 84, p. 760.]
Bushnell, John Edward, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Saybrook,
Conn., Oct. 21, 1858; was graduated at Yale College, 1880, and at its
divinity school, 1883; was pastor in Fairfield, Conn., 1884-8, and in
New York until 1901; has since been pastor of Westminster Church,
Minneapolis. [17; 85A*.]
Bushnell, William M., b. in Lafayette, 111., Jan. 23, 1853; d. in Mon-
terey, Mexico, Jan. 1, 1901. He settled in St. Paul in 1874; engaged
in the sale of agricultural implements and machinery, and later dealt
in real estate. [28, IX; 93*; 166A*; 237 (11.)]
Busse, Christian E., b. in Prussia, March 20, 1832; d, in Shakopee,
Minn., June 12, 1903. He came to the United States in 1854; settled
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 97
in Shakopee in 1857; engaged in mercantile business there and at
Chaska. [32; 237 (28).]
Buswell, George W., lawyer, b. in Lowell, Mass., May 15, 1841; set-
tled in Winona, Minn., in 1856; served in the Seventh Minnesota Begt.
in the civil war; was admitted to the bar in Winona; removed to
Blue Earth City in 1869; was chief clerk of the House in the state
legislature in 1877. [30.]
Butler, A. H., b. in Marseilles, N. Y., in 1816; d. in Minnesota, Dec.
7, 1874. He settled in Newburg, Fillmore county, in 1856; was county
treasurer several years, and a representative in the legislature. [52.]
Butler, Aaron R., journalist, b. in Chippewa county, Wis., March
4, 1877; came to Minnesota when sixteen years old; engaged in print-
ing business; settled at Bagley in 1899, where he founded and pub-
lished the Bagley Independent. [37.]
Butler, Alford Augustus, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Portland, Me.,
Sept. 23, 1845; was graduated in theology at Griswold College, Daven-
port, Iowa, 1873; was rector in Red Wing, Minn., 1891-4; was profes-
sor in Seabury Divinity School, 1894-1905; author of several religious
books, and lecturer on Egypt and Palestine; resides in Faribault. [17;
24.]
Butler, Charles J., b. in Pittsburg, Pa., March 6, 1822; came to
Minnesota in 1851; settled in Stillwater in 1856; was a member of the
state constitutional convention, 1857; engaged in towboat business.
[41.]
Butler, D., farmer, b. in Tipperary, Ireland, Aug. 11, 1824; came to
the United States in 1851, and to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Kil-
kenny, Le Sueur county; was a representative in the legislature in
1879. [30.]
Butler, Henry Cuktiss, lawyer, b. in Perry, N. Y., Jan. 25, 1828; was
graduated at Hamilton College in 1848; studied law, and came to St.
Paul in 1850; removed to Rochester in 1864. [18*; 66.]
Butler, John, b. in Dublin, Ireland, in 1824; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 17,
1900. He settled in St. Paul in 1854; built the first railroad in the
state, from St. Paul to Minneapolis; engaged in the grocery business;
and afterward was a drayman. [94; 237 (11).]
Butler, Joseph, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in 1799; d. in Minnesota
in 1872. He was ordained to the ministry in 1827; was pastor of a
church in Illinois twenty-three years; came to Minnesota in 1863, and
resided in Wabasha. [153.]
Butler, Levt, physician, b. in Jennings county, Ind., in 1818; d. in
Minneapolis, April 17, 1878. He was graduated at Ohio Medical Col-
lege, 1844; came to Minnesota in 1855, and settled in Minneapolis two
years later; was surgeon of the Third Minnesota Regt, 1861-3; after-
ward resided in Minneapolis and engaged in the lumber business; was
a state senator, 1871-3. [29*; 30; 84*; 115.]
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98 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Butler, Nathan, civil engineer, b. in Hancock, Maine, Nov. 5, 1831;
was graduated at Waterville College, Maine; settled at St. Anthony
Falls, Minn., in 1856; was surveyor of the land grant of the Great
Northern Railway Co.; resided on a farm near Barnesville, Clay coun-
ty, and later in Minneapolis. [174*.]
Butler, Patrick, pioneer, b. in Wicklow, Ireland, in 1823; d. in St.
Paul, May 4, 1900. He came to the "United States in 1846, and settled
in Dakota county, Minn., in 1S55; owned a farm near Northfield until
1888, and then removed to St. Paul. [238 (May 5, 1900).]
Butler, Pierce, lawyer, b, in Waterford, Minn., March 17, 1866; was
graduated at Carleton College, 1887; was admitted to the bar the next
year; settled in St. Paul; was county attorney of Ramsey county,
1893-7. [17; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 98*; 127B; 238 (Aug. 6, 1897*).]
Butler, William, building contractor, b. in Dakota county, Minn., in
1865; resided in St. Paul, and was a member of the firm that built the
new state capital ; was a representative in the legislature in 1901;
removed in 1905 to New York City. [30.]
Butterfield, Marcus Quincy, lawyer, b. in Farmington, Maine, April
7, 1815; d. Dec. 15, 1886. He came to Anoka in 1860; was lieutenant
and captain in the Eighth Minnesota Regt, 1862-65; and afterward
was several years attorney for Anoka county. [18; 31; 43.]
Butters, Reuben, pioneer, b. in Union, Maine, May 26, 1816; came
to the Minnesota valley, settled at Kasota, in 1851; was a farmer,
quarryman, and merchant; was a representative in the legislature in
1857-8, 1863, and 1864; and a state senator, 1867-8. [18; 32; 41.]
Button, James, farmer, b. in Coventry, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1818; came
to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Rochester; was a representative in
the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Butts, Charles M., lawyer, b. in Plainview, Minn., May 12, 1857;
was admitted to the* bar in 1879; settled at St. Paul in 1887. [25; 93;
98*.]
Butts, Edmund Gregory, lawyer, b. in Kortright, N. Y., May 7, 1832;
was graduated at the State Normal School, Albany, in 1854; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1861; served in the 37th New York Regt. in the
civil war; came to Minnesota in 1865, settling at Stillwater; was pro-
bate judge for Washington county ten years, and postmaster at Still-
water eight years. [22*; 29; 41.]
Buxton, Edward T., banker, b. in Warsaw, N. Y., April 20, 1854;
came to Minnesota in 1888, and was vice president of the First Na-
tional Bank of Wabasha; removed to Duluth in 1895; treasurer of the
Red Cliff Lumber Company since 1897. [31A.]
Buxton, Thomas Jefferson, banker, b. in Washington county, Pa.,
Nov. 18, 1833; d. in Hudson, Wis., Oct., 1903. He served in the 66th
Ohio Regt. in the civil war; in 1869 settled in Minneapolis, established
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. V^
the City Bank, was its cashier and later its president. [58; 84*; 237
(32).]
Bye, Andrew, pioneer, b. in Norway, Jan. 5, 1839; came to Wilming-
ton, Houston county, Minn., in 1853; served in the First Minnesota
heavy artillery in the civil war; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1878. [30; 61.]
Byebs, John, pioneer, b. in Montgomery county, Ohio, Oct. 6, 1829;
settled in Hastings, Minn., in 1850; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1875; owned several farms. [48.]
Byknes, William, b. in Ireland; d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 1, 1867. He
came to the United States in 1849, and to Minnesota in 1852; served
in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was sheriff of Hennepin
county. [58.]
Byrnes, William Joseph, physician, b. in Minneapolis, Jan. 5, 1859;
was graduated in medicine at the University of Michigan, 1882, and
afterward studied in Europe; has practiced in Minneapolis since 1882.
[24; 26*; 84; 85A.]
Cadwell, Francis, judge, b. in Fulton county, Ohio, May 28, 1842;
was graduated at Hillsdale College, Mich., 1860; studied law at North-
western Christian University, Indianapolis; was admitted to the bar
in 1863; came to Minnesota in 1864, settling at Le Sueur; was judge
in the Eighth judicial district, 1891-1905. [25; 30.]
Cady, Franklin W., pioneer, b. in Lake county, Ohio, Jan. 15, 1826;
came to Minnesota in 1861, settling on a farm in Verona, Faribault
county; was county auditor two terms. [39*; 51.]
Cady, Ira M., journalist, b. in Wayne county, N. Y., June 1, 1853;
came to Minnesota in 1883, and three years later settled in Magnolia.
Since 1893 he has published the Magnolia Advance. [71A.]
Cady, Resolvo O., physician, b. in Dublin, Ireland, Oct. 8, 1819; came
to the United States in 1827; was graduated in medicine at Geneva,
N. Y., 1844; settled in Buffalo, Minn., in 1862. [18; 31.]
Cady, Seward H., b. in Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1838; d. in
Albert Lea, Minn., July 17, 1903. He settled in Albert Lea in 1873,
and established a newspaper called the Albert Lea Enterprise. [29*;
237 (28).]
Caiiill, W. F., miller, b. near Dublin, Ireland, in 1830; d. in Minne-
apolis in June, 1886. He came to the United States in 1849; settled at
St. Anthony, Minn., in 1853; owned and operated several flouring mills.
[58; 168 (June 25, 1886*).]
Caillet, Louis E., R. C. priest, b. in Lyons, France, in 1832; d. in
St. Paul, Nov. 28, 1897. He came to the United States in 1853; was
ordained priest in St. Paul in 1857; was pastor of St. Mary's church,
1867-95, and was afterward rector of St. Paul Seminary. [237 (9).]
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Caine, William, physician, b. on the Isle of Man in 1818; d. in St.
Paul, June 19, 1867. He came to the United States in 1827; was grad-
uated at Geneva Medical College, and in 1851 at Cleveland Homoeo-
pathic College; settled in St. Paul in 1857. [93; 94; 238 (June 20,
1867).]
Caine, William Harris, physician, b. in Ravenna, Ohio, May lto,
1854; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 16, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1860;
was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, in 1877; set-
tled in Stillwater. [20; 40; 237 (19).]
Cairncross, Alex, merchant and banker, b. iij Scotland; came to the
United States when twenty-five years old, and to Meeker county, Minn.,
in 1870; engaged in mercantile business in Litchfield, was interested
in woolen mills, and was president of the Meeker County Bank. [65.]
Cairns, Charles Sumner, lawyer, b. at Duncan Falls, Ohio, July 4,
1856; was graduated at Muskingum College, Ohio, 1876, and in law
at the University of Michigan, 1882; came to Minnesota in 1883, set-
tling in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1893.
[22*; 24; 25; 26*; 30; 85A.]
Calderwood, John Frank, b. in Redford, Mich., May 27, 1859; came
to Minnesota in 1881, settling in Minneapolis; was a bookkeeper till
1888, when he became city comptroller. Later he was auditor of the
Minneapolis Street Railway Company. [22*; 90*.]
Calderwood, Willis Greenleaf, b. in Dodge county, Wis., July 25,
1866; was graduated at the Wesleyan Methodist Seminary, Minnesota,
1886; engaged in teaching; secretary of the Prohibition National Com-
mittee since 1904; resides in Minneapolis. [17; 24; 85A*.]
Caldwell, James C, banker, b. in Columbia county, Wis., June 22,
1864; settled in Jackson county, Minn., in 1899; engaged in farming
at Heron Lake; removed to Lakefield in 1903; president of the First
National Bank there after 1906. [62*.]
Calhoun, David T., lawyer, b. in Tennessee, June 22, 1853; d. in St.
Cloud, Minn., Oct. 19, 1906. He came with his parents to St. Cloud
in 1857; was graduated at Cumberland University in 1874; practiced
law at Little Falls and at St Cloud. [31; 137*; 237 (43).]
Calhoun, John Franklin, b. in Licking county, Ohio, April 28, 1854;
came to Minnesota in 1881, settling in Minneapolis; and engaged in
real estate and loaning business; was a state senator, 1903-09. [22*;
24; 25; 30.] "
Calkins, Franklin Welles, author, b. in Iowa county, Wis., June
5, 1857; studied law and was admitted to the bar; explored the Black
Hills and the northwest frontier; author of many books and newspaper
stories and articles; resides in Underwood, Minn. [17.]
Callender, J. W., farmer, b. in Massachusetts in 1825; came to Min-
nesota in 1856; settled in Jordan; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1876-7, [30.]
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Cameron, D. C, b. in Kalamazoo, Mich., March 14, 1841; came to La
Crescent, Minn., in 1860; served in the First Wisconsin Battery in the
civil war; was superintendent of schools of Houston county, 1877-1886.
[61.]
Cameron, Daniel, pioneer farmer, b. in Deerfield, N. Y., April 2, 1825;
came in 1855 to Minnesota, settling at La Crescent; was a state sen-
ator, 1S64-5. [18; 61.]
Cameron, Leroy Learned, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in 1869; d.
Aug. 4, 1896. He was graduated at Union College in 1889, and later
at Princeton Seminary; was pastor of the First Presbyterian church
in St. Paul. [153.]
Cameron, Murdoch, fur trader, b. in Scotland; d. at Lac qui Parle,
Minn., in 1811. He established a trading post at Lac qui Parle at an
early day, and accumulated considerable wealth. [28, I.]
Cameron, William G., physician, b. in New York, Nov. 3, 1873; was
graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1897; was
assistant physician in the Northern Pacific hospital, Brainerd, Minn.,
1898-1900; then settled in Staples. [37.]
Cammack, Edward A., b. in Chicago, 111., Jan. 20, 1855; came to Min-
nesota in 1879; settled in St. Paul in 1884; president and general man-
ager of the Crescent Creamery Co. [24; 25; 95*.]
Camp, George Albert, b. in Charlotte, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1830; d. at Lake
Minnetonka, Minn., May, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1851, and
settled at St. Anthony; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. against
the Indians, 1862-4, and later in the South, attaining the rank of major;
afterward resided in Minneapolis, and engaged in lumbering; was a
representative in the legislature in 1875. [29; 84*; 121.]
Camp, John H., merchant, b. in Ashtabula, Ohio, in 1838; d. in St.
Paul, April 4, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1858, and settled in St.
Paul the next year. During the later years of his life he dealt largely
in real estate. [237 (1).]
Campbell, Alexander S., miller, b. in Rice county, Minn., Dec. 20,
1859; settled in Austin, 1886; was a state senator, 1903-09; mayor of
Austin, 1899-1900, and 1910-11. [24; 30; 65A*.]
Campbell, Clement C, Congregational clergyman, b. in Wisconsin
in 1851; was educated at Ripon College, and at Chicago and Yale
theological seminaries; was pastor in Connecticut, Dakota, Wisconsin,
and in St. Paul,*Minn., 1904-11. [237 (36).]
Campbell, Cyrus W., farmer, b. in Bedford, N. H., March 23, 1826;
came to Minnesota in 1858; settled in Anoka in 1866, and engaged in
the door, sash and blind business, and later in farming. [31.]
Campbell, David, pioneer, b. in Ontario, Canada, April 27, 1831; came
to Minnesota in 1856, and the next year settled in Watab, Benton
county, engaged in farming and lumbering, and kept a hotel. [31.]
102 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Campbell, Dugald, pioneer, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 1, 1819;
came to America in 1825, and to Minnesota in 1849; owned a farm in
Florence, Goodhue county. In 1870 he removed to Cormorant, Becker
county, where he was the first settler. [44.]
Campbell, Erford Andre, banker, b, in Cortland county, N. Y., April
4, 1836; d. in Winthrop, Minn., Dec. 13, 1898. He served two years in
the Seventh Wisconsin Regt. during the civil war; came to Minnesota
in 1865, settling in Sibley county; engaged in real estate and insur-
ance business. In 1888 he became president of the State Bank of
Winthrop; in 1895 he assisted in organizing the Minneapolis, New Ulm
and Southwestern Railroad Company; and also had milling and farm-
ing interests. [22*; 121*.]
Campbell, Francis M., b. in Maine in 1837; served in the 18th Maine
Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1866, and the next year
settled in Princeton; was proprietor of a hotel until 1879; was presi-
dent of the Bank of Princeton, and treasurer of Mille Lacs county, and
also engaged in lumber business. [31.]
Campbell, Frank W., b. in Adrian, Mich., March 25, 1856; was a
mail carrier in Minneapolis twenty years; became superintendent of
the St. Anthony postoffice station in 1899. [237 (20*).]
Campbell, Gabriel, educator, b. in Dalrymple, Scotland, Aug. 19, 1838;
came to the United States in 1842; was captain in the 17th Michigan
Regt. in the civil war; was graduated at the University of Michigan,
1865, and Chicago Theological Seminary, 1868; was professor of phil-
osophy in the University of Minnesota, 1867-81, in Bowdoin College,
1S81-3, and in Dartmouth College since 1883. [17.]
Campbell, John L., b. at Mendota, Minn., in 1832; was lynched for
the murder of the Jewett family, May 3, 1865, at Mankato, Minn. He
was the youngest son of the half-breed, Scott Campbell; was intem-
perate and cruel, and committed several murders. In 1861-4 he was a
member of Brackett's Battalion, from which he deesrted to join the
outlawed Sioux. [28, IV.]
Campbell, Lewis William, b. in Harrington, Maine, July 24, 1841;
served in Maine regiments during the civil war; came to Minneapolis
in 1869, and has since resided in that city, being engaged in flour
milling. [19*; 85A*.]
Campbell, Mark, merchant, b. in Crawford county, Pa., April 25,
1833; came to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in farming, and after 1863
owned a store in Troy, Winona county, [76.]
Campbell, Nathaniel, lawyer, b, in St. Clair county, Mich., Nov. 11,
1857; studied law, and edited a newspaper in Kansas; later was reg-
ister of deeds for Kingfisher county, Oklahoma; settled in Crookston,
Minn., in 1896; was mayor two terms, beginning in 1900. [37*.]
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Campbell, Otho H., b. in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 1, 1844; served in
the 22d Connecticut Regt. in the civil war; settled in Kingston, Meek-
er county, Minn., in 1866, and engaged in mercantile business; later
owned a mill in Manannah. [65.]
Campbell, Samuel Lewis, lawyer, b. in Chenango county, N. Y., Aug.
16, 1824; d. in Wabasha, Minn., Jan. 17, 1910. He came to Minnesota
in 1855, settling at Wabasha; was a representative in the legislature,
1876-9. [IS; 23*; 30; 74; 237 (62*).]
Campbell, Samuel M., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Steuben county,
N. Y., in 1823; d. in Minneapolis, Nov. 17, 1892. He was graduated at
Auburn Theological Seminary in 1849; was pastor in New York state
thirteen years, and of the First Presbyterian church in Minneapolis,
1881-9; author of two books, "Across the Desert," and "The Story of
Creation." [154A*.]
Campbell, Scott, pioneer, b. at Prairie du Chien in 1790; d. near St.
Paul in 1850. He was the son of a Scotch trader and an Indian
woman; was interpreter at Fort Snelling twenty-five years; settled in
St. Paul in 1843; bought a small claim which he sold in 1848 to Wil-
liam Hartshorn. His wife was named Margaret and was a Menominee
half-breed. Two of their sons were concerned in the Sioux outbreak
of 1862, and one of them was executed at Mankato. [28, IV; 94.]
Campbell, W. H., farmer, b. in Canada in 1837; came to Minnesota,
and settled in Bear Valley, Wabasha county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Campbell, W. H., b. in Mississippi; came to Wabasha, Minn., in
1857; served in the Confederate army one year in the civil war, being
impressed into the service while visiting in the South; returned to
Wabasha in 1863; was county auditor, 1872-81; later owned a farm of
1,600 acres near Crookston. [74.]
Campbell, Wallace, lawyer, b. in Waverly, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1863; was
graduated at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., 1883, and Columbia Law
School, 1884; settled in Minneapolis in 1886, and engaged in law prac-
tice and banking. [21; 24; 25; 26*; 85A.]
Campbell, William A., b. in Pocahontas county, Iowa, 1874; came
to Minnesota, 1892; resides in Minneapolis; is a traveling salesman;
a representative in the legislature, 1909-11. [30*.]
Campbell, William M., farmer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., April 11,
1839; came to Minnesota in 1858, settling in Litchfield; served in the
1st and 2nd Minnesota cavalry, 1863-5; was sheriff of Meeker county
two terms; was a representative in the legislature in 1878-9. [30; 65.]
Campbell, William W., b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., Feb. 22,
1832; served in the 18th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Ada, Minn., in 1878; owned a farm, and after 1881 engaged in real
estate business. [35.]
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Canby, Edwakd R. S., soldier, b. in Kentucky; was graduated at the
U. S. Military Academy in 1839; was commandant at Fort Snelling in
1856; attained the rank of major general in 1865; was murdered by
Modoc Indians in Oregon, April 11, 1873. The town of Canby, Minn.,
was named for him. [1*; 11; 12; 13.]
Caneday, David A., pioneer, b. in Readsborough, Vt, July 21, 1830;
settled- at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1853; was editor of the St. Croix
Monitor, 1861-2, and of the St. Croix Dalles, 1881-4. He served in the
Seventh Minnesota Regt., 1862-5; afterward engaged in mining in Pine
county, Minn., and in Wisconsin. [41; 42.]
Canestoep, Ole O., farmer, b. in Sweden, May 21, 1847; came to the
United States in 1862, and to Minnesota in 1871; settled at Elbow
Lake, Grant county; was county treasurer many years, and a state
senator, 1891-3 and 1907-9. [30*; 35; 57*; 169.]
Canfield, A., physician, b. in Morris county, N. Y., April 28, 1822;
came to Minnesota in 1854; lived in Dakota county thirteen years;
settled in Sauk Center in 1867. [31.]
Canfield, Edwin H., lawyer, b. in Westfield, Wis., Dec. 27, 1855;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1866; was admitted to the bar
in 1881, and has since practiced law in Luverne; was a state senator,
1907-09. [24; 25; 30*; 34; 71; 71A*.]
Canfield, Job A., b. in Knox county, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1824; d. in Otisco,
Waseca county, Minn., Jan. 28, 1884. He settled on a farm in Otisco
in 1856; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was the
first judge of probate of Waseca county, 1857-60, and, again held that
office, 1870-8. [75.]
Canfield, Mannin F., druggist, b. in Rochester, N. Y., April 14, 1845;
came to Minnesota in 1853; served in the First Minnesota Heavy Ar-
tillery in the civil war; settled at Long Prairie in 1882. [35.]
Canfield, Thomas Hawley, b. in Arlington, Vt., in 1822; engaged in
railway management; was influential in forming the Northern Pacific
Railway Co., and in promoting its interests in Congress. He platted
along its line in Minnesota the towns of Kimberly, Aitkin, Brainerd,
Motley, Aldrich, Wadena, Perham, Audubon, Lake Park, Hawley, Glyn-
don, and Moorhead; and later owned a farm of 5,500 acres at Lake
Park. [35; 176 (Feb., 1885*).]
Cannon, Henry White, b. in Delhi, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1850; came to
Minnesota in 1870, and the next year settled in Stillwater; organized
the Lumberman's National Bank, and was its cashier and acting presi-
ident, 1871-84; was U. S. comptroller of the currency, 1*884-6; president
of the Chase National Bank, New York City, 1886-1904, and later chair-
man of its directors. [17; 40; 41.]
Cansdell, John A., settled on a farm near Rice Lake, Steele county,
Minn.; served in the army in the civil war; later resided in Owatonna,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 105
and engaged in mercantile business; was treasurer of Steele county,
1877-84. [72.]
Cant, William Alexander, judge, b. in Westfield, Wis., Dec. 23,
1863; came to Minnesota in 1881; was graduated at the State Normal
School in St. Cloud, 1883; began the practice of law in Duluth, 1886;
was a representative in the legislature, 1895; and has been judge in
the Eleventh judicial district since 1897. [23; 24; 30.]
Canterbury, James Rudolph, b. in Pomeroy, Ohio, March 15, 1858;
settled in Minneapolis in 1882; was connected with the fire depart-
ment, 1883-95; has been its chief since 1900. [26*; 88*; 85A*.]
Cantwell, P., pioneer, b. in Ireland in 1825; came to the United
States in 1848, and settled in Le Sueur, Minn., in 1852, being one of
the first settlers there; was a carpenter and wheelwright. [32.]
Canty, Thomas, jurist, b. in London, England, April 25, 1854; came
to the United States with his parents when two years old; settled in
Minneapolis in 1880, and was admitted to the bar the next year. In
1891-4 he was judge in the Fourth judicial district, and in 1894-1900
was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota. [17;
22*; 23*; 24; 30; 84*; 137*.]
Capehart, Augustus R., lawyer, b. in Georgia in 1836; settled in St.
Paul in 1856; practiced law and dealt in real estate; removed to
Phoenix, Arizona, in 1905. [85; 89*; 241.]
Capser, Anthony, R. C. priest, b. in Bavaria, Germany, Feb. 27, 1841;
d. in Collegeville, Minn., Sept. 24, 1898. He came to the United States
when a child; entered the Benedictine order in 1862; came to Minne-
sota in 1865; was ordained a priest the next year; resided in St. Cloud,
and engaged in missionary work; was a professor in St. John's Col-
lege several years. [132 (Sept., 1898*).]
Capser, Joseph, merchant, b. in Bavaria, March 5, 1833; came to
the United States in 1846, and to Minnesota in 1857, settling as a
farmer near St. Joseph, Stearns county; removed in 1864 to Sauk Cen-
ter, and engaged in mercantile business there many years; was a state
senator in 1875-6, and a representative in the legislature, 1889. [18;,
30; 31.]
Cardinal, Clement, farmer, b. in St. Our, Canada, March 31, 1837;
came to Minnesota in 1850; for several years engaged in the fur trade
with the Indians; served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the Indian
war, 1862; settled in Centerville, Anoka county, in 1863. [31.]
Cardozo, Isaac N., b. in Richmond, Va., June 25, 1820; d. in St. Paul,
Nov. 2, 1887. He was admitted to the bar in 1842; settled in St. Paul
in 1857; was appointed U. S. commissioner in 1858 and held this posi-
tion until his death. [237 (1).]
Carel, Hubert Charles, b. in Olney, 111., Aug. 18, 1872; was grad-
uated at the University of Minnesota, 1893; instructor in chemistry
106 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
there, 1895-8; assistant professor, 1898-1904, and later professor to
1907; chemist of the State Board of Health since 1900, residing in
Minneapolis. [7A.]
Carey, Charles H., b. in Salisbury, Vt., May 22, 1856; came to Min-
nesota in 1867; settled in Elmore, Faribault county, in 1883; was one
of the proprietors of the Exchange Bank, and dealt in stock and hay.
[39.]
Caeey, Hubbard, merchant, b. in Lake county, 111., in 1857; came
with his parents to Minnesota when an infant; resides in Adams; was
a representative in the legislature in 1909. [30*.]
Carey, John Richard, b. in Bangor, Maine, March 3, 1830; d. in
Duluth, Minn., Aug. 25, 1905. He came to Minnesota with a New Eng-
land colony in 1852; the plan of founding a town being abandoned, he
remained two years in St. Paul; later went to the head of Lake Supe-
rior, and settled on the site of Duluth; was judge of probate four years,
and register in the U. S. land office, and U. S. commissioner; was city
justice of Duluth in 1873. [20; 23*; 27*; 28, XII; 174*.]
Cargill, Samuel D., b. on Long Island about 1848; d. in West Baden,
Ind., March 15, 1903. He settled in Minneapolis in 1888; was presi-
dent of the Cargill Elevator Company, and had many other financial
interests. [237 (28*).]
Cariveau, F. A., grocer, b. in Canada in 1835; came to St. Paul in
1856; was first lieutenant and afterward captain in the Fifth Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; afterward opened a grocery in St. Paul,
[68.]
. Carl, Matthew S., banker, b. in Ontario, Canada; came to Minne-
sota in 1892, settling at Clara City, where he organized a state bank
the same year, and has since been its cashier; was a representative
in the legislature in 1905. [30*.]
Carle, Frank Austin, journalist, b. in Spencerport, N. Y., July 21,
1851; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1874; was man-
aging editor of the Pioneer Press, St. Paul, 18S0-9; editorial writer"
for the Minneapolis Tribune since 1901. [17; 24.]
Carleton, Frank Henry, lawyer, b. in Newport, N. H., Oct. 8, 1849;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1872; came to Minneapolis and
engaged in newspaper work; after studying law in St. Paul, and acting
as secretary to Gov. Pillsbury, he settled in Minneapolis in 1882. [3*;
22*; 23*; 26*; 85A*; 90*.]
Carley, James A., lawyer, b. in Oronoco, Minn., in 1870; was grad-
uated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1904; was attorney for
Wabasha county eight years; resides in Plainview; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1909. [30*.]
Carli, Christopher, pioneer physician, son of an Italian merchant,
was born in Frankfort-on-the-Main, Germany, Dec. 7, 1811; d. in Still-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 107
water, Minn., Nov. 6, 1887. He came to the United States in 1832, and
to what is now Minnesota in 1S41. With Major Joseph R. Brown, in
the summer of that year, he built the first log house on the present
site of Stillwater. He practiced among the Indians and early settlers
in a territory of more than a hundred miles radius; and opened the
first drug store and the first bank in Stillwater. [18; 40; 41; 42.]
Carli, Lydia Ann Brown, b. near Lancaster, Pa., March 13, 1818; d.
in Stillwater, Minn., Aug. 11, 1905. She married Paul Carli in 1834;
came with him to the St. Croix valley in 1841, being the first white
woman in that region. In 1846 her husband was drowned. The next
year she married her brother-in-law, Dr. Christopher Carli; was
mother of twelve children, and was noted for her hospitality, courage,
and piety. [40; 41; 42; 176 (June, 1902*); 237 (5).]
Carli, Paul, pioneer, b. in Italy, July 25, 1805; was drowned in Lake
St. Croix, near his home in Afton, Minn., in 1846. He married Lydia
Ann Brown, sister of Joseph R. Brown, in 1834; settled in Afton in
1841. [41.]
Carlson, A. J., miller, b. in Sweden, April 20, 1837 ; d. at East Union,
Minn., March 20, 1909. He came to the United States in 1854, and to
Minnesota in 1860; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the Indian
and civil wars; resided in San Francisco township, Carver county.
[32; 237 (51*).]
Carlson, C. J., banker, b. near Cokato, Minn., Aug. 23, 1870; was
postmaster there, 1894-98; cashier of the Farmers' and Merchants'
Bank of Cokato; was a representative in the legislature in 1909. [30*.]
Carlson, Carl Albert, merchant, b. at Marine Mills, Minn., Sept. 5,
1866; settled in Minneapolis in 1887, and engaged in grocery business;
was a representative in the state legislature in 1893. [30.]
Carlson. Carl J., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, May 13, 1849;
came to the United States in 1871; studied at Augustana College and
Seminary, Rock Island, 111., and was ordained in 1880; was pastor in
South Dakota, and since 1889 in St. Paul, Minn. [148; 169.]
Carlson, Frank A., farmer, b. at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1863; set-
tled in Litchfield; was a representative in the legislature in 1903-05,
[30*.]
Carlson, John M., building contractor, b. in Sweden, Nov. 29, 1841
came to the United States when twenty-five years old, and to St. Paul
two years later, where he constructed many important buildings. [25
169.]
Carlson, John S., educator, b. in Frodenge, Sweden, Nov. 8, 1857
came to the United States when a child; was graduated at Augustana
College, Rock Island, in 1885; was professor of history in Gustavus
Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., 1887-98; and professor of Scan-
dinavian languages in the University of Minnesota, 1899-1907. [127
(14*); 127B; 169.]
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Carlstkom, John Alfred, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Smaland, Swe-
den, Oct. 3, 1857; came to the United States in 1886; was graduated
from the theological department of Augustana College, Rock Island,
in 1889; was pastor at St. Cloud, Minn. [169.]
Carlton, Frank C, b. at Black Earth, Wis., in 1855; came to Min-
nesota while an infant; was superintendent of schools for Steele
county, and in 1907 was a representative in the legislature. [30*.]
Carney, Patrick H., b. near Clones, Ireland, Jan. 18, 1838; came to
the United States in 1844, and to Minnesota in 1866; settled in Man-
kato in 1871; engaged in wholesale liquor business, and after 1890
was manager of the Standard Cement works. [83*.]
Carnihan, A. J., b. in New Brunswick, April 13, 1838; came to Min-
nesota in 1855; settled on a farm on the site of Benson, 1870; was
sheriff of Swift county several years. [32.]
Carpenter, Clarence Palmer, journalist and lawyer, b. in Eastford,
Conn., Feb. 4, 1853; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1855;
worked at the printing trade and farming. In 1884 he established the
Dakota County Tribune in Farmington; was admitted to the bar in
1890; and in 1895 purchased the Northfield Independent. [22*; 24;
25; 174*.]
Carpenter, Fred Warner, lawyer, b. in Sauk Center, Minn., Dec. 12,
1873; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1897;
practiced in San Francisco, 1897-99; was secretary to Governor Taft
in the Philippine Islands; was appointed his private secretary when
he became president, and held this position until June, 1910; was then
appointed U. S. minister to Morocco. [17; 237 (54*, 63*) ; 241.]
Carpenter, George Celoftus, merchant, b. in Columbia county, Wis.,
March 22, 1855; settled at Buffalo, Minn., in 1886; was sheriff of
Wright county, 1892-6; has been a state senator since 1907. [24; 30*.]
Carpenter, Niles, banker, b. in New York in 1825; came to Minne-
sota in 1856; settled in Rushford; was county auditor six years; was
a representative in the legislature in 1858 and 1873. [30.]
Carpenter, S. P., b. in Washtenaw county, Mich., June 1, 1835; set-
tled in Sauk Rapids, Minn., in 1871, and engaged in hotel business nine
years; was sheriff of Benton county, 1874-8, and was afterward clerk
of the district court. [31.]
Carpenter, Warren, Sb., pioneer, b. in Foxborough, Mass,, June 27,
1817; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 29, 1886. He settled in St. Paul in 1858, and
engaged in real estate business. [238 (Dec. 30, 1886).]
Carpenter, Willet, pioneer, b. near Elmira, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1830; d.
in Winona,, Minn., April 30, 1890. He settled there in 1854; engaged
in real estate and railroad business, [78.]
Carrier, Augustus H., clergyman, b. in Hartford county, Conn.; was
graduated at Yale College, 1851; studied at Andover Seminary; was
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109
ordained by a Congregational Council, 1856; supplied Plymouth
Church, Minneapolis, one year, and was pastor of the First Presby-
terian church there, 1867-71 ; later was pastor at Erie, Pa., Indianapolis,
Ind., and Santa Barbara, Cal. [154A.]
Carringtox, George L., b. in Connecticut, April 21, 1838; d. in Albert
Lea, Minn., Nov. 27, 1900. He settled in Albert Lea in 1896, was pres-
ident of the electric light company, and engaged in real estate and
other business. [237 (11*).]
Carrothers, Mrs. Helen Mar, b. in Waukesha, Wis., Aug. 27, 1843;
was married to James Carrothers, a carpenter, in 1856, and with him
came to Winona, Minn., the same year. In 1858 they removed to a
farm in Renville county, and at the time of the Indian outbreak, in
1862, Mrs. Carrothers and her two young children were taken captives.
After great sufferings and danger they escaped and reached the white
soldiers. In 1896 she was married to Lemon Howard Tarble, and re-
sided near Dodge Center. [241.]
Carson, Alexander N., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Tennessee in
1848; d. in San Francisco, Cal., Dec, 1899. He was ordained to the
ministry in Ohio; was pastor in St. Paul, 1892-5, and later in New
Jersey and California. [154*; 238 (Dec. 20, 1899*).]
Carter, Theodore G., b. in Allegany county, N. Y., Feb., 1832; came
to Minnesota in 1856; two years later settled in St. Peter, and was
cashier in a bank; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of captain; afterward engaged in real estate
and insurance business. [32.]
Carver, Henry Ladd, b. at Nunda, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1830; d. at Lake
Minnetonka, Minn., Aug. 9, 1893. He was educated at the Poughkeep-
sie law school; was admitted to the bar in 1854; settled in St. Paul
the same year; was a representative in the legislature, 1861-2; served
in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of
lieutenant colonel. [28, VIII; 68; 93; 94; 121; 124; 156; 159; 163.]
Carver, Jonathan, explorer, b. in Stillwater, now Canterbury, Conn.,
in 1732; d. in London, England, Jan. 31, 1780. He commanded a com-
pany in the French war, and in 1763, when the treaty of peace was
declared, he resolved to explore the newly acquired possessions of
Great Britain in the Northwest. In 1766 he traveled from Boston to
the upper Mississippi river, and spent the ensuing winter with the
Sioux on the Minnesota river in the vicinity of the site of New Ulm.
On his return, according to statements published after his death, he
negotiated a treaty, May 1, 1767, at Carver's cave, in the east edge of
the present city of St. Paul, by which two Sioux chiefs granted to him
a large tract of land on the east side of the Mississippi, extending
from the Falls of St. Anthony to the south end of lake Pepin. This
purported grant was investigated in 1823 by a committee of Congress,
and it was decided that it can confer no rights under the laws of the
110 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
United States. Carver continued his explorations by a canoe journey
along the north and east coast of lake Superior. He returned to Bos-
ton in October, 1768; soon sailed to England, and spent the remainder
of his life in London, publishing Travels through the Interior Parts
of North America (1778) and A Treatise on the Culture of the To-
bacco Plant (1779). [1*; 3*; 4; 28, I*, II*, IV*; 107; 108; 109*; 114*;
176 (Aug., 1896*).]
Carver, O. F., b. in Genesee county, N. Y., in 1830; came to St. Paul
in 1858, and engaged in teaching and bookkeeping; settled in St.
Cloud in 1870; was manager of a lumber yard and flouring mill at
Sauk Center, 1870-4; and afterward was employed in McClure's Bank
in St. Cloud. [31.]
Case,. Christopher Francis, journalist, b. in South Manchester,
Conn., Nov. 1, 1839; was graduated at the University of Michigan,
1868; came to Minnesota in 1874, settling in Marshall, and edited the
Marshall Messenger until 1883; published a history of Lyon county,
1882, and the Lyon County Reporter since 1890. [22*; 24; 32.]
Case, Emanuel, pioneer, b. in New York; d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 4,
1871. He came to Minnesota in 1851; owned a store in St. Anthony,
and later took a claim on the site of Minneapolis; was president of
the company that built the first bridge across the Mississippi river.
[59; 157*.]
Case, George E., b. in Manchester, Mich., April, 1841; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1851; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt.,
1862-5, attaining the rank of captain; engaged in farming and rail-
road building; resided at Kasota; was a state senator in 1881. [32.]
Case, J. A., b. in 1823; d. in St. Paul, May, 1896. He settled in St.
Paul in 1853, and engaged in surveying and civil engineering. [237
(11).]
Case, John Higley, lawyer, was graduated at Yale in 1855; came
to Faribault in 1858; was a state senator in 1871. [18*.]
Case, Sweet W., b. in New York, March 31, 1820; came with his
father to Minnesota in 1851; settled in Minneapolis in 1861; was clerk
of court in Hennepin county many years. [59; 60; 166A*.]
Case, Walter Luman, lawyer, b. in Wilson, N. Y., April 23, 1863;
was graduated at Wilson Collegiate Institute, 1884; came to Minne-
sota in 1893, settling at Duluth; removed to Cloquet in 1897; was a
representative in the legislature in 1907. [24; 25; 30*; 111.]
Casey, Thomas, educator, b. in Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1855; was
graduated at Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, 1882; en-
gaged in teaching in Crookston and other Minnesota towns after 1883;
was superintendent of schools for Polk county, 1901-09, residing in
Crookston. [36; 37; 38.]
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Cash, Daniel Gilbert, lawyer, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1843;
served through the civil war in the 27th Michigan Regt., attaining the
rank of major; settled in Duluth in 1870. [23*; 25.^
Cashman, Thomas E., b. near Owatonna, Minn., Sept. 2, 1871; is
manager of the Clinton Falls Nursery Company; has been a state
senator since 1907; resides in Owatonna. [24; 25; 30*; 70A*.]
Cass, John L., journalist, b. in Richmond, Wis., April 14, 1851; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1864; settled at Lake Benton in 1879,
and was admitted to the bar the next year; after 1887 published the
Lake Benton News. [34.]
Cass, Lewis, statesman, b. in Exeter, N. H., Oct. 9, 1782; d. in De-
troit, Mich., June 17, 1866. He was admitted to the bar in 1803 in
Ohio; served in the war of 1812, attaining the rank of brigadier gen-
eral; was governor of the territory of Michigan; negotiated twenty-
two treaties with Indian tribes; in 1820 led an expedition to explore
the headwaters of the Mississippi; became secretary of war in Presi-
dent Jackson's cabinet in 1831; was minister to France; was Dem-
ocratic candidate for U. S. president; was secretary of state in Presi-
dent Buchanan's cabinet; was U. S. senator twelve years. Cass lake
and Cass county in this state are named in his honor. [1*; 28, VIP;
114*; 238 (June 20, 1866).]
Casseday, John J., served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; resided in Rochester, Minn., after 1866, where he estab-
lished the Casseday Marble Works. [237 (27*).]
Castle, Henry, b. in England in 1858; came to the United States
with his parents in 1863; came to Minnesota in 1872, settled at Elk
River, and was register of deeds and clerk of the district court. [31.]
Castle, Henry Anson, journalist, b. near Quincy, 111., Aug. 22, 1841;
was graduated at McKendree College, 111., 1862; joined the 73d Illinois
Regt. as a private, and was promoted, before the close of the civil war,
to the rank of captain in the 137th Illinois Regt. In 1866 he came to
St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature in 1873; adjutant
general of the state, 1875-6; editor of the St. Paul Dispatch, 1876-85;
state oil inspector, 1883-6; postmaster of St. Paul, 1892-96; and auditor
of the U. S. Post Office Department, 1897-1903. [17; 20*; 23; 24; 27*;
29; 30; 93*; 95*; 98*; 155*; 176 (March, 1888*).]
Castle, James Nathan, congressman and lawyer, b. in Shefford,
Canada, May 23, 1836; d. in Stillwater, Minn., Jan. 2, 1903. He came
to Minnesota in 1861; was admitted to the bar in St. Paul in 1865;
settled in Stillwater; was a state senator, 1869-70 and 1879; was a
representative in Congress, 1891-3. [10; 30; 40; 41; 137; 237 (28*).]
Caswell, Arthur A., b. in Anoka, Minn., Sept. 30, 1867; published
the Anoka Herald, 1889-92; was editor of the Princeton Union six
years; was first lieutenant in the Fourteenth Minnesota Regt. in the
112 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Spanish war; resided in Anoka after 1901, and has been county audi-
tor since 1904. [24; 43*.]
Caswell, Irving A., journalist, t>. in Anoka county, Minn., Feb. 25,
1870; owned and published the Anoka Herald, 1892-1901; was post-
master at Anoka, 1901-4; was graduated in law at the University of
Minnesota, 1904; .clerk of the Supreme Court since 1909. [30*; 43;
127A*; 238 (Dec. 16, 1893*).]
Caswell, Nathan C, pioneer, b. in Canada, Aug. 28, 1835; d. in
Litchfield, Minn., April 20, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1855; built
the first house in Meeker county the same year; founded the town
of Manannah; engaged in hunting, trapping and farming. [35; 237
(35).]
Caswell, Mrs. Sarah M., b. in New York, May 31, 1827; d. in Red-
wood Falls, Minn., Feb. 22, 1901. She married Daniel Caswell in 1848,
and came with him in 1852 to Minnesota, where they founded the town
of Le Roy. After her husband's death she resided on a farm several
years, and in 1884 removed to Redwood Falls. [237 (14).]
Cates, Abraham Barker, physician, b. in East Vassalboro, Maine,
May 12, 1854; was graduated at Colby College, 1874, and Harvard Med-
ical School, 1880; came to Minnesota in 1881, settling in Minneapolis;
professor of obstetrics, University of Minnesota, since 1888. [24;
85A.]
Cathcart, Alexander H., merchant, b. in Toronto, Canada, July 24,
1820; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 3, 1899. He settled in St. Paul in 1850, and
engaged in dry goods business. [28, IX; 29; 94; 237 (9*); 238 (Oct.
4, 1899*).]
Cathcart, Johx .W., b. about 1829, in Toronto, Canada; was
killed by guerrillas near Vicksburg, Miss., April 11, 1864. He settled
in St Paul in 1851, and engaged in dry goods business. Later he
leased a plantation in the South. [28, IV; 29; 94.]
Catherwood, Samuel D., lawyer, b. in Sumner, Minn., Nov. 12, 1859;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1883; was admitted to
the bar in 1888; practiced law in Austin, and was attorney of Mower
county, 1893-99. [24; 79*.]
Catlin, Frederick M., lawyer, b. in Brie, Pa., in 1859; was gradu-
ated at Cornell University, 1882; was admitted to the bar two years
later; settled in St. Paul in 1884. [24; 93; 93A.]
Catliiv, George, artist, b. in Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 26, 1796; d. in
Jersey City, N. J., Dec. 23, 1872. He traveled extensively in both
Europe and America, painting and exhibiting portraits of Indians, pic-
tures of hunting scenes, etc. He visited Fort Snelling and explored
Minnesota, 1835-36. [1; 4; 114*.]
Caulfield, Joiix, b. in Castine, Maine, May, 1854; came to St. Paul
with his parents when five years old; was in the service of the St.
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 113
Paul water department after 1870; secretary of the board of water
works since 1874. [25; 98*; 100; 237 (36*).]
Cavalier, Charles T., known as the "Father of Pembina," b. in
Springfield, Ohio, March 6, 1818; d. in Pembina, N. D., Aug. 2, 1902.
He came to Minnesota in 1841; settled at Red Rock, near St. Paul;,
in 1845 opened the first harness shop in that city, and later, in com-
pany with Dr. Dewey, the first drug store; was territorial librarian,
1849-50; became collector of customs for this district; with headquar-
ters at Pembina, and removed there in 1851; afterward engaged in
trade with the Indians, being associated with Commodore Kittson in
an extensive fur trade. He laid out the original plat for the town of
Pembina, and was the first postmaster there. Cavalier county in
North Dakota was named for him. [237 (19); 241.]
Cavallin, J. 0., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Nov. 25, 1844;
came to the United States with his mother in 1863, and lived in Min-
nesota; was graduated at Augustana College, 1870; was ordained, and
after 1880 resided in Moorhead; was president of Hope Academy.
[35; 54; 169.]
Cavanaugh, Dennis, pioneer, b. in St. Thomas, Ont., Dec. 3, 1838;
d. in Faribault, Minn., Dec. 11, 1909. He came with his parents to
Faribault in 1856; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of captain; engaged in milling, and after 1871
owned a hardware store. [24; 70; 70A; 121; 237 (56*).]
Cavanaugh, James M., lawyer and congressman, b. in Springfield,
Mass., in 1823; d. in Leadville, Colorado, in 1879. He settled in Min-
nesota in 1854, and was this state's first representative in Congress,
1858-9; the next year removed from the state; was active in national
politics. [10; 237 (1).]
Cavender, Abram Holmes, pioneer, b. in Hancock, N. H., July 22,
1815; d. in St. Paul, June 16, 1906. He settled in St. Paul in 1848, and
engaged in blacksmithing and wagonmaking thirty-three years. [28,
IV; 94; 237 (6, 22*); 238 (June 2, 1895*).]
Cayton, Edward W., b. in Providence, R. I., Jan. 11, 1859; settled
in Minneapolis in 1876; joined the fire department in 1881, and was
promoted to a captaincy in 1885. [88*.]
Cederstam, Peter A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Feb. 19,
1830; came to the United States in 1853, and to Minnesota two years
later, being the first Swedish Lutheran minister in this state; resided
in St. Peter, Vasa, Duluth, and other places, and in 1874 settled in
Stockholm, Wright county. [31.]
Cesander, G. M., educator, b. in Sweden in 1863; came to the United
States in 1869 with his parents, who settled in Rockport, 111.; removed
to Minnesota, and studied at Gustavus Adolphus College; was super-
intendent of schools of Sibley county, 1894-1906, residing in Winthrop;
assistant superintendent of public instruction since 1909. [30*.]
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Chadbourn, Charles Henry, banker, b. in Sanford, Maine, Nov. 8,
1831; d. May 5, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1860, settling at first
in Rochester, but in 1887 removed to Minneapolis, having in both of
these cities large banking interests. [19*; 85A.]
Chadbourn, Nathaniel, b. in Maine, Dec. 16, 1826; d. in Blue Earth
City, Minn., Nov. 3, 1901. He settled there in 1869; was president of
the City Bank of Chadbourn Bros. [237 (19).]
Chadbourn, William Hobbs, Jr., civil engineer, b. in Nashville,
Tenn., Oct. 17, 1865; was graduated at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, 1886; engaged in railway engineering; since 1906 chief en-
gineer of the Chicago Great Western railway, residing in St. Paul.
[17.]
Chadbourne, C. H., farmer, b. near Lexington, Mass., June 17, 1831;
came to Minnesota in 1855, and settled in Baldwin, Sherburne county,
the next year, being one of its first settlers; was a representative in
the state legislature in 1874; removed to Princeton in 1890; took
charge of a creamery until 1899, when he was appointed a state dairy
inspector. [31; 41; 237 (13*),]
Chadderdon, Joseph, judge, b. in Middleburgh, N. Y., May 19, 1845;
d. in Redwood Falls, Minn., July 1, 1902. He came with his parents
to Minnesota in 1854; was admitted to the bar in 1868; resided in
Jordan; was a representative in the legislature, 1872-5; settled in
Redwood Falls in 1894, and was judge of the municipal court. [30;
32; 237 (19).]
Chadwick, Miles B., lawyer, b. near Franklin, Pa., in 1843; was
graduated at Allegheny College, Pa., in 1867, and at the Ohio Law Col-
lege, in 1869; settled in Owatonna, Minn., the next year; was county
auditor four terms after 1878; was clerk of the state legislature, 1874-5.
[72.]
Chaffee, James Franklin, M. E. clergyman, b. in Attica, N. Y., Nov.
5, 1827; d. in Pasadena, Cal., Dec. 6, 1911. He entered the ministry
when less than twenty-one years of age; came to Minnesota in 1857,
and was pastor in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, etc.; was presiding
elder of the Minneapolis and St. Paul district five years. [58; 84*;
241.]
Challman, Samuel A., educator, b. in Sweden, Nov. 18, 1867; came
to the United States with his parents when a few months old; was
graduated at Augustana College, Rock Island, 111., in 1886; after 1893
was superintendent of schools in Detroit, Minn., and in Montevideo;
now state school inspector, residing in Minneapolis. [26*; 169.]
Chalmers, William, pioneer, b. in Ottawa, Canada, Dec. 8, 1828; set-
tled in Stillwater; was one of the organizers of the St. Croix Lumber
Co., and later became its president; retired in 1903. [42*.]
Chamberlain, Dan T., lawyer, b. in Wayne county, N. Y., June 18,
1852; came with his parents to Hastings, Minn., in 1864; was grad-
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115
uated at Albany law school, 1874; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1879; published the Hastings News, and later the Hastings
News Era; removed to Michigan in 1886, and practiced law in Mus-
kegon. [30; 48.]
Ciiamberlaix, Francis A., banker, b. in Bangor, Maine, April 20,
1855; came to Red Wing, Minn., when a child; studied two years at
the University of Minnesota; is president of the Security National
Bank of Minneapolis. [85A*; 127A.*]
Ciiamberlaix, George C, b. in Newbury, Vt., Feb. 24, 1837; served
in the Ninth Vermont Regt in the civil war; came to Minnesota in
1366; published the Jackson Republic eleven years; was county audi-
tor two years, and. also served in the legislature; became half owner
of the Marikato Free Press in 1881. [32.]
Chamberlaix, Howard Boardman, lawyer, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, in
1860; settled in Minneapolis in 1903; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1905. [30*.]
Ciiamberlaix, Jacob Sherril, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Buffalo, N.
Y., Jan. 16, 1820; d. in Illinois, Sept. 10, 1900. He came to Minnesota
in 1852, and resided in this state until 1864, doing missionary work
and building churches. [157.]
Ciiamberlaix, Leon T., lawyer, b. in Clyde, N. Y., April 3, 1862;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1864, and resided in Hastings;
was educated at the University of Minnesota, 1884, and the St. Louis
Law School, 1885; settled in St. Paul in 1887; was city attorney,
1893-5; assistant counsel, Northern Pacific Railway Co., 1895-1910; re-
moved to Los Angeles, Cal. [24; 25; 93; 238 (March 11, 1893).]
Ciiamberlaix, Selaii, contractor, b. in Brattleboro, Vt., May 4, 1812;
d. in 1878. He constructed railroads in Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and Wisconsin. The bonds taken by him and others in payment for
railroads partially built in Minnesota were repudiated by the vote of
the people of the state, Nov. 6, 1860; but the claims were compromised,
in 1882, by the payment of half their amount. He aided in the con-
solidation of the lines composing the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway system. [1.]
Chamberlix, George Campbell, journalist, b. in Newbury, Vt., Feb.
24, 1837; d. in Bradford, Vt., Nov. 8, 1896. He served in the Ninth
Vermont Regt., 1862-5, attaining the rank of adjutant; settled in Jack-
son, Minn., in 1866, where he published the Jackson Republican, 1870-
81; was county auditor one term, and a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1871-2; removed to Wells River, Vt, in 1893. [155*.]
Chamberlix, Jeiiiel Westox, physician, b. in Rock Falls, Wis., Oct.
28, 1857; studied his profession at Rush Medical College, and subse-
quently in Europe; settled in St. Paul in 1884. He devotes his atten-
tion to diseases of the eye and ear. [3*; 26*.]
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Chamberlin, M. C, journalist, b. in Genesee county, N. Y., Sept. 20,
1826; settled in Lac qui Parle, Minn., in 1874, and four years later
started the Lac qui Parle Independent. [32.]
Chambers, Alexander, farmer, b. in Argyle, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1803; d.
in Owatonna, Minn., May. 18, 1876. He came to Minnesota in 1859,
settling in Owatonna; was commissioned a brigadier general in the
state militia by Governor Ramsey; was president of the State Agri-
cultural Society in 1868." [166A*.]
Chambers, Carlos Lord, physician, b. in Freeport, 111., ApriM2, 1858;
d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 5, 1904. He came with his parents to Mantor-
ville, Minn., when nine years old; was graduated at Carleton College,
1881, and Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1883; practiced in Canby,
and after 1892 in Kasson. [24; 50*.]
Chambers, Clarke, farmer, b. in Ellicottville, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1839;
came to Minnesota in 1859, settling in Owatonna; was sheriff of
Steele county, 1876-83; member of the board of managers of the State
Agricultural Society, 1882-97. [166A*.]
Chambers, George W., lumberman, b. in Muscatine, Iowa, in 1849;
d. in Shakopee, Minn., June 28, 1898. He settled in Stillwater, Minn.,
in 1879, and resided there until a few weeks before his death. [167
(July 1, 1898),]
Chambers, Julius, journalist, b. in Bellefontaine, Ohio, Nov. 21, 1850;
was graduated at Cornell University, 1870; made a canoe expedition
to Lake Itasca in 1872; resides in New York City; author of many
books, one being "The Mississippi River" (308 pages, 1910), and arti-
cles in magazines and newspapers. [17; 28, VII*.]
Chambers, Marshall, b. in Muscatine, Iowa, Nov., 1847; had charge
of a lumber mill in Lakeland, Minn., nine years; later was inspector
of lumber for the Minneapolis district. [167 (Aug. 11, 1893).]
Champlin, Ezra T., farmer, b. in Ferrisburg, Vt, April 2, 1839; came
to Minnesota in 1860; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of captain; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1875, 1887, and 1891, being speaker of the House in 1891;
resides at Vernon Center, Blue Earth county. [24; 32; 46.]
Chandler, Gilbert, b, in Garland, Maine, March 3, 1824; came to
Minnesota in 1869; ten years later settled on a farm in Richfield,
Hennepin county; was a representative in the legislature three terms,
[60*.]
Chandler, James O,, merchant, b. in Dexter, Maine, Sept, 21, 1837;
d. in Janesville, Minn., Dec. 21, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1857;
served as paymaster's clerk in the U. S. army, 1863-5; settled in Janes-
ville, Waseca county, in 1866; was a representative in the legislature
in 1878. [30; 75; 237 (48).]
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Chandler, John A., b. in 1831; d. in St. Paul, March 31, 1902. He
was continuously in the service of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul
railway forty-nine years, and for more than thirty years was its gen-
eral agent. He resided in St. Paul after 1870. [237 (19*).]
Chandler, Joseph, Congregational clergyman, b. in Woodstock,
Conn., Aug. 12, 1819; d. at St. Anthony Park, Minn., July 27, 1892.
He was graduated at Yale College in 1842; was ordained to the min-
istry in 1846; was pastor in Glencoe, Minn., 1876-81; and later at St.
Cloud and Lakeland; resided in St. Anthony Park after 1891. [144;
179 (Aug. 5, 1892).]
Chandler, Martin Spencer, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1824;
d. Feb. 24, 1893. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and opened a farm at
Pine Island; was sheriff of Goodhue county for more than twenty
years. [18; 29; 41; 54; 56.]
Chaney, Josiah Blodget, librarian, b. in Falmouth, Maine, Oct. 16,
1828; d. in St. Paul, June 11, 1908. He followed the printer's trade
after 1841; came to Minnesota in 1858, settling at St. Anthony; served>
in the second company of Minnesota sharpshooters, allied with the
First Minnesota Regt., 1861-2; resided in St. Paul after 1864; was a
member of the city school board, 1872-75; was assistant librarian of
the Minnesota Historical Society after May, 1887, having charge of its
extensive newspaper department. [25; 28, XII*; 68; 190; 237 (51*);
238 (April 28, 1895*).]
Chaney, Lucian West, Congregational clergyman, b. in Barnard, Vt,
Oct. 16, 1822; d. in Dundas, Minn., Jan. 13, 1900. He was graduated
at the University of Vermont, 1844, and later studied at Andover The-
ological Seminary; was pastor in Mankato, Minn., 1872-81, and after-
ward in Waseca and other towns. [83; 144; 190.]
Chaney, Lucian West, Jr., educator, b. in Heuvelton, N. Y., June
2b, 1857; was graduated at Carleton College, 1878; taught in Mankato
and Faribault; superintendent of schools in Glencoe two years; pro-
fessor of biology and geology in Carleton College, 1882-1907; explored
in the Rocky Mountains, Montana, where Chaney glacier is named for
him; removed to Oberlin, Ohio; author of numerous scientific papers.
[1; 4; 7A; 17; 24; 70A; 128 (1); 190*,]
Chapel, Charles E., b. in Rock county, Wis., Aug. 6, 1843; came
with his parents to Winnebago City., Minn., in 1856; served in the
Fifth Minnesota Regt, 1862-5; was sergeant-at-arms of the state sen-
ate, 1871, and janitor of the state capitol, 1872-85; then became mili-
tary storekeeper of Minnesota, and later was sheriff of Ramsey county;
removed to Forest Lake; custodian of the old capitol, 1911-12. [30;
51*; 95*.]
Chapin, Nathan Colton, Congregational clergyman, b. in Hartford,
Conn., Sept. 20, 1823; d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 11, 1892. He -was grad-
118 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
uated at Yale College, 1844, and Union Theological Seminary, 1849;
came to Minnesota in 1871; was pastor in Faribault and Rochester.
[144.]
Chapman, Charles A., b. in Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 14, 1833; was
graduated from the engineering department of Harvard College, 1856
settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1857; became county auditor in 1862
engaged in real estate and insurance business after 1874. [32; 45*
46; 83*.]
Chapman, J. U. C, farmer and merchant, b. in New York in 1813;
came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Le Sueur county; was a state
senator, 4887-9. [30; 32.]
Chapman, Willis A., journalist, b. in Coles county, 111., Sept. 19,
1853; settled in St. James, Minn., in 1877, and established the St.
James Journal. [34.]
Charles, Thomas C, farmer, b. in New York in 1837; came to Min-
nesota in 1868; settled at South Bend, Blue Earth county; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Chase, Aaron M., b. in Washington county, Maine, April 7, 1813; d.
at Taylor's Falls, Minn., Sept., 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1848;
engaged in lumbering at Taylor's Falls, and after 1866 was manager
of the St. Croix Dam company. [40; 41; 167 (Sept. 9, 1892).]
Chase, Charles E., merchant and miller, b. in Lincoln county,
Maine, May 14, 1846; came to Minnesota in 1870, and settled in Anoka
the next year. [25; 31; 43.]
Chase, E. W., b. in Haverhill, Mass., Feb. 20, 1820; d. in Richfield,
Minn., June 12, 1883. He came to Minneapolis in 1867, and two years
later removed to St. Paul; was secretary of the Young Men's Christian
Association, 1869-76, and afterward was secretary of the St. Paul Re-
lief Society. [238 (June 14, 1883).]
Chase, John Gale, farmer, b. in Alexandria, N. H., July 8, 1828;
settled in Canisteo, Dodge county, Minn., in 1864; was county treas-
urer, 1882-6. [49.]
Chase, Jonathan, lumberman, b. in Sebec, Maine, Jan. 1, 1819; d.
in Minneapolis, Feb. 2, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and en-
gaged in the lumber business on Rum river; later owned an interest
in the large mills at Gull river, Cass county. He resided in Minne-
apolis. [31; 60; 237 (20*, 35).]
Chase, Josiah Hook, b. in Kingston, N. H., Sept. 15, 1830; came to
Minnesota in 1856; settled in Minneapolis the same year, and was
the first merchant on the west side of the river. [88*.]
Chase, Kelsey D., b. in Little Valley, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1841; came to
Minnesota in 1860; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. during the
civil war; engaged in mercantile business, real estate, and railway
and mining development, residing successively in Rochester, Owaton-
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na, Duluth, Crookston, and since 1887 in Faribault; was president of
the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway Co., 1890-3; president of
the Chase State Bank in Faribault. [24; 25; 70A.]
Chase, Kelsey Stillman, banker, b. in Crookston, Minn., April 15,
1878; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1903;
cashier of the Chase State bank, Faribault, since 1905; appointed
state superintendent ;£ banks, 1910. [30*; 127A*.]
Chase, Wilbur F., merchant, b .in Lincoln, Maine, June 6, 1842;
served in the civil war in Maine regiments; came to Minnesota in
1866, and settled in Anoka in 1872; engaged in mercantile business,
and later dealt in lumber. [31; 43*.]
Chatfield, Andrew Gould, jurist, b. in Butternuts, Otsego county,
N. Y., Jan. 27, 1810; d. in Belle Plaine, Minn., Oct. 3, 1875. He was
associate justice of the supreme court of Minnesota Territory, 1853-7;
was one of the founders of the town of Belle Plaine, and practiced law
there, 1857-71; was judge of the Eighth judicial district, 1871-5. [18;
29; 41; 51; 94; 156*; 168 (March, 1892*); 237 (1).]
Cheadle, Alton B., banker, b. in Amesville, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1870;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1872; resided in Jackson after
1883, where he is cashier of the First National Bank. [62*.]
Cheadle, Asa, pioneer, b. in Ohio in 1824; came to Minnesota in
1855; settled on a farm in Kasota in 1863; was a representative in the
legislature in 1861. [32.]
Cheadle, Henry W., b. in Meigs county, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1865; came
to Minnesota in 1872 with his parents, who settled in Blue Earth
county; attended Carleton College; removed to Duluth in 1886, and
engaged in real estate business; has been city clerk since 1898; a
state senator, 1911. [24; 30*.]
Cheatham, John W., b. a slave in Union county, Mo., in 1S55; came
with his parents to Minneapolis as soon as freed by the Emancipation
Proclamation, 1863; was a member of the fire department after 1888;
became captain in 1899. [88*.]
Cheney, William, b. in 1833; d. in Chicago, July 21, 1901. He was
a pioneer resident of Minneapolis. Monthly reports of his weather
observations were published during many years in the Minneapolis
Tribune. [190; 237 (14*).]
Chenvert, Bruno, pioneer, b. in Quebec in 1821; d. at Traverse des
Sioux, Minn., May 18, 1877. He came to Minnesota in 1845, and lived
for a time in the St. Croix valley; settled in St. Paul in 1850 as a
carpenter, but removed the next year to Traverse des Sioux, where
he was an Indian trader in the employ of Henry M. Rice. [237 (1).]
Cheshire, Isaac, b. in Shropshire, Eng., in 1830; d. May 21, 1882.
He came to the United States in 1846, and settled in Mankato, Minn.,
in 1866; engaged in mercantile business, and after 1875 was deputy
county auditor. [171*.]
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Chesley, B. M., farmer, b. in New York in 1842; served in a N. Y.
regiment in the civil war; settled at Ada, Minn., in 1885; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1891-3. [30.]
Chester, Albert Huntington, chemist and mining engineer, b. in
Saratoga Springs, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1843; was graduated at the Columbia
School of Mines, 1868; was professor of chemistry and metallurgy at
Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., 1870-92. During the years 1875-80
he explored the great iron ore deposits of the Vermilion range in
Minnesota, an account of which was given by him in the Eleventh
Annual Report of the Geological and Natural History Survey of this
state for the year 1S82, pages 154-167. He resides in New Brunswick,
N. J. [1.]
Chewning, R. J., b. in Virginia in 1833; came to Minnesota in 1855;
served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; engaged in lumber business in Farmington; was a
representative in the legislature, 1867-8, and a state senator, 1869-73.
[30.]
Child, Elisha Adrian, merchant, b. in Paris, Me., in 1850; came to
Minnesota in 1876; resided in. Glencoe, and was a dealer in farm
machinery; was a representative in the legislature, 1881-5, and a state
senator, 1887-9. [30; 64.]
Child, H. A., lawyer, b. in Maine in 1845; served in the First Maine
cavalry four years; settled in Glencoe, Minn., in 1866; was admitted
to the bar in 1870; was county attorney two years; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Child, James Erwin, journalist and lawyer, b. in Jefferson county,
N. Y., Dec. 19, 1833; came to Minnesota in 1S55, settling in Wilton;
removed to Waseca in 1868; was editor of the Wilton News, later of
the Waseca News, and after 1874 of the Minnesota Radical; was a
representative in the legislature, 1861 and 1874; and a state senator
in 1872, 1874, and 1883. He was the Prohibition candidate for gov-
ernor in 1886. [18; 25; 75*; 137*.]
Child, Sampson Reed, lawyer, b. in Paris, Maine, Sept. 22, 1861;
was graduated at Bowdoin College, 1884; came to Minneapolis the
same year; was admitted to the bar in 1886. [25; S5A*.]
Child, Simeon P., manufacturer, b. in Ohio in 1836; came to Waseca
county, Minn., in 1855; served in the Indian and civil wars; settled in
Blue Earth City in 1866; was a representative in the legislature,
1872-3 and 1877, and a state senator, 1874-5; resided in St. Paul after
1892; removed to Shakopee. [30; 51*; 111.]
Childress, Arthur B., judge, b. in Kingston, Tenn., Aug. 17, 1871;
was graduated at Grant University, 1892, and in law at the University
of Minnesota, 1898; settled in Northfield, Minn., 1898; was county at-
torney of Rice county, 1907-10; was elected judge of the Fifth judicial
district, 1910. [25; 30; 137.]
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Childs, Henry Warren, attorney general, b. in Belgium, N. Y., Nov.
24, 1848; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 30, 1906. He was graduated at Cazenovia
Seminary; was admitted to the bar in 1881; came to Minnesota in
1883, settling at first in Fergus Falls, but in 1887 removed to St. Paul;
was attorney general for the state, 1893-1899; author of several papers
and addresses published in the Minnesota Historical Society Collec-
tions. [22*; 25; 27*; 28, XII*; 30; 95*; 137; 237 (39*); 238 (Oct. 4,
1896*).]
Chilton, Edwin Young, physician, b. in Burkesville, Ky., Aug. 25,
1849; was graduated at Miami Medical College, 1874; came to Minne-
sota in 1880, and settled at Howard Lake; was a state senator, 1899-
1903. [24; 30; 31.]
Chilton, William G., pioneer, b. near Kingston, Ontario, Feb. 12,
1846; d. in Burlington, Becker county, Minn., Aug. 26, 1902. He set-
tled in Minnesota in 1870, and opened one of the first farms in Becker
county. [44.]
Chinnock, Renville, lawyer, b. in Hudson, Wis., Nov. 20, 1869; came
to Minnesota in 1888, and was graduated in law at the State Univer-
sity, 1893; settled in St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature
in 1903. [25; 30.]
Chisholm, Alexander, farmer, b. in Massachusetts in 1847; came to
Minnesota in 1862, and settled at New Paynesville, Stearns county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1883 and 1895. [30.]
Chisholm, Archibald Mark, miner and banker, b. in Alexandria,
Ontario, April 25, 1864; came to Minnesota, and in 1888 began mining
on the Vermilion Range. The town of Chisholm was founded by him
and is named in his honor. He was president of the First National
bank there, and also vice president of a state bank at Hibbing. Since
1900 he has resided in Duluth. [31A*.]
Chittenden, Albert Jerome, Congregational clergyman, b. in West-
brook, Conn., July 26, 1838; d. in New Marlboro, Mass., Feb. 4, 1901.
He was graduated at Ripon College, Wis., in 1868, and at Chicago
Theological Seminary in 1875. He was superintendent of Indian mis-
sions at White Earth, Minn., 1868-72; and afterward was pastor in
Iowa and Illinois. [144; 191.]
Chittenden, Alson Cornelius, merchant, b. in Westbrook, Conn.,
July 29, 1845; owned a store in Atwater, Minn., and later at Marshall.
[32; 124; 191.]
Chittenden, Edwin Sedgwick, lawyer, b. in Rensselaerville, N. Y.,
Jan. 1, 1843; d. at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, Oct. 8, 1908. He was grad-
uated at the University of Rochester, 1865, and was admitted to the
bar in 1867; resided in St. Paul after 1869. [24; 25; 93; 237 (51*).]
C ho ate, Augustus B. lawyer, b. in Wayne county, Ohio, Aug. 3,
1853; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1856; was graduated at
122 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the State Normal School, Winona, 187S, and at Union College of Law,
Chicago, 1883; settled in Minneapolis, 1886. [24; 25; 26*; 90*.]
Choitart, Medard. See Groseilliers.
Chowen, George W., pioneer, b. in Greene county, N. Y., in 1822;
d. in Minneapolis, May 5, 1887. He came to St. Anthony, Minn., in
1850,* was register of deeds for Hennepin county several terms, be-
ginning in 1860; was clerk of the district court; during the later years
of his life conducted an abstract office. [59; 84*.]
Chowen, William S., pioneer, b. in Roxbury, N. Y., June 22, 1826;
d. at Groveland, Lake Minnetonka, Feb. 8, 1912. He came to Minne-
sota in 1852, settling on a farm in Minnetonka township; was a rep-
resentative in the first state legislature; served in the Eleventh Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war. [58; 60*; 241.]
Christensen, Ferdinand Sneedorf, banker, b. in Copenhagen, Den-
mark, April 18, 1837; d. in Rush City, Minn., Oct. 2, 1895. He came
to the United States in 1866, and to Minnesota two years later, where
he engaged in newspaper publication; settled in Rush City in 1870;
was a representative in the legislature in 1878; was land agent of a
railway company; founded the Bank of Rush City in 1882; was vice
consul for Denmark after 1883. [30; 169*; 237 (9*).]
Christensen, H. P., b. in Denmark, Aug. 27, 1832; came to the Unit-
ed States in 1857, and to Mankato, Minn., in 1859; engaged in mercan-
tile business eight years, and afterward had a real estate and insur-
ance office. [45; 83*.]
Christensen, Jurgen P., b. in Denmark, Sept. 24, 1846; came to the
United States in 1857, and to Minnesota the same year; resided in
Mankato after 1860, and engaged in mercantile business; removed to
California in 1890. [83*.]
Christensen, Oscar Francis, lawyer, b. in St. Paul, June 29, 1876;
was graduated at the St. Paul College of Law, 1902; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1907-09. [24; 25; 30*.]
Christenson, Andrew A„ b. in Norway, Oct. 19, 1863; came to the
United States in 1865, and to Minnesota in 1872 with his parents, who
settled in Lyon county; was sheriff of this county, 1894-1905; resides
at Tracy; assistant sergeant-at-arms of the state senate, 1911, [30*.]
Christenson, Nels, carpenter, b. in Denmark in 1850; came to Min-
nesota in 1876; resides in Evan, Brown county; was a representative
in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Christian, George Henry, manufacturer, b. in Wetumpka, Ala., in
1839; set-tied in Minneapolis in 1865; was a partner of C. C. Washburn
in flour milling until 1875; later was chief owner and manager of the
Hardwood Manufacturing and Storage company, and president of the
Consolidated Milling company. [24; 84*; 168 (Aug. 10, 1883*, and Oct.
4, 1895*).]
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Christian, John Augustus, miller, b. in Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 12,
1832; d. at Lake Minnetortka, Minn., July 2, 18S6. He came to Minne-
sota in 1869; settled in Minneapolis, and engaged in flour milling and
other business enterprises. [168 (July 2, 1886*).]
Christian, Llewellyn, miller, b. in Wetumpka county, Ala., June
10, 1841; came to Minnesota in 1872, and engaged in extensive flour
milling at Minneapolis, where he afterward resided; also in flour mill-
ing at Shakopee, and in grain commission business. [23; 24; 25.]
Christianson, Charles C, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Hammer-
fest, Norway, July 15, 1857; d. in Hinckley, Minn., April 23, 1893. He
came to the United States with his parents when ten years old; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1885, and was ordained to the ministry in 1887;
aided in organizing there the first Swedish Presbyterian church in
this state; was pastor in Hinckley and Sandstone after 1891. [153.]
Christianson, Christian O., b. in Norway, April 4, 1850; came to
the United States with his parents when eight years old, and to Min-
nesota in 1871; returned to Iowa, but in 1880 settled on a homestead
in Polk county, Minn.; after 1885 engaged in real estate business in
Crookston; was judge of probate, 1887-9. [35; 169.]
Christianson, Garriel Theodore, lawyer, b. near Deerfield, Wis.,
Nov. 3, 1855; d. in Minnewaukan, N. D., Jan. 29, 1910. He came with
his parents to western Minnesota in 1862; studied law at Iowa Uni-
versity, and was admitted to the bar in 1879; settled in Renville; was
county attorney .for Renville county, 1883-89 and 1891-93; removed to
Minnewaukan in 1901, where he was president of the First National
Bank. [237 (62).]
Christie, Frank C. J., b. in Freeborn county, Minn., March 19, 1875;
removed to Austin, 1899, and engaged in the sale of farm implements;
a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Christie, William, farmer, b. in Franklin county, Vt., March 24,
1844; came to Minnesota in 1864, settling in Oakland, Freeborn county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1893; removed to Austin,
1898, there dealing in agricultural implements. [24; 30.]
Christlieb, Benjamin F., b. in Cumberland county, Pa., Oct. 10, 1836;
was educated as a civil engineer; came to Minnesota in 1859, and set-
tled at Long Lake, Hennepin county; was engaged in surveying for
railroads, and after 1877 in mercantile business; was a representative
in the legislature in 1891. [60*.]
Christmas, Charles W., surveyor, b. in Brownville, Pa., in 1796; d.
June 17, 1884. He settled at St. Anthony, Minn., in 1850; took a claim
in 1852 which was afterward a part of Minneapolis. [29*; 59; 241.]
Christopherson, Hans, farmer, b. in Norway, March 7, 1830; came
to the United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1856; settled in
Hartland, Freeborn county; was a representative in the legislature
in 1879. [30.]
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Chbistopherson, Henry, b. in Norway, Nov. 26, 1844; came to the
United States in 1863, settling in Fillmore' county, Minn.; served in
the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war; opened a hardware
store in Lanesboro in 1876; was a representative in the legislature in
1878. [30; 52.]
Church, Calvin, pioneer, b. in New York; resided in the St. Croix
valley before Minnesota Territory was organized; settled at St. An-
thony in 1848; owned a claim in what is now the center of Minne-
apolis in 1851. [59; 60*.]
Churchill, Orlando A., b. in Windsor county, Vt., in 1825; settled
at Little Falls, Minn., in 1S55; engaged in mercantile business; was
auditor of Morrison county several years. [41.]
Chute, Richard, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1820; d. in Chicago,
111., Aug. 1, 1893. He was one of the pioneer settlers in Minneapolis,
bringing his family to the Falls of St. Anthony in 1854. He obtained
an interest in the water power of the falls, and through his efforts
appropriations were made by Congress for the preservation of the
falls. He died while attending the World's Exposition in Chicago.
[19*; 23*; 41; 58; 84*; 85A*; 127A*; 167 (Aug. 4, 1893); 192.]
Chute, Richard Henry, b. in Woburn, Mass., March 14, 1843; served
in Massachusetts regiments during the civil war, attaining the rank
of captain; later engaged in lumber business in St. Louis, Mo., Eau
Claire, Wis., and since 1893 in Minneapolis. [85A.]
Chute, Samuel Hewes, physician, b. in Columbus, Ohio, Dec. 6, 1830;
was graduated in medicine at the College of Ohio, Cincinnati, 1852;
settled at Minneapolis in 1857. He engaged in real estate operations,
and in the management of the St. Anthony Falls Water. Power Com-
pany. Like his brother, Richard, he was closely identified with the
progress and growth of Minneapolis. [23*; 24; S5A*; 192.]
Clague, Frank, lawyer, b. in Ohio in 1865; came to Minnesota in
1881; settled at Redwood Falls; was attorney of Redwood county, 1895-
1903; was a representative in the legislature, 1903-5, being speaker of
the House in 1905; a state senator since 1907. [30*.]
Clapp, Moses Edwin, U. S. senator, b, in Delphi, Ind., May 21, 1851;
was graduated at the Wisconsin Law School, 1873; removed to Min-
nesota in 1881, settling at Fergus Falls; was attorney general of the
state, 1887-93; afterward resided in St. Paul, practicing law; United
States senator since 1901. [10; 17; 23; 24; 25; 27*; 30; 35; 98*; 100;
137.]
Clark, A., b. in Addison county, Vt, in 1816; served as captain in
the Third Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; after 1871 owned a general
store at Minnesota Lake, Blue Earth county, Minn. [32.]
Clark, Alden H., Congregational missionary, b. in Minneapolis in
1878; was graduated at Amherst College, 1896, and Union Theological
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 125
Seminary, 1903; was ordained to the ministry in Minneapolis the next
year; became a missionary to India in 1904. [Missionary Herald
(Aug., 1904*).]
Clark, Charles H., b. in Bath, N. Y., June 19, 1835; d. in Richfield,
Minn., Nov. 23, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and engaged in
farming at Richfield, near Minneapolis; was secretary of the State
Agricultural Society in 1863 and 1866-71; was deputy collector of in-
ternal revenue ten years; was a representative in the legislature, 1868-
9, 1872-3, and 1875. [30 (1873); 166A*; 237 (1).]
Clark, Mrs. Charlotte A., b. in Hartford, Conn., in 1795; d. at Colo-
rado Springs, Colo., July 13, 1873. She married Lieut. Nathan Clark
in 1816, and came to Minnesota in 1819 with the troops who built Port
Snelling. With Mrs. Snelling she established there the first Sunday
School in Minnesota. Her husband died in 1836. [237 (1).]
Clark, Edwin, b. in Grafton county, N. H., Feb. 25, 1834; came to
Minnesota in 1857, and published the first daily newspaper in Minne-
apolis, 1857-63; was Indian agent for the Ojibways, 1865-7; settled in
Melrose in 1867; was one of the townsite proprietors, and took an
active part in developing the water power, building mills, and making
other improvements. He now resides in Minneapolis. [28, XII; 31;
174*; 193.]
Clark, Gardiner K., clergyman, b. in Bradford, Vt., Feb. 28, 1796;
d. in Saratoga, Winona county, Minn., March 18, 1870. He was grad-
uated at Union College, and at Auburn Theological Seminary; came to
Minnesota in 1855; organized a Congregational church at Saratoga,
and was its pastor. [143.]
Clark, George Archibald, lawyer, b. in Eden Prairie, Minn., Nov. 7,
1864; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1891; was secre-
tary to the president of Stanford University, and later was associate
professor there; became assistant in the United States Department of
Commerce and Labor in 1909; has written many essays, reports, and
magazine articles, on scientific subjects. [127A.]
Clark, George Washington, pioneer, b. in Copenhagen, N. Y., June
10, 1827; d. Aug. 3, 1897. He was the first settler on the site of Wino-
na, Minn., 1851, and planted one of the first apple orchards in the
state. [76; 77; 78; 166 (1898*).]
Clark, Greenleaf, jurist, b. in Plaistow, N. H., Aug. 23, 1835; d. at
Lamanda Park, near Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 7, 1904. He was grad-
uated at Dartmouth College, 1855, and at the Harvard Law School,
1857; came to Minnesota, and settled in St. Paul in 1858. He prac-
ticed his profession until he was appointed associate justice of the
supreme court of the state in 1881. The next year he resumed his
law practice, from which he retired in 1888. He became a regent of
126 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the State University in 1S79, and president of the board of regents
in 1901. [23*; 28, XII*; 68; 93; 93A; 95*; 127 (10*); 127B; 136; 137*;
193; 237 (31*); 238 (Aug. 6, 1897*).]
Clark, James Henry, farmer and carpenter, b. in Manchester, Vt,
May 24, 1830; d. in Excelsior, Minn., Oct. 30, 1905. He came to Minne-
sota in 1854, and settled at Excelsior; served in Illinois regiments in
the civil war; was a representative in the legislature, 1877^8. [30; 237
(39*).]
Clark, James T., b. in Auburn, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1852; engaged in rail-
road work after 1870; resided in St. Paul after 1883; became general
traffic manager of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha rail-
way in 1896. [24; 25; 95*.]
Clark, John, b. in Unity, N. H., in 1825; came to Minnesota in 1878,
and settled at Windom, where he engaged in real estate business; was
a state senator, 1887-9. [30; 34.]
Clark, John B„ soldier, b. in Kentucky; d. Aug. 23, 1847. He at-
tained the rank of major in 1845; was commandant at Port Snelling,
1846-7. [11; 12.]
Clark, John Bates, educator, b. in Providence, R. I.; Jan. 26, 1847;
was graduated at Amherst College, 1872; studied at Heidelberg and
Zurich Universities, 1872-5; was professor of political economy and
history in Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 1877-82; and later was
professor in Smith College, Amherst College, and after 1895 in Co-
lumbia University; author of several books on economics. [4*; 17.]
Clark, John Sinclair, educator, b. in Nova Scotia, Feb. 25, 1849;
came to Minneapolis in 1870; was graduated at the University of Min-
nesota in 1876; has been professor of Latin there since 1880. [58; 127
(2*); 127A*, B.]
Clark, JcJseph Healy, b. in Gilmanton, N. H., Feb. 10, 1819; d. in
Claremont, Dodge county, Minn., Sept. 23, 1879. He settled on a claim
in Claremont in 1855; was county superintendent of schools, and a
state senator three terms. [49.]
Clark, Kenneth, banker, b. at Fort Plain, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1847; was
graduated at Union College, 1869; settled in St. Paul, 1870; was part-
ner in a large furniture establishment twenty years, and was con-
nected with many other financial enterprises; president of the Mer-
chants' National Bank of St. Paul since 1897. [23; 24; 25; 93A; 95*.]
Clark, Malcolm, b. at Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1817; d. near Helena,
Mont., Aug. 18, 1869. He came with his father, Maj. Nathan Clark, to
Minnesota in 1819, and spent his early boyhood at Fort Snelling.
Afterward he lived much with the Indians, and became allied to them
by marriage. He was killed by Indians at his trading post. [28, III.]
Clark, Merrill M., b. in Shrewsbury, Vt., Aug. 30, 1843; came to
Minnesota in 1857, and settled in Garden City, Blue Earth county;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 127
served in the Fifth Iowa cavalry, 1861-6; was a representative in the
legislature in 1876; engaged in the drug business, and later in insur-
ance; was railway station agent after 1880. [30; 32.]
Clark, Nathan, soldier, b. near Worcester, Mass., May, 1789; d. at
Fort Winnebago, Wis., Feb. 18, 1836. He entered the army as second
lieutenant in the 37th Infantry in 1812; was stationed at Fort Snell-
ing, 1819-27. [28, I, III.]
Clark, Sumner Calvin, lawyer, b. in Walpole, N. H., Nov. 6, 1S18;
came to Minnesota in 1857, and settled in St. James in 1870; built the
first building there; was admitted to the bar in 1873; was county sur-
veyor of Watonwan county, and judge of probate. [39.]
Clark, Thomas Chalmers, physician, b. in Quincy, Mass., April 22,
1853; came to Minnesota in 1870, settling in Stillwater; was gradu-
ated at Rush Medical College, 1881. [22; 23; 24; 25.]
Clark, William Wyckoff, physician, b. in 1821 in Pennsylvania; d.
in Mankato, Minn., Jan. 1, 1878. He was graduated at Cleveland Med-
ical College in 1848, and settled in Mankato in 1858; was surgeon in
the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [83*; 139.]
Clark, William Wyckoff, lawyer, b. in Mankato, Minn., March 10,
1862; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1882; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1885, and settled in Minneapolis. [22*; 25.]
Clarke, Francis Byron, b. in Madison county, N. Y., July 1, 1839; d.
in Portland, Oregon, April 24, 1911. He settled in St. Paul in 1871;
was in the employ of the West Wisconsin railway company; later
was traffic manager of the Great Northern railway. [23; 95*; 98*.]
Clarke, George A., b. in Waterville, Maine, Feb. 1, 1832; d. at the
Soldiers' Home, Minnehaha, Minn., Nov. 25, 1910. He settled in Blue
Earth county, Minn., in 1854; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt.
during the civil war; later engaged in real estate and insurance busi-
ness in Mankato; removed to the South in 1889. [29*; 83*; 237 (62*).]
Clarke, Hopewell, civil engineer, b. in Williamsport, Pa., March 10,
1854; engaged in railroad engineering in Minnesota after 1880; was
land commissioner of the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Co., 1888-99,
and later was interested in developing mines on the Mesabi range;
resides in St. Paul. [17; 24; 25.]
Clarke, Hovey C, b. in Flint, Mich., May 7, 1859; studied at the
University of Michigan; has engaged in lumber business in Minne-
apolis since 1886; treasurer of the Shevlin-Carpenter Co. and other
lumber companies. [85A*.]
Clarke, Josiaii F., pioneer, b. in China, Maine, March 9, 1823; d. in
Anoka, Minn., Feb. 20, 1906. He settled in Anoka county in 1854;
served as a musician in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
was county treasurer in 1866; was a carpenter by trade. [237 (39).]
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Clarke, Nehemiah Parker, stock farmer, b. in Hubbardston, Mass.,
April 8, 1836; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in St. Cloud, where
for several years he was a merchant, and afterward engaged in lum-
bering, express business, and stock raising; owned a farm of 2,000
acres, and had the largest and finest herds of cattle in the state. [18;
31; 41; 166A*.]
Clarke, Robert J., b .in Ireland, April 24, 1862; came to the United
States in 1883, and to Minnesota the next year, settling in St. Paul;
was a letter carrier, 1888-1906, and later in tailoring business; a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Clarke, Ziba Burt, banker and journalist, b. in Licking county, Ohio,
Oct. 18, 1844; came to Minnesota in 1859; served four years in the
civil war; was the first settler, in 1870, upon the site of the town of
Lac qui Parle. In 1874 he was a representative in the legislature. The
next year he removed to Benson, where he owned and edited the
Times, and later the Advocate. [18; 32.]
Clausen, Albert Christian, b. in Charlestown, Mass., May 6, 1849;
came to Minnesota in 1872, settling in St. Paul and engaging in the
grain business; was chief grain inspector of the state, 1889-1901; sec-
retary of the Railroad and Warehouse Commission. [24; 30*; 111.]
Clausen, Claus Lauritz, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Denmark, Nov.
3, 1820; d. in Paulsbo, Wash., Feb. 20, 1892. He came to the United
States in 1843; was ordained to the ministry, and was one of the most
prominent Lutherans in this country. He was chaplain of the 15th
Wisconsin Regt., 1861-2; was pastor in Blooming Prairie and Austin,
Minn., after 1878. [65A*; 169; 170.]
Clausen, Peter, artist, b. in Denmark in 1830; studied art in Co-
penhagen and Stockholm; came to the United States in 1866, settling
in Minneapolis, He is a well known painter of natural scenery. [169.]
Claussen, Oscar, civil engineer, b. in Terre Haute, Ind., Dec. 2,
1860; was graduated at the Polytechnic School, Zurich, Switzerland,
1882; settled in St. Paul in 1885; had charge of the engineering de-
partment of the Northwest General Electric Company, 1890-3; was
city engineer, 1899-1902, and 1911-12. [24; 25; 111; 238 (July 22,
1899*).]
Clay, Mark W., merchant, b. in Hooksett, N.H., March 31, 1835; d.
in Hutchinson, Minn., Jan. 28, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1855,
and opened a boot and shoe store in Oronoco; served as captain in
the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in Hutchinson in
1885, engaged in real estate business, and had other financial inter-
ests. [66; 237 (14*).]
Clayton, William Z., b. in Freeman, Maine ,in 1837; came to Min-
nesota about 1857; served in the First Minnesota Battery of Light
Artillery, 1861-5, becoming its captain; later resided in Winona county,
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and in Clayton township, Mower county, which was named for him;
was a farmer and dealer in real estate; removed to Bangor, Maine.
[65A.]
Cleary, James Mathew, R. C. priest, b. in Boston, Mass., Sept. 8,
1849; was educated in St. Francis Seminary and St. Lawrence Col-
lege, Wisconsin; entered the priesthood in 1872; has been many years
pastor in Minneapolis; well known as a temperance advocate and
public lecturer. [24; 85A.]
Cleary, Peter, farmer, b. in Ireland in 1838; came to the United
States in 1849, and to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Scott county; was a
representative in the legislature in 1859 and 1876-7. [30.]
Cleland, Alexander M., b. in Alliance, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1862; engaged
in railway service after 1878; became general passenger agent of the
Northern Pacific railway in 1904; resides in St. Paul. [17; 24; 25.]
Clement, Andrew A., pioneer, b. in Claremont, N. H., April 9, 1814;
d. Feb. 20, 1882. He came to St. Paul in 1854; engaged in hotel busi-
ness there, and after 1857 in Minneapolis. [174*.]
Clement, Thomas Burr, banker, b. in Manlius, N. Y., June 19, 1834;
settled in Faribault, Minn., in 1864; was president of the First Na-
tional Bank of that city. In 1875 he was a representative in the leg-
islature, and in 1878-85 a state senator. [18; 22*; 30; 70.]
Clements, Frederic Edward, botanist, b. in Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 16,
1874; was graduated at the University of Nebraska, 1894; professor of
botany in the University of Minnesota since 1907, residing in Minne-
apolis. [7A; 17; 127A*, B.]
Clemmer, Mary. See Ames, Mrs. Mary Clemmer.
Cleveland, Howard H., lawyer, b. in Mankato, Minn., June 1, 1859;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 13, 1888. He was graduated at Columbia Law
School in 1879; was admitted to the bar in 1882; and practiced law
in St. Paul. [93; 238 (Oct. 14, 1888).]
Cleveland, John R., b. in Peterborough, N. Y., in 1829; d. in St.
Paul, Jan. 4, 1902. He settled in St. Paul in 1857; was deputy U. S.
marshal ten years, chief of police in St. Paul four years, and later
chief of detectives of the great Northern railway. 237 (19).]
Clitiierall, George B., b. in Fort Johnson, N. C, June 13, 1814; d.
Oct. 21, 1890. He was appointed by President Buchanan U. S. land
agent with headquarters at St. Paul; resided there several years;
removed to Alabama. He presented to the Minnesota Historical So-
ciety a chair that was used by Washington in his home at Mount
Vernon. [237 (2).]
Close, A. M., pioneer, b. in Nova Scotia, Feb. 4, 1821; d. in Hopkins,
Minn., Oct. 25, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1853, settling at Glen-
coe; built the first house in Hopkins, Hennepin county. [237 (28).]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Close, William, b. in Ohio, Sept. 9, 1827; came to Minnesota in
1855; settled in Richland, Rice county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1870; resided in Faribault after 1876, and engaged in
insurance business. *[70.]
Clotjgh, David Marston, governor, b. in Lyme, N. H., Dec. 27, 1846;
came to Minnesota with his father's family in 1857, settling at Spen-
cer Brook; removed to Minneapolis in 1866; and established one of
the most successful lumber enterprises in the state. He was a state
senator, 1886-90; was lieutenant governor, 1893-5; and governor, 1895-
99; removed to Everett, Washington, where he has since engaged in
lumber business. [3; 17; 20*; 22*; 27*; 2S, XIII*; 30; 84*; 86; 90*;
95*; 127 (10*); 166A*; 167 (April 24, 1891*, and April 4, 1902*).]
Clotjgh, Gilbeet, lumberman, b. in Lyme, N. H., Aug. 26, 1839; d.
in Minneapolis, December, 1888. He came with his parents to Min-
neapolis in 1857; engaged in logging and lumbering after 1866. [58;
S6; 167 (Jan. 4, 1889).]
Clough, Joel Barber, civil engineer, b. in Palmer, Mass., Oct. 30,
1823; d. in Minneapolis in 1887. He came to Minnesota in 1861, set-
tling on a farm near Minneapolis; was chief engineer of several rail-
roads, and also city engineer of Minneapolis. [60.]
Clough, William Pitt, lawyer, b. in Freetown, N. Y., March 20,
1845; was graduated at the Normal School at Edinboro, Pa., in 1862;
came to Minnesota in 1868, and was admitted to the bar in this state.
After 1872 he resided in St. Paul; gained prominence as attorney for
the Northern Pacific railroad company; and later became vice-presi-
dent of the Great Northern railway company; removed to New York
City. [17; 23; 68; 93*; 95*; 238 (Aug. 6, 1897*).]
Cobb, Daniel, M. E. clergyman, b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., Nov.
7, 1818; d. in Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 25, 1894. He entered the min-
istry in 1843; came to Minnesota in 1857; was chaplain of the Sixth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was chaplain in the legislature two
years; was pastor in St. Paul, Minneapolis, and other towns, and was
presiding elder many years. [58; 180 (Jan. 23, 1895).]
Cobb, Harrison J., pioneer, b. in Ripley, Maine, May 4, 1837; came
to Minnesota in 1854, and after 1857 resided in Minneapolis. He en-
gaged in mercantile business a few years, and later was an extensive
lumber dealer. [174*.]
Cobb, Sheridan Grant, physician, b. in Cascade, Minn., Aug. 14,
1862; was graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago,
1884; settled in Merriam Park, St. Paul, 1889; founder of the Cobb
Hospital, 1902. [24; 25; 93A*; 127B.]
Cochran, George C, journalist, b. in Natchez, Miss., about 1841; d.
in Minneapolis, Jan. 17, 1908, He was educated at West Point Mill-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 131
tary Academy and the University of New York City; was a newspaper
writer, and for almost fifteen years was connected with the Minne-
apolis Journal. [237 (48).]
Cochran, Thomas, Jr., b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., July 31, 1843; d. in
St. Paul, Dec. 25, 1906. He was graduated at the University of the
City of New York, 1863, and Columbia Law School, 1865; settled at
St. Paul in 1868, and engaged in real estate and loaning business.
[25; 28, XII; 131A; 176 (April, 1886); 237 (43*).]
Coe, John N., soldier, b. in Maine; was commandant at Fort Snell-
ing in 1876; attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1898, and the
next year retired from the army. [11; 12.]
Coe, O. A., farmer, b. in Geauga county, Ohio, March % 1818; came
to Red Lake, Minn., in 1844, to take charge of the Indian Agency
farm; settled in Belle Prairie in 1853, being the first settler there.
[31.]
Coe, S. B., physician, b. in Randolph, Ohio, Aug. 14, 1835; was edu-
cated at Oberlin College and at Rush Medical College; came to Min-
nesota in 1861, settling in Morristown; served as assistant surgeon
in the Minnesota heavy artillery in the civil war; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Coe, William Tatnal, lawyer, b. at Riverside, Iowa, May 18, 1870;
settled in Minneapolis in 1888; was graduated at the State University,
1894, and from its law department, 1896; was a representative in the
legislature in 1897. [24; 25; 30.]
Coffin, Bartlett Y., M. E. clergyman, b. in Paoli, Ind., May 22, 1822;
d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 7, 1900. He was educated at Depauw Uni-
versity; settled in Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1855; taught at the
Winnebago Agency; served in the defense of New Ulm, 1862, and was
captain of a militia company, 1863; engaged in home missionary work
in the vicinity of Mankato many years. [83; 180 (Oct. 3, 1900).]
Coffin, Samuel, b. in Guilford county, N. C, April 15, 1809; came
to Minnesota in 1856, and settled in Oshawa, Nicollet county; was a
representative in the legislature in 1863. [32.]
Coffin, W. F., journalist, b. in Indiana in 1849; came with his par-
ents to Minnesota in 1856; served in the First Minnesota heavy artil-
lery in the civil war; engaged in newspaper publication in several
towns, and in 1880 bought the Montevideo Leader. [32.]
Cogan, Daniel J., R. C. priest and educator, b. in Dublin, Ireland,
May 28, 1836; d. at Sauk Center, Minn., Jan. 16, 1889. He was grad-
uated at St. Patrick's College, Cork, in 1860; was ordained a priest;
came to the United States, and settled in Minnesota as a teacher in
St. John's College in 1875; founded the Grove Lake Academy the next
year. This school removed to Sauk Center in 1883. [31; 132 (Jan.,
1889).]
132 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Coggswell, Amos, lawyer, b. in Boscawen, N. EL, Sept. 29, 1825; d.
in Owatonna, Minn., Nov. 15, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1856;
entered land near Owatonna, and practiced law in that city; was a
representative in the legislature, and speaker of the House, in, 1859;
and a senator, 1872-75. [18; 30; 70A*; 72; 239 (Feb. 24, I860).]
Coggswell, James, journalist, b. in Stillwater, Minn., in 1854; set-
tled at Two Harbors in 1890, where he established the Iron News.
[106; 238 (Dec. 27, 1893*).]
Coghlan, Charles J., b. on Prince Edward's Island, Dec. 24, 1846;
served in the 16th Wisconsin Regt, 1865; came to Minnesota; settled
in Lac qui Parle in 1872; published the Lac qui Parle Press, and was
register of deeds, 1875-82. [32.]
Cokefair, Charles Colt, b. in Essex county, N. J., in 1848; was edu-
cated at Pennington Collegiate Institute; engaged in developing iron
mines in Pennsylvania; settled in Duluth, Minn., 1899, where he is
president and general manager of the Great Northern Development
Company. [31A.]
Colburn, Nathan Pierce, lawyer, b. in Hebron, N. H., Dec. 22, 1825;
d. in November, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in
Preston; was a member of the constitutional convention; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1857; removed to Rushford in 1883; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1866 and 1871; mayor of Rushford
one year; and county attorney ten years. [18; 22*; 52; 237 (56*).]
Colby, C. M., b. in Plainfield, N. H., Jan. 27, 1831; came to Minne-
sota in 1855; four years later settled on a farm in Sumner township,
Fillmore county; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Colby, Carl W., journalist, b. in Plainview, Minn., Aug. 1, 1875;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1903; settled at Sand-
stone in 1905, where he owns and edits the Pine County Courier and
also the Firilayson News. [42.]
Cole, Albert L., merchant, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1848;
d. in San Benito, Texas, March 5, 1908. He came to Minnesota in
1882; resided in Fergus Falls and later settled in Walker, Cass county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1903-05; and was the nom-
inee for governor of Minnesota on the Republican ticket in 1906, be-
ing defeated in the election by John A. Johnson. [30*; 237 (48*).]
"Cole,' Aloxzo B., physician, b. in Canton, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1848; was
graduated at New York Homoeopathic Medical College, 1878; settled
in Fergus Falls, Minn., in 1881, and was its mayor two terms; was a
state senator, 1895-7, and 1903-05. [25; 30.]
Cole, Emerson, banker, b. in Coos county, N. H., in 1838; came to
Minnesota in 1865, and settled in Minneapolis; engaged in the lum-
ber business, and later in banking; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1891-3. [30; 90*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 133
Cole, Gordon Earl, attorney general, b. in Cheshire, Mass., June 18,
1833; d. in London, while traveling for his health, Oct. 4, 1890. He
was graduated at the Dane Law School of Harvard University, 1854;
came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Faribault; was attorney general
of Minnesota, 1860-6; and a state senator, 1866. [18*; 28, VIII; 41;
69; 70; 93; 127 (5*); 238 (Oct. 5, 1890).]
Cole, Horace Sanford, farmer, b. in Wintersport, Maine, Jan. 6,
1840; d. at Spring Green, AVis., Dec. 17, 1898. He served in the First
Maine cavalry in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1868; removed to Fergus Falls in 1879. [121.]
Cole, James Monroe, physician, b. in Fayetteville, N. Y., Feb. 4,
1824; came to Winona in 1854, being the first physician there; was a
representative in the legislature, 1877-8. [18; 30; 78.]
Cole, Thomas, mason, b. in Canada in 1847; served in the 156th Illi-
nois Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1882; resided at
Fergus Falls; was a representative in the legislature, 1891-3. [30.]
Cole, Thomas F., b. in Keweenaw county, Mich., in 1862; president
of the Oliver, Minnesota, and Chandler Iron Companies; resides in
Duluth. [17; 24.]
Coleman, John, farmer, b. in Ireland, Nov. 20, 1852; came with his
parents to the United States in 1864; settled on a farm in Anoka
county, Minn., in 1876; superintendent of the State Asylum, Anoka,
since 1899. [25; 31.]
Coller, Julius Anthony, lawyer, b. at Shakopee, Minn., Feb. 22,
1859; was admitted to the bar in 1889; was city recorder of Shakopee,
1881-91; clerk of the district court of Scott county, 1882-91, and county
attorney, 1891-5; has been' a state senator since 1899. [24; 25; 30*;
103*.]
Collester, Eugene B., lawyer, b. in Gardner, Mass., in 1849; was
graduated at Amherst College, 1873; came to Minnesota in 1880; re-
sides in Waseca, and was its mayor in 1887; was a state senator, 1895-
7, and 1903-5. [30; 75.]
Collester, M. D., lawyer, b. in Marlborough, N. H., Jan., 1839; was
graduated at Middlebury College, 1865; was admitted to the bar in
Newport, N. H.; came to Minnesota in 1867, and settled in Waseca.
[75.]
Collier, F. J., b. in New York; came to Wabasha, Minn., in 1855;
owned a store and a farm; was a representative in the legislature in
1870, and superintendent of the county poor farm after 1878. [74.]
Collin, Carl J., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Elmboda, Sweden, Oct.
9, 1857; came to the United States with his mother when twelve years
old; lived in Minnesota; was graduated from the theological depart-
ment of Augustana College, Rock Island, in 1882; afterward was pas-
tor at Duluth. [169.]
134 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Collins, Henry B., lawyer, b. in New York, March 30, 1832; settled
in Freeborn county, Minn., in 1859; was admitted to the bar in 1862;
was district attorney, 1864-8; resided in Alden, where he owned a
store and a farm, and also practiced law. [53.]
Collins, Loben Warren, jurist, b. in Lowell, Mass., Aug. 7, 1838;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1854; served in the Seventh
Minnesota Regt. during the civil war, being brevetted captain before
its close; was admitted to the bar in 1865; settled at St. Cloud in 1866;
was a representative in the legislature, 1881-3; judge in the Seventh
judicial district, 1883-7; associate justice of the Supreme Court of
Minnesota, 1887-1904; has resided in Minneapolis since 1900. [17; 22*;
24; 26*; 30; 41; 95*; 115; 132 (March, 1888*); 137*; 168 (April,
1892*); 174*; 176 (Aug., 1887).]
Collins, Paul Valorous, journalist, b. in Camden Ohio, July 22,
1860; engaged in newspaper work after 1880; published the St. Peter
Tribune; settled in Minneapolis in 1890; publisher of the Northwest-
ern Agriculturist and the Home Magazine. [24; 85A*.]
Colquhoun, Archibald, b. in Nova Scotia, Sept. 2, 1835; settled on
a claim in Summit, Steele county, Minn., in 1856; served in the Elev-
enth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1873 and 1880-2. [30; 70A; 72.]
Colvill, William, soldier, b. in Forestville, N. Y., April 5, 1830; d.
in Minneapolis, June 12, 1905. He came to Red Wing, Minn., in 1854,
and the next year established the Red Wing Sentinel, a Democratic
newspaper. He served as captain and colonel of the First Minnesota
Regt., 1861-4; was colonel of the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery,
1865, and was brevetted brigadier general; He was a representative
in the legislature in 1865, and again in 1878; and was attorney general
of the state, 1866-8. [18; 28, X; 30; 41; 54; 115; 237 (27*, 50*).]
Combs, William Solomon, b. in New York city, March 13, 1831;
came to St. Paul in 1851; was a bookseller and stationer. [25; 68;
94.]
Comer, William, b. in Cheshire, Eng., in 1812; came to the United
States in 1846, and to Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1854; was county treas-
urer, 1860-8, and afterward was register of the U. S. land office. [40;
41.]
Comfort, John Woolman, physician, b. in Bucks county, Pa., in 1804;
d. in Wyoming, Chisago county, Minn., Feb. 9, 1881. He was gradu-
ated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1836; settled in
Chisago county, Minn., in 1855. [41; 237 (1).]
Commerford, M. C, journalist, b. in Ireland in 1848; came to the
United States in 1862, and to Minnesota in 1869; was associate editor
of the Minneapolis News; was a representative in the legislature in
1873. [30.]
Minnesota biographies. 135
Compton, James, b. near Meadville, Pa., Jan. 14, 1840; d. in Min-
neapolis, Jan. 14, 1908. He served during the civil war in Pennsyl-
vania and Illinois regiments, attaining the rank of captain. In 1872
he came to Minnesota and settled in Fergus Falls. He assisted in
organizing the First National Bank of Fergus Falls, and was its
cashier until 1891. He was a state senator, 1883-9; and after 1900
was commandant of the Minnesota Soldiers' Home. [26*; 30; 35;
98*; 237 (48*).]
Comstock, Ada Louise, educator, b. in Moorhead, Minn., Dec. 11,
1876; was graduated at Smith College, 1897; engaged in teaching in
the University of Minnesota after 1899, becoming professor of rhetoric,
and in 1907 dean of women. [127A*, B.]
Comstock, Alfred Erwin, physician, b. in Fayette, Iowa, Feb. 21,
1872; was graduated at Upper Iowa University, 1895, and at Hahne-
mann Medical College, Chicago, 1899; settled in St. Paul, and was
professor in the medical department of the University of Minnesota,
1901-9. [127A*, B.]
Comstock, Charles W., b. in Penobscot county, Maine, Sept. 6, 1851 ;
came with his parents to Stevens county, Minn., in 1872;; owned a
farm, and after 1878 dealt in farm machinery in Hancock; published
the Olive Branch in Hancock five years. [73.]
Comstock, Edgar F., railroad contractor, b. in Passadumkeag, Maine,
March 4, 1845; served in the First Maine Cavalry in the civil war;
came to Minnesota in 1866, and settled in Minneapolis; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1887-9 and 1893, and a state senator, 1903.
[30; 85A.]
Comstock, Otis E., journalist, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., Feb.
18, 1848; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856; settled in Cale-
donia about 1873; owned and edited the Journal after 1879. [61.]
Comstock, Solomon Gilman, congressman, b. in Argyle, Maine, May
9, 1842; came to Minnesota in 1869, settling in Moorhead; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1871; was a representative in the state legislature,
1876-7 and 1879-81; a state senator, 1883-7; and a representative in
Congress, 1889-91. [10; 17; 18; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 30; 35; 36; 37; 38;
47*; 127B.]
Comstock, Willard Lee, lawyer, b. in Mankato, Minn., Nov. 24, 1861;
was admitted to the bar in Mankato, 1890, and practiced there; was
a representative in the legislature in 1893. [24; 25; 26*; 30; 45*; 46*.]
Conable, Morris Robinson, b. in Fabius, N. Y., Dec. 9, 1852; d. in
Monrovia, Cal., Sept. 15, 1907. He was educated at Cornell Univer-
sity as a civil engineer; taught in Philadelphia; came to St. Paul in
1890, and engaged in printing business as a member. of the H. L. Col-
lins Company. [28, XII.]
Conard, William J., Congregational clergyman, b. in Ohio, Dec. 17,
1852; was graduated at Chicago Seminary, and has engaged in home
missionary work in Minnesota since 1887; resides in Marshall. [37.]
136 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Cone, Heman A., b. in Vermont in 1839; d. in Windom, Minn., Aug.
17, 1902. He served in the army in the civil war; settled on a farm
in Cottonwood county in 1870; was register of deeds, 1872-8, and
county treasurer, 1887-94. [34; 237 (19).]
Cone, Royal Day, hardware merchant, b. in New Berlin, N. Y., Nov.
8, 1821; d. in Hudson, Wis., April 29, 1898. He came to Winona, Minn.,
in 1855; was twice mayor of that city. [18; 23*; 76; 180 (May 25,
1898).]
Congdon, Chester Adgate, lawyer, b. in Rochester, N. Y., June 12,
1853; was graduated at Syracuse University, 1875; was admitted to
the bar in 1877; settled in St. Paul in 1879; was assistant U. S. dis-
trict attorney, 1881-6; removed to Duluth in 1892; was a represent-
ative in the state legislature, 1909-11. [17; 24; 30*; 93.]
Conkey, Charles Henry, merchant and miller, b. in Beekmantown,
N. Y., Oct. 3, 1828; came to Minnesota, settling in Fillmore, in 1859;
and removed to Preston in 1867. From 1874 to 1877 he was a mem-
ber of the state senate. [18; 30.]
Conkey, James Henry, pioneer, b. in Plattsburg, N. Y., Dec. 25, 1820;
d. in Minneapolis, April 11, 1908. In company with R. B. Langdon and
others, he did the first grading on the St. Paul and Pacific railroad,
1859; was part owner of the Union planing mill in Minneapolis after
1872. [58; 85A*.]
Conley, Alonzo Theodore, physician, b. in Jefferson county, N. Y.,
Dec. 6, 1847; was graduated in medicine at the University of Iowa,
1874; settled at Cannon Falls, Minn., in 1876. [24; 80*.]
Conley, Hiram E., physician, b. in Palo, Iowa, July 11, 1855; was
graduted in medicine at the University of Iowa, 1884; settled at
Cannon Falls, Minn., in 1881. [24; 56; 80.]
Conley, Kerry E., b. in Fillmore county, Minn., Sept. 1, 1866; was
graduated at the Ophthalmic College and Hospital, Chicago, 1895;
was a merchant in Spring Valley, 1887-1904; manufacturer of cameras
and photographic supplies in Rochester since 1904; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1909-11. [24; 25; 30*; 66A.]
Connolly, Alonzo Putnam, printer, b. in Sheffield, N. B., Oct. 15,
1836; came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in St. Anthony; was one of
the publishers of the Advertiser, the first daily newspaper there;
served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt, 1862-5, becoming regimental ad-
jutant; organized the National Guards in this state, 1870-71; resided
in Chicago, 1880-1903, and later in Minneapolis; author of "The Min-
nesota Massacre and the Sioux War of 1862-63," 273 pages, 1896. [241.]
Connor, Elias H., pioneer, b. in New Sharon, Maine, in 1824; d. in
Minneapolis, Dec, 1902. He came to Lakeland, Minn., in 1848, and
settled at St. Anthony the next year; built the first suspension bridge
there, and also built the first bridge across the St. Croix at Taylor's
Falls. [41; 237 (28*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 137
Conrad, Jacob E., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in North Carolina,
April 7, 1814; d. May 6, 1896. He was educated at Mission Institute,
Quincy, 111.; came to Minnesota in 1856; settled on a farm in Blue
Earth county, and devoted his life to home missionary work in the
various settlements in that part of the state; after 1890 resided with
his son in Blue Earth City. [39; 51*; 153; 178 (May 28, 1896*).]
Conroy, Joseph Farrell, b. at Niagara, Canada, in 1853; came to
Minnesota in 1891, and engaged in insurance business in Minneapolis;
was a representative in the legislature in 1907-9. [30*.]
Constats, H. B., b. in Germany, Dec. 10, 1840; came to St. Paul in
1854, and settled in New Ulrn in 1872; was assistant cashier of a bank
five years; was county auditor, 1877-84. [32.]
Constans, Henry P., pioneer, b. in France, April 29, 1834; came to
the United States in 1851, settling in Minnesota; in 1856, with others,
selected the site of Blue Earth City, and laid out the town; built the
first hotel there; was sheriff of Faribault county four years. [39*;
51*.]
Constans, William, b. in Alsace-Lorraine (then belonging to
France), June 12, 1829; came to the United States in 1847; settled in
St. Paul in 1850, and engaged for several years in freighting and com-
mission business; afterward opened a wholesale grocery, and sold
brewery supplies; retired from business in 1890, excepting care of real
estate investments. [23*; 24; 94.]
Constant, Frank Henry, educator, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 25,
1869; was graduated at Cincinnati University, 1891; professor of
structural engineering in the University of Minnesota since 1895. [127
(10*); 127B.]
Converse, Myla S., b. in New York, March 19, 1843; d. in Detroit,
Minn., Nov. 9, 1905. He served in the Fifteenth Mass. Regt. and in
the First U. S. Cavalry during the civil war; came to Minnesota in
1872; was military storekeeper of the state, 1892-9, and later was
deputy United States marshal. [30; 237 (39*).]
Converse, Philip S., b. in Thompson, Conn., July 15, 1872; came the
next year to Minnesota with his parents, who settled in Becker coun-
ty; attended the Grand Forks Business College and the State Normal
School, St. Cloud; has been register of deeds of Becker county since
1902; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [25; 30*.]
Conway, Charles, journalist, b. in Indiana in 1822; served in the
Mexican war; settled in St. Paul in 1849; engaged in printing and real
estate business ; published the Central Record at Rochester, Minn., and
afterward lived in Dresbach. [94.]
Conwell, Russell Herman, Baptist clergyman, b. in Worthington,
Mass., Feb. 15, 1842; was graduated at Albany University, 1866; was
captain, and later lieutenant colonel, in the civil war; practiced law
138 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
in Minneapolis, 1865-7, and the next year was immigration agent to
Germany for the state, of Minnesota; removed to Boston in 1870; was
ordained to the ministry in 1879; was pastor in Philadelphia, 1881-91;
founded Temple College there in 1888, and has since been its presi-
dent. He is a well known author and lecturer. [17.]
Cook, Benjamin S., b. in Center county, Pa., in 1833; came to Min-
nesota in 1856; resided in Mantorville, 1860-73; was superintendent
of the St. Paul street railway company, 1873-5; settled in Owatonna
the next year; engaged in real estate and loaning business. [72.]
Cook, Charles F., b. Dec. 24, 1866, in Austin, Minn., where he still
resides; studied in the Eastman Business College, Poughkeepsie, N.
Y.; engaged in real estate and insurance business; mayor of Austin,
1903-6, and a state senator^, 1911. [30*; 65A*.]
Cook, Mrs, Frances Olin, b. in Janesville, N. Y., Aug. 11, 1833; d.
in Rochester, Minn., Dec. 3, 1900. She married John R. Cook in 1857;
settled in Rochester the same year, where her husband engaged in
mercantile business and was president of the First National Bank.
After his death in 1880, Mrs. Cook succeeded him in the presidency of
the bank, and held the position a few years. [237 (11).]
Cook, Franklin, pioneer, b. in Campton, N. H., March 30, 1828; d.
in Minneapolis, June 5, 1887. He came to Minnesota in 1857; engaged
in surveying, and in construction of mill dams and bridges. During
the last twelve years of his life he engaged in quarrying. [174*.]
Cook, George, b. in Akron, Ohio, Jan. 19, 1852; came to Red Wing,
Minn., in 1879; was superintendent of the Red Wing Stoneware Com-
pany thirty years; was the founder of the sewer pipe industry in Red
Wing. [56.]
Cook, George F., journalist, b. in Boston, Mass., Nov. 3, 1856; was
graduated at Harvard College, 1879; came to Minnesota in 1883, and
soon afterward settled in Breckenridge ; published the Wilkin County
Gazette, and later the Echo; was postmaster after 1885. [35.]
Cook, Jabez Wyatt, b, in Massachusetts in 1838; d. in Caledonia,
Minn., Jan. 23, 1880. He settled in Caledonia in 1862; was register of
deeds for Houston county six years. [29*; 61.]
Cook, John B., b. in Oneida county, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1818; d. in Ala-
meda, Cal., May 23, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1855, settling at
St. Paul; engaged in milling and real estate business; served in the
civil war; established the St. Paul Omnibus Co., and was its presi-
dent. [25; 237 (50*).]
Cook, John Ramsey, banker, b, at Clear Creek, Ohio, May 31, 1825;
d. in Rochester, Minn., Sept, 10, 1880. He settled in Rochester in
1856; engaged in mercantile business; in 1864 organized the First
National Bank, and was its president; in 1869 built a large hotel.
[66; 66A*.]
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Cook, Lysander, b. in Lewis county, N. Y., in 1829; settled in Lyra,
Minn., in 1864; removed to Vernon Center, Blue Earth county, in 1878;
was a representative in the legislature in 1875. [32.]
Cook, Martin W., b. in Rawdon, Canada, Nov. 5, 1826; d. in Roch-
ester, Minn., March 6, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1856; settled
in Rochester, where he owned a nursery. [166 (1897*).]
Cook, Michael, carpenter and soldier, b. in Morris county, N. J.,
March 17, 1828; d. Dec. 27, 1864, from wounds received in the battle
of Nashville. He came to Minnesota, settling at Faribault, in 1855;
was territorial and state senator, 1857-62; served as major in the
Tenth Minnesota Regt Cook county, established in 1874, was named
in his honor. [IS; 70.]
Cook, Richard, clergyman, b. in Lincolnshire, England, Nov. 25,
1821; d. in St. Paul, April 21, 1899. He came to the United States in
1844; engaged in the ministry of the Methodist church after 1850;
united with the Presbytery of St. Paul in 1890. [153.]
Cook, Rufus, civil engineer, b. in Campton, N. H., March 18, 1826;
d. in Minneapolis, July 12, 1903. He came there in 1857; compiled and
published the first map of Hennepin county, 1858; resided in Boston,
Mass., 1864-83, and then returned to Minneapolis. [174*; 237 (28*).]
Cook, Stephen, Congregational clergyman, b. in New Haven, Vt., in
1796; d. in Austin, Minn., Oct. 13, 1864. He came to Austin in 1856,
being the first minister there. [143.]
Cooke, Elbridge Clinton, lawyer, b. in Tiskilwa, 111., in 1852; was
graduated at Yale University, 1877; was admitted to the bar in 1879;
settled in Minneapolis in 1886. [17; 24; 25; 90.]
Cooke, Harvey E., journalist, b. in Northampton, Mass., April 27,
1849; d. at Hot Springs, Ark., Nov. 23, 1898. He served in the First
N. Y. cavalry in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1872; estab-
lished the Polk County Journal in Crookston in 1877. [35; 155.]
Cooke, Lytle Osman, farmer, b. in Virginia, July 25, 1855; resided
in Kellogg, Minn., and removed to Lake City; was county surveyor of
Wabasha county six years, and register of deeds four years; was a
representative in the legislature, 1901, and a state senator since 1903.
[24; 25; 30*.]
Coolbaugh, Daniel Manasseh, pioneer, b. in Pennsylvania; settled
at St. Anthony in 1851, on a claim on a part of the site of Minne-
apolis. He died in 1866. [59; 157*.]
Collen, John, b. in Maasbracht, Germany, Sept. 20, 1844; came to
Wright county, Minn., in 1863; served in the U. S. Infantry, 1867-70;
returned the next year to Wright county, and engaged in farming;
opened a furniture store in 1875 at Delano; also engaged in the lum-
ber and grain elevator business. [31.]
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Cooley, Clayton R., b. in Houston county, Minn., Oct 16, 1859;
spent most of his boyhood in Iowa, but returned to Minnesota in 1884,
settling in Minneapolis; engaged in investigating titles to real estate;
was auditor of Hennepin county, 1892-6, and later deputy collector of
U. S. customs. [22*; 25; 26.]
Cooley, De Witt Clinton, lawyer, b. in Orange county, N. Y., July
4, 1824; was admitted to the bar in 1845; came to St. Paul in 1851;
resided in Pennsylvania, 1864-74, then returned to St. Paul. [68; 69;
93; 94.]
Cooley, George Washington, civil engineer, b. in New York city,
Jan. 17, 1845; came to Minnesota in 1864; settled in Minneapolis, was
assistant engineer of the Northern Pacific railroad, and during several
years county surveyor for Hennepin county; secretary, since 1906, of
the State Highway Commission. [24; 26; 58; 85A.]
Cooley, Grove Benjamin, lawyer, b. in Attica, N. Y., Dec. 10, 1827;
d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 20, 1884. He settled in Mantorville, Minn., in
1858; was county attorney four years, and a representative in the leg-
islature in 1872; removed to Minneapolis the same year, and after 1874
was judge of the municipal court. [58; 157*; 161.]
Cooley, Jerome Eugene, b. in Hume, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1844; came to
Minnesota in 1868; settled at Duluth in 1873, and has engaged in lum-
ber, fishery, and real estate business. [24; 31; 166A*.]
Cooley, Roger William, lawyer, b. in Decorah, Iowa, Dec. 25, 1859;
was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1882; was admitted to
the bar in Minnesota, 1884; lecturer on law in the Universities of Min-
nesota, Michigan, and Chicago; author of a series of volumes on insur-
ance laws; resided in St. Paul, and removed in 1910 to Ann Arbor,
Mich. [17.]
Coolidge, Marshall Harvey, manufacturer and contractor, b. in
Dotyville, Wis., July 27, 1860; settled at Minneapolis in 1886. [24;
25; 167 (Nov. 9, 1900*).]
Coon, Galen H., b. in Rutland, Wis., Aug. 25, 1856; was graduated
in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1880; settled at Northfield,
Minn., in 1880; practiced law till 1891; later in real estate and lumber
business, with office in St. Paul since 1900. [24; 70.]
Coon, Hiram L., physician, b. in Grafton, N, Y., Aug. 25, 1828; d. in
Northfield, Minn., .Oct. 16, 1887. He was graduated at Rush Medical
College, Chicago, in 1854; settled in Northfield, Minn., in 1861. [70;
139.]
Coon, W. L., lawyer, b. in Dutchess county, N. Y., Dec, 1821; came
to Mankato, Minn., in 1856; was admitted to the bar in 1860; served
in the Second Minnesota cavalry, 1862-5. [32.]
Cooper, Charles Hermance, educator, b. in La Crosse, Wis., June
16, 1855; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1877; was a professor
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 141
in Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 1888-98; has since been presi-
dent of the State Normal School at Mankato. [24; 46; 83; 128 (1).]
Cooper, David, judge, b. in Frederick county, Md., July 22, 1821; d.
in Salt Lake City, Utah. He was admitted to the bar in 1845; was
appointed one of the first associate justices of the supreme court of
Minnesota, 1849; retired from the bench in 1853, and practiced law in
St. Paul until 1864, when he removed to Nevada. [41; 68; 94; 168
(March, 1892*).]
Cooper, James, pioneer, b. near Belfast, Ireland, June 24, 1805; d.
at Cooper's Corners, Anoka county, Minn., April 2, 1893. He came to
America about 1834; lived in Canada and Pennsylvania; came to Min-
nesota in 1856, and settled on a farm in Anoka county. Later he
owned a country store. [43.]
Cooper, James Heaton, farmer, b. in Washington county, Pa., Sept.
2, 1829; came to Minnesota in 1863; served in the First Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; owned a farm in Houston county, and was
county auditor two terms; removed to Eyota, Olmsted county, in 1881.
[66.]
Cooper, Jason W., wholesale grocer, b. in Coopersville, N. Y., Oct.
17, 1843; served in the 34th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Min-
nesota in 1864; resided at first in Minneapolis, and later in St. Paul.
[24; 25; 93A; 95*.]
Cooper, John, farmer and lumberman, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan.
1, 1836; d. in Riverside, Cal., Jan. 8, 1907. He came to Minnesota in
1856; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the Indian and civil
wars. He afterward owned several farms near St. Cloud, and for
twelve years engaged in the manufacture of lumber. During the last
ten years of his life he spent his winters on his ranch in California.
[26*; 174*; 237 (43*); 166A*.]
Cooper, Joseph, farmer, b. at Fairfax Court House, Va., March 20,
1820; followed a seafaring life, 1830-44, and had charge of a vessel
on the Great Lakes, 1844-53; settled at Ridgeway, Winona county,
Minn., engaged in farming and kept a hotel; was a representative in
the legislature in 1879. [30; 76.]
Cooper, M. L., commission merchant, b. in New York in 1835; d. in
St. Paul, Jan. 25, 1873. He came to Minnesota in 1863; settled in
Brownsville; was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [30; 238
(Jan. 26, 1873).]
Cooper, Milton, building contractor, b. in 1810; d. in Minneapolis,
Feb. 12, 1901. He came to Minneapolis in 1861; aided in the construc-
tion of government buildings at Fort Snelling, and built many fine
residences in Minneapolis. [237 (14).]
Copeland, Joiix, b. in Wigtonshire, Scotland, Dec. 28, 1845; came to
the United States in 1874; settled in St. Paul in 1879, and became
142 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
general foreman of the car department of the yards of the C, St. P.,
M. and Omaha railway; since 1900 engaged in sale of railway supplies.
[25; 27*; 95.*]
Copp, William, M. E. clergyman, b. in Burlington county, N. J., Aug.
19, 1823; d. in Northfield, Minn., Jan. 2, 1903. He was captain in the
Ninth Indiana Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1869, and
was pastor in many towns, including Litchfield, Windom, and Sauk
Rapids; also preached in Dakota, and organized the first mission
church of any denomination in that territory; resided in Northfield
during the last seven years of his life. [237 (2S).'\
Corcoran, Patrick B., pioneer, b. in Ireland in 1825; came to the
United States in 1847, and to Hennepin, county, Minn., in 1855; was
one of the first settlers in the town of Corcoran, which was named for
him; engaged in mercantile business. [58.]
Corey, Gilbert M., farmer, b. in Fairhaven, Vt, in 1840; came to
Minnesota in 1857; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; resides in Houston county; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, in 1899. [30.]
Corey, Hampden A,, pioneer, b. in Northampton, Mass., Jan. 20, 1822;
settled on a claim in Wiscoy, Winona county, Minn., in 1855; was a
representative in the legislature, 1870-3. [30; 77*.]
Corey, Henry B., building contractor, b. in Illinois in 1844; came to
Minnesota in 1852; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry, 1863-6;
resided in Hamilton, Mower county; was postmaster of the legislature,
1876-7. [30.]
Corliss, Eben E., lawyer, b. in Fayston, Vt, Sept. 1, 1841; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1856; served in the Second Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; was admitted to the bar in 1870; settled at
Battle Lake, and built the first frame house in Otter Tail county;
removed to Fergus Falls in 1874; was county attorney ten years, and
a representative in the legislature in 1872; was a member of the State
Capitol Commission, 1893-1908; custodian of the capital since 1910.
[24; 25; 30*; 35; 237 (65).]
Cormack, John W., pioneer, b. in Illinois in 1816; came to the site
of Stillwater, Minn., in 1844; engaged in lumbering on the St. Croix
and Mississippi rivers; settled in Princeton in 1874, and died there
in 1885. [31; 41; 59.]
Cornells, Louis, R. C. priest, b. in Belgium, April 3, 1843; came to
the United States in 1865; engaged in missionary work in Wisconsin
and Minnesota; settled at Minneota, Lyon county, Minn., in 1881.
[32.]
Cornell, Francis Russell Edward, jurist, b. in Coventry, N. Y., Nov.
17, 1821; d. in Minneapolis, May 23, 1881. He was graduated at Union
College in 1842; was admitted to the bar; and in 1854 settled in Min-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 143
neapolis. He was a representative in the legislature in 1861-2 and
1865; attorney general, 1868-74; and associate justice of the supreme
court, 1875-81. [18; 19*; 30; 41; 58; 59; 84*; 85; 168 (April, 1892*);
194; 237 (1).]
Cornish, William Dalton, judge, b. in Middleboro, Mass., April 29,
1849; d. in Chicago, Nov. 7, 1908. He was admitted to the bar in 1870;
came to Minnesota the same year, and settled in St. Paul; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1883-5; was judge of the Second judicial
district, 1890-93; removed to Orange, N. J.; was vice president of the
Union Pacific and other railroad lines. [93; 95*; 237 (51*).]
Cornwell, Byron Cook, dentist, b. in Oswego, N. Y., July 27, 1851;
d. in St. Paul, Jan. 30, 1910. He was graduated at the Philadelphia
Dental College, 1883; practiced after 1889 in St Paul. [25; 176 (Nov.,
1898*).]
Cornwall, Chauncey C, hardware merchant, b. in Erie county, N.
Y., April 13, 1812; settled in Plainview, Minn., in 1865. [74.]
Cornwell, Elijah Roscoe, hardware merchant, b. in Willoughby,
Ohio, Sept. 17, 1847; served in the 39th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil
war; settled in Plainview, Minn., in 1867. [74.]
Cornwell, F. J., merchant, b. in Savannah, Ga., in 1836; came to
Minnesota when twenty years old; settled in Plainview in 1866. [74.]
Cornwell, Leon L., banker, b. in Olmsted county, Minn., Oct. 12,
1872; engaged in teaching twelve years; was cashier of the Citizens'
State Bank of Pine Island after 1903; and was president of the Zum-
bro Falls State Bank after 1907. [56.]
Corriston, Frank T., b. in St. Peter, Minn., Feb. 10, 1868; was grad-
uated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1890, and practiced in
Minneapolis; was captain in the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt. in the
Philippine war, 1898, and was detailed as judge of the Inferior Provost
Court of Manila; returned to Minneapolis, and after 1907 was super-
intendent of police. [85A; 123.]
Corser, Elwood Spencer, b. in Gates, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1835; served in
the 93d N. Y. regiment in the civil war; settled at Minneapolis, 1871,
engaging in real estate business. [24; 25; 85A; 195*.]
Corson, Benjamin Franklin, b. in West Lebanon, Me., Dec. 29,
1831; d. in Red Wing, Minn., Dec. 22, 1909. He first came to Minne-
sota in 1852; returned to Maine in 1855; settled in Glencoe, Minn., in
1877; was bookkeeper in the McLeod County bank sixteen years, and
was editor of the Glencoe Register, 1904-07; afterward resided in Red
Wing. [237 (56).]
Corson, Charles V., journalist, b. in Rochester, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1864;
came with his parents to Glencoe, Minn., in 1878; was editor of the
Enterprise after 1888, [64.]
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Corson, H. H., b. in Montgomery county, Pa., Sept. 19, 1847; was
city engineer of Minneapolis, 1871-3; settled in New Richmond, Wa-
seca county, Minn., in 1877, and owned an interest in a grain elevator
and a mill. [75.]
Cory, Allen, merchant, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., July 4,
1845; served in the 193d N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Fari-
bault county, Minn., in 1866; engaged in farming, and after 1889 owned
a hardware store in Easton. [39.]
Cory, Empson, Congregational clergyman, b. in Thorntown, Ind., Oct.
2, 1859; d. in Wadena, Minn., Aug. 11, 1895. He was graduated at
Wabash College, 1885, and Yale Theological Seminary, 1888; settled
in Wadena, Minn., in 1892. [144.]
Cory, Henry William, judge, b. in Cooperstown, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1845;
was graduated at Tufts College, 1867; was admitted to the bar in
1871, and settled in St. Paul the same year; was judge of the munic-
ipal court, 1885-95. [24; 98*.]
Cosgrove, Carson N., b. in Westfield, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1853; came to
Minnesota in 1870, and the next year settled in Le Sueur; engaged in
the sale of agricultural machinery; was president of the Minnesota
State Agricultural Society, 1902-7, and its secretary, 1907-10. [25; 32;
166A*.]
Costain, John, merchant, b. on the Isle of Man, March 2, 1845;
came to the United States in 1869; settled in Hawley, Minn., in 1873;
removed to Moorhead in 1893; was judge of probate, and engaged in
insurance business. [35; 47*.]
Cotter, Joseph Bernard, R. C. bishop, b. in Liverpool, England, Nov.
19, 1844; d. in Winona, Minn., June 27, 1909. He came with his par-
ents to the United States in 1850, and in 1855 they settled in Minne-
sota. He was ordained priest in 1871 in the Cathedral of St. Paul,
and afterward was a pastor in Winona. In 1889, when the See of
Winona was established, he was elected its first bishop. He was
active in establishing temperance societies among Catholics. [17;
23; 24; 26; 77; 146; 237 (56*).]
Cotterell, Richard Lloyd, b. in Worcestershire, Eng., Jan. 12, 1815;
d. in Dover, Olmsted county, Minn., April 19, 1891. He came to the
United States in 1846; settled on a farm in Dover, Minn., ten years
later; was one of the first to engage in fruit culture in that part of
the state. [166 (1891).]
Cotton, Joseph Bell, lawyer, b. at Albion, Ind., Jan. 6, 1865; was
graduated at the Michigan Agricultural and Mechanical College, Lan-
sing, 1886; was admitted to the bar, and two years later settled in
Duluth; was a representative in the legislature in 1893. [17; 22*;
23; 24; 25; 27*; 30; 137.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 145
Couillard, Cornelius, b. in Frankfort, Maine, Oct. 31, 1813; d. in
Richfield, Minn., Sept. 29, 1901. He came to St. Anthony Palls, Minn.,
in 1854; pre-empted a homestead in Richfield township, Hennepin
county. [60*; 237 (14).]
Countryman, Ambrose D., lawyer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y.,
Feb. 8, 1850; when five years old, he came with his parents to Min-
nesota; was graduated in law at Washington University, St. Louis,
1874; practiced four years in Minneapolis; settled at Appleton, Minn.,
in 1878. [22*; 24; 25; 32; 157*.]
Countryman, Gratia Alta, b. in Hastings, Minn., 1866; was grad-
uated at the University of Minnesota, 1889; was assistant in the pub-
lic library of Minneapolis, 1889-1904, and since has been its librarian.
[85A; 127A*.]
Countryman, Levi N., b. in Orleans, N. Y., July 11, 1832; came to
Minnesota in 1855, and settled on a farm near Hastings; was grad-
uated at Hamline University, Red Wing, in 1861; served in the civil
war; later engaged in the sale of threshing machines, and resided in
Minneapolis. [130*.]
Countryman, Marcellus L., lawyer, b. in Hastings, Minn., in 1862;
studied law at Washington University; was admitted to the bar in
1885; settled in St. Paul the next year; was attorney for the Great
Northern railway company. [93.]
Countryman, Peter F., b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1829; d. in
Hastings, Minn., Feb. 16, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1855, set-
tling in Hastings; engaged in mercantile business, and later owned a
farm at Nininger; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war. [48; 56; 237 (39).]
Couper, John Clinton, b. in Morristown, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1830; set-
tled in Sciota, Dakota county, Minn., in 1855; was a representative in
the legislature, 1862; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; removed to Northfield in 1866; was judge of the municipal court,
1895-1906. [24; 48; 70A*; 174*.]
Courtney, Walter, surgeon, b. in Moore, Ontario, Sept. 18, 1855; was
graduated in medicine at the University of Michigan, 1883; chief sur-
geon of the Northern Pacific railway since 1888; resides in Brainerd.
[17; 24; 25.]
Courturier, Maxcell, b. near Sorel, Canada, in 1816; came to Minne-
sota as a voyageur for the American Fur company ; later was employed
by Joseph R. Brown; took a claim on the site of St. Paul in 1846;
afterward resided on Gray Cloud island. [237 (4); 238 (May 27,
1894*).]
Covell, Louis E., journalist, b. in Olmsted county, Minn., May 17,
1869; was graduated at the Mankato Normal school, 1890, and in law
at the University of Minnesota, 1894; settled in Atwater, and was
editor and proprietor of the Republican Press. [63.]
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146 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Covert, Joseph, farmer, b. in Sullivan county, N. Y., April 28, 1828;
came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in Faribault; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1876 and 1879. [30; 70.]
Covey, J. B., physician, b. in Duchess county, N. Y., in 1784; d. in
Stillwater, Minn., in 1851. He settled there in 1844. [41.]
Cowan, D. W., physician, b. in Canada in 1862; resides in Sand-
stone, Minn.; was a state senator in 1903-05. [30.]
Cowan, John C, educator, b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1860; engaged
in teaching in Kittson county, Minn., 1879-1894; was superintendent of
schools for that county, 1901-09, residing in Hallock. [37.]
Cowdeey, Lyman Emmet, b. in Palmyra, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1836; d. in
Minneapolis, Nov. 29, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1859, and set-
tled in Rochester in 1865; was register of deeds in Olmsted county six
years; engaged in real estate business, and later owned a grain ele-
vator, in Kasson; removed to Minneapolis in 1899. [66.]
Cowtn, James, b. on the Isle of Man, July 25, 1843; came to the
United States in 1867; came to Minnesota in 1874, and four years later
settled in Adrian; engaged in grain and lumber business, and owned
much real estate. [34.]
Cowing, John B., merchant, b. in England, July 30, 1842 ;d. in Alex-
andria, /Minn., Jan. 14, 1912. He came with his parents to the United
States in 1849; served in the 11th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war;
settled in Alexandria, Minn., in 1865; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1878-9. [30; 237 (68).]'
Cowling, Donald John, educator, b. in Cornwall, England, Aug. 21,
1880; came to the United States in 1882; was graduated at Lebanon
Valley College, Pennsylvania, 1902; engaged in teaching; president
of Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., since 1909. [17; 241.]
Cox, Albert Jeffrey, physician and druggist, b. in Trempealeau,
Wis., March 2, 1862; was graduated at Gale College, Galesville, Wis.,
1882, and Rush Medical College, 1886; settled at Tyler, Minn., in 1886.
[22*; 24; 34.]
Cox, Benedict A., contractor, and builder, b. in New York City,
March 21, 1847; d. in St Paul, Minn., May 3, 1901. He came to Min-
nesota in 1883, and settled in St. Paul; with business partners, he built
the West Hotel, Minneapolis, the Ryan Hotel, the Globe, N. Y. Life
Ins., and Endicott buildings in St. Paul, and the Spaulding Hotel and
other buildings in Duluth. [93A*.]
Cox, E. St. Julien, judge, b. in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1835; studied
law in Wisconsin, and was admitted to the bar in 1854; came to Min-
nesota in 1857; settled in St. Peter; was captain in the First Minne-
sota Mounted Rangers in the civil war; was a representative in the
legislature in 1873, and a state senator, 1874; was judge of the Ninth
judicial district, 1877-82. [30; 32.]
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Cox, Ulysses Orange, b. in Farmland, Ind., Sept. 29, 1864; was grad-
uated at the University of Indiana, 1900; was head of the department
of biology in the State Normal School, Mankato, Minn., 1891-1905, and
of the Indiana State Normal School, Terre Haute, Ind., since 1905.
[7A.]
Coykendall, Horatio G., b. in Peoria county, 111., Dec. 7, 1840; d. in
Rochester, Minn., March 22, 1906. He served in Illinois regiments in
the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; later resided in St. Paul,
Minn., and engaged in railroad building. [93A*; 121.]
Crafts, Amasa, b. in Jay, Maine, April 22, 1807; d. in Minneapolis,
Feb. 13, 1893. He took a claim on the site of Minneapolis in 1853;
engaged in lumber and furniture business ten years, and owned val-
uable real estate. [196.]
Crafts, Leo Melville, physician, b. in Minneapolis, Oct. 3, 1863; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1886, and Harvard Medical
School, 1890; settled in Minneapolis, 1891; has been professor in the
medical department of Hamline University since 1893. [22*; 24; 25;
85A; 127A*; 196.]
Crafts, Letitia May, librarian, b. in Minneapolis, Sept. 27, 1860;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1881; was assistant
librarian there, 1883-1910. [127A*, B; 196; 237 (13*).]
Craig, H. B., farmer, b. in St. Andrews, N. B., in 1836; came to
Minnesota in 1856; served in the Minnesota Independent Cavalry in
the civil war; settled on a farm at Orrock, Sherburne county, in 1866;
was a representative in the legislature, 1893-5, and 1903-5. [30*.]
Craig, Robert 6., physician, b. in New York city, June 8, 1834; d.
at Janesville, Minn., July 13, 1907. He was graduated at Albany Med-
ical College, 1855; served as surgeon in the 10th ,N. Y. Regt. in the
civil war; came to Minnesota in 1866, settling at Janesville; was a
state senator, 1883-5 and 1891-3. [24; 30; 75; 237 (43).]
Craig, Thomas R., b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1825; d. in Warren,
Minn., Aug. 2, 1893. He settled therein 1879, and was register of deeds
for Marshall county eleven years. [180 (Sept. 27, 1893).]
Grain, Andrew J., farmer, b. in Logan county, Ky., in 1847; came
to Minnesota in 1877; resided at Shaokatan, Lincoln county; was a
representative in the legislature in 1889. [30.]
Crandall, Charles Schretz, b. in Erie county, Ohio, Jan. 18, 1840;
came to Minnesota in 1857, and settled in Owatonna about 1860; for
eight years he was editor of the Owatonna Journal, and for eighteen
years engaged in the hardware business; was a representative in the
legislature in 1874, and a state senator, 1887, and 1891-93. [23; 30;
70A; 72.]
Crandall, L. S., physician, b. in Allegany county, N. Y., in 1834;
came to Minnesota in 1863; practiced medicine and owned a drug
store in Lamberton after 1878. [32.]
1,48 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Crandall, Lathan Augustus, Baptist clergyman, b. in Plymouth, N.
Y., Sept. 20, 1850; was graduated at Hillsdale College, 1873, and Roch-
ester Theological Seminary, 1881; pastor in Minneapolis since 1904.
[17; 24.]
Crandall, N. C, b. in Watertown, N. Y., March 18, 1838; came tu
Minnesota, settling in Dakota county in 1861; owned a farm, and en-
gaged in teaching; was a representative in the legislature in 1878.
[30.]
Crane, Prank Irving, lumberman, b. at Sharon Center, Ohio, Sept.
26, 1848; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1863, and to Austin
in 1864; after 1873 engaged in lumber business, and has had many other
financial interests; was mayor of Austin three terms; president of
the Austin National Bank. [24; 25; 111; 167 (Feb. 2, 1894*).]
Crane, Peter Bela, b. in Wisconsin, March 6, 1847; came to Min-
nesota in 1869, settling at first on a farm near Montevideo; removed
to Minneapolis, and became president of the National Mutual Life As-
sociation. [22*; 32.]
Crane, Ralph E., farmer, b. in Canton, N. Y., April 22, 1858; was
graduated at Eastman's Business College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y, 1877;
settled at Grand Meadow, Minn., in 1887; representative in the legis-
lature, 1911. [30*; 65A.]
Crane, William Iler, lecturer, b. in Delaware county, Ohio, Aug. 27,
1866; was graduated at Ohio Wesleyan University, 1888; engaged in
teaching, 1888-1905; has written many papers and articles on educa-
tional subjects; resides in Minneapolis. [17.]
Crary, Benjamin F., M. E. clergyman, b. in Indiana, Dec. 12, 1821;
d. in San Francisco, Cal., in 1896. He was graduated at Pleasant Hill
Academy (now Belmont College), 1842; was admitted to the Methodist
Conference of Indiana in 1845 as an itinerant iDreacher; was presi-
dent of Hamline University, then at Red Wing, Minn., 1857-60; state
superintendent of public instruction, 1861-2; and chaplain of the Third
Minnesota regiment in the civil war. In 1864 he became editor of the
Central Christian Advocate; was presiding elder in Colorado after
1872; resided in California after 1880. [130*.]
Crary, Charles Wesley, physician, b. in Potsdam, N. Y., May 6,
1835; was graduated at Albany Medical College, 1858; served as cap-
tain in the 98th N. Y. Regt., 1861-2, and afterward was surgeon in
other regiments; settled in Lake City, Minn., in 1876. [74.]
Cratte, David, b. near Minnehaha Falls, Minn., March 15, 1837; came
with his father to the site of Wabasha when a child; was a raft pilot
on the Mississippi twenty-six years. [74.]
Cratte, Oliver, pioneer, b. in Liverpool, Eng., Oct. 4, 1800; d. in
Wabasha, Minn., April 22, 1884. He came to Minnesota in 1825, and
resided at Mendota; settled on the site of Wabasha in 1839, being the
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government blacksmith for that band of Sioux. He and Joseph Buis-
son were the first white settlers in that place. [74; 237 (1).]
Cravatii, Llewellyn S., pioneer farmer, b. in Cortland county, N.
Y., March 11, 1838; came to Winona county, Minn., in 1856; settled on
a farm in Hamden, Becker county, in 1870; was a representative in the
legislature in 1871. [37; 38.]
Craven, Joseph W., journalist, b. in Maine in 1856; came to Minne-
sota in 1857; resided in Carver county, where he taught school and
engaged in farming; was editor and publisher of the Norwood Times;
was a state senator, 1891-3. [30; 238 (Jan. 5, 1894*),]
Cray, Lorin, judge, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1844; came
to Minnesota in 1859; served three years in the Ninth Minnesota
Regt. ; was admitted to the bar in 1875, and settled at Mankato; was
judge of the Sixth judicial district, 1900-08. [24; 25; 30; 32; 45*; 83*;
137*.]
Cray, Willard R., lawyer, b. in Highgate, Vt, May 5, 1853; was
graduated at Middlebury college, 1876; came to Minnesota the next
year, and was admitted to the bar in 1878; resides in Minneapolis;
was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30; 85 A; 90*.]
Cresap, Charles W., b. in Newcastle, Ohio, Dec. 9, 1833; settled in
Eyota, Minn., in 1856; engaged in blacksmith business and the sale of
agricultural machinery; was enrolling clerk in the state senate in
1879. [30; 66; 66A*.]
Cressey, Timothy Robinson, Baptist clergyman, b. in Pomfret, Conn.,
Sept. 18, 1800; d. in Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 30, 1870. He was grad-
uated at Amherst College, 1828, and Newton Theological Seminary,
1830; settled in Minnesota in 1851; was pastor at St. Paul, Red Wing,
Faribault, and Hastings; afterward was chaplain of the Second Min-
nesota Regt, 1861-3. [141; 237 (1); 238 (Sept. 9, 1870).]
Cressy, Charles A., M. E. clergyman, b. in Newbury, N. H., in 1843;
served in New Hampshire regiments in the civil war; was graduated
at the Conference Seminary of Tilton, N. H., in 1869; studied theology
at Boston University; settled in Minnesota in 1882; was chaplain of
the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt. in the Philippine war. [123.]
Cressy, E. W., Baptist clergyman, b. in 1807; d. in Minneapolis, Sept.
14, 1883. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and organized the first Bap-
tist church in Minneapolis; later was pastor in Hastings, Pine Island,
and Richfield. [141.]
Cretin, Joseph, R. C. bishop, b. in Lyons, France, in 1800; d. in St.
Paul, Feb. 22, 1857. He studied and became a priest in his native
land, with the intention of becoming a missionary. At the age of
twenty-two years he came to Dubuque, and worked there and among
the Winnebago Indians for ten years. Having been appointed by the
seventh council of Baltimore, in 1849, to the newly erected see of St.
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Paul, he went to France to secure priests for his diocese, and there
received episcopal consecration. Bishop Cretin did much to promote
immigration to Minnesota; he founded many churches, schools, and
convents, in this state, and carried on an extensive work among the
Indians. The cathedral of St. Paul was built under his direction, at a
cost of $70,000. [1; 3; 4; 28, IV*; 93; 94; 145*; 146*.]
Ckist, Henry James, M. E. clergyman, b. in Lawrenceburg, Ind.;
came with his parents to Dakota county, Minn., in 1856; served in the
Eleventh Minn. Regt. in the civil war; was graduated at Hamline Uni-
versity, Red Wing, Minn., in 1869, and at Garrett Biblical Institute,
1870; joined the Minnesota conference; was pastor at Cannon Falls,
Duluth, St. Paul, and other places; removed to Texas, and in 1887 to
California. [48; 130*.]
Crist, John J., M. E. clergyman, b. in Lawrenceburg, Ind., in 1846;
d. in Faribault, Minn., March 8, 1894. He came to Minnesota with his
parents in 1856; served in the First Minnesota Battalion in the civil
war; was graduated at Northwestern University, 1877; joined the Min-
nesota conference the same year; was pastor in various places, in-
cluding Winona and Monticello. [150; 180 (March 21, 1894).]
Critchett, Ernest Thomas, educator, b. in Concord, N. H., July 30,
1863; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1885; came to Minnesota
soon afterward, and engaged in teaching; was superintendent of pub-
lic schools in New Ulm, 1894-1910; removed to Minneapolis, 1910, be-
coming assistant state inspector of high schools. [25; 26*.]
Crittenden, M. H., manufacturer, b. in Washtenaw county, Mich., in
1834; came to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in the manufacture of gal-
vanized iron cornice, roofs, etc., in St. Paul after 1867; later opened
an office and factory in Minneapolis. [58.]
Crocker, Augustus Luther, b. in Paris, Maine, May 4, 1850; was
graduated at Bowdoin College, 1873; settled in Minneapolis in 1880,
engaging in real estate and investment business. [17; 22*; 24; 25.]
Crocker, George Washington, flour manufacturer, b. in Hermon,
Maine, in 1832; settled in Minneapolis in 1855; was part owner of sev-
eral mills. [84*; 85A.]
Crocker, Stephen Loveland, druggist, b. in Genesee county, N. Y.,
Dec. 12, 1845; settled in Faribault, Minn., in 1868; died in Denver,
Colo., March 3, 1904. [70; 70A*.]
Croffut, William Augustus, author, b. in Redding, Conn., Jan. 29,
1835; enlisted as a private soldier in the U. S, army in 1861; and after-
ward held positions on various newspapers, among them being the
St. Paul Times, and the Minneapolis Tribune. He traveled extensively,
and was well known as a newspaper correspondent; author of several
books; now lives in Washington, D. C. [1; 4; 17; 28, X; 29; 94; 165.]
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Ceo mb, John, banker, b. in Perthshire, Scotland, Feb. 27, 1843; d. in
Crookston, Minn., Dec. 10, 1908. He came to the United States in
1869, settling in Otter Tail county, Minn.; removed to Becker county,
and was its first auditor; was appointed register of the U. S. Land
office at Crookston in 1881; for the last twenty years of his life was
president of the Merchants' National Bank of Crookston. [237 (51*).]
Cronkhite, Edgar, b. at Glens Falls, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1826; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1853; came to Minnesota, settling in Rochester;
served in the Indian war, 1862; resided in Waseca county after 1867;
was county auditor, 1870-80; owned a farm near Alma City. [75*.]
Cronkhite, John Q., farmer, b. in Olin, Iowa, in 1853; d. there, Dec.
9, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1882; resided at Argyle; was a
state senator, 1895-7; was editor and publisher of the Argyle Banner.
[30; 237 (19).]
Crooks, Mrs. Mary (Maiikahta-Heiya-win), an Indian woman of
the Medawakanton band of Sioux, b. at Kaposia, near St. Paul; d. at
the Indian settlement near Morton, Minn., March, 1899. She and her
husband, John Crooks (Tukon-we-chas-tay), were Christians, and at
the time of the Sioux massacre were kind to some of the white cap-
tives. Her name is inscribed on the monument erected in honor of
the friendly Indians at Morton, Minn. [241.]
Crooks, Ramsay, fur trader, b. at Greenock, Scotland, Jan. 2, 1787;
d. in New York city, June 6, 1859. As a member, and subsequently*
president, of the American Fur Company, he was well known through-
out the' Northwest. He was identified with the fur trade in Minnesota,
and had great influence with the Indians. Crookston, Minn., was
named for him. [28, III.]
Crooks, Samuel Stearns, manufacturer, b. in Hopkinton, Mass., April
30, 1851; settled in St. Paul in 1883, where he engaged in the man-
ufacture of shoes. [3*.]
Crooks, William, b. in New York city, June 20, 1832; d. in Port-
land, Oregon, Dec. 17, 1907. He was graduated from the department
of civil engineering at the West Point military academy; settled in
St. Paul in 1857, as chief engineer of the St. Paul and Pacific rail-
road; served as colonel in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
was a representative in the state legislature, 1875-7, and a state sen-
ator, 1881. The first locomotive used in Minnesota, in 1862, was named
William Crooks in his honor. [28, XII; 30; 94; 115; 237 (48*).]
Crosby, Alton, journalist, b. in Centerville, Mass., Oct. 26, 1858; set-
tled in Willmar, Minn., in 1876; became sole proprietor of the Will-
mar Republican Gazette in 1892. He also owned the Raymond News
after 1902. [38; 63*.]
Crosby, Francis Marion, judge, b. in Wilmington, Vt., Nov. 13, 1830;
d. in Hastings, Minn., Nov. 15, 1910. He was admitted to the bar in
152 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1855, and practiced in his native town three years; came to Hastings,
Minn., in 1858; was judge of the First judicial district, 1872-1910. [18;
24; 25; 30; 41; 48; 56*; 237 (40*, 59*, 62).]
Crosby, John, b. in Hampden, Maine, Nov. 1, 1829; d. in Minneapolis,
Dec. 29, 1887. He settled there in 1877, and with C. S. Washburn
engaged in the manufacture of flour. [84*; 168 (Dec. 30, 1887*).]
Crosby, Oliver, manufacturer, b. in Dexter, Maine, Jan. 29, 1856;
was graduated as a mechanical engineer at Maine State College, 1876;
settled in St. Paul the same year; president of the American Hoist
and Derrick Co. [24; 25; 95*.]
Crosby, Simon Percy, lawyer, b. in Dexter, Maine, Sept. 24, 1858;
was graduated at Maine State College, 1879; was admitted to the bar
in 1883; settled in St. Paul the same year. [93; 98*; 137.]
Cross, David E., merchant, b. in Ohio in 1840; came to Minnesota
in 1861; served in the army in the civil war; resided at Amboy, Blue
Earth county; was a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30;
45*.]
Cross, Edwin Childs, physician, b. in Bradford, Vt., April 16, 1824;
was graduated at Norwich University, Vt., in 1846; came to Minne-
sota and settled in Rochester in 1858, where he had a large practice.
[18.]
Cross, Elisiia Wild, physician, b. in Bradford, Vt., July 13, 1828;
d. in Rochester, Minn., Nov. 21, 1899. He served as surgeon in the
Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; attained the rank of major.
[121.]
Cross, Judson Newell, lawyer, b. in Pogueland, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1838;
d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 31, 1901. He was a student at Oberlin Col-
lege when the civil war began; enlisted in the Seventh Ohio Regt,
and during the first year of the war was promoted to the rank of cap-
tain; in 1864 was made adjutant general of the military district of
Indiana. After the close of the war he studied law, and in 1875 set-
tled in Minneapolis. [3*; 22*; 26*; 58; 84*; 90*; 121; 166 (1901*);
237 (14*).]
Cross, William F., farmer and merchant, b. in Hanover, N. H.,
March 15, 1833; came to Minnesota in 1859, settling in Red Wing;
served in the Sioux war, 1863-6, as a lieutenant in Hatch's Battalion
of cavalry; was a representative in the legislature, 1891; secretary
of the State Agricultural Society, 1892-5; removed to Colorado, 1896,
and to Boise, Idaho, 1906. [166A*.]
Crossett, Horatio N., b. in Canada, June 15, 1832; d. in Faribault,
Minn., April 23, 1902. He settled in Faribault in 1868, and was super-
intendent of the Northwestern division of the United States Express
Co. [237 (19).]
Crossfield, Amasa Scott, lawyer, b. in Canada, July 15, 1855; was
graduated at the Georgetown law school in 1884, and was admitted to
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the bar the same year; settled in Minnesota in 1885 at Brown's Val-
ley; was a representative in the legislature in 1889. [30.]
Crothers, Samuel McChord, Unitarian clergyman, b. in Oswego, 111.,
June 7, 1857; was graduated at Princeton University, 1874, and Union
Theological Seminary, 1877; studied also at Harvard Divinity School,
1881-2; was a Presbyterian pastor in Nevada and California, 1877-81;
entered the Unitarian ministry in 1882; was pastor in St. Paul, Minn.,
1886-94, and in Cambridge, Mass., since 1894; author of many books
and magazine articles. [17.]
Crowley, Philip, b. in County Tipperary, Ireland, in 1818; d. in St.
Paul, Jan. 9, 1902. He came to the United States in 1849; settled in
St. Paul in 1857, and became city engineer; was superintendent of
schools for Dakota county, 1870-8; resided in West St. Paul. [93A*;
174*; 237 (19*).]
Cruttenden, Joel D., pioneer, settled in St. Paul in 1848, but later
resided at St. Anthony and Crow Wing; was a representative in the
legislature in 1857; served in the quartermaster's department in the
c'ivil war, attaining the rank of colonel; after the war removed to
Bayfield, Wis. [94.]
Culkin, William E., lawyer, b. in Oswego, N. Y., in 1861; came to
Minnesota in 1880; was admitted to the bar in 1882; resided at Buf-
falo; was attorney of Wright county several years, and a state sen-
ator, 1895-7. [30.]
Cullen, J. H., farmer, b. in Ulster county, N. Y., in 1830; d. in St.
George, Benton county, Minn., April 23, 1871. He was the first per-
manent settler in St. George, coming there in 1857. [31.]
Cullen, John K., merchant and farmer, b. in Ireland, Nov. 24, 1824;
came to the United States in 1849, and to Minnesota in 1873; was a
representative in the legislature in 1874; settled in Marysville, Wright
county. [31.]
Culver, George, pioneer, b. in Cayuga county, N. Y., Sept. 19, 1818;
d. in St. Paul, March 13, 1879. He settled at Long Prairie, Minn., in
1848, and engaged in the Indian trade; removed to St. Paul in 1853,
and continued in the same business twenty-two years. Later he was
proprietor of the Metropolitan hotel. [28, IV; 94; 237 (1).]
Culver, Joshua B., b. in Armenia, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1830; d. in Du-
luth, July 17, 1883. He settled in St. Paul in 1856, and engaged in
mercantile pursuits two years; was afterward receiver of the land
office at Buchanan, now included in Duluth; served through the civil
war in the Thirteenth Michigan Regt, enlisting as a private, and
being promoted to the rank of colonel. At the close of the war he
settled in Duluth, and was its first mayor. [23; 28, IX; 29; 161.]
Cummings, Allen, b. in Herkimer county, N, Y., April 21, 1840;
served in the 35th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; settled in Blue Earth
City, Minn., in 1868; was sheriff of Faribault county eight years. [51.]
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Cummings, I. N., pioneer, b. in Crawford county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1818;
came to Minnesota in 1855, and the next year organized a company
who founded and settled the town of Spring Valley; opened the first
store there, and built a mill. [52.]
Cummings, James, farmer, b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1862; came to
Minnesota in 1882; resides near Mallory; was a representative in the
legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Cummings, James P., building contractor, b. in St. Paul in 1864, and
resides there; was a representative in the legislature in 1907. [30*.]
Cummings, Robert Winthrop, b. in Lycoming, Pa., June, 1825; came
to Minnesota in 1845, and settled on a farm at St. Anthony in 1848;
after 1853 engaged in real estate business. [32; 41; 84*.]
Cummins, A. R., farmer, b. in Hamburg, N. Y., July 23, 1811; set-
tled in Lynd, Lyon county, Minn., in 1868; was the first county treas-
urer. [32.]
Cummins, Horace, b. in Bristol, Wis., Aug. 25, 1843; came to Min-
nesota in 1857; resided at Eagle Lake, served in the 2nd Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; engaged in farming, and later owned a grain
elevator; was a representative in the legislature in 1877-1881. He went
to Alaska in 1903, and for two years was general superintent for the
Alaska Fish and Lumber Co. [30; 46.]
Cummins, James, b. in Canada, March 30, 1838; served in the 25th
Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Lynd, Minn., in 1867, and
was the first sheriff of Lyon county. [32.]
Cunningham, John R., farmer, b. in Ireland in 1842; settled in
Greenwood, Minn., in 1857; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Cunningham, Robert A., clergyman, b. in County Mayo, Ireland,
Jan. 6, 1864; came to Canada in 1884, and to Breckenridge, Minn., in
1899; was pastor of the M. E. church there, and later of Methodist
churches in other places until 1903, when he settled at Nassau and
united with the Congregational denomination, being pastor there and
at Marietta. [38.]
Cunningham, W. I. W., M. E. clergyman, b. in Ripley county, Ind.,
June 10, 1831; d. in Sleepy Eye, Minn., April 3, 1882. He was licensed
to preach in Minnesota in 1857; was pastor in Wisconsin eight years;
and later returned to Minnesota. [150,]
Cunningham, William, b. in Ireland, Nov. 1, 1843; d. in St. Paul,
Oct. 19, 1898. He came with his parents to the United States when
five years old; served in the Sixth N. Y. cavalry, 1861-5; came to
Minnesota in 1872, and to St. Paul in 1876; engaged in stock commis-
sion business. [93*; 122.]
Currie, Archibald, Sr., b. in Argyleshire, Scotland, in 1816; came
with his parents to America when five years old; settled in Minne-
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sota in 1861; engaged in mercantile business in Winona county until
1872; then removed to Currie, named for his son, and built a mill
there; afterward engaged in real estate and loaning business. [34.]
Currie, Daniel, farmer, b. in Canada, April 10, 1847; came with his
parents to Minnesota when nine years old; owned a farm in Arendahl,
Fillmore county; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30;
52.]
Currie, E. A., teacher, b. in Canada, Feb. 25, 1851; came to Minne-
sota when ten years old; was graduated at the State University, 1877;
was superintendent of schools in Murray county two years, and prin-
cipal of schools at Tracy after 1881. [32.]
Currie, Neil, merchant and banker, b. in Canada, Dec. 15, 1842;
was the founder of the village of Currie, named in his honor, 1872;
built the first store there, and in 1874 aided in organizing the Murray
County Bank. [34.]
Currie, Robert, farmer, b. in Ayrshire, Scotland; was drowned in
Chisago lake, in 1883. He came to the United States in 1854, and the
next year settled in Center City, Minn.; was superintendent of
schools, judge of probate, and clerk of the district court. [41.]
Currier, Frederick Mortimer, b. in Boston, Mass., Dec. 30, 1852;
came to Minnesota in 1876; owned a farm in Decoria, Blue Earth
county; was a representative in the legislature in 1891; resided in
Mankato after 1893, engaging in wholesale confectionery business;
was mayor, 1899-1901. [24; 46; 83*.]
Currier, Henry, farmer, b. in New Hampshire in 1837; served in
the Third Wisconsin battery in the civil war, attaining the rank of
lieutenant; settled in Dodge county, Minn., in 1867; was a state sen-
ator, 1895-7. [30.]
Curtice, David L., civil engineer, b. in New York, in 1828; d. in St.
Paul, April 15, 1902. He settled in St. Paul in 1856; was city engineer,
and also engaged in railroad surveying; during the later years of his
life owned a stationery store. [94; 237 (19*).]
Curtis, Charles A., b. in Hallowell, Maine, Oct. 4, 1825; was grad-
uated at Norwich University, 1860; served as second lieutenant in
the regular army in the civil and Indian wars; was professor in Nor-
wich University, 1869-75, and its president, 1875-80; was commandant
of Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., after 1880. [70.]
Curtis, Gold Tompkins, lawyer, b. in Morrisville, N. Y., Aug. 16,
1821; d. in St. Louis, Mo., July 24, 1862. He was graduated at Ham-
ilton College, 1840; settled in Stillwater in 1854; was a member of
the state constitutional convention, 1857; and was lieutenant and cap-
tain in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. [18; 40; 41; 137*.]
Curtis, Virgil C, educator, b. in Columbus, Pa., in 1844; was grad-
uated at Tufts College, Mass., in 1866; taught school in Stillwater,
156 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Minn,, 1883-6, and in Winona, 1886-90; was superintendent of schools
in St. Paul in 1896-8. [95*; 238 (Dec. 5, 1896).]
Curtiss, Charles Carroll, educator, b. in Clinton, N. Y., Aug. 23,
1837; was graduated at the Normal School at Albany in 1858; came
to Minnesota in 1869; settled in Minneapolis in 1874, and established
a business college; in 1879 opened a branch in St. Paul. He was prom-
inent in masonic circles. [58; 84*; 163*; 176 (Jan., 1885*).]
Cushman, Charles Metcaxf, pioneer, b. in Attleboro, Mass., July
6, 1829; d. in Minneapolis, April 2Q, 1906. He settled in Minneapolis
in 1857; taught school there one term, and after 1858 owned a book
and stationery store. [85A*; 174*.]
Cutler, Edward Hutchins, wholesale druggist, b. in Boston, Mass.,
May 3, 1848; came to Minnesota in 1863; member since 1871 of the
firm of Noyes Brothers and Cutler, St. Paul. [24; 25; 95*; 197.]
Cutter, Ammi, b. in Westbrook, Maine, May 20, 1819; d. in St. Paul,
July 24, 1896. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Anoka;
served "in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. as first lieutenant, and after-
ward as captain and assistant quartermaster; engaged in manufac-
turing flour and lumber in Anoka, and also in publishing the Anoka
City Herald. Later he practiced as a magnetic physician in St. Paul.
[31; 43; 166A*.]
Cutter, Oscar L., banker, b. in Westbrook, Maine, in 1846; d. Sept.
4, 1898. He came to Anoka, Minn., in 1865; was county auditor several
terms; was secretary of the state senate, 1887-9, and later was cashier
of the Anoka State Bank. [43.]
Cutter, Sumner C, b .in Sebec, Maine, in 1832; d. in Minneapolis,
April 13, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Minneapolis,
where he engaged in building mills. [237 (19).]
Cutts, Anson Bailey, b. in Lillington, N. C, Oct. 23, 1866; removed
to Chicago in 18S3, and engaged in railroad official service; came to
Minnesota in 1887; general passenger agent of the Minneapolis and
St. Louis railway since 1894; resides in Minneapolis. [22*; 24; 25.]
Cutts, C. E., b. in Orwell, Vt, Aug. 2, 1835; settled in Forest City,
Minn., in 1856; was county treasurer and county auditor; was a state
senator, 1872-4 and 1879, and a representative in the legislature in
1876. [30.]
Cutts, E. H., pioneer, b. in Portsmouth, N. H., May 31, 1831; was
graduated at Norwich University in 1849; was the first settler in
Walcott, Rice county, Minn., 1854; enlisted in the Eighth Minnesota
Regt. in 1862, and later was captain in a colored regiment; resided in
Faribault after 1875. [70.]
Cutts, Elijah J., merchant, b. in Kennebec county, Maine, Aug. 17,
1844; d. at Howard Lake, Minn., Sept. 22, 1897. He served in the 22d
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N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1869; resided in
Minneapolis and Buffalo; settled at Howard Lake in 1877; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1877 and 1880. [30; 31; 166 (1897),]
Dacey, James F., manufacturer, b. in Canandaigua, N. Y., Sept. 3,
1853; engaged in railroad work, 1866-88; settled in Duluth, 1889, and
established the Gogebic Steam Boiler works. [31A*.]
Daggett, Benjamin F., b. in Wiscasset, Maine, Sept. 31, 1821; d. in
Sauk Rapids, Minn., Aug. 31, 1901. He settled at Elk River, Minn., in
1855, and engaged in lumbering; afterward resided at Little Falls and
Sauk Rapids. [237 (14).]
Daggett, Frank E., journalist, b. in Vermont in 1837; d. in Litch-
field, Minn., Oct. 14, 1876. He learned the printer's trade, and for a
time worked on the St Paul pioneer; served in the First Vermont and
the Sixth Minnesota regiments in the early part of the civil war. and
later was first lieutenant in a colored regiment. He published the
Wabasha Herald, 1866-70, and established the Litchfield Ledger in
1872. [65; 155; 238 (Oct. 15, 1876).]
Daggett, Oscar, merchant, b. in Morrison county, Minn., in 1857;
resided at Sauk Center; was a representative in the legislature, 1899-
1901. [30.]
Dahl, John F., lawyer, b. in Bergen, Norway, in 1870; came to Min-
nesota the next year; was graduated in Jaw at the University of Min-
nesota, 1892; resides in Minneapolis; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1895-7. [30.]
Dahle, Ole, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, May 15, 1853; was
educated at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1881-6; was pastor in
Morris, Minn., 1886-9, Duluth, 1889-95, and in Aitkin county after 1895.
[148.]
Dahlstrand, Carl Axel, journalist, b. in Stockholm, Sweden, July
10, 1846; d. in 1884. He came to the United States in 1871; was as-
sociate editor of the Minnesota Stats Tidning, Minneapolis, after 1877.
[169.]
Dailey, M. A., lawyer, b. in Granville, N. Y., Ap-ril 19, 1821; settled,
in Owatonna, Minn., in 1856; was admitted to the bar in 1857; was
register of deeds five years; was a state senator in 1863; served in
the army in the civil war, attaining the rank of major; was engrossing
clerk in the senate in 1877; later resided in Minneapolis. [29; 30; 72.]
Dakin, Robert, lawyer, b. in England, June 30, 1833; came to Min-
nesota in 1855; settled in Red Wing; was clerk of the district court
of Goodhue county- twelve years; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1865, and clerk of a committee on the grasshopper plague,
1877. [30.]
Dale, Alpheus, carpenter, b. in Union county, Pa„ Jan. 7, 1844;
came to Minnesota in 1865; resides in North Minneapolis; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1895-7. [30.]
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Dale, Hans J., merchant, b. in Norway, Nov. 16, 1849; came to the
United States when ten years old; settled in Willmar, Minn., in 1874;
later resided at Renville, where he engaged in mercantile business
and banking. [35; 63*.]
Dale, Henry Newton, physician, b. in Butler county, Ohio, Aug. 2,
1831; d. in Faribault, Minn., June 13, 1909. He was graduated at the
Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, in 1856; settled in Rice county,
Minn., the same year, and resided in Faribault after 1867. [29; 70;
237 (56).]
Dale, O. G., b. in Norway, Feb. 7, 1861; came with his parents to
the United States when eight years old, and to Minnesota in 1870;
was graduated at the State Normal School, Mankato, 1886; settled in
Madison, Minn.; Was superintendent of schools for Lac qui Parle
county, 1887-9, and county auditor, 1889-97; was a state senator since
1903. [24; 30*; 169.]
Dalen, G. G., merchant, b. in Mower county, Minn., in 1857; resides
in Hayfield, Dodge county; was a representative in the legislature in
1903-5. [30*.]
Dallimore, G. A., veterinary surgeon, b, in Canada in 1846; came to
Minnesota in 1879, and settled in St. Paul in 1884; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Dalrymple, Alton R., b. in Warren county, Pa., Oct. 20, 1853; d. in
St.' Paul, Feb. 15, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1877; owned a large
farm in the Red river valley, and for twenty-four years managed the
40,000 acre farm of his uncle, Oliver Dalrymple, and also his steam-
boats and grain elevators; resided in St. Paul after 1886. [237 (14).]
Dalrymple, Oliver, bonanza farmer, b. in Warren county, Pa., in
1830; d. in Casselton, N. D., Sept 3, 1908. He studied at Yale Col-
lege and later at Yale Law School; was admitted to the bar in 1855;
came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in St. Paul in 1860; engaged in
extensive farming operations after 1866, cultivating 2,500 acres in
Washington county for ten years; and after 1876 he developed much
larger tracts in the Red river valley in North Dakota, amounting to
about 30,000 acres devoted to wheat growing, probably the largest
wheat farm in the world. [23*; 93; 237 (51*).]
Daly, John, farmer, b. in New Brunswick, Nov. 28, 1847; came to
Stillwater, Minn., in 1870, and five years later settled on a farm in
May township, Washington county; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1891. [42*.]
Daly, M. J., lawyer, b. in St. Paul, March 13, 1861; was admitted to
the bar in 1886; resides in Perham; was attorney of Otter Tail county,
1890-S, and a state senator, 1899-1902. [25; 30; 35.]
Daly, Peter, b. in County Clare, Ireland, June 27, 1838; came to the
United States in 1857; served in the U. S. army, 1857-72; settled in
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St. Paul in 1870, where he was inspector of public works for the
state and. the XJ. S. government; engaged in mercantile business and
railway construction, and built the first house in Hallock, Minn.
[241.]
Dalzell, John Afton, lawyer b. in Waddington, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1861;
was graduated at Hamilton College, 1884; was admitted to the bar in
1886; came to Minnesota in 1890, and settled at Morton; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1907-09. [24; 30*.]
Damon, Albert B., farmer, b. in Troy, Maine, June 4, 1824; came to
Minnesota in 1852; the next year settled on the site of Princeton, and
built the second house there; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt.,
1862-5; later settled on a farm in Baldwin, Sherburne county. [31.]
Damp, George W., farmer, b. in Fremont, Ohio, in 1838; d. in Fari-
bault, Minn., Nov. 28, 1908. He served in the First Wisconsin cavalry
in the civil war; settled in Minnesota in 1866; was a representative
in the state legislature in 1889 and 1895; resided near Faribault. [30;
70A; 237 (51).]
Dana, Malcolm McGregor, Congregational clergyman, b. in 1837, in
Brooklyn, N. Y.; d. there July 25, 1897. He was graduated at Am-
herst college, 1859, and at Union Theological seminary, N. Y., 1863;
settled in St. Paul in 1878, and was pastor of Plymouth church ten
years; removed to Lowell, Mass., in 1888; author of a "History of
Carleton College," and "Annals of Norwich, Conn., 1861-65." For sev-
eral years he was one of the editors of the Advance, published in
Chicago. [7; 68; 144; 179 (Aug., 1897); 237 (9); 238 (July 26, 1897).]
Dana, Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh, general, b. in Fort Sullivan,
Eastport, Maine, April 15, 1822; d. in Portsmouth, N. H., July 15, 1905.
He was graduated at the U. S. military academy, 1842; served in the
Mexican war; was in garrison duty, chiefly in Minnesota, till 1855;
was a banker in St. Paul, 1855-1861; went as colonel with the First
Minnesota Regt. to the civil war; was commissioned major general
of volunteers in November, 1862; resigned from the army in 1865;
afterward engaged in mining and railroad operations in the western
states. During his later years he lived in Washington, D. C. [1; 4*;
17; 28, XII; 115; 237 (27*).]
Dane, Henry J., merchant, b. in Mont Vernon, N. H., Feb., 25,
1834; came to Minnesota in 1855, and settled in Le Sueur; engaged in
mercantile business after 1866. [32.]
Danehy, Patrick J., R. C. priest, b. at Waupun, Wis., in 1858; d. in
Minneapolis, March 5, 1904. He came with his parents to Minne-
apolis when an infant; was ordained to the priesthood in 1881; later
studied in Europe; was a professor in St. Thomas College, St. Paul,
and was pastor in Faribault and Minneapolis. [237 (35*).]
160 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Danforth, William, surveyor, b. in Merrimack county, N. H., May
2, 1823; d. in Red Wing, Minn., Nov. 24, 1897. He was captain in the
16th Vermont Regt. in the civil war; settled in Red Wing, Minn., in
1870. [54; 166 (1898*).]
Daniel, H. M., miller, b. in Virginia in 1829; came to Minnesota
in 1856; settled at Fillmore; was a representative in the legislature
in 1873. [30.]
Daniels, A. I\., ~u. in Arcade, N. Y., April 26, 1836; came to Rock
Lake, Lyon county, Minn., in 1876, being one of the earliest settlers
there; was county register of deeds, 1881-2. [32.]
Daniels, Asa Wilder, physician, b. in Stratford, N. H., Jan. 15,
1829; was graduated at Ohio Medical College; came to Minnesota in,
1853; settled in St. Peter in 1861; served as surgeon in the Indian
war of 1862, and established a hospital in the Court House at St.
Peter for the wounded refugees. [32; 237 (61*); 241.]
Daniels, Jared Waldo, physician, b. in Stratford, N. H., June 15,
1827; d. at Los Angeles, Cal., May 3, 1904. He studied medicine in
New York, and in 1855 came to Minnesota. Soon after his arrival
he was appointed to the Indian Agency at Yellow Medicine. In 1862
he was appointed assistant surgeon in the Sixth Minnesota Infantry,
and later was surgeon in the Second Minnesota cavalry, with the rank
of major. He had great influence with the Indians, and became in-
spector of Indian agencies. In 1887 he retired from public service
and settled in Faribault. In 1900 he removed to Los Angeles. [23*;
121.]
Daniels, JFohn Franklin, b. in Hartland, Vt., Aug. 15, 1827; d. in
Fairmont, Minn., April 22, 1903. He came to Fairmont in 1866; was
a representative in the legislature in 1873. [39; 237 (28).]
Daniels, John V., banker, b. in Summit, N. Y., 1808; d. in Roch-
ester, Minn., Sept. 23, 1881. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling
in Rochester. He was a state senator, 1862-7, and 1876-7, and a repre-
sentative in the legislature two terms. [30; 66; 237 (1).]
Daniels, Milton J., banker, b. in New York, April 18, 1838; came to
Minnesota in 1857; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; settled in Rochester in 1866, and became president of the Union
National Bank in 1881; was a representative in the state legislature,
1883-5, and a state senator, 1887-9. [30; 66.]
Daniels, Peter, lumberman, b. in Nelson, N. Y., Nov. 5, 1807; set-
tled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1857, and built the Red Wing Mills. [54,]
Danielson, George W., pioneer, b. in Toronto, Ont, June 22t 1827;
came to the site of Duluth in 1853; the next year built the first house
there; served in the Union army during the civil war; was appointed
Indian farmer at Tower, Minn,, in 1882; during later years resided in
Duluth, [237 (32*).]
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Danz, Frank, Jr., musical director, b. in New York City, May 11,
1851; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 24, 1911. He came to Minnesota in 1866
with his parents, who settled in St. Paul; was a teahcer of music in
New York City, 1867-83; returned to St. Paul in 1883, and was leader
of bands in that city and Minneapolis. [24; 25; 93A; 237 (59).]
Danzl, Ferdinand, b. in Bavaria, Dec. 23, 1835; came to the United
States in 1856, and to Minnesota the next year; settled in St. Jo-
seph, Stearns county, and owned a lumber mill, a flour mill, and a
farm. [31.]
Darby, Benjamin Edwin, journalist, b. on Prince Edward Island,
Feb. 18, 1848; came to Minnesota in 1871, and engaged in teaching;
established the People's Press at Owatonna in 1874, and has since
been its publisher. [24; 25; 70A; 72; 238 (Dec. 17, 1893*).]
Dare, Arthur Newman, journalist, b. in Jordan, N. Y., May 25, 1850;
came to Minneapolis in 1867 with his parents; has been editor of the
Elk River Star-News since 1875; was a member of the legislature,
1895-9, and Speaker of the House in 1899; was state expert printer,
1903-07. [22*; 24; 26*; 30; 38; 237 (36*); 238 (Dec. 9, 1893*, and
Jan. 3, 1899).]
Darelius, August Benson, lawyer, b. in Sweden, July 3, 1859; came
to the United States in 1873, and to Minneapolis in 1876; was grad-
uated in law at the University of Michigan, 1889, and has since prac-
ticed in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1891.
[24; 169.]*
Darling, A. B., farmer, b. in Franklin county, Vt, Jan. 26, 1824;
was graduated at Bakersfield Academy in 1844; came to Minnesota
in 1854, and the next year conducted the government survey of the
Sioux Reservation, west of Fort Ridgely, dividing it into townships.
In 1880 he settled on a farm at Clear Lake. [31.]
Darling, John Henry, b. at Lake Ridge, Mich., April 15, 1847; was
graduated as a civil engineer at the University of Michigan, 1873; has
since been employed on government engineering work; settled in
Duluth, 1884. [31A.]
Darling, William Lafayette, civil engineer, b. in Oxford, Mass.,
March 24, 1856; was graduated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
1877; settled in St. Paul, and engaged in railway engineering; since
1905 chief engineer of the Northern Pacific railway. [17.]
Darlington, Sarah P., educator, b. in Pennsylvania; d. in Faribault,
Minn., Feb. 19, 1881. Se came to Faribault in 1862; engaged in
teaching, and had charge of the Episcopal girls' school, St. Mary's
Hall, from its beginning in 1866 to the time of her death. [70; 152;
241.]
Darragh, Edward J., lawyer, b. in Painesville, Ohio, June 20, 1869;
came to Minnesota in 1882 to pursue his studies; later attended
li
162 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Notre Dame University, Indiana; returned to Minnesota, settling in
St. Paul in 1887; and in 1890 was admitted to the bar. In 1895 he
was elected corporation attorney for the city of St. Paul. [22*; 95*;
100; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Darrow, Daniel C, physician, b. in Neenah, Wis., Jan. 4, 1850; was
graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1884; settled in Moor-
head, Minn.; established a hospital there in 1893, and is its presi-
dent. [24; 25; 35; 36.]
Dart, Charles Henry, merchant, b. in Forest City, Minn., Feb. 5,
1862; was treasurer of Meeker county, 1893-4; was a state senator,
1899-1905; resides in Litchfield. [24; 30.]
Dartt, E .H. S., b. in Salisbury, Vt, Nov. 24, 1824; d. in Owatonna,
Minn., Jan. 31, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1868, and settled in
Owatonna; conducted an experiment station for trees. [166 (1895*);
237 (28*).]
Daugherty, Frank Bertine, contractor, b. in Rosendale, Wis., June
7, 1850; d, in Pine City, Minn., June 8, 1911. He settled in Duluth in
1878; was a state senator, 1891-3 and 1899-1902. [27*; 30; 237 (59,
67*).]
d'Autremont, Charles, Jr., lawyer, b. at Angelica, N. Y., June 2,
1851; after studying a year in Switzerland, was graduated at Columbia
Law School in 1875; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Duluth;
was county attorney of St. Louis county, 1884-6, and mayor of Duluth,
1892-4. [22*; 24; 25.]
Davenport, Edward J., lawyer, b. at Middlebury, Vt., in 1852; was
graduated at Middlebury College; came to Minnesota in 1871; was
admitted to the bar in 1874; was clerk of the district court of Hen-
nepin county many years; resided in Minneapolis; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1889. [30; 58.]
Davenport, James, b. in Connecticut, July, 1812; d. in St. Paul, Feb.
4, 1887. He settled in St. Paul in 1856, and opened a bookstore; au-
thor of many sketches and stories. [68; 94; 237 (1); 238 (Feb. 5,
1887).]
Davenport, William, soldier, b. in Pennsylvania; was commandant
at Fort Snelling, 1836-7; was brevetted colonel in 1838. [11; 12.]
Davidson, Charles, educator, b. near Hudson, Ohio, July 29, 1852;
was graduated at Iowa College, 1875; settled in Minneapolis in 1879,
and established the Minneapolis Academy. [58.]
Davidson, Charles H., b. in Liberty ville, 111., March 15, 1846; d. in
Austin, Minn., Sept. 22, 1901. He came with his father to Austin
when eleven years of age; engaged in newspaper work; was the first
president of the Austin National Bank, 1889. [28, XII; 237 (14).]
Davidson, James Hamilton, lawyer, b. in Burlington, Ohio, Jan. 25,
1839; was graduated at Ohio Wesleyan University in 1861; served
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in the 14th Kentucky Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of
colonel; settled in St. Paul in 1866, and was admitted to the bar the
next year; was editor of the Daily Press, 1S66-70; practiced law in
Chicago, 1895-1906; then returned to St. Paul. [17; 93*.]
Davidson, James Wheeler, b. in Austin, Minn., June 14, 1872; was
graduated at the Northwestern Military Academy, Highland Park,
111.; was in the U. S. consular service in Formosa and China, 1897-
1905; later in lumber business, residing in Calgary, Alberta; author
of several books on Formosa. [17.]
Davidsox, John D., farmer, b. in Connecticut in 1844; came to Min-
nesota in 1853; resides in Mapleton; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1907. [30*.]
Davidson, William, pioneer, b. in Scotland, Oct. 21, 1810; came to
the United States in 1829, and to Minnesota in 1853; opened prob-
ably the first farm in Winona county, near Winona. [76.]
Davidson, William Frsox, b. in Lawrence county, Ohio, Feb. 4,
1825; d. in St. Paul, May 26, 1887. He came to St. Paul In 1854,
bringing his steamboat, "Frank Steele," and engaged in steamboat-
ing business on the Minnesota and Mississippi rivers. He also built
several large business blocks in St. Paul. [23*; 41; 98*; 176 (April
1886); 237 (1).]
Davidson, William N., b. in Sardinia, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1833; was ad-
mitted to the bar in Iowa; settled in Luverne, Minn., in 1878; was
attorney of Rock county two terms; was city attorney for Luverne
nine years; was judge of probate, and for the past thirty years has
been county surveyor. [71; 71A.]
Da vies, Daniel T., b. in Wales in 1851; settled in Minneapolis in
1882; is president of the Davies Packing Co., and was meat inspector
of Minneapolis two terms; was a representative in the state legisla-
ture in 1897. [30; 171*.]
Davies, David, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Tirgwyn, Wales, July
12, 1789; d. in Blue Earth county, Minn., April 17, 1861. He came to
the United States in 1837; ordained to the ministry in 1840; settled
on a farm in Cambria, Blue Earth county, Minn., and engaged in
farming and ministerial work. [171.]
Davies, David J., b. in Wales, March 31, 1814; d. Sept. 22, 1891. He
came to the United States in 1844; was a missionary to the Indians
in Nebraska, 1853-60; settled on a farm in Beaver township, Fillmore
county, Minn., in 1861. [171*.]
Davies, John E., pioneer, b. in Nefyn, Wales, July 26, 1795; d. in
Cambria, Blue Earth county, Minn., May 26, 1867. He came to the
United States in 1839; was the first settler in Cambria, 1855. [171.]
164 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Davies, Joseph, lawyer, b. in Watonwan county, Minn., Sept. 27,
1868; was graduated at the State Normal School, Mankato, 1896; was
county superintendent of schools, 1899-1908; resides in St. James; a
representative in the legislature, 1909-11. [24; 30*.]
Davies, Richard, -Congregational clergyman, b. in Wales, Jan. 1,
1804; d. in Mankato, Minn., July 24, 1887. He came to the United
States in 1837; was ordained to the ministry in 1854; settled at South
Bend, Minn., in 1855; organized several churches; owned a farm near
Blue Earth City, and after 1874 resided in Mankato. [171*.]
Davis, A. B., b. in Shiloh, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1836; came to Minnesota
in 1857; served as captain in Brackett's Battalion of cavalry in the
civil war; was sheriff of Faribault county six years; and later was
postmaster of Winnebago City. [51.]
Davis, Alfred, farmer, b. in Birmingham, Eng., in 1839; d. in Ma-
pleton, Minn., Feb. 3, 1909. He came to the United States when ten
years old; served in the Fifth Kansas Cavalry in the civil war; set-
tled in Minnesota in 1865, at Medo, Blue Earth county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1889; removed to Mapleton. [30; 237
(51).]
Davis, Andrew, merchant, b. at Elk River, Minn., July 31, 1866, and
resides there; has been a representative in the state legislature since
1907. [30*.]
Davis, Buel Turner, teacher, b. in Decatur, 111., July 31, 1852; was
graduated at the State Normal School, Kansas; engaged in newspaper
work several years; and in 1891 became principal of the city schools
of Winona, Minn. [77*.]
Davis, C. F., miller, b. in Oxford county, Me., Sept. 4, 1819; d. in
St. Cloud, Minn., Feb. 17, 1888. He settled in St. Cloud in 1867; built
a flour mill at Clearwater; was a representative in the legislature in
1863. [31; 168 (March 2, 1888).]
Davis, Charles E., b. in Wales in 1844; came to the United States
in 1865, settling in Le Sueur, Minn.; removed to Lake Crystal in
1869, and engaged in mercantile business; after 1892 engaged in grain
commission business in Minneapolis. [32; 171.]
Davis, Charles H., merchant, b. in Meshoppen, Pa., Sept. 19, 1856;
came to Minnesota in 1879, settling at Bird Island; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1889. [30.]
Davis, Charles L., journalist, b. in Chester, Vt., Aug. 23, 1833; set-
tled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1858; was first lieutenant and afterward
captain in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in
newspaper work, and after 1869 owned and published the Red Wing
Argus. [54.]
Davis, Charles Russell, lawyer and congressman, b. in Pittsfield,
ill., Sept. 17, 1849; came with his father to Le Sueur county, Minn.,
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in 1853; removed in 1866 to St. Peter; was admitted to the bar in
1872; was a representative in the legislature in 1889 ,and a state sen-
ator, 1891-3; has been a representative in Congress since 1903. [9;
17; 22*; 24; 30*; 32; 237 (45).]
Davis, Cushmax Kellogg, statesman, b. in Henderson, N. Y., June
16, 1838; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 27, 1900. He spent his childhood in
Waukesha, Wis.; was graduated at Michigan University, 1857; studied
law, and began practice at Waukesha in 1859; served during most of
the civil war as assistant adjutant general on the staff of Gen. Willis
A. Gorman; was compelled by typhoid fever to leave the army in 1864;
came the next year to Minnesota, and resumed the practice of law in
St. Paul. In 1867 he was elected, as a Republican, to the state leg-
islature; was IT. S. district attorney for this state, 1868-71; was gov-
ernor of Minnesota, 1874-6; was U. S. senator from 1887 until his
death. As chairman of the Committee on Pensions, he was author,
in 1890, of the pension act that ended the demand for excessive pen-
sion legislation; as chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations,
he reported to the senate, April 13, 189S, the resolutions which were
a practical declaration of war against Spain. In August, 1898, he
was appointed a member of the Spanish-American Peace Commission.
He was a profound student of French and English literature, and of
international law; author of many published speeches and addresses,
of lectures on Hamlet and Madame Roland (1882), The law in Shakes-
peare (1884), and Lectures on International Law (1897). [1; 2*; 7;
10; 17; 18*; 20; 22*; 23; 26*; 27*; 28, IV*, XIII*; 30; 41; 68; 93;
95*; 109*; 136; 137; 171*; 237 (11*).]
Davis, Edward E., merchant, b. in New Sharon, Maine, May 28, 1840;
served in the 24th Maine Regt. in the civil war; settled in Anoka,
Minn., in 1866, engaged in farming and mercantile business, and con-
ducted a meat market. [31.]
Davis, Edward J., physician, b. in Wales, July 6, 1839; came with
his parents to the United States in infancy; served in the 146th N.
Y. Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; was grad-
uated at Albany Medical College, 1868; settled in Mankato, Minn., the
same year; removed to Weiser, Idaho, in 1900. [83*; 171*.]
Davis, Ellery C, b. in Washington, N. H., Jan. 24, 1832; d. in Crook-
ston, Minn., Jan. 17, 1912. He was captain of the 85th Indiana Regt.
in the civil war; engaged in railroad contracting; came to Minnesota,
and graded part of the Great Northern railway; built the first frame
house in Crookston, 1872; took a claim on part of the townsite; was
the first mayor of the city. [35; 237 (68).]
Davis, George, b. in Lancaster, Mass., Sept. 22, 1832; d. in 1879. He
settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1853; was sheriff of Washington coun-
ty, 1861-71; clerk of the district court several years, and county audi-
tor after 1876. [40; 41.]
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Davis, Geoege F., lawyer, b. in Dixfield, Me., Oct. 14, 1864; was grad-
uated, at Maine Wesleyan Seminary, 1885, and the Albany Law School,
1889; settled in Duluth the same year; was a representative in the
legislature in 1899. [30.]
Davis, George Henry, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Buxton, Maine,
May 27, 1842; d. in Faribault, Minn., Jan. 11, 1907. He came to Min-
nesota in 1869; was graduated at Seabury Divinity school, Faribault,
in 1875; was rector of a church in Brainerd, 1888-95, in Mankato, 1895-
1905, and then became warden of Seabury Divinity school. [83; 237
(43).]
Davis, Horace S., physician, b. in Marion county, Ohio, May 26, 1855;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1884; and later took post grad-
uate and polyclinic courses in New York; settled in Duluth in 1888.
[31A.]
Davis, James P., physician, b. in England, July, 1843; d. at the
Soldiers' Home, Minnehaha, Aug. 29, 1909. He came with his parents
to the -United States when two v^ars old; served in the Fourth Vir-
ginia Regt. in the civil wai , was graduated at Missouri Medical Col-
lege; came to Minnesota in 1873, and settled in Kellogg, Wabasha
county, in 1S75. [74; 237 (5.6).]
Davis, L. R., b. in Berkshire county, Mass., Dec. 25, 1815; was ad-
mitted to the bar in Wisconsin; settled in Lac qui Parle, Minn., in
1872; was county attorney, and county superintendent of schools; and
was county auditor, 1881-3. [32.]
Davis, Marcus J., real estate dealer, b. in Oswego, N. Y., May 29,
1842; first came to Minnesota in 1865, and bought land near Duluth;
was elected mayor in 1890. [20.]
Davis, T. C, b. in Strafford county, N. H., Sept. 4, 1830; came to
Minnesota in 1863; settled in Farmington; was the first president of
the Farmington Bank; engaged in real estate business and collecting.
[48.]
Davis, Thomas Moore, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., April 8, 1818; d. in
St. Paul, Sept. 2, 1877. He became connected with railroad business
in 1855, and was treasurer of the St. Paul and Duluth railroad at the
time of his death. He resided in St Paul. [237 (1).]
Davis, William M., b. in Jo Daviess county, 111., May 13, 1842; came
to Minnesota with his parents in 1855; served in the Fourth Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; settled on a farm in Murray county; built
the first house in Fulda, 1880; engaged in real estate business, and
selling farm machinery. [34.]
Davis, William Stearns, educator, b. in Amherst, Mass., April 30,
1877; was graduated at Harvard University, 1900; was instructor and
professor in several colleges, and since 1909 professor of history in
the University of Minnesota; author of several novels and an Outline
History of the Roman Empire. [17.]
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Davis, William W., Sr., b. in Wales, Jan. 23, 1829; d. in Oakland,
Cal., Nov. 18, 1905. He came to the United States in 1848; settled at
South Bend, Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1858, and engaged in mer-
cantile business. [171*; 237 (39).]
Davis, William W., Jr., b. at South Bend, Minn., May 13, 1862; re-
sides in Mankato; was a bookkeeper fifteen years, and later cashier
of the Mankato Savings Bank. [25; 171*.]
Davison, Daniel, steamboat captain, b. in Pennsylvania, July 27,
1826; settled in Read's Landing, Minn., in 1861, and was captain and
pilot on the Mississippi. [74.]
Dawson, A. F., b. in Derbyshire, Eng., December, 1849; came to
the United States with his father when nine years old; lived in Fill-
more county, Minn.; engaged in building mills; owned a machine
shop in Preston, Minn. [168 (July 29, 1887*).]
Dawson, Barnabas, b. in England, Sept. 25, 1825; d. at Clear Grit,
Fillmore county, Minn., Feb. 4, 1882. He came to the United States
in 1851; built at Carimona the first mill in Fillmore county, Minn.;
served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; resided in
Lanesboro, and after 1877 conducted a hotel at Clear Grit. [52.]
Dawson, William, banker, b. in County Cavan, Ireland, Oct. 1,
1825; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 19, 1901. He came to America in 1846; set-
tled in St. Paul in 1861; was mayor of that city, 1878-81. [28, IX;
68; 93*; 176 (April, 1886, and Jan., 1895); 237 (14*).]
Day, A. A., pioneer, b. in Washington county, Maine, May 28, 1838;
came to Minnesota in 1854; engaged in lumber business in Minne-
apolis until 1879; then settled on his farm of 960 acres in Empire,
Dakota county. [48.]
Day, Burt W., journalist, b. in Green county, Wis., July 5, 1859;
came to Minnesota in 1877; engaged in newspaper publication in Fair-
mont and Jackson, and in 1887 purchased the Hutchinson Leader; was
first assistant secretary of the state senate in 1886. [64.]
Day, David, pioneer physician, b. in Virginia, Sept. 19, 1825; d. in
St. Paul, March 8, 1896. He was graduated from the medical depart-
ment of the University of Pennsylvania, 1849; came to St. Paul the
same year; was register of deeds; was a member of the territorial
legislature, 1852-3; opened a drug store in 1854; was postmaster of
St. Paul in 1875. [28, IV*; 29; 32; 68; 93; 94; 237 (9*); 238 (March
9, 1896*).]
Day, Ditus, b. in Wilbraham, Mass., Oct. 10, 1817; settled at Castle
Rock, Minn., in 1855; owned a farm, and after 1858 engaged in the
manufacture of sorghum syrup; was postmaster nine years. [48; 166
(1895*).]
Day, Edwin W., b. in Granville, N. Y. Nov. 14, 1832; d. in Edgerton,
Minn., 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Ninth Minne-
168 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
sota Regt. in the civil war; settled on a farm in Osborn, Pipestone
county, in 1878; was county superintendent of schools, 1879-81, and
register of deeds, 1887-90. Later he was postmaster at Edgerton eight
years. [34; 237 (31).]
Day, Frank A., journalist, b. in Green county, Wis., Sept. 30, 1855;
came to Minnesota in 1874, settling in Fairmont, and the same year
established the Sentinel, of which he was editor and publisher until
1910; was a representative in the legislature in 1878, and a state sen-
ator, 1887-95, being president of the senate in 1895; was lieutenant
governor, 1895-7; was private secretary of Governor Johnson, 1905-9;
removed to Missoula, Montana, in 1910. [22*; 24; 25; 30; 34; 39*;
238 (March 30, 1886*.).]
Day, Hakwood Galtjsiia, journalist and lawyer, .b. in Jericho, Vt,
July 15, 1844; served in the 13th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war;
was admitted to the bar in 1868; came to Lanesboro, Minn., in 1878;
removed to Albert Lea in 1883, where he has since owned and pub-
lished the Freeborn County Standard. [24; 25; 52; 53A*; 155*.]
Day, J. C, pioneer, b. in Fayette county, Pa., Jan. 30, 1822; served
in the First Missouri Regt. in the Mexican war; came to Houston
county, Minn., in 1855, and two years later settled in La Crescent;
was a member of the state constitutional convention, and of the first
state senate; had charge of a ferry across the Mississippi several
years. [61.]
Day, Leonard, lumberman, b. in Leeds, Maine, May 6, 1811; d. in
Minneapolis, Feb. 2Q, 1886. He came to Minneapolis in 1854, and en-
gaged extensively in logging and lumber manufacture. [18.]
Day, Oscar Fayette Gaines, journalist, b. in Chicago, 111., Oct. 7,
1860; studied for the stage, but soon engaged in newspaper work;
musical composer, and author of novels, drama, and lyrics; resides
in Minneapolis. [17.]
Day, William Henry Harrison, lumberman, b. in Washington
county, Maine, in 1839; was killed in a railroad wreck, Jan. 22, 1903.
He settled in Minneapolis in 1854. [237 (28*).]
Dayton, Daniel, b. in Bennington county, Vt., Aug. 29, 1800; set-
tled in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1855; owned a farm and a hotel;
served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of first lieutenant; was a representative in the legislature, 1859-
60; resided in Harmony. [52.]
Dayton, Francis Henry, traveling salesman, b. in Kings ville, Ohio,
July 30, 1845; d. in Orion, Mich., Dec. 1, 1897. He came to Minne-
sota in 1853; served in the Seventh Iowa Regt, 1862-3; resided in
Stillwater and St. Paul; was sergeant-at-arms in the legislature in
1879; was custodian of the Court House and City Hall, St. Paul,
1896-7. [30; 122.]
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Dayton, Lymax, b. in Southington, Conn., Aug. 25, 1810; d. in St.
Paul, Oct. 20, 1865. He came to Minnesota in 1849, and invested
largely in real estate in the city of St. Paul; was the projector and
president of the Lake Superior and Mississippi Railroad. Dayton
BlufT, in St. Paul, was named for him. [29*; 31; 41; 60*; 94.]
Deakin, Robert L., lawyer, b. in England in 1834; d. in St. Paul,
Feb. 9, 1902. He came to the United States in 1845; settled in Min-
nesota ten years later; resided in Red Wing and St. Paul; was a
representative in the legislature in 1865, and assistant clerk in the
legislature, 1878-87. [30; 237 (19).]
Dealy, Dennis J., farmer, b. in 1868 in Scott county, Minn, where
he afterward resided; was a representative in the legislature in 1899-
1901. [30.]
Dean, Edmund, pioneer, b. in New York in 1804; d. in St. Paul,
Feb. 13, 1876. He settled there at an early day, and invested largely
in real estate. [238 (Feb. 15, 1876).]
Dean, Eugene, b. in Ireland in 1823; came to the United States in
1850; settled in Hastings, Minn., in 1855; was county treasurer, 1857-
60; engaged in farming, grocery business, and contracting. [48.]
Dean, Franklin B., banker, b. in Windsor county, Vt., July 22, 1834;
settled in Glencoe, Minn., in 1857, and engaged in mercantile business
five years; was county superintendent of schools, and after 1862 was
county auditor; engaged in real estate business, 1872-83; and after-
ward was cashier of the McLeod County Bank. [64.]
Dean, I. N., b. in Huntingdon, Pa., in 1835; came to Minnesota in
1856; founded the town of Blakeley, Scott county, which he named
in honor of Capt, Russell Blakeley, of St. Paul; was the first post-
master and the first merchant there; served in the Fourth Minne-
sota Regt, 1861-5; engaged in farming after 1874. [32.]
Dean, John, farmer, b. in Parkham, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1831; came to St.
Paul in 1850; engaged in lumbering, and was pilot of rafts on the
Mississippi river seventeen years; then settled in Sunrise City, Chi-
sago county; was a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Dean, Joseph, an Indian trader, b. in Ireland, Jan. 10, 1826; d. in
Eureka Springs, Ark., May 20, 1890. He settled in St. Anthony in
1850; took the first claim at Bloomington Ferry, 1852; was treasurer of
Hennepin county; was one of the proprietors of the Pacific mills in
Minneapolis, and was cashier of the Security Bank, 1877-82. [21*;
59; 84*; 87; 167 (May 23, 1890); 174*.]
Dean, William Blake, merchant, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 26, 1838;
settled in St. Paul in 1856 and engaged in the hardware business;
was a founder in 1860 of the firm of Nicols and Dean; has beeen largely
interested in banking, railroads, and other financial enterprises; was
170 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
a state senator, 1891-4, and drafted the bill .which was enacted as a
law for building the new state capitol. [17; 23; 24; 25; 26*; 27; 30;
93A; 95*; 98*'; 238 (Aug. 6, 1897*).]
Dean, William J., merchant, b. near Port Hope, Ontario, July 19,
1843; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1855; served three years
in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. during the civil war; settled at Minne-
apolis in 1877, and has since been a wholesale dealer in agricultural
implements. [25; 26*; 85A*; 174*.]
Deane, Erasmus Miller, b. in Hartford county, Conn., May 8, 1819;
d. in St. Paul, April 9, 1889. He came to Minnesota in 1862; dealt in
farm machinery in St. Paul; organized the St, Paul Harvester Works
in 1872, of which he was president. [68; 238 (April 10, 1889).]
Deans, George H., b. in Maine, April 11, 1859; came to Minnesota in
1872; resides in Foreston, and is engaged in lumber and mercantile
business and farming; sergeant-at-arms of the Minnesota house of
representatives, 1911. [30*.]
Dearborn, Greenleaf, soldier, b. in Massachusetts; d. Sept. 9, 1846.
He was brevet ted major in 1829, and was commandant at Fort Snell-
ing, 1841-3. [11; 12.]
Dearing, Sam, farmer, b. in Conway, N. H., Oct. 1, 1834; came to
Minnesota in 1865, settling in Hennepin county; two years later re-
moved to West St. Paul. Here he cultivated a model farm and had a
dairy. As the city enlarged he platted and sold his farm as city lots.
[20; 93*; 98*.]
Dearth, Elmer Henry, b. in Sangerville, Me., June 6, 1859; set-
tled in Minnesota in 1883; was editor and publisher of newspapers at
Henderson and Le Sueur, 1884-91; later was connected with insur-
ance business, and removed to St. Paul; was insurance commissioner
of the state, 1897-9 and 1901-5. [24; 25; 26*; 30; 93A*; 95*; 111;
237 (24*, 36*).]
De Camp, Horace, b. in Sing Sing, N. Y., May 10, 1827; settled in
Moorhead, Minn., in 1872, and built the first frame house there;" was
register of deeds, 1877-88. [35; 91.]
De Carufel, Charles Arthur Sicard, R. C, priest, b. in Quebec,
Canada, Aug. 4, 1836; attended Nicollet College; was ordained in
1859; was pastor at Mendota, Minn., after 1878. [48,]
Decker, Calvin D., b. in Mower county, Minn.; was graduated at
Carleton College, 1886; engaged in hardware business in Austin nine
years; was purchasing agent for the "University of Minnesota, and was
secretary of its board of regents after 1905, [127A*.]
Decker, Jacob S., pioneer, b. in Flatbrookville, N. J., Oct. 14, 1831;
settled on a farm near Austin, Minn., in 1856. [65A*; 111; 174*.]
De Coster, F. V., merchant, b. in Buckfield, Maine, Nov. 19, 1838;
came to Minnesota in 1857, and the next year settled in Kingston,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 171
Meeker county; enlisted in the Fourth Minnesota Regt., 1861, and
later was captain in another regiment; removed to Litchfield in 1871.
[65.]
Dedon, William S., farmer, b. in Sweden in 1845; came -to Minne-
sota in 1S56; served in the civil war; resides at Taylor's Falls; was a
state senator, 1891-3. [30; 169.]
Deegan, Joiix, farmer ,b. in Jefferson county, Wis., in 1858; came
to Minnesota in 1875; resided at Prior Lake, Scott county; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
De Gonnor, Nicholas, b. in France, Nov. 19, 1691; d. in Quebec,
Canada, Dec. 16, 1759. He entered the Order of the Jesuits at Bor-
deaux in 1710; came to Canada in 1725; founded a Sioux mission in
1727, with Guignas, at Fort Beauharnois, near the present village of
Frontenac, Minn. [114; 146.]
De Graff, Andrew, railroad builder, b. near Amsterdam, N. Y., Oct.
21, 1811; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 7, 1894. He came to Minnesota in 1857
to construct the Transit railroad, and afterward built many railroads
in this state. [20*; 75; 93*; 98*; 237 (9*); 238 (Nov. 8, 1894).]
De Graff, Charles A., b. in New York in 1843; d. in St. Paul, July
20, 1887. He came to Minnesota in 1858, and engaged in railroad con-
struction; served in the army during the civil war; afterward owned
a large farm near Janesville. [29*; 75*; 93; 166A*.]
De Graff, Ira, pioneer, b. in Richmondville, N. Y., about 1828; d.
in St. Paul, Feb. 8, 1888. He came to Minnesota at an early day and
engaged in railroad construction. His home was in Winona. [238
(Feb. 9, 1888).]
Deinard, Samuel N., b. in Rossein, Russia, Jan. 25, 1872; was grad-
uated at the University of Pennsylvania; was rabbi in Terre Haute,
Ind., and Chicago, 111.; since 1902 rabbi in Minneapolis, and also assist-
ant professor of Semitic languages in the University of Minnesota. [147.]
De Kay, Willett W., pioneer, b. in Orange county, N. Y., Aug. 23,
1831; d. in Red Wing, Minn., June, 1891. He settled in Red Wing,
Minn., in 1854; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war,
attained the rank of first lieutenant. [54; 55.]
De la Barre, William, b. in Vienna, Austria, April 15, 1849; came
to the United States in 1865, and to Minnesota in 1878, settling in
Minneapolis; introduced important new machinery into some of the
Minneapolis flouring mills; has been a member of the Minneapolis
Mill Co. since 1880. [24; 85A; 168 (July 1, 1892*).]
De Laittre, Howard M., lumberman, b. in Maine in 1846; came to
Minnesota in 1869, settling in Minneapolis; was a representative in
the legislature in 1895. [30.]
De Laittre, John, lumberman and banker, b. in Ellsworth, Maine,
March 5, 1832; came to Minnesota in 1865, settling in Minneapolis,
172 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
and engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods, flour, and lumber;
was president of the Nicollet National Bank, 1884-8, and of the Farm-
ers* and Mechanics' Savings Bank since 1905; was a member of the
Board of State Capitol Commissioners, 1893-1907. [19*; 24; 25; 111*.]
De Laittre, Karl, b. in Minneapolis, June 23, 1874; was graduated
at Harvard University, 1897; engaged in wholesale grocery business in
Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1905. [24;
30*.]
Delano, Francis Roach, b. in New Braintree, Mass., Nov. 20, 1823;
d. in St. Paul, Feb. 6, 1887. He came to Minnesota in 1853, and en-
gaged in lumbering in the St. Croix valley; was the first warden of
the Minnesota state prison; settled in St. Paul in 1860, and became
general superintendent of the St. Paul and Pacific railroad; was
largely interested in railroad construction in the state, and during the
later years of his life was right of way agent for the Manitoba (now
the Great Northern) railway. In 1875 he was a representative in the
legislature. The St. Paul fire department was reorganized and greatly
aided by him. The town of Delano was named in his honor. [41;
93; 198; 237 (1); 241.]
De La Vergne, Atjrelius F., lawyer, b. in France about 1816; d. in
Iowa. He came to the United States when a child, and settled in
Minnesota in territorial days; was a member of the legislature in
1856; resided in Winnebago City, 1864-9; then removed to Iowa. [51.]
De Mair, Xavier, pioneer, b. on the Red River of the North in 1813;
came to Mendota, Minn., in 1838; owned a claim in St. Paul in 1840;
lived in St. Peter, 1852-77, and later in St. Paul. [94.]
Demars, Gustave, physician, b. in Namur, Belgium, Dec. 2, 1835;
came to the United States in 1858; studied medicine; lived in Chi-
cago, 1870-1883, and then settled in Hallock, Minn. [35; 37*.]
Demeritt, James Y., farmer, b. in Woodstock, N. H., Feb. 16, 1822;
came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in Brockway township, Stearns
county, where he was one of the first residents. [31.]
Demeules, Alfonse John, merchant, b. in St. Paul, Feb. 28, 1854;
d. in Mankato, Minn., April 25, 1901. After 1875 he engaged in mer-
cantile business at Sauk Rapids; removed to Mankato in 1900. [31;
237 (14).]
Demeules, Louis, pioneer, b. in Canada, Feb. 18, 1832; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 30, 1885. He came to St. Paul in 1852; engaged in grocery busi-
ness, and later was employed in the office of the register of deeds.
[68; 94; 238 (Sept. 1, 1885).]
Demeules, Z., merchant and real estate dealer, b. in Canada, in
1838; came to St. Paul in 1856; removed to Osseo, Hennepin county,
in 1861; resided in Minneapolis after 1871, and engaged in real estate
business; was a representative in the legislature in 1872-3. [30; 90*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 173
Deming, Portius C, b. in Milton, Vt., Dec. 12, 1854; settled at Min-
neapolis in 1882, and engaged in real estate, loans, and insurance busi-
ness; was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [25; 30.]
Demo, Anthony, b. in Alburgh Springs, Vt., April 13, 1835; came to
Minnesota in 1855, settling in Hokah; engaged in building railroad
cars; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war; was
a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Denby, Alfred F., merchant, b. in England, Aug. 16, 1850; came to
the United States when a child; owned a mill in Freeborn county,
Minn., and later engaged in mercantile business in Oakland; was a
representative in the legislature in 1879-81. [53.]
Denegre, James Denis, lawyer, b. in New Orleans, La., May 5, 1868;
was graduated at Princeton University, 1889, and in law at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1891; settled in St. Paul, and has practiced
there since 1891; a state senator, 1911. [24; 25; 30*.]
Denison, Lucirs W., physician, b. in Brookfield, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1819;
settled in Faribault about 1850; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1878-9. [18; 30; 70.]
Denninger, P. G., physician, b. in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 20, 1848;
came with his parents to the United States in 1862, and to Minne-
sota in 1871; was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago,
1878; settled in Faribault in 1881. [70.]
Dennis, George E., physician, b. in Livonia, Mich., Nov. 27, 1839;
d. May 22, 1907. He served in the First Michigan cavalry in the civil
war; was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, in 1883;
settled in Minneapolis the next year. [84; 154A*.]
Denny, Henry Rockwood, hardware merchant, b. in Keene, N. H.,
Feb. 22, 1839; settled in Carver, Minn., in 1867; was postmaster there
ten years; was a representative in the legislature in 1874-6, 1879, and
1881. Later he resided in St. Paul, and was U. S. marshal, 1882-6;
was secretary of the Minnesota Agricultural Society, 1888-9. [30; 41;
157*; 166A*.]
De Noyon, Jacques, b. at Three Rivers, Lower Canada; traversed
a part of the northern boundary of Minnesota about the year 1688,
passing through Rainy lake, wintered on the Rainy river, and prob-
ably went as far west as the Lake of the Woods. [114; 146.]
Densmore, Orrin, b. in Sullivan county, N. H., Sept. 22, 1805; d.
June 3, 1872. He commenced teaching at the age of sixteen ; settled
in Red Wing, Minn., in 1857; had charge of a sawmill, and later was
judge of probate; in 1869-70 was a representative in the legislature.
[56.]
Denton, Frederick Warner, b. in New Jersey; was graduated at the
School of Mines, Columbia College, in 1889; was mining engineer for
174 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the Minnesota Iron Company, 1894-5; was professor of mining and
metallurgy in the University of Minnesota, 1895-8. [127 (10*).]
Denzer, Geoege H., farmer, b. in Le Sueur county, in 1868; resides
at Le Sueur; a representative in the legislature since 1905. [30*.]
Derby, George Horatio, soldier, b. in Dedham, Mass., April 3, 1823;
d. in New York, May 15, 1861. He was graduated at West Point in
1846; served in the Mexican war; became assistant in the topogra-
phical bureau in Washington, and conducted explorations and surveys
in Minnesota territory, 1849. [1.]
Derham, Hugh, b. in Ireland, May 7, 1829; came to the United
States in 1849, and to Rosemount, Minn., in 1855; owned a farm of
900 acres; was a representative in the legislature in 1872. [48.]
Dermott, Joshua, b. in Armagh county, Ireland, Nov., 1828; came
to the United States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1855, settling in
Fridley, Anoka county. In 1877 he purchased the Manomin hotel
which he afterward conducted, and also owned a farm. [31.]
Desnoyer, Stephen, b. in St. Joseph, Canada, in 1805; d. in Rose
township, near St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 4, 1877. He came to St. Paul in
1843, and settled on a tract of land near by, where he kept a hotel
and engaged in trade with the Indians. [68; 237 (1).]
Dessert, Joseph, b. in Maskenongee, Canada, Jan. 8, 1819; came to
Minnesota, in the employ of the American Fur Company, in 1840, and
spent four years trading with the Indians on Sandy and Pokegama
lakes; then settled in Mosinee, Wis., and engaged in lumber business.
[167 (April 27, 1900*).]
Deuel, Burr, miller, b. in New York in 1827; came to Minnesota in
1855; settled in Quincy, Olmsted county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1875, and a state senator, 1877-8. [30.]
Deutsch, Henry, lawyer, b. in Minneapolis, Aug. 28, 1874; was grad-
uated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1894, and at Yale Uni-
versity, 1895; resides in Minneapolis. [24; 25; 85A*; 137.]
Deveraux, J. W., farmer, b. in New York in 1831; served in the
Tenth Minnesota Regt in the civil war; settled in Fillmore; was a
representative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Devekeux, John C, journalist, b. in Wexford, Ireland, April 30, 1831;
came to the United States in 1839 with his father, and later settled in
St. Paul; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attain-
ing the rank of captain; afterward established the Northwestern
Chronicle, a Catholic newspaper. [68; 94.]
Dewey, James J., physician, b. in St. Paul, Aug. 16, 1855; was grad-
uated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1878; the next year com-
menced the practice of medicine in St. Paul. [68; 93.]
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175
Dewey, John J., pioneer physician, b. in New York; was graduated
at Albany Medical College; settled in St. Paul in 1847, the first phy-
sician in the city; opened the first drug store in the state, at St. Paul,
1848; was a member of the first territorial legislature. [28, IV, IX.]
De Wolf, Milo T., b. in Oswego county, N. Y., Oct. 7, 1847; came
to Cottonwood county, Minn., in 1871; owned a farm of one thousand
acres, and engaged in mercantile buisness at Bingham Lake. [34.]
De Wolf, Moses L., b. in Herkimer county, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1826; d.
in Adrian, Minn., Sept. 8, 1903. He served in a New York regiment in
the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1871; owned a farm in Cotton-
wood county; settled in Adrian in 1885. [237 (28).]
Diamond, John, b. in Baltimore, Md., Jan. 14, 1828; d. in Mankato,
Minn., Aug. 6, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Man-
kato; owned a farm near the city limits; was sheriff of Blue Earth
county three terms, beginning in 1869. [83*; 237 (35).]
Dibble, Daniel Keeney, farmer, b. in Byron, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1827;
came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Mantorville; was county treas-
urer four years. [49.]
Dibble, William B., pioneer, b. in New York in 1815; d. in 1884.
He came to the St. Croix valley in 1839; was one of the founders of
Marine, Minn.; settled at Point Douglas in 1844; established ferries to
Prescott, Wis., and to Hastings. He also owned a farm. [41.]
Dibell, Homer B., judge, b. in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1865; was
graduated at the University of Indiana, 1889, and at Northwestern
University Law School, 1890; settled in Duluth; has been judge in
the Eleventh judicial district since 1900. [30.]
Dick, Samuel Medary, Methodist clergyman, b. in Pickaway county,
Ohio, April 4, 1857; was graduated at Ohio Wesleyan University,
1887; since 1907 pastor of the Wesley M. E. church, Minneapolis.
[17.]
Dickerman, Charles E., b. in New Portage, Ohio, June 12, 1834; d.
April 26, 1905. He dealt extensively in St. Paul real estate after 1870,
and later owned and platted additions to Duluth. He resided in St.
Paul after 1886. [93*; 95*.]
Dickey, Courtland Nay, b. in Jefferson county, Ind., Jan. 1, 1855;
came to Minneapolis in 1883; was clerk of the district court, Henne-
pin county, 1893-1905. [22; 24; 25.]
Dickey, James W., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Janesville, Ohio,
Nov. 10', 1811; d. in West Union, Iowa, April 12, 1894. He was
ordained by the Presbytery of Erie; settled at Howard Lake, Wright
county, Minn., in 1876. [31; 153.]
Dickey, Thomas E., Episcopal clergyman, b. in Nova Scotia, April
2, 1836; came to Minnesota when eighteen years old; was graduated-
176 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
at Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, in 1867; was rector at Moor-
head, and in 1882 built the Bishop Whipple School there. [35.]
Dickey, William B., merchant, b. in Smithfield, N. Y., in 1843; came
to Minnesota in 1859; served in the civil war, attaining the rank of
first lieutenant; resided in Zumbrota; was a state senator, 1899-1901.
[30.]
Dickinson, Daniel Ashley, jurist, b. in Hartford, Vt., Oct. 28, 1839;
d. in Duluth, Feb. 12, 1902. He was graduated at Dartmouth College,
1860; was admitted to the bar in 1862; settled in Mankato in 1868;
was judge of the Sixth Judicial district, 1875-81; and associate jus-
tice of the supreme court, 1881-94; removed to Duluth in 1895. [18 ;
30; 32; 51; 83*; 93; 121; 136; 168 (April, 1892*); 237 (19*).]
Dickinson, Horace Danforth, judge, b. in Ogdensburg, N. Y., July
25, 1866; came with his parents to Minnesota the same year; has
lived in Minneapolis since 1876; was graduated in law at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1890; was judge of the municipal court, 1901-5;
and judge of the Fourth Judicial district since 1905. |24; 25; 30.]
Dickinson, William Franklin, banker, b. in Amherst, Mass., in 1843 ;
d. in Hot Springs, Ark., Dec. 22, 1901. He came to Faribault, Minn.,
when thirteen years of age; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; engaged in mercantile business in Faribault; removed to
Redwood Falls in 1871, where he established a bank. [156; 157*; 237
(19*.]
Dickinson, William P., dentist, b. in New Hampshire, in 1842;
served in the 21st Iowa Regt. in the civil war; was graduated at the
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery in 1884; settled in Minne-
apolis in 1890; was professor in the dental department of the State
University, 1891- 1905. [84; 127A*.]
Dickmeyer, John Henry, b. in Washington county, Ohio, May 8,
1866; d. in Fairfax, Minn., July 19, 1907. He came to Minnesota when
an infant; settled in Fairfax in 1892, and was head of the Dickmeyer
Implement Co.; was mayor four years. [237 (43.)]
Dickson, Frederick Newberry, judge, b. in Northfield, Minn., May
15, 1863; was graduated at Carleton College, 1885; settled at St. Paul
in 1886, and in 1888 was admitted to the bar. In 1901 he was ap-
pointed assistant U. S. attorney, and in 1911 a judge in the Second
judicial district of Minnesota. [22*; 24; 137; 237 (65*); 238 (Nov. 9,
1899.]
Dickson, John M,, banker, b. at Fox Lake, Wis., Feb. 24, 1858; came
to Minnesota in 1878; settled in Fulda, Murray county, engaged in
mercantile business, and later owned a bank. [34.]
Dickson, Robert, fur trader, b. in England; d. in Queenstown, Canada.
He commenced trading with the Sioux as early as 1790, and had a post
near Sauk Rapids. He incited the Indians against the Americans dur-
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ing the war of 1812 between Great Britain and the United States. In
1817 he lived at lake Traverse, and was arrested and sent to St. Louis,
charged with complicity with Lord Selkirk in an effort to alienate the
Sioux from this government. [28, I.]
Diepoldee, Henry, pioneer, b. in Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 25, 1822;
d. in New Ulm, Minn., Feb. 12, 1904. He came to the "United States in
1852; settled at Milford, Brown county, Minn., in 1854; aided in the de-
fense of Fort Ridgely in the Indian outbreak, 1862; engaged in mer-
cantile business at West Newton, Nicollet county, and owned a saw-
mill. [32; 237 (35).]
Diepolder, Joseph, farmer, b. in Brown county, Minn., in 1857; set-
tled at Lafayette, Nicollet county; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1891-3. [30.]
Diessner, Henry R., physician, b. in Hanover, Germany, Nov. 4, 1853;
came to the United States in 1868, and to Minnesota in 1874, settling in
Waconia; was graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago,
1883; has since practiced in Waconia; a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1911. [30*.]
Diggles, Arthur M., b. in Boston, Mass., May 18, 1S55; was wounded
near San Ildefonso in the Philippine war, and died May 24, 1899. He
was graduated at Yale College, 1876; settled in Minneapolis in 1886;
engaged in real estate and insurance business; served as captain, and
later as major, in the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt, 1898-99. [123; 238
(Sept. 10, 1899).]
Dike, William Hammond, b. in Pittsford, Vt, May 18, 1813; d. in
Faribault, Minn., May 22, 1888. He came to Faribault in 1857, and
engaged in banking, real estate and milling business. The first flour
shipped to eastern cities from this state was from his mill, in 1858.
At the opening of the civil war he raised a company in two days, and
became its captain in the First Minnesota Regt. [18; 70; 237 (2).]
Dilley, G. W., b. in Richland, Ohio, May 12, 1839; came to Minnesota
in 1856; owned a farm, and engaged in livery business in Farmington;
was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Dilley, James F., b. in Richland, Ohio, in 1841; came to Minnesota in
1856; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, becoming
first lieutenant; settled in Chaska in 1873, and engaged in livery busi-
ness and kept & hotel; was a representative in the legislature, 1873
and 1876-7. [30; 32.]
Dillon, James, blacksmith, b. in Ireland in 1825; came to the United
States in 1848, and to St. Paul in 1856; was prominent as a temperance
worker; in later years dealt in real estate. [94.]
Diment, James M., miller, b. in Dane county, Wis., in 1850; settled in
Minnesota in 1879; resided in Owatonna; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30.]
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178 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Dimond, Alfbed Stewart, journalist, d. in Los Angeles, Cal., Dec. 25,
1905. He came to Minnesota in the 50's; resided in St. Paul, and in
1876 established at Excelsior the Tourist and Sportman, and published
it for twenty-five years. [237(39).]
Dinehart, C. E., banker, b. in Berkshire county, Mass., in 1845; set-
tled in Slayton, Minn., in 1884; owned a farm of 1,100 acres, and was
president of the State Bank of Slayton and the First National Bank of
Iona. [237 (49*).]
Dinehart, Clarence Christopher, state treasurer, b. in Chicago, 111.,
April 3, 1877; d. in St. Paul, June 8, 1910. He came to Slayton, Minn.,
in 1884; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1899, and the
law school of Harvard University, 1905; was state treasurer, 1907-1910.
[24; 25; 30*; 127A*; 237 (59*).]
Dingman, George L., merchant, b. in Marilla, Erie county, N. Y., Oct.
10, 1853; came to Minnesota in 1876, settling in Brownsdale; removed
to Minneapolis in 1883; was a representative in the legislature in 1895;
assistant dairy and food commissioner, 1901-05. [25; 30.]
Dinkel, Michael, pioneer, b. in Bavaria, Germany, Aug. 16, 1833 ; d. in
Long Prairie, Minn., Feb. 19, 1903. He came to the United States when
eighteen years old; served in the regular army, 1852-6, and as captain
in Missouri regiments in the civil war; settled on a farm at Long
Prairie, Minn., in 1867; was sheriff of Todd county,1874-80. [237 (28*).]
Dion, John B., pioneer millwright, b. in Canada in 1820; d. in St. Paul,
Dec. 6, 1896. He settled in St. Paul in the 40's; built several flour mills,
and afterward invested largely in real estate. [238 (Dec. 7, 1896).]
Dittman, C. M., banker, b. in Germany, March 22, 1847; came to the
United States in 1867, settled in Minnesota; resided in Farmington after
1876, where he helped to organize the Farmington Bank, and was its
cashier. [48.]
Diven, Clarence Leslie, Unitarian clergyman, b. in Winchester, Ky.,
Feb. 28, 1854; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 18, 1900. He was graduated at the
University of Missouri, 1880; studied at Union Theological Seminary,
and in 1883 was graduated from the Theological department of Harvard
University. He was pastor of Congregational churches in Montana,
Washington, and Connecticut; and, having become a Unitarian, he was
pastor of Unity Church, St. Paul, after 1898. [238 (Jan. 19, 1900*).]
Dix, Charles Woodman, pioneer, b. in Boston, Mass., July 26, 1851;
d. in Detroit, Minn., Aug. 27, 1896. He settled there in 1873; engaged
in mercantile business, and was postmaster ten years. [44.]
Dobbin, James, educator, b. in Salem, N. Y., June 29, 1833; was grad-
uated at Union College, 1859, and came to Faribault, where he taught
one year in connection with Rev. J. L. Breck. Returning to New York,
he pursued his studies, teaching at the same time, for four years. In
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1864 he returned to Faribault, studied theology, and since 1867 has
been rector of the Shattuck School. [17; 18; 23*; 24; 25; 26*; 29; 70;
70A*.]
Dobbin, Joseph L., lawyer, b. in 1846; was graduated at the University
of Michigan; came to Minnesota in 1883; resided in Minneapolis; was a
representative in the legislature in 1901. [30.]
Dobbs, John, b. in New York, Jan. 24, 1827; d. in Winona, Minn., Sept.
23, 1890. He settled there in 1857; established a book-bindery, which
was afterward consolidated with the Republican newspaper publishing
company. [76; 77.]
Dobbyn, F. W., educator, b. near London, Ontario, in 1872; came to
Minnesota in 1890; was graduated from the Normal School in Winona in
1896; was principal of the Atwater High school; was superintendent of
schools for Kandiyohi county, 1904-6. [63*.]
Dobner, Leonard J., lawyer, b. in Lake City, Minn., Feb. 16, 1862; was
graduated at Hamline University, 1884; was admitted to the bar in 1886,
and has since practiced in St. Paul. [24; 25; 93; 93A; 98*; 100; 137.]
Dodd, A. M., b. in Orange county, N. J., March 26, 1834; came to Min-
nesota in 1856; engaged in commission business, and later in real
estate; was register of deeds eight years; resided in Stillwater; was
a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Dodd, John V. I., lawyer, b. in St. Peter, Minn., in 1860; d. in Pomona,
Cal., June 7, 1902. He was admitted to the bar in 1883; was city attor-
ney of St. Peter three years; removed to St. Paul in 1887; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1893; removed to California in -search of
health. [30; 237 (19*).]
Dodd, William B., b. in New Jersey; came to Minnesota about 1851;
was one of the founders of the town of St. Peter. He was killed in the
defense of New Ulm against the Sioux outbreak, Aug. 22, 1862. [18.]
Dodge, D. J., hardware merchant, b. in 1845; came to Waseca county,
Minn., in 1857; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war;
settled in Janesville in 1869; was a representative in the legislature
in 1881. [75.]
Dodge, E. N., farmer, b. in Delaware county, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1823; came
to Minnesota in 1865, settling at first in Plainview, but removed in 1878
to Dodge county; was a state senator, 1887-9. [30.]
Dodge, Henry M., b. in Chelsea, Vt., Aug. 6, 1802; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 27, 1878. He settled in St. Paul in 1855; engaged in mercantile
business; during the last fifteen years of his life was a justice of the
peace. [94; 237 (1).]
Dodge, James Albert, educator, b. in Salem, Mass., March 27, 1848;
was graduated at Harvard University, 1869; studied in Europe four
years; was professor of chemistry in the University of Minnesota,
1880-93; removed to California. [58; 127 (2*); 127B.]
180 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Dodge, John S., miller, b. in Pulaski, N. Y., March 15, 1853; com-
menced milling in 1870 at Beaver, Minn.; was head miller in the
Washburn mills in Minneapolis after 1878. [26*; 168 (Holiday num-
ber, 1884-5, and May 8, 1891*).]
Dodge, Levi Parker, physician, b. in Sunapee, N. H., May 25, 1839;
was graduated from the medical department of Dartmouth College,
1863; came to Minnesota and was one of the first settlers of Farm-
ington in 1865, where he had an extensive practice. [18; 48.]
Dodge, M. M., physician, b. in New Lyme, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1842; served
in the 40th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was graduated at Hahne-
mann Medical College, Chicago, 1872; settled in Albert Lea, Minn., in
1874. [53.]
Dodge, Ossian Euclid, vocalist, b. in Cayuga, N. Y., Oct. 22, 1820;
d. in London, England, Nov. 4, 1876. He settled in St. Paul in 1862;
owned a music store, and dealt in real estate; was secretary of the
St. Paul Chamber of Commerce, 1869-73; was a well known news-
paper writer, and the author of many songs and sketches. [1; 238
(Nov. 8, 1876).]
Dodge, Willis Edward, lawyer, b. in Lowell, Vt, May 11, 1857 ;d. in
Minneapolis, Nov. 19, 1911. He was admitted to the bar in 1880; lived
twelve years in Fargo and Jamestown, N. D.; settled at Minneapolis in
1892; was general counsel for the Great Northern Railway Co., 1900-9,
then residing in St. Paul. [17; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 137.]
Doe, Alpheus Edwin, lawyer, b. in Stillwater, Minn., Nov. 2, 1863;
was admitted to the bar in 1886; judge of probate of Washington
county since 1907; resides in Stillwater. [137.]
Doe, Alpheus King, pioneer, b. in Maine in 1838; d. in Stillwater,
Minn., June 20, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Still-
water; engaged in lumber business; was county treasurer four years,
and clerk of the district court twelve years, [237 (43).]
Dole, Alexander M., b. in Waterbury, Vt., March 1, 1814; d. in
Minneapolis, Oct. 11, 1888. He came to Minnesota in 1863, and in-
vested largely in Minneapolis real estate; engaged in lumbering and
mercantile business in Canada and Wisconsin; settled in Minneapolis
in 1872, where he established the Star Oil Company. [60*.]
Donahower, Fred A., banker, b. in Chester county, Pa., Sept. 30,
1830; came to Minnesota in 1853; started a bank in St. Peter in 1857,
which became in 1871 the First National Bank; was its cashier, 1871-
89, and later its president. [24; 25; 32.]
Donahower, Jeremiah C, banker, b. in Pennsylvania in 1837; came
to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Second Minnesota Regt., 1861-4,
and was promoted to the rank of captain; resided in St. Peter; was
appointed U. S. marshal in 1890; later removed to St. Paul. [20; 23;
32; 98*; 115.]
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Donahower, William J., lawyer, b. in St. Peter, Minn., in 1865;
was admitted to the bar in 1889; settled in St. Paul; was assistant
attorney general of Minnesota, 1899-1904, and attorney general, 1904-
05. [30.]
Donahue, William H., judge, b. in Allen, Mich., Sept. 6, 1859; d.
in Philadelphia, Pa., May 2, 1909. He was graduated in law at the
University of Michigan, 1881; settled in Minneapolis; was appointed
judge in the Fourth judicial district in 1909. [30; 137; 237 (56).]
Donald, Alexander, physician, b. in Hamilton, 111., March 17, 1848;
was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, 1878; came to
Minnesota in 1880; practiced seven years in Stillwater, and since 1887
in St. Paul. [25; 40.]
Doxaldsox, A. B., journalist, b. in Muskingum county, Ohio, Feb. 20,
1831; d. in Alexandria, Minn., Nov. 27, 1883. He was graduated at
Ohio Wesleyan University; taught twenty years in Ohio; served in
the U. S. Navy in the civil war; was admitted to the bar in 1866; was
a professor in the University of Minnesota, 1868-73; the next year
accompanied the Custer expedition to the Black Hills as special cor-
respondent for the Pioneer Press; after 1875 owned and published the
Alexandria Post. [237 (1); 238 (Nov. 29, 1883).]
Donaldson, Charles R., hardware merchant, b. in Dakota county,
Minn., in 1862; settled in Stewart in 1878; was a state senator since
1907. [30*.]
Donaldson, I. N., b. in Westmoreland county, Pa., Dec. 10, 1841;
came to Rice county, Minn., in 1862; engaged in mercantile business
in Dundas after 1871 ; was register of deeds of Rice county, 1877-81.
[70.]
Doxaldsox, J. H., b. in Muskingum county, Ohio, Sept. 5, 1835; came
to Minnesota in 1856; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war, attaining the rank of major; after 1877 engaged in real
estate business in Minneapolis. [58.]
Donaldson, John B., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Bluff ton, Ind.,
Jan. 9, 1852; was graduated at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind.,
1874, and Union Seminary, N. Y., 1877; was pastor in Hastings, Minn.,
1880-7; editor of the Northwestern Presbyterian, 1887-97, residing in
Minneapolis; removed to Davenport, Iowa. [48; 131 A.]
Donaldson, Lawrence S., merchant, b. in Scotland," in 1858; came
to the United States in 1878; settled at Minneapolis in 1882, and es-
tablished, with his brother, William, the large department store called
the Glass Block. [24; 26*.]
Donaldson, Nicholas Mills, judge, b. in Cambridge, N. Y., Nov.
12, 1809; d. in Owatonna, Minn., Feb., 1878. He came to Minnesota in
1856; settled in Owatonna; was judge of the Fifth judicial district,
1858-71. [18; 29; 70A; 72; 237 (1).]
182 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Donaldson, Robert S., b. in Perry county, Ohio, iii 1828; came to
Minnesota in 1855; served as captain in the Fourth Minnesota Regt,
and afterward as lieutenant colonel of a regiment of colored troops;
settled in Grafton, Sibley county, in 1877, and was a dealer in agri-
cultural implements. [32; 64.]
Donaldson, William, merchant, b. in Scotland, June 16, 1849; d. in
1899. He came to the United States in 1877, and four yars later set-
tled in Minnesota. In partnership with his brother, Lawrence S., he
conducted and owned one of the largest mercantile establishments in
Minneapolis. [20; 84*.]
Donaldson, William Taylor, merchant, b. in Clermont county, Ohio,
July 21, 1825; came to St. Paul in 1851. He died at White Bear lake,
April 8, 1904. [93*; 94; 237 (35*).]
Donnelly, Ignatius, politician and author b. in Philadelphia, Nov.
3, 1831; d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 1, 1901. He was educated in the pub-
lic schools, studied law, and was admitted to the bar in his native
city; came to Minnesota in 1857; was lieutenant governor, as a
Republican, 1860-3; and was representative in Congress, 1863-9; later
served several terms in the state legislature, and was a national
leader in the Farmers' Alliance movement, and in the Populist party;
author of many published speeches and addresses, and of numerous
books, including Atlantis, the Antediluvian World (1882), Ragnarok,
the Age of Fire and Gravel (1883), and The Great Cryptogram,
Francis Bacon's Cipher in the so-called Shakespeare Plays (1888). He
lived many years at Nininger, a few miles west of Hastings, and was
often called "the Sage of Nininger." [1; 3*; 4*; 7; 10; 17; 18; 22*;
28, XIII; 29; 41; 56; 94; 137; 165; 237 (14*); 238 (Dec. 13, 1863).]
Donnelly, John G., educator, b. in County Tyrone, Ireland; d. in
St. Paul, Sept. 3, 1900. He came to the United States, and s-ettled in
Minnesota in 1866; engaged in teaching; after 1872 was principal of
a St. Paul public school, excepting the years 1883-6, when he engaged
in mercantile business. [237 (10*, 11*).]
Donnelly, Michael J., b. in County Tyrone, Ireland, Nov. 4, 1859;
came with his parents to the United States when five years old;
removed to St. Paul in 1875; was educated at the Naval Academy,
Annapolis; later engaged in newspaper work in the Twin Cities.
[100.]
Donnelly, Stanislaus J., lawyer, b. in Nininger, Minn., Aug. 26,
1861; was graduated at St. John's College, Stearns county; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1885, settling in St. Paul ;was assistant county
attorney of Ramsey county, 1891-6. [24; 25; 93A; 137; 238 (Nov. 9,
1899).]
Donohue, M. E., merchant, b. in Ireland, Sept. 29, 1837; came to
America in 1847; ten years later settled in Henderson, Minn.; re-
sided in Faxon and other places after 1860, but returned to Hender-
son in 1875; was a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
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Donohue, William F., lawyer, b. in Hudson, Wis., April 23, 1866;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1896; resides in
Melrose, and was city attorney two years; was a representative in the
legislature in 1899. [30.]
Doran, Frank Beecher, b. in Lisbon, 111., May 1, 1839; served in the
52d Illinois Regt, in the civil war; settled in St. Paul in 1881, en-
gaging in fuel business; was mayor, 1896-8. [24; 25; 93A; 95*; 96*.]
Doran, Michael, banker, b. in County Meath, Ireland, Nov. 1, 1829;
came to the United States in 1850, and in 1856 to Le Sueur county,
Minn., where he engaged in farming and banking; removed to St.
Paul in 1877; was a state senator, 1875-9. [18; 20*; 23*; 24; 30; 41;
95*; 174*; 237 (10*, 30*).]
Dorion, Charles N., physician, b. in Canada, in 1834; d. in St. Paul,
Feb., 1894. He was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chi-
cago, in 1869; later continued his studies in Europe; resided in St.
Paul after 1878. [68; 93*; 237 (3).]
Dorival, Edward P., b. in New York city, Nov. 14, 1840; settled in
Caledonia, Minn., in 1860; was auditor of Houston county, 1862-4;
afterward engaged in mercantile business. [61.]
Dorman, John M., lawyer, b. in Rockbridge county, Va., in 1814;
was admitted to the bar in 1846; came to Minnesota in 1865; re-
sided in St. Peter, New Ulm, Beaver Falls, and after 1881 in Renville;
was county attorney several terms. [32.]
Dorr, Caleb D., lumberman, b. in Penobscot county, Maine, July 9,
1824; came to St. Anthony Falls in 1847; engaged in lumbering, and
resided in Minneapolis; was part owner of the first steamboat on the
Mississippi river above the Falls of St. Anthony. In 1859 he, with
others, built the Cataract flouring mill, the first one in Minneapolis,
except the little government mill that was built in 1822. [28, IX*;
41; 59.; 167 (April 26, 1901); 174*.]
Dorr, Russell R., b. in Ghent, N. Y., in 1847; was educated at Union
College; settled in St. Paul in 1880; was president and general man-
ager of the Bankers' Life Association. [93; 176 (Feb., 1888).]
Dorr, William R., b. in New York in 1854; d. in Chicago, Dec. 1,
1904. He settled in St. Paul in 1889; was treasurer, and later secre-
tary and general manager, of the Horn and Danz tinware manufac-
turing company. [95*; 237 (35*).]
Dorrance, George, b. in Middlebury, Vt., Dec. 28, 1814; d. in Wal-
cott, Rice county, Minn., Nov. 10, 1882. He settled in 1854 on the
farm where he died; cultivated a large apple orchard. [70A*; 166
(1892).]
Dorsett, Charles William, caterer, b. in Sinclairville, N. Y., Sept.
28, 1850; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1875, and in
law at Des Moines, Iowa, 1876; settled in Minneapolis, 1876; was twice
nominee for governor of Minnesota on the Prohibition ticket. [85A*.]
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Dorsey, John H., physician, b. in Pennsylvania in 1855; came to
Glencoe, Minn., in 1878; was superintendent of schools in MeLeod
county, 1881-2; published the MeLeod Democrat, 1883; was surgeon
in the Fourteenth Minnesota Regt. during the Spanish war; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1901-9. [30*; 64.]
Doud, Chauncey, b. in Turin, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1809; settled in Winona,
Minn., in 1852; engaged in lumber business, and in the manufacture
of barrels. [77.]
Doud, Freeman D., pioneer, b. in Hume, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1836; d. in
Bemidji, Minn., March 3, 1909. He served in the 18th Wisconsin
Regt. in the civil war; came to Crookston, Minn., in 1882; removed to
Lake Bemidji in 1890, and owned a part of the townsite. [237 (51).]
Doud, Roscoe T., b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1835; set-
tled in Winona, Minn., in 1865, and extensively engaged in lumber and
cooperage business. [24; 76.]
Doughty, Asa B., b. on Long Island, N. Y., in 1826; settled in Lake
City, Minn., in 1857; engaged in the manufacture of plows, and after
1880 was president of the Lake City Flour Mill Co. [74.]
Doughty, J. E., lawyer, b. in 1840; d. in Lake City Minn., July 14,
1884. He served in the 23d Ohio Regt. in the civil war; attaining
the rank of major; was graduated in law at Columbia College, 1871,
and soon afterward settled in Lake City; was a state senator, 1875-6.
[238 (July 15, 1884).]
Doughty, John Coleman, b. in Rockaway, Long Island, July 4, 1846;
came to Minnesota with his parents when nine years old; owned a
hardware store in Lake City, and also an interest in the Jewell Nur-
sery company. [74.]
Doughty, Samuel, banker, b. in Rockaway, N. J., in 1818; came to
Lake City, Minn., in 1855; was one of the owners of the townsite;
after 1874 was president of the Lake City Bank. [74.]
Douglas, Andrew, b. in Dodge county, Wis.; d. on his farm near
Thief River Falls, Minn., Feb. 14, 1898. During the administration of
President Cleveland he was chief of the corps for estimating the tim-
ber on the Chippewa reservation. [167 (Feb. 25, 1898).]
Douglas, James, merchant, b. in Scotland, March 13, 1821; came
with his parents to the United States in 1832; and in 1871 came to
Minnesota, settling at Moorhead. There was only one hous-e there
when he arrived, but he opened a store in a small shed, and within a
few years developed a large mercantile business. He also built, in
1875, the steamers Manitoba and Minnesota for the Red river trade,
and secured the building of a flouring mill at Moorhead. [18.]
Douglas, Wallace Barton, attorney general, b. in Leyden, N. Y.,
Sept. 21, 1852; was graduated in law at the University of Michigan,
M I N N E S O T A B I O OR A P 1 1 1 E S . 18.")
1875; settled at Moorhead, Minn., in 1883; was city attorney six years;
was a representative in the legislature, 1895-7; removed to St. Paul in
1899, and was attorney general of Minnesota, 1899-1904; and asso-
ciate justice of the State Supreme Court, 1904-5. [22*; 28*; 24; 25;
26*; 27*; 30; 35; 47*; 237 (36*).]
Douglass, Harrison, b. in Macedon, N. Y., March 21, 1825; d. in
Fargo, N. D., March 17, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1855; built
an elevator in 1878 at Douglass, Olmsted county, which station was
named for him. [237 (19).]
Dow, James C, journalist, was editor of the Dakota Weekly Journal,
published at Hastings, Minn., in 1857; was a representative in the
first state legislature, 1858, and the same year became register of
the U. S. land office in Henderson. [28, X.]
Dow, James Jabez, educator, b. Feb. 15, 1848, in Midnapore, India,
where his parents were missionaries; came to the United States with
them when a few months old. He served two years in the Second
Maine cavalry during the civil war. In 1865 the family settled in
Minnesota. He was graduated in 1874 at Carleton College, in its first
class. Since 1875 he has resided in Faribault, being superintendent
of the State School for the Blind. [24; 26*; 70; 70A.]
Dow, John Ware, M. E. clergyman, b. in Vianora, Maine, Dec, 1799;
d. at Delano, Minn., April 29, 1876. He came to Minnesota in 1850;
served on the Point Douglas circuit. [150.]
Dow, William L., b. in Milltown, Maine, in 1829; d. at Little Falls,
Minn., March 9, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and the next
year settled in Little Falls; served in the First Minnesota cavalry and
other regiments, 1861-6; engaged in lumber business until 1869, and
was afterward county surveyor. [31; 237 (28).]
Dower, William, merchant, b. in Michigan, May 23, 1860; came to
Minnesota in 1870; was treasurer of Wadena county, 1894-1904; re-
sides in Wadena; was a representative in the legislature, 1907-09.
[25; 30*.]
Dowlan, John, b. in Ireland in 1829; d. in St. Paul, July 6, 1899.
He came to the United States in 1850; settled in St. Paul in 1856;
engaged in the fuel business; was prominent in city politics. [238
(July 7, 1899).]
Dowling, Michael John, b. in Huntington, Mass., Feb. 17, 1866;
came to Minnesota when a boy. In 1880, in a blizzard, he suffered the
loss of both legs, one arm, and part of the other hand; yet, notwith-
standing this great misfortune, he has gained a position of influence
in the state. In 1901 he was a member of the house of representa-
tives, and was elected its speaker. He resides in Olivia, and was
editor of the Renville Star; deals in real estate, and is president of
the Olivia State Bank. [17; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 30.]
186 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Dowling, P. E., journalist, b. in Canada; resides in Eveleth, and
is editor of the Eveleth Star; was a representative in the legislature
in 1903-5. [30*.]
Downeb, John B., b. in Washington county, Vt., July 8, 1811; came
to Minnesota in 1856 and settled in Wabasha; engaged in hotel keep-
ing, and later in mercantile business and milling; in 1864 was a rep-
resentative in the legislature; in 1865-9 was receiver of the U. S.
land office. [29.]
Downey, John Florin, educator, b. in Hiramsburg, Ohio, Jan. 10,
1846; served in the 11th Michigan regiment in the civil war; was grad-
uated at Hillsdale College, Mich., in 1870; has been professor of
mathematics and astronomy in the University of Minnesota since
1880, and dean of the College of Science, Literature and the Arts
since 1903. [7A; 17; 24; 58; 127 (2*); 127B; 237 (53*).]
Downs, Henry, building contractor, b. in England in 1837; came to
the United States in 1852, and to Minnesota the next year; served
in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was superintendent
of construction of the Hospital for the Insane at St. Peter eleven years ;
was a representative in the legislature in 1885 and 1889. [30; 90.]
Downs, Thomas, building contractor, b. in England in 1842; d. in
Minneapolis, Nov. 6, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1853; served in
the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; resided in Minneapolis;
was a representative in the legislature in 1895; was custodian of
the state capitol after 1907. [30; 32; 237 (59*, 62).]
Doyle, Dennis, b. in Ireland in 1818; d. in Kilkenny, Le Sueur
county, Minn., March 20, 1902. He came to the United States in 1856,
settling on the homestead where he died; was a representative in the
legislature in 1872. [237 (19).]
Doyle, James G., b. in St. Sylvester, Canada, Nov. 28, 1860; came
to Minneapolis when eight years old; became a member of the police
force in 1886; and was superintendent of police after 1899. [88*.]
Doyle, Otis F., contractor, b. in Wright county, Minn., in 1870; re-
sides in St. Cloud; was a representative in the legislature, 1907-09.
[30*.]
Drake, Elias Fkanklin, b. in Urbana, Ohio, Dec. 21, 1813; d. in
California, Feb. 14, 1892. He came to St. Paul in 1861; built the first
railroad in Minnesota, from St. Paul to St. Anthony, in 1862; was
influential in constructing the railroad from St. Paul to Sioux City,
Iowa, completed in 1872; was a state senator, 1874-5. [28, IV*, VIII,
IX*; 29; 41; 68; 93*; 93A; 95*; 111*; 238 (Feb. 16, 1892*).]
Dbebekt, F. T., journalist, b. in Baltimore, Md., March 7, 1834; set-
tled in Owatonna, Minn., in 1876, where he published the Journal and
Herald. After 1889 he owned and edited the Chatfield Democrat.
[72; 238 (Nov. 27, 1893*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 187
Dreher, Otto, b. in Oberndorf, Germany, Feb. 12, 1839; came to
the United States in 1853, and to St. Paul in 1857; served in the Third
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; was
register of deeds of Ramsey county, 1878-81. [68; 94.]
Dresbach, George B., b. in Pickaway county, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1827;
came to Minnesota in 1857, and founded the village of Dresbach,
Winona county; was a representative in the legislature in 1868 and
1878; owned a farm and stone quarries. [30; 76.]
Dresbach, George B., Jr., b. in Onalaska, Wis., April 18, 1857; when
an infant came with his parents to Minnesota; was editor of the
Winona Democrat, 1879-81; later engaged in the manufacture of brick
in Dresbach, Winona county. [76.]
Dresbach, Michael Roush, b. in Mifflinburg, Pa., Dec. 2, 1836; set-
tled on a claim in Dodge county, Minn., in 1856; served in the Second
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1878; engaged in insurance business in Dodge Center after
1879; was one of the authors of a History of Dodge county, 1884.
[30; 49.]
Dressel, Charles Z., farmer, b. in 1856 in Le Sueur county, Minn.,
and resided there; was a representative in the legislature in 1895.
[30.]
Dressel, Philip, b. in Germany, March 20, 1826; came to the United
States in 1847, and to Minnesota in 1854; settled in Sharon, Le Sueur
county, two years later; was postmaster at Dresselville after 1864, and
county treasurer after 1869. [32.]
Drew, Benjamin, b. in Massachusetts in 1812; d. July 19, 1903. He
came to St. Paul in territorial days, and owned a feed store; was the
first principal of the St. Paul public schools, 1858-9; later resided in
Washington, D. C, and was proof-reader in one of the government
departments; removed to Plymouth, Mass.; author of many poems
and several books, one of his books being entitled "Pens and Types."
The Drew School in St. Paul was named for him in 1895. [237 (7).]
Drew, Charles A., b. in Boston, Mass., in 1840; d. in Lake City,
Minn., Nov. 5, 1907. He served in a Massachusetts regiment in the
civil war; settled in Northfield, Minn., in 1866, and engaged in mer-
cantile business; removed to Lake City a few months before his death.
[237 (48).]
Drew, Charles Cheney, b. in Holderness, N. H., Oct. 24, 1825; set-
tled in Rock county, Minn., in 1876; engaged in furniture business and
farming; built a store at Pipestone in 1880; resided later in Luverne.
[34; 71A.]
Drew, Charles Wayland, physician and chemist, b. in Burlington,
Vt, Jan. 18, 1858; was graduated at the University of Vermont, 1877,
and from its medical department, 1880; came to Minnesota in 1881,
188 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
settling in Minneapolis, where in 1886 he established the Minnesota
Institute of Pharmacy. [22*; 24; 25; 85A.]
Drew, Edward B., farmer, b. in Pulteney, N. Y., June 20, 1827; d. in
Chicago, June 10, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1852; settled oh
Rolling Stone creek, Winona county; raised the first wheat in southern
Minnesota; was a representative in the legislature, 1875-6 and 1879;
removed to Chicago in 1889. [30; 76; 241.]
Drew, James Bryant, clergyman, b. in Saco, Maine, Nov. 11, 1838;
d. in West Mansfield, Mass., April 8, 1903. He was a minister of the
Free Baptist church ; was pastor of the Congregational church at Sauk
Rapids, Minn., 1884-7; and was superintendent of the Congregational
Union in St. Paul, 1887-98. [143.]
Drew, James Meddtck, b. in Rollingstone Valley, Minn., Feb. 17,
1863; was graduated at the State Normal School, Winona; has been
an instructor in the School of Agriculture, University of Minnesota,
since 1893, and its registrar since 1903, residing in St. Anthony Park,
St. Paul. [127BJ
Drew, John, pioneer, b. in Redding, Conn., in April, 1817; d. in
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 1, 1909. He settled in Duluth in 1869; was twice
mayor, and was prominent in business circles of northern Minnesota.
[237 (56*).]
Driscoll, Frederick, journalist, b. in Boston, Mass., July 31, 1834;
d. in Chicago, March 23, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1858; was
a representative in the legislature in 1860; settled in St. Paul in 1862,
and for thirty-six years was general manager of the Pioneer Press
Company. [17; 27*; 28, XII; 68; 95*; 163*; 237 (43*).]
Driver, John Merritte, M. E. clergyman, b. in Illinois; was grad-
uated at the Illinois Agricultural College, 1876, and in theology at
the Boston University, 1885. He is a well known composer of vocal
and piano music, and also a lecturer and author. He became pastor
of the Centenary M. E. church in Mankato in 1897. [26*.]
Drommerhausex, Henry, farmer, b. in Germany in 1847; came to
Minnesota in 1858, and settled in Freeborn county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Drury, Edward, pioneer, b. in Ireland; d. at Midland Junction, Wa-
basha county, Minn., April 29, 1906. He came to the United States in
1865, and to Wabasha the next year; engaged in lumber, business, and
after 1875 in farming; was a representative in the legislature in
1874-5. [237 (39).]
Drury, Michael E., lumberman, b. in County Kerry, Ireland, in
1840; came to the United States when thirteen years old, and set-
tled in Wabasha, Minn., in 1857; engaged in lumber business, and after
1885 in banking. [74; 237 (19*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 189
Dubois, C. H., journalist, b. at High Falls, N. Y., March 24, 1847;
was graduated in law at the University of Michigan; in 1879 estab-
lished a weekly newspaper in Minneapolis, called the Saturday Even-
ing Spectator. [58.]
Dudley, John, lumberman, b. in Penobscot county, Maine, June 29,
1814; settled in Minnesota in 1855, and owned large lumber yards in
several of the smaller towns of the state, as well as in the city of
his home, Minneapolis. He was also interested in flouring mills, and
in the First National Bank of Minneapolis. [20*; 41; 48; 60*.]
Dudley, Joseph Francis, Congregational clergyman, b. in Raymond,
N. H., June 11, 1830; d. in Fargo, N. D., June 4, 1907. He was grad-
uated at Dartmouth College, 1858, and Bangor Theological Seminary,
1862; came to Minnesota; was pastor in St. Paul, 1863-6, and in
Winona, 1866-69, and later in Wisconsin and North Dakota. [144.]
Duea, Sivert B., banker, b. in Iowa in 1876; came to Minnesota in
1886, and has since lived in Pipestone county; cashier of the First
National Bank in Ruthton; was a representative in the legislature in
1909; a state senator, 1911. [30*.]
Duel, Julius H., journalist, b. in Mecklenburg, Germany, July 16,
1858; came with his parents to the United States when ten years old,
and to Lakeland, Minn., soon afterward; was" one of the publishers
of the St. Croix Post at Stillwater after 1878. [40.]
Duffy, Francis J., journalist, b. in Watertown, Wis., Feb. 14, 1855;
settled at East Grand Forks, Minn., in 1882, and was editor and pro-
prietor of the Courier. [35.]
Duffy, John, journalist, b. in Ireland in 1848; came to the United
States in 1867; later settled in Hastings, Minn., and was editor of
the Hastings Union. [48.]
Dugan, W. T., b. in New York, Jan. 5, 1812; d. in Wabasha, Minn.,
Feb. 22, 1901. He settled there in 1858; was twice mayor of that city.
[237 (14).]
Dugas, William, pioneer, b. at Three Rivers, Canada, May 17, 1809;
came to St. Paul in 1844; two years later made a claim at St. An-
thony; was a representative in the territorial legislature in 1849;
engaged in hotel business, and conducted a ferry at St. Anthony;
owned a farm in Dayton after 1866. [41; 58.]
Du Lutii, Daniel Greyselon, soldier and explorer, b. in France; d.
in Montreal, Canada, Feb. 25, 1710. He visited the large village of
the Sioux at Mille Lacs in 1679, and planted the French flag there.
The next year he rescued Father Hennepin from captivity among
these Sioux. The city of Duluth was named for him. [1; 28, I, IX;
31A; 107; 109; 113; 114; 131; 146; 237 (29).]
190 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Dunbar, C. S., b. in Seneca, N. Y., May 16, 1831; came to Minne-
sota in 1858; settled in Foster, Faribault county, in 1861; served in
the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war; was a representative
in the legislature in 1876. [51.]
Dunbar, Wells E., b. in Suffield, Conn., July 7, 1837; came to Min-
nesota in 1854; resided in Caledonia; was a surveyor, and later an
insurance agent; was a representative in the legislature in 1879.
[30; 61.]
Dunbar, William Franklin, state auditor, b. in Westerly, R. I., Nov.
10, 1820; d. in Caledonia, Minn. He settled in Caledonia in 1854, and
opened a farm near the town. From 1858 to 1861 he was auditor of
the state. [18; 51.]
Duncan, William T., physician, b. in Granby, Canada, Jan. 6, 1856;
was graduated at McGill Medical College, 1882; the next year settled
in Fergus Falls, Minn. [24; 25; 35; 37.]
Duncanson, W., pioneer, b. in 1821; d. in Winona, Minn., Dec. 8,
1900. He was the first settler in Warren, Winona county, Minn., and
resided on his farm there after 1855. [237 (11).]
Dunham, Dewit C, physician, b. in Brownton, Ohio, in 1843; was
graduated at the Western Reserve Medical College, 1868, and settled
in Minnesota the same year; resided at Anoka; was a state senator,
1895-7. [30; 31.]
Dunham, J. C, farmer, b. in Norway, July 2Q, 1842; came to the
United States in 1850, and to Minnesota two years later; settled in
Otter Tail county; was a representative in the legislature in 1889.
[169.]
Dunham, S. C, lumberman and farmer, b. in Connecticut in 1825;
came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Faribault; was a representative
in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Dunlava, Thomas Anthony, b. in County Mayo, Ireland, July 26,
1843; d. in Crookston, Minn., Nov. 2, 1896. He came to the United
States when two years old; served in New York regiments in the civil
war, attaining the rank of lieutenant; was register of the U. S. land
office at Crookston after 1894. [121.]
Dunn, Andrew Clarkson, lawyer, b. in New York city, Oct. 9, 1834;
came to Minnesota when twenty years old, and was admitted to the
bar in St. Paul the same year; built the first house in Winnebago
City in 1856, established a sawmill, and founded the town. He was
secretary of the first state senate, and chief clerk of the House in
1864-66. [18; 34; 39*; 51*; 237 (29*).]
Dunn, C. S. H., M. E. clergyman, b. in Maryland in 1855; d. in Lon-
don, Eng., Aug. 17, 1894. He was graduated at Drew Theological Sem-
inary, Madison, N. J., in 1878, and the same year settled in Minnesota;
was pastor at Moorhead, and after 1881 at St. Peter. [32; 180 (Dec.
5, 1894).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 191
Dunn, Edwin, lumber merchant, b. in Wayne county, Pa., July 27,
1834; d. in Eyota, Minn., July 8, 1901. He served in the 25th N. Y.
cavalry in the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant; in 1865
came to Minnesota, and two years later settled in Eyota, Olmsted
county; was sergeant-at-arms in the state senate in 1873. [30; 66;
121.]
Dunn, Howard Harrison, lawyer, b. in Jackson, Minn., Oct. 29, 1867;
was admitted to the bar in 1890; practiced in Jackson, 1890-2, in Fair-
mont, 1892-8, and later in Albert Lea; was a state senator in 1897, and
speaker of the House of Representatives, 1911. [24; 25; 26*; 30*;
39; 53A*.]
Dunn, James Henry, physician, b. in Fort Wayne, Ind., May 29,
1853; d. in St. Louis, Mo., June 16, 1904. He came with his parents
to Minnesota in 1854; was graduated at the state normal school in
Winona, 1872; studied medicine in Chicago and New York, and after-
ward in Germany, France, and Italy; practiced in Minneapolis, and
was a professor in the medical department of the University of Min-
nesota, 1888-1904. [3*; 22*; 23; 26*; 32; 84*; 237 (35*).]
Dunn, John Benjamin, physician, b. in Winona, Minn., Nov. 27,
1859; was graduated at the State Normal School, 1880, and at Rush
Medical College, 1883; practiced in Shakopee, 1883-92; has resided
in St. Cloud since 1893, where he is surgeon to St. Raphael's Hospital.
[24; 26*.]
Dunn, M. T., b. in Wisconsin in 1863; came to Minnesota in 1864
with his parents, who settled in Richland, Rice county; was cashier
of the First State Bank, Le Roy, 1892-1905; removed to Brainerd, and
in 1906 organized the Citizens' State Bank, of which he is president.
[166A*.]
Dunn, Robert Campbell, editor, auditor of state, b. in County Ty-
rone, Ireland, Feb. 14, 1855; came to the United States when fourteen
' years of age; settled in Princeton, Minn., in 1876, and has since been
editor and publisher of the Princeton Union; was a representative
in the legislature in 1889, 1893, and 1911; was auditor of the state,
1895-1903. [22*; 23; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 30*; 95*; 238 (Jan. 7, 1894*).]
Dunn, Winslow Whitman, lawyer, b. in Washington county, Minn.,
Aug. 7, 1862; resides in St. Paul; was admitted to the bar in 1885; was
a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901, and a state senator since
1903. [25;. 30*; 93; 93A*.]
Dunnell, Mark Bootiiby, lawyer, b. in Buxton, Me., June 28, 1864;
came to Owatonna, Minn., when a boy; was graduated at the Uni-
versity of Rochester, 1886, and was admitted to the bar in 1888; was
U. S. deputy consul general at Shanghai, China, 1889-92; author of
several law books; resides in Owatonna. [17; 24.]
192 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Dunnell, Mark Hill, congressman, b. in Buxton, Maine, July 2,
1823; d. in Owatonna, Minn., Aug. 9, 1904. He was graduated at Wa-
terville college (now Colby University) in 1849; and was admitted to
the bar in 1856. In 1861 he was appointed United States consul to Vera
Cruz. In 1865 be came to Minnesota, settling at Winona, and later
removed to Owatonna. He was a representative in the state legisla-
ture in 1867, and for the next three years was state superintendent of
public instruction. He was a member of Congress, 1871-83, and again
in 1889-91. [17; 18*; 27*; 30; 41; 72; 237 (35).]
Dunnington, William P., b. in Morgantown, Va., May 27, 1832; d.
in Bemidji, Minn., May 21, 1910. He served in the Second California
cavalry, 1861-4; came to Minnesota in 1865; was a representative in
the legislature in 1875; was register of the U. S. land office at Red-
wood Falls, 1876-88. [32; 237 (62*); 241.]
Dunsmoor, Frederick Alanson, physician, b. in Richfield, Minn., May
28, 1853; was graduated at Bellevue Medical College, 1875, and has
since practiced in Minneapolis; has been professor in the medical
department of the University of Minnesota since its organization,
1889. [22*; 24; 2^; 58; 84*; 85A.]
Dunwell, Dennis William Chauncy, b. in Pleasant Valley, N. Y.,
Aug. 13, 1817; settled in St. Paul in 1850; was mayor of West St.
Paul, 1861; resided in Lewiston, Idaho, after 1862. [156*; 157*.]
Dunwoody, E. E., miller, b. in Delaware county, Pa., April 30, 1848;
came to Minnesota in 1875; two years later settled in New Richland,
Waseca county; owned a mill and a grain elevator. [75.]
Dunwoody, William Hood, miller and banker, b. in Chester county,
Pa., March 14, 1841; came to Minnesota in 1869, settling at Minne-
apolis, and has since been identified with its grain business and flour
milling. [17; 20*; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 84*; 85A*; 168 (July 10, 1891*).]
DuKANT, Edward White, lumberman, b. in Roxbury, Mass., April 8,
1S29; came to Stillwater, Minn., when nineteen years of age; for fifteen
years was a river pilot between Stillwater, St. Paul, and St. Louis.
Afterward he engaged in the general lumber business in Stillwater,
He was a representative in the legislature, 1873 and 1875, and a state
senator in 1887-89 and 1903. [18; 20; 29; 30; 40; 41*; 105*; 157*;
166A*; 174*.]
Durfee, I. P., farmer, b. in Rhode Island, Jan. 1838; settled in Min-
nesota in 1872; resided at Worthington; was a state senator, 1877.
[30.]
Durkee, William C, b. in St. Lawrence. county, N. Y., May 27, 1842;
d, in Columbus, Kansas, Oct. 27, 1882. He came with his parents to
Mankato, Minn., in 1856; served in the Second Minnesota and other
regiments in the civil war; was admitted to the bar in 1868; after
1869 was clerk of the district court in Blue Earth county. [32; 83*;
141.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 193
Durment, Edmund S., lawyer, b. in Brown county, Ind., March 19,
1860; was graduated in law at Columbian University, Washington, D.
C, 1884; came to Minnesota in 1885, and has since practiced in St.
Paul; was a state senator, 1907-09. [24; 25; 30*; 93; 93A.]
Durnam, John M., pioneer, b. in New Brunswick, April 11, 1820; d.
in Elgin, Minn., Oct., 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and the
same year started the first door and sash factory in St. Anthony;
afterward engaged in farming near Minneapolis. He was widely
known as a temperance reformer. [237 (1).]
Durst, George M., b. in Alleghany county, Md., March 10, 1846;
came to Minnesota in 1868; taught school in Fillmore county, and set-
tled near Marshall in 1871; was superintendent of schools for Lyon
county ,and also engaged in insurance business. [32.]
Dustin, Daniel H., b. in New York; d. in St. Paul, July 10, 1854.
He came to St. Paul in 1853, as U. S. district attorney. [94.]
Dustin, George Wesley, miller, b. in Winnebago county, Wis., Oct.
21, 1848; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1866; engaged in
milling in various towns, and after 1879 was proprietor of the Verona
mills, Faribault county. [34.]
Dustin, William, b. in Topsham, Vt., June 29, 1826; came to Min-
nesota in 1858, settling in Faribault county; was county treasurer two
terms; engaged in mercantile business in Blue Earth City until 1882;
then removed to Nebraska, and founded the town of Dustin. [39;
51*.]
Dutches, Gilbert, b. in Rensselaer county, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1820; d.
in St. Paul, Oct. 1, 1873. He settled in St. Paul in 1870, and conducted
the Metropolitan Hotel there. [237 (1); 238 (Oct. 2, 1873).]
Du Tour, Frederick Eugene, journalist, b. in Lewis county, N. Y.,
Sept. 24, 1845; came to Chaska, Minn., with his parents, when ten
years of age; served through the civil war in the Fourth Minnesota
Regt. and the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, of which latter he was
second lieutenant; purchased in 1866 the Chaska Valley Herald, which
he edited many years; was a representative in the legislature in
1872-3, and a state senator, 1899-1909. [18; 25; 30; 32.]
Dutton, Charles Elvan, physician, b. in Delaware county, Iowa,
June 22, 1862; was graduated at Bayless College, 1882, and three years
later settled in Minneapolis; was graduated in medicine at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota in 1889; was assistant surgeon, with rank of cap-
tain, 14th Minnesota Regt, in the Spanish- American war, 1898. [24;
26*.]
Duxbury, Francis Adelbert, lawyer, b. in .Harmony, Minn., April 11,
1862; taught school in Fillmore county, 1883-94; was admitted to the
bar, 1895; settled in Caledonia; a state senator, 1911. [24; 25; 30*.]
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194 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Dwelle, Abner, pioneer farmer, b. in Greenwich, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1805;
came to Minnesota in 1854, settling on the site of Lake City, of which
he was one of the founders. [18; 74.]
Dwelle, Henry, pioneer, b. in Truxton, N. Y., May 9, 1837; d. in
Chattanooga, Tenn., March 18, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1854;
served in the Seventh Wisconsin cavalry in the civil war; resided
in Lake City, and engaged in mercantile business. [237 (28).]
Dwelle, Thomas L., b. in Michigan, Sept. 12, 1840; came with his
parents to Lake City, Minn., in 1854; served in the First Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; owned a farm on the site of Lake City. [74.]
Dwight, Charles C, b. in Vershire, Vt, Aug. 21, 1856; came to
Minnesota in 1876, and four years later opened a boot and shoe store
in Albert Lea; has been in milling business since 1888; president of
the Albert Lea Milling Co. [24; 53.]
Dwinnell, William Stanley, lawyer, b. in Lodi, Wis., Dec. 25, 1862;
was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1886; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1889; was a representative in the legislature in 1899; a
state senator, 1911. [24; 25; 30*; 85A*.]
Dyar, Emerson R., banker, b. in Franklin county, Maine, in 1844;
came to Minnesota in 1866; was president of the Fergus Falls Na-
tional Bank, and cashier of the Dover bank, and also engaged in grain
business at Dover Center. In 1883 he was a representative in the leg-
islature. [168 (Jan. 12, 1883).]
Dybdal, Thore E., b. in Norway in 1858; came with his parents to
• the United States in 1867 ; settled on a farm in Grant county, Minn.,
in 1879; was auditor of the county, 1891-99. [57*.]
Dyckson, J. W., lawyer, b. in New York; d. in Winona, Minn.,
March 20, 1903. He was graduated at Allegheny City College, Penn-
sylvania, in 1860, and was admitted to the bar in 1862; settled at
Winona in 1870. [76; 237 (28).]
Dye, J. B., educator, b. in Montgomery county, N. Y., July 13, 1834;
came to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Waseca in 1873; engaged in
teaching; was county superintendent of schools, 1886-91. [75,]
Dye, Walter G., journalist, b. in Nelson, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1832; d. in
Winona, Minn., March, 1894. He settled there in 1854; was business
manager of the Republican, 1855-81. [76; 78*.]
Dyer, A. S., farmer, b. in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1845; came to
Minnesota in 1865; was a representative in the legislature, 1897-9.
[30.]
Dyer, William J., music dealer, established a music house in Fari-
bault, Minn., in 1870; two years later removed this business to St.
Paul, and in 1875 opened a music store in Minneapolis, and, with his
Ibrother, Charles p. Dyer, conducted the two bouses [90*.]
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Dyke, Edwin W., state treasurer, b. in Chittenden, Vt, Feb. 10, 1820;
came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Faribault, and engaged in
loaning business; was treasurer of Minnesota, 1873-76; removed to
Santa Monica, Cal., in 1900. [237 (61).]
Dykeman, Howard, banker, b. in New York state in 1869; d. in
Spokane, Wash., Nov. 30, 1911. He came to Breckenridge, Minn., in
1887; became cashier of the First National Bank there in 1891; was
stock owner and director in several other banks in Minnesota and
Dakota; was mayor of Breckenridge several years. [38; 237 (59).]
Earl, Robert, farmer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1832; came to Minne-
sota in 1859; settled in Freedom, Waseca county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature four years. [32.]
Earl, Robert O., physician, b. in Allamakee county, Iowa, Aug. 27,
1872; came with his parents to Minneapolis when ten years old; was
graduated in medicine at the University of Minnesota, 1896; settled
in St. Paul; is president of the Mounds Park Sanitarium. [93A*;
169A*.]
Eastman, Alvaii, journalist, b. at Lovell Center, Me., Aug. 22, 1858;
came to Minnesota in 1880, and resided at Anoka, where he published
the Anoka Herald until 1891; was a representative in the state legis-
lature in 1889; removed to St. Cloud in 1892, and established the
daily Journal-Press; was receiver of the U. S. land office at St. Cloud,
1898-1907; president of the State Normal School Board. [24; 30; 36*;
155*.]
Eastman, Arthur Maynard, physician, b. in St. Anthony, Minn.,
May 1, 1855; was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Phila-
delphia, in 1879; settled in St. Paul in 1881. [93; 100*.]
Eastman, Charles Alexander (Sioux name, Ohiyesa), b. in Red-
wood Falls, Minn., in 1858; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1887,
and in medicine at Boston University, 1890; was U. S. government
physician and attorney for his people, the Sioux, in Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota," and Nebraska, 1890-1903; later has resided
in Amherst, Mass.; well known as a lecturer, and author of several
books relating to Indian life and history. [17.]
Eastman, Job, pioneer, b. in Lovell, Maine, Oct. 1, 1827; d. in Wa-
dena, Minn., in October, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1853; en-
gaged in logging and lumber business, and owned a hotel at Anoka.
[237 (56).]
Eastman, John Whittemore, b. in Conway, N. H., Oct. 28, 1820; d.
Feb. 19, 1899. He came to St. Anthony, Minn., in 1854; engaged in
flour milling, and later in lumber business. [84*; 174*.]
Eastman, Seth, soldier, b. in Maine; d. in Washington, D. C, Aug.
31, 1875. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy in 1829;
was commandant at Fort Snelling during parts of 1841-8; was brevet-
ted brigadier general in 1866. [11; 12; 13.]
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Eastman, William Wallace, b. in Conway, N. H., Feb. 6, 1827; d.
in Minneapolis, July 25, 1902. He settled in St. Anthony in 1854; was
interested in the improvement of Nicollet island, which he purchased;
engaged in many other enterprises, among them being the first woolen
and paper mills, the early railroads of the state, the lumber industry,
and the erection of several business blocks. He constructed a tun-
nel, which by undermining a part of the Falls of St. Anthony endan-
gered the existence of the falls and water power, leading to a large
expenditure for their preservation. [84; 99*;. 174*; 237 (19*).]
Easton, Augustus B., journalist, b. in Mesopotamia, Ohio, March 1,
1828; came to Stillwater, Minn., in 1857; editor of the Stillwater
Gazette, which he established in 1870; author and editor of the His-
tory of the Saint Croix Valley (two volumes, 1,290 pages, 1909). [40;
41; 42*; 199*.]
Easton, Elijah, pioneer, b. in Afton, N. Y., May 18, 1815; d. in
Owatonna, Minn., Feb. 27, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1866, and
settled on a farm near Owatonna; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1868; was postmaster in Owatonna, 1870-6. [237 (32*, 35).]
Easton, Jason Clark, banker, b. in West Martinsburg, N. Y., May
12, 1823; d. in La Crosse, Wis., April 25, 1901. He came to Minnesota
in 1856, and settled at Chatfield. There and in several other towns
of southern Minnesota he had extensive interests in banking, farm
lands, and railways; removed to La Crosse in 1883. [18*; 52; 199*;
237 (14).]
Easton, William Edwards, journalist, b. in Mesopotamia, Ohio, Dec.
27, 1850; came to Stillwater, Minn., in 1857, with his father's family.
In 1870 he was associated with his father in establishing the Still-
water Gazette, which in 1882 began a daily issue. The Gazette Print-
ing Company consists now of Mr. Easton and W. C. Masterman. [22*;
24; 40; 42; 199*.]
Easton, William Starr, bookkeeper, b. in Colchester, Conn., Dec.
3, 1821; d. in St. Paul, June 18, 1902. He resided in Ottawa, 111., and
removed to St. Paul in 1882; was author of the Easton Genealogy
(249 pages, 1899). [199*.]
Eastwood, Carl S., journalist, b. in Wisconsin, Aug. 21, 1858; en-
gaged in newspaper publication in various towns in Iowa and Min-
nesota; settled in Jackson county in 1885, and was proprietor of the
Heron Lake News. [34.]
Eaton, Alcinus Young, lawyer, b. in Columbiana county, Ohio, in
1842; was graduated at Mt. Union College, Ohio, 1862, and the Ohio
State Law College, 1870; came to Minnesota in 1879; settled at Buf-
falo; was attorney of Wright county; was a state senator, 1887-93.
[30; 31.]
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Eaton, Andrew, b. in Windsor, Conn. ,Sept. 18, 1824; came to Min-
nesota in 1872; settled in Wells the next year, and engaged in the
grain trade and milling. [39.]
Eaton, Burt W., lawyer, b. in Gerry, N. Y., Sept. 29, 1854; came
with his parents to Rochester, Minn., in 1&55; was admitted to the
bar in 1879, and has since practiced in Rochester. [24; 66.]
Eatox, Frank W., b. in Rockingham county, N. H., in 1849; d. in
Duluth, Minn., April 27, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1868; set-
tled two years later in Duluth, engaged in real estate business, and'
was an owner of valuable iron mining property. [31; 237 (43*).]
Eatox, Guy Arthur, b. in Red Oak, Iowa, Oct. 27, 1871; was grad-
uated as a civil engineer at Claverack College, N. Y., 1889; settled in
Duluth in 1899, and engaged in mining and timber business; post-
master of Duluth since 1906; was appointed state inspector of illum-
inating oils, 1910. [24; 25; 30*; 31A.]
Eatox, Joseph S., physician, b. in Rochester, Vt., June 4, 1842; d.
in Benson, Minn., Jan. 19, 1908. He came to Minnesota with his par-
ents while a boy; enlisted in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, and afterward was captain in the Eleventh regiment; studied
medicine in Philadelphia, and practiced in Mankato several years;
settled at Benson in 1879. [237 (48).]
Eatox, Samuel S., b. in Barton, Vt., June 27, 1825; d. in St. Paul,
Dec. 5, 1899. He came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in St. Paul, and
engaged in the insurance business. [28, IX; 94; 237 (9*); 238 (Dec.
6, 1899*).]
Eatox, Samuel William, b. in Concord, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1815; en-
gaged in farming in Wisconsin, and in 1860 was ordained a Univer-
salis! clergyman; came to Minnesota in 1861; settled in Rochester,
where he was editor of the Post; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1868. [66.]
Eatox, William Ames, b. in Hamburg, Iowa, in 1866; came to St.
Louis county, Minn., 1889; has resided in Duluth since 1899; is one
of the prominent developers of iron mines on the Mesabi Range.
[31A.]
Eberhard, John A., merchant, b. in Prussia, Oct., 1838; came to the
United States in 1843; settled at Mound Prairie, Houston county,
1854; served in the 53d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1877. [30; 61.]
Eberhart, Adolpii Olson, governor, b. in Sweden, June 23, 1870;
came to Minnesota in 1891; was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus
College, 1895; was admitted to the bar in 1898, and settled in Man-
kato; was state senator, 1903-5; lieutenant governor, 1907-09; governor
of Minnesota after the death of Governor Johnson, 1909-10, and by
198 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
election in 1910 for the next biennial term. [3A*; 17; 24; 25; 30*;
46*; 127A*; 169A*.]
Eberman, William S., b. in Waterloo, 111., April 22, 1846; came to
Minnesota in 1856; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; engaged in the drug business ten years; was chemist for the
State Dairy and Food Commission, 1889-99; removed west, and after
1904 resided in Oklahoma. [130*.]
Eckhoff, C, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, March 26, 1848;
came with his parents to the United States when a child; was grad-
uated at the Lutheran Seminary, Mendota, 111., in 1875; five years
later settled in Spring Valley, Minn. [52.]
Eckholdt, Haftan A., lawyer, b. in Christiania, Norway, Oct. 10,
1845; came to the United States with his parents when five years old,
and to Waseca, Minn., in 1858; served in the Third Minnesota light
artillery three years; was graduated in law at the University of
Michigan, 1873; resided in Rochester. [169.]
Eckman, F. M., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Wright county, Minn.,
June 10, 1867; was graduated at Augustana College, Rock Island, 111.,
1889, and at its Theological Seminary, 1892; studied later at the Uni-
versity of Upsala; was ordained in 1894; was pastor at Brainerd,
Minn., two years, and since 1896 at Chisago Lake. [38; 148.]
Eckman, J. W., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Wright county, Minn.,
Dec. 7, 1869; was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1893, and
Augustana Theological Seminary, 1896; was pastor in Massachusetts,
and later at Dunnell, Minn.; was chaplain of the senate of Minnesota
in 1907. [30.]
Eckstein, Andkew J., druggist, b. in Germany, Sept. 9, 1861; came
with his parents to the United States in 1864, and to Minnesota the
same year; was graduated at the Mankato Normal School, 1877; en-
gaged in the drug business in New Ulm since 1879. [24; 25; 32.]
Eckstein, Joseph A., lawyer, b. in Austria in 1857; came with his
parents to the United States in 1864, settling in Minnesota; was grad-
uated at the Mankato Normal School, 1876; settled in New Ulm, taught
there four years, and was admitted to the bar in 1880. [32.]
Eckstrom, P., b. in Sweden, Jan. 20, 1845; came to the United
States in 1867; settled in Meeker county, Minn.; owned a farm in
Greenleaf, and after 1874 engaged in real estate business in Litch-
field; was sheriff of the county six years. [65.]
Eddy, Ethan P., b. in Wyoming county, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1819; set-
tled in Amherst, Fillmore county, Minn., in 1853; was a represent-
ative in the legislature. [52.]
Eddy, Fkank Marion, congressman, b. in Pleasant Grove, Minn.,
April 1, 1856; passed his boyhood in Iowa and Minnesota; taught
school a few years, and was land examiner for the Northern Pacific
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Railroad company; was clerk of the district court of Pope county,
1884-94; and was a representative in Congress, 1895-1903. [10; 17;
22*; 26*; 27*; 30; 57; 67; 174.]
Eddy, Henry Turner, educator, b. in Stoughton, Mass., June 9, 1844;
was graduated at Yale College, 1867; was professor in the University
of Cincinnati, 1874-90; president of Rose Polytechnic Institute, Terre
Haute, Ind., 1891-4; professor of engineering and mechanics in the
University of Minnesota since 1894. [7A; 17; 24; 85A*; 127 (9*);
127A*, B.]
Eddy, Volora D., educator, b. in Java, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1840; d. in
Rush City, Minn., Aug. 20, 1907. He served in the 48th N. Y. Regt. in
the civil war; settled at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1868; engaged in
teaching; was county superintendent of schools seventeen years; re-
sided in Rush City after 1890, and published the Rush City Post.
[41; 237 (48); 238 (Dec. 21, 1893*).]
Edelbrock, Alexius, R. C. priest and educator, b. at Duelmen, West-
phalia, Sept. 12, 1843; d. in New York city, May IS, 1908. He came
to the United States with his parents in 1850, and soon afterward to
St. Cloud, Minn.; was educated at St. Vincent College, Pennsylvania;
joined the Benedictine order in 1861; was ordained a priest in 1867;
was president of St. John's College, Minnesota, 1867-75, and abbot of
St. John's Abbey, 1875-89; later was a pastor in New York city until
his death. [132 (July and Aug., 1888*, and 1908*); 146; 237 (51*).]
Edelbrock, Joseph, pioneer and merchant, b. in Westphalia, Prussia,
in 1826; d. in St. Cloud, Minn., Sept. 26, 1907. He came to the United
States in 1847; settled in St. Cloud, 1855; was sheriff of Stearns
county two years, and register of deeds four years. [41; 237 (48).]
Edert, John, b. in Germany, Oct. 29, 1824; came to the United
States in 1852, and to St. Paul in 1854; removed to Shakopee in 1857,
and was proprietor of a hotel; was treasurer of Scott county four-
teen years. [32.]
Edgar, Randolph, journalist, b. in Minneapolis, Aug. 31, 1884; was
educated at Louisville, Ky., and at Harvard University; managing
editor of The Bellman, Minneapolis, since 1908. [17.]
Edgar, William Crowell, journalist, b. in La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 21,
1856; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Minneapolis; business
manager of the Northwestern Miller since 1884, and its editor since
1886; established The Bellman, as its editor, 1906; author of "The
Story of a Grain of Wheat" (195 pages, 1903). In 1891 he organized
a relief movement for the famine sufferers of Russia, and in 1906 was
chairman of a Minneapolis committee which sent thirty-five carloads
of flour to the needy of San Francisco after the great earthquake and
conflagration there. [17; 24; 25; 85A; 241.]
Edgarton, Charles J., grocer, b. at Oriskany Falls, N. Y., May 11,
1860; came with his parents to Anoka county, Minn., in 1874; engaged
200 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
in grocery business in Anoka after 1893; was city treasurer, 1899-
1901. [36*.]
Edgerton, Albert, lawyer, b. in Coventry, N. Y., April 20, 1815; d.
in St. Paul, Nov. 2, 1896. He was admitted to the bar in 1844; set-
tled in St. Paul in 1857. [124; 237 (9*); 238 (Nov. 3, 1896*).]
Edgerton, Alonzo Jay, lawyer, b. in Rome, N. Y., June 7, 1827; d.
in Sioux Falls, S. D., Aug. 9, 1896. He was graduated at Wesleyan
University in 1850; came to Mantorville, Minn., in 1855, and was there
admitted to the bar; served as captain in the Tenth Minnesota Regt,
1862-4, and in 1865 was brevetted brigadier general. In 1878 he re-
moved to Kasson. He was a state senator in 1859, and again in
1877-8. He was a U. S. senator by appointment from March to De-
cember, 1881. [10; 18; 30; 49; 93A*; 115; 121; 237 (7*).]
Edgerton, Erastus Smith, banker, b. in Franklin, N. Y., Dec. 9,
1816; d. in the same place, April 13, 1893. He came to St. Paul in
1853, and established one of the first banks in Minnesota; later organ-
ized the Second National Bank of St. Paul, was its president many
years, and was also connected with other banking institutions in this
and other states. [23; 28, VIII; 68; 93*; 94; 98*; 176 (April, 1886*);
238 (April 17, 1893).]
Edgerton, George Becker, lawyer, b. in Mantorville, Minn., June 11,
1857; attended the Columbia Law School; was admitted to the bar in
1880; practiced ten. years in Kasson; removed to St. Paul in 1890;
was assistant attorney general" of Minnesota, 1893-99. [22*; 25; 49.]
Edmands, Thomas Merrill, Congregational clergyman, b. in Chelms-;
ford, Mass., Jan. 14, 1858; was drowned in the Red river, Dec. 21, 1905.
He was graduated at Darmouth College, 1883, and Andover Seminary,
1888; was pastor in Wadena and other Minnesota towns, 1889-1902;
removed to Wahpeton, N. D. [144.]
Edquist, Joshua Anderson, educator, b. at Knoxville, 111., April 16,
1862; graduated at Augustana College, Rock Island, 111., 1886, and
studied later at the Universities of Wisconsin and Minnesota; has
been a professor in Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., since
1889. [7A; 148; 169.]
Edsall, Samuel Cook, Episcopal bishop, b. in Dixon, 111., March 4,
1860; was admitted to the bar in 1882; commenced work as a lay
missionary in Chicago in 1887; was ordained deacon in 1888, and
priest the next year; was elected missionary bishop of North Dakota
in 1898, and bishop coadjutor for Minnesota, 1901. After Bishop Whip-
ple's death, in 1901, he succeeded him as bishop of this state. He
resides in Minneapolis. [17; 24; 152A*; 237 (16*).]
Edson, James C, lawyer, b. at Edson's Corners, Otsego county, N.
Y., Feb. 25, 1825; came to Minnesota in 1860, and the next year set-
tled at Glencoe; served through the civil war, at first as a captain
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in the Fourth Minnesota Regt, and later as its colonel; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1878, and judge of the Eighth judicial
district, 1886-91. [18; 29; 30; 64*.]
Edwards, Andrew Wesley, M. E. clergyman, b. in Ontario, Canada,
Aug. 1, 1847; d. in Denver, Colo., Nov. 6, 1897. He was graduated at
Illinois Wesleyan University; was a member of the Minnesota con-
ference, 1881-8, being pastor in Brainerd, Crookston, St. Paul, and
other places; removed to Colorado in 1889. [151*.]
Edwards, Charles G., farmer, b. at Sodus Point, N. Y., in 1836;
served in Ohio regiments in the civil war; came to Minnesota in
1870; settled in Spring Valley; was a state senator in 1877 and 1887-9;
was appointed collector of customs for the district of Minnesota in
1889. [30; 52; 98*.]
Edwards, Clement Stanislafs, lawyer, editor, b. in New York City,
March 4, 1869; came to Albert Lea, Minn., in boyhood; was admitted
to the bar in 1894, and settled at Albert Lea; editor of the Times
Enterprise; was captain in the 12th Minnesota Regt. in the Spanish-
American war, 1898. [22*; 24; 25.]
Edwards, Elijah E., M. E. clergyman, b. in Delaware, Ohio, Jan.
26, 1831; came to Minnesota, and was a professor in Hamline Univer-
sity, Red Wing, 1857-9; was pastor at Taylor's Falls, 1860-2; chaplain
of the Seventh Minnesota Regt., in the civil war; after 1885 was again
pastor at Taylor's Palls; was president of the Colorado State Agri-
cultural College. [41*; 130*.]
Edwards, Isaac Brooks, merchant, b. in North Carolina in 1804; d.
in Watertown, Carver county, Minn., April, 1862. He came to Min-
nesota in 1855, settling in Minneapolis, and after 1859 engaged in
general mercantile business in Watertown. [32; 85.]
Edwards, Maurice Dwight, clergyman, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., April
29, 1847; was graduated at Hamilton College, 1870, and Auburn The-
ological Seminary, 1874; settled in St. Paul the same year, and has
since been continuously pastor of the Dayton Avenue Presbyterian
church. [24; 25; 68.]
Edwards, Moyle, b. in Wisconsin; came to Minnesota in 1880, set-
tling in Fergus Falls; removed to Breckenridge, and is editor of the
Wilkin County Gazette; a representative in the legislature, 1911.
[30*.]
Edwards, William Chalmers, b. in Virgil, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1846; d.
May 28, 1910. He engaged extensively in lumber business, residing in
Kansas, 1870-83, and later in St. Paul, Minn.; principal donor of Ed-
wards Hall, Macalester College, 1904. [24; 25; 93A*.]
Edwards, William R., journalist, b. in Palmyra, Ohio, in 1840; was
graduated at the State Normal University of Illinois, 1869; was prin-
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cipal of the public schools in Faribault, Minn.,* was superintendent of
schools for Lyon county, 1888-9; afterward published the Tracy Re-
publican. [171*; 238 (Dec. 13, 1893*).]
Effertz, Peter, b. in Prussia in 1845; came to the United States in
1864, settling in Minnesota; built in 1872 the first house in Norwood,
Carver county; kept a hotel, and owned land adjoining the village;
was a representative in the legislature in 1907. [30*; 32.]
Egan, James Joseph, judge, b. in Ireland, September, 1842; d. in St.
Paul, Jan. 9, 1911. He came ,to the "United States with his parents in
1848, and to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Indian war of 1862, and
later was lieutenant in the First Minnesota heavy artillery; resided
in Duluth, 1869-77, and afterward in St. Paul; was a representative in
the legislature, 1869 and 1875; was county attorney of Ramsey county
eleven years; was judge in the Second judicial district, 1891-97. [30;
93; 94; 121; 237 (67*).]
Egan, Martin Joseph, R. C. priest, b. near Cottage Grove, Minn.,
Oct. 27, 1856; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 1, 1908. He was educated at St.
Thomas College, St. Paul; was ordained priest in 1891; was pastor
in Minneapolis and other places, being at Lakeville and Farmington
after 1904. [146.]
Ege, James H., b. at Pine Grove Furnace, Pa., March 20, 1844;
served in the 93rd Illinois Regt. in the civil war; settled in Minne-
apolis in 1869, and has engaged in stock and real estate business; was
sheriff of Hennepin county, 1889-93; sergeant-at-arms of the state
senate, 1907-11. [30*; 90.*]
Eggen, Johannes Mueller, Lutheran clergyman, b. near Trondhjem,
Norway, April 20, 1841; came to the United States in 1865; was grad-
uated in theology at Augustana College the next year; was pastor in
Mower county, Minn., after 1882; author of several religious books.
[169.]
Eggleston, Benjamin Osro, artist, b. in Belvidere, Minn., Jan, 22,
1867; resided in Minneapolis three years; settled in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
in 1890, where he became a well known painter. [3*.]
Eggleston, Edward, M. E. clergyman and author, b. in Vevay, Ind.,
Dec. 10, 1837; d. at Joshua's Rock, N. Y., Sept. 4, 1902. Delicate
health prevented his receiving a college education, and led him to
seek the climate of Minnesota in 1856. He was agent for the Bible
Society in this state, and held pastorates during nine years at St,
Peter, St. Paul, Stillwater, and Winona; later lived at Joshua's Rock,
Lake George, N. Y.; author of many books of fiction, essays, and his-
tory. [1; 3*; 17; 237 (19*).]
Egleston, Marvin, merchant, b. in Floyd, N. Y.; served in the 146th
N. Y. Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; came to
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Minnesota, and after 1871 engaged in mercantile business with his
brother, D. J. Egleston, in Wykoff; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1871-2. [52.]
Eichhorn, Edmund, b. in Boehlen, Germany, Aug. 15, 1825; came to
the United States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1857; was a grocer in
Hastings sixteen years; was register of deeds of Dakota county; re-
moved to Minneapolis in 1873, and engaged in real estate, loaning,
and insurance business. [84*; 85A.]
Eigexbrodt, Charles, farmer, b. in Germany in 1840; came to Min-
nesota in 1858; resided at Richland; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1897. [30.]
Eiken, Andrew, b. in Houston county, Minn., April 27, 1860; set-
tled in Crookston, Minn., in 1881, and engaged in mercantile business;
was register of deeds of Polk county, 1887-91. [35.]
Eisenmenger, Louis, b. in Wittenberg, Germany, June 16, 1838; d.
in St. Paul, March 9, 1901. He came to the United States in 1852, and
to Minnesota in 1858; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the In-
dian and civil wars; resided in St. Paul, and after 1869 engaged in
the meat business. [93A; 237 (14).]
Ekdahl, Charles, farmer and merchant, b. in Smaland, Sweden,
Sept 22, 1829; came to the United States in 1854, settling in Wash-
ington county, Minn. ; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; was a representative in the legislature in 1874; postmaster at
Otisville since 1888. [24; 169.]
Ekman, Carl, journalist, b. in Vexio, Sweden, Oct. 25, 1851; came
to the United States in 1879, settling in St. Paul; engaged in mer-
cantile business, and after 1893 in newspaper work; became general
manager of the Svenska Folkets Tidning, Minneapolis, in 1899. [169;
169A.]
Ekman, O. B., b. in Sweden in 1865; came to Minnesota in 1883;
resides in War Road, Roseau county, and deals in real estate; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903 and 1905. [30*.]
Eldred, C. J. C, b. in Rensselaer county, N. Y., March 23, 1827 ; came
to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Sparta, Chippewa county, ten years
later; was the first register of deeds of the county. [32.]
Eldridge, Ariel, pioneer, b. in Hartford, Vt., June 10, 1815; came to
Stillwater, Minn., in 1848; engaged in carpenter work, and after 1862
owned a book and stationery store. [41.]
Eldridge, Mrs. Sarah L. Judd, b. in 1802; d. in Stillwater, Minn.,
Oct. 12, 1886. She married Ariel Eldridge in 1849; taught the first
school in Stillwater. [41.]
Elfelt, Abram S., merchant, b. in Pennsylvania, March 10, 1827; d.
in St. Paul, April 4, 1888. He settled in St. Paul in 1850; enga.ged in
mercantile business eighteen years, and later was occupied with real
estate interests. [41; 93*; 94.]
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Elfelt Charles D merchant b in Millerstown Pa Aug 29 1328
d m St Paul April 28 1899 He settled m St Paul m 1849 and en
gaged in the wholesale dry goods business many years [28 IX 41
237 (9) 238 (April 28 1899) ]
Elftman Arthur Hlgo b m Prescott Wis March 28 1872 was
graduated at the University of Minnesota 1892 was an assistant on
the Geological Survey of this state 1892 7 later engaged m mining
engineering resides m Tonopah Nevada [7A ]
Elg Charles b in Sweden Feb 8 1859 came to the United States
settled in Fergus Falls Minn after 1887 was proprietor of the ma
chine and boiler works there [35 ]
Elias James B miller b in Fulton county N Y Aug 10 1834
settled m Milton Dodge county Minn m 1876 and purchased the
Milton mill [49 ]
Eliason Adolph Oscar banker b in Montevideo Mmn May 26
1873 was graduated at the University of Minnesota 1896 and Har
vard University 1897 engaged with his father m banking and in
other lines of business in Montevideo [241 ]
Eliaso^ Gustav b in Norway m 1848 led a seafaring life several
years came to the United States m 1871 settled m Montevideo
Mmn the next year engaged in lumber business and real estate
and m 1878 established the Bank of Montevideo which he still con
ducts [32 169 241]
Eller Homer C lawyer b m Mishawaka Ind July 9 1845 d m
St Paul Nov 3 1896 He was a musician m the 29th Indiana Begt
during the civil war was graduated m law at the University of Michi
gan 1868 and settled the next year in St Paul [22* 93 98* 137*
237 (9) 238 (Nov 4 1896*) 1
Ellertsoiv N F b in Norway June 20 1837 came to the United
States when six years old settled m Norway township Fillmore
county Mmn in 1856 was a representative m the legislature in 1875
and 1879 [30 ]
Ellingson Christopher b m Kock county Wis m 185o came to
Minnesota the next year settled m Minneapolis m 1874 and engaged
in livery and undertaking business was a representative m the leg
islature m 1895 [30 169)
Ellingson Ole J b in Norway Jan 26 1825 came to the United
States m 1853 settled m Freeborn county Mmn three years later
was county treasurer 1859 61 served m the Fourth Minnesota ftegt
in the civil war engaged m farming in Albert Lea after 1864 t$$ ]
EixiNGSOK Sevfb farmer b in Norway in 1839 came to the United
States with his parents in 1850 and to Minnesota in 1856 served in
the Third Iowa Regt in the civil war settled m 1868 in Blooming
ton where he was postmaster twenty years was a representative m
the legislature 1887 9 [30 169 ]
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Elliott, Adolphus Fitz, physician, b. in Corinna, Maine, in 1836;
d. in Minneapolis, April 26, 1901. He settled in Minneapolis in 1855;
served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was one of the
founders, and the first president, of the Minnesota Academy of Natural
Sciences. From the bequest of his widow, Elliott Hospital of the
University of Minnesota was founded, 1911. [84*; 127B; 237 (14*).]
Elliott, Charles Burke, jurist, b. near Chester Hill, Ohio, Jan. 6,
1861; was graduated in law at the University of Iowa, 1881; came to
Minnesota in 1884, settling in Minneapolis; was judge in the Fourth
judicial district, 1894-1905; associate justice of the Supreme Court of
Minnesota, 1906-09, and later of the Philippine Islands; author of
books and magazine articles on law. [17; 20; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 30*;
127 (12*); 127B; 137*.]
Elliott, Howard, b. in New York, Dec. 6, 1860; was graduated at
Harvard University, 1881; engaged in railway service; since 1903
president of the Northern Pacific railway, residing in St. Paul. [17;
24; 25.]
Elliot, Jacou Smith, physician, b. in Northwood, N. H., Aug. 10,
1808; settled in Minneapolis in 1855; bought a claim which was after-
ward platted as Elliot's Addition to Minneapolis; was interested in
the water power of St. Anthony Falls; removed to California in 1876.
The site of Elliot Park was donated by him to the city and named in
his honor. [84*; 85.]
Elliott, Julius W., pioneer, b. in Vermont in 1822; d. in Missouri
in 1876. He organized a company who came to Minnesota in 1853,
being among the earliest settlers in Fillmore county; platted the vil-
lage of Elliota on his claim in Canton township; removed to Missouri
in 1871. [52.]
Elliott, Washington Sterling, b. in Dixonburg, Pa., in 1848; came
to Minnesota in 1864; engaged in farming and in railway work; was
a representative in the legislature in 1893; resided in Minneapolis.
[30.]
Elliot, Wymax, horticulturist, b. in Corinna, Maine, May 19, 1834;
came to Minnesota in 1854; established a market garden near Minne-
apolis, which, as the city grew, was platted and sold as an addition
to the city. [20*; 84*; 166 (1896*); 166 A*.]
Ellis, Robert S., evangelist, died in Minneapolis, Feb. 6, 1904. He
entered the ministry of the Methodist church in 1859; served in the
Union army in the civil war, and lost his eyesight; was a street
preacher and mission worker in Minneapolis. [237 (35*).]
Ellis, Salathiel, artist, b. in Windsor county, Vt, Nov. 13, 1803;
d. in San Jose, Cal., Oct. 28, 1879. He settled on a farm in Milton,
Dodge county, Minn., in 1858. He was a sculptor of note, having
made bronze medals for the government, and a colossal bronze statue
of Elias Howe. [49.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Ellison, Smith, pioneer, b. in Madison county, 111., March 15, 1823;
d. in St. Paul, Sept. 28, 1899. He settled in Minnesota, on the St.
Croix river, in 1844; engaged in lumbering, and later in mercantile
business and banking; was a representative in the state legislature in
1866. [18; 27*; 41*; 167 (Oct. 6, 1899); 237 (2, 11).]
Elmquist, Charles E., lawyer, b. in Osceola, Wis., Jan., 1872; came
to Minnesota when fourteen years of age; learned the printer's trade;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1898; resided in Rush
City; was attorney for Chisago county, 1900-1908; was State Railroad
Commissioner since 1908. [30*.]
Elmquist, John G., merchant, b. in Sweden in 1849; came to the
United States in 1869, and settled in Minnesota the same year; resided
in St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature, 1887-9. [30; 98*;
100; 169.]
Elward, John EL, inventor, b. in Providence, R. I., Feb. 22, 1839 ;
was first lieutenant, and afterward major, in an Illinois regiment in
the civil war; resided in Stillwater, Minn.; invented important farm
machinery, including the Elward harvester, manufactured by the St.
Paul Harvester Works. [40.]
Elwell, James T., b. in Ramsey county, Minn., July 2, 1855; studied
in Carleton College; settled in Minneapolis, and engaged in manufac-
turing; platted Elwell's Addition to Minneapolis in 1882; built many
houses, and dealt in real estate; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1899, and a state senator since 1907. [24; 30*; 43*; 85A*; 90*;
127A*.]
Ely, Edmund F., missionary, b. in Wilbraham, Mass., Aug. 3, 1809;
d. in Santa Rosa, Cal., Aug. 29, 1882. He came to Minnesota in 1832,
under the auspices of the American Board of Foreign Missions, and
located at Sandy lake. In 1839 the mission station was removed to
Pokegama. He afterward lived in St. Paul, and in a suburb of Du-
luth. The town of Ely, Minn., is named for him. [28, IX; 31A; 131.]
Ely, Edward, Baptist clergyman, b. in Upper Middletown, Conn.,
Sept. 17, 1812; was graduated at Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y.;
settled in Winona, Minn., in 1852; was the first minister there, but
later engaged in mercantile business, insurance, and real estate. [76.]
Emerson, E. H., farmer, b. in Norway in 1850; came to Minnesota
in 1855; was register of deeds in Dodge county four years; resides in
West Concord; was a representative in the legislature in 1899 and
1907. [30*.]
Emerson, John O., farmer, b. in Indiana in 1845; came to Minne-
sota in 1874, and settled near Perham; was a representative in the
state legislature in 1897. [30.]
Emery, G. D., lawyer, b. in Northfield, Minn., Dec. 26, 1855; was the
first white child born in Rice county; was admitted to the bar in 1877;
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was attorney of Le Sueur county, 1879-81, and then settled in Hen-
derson. [32.]
Emery, John G., b. in Orono, Maine, May 20, 1828; d. in Minneapolis,
March, 1893. He engaged in lumbering and the manufacture and sale
of sawmill machinery in Wisconsin and Michigan; settled in Minne-
apolis in 1887, where he established the Minnesota Granite and Polish-
ing Co. [167 (March 17, 1893).]
Emery, Sloan M., b. in Columbus, Texas, in 1848; settled in Lake
City, Minn., in 1871; was vice president of the Lake City Bank, 1873-9,
and afterward a member of the Jewell Nursery company; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1873. [74.]
Emmel, Henry J,, farmer, b. in Cumberland, Md., March 17, 1844;
came to Minnesota in 1856; engaged in mercantile business at Spring
Hill, Stearns county; was a representative in the legislature in 1878,
and in 1909. [30*.]
Emmett, Lafayette, jurist, b. in Mount Vernon, Ohio, May 8, 1822;
d. in Santa Fe, N. M., Aug. 11, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1851,
settling in St. Paul; was attorney general of the territory, 1853-8, and
chief justice of the supreme court of the state, 1858-65; he removed
to Faribault in 1872, and later to Ortonville; resided in Las Vegas,
New Mexico, after 1885. [69; 93; 94; 136; 168 (April, 1892*); 237
(43).]
Emmons, H. G., pioneer, b. in Norway, Oct. 16, 1828; came to the
United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Nunda,
Freeborn county; was a representative in the legislature in 1877-8.
[30; 53.]
Emmons, William Harvey, b. in Mexico, Mo., Feb. 1, 1876; was
graduated at Central College, Mo., 1897; studied at the University of
Chicago, 1901-4; lecturer and associate professor of geology there,
1907-11; assistant on the U. S. Geological Survey since 1904; professor
of geology in the University of Minnesota since 1911. [7A.]
Endreson, Guri, b. in Hugen, Norway, March 26, 1813; d. in Dovre,
Minn., June 20, 1881. She came with her husband, Lars Endreson, to
Kandiyohi county, Minn., in 1857. At the time of the Indian outbreak,
in 1862, her husband and a son were massacred, but she displayed
great courage, rescuing three wounded men, and finally escaping to
safety with them. [63*; 237 (49).]
Engberg, Hans, banker, b. in Halsingland, Sweden, July 10, 1853;
came to the United States in 1869, and to Isanti county, Minn., the
same year; was county auditor, 1878-88; engaged in banking after
1892, being president of the First National Bank of Cambridge after
1906. [25; 169A*.]
Engel, Jacob Christian Herman, lawyer, b. in Indianapolis, Ind.,
Dec. 30, 1864; came to Anoka, Minn., in 1873; engaged in grocery
208 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
business, 1879-88; was admitted to the bar in 1889; was judge of pro-
bate, 1891-9; removed to Duluth in 1906, as register of the IT. S. land
office. [24; 25; 43*.]
Engel, Julius, Lutheran clergyman, b. April 24, 1869, near Lodz,
Russia; came to the United States in 1888; was graduated at the Mar-
tin Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., 1892; was pastor at Montrose,
Wright county, Minn., after 1895, and at Wellington, Renville county,
since 1902. [148.]
Engel, Peter, R. C. abbot, b. in St. Nicholas, Wis., Feb. 3, 1856; was
graduated at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., 1879; entered
the order of St, Benedict; abbot of St. John's Abbey since 1895. [17;
24; 132- (Sept., 1895*).]
Engelbert, Eric M., merchant and farmer, b. in Dalsland, Sweden,
April 22, 1859; came with his parents to the United States in 1863,
and to Minnesota the same year; resided in Winthrop; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1891, and in the same year removed to
Kennedy, Kittson county. [37*; 38*; 169.]
Engler, John F., b. in Chanhassen, Carver county, Minn., Nov. 23,
1855; d. in Chaska, Nov. 13, 1903. He was judge of probate after 1898.
[237 (35*).]
Englund, H. J., physician, b. in Anderasen, Sweden, Dec. 7, 1856;
came to the United States in 1866, and to Cambridge, Minn., the same
year; was graduated at Bennett College, Chicago, in 1888; and after-
ward practiced medicine in Cambridge. [44*; 169.]
Engstrom, Augustus Ericson, educator, b. in Sweden, March 22,
1851; d. in Cannon Falls, Minn., Oct. 13, 1899. He came to the United
States when eighteen years old, settling in Goodhue county, Minn. ;
was graduated at Carleton College, 1878; taught in Cannon Falls, and
after 1881 was county superintendent of schools. [80*; 169; 177
(Nov., 1899*).]
Enmegahbowh, John Johnson, Episcopal clergyman, an Indian, b.
in Canada, about 1812; d. at White Earth, Minn., June 12, 1902. Dur-
ing fifty years he was an interpreter for the mission of the Episcopal
church among the Ojibways; was ordained deacon in Faribault in
1859, and later was ordained priest; removed with the tribe to White
Earth in 1868. [152A*; 237 (19, 21*).]
Ensign, Josiah Davis, judge, b. in Erie county, N. Y., May 14, 1833;
was admitted to the bar in Ohio, 1857; came to Minnesota in 1868,
and settled in Duluth, 1870; has been judge in the Eleventh judicial
district since 1889. [23; 24; 25; 30; 31A*; 137.]
Epple, Valentine, b. in Germany, Feb. 13, 1830; d. in Delano, Minn.,
March 27, 1904. He came to the United States in 1851; settled in St.
Paul in 1856; removed to Delano, Minn,, in 1869, and engaged in the
dry goods business; was a representative in the legislature in 1873.
[29*; 237 (35).]
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209
Erb, Christian, pioneer, b. in Alsace, France, March 18, 1829; d. in
Faribault, Minn., March 20, 1908. He came to the United States in
1840, and to Minnesota in 1855; lived in Wheeling township, Rice
county, and after 1867 in Cannon City; removed to Faribault in 1S95;
was a representative in the legislature in 1868. [237 (48).]
Erdahl, Absalom, b. in Norway, Dec. 18, 1858; came with his par-
ents to Minnesota when six years old; owned a farm in Faribault
county; was register of deeds 1891-97. [39.]
Erdahl, Gullik M., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Oct. 5, 1840;
came to the United States in 1847; was graduated at Luther College,
1866, and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., in 1869; since 1875
minister for congregations in Grant county, Minn. [148.]
Erdmann, Charles Andrew, physician, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., Aug.
3, 1866; was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, and in medi-
cine at the University of Minnesota in 1893; has been professor of
anatomy there since 1897. [85A; 127A*, B.]
Erickson, Edward L., b. at St. Peter, Minn., Aug. 25, 1872; was
graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1895; clerk in the state treas-
ury department since 1901; appointed deputy state treasurer, 1910.
[30*.]
Erickson, Ellend, farmer, b. in Vik in Sogne, Norway, Oct. 7, 1835;
came to the United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1860; served
in the 15th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled at Albert Lea;
was a representative in the legislature in 1889-91. [30; 169; 237
(38*).]
Erickson, Erick O., farmer, b. in Norway in 1852; came to Minne-
sota in 1868; settled in Watson, Chippewa county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1885, and a state senator, 1891-3. [30; 169.]
Erickson, Frank, b. in Norway in 1839; came to the United States
in 1868, settling in Minnesota; engaged in mercantile business at
Lanesboro; was a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30; 169.]
Erickson, J. L., banker, b. in Dalsland, Sweden, in 1858; came to
the United States in 1865, and to Goodhue county, Minn., the same
year; removed to Clinton in 1888, and engaged in banking and real
estate business. With his brother, John H., he purchased and platted
the townsite of Clinton in 1886. [38.]
Erickson, Ole W., farmer, b. in Sweden, Sept. 10, 1836; came to
the United States in 1854, settling in Marine, Washington county,
Minn.; was a representative in the legislature, 1876-7. [30; 169.]
Ericson, Eric, educator, b. in Jefferson county, Wis., in 1844; served
in the army in the civil war; settled in Renville county, Minn., in
1872; was county auditor, 1872-8, and county superintendent of schools,
1883-1904. [169.]
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210 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Ericson, Gustav, b. in Hadeland, Norway, in 1849; owned a farm at
Canby, Minn., after 1876; was surveyor of Lac qui Parle county two
years; was a representative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Ekicson, William M., lawyer, b. in Red Wing, Minn., July 15, 1880;
was admitted to the bar in 1906; county attorney of Goodhue county
since 1907. [56; 169A.*]
Ernst, Henry, educator, b. May 17, 1842, in Germany; came to the
United States in 1859; was graduated at Concordia College, Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1862, and Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis,
Mo., 1865; was pastor in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana; has been
professor and president of Luther Seminary, Lake Phalen, St. Paul,
since 1885. [17; 24; 148.]
Erwin, William Wallis, lawyer, b. in Erwin, N. Y., July 12, 1842;
d. in Miami, Fla., Sept. 12, 1908. He served in the 74th New York
Regt. in the civil war, until ill health compelled him to resign; was
admitted to the bar in 1864; settled in St. Paul in 1870, and rapidly
attained prominence as a lawyer, especially in the defense of those
accused of crimes. He removed to Minneapolis in 1899, and to Florida
a few years later. [20*; 68; 69;" 93*; 237 (51*).]
Esch, Michael, b. in Prim, Prussia, in 1836; d. in St. Paul, July
10, 1873. He was in his second term as city treasurer of St. Paul at
the time of his death. [238 (July 12, 1873).]
Espy, John, lawyer, b. in Nanticoke, Luzerne county, Pa., Sept. 21,
1842; served in the First Iowa Regt. in the civil war; was graduated
at the Albany Law School, 1866; practiced in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., 1866-
78; came to Minnesota in 1879, settling in St. Paul, where he prac-
ticed law and built several business blocks. [20*; 24; 25; 27*; 93*;
93A*; 137*.]
Essig, Jacob, farmer, b. in Illinois, May 16, 1853; came when twelve
years old with his parents to New Ulm, Minn,; resided in Milford,
Brown county, after 1880. He invented a grain separator and pat-
ented it in 1878. [32.]
Estabrook, George M., d. in Newport, Minn., Aug. 6, 1900, being over
eighty years of age. He came to Minnesota before 1850; engaged in
lumbering at Stillwater; settled in Newport in 1874; was an expert
millwright, and constructed several large dams on the Mississippi and
St. Croix rivers. [237 (11).]
Estby, H. C, merchant, b. in Norway in 1857; came to Minnesota in
1872; resided near Cyrus, Pope county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1899. [30; 67.]
Esterley, George W., manufacturer, b. near Whitewater, Wis., April
25, 1842; established the plant of the Minneapolis-Esterly Harvester
Company in 1892 at St. Louis Park, and engaged in the manufacture
of farm machinery. [60*.]
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Estes, William R., b. near Princeton, Ind., March 4, 1852; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1867; was a representative in the
legislature, 1887-9; was appointed United States consul in Jamaica in
1890, and afterward was consul in Hamburg, Germany. After 1897
he owned and conducted the Madelia Messenger. [26*; 30.]
Estrem, Ole, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Dec. 18, 1835; came
to the United States in 1857; was graduated at Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, Mo., 1867; was pastor in Willmar, Grove City, and Atwater,
Minn., 18774902;" removed to Waco, Texas, in 1904. [148.]
Eustis, J. Mage, pioneer, b. in Oxford county, Maine, Dec. 15, 1827;
d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 31, 1898. He settled in Minneapolis in 1857;
built the Nicollet hotel; during the civil war had the contract for
feeding Minnesota soldiers; also engaged in lumber and real estate
business. [58; 237 (9).]
Eustis, Warren C, physician, b. in Kingfield, Me., June 3, 1846;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1854; was graduated in the
first class from the State University, 1873, and at Bellevue Medical
College, 1877; settled in Parmington, Minn., the same year, and later
removed to Owatonna. [24; 48.]
Eustis, William Henry, lawyer, b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., July
17, 1847; was graduated at Wesleyan University, 1873, and Columbian
Law School, 1874; came to Minnesota in 1881, settling in Minne-
apolis, and engaged in law practice; was mayor in 1893. [3*; 17;
19*; 20*; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 84*; 85A*.]
Eustrom, Hans, b. in Trane, Sweden, Jan. 25, 1833; came to the
United States in 1851, and to Minnesota in 1857; served in the army
in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; settled in Hallock in
1879; was county auditor eight years, and was land agent for the
Great Northern railway. [169.]
Eva, Frederick W., b. in Cornwall, Eng., April 19, 1860; came to
Minnesota in 1883, and engaged in grain business; was chief inspector
of grain for Minnesota after 1902; resides in St. Paul. [30*; 237
(36*).]
Evans, David C, b. in Wales, April 28, 1820; d. in Los Angeles, Cal.,
Jan. 5, 1910. He came to the United States in 1836; settled in Blue
Earth county, Minn., in 1853; was a state senator in 1859; served as
brigadier general of militia in the Indian war, 1862; resided in Man-
kato and was county treasurer after 1874. [32; 171; 237 (56).]
Evans, David Edward, Presbyterian clergyman, b. near Oshkosh,
Wis., March 1, 1855; was graduated from the college at Ripon, Wis.,
in 1877, and from Lane Theological Seminary, Cincinnati, Ohio, in
1882; was pastor in Litchfield, Minn., and in Minneapolis. [171*.]
Evans, E. P., b. in Strafford county, N. H., in 1817; came to Garden
City, Minn., in 1856; engaged in mercantile business and milling; was
major of militia in 1862. [32.]
212 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Evans, George L., b. in Berlin, Wis., in 1857; d. at Redwood Palls,
Minn., Dec. 5, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1878, and settled at
Redwood Falls in 1880; was register of deeds in Redwood county,
1881-96; and judge of probate after 1900. [32; 237 (56*).]
Evans, Joshua Thomas, b. near Cambria, Wis., Jan. 16, 1861; was
graduated at McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago, in 1888; the
same year settled in Minneapolis, as district superintendent for the
American Bible Society. [171*.]
Evans, Louis A., lawyer, b. near Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 2, 1822;
d. in St. Cloud, Minn., June 18, 1897. He came to St. Cloud in 1856;
was clerk of the district court twelve years, and was editor of the
St. Cloud Times several years; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1865, and a state senator in 1867. [18; 22*; 31; 41; 237 (9).]
Evans, Margaret J., educator, b. in Utica, N. Y,, Jan. 9, 1842; was
graduated at Lawrence College, Appleton, Wis., in 1869; became con-
nected with Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., in 1874, as principal
of the ladies' department and preceptress; later was dean of the
women's department until 1908; was president of the Minnesota Fed-
eration of Women's Clubs, 1895-9. [17; 128 (1); 171*; 237 (15).]
Evans, Owen J., physician, b. in Oneida county, N. Y., Feb. 5, 1840;
was graduated at Albany Medical College, 1862; was surgeon in the
40th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; settled in Minneapolis in 1865; was
a representative in the legislature two terms. [58; 84; 171.]
Evans, Robert Grenap, lawyer, b. in Troy, Ind., March 18, 1854; d.
in Minneapolis, Aug. 25, 1901. He was admitted to the bar in 1876;
came to Minnesota in 1884, settling in Minneapolis. He was appointed
U.'S. district attorney for Minnesota by President McKinley. [22*;
26*; 90*; 171*; 237 (14*).]
Evenson, Christof, b. in Norway, Jan. 1, 1823; came to the United
States in 1851, and to Minnesota in 1857; owned a farm in Houston;
was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Evenson, Even, farmer, b. in Norway in 1844; d. near Litchfield,
Minn., Jan. 27, 1911. He came to the United States in 1857; settled
in Meeker county, Minn., in 1860; served in the Second Minnesota
cavalry in the civil and Indian wars; resided at Greenleaf; was a
representative in the legislature, 1887-9. [30; 65*; 169, 237 (67).]
Evebdeix, Lyman B., lawyer, b. in Oneida county, N. Y., June 26,
1842; d. in Breckenridge, Minn., Sept. 11, 1904. He served in the
First Wisconsin Regt., 1861-3, and was afterward captain in the 35th
Regt.; was graduated at Ripon College, Wis., in 1868; engaged in
teaching and journalism; was admitted to the bar in 1876; settled in
Breckenridge, Minn., in 1879; was county attorney, 1881-2. [35; 121.]
Everett, Maiilon R., banker and lawyer, b. in Ohio in 1842; came
to Minnesota in 1867, settling at Waterville; was superintendent of
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schools in Le Sueur county nine years, and county attorney six years;
was a state senator, 1899-1905. [30.]
Evebett, Ritten House, farmer, b. in Champaign county, 111., Feb.
17, 1833; came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in Cleveland, Le Sueur
county; served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was
a representative in the legislature in 1869. [32; 166A.*]
Everett, William, miller, b. in Sussex county, N. J., July 6, 1829;
came to Minnesota in 1859, settling near Lake Shetek. His family
were all murdered or captured at the beginning of the Sioux outbreak,
1862, and he was badly wounded; removed to Waseca in 1867, and
was half owner of the Waseca City Roller Mill. [75*.]
Everhard, John Jacob, physician, b. in Doylestown, Ohio, Nov. 25,
1829; was graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1856; set-
tled in Mantorville, Minn., in 1860; removed to Kasson in 1874. [49.]
Everts, T. H., physician, b. in Indiana in 1835; studied medicine
at the Universities of Michigan and Iowa; came to Minnesota in 1856,
settling in Rushford; was a state senator in 1873. [30.]
Ev.iex, John Oluf, educator, b. in Calumet, Mich., Dec, 13, 1874;
was graduated at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1895; studied
theology, 1895-98; studied in Leipzig, Germany, 1898-1902; professor
of theology at the United Lutheran Church Theological Seminary in
St. Paul, 1903-05, and professor of theology in Augsburg Seminary,
Minneapolis, since 1909. [17; 148.]
Exner, Franz Frederick, b. in Silesia, Austria, March 23, 1868; was
graduated at Carleton College, Northfleld, Minn., 1895; taught in the
high school at Madelia, 1895-8; professor of chemistry in Carleton
College since 1903. [7A.]
Eyre, D. E. merchant, b. in England; came to the United States
with his parents when a child; settled in Hastings, Minn., in 1857;
was a representative in the legislature, 1872-4. [48.]
Eyrich, G. M., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany in 1850; came to
the United States in 18J1; was graduated at Concordia College, St.
Louis; was ordained in St. Paul in 1873; was pastor at Le Sueur after
1879. [32.]
Faber, George M., merchant, b. in Lebanon county, Pa., Dec. 14,
1827; came to Minnesota in 1867, and settled in Fergus Falls in 1870.
Lake Alice in that city is named for his daughter. [35.]
Faber, Nicholas, merchant, b. in Luxemburg, Germany, May 24, 1840;
came to the United States, and to Minnesota in 1852; served in the
Northern army in the civil war; opened a store in Champlin, Henne-
pin county, in 1866 ; was postmaster there eighteen years. [43; 60.]
Faber, Paul, b. in Germany in 1827; came to the United States;
settled in St. Paul in 1852; owned a grocery and a hotel; was a mem-
214 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
ber of the state constitutional convention, 1857; and a representative
in the legislature, 1869-70. [94.]
Fackler, Johannes, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Bavaria, Dec. 23,
1852; came to the United States in 1872; was graduated at Concordia
College, Springfield, 111., in 1876; was ordained a minister in Maple
Grove and Corcoran, Hennepin county, in 1876, where he has since
been pastor. [148.]
Faddis, W. A., educator, b. near Enon Valley, Pa., Feb. 12, 1827;
engaged in teaching in several states; came to Minnesota in 1865,
and two years later settled in St. Paul as principal of the St. Paul
Business College. [68; 97.]
Fahnestock, Edwakd George, b. in Gettysburg, Pa., Oct. 3, 1829; d.
in Minneapolis, Dec. 10, 1907. He was graduated at the College of
Pennsylvania, 1847, and in medicine, 1850; served in the civil war,
attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; resided in South Dakota
several years; settled in Minneapolis in 1894, and was assistant sec-
retary of the Retail Lumbermen's Insurance Association. [121; 167
(Dec. 13, 1907*).]
Fairbank, D. C, farmer, b. in Pennsylvania, July 4, 1829; came to
Minnesota in 1873; resided in Dodge Center; was a representative in
the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Fairbanks, John H., b. in Champlain, N. Y., in 1802; d. at White
Earth, Minn., April 22, 1880. He entered the employ of the American
Fur Company in 1818, and was engaged as an Indian trader for them,
chiefly in the region of Leech lake, for sixty years, until the business
of the company was closed. [237 (1); 238 (April 23, 1880).]
Fairbanks, Robert, b. at Sandy Lake, Minn., Sept. 21, 1825; d. in
April, 1901, at White Earth, Minn. He was educated at Fredonia, N.
Y.; settled at Crow Wing in 1851; removed to White Earth in 1868;
engaged in mercantile business. [44; 237 (14).]
Fairchild, Edward Eugisne, banker, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Jan.
16, 1840; served in the 126th New York Regt. in the civil war; set-
tled in Kasson, Minn., in 1871; with his brother organized the First
National Bank of Kasson in 1874, and has since been its cashier.
[24; 50*.]
Fairchild, Henry Shields, b. in Warren county, Ohio, Aug. 18, 1826;
came to St. Paul in 1857, where he has since engaged in real estate
business. He secured for the state the site of the new capitol and
the state fair ground. [24; 25; 68; 93A; 94; 111*; 166A*; 176 (April,
1886).]
Fairclouoh, George Herbert, organist, b. in Hamilton, Ont, Jan. 30,
1869; studied music in Berlin, Paris, and London; came to Minnesota
in 1900, settling in St. Paul; was conductor of the St. Paul Choral
Club. [17; 24; 25; 93A.]
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Fairfield, G. A., journalist, b. in Dayton, Mich., Oct. 9 ,1859; pur-
chased the News at Heron Lake, Minn., in 1894, and was afterward
its publisher. [39.]
Falk, Edward G., b. in Red Wing, Minn., July 22, 1859; settled in
Minneapolis in 1879, and engaged in harness business; was adjutant
in the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt. in the Philippine war, and attained
the rank of captain. [123.]
Falkenshield, A., physician, b, in Denmark in 1821; came to the
United States in 1853, and to St. Paul in 1856; practiced medicine, and
was a portrait painter and photographer; died in St. Paul, Oct. 29,
1896. [94.]
Faixey, Charles F., physician, b. in Granville, Ohio, April 4, 1815;
was admitted to the bar in 1836, and two years later was graduated
in medicine at Willoughby University, Ohio; settled in Breckenridge,
Minn., in 1879. [35.]
Falstrom, Jacob, b. in Stockholm, Sweden, July 25, 1793; d. in July,
1859. He came to America when fourteen years old; was an Indian
trader for the American Fur Company, and was at the site of Fort
Snelling ten years before the fort was built; settled at Lakeland,
Washington county, in 1840, and engaged in missionary work, being
the first Scandinavian to settle in Minnesota; removed to Valley
Creek in 1850. [40; 42; 63; 169; 169 A.]
Fancher, John K., b. in Mexico, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1840; came to Man-
torville, Minn., in 1863; taught music, and was editor of the Mantor-
ville Express; removed to Dodge Center in 1878, and was appointed
postmaster there the next year. [49.]
Fanning, Edward, b. in Wabasha county, Minn., Nov. 30, 1862; re-
sides in Stewartville ; was sergeant-at-arms of the legislature, 1897-
1903, and was a member of the House in 1905. [30*.]
Fanning, J. B., b. in Canada, Jan. 1, 1845; came to Minnesota with
his parents when five years old; owned a farm in Rosemount; was a
representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Fanning, John Thomas, civil engineer, b. in Norwich, Conn., Dec.
31, 1837; d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 6, 1911. He served in the Third Conn.
Regt. in .the civil war, and later was lieutenant colonel of militia;
settled in Minneapolis in 1886. He designed and constructed many of
the most important works in hydraulic and hydro-electric engineering
in Minnesota and other states, from New England to the Pacific coast.
[4*; 7A; 17; 23; 24; 25; 85A*; 237 (67).]
Farber, J. L., M. E. clergyman, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., Aug. 12,
1837; came to Minnesota in 1857; was graduated at Galesville, Wis.,
University; was pastor in Minnesota twenty-eight years; resided in
Hutchinson. [130*.]
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Faribault, Alexander, b. in Prairie du Chien, Wis., June, 1806; d.
in Faribault, Minn., Dec. 28, 1882. He came to Minnesota in 1821, and
was for a time United States agent at Fort Snelling; was the founder
of the city of Faribault, in which he built the first house; was a rep-
resentative in the territorial legislature in 1851. [23*; 70.]
Faribault, Jean Baptiste, pioneer, b. in Berthier, Quebec, in 1774;
d. in Faribault, Minn., Aug. 20, 1860. He was educated in the Ber-
thier village school, and became in 1796 agent in the Northwest for
the American Fur Company. During ten years he retained this posi-
tion, and then entered into business for himself at Mendota. His
influence with the Indian tribes west of the Mississippi, from the
Missouri to the Red river, was great. He endeavored to teach them
agriculture, and was the first white settler to cultivate the soil in
this state. He spent his last years in the town of Faribault, founded
by his son Alexander. A county of Minnesota is named in his honor.
[1; 4; 23*; 28, I, III; 32; 51*; 56; 85; 114; 237 (1); 238 (Aug. 26,
I860).]
Faribault, Mrs. Mary Elizabeth, a half-breed Indian, daughter of
Capt. Alex. Graham, an officer in the British army, b. July 15, 1805,
within the present limits of Minnesota; d. in Elizabethtown, Minn.,
April 8, 1875. She married Alexander Faribault in 1823, at Mendota,
and resided in that vicinity many years, and later at Faribault, Minn.
[237 (1).]
Faricy, Robert Joseph, farmer, b. in 1857 at Credit River, Scett
county, Minn., where he resided and engaged in farming; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1887-9. [30.]
Faries, Isaiah, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Clark county, Ind.,
April 22, 1822; d. in Minneapolis, March 23, 1898. He was graduated
at Miami University, 1846; studied theology at Oxford, Ohio; settled
in Minnesota in 1866; resided chiefly in Minneapolis. [153.]
Farley, F. L., b. in Black Hammer, Houston county, Minn., 1868,
and has since resided there (Spring Grove P. O.) ; a representative
in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Farley, Jesse P., b. in Tennessee in 1813; d. in Dubuque, Iowa, May
9, 1894. He was a leading merchant in Dubuque; organized a steam-
boat line running to St. Paul; came to Minnesota in 1873, as receiver
of the St. Paul and Pacific railroad; resided in St. Paul several years,
engaging in railway enterprises. [237 (9).]
Farmer, Benjamin Franklin, b. in Burke, Vt, July 14, 1831; d. in
Spring Valley, Minn., April 27, 1902. He settled in Spring Valley in
1857; was at first a blacksmith, but after 1873 engaged in banking,
and at the time of his death was cashier of the First National Bank
of Spring Valley. [52; 174*; 237 (19*).]
Farmer, James Duane, lawyer, b. in Madison, Ohio, July 3, 1839;
came to Minnesota in 1857; was admitted to the bar in 1859; then
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removed to Spring Valley, where lie practiced many years, and was
for several terms the county attorney of Fillmore county. [18; 52.]
Parmer, James Parker, merchant, b. in Redfield, N. Y., Nov. 24,
1838; served in the 59th N. Y. infantry and the First N. Y. veteran
cavalry in the civil wax; came to Minnesota in 1866; opened the
first store in Sherburne in 1879. [39.]
Farmer, John M., b. in Virginia in 1819; came to St. Paul in 1851,
and the next year purchased the townsite of Le Sueur; engaged in
grocery business in St. Paul until 1855; then settled in Le Sueur, and
engaged in steamboating; was postmaster after 1874. [32.]
Farmer, John Qcjincy, judge, b. in Burke, Vt, Aug. 5, 1823; d. on
a railway train, August, 1904. He was admitted to the bar in Ohio
in 1851; came to Minnesota in 1864, settling in Spring Valley; was a
representative in the legislature, 1866-8, being speaker of the House
the last two years; and was a state senator in 1871-2; was judge of
the Tenth judicial district, 1880-93. [18*; 22*; 26*; 30; 52; 237 (35*).]
Farmin, Mahlon, b. in Dodge county, Wis., June 20, 1840; came
with his parents to Houston, Minn., in 1857; served in the Second
Wisconsin cavalry in the civil war; settled in Caledonia; was register
of deeds for Houston county, 1881-84. [61.]
Farnham, Daniel R., pioneer, b. in South Bridgton, Maine, April 24,
1824; d. in Rockford, Minn., Sept. 19, 1903. He came to Minnesota in
1853, and three years later settled in Rockford; was postmaster there
sixteen years. [237 (32*).]
Farnham, Edwin H., lawyer, b. in Massachusetts, Dec. 7, 1839;
served in Ellsworth's Zouaves and in the 17th Mass. Regt. in the civil
war; settled in Delano, Minn., in 1868; was admitted to the bar in
1871; removed to Cokato in 1874. [31.]
Farnham, Rufus, pioneer, b. in Washington county, Maine, Feb. 2,
1822; came to St. Anthony in 1849; engaged in lumbering, and owned
a farm on the site of Minneapolis after 1853. [60*.]
Farnham, Silas E., journalist, b. in Anoka, Minn., March 15, 1855;
owner and publisher of the Lac qui Parle County Press, Madison,
Minn., since 1884. [238 (Nov. 30, 1893*).]
Farnham, Stephen Silas, merchant and lumberman, b. in 1824; d.
in Minneapolis, May 1, 1909. He came from Maine to Minnesota in
1848; was one of the first settlers at St. Anthony; owned a store in
Anoka after 1850; served in the 6th Iowa cavalry in the civil war.
[167 (May 7, 1909).]
Farnham, Sumner Wellington, lumberman, b. in Calais, Maine,
April 2, 1820; d. in Minneapolis, April 2, 1900. He came to Minne-
sota in 1848, and engaged in logging and lumber manufacturing;
opened the first bank at St. Anthony Falls in 1854; was a member of
the territorial legislature in 1852 and 1856. [28, IX*; 59; 84*; 167
(April 6, 1900*); 237 (11*).]
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Farnsworth, Ezra, b. in Boston, Mass., Jan. 3, 1843; served in the
26th Mass. Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; came
to Minnesota in 1879; engaged in farming at Hancock three years;
settled in Minneapolis in 1882, and engaged in real estate and loaning
business. [25; 84*; 87.]
Faenswobth, Sumner Amasa, educator, b. in Bristol, Wis., Nov. 26,
1852; came to Minnesota in 1877; was principal of the Cleveland
High School in St. Paul, 1886-1907; later engaged in real estate busi-
ness; was elected city treasurer, 1910. [24; 26*; 93A; 111*; 237
.(42*).]
Farnum, Edwin James, b. in Meriden, N. H., Dec. 10, 1836; d. in
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 27, 1909. He served in the Quartermaster's
Department in the civil war, and soon after the war resumed service
in this department, having the rank of captain, and residing in Chi-
cago, Fort Benton, and after 1879 in St. Paul. [121.]
Farrar, Andrew P., b. in Meredith, N. H., in 1827; settled in Brain-
erd, Minn., in 1877, where he was superintendent of the railroad ma-
chine shops. [31.]
Fabbar, Habby Cassius, b. in Winona county, Minn., May 3, 1861;
was graduated at the State Normal School of Winona in 1888; en-
gaged in teaching, and was county superintendent of schools, 1893-5.
[77.]
Farrell, Jebemiah, b. in Ireland in 1825; d. in Franklin, Minn., Jan.
22, 1902. He came to the United States in 1851; settled in Mankato,
Minn., in 1869; removed in 1871 to a farm in Bandon, Renville county,
being the first settler there, and giving the township its name. [237
(19).]
Farbington, Eugene, farmer, b. in Schuyler, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1836; d.
in Preston, Minn., July 17, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1858, set-
tling in Fillmore; served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt, 1864-5;
was a representative in the legislature in 1875 and 1879. [30; 52;
237 (43*).]
Fabeington, George, banker, b. in Ireland in 1826; settled in St.
Paul in 1851; was a representative in the territorial legislature, 1852-3;
removed to Madison, Wis. [94.]
Fabeington, John, b. in County Galway, Ireland, in 1827; d. in New
York, Dec. 8, 1905. He came with his parents to the United States
wh«n seven years of age, and settled in St. Paul in 1850; engaged in
the fur trade, and in later years was interested in banking and real
estate. [23*; 28, XII; 94; 237 (39*).]
Farrington, Phii^nder P., farmer, b. in Andover, Maine; was the
first settler in Greenbush, Mille Lacs county, Minn., coming there in
1856; served in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers, 1862-5. [31.]
Farrington, Ray G., lawyer, b. in McGregor, Iowa, April 30, 1872;
was admitted to the bar in 1896, and the same year settled in Orton-
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219
ville, Minn.; was attorney of Big Stone county, 1899-1903, and a state
senator, 1907-09. [24; 25; 30*.]
Farrington, Robert I., b. in Providence, R. I., Sept. 5, 1861; engaged
in railroad business after 1882, being connected with the Northern
Pacific and Great Northern railways; became a vice president of the
Great Northern in 1902; resides in St. Paul. [17; 24.]
Farwell, Henry B., lawyer, b. in Ridott, 111., Oct. 1, 1845; d. in St.
Paul, April 20, 1903. He studied law at the University of Michigan;
settled in St Paul in 1883. [93; 93A; 237 (28*).]
Faude, John J., Episcopal clergyman, b. in Tuttlinger, Germany,
Aug. 29, 1852; d. in Minneapolis, April 2, 1901. He came with his
parents to the United States in 1858; was graduated at Racine Col-
lege and later at the divinity school at Nashotah, Wis.; became rector
of Gethsemane parish, Minneapolis, in 1890. [237 (14*).]
Faulkner, Charles Edward, b. in Earlville, N. Y., July 12, 1844;
served in Pennsylvania regiments in the civil war; resided in Kan-
sas; came to Minneapolis in 1897, where he has since been superin-
tendent of the Washburn Memorial Orphans' Home. [85A*.]
Fay, Marcus L., b." in Woodstock, Canada ,in 1848; came to Minne-
sota in 1894, settling in Virginia; discovered many iron mines, and
is president and treasurer of the Tisora Mining Company. Since 1907
he has resided in Duluth. [31A.]
Fayram, Frederick, journalist, b. in Rotherham, England, April 3,
1852; came to Canada w,ith his parents in 1861; was engaged with
the Free Press, Detroit, Mich., 1875-94; came to Minnesota in 1895,
settling in Minneapolis, and was treasurer and general manager in
publication of "The Housekeeper," 1895-1910. [24; 85A*.]
Featherstonhaugii, George William, b. in London, England, 1780;
d. in Havre, France, Sept. 28, 1866. He traveled in 1835 from Green
Bay to Fort Snelling, the Minnesota river valley, and the Coteau des
Prairies; and in 1847 he published in London an account of this jour-
ney in two volumes, entitled "A Canoe Voyage up the Minnay Sotor."
[1; 114.]
Feeney, M. J., farmer, b. in Vermont in 1861; came to Minnesota
in 1863, settling in Le Sueur county; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Feeser, Louis, Sr., b. in Germany, May 3, 1827; d. in St. Paul, March
21, 1903. He came to the United States before the civil war; settled
in St. Paul in 1871; was the first court reporter of Ramsey county.
[237 (28).]
Feig, Henry, farmer, b. in Minneapolis, July 21, 1861; resides at
Atwater; was a representative in the legislature in 1891 and 1895-7.
[30; 63.]
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Felch, Charles J., b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1818; d.
Nov. 1, 1893. He came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in Mower county,
of which' lie was the first probate judge; was a representative in the
legislature, 1866:7. [65A.]
Felland, Ole Gunderson, educator, b. in Koshkonong, Wis., Oct. 10,
1853; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1874, and at
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1879; was pastor in Rochester and
Kasson, Minn., two years, and after 1881 was professor in St. Olaf
College, Northfield. [133 (Dec, 1908); 148; 169.]
Feller, William H., b. in Milan, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1821; d. in Welcome,
Martin county, Minn., Jan. 18, 1902. He served in a Wisconsin regi-
ment in the civil war; settled on a farm at Elgin, Minn., in 1866;
was president of the State Agricultural Society in 1869; was appointed
receiver of the U. S. land office in Duluth in 1869, and was register of
the same office, 1873-7; was a representative in the legislature in
1878; resided in Martin county after 1900. [30; 74; 166A*; 237 (19).]
Fellows, Moses Gilbert, journalist, b. in Orange county, Vt, Dec.
27, 1825; was graduated at Madison University, N. Y., in 1856; en-
gaged in newspaper publication in various places; came to Minne-
sota in 1873; was proprietor and editor of the Lanesboro Journal after
1882. [52; 124.]
Felton, William, b. in Pennsylvania, June 15, 1802; came to Hast-
ings, Minn., in 1852; kept a hotel, and established the first ferry there
across the Mississippi; removed to a farm in Nininger, Dakota county,
in 1856. [32; 48.]
Felton, William, merchant, b. in Ohio in 18 3 £L; served in the 90th
Ohio Regt in the civil war, attaining the rank of major; came to
Minnesota in 1871; settled in Breckenridge; was treasurer of Wilkin
county; was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Fender, W. J., b. in Kingston, Ontario,. Sept. 14, 1839; settled in
Minneapolis in 1867; invented in 1874 the Standard Purifiers, used in
the process of manufacturing flour. [58.]
Fenholt, William, pioneer, b. in Saxony, Germany, May 12, 1835; d.
in Albert Lea, Minn., Aug. 16, 1904, He came to the United States
in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1858; served in the Fourth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; owned a hotel at Albert Lea. [237 (35).]
Fenton, Erasmus D., b. in Ellicott, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1820; d. in Austin,
Minn., Oct. 29, 1900. He settled in Austin in 1857; engaged in the
boot and shoe trade, and later in livery business. [237 (11).]
Fenton, Peter, b. in Ohio, March 23, 1830; settled in Olmsted county,
Minn., in 1861; was a representative in the legislature in 1872. [53.]
Fenton, William, died in St. Paul, Oct., 1903. He settled there in
1858; surveyed and platted West St. Paul; in later years devoted
himself to street preaching. [237 (28*).]
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Fergus, James, b. in Scotland, Oct. 13, 1813; d. near Lewiston, Mont.,
June 25, 1902. He came to America when nineteen years of age;
founded the town of Little Falls, Minn., in 1853, and built a bridge
across the Mississippi there; in 1856 was one of the founders of Fer-
gus Falls, the town being named in his honor; removed in 1862 to
Montana, and was a prominent pioneer of that territory and state,
where a county is named for him. [41; 237 (1.9*).]
Ferguson, James, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1864; entered the
service of the St. Paul fire department in 1886, and became one of
its captains in 1893. [96*.]
Ferguson, Sam T., manufacturer, b. in Dixmont, Maine, Dec. 29,
1835; came to Minnesota in 1856, and settled at Minneapolis; was
manager of the Monitor Plow Works, and invented and patented sev-
eral improvements in plows; after 1882 engaged in lumber and found-
dry business. [20*; 24; 84*.]
Ferguson, T. M., farmer, b. in La Salle county, 111., in 1847; came
to Minnesota in 1890; resides in Barker, Carlton county; a represent-
ative in the state legislature in 1909-11. [30*.]
Fernstrom, H., civil engineer, b. in Glanshammar, Sweden, Jan. 26,
1857; came to the United States in 1880, and the next year settled
in Minneapolis; became chief engineer of the Chicago Great Western
railway in 1885. [169.]
Ferris, Allen Frank, banker, b. in Perrysburg, N. Y., July 22, 1865;
d. in Brainerd, Minn., Sept. 7, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1872,
settling in Brainerd, where he was president of the First National
Bank; was a representative in the legislature in 1895-1901, and a state
senator, 1903. [22*; 23; 26*; 27*; 30; 111*; 237 (28*).]
Ferris, Edwin L., M. E. clergyman, b. in Osage, Iowa, Jan. 10, 1864;
d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 12, 1897. He settled in Minnesota in 1890; was
pastor at several places, including Moorhead, St. Paul, and Minne-
apolis. [151*.]
Ferris, William, b. in New York; settled in Brainerd, Minn., in
1872; was express agent until 1880, when he established the Bank of
Brainerd. [31.]
Fetzner, Charles, b. in Germany, April 24, 1852; came to the "United
States with his parents in 1853 and to Minnesota in 1861; settled in
Brownsville in 1871; was a representative in the legislature in 1878.
[30.]
Ficker, Peter, b. in Germany, Feb. 17, 1842; came to the United
States, settling in Minnesota; was a representative in the legislature,
1873-5; was one of the proprietors of a brewery in Hastings after
1874. [30; 48.]
Fiddes, Alexander, merchant, b. in Campsie, Stirlingshire, Scotland,
March 15, 1840; came to the United States in 1869, settled in Jack-
222 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
son, Minn., and engaged in the hardware business. In 1877 and 1884
he was a representative in the legislature. He has been postmaster
of Jackson three terms, amounting to twenty years. [27*; 30; 34;
39*; 62*.]
Field, Thaddeus Crane, merchant, b. in Somers, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1836;
d. in St. Paul, Feb. 10, 1906. He settled in St. Paul in 1856; engaged
in an extensive dry goods business. [94; 95*; 237 (39*).]
Field, Thomas R., merchant, b. in Providence, R. I., Sept. 29, 1848;
came to Houston, Minn., in 1868; engaged in mercantile business there
after 1874. [61.]
Fillmore, Charles, half-brother of President Fillmore, b. in New
York about 1820; d. in St. Paul in 1854. He settled there in 1852.
[94.]
Finch, George R», merchant, b. in Delaware, Ohio, Sept. 24, 1839;
d. in St. Paul, June 1, 1910. He settled in St. Paul in 1863, and en-
gaged in wholesale dry goods business. [24; 95*; 98*; 100; 166A*;
237 (59*).]
Finch, Horace A., b. in Turin, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1842; served in the
16th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Berlin township,
Steele county, Minn.; was a representative in the legislature in 1883.
[72.]
Finch, Jeremiah Englis, physician, b. in Woodstock, Canada, Nov.
22, 1829; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Hastings; was sur-
geon of the Seventh Minnesota Regt, 1862-3. [18; 48; 115.]
Findley, Samuel J., pioneer, b. in Prairie du Chien, Wis.; came to
Fort Snelling at an early date; was bookkeeper for Franklin Steele
several years; was a representative in the territorial legislature. He
died in 1854. [59; 60*.]
Findley, Thomas Maskell, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in West
Mahoning, Pa., Sept. 29, 1847; was graduated at Monmouth College,
1874, and at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1879; was pastor in St.
Paul, 1885-7, and the next ten years in Duluth; since 1898 pastor at
large for the St. Cloud Presbytery; resides in Spicer, Minn. [17; 24.]
Finehout, John William, judge, b. in St. Paul, Aug. 2, 1873; was
graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1897; * practiced law
in St Paul; and since 1902 has been one of the municipal judges. In
the Spanish-American war, 1898-9, he was captain in the Fifteenth
Minnesota Regt [24; 25; 100*.]
Finhart, Ole O., farmer, b. in Norway in 1824; came to the United
States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1854; settled in Grand Meadow;
was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Finke, William F., educator, b. in St. Croix county, Wis., Jan. 8,
1859; was graduated at the German-English College, Galena, 111., in
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1880; became a Methodist clergyman; was a professor in St. Paul's
College, St. Paul Park, Minn., after 1889, and its president after 1900. [17.]
Finney, Jerry M., farmer, b. in Washington county, Wis., Nov. 8,
1850; came to Minnesota in 1879; resided at Clinton; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1895-7 [30; 38.]
Finney, Jonathan, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Ohio in 1828; was
graduated at Washington College, Pa., in 1852; entered the ministry in
1856; served in the 162d Ohio Regt. in the civil war; settled in Min-
nesota in 1865 on a farm near Red Wing; was a representative in
the legislature in 1872 and 1877. [30.]
Finseth, Anders K., farmer, b. in Norway in 1836; came to the
United States in 1853, and to Minnesota two years later; settled at
Kenyon, Goodhue county; was a state senator, 1875-8 and 1887-9. [30;
98; 169.]
Fischer, Richard, lumberman, b. in Baden, Germany, Jan. 29, 1821;
came to the United States in 1851; settled in New Ulm, Minn., in 1857;
served as second lieutenant in the First Minnesota battery one year
in the civil war; was register of deeds of Brown county, 1862-4. [32.]
Fish, Daniel, lawyer ,b. at Cherry Valley, 111., Jan. 31, 1848; served
in the 45th Illinois Regt, 1864-5; was admitted to the bar in 1871;
came the same year to Minnesota, settling at Delano; removed to
Minneapolis in 1880. He revised and codified the general laws of Min-
nesota, this condensed code being adopted by the state legislature in
1905; compiler of "Lincoln Bibliography; a List of Books and Pam-
phlets relating to Abraham Lincoln," 380 pages, 1906. [17; 22*; 24;
25; 137.]
Fish, Everett W., physician and journalist, b. in Livingston county,
N. Y., Dec. 2, 1845; was gradauted at Union Seminary in 1863; engaged
in newspaper work, and later was professor of chemistry in Pulte
Medical College, Cincinnati; settled in Glenwood, Minn., in 1886, and
established the Central Minnesotian. [35; 67.]
Fisher, Frank I., M. E. clergyman, b. in Gardner, Mass., Nov. 21,
1857; d. in Woonsocket, Dakota, Dec. 7, 1888. He was graduated at
Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis.; settled in Minnesota; was pas-
tor in Herman, Minneapolis, and St. Paul. [150.]
Fisher, Jacob, pioneer, b. near Hamilton, Canada, Nov. 30, 1813;
came to the St. Croix valley in 1842; built the first house in Stillwater
for Paul Carli, 1843, and the same year commenced to build the first
sawmill there; owned a claim on the site of Stillwater; served in the
army during the civil war. [40; 41.]
Fisher, Jacob, banker, b. in Hightstown, N. J., April 25, 1848; came
to Minnesota in 1867, and the next year settled at Long Prairie, Todd
county; engaged in mercantile business, and in 1888 established a bank.
[35.]
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Fisher, John, b. in Ontario, Canada, Feb. 26, 1825; d. in New Rich-
mond, Wis., July 24, 1901. He settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1847, and
conducted a warehouse; was the second mayor of that city; removed
to Houlton, Wis., in 1887. [237 (14).]
Fisher, Louis E., journalist, b. in Wrentham, Mass., July 19, 1821;
d. in St. Paul, March 6, 1888. He came to Minnesota in 1854, and as-
sisted in publishing the Daily Pioneer, owned by Earle S. Goodrich,
which was the first daily published in Minnesota. [28, X; 29*; 94;
237 (2); 238 (March 18, 1888*).]
Fisher, William A., b. in Belleville, 111., July 7, 1846; d. in Minne-
apolis, March 21, 1911. He came to Minnesota in I860, settling in
Hennepin county; served in the First Minnesota Regt., 1864-5; re-
moved to Minneapolis, 1874; was proprietor of the Hotel Waverly,
1889-1910; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*; 237 (59*).]
Fisher, William H., b. in Hunterdon county, N. J., Dec. 24, 1844;
engaged in railroad business after 1864; settled in St. Paul in 1873;
was president and manager of the St. Paul and Duluth Railroad Co.,
1883-99; vice president and general manager of the Duluth and Win-
nipeg Railroad Co., 1888-93. [25; 41*; 93*.]
Fisk, James L., b. in New York in 1835; d. at the Soldiers' Home,
Minnehaha, Nov. 2, 1902. He settled in Minnesota about 1850; served
in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of
captain; resided at the Soldiers' Home after 1897. [237 (28).]
Fisk, Wilbur, Congregational clergyman, b. in Sharon, Vt., June 7,
1839; served in the Second Vermont Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Freeborn county, Minn., in 1875; was ordained in 1876; was pastor at
Freeborn. [53; 237 (38*).]
Fisk, Woodbury, miller, b. in Warner, N. H., Jan. 15, 1826; d. in
Minneapolis, Jan. 18, 1889. He settled in Minneapolis in 1856; en-
gaged at first in hardware business, but later was member of a prom-
inent milling firm, and was also interested in banking and railway
enterprises. [168 (Jan. 25, 1889); 238 (Jan. 19, 1889).]
Fitch, Alfred Hooker, b. in Ellsworth, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1835; d. in Min-
neapolis, Minn., Dec. 6, 1906. He was graduated at Plattsville Acad-
emy in 1857; served in the 33d Wisconsin regiment in the civil war,
attaining the rank of major; settled in Anoka, Minn., in 1876; was
mayor of Anoka, and for eight years was clerk of the district court.
[121.]
Fitch, Andrew P., lawyer, b. in Ypsilanti, Mich., Nov. 11, 1839; d.
in Salinas, Cal., Aug. 31, 1911. He served in the Eleventh Iowa Regt.
in the civil war; was admitted to the bar in 1866; settled in Glencoe,
Minn,, in 1868; was attorney of McLeod county several terms, and a
representative in the legislature in 1876; removed to Olympia, Wash.,
in 1890, and to Salinas Cal., in 1899. [64; 237 (67).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 225
Fitchette, John, b. in Richmond, Va., in 1849; d. in Minneapolis,
Dec. 13, 1902. He entered the Union army when fifteen years old, and
served until the close of the war; settled in Minneapolis about 1886,
and engaged in restaurant business; was captain of police in 1902
under the administration of Mayor Ames, and was prominent in the
municipal scandals preceding the mayor's resignation. [237 (28*).]
Fitzgerald, R. J., surgeon, b. in Nicaragua, C. A., Sept., 13, 1860; was
graduated at Claverack College, 1879, and Albany Medical College,
1882; settled in Minnesota in 1882; served as surgeon and major in
the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt, in the Philippine war. [123.]
Fitzpatrick, Matthew, farmer, b. in Stewartville, Minn., in 1873;
was a representative in the legislature in 1909; owns a farm, and sells
grain and farm machinery in Stewartville. [30*.]
Fitzpatrick, Patrick, lawyer, b. in Galena, 111., March 17, 1851; d.
at Wauwatosa, Wis., Sept. 1, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1861;
was educated at the State Normal School, Winona, and at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota; was admitted to the bar in 1881, and settled
at Winona; was county attorney ten years; was a state senator, 1899-
1908. [24; 25; 30; 77; 237 (51).]
Fitzpatrick, Thomas, building contractor, b. in Dublin, Ireland, Jan.
13, 1833; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 30, 1907. He came with his parents to
the United States when six years old; settled in St. Paul in 1857.
[24; 25; 93*.]
Fjelde, Jacob He.nrik Gerhard, sculptor, b. in Aalesund, Norway,
April 10, 1855; d. in Minneapolis, May 5, 1896. He came to the United
States in 1887, settling in Minneapolis, where he sculptured many
busts of distingushed Minnesota citizens, the group of "Hiawatha and
Minnehaha," the monument to Ole Bull, and other works. [22*; 169.]
Fjeldstad, H. O., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Fillmore county, Minn
in 1863; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1888
studied theology one year in Norway, and later at Northfield, Minn,
was graduated at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1891; was pas-
tor at Granite Falls after 1894. [38.]
Fjelstad, R. K., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Nissedal, Norway, Sept.
1, 1849; came to the United States in 1861; engaged in farming; was
graduated at Luther Theological Seminary, Madison, Wis., and was
ordained to the ministry in 1884; was pastor at Norway Lake, Minn.,
after 1886. [169.]
Fjesetii, Lars I., b. in Norway, Sept. 17, 1844; came to the United
States in 1867; settled on a farm in Lincoln county, Minn.; was
county treasurer, 1889-95, residing at Lake Benton. [34.]
Fladager, Mons, merchant, b. in Norway, May 7, 1829; came to the
United States in 1858; two years later opened the first store in Spring
Grove, Houston county, Minn. [61.]
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Fladeland, T., merchant, b. in Norway, Oct. 18, 1831; came with
his parents to the United States in 1843; settled in Sauk Center, Minn.,
in 1866; opened a general store there in 1871. [31.]
Flagstad, Olaf J., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Hemnas, Norway, Dec.
13, 1873; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary, College Department,
Minneapolis, 1896, and began study of theology the same year; was
pastor in Rochester, Minn., 1899-1903, and in St. Paul after 1904.
[148.]
Flaherty, Stephen A., judge, b. in Sheboygan, Wis., April 11, 1855;
settled in Morris, Minn., in 1881; was admitted to the bar the next
year; was county attorney of Stevens county, 1887-95; judge of the
Sixteenth judicial district since 1901. [24; 30; 72.]
Flandrau, Charles Eugene, jurist, b. in New York city, July 15,
1828; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 9, 1903. He was admitted to the bar in
1851; came to St. Paul in 1853, and opened a law office in partnership
with Horace R. Bigelow; was one of the first settlers of St. Peter,
1854; was a member of the state constitutional convention, 1857; was
associate justice of the supreme court of Minnesota, 1857-64; resided
in Minneapolis, 1867-70, then returned to St. Paul; author of "The His-
tory of Minnesota and Tales of the Frontier" (408 pages, 1900), and
many papers in the Minnesota Historical Society Collections. During
the Sioux outbreak, in August, 1862, Judge Flandrau commanded the
Volunteer forces in their defense of New Ulm against the attacks of the
Sioux, and on account of his important services received from Gov.
Ramsey the commission of colonel. [17; 18; 20*; 21; 22; 23*; 28, X*;
32; 41; 68, 93* 94; 95*; 98*; 114*; 136; 137*; 168 (March, 1892)*; 237
(7*, 28*).]
Flandrau, Charles Macomb, author, b. in St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 9,
1871; was graduated at Harvard University, 1895; author of novels,
chiefly of college life; resides in St. Paul. [17; 24.]
Flannery, George Perry, lawyer, b. in Marquette county, Wis., Feb.
12, 1852; came to Minnesota with his parents when two years of age;
was educated at Faribault, and was admitted to the bar in 1873; prac-
ticed several years in Dakota, and in 1887 settled in Minneapolis.
[22*; 24; 25; 90.]
Flannigan, Charles L., physician, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 18,
1848; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1860; was graduated
from the medical department of the State University of New York,
1871; settled in Waverly, Wright county, in 1878, where he practiced
medicine and owned a drug store. [31.]
Flather, John Joseph, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., June 9, 1862; was
graduated at Yale University, 1885; was instructor in mechanical
engineering at Purdue University, 1891-S; professor of the same de-
partment in the University of Minnesota since 1898; author of several
books on mechanics. [7A; 17; 24; 127 (13*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 227
Flathers, John W., farmer, b. in Hendricks county, Ind., in 1845;
came to Minnesota in 1856; resided at Pleasant Grove, Olmsted coun-
ty; was a representative in the legislature, 1887-9. [30.]
Fleer, Herman, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Westfalen, Germany, May
20, 1852; came to the United States while an infant; was graduated at
the theological seminary at Marthasville, Mo., in 1878; became pastor
of St. John's church, Minneapolis, the same year. [58.]
Fleming, James, R. C. priest, b. in County Kilkenny, Ireland, Dec.
25, 1847; d. in Shieldsville, Minn., Feb. 27, 1909. He was ordained in
1872; came to Minnesota in 1879; was pastor in several towns, being
in St. Paul, 1887-94, and in Shieldsville after 1900. [146.]
Fleming, R. L., b. in Crawford county, Pa., Jan. 17, 1830; settled on
a farm in Fountain, Fillmore county, Minn., in 1856; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1874-5. [52.]
Fleming, William A., lawyer, b. in Dickinson Center, N. Y., Dec.
27, 1848; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Brainerd; was super-
intendent of schools for Crow Wing county five years, and later was
city attorney and county attorney; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1889 and 1893. [22*; 24; 30,]
Fletcher, George Henry, lawyer, b. in Mankato, Minn., Feb. 18,
1860; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1881; studied law,
and was admitted to the bar in Minneapolis in 1883; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1893. [22*; 30; 90*.]
Fletcher, Henry Erskine, miller, b. in Lyndon, Vt., July 31, 1843;
settled in Minneapolis in 1879, and has been interested in many mill-
ing, lumbering, and railroad and elevator enterprises in that city, and
also in stock raising in Montana. [20*; 24; 25; 84*; «5A*; 90*.]
Fletcher, Jonathan Emerson, b. in Thetford, Vt., in 1806; d. on his
farm in Muscatine, Iowa, April 6, 1872. He came to Minnesota in
1846 as Indian agent of the Winnebagoes, and held that position eleven
years, settling with the tribe in three different locations in the ter-
ritory. [237 (1).]
Fletcher, Lafayette G. M., b. in Stockholm, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1830;
d. in Mankato, Minn., Jan. 21, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1854,
and settled on a homestead in Blue Earth county, adjoining the pres-
ent city of Mankato; was a state senator in 1883-5; engaged in real
estate business and banking. [23; 24; 25; 32; 46*; 83*; 237 (62*).]
Fletcher, Loren, congressman, b. in Mount Vernon, Maine, April
10, 1833; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Minneapolis, and
engaged in mercantile business and later in flour milling and lumber-
ing; was a representative in the legislature, 1873-83, being speaker of
the House in 1881-3; and represented his district in Congress, 1893-1903
and 1905-7. [17; 20*; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 30; 84; 90*; 168 (Jan.
12, 1883); 174*.]
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Fletcheb, William, soldier, b. in New York; attained the rank of
captain in 1866; was commandant at Fort Snelling in 1870; retired
from the army in 1887. [11; 12.]
Fliesburg, Oscar Alfred, physician, b. in Smaland, Sweden, April 5,
1851; came to the United States in 1874; was graduated at the College
of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, in 1885; settled in St. Paul, and
later practiced his profession at North Branch and Minneapolis; the
author of a volume of Swedish poems, entitled "Wild Roses and This-
tles," and of other poems and essays. [38; 169.]
Flint, Samuel M., judge, b. in Braintree, Vt., Aug. 4, 1818; d. in
St. Paul, Oct 6, 1881. He was admitted to the bar in his native town;
settled in St. Paul in 1854; was both city and county attorney, and
also judge of the municipal court. [237 (1).]
Floathe, Charles Magnus, b. in Norway, July 28, 1838; came to the
United States in 1882; and the next year settled at Two Harbors,
Minn.; was secretary and treasurer for the Scandinavian Co-operative
Mercantile Co. ; was register of deeds for Lake county twenty years,
18894908. [106*; 169.]
Flom, A. A., farmer, b. in Norway, March 25, 1838; came to the
United States in 1858, settling in Goodhue county, Minn.; served in
the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; resided on a farm in Leon
township after 1868; was a representative in the legislature in 1873.
[30; 54.]
Flournoy, Richard Thomas, b. in Virginia, Jan. 2, 1842; d. in St.
Paul, Nov. 22, 1899. During the civil war he served in the Confed-
erate army, attaining the rank of colonel. He settled in St. Paul in
1879, and was lumber freight agent for railroads. [156; 167 (Nov.
24, 1899*).]
Flower, Marcus T. C, b. in Springfield, Mass., Oct. 3, 1814; d. in
St. Paul, Jan. 4, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1856; settled on a
farm near Owatonna; resided in Mankato, 1860-73; then removed to
St Paul; engaged in hotel business. [83*; 237 (28*).]
Flower, Mark Deloss, b. at Chagrin Falls, Ohio, March 31, 1842;. d.
in St. Paul, Feb. 3, 1907. He came to Minnesota with his parents in
1855; served throughout the civil war in Illinois regiments, being
appointed in 1863 to the rank of adjutant general. After the war he
resided in St. Paul; was adjutant general of Minnesota, 1870-76, and
held other political positions and had large financial interests. He
owned a steamboat and several barges until 1877. He was deputy
collector of customs for the port of St. Paul several years, and after-
ward was president and manager of the St. Paul Union Stock yards;
was a representative in the state legislature in 1905; and the same
year was appointed postmaster of St. Paul, and held this position till
his death. [23*; 25; 27*; 30*; ()S; 93A; 94; 237 (43*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 229
Fly nx, Arthur J., merchant, b. in Waterford, Ireland, July 27, 1845;
came to the United States with his grandparents in 1850, and to Min-
nesota in 1856; served in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers in
the civil war; opened a hardware store in Caledonia in 1874. [61.]
Fly xx, Birxey, b. in Canada, July 25, 1831; settled in Redwood
Falls, Minn., in 1864; engaged in real estate business; was clerk of the
district court, 1865-9. [32.]
Flyxx, Daxikl, b. in Elgin, 111., May 18, 1843; came with his par-
ents to Meeker county, Minn., in 1856; settled in Litchfield in 1873,
engaged in lumber business, dealt in farm machinery, and owned a
grain elevator. [65.]
Flyxx, J. C, farmer and lumberman, b. in Roxbury, Mass., in 1844;
served in the Independent Battalion of Minnesota Cavalry in the civil
war; settled in Little Falls, Minn., in 1878; was a representative in
the legislature, 1887-9. [30; 176 (Nov., 1892).]
Flyxx, Michael J., merchant, b. in Kane county, 111., Aug. 15, 1840;
came to Meeker county, Minn., in 1856; served in the Second Minne-
sota cavalry, 1863-5; settled in Litchfield in 1870; engaged in mer-
cantile business, and dealt in lumber and grain; was a representative
in the legislature in 1885. [65*.]
Flyxx, Thomas, pioneer farmer, b. in Mayo, Ireland, in 1828; came
to America in 1831; was the first settler on the site of Rush City,
Chisago county, Minn., 1857. [41.]
Flyxx, William D., physician, b. in Ireland in 1842; d. at Redwood
Falls, Minn., Nov. 22, 1897. He came with his parents to the United
States; served in the 23d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was grad-
uated at Rush Medical college, Chicago, in 1868; came to Minnesota
the same year, and in 1870 settled in Redwood Falls. [237 (9); 238
(Nov. 24, 1897*).]
Fobes, Frank B., b. in St. Lawrence, N. Y., in 1839; d. in Albert Lea,
Minn., April 12, 1902. He settled in Albert Lea in 1861;- served in
the Fourth Minnesota and other regiments in the civil war, becoming
first lieutenant; engaged in the hardware business, and later estab-
lished a telephone exchange; was county treasurer six years. [237
(19).]
Fobes, O. B., merchant, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., July 30,
1832; came to Minnesota in 1861; served in the Fourth Wisconsin
Regt, 1863-5; settled in Albert Lea in 1871. [53.]
Foell, Jacob, b. in 1862 in Minneapolis, where he still lives; is pro-
prietor of the People's Sanitary Company; was a representative in
the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Foland, Walter Alphonso, lawyer, editor, b. in Dayton, Ohio, March
12, 1846; was graduated at the Indiana State University, 1870, and
from its law department in 1873; came to Minnesota the next year,
230 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
and settled in Benson in 1876; editor and publisher of the Benson Times
since 1885. [25; 32.]
Foley, James G., b. in Washington county, Maine, March 15, 1843;
came with his parents to Stillwater, Minn., in 1854; engaged in lum-
bering; served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was
auditor of Washington county, 1881-84. [40.]
Foley, Thomas, wholesale grocer and railroad contractor, b. in
Lanark county, Ontario, in 1841; d. in St. Paul, Feh. 28, 3HW7.. »e
came to the United States in 1879, and to Minnesota the same year,
settling in St. Paul; was interested in lumbering and other lines of
business at St. Cloud, Foley, Milaca, and elsewhere. [237 (43).]
Foley, Timothy, b. in Lanark county, Ont, Canada, Aug. 15, 1839;
came to Minnesota in 1879; engaged in railroad contracting, lumber
business, and flour milling; resided in St. Cloud, and later in St. Paul.
[24; 95*.]
Follett, Denis, b. in England, March 3, 1840; came to the United
States in 1856, settling in Hastings, Minn.; was assistant cashier, and
later vice president, of the First National Bank there. [25; 48; 56*.]
Follett, Lewis S., banker, b. in England in 1825; d. in 1903. He
came to the United States in 1847, and to Hastings, Minn., in 1856.
Three years later he organized a bank which became the First Na-
tional Bank of Hastings; was at first its cashier, and afterward its
president. [56.]
Follingstad, Ole, farmer and banker, b. in Norway, Aug. 15, 1834;
came to the United States in 1861, settling as a farmer in Wanamingo,
Minn.; was president of the Farmers' State Bank of Wanamingo. [56.]
Follman, Peter, physician, b. in Germany in 1829; came to the
United States in 1861, and to Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1869; re-
sided in Mankato, where he practiced medicine and owned a drug
store. [32; 83*.]
Folsom, Edwin Augustus, merchant and lumberman, b. in Exeter,
N. H., June 30, 1833; d. in Stillwater, Minn., July 29, 1906. He came
to Stillwater in 1856; served as captain and major in the Eighth
Minnesota Regt., 1862-5, at first against the hostile Sioux and after-
ward in the South, and before the close of the war was brevetted
colonel. He was treasurer of Washington county six years. [18; 40;
41; 42*.]
Folsom, George B., pioneer, b. in St. Johns, N. B., April 9, 1815;
came to Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1853; was the first settler in Rush-
seba, 1855; was receiver of the U. S. land office, Taylor's Falls, 1875-85.
[41.]
Folsom, Levi Woodbury, lawyer, b. in Tamworth, N. H., in 1821;
was graduated at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., in 1847; was
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admitted to the bar in 1850; settled at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1854;
practiced law and dealt in real estate. [40; 41; 42; 200.]
Folsom, Simeon Pearl, pioneer surveyor and lawyer, b. at Ascot,
P. Q., Canada, Dec. 27, 1819; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 31, 1907. He came
to Minnesota in 1847, settling at St. Paul; engaged in surveying and
real estate business; was the first city surveyor, 1854; served in the
Seventh Minnesota Regt, 1862-5; attorney after 1879 in municipal and
railway service. [28, IV; 24; 32; 41; 43*; 68; 93A; 200; 237 (48,
51*).]
Folsom, Ward W., pioneer, b. in Tarn worth, N. H., Oct. 13, 1824;
came to Areola, Minn., in 1846; engaged in lumbering and in hotel
business; resided in St. Paul after 1857; was employed during three
years of the civil war in the quartermaster's department, St. Louis,
Mo. [41; 200.]
Folsom, William Henry Carman, b. in St. Johns, N. B., June 22,
1817; d. at Taylor's Falls, Minn., Dec. 15, 1900. He came to the St.
Croix valley in 1845; engaged in lumber business; settled at Taylor's
Falls in 1850; was a member of the state constitutional convention,
1857; was a state senator five sessions, and a representative in the
legislature one term; author of a history of the St. Croix valley, enti-
tled "Fifty Years in the Northwest," 763 pages, 1888. [40; 41*; 200;
237 (11).]
Folstrom, Jacob. See Falstrom.
Folwell, William Watts, educator and author, b. in Romulus, N.
Y., Feb. 14, 1833; was graduated at Hobart College, 1857, and became
assistant professor of mathematics there; traveled and studied in
Germany; served with the 50th N. Y. engineers during the civil war,
and was brevetted lieutenant colonel; was president of the University
of Minnesota, 1869-84, and its professor of political science and libra-
rian, 1875-1907; author of Minnesota, the North Star State (382 pages,
1908), and University Addresses (224 pages, 1909). [1; 4*; 17; 24;
28, XII; 84; 127 (2*); 127A*, B*; 166A*; 237 (53*).]
Fontaine, Louis, merchant, b. in Quebec, Canada, Jan. 11, 1840;
came to Minnesota when fourteen years of age; served in the Fourth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in Crookston in 1878. [35.]
Foot, Silas Buck, wholesale merchant, b. in New Milford, Pa., Nov.
7, 1833; d. in Red Wing, Minn., May 22, 1908. He came to Minnesota
in 1857, settling at Red Wing, which was afterward his home; estab-
lished in St. Paul, in 1881, the large boot and shoe firm of Foot,
Schulze and Co. [22*; 24; 25; 28, XII; 93A*; 237 (51*).]
Foote, Charles M., b. in Herkimer county, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1848;
came to Minneapolis in 1870; engaged in a general publishing busi-
ness. [99*.]
Foote, Hiram W., b. near Janesville, Wis., Feb. 9, 1846; was grad-
uated at Carroll College, Waukesha; served the last year of the civil
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
war in the 134th Illinois Regt.; came to Minnesota in 1872, settling
in St. Paul, where he represented the oil refineries of Cleveland; re-
moved to Minneapolis in%1882; was state oil inspector, 1893-7. [22*;
30.]
Footner, William J., b. in Montreal, Canada, in 1846; d. in St. Paul,
May 4, 1901. He engaged in railroad work at the age of sixteen;
came to St. Paul in 1879; organized the Great Northern express com-
pany in 1888, and became its general manager and vice president.
[95*; 237 (14*).]
Forbes, Andrew C, lawyer, b. in Quebec, Canada, in 1848; d. in
Marshall, Minn., July 2, 1889. He came to Minnesota in 1871, and
settled in Marshall, Lyon county; was county attorney eight years;
was a representative in the legislature in 1889. [30; 32; 238 (July
3, 1889).]
Forbes, Melvin J., b. in Bridgewater, Mass., Dec. 31, 1848; came to
Minnesota in 1870, settling in Duluth, and after 1874 engaged in grain
commission business; president of the Consolidated Elevator Co. since
its incorporation in 1894. [20; 23; 24.]
Forbes, Robert, M. E. clergyman, b. in Canada, Nov. 13, 1844; came
to Minnesota in 1870; was pastor in Albert Lea, Faribault, Minne-
apolis, and other places; was presiding elder of the St. Paul district,
and- later of the Duluth district; was chaplain of the Senate of Min-
nesota, 1895-7, and of the House in 1903. [30.]
Forbes, William Henry, pioneer, b. on Montreal Island, Canada,
Nov. 13, 1815; d. at Devil's Lake Indian Agency, Dakota, July 20, 1875.
He came to Minnesota in 1837; was clerk for the American Fur Com-
pany ten years at Mendota; in 1847 took charge of the "St. Paul Out-
fit" for the same company; was a member of the territorial council
four sessions; served in the army during Indian campaigns, 1862-6,
being brevetted major in 1866; was appointed Indian agent at Devil's
Lake in 1871. [28, IV, VI, IX; 29; 41; 94; 114; 237 (1).]
Force, Jacob Francis, physician, b. in Stillwater, N. Y., March 2,
1843; served in the 125th New York Regt. during the civil war, at-
taining the rank of captain; was graduated at Albany Medical Col-
lege, 1871; came to Minnesota in 1872, settling at Heron Lake; was
postmaster there eight years; removed in 1885 to Minneapolis, where
he became, in 1895, president of the Northwestern Life Association.
[22*; 26*.]
Ford, Frank, lawyer, b. in Milledgeville, Ohio, in 1855; was grad-
uated at the Law School of Cincinnati College, 1882; was admitted to
the bar and settled in St. Paul the same year; was judge of the
municipal court, 1886-91. [93.]
Ford, James William, educator, b. in Lowell, Mass., Dec. 20, 1846;
was graduated at Madison University, Hamilton, N. Y., in 1873. After
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 233
1889 lie was principal of the Pillsbury Academy at Owatonna, Minn.
In 1904 lie purchased a half interest in the Pratt green-houses in
Anoka, and removed to that city. [22*; 43; 141 (1889).]
Ford, John A., pioneer, b. in 1811; d. at Red Rock, Minn., May 9,
1895. He came to Minnesota in 1841; kept a supply store, and in later
years engaged in farming; was a member of the territorial legisla-
ture in 1851. [40; 41; 237 (9*); 238 (May 11, 1895*).]
Ford, John D., physician, b. in Cornish, N. H., April 18, 1816; d. in
Winona, Minn., Oct. 29, 1867. He was graduated at Dartmouth Col-
lege, 1839, and at the Medical College of Philadelphia, 1843; settled
in Winona, 1856; engaged in insurance business; and was prominently
identified with establishing the normal school system of the state.
[1'8; 76.]
Ford, Joseph, b. in New York in 1825; came to St. Paul in 1851;
studied law, and was admitted to the bar; was clerk of the house of
representatives, 1852-3; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. during
the civil war; was the first settler in Northfield, and built the first
house there. [94.]
Ford, Nathan, merchant, b. of American parents in Aleppo, Syria,
July 13, 1849; settled in St. Paul in 1881, and dealt in pianos and
organs. [97; 124.]
Ford, Orville D., farmer, b. in Lebanon, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1831; came
to Minnesota .in 1855, settling on the site of the present town of
Mazeppa; was a representative in the legislature in 1862; was lieu-
tenant in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, 1865. [18; 74; 115.]
Foreman, William, farmer and grain buyer, b. in Ireland, in 1846;
came to Steuben county, N. Y., in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1854;
resides in Wabasha; was a representative in the legislature in 1895,
and a state senator in 1907. [30*.]
Forepatjgh, Joseph Lybrandt, merchant, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan.
6, 1834; d. July 8, 1892. He settled in St. Paul in 1858; engaged in
wholesale and retail dry goods business, and later in the manufac-
ture of shoes. [3*.]
Forsyth, Asa, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1812; d. in
Winona, Minn., Sept. 27, 1891. He settled there in 1858; engaged in
real estate and loaning business, and dealt in grain. [78.]
Fortier, George M., physician, b. in St. David, Canada, April 15,
1857; was graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Mon-
treal, 1881; settled in Little Falls, Minn., the same year. [24; 31.]
Fortier, J., R. C. priest, b. in Quebec, Canada, July 19, 1854; was
graduated in 1872 at Nicollet College, Canada; was ordained in 1879;
settled in Belle Prairie, Minn., in 1880. [31.]
Fosen, Amos Nelson, farmer, b. in Norway, Sept. 26, 1837; came to
the United States in 1855, and the next year was one of the first set-
234 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
tiers in Litchfield, Minn.; was treasurer of Meeker county three terms.
[65; 169.]
Fosmark, O. N., Lutheran clergyman and educator, b. in Columbia
county, Wis., Nov. 17, 1853; was graduated at Luther College, De-
corah, Iowa, 1875, and at the Theological Seminary, St, Louis, 1878;
came to Fergus Falls, Minn., the same year; was pastor there and
also president of the Park Region Lutheran College, which he estab-
lished. [37.]
Fosnes, Christopher A., lawyer, b. in Fosnes, Norway, July 2, 1862;
came with his parents to the United States when five years old, and
lived in Winona county, Minn.; was admitted to the bar in 1884; set-
tled in Montevideo; was a representative in the state legislature,
1897-9. [22*; 24; 30.]
Foss, Almon E., journalist, b. in Grafton county, N. H., Oct. 18, 1842;
came to Winnebago City, Minn., in 1866 with his father; engaged in
newspaper publication in various towns, but after 1884 resided in
Winnebago City, and was one of the proprietors of the Press-News.
[39.]
Foss, James F. R., banker, b. in Biddeford, Maine, March 17, 1848;
served in the U. S. navy during two years of the civil war; came to
Minnesota in 1883, settling at Minneapolis, and organized the Nicollet
National Bank, of which he was the first cashier, and later was presi-
dent. [20; 21*; 22*; 24.]
Foss, Louis O., farmer, b. in Wisconsin in 1854; came to Minnesota
in 1879; resided near Elbow Lake; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1897-9. [30; 35; 57*.]
Fosseen, Manley L., lawyer, b. in Leland, 111., Dec. 10, 1869; was
graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1895; settled in Min-
neapolis; was a representative in the legislature, 1903-5, and a state
senator since 1907. [24; 25; 30*.]
Foster, A. D., pioneer, b. near Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 22, 1801; came to
St. Anthony in 1848; engaged in logging and mercantile business, and
later in fruit culture. [41; 58; 59.]
Foster, Addison Gardner, lumberman, b. in Belchertown, Mass., Jan.
28, 1837; came to Minnesota in 1859; resided in Wabasha and after
1871 in St. Paul; engaged in lumber business in Tacoma, Wash., after
1887; was a United States senator 1899-1905. [17; 167 (Oct 26, 1894*,
and Feb. 3, 1899*).]
Foster, Alonzo P., farmer, b. in Orange, Vt., May 5, 1816; came to
Minnesota in 1S56, and settled in Plainview; was a representative in
the legislature the next year; removed to Winona in 1866, and owned
and platted Foster's addition to that city; returned to Plainview in
1878. [74.]
Foster, Andrew J., pioneer, b. in Cooper, Maine, June 8, 1827; set-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 235
tied in St. Anthony in 1849; engaged in lumbering; in 1852 pre-
empted a part of the site of Minneapolis; later engaged in real estate
business and owned a grocery. [58.]
Foster, Henry, pinaeer, b. in Trumbull county, Ohio, April 22, 1825;
was MsmstaeoSL blacksmith for the Winnebago Indians, and came with
the tribe to Long Prairie, Minn., in 1848; later engaged in trade with
these Indians at their Agency in Blue Earth county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1872; resided in St. Clair (formerly Win-
nebago Agency), Minn. [83*.]
Foster, M. J., farmer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1823; settled in Forest-
ville, Fillmore county, Minn., in 1854; was a representative in the
legislature in 1858 and 1865. [52.]
Foster, Scott A., b. in Washington county, N. Y., June 2, 1856; came
with his father to Wabasha county, Minn., when a child; engaged in
teaching, and was county superintendent of schools, 1883-6. [74.]
Foster, Thomas, journalist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., May 18, 1818; d.
in San Francisco, Cal., March 31, 1903. He engaged in newspaper
work, and studied and practiced medicine; came to Minnesota in
1849, as private secretary to Gov. Ramsey; was part owner and editor
of the Daily Minnesotian, 1857-61; during the civil war served in the
commissary department, with rank of captain; established the Duluth
Minnesotian, the first newspaper published in that city, 1869; later
resided in Tennessee, and in Washington, D. C, where he was em-
ployed in one of the government departments; removed to California
in 1902. [28, X; 93; 237 (28); 241.]
Foulke, William, lawyer, b. in Morgan county, Ohio; was admitted
to the bar in 1868; settled in St. Paul in 1883. [24; 25; 93; 93A*;
98*.]
Fournier, Alexis Joseph, artist, b. in St. Paul, July 4, 1865; re-
ceived his education chiefly in Wisconsin, and took his first les-
sons in painting from an old scene painter in Milwaukee. In 1893-4
he studied art in Europe, and had the honor in both 1894 and 1895 of
having one of his pictures exhibited in the Salon de Champs-Elysees ;
art director of the Roycroft Shops, East Aurora, N. Y. [22*; 89; 238
(Feb. 16, 1896*).]
Fowler, Andrew J., b. in Lebanon, Conn., June 13, 1835; settled in
Lake City, Minn., in 1861; was connected with the First National Bank,
1871-6; was treasurer of Wabasha county, 1876-82, and a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1870-1. [74.]
Fowler, Charles Rollin, lawyer, b. in Jordan, Minn. Sept. 17, 1869;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1892; has prac-
ticed in Minneapolis since 1893; a representative in the legislature,
1911. [24; 30*; 127A*.]
236 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Fowleb, J. G., b. in Yorkshire, Eng., June 20, 1844; came with his
parents to the United States in 1850, and to Mankato, Minn., in 1858;
served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was register of
deeds, 1876-81. [32.]
Fowler, William, b. in Agawam, Mass., Sept. 8, 1826; d. in Redlands,
California, May 24, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1852; settled on a
farm in Newport; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; was president of the State Agricultural Society, 1875-7, and a
representative in the legislature in 1877-8; removed in 1891 to Red-
lands, Cal., of which city he was mayor for ten years. [30; 40; 166A*.]
Fox, Aaron, b. in Mentor, Ohio, in 1833; settled in Minneiska, Minn.,
in 1856; was trader with the Indians, and later owned a grocery, and
was postmaster. [74.]
Fox, Charles T., b. in Towanda, Pa., Feb. 7, 1860; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1882; engaged in railway and banking enterprises; in 1888
became secretary and treasurer of the Sidle, Fletcher, and Holmes
Co., and later was connected with the Northwestern Consolidated Mill-
ing Co. [168 (June 5, 1891*, and Nov. 27, 1891*).]
Fox, Patrick, pioneer, b. in Tipperary county, Ireland, in 1819; d.
at Taylor's Falls, Minn., Nov. 3, 1904. He came with his parents to
the United States in 1823; settled at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1844;
engaged in lumbering and mercantile business; was a representative
in the legislature in 1860. [41; 237 (35).]
Fraiim, Juercen, b. in Germany in 1853; came with his parents to
the United States when two years old and soon afterward to Minne-
sota; was a representative from Olmsted county in the legislature,
1871-2. [66.]
Franchere, Gabrtel, explorer and merchant, bl in Montreal, Nov. 3,
1786; d. in St. Paul, April 12, 1863. He joined the expedition fitted
out by John Jacob Astor to establish a fur-trading station on the Co-
lumbia river, to which he sailed from New York in September, 1810,
on the voyage around Cape Horn. He wrote, in French, the first his-
tory of the Astor expeditions, published in 1820; of which a transla-
tion in English was published in 1854. During the last thirty years
of his life he was a fur merchant at Sault Ste. Marie and in New York
city. [1; 28, VI*.]
Francis, Charles L., physician, b. in Oxford, Maine, in 1823; d. in
Oklahoma City, Dec. 26, 1906. He was graduated from the medical
department of Bowdoin College; settled in Sterling, Blue Earth county,
Minn., in 1856. [32; 45*; 237 (43).]
Frank, Jonx, farmer, b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, Feb. 13, 1834;
came to the United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1856, settling
in Le Roy, Mower county; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt.,
1861-5; was a representative in the legislature in 1883. [65A*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 237
Fraxkexfield, Amos, hardware merchant, b. in Bucks county, Pa.,
March 14, 1845; came to Minnesota in 1861; served in the Tenth Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in Glencoe in 1872. [64.]
Frankenfield, Jacob, merchant, b. in Bucks county, Pa., Aug. 7,
1838; came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Henderson, and engaged
in the hardware business; was a state senator, 1874-5; and in 1875
became collector of customs for the Minnesota district, with office at
Pembina, Dakota. [18.]
Frankforter, George Bell, educator, b. in Potter, Ohio, April 22,
1860; was graduated at the University of Nebraska, 1886; spent four
years in study at German universities, and received the degree of
Ph. D. at the University of Berlin, 1893; has since been dean of the
School of Chemistry in the University of Minnesota. [7A; 17; 24;
26*; 127 (8*); 127A*, B; 237 (53*).]
Franklin, German B., b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., April 4, 1844;
came to Minnesota in 1863; served in the First Minnesota heavy artil-
lery, 1864-5; engaged in mercantile business in Blue Earth City; was
auditor of Faribault county, 1893-1909. [39.]
Frankson, Thomas, b. in Fillmore county, Minn., 1869; was grad-
uated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1900; is in law practice
and real estate business at Spring Valley; a representative in the
legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Fraser, William Carlisle, civil engineer, b. in Dover, Olmsted
county, Minn., May 21, 1869; was county surveyor, 1894-1903; resides
in Rochester; was a representative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*;
66A.]
Frasier, S. W., journalist, b. in Valparaiso, Ind., in 1855; came to
Minnesota in 1870; established the Brown's Valley Reporter in 1880;
was clerk of the district court, 1882-96. [32.]
Frater, John Taylor, b. near Uniontown, Ohio, April 19, 1848; came
to Minnesota in 1881, and settled in Brainerd; was county treasurer
of Crow Wing county, 1888-1904; was a state senator, 1905; Indian
agent at Leech Lake Agency since 1907. [22*; 24; 25; 27*; 30.]
Frazee, Randolph L., pioneer, b. at Hamden Junction, Ohio, July 3,
1841; d. at Pelican Rapids, Minn., June 4, 1906. He came to Minne-
sota in 1866. The town of Frazee, Becker county ,was named for him,
and he owned mills there. He was a representative in the state leg-
islature in 1875 and 1883; removed to Pelican Rapids in 1890. [44.]
Frazee, Theodore, merchant, b. in Vinton county, Ohio, May 9, 1848;
came to Minnesota in 1868; engaged in farming and lumber business;
settled in Pelican Rapids in 1877; opened a store, and was vice presi-
dent of a bank. [35.]
Frazer, Sheldon Lord, lawyer, b. in Steubenville, Ohio, Oct. 8, 1845;
settled in Duluth in 1887; was receiver of the United States land office
there five years; and was afterward a land attorney. [23*.]
238 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Frazieb, Charles R., educator, b. in Vernon county, Wis., in 1869;
was graduated at the University of Wisconsin; engaged in teaching
in Minnesota, at Waterville, Little Falls, and Winona; was assistant
superintendent of public instruction in Minnesota, 1909-10; then re-
moved to the Pacific coast. [30.]
Fredenburg, David V., miller, b. in New Jersey, Dec. 14, 1840; d.
in Alexandria, Minn., Jan. 2, 1907. He came to Minnesota, and in
1867 settled in Alexandria, where after 1883 he was proprietor of the
Crown Roller mill. [35; 237 (43).]
Frederick, Adolph, music dealer, b. in Baltimore, Md., Dec. 18,
1844; served in the Confederate army in the civil war; came to Min-
nesota in 1867; resided in St. Paul and Stillwater; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1876-7. [30.]
Freeborn, William, pioneer, b. in Ohio, in 1816; d. in California.
He came to St. Paul in 1848; removed to Red Wing in 1853, being
one of its first settlers; was a member of the territorial council, 1854-7.
He emigrated to Montana in 1864, and later settled in California, in
1868. Freeborn county is named for him. [28, IV; 56; 94.]
Freeman, Ambrose, b. near Culpeper Court House, Va., Feb. 25, 1823;
was killed, July 24, 1863. He came to Minnesota in 185J, settling on
a farm near St. Cloud. At the beginning of the Indian outbreak, in
1862, he organized the Northern Rangers and was their captain. The
following year he accompanied Gen. Sibley's expedition as first lieute-
nant of the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers, and was shot by an
Indian on the plains. [31; 41; 237 (9).]
Freeman, D. H., b. in Edgar county, 111., in 1849; came to St. Cloud,
Minn., in 1857; engaged in livery business; was register of the U. S.
land office, 1879-86; was a representative in the legislature in 1887.
[176 (Aug., 1887).]
Freeman, E, Herbert, journalist, b. in Hudson, Wis., Feb. 26 1853;
came with his parents to Hastings, Minn., when a child ; learned the
printing trade; was one of the editors of the Hastings Union, 1875-80,
and afterward established the Hastings Daily News. [48.]
Freeman, Edward Monroe, b. in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 12, 1875; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1898; instructor and as-
sistant professor of boiany there, 1898-1905; professor in the College
of Agriculture of this University since 1907, residing in St. Anthony
Park, St. Paul. [7A; 127B.]
Freeman, Everett P., lawyer, b. in Hartford, Conn., Jan. 22, 1837;
was graduated at Yale College, 1860; was admitted to the bar in 1861;
settled in Mankato, Minn., the same year; was county attorney, 1867-8
and 1879-84; was a state senator, 1S74-5. [32; 45*; 83*.]
Freeman, George W., b. in St. Ives, England, May 24, 1845; came to
the United States when eight years old. In 1855 the family settled
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
239
in St. Paul, Minn. In 1887 he became president of the firm of C.
Gotzian and Co., boot and shoe manufacturers. [23*; 24; 95*; 98*;
100*.]
Freeman, Henry B., soldier, b. in Ohio; was commandant at Fort
Snelling in 1881; attained the rank of colonel in 1898. [11; 12.]
Freeman, John, pioneer, b. in Northamptonshire, Eng., in 1805;
came to the United States and in 1855 settled in Freeborn county,
Minn., on a claim in the township that was afterward named Freeman
in his honor. [53.]
Freeman, Orrin W., lawyer, b. in Milo, Maine, July 28, 1850; was
graduated at Maine Wesleyan Seminary, and in law at the University
of Michigan; was admitted to the bar in 1878; settled in Adrian, No-
bles county, Minn., in 1887. [34.]
Freeman, Samuel M-, grocer, b. in Kennebec county, Me., Sept. 1,
1824; d. in Medford, Minn., Jan. 5, 1906. He came to Steele county,
Minn., in 1855, settling in Medford; served in the Tenth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; was postmaster after 1886. [72; 237 (39).]
Frelin, Julius Theophilus, educator, b. in France, March 13, 1870;
came to Minnesota, and taught in this state nine years; served in the
Twelfth Minnesota Regt. in the Spanish-American war; engaged in
teaching in the Philippine Islands three years; was graduated at the
University of Minnesota, 1905; was instructor there, 1905-07, and since
assistant professor of French. [127A*.]
Fremling, John, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Frammestad, Sweden,
June 21, 1842; came to the United States in 1870, and to Welch, Minn.,
in 1882; was pastor at Vasa, Goodhue county, after 1889. [169.]
Fremont, John Charles, explorer, b. in Savannah, Ga., Jan. 21,
1813; d. in New York, July 13, 1890. He was known as "The Path-
finder," on account of his explorations in the Rocky Mountain region;
was nominated in 1856 for president of the United States. He accom-
panied Nicollet in 1838 on his expedition through southern and south-
western Minnesota. [1; 4*; 20*.]
French, A. B., farmer, b. in Michigan in 1850; came to Minnesota
in 1855; resided at St. Peter; was a representative in the legislature
in 1895. [30.]
French, Andrew, farmer, b. in Green Lake county," Wis., Dec. 10,
1859; came to Minnesota when four years old; resides at Plainview;
was a representative in the legislature, 1891-3; and a member of the
State Board of Equalization, 1906-08. [24; 30.]
French, Mrs. Anne Warner, author, b. in St. Paul, Oct. 14, 1869;
was married to Charles Ellis French in 1888; author, A Woman's Will
(1904), Susan Glegg and her Friend, Mrs. Lathrop (1904), Seeing
France with Uncle John (l.Uu6), and other books; resides in St. Paul,
[17.]
240 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
French, E. D., b. in New York in 1843; came to Minnesota in 1865;
resided at Redwood Falls, and engaged in real estate business; was
a state senator, 1895-7. [30.]
French, George D., banker, b. in Winona county, Minn., Feb. 6, 1856;
was register of deeds for that county, 1895-1905; resides in St. Charles;
was a state senator, 1909. [30*.]
French, George Franklin, physician, b. in Dover, N. H., Oct. 30,
1837; d. in Minneapolis, July 13, 1897. He was graduated at Harvard
College, 1859; was surgeon in the army, 1863-5; was brevetted lieu-
tenant colonel at the close of the war; settled in Minneapolis in 1879;
was president of the Minnesota Academy of Medicine after 1890.
[121.]
French, Hiram E., teacher, b. in Iowa, Oct. 23, 1851; came to Min-
nesota in 1857; was graduated at Northern Indiana Normal School,
1880; settled in Pipestone in 1884, where he was principal of the pub-
lic schools. [34.]
French, John R., pioneer b. in Cornwall, Eng., Oct. 9, 1835; came
with his parents to the United States in 1844, and to Minnesota in
1855; was the first settler in Acoma, McLeod county, in 1856; served
in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [64.]
French, Lafayette, lawyer, b. in Lorain county, Ohio, Nov. 19, 1848;
was admitted to the bar in 1872, and settled in Austin, Minn.; was
county attorney, 1874-9; and mayor, 1885-8. [24; 79*; 111.]
Frick, Johannes B., educator, b. in Norway, July 15, 1835; d. in
Minneapolis, Aug. 26, 1908. He was graduated at Christiania Univer-
sity, 1862, and the same year came to the United States; was many
years a pastor in Wisconsin; became professor in theology in 1888 at
the Luther Seminary in Minneapolis (now located at Hamline, St.
Paul), and was elected its president, which position he resigned on
account of ill health in 1902. [148; 149; 169; 237 (51*).]
Fridley, Abram McCormack, pioneer, b. in Steuben county, N. Y.,
May 1, 1817; came to Long Prairie in 1851 as agent for the Winne-
bago Indians; was afterward a farmer in Manomin (now Fridley)
township, Anoka county; in 1869 opened a large farm in Becker, Sher-
burne county; was a representative in the legislature in 1855, 1869-71,
and 1879. [18; 30; 41; 43*.]
Friedmann, Joseph, merchant, b. at Cold Spring, Minn., in 1871;
resides in Eden Valley, where he deals in real estate and general
merchandise; was a representative in the legislature in 1907-09. [30*.]
Friedricii, John Henry, grocer, b. in Red Wing, Minn., Sept. 19,
1870; d. there Oct. 10, 1903. He served in the Thirteenth Minnesota
Regt. in the Philippine war, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.
[123; 237 (28*).]
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Frink, Frederick Wtllard, b. in Rutland county, Vt., June 24, 1828;
d. in Faribault, Minn., March 15, 1906. He came to Minnesota, set-
tling on a farm in Rice county, in 1854; removed to Faribault two
years later; was auditor of Rice county, 1863-84; author of many
papers on the history of this county. [18; 29; 70; 70A; 237 (39*).]
Frink, G. W., b. in Lorraine, N. Y., June 24, 1829; came to Minne-
sota in territorial days; settled on the site of Montevideo, and in 1870
laid out the town; was a representative in the legislature in 1873;
engaged in milling and later owned a grocery. [30; 32.]
Frisbie, Stephen N., b. in Guilford, Conn., Oct. 6, 1824; came to
Minnesota in 1856; settled in Oakland, Freeborn county; engaged in
farming, wheat buying, and conducting a lumber yard; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1879. [30; 53.]
Frisbie, William Albert, journalist, b. in Danbury, Conn., Dec. 12,
1867; was graduated at Iowa College, 1889; engaged in newspaper
work on the staff of the Minneapolis Journal; author of juvenile books
of fiction. [17.]
Fritz, Andrew E., b. in St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. 28, 1870; was grad-
uated at the State Normal School there, 1891; manufacturer of blank
books; was appointed state public examiner, 1911. [30*.]
Fritz, Michael D., publisher, b. in Milan, Ohio, April 8, 1868; be-
gan to learn the printer's trade in 1884; removed to South Dakota in
1888, and established the Castlewood Republican. In 1891 he accepted
a position with the Free Press Co., Mankato, Minn., and in 1902 pur-
chased an interest in the company and became its secretary and man-
ager. [24; 25; 46.]
Frizzell, Gilbert A., b. in Canaan, Vt., July 13, 1836; came to Min-
nesota in 1860; was treasurer of Olmsted county, 1880-83. [66.]
Frogner, S., pioneer, b. in Norway, Feb. 28, 1824; d. in Herman,
Minn., Feb. 5, 1905. He came to the United States in 1870, and set-
tled in Herman in 1871; built the first store there, and was postmas-
ter many years. [237 (35).]
Froshaug, Saxe J., physician; settled in Minnesota in 1880; was
graduated in medicine, 1895; resides in Benson; a state senator, 191.1.
[30*.]
Froslee, Tjiorvald H., merchant, b. in Norway in 1865; came to
Minnesota in 1887, and settled at Vining, Otter Tail county; was a
representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Frost, Edwin P., teacher, b. in Charlestown, N. H., May 4, 1839; was
graduated at Amherst College, 1865; was principal of the high school
in Stillwater, Minn., after 1880. [40.]
Frost, James C, b. in Rumford, Maine, Nov. 11, 1816; came to Min-
nesota in 1852, and settled in Anoka; was sheriff of Anoka county
fourteen years; was a member of the first state legislature. [31; 41;
43.]
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242 . MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Fkost, John August, Lutheran clergyman b. in Morlunda, Sweden,
Aug. 26, 1854; came to the United States was graduated in theology
at Augustana College, Rock Island, 111., in 1886; settled in Minne-
sota; pastor in St. Paul since 1893. [169.]
Froula, Vaclav K., educator, b. in 1873; was graduated at Chicago
University, 1898; engaged in teaching in Evanston and in Quincy, 111.;
was principal of the Central High School, St. Paul, Minn., 1907-10.
[237 (50*).]
Frovold, K. P., b. in Eggedal, Norway, Jan. 1, 1844; came to the
United States in 1866; settled in Benson, Minn., in 1872; was county
auditor after 1874. [169.]
Fry, Christian, physician, b. in Allegany county, N. Y., Jan. 16,
1851; was graduated in medicine at the University of Louisville, Ky.,
1874; settled in St. Paul in 1883; owned a drug store, and in 1893-1904
was part owner of the Hotel Ryan. [24; 93A; 95*.]
Fry, George L., merchant, b. in Bartholomew county, Ind., Nov. 14,
1851; came to Minnesota, and was one of the first settlers in Douglas
county, 1868; engaged in mercantile business in Osakis after 1883.
[35.]
Fryberger, Harrison Earl, lawyer, b. in Goodhue county, Minn.,
Jan. 10, 1867; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1890,
and from its law department in 1892; resides in Minneapolis; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903. [24; 25; 30.]
Frye, Pascal H., lawyer, b. in Dracut, Mass., May 17, 1850; was
admitted to the bar in Illinois in 1886; settled in Willmar, Minn., the
same year; owned a farm in the town of Kandiyohi; was county at-
torney, 1899-1901. [63.]
Fuchs, Edmund J., druggist, b. in Germany, 1874; came to the Unit-
ed States and to Minnesota in 1880 with his father, settling in St.
Paul; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Fuhrmann, Henry C, b. in Saxony in 1830; came to the United
States in 1850; settled in Winona, Minn, in 1867, and engaged in real
estate and insurance business; was a representative in the legislature
in 1889. [30.]
Fuller, Alpheus G., pioneer, d. in Scotland, Conn., April 13, 1900.
He came to St. Paul from Connecticut as early as 1850, and in 1856
built and owned a hotel there. The next year he removed to South
Dakota, and aided in founding the first white settlement in that state,
at Sioux Falls. Later he resided at Fort Randall and Yankton.
[28, X.]
Fuller, Caroline Macomjjek, author, b. in Bangor, Maine; was grad-
uated at Smith College, 1895; author of songs and books of fiction;
resides in Minneapolis. [17.]
Fuller, Francis Lord, Congregational clergyman, b. in Wilbraham,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 243
Mass., Oct. 1, 1814; d. in Kansas City, Mo., June 17, 1881. He was
graduated at Amherst College, 1839, and Hartford Theological Sem-
inary, 1842; was ordained to the ministry the following year; was
pastor in Michigan and Illinois; came to Minnesota in 1871, and was
pastor in Saratoga, Spring Valley, and Hamilton; removed to Kansas
• City in 1880. [144.]
Fuller, G. W., Baptist clergyman, b. in Broome county, N. Y., Sept.
24, 1824; was graduated at Denison University, 1847; was a home mis-
sionary at Chatfield, Minn., 1858-65; pastor at Lake City, 1865-72; after-
ward engaged in nursery business in Litchfield. [65.]
Fuller, Hiram J., pioneer, b. in Pomfret, N. Y., April 27, 1824; d. in
Mankato, Minn., July 10, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and
settled in Mankato; owned a farm in Lime township; was the first
treasurer of Blue Earth county, 1853. [83; 237 (35).]
Fuller, Jane Gay, b. in Windham, Conn.; came to Minnesota in
1854; traveled extensively through the territory, and collected many
Indian legend-s, which she afterward wrote in poetry; author also of
many short poems and magazine articles. [165.]
Fuller, Jerome, judge, b. in Litchfield county, Conn., in 1803; d. in
Brockport, N. Y., in 1880. He was admitted to the bar in 1835; was
appointed chief justice of the territory of Minnesota in 1851, and
filled the position one year. [168 (March, 1892) ; 237 (1).]
Fuller, M. C, b. in New York in 1827; came to Minnesota in 1865,
and settled on a farm at Rochester the next year; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Fuller, M. J., farmer, b. in Irasburg, Vt., July 1, 1840; came to Min-
nesota in 1859; resided in Lake City; was a representative in the
legislature in 1879. [30.]
Fuller, Wiieaton M., journalist, b. in 1863 at Little Falls, Minn.,
and d. there, Oct. 31, 1908. He was editor and publisher of the Little
Falls Transcript, and vice president of the Little Falls Electric and
Water Power Company; representative in the legislature in 1893, and
a state senator, 1895-7. [30; 237 (51).]
Fullerton, Samuel Ferguson, b. in Charlemont, Scotland, Feb. 2,
1858; came to the United States with his parents while still a child,
and in 1879 settled in Duluth. In 1895 he was appointed a member of
the state board of Game and Fish Commissioners. [26*; 27*; 100*.]
Fulmer, Nelson B., b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., May 19, 1843;
came to Minnesota in 1865; was admitted to the bar in Alexandria in,
1873; was attorney of Douglas county; removed to St. Cloud in 1880,
where he was general agent for the McCormick Machine Company.
[31.]
Fulton, Samuel G., b. in Medford, Mass., Sept. 7, 1851; came to
Minnesota in 1872; settled at Northern Pacific Junction, later named
Carlton; was a representative in the legislature in#1877. [30.]
244 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Fulton, Thomas C, lawyer, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1871; came to
Minnesota the next year; was graduated at Cornell University in 1895,
and later from its law department; resides at White Bear Lake; was
a representative in the legislature in 1899 and 1903-05. [30*.]
Funk, William Albert, lawyer, b. in La Salle county, 111., Feb. -25,
1854; was admitted to the bar in 1875; came to Minnesota in 1887,
practiced eight years in Lakefield, and in 1895 removed to Mankato.
[24; 25; 26*; 34; 39; 46.]
Furber, Joseph E., pioneer, b. in Wolfborough, N. H., May 13, 1840;
d. in Detroit, Minn., March 21, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1868;
engaged in mercantile business in Detroit after 1875. [44.]
Furber, Joseph W., pioneer, b. in Farmington, N. H., Aug. 29, 1814;
d. in Cottage Grove, Minn., July 10, 1884. He came to the St. Croix
valley in 1840, and settled on a farm at Cottage Grove; was a member
of the territorial legislature in 1849 and in 1857, being its speaker;
was appointed marshal of the territory in 1851. [28, IX; 29; 40; 41;
131.]
Furber, P. P., pioneer, b. in Farmington, N. H., in 1788; d. in Cot-
tage Grove, Minn., Jan. 28, 1871. He settled in Cottage Grove in
1849; later resided in St. Paul and Prescott, Wis. [238 (Jan. 31,
1871).]
Furber, Samuel W., pioneer, b. in Farmington, N. H., May 2, 1819;
settled at Cottage Grove, Minn., in 1860; was a representative in the
legislature in 1862. [40; 41; 124.]
Furlong, John J., farmer, b. in County Tipperary, Ireland, Feb. 2,
1849; came with his parents to the United States when three years
old. They settled in 1856 in Minnesota on a farm near Austin, where
he still resides. In 1887 he was a representative in the legislature,
and again in 1891-5. [22*; 24; 30; 65A*; 166A*.]
Fust, Charles, b. in Germany in 1832; came to Minnesota in 1869;
resided in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in
1901. [30.]
Gabrielson,' Gabriel, merchant, b. in Norway, Sept. 15, 1825; came
to the United States in 1854; opened the first store in Newburg, Fill-
more county, Minn. [52.]
Gage, Addison, Jr., journalist, b. in Westfield, Mass., in 1857; d. in
Aiioka, Minn., Sept. 17, 1883. He came to Minnesota with his par-
ents; was graduated at the State University, 1879; the next year be-
came managing editor of the Minneapolis Evening Journal. [237 (1).]
Gage, George M., educator, b. in Waterford, Maine, Aug. 22, 1834;
settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1868; was in charge of the state normal
school until 1872; then removed to St. Paul, and was superintendent
of the city schools two years; later engaged in publication of educa-
tional magazines} removed to Portland, Oregon. [83.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPH1 KS.
245
Gacxox, Marcel, pioneer, b. in Canada, Aug. 17, 1825; was employed
by the American Fur Company several years; settled in Stillwater,
Minn., in 1845; engaged in lumbering; served in a Minnesota Inde-
pendent Battalion, 1863-6. [41.]
Gaixes, Alyix Dexxts, educator, b. in Berkshire, Vt., June, 1850;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1880; came to Minnesota, and
taught school in Spring Valley and Glenville; was superintendent of
schools for Douglas county, 1890-4; professor in the School of Agri-
culture, University of Minnesota, 1895-8; has since engaged in real
estate business in Minneapolis. [127 (10*); 241.]
Gaixey, P. H., farmer, b. in Winona county, Minn., in 1863; resides
in Elba; was a representative in the legislature in 1901. [30.]
Gale, Amory, Baptist clergyman, b. in Royalston, Mass., Aug. 21,
1815; d. in Joppa, Palestine, Nov. 25, 1874. He was graduated at
Brown University, 1843, and Newton Theological Seminary, 1846;
came to Minneapolis in 1857, and was pastor of the First Baptist
church one^year; later was general missionary for Minnesota of the
American Baptist Home Mission Society, 1858-74. [18; 141; 142; 237
(1).]
Gale, Edmund, Congregational clergyman, b. in England, Nov. 12,
1821; d. in St. Paul, March 19, 1899. He came to the United States;
was ordained to the ministry in 1856; was pastor of a church in Fari-
bault, Minn., 1866-73, and again in 1881-91, and in Medford, 1894-6;
afterward resided in St. Paul. [70; 70A; 143 (1898*); 144.]
Gale, Edward Chexery, lawyer, b. in Minneapolis, Aug. 21, 1862;
was graduated at Yale University, 1884, and at Harvard law school;
was admitted to the bar in 1888; resides in Minneapolis. [85A*; 137.]
Gale, Harlow A., b. in Worcester, Mass.; d. in Minneapolis, Dec.
14, 1901. He was graduated at Union College, N. Y., in 1856; set-
tled in Minneapolis the same year; engaged in real estate business;
in 1872 bought and platted Gale's first addition to Minneapolis, and
in 1873 the second. [58; 237 (19).]
Gale, Harlow Stearns, educator, b. in Minneapolis, June 29, 1862;
graduated at Yale College, 1885;; studied in Leipzig and Berlin, Ger-
many, 1890-4; was instructor in psychology in the University of Min-
nesota, 1895-1903; later assistant in the city engineer's department,
Minneapolis. [74; 127 (9*); 127B; 241.]
Gale, James H., soldier, b. in Maryland; attained the rank of cap-
tain in 1817; was commandant at Fort Snelling, 1829-31, when he
resigned from the army. [11; 12.]
Gale, Samuel Chester, b. Royalston, Mass., Sept. 15, 1827; was
graduated at Yale college, 1854; came to Minneapolis in 1857, and dur-
ing many years was prominent in real estate, loan and insurance
business; was one of the founders of the Minnesota Academy of Nat-
ural Sciences. [18*; 19*; 25; 58; 84*; 85A*.]
246 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Gallagher, Peter Joseph, R. C. clergyman, b. in County Mayo, Ire-
land, Sept. 7, 1854; came to the United States when ten years old, and
to Minnesota in 1866; entered the priesthood in 1877; was pastor in
St. Paul, and since 1889 in Winona. [24; 77.]
Galley, Henry, furniture manufacturer, b. in England, Dec. 24, 1833;
d. in Royalton, Minn., in Oct., 1904. He came to the United States
in 1850, and to Minnesota five years later; in 1863 settled at Elk River.
[31; 237 (35*).]
Galpin, George, M. E. clergyman, b. in Pennsylvania in 1818; came
to Minnesota in 1853; joined the Minnesota Conference in 1859; was
pastor at Minnetonka, Montevideo, Marshall, and Redwood Falls ; after
ward resided in Minneapolis. [180 (Oct. 7, 1896*).]
Galt, William Wiley, farmer, b. in Minnesota in 1855; resides at
Myrtle, Freeborn county; was a representative in the legislature in
1899. [30; 237 (38*).]
Galtier, Ltjcian, R. C. priest, b. in France, 1811; d. at Prairie du
Chien, Wis., Feb. 21, 1866. He studied theology in his native land;
came to the United States in 1838, with a band of missionaries; was
ordained priest at Dubuque in 1840, and the same year settled at
Mendota, Minn. He built a log chapel, which he dedicated to St. Paul,
in 1841, from which the city of St. Paul received its name. In 1844
he removed to Keokuk, Iowa, and four years later returned to France.
Afterward he again came to America, and resided at Prairie du Chien
until his death. [28, III, IV*; 94; 108; 145; 146*.]
Galusha, Reuben Barney, lawyer, b. in Shaftsbury, Vt, Sept. 10,
1832; d. in Rochester, Minn., Aug. 10, 1902. He was admitted to the
bar in 1857, and the next year settled in St. Paul; was attorney fon
the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba railway twelve years. [93;
124; 237 (19*).]
Galvin, Henry, pioneer, b. in Westmeath county, Ireland, in 1820;
d. in St. Paul, April 27, 1903. He came to St. Paul in 1854; was a
member of the police force, 1856-1881; later was sergeant-at-arms
for the city council. [237 (28*).]
Gandrtjd, Peter A., merchant, b. in Northfield, Minn., April 27, 1868;
settled in Kandiyohi county in 1892; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1901-05. [30*; 63*.]
Gannett, William Channing, Unitarian clergyman, b. in Boston,
Mass., March 13, 1840; was graduated at Harvard College, 1860, and
Harvard Divinity School, 1868; was pastor in St. Paul, Minn., 1877-83,
and in Rochester, N. Y., 1889-1908; author of numerous books and
pamphlets. [17.]
Gardener, Patrick S., farmer, b. in Limerick, Ireland, May 8, 1828;
came to the United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1857; served
in the Minnesota cavalry in the Indian and civil wars, attaining the
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 247
rank of captain; resided at Lake "Washington, Le Sueur county; was
a representative in the legislature, 1877. [30.]
Gardner, E. P., druggist, b. in Monson, Mass., in 1817; came to Min-
nesota in 1873, and settled on a farm in New Auburn, Sibley county;
five years later removed to the village, where he was postmaster and
owned a drug store. [32.]
Gardner, George T., druggist, b. in Albion, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1848; set-
tled in Albert Lea, Minn., in 1873; was clerk of the district court of
Freeborn county, 1881-88. [53.]
Gardner, George Washington, banker, b. in Columbia, 111., Feb. 22,
1862; came with his parents to Hastings, Minn., when two years old;
after 1891 was president of the First National Bank of Hastings; re-
sides in St. Paul. [56*.]
Gardner, J. Welles, b. in South Lancaster, Conn., April 9, 1841;
a. in California, May 5, 1876. He came to Minnesota in 1860; served
as paymaster in the U. S. navy, 1863-5; engaged in mercantile busi-
ness and milling in Minneapolis. [238 (May 6, 1876).]
Gardner, Stephen, miller and banker, b. in Bolton, Mass., Dec. 7,
1806; d. in Hastings, Minn., March, 1889. He came to Minnesota in
1864, settling at Hastings, where the same year he built the Vermil-
lion flouring mill, celebrated many years for its high grade of flour;
was president of banks in Hastings, Minneapolis, and Cannon Falls.
[18*; 29; 48; 56*; 168 (March 15, 1889).]
Garland, Nathaniel, first sheriff of Waseca county, 1857-9; engaged
in mercantile business in Wilton, 1864-8; afterward resided in Wa-
seca; was drowned in Clear Lake in 1880. [75.]
Garlock, William, b. in Montgomery, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1818; d. in
Winona, Minn., July 11, 1894. He settled there in 1856; was a dealer
in grain; and was one of the organizers, and a director, of three
banks. [76; 77; 78.]
Garrard, Israel, b. in Ohio, Oct. 22, 1825; d. in Frontenac, Minn.,
Sept. 21, 1901. He was graduated at Harvard College, and at the
Cincinnati law school; purchased and settled upon a large estate at
Frontenac, on Lake Pepin, in 1854; raised a company of Ohio troops
for the civil war; served as colonel in the Seventh Ohio Regt., and
was promoted to be brigadier general. He was widely known for his
liberality, and for his aristocratic and luxurious mode of life. [54;
237 (14*, 17*).]
Garrard, Lewis H., farmer and author, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, June,
1829; d. at Lakewood, N. Y., July, 1887. He visited Minnesota in 1854,
and in 1858 settled in Frontenac, where he had a farm of 5,000 acres;
was a representative in the legislature in 1859; removed to Lake City
in 1870, and was for three years president of the First National Bank
there; resided in Cincinnati, Ohio, after 1880. [18; 30; 54*; 237 (2).]
248 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Garratt, Wilson C, pioneer, b. in Canada in 1830; came to Fillmore
county, Minn., in 1853, being one of the first settlers; served in the
Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; afterward helped to organize
Jackson county, and was its register of deeds eight years; removed to
Fountain, Fillmore county, in 1875; engaged in selling furniture and
flour. [52.]
Garretty, Frank Dillon, b. in Ireland, Feb. 4, 1827; d. in St. Paul,
Minn., Sept. 1, 1911. He came to the United States at an early age;
served as lieutenant in the 15th Kentucky Regt, 1861-3, and in the
regular army, 1865-93, retiring with the rank of major; was recruit-
ing officer in St. Paul, 1886-8, and afterward made this city his home.
[121.]
Garrish, Charles, died in St. Charles, Minn., Jan., 1903. He settled
in Winona county in 1855; was a member of the state constitutional
convention, 1857. [237 (28).]
Garrison, John, pioneer, b. in Broome county, N. Y., March 14, 1802;
d*. in Mantorville, Minn., June 21, 1871. He settled in Dodge county in
1855; owned a farm, and engaged in mercantile business in Mantor-
ville. [49.]
Garrison, Oscar E., civil engineer, b. at Fort Ann, N. Y., July 21,
1825; d. on his farm in Crow Wing county, Minn., April 2, 1886. He
came to Minnesota in 1850; explored Lake Minnetonka, and built the
first house upon its banks; surveyed and platted the village of Way-
zata in 1854; removed to St. Cloud in 1860; served in the Northern
Rangers against the Sioux, 1862. [31; 41; 237 (1).]
Gaktsibe, F. E., b. in Bradford county, Pa., in 1862; came to Minne-
sota in 1884; settled in Winona; was postmaster there eight years;
was a representative in the legislature in 1909. [30*.]
Garver, James Alexander, physician, b. in Hamilton, Ohio, March
19, 1814; d. in Wasioja, Minn., Dec. 15, 1901- He came to Minnesota
in 1856, settling in Wasioja; served as surgeon in Indiana regiments
during the civil war; removed to Dodge Center in 1875. [18; 49;
156.]
Garvin, Charles Frederick, M. E. clergyman, b. in Essex, Vt, in
1827; d. in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 14, 1909. He joined the Vermont con-
ference; came to Minnesota in 1867; was pastor in many places, and
after 1881 resided in Hamline, St. Paul. [237 (56*).]
Gaskill, James R. M., physician, b. in Madison county, 111., in 1820;
was graduated at McKendree college, 1843, and in the medical depart-
ment of the Missouri State University, 1854; was surgeon in an Illi-
nois regiment, 1864-5; settled in Marine ,Minn., in 1855; was a repre-
sentative in the first state legislature, and also in 1872-3. [29*; 30;
40; 41.]
Gates, Ezra W., miller and farmer, b. in Waukon, Wis., Jan, 9, 1851;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1857; resides at Garden City;
was a representative in the legislature in 1905-7. [24; 25; 30*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 249
Gates, H. N., Congregational clergyman, b. in Fowler, N. Y., May
31, 1820; was graduated at Union College, 1846, and Hartford Theo-
logical Seminary, 1850; engaged in missionary work at Detroit and
other Minnesota towns after 1872. [44.]
Gates, Joseph A., physician, b. in Olmsted county, Minn., Sept. 11,
1870; was graduated in medicine at the University of Minnesota,
1895; settled in Kenyon; built the Kenyon telephone exchange in
1901; was a representative in the legislature, 1905-09. [24; 26*; 30*;
56.]
Gates, Oliver H., educator, b. in Adams county, Pa., in 1860; en-
gaged in teaching in Pennsylvania, 1886-8; later taught in North Da-
kota Indian Schools until 1899, then becoming superintendent of the
Vermilion Lake Training School for Indians, at Tower, Minn. [37.]
Gates, W. Almoxt, lawyer, b. in Middlefield, Ohio, in 1854; was
graduated at Oberlin College, 1878; was admitted to the bar in 1881,
and came to Minnesota the same year; was attorney of Sauk Center
after 1887 resided in St. Paul; was agent for the state in relation to
hospitals for the insane; removed to California in 1903. [93; 111*
237 (32*).]
Gates, Warren, pioneer, b. in Bennington county, Vt., Jan. 31, 1828
was the first settler in Alma City, Waseca county, Minn., 1865; en-
gaged in the manufacture of wagons. [75.]
Gaugiian, James Henry, R. C. priest, b. Feb. 27, 1855; was educated
in Catholic schools of Wisconsin and Minnesota, and studied theology
in Canada; was ordained priest in 1883, and after 1900 was pastor of
St. Joseph's church, Red Wing. [26*.]
Gailt, Z. S., banker, b. in Lyons, N. Y., Feb. 19, 1843; came to Min-
nesota in 1853, and lived at Traverse des Sioux; was elected register
of deeds for Nicollet county in 1870, and county auditor, 1873; was
cashier of the Nicollet County Bank after 1885. [237 (45*).]
Gausewitz, William, pharmacist, b. in Manitowoc county, Wis., in
1863; came to Minnesota in 1884, and resides in Owatonna; was a
member of the state senate, 1899-1902. [30; 72.]
Gausta, Heriuorn N., artist, b. in Telemarken, Norway, in 1854;
came with his parents to the United States in 1867; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1889. He is well known as a portrait painter. [169.]
Gaithier, John B., pioneer, b. in New York in 1803; was one of the
original contractors of the Erie canal; came to St. Paul in 1838; plat-
ted an addition to West St. Paul; died in 1884. [94.]
Gay, Picard du, French explorer; accompanied Hennepin and Ako
on a voyage to explore the sources of the Mississippi in 1680. They
discovered the Falls of St. Anthony, which were named by Hennepin.
They were captured by the Indians, but were released and returned
to Canada. [1.]
250 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Gaylord, Nelson Beeman, farmer and miller, b. in Pennsylvania,
Nov. 1, 1823; d. at Belvidere Mills, Minn., Dec. 27, 1903. He came to
Goodhue county, Minn., in 1855; erected a grist mill in 1861, and was
instrumental in establishing Belvidere Mills postoffice in 1878, of
which he was postmaster many years. [54; 237 (35).]
Gear, Ezekiel Gilbert, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Middletown,
Conn., Sept. 13, 1793; d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 13, 1873. He was or-<
dained to the ministry in 1814; was appointed chaplain at Fort Snell-
ing in 1837; was transferred to Fort Ripley in 1860, and seven years
later was placed on the retired list because of his advanced age.
[28, XII*; 59; 85; 152A*; 237 (1).]
Gearey, E. C, farmer, b. in Hudson, N. Y., June 11, 184i; served in
the 149th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war, becoming lieutenant colonel;
came to Minnesota in 1$65, and settled in Plainview; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Gearhart, Nathaniel Alward, lawyer, b. in Livingston county, N.
Y., Sept. 25, 1843; d. Jan. 10, 1906. He served in the 104th N. Y. Regt.,
1861-4; came to Minnesota in 1887, and settled in Duluth; was admit-
ted to the bar, and practiced ten years; was judge of the municipal
court, 1898-1904. [Ill; 241.]
Geddes, George, merchant, b. in Albany, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1836; settled
in Anoka, Minn., in 1869; was auditor of Anoka county, 1881-84. [31;
43.]
Geddes, Thomas Timothy, merchant, b. in Frankfort, 111., Sept. 9,
1860; came with his parents to Anoka, Minn., in 1869, where he has
since resided. [24; 43*.]
Geddes, William R., lawyer, b. in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1855; d.
in Rochester, Minn., Oct. 10, 1911. He came with his parents to Blue
Earth county, Minn., in 1864; engaged in newspaper work in Man-
kato and studied law, and in 1891 was admitted to the bar. In 1898
his brother, Charles D. Geddes, joined him in the legal firm of W. R.
and C. D. Geddes. [46; 237 (67*).]
Gedney, Matthias A., b. in New York city, Oct. 24, 1822; d. in Min-
neapolis, Feb. 20, 1905. He settled there in 1879, and established a
large pickling business. [237 (35*).]
Geib, John, b. in Prussia in 1834; d. in Winthrop, Minn., in 1901.
He came to the United States when eight years old; settled in Hen-
derson, Minn., in 1855; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; engaged in milling, and later in farming; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1878. [30; 32; 237 (14).]
Geissel, George, farmer, b. in Bavaria in 1844; came to Minnesota
in 1856; served in the Third Ohio Light Artillery during the civil war;
settled in Morrison county, Minn.; was a state senator, 1891-3. [30;
98*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 251
Geissler, John M., farmer, b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, in 1829;
came to the United States in 1847, and settled in Minnesota ten years
later; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; resides
at Nunda, Freeborn county; was a representative in the legislature,
1893-5. [30.]
Genin, J. B. M., R. C. priest, b. near Lyons, France, Nov. 4, 1»839;
came to America in 1860; had charge of a mission in northern Canada,
and later among the Sioux on the Red river; settled in Dultuh in
1873. [31.]
Genis, Claude, R. C. priest, b. in France, Oct. 4, 1838; d. in Min-
neapolis, July 27, 1910. He was ordained a priest in 1861; came to
the United States in 1863, settling in Minnesota; engaged in mission-
ary work five years; was pastor in Austin, 1869-74; in Faribault, 1874-
82; and later in Graceville, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and other places in
this state. [70; 146; 241.]
Gentry, William T., soldier, b. in 1832 in Indiana; d. at Fort Snell-
ing, Minn., June 28, 1885. He was graduated at the U. S. Military
Academy in 1856; was brevetted lieutenant colonel in 1884; and was
commandant at Fort Snelling, 1884-5. [11; 12; 13; 121.]
George, August F., b. in Hanover, Germany, Jan. 31, 1857; came to
the United States in 1874; settled in Ada, Minn., in 1880, and engaged
in mercantile business; was the first treasurer of Norman county,
1882-3, and county auditor, 1887-93. [35.]
George, James, lawyer, b. in Alexandria, N. Y., May 27, 1819; d. in
Rochester, Minn., March 7, 1881. He was admitted to the bar in 1844;
served through the Mexican war, attaining the rank of captain; was
colonel of the Second Minnesota Regt, 1862-4. He came to Minnesota
in 1854, settling on a farm in Olmsted county, near the present city
of Rochester. [18; 66; 237 (1).]
George, Perry, farmer, b. in Sheldon, N. Y., April 8, 1847; came to
Minnesota in 1861; resided in Lake City; was a representative in the
legislature in 1879. [30.]
Gerber, J. W., hardware merchant, b. in Oneida county, N. Y., Nov.
12, 1854; settled in Luverne, Minn., in 1878, owned a store, and had
many other financial interests. [34; 71.]
Gerdtzen, Ernst Adolph, lawyer, b. in Hamburg, Germany, April
28, 1822; d. in Winona, Minn., Dec. 18, 1895. He came to the United
States in 1848, and settled in Winona in 1856; was clerk of the dis-
trict court seventeen years. [23*; 76.]
Gere, Thomas Parke, civil engineer, b. in Wellsburg, N. Y., Sept.
10, 1842; d. in Chicago, 111., Jan. 8, 1912. He came with his parents to
Minnesota when ten years old; resided in Chatfield; served in the
Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the Indian and civil wars; became general
superintendent of the eastern division of the Chicago, St. Paul, Min-
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neapolis and Omaha railroad in 1882; removed to Sioux City, Iowa,
and later to Chicago. [52; 68; 237 (68).]
Gerken, John, b. in Germany, Nov. 11, 1842; d. in Henderson, Minn.,
July 3, 1904. He came to the United States in 1848, and to Minnesota
in 1859; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt, 1862-5; was mayor of
Henderson five years, and county treasurer four years. [32; 237
(35).]
Gerlagh, George N., building contractor, b. July 3, 1857, in St. Paul,
where he still resides; was a representative in the legislature in 1895.
[30.]
Gerlich, H. H., farmer, b. in Wisconsin in 1845; came to Mankato,
Minn., in 1868, and eleven years later settled in Decoria.; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1875. [32.]
Gerould, James Thayer, librarian, b. in Goffstown, N. H., Oct. 3,
1872; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1895; engaged in library
work in several universities; librarian of the University of Minne-
sota since 1906. [85A; 127A*, B.]
Gerrish, Charles, pioneer, b. in Canterbury, N. H.; settled in Sara-
toga, Winona county, Minn., in 1855) was a member of the state con-
stitutional convention, 1857; removed from his farm to St. Charles in
1876. [76.]
Gerseth, Knut, educator, b. in Norway, Sept. 16, 1865; came to the
United States in 1871; was graduated at the University of Minne-
sota, 1893, and later at the University of Heidelberg, Germany; was
principal of Glenwood Academy, Glenwood, Minn., 1898-1902, and later
professor of history in Luther College, Decorah, Iowa. [148.]
Gerstenhauer, Eugene, journalist, b. in Rhoda, Germany* May 2,
1834; d. in Winona, Minn., Dec. 10, 1910. He came to the United
States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1856; settled in New Ulm, and
aided in founding a newspaper that is now the New Ulm Pioneer;
served in the First Minnesota battery in the civil war; after 1873 pub-
lished the Winona Adler, and later was employed on the Westlicher
Herald in Winona till 1909. [237 (62).]
Gervais, Basil, b. in St. Paul, Sept. 4, 1839, being the first child
born there of white parents. When fourteen years old, he commenced
rafting logs down the Mississippi, and afterward engaged in farming
near White Bear lake. [68; 94; 237 (6*, 42*) ; 238 (May 6, 1894*).]
Gervais, Benjamin, pioneer, b. at Riviere du Loup, Canada, July
15, 1786; d. in New Canada, Minn., Jan., 1876. He settled on the Red
river in the Selkirk Colony in 1812; came to Fort Snelling in 1827;
and when settlers were ordered to leave the military reservation, in
1838, he opened a farm in what is now St. Paul. [28, IV; 237 (1).]
Gervais, Severe, pioneer, b. at St. Boniface, Canada, Aug. 11, 1829;
came with his parents to St. Paul in 1836; owned a farm in Little
Canada, Ramsey county. [68.]
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Gesner, N. A., b. in New York in 1837; served in the 40th N. Y.
Regt in the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; set-
tled in Lake City, Minn., in 1868; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1873. [30.]
Getchell, Nathaniel, farmer, b. in Wesley, Maine, Nov. 9, 182S;
came to Minnesota in 1852, and three years later was one of the
founders of the town of Brockway, Stearns county; served in the Min-
nesota Mounted Rangers, 1862-3. [31.]
Getchell, Warren H., pioneer, b. in Bloomfield, Maine, Feb. 25,
1825; came to Minnesota in 1856; owned a farm in Afton, Washington
county; removed to Minneapolis in 1882; was secretary of the Twin
City Iron Works. [174*.]
Getmax, Jerry E., b. in West Monroe, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1837; came to
Minnesota in 1859; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; settled in Kasson in 1877; was sheriff of Dodge county four
terms. [49.]
Getty, Dantee, b. in Ireland, Feb. 16, 1826; d. at White Bear, Minn.,
Nov. 13, 1903. He came with his parents to the United States in
1833, and to Minnesota in 1855; settled at White Bear in 1864; estab-
lished the White Bear Mencantile Co. [237 (28).]
Getty, George Franklin, lawyer, b. near Grantsville, Md., Oct. 17,
1855; was graduated at the Ohio Normal University, 1879, and in law
at the University of Michigan, 1882; came to Minnesota in 1884, set-
tling in Minneapolis. [20; 22*; 25; 26*.]
Getty, John Jerome, farmer, b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., Sept. 15,
1821; came to Minnesota in 1853; was founder of the township of
Getty, Stearns county, in 1857. [31.]
Geyermanx, Peter, merchant, b. in Waldesch, Germany, Dec. 13,
1825; came to the United States in 1851, and to Minnesota in 1855.
Two years later he built a store in Shakopee, and carried on a trade
in general merchandise many years. [18.]
Gheen, Edward Hickman, rear admiral, U. S. navy, b. in Delaware
county, Pa., Dec. 11, 1845; was graduated at the U. S. Naval Academy,
1867; served in the navy forty years, and retired at his own request
in 1902; later resided in St. Paul. [17; 24.]
Ghostley, Harry, b. in Berkley, Eng., Jan. 28, 1844; came to Min-
nesota when ten years old; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; resided in Hennepin county; was a brick mason; was
a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Gibbon, Homer E., educator, b. in Marion county, W. Va., in 1847;
d. in Baudette, Minn., Nov. 5, 1905. He served in the 85th and other
Ohio regiments in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1873; resided
in Ottawa, Le Sueur county, and was superintendent of schools for
that county twelve years; removed to Baudette in 1901. [32; 237
(39*).]
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Gibbon, John, brigadier general, b. near Holmesburg, Pa., April 26,
1827; d. in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 6, 1896. He was graduated at the U.
S. military academy at West Point in 1847; served in the civil war;
was temporarily located at Fort Snelling, Minn., in 1878, and was its
commandant during parts of 1880-2; was commander-in-chief of the
Military Order of the Loyal Legion at the time of his death. [11;
12; 13; 121; 237 (9*).]
Gibbs, Hem an R., pioneer, b. in Chittenden county, Vt, March 16,
1815; d. in St. Anthony Park, Minn., Nov. 19, 1891. He settled there
upon a farm in 1849. [174*.]
Gibbs, Mrs. Jane de Bow Stevens, b. in New York about 1828; came
to Minnesota with the family of the Presbyterian missionary, Rev. J.
D. Stevens, in 1835; resided at various mission stations; was mar-
ried when twenty years old to Heman R. Gibbs, and settled on a claim
at St. Anthony Park, where they afterward resided, being the first
white settlers there. [174*; 237 (7).]
Gibbs, John La Porte, lieutenant governor, b. in Bradford county,
Pa., May 3, 1838; d. in Owatonna, Minn., Nov. 28, 1908. He was grad-
uated at Susquehanna Collegiate Institute, 1860, and in law at the
University of Michigan, 1861; came to Albert Lea, Minn., in 1861, and
soon afterward settled on a farm in Geneva; was a representative in
in the legislature, 1864-5, and again in 1876-7 and 1885, being speaker
of the House during his last two terms. In 1897-9 he was lieutenant
governor of the state. 122*; 27*; 30; 53; 53A*; 237 (51*); 238 (Oct.
4, 1896*).]
Gibbs, John P., b. in Jennings county, Ind., Feb. 19, 1840; d. in St.
Paul, Feb. 16, 1903. He served in the 26th Indiana Regt. in the civil
war; came to Minnesota in 1866; settled on a farm in New Haven,
Meeker county, and later resided at Bird Island; was commissioner
of Itasca Park after 1901. [237 (28).]
Gibbs, Oliver, Jr., horticulturist, b. in Vermont in 1832; served in
the Second Wisconsin cavalry in the civil war; settled in Lake City,
Minn., in 1869; was secretary of the Minnesota State Horticultural
Society after 1881; was superintendent of Minnesota exhibits at the
Cotton Centennial Exposition, in New Orleans, 1884-5; removed to
Prescott, Wis. [74.]
Gibeau, Samuel, b. in Illinois, April 3, 1868; came to Minnesota
with his parents in 1875; settled in Lambert, Red Lake county, in
1890; opened a store, and was postmaster; was county register of
deeds, 1899-1905. [38*.]
Gibson, Charles, lawyer, b. in Montgomery county, Va., in 1825;
studied law, and was admitted to the bar in St. Louis; was promi-
nent in Missouri politics as a Unionist, at the time of the civil war;
spent many summers in Minnesota after 1860, and planned and owned
the Hotel St. Louis on Lake Minnetonka. [60*.]
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Gibson, Frederic M., physician, b. in Binghamton, N. Y., in 1856;
was graduated in medicine at the University of Michigan, 1884; later
studied in Europe; settled in Minneapolis; was homoeopathic pro-
fessor of ophthalmology in the University of Minnesota, 1895-1904.
[127 (10*).]
Gibson, Fremont S., b. in Essex county, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1856; set-
tled in Luverne, Minn.; was proprietor of a bank at Beaver Creek
after 1885, and also owned flouring mills. [34.]
Gibson, James S., physician, b. in Ayr, Ontario, Nov. 9, 1842; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1853; was graduated at Chicago
Medical College, 1869; settled in Atwater in 1873. [63*.]
Gibson, Otis W., physician, b. in Wellsboro, Pa., in 1839; served in
the U. S. army as surgeon, 1861-6; came to Minnesota in 1867; was
a state senator, 1887-9; resided at Austin, and was its mayor in 1888.
[30.]
Gibson, Paris, b. in Brownfield, Me., July 1, 1830; was graduated at
Bowdoin college, 1851; settled in Minneapolis, 1858; built the first
flouring mill there; removed to Fort Benton, Montana, in 1879, and
was the founder of the city of Great Falls in 1882; was U. S. senator
from Montana, 1901-05. [3; 17; 237 (15*, 63).]
Gibson, Reuben B., pioneer, b. in New Hampshire; settled on a
claim in Hennepin county; was a representative in the first state leg-
islature. [59.]
Giddings, Arthur E., judge, b. in Anoka, Minn., Oct. 2, 1867; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1889, and from its college
of law, 1892; settled in Anoka; was city attorney, and later county
attorney two terms; judge of the Eighteenth judicial district since
1899. [24; 25; 30; 43.]
Giddings, Aurora W., physician, b. in Williamsfield, Ohio, Nov. 2,
1830; was graduated at the Albany Medical School, 1854, and settled
in Anoka, Minn., the same year. [18; 25; 43.]
Giddings, John I., b. in Williamsfield, Ohio, March 7, 1835; came to
Minnesota in 1854, and settled in Anoka in 1860; removed to New
York in 1864, but returned to Anoka eight years later, and engaged in
the manufacture of doors, sash, and blinds. [31.]
Gideon, Peter M., horticulturist, b. in Champaign county, Ohio, Feb.
9, 1820; came to Minnesota in 1853, settling on the south shore of
Lake Minnetonka at Gideon's bay; engaged in planting and cultivat-
ing apples and other fruits; was superintendent of the State Fruit
Farm; later engaged in the nursery business. [60*; 85.]
Giescke, William, b. in Hanover, Germany, in 1831; d. at Los An-
geles, Cal., Feb., 1905. He came to the United States in 1849, and to
Minnesota in 1855; resided on a farm in Nicollet county until 1866,
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then removed to New Ulm; was sheriff of Brown county, 1867-76. [32;
237 (35).]
Giffokd, George F., journalist, b. in Clark county, Ky., Sept. 19, 1856;
settled in St. Paul in 1882; was editor of the St. Paul Globe, and later
was interested in the North Star Press Association. [100; 238 (Dec.
20, 1899).]
Gilbert, Cass, architect, b. in Zanesville, Ohio, Nov. 24, 1859; came
with his parents to St. Paul when eight years old. He studied his pro-
fession in the large cities of America and in Europe, and has had an
extensive practice since 1883, now having offices in St. Paul and New
York city. In 1895 his design for the new State Capitol of Minnesota
was selected, and he was architect in charge of construction, 1895-1905.
He has resided in New York city since 1899. [3; 4; 17; 22*; 24; 25.]
Gilbert, Charles Benajah, educator, b. in Wilton, Conn., March 9,
1855; was graduated at Williams College, 1876; came to Minnesota
in 1878; taught in Mankato and Winona; settled in St. Paul in 1883;
was principal of the high school six years, and superintendent of the
city schools, 1889-96; removed to Rochester, N. Y., and later to New
York City; author and editor of many educational books. [17; 95*.]
Gilbert, Charles C, b. in Ohio in 1822; was graduated at the IT. S.
Military Academy, 1846; was commandant at Fort Snelling during
parts of 1878-9; was brevetted colonel in 1881; retired from the army
in 1886. [11; 12; 13.]
Gilbert, F. W., civil engineer, d. in St. Paul, April 17, 1909. He
was connected with the Northern Pacific railway after 1881; was its
general superintendent after 1903, residing in St. Paul. [237 (56).]
Gilbert, Gideon K., banker, b. in New Haven, Conn., March 30, 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1856, and the next year settled in Glencoe;
engaged in farming and mercantile business; in 1875 established the
Bank of Glencoe, of which he was president. [64*.]
Gilbert, L. C, Congregational clergyman, b. in Augusta, N. Y., in
1805; d. in Eden, Brown county, Minn., June 8, 1878. He was grad-
uated at Western Reserve College, Ohio, 1833; and at Auburn Theo-
logical Seminary, N. Y„ 1836; was a home missionary in Illinois and
Minnesota; purchased a farm in Eden in 1874. [32.]
Gilbert, Maiilox Nobkis, Episcopal bishop, b. in Laurens, N. Y„
March 23, 1848; d. in- St. Paul, March 2, 1900. He was graduated at
Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, 1875; was ordained priest in Deer
Lodge, Montana, 1875; and was consecrated bishop in Chicago, in
1880. He commenced his work in the ministry in Montana, but in
1881 settled in St. Paul, becoming the rector of Christ Church; after
1886 he was associate bishop of Minnesota. [3*; 4; 7; 23*; 68; 124;
152; 152A*; 156 ;237 (11*); 238 (March 3, 1900*).]
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Gilbert, Newington, pioneer, b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., Feb. 17,
1815; settled in Woodbury, Washington county, Minn., in 1851; was a
member of the state constitutional convention, 1857; removed to Val-
ley Creek in 1864. [40.]
Gilbertsen, G. O., farmer, b. in Norway in 1853; came to Minnesota
in 1880; resides at Halstad; was a representative in the legislature
in 1897. [30.]
Gilbertson, Ole, pioneer, b. in Norway in 1841; came to the United
States with his mother when eight years old; served in the 12th Iowa
Regt. in the civil war; owned a farm in Gilchrist, Pope county, Minn.,
after 1867; was county treasurer, 1887-90. [30; 67.]
Gilbertson, Teman, pioneer, b. in Norway, March 15, 1837; came to
the United States when ten years old, and to Spring Grove, Houston
county, Minn., in 1854; owned a farm and a hotel; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1871. [61.]
Gile, John R., b. in Addison, N. Y., April 16, 1829; settled on a farm
in Winona county, Minn., in 1855; removed to Winona in 1865, and
owned The Democrat; afterward engaged in commission business.
[77.]
Giles, George, b. in Baltimore, Md., March 28, 1841; came to Minne-
sota in 1868; settled on a farm in Belle Plaine; was a representative
in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Gilfillan, Charles Duncan, b. in New Hartford, N. Y., July 4, 1831;
d. in St. Paul, Dec. 18, 1902. He was educated at Homer Academy and
Hamilton college; came to Minnesota in 1851, read law at Stillwater,
and settled in St. Paul in 1854; was president of the company that in
1869 completed the St. Paul Water Works; was for three terms a rep-
resentative in the legislature, and a state senator in 1878-85. During
his later years he engaged largely in farming in Redwood county, and
was president of the Minnesota Valley Historical Association, inter-
ested in the erection of monuments and tablets commemorating events
of the Sioux massacre and war in 1862. [18; 23; 28, IV*; 30; 41; 68;
93*; 94; 95*; 237 (28*).]
Gilfillan, James, jurist, b. in Bannockburn, Scotland, March 9, 1829;
d. in St. Paul, Dec. 16, 1894. He came to the United States in his
infancy; was admitted to the bar in 1850; settled at St. Paul in 1857;
served as captain in the Seventh Minnesota Regt., and as colonel of
the Eleventh Minnesota Regt., 1864-5; was chief justice of the su-
preme court of the state, 1869-70 and 1875-94. [7; 18; 23; 27; 30; 41;
93; 94; 95*; 115; 121; 137*; 168 (April, 1892*).]
Gilfillan, John Bachop, congressman, b. in Barnet, Vt, Feb. 11,
1835; came to Minnesota in 1855, settling at St. Anthony; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1860, and has since practiced law in Minneapolis.
From 1876 to 1885 he was a state senator; and in 1885-7 represented
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his district in Congress; author of "History of the University of Min-
nesota," in the Minn. Hist. Society Collections, Vol. XII, 1908, pages 43-
84. [10; 22*; 24; 25; 27*; 30; 84*; 111*; 127B; 137.]
Gilfillan, Joseph Alexander, Episcopal clergyman, b. near London-
derry, Ireland, Oct. 23, 1838; came to Minnesota in 1857; studied the-
ology at the General Theological Seminary, New York, 1865-9; was
rector in Duluth and Brainerd, and was missionary to the O jib way
Indians in Northern Minnesota, 1873-98; removed to Washington, D. C;
author of "The Ojibway, a Novel of Indian Life," 457 pages, 1904. [241.]
Gilham, Edwin, b. in Macoupin county, 111., in 1845; served in the
Fifth Iowa cavalry in the civil war; settled in Luverne, Minn., in
1868; engaged in trapping and hunting, and owned a farm; was sheriff
of Rock county, 1879-90. [30; 34.]
Gill, William, Congregational clergyman, b. in Bridgefield, England,
March 28, 1829; d. in Bozeman, Mont, Aug. 20, 1901. He was grad-
uated at Illinois College,, 1859, and Andover Theological Seminary,
1862; came to Minnesota in 1875; was pastor in Mantorville, Alexan-
dria, Glyndon, and other places; removed to Wisconsin in 1891. [144.]
Gillespie, Abram L., b. in Shiloh, 111., Feb. 14, 1836; d. in Stillwater,
Minn., Dec. 20, 1901. He first came to Minnesota in 1855, but soon
removed to Colorado; served in the Second Wisconsin cavalry, 1861-6;
settled in the St. Croix valley after the civil war, and engaged in log-
ging and lumbering at Stillwater. [237 (19).]
Gillett, Harbison, machinist, b. in Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1824; set-
tled in Lake City, Minn., in 1856, where he established a machine
shop and a foundry. [74.]
Gillette, George M., manufacturer, b. in Niles, Mich., Dec. 19, 1858;
was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1880; came to Minne-
sota in 1889, and resides in Minneapolis; was a representative in the
legislature in 1903. [25; 30.]
Gilligan, Mrs. Mary Smith, centenarian, b. in County Leitrim, Ire-
land, in 1796; married Michael Gilligan when seventeen years of age;
came with him to the United States, and some years later settled on
a farm near Anoka, Minn., where she resided forty-four years. Her
husband died at the age of one hundred and three years; and Mrs.
Gilligan has the distinction of living in three centuries. [237 (13*).]
Gillitt, Harvey, merchant, b. in New York in 1830; d. in Hastings,
Minn., Oct. 3, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1851; platted the town
of La Crescent; engaged in steamboat business; and after 1856 owned
an addition to the city of Hastings; in 1870 purchased a store there.
[48; 237 (28).]
Gillitt, William, steamboat captain, b. in Onondaga county, N. Y.,
June 19, 1832; d. in Hastings, Minn.; 1902. He settled in Hastings in
1858, and for several years was a captain on the Mississippi. [48.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 259
Gillrup, Victor, merchant, b. near Copenhagen, Denmark, May 29,
1840; came to the United States in 1862; served in a New York regi-
ment in the civil war; settled in Shell Rock, Freeborn county, Minn.,
where he established the first store; removed to Albert Lea in 1885;
was county register of deeds, 1884-89. [24; 53; 53A.]
Gilman, Charles, b. in Gilmanton, N. H., Jan. 3, 1803; d. in St.
Cloud, Minn., May 30, 1895. He owned two thousand acres of land in
Benton county, Minn., and an interest in the Sauk Rapids water
power. [237 (9).]
Gilman, Charles Andrew, lieutenant governor, b. in Gilmanton, N.
H., Feb. 9, 1833; came to Sauk Rapids, Minn., in 1855, and removed to
St. Cloud in 1861. He was receiver, and afterward register, of the
U. S. land office at St. Cloud for several years; was a member of the
state senate in 1868-9, and of the House in 1875-9, being speaker the
last two years; was lieutenant governor, 1880-7; and state librarian,
1894-9. [18; 30; 41; 237 (45).]
Gilman, David, b. in Saratoga county, N. Y., April 29, 1812; d. in
Watab, Minn., May, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1848, being em-
ployed by the American Fur Company; settled the next year in
Watab, Benton county, where he was sheriff four years; was a repre-
sentative in the territorial legislature in 1850, and a member of the
constitutional convention, 1857. [31; 41; 237 (1).]
Gilman, Horace H., farmer, b. in Effingham, N. H., in 1834; came to
Minnesota in 1857, settling at Winnebago City; was a representative
in the legislature in 1877. [30; 39; 51*.]
Gilman, James B., pioneer, b. near Dansville, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1831;
d. April 7, 1904. He came to St. Paul about 1853; owned a machine
shop and foundry; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; later owned a farm in Dakota county; after 1882 resided in
Minneapolis. [237 (35).]
Gilman, John Melvin, lawyer, b. in Calais, Vt., Sept. 7, 1824; d.
in St. Paul, Sept. 26, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in
St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature in 1865, 1869, 1870,
and 1877. [18; 23*; 28, IV; 30; 41; 68; 93; 93A*; 94; 95*; 98*; 137*;
237 (43*); 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Gilmore, Clark William, lawyer, b. in Potsdam, N. Y., July 8, 1852;
was graduated at the Normal School in Potsdam, 1872; came to Min-
nesota in 1874; studied law in Rochester, was admitted to the bar,
and began practice in Mankato. In 1882 he removed to Pipestone,
where he was county attorney three terms, and municipal judge since
1906. In the Spanish-American war, 1898, he was captain in the Fif-
teenth Minnesota Regt. [23; 71A.]
Gilmore, David McKinney, b. in Newville, Pa., May 21, 1840; d. in
Minneapolis, Feb. 14, 1900. He served in the Pennsylvania cavalry in
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the civil war, and attained the rank of captain; settled in Minneapolis
in 1860. [121; 238 (Feb. 15, 1900).]
Gilmore, G. M„ b. in Sullivan county, N. H., April 24, 1824; came to
Minnesota in 1855, and the next year bought a farm on the site of
Faribault; engaged in milling and mercantile business. [70.]
Gilpin, Joseph, journalist, b. in Lockport, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1842; served
in the 60th Massachusetts Regt. in the civil war; settled on a home-
stead in Alexandria, Minn., in 1867; published the Alexandria Post,
1870-5; and in 1878 established the Douglas County News. [35.]
Giltinan, George M., b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1853; was graduated
as a civil engineer at the Polytechnic College of Pennsylvania, 1873;
came to Minnesota in 1876, settling in Stevens county, and engaged
in farming; was county auditor, 1885-9; and afterward was appointed
state weighmaster. [30; 73.]
Giltinan, John A., lawyer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1857; d. in
Morris, Minn., Nov. 14, 1900. He was graduated at Georgetown Col-
lege, Washington, D. C; settled in Morris in 1877; was admitted to
the bar in St. Paul; was assistant city clerk there, 1886-99; then re-
turned to Morris. [237 (11).]
Giltner, H. C, lawyer and farmer, b. in Tompkins county, N. Y.,
Aug. 7, 1808; came to Minnesota in 1860; was admitted to the bar,
and was attorney of McLeod county; resided on a farm in Martins-
burg, Renville county, after 1880. [32.]
Ginther, Edward, R. C. priest, b. at Mount Laffee, Pa., Feb. 25, 1846;
d. in West Union, Minn., Dee. 29, 1908. He came to Minnesota with
his parents dn 1856; was ordained at St. John's College in 1879; was
pastor in Millerville, St. Martin, St. Paul, Duluth, and West Union.
[132 (1909); 146.]
Gipson, Henry E., lumberman, b. in Aurora, Ind., April 2, 1863;
settled in Minneapolis in 1889, where he has since dealt in lumber.
[25; 167 (Aug. 4, 1893*, and Jan. 11, 1901*).]
Girling, Thomas H., printer, b. in Nottingham, Eng., Dec. 11, 1865;
came to Minnesota in 1872, settling at Minneapolis; founded the Great
Western Printing Co., 1895, and has since been its president; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903. [25; 30.]
Gish, Henry L., farmer, b. in Clark county, Ohio, in 1838; was one
of the pioneers of Le Sueur county, settling in Waterville in 1857;
served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1876. [32.]
Gjertsen, Henry John, lawyer, b. in Tromsoe, Norway, Oct. 8, 1861;
came to the United States when six years old, with his parents, who
settled in Hennepin county, Minn.; attended Red Wing Seminary six
years; was admitted to the bar in 1883, and settled at Minneapolis;
was a state senator, 1903-05. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 30; 85A; 111;
169.*]
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Gjertsen, Melchior Falk, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sogne, Nor-
way, Feb. 19, 1847; came to the United States in 1864; was ordained
in 1868, and held pastorates in Illinois and Wisconsin, and since 1881
in Minneapolis. [22*; 25; 26*; 169.]
Glader, Gustavus Adolphtjs, b. in Sweden, Feb. 3, 1839; came to
the United States in 1853; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in
the Indian and civil wars; settled at Lake Elizabeth, Kandiyohi
county, in 1869; was a state senator, 1891-3; resided in Atwater after
1897. [30; 63*; 169.]
Glazier, Willard, author, b. in Fowler, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1841; d. in
1905. He served in New York regiments in the civil war, attaining
the rank of captain; published several books on the civil war; ex-
plored the headwaters of the Mississippi river in 1881, and published
a book in which he claimed the discovery of its true source above
Lake Itasca. [1; 3*; 4; 17; 28, VI, VII; 237 (5).]
Glenn, Edwin F., b. in Guilford county, N. C, in 1857; was grad-
uated at West Point Military Academy, 1877; was stationed at Fort
Snelling, 1882-7, and was professor of military science and tactics in
the University of Minnesota, 1888-91; was graduated from its law
department in 1891; became captain and acting judge advocate, U. S,
Army, in 1894. [127 (12).]
Glessner, William, b. in Somerset county, Pa., Jan., 1816; d. in
Minneapolis, Oct. 18, 1894. He settled in St. Anthony in 1854, and
engaged in the furniture business. [237 (9*).]
Glines, Albert, hardware merchant, b. in Canada in 1823; came to
Minnesota in 1856; opened the first store in Elgin; afterward engaged
in mercantile business in Lake City until 1880; then removed to Ap-
pleton. [32.]
Glotfelter, Charles Weymouth, farmer, b. in McLean county, 111.,
in 1858; came to Minnesota in 1870; resides in Waterville; was a
representative in the legislature in 1907; president of the State Agri-
cultural Society, 1911-12. [30*.]
Glotzbach, Frank L., druggist, b. in Natrona, Pa., Sept. 11, 1872;
came to Minnesota in 1887, and settled in Faribault; was a state sen-
ator since 1907. [25; 30*; 70A*.]
Gluck, Frederick, pioneer, b. in Saxony, Germany; came to the
United States in 1849, and to Brownsville, Minn., in 1854; owned a
farm, and after 1865 a brewery; was a state senator in 1859. [61.]
Gmeiner, John, R. C. priest, b. in Bavaria, Dec. 5, 1847; came with
his parents to Milwaukee, Wis., in 1849; was ordained priest in 1870;
was professor in St. Thomas Seminary, St. Paul, seven years; pastor
at Springfield, Minn., since 1902; author of several books treating of
religion and science. [17; 24.]
Goar, M. A., merchant, b. in Indiana, Jan. 17, 1857; d. in Fergus
262 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Falls, Minn., Dec. 11, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1883; resided
at Kennedy, Kittson county; was a representative in the legislature
in 1897. [30; 37*; 237 (35*).]
Godfrey, Ard, b. in Orono, Maine, Jan. 18, 1813; d. in Minneapolis,
Oct. 15, 1894. He settled in Minneapolis in 1847; assisted Franklin
-Steele to build the first saw mill at the Falls of St. Anthony in 1849,
and was the first postmaster there. [32; 41; 58; 59; 84*; 167 (Oct.
19, 1894); 174*; 237 (9*).]
Godfrey, Gusa, a negro who was one of the leaders in the Indian
massacres of 1862, b. in 1839; d. at the Santee Reservation, Nebraska,
in July, 1909. He was living with the Sioux at the time of the out-
break, and incited and assisted them in fearful cruelties; but, although
captured and tried, he obtained his freedom on account of giving
state's evidence against his Indian companions. [237 (56).]
Godfrey, Percy Downing, lawyer, b. in Hampton, N. H., March 12,
1871; came to Minnesota in 1887; was graduated in law at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1892, and has since practiced in St. Paul. [22*;
24; 25; 26; 137*.]
Goelz, John, b. in Germany, July 29, 1829 ; came to the United
States in 1873, and to Minnesota in 1878; was teacher of a Catholic
school in Stillwater after 1880. [40.]
Goetzinger, W. H., journalist, b. in Faribault, Minn., Jan. 11, 1871;
settled at Elbow Lake in 1890, and five years later purchased the
Herald. [57.]
Goff, F. V., farmer, b. in West Winfield, N. Y., May 1, 1844; served
in the 52d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Blue Earth
county, Minn., in 1865; was a representative in the legislature in
1879. [30.]
Goiffon, Joseph, R. C. priest, b. in France, March 3, 1824; d. in
Hugo, Minn., May 6, 1910. He was ordained in 1852; came to the
United States in 1857, settling in St. Paul, Minn.; was missionary in
the Red river valley three years, and lost both of his feet because
they were frozen in a severe storm ; was pastor in Little Canada,
Centerville, and neighboring churches, 1861-1905. [31; 146; 237 (62).]
Gold, William Henry, banker, b. in Davis, 111., March 20, 1865; came
to Minnesota in 1880, and owned lumber yards in Renville, Correll,
Brownton, and other towns ; since 1895 has engaged in banking and
mortgage loan business; resides in Redwood Falls. [17; 24; 25; 167
(Jan. 27, 1893*).]
Goldsmith, Julius M., banker, b. in Port Washington, Wis., in 1857;
d. in St. Paul, May 4, 1904. He came to St. Paul in 1882; was treas-
urer of the State Savings Bank after 1890. [237 (35*).]
Good, Emanuel, b. in Dauphin county, Pa., Sept. 27, 1827; d. in St.
Paul, Feb. 5, 1891. He settled in St. Paul in 1850; engaged in lumber
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business, and also later in real estate and mercantile business. [93*;
94; 238 (Feb. 7, 1891).]
Good, John D., hardware merchant, b. in Harrisburg, Pa., Jan. 31,
1841; d. in St. Paul, Dec, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1862, and
settled on a farm in Stevens county in 1869; resided in Morris after
1871; was a representative in the legislature in 1875. [73; 237 (28*).]
Goodfeixow, Reuben Simeon, merchant, b. in Hyde, Lancashire,
England, Oct. 28, 1840; d. in Troy, N. Y., June 1908. He came to the
United States with his parents while still an infant; served in the
civil war in a New York regiment; settled in Minneapolis in 1878;
engaged in the dry goods business until 1902, when he sold his inter-
est in the firm of R. S. Goodfellow and Co., but continued to reside
in Minneapolis. [23; 84*; 87; 237 (20*, 51*).]
Goodhue, Horace, educator, b. in Westminster, Vt, Feb. 23, 1842;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1867, and at once became a
teacher in Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.; was professor of Greek
there until 1907; later was mayor of Northfield. [128 (1); 201.]
Goodhue, Isaac Newton, pioneer, b. in Hebron, N. H., in 1813; d.
in Minneapolis, Oct. 17, 1903. He was graduated at Amherst College,
and at Harvard Law School; came to Minnesota in 1849, and assisted
his brother in publishing the first St. Paul newspaper; removed to
Lowell, Mass., in 1854, and filled a position in the legal department
of the internal revenue service twenty-five years; returned to Min-
nesota in 1889. [201; 237 (28*).]
Goodhue, James Madison, journalist, b. in Hebron, N. H., March 31,
1810; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 27, 1852. He was graduated at Amherst
College, 1833; was admitted to the bar in New York, 1840; practiced
law in Illinois and Wisconsin; came to Minnesota in 1849, and estab-
lished in St. Paul the first newspaper in the territory, called the Min-
nesota Pioneer. He was a man of very forcible character and of high
moral principles. As a vigorous writer, he did much to upbuild St.
Paul and Minnesota, and made strong personal friends and enemies.
Because of his scathing editorial against the U. S. marshal, Alexander
Mitchell, and Judge David Cooper, a brother of the latter attacked
Mr. Goodhue, Jan. 15, 1851, on the street in front of the building in
which the legislature was sitting, and stabbed him twice, severely
wounding him, and being shot in return. [28, I, IV, VI, X; 56; 94;
107; 108; 11.4*; 158; 201.]
Gooding, Alpiionso, farmer, merchant, and grain dealer, b. at Hen-
rietta, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1829; d. in Rochester, Minn., Oct. 5, 1906. He
came to Minnesota in 1858, settling in Eyota; removed to Rochester
in 1865; was treasurer of Olmsted county two terms. [66A*.]
Goodkind, Louis, dry goods merchant, b. in Bavaria, Germany, in
1826; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 15, 1904. He came to the United States
264 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
when a boy, and, in 1871, was one of the founders of the mercantile
firm known in later years as Mannheimer Brothers. [237 (35*).]
Goodnow, James, lumberman, b. near Danville, Ind., Oct. 1, 1826;
a. in Excelsior, Minn., Aug. 8, 1908. He served in the 12th Indiana
Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1869, and engaged in lumber business; removed
to Excelsior in 1893. [167 (Aug. 14, 1908]; 237 (51).]
Goodnow, John Finley, lumberman, b. in Greensburg, Ind., June 29,
1858; d. in Galaga, Spain, Dec. 7, 1907. He came with his parents to
Minneapolis in 1870; was graduated at the University of Minnesota
in 1879. After 1883 he engaged in the lumber and fuel business in
Minneapolis. In 1897 he was appointed U. S. consul general at Shan-
ghai, China. In 1904 he engaged in commercial business there, and
shortly before his death he went to Spain. [17; 22*; 27; 237 (48*).]
Goodeich, Aaron, jurist, b. in Sempronius, N. Y., July 6, 1807; d.
in St. Paul, June 23, 1887. He practiced law in Tennessee; re-
moved to St. Paul in 1849; was chief justice of Minnesota terri-
tory, 1849-51; took a prominent part in the organization of the state,
and in revising the laws and code of practice; was one of the found-
ers of the Republican party in Minnesota; was appointed secretary
of the U. S. legation at Brussels in 1861, and filled that post eight
years; author of "A History of the Character and Achievements of
the so-called Christopher Columbus," 403 pages, published in 1874.
[18*; 27; 28, IV*; 29; 32; 41; 68; 69; 93; 94; 157*; 158; 168 (March,
1892*); 237 (1).]
Goodeich, Asa Friend, physician, b. in St. Paul, Oct. 10, 1865; was
graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1889; has
since practiced in St. Paul; was a professor in the medical depart-
ment of the University of Minnesota, 1897-99. [22*; 25; 127 (12*).]
Goodrich, Augustus J., b. in Le Roy, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1818; d. in
St. Paul, May 31, 1887. He settled in St. Paul, and was associated
with his brothers in the publication of the Pioneer; later was secre-
tary and treasurer of the St. Paul Gas Co. fifteen years. [94; 237
(1); 238 (June 1, 1887).]
Goodrich, Calvin G., b. in Oxford, Ohio, March 12, 1856; came to
Minnesota with his father in 1868, and has since lived in Minneapolis;
after 1877 was successively secretary, general manager, and vice pres-
ident, of the street railway system, becoming in 1909 president of the
Twin City Rapid Transit Co. . [24; 85A*.]
Goodrich, Calvin Gibson, physician, b. in Petersburg, Va., May 11,
1820; d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 10, 1881. He was graduated at the Ohio
Medical College, Cincinnati; settled in Minneapolis in 1868. [84*;
237 (1).]
Goodrich, Daniel F., lawyer, b. in Maine, Nov. 13, 1836; d. in Blue
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 265
Earth City, Minn., Sept., 1889. He was graduated at Colby University,
1859; served in the Northern army in the civil war, attaining the rank
of first lieutenant; was admitted to the bar in 1866; came to Minne-
sota the next year, settling in Blue Earth City; was a state senator,
1878 and 1883-9. [30; 39*; 51.]
Goodrich, Earle S., journalist, b. in Genesee county, N. Y., July 27,
1827; studied law, and learned the printer's trade; settled in St. Paul
in 1854, where he purchased the Pioneer and published it over ten
years. In the civil war he was commissioned as captain. He was
afterward interested in the St. Paul Gas Company, and in railroad
construction. [28, IV*; 29; 93; 94.]
Goodrich, Evans, pioneer, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., July 6,
1828; came to St. Paul in 1850, and two years later settled in Man-
kato; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged
in farming until 1877, and later in wholesale liquor business. [32; 83.]
Goodrich, Frederick N., b. in Vermont, Feb. 5, 1823; came to Hous-
ton county, Minn., in 1854; was elected county surveyor in 1856; was
a representative in the state legislature in 1865 and 1875; resided in
Houston after 1866, and was postmaster after 1873. [61.]
Goodrich, George W., b. in Eddington, Maine, Nov. 4, 1852; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1856; resided in Anoka after 1866;
was county superintendent of schools, 1881-86. [31; 43*.]
Goodrich, John, b. in Somerset county, Maine, in 1828; settled in
Stillwater, Minn., 1854; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; was deputy surveyor of logs and lumber many years. [40.]
Goodrich, Moses, Universalist clergyman, b. in New York city, Oct.
24, 1817; d. in Anoka, Minn., in 1880. He was graduated at New York
University, 1846; studied theology at Clinton Liberal Institute; came
to Minnesota in 1856, and settled in Anoka in 1864; was county super-
intendent of schools, 1871-81. [43.]
Goodsell, Charles, farmer, b. in New Haven, Conn., July 27, 1818;
came to Minnesota on a prospecting tour in 1857, and four years later
removed his family to this state. In 1865 he bought a farm, on which
the village of Howard Lake, laid out by him in 1869, has been built.
[18; 29.]
Goodsell, Charles H., pioneer, b. in Wisconsin, Nov. 26, 1840; d.
at Fergus Falls, Minn., Jan., 1905. He came with his father to North-
field, Minn.; served in an Ohio regiment in the civil war; later estab-
lished a bank in Northfield; removed to Fergus Falls in 1872, where
he owned a sawmill. [237 (35).]
Goodsell, Charles M., d. in Northfield, Minn., May 3, 1869. He was
one of the chief founders of Carleton College, in Northfield, having
removed there for this purpose from Illinois in 1859. [129*.]
Goodsell, Henry, M. E. clergyman, b. in Sussex, England, Feb. 14,
18&9; came to the United States when a boy; was graduated at Ham-
266 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
line University, Red Wing, Minn., in 1866; entered the ministry, and
was pastor at Mazeppa, Zumbrota, and other places; removed to Wis-
consin in 1875, and many years later resided in California, [130*.]
Goodsell, J. F., teacher, b. in Indiana, May 16, 1852; came with his
parents to Minnesota when three- years old; resided in Frankford,
Mower county; was a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Goodsell, Wallace, merchant, b. in Macoupin county, 111., Sept. 14,
1850; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1861, and to the site
of Howard Lake in 1865, where after 1875 he engaged in mercantile
business. [31.]
Goodspeed, John, farmer, b. in North Vassalboro, Me., in 1856; came
to Minnesota in 1867; resides in Richfield; was a representative in
the legislature in 1899 and 1909. [30*.]
Good Thunder, a Sioux, b. about 1815; d. at the Indian agency near
Redwood Falls, Feb. 15, 1901. During the Sioux outbreak in 1862 he
was friendly to the white settlers, and was the chief of scouts for
Gen. Sibley. The village of Good Thunder was named for him. [237
(14*).]
Goodwin, David Marcus, physician, b. in Tunbridge, Vt., Oct. 12,
1833; d. in Los Angeles, Cal., Sept. 14, 1908. He was graduated at
New York Medical College, 1856; was surgeon in the army during
the civil war; settled in Minneapolis in 1866; removed to California
in 1901. [84*; 237 (51).]
Gordon, Charles William, b. in Spiceland, Ind., July 2, 1830; d. at
Long Lake, Minn., Sept. 27, 1891. He came to Minnesota in 1856;
served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in
farming and fruit culture in Hennepin county. [166 (1892).]
Gordon, Hanford Lennox, lawyer and author, b. in Andover, N. Y.,
Dec. 30, 1836; came to Minnesota in 1857, and settled in Clearwater.
He enlisted in the First Minnesota Regt. in 1861, but failing health
soon compelled him to leave the army. Afterward he practiced law
in St. Cloud, and for four years was register of the U. S. land office
there; was a state senator, 1867-8; resided in Minneapolis, 1878-88;
later removed to Los Angeles, Cal.; author of several books of poems,
relating largely to Minnesota and the Northwest. [19*; 165; 241.]
Gordon, John, b. about 1836; d. in Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1901. He
settled in Duluth in 1872; was agent for lake steamship transporta-
tion companies eleven years; removed to Buffalo in 1883. [237 (14).]
Gordon, Richards, wholesale hat merchant, b. in Wexford, Ireland,
Nov. 27, 1829; d. in New Rochelle, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1911. He came to
the United States with his parents when an infant; settled in St.
Paul in 1854. [237 (59*).]
Gordon, Samuel F., pioneer farmer, b. in Orange county, Vt., in
1844; d. in Wadena, Minn., June 2^f 1904. He served in the civil war,
attaining the rank of captain; settled in Wadena in 1872. [237 (35).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. '267
Gordon, Samuel Y., journalist, b. in Lexington, Ind., Sept. 14, 1861;
came to Minnesota when a child; in 1885 established the Inter-Lake
Tribune at Brown's Valley, and has since been its editor; was elected
lieutenant governor in 1910. [30*; 38.]
Gore, Charles W., b. in Le Roy, Ohio, March 20, 1838; settled in
Rusliford, Minn., in 1857; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; owned a sawmill and a flouring mill. [52.]
Gores, Francis X., R. C. priest, b. in New Trier, Minn., May 30,
1856; d. in St. Paul, April 24, 1909. He was ordained in 1884; was
pastor at Oakdale, 1885-98, and at New Trier, 1898-99, and afterward
in St. Paul. [146.]
Gores, N. P., merchant, b. in Dakota county, Minn., in 1860; en-
gaged in mercantile business at New Trier, Dakota county, after 1884;
was a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Gorham, David, pioneer, b. in Quebec, Canada; came to Minnesota
in 1849; took a claim on the site of Minneapolis; engaged in lumber
business, and after 1867 resided on a farm in Plymouth. [41; 58; 60.]'
Gorham, John, farmer, b. in Barre, Mass., Feb. 4, 1830; d. in Elling-
ton, Dodge county, Minn., Aug. 7 ,1883. He came to Minnesota in
1855; resided at Rice Lake, Dodge county; was a state senator, 1879.
[30; 49.]
Gorman, Mrs. Cleo A. Irvine, b. in St. Paul, Minn., March 1, 1844;
d. there Jan. 23, 1906. She was the first white girl born in St. Paul.
Her father was John R. Irvine, and her husband was Capt. Richard L.
Gorman. [237 (39).]
Gorman, Frank W., b. in Canada, Jan. 2, 1847; came with his par-
ents to Minnesota in 1869; was register of deeds in Wright county,
1876-80; and afterward engaged in real estate, loan, and insurance
business in Buffalo. [31.]
Gorman, Patrick B., lawyer, b. in Ireland in 1845; came with his
parents to the United States when two years old; served in the 24th
Michigan Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1873, and set-
tled in St. Cloud in 1877; was superintendent of schools for Stearns
county, 1879-83; register of the U. S. land office at St. Cloud, 1886-90;
and representative in the legislature in 1893. [25; 30; 176 (Aug.,
1887).]
Gorman, Richard L., b. in Bloomington, Ind., March 28, 1837; set-
tled in St. Pa.ul in 1854; enlisted in the First Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war, and became captain in a New York regiment; was secre-
tary of the board of public works in St. Paul after 1873. [68; 94;
95*.]
Gorman, Willis Arnold, territorial governor, b. near Flemingsburg,
Ky., Jan. 12, 1816; d. in St. Paul, May 20, 1876. He was graduated at
the law school of the University of Indiana, and began practice in
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that state; served in the Mexican war; was appointed governor of
the Territory of Minnesota in 1853; was delegate to the state con-
stitutional convention; member of the legislature in 1858; colonel of
the First Minnesota Regiment, 1861; became brigadier general of
volunteers; was mustered out of service in 1864, and resumed his
law practice in St. Paul. He was city attorney from 1869 to the time
of his death. [1; 3*; 4; 7; 18; 28, III, IV, XIII*; 29; 41; 93; 94; 113;
114*; 115; 166A*; 237 (1, 27*); 238 (May 21, 1876).]
Gobst, Johh, lumberman, b. in St. Johns, N. B., Feb. 22, 1838; came
to Minnesota in 1855; served in the 13th Maine Regt. in the civil war;
returned to Minnesota in 1865, and engaged in farming in Belle
Prairie; settled in 1880 at Gorst's Mill, Morrison county. [31.]
Goss, Charles, farmer, b. in New York in 1864; came to Minnesota
in 1867; resided at Ridge way; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1897. [30.]
Goss, Michael Nathaniel, b. in Lancaster, Pa., Jan. 9, 1859; set-
tled in St. Paul in 1877; was chief of police, 1896-1900. [24; 95*; 96*.]
Gossard, Thomas M., M. E. clergyman, b. in Ross county, Ohio, Aug.
13, 1824; d. in San Jose, Cal., Jan. 2, 1886. He came to Minnesota in
1856; was pastor in Minneapolis, Lake City, and other places, twelve
years, and was presiding elder fourteen years. [150.]
Gossman, Louis Edward, lawyer, b. in Winneshiek county, Iowa,
Dec. 3, 1864 ; came to Minnesota in 1883 ; was graduated in law at the
University of Michigan, 1887, and in its literary course, 1890; then
settled in Crookston; was county attorney of Polk county, 1895-99.
Gotaas, Paul, clergyman, b. in Norway, Dec. 10, 1847; came to the
United States in 1864, settling in Fillmore county, Minn.; was grad-
uated at the Norwegian Lutheran College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1873;
later returned to Norway, and was graduated at the University of
Christiania in 1878; settled in Lanesboro, Minn., the next year. [52.]
Gotzian, Adam, b. in Germany, Nov. 6, 1843; came to the United
States, and settled in St. Paul in 1860; engaged in the boot and shoe
trade, 1866-76, and later in real estate business. [68.]
Gotzian, Conrad, manufacturer and merchant, b. near Leipsic, Prus-
sia, Aug. 15, 1835; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 21, 1887. He came to the United
States in 1852; settled in St. Paul in 1855, and conducted a prosper-
ous wholesale business in the manufacture and sale of shoes. [3*;
19*; 23*; 68; 93*; 94; 95*; 97; 237 (1).]
Gotzian, Paul Harris, manufacturer, b. in St. Paul, June 19, 1866;
d. there June 20, 1909. He served in the Fifteenth Minnesota Regt.
for the Spanish-American war, 1898-9, and was promoted to be lieu-
tenant colonel; was secretary and treasurer of the shoe manufactur-
ing firm of C. Gotzian and Co. [23; 24; 25; 95*.]
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Gould, Chester N., b. in Owatonna, Minn., in 1872; was graduated
at the University of Minnesota, 1896; was instructor in rhetoric there,
1899-1900; now instructor in the University of Chicago. [127 (14*).]
Gould, Freeman G., b. in Embden, Maine, July 27, 1833; d. in Ex-
celsior, Minn., May 9, 1896. He came to Minnesota in 1855; served in
the Second Minnesota cavalry, 1862-5; established the large Excelsior
greenhouses the next year. [166 (1896).]
Gould, Ozro Barnes, judge, b. in Canada, in 1840; d. in Minneh
apolis, Jan. 16, 1907. He came to the United States when five years
old; served in the 55th Ohio Regt. through the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; was graduated in law at the University of Michigan,
1867; settled in Winona, Minn., the same year; was a representative
in the legislature in 1881; was judge of the Third judicial district,
1895-7, a.nd later was a member of the State Board of Control. [30;
76; 77*; 78; 137; 237 (43*).]
Gouldberg, Hans J., merchant, b. in Vestra Boda, Sweden, July 8,
1850; came to the United States in 1866; settled in Cambridge, Minn.,
in 1874; engaged in mercantile business, and was president of the
Steel Wagon Manufacturing Company. [169.]
Goulet, F. X., b. in Quebec, Canada, Nov. 28, 1844; came to Minne-
sota in 1867; settled in Brainerd in 1873, where he had a meat mar-
ket; was county auditor, 1873-8, and a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1876; removed in 1878 to Belle Prairie, and engaged in mer-
cantile business and milling there. [31.]
Gove, Elijah Atwood, b. in Weare, N. H., Sept. 22, 1832; was grad-
uated at Dartmouth College, 1856; was admitted to the bar the next
year; came to Minnesota in 1866; resided in Hastings, Minneapolis,
and other places, and in 1880 settled in Canby; removed to Water-
town, S. D. [32; 241.]
Gove, Royal Hatch, lawyer, b. in Orange county, Vt., Jan. 16, 1830;
d. in Rochester, Minn., Feb. 28, 1903. He settled in Rochester In 1866,
where several years later he was admitted to the bar; was city attor-
ney, 1877-89. [66; 66A; 157*.]
Gowdy, G. S., Universalist clergyman, b. in Rome, N. Y., May 19,
1810; entered the ministry in 1840; settled in Albert Lea, Minn., in
1876. [53.]
Grabarkewitz, Johann N., Lutheran cleargyman, b. Dec. 6, 1854, in
Germany; came to the United States in 1871; was graduated at Con-
cordia College, Springfield, 111., 1880; was ordained at Wellington,
Renville county, Minn., 1880; after 1883 was pastor at Emerald, Far-
ibault county, and after 1892 at Good Thunder, Minn. [148.]
Grace, John, b. in Kilkenny county, Ireland, in 1824; d. in St. Paul
in 1884. He came to the United States in 1851, and to St. Paul in
1859; was sheriff of Ramsey county, 1868-74. [237 (1).]
270 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Grace, Thomas, building contractor, b. in Ireland in 1826; d. in St.
Paul, April 16, 1905. He came to the United States in 1847, and to St.
Paul in 1853. [94; 237 (31*).]
Grace, Thomas Langdon, R. C. bishop, b. in Charleston, S. C, Nov.
15, 1814; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 22, 1897. He studied for his vocation
both in America and Italy, and was ordained priest in Rome in 1839;
returned to America in 1844; was consecrated bishop of St. Paul in
1859, and settled there the same year. [3*; 7; 28, IV; 132 (Feb.,
1897); 145; 146; 237 (9*); 238 (July 24, 1884, and Feb. 23, 1897*).]
Grady, L. T., b. in Monticello, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1852; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1857; settled in Hector, Renville county, in
1879, and engaged in mercantile business. In 1891 he established the
State Bank of Fairfax. Later he removed to Foley, and established a
bank there. [32; 38.]
Graebner, Theodor, educator, b. at Watertown, Wis., Nov. 23, 1876;
was graduated at Concordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1894, and at
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1897. In 1900 he became an
instructor in the Lutheran Ladies' Seminary, Red Wing, Minn., and
since 1902 has also been assistant pastor of the Trinity church there.
[148.]
Grafe, Herman A., farmer, b. in Saxe Altenberg, Germany, in 1841;
came to Minnesota in 1867; resided in Walden, Pope county; was a
state senator, 1891-3. [30.]
Graham, Christopher, physician, b. in Cortland county, N. Y., April
3, 1856; came to Olmsted county, Minn., when a child; was grad-
uated at the University of Minnesota, 1887, and later in medicine at
the University of Pennsylvania; settled in Rochester, where he is in
practice with the Drs. Mayo. [127A*.]
Graham, Christopher C, pioneer, b. in Augusta county, Va., in
1806; d. in Red Wing, Minn., Aug., 1891. He served in the Mexican
war; came to Red Wing in 1854, as receiver of the U. S. land office,
and filled that position until 1861. [54; 55.]
Graham, Clarence E., journalist, b. in Windsor, N. Y., Dec. 22, 1841;
d. in Waseca, Minn., Jan. 8, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1862;
served in the Second Wisconsin cavalry in the civil war; settled on
a farm in Freedom, Waseca county, in 1866; owned and published the
Radical in Waseca after 1881. [75; 237 (35).]
Graham, David, physician, b. in Lambton county, Ont., Canada,
Feb. 20, 1859; was graduated at the Detroit College of Medicine, 1893;
settled in Duluth; was a representative in the legislature in 1903 and
1909. [24; 30*.]
Graham, Duncan, pioneer, b. in 1772 in Scotland; came to the Unit-
ed States, and in 1834 to Wabasha, Minn., and gave the city its name;
removed to Mendota about 1847, where he died Dec, 5, in that year.
[74.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
271
Geaham, John A., merchant, b. in Boonville, Ind., Oct 22, 1840;
came with his parents to Red Wing, Minn., in 1855; served in the
Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in dry goods busi-
ness after 1871. [54.]
Graham, John G., merchant, b. in Claremont, N. H., March 23, 1841;
served in the Third N. H. Regt in the civil war; settled in Garden
City, Minn., in 1867; removed to Good Thunder in 1870, and opened
the first store there and a hotel, both of which he conducted till 1904;
president of the State Bank of Good Thunder since 1892. [24; 32.]
Graling, J. N., farmer, b. in Germany, Nov. 16, 1836; came with his
parents to the United States when nine years old; settled in Spring
Valley, Minn., in 1856; was a representative in the legislature in 1879.
[30; 52.]
Granger, Warren, merchant, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1844; d. there,
Sept. 11, 1894. He served in the 100th N. Y. Regt in the civil war,
and attained the rank of colonel; resided in St. Paul many years.
[121.]
Grannts, George H., b. in Madison county, N. Y., March 10, 1827;
settled in Lake City, Minn., in 1865, and engaged in the manufacture
of lumber, laths, and shingles. [74.]
Grannis, Sidney S., lumberman, b. in Orleans county, Vt, Oct 21,
1820; settled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1857, where he built the Bluff
Mill; later owned a sawmill at Central Point; w.as a representative in
the legislature in 1864. [54; 56*.]
Granrud, John Evenson, educator, b. in Norway, Aug. 5, 1863; came
to the United States in 1865; was graduated at Luther College, De-
corah, Iowa, 1886; was instructor at Albert Lea academy and at St.
Olaf College, Northfield; since 1899 has been instructor and assistant
professor of Latin in the University of Minnesota; author of "Five
Years of Alexander Hamilton's Public Life," and "Roman Constitu-
tional History." [127 (14*); 127B; 148.]
Grant, Albert S., b. in Cayuga county, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1831; set-
tled in Rochester, Minn., in 1867, and six years later removed to Oro-
noco; engaged in real estate, collection, and insurance business. [66.]
Grant, Donald, railroad contractor, b. in Glengarry county, Ontario,
Dec. 10, 1837; came to the United States in 1857; settled in Faribault,
Minn., in 1863. The next year he began the work of railroad con-
struction. He is also interested in several banks and other large
financial enterprises; was mayor of Faribault in 1892-3. [23*; 25;
26*; 111*.]
Grant, George Johnstone, building contractor, b. near Pictou, N.
S., Jan. 10, 1841; settled in St. Paul in 1880; erected the Pioneer
Press building and many other business blocks and private resi-
dences. [24; 25; 93*; 93A.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Grant, Hiram Perry, b. in Roxbury, Vt, Dec. 14, 1828; d. in St.
Paul, Oct. 5, 1897. He settled in St. Paul in 1855; served in the Sixth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant
colonel; afterward engaged in grain commission business. [68; 94;
115; 122; 124; 158; 237 (9*).]
Grant, Jarvis A., b. in New Brunswick in 1831; came to Minnesota
in 1877; settled in Detroit in 1884, and dealt in lumber and farm
machinery, and owned a furniture factory. [35.]
Grant, Lewis Addison, lawyer, soldier, b. in Bennington county, Vt.,
Jan. 17, 1829; was admitted to the bar in 1855; served as major and
lieutenant colonel of the Fifth Vermont Regt., 1861-4; was brevetted
major general, 1864; came to Minnesota in 1885, settling at Minne-
apolis; was U. S. assistant secretary of war, 1890-3. [17; 24; 25.]
Grant, Richard P., lawyer, b. in Owatonna, Minn., in 1881; was
graduated at Yale University and at New York Law School; settled
in Duluth; was a representative in the legislature, 1909. [30*.]
Grant, Samuel Dexter, physician, b. in Richmond, Maine, Aug.,
1832; d. in Franklin, Wright county, Minn., Sept. 24, 1874. He was
graduated at Jefferson Medical College, 1852; cante to Minnesota in
1856; served as assistant surgeon in the army during the civil war;
resided in Watertown, Carver county, after 1867. [139.]
Grant, Ulysses Sherman, geologist, b. in Moline, 111., Feb. 14, 1867;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1888, and as Ph. D. at
Johns Hopkins University, 1893; was assistant state geologist of Min-
nesota, residing in Minneapolis, 1893-9; professor of geology in North-
western University, Evanston, 111., since 1899. [7A; 17.]
Grant, William Henry, b. in Lyndeborough, N. H., Dec. 23, 1829;
d. at Sandstone, Minn., Aug. 8, 1901. He was admitted to the bar in
1854; came to St. Paul in 1859; practiced law, and was interested in
real estate and lumbering. He was historian and registrar of the
Minnesota Society of the Sons of the American Revolution. [42; 93;
156; 158*; 237 (14*).]
Grass, Henry C, lawyer, b. in Michigan City, Ind., in 1856; came
to Minnesota in 1869; was admitted to the bar in 1878; was attorney
for Murray county ten years, residing in Slayton; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30; 34.]
Grathwol, James J., b. at Port Richmond, N. Y., F'eb. 8, 1867; came
to Minnesota in 1869, and to St Paul the same year; was a bookr-
keeper several years, and after 1895 engaged in insurance business;
was secretary and treasurer of the St. Paul Athletic Club. [100*.]
Gravel, Charles, b. in Montreal, Canada, Dec. 15, 1846; came to
Minnesota, 1868; built a saw mill and grist mill in Belle Prairie, 1876,
and also engaged in mercantile business there. He owned and platted
the village of Gravelville. [31.]
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Gravel, Narcisse, carpenter and farmer, b. in Canada, Nov.*l, 1838;
came to Minnesota in 1858; built one of the first houses in Brainerd
in 1870; settled in Belle Prairie in 1876. [31.]
Graves, Albert L., journalist, b. in La Have, N. S., March 22, 1852;
came to Minnesota in 1880, settling in St. Paul; published the West
St. Paul Times, 1886-90, and the Broad Axe, 18914902; probation offi-
cer of Ramsey county after 1902. [24; 93A; 238 (Dec. 14, 1893*).]
Graves, Alphefs, Congregational clergyman, b. in Sunderland,
Mass., March 15, 1815; d. in Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 9, 1894. He was
graduated at Hartford Theological Seminary, 1841; was pastor chiefly
in Iowa until 1874; then came to Minnesota, and was pastor in Glen-
coe, 1874-7, and in Medford, 1877-80; returned to Iowa. [144.]
Graves, Anson Rogers, Episcopal bishop, b. in Wells, Vt, April 13,
1842; was graduated at Hobart College, 1866, and the General Theo-
logical Seminary, N. Y., in 1870; was rector in Northfield, Minn., 1876,
and in Minneapolis, 1883-9; was consecrated a bishop in 1890; resides
in Kearney, Neb. [17.]
Graves, Carlton, physician, b. in Herkimer county, N. Y., July 31,
1856; was graduated in medicine at the University of the City of New
York, 1878; came to Minnesota in 1882, and has since practiced in
Aitkin. [37.]
Graves, Charles Hinman, b. in Springfield, Mass., Aug. 14, 1839;
enlisted in the 40th New York Regt. in 1861 as a private, and was
promoted until he reached the rank of colonel. In 1870 he settled
in Duluth, where he became president of the Graves-Manly Insurance
Agency, and had many other business interests. He was a state sen-
ator in 1873-6, and a representative in the legislature in 1889, being
speaker of the House. He was a member of the State Capitol Com-
mission, 1893-1905; and since then has been United States minister
to Sweden. [17; 20*; 22*; 23; 27*; 30; 41.]
Graves, Nathaniel Dwight, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Belcher-
town, Mass., Jan. 21, 1814; d. Oct. 3, 1898. He was graduated at Am-
herst College, 1842, and Auburn Theological Seminary, 1845; came
to Minnesota in 1886; was pastor at Marshall, Lynd, and elsewhere.
[153.]
Gray, Archibald Douglas, lawyer, b. in Chenango county, N. Y.,
Nov. 13, 1845; came to Minnesota with his parents when nine years
old; was admitted to the bar in 1881, and has since practiced in Pres-
ton; was clerk of the court of Fillmore county, 1877-91. [22*; 24;
52.]
Gray, George, journalist and merchant, b. in Lockport, N. Y., March
6, 1836; came to Minnesota in 1857; published the Wright County
Republican at Monticello, 1858-71; engaged in mercantile business
there after 1874. [31; 28, XII.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Gray, James, journalist, b. in Falkirk, Scotland, Feb. 38, 1862; came
to the United States when four years old, and to Minneapolis in 1880;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1885; was city editor
of the Minneapolis Tribune; later was part owner of the Times, and
since 1905 associate editor of the Journal; was mayor of Minneapolis
in 1898-1900; Democratic candidate for governor, 1910. [85A*; 88*.]
Gray, John Henry, educator, b. in Charleston, 111,, March 11, 1859;
was graduated at Harvard University, 1887; studied in Germany and
France, and engaged in teaching; since 1907 professor of economics
in the University of Minnesota, residing in Minneapolis; author of
many reports and papers on political science and economics. [17;
127A*, B.]
Gray, Oliver Crosby, educator, b. in Jefferson, Maine, Dec. 30, 1832;
was graduated at Colby University, 1855; the same year settled in
Minneapolis, where he was superintendent of the city schools; was
principal of Monticello Seminary, Minn., two years; served in the
Confederate army in the civil war; later was professor in the Uni-
versity of Arkansas. [3*.]
Gray, Thomas J., physician, b. in Iowa county, Wis., Aug. 22, 1851;
d. in Tonopah, Arizona, Jan. 23, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1865;
was graduated at the St. Cloud Normal School in 1872, afterward
taught there, and was its president many years; studied medicine;
practiced as a physician in Minneapolis; was a professor in the med-
ical department of the University of Minnesota, 1895-1901. [31; 127
(10*); 237 (43).]
Gray, Thomas Kennedy, druggist, b. in Jefferson, Maine, in 1833;
settled in Minneapolis in 1855. [84; 85A*; 86.]
Gray, William A., farmer, b. in Lisbon, N. Y., July 13, 1831; set-
tled in Waterford, Minn., in 1855; served in the 192d N. Y. Regt. in
the civil war; was a representative in the legislature of Minnesota,
1872-3. [48.]
Gray Cloud (Mahkpia-hoto-wix), a noted Sioux woman, after
whom the large island of the Mississippi between St. Paul and Hast-
ings is named, lived on this island. She married a white trader
named Anderson, and after his death in Canada married Hazen P.
Mooers, another white trader. [28, IX.]
Greaves, William, physician, b. in Ontario, Nov. 17, 1842; d. in
Northfield, Minn., June 23, 1907. He came with his parents to Can-
non Falls, Minn., in 1856; was graduated in medicine at the University
of Michigan, 1871; settled in Northfield, 1880. [237 (43).]
Greeley, Aqijila, civil engineer, b. in Greeley, Maine, June, 1831;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., April 25, 1857. He came to Minnesota in 1849,
and engaged in surveying and lumbering. [41.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
275
Greeley, Elam, pioneer, b. in Salisbury, N. H., Aug. 13, 1818; d. in
Wisconsin, Sept. 20, 1882. He built a sawmill in Stillwater, Minn.,
in 1843; was a representative in the territorial legislature in 1851
and 1856. [40; 41; 42.]
Greely, Martin F., farmer, b. in Palermo, Me., June 1, 1853; came
to Minnesota in 1856; resided at Maine Prairie; was a representative
in the legislature in 1889. [30.]
Greely, Orrtn, pioneer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1824;
settled in Owatonna, Minn., in 1857; engaged in carpenter work, and
was afterward proprietor of the Owatonna pump factory. [72.]
Greely, Otto Ethan, b. in Bangor, Me., May 24, 1853; came with
his parents to Minnesota when two years old; resided in Minneapolis,
engaging in fire insurance business; after 1899 was president of the
Fire Underwriters' Association of the Northwest. [24; 26*.]
Green, Asa Barlow, pioneer, b. in Warren, Vt., in 1826; d. in
Whitewater, Wis. He came to Minnesota, and was admitted to the
bar in 1858; was a steamboat captain; was sheriff of Washington
county; in 1860 was ordained a Baptist clergyman; was chaplain of
the Third Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war. [41.]
Green, Charles E., b. in Oak Grove, Anoka county, Minn., Dec. 13,
1862; was register of deeds for Anoka county, 1893-9; and judge of
probate since 1900. [25; 43*.]
Green, Clarence D., b. in Bernardston, Mass., Feb. 27, 1853; came
to Minnesota in 1860; settled in Anoka in 1875, where he was a con-
fectioner; was register of deeds, 1883-8, and has since engaged in
real estate business. [25; 31; 43.]
Green, George, b. in Davenport, N. Y., in 1820; settled at Vernon
Center, Minn., in 1867; was a representative in the legislature in 1877.
[30; 32.]
Green, George H., hardware merchant, b. in Princeton, Wis., July
27, 1851; settled on a farm in Wadena county, Minn., in 1878; re-
moved to the village of Wadena in 1886. [35.]
Green, George W., lawyer, b. about 1822; settled at Clinton Falls,
Steele county, Minn., in 1857, and purchased the Clinton mills; was a
representative in the legislature; removed to Salinas, Cal., in 1880.
[70 A; 72.]
Green, James J., journalist, b. in Lancaster county, Pa., Jan. 29,
1830; came to Minnesota in 1856, and the next year settled in St.
Peter; served in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers, 1862-3; en-
gaged in newspaper publication in various parts of the state until
1873, when he established the Le Sueur Sentinel, which he conducted
nineteen years; publisher of the New Ulm News after 1895. [24; 25;
28,X; 32; 237 (32).]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Green, John L., b. in New Brunswick, Dec. 22, 1840; came to Min-
nesota in 1866; engaged in mercantile business in Clontarf, Swift
county, after 1874, his store being the first in the town. [32.]
Green, Lars E., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, April 20, 1841;
came to the United States in 1866; was ordained in 1869; was pastor
in Madelia, Minn., more than twenty years. [169.]
Green, Samuel Bowdlear, educator, b. in Chelsea, Mass., Sept. 15,
1859; d. at Itasca Park, July 11, 1910. He was graduated at Massa-
chusetts Agricultural College, 1879; was professor of horticulture
and forestry in the University of Minnesota after 1888; author of
text books and numerous papers; was dean of the department of
forestry at the time of his death. [7 A; 17; 24; 85 A; 127 A*, B;
237 (59*).]
Greene, Charles Lyman, physician, b. in Gray, Maine, Sept. 21,
1862; was graduated in medicine at the University of Minnesota,
1890; instructor there, 1891-1903, and professor of the theory and
practice of medicine since 1903; author of medical text books; re-
sides in St. Paul. [7A; 17; 24; 25; 93A; 127B;]
Greene, Henry Fay, lawyer, b. in Newbern, N. C, May 30, 1859;
was graduated at Princeton College, 1880, and in law at the Univer-
sity of Maryland, 1883; came to Minnesota in 1887, and practiced in
Duluth until 1903; has since been U. S. civil service commissioner,
residing in Washington, D. C. [17.]
Greene, J. D., flour manufacturer, b. in Kent county, Delaware, April
25, 1828; d. at Lake Benton, Minn., July 21, 1898. He came to Fari-
bault, Minn., in 1869; removed to Lake Benton in 1887. [70; 168 (July
29, 1898).]
Greene, Thomas J., b. in St. Paul in 1875; was deputy clerk of
court four years; was a representative in the legislature in 1909-11.
[30.*]
Greenleaf, Charles A., lumber dealer, b. in Meeker county, Minn.,
Oct. 27, 1861; engaged in real estate and lumber business in Litch-
field after 1882. [65.]
Greenleaf, Eleazer A., Episcopal clergyman, died in Stillwater,
Minn., in 1878. He was educated at Bangor Theological Seminary;
settled in Stillwater in 1846, and organized the first Episcopal church
there. [41.]
Greenleaf, Franklin Lewis, miller, b. in Boston, Mass., Oct. 7, 1847;
came to Minnesota in 1868, settling in Minneapolis, where he was a
merchant; afterward engaged in flour milling, and became largely
interested in grain elevator companies. He was president of the
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce after 1889. [3*; 20*; 84*.]
Greenleaf, William Henry, b. in Nunda, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1834; came
to Minnesota in 1858, being one of the first settlers of Greenleaf
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 277
township in Meeker county. He was county treasurer, 1860-2; county
surveyor, 1864-70; and a representative in the legislature, 1871-3. In
1872 he removed to Litchfield, and in 1878 to Benson, being then re-
ceiver of the U. S. land office. [18; 29; 30; 65.*]
Greenman, John M., lawyer, b. in Hornellsville, N. Y., April 15,
1837; was graduated at Alfred University; was admitted to the bar
in 1858; practiced at Dover and Rochester, Minn.; removed to Aus-
tin in 1870; was attorney of Mower county, 1880-4, and judge of pro-
bate, 1903-10. [24; 79.*]
Greer, Allen J,, lawyer, b. in Mifflin county, Pa., June 14, 1854; d. in
California, March 14, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1865; was grad-
uated at the University of Minnesota, 1879; was twice elected super-
intendent of schools of Wabasha county; was admitted to the bar in
1882; was a representative in the legislature, 1891-3, and a state sen-
ator, 1894-1900; removed to California in 1903. [30; 74; 237 (31*).]
Greer, James C, merchant, b. in Quebec, Canada, May 14, 1842;
came to Lanesboro, Minn., in 1868, being one of the first settlers;
opened a grocery with his cousin, Robert R. Greer, and later engaged
in general mercantile business; was a representative in the legisla-
ture. [52.]
Greer, John N., educator, b. in Scott county, Iowa, April 17, 1859;
was graduated at Iowa College, 1882; came to Minnesota in 1889 to
accept a position in the Minneapolis public schools; since 1892 prin-
cipal of the Central High School in that city. [26; 85A*.]
Gregg, L. A., teacher, b. in St. Albans, Vt., Dec. 6, 1849; was gradu-
ated at Port Edward Institute, N. Y., in 1870; came the same year to
Minnesota, and in 1871 settled on a farm in Lyon county; was princi-
pal of the schools in Marshall after 1881. [32.]
Gregg, L. M., b. in New York; came to Wabasha county, Minn., in
1S56, where he owned a farm; was county treasurer, 1857-9, and sher-
iff, 1877-81; engaged in hotel business in Lake City, and later in
Wabasha. [74.]
Gregg, Oren C, b. in Enosburg, Vt., Nov. 2, 1845; came to Minne-
sota in 1865, and the next year entered the ministry in the Methodist
church; settled in Lynd, Lyon county; was county auditor, 1872-82;
superintendent of Minnesota farmers' institutes, 1885-1907. [24; 32;
127B.]
Gregory, A. S., merchant, b. in England, Feb. 15, 1820; came to the
United States with his father in 1827, and to Stockton, Winona
county, Minn., in 1856; removed to Winona in 1860. [76.]
Gregory, Joel Ernest, lawyer, b. in Polo, 111., Nov. 2, 1872; came
to Minnesota in 1880; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1896, and from its law department, 1898; has since practiced in St.
Paul; was a representative in the legislature in 1903. [24; 25; 30.]
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Gregory, John D., merchant and farmer, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, May
17, 1830; settled on a farm in Sumner, Fillmore county, Minn., in
1855; opened a store in Hamilton in 1881. [52.]
Gregson, Mathew, miller, b. in Lancaster, Eng., Nov. 5, 1838; d.
near Ramsey, Minn., Oct. 15, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1865;
settled in Ramsey, Mower county, and built the Ramsey flouring mill.
[237 (11).]
Greiner, Frederick, b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, April 13, 1829; d.
in Chattanooga, Tenn., April 5, 1910. He came to the United States
in 1849, and to St. Paul the next year; removed to Chaska four years
later; engaged in farming and mercantile business; was sheriff of
Carver county, 1872-4, and afterward register of deeds. [32; 237
(62.*).]
Gresham, William G., b. in Indiana in 1836; came to Nicollet
county, Minn., in 1855; served as lieutenant in the Sixth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; engaged in farming; was county superintend-
ent of schools, 1881-90. [32.]
Gress, Cliff W., banker, b. in St. Paul, April 23, 1864; lived in
Northfield, Minn., 1866-93; removed to Cannon Falls, where he was
cashier of the Citizens' Bank. [56; 80.*]
Grethen, Anton, lawyer, b. in Germany, Nov., 1834; came to the
United States in 1854; was admitted to the bar in St. Paul in 1858;
resided in Minneapolis; was auditor of Hennepin county, 1864-71.
[58.]
Gribble, Edwin, lawyer, b. near Barnstable, Eng., June, 1825; came
to the United States when nine years old; settled on a claim at Lake
Minnetonka, Minn., in 1856; practiced law in St. Paul after 1868. [68;
94; 237 (56)*.]
Griffin, Eli Wesley, b. in Scranton, Pa., June 15, 1844; came to
Minnesota in 1866; engaged in surveying, and later in lumber busi-
ness; in 1887 located and opened the Diamond mine, of the Mesabi
iron range, and owned large interests in other iron mines. [60.*]
Griffin, Frank H., journalist, b. in Juneau, Wis., Aug. 13, 1863;
came to Ortonville, Minn., when fourteen years old, to learn tel-
egraphy; in 1891 established the Good Thunder Herald, which he has
since edited. [46.]
Griffin, Levi H., b. in Vassalborough, Maine, Oct. 22, 1822; came
to Minnesota in 1853; purchased the townsite of Carver in 1854;
opened a store and a hotel there; was the first sheriff of the county.
[32.]
Griffin, William A., physician, b. in Lee, N. H., Nov. 25, 1824; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1853; came to Minnesota in 1856,
settling in Chaska. [32.]
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Griffith, W. D., b. in New York, Sept. 9, 1848; came to Hector,
Minn., in 1878, being the pioneer business man in the town; engaged
in mercantile business and banking. [82.]
Griggs, Alexander, pioneer, b. in Marietta, Ohio, Oct., 1838; died
in the state of Washington, Jan. 25, 1903. He spent his boyhood in St.
Paul, Minn.; was engaged in running boats on the Red River of the
North; in 1871 entered a claim to the site of Grand Forks, N. D.;
was in command of a line of boats running from there to Winnipeg
until 1890; was president of the Second National Bank of Grand
Porks, and was postmaster and mayor of that city. He removed to
the Pacific coast in 1892. [36.]
Griggs, Chauncey Milton, merchant, b. in St. Paul, Feb. 19, 1860;
was graduated at Yale University, 1883; engaged in wholesale gro-
cery business in St. Paul; first vice president of Griggs, Cooper and
Co. [24; 2o; 93A; 95*; 98*; 100; 166A*.]
Griggs, Chauncey Wright, merchant and lumberman, b. in Tolland,
Conn., Dec. 31, 1832; d. in Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 29, 1910. He settled
in St. Paul in 1856. In 1861 he enlisted in the Third Minnesota Regt,
served as captain, and was rapidly promoted until he reached the
rank of colonel, when ill health compelled him to leave the army. He
was a state senator in 1867-9 and 1883-6; and a representative in the
legislature in 1881-2. After 1888 he resided in Tacoma, Washington.
[17; 19*; 68; 94; 95*; 115; 167 (Feb. 22, 1901*); 176 (April, 1886);
237 (59*).]
Griggs, John Williams, b. in Brookline, Mass., Nov. 30, 1816; d. in
St. Paul, Jan. 14, 1891. He came to Minnesota in 1862, settling in
Faribault; removed to Chicago in 1870, and to St. Paul in 1878, where
he was connected with the land department of the Sioux City railway.
[68; 238 (Jan. 15, 1891).]
Grignon, Peter, Jr.. b. in Montreal, Canada, Oct. 30, 1S73; came to
Duluth with his parents in 1881; is president and manager of the
Marine Iron Company. [31A.]
Grimes, Jonathan T., b. in Loudoun county, Va., May 10, 1818; d. in
Minneapolis, Feb. 10, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1855; settled in
Minneapolis, and established the Lake Calhoun nursery. [166 (1895*) ;
237 (28*).]
Grimmer, Alfred J., b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, May 5, 1856; d. in New
Ulm, Minn., July 26, 1901. He came to New Ulm in 1870; was register
of deeds, 1884-93. [237 (14).]
Grimshaw, Robeet E., b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1817; d. in Minne-
apolis, April 10, 1900. He settled there in 1855; was a building con-
tractor, and later engaged in real estate business. [237 (11*).]
Grimshaw, William Harrison, architect, b. in Philadelphia, Pa.,
Dec. 6. 1853; came with his parents to Minneapolis in 1856; designed
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thirteen school buildings and many other public and private buildings
in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1883;, U.
S. marshal for the district of Minnesota since 1899. [23; 24; 238 (Nov.
9, 1899).]
Grinager, Mons, b. in Hadeland, Norway, Oct. 7, 1832; d. in Minne-
apolis, Jan. 30, 1889. He came to the United States when twenty-one
years old, and in 1858 settled as a farmer in Bath, Freeborn county;
served as captain in the Fifteenth Wisconsin Regt., 1862-5; was
appointed register of the U. S. land office at Worthington in 1874; be-
came vice-president of the Scandia Bank of Minneapolis in 1886, and
removed to that city. [18; 34; 121; 169.]
Grindeland, Andrew, judge, b. in Winneshiek county, Iowa, Nov. 20,
1856; was graduated in law at the University of Iowa,1882; settled in
Warren, Minn., and practiced law, 1882-1903; was a state senator, 1899-
1902; judge in the Fourteenth judicial district since 1903. [24; 25;
30; 169.]
Grinnell, Jeremiah, druggist, b. in Lapeer county, Mich, Nov. 21,
1843; d. in Kasson, Minn., Jan. 24, 1892. He came to Mantorville,
Minn., in 1867; removed to Kasson in 1873; was county auditor four
years. [49; 140.]
Griswold, Charles, physician, b. in North Manchester, Conn., Oct.
7, 1832; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 24, 1906. He was a minister in the M. E.
church several years, and afterward studied medicine; was chaplain
of the Minnesota heavy artillery in the civil war; was a representative
in the legislature in 1865; was graduated at Bennett Medical College,
Chicago, in 1880, and the same year commenced the practice of med-
icine in St. Paul. [68; 93; 157*; 237 (43).]
Griswold, Gilbert Gear, merchant, b. in Enfield, Conn., Aug. 16,
1823; d. in St. Paul, July 24, 188Q. He settled in St. Paul in 1854, where
he established the Boston clothing store. [93*; 98*.]
Griswold, Henry Strong, b. in Adams, N. Y., Jan. 24, 1833 j.d. in
Chatfield, Minn,, in December, 1906. He came to Chatfield in 1S57,
filled various responsible positions for the next ten years, and after
1867 engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods; was a representa-
tive in the legislature in 1871. [18; 52; 237 (43).]
Griswold, Whedon W., lawyer, b. in Norfolk, Conn., Dec. 28, 1829;
enlisted in the 30th Indiana Regt. in 1861, and attained the rank of
colonel in 1865; settled on a farm in Morris, Stevens county, Minn.,
in 1872; was county auditor eight years; practiced law after 1887,
[73.]
Griswold, William B., b. near Ypsilanti, Mich., Nov. 9, 1834;
studied law, and was admitted to the tar in 1860; came to Minne-
sota the same year; resided in Chaska and Mankato; engaged in news-
paper publication, and was a dealer in lumber and brick in Chaska
after 1875. [32; 83*.]
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Grode, John S., b. in Germany, Sept. 22, 1845; d. in St. Paul, June 6,
1909. He settled in St. Paul in 1873; engaged in real estate and fire
insurance business; was president of the Board of Public Works after
1902. [93A; 237 (36*, 56*).]
Groesbeck, S. V., physician, b. in New York, Sept. 23, 1840; served
in the Eighth Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota, and
practiced medicine in Houston county; settled in Marshall in 1872,
and built the first dwelling there; was register of deeds and post-
master. [32.]
Groetsch, John, b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, Jan. 8, 1826; d. in St.
Paul in January, 1908. He came to the United States in 1847, and to
Minnesota in 1854, being one of the earliest settlers in Mankato; en-
gaged in mercantile business in Chaska, and later owned a farm in
Kelso, Sibley county; was lieutenant and afterward captain in the
Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was the first postmaster at
New Rome, and gave the village its name; in 1874-6 was a represen-
tative in the legislature. He spent the later years of his life in St.
Paul. [32; 237 (48*).]
Gronberger, Robert, b. in Kalmar, Sweden, Oct. 2, 1840; came to the
United States in 1869, and to St. Paul three years later; settled at
Forest Lake in 1877; author of many humorous sketches, and also of
historical books and a novel. [169.]
Grondahl, Jens Kristian, journalist, b. in Eidsvold, Norway, Dec. 3,
1869; came with his parents to the United States in 1881, settling in
Red Wing; was graduated at Red Wing Seminary, 1887; and later en-
gaged in newspaper work. In 1892 he became connected with the Red
Wing Daily Republican, and in 1894 took charge of the Nordstjernen,
a weekly Norwegian newspaper. In 1895-9 he was a representative in
the legislature. [17; 22*; 24; 30.]
Gronnerud, Hans, b. in Norway, May 23, 1840; settled at Reaver
Falls, Minn., in 1871; was county treasurer, 1873-84. [32.]
Gronvold, Just Christian, physician, b. in Fron, Norway, Feb. 27,
1833; came to the United States in 1865; was graduated at Humboldt
Medical College, St. Louis, in 1869; settled in Wanamingo, Goodhue
county, Minn., the same year. [29*; 54; 169.]
Grose, Ingebrikt Frederickson, educator, b. in Kenyon, Minn., May
25, 1862; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1885;
was professor in St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., five years, and
after 1891 was principal of Concordia College in Moorhead; teacher and
registrar at St. Olaf College since 1900. [133 (Dec, 1908*); 149; 169.]
Groseilliers, Medard Choijart, Sieur des, explorer, b. in France in
1621, came to Canada at the age of twenty years, or perhaps three or
four years earlier; was in the service of the Jesuits until 1646, as a
layman helper in their missions to the Indians of western Canada;
282 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
afterward was a fur trader and came to the upper Mississippi river and
the area of Minnesota, with his brother-in-law, Radisson, in 1655 and
again in 1660, they being the first white men in Minnesota. Groseil-
liers probably died in Canada, in 1684 or later. [28, X; 107; 113; 114;
131; 146.]
Gross, Henry, merchant, b. in Germany, May 2, 1831; came to the
United States in 1850; settled in Goodhue county, Minn., in 1857; re
moved to Red Wing in 1869, where he engaged in mercantile business
after 1876. [54.]
Gross, Philip, b. in Germany in 1809; came to the United States in
1855, and the next year was one of the founders of New Ulm, Minn,; en-
gaged in the hotel business. [32.]
Gross, Severin, R. C. priest, b. in Austria in 1829; d. in Collegeville,
Minn., in 1893. He was ordained in 1853; came to the United States
in 1874; was pastor at St. Cloud, Minn., 1876-88, and New Munich,
1888-90; was afterward prior of St. John's Abbey. [31; 132 (Christmas
number, 1893*).]
Grout, Thaddeus P., farmer, b. in Wilna, N. Y., Feb. 7, 1837; settled
in Rock county, Minn., in 1873, being one of the first settlers there;
later resided in Luverne. He was a prominent worker in the tem-
perance cause. [34.]
Grover, A. J., farmer, b. in Oxford county, Maine, Sept. 6, 1827; set-
tled in Minneola, Goodhue county, Minn., in 1858; was a representative
in the legislature in 1869. [54.]
Grover, Barker C, b. in Maine in 1840; settled in Zumbrota, Minn.,
in 1868, and engaged in farming; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1876-7. [30; 54.]
Grover, H. C, physician, b. in Indiana in 1830; studied medicine;
was assistant surgeon in the 20th Indiana Regt. in the civil war; came
to Minnesota in 1869; resided in Rushford; was a representative in the
legislature, 1875-7 and 1879. [30.]
Grover, Marcus D., lawyer, b. in Wells, Vt; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 18,
1904. He was admitted to the bar in 1868; settled in St. Paul in 1887,
and the next year became general solicitor of the Great Northern rail-
way company. [23*; 95; 111; 137*; 237 (35*).]
Gruber, James M., b. in Iowa City, Iowa, March 22, 1868; engaged in
railroad business; was general manager of the Great Northern rail-
way after 1907, residing in St. Paul. [17.]
Grue, Ole Nelson, farmer, b. in Wisconsin in 1857; was graduated
at St. Olaf College, Northfield, in 1879; was a state senator, 1899-1901,
residing at Grue, Kandiyohi county. [30.]
Grummons, William F., b. in Orleans county, N. Y., Feb. 25, 1829;
came to Minnesota in 1856; was lieutenant in the Third Minnesota
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Regt., 1861-4; was sheriff of Mower county; settled in Martinsburg,
Renville county, in 1878. [32.]
Grussendorf, Edward, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, July 15,
1823; d. at Fergus Falls, Minn., Feb. 18, 1908. He came to the United
States in 1857; was graduated at a German college in Fort Wayne, Ind.,
in 1860; was ordained to the ministry, and two years later settled in
Red Wing, Minn.; removed to Fergus Falls in 1869; owned a farm on
the site of the town, and engaged in mercantile business. He opened
the first store in Fergus Falls. £35; 237 (48*).]
Guard, Erastus, b. in Susquehanna county, Pa., Jan. 1, 1825; d.
April 10, 1878. He settled at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1857; served in
the Seventh Minnesota Regt., 1862-5; engaged in furniture business.
[40.3
Guderian, Christopher S., banker and farmer, b. in Prussia, April 7,
1837; d. in Florida, May 14, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1860; en-
listed in the Eighth Minnesota Regt., and served in that and other
regiments during the civil war; settled in Anoka; was county treas-
urer ten years; was a state senator, 1891-3; removed to Florida in
1896. [30; 43; 237 (19).]
Guerin, Vital, pioneer, b. in Saint Remi, Canada, July 17, 1812; d.
in St. Paul, Nov. 11, 1870. He entered the service of the American
Fur Company, and came to Mendota, Minn., in 1832. Seven years
later he settled on the site of St. Paul. He passed the remainder of
his life quietly, improving his farm until the growth of the city made
it very valuable for city lots. [28, IV*; 94; 237 (1, 65*).]
Guernon, Adelard, physician, b. in Quebec, in 1844; d. in St. Paul,
Jan. 15, 1889. He was graduated at the medical college in Montreal,
1865; settled in St. Paul the same year, removed to Little Falls in
1872; was county superintendent of schools for Morrison county ten
years; returned to St. Paul in 1888. [139.]
Guignas, Michael, Jesuit missionary, b. in France, Jan. 22, 1681; d.
in Quebec, Canada, Feb. 6, 1752. With Nicholas de Gonnor, he founded
a mission among the Sioux in 1727 at Fort Beauharnois on Lake Pepin,
near the site of Frontenac, Minn., but was obliged to abandon it the
next year on account of Indian wars. He was captured and threat-
ened with death, but was rescued; and afterward, in 1732-37, he con-
tinued his work in this Sioux mission and as resident chaplain of the
fort. [114; 146.]
Guilder, Absalom R., inventor, b. in Milton, Vt, Aug., 1826; came
to Minneapolis in 1866; engaged in building mills, and afterward pat-
ented several important inventions in mill machinery. [58.]
Guion, Joseph, pioneer, b. in Missouri in 1825; d. in St. Paul, Minn.,
Jan. 17, 1906. He came to St. Paul in 1845; afterward resided in
St. Louis and other places, but returned to St. Paul in 1853; owned
real estate in West St. Paul. [94; 98*; 237 (39).]
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Guiterman, Leo A., b. in Cincinnati, O., Sept.. 22, 1862; came to St.
Paul in 1876; one of the organizers in 1883 of the firm of Guiterman
Brothers, manufacturers of men's clothing, and since 1897 its presi-
dent. [24; 25; 93 A*.]
Guldbrandson, Gilbert, t). near Christiania, Norway, July 17, 1841;
d. Feb. 19, 1900. He came with his parents to the United States in
1852, and to Freeborn county, Minn., in 1856; served in the 21st Iowa
Regt. in the civil war; engaged in banking in Albert Lea, arid was
president of the First National Bank there. [53A*; 169.]
Gullette, Albert Martin, b. in Brownston, Ind., June 2, 1873; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1902; since 1906 principal
of the Prescott School, Minneapolis. [85A*.]
Gullicksen, Hans C„ b. in Norway, June 29, 1832; came to the
United States in 1854, and two years later settled on a farm in Bloorn^
field, Fillmore county, Minn.; was county sheriff four years; was reg-
ister of deeds, 1880-88. [52.]
Gumper, William Marie, R. C. priest, b. in Baden, Germany, in 1866;
came to the United States when fourteen years of age; was ordained
priest at St. Cloud, Minn., in 1890, and the next year settled at Long
Prairie; was pastor at Breckenridge after 1900. [38.]
Gundalson, Hans, b. in Norway, Jan. 26, 1830; came to the United
States in 1852, and to Minnesota in 1856; served in the First Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; owned a farm in Amherst, Fillmore coun-
ty; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Gunders, Paul A., b. in Norway in 1863; came with his parents to
the United States and to Minnesota while an infant; engaged in mer-
cantile business in Blue Earth county after 1887; was auditor of the
county, 1895-1900. [45*.]
Gunderson, Claus J., lawyer, b. in Whitewater, Wis., in 1855; came
to Minnesota in 1866; was graduated in law at the University of Mich-
igan, 1883; has practiced in Alexandria, Minn., since 1886; was attor-
ney of Douglas county, 1889-93; a state senator since 1907. [30*.]
Gunn, D. Griffin, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Caswell county, N. C,
March 13, 1845; served four years in the Confederate army in the
civil war; settled in Windom, Minn., in 1878; laid out the village of
Wilder in 1885, and afterward resided there; founded and conducted
the Wilder Farm College, which was opened in 1887. [34.]
Gunn, Daniel M., b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1860; came to Minnesota
in 1880; resides at Grand Rapids, where he is engaged in the hotel
business; was a representative in the legislature, 1895-7; has been a
state senator since 1907. [30*.]
Gunn, Joseph, journalist, b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1857; came to
Minnesota in 1883, and settled in Breckenridge, where he published
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the Wilkin county Gazette; was a representative in the legislature in
1893. [25; 30; 35.]
Gunnersex, S. R., educator, b. in Norway in 1844; studied at the
University of Christiania, and afterward studied theology in Germany;
came to the United States in 1874, and was a member of the faculty
of Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis. [58.]
Gunsolus, Matthew M., farmer, b. in Montgomery county, N. Y.,
Dec. 12, 1833; served in the 33d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; set-
tled on the site of Edgerton, Pipestone county, Minn., in 1878, being
the second settler in the township. [34.]
Gurley, George H., b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., April 25, 1854;
settled in Pipestone, Minn., in 1880, and engaged in hardware busi-
ness; also owned several farms, and was treasurer of the county.
[34.]
Gurley, James, M. E. clergyman, b. in Wexford, Ireland, in 1800; d.
in St. Charles, Iowa. He came to the United States when fifteen years
old; became a traveling preacher; came to Minnesota after the civil
war; lived in Wabasha three years; in 1871 took a homestead in
Becker county, where he was the first resident preacher. During his
last years he lived in Detroit, Minn. [44.]
Gustavesen, Carl, b. in Norway, Dec. 8, 1828; came to the United
States in 1855, and eight years later settled in Manchester, Freeborn
county, Minn.; taught music until 1876, and later cultivated his
farm. [53.]
Gustofson, Andrew, pioneer, b. in Sweden in 1818; came to the
United States in 1861, and three years later settled in Alfborg, Sibley
county, Minn., being the first settler in that township. [32.]
Gutenberg, John, b. in Prussia., April 7, 1828; d. in Shakopee, Minn.,
June 23, 1880. He came to the United States in 1853, and to St. Paul
two years later; removed in 1857 to Shakopee, where he built a hotel.
[32.]
Guthrie, M., b. in Ireland in 1848; came to the United States in
1867, and to Blooming Prairie, Minn., in 1875; owned a grain elevator,
a store, and a hotel. [72.] .
Gutknecht, Charles, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Mecklenburg, Ger-
many, Jan. 7, 1851; came with his parents to the United States in
1870; was graduated at Concordia College, 111., in 1879; soon after-
ward was ordained to the ministry, and settled in Union, Houston
county, Minn. [61.]
Guttarsen, G., pioneer, b. in Norway, April, 1812; came to the
United States in 1846, and to Minnesota in 1853; was probably the
first settler in Sheldon, Houston county. [61.]
Guttersen, Gilbert, farmer and banker, b. in Minnesota, May 13,
1859; resides at Lake Crystal; was engrossing clerk in the house of
286 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
representatives, 1889, and a member of the house in 1893-5 and 1899.
[24; 30; 45*.]
Gutterson, A. C, banker, b. in Windsor county, Vt., March 10, 1830;
settled in Owatonna in 1866; was cashier of the Farmers' National
Bank after 1873, and was also professor of music in Pillsbury Acad-
emy. [72. J
Gwathmey, John Booth, miller, b. in Greencastle, Ind., July 8, 1830;
d. in Faribault, Minn., Oct., 1902. He settled there in 1855; served in
the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war., [237 (28).]
Gynild, Endre E., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, April 15, 1859;
came to the United States in 1880; was educated at Augsburg Sem-
inary, Minneapolis, 1884-89; was pastor in Minneapolis, 1889-91, and
in Willmar lifter 1891. [148.]
Haae, G. Wilhelm, Lutheran clergyman, b. Feb. 28, 1862, in Ger-
many; came to the United States in 1886; was graduated at Martin
Luther College, New Ulm, Minn., in 1888; was ordained at Sutton,
Mower county, Minn., in 1888; was pastor at Lake City, Minn., after
1890, and at Greenwood, Hennepin county, since 1900. [148.]
Haas, Charles L., b. in Pennsylvania, Dec. 29, 1849; came to Minne-
sota with his parents when only five years of age; has engaged in the
live stock business in St. Paul, and is largely interested in the banks
of that city; was register of deeds for Ramsey county, 1891-95. [20*;
93*; 98*; 100.]
Habighorst, Henry, merchant, b. in Germany, March, 1824; came to
the United States in 1847, and to St. Paul in 1854; engaged in the dry
goods business. [68; 94.]
Hackett, Charles Wesley, hardware merchant, b. in Lyndeborough,
N. H., July 23, 1831; d. in St. Paul, March 21, 1903. He came to Min-
nesota in 1856, settling in Lake City; was captain in the Tenth Min-
nesota Regt. during the Indian war; removed to St, Paul in 1872.
[93A; 121; 174*; 176 (April, 1886*); 237 (28*).]
Hackney, Joseph M., b. in Antrim, Watonwan county, Minn., July 8,
1874; was graduated at Hamline University, 1899, and in law at the
University of Minnesota, 1902; engaged in real estate business in St.
Paul; a state senator since 1907. [24; 25; 30*; 93A; 111.]
Hadland, Ole P., farmer, b. in Fillmore county, Minn., Feb. 19, 1858,
and resided there; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in
1880; was a representative in the Minnesota legislature in 1891. [169.]
Hadley, Elbridge Drew, lawyer, b. in Deering, N. H., Sept. 6, 1842;
served in the 14th N. H. Regt, 18624, and was brevetted captain; was
admitted to the bar in 1869; came to Minnesota in 1872, settling in
Luverne. [IS.]
Hadley, Emerson, lawyer, b. in Marion, Mass., Dec. 27, 1857; was
graduated at Harvard University, 1881, and Columbia Law School,
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287
1884; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling in St. Paul; assistant gen-
eral counsel of the Northern Pacific Railway Co. since 1900. [24;
25; 93; 95*.]
Haecker, Theophilus L., b. in Liverpool, Ohio, May 4, 1846; served
in the 37th Wisconsin Regt. during the civil war; was engaged in the
work of the Experiment Station in Madison, Wis., until 1891, and later
with the Agricultural College of Minnesota; has been its professor of
dairy husbandry since 1894, residing in St. Anthony Park. [22*; 26*;
127A*.]
Hafftex, August, farmer, b. in Ontario, Jan. 2, 1855; came to Min-
nesota in 1867; settled near Buffalo, 1881; was register of deeds of
Wright county, 1899-1902 and 1907-8; a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1911. [30*.]
Hagadorn, H. J., millwright, b. at Mount Morris, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1832;
d. in Brainerd, Minn., Dec. 16, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1865;
settled in Brainerd in 1880. [237 (35).]
Hagan, Martin, physician, b. in Tuscarawas county, Ohio, Dec. 28,
1832; was graduated at the Medical College of Columbus, Ohio, in
1855; served as surgeon in Ohio regiments in the civil war; in 1866
was graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
city, and the next year settled in St. Paul. [18; 29; 68; 93.]
Hagen, Ole E., journalist, b. in Skiaker, Norway, Aug. 7, 1852; came
to the United States in 1881; settled in Crookston in 1883; established
the Rodhuggeren at Fergus Falls in 1893; was judge of probate for
Polk county, 1897-1903. [37*.]
Hagen, Ole J., editor, b. near Christiania, Norway, Aug. 31, 1852;
came with his parents to the United States, and to Freeborn county,
Minn., in 1867; settled in Albert Lea in 1872, and later became editor
of the Albert Lea Posten. [53.]
Hagler, Fletcher, merchant, b. in Madison county, 111., in 1824; set-
tled in Pine Island, Minn., in 1856; served in the First Minnesota artil-
lery and other regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of first
lieutenant. [54*.]
Hagney, P. H., farmer, b. in Dakota county, Minn., May 22, 1856;
resided at Rosemount; was a representative in the legislature in 1889.
[30.]
Hagstrom, Gustavus Arvid, Baptist clergyman, b. in Sundsvall,
Sweden, Sept. 8, 1867; came to the United States, and attended the
public schools in Minneapolis; was graduated at the Divinity School,
University of Chicago; was pastor in Chicago, 1896-1906, and in St.
Paul since 1909; editor of a Swedish Baptist Church journal since
1896. [17.]
Hagstrom, J. Albert, clerk, b. Nov. 23, 1872; resided in Minneapolis,
and died there Dec. 6, 1901; was a representative in the legislature
in 1899. [30; 237 (19).]
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Haiin, William John, attorney general, b. in Mifflin county, Pa.,
Nov. 5, 1841; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 23, 1902. He came to Minne-
sota in 1863, settling in Lake City; engaged in teaching and book-
keeping; was admitted to the bar in 1867; was county attorney of
Wabasha county, 1872-8; was attorney general of the state, 1881-7;
resided in Minneapolis after 1881. [18; 74; 137; 237 (19*).].
Haigh, George W., b. in Seneca county, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1838; served
in the 24th Michigan Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of
captain; came to Minnesota in 1873, and two years later settled on a
farm in Mankato. [32.]
Haight, Washington Z., b. in Jefferson county, Pa., March 25, 1839;
came to Minnesota when twenty-five years of age; invented a well-
boring machine, and dealt in windmills, pumps, and other machinery;
resided in Winnebago City after 1878. [34; 39*.]
Haines,- Angus, merchant, bl near Toronto, Canada, Feb. 5, 1843;
came to Minnesota in 1872; was a teacher in St. Cloud and Litchfield
fourteen years; later engaged in mercantile business in Paynesville.
[35.]
Haines, Charles, b. near Springfield, Ohio, in 1834; d. in Knights-
town, Ind., April 29, 1883. He served in the Northern army in the
civil war; settled in St. Paul in 1867, where he was manager of the
opera house. [237 (1).]
Haines, James C, b. in Canada in 1840; settled in Paynesville,
Minn., in 1866. At first he engaged in carpenter business and farm-
ing, but later sold agricultural implements and general merchandise.
[31; 35.]
Hainlin, Ernest, lawyer, b. in New York in 1844; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1855; served in the First Minnesota Regt,
1861-5; was admitted to the bar in 1870; resided in Watertown, Carver
county; was county attorney four years, [32.]
Hair, George Robson, M. E. clergyman, b. in England, Dec. 6, 1825;
d. in Mankato, Minn., Jan. 23, 1898. He came to the United States in
1853, and to Minnesota in 1879; was pastor in Northfield, Red Wing,
Minneapolis, and other places. [150.]
Halbert, William H., banker, b. in Erie county, Pa., Aug. 3, 1840;
served in the Eighth Illinois cavalry in the civil war; settled in Rock
county, Minn., in 1872, and was cashier of the Security Bank of Lu-
verne. [34.]
Halden, Odin, b. in Norway, May 6, 1862; came to the United
States in 1881, and settled in Grove City, Minn.; removed to Duluth
in 1882, and engaged in the grocery business; has been auditor of
St. Louis county since 1895. [23; 31A*; 111*.]
Hale, Andrew Talcott, b. in Glastonbury, Conn., July 8, 1820; d. in
Minneapolis, June, 1869. He settled there in 1860, coming for his
health, and devoted the remainder of his life to philanthropic efforts
for the improvement of the city. [84*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
289
Hale, George Washington, merchant, b. in Tunbridge, Vt, Feb., 8,
1834; d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 22, 1884. He first came to Minneapolis
in 1856, but returned to Boston in 1860; established a dry goods store
in Minneapolis in 1867. [84*.]
Hale, Henry, lawyer, b. in Chelsea, Vt., June 21, 1814; d. Dec. 7, 1890.
He was graduated at the University of Vermont in 1840; was admitted
to the bar in 1843; settled in St. Paul in 1856, practiced law, and en-
gaged in real estate business. [28, VIII; 41; 93*; 94; 98*.]
Hale, Jefferson Marshall, merchant, b. in Tunbridge, Vt., Sept. 5,
1827; came to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in dry goods business in
Minneapolis after 1868. [84*.]
Hale, William Dinsmore, b. in Norridgewock, Maine, Aug. 16, 1836;
came to Cannon Falls, Minn., in 1856, and engaged in farming; was
enrolling clerk in the state senate in 1861; served in the Third Min-
nesota Regt, 1861, and was major in the Fourth Regt., U. S. Artillery
v colored), 1863-6; was a partner of Hon. W. D. Washburn in lumber
and flour milling; and was postmaster of Minneapolis, 1890-4, and since
1906. [24; 84*; 85A*.]
Hale, William Edward, b. in Wheeling, W. Va., May 11, 1845; came
with his parents to Plainview, Minn., in 1860; served in the Third Min-
nesota Regt., 1861-4; was admitted to the bar in 1869; settled at Min-
neapolis in 1872; was attorney for Hennepin county, 1878-82; judge
in the Fourth district since 1909. [22*; 24; 85A; 130*; 137.]
Halgren, Charles G., druggist, b. in Sweden in 1840; d. in Comfrey,
Minn., May 15, 1910. He came to the United States in 1854, and to
Minnesota in 1858; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war ; resided at Watertown, where he was postmaster eight years ; was
a representative in the legislature, 1881-3 and 1889. [30; 32; 169; 237
(62).]
Hall, Albert H., lawyer, b. in Alexandria, Ohio, July 11, 1858; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1872; was graduated at Columbian
University Law School, Washington, D. C, 1883; has practiced law in
Minneapolis since 1884. [24; 25; 85A*; 90*; 127A*; 137*.]
Hall, Albert R„ b. in Vermont in 1842; came to Minnesota in 1856;
served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1869-74, and 1877, being speaker of the
House three terms; resided in Dayton, Hennepin county. [30.]
Hall, Alfred S., lawyer, b. in Anne Arundel county, Md., in 1856;
came to Minnesota in 1858; was admitted to the bar in 1880; was asso-
ciate judge of the municipal court in St. Paul several years. [93.]
Hall, Charles, physician, b. in Gallatin county, 111., in 1826; was
graduated at Rush Medical College in 1857; came to Minnesota the
same year, and in 1859 settled in Pine Island; was a state senator,
1869-70. [54.]
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290 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Hall, Christopher Webber, geologist, b. in Wardsboro, Vt, Feb. 28,
1845; d. in Minneapolis, May 10, 1911. He was graduated in 1871 at
Middlebury college; in 1872-5 engaged in teaching in Minnesota; spent
the next two years in study in Germany; after 1878 was professor of
geology and mineralogy in the University of Minnesota; assistant
geologist of the XL S. Geological survey after 1883; author of Geogra-
phy of Minnesota (299 pages, 1903) and numerous scientific papers.
[I, 3; 4*; 7A; 17; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 58; 85A*; 127 (2*); 127A*, B;
237 (53, 59).]
Hall, Darwin Scott, Congressman, b. in Wheatland, Wis., Jan. 23,
1844; served in the 42d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to
Minnesota in 1866; was auditor of Renville county, 1869-72; clerk of
the district court, 1873-77; representative in the legislature, 1S76; reg-
ister of the United States land office at Benson, 1878-86; state senator,
1887-9, and again in 1907-09; a representative in Congress, 1889-91.
He was founder and editor of the Renville Times. [10; 25; 27*; 30*;
32; 98*; 166A*.]
Hall, E. S., farmer, b. at La Pointe, Wis., in 1833; settled in Min-
nesota in I860; resided at Minden, Benton county; was a representa-
tive in the legislature in 1897. [30; 31.]
Hall, Elisha Banks, b. in Lawrence county, Ohio, Oct. 25, 1824; d.
in Fairmont, Minn. Feb. 13, 1902. He settled on a homestead beside a
lake named for him, in Martin county, Minn., in 1856; served against
the Indians in the war of 1862. [237 (19*).]
Hall, Francis, b. in Canada, Nov. 12, 1830; came to Minnesota in
1S63; owned a farm in Etna, Fillmore county; was a representative
in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Hall, Frank, pioneer, b. in Lewis county, N. Y., July 28, 1834; set-
tled in Albert Lea, Minn., in 1858, and opened one of the first stores
there; was captain in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; after-
ward was proprietor of a hotel. [53.]
Hall, George R., farmer, b. in Canada, June 29, 1836; settled in
Plainview, Minn., in 1856; served in the First Minnesota light artil-
lery in the civil war; was a representative in the legislature in 1877.
[30; 74.]
Hall, Harlan Page, journalist, b. in Ravenna, Ohio, Aug. 27, 1838;
d. in St. Paul, April 9, 1907. He was graduated at Ohio Wesleyan Uni-
versity, 1861; settled in St. Paul, 1862; engaged in editorial work on
several newspapers; purchased, with others, the Pioneer in 1865;
later established the Dispatch, and in 1S78 the Globe. The last paper
he published was the St. Paul Trade Journal, 1897-1903. The next
year he published a volume of political reminiscences, entitled "Ob-
servations." [28, XII*; 41*; 68; 155*; 176 (March, 1892*); 237 (16*,
30*, 48*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 291
Hall, James, judge, b. in Vermont, Oct. 28, 1824; d. while on a jour-
ney to Dakota in 1868. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling at Lit-
tle Falls; was judge of the Fourth judicial district, 1857-8; removed to
Denver, Colorado, in 1861, but returned after four years to Minne-
sota, and later resided in St. Cloud. [237 (1).I
Hall, John Norris, b. in Litchfield county, Conn., May 15, 1822;
settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1858; engaged in mercantile business,
and later in banking. [32; S3*.]
Hall, Liberty, journalist, b. in Peru, Me., July 27, 1826; d. in Den-
ver, Colo., June 23, 1891. He traveled for the publishing house of
D. Appleton and Co., twenty years; came to Minnesota in 1866 on
account of poor health, settling at Glencoe, and during several years
published the Glencoe Register; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1872. [18; 155*.]
Hall, Lyman Wolcott, journalist, b. in Lanesboro, Mass., March
9, 1808; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 14, 1897. He studied law, but engaged
in newspaper work; settled in 1878 in St. Paul. He was a prominent
political worker and editor in Ohio before and during the civil war.
[237 (9*); 238 (Jan. 15, 1897).]
Hall, Martin, b. in Genesee county, N. Y., in 1811; came to Minne-
sota in 1865, and the next year settled in Green Prairie, Morrison
county; was the prime mover in the organization of that town. [31.]
Hall, Martin Olson, banker, b. in Hedemarken, Norway, Oct. 30,
1853; came with his parents to the United States when two years old;
_settled in Minnesota in 1864; studied law, and was probate judge in
Granite Falls six years; was clerk of the senate two terms. He
resided in Duluth, 1887-97; then removed to St. Louis, Mo.; and after
1901 resided at Mohall, N. D., a town named for him. [29; 32; 169*;
237 (37*); 241.]
Hall, Onias, farmer, b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1819; d. in
Dodge Center, Minn., Oct. 26, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1859;
was one of the original proprietors of the town of Dodge Center.
[49; 237 (11).]
Hall, Orrin I., physician, b. in Wales, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1843; d. June
25, 1908. He was graduated from the medical department of Buffalo
University, 1873; settled in Zumbrota, Minn., the next year. [54;
56*.]
Hall, Oscar H., physician, b. in Erie county, N. Y., Nov. 29, 1842;
served in the Eighth N. Y. cavalry in the civil war; was graduated
from the medical department of the University of Buffalo, N. Y., in
1868, and the same year settled in Zumbrota, Minn.; removed to St.
Paul in 1899. [54.]
Hall, Osee Matsox, lawyer, congressman, b. in Conneaut, Ohio, Sept.
10, 1847; settled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1868; was admitted to the
292 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
bar in 1872; was a state senator, 1885; representative in Congress,
1891-5; member of the Minnesota Tax Commission since 1907. [10;
24; 25; 30*; 56.]
Hall, Pearl Mitchell, physician, b. in West Jefferson, Ohio, Oct.
10, 1860; came to Minnesota in 1873; was graduated at the Hahne-
mann Medical College, Chicago, 1882; has since practiced in Minne-
apolis; commissioner of health for that city since 1901. [25; 26*.]
Hall, Richard, Congregational clergyman, b. in New Ipswich, N.
H„ Aug. 6, 1817; d. in St. Paul, April 1, 1907. He was graduated at
Dartmouth College, 1847, and Union Theological Seminary, 1850; came
to Minnesota in 1850, and was pastor at Point Douglas until 1856; was
superintendent for the American Home Missionary Society in Minne-
sota, 1856-74; resided in St Paul. [144; 179 (Aug. to Nov., 1899*);
237 (43*).]
Hall, S. A., b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1835; was graduated
at the University of Wisconsin, 1861; served in the Fifth Wisconsin
Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1869; settled at Yellow
Medicine; was a state senator, 1877-8. [30; 32.]
Hall, Sherman, Congregational missionary, b. in Weathersfield, Vt.,
April 30, 1800; d. in Sauk Rapids, Minn., Sept. 1, 1879. He was grad-
uated at Dartmouth College, 1828, and Andover Theological Seminary,
1831. He had charge of the government schools at the Chippewa
Agency at Crow Wing, Minn., many years, and translated the New
Testament and other religious books into that language. Later the
schools were removed to Gull Lake and placed in charge of another
denomination. He removed to Sauk Rapids, was pastor of the Congre-
gational church there many years, and was also county superintendent
of schools. [31; 41; 143.]
Hall, Stephen Crosby, b. in Penn Yan, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1834; d. in
Minneapolis, Aug., 1888. He settled there in 1884, and engaged in
lumber business. [84*; 167 (Aug. 10, 1888*).]
Hall, William, b. in Turriff, Scotland, June 3, 1847; came to Min-
nesota in boyhood; served in the army during the closing months of
the civil war; was a representative in the legislature, 1880-82; was
express agent at Winnipeg and other places, and after 1905 resided on
a farm at Sterling, Blue Earth county. [46.]
Hall, William Asbury, physician, b. in Aurelius, N. Y.f June 17,
1853; was graduated at the Albany Medical College, 1875; settled in
Minneapolis in 1886. [26*; 84; 85A.]
Hall, William D., b. in Westfield, N. Y., in 1833; served in the
Union army in the civil war, attaining the rank of major; settled in
Minneapolis in 1872; engaged in newspaper work several years; be-
came secretary of the city board of trade in 1888. [90*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 293
Hall, Willi a m Sprigg, judge, b. near Annapolis, Md., July 9, 1832;
d. on a railroad journey, returning to his home in St. Paul, Feb. 25,
1875. He was graduated at St. John's College, Md.; was admitted to
the bar in 1854, and the same year came to St. Paul; was appointed
superintendent of public instruction for the territory; was a state
senator, 1857-60; and from 1867 to the time of his death was judge
of the court of common pleas. [18; 28, IV; 93; 94; 237 (1); 238
(March 3, 1875).]
Hallam, Oscar, judge, b. in Linden, Wi§., Oct. 19, 1865; was grad-
uated at the University of Wisconsin, 1887, and from its law depart-
ment, 1889; came to Minnesota in 1S89, and settled in St. Paul; judge
in the Second judicial district since 1905. [24; 25; 26*; 30; 95*; 238
(Nov. 9, 1899).]
Hallberg, George Elwyx, b. in Stillwater, Minn., Aug. 18, 1871; was
chief clerk of the secretary of state in 1895-1901; removed to War-
road, Minn. [24; 100*.] *
Haller, Axel, b. in Wermeland, Sweden, Dec. 11, 1858; came with
his parents to the United States in 1867, settling in Wanamingo,
Minn.; engaged in farming and banking, and since 1894 has been pro-
bate judge of Goodhue county. [5.6; 169A.]
Hallin, Ole A., druggist, b. in Sweden, Feb. 9, 1847; came to the
United States in 1869, settling in Cambridge, Minn.; was clerk of the
district court twelve years; and was engrossing clerk of the state
senate in 1878. [30; 169.]
Hallock, Charles, editor and author, b. in New York city, March
13, 1834; was graduated at Amherst College, 1854; established in 1879
in Kittson county, Minn., a farm colony for sportsmen. The town of
Hallock which he founded in 1880, was named in his honor. He was
the founder of "Forest and Stream," 1873; now lives in Washington,
D. C. [17; 176 (June, 1896); 237 (1).]
Hallock, Leavitt Homax, Congregational clergyman, b. in Plain-
field, Mass., Aug. 15, 1842; was graduated at Amherst College, 1863,
and Hartford Theological Seminary, 1866; after other pastorates, he
came to Minnesota in 1898, and was pastor of Plymouth church, Min-
neapolis, till 1907; removed to New England. [24; 26*; 85A*.]
Halstead, Andrew J., journalist, b. in Ohio, Aug. 23, 1850; began
newspaper work in 1868; came to Minnesota in 1883; has published
and owned the Brainerd Tribune since 1884. [37; 38.]
Halstead, George Blight, b. in Elizabethtown, N. J., March 17, 1820;
d. at Lake Minnetonka, Minn., Sept. 6, 1901. He was graduated at
Princeton college; studied law; served in the IT. S. navy, and later in
the army during the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1876, and rer
sided at Lake Minnetonka. [237 (14*).]
Halstead, Frank, b. in Newark, N. J., in 1833; d. at Lake Minne-
294 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
tonka, Minn., in 1876. He came to Minnesota in 1855; served in the
U. S, navy during the civil war; resided in a picturesque house on
Lake Minnetonka, called the Hermitage. [58.]
Halton, James B., R. C. priest, b. in Ireland, Aug. 4, 1844; came to
the United States in 1861; was graduated at St. Charles College, Bal-^
timore, Md., in 1866; came to Minnesota in 1868; was ordained priest
the same year, and settled in Hastings. [48.]
Halvorson, Charles, merchant, b. in Norway, in 1851; came to the
United States and settled in Minnesota in 1867; resided in Dawson;
was a state senator, 1899-1902. [30.]
Halvorson, Henry, merchant and banker, b. in Wanamingo, Minn.,
June 3, 1875; engaged in mercantile business there; in 1904, with his
brother, Martin, organized the Farmers' State Bank of Wanamingo,
being its vice president. [56.]
Halvorson, John, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Stavanger, Norway,
Dec. 4, 1861; came with his parents to the United States when nine
years old; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1880,
and at the German Northwestern University, Watertown, Wis., in
1881; was ordained to the ministry in 1884; was pastor in Minne-
apolis after 1890. [169.]
Halvorson, Kittel, farmer and congressman, b. in Telemarken,
Norway, Dec. 15, 1846; came with his parents to the United States
in 1848; served in the Second Wisconsin Heavy Artillery in the civil
war; settled in North Fork, Stearns county, Minn., in 1865; was a
representative in the legislature in 1887, and a member of Congress,
1891-3. [10; 31; 169.]
Halvorson, Marcellus, journalist, b. in Egersund, Norway, Feb. 24,
1855; came to the United States in 1863, and to Minnesota the next
year; resided at Albert Lea, where he edited and published the Enter-
prise; was a state senator, 1887-9. [26*; 30; 53; 169.]
Halvorson, Oliver, merchant, b. at Norway Lake, Minn., Aug. 19,
1870; was postmaster there after 1897, and owned a general store.
[63*.]
Hamery, Oscar L., civil engineer, b. in Bergen, Norway, Nov. 19,
1850; came with his mother to the United States when ten years old;
lived in Minnesota; settled in Crookston in 1883, and was city en-
gineer after 1887. [35.]
Hamilton, Andrew, lumberman, b% in Ireland, in 1832; d. on his
farm near Winona, Minn., Sept. 5, 1898. He came to the United
States in 1S46; settled in Winona in 1857; was president of the Winona
Lumber Co., 1880-94. [167 (Sept. 9, 189S).]
Hamilton,, Arthur L., journalist, b. near Almonte, Ontario, Nov. 5,
1862; came to Aitkin, Minn., in 1894; purchased the Aitkin Republican
the next year, which he has since published. [37.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 295
Hamilton, George Augustus, b. in Worcester, Mass., March 25,
1822; d. in St. Paul, July 2, 1889. He came to St. Paul in 1864, and
was general freight and ticket agent, and later treasurer, of the St.
Paul and Sioux City Railway Co. [28, VIII; 68; 93*.]
Hamilton, George D., journalist, b. in Two Rivers, Wis., April 3,
1856; came to Minnesota in 1878, settling in Detroit, where he pur-
chased and has since published the Record. [25; 35.]
Hamilton, George J., lumberman, b. in Winona, Minn., June 11,
1861; d. there, April, 1897. He was employed by the Winona Lumber
Co., from 1880 to 1895, and afterward, with his brother, established
the Hamilton Lumber Co. [167 (April 9, 1897).]
Hamilton, Joseph, pioneer, b. in Dexter, Maine, July, 1836; settled
in Minneapolis township, Minn, (now St. Louis Park), in 1855; opened
a general store in 1888, and was postmaster. [60*.]
Hamilton, Samuel W., b. in Winona, Minn., Oct. 5, 1857; was
graduated at the state Normal School there in 1875; was county
treasurer, 1880-84. [76.]
Hamilton, Thomas, soldier, b. in New York; entered the U. S. army
in 1802; was brevetted major in 1824, and was commandant at Fort
Snelling in 1825; retired from the army in 1828. [11; 12.]
Hamlin, Conde, journalist, b. in Glenville, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1861; was
graduated at Union College, 1883, and in law at the University of
Wisconsin, 1887; was connected with the Pioneer Press Company, St.
Paul, after 1889, and became general manager in 1899; removed to
New York city in 1908. [17; 24; 25; 176 (July, 1902*); 202.]
Hamlin, Hobart O., b. in Salem, Pa., June 29, 1832; came to St.
Anthony in 1854; was the first auditor of Hennepin county; was clerk
of the district court, 1861-5; engaged in real estate and insurance busi-
ness after 1877. [58; 84*.]
Hamlin, James Garrit, journalist, b. in Deans ville, N. Y., Oct. 22,
1847; served in the 11th N. Y. cavalry in the civil war; established
the Enterprise in Albert Lea, Minn., in 1872; two years later removed
to Blue Earth City, and published the Post. [34; 202.]
Hamm, Theodore, b. in Baden, Germany, in 1825; d. in St. Paul,
July 31, 1903. He came to the United States in 1854, and to St. Paul
in 1856, where he was a brewer. [68; 93A; 94; 97; 99; 237 (22*; 28*).]
Hamm, William, b. in St. Paul, Sept. 26, 1858; was president of the
St. Louis, St. Paul and Minneapolis Packet Co.; president and treas-
urer of the Hamm Brewing Co., St. Paul. [24; 25; 93A; 98*; 100.]
Hammer, Evin D., farmer and miller, b. in Greencastle, Ind., in De-
cember, 1829;' d. at Spring Valley, Minn., Oct. 31, 1907. He came to
Minnesota in 1859; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; settled at Spring Valley in 1883; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1869, and a state senator, 1891-3. [30; 52; 237 (48).]
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Hammer, Frederick O., b. of German parents in St. Paul, Aug. 11,
1865; has resided in that city and engaged in loaning, building, and
mining. [3*; 22*; 25; 96*.]
Hammergren, David I., printer, b. in St. Paul in 1875; was publisher
there of the East Side Star; was a representative in the legislature
in 1905. [30*.]
Hammon, Edward, b. in Munich, Bavaria, in 1837; d. in Eden Prairie,
Minn., Aug. 11, 1887. He came to the United States in 1856; settled
in St. Paul the next year; was janitor of the capitol, and later mes-
senger of the governor. [237 (1).]
Hammond, John Henry, b. in New York city, June 30, 1833; d. in
St. Paul, April 30, 1890. He served in the army in the civil war, and
was brevetted brigadier general. [121.]
Hammond, Nathan N., grocer, b. in Otsego county, N. Y., Sept.,
1832; d. in Rochester, Minn., May 14, 1903. He settled in Rochester
in 1855; engaged in grocery business after 1881. [66; 237 (28).]
Hammond, T. W., physician, b. in Plymouth county, Mass., in 1850;
came to Minnesota in 1866; was graduated at Jefferson College, Phil-
adelphia, in 1874; settled in Montgomery, Le Sueur county; practiced
medicine, and also studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1881. [32.]
Hammond, Walter A., b. in Ann Arbor, Mich., Dec. 7, 1853; became
a locomotive engineer; settled in Brainerd, Minn., in 1886; assistant
commissioner of labor for Minnesota, 1893-8; later engaged in real
estate business in St. Paul. [25; 30.]
Hammond, Wineield Scott, congressman, b. in Southborough, Mass.,
Nov. 17, 1863; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1884, and came to
Minnesota the same year; was admitted to the bar in Madelia, 1891;
removed to St. James in 1895; was county attorney, 1895-6 and 1900-4;
representative in Congress since 1907. [9; 17; 24; 25; 30*.]
Hammons, Everett, lawyer, b. in Cornish, Maine, Jan. 10, 1850; d.
in Anoka, Minn., Oct. 15, 1900. He was graduated at Bowdoin Col-
lege, 1870; was admitted to the bar in 1872; settled in Anoka, and
was city attorney three terms; at the time of his death was county
attorney. [156.]
Hampson, Fred L., merchant, b. in Akron, Ohio, March 17, 1858;
came to Minnesota in 1875, and settled in Ada in 1881; engaged in
lumber business, and after 1886 in general mercantile business. [35.]
Hamre, Lars O., b. in Norway, Aug. 9, 1841; came to the United
States in 1860; settled in Preston, Minn.; was register of deeds of
Fillmore county, 1875-85, and county treasurer, 1893-1906. [24; 52;
169.]
Hanaford, A., b. in Monticello, Minn., in 1860, and resides there;
engaged in stock raising; was treasurer of Wright county, 1897-1901;
was a representative in the legislature, 1903-05. [30*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. "297
Hance, Samuel F., physician, b. in Macedon, N. Y., July 1, 1825;
was graduated at Albany Medical College; was surgeon in the 89th
Illinois Regt. in the civil war, and became division medical director;
settled in Minneapolis in 1872. [58.]
Hancock, Joseph Woods, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Orford, N.
H., April 4, 1816; d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 24, 1907. He came to Red
Wing in 1849, as a missionary teacher among the Indians; organized
a Presbyterian church there in 1855, and was its pastor until 1861;
was superintendent of schools for Goodhue county, 1864-1881. He
continued to reside in Red Wing until about a week before his death.
[18; 54*; 237 (48*).]
Hand, Daniel Whilldin, physician, b. at Cape May Court House,
N. J., Aug., 1834; d. in St. Paul, June 1, 1889. He was graduated in
medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1856; settled in St. Paul
in 1857; served as surgeon in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; was professor of surgery in the University of Minnesota, 1882-87.
[28, VIII; 29; 68; 93*; 94; 121; 139; 238 (June 2, 1889).]
Hand, Henry C, physician, b. at Cape May, N. J., March 17, 1848;
d. in St. Paul, March 2, 1876. He was graduated at the University of
Pennsylvania, 1870, and settled in St. Paul the next year. [139.]
Hand, William R., physician, b. in Wayne county, Pa., Sept. 14,
1854; was graduated at Ohio Medical College, Cincinnati, in 1877;
settled in Herman, Minn., in 1883. [35.]
Handlan, James, b. in Sparta, Wis., in 1871; came to St. Paul,
Minn., in 1884; conducted a meat market after 1890; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1903-9, and a state senator, 1911. [30* ]
Handy, Ray D., b. in Minneapolis, Aug. 21, 1877; was cartoonist
for the Minneapolis Tribune, 1897-1901; for the Duluth News-Tribune
since 1901, and manger of its engraving plant. [17; 24.]
Haney, John, clergyman, b. in York county, Pa., April 10, 1808; be-
came a minister in the United Brethren church in 1829; came as a
missionary to Olmsted county, Minn., in 1857, and three years later
settled on a farm in Pleasant Grove township. [66.]
Hanford, J. H., lumber dealer, b. in Ohio in 1834; d. in Dubuqve,
Iowa, Aug. 26, 1872. He settled in Stillwater, Minn., and engaged in
lumber business and steamboating. [238 (Sept. 1, 1872).]
Hanft, Hugo O., judge, b. in St. Peter, Minn., Dec. 16, 1871; was
graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1896, and practiced
law in St. Paul; served in the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt. in the
Philippine war, and in 1899 was commissioned battalion adjutant; as-
sistant county attorney of Ramsey county, 1900-06; judge of the munic-
ipal court, St. Paul, since 1906. [24; 25; 123.]
Hanke, Henry C, lumberman, b. Oct. 6, 1860, at Lake Calhoun, now
a part of Minneapolis, and has resided in that city continuously; was
298 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
a representative in the legislature in 1889; treasurer of Hennepin
county since 1905. [30; 85A*; 127A*.]
Hanley, Martin Franklin, lawyer, b. in St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 30,
1859; was graduated in law at Washington University, St. Louis, 1879;
has practiced in Minneapolis since 1884. [24; 25; 137*.]
Hanly, M. J., R. C. priest, b. in Ireland; came to the United States
in 1861, and was ordained in Chicago the next year; was pastor at
Chatfield, Carimona, and Fountain, Fillmore county, Minn. [52.]
Hanna, Dennis, merchant, b. in New Berlin, Wis., May 2, 1847;
came to Minnesota in 1869; settled in Stephen in 1879; engaged in
mercantile business, and for a year edited the Marshall County Leader.
[35.]
Hanna, James, farmer, b. in Vermont in 1842; came to Minnesota
in 1864; resided at Hector; was a state senator, 1895-7. [30.]
Hannaford, Jule Murat, b. in Claremont, N. H., Nov. 19, 1850, set-
tled at Brainerd, Minn., in 1872, in service of the Northern Pacific
Railway Co., and later removed to St. Paul; second vice president and
general traffic manager of this railway. [24; 25; 26*; 176 (June,
1895*).]
Hannon, M. Theodore, druggist, b. in Washington, Iowa, in ±867;
settled at Two Harbors, Minn.; was auditor of Lake county, 1892-6,
and probate judge, 1899-1904. [106*.]
Hanscom, David J., farmer, b. in York county, Maine, Aug. 23, 1833,
came to Minnesota and settled in Eden Lake township, Stearns coun-
ty, in 1859; served in the civil war in the Fourth Minnesota Regt.r
was a representative in the legislature in 1880. [31.]
Hansen, Otto, farmer, b. near Christiania, Norway, March 16, 1850;
came to the United States in 1867, and to Minnesota in 1874; resided
in Otisco, Waseca county, Minn.; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1889. [30; 169.]
Hansen, Theodore, merchant, b. in Christiania, Norway, Feb. 1.
1846; came to the United States in 1868; settled in Swift county, Minn.,
in 1870; engaged in mercantile business, and owned grain elevators
in Benson. [169.]
Hansen, William, b. in 1826; d. in Bloomington, Hennepin county,
Minn., June 15, 1902. He resided there thirty-five years, and owned a
carp fishery. [237 (19).]
Hanson, A. L., farmer, b. in Allamakee county, Iowa, Oct. 28, 1854;
was graduated at Iowa Agricultural College, 1879; engaged in banking
in North Dakota; settled in Norman county, Minn., in 1894, and owns
a farm at Ada; has been a state senator since 1907. [30*.]
Hanson, D. M., lawyer, b. in Maine about 1826; died in 18&6. He
settled in Minneapolis in 1853; was a representative in the territorial
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. !299
legislature in 1855, and a member of the council the next year. [59;
85; 238 (March 28, 1856).]
Hanson, Eldor M., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Sept. 4, 1862;
was graduated at Augsburg Seminary (College Department), Minne-
apolis, 1893; was ordained in 1896, and was pastor in Brandon, Minn.,
1896-1903, and at Plumb, Minn., after 1903. [148.]
Hanson, H. J., merchant, b. in Denmark, Oct. 7, 1843; came to the
United States in 1866, and to Minnesota two years later; settled in
Hector in 1885; engaged in real estate and insurance business. [82.]
Hanson, Hans O., merchant, b. in Dane county, Wis., Jan. 16, 1S53;
came to Minnesota when twenty-two years old; was one of the pio-
neers of Roseville, Grant county; settled in Stephen in 1883, and
engaged in hardware and furniture business; was a representative in
the legislature in 1903-7. [30*; 35.]
Hanson, Hans P., b. in Norway,, Sept. 16, 1844; came with his father
to the United States in 1851; served in the 52d Wisconsin Regt. in
the civil war; settled on a farm at Elbow Lake, Minn., in 1871; was
sheriff of Grant county four years. [35.]
Hanson, Harry M., banker, b. in Forest City, Iowa, June 17, 1872;
came to Minnesota in 1899, and organized the First National Bank of
Hanley Falls, and has been its cashier since 1900; was a represent-
ative in the state legislature in 1907. [24; 25; 30*.]
Hanson, Henry E., b. in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1861; was reg-
ister of deeds for Cottonwood county eighteen years; was a state
senator, 1907-09; resides at Windom. [30*; 34.]
Hanson, John, b. in Wardal, Norway, Nov. 18, 1835; came to the
United States in 1857; settled in Douglas county, Minn., in 1866;
owned a farm, 'and after 1881 engaged in mercantile business in Bran-
don. [35.]
Hanson, John N., b. in Norway, March 2, 1828; came to the United
States in 1849; settled on a farm in Vernon, Dodge county, Minn., in
1856; was a representative in the legislature, 1873-4. [30; 49; 169.]
Hanson, Martin Gustav, Lutheran clergyman and educator; b. in
Goodhue county, Minn., July 11, 1859; was ordained, 1884; was pastor
in St. Paul, 1884-92; president of Red Wing Evangelical Seminary
since 1898. [17.]
Hanson, Oesten, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, July 8, 1836;
came to the United States in 1851, and to Goodhue county, Minn., in
1856; was ordained to the ministry in 1861; was pastor in Aspelund.
[169.]
Hanson, Olof, architect, b. in Fjelkinge, Sweden, Sept. 10, 1862;
came to the United States in 1875, and to Minnesota the same year;
was graduated at the State School for the Deaf at Faribault, 1881,
300 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
and at the National College for the Deaf, Washington, D. C, in 1886;
settled in Duluth. [169.]
Hanson, P. O., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Skane, Sweden, Dec. 18,
1861; came to the United States with his parents in 1871; was grad-
uated at Augustana College, and in 1888 at Augustana Theological
Seminary; was pastor in several states; came to the Mesabi Range
in Minnesota to be a traveling missionary, and resided in Virginia,
Minn. [37.]
Hanson, Peter, pioneer merchant, b. in Denmark in 1845; came to
Minneapolis in 1866; settled on the site of Breckenridge in 1871, when
there was only one building and a tent in the future town. He opened
a general store, which he conducted until 1890; was treasurer of Wil-
kin county, 1895-1905. [38.]
Hanson, Peter E., secretary of state, b. in Branstad, Sweden, June
12, 1845; came to the United States in 1857 with his parents who set-
tled in Meeker county, Minn. ; engaged in real estate business in
Litchfield, 1879; was president of the Meeker County Bank; was a
state senator, 1895-7; and secretary of state, 1901-07. [25; 26*; 30;
65; 169.]
Haealdson, Aslak, farmer, b. in Norway, July 18, 1845; came to
the United States in 1861, and lived in Freeman, Minn.; was a repre-.
sentative in the legislature in 1885. [237 (38*).]
Harbo, Elias P., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Fredrikshald, Norway,
Feb. 6, 1856; came to the United States in 1880; was graduated at
Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1886; was ordained in 1889; pastor
in La Crosse, Wis., 1889-93; Duluth, Minn., 1893-1902; and Minneapolis
after 1902; professor there in Augsburg Seminary. [148.]
Harden, George W. W., lawyer, b. in Allamakee county, Iowa, in
1863; came to Minnesota in 1868; was graduated in law at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota; resides in Le Roy; was a representative in the
legislature in 1901 and in 1905. [30.]
Hardenbergh, Charles Morgan, b. in New Brunswick, N. J., Jan. 4,
1833; d. Jan. 29, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1862, settling in Min-
neapolis; engaged in iron business and mill building; after 1891 was
president of the National Milling Co. [24; 85A*.]
Hardenbergh, P. R. L., b. in New York City, Jan. 23, 1834; d. in
Baltimore, Md., while traveling for his health, Jan. 31, 1889. He set-
tled in St. Paul in 1867, and established a large leather dealing busi-
ness. [28, VIII; 93*; 97; 176 (Dec, 1895); 237 (2).]
Harding, Everhart Percy, educator, b. in Waseca county, Minn.,
Aug. 15, 1870; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1894;
instructor and lecturer in chemistry there, 1896-1905; assistant pro-
fessor of chemistry since 1905. [7A; 127 (10*); 127B.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 301
Harding, William Apsey, b. in Prescott township, Faribault county,
Minn., Aug. 22, 1875; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1897; resides in Winnebago, engaged in farming and stock breeding;
a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Hardy, Johx C, b. in St. Paul, April 12, 1868; was graduated at St.
John's University, 1883; engaged in the ice business in St. Paul; was
a state senator, 1903-09. [24; 25; 30; 93A; 100.]
Hardy, Newell N., merchant, b. in Rock county, Wis., March 20,
1843; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1853; served in the
Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled on a claim in Douglas
county, 1868; removed to Alexandria in 1878. [35.]
Hare, Joseph, M. E. clergyman, b. in Yorkshire, Eng., July 7, 1807;
d. in St. Paul, Dec. 12, 1883. He came to the United States in 1828,
was ordained deacon in 1830; settled in St. Paul in 1857; often
preached, and devoted himself to church work. [237 (1).]
Hargreaves, Mark, b. in Stafford county, Eng., Dec. 24, 1838; came
with his parents to the United States in 1846, and to Minnesota in
1855; served in the First Wisconsin light artillery in the civil war;
was sheriff of Houston county, 1874-8; resided* in Hokah after 1879;
was editor of the Hokah Sun after 1886. [61; 238 (Jan. 1, 1894*).]
Harkins, Abram, b. near Meadville, Pa., Feb. 24, 1821; served in
the Mexican war; came to Viola, Olmsted county, Minn., in 1855; was
a member of the legislature in 1861; was captain in the Second Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; was county auditor two terms. [66.]
Harkness, James W., b. in Peoria county, 111., Oct. 6, 1839; d. in
Faribault, Minn., March 24, 1871. He came with his parents to Min-
nesota in 1856, and engaged in fruit culture. [166 (1892).]
Harlow7, Freelatsd F., b. in Oxford county, Maine, Oct., 1836; d. in
Fairmont, Minn., Dec. 29, 1906. He came to Faribault county, Minn.,
in 1857; served in the 23d Maine Regt. in the civil war; was sheriff
of Faribault county, 1868-70; engaged in hotel business in Winnebago
City, and later removed to Fairmont. [51; 237 (43).]
Harlow, Reubex Westox, Congregational clergyman, b. in Ply-
mouth, Mass., June 29, 1829; d. in Park Rapids, Minn., June 2, 1905. He
was ordained in the Methodist Episcopal church, 1861, and was pastor
in Vermont and Massachusetts; joined the Congregational denomina-
tion in 1884; came to Minnesota in 1885; was pastor in several towns
in this state and in Kansas; resided in Park Rapids after 1897. [144.]
Harmon, C, miller, b. in Penobscot county, Maine, Aug. 4, 1839;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1850; settled on a farm near
Sauk Center in 1859;. after 1872 was manager of large flouring mills
there. [31.]
Harper, Robert C, centenarian, b. in Dublin Ireland, July 13, 1799; d.
in Minneapolis, Dec. 29, 1903, at the age of 104 years. He settled in
302 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Canada in 1844; engaged in tailoring business; resided in Minneapolis
after 1885. [237 (35*).]
Harries, William Henry, lawyer, congressman, b. in Montgomery
county, Ohio, Jan. 15, 1843; served in the Second Wisconsin Regt. in
the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; was graduated in law at
the University of Michigan, 1868, and settled at Caledonia, Minn., the
same year; practiced law there till 1907; attorney of Houston county
four years; representative in Congress, 1891-3; secretary of the Min-
nesota Soldiers' Home, 1907-11, residing in St. Paul, and later its
superintendent at Minnehaha. [10; 24; 61.]
Harriman, Samuel, b. in Orland, Maine, in 1826; d. at Hot Springs,
Ark., Aug. 25, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and engaged in
lumbering in the St. Croix valley; served in the 27th Wisconsin and
other regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier gen-
eral. [42*; 237 (11).]
Harrington, Charles Medbury, b. in New Berlin, N. Y., July 11,
1855; came to Rochester, Minn., when seventeen years old; was con-
nected with the grain and elevator business of Van Dusen and Co.;
after 1883 resided in Minneapolis; president of three elevator com-
panies. [17; 24; 25; 85A; 168 (Oct. 14, 1898*).]
Harrington, George- W., farmer, b. in Washington county, Vt, in
1827; came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Plainview; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1889. [30.]
Harrington, Hiram Augustus, b. in Anoka, Minn., Aug. 19, 1861;
served on the police force, and since 1905 has been register of deeds
for Anoka county. [24; 43.]
Harrington, J. L., physician, b. in Windham county, Vt, in 1840;
was graduated from the medical department of the University of Ver-
mont, 1862; served in Vermont regiments in the civil war; settled in
Owatonna, Minn., in 1881. [72.]
Harrington, John Stevens, pioneer, b. in Canada, Aug. 11, 1815; d.
at Wayzata, Minn., Oct. 21, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1854, set-
tling on a claim beside Lake Minnetonka; engaged in farming, and
afterward platted his land and sold most of it in lots. [60*; 237
(35*).]
Harrington, Lewis, surveyor and farmer, b. in Greene, Ohio, in
182i; d. in Olympia, Wash., Aug. 15, 1884. He came to Minneapolis
in 1854, and the next year founded with others the town of Hutchin-
son, where he afterward resided; was a representative in the state
legislature in 1866 and 186S. [64; 237 (1); 238 (Aug. 18, 1884).]
Harrington, Lewis P., b, in Hennepin county, Minn., Oct. 7, 1854;
purchased a drug store in Hutchinson in 1881; engaged in real estate
business, and in teaching school; was superintendent of schools in
McLeod county, 1884-90 and 1897-1908. [64.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 303
Harrington, William, b. in Highgate, Vt, April 16, 1829; came to
Minnesota in 1860; owned a farm in Empire, Dakota county, after
1868; was elected treasurer of the county in 1873. [48.]
Harrington, William B., pioneer, b. in Canada; d. in Hutchinson,
Minn., Feb. 7, 1869. He came to Minnesota in 1852, settling on the
bank of Lake Minnetonka; the next year he explored and named Long
lake; removed to Hutchinson in 1862, where he was one of the first
settlers. [64.]
Harrington, William Edmond, banker, b. in Hutchinson, Minn., July
2, 1860, and is a resident there; was graduated at the University of
Minnesota, 1881, and in law at the University of Michigan, 1883; en-
tered banking business in 1886; was a state senator in 1903-05; presi-
dent of the Citizens' Bank. [24; 30.]
Harrington, Zina Goodell, physician, b. in Londonderry, Vt., Aug.
20, 1830; was graduated at Albany Medical School, 1857; settled in
Mankato, Minn., in 1871; president of the Mankato State Bank since
1903. [24; 25; 32; 46; 83*; 237 (52*).]
Harris, Anak Alexander, lawyer, b. in Simpson, Ky., Jan. 16, 1838;
d. in Duluth, Minn., May 13, 1901. He served in the Confederate army
during the civil war; was admitted to the bar in 1865; resided in
Duluth after 1893. [22*; 237 (14).]
Harris, Daniel Smith, steamboat captain, b. in Cartwright, N. Y.,
July 24, 1808; d. in Galena, 111., March 17, 1893. Before 1861 he owned
several steamboats and engaged in transportation on the Mississippi
river. [28, VIII; 237 (9).]
Harris, George, pioneer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1824; settled in Still-
water, Minn., in 1845; engaged in lumbering; later owned a farm near
Point Douglas. [41.]
Harris, John S., b. in Seville, Ohio, Aug. 17, 1826; d. in La Crescent,
Minn., March 24, 1901. He served in the army in the Mexican war;
settled in La Crescent, Minn., in 1856; engaged in gardening and fruit
culture. [166 (1892, 1901*); 166A*; 237 (14*).]
Harris, Samuel Arthur, banker, b. in Goshen, Ind., Oct. 25, 1847;
d. in Minneapolis, June 12, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1868, set-
tling at Minneapolis; was cashier of the Northwestern National Bank,
1879-87, and its president, 1887-90; was president of the National
Bank of Commerce, 1891-1908. [3*; 21*; 24; 28, XII; 58; 84*; 237
(51*).]
Harris, Virgil H., druggist, b. in Newark, Ohio, May 14, 1840; d. in
Litchfield, Minn., Oct. 18, 1910. He served in the 111th Ohio Regt.
three years during the civil war; settled in Litchfield in 1870; author
of a book entitled "A Trip through Hell — An Epic of the Unseen,"
[22*; 65; 237 (62).]
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Harrison, Alexander M., judge, b. in Venango county, Pa., Nov. 5,
1847; d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 8, 1911. He was graduated in law at the
University of Michigan, 1870 ; settled at Minneapolis in 1886; was
judge in the Fourth judicial district, 1898-1905. 122*; 24; 25; 30;
85A; 237 (59).]
Harrison, Edward B., farmer, b. in England, July 21, 1831; came to
Minnesota in 1854; settled in Chanhassen, Carver county, in 1855;
was a representative in the legislature in 1874. [32.]
Harrison, Hugh, wholesale grocer, b. in 1860; d. in Minneapolis,
April 1, 1899. He was candidate of the Prohibition party for gov-
ernor of Minnesota in 1888. [238 (April 1, 1899).]
Harrison, Hugh Galbraitii, b. in St. Clair county, 111., April 23,
1822; d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 12, 1891. He settled in Minneapolis in
1859, and was its mayor in 1867; engaged in milling and lumber busi-
ness, and was vice president of the Security Bank, 1877-87, and later
its president. [21*; 29; 84*; 85A*; 180 -(Aug. 19, 1891).]
Harrison, Lewis, b. in Belleville, ill.; settled in Minneapolis in 1863,
where he became a member of one of the largest printing firms in
the city. [87.]
Harrison, Matthew Bland, b. in Petersburg, Va., April 24, 1854; d.
in Duluth, Feb. 29, 1892. He was graduated at Richmond Law Col-
lege, 1882; settled in St. Paul in 1884, and engaged in real estate busi-
ness; removed to Duluth in 1886. [21*; 176 (May, 1886*).]
Harrison, Thomas Asbury, b. in Belleville, 111., Dec. 18, 1811; d. in
Minneapolis, Oct. 28,1887. He settled in Minneapolis in 1860; engaged
in the manufacture of lumber; was interested in a wholesale grocery,
and also in Minneapolis real estate, and in pine lands; and after 1878
was president of the Security Bank. [3*; 21; 58; 84*; 237 (1).]
Harrison, William McKendree, b. in St. Clair county, 111., Jan. 24,
1809; d. in Minneapolis, May 2, 1874. He settled there in 1860, and
with his brothers engaged in lumber business and banking; in 1867
founded the North Star Iron Works. [84*; 166 (1875).]
Harroun, Edward R., journalist, b. in Princeton, Wis., June S, 1861;
came to Minnesota in 1881; resided in Granite Falls, and later in St.
Paul; was auditor of Ramsey county, 1889-91. [98*.]
Harroun, James A., merchant, b. in Fond du Lac county, Wis., Oct.
4, 1850; settled in Luverne, Minn., in 1876, where he owns a book
store; was deputy postmaster eleven years. [71A.]
Hart, Edwin Jarvis, Congregational clergyman, b. in East Brewer,
Maine, Sept. 16, 1825; d. in Cottage Grove, Minn., April 16, 1893. He
was graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary, 1855; settled in Cot-
tage Grove in 1867. [144.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 305
Hart, Francis B., lawyer, b. in Charlestown, N. H., in 1839; was
graduated at Hamilton College, 1866; was admitted to the bar in 1868;
settled in Minneapolis in 1882. [19*; 90.]
Hart, Prank, b. in Rochester, N. Y., Dee. 23, 1854; came with his
parents to Anoka county, Minn., when three years old, and made his
home there afterward; was clerk of the district court after 1897. [31;
43*.]
Hart, Hastings Hornell, Congregational clergyman, b. in Brook-
field, Ohio, Dec. 14, 1851; was graduated at Oberlin College, 1875, and
Andover Theological Seminary, 1880; was pastor at Worthington,
Minn., three years; secretary of the State Board of Corrections and
Charities, 1883-98, residing in St. Paul; removed to Chicago, and later
to New York City. [17; 30.]
Hart, Isaac L., journalist, b. in New York, Aug. 9, 1843; served in
the 72d Illinois Regt. in the civil war; settled in Pipestone City, Minn.,
in 1879, and published the Pipestone County Star. [34; 71A.]
Hart, S. A., . surveyor, b. in Lewis county, N. Y., July 29, 1818; set-
tled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1854. [54.]
Hart, William H., b. in Janesville, Wis., July 30, 1859; settled in St.
Paul, and engaged in insurance business; was quartermaster and first
lieutenant in the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt. in the Philippine war.
[100; 123.]
Hartigan, John A., b. in Ticonderoga, N. Y., April 28, 1865; came to
Minnesota in 1890; taught in St. Thomas College and St. Paul Sem-
inary; was insurance commissioner of Minnesota, 1908-10. [30.]
Hartley, B. F., b. in York county, N. B., April 11, 1850; settled in
Brainerd, Minn., in 1871; conducted a mail route from Brainerd to
Leech Lake, 1875-80; also engaged in general mercantile and lumber
business. He built the first brick block in the town. [31.]
Hartshorn, Benjamin F., lawyer, b. in Ohio, Aug. 18, 1834; was
graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin; came to Minnesota in
1878, settling on a farm near Philbrook; was a representative in the
legislature in 1895-7; resides near Staples. [27; 30.]
Hartshorn, William, pioneer, b. in Dedham, Mass., in 1794; d. in St.
Paul, Jan. 2, 1865. He came to St. Paul in 1843, and entered into part-
nership with Henry Jackson. Two years later he engaged in mer-
cantile business there on his own account, and also had several trad-
ing posts in other places. In 1847 he disposed of his St. Paul store
and removed to Stillwater, but later returned and again engaged in
trade. [28f IV; 94; 158; 237 (1); 241.]
Hartung, George, M. E.~ clergyman, b. in Thuringen, Germany, Nov.
18, 1843; came with his parents to the United States in 1857, and to
Minnesota the same year; was ordained to the ministry in 1873; was
pastor of the German Methodist church in Red Wing after 1876. [54.]
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306 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Harvey, Charles Wesley, b. near Bangor, Maine, Dec. 13, 1827; d. in
Duluth, Jan., 1904. He served in the 74th Illinois Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of captain; settled in Duluth in 1881. [237
(35*).]
Harvey, James P., pioneer, b. in Penobscot county, Maine, in 1820;
d. at Sunrise, Chisago county, Minn., in 1864. He came to Marine
Mills, Minn., in 1847; settled on a farm in Sunrise in 1854. [41.]
Harvey, O. E., b. in Perry, N. Y., April 16, 1832; came to Minnesota
in 1856; engaged in farming and lumbering at Tivoli, Blue Earth
county; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Harwood, Avery Amherst, lawyer, b. in Constant ia, N. Y., March
22, 1833; came to Owatonna in 1863, and in 1871 removed to Austin,
where he published the Transcript. In 1867 he was appointed a re-
gent of the state university, and in 1870-3 was secretary of the state
senate. [IS ; 30.]
Harwood, William Sumner, author, b. in Charles City, Iowa, Oct.
16, 1857; settled in St. Paul in 1886, and engaged in newspaper work
three years; later was employed on the Minneapolis Evening Journal;
after 1897 devoted his time to literary work; removed to California,
and died in 1908; author of books on horticulture, and of many maga-
zine articles. [17; 203.]
Haselton, J. S., b. in Springfield, N. H., Jan. 31, 1819; came to Min-
nesota in 1855; owned a farm at Northfield after 1868; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Haskell, Frank, lawyer, b. in St. Paul, Oct. 20, 1878; served in the
Thirteenth Minnesota Regt. in the Philippine war; was graduated at
the St Paul College of Law, 1903; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1905. [25; 30*.]
Haskell, Joseph, b. in Kennebec county, Maine, Jan. 9, 1805; d.
near Afton, Washington county, Minn., Jan. 27, 1885. He came to
Minnesota in 1839, and the next year settled on the claim near Afton
where he afterward resided. His farm was the first opened north of
Prairie du Chien. He was a representative in the state legislature,
1869-71. [40; 237 (1).]
Haskell, William Edwin, journalist, b. in Charlestown, Mass., June
lo, 1862; was gradauted at Harvard College, 1884, and came to Min-
neapolis the same year; became editor of the Minneapolis Tribune;
later owned and edited the Times, 1894-1902; removed to Boston,
Mass., where he is publisher of the Herald. [17; 22*.]
Haslerud, Peter K., farmer, b. in Numedal, Norway, Aug. 7, 1857;
came to the United States in 1879, and settled at Peterson, Minn., the
same year; was treasurer of Lac qui Parle county, 1889-99; later en-
gaged in farm loans and real estate business at Madison, Minn. [24;
169.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 307
Haslerud, Peter Peterson, pioneer, b. in Norway, July 21, 1828;
d. in Rushford, Minn., Sept. 23, 1880. He came to the United States
in 1843, and to Minnesota ten years later; owned and platted the
village of Peterson; was a representative in the legislature. [52;
169.]
Haslett, Andrew D., b. in Danville, Pa., Feb. 6, 1824; d. in St, Paul,
March 27, 1909. He settled in St. Paul in 1855, and engaged in mer-
cantile business; served in the Seventh Pa. Regt. in the civil war.
[25; 93A*; 94.]
Hastings, Hector M., miller, b. in Chemung county, N. Y., April 12,
1835; d. in Owatonna, Minn., May 7, 1899. He came to Minnesota in
1855; settled in Lemond township, Steele county, in 1863, where he
owned 2,300 acres of land; served in the Indian war, 1862-3; was part
owner of a flouring mill in Owatonna; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1879. [30; 70A; 72; 168 (May 17, 1899).]
Hastings, John R., b. in London, England, Jan. 27, 1847; came with
his parents to the United States in 1850; served in Ohio regiments in
the civil war; became superintendent of the Chicago, Burlington, and
Northern railway at Minneapolis, and was connected with that com-
pany nearly thirty years. [238 (April 28, 1899*).]
Hastings, Louis M., lawyer, b. in Baltimore, Md., in 1855; was
graduated at Loyola College, 1871; was admitted to the bar in 1882,
and settled in St. Paul the next year; author of a book entitled "Min-
nesota Citations.', [93.]-
Hasty, Robert Henry, pioneer, b. in Limerick, Maine, Dec. 12, 1822;
came to the St. Croix valley in 1841; engaged in lumber business at
Stillwater in 1849; served in the Indian and civil wars, 1862-5; resided
in Anoka, and later in Minneapolis, where he manufactured brick.
[41; 60*.]
Hatch, Charles D., farmer, b. in Ohio, Dec. 28, 1837; d. in Tap-
pen, N. D., Sept. 4, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1862, and in the
Indian massacre lost fourteen of his relatives, and was himself wounded
while giving warning to his neighbors; served in the civil war, and
later resided in Wisconsin; returned to Minnesota in 1872, settling at
Huntley; removed to North Dakota a few weeks before his death;
author of a volume of poems. [237 (48).]
Hatch, Edwin A. C, pioneer, b. in New York, March 23, 1825; d.
in St. Paul, Sept. 13, 1882. He engaged in trade with the Sioux as
early as 1840; came to Minnesota in 1843, and soon afterward settled
in St. Paul; was appointed IT. S. agent to the Blackfeet Indians, 1856;
recruited an independent cavalry battalion in 1863, which he com-
manded one year; afterward he engaged in railroad business, being
right-of-way agent for the St. Paul and Manitoba railroad at the time
of his death. [18, IV; 78; 94; 115.]
308 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Hatch, Philo L., physician, ornithologist, b. in 1823; d. May 22,
1904. He was graduated at the Homeopathic Hospital and College in
Cleveland, Ohio; came to Minnesota in 1858, settling in Minneapolis,
and practiced there thirty-three years; removed to Los Angeles, Cal.,
in 1891; author of "Notes on the Birds of Minnesota," 487 pages, 1892,
published by the Geological and Natural History Survey. [85A; 127B.]
Hatch, Theodore L., physician, b. at Whitney's Point, N. Y., June
20, 1848; was graduated in medicine at the University of Michigan,
1871; came to Steele county, Minn., the same year, settling at Bloom-
ing Prairie; removed to Owatonna in 1880. [24; 70A; 72.]
Hatcher, James R., b. in Louisa, Ky., in 1835; d. in St. Paul, March
24, 1883. He engaged in steamboating, and made his first trip to St.
Paul in 1856; later spent several years in Winona in the commission
business; but in 1881 again entered the employ of Capt. Davidson.
[237 (1).]
Hatcher, William H., b. in St. Peter, Minn., Oct. 29, 186S; engaged
in the printing trade twenty years; was quartermaster of Company F,
Thirteenth Minnesota Infantry, in the Spanish- American war; was
state military storekeeper after 1905. [30.]
Hatlestad, Ole J., farmer, b. in Stavanger amt, Norway, Dec. 7,
1837; came with his parents to the United States when nine years old,
and to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Indian war, 1862-3; resided
in Ostrander; was a representative in the legislature in 1887. [169.]
Hatten, Samuel W., farmer, b. in Wayne county, Pa., Sept. 19,
1836; served in the 14th Kentucky cavalry in the civil war, attaining
the rank of first lieutenant; settled in Rich Valley, McLeod county,
Minn., in 1866; was sheriff of the county two terms. [64.]
Hauber, Joseph A., b. in Kirchheim, Germany, April 26, 1826; d. in
Heidelberg, Scott county, Minn., Nov. 15, 1903. He came to the
United States in 1853, and to St. Paul in 1856; served in Brackett's
Battalion in the civil war; owned a blacksmith's shop in Heidelberg
after 1869. [237 (35).]
Haugan, A. C, banker, b. near Trondhjem, Norway, in 1849; d. in
Winthrop, Minn., Nov. 25, 1902. He came to the United States in 1866,
settling in Minnesota; engaged in grocery business, and later in bank-
ing in Minneapolis; was city treasurer, 1892-7. [90; 169; 237 (28*).]
Hauce, G. A., manufacturer, b. in Christiania stift, Norway, Dec. 19,
1S40; came with his parents to the United States in 1850; served in
the 12th Iowa Regt. in the civil war; settled in Freeborn county, Minn.,
in 1870; engaged in the manufacture of plows and wagons in Albert
Lea after 1875. [169.]
Hauge, Lars J., b. in Bergen, Norway, July 20, 1859; came to the
United States in 1881, settling in Minnesota, and engaged in teach-
ing; was clerk of court of Grant county, 1887-96. [35; 57*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
309
Hauge, O., farmer, b. in Faribault county, Minn., 1871; was grad-
uated at the American College of Dental Surgery, Chicago; resides in
St. Paul Park; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Hauge, S. G., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway in 1875; came to
the United States in 1891; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary,
Minneapolis, 1900, and the same year became the first pastor of the
Scandinavian Lutheran church in Hawley, Minn. [36.]
Haugex, Charles N., merchant, b. in Rock county, Wis., in 1858;
has resided at Pelican Rapids, Minn., since 1881; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1899-1905. [30*.]
Haugex, T. O., farmer, b. in Minnesota in 1866; resides in Nicollet;
was a representative in the legislature in 1907. [30*.]
Haugland, Jacob O., lawyer, b. in Minnesota in 1862; attended St
Olaf College, studied law, and settled in Montevideo; was attorney
of Chippewa county six years; was representative in the legislature
in 1901-3 and 1909. [30*.]
Haukness, H. O., b. in Dane county, Wis., April 18, 1854; settled in
Albert Lea, Minn., in 1872; engaged in real estate and insurance busi-
ness, and was postmaster. [169.]
Haijpt, Alexander J. D., clergyman, b. in Greenfield, Mass., Jan. 1,
1859; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, 1882; settled
in St. Paul the next year, and was pastor of the Memorial English
Lutheran church, 1884-1907; removed in 1908 to Pittsburg, Pa., and
in 1910 to Albert Lea, Minn. [17; 25; 53A; 149*; 237 (30*).]
Haijpt, Charles Clarence, lawyer, b. in Wilkesbarre, Pa., Jan. 14,
1854; was educated at Franklin Marshall College, and was admitted
to the bar in 1878; came to Minnesota in 1883, and settled in Fergus
Falls; was county attorney of Otter Tail county, 1898-1900; U. S. dis-
trict attorney for Minnesota since 1902. [25; 137.]
Haupt, Herman, civil engineer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., March 26,
1817; d. on a railway train near Newark, N. J., Dec. 14, 1905. He was
graduated at West Point Military Academy, 1835; served in the engin-
eering department of the army in the civil war, with the rank of
brigadier general; was general manager of the Northern Pacific rail-
way, 1881-4, then residing in St. Paul; author of a text-book, "General
Theory of Bridge Construction," and of many scientific papers and
magazine articles. [17; 237 (39); 241.]
Haus, Reuben, building contractor, b. in Pennsylvania in 1818; came
to St. Paul in 1852; was a representative in the legislature two terms.
[94.]
Hausdorf, C. F., b. in Saxony in 1840; came to the United States
in 1848, and to St. Paul in 1854; served in the First Minnesota Regt,
1861-5, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; owned a grocery in
West St. Paul. [94.]
310 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Haven, Alfred E., journalist, b. in Guilford, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1840;
served in the Second Wisconsin Regt, 1861-4; settled in Faribault,
Minn., in 1871, where he has since published the Democrat; was
county superintendent of schools, 1877-81; postmaster of Faribault,
1894-9. [25; 70; 70A.]
Haven, George Henry, merchant and banker, b. in Windsor county,
Vt, Sept. 10, 1841; came to Chatfield, Minn., with his father in 1856,
and after the latter's death, in 1863, owned and conducted a general
store until 1888; manager of the Root River Bank, 1888-1905, now in.
corporated as the First State Bank of Chatfield, of which he is presi-
dent. [24; 52.]
Haven, John M., farmer, merchant and banker, b. at Silver Creek,
Wright county, Minn., Sept. 19, 1857; engaged in farming and mer-
cantile business at Big Lake, Sherburne county; was a representative
in the legislature, 1889; president and director of banks at Big Lake,
Monticello, Maple Plain, and other towns. [24; 30.]
Haven, John Ormsbee, b. in Addison county, Vt, Oct. 3, 1824; d. at
Big Lake, Minn., Sept. 1, 1906. He was graduated at Middlebury Col-
lege, 1852; came to Minnesota in 1854; settled on a farm at Big Lake,
Sherburne county, in 1866; was register of deeds, county auditor,
county superintendent of schools, and clerk of the district court. In
1872-3 he was a representative in the legislature. [30; 31; 237 (43*).]
Haven, Roland Darwin, b. in Sudbury, Vt., Oct. 17, 1866; came to
Minnesota in 1883; settled in Duluth, 1889; has been superintendent
of the La Dow Implement Company since 1903; was mayor of Duluth,
1908. [31A*.]
Hawes, George H., physician, b. in Weymouth, Mass., Nov. 19, 1832;
d. in Hastings, Minn., April 27, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1855;
studied medicine in Red Wing; settled in Hastings in 1875. [48; 178
(May 12, 1892).]
Hawes, Philo, b. in Danby, N. Y., Dec. 18, 1830; d. in Luverne,
Minn., Aug. 4, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1853; served as second
lieutenant in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled
on the site of Luverne in 1867; laid out the town in 1870, and named
it after his eldest daughter; engaged in real estate and insurance
business. [34; 71A*; 237 (51).]
Hawkenson, N. W.> building contractor, b. in Vandstad, Sweden,
Dec. 25, 1837; came to the United States in 1869, settling in Meeker
county, Minn.; was county treasurer, 1884-9; resided in Litchfield.
[169.]
Hawkins, E. B., b. in Odgensburg, N. Y., in 1865; engaged in civil
engineering and contracting, and resided at Biwabik, Minn.; was a
state senator, 1899-1905. [30.]
Hawkins, Henry Hastings, lawyer, b. in Smithport, Pa., Jan. 30,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 31 1
1846; came with bis parents to Minnesota in 1855; served with the
Second Minnesota Cavalry in the civil war; settled in Thompson,
Carlton county, in 1877; was admitted to the bar in 1880, and later
held many county offices; removed to Duluth. [23*; 31A.]
Hawkins, James D., b. in Vermont, Dec. 9, 1836; came to Minnesota
in 1862, and settled in McPherson, Blue Earth county, the next year;
served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1881. [32; 46.]
Hawkins, Lewis R., b. in Fairfield county, Conn., July 23, 1803; set-
tled on a farm at Spring Lake, Scott county, Minn., in 1855; was a
representative in the legislature, 1857-8; later was county superintend-
ent of schools. [32.]
Hawkinson, N. W., b. in Skone, Sweden, in 1837; came to the "United
States in 1869, settling in Meeker county, Minn.; was a carpenter in
Litchfield after 1871; was county treasurer, 1884-88. [65.]
Hawks, M. A., lumber merchant, b. in Michigan in 1834; was cap-
tain in the 13th Indiana Regt.; came to Minnesota in 1867, and set-
tled in Delavan in 1870; was a representative in the legislature in
1873. [30.]
Hawley, Alfred Clark, b. in Ohio in 1838; d. in Washington, D. C,
Jan. 8, 1910. He came to Minnesota with his parents; served in the
Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of cap-
tain; was adjutant general of Minnesota, 1882-4, residing in St. Paul;
removed to Washington in 1891, where he was employed in the pen-
sion department, and later in the postal and Indian departments.
[237 (67).]
Hawley, Augustine B., physician, b. in Caroline, N. Y., Nov. 6, 1833;
d. in Red Wing, Minn., Sept. 20, 1878. He was graduated at Hobart
College, Geneva, N. Y., 1852, and from its medical department, 1855;
also studied medicine in several European cities; settled at Red Wing
in 1857, where he practiced his profession ten years, and then opened
a drug store. [54; 139.]
Hawley, Fletcher J., Episcopal clergyman, b. in Arlington, Vt,
Nov. 22, 1813; d. at Lake Park, Becker county, Minn., March 25, 1891.
He was graduated at Union College, 1840, and the Theological Sem-
inary of New York, 1843; was pastor in the West Indies, in New Or-
leans, and other places, and came to Brainerd, Minn., in 1880. [44.]
Hawley, Newton F., b. in Springdale, Iowa, Nov. 28, 1859; was
graduated at Iowa College, Grinnell, Iowa, 1879; was admitted to the
bar in 1884; settled in Minneapolis, and practiced law until 1906; has
since been treasurer of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Bank.
[24; 85A.] .
Hawley, Thomas C, farmer, b. in Danish West Indies in 1855;
came to Minnesota in 1879, and settled at Lake Park, Becker county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1903. [30.]
312 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Hay, Eugene G., lawyer, b. in Charlestown, IncL, March 26, 1853;
was admitted to the bar in 1877; settled in Minneapolis in 1886; was
a representative in the legislature in 1889; was United States district
attorney for Minnesota, 1890-4. [22*; 30; 137.]
Hay, La whence Gano, Presbyterian clergyman, b. Oct. 7, 1823; d. in
Minneapolis, July 27, 1896. He was educated at Miami University and
Princeton Theological Seminary; was ordained to the ministry in
1850, and the same year went to India as a missionary; later returned
to the United States, was a lecturer, and engaged in educational work;
settled in Minneapolis in 1889. [153.]
Haycraft, Julius Everett, lawyer, b. in Blue Earth county, Minn.,
Aug. 26, 1871; was admitted to the bar in 1898, and has since prac-
ticed in Madelia; was postmaster there, 1899-1910; a state senator,
1911. [24; 26*; 30*.]
Hayden, Herbert Leslie, lawyer, b. in Onondaga county, N. Y.,
March 23, 1850; d. in Madison, Minn., Nov. 20, 1911. He came to Min-
nesota in 1875; settled in Lac qui Parle in 1878; was admitted to the
bar in 1881; removed to Madison in 1884; was secretary and treas-
urer of the townsite company, and was interested in banking and
farming; was county attorney, 1891-2, and 1895-6. [32; 38*; 237 (59,
68*).]
Hayden, J. B., b. in Ireland, Nov. 30, 1840; came with his parents to
America when a child; served in the 17th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil
war; settled on a farm in Alton, Waseca county, Minn., in 1865; was
clerk of the district court, 1872-9; resided in Waseca after 1884. [75.]
Hayden, Thomas Taylor, b. in Elgin county, N. Y., in 1831; came to
Minnesota in 1873; settled in Winona, where he engaged in street rail-
way and electric light business; was a state senator, 1887-9. [30.]
Hayden, Wentworth, Baptist clergyman, b. in Mayfield, Maine, Oct.
28, 1813; d. in Champlin, Minn., Feb. 8, 1886. He was ordained to the
ministry in 1840; settled on a farm near Champlin, Hennepin county,
Minn., in 1854; was a representative in the territorial legislature in
1857, a member of the constitutional convention the same year, and
a representative in the state legislature in 1861. [43; 60.]
Hayes, Archibald M., lawyer, b. in New London, N. H., Oct. 8, 1825;
d. in Hastings, Minn., Oct. 31, 1868. He was admitted to the bar in
1846; came to Minnesota in 1854, settling in Hastings; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1860, and a state senator in 1861. [237
(D.3
Hayes, Archibald M,, Jr., b. in Minnesota in 1873; engaged in flour
milling in Hastings; was a representative in the legislature in 1905;
was appointed executive clerk by Governor Eberhart in 1910. [30*.]
Hayes, Daniel F., R. C. priest, b. in Kerry county, Ireland, March 25,
1854; d. in Hennepin county, Minn., June 8, 1881. He came to the
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 313
United States in 1872; was ordained priest in St. Paul, 1876; was
pastor in Anoka after 1877. [31; 238 (June 10, 1881).]
Hayes, George A., pioneer, b. in Barrington, N. H., Oct. 19, 1832;
came to Fillmore county, Minn., in 1854; engaged in farming, and
later in mercantile business in Rushford; was a representative in the
legislature in 1881. [52.]
Hayes, Moses P., b. in Limerick, Maine, Dec. 6, 1829; settled in St.
Anthony, Minn., in 1854; engaged in the foundry business, and other
enterprises; owned much city real estate, and an interest in a 7,000
acre farm near Brainerd. [88*.]
Hayes, Oren T., lawyer, b. in New London, N. H., Dec. 2, 1827; d.
March 24, 1894. He came to Hastings, Minn., in 1853; served as lieu-
tenant in the First Minnesota Regt. for a short time in the civil war,
and later served in the First Minnesota cavalry; was a representative
in the legislature in 1863. [32; 48; 56; 115.]
Hayes, Patrick W., farmer, b. in Limerick county, Ireland, Aug. 15,
1842; came to the United States in 1853, and four years later to Min-
nesota; engaged in trade with the Indians until 1873; settled in Little
Falls in 1881. [31.]
Hayes, Simeon Mills, b. in Madison, Wis., Oct. 28, 1862; was grad-
uated at Harvard College, 1884, and in law at the University of Wis-
consin, 1887; settled in St. Paul the same year, and practiced law
until 1904; later studied theology at the Seabury Divinity School,
Faribault; is an Episcopal pastor in Lincoln, Neb. [137; 238 (Nov.
9, 1899) ; 241.]
Hayner, Henry Z., was chief justice of Minnesota, 1852-3, but never
presided, and was probably never in the territory. [168 (March,
1892).]
Haynes, Arthur Edwin, educator, b. in Van Bur en, N. Y., May 23,
1849; was graduated at Hillsdale College, Mich., 1875; assistant pro-
fessor of mathematics in the University of Minnesota, 1893-6, and pro-
fessor of engineering mathematics since 1896. [7A; 17; 24; 127 (8*);
127A*, B.]
Haynes, James C, lawyer, b. near Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 22, 1848;
was graduated in law at Columbia University, 1875; came to Minne-
sota in 1879, settling in Minneapolis; has been mayor since 1905.
[25; 85A; 90*.]
Haynes, Milton B., civil engineer, b. in Strongsville, Ohio, Dec. 9,
1834; came to Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1856; resided in Mankato
after 1872. [83*.]
Hays, Calhoun, farmer, b. in Gilmer county, W. Va., June 12, 1841;
came with his parents to Minnesota; was apopinted receiver of the
U. S. land office in Sauk Rapids; settled at Two Rivers, Morrison
county, in 1867. [31.]
314 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Hays, John, pioneer, b. in Waterford, Ireland, about 1800; was mur-
dered in St. Paul in September, 1839. He enlisted in the U. S. army,
and came to Port Snelling as a member of the Fifth Infantry; was
discharged there in 1839, and settled on a claim on the site of St.
Paul. [28, IV.]
Hays, Lambert, pioneer, b. in Germany, Dec. 25, 1842; d. in Min-
neapolis, May 17, 1893. He came with his parents to the United
States in 1850, and to St. Anthony in 1855; owned a bakery, and later
engaged in real estate business. [60*.]
Hays, Milton B., b. in Summit county, Ohio, Dec. 4, 1843; served
in the Fifth Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Crooks ton,
Minn., in 1878; engaged in livery business, and was chief of police.
[35.]
Hays, Willet Martin, educator, b. in Hardin county, Iowa, Oct. 19,
1859; was graduated at the Iowa Agricultural College, 1885; was pro-
fessor of agriculture, University of Minnesota, 1890-1, and 1893-1904;
assistant U. S. secretary of agriculture, Washington, D. C, since 1905.
[17; 22*; 25; 26*.]
Haytee, John G., merchant, b. in Oshkosh, Wis., in 1865; came to
Minnesota in 1893; resided at Fairhaven, Stearns county; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Hayward, Harry, criminal, b. in Illinois in 1866; was hung for the
murder of Catherine Ging, in Minneapolis, Dec. 11, 1895. He came to
Minneapolis with his parents when four years old ; was a gambler.
[238 (Feb. 22, 1895*).]
Hayward, Josiah E., b. in Mechanics' Falls, Maine, Feb. 2, 1826;
came to Minnesota in 1856; after 1860 resided in St. Cloud, where he
was proprietor of a hotel, and also owned a flour mill near the city.
[31.]
Hazen, J. M., b. in Troy, N. Y., in 1838; came to Minnesota in 1859;
served in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war; settled in
Minneapolis in 1873; was assistant city treasurer two years ,and later
was building inspector. [90*.]
Hazen, Lorenzo, b. in Copenhagen, N. Y., in 1817; settled in Med-
ford, Steele county, Minn., in 1867; removed to Owatonna ten years
later, where he was judge of probate, 1879-92. [72.]
Hazlett, Harry, journalist, b. in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1852; came to
Minnesota in 1857, and resided at Park Rapids; was a representative
in the legislature in 1899. [30.]
Hazlett, Silas, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Mifflin county, Pa.,
May 12, 1824; was graduated at Jefferson College, and at the Pres-
byterian Theological Seminary, Pittsburg; settled in Lake City, Minn.,
in 1856, where he taught the first school, and was pastor of the Pres-
byterian church. [74.]
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Hazzard, George Henry, pioneer, b. in Seaford, Del., Dec. 5, 1846;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1856; engaged in transporta-
tion business; was the first commissioner of the St. Croix Inter-
state Park, 1895-1905, and again in 1911; secretary of the Minnesota
Territorial Pioneers' Association; resides in St. Paul. [25; 166A*;
174*.]
Head, George, pioneer, died in the Bermuda Islands, Oct. 4, 1883. He
was the original proprietor of the townsite of Rochester, Minn., set-
tling there in 1852; removed to Fergus Palls in 1871. [238 (Oct. 16,
1883).]
Head, George Douglas, physician, b. in Elgin, Minn., Sept. 10, 1870;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1892, and from its
medical department in 1895; professor of clinical medicine there since
1904. [24; 85A; 127 (10*); 127B.]
Head, Henry Clay, b. in Hooksett, N. H., Jan. S, 1850; came to Min-
nesota in 1878, settling at Princeton, where he engaged many years
in lumbering, milling, and mercantile business; was a representative
in the legislature in 1897; removed to Battle Lake in 1900. [24; 30.]
Heald, Timothy, b. in Penobscot county, Maine, Sept. 3, 1816; d.
in Pomme de Terre, Minn., Jan. 10, 1901. He came to Minnesota in
1854; lived on a homestead near Minneapolis fourteen years; set-
tled in Pomme de Terre in 1868, where he built a hotel and owned
a farm. [237 (14).]
Healy, Edward L., b. in Soutbbridge, Mass., June 28, 1852; came to
Minnesota and engaged in farming; was in mercantile business at
Faribault, 1876-8; Marshall, 1879-1894; Morris, 1895-1900; and later in
real estate business at Red Lake Falls. [25; 32.]
Healy, Frank, lawyer, b. near Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1854; came
with his parents to Fillmore county, Minn., in 1856; was graduated at
the University of Minnesota, 1882, and in law at the University of
Michigan, 1884; has practiced in Minneapolis since 1884, and was city
attorney, 1897-1910. [24; 25; 26*; 85A*; 127A*; 137*.]
Healy, Jeremiah, pioneer, b. in County Cork, Ireland, in 1819; d. in
Erin, Rice county, Minn., July 25, 1868. He came to the United
States in 1842, and was the first settler in Erin township, 1855. [70.]
Healy, John A., b. in Oswego, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1870; settled in Min-
nesota in 1893; proprietor of the Oliver hotel, Hibbing; a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Heard, Isaac V. D., b>. in Goshen, N. Y., Aug. 31, 1834; came to St.
Paul in 1852; studied law; was city attorney, 1856 and 1865-7; was
county attorney six years; state senator, 1871. He was a volunteer
in a cavalry company during the Sioux war, 1862, and was judge ad-
vocate during the trial of 303 Sioux prisoners; author of a "History
of the Sioux War and Massacres of 1862 and 1863," 354 pages, 1865.
[28, IV; 32; 68; 69; 93; 94.]
316 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Heard, Samuel A., merchant, b. in Newport, Canada, Sept. 6, 1831;
came to the United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1856; opened
the first store in Litchfield, 1869; retired from active business in
1880, but retained an interest in the woolen mills, and owned real
estate. [65.]
Heath, Albert Hayford, Congregational clergyman, b. in Salem,
Maine, July 19, 1840; d. in St. Johnsbury, Vt, March 17, 1899. He
was graduated at Bates College, 1867; was pastor in St. Paul, Minn.,
1889-94; then removed to St. Johnsbury. [144.]
Heatwole, Joel Prescott, congressman, b. in Waterford, Ind., Aug.
22, 1856; d. in Northfield, Minn., April 4, 1910. He came to Minnesota
in 1882, and published newspapers at Glencoe and Duluth; settled at
Northfield in 1884, where he owned and published the Northfield
News; was a representative in Congress, 1895-1903. [10; 17; 22*;
24; 25; 26*; 27*; 30; 70A; 127 (10*); 155*.]
Hebbard, Daniel S., grocer, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., April 30,
1831; settled in Olmsted county, Minn., in 1856; was county auditor
three terms; resided in Rochester. 1^6.]
Heber, Nicholas, merchant, b. in Germany, Nov. 14, 1837; came to
the United States in 1857; served in the Seventh Wisconsin Regt. in
the civil war, attained the rank of captain; settled in Goodhue county,
Minn., in 1870; owned a farm and a store near Lake City. [54.]
Hechtman, Henry, b. in Bavaria in 1823; d. in Spokane, Wash.,
June, 1897. He came to the United States with his parents; settled
in Minneapolis in 1851; engaged in mercantile business, and later es-
tablished the Minnesota Soap Company; afterward resided in St. Paul.
[137 (9).]
Hechtman, John, b. in Germany, Dec. 27, 1828; d. in Osseo, Minn.,
Oct., 1902. He came to the United States in 1832, and to Minnesota
in 1857; served in the 83d Pennsylvania Regt. in the civil war, at-
taining the rank of captain; settled in Osseo, Hennepin county, in
1865, where he engaged in mercantile business; was a representative
in the legislature in 1868 and in 1874. [60; 237 (19).]
Hecklin, Fred, b. in Germany, Nov. 26, 1831; came to the United
States when twenty years of age; settled in Minnesota in 1853; was
surveyor in Carver county, and sheriff, 1862-73; removed to Cold
Spring, Stearns county. [31.]
Hedderly, Edwin, pioneer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1814; d. in
Minneapolis, June, 1880. He came to St. Anthony in 1849; owned a
part of the site of Minneapolis, and aided in laying out the city and
naming its streets; owned a grocery, and later a drug store. [58; 59;
41.]
Hedeen, Erik, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Feb. 28, 1844; d.
in New London, Minn., July 9, 1911. He came to the United States
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in 1869; was graduated at Augustana College and Seminary in 1874;
settled in Minnesota; was pastor at Marine Mills after 1879. [40;
237 (67).]
Hedengran, Carl August, Lutheran clergyman, b. near Lund, Swe-
den, June 4, 1821; d. Oct. 31, 1880. He came to the United States in
1850; a few years later settled on a claim in Carver county; was
ordained to the ministry in 1860, and was pastor at Chisago Lake
fourteen years; author of several books and pamphlets. [169.]
Heermance, Edgar Laixg, Congregational clergyman, b. in White
Plains, N. Y., July 14, 1876; was graduated at Yale University, 1897,
and at its divinity school, 1901; has been pastor in Mankato, Minn.,
since 1902. [17.]
Heffelfixger, Christopher B., manufacturer, b. in Cumberland
county, Pa., Jan. 13, 1834; came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Min-
neapolis; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, at-
taining the rank of captain; after 1866 engaged in sale and manu-
facture of boots and shoes; president of the North Star Shoe Co.
since 1885. [19*; 20; 24; 25; 58; 84*; 115; 174*.]
Heffron, Patrick Richard, R. C. bishop, b. in New York City, June
1, 1860; was graduated at the Grand Seminary, Montreal, 1883; was
ordained to the priesthood, 1884; traveled and studied in Europe,
1885-8; pastor of the Cathedral, St. Paul, 1890-6; rector and president
of St. Paul Seminary, 1896-1910; since bishop of Winona. [24; 25;
93A; 146; 237 (65*).]
Heideman, Charles W. H., b. in Algonquin, 111., in 1857; came to
Minnesota in 1876; settled in New Ulm, where he was railroad and
express agent; was a representative in the legislature in 1889. [30.]
Heider, Jerome, R. C. priest, b. in Danville, Pa., August 15, 1861;
d. in St. Paul, Minn., July 25, 1909. He came with his parents to
Stearns county, Minn.; was graduated at St. John's College, 1878;
was ordained priest, 1884; was pastor in various places, being in St.
Paul after 1899. [132 (1909*); 146.]
Heilmaier, Carl, musician, b. in Freising, Bavaria, May 25, 1868;
was graduated at the Royal Conservatory of Music, at Munich, in
1890; came to the United States in 1892, and two years later to Min-
nesota; resides in St. Paul. [22*.]
Heimerdinger, Henry, miller, b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, April 3,
1852; came to the United States in infancy and to Minnesota in 1856;
resided in New Ulm; was a representative in the legislature, 1897-9;
later engaged in flour milling at New Paynesville. [30; 38.]
Heinen, John, banker, b. in Ramsey county, Minn., March 12, 1862;
lived in Vermillion township, Dakota county, from early childhood;
was register of deeds, 1884-91; and since has been cashier of the First
National Bank of Hastings. [56.]
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Heinrich, Julius J., b. in Wisconsin in 1859; came to Minnesota
in 1865, settling in Minneapolis-; engaged in the brewery business, and
later was president of the Phoenix Laundry Company; was register
of deeds of Hennepin county, 1890-2, and state oil inspector, 1899-1901.
[30.]
Heintz, Christian, b. in Germany in 1830; d. in Winona, Minn.,
July 10, 1894. He settled there in 1856, and engaged in mercantile
business. [76; 78.]
Heintzeman, Christian Care, musician, b. in Germany; came to
Minnesota in 1887, settling in Minneapolis, and was conductor of the
Minneapolis Journal Newsboys' Band. 126*.]
Helfrich, William H., miller, b. in Lehigh county, Pa., March 21,
1848; came to Minneapolis in 1869; had charge of the Empire mill,
1877-81, and afterward of the Anchor mill. [168 (Holiday number,
1884-5*).]
Hellekson, Ole H., merchant, b. in Iowa county, Wis., Jan. 13, 1858;
came to Minnesota in 1885; settling at Wheaton, where he engaged
in selling hardware, lumber, and machinery. [22*; 24.]
Helling, K. H., farmer, b. in Norway, Sept. 19, 1841; came with his
parents to the United States in 1846, and to Linden, Minn., in 1857;
served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1875, and a state senator in 1879. [30;
32; 169.]
Helliwell, Arthur L., lawyer, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., March 8,
1870; came to Minneapolis in 1884; was graduated at the University
of Minnesota., 1895, and from its law department, 1896; has since prac-
ticed in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1903.
[25; 30.]
Helm, James L., b. in Oswego county, N. Y., July 4, 1835; came to
Minnesota in 1876, and settled at Luverne; removed to St. Paul in
1887, and was deputy clerk of the supreme court, 1887-1907; president
of the H. M. Smyth Printing Co. [24; 30.]
Helwig, John B., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Ohio, and died at
Bellefontaine, Ohio, July 25, 1904. He entered the English Evangelical
Lutheran church; was president of Wittenburg College, Springfield,
Ohio; pastor of Presbyterian churches in that state, and pastor of
the First Presbyterian church of Minneapolis, 1898-1902; removed to
Cincinnati. [154A*.]
Hemiup, Norton H., lawyer, b. in 1819; d. in New York City, Sept.
22, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1852; resided in Minneapolis.
[237 (11).]
Hemstead, Werner, physician and banker, b. in Dubuque, Iowa, April
19, 1860; was graduated at Omaha Medical College, 1882, and the same
year settled at Brainerd, Minn.; was surgeon of the Northern Pacifio
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Railway sanitarium, 1882-7; was a representative in the legislature in
1891 and 1901; was president of the Northern Pacific Bank, and treas-
urer of the Brainerd Grocery Co. [24; 25; 30; 35.]
Henderson, N. O., farmer, b. in Norway in 1854; came to Minnesota
in 1857; resided at Lanesboro; was a representative in the legislature,
1897-9. [30.]
Henderson, R. R., b. in Washington, Pa., in 1841; served in Ohio
regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of major; settled in
Minneapolis in 1881, and engaged in mercantile business. [90*.]
Hendricks, John B., merchant, b. in Franklin county, Vt, in 1830;
settled in Pleasant Grove, Olmsted county, Minn., in 1854; engaged
in mercantile^ business in Dover Center after 1875. [66.]
Hendricks, Peder M., farmer, b. in Norway, July 11, 1843; came to
Minnesota in 1869; settled in Teien, Kittson county, in 1883; was a
representative in the legislature in 1895 and 1901. [30; 37*; 38*.]
Hendrickson, Eugene Alvin, lawyer, b. in Ramsey county, Minn.,
Dec. 2, 1853; d. in St. Paul, April 5, 1901. He was graduated at the •
University of Minnesota, 1876, and at Iowa law school, 1878; was
county superintendent of schools four years; was a representative in
the legislature in 1885; afterward was vice president of the Commer-
cial Bank, St. Paul. [68; 93; 237 (14).]
Hendrickson, H. N., Lutheran clergyman and educator, b. in Helge-
land, Norway, March 30, 1869; came with his parents to the United
States when two years old; was graduated from the college depart-
ment of Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, in 1891; began study of
theology there in 1894, and was ordained in 1897; pastor in Superior,
Wis., 1897-1900, and professor in Augsburg Seminary after 1900. [148.]
Hendrickson, Thomas, soldier, b. in Pennsylvania; d. Oct. 24, 1878.
He was commandant at Fort Snelling, 1850-1; was brevetted colonel
in 1865. [11; 12.]
Hendryx, Charles F., journalist, b. in Cooperstown, N. Y., April 22,
1847; was graduated at Cornell University, 1869; came to Minnesota
in 1874; spent five years in connection with the Minneapolis Tribune;
later settled in Sauk Center, where he owned and edited the Sauk
Center Herald. [22*; 27*; 31.]
Hendryx, James I., journalist, b. in Warren, N. Y., April 17, 1823;
d. in Sauk Center, Minn., Jan. 20, 1883. He came to Minnesota in
1874; published the Minneapolis Daily Tribune and the Farmers'
Union; removed to Melrose in 1880, and thence to Sauk Center.
[237 (1).]
Henion, Alva, farmer, b. in Freeborn county, Minn., 1863; resides
in Geneva; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Hennererg, John H., b. in Germany, Dec. 29, .1804; came to the
United States in 1842, and to Minnesota ten years later; settled in
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Henderson in 1855; engaged in real estate business; was county treas-
urer, 1856-60. [32.]
Henneman, Herman J., merchant, b. in Germany in 1862; came to
the United States in 1871 with his parents, who settled in Carver
county, Minn. He resided at Lester Prairie, McLeod county, and was
a state senator, 1895-7. [30; 64.]
Hennepin, Louis, explorer, b. in Ath, Belgium, about 1640; d. in
Holland^ about 1701. He entered the order of Recollets of St. Francis ;
spent several years in Italy and France; was sent to Canada in 1673;
and founded a convent at Fort Frontenac in 1676. He accompanied
La Salle on his expedition to the west. Leaving him at Peoria in
1680, he descended the Illinois river with two companions in a canoe,
thence ascended the Mississippi, and named the Falls of St. Anthony
in honor of his patron saint. On his voyage up the Mississippi he
was captured by a band of Sioux, living near Mille Lacs, spent about
eight months with them, and was rescued by Du Luth, who enabled him
to reach Green Bay. He returned to Quebec in 1682, and to Europe
soon afterward. In 1683 he published an account of his explorations,
entitled Description de la Louisiane, which, with subsequent changes,
passed through many editions and translations. [1; 28, I, VI, IX;
107; 109; 113; 114.]
Hennessy, William B., b. in England; came to the United States
when a child, and settled in St. Paul in 1894; was a reporter of the
Pioneer Press, and later managing editor of the Globe; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1899; author of "Past and Present of St.
Paul" (1906, 814 pages). [100.]
Henniss, Charles J., journalist and lawyer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa.,
1821; d. Feb. 14, 1856. He was graduated from college, and was ad-
mitted to the bar; settled in St. Paul in 1850, where he became editor
and proprietor of the Chronicle and Register. [28, X.]
Henry, Alexander, b. in New Brunswick, N. J., Aug. 1739; d. in Mon-
treal, April 4, 1824. He engaged in the Northwestern fur trade, tribu-
tary to Montreal, 1760-76; traversed the canoe route along the north
boundary of Minnesota, 1775-6; author of "Travels and Adventures in
Canada and the Indian Territories, between the years 1760 and 1776,"
published in 1809. [1; 28, III; 114.]
Henry, Alexander, the younger (nephew of the preceding), spent
the years 1799-1808 as a fur trader among the Indians in the region of
Lake Winnipeg and the Red River; later was a trader on the Saskat-
chewan, and at Astoria or Fort George, on the Columbia river, in
which he was drowned May 22, 1814. His journals, relating largely to
Minnesota and North Dakota, were published by Dr. Elliott Coues
in 1897, in three volumes, entitled "New Light on the Early History
of the Greater Northwest." [114.]
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Henry, Horace Chapin, railroad contractor, b. in Bennington, Vt.,
Oct. 6, 1844; served in the 14th Vermont Regt. in the civil war; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1866; with his associates took contracts for the
construction of more than 2,000 miles of railroads; removed to Seat-
tle, Wash., in 1890. [3*.]
Henry, John A., journalist, b. in Warren, Pa., May 25, 1855; came
to Minnesota in 1872; established the Argus in Janesville, 1878, and
has since been its editor and publisher. [25; 75.]
Henry, John C, farmer, b. in Fremont, Minn., Aug. 6, 1864; resides
in Lewiston, Winona county; was a representative in the legislature
in 1907-9. [30*.]
Henry, William, merchant, b. in Ireland, Jan. 6, 1826; d. in Minne-
apolis, Sept. 20, 1906. He came to the United States in 1847, and to
Minnesota in 1854, settling in Belle Plaine; was county superintend-
ent of schools; was a representative in the legislature, 1858 and 1868,
and a state senator, 1869-70 and 1877-8. He resided in Minneapolis
after 1900. [30; 32; 237 (43).]
Hensley, Clinton B., journalist, b. in Spencer, Ind., Sept. 27, 1827;
d. in Mankato, Minn., Dec. 20, 1862. He settled in Mankato in 1856,
where the next year he established the first newspaper; served in the
Indian war, 1862. [83*.]
Hensley, Lee, railroad agent, b. in Indiana in 1849; came to Min-
nesota in 1867; resided at St. James; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1876-7. [30.]
Herbert, Benjamin Briggs, lawyer and journalist, b. near Cuba, 111.,
May 3, 1843; came with his parents to Red Wing, Minn., in 1856; was
graduated at Hamline University, 1865; was admitted to the bar in
1868; was interested in the Red Wing Printing Company, and was
one of the editors of the Red Wing Advance. In 1888 he started the
National Printer- Journalist, at Indianapolis, Ind., and the next year
removed the paper to Chicago. [54; 130*; 155*.]
Herbert, Owen, farmer, b. in Wales in 1826; came to the United
States in 1852, and to South Bend, Blue Earth county, Minn., the next
year; was one of the townsite proprietors of South Bend. [32.]
Herbert, Patrick F., b. in St. Anthony, Minn., in 1863; is a shingle
sawyer in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1901
and 1905. [30*.]
Hering, Henry H., physician, b. in Greene county, Ohio, Oct. 30,
1842; served as captain in the 74th Ohio Regt. in the civil war; was
graduated at Miami Medical college, 1S73; settled at Lake Crystal,
Minn., in 1876. [24; 32; 45*; 46.]
Hernlund, John W., manufacturer, b. in Sundsvall, Sweden, May
25, 1855; came to the United States when twelve years old, and lived
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in Red Wing, Minn.; has been a member of the Crown Iron Works
Co., Minneapolis, since 1884. [24; 25; 169*.]
Hernlund, Joseph C, b. in Strand, Sweden, June 12, 1858; came
with his parents to, the United States when ten years old, and to Min-
neapolis in 187.1; was a fireman after 1876, and assistant chief after
1898. [88*.]
Herrick, Charles Judson, educator, b. in Minneapolis, Oct. 6, 1868;
was graduated at the University of Cincinnati, 1891; has been pro-
fessor of zoology in Denison University, Granville, Ohio, since 1898.
[7A; 17; 204.]
Herrick, Clarence Luther, educator, b. in Minneapolis, June 21,
1858; d. in Socorro, N. M., Sept. 15, 1904. He was graduated at the
University of Minnesota, 1880; studied in Germany; was instructor in
botany in the University of Minnesota, and served on the geological
survey of this state; was professor in Denison University, Granville,
Ohio, 1884-89 ; and president of the University of New Mexico, 1895-99;
author of "The Mammals of Minnesota," 301 pages, 1892, and of
many other works on zoology and biology. [17; 204; 241.]
Herrick, Edwin Winslow, real estate dealer, b. in Sheridan, N. Y.,
June 13, 1837; settled in Minneapolis in 1868, where he bought and
platted the Groveland Addition, and inaugurated many improvements
and business enterprises. For ten years he was manager of the
Academy of Music. [20*; 24; 84*; 204.]
Herrick, Henry B., b. in Jerusalem, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1827; came to
Minnesota in 1857; engaged in mercantile business and buying grain;
settled in Fisher in 1879, where he had charge of an elevator, and was
postmaster after 1885. [35.]
Herriott, William B., b. near Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 25, 1834; was
graduated at Jefferson college, 1854; was admitted to the bar in 1857;
settled in St. Paul in 1867; removed to Redwood Falls in 1871, and
two years later commenced the publication of the Redwood Gazette.
[29*.]
Hersey, Dudley H., lumberman, b. in Bangor, Maine, in 1845; d. in
St. Paul, Sept. 24, 1900. He came to Stillwater, Minn., about 1860,
and engaged in lumber business. [40; 41; 167 (Sept. 2St 1900); 237
(U).]
Hersey, Edward Lewis, lumberman, b. in Bangor, Maine, in 1856; d.
in St. Paul, Sept. 20, 1908. He came to Minnesota with his parents,
and settled in St. Paul in 1883. [167 (Sept. 25, 1908); 237 (51).]
Hersey, Roscoe Freeman, b. in Milford, Maine, July IS, 1841; d. in
Bangor, Maine, Sept, 30, 1906. He came to Stillwater, Minn., in 1867,
and engaged in mercantile, lumber, milling, banking, and railroad
enterprises; was a state senator in 1878. [18; 28, XII; 30; 40; 41;
121; 237 (43*).]
Hersey, Samuel Freeman, lumberman, b. in Sumner, Maine, April
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323
12, 1812; d. in Bangor, Maine, Feb. 3, 1875. He purchased large tracts
of timber land in Minnesota, and with others established lumber mills
at Stillwater; was a representative in Congress from Maine, 1873-5.
[3; 41.]
Heeshey, C, Jr., miller, b. in Canada, Sept. 12, 1836; came with his
parents to Rice county, Minn., in 1855; settled in Morristown in 1859,
where he built a sawmill and a grist mill. [70.]
Hertwig, August, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Saxony, April 14, 1844;
came to the United States in 1868; was graduated at the Theological
Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., in 1874; was ordained for Effingham and
Leaf Valley, Douglas county, Minn., in 1874, and founded many con-
gregations; after 1892 resided at Gaylord, Minn. [148.]
Herzberg, C. F., b. in Watertown, Wis., Jan. 28, 1859; came to Min-
nesota in 1877; resides at Good Thunder; was a representative in the
state legislature, 1909-11. [30*.]
Herzer, Joiiann H., Lutheran clergyman and educator, b. Nov. 3,
1840, at Louisville, Ky.; was graduated at Concordia College, Fort
Wayne, Ind., in 1862, and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., in
1868; was pastor in Aurora, Steele county, Minn., in 1868, at Minne-
apolis, 1868-79, and at Plymouth, Wis., 1879-92; later was professor in
Concordia Seminary, Springfield, 111. [148.]
Herzog, Philip, manufacturer, b. in Oldenheim, Bavaria, Jan. 3,
1828; came with his parents to the United States in 1839; removed
to Minnesota in 1855, and resided in this state and in Wisconsin; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1865; engaged in the manufacture of furniture,
and of wood and iron fences; owned a farm at Lake Minnetonka.
[60*.]
Hesler, Alexander, photographer, d. July 5, 1895. He visited Min-
nesota in 1851 and took the first picture of the Falls of Minnehaha,
then called Brown's Falls. The poet Longfellow was induced to write
the Song of Hiawatha by seeing this picture. [237 (9*).]
Hess, Emanuel L., Jewish rabbi, b. in Germany, Aug. 12, 1845; d.
in St. Paul, Dec. 24, 1906. He came to the United States in 1863; en-
gaged in newspaper work in Baltimore; later in church work in Kan-
sas City and Shreveport, La., and after 1888 in St. Paul. [237 (43).]
Hessian, Thomas, lawyer, b. in Rockland, Maine, in 1852; came
with his parents to Le Sueur, Minn., in 1866; was admitted to the bar
in 1877; was county attorney, 1881-84. [32.]
Hetherington, Henry, b. in Ireland, Jan. 1, 1825; settled at Point
Douglas, Minn., in 1852; served in the Second Minnesota infantry, and
in the Second Minnesota cavalry, during the civil war; resided in
Hastings, where he owned a farm and was justice of the peace. [48.]
Hetland, John M., lawyer, b. near Stavanger, Norway, March 7,
1858; came with his parents to the United States when thirteen years
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old; settled on a farm in Norman county, Minn., in 1885; resided in
Ada since 1890; was admitted to the bar in 1901; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1905. [25; 30*; 169.]
Hewitt, C. M., merchant, b. in Oneida county, N. Y., Dec. 27, 1837;
came to Minnesota in 1859, and to Albert Lea the next year. [53.]
Hewitt, Charles Nathaniel, physician, b. in Vergennes, Vt., June 3,
1835; d. in Summit, N. J., July 7, 1910. He was graduated at Hobart
College, 1856, and the Albany Medical College, 1857; served as sur-
geon of the 50th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war, and became surgeon-in-
chief of the engineer brigade, Army of the Potomac; came to Minne-
sota after the war, settling at Red Wing; was professor of public
health, University of Minnesota, 1874-1902; was secretary and execu-
tive officer of the State Board of Health, 1872-97. [17; 24; 54, 127B.]
Hewitt, Gieart, b. in Hollidaysburg, Pa., in 1825; d. in St. Paul,
July 14, 1879. He studied law; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling
in St. Paul; was active in promoting immigration, especially by steam-
boat excursions. [28, IV; 93*; 94; 237 (1).]
Hewitt, John C, b. in Elk county, Pa., May 29, 1857; came to
Ortonville, Minn., in 1878; owned a farm there, and after 1887 resided
in South Dakota; returned to Minnesota in 1894 and settled in Nas-
sau, where he engaged in mercantile and grain business and banking.
[38*.]
Hewitt, William Edwin, lawyer, b. in Le Claire, Iowa, Sept. 23,
1861; was graduated in law at the Iowa State University, 1882; has
practiced in Minneapolis since 1886. [22*; 25.]
Hewson, Samuel James, b. in Detroit, Mich., Sept. 28, 1857; came
to Minnesota in 1879, and engaged in business in St. Paul; removed
to Minneapolis in 1887, where he has since been manager of the
Hydraulic-Press Brick Co. [32; 85A*.]
Hewson, Stephen, b. in England about 1811; came to the United
States in 1844; settled in Minnesota a few years later; was one of the
proprietors of the St. Paul Pioneer; resided in Oxford, Isanti county,
Minn., after 1855; was county auditor; was a representative in the
legislature in 1865. [41.]
Heywood, Joseph Lee, bank cashier, b. in Fitzwilliam, N. H., Aug.
12, 1837; was killed by a band of robbers, including the Younger and
James brothers, in Northfield, Minn., Sept. 7, 1876. He served in the
127th Illinois Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1866, and
settled in Northfield in 1867. [238 (Sept. 28, 1876*).]
Hibbard, H. Wade, educator, b. in India, his parents being American
missionaries; was graduated at Brown University in 1886; was as-
sistant professor of mechanical engineering in the University of Min-
nesota, 1895-98; now at Cornell University. [127 (10*).]
Hibbing, Frank, lumberman, b. in Germany in 1857; d. in Duluth,
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Minn., July 30, 1897. He -came to the United States with his parents
when a boy; engaged in lumbering in Duluth, and also acquired large
interests in the Mesabi iron mines; founded the town of Hibbing,
Minn., which was named for him. [167 (Aug. 6, 1897).]
Hibbs, David R. Porter, b. in Hulmville, Pa., Oct. 7, 1838; d. in
Minneapolis, Aug. 24, 1911. He served as first lieutenant in the 104th
Pennsylvania Regt., 1861-4; came to Minnesota in 1872, settling in
Albert Lea; was admitted to the bar in 1874, practiced law, and en-
gaged also in banking after 1876; was president of the State Bank
of Albert Lea, 1902-9. [121.]
Hibler, Samuel V., b. in Pennsylvania; settled in Faribault county,
Minn., in 1856; and was the first register of deeds for that county.
In a quarrel about a claim to land adjoining the townsite of Blue
Earth City he killed a man, and soon afterward left the state. He
was captain in a cavalry company in the civil war. [51.]
Hickey, James R., lawyer, b. at Spring Lake, Scott county, Minn.,
July 26, 1877; was -graduated at the University of , Minnesota, and was
admitted to the bar in 1894; was a representative in the legislature
in 1901-5; resides in St. Paul. [25; 30*; 93A; 137.]
Hickman, Adam Clark, lawyer, b. in Columbiana county, Ohio, April
30, 1837; was graduated at Allegheny College, Pa., in 1862, and Ohio
Law College, Cleveland, 1863; settled in Owatonna, Minn., in 1865;
was superintendent of schools for Steele county, 1866-8, and a state
senator, 1883-7; removed to St. Paul in 1887, and later to Minneapolis;
professor in the Law School of the University of Minnesota since 1896.
[24; 70A; 72; 93; 127 (10*, 12*).]
Hickman, Henry, pioneer, b. in Tennessee, May 10, 1829; d. in Otis-
ville, Minn., April 24, 1906. He served in the Mexican war; came to
the St. Croix valley in 1853; owned a farm at Otisville; he served in
tiie Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war. [237 (39).]
Hickman, P. S., b. in New Jersey, Sept. 11, 1816; after spending
twenty-two years on the sea he came to Minnesota in 1857, and five
years later settled in Sauk Center; engaged in farming, and later in
carpenter work and wagon making. [31.]
Hickman, Robert, Baptist clergyman, born a slave in Boone county,
Mo., Jan., 1831; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 16, 1900. He came to St. Paul as
soon as he was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation; was pastor
of the Pilgrim Baptist church. [68; 141.]
Hicks, George Pierce, pioneer, b. in Chelsea, Vt, April 3, 1808; d.
in Minneapolis, May 24, 1896. He settled in St. Peter, Minn., in 1855;
was employed at the sutler's store of Fort Ridgely during the Sioux
outbreak in 1862; spent the latter years of his life in Minneapolis.
[180 (June 10, 1896).]
Hicks, Henry George, judge, b. in Varysburg, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1838;
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served in Illinois regiments during the civil war; settled at Minne-
apolis in 1865; was sheriff of Hennepin county, 1867-71; has practiced
law since 1874; was judge in the Fourth judicial district, 1887-95; was
a representative in the legislature, 1878-83, 1897, and 1907. [22*; 24;
25; 26*; 30*; 41; 58; 84.]
Hield, Willard James, b. in Janesville, Wis., May 19, 1863; came to
Minnesota in 1887, settling at Minneapolis, in service of the street
railway company; has been general manager of the Twin City Rapid
Transit Co. since 1892. [22*; 24.]
Higbee, Albert Enos, physician, b. in Pike, N. Y., Jan. 1, 1842; served
in the civil war; was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chi-
cago, in 1871; resided in Red Wing, Minn,, and later in St. Paul; re-
moved to Minneapolis in 1878. [84.]
Higbee, Chester Goss, physician, b. in Pike, N. Y., in 1835; d. in
St. Paul, April 3, 1908. He served in a Wisconsin regiment in the civil
war, attaining the rank of captain; was graduated at Hahnemann
College, Chicago, 1870; came at once to Minnesota, and, after prac-
ticing a few years in Red Wing, settled in St. Paul. [121; 237 (51*).]
Higgins, E. L., b. in Illinois in 1842; came to Minnesota when an
infant; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; en-
tered the regular army in 1866; was graduated at the Artillery School
at Fortress Monroe in 1872; was commandant of the cadet corps in
the University of Minnesota, 1872-5; was promoted to the rank of
major in 1897. [127 (12*).]
Higgins, George W., b. in Rockland, Maine, in 1856; d. in Minne-
apolis, Oct. 20, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1870; settled in Min-
neapolis, and engaged in the manufacture of brick and tile; was a
prominent member of the Prohibition party, and was its nominee for
governor in 1898; was a representative in the legislature in 1907.
[30*; 237 (59*).]
Higgins, John, pioneer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., March 1,
1836; d. in Royalton, Minn., Dec. 1, 1905. He came to Minnesota in
1854, and pre-empted a farm in Langola, Benton county. Later he
engaged in freighting and teaming between St. Paul and Crow Wing
for several years. [31; 237 (39).]
Higginson, George N., b. in Van Kleek Hill, Ontario, in 1834; d. in
St. Paul, Jan. 24, 1900. For seventeen years he was connected with
the Minnesota Transfer Company; afterward was employed in mis-
sionary work as an Episcopal clergyman, and still later again en-
gaged in railroad business. [238 (Jan. 25, 1900).]
Higley, F. M., merchant, b. in Potter county, Pa., Dec. 17, 1843;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1856; served in Brackett's Bat-
talion in the civil war; settled at Lake Park, Becker county, in 1883,
and opened a hardware store. [35.]
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Hilbert, N. F., b. in Luxemburg, Germany; came to the United
States when twenty-two years old; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1855;
engaged in railroad surveying; was county treasurer, 1868-74; was
cashier of the Merchants' National Bank, 1874-8. [76.]
Hill, Adam, farmer, b. in Germany in 1842; came with his parents
to the United States when ten years old; enlisted in the Second Kan-
sas cavalry in 1862, and served in the army until 1868; then settled
in Watertown, Carver county, Minn.; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1879. [30; 32.]
Hill, Alfred James, archaeologist, b. in London, Eng., in 1823; d. in
St. Paul, June 15, 1895. He came to the United States in 1854, and
soon settled in St. Paul; enlisted in the Sixth Minnesota Regt., 1862,
but served during most of the war in the Corps of Topographical
Engineers. He devoted his life subsequently to investigation and
study of archaeology, chiefly in the upper Mississippi valley. [7; 28,
VIII; 94; 237 (9*); 238 (June 16, 1895*).]
Hill, Andrew H., lumberman, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, April 9, 1851;
came to the United States in 1881, and settled in Minnesota the next
year; resided in Winona; was a representative in the legislature,
1897-9. [30.]
Hill, Anson Loray, manufacturer, b. in Williamsburg, Mass., April
2, 1830; d. in Faribault, Minn., Feb. 21, 1897. He came to Minnesota
in 1855, settling in Faribault, and engaged in the manufacture of fur-
niture. [23*; 25; 70; 70A; 237 (9*).]
Hill, Daniel C, b. in Hillsborough county, N. H., May 7, 1830; set-
tled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1855, where he manufactured doors, sash,
pumps, and stoneware. [54; 237 (37*).]
Hill, H. W., journalist, b. in Fletcher, Vt., Nov. 16, 1836; settled in
St. Charles, Minn., in 1861; engaged in mercantile business five years,
and afterward was proprietor and editor of the St. Charles Times;
was a representative in the legislature in 1868, and a state senator,
1875-6 and 1879. [30.]
Hill, Henry, b. in Devonshire, England, May 19, 1828; d. in Min-
neapolis, April 24, 1902.. He came to the United States with his
father's family in 1832. After a long life full of successful business
enterprises, consisting in part of flour and woolen milling, operating
a distillery, owning with others a line of steamboats, and construct-
ing and managing several railroads, he came in 1882 to Minneapolis,
intending to retire from business. In that city he invested consider-
ably in real estate and bank stock. [20*; 21*; 29; 84*; 237 (19*).]
Hill, Henry, lawyer, b. in New Hampshire in 1829; d. at Lead City,
Dakota, March 3, 1879. He was admitted to the bar in 1854, and the
next year settled in Minneapolis; removed to the site of Granite Falls
in 1871, and laid out the town; engaged in lumber and real estate busi-
328 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
ness, and in manufacturing flour; was a representative in the legisla-
ture three terms. [32.]
Hill, Henry S., b. in New Brunswick, Nov. 30, 1838; d. at Little
Falls, Minn., Sept. 12, 1902. He came with his parents to Minnesota in
1856; resided in Bellevue, Morrison county; engaged in lumber busi-
ness and farming. [31; 237 (19).]
Hill, J. C, lawyer, b. in Charlestown, Mass., in 1840; served in
Maine regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant
colonel; was admitted to the bar in 1876; came to Minneapolis, and
in 1877 settled in Montevideo. [32.]
Hill, James Jerome, b. near Guelph, Ontario, Sept. 16, 1838; came
to St. Paul in 1856, and was at first employed as a shipping clerk by
J. W. Bass and Co. In 1871 he consolidated the transportation busi-
ness of Norman W. Kittson in the Red River region with his own;
and Donald A. Smith (since Lord Strathcona) managed the company
jointly with himself. He was the prime mover in the effort to secure
the bonds of the St. Paul and Pacific railroad, successfully accom-
plishing this in 1878, with reorganization under the name of the St.
Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway Co., of which he was gen-
eral manager, 1879-82, and president, 1883-90. This railway and its
new branches were again changed in name in 1890 to be the Great
Northern railway system, of which Mr. Hill continued as president
till 1907, becoming then chairman of its board of directors; author
of "Highways of Progress," 354 pages, 1910. [3*; 17; 22*; 23; 24;
25; 93A; 94; 95*; 111*; 166A*; 176 (April, 1903); 237 (6, 10); 238
(June 8, 1893).]
Hill, James Norman, b. in St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 13, 1870, and re-
sided there; was graduated at Yale University, 1893; engaged in rail-
way service, and became a vice president of the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific railway companies, also of the Northern Express
Co.; removed in 1906 to New York City. [17; 24.]
Hill, Louis Warren, b. in St. Paul, Minn., May 19, 1872, and resides
there; was graduated at Yale University, 1893; engaged in railway
service; succeeded his father as president of the Great Northern rail-
way company in 1907. [17.]
Hill, M. L. P., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in East Bloomfield, N. Y.;
d. in St. Paul, Nov., 1904. He was graduated at Williams College,
1858, and Princeton Theological Seminary, 1861; was pastor in sev-
eral states; settled in St. Paul in 1887; was pastor of the First Pres-
byterian church there, and taught and lectured at Macalester College.
[237 (35).]
Hill, Samuel, b. at Deep River, N. C, May 13, 1857; came to Min-
neapolis when a child; was graduated at Harvard College, 1879;
studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1880; had many financial
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. B29
and railroad interests, and was president of the Minneapolis Trust
Co., 1888-1903; removed to Seattle, Wash. [17.]
Hill, Thomas Edie, author, b. in Sandgate, Vt., Feb. 29, 1832; en-
gaged in newspaper work, and was associate editor of the Labor
World, published at Duluth, 1898-9; is the author of Hill's Manual of
Social and Business Forms, and other books; resides at Glen Ellyn,
111. [17.]
Hill, Washington Perry, b. in Mercer county, Pa., March 8, 1849;
served in the 57th Pennsylvania Regt. in the civil war; came to Min-
nesota, and engaged in farming, 1866-74; settled in Fairmont in 1877;
was sheriff of Martin county, 1889-98. [39.]
Hillary, T. H., farmer, b. in Shullsburg, Wis., in 1860; came to
Minnesota in 1892, settling near Maple Island, Washington county;
was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Hille, Hans T., b. in Norway, Feb. 28, 1852; came to Minnesota in
1865; resides at Fergus Falls, where he deals in farm machinery;
was a representative in the legislature in 1905; president of the
Scandia State Bank. [25; 30*.]
Hilleboe, Hans S„ educator, b. in Adams county, Wis., Oct. 28, 1858;
was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1881; helped to
establish the Minnesota Lutheran Seminary and Institute at Willmar
in 1883; was one of its teachers, and after 1886 had full charge of the
school; was principal of schools in Benson, 1898-1904; and afterward
was again president of Willmar Seminary. [35; 63*; 148; 169*.]
Hillman, N. S., b. in Sweden, Nov. 18, 1862; came to the United
States and to Minnesota in 1880, settling in Moorhead; removed to
Two Harbors, 1883; a locomotive engineer on the Duluth and Iron
Range railroad; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Hillman, Silas D., b. in Greenwich, N. Y., in 1845; d. in Minne-
apolis, Nov. 27, 1905. He settled on a farm in Eyota, Minn.; was
enrolling clerk of the legislature, 1874-5; later resided in Rochester
and in Minneapolis, where he was court reporter. [237 (39*).]
Hillmer, Joseph J., clergyman and teacher, b. in Austria, March 9,
1844; came to the United States in 1867, settling in Minnesota; was
ordained priest the next year; was pastor in Minneapolis several
years; withdrew from the Roman Catholic church in 1870, and in the
next year was ordained in the Episcopal church; taught German in
Winona, and was rector of the church in Wabasha at the same time.
[77.]
Hillmond, Henry, farmer, b. in Germany in 1861; came to the
United States in 1873, settling in Minnesota; resides at Elbow Lake,
Grant county; was a representative in the legislature in 1901. [30.]
Hills, Horace, clergyman, b. in Auburn, N. Y., in 1818; d. in Wa-
basha, Minn., in 1894. He was ordained a Presbyterian minister, but
330 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
in 1842 became an Episcopal clergyman; settled in Minnesota in 1863;
was rector in Stillwater nine years, and afterward in Wabasha, [152.]
Hills, Theophilus E., banker, b. near Oskaloosa, Iowa, March, 1844;
served in the 34th Illinois Regt. in the civil war; settled at Heron
Lake, Minn., in 1886, and established a bank there. [34.]
Hillyer, J. S., miller, b. in England, April 7, 1840; came to the
United States, and settled in Minnesota; built the Faribault City mill
in 1877. [70.]
Hilmen, P. T., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Valders, Norway, June 16,
1851; came with his parents to the United States when nine years old;
was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and in 1875 at Con-
cordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.; was pastor in Crookston, Minn., after
1890. [169.]
Hilscher, John Fremont, lawyer, b. in Bethlehem, Ind., Jan. 23,
1857; was graduated at Knox College, Galesburg, 111., 1880; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1882; came to Minnesota in 1885, settling at Will-
mar; in 1893 visited Holland and organized a company of Dutch capit-
alists for American investments; removed to St. Paul in 1894. [22*;
24; 25.]
Hilton, Ard A., b. in Stark, Me., in 1843; settled in Anoka, Minn.,
in 1872; was register of deeds of Anoka county, 1878-81; later engaged
in grocery business, 1888-1901. [31; 43.]
Hilton, Clifford L., lawyer, b. in Kenyon, Minn., Dec. 8, 1866; was
graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1888; settled in
Fergus Falls; was attorney for Otter Tail county, 1899-1908; became
assistant attorney general of Minnesota in 1909. [24; 25; 30*.]
Hilton, Sumner C, b. in Lincoln county, Maine, in 1833; engaged
in the manufacture of lumber in Mankato, Minn., 1858-62; served in
the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; afterward built a flouring
mill at the Winnebago Indian agency, Blue Earth county. [32.]
Himle, Erik C, b. in Norway, Oct. 30, 1830; came to the Unitied
States in 1850, and to Minnesota seven years later; settled on a farm
in Vernon, Dodge county; was a representative in the legislature in
1879. [30; 49; 169.]
Himmelman, Charles Ulrich, b. in Sweden, April 26, 1827; d. in
Santa Barbara, Cal., Nov. 9, 1900. He came to the United States in
1853; settled in Vasa, Goodhue county, Minn., in 1855; afterward en-
gaged in the warehouse business at Red Wing; removed to California
in 1894. [237 (11).]
Himmelman, Henry, Sr., b. in Germany in 1834; came to the United
States in 1854, and the next year settled in Mankato, Minn.; engaged
in hotel business, and after 1890 in the manufacture of mattresses;
removed to St. Paul Park. [83*.]
Hinckley, Mrs. Angeline Bevins, b. in Clarence, N. Y., April 11,
1817; d. in Mankato, Minn., Jan. 1, 1894. She was married to Henry
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 831
Jackson in 1838, and accompanied him to St. Paul in 1843, where he
was the earliest merchant; removed to Mankato in 1852; was left a
widow in 1857, and seven years later married John S. Hinckley. [29*;
237 (3).]
Hinckley, John Scholfield, pioneer, h. in New London, Conn., June
30, 1816; d. in Mankato, Minn., Nov. 16, 1906. He settled in Mankato
in 1852; engaged in farming; was one* of the original townsite com-
pany of Mankato. [29*; 32; 83; 237 (43).]
Hindley, George, Congregational clergyman, b. in Ontario, Canada,
Nov. 27, 1852; was graduated in theology at Oberlin College,, 1875;
settled as pastor at Elk River, Minn., in 1898; lecturer, writer of
stories, and newspaper correspondent. [17; 24.]
Hinds, Charles Gilbert, lawyer, b. in Shakopee, Minn., Aug. 31,
1866; was graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1887, and
has since practiced law in his native town; was county attorney, 1895-
98. [22*; 24; 137.]
Hinds, Edward R., farmer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1857; came to Min-
nesota in 1879; resides in Hubbard; was auditor of Hubbard county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1903-5 and 1909. [30*.]
Hinds, Henry, lawyer, b. in Hebron, N. Y., March 12, 1826; d. in
Shakopee, Minn., Oct. 11, 1903. He was graduated at the Albany Nor-
mal School, 1850; was admitted to the bar in 1853; settled in Sha-
kopee in 1854; was editor of the Shakopee Argus after 1867; was
county, attorney three terms; was a representative in the legislature
in 1878, and a state senator, 1879. [29*; 30; 103*; 137*; 237 (28*).]
Hine, Robert Clark, judge, b. in Stamford, Conn., June 6, 1860; d.
in Charleston, S. C, Nov. 26, 1906. He was graduated at Yale Uni-
versity, 1881, and Columbia Law School, 1883; settled at St. Paul in
1887; was judge of the municipal court, 1898-1906. [24; 93; 96*; 237
(43*).]
Hinkel, John J., b. in New York in 1851; came with his parents
to St. Paul in 1857; owned and laid out an addition to the city named
Union Park. [94; 176 (April, 1886).]
Hinkle, William H., miller, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1846; was
graduated at Yale College; settled in Minneapolis in 1877; engaged in
the manufacture of flour, and owned an interest in grain elevators ;
removed to Duluth. [168 (April 1, 1892*); 241.]
Hinkley, Benjamin H., physician, b. in Tompkins county, N. Y.,
July 19, 1824; was graduated at Cleveland College of Medicine, 1855;
settled in Michigan in 1876, and some years afterward removed to
Luverne, Minn., where he was president of the Rock County Bank.
[34.]
Hinkley, Ray Benjamin, banker, b. in Clermont, Iowa, July 24,
1860; settled in Luverne, Minn., in 18S2; organized the Rock County
332 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Bank, and was its cashier and later its president; was admitted to
the bar in 1885; owns a farm of 2,000 acres. [24; 71; 71A.]
Hinrichs, Ferdinand, wholesale grocer, b. in Essens, Germany, Aug.
13, 1860; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 28, 1903. He came to the United States
in 1877, and settled in St. Paul in 1885. [93A*; 237 (35*).]
Hinrichs, Robert C, flour manufacturer, b. in Madison, Wis., in
1862; settled in Minneapolis in 1882; was graduated from the depart-
ment of pharmacy of the University of Wisconsin; was a representa-
tive in the legislature of Minnesota in 1893. [30.]
Hinton, Charles H., was educated at Rugby School, and at Oxford
University; taught one year in Japan, at Princeton, N. J., 1893-7, and
was assistant professor of mathematics in the University of Minne-
sota, 1897-1900. [127 (12*).]
Hinton, William A., merchant, b. in Wisconsin in 1862; came to
Minnesota in 1864; resides at Truman, Martin county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1903-5, and a state senator, 1907-9. [30*.]
Hipple, Henry, pioneer, b. in Perry county, Pa., April 10, 1837;
came to Minnesota in 1856; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt,
1862-5; the next year erected the first building at Beaver Falls; re-
moved to Melville, Renville county, in 1877. [32.]
Hirschy, Charles C, merchant, b. in Wabasha, Minn., March 20,
1859; has engaged in mercantile business there since 1882; president
of the First National Bank since 1891. [24; 74.]
Hiskey, W. O., educator, b. near Lexington, Ohio, May 2, 1838; d.
in Minneapolis, Oct. 2, 1871. He became principal of the High School
in Minneapolis in 1866, and superintendent of the city schools in 1868.
[238 (Oct. 3, 1871).]
Hitchcock, George, b. in Claremont, N. H., Aug. 29, 1828; d. in Min-
neapolis, Feb. 4, 1901. He settled in Dodge county in 1854, and en-
gaged in farming; later kept a hotel in St. Paul, and was in mercan-
tile business at Mantorville and Claremont; was treasurer of Dodge
county three terms, and a representative in the legislature; removed
to New Hampshire in 1882, but returned to Minnesota in 1900. Clare-
mont, Dodge county, was named for his native town. [49; 237 (14).]
Hitzker, John, b. in Austria, Nov. 14, 1855; came to the United
States in 1877, settling at Winona, Minn.; was a representative in
the legislature in 1907. [24; 30.]
Hixson, Daniel W., b. in Burlington, Iowa, Dec. 23, 1843; served in
the 30th Iowa Regt. in the civil war; came to Grant county, Minn., in
1883; engaged in farming and stock raising; resided in Herman; was
a state senator, 1887-90. [30; 35.]
Hizar, Thomas Bullock, building contractor, b. at Brandywine, Pa.,
June 15, 1833; d. in Duluth, Sept. 14, 1894. He served in the First Dela-
ware Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain. [121.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 333
Hjeemstad, Carl F., banker, b. in Norway, May 4, 1865; came to
the United States in 1884, settling in Red Wing, Minn.; engaged in
banking after 1888; was cashier of the Goodhue County National Bank,
1899-1906; and later was its vice president and manager. [56.]
Hoag, Charles, b. in Sandwich, N. H., June 29, 1808; d. in Minne-
apolis, Feb. 1, 1888. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and settled on a
claim that is now a part of the city of Minneapolis; was president
of the State Agricultural Society, 1859-61; was superintendent of
schools for Hennepin county, 1870-4; author of a biography of Henry
Clay, 304 pages, 1857. He selected the name Minneapolis for that city,
signifying Water City. [29*; 41; 58; 59; 166 (1888); 166A*; 237 (1).]
Hoag, Lowell B., b. in Bristol, Vt., Jan. 19, 1830; came to Minne-
sota in 1856; engaged in newspaper publication in Cannon Falls and
Northfield; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt., attaining the rank
of captain; owned a farm near Northfield. [28, XII; 70.]
Hoag, William Ricketson, educator, b. in Sumner, Fillmore county,
Minn., Feb. 25, 1859; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1884; was professor of civil engineering there, 1886-1907, residing in
Minneapolis; engineer of the state drainage commission since 1897.
[7A; 17; 24; 26*; 127 (2*); 237 (53).]
Hoagland, Ralph, b. at Long Lake, Minn., in September, 1880; was
graduated at the college of agriculture of the University of Minnesota,
1904; was appointed professor of agricultural chemistry and soils
there in 1909. [127A*.]
Hoar, Alfred Wymax, farmer, b. in Westminster, Mass., May 7,
1834; came with his father, Ira, to Minnesota in 1854, settling at
Monticello; author of the Hoar Genealogy, with Notes on the Early
History of Wright county, 56 pages, 1898. [205.]
Hoar, Ira, farmer, b. in Westminster, Mass., Feb. 1, 1803; came to
Monticello, Minn., in 1854, being one of its earliest settlers; and died
there, March 17, 1898. [31; 205.]
Hoard, Hiram Eugene, journalist, b. in Stockbridge, N. Y., March
14, 1843; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling at Montevideo, where
he has since owned and published the Montevideo Leader; was a state
senator, 1887-9; was chief of the customs division in the U. S. Treas-
ury Department, Washington, D. C, 1890-3. [24; 30; 166A*.]
Hoard, Joseph Setii, banker, b. in Augusta, N. Y., April 17, 1818;
served in Pennsylvania regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank
of colonel; settled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1871, where seven years
later he established the Goodhue County Bank. [54*.]
Hoatling, Benjamin F., merchant, b. in Cayuga, N. Y., June 12,
1826; came to Minnesota in 1853; five years later settled in Mankato,
where he opened the first hardware store. [83*.]
Hoban, Andrew J., building contractor, b. in St. Paul, March 1, 1857;
constructed many important buildings there. [100*.]
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Hobart, Chauncey, M. E. clergyman, b. in St. Albans, Vt., June 9,
1811; d. in Red Wing, Minn., Jan. 3, 1904. He served as a soldier in
the Indian wars of 1831-2; joined the Illinois conference of the M. E.
church in 1836, having been licensed to preach the preceding year;
was an itinerant preacher in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; came
to St. Paul, Minn., in 1849; was chaplain of the House in the first ter-
ritorial legislature, and chaplain of the state legislature in 1877. He
removed to Red Wing in 1853; during the first year of the civil war
was chaplain of the Third Minnesota Regt.; afterward resided in Mil-
waukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and other places, but during the latter
years of his life made his home in Red Wing. He published in 1885
"Recollections of My Life," 409 pages. [30; 54; 56; 115; 174*; 237
(35*).]
Hobart, Mrs. Harriet Ann Duncan, b. in Armagh, Ireland, Nov. 23,
1825; d. in Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 17, 1898. She came to the United
States when a child; was a teacher in New York City twenty-five years;
was married to Rev. Chauncey Hobart in 1868, and settled in Red
Wing, Minn.; was an active worker in the Methodist church, and for
fifteen years was state president of the Minnesota Woman's Christian
Temperance Union. [56; 150; 180 (March 2, 1898).]
Hobart, Norris, M. E. clergyman, b. in St. Albans, Vt., June 9, 1811;
d. in Mankato, Minn., June 25, 1887. He settled in Minnesota in 1850;
was pastor in Hastings, Farmington, and other places; and was pre-
siding elder in the Winona, Red Wing, and Mankato districts. [150.]
Hobbs, Elias, b. in Benton, Pa., Feb. 4, 1830; settled in Northfield,
Minn., in 1856, and engaged in surveying and real estate business;
was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [30; 70.]
HoBE, Engebbeth Hagbarth, b. in Norway, Feb. 27, 1860; came to
the United States in 1883, settling at St. Paul; engaged in real estate
business; Norwegian consul since 1893. [24; 25; 169*.]
Hocanzon, Lars A., clergyman, b. in Sweden, April 22, 1837; came
to the United States in 1869; was educated at the Swedish Theological
Seminary, Paxton, 111., and was ordained in 1871; settled in Cokato,
Minn., in 1877. [31.]
Hodge, Charles H., druggist, b. in Lamoille county, Vt., Aug. 17,
1833; served in the Fifth Vermont Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Motley, Minn., in 1879, and opened a drug store in 1882. [35.]
Hodge, Frederick A., b. in Hillsboro county, N. H., in 1853; settled
in Minnesota in 1870; engaged in real estate and loan business in Pine
City; was a state senator, 1895-7. [30.]
Hodges, Leonard Bacon, b, in West Bloomfield, N. Y., July 15, 1823;
d. in St. Paul, April 14, 1883. He came to Minnesota in 1854, opened
a farm in Olmsted county, and founded the town of Oronoco; was a
state senator in 1871; removed to St. Paul in 1872; and afterward
was much engaged in forestry. [18; 66; 166 (1883); 237 (1).]
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Hodgins, A. F., b. near Knoxville, Tenn., in 1826; d. in Winona,
Minn., June 6, 1896. He settled there in 1856, and engaged in lumber
business. [78; 167 (June 12, 1896*).]
Hodgman, Jesse Monroe, b. in Hartland, Vt, Feb. 17, 1818; d. in
Red Wing, Minn., April 11, 1887. He settled in Red Wing in 1856, and
engaged in mercantile business, and later in commission and for-
warding business; was twice mayor of Red Wing. [23*; 54*.]
Hodgman, Thomas Morey, educator, b. in New York, July 3, 1859;
was graduated at the University of Rochester, N. Y., 1884; was pro-
fessor in the University of Nebraska twenty-two years; president of
Macalester College, St. Paul, since 1907.* [17; 131A*; 237 (42).]
Hodgson, Edward J., lawyer, b. in Glen Meay, Isle of Man, Oct. 5, 1841;
d. in St. Paul, Sept. 21, 1903. He came to the United States with his
parents when two years of age; settled in Minnesota in 1854; served
in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. against the Indians in the Sioux out-
break; commenced the practice of law in Red Wing in 1866; removed
in 1875 to St. Paul, where he afterward resided. Upon the organiza-
tion of the Security Trust Company he became its president. [19*;
93A*; 95*; 98*; 130*; 137; 237 (28*); 241.]
Hodgson, William, lawyer, b. at Elizabeth, 111., May 29, 1847; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Second Minne-
sota cavalry in the civil war; was admitted to the bar in 1870; set-
tled in Hastings in 1874; was appointed judge in the First judicial
district, 1910. [23; 30; 48.]
Hodsdon, Ebenezer A., pioneer, b. in Castine, Maine, Dec. 3, 1820;
followed a seafaring life several years; later studied theology, and
was ordained a Universalist clergyman in 1845; came to Minnesota
in 1852, settling in Minneapolis; was chaplain in the territorial leg-
islature, 1855; relinquished ministerial work in 1860, and afterward
owned a farm. [60*.]
Hoeffken, Henry, farmer, b. in Prussia, July 8, 1839; came to the
United States in 1858, settling in Carver county, Minn.; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Hoegh, Charles, hardware merchant, b. in Norway, Dec. 1, 1845;
came to the United States in 1865, and ten years later settled in
Spring Grove, Houston county, Minn. [61.]
Hoegh, Knut Orn, physician, b. in Kaafjord, Norway, April 15, 1844;
was graduated at the University of Norway; came to the United
States in 1869; settled in Minneapolis in 1889. [169.]
Hoel, Olaf, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway in 1841; came to
Minnesota in 1868; was graduated from college at St. Louis, Mo.,
1876; was ordained to the ministry the same year; settled in Norman,
mellow Medicine county. [32; 169.]
Hoerr, George P., b. in Germany, Aug. 24, 1830; d. in Mankato, Minn.,
336 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Jan. 12, 1901. He came to the United States in 1852; settled in Man-
kato in 1856; engaged in dealing in cattle, and later in banking and
many other financial enterprises. [83*; 237 (14).]
Hoerr, John William, b. in Germany, June 27, 1834; d. Aug. 12,
1889. He came to the United States in 1852, and to Mankato, Minn.,
in 1856; engaged in farming and hotel business, and later was county
treasurer several years. [32; 83*.]
Hofbatjer, Norbert, R. C. priest, b. in Baumgarten, Bohemia, Jan.
16, 1854; d. at St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minn., July 17, 1901. He
came with his parents to the United States in 1866, and to Minnesota
the next year; entered St. John's College in 1867; became a member
of the Benedictine order in 1873; was ordained a priest in 1877; was
prior of St. John's Abbey, 1879-89. He was prominent in the musical
department of that institution, and established the Commercial Col-
lege of St. John's University. [132 (Oct., 1901*).]
Hoffman, James K., b. in Pennsylvania in 1831; came to St. Paul
in 1851; engaged in milling, and in grocery business; was state in-
spector of oil, 1873-80. [94.]
Hoffman, William Michael, merchant, b. in Frankfort, Germany,
Dec. 29, 1833; came to the United States when seventeen years old;
owned a farm and a store at East Chain Lakes, Martin county, Minn.
[39.]
Hogan, Edward Charles, merchant, b. in Minnesota in 1871; re-
sided at Paynesville; was a representative in the legislature, 1901.
[30.]
Hogan, Michael, lawyer, b. in Cape Breton in 1859; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 30, 1904. He settled in Sauk Center, Minn., and was its mayor.
[237 (35).]
Hogle, Orange K., b. in Ohio in 1819; came to Minnesota in 1856;
settled in Cordova, Le Sueur county, in 1864; kept a hotel, owned a
farm, and was postmaster there seventeen years. [32.]
Hogue, Orlando E., journalist, b. in Ohio in 1845; served in the
15th Ohio Regt. in the civil war; settled in Granite Falls, Minn., and
engaged in newspaper publication; after 1880 published the Murdock
Herald, and later published at Benson the Swift County Review; was
a representative in the legislature in 1905. [30*; 32.]
Hohl, John J., merchant, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1851; came to Min-
nesota in 1856; resided at Hokah; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1893. [30.]
Hoit, Charles G., miller, b. in Portland, Maine, Aug. 15, 1847; came
to Minneapolis when six years old; was head miller of the Pillsbury A
mill until 1898. [168 (Nov. 11, 1898*).]
Hoit, James Baker, b. in Weare, N. H., July 30, 1824; d. in Minne-
apolis, June 20, 1904. He came to Washington county, Minn., before
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 337
the civil war; served in the Third Minnesota Regt., 1861-5, attaining
the rank of lieutenant colonel; afterward resided in Sauk Rapids, and
was employed in the U. S. mail service; removed to South Dakota, but
returned to Minnesota a few years before his death. [121.]
Holbrook, Franklin G., b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 26, 1859; came
to Minnesota in 1882, settling at Minneapolis; was employed by the
J. I. Case Plow Company four years; was city comptroller, 1886-8;
engaged in grain business since 1889; was postmaster of Minneapolis,
1894-8. [22; 24; 25.]
Holcomb, Charles P., b. in Sweden, March 6, 1848; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1854, and resided at Marine, Washington
county; engaged in lumbering and in the hotel business; was sheriff
of Washington county ten years; was clerk of the supreme court,
1891-5. [30; 40; 169.]
Holcombe, Edwin V., b. in 1830; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 26, 1899. He
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1839; resided at Taylor's Falls
and Stillwater, and after 1873 in St. Paul; was captain of a Mississippi
river steamboat; engaged in hotel business; and was manager of the
Winnipeg and Western Transportation company. [237 (9).]
Holcombe, Return Ira, b. in Gallia county, Ohio, Feb. 24, 1845;
served in the Tenth Missouri Regt, 1861-5; engaged as editor and
reporter of newspapers in Iowa and Missouri, and after 1888 in St.
Paul, Minn.; author of several histories of counties in Missouri, in
part of the History of St. Paul, Minn., 1890, and in part of Minnesota
in Three Centuries, four vols., 1908. [25; 241.]
Holcombe, William, lieutenant governor, b. in Lambertville, N. J.,
July 22, 1804; d. in Stillwater, Minn., Sept. 5, 1870. He settled in Still-
water in 1839; engaged in steamboating and the lumber business; was
a member of the Minnesota constitutional convention, 1857, and the
first lieutenant governor of the state, 1858-60. [28, X*; 41; 42; 166A*;
237 (1).]
Holden, William H., b. in Youngstown, N. Y., May 8, 1844; served
as musician in the 129th N. Y., Regt., 1862-5; settled in Owatonna,
Minn., in 1870; removed to Faribault in 1889, where he has since been
instructor of music in the State School for the Blind. [70A.]
Holden, William W., physician, b. in Saratoga county, N. Y., May
15, 1853; was graduated at Keokuk Medical College, Iowa, in 1875;
settled in Hokah, Minn., in 1877. [61.]
Holding, Randolph, farmer, b. in McHenry county, 111., July 27, 1844;
came to Minnesota in 1861; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; settled in Holding township, Stearns county, in 1868,
being the first white settler there. The township is named for him.
In 1872 he was a representative in the legislature. [31.]
Hole-in-the-Day, an O jib way chief, b. in 1828 in Minnesota; d. at
22
338 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Crow Wing, Minn., June 29, 1868. He was buried near Little Falls.
At the time of the Indian outbreak, in 1862, he refused to join the
murderous Sioux. [7; 94; 237 (60).]
Holes, Andrew, b. in Ithaca, N. Y., in 1836 d. in Moorhead, Minn.,
Aug. 16, 1903. He first visited Minnesota in 1857, and in 1871 settled
in Moorhead and dealt in real estate; owned the townsite of Moor-
head, and was interested in many financial enterprises there. [29;
35; 237 (28).]
Holland, George W., judge, b. in Franklin county, N. Y.; was grad-
uated at the University of Wisconsin, 1868; was admitted to the bar
in 1870; practiced law in Brainerd, Minn.; was attorney of Crow Wing
county sixteen years; was judge of the Fifteenth judicial district, 1889-
1901. [25; 30; 31.]
Holland, John, b. in Brattleboro, Vt, in 1813; d. in St. Paul, May
24, 1878. He came to Minnesota in 1857; engaged in commission busi-
ness and banking in St. Paul, dealt in real estate there, and owned a
farm of several thousand acres in Washington county. [237 (1).]
Holland, S. E., b. in Franklin county, N. Y.; settled on a farm near
Zumbrota in 1859; served in the army during the civil war; was a
representative in the legislature, 1878-9. [29*; 30.]
Holler, John A., miller, b. in Bedford, Ohio, in 1844; came to Min-
nesota in 1860; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; settled in Monticello; was a representative in the legislature,
1891-3. [30; 31.]
Holley, Henry Whitcomb, civil engineer, b, in Pierrepont Manor,
Jefferson county, N. Y., May 5, 1828; d. near Everett, Washington,
about 1898. He was graduated at Norwich University, Vt., in 1849;
came to Minnesota in 1856; edited the Chatfield Republican until 1861;
was a state senator, 1859-61; and in the latter year was appointed
receiver of the U. S. land office at Winnebago City, which position he
held for eight years; was chief engineer of the Southern Minnesota
railroad during its construction, 1865-74, and later was its general man-
ager and superintendent; author of several books of poems and essays.
[18*; 28, X; 34; 51; 165.]
Hollinshead, Edmund Rice, lawyer, b. in St. Paul, Feb. 4, 1855; d.
in San Antonio, Texas, March 15, 1883. He was graduated at the Shat-
tuck School, Faribault, in 1876; was admitted to the bar the next
year. [68; 94; 237 (1).]
Hollinshead, Mrs. Ellen Rice, pioneer, b. in Waitsfield, Vt., in
1826; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 25, 1904. She came to Mendota, Minn.; was
married to William Hollinshead, and resided in St. Paul. [237 (35).]
Hollinshead, William, lawyer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., July, 1820;
d. in St Paul, Dec. 25, 1860. He came to St. Paul in 1850, and the
next year became business partner of Edmund Rice and George L.
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
339
Becker. He was admitted to the bar in New Jersey in 1841. [68; 69;
94; 238 (Dec. 27, I860).]
Hollister, Edward, pioneer, b. in New York, Nov. 27, 1832; settled
in Warsaw, Rice county, Minn., in 1855; owned a farm and a store;
served in the first Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1869-70. [70.]
Hollister, Lewis M., farmer, b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., Jan.
22, 1849; came to Minnesota in 1867; resided at Morristown; was a
representative in the legislature in 1897. [30; 70 A*.]
Hollister, Miles, b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1829;
came to Faribault, Minn., in 1855; owned a farm, and engaged in
mercantile business and milling; was clerk of court of Rice county,
1856-61; enlisted in the Eighth Minnesota Regt., 1862, and later was
captain in a colored regiment; was register of deeds, 1867-9. [70.]
Hollister, William L., physician, b. in Sharon, Schoharie county,
N. Y., Jan. 9, 1837; was graduated at Albany medical college, 1861;
came to Minnesota in 1867; resided in Austin; was a state senator in
1883, and a representative in the legislature in 1907. [30*; 65A; 111.]
Hollmann, Charles, Methodist clergyman, b. in Prussia, March 3,
1822; was educated at the Moravian Missionary Institute in Berlin;
came to the United States in 1844; joined the German Methodist
church, and engaged in missionary work in various states, being in
Minnesota for several years after 1856; resigned from the ministry,
on account of failing health, and resided in Morris, Minn., after 1879.
[73.]
Holm, A. G., Baptist clergyman, b. in Sweden; d. in Minnesota in
1899. He came to the United States in 1886, and to Minnesota two
years later; was pastor of the Swedish Baptist churches in Soudan,
Duluth, Alexandria, St. Cloud, and Brainerd. [141.]
Holm, Andrew, b. in Sweden in 1854; came to the United States in
1872, settling in Minnesota; resides in St. Paul, engaged in hotel busi-
ness; was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Holm, Elof P., florist, b. in Abyholm, Sweden, Oct. 23, 1871; came
with his brother to the United States in 1888; worked in a greenhouse
in St. Paul, and later owned an extensive business there. [169A*.]
Holm, Peter H., b. in Sweden, Aug. 27, 1862; came to the United
States in 1883, settling in Marshall county, Minn.; owned a jewelry
store in Warren; has been judge of probate since 1896. [37.]
Holman, Frederick Opal, M. E. clergyman, b. in Center Sandwich,
N. H., April 11, 1857; d. in Minneapolis, June 11, 1897. He was grad-
uated at Boston University in 1881; came to Minnesota, and was pas-
tor in St. Paul and Minneapolis. [151*; 180 (June 16, 1897*); 238
(June 12, 1897).]
340 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Holman, Oscar Eugene, lawyer, b. in Allentown, Pa., April 12, 1853;
was graduated there, at Muhlenburg College, 1874; was admitted to
the bar in 1876; came to Minnesota, settling in St. Paul, in 1884. [24;
25; 93; 93A; 137; 23S (Nov. 9, 1899).']
Holmbeeg, John E., building contractor, b. in Smaland, Sweden, Dec.
17, 1850; came to the United States in 1873, settling in Minneapolis;
was employed as a mason ten years, and afterward engaged in con-
tracting and building; was a representative in the legislature, 1893;
was sheriff of Hennepin county, 1895-6. 122*; 30; 169.]
Holmberg, Nathaniel J., farmer, b. in Renville, Minn., July 24,
1878; was graduated from the Minnesota Agricultural College, 1902;
resides in Renville; was a representative in the legislature, 1907-11.
[24; 30*.]
Holmen, Ole O., merchant, b. in Norway, Dec. 21, 1864; came to the
United States in 1871, and to Minnesota in 1880; resides at Slayton;
was a representative in the legislature, 1893-7; auditor of Murray
county, 1903-10; assistant postmaster of the legislature, 1911. [24;
30*.]
Holmes, Elon G., banker, b. in Madison county, N. Y., in 1841;
served in the 26th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota
in 1865; settled in Detroit in 1872, and was president of the First
National Bank there; was a state senator, 1887-9. [30; 35.]
Holmes, H. W., miller, b. in Allegheny City, Pa., Jan. 4, 1845; d.
in Minneapolis, October, 1893. He came to Carver, Minn., in 1859;
engaged in steamboating on the Mississippi, and on the Red river;
after 1876 owned and operated flouring mills in Minneapolis. [168
(Nov. 3, 1893*).]
Holmes, Ralph Waldo, journalist, b. in Roscoe, Minn., Nov. 1, 1870;
engaged in farming several years, and then settled at Pine Island,
where he bought the Record in 1901 and has since published it. [56.]
Holmes, Thomas Andrew, b. in Bergerstown, Pa., March 4, 1804;
d. in Culman, Ala., July 2, 1888. He established an Indian trading post
in 1839 at Fountain City, and in 1849 removed to Sauk Rapids; was
a member of the first territorial legislature; founded the towns of
Shakopee and Chaska in 1851. [32; 78; 103*; 114; 237 (49).]
Holmes, Thomas Guilford, farmer, b. in Ontario, Canada, Feb. 28,
1836; settled in Albion, Wright county, Minn., in 1856; was captain
of a scouting party during the Indian war; afterward engaged with
his twin brother, Robert Seth, in keeping a hotel. [31.]
Holmes, William, b. in Marion, Ohio, July 22, 1812; d. Sept. 22,
1873. He came to Minnesota in 1852, settling in Shakopee; engaged
in mill building and farming; was the first settler in the town of
Jordan. [29*.]
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Holmgren, Andrew Aimjist, journalist, b. in Sweden, Oct. 11, 1866;
came to the United States in 1893, settling in Minneapolis; engaged
in missionary work in northern Minnesota for the Swedish Baptist
church two years; was pastor in Iowa, 1895-8; has since published the
Baneret in Minneapolis. [169A.]
Holmstrom, Magnus, merchant, b. in Sweden in 1838; came to the
United States in 1869, settling in Minnesota; resided at Cokato; was
a representative in the legislature, 1883-5 and 1889. [30; 31; 169.]
Holston, Arnold R., lawyer, b. in Illinois, March 21, 1858; came to
Minnesota in 1881; was admitted to the bar the same year; practiced
law in Delano and Cokato three years, in Moorhead, 1884-7, and Red
Lake Palls, 1887-91; then settled in Crookston; was county attorney
of Polk county, 1899-1900. [37.]
Holt, Andrew, jurist, b. in East Union, Carver county, Minn., May
20, 1855; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1880; settled
in Minneapolis in 1882; was municipal judge, 1894-1904; judge in the
Fourth judicial district, 1905-11; associate justice of the state supreme
court, 1912. [24; 25; 30; 169.]
Holt, Charles A., lawyer, b. in Carver county, Minn., Sept. 16, 1862;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1890; practiced
in Duluth; removed in 1901 to Center City, where he was judge of pro-
bate of Chisago county, 1901-06. [38*; 169.]
Holt, Iver G., pioneer, b. in Norway in 1848; came to the United
States in 1868, and the next year settled on a homestead in Grant
county, Minn.; was one of the organizers of Pelican Lake, the first
township formed in the county. [57.]
Holt, P. A., b. in Norway, May 8, 1847; came to the United States
in 1861; settled in New Richland, Waseca county, Minn., in 1877, and
later owned a lumber yard, and manufactured doors, sash, and blinds.
[75.]
Holtan, Hans H., farmer, b. in Norway, Dec. 14, 1820; came to the
United States in 1845; settled in Wanamingo, Goodhue county, Minn.,
in 1856; was a representative in the legislature in 1858. [54.]
Holte, Halvor, physician, b. near Stavanger, Norway, July 11, 1857;
came to America with his parents in 1872; was graduated in medicine
at the University of Minnesota, 1893; has since practiced in Crook-
ston. [37*.]
Holten, John, merchant, b. in Sundal, Norway, Sept. 18, 1849; came
to the United States in 1872, and to Minnesota in 1879; settled at
Fertile in 1887; has been a representative in the legislature since
1907. [24; 25; 30*.]
Holteriioff, T. T., b. in Germany, May 3, 1804; d. in St. Paul, May
24, 1876. He came to the United States in 1850, and eight years later
342 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
settled in St. Paul, where he conducted a private school and founded
the St. Paul Musical Society. [237 (1).]
Holtheb, Olap A., b. in Christiania, Norway, Dec. 20, 1858; came
with his parents to the United States in 1870, and to Minnesota the
same year; settled in Hallock in 1880; was clerk of the district court
of Kittson county, 1889-93. [35.]
Holton, John, pioneer, settled on the site of Red Rock, Washington
county, Minn., in 1831; was Indian farmer under Agent Taliaferro;
was connected with a Methodist mission there. He died in 1884. [41.]
Holton, Theodore, b. in Norway, July 3, 1850; came to the "United
States when three years old; settled at Lake Park, Minn., in 1871;
was sheriff of Becker county four years; owned a farm and dealt in
farm machinery; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Hqlzinger, John Michael, b. in Hachtel, Germany, May 14, 1853;
was graduated at Olivet College, Michigan, 1879; instructor in natural
history, State Normal School, Winona, Minn., since 1882. [7A.]
Hompe, John B., farmer, b. in Holland in 1846; came to the United
States in 1849; served in the 147th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; set-
tled in Minnesota in 1876; resided at Deer Creek; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1889, and a state senator, 1891-3. [30; 37.]
Hone, David, pioneer, b. in Otsego county, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1808; d.
in Hastings, Minn., July 11, 1887. He came to Minnesota in 1839;
engaged in farming on Gray Cloud island, 1840-3; built the Union
House at Point Douglas, 1843, the first frame house in the state; re-
sided in Hastings after 1871. [32; 41; 48; 237 (1).]
Honner, J. S. G., b. in New York in 1831; came to Minnesota in
1856, and to Redwood county in 1864; was the first register of deeds
in that county, and was a representative in the legislature in 1865
and 1870, and a state senator in 1872; resided in the town of Hon-
ner, which was named for him. [30; 32.]
Hook, Henry, b. in Zurich, Switzerland, Nov. 22, 1822; came to the
United States in 1853, and to Minnesota three years later; settled in
Mantorville in 1864; engaged in building, and owned a stone quarry.
[49.]
Hooker, Frederick, judge, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., April 14,
1845; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 11, 1893. He came to Minnesota in
.1876; resided in Minneapolis; was judge in the Fourth judicial dis-
trict, 1889-93. [30; 84; 238 (Sept. 12, 1893*).]
Hoover, Robert, Methodist clergyman and physician, b. in Pennsyl-
vania in 1828; d. in California, July 6, 1891. He was graduated at
Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; came to Minnesota in 1856; re-
sided in Paynesville after 1862. [31; 150.]
Hope, Harry C, b. in Rockford, 111., June 19, 1850; d, in St. Paul,
Feb. 26, 1909. He became a telegraph operator; was superintendent
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 343
of telegraphs and signals of the Omaha railroad after 1880, residing
in St. Paul. [237 (56).]
Hopkins, Albert H., pioneer, b. in Foster, R. I., in 1837; d. in Excel-
sior, Minn., Nov. 8, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1854, and set-
tled in Excelsior in 1859. He was a carpenter and millwright, and
during the civil war served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. [237 (39*).]
Hopkins, Daniel, pioneer, b. in New Hampshire in 1787; d. on a
journey from St. Louis to St. Paul, June 13, 1852. He settled at Red
Rock, Minn., in 1842; removed to St. Paul in 1847, where he engaged
in mercantile business. [28, IV; 41.]
Hopkins, Daniel C, lawyer, b. in Gibson county, Indiana, in 1858;
came to Minnesota in 1869; was graduated in law at the University of
Michigan, 18S1; settled in Madelia; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1893. [30.]
Hopkins, Frank, lawyer, b. in Renville county, Minn., Nov. 7, 1877;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1903; has since
practiced in Fairfax; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Hopkins, H. B., b. in Gouverneur, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1837; was gradu-
ated in law at Albany University, 1864; settled in Morristown, Rice
county, Minn., 1867; engaged in farming, lumbering, and mercantile
business; was a representative in the legislature, 1873-5. [30.]
Hopkins, Harley H., b. in 1824; d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 19, 1882.
He came to Hennepin county, Minn., in 1855; engaged in farming, and
was postmaster at Hopkins station, which was named for him. [60*;
237 (1).]
Hopkins, J. B., b .in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1837; studied law
at the State University, Albany; came to Minnesota in 1867; settled
in Morristown; manufactured lumber and shingles; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1873-5. [30; 70.]
Hopkins, Robert, Presbyterian missionary to the Sioux, b. in Brown
county, Ohio, May 23, 1816; was drowned while bathing at Traverse
des Sioux, Minn., July 4, 1851. He was educated at South Hanover
College, Ind.; came to Minnesota for mission work, 1843; and in 1848
was ordained by the Dakota Presbytery. [28, III.]
Hoppin, Edward S., farmer, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1842; came to
Minnesota in 1860; settled at Pleasant Valley, Mower county; was a
representative in the legislature, 1887-9. [30.]
Horn, Henry John, lawyer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., March 25, 1821;
d. in St. Paul, March 20, 1902. He came to St. Paul in 1855, and built
up an extensive practice; was city attorney, 1857-60, and county attor-
ney, 1864-6. [18; 20*; 68; 93*; 94; 98*; 131A*; 137; 237 (19*); 238
(Aug. 6, 1897, and Nov. 9, 1899).]
Horn, Henry J., b. in St. Paul, in 1864, and resided there; was grad-
uated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1888; engaged in
344 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
railway service; was general manager of the Northern Pacific railway,
1904-10; removed in 1910 to Hartford, Conn. [17; 24.]
Horneck, Samuel N., merchant, b. in Ireland, Nov. 13, 1826; came
to the United States in 1849; settled in Detroit, Minn., in 1873; en-
gaged in mercantile business, and was postmaster after 1885. [35.]
Horr, A. E., pioneer lumberman, b. in Waterford, Maine, in 1838;
d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 22, 1908. He served in the civil war; came
to Minnesota and settled in Minneapolis, where he was a member of
influential lumber firms. [167 (Sept. 18, 1908); 237 (53*).]
Horst, Charles Louis, hardware merchant, b. in Pittsburg, Pa.,
March 10, 1853; came with his parents to St. Paul in 1863; was city
treasurer, 1896-99. [95*; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Horton, Charles, lumberman, b. in Niles, N. Y., March 31, 1836;
came to Minnesota, settling at Winona in 1858; founded the Empire
Lumber Co. in 1860, of which he is president. [23; 24; 167 (Dec. 28,
1900*).]
Hortot?, Hiler Hosmer, lawyer, b. in Washington county, Wis., June
13, 1857; d. in Bahama Islands, April 7, 1906. He was educated at
Washington University, St. Louis; settled in St. Paul in 1878; was a
representative in the legislature, 1893, and was a state senator, 1899-
1905. [30; 93; 98*; 100; 237 (39*).]
Horton, Hiram Terry, b. in Norway, N. Y., April 27, 1811; d. in
Chicago, Jan. 7, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and two years
later settled in Rochester, where he engaged in the real estate busi-
ness. [23*; 237 (39).]
HoRTOT*, Thomas H., farmer, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1859;
came to Minnesota in 1873; resides at North Branch, Isanti county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1907-09. [25; 30*.]
Hortvet, Julius, b. in Baraboo, Wis., April 24, 1863; was graduated
at the University of Wisconsin, 1886; came to Minnesota, and taught
in Red Lake Falls, 1889-91, and Minneapolis, 1892-1900; chemist of
the State Dairy and Food Commission since 1900, residing in Minne-
apolis-. [7A.]
Hosmer, Hobert N., farmer, b. in Southwick, Mass., Jan. 20, 1833;
d. in Farmington, Minn., Feb. 26, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1853;
served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; owned a farm in Mower county; resided in Farm-
ington after 1895, [237(51),]
Hosmer, J. W., b. in Genesee county, N. Y., May 19, 1824; owned a
half interest in the townsite of Janesville, Waseca county, Minn.,
1856, and built a sawmill there. [75.]
Hosmer, James Kendall, b.. in Northfield, Mass., Jan. 29, 1834; was
graduated at Harvard College, 1855; served in the 52d Mass. Regt. in
the civil war; was professor in Antioch College, 1866-72, in the Uni-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 345
versity of Missouri, 1872-4, and in Washington University, St. Louis,
1874-92; was librarian of the Minneapolis public library, 1892-1904;
author of several books, including "The Life of Young Sir Henry
Vane," "Samuel Adams," "The History of the Louisiana Purchase,"
"A Short History of the Mississippi Valley," etc. [3*; 4; 17; 84; 85A;
237 (23*).]
Hospes, Adolphus C, b. in Greene county, Mo., in 1842; came with
his parents to Stillwater, Minn., in 1854; served in the First Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in mercantile business, and after
1880 was treasurer and secretary of the St. Croix Boom Corporation.
[40.]
Hospes, Ernest Louis, lumberman, b. in Ash Grove, Mo., Dec. 26,
1845; came to Minnesota in 1854 with his parents, who settled at Still-
water; was a state senator in 1899-1901; president of the Stillwater
Gas and Electric Co. [24; 25; 30.]
Hospes, Louis, banker, b. in Germany, Feb. 8, 1809; d. April 9, 1888.
He came to the United States in 1832; settled in Stillwater, Minn., in
1854; engaged in lumber business, and after 1865 in banking; was
president of the First National Bank. [40; 41*; 42*.]
Hostetter, Man asses S., miller, b. in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1840; came
with his parents to Pine Island, Minn., in 1854; served in the Eighth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; built a mill in Wabasha in 1872, and
five years later purchased a mill near Zumbro Falls. [74.]
Hotaling, Herbert Cleveland, journalist, b. in Mankato, Minn., Aug.
5, 1865; since 1888 editor of the Mapleton Enterprise. [45; 46.]
Hotchkiss, William A., journalist, b. in Whitehall, N. Y.; served in
the Mexican war; came to Minnesota in 1854; published in Minne-
apolis the Northwestern Democrat, the first newspaper printed west
of the Mississippi in the territory. In 1862 he organized a battery of
which he was captain; had command of the artillery defenses at Chat-
tanooga. Afterward he published the Fillmore County Republican.
[29*; 115.]
Hough, James S., pioneer, b. in Windham, N. Y., March 22, 1831; d.
in St. Paul, Feb. 7, 1911. He came to Minnesota in 1850, settling in
St. Paul, and later engaged in farming near this city. [93A.]
Hough, Sherwood, b. in Montgomery county, N. Y., June 27, 1827;
d. in St. Paul, March 7, 1893. He came to St. Paul in 1851, and was
the first city clerk, 1854; was elected register of deeds in 1859, and
was clerk of the supreme court, 1866-75; later owned a book and sta-
tionery store. [68; 94; 124.]
Houghmaster, George, b. in Lowville, N. Y., May 29, 1846; settled
in Redwood Falls in 1886, where he engaged in real estate, abstract,
and loaning business. [92*.]
Houghton, George, steamboat captain, b. near Brandon, Vt, Jan. 8,
346 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1828; d. in Minneapolis, Nov. 5, 1902. He settled on a farm in Sher-
burne county, Minn., in 1848; later owned steamboats on the Minne-
sota and Mississippi rivers. [237 (28*).]
Houghton, James Gilbert, b. in Waterford, Maine, March 14, 1855;
settled in Minneapolis in 1880, and engaged in the carpenter trade;
has been city building inspector since 1894. [26*; 85A.]
Hotjk, William F., printer, b. in Dearborn, Mich., March 16, 1861;
came to Minneapolis in 1887, and was employed on the Tribune, 1888-
1910; was appointed state commissioner of labor, 1911. [30*; 237
(63*).].
Houlton, Dwight R., b. in Houlton, Maine, Nov. 10, 1847; served in
the Northern army in the civil war; settled at Elk River, Minn., in
1865, where he engaged in lumbering and was superintendent of saw
mills. [31.]
Houlton, Horatio, merchant, b. in Houlton, Maine, Aug. 19, 1834;
settled as a farmer in Monticello, 1855; removed in 1864 to Elk River,
and there engaged in general mercantile business and lumber man-
ufacturing. [18; 31.]
Houlton, William Henry, manufacturer, b. in Houlton, Maine, March
29, 1840; came to Monticello, Minn., in 1856; served in the Eighth Min-
nesota Regt, 1862-5; entered partnership with his brother Horatio at
Elk River in 1866, and has since engaged in mercantile business, man-
ufacturing lumber and flour, banking, and farming; was a state sen-
ator in 1878 and 1883-5; was superintendent of the State Reformatory,
1896-1900. [18; 24; 25; 30; 31.]
House, David, b. in New York, Sept. 4, 1824; came to Union, Hous-
ton county, Minn., in 1853, being the first settler there; removed to
Hokah in 1870, and opened a drug store and a grocery. [61.]
House, Joshua Manning, pioneer, b. in Canada, June 28, 1814; came
to Minnesota in 1854, settling in St. Paul; engaged in trading, and
some years later owned a store near Winnipeg; was extensively en-
gaged in the fur trade. [60.]
Hove, Elling O., educator, b. near Northwood, Iowa, 1863; was grad-
uated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1884, and Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, Mo., 1887; was pastor in Decorah, 1891-93, and at Mankato,
Minn., 1894-1901; since 1901 professor of theology in Luther Seminary,
Hamline, Minn. [148.]
Hovey, Hobace Carter, Congregational clergyman, b. at Rob Roy,
Ind., Jan. 28, 1833; was graduated at Wabash College, 1853, and Lane
Theological Seminary, 1857; was pastor in several states, being in
Minneapolis, 1883-7; author of many books and articles on caves; re-
sides in Newburyport, Mass. [7A; 17.]
How, David Lennox, banker, b. in Elbridge, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1835;
settled in Shakopee, Minn., in 1857; opened a drug store, and later
engaged in flour milling and banking. [32; 103*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 347
How, Jared, lawyer, b. in Haverhill, Mass., Dec. 9, 1857; was grad-
uated at Harvard University, 1881; settled at St. Paul in 1883, and
was admitted to the bar in 1885; member of the firm of How, Butler,
and Mitchell. [23; 24; 25; 93; 93A; 137.]
Howard, A. F., journalist, b. in Lavelle, Wis., Aug. 4, 1S61; came to
Minnesota in 1865 with his father; settled in Wells in 1890, and pur-
chased the Advocate. [39; 238 (Jan. 2, 1894*).]
Howard, Arthur F., lumberman, b. in Brownville, Maine, in 1847;
settled in Princeton, Minn., in 1865; was sheriff of Mille Lacs county
three terms. [31.]
Howard, H. C, pioneer, b. in Winthrop, Me., Aug. 19, 1833; d. at
Lake Crystal, Minn., March 8, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1856,
and settled on a farm at Loon Lake, Blue Earth county; in 1860 re-
moved to Lake Crystal; was assistant State Dairy Commissioner,
1884-8; was general agent for the Deering Harvester Co., ten years.
[45*; 237 (28).]
Howard, John R., b. in Winthrop, Maine, Sept. 6, 1840; came to
Minnesota in 1859; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry, 1863-5;
resided in Sauk Center; was assistant clerk of the legislature in 1877,
and chief clerk, 1881-87; was a representative in the legislature in
1907. [30*.]
Howard, Jacob "M., b. in Detroit, Mich., July 16, 1842; served in the
24th Michigan Regt, in the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant
colonel; came to Meeker county, Minn., in 1867; owned a farm in
Greenleaf; was the first president of the Woolen Mills Company in
Litchfield, and in 1880 built the Howard hotel there. [65.]
Howard, Stephen Bennett, lawyer, b. in Floyd county, Iowa, April
16, 1856; was graduated at the Iowa University in 1883; settled in
Minneapolis the next year; was admitted to the bar in 1885; was a
r; presentative in the legislature in 1893, and a state senator, 1895-7.
[27*; 30; 90*.]
Howard, Thomas, b. in Ireland in 1834; came to the United States
in 1848, and to St. Paul in 1853; was municipal judge, 1869-72; later
was clerk in the office of the register of deeds for Ramsey county.
[94.]
Howe, Anna L., missionary, b. in Le Roy, Minn.; was graduated at
Albert Lea College; went a.s a missionary of the Presbyterian church
to China in 1896. [178 (Nov. 11, 1897*).]
Howe, F. B., b. in Racine county, Wis., Jan. 18, 1846; settled in Red
Wing, Minn., in 1865, where he owned the Red Wing Mills. [54.]
Howe, H. S., b. in Vermont in 1833; came to Minnesota in 1860;
served in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war; settled in
Mankato; was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Howe, Jonas H., pioneer, b. in Worcester county, Mass., April 29,
348
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1821; came to Hennepin county, Minn., in 1854; built the second house
in Plymouth township; served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; was a representative in the legislature in 1865. [58; 60.]
Howe, O. H., farmer, b. in Christiania, Norway, Feb. 7, 1837; came
to the United States in 1853; served in the 49th Wisconsin Regt. in
the civil war; settled in Watonwan county, Minn., in 1866; was a state
senator in 1873, and sergeant-at-arms in the house of representatives
the next year; resided in St. James after 1889. [39.]
Howe, Thomas Jefferson, manufacturer and inventor, b. in Pinck-
ney, N. Y., Jan: 15, 1827; d. Aug. 27, 1908. He settled at Owatonna,
Minn., in 1865, where he manufactured farm and dairy machinery,
taking out fourteen U. S. patents. [24; 70A*; 72.]
Howe, William M., b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y.; settled in
Austin, Minn.; was register of deeds for Mower county, 1874-80;
opened a real estate and loaning office in Austin in 1881. [79.]
Howell, David R., b.,in Cambria, Wis., Feb. 28, 1856; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1879, where he engaged in the manufacture and sale of
farm machinery. [171*.]
Howell, Jesse Lawuence, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Easton, Pa.,
Oct. 8, 1826; d. in Bloomington, Minn., May 4, 1875. He was grad-
uated at Lafayette College in 1847, and the next year entered Prince-
ton Seminary; was ordained to the ministry in 1853; came to Minne-
sota in 1860; was pastor in Stillwater, Chatfield, Lake City, and
Bloomington. [153.]
Howell, Robert R., b. March 6, 1854; settled in Minneapolis in 1879;
invented several improvements in machines, and engaged with his
brother in their manufacture and sale. [171*.]
Howenstine, William C, pioneer, b. near Chambersburg, Pa., in
1828; settled on Minnesota Point, near Duluth, in 1853. He located
many iron mines; and had charge of the work of opening the Duluth
and Vermilion road in the early 70's. [237 (32*).]
Howes, Thomas, farmer, b. in England in 1823; came to the United
States in 1850, and to Minnesota three years later; settled in Hast-
ings; was a representative in the legislature, 1877. [30.]
Hoxsie, John B., b. in Marengo, Mich., May 4, 1839; d. in St. Paul,
Jan. 29, 1903. He came to St. Paul in 1871; engaged in the wholesale
fruit and produce business. [237 (2S*).]
Hoy, Michael, b. in King's county, Ireland, in 1834; d. in Minne-
apolis, March 20, 1895. He came to the United States in 1850, and set-
tled in St. Anthony, Minn., five years later; served in the Tenth Min-
nesota Regt., 1862-5, attaining the rank of captain; was city marshal,
1867-70. [88*.]
Hoyt, Benjamin F., pioneer and preacher, b. in Norwalk, Conn.,
June 8, 1800; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 3, 1875. He settled in St. Paul in
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
349
1848; dealt largely in real estate; acted as local preacher in the M. E.
denomination, being the first Protestant minister in this city. Oak-
land cemetery was projected by him, and Hamline University was
greatly aided by his generosity and his work. [28, IV; 41; 94; 166A*;
237 (1, 15*).]
Hoyt, Charles G., miller, b. in Portland, Maine, Aug. 15, 1847; came
to Minneapolis in 1854; had charge of the Pillsbury A mill after 1880.
[16S (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
Hoyt, Frederick William, b. in Orleans county, N. Y., June 1, 1841;
d. in Red Wing, Minn., July 13, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1856;
was admitted to the bar in 1865; settled in Red Wing; was president
of the Duluth, Red Wing and Southern railroad; was connected with
two banks, and with many other financial enterprises in Goodhue
county; was a representative in the legislature in 1881 and 1889.
L21*; 30; 54; 130*; 180 (Aug. 17, 1892).]
Hoyt, Henry F., physician, b. in St. Paul in 1855; was graduated
at Columbia Medical College; practiced medicine in St. Paul after
1882. He went to Manila, as surgeon in the Thirteenth Minnesota
Regt., in 1898. [98*; 100.]
Hoyt, Lorenzo, b. in Richland county, Ohio, Feb. 21, 1828; d. in
Minneapolis, April 4, 1909.- He came to St. Paul in 1848; owned a
farm in Rose, Ramsey county; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1874-75. [68; 98*; 237 (56*).]
Hoyt, Norman F., Baptist clergyman, b. in Waterford, N. Y., May
23, 1840; served in N. Y. regiments, 1861-7; studied theology in Chi-
cago; settled in Albert Lea, Minn., in 1875. [53.]
Hoyt, Waylaxd, Baptist clergyman, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 18,
1838; d. in Salem, Mass., Sept. 27, 1910. He was graduated at Brown
University, 1860, and Rochester Theological Seminary, 1863; was pas-
tor in various cities, being in Minneapolis, 1889-95; author of several
religious books, and was a member of the faculty of Temple College,
Philadelphia. [237 (59*).]
Hoyt, William Henry, pioneer, b. in Marietta, 111., July 5, 1841; d.
in St. Paul, Jan. 6, 1903. He came with his parents to St. Paul when
seven years old; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
later was active in organizing the Territorial Pioneers' Association.
[237 (28*).]
Hubbard, Clarence A., banker, b. in Ingham county, Mich., Nov. 4,
1844; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1853; enlisted in the
Eighth Minnesota Regt. in 1862, and served until the close of the war.
Afterward he resided in Lake City, where he was connected with the
Lake City Bank of Minnesota. [27*; 74.]
Hubbard, Frank V., educator, b. in Wisconsin in 1856; d. in 1901.
He was superintendent of city schools in Redwood Falls five years, in
350 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Waseca nine years, and in Red Wing during the last six years of his
life. [177 (Oct., 1901*).]
Htjbbakd, George P., merchant, b. in Swanton, Vt, Aug. 17, 1820; d.
in Winona, Minn., Sept. 25, 1896. He first came to Winona in 1856,
and settled there permanently in 1876; engaged in dry goods business.
[76; 78.]
Hubbakd, Joseph, farmer and merchant, b. May 27, 1820; came to
Minnesota in 1854, and purchased a farm in Union Grove, Meeker
county, in 1869; was postmaster there, and owned a store. [65*.]
Hubbard, Lucius Frederick, governor, b. in Troy, N. Y., Jan. 26,
1836; came to Minnesota in 1857; established the Red Wing Repub-
lican, and was its editor till 1861; enlisted in Dec, 1861, as a private
in the Fifth Minnesota Regt, within a year was promoted to be its
colonel; and in Dec, 1864, was brevetted brigadier general. In the
Spanish-American war he again served as brigadier general. In 1866
he engaged in the grain business at Red Wing, and after 1870 also in
flour milling. He was a state senator, 1872-5; was governor of Min-
nesota, 1S82-7; author of "Civil War Papers/' in the Minnesota His-
torical Society Collections, vol. XII, 1908, pages 531-638, with maps.
Hubbard county, established in 1883, was named in his honor. He
removed to St. Paul in 1901. [1*; 3*; 4*; 17; 18*; 22*; 23*; 24; 25;
26*; 27*; 28, X, XII*, XIII*; 30; 41*; 54; 56; 93A*; 109*; 113*; 115;
166A*; 174*; 206.]
Hubbard, Rensselaer Dean, manufacturer, b. in Otsego county, N.
Y., Dec. 14, 1837; came to Minnesota in 1870, and settled in Mankato.
Here he engaged in the manufacture of linseed oil, and in flour mill-
ing, and had other large financial interests. [23; 32; 46; 83*.]
Hubbell, James Boyd, b. in Winsted, Conn., March 18, 1836; d. in
St. Paul, Dec 19, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in
Mankato; was register of deeds for Blue Earth county, 1859-61; en-
gaged in mercantile business, and later in fur trade; helped to or-
ganize the First National Bank, and was prominent in many other
business enterprises; removed to St. Paul in 1881. [83*; 237 (39).]
Hubbell, Philo Patterson, pioneer, b. in New York, Feb. 1, 1799; d.
in Winona, Minn., May 29, 1893. He settled there in 1856. [78; 156;
159; 163.]
Huber, J. G., b. near Bern, Switzerland, Dec 24, 1821; d, in St.
Cloud, Minn., Sept. 13, 1903. He came to the United States in 1850,
and settled in St. Cloud in 1857; engaged in mercantile business, and
after 1870 in insurance and real estate. [237 (28).]
Hudson, Aaron G., pioneer farmer, b. in New York, July 26, 1822;
d. in Lake City, Minn., July 7, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1855;
was a member of the state constitutional convention, 1857; was a state
senator, 1858; owned a farm in Gilbert Valley, Wabasha county; was
superintendent of schools for the county, 1874-8. [237 (28).]
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Hudson, Horace Bushnell, publisher, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug.
20, 1861; came to Minnesota, settling in Minneapolis, and was a re-
porter and editorial writer for the Tribune, 1885-93, and the Journal,
1894-1900; publisher of the Dictionary of Minneapolis, issued annually;
editor of "A Half Century of Minneapolis," 569 pages, 1908. [24; 241.]
Hudson, Sanford Henry, lawyer, b. in Janes ville, Wis., Nov. 29,
1857; was admitted to the bar in 1879, and settled in Benson, Minn.,
the next year; was county attorney of Swift county three terms. [24;
25; 32.]
Huff, Henry D„ pioneer, was one of the original townsite owners
of Winona, Minn., and established its second newspaper, The Winona
Express. He settled in. Winona in 1853; removed to Chicago in 1873;
died in January, 1889. [28, X; 78.]
Huganin, James H., merchant, b. in Herkimer county, N. Y., 1818;
d. in Newport, Minn., Sept. 10, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1843,
and ten years later settled in Newport, being one of the founders of
that town. In 1873 he was a representative in the legislature. [30;
237 (14).]
Huggan, Mrs. Nancy McClure, captive of the Sioux, b. at Mendota,
Minn., in 1836; was the daughter of an army officer and a Sioux
woman; was married at the time of the Treaty of Traverse des Sioux
to David Faribault, like herself a mixed blood. In the Indian outbreak
in 1862, they were held as captives until released by the white sol-
diers. Later she married Charles Huggan. Her relation of her cap-
tivity is in the Minn. Historical Society Collections, Vol. VI, 1894, pp.
439-460. [28, VI*.]
Hughes, Alexander, lawyer, d. in Minneapolis, Nov. 24, 1907. He
served in the Seventh Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; studied law;
resided in Dakota, 1870-99, and later in Minneapolis. He held many
positions of honor in Dakota, being attorney general of the territory
in 1883. [237 (48*).]
Hughes, Byron, lawyer, b. in Cambria, Wis., Aug. 14, 1860; was
admitted to the bar in 1885; resided in Mankato, Minn.; was attorney
of Blue Earth county, 1890-2; was judge of the municipal court in
Mankato after 1893. [171*.]
Hughes, Daniel, R. C. priest, b. in Bedford, Prince Edward Island,
Canada, in 1866; d. in Mankato, Minn., Oct. 24, 1909. He was ordained
in 1894; was pastor in Minnesota, and after 1904 was professor in St.
Paul Seminary, St. Paul. [146.]
Hughes, Edwin P., lawyer, b. in Jackson, Ohio, July 31, 1842; served
in the 44th Wisconsin Regt., 1863-4; was admitted to the bar in Wis-
consin in 1869; settled in Anoka, Minn., and was city attorney there
three years. [25; 43.]
Hughes, Evan, lawyer, b. in Cambria, Minn., Feb. 10, 1862; was ad-
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mitted to the bar in 1891, and has since practiced with his brother,
Thomas, in Mankato. . [24; 25; 171.*]
Hughes, George B., journalist, b. in Nicollet, Minn., May 6, 1862;
settled in Redwood Falls in 1890, where he owned and published the
Reveille, and after 1898 was postmaster. [92.]
Hughes, J., b. on Prince Edward Island, Oct. 12, 1805; d. in Hud-
son, Wis., in 1873. He came to St. Paul in 1849; founded the Minne-
sota Chronicle; practiced law, and dealt in real estate. [158.]
Hughes, Martin, judge, b. in Sheboygan county, Wis., March 18,
1867; came to Minnesota in 1901, settling at Hibbing; judge in the
Eleventh judicial district since 1909. [30.]
Hughes, Robert H., b. in Wales in 1832; came to the United States
in 1845, to Judson, Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1862, and to Cambria
three years later; was a member of the legislature, 1874-5. [32; 171*.]
Hughes, Thomas, farmer, b. in Wales in 1825; came to the United
States in 1845; settled in Judson, Minn., in 1861, and resided in Man-
kato after 1891. He made a trip to Wales in 1888, and induced many
to immigrate to Blue Earth county, Minn. [171*.]
Hughes, Thomas, lawyer, b. in Minersville, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1854;
came with his parents to Minnesota the next year; was graduated at
Carleton College, 1880; was admitted to the bar in 1882, and has since
practiced in Mankato; was county attorney of Blue Earth county,
1896-1900; author of History of the Welsh in Minnesota (1895), His-
tory of Blue Earth County (622 pages, 1909), and numerous papers
in the Minnesota Historical Society Collections; compiler and in part
author of Mankato, its First Fifty Years (347 pages, 1903). [24; 26*;
45*; 46; 83*; 171*.]
Hughes, Thomas E., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in North Wales,
June 27, 1844; came with his parents to the United States in 1845;
served in the 23d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was ordained to
the ministry in 1870; was pastor in Blue Earth county, Minn., after
1888. [171*.]
Hughes, Twiford Eagleson, b. in West Jefferson, Ohio, Nov. 20,
1842; came to Minnesota in 1857; was postmaster in Owatonna, 1865-
70; removed to Minneapolis in 1870, and has since been in the postal
service there, being assistant postmaster since 1874. [S5A*.]
Hughes, William Franklin, lawyer, b. in Cambria, Wis., May 17,
1858; was admitted to the bar in Mankato in 1882; resided in Dakota
and Washington several years; has practiced law in Mankato since
1893; judge of probate, Blue Earth county, 1899-1910. [24; 171.]
Hughson, Egbert E., b. in New York in 1832; settled in St. Paul in
1855; was first lieutenant in the Eighth Minnesota Regt.; engaged in
insurance business. [94.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 353
Hugo, Nicholas Frederic, b. in Kingston, Ontario, June 15, 1860;
came to Minnesota in 1881; settled in Duluth, where he is a machinist,
marine engineer, and contractor; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1903-7. [24; 30*.]
Hugo, Trev anion William, mechanical engineer, b. in Cornwall,
England, July 29, 1848; came to Canada when a boy, and to Minnesota
in 1881, settling at Duluth, where he had charge of the power plants
of the largest elevator company in the United States; has been mayor
of Duluth two terms. [17; 24; 31A; 38.]
Huhn, George, druggist, b, in Germany, Nov. 22, 1835; came to the
United States in 1853, and to Minnesota two years later; served in
the Sixth Minnesota Regt. as hospital steward, 1862-4, and in the
regular army for three years afterward; resided in Minneapolis; was
a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Hulbert, Charles Smith, b. in Fayetteville, N. Y., March 7, 1832;
settled at Northfield, Minn., in 1860, and engaged in mercantile busi-
ness; removed to Minneapolis, 1876; two years later aided in organ-
izing the Pillsbury and Hulbert Elevator Co.; was city treasurer of
Minneapolis, 1897-1908; removed in 1909 to Santa Monica, California.
[24; 26*; 85A*.]
Hulebak, Ole P., farmer, b. in Norway, June 19, 1842; settled in
Kenyon, Minn., in 1861; was a representative in the legislature in
1877, and in 1881-3. [30; 169.]
Hulett, Luke, farmer, b. in Wallingford, Vt, Jan. 16, 1803; d. in
Faribault, Minn., March 18, 1882. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and
the next year opened the first farm in Rice county, a mile west of
the present main street of Faribault; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1859-60. [18; 70; 239 (March 3, I860).]
Hulett, Nehemiah, b. in Hampton, N. Y., Jan. 30, 1823; d. July 25,
1892. He came to Minnesota in 1858, and resided in Duluth, where he
engaged in real estate business; was treasurer of St. Louis county
several years. [28, VIII; 31.]
Hull, Clarence W., merchant, b. in Equinunk, Pa., July 28, 1857;
came with his grandparents to Minnesota when thirteen years old;
engaged in mercantile business in Hancock, Stevens county, after
1879. [73.]
Hull, William Edward, b. in Ohio, July 22, 1831; d. at Prior Lake,
Minn., Aug. 11, 1897. He was captain in the Second California Regt.
in the civil war; settled in Minnesota in 1870; engaged in hotel busi-
ness in Farmington and Hastings; after 1876 was station agent at
Prior Lake. [121.]
Hultkrans, Carl A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Visnum, Sweden,
April 25, 1859; came to the United States in 1870; was graduated at
Augustana College, Rock Island, in 1887, and from its theological de-
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partment two years later; settled in St. Paul, and had charge of the
Bethesda Hospital. [148 ; 169.]
Hultkrans, John S., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Vermland, Sweden,
Jan. 21, 1857; came with his parents to the United States in 1870;
was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1S86; was ordained the
same year; was a minister in Minnesota after 1889, being pastor of
the Emanuel Lutheran church, Minneapolis, since 1892. [148; 169;
169A.]
HuMASosr, William, miller, b. in New York city, July 5, 1846; came
to Rochester, Minn., in 1861; removed to Minneapolis in 1878; took
charge of the Zenith mill in 1884. [168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
Hume, Thomas, merchant, b. in Canada, Nov. 5, 1844; came to Pope
county, Minn., in 1865; owned a half interest in the townsite of Lowry.
[67.]
Humes, John P., physician, b. in Crawford county, Pa., Jan. 16, 1837;
d. in Winnebago City, Minn., March 9, 1908. He settled on a farm in
Winnebago City in 1857; was graduated at Rush Medical College in
1867; afterward practiced his profession. [34; 39; 237 (48*).]
Humiston, Edwin Ray, b. in Great Barrington, Mass., May 6, 1827;
came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Worthington in 1871, and en-
gaged in carpenter work; was register of deeds, 1889-90. [34.]
Humiston, R. F., b. in Great Barrington, Mass.; was graduated at
Western Reserve College; came to Minnesota in 1871, settling at
Worthington, where he was general manager of the National Colony.
[29*.]
Hummel, William, b. in Germany in 1832; came with his parents to
the United States in 1845; was one of the founders of New Ulm, Minn.,
in 1856; engaged in farming; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry,
1863-5; after 1868 engaged in the drug business in New Ulm. [32;
237 (37).]
Humphrey, Henry, merchant, b. in Crawfordsville, Ind., June 19,
1837; came to Mankato, Minn., in 1854; served in the Ninth Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; settled at Lake Crystal in 1869; was one
of the founders of the village, and was postmaster several years.
[45*.]
Humphrey, James Kent, b. in Hudson, Ohio, April 28, 1825; was
admitted to the bar in 1846; came to St. Paul in 1849; was clerk of
the district court in Ramsey county in 1849, and of the supreme court
of the territory in 1850; was employed in the U. S. revenue service,
1861-76. [94; 98*; 207.]
Humphrey, N, M., b. in Goshen, Conn., in 1809; settled at Taylor's
Falls, Minn., in territorial days; was postmaster after 1868, and pro-
bate judge after 1875. [40.]
Humphrey, Otis Milton, physician, b. in Victor, N. Y., April 26,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 355
1832; was graduated at Long Island College Hospital, 1862; was sur-
geon in the army during the civil war; settled in Minneapolis in 1870.
[84; 207.]
Humphrey, Truman R., physician, b. in Richmond, Vt, Dec. 3, 1813;
d. in Sleepy Eye, Minn., Oct. 11, 1907. He obtained his medical edu-
cation in Boston; came to Minnesota and resided in Houston county
five years; settled in Stark, Brown county, in 1864; removed to Sleepy
Eye in 1897. [32; 237 (48*).]
Hunck, Clemens A., merchant, b. in Westphalen, Germany, Sept.
30, 1846; came to the United States in 1874; settled in Minnesota in
1876 at Duelm, Benton county, where he was postmaster, 1877-1907,
and also engaged in mercantile and insurance business, and owned a
farm; was a representative in the legislature in 1893. [24; 30; 31;
38.]
Hunt, Frank W., journalist, b. in Edwards, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1854;
settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1887; was connected with the Free
Press Co., and in 1902 became its president. [46.]
Hunt, John D., b. in Chazy, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1825; d. in Waterville,
Minn., July 12, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling on a
farm near Waterville; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war, attaining the rank of captain. [237 (14*).]
Hunt, John W., b. in Washington county, N. Y., Sept. 17, 1849; d.
in Pine City, Minn., Aug. 13, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1873,
and two years later settled in Pine City; was sheriff, county surveyor,
and register of deeds; during his later years engaged in real estate
business. [237 (48).]
Hunt, Lewis Pierce, journalist, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y.,
Sept. 22, 1854; came to Lanesboro, Minn., in 1880, and purchased the
Lanesboro Journal; in 1882 became proprietor of the Mankato Free
Press; was postmaster at Mankato, 1897-1902. [22*; 27*; 45*; 83*;
155*; 238 (March 14, 1886*).]
Hunt, Lucius O., b. in Tioga county, N. Y., in 1821; was one of the
first settlers at Lake Crystal, Minn., in 1854; resided on a farm that
became a part of the village site; engaged in livery business after
1880. [32; 45*.]
Hunt, M. W., physician, b. in Drake county, Ohio, in 1848; was
graduated at Earlham College, 1867, and at Cincinnati Medical Col-
lege, 1872; settled in Waseca, Minn.; was county superintendent of
schools, 1879-81. [75.]
Hunt, Nathaniel K., farmer, b. in Vermont in 1838; came to Min-
nesota in 1879, and settled at St. Cloud; was a representative in the
legislature in 1901. [30.]
Hunt, Nehemiah Asa, Congregational clergyman, b. in New Hamp-
shire in 1811; d. in Cloquet, Minn., March 30, 1900. After 1863 he
356 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
resided on a farm in Sterling, Blue Earth county, Minn., and was pas-
tor in that community. [32; 144.]
Hunt, Thomas Jefferson, pioneer, b. in Franklin county, Vt, May
20, 1829; came to Dodge county, Minn., in 1857; served in the Indian
and civil wars in the Tenth Minnesota Regt,, and attained the rank
of second lieutenant; engaged in farming, and after 1872 was a mer-
chant in Dodge Center. He was a representative in the state legis-
lature in 1859-60 and in 1869. [18; 49; 50.]
Hunt, William Allen, architect, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 13,
1859; came to Minnesota, and in 1889 settled in Duluth. Many prom-
inent public buildings there were designed by him. [31 A.]
Hunter, Charles Henry, physician, b. in Clinton, Maine, Feb. 6,
1853; was graduated at Bowdoin College, 1874, and at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons in New York city, 1878, and afterward studied
at universities in Europe. In 1882 he settled in Minneapolis. [25;
26*; 84*.]
Hunter, James, judge, b. in Stormont, Ont, Canada, May 7, 1841;
settled at Faribault, Minn., in 1861; served in the Second Minnesota
Battery in the civil war; was sheriff of Rice county, 1866-72; munic-
ipal judge, 1877-86; county register of deeds, 1887-97; and judge of
probate, 1898-1904. [24; 70.]
Hunter, James Wilson, merchant, b. in Scotland, Aug. 16, 1837;
came to the United States in 1855, and to Minnesota in 1858; settled
in Jackson ten years later; was a representative in the legislature.
[39.]
Hunting, Henry M., b. in Henderson, N. Y., June 24, 1837; served
in Wisconsin regiments, 1861-5; came to Minnesota in 1876, and the
next year settled in Ada, being one of the earliest settlers there; en-
gaged in farming, and after 1884 dealt in farm machinery. [35.]
Huntington, Carr, journalist, b. in Addison county, Vt, Sept. 29,
1815; d. in Blue Earth City, Minn., Jan. 6, 1889. He came to Minne-
sota in 1863, and established the first newspaper published at Winne-
bago City; the next year started the Blue Earth City Advocate, and
in 1874 The Bee. [51.]
Huntington, Ebenezer Cutler, journalist, b. in St. Albans, Vt., Feb.
7, 1850; settled in Windom, Minn., in 1871, and with his father estab-
lished the Windom Reporter. [24; 25; 34; 238 (Dec. 18, 1893*).]
Huntington, Ed, P., journalist, b. in Hudson, Wis., March 14, 1855;
settled in Le Sueur, Minn., in 1879, and established the Le Sueur
County News. [32.]
Huntington, George, educator, b. in Brooklyn, Conn., Nov. 5, 1835;
studied at Brown University, 1859-62, and Andover Theological Sem-
inary, 1864-5; was ordained in 1863, and was a pastor in Connecticut,
Rhode Island, and Oak Park, 111., until 1879; then came to Northfield,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 357
Minn., and was professor of logic and rhetoric in Carleton College,
1879-1906; author of numerous books of fiction and pamphlets. [17;
22*; 24; 123 (6*); 128 (1).]
Huntington, Henry M., pioneer, b. in Yates county, N. Y., in 1835;
settled on a claim in Faribault county, Minn., in 1857; served in the
Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a representative in the
legislature in 1872; resided in Winnebago City after 1892. [39; 51.]
Huntington, John Clark, Congregational clergyman, b. in Brook-
lyn, Conn., Aug. 22, 1842; d. in Dallas, Texas, Dec. 6, 1906. He was
ordained at Pelican Rapids, Minn., in 1887; was pastor in Minnesota,
1887-96; and afterward was missionary for the Congregational Sun-
day School and Publishing Society in Texas and Louisiana. [144.]
Huntington, T. Romeyn, physician, b. in Shaftsbury, Vt, Sept. 2,
1829; d. in Minneapolis in 1873. He was graduated at Jefferson Med-
ical College, Philadelphia, in 1851; settled in Minneapolis in 1866.
[84*.]
Huntley, A. B., b. in Marlow, N. H., July 6, 1837; came to Minne-
sota in 1857; was one of the first settlers in Kasson; engaged in
wheat buying; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Huntley, O. F., b. in Vermont in 1823; d. in Lexington, Minn., Jan.
22, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1857; built a sawmill and a flour-
ing mill on Clear Lake, Le Sueur county; also owned a farm there.
[32; 237 (35).]
Huntoon, Lew A., banker, b. in Lakeland, Minn., Nov. 2, 1862; was
graduated at Carleton College, 1885; was admitted to the bar in 1888;
practiced in Minneapolis four years; was cashier of the First National
Bank of Moorhead after 1893. [25; 47.]
Huntoon, Lucius A., merchant, b. in Unity, N. H., Nov. 4, 1827; d.
in Lakeland, Minn., April 2, 1884. He settled in Lakeland in 1857;
was a representative in the legislature in 1865 and 1877. [30; 41; 42.]
Huntress, Charles O., b. in Auburn, Maine, March 15, 1848; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1874; came to Minnesota in 1875, and
engaged in teaching in Faribault and Minneapolis; became assistant
city engineer in Minneapolis in 1885. [90*.]
Huntsinger, John Schock, b. in Indiana; served in Illinois and In-
diana regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; set-
tled in Park Rapids, Minn., in 1882; was register of deeds of Hubbard
county, 1887-1900. [22*; 37.]
Hunziker, John, b. in Switzerland in 1840; was educated for the
ministry in Europe; came to the United States in 1865, and to Min-
nesota in 1871; became pastor of the Free Evangelical Lutheran
church at New Rome, Sibley county, in 1874. [32.]
Hurd, Rukard, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1858; came to Minnesota
in 1889; was graduated at Pennsylvania Military College as a civil
358 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
engineer; settled in St. Paul, and engaged in insurance business; was
a representative in the legislature, 1901-2; secretary of the Minne-
sota Tax Commission since its organization in 1907; author of Hurd's
Iron Ore Manual, 1910. [30*.]
Hurlbut, James M., farmer, b. in Patterson, N. Y., in 1814; d. in
Alexandria, Minn., in March, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1865,
and settled in Alexandria the next year; was assistant sergeant-at-
arms of the state senate in 1877. [30; 237 (39).]
Hurlbut, R. R., b. in Vermont in 1830; came to Minnesota in 1855;
owned a farm in Wright county opposite Dayton, and in 1878 pur-
chased a half interest in the Dayton flour mills. [58.]
Hurlbut, William F., b. in Vermont in 1853; came with his parents
to Minnesota when a child; engaged in mercantile business and mill-
ing in Dayton, Hennepin county. [58.]
Hurley, James, b. in Vermont, Feb. 10, 1852; came to Minnesota
in childhood; was register of deeds for Pine county, 1879-92; pro-
prietor of a hotel in Pine City. [42.]
Hurley, Joseph J., undertaker, b. in Inver Grove, Minn., August 16,
1870; came to St. Paul in 1886; a representative in the legislature,
1911. [30*.]
Huset, Ole O., b. in Holden, Norway, Nov. 27, 1842; d. in 1891.
He came to the United States when two years old, and to Goodhue
county, Minn., in 1855; owned a farm in Norway township; was a
representative in the legislature in 1891. [169.]
Husher, Ferdinand A., journalist, b. in Denmark in 1825; was grad-
uated at Christiania University in Norway; came to the United States
in 1869; settled in Minneapolis in 1885, where he* owned and edited
the Faedrelandet og Emigranten; was a representative in the state
legislature in 1889. [30; 169.]
Hussey, Allen E., architect, b. in Greene county, Ohio, in 1828; d.
in St. Cloud, Minn., Dec. 21, 1900. He settled in St Cloud in 1856;
served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of second lieutenant. [237 (14).]
Hutchins, E. H., b. in Vermont in 1836; served in the First Wis-
consin cavalry in the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant; set-
tled in Winnebago City, Minn., in 1866; was a state senator in 1873.
[30.]
Hutchins, Eugene Adelbert, physician, b. in North Hero, Vt, Nov.
14, 1838; settled in Minneapolis in 1878. [84*.]
Hutchinson, A. M., journalist and physician, b. in Le Roy, N, Y.,
Feb. 28, 1847; came to Minnesota in 1867; published the Western
Progress in Spring Valley, 1870-8; removed to Pine Island, where he
established the News. He practiced medicine in Waseca after 1887,
having been graduated at Hahnemann Medical College in Chicago.
[54; 75.]
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359
Hutchinson, Adoniram Judson Joseph, singer, b. in Milford, N. H.,
March 14, 1817; d. in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 10, 1859. He was a member
of the famous Hutchinson family who gave concerts throughout the
United States after 1841, and composed most of the music sung by
them. In 1855 with others he founded the town of Hutchinson, Minn.
Lake Judson, near by, is named for him. [3.]
Hutchinson, Henry, physician, b. in Montreal, Canada, Aug. 20,
1849; d. in Algiers, Africa, Dec. 1, 1910. He came with his parents to
Northfield, Minn., in 1858; was graduated at the Hahnemann Medical
College, Philadelphia, 1874; practiced four years in Northfield; set-
tled in St. Paul in 1878; was president of the State Board of Health,
1901-10. [23*; 24; 25; 68; 93; 237 (59*).]
Hutchinson, John, b. in Montreal, Canada, Feb. 1, 1840; came to
Minnesota in 1859; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of lieutenant; engaged in mercantile business
and milling in Dundas; was a representative in the legislature in
1872; removed to Faribault in 1876; president of the Faribault Furni-
ture Co. [24; 25; 70A; 237 (27*).]
Hutchinson, John Corrin, educator, b. on the Isle of Man, May 11,
1849; came with his mother to the United States in 1867; was grad-
uated at the University of Minnesota, 1876; inctructor and assistant
professor of Greek and mathematics in this university, 1876-90, and
professor of Greek since 1891. [17; 24; 58; 127 (2*); 127B.]
Hutchinson, John Wallace, singer, b. in Milford, N. H., Jan. 4,
1821; d. in Lynn, Mass. He sang in concerts in America and Europe
with others of his family after 1841; was one of the founders of the
town of Hutchinson, Minn., 1855; published a history of the Hutch-
inson family, two volumes, 1896. [3.]
Hutchinson, Oliver D., druggist, b. in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 15, 1857;
son of the famous singer, Asa Hutchinson. He commenced to
sing in concerts when only three and a half years old; was traveling
much of the time until 1881; then engaged in farming in Hutchinson,
Minn., and after, 1885 owned a drug store there. [64.]
Hutchinson, Robert Richard, b. in Montreal, Canada, Jan. 27, 1838;
d. in Faribault, Minn., May 11, 1911. He came to Minnesota in 1858;
served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; engaged in mercantile business in Dundas until 1889,
when he settled in Faribault; was register of deeds for Rice county,
1903-8. [237 (67*).]
Hutton, John, b. in Scotland in 1835; came to the United States
in 1851; settled in Windom, Minn., in 1873; engaged in real estate
business, owned a grain elevator, and was president of the Windom
Bank. [34.]
Huy, George E., b. in Steuben county, N. Y., in 1819; came to Min-
360 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
nesota in 1851, and the next year settled in Minneapolis and engaged
in lumber business. In 1864 with others he built the Daeotah Flour-
ing mill, and afterward managed it; was register of deeds of Henne-
pin county. [29*; 58; 59,]
Huyck, Anthony, farmer, b. in New York, Jan. 4, 1828; d. in Albert
Lea, Minn., March 2, 1898. He came to Minnesota in 1852, settling
in Caledonia; was a representative in the legislature in 1877; resided
in Albert Lea after 1891. [30; 53A*; 61.]
Hyatt, E. B., building contractor, b. near Indianapolis, Ind., June
24, 1839; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1856; settled in
Wright county in 1867; was one of the pioneers of Middleville town-
ship, where he lived on a claim until 1872. Later he resided at How-
ard Lake. [31.]
Hyde, C. W. G., educator, b. in Franklinville, N. Y., July 13, 1838;
served in the civil war in the 53d Illinois Regt., gaining the rank of
lieutenant; came to Minnesota, 1867, engaging in educational work;
was superintendent of schools at Le Sueur, 1868-9, and at Shakopee,
1869-73; assistant principal of the Mankato Normal school, 1873-6;
one of the proprietors of the Minneapolis Business College, 1876-9;
professor of history in the St. Cloud Normal School, 1879-93; assistant
state superintendent of public instruction, 1893-9; editor, "History of
the (Jreat Northwest and its Men of Progress," 592 pages, Minneapolis,
1901; author of educational books and pamphlets. [26*.]
Hyde, John E., merchant, b. in Portland, Maine, in 1819; came to
Mazeppa, Minn., in 1855; served in the 156th Illinois Regt. in the civil
war; was the first postmaster in Mazeppa, and owned a farm and a
store. [74.]
Hyde, L. Mell, b. in Almond, N. Y., in 1824; came to Minneapolis
in 1857; published the Minnesota Beacon, and later the Rural Mlnne-
sotian; afterward engaged in wood engraving. He was well known
as a worker in the temperance cause. [58.]
Hyde, Leon W., physician, b. in Mankato, Minn., May 10, 1874; was
graduated at Rush Medical College, 1897; enlisted as a soldier in the
Spanish- American war, becoming assistant army surgeon; settled in
Moorhead in 1899. [37.]
Hyland, E. F., b. in Stillwater, N. Y., Jan. 28, 1850; came to Min-
nesota in 1876, settling in Dakota county; was a representative in the
legislature, 1878-9. [30.]
Hymes, Henry R., b. in Illinois in 1848; came to Minnesota in 1856;
settled in Rochester in 1875, and engaged in the machinery and hard-
ware business; a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Hyslop, John, farmer, b. in Scotland, Sept. 9, 1829; came to the
United States when twenty-two years old; settled in Marion, Olmsted
county, Minn., 1855; was a representative in the legislature, 1878. [30.]
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Ide, John C, b. in New York; d. in Wilton, Waseca county, Minn.,
in 1866. He came to Minnesota in territorial days; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1856; owned a part of the townsite of Wil-
ton, and was auditor of Waseca county after 1863. [75.]
Iglehart, Habwood, b. at Annapolis, Md., 1829; d. in New York City,
Feb. 26, 1893. He was graduated in law at Harvard University, 1852;
settled in St. Paul in 1854; practiced law, and dealt in real estate.
An avenue in St. Paul is named for him. After 1861 he resided chiefly
in Maryland. [28, VIII; 94; 237 (2).]
Ilges, Gutdo, soldier, b. in Prussia; was commandant at Fort Snell-
ing in 1879; attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1882, and the
next year was dismissed from the army. [11; 12.]
Iliff, James, farmer, b. in Preble county, Ohio, Aug. 6, 1824; came
to Minnesota in 1853, and was the first settler in Spencer Brook town-
ship, Isanti county; removed to Livonia, Sherburne county, in 1880.
[31.]
Iliowizi, Henry, Jewish rabbi, b. in Russia, Jan., 1851; was educated
in Germany, London, and Paris; engaged in missionary work in
Africa; came to the United States in 1880, and was pastor of the
Hebrew Reformed congregation in Minneapolis, 1880-89; author of
several books of epic poems and dramas. [58.]
Illingworth, William, jeweler, b. in Wakefield, England, in 1805;
d. in St. Paul, June 23, 1870. He settled in St. Paul in 1852. [238
(June 24, 1870).]
Illingworth, William H., photographer, b. in England in 1844;
came to the United States when a child, and to St. Paul, in 1850;
opened a photograph gallery there in 1867. [94.]
Iltis, Frederic, electrician, b. in Alsace, France, in 1842; d. in
Chaska, Minn., Dec. 13, 1910. He came to the United States with his
parents in 1851, and to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Sixth Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; resided in Chaska; was a state sen-
ator, 1895-7. [30; 237 (67*).]
Iltis, Matthew F., b. in Alsace-Lorraine, Feb. 4, 1840; d. in Min-
neapolis, July 3, 1902. He came with his parents to the United States
in 1851, and to Minnesota in 1855; resided in Chaska, and engaged in
the hardware business; conducted a hotel at Elizabeth five years, and
later at Fergus Falls; removed to Minneapolis, and in 1894 became
overseer of the county poor farm. [237 (19*).]
Ingersoll, Daniel Wesley, merchant, b. in Newton, N. J., June 12,
1812; d. in Tallapoosa, Ga., Aug. 26, 1894. He came to Minnesota in
1855, and established in St. Paul one of the leading dry goods houses
in the Northwest. He was treasurer of the St. Paul and Sioux City
railroad company, and president of the St. Paul Warehouse and Ele-
vator Company. [IS; 19*; 28, IV*, VIII; 68; 94; 176 (April, 1886*);
237 (9*).]
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Ingersoll Edward Paysots Congregational clergyman b in Lee
Mass May 6 1834 d m Montclair N J Feb 5 1907 He was grad
uated at Williams College 1855 and at Andover Theological Seminary
1863 was pastor m St Paul 1891 7 was secretary of the American
Bible Society 19016 [144 237 (48)]
Ingersoll Frederick G lawyer b at Irvington N Y Sept 21
1855 came to St Paul m 1858 was graduated at the University of
Michigan 1878 was admitted to the bar the next year and has since
practiced in St Paul president of the St Paul Title and Trust Co
[24 25 93 ]
Ingersoll Newton H publisher b in Ployer Wis Oct 25 1869
came to Ada Minn m 1882 and published the Ada Alert settled ill
Bramerd m 1883 and purchased the Bramerd Dispatch with F W
Weiland was engrossing clerk m the Minnesota House of Represent
atives three terms postmaster of Bramerd since 1900 [37 ]
Ingerson Ashbel b m Jefferson county N Y Sept 19 1827 d
near Maple Plain Minn Aug 15 1897 He came to Minnesota m
1856 served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt in the civil war settled
in Hennepin county in 1867 was a representative m the legislature
m 1875 resided on a farm in Minnet"ista after 1880 [58 178 (Sept
16 1897) ]
Ingraham Joshua. L educator b in Rockport Me Nov 18 18o2
was graduated at Colby University 1880 teacher m Pillsbury Acad
emy Owatonna since 1883 [25 141 (1889) ]
Ireland C F b in Tioga county N Y m 1845 came to Minne
sota when eleven years old resided in Rochester and after 1870 m
Appleton served in the Third Minnesota Regt m the civil war en
gaged m mercantile business and in 1880 established the Bank of
Appleton [32 ]
Ireland John R C archbishop b m Burnchurch Kilkenny county
Ireland Sept 11 1838 came with his parents to the United States in
1849 and to St JPaul Minn in 1852 studied in Fiance 1853 to 1861
when he returned to St Paul and was ordained priest During a part
of the civil war he served as chaplain of the Fifth Minnesota regi
ment In 1869 he organized the first total abstinence society in this
state He was consecrated bishop in 1875 was very active in pro
moting immigration to the state developing Catholic communities
and establishing St Johns University has been archbishop of St
Paul since 1888 an eloquent lecturer and author of The Church and
Modern Society Lectures and Addresses two volumes 18?6 and
1904 [1*, 3*, 4* 17 23 24 25 93A 94 95* 98* 100, 176 (April
1886), 237 (55*) ]
Ireland Richard carpenter b in Ireland in 1805 came to the
United States m 1849 and to St Paul in 1852 Archbishop Ireland is
his son [94 ]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 863
Ireland, Thomas, farmer, b. in Washington county, Pa., March 10,
1812; came to Minnesota in 1859; settled on a farm on Lake Shetek;
was badly wounded in the Indian outbreak of 1862, and his family
were made prisoners. [32.]
Ireland, William W., b. in Tompkins county, N. Y., in 1845; came
with his parents to Rochester, Minn., in 1856; engaged in the book and
stationery business after 1868. [66.]
Irgens, John S., secretary of state of Minnesota, b. in Christiania,
Norway, Feb. 11, 1832; came to the United States in 1848, and to
Minnesota in 1857, settling as a farmer in Mower county. He served
one year in the civil war; was a representative in the legislature in
1875, and secretary of state, 1876-80. [18; 30.]
Irish, Jefferson H., lawyer, b. in Pontiac, Mich., Aug. 24, 1859; was
graduated at Michigan Agricultural College, 1882; was admitted to
the bar; came to Minnesota in 1884, and two years later settled in
Detroit; was county attorney of Becker county, 1S88-92. [25; 35.]
Irish, John S., merchant, b. in Bridgton, Maine, Jan. 7, 1831; came
to Minnesota in 1867; engaged in building steamboats; settled in
Moorhead in 1883, and owned a grocery. [35.]
Irish, Joseph, pioneer, b. in Rutland county, Vt, in 1811; was one
of the first settlers at Red Rock, Washington county, Minn., 1851;
owned a farm and a dairy. [40.]
Irish, Loomis F., banker, b. in New York state, Jan. 15, 1856; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1865, and to Pine Island in 1878;
engaged in brick making and in milling; established a private bank
in 1882, which he conducted for twenty-four years; organized the
State Bank of Pine Island in 1907, and is its president. [56.]
Irvine, Benjamin Franklin, merchant, b. in Dansville, New York,
May 23, 1828; d. in Punxsutawney, Pa., Aug. 27, 1899. He settled in
St. Paul in 1848; engaged in the grocery and commission business;
served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was post-
master for the capitol building many years. [94; 98*; 122; 237 (9).]
Irvine, Clover G., b. in Brookfield, Pa., July 14. 1843; came with his
parents to St. Paul in 1851; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt.,
1862-5; entered the employ of the American Express Company, and
became its general agent. [98*.]
Irvine, John B., engineer, b. in Dayton, Ohio, in 1863; came to St.
Paul in 1876; was employed in the city engineer's office, 1885-1901,
and later was county surveyor. [237 (36*).]
Irvine, John R., pioneer, b. in Dansville, N. Y., Nov. 3, 1812; d. in
St. Paul in 1878. He came to St. Paul in 1843; purchased part of the
original Phelan claim from Mr. Rondo, and afterward purchased the
Mortimer claim. This land is now in the most thickly settled part
of St. Paul, and is known as the Rice and Irvine addition. [28, IV*;
29; 32; 41; 68; 94; 98*.]
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Irvine, William H., b. in St. Paul, Jan. 31, 1859; was second as-
sistant chief of the fire department after 1898. -[96*; 100*.]
Irving, William, tailor, b. in Liverpool, Eng., April 8, 1821; d. in
Mankato, Minn., Jan. 28, 1909. He came to the United States, in 1850,
and to St. Paul in 1853; settled in Mankato in 1856. [83*; 237 (51).]
Iselin, George A., journalist, b. in New York city, August 22, 1853;
d. in St. Paul, Nov. S, 1909. He was graduated at Cornell University;
was admitted to the bar in New York; traveled in Europe and Aus-
tralia several years; came to Minnesota in 1880; owned and edited the
Isanti County Press, 1894-1903; and later edited the Independent Press
in Cambridge. [237 (56).]
Isenhour, George, b. in Niagara county, N. Y., Sept. 7, 1831; came
to Fillmore county, Minn., in 1859; owned a farm and a hotel at Isin-
our's station, which was named for him. [52.]
Iversen, Nils, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Christiania, Norway, Oct.
16, 1843; came to the United States in 1869; was graduated at Augs-
burg Seminary, Minneapolis, in 1872; was ordained to the ministry
the same year; was pastor in several cities, including Minneapolis.
[169.]
Iverson, Johan Martin, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, July 7,
1860; came to the United States in 1881; was educated at Augsburg
Seminary, Minneapolis, 1884-90; was pastor in Kittson county, Minn.,
1890-94; Drayton, N. D., 1894-1900; Iron River, Wis., 1901-02; and
Maple Bay, Minn., after 1903. [148.]
Iverson, John, pioneer, b. in Norway in 1832; d. in St. Paul, Dec.
19, 1904. He came to the United States in 1852; soon afterward set-
tled in Rushfprd, Minn., where he engaged in business forty years;
removed to Ottofy, N. D., in 1896. [237 (35*).]
Iverson, Samuel Gilbert, state auditor, b. in Rushford, Minn., April
21, 1859; studied at Shattuek School, Faribault; was graduated in law
at the University of Minnesota, 1893; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1887; was assistant in offices of the state auditor and state
treasurer, 1887-1902; and has since been state auditor. [24; 25; 26*;
30*; 100*; 237 (36*).]
Ives, Francis, judge, b. in Orange county, Vt, July 16, 1831; came
to Minnesota in 1856; lived in Red Wing until 1878, when he removed
to Grookston; was judge of the Fourteenth judicial district, 1893-9;
later removed to Cass Lake. [22*; 30; 81.]
Ives, Gideon Sprague, lawyer, b. in Dickinson, N. Y., Jan. 19, 1846;
served in the 15th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; was graduated in law
at the University of Michigan, 1871; came to Minnesota in 1871, and
settled in St. Peter; was county attorney and city attorney; was a
state senator, 1887-9, and lieutenant governor, 1891-2; removed to St.
Paul in 1903. [24; 25; 30; 32; 157*; 237 (45*).]
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Ives, John H., lawyer, b. in Burlington, Iowa, in 1855; d. in St. Paul,
Oct. 26, 1902. He settled in St. Paul in 1873; was a representative
in the legislature in 1889 and 1893; and a state senator, 1899-1902.
[30; 93; 237 (28*).]
Ives, Warren J., merchant, b. in Franklin county, N. Y., in 1837;
served in the 106th N. Y. regiment in the civil war; settled in 1871
in Hutchinson, Minn.; was a representative in the legislature in 1881,
and was appointed state dairy commissioner in 1887. [30; 64.]
Jacklin, R. W., hardware merchant, b. in England in 1842; came
with his parents to the United States when two years old; served in
Michigan regiments, 1861-5, becoming lieutenant colonel; came to Min-
nesota in 1865, and settled in Waterville in 1870. [32.]
Jackman, Henry A., b. in Washington county, Maine; came to Still-
water, Minn., in 1849; engaged in lumber business; was a represent-
ative in the territorial legislature, 1855-6; was prison warden, 1870-4.
[40; 41.]
Jackson, A. P., b. in Wyoming county, N. Y., in 1826; came to Min-
nesota in 1861, settling in Goodhue county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1871; removed to Ortonville in 1878. [32.]
Jackson, Andrew, b. in Valla, Sweden, Feb. 11, 1828; d. at Rush
Lake, Minn., July 23, 1901. He came to the United States in 1852, and
to Minnesota five years later; was a pioneer minister in New London,
Kandiyohi county, and later was principal of St. Ansgar's Academy,
near Carver. He removed to St. Paul in 1890, and was financial agent
for Gustavus Adolphus College; later was pastor at Rush Point. [169;
237 (14).]
Jackson, Anson Blake, lawyer, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1850; was
graduated at Hobart College, 1870, and Columbia law school, 1873; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1879. [25; 137*.]
Jackson, Charles C, b. in Monticello* N. Y., Nov. 16, 1852; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1867, and resided in Monticello;
after 1879 he was proprietor of the Merchants' Hotel there. [31.]
Jackson, Daniel B., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in 1840; d. in Min-
neapolis, Nov. 20, 1899. He was graduated at Union College, and
studied theology at Princeton Seminary; came to Minnesota, and was
pastor in Kingston, Litchfield, and after 1889 in Minneapolis. During
the last eight years of his life he engaged in the work of the Chil-
dren's Aid Society of Minneapolis. [153.]
Jackson, Henry, pioneer, b. in Abingdon, Va., Feb. 1, 1811; d. in
Mankato, Minn., July 31, 1857. He came to St. Paul in 1842; was ap-
pointed the first justice of the peace in St. Paul in 1843; was the first
postmaster of St. Paul, 1846-49; and was a member of the first Ter-
ritorial Assembly. He removed to Mankato in 1853, where he was
one of the first settlers. He established the first store in St. Paul, on
366 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the river bank near Jackson street, which was named for him, and
engaged in the fur trade in partnership with William Hartshorn. [28,
IV, IX; hi; 114; 241.]
Jackson, Mrs, Henry. See Mrs. Angeline Bevins Hinckley.
Jackson, Jacob, merchant, b. in Norway, Aug. 10, 1839; when five
years old came with his parents to the United States, and to Arendahl,
Fillmore county, Minn., in 1856; owned a farm, and engaged in mer-
cantile business after 1867. [52.]
Jackson, James Fred., b. in Wabasha, Minn., Aug. 16, 1861; was
graduated at Carleton College, 1883; was secretary of the Associated
Charities of St Paul five years; was secretary of the State Board of
Corrections and Charities, 1898-1901; removed to New York city, and
later to Cleveland, Ohio. [30.]
Jackson, John A., b. in Virginia, May 10, 1824; came to Minnesota
in 1855; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt, 1864-5; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1874; settled in West Line, Redwood county,
in 1878. [32.]
Jackson, Joseph Ansgar, lawyer, b. in Carver, Minn., July 17, 1868;
was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1890, and in law at the
University of Minnesota, 1893; settled in St. Paul; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1899-1902; vice consul for Sweden since 1906.
[24; 25; 30.]
Jackson, Lorenzo, pioneer, b. in Manchester, N. H., Sept. 26, 1819;
came to Minnesota in 1856; resided in Cannon City and Faribault, and
later owned a farm in Warsaw; was treasurer of Rice county, 1882-3.
[70.]
Jackson, R. S., b. in New York, Sept. 2, 1844; served in the 39th
Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Fairmont, Minn., in 1882;
engaged in mercantile business, and after 1894 was postmaster. [39.]
Jackson, Richard Arbuthnot, lawyer, b. in Richmond, Ind., Sept. 5,
1858; was graduated in law at the University of Virginia, 1879; be-
came general counsel for the Great Northern railway in 1910; resides
in St. Paul. [17.]
Jackson, Roscoe Neely, physician, b. in Boonville, N. Y., July 7,
1856; was graduated at Hungerford Collegiate Institute, 1877, and at
Long Island Hospital College, 1880; settled in Faribault, Minn., in
1883. [26*.]
Jackson, Sheldon, Presbyterian missionary, b. in Minaville, N. Y.,
May 18, 1834; d. in Asheville, N. C, May 2, 1909. He was graduated
at Union College, 1855, and Princeton Theological Seminary, 1858;
was pastor at La Crescent, Minn., 1859-64, and at Rochester, Minn.,
1864-69, and had oversight of the mission work in southern Minne-
sota for several years. He was afterward superintendent of missions
for the Rocky mountain territories and for Alaska. In 1885 he was ap-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 367
pointed by the secretary of the interior to be XL S. general agent of
education in Alaska, and founded the public school system of that
territory. In 1891 he brought the first domestic reindeer into Alaska.
[1; 3*; 17.3
Jacobs, William J., lawyer and journalist, b. near Lewistown, Pa.,
March 1, 1818; d. in Lake City, Minn., April 2, 1881. He studied law,
and was admitted to the bar; came to Lake City in 1857; edited the
Lake City Sentinel several years. [74.]
Jacobson, Isaac, merchant, b. in Norway, Feb., 1813; came to the
United States in 1844, and to Fillmore county, Minn., in 1855; set-
tled in Arendahl township, which he named; engaged in mercantile
business there after 1874, and seven years later removed to Pilot
Mound. [52.]
Jacobson, Jacob F., b. in Norway, Jan. 13, 1849; came to the United
States in childhood, and to Minnesota in 1871, settling in Lac qui Parle
county; was auditor of the county, 1873-9; resides at Madison, where
he is engaged in the agricultural implement business. He was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1889 and 1893-1901; and later was a
member of the state board of control, his term ending in 1905. He
was the Republican candidate for governor of Minnesota in 1908. [30;
32; 38; 169; 237 (54*).]
Jacobson, John P., b. in Racine, Wis., in 1845; came to Minnesota
in 1871, and engaged in insurance in St. Paul and later in Kerkhoven,
Swift county; owned a store, and was also railway agent; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1877; removed to St. Paul the next
year, was assistant secretary of state two years, and afterward en-
gaged again in insurance business. [30; 169.]
Jacobson, Niels, farmer, b. in Norway, March 3, 1844; came to the
United States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1873; served in the Sixth
Iowa cavalry in the civil war; resides at Hills, Rock county; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*; 71A.]
Jacobson, P. G., banker, b. in Allamakee county, Iowa, Oct. 21, 1857;
settled in Madison, Minn., in 1891, where he organized the Farmers'
State Bank and was its cashier. [169.]
Jacobson, Peter F., farmer, b. in Norway, April 14, 1842; came to
the United States in 1857, and to Minnesota in 1869, when he founded
a settlement of Iowa people in Lac qui Parle county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, and was county treasurer four years;
was judge of probate, 1880-83. [32; 169.]
Jacobson, William, b. in Norway, Sept. 7, 1844; d. in Luverne, Minn.,
Aug. 21, 1895. He came to the United States in 1866; settled in Lu-
verne in 1872; engaged in mercantile business, banking, and dealing
in real estate; was president of the First National Bank of Luverne.
[34; 71; 169.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Jacobus, Delos, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 20, 1850; served in the
48th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Crookston, Minn,, in
1873; engaged in railroad business; was postmaster of Crookston,
1882-5, and manager of the telephone exchange. [35; 81.]
Jacqby, Joseph J., fresco painter, b. in Mankato, Minn., in 1859; re-
sided in St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature in 1903.
[30.]
Jaeger, Luth, journalist, b. near Arendal, Norway, Aug. 4, 1851;
came to the United States in 1871; settled in Minneapolis in 1877;
engaged in newspaper work, and in 1889 became editor of an English
newspaper called The North, devoted to the interests of Scandinavian-
Americans. [24; 169.]
Jaggard, Edwin Ames, jurist, b. in Altoona, Pa., June 21, 1859; d.
in Hamilton, Bermuda, Feb. 13, 1911. He was graduated at Dickinson
College, 1879, and in law at the University of Pennsylvania, 1882;
settled at St. Paul in 1882; was a member of the law faculty of the
University of Minnesota after 1891; was judge in the Second judicial
district, 1899-1905; associate justice of the Supreme Court of Minne-
sota after 1905; author of text books on law. [17; 24; 25; 30*; 93;
93A; 98*; 100; 125; 127B; 136; 137; 237 (59*).]
Jahist, J. C, M. E. clergyman, b. in Prussia in 1839; came to the
United States, settling in Minnesota in 1856; served in the First Min-
nesota cavalry, 1861; engaged in farming, and in 1869 entered the
ministry. He settled in Blooming Grove township, Waseca county, in
1886. [32; 75.]
Jahn, John, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, Sept.
7, 1834; came to the United States in 1865, settling in Minnesota;
resided in Winnebago, Houston county, after 1878. [61.]
Jahr, John L., farmer, b. in Norway, April 8, 1835; came to the
United States in 1852, and to Norway, Fillmore county, Minn., in 1857;
was a representative in the legislature one term. He died on his farm,
May 28, 1880. [52.]
James, Benaiah M., miller, b. in New Hampshire in 1824; came to
Minnesota in 1855; resided in Northfield, and owned part of the town-
site; was a representative in the legislature in 1875 and 1889. [30;
70.]
James, George Francis, educator, b. in Normal, 111., Aug. 18, 1867;
was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1886; studied in Europe,
and engaged in teaching; dean of the College of Education, Univer-
sity of Minnesota, since 1905, residing in Minneapolis. [17; 24; 127B.]
James, James A., building contractor, b. in Wales, Dec, 1837; came
to the United States in 1849; settled in Manakto, Minn., in 1866; was
a representative in the legislature, 1875-7, and chief grain inspector
for Minnesota, 1885-7. He removed to Seattle, Wash., in 1889. [30;
171*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 369
James, John Henry, physician, b. in Greenwich, N. Y., Feb. 28,
1846; was graduated in medicine at the University of New York, 1875;
came to St. Peter, Minn., and was assistant physician in the Hospital
for the Insane, 1876-91; removed to Mankato in 1891; was president
of the Mankato Telephone Co., 1900-06. [24; 25; 32; 45*; 46.]
James, William Albert, Congregational clergyman, b. in Pomfret,
Conn., March 4, 1833; d. in Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 14, 1892. He was
graduated at Williams College, 1862, and Union Theological Seminary,
1865; was pastor in Michigan and other states; came to Minneapolis
in 1880; was acting pastor at Afton and Lakewood, Minn., in 1885-6;
and afterward resided in Minneapolis and in California. [144.]
James, William M., merchant and journalist, b. in Elgin county,
Ontario, Feb. 16, 1858; came to Minnesota in 1883, and settled at
Breckenridge in 1884; has published the Breckenridge Telegram since
1892. [22*; 24; 25.]
Jamieson, William, farmer, b. in Lanarkshire, Scotland, in 1844;
came to Minnesota in 1882, and settled at Rapidan; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Jamison, Robert, judge, b. in Red Wing, Minn., Sept. 4, 1858; was
admitted to the bar at Minneapolis in 1883, and has since practiced
there; was judge of the Fourth judicial district, 1893-7; was private
secretary to Gov. Van Sant, 1901-05. [22*; 24; 25; 30; 90.]
Janes, Alexander L., lawyer, b. in Madelia, Minn., in 1880; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1902, and Harvard Law
School, 1905; settled in Pipestone, Minn.; was county attorney, 1909-
10; appointed assistant attorney general of Minnesota, 1911. [30*.]
Janney, Charles, miller, b. in Lincolnshire, Eng., Nov. 9, 1838; came
to Canada when eighteen years old; settled in Monticello, Minn., in
1871, where he built a flouring mill. [31.]
Janney, Thomas B., merchant, b. in Shanesville, Ohio, Oct. 5, 1838;
came to Minnesota in 1866, settling at Minneapolis, and engaged in
hardware business; since 1898 president of the firm of Janney, Sem-
ple, Hill and Co. [24; 85A.]
Janson, Kristofer N., Unitarian clergyman and author, b. in Bergen,
Norway, May 5, 1841; was graduated at the University of Norway;
came to Minneapolis in 1882; author of many Norwegian novels and
other works, and founder of several churches in this state. [1; 169.]
Janzen, John, merchant, b. in Prussia, March 15, 1850; came to the
United States in 1873, and to Minnesota the same year; settled at
Mountain Lake in 1875, and engaged in general mercantile business
and banking; was postmaster after 1889. [21; 34.]
Jayne, Trafford Newton, lawyer, b. in Lewiston, Minn., Nov. 3, 1868;
was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1889; was admitted to
the bar the next year, and settled in St. Paul; removed to Minne-
apolis in 1892. [3*; 22*; 25; 137*.]
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370 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Jefferson, R. H., b. in 1851; resides at Bingham Lake, Jackson
county, Minn.; was a representative in the legislature in 1905-07. [30*.]
Jefferson, Robert Emmet, built the first house on the site of Duluth
in 1855; returned to St. Anthony Falls in 1861; enlisted in the army,
and died in the early part of the war. [28, IX.]
Jefferson, Rufus C, b. in Gainesville, N. Y., April 24, 1843; served
in the First N. Y. Dragoons in the civil war; settled in St. Paul in
1881; engaged in lumber, real estate, and farm loan business. [24;
25; 95*; 98*.]
Jelinek, John P., b. in Austria, 1871; came to Minnesota in 1878;
engaged in the drug business in St. Paul since 1886; a representative
in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Jellies, Henry, centenarian, b. in England, Jan. 1, 1795; d. in Anoka
county, Minn., Oct. 30, 1902. He came to the United States when forty-
five years old; settled in Minnesota in 1872; resided in Excelsior, and
later in Bethel, Anoka county. [237 (24*, 28).]
Jemeraye, Christopher Dufrost, Sieur de la, b. in Canada, Dec. 7,
1707; d. in 1736. He was commander of Fort Beauharnois, on the
Minnesota shore of Lake Pepin, in the winter of 1728-9; accompanied
his uncle, Verendrye, in his expedition in 1731 along the northern bor-
der of Minnesota, building forts on Rainy lake and the Lake of the
Woods. [107; 146.]
Jenkins, Horatio, lawyer, b. in Boston, Mass., March 3, 1837; d. in
Alexandria, Minn., Jan. 13, 1908. He served in Massachusetts regi-
ments in the civil war, enlisting as a private, and attaining the rank
of brigadier general; settled in Alexandria in 1880; was county attor-
ney, 1883-88. [35; 237 (48).]
Jenkins, Jenkin, clergyman, b. in Wales in 1803; d. Feb. 5, 1886.
He came to the United States in 1832; was a missionary in Ohio, Wis-
consin, and Illinois; settled in Cambria, Blue Earth county, Minn., in
1855, and organized the first church there. [32; 171*.]
Jenks, Albert Ernest, educator, b. in* Ionia, Mich, Nov. 28, 1869;
was graduated at Kalamazoo College, 1896; engaged in editorial work
and teaching; was chief of the Ethnological Survey of the Philippine
Islands for the St. Louis Exposition, 1904; professor of anthropology
in the University of Minnesota since 1907; author of several books.
[7A; 17; 127B.]
Jenks, Austin T., b. in Essex county, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1833; d. March
3, 1902. He settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1855, and engaged in lum-
ber business. [42*; 104.]
Jenks, Cyrus Henry, b. in Belvidere, III., November 29, 1844; d. in
Crookston, Minn., Aug. 15, 1907. He came with his parents to Min-
nesota in 1848; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
engaged in railway service, becoming superintendent of the Crookston
division of the Great Northern railway. [237 (48).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
371
Jenks, J. E., b. in Illinois in 1837; came to Minnesota in 1849;
served in the army three years; settled in Cokato; engaged in rail-
road business; was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Jenness, Benjamin Franklin, lawyer, b. in Dover, N. H., Aug. 30,
1838; d. in Willmar, Minn., Sept. 2, 1907. He was graduated at Dart-
mouth College, 1860; came to Minnesota, and engaged in teaching;
was admitted to the bar in 1873, and settled in Willmar the same
year; was county attorney one term, and county surveyor ten years,
1892-1902. [237 (48).]
Jennison, Abel W., b. in Vermont, Feb. 22, 1839; d. in Janesville,
Minn., Feb. 2, 1890. He settled in Waseca, Minn., in 1868; removed
the next year to Janesville; engaged in mercantile business, milling,
and banking. [75; 168 (Feb. 14, 1890).]
Jennison, Samuel Pearce, secretary of state, b. in Southbridge,
Mass., May 9, 1830; d. in Covina, California, Nov. 29, 1909. He was
admitted to the bar in 1857, and came to Minnesota the same year;
served in the Second Minnesota Regt. through the civil war, and was
brevetted brigadier general at its close; resided in Red Wing after
1870, where he was proprietor of the Red Wing Printing Co.; was
secretary of state of Minnesota, 1872-6; was private secretary of Gov.
Ramsey, 1860-1, of Gov. Marshall, 1867-70, and of Gov. Hubbard, 1882-7;
removed to Covina, Los Angeles county, Cal. [27*; 30; 54; 94; 121;
237 (56*, 59).]
Jensen, Hans P., b. in Denmark, Nov. 26, 1844; came to the United
States in 1865; settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1868; engaged in the
manufacture of carriages. [83*.]
Jensen, Matiiias, b. in St. Paul, April 1, 1865; was assistant in the
state treasurer's office twelve years; city clerk of St. Paul, 1895-1903;
clerk of the district court since 1906. [24; 25; 27*; 95*.]
Jenson, T. , physician, b. in Norway, March, 1840; came to the United
States with his parents when thirteen years old; was graduated at
Cincinnati Medical College in 1874; settled in Spring Grove, Houston
county, Minn., where he practiced medicine and owned a drug store.
[61.]
Jensvold, John, lawyer, b. in Albany, Wis., March 25, 1857; was
graduated in law at the University of Iowa, 1880; settled in Duluth in
1888. [169.]
Jepson, Lowell Ellsworth, b. in Faribault, Minn., Oct. 19, 1863;
was graduated at Carleton College, 1887; settled in Minneapolis the
same year, and has since engaged in the manufacture of artificial
limbs; was a state senator, 1899-1905. [24; 25; 30.]
Jerde, Kristofer O., lawyer, b. in Numedal, Norway, Dec. 30, 1856;
came with his parents to the^ United States in 1870; was graduated
in law at the University of Wisconsin; settled in Madison, Minn., in
1883; was county attorney for Lac qui Parle county four terms. [169.]
372 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Jerdee, Lars Jensen, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Jan. 2,
1859; came to the United States when two years old; was graduated
at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1882, and Luther Seminary, 1885;
has been pastor in Minneapolis since 1887. [85A*; 148; 169.]
Jerome, Frank, b. in Montreal, Canada, Jan. 24, 1848; came to Min-
nesota in 1869; took a claim on the site of Crookston in 1872; owned
a hotel and livery stable. [35.]
Jett, J. Bailey, lawyer, b. in Westmoreland county, Va., Sept. 3,
1832; was graduated at William and Mary College, and was admitted
to the bar in 1857; was a captain in the Confederate army in the civil
war; came to Minnesota in 1883, and has since practiced law in St.
Paul. [25; 93.]
Jeub, Peter, building contractor, b. in Germany in 1848; came to
the United States in 1874, settling in Minneapolis; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1899. [30.]
Jewell, J. Wallace, b. in Monticello, Maine, in 1858; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1878; joined the fire department in 1884, and became a
captain in 1899. [88*.]
Jewell, Phineas Anson, physician b. in New York, Jan. 10, 1829;
d. in Lake City, Minn., May 25, 1878. He was graduated from the
medical department of the University of Michigan; settled in Lake
City in 1868, and established the Jewell nursery. [74; 166 (1879,
1897*).]
Jewell, W. H., b. in Saratoga county, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1831; came to
Minnesota in 1867, settling on a farm at Birch Coqley, Renville county;
was sheriff two years, and postmaster ten years. [32.]
Jewell, William Wallace, druggist, b. in Montrose, Wis., Aug. 16,
1847; came with his father to Minnesota in 1856; lives at Pine Island,
and has engaged in the drug business since 1874. [24; 54*.]
Jewett, Charles, b. in Canterbury, Conn., Sept. 5, 1807; d. in Nor-
wich, Conn., April 3, 1879. He was a physician and a prominent tem-
perance advocate; resided in Warsaw, Rice county, Minn., 1855-58.
His biography, by William M. Thayer, 461 pages, with portrait, was
published in 1888. [70A.]
Jewett, E. B., lawyer, b. in Kennebec, Maine, June 19, 1821; came
to Minnesota in 1855; was admitted to the bar in 1870; settled in
Marshall in 1873. [32.]
Jewett, James Richard, educator, b. in Westport, Maine, March 14,
1862; was graduated at Harvard College, 1884; studied three years in
Syria, and later in Germany; was professor of Semitic languages in
the University of Minnesota, 1895-1903; professor of Arabic in the
University of Chicago since 1903. [17; 127 (10*); 127B.]
Jewett, Richard Henry Lee, pioneer, b. in Rhode Island in 1834;
d. in Corning, Cal., Sept. 29, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1855,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 373
settling in Rice county; served in the civil war in a Massachusetts
regiment, attaining the rank of captain; was a civil engineer, and
served in the land department of the State Auditor's office during the
later years of his life; removed to California in 1905. [237 (43*).]
Jewett, Samuel A., lumberman, b. in Gardiner, Maine, March 18,
1816; d. at Jewett Mills, Wis., Dec. 27, 1893. He was graduated at
Waterville College; came to St. Anthony Falls, Minn., in 1853; en-
gaged in lumber business, and owned large interests in real estate in
Minneapolis; author of a book, "Elements of Science, Moral and Re-
ligious." [238 (Dec. 29, 1893).]
Jewett, Stephen, b. in New Haven, Conn., May 20, 1844; came to
Minnesota in 1865, settling in Faribault; since 1874 treasurer of the
Bishop Seabury Mission and Shattuck School. [70A*.]
Jewett, William Parker, lawyer, b. in Plainfield, Conn., Aug. 25,
1848; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 17, 1905. He came to Minnesota wiith his
parents in 1855; lived in Faribault, and after 1872 in St. Paul; was
graduated in law at the University of Minnesota; was land commis-
sioner of the St. Paul and Sioux City Railway Company, 1882-1903.
[28, XII.]
Jodoin, Joseph, pioneer, b. in Canada, April 25, 1832; came to Min-
nesota in 1854; settled in Haven, Sherburne county; was an Indian
trader in the Red river country, 1862-78. [31.]
John, David Clarke, educator, b. in Columbia county, Pa., Feb. 14,
1835; was graduated at Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa., in 1859; was
a Methodist Episcopal pastor six years, but afterward, on account of
failure of his voice, became a school teacher. In 1873 he came to
Minnesota as principal of the State Normal School at Mankato; was
president of Hamline University, 1880-83. [18; 29; 68; 83.]
Johns, Henry, lawyer, b. in Johnstown, N. Y., June IS, 1858; d. in
St. Paul, Nov. 19, 1902. He came to Minnesota with his parents, who
settled in St. Paul, in 1868; was educated at the High School in St.
Paul, and the National Law School in Washington, D. C.; practiced
his profession in Red Wing, 1880-85, and then removed to St. Paul;
was a representative in the legislature, 1895-7. [22*; 27*; 30; 93;
95*; 98*; 100; 237 (28*).]
Johns, William H., hardware merchant, b. in Louisa, Ky., July 23,
1855; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1864; engaged in mer-
cantile business in Litchfield. [65.]
Johnson, A. G., farmer and merchant, b. in Sweden in 1858; settled
in Minnesota in 1870; resided at Kron, Douglas county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1893, and a state senator, 1895-7. [30.]
Johnson, Albert, judge, b. in Goodhue county, Minn., Nov. 17, 1858;
was admitted to the bar in 1885; resided in Red Wing; was clerk of
the district court, 1887-94; county attorney, 1897-1906; and judge in
the First judicial district since 1909. [30; 169.]
374 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Johnson, Albert N., b. in Norwich, Vt, July 25, 1844; came to Min-
nesota in 1874, settling at Benson, and engaged in mercantile and lum-
ber business; was president of the Swift County Bank; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1887. [24; 166A; 176 (March, 1888*).]
Johnson, Albin, b. in Carroll county, N. H., Feb. 16, 1817; d. in Blue
Earth City, Minn., Aug. 2, 1887. He settled on a farm in Faribault
county, Minn., in 1857; was county treasurer four years; resided in
Blue Earth City after 1880. [51.]
Johnson, Aleck E., b. in Sweden in 1840; came to the United States
in 1854, and two years later settled in Minnesota; engaged as immi-
gration, transportation and land agent among the Scandinavian peo-
ple, and has large banking interests in Minnesota and other states;
resides in New York city. [22*; 25; 95*.]
Johnson, Alexander, journalist, b. in Orange county, N. Y., in 1833;
came to Minnesota in 1853; established newspapers in Wilton, Fari-
bault, and Hastings; was local editor and reporter on several St. Paul
papers; was register of deeds for Ramsey county, 1876-7. [94.]
Johnson, Alfred B., soldier, b. in 1853 in San Antonio, Texas; d.
there March 18, 1897. He spent much of his childhood in Minnesota;
was appointed to the army by Gen. Grant; held the office of captain;
for two years preceding his death was inspector of the Minnesota
National Guard; resided in St. Paul. [121.]
Johnson, Andrew G., clergyman, b. in Sweden, Dec. 25, 1857; came
to Minnesota in 1878, and was a pastor in Minneapolis, 1878-81, and in
St. Paul, 1885-90; general agent, Scandia Life Insurance Co., since
1904, residing in St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature of
1907. [24; 30*; 169'AJ
Johnson, Andrew W., farmer, b. in Sweden in 1854; came to Minne-
sota in 1858; resides near Litchfield; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1907. [30*.]
Johnson, Asa Emery, physician, b. in Bridgewater, N. Y., March 16,
1825; was graduated at Columbia College in 1850; settled in St. An-
thony, Minn., in 1853; was one of the founders of the Minnesota
Academy of Natural Sciences, 1873, and was its first president. [18;
19*; 58; 84*.]
Johnson, Charles, merchant, b. in Grenna, Sweden, June 23, 1833;
came to the United States in 1852; settled in Carver, Minn.; was the
first auditor of Carver county, 1858; served in the civil war; was a
representative in the legislature in 1872. [169.]
Johnson, Charles A., merchant, b. in Sweden, March 17, 1858; came
to Minnesota when ten years old; resides in St. Peter; was clerk of
the district court of Nicollet county, 1884-92; was a state senator,
190S-09. [24; 30.]
Johnson, Charles Douglas, druggist, b. in Mankato, Minn., Jan. 2,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 375
1859; removed to Brainerd in 1877, and has since engaged in the drug
business; was postmaster, 1896-1900; a state senator, 1911. [24; 30*.]
Johnson, Charles E., farmer, b. in Kandiyohi county, Minn., May
28, 1860; resides at Atwater; has been a representative in the leg-
islature since 1907. [25; 30*.]
Johnson, Charles F., b. in Sweden in 1843; came with his parents
to the United States when ten years old; served in the Ninth N. Y.
Regt. in the civil war; settled in Duluth in 1869, where he had a book
and stationery store and a printing office, and was deputy collector
of customs after 1875. [31; 169*.]
Johnson, Charles Harcourt, physician, b. in Leeds county, Ontario,
Jan. 15, 1860; was graduated in medicine at McGill University, Mon-
treal, 1884; has since practiced in Austin, Minn. [22*; 24; 79*.]
Johnson, Charles W., journalist, b. in Belleville, 111., in 1843; d. in
Minneapolis, Dec. 21, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1860; served
in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in newspaper
work in Minneapolis; was secretary of the state senate, 1874-83, and
chief clerk of the United States senate, 1883-95; was treasurer of Hen-
nepin county, 1905. [30; 58; 237 (39).]
Johnson, Charles Williamson, b. in Johnstown, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1845;
was graduated at Union College, 1866; entered railway service the
next year; settled at St. Paul in 1880; chief engineer of the Chicago,
Minneapolis and Omaha railway since 1879. [17; 24; 25; 95*.]
Johnson, Christian, b. in Norway, June 2, 1851; came to the United
States in 1867, and to Minnesota the same year; settled at Leaf Moun-
tain, Otter Tail county, in 1871; removed to Fergus Falls, 1884, and
has since engaged in real estate business, auctioneering, and law prac-
tice. [25; 30; 35.]
Johnson, Christian, physician, b. in Denmark, July 17, 1853; came
to the United States when sixteen years of age; settled at Royalton,
Minn., in 1879; removed to Willmar in 1895. [22*; 24; 63*.]
Johnson, D. C, hardware merchant, b. in Ohio in 1816; came to St.
Paul in 1854, and two years later settled in Lakeville, Dakota county;
owned a farm, and engaged in mercantile business; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1873. [30; 48.]
Johnson, Edward, merchant, b. near Tromsoe, Norway, in 1847;
came to the United States in 1867, settling in Minnesota; has resided
in Lanesboro since 1869, and was its mayor two terms; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1895. [30; 52.]
Johnson, Edward Morrill, judge, b. in Fisherville (now Penacook),
N. H., Nov. 24, 1850; d. in Nauheim, Germany, June 19, 1909. He
came to Minnesota when four years old, with his parents, who settled
in Minneapolis; spent several years as a student in other states and
in Europe, studying law in the universities of Heidelberg and Berlin;
376 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
was graduated in law at the University of Iowa, 1877; resided in
Minneapolis; was judge in the Fourth judicial district, 1897-99. [20*;
22*; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 84*; 241.]
Johnson, Elias, pioneer, b. in Elmeboda, Sweden, Jan. 30, 1838;
came to the United States in 1854, and to Taylor's Falls, Minn., the
same year; settled in 1869 on a farm in Fahlun, Kandiyohi county,
where he has since resided; has been treasurer of the town ever since
its organization. [63.]
Johnson, Elwin Bird, b. at Sugar Grove, Pa., Nov. 24, 1865; came
to Minnesota in 1866; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1888; was its registrar, 1889-1905, and has been secretary of its gen-
eral alumni association since 1906; editor of the Minnesota Alumni
Weekly since 1902 ; author of several University publications, includ-
ing "Forty Years of the University of Minnesota," quarto, 639 pages,
1910. [127A*, B.]
Johnson, Erick H., merchant, b. in Sweden, Dec. 27, 1842; came to
the United States in 1863; served in the 132d Illinois Regt. in the civil
war; came to Minnesota in 1865; engaged in railroad work and farm-
ing; after 1888 resided in Kensington, Douglas county, and owned a
general store. [35.]
Johnson, Ervin H., pioneer, d. in Winona, Minn., Dec. 10, 1867. He
was the first settler on the site of Winona, coming there in 1851. The
next year, in company with Capt. Smith, he platted the town, but
finally lost all his financial interests in it. He owned a steamboat for
a few years; resided on a farm in Ohio, 1861-6; but returned to Winona
a few months before his death. [237 (1).]
Johnson, Everett C, merchant, b. in Eastford, Conn., in 1854; came
to Minnesota in 1856; was a dealer in hardware and agricultural im-
plements at St. Charles after 1878; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1889 and 1895. [30.]
Johnson, F. I., b. in Vexio, Sweden, in 1840; came to the United
States when eighteen years old, settling in Stillwater, Minn.; served
in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the Indian and civil wars; engaged
in farming in Goodhue county; was a representative in the legislature,
1881-5. [56; 169.]
Johnson, Frank, b. in Axtorp, Sweden, in 1861; came with his father
to the United States in 1869; lived at Willmar, Minn., until 1876; trav-
eled in the Northwest and explored the region north of Lake Superior ;
organized the Johnson Nickel Mining Co., in 1894, is its president, and
is also interested in other mining properties; resides at Forest Lake.
[169AJ
Johnson, Frank Amos, b. in Pennsylvania, June 3, 1861; came to
Minnesota with his parents in 1866; was graduated at the University
of Minnesota, 1886, and was its registrar, 18S4-9; was admitted to the
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 377
bar in 1888; inventor of many improvements in typesetting machines;
removed to New York City. [127B.]
Johnson, Fred W., b. in St. Peter, Minn., in 1871; was editor of the
New Ulm Review, 1889-99; was state librarian, 1899-1901. [30.]
Johnson, Gates A., b. in New York in 1826; settled in St. Paul in
1855; engaged in surveying and in civil engineering for railroads.
[68; 94; 98*; 237 (22*).]
Johnson, Gates A., Jr., civil engineer, b. in St. Paul, Jan. 27, 1860;
was county surveyor for Ramsey county, 1895-1900. [95*; 100; 238
(Nov. 9, 1899).]
Johnson, George, clergyman, b. in Newport, N. H., Sept. 21, 1836;
d. at Long Beach, Cal., Oct. 11, 1898. He was a Methodist minister,
but changed to the Presbyterian denomination; was pastor in West-
ern, Otter Tail county, and other places in this state. [153.]
Johnson, George H., b. in Norway in 1842; came to the United
States in 1851; served in the First Illinois artillery in the civil war;
came to Minnesota in 1865; was sheriff of Hennepin county, 1870-6;
resided in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in
1877. [30; 58.]
Johnson, Gijdm F., journalist, b. in Norway, June 11, 1844; came to
the United States in 1866; settled in Lake Park, Minn., in 1871; the
next year removed to Minneapolis, where he was one of the editors of
a Norwegian newspaper called Budstekken. [44.]
Johnson, Gustavus, musician, b. in Hull, England, Nov. 2, 1856;
spent his childhood mostly in Sweden, of which county his father was
a native; came to the United States in 1875, and settled at Minne-
apolis in 1880; director of the Johnson School of Music, Oratory, and
Dramatic Art. [17; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 85A; 169; 169A.]
Johnson, Harvey Hull, lawyer, b. in Rutland county, Vt., Sept. 7,
1808; was admitted to the bar in 1833; practiced law in Ohio, and
was a representative in Congress, 1853-5; came to Minnesota in 1855,
settling in Winona, and was president of the Winona and St. Peter
railroad during its construction to Rochester; removed to Owatonna
in 1865. [18; 72.]
Johnson, Henry, miller, b. in Norway, Oct. 20, 1825; d. in Framnas,
Stevens county, Minn., May 9, 1904. He came to the United States in
1850; settled in Stevens county, Minn., in 1871, and the next year built
on his farm in Framnas the first grist mill in the county. [73; 237
(35).]
Johnson, J. H., journalist, b. in Winona county, Minn., July 18, 1860;
was owner and publisher of the Daily Winona Herald, 1892-1900. [25;
238 (Dec. 6, 1893*).]
Johnson, J. P., physician, b. in Windham county, Conn., Feb. 22,
1839; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was
378 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, in 1876; settled in Bloom-
ing Prairie, Minn. [72.]
Johnson, J. R., steamboat captain, b. in Norway about 1860; fol-
lowed a seafaring life from the age of fourteen to twenty; came to
Minnesota, and became mate, and afterward captain, of the steamboat
City of St. Louis, on Lake Minnetonka. [237 (16*).]
Johnson, J. W., banker, b. in Franklin county, N. Y., May 2, 1825;
came to Minnesota in 1864, and settled in Minneapolis four years later;
engaged in dry goods business, and afterward owned the North Star
Iron Works; in 1881 became president of the City Bank. [58.]
Johnson, James A., lawyer, b. in Marlborough, N. H., March 1, 1853;
came with his parents to Minnesota when a child; was graduated at
Red Wing Collegiate Institute, 1873, and at the State Normal School,
Winona, 1877; was principal of the public schools in Morris, 1878-9,
and superintendent of schools for Stevens county, 1879-87; afterward
practiced law in Morris. [73.]
Johnson, John, pioneer, b. in Norway in 1826; came to the United
States in 1850, and to Minnesota ten years later; was one of the first
four settlers in Pope county, 1862; owned a farm beside Lake Johanna,
and after 1888 resided in Gilchrist township. [67.]
Johnson, Rev. John. See Enmegahbowh. [237 (19).]
Johnson, John A., miller, b. in Leicester, Eng., Feb. 1, 1834; came
to the United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1857; resided in
Watertown twelve years; built a flouring mill and a saw mill in 1869
at Howard Lake. [31.]
Johnson, John Albert, governor, b. in St. Peter, Minn., July 28,
1861; d. at a hospital in Rochester, Minn., where he had gone for an
operation, Sept. 21, 1909. He was employed in a drug store ten years;
became one of the editors and publishers of the St. Peter Herald in
1886; was a state senator, 18994901; and governor of Minnesota,
1905-09, being twice re-elected although he was a Democrat and the
State strongly Republican. He received the degree of LL.D. at the
University of Pennsylvania in 1907; was very popular and influential
as a lecturer; was highly esteemed and beloved, and was desired by
many in his party to become a candidate for the presidency of the
United States. A biography of Governor Johnson, by Frank A. Day
and Theodore M. Knappen, 429 pages, with portraits and other illus-
trations, was published in 1910. [3A*; 17; 24; 25; 28, XIII*; 30*;
155*; 166A*; 169; 169A* 237 (57*, 58).]
Johnson, John Augustus, b. near Vexio, Sweden, April 24, 1842; d.
in Fargo, N.D., June 14, 1907. He came to the United States in 1854,
and to Marine Mills, Minn., the same year; was sheriff of Washington
county, 1873-9; removed to Fargo in 1880; was mayor of that city,
1885-1907. He is commemorated by a book compiled by his children
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 379
and privately printed in 1908, entitled "Hon. J. A. Johnson, a Partial
Copy of his Letters, Travels, and Addresses" (263 pages). [41; 241.]
Johnson, John C, farmer, b. in Sogn, Norway, Aug. 2, 1846; came
to Minnesota in 1860; resided in Bath township, Freeborn county; was
a representative in the legislature in 1907. [30*; 237 (38*).]
Johnson, John E., merchant and farmer, b. in Norway in 1865; came
to the United States in 1867, and settled in Minnesota in 1874; re-
sides at Windom; was a representative in the legislature in 1899.
[30.]
Johnson, John G., farmer, b. in Norway in 1843; served in the Third
Iowa Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1866; resided near
Blooming Prairie; was a representative in the legislature in 1897.
[30.]
Johnson, John H., b. in Sweden in 1834; came to the United States
in 1854, and settled on a farm in Carver county the same year; owned
a sawmill in Hancock township after 1864, and a grist mill in Le
Sueur after 1880. [32.]
Johnson, John N., farmer, b. in 1854 in Fillmore county, Minn.,
where he resided permanently; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1889. [30.]
Johnson, John N., b. in Lac qui Parle county, Minn., July 13, 1876;
attended the University of Minnesota; was admitted to the bar in
1901, and has since practiced in Canby; a representative in the legis-
lature, 1909-11. [30*.]
Johnson, John Perkins, banker, b. in Franklin, Conn., Feb. 13, 1852;
came to Minnesota in 1870, settling in Duluth; was treasurer of St.
Louis county, 1881-9; cashier of the Marine National Bank, 1889-96;
clerk of the district court since 1900. [20; 24.]
Johnson, John T., druggist, b. in Waseca county, Minn., Aug. 23,
1859; settled at Fergus Falls in 1878; has been a representative in the
legislature since 1907. [24; 25; 30*.]
Johnson, Lage, merchant, b. in Norway, Jan. 1, 1831; came to the
United States in 1852, and three years later settled in Grant county,
Minn.; owned a store at Pomme de Terre, and after 1877 was post-
master. [35.]
Johnson, Lawrence Henry, b. in Germany, Dec. 17, 1862; came to
Minnesota in 1883, settling at Minneapolis; is an engineer and bridge
contractor; was a representative in the legislature in 1901-09, being
speaker of the House in 1907. [24; 25; 30*.]
Johnson, Luther Gage, b. in Concord, N. H., Nov. 13, 1813; d. in
Minneapolis, August, 1897. He settled in Minneapolis in 1854; engaged
in mercantile business, and after 1880 dealt in real estate. [84; 174*.]
Johnson, Marcus, b. in Sweden, July 14, 1849; came to Minnesota
with his parents; settled in Atwater, and became a very prominent
380 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
business man, having interests in milling and grain elevators ,lumber,
mercantile and banking enterprises in more than a dozen different
towns; was a representative in the legislature, 1882-3, and a state sen-
ator, 188-7-9; was collector of internal revenue for Minnesota, 1890-5,
[30; 63; 168 (Jan. 12, 1883); 169J
Johnson, Nels I., merchant, b. in Skiel, Norway, Aug. 14, 183S; came
to the United States when nineteen years old; served in the 15th Wis.
Regt., 1861-5, attaining the rank of captain; came to Minnesota in
1866, and settled in Kasson in 1873. [49.]
Johnson, (X J., merchant, b. in Norway, Aug. 14, 1840; came to the
United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1860; served in the First
Minnesota Mounted Rangers, 1862-5; resided in Duluth after 1876;
was sergeant-at-arms of the legislature, 1877. [30.]
Johnson, Oluf Julius, druggist, b. in Copenhagen, Denmark, Jan.
22, 1856; came to the United States In 1871, and to Minnesota the
same year; opened a drug store at Glenwood in 1879, which he has
since conducted, and in 1885 established a branch store at Starbuck.
[24; 67.]
Johnson, Oriando, pioneer farmer, b. in Chenango county, N. Y.,
June 27, 1831; came to Minnesota in 1852, and the next year founded,
with others, the town of Medford; served in a California regiment,
1861-4; returned to Medford in 1864, and since 1873 has conducted a
cheese factory. [29; 70A.]
Johnson, P. M.,- M. E. clergyman, b. in Smoland, Sweden, April 10,
1822; d, at Lake Elizabeth, Minn., Feb. 6, 1901. He came to the United
States in 1857; was ordained to the ministry in 1863; preached thirty-
one years in Minnesota and other states; after 1889 resided on the
farm where he died. [237 (14).]
Johnson, Pabsons King, pioneer, b. in Brandon, Vt, May 8, 1816;
d. in Brainerd, Minn., Nov. 23, 1907. He settled in St. Paul in 1847,
and was the first tailor in the town ; was a member of the first ter-
ritorial legislature; removed in 1852 to Mankato, where he was post-
master and justice of the peace; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1855-6; resided in Brainerd after 1894. [28, IV; 29; 32; 83*;
94; 114; 237 (20*, 48*).]
Johnson, Peter, b. in Sweden, Dec. 13, 1840; came to the United
States in 1864 ; settled on a farm in Collinwood, Meeker county, Minn.,
in 1867; removed to Dassel in 1878; engaged in real estate business,
and was interested in the woolen mill and the Tile Steve manufac-
tory. [65*.]
Johnson, Peter Magnus, clergyman, b. in Sweden, April 10, 1822;
came to the United States in 1857, and to Minnesota two years later.
In 1860 he took a claim at Lake Elizabeth, Kandiyohi county, where
his family lived while he labored as a traveling missionary. Later he
was pastor at Vasa, Duluth, Center City, and other places. [63.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 381
Johnson, Rial B., b. in Grafton, N. H., Oct. 22, 1827; d. in Blsua
Earth City, Minn., Jan. 15, 1902. He settled on a farm in Verona,
Minn., in 1858; removed to Blue Earth in 1866; was treasurer of Fari-
bault county twelve years; was a state senator, 1879-81. [30; 39;
51*; 237 (19).]
Johnson, Richard W., general, b. near Smithland, Livingston county,
Ky., Feb. 7, 1827; d. in St. Paul, April 21, 1897. He was graduated at
West Point, and a few months afterward, in 1849, was assigned for
duty as second lieutenant at Fort Sneliing; served in the regular army
until the beginning of the civil war, when he was appointed brigadier
general of volunteers ; attained the rank of major general, and retired
from the army in 1867; settled in St. Paul in 1870, and engaged in
real estate business; author of "Memoir of Maj. Gen. George H.
Thomas" (322 pages, 1881), "A Soldier's Reminiscences in Peace and
War" (428 pages, 1886), and "Fort Sneliing from its Foundation to the
Present Time" (Minn. Hist. Society Collections, Vol. VIII, 1898, pages
427-448). [1; 7; 13; 22*; 28, IV*, VIII; 32; 68; 94; 176 (April, 1896*);
237 (9*) ; 238 (Oct. 7, 1881, and April 22, 1897*).]
Johnson, Robert L., b. in Waltham, Mower county, Minn., Sept. 14,
1863; was county auditor, 1893-1902. [79*.]
Johnson, Samuel Augustus, hardware merchant, b. in Stoughton,
Mass., June 7, 1826; came to Minnesota in 1855; owned a farm at St.
Charles, Winona county; served in Brackett's Battalion in the Indian
war; after 1877 was in mercantile business in St. Charles. [76; 77.]
Johnson, Samuel C, merchant, b. in Sweden, June 15, 1851; came
to the United States and to Minnesota in 1867; settled at Rush City
in 1872; has been postmaster there since 1902; was a representative
in the legislature in 1899. [24; 30; 169.]
Johnson, Samuel Theodore, b. in Hendricks county, Ind., Nov. 16,
1858; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling in Minneapolis; engaged in
insurance and banking business; was public examiner of Minnesota,
1902-05. [24; 25; 30; 85A*.]
Johnson, Samuel W., shoemaker, b. in New York, April 24, 1824;
came to Minnesota in 1857; resided in Beaver, Winona county; was
a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Johnson, Thomas, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway in 1837; came
with his parents to the United States in 1851; studied at Concordia
College, St. Louis; was ordained minister in 1863; engaged in mis-
sionary work in Minnesota, and later had charge of the church in
Norseland, Nicollet county. [32; 169.]
Johnson, Tosten, farmer, b. in Valders, Norway, July 21, 1834;
came to the United States in 1851, and to Minnesota the next year;
settled in Houston county; served in the First Minnesota Heavy Ar-
tillery in the civil war; was a representative in the legislature, 1869,
1871, and 1873; and a state senator in 1887-9. [30; 61; 169.]
382 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Johnson, Victor L., lawyer and banker, b. in Chisago county, Minn.,
in 1871; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1895;
was treasurer of Chisago county four terms, and later was cashier of
a bank at Center City; a state senator since 1907. [25; 30*; 169A.]
Johnson, W. H., pioneer, b. in New Hampshire, Feb., 1812; came to
Minnesota in 1S46; resided at first in Washington county; owned a
farm on the site of Newport; removed in 1857 to a farm at Castle
Rock. [48.]
Johnson, W. H., b. in Ogdensburg, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1824; came to
Minnesota in 1864, settling in Minneapolis, where he engaged in the
lumber business; was a representative in the legislature, 1878-9. [30;
58.]
Johnson, W. R., b. in Dover, N. H., June 8, 1837; d. in St. Paul,
Nov., 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1857; served in the First Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in St. Paul in 1864, and engaged
in the confectionery business. [174*; 237 (19).]
Johnson, Walter Rundel, pioneer farmer, b. in Cortland county,
N. Y., April 7, 1833; d. in Belgrade, Nicollet county, Minn., Jan. 10,
1904. He settled in Courtland, Minn., in territorial days, and named
the township; removed to Belgrade township in 1863. [237 (35).]
Johnson, William, farmer, b. in Holstein, Germany, Jan. 5, 1833;
came to the United States in 1853, and to McLeod county, Minn., in
1860; served in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery in the civil war;
was a representative in the legislature in 1885; resided in Sumter
township. [64.]
Johnson, William E., b. in Palestine, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1850; engaged
in railroad business, chiefly in Dakota, for ten years; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1891, where he became president of the Guaranty Savings
and Loan Association; was a state senator in 1895-7. [22*; 30.]
Johnson, William H., educator, b. in Janes ville, Wis., Oct. 22, 1861;
after 1897 was superintendent of the Non-Reservation Indian school at
Morris, Minn. [26*.]
Johnson, William Russell, b. in Oswego county, N. Y., Aug. 20,
1850; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1854, and settled in St
Paul in 1874; engaged in hotel business six years; was auditor of
Ramsey county, 1899-1902. He is a prominent Odd Fellow. [100*;
238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Johnson, William Wallace, merchant, b. in New York state, May
11, 1832; d. at Albert Lea, Minn., March 25, 1907. He came to Albert
Lea in 1869, and was interested in banking and other financial enter-
prises there. [53A*; 237 (43).]
Johnson, William Warren, b. in 1836; d. in Dallas, Oregon, Dec,
27, 1902. He came to Mendota, Minn., about 1860; a year later he
opened a lumber yard in Waseca; afterward resided in Iowa a few
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 383
years; settled in Minneapolis in 1888, and engaged in wholesale lum-
ber business. [167 (April 12, 1901, and Jan. 2, 1903*).]
Johnsrud, Gunvold, farmer, b. in Norway; came to the United
States in 1860, settling in Minnesota; served in the regular army dur-
ing the civil war; resided at Albert Lea; was a representative in the
legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Johnston, Clabence Howard, b. in Waseca county, Minn., Aug. 26,
1859; engaged in the profession of an architect after 1882, residing
in St. Paul; built many important buildings there, among them being
the City and County hospital, St. Luke's hospital, and the Aberdeen
apartment house; since 1901 architect for Minnesota state institutions.
[3*; 24; 25; 98*; 100.]
Johnston, Daniel S. B., b. in South Bainbridge, N. Y., May 17, 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1855; settled in St. Anthony and engaged in
teaching and newspaper publication; has resided in St. Paul since
1864, conducting loan and real estate business; author of "Minnesota
Journalism in the Territorial Period," with continuation from 1858 to
1865, in the Minnesota Historical Society Collections, vol. X, 1905,
p-ges 247-351, and vol. XII, 1908, pages 183-262. [22*; 28, X*.]
Johnston, George Henry, land agent and miller, b. in Boston, Mass.,
May 5, 1834; served in the First Massachusetts Regt. during the civil
war, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel and adjutant general;
came to Minnesota in 1871, to buy lands and locate immigrants in
Becker county; after 1874 operated a flouring mill at Detroit. [18;
29.]
Johnston, James, farmer, b. in Canada in 1854; came to Minnesota
in 1875; resides at Bertha; has been a state senator since 1907. [30*.]
Johnston, John Black, educator, b. in Belle Center, Ohio, Oct. 3,
1868; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1893, and engaged
in teaching; associate professor of neurology in the University of
Minnesota since 1907, residing in Minneapolis. [7A; 17; 127B.]
Johnston, W. H. H., b. in Williamsport, Pa., May 22, 1840; served
in the 13th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; settled at Madelia, Minn., in
1871; removed to St. Paul; was secretary of the judiciary committee
of the state senate, 1876-82; was private secretary of U. S. Senator
C. K. Davis, 1888-99. [25; 30.]
Johnstone, Edward Robert, journalist, b. in Utica, N. Y., April 30,
1849; was city editor of the St. Paul Pioneer Press, 1882-92; was city
assessor of St. Paul, 1892-5; was newspaper correspondent in the
Spanish-American war; editor of the Minneapolis Times, 1898-1903;
removed to New York City. [17.]
Johnstone, W. J., clergyman, b. in Ireland, June 20, 1830; came to
the United States in 1842; was educated at Union College; was or-
dained a Presbyterian clergyman in 1855; ten years later entered the
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Episcopal church; settled in Faribault, Minn.; was rector there in
1866; later resided in Rochester, Stillwater, St. Paul, and other places,
and after 1876 owned a farm in Walcott, Rice county. [70.]
Joice, John H., banker, b. at Pleasant Springs, Wis., Bee. 1, 1857;
was graduated at Albion College, 1876; settled in Wells, Minn., in
1889; was cashier of the First National Bank. [39.]
Jones, A. W., merchant, b. in Richland, Mich., in 1857; resided in
Beardsley, Rig Stone county, Minn., after 1881, and built the first busi-
ness house there. [32.]
Jones, David E., b. in Wales, Sept. 12, 1856; came to the United
States alone when fourteen years old; settled in Minneapolis in 1884,
where he was a building contractor, and later engaged in insurance
business. He was a well known singer and choir leader. [171*.]
Jones, David F., clergyman, b. in Wales, Oct. 21, 1825; d. in Le
Sueur county, Minn., April 7, 1884. He came to the United States in
1849; was ordained to the ministry in 1876; three years later became
pastor in Le Sueur county, Minn. [171*.]
Jones, David Newton, physician, b. in Gomer, Ohio, Sept. 1, 1856;
was graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago; settled in Gaylord,
Minn., in 1882. [26*.]
Jones, David Percy, financier and real estate dealer, b. in Minne-
apolis, July 6, 1860; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1883; resides in Minneapolis; was mayor, 1905-6. [17; 24; 25; 85A*;
127A*.l
Jones, Edwin J., b. at Beaver Dam, Wis., Aug. 22, 1858; came to
Minnesota in 187S, settling at Morris, where he engaged in lumber
business, and also since 1895 in hardware business; was a state sen-
ator, 1895-1901. [22*; 24; 30; 73.]
Jones, Edwin Smith, lawyer and banker, b. in Chaplin, Conn., June
3, 1828; d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 26, 1890. He came to Minneapolis in
1854, and was admitted to the bar the next year; served as captain
during the civil war; in 1870 became president of the Hennepin County
Savings Bank.. [18; 19*; 20*; 58; 59; 84*; 85A*; 174*.]
Jones, Frederick Scheetz, educator, b. in Palmyra, Mo., April 7,
1862; came to Minnesota, and attended the Shattuck School, Fari-
bault; was graduated at Yale University, 1884; was professor of
physics in the University of Minnesota, 1889-1909, and dean of the
college of engineering, 1902-09; removed to Yale University, New
Haven, Conn. [7A; 17; 24; 85A; 127 (2*); 127B; 237 (53),]
Jones, Harry Wild, architect, b. in Schoolcraft, Mich., June 9,
1859; was graduated at Brown University, 1882, came to Minnesota in
1883, settling at Minneapolis, where he has designed and constructed
many public and private buildings. [22*; 24; 25; 90*; 111.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 385
Jones, Henry, b. in Caledonia county, Vt, in 1832; settled in St.
Peter, Minn., in 1854, in the employ of the townsite company; engaged
in mercantile business after 1857. [32.]
Jones, Henry, physician, b. in Nashville, Ohio, March 13, 1845;
served in the 60th Ohio Regt. in the civil war; was graduated at Rush
Medical College, 1871; settled in Preston, Minn., in 1872. [52.]
Jones, Herschel V., journalist, b. in Jefferson, N. Y., Aug. 30, 1861;
engaged in newspaper work since 1879; settled in Minneapolis in
1885; president and manager of the Journal Printing Co. since 1908.
[17; 25; 85A.]
Jones, Hugh H., merchant, b. in Wales, Aug. 3, 1828; d. in Mankato,
Minn., Oct. 21, 1885. He came to the United States in 1845; settled
in Mankato in 1860. [171*.]
Jones, Humphrey, pioneer farmer, b. in Wales, May 2, 1819; d. May
9, 1887. He came to the United States when, twenty-eight years old;
was one of the first settlers in Judson* Minn., 1855. [171*.]
Jones, Humphrey, Congregational clergyman, b. in Wales, Oct. 11,
1832; d. in Chilton, Wis., May 8, 1895. He came to the United States
in 1856; worked as an evangelist in Wisconsin; was pastor in Cambria
and South Bend, Minn., 1889-94. [171*.]
Jones, J. C, physician, b. in Maitland, Canada, Sept. 16, 1841; d.
in Mankato, Minn., Dec. 4, 1872. He was graduated at McGill College,
Montreal, in 1865; settled in Mankato the next year. [139.]
Jones, James F., pioneer, b. in Onondaga, N. Y., June 15, 1822; set-
tled in Freeborn county, Minn., in 1856; with Captain Robson located
the townsite of Geneva; engaged in mercantile business and built a
hotel. [53.]
Jones, Jesse G., lumberman, b. in Washington county, Maine, March
14, 1839; d. in Minneapolis, April 11, 1898. He came with his parents
to Minneapolis in 1856; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war, and afterward engaged in mercantile pursuits, and in deal-
ing in pine lands and lumber; was treasurer of Hennepin county.
[19*; 58; 84*; 87; 167 (April 15, 1898*); 174.]
Jones, John, b. in Middlesex, England, Dec. 5, 1824; d. in St. Paul,
May 4, 1886. He came to the United States before 1845; served in the
Mexican war; came to Minnesota in 1856, with the company of horse
artillery to which he belonged; was in command at Fort Ridgely in
1862, when it was attacked by the Sioux; was afterward captain of
the Third Minnesota Battery; resided in St. Paul after 1865, where
he was chief of police, and later a veterinary surgeon. [237 (1) ; 241.]
Jones, John A., pioneer, b. in Wales, May 15, 1817; d. in South
Bend, Minn., Dec. 14, 1903. He came to the United States in 1842;
settled on a farm in South Bend in 1855; removed to California in
1893, but returned to his old home in 1901. [171*; 237 (35).]
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386 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Jones, John C, clergyman, b. in Wales; was graduated at Bala
College in 1882, and was ordained to the ministry; came to the United
States the next year, settling in Blue Earth county, Minn.; was pastor
in Mankato, 1884-94; then removed to Chicago. [171*.]
Jones, John D., b. in Chester county, Pa., in 1849; came to Minne-
sota in 1867; was register of deeds and county attorney of Todd
county, residing in Long Prairie; secretary of the state senate in
1885; clerk of the supreme court, 1887-91; representative in the legis-
lature, 1895-7, being speaker of the House the last year; was a state
senator, 1899-1902. [30.]
Jones, John N., farmer, b. in Wales in 1850; came to the United
States in 1868, and settled in Redwood county, Minn., in 1880; was
a representative in the legislature in 1887 and 1895. [30; 171*.]
Jones, John Robinson, lawyer, b. in Champaign county, Ohio, May
18, 1828; d. in Chatfield, Minn., June 26, 1900. He came to Minnesota
in 1854, settling in Chatfield, where he was soon afterward elected
county attorney. He served against the Sioux, 1862-5, and was pro-
moted to the rank of major. [18; 28, IX; 52.]
Jones, M. S., physician, b. in Madison county, N. Y.; came to Min-
nesota in 1882; settled at Battle Lake; was a representative in the
legislature in 1903. [30.]
Jones, O. T., journalist, b. in Clyde, Ohio, Feb. 6, 1851; came to
Minnesota in 1872; owned an interest in the Cannon Falls Beacon
after 1877, and published it. [54.]
Jones, Ray Williams, lumberman, b. in Remsen, N. Y., April 5, 1855;
came to Minnesota in 1886, settling in Minneapolis. In 1897 he organ-
ized the Commonwealth Lumber Company at Frazee, Minn.; was
lieutenant governor of Minnesota, 1903-07. [25; 26*; 30; 167 (Jan.
23, 1891*).]
Jones, Richard Asbury, judge, b. near Lafayette, Ind., Oct. 22, 1831;
d. in Seattle, Wash., Aug. 19, 1888. He came to Chatfield, Minn., in
1859; removed to Rochester in 1864; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1870-71 and 1879. He was appointed chief justice of the
supreme court of Dakota in 1887. [30; Q6; 237 (2).]
Jones, Richard G., clergyman, b. in Wales, May 14, 1818; d. in
Cleveland, Minn., May 19, 1894. He came to the United States in
1841; was ordained to the ministry in 1850; settled in Cleveland, Le
Sueur county, in 1860. [171*.]
Jones, Samuel Taylor, b. in Rochester, Vt., March 1, 1825; came to
Minnesota in 1860; owned a farm in Dodge county; was county super-
intendent of schools, and since 1876 resided in Kasson, being an agent
for fire insurance. [24; 49; 50*.]
Jones, Seymour, farmer, b. in Elyria, Ohio, in 1844; came to Minne-
sota in 1861; settled in Kellogg, Wabasha county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1889. [30.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 387
Jones, Stephen, Methodist clergyman, b. Jan. 3, 1807; d. Jan. 29,
1879, in Chatfield, Minn., having settled there in 1856. He engaged
in preaching fifty years. [52; 237 (1).]
Jones, William Alexander, physician, b. in St. Peter, Minn., May
24, 1859; was graduated in medicine at the University of the City of
New York, 1881; completed his medical education by study in Vienna
and Berlin; has resided in Minneapolis since 1883, and is editor of the
Northwestern Lancet; clinical professor of mental and nervous dis-
eases, University of Minnesota, since 1890. [25; 26*; 85A.]
Jones, William G., pioneer farmer, b. in Needham, Mass., July 20,
1818; d. in Golden Valley, Hennepin county, Minn., Dec, 1902. He
settled at St. Anthony in 1852; was the first to own a farm in Golden
Valley. [237 (28).]
Jones, William P., farmer, b. in Wales, Aug., 1828; came to the
United States in 1848, and to Minnesota twelve years later; was the
first settler in Butternut Valley, Blue Earth county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1877. [30; 32; 171*.]
Jones, William R., b. in Wales, April 10, 1827; came to the United
States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1857; owned a farm in Judson,
Blue Earth county; was licensed to preach in the Calvinistic Methodist
church in 1862; was a representative in the legislature in 1887.
[171*.]
Jonsrud, T. G., farmer, b. in Norway; came to the United States in
1857, and two years later to Freeborn county, Minn.; served in the
civil war; was a state senator, 1873-4, and was postmaster in Albert
Lea. [30; 169.]
Jonsson, B.iokx B., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Iceland in 1871; was
graduated at the English Lutheran Theological Seminary, Chicago;
came to Minnesota, 1894, and settled in Minnesota; was chaplain of
the state senate in 1909. [30*.]
Jordan, Amos C., journalist, b. in Eaton, Canada, April 22, 1842;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1854; served in the First Min-
nesota Regt., 1861-5; was editor of various St. Paul and Minneapolis
newspapers, being in 1881 managing editor of the Minneapolis Tribune.
[58.]
Jordan, Charles Bradford, b. in Frederickton, N. B., Sept. 26, 1828;
came to Minnesota in 1855, settling at Monticello; was register of
deeds of Wright county six years; later was receiver of the U. S. land
office at Forest City and Minneapolis, 1862-5; was a representative
in the legislature in 1874, and the next summer was appointed reg-
ister of the U. S. land office at Fargo. [18*.]
Jordan, Charles Morison, educator, b. in Bangor, Maine, Nov. 12,
1851; was graduated at Tufts College, 1877; came to Minnesota in
1883, and engaged in teaching in Minneapolis; since 1892 superintend-
ent of the city schools. [26*; 85A.]
388 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Jordan, Nathaniel Willis, M. E. clergyman, b. at Cape Elizabeth,
Maine, Sept. 19, 1851; d. at Jamaica Plain, Mass., March 7, 1892. He
entered the ministry in 1870; was graduated at Boston University in
1881; came to Minnesota in 1886; was pastor in Stillwater, St. Paul,
and Minneapolis. [150; 180 (April 6, 1892).]
Jordan, Thomas, b. in Ireland in 1836; d. in Belle Plaine, Minn., in
1881. He came to the United States when fourteen years old; settled
in St. Paul in 1856; was a railroad contractor, and afterward engaged
in mercantile business; resided in Belle Plaine after 1865. [96*.]
Jorgenson, Hans, tailor, b. in Norway in 1849; came to Minnesota
in 1869; resides in Mankato; was a representative in the legislature
in 1909. [30*.].
Joss, Frederick, b. in Antwerp, Belgium, in 1833; d. in Red Wing,
Minn., April 4, 1890. He came to the United States when a child; set-
tled in Red Wing in 1856; was a prominent freemason. [159.]
Jouett, William R., soldier, b. in Tennessee; d. May 1, 1852. He
was commandant at Fort Snelling, 1831-2; attained the rank of lieu-
tenant colonel in 1850. [11; 12; 131.]
Joy, Francis E„ b. in Clinton, Maine, Nov. 18, 1842; served in Maine
regiments, 1862-5; settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1865; engaged in
insurance business. [25; 104*.]
Joy, Silas S., pioneer, b. in Thompson, Conn., Jan. 11, 1823; d. in
Detroit, Minn., June 6, 1894. He served in the 51st Mass. Regt. in the
civil war, attaining the rank of captain; settled in Lakeview, Becker
county, Minn., in 1872. [44.]
Joyce, Franklin Melville, b. in Covington, Incl., March 18, 1862;
was graduated at De Pauw University, 1882; engaged in banking and
life insurance in Cincinnati, 1882-94; came to Minnesota in 1894, set-
tling at Minneapolis, where he has continued life insurance business.
[22*; 24; 25; 26*; 85A*.]
Joyce, Isaac Wilson, M. E. bishop, b. in Colerain, Ohio, Oct. 11,
1836; d. in Minneapolis, July, 1905. He was graduated at De Pauw
University; united with the Methodist church in 1857; joined the
Northwestern Indiana conference in 1859; later was pastor in Ohio,
and in 1888 was elected bishop; resided in Chattanooga, Tenn., 1888-96,
and afterward in Minneapolis. [17; 85A*.]
Judd, George B., lumberman, b. in Farmington, Conn., in 1799; d. at
Marine, Minn., June 1, 1872. He settled at Marine in 1862, and was
member of a company to develop the lumbering resources of the St.
Croix valley. [29*; 40; 41.]
Judd, Lewis, b. in Litchfield county, Conn., in 1822; was captain in
the Tenth Connecticut Regt., 1861-4; settled near Crystal Lake, Minn.,
in 1871, where he owned a farm and conducted the Lakeside Hotel.
[48.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 389
Judd, Samuel, b. in Marine, 111., in 1840; became a partner in the
lumber and mercantile firm of Judd, Walker and Company, Marine,
Minn., in 1862. [40.]
Juno, William Sheldon, pioneer, b. in Elizabethtown, N. Y., March
10, 1823; d. in Minneapolis, Nov. 25, 1902. He came to Minnesota in
1857; engaged in banking in Faribault; removed to Minneapolis in
1864, and engaged in flour milling and dealing in lumber. [85A*; 167
(Nov. 28, 1902); 237 (28*).]
Judkins, Mark D., b. in Fayette, Maine, March 13, 1837; served in
Pennsylvania regiments, 1B61-7; came to Minnesota in 1869, and four
years later settled in Osakis; invented the first three-wheel riding
plow, and also a grain separator, and many other tools and machines;
was owner of a foundry, and sold machinery. [35.]
Judson, Abby A., daughter of the famous pioneer missionary to
Burma, Adoniram Judson, b. in Maulmain, Burma, in 1835; d. in Ar-
lington, N. J., Dec, 1902. She came to the United States when ten
years old; settled in Minneapolis in 1880; organized a school for girls,
called the Judson Institute, which she conducted eleven years. [237
(28).]
Judson, Edward Henry, b. in Boston, Mass., Sept. 4, 1842; d. in St.
Paul, Dec. 24, 1906. He came to St. Paul in 1862; served in the Sixth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in the painting business,
and was a member of the Ramsey County Board of Control fourteen
years. [93A; 237 (43*).]
Judson, Harry Pratt, educator, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1849;
was graduated at Williams College in 1870; taught in the High School
of Troy, N. Y., 1870-85; was professor of history in the University of
Minnesota, 1885-92; professor of political science in the University
of Chicago, 1892-1907, and its president since 1907; author of several
text books, and of numerous papers on educational topics. [17; 127
(2*); 127B; 237 (53).]
Judson, Roswell, lawyer, b. in Delaware county, N. Y., Nov. 19,
1806; was admitted to the bar in 1834; came to Minnesota in 1863,
and settled in Farmington four years later. [48.]
Judson, Roswell Carlton, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1844; d.
in Portland, Oregon, Sept. 23, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1865,
settling in Farmington; was secretary of the State Agricultural So-
ciety, 1-875-87; later dealt in real estate, and removed to Oregon; was
industrial agent of the Oregon Railroad and Navigation Co., 1895-1905.
[166A*.]
Juelson, Hanson, farmer, b. in Norway in 1838; came to Minnesota
in 1858; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; set-
tled in Otter Tail county, and later removed to Norman county; was
a representative in the legislature in 1893. [30; 37; 169.]
390 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Juelson, Ole, farmer, b. in Valders, Norway, Feb. 12, 1829; came
to the United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1853; settled in Rock
Dell, Olmsted county, in 1859; was a representative in the legislature
in 1881. [66.]
Juergensen, Hans, educator, b. April 22, 1872, in Germany; came to
the United States in 1880; was graduated at Concordia College, Fort
Wayne, Irid., in 1890, and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., in
1893; was professor in Concordia College, St. Paul, Minn., 1893-1904;
instructor in German, 1904-07, and later assistant professor, in the
University of Minnesota. [127B; 148.] •
Juliar, Nicholas, banker, b. in Alsace, France, Dec. 28, 1841; came
to Minnesota in 1871; resided in St. Clair, Blue Earth county, and later
in Mankato; was a harness maker, an auctioneer, owner of a farm of
2,100 acres, president of the St. Clair State Bank, and largely inter-
ested in many other financial enterprises; was a representative in the
legislature in 1895 and 1905. [30; 46.]
Jung, Peter M., R. C. priest, b. in Granville, Wis., Dec. 31, 1859;
was graduated and ordained at the Seminary of St. Francis, Milwau-
kee, Wis., in 1884; has since been a pastor in Minnesota, successively
at St. James, Northfield, and Le Sueur, and since 1897 of St. Mat-
thew's parish in St. Paul. [146.]
Juni, Benedict, b. in Switzerland, Jan. 12, 1852; came to the United
States when five years old, and to Minnesota in 1859; was captured
by the Indians in the outbreak of 1862; engaged in teaching in the
public schools at New Ulm. [32.]
Just, Adolph A., physician, b. in Dodge county, Wis., Nov. 23, 1851;
was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, 1881; settled in
Crookston, Minn., the next year. [25; 35.]
Just, W. A., b. in Rapidan, Minn., 1872, and resides there; engaged
in farming and real estate business; a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1911. [30*.]
Justus, Philip Charles, b. in St. Paul, May 5, 1865; engaged in
hardware business; was a member of the board of public works of
St. Paul, 1897-9, and sheriff of Ramsey county, 1900-04. [24; 93A; 95*;
99*; 237 (36*).]
Juul, Ole, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Sept. 10, 1838; came
with his parents to the United States in 1848; was graduated in the-
ology at Concordia College, St. Louis, 1864; was pastor in Iowa, New
York, and Chicago, and after 1893 in Moe township, Douglas county,
Minn. [37.]
Kaercher, Aaron Benjamin, lawyer "and journalist, b. in Preston,
Minn., Jan. 20, 1860; was admitted to the bar in 1890; established the
Traverse County Times, and later the Big Stone County Journal;
resides at Ortonville. [22*; 24.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 391
Kain, Michael F., printer, b. in 1860; settled in St. Paul in 1883;
was auditor of Ramsey county, 1887-92; assistant public examiner of
Minnesota since 1905. [98*; 100.]
Kane, Daniel L., b. in La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 1, 1865; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1889; entered the service of the fire department in 1891,
and became a captain in 1899. [88*.]
Karn, Jacob, physician, b. in Woodstock, Ontario, in 1858; was grad-
uated in 1876 at the Ontario College of Pharmacy, Toronto, and in
1884 at Rush Medical College, Chicago; settled in Ortonville, Minn.,
in 1888. [38.]
Kassox, Jabez Hyde, b. in Springville, Pa., Jan. 17, 1820; came to
Minnesota in 1856, settling on a farm in Mantorville; afterward
owned a part of the townsite of Kasson, which was named for him.
[49.]
Katzner, John B., R. C. priest, b. in Bavaria, July 8, 1850; came to
the United States in 1867 with his parents, who settled in Minnesota;
was educated at St. John's College, where after 1877 he was teacher
or music; was ordained priest in Albany, Minn. [132 (1907*).]
Kauffman, John H., physician, b. in Newburg, Pa., Oct. 29, 1859;
was graduated at New York University in 1884; settled in Dassel,
Minn., in 1887. [65.]
Kauphusman, L., b. in Prussia in 1837; came with his parents to
the United States in 1847, and to Minnesota in 1856; resided in Winona
county; was a representative in the legislature in 1877 and 1879. [30.]
Kaupp, Otto, hardware merchant, b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, Dec.
1, 1842; came to the United States in 1858, and settled in Minnesota;
resided in Blue Earth City after 1863; was treasurer of Faribault
county, 1878-80. [34; 51*.]
Kavanatjgh, William Harrison, b. in Williamsport, Pa., Aug. 19,
1873; was graduated at Lehigh University, 1894; professor of mechan-
ical engineering, University of Minnesota, since 1902, residing in Min-
neapolis. [7A; 127B.]
Keating, William Hypolitus, b. in Wilmington, Del., Aug. 11, 1799;
d. in London, England, May 17, 1840. He was graduated at the Uni-
versity of Pennsylvania, 1816; was professor of mineralogy and chem-
istry there, 1822-8; was geologist and historian of Long's expedition in
1823 through Minnesota to Lake Winnipeg and thence to Lake Supe-
rior. [1; 4; 114.]
Kedney, John Steinfort, educator, b. in Essex county, N. J., Feb. 12,
1819; was graduated at Union College, 1838, and the General The-
ological Seminary, 1841; was ordained an Episcopal clergyman in 1843,
and was rector of various churches; professor in Seabury Divinity
School, Faribault, Minn., 1871-1908; removed to Salem, N. J.; author
of several books. [17.]
392 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Keefe, Joseph R., b. at Birch Cooley, Minn., 1874; removed to North
Redwood, 1897, and engaged in hardware and furniture business; a
representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Keegan, Andrew, b. in Ireland, Dec. 15, 1814; came to the United
States in 1848; settled in Rosemount, Minn., in 1854; built the first
house there, and gave the village its name in honor of one in his
native country; was a member of the state constitutional convention,
1857; was county surveyor twelve years, and a member of the state
legislature in 1876. [48.]
Keehei, Mary, a Sioux Indian, belonged to the Lake Calhoun band
of Dakotas; was born about 1802; married Philander Prescott, who
was murdered by the Indians in the outbreak of 1862; resided at Fort
Snelling, 1S37-55, and was noted for hospitality and deeds of kind-
ness; died at the home of her son-in-law in Shakopee, March, 1867.
[237 (1).]
Keeley, M. H., lawyer, b. in Ireland, March 17, 1854; came with his
parents to America when four years old; was graduated at the college
of Notre Dame, Indiana, in 1874; was admitted to the bar three years
later; was city attorney of Faribault three terms. [70.]
Keenan, Fenton, b. in Ireland in 1829; came to the United States
in 1852, and to New Richland, Waseca county, Minn., in 1860; served
in the First Minnesota heavy artillery in the civil war; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Keene, Abel, b. in Clinton, Maine, Oct. 9, 1823; d. in Hebron, Nicol-
let county, Minn., May 22, 1901. He came to Mankato, Minn., in 1855;
engaged in milling and farming. [83*; 237 (14).]
Keene, Josiah, b. in Clinton, Maine, Nov. 21, 1827; d. in Sespe,
Cal., Sept. 12, 1899. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and settled on a
claim on the site of Winona; removed to Mankato the next yiear;
owned a sawmill; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; was employed in the U. S. Treasury Department in Washington,
D. C, many years, and afterward resided in California. [83*.]
Kees, Frederick, architect, b. in Baltimore, Md., April 9, 1852; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1878, where he designed the court house and
city hall, the public library, and many other buildings. [3*; 24;
85A*.]
Kegley, Lauson R., pioneer, b. in Tennessee, July 5, 1827; d. in Le
Sueur Center, Minn., Oct. 31, 1905. He came to Scott county, Minn.,
in 1873; built the first house in Le Sueur Center in 1877; owned a
sawmill and a store. [237 (39).]
Kehoe, George W„ b. in 1860; came to Minneapolis in 1879; joined
the fire department in 1886, and was promoted to a captaincy in 1895.
[88*.]
Kehrer, Joseph, druggist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., June 5, 1857; en-
gaged in the drug business in Jordan, Minn., since 1881. [25; 32.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 393
Keith, Arthur Monroe, lawyer, b. in Roxbury, Mass., July 9, 1852;
was graduated at Harvard University, 1874, and in law at Boston Uni-
versity, 1876; came to Minnesota in 1878, and has since practiced in
Minneapolis. [17; 24; 90.]
Keith, Chari.es, b. in Farmington, Maine, March 21, 1851; settled
at Princeton, Minn., in 1873; engaged in lumber business until 1894,
in banking since 1887, and in law practice since 1889; was probate
judge of Mille Lacs county, 1876-86. [24; 31.]
Keith, George Hackett, dentist, b. in Randolph, Vt, May 4, 1825;
d. in Minneapolis, June 15, 1882. He came to Minneapolis in 1855;
was a representative in the first state legislature; and in 1871 was
appointed postmaster of Minneapolis, and held the office during the
remainder of his life. [18; 58; 59; 141; 142*; 237 (1).]
Kellam, Charles R. J., physician, b. in Indian Territory at the
Choctaw Agency, Aug. 16, 1837; served in Vermont regiments in the
civil war; was graduated at Dartmouth Medical College, 1868; came
to Minnesota in 1876, settling at St. Charles; removed in 1879 to
Heron Lake. [22*; 39; 62.]
Kellar, Curtis B., banker, b. in Grant county, Wis., May 19, 1845;
came to Albert Lea, Minn., in 1856; served in the Fifth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; is president of the First National Bank of
Albert Lea. [53A*.]
Keller, Charles Edward, b. in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 21, 1858, and
resides there; engaged in lumber and real estate business; was dep-
uty county auditor, 1901-6; state fire marshal, 1911. [30*.]
Keller, Henry, manufacturer and banker, b. in Germany in 1846;
d. in Omaha, Neb., Dec. 3, 1907. He served in the U. S. army, 1864-7;
came to Minnesota in 1868; resided at Sauk Center, where he had
many business interests, and was president of the First National
Bank; was a state senator, 1887-97. [30; 137 (48*).]
Keller, Herbert P., lawyer, b. in St. Paul, Feb. 7, 1875; was grad-
uated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1896; owned and man-
aged a job printing office, 1896-1901; was assistant corporation attor-
ney of St. Paul, 1902-3; was elected mayor of St. Paul in 1910. [93A;
127A*; 237 (65*).]
Kellett, Thomas Pearson, merchant, b. in Leeds, England, Aug. 1,
1814; d. in Zumbrota, Minn. He came to the United States in 1835,
and in 1856 was one of the original settlers of Zumbrota; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1872-73. [18; 30.]
Kelley, Duren F., farmer, b. in Newport, N. H., Nov. 16, 1839; came
to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Seventh Minnesota Infantry and
other regiments during the civil war, attaining the rank of captain;
resides in Northfield; was a representative in the legislature, 1897
and 1903. [30; 70A.]
394 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Kelley, John A., pioneer, b. in Broome county, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1839;
d. in Fremont, Winona county, Minn., Feb. 13, 1903. He settled there
in 1855; owned a farm and a store; served in the Second Minnesota
light artillery in the civil war. [237 (28).]
Kelley, John N., b. in New York; settled in Owatonna, Minn., in
1855; was clerk of court of Steele county, 1861-5; was postmaster of
Owatonna several years; afterward resided in St. Paul, [72.]
Kelley, Linn A., physician, b. in Schenectady, N. Y., May 18, 1845;
was graduated at Bennett Medical College, 1869; settled in Winona,
Minn., in 1873. [24; 29*.]
Kelley, Matthew, b. in Ireland in 1824; came to the United States
in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1854; settled in Watertown; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1873. [30.,]
Kelley, Oliver Hudson, b. in Boston, Mass.; came to Minnesota in
1849, settling on a farm near Itasca, Sherburne county; was founder
and secretary of the Patrons of Husbandry (Grangers); removed to
Washington, D. C, in 1870, where he has since engaged in government
service. [241.]
Kelley, William H., b. in Boston, Mass., May 9, 1819; d. in St. Paul,
April 3, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and settled in St. Paul
the next year; was bookkeeper in the First National Bank more than
thirty years. [2S} IX; 94; 237 (11*).]
Kellihee, John, b. in St. Johns, N. B., May 12, 1840; d. in St. Paul,
Aug. 13, 1908. He served in the 20th Massachusetts Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of major; studied law; settled in St. Paul in
1872, and engaged in real estate business. [68; 93; 121; 237 (51*).]
Kellogg, Frank Billings, lawyer, b. in Potsdam, N. Y., Dec. 22,
1856; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1865; was admitted to
the bar in 1877 at Rochester, and practiced there ten years; has prac-
ticed in St. Paul since 1887, in the firm of Davis, Kellogg, and Sever-
ance. [17; 20; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 93; 95*; 98*; 127A*; 208.]
Kellogg, James Alfred, lawyer, b. in New London, Ohio, Dec. 12,
1849; served a year and a half in the 44th Indiana Regt., being only
fourteen years of age when he enlisted; was admitted to the bar in
1872; came to Minnesota in 1887, settling in Minneapolis. [22*; 25;
208.]
Kellogg, Martin Newton, pioneer, b. in Delaware county, N. Y.,
June 29, 1822; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 20, 1896. He was a soldier in the
Mexican war; came to Minnesota in 1849, settling in St. Paul; engaged
in mercantile business. [94; 208; 237 (9); 241.]
Kellogg, Sylvanus Holbrook, Congregational clergyman, b. in
Franklin, Vt, Jan. 5, 1821; d. in Hoquiam, Wash., May 8, 1900. He
was graduated at Bangor Theological Seminary, 1852; came to Min-
nesota in 1870, and was pastor at Glencoe and Preston Lake until
1885. [144; 208.]
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Kellogg, Theodore B., merchant, b. in Champlain, N. Y., Dec. 12,
1839; d. in Rochester, Minn., Nov. 27, 1882. He served in the First
Minnesota sharpshooters in the civil war; settled in Rochester in
1864. [66; 208.]
Kelly, Anthony, merchant, b. in Swineford, Ireland, Aug. 25, 1832;
d. in Minneapolis, May 31, 1899. He came to the United States when
a boy of fifteen, and ten years later settled in Minneapolis, where he
opened a grocery business that became one of the leading enterprises
of its kind in the Northwest. [19*; 23*; 84*; 174*; 237 (9*); 238
(June 11, 1899*).]
Kelly, Aris B., merchant, b. in Perrysburg, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1852; d.
in Northfield, Minn., Feb. 26, 1912. He came to Minnesota in 1865, and
settled in Northfield; was a representative in the legislature, 1893-5,
and 1899-1901. [30; 70A.]
Kelly, Frank L., farmer, b. in Blue Earth county, Minn., in 18S1;
resides in Madelia; was a representative in the legislature, 1909-11.
[30*.]
Kelly, James C, farmer, b. in Chatfield, Minn., in 1857; resided in
Houston county; was a representative in the legislature in 1889, and
a state senator in 1893. [30.]
Kelly, John, physician, b. in Orange county, N. Y., in 1801; d. at
Central Point, Goodhue county, Minn., in 1894. He settled in Flor-
ence, Minn., in 1853; removed to Lake City in 1869, and five years
later to Central Point. [54.]
Kelly, John Bates, farmer, b. in Perrysburg, Ohio, Jan. 24, 1856;
d. in Eureka, Minn., Oct. 12, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1865;
resided in Lakeville, Dakota county; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1903-5. [30*; 56.]
Kelly, L. H., physician and journalist, b. in Ovid, N. Y., in 1808;
d. in Owatonna, Minn., Aug., 1872. He was graduated at Geneva Col-
lege, 1838, and Albany Medical College, 1840; came to Minnesota in
1858; engaged in newspaper publication in Rochester, Owatonna,
Northfield, and Faribault. [28, XII; 155.]
Kelly, Murry, b. in New York in 1837; came to Minnesota in 1855;
served in the civil war; engaged in mercantile business twenty years;
resided in Lewiston, Winona county; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1905. [30*.]
Kelly, Patrick, b. in Ireland in 1830; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 9, 1902.
He settled in St. Paul in 1858; owned a stone quarry. [237 (19).]
Kelly, Patrick H., wholesale merchant, b. in County Mayo, Ireland,
Feb. 2, 1831; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 23, 1900. He came to the United
States with his parents in 1847; ten years later he settled in Minne-
apolis, and in 1863 removed to St. Paul; engaged in the wholesale
grocery business; was a representative in the legislature, 1893-5.
[23;* 28, IX; 30; 93*; 98*; 237 (11*).]
396 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Kelly, T. J., journalist, b. in Richland county, Wis., in 1862; came
to Minnesota and engaged in teaching; after 1886 owned and pub-
lished the Jordan Independent. [238 (Jan. 4, 1894*).]
Kelly, William H., b. in New York state, May 17, 1831; d. in Owa-
tonna, Minn., Dec. 12, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1859, settling
in Owatonna, and engaged in mercantile and real estate business.
[85A*.]
Kelly, William Louis, judge, b. in Springfield, Ky., Aug. 27, 1837;
came to Minnesota in 1865, and settled at St. Paul in 1869; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1871; has been judge in the Second judicial dis-
trict since 1887. [23; 24; 25; 30; 93; 137; 237 (20*).]
Kelly, William Wilson, pioneer, b. in Ypsilanti, Mich., Nov. 16,
1833; d. in Northfield, Minn., Jan. 13, 1909. He came to Minnesota in
1855, and to Redwood county in 1871; engaged in hardware business
in Lamberton after 1873; removed to Northfield in 1903. [32; 237
(51).]
Kelsey, Henry, journalist, b. in Dansville, N. Y., in 1838; d. in
Woodburn, Oregon, June 21, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1857;
served in the army, 1861-4; after 1874 resided at Beaver Falls, where
he was proprietor of the Renville Times. [32; 237 (43).]
Kempe, Peter Aaron Hjalmar, merchant, b. in Sweden, April 3,
1856; came to the United States in 1878, settling in Red Wing, Minn.;
a wholesale grocer. [24; 169.]
Kemper, Henry, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1844; d. in Perham, Minn.,
May 2, 1901. He settled at Rush Lake, Minn., in 1870; engaged in
banking and insurance business. [35; 237 (14).]
Kemper, Jackson, Episcopal bishop, b. in Pleasant Valley, N. Y.,
Dec. 24, 1789; d. in Delafield, Wis., May 24, 1870. fte became, in 1835,
the first missionary bishop of his church. His jurisdiction extended
over what was called the Northwest, comprising the present states
of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Kansas, and Ne-
braska. [1; 3*; 237 (1).]
Kempfer, Bernard O., farmer, b. in York county, Pa., in 1837; came
to Minnesota when twenty years of age; served in the Sixth Minne-
sota Regt. in the Indian and civil war; lived in Watonwan and Otter
Tail counties, and after 1887 in Andrea township, Wilkin county. He
was a representative in the legislature in 1862. [38.]
Kempton, Edward S., b. in Wilburton, England, Nov. 27, 1848; came
to the United States while still a child; treasurer of the Duluth, Mis-
sabe and Northern Railway since 1895, residing in Duluth. [23; 24.]
Kenaston, Frederick Eugene, banker and manufacturer, b. in Que-
bec, Nov. 14, 1853; came to Minnesota with his father when three
years old; was graduated at Cedar Valley Seminary, Iowa, 1870; set-
tled in Breckenridge in 18S6, and conducted a bank; removed to Min-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
397
neapolis, and since 1897 has been president of the Minneapolis
Threshing Machine Co. [24; 35; S5A*.]
Kenaston, George Franklix, teacher, b. in Bast Calais, Vt, May 28,
1853; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1878, and at Michigan
University; came to Minnesota, and after 1891 was superintendent
of the public schools of Mankato; removed to Crawfordsville, Ind.
[45.]
Kendall, Elnathan, b. in Windham county, Conn., in 1831; settled
in Vernon Center, Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1856; was the founder
of the village of Edgewood (afterward Vernon Center), 1879. [32.]
Kendall, Howard C, b. in Monticello, Ind.; settled in Duluth in
1874, where he was railway ticket agent; was a representative in the
legislature in 1879. [30; 31.]
Kendall, Joseph Brown, b. in Canton, Pa., April 13, 1838; served
in the Fifth Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled at Byron, Minn.,
in 1868, conducted general merchandise business until 1893, and later
engaged in the manufacture of brick; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1895-7. [24; 30; 66; 66A.]
Kennedy, Henry Sibley, b. at Traverse des Sioux, Minn., May 11,
1858; settled in Minneapolis, and dealt in grain. In 1902 he was
elected secretary of the Millers' National Federation, and removed to
Chicago. [168 (April 23, 1902*).]
Kennedy, J. A., b. near Ebensburg, Pa., July 12, 1834; d. in Adrian,
Minn., Aug. 14, 1903. He settled on a farm near Adrian in 1885; was
register of deeds for Nobles county, 1890-6. [237 (28).]
Kennedy, John, b. in Ontario, Canada, Sept. 27, 1827; d. in Hast-
ings, Minn., Nov. 2, 1882. He came to Minnesota in 1853; was elected
register of deeds of Dakota county in 1856; enlisted in the Seventh
Minnesota Regt. in 1862, and attained the rank of brevet major.
Later he was county auditor, and postmaster at Hastings. [29; 32;
48.]
Kennedy, John W., merchant, b. in Ireland, July 16, 1842; d. in Lake
City, Minn., Feb. 18, 1909. He came to the United States with his
parents in 1846; served in the 148th Pennsylvania Regt. in the civil
war; settled at Lake City in 1865. [237 (51).]
Kennedy, Rohert, pioneer, b. in Virginia in 1801; kept a hotel in
Stillwater, Minn., in 1846; settled in St. Paul in 1849, and engaged in
hotel business many years. [41; 42; 94.]
Kennedy, Vincent Pellett, physician, b. in Butler county, Pa., July
11, 1824; came to Greenleaf, Meeker county, in 1856; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1861-2; was surgeon of the Fifth Minnesota
Regt, 1862-5; and for the next two years was physician of the Indian
post at Red Lake. Later he returned to practice in Greenleaf, and in
1875 removed to Litchfield. [18; 65.]
398 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Kenney, Seth H., farmer, b. in Williamstown, Mass., Feb. 22, 1836;
came to Minnesota in 1857; settled in Morristown the next year; was
a representative in the legislature in 1879; engaged in the manu-
facture of sorghum syrup and sugar. [30; 70; 70A.]
Kennicott, Jay A., b. in Chicago, 111., Jan. 24, 1865; came to Minne-
sota in 1885, settling at Luverne; has engaged in real estate busi-
ness, and since 1903 in law practice, having been in that year grad-
uated in law at the University of Minnesota. [24; 71; 71A*.]
Kenworthy, Silas, miller, b. in Randolph county, N. C, Dec. 29,
1803; came to Minnesota in 1854, and settled in Rapidan, Blue Earth
county, in 1864; built four mills in this state; was a representative
in the legislature in 1875. [32.]
Kenyon, Moses Dibble, lawyer, b. in Granville, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1843;
came to Minnesota in 1866, settling in Rochester. Later he was secre-
tary of the state land office, and afterward deputy auditor. In 1888
he was appointed public examiner and superintendent of banks, and
held this position till 1899, residing in St. Paul. [22*; 27*; 30; 95*;
98; 23S (Feb. 24, 1888*),]
Kenyon, Thomas, physician, b. in New York state, Nov. 29, 1812;
d. in Somerset, Steele county, Minn., April 17, 1882. He came there
in 1856; engaged in farming and in the practice of medicine. [70A;
72.]
Keotjgh, James, b. in Wexford county, Ireland, in 1811; came to
Minnesota in 1849, and built the first farmhouse in Stearns county in
1853; resided on a farm in St. Joseph after 1870. [31.]
Kepner, Thomas Ervin, lawyer, b. in Olmsted county, Minn., Oct.
29, 1867; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1894,
and practiced his profession in Minneapolis; author of books on law.
[22*.]
Kerns, John, M. E. clergyman, b. in Harrison county, Ky., Jan. 2,
1809; d. in Fullerton, Neb., Aug. 6, 1895. He came to St. Paul in
1854; was the first president of the Minnesota conference; was pastor
and presiding elder in St. Peter, Red Wing, and other places. [151*.]
Kerr, Aaron Hervey, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Washington
county, Pa., April 1, 1819; was graduated at Jefferson college, 1843,
and the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny, Pa., 1846; came to
Minnesota in 1856, settling at St. Peter, where he organized a church
and was its pastor twenty-two years. In 1866 he became a trustee,
and also secretary and treasurer, of the Hospital for the Insane, lo-
cated at St. Peter in that year; and later he had charge of the con-
struction of the asylum at Rochester. In the Sioux war and civil war
he was chaplain of the Ninth Minnesota Regiment. [18; 66.]
Kerr, Charles Deal, judge, b. in Philadelphia, Pa,, Sept. 9, 1835;
d. at San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 25, 1896. He was graduated at Illinois
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 399
College, Jacksonville, in 1857; served in the Sixth Illinois Regt. in
the civil war, enlisting as a private and rising to the rank of colonel.
He settled in St. Cloud in 1865, and engaged in the practice of law;
removed to St. Paul in 1873; was judge in the Second judicial dis-
trict, 1889-96. [20; 30; 68; 93*; 98*; 121; 137; 237 (9*); 238 (Dec.
27, 1896*).]
Kerr, William P., M, E. clergyman, b. in Dublin, Ireland, June 16,
1842; d. at Grand Meadow, Minn., Nov. 18, 1889. He came with his
parents to Canada in 1857, and to Minnesota in 1868; joined the Min-
nesota conference in 1887; was pastor at Granger and Grand Meadow.
[150.]
Kerst, Peter M., b. in St. Paul, March 4, 1864, and resides there;
engaged in banking; was employed in the office of the state public
examiner after 1900, becoming deputy in 1902, and was chief of this
department in 1905-07. [24; 25; 30; 93A.]
Kerwin, John, pioneer, b. in Ireland in 1833; d. in St. Paul, June
3, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1857; engaged in farming and in
the sale of agricultural implements; was chairman of the Ramsey
County Board of Control, residing in St. Paul. [174*.]
Ketciiam, George, lawyer, b. in Cass county, Mich., Jan. 9, 1850;
was graduated at Hillsdale College in 1873; was admitted to the bar;
settled in Grant county, Minn., in 1882; was county attorney, 1885-90.
[35.]
Ketzeback, W. H., b. in Quebec, Canada, Oct. 17, 1835; d. in Wells,
Minn., Sept. 11, 1901. He came to Winona county, Minn., in 1855;
engaged in milling and farming there, and in Blue Earth county;
removed to Wells in 1885; purchased a flouring mill, and in 1893 or-
ganized the German-American State Bank of Wells. [39*; 168 (March
13, 1896*); 237 (14).]
Keye, Ferdinand D., druggist, b. in Niagara, N. Y., Feb. 4, 1853;
came to Minnesota with his parents when a child; settled on a home-
stead on the site of Argyle, and built the first building there; engaged
in general mercantile business, and later owned a drug store. [35.]
Keyes, Adson Dean, lawyer, b. in Acworth, N. H., Oct. 22, 1842; d.
in Faribault, Minn., Feb. 21, 1904. He was graduated at Dartmouth
College, 1872, and settled in Faribault the same year. He was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1873; was county attorney of Rice county, and
city attorney of Faribault; was a representative in the legislature in
1887. [26*; 70; 209; 237 (35*);. 241.]
Keyes, Anson L., lawyer, b. in Dempster, N. H., Feb, 6, 1843; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1872, and at Albany Law School,
1873; has practiced law in Faribault, Minn., since 1878. [24; 209.]
Keyes, Carlos R., physician, b. in Chelsea, Vt., April 21, 1856; was
graduated in medicine at the University of Vermont, 1881; settled in
Byron, Minn., 1882; removed to Duluth in 1891. [24; 31A; 66.]
400 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Keyes, Edward Danforth, physician, b. in Winona, Minn., Jan. 9,
1859; was graduated at Rush Medical College, 1885, and has since
practiced in Winona. [22*; 24; 209.]
Keyes, John, lawyer, b. in Windham county, Vt., June 20, 1818; d.
in Winona, Minn., Dec. 2, 1876. He settled in Winona in 1853. [78;
209.]
Keyes, John Arnold, lawyer, b. in Chelsea, Vt., June 23, 1859; was
admitted to the bar in 1884; came to Minnesota the next year, set-
tling in Winona; was a representative in the legislature in 1889-91;
removed to Duluth in 1892. [24; 30.]
Keysor, Clark, building contractor, b. in Warren county, N. Y., May
23, 1826; came to Minnesota in 1858, settling in Mankato; served as
first lieutenant in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the Indian and civil
wars; was a representative in the legislature in 1872 and 1879. [30;
46; 83*.]
— Kidder, Jefferson Parrish, judge, b. in Rraintree, Vt., in 1816; d.
in St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 2, 1883. He was graduated at Norwich Uni-
versity, Vt, and was admitted to the bar; settled in St. Paul in 1857;
was a representative in the legislature, 1861-4; was appointed in 1865
associate justice of the supreme court of Dakota territory, and re-
moved there. [237 (1); 238 (Oct. 3, 1883).]
Kidder, Orlando B., farmer, b. in Newport, N. H., in 1845; d. in
Claremont, Dodge county, Minn. He came there with his father in
1854; was a representative in the legislature. [49.]
Kiefer, Andrew R., congressman, b. near Mainz, Germany, in 1832;
d. in St. Paul, May 1, 1904. He came to the United States in 1849,
and settled in St. Paul in 1855; served in the civil war as captain in
the Second Minnesota Regt., and afterward as colonel of the state
militia; was a representative in the legislature, 1865; represented the
Fourth district in Congress, 1893-7; was mayor of St. Paul, 1898-1900.
[10; 17; 27*; 30; 68; 93*; 94; 96*; 98*; 111; 115; 237 (35*); 238
(Nov. 9, 1899).]
Kiehle, Amos A., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Dansville, N. Y., Feb.
22, 1847; was graduated at Hamilton College, 1871, and Union The-
ological Seminary, 1874; came to Minnesota, and was pastor in Still-
water after 1873. [40.]
Kiehle, David Litchard, educator, b. in Dansville, N. Y., Feb. 7,
1S37; was graduated at Hamilton College, 1861, and Union Theological
Seminary, 1865; came the same year to Preston, Minn., where he
organized a Presbyterian church, of which he was pastor ten years;
was principal of the state normal school at St. Cloud, 1875-81; state
superintendent of public instruction, 1881-93; professor of pedagogy
in the University of Minnesota, 1893-1902; author of "Education in
Minnesota," 120 and 102 pages, 1903; again pastor in Preston, 1902-10;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 401
removed to Portland, Oregon. [4; 17; 18; 24; 29; 30; 127 (8*); 127B;
154A*.]
Kiester, Jacob Armel, lawyer, b. in Mount Pleasant, Pa., April 29,
1832; d. in Blue Earth City, Minn., Dec. 13, 1904. He studied law, and
was admitted to the bar in 1854; came to Minnesota in 1857, settling
in Blue Earth City. He was a representative in the legislature in
1865, and during many years was an officer of Faribault county, being
successively county surveyor, register of deeds, and judge of pro-
bate; was a state senator, 1891-3; author of the "History of Faribault
County" (687 pages, 1896). [18; 30; 39*; 51*; 157; 237 (32, 35*).]
Kilander, Karl A., educator, b. in Sweden, Nov. 23, 1862; studied at
Skara and Upsala, Sweden; came to the United States in 1891; in-
structor and professor in Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn.,
since 1892. [148.]
Kildahl, John Nathan, educator, b. in Beitstaden, Norway, Jan. 4,
1857; came with his parents to the United States in 1866, and to Good-
hue county, Minn., the same year; was graduated at Luther College,
Decorah, Iowa, 1879, and at Luther Theological Seminary, Madison,
Wis., 1882; was pastor in Goodhue county, 1882-9, and in Chicago,
1889-99; president of St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., since 1899.
[17; 24; 25; 133 (Oct., 1899)*; 148; 149*; 238 (Aug. 6, 1899*).]
Kiley, Edward Clarence, journalist, b. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Feb.
28, 1863; came to Minnesota in 1890, and published The Progressive
Age in Duluth; established, in 1894, and has since edited the Herald-
Review at Grand Rapids. [22*; 25.]
Kilgore, Wallace Warren, educator, b. in North Newry, Maine,
March 16, 1862; was graduated at Bowdoin College, 1886; engaged in
teaching in Wisconsin and Minnesota; was principal of the Red Wing
High school six years, superintendent of schools at Spring Valley two
years, and afterward superintendent of schools in Willmar. [22*.]
Kilian, K., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, August 24, 1869;
was graduated at the Luther Seminary, Afton, Minn., in 1892; was
pastor in Nicols, Decoria, and Mapleton, Minn. [148.]
Killiam, Thomas B., M. E. clergyman, b. in Delaware, March 17,
1837; d. in Waseca, Minn., March 29, 1888. He was ordained to the
ministry in 1864; was pastor in Lake City, Minn., 1883-6, and after-
ward at Hastings and Plainview. [74; 150.]
Kimball, B. W., physician, b. in Bethel, Maine, March 12, 1829; was
graduated from the medical department of Bowdoin College, 1857;
settled in Minneapolis in 1869; was a specialist in diseases of the eye
and ear. [58.]
Kimball, Charles S., b. in Troy, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1822; d. in Winne-
bago City, Minn., in 1889. He settled there in 1858; was the first
blacksmith in the town, and also engaged in hotel business. [51.]
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Kimball, E., miller, b. in Oxford county, Maine, Jan. 4, 1832; set-
tled in Forest City, Minn., in 1867; was part owner of a flouring mill,
and also engaged in mercantile business. [65.]
Kimball, F. W., civil engineer, b. in Reading, Mass., in 1844; came
to Minnesota in 1866; engaged in surveying and railroad construc-
tion; resided in Austin. [166 (1898*).]
Kimball, George G., farmer, b. in Hollis, Maine, Oct. 22, 1825; came
to Minnesota in 1855, being the second settler in Green Prairie, Mor-
rison county; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt., 1861-4; settled in
Belle Prairie in 1879. [31.]
Kimball, Hannibal Hamlin, physician, b. in Carmel, Maine, Aug. 18,
1843; was graduated in medicine at Bowdoin College, 1866; came to
Minnesota in 1867, settling in Minneapolis, where he has since prac-
ticed. [19*; 24; 25; 84*; 85A.]
Kimball, James M., b. about 1822; d. in Kimball, Stearns county,
Minn., Aug 5, 1902. He was the original settler at Kimball Prairie, and
the village is named for him. [237 (19).]
King, David L., clergyman, b. in Mahoning, Pa., Oct. 31, 1816; d. in
Plainview, Minn., Aug. 3, 1898. He was licensed to preach in 1845;
settled in Rochester, Minn., in 1854; owned a farm in Kalmar, Olmsted
county. [66; 180 (Aug. 31, 1898).]
King, James, b. in Dublin, Ireland*, in 1834; came to the United States
in 1844, and to St. Paul in 1857; was chief of police, 1870-8; was sheriff
of Ramsey county, 1878-81. [94.]
King, John E., journalist, b. in Laketon, Ind., Aug. 27, 1870; came
to Minnesota in 1891, and established the Nobles County Democrat at
Adrian, Minn., in 1892; removed to Red Lake Falls in 1901, and was
editor and proprietor of the Red Lake Courier; was state librarian,
1905-10; removed to Missoula, Montana. [24; 30*.]
King, John L., journalist, b. in Jackson county, Minn., Aug. 11, 1870;
has published the Jackson County Pilot at Jackson since 1896, and
became its sole owner in 1900. [62*.]
King, Josias Ridgate, b. in Washington, D. C, Feb. 21, 1832; came to
St. Paul in 1857; engaged in surveying; enlisted in the First Minnesota
Regt., and served in the army until 1871, attaining the rank of lieutenant
colonel; returned to St. Paul, and engaged in insurance business.
[3A; 94; 237 (27*).]
King, Orange S., journalist, b. in Malone, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1839; d. in
Minneapolis, Sept. 14, 1876. He came to Minneapolis in 1859; engaged
in printing; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
removed to Fergus Falls in 1871, where he established the Fergus Falls
Advocate, [237 (1).]
King, Selah S., journalist, b. in Whitewater, Wis., Oct., 1864; came
with his parents to Minnesota when two years old; established the
Jasper Journal in 1888, which he has since published. [34; 71A.]
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King, Thomas S., journalist, settled in Minneapolis in 1862; was
editor of the State Atlas, 1862-7; of the Minneapolis Tribune, when first
established; after 1871, of the Minneapolis branch of the St. Paul
Pioneer; and later was Minneapolis editor of the Pioneer Press. [58.]
King, William 0., farmer, b. in Wisconsin, Dec. 20, 1854; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1857; settled in Delafield, Jackson county,
in 1882; was a local preacher in the Church of the Disciples. [34.]
King, William Smith, congressman, b. in Malone, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1828;
d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 24, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1858, settling
in Minneapolis, and published the State Atlas; was a representative in
Congress, 1875-7; was active in promoting the interests of the state
agricultural fairs; and introduced fine blooded stock into the state.
[10; 19*; 23*; 27*; 28,XII; 59; 84*; 166A*; 237 (11*); 238 (Feb. 24,
1900*).]
King, William V., b. in Manchester, Eng., Sept. 26, 1831; came to
the United States with his parents; served in the 43d Wisconsin Regt.
in the civil war; settled on a farm in Jackson county, Minn.; was
county auditor, 1880-96; resided in the village of Jackson after 1879.
[34.]
Kinghorn, David, b. in Scotland in 1809; settled on a farm at
Eagle Creek, Scott county, Minn., in 1852; was sergeant-at-arms in the
state constitutional convention; was a representative in the first state
legislature. [32.]
Kingsbury, David Lansing, librarian, b. in Marshall, Mich., Dec. 28,
1842; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 24, 1912. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and
lived in Monticello; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt., 1862-5,
attaining the rank of second lieutenant; engaged in hardware business
in St. Paul, 1873-86; was assistant librarian of the Minnesota Historical
Society, 1893-1912; recorder of the Minnesota Oommandery, Military
Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, after 1898. [24; 25;
97; 174*; 210*; 237 (41*, 59*).]
Kingsbury, Olin Willis, journalist, b. in Fillmore county, Minn.,
May 3, 1859; commenced the publication of the courier at Preston in
1893, and a year later established the Harmony Courier in the village
of Harmony. [22*.]
Kingsbury, William Wallace, congressman, b. in Towanda, Pa., June
4, 1828; d. April 17, 1892. He settled in Endion (later a part of
Duluth), Minn.; was a member of the Territorial legislature, 1855-6,
and of the constitutional convention, 1857; was delegate to Congress
from Minnesota Territory, 1857-8; later returned east. [114; 210.]
Kingsley, Ammon D., b. in Washington county, N. Y., July 2, 1829;
d. in Minneapolis, Dec, 1911. He came to Minnesota in 1852; engaged
in milling in Waverly and Anoka; settled in French Lake township,
Wright county, in 1877; removed to Minneapolis in 1901, and was a
specialist in the treatment of cancer. [31; 237 (59).]
404 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Kingsley, George Bradford, lawyer, b. in Deposit, N. Y., March 21,
1832; d. in Blue Earth City, Minn., Jan. 8, 1894. He came to Minnesota
in 1854, and two years later settled in Blue Earth City, having bought
an interest in the townsite. He was a representative in the first state
legislature, 1857-8, and clerk of the district court in 1860. [18; 51*.]
Kingsley, Nathan Curtis, judge, b. in Sharon, Conn., Sept. 10, 1850;
came to Minnesota in 1869; the next year learned the miller's trade,
and worked at that business in Olmsted county until 1874; was
admitted to the bar in 1876; practiced in Rushford and Chatfield, and
removed to Austin in 1887; has been judge of the Tenth judicial district
since 1898. [22*; 23; 24; 25; 30; 52; 79*; 137.]
Kinkead, William, b. in Elkton, Md., Dec. 3, 1835; d. in St. Cloud,
Minn., May 22, 1868. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and with others
located the town of Alexandria and helped to organize Douglas county.
He served in the Second Minnesota Battery in the civil war. [237 (1).]
Kinne, A. Eugene, farmer, b. in New York in 1840; served three years
in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1870, settling in Renville county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1899. [30.]
Kinney, Kirk J., pioneer, b. in Susquehanna county, Pa., April 14,
1835; d. in Glenwood, Minn., Dec. 29, 1906. He came to Minnesota in
1862; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war; and at
its close settled in Pope county, where he founded the town of Glenwood.
He was the first auditor of the county, and was county surveyor many
years. [237 (43*).]
Kinney, Rodolphus D., pioneer, b. in Royalton, Vt, in 1828; came to
Minnesota, and taught the first school in Morrison county, at Belle
Prairie, 1851-2; was the first settler on the townsite of Royalton, 1854,
and named the village for his native town. [41.]
Kinsey, Nelson C, b. in Moline, 111., July 6, 1845; d. in Northfield,
Minn., May 11, 1903. He engaged in mercantile business thirty-four
years; resided in Northfield after 1884. [237 (28).]
Kinsman, A. N., b. in Fond du Lac county, Wis., in 1854; came to
Austin, Minn., in 1873; established the Austin greenhouses in 1890.
[111.]
Kinyon, Charles J., banker, b. in Ellisburg, N. Y., May 17, 1848;
settled in Minnesota in 1871, and the next year entered the First
National Bank, Owatonna, as teller; was its cashier, 1875-83, and later
its vice-president to 1907. [25; 72.]
Kinyon, George R., banker, b. in Owatonna, Minn., May 31, 1861; was
graduated at Pillsbury Academy, 1880; was cashier of the First National
Bank, Owatonna, after 1882, and its president since 1903. [24; 25; 72.]
Kinyon, William Riley, lawyer, b. in Mannsville, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1833;
was graduated at Union College, 1856; came to Owatonna in 1858. In
company with J. C. Easton he opened a private bank in 1866, which in
1871 was changed to the First National Bank; of which he was presi-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 405
dent, 1871-1903. He was a representative in the legislature in 1868,
and again in 1875-76, in both these later years being speaker of the
House. [18; 25; 70A; 72*.]
Kipp, Orrin, lawyer, b. in Bovina, N. Y., in 1848; came to Minnesota
in 1869; was admitted to the bar in 1872, and practiced in Henderson
fourteen years; removed to St Paul in 1886. [24; 32; 93; 93 A*.]
Kipp, Sylvester, lawyer, b. in Bovina, N. Y., April 19, 1845; came to
Minnesota in 1868, and settled in Henderson the same year; was
county attorney of Sibley county twelve years; later practiced in St.
Paul, until 1904; removed to Knoxville, Tenn. [25; 32; 137.]
Kirby, Burrows W., druggist, b. in England, April 5, 1850; came to
the United States in 1870; settled in Minnesota, and engaged in farming
six years; afterward removed to Elk River, was register of deeds, and
owned a drug store. [31.]
Kirby, Joseph Patterson, b. in Ireland, Aug. 16, 1838; came to the
United States with his parents when very young, and in 1856 settled in
New Auburn, Minn., on a farm; served in the Third Minnesota Regt.,
1861-5, attaining the rank of first-lieutenant; lived in Le Sueur, 1865-74;
removed to Henderson in 1874, and was probate judge of Sibley county,
1875-94. [18.]
Kirchner, William H., educator, b. in Templeton, Mass.; was
graduated at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1887; instructor and later
professor of mechanical drawing in the University of Minnesota since
1894. [127 (8*); 127B.]
Kirk, Alva H., miller, b. in Broome county, N. Y., in 1847; served
in the 16th N. Y. battery in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1871;
settled in Fergus Falls in 1885, where he owned the Park Roller Mills.
[35.]
Kirk, Robert, Alexander, wholesale hardware merchant, b. in Ells-
worth, Ohio, Aug. 28, 1837; served in an Ohio regiment three years
during the civil war; came to Minnesota, settling in St. Paul, in 1882;
president of the firm of Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk and Co. [24; 25; 95*.]
Kirk, William Doxtater, banker, b. in Adams, N. Y., in 1843; d. in
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 2, 1906. He settled in St. Paul; was employed in
the First National Bank, 1869-80; helped to organize the Capital Bank
of St. Paul and was its cashier until 1890; afterward was its president.
[95*; 237 (39*).]
Kirkham, Ralph W., soldier, b. in Massachusetts; was commandant
of Fort Snelling in 1850; attained the rank of brigadier general in
1865; resigned from the army in 1870. [11; 12.]
Kirkwood, William Reeside, Presbyterian clergyman and educator,
b. near Woodsfield, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1837; was graduated at Washington
and Jefferson College, 1859, and studied at Western Theological
Seminary the next two years; was pastor in Ohio and Kansas; professor
406 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
at Macalester College, St. Paul, 1885-90, and again since 1907, having
also a pastorate in St. Paul. [17; 131A.]
Kirwan, Patrick H., b. in Bradford county, Pa., March 17, 1851;
settled at Beaver Palls, Minn., in 1875, and engaged in teaching; was
auditor of Renville county, 1878-91; surveyor general of Minnesota,
1895-1900; later engaged in real estate and loan business, residing in
St. Paul. [25; 32.]
Kitchel, James L., b. in Monroe county, Wis., in 1847; came to Min-
nesota in 1856; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil
war; settled in Sparta, Chippewa county, in 1869; was a representative
in the legislature in 1872 and 1876. [32.]
Kitchel, Stanley R., lawyer, b. in Detroit, Mich., July 4, 1855; d. in
Minneapolis, Dec. 7, 1900. He was graduated at Williams College in
1876; settled in Minneapolis the next year, and was admitted to the
bar in 1878. [22*; 137; 237 (11*).]
Kittelson, Charles, banker, b. in Sigdal, Norway, in 1837; came to
the United States in 1850, and seven years later settled in Albert Lea.
He served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; was state treasurer, 1880-87; and after 1891 resided in
Minneapolis, where he organized the Columbia National Bank, and was
its president. [20*; 169.]
Kittson, Norman, b. near Fort Snelling in 1836; was educated in
Winnipeg; was clerk for the Hudson Bay Company seven years; has
resided in St. Paul since 1878. [94.]
Kittson, Norman Wolfred, pioneer, b. at Sorel, Canada, March 5,
1814; d. on the train when returning to St. Paul, May 11, 1888. He
came to Minnesota in 1834, and during four years was engaged in the
sutler's department at Fort Snelling; was afterward a fur trader on his
own account, and became manager for the American Fur Company in
northern Minnesota; was a member of the territorial legislature, 1851-5,
and mayor of St. Paul, 1858. He established a line of steamers and
barges known as the Red River Transportation Company, and thence
was called "Commodore." Kittson county was named for him. [28, IV* ;
29; 32; 41; 68; 93*; 94; 96; 98*; 114; 237 (2, 9*).]
Kivel, John, b. in Burlington, Vt., Feb. 8, 1843'; served in the 12th
Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Crookston, Minn., in 1878;
removed to Warren, and was sheriff of Marshall county, 1887-92, [35.]
Kjeldson, Nels, b. in Chicago, 111., June 15, 1845; came to Minnesota
in 1870; settled in Ada in 1879; owned a farm of twelve hundred acres;
was register of deeds five years; and afterward engaged in real estate,
loaning, and insurance business. [35.]
Kjetxgren, John Theodor, Lutheran clergyman, b. Sept. 22, 1S59,
in Sweden; came to the United States in 1884; was graduated at the
Augustana Theological Seminary, 1887; was pastor at Marine Mills,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 407
Minn., six years, and since 1896 at New Scandia, Washington county;
was secretary of the Augustana Synod, 1894-1903. [148.]
Klaeber, Frederick J., educator, b. in Bietzendorf, Prussia, Oct. 1,
1863; studied at Berlin and other German universities; came to the
United States in 1893; instructor, 1893-6, and professor since 1896, of
English philology in the University of Minnesota, residing in Min-
neapolis; author of text-books and magazine articles. [17; 127 (8*);
127B.]
Kleeberger, George Reinard, educator, b. in Monticello, Wis., Feb. 25,
1849; was graduated at Yale College, 1875; engaged in teaching in
Wisconsin and California; came to Minnesota in 1895, and was president
of the state normal school at St. Cloud, 1895-1902. [22*; 177 (Aug.,
1895*).]
Klein, Charles H., b. in Carver county, Minn., June 2, 1872; engaged
in the manufacture of brick in Chaska since 1895; was a representative
in the legislature in 1903-5; a state senator, 1911. [25; 30*.]
Klein, John, merchant, b. in Germany, April 6, 1835; came to the
United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1856, settling in St. Peter;
engaged in furniture business; removed to Mankato in 1870. [24; 83*.]
Klein, William Livingston, editor, b. in Barry, 111., Jan. 28, 1851;
was graduated at Cornell University, 1873; came to Minnesota in 1882,
settling in Minneapolis; publisher, since 1893, of the Journal of the
Minnesota State Medical Association and Northwestern Lancet; author
of "Why We Punctuate." [85A]
Klemer, Carl Henry, b. in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 20, 1824; d. in
Faribault, Minn., March 31, 1904. He came to the United States in
1848, and to Minnesota in 1857; settled in Faribault in 1864, and was
proprietor of a woolen mill. [70; 237 (35).]
Klemer, Ferdinand L., manufacturer, b. in Watertown, Wis., Sept. 4,
1856; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1857, and to Faribault in
1864; president of the Faribault Woolen Mill Co.; a representative in
the legislature, 1911. [30*; 70A.]
Kletschke, Vincent, b. in Austria in 1835; came to the United
States in 1854, and to Minnesota two years later; settled on a farm near
Waterville; was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [32.]
Kling, Elmer Ambrose, lawyer, b. in Troy, Wis.; came to Minnesota
in 1892; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1896;
settled in Little Falls; was a representative in the legislature, 1909.
[30*.]
Klinkhammer, J. H. J., banker, b. in Prussia, Nov. 15, 1844; d. in
Jordan, Minn., Jan. 3, 1901. He came with his parents to the United
States when seven years old, and to Shakopee, Minn., in 1857; settled in
Jordan in 1868, engaged in the drug business, and later was cashier of
a bank. [32; 237 (14).]
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Kloe^ping, Frederick, hardware merchant, b. in Germany, May 27,
1845; came to the United States in 1870; settled in Rosemount, Minn.;
was postmaster after 1875. [48.]
Kxossner, Jacob, b. in Switzerland, Dec. 23, 1846; came with his
parents to the United States when three years old, and to Minnesota
in 1856; served in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers; owned a
farm in New Ulm; was a representative in the legislature in 1878.
[30.]
Klosterman, C, teacher, b. in Iowa, March 19, 1849; came to Minne-
sota in 1867; resided in Torah, Stevens county; was a representative in
the legislature, 1876-7. [30.]
Knapp, Cleon T.; resided in St. Paul and Minneapolis twenty years;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1907; has since
practiced in Chisholm; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Knappen, Charles C, journalist, b. in Poynette, Wis., Feb. 15, 1861;
came to Minnesota with his parents while a child; engaged in news-
paper work in the Twin Cities; removed to Crookston, and edited and
published the People Press. [35; 37.]
Knappen, T. F., b. in Clinton county, N. Y., in 1845; was graduated
in law at Madison University, 1869; taught school in Duluth one year;
was attorney of Isanti county several years, and a representative in the
legislature in 1873; settled in Montevideo in 1878. [30; 32.]
Knatvold, Hans E., hardware merchant, b. in Drammen, Norway,
Sept. 3, 1848; came with his parents to the United States when fourteen
years old; and to Albert Lea, Minn., in 1867. [53.]
Knatvold, Thorvald V., banker, b. in Norway, Oct. 2, 1853; came to
the United States with his parents in 1862, settling in Freeborn county,
Minn.; resides at Albert Lea; was a state senator, 1895-1902. [30.]
Knauft, Ferdinand, merchant, b. in Prussia in 1826; came to the
United States in 1845; settled in St. Paul in 1850; owned a grocery,
1851-70, and later engaged in hardware business; was a representative
in the territorial legislature in 1856. [94.]
Kneeland, C. R., b. in Medina county, Ohio, in 1846; came to Minne-
sota in 1872, and the next year built the first house in Lamberton, kept
a store, and owned a farm. [32.]
Kneeland, Thomas, lawyer, b. in Harrison, Maine, June 19, 1851;
was graduated at Bowdoin college, 1874; was admitted to the bar, 1879;
came to Minnesota in 1880, settling in Minneapolis; was a representa-
tive in the legislature, 1909-11. [24; 25; 30*.]
Knickerbacker, David Buell, Episcopal clergyman, b. irf Rensselaer
county, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1833; d. in Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 31, 1894. He
was graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, 1853, and at the Theological
Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal church in New York city, 1856;
came to Minnesota the same year and was the first rector of Gethsemane
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 409
Church, Minneapolis, 1856-83; later was bishop of Indiana. [58; 85 A;
174*.]
Knight, Aubrey M., banker, b. in Peru, Maine, Aug. 8, 1843; came
to Minnesota in 1868, and the next year settled in Glencoe; engaged in
real estate and loaning business; established the McLeod County Bank
in 1883; owned much real estate in Dakota and Minnesota. [64.]
KnIg-ht, John, physician, b. in New York, April 5, 1850; served in
the 186th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1871; was
a preacher in the M. E. church in several towns in Wadena county, and
practiced medicine; was treasurer of Wadena county eight years;
resided in Wadena, and was pastor of a church in Sebeka. [35; 38.]
Knight, Oliver March, b. in Portsmouth, N. H., April 9, 1838; d. in
Minneapolis, Feb. 22, 1897. He served in the First Minnesota and
other regiments, 1861-5; settled in St. Paul in 1866, and engaged in
printing; later was in mercantile business in the East; returned to
Minnesota in 1886, established the Union Credit Company, and resided
in Minneapolis. [122; 237 (9*).]
Knights, Richard, b. near Sherbrooke, Canada, March 5, 1830; came
to Minnesota in 1871; resided in Buffalo and Minneapolis; purchased a
hotel at Howard Lake in 1881, and afterward managed it. [31.]
Kniss, George W., b. in Defiance, Ohio, Oct. 12,1838; served in Ohio
regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; settled in
Luverne, Minn., in 1870, and engaged in real estate and loaning business.
[34; 71*; 71A.]
Kniss, Pierce J., banker, b. in Defiance, Ohio, Nov. 16, 1839; d. in
Luverne, Minn., Dec. 19, 1896. He served in the 15th Wisconsin Regt.
in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1870, and was one of the
founders of the town of Luverne; opened a bank there in 1876; was a
representative in the legislature in 1879. [30; 34; 71A*.]
Knoblauch, Anton, b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, Aug. 24, 1835; came
to the United States in 1854, and two years later settled in Carver,
Minn.; engaged in mercantile business, 1863-81, and later in banking.
[24; 32.]
Knobloch, Adolpii, hardware merchant, b. in Germany in 1831; came
to the United States in 1847, and to Minnesota in 1855; settled in
Owatonna in 1861; owned the first brewery there, and after 1874
engaged in hardware business. [72.]
Knowles, E. C, farmer, b. in New Hampshire in 1820; came to
Minnesota in 1855; settled in Northfield; was a representative in the
legislature in 1877. [30; 70.]
Knowlton. B. K., b. in Stockholm, N. Y., July 10, 1825; came to
Sauk Rapids, Minn., in 1857; engaged at first in the grocery business,
and later in real estate and insurance. [31.]
Knowlton, Elliot A., merchant, banker, b. in Wardsboro, Vt, Sept.
410 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
10, 1844; came to Minnesota in 1856 with his parents, who settled in
Northfield; attended Hamline University; served- in the Seventh Min-
nesota Regt., 1862-5; removed to Rochester in 1868; president of the
Union National Bank there since 1891. [66A.]
Knox, Cholwell, lawyer, b. in Rhinebeck, N. Y., Sept. 1, 1839; d. in
St. Paul, Feb. 23, 1910. He studied at the University of Michigan; was
admitted to the bar in 1863; settled in St. Paul in 1884. [93.]
Knox, Daniel J., merchant and lumberman, b. in Beloit, Wis., Aug.
26f 1849; settled in Aitkin, jMinn., where he carried on an extensive
mercantile business and owned a sawmill. [31.]
Knox, George Whitfield, merchant, b. in Wisconsin in 1853; came to
Minnesota in 1876; resided in Aitkin after 1878; was a representative
in the legislature in 1907. [30*.]
Knox, Henry Martyn, banker, b. in Knoxboro, N. Y., in 1830; was
graduated at Hamilton College, 1851; came to St. Paul in 1857, and
established a private banking house; was cashier of the First National
Bank; was public examiner of the state, 1878-88; removed in 1888 to
Minneapolis, where he was vice-president of the Security Bank of
Minnesota. [3*; 68; 94.]
Knox, John Jay, financier, b. in Knoxboro, N. Y., March 19, 1828; d. in
New York, Feb. 9, 1892. He was graduated at Hamilton College, 1849;
engaged in banking business in St. Paul, 1856-62; and afterward was
connected with the U. S. treasury department in Washington. [4.]
Knox, R. H., miller, b. in Ross county, Ohio, in 1811; came to Min-
nesota in 1851, and built for James M. Winslow the first flouring mill
in Ramsey county; settled in Cannon Falls, 1857; was a representative
in the legislature in 1859. [54.]
Knox, Thomas J., lawyer, b. in Covington, Pa., Feb. 16, 1846; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1855; was admitted to the bar in 1871,
and since 1872 has practiced law in Jackson. [24; 26*; 39*; 62*.]
Knudson, George, b. in Kragero, Norway, Oct. 23, 1848; d. in St.
James, Minn., April 22, 1906. He came with his parents to the United
States in 1852, and to Watonwan county, Minn., five years later; was
county auditor, 1875-92; engaged in mercantile business and farming;
was a state senator, 1883-5. [169; 237 (39).]
Knudson, K., farmer, b. in Dane county, Wis., April 3, 1855; lived in
Medo, Blue Earth county, Minn., after 1870; was a representative in
the legislature in 1891. [169.]
Knudson, Thomas, merchant, b. in Hallingdal, Norway, Feb. 6, 1850;
came with his parents to the United States in 1861, and to Minnesota
five years later; was one of the founders of Benson; was the first sheriff
of Swift county, and was county treasurer, 1882-94. [169.]
Knuteson, John D., farmer, b. near Stavanger, Norway, June 21,
1851; came to Minnesota in 1864; resided in Polk county after 1883;
was a representative in the legislature, 1893-5. [30; 37.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 41 1
Kxutsox, Knute, farmer, b. in Norway, Jan. 19, 1869; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1873; attended the Willmar Seminary; settled
in Duluth, and later removed to Swift Falls; -was a representative in
the legislature in 1907 and 1911. [24; 25; 30* ]
Kobe, Mark, merchant, b. in Austria, May 6, 1848; came to the United
States in 1869, and to Minnesota in 1871; settled in Royalton in 1880,
where he engaged in mercantile business and built a grain elevator.
[31.]
Koch, E. G., b. in Saxony, Germany, in 1833; came to New Ulm,
Minn., in 1860; was auditor of Brown county, 1866-76; afterward
engaged in real estate and insurance business. [32.]
Koefod, Eilert, b. in Norway, March 12, 1865; came to the United
States when sixteen years old, and to Pope county, Minn., the same
year; resided in Glenwood; was register of deeds, 1887-96. [67.]
Koefod, Magnus, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Sept. 3, 1848
came to the United States in 1869; was ordained to the ministry in
1874, and the same year settled at White Bear lake, Pope county, Minn,
later resided in Glenwood. [67; 169.]
Koehxer, Robert, artist, b. in Hamburg, Germany, Nov. 28, 1850
came with his parents to the United States in 1854; studied art in New
York and Munich; came to Minnesota in 1893, settling in Minneapolis
president of the Minnesota State Art Society, and director of the Min-
neapolis School of Fine Arts. [17; 22*; 24; 26*.]
Koering, Gregory, R. C. priest, b. in Westphalia, Prussia, in 1833;
d. in St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 7, 1908. He came to the United States in
1861; was ordained priest in St. Paul in 1865; was pastor at St.
Michael, 1865-70, at Shakopee, 1870-78, at New Trier, 1878-97, and after-
ward at North St. Paul and Oakdale. [48; 146.]
Koerner, August T.> state treasurer, b. in Rodach, Germany, in 1843;
came to the United States in 1858; served in Indiana regiments during
the civil war; settled in Litchfield, Minn., in 1867; was register of
deeds in Meeker county, 1878-84; representative in the legislature,
1893; and treasurer of Minnesota, 1895-1901. [22*; 27*; 30; 65; 95*;
238 (Oct. 4, 1896)*.]
Kohler, Francis Xavier, b. in Hennepin county, Minn., April 5, 1857;
settled in Glencoe in 1883; engaged in insurance business, and dealing
in farm machinery; was sheriff of McLeod county, 1885-92. [64.]
Kohlmeier, Henry F., b. in Hanover, Germany, March 1, 1842; d. at
Jerico Springs, Mo., Dec. 2, 1909. He came with his parents to the
United States in 1854, and to Winnebago, Houston county, Minn., in
1857; served in the Fifth Iowa Regt in the civil war; was a representa-
tive in the legislature in 1881; removed to Missouri in 1896. [61;
237 (56).]
Kolbe, F. H., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Saxony, Germany, Aug. 27,
1841; came to the United States in 1868; was graduated from a college
412 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
in St. Louis, Mo., in 1871; settled in Minnesota; was pastor of the
German Lutheran church at Howard Lake after 1879. [31.]
Kollmorgen, H. Carl E, Lutheran clergyman, b. Feb. 27, 1839, in
Germany; came to America in 1868; was graduated at the Theological
Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1873; was ordained at Atwater, Minn., 1873;
after 1890 was pastor at Helvetia, Carver county, Minn. [148.]
Konzen, Peter H., lawyer, b. in Chickasaw county, Iowa, May 27,
1857; came to Minnesota in 1879; settled in Hallock in 1881; practiced
law, and was superintendent of schools in Kittson county, 1881-9. [35.]
Koon, Martin B., lawyer, b. in Altay, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1841; was
educated at Hillsdale College, 1861-4; was admitted to the bar in 1868;
came to Minnesota, settling in Minneapolis, in 1878; was judge in the
Fourth judicial district, 1884-6. [17; 22*; 23; 24; 25; 58; 84*; 85A*;
90*; 137*.]
Koons, Jacob, farmer, b. in Wayne county, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1836; came
to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; resided in New Auburn, Sibley county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1879. [30; 32; 64; 241.]
Koons, Joseph, b. in Ohio in 1833 ; came to Minnesota in 1857, settling
on a farm in New Auburn, Sibley county; in 1873 invented the threshing
machine known as the Minnesota Chief. [32.]
Koop, John Henry, merchant, b. in Hanover, Germany, Feb. 8, 1857;
came with his parents to the United States in 1868, and the next year
entered St. John's University, Stearns county, Minn.; settled in
Brainerd, 1879, and engaged in mercantile pursuits. [23*; 31.]
Kops, Jacob de Brtjyn, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Holland in
1831; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 11, 1900. He came to the United States when
eighteen years of age; studied at McCormick Theological Seminary;
came to Minnesota in 1870, as pastor of a church at Fremont, Winona
county; spent two years in missionary work in Africa; afterward
returned to Minnesota, and was pastor at La Crescent, and at Warren-
dale (in St. Paul). [153; 237 (11).]
Kortgaard, Kbistian, banker, b. Norway, Jan. 17, 1855; came to
the United States, and in 1882 settled in Minneapolis; was cashier of
the State Bank, 1885-91, and afterward was its president; was also
president of a railroad company, and was city treasurer. [84*; 169.]
Kraft, John, miller, b. near Cassel, Germany, Jan. 12, 1852; settled
in Minneapolis in 1871; took charge of the Washburn B mill in 1882.
[168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
Kragero, Hans H., farmer, b. in Kragero, Norway, June 17, 1841;
came to the United States in 1866; settled in Kragero, Chippewa county,
Minn., in 1870. [32.]
Krahmer, Edward F., pioneer, b. in Germany, Dec. 11, 1831; d. in
St. Paul, Feb. 26, 1905. He came to the United States when twenty-one
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 413
years old, and two years later settled at New Ulm, Minn.; removed to
St. Paul in 1862; owned a tannery, and after 1886 dealt in fuel. [237
(35*).]
Krahmee, Edward G., b. in New Ulm, Minn., Jan. 31, 1858; removed
with his parents to St. Paul in 1862; after taking a course of study in
a business college, he joined his father in the painting business, in
which he continued until 1891; was later in real estate and rental
business; was register of deeds of Ramsey county, 1897-1900, and
county auditor, 1903-10. [24; 25; 27*; 93A; 95*; 238 (Nov. 9. 1899).]
Kraker, Joseph, farmer and merchant, b. in Austria in 1842; d. in
Melrose, Minn., Nov. 6, 1907. He came to the United States in 1860,
and settled in Minnesota in 1871; resided at Melrose; was a representa-
tive in the legislature in 1897. [30; 237 (48).]
Kramer, A. H., merchant, b. in Canada, March 3, 1848; came to Fill-
more county, Mfnn., in 1865; resided in Preston; owned an interest in a
store, a mill, and a creamery. [52.]
Kranz, N. F. W., b. in Treves, Prussia, March 3, 1841; came to the
United States in 1851, and soon afterward settled in Hampton, Minn.;
was elected register of deeds of Dakota county in 1867. [29*; 48.]
Krassin, August C., hardware merchant, b. in Wisconsin; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Waseca in 1880; was
sheriff of the county, 1887-90, and county treasurer, 1891-2. [75.]
Krause, J. D., b. in Wisconsin in 1851; came to Minnesota, 1867, and
settled in Norwood; was township treasurer and postmaster; was a
representative in the legislature in 1909. [30*.]
Krautkremer, P. H., farmer, b. in Germany, Jan. 13, 1844; when six
years old came to the United States with his parents, and to Minnesota
six years later; resided in Helena, Scott county; was a representative
in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Kray, John, b. in Germany, March 22, 1833; came to the United
States in 1849, and to Minnesota in 1853; settled at Cold Spring, Stearns
county, in 1873, and was proprietor of a hotel. [31.]
Krayenbuhl, Frank L., postoffice cashier, b. at Alpine, N. Y., in 1854;
came to Minnesota, and settled in St. Paul; was a representative in
the legislature in 1899. [30.]
Krayenbuhl, Gustave, clerk of court, b. in Canton de Vaud, Switzer-
land, Aug. 22, 1822, came to the United States in 1847, and about 1855
to Chaska, Minn. He held public office in his county continuously
during twenty years. [18; 32.]
Krebs, H., b. in Germany in 1826; was a teacher in Minnesota after
1857; resided at St. Augusta, Stearns county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Kreis, Charles B., b. in Elysville, Md., in 1848; came with his
parents to Monticello, Minn., in 1856; engaged in the printing business,
and after 1881 was postmaster there, [31.]
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Kbeis, Henry, merchant, b. in Baltimore county, Md., in 1821; resided
in Monticello; was auditor of Wright county eight years; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1887-9. [30; 31.]
Kreis, Robert B., merchant, b. in Elysville, Md., in 1850; came with
his parents to Monticello, Minn., in 1856, and after 1876 owned a general
store there. [31.]
Kremer, Frederick B., dentist, b. in Middleburg, Pa., June 22, 1861;
was graduated in dentistry at Iowa University, 1890; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1892; was instructor and professor in the dental department
of the University of Minnesota, 1892-96. [85A; 127 (10*).]
Kremer, N. J., b. in France, Jan. 14, 1834; came with his parents to
the United States in 1850, and to Minnesota five years later; was the
first settler at Minnesota Lake, Blue Earth county, 1856; engaged in
farming, mercantile business, and dealing in agricultural implements.
[32; 39.]
Kremer, Peter, b. in Metz, France, March 7, 1839; came to the
United States when a child; settled at Minnesota Lake, Minn., in 1874;
dealt in grain, and in 1894 became president of the Security bank.
[39; 237 (29*).]
Kretschmar, Carl, b. in Germany, Feb. 25, 1842; d. at Thief River
Falls, Minn., Feb. 22, 1902. He came to the United States in 1870;
resided in St. Paul, Fergus Falls, and Crookston. In 1882 he founded
the town of Red Lake Falls, and the next year founded Thief River
Falls. [237 (19).]
Kribs, Ltjdwig, Congregational clergyman, b. near Hamilton, Canada,
Feb. 19, 1812; d. in Eglon, Clay county, Minn., Dec. 16, 1887. He
settled there in 1872; owned a farm, and engaged in ministerial work.
[143.]
Kroak, Lewis B„ b. in Horby, Sweden, March 20, 1864; came with his
parents to the United States in 1869; lived in New Ulm, Minn., after
1873; was county auditor, 1891-94. [169.]
Kroiin, Jens, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, July 30, 1834; came
to the United States in 1861; was graduated at Concordia College, St.
Louis, in 1863; was pastor of a church in Arendahl, Fillmore county,
Minn., after 1876. [52; 169.]
Kron, Frederick, merchant, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 9, 1852;
came to Mankato, Minn., with his parents while still an infant; has
conducted a department store in Mankato since 1874. [23; 25; 83*.]
Kron, John, b. in Eda, Sweden, July 2, 1845; came to the United
States when twenty-two years old, settling in Douglas county, Minn.;
owned a shoe store in Alexandria; was county treasurer, 1878-86. [169.]
Kron, Ole, merchant, b. in Vermland, Sweden, in 1848; came to the
United States when nineteen years old; settled in Evansville, Minn., in
1877; was an active worker in the Prohibition party. [169.]
MINNESOTxV BIOGRAPHIES. 415
Keonschnabel, Casper, b. in Germany in 1837; came with his parents
to the United States in 1846, and to St. Paul in 1856; settled in Benton,
Carver county, Minn., in 1868, where he built a sawmill and a flouring
mill. [32.]
Krostue, Gunder, banker and merchant, b. in Norway in 1852; came
to Minnesota in 1880; settled in Fisher; was a representative in the
legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Krtjger, Rudolph, farmer, b. in Holstein, Germany, Dec. 22, 1827;
came to the United States in 1848; settled at Hay Creek, Goodhue
county, Minn., in 1855; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; was a representative in the legislature, 1876-7. [54*.]
Kuehn, Lucas, merchant and banker, b. in Baden, Germany, Oct. 18,
1834; came to the United States in 1852, and to Wabasha county, Minn.,
in 1855; resided in Wabasha after 1858; opened a dry goods store in
1864 ; was president of the Wabasha Bank, and had many other business
interests. [74.]
Kuester, Emil, merchant tailor, b. in Berlin, Germany, March 1, 1837;
d. at Blue Earth, Minn., Oct. 25, 1900. He came to the United States
in 1870, and settled in Blue Earth in 1878. [237 (11).]
Kunde, Herman, b. in Posen, Germany, April 11, 1841; d. in Still-
water, Minn., Nov. 18, 1900. He settled in Stillwater in 1856; engaged
in lumbering, and after 1887 kept a hotel. [237 (11).]
Kundsen, A., M. E. clergyman, b. in Hoi, Norway, Jan. 19, 1844; came
to the United States; settled at Grand Meadow, Minn.; engaged in
farming and ministerial work; resided in St. Paul after 1883; was
presiding elder of a Norwegian and Danish conference. [169.]
Kunze, William Frederick, b. in Sleepy Eye, Minn., June 1, 1873;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1897, and was instructor
in chemistry there; later was superintendent of schools in Hastings and
in Red Wing, and principal of the Cleveland high school, St. Paul;
removed to Minneapolis ; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30* ;
127 (12*); 127A*.]
Kutchin, D. Webster, b. in Pottsville, Pa., Oct. 24, 1845; came to
Minnesota in 1878, and established the Tracy Gazette; afterward
engaged in newspaper publication in Dakota several years; returned
and settled at Lake Benton, Minn., as editor and proprietor of the Lake
Benton Republican. [32; 34.]
La Bathe, Joseph, b. in Mendota in 1825; was a mixed-blood Indian;
lived during his childhood in Wabasha's village; settled on a farm on
Gray Cloud Island in 1879. [237 (4); 238 (May 27, 1894).]
La Bissonniere, Isaac, b. in North Dakota near Pembina, July 7, 1823;
d. in St. Paul, June 20, 1910. He was a quarter-blood Ojibway; came
with his parents to the site of St. Paul in 1837; was a workman in
416 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
building the first chapel there, 1841; farmed St. Anthony hill, and later
a tract of land on Lake Como; removed to Osseo in 1854, but again
resided in St. Paul after 1902. [146; 237 (21*, 34*, 35*, 46*, 62).]
Lachance, J. D., b. in Canada, Oct. 19, 1845; came to Little Falls,
Minn., in 1865; was clerk of the district court, deputy sheriff, and after
1872 county auditor. [31.]
Lacrosse, Telesphore, farmer, b. in Canada in 1839; came to the
United States in 1857, settling in Georgia; being drafted in the Con-
federate army in the civil war, he served in it a short time, but later
served in the Sixth Connecticut Regt. two years; came to Minnesota in
1868, and settled in Centerville, Anoka county, in 1872. [31.]
• Lacy, Charles Y., educator, b. in Monroe county, N. Y., in 1850; was
graduated at Cornell University in 1873; was professor of agriculture
in the University of Minnesota, 1874-80; removed to Montana in 1880,
and to California in 1899. [166 (1901*).]
Lacy, Thomas, b. in Kennebec county, Maine, in 1824; settled at
Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1854; was register of deeds for Chisago county,
1858-9; engaged in mercantile business and farming. [40.]
Ladd, Henry Elmer, b. in Salem, N. H., Dec. 17, 1847; d. in Min-
neapolis, Jan. 19, 1904. He came with his parents to Minneapolis when
nineteen years of age; engaged for a time in the confectioner's business,
and after 1880 dealt in real estate. [22*; 237 (35*).]
Ladd, J. W„ journalist, b. in Phoenix, R. I., in 1841; came to Minne-
sota in 1860; settled in Bird Island, 1878; built the first grain elevator
there, and owned a store and a farm; after 1879 published the Bird
Island Blizzard. [32.]
Ladd, Sumner, lawyer, b. in Ohio in 1838; was graduated at the Uni-
versity of Vermont, 1863; studied law at Albany law school; settled in
St. Peter, Minn., in 1866; was a representative in the legislature in
1878. [30; 32.]
La Due, A. D., banker, b. in Rochester, Minn., Oct 17, 1865; settled in
Luverne in 1885; president of the Luverne Automobile Company, and
since 1905 of the First National Bank. [71A.]
La Due, Jay, farmer, b. in Sherman, N. Y., April 7, 1827; came to
Minnesota in 1857; settled in Luverne; was noted as a breeder of fast
race horses; was a state senator, 1891-3. [30.]
Lafond, Moses, b. in Canada, March 7, 1836; d. in Little. Falls, Minn.,
Oct. 2, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and to Little Falls the
next year; engaged at first in the butcher's business, and later owned a
store and a sawmill; was a representative in the legislature in 1874.
[31; 41; 237 (39).]
Lagerstrom, Reimhold, musician, b. in Spring Garden, Minn., June
12, 1861; was graduated at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Stockholm,
Sweden, in 1888; afterward had charge of the musical department of
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn. [148; 169.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 417
La Grange, John, Baptist clergyman, b. in Albany, N. Y., in 1810;
d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 22, 1899. He came to St. Peter, Minn., in 1857;
organized a Baptist church there, and was its pastor until 1878; then
removed to Minneapolis. [141.]
La Grave, Charles Louis, b. in Detroit, Mich., in 1815; d. in Min-
neapolis, July 11, 1902. He was one of the earliest settlers in Min-
neapolis; later engaged in mercantile business in Faribault; returned
to Minneapolis in 1882. [237 (19*).]
Laing, George M., lawyer, b. in Dundas, Ontario, in 1850; came to
Minnesota in 1881, settling at Windom; was a representative in the
legislature in 1897. [30; 34.]
Laird, E. M. B., b. in Vermont in 1814; came to Minnesota in 1858;
kept a hotel at West Mankato, and afterward owned a farm on the site
of Madelia. [32.]
Laird, John C, pioneer, b. in Lewisburg, Pa., Oct. 6., 1825; d. in
Winona, Minn., Aug. 25, 1902. He came to Winona in 1852, and engaged
in an extensive lumber business; also owned a farm in Olmsted county.
[77; 167 (Aug. 29, 1902).]
Laird, William Harris, b. in Union county, Pa., Feb. 24, 1833; d. at
a hospital in Baltimore, Md., Feb. 5, 1910. He came to Minnesota in
1855, settling in Winona, and in the firm of Laird, Norton and Co.,
formed in 1856, engaged extensively in lumbering and lumber manu-
facturing. He was donor of the Public Library building in Winona, and
president of the trustees of Carleton College. [18; 23; 25; 167 (Feb. 2,
1894*, and April 13, 1900*).]
Lake, Fred Hunter, b. in North Easton, Mass., Dec. 4, 1855; settled in
Fergus Falls, Minn., in 1880, and engaged in real estate business.
[24; 25; 35.]
Lake, William H., b. in Juneau county, Wis., Oct. 8, 1858; came to
Pipestone county, Minn., in 1881, and engaged in farming; settled in
Jasper, 1888, and was in draying business thirteen years, and later a
merchant; was sheriff of Pipestone county, 1907-10. [71 A.]
Lamb, Charles D., farmer, b. in Wrightstown, Pa., Sept. 5, 1837;
came to Melrose, Minn., in 1860; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war and Indian wars; was a representative in the legislature
in 1876. [31.]
Lamb, George Allan, physician, b. in Ashtabula, Ohio, July 1, 1837;
d. at Benton Harbor, Mich., March 1, 1883. He was graduated at Rush
Medical College, 1861; served as assistant surgeon in the 40th Wisconsin
Regt. in the civil war; settled in Minneapolis in 1873, where he resided
until a short time before his death. [139.]
Lamb, John, civil engineer, b. in Peru, 111., in 1853; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1854 ; was state commissioner of labor statistics,
1887-91; resided in Minneapolis. [30.]
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418 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Lamb, Morris H., farmer, b. in Medina county, Ohio, Jan., 2, 1837;
settled in Waseca county, Minn., in 1864; served in the Eleventh Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; was a representative in the legislature in
1875; resided in Alton township. [75*.]
Lamb, P., h. in Lamoille county, Vt., Dec. 1, 1831; came to Minnesota
in 1851; engaged in farming and in transportation and freighting until
1866, when he settled as a merchant in Sauk Center. [31.]
Lamb, Patrick H., b. in County Tyrone, Ireland, March 17, 1847;
came to the United States when a child, and settled in Moorhead, Minn.,
in 1872, and had many business interests there; engaged in railroad
construction, stock-raising, and owned a farm of 1,500 acres. [35.]
Lamberson, John, M. E. clergyman, b. in Columbiana county, Ohio,
Aug. 15, 1826, d. in Excelsior, Minn., Sept. 2, 1895. He came to Minne-
sota in 1854, and settled on a farm; joined the state conference in 1865,
and engaged in its work twenty-five years. [151*.]
Lamberson, Lafayette, banker, b. in Grafton, Wis., Nov. 6, 1854;
came to Minnesota in 1883, and in 1884 established the Bank of Warren,
where he resides; has extensive real estate investments. [37.]
Lambert, David, pioneer, b. probably in Connecticut, about 1819; d. by
drowning in the Mississippi, Nov. 2, 1849. He was graduated at Trinity
College, Hartford, Conn.; studied law; came to Minnesota, and settled
in St. Paul in 1848. [28, IV; 69; 94; 107.]
Lambert, George C, adjutant general, b. in 1867; came to Minnesota
in 1884; studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1888; was first
lieutenant in the Twelfth Minnesota Regt. in the Spanish war; and was
adjutant general of the state, 1899-1901. [30; 126*.]
Lambert, Henry A., judge, b. in Baltimore, Md., March, 1817; d. in
St. Paul, June 14, 1870. He studied law in Philadelphia; settled in St.
Paul in 1856; engaged in mercantile and real estate business, and was
judge of probate and justice of the peace. [238 (June 15, 1870).]
Lambert, J. B., music dealer, b. in Bucksport, Maine, May 17, 1845;
served in the Fourth Maine Regt. in the civil war; settled in Hastings,
Minn., in 1866; opened a music store in 1871. [48.]
Lambert, Theo., farmer, b. in Oneida county, N. Y., Aug. 1, 1825;
served in the 32d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota
in 1866; settled in St. James; was a representative in the legislature in
1879. [30.]
Lambert, W. T., b. in Aroostook county, Maine, Jan. 24, 1838; came
to Minnesota in 1856; served in the civil war nearly four years; settled
in Little Falls; was county treasurer, 1878-83. [31.]
Lamberton, A. J., merchant, b. in Pennsylvania in 1826; came to
Winona, Minn., in 1856; settled in St. Peter in 1858. [238 (Oct. 7,
1881).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 419
Lambertox, Henry Wilson, lawyer, b. in Carlisle, Pa., March 6, 1831;
d. in Winona, Minn., Dec. 31, 1905. He settled there in 1856; became
president of the AVinona Deposit Bank in 1868; was elected president
of the Winona and Western railway company in 1894. He was one of the
state capitol commissioners from the organization of that board until
his death. [23; 237 (39).]
Lamm, Stephen, b. in Haslach, Germany, Dec. 23, 1827; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., March 22, 1904. He came to the United States in 1851,
and to Mankato, Minn., in 1856; engaged in mercantile business, and
after 1896 was president of the First National Bank. He was treasurer
of Blue Earth county, 1857-60. [237 (35*).]
Lammers, Louis Frederic, lawyer, b. in Taylor's Falls, Minn., Dec.
14, 1855; settled at Heron Lake in 1880; engaged in mercantile busi-
ness; was county superintendent of schools, 1886-90; was admitted to
the bar in 1888; was county attorney of Jackson county, 1896. [22*; 24;
62.]
Lampe, Charles Otto, ice dealer, b. in Boston, Mass., Dec. 17, 1854;
settled in Minneapolis in 1874; was a representative in the legislature
in 1899. [24; 30.]
Lampiiere, George N., journalist, b. in Mystic, Conn., Aug. 23, 1845;
served in the 16th Connecticut Regt. in the civil war; was employed in
government departments in Washington, D. C, until 1882; then set-
tled in Moorhead, Minn.; owned and published the daily and weekly
News after 1883; author of a book, "The United States Government,''
published in 1880; was secretary of the board of trustees of the Min-
nesota Soldiers' Home, 1900-07, residing in St. Paul; removed in 1907
to Palouse, Wash. [35; 36; 47; 241.]
Lam tl and, Carl O., astronomer, b. in Vernon, Dodge county,
Minn., Dec. 29, 1873; studied at the State University of Indiana; is con-
nected with Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, Arizona; has published
many articles in scientific journals. [50*.]
Lamprey, Morris, lawyer, b. in Deerfield, N. H., Dec. 9, 1827; d.
in St. Paul, April 9, 1879. He was graduated at Dartmouth College,
1851; settled in St. Paul in 1855,. [237 (1).]
Lamson, Frank Bailey, journalist, b. at Mount Carmel, Conn., Oct.
14, 1867; came to Minnesota in 1884; was editor of newspapers in Co-
kato and Buffalo; auditor of Wright county, 1893-96; postmaster of
Buffalo since 1897; editor of the Lamson Genealogy (121 pages, 1908).
[25; 211*.]
Lamson, George Wells, b. in Michigan in 1834; d. in St. Paul,
March 16, 1890. He came to St. Paul about 1875, and engaged in in-
surance and real estate business. [28, VIII; 159; 238 (March 17,
1890).]
Lancaster, William Atwood, lawyer, b. in Detroit, Maine, Dec. 29,
1859; was admitted to the bar in 1881; came to Minnesota in 1887, set-
420 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETT COLLECTIONS.
tling in Minneapolis; was a judge in the Fourth judicial district, 1897-9.
[22*; 24; 25.]
Landeen, John F„ farmer, b. in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1852; came
to the United States in 1864, and to Minnesota" two years later; re-
sides in Garfield, Douglas county; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1905. [30.*]
Landon, Charles O., b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., Aug. 23, 1826;
came to Wabasha county, Minn., in 1861; owned a farm in Plainview,
and after 1867 engaged in the drug business, and dealt in real estate.
[74.]
Lane, A. P., pioneer, settled in Anoka, Minn., in 1854, and built
the first flouring mill there; afterward engaged in lumbering, farming,
and various other enterprises. [31.]
Lane, Frank S., b. in Maine in 1859; came to Minnesota in 1862,
settling in Minneapolis; was custodian of the court house; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1901. [30.]
Lane, Freeman P., lawyer, b. in Bastport, Maine, April 20, 1853;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1861; was admitted to the bar
in 1874, and has since practiced in Minneapolis; was a representative in
the legislature in 1889. [22*; 25; 30; 58; 90.*]
Lane, James Sargent, lumberman, b. in St. Stephen, N. B., Aug. 6,
1833; came to Minnesota in 1852, and engaged in the manufacture of
lumber at St. Anthony Falls; during many years surveyor general of
logs and lumber for the Second district. [i9*; 58; 174*.]
Lane, Leander H., farmer, b. in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, May 10,
1840; in the civil war served in the 23d Ohio Regt, attaining the rank
of captain; settled in Merton, Steele county, Minn. [72.]
Lang, James, merchant, b. in Canada, Dec. 20. 1838; came to Meeker
county, Minn., in 1857; engaged in farming; served in the First
Minnesota Mounted Rangers in the civil war; after 1875 engaged in
mercantile business in Manannah, and owned a hotel there. [65*.]
Langdon, Robert, Bruce, contractor, b. in New Haven, Vt, Nov. 24,
1826; d. in Minneapolis, July 24, 1895. He came to St. Paul in 1858,
and removed to Minneapolis in 1866; was prominently engaged in the
construction of railroads in Minnesota# and other northwestern states,
and in Manitoba and westward, • besides the construction of canals,
bridges, and many city blocks and flouring mills in Minneapolis and
elsewhere. He was a state senator, 1873-8 and 1881-5; and was a mem-
ber of the Republican national conventions of 1876, 1884, 1888, and
1892. [18; 20*; 22*; 27*; 28, VIII; 30; 58; 84; 85A; 156; 166A*;
237 (9*).]
Langdon, W. H., b. in Columbia county, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1841;
served in the 12th Illinois Regt, 1862-3, and was afterward captain of a
colored regiment; settled in Lynd, Lyon county, Minn., in 1867; was
the first register of deeds in that county. [32.]
Lange, Aug. H. E., merchant, b. in Prussia in 1828; came to the
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United States in 1851, and to St. Peter, Minn., five years later; the
next year settled in Elysian, Le Sueur county; was postmaster fifteen
years; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30; 32.]
Lange, C. H. L., b. in Germany, Feb. 17, 1832; d. in Volga, S. D.,
Feb. 13, 1909. He came to the United States in 1852; served as cap-
tain in the Fifth Iowa Regt. in the civil war; settled in Hastings,
Minn., in 1862; later removed to St. Paul; was a dealer in grain, and
belonged to the firm of Kellogg and Lange, who owned a line of grain
elevators in western Minnesota. [48; 237 (51).]
Lange, J. Dietrich, educator, b. in 1863; was graduated at Man-
kato Normal School; taught in southern Minnesota, and after 1899 in
the Central High School, St. Paul; principal of the Humboldt High
School, St. Paul, since 1906; author of "Handbook of Nature Study,"
329 pages, 1898, and "Our Native Birds," 162 pages, 1899. [237 (42*).]
Lange, Latjritz Martin, lawyer, b. in Trondhjem, Norway, Feb. 12,
1844; came to the United States in 1862; served in the 165th N. Y.
Regt., 1862-5, and afterward in the regular army; was admitted to the
bar in 1875; settled at Worthington, Minn., in 1883; was register of the
U. S. land office in Marshall, 1889-93, and judge of probate for Lyon
county, 1897-1903; removed to Cass Lake. [24; 25; 34.]
Langemo, P. N., farmer, b. in Norway, Sept. 30, 1832; came to the
United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Eidsvold,
Goodhue county; was a representative in the legislature, 1.878-9. [30.]
Langen, Ole T., b. in Norway, Jan. 30, 1844; came with his par-
ents to the United States in 1852, and settled on a farm in Otter Tail
county, Minn., in 1868; later owned a lumber yard, and dealt in farm
machinery at Battle Lake. [35.]
Langevin, Edward, b. near Quebec, Feb. 15, 1827; settled in St.
Paul in 1852; engaged in mercantile business, and later was largely in-
terested in real estate in West St. Paul. [93*.]
Langford, A. G., b. in Utica, N. Y., in 1834; d. in Denver, Colo.,
Dec. 22, 1885. He came to St. Paul in early manhood, and resided there
about seven years, removing to Colorado at the time of the rich min-
ing discoveries. [237 (1).]
Langford, Mrs. Chloe Sweeting, b. in Whitestown, N. Y., May 8,
1794; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 7, 1888. She married in 1814 George Lang-
ford, who died in 1853. During the last twenty-five years of her life
St. Paul was her home. [237 (2); 238 (Oct. 8, 1889).]
Langford, Nathaniel Pitt, b. in Westmoreland, N. Y., Aug. 9,
1832; d. in St. Paul, Minn., Oct, 18, 1911. He came to St. Paul in 1854,
and the next year became cashier in the banking house of Marshall
and Co., and in 1858 cashier of the Bank of the State of Minnesota;
was collector of internal revenue in Montana, 1864-8; was one of the
•organizers of the expedition that in 1870 discovered the Yellowstone
geysers, and in a series of magazine articles made them known to the
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
world; was the first superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park,
1872-7; was national bank examiner for the Pacific states and the ter-
ritories, 1872-84; afterward resided in St. Paul; author of "Vigilante
Days and Ways," two vols., 1890, and "Diary of the Washburn Expe-
dition to the Yellowstone and Firehole Rivers in the Year 1870,"
xxxi and 122 pages, published in 1905; president of the Minnesota
Historical Society, 1905-11. [17; 24; 25; 30; 237 (3*, 36*); 238 (April
1,1894*).]
Langholz, Christian F. H., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany,
Jan. 31, 1862; came to the United States in 1890; was graduated at
Luther Seminary, Afton, Minn., 1891; has been pastor in Lamberton,
Decoria, and Good Thunder, Minn. [148.]
Langholz, William H. J., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany,
June 8, 1864; was ordained in 1888; has been pastor in Morgan, Adrian,
Johnsonville, Waterburg, and Tracy, Minn. [148.]
Langley, Dudley F., b. in Andover, N. H., April 25, 1809; d. in
Hastings, Minn., Aug. 21, 1879. He settled in Hastings in 1855; was
a state senator two terms, and later a representative in the legislature.
[29; 237 (1).]
Langum, Samuel A., journalist, b. in Bloomfield, Minn., Aug. 18,
1857; has published the Preston Times since 1886; was a representative
in the legislature in 1893, and was secretary of the senate, 1895-1907.
[22*; 24; 25; 27*; 30; 52; 169; 238 (Dec. 24, 1893*).]
Langworthy, B. F., b. in Richland county, Ohio, Jan. 20, 1822;
settled in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1856; was a representative in
the legislature in 1860; engaged in banking, farming, and after 1882
published the Spring Valley Mercury. [52.]
La Perriere, Sieur de. See Boucher, Rene.
Laraway, Orlo Melvin, b. in Chardon, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1832; d. in
Minneapolis, April 18, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in
Minneapolis; engaged in mercantile business, the manufacture of plows,
and fire insurance; was city treasurer, 1867-77, and postmaster, 1882-6.
[22*; 24; 174*; 237 (56*).]
Larkins, John S., b. near Augusta, Maine, in 1834; came to Min-
nesota in 1863; settled on a farm in Beauford, Blue Earth county, in
1872; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30; 32.]
Larpenteur, Auguste Louis, pioneer and merchant, b. in Balti-
more, Md., May 16, 1823; came to St. Paul as clerk and interpreter for
the Indian traders, William Hartshorn and Henry Jackson, in 1843,
when there were only five white families in what is now the city;
engaged in mercantile business until 1887, and has been identified with
the progress and development of St. Paul during more than sixty years;
was a member of the city council, 1855-60. [18; 24; 25; 28, IV; 29;
41; 93A*; 94; 95*; 98*; 174*.]
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Larpenteur, Eugene L., b. in Baltimore, Md., in 1840; d. in St.
Paul, Nov. 30, 1895. He came with him father to Minnesota in 1849;
resided on a farm in Ramsey county; settled in St. Paul in 1866; en-
gaged in mercantile and other business. [94; 237 (9).]
Larpenteur, Eugene N., b. in Paris, France, in 1805; d. in St. Paul,
May 25, 1877. He came to the United States, and settled in 1849 in
St. Paul; owned a large farm on the site of the state fair ground.
[94; 237 (1).]
Larpenteur, James Desyarreux, artist, b. in Baltimore, Md.; came
with his parents to St. Paul in early childhood; removed to Paris,
France, when twenty years of age, and there received his education as
a painter. He is regarded as an excellent painter of landscapes and
animal life. [237 (55).]
Larsen, Lewis E., merchant, b. near Rochester, Minn., April 28,
1857; opened the first store in Lisbon, Yellow Medicine county, 1881.
[32.]
Larson, A. D., physician, b. in Lund; Sweden, in 1883; came to Min-
nesota in 1881; was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, and from
the medical department of the University of Minnesota; settled in Her-
man; was a representative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Larson, Andrew, merchant, b. in Norway, Aug. 15, 1842; came to the
United States when ten years old; served in the 30th "Wisconsin Regt.
in the civil war; settled in Willmar, Minn.; was president of the Kandi-
yohi County Bank. [35; 169.]
Larson, Charles J., farmer, b. in Sweden in 1846; d. in Winthrop,
Minn., July 14, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1867 and settled on a
farm in Sibley county; was interested in railroad building, and also in
several business enterprises in Winthrop; was a state senator, 1895-
1902. [30; 237 (19).]
Larson, Constant, lawyer, b. in Alexandria, Minn., Feb. 1, 1870; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1893, and from its law course
the next year; settled in Alexandria, and has been county attorney of
Douglas county since 1903. [37.]
Larson, Edward, b. in Stavanger, Norway, Feb. .14, 1840; came to the
United States in 1869; settled in Minneapolis in 1871; was editor of a
newspaper; afterward engaged in farming and in mercantile business in
Swift county; was a representative in the legislature in 1879; resided
in Benson. [30; 159.]
Larson, Gilbert Ingabert, lawyer, b. in Adrian, Mich., Nov. 21, 1844;
d. at Lake Benton, Minn., April 29, 1910. He was graduated in law at
the University of Michigan; came to Minnesota, and settled in Marsh-
field; was county attorney of Lincoln county, 1875-6, and later county
auditor, and clerk of the court; practiced law at Lake Benton after
1884. [237 (62).]
424 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Larson, Hans A., b. in Eidsvold, Norway, May 27, 1854; came to the
United States with his parents when ten years old, and to Minnesota the
same year; settled on a homestead in Marshall county in 1879; re-
moved to Warren in 1888; was register of deeds, 1889-90. [35.]
Labson, Hans O., merchant, b. in Racine county, Wis., March 10, 1859;
settled in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1879; was register of deeds, 1889-92;
resided in Preston. [169.]
Larson, James A., farmer, b. in Illinois in 1860; came to Minnesota in
1877, and settled at Walnut Grove; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1899-1902; assistant secretary of state since 1907. [25; 30*.]
Larson, John, miller, b. in Denmark, June 22, 1847; came to the Uni-
ted States when twenty-five year old, and to Minnesota in 1877; built
the Minnewaska Roller mills in Starbuck, Pope county, in 1888. [67.]
Larson, Lewis A., Norwegian Methodist clergyman, b. in Hurdal, Nor-
way, Dec. 12, 1850; d. Aug. 9, 1908. He came with his parents to the
United States when four years old ; lived in Goodhue county, Minn. ; was
licensed to preach when twenty years old; was pastor in several towns,
including Minneapolis and St. Paul. [56; 169.]
Larson, Louis, miller, b. in Bolinas, Sweden, June 23, 1836; d. in
New London, Minn., Dec. 15, 1911. He came to the United States with
his parents in 1852, and to Minnesota in 1857; four years later was the
first settler in New London, and gave the village its name; built the first
sawmill in Kandiyohi county, and later owned a flouring mill. [35;
237 (68*).]
Larson, O. M., farmer, b. in Sande, Norway, Jan. 29, 1852; came to the
United States when sixteen years old; lived in Goodhue county, Minn.,
and after 1879 in Lac qui Parle county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1891; resided in Madison. [169.]
Larson, Samuel, merchant, b. near Skien, Norway, Nov. 23, 1843; d.
in Morris, Minn., March 7, 1905. He came with his parents to the United
States; settled in Morris, Minn., in 1870; and two years later opened the
second store in the village. [73; 237 (31).]
Larson, Simon, merchant, b. in Norway, April 8, 1834; came to the
United States in 1863, and to Minnesota the same year; owned a farm of
nine hundred acres in Grant county, and engaged in mercantile busi-
ness in Ashby after 1882. [35.]
Larson, Tobias, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway in 1829; came to
the United States in 1851; was educated at Concordia College, St. Louis;
was ordained in 1865, and soon afterward settled at Harmony, Fill-
more county, Minn. [52.]
Laschapelle, Mrs. Annie Colter, b. in Ireland, April 20, 1824; d. in
Crookston, Minn., Feb. 4, 1907. She came to the United States with her
mother when a child; settled in St. Paul in 1850; the next year married
Dr. Charles L. Bischar, an army surgeon, who died three years later.
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 425
In 1870 she married Pascal Laschapelle, and with him settled in Crook-
ston in 1872 ; engaged in trade with the Indians, owned a hotel, a farm,
and city real estate. [35; 237 (43).]
Latham, Alanson Win slow, horticulturist, b. in Duxbury, Mass., in
1845; came to Minnesota in 1865, settling in Excelsior; removed to
Minneapolis in 1890, and has since been secretary of the State Horti-
cultural Society. [166A*.]
Lathrop, A. W., b. in New Jersey in 1835; was graduated at Albany
Law School, 1858; came to Minnesota in 1860; served in the First Min-
nesota light artillery in the civil war; laid out the town of Glen wood,
Pope county, in 1866; was county attorney; removed to Appleton
in 1872; engaged in mercantile business and milling. [32.]
Lathrop, Alfred Crofts, Congregational clergyman, b. in Rutland,
N. Y., Nov. 12, 1811; d. in Sherwood, Tenn., July 27, 1888. He was
graduated at Oneida Collegiate Institute, 1836, and at Auburn Theo-
logical Seminary, 1838; came to Minnesota in 1868, and was pastor
at Glenwood and Grove Lake; removed to Tennessee in 1887. [143; 179
(Nov. 23, 1888).]
Lathrop, E. R., clergyman, b. in Indiana, Jan. 12, 1831; was educated
at Asbury (now De Pauw) University; came to Minnesota in 1856;
was chaplain of the Tenth Minnesota Regt, 1863-4, of the House of
Representatives in 1870, and the senate in 1889; retired from pastoral
service in 1900, and has since lived in Hastings; was elected mayor in
1910. [237 (63*).]
Latimer, Jacob Alexander, b. in Madison county, Tenn., April 20,
1827; came to Minnesota in 1857, settling on a farm in Winnebago City;
was a representative in the legislature in 1859, and a state senator in
1863 and 1870. [39; 51; 237 (32*).]
Latourelle, James J., musician, b. in St. Paul in 1873; d. there
Sept. 20, 1908. He was noted for his great size, weighing 450 pounds;
was very popular as an orchestra leader and violinist. [237 (51*).]
Latta, Benjamin F., lawyer, b. at Lewiston, N. Y.; was graduated in
law at the University of Albany, N. Y., 1867; settled in Dodge Cen-
ter, Minn., in 1875, and was county attorney, 1879-90; removed to St.
Paul in 1888. [24; 49.]
Lauderdale, James W., pioneer, b. in Burlington, Iowa, in 1844; d. in
St. Paul, Oct. 15, 1904. He settled there in 1851; was a pilot and
steamboat captain on the Mississippi river many years; was a member
of the police force after 1889. [237 (35).]
Lauderdale, William Henry, real estate broker, b. in York, N. Y.,
Aug. 15, 1830; came to Minnesota in 1854, and located a claim of 152
acres near Lake Calhoun; since 1879 in real estate business in Min-
neapolis. [19*; 25; 84*; 87; 174*.]
426 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Laugen, 0. G., farmer, b. in Numedal, Norway, in 1854; came to
Minnesota in 1867; settled in Houston; was treasurer of Houston coun-
ty, 1892-1900, and a state senator, 1903-05. [30.]
Laurhammer, Peder O., Lutheran clergyman and educator, b. in
Bremnas, Norway, May 15, 1875; came to the United States in 1881;
was graduated at Augsburg Seminary (College Department), Minnea-
polis, 1898; studied theology in the same seminary, and was ordained,
1901; was pastor in St. Paul, 1901-3, and instructor in Augsburg Sem-
inary, 1902-3; studied in Germany, 1903-4. [148.]
Lauritsen, Marcus, banker, b. in Denmark in 1862; came to the
United States in 1879, and to Tyler, Minn., in 1884; established a
Danish colony at Grand Forks, N. D., in 1902; was a representative in
the Minnesota legislature in 1905. [30*.]
Lavaque, George Nelson, pioneer, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 8,
1843; d. in Duluth, Minn., Oct. 10, 1906. He came with his family to
St. Cloud, Minn., in 1861; served in the Indian and civil wars; settled
in Duluth in 1870; engaged in the painting business; was county au-
ditor, 1891-7. [237 (43*).]
Lavesson, Hans, b. in Sweden, July 13, 1848; came to the United
States in 1868, settling in Minnesota; lived in Lincoln county after
1878, and was register of deeds, 1885-90. [34.]
Law, Arthur Ayer, physician, b. in Harvard, 111., April 16, 1872;
was graduated at Shattuck Military School, Faribault, Minn., in 1889,
and at the medical department of the University of Minnesota in 1894,
where he has been an assistant and instructor in surgery since 1896;
served as captain and first assistant surgeon in the Thirteenth Min-
nesota Regt. in the Philippine war. [123; 127B.]
Lawler, Daniel William, lawyer, b. in Prairie du Chien, Wis.,
March 28, 1859; was graduated at Georgetown College, D. C, 1881, and
in law at Yale University, 1883; settled at St. Paul in 1884; was gen-
eral attorney of the Chicago Great Western Ry Co., 1893-1901; mayor
of St. Paul, 1908-10. [23; 25; 93; 98*; 137; 237 (36*).]
Lawler, John J., R. C. bishop, b. in Rochester, Minn., Aug. 4, 1862;
was graduated at St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, and in theology at
the University of Louvain, Belgium; was first pastor of St. Luke's
Church, in St. Paul, 1889-96, and of the Cathedral there since 1896; was
appointed auxiliary bishop of St. Paul, 1910. [17; 24; 25; 146; 237
(65*).]
Lawless, James Frederick, b. in Ireland, Feb. 26, 1864; engaged in
railroad business in St. Paul, becoming superintendent of the Great
Northern railway; removed to Seattle, Wash., in 1899. [157*; 158,]
Lawlor, E. J., R. C. priest, b. in Ontonagon, Mich., April 2, 1859;
d. in Duluth, Jan., 1899. He came to Minnesota with his parents when
ten years old; was graduated at St. John's University, 1881; was or-
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dained priest in 1884; was pastor in Crookston, and later at Hinck-
ley. [35; 132 (Jan., 1899*).]
Lawrence, Charles Gray, lawyer and banker, b. in Homer, N. Y.,
March 28, 1854; was graduated in law at the University of Michigan,
1882; practiced in St. Paul, 1882-1904; treasurer of the State Savings
Bank of St. Paul, 1904-10. [24; 25; 93; 93 A*.]
Lawrence, Henry E., journalist, b. in Claremont, N. H., May 26,
1852; came to Minnesota in 1861, and lived in Northfield; established
the Dundas News in 1876, which was changed three years later to be
the Northfield News. [70.]
Lawrence, James, b. in Scotland in 1842; came to Minnesota in 1863;
served in the Third Minnesota Regt., in the civil war; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1874; resided on a farm in Fairview, Lyon
county, after 1879. [32.]
Lawrence, James G., b. in Syracuse, N. Y., May 1, 1836; came to
Minnesota in 1862, settling on a farm in Greenfield, Wabasha county;
was an organizer of the Wabasha Roller Mill Co., in 1889, and has
since been its manager, residing in Wabasha; was a state senator,
1881-5; and a member of the State Board of Equalization, 1882-1906.
[24; 74; 168 (Jan. 12, 1883).]
Lawrence, James Wetherby, lawyer, b. in Tully, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1846;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1856; was graduated at Hamil-
ton College, Clinton, N. Y., 1868; and after 1870 practiced his profession
in Minneapolis. In 1872-6 he was county attorney of Hennepin county.
[20*; 58; 84*.]
Lawrence, Lorenzo (To-wan-e-ta-ton), a Sioux of the Wahpeton
band, was an early convert to Christianity under the teaching of Rev.
Stephen R. Riggs; was educated at Oberlin College; was the first
Sioux who became a citizen of Minnesota as a voter and tax-payer; was
friendly to the whites at the time of the Sioux outbreak, and rescued
ten persons; was a scout with Gen. Sibley's troops, 1863-4. He died
at the Sisseton Agency, S. D., in 1898. [33; 116; 117; 118; 119; 120;
238 (Feb. 10, 1877).]
Lawrence, Phineas, pioneer, was a river pilot; was elected the first
sheriff in the St. Croix valley in 1841. A creek in Chisago county is
named for him. He died in Stillwater in 1847. [41*.]
Lawrence, Wesley M., b. in Eaton, Quebec, July 8, 1840; came to the
United States in 1858; spent eight years in study in Massachusetts, and
in 1866 removed to Minnesota; was successively superintendent of
schools in Cannon Palls, Dundas, and Owatonna, 1866-77, meanwhile
publishing several township and county maps; has resided since 1877,
in Minneapolis, where he is proprietor of two large steam laundries.
[22*; 25.]
Lawrence, William D., physician, b. in Lawrenceville, Quebec, May
16, 1852; was graduated at Chicago Homoeopathic Medical College,
428 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1879; settled in Minneapolis the same year; founder and president of
the Lawrence Sanatorium. [84; 85 A,]
Lawson, Gaines, soldier, b. in Tennessee; was commandant at Fort
Snelling in 1882-3; retired from the army with the rank of major
in 1892. [11; 12.]
Lawson, Victok Emanuel, journalist, b. in Paxton, 111., March 24,
1871; came to Minnesota in 1880; was editor of the Times, New Lon-
don, 1889-95, and of the Willmar Tribune since 1895;, compiler and
author, with others, of the Illustrated History of Kandiyohi County
(446 pages, 1905). [24; 63; 169A.]
Laybourn, Charles Guy, lawyer, b. near Springfield, Ohio, March
23, 1851; was graduated at the Illinois State Normal University, 1878;
studied law at the University of Michigan; came to Minnesota in 1885,
and has since practiced in Minneapolis. [25; 2Q*.~\
Laybourn, George R., b. near Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 22, 1857; was
graduated at Hillsdale College; settled in Duluth in 1886, and engaged
in real estate business; was a representative in the legislature, 1899-
1901, and a state senator, 1903-09. [30*; 106*.]
Laycock, William, pioneer, b. in Yorkshire, England, May 21, 1808;
d. April 15, 1882. He came to the United States in 1850, and to Min-
nesota in 1853; and the next year settled on a claim on the site of St.
Louis Park. [60*.]
Layman, Martin, pioneer, b. in Greene County, N, Y., Jan. 18, 1811; d.
in Minneapolis, July 25, 1886. I^e settled in Minneapolis in 1853; pre-
empted a claim on a part of the site of that city, and engaged in farm-
ing. He laid out the first cemetery in the city on a part of this farm.
[174*.]
Lea, Albert Miller, b. in Richland, Tenn., July 23, 1808; d. in Cor-
sicana, Texas, Jan. 15, 1891. He was graduated at West Point, and as
lieutenant in the U. S. army accompanied an exploring expedition to
Minnesota, which discovered the lake that was afterward named for
him, Albert Lea. He served in the Confederate army in the civil war;
later resided in Corsicana, Texas. [53 A; 114; 237 (21).]
Lea, Luke, lawyer, b. in Grainger county, Tenn., Nov. 19, 1810; d. in
Vicksburg, Miss., May 9, 1898. He was appointed commissioner of In-
dian affairs by President Fillmore in 1849, and held the position until
1853; assisted with Governor Ramsey in negotiating an important
treaty wtih the Sioux at Traverse des Sioux, Minn., in 1851; resided in
Tennessee and Mississippi, where he held many important offices. [4.]
Leach, Andrew J., jeweler, b. in Boonville, N. Y., in 1834; was cap-
tain in a New York regiment, 1862-5; settled in Kasson, Minn., in 1877.
[49.]
Leach, D. M., farmer, b. in Caledonia county, Vt, in 1837; came to
Minnesota in 1866; three years later settled on a farm in Fillmore
county; was a representative in the legislature, 1895-7. [30.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 429
Leach, Edward M., b. in Waitsfield, Vt., April 22, 1830; came to Min-
nesota in 1855, settling at Faribault; in lumber business since 1865;
owner, with his sons, of a factory of doors, sash, and blinds. [24; 70.]
Leaf, John P., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Andover, 111., Jan. 18,
1859; was graduated at Augustana College, Rock Island, 111., 1880, and at
its Theological Seminary, 1883; was pastor in Isanti county, Minn.,
18834897, and later at Parker's Prairie. [148.]
Leaming, Alonzo, pioneer, b. in Chenango county, N. Y., Sept. 9. 1815;
d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 4, 1899. He settled at St. Anthony Falls in
1851; was by trade a blacksmith. [180 (Feb. 15, 1899).]
Learned, N. M., M. E. clergyman, b. in Vermont, Oct. 29, 1838; stud-
ied at Newbury Seminary and New Hampton Theological Institute;
was ordained elder in 1867; came to Minnesota, and was pastor in St.
Paul and later in Minneapolis. [58.]
Leasure, Daniel, physician, b. near Madison, Pa., March 18, 1819;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 4, 1886. He was graduated at Jefferson Medical Col-
lege, 1846; served in Pennsylvania regiments in the civil war, and was
brevetted brigadier general; settled in St. Paul in 1878. [68; 93; 139.]
Leatherman, Robert Lee, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Lewistown,
Md., April 17, 1863; was graduated at Roanoke College, Va., 1888;
completed the course at the Theological Seminary in Philadelphia,
1891, and the same year settled in Minneapolis as pastor of the Salem
English Lutheran Church. [22*.]
Leavens, E. N., b. in Putnam, Conn.; came to Faribault, Minn., in
1855; was a representative in the first state legislature; served in the
Tenth Minnesota Regt, in the Indian and civil wars; was postmaster
of Faribault after 1873. [70.]
Leavenworth, Francis Preserved, educator, b. in Mt. Vernon, Ind.,
Sept. 3, 1858; was graduated at the University of Indiana, 1880; pro-
fessor of astronomy in the University of Minnesota since 1892, residing
in Minneapolis. [7A; 17; 24; 127A*, B; 237 (53).]
Leavenworth, Henry, soldier, b. in Connecticut, Dec. 10, 1783; d.
at Cross Timbers, Texas, July 21, 1834. He practiced law before 1812;
then enlisted in the army; was promoted until he was brevetted brig-
adier general, in 1824. He commanded the expedition which in 1819
established the first military post in Minnesota, afterward called Fort
Snelling. [4; 11; 12; 28, III; 114; 212.]
Leavett, Silas Wright, lumberman, b. in Belmont, N. H., Nov. 11,
1843; served in the 15th N. H. Regt. in the civil war; came to Min-
nesota in 1867; settled at Litchfield in 1869, engaging in lumber and
real estate business; was clerk of the district court, 1870-82; a state
senator, 1891-3; and a member of the State Board of Control, 1901-8,
residing in St. Paul. [24; 30; 65.]
430 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Leavitt, Edward S., lawyer, b. in Gilford, N. H., Oct. 16, 1815; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1843; was admitted to the bar in Mas-
sachusetts; came to Minnesota in 1856; was surveyor of Winona
county eight years; settled in Wells in 1870; was surveyor of Faribault
county ten years. [51.]
Leavitt, Henry Hooker, physician, b. near Waterloo, Iowa, April 1,
1861; was graduated at Beloit College, 1884, and at the Chicago Homoe-
opathic Medical College, 1886; has since practiced in Minneapolis,
as a specialist for diseases of the eye and ear, and of the nose and
throat; was a professor in the medical department of the University of
Minnesota, 1893-1908. [24; 85A; 127B.]
Leavitt, Josiah, lumberman, b. in Maine, in 1808; d. in Minneapolis,
Jan., 1895. He settled there in 1865. [167 (Jan. 11, 1895).]
Leavitt, Rensselaer C, lumberman, b. in Cumberland county,
Maine, May 15, 1835; d. in San Diego, Cal., Dec. 3, 1897. He came to
Minnesota in 1863; engaged in lumbering at St. Anthony, and later was
part owner of the mills at Gull River, Cass county. [31; 167 (Dec. 10,
1897)*.]
Leavitt, Walter C, lawyer, b. in Kennebec county, Maine, in 1854;
d. in Minneapolis, March 11, 1893. He was graduated at the Boston
Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1878; came to Minnesota
the next year, and in 1881 settled in Minneapolis. [124.]
Le Count, Antoine, pioneer, b. near the Red river in Minnesota,
Nov. 6, 1822; came with his father, who was a guide and Indian
trader, to Fort Snelling in 1837; was the first settler in Plymouth,
Hennepin county, 1853. [58.]
Le Due, Charles Sumner, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Ohio; was
educated at Marietta College and Lane seminary; organized the First
Presbyterian church in Hastings, Minn., 1855, and was its pastor until
his death in 1867. [56.]
Le Due, William Gates, general, b. in Wilkesville, Ohio, March 29,
1823; was graduated at Kenyon College, 1848; studied law in the office
of Columbus Delano, and was admitted to the bar in 1850; settled in
St. Paul, 1850. He secured the first charter for a railway in the ter-
ritory, and organized a company to build a railroad from St. Paul to
Duluth, and also a company for building the Wabasha street bridge
over the Mississippi river. In 1857 he removed to Hastings, where he
has since lived, and was first in manufacturing and introducing to the
market flour made of Minnesota spring wheat. He entered the army in
1862 as captain, was assistant quartermaster of volunteers, and served
through the war, attaining the rank of brevet brigadier general. Dur-
ing the administration of President Hayes, 1877-81, he was commis-
sioner of agriculture. The Hastings and Dakota railroad was projected
by him, and a U. S. land grant for it was obtained. He is author of the
"Minnesota Year Book," 1851-53, and "A Model State, being a Brief
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 431
compilation of the Constitution and Laws of Minnesota," 158 pages,
1899. [2; 4*; 17; 24; 29; 41*; 56; 94; 166A*; 238 (June 30, 1877);
241.]
Lee, Francis, soldier, b. in Pennsylvania; d. in St. Louis, Mo., Jan.
19, 1859. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy in 1822; at-
tained the rank of colonel in 1847, and was commandant at Fort
Snelling during parts of 1851-4. [11; 12; 13.]
Lee, Franklyn W., journalist and author, b. in New York city, June
16, 1864; d. in Rush City, Minn., March 18, 1898. He settled in St.
Paul, and was on the staff of the Daily News and the Dispatch; in
1896 became proprietor and editor of the Rush City Post; author of
several books of fiction and poetry. [237 (9)*.]
Lee, Gustav T., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Lyle, Minn., Oct. 12, 1865;
was graduated at Luther Seminary, 1891; was pastor at Granite Falls,
1892-95; at Northwood, Iowa, 1896-98; and later at Glenwood, Minn.,
being president of the Glenwood academy. [148].
Lee, Halvok J., merchant and banker, b. in Norway, April 26, 1859;
d. in Minneapolis, May 12, 1909. He came to the United States with his
parents in 1872; lived in Renville, Minn., was manager of the Renville
Mercantile Co., and after 1902 was cashier of a bank in Danube; was
county auditor, 1903-08. [237 (56*).]
Lee, Henry, banker, b. in Wisconsin in 1861; came to Minnesota in
1879; resides in Anoka; was a representative in the legislature in
1901. [30.]
Lee, Henry K., b. in Columbiana county, Ohio, in 1825; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., June 13, 1890. He settled in Mankato in 1857; served in
the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was auditor of Blue Earth
county; was superintendent of the Mankato Manufacturing Co. [83*.]
Lee, Iver J., farmer, b. in Gudbrandsdalen, Norway, 1861; came to
the United States in 1872 with his parents, who settled in Pope county,
Minn.; was graduated at the State Normal School, St. Cloud, 1884;
was superintendent of schools of Pope county, 1886-98; resides near
Starbuck; a representative in the legislature, 1909-11. [30*.]
Lee, James Franklin, educator, farmer, b. in Clearwater, Minn.,
1858; was graduated at the State Normal School, St. Cloud, 1882;
taught school several years ; settled in Annandale, Wright county, 1892 ;
was county superintendent of schools six years; a representative in the
legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Lee, John K., b. in Waldres, Norway, May 17, 1854; came with his
parents to the United States in 1857, and to Minnesota the same year;
resided at Elbow Lake after 1887; was register of deeds of Grant
county, 1887-94. [35.]
Lee, Ole T., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Koshkonong, Wis., Dec. 5,
1858; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1884, and at
432 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Luther Seminary, 1887; was pastor in North Dakota, Iowa, and Free-
horn county, Minn. In 1904 he was elected president of the Albert
Lea Academy. [148.]
Lee, S. N., farmer, b. in Rollag, Norway, April 7, 1860; came to
the United States in 1866 with his parents, who settled in Goodhue
county, Minn.; resides near Rollag, Clay county; a representative in
the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Lee, Samuel, miller, b. in Somersetshire, Eng., Feb. 23, 1823; came
to the United States in 1839; settled in Little Falls, Minn., in 1855;
served in Boyd's Independent Cavalry in the civil war; later built a
flouring mill in Swan River township, Morrison county. [31.]
Lee, Sverre J., farmer, b. in Norway in 1860; came to Minnesota
in 1867; settled in Norman county in 1882; resides at Rindal; was a
representative in the legislature, 1895-7. [30.]
Lee, Thomas George, educator, b. in Jacksonville, N. Y., Nov. 27,
1860; was graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,
1886; was professor of histology and embryology in the University of
Minnesota, 1893-1909, and since professor of anatomy there, [7A;
17; 127A*, B.]
Lee, William, pioneer, b. in Manchester, Mass., July 21, 1812; d. in
Hastings, Minn., Oct. 10, 1901. He settled in Hastings in 1854, and was
a building contractor. [48; 156.]
Lee, William, wholesale merchant, b. in Milford, N. J., April 14,
1822; came to St. Paul in 1859, and engaged in dry goods business many
years; was mayor, 1870-72, and was postmaster, 1888-92. [18; 20*; 68;
98*; 237 (6, 30*).]
Lee, William Edwin, banker, b. in Alton, 111., Jan. 8. 1852; came
to Minnesota with his parents in 1856; organized the Bank of Long
Prairie in 1882, was its cashier, and in 1896 was elected its president;
was a representative in the legislature, 1885-7 and 1893, being speaker
of the House in 1893; was a member of the state board of control,
1901-03. [22*; 24; 26*; 30; 35; 166A*.]
Leet, J. T., b. in Delhi, N. Y.; came to Minnesota in 1861; settled
on a farm in Ortonville in 1874, and was the first register of deeds in
Big Stone county. [32.]
Le Gardeur, Jacques. See Saint Pierre, Sieur de.
Lehmicke, Rudolph, lawyer, b. near Merseburg, Prussia, Nov. 14,
1823; came to the United States in 1849, and settled in Stillwater in
1854; was admitted to the bar in 1859; was auditor of Washington
county. [18; 40; 41; 238 (Oct. 7, 1881).]
Lehnerts, Edward M., b. in Winona, Minn., March 29, 1873; was
graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, 1902; was professor of
geography in the State Normal School, Winona, 1898-1907; assistant
professor in the University of Minnesota since 1907, residing in Min-
neapolis. [7A; 127B.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
433
Leicht, Joseph, journalist, b. in Bavaria, Germany, July 4, 1845;
d. while en route to France, May 8, 1908. He came to the United
States in 1867; came to Minnesota in 1881, settling at Winona, where
he published the Westlicher Herald, 1881-1908. [24; 25; 77; 237 (48).]
Leighton, Levi E., b. in Athens, Maine, Sept. 29, 1828; d. in Min-
neapolis, July 25, 1899. He came to Minnesota in 1863, and engaged
in the lumber business at St Anthony Falls until 1882. [237 (9).]
Leighton, Nathaniel G., b. in Cherryfield, Maine, in 1830; d. in
Minneapolis, July, 1894. He settled in Minneapolis in 1855; engaged in
logging and lumber business. [167 (July 6, 1894).]
Leland, Marshall W., Baptist clergyman, b. in Chester, Vt, June
30, 1810; d. in Rochester, Minn., July 17, 1877. He was graduated at
Columbia College, 1838; was soon afterward ordained to tl^e ministry;
settled in Rochester in 1861. [166 (1878).]
Leland, Murat N.f merchant, b. in Quincy, Mich., July 14, 1849;
engaged in mercantile business at Wells, Minn., in 1870-95, being the
second merchant there; was a representative in the legislature in
1885; removed to Minneapolis in 1895. [24; 34.]
Leland, Warren H., b. in Chester, Maine, Aug. 18, 1837; came to
Minnesota in 1866, and six years later settled in Brainerd; engaged in
lumbering, mercantile business, and real estate, and was proprietor of
a hotel. [31.]
Lellman, Matthias, mason, b. in Germany in 1853; came to the
United States in 1868, and settled in Minneapolis in 1877; was a
representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Lemieux, Israel, physician, b. in St. Urbain, Quebec, April 9, 1852;
was graduated at Bishop's Medical College, Montreal, 1874; came to
Minnesota in 1880, settling at Red Lake Falls. [24; 35.]
Lemke, Frederick, farmer, b. in Pomerania, Germany, Oct. 6, 1846;
d. inWells, Minn., Oct. 8, 1909. He came to the United States in 1865,
and to Minnesota in 1871; resided on a farm in Wells after 1874; was
a representative in the legislature, 1901-03. [30; 237 (56*).]
Lemon, Walter T., lawyer, b. in Washington county, Minn., Feb. 17,
1877; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1899, and
has since practiced in St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature
in 1903-5. [24; -25; 30*; 93A; 127A*.]
Lende, Edward, bank cashier, b. in Fillmore county, Minn., 1865;
resides in Appleton; was a representative in the legislature in 1909.
[30*.]
Lende, Olai A., lawyer, b. in Sandnes, Yellow Medicine county,
Minn., April 25, 1873; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1901, and in its law department, 1903; settled in Marshall; a state
senator, 1911. [30*; 127A*.]
Lende, Ole 0., farmer, b. in Norway in 1840; came to Minnesota in
28
434 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
I860; resided in Cottonwood county; was county treasurer ten years;
was a state senator in 1887, and a representative in the legislature in
1893. [30; 169.]
Lenfest, Charles W., b. in Milford, Maine, July 2, 1838; served in the
18th Maine Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1866, and
engaged in lumbering, and in mercantile business at Brunswick; was
proprietor of a hotel in Anoka after 1878; was sheriff of the county,
1880-8, and its treasurer since 1898. [25; 31.]
Lennon, John George, b. in Lancashire, Eng., in 1815; d. in Min-
neapolis, Oct. 13, 1886. He came to the United States in 1842; settled
in Stillwater in 1844, and at St. Anthony Falls in 1849, where he was
a fur trader; after 1873 engaged in real estate business in Minneapolis.
[29*; 32; 41; 59; 157.]
Lennon, John George, Jr., merchant, b. in Minneapolis, Minn., Sept.
2, 1857; lived in Blooming Prairie after 1871; engaged in furniture
business, 1876-82, afterward owned a general store, and still later was
a traveling salesman; removed to Minneapolis; was a representative in
the legislature, 1905-11. [30*; 72.]
Lent, Charles H., b. in Sing Sing, N. Y., in 1851; came to Minne-
sota in 1875, and settled in Minneapolis in 1879; joined the fire depart-
ment in 1881, and was promoted to a captaincy in 1888. [88*.]
Lent, Francis, farmer, b. in Westchester county, N. Y., Oct. 1, 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1861, and the next year settled in Preseott,
Faribault county; was register of deeds there six years. [51.]
Lent, Seneca W., lumber manufacturer, b. at Saratoga Springs, N.
Y., June, 1842; came to Minnesota in 1856; served in the Second Min-
nesota Battery in the civil war; settled in Anoka in 1871. [31.]
Leonard, Charles E., pioneer, b. in Worthington, Mass., Feb. 25,
1810; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 19, 1890. He came to Stillwater, Minn., in
1847; at first engaged in mercantile business, and later in carpenter
work; removed to St. Anthony in 1849; was territorial treasurer,
1854-7; was a member of the constitutional convention; kept a hotel
at Point Douglas; served in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers,
1862-3; settled in Princeton in 1880. [31; 40; 41; 213.]
Leonard, Delavan Levant, Congregational clergyman, b. in Pendle-
ton, N. Y., July 20, 1834; was graduated at Hamilton College, 1859, and
Union Theological Seminary, 1863; was pastor in Northfield, Minn.,
1875-81; associate editor of the Missionary Review of the World since
1893, residing in Oberlin, Ohio; author of the History of Carleton
College (421 pages, 1904), and books on the history of missions. [17.]
Leonard, Frank J., lawyer, b. in Glendale, Scott county, Minn., Jan.
6, 1862; was superintendent of schools of Scott county in 1888; was
admitted to the bar in 1887; settled in Jordan, and was city attorney;
was a representative in the legislature in 1893, and county attorney,
1902-8. [24; 30.]
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Leonard, Joseph Alexander, consul, b. in Cambridge, Md., Dec. 24,
1830; d. in Rochester, Minn., Dec. 28, 1908. He was graduated at Phil-
adelphia Medical College, 1851; settled in Rochester, Minn., in 1858;
studied law, and was admitted to the bar; was attorney of Olmsted
county two years; served as captain in the commissary department in
the civil war; was editor of the Rochester Post, 1865-1899; was a
state senator, 1869-70; register of the U. S. land office at Jackson and
Worthington, 1874-5; U. S. consul at Edinburgh, 1881-3; consul general
at Calcutta, 1884, and at Shanghai, 1889-93; resided in Rochester, Minn.,
during the last years of his life; compiler and author of the History
of Olmsted county, 674 pages, published in 1910. [17; 66; 66A*; 155*;
237 (51*).]
Leonard, Leon Donham, dentist, b. in Hebron, Maine, Jan. 30, 1859;
settled in Minneapolis in 1882; was professor in the dental department
of the University of Minnesota, 1888-91. [84.]
Leonard, William Edwin, physician, b. in Minneapolis, July 27, 1855;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1876, and at Hahne-
mann Medical College, Philadelphia, 1879; has since practiced in
Minneapolis; was professor in the college of homeopathic medicine and
surgery of the State University, 1888-1908. [84; 127A*, B; 213.]
Leonard, William Huntington, physician, b. in Mansfield, Conn.,
Dec. 2, 1825; d. in Minneapolis, April 9, 1907. He was graduated at
Yale Medical School, 1853; settled in Minneapolis in 1855; was
surgeon in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [58; 84; 121;
213; 237 (48*).]
Leonhauser, Harry A., soldier, -b. in Allegheny, Pa., Jan., 1860; was
graduated at the U. S. Military Academy, 1881; became first lieutenant
in 1889; was professor of military science and tactics in the University
of Minnesota, 1895-98. [127 (10*, 12*).]
Lepper, Henry E., salesman, b. in Watertown, N. Y., April 19, 1835;
came to Minnesota in 1857; settled in Anoka ten years later; was
county auditor, 1879-80. [31.]
Lester, Lewis W., b. in Clintonville, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1839; came to
McLeod county, Minn., with his parents in 1856; was register of deeds,
1870-8; county treasurer, 1879-83; and county auditor, 1887-92. [64.]
Le Sueur, Pierre Charles, .explorer, b. in Canada, 1657; d. at sea or
in Louisiana, before 1712. He first reached the Mississippi by way of
the Wisconsin river in 1683. The next twelve years he spent prin-
cipally in the country of the Sioux, in the present states of Wisconsin
and Minnesota. In the year 1700 he ascended the Mississippi from near
its mouth, built a fort on the Blue Earth river near its junction with
the Minnesota, and wintered there. This expedition was for the
purpose of mining a supposed ore of copper in the rock bluffs beside
the Blue Earth river, of which a large quantity was taken to France.
[1; 28, I, V; 83; 107; 109; 113; 114; 146.]
436 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Letford, J. S., b. in England in 1826; came to the United States in
1840, and to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Carver county; was a
representative in the legislature in 1859-60 and 1862; engaged in
mercantile business in Lamberton after 1876. [32.]
Letson, James Hv b. in Clinton county, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1847 ; came to
Minnesota in 1868; kept a hotel in Alexandria after 1882. [35; 166A*.]
Leubner, Bernard Otto, b. in Manitowoc, Wis., in 1870; was graduated
at the College of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, in 1894, and was
an assistant and instructor there, 1895-1902. [127 (10*).]
Leue, Gustav, b. in Germany in 1829; d. in St. Paul, May 10, 1886.
He settled in St. Paul in 1855, and was at one time editor of the
Volkszeitung. [237 (1).]
Levallee, Francis X., pioneer, b. in Quebec, Canada, June 1, 1825;
came to Minnesota in 1849, and settled in Centerville, Anoka county,
in 1852, being the second settler in that township; built the first frame
house there. [31.]
Levanseler, F. E., b. in Boston, Mass., April 11, 1850; came to St.
Cloud, Minn., in 1864; was graduated at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology; returned to St. Cloud in 1872, and erected the Novelty
Wood Works there in 1876. [31.]
Levens, Charles W., teacher, b. in Windsor, Vt, Feb. 7, 1840; d. near
Albert Lea, Minn., Oct. 7, 1896. He came to Minnesota in 1876; engaged
in teaching in Albert Lea; after 1882 was superintendent of schools for
Freeborn county six years. [53; 177 (Nov. 1896).]
Leveroos, Bertram G., merchant, b. in Levanger, Norway, Sept. 22,
1859; came to the United States in 1882, settling in St. Paul. [169.]
Leviston, Irwen, educator, b. in Bradford, N. H., March 30, 1858; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1882; engaged in teaching, and as
principal of the high school in Omaha, Neb., 1886-99; was super-
intendent of the city schools in St. Paul, 1900-02. [26*; 111*.]
Lewis, Arthur G., b. in Bath, Ont, in 1858; d. in Moorhead, Minn.,
Dec. 18, 1900. He settled in Moorhead in 1879; was city recorder three
years, auditor of Clay county in 1890, and mayor of Moorhead, 1893-7.
[237 (11).]
Lewis, Benedict S., lawyer, b. in Cortland county, N. Y., Dec. 20,
1839; was graduated at Union College, 1864; was admitted to the bar in
1867; settled in Waseca, Minn., the next year. [75.]
Lewis, Charles Lundy, jurist, b. near Ottawa, 111., March 8, 1852;
was graduated at Oberlin College, 1876; was admitted to the bar in
1879, and the next year settled in Fergus Falls, Minn.; in 1891 removed
to Duluth, and in 1893-5 was judge in the Eleventh judicial district;
was an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court, 1900-1911.
[17; 24; 26*; 30*; 35; 137*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
437
Lewis, Curtis G., b. in Fairfield county, Conn., in 1834; d. in St.
Paul, April 1*9, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1861, and served on the
frontier during the civil war; after 1865 engaged in the fuel business
in St Paul. [237 (9).]
Lewis, E. H., physician, b. in Lancaster county, Pa., April 17, 1842;
was graduated at Georgetown Medical College, 1862; served as hospital
steward in the 135th Pennsylvania Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Carver, Minn., in 1870, and ten years later removed to Chaska. [32.]
Lewis, George Roberts, b. in Indiana county, Pa., Nov. 21, 1836; was
graduated at the Jefferson Medical College, 1857; served as surgeon in
the 54th Pensylvania Regt. in the civil war; came to St. Paul, Minn.,
in 1883; engaged in real estate and loans. [25; 237 (22*).]
Lewis, George Winthrop, lawyer, b. in Red Wing, Minn., June 7,
1857; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1882; was
admitted to the bar in 1884, and two years later settled in St. Paul.
[25; 93; 98*.]
Lewis, H. J., settled in Steele county, Minn.; served in a Wisconsin
regiment in the civil war; was register of deeds, 1869-75; removed to
Wisconsin, where he died. [72.]
Lewis, H. L., farmer, b. in Sweden in 1845; came to Minnesota in
1866; resided at Holmes City, Douglas county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1885 and 1903. [30.]
Lewis, Henry, landscape painter, b. in England, Jan. 12, 1821; d. in
Dusseldorf, Germany, Sept. 16, 1904. He came with his father to the
United States in 1829; made a voyage in a small boat down the Mis-
sissippi in 1848, painting sketches of the scenery. During his later
years he resided in Dusseldorf. He published a book in 1858 in Ger-
many, describing the Mississippi valley. [241.]
Lewis, Isaac Ives, settled at St. Anthony in 1849; owned a store
after 1854; removed to Watertown, and was a representative in the
legislature in 1868; later removed to Idaho, and engaged in banking.
[59; 88.]
Lewis, J. L., b. in Otsego county, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1812; d. at Mendota,
Minn., March 29, 1878. He came to Minnesota in 1867, settling in
Mendota; was grain inspector for a St. Paul elevator; was a representa-
tive in the legislature, 1873 and 1878. [30; 237 (1).]
Lewis, John H., educator, b. in Holly Springs, Miss., in 1852; came
to Minnesota in 1864; was graduated at the state university, 1878; was
superintendent of schools in Hastings, 1878-1899; state superintendent
of public instruction, 1899-1901; was again in charge of the Hastings
schools, but removed to Ontario, California, 1905. [30; 127B.]
Lewis, John T., farmer, b. in Green Lake county, Wis., in 1856;
came to Minnesota in 1860; resides at Lake Crystal; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1905. [30*.]
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Lewis, Josiah F., b. in Westminster, Mass., June 7, 1826; settled on
a farm near Monticello, Minn., in 1864; was county superintendent of
schools, 1872-6. [29*.]
Lewis, Lewis D., pioneer, b. in Wales in 1819; d. in Tracy, Minn.,
June, 1882. He came to the United States in 1837, and to Blue Earth
county, Minn., in 1857; was mail carrier and stage driver between New
Ulm and Mankato; settled in Tracy in 1876. [171*.]
Lewis, Martin B., b. in Yates county, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1820; settled in
Red Wing, Minn., in 1856; engaged in mercantile business, and after
1860 devoted his time to the organization and development of Sunday
Schools in this state. [54.]
Lewis, O. H., merchant, b. in Iowa county, Wis., in 1858; came to
Dawson, Minn., in 1887, and dealt in farm machinery; removed in 1893
to Clarkfield, where he established the first drug store. [38.]
Lewis, Olin Bailey, judge, b. in Weyauwega, Wis., March 12, 1861;
was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1884, and from its law
department, 1889; came to Minnesota, settling at St. Paul, in 1889;
judge in the Second judicial district since 1897. [22*; 24; 25; 27*;
30; 95*.]
Lewis, Ray T., b. in Brunswick, Maine, in 1839; came to Minnesota
in 1884; settled in Duluth; was mayor, 1894-6; was a representative in
the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Lewis, Richard, farmer, b. in Wales in 1833; came with his parents
to the United States in 1847; settled in Judson, Blue Earth county,
Minn., in 1862; was a representative in the legislature in 1880. [32;
171*.]
Lewis, Robert Porter, lawyer, b. in Lewisville, Pa., Aug. 18, 1835;
was graduated at Washington and Jefferson College, 1856, and was
admitted to the bar in 1859; settled in St. Paul the same year; engaged
in law, real estate, and loans. [25; 93; 131A.]
Lewis, S. S., journalist, b. in Darlington, Wis., April 8, 1850; settled
in Cannon Falls, Minn., in 1880, where he purchased and afterward
published the Beacon. [80*; 238 (Dec. 7, 1893*).]
Lewis, Theodore Hayes, archaeologist, b. in Richmond, Va., Dec. 15,
1856; made archaeological surveys with Alfred J. Hill of 7,500 Indian
mounds in Minnesota, 1880-95, and surveys of about 15,000 mounds in
other states of the Mississippi valley and the Northwest, 1878-1900;
resided in St. Paul; author of Tracts for Archaeologists and many
magazine articles. [17; 24.]
Lewis, William Frisbie, physician and banker, b. in Clyde, N. Y.,
Oct. 3, 1829; first came to Mankato in 1856; and ten years later
established a bank in that city. [18; 83*.]
Lewis, William W., Congregational clergyman, b. in Reading, Iowa,
in 1860; d. in St. Paul, March 20, 1901. He became pastor of the
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 439
Atlantic church in St. Paul in 1896; when he died he was chaplain of
the state senate. [237 (14).]
Ley, P. H., b. in Prussia, Sept. 15, 1833; came with his parents to
the United States in 1842; settled in Stearns county, Minn., in 1857;
engaged in farming, and later was proprietor of a hotel at Melrose;
afterward removed to St. Joseph, where he also had a hotel. [31.]
Leyde, William M., b. in Pennsylvania in 1824; settled in St. Paul
in 1856; owned a farm near Newport; invented the Leyde Thresher;
served in the Minnesota artillery in the civil war, becoming lieutenant;
later engaged in stone business. [94.]
L'Herault, Napoleon A., b. in Fall River, Mass., May 29, 1882; came
to Minnesota the same year with his parents, who settled in Minne-
apolis, where he has since lived; was graduated in law at the University
of Minnesota, 1907; a state senator, 1911. [30*.]
Libbey, Elias David, adjutant general, b. in Stockton, Maine, June
14, 1844; served during the civil war, gaining the rank of lieutenant,
in the Maine Light Artillery. In 1873 he settled in St. Paul, and
engaged in the manufacture of cornice and sheet metal as a member of
the Scribner-Libbey Company. He was adjutant general of Minnesota,
1901-05. [26*; 30; 100; 111; 126*; 214.]
Libby, Asa, b. in St. Stephen, N. B., Jan. 4, 1826; d. in St. Paul, Nov.
29, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1854; was the first white settler- in
Brockway, Stearns county; served as captain in the Seventh Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in lumbering and operated a
sawmill in Watab; removed to St. Paul in 1899. [214; 237 (11*).]
Libby, Harry W., machinist, b. in Winona, Minn., Feb. 10, 1876, and
resides there; was a representative in the legislature in 1907. [24;
30*.]
Libby, Thomas, b. in Maine in 1821; engaged in teaching; came to
Minnesota in 1854; lived in Willmar fifteen years, and after 1881 owned
a hotel in Bird Island. He was a local preacher in the Methodist church
more than thirty-five years. [32.]
Libera, Albert P., b. in Winona, Minn., Jan. 16, 1860; lived in Wis-
consin, 1864-80; settled in Winona, 1881; engaged in contracting and
house-moving? a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Liberma, Marco T., b. in Milan, Italy; came to the United States in
1892, and settled in Minneapolis the next year; was. instructor in
French in the University of Minnesota, 1899-1902; removed to the
University of Cincinnati. [127 (14*).]
Lichtenberger, J. M., b. in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1845; d. in St.
Paul, Feb. 25, 1903. He came to St. Paul in 1881, as secretary of the
Young Men's Christian Association. After 1889, in connection with his
wife, he had charge of the Young Women's Friendly Association. [237
(28*, 30*).]
440 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Lien, Carl N., farmer, b. in Goodhue county, Minn., July 22, 1857;
was county auditor, 1890-1909, residing in Red Wing. [24; 56; 169.]
Lien, Elias Johnson, librarian, b. in Delavan, Minn., Nov. 14, 1868;
was graduated at the State Normal School, Mankato, 1888; taught
school several years, and later settled as a farmer at St. Vincent;
assistant in the State Library, 1904-10; was graduated in law at the
State University, 1907; was appointed state librarian, 1911. [30*.]
Lien, Ole E., pioneer, b. in Norway; came to the United States in
1861, settling in Minnesota; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt.,
1862-5; resided in Lien, Grant county, after 1868, the township being
named for him. [57.]
Lien, Ole O., teacher, b. in Norway, Feb. 4, 1849; came to the United
States when fourteen years old; settled in Minnesota in 1865, and
resided in Chippewa county after 1870; was a representative in the
legislature in 1878. [30.]
Lienau, Charles H., journalist, b. in Germany, Feb. 27, 1835; d. in
San Francisco, Cal., March, 1906. He came to the United States in
1854, and settled in St. Paul in 1857; published the Volkszeitung; was
a representative in the legislature, 1866-7 and 1885, and a state senator,
1891-3; was register of deeds for Ramsey county, 1881-3. [28, XII; 30;
68; 93*; 237 (39).]
Lier, Peter, merchant, b. in Norway, Nov. 20, 1853; came to the
United States in 1879; settled in Ashby, Minn., and after 1885 engaged
in hardware and furniture business [35; 57*.]
Liggett, William M., educator, b. in Union county, Ohio, Nov. 5,
184JS; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 30, 1909. He served in the 96th Ohio Regt.
in the civil war, rising to the rank of colonel; engaged in farming in
Ohio; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling in Swift county; was dean
of the State Agricultural School, University of Minnesota, and director
of the State Experiment Stations, 1895-1907. [22*; 24; 26*; 85 A*; 127
(10*); 127B; 166A*; 237 (56, 59*).]
Lightbourn, David Colston, journalist, b. at Pine Bend, Minn., Jan.
30, 1858; worked in the printing office of the St. Paul Pioneer; settled
at Ada in 1883, purchased the Alert, and changed its name to the
Norman County Index, which he has since published; was deputy
insurance commissioner of Minnesota, 1892-7 and 1901-06. [24; 25; 30*;
35; 238 (Dec. 15, 1893*).]
Lightly, Henry W„ farmer, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1838; served
in the 29th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Mower county,
Minn., in 1865; was a representative in the legislature in 1885, 1889,
and 1903, [30; 65A*.]
Lightner, William Hurley, lawyer, b. in Reading, Pa., May 3, 1856;
was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1877; settled at St. Paul
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 441
the next year, and was admitted to the bar in 1880; president of the
Minnesota Historical Society, 1912. [24; 93; 124; 238 (Aug. 6, 1897*).]
Liljegren, Nils M., M. E. clergyman, b. in Vemmerlof, Sweden, Dec.
9, 1846; came to the United Stptes in 1886; settled in Minneapolis in
1890, where he was pastor of a Swedish Methodist church. [169.]
Lillibridge, Horatio F., b. in Connecticut in 1836; d. in Minneapolis
in June, 1894. He came to Minneapolis in 1856; engaged in the manu-
facture of sash and doors, and later owned a bakery and cracker factory.
[167 (June 8, 1894).]
Lilygreen, Frank G., machinist, b. in Smaland, Sweden, Dec. 13,
1866; came with his parents to Marine Mills, Minn., in 1877; settled in
St. Paul in 1887; has been general superintendent of the American
Hoist and Derrick Company since 1900. [169A*.]
Lilyquist, N. A., b. in Sweden, May 6, 1853; d. in Winthrop, Minn.,
Aug. 29, 1902. He came with his parents to the United States in 1854,
and to Minnesota in 1858; settled in St. Peter in 1875; engaged in the
hardware business. [237 (19).]
Limberg, Ignatius C, R. C. priest, b. in Drensteinfurt, Germany, in
January, 1856; d. in Winsted, Minn., April 1, 1908. He came to the
United States; was ordained in St. Paul, Minn., in 1886; was professor
in St. Thomas College, St. Paul, and later was pastor in Mazeppa,
Belvidere, and Winsted. [146.]
Lincoln, E. B., banker, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1851; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1859; was graduated at Shattuck school,
Faribault, in 1870; engaged in banking in Glencoe after 1878; also
owned an interest in a mill in Olivia, Renville county. [32.]
Lincoln, Isaac, b. in Barnstable county, Mass., Jan. 17, 1823; settled
in Shakopee, Minn., in 1856, and built the first sawmill there; was a
state senator, 1863-4. [32.]
Lincoln, Isaac, Jr., b. in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1855; came with his
parents to Minnesota when four years old; was graduated at Shattuck
school, Faribault, in 1874; built a grain elevator in 1878 in Olivia,
Renville county, which was the first building there; owned a lumber
yard and a mill; was the first postmaster in Olivia. [32.]
Lincoln, William C, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., June 14, 1845; d. in
Fergus Falls, Minn., Feb. 26, 1908. He served in the 125th N. Y. Regt.
in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1870; resided in Albert Lea, and
after 1882 in Fergus Falls, where he was auditor of Otter Tail county,
1901-08. [237 (48).]
Lincoln, William Leavitt, physician, b. in West Townsend, Mass.,
^ug. 5, 1824; d. in Wabasha, Minn., Nov. 29, 1889. He was graduated
at Harvard College, 1852; came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in
Wabasha. [18; 74; 139.]
442 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Lind, John, governor, b. in Kanna, Sweden, March 25, 1854; came to
the United States in 1867 with his parents, who settled in Goodhue
county, Minn. He attended the University of Minnesota in 1875-6; was
admitted to the bar in New Ulm in 1877, and practiced there, excepting
terms of absence in official duties, until 1901; represented his district
in Congress, 1887 to 1893; was governor of Minnesota, 1899-1901;
removed to Minneapolis in 1901, and was again a representative in Con-
gress, 1903-05; president of the Board of Regents of the University of
Minnesota since 1908. [3*; 4; 10; 17; 23*; 24; 26*; 27; 28, XIII*; 30;
32; 127A*, B; 137; 169*; 169A.]
Lindall, Jonas, b. in Sweden in 1844; was drowned in 1874. He
came to the United States; served in the civil war, becoming a lieute-
nant; resided in Francpnia, Minn.; was a state senator, 1872-3. [30;
41; 169.]
Lindbergh, Charles August, congressman, b. in Stockholm, Sweden,
Jan. 20, 1859; came to the United States with his parents when one
year of age; lived at Melrose, Minn., 1860-1881; was graduated in law at
the University of Michigan, 1883; practiced law after 1886, residing at
Little Falls; representative in Congress since 1907. [9; 17; 25; 30*;
137.]
Lindbergh, Frank Albert, lawyer, b. in Melrose, Minn., April 14,
1870; settled at Little Falls in 1889; was graduated in law at the Uni-
versity of Michigan, 1892; was county attorney of Morrison county,
1900-07. [24; 137.]
Lindeke, Albert H., merchant, b. near Berlin, Germany, May 12,
1844; came to the United States in 1856, and a year later to St. Paul;
since 1878 engaged in the wholesale dry goods business. [24; 68; 94;
95*; 238 (Aug. 6, 1897*). ]
Lindeke, William, b. in Seehansen, Prussia, Oct. 1, 1835; d. in St.
Paul, March 9, 1892. He came to the United States in 1854, and three
years later settled in St. Paul, where he had large milling and real
estate interests, and also owned a dry goods store. [23*; 68; 93*; 94;
98*; 168 (July 29, 1887*, and March 18, 1892*).]
Lindem, John T., farmer, b. in Norway in 1853; came with his
parents to the United States in 1868; settled in Roseville, Grant county,
Minn., in 1876; was sheriff of the county eight years. [57.]
Linder, Louis A., banker, b. in Sweden, in 1853; d. in Mankato,
Minn., Sept. 21, 1901. He came to the United States in 1872, settling in
Mankato; engaged in mercantile business, and later was cashier of the
First National Bank of that city. [237 (14*).]
Linderberg, N. A., banker, b. in Ahus, Sweden, July 13, 1862; came
to the United States in 1884; settled in Duluth, Minn.; engaged in
banking, and after 1890 was teller of the American Loan and Trust
Company. [169.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 443
Lixdersmith, David, pioneer, b. in Columbiana county, Ohio; came to
Minnesota in 1855, settling in Owatonna; was sheriff of Steele county,
1856-8; owned a farm in Clinton Falls township after 1870. [72.]
Lindersmith, Orlando, b. in 1844; came to Steele county, Minn., with
his parents in 1855; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; owned a farm and a stone quarry in Clinton Falls township.
[72.]
Lindgren, Andrew Gustavus, banker, b. in Sweden, March 15, 1849;
d. in Adrian, Minn., Dec. 9, 1905. He came with his parents to the
United States when an infant, and to Minnesota in 1872; settled in
Adrian in 1882; engaged in mercantile business; was register of deeds
for Nobles county, 1897-1900; was cashier of the Exchange Bank, and
later president of the National Bank of Adrian. [237 (39*).]
Lindiiolm, A. T., author, b. in Gothenburg, Sweden, May 9, 1835;
came to the United States in 1854, and to Mankato, Minn., in 1856;
engaged in banking fifteen years; removed to St. Paul in 1871, and to
Stillwater in 1878. He was the author of many poems, and translated
many Swedish works into English. [169.]
Lindholm, Swen A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Aug. 17,
1852; came to the United States in 1869; was graduated at Augustana
College and Theological Seminary, 1878; was pastor at Lake City,
Moorhead, and Kandiyohi. [148; 169.]
Lindley, Alfred Hadley, physician, b. at Cane Creek, N. C, May 23,
1821; d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 16, 1905. He was graduated at Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1850; came to Minnesota, settling in
Minneapolis, in 1861. [84;85A.]
Lindquist, Gustaf A., b. in Smaland, Sweden, Oct. 30, 1837; came
to the United States in 1867, settling in Minnesota; took a claim in
Otter Tail county in 1868; was county treasurer, 1881-90, residing in
Fergus Falls. [35; 169.]
Lindsay, Thomas B., merchant, b. in New York City, May 1, 1843;
settled in Olmsted county, Minn., in 1865, and engaged in general
mercantile business; removed in 1887 to Minneapolis, where he estab-
lished a large business as a dealer in agricultural implements and
machinery; was a representative in the legislature in 1872-3. [23; 24;
25; 30.]
Lindstrom, Daniel, b. in Helsingland, Sweden, in 1825; d. at Lind-
strom, Minn., in 1895. He came to the United States in 1854; settled on
Chisago lake, Minn., on the site of the village of Lindstrom, which was
named for him; sold most of his farm in 1878, but continued to reside
there. [41; 42.]
Lindtwed, Charles Bar as, educator, b. near Springfield, 111., Aug.
25, 1857; was graduated at Carthage College, 111., in 1886, and at the
Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, in 1889;
444 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
was pastor in Red Wing, Minn., three years; after 1892 was a professor
in St. Olaf College, Northfield. [169.]
Linjeb, Ole Edward, physician, b. in Westby, Wis., in 1861; d. in
Minneapolis, Dec. 11, 1907. EJe came to the United States and was
graduated in medicine at the University of Minnesota, 1889; practiced
in Duluth, St. James, and Minneapolis; was appointed city physician
in 1906. [237 (48*).]
Linnell, 0. M., farmer, b. near Wexio, Sweden, April 21, 1840; came
with his parents to the United States in 1852, and to Minnesota the
same year; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt., 1862-3; settled in
Acton, Meeker county, in 1876; was a representative in the legislature,
1881-3. [65*; 169.]
Lin neman, John H., merchant, b. in Hanover, Germany, Aug. 11,
1825; d. in St. Joseph, Minn., Sept. 4, 1907. He came to Minnesota in
1854; resided at St. Joseph, Stearns county; was a representative in
the legislature, 1891-3. [30; 237 (48).]
Linton, Alonzo Herbert, railroad contractor, b. in Johnstown, Pa.,
Nov. 4, 1836; first came to Minnesota in 1857, and six years later settled
at Minneapolis. He engaged in constructing many of the railways of
Minnesota. [20*; 84*; 85A*.]
Linton, Samuel Smith, b. in Peru, Ind., April 21, 1836; d. at Eureka
Springs, Ark., April 16, 1896. He served in the civil war, becoming
major in the 39th Illinois Regt.; settled in Minneapolis in 1882, and
established a large grain and elevator business. [121.]
Listoe, Soren, journalist, b. in Copenhagen, Denmark, April 27,
1846; came to the United States in 1866; settled in Minneapolis two
years later; removed to Brainerd in 1871; was a representative in the
legislature in 1875, and register of the U. S. land office at Alexandria,
1875-83; was editor of Nordvesten, published in St. Paul, after 1887;
was U. S. consul to Dusseldorf, Germany, 1892-3. [169.]
Litsheim, J. O., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Voss, Norway, Aug. 6,
1863; came to the United States in 1881; was graduated at St. Olaf
College, Northfield, Minn., 1887; was pastor in Madison after 1890.
[169.]
Little Crow (To-wai-ah-tah-doo-tah), chief of the Sioux, b. at
Kaposia, near St. Paul; d. near Hutchinson, Minn., July 3, 1863. He
was the son of the hereditary chief of the tribe, also named Little
Crow. In 1862 he incited an outbreak of the Sioux, by which about
800 white settlers were killed. The Indians were entirely defeated at
Wood Lake by troops under Gen. Henry H. Sibley, but Little Crow
and several hundred of his warriors escaped. He was killed the next
year, while engaged in a horse-stealing raid. [1; 28, XII*; 33; 56; 107;
113; 115; 237 (24, 38*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 445
Little Paul (Mah-za-koo-te-manne), a Sioux Indian of the Wah-
peton band, died on the Sisseton Reservation, S. D., in 1873. He was
one of the early converts to Christianity, and was a friend and helper
of Rev. S. R. Riggs. In 1857 he was one of the Indians who rescued
Miss Abbie Gardner from Inkpadoota's band, after the Spirit Lake
massacre. During the Sioux outbreak he was friendly to the whites,
and afterward was a scout in Gen. Sibley's troops. [33*; 116; 117; 118;
119; 120.]
Little Wolf (Ma-in-ga-shish), an Ojibway, b. near the headwaters
of the St. Croix river, Feb., 1761; d. there, June, 1880. He retained
his memory and most of his faculties to the end of his life of 119
years; and had four generations of descendants in his wigwam. [237
(1).]
Little, George, merchant, b. in Augusta, Maine, Sept., 1836; came to
Minnesota in 1859; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry, 1863-5;
was chief deputy revenue collector at Rochester, 1871-81; afterward
settled in Tracy, and engaged in business with his brother. [32.]
Little, Henry Lyman, miller, b. in Webster, N. H., Aug. 9, 1857;
came to Minnesota in 1879, settling in Minneapolis; was general
manager of the Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Co., 1899-1908. [24; 25;
168 (Nov. 19, 1897*).]
Little, John T., b. in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1848; came to Minne-
sota in 1864; settled in Kasson, where he engaged in blacksmithing,
manufacturing, and dealing in live stock; was a state senator, 1891-3.
[30.]
Little, John Warren, physician, b. at South Charleston, Ohio, Sept.
21, 1859; was graduated at Jefferson Medical College, 1883, and has
since resided in Minneapolis; was professor of clinical surgery in the
University of Minnesota, 1903-09. [24; 85A; 127 A*.]
Little, W. H., b. in Augusta, Maine, July 3, 1832; settled in Tracy,
Minn., where he engaged in mercantile business with his brother. [32.]
Littleton, Samuel T., lawyer, b. in Chariton county, Mo., Dec. 3,
1858; d. in Owatonna, Minn., Feb. 20, 1908. He was admitted to the
bar in 1884; came to Minnesota the same year, and to West Concord in
1887; afterward resided in Kasson, and thence removed to Owatonna
in 1900; was a representative in the legislature in 1895-7; and county
attorney of Steele county, 1903-07. [22*; 24; 25; 27*; 30; 50*; 237
(48*).]
Litzenberg, Jennings Crawford, physician, b. in Waubeek, Iowa,
April 6, 1870; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1894, and
in its department of medicine, 1899; instructor in obstetrics there,
1902-5, and professor since 1905; chief of the staff of the University
Free Dispensary since 1907. [127A*, B.]
Livermore, Edward, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Holderness, N. H.,
March 18, 1815; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1833; studied for
446 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the ministry in Boston; came to Minnesota in I860, and was rector of
the church in St. Peter. [18.]
Livermore, Francis Stone, b. in Tioga county, N. Y., March 17, 1834;
served in the 11th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota
in 1867, and settled on a claim on the site of Fairmont; was county
judge of probate, 1879-83, and county attorney, 1887-8; later engaged
in selling farm machinery. [34.]
Livingston, Crawford, railroad builder, b. in New York City, May
6, 1848; settled in St. Paul in 1870; was a banker and stock broker;
and has been interested in several railways. [17; 24; 176 (Jan., 1888*).]
Livingston, Lewis W., b. in St. Johnsbury, Vt, Oct. 22, 1858; joined
the fire department of Minneapolis in 1885; became a captain in 1895.
[88*.]
Lloyd, Fred M., salesman, b. in Minnesota in 1860; resides in St.
Paul; was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Lloyd, Job W., farmer, b. in 1856 in Le Sueur county, Minn., where
he has resided; was a representative in the legislature in 1891, and a
state senator, 1895-7. [30; 171*.]
Lloyd, Peter, b. near Cambria, Wis., July 17, 1850; came to Blue
Earth county, Minn., in 1866; was county treasurer, 1889-96; resided in
Mankato. [171*.]
Loba, Victor Eugene, Congregational clergyman, b. in St. Louis, Mo.,
Dec. 21, 1853; d. at Noble, Mo., April 19, 1896. He was graduated at
Olivet College, Michigan, 1876; was pastor in Sleepy Eye, Minn.;
organized the Redwood Academy in 1880; afterward resided in Eden,
Brown county, until 1882; then removed to Illinois. [32; 144.]
Lobeck, Engebret E., b. in Norway, Oct. 11, 1864; came to Minnesota
with his parents in 1867; resides in Alexandria; has published a collec-
tion of poems, and is a lecturer on temperance; was a representative in
the legislature, 1907-09. [24; 30*.]
Lochren, William, judge, b. in County Tyrone, Ireland, April 3, 1832;
d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 27, 1912. He came to the United States when
two years old; was admitted to the bar in Vermont in 1856, and settled
the same year in St. Anthony, Minn., now the east part of Minneapolis;
enlisted in the First Minnesota Regt. at the beginning of the civil war,
and served two years, when disability compelled him to resign; was
a state senator, 1869-70; judge of the Fourth judicial district, 1881-93;
U. S. commissioner of pensions, 1893-6; and U. S. district judge for
Minnesota, 1896-1907. [17; 22*; 24; 25; 30; 41; 58; 84*; 137*;
237 (59*).]
Locke, J. B., farmer, b. in New York, March 28, 1832; d. in Zumbrota,
Minn. He settled in Minneola, Goodhue county, Minn., in 1858; was a
representative in the legislature in 1866. [54*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 447
Locke, James Frank, physician and clergyman, b. in Ossipee, N. H.,
April 27, 1844; served in the 16th Maine Regt. in the civil war; engaged
in ministerial work in the Free Baptist denomination several years;
came to Minnesota in 1878; resided in Pillsbury; was a large land
owner, engaged in mercantile business and milling, and als-o practiced
medicine; later removed to Long Prairie, and was a Congregational
clergyman; author of "Salt Without Prescribing How Much: a Collec-
tion of Sermons, Addresses, and Poems," 172 pages, 1906. [35; 237
(27).]
Lot ken, J. H., merchant, b. in Norway in 1854; came to the United
States in 1873, settling in Minnesota; purchased a farm in Polk county
in 1879; resided in Crookston after 1882; was treasurer of Polk county
two terms. [35; 169.]
Lockey, Joseph, banker, b. in Yorkshire, Eng., Jan. 1, 1836; d. in
St. Paul, March 4, 1909. He came with his parents to the United
States when six years old; settled in Minnesota in 1860 as a merchant
at Lake City; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. during the Sioux
war, 1862-3; was U. S. deputy commissioner of pensions, 1870-6; national
bank examiner, 1876-83; cashier and later president of the National
German American Bank of St. Paul, 1883-1903; president of the
American National Bank after 1903, holding this position till a few
days before his death. [24; 25; 98*; 100; 237 (56*).]
Lockwood, William, merchant and farmer, b. in Oswego county, N. Y.,
in 1850; came to Minnesota in 1879; resided at Edgerton; where he had
large business interests; was a representative in the legislature, 1891-5.
[30.]
Locnikak, Bernard, R. C. priest and educator, b. in Austria, Sept.
29, 1848; d. in Stillwater, Minn., Nov. 7, 1894. He came to the United
States in 1868, and to St. John's Abbey, Minn., the same year; was
ordained a priest; was a teacher in St. John's College, 1869-79; was
prior of the Abbey, 1875-77; was pastor in St. Paul several years;
became abbot of St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minn., in 1890. [132
(Sept., 1890*, and Nov., 1894*).]
Logan, J. D., b. in Crawford county, Pa., Aug. 2, 1838; came to Min-
nesota in 1855; served in the First Minnesota Regt., 1861-4; resided in
Pennsylvania several years; settled in Bellevue, Morrison county, Minn.,
in 1879, where he built and operated a saw and shingle mill. [31.]
Lohren, A. J., blacksmith, b. in Norway in 1843; came to Minnesota
in 1872; resides in Waseca; was auditor of Waseca county, 1893-9; a
representative in the legislature in 1903. [30.]
Lokensgaard, Ole Olson, clergyman and educator, b. in Aal, Halling-
dal, Norway, Nov. 23, 1854; came to the United States with his parents
in 1857. He was ordained in 1881 as a minister in the Lutheran church.
In 1892 he became president of the Lutheran Normal school at Madison,
Minn. [22*; 38; 169.]
448 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Lombard, A. M., b. near Otisfield, Maine, March 9, 1833; d. in Chat-
field, Minn., Oct. 10, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in
Chatfield. During the civil war he was engineer on a U. S. gunboat.
Afterward he engaged in hardware business; was one of the owners of
the Chatfield Bank. [52; 237 (11).]
Lomen, Gudbband J., lawyer, b. near Decorah, Iowa, Jan. 28, 1S54;
was graduated in law at the University of Iowa, 1875, and the next
year settled in Caledonia, Minn.; was clerk of the district court after
1877; removed to St. Paul in 1886; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1891. [61; 93; 98; 169.]
Lommen, Edwin E., farmer, b. in Winneshiek county, Iowa, in 1857;
came to Minnesota in 1878; settled in Crookston; was a state senator,
1891-3. [30; 169.]
Lommen, John T., farmer, b. in Minnesota in 1865; resides in Corn-
stock; was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901, and in 1907.
[30*; 47.]
Long, Franklin Bidwell, architect, b. in South Bainbridge, N. Y.,
March 3, 1842; came to Minnesota, settling in Minneapolis; planned and
constructed many of the finest buildings there, including the High
School, the Court House, and the City Hall. [19*.]
Long, Stephen Harriman, engineer and explorer, b. in Hopkinton, N.
H., Dec. 30, 1784; d. in Alton, 111., Sept. 4, 1864. He was graduated at
Dartmouth College, 1809; entered the U. S. army, 1814; became major
of topographical engineers, 1816 ; explored the Minnesota and Red river
valleys, and the canoe route from Lake Winnipeg to Lake Superior, in
1823, of which a narrative in two volumes, mostly written by W. H.
Keating, was published in 1825. He became chief of topographical
engineers in 1861, with the rank of colonel.. [1; 114*.]
Loomis, Almund, pioneer, b. in New York in 1830; was murdered
by Indians in Brown county, Minn, 1862. He was the first settler in
Sigel, Brown county, 1856, having made a claim there in 1855. [32.]
Loomis, David Burt, lumberman, b. in Willington, Conn!, April 17,
1817; d. at the Soldiers' Home near Fort Snelling, Feb. 24, 1897. He
came to Stillwater, Minn., in 1843, and engaged in lumbering until 1861;
was lieutenant and captain in the Second Minnesota Regt, 1861-4; was
a member of the territorial council, 1849-53, being its president in
1851; and was a representative in the legislature in 1874. [18; 28, IX;
29; 40; 41; 42; 131; 157*; 237 (9).]
Loomis, Gustavus, soldier, b. in Vermont; d. in Stratford, Conn.,
March 5, 1872. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy in 1811 ;
was commandant at Fort Snelling, 1849-50; attained the rank of
brigadier general in 1865. [11; 12; 13; i54A*.]
Loomis, Horace, b. in Erie county, Pa., in 1825; came to Rochester,
Minn., in 1857; was sheriff of Olmsted county three terms; conducted
a hotel after 1882. [66.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 449
Looney, Abraham, steamboat captain, b. in Randolph county, 111.,
Aug. 14, 1830; d. in March, 1903, in Dakota, Winona county, Minn. He
settled near La Crosse, Wis., in 1851, and engaged in piloting and
managing steamboats on the Mississippi river. [237 (28).]
Loosbroek, Henry, merchant, b. in Holland, Feb. 13, 1838; came to
the United States in 1857; settled in St. Martin, Stearns county, Minn.,
engaged in carpenter work, and later owned a store and hotel. [31.]
Loras, Mathtas, R. C. bishop, b. in Lyons, France, in 1792; d. in Du-
buque, Iowa, Feb. 19, 1858. He came to the United States in 1830, and
in 1837 was appointed bishop of the diocese of Dubuque, comprising
Iowa and Minnesota. He established missions among the Indian tribes,
introduced the Sisters of Charity into his diocese, and encouraged immi-
gration. [1; 114; 146*.]
Lord, Charles, physician, b. in Cheshire county, N. H., July 22, 1817;
d. in Shakopee, Minn., April 3, 1881. He settled on a farm near
Shakopee in 1854, and ten years later removed to the village. [32; 139;
237 (49).]
Lord, Orville Morell, b. in China, N. Y., April 20, 1826; came to
Minnesota in 1852; was a representative in the territorial legislature
in 1854; built the first sawmill in Winona county, at Minnesota City;
was a representative in the state legislature in 1873; and was county
superintendent of schools several years, after 1875. [76; 78; 237 (34)*.]
Lord, Samuel, judge, b. in Meadville, Pa., July 26, 1831; d. in Man-
torville, Minn., Feb. 12, 1880. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and prac-
ticed law in Marion, 1856-9, and in Mantorville until 1876, when he re-
moved to Faribault. He was a representative in the legislature, 1857-8,
and a state senator, 1866-7 and 1870-1; was judge of the Fifth judicial
district, 1872-80. [18; 70; 70A.]
Lord, Samuel, lawyer, b. in Marion, Minn., Feb. 25, 1859; was admit-
ted to the bar in 1885; resides in Kasson; was county attorney of Dodge
county, 1887-99; a state senator, 1899-1905; a member of the State Tax
Commission since 1907. [24; 25; 30*; 50.]
Lord, William Henry, merchant and farmer, b. in Augusta, Maine,
July 23, 1835; came to Minnesota in 1858; served in the Eighth Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in mercantile business in Buffalo,
Wright county; was sheriff four years; after 1877 resided in Albion.
[31.]
L'Orignal Leve, Sioux chief, b. at Prairie Aux Ailes, Minn.; d. in
1860. See Ta-ha-ma. [28, I, III.]
Loring, Albert Carpenter, flour manufacturer, commenced milling
when twenty-one years old; became manager of the Galaxy mill, Min-
neapolis, in 1885; was a member of the Northwestern Consolidated
Milling Co., after 1891, and its president, 1895-1908. [24; 168 (Nov.
27, 1891*).]
450 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Loking, Charles Morgridge, b. in Portland, Maine, Nov. 13, 1833;
came to Minnesota in 1860, settling in Minneapolis, and engaged in mer-
cantile ^business, milling, and other financial enterprises; has contribu-
ted largely to the success of the city park system, by work during
more than thirty years. The same of Central park was changed to
Loring Park in his honor. [22*; 24; 84*; 85A*; 166 (1902*); 168
(May 6, 1892*).]
Loring, George D., lumberman, b. in Yarmouth, Maine, May 25, 1835;
came to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Second Minnesota Cavalry,
1863-5; settled in Princeton, and after 1880 engaged in mercantile busi-
ness. [31.]
Loso, Peter, b. in Prussia, Feb. 25, 1824; ,d. in St. Joseph, Stearns
county, Minn., Oct. 27, 1877. He was the first white settler there, 1854;
was one of the townsite proprietors, and owned flour and lumber mills.
After 1867 he was proprietor of a hotel in St. Joseph. [31.]
Lossow, Friedrich Wilhelm, farmer, b. in Prussia in 1840; came to
the United States in 1868, settling in Minnesota; resided at St. Clair,
Blue Earth county; was a representative in the legislature in 1889.
[30.]
Lott, Bushrod Washington, lawyer, b. in Pemberton, N. J., May 1,
1826; was educated at St. Louis University; was admitted to the bar in
1847 at Quincy, 111.; came to Minnesota in 1848, and after a few
months settled in St. Paul; was a representative in the territorial legis-
lature, 1853-6; was U. S. consul at Tehuantepec, Mexico, 1862-5. [28,
IV; 41; 69; 93; 94; 95; 98*.]
Lounsberry, Clement A., journalist, b. in De Kalb county, Ind.,
March 27, 1843; served in Michigan regiments during the civil war, en-
listing as a private, and attaining the rank of colonel. He afterward
engaged in newspaper work in Wells, Minn., and in Minneapolis, and
later established the first newspaper in North Dakota; resided in Fargo.
[26*; 29.]
Love, Edwin H., journalist, b. in Wyoming, Wis., Dec. 28, 1856; was
graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1875; engaged in newspaper
work in Minnesota; in 1886 purchased the Hallock Enterprise. [35;
238 (Nov. 19, 1893*).]
Love, George Allan, physician, b. in Woodstock, 111., March 3, 1853;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856; was graduated at Bennett
Medical College, Chicago, 1874, and has since practiced in Preston.
[22*; 24; 52.]
Lovejoy, Stephen Brown, railroad contractor, b. in Livermore, Maine,
Jan. 19, 1850; d. in Minneapolis, July 5, 1902. He came to Minnesota
in 1854, and settled in Minneapolis, where he was prominent in sev-
eral large business enterprises; was a representative in the legislature,
1895-7; was postmaster of Minneapolis, 1899-1902. [22*; 30; 58; 167
(July 11, 1902); 237 (19*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 451
Loveless, Charles B., b. in Maine, Dec. 8, 1823; served as captain in
the Third N. Y. cavalry in the civil war; invented and manufactured a
gasoline stove; settled in Worthington, Minn., in 1872, where he built a
hotel, and owned a livery stable and a blacksmith shop. [34.]
Lovell, C. M., merchant, b. in Windham county, Vt, Feb., 1827; came
to Minnesota in 1854; settled in Chatfield in 1856, and the next year
opened a store; also engaged in loan and real estate business. [52.]
Lovell, Charles P., b. in Hyde Park, Vt., Nov. 2, 1837; settled in
Minneapolis in 1881, and engaged in real estate business. [84*; 90.]
Lovely, John Abbott, jurist, b. in Burlington, Vt., Nov. 18, 1842;
d. in Albert Lea, Minn., Jan. 28, 1908. He was admitted to the bar in
1865; settled at Albert Lea, Minn., in 1867; was city attorney, and
county attorney of Freeborn county; was an associate justice of the su-
preme court of Minnesota, 1900-06, then residing in St. Paul. [17; 24;
25; 30; 136; 137*; 237 (48*).]
Lovland, Ellef, b. in Norway, Dec. 26, 1842; came to the United
States in 1868, settling in Fillmore county, Minn.; resided in Lanesboro,
and engaged in the cooper trade; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1881. [52; 169.]
Low, Bartlett Marshall, farmer, b. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1839;
served in the 42d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minne-
sota in 1865; settled at Lowville, Murray county; was a representative
in the legislature, 1887-9. [30; 34.]
Lowe, Charles F., pioneer, b. in Concord, N. H., in 1815; was
drowned in Florida in 1873. He settled at Sunrise, Minn., in 1855; en-
gaged in real estate business; was a member of the state constitu-
tional convention, 1857. [41.]
Lowell, Adelbert M., b. in Aetna, Maine, in 1847; d. in Pasa Robles,
Cal., Feb. 23, 1900. He served in the navy in the civil war; came to
St. Paul in 1869; was employed on the police force after 1872; became
captain of a substation in 1887. [96*; 238 (Feb. 24, 1900*).]
Lowell, Benjamin Ayer, farmer, b. in Freedom, Maine, Nov. 25, 1818;
came to Waseca county in 1858, and lived successively in Wilton, Otisco,
and Waseca; was a state senator in 1865-6. [18.]
Lowell, Charles B., b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1829;
came to Minnesota in 1855, and soon afterward settled in Hastings; was
county surveyor many years. [48.]
Lowell, Charles L., lawyer, b. in Knox county, Maine, Oct. 3, 1829;
d. in Faribault, Minn., Sept. 7, 1902. He was admitted to the bar in
1850; settled in Faribault in 1855; was mayor of that city two terms.
[70; 237 (19*).]
Lowell, Edwin B., pioneer, b. in Abbott, Maine, in 1832; d. in Minne-
apolis, May 2, 1904. He came there in 1855; served in the First Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in lumbering on the upper
452 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Mississippi, and owned a steamboat; in later years engaged in mercan-
tile business in Aitkin. [31; 237 (35).]
Lowell, William, b. in Concord, Maine, April 26, 1807; d. in Still-
water, Minn., July 15, 1873. He settled there in 1853, and engaged in
lumbering; was a representative in the legislature two terms. [40; 41.]
Lowering Day. See May-zhue-ke-ge-shig. [237 (8*).]
Lowry, Sylvanus B., established a trading post at Brockway, Stearns
county, Minn., in early times; was adjutant general of Minnesota Ter-
ritory, 1853; removed to St. Cloud in 1853, and died there in 1861. He
surveyed and platted the village of Arcadia, adjoining St. Cloud, known
afterward as Lowry's Addition. [41.]
Lowry, Theophilus, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Nicholas county,
Ky., Sept. 9, 1S21; d. in Moscow, Freeborn county, Minn., April 23, 1874.
He was graduated at Wabash College, 1843, and Lane Seminary, 1846;
came to Minnesota in 1857; owned a farm in Moscow, and was pastor at
Sumner and Woodbury. [53.]
Lowry, Thomas, lawyer and financier, b. in Logan county, 111., Feb.
27, 1843; d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 4, 1909. He was admitted to the bar in
1867, and the same year came to Minnesota, settling in Minneapolis,
where he practiced law and dealt in real estate; was president and prin-
cipal stockowner of the company operating the street railways of Min-
neapolis and St. Paul, called the Twin City Rapid Transit company;
author of "Personal Reminiscences of Abraham Lincoln," privately
printed, 32 pages, 1910. [3*; 17; 19*; 20*; 23; 24; 84*; 85A*; 237
(56*).]
Lowry, William Dtjndas, b. at Watson's Run, Pa., in 1819; d. in
1863. He came to Minnesota in 1854, and settled in Olmsted county;
was one of the proprietors of the town site of Rochester, and also of
St. Peter. [23.]
Loye, Samuel B., b. in Chatham, N. B., July 20, 1835; d. in Minne-
apolis, Oct. 30, 1901. He settled in St. Paul in 1857, and engaged in
the harness-making business. He removed to Minneapolis in 1865.
[90*; 174*; 237 (19*).]
Lucas, James Robert, b. in Chicago, HI., Sept., 1835; d. in St. Paul,
March 1, 1875. He came to Minnesota about 1862, and published a news-
paper in Faribault for a short time; removed to St. Paul in 1864, and
was deputy state auditor. [70; 237 (1).]
Luce, Clinton L., journalist, b. in Stowe, Vt, Sept. 28t 1854; came
to Minnesota in 1869, and settled at Albert Lea in 1875; purchased an
interest in the Albert Lea Enterprise in 1883; was associate editor of
The Tribune. [24; 25; 238 (April 15, 1886*).]
Lucken, Ole H., b. in Norway, Sept. 22, 1837; came to the United
States in 1861; served in the 15th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war,
becoming first lieutenant; settled in Minnesota in 1874; was treasurer
of Polk county, 1880-90, and resided in Crookston. [35; 169.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 453
Lucus, Adam, b. in Ohio, April 12, 1823; settled in Cordova, Le
Sueur county, Minn., in 1864; owned a sawmill and also a grist mill.
[32.]
Ludden, John Dwight, lumberman, b. in Massachusetts, April 5, 1819;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 14, 1907. He came to the St. Croix valley in 1845;
resided at Marine Mills, Minn., 1849-57, at Stillwater, 1857-61, and
afterward in St. Paul; was a representative in the Territorial legisla-
ture three terms, 1851-53, being speaker of the House in 1852, and' was
a member of the Territorial council in 1856-7. [24; 25; 28, XII*;
41; 93A*; 237 (48*).]
Ludwig, Frederick, b. in Prussia, Feb. 7, 1838; came with his par-
ents to the United States in 1851, and to Minnesota the same year;
settled in Rich Valley township, McLeod county, in 1873. He invented
a tubular boiler with fire-box suitable for locomotives. [64.]
Ludwig, John, banker, b. in Germany, Sept. 25, 1839; d. in Winona,
Minn., Sept. 21. 1906. He came to the United States in 1856; served in
the Ninth Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Winona, Minn.,
in 1867; engaged at first in hotel business; after 1892 was president of
the German- American Bank ; was mayor of Winona four terms, and
city treasurer three terms. [76; 77*; 121; 237 (43).]
Lueneburg, Robert H., journalist, b. in Cracow, Austria-Hungary,
March 16, 1863; came to the United States in 1872, and to Minnesota
two years later; learned the printer's trade in Jackson; bought the
Minnesota Citizen, Lakefield, in 1885; afterward published various
newspapers; owned an interest in the Lakefield Standard after 1906.
[62.]
Lufkin, Harry Macurdy, homoeopathic physician, b. in Shelby ville,
111., April 13, 1860; was graduated in medicine at the University of
Michigan, 1883, and afterward studied in New York and in Europe;
settled at St. Paul in 1887; was professor in the homoeopathic medical
college of the University of Minnesota, 1889-1908; member of the staff
of St. Luke's and St. Joseph's Hospitals. [24; 25; 127 (12*); 127A*,B.]
Lugger, Otto, educator, b. in Hagen, Westphalia, Germany, Sept. 15,
1844; d. in St. Paul, May 21, 1901. He was educated at the universi-
ties of Munster, Bonn, Berlin, and Heidelberg; came to the United
States in 1865; was professor of entomology and botany in the Agricul-
tural College of the University of Minnesota after 1889, and was also
state entomologist; author of a large number of books and reports re-
lating to his work. [23*; 26*; 166 (1901*) 168(May 29, 1901*); 237
(14*).]
Luiten, John, b. in Prussia, Feb. 11, 1849; was graduated at Bonn
University; came to the United States in 1871, settling in Minnesota;
engaged in mercantile business in Rich Valley, McLeod county; has
been clerk of the district court since 1879. [64.]
Lull, Cornelius P. V., pioneer, b. in 1822; d. in St. Paul, March 2,
454 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1897. He settled in St. Paul in 1847, and opened a carpenter shop. In
his shop the first newspaper in Minnesota was printed by James M.
Goodhue, April 28, 1849. He was the first sheriff of Ramsey county,
1849-52. [158; 237 (11).]
Lulsdorff, Gerhard, hardware merchant, b. in Cologne, Prussia, April
25, 1827; came to the United States in 1853; six years later came to the
Red River valley, and built the first house in Moorhead; settled in Man-
kato in 1863. [45*; 46; 47; 83*.]
Lund, Andrew T., b. in Norway, Aug. 19, 1848; d. in Vining, Minn.,
Dec. 15, 1908. He came to the United States in 1866; settled on a home-
stead in Otter Tail county, Minn., in 1879. His farm included the town-
site of Vining. He owned lumber and flour mills, and also engaged in
mercantile business and banking. [35; 237 (51).]
Lund, Emil Gunerius, educator, b. in Arendal, Norway, Aug. 10,
1852; came to the United States with his parents in 1853; lived in St.
Paul; was graduated at Thiel College, Greenville, Pa., 1877, and Mt.
Airy Lutheran Theological Seminary, 1881 ; was professor of church his-
tory and homiletics in the United Church Seminary, Minneapolis. [17;
24; 149*; 169.]
Lund, John G., b. in Rushford, Minn., Jan. 23, 1868; d. in Minneapo-
lis, Aug. 5, 1908. He was a dealer in real estate and farming lands,
and resided in Canby, 1883-1902, and later in Minneapolis; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1905. [24; 30*; 85A.]
Lund, O. N., banker, b. in Norway in 1825; came to the United States
in 1855; settled in Canby, Minn., in 1876; engaged in mercantile busi-
ness, and after 1882 was president of the Exchange Bank which he
founded. [32.]
Lundberg, Charles August, journalist, b. near Upsala, Sweden, Feb.
12, 1837; came to the United States in 1888, and to Minnesota the same
year; was editor of a Swedish newspaper in Minneapolis. [169.]
Lundberg, Jonas O., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Nov. 6, 1851;
came to the United States in 1868; was educated at Gustavus Adolphus
College, and was ordained in 1883 ; has been pastor at Herman, Wheat-
on, and Svea, Minn. [148.]
Lundberg, Ole L., hardware merchant, b. in Sweden, April 6, 1855;
came to the United States when thirteen years old, and to Minnesota
the same year; settled on a homestead in Grant county in 1879; en-
gaged in mercantile business at Elbow Lake after 1887. [35.]
Lundeberg, Axel, Unitarian clergyman, b. in Borje, Sweden, Aug. 13,
1852; was educated in Sweden and Germany; came to the United
States in 1888; settled in Minneapolis in 1890, where he established the
first Unitarian Swedish church in this country. [169.]
Lundeen, Ernest, lawyer, b. near Beresford, S. D., Aug. 4, 1878;
served in the 12th Minnesota Regt. in the Spanish-American war, 1898;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 455
was graduated at Carleton College, 1901; studied law at the University
of Minnesota, and was admitted to the bar in 1906; has since practiced
in Minneapolis; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [25; 30*.]
Lundeen, Isaac, farmer, b. in Sweden, April, 1831; came to the Uni-
ted States in 1851, and to Minnesota in 1856; resided in Oshawa,
Nicollet county; was a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30;
160.]
Lundeen, John August, b. in Smaland, Sweden, March 6, 1848; came
to the United States with his parents when five years old, and to Min-
nesota the same year; was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy,
West Point, 1873 ; was professor of military science in the University of
Minnesota, teaching also mathematics and the Swedish language, 1876-9.
Afterward he taught at West Point five years, and later was stationed
at various military posts. [127 (12*); 127B; 169.]
Lundquist, Johannes, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Nov. 15,
1853; came to the United States in 1881; studied at the Augustana
Seminary, Rock Island, 111., and was ordained in 1884; was pastor at
Clear Lake, Sibley county, Minn., two years, and after 1886 at Chi-
sago City. [38; 148.]
Lundquist, John, b. in Smaland, Sweden, June 17, 1847; came to the
United States in 1868, settling on a farm in Kandiyohi, Minn. After
1888 he engaged in mercantile business there. [63*.]
Lundquist, Ole, b. in Colfax, Minn., Feb. 3, 1875; removed with his
parents to Willmar in 1891; engaged in hardware business until 1903;
was sheriff of Kandiyohi county, 1903-07. [24; 63*.]
Lundquist, P. J., b. in Smaland, Sweden, April 17, 1849; came to
the United States in 1869, settling in Goodhue county, Minn.; engaged
in farming in Vasa; was chief of police in Red Wing after 1891. [169.]
Lunkenheimer, John, Jr., b. in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1843; resided in
St. Paul after 1851; served one year in the Minnesota Mounted Rangers;
was president of the St. Paul fire department five years; engaged in
the livery business; was a representative in the legislature in 1877.
[30; 68; 94.]
Lunn, Osman, b. in Rock county, Wis., in 1847; became manager of
the St. Paul Plow Works in 1881, and settled in St. Paul; was presi-
dent of the company after 1883. [176 (April, 1886*).]
Lunnow, Magnus, journalist, b. in Broby, Sweden, Sept. 25, 1852;
came to America in 1874; became editor of the Minnesota Stats Tid-
ning in 1880; resided in Minneapolis. [169.]
Lunz, James H., b. in Houghton, Mich., Dec. 28, 1860; came to Two
Harbors, Minn., in 1884; has engaged in lumber business since 1889;
president of the First State Bank. [24; 25; 106*.]
Lusk, James W., lawyer and banker, b. in Cherry Valley, N. Y., Sept.
6, 1841; was admitted to the bar in 1864; settled in St. Paul in 1881;
456 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
was general counsel of the Chicago Great Western Railway Co., until
1893 ; has since been president of the National German American Bank.
[24; 25; 93.]
Ltjtz, George W., M. E. clergyman, b. in Wooster, Ohio, Oct. 9, 1858;
entered the ministry in 1892; came to Minnesota, and has been pastor
successively in Wells, Redwood Falls, Austin, and St. Paul. [24; 92;
241.]
Lutz, W. B., b. in Reading, Pa., June 16, 1828; came to Minnesota
in 1855; helped to organize Lake City in 1864, and afterward resided
there; engaged in the livery business and kept a butcher shop; was a
representative in the legislature in 1878-9. [30.]
Ltjxton, W. F., journalist, b. in England in 1844; d. in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, May 20, 1907. He came to Canada when a boy, and engaged
in newspaper work there; removed to Minnesota, and published and
edited the St. Paul Globe, 1898-1902. [237 (48*).]
Lydiard, David A„ farmer, b. in Nova Scotia in 1835; resided at Long
Lake, Hennepin county; was a representative in the legislature in
1884 and in 1899. [30.]
Lydiabd, Livingston A., b. in Hennepin county, Minn.; was graduated
in law at the University of Minnesota, 1892; settled in Minneapolis,
and was city clerk, 1897-1908; has since engaged in real estate business;
a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Lyle, J. P., farmer, b. in Nova Scotia, Jan. 8, 1821; came to Minne-
sota in 1854, and the next year settled in Delano. He was the first
resident there, and the townsite of Delano was his farm. [31.]
Lyles, Thomas H., barber and undertaker, b. of negro parentage,
Aug. 1, 1843, in Frederick, Md.; settled in St. Paul in 1874, where he
dealt extensively in real estate. [100.*]
Lyman, Cornelius, pioneer, b. in Brookfield, Vt, Aug. 11, 1792; d. at
Stillwater, Minn., Jan., 1864. He came to Marine Mills, Minn., in 1842;
kept a boarding house in Stillwater, 1844-8, and owned a farm. [41.]
Lyman, Frederick Wolcott, druggist, b. in Plymouth, Conn., June
18, 1849; engaged in the wholesale drug business in Minneapolis, 1875-
1905. [17; 24; 85A.]
Lyman, George Nelson, lumberman, b. in Cortland, N. Y., Nov. 10,
1817; d, in Minneapolis, Dec. 18, 1898. He engaged in lumber business
in Wisconsin after 1854; settled in Minneapolis in 1889. [167 (Dec. 23,
1898).]
Lyman, George Richards, b. in Plymouth, Conn., Dec. 27, 1844; came
to Minnesota in 1868, settling in Minneapolis; was head of a wholesale
drug company, 1868-1905, and largely interested in other financial enter-
prises. [17; 24; 85A.]
Lynch, Edward J., printer, b. in New Jersey, Oct. 29, 1856; settled
in Watonwan county, Minn.; was assistant labor commissioner for Min-
nesota, 1905-08, and state oil inspector, 1909-10. [30.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 457
Lynch, Peter C, farmer, b. in Portland, Maine, in 1865" came to
Minnesota when an infant; resides in Foley, Benton county; was a
representative in the legislature in 1905. [30*.]
Lynd, James W., b. in Baltimore, Md., Nov. 25, 1830; was killed in
the Indian massacre at the Lower Sioux Agency, Minn., Aug. 18, 1862.
He came to Minnesota about 1853, and lived among the Sioux to learn
their language, habits, and characteristics, on which he intended to
publish a book. The manuscript for it was completed, but was mostly
destroyed in the Sioux outbreak, of which Mr. Lynd was the first
victim. He was a state senator in 1861. [28, III; 237 (29).]
Lynds, J. E., lumberman, b. in Sterling, Mass., in 1855; was graduated
at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 1875; settled in Cloquet, Minn.,
in 1886; was a representative in the legislature in 1899. [30.]
Lynne, Lars, b. in Norway in 1852; came with his parents to the
United States the next year; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah,
Iowa, 1872; was cashier of the bank in Ashby, Minn., five years; was
treasurer of Grant county, 1889-1910. [57*.]
Lyon, D. C, Presbyterian clergyman, b. near Ogdensburg, N. Y.; d. in
1887. He was graduated at Union College, and later studied at Prince-
ton Theological Seminary; was pastor in Wisconsin and New York;
came to Minnesota, was pastor in Winona nine years, and later was
synodical missionary fifteen years. [153.]
Lyon, James W., b. in Redfield, Maine, July 20, 1817; d. in Hastings,
Minn., Oct., 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1851, and three years later
settled in Hastings, building one of the first houses there. [29; 237
(28).]
Lyons, Maurice, b. in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1827; d. in St. Paul,
June 29, 1899. He came to the United States in 1850, and settled in St.
Paul in 1856; engaged in wholesale liquor business, 1862-86, and owned
much real estate. [98*; 238 (June 30, 1899).]
Mabie, Henry Clay, Baptist clergyman, b. in Belvidere, 111., June
20, 1847; was graduated at the University of Chicago, 1868, and at the
Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1875; was pastor in St. Paul,
1885-8, and in Minneapolis, 1888-90; has since been corresponding secre-
tary of the American Baptist Missionary Union, and resides in Boston;
author, "In Brightest Asia" (175 pages, 1891), narrating a tour of mis-
sion fields. [17.]
Mabie, William B., b. in New York in 1826; settled at Elk River,
Minn., in 1855; was register of deeds, 1867-77; clerk of court, 1872-7;
and held other public offices. [31.]
Mabon, Ernest L., b. in St. Paul in 1858; d. at White Bear, June 11,
1908. He was connected with the postal service in the city ten years,
and afterward engaged in real estate and fire insurance business. [238
(April 25, 1896*).]
458 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
McAfee, G. F., clergyman, b. in Missouri in 1839; was graduated at
the Baptist Theological College, La Grange, Mo., 1861, and at North-
western Theological College, Chicago; served in the Third Missouri
cavalry in the civil war; settled in St. Peter, Minn., in 1878, as pastor
of the Presbyterian church. [32.]
Macalester, Charles, financier, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 17,
1798; d. Dec. 9, 1873. Macalester College, St. Paul, which he aided to
found, is named in his honor. [131A*.]
McAllister, George E., journalist, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., Aug.
10, 1853; came to Minnesota in 1882, and established the Swift County
Press; in 1888 removed to Glen wood, where he was editor and pro-
prietor of the Times. [67.]
McAllister, John, b. in Pennsylvania in 1814; d. in St. Paul, Sept.
9, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1852, in search of health; made
large investments in real estate. [237 (11).]
McArthur, George D., b. in New York in 1834; came to Minnesota
in 1855, and settled in Faribault county; engaged in farming, banking,
and dealing in agricultural implements; was a representative in the
legislature in 1858, and a state senator 1895-1902. [30; 39; 51; 237
(29*).]
McArthur, Walter, farmer, b. in Scotland, Nov., 1820; came to the
United States in 1848; settled in La Crescent, Minn., in 1855; was a
representative in the legislature in 1873. [61.]
McArthur, William, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859; came to
the United States when eighteen years old, and to St. Paul in 1882;
three years later joined the fire department, and became one of its
captains in 1898. [96*.]
McBride, John, b. in Whitehall, 111., in 1821; settled in Lake City,
Minn., in 1861, where he published the Times until 1865, and afterward
engaged in mercantile business. [74.]
McBroom, James, b. in Ireland, May 10, 1832; came to the United
States in 1856; settled on a farm in Danville, Blue Earth county, Minn.,
in 1860; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
McBurnie, Rudolph, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., Jan. 27, 1851; d. in Winona,
Minn., March 25, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1883, and was super-
intendent of the lumber manufactory of Laird, Norton and Co., at
Winona. [180 (April 11, 1900).]
McCabe, Cornelius, pioneer merchant, b. at Cold Spring, N. Y., Jan.
29, 1832; d. at Moose Lake, Minn., Jan. 8, 1906. He came to Winne-
bago City, Minn., in the 50's; engaged in mercantile business there
for fifteen years; removed to Moose Lake in 1882. [237 (39*).]
McCabe, John, contractor and builder, b. in Redding, Conn., June
26, 1850; settled in St Peter, Minn., in 1867; has been assistant dairy
and food commissioner for the state since 1907. [30.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
459
McCafferty, James J., lawyer, b. in Lowell, Mass., in 1854; was
admitted to the bar in 1873; settled in St. Paul in 1S84. [93; 95*;
98*.]
McCaine, Mrs. Helen J. Gray, librarian, b. in Peterboro, N. H., June
18, 1836; was graduated at Peterboro Academy; was married in 1865
to William McCaine, who died in 1900; came to Minnesota in 1871,
settling in St. Paul; was librarian of the St. Paul Library Association,
1877-82, and of the St. Paul Public Library thirty years, since its or-
ganization in 1882. [241.]
McCallum, John, b. in Scotland in 1847; came to the "United States
in 1855, and to Minnesota in 1863; served in the 12th Wisconsin Regt,
1863-5; was register of deeds of Big Stone county, 1881-92; resided in
Custer. [32.]
McCan, James, b. in Fredericksburg, Va., May 25, 1818; d. in Cale-
donia, Minn., May 23, 1860. He settled in Brownsville, Minn., in 1853;
was the first register of deeds of Houston county. [61.]
McCann, Benjamin F., lumberman, b. in Aroostook county, Me.,
April 6, 1842; settled in Anoka, Minn., in 1867, and died there in May,
1893. [31; 167 (May 19, 1893).]
McCann, James, lumberman and farmer, b. in St. Andrews, N. B.,
July 6, 1814; came to Minnesota in 1852, and constructed at St. Anthony
the first suspension bridge that crossed the Mississippi; four years
later settled in Anoka; was a representative in the legislature in
1873. [30; 31; 43*.]
McCardy, Joseph J., b. in Maryland; came to St. Paul in 1871; en-
gaged in mercantile business; was city comptroller, 1893-1901; re-
moved to Los Angeles, Cal. [238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
McCarron, Frank J., surveyor, b. in St. Paul in 1852; d. there, Sept.
12, 1902. He was connected with the city engineer's office twenty
years. [237 (19).]
McCarron, John E., b. in 1839; d. in St. Paul, March 27, 1897. He
came there in 1849, and lived beside lake McCarron; served in the
Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [238 (March 28, 1897*).]
McCarthy, Chauncy Ciiatterton, lawyer, b. in Gratiot county,
Mich., Feb. 8, 1856; came to Minnesota in 1892, settling at Grand
Rapids; was a state senator, 1899-1901. [24; 30; 111.]
McCarthy, Timothy J., b. in Ireland in 1848; came with his parents
to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Faribault, where he owned the Far-
ibault Marble Works and a brickyard. [70.]
McCartin, Joseph, miller, b. in Lonsdale, R. I., in 1857; resided in
Minneapolis, and was head miller of the St. Anthony mill after 1884.
[168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
McCarty, David, farmer, b. in Whitechurch, Canada, April 7, 1837;
460 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Beaver, Winona
county, in 1861; was a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30;
76.]
McCabty, Seth L,, farmer, b. in Muncy, Pa., June 9, 1808; went to
Canada in 1832; served in the Canadian rebellion, 1837-8, attaining
the rank of brigadier general; came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in
Plain view. [74.]
McCaughey, John J., lawyer, b. in Madison, Wis., May 13, 1868;
came to Dodge county, Minn., when a boy; was graduated in law at
the University of Minnesota, 1894, and has since practiced law in
Kasson; was county attorney, 1899-1910. [24; 50*.]
McCauley, David, b. in Merrimack, N. H., July 27, 1825; came to
Minnesota in 1858; opened a store in 1864 on the Red river opposite
Port Abercrombie, and the village that sprung up around it was named
McCauleyville for him; was superintendent of schools in Wilkin county
many years. [35.]
McCauley, Samuel, b. in St. Hyacinthe, Canada, Aug. 9, 1853; set-
tled in Little Falls, Minn., in 1873, where he established the Concord
Carriage Works. [31.]
McClary, Thomas, M. E. clergyman, lecturer, b. in Canada in 1841;
was licensed to preach in 1859; was pastor of many churches in Min-
nesota, being in Minneapolis, .1881-5; was later a presiding elder in
this state. [58.]
McClay, Samuel, pioneer, b. in Ayr, Scotland, Jan. 20, 1837; set-
tled in Eden Prairie, Hennepin county, Minn., in 1854; served in the
Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, becoming first lieutenant.
[174*.]
McCleary, James Thompson, congressman, b. in Ingersoll, Ontario,
Feb. 5, 1853 ; came to the United States, and engaged in educational
work in Wisconsin; came to Minnesota in 1881, as a professor in the
Normal School at Mankato, where he still resides; was a represent-
ative in Congress, 1893-1907, and second assistant postmaster gen-
eral, 1907-8; author of "Studies in Civics," 369 pages, 1888, and "Man-
ual of Civics," 1894. [10; 17; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 30; 45*; 46; 83*.]
McClellan, Carswell, civil engineer, died in St. Paul, March 6,
1S92. He served in the army in the civil war, attaining the rank of
colonel; came to Minnesota, and engaged in railroad and government
engineering; resided in St. Paul. [178 (March 24, 1892).]
McClelland, Robert Henry, lawyer, b. in Coshocton county, Ohio,
Feb. 8, 1844; served in the 34th Indiana Regt. in the civil war; was
admitted to the bar at Watertown, Minn., in 1874; settled at Jordan
in 1876; was attorney of Scott county, 1881-2; removed to Glencoe in
1886, and was mayor, 1893-1902; was editor of the Glencoe Enterprise,
1900-07. [24; 32; 64.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 461
McClenahax, William St. Clair, judge, b. in Baltimore, Md., June
19, 1854; was graduated at Dickinson College, 1875, and in law at
the University of Maryland, 1880; came to Minnesota in 1S82, set-
tling in Brainerd; was city attorney, 1888-1900; judge in the Fifteenth
judicial district since 1901. [24; 30; 137*.]
McCluer, Charles Monroe, b. in Stillwater, Minn., Aug. 5, 1859; d.
there, Oct. 24, 1894. He read law and was admitted to the bar, but
engaged in other business. [28, VIII; 124; 237 (9).]
McCluer, William Monroe, judge, b. in Franklinville, N. Y., Sept.
6, 1831; d. Aug. 3, 1890. He was graduated at the national law school
in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1855; judge in
the first judicial district, 1881-90. [28, VIII; 30; 40; 41.]
McClumpha, Charles Flint, educator, b. in Amsterdam, N. Y., in
1863; was graduated at Princeton College in 1885; studied in Ger-
many; was professor of English in the University of Minnesota, 1895-
1905; editor of "Minnesota Stories, a Collection of Twenty Stories of
College Life," 327 pages, 1903. [127 (10*).]
McClijng, John W., lawyer, b. near Maysville, Ky., Nov. 21, 1826;
d. in St. Paul, May 27, 1888. He was graduated at Transylvania Uni-
versity, 1847; settled in St. Paul, 1855; engaged in the practice of law
and in real estate business; author of a book entitled "Minnesota as
it is in 1870." [28, IV*; 94; 237 (2).]
McClure, Charles, judge, b. in Greenbriar county, W. Va., Feb. 20,
1804; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Red Wing; practiced
law until 1864, and later was judge of the First judicial district for
seven years. In 1872 he resumed his legal practice, and the next
year became register of deeds for Goodhue county. He was a member
of the state constitutional convention, 1857, and was a state senator
in 1861. [18; 41; 240 (Nov. 20, 1861).]
McClure, Gilbert, pioneer, b. in Scotland; came to the United
States in 1852, and was the first settler in Pilot Grove, Faribault
county, Minn., 1856. He was a brickmaker and farmer. [51.]
McClure, John Charles, lawyer, b. in La Porte, Ind., March 1,
1838; came to Red Wing with his father, Hon. Charles McClure, in
1856, and was admitted to the bar in 1859; was a state senator in
1878. [18; 30.]
McClure, Nancy. See Huggan, Mrs. Nancy McClure.
McClure, Pelatiah, merchant and farmer, b. in Thorndike, Me.,
April 10, 1828; came to Minnesota in 1852; settled in St. Francis,
Anoka county, in 1863, on a farm, and in 1879 opened a general store
there. [31.]
McClure, Thomas Clarendon, lumber dealer, b. in Waldo, Maine,
March 17, 1827; d. in St. Cloud, Minn., Aug. 12, 1881. He came to Min-
nesota, settling at St. Cloud, in 1857; engaged during many years in
462 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
banking, milling, lumbering, and other business enterprises. In 1861-5
he was register of the U. S. land office at St. Cloud, and in 1871-5 was
its receiver. [IS; 237 (1).]
McColl, Henry, druggist, b. in Chicago, 111., March 2, 1866; came to
Minnesota in 1873, and has since resided in St. Paul; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1903-5, and a state senator, 1907-09. [24;
30*.]
McCollom, Carroll J., merchant, b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1851;
came to Minnesota in 1880, settling in Hallock; was a representative
in the legislature in 1899. [30; 38.]
McCollum, William L., druggist, b. in McHenry county, 111., Ocj;. 2,
1844; came to Minnesota in 1862; served in the First Minnesota
Mounted Rangers, and in Brackett's Battalion, 1862-6; resided in
Scott and Carver counties until 1876; settled at Howard Lake, and in
1877 was appointed postmaster. [31.]
McComb, James Dickey, b. in Washington county, Pa., Feb. 13, 1827;
came to Stillwater in 1846; engaged in mercantile business twelve
years; later was surveyor of logs and lumber. [18; 41.]
McConkey, Mrs. H. E. B. See Bishop, Harriet E.
McConnetx, Henry Augustus, merchant, b. in Kennedyville, N. Y.,
Feb. 25, 1830; d. in Merriam Park, St. Paul, March 7, 1901. He came
to Minnesota in 1861, settling at Red Wing; served in the Tenth Min-
nesota Regt, 1862-5; removed to North St. Paul in 1887. [121; 176
(March, 1888); 237 (14).]
McConnell, J. H., b. in Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 3, 1840; served in
the U. S. navy during the civil war; settled in Minneapolis in 1869;
became supervisor of the city water works in 1889. [90*.]
McConnell, William Warren Putnam, b. in Leavenworth, Ind., Sept.
. 22, 1840; served in the Ninth Kansas cavalry in the civil war, en-
listing as a private and becoming captain; settled in Mankato, Minn.,
in 1872, and engaged in mercantile business and farming. After 18$6
he was inspector for the state dairy and food commission, and was
commissioner of that department, 1901-5. [30; 45*; 241.]
McConvllle, Constantine J., b. in New York city, Dec. 18, 1853;
came to Minnesota in 1872, settling at St. Paul; a partner in the
wholesale dry goods firm of Finch, Van Slyck, Young and Co., since
1888. [24; 95*.]
McCormick, Patrick, merchant, b. in Ireland in 1803; came to the
United States in 1827, and to Minnesota in 1852; two years later set-
tled on a farm in Jessenland, Sibley county, Minn.; was postmaster
at Faxon ten years; built a store in Green Isle township in 1869.
[32.]
McCormick, Robert Laird, lumberman, b. near Lockhaven, Pa., Oct.
29, 1847; d. in Sacramento, Cal., Feb. 5, 1911. He was connected with
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 463
the Laird-Norton Lumber Co., of Winona, Minn., 1868-74; removed to
Waseca; was a state senator, 1881; afterward was manager ot the
North Wisconsin Lumber Co., residing at Hayward, Wis., where he
also engaged in banking and mercantile business; was president of
the Wisconsin Historical Society; removed to Tacoma, Washington,
in 1900, and was secretary of the Weyerhaeuser Lumber Co. He went
to California seeking health, a few weeks before his death. [Ill*;
167 (Feb. 2, 1894*, and March 23, 1894*).]
McCoy, Andrew Clark, farmer, b. in Crete, 111., Dec. 26, 1842; came
to Minnesota in 1856; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; settled in 1865 on a farm in Olmsted county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1903, and again in 1907. [24; 30*.]
McCoy, Robert H., lumberman, b. in Green county, Wis., in 1860;
built a lumber mill at Lakeland, Minn., in 1886, and one at East Grand
Forks in 1899. [167 (July 19, 1901*).]
McCracken, P., lawyer and farmer, b. in Scotland, Dec. 24, 1831;
came to the United States in 1845, and to Minnesota ten years later;
settled in Cherry Grove, Fillmore county; was engrossing clerk of the
legislature in 1868, and a member of the House in 1872-3 and 1879-81;
was admitted to the bar in 1874. [30; 52.]
McCracken, William, pioneer, b. in Scotland, Aug. 15, 1815; came
to Canada in 1841; was the first settler in Glasgow, Wabasha county,
Minn., 1855. [74.]
McCrea, Andrew, farmer and lumberman, b. in New Brunswick in
1831; came to St. Paul in 1854; afterward lived in Colorado and other
states, but in 1870 settled in Perham, Minn.; was a representative in
the legislature in 1877, and a state senator in 1879. [30; 41.]
McCrory, William, b. in Cambridge, Ohio, July 20, 1839; d. in Mans-
field, Ohio, Feb. 17, 1893. He served in the Ohio Sharpshooters in the
civil war, and attained the rank of captain; settled in Minneapolis in
1877, and engaged in the building and development of railways.
[121.]
, McCune, Robert, Congregational clergyman, b. in Pittsburg, Pa.,
Dec. 17, 1825; d. in Sherburne, Minn., Feb. 17, 1898. He was ordained
in the Methodist denomination, 1849, and engaged in editorial and
ministerial work; came to Minnesota in 1888; published the Advance
at Worthington five years; was pastor of the Congregational church
there, 1891-7. [144; 179 (March, 1898).]
McCurdy, Thomas Alexander, Presbyterian clergyman and educator,
b. in Lewisville, Pa.; was graduated at Washington College, Pa., 1862,
and the Western Theological Seminary, Allegheny City, Pa., 1865;
was a pastor in Ohio, 1865-84; came to Minnesota, and was president
of Macalester College, St. Paul, 1884-90; later was pastor in Peoria,
111., 1890-6, Wilmington, Del., 1896-1907, and in Mandan, N. D., since
1908. [131A*; 241.]
464 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
McDaniel, James, miller, b. in Cazenovia, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1847; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1874, and was head miller in some of the Wash-
burn mills after 1877. [168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
McDermid, Peter H., b. in Ontario, June 12, 1827; came to Minne-
sota in 1852, and settled in Nicollet in 1855; was a representative in
the legislature, 1874-5. [32.]
McDermott, Edward, coppersmith, b. in Ireland, Feb. 2, 1848; came
to the United States in 1866; settled in Minneapolis in 1871; was a
representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
McDermott, Edward Eugene, educator, b. in Fenimore, Wis., Sept.
15, 1859; d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 27, 1908. He was graduated at North-
western University, 1885; was instructor in rhetoric and elocution in
the University of Minnesota after 1891, and assistant professor after
1895. [127A*, B; 237 (51, 53).]
McDermott, John A., b. in Stillwater, Minn., July 12, 1868; was
graduated at St. John's University, 1885; was traveling salesman for
a wholesale saddlery house; was state oil inspector, 1905-08, residing
in St. Paul. [24; 30.]
McDermott, Thomas Jefferson, lawyer, b. in Kasota, Minn., Nov.
17, 1861; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1895;
has since practiced in St. Paul. [24; 25; 93A; 137.]
McDevitt, Hugh, R. C. priest, b. in County Donegal, Ireland, Feb.
3, 1843; was educated in Dublin, Ireland, and was ordained to the
priesthood in 1865; came to the United States, and settled in Minne-
sota; was pastor at Litchfield after 1885. [65.]
Macdonald, Angus, physician, b. in Canada in 1843; was graduated
at McGill Medical College, Montreal, 1863; settled in St. Paul in 1878.
[25; 68; 93*.]
Macdonald, Colin Francis, journalist, b. in St. Andrews, N. S., Sept.
23, 1843; came to Minnesota in 1856; served in the Ninth Minnesota
Regt. during the civil war; engaged in newspaper work at Shakopee
and St. Paul, 1866-75; settled at St. Cloud in 1875, where he has since
owned and edited the Weekly and Daily Times; was a state senator
in 1877-81; mayor of St. Cloud, 1883-6. [22*; 24; 25; 28, XII; 30; 31;
176 (Aug., 1887); 238 (Dec. 1, 1893*),]
McDonald, Don B., journalist, b. in Ontario, Canada, April 18, 1835;
came to Minnesota in 1861; settled in Melrose in 1869; published the
Melrose Record after 1877. [31.]
McDonald, Donald, pioneer, b. in Canada, in 1803; was employed
several years by the American Fur Company; built the third house
on the east side of the Mississippi river near Fort Snelling; after-
ward lived at Crow Wing. [28, IV; 94.]
McDonald, Donald, b. in Scotland in 1833; was general superintend-
ent of the Northern Pacific railway, and laid the track from Duluth to
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 465
Fargo in 1870-71; settled in Verndale in 1885; was a large landowner
in that part of .the state. [35.]
McDonald, Elmer E., lawyer, b. in New Richmond, Wis., June 15,
1861; was graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1883, and
the next year settled in St. Paul; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1897; removed to Bemidji, and was county attorney of Bel-
trami county, 1905-06. [24; 30; 93; 100.]
McDonald, Francis S., b, in Cumberland county, Maine, June 10,
1835; settled in Minnesota; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; resided in Minneapolis after 1868; was auditor of Hen-
nepin county. [58.]
McDonald, Henry W., b. in Hudson, Wis., Aug. 12, 1867; came to St.
Paul in 1880; was graduated at the Curtis Business College; was
manager of the Powers Tailoring Co., 1890-1910; a representative in
the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
McDonald, John, b. in Maine, June 5, 1806; built a dam at St.
Anthony Falls in 1847; two years later built two mills there; afterward
engaged in farming at Otsego, Wright county. [29*; 31.]
MacDonald, John, physician, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1822; came
to the United States in 1849, and to Minnesota four years later; was
graduated at the medical school of Keokuk, Iowa, in 1860; served as
surgeon in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war; settled in
Chaska in 1880. [32.]
MacDonald, John Lewis, judge and congressman, b. in Glasgow,
Scotland, Feb. 22, 1836; d. in Kansas City, Mo., July 13, 1903. He came
to the United States with his parents in 1847, and to Minnesota in 1855,
settling in Scott county. Soon afterward he was admitted to the bar in
Shakopee. He edited and published the Belle Plaine Enquirer, 1859-61,
and in ^1862 established the Shakopee Argus; was a representative in
the legislature in 1868-70, and a state senator in 1871-6; was judge of
the Eighth judicial district, 1877-86; was a representative in Congress,
1887-9; settled in St. Paul in 1888, but removed to Kansas City a few
years before his death. [3*; 10; 18; 22*; 28, XII; 41; 98*; 237 (28*).]
McDonald, John S., lumberman, b. in Lancaster, Canada, Dec. 7,
1831; engaged in lumbering in Wisconsin and Michigan, 1856-87; settled
in Minneapolis in 1887, and became president and manager of the Min-
neapolis Threshing Machine Company. [20*; 84*.]
MacDonald, John William, surgeon, b. in Antigonish, N. S., June 25,
1844; was graduated in medicine at the University of Edinburgh, 1871;
came to Minnesota in 1887, settling in Minneapolis; was professor of
surgery, Hamline University. [17; 24.]
McDonald, William, b. in Beetown, Wis., Sept. 26, 1847; served in
the 41st Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; engaged in teaching in
Iowa; came to Minnesota in 1883; was superintendent of schools of
Martin county, 1886-94. [34.]
466 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
McDonald, William D., b. in Annandale, Wright county, Minn., April
4, 1861; engaged in grain and lumber business at Annandale until 1898,
and later in banking; was a representative in the legislature in 1893.
[24; 30.]
McDonnell, Michael J., surveyor, b. in Ireland, Sept. 1, 1847; came
to the United States in 1852; settled in Brownsville, Minn., in 1861;
engaged in farming, and after 1873 in surveying; was a representative
in the legislature in 1874-8; resided in Graceville after 1878. [30;
35; 38.]
McDonough, James, farmer, b. in County Galway, Ireland, Jan. 6,
1829; came to Minnesota in 1855, settling at Rosemount; served in the
Second Minnesota Cavalry in the civil war; was a representative in the
legislature in 1893. [30.]
MacDougal, Daniel Trembly, educator, b. at Liberty, Ind., March 16,
1865; was graduated at De Pauw University, 1890; was instructor
(1893-5) and assistant professor (1895-9) in plant physiology in the
University of Minnesota; was director of the laboratories of the N. Y.
Botanic Garden, Bronx Park, N. Y., 1899-1905; director of the depart-
ment of botanical research, Carnegie Institution, since 1905; resides at
the Desert Laboratory, Tucson, Arizona. [7A; 17; 127 (8*); 127B.]
McElhaney, Samuel Cochran, b. in Crawford county, Pa., April 4,
1840; d. in St. Charles, Minn., March 10, 1908. He came to Minnesota
in 1861; enlisted in the First Minnesota Regt. in 1861, and served in
that and in other regiments till the close of the civil war, attaining
the rank of captain; resided at St. Charles, and engaged in dealing in
agricultural implements; was a representative in the legislature in
1897. [30; 237 (48).]
McElroy, Thomas J., b. at Black Creek, N. Y., June 6, 1861; came
to Minneapolis in 1877; joined the fire department in 1884;, was a
captain after 1893. [88*.]
McEwen, Charles D., b. in Vermont, June 20, 1822; came to Minne-
sota in 1857, and engaged in farming and dairying; resided at Boon
Lake, Renville county; was a representative in the legislature in 1893.
[30.]
McEwen, William E., journalist, b. in Duluth, Minn., Aug. 10, 1874;
learned the plumber's trade; owned and published the Duluth Labor
World after 1900; was state oil inspector, 1907-09, and labor commis-
sioner, 1909-10. [30.]
McFadden, Newton, druggist, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1850; came to
Minnesota in 1870, and four years later purchased a drug store in
Brainerd; was county treasurer, 1875-84. [31.]
McFall, Orlando, b. in Huron county, Ohio, Sept. 15, 1839; settled in
Anoka, Minn., in 1872, where he was superintendent of a door, sash,
and blind factory. During the civil war he served in the Fifth Minne-
sota Regt. [31.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 467
Macfarlane, Angus R., banker, b. in Stornoway, Scotland, Oct. 8,
1848; d. in Duluth, Minn., Dec. 7, 1908. He came to Duluth in 1874;
was cashier of the Duluth Savings Bank, and later was manager of the
American Exchange Bank. [237 (51*).]
McFayden, Hugh, b. in Boston, Mass., Nov. 5, 1862; settled in St.
Paul in 1885, entering the service of the fire department; became
captain of one of its companies in 1889. [96*.]
McGaffey, Selden, b. in East Lincoln, Wis., Oct. 17, 1857; came to
Minnesota the next year, and lived in Anoka after 1864; was county
auditor, 1899-1904. [43.]
McGarry, P. H., b. in Grand Rapids, Mich., in 1860; came to Minne-
sota in 1888; engaged in constructing and managing hotels and busi-
ness blocks in various towns; later resided in Walker, Minn., where he
was general manager of the Leech Lake Land company; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1909. [26*; 30*.]
McGee, John Franklin, judge, b. in Amboy, 111., Jan. 1, 1861; was
admitted to the bar in 1882; settled in Minneapolis in 1887; was Judge
in the Fourth judicial district, 1897-1902. [22*; 24; 25; 30; 137.]
McGhee, Frederick L., lawyer, b. of negro parents, near Aberdeen,
Mississippi, Oct. 28, 1861; after the war was educated by the Freed-
man's Aid Society at Knoxville College; was admitted to the bar in
1885; settled in St. Paul in 1889. [93 A; 100.]
McGiffert, John R., b. in Hudson, N. Y., March 19, 1869; was
graduated at Williams College, 1890, and in law at the University of
New York, 1892; settled in Duluth, 1892; invented the McGiffert log
loader; was connected with the Clyde Iron Works after 1902, and is
treasurer and secretary of the company. [31A.]
McGill, Andrew Ryan, governor, b. in Saegerstown, Pa., Feb. 19,
1840; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 31, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1861, and
became principal of schools at St. Peter. In 1862-3 he served in the
Ninth Minnesota Regt. against the Indians. He studied law, and was
admitted to the bar in 1868; was private secretary to Governor Austin,
1870-4; and from 1873 to 1887 was insurance commissioner of the state.
In 1887-9 he was governor of Minnesota. From 1899 to 1905 he was a
state senator, and after 1900 was postmaster of St. Paul. [3*; 17; 20*;
22*; 23*; 26; 27*; 28, XII, XIII*; 30; 68; 109*; 237 (39*).]
McGill, Charles Herbert, b. in St. Peter, Minn., March 21, 1866;
resides in St. Paul, where he has engaged since 1886 in printing and
publishing business; was a representative in the legislature in 1897;
was assistant adjutant general of U. S. Volunteers, with rank of cap-
tain, in the Spanish American war, 1898. [24; 30.]
McGlatjflin, Eugene O., b. in Anoka, Minn., Nov. 20, 1856; owned a
sash and door factory there, 1887-95; later removed to Hoquiam, Wash.
[43*.]
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McGlauflin, James M., b. in Washington county, Maine; settled in
Anoka, Minn., in 1854; engaged in milling, farming, blacksmithing,
and hotel business. [31.]
McGlauflin, William Henry, Universalist clergyman, b. in Char-
lotte, Me., Oct. 2, 1856; was graduated in theology at St. Lawrence
University, N. Y., 1882; came to Minnesota in 1887, and was pastor in
Rochester, 1887-91, and Minneapolis, 1904-7; general superintendent,
since 1907, of the Universalist Church of America. [17; 24.]
McGolrick, James, R. C. bishop, b. in Tipperary, Ireland, in 1841;
came to the United States in 1867 as assistant pastor of the Cathedral,
St. Paul, Minn.; was pastor in Minneapolis, 1868-89; and has since been
bishop of Duluth. [17; 24; 31A; 58.]
McGonagle, William Albert, b. in Conshohocken, Pa., March 28,
1861; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, 1881; engaged
in. building railroads in Minnesota; was president of the Duluth,
Messabe and Northern railway after 1909, residing in Duluth. [17;
31A.]
McGovern, John T., lawyer, b. in Amboy, 111.; was graduated in law
at the Iowa State University, 1880; the next year settled in Wabasha,
Minn., and was county attorney, 1883-6. [74.]
McGovern, Peter, lawyer, b. in Watertown, Wis., in 1845; was
graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1871; came to Min-
nesota the next year, settling at Waseca; was county attorney of
Waseca county fourteen years; was a state senator, 1875-6 and 1899-
1901. [24; 30; 75; 137.]
McGowan, James A., Presbyterian clergyman, d. at Pine Plains, N.
Y., in 1911. He was ordained by the St. Paul Presbytery in 1869, and
was a home missionary in this state sixteen years; was one of the,
organizers of the Presbyterian church at Willmar. [237 (67).]
McGowan, John T., b. in Minneapolis in 1865, and resides there;
was a carpenter, and afterward engaged in real estate and fire
insurance business; was a state senator, 1899-1909. [30.]
McGowan, William W., b. in New York city in 1841; served in the
Fifth N. Y. Regt. in the civil war, and afterward in expeditions against
the Indians, 1862-6; settled at Reaver Falls, Minn., in 1872; was
register of deeds of Renville county two years, and clerk of court,
1879-94. [32.]
McGrade, Frank, merchant and farmer, b. in Ireland in 1830; d. in
Shakopee, Minn., Sept. 27, 1876. He settled in Shakopee in 1856; was
lieutenant in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil ar; was sheriff
of Scott county six years, and was elected register of deeds in 1867.
[32.]
McGrann, Owen, farmer, b. in Ireland in 1840; came to the United
States in 1852, and to Green Isle, Sibley county, Minn., the next year;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 469
served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt., 1862-5; was register of deeds for
Sibley county, 1869-74. [32.]
McGrath, D. F., merchant and farmer, b. in Appleton, Wis., in 1858;
came to Minnesota in 1864, and settled at Barnesville; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1895-9. [30; 35.]
McGrath, James W., farmer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1849; came to
Minnesota in 1856; resided at South St. Paul; was a representative in
the legislature in 1889. [30.]
McGrath, John, pioneer merchant, b. in Greenville, Wis., Oct. 20,
1857; came with his parents to Steele county, Minn., in 1867. He and
his brothers were the first settlers on the site of Barnesville, 1879;
later owned a meat market, grain elevator, a large farm, and had many
other business interests; was a representative in the legislature in
1909. [30*; 36.]
McGrath, M. J., farmer, b. in Ireland in 1846; came to the United
States with his parents in 1851, and to Minnesota in 1867; settled at
St. Charles; was a representative in the legislature, 1891-3; removed to
Winona in 1902; a state senator, 1911. [30*.]
McGrath, Robert Bradley, pioneer, b. in Fryeburg, Maine, in 1831;
d. in Excelsior, Minn., Feb. 21, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1852;
was one of the first settlers at Excelsior; served three years in the
Second Minnesota cavalry; was a building contractor. [237 (39).]
McGregor, Alexander, Congregational clergyman, b. in Scotland,
Sept. 15, 1854; d. in Whittier, Cal., April 16, 1910. He came to the
United States, and was educated at Boston University and Illinois
Wesleyan University; was ordained in 1886; was pastor in New England
several years, and later in North Dakota and Minnesota, being pastor
of Park Church in St. Paul ten years, 1897-1907; removed to California
in 1907. [144.]
McGregor, J. J., b. in Nova Scotia; came to Minnesota in 1877;
•settled in St. Cloud, where he is a contractor and farmer; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903. [30,]
MacGregor, John G., b. in Scotland; d. in Minneapolis, April 12,
1903. He came to St. Paul in 1857; studied law; enlisted in the regular
army in 1862, and became captain in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in
1865; later was connected with the U. S. treasury department, residing
in Minneapolis. [121; 237 (28).]
McGrew, James G., journalist, b. near Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 23,
1833; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 30, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1855;
served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank
of captain; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1872; was
engrossing clerk in the legislature in 1878; settled in Crookston in
1879; helped to establish the Bank of Crookston, and after 1884 owned
and published the Weekly Chronicle; later removed to Duluth, where
470 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
he was state weighmaster six years; afterward resided in St. Paul.
[30; 35; 115; 237 (43).]
McGroarty, John, pioneer, b. in Inver parish, Ireland, in 1824; came
to the United States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1853; the same year
took one of the first claims in Inver Grove, Dakota county, and named
the township for his native parish. [48.]
McGitire, Francis, physician, b. in Timtanock, Pa., April 11, 1836;
d. in St. Cloud, Minn., April 11, 1906. He was graduated at Rush
Medical College; served as surgeon of the 14th Wisconsin Regt. in the
civil war; came to Minnesota in 1876; resided in Blue Earth county
eighteen years, and later in St. Cloud. [237 (39).]
McGuire, P. J., b. in Ireland in 1861; came to the United States in
1880, settling in Crookston, Minn.; was county auditor eleven years;
engaged in real estate business in Crookston, 1891-98; removed to
Graceville, where he established a large mercantile business. [38.]
McHale, James, lawyer, b. in Wellsville, N. Y., May 23, 1846; d. in
Shakopee, Minn., Oct. 21, 1908. He was, graduated at Alfred University,
1874; came to Minnesota the same year, settling at Shakopee; was
superintendent of schools of Scott county, 1878-82, and county attorney,
1882-90; was a state senator, 1890-7; mayor of Shakopee, 1901-05.
[25; 30; 237 (51*).]
McHale, Martin F., stone-cutter, b. in Minneapolis in 1862, and
resided there; was state labor commissioner, 1899-1901. [30.]
McHattie, Alexander, pioneer, b. in Scotland; came to the United
States in 1833, and settled in the St. Croix valley in 1839; was an
Indian trader on Gray Cloud Island; resided on a farm in Woodbury,
Washington county, after 1844. [40.]
McHench, James, farmer, b. in Gilboa, N. Y., March 10, 1824; came
to Minnesota in 1856, and settled on Greenwood prairie, near Plain-
view, Wabasha county; was a state senator, 1877-78; removed in 1879
to Martin county, and was county treasurer, 1883-92, residing in Fair-
mont. [18; 30; 34; 39*; 166A*.]
McIlrath, Charles, state auditor, b. in Cuyahoga county, Ohio
March 11, 1829; d. in Berkeley, Cal., Jan. 7, 1910. He came to Browns-
ville, Minn., in 1855; engaged in real estate business; removed in 1857
to Faribault, and in 1859 to St. Peter; was state auditor, 1861-73;
receiver for the Southern Minnesota railroad, 1873-6; and later was a
grain and commission merchant in St. Paul. [18; 68; 237 (56).]
McInnis, Neil, b. in Port Hastings, N. S., Jan. 6, 1841; came to
the United States in 1867; settled in Tower, Minn., in 1884, and
engaged in mining operations; was a representative in the legislature
in 1895. [27*; 30.]
McIntire, Ezra E., educator, b. in Neponset, 111., June 15, 1861; was
graduated at Colby University, Maine* in 1884; taught in Iowa and
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
471
Illinois, and after 1890 in Minnesota; became superintendent of schools
in Crookston in 1903. [36.]
McIntyre, Edmund, pioneer, b. in Orange county, Vt, May 11, 1811;
came to Houston county, Minn., in 1855; owned a flour mill and a
distillery; was a representative in the legislature, 1857-8; resided in
Houston after 1861. [61.]
McIntyre, John Colin, b. in Cape Breton, N. S., June 20, 1858; came
to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Minneapolis, and engaged in real
estate and loaning business and fire insurance. [22*; 25; 87.]
McIntyre, Robert, M. E. bishop, b. in Selkirk, Scotland, Nov. 20,
1851; came to the United States while young; was ordained in 1878;
was pastor in Illinois, Colorado, and California; was elected bishop in
1908; resides in St. Paul. [17.]
McIntyre, Samuel P., teacher, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y.,
March 4, 1834; came to Minnesota in 1869, and purchased a farm in
Murray county; engaged in teaching twenty-three years; was county
superintendent of schools several years. [34.]
McKasy, Thomas, merchant, b. in Le Sueur county, Minn., in 1863;
resided at Winthrop; was a representative in the legislature in 1893.
[30.]
McKay, A. F., b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., in 1844; came to
Minnesota in 1861; served three years in the civil war, attaining the
rank of first lieutenant; was sheriff of Crow Wing county two years;
settled in Appleton in 1877, and was sheriff of Swift county, 1882-5.
[32.]
Mackay, Fraser, miller, b. in Scotland, Feb. 15, 1841; came to the
United States; settled in Pipestone, Minn., in 1882; owned a flouring
mill, and was interested in the First National Bank and other business
enterprises. [34.]
McKay, James, pioneer, b. in Edmonton, Canada, in 1828; d. at Deer
Lodge, Manitoba, Dec. 2, 1879. He was employed by the Hudson Bay
Company as an Indian trader, and conducted expeditions between the
Red River and the Rocky mountains; was the first mail carrier between
St. Paul and Winnipeg; aided in making treaties with the Indians, who
had great confidence in him and to whom he was allied by marriage;
was minister of Agriculture for Manitoba. [237 (1).]
McKay, John A., merchant, b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1837; came to
Minnesota in 1870, and took a homestead on the site of Alexandria;
engaged in the manufacture of brick, and after 1888 in mercantile
business. [35.]
McKean, Elias, pioneer, b. in Bradford county, Pa., June 30, 1817;
d. in Lakeland, Minn., July 5, 1894. He settled in Stillwater, Minn.,
in 1842, and was one of the original proprietors of the Stillwater
Sawmill Company. After 1850 he resided on a farm in Lakeland.
[41; 167 (July 13, 1894).]
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McKelvy, James Megowan, judge, lb. in Pittsburg, Pa., April 19, 1835;
was graduated at Allegheny college in 1854; was admitted to the bar
in 1856, and came to St. Cloud in 1857; served as lieutenant and
captain in the Seventh Minnesota Regt, 1862-5; was judge of the
Seventh judicial district, 1866-83. [18.]
McKenna, Charles, b. in Canada in 1837; came to Minnesota in 1868;
engaged in mercantile business in Waseca; was county treasurer,
1880-88. [75.]
McKenney, Charles Richard, journalist, b. in Franklin, Wis., March
6, 1849; has published newspapers since 1875; came to Minnesota in
1873, resides in North St. Paul, where he has been editor and proprietor
of The Sentinel since 1887; was enrolling clerk of the 47th, 51st, and
54th U. S. Congresses; was a representative in the legislature in 1895.
[24; 27*; 30; 52; 176 (March, 1888*); 238 (March 31, 1886*).]
McKenny, Harry B., journalist, b. in Chatfield, Minn.; published the
Lake City Sentinel from 1882 to 1892; and then purchased the Sauk
Rapids Sentinel. [238 (Dec. 19, 1893*).]
McKenny, J. G., journalist, b. in Petersburg, Va., April 9, 1817; d. in
St. Peter, Minn., July 31, 1868. He settled in Chatfield, Minn., in 1861,
and with his brother, J. H. McKenny, published the Chatfield Democrat.
[28, XII; 155; 238 (Aug. 11, 1868).]
McKenny, John Harrison, journalist, b. in Chambersburg, Pa., Oct.
24, 1813; d. in Chatfield, Minn., May 23, 1878. He first came to Minne-
sota in 1848; was sutler at Fort Ripley; settled in Chatfield in 1856,
as receiver of the U. S. land office; and in 1861 bought the Chatfield
Democrat, which he edited until he died. [18; 28, XII; 52; 237 (1);
238 (May 25, 1878).]
McKenty, Henry, b. in Pennsylvania in 1821; d. in St. Paul, Aug.
10, 1869. He settled in St. Paul in 1851; engaged in real estate busi-
ness. [94.]
Mackenzie, Alexander, explorer, b. in Stornoway, Scotland, in 1763;
d. in Mulnain, Scotland, March 11, 1820. He traveled extensively in the
northern part of North America, coming to what is now Minnesota in
1785. [1; 114*.]
Mackenzie, George Allison, lawyer, b. in Roscoe, 111., March 14,
1857; came to Minnesota in 1869 with his parents, who settled near
Rochester; was admitted to the bar in 1886, resides in Gaylord, and
was county attorney of Sibley county, 1901-05; was a representative in
the legislature in 1905 and 1909-11. [22*; 24; 30*.]
McKenzie, John G., pioneer, b. in Ontario in 1819; d. at Miles City,
Mont., Nov., 1902. He settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1847, and engaged
in lumber business; removed to Montana in 1880. [237 (28).]
McKenzie, Malcolm, b. in Scotland, March 22, 1834; came to Minne-
sota in 1868; resided in Cleveland, Le Sueur county; was a representa-
tive in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
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McKeon, Owen, b. in Ireland in 1826; came to the United States in
1851; settled in Jessenland, Sibley county, Minn., in 1855; engaged in
farming, and after 1866 was county superintendent of schools. [32.]
Mackey, Andrew, pioneer, b. in Ireland about 1800; was one of the
first settlers in the St. Croix valley, 1838; engaged in lumbering,
settled on a claim on the site of Afton, Washington county, Minn., in
1841. [40.]
McKinley, William, M. E. clergyman, b. in Glasgow, Scotland,
March 24, 1834; came with his parents to the United States in 1841,
and settled in Minnesota in 1855; was ordained an elder in 1859; was
pastor in Minneapolis, Winona, St. Paul, Duluth, and in other cities;
was presiding elder of the -Winona district, 1878-80, and the St. Paul
district, 1891-4; since 1899 has resided in Winona; author of "A Story
of Minnesota Methodism," 359 pages, 1911. [3*; 241.]
McKinney, Moses, lumberman, d. at Iron River, Wis., Oct. 30, 1897.
He settled in Minneapolis in 1854, and engaged in lumber business
there forty-three years; was a prominent freemason. [167 (Nov. 5,
1897).]
McKinnon, Alexander, b. in Lancaster, Ontario, March 5, 1854; came
to Minnesota in 1878, soon afterward settled in Crookston, and engaged
in real estate and insurance business. [22*; 26*.]
McKinnon, John R., b. in Inverness shire, Scotland, Sept. 13, 1851;
came to Crookston, Minn., in 1880; has engaged with his brother in
the manufacture of carriages, and in dealing in farm implements. In
1895 he was mayor of Crookston. [22*.]
McKinstry, Archibald Winthrop, journalist, b. in Chicopee, Mass.,
March 19, 1828; came to Minnesota in 1865, settling at Faribault, and
has since published the Faribault Republican; was a representative in
the legislature in 1877. [23; 24; 25; 30; 70; 70A; 166 (1892); 241.]
McKinstry, Azro, dairyman, b. in Bethel, Vt., in 1844; d. in Winne-
bago City, Minn., Sept. 12, 1900. He served in the 10th Vermont Regt.
in the civil war; settled in Winnebago City in 1868. [180 (Oct. 24,
1900).]
McKinstry, Henry, b. in Windsor county, Vt., in 1842; served in the
12th Vermont Regt. in the civil war; settled in Winnebago City, Minn.,
in 1872, owned a farm, and also engaged in mercantile business. [34.]
McKinstry, Howard L., physician, b. in Mercersburg, Pa., June 14,
1847; was graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,
1870; came to Minnesota in 1875, settling at Zumbrota; removed to
Red Wing in 1888. [24; 54.]
McKinstry, William, pioneer, b. in Westminster, Vt., June 14, 1795;
d. at Audubon, Minn., Nov. 22, 1882. He was a circuit rider of the
Methodist church more than twenty years in New York and Pennsyl-
vania; came to Minnesota in 1867, and lived in Becker county after
1871. [44.]
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McKnight, Sumner Thomas, lumberman, b. in Truxton, N. Y., April
2, 1836; d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 3, 1908. He came to Minnesota in
1869, and resided three years in Blue Earth county; afterward left this
state, and engaged in lumber business in Missouri and Wisconsin; later
became president of the Northwestern Lumber Company, and resided
in Minneapolis. [23; 24; 85A*; 237 (51).]
Mackubin, Charles N., b. in Maryland; d. in St. Paul in 1863. He
settled in St. Paul in 1854; engaged in banking and real estate busi-
ness. A street in St. Paul is named for him. [94.]
McKune, Lewis, b. in Meriden, Pa., July 22, 1821; settled in Waseca
county, Minn., in 1856; was a member of the state constitutional con-
vention, 1857; was a state senator, 1857-8; served as captain in the
First Minnesota Regt, 1861, and was killed in the battle of Bull Run,
July 21, 1861. [75*.]
McKusick, Ivory E., pioneer, b. in Cornish, Maine, July 2, 1827;
settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1847; was surveyor general of the first
district of Minnesota, 1867-75; engaged in lumber business. [40; 41.]
McKusick, John, b. in Cornish, Maine, Dec. 18, 1815; d. in Still-
water, Minn., Oct. 26, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1840; settled in
Washington county; built the first sawmill there; was a state senator,
1863-6. [41*; 167 (Nov. 2, 1900); 237 (11).]
McKusick, Jonathan B., lumberman and farmer, b. in Cornish,
Maine, in 1812; d. in Stillwater, Minn., Aug. 21. 1876. He settled there
in 1846; served during the civil war as quartermaster at Ft. Aber-
crombie, with the rank of captain. [41; 42; 237 (1).]
McKusick, Levi H., lawyer, b. in Baring, Maine, March 31, 1854;
came to Minnesota, settling in Pine City in 1877; was admitted to the
bar in 1878, and was county attorney, 1879-82; was a representative in
the legislature in 1883, 1885, and 1889, and a state senator, 1899-1901.
[22*; 27*; 30; 37.]
McKusick, William, lumberman, b. in Cornish, Maine, March 6, 1825;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., May 8, 1904. He came to Stillwater in 1847;
was a representative in the territorial legislature in 1854, and a mem-
ber of the territorial council three terms; served in the Eighth Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war, becoming captain; owned a farm at Big
Stone lake after 1882; and in later years owned a farm near Wilmot,
S. D. [41; 42; 237 (35).]
McLain, John Scudder, journalist, b. in Brown county, Ohio, May
26, 1853; was graduated at Wabash College, 1877; came to Minnesota
in 1885, settling at Minneapolis; was editor of the Minneapolis Journal,
1885-1908; removed to St. Paul, 1909, becoming editor of The Dispatch;
author of "Alaska and the Klondike," 330 pages, 1905. [17; 24; 27*;
85A*.]
MacLaren, Archibald, physician, b. in Red Wing, Minn., April 16,
1858; was graduated at Princeton University, 1880, and at the College
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475
of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, 1883; has practiced in St.
Paul since 1885; professor in the medical college of the University of
Minnesota since 1888. [24; 25; 127B.]
McLaren, Robert F., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in New York city,
Feb. 1, 1842; was graduated at Union College, 1864, and the Theological
Seminary at Toledo, Ohio, 1868; was pastor in Red Wing, Minn., after
1873. [54.]
McLaren, Robert Neil, soldier, b. in Geneva, N. Y., April 8, 1828; d.
in St. Paul, July 30, 1886. He was graduated at Union College, 1851;
came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Red Wing; was a member of
the state senate, 1859-61; took part in the suppression of the Sioux
outbreak, 1862, and the next two years served on the frontier as colonel
of the Second regiment of Minnesota cavalry. In 1866 he was brevetted
brigadier general. He held the offices of internal revenue assessor and
collector, 1867-72, and later as U. S. marshal. [18*; 93*; 121; 237 (1).]
McLarty, D. A., banker, b. at St. Thomas, Canada; came to Minne-
sota in 1872; was admitted to the bar in 1878, and settled in Granite
Falls; organized the Western State Bank there in 1902, and was its
president. [38.]
McLarty, Malcolm, b. in Ayr, Scotland, Feb. 29, 1824; came to the
United States in 1856, and settled in Chatfield, Minn., the next year;
was postmaster many years, and also owned a bookstore. [52.]
McLaughlin, Cunningham N., b. in Amherst, Ohio, July 13, 1853;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1861; engaged in sale and
manufacture of agricultural implements at Owatonna, 1876-91, and at
Winona since 1891. [24; 72.]
McLaughlin, Daniel W., pioneer, b. in New Sharon, Maine, July 12,
1831; d. in Anoka, Minn., Dec. 1, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1854,
settling on a farm in Champlin, Hennepin county; later engaged in
lumber business in Anoka. [43*; 237 (39).]
MacLean, George Edwin, educator, b. in Rockville, Conn., Aug. 31,
1850; was graduated at Williams College, 1871, Yale Theological Sem-
inary, 1874, and the University of Leipzig, 1883; was professor of Eng-
lish language and literature in the University of Minnesota, 1883-95;
chancellor of the University of Nebraska, 1895-99; and president of the
, State University of Iowa, 1899-1910; author of "A Decade of Develop-
ment in American State Universities," and many other books, articles,
and reviews. [r7; 127 (2*, 8*); 127B.]
McLean, Henry C, real estate dealer, b. in Lockport, N. Y., in 1844;
served in the First Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minne-
sota in 1868; resided at Lake Crystal; was a representative in the
legislature in 1897. [30.]
McLean, John Howard, b. in Neenah, Wis., June 6, 1860; has been
connected with the Oliver Iron Mining Co. since 1897, being general
476 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
superintendent, 1898-1906, and later general manager and director; is
also first vice president of the Duluth and Iron Range Railway Co., and
vice president of the Pittsburg Steamship Co. [31A.]
McLean, Nathaniel, journalist, b. in Morris county, N. J., May 16,
1787; d. in St. Paul, April 11, 1871. He came to St. Paul in 1849 to
engage in the newspaper business; was Sioux Agent at Fort Snelling,
1849-53. [28, IV, X; 94; 237 (1).]
McLean, Thomas Nicol, physician, b. at Oliver's Ferry, Ontario, June
4, 1859; was graduated at Perth College, 1878, and in medicine at
McGill University, 1882; came to Minnesota in 1883, settling at Fergus
Falls, where he has since practiced. [24; 25; 35.]
McLean, Tobias G, merchant, b. in New Brunswick, Aug. 21, 1851;
came to Minnesota in 1867, and the next year settled in Anoka; was
mayor two terms; was a representative in the legislature in 1903.
[30; 31.]
McLeod, Alexander Roderick, pioneer, b. probably in Canada in 1817;
d. at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Nov. 14, 1864. He settled in St. Paul inv
1843, having come to Minnesota four or five years previously. He built
a square log house, in which later the first territorial legislature met.
In 1862 he enlisted in the Sixth Minnesota Regt, and died of disease
while in the army. [28, IV.]
McLeod, Donald William, b. in Ontario in 1826; d. in St. Paul, Jan.,
1903. He settled in St. Paul in 1882, and engaged in the book and
stationery business. [237 (28*).]
McLeod, George A., pioneer, b. in Canada in 1820; d. in Traverse,
Nicollet county, Minn., in 1881. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and
engaged in trade with the Indians; settled on a claim at Traverse; was
county superintendent of schools, 1854, and again in 1879; was first
lieutenant and scout under Gen. Sibley in the Indian war, 1862. [32.]
McLeod, Martin, pioneer, b. in Montreal, Canada, August 30, 1813;
d. on his farm in Bloomington, Hennepin county, Minn., Nov. 20, 1860.
He came to Minnesota in 1837; engaged in the fur trade; settled at
Bloomington in 1849; served in the territorial council in 1849-53, and .
was its president in 1853. McLeod county is named for him. [58; 59;
60*; 114*; 237 (3*); 241.]
McMahan, William R., physician, b. in Clark county, Ky., May 23.
1816; d. in Mankato, Minn., Nov. 14, 1900. He settled in Mankato in
1855, being the first physician in the county; was a member of the state
constitutional convention, 1857. [29*; 32; 83*; 237 (11).]
McMahon, H., physician, b. in Ireland in 1827; d. at Sauk Rapids,
Minn., July 3, 1877. He came to the United States when fourteen years
old; settled in Sauk Rapids in 1856; was surgeon at Fort Ripley,
1862-4; and after 1872 was surgeon for the Indian Agency at Leech
Lake. [139; 237 (1).].
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McMartin, Finlay, farmer, b. in Ormstown, Quebec, March 23, 1845;
came to Minnesota in 1863; resides in Claremont; was a representative
in the state legislature in 1909-11. [30*.]
McMartin, William H. R., b. in Durham, Canada, June 10, 1854;
came with his parents to Dodge county, Minn., in 1858; resided in
Claremont, and was a dealer in grain, farm machinery, and hardware;
was clerk of the district court of Dodge county, 1882-6. [49; 93.]
McMasters, Sterling Yancey, Episcopal clergyman, b. at Guilford
Court House, N. C, Dec. 9, 1813; d. in St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 5, 1875.
He was graduated at the University of North Carolina; was pastor at
Alton, 111., 1846-51; was professor in the Western Military Institute,
Ky., one year; later was president of St. Paul's College, Palmyra, Mo.;
came to Minnesota, and was rector of Christ Church, St. Paul, 1863-75.
[28, III, IV; 68; 162; 237 (1); 238 (Nov. 6, 1875).]
McMasters, William J., journalist, b. in Belfast, Ireland, Sept. 23,
1838; d. about 1880. He came to the United States in 1848; learned the
printing trade at Read's Landing, Minn.; joined T. H. Perkins in
founding the Lake City Leader, was its editor until 1876, and again in
1879-80. [28, XII.]
McMichael, Oliver H., physician, b. in Clarion county, Pa., Dec. 25,
1845; was graduated in medicine at the University of Michigan, 1871;
came to Minnesota in the same year, and has since practiced at Vernon
Center. [24; 32; 45*.]
McMillan, Albert S., journalist, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 19, 1853;
established the Journal in Verndale, Minn., in 1879; was postmaster
two years, and owned a bookstore. [35.]
MacMillan, Conway, botanist, b. in Hillsdale, Mich., Aug. 26, 1867;
was graduated at the University of Nebraska, 1885; was professor of
botany in the University of Minnesota, residing in Minneapolis,
1891-1906; author, "The Metaspermae of the Minnesota Valley," 826
pages, 1892, and "Minnesota Plant Life," 568 pages, 1899. [7A; 17;
24; 127 (2*); 127A*, B.]
McMillan, Frank Griggs, architect and contractor, b. in Danville,
Vt., Oct. 4, 1856; came to Minnesota in 1878, settling at Minneapolis;
was a printer, a carpenter and millwright, and afterward a building
contractor; was a state senator, 1891-3. [22*; 23; 24; 30; 84*; 85A*.]
McMillan," James, miller, b. in Canada in 1839; came to Minnesota
in 1860; resided at Redwood Falls; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30.]
McMillan, James T., b. in Belfast, Ireland, July 14, 1839; d. in St.
Paul, Minn., Aug. 17, 1906. He came to the United States in 1860, and
to St. Paul in 1870, where he established a pork-packing industry.
[68; 93A; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
McMillan, Putnam Dana, b. in Fryeburg, Maine, Aug. 25, 1832;
served in the Fifteenth Vermont Regt. during the civil war; engaged
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
several years in sheep-farming in South America; came to Minnesota,
and in 1872 settled in Minneapolis, in real estate business. He reclaimed
from a worthless marsh six- thousand acres of land in Freeborn county.
[22*; 85A*.]
McMillan, Samuel James Renwick, jurist, b. in Brownsville, Pa.,
Feb. 22, 1826; d. in St. Paul, Minn., Oct. 3, 1897. He was graduated at
Duquesne College, Pittsburg, Pa., in 1846; was admitted to the bar in
1849; came to St., Paul in 1852; lived in Stillwater, 1854-56; returned
to St. Paul in 1856; was judge of the First judicial district, 1858-64;
associate justice of the state supreme court, 1864-74, and its chief
justice in 1874-75; was U. S. senator, 1875-87. [1; 7; 10; 27*; 28, VIII;
41; 93; 98*; 136; 168 (April, 1892*); 178 (Dec. 9, 1897*); 237 (9*).]
McMillan, Thomas, b. in Canada, Jan. 16, 1834; d. in Minneapolis,
April 13, 1911. He served in the 27th Wisconsin Regt, 1862-5, attaining
the rank of first lieutenant; came to Minnesota in 1866; engaged in
livery business at Redwood Falls; was sheriff of Redwood county five
years; settled on a farm in Hammer, Yellow Medicine county, in 1878;
was a representative to the legislature, 1886; afterward was the first
commandant of the Soldiers' Home at Minnehaha for twelve years,
residing in Minneapolis. [32; 237 (67*).]
McMullen, James, pioneer, b. in Reading, Pa., July 21, 1824; followed
a seafaring life several years; came to St. Anthony, Minn., in 1849, and
engaged in lumber business. [84*; 88*.]
McMullen, Nathan McDowel, merchant, b. in Franklin county, Pa.,
Sept. 18, 1806; came to Minnesota, and settled in Shakopee, in 1856;
was a representative in the legislature in 1862. [18; 32.]
McMtjrdy, Robert Strong, physician, b. in Albany, N. Y., July 17,
1824; was graduated at Albany Medical College, 1846; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1873. [24; 58; 84*.]
McMurtrie, James, pioneer, b. in Union county, Pa., in 1828; settled
in Mankato, Minn., in 1853, being one of the earliest settlers; built the
first sawmill in the county; afterward was superintendent of a farm
on the Indian reservation; and after 1868 again resided in Mankato.
[32.]
McNair, William Woodbridc.e, lawyer, b. in Groveland, N. Y., Jan. 4,
1836; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 15, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1857,
settling in Minneapolis, and practiced law there until one year before
his death. [19*; 58; 84*; 85A*; 237 (1).]
McNally, Myles, b. in Oakdale, Mass., July 28, 1863; settled in St.
Paul in 1884; became a member of the fire department the next year,
and one of its captains in 1892. [96*.]
McNamee, Francis P., journalist, b. in Dublin, Ireland, in 1830; d. in
St. Paul, Jan. 8, 1877. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in St.
Paul; engaged in newspaper work; was connected with the St. Paul
Dispatch from 1868 to the time of his death. [237 (1).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 479
McNamee, Richard S., compositor, b. in New York, Nov. 17, 1855; d.
in St. Paul, April 28, 1907. He came with his parents to Minnesota in
1856; resided in St. Paul, and was employed in the Pioneer Press com-
posing room thirty-five years; was a state senator, 1899-1907. [30; 100;
237 (48*).]
McNeal, George C, pioneer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1828; d. at the
Soldiers' Home, Minnehaha, Nov. 7, 1903. He settled in Stillwater,
Minn., in 1857; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
engaged in logging business, drove a stage, and was a guard in the
state prison. [237 (28).]
McNeal, William, farmer, b. in New Brunswick, May 1, 1830; d. in
Brockway, Stearns county, Minn., Sept. 11, 1879. He settled there in
1855, being one of the first two residents of that township. [31.]
McNeil, Alex, merchant and farmer, b. in Minnesota, Dec. 6, 1860;
resides in Dayton; a representative in the legislature since 1907.
[30*.]
McNeil, Robert J., merchant, b. in Canada in 1856; came to Minne-
sota in 1867, settling at Alexandria; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1897-9. [30.]
McNelly, John, farmer, b. in Ireland in 1830; came to the United
States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1855; settled at Wilmington,
Houston county; was a representative in the legislature, 1875-6 and
1889, and a state senator, 1877-8. [30; 61.]
McNiece, Washington, b. in Huntingdon county, Pa., Sept. 10, 1841;
settled in Sauk Center, Minn., in 1867, and engaged in the milling busi-
ness. [31; 35.]
McNiff, John, pioneer, b. in Ireland, March 18, 1806; came to the
United States in 1840; enlisted in the U. S. army, and was sent to
Fort Snelling in 1841; settled in Hastings in 1856; served in the Second
Minnesota cavalry in the civil war. [48.]
McNulty, Ambrose, R. C. priest, b. in Darwin, Minn., May 18, 1868;
d. in St. Paul, Nov. 28, 1910. He studied at the College of St. Thomas,
St. Paul, at St. John's University, Collegeville, Minn., and the Catholic
University of America, Washington, D. C; was ordained a priest in
1891; was editor of the Northwestern Chronicle; later was pastor of
St. Luke's parish in St. Paul, 1896-1910; author, "The Chapel of St.
Paul, and the Beginnings of the Catholic Church in Minnesota," in
Minn. Hist. Society Collections, vol. X, 1905, pages 233-245. [132; 146;
237 (59).]
McNutt, Thomas G., merchant and banker, b. in Nova Scotia, July
14, 1841; came with his parents to Hastings, Minn., in 1858; served in
the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in Glenwood in
1876. [67.]
Macomber, George L., pioneer, b. in Durham, Maine, Nov. 28, 1848;
settled on a farm in Great Bend, Cottonwood county, Minn., in 1871,
being the first settler in the township. [34.]
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McPhail, James, b. in Inverness, Scotland, in 1824; d. in St. Louis,
Mo., in 1857. He was one of the first pilots on the St. Croix and
Mississippi rivers; settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1848. [41.]
McPhail, Samuel, b. in Russellville, Ky., May 2, 1828; d. near Taun-
ton, Minn., March 6, 1902. He served in the Mexican war; came to
Minnesota in 1850; laid out the town of Caledonia; served in the early
part of the civil war as captain of a company of scouts in Missouri,
and in the Sioux war, 1862-3, as colonel in the First Minnesota ca-
valry. He was admitted to the bar in 1867; resided on a homestead in
Alta Vista township, Lincoln county. [29*; 34; 115; 237 (19).]
McQueen, William L., farmer, b. in Vernon county, Wis., Aug. 25,
1852; came to Minnesota in 1862; resides in Mapleton; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1907. [30*,* 46.]
McQuillan, Philip Francis, b. in Ireland in 1834; d. in St. Paul,
April 11, 1877. He came to the United States when eight years old;
settled in St. Paul in 1857, and built up a large wholesale grocery busi-
ness. [93*; 237 (1); 238 (April 12, 1877).]
McReynolds, J. A., b. in Illinois in 1830; settled in Owatonna, Minn.,
in 1872; was proprietor of a flouring mill in Kenyon, Goodhue county.
[54.]
McRostie, William M., b. in Ogdensburg, N. Y., Oct. 21, 1857; d. in
Lake City, Minn., Aug. 25, 1903. He came to Minnesota with his parents
in 1864; settled in Lake City in 1882, where he owned the Lake City
Granite and Marble Works. [237 (28*).]
McSpadden, William G., farmer, b. in Ireland in 1827; came with
his parents to the United States when two years old; enlisted as a
musician in the U. S. army in 1844; served as a soldier in the Mexican
war; settled in Houston, Minn.; served in the Eighth Missouri Regt.
in the civil war; was a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30;
61.]
McStay, Edward, printer, b. in Lena, 111., Nov. 26, 1861; came to
Minnesota with his parents in 1865, and to St. Paul in 1868; was a
prominent freemason. [158.]
McVey, Frank Le Rond, educator, b. in Wilmington, Ohio, Nov.
10, 1869; was graduated at Ohio Wesleyan University, 1893; studied
at Yale University, 1893-5; was professor of economics in the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, 1896-19.07; member of the State Tax Commission,
1907-9; president of the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks,
since 1909; author, "The Government of Minnesota; its History and
Administration," 236 pages, 1901. [17; 24; 85A; 127 (11*); 127B;
237 (53).] . ■
Me Wright, Albert, b. in Whiting, Vt, Aug. 16, 1814; was graduated
at Willoughby Medical University; settled at Glencoe, Minn., in 1858,
practiced medicine, and also preached for the Methodist denomina-
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tion. Some of his sermons and other religious writings have been
published. [29.]
Macy, Charles, pioneer, b. in Canada in 1821; came to Fort Snelling
in 1845; settled on a farm at Stillwater the next year. [41.]
Madson, Christian, merchant, b. in Orenholt, Denmark, Oct. 11,
1849; came to the United States, settling in Minnesota; resided in
East Grand Forks after 1882, and erected the first business building
there. [35.]
Maehren, Pancratius, R. C. priest, b. in Cologne, Germany, May 24,
1846; d. at Collegeville, Minn., March 11, 1904. He came to the
United States, and engaged in teaching until 1870; joined the Benedic-
tine order, and was ordained priest in 1874; was pastor in several
places, being stationed at Rich Prairie, Minn., 1884-93; was prior of
St. John's, 1893-95, and afterward was pastor in Freeport and Farming.
[132*.]
Magelssen, Kristian, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway in 1839;
came to the United States in 1864; was ordained to the ministry; resid-
ed in Fillmore county, Minn., after 1869; was pastor of the churches
at Highland Prairie and Elstad. [52.]
Magie, William Henry, physician, b. in Madison, N. J., Sept. 30, 1854;
was graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, St. Louis,
1884; has since practiced in Duluth. [23*; 24; 25; 31A.]
Maginnis, Charles Patrick, b. in Wayne county, N. Y., in 1849;
came with his father to Minnesota when six years old; settled on a
farm in Morris in 1877; was sheriff of Stevens county, 1880-4; later
removed to Duluth. [73.]
Maginnis, Martin, b. in New York, Oct. 27, 1841; came to Minne-
sota, and was a student in Hamline University, 1856-61; served in
the First and Eleventh Minnesota Regts., 1861-5, attaining the rank
of major; removed to Montana in 1866, settling in Helena, and was
editor of the Daily Gazette; was a representative in Congress, 1873-85,
and U. S. senator in 1900; now in mining and real estate business.
[9; 10; 17.]
Magnus, Daniel, educator, b. in Vermland, Sweden, in 1851; came to
the United States in 1870; settled in Zumbrota, Minn.; was graduated
at Oberlin College, Ohio, in 1881, and from its theological department
in 1884; was a professor in Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., 1885-
1903. [169.]
Magnuson, Swen, lumberman, b. in Sweden in 1849; came to Min-
nesota in 1853; resided at Marine Mills; was a representative in the
legislature in 1903. [30.]
Magoffin, Beriah, Jr., farmer, b. in Harrisburg, Ky., March 13, 1843;
served in the Confederate army in the civil war; came to Minnesota
in 1873, and settled near St. Paul; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1877. [30.]
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482 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Magruder, William T., soldier, b. in Maryland in 1826; was graduated
at the U. S. Military Academy, 1850; was commandant at Fort Snelling
in 1853; attained the rank of captain in 1861; joined the Confederate
army, and was killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863. [11; 12; 13.]
Maguire, John, farmer, b. in Quebec in 1841; came to Minnesota in
1868, and settled in Lac qui Parle county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1885 and 1891-3. During the civil war he served two
years in the U.S. navy. [30.]
Mahler, Charles Frederick, merchant, b. in Lauffen, Germany,
June 28, 1836; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 16, 1900. He came to the United
States when a child; settled in St. Paul in 1856; engaged in the dry
goods business there forty years. [93A; 94; 95*; 156; 237 (11*) y
238 (Feb. 17, 1900*).]
Mahlum, Anton, b. in Norway in 1849; came to the United States
in 1869; settled in Brainerd, Minn., three years later; engaged in rail-
road work, and was proprietor of a hotel; was register of deeds for
Crow Wing county, 1889-98. [31; 169.]
Mahoney, Michael C, pioneer, b. in County Cork, Ireland, in 1843;
came to the United States in 1860; served in a N. Y. regiment in the
civil war; settled in Minnesota in 1873, and five years later opened
the first farm in Burke, Pipestone county. [34.]
Mahoney, Stephen, lawyer, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 26, 1853; came
to Minnesota when three years old; was graduated at the University of
Minnesota, 1877, and in law at the University of Iowa, 1879; settled in
Minneapolis, and was judge of the municipal court, 1884-96; was a re-
gent of the University of Minnesota, 1889-1907. [24; 127 (10*);
127B.]
Mahood, William R., b. in Decatur, 111., in 1848; served in the 69th
Ohio Regt. during the civil war; settled in Le Sueur county, Minn.,
in 1866; was a representative in the legislature in 1897 and in
1901. [30.]
Mahowald, W., R. C. priest, b. in Germany, Dec. 28, 1846; came to
the United States in 1868; was ordained in 1877, and was pastor at
Stillwater, Minn., after 1880. [40.]
Mahzakootemanne, a friendly Sioux. See Little Paul.
Mainzer, Jacob, b. in Germany, Dec. 16, 1834; d. in St. Paul, Nov.
27, 1893. He came to the United States in 1853, and to St. Paul two
years later; was admitted to the bar in 1858; served in the Second
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of first lieuten-
ant; was register of deeds of Ramsey county, 1866-74. [68; 93*; 94;
115; 121; 237 (2); 238 (Nov. 28, 1893*).]
Majer, Dominic A., R. C. priest, b. in Poland, Dec. 28, 1S38; d.
in St. Paul, Minn., March 11, 1911. * He was graduated in theology
at the University of Vienna, 1861; came to the United States in
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483
1873, and ten years later to Minnesota; was pastor of St. Adalbert's
Church, St. Paul, 1883-1911. [146.]
Maland, Martin A., farmer, b. in Racine county, Wis., Aug. 23, 1846;
came to Minnesota in 1857; resided in Highland, Fillmore county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1885 and 1889. [30.]
Mallette, Henry R., merchant, b. in New York in 1861 ; came to Min-
nesota in 1876, and resided at Foreston; was a representative in the
legislature in 1899. [30.]
Mallory, Charles P., b. in Quebec, March 7, 1844; came to Minne-
sota in 1871; settled in Fisher in 1878, where he owned a lumber
yard. [35.]
Mallory, George J., b. in Coburg, Ontario, March 25, 1850; came to
Minnesota in 1888; settled in Duluth, and engaged in real estate and
insurance business; was a representative in the legislature, 1899-
1902; deputy U. S. marshal for Minnesota since 1901. [24; 30.]
Malloy, Robert, lumberman, b. near New Castle, N. B., in 1832; d.
in Stillwater, Minn., Dec. 26, 1897. He came to Stillwater, in 1853,
and was senior member of the lumber firm of Malloy Bros, and Mc-
Clure. [40; 167 (Dec. 31, 1897).]
Malmros, Oscar, lawyer, consul, b. in Germany in 1826; d. in Rouen,
France, Aug. 18, 1909. He came to the United States when twenty-
six years old; settled in St. Paul in 1853; was adjutant general of
Minnesota, 1861-5; was United States consul in Turkey after 1865,
and later was consul in Spain and other countries. [237 (59).]
Malmsten, August, b. in Oestergotland, Sweden, Jan. 6, 1844; came
to the United States in 1869, settling in Minneapolis; in 1881 organ-
ized the Crown Iron Works Co., and was its president. [25; 169.]
Malone, William J., b. in Houlton, Maine, April 5, 1853; became a
member of the Minneapolis fire department in 1884, and was promoted
to a captaincy in 1888. [88*.]
Maltby, Dexter J., physician, b. in Watertown, N. Y., April 25, 1843;
served in a N. Y. regiment during the civil war; came to Minnesota,
settling in the new town of Detroit, in 1871. [18.]
Maltby, Frederick C, merchant, b. in New York, Aug. 7, 1835; was
graduated at Miami University, 1853; came to Minnesota two years la-
ter, and practiced law in St Paul; purchased a farm at Inver Grove,
Dakota county, in 1873, and four years later opened a store there.
[48.]
Malurer, Christian, Lutheran clergyman, b. Nov. 22, 1842, in Ger-
many; came to the United States in 1866; was graduated at the
Theological Seminary, Springfield, 111., in 1872; was pastor at Belvi-
dere, Goodhue county, Minn., 1874-92, and at Iosco, Minn., 1892-96.
[148.]
484 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Man, B. A., lawyer, b. in New York, June 15, 1840; served in the
106th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war, becoming first lieutenant; came to
Minnesota in 1869; was agent for the Lanesboro townsite company-
six years; was admitted to the bar in 1878. [52.]
Manchester, J. H., journalist, born in Maine in 1859; came to
Minnesota in 1866; resided at Lake Benton, and published the Lake
Benton News; was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Manchester, James Eugene, b. in Pitcairn, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1855;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1884; was superin-
tendent of schools in Blue Earth City, 1884-90, and in Alexandria,
1890-3; studied in Germany, 1894-99; was president of Vincennes
University, Ind., 1901-4; instructor in mathematics, University of
Minnesota, 1904-9. [7A; 127B.]
Manderfeld, John, b. in Prussia, Jan. 7, 1824; d. near New Ulm,
Minn., Oct. 1, 1905. He came to the United States in 1851, and to
Minnesota in 1855; settled on a farm in Cottonwood, Brown county;
was sheriff three years. [32; 237 (39).]
Mandt, E. T., b. in Norway in 1838; came to the United States in
1868, and to Minnesota in 1873; resided in Mandt, Chippewa county,
and engaged in teaching, chiefly in the Norwegian language. He also
owned a farm. [32.]
Mankato, a sub-chief of the Medawakanton band of Sioux, b. near
Port Snelling about 1822; was killed in the battle of Wood Lake, Sept.
23, 1862. He was one of the chiefs who went to Washington, D. C,
in 1858, and signed a treaty there. In the outbreak of 1862 he was
very active, and was noted for his daring in the battle of Birch
Coulie. [33; 116; 117; 118; 119; 120.]
Mann, Arthur Teall, surgeon, b. in New York City, in 1866; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1888, and Harvard Medical
School, 1896; has practiced in Minneapolis since 1899; instructor
and professor of clinical surgery, University of Minnesota, since 1903.
[24; 85A; 127A*, B.]
Mann, Eugene Langdon, physician, b. in Minneapolis, May 20, 1861;
was graduated at Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., 1883, and at Hahne-
mann medical college, Philadelphia, 1886; afterward traveled and
studied in Europe; has practiced in St. Paul since 1887; dean of the
Homeopathic Medical College, University of Minnesota. [23; 24;
127A*, B; 215.]
Mann, Horatio Eugene, lawyer, b. in Randolph, Mass., Feb. 22, 1825;
d. in St. Paul, July 10, 1906. He was educated at Norwich (Vt)
University, and at the University of Vermont; came to Minnesota in
1857, settling in Minneapolis; engaged in the practice of law; was
a representative in the legislature, 1859-60; became clerk of the U. S.
court, and removed to St. Paul in the early 60's. [28, XII; 215; 241.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 485
Mann, T. T., physician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1816; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 9, 1890. He came to St. Paul in 1852. [68; 93; 94; 238 (Sept.
10, 1890).]
Man net, Solon W., Episcopal clergyman, b. near Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
in 1813; d. in Faribault, Minn., Jan. 19, 1869. He was graduated at
the General Theological Seminary, N. Y.; became chaplain at Fort
Ripley, Minn., in 1851, and with Rev. Dr. Breck established the Seabury
mission and schools at Faribault in 1858-9. [28, X*; 152; 152 A*.]
Mannheim, Joseph, b. in Faribault, Minn., Jan. 1, 1859; d. in Du-
luth, May 30, 1904. He came with his parents to Duluth when ten
years old; was register of deeds for St. Louis county, 1881-84. [31; 237
(35*).]
Mannheimer, Jacob, merchant, b. in Bavaria, Germany, in 1847; d.
in St. Paul, Feb. 26, 1903. He settled there in 1871, and with his broth-
ers opened one of the leading dry goods houses in the Northwest.
[237 (28*).]
Mannheimer, Robert, merchant, b. in Moenchsroth, Germany, in
1839; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 28, 1903. He came to the United States in
1854; settled in St. Paul in 1876, where with his brothers, Emil and
Jacob, he established a large dry goods store. [93*; 95; 237 (35*).]
Manning, Sara M., b. in Reading, Mass., April 25, 1853; d. in Lake
City, Minn., April 7, 1900. She came to Lake City with her parents
about 1858; was interested in botany, and wrote several papers on
the flora of southeastern Minnesota. [166 (1900*).]
Mannix, Joseph T., printer, b. in Boston, Mass., in 1856; settled in
Minnesota in 1878; was employed on the Minneapolis Tribune and
the St. Paul Pioneer Press; was a representative in the legislature
in 1905; state expert printer since 1907. [30*.]
Mansfield, John A., lawyer, b. in Mankato, Minn., July 12, 1879;
studied law at the University of Michigan; settled in Lakefield in 1904;
has been county attorney since 1908. [62*.]
Mansfield, William, merchant and farmer, b. in Garland, Me., in
1841; served in the 15th Maine regiment in the civil war; came to
Minnesota in 1868, and resided at New Auburn; was a representative
in the legislature, 1895-7. [30.]
Manson, Melville Harrison, physician, b. in Limington, Maine,
April 16, 1836; was graduated from the medical department of Bow-
doin College, 1863; came to Minnesota in 1866, settling at Pine Bend,
Dakota county; removed in 1873 to Shakopee. [18.]
Manton, Joseph R., Baptist clergyman, b. in Providence, R. I., Sept.
24, 1821; was educated at Brown University; was ordained to the
ministry in 1849; was pastor of the First Baptist Church, Minne-
apolis, 1860-4; owned a farm beside Wood lake, Richfield township,
after 1868. [60*.]
486 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Mantor, Peter, pioneer, b. in Albany county, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1815;
came to Minnesota in 1853, and the next year settled on the site of
Mantorville, which was named for him; built a sawmill there, and
was one of the townsite proprietors; was a representative in the
legislature, 1859-60; was captain in the Second Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; removed to Dakota in 1874. [49*.]
Mantor, Riley, farmer, b. in Albany county, N. Y., June 22, 1824;
came to Minnesota in 1853; settled on a farm on the site of Mantor-
ville in 1856; was register of deeds for Dodge county two years.
[49; 50.]
Manuel, John, merchant, b. in Cornwall, Eng., Sept. 29, 1833; came
to the United States in 1855, and settled in Fillmore county, Minn., the
next year; owned a store in Elliota, and after 1879 in Canton. [52.]
Manvel, Allen, b. in Alexander, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1837; engaged in
railroad business after 1859; settled in St. Paul in 1881; was vice-
president and general manager of the Manitoba (now the Great
Northern) railway, and in 1889 became president of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railroad company. [93*.]
Man waring, Louis Logan, lawyer, b. in Clinton county, Iowa, June
22, 1858; was graduated at the Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa, 1879,
and in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1881; settled at Stillwater,
Minn., in 1882, where he has since practiced; was county attorney of
Washington county, 1892-1900. [24; 137.]
March, Nelson J., farmer, b. in Acworth, N. H., in 1828; came to
Minnesota in 1855; resided in St. Paul until 1867; settled on a farm in
Cedar Mills township; was sheriff of Meeker county, 1874-8, and
removed to Litchfield. [65.]
March, Samuel A., b. in Oakfield, N. Y., in 1841; came to Minnesota
in 1877; settled in Minneapolis, and was manager of the Globe Gas
Lighting Company; was a state senator, 1891-3. [30.]
Marcyes, H. R., b. in Maine, Sept. 11, 1844; came to Minnesota when
ten years old; served as leader of the band of the Fourth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; settled in Lynd, Lyon county, in 1868, where
he owned a farm and a flouring mill. [32.]
Marden, Charles S., lawyer, b. in Randolph, Vt, Oct. 2, 1864; came
to Minnesota in 1882; was admitted to the bar in 1887; settled in
Barnesville in 1891; was county attorney in Clay county, 1901-06; a
state senator, 1911. [25; 30*; 47*; 137*.]
Marden, George, b. in St. Anthony, Minn., Aug. 10, 1859; joined the
Minneapolis fire department in 1885; was promoted to a captaincy
in 1893. [88*.]
Marden, Riley H., lawyer, b. in Vermont in 1837; d. at Fergus Falls,
Minn., July 22, 1900. He served in the civil war, becoming colonel of
a regiment of colored troops; was admitted to the bar in Vermont;
settled at Fergus Falls in 1882. [137*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
487
Marin, Pierre Paul, Sietjr de, b. in Canada, March 16, 1690; d. at
Fort St. Peter, northwestern Pennsylvania, Oct. 29, 1753. He was com-
mander of Fort Beauharnois, on the Minnesota shore of Lake Pepin,
1750-2. [107; 146.]
Marin, William A., lawyer, b. in Lexington, Mich., Jan. 13, 1874;
came to Minnesota in 1879; resided in Crookston; was a representa-
tive in the legislature, 1897-9; was admitted to the bar in 1898, and
later practiced law, engaging also in real estate business. [24; 30.]
Mark, Emmet, b. in Russian Poland in 1865; came to Minnesota
in 1871; settled at Princeton, and engaged in dealing in live stock;
was a representative in the legislature in 1901-5. [30*.]
Markham, J. M., b. in Massachusetts in 1859; came to Minnesota in
1877; resided in Aitkin, and engaged in real estate business; was
sheriff of Aitkin county, 1883-92; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1893. [30.]
Markham, James Edwin, lawyer, b. in Rochester, N. Y., July 21,
1857; was graduated at Genesee Valley Seminary, 1875; was admitted
to the bar in 1879; came to Minnesota in 1886, settling in St. Paul;
was city attorney, 1897-1903. [24; 25; 27*; 93; 95*; 98*.]
Markham, Matthew, building contractor, b. in Rochester, N. Y., in
1826; followed a seafaring life, 1846-49, being in the U. S. Navy part of
that time; came to Minnesota in 1855; lived in Le Sueur and Hender-
son, and later settled in Rochester. [237 (40*).]
Markham, Selah, blacksmith and farmer, b. in New York, April 9,
1813; came to Clearwater, Minn., in 1854, opening the first farm and
building the first house there. [31.]
Markhus, Lars J., Lutheran clergyman, b. near Bergen, Norway, in
1842; d. at Willmar, Minn., Dec. 19, 1885. He came with his parents
to the United States when six years old; was graduated at Luther
College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1866; was ordained to the ministry in 1869;
was pastor at Norway Lake, Minn. [134 (April, 1897*).]
Markley, Isaac, pioneer, b. in Montgomery county, Pa., April 2, 1822 ;
d. in Wyoming, Minn., in 1883. He was owner of a steamboat, and
brought it to Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1850; engaged in mercantile
business in St. Paul; lived on a farm in Wyoming after 1871. [41.]
Markoe, James Cox, physician, b. in St. Paul, Aug. 13, 1856; was
graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1882; has
since practiced in St. Paul. [93; 124.]
Markoe, Ralston J., lawyer, b. in Waukesha county, Wis., in 1854;
was admitted to the bar in Minnesota in 1882; resides in St. Paul;
author, "Startling Statements, or the Downfall of the Great Re-
public," 302 pages, 1910. [93.]
Markoe, William, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1820; was graduated at
a theological seminary in New York; settled in St. Paul in 1856.
[94; 237 (22*).]
488 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Marks, Isaac, pioneer, b. in Prussia in 1823; d. Jan. 22, 1885. He
came to the United States in 1840, and to Minnesota in 1848; buiK
the first trading house at Winnebago Agency; settled in Mankato in
1857; engaged in mercantile business. [32; 83*.]
Markus, William F., b. in Shakopee, Minn., June 17, 1858; was
register of deeds of Wadena county, 1887-90, residing in the town of
Wadena. [35.]
Marlatt, Silas, druggist, b. in Yates, N. Y., July 8, 1826; d. in
Minneapolis, Sept. 13, 1903. He settled in St. Cloud, Minn., in 1857.
[31; 237 (28).]
Mabogna, Demetrius, R. C. priest, b. in Italy in 1802; d. April, 1869,
in St. Paul, Minn. He was ordained a priest in 1824; came to the
United States in 1846; joined the Benedictine Order in 1852, and soon
became prior of St. Vincents', Pa.; founded a branch of that order in
Minnesota in 1856; settled in St. Paul in 1857. He was the founder and
first president of St. John's College, Stearns county. [132 (Feb.,
1888*); 237 (1).]
Maron, Frank A., educator, b. in Prussia, March 25, 1863; came to
the United States in 1882, and settled at St. Paul, Minn.; founded the
Globe Business College, in 1885, and was its principal until 1901; was
graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1902, and practiced
until 1905; has since engaged in investment and loan business. [22*;
24; 25; 93A; 98*; 100.]
Marrinan, Michael K, lawyer, b. in Rochester, N. Y*., Nov. 4, 1855;
settled in Shakopee, Minn., in 1873; was clerk of court of Scott county,
1877-81. [32.]
Mars, Robert William, b. in Whitehall, N. Y., May 2, 1838; d. in
Duluth, Minn., Nov. 21, 1908. He served in the U. S. navy, 1857-60,
and again during the civil war; after 1864 was second assistant
engineer, U. S. Army. [121.]
Marsden, N., manufacturer, b. in England in 1834; came with his
parents to the United States when five years old; settled in Minne-
sota in 1868, owned with his son the Chatfield Woolen Mills after 1880.
[52.]
Marsh, George H., b. in Chesterfield, N. H., Nov. 26, 1833; d. Oct.
28, 1902. He settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1853; had the first contract
for carrying the mail from St. Paul to Mankato; was register of deeds,
1856-7; engaged in mercantile business. [32; 83*; 237 (28).]
Marsh, Isaac M., M. E. clergyman, b. in Nova Scotia, July 16, 1848;
df in Richfield, Minn., Jan. 30, 1881. He came to Minnesota in 1869;
was pastor at Wells, Lake Crystal, Blue Earth City, Dodge Center,
St Cloud, and Richfield. [150.]
Marsh, John Q. A., b. in Chesterfield, N. H., Oct. 13,1827; settled
in Mankato, Minn., in 1854; engaged in mercantile business, and later
in real estate and loaning. [32; 83*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 489
Marsh, Michael, merchant, b. in Germany, March 28, 1828; came to
the United States in 1850, and to Hastings, Minn., in 1855; afterward
resided in St. Paul, and in 1867 opened a store at Forest Lake, Wash-
ington county. [40.]
Marshall, Mrs. Abby Langford, b. in Westmoreland, N. Y.; d. in
St. Paul, Dec. 23, 1893. She married William R. Marshall in 1854, and
immediately came with him to St. Paul, where they afterward resided.
[237 (3).]
Marshall, Albert B., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Pennsylvania;
was graduated at Princeton College and Princeton Seminary; was
pastor in Illinois, Ohio, and Iowa, and since 1903 of the First Pres-
byterian Church of Minneapolis; author of a History of this church,
1910. [154A.]
Marshall, Charles B., physician, b. in Westchester county, N. Y.,
May 21, 1838; came to Hastings, Minn., with his parents in 1856;
settled in Stillwater in 1881. [20.]
Marshall, Clarence Alden, musician, b. in Marlboro, Mass., May 15,
1859; came to Minnesota in 1891, and purchased and conducted the
Northwestern Conservatory of Music in Minneapolis. [25; 26*; 85A;
176 (Feb., 1895*).]
Marshall, Eugene, b. in Brockton, Mass., July 10, 1832; came to
Caledonia, Minn., in 1853; served in Brackett's battalion in the civil
war; was county surveyor four years, county superintendent of schools
two years, and after 1880 was cashier in the Caledonia Bank. [61.]
Marshall, James D., miller, b. in Warner, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1848; d.
at Red Lake Falls, Minn., May 21, 1897. He came to Minnesota in
1871; engaged in milling at Red Lake Falls after 1890. [168 (May 28,
1897*).]
Marshall, James M., colonel, XJ. S. A., b. in Charleston, 111., May 31,
1844; was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy, 1865; served in
the army until 1908, when he was retired by law; resides in St. Paul.
. [17.]
Marshall, John, teacher, b. in St. Anne, 111., May 4, 1876; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota in 1898; became super-
intendent of schools in Wadena, Minn. [26*; 38.]
Marshall, John C, journalist, b. in Perthshire, Scotland, March
17, 1840; came with his parents to the United States when four years
old; settled in Pipestone, Minn., in 1887; published the Edgerton
Enterprise. [34.]
Marshall, Joseph M., b. in Missouri; d. in Denver, Colo., June 13,
1897. He came to Minnesota in 1847; resided successively in the St.
Croix valley, at St. Anthony Falls, and after 1851 in St. Paul; engaged
in banking in the latter place until 1860, when he removed to Colorado.
[237 (9*).]
490 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Marshall, Thomas, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in East Weare, N.
H., April 4, 1831; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1857, and
Union Theological Seminary, 1864; was the first pastor of the Pres-
byterian church in Mankato, Minn., 1865-9; removed to St. Louis; was
field secretary of the Board of Foreign Missions after 1890. [83.]
Marshall, William Rainey, governor, b. near Columbia, Mo., Oct. 17,
1825; d. in Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 8, 1896. He came to Minnesota in 1849,
settled in St. Anthony, opened a hardware store, and surveyed and
platted the town. Two years later he removed to St. Paul, and was
its pioneer hardware merchant. In 1861 he founded the St. Paul Press,
which became the leading Republican newspaper of the state. In 1862
he was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Minnesota
Regt, and was its colonel, 1863-5, taking part in the suppression of
the Sioux outbreak, and serving afterward in the South; was brevetted
brigadier general in 1865. He was governor of Minnesota, 1866-70;
railroad commissioner, 1876-82; president of the Minnesota Historical
Society, 1868, and its secretary, 1893-5. [1; 3; 4; 7; 18; 22*; 27*; 28,
IV*, VIII*, IX, XII, XIII*; 29; 32; 41*; 68; 94; 98*; 109*; 113; 114;
121; 166A*; 237 (2); 238 (Jan. 10, 1896*).]
Marston, Moses, clergyman and educator, b. in Williamstown, Vt,
in 1832; d. July 11, 1883. He was graduated at Middlebury College,
1856; was a Universalist minister several years; came to Minneapolis
in 1874, on account of ill health; and was professor of English in the
University of Minnesota from 1874 until his death. [127A*, B.]
Marston, W. P., b. in Canada in 1840; came to Minnesota in 1857;
was a merchant at Lake Crystal after 1869. [32; 45.]
Martell, Oliver, pioneer, b. in Quebec in 1818; d. at Big Stone, S.
D., 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and built a sawmill at Water-
ville. He was an Indian trader, and operated a ferry across the Min-
nesota river at the Lower Agency. In 1871 he removed to South
Dakota. [237 (35).]
Marth, John, merchant, b. in Germany in 1837; came to the United
States in 1857, and to Minnesota the same year; served in the First
Minnesota battery, 1861-5; engaged in farming and mercantile business
at Delano, 1866-78; removed to Barnesville. [35.]
Martin, Alex., b, in Scotland in 1829; d. in Morris, Minn., July 21,
1901. He came to Minnesota in territorial days; served in the civil
war; was sheriff of Isanti county twenty years; was a local Methodist
preacher. [237 (14).]
Martin, Arthur, b. in Detroit, Mich., Sept. 11, 1853; came with his
parents to St. Paul in 1855; joined the fire department in 1870; was
first assistant chief engineer, 1889-1904; engaged later in insurance.
[25; 96*.]
Martin, Charles Jairus, b. in Clarendon, N. Y., April 1, 1842; d.
June 15, 1910. He served in the 40th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 491
came to Minnesota in 1874, settling at Minneapolis, as a partner of C.
C. Washburn in flour milling; was secretary and treasurer of the
Washburn-Crosby Co. from its incorporation in 1888. [24; 84*; 85A*;
237 (62*).]
Martin, Fares B., merchant, b. in Lebanon, Ind., in 1855; came to
Minnesota in 1864; resided at Witoka, Winona county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1895. [30; 77.]
Martin, Henry, b. in Meriden, Conn., Feb. 14, 1829; was graduated
at Connecticut Literary Institution, 1846; came to Minnesota in 1856,
and invested largely in lands in Mower, Fillmore, Dodge, and Brown
counties, and dealt in real estate. Martin county is said by some to
have been named for him in 1857. He returned to Connecticut and
resided in Wallingford. [241.]
Martin, Homer Dodge, artist, b. in Albany, N. Y., Oct. 28, 1836; d. in
St. Paul, Minn., Feb. 12, 1897. He resided in New York after 1862,
but traveled several years in Europe, and painted both American and
European scenes. He lived in St. Paul after 1893. [7; 237 (55*).]
Martin, James A., lawyer, b. at Maple Plain, Minn., May 24, 1865;
was graduated at the state normal school, St. Cloud, 1885, and in law
at the University of Michigan, 1889; was the governor's executive clerk,
1901-2; was chairman of the State Board of Control, 1902-05; resides
in St. Cloud. [24; 30; 111.]
Martin, James F., merchant, b. in Stephenson county, 111., March
23, 1851; settled in Mantorville, Minn., in 1885; judge of probate of
Dodge county since 1893. [50*.]
Martin, James G., soldier, b. in North Carolina in 1819; was grad-
uated at the U. S. Military Academy in 1840; attained the rank of
major in 1847; was commandant at Fort Snelling in 1857; retired from
the army in 1861; died at Ashville, N. C, in 1878. [11; 12; 13.]
Martin, James McGinniss, lawyer, b. in Mifflin county, Pa., Oct. 10,
1851; was graduated at the Columbia Classical Institute, 1871, and the
same year settled at Lake City, Minn.; was admitted to the bar in
1876; removed to Minneapolis in 1884; was assistant attorney general
of Minnesota, 1884-7, and has since practiced law. [24; 25; 74.]
Martin, John, flour manufacturer and lumberman, b. in Peacham,
Vt, Aug. 18, 1820; d. in Minneapolis, May 25, 1905. He came to Min-
nesota in 1855, settling in Minneapolis; was captain of a steamboat on
the upper Mississippi; engaged in lumbering, and later in the manu-
facture of flour, being principal owner of the second largest flouring
mills in the world. He was also largely interested in various railways,
and was president of the First National Bank of Minneapolis. [20*;
23*; 28, IX*, XII; 41; 84*; 85A; 111*; 168 (Nov. 27, 1891*).]
Martin, John Francis, pioneer, b. in Vesoul, France, in 1825; came
with his mother to the United States when ten years old, and to
492 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Winona, Minn., in 1854; the next year platted the village of Richmond,
and opened a store there; was sutler in the seventh Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; was sheriff of the county three terms, beginning in 1867.
[77.1
Martin, John M., lawyer, b. at Ocean Springs, Mississippi, Aug. 25,
1851; d. in Virginia, Minn., Feb. 27, 1909. He was graduated in law at
Columbian University, Washington, D. C, in 1880; settled in Ada,
Minn., the next year; removed to Duluth in 1890, and to Bemidji in
1898. [35; 237 (51*).]
Martin, Lewis, pioneer, b. in Wyoming county, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1816;
d. in Anoka, Minn., June 20, 1903. He came to Anoka in 1856; estab-
lished the first match factory in this state; later engaged in house
painting and farming, and was assistant editor of the Anoka County
Union. [31; 237 (28).]
Martin, O. C, pioneer, b. in Lawrence county, 111., Sept. 24, 1824;
served in the Mexican war; came to Minnesota in 1864; soon afterward
settled on the site of Redwood Falls, and with Col. McPhail built the
first sawmill there; owned a farm after 1868. [32.]
Martin, Paul, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., June 12, 1857; settled in St.
Paul in 1873; engaged in newspaper work; in 1881 opened the first real
estate office in West St. Paul. [176 (Nov., 1886*).]
Martin, Philip, barber, b. in Germany in 1865; came to Minnesota
in 1882, and resides in St. Paul; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1901. [30.]
Martin, Richard, b. in Duchess county, N. Y., Nov. 16, 1821; d. in
Florida, Jan., 15, 1890. He settled in St. Anthony in 1854; engaged in
banking, and real estate business; was widely known for his benev-
olence, and at his death bequeathed most of his large fortune to
charitable institutions in Minneapolis. [84*.]
Martin, Thomas F., b. in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1860; settled in 1885
in St. Paul, engaging in real estate and loan business; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Marty, Martin, R. C. bishop, b. in Schwyz, Switzerland, Jan. 12,
1834; d. Sept. 18, 1896. He was ordained a priest in 1856, and in 1860
came to the United States. In 1895 he was appointed to the see of St.
Cloud, Minn. [4; 22*; 132 (Jan., 1895, and Sept. 1896*); 238 (Sept.
20, 1896).]
Marty, Sebastian, pioneer, b. in Switzerland in 1809; d. in Lake-
land, Minn., Nov. 3, 1885. He came to the United States in 1836;
settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1845; removed to a farm in Lakeland
in 1850. [41.]
Marvin, Josiah, Universalist clergyman, b. in 1818, in Alstead, N.
H.; d. there Sept. 19, 1887. He began his ministry in 1844 in New
Hampshire, but afterward was pastor in St. Paul several years; was
chaplain of the senate of Minnesota three terms. [30 (1873) ; 237 (1).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 493
Marvin, Luke, merchant, b. in Hinckley, England, June 10, 1820; d.
in Duluth, Minn., April 10, 1880. He came to this country when
twenty-one years old, settled in St. Paul in 1850, and engaged in the
shoe and leather business eleven years. In 1861 he was appointed
register of the U. S. land office at Duluth. He was a representative in
the legislature in 1871, and was afterward postmaster of Duluth.
[18; 28, IX; 29; 31A; 94; 237 (1); 238 (April 11, 1880).]
Marvin, Matthew, pioneer, b. in Madison county, N. Y., in 1838; d.
in Winona, Minn., July 25, 1903. He settled in Winona in 1859; served
in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in harness
making, and after 1873 was superintendent of the Woodlawn cemetery.
[237 (28*).]
Marvin, Richard, b. in Hinckley, Eng., May 28, 1817; d. in St. Paul,
Minn., Dec. 17, 1902. He came to the United States in 1845, and to St.
Paul in 1851; engaged in wholesale mercantile business; author of two
volumes of poems, 1887 and 1889. [68; 94; 237 (28*).]
Mason, David Hill, Sunday School missionary, b. Feb. 15, 1844; d.
in Alexandria, Minn., November, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1871,
under the auspices of the American Sunday School Union, and worked
in the northern part of this state thirty years, residing at Alexandria.
[237 (43).]
Mason, Edwin C, general, b. in Springfield, Ohio, May 31, 1831; d.
in St. Paul, April 30, 1898. He began his military service in 1861, as.
captain of a company of zouaves; was brevetted brigadier general of
volunteers in 1865, and became a brigadier general in the U. S. army in
1890; retired from the service in 1895, and afterward resided in St.
Paul; was recorder of the Loyal Legion in Minnesota during the last
year of his life. [7; 121; 122; 237 (9*); 238 (May 1, 1898*).]
Mason, Lorain, farmer, b. in Illinois, Oct. 16, 1842; served in the
First Missouri cavalry in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1865;
two years later settled in Mason, Murray county; was sheriff of the
county three terms. [34.]
Mason. William Findlay, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., March 23, 1837;
d. in St. Paul, May 31, 1908. He was graduated from the collegiate
department of the Central High School, Philadelphia, 1854; came to
Minnesota in 1858, settling at St. Paul, and engaged in mercantile
business. [25; 28, XII.]
Masqueray, Emmanuel Louis, architect, b. in France in 1861; studied
at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Paris; came to America in 1887; was
chief of design at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904; came to St. Paul in
1905, as architect for the Catholic Cathedral there and the Pro-Ca-
thedral in Minneapolis. [17.]
Massingham, Will J., author, b. in Kane county, 111., Aug. 24, 1849;
came to Marion, Olmsted county, Minn., in 1856; taught school in Iowa
and Illinois twenty years; settled in Duluth in 1902; author of two
494 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
books of songs, and of a volume entitled "Lake Superior and Other
Poems." [241.]
Masterman, Albion, pioneer, b. in Franklin county, Maine, in 1823;
d. at Stillwater, Minn., Aug. 8, 1886. He came to Stillwater in 1844,
and settled on a farm there in 1850. [41.]
Masterman, Joseph N., pioneer, b. in Franklin county, Maine, 1814;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., Nov, 13, 1904. He settled there in 1848, and
engaged in lumber business. [41; 237 (35*).]
Masterman, Joseph P., b. in Stillwater, Minn., May 11, 1869; d.
there, Feb. 9, 1906. He became deputy county auditor; served as cap-
tain in the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt. in the Philippine war, and was
promoted to the rank of major in 1899. [123; 237 (39).]
Masterman, Wellington C, journalist, b. in Stillwater, Minn., Jan.
14, 1858, and has since resided there; one of the publishers of the
Stillwater Gazette since 1896; was auditor of Washington county,
1885-93; was a state senator, 1895-7. [24; 26*; 30; 42; 111*.]
Masters, Robert C, farmer, b. in Virginia, April 26, 1809; came to
Minnesota in 1855; resided in Dakota county, and was twice elected to
the state legislature; settled in Little Falls in 1878. [31.]
Masterson, Henry F., lawyer, b. in Chester, N. Y., May 25, 1825;
d. in St. Paul, March 18, 1882. He was admitted to the bar in 1849, and
settled in St. Paul the same year. [69; 94; 237 (1), 238 (March 19,
1882).]
Matchan, George L., lawyer, b. in Yorkshire, Eng., Feb. 3, 1853;
came with his parents to the United States in 1857, and |o Minnesota
in 1865; was admitted to the bar in 1875, and practiced at Lake City;
was county attorney of Wabasha county, 1878-80; removed to Min-
neapolis in 1884. [24; 25; 60*.]
Matchett, Frank, journalist, b. in Huron county, Ohio, Sept. 2^,
1844; came to St. Paul in 1872, and engaged in printing and newspaper
publication; settled in Jordan in 1878, and established the Scott County
Advocate. [32.]
Matheis, John, merchant, b. in Weisbaden, Germany, in 1836; d. in
St. Paul, March 30, 1900. He came to the United States in 1852; settled
in St. Paul in 1856. [94; 237 (11); 238 (March 31, 1900).]
Mather, Fred, pisciculturist and editor, b. in Albany, N. Y., August,
1833; became acquainted with the Ojibway language while hunting and
trapping in Wisconsin, and acted as interpreter to the government
survey in northern Minnesota. [1.]
Mather, William Williams, geologist, b, in Brooklyn, Conn., May
24, 1804; d. in Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 26, 1859. He entered West Point
as a cadet in 1823; was graduated in 1829; was assistant professor of
chemistry and mineralogy there until 1835. The next year he resigned
from the army, and afterward engaged in geological work and teaching.
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 495
In 1835 lie made a trip, with Featherstonhaugh, through southern Min-
nesota for geological exploration. [28, I; 114.]
Matheson, George Gordon, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Nova Scotia
in 1852; d. Nov. 6, 1897. He was Sunday School missionary of the Red
River Presbytery, Minn. [153.]
Mathews, John Arnot, b. in Elmira, N. Y., April 6, 1824; settled in
Winona, Minn., in 1855, and for forty-five years engaged in loaning
business. [23*; 76; 77*; 78.]
Mathews, Marvin E., lawyer, b. at Jamestown, N. Y., Sept. 25, 1849;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1854; was admitted to the bar
in 1873; practiced in New Ulm three years, and in Marshall since 1876.
[24; 26*; 32.]
Mathews, Samuel, lumberman, b. in Northumberland, N. B., July 30,
1833; came to the United States in 1854, settling in Stillwater, Minn.
[41; 105*.]
Mathews, William H., banker, b. in Hamilton, Canada, May 9, 1853;
settled in Ada, Minn., in 1881, and was proprietor of the Bank of Ada.
[35.]
Mathieson, John, farmer, b. in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, March 14,
1833; came to Minnesota in 1858, and settled at Lansing; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Mathison, Erick, b. in Porsgrund, Norway, Feb. 17, 1847; came to
the United States in 1865; owned a farm in Lac qui Parle county,
Minn., and engaged in real estate business in Madison; was county
treasurer, 1882-8. [169.]
Matteson, Charles Dickerman, banker, b. in Decorah, Iowa, Sept.
13, 1869; studied at the University of Minnesota; was graduated at the
University of Michigan, 1893; has since been connected with the
Security Trust Company, St. Paul, of which he is secretary and treas-
urer. [22*; 24; 25.]
Matteson, Sumner W., b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., March 7, 1836;
came to St. Paul in 1891, as secretary and treasurer of the Security
Trust Company. [98*.]
Matthews, Albert C, banker, b. near Indianapolis, Ind., Oct. 17,
1832; served in the 34th and 35th Wisconsin regiments, 1862-5, attain-
ing the rank of captain; settled on a farm on the site of the village
of Lake Benton, Minn., 1880; engaged in real estate business, and
owned several farms, a store, and a bank. [34.]
Matthews, M. Irwin, b. in Erie county, Pa., Aug. 7, 1844; came to
Minnesota in 1869; settled on a farm in Prior; was county super-
intendent of schools in Big Stone county. [32.]
Mattice, W. A., b. in New York in 1836; served in an Illinois
regiment in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1865; opened the first
hardware store in Appleton, 1878. [32.]
496 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Mattocks, Brewer, physician, b. in Keeseville, N. Y., Sept. 12, 1841;
came to St. Paul in 1856, with his father; was graduated at the Phila-
delphia College of Pharmacy, 1861, and a medical college in St. Louis,
1864; served in the civil war, 1861-5, as hospital steward and assistant
surgeon, with the Second and Seventh Minnesota Regts.; practiced
medicine in St. Paul, 1865-81, being for some years president of the
city Board of Health and county physician; removed in 1881 to Fari-
bault, and later to Pittsburg, Pa; author of several published poems.
[241.]
Mattocks, John, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Peacham, Vt., July
14, 1814; d. at St. Paul, Nov. 13, 1875. He was graduated at Middle-
bury College, 1832, and from the theological department of Yale College,
1838; settled in St. Paul in 1856; was pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church nineteen years; and during ten years was superintendent of the
city schools. [28, III*, IV*; 94; 237 (1); 238 (Nov. 14, 1875).]
Mattson, Edwin, farmer, b. in Delaware county, Pa., May 17, 1839;
served in the Second Pennsylvania cavalry, 1861-4; settled on a farm
in Wilkin county, Minn., in 1879; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1887-8; postmaster of Breckenridge since 1906. [35; 237 (49*).]
Mattson, G. H., b. in Dassel, Minn., in 1872; was graduated at
Gustavus Adolphus College, 1899; settled in Roseau the same year; was
county superintendent of schools eight years; is engaged in real
estate business; was a representative in the legislature in 1909-11.
[30*.]
Mattson, Hans, secretary of state, b. in Onestad, Sweden, Dec 23,
1832; d. in Minneapolis, March 5, 1893. He came to the United States
in 1851, and in 1853 located a colony of his countrymen in Goodhue
county, founding the town of Vasa. He studied law in Red Wing, and
was admitted to the bar in 1858; served in the Third Minnesota Regt.,
1861-5, rising from the rank of captain to colonel; was secretary of the
state board of immigration, 1867-70; secretary of state, 1870-2, and again
in 1887-91. His home was in Minneapolis after 1878. In 1881-3 he was
U. S. consul general in India. He was editor of the Stats Tidning,
published in Minneapolis, and part owner and general manager of the
Swedish Tribune in Chicago. He had a wide influence in bringing
settlers to this state, and in developing its resources. Besides
pamphlets describing Minnesota, he was author of Minnen [Memories],
369 pages, published in Lund, Sweden, in 1890; and of an American
edition of the same work, Reminiscences, the Story of an Immigrant,
314 pages, St. Paul, 1891. [7; 18*; 30; 41; 54; 56; 58; 121; 155; 169*;
169A*; 237 (13); 238 (March 6, 1893*).]
Mattson,. John, miller, b. in Sweden, Oct. 4, 1832; came to the
United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1856; served in the First
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in Meeker county in 1882, and
owned a mill in Kingston. [65.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
497
Mattson, John P., journalist, b. in Savannah, 111., Dec. 18, 1857;
came to Minnesota with his parents when an infant; taught school in
Warren, 1883; was superintendent of schools for Marshall county five
years; purchased an interest in the Warren Sheaf in 1886, and since
1890 has been its publisher. [37.]
Mattson, Ole, farmer, b. in Sweden in 1855; came to Minnesota in
1866; resided in Cokato; was a representative in the legislature in
1897. [30.]
Mattson, Peter August, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Sept. 29,
1865; came to the United States in 1882 with his parents, who settled
at Sacred Heart, Minn.; was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College,
1892, and in theology at Augustana College, 1894; was pastor in Min-
neapolis, 1899-1904; president of Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter,
Minn., 1904-11. [24; 25; 148; 237 (37, 66).]
Mauer, William, b. in Germany in 1824; came to the United States
in 1855, and the next year settled in Henderson, Minn.; served in the
Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in farming; was
register of deeds of Sibley county. [32.]
Maurin, Marcus, merchant, b. in Austria, April 22, 1837; d. at Cold
Spring, Minn., Nov. 13, 1905. He came to the United States in 1855,
and to Minnesota two years later; settled at Cold Spring, Stearns
county, in 1863, where he had a large mercantile establishment and a
grain elevator. [31; 237 (39*).]
Mausten, Ole N., farmer, b. in Minnesota in 1864; resides in Aitkin
county; was a representative in the legislature in 1899, and a state
senator, 1903-5. [30.]
Maxfield, George, b. in Monongalia county, W. Va., Oct. 10, 1810; d.
in Mankato, Minn., Dec. 24, 1893. He settled in Mankato in 1853, where
he owned and worked a stone quarry. [83*.]
Maxfield, James T., b. in Norwich, Ohio, March 7, 1827; d. in St.
Paul, May, 1878. He settled in St. Paul in 1864, and was mayor in 1869
and 1875-6. [28, IV; 96; 237 (6).]
Maxwell, Guliemus, carpenter and lumber dealer, b. in Heath, Mass.,
in 1828; came to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Mazeppa; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1877. [30; 74.]
Maxwell, Jesse A., journalist, b. in Van Buren county, Iowa, July
17, 1848; came to Minnesota in 1868; served in the 11th Illinois cavalry
in the civil war; resided in Currie, and published the Murray County
Pioneer. [34.]
Maxwell, William G., farmer, b. in New York city, Jan., 1842; came
to Minnesota with his parents in 1857; served in the Second Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war, and later was first lieutenant of a company
raised to defend the frontier against the Indians. In 1874 he settled
in Burns, Anoka county. [31.]
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498 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
May, Morgan, b. in Reading, Bng., July 30, 1818; d. in Marine, Wash-
ington county, Minn., Jan. 31, 1902. In early life he was a British
naval officer; came to America in 1851, and two years later settled on
an extensive farm where he died. He resided in California, 1884-97.
[237 (19).]
Mayall, James H., b. in Gray, Maine, April 5, 1818; d. in St. Paul,
Minn., May 29, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1855; was one of the
owners and founders of Glencoe; later settled in St. Paul, and purchased
a hotel. [237 (14).]
Mayall, Samuel, b. in Gray, Maine, June 21, 1816; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 17, 1892. He came to Minnesota in territorial days; served as
captain in the army in the civil war; resided in St. Paul, where he had
large real estate interests. [93*; 238 (Sept. 18, 1892*).]
Maybtjry, Charles Grandison, pioneer, b. in Solon, N. Y., Jan. 13,
1830; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1856, and was an architect and
builder. [76; 78.]
Mayer, Charles, policeman, b. in Prussia in 1861; came to St. Paul
in 1881, and four years later became a member of the police force ; was
killed by burglars whom he tried to arrest, Feb. 1, 1902. [237 (19*).]
Mayer, John A., b. in Brinitza, Germany, Dec. 11, 1847; d. in Delano,
Minn., Nov. 14, 1900. He came to the United States in 1869; settled in
Wright county, Minn., where he became division roadmaster for the
Great Northern railway. [237 (11).]
Mayhew, George V., farmer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Feb.
18, 1824; served in the Mexican war; came to Minnesota in 1854, and
settled in Minden, Benton county; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1861; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war,
becoming first lieutenant. [31.]
Mayhew, Henry, pioneer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1829; d. in
Duluth, Minn., July 4, 1904. He came to the site of Duluth in 1857;
served in the civil and Indian wars; established a trading post with
the Indians at Grand Marais in 1871. [237 (35).]
Maynard, Arba K., lawyer, b. in Madison county, N. Y., April 25,
1803; was admitted to the bar in 1832; came to Minnesota in 1864;
resided in Atwater; was a representative in the legislature, 1866-7.
[35.]
Mayne, Dexter Dwight, b. in Beetown, Wis., May 14, 1863; was
graduated at the State Normal School, Platteville, Wis., in 1883;
engaged in teaching and superintendence of schools twenty years; came
to Minnesota in 1902, and was principal of the School of Agriculture,
University of Minnesota, 1902-10, residing in St. Anthony Park, St.
Paul; author of several school text books. [24; 127B.]
Mayo, Charles Edwin, b. in Brewster, Mass., Oct. 26, 1827; d. in St.
Paul, April 23, 1899. He settled in St. Paul in 1853, where he was at
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
499
first a hardware merchant, and after 1889 was engaged in the U. S.
customs office; was secretary of the Minnesota Historical Society, 1864-7,
and its president in 1872. [28, IX*; 93; 125; 237 (9*).]
Mayo, Charles Horace, surgeon, h. in Rochester, Minn., July 19,
1865; was graduated at the Chicago Medical College, 1888; has since
practiced in Rochester, in partnership with his father and his brother
William, conducting St. Mary's Hospital. [7A; 17; 24; 66A.]
Mayo, Lewis, b. in Hampden, Maine, Aug. 14, 1828; d. in Sauk Rapids,
Minn., Sept. 30, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1867, and settled in
Sauk Rapids as a druggist. He was treasurer of Benton county,
1870-74, and a state senator, 1876-7. [18; 30; 237 (48).]
Mayo, William James, surgeon, b. in Le Sueur, Minn., June 26, 1861;
was graduated in medicine at the University of Michigan, 1883; has
become eminent by practice in Rochester, Minn. [3A; 7A; 17; 24; 66A;
127A*, B.]
Mayo, William Worrall, physician, b. in Manchester, England, May
31, 1819; d. in Rochester, Minn., March 6, 1911. He came to Minnesota
in 1854, and settled at St. Paul; removed in 1858 to Le Sueur county;
was surgeon at New Ulm in the Indian war, 1862; later resided in
Rochester, and in 1889 founded St. Mary's Hospital; was a state
senator, 1891-3. [24; 30; 66; 66A*; 237 (54, 59*, 66, 67*).]
May-zhue-ke-ge-shig (Lowering Day), an Ojibway Indian chief, b.
near the site of Brainerd, Minn., in 1828; engaged in wars with the
Sioux during his youth to avenge the murder of his father; afterward
resided on a farm near Beaulieu, in the White Earth reservation.
[237 (8*); 238 (Jan. 8, 1899*).]
Mazawakinyanna (Iron Lightning), Louis, a Sioux, b. in Minne-
sota; took part in the Indian outbreak of 1862, but claimed to have
saved the lives of five white persons during that time. Later he became
a Christian, was a Presbyterian clergyman, and resided at Wilmot, S.
D. [237 (21).]
Meacham, Andrew Jarred, banker, b. in Elleson, 111., Sept. 15, 1840;
came to Red Wing, Minn., in 1855; was cashier of the Goodhue County
Bank, 1876-96; removed to St. Paul, where he engaged in real estate
business; removed in 1902 to Redlands, Cal. [21; 54; 130*; 174*.]
Meacham, Frank L., b. in Pennsylvania, Aug. 8, 1835; settled on a
farm in Wabasha county, Minn., in 1857; was a representative in the
legislature in 1873. [29*; 30.]
Mead, Frank J., journalist, b. in Greensburg, Ind., in 1835; d. in
Minneapolis, Nov. 29, 1908. He came to St. Paul in 1857; was city
editor of the Pioneer; served in the civil war; published newspapers at
Farmington and at Shakopee, and also in Nebraska and Dakota; during
his later years resided in Minneapolis. [237 (51).]
Mead, George W., lawyer, b. in Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 4, 1845;
came to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt.,
500 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1862-5; settled in Mankato in 1872; was admitted to the bar in 1879.
[32; 45*.]
Mead, Milton S., b. in Winona, Minn., Aug. 31, 1867; served as first
lieutenant and battalion adjutant in the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt.
in the Philippine war. [123.]
Mead, Warren Hewitt, lawyer, b. in Genoa, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1836;
served in the Union army, Sixth Kentucky Cavalry, during the civil
war; came to Minnesota in 1866, settling at Northfield; was admitted
to the bar in 1868; removed to St. Paul in 1870, and engaged in law
practice; was a representative in the legislature in 1878-9. [20; 24;
25; 30; 93*; 93A*; 137*.]
Meagher, Edward, farmer, b. in Ireland in 1830; came to the United
States in 1847; settled in Minnesota in 1866; resided at North Fork,
Stearns county; was a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Meagher, John Ford, merchant and banker, b. in County Kerry,
Ireland, April 11, 1836; d. in Mankato, Minn., June 18, 1897. He came
to the United States when ten years of age. In 1857 he removed to
Minnesota, and the next year settled in Mankato, where he engaged in
hardware business. He became interested in many important financial
enterprises, and was president of the Citizens' National Bank of
Mankato. He was county treasurer; in 1870-1 was a representative in
the legislature; and in 1872-3 was a state senator. [21*; 23*; 28, VIII;
30; 32; 46; 83*; 237 (9*); 238 (June 19, 1897*).]
Meagher, John L., pioneer farmer, b. in Cork county, Ireland, Nov.
21, 1826; d. in Marysburg, Minn., March 19, 1908. He came to the
United States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1857; settled on a farm in
Washington township, Le Sueur county; was a representative in the
legislature. 1863-4. [32; 237 (48).]
Mealey, Tobias Gillmor, merchant, b. in Penfield, N. B., Aug. 5,
1823; d. in Monticello, Minn., April 27, 1904. He came to Monticello in
1855; was a representative in the legislature in 1873, and a state
senator in 1874-5 and 1878-81. [18; 30; 31; 237 (35).]
Medary, Samuel, territorial governor of Minnesota, b. in Montgomery
county, Pa., Feb. 25, 1801; d. in Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 7, 1864. He
engaged in newspaper publication many years; came to St. Paul in
April, 1857, and was the last governor of Minnesota territory, holding
the position until May, 1858; afterward was territorial governor of
Kansas, 1859-60. [1*; 3*; 4; 7; 28, XIII*; 94; 114*.]
Medicine Bottle (Tah-ta-e Chas-nomne), a Sioux of Grey Eagle's
band, b. at Mendota, Minn., in 1831; was hung at Fort Snelling, Nov.
11, 1865, for participating in the Indian massacres of 1862. His father
was a chief, and after his death Medicine Bottle became head soldier
for his brother, Grey Eagle, who succeeded to the chieftainship. [238
(Nov. 12, 1865).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 501
Medicraft, Richard H., lawyer, b. in England in 1866; came to the
United States in 1892; was admitted to the bar in Minnesota in 1896,
and resided at Roseau; was a representative in the legislature in 1899.
[30.]
Meeds, Alonzo Draper, b. in St. Anthony, Minn., Dec. 6, 1864; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1889; engaged in geological
surveys in the state of Washington, in Mexico, and in Minnesota; was
instructor in the chemical laboratory of the state university, 1892-4;
afterward was inspector of gas for the city of Minneapolis, and later
chemist of the City Health Department. [22*; 25.]
Meeker, Bradley B., judge, b. in Fairfield, Ohio, March 13, 1813;
d. in Milwaukee, Wis., Feb., 1873. He was educated at Yale College;
was admitted to the bar in Kentucky in 1838; was appointed judge in
the new territory of Minnesota in 1849, and filled that position four
years; presided at the first term of court in Minneapolis, which was
held in the old government grist mill at St. Anthony Falls. After
leaving the bench, he engaged in real estate business, and was a
member of the constitutional convention, 1857. Meeker county is
named for him. [59; 85; 114; 168 (March, 1892*); 237 (1).]
Meeker, Daniel W., b. in Elizabeth, N. J., Jan. 4, 1861; came to
Minnesota in 1883; engaged in newspaper work in the Twin Cities till
1896, and then removed to Moorhead, where he still resides; secretary
of the state game and fish commission, 1901-6; an assistant secretary
of the state senate, 1911. [30*.]
Meeker^ M., b. at Fort Ann, N. Y., Oct. 14, 1844; settled in Farming-
ton, Minn., in 1867; owned grain elevators at Farmington and Rose-
mount. [48.]
Meeker, S., b. in Washington county, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1842; was
graduated at Eastman College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; served in the 34th
New Jersey Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1866, and
the next year settled at Castle Rock; engaged in milling and dealing
in grain. [48.]
Megaarden, Philip Tollef, lawyer, b. in Allamakee county, Iowa,
Oct. 2, 1864; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota,
1892; resides in Minneapolis; was sheriff of Hennepin county, 1900-04.
[22*; 24; 25; 26*.]
Megquier, George H., b. in Lincoln, Me., Sept. 20, 1844; served in the
108th Illinois regiment, 1862-5, attaining the rank of first lieutenant;
was admitted to the bar at Beaver Falls, Minn., in 1870; was county
attorney and county superintendent of schools in Renville county.
[29; 32.]
Megrund, Anders, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Gausdal, Norway, Dec.
24, 1848; came to the United States in 1877; was graduated at Augs-
burg Seminary, Minneapolis, in 1880; was pastor at Marsh River, Minn.
[169.]
502 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Mehl, Eugene, b. in Strasburg, Alsace; June 20, 1837; came to the
United States in 1852, and to Minnesota in 1883; was proprietor of the
Hotel Ryan in St. Paul after 1888. His sons, Eugene T., Edward J.,
and Emile J., assisted him in its management. [98*.]
Meier, John, R. C. priest, b. in Paderborn, Prussia, July 1, 1854;
came to the United States in 1874, settling in Minnesota; studied
theology at St. John's University, 1874-7; was ordained priest in 1877
at St. Paul; since 1885 pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Winona. [24;
26*; 32; 54.]
Meighen, William, b. in Green county, Pa., Dec. 5, 1816; came to
Minnesota in 1855, settling in Fillmore county, where he engaged in
surveying and dealing in real estate; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1859 and 1868-9, and a state senator, 1872-4. [29; 30.] -
Meilicke, Emil J., farmer, b. in Prussia in 1853; came with his
parents to the United States in 1866; resided at Windom, Minn.; was
a representative in the legislature in 1895, and a state senator,
1899-1902. [30.]
Meland, O. S., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Balestrand, Norway, Oct.
6, 1854; came to the United States in 1875; was a professor in Red
Wing Seminary, Minn., 1882-7, and afterward was pastor there. [169.]
Melby, C. K., farmer, b. in Norway in 1868; came to Minnesota in
1881; resided in Lyon county after 1890; was a representative in the
legislature in 1907-9. [30*.]
Melgaard, Hans L., banker, b. in Norway, Nov. 4, 1859; came to the
United States in 1882, and to Minnesota three years later; founded the
Farmers' and Merchants' Bank of Argyle in 1886, of which he is
president. [24; 35.]
Mellby, O. A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Jan. 9, 1843; was
graduated at the University of Christiania, 1872; came to the United
States the same year, settling in New Richland, Waseca county, Minn.
[75; 169.]
Mellen, Charles Sanger, b. in Lowell, Mass., August 16, 1851;
engaged in railroad business when twenty-one years old; was president
of the Northern Pacific railway company, 1896-1903, residing in St.
Paul; since president of the N. Y., N. H. and H. railroad company,
residing in New Haven, Conn. [17; 176 (Sept., 1897*); 238 (Aug. 13,
1897).]
Mellen, William H., farmer, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., Dec. 13, 1829;
d. in Mora, Minn., Feb. 1, 1907. He served in Ohio regiments, 1861-6;
came to Olmsted county, Minn., in 1866, but later removed to Murray
county; was a representative in the legislature in 1875, and engrossing
clerk, 1877; resided in Mora after 1905. [30; 237 (43*).]
Mellen, William Solon, b. in Crete, 111., Feb. 26, 1846; d. at Victoria,
B. C, July 29, 1893, He was prominent as a freemason in Minnesota.
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 503
He entered railroad service as a telegraph operator at the age of
nineteen, and at the time of his death was general manager of the
Northern Pacific railroad. [156; 159; 163; 176 (July, 1889*, and Aug.
1893*).]
Mellgren, A. S., farmer, b. in Vestergotland, Sweden, Aug. 25, 1846;
came with his parents to Carver county, Minn., in 1857; was graduated
at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1867; was treasurer of Watonwan
county, 1883-1904, residing in St. James. [169.]
Meloy, John C, b. in Cambria county, Pa., March 14, 1824; settled
in Hastings, Minn., in 1856; was county auditor two terms; was a
dealer in grain, and in farm machinery, and was vice-president of the
First National Bank. [48.]
Melvin, B. F., b. in Maine; d. in Owatonna, Minn. He settled in
Medford township, but removed to Owatonna after he was elected
treasurer of Steele county; served in that office, 1863-73. [72.]
Melvin, Samuel, pioneer, b. in Hallowell, Maine, Aug. 29, 1826; d. in
Winona, Minn., Nov. 18, 1905. He settled there in territorial days;
engaged in newspaper publication, and later was an auctioneer. [237
(39).]
Menage, Louis Francois, real estate dealer, b. in Providence, R. I.,
Aug. 3, 1850; came to Minnesota in 1871, in search of health. After
1874 he engaged in real estate business in Minneapolis, and was
president of the Northwestern Guaranty Loan company. [20; 84*.]
Menard, Joseph, pioneer, b. in Canada, Feb. 3, 1821; d. in Minne-
apolis, July 29, 1893. He settled at St. Anthony Falls in 1850; engaged
in building, and owned a farm on the site of Minneapolis. [60*.]
Mende, Carl A. E. H., Lutheran clergyman, b. March 26, 1853, in
Germany; came to the United States in 1871; was graduated at Con-
cordia College, Springfield, 111., in 1876; became pastor at St. Cloud,
Minn., 1876, at Owatonna, 1880, and at Shakopee, 1883. [148.]
Mendenhall, H. W., b. in Montgomery county, Ind., in 1828; came to
Minnesota in 1854; bought the first reaper in the Minnesota valley, and
used it on his farm at Le Sueur in 1856; later engaged in milling in
Rapidan, Blue Earth county. [32.]
Mendenhall, Luther, b. in Chester county, Pa., Aug. 7, 1836; was
graduated at the University of Michigan, 1860; served with the Penn-
sylvania Reserves in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1868, settling
at Duluth, where he has engaged in real estate business and banking.
[23; 24.]
Mendenhall, Richard Junius, banker, b. in Jamestown, N. C, Nov.
25, 1828; d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 19, 1906. He came to Minnesota in
1856, settling in Minneapolis; engaged in banking and loaning, and also
as a florist. In 1862 he was town treasurer. [3*; 19*; 20*; 22*; 26*;
59; 90*; 98*; 174*; 237 (43).]
504 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Menzel, Gregor, machinist and inventor, b. in Bielendorf, Prussia,
Aug. 21, 1826; came to the United States in 1847, and settled in Min-
neapolis in 1870. He designed and constructed the machinery for many
mills in this state. [20*; 58; 84*; 90*.]
Mercier, Mrs. Charlotte Moreau, b. near Leech Lake, Minn., Jan. 1,
1791; d. in St. Paul, Feb., 1895. She was a daughter of a French exile
and a halfbreed Indian woman. Both parents having died in her
childhood, she was brought up by a band of Ojibways; married in 1816
at Fort Garry a French voyageur named Jean Latourelle; lived a
roving life with him, traveling over much of this state. In the early
40's her husband died in St. Paul. A few years later she was married
to Felix Mercier, who soon afterward removed to California, leaving
his wife in Minnesota. At the time of her death she was 104 years old.
[237 (6).]
Mero, C. H., b. in Lincoln county, Maine, in 1843 ; served in the 20th
Maine Regt. in the civil war; settled in Ortonville, Minn., in 1879;
was county auditor, 1882-5. [32.]
Merriam, John L., banker, b. in Essex, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1825; d. in St.
Paul, Jan. 12, 1895. He came to Minnesota in 1860, settling in St. Paul,
where he engaged with J. C. Burbank and Capt. Russell Blakeley in the
staging and express business. He helped to organize the First National
Bank and the Merchants' National Bank of St. Paul, and was president
of the latter. In 1870-1 he was a representative in the legislature,
being speaker of the House. [18*; 27; 28, IV, VIII; 68; 93*; 237
(6, 9*); 238 (Jan. 13, 1895*).]
Merriam, William Nelson, geologist, b. near Waupun, Wis., Jan. 31,
1861; was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1881; was
assistant on the U. S. Geological Survey six years; later was employed
for various corporations, and since 1898 has been connected With the
Oliver Iron Mining Company; resides in Duluth. [31A.]
Merriam, William Rush, governor, b. at Wadham's Mills, N. Y., July
26, 1849; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1861; was graduated
at Racine College, Wis., in 1871. He immediately obtained employment
in the First National Bank of St. Paul, and in 1882 was elected presi-
dent of the Merchants' Bank. He was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1883, and again in 1887, being speaker of the House in the
latter year; was governor of Minnesota, 1889-93; was director of the
U. S. Census, 1899-1903, residing in Washington, D. C. [3*; 4; 17;
20*; 21*; 22*; 23; 26*; 27*; 28, XIII*; 30; 68; 93*; 98*; 166A*; 176
(April, 1886).]
Merrick, Ambrose Newell, lawyer, b. in Brimfield, Mass., Feb. 9,
1827; d. in Minneapolis, April 28, 1901. He was graduated at Williams
College in 1850; was admitted to the bar in 1857; practiced law in
Massachusetts and California until 1871, when he settled in Min-
neapolis, [22*; 90*; 137; 237 (14*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 505
Merrill, Daniel David, merchant, b. in Comstock, Mich., Feb. 16,
1834; d. in St Paul, May 21, 1896. He settled in St. Paul in 1855, and
five years later opened a bookstore which grew into the extensive busi-
ness of the St. Paul Book and Stationery Company. During the four
years of the Civil War he was the unpaid secretary and treasurer of the
United States Christian Commission. [18; 19*; 28, VIII; 94; 124; 142;
176 (April, 1886); 177 (June, 1896); 237 (9*); 238 (May 22, 1896*).]
Merrill, Elijah "Washington, Congregational clergyman, b. in Con-
way, N. H., March 13, 1816; d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 15, 1892. He was
graduated at Wesleyan University, 1842; engaged in teaching; was
principal of the University School, St. Anthony, Minn., 1851-4; was
ordained to the ministry in 1864; was a home missionary at Marine,
Winnebago, and Cannon Falls; resided in Minneapolis after 1884. [127B;
144.]
Merrill, Eugene Adelbert, b. in Byron, N. Y., Aug. 26, 1847; was
graduated at Hillsdale College, Mich., 1872; was admitted to the bar in
1874; settled in Minneapolis, and practiced law eight years; president
of the Minnesota Loan and Trust Co. since its organization in 1883.
[24; 25; 84*.]
Merrill, Galen Allan, b. in Kalamazoo, Mich., Dec. 28, 1859; came
to Minnesota in 1886, and has since been superintendent of the State
Public School for Dependent Children at Owatonna. [24; 26*; 70 A;
72.]
Merrill, George Coston, lawyer, b. in Manchester, 111., June 22,
1851; settled in Minneapolis in 1882; was admitted to the bar in 1895;
was register of deeds for Hennepin county, 1901-06; and president of
the Metropolitan State Bank of Minneapolis after 1907. [25; 26*; 60;
127A*.]
Merrill, George L., lawyer and farmer, b. in New Hampshire, Aug.
7, 1820; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1840; was admitted to
the bar; settled in Faribault, Minn., in 1854; practiced law there
fifteen years, and then removed to Merton township, Steele county,
where he owned a farm. [72.]
Merrill, George Robert, Congregational clergyman, b. in Newbury-
port, Mass., Dec. 2Q, 1845; was graduated at Amherst College, 1865; was
ordained in 1867; was pastor in Minneapolis, 1886-98; superintendent
of Honle Missions for the Congregational church in Minnesota since
1900. [85A*.]
Merriman, Coello, b. in New York, Dec. 2, 1849; settled in Minne-
sota in 1866; resided in Hennepin county, and later in Watertown;
engaged in insurance and real estate business; was a representative in
the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Merriman, Mrs. Efeie Woodward, editor and author, b. in Wabasha
county, Minn., Feb. 17, 1857; was married to Frank T. Merriman in
1879; editor of the Housekeeper, and author of many books, residing
in Minneapolis. [17; 24.]
506 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Merriman, Orlando Crosby, b. in Somerville, N. Y., July 27, 1827;
d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 2, 1906. He was admitted to the bar; settled
in Minneapolis in 1859; served as captain in the Sixth Minnesota Regt.
in the Indian war, 1862-4; engaged in lumber business, 1867-91, and
later was cashier of the Commercial Bank of Minneapolis; was one of
the three regents, with John S. Pillsbury and John Nicols, who in
1864-6 established on a good basis the financial standing of the State
University. In 1875 he was mayor of Minneapolis. [84*; 85A*; 115;
121.]
Merritt, Alfred, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., May 16, 1847;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1856, settling at Duluth. In
early life he was a sailor. He is widely known for his discovery and
development of the iron ore in the Mesabi range, and for promoting
the construction of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern railroad, and of
the great ore docks at Duluth. [21*; 22*; 237 (66*).]
Merritt, Andrus Richardson, b. in Warren county, Pa., June 22,
1853; came with his parents to Oneota, Minn., when a child, but" later
lived in Missouri until 1888, when he settled in Duluth; was interested
in mines of the Mesabi iron range. [21*.]
Merritt, Cassius C, b. in Tidionte, Pa., Jan. 5, 1851; came with his
father to Minnesota in 1856; engaged in railroad and mining enter-
prises on the Mesabi range, and resided in Duluth. [21*.]
Merritt, Dan S., journalist, b. in Newburgh, N. Y., May 11, 1816;
established the Sentinel in Red Wing, Minn., in 1855; afterward pub-
lished various other newspapers in this state; after 1874 resided in St.
Paul. [28, XII; 54.]
Merritt, George F., physician, b. in Dansville, N. Y., Dec. 21,, 1846;
was graduated at Rush Medical College, 1872; settled the same year
in St. Peter, Minn., where he has since practiced. [237 (45*).]
Merritt, Hitlett Clinton, financier, b. in Duluth, Minn., Aug. 17,
1872; engaged in real estate business and railroad building; owns large
interests in iron ore mining in northern Minnesota, and in gas, electric,
and banking companies of southern California; resides in Duluth. [17;
24.]
Merritt, Leonidas, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1845; came to
Minnesota in 1856; served in Brackett's Battalion, Minnesota Cavalry,
in the civil war; settled in Oneota (now a part of Duluth); was
interested largely in mining companies for developing the mineral
wealth of northen Minnesota; president of several banks, and vice-
president of the Duluth, Missabe and Northern Railway Company. He
was a representative in the legislature in 1893. [21*; 30; 31; 237
(66*).]
Merritt, Lewis J., b. in Hanover, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1848; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1856; resided in Missouri, 1874-87, and after-
ward engaged in mining on the Mesabi iron range, living in Duluth,
and later in Pasadena, Cal. [21*; 237 (66).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
507
Merritt, Napoleon B., b. in Hanover, N. Y., April 16, 1834; came to
the site of Duluth, Minn., in 1856, and engaged in lumbering; was
identified with other members of his family in the development of the
Mesabi iron mines and railroad. [21*.]
Merry, Benjamin Giles, dentist, b. in Edgecomb, Maine, Jan. 7.
1834; d. in Stillwater, Minn., March 27, 1895. He served in the 21st
Maine Regt, in the civil war, attaining the rank of major; settled in
Stillwater, Minn., in 1868. [40; 121.]
Merry, Charles W., dentist, b. in Bath, Maine, June 7, 1864; came
with his parents to Stillwater, Minn., in 1869; was graduated at the
Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery, 1883, and has since practiced
in Stillwater. [22*; 24; 25; 104*.]
Merz, W., farmer, b. in Germany in 1835; came to Minnesota in 1856;
resided at St. Joseph, Stearns county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30.]
Metcalf, Con., farmer, b. at Blackstone, Mass., in 1838; came to
Minnesota in 1857, settling in Houston county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Metcalf, Frank Cecil, b. in Dundas, Minn., in 1865; removed to
Minneapolis, was graduated at Curtiss' Business College; was employed
by a railroad company, and later engaged in real estate business until
1896; was register of deeds for Hennepin county, 1897-1900. [22*.]
Metcalf, George Reuben, physician, b. in Brattleboro, Vt., Dec. 17,
1848; d. at Orvieto, Italy, March 1, 1905. He was graduated at Amherst
College, 1872, and from the medical department of Columbia University,
1874; settled in St. Paul in 1881; author and editor of papers on the
history of freemasonry in Minnesota. [28, XII; 237 (35*).]
Metcalf, John Elmer, dentist, b. in Glover, Vt., Aug. 17, 1859; came
to Minnesota in 1865; settled in Fergus Falls in 1881. [25; 35.]
Metcalf, Tracy M., real estate dealer, b. in Homer, N. Y., in 1827;
came to St. Paul, 1854; was city comptroller, 1857-9; county auditor,
1861-2; representative in the legislature, 1874; removed to a farm near
the city in 1875, and several years later died there. [28, IV; 29*; 94;
158.]
Metcalfe, Thomas C, b. in 1842; d. in Minneapolis, September, 1901.
He settled in Minneapolis in 1881; was superintendent of the St.
Anthony Elevator Company. [168 (Sept. 11, 1901).]
Mettling, Peter J., b. in Harrison county, Ind., Nov. 4, 1856; came to
Minnesota in 1874; was a farmer in Chippewa county; removed to
Montevideo, 1890, engaging in the furniture and undertaking business;
a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Metzdorf, Peter J., b. in St. Paul, March 13, 1869; was treasurer of
Ramsey county, 1901-4. [237 (36*).]
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Meyer, Christian Wendlin, educator, b. in St. Martin, Stearns
county, Minn., Oct. 16, 1862; engaged in teaching after 1883; settled
in Hastings in 1896; has been superintendent of schools for Dakota
county since 1898. [56.]
Meyer, F. W., merchant, b. in Germany, May 19, 1851; came to the
United States in 1870, settling in Hastings, Minn.; engaged in the dry
goods business after 1877. [48.]
Meyer, John C. L., Lutheran clergyman, b. Oct. 23, 1871, at Harlem
(now part of Chicago), 111.; was graduated at Concordia College, Fort
Wayne, Ind., 1891, and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1894; was
pastor at Menno, S. D., and after 1900 at Fergus Falls, Minn. [148.]
Meyer, Joseph L., b. in Germany in 1847; d. in Brainerd, Minn., July,
1904. He came to the United States about 1870; published a news-
paper in St. Cloud, Minn., after 1871; removed to Little Falls in 1888;
was treasurer of Morrison county, 1893-1902. [237 (35).]
Meyerding, Henry J., b. in Germany, Jan. 23, 1828; d. in St. Paul,
April 20, 1897. He came to the United States in 1853, and to Minnesota
the next year; settled in St. Paul in 1862; was a representative in the
legislature in 1874. [237 (9*).]
Michael, James Clark, lawyer, b. in Preston county, Va., March 19,
1863; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling in Red Wing, where he was
admitted to the bar in 1885; removed to St. Paul in 1889; corporation
attorney of the city of St. Paul since 1903. [22*; 24; 93 A; 137.]
Michaelsen, J. M., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Vanelven, Norway,
March 28, 1861; came to the United States in 1883; studied theology at
Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, and was ordained in 1893; pastor in
Wilmot, S. D., 1893-96; in Clinton, Minn., after 1896. [148.]
Michaelson, M. B., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Vanelven, Norway,
April 9, 1868; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1896;
was ordained, 1899, and is pastor in Mankato. [148.]
Michaud, D., journalist and lawyer, b. in Quebec, Canada, in 1851;
was graduated at Victoria University; was admitted "to the bar; settled
in St. Paul in 1874; founder and editor of a French newspaper, Le
Canadien. [68.]
Michaud, Narcisse, grocer, b. in Canada in 1840; settled in St. Paul
in 1878, where with his brothers he established an extensive grocery
business. [68; 94?]
Mickxeson, Hans, b. in Norway, April 3, 1854; came with his parents
to the United States in 1868, and to Minnesota in 1871; resided at
Pelican Rapids after 1878; had charge of a mill, and engaged in
hardware business. [35.]
Middleton, James, b. in Ireland in 1833; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 2, 1902.
He came with his parents to the United States in 1845; resided in
Washington county, Minn.; was a representative in the legislature in
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 509
1876; removed to St. Paul in 1882, and engaged in real estate business.
[40; 237 (19*).]
Midthun, Mons M., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, May 14, 1859;
came to the United States in 1884; was educated at Augsburg Seminary,
Minneapolis, 1884-90; pastor in Superior, Wis., 1890-93; in New London,
Minn., since 1893. [148.]
Mikkelsen, Mitchell, physician, b. in Dane county, Wis., in 1850;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1864; was graduated at Keokuk
Medical College, 1877, and at the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
Chicago, 1884; settled in Delavan, Faribault county, Minn. [34; 39.]
Millard, Perry H., physician, b. in New York, 1848; d. in Baltimore,
Md., Feb. 1, 1897. He was graduated at Rush Medical College; settled
in Stillwater, Minn., in 1872; removed to St. Paul in 18S5; was one of
the chief organizers of the department of medicine in the University of
Minnesota, and was its dean from 1888 until his death. Medical Hall
there was named Millard Hall in his honor in 1906. [127B; 238 (Feb.
2, 1897).]
Millard, Watson Birchard, Congregational clergyman, b. in Dexter,
Mich., Sept. 13, 1848; d. in Hancock, Mich., Jan. 3, 1905. He was
graduated at the University of Michigan, 1871, and Chicago Theological
Seminary, 1874; was pastor in several states, being in St. Paul, Minn.,
1893-97; removed to Port Huron, Mich., and after 1903 resided in
Hancock. [144.]
Miller, Andrew, b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1851; came to Minnesota
in 1892, and resides in Duluth. He was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1899-1901, and 1905-7. [30*.]
Miller, Arthur W., physician, b. in Bushnell, 111., in 1870; came to
St. Paul with his parents in 1872; was graduated in medicine at the
University of Minnesota, 1897; practiced in St. Paul; was assistant
health commissioner after 1899, and coroner of Ramsey county after
1901. [93A; 237 (36*).]
Miller, Clarence Benjamin, lawyer, congressman, b. in Goodhue
county, Minn., March 13, 1872; was graduated at the University of
Minnesota, 1895, and from its law department in 19.00; resides in
Duluth; was a representative in the legislature in 1907; representative
in Congress from the Eighth district since 1909. [9; 17; 25; 30*;
31A.]
Miller, D. G., b. in Canada in 1844; came to Minnesota in 1866; was
one of the townsite proprietors of Cambridge^ Isanti county; settled in
Waterville in 1877, and engaged in wagon-making. [32.]
Miller, Mrs. Emily Huntington, author and educator, b. in Brooklyn,
Conn., Oct. 22, 1833; was graduated at Oberlin College, 1857; married
John E. Miller in 1860; was editor of The Little Corporal, published
in Chicago; wrote many magazine articles, poems, and children's
stories; in 1878 settled in St. Paul, Minn., where her husband died four
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years later; was dean of the Women's Department and associate
professor of English literature in Northwestern University, 1891-8;
returned to St. Paul. [3; 4; 17.]
Miller, Henry, b. in England, Feb. 26, 1834; d. in Minneapolis, Feb.
26, 1903. He came to the United States when twenty-two years old;
settled in Rochester, Minn., in 1865; engaged in milling and grain
elevator business there and in Winona, and later in Minneapolis; was
president of the Miller Elevator Company after 1896. [237 (28).]
Miller, Henry C, journalist, b. in Germany, April 18, 1842; came to
the United States in 1865; settled in St. Peter, Minn., in 1866; was a
state senator in 1879; established the Free Press in 1894, and has
since been its editor and publisher; postmaster of St. Peter since 1903.
[24; 25; 30; 32.]
Miller, Herbert J., journalist, b. in Deerfield, Wis., July 13, 1855;
d. in Luverne, Minn., May 11, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1879;
resided in Luverne, where he was editor and proprietor of the Rock
County Herald; was a state senator, 1895-1901. [30; 34; 71; 71A; 237
(56*J; 238 (Dec. 11, 1893*).]
Miller, Hubert H., printer, b. in Chicago, 111., Feb. 1847; settled in
St. Paul in 1857; engaged in newspaper work after 1862; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1872-3. [29; 30.]
Miller, James H., b. in New York; came to Minneapolis in 1873; was
superintendent of several flour mills. [168 (March 15, 1899*).]
Miller, John, b. in Sweden, May 15, 1824; came to the United States
in 1854; settled at White Rock, Minn.; was a representative in the
legislature. [169.]
Miller, John, b. in Dryden, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1843; d. in Duluth, Minn.,
Oct. 26, 1908. He settled in Dakota in 1880; owned a large farm and
dealt in real estate; was the first governor of the new state of North
Dakota, 1889-91; removed to Duluth in 1896, and engaged in grain
commission business. [17; 25.]
Miller, John Bradley, merchant, b. in Monticello, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1831;
was one of the pioneers of Mazeppa, Minn., where he owned a farm and
a furniture store. [74.]
Miller, John E., b. in Greentown, Ohio, Aug. 3, 1834; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 25, 1882. He was graduated at Oberlin College in 1860, and
married Emily C. Huntington, the authoress, the same year; in 1868
became connected with the Little Corporal magazine, and was its sole
proprietor, and his wife its editor, after 1871, until it was combined
with the St. Nicholas; settled in St. Paul in 1878, where he was widely
known as a Sunday School worker. [237 (1).]
Miller, John P., farmer, b. in Pennsylvania, May 11, 1809; d. in
Hopkins, Minn., July 16, 1894. He came to St. Anthony in 1849; owned
a claim on the site of a part of Minneapolis; later resided at Lake
Minnetonka. [59; 60*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 511
Miller, John Wadlin, sea captain, b. in Boston, Mass., May 7, 1826;
d. in Duluth, Minn., Nov. 24, 1905. He followed a seafaring life until
forty-seven years of age; settled in Duluth, where he was weigh-master
of grain elevators. [237 (39*).]
Miller, Joseph G., b. in Oswego, 111., in 1869; became a telegraph
operator, and engaged in railroad business; was employed by the
Duluth and Iron Range railroad in 1891, and resided at Two Harbors;
was a state railroad and warehouse commissioner, 1901-5. [30; 106*.]
Miller, Luke, physician, b. in Peterboro, N. H., Aug. 18, 1815; d. in
Lanesboro, Minn., July 12, 1881. He was graduated at Vermont Uni-
versity, 1841, and at Woodstock Medical College, 1844; settled in Chat-
field, Minn., in 1857; was a state senator, 1861-8; removed to Lanesboro
in 1869. [29*; 237 (1).]
Miller, Orange S., b. in Waterford, Maine, Sept. 6, 1849; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1853; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1883; teller and assistant cashier in Anoka National Bank,
1883-90; later resided in Champlin, Hennepin county, and engaged in
flour milling. [43*; 60.]
Miller, Orville Gilbert, printer, b. in Cooperstown, N. Y., Jan. 17,
1832; d. in St. Paul, May 30, 1893. He was a prominent freemason in
this state; settled in St. Paul in 1855. [156; 159; 163*.]
Miller, Robert H., pioneer, b. in Denmark, Maine, Jan. 5, 1820; d.
in Champlin, Minn., Aug. 27, 1886. He came to St. Anthony, Minn., in
1852; removed to Anoka in 1854; and later was a carriage maker in
Champlin. [43*.]
Miller, S. R., lawyer, b. in Mansfield, Ohio, Jan. 17, 1842; served in
Ohio and Indiana regiments during the civil war; was graduated at
Michigan University, 1871; was admitted to the bar the same year;
settled at Beaver Falls, Minn., in 1874, and was county attorney of
Renville county, 1877-82 and 1885-6. [32.]
Miller, Samuel, physician, b. in Union county, Ind., May 3, 1825;
served in the Mexican war and civil war; was graduated at Rush
Medical College, Chicago, in 1870; settled in Winona, Minn.; was a
representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Miller, Sophus N., b. in Norway in 1843; came to the United States
in 1863; settled in Alexandria, Minn., in 1868; engaged in real estate,
loaning, and insurance business; was postmaster nine years. [35.]
Miller, Stephen, governor, b. in Carroll, Pa., Jan. 7, 1816; d. in
Worthington, Minn., Aug. 18, 1881. He came to Minnesota for his
health in 1858, and engaged in business in St. Cloud. In 1861 he
enlisted as a private soldier, but was commissioned lieutenant colonel
of the First Minnesota Infantry, in 1862 colonel of the Seventh Minne-
sota, and in 1863 brigadier general. During the next two years he was
governor of Minnesota. Afterward, from 1871 until his death, he was
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field agent of the St. Paul and Sioux City railroad. In 1873 he was a
representative in the legislature. [1; 3; 18*; 22*; 27*; 28, XIII*; 29;
30; 34; 41; 109*; 115; 165; 237 (1); 238 (Aug. 19, 1881.]
Miller, W. A. journalist, b. in Nova Scotia, March 24, 1826; d. in
Minneapolis, Sept. 9, 1896. He came to Minnesota in 1875, and for
many years was connected with the Pioneer Press; was a prominent
Odd Fellow and Free Mason. [58; 238 (Sept. 10, 1896).]
Miller, Wayland, b. in Ashtabula county, Ohio, April 20, 1844;
settled in Sauk Rapids, Minn., in 1861, and engaged in the painting
business; was register of deeds of Benton county, 1880-83. [31.]
Miller, Winthrop, physician, b. in Dorchester, Mass., Dec. 22, 1850;
d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 14, 1884. He was graduated at Harvard College,
1873, and Harvard Medical School, 1876; settled in Minneapolis in 1877.
[139.]
Millette, Mrs. Mary R. Turpin, b. in St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 1, 1828;
d. in St. Paul, July 28, 1882. When only thirteen years old she married
Capt. Louis Robert, and came with him to St. Paul in 1844. There were
only three other white women then in St. Paul. In 1846 her husband
built the first frame house there. After his death she married Mr.
Millette. [68; 237 (1).]
Millette, Paul, pioneer, b. in Sorel, Canada, in 1833; came to St.
Paul in 1847; worked in the pineries, and was a pilot on the Missis-
sippi; engaged in mercantile business in New Canada nine years. [68.]
Milligan, Francis Henry, physician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 8,
1830; came to Wabasha, Minn., in 1853; was surgeon in the Third and
Tenth Minnesota Regts., during the civil war; afterward had a large
medical practice, and was a frequent contributor to medical journals,
mainly on surgery. He died in Wabasha, Dec. 5, 1888. [18; 74; 121;
139.]
Milligan, William F., physician, b. in 1870 in Wabasha, Minn.,
where he still resides; was a representative in the legislature . in 1897.
[30.]
Millis, Frank B., educator, b. at Brushy Prairie, Ind., Nov. 20,
1860; d. in Washington, D, C, Aug. 2, 1903. He was graduated at De
Pauw University, 1887; was professor in St Olaf College, Northfield,
Minn., 1888-90; taught in other universities, and after 1900 was
employed in the naval observatory, Washington. [133 (1905).]
Mills, Edward P., miller, b. in Vermont, June 15, 1831; came to
Minnesota in 1851; settled at Elk River in 1868, where he owned a half
interest in the lumber and flour mills. [31.] M
Mills, Edward S., b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1827;
served as captain in the 154th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to
Minnesota in 1871; settled on a farm in Nobles county; was county
auditor nine years; resided in Worthington after 1880. [34.]
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Mills, Ira B., judge, b. in Scotchtown, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1851; was
graduated at the Albany Law School, 1872; came to Minnesota in 1881,
settling at Moorhead; was judge of the Fourteenth judicial district,
1887-93; has been a member of the State Railroad and Warehouse
Commission since 1893. [24; 25; 30*; 35.]
Mills, James S., journalist, b. in Worcester, Mass., Nov. 20, 1855;
came to Minnesota when a child; engaged in newspaper work; was
editor of the Hastings New Era, and later of the Hastings Daily News.
[48.]
Mills, Jerome D., b. in Andover, Mass., Dec, 1852; was graduated
at Oberlin College; came to Minnesota in 1878, settled in St. Cloud,
and engaged in lumber business until 1894; was later an officer of the
State Reformatory, and of the State Board of Control; secretary of
this board since 1907. [30*.]
Mills, S. T., b. in Berkshire county, Mass., June, 1819; d. in Garden
City, Minn., in 1873. He settled in 1854 at Mills lake, which was
named for his wife, as she was the first white woman in Garden City
township. [32.]
Mills, William, educator, b. in Calumet, Mich., Oct. 28, 1879; was
graduated at Augsburg Seminary (College Department), Minneapolis,
1900, and at the University of Minnesota, 1901; studied theology at
Augsburg Seminary, 1901-04; became a professor in Red Wing Seminary,
1904. [148.]
Mills, William Henry, b. in Bellefonte, Pa., March 3, 1832; served
in the army during the Mexican war; came to Minnesota in 1855,
settling in Olmsted county; was captain in the Third Minnesota Regt.,
1861-3; was a member of the state constitutional convention, 1857, a
representative in the legislature, 1877-8, and a state senator, 1879;
resided'in Carver after 1871. [18; 30.]
Mills, William M., pioneer, b. in Canada in 1825; d. in Lac qui
Parle, Minn., Nov. 3, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1855; took the
first claim in Lac qui Parle county, 1868. [32; 237 (39).]
Milne, Andrew, b. in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1837; came to America
when five years old with his parents; settled in Winnebago City, Minn.,
in 1886, where he was president of the Star Manufacturing Company.
[34.]
Milne, John O., b. at Pocasset, Mass., July 1, 1839; d. in Duluth,
Minn., Sept. 5, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1857; served in the First
Minnesota regiment in the civil war; was a state senator in 1870;
settled at Duluth in 1890. [237 (48*).]
Miner, C. A., pioneer, b. in Dodge county, Wis., July 13, 1850; was
the first settler in Malta, Big Stone county, Minn., 1876. [32.]
Miner, Moses, b. in Detroit, Mich., Dec. 15, 1839; came to Minnesota
in 1869; was a soldier in the U. S. army five years, and afterward was
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government blacksmith at Fort Ripley two years; settled in Green
Prairie, Morrison county. [31.]
Miner, Nelson H., lawyer, b. in Shoreham, Vt, Jan. 26, 1833; came to
Minnesota in 1860; served in Hatch's Battalion of Minnesota Cavalry
on the frontier, 1864-6; settled in Sauk Center in 1S66; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1867-8. [22*; 29; 31; 137*.]
Minette, Frank E., farmer, b. in Ozaukee county, Wis,, March 9,
1859; came to Minnesota in 1879, and settled at Sauk Center; was
mayor, 1908-10; was a representative in the legislature in 1893, 1903,
and 1911. [30*.]
Minges, Joseph, b. in Bavaria in 1817; came to the United States in
1847, and to Otisco, Waseca county, Minn., in 1858; was a representa-
tive in the legislature in 1875. He died in Otisco, June 21, 1886, [75.]
Misener, Andrew, b. in 1820; d. in Faribault, Minn., July 3, 1877.
He settled there in 1855, and opened one of the first mercantile estab-
lishments in the town. [237 (1).]
Mitchell, Alexander M., pioneer, b. in 1809 in North Carolina; d. in
St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 26, 1861. He was graduated at West Point
Military Academy; studied law at Yale College; was colonel in the
Mexican war; settled in St. Paul in 1849, having been appointed U. S.
marshal of Minnesota, and held this office until 1851, when he resigned.
[94; 114.]
Mitchell, Charles S., journalist, b. at Allegheny City, Pa., Nov. 13,
1856; came to Minnesota when an infant; was graduated at the Uni-
versity of Michigan, 1880; was assistant editor of the St, Cloud Journal
Press until 1894, and later was editor and proprietor of the Alexandria
Post News. [38.]
Mitchell, Edward A., journalist, b. in Zumbrota, Minn., in 1856;
was editor and proprietor of the Zumbrota Independent, 1875-1905;
since 1907 publisher of the Midway Advertiser, St. Paul. [238 "(Dec.
2, 1893*).]
Mitchell, Edward Craig, Swedenborgian clergyman, b. in St. Louis,
Mo., July 21, 1836; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 8, 1911. He was graduated at
the Central High School, Philadelphia, in its collegiate department,
1856, and in law at the University of Pennsylvania, 1859; entered the
ministry in 1860; came to Minnesota in 1872, and resided four years
in Minneapolis; removed in 1876 to St. Paul, where he was pastor of
the New Jerusalem church thirty-eight years, 1873-1911; donor of an
extensive archaeological collection in the museum of the Minnesota
Historical* Society; author of The Parables of the New Testament
(1888, 544 pages), Parables of the Old Testament (1903, 437 pages), and
Scripture Symbolism (1904, 352 pages). [23; 24; 25; 93*; 9&A.]
Mitchell, George, b. in Scotland, Nov. 30, 1833; came to Canada in
1853; settled in Summit, Steele county, Minn., in 1857; removed to
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Owatonna in 1860, and owned part of the townsite; served in the First
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [72.]
Mitchell, Henry Zearing, merchant, b. in Harrisburg, Pa., Nov. 30,
1816; d. in St. Cloud, Minn., March 6, 1896. He settled in St. Cloud in
185?. and engaged in mercantile business. In 1862 he was appointed
commissary general of Minnesota. [23; 31.]
Mitchell, John Bybam Howard, journalist and lumberman, b. in
Monroe county, Ky., Nov. 26, 1820; came to St. Paul in 1852, and two
years afterward was one of the company who established the St. Paul
Daily Times; later lived in Stillwater, and engaged in lumbering; was
a representative in the legislature in 1863 and 1866. [18; 41.]
Mitchell, Joseph Lewis, banker, b. in Steele county, Minn., June
21, 1865; engaged in banking at Owatonna, 1883-7, and Minneapolis,
1887-1900; cashier of the National Bank at Austin since 1900. [24;
79; 111.]
Mitchell, Robert Cv journalist, b. in Bloomington, Ohio, Sept. 16,
1833; d. in Duluth, July 26, 1907. He was graduated at Wabash College,
Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1861; studied law and was admitted to the bar;
came to Minnesota in 1863; resided in Anoka, where he was county
attorney four years; established the Tribune in Duluth in 1870; pub-
lished it as a daily, 1879-89; engaged in real estate business five years;
established the Duluth Tribunal in 1894, which he published until his
death. [237 (48).]
Mitchell, W. H., journalist, commenced newspaper work in 1852,
and published various papers before coming to Minnesota. He settled
at first in Rochester, but later removed to Northfield, and in 1879 to
Elk River, where he took charge of the Elk River News; author and
publisher of descriptive and historical handbooks of Dakota, Dodge,
Goodhue, Hennepin, Olmsted, Steele, and Wabasha counties. [31.]
Mitchell, William, judge, b. in Stamford, Welland county, Ontario,
Nov. 19, 1832; d. near Alexandria, Minn., Aug. 21, 1900. He was
graduated at Jefferson college, Pa., in 1853; studied law; came to
Winona, Minn., in 1857, where he resided through life. He was a
member of the legislature in 1859-60; judge of the Third district,
1874-81; and associate justice of the supreme court, 1881-1900. [18;
22*; 23*; 30; 76; 95*; 136; 168 (April, 1892*); 239 (March 2, I860).]
Mitchell, William Bell, journalist, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1843;
settled in St. Cloud, Minn., in 1857; assisted his aunt, Mrs. Jane G.
Swisshelm, in newspaper work; afterward owned and published the
Journal-Press; was receiver of the U. S. land office, 1864-5 and 1878-85.
He was largely interested in real estate and milling in St. Cloud. [22*;
23; 27*; 31; 155*; 176 (Aug., 1887).]
Mitchell, William De Witt, lawyer, b. in Winona, Minn., Sept. 9,
1874; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1896; has
since practiced in St. Paul; served as second lieutenant in the
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Fifteenth Minnesota Regt. in the Spanish-American war, 1898. [24; 25;
127A; 137.]
Mitsch, George, b. in Germany in 1825; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 13,
1895. He came to the United States in 1846; settled in St. Paul in
1854; opened a blacksmith and wagon shop; and later owned a drug
store. [94; 174*; 238 (Sept 14, 1895).]
Mitsch, George J., druggist, b. in St. Paul in 1854; was graduated at
the Pharmacy College, Philadelphia, in 1876, and afterward was con-
nected with his father's store in St. Paul. [68; 94; 97; 132 (July,
1895).]
Mix, Charles H,, b. in New Haven, Conn., Dec. 30, 1833; d. in
Crookston, Minn., Dec. 15, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1852; was
secretary to Governor Gorman in 1854; was first lieutenant and after-
ward captain in the First Minnesota cavalry in the Indian war ; engaged
in farming near St. Paul, 1867-77; and was railway station agent at
Crookston after 1879. [35; 36; 115; 237 (56); 241.]
Mix, Edward Townsend, architect, b. in New Haven, Conn., May 13,
1831; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 23, 1890. He built many important
buildings in Milwaukee, Minneapolis, and other western cities. [3*.]
Mo, Hans, b. in Norway, March 17, 1850; came to the United States
in 1872, settling at Byron, Minn.; engaged in drug business at Sleepy
Eye after 1877, and since 1886 in banking; secretary of the Sleepy Eye
Flour Milling Co. [24; 32.]
Moak, John A., b. in Cherry Valley, N. Y., May 2, 1845; served in
the civil war; was manager of several concert companies and shows;
settled in St. Paul in 1884; engaged in real estate business; agent for
the Humane Society since 1897. [96*.]
Moberly, R. W., b. in Owensboro, Ky., April 26, 1847; came to Min-
nesota in 1868; settled on a claim in Olney, Nobles county, in 1872;
removed to Worthington in 1884; was county treasurer, 1887-92. [34.]
Moe, Anton J., physician, b. in Trdndhjem, Norway, Feb. 12, 1868;
came to the United States in 1883; was graduated at Rush Medical
college, Chicago; settled at Heron Lake, Minn., in 1902; founder of the
Southwestern Minnesota hospital. [62*.]
Moer, Samuel H., judge, b. in Mills county, Iowa, in June, 1856; d.
near Asbury Park, N. J., November, 1909. He settled in Duluth in
1890; was judge in the Eleventh judicial district, 1894-1900; removed
to New York City, where he afterward practiced law. [30; 237 (59).]
Moes, John, b. in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1827; came to the United
States in 1851; settled on a farm in Hampton, Dakota county, Minn., in
1860; was postmaster at New Trier after 1873. [48.]
Moffatt, Arthur Bingham, farmer and banker, b. in Polo, 111., July 30,
1854; came to Minnesota in 1873, settling at Le Sueur; removed in 1893
to Mankato, and in 1898 to St. Joseph, Mich.; was treasurer of the Min-
nesota State Agricultural Society, 1893-8. [166A*.]
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Moffet, Lot, pioneer, b. in Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1803; d. in
St. Paul, Dec. 28, 1870. He came to St. Paul in 1848, and was for
several years proprietor of a hotel on Jackson street, named the Tem-
perance House, but often called Moffet's Castle. [28, IV; 32; 68; 94;
157*; 158.]
Mohl, Fred, b. in Sweden, Aug. 31, 1860; came to the United States
in 1876, and to Nobles county, Minn., the same year; settled in Adrian
in 1883, and engaged in real estate, loaning, and insurance business.
[24; 34.]
Mohler, A. L., b. in Ephrata, Pa., May 6, 1849, became connected
with railroad business in 1868, and was rapidly promoted; was in the
employ of the Great Northern railway, 1882-93, and in 1894 became
general manager of the Minneapolis and St. Louis railway. [22*.]
Mohn, Thorbjorn N., educator, b. near Skien, Norway, July 15, 1844;
d. in Northfield, Minn., in 1899. He came with his parents to the
United States in 1852; was graduated at the Lutheran College, Decorah,
Iowa, in 1870, and at Concordia College, St. Louis, 1873; came to St.
Paul in 1874, and a few months later became principal of St. Olaf Col-
lege, Northfield, Minn. [70; 133 (Nov., 1899*. and Dec, 1908*); 148;
149; 169.]
Molander, Alfred, b. in Helsingborg, Sweden, Aug. 2, 1859; came
with his parents to the United States in 1863; lived in Stillwater,
Minn.; engaged in the theatrical profession a few years, and is the
author of several plays; removed to Anoka in 1891, and has since been
manager of a clothing store. [25; 43*.]
Molander, Swan B., b. in Sweden, Feb. 27, 1855; came to the United
States in 1869; was county auditor of Kanabec county, 1885-95, and a
clerk in the office of the state auditor, 1895-1903; was graduated from
the St. Paul College of Law, 1903, and has since practiced in St. Paul.
[24; 25; 26*; 93A; 111; 169.]
Mold, John G., b. in 1823; d. in Sunrise, Minn., in 1873. He settled
there in 1854; owned a hotel, and engaged in milling and mercantile
business. [41.]
Moltne, Lewis, Jr., b. in Sweden, Sept. 12, 1866; d. in Willmar,
Minn., Oct. 14, 1903. When four years old, he came with his parents
to the United States, and to Whitefield, Kandiyohi county, Minn., the
same year. He engaged in mercantile business in Willmar after 1887;
and was secretary of the Northwestern Brick Manufacturers' Associa-
tion after 1901. [63*; 237 (28).]
Moll, Henry, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 13, 1848; came to St.
Peter, Minn., when twelve years old; was sheriff of Nicollet county,
1881-7, and judge of probate since 1902. [24; 25; 32; 237 (45*).]
Mollison, Allan, b. near Glasgow, Scotland, in 1838; came to
America with his parents when four years old; settled on a farm in
Austin, Minn., in 1856; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil
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war; was sheriff of Mower county, 1867-71; later engaged in farm
machinery business, [111.]
Moloney, Gerald R., physician, b. in Ireland, Jan. 7, 1849; came to
America in 1872; was graduated in medicine at the University of the
City of New York, 1875; has since practiced in Belle Plaine, Minn;, and
own§d a drug store. [24; 25; 32.]
Monahan, Frank, merchant, b. in Rock county, Wis., in 1862; came
to Minnesota in 1879; resided at Witoka, Winona county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1893. [30.]
Monfort, Charles J., b. in Colchester, N. Y., March 18, 1841 ; d. in
St. Paul, April 9, 1904. He came to Minnesota in the early 60's; was
proprietor of the Windsor hotel, St. Paul, after 1880. [237 (35*).]
Monfort, Delos Abram, banker, b. in Hamden, N. Y., April 6, 1835;
d. in Atlantic city, N. J., Aug. 26, 1899. He settled in St. Paul in 1857,
and engaged in banking business, being president of the Second
National Bank of St. Paul at the time of his death. [23*; 2$, IX; 68;
94; 95*; 98*; 125; 156; 237 (9*); 238 (May 30, 1893*, and Aug. 27,
1899*).]
Monroe, B. H., b. in Alfred, N. Y., July 31, 1823; came to Minnesota
in 1865; engaged in mercantile business, and owned a hotel at Minne-
sota Falls; was sheriff of Yellow Medicine county. [32.]
Monroe, James, Jr., soldier, b. in Virginia; was brevetted captain in
1846; was commandant at Fort Snelling in 1850; resigned from the
army in 1855. [11; 12.]
Monson, M. F., merchant, b. in Sweden in 1844; came to the United
States with his parents in 1858; settled in Vasa, Goodhue county,
Minn., in 1869; was postmaster there after 1873. [54.]
Montague, Robert J., lawyer, b. in Boston, Mass., March 3, 1849;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856; was admitted to the bar in
1880; settled in Crookston the next year, where he has since practiced;
register of the U. S. land office since 1905. [24; 35.]
Montgomery, Albertis, b. in South Canton, N. Y., Jan. 13, 1833;
came to Minnesota in 1857; settled in St. Cloud in 1862, engaged in
mercantile business, contracting and building, and later owned and
managed a stave and chair factory. [31.]
Montgomery, Alex., M. E. clergyman, b. in Donegal county, Ireland,
Dec. 26, 1813; d. in Cleveland, Le Sueur county, Minn., April 6, 1892.
He came to America in 1840, and to Minnesota in 1856; owned a farm
near Cleveland, and was a local preacher. [180 (May 4, 1892).]
Montgomery, Hugh B., b. in Canada in 1834; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 16,
1885. He came to St. Paul in 1854; owned a restaurant and saloon;
was one of the townsite proprietors of Crookston. [68; 81; 94.]
Montgomery, J. H., b. in Waukegan, 111., in 1850; d. in Wadena,
Minn., March 18, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1879; settling in
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Verndale; was sheriff of Wadena county, 1882-3, removing to Wadena;
later engaged in the sale of farm machinery, stock, and real estate.
[237 (39).]
Montgomery, Marcus Whitman, Congregational clergyman, b. in
Prattsburg, N. Y., June 21, 1839; d. in Chicago, 111., Feb. 6, 1894. He
was graduated at Amherst College, 1869, and Yale Theological Sem-
inary, 1878; came to Minnesota in 1881; was superintendent of home
missions three years, and afterward had charge of Scandinavian mis-
sionary work; removed to Chicago in 1890. [144.]
Montgomery, Thomas, b. in Mountcharles, Ireland, June 4, 1841; d.
in St. Paul, June 7, 1907. He came to America in 1845, and in 1856
settled in St. Paul; enlisted in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in 1862,
and was mustered out of service in 1867, having attained the rank of
major; engaged in real estate and insurance business in St. Peter,
1867-91, and afterward resided in St. Paul; was grand secretary of the
Masonic order after 1889. [23*; 24; 32; 121; 237 (48*).]
Montgomery, William H., b. in Madrid, N. Y., July 20, 1834; came to
Minnesota in 1853, and engaged in farming; settled in Owatonna, 1871,
in mercantile business. [70A; 72.]
Monti, Ferdinand, b. in Switzerland, in 1834; d. in St. Paul in 1880.
He came to the United States when five years old, settled in St. Paul
in 1850; engaged in mercantile business, and in steamboating. [94.]
Montman, John F., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Hudson, Wis., Jan.
13, 1858; d. in Rushmore, Minn., July 18, 1898. He was graduated at
Wabash College, 1886, and McCormick Theological Seminary, 1889;
came to Minnesota, and was pastor at Lakefield, Summit Lake, and
Rushmore. [153.]
Moodey, James C, b. in New Albany, Ind., May 3, 1859; came to
Minneapolis in 1894, where he established a fire insurance agency.
[22*; 25.]
Moody, Frank T., b. in Waterbury, Vt, Nov. 17, 1853; came to St.
Anthony, Minn., the next year; became clerk for the Minneapolis
Water Works department in 1880, and afterward registrar. [90*.]
Moody, Joseph, b. in Waterbury, Vt., July 27, 1816; came to Minne-
sota in 1854; settled in Sauk Rapids in 1874, and engaged in mercan-
tile business and farming. [31.]
Mooers, Augustus P., merchant, b. in Kennebec county, Maine, April
8, 1835; came to Minnesota in 1869, settling in Cokato, where he built
the first store. [31.]
Mooers, Daniel S., farmer, b. in Kennebec county, Maine, Feb. 19,
1837 ; came to Minnesota in 1852 ; purchased of S. B. Olmstead, in 1866,
a farm opposite Fort Ripley, which was the first farm opened in Crow
Wing county. [31.]
Mooers, Hazen, pioneer fur trader, b. near Plattsburg, N. Y., Aug. 3,
1789; d. near Fort Ridgely, Minn., in 1858. He took part in the war of
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1812; entered the employ of the American Fur company about 1820, and
took charge of their trading post at Lake Traverse in 1835; afterward
established a trading post on Gray Cloud island, and also another at
Shakopee, where after 1845 he was government farmer. The later
years of his life were spent on a claim near Fort Ridgely. [41; 103;
131; 237 (2).]
Mooers, Henry, farmer, b. in Vienna, Maine, Dec. 27, 1836; came to
Minnesota in 1852; settled in Cokato in 1860, being the first white
settler in that part of the state; served in the second Minnesota Reg.
in the civil war; was a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Moon, Daniel H., wholesale grocer, b. in Leesburg, Ind., Aug., 1846;
was graduated at Notre Dame University, 1866, and came to Minnesota
the same year, settling in Rochester; removed to St. Paul in 1881; now
resides in Ox Bow, Saskatchewan. [166A*.]
Moon, Nelson, M. E. clergyman, b. in Erie, Pa., Jan. 19, 1818; came
to Minnesota in 1855; was pastor in various towns, and owned a farm
in Chester, Wabasha county; resided in Lake City after 1883. [74;
237 (40).]
Moonan, John, lawyer, b. in 1867; resides in Waseca, Minn.; was
admitted to the bar in 1887, and was county attorney of Waseca county,
1899-1903; a state senator since 1907. [30*.]
Moore, Albert Randall, lawyer, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1869;
came to St. Paul with his father in 1878; was graduated in law at the
University of Minnesota, 1891; has since practiced in St. Paul. [22*;
24; 25.]
Moore, Alexander, miller, b. in the District of Columbia, April 14,
1823; d. in Sauk Center, Minn., Dec. 20, 1901. He came to Minnesota in
1851, settling in Minneapolis; was one of the founders of Sauk Center
in 1857-65, building its first sawmill and flouring mills. [18; 59; 237
(19*).]
Moore, David Doixoff, pioneer, b. in Sanbornton, N. H., Aug. 11,
1814; came to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in lumbering, and after 1857
resided on a farm in St. Anthony township. [60*.]
Moore, E. J., farmer, b. in Indiana in 1835; came to Minnesota in
1881; resided at Osage, Becker county, was a representative in the
legislature, 1891-5. [30.]
Moore, George Russell, banker, b. in Barnet, Vt., March 16, 1849;
came to Minnesota in 1868, and settled on a farm in Jackson county;
was clerk of court in that county, 1878-86; entered banking in 1887;
president of the First National Bank of Jackson. [24; 39; 62*.]
Moore, George W., M. E. clergyman, b. in Washington county, Pa., in
1828; d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 7, 1900. He settled in Minneapolis in
1886. [180 (April 11, 1900).]
Moore, George William, journalist, b. in Wells, Pa., May 28, 1824; d.
in St.. Paul, Feb. 13, 1891. He came to St. Paul in 1850, and was fore-
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man of the Pioneer newspaper office two years; later was part owner
of the Minnesotian; in 1861 was appointed deputy collector of customs.
[18; 94; 124.]
Moore, H. H., b. in Moultrie county, 111., in 1852; settled in Paxton,
Redwood county, Minn., in 1869; owned a store, hotel, and blacksmith
shop, and was postmaster. [32.]
Moore, James Edward, surgeon, b. in Clarksville, Pa., March 2,
1852; was graduated at the Bellevue Hospital Medical College of New
York, 1873; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Minneapolis, where
he has been in the staff of several hospitals and a professor of surgery,
University of Minnesota, since 1888. [3*; 17; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 84*;
85A; 127 A*, B.]
Moore, James Elbert, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1846; settled in
St. Paul in 1878; was land commissioner of the St. Paul and Sioux City
Railroad company. [93*.]
Moore, Jehiel Tuttle, physician, b. in Oxford county, Ontario,
Canada, Oct. 4, 1848; was graduated in medicine at McGill University,
1874; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Minneapolis; was dean of
the Minneapolis College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1883-96, and
professor in the medical department of Hamline University, 1897-1908.
[85A.]
Moore, John G., educator, b. in Germany, Nov. 12, 1848; came to the
United States in 1863; was graduated at Cornell University, 1873; came
to Minneapolis the same year, and has been professor of German in the
University of Minnesota since 1874. [17; 24; 58; 127 (2*); 127B; 237
(53*).]
Moore, Joseph Knight, journalist, b. in Enfield, Mass., Feb. 17 1828;
d. in Los Angeles, Cal., Feb. 3, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1859,
settling in St. Peter, where during many years he was postmaster. He
at first purchased an interest in the Free Press, and in 1860 founded the
Tribune; was private secretary to Governor McGill, 1887-9, residing in
St. Paul; removed to California in 1894. [18; 28, XII; 32; 155*;
237 (39).]
Moore, Richmond H., lawyer, b. in Richmond, Va., April 28, 1835;
was admitted to the bar in New Orleans; served in the Tenth West
Virginia Regt. during the civil war; settled in Lake City, Minn., in
1881. [27*.]
Moore, Russell Lucretius, physician, b. in Montville, Ohio, Dec. 31,
1841; d. at Spring Valley, Minn., Aug. 13, 1902. He served in the
Seventh Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was graduated at Rush
Medical College, 1867; came to Minnesota the same year, and after
1871 resided in Spring Valley. [52; 121; 237 (19).]
Moore, Stewart L., b. in Erie, Pa., Feb. 6, 1853; d. in St. Paul, April
21, 1903. He came to St. Paul in 1878; was general freight agent of the
Northern Pacific railroad after 1887. [237 (28*).]
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Mooke, Terence, R. C. priest, b. in Ireland, July 20, 1869; came to
America, and taught in St. Thomas College, St. Paul, thirteen years;
was pastor at Rosemount after 1904. [56.]
Moorhouse, William, b. in Beckwith, Canada, March 8, 1830; came
to Minnesota in 1861, and settled in Hastings two years later; engaged
in milling, and later in mercantile business. [48.]
Moran, Patrick J., b. in Canada in 1849; came to Minnesota in 1868;
resided in Faribault, and dealt in agricultural implements; was a
representative in the legislature in 1899. [30.]
Moran, Thomas Francis, educator, b. in Columbia, Mich., Jan. 9,
1866 ; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1887 ; was super-
intendent of schools at Elk River, Minn., 1887-92; has been professor of
history and economics in Purdue University, Lafayette, Ind., since 1895 ;
author, "How Minnesota became a State," in Minn. Hist. Society Collec-
tions, vol. VIII, 1898, pages 148-184. [17.]
Morand, Amos, b. in Canada in 1803; d. in St. Paul, May 7, 1893.
He came to Minnesota in 1824, as one of a party of hunters, and
remained in the vicinity of St. Paul. [237 (2).]
More, Andrew R., Sr., farmer, b. in Hamilton, Scotland, June 21,
1813; came to the United States in 1850, and settled in Pilot Grove,
Faribault county, Minn., in 1858; was a representative in the legis?
lature. [51.]
More, James W., b. near Glasgow, Scotland, Nov. 28,1851; came to
Minnesota with his parents in 1858; built the first store in Elmore,
Faribault county, in 1881; was county treasurer, 1895-8. [39.]
Morehouse, Eli Martin, physician, b. in Warren, Ohio, March 2,
1835; d. in Owatonna, Minn., May 23, 1891. He was graduated from the
University of Medicine and Surgery, Philadelphia, 1853; came to
Owatonna in 1855; was a state senator in 1878. [18; 29; 30; 70A*;
72*.]
Morey, Charles Anson, lawyer, b. in Vershire, Vt, Aug. 9, T3&1; d.
in Winona, Minn., Sept. 26, 1904. He came to Minnesota with his
parents in 1861; was graduated at the Normal School at Winona, 1872;
was admitted to the bar in 1879, and settled in Winona; was president
of the Winona Savings Bank, and secretary of the .Winona Building
and Loan Association; was a member of the State Board of Control,
1901. [22*; 26*; 27*; 74; 137; 237 (35*).]
Morford, Joseph W., merchant, b. in Oswego county, N. Y., Jan. 18,
1830; settled in Owatonna, Minn,, in 1855; engaged in mercantile busi-
ness, and bought 160 acres of land that was afterward included in the
townsite; was treasurer of Steele county, 1857-61; removed to Water-
town, Dakota. [29; 72.]
Morgan, Andrew Jackson, printer, b. in Ohio about 1827; d. in St.
Paul, Aug, 27, 1856. He came to St. Paul in 1852; was editor of the St.
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
523
Peter Courier, and was chief clerk of the territorial senate in 1855.
[28, X; 94.]
Morgan, Charles A., b. in New York in 1826; d. in St. Paul, April
11, 1870. He settled in St. Paul in 1853; engaged in mercantile and
real estate business; was city treasurer, 1859-64. [237 (1); 238 (April
12, 1870).]
Morgan, Darius F., lawyer, b. in Jackson county, Iowa, Feb. 1854;
d. in Minneapolis, April 27, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1876, and
the next year was admitted to the bar in Austin; removed in 1878 to
Albert Lea; was a representative in the legislature in 1889, and in
1890 removed to Minneapolis; was a state senator in 1895-7. [22*; 27*;
30; 111*; 137*; 237 (28*).]
Morgan, David, M. E. clergyman, b. in France, Aug. 25, 1846; came
to the United States in 1867, and to Minnesota in 1874; was pastor in
St. Paul after 1880. [68.]
Morgan, Evan, pioneer, b. in Wales, March 10, 1805; came to the
United States in 1838; settled in Moscow, Freeborn county, Minn., in
1855; owned a farm adjoining the townsite; was a representative in the
legislature in 1866. [53.]
Morgan, Frank Marcy, b. in Hill, N. H., Dec. 25, 1856; came to Min-
nesota in 1879; engaged in banking in St. Paul and St. Cloud, and
after 1889 was cashier of the Bank of New England in Minneapolis.
[21*.]
Morgan, George H., b. at St. Catharine's, Ont, Canada, Jan. 1, 1855;
was graduated at West Point Military Academy, 1880; was professor of
military science in the University of Minnesota, 1891-5, and again in
1903-5; became captain in the U. S. Army in 1896, and major in 1899.
[127 (12*); 127B.]
Morgan, George Nelson, soldier, b. on Messina island, N. F., Sept. 7,
1825; d. in Minneapolis, July 24, 1866. He came to Minnesota in 1856,
and assisted in erecting the first foundry and machine shop at St.
Anthony. At the begining of the civil war he enlisted in the First
Minnesota regiment, of which he became colonel in 1862. He was
brevetted brigadier general of volunteers in 1865. Morgan Post, G. A.
R., was named in his honor. [1; 60*; 115; 174*; 237 (27*).]
Morgan, Henry A., lawyer, b. in Jackson, Iowa, March 14, 1863;
came to Minnesota in 1880; settling at Albert Lea; was admitted to the
bar in 1885; was county attorney of Freeborn county, 1891-9; and a
state senator, 1903-05. [24; 26*; 30.]
Morgan, John, pioneer, b. in Pennsylvania; resided in Stillwater,
Minn., in 1845; was sheriff of St. Croix county, Wis., in 1848; kept a
hotel on the road between Stillwater and St. Paul, and operated a ferry
across Lake St. Croix. [41.]
Morgan, Michael Ryan, soldier, b. in Halifax, N. S., Jan. 18, 1833;
d. in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 16, 1911. He was graduated at West Point,
524 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1854; attained the rank of brigadier general during the civil war;
retired from the army in 1897; later resided in St. Paul. [17; 24; 25;
93 A*; 121; 237 (59*, 67).]
Morgan, Willotjghby, soldier, b. in Virginia; d. April 4, 1832. He
was commandant at Fort Snelling in 1825; attained the rank of colonel
in 1828. [11; 12.]
Moriarty, J. J., b. in Belle Plaine, Minn., March 23, 1884, and resides
mere; was admitted to the bar in 1910; a representative in the legis-
lature, 1911. [30*.]
Morin, William, b. in Maryborough, Ireland, in 1827; d. in Los
Angeles, Cal., March 17, 1887. He settled in Minnesota in 1856, and
owned half the town site of Albert Lea; was the first county auditor
and the first register of deeds for Freeborn county. [23*; 53; 53A*.]
Morison, George A., b. in St. Hyacinthe, Canada, Oct. 4, 1839; first
came to Minnesota in 1858; was an Indian trader at Leech Lake, Red
Lake, White Earth, and other places; was reservation overseer at Red
Lake Agency, 1896-1901; was on the office staff at White Earth Agency
after 1905. [44.]
Mork, Carl A., b. in Norway, Sept. 27, 1840; came to the United
States in 1868, and to Minnesota four years later; settled in Palmyra,
Renville county; was register of deeds, 1877-82. [32.]
Mork, R. Li., farmer, b. in Norway in 1860; came to Minnesota in
1881; settled in Bricelyn, Faribault county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1903-09. [30*.]
Morley, John Richmond, farmer, b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., Nov.
19, 1850; came to Minnesota in 1868; resides in Owatonna; was a
representative in the legislature in 1901-5. [30*; 70A.]
Morphy, Edward Howard, lawyer, b. in Brantford, Ontario, Sept. 20,
1856; was admitted to the bar in 1880; settled at St. Paul in 1886; was
vice consul for Great Britain in St. Paul, 1888-1902. [24; 25; 93.]
Morrill, Ashby Cutler, lawyer, b. in Canterbury, N. H., Jan. 9, 1830;
was graduated in law at Harvard College; came to Minnesota in 1857,
settling in Minneapolis, and engaged in milling and lumbering, 1868-78.
He resided in Little Falls after 1884, where he erected the Little Elk
mills. [27; 176 (Dec, 18S7, and Nov., 1892).]
Morrill, George W., lawyer, b. in Nashua, N. H., June 27, 1836; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1862; was admitted to the bar in
New York city in 1864; settled in Anoka, Minn., in 1870; was county
attorney four years. [31.]
Morrill, Gulian Lansing, clergyman, b. in Newark, N. J., Dec. 1,
1857; was graduated at the Baptist Theological Seminary in Chicago;
was pastor of Calvary Baptist church in Minneapolis ten years; founded
the "People's Church" there in 1903, and has since been its pastor;
author of "Tracks of a Tenderfoot in Africa, Asia, and Europe" (332
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 525
pages, 1902), "A Musical Minister" (206 pages, 1906), and other books.
[85A*.]
Morris, Charles A. F., b. in Ireland in 1827; d. in Excelsior, Minn.,
June 2, 1903. He came to the United States in 1849, and to St. Paul in
1854; was connected with the engineering department of several rail-
roads, among them being the Northern Pacific; removed to Oregon, but
a few years later returned to Minnesota, and resided in Excelsior. [94;
237 (28).]
Morris, Evan R., farmer, b. in Wales in 1842; came to the United
States in 1849, and settled in Minnesota in 1871; resided in Fillmore
county; was a representative in the legislature in 1889. [30; 171*.]
Morris, James H., b. in Fort Niagara, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1845; d. in
Santa Barbara, Calv Dec. 1, 1906. He served in Ohio and New York
regiments during the latter part of the civil war; settled in Dass'el,
Minn., in 1869, where he owned a sawmill and the first store; removed
to Litchfield in 1873; was postmaster, 1875-87; afterward resided on a
farm. In 1898 he removed to Carpenteria, Cal. [65*; 121.]
Morris, John, educator, b. at Blue Mounds, Wis.; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1868; was graduated at the University of Min-
nesota, 1888; was superintendent of manual training in the High
Schools of Minneapolis; later removed to Illinois. [171*.]
Morris, Owen, lawyer, b. in Anglesey, Wales, Aug. 12, 1858; came to
Minnesota in 1869; was graduated at Carleton College, 1881; was a
representative in the legislature in 1883; was admitted to the bar in
1886, and has since practiced in St. Paul. [25; 93; 171*; 238 (Nov. 9,
1899).]
Morris, Robert Page Waller, judge and congressman, b. in Lynch-
burg, Va., June 30, 1853; was graduated at Virginia Military Institute,
1872; was admitted to the bar in 1880; settled at Duluth in 1886; was
judge in the Eleventh judicial district, 1895-6; representative in Con-
gress, 1897-1903; U. S. judge for the district of Minnesota since 1903.
[10; 17; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 30; 31A; 111*.]
Morris, Samuel Vance, Jr., b, in Hamilton county, Ohio, Oct. 4, 1870;
came with his father to Minnesota, and settled in Minneapolis, where
he conducted an insurance business; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1899-1901. [22*; 25; 30.]
Morris, Walter, pioneer, b. in Ohio, Jan. 12, 1833; came to Minne-
sota in 1853; was one of the townsite proprietors of Faribault, 1854;
was auditor and register of deeds for Steele county, 1861-3; settled in
Morristown, Rice county, in 1875, and engaged in mercantile business.
[70; 72.]
Morris, William Richard, lawyer, b. near Flemingsburg, Ky., Feb.
22, 1859; belongs to the African race, his father having been a slave;
was graduated at Fisk University, 1884; was admitted to the bar in
1887, and came to Minnesota in 1889, settling in Minneapolis. [22*;
26*; 85A*.]
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Mobbisky, James E., b. in Halifax, N. S., April 22, 1849; came to
Minnesota in 1879, and settled in Crookston two years later, where he
owned a foundry and machine shop. [35.]
Morrison, Addison M., journalist, b. in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1852; came
to Minnesota in 1861; taught school eighteen terms; established the
Canby News in 1878, and the Mankato Journal in 1885. [32; 45*.]
Morrison, Allan, pioneer, b. in Canada, June 3, 1803; d. at White
Earth, Minn., Nov. 28, 1877. He came to Minnesota in 1820, as an
Indian trader in the vicinity of Leech and Red lafes; was the first
settler at Crow Wing; was a representative in the first territorial legis-
lature. Morrison county is named in his honor. [31; 41; 114; 131;
237 (1).]
Morrison, Clinton, banker, b. in Livermore, Maine, Jan. 21, 1842;
came to Minnesota in 1854 with his parents, and has since resided in
Minneapolis; engaged in mercantile, lumber and banking enterprises;
was vice president and manager of the Minneapolis Harvester Works;
was president of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings bank, 1876-1905.
[20*; 23*; 24; 25; 58; 84*; 85A.]
Morrison, Daniel Alexander, b. in Franklin, Pa., Nov. 8, 1842;
served in the civil war in the 32d Wisconsin Regt.; in 1866 settled in
Rochester, Minn., of which city he was mayor, 1875-77; was a state
senator, 1878-85. [18; 23; 30; 66; 66A.]
Morrison, Dorilus, lumberman, b. in Livermore, Maine, Dec. 27, 1816;
d. in Minneapolis, June 26, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 185£,
spending one year in Stillwater, and then settling in Minneapolis. He
engaged in the manufacture of lumber, and was prominent in the
development of the water power of the falls of St. Anthony, and also in
connection with the Minneapolis Harvester Works and the Northern
Pacific railroad. He was the first mayor of Minneapolis, 1867; and a
state senator, 1864-5. [18; 19*; 20; 22*; 23*; 28, VIII, IX*; 41; 59;
84*; 85A*; 167 (July 2, 1897*); 237 (9*); 238 (June 28, 1897).]
Morrison, Francis, pioneer, b. in Windsor, Vt;., in 1813; d. in Min-
neapolis, May 31, 1894. He came to St. Anthony in 1852; was president
of the Mississippi Bridge Company, which constructed the first bridge
across the Mississippi, 1854; engaged in lumber business, and owned
and platted an addition to the city of Minneapolis. [60*; 167 (June 1,
1894).]
Morrison, H. G. O., lawyer, b. in Livermore, Maine, Jan. 24, 1817;
was admitted to the bar in 1838; came to St. Anthony in 1855; was a
representative in the legislature, 1860-1; lived in St. Paul, 1869-73;
then removed to Minneapolis. [41; 58; 90*; 239 (Feb. 29, I860).]
Morrison, James Dow, b. in Waddington, N. Y., Oct. 16, 1844; was
graduated at McGill University, Montreal, 1865; was ordained a priest
in 1870; was archdeacon of Ogdensburg, N. Y., 1881-97; was consecrated
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 527
as the first Protestant Episcopal missionary bishop of Duluth in 1897,
and has since resided there. [17; 24; 25.]
Morrison, John George, b. at Lake Winnebagoshish, Minn., April 29,
1843 ; was an Indian trader, and after 1865 was in charge of a company
of Indian scouts at Crow Wing Agency; removed to the White Earth
Reservation in 1874; was government farmer there; after 1893 resided
at Red Lake. [44.]
Morrison, P. W., judge, b. in Sibley county, Minn., March 12, 1866;
was admitted to the bar in 1891, and settled in Norwood the same year;
was county attorney of Carver county, 1894-1902; judge of the Eighth
judicial district since 1905. [24; 25; 30.]
Morrison, Robert George, lawyer, b. at Blair's Mills, Pa., July 31,
1860; was graduated at the Iowa State University, 1882, and in law
there, 1883; settled at Minneapolis in 1883, where he has practiced law
since 1886. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 85A*.]
Morrison, Samuel, lawyer, b. in St. Paul, April 15, 1858, and resided
there; was admitted to the bar in 1882; was judge of probate, 1889-90.
[93*.]
Morrison, William, explorer, b. in Montreal in 1785; d. on Morrison's
island, Canada, Aug. 7, 1866. He was a partner in the New York fur
company, and explored the northwest territories in 1803-15, preceding
Schoolcraft in the discovery of the source of the Mississippi. [1; 28,
VII*; 109*; 114.]
Morrow, William J., b. in Ottawa, Canada, May 20, 1848; came to
Minnesota in 1866; ten years later purchased a farm in Becker county;
was clerk of court, 1877-83, and county auditor, 1885-95, residing in
Detroit, where he later engaged in banking. [25; 35.]
Morse, Alfred, Congregational clergyman, b. in Bath, Maine, June
23, 1812; d. in Austin, Minn., Oct. 7, 1894. He was graduated at Water-
ville College, 1842, and Bangor Theological Seminary, 1846; came to
Minnesota in 1864; was pastor in Austin, Guilford, Rose Creek, and
Nevada. [144.]
Morse, Frank L., b. in Vermont in 1837; d. in Minneapolis, April 22,
1898. He came to Minnesota in 1858; settled in Minneapolis, and
engaged in real estate business; was a representative in the legislature
in 1878, and a state senator in 1891-3. [30; 90*; 237 (9*).]
Morse, Henderson Dwight, b. in Milton, Vt, March 19, 1829; d. in
Winona, Minn., May, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in
Winona, and engaged in real estate business and loaning. [18; 76;
78*.]
Morse, Jay Collins, b. in Painesville, Ohio, March 24, 1838; engaged
from 1865 in iron mining works in the Lake Superior region, and in
1887 was one of the purchasers of the Minnesota Iron Company's
mines at Tower and of the Iron Range railroad. He resided in Chicago.
[20.]
528 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
#r Morse, Solon Osmond, merchant, b. in Arrowsic, Maine, May 23, 1843;
settled in Minnesota in 1872; has engaged in mercantile business at
Slayton since 1882; was a representative in the legislature in 1905-07.
[24; 30*.]
Moese, T. P., M. E. clergyman, b. in Delaware, N. Y., April, 1830; d.
in Augusta, N. Y., April 22, 1866. He came to Minnesota in 1858, and
was an itinerant preacher of High Forest, Mantorville, Pine Island, and
other circuits. On account of failing health he returned to New York
in 1865. [150.]
Mortenson, August, b. in Ystad, Sweden, Nov. 25, 1829; came to the
United States in 1854, and to Rice county, Minn., in 1856; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1883; resided in Faribault, and was a
harness maker. [169.]
Mortimer, Richard W., pioneer, b. in Leeds, England, about 1800;
d. in St. Paul in 1843. He came to America when nineteen years of
age; lived at Fort Snelling, 1835-42; settled in St. Paul the latter year;
raised the first flag there on Christmas day, 1842; built the first house
with a shingled roof in this city; opened a store, and also cultivated
forty acres of land. [28, IV; 94.]
Morton, C. A., banker, b. in Ohio in 1839; served in the civil war,
being captain in the 32d Illinois Regt. for a year; established a bank
in St. Paul in 1871; was a state senator, 1877-8. [30.]
Morton, George R., b. in Waupun, Wis., Oct. 10, 1848; came with his
parents to Minnesota, in 1855; was chief engineer of the State Capitol,
1872-98; has since engaged in steam heating. [25; 30.]
Morton, Rufus P., b. in Nova Scotia, 1862; came to Minnesota in
1882, settling in Minneapolis; removed to Brickton, Mille Lacs county,
1901, engaging in manufacture of brick; a representative in the legis-
lature, 1911. [30*.]
Moser, Charles, b. in Bavaria, Germany, May 4, 1825; came to the
United States in 1852, to Minnesota in 1854, and the next year settled
on a farm in Golden Valley, Hennepin county; built a linseed oil mill,
and later a grist mill. [60.]
Moses, William, merchant, b. in Canada in 1842; came to Minnesota
in 1868; settled in Alexandria in 1883; engaged in mercantile business,
and was vice president of the Douglas County Bank. [35.]
Mosher, P. M., merchant, b. in New York in 1844; came to Minnesota
in 1855; settled in Fillmore; was a representative in the legislature in
1877. [30; 52.]
Mosness, Ole, lawyer, b. in Norway in 1843 ; came to the United
States when twenty-one years old; served in the Sixth Illinois Light
Artillery in the civil war; was graduated at Chicago Law School, 1872;
came to Minnesota in 1878, and settled in Moorhead in 1881; owned a
farm; was county attorney in 1884. [35; 169.]
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Moss, Mrs. Amanda Horsford, pioneer, b. in Charlotte, Vt., Aug. 18,
1821; d. in St. Paul, March 31, 1910. She came to Stillwater, Minn., in
1848, to teach the first school there; was married in 1849 to Henry L.
Moss; removed to St. Paul in 1851. [131A*; 174*.]
Moss, Henry Lawrence, pioneer, b. in Augusta, N. Y., March 23,
1819; d. at Lake Minnetonka, Minn., July 20, 1902. He was graduated
at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., 1840; studied law, and in 1848 came
to Stillwater, Minn., and removed to St. Paul in 1850; aided in the
organization of the territory; was appointed in 1849 United States
district attorney, and held this office until 1853; was reappointed to
the same office in 1862, and served until 1867; spent the winter of
1856-7 at the national capital, with Hon. H. M. Rice, in securing from
the government the land grants for the railroads of Minnesota; author
of several papers in the Minn. Hist. Society Collections. [18; 28, IV;
29; 41; 69; 94; 95*; 98*; 114; 131A*; 137; 174*; 237 (19*); 238 (April
15, 1894*, and Sept. 20, 1899).]
Mosse, Fred Richard, physician, b. at Sun Prairie, Wis., Nov. 1, 1855;
was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1874, and Homeopathic
Medical College, Chicago, 1877; has since practiced in Rochester, Minn.
[24; 66.]
Mott, Charles W., b. in 1852; served as a drummer boy in the Sixth
Michigan heavy artillery, 1864-5; was traveling salesman for a mercan-
tile company; became connected with the land department of the
Northern Pacific railroad, with office in St. Paul, in 1893, and soon
afterward was appointed general immigration agent. [176 (Jan.,
1902*).]
Mott, Edward, teacher, b. in Wayne, Mich., Feb. 5, 1850; settled in
Winona, Minn., in 1871; was a representative in the legislature, 1876-7.
[30.]
Mott, Orrin, farmer, b. in New York in 1854; came to Minnesota in
1878, settling at Verdi, Lincoln county; was a state senator, 1891-3.
[30.]
Mott, Rodney Alonzo, lawyer, b. in Warsaw, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1825;
settled in Faribault, Minn., in 1856, and two years later was admitted
to the bar; published the first newspaper in Rice county; was county
attorney, and county superintendent of schools; was a representative in
the legislature in 1881; was one of the founders of the state schools
in Faribault for the deaf, the blind, and the feeble-minded. [23; 24;
26*; 28, X; 70; 70A.]
Moulton, Charles William, educator, b. in Elmira, N. Y., May 6,
1859; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1885; taught in
Shattuck School, Faribault, four years; has been professor of chemistry
in Vassar College since 1892. [17.]
Moulton, George Kimball, merchant, b. in Hopkinton, N. H., in 1835;
d. in Winnebago City, Minn., Oct. 9, 1880. He came to Minnesota in
34
530 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1855 ; settled in Winnebago City in 1857, and owned the first store
there. [39.]
Moulton, Justin P., b. in Gilbertsville, N. Y., July 4, 1828; came
to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in mercantile business and kept a hotel
in Olmsted county; was a representative in the legislature, 1862-3; was
receiver of the U. S. land office in Worthington, 1875-81. [34.]
Mousseau, Charles, pioneer, b. in Montreal, Canada, in 1806; d. in
Mineapolis, Feb., 1882. He came to Minnesota in 1829 as a voyageur of
the American Fur Company; spent a year at Lac qui Parle, and was
afterward in the vicinity of Fort Snelling; built for Col. John H. Stevens
the first dwelling house in Minneapolis; settled on the shore of Lake
Calhoun in 1849. [59; 237 (1); 238 (Feb. 22, 1882).]
Mowbray, A. G., b. in Newport, England, Feb. 22, 1839; d. in San
Antonio, Texas, in July, 1901. He came to the United States in 1856,
and to Minneapolis in 1864; engaged in flour milling in Stockton and
Winona, Minn.; removed to New York in 1883. [168 (July 31, 1901*).]
Mowee, Martin, b. in Stark, Maine, in 1819; d. in Areola, Minn., July,
1890. He came to Stillwater in 1843; four years later, with others,
built a sawmill at Areola; afterward was a member of the St. Croix
Boom Company. [41; 42; 167 (Aug. 1, 1890).]
Mower, John E., pioneer, b. in Bangor, Maine, Sept. 15, 1815; d. in
Areola, Minn., June 11, 1879. He settled in the St. Croix valley in 1842,
and at Stillwater, Minn., in 1844; engaged in the lumber business; was
a member of the council of the territorial legislature, 1854-5, and a
representative in the legislature, 1874-5. Mower county was named
for him in 1855. [40; 41*; 42*; 237 (1); 238 (June 12, 1879).]
Mowery, Christian, Congregational clergyman, b. near Bern, Switzer-
land, Sept. 22, 1844; d. in New Ulm, Minn., Oct. 1, 1887. He came to
the United States with his parents when nine years old; was graduated
at Marietta College, and at Yale Divinity School in 1878; was pastor in
New Ulm after 1882. [143.]
Moyer, Lycurgus R., b. in Niagara county, N. Y., Oct. 29, 1848; came
to Minnesota in 1870, settling at Montevideo; was admitted to the bar
in 1875; was county surveyor of Chippewa county thirty years, and
judge of probate twenty years; cashier of the Chippewa County Bank.
[24; 32.]
Mudgett, Isaiah S., b. in Penobscot county, Maine, June 7, 1839;
came to Minnesota in 1858; settled in Princeton in 1865, and was after-
ward auditor of Mille Lacs county. [31.]
Muehlberg, Franz Otto Hermann Ehrenfried, adjutant general, b. in
Gross Floethe, Hanover, Germany, May 3, 1833; d. in Carver, Minn.,
March 27, 1911. He came with his parents to the United States in 1846,
settling in St. Louis, Mo. ; removed to Carver, Minn., in 1856 ; served in
the Fifth Minnesota Regt. during the civil war, attaining the rank of
captain; later engaged in surveying and in newspaper publication until
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 531
1893; was adjutant general of Minnesota, 1893-9. [22*; 30; 32; 237
(67*).]
Mueller, Ernst F., Lutheran clergyman, b. Oct. 7, 1860, in Germany;
came to the United States in 1884; was graduated at Concordia College,
Springfield, 111., in 1887; was pastor in Woodbury, Washington county,
Minn., 1890, and in Posen, Yellow Medicine county, after 1893. [148.]
Mueller, Heinrich Julius, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, Dec.
12, 1837; was graduated at the Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.,
1870; was pastor in Minnesota at Willow Creek, 1870-85, at Lester
Prairie, 1886-98, and at Brewster after 1899. [148.]
Mueller, Louis C, banker^ b. in Germany, March 24, 1839; came to
the United States in 1859, and to Minnesota in 1865; opened the
German-Scandinavian Bank in Minneapolis in 1876, and was its presi-
dent; later engaged in mercantile business. [58.]
Muir, Walter, farmer, b. in Scotland, April 22, 1836; came to the
United States in 1848; served in the U. S. navy in the civil war; settled
in Berlin, Steele county, Minn., in 1865; was a representative in the
legislature in 1877. [30.]
MuLFORD, Aaron Denman, b. in Elizabeth, N. J., Jan. 10, 1840; settled
in Minneapolis in 1871; engaged in fuel business, and was president
of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Savings Bank; aided in the organiza-
tion of the Chamber of Commerce, 1881, and was its first vice-president.
[84*.]
Mullen, John Henry, adjutant general, b. in Ireland, March 16, 1843;
d. in Wabasha, Minn., April 9, 1907. He came to the United States
when a child; served in the 12th Connecticut Regt. in the civil war,
attaining the rank of captain; came to Minnesota in 1865; settled in
Grafton, Sibley county; engaged in farming and mercantile business;
in 1883 was admitted to the bar in Wabasha; was adjutant general of
Minnesota, 1889-93. [30; 32; 74; 98*; 121; 237 (43).]
Mullen, John J., lawyer, b. at West Point, N. Y., in 1849; came to
Minnesota in 1857; was a representative in the legislature, 1874-5; was
admitted to the bar in 1877; resided in St. Paul. [93.]
Mullen, John T., journalist, b. near Litchfield, Minn., July 4, 1869;
commenced to learn the printer's trade in 1886; purchased the Litch-
field Saturday Review in 1890, which he afterward published. [22*.]
Mullen, Michael, b. in St. Albans, Vt, in 1839; came to Minnesota
in 1865; settled in New Ulm in 1870; was president of the Citizens'
National Bank. [32.]
Mulleb, Alfred, physician, b. in Bern, Switzerland, Dec. 1825; was
graduated at the University of Bern, 1851; came to the United States
in 1852; settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1856; served as surgeon at Fort
Ridgely during the Indian outbreak of 1862; removed to New Ulm in
1867. [29*; 32.]
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Muller, Alix J., b. in St. Paul in 1873; d. in Oklahoma City, April
6, 1904. She engaged in newspaper work in the Western states five
years; was connected with the St. Paul Pioneer Press in 1895; and was
associate editor of the Spring Valley Vidette. She compiled the
History of the Police and Fire Departments of the Twin Cities, 1899.
[96*; 237 (35*).]
Muller, John~ pioneer, b. in Baden, Germany, in 1816; came to the
United States; was one of the first settlers in Crooked Creek township,
Houston county, Minn., 1856; owned a large farm, and a broom factory.
[61.3
Mulliken, Walter K., educator, b. in Orneville, Maine, July 26, 1846;
came with his parents to Zumbrota, Minn., in 1857; was graduated at
Carleton College, 1876; settled in St. Paul, and was principal of the
Curtiss Commercial College; after 1886 was proprietor for several
years of the St. Paul Business College. [98*; 99*; 124.]
Mullin, John C, farmer, b. in New Brunswick in 1847; came to
Minnesota in 1869; settled at Havelock, Chippewa county, in 1873; was
a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Munch, Adolph, merchant, b. in Saxony, Prussia, in 1829; d. in St.
Paul, Nov. 26, 1901. He came to the United States in 1850, and to
Minnesota in 1854; resided at Taylor's Falls and Pine City; settled in
St. Paul in 1871. [237 (19*).]
Munch, Emil, state treasurer, b. in Prussia in 1831; came to the
United States in 1849, and to Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1852; was a
representative in the legislature, 1860-1; was captain of the First Min-
nesota Battery, 1861-5; was state treasurer, 1868-72; owned a flouring
mill at Afton, Washington county, after 1875. [40; 41; 115.]
Munch, Paul, b. in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1833 ; d. in Chengwatana,
Pine county, Minn., July 26, 1901. He came to the United States in
1854; settled at Taylor's Falls, Minn.; served in the First Minnesota
light artillery in the civil war, attaining the rank of first lieutenant;
removed to Franconia, Chisago county, and later to Chengwatana. [40;
237 (14).]
Munger, Enos, Baptist clergyman, b. in Munson, Mass., in 1825;
d. in Lakeland, Washington county, Minn., Oct, 4, 1881. He was grad-
uated at Brown University, 1854, and three years later at Newton
Theological Seminary; was ordained to the ministry; settled in Lake-
land, Minn,, in 1858; enlisted in the Seventh Minnesota Regt in 1861,
and afterward was chaplain in a colored regiment. [40.]
Munger, Roger S., b. in North Madison, Conn., Feb. 23, 1830; came
to Minnesota in 1857, and settled at Duluth in 1869; engaged in lum-
bering, grain and elevator business, and flour milling; was president
of the Duluth Iron and Steel Co. [20; 23; 24; 31A.]
Munger, Russell Carlton, b, in Madison, Conn., in 1837 ; d. in Roch-
ester, Minn., Nov. 25, 1901. He settled in St. Paul in 1856, and was
the pioneer music dealer there. [68; 94; 98*; 156; 237 (19*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 533
Munger, Walter A., merchant, b. in Minnesota in 1S61; resided in
Mazeppa, and engaged in the hardware business; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1897-9. [30.]
Munn, Marcus D., lawyer, b. in Southington, Conn., Feb. 22, 1858;
was graduated at Yale University, 1881, and from its law department,
1883; has since practiced in St. Paul. [24; 25; 93; 98*; 137*.]
Munbo, George Hugh, b. in Sydney, Cape Breton, N. S., March 12,
1846; d. in Morris, Minn., Dec. 5, 1911. He came to Minnesota in
1862, and settled at Morris in 1877; engaged in wheat buying, and
owned a drug store; was sheriff of Stevens county, 1885-1900, and
auditor, 1903-6. [24; 73; 237 (68*).]
Munbo, William James, b. in Sydney, N. S., June 1, 1850; came to
Minnesota in 1872, and settled in Morris in 1875; engaged in the grain
commission business, and had many other financial interests; edited
The Tribune, 1877-82; was cashier of the Stevens County Bank, 1882-
94; and purchased the Morris Sun in 1894. [22*; 24; 73.]
Murdoch, John N., lawyer, b. in Winchendon, Mass., Sept. 23, 1831;
was graduated at Brown University, 1852; came to Minnesota in 1854,
and three years later settled in Wabasha. [74.]
Murdoch, Albert Jasper, physician, b. in Oswego county, N. Y.,
March 27, 1847; was graduated in medicine at Columbia University,
1870; practiced at Taylor's Falls, Minn., 1870-83, and in Minneapolis
since 1883. [24; 40.]
Murdoch, Hollis R., judge, b. in New York, Aug. 15, 1832; d. Jan.
14, 1891. He was graduated at Williams College, 1854; settled in Still-
water, Minn., the next year; was admitted to the bar in 1856; was a
representative in the legislature in 1871; was judge of the First judi-
cial district, 1890-1. [40; 41; 42*; 137.]
Murdoch, Horace G., physician, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y.,
in 1858; came to Minnesota in 1877; was graduated at Rush Medical
College in 1881; settled in Taylor's Falls in 1883. [38*.]
Murphy, D. J., b. in Wisconsin in 1877; came to Minnesota in 1885;
settled in Waseca, and engaged in the livery business; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1909. [30*.]
Murphy, E. W., merchant, b. in Armagh, Ireland, May 1, 1832; came
to the United States, and in 1855 settled in Albert Lea, Minn.; en-
gaged in milling and after 1878 in mercantile business. [53.]
Murphy, Edward, b. in New Brunswick, N. J., Oct. 17, 1821; d. in
Minneapolis, Jan. 18, 1877. He came to Minnesota in 1851, and set-
tled at St. Anthony Falls. He obtained three hundred acres of land
where the city of Minneapolis now stands. [29*; 59; 84*; 166A*; 237
(1).]
Murphy, Franklin W., lawyer, b. in Pleasant Valley, Wis., Aug. 24,
1869; came to Minnesota in 1891; was graduated in law at the Uni-
534 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
versity of Minnesota, 1893, and settled In Wheaton the same year;
engaged in law practice and farming; was elected a manager of the
State Agricultural Society, 1910. [166A*.]
Murphy, John, pioneer, b. in Green county, Tenn., Feb. 24, 1810;
settled in Jordan, Fillmore county, Minn., in 1856; owned a sawmill
and a farm. [52.]
Murphy, John B., b. in St. George, N. B., in 1880; came to Minne-
sota in 1886; engaged in real estate business in Minneapolis; was a
representative in the legislature in 1907. [30*.]
Murphy, John Fiske, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Jan. 7, 1850; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1857; learned the printing trade, and
owned the first job printing office in Waseca; in 1883 purchased a half
interest in the Herald. [75.]
Murphy, John Henry, physician, b. in New Brunswick, N. J., Jan.
22, 1826; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 31, 1894. He was graduated at Rush
Medical college, Chicago, in 1851, after settling the previous year in
St. Anthony, Minn. During the civil war he served as surgeon in the
First, Fourth, and Eighth Minnesota Regts. Afterward he resided in
St. Paul; was a member of the territorial legislature in 1852, and of
the state constitutional convention, 1857; and after 1870 was surgeon
general of the state for many years. [18; 19*; 29; 41; 59; 68; 84*;
93*; 98*; 121; 163; 166A*; 237 (3).]
Murphy, Mark, b. in Berlin, Wis., Feb. 8, 1850; d. in Royalton,
Minn., Jan. IS, 1910. He came to Minnesota, and lived in Lake City
and Minneapolis, and after 1884 at Royalton, where he built a large
flouring mill. [237 (62*).]
Murphy, Stephen C, journalist, b. in Fond du Lac county, Wis.,
May 29, 1862; came with his parents to Minnesota when five years
old; lived in Goodhue county, and after 1880 in Stevens county; was
admitted to the bar in 1884; owned and published the Sun in Morris
after 1885. [73; 238 (Dec. 3, 1893*).]
Murphy, W. W., farmer, b. in Westmoreland county, Pa., July 27,
1837; d. near Madelia, Minn., Aug. 19, 1904. He served in the 14th
Pennsylvania cavalry in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain;
settled in Madelia, Minn., in 1866; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1872. [34; 237 (35*).]
Murphy, William, merchant, b. in Rutland, Vt, Nov. 3, 1860; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1862; was graduated at St. John's
University, 1884; has engaged in mercantile business at Kingston,
Meeker county, since 1886. [65.]
Murphy, William Henry, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, March 31, 1842; d.
in Minneapolis, Minn,, May 12, 1906. He served in the civil war, at-
taining the rank of captain; resided in Cincinnati and Chicago, and
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 535
after 1889 in Minneapolis, where he was manager and state agent of
the National Life Insurance Company. [85A*; 121.]
Murphy, William James, journalist, b. in St. Croix county, Wis.,
July 23, 1859; was graduated at Notre Dame University, 1878; pub-
lisher of the Minneapolis Tribune since 1891. [17; 24.]
Murray, Asher, lawyer, b. in Delhi, N. Y., Sept. 21, 1858; was grad-
uated at Rutgers College, 1879; came to Minnesota in 1880, and set-
tled in Wadena; was judge of probate, 1889-1902; is engaged in real
estate, loaning, and insurance business; was a representative in the
legislature in 1905. [25; 30*.]
Murray, Frank, lawyer, b. in Medo, Blue Earth county, Minn., July
12, 1870; was admitted to the bar in 1896; practiced four years in
Janesville, and since 1900 at Bird Island; was county attorney of Ren-
ville county, 1903-10; a state senator, 1911. [24; 30*.]
Murray, George, pioneer, b. in Nova Scotia, Jan. 24, 1841; came to
Minnesota in 1862; was the first settler in Rolling Green township,
Martin county; served in the First Minnesota heavy artillery in the
civil war. [39.]
Murray, Hugh, b. in Washington county, Vt., in 1837; settled on a
farm in Lemond, Steele county, Minn., in 1858; was a representative
in the legislature two terms; was sheriff of Steele county, 1884-8; re-
sided in Owatonna after 1898. [72; 237 (56).]
Murray, William Pitt, lawyer, b. in Hamilton, Ohio, June 21, 1825;
d. in St. Paul, June 20, 1910. He studied at Miami University, Oxford,
Ohio; was graduated in law at the State University of Indiana, 1849,
and came to St. Paul the same year; was a member of the territorial
legislature, 1852-3, and in 1857, and of the council, 1854-5, being its
president in 1855; was a member of the state constitutional conven-
tion, 1857; a representative in the legislature in 1863 and 1868; and
a state senator, 1866-7, and 1875-6. He was a member of the St. Paul
city council, 1861-8 and 1870-9, being six years its president; and for
thirteen years was the city attorney, 1876-89. Murray county, estab-
lished in 1857, was named in his honor. [18*; 20; 25; 28, IV; 29; 32;
41; 68; 69; 93; 94; 114; 137; 158; 166A*; 174*; 237 (30*); 238 (Aug.
6, 1897*).]
Murray, William Robbins, physician, b. in Marquette, Mich., April
6, 1869; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1892, and Rush
Medical College, 1897; clinical professor of diseases of the nose and
throat, University of Minnesota, since 1905. [85A; 127A*, B.]
Mussey, Harvey E., journalist, b. in Romeo, Mich., March 18, 1849;
came to Minnesota in 1881; settled in Warren in 1886, and two years
later purchased the Sheaf. [35.]
Muus, Bernt Julius, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, March 15,
1832; was graduated at Christiania University, 1854; came to the
536 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
United States in 1859; was pastor in Goodhue county, Minn., 1859-99.
He founded St. Olaf College, Northfield, in 1874, and was president of
the Minnesota district of the synod, 1876-83. Owing to ill health he
resigned his pastoral charge in 1899 and went to Norway, where he
died May 25, 1900. [54; 133 (Nov., 1899*, and June, 1900*); 148; 149*;
169.]
Myebs, A. J., journalist, b. in 1851; d. in Lake City, Minn.,- Dec. 18,
1907. He was editor of the Graphic Sentinel there for seventeen years.
[237 (48).]
Myees, Charles H., b. in Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 22, 1858; engaged
in shoe business in Red Wing, 1892-1904; was city clerk, and after
1909 was county auditor. [56.]
Myees, Simon, lawyer, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., May 14, 1862; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1883, and settled in Minneapolis the same year;
was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Myers, W. D., physician, b. in Madison county, N. Y., Feb., 1830;
was graduated from the medical department of Columbia College; was
surgeon of the 88th Indiana Regt. in the civil war; settled in Minne-
apolis in 1878, where he established and conducted the Surgical In-
firmary. [58.]
Myers, William H., farmer, b. in Waseca county, Minn., in 1866;
resides at Alma City; was a representative in the legislature in 1905.
[30*.]
Myhre, John H., Lutheran clergyman, b, in Telemarken, Norway,
March 1, 1850; studied theology at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis,
and was ordained in 1875; pastor in Story county, Iowa, 1875-80, and
in Clay, Becker, and Otter Tail counties, Minn., after 1880. [148; 169.]
Mylius, Charles, banker, b. in England in 184S; was graduated at
Victoria University; came to the United States in 1883; settled in
Pipestone, Minn., the next year; was president of the First National
Bank after 1889. [34.]
Myran, Nels H., merchant, b. in Winneshiek county, Iowa, March
30, 1855; settled at Elbow Lake, Minn., in 1884; was postmaster and
deputy sheriff. [35.]
Myran, O. H., merchant, b. in Numedal, Norway, in 1853; came to
the United States in 1868, and to Minnesota in 1876; settled at Ada,
Minn., in 1881; was a state senator, 18994901. [30; 35; 37; 38.]
Myrick, Ira, b. in New York in 1820; built the first frame build-
ing in La Crosse, Wis.; settled in Elysian, Minn., and engaged in the
manufacture of lumber. [32.]
Myrick, Nathan, b. in Westport, N. Y., July 7, 1822; d .in St. Paul,
June 3, 1903. He laid out and founded the city of La Crosse, Wis., in
which he was the first settler. In 1848 he settled in St. Paul, engaged
in trade with the Indians, and afterward in real estate business. [23*;
28, IV*; 29; 41; 68; 78; 94; 95*; 98*; 237 (28*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 537
Naciibar, Mathias, farmer, b. in Germany in 1844; came to Minne-
sota in 1854; resided near Jordan; was town treasurer ten years; was
a representative in the legislature in 1885, and a state senator, 1887-9.
[30.]
Nachtrieb, Henry Francis, b. near Galion, Ohio, May 11, 1857; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1882; studied at Johns Hop-
kins University, 1882-5; professor of animal biology in the University
of Minnesota since 1887, residing in Minneapolis; author of scientific
papers. [7A; 17; 24; 85A; 127 (2*); 127A*, B; 237 (53*).]
Naegele, Otto E., banker, b. in New Ulm, Minn., May 28, 1858; re-
moved with his parents to Minneapolis in 1869; was a clerk in the post
office, 1876-86; later engaged in banking; organized the Germania
Bank in 1893, and has since been its president. [24; 25; 85A.]
Naeseth, Ole K., farmer, b. in Walworth county, Wis., Nov. 30,' 1844;
came to Goodhue county, Minn., in 1856; owned a farm in Wanamingo;
was a representative in the legislature, 1885-7, and a state senator,
1903-09. [30*; 56*; 169.]
Naeve, Theodore, b. in Bargen, Germany, Oct. 8, 1844; d. in Albert
Lea, Minn., Sept. 12, 1891. He came to the United States in 1865; set-
tled in Albert Lea, 1873; engaged in loaning money. A fine hospital,
on the site of his former residence, is named in honor of himself and
his wife. [32A*.]
Nagel, E. M., farmer, b. in 1864 in Buffalo, Minn., where he still
resides; was register of deeds for Wright county two terms; was a
representative in the legislature in 1907-9. [30*.]
Nagonab, O jib way chief, b. in 1795; d. in Found du Lac, Wis., June,
1894. He persuaded the Sioux and Ojibways to sign a treaty in 1826,
acknowledging the sovereignty of the United States; and by a treaty
at Bayfield, Wis., in 1856, ceded large tracts of land in Minnesota and
Wisconsin, including the Vermilion and Mesabi iron ranges. A station
on the Duluth and Winnipeg railway is named for him. [7.]
Nape Siineeuoota, (Joseph), first Christian Sioux warrior, b. about
1800; d. near Lac qui Parle, Minn., July, 1870. In 1863 he was em-
ployed as a scout by the U. S. government. [28, III.]
Narvestad, C. O., b. in Norway, Oct. 14, 1837; came to Minnesota
in 1864, and settled in Wang, Renville county, in 1867, being the first
settler in the township. [32.]
Nary, Albert W., journalist, b. in Northfield, Vt, March 5, 1860;
oame to Minnesota in 1869; settled at Maple Lake in 1900, and pur-
chased the Maple Lake Messenger, which he has since edited. [38.]
Nash, Charles Wiiippo, b. in Albion, N. Y., Dec. 5, 1829; was grad-
uated at the Law School at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., in 1851; settled in
Hastings, Minn., in 1859; served in Hatch's battalion in the civil war,
attaining the rank of major; removed to St. Paul in 1865; purchased
538 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
an interest in the St. Paul Pioneer, and was its manager five years;
later resided in Minneapolis. [157*.]
Nash, Edward N., b. in Wisconsin in 1862; came with his mother
to Grant county, Minn.; owned a farm in Elk Lake township; was
sheriff of the county, 1891-1902. [57*.]
Nash, Prank W., merchant, b. in Wautoma, Wis., in 1855; came to
Minnesota in 1879; resided at Tyler; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1895. [30.]
Nash, George A., pioneer, b. in Yates county, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1829; d.
in St. Paul, Minn., March 5, 1912. He settled in St. Paul in 1854; en-
gaged in the drug business, and later in insurance and real estate;
was a county commissioner after 1906. [25; 94; 237 (22*; 68*).]
Nash, George W., b. in Wayne county, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1849; came to
Woodstock, Minn., in 1880; was railroad station agent twelve years,
sold farm implements, 1892-94, and has since been register of deeds
for Pipestone county. [71A.]
Nash, John P., lawyer, b. in Minneapolis, 1882, and resides there;
attended the night law school of the University of Minnesota, and was
admitted to the bar in 1903; a representative in the legislature, 1911.
[30*.]
Nashotah. See Wright, Charles T. [237 (15).]
Nason, John Hesler, Congregational clergyman, b. in Homer, N. Y.,
July 7, 1840; d. in Superior, Wis., Oct. 3, 1908. He was ordained in
1862; was pastor in New York state until 1882, then came to Minne-
sota; was pastor in Fairmont, Anoka, and Montevideo; removed to
West Superior, Wis., 1892, and founded a mission there for lumbermen
and seamen. [144.]
Nason, Orrin, pioneer, b. in Vermont, Aug. 1, 1835; came to Minne-
sota in 1856; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
settled in Springfield, Cottonwood county, in 1869, and four years
later removed to the site of Windom. [34.]
Nason, R. L., b. in Lamoille county, Vt., in 1841; came to Minne-
sota in 1857; resided in Kasota; served in the Second Minnesota Regt,
1861-5; was a representative in the legislature in 1876. [32.]
Nasset, Aslak 0., farmer, b. in Telemarken, Norway, Dec. 8, 1855;
came with his parents to the United States when six years old, and
to Minnesota in 1866; was graduated at the State Normal School, St.
Cloud, in 1880; settled in Willmar; was auditor of Kandiyohi county,
1889-96. [169.]
Neal, Henry J., b. in Wolfeborough, N. H., May 17, 1834; d. in Jack-
sonville, Fla., Jan. 27, 1896. He came to Faribault county, Minn., in
1858, settling in Blue Earth City; served in the Minnesota Mounted
Rangers, 1862-5; engaged in the manufacture and sale of furniture;
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was clerk of court, 1870-87, and later engaged in real estate and insur-
ance business. [51*.]
Nealis, John W., R. C. priest, b. in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1849;
d. in St. Paul, Jan. 30, 1885. He came to the United States in 1869,
settling in St. Paul; was ordained a priest in 1872; was pastor in
Sibley county seven years, and afterward in St. Paul. [238 (Jan. 31,
1885).]
Nealon, Henry, b. in Ireland, May 20, 1802; d. in Winona, Minn.,
June 14, 1902, being a centenarian. He came to the United States in
1848; settled in Winona in 1866. [237 (19*).]
Neander, John P., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Vexio, Sweden, Dec.
24, 1849; came to the United States when twenty -two years old; was
graduated at Augustana College, Rock Island, in 1877; was pastor in
Cambridge, Minn., after 1885. [169.]
Neff, George W., journalist, b. in Uniontown, Pa., Feb. 29, 1838; set-
tled in Mankato, Minn., in 1866; published the Mankato Union; re-
moved to Lake Crystal in 1882, and established the Lake Crystal
Union. [83*.]
Neiler, Samuel E., banker, b. in Chester county, Pa., March, 1829;
came to Minneapolis in 1872, where after 1883 he was president of
the Union National Bank. [20*.]
Neill, Edward Duffteld, clergyman, educator, historian, b. in Phil-
adelphia, Aug. 9, 1823; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 26, 1893. He was grad-
uated at Amherst college, 1842; studied theology at Andover, Mass.,
and in Philadelphia; came to St. Paul, Minn., 1849, and was a Pres-
byterian minister there from 1849 to 1860; was superintendent of
public instruction and chancellor of the University of Minnesota,
1858-61; chaplain to the First Minnesota regiment, 1861-4; and U. S.
consul at Dublin, Ireland, in 1869-70. He became president of Macal-
ester college in 1873, and from 1884 until his death was its professor
of history, literature, and political economy. He was secretary of the
Minnesota Historical Society, 1851-63; author of the History of Min-
nesota (628 pages, 1858; fourth edition, 928 pages, 1882), and of many
other historical works, including several on Virginia and Maryland.
[1; 3*; 4; 7; 28, IV*, VII, VIII*; 41; 58; 93; 94; 121; 131A*; 216*;
237 (3); 238 (Sept. 27, 1893).]
Neils, Julius Frederic Bernhard, b. in Germany, June 15, 1855;
came to the United States when seventeen years old; settled at Sauk
Rapids, Minn., in 1886, and has since engaged in the manufacture of
lumber. [24; 25; 167 (July 5, 1901*).]
Nelson, A. J., M. E. clergyman and educator, d. about 1892. He
came to Minnesota in 1855; resided at St. Anthony Falls, and later in
St. Cloud; served in the Indian war of 1862; was professor of math-
ematics in Hamline University, 1863-5; removed to California in 1870.
[130*.]
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Nelson, Alexander, contractor, b. in Malmo, Sweden, Dec. 12, 1862;
was graduated at the Latin and Technical Schools there; came to the
United States in 1887, and to Otter Tail county, Minn., in 1896, and
settled in Perham; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Nelson, Andrew, banker, b. in Sweden, Dec. 29, 1829; d. in Litch-
field, Minn., Nov. 28, 1908. He came to the United ' States in 1856;
settled in Kandiyohi county, Minn., in 1858; owned a store in Litch-
field, and was president of the Meeker County Bank; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1874, and a state senator, 1875-6. [63;
65*; 169; 237 (51*).]
Nelson, Andrew, merchant, b. in Laurvig, Norway, in 1837; d. in
Rochester, Minn., July 15, 1901. He came to the United States in
1854, and to Minnesota in 1859, settling in Rochester; opened a dry
goods store in 1862. 1^6; 169; 237 (14).]
Nelson, Andrew N., b. in Sweden, March 11, 1849; d. in St. Paul,
May 24, 1896. He came to the United States in 1867, settling in Min-
nesota; resided in St. Paul after 1S70; was employed in the postoffice,
and later engaged in insurance and loaning business; was treasurer
of Ramsey county, 1889-94. [98*; 169; 238 (May 25, 1896*).]
Nelson, Benjamin Franklin, manufacturer and capitalist, b. in
Greenup county, Ky., May 4, 1843; served during the civil war in the
Confederate army; came to Minnesota and settled at Minneapolis in
1865; has since engaged in lumber business; was president of the
State Agricultural Society, 1907-9. [19*; 20*; 22*; 23; 24; 25; 84*;
85A*; 90*; 111*; 127B; 166A*; 167 (June 3, 1887*).]
Nelson, Christian, druggist, b. in Norway, July 7, 1845; came with
his parents to the United States when ten years old; served in the
23d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Kasson, Minn.; was
county treasurer two years. [49.]
Nelson, Emil, b. in Sweden in 1867; came to St. Paul in 1871; worked
for the Duluth and Iron Range R. R. company several years ; was sheriff
of Lake county, 1898-1900; resided at Two Harbors. [106*.]
Nelson, Emil Alfred, journalist, b. in Vasa, Minn., March 18, 1870;
was graduated at Augustana College, 1897; editor since 1889 of the
Hallock Weekly News; was state librarian, 1901-05; engrossing clerk
of the state senate, 1907-9, and an assistant secretary, 1911. [24; 26*;
30*.]
Nelson, George M., lawyer, b. in Denmark, Dec. 15, 1856; came with
his parents to the United States in 1867, and resided in McLeod
county, Minn.; was graduated in law at the University of Michigan,
1881; settled in Glencoe in 1885; was county attorney of McLeod
county, 1885-9. [25; 64; 98*.]
Nelson, H. C, farmer, b. in Norway, June 14, 1848; came to America
when nine years old, and to Minnesota in 1861; settled at Hay ward,
Freeborn county; was a state senator, 1891-3. [24; 30; 53A*; 169.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 541
Nelson, Hans, farmer, b. in Eker, Norway, May 26, 1842; came to
the United States, settling in Minnesota; was treasurer of Otter Tail
county, 1891-4; resided in Fergus Falls. [169.]
Nelson, Henry Knute, b. in Dane county, Wis., in 1871; resided at
Elbow Lake, Grant county, and engaged in dealing in agricultural im-
plements; was a representative in the legislature in 1901. [30; 57*.]
Nelson, Herman, farmer, b. in Estersund, Sweden, Nov. 22, 1855;
came with his parents to the United States in 1868, and to Murray
county, Minn., in 1872; resides in Slay ton; was register of deeds for
the county, 1897-1904; a representative in the legislature, 1909-11.
[30*; 34.]
Nelson, Johan Emil, b. in New London, Kandiyohi county, Minn.,
Dec. 14, 1871; became part owner of the Willmar Tribune in 1898, and
was afterward its business manager. He united with Victor E. Lawson
in the compilation and publication of a large History of Kandiyohi
County, 446 pages, 1905. [63*.]
Nelson, John, pioneer, b. in Norway, Feb. 10, 1846; came to the
United States in 1861; served in the Ninth Iowa cavalry in the civil
war; was the first settler in Eden, Pipestone county, Minn., 1877.
[34.]
Nelson, John Conrad, physician, b. in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept.
25, 1847; came to the United States in 1866; was graduated at Keokuk
Medical College, 1879, and has since practiced in St. Paul; Danish
vice consul for Minnesota since 1896. [24; 25; 68; 163*; 169; 238
(May 3, 1896*, and Nov. 9, 1899).]
Nelson, John G., b. in Sweden in 1844; came to the United States
in 1854, and to Minnesota the same year; served in the Seventh Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in farming in Otter Tail county;
was a state senator in 1873. [30.]
Nelson, John Gustaf, b. in Sweden, Dec. 13, 1840; came to the
United States when fourteen years old, and to Minnesota in 1856;
engaged in lumbering and other business enterprises; president of
the Nelson Coal Co., operating mines at Sand Coulee, Montana; re-
sides in Stillwater. [24; 25; 104*; 169.]
Nelson, John Robert, farmer, b. in Amherst, Ohio, in 1847; served
in an Ohio regiment in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1866;
resided in Canton, Fillmore county; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1891-3. [30.]
Nelson, John W., lumberman, b. at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1855;
was a representative in the legislature in 1905. [30*.]
Nelson, Mrs. Julia Bullard, b. at High Ridge, Conn., May 13, 1842;
came to Minnesota and attended Hamline University at Red Wing.
She was married to Ole Nelson in 1866, who died three years later.
She engaged in teaching twenty-five years, sixteen years being among
542 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the freedmen of Tennessee and Texas; author of many magazine arti-
cles and sketches, and editor of "The White-Ribboner" four years; re-
sides in Red Wing. [17; 130.]
Nelson, Knute, governor and U. S. senator, b. in Voss, Norway, F#b.
2, 1843; came to the United States when six years old, with his
mother; served in the Fourth Wisconsin Regt, 1861-4; was admitted
to the bar in 1S67; came to Minnesota in 1871, and settled on a farm
near Alexandria; practiced law in Alexandria after 1872; was a state
senator, 1875-8; representative in Congress, 1883-9; governor of Min-
nesota, 1893-5; and resigned to accept the office of U. S. senator, which
position he still fills. [3*; 4; 10; 17; 22*; 23; 24; 25; 27*; 23, XIII*;
30; 35; 41; 137; 169*; 170; 237 (12*, 29).]
Nelson, Lewis S., judge, b. in Grundy county, 111., Nov. 2, 1850; was
graduated at Fowler Institute, Newark, 111., 1870, and in law at the
University of Michigan, 1874; was admitted to the bar in Iowa, 1876;
three yars later settled in Adrian, Minn.; was captain in the Fifteenth
Minn. Regt, 1898-9; removed to Slayton in 1900; was county attorney
of Murray county, 1902-8; was elected judge of the Thirteenth judicial
district, 1910. [30; 34.]
Nelson, Louis G., merchant, b. in Norway, May 9, 1841; d. August
21, 1906. He came to the United States with his parents in 1845;
served in the Fifth Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; settled in Kasson, Minn., in 1865; was register of
deeds two terms, engrossing clerk of the legislature two sessions, and
a representative in the legislature in 1877; removed to Owatonna in
1892. [30; 49; 70A; 169.]
Nelson, N. C, b. in Denmark in 1845; came to the United States
in 1870, settling in Minnesota; resided at Two Harbors, where he
owned and managed an opera house; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1899. [30.]
Nelson, N. L., farmer, b. in Norway in 1845; served in the 32d Iowa
Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1879, and settled in Nor-
man county in 1884; was a representative in the legislature in 1895,
[30.]
Nelson, N. P., b. in Denmark in 1842; came to the United States
in 1864, and to Minnesota in 1869; settled in Lamberton in 1877; en-
gaged in lumber business, and owned a store and a hotel. [32.]
Nelson, Nels B., b. in Sweden, July 26, 1858; came with his parents
to the United States in 1870, and to Douglas county, Minn., the next
year; engaged in farming; was register of deeds of Douglas county,
1886-1909, residing in Alexandria. [24; 35; 169.]
Nelson, Nels O., farmer, b. in Sweden, Oct. 17, 1854; came to Min-
nesota in 1871, settling in Kandiyohi county, where he is a farmer,
grain dealer, and treasurer of the Willmar Farmers' Fire Insurance
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 543
Company; was a representative in the legislature in 1899; treasurer
of Kandiyohi county since 1908. [30; 169A.]
Nelson, Nicholas A., journalist, b. in Skien, Norway, Nov. 4, 1868;
came to the United States with his parents when a year old, and to
Minnesota in 1881, settling on a farm near Cyrus; began newspaper
work in Stillwater in 1888, and published the Washington County
Journal, 1892-1906. [22*; 25.]
Nelson, Ole A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Aug. 29, 1855;
came to the United States in 1879; studied at Augustana College and
Seminary, Rock Island, 111., and was ordained in 1889; was pastor in
Princeton, 111., and since 1894 in Minneapolis. [148.]
Nelson, Ole B., merchant, b. in Spring Grove, Minn., Feb. 8, 1854;
has engaged in furniture and hardware business at Spring Grove since
1888; was a representative in the legislature in 1907-09. [24; 30*.]
Nelson, Oliver, pioneer, b. in Norway, Jan. 27, 1835; came with his
parents to the United States in 1850; was the first settler in High-
land, Wabasha county, Minn., 1854. [74.]
Nelson, Peter, merchant, b. in Sweden in 1843; came to the United
States in 1866, and to Minnesota in 1873; settled at Red Wing; was a
state senator, 1887-9. [30; 54; 169.]
Nelson, Rensselaer Russell, jurist, b. in Cooperstown, N. Y., May"
12, 1826; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 15, 1904. He was graduated at Yale col-
lege, 1846; ws admitted to the bar in 1849, and came to St. Paul the
next year. In 1857 he was appointed one of the territorial judges by
President Buchanan, and on the admission of Minnesota into the Union
he became U. S. district judge. This position he held until 1896, when
he resigned, being then the oldest federal judge in service. [17; 18*;
20*; 22*; 23; 26*; 28, IV*; 41; 69; 93; 95*; 114*; 136; 137; 168
(March, 1892*); 237 (35*).]
Nelson, S. J., lawyer, b. in Whitewater, Wis., April 4, 1853; was
graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1877; settled in Kas-
son, Minn., the next year; removed to Red Wing, and was county at-
torney of Goodhue county, 1891-4. [169.]
Nelson, Samuel Andrew, merchant and banker, b. in Norway, Jan.
6, 1851; came to the United States with his parents in 1851, and to
Minnesota in 1865; has engaged in mercantile business at Lanesboro
since 1872; was a member of the state legislature, 1903, and a state
senator, 1907-11. [24; 25; 26*; 30*; 52.]
Nelson, Samuel B., merchant, b. near Calmar, Iowa, Jan. 2, 1863;
came to Luverne, Minn., in 1879; became a member of the Nelson mer-
cantile firm in 1885; was a member of the state board of equalization
three years. [71A.]
Nelson, Socrates, b. in Conway, Mass., Jan. 11, 1814; d. in Still-
water, Minn., May 6, 1867. He came to Stillwater in 1844; engaged in
544 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
mercantile business till 1853, and later in lumber manufacturing; was
a state senator in 1859-60. [18; 40; 41; 42; 114.]
Nelson, Swan, contractor, b. in Sweden in 1867; came to Minnesota
in 1882, and settled in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1907. [30*.]
Nelson, Waltee, pharmacist, b. in Sweden in 1861; came to the
United States in 1879, and to Minnesota the next year; resided in St.
Paul; was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Nelson, William A., b. in North Amherst, Ohio, Feb. 12, 1849; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1864; was treasurer of Fillmore
county, 1882-8. [52.]
Nesbitt, George W., pioneer, b. in Delaware county, N. Y., in 1828;
d. in Cambridge, Minn., March 13, 1904. He came to Minnesota in
1856; was auditor of Kanabec county, 1863-6; later engaged in mer-
cantile business and farming in Cambridge. When over sixty years
of age he commenced the practice of law. [237 (35*).]
Ness, Johannes Martinus Olsen, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Volden,
Norway, April 28, 1853; came to the United States in 1872; was grad-
uated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1880, and at the theological
seminary, Madison, Wis., in 1883; settled in Perley, Minn., the same
year, and has since been pastor in Norman and Clay counties. [148;
169.]
Ness, Ole Halverson, pioneer farmer, b. in Hullingdal, Norway, Oct.
6, 1824; d. in Harvey, Minn., March 17, 1909. He came to the United
States in 1846, and to Meeker county, Minn., ten years later; was one
of the first settlers in Litchfield. [65; 169; 237 (51).]
Nessell, Robert, pioneer, b. in Germany in 1834; came to the United
States in 1847, and to Minnesota in 1854; was the first settler in
Nessell, Chisago county, 1856, and the town was named for him. [41.]
Nethaway, John Clinton, lawyer, b. in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1857;
was graduated at Union College, 1878, and at the Albany Law School,
1879; came to Minnesota in 1879, settling at Stillwater; was municipal
judge, 1884-94; county attorney of Washington county since 1899.
[22*; 24; 25; 137.]
Nettleton, A. B., journalist, b. in Delaware county, Ohio, Nov. 14,
1838; d. in Chicago, 111., Aug. 10, 1911. He served in the Second Ohio
cavalry, 1861-5, attaining the rank of brigadier general; engaged in
newspaper publication, 1866-70; was fiscal agent of the Northern
Pacific railroad company; resided in Minneapolis, 1880-90, having pur-
chased a half interest in the Daily Tribune. [58; 86; 121,]
Nettleton, William, b. in Ashtabula, Ohio, April 25, 1822; d. in
Spokane, Wash., Jan. 20, 1905. He came to Minnesota m 1850; was
government Indian farmer at Crow Wing; was one of the founders
of Superior, Wis., and of Duluth; was a representative in the legis-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 545
lature in 1860; later resided in St. Paul, where he had extensive real
estate interests, and about 1880 removed to Spokane. [93*; 237 (35).]
Neubauer, August F., farmer, b. in Germany; came to the United
States in 1859, settling in St. Paul; later resided near Cottage Grove;
was a representative in the legislature, 18994901. [30.]
Neumeier, Frederick Carl, journalist, b. in Langenberg, Germany,
Feb. 20, 1857; came to the United States in 1880; settled in Stillwater,
Minn., in 1886, where he edited two newspapers in German and one in
English. [22*.]
Nevill, John, farmer, b. in Sullivan county, N. Y., Jan. 15, 1844;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1852; helped to organize and
develop the town of Pleasant Valley, Winona county. [76.]
Neville, J. P., merchant, b. in Tennessee in 1816; came to Minne-
sota in 1861; settled in Winona; was a representative in the legislature
in 1873. [30.]
Nevin, John, building contractor, b. in Lochwinnoch, Scotland, Oct.,
1827; came to the United States in 1851, and to St. Paul in 1859;
resided on a farm near Minnehaha Falls twenty-three years; after
1885 resided in St. Paul. [93*; 237 (55*).]
Newbert, George H., banker, b. in Bethel, Minn., in 1872; removed
with his parents to Princeton in 1882; organized the Kanabec County
Bank, at Mora, in 1894, and has been its cashier. [37; 38.]
Newel, Stanford, lawyer, b. in Providence, R. I., June 7, 1839; d. in
St. Paul, April 6, 1907. He was graduated at Yale College, 1861, and
Harvard Law School, 1864; had settled in St. Anthony, Minn., in 1855;
was admitted to the bar in 1864, and resided in St. Paul; was U. S.
minister to the Netherlands, 1897-1905. [4; 17; 28, XII; 93; 237 (48*);
238 (May 2, 1899, and April 7, 1907*).]
Newell, C. W., miller, b. in South Bend, Ind., in 1849; came to
Minnesota in 1869; was employed in mills in Faribault and other
towns, and after 1886 was head miller of the Shakopee Mill Co. [168
(May 8, 1891*).]
Newell, Frank E., b. in Rhode Island, Feb. 17, 1846; came with his
parents to Dakota county, Minn., in 1854; owned a store in Morris
after 1880, and became postmaster there in 1887. [73.]
Newell, George R., merchant, b. in Jay, Essex county, N. Y., July 31,
1845; settled at Minneapolis in 1866; has engaged in wholesale gro-
cery business since 1872. [22*; 24.]
Newell, Stephen, b. in Ireland in 1826; came to the United States
in 1847, and to Dakota county, Minn., in 1854; was sheriff fifteen years;
resided in Hastings after 1863. [29; 48.]
Newhart, Horace, physician, b. in New Ulm, Minn., Dec. 9, 1872;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1895, and from the medical de-
35
546 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
partment of the University of Michigan, 1898; settled in Minneapolis.
[24; 85A.]
Newhart, Judas, b. in Tannersville, Pa., March 18, 1846; d. in Min-
neapolis, Sept. 7, 1901. He came with his parents to Dodge county,
Minn., in 1857; served in the 107th Pennsylvania Regt. in the civil
war; was admitted to the bar in 1868; settled in New Ulm in 1871,
and resided there through his life. [32; 237 (14).]
Newport, Reece Marshall, b. in Sharpsburg, Pa., May 27, 1838; was
graduated at Marietta College, Ohio, 1860; served in the army during
the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier general; came to Min-
nesota in 1872, settling in St. Paul; was local treasurer and auditor
of the Northern Pacific Railroad Co., 1872-82; later engaged in rail-
road construction and real estate business. [24; 25; 93*.]
Newsalt, Jacob, b. in Prussia, March, 1838; came to the United
States when ten years old; settled in Owatonna, Minn., in 1864; en-
gaged in mercantile business, and after 1878 in real estate, loans, and
insurance. [72.]
Newson, Thomas McLean, b. in New York city, Feb. 22, 1827; d. in
Malaga, Spain, March 30, 1893. He settled in St. Paul in 1853; engaged
in newspaper publication; was assistant quartermaster in the army in
the civil war, attaining the rank of major; was appointed U. S. consul
to Malaga, Spain, by President Harrison; author of "Drama of Life
in the Black Hills," 92 pages, 1878, and "Pen Pictures of St. Paul,
Minn., and Biographical Sketches of Old Settlers," 746 pages, 1886.
[7; 28, X; 41*; 68; 155*; 165; 237 (20); 238 (April 1, 1893*).]
Newton, Francis, Baptist clergyman, b. in 1843; served in the First
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was graduated at Colgate Baptist
University, Hamilton, N. Y.; was a pastor twenty-five years in Min-
nesota and Dakota, and organized several churches; resided in Man-
kato, Minn., after 1897. [237 (34).]
Newton, George B., journalist, b. in Orange county, N. Y., Jan. 24,
1851; came to Appleton, Minn., in 1S80, and purchased an interest in
the Appleton Recorder in 1881; removed to Hancock, Stevens county,
in 1882, where he edited and after 1887 also owned the Olive Branch.
[32; 73.]
Newton, James, pioneer, b. in Union county, Ky., Oct. 15, 1829;
came to Minnesota in 1850, and six years later settled on a farm in
Nicollet county, in the township that was named West Newton in his
honor; served one year in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war. [32.]
Newton, John F., b. in London, Eng., Feb. 12, 1840; came to the
United States when ten years old; settled in Hastings, Minn., in 1860;
served in the Sixth Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was sheriff of
Dakota county, 1878-9. [48.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 547
Nichols, A. M., b. in Orange county, Vt, in 1809; settled in Water-
ford, Minn., in 1854, and with Warren Atkinson gave the town its
name; owned a farm, and was postmaster there, 1862-77; removed in
1877 to Northfield. [48.]
Nicholas, Albekt, pioneer, b. in Boonville, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1821; came
to Fillmore county, Minn., in 1851, and settled on a claim in Canton,
being the first settler in the county; removed to Jackson county in
1873. [52.]
Nichols, Austin R., pioneer farmer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N.
Y., June 13, 1814; came to Minnesota in 1851, settling on the site of
Austin, where in 1854 he built a sawmill. The town of Austin was
named for him, as its first settler. He removed to Minneapolis in
1865, and to the northwest shore of Mille Lacs in 1879, where he re-
sided at Nichols postoffice, which was named in his honor. [241.]
Nichols, Catherine Wheeler, b. at Green Bay, Wis., Feb. 28, 1838;
d. at Bald Eagle lake, Minn., Sept. 3, 1908. She came with her parents
to St. Paul in 1851, and afterwars resided there. In the early days of
the city she was a teacher in the Baldwin school. For seventeen
years, 1890 to 1907, she was president of the Minnesota Woman's Home
Missionary Union, a state organization of the Congregational denom-
ination. [237 (51*); 241.]
Nichols, Charles, b. in Williston, Vt, Dec. 20, 1832; d. in St. Paul,
Oct. 24, 1894. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and settled in St. Paul
in 1858; was postmaster, 1861-5; and later engaged in railroad busi-
ness and banking. [237 (9*); 238 (Oct. 25, 1894).]
Nichols, Julius H., wholesale grocer, b. near Madison, Wis,, in 1851;!
came to Minnesota in 1878; settled in Pipestone; was clerk of court
for Pipestone county, 1879-91; representative in the legislature, 1901;
and a state senator, 1903-05. [30.]
Nichois, Malcolm Emory, educator, b. in Salem, Iowa, March 26,
1864; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1900; es-
tablished a business college in St. Paul. [127A*.]
Nichols, Philip Wheeler, b. in Dartmouth, Mass., June 17, 1806;
d. in St. Paul, Sept. 15, 1863. He settled in St. Paul in 1851; was
one of the most prominent organizers of Plymouth Congregational
church there. [94; 241.]
Nichols, Samuel H., b. in Maiden, Mass., Aug. 7, 1830; settled on a
farm in Salem, Olmsted county, Minn., in 1855; was register of deeds
in Otter Tail county, 1874-5; was clerk of the supreme court of Min-
nesota, 1876-87, and state oil inspector, 1889-91; removed to the State
of Washington, and was its secretary of state. [30; 68.]
Nicholls, Thomas, lawyer, b. in England, Nov. 27, 1819; d. in Fair-
mont, Minn., in 1901. He came to the United States in 1839; studied
law; settled in Pleasant Prairie, Martin county, Minn., in 1862; re-
548 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
moved to the Pacific coast in 1875, but returned to Minnesota in 1895.
[237 (14).]
Nichols, William L., b. in 1833; d. in Duluth, Nov. 9, 1901. He
settled in Minneapolis in the early 60's; built the first mile of street
car track in the city, and also the first sewer system; removed to St.
Paul in 1880, and to Vuhith in 1890; engaged in the livery business.
[237 (19*).]
Nicholson, Edward Everett, educator, b. in Enon, Ohio, in 1872;
was graduated at the University of Nebraska, 1894; instructor in
chemistry in the University of Minnesota, 1895-7, and assistant pro-
fessor since 1897. [127 (10*).]
Nicholson, William, pioneer, b. in Venango county, Pa., March 28,
1828; came to Minnesota in 1847; was employed at an Indian trading
post, and in hunting and trapping; settled at Little Falls in 1863. [31.]
Nickerson, John Quincy Adams, b. in New Salem, Maine, March 30,
1825; came to St. Anthony in 1849, and four years later settled at Elk
River, buying land on which a part of the town has since been built;
conducted a hotel there, and also engaged in the lumber business;
was postmaster of Elk River, and treasurer of Sherburne county.
[18; 31; 41.]
Nickerson, Winfield Scott, b. in Barnstable, Mass., Nov. 2, 1S64;
was graduated at Harvard University, 1890; later studied in Europe;
instructor in the medical department of the University of Minnesota,
1897-9, and assistant professor since 1899. [7A; 127 (12).]
Nickleson, Hans, merchant, b. in Norway in 1854; came to Minne-
sota in 1870; resided at Pelican Rapids; was a representative in the
legislature in 1895. [30.]
Nicolin, Prank, merchant, b, in Germany, June 15, 1833; came to
the United States in 1857, settling in Jordan, Minn.; owned a brew-
ery, a mill, and later a general store. [32.]
Nicollet, Joseph Nicolas (erroneously called Jean), explorer, b. in
Cluses, Savoy, July 24, 1786; d. in Washington, D. C, Sept. 11, 1843.
He was educated in his native town, and afterward went to Paris,
where he held important professorships. He came to the United
States in 1832, to study the physical geography of North America.
In 1836-8 he extended his explorations to the sources of the Mississippi
and to the Red river of the North, collecting much valuable informa-
tion about the Indians and the natural history and productions of the
country. His report and very elaborate map of the basin of the upper
Mississippi river were published in Washington, 1843. [1; 28, I, VII*;
107; 108; 109; 114*; 131.]
Nicols, J. Ross, hardware merchant, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., in 1850; d.
in St. Paul, June 15, 1910. He came to St. Paul with his parents in
1857; engaged in mercantile business there continuously after 1869.
[237 (59*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 549
Nicols, John, b. in Talbot county, Md., in 1811 ; d. in St. Paul, July
29, 1873. He came to St. Paul in 1851, and engaged in the iron trade;
was a state senator, 1864 and 1871-3; was a regent of the University
of Minnesota many years. [68; 94; 237 (1); 238 (July 30, 1873).]
Nieman, W. L., journalist, b. in Pomerania, Prussia, in 1850; came
to the United States with his parents in 1855, and to St. Paul two
years later; settled at Sauk Rapids in 1875, where he owned and
edited the Sauk Rapids Sentinel; was county auditor, and also town
treasurer; was a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Niles, John H., lawyer, b. in Albany county, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1857;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1880; came to Minnesota in
1882; was admitted to the bar in 1883, and has since practiced in
Anoka. [23; 25; 43.]
Nilsen, Nils Greger, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Nordland, Norway,
July 27, 1858; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary (College Depart-
ment), Minneapolis, 1879; studied theology at the same Seminary, and
was ordained in 1883; pastor at Morris, 111., 1883-92, and at Moose
Lake, Minn., after 1892. [25; 148.]
Nilsen, Peter, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Hamar, Norway, Nov. 22,
1852; came to the United States when nineteen years old; was grad-
uated in theology at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1881; was pas-
tor in La Crosse, Wis., 1881-8; Duluth, Minn., 1888-92; Minneapolis,
1892-9; again in Duluth, 1902-3; traveling evangelist for the Lutheran
Free Church after 1903. [148; 169.]
Nilson, F. C, Baptist clergyman, b. in Halland, Sweden, July 28,
1809; d. in America in 1881. He became a Baptist missionary in
Gothenburg, being the first to introduce that sect into his native land;
was persecuted for his religious belief, and was driven out of the
country in 1851; came to the United States in 1853, and was a mis-
sionary in Houston county, Minn. [169.]
Nilson, Nils, inventor, b. in Hallarod, Sweden, Nov. 6, 1846; came
to the United States when twenty-three years old; settled in Minne-
apolis; obtained many patents for machinery, such as a steam engine,
rotary pump, etc. [169.]
Nilsson, Axel Hjalmar, journalist, b. in Nora, Sweden, Sept. 24,
1860; came to the United States in 1881; settled in Minneapolis in 1902;
is a well known singer. [169A*.]
Nilsson, Emma, singer, studied music in Berlin, Germany, and made
her debut there in grand opera in 1884; resided in Minneapolis. [169.]
Nilsson, J. August, b. in Sweden, Jan. 27, 1858; came to the United
States in 1881, settling in St. Paul; engaged in the manufacture of
cigars, and later in real estate business; was a representative in the
legislature, 1891-3. [30; 169.]
550 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Nilsson, Victor, journalist, b. in Gothenburg, Sweden, March 10,
1867; came to the United States in 1885; was editor of Scandinavian
newspapers in St. Paul and Minneapolis, and afterward librarian of a
branch of the public library in Minneapolis; author of a History of
Sweden (463 pages, 1899). [85A; 169; 169A*.]
Nimocks, Charles Augustus, b. in Jonesville, Mich., Oct. 16, 1842;,
was captain in the 7th Michigan Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Minneapolis in 1871; was business manager and part owner of the
Evening Journal, 1880-5; conducted the Evening Star three years, and
later the Minneapolis Daily Times for three years; afterward was
president of a collecting agency. [24; 85A*.]
Nimocks, Frank E., b. in Michigan in 1856; came to Minnesota in
1868; resides in Minneapolis, where he engaged in newspaper work,
practiced dentistry, and later was manager of the Tax Rebate Com-
pany; was a representative in the legislature in 1907-9. [30*.]
Nind, J. Newton, journalist, b. in St. Charles, 111., March, 1854; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1866; engaged in newspaper work;
was city editor of the Minneapolis Tribune after 1877. [58.]
Nind, Mrs. Mary Clarke, b. near London, England; was married
to James Nind; came to the United States, and resided in Winona,
Minn., and later in Minneapolis; removed to Detroit, Mich; was a lec-
turer for temperance, and after 1888 in the foreign missionary work
of the Methodist church. "In Journeyings Oft," a sketch of her life
and travels, by Georgiana Baucus, 334 pages, with portrait, was pub-
lished in 1897.
Nininger, Mrs. Catherine K. Ramsey, b. near Harrisburg, Pa., Jan.
26, 1826; d. in St. Paul, April 23, 1882. She married John Nininger in
1843, and came with him to Minnesota in 1855; was a sister of Gov-
ernor Ramsey. [237 (1).]
Nippert, Louis Albert, b. in Rale, Switzerland; came to the United
States in 1879; was graduated at Miami Medical College, Cincinnati,
1883; came to Minnesota in 1886, settling in Minneapolis; clinical pro-
fessor of medicine, University of Minnesota, since 1903. [85A; 127A*.]
Nixon, Charles H., merchant, b. in Boone county, 111., in 1840; came
to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. during the
civil war; resides at Hector, and was a state senator, 1899-1902. [30;
32.]
Noah, Jacob J., lawyer, b. in 1830; d. in Washington, D. C, Oct. 14,
1897. He settled in Minnesota in 1849; was elected clerk of the
supreme court in 1857; served as an officer in the Second Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war, and afterward was employed in a government
department in Washington. [69; 115; 237 (9).]
Noben, Ole O., pioneer, b. in Norway, Aug. 14, 1835; d. in Atlanta,
Becker county, Minn., June IS, 1899. He came to the United States
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 551
in 1851; settled in Becker county in 1879; was register of deeds, 1897-9.
[44.]
Noble, Frederick Alphonso, Congregational clergyman, b. in Bald-
win, Maine, March 17, 1832; was graduated at Yale College, 1858, and
at bane Theological Seminary, 1861; was pastor of the House of Hope
Presbyterian church, St. Paul, 1862-68; afterward was pastor in Pitts-
burg, New Haven, and Chicago; author of numerous books and pamph-
lets; now resides in Evanston, 111. [17; 217.]
Noble, N. K., b. in Maine in 1816; came to Minnesota in 1870, and
owned a grocery in Austin; was a state senator in 1873. [30.]
Noble, Thomas Ellwood, farmer, b. in Marquette, Wis., Dec. 30,
1856; came to Minnesota in 1885; resides at Albert Lrea; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1907-09. [24; 30*.]
Nobles, Alexander S., pioneer, b. in Ashtabula county, Ohio, Sept.
29, 1832; came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Rich Valley, McLeod
county; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; re-
moved to Glencoe in 1875, where he owned a grain elevator; was
sheriff of the county, 1876-8. [64.]
Nobles, William H., pioneer, b. in New York, in 1816; d. in St. Paul,
Dec. 28, 1876. He came to St. Croix Falls, Wis., in 1841; lived in
Stillwater, Minn., 1843-8; then settled in St. Paul; opened the first
wagonmaker's shop in Minnesota; was a representative in the terri-
torial legislature, 1856; was appointed by the U. S. government to lay
out a wagon road to the Pacific; discovered "Nobles Pass" through
the Rocky Mountains; served in a New York regiment during part of
the civil war, and afterward held several government positions. A
county in this state is named for him. [28, IV; 41; 94; 114; 166A*;
237 (1); 238 (Dec. 29, 1876).]
Noe, John C, lawyer, b. in Newburgh, N. Y., May 2, 1844; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1866; came to Minnesota in 1873, settling at Man-
kato, where he has since practiced law and engaged in real estate
business. [24; 32; 45*; 83*.]
Noehl, John, miller, b. in Germany, Aug., 1846; came to the United
States in 1864, settling in Minnesota; owned a flouring mill in Man-
torville after 1878. [49.]
Noel, Milton P., civil engineer, b. in Scioto county, Ohio, Feb. 9,
1831; was graduated at Galesburg University, Illinois, in 1853; came to
Minnesota in 1855, and the next year settled in St. Cloud, where he
was county surveyor. [31.]
Nolan, James, b. in Orange county, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1839; d. in Kent,
Wilkin county, Minn., Nov. 22, 1901. He served in Pennsylvania and
New York regiments in the civil war; came to Minnesota, and re-
sided in St. Cloud and other places until 1869, when he settled in
Wilkin county; engaged in farming and mercantile business, and kept
a hotel. [35; 237 (19).]
552 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Nolan, William A., b. in Yankton, S. D., Oct. 4, 1863; came to Min-
nesota with his parents in 1867; has engaged in mercantile business
at Grand Meadow since 1883; was a representative in the legislature
in 1901-09. [24; 30*; 65A.]
Nolan, William I., humorist lecturer, b. in St. Paul; resides in
Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1903-7 and 1911.
[30*.]
Noot, William, b. in Wesel, Prussia, in 1811; came to the United
States in 1844; settled in St. Paul three years later; owned a farm
near Fort Snelling; was a representative in the territorial legislature,
1853-4; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; after-
ward resided at Big Lake, Sherburne county. [94.]
Noed, J. P., b. in Sorby, Sweden, Dec. 24, 1843; came to the United
States in 1856, and to Minnesota the same year; served in the army
in the civil war; lived in Center City after 1873; was auditor of Chi-
sago county, 1880-98. [169.]
Nordgaard, John S., educator, b. in Gausdal, Norway, June 17, 1852;
came with his parents to the United States when fifteen years old;
was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1880; was a pro:
fessor in St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., after 1889. [169.]
Nordin, Axel Frith jof, lawyer, b. in Stockholm, Sweden, Nov. 16,
1849; d. in Willmar, Minn., March 28, 1911. He came to the United
States in 1853 with his parents, who settled in Minnesota two years
later; was register of deeds in Kandiyohi county, and clerk of the
district court; was assistant secretary of state and commissioner of
statistics, 1884-6; was admitted to the bar in 1887, and has since prac-
ticed in Willmar. [24; 26*; 38*; 237 (62*).]
Norelius, Erik, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Hassela, Sweden, Oct. 26,
1833; came to the United States when seventeen years old; studied
five years at Capital University, Columbus, Ohio; came to Vasa, Good-
hue county, Minn., in 1855; later resided in Chicago, St. Paul, and Red
Wing; founded a private school in the latter place, which afterward
became Gustaviis Adolphus College; engaged in newspaper publica-
tion, besides ministerial work; author of several important books.
[149*; 169*; 169A*; 237 (37*).]
Norelius, Peter, pioneer farmer, b. in Hassela, Sweden, Aug. 1,
1824; d. near Isanti, Minn., Dec. 3, 1902. He came to the United States
in 1853, and the next year settled on the site of Center City, Minn.;
removed to the farm where he died in 1859. [237 (28).]
Norman, George W., farmer, b. in Wisconsin in 1859; settled in Min-
nesota in 1882; resided at Lake Crystal, and was a representative in
the legislature in 1901-03. [30.]
Norred, Charles Henry, physician, b. in Loudon county, Va., Jan.
19, 1842; studied at Pope's Medical College, St. Louis; served in Illi-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 553
nois regiments during the civil war as assistant surgeon; was after-
ward graduated at Jefferson Medical, College, Philadelphia; settled in
Minneapolis in 1885. [26*; 85A.]
Norris, Alden W., farmer, b. in Maine, Oct. 3, 1815; d. in Oak Grove,
Anoka county, Minn., July 30, 1893. He came to Minnesota in 1856;
resided in Oak Grove; was auditor of Anoka county. [43.]
Norris, James S., pioneer, b. in Kennebec county, Maine, in 1810;
d. at Cottage Grove, Minn., March 5, 1874. He settled on a farm near
Cottage Grove in 1839; was a member of the territorial legislature in
1849, and in 1855-6. [28, IX; 40; 41; 131; 237 (1); 238 (March 6,
1874).]
Norris, William Henry, lawyer, b. in Hallowell, Maine, July 24,
1832; was graduated at Yale College, 1854; was admitted to the bar
in Wisconsin in 1857, and practiced at Green Bay, Wis., 23 years;
removed to Minneapolis in 1880, where he has since been counsel for
the C, M. and St. P. and other railway companies. [3*; 22*; 24; 25;
58; 84*; 137*.]
Norrish, John Freeman, merchant, b. in Devonshire, Eng., July 6,
1828; d. in Hastings, Minn., Nov. 14, 1897. He came to Minnesota in
1857, and settled in Hastings; was a representative in the legislature
in 1876 and 1881. [56*; 166A*; 237 (9).]
Norrish, Richard, banker, b. in Devonshire, Eng., in 1844; came to
the United States in 1860, settling in Hastings, Minn.; removed to
Ortonville in 1879; built the first grain elevator in Big Stone county;
after 1888 was a director of the First National Bank of Ortonville.
[38.]
Norrish, Samuel, druggist, b. in Devonshire, Eng., Nov. 2, 1818;
came to the United States in 1873, settling in Hastings, Minn.; owned
a grain elevator and a drug store. [48.]
Norsving, G. K., farmer, b. in Norway in 1837; came to the United
States in 1850; settled in Dennison, Goodhue county, Minn., in 1856;
was a representative in the legislature, 1872-3. [30; 169.]
North, John W., judge, b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., in February,
1815; d. in Oleander, Cal., Feb. 22, 1890. He was graduated at Wes-
leyan University, Middletown, Conn.; was admitted to the bar in
1845; came to Minnesota in 1849, and founded in 1856 the town of
Northfield, which is named for him. He was a member of the terri-
torial legislature in 1851, and presided over the Republican wing of
the convention in 1857 that framed the state constitution; was in-
fluential in founding the University of Minnesota, and was treasurer
of its board of regents, 1851-60. In 1861 he removed to Nevada, being
appointed by President Lincoln surveyor general of that territory. He
presided over the convention that framed the state constitution of
Nevada, and was one of the judges of its supreme court. Later he
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organized the company that established the fruit-growing settlement
of Riverside, near Los Angeles, Cal., and was U. S. judge for that state.
[27*; 84; 114; 127B; 166A*.]
Northman, Ulric, R. C. priest, b. in St. Louis, Mo., Sept. 19, 1846;
d. at St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minn., Jan. 21, 1890. He entered
the Benedictine order in 1866; came to Minnesota in 1869; was or-
dained a priest the same year; was a teacher in St. John's Univer-
sity, and in 1873-85 was its vice-president. [132 (Jan., 1890).]
Northrop, Cyrus, educator, b. in Ridgefield, Conn., Sept. 30, 1834;
was graduated at Yale University, 1857, and its Law School, 1859; was
clerk of the Connecticut House of Representatives, 1861, and of the
Senate, 1862; was professor of rhetoric and English literature in Yale
University, 1863-84; was president of the University of Minnesota,
1884-1911; author of "Addresses Educational and Patriotic," 533 pages,
1910. [1; 4; 17; 22*; 23; 24; 25; 28, XII; 84; 127 (2*); 127A*, B*;
237 (53*).]
Northrop, Elam D., b. in Schoharie county, N. Y., Jan. 21, 1821; set-
tled at Money Creek, Houston county, Minn., in 1857; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1875-6. [61.]
Northrop, George Norton, educator, b. in Platteville, Wis., Aug. 25,
1880; engaged in teaching in Wabasha, Minn., 1902-3, and later in
Minneapolis and the University of Wisconsin; instructor in English
in the University of Minnesota since 1909. He is a frequent contrib-
utor to magazines, and the author of poems. [17.]
Northrup, George, b. in New York in 1837; d. in the battle of Tah-
pahokutah, Mo., in 1864. He came to St. Paul when fifteen years of
age, and led an adventurous life as a hunter, Indian trader, and guide,
in northern Minnesota and Dakota; served in Brackett's battalion in
the civil and Indian wars. [237 (3).]
Northup, Anson, b. in Conewango, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1817; d. in St. Paul,
March 27, 1894. He came to Minnesota in 1838; engaged in the lumber
business in Stillwater; removed to St. Paul in 1848, and built a hotel;
was a member of the territorial council, 1857; later lived in Minne-
apolis and Duluth; built railroad bridges, and was an explorer of the
Mesabi iron range; engaged in farming in Dakota, 1882-8; afterward
resided in St. Paul. [32; 41; 42; 58; 59; 114; 167 (April 6, 1894);
237 (3*).]
Northup, William Guile, manufacturer, b. in Salisbury Center, N.
Y., July 21, 1851; came to Minnesota when sixteen years of age; presi-
dent of the North Star Woolen Mill Co., Minneapolis; resides at
Wayzata. [24; 25; 84*; 85A*.]
Northway, Winslow Paige, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 22, 1839;
settled in Minneapolis in 1861; served in the 15th Michigan Regt. in
the civil war; after 1885 engaged in the manufacture of mill machin-
ery. [84*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 555
Norton, A. B. W., b. in Guilford, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1818; settled in
Plainview, Minn., in 1857; was postmaster, 1864-8; built the first busi-
ness block in Plainview. [74.]
Norton, A. K., farmer, b. in Chicago in 1836; d. in Albert Lea, Minn.,
July 13, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling on a farm at
Pickerel Lake; served in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain;
owned a farm in Manchester, and during his last years resided in
Albert Lea. [237 (38*, 56*).]
Norton, Daniel S., U. S. senator, b. in Mount Vernon, Ohio, April,
1829; d. in Washington, D. C, July 14, 1870. He received his educa-
tion at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio; served in the Mexican war,
and afterward studied law. In 1855, in company with Hon. William
Windom, he came to Minnesota, and settled in Winona, where he
practiced law ten years. He was a member of the state senate in
1857, 1861, and 1864; and of the United States senate from 1866 until
his death. [1; 3; 10; 18; 27*; 41; 78; 114; 237 (1).]
Norton, Edward Sheldon, real estate broker, b. in Birmingham,
Conn., Sept. 8, 1850; came to Minnesota in 1880, settling in St. Paul,
and engaged in real estate business. [19*; 68; 176 (April, 1886*).]
Norton, H. P., b. in Yates county, N. Y., May 26, 1823; came to Min-
nesota in 1856; was register of deeds for Waseca county, 1863-5; later
engaged in real estate business in Waseca. [75.]
Norton, Henry Allyn, b. in Byron, 111., Oct. 17, 1838; d. in Minne-
apolis, Feb. 3, 1906. He served in the army, 1861-5, attaining the rank
of major; resided in Chicago until 1882, when he removed to Minne-
apolis. After 1892 he was general manager of the Guaranty Safe
Deposit Vaults. [121.]
Norton, Herbert H., lumberman, died in Winona, Minn., Dec. 11,
1894. He spent his boyhood in Winona; was graduated at Harvard
University, 1892; became vice-president and superintendent of the
Winona Lumber company. [167 (Dec. 14, 1894).]
Norton, Ichabod Allen, b. in Richland, N. Y., Nov. 27, 1819; set-
tled in Wasioja, Dodge county, Minn., in 1864; after 1884 owned a
saw-mill and a feed-mill in Milton. [49.]
Norton, James ,L., lumberman, b. in Aaronsburg, Pa., March 12,
1825; d. in Winona, Minn., March 26, 1904. He settled there in 1856,
and was a member of the well known lumber firm of Laird, Norton
and Co. [76; 237 (35).]
Norton, Matthew George, lumberman, b. in Pennsylvania, 1829;
came to Minnesota with his brother, James L. Norton, in 1856, set-
tling in Winona; has since been a member of the firm of Laird, Nor-
ton and Co.; president of the trustees of Hamline University since
1902. [76.]
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Norton, Robert F., merchant, b. in Washtenaw county,. Mich., Feb.
10, 1836; came to Winona county, Minn., in 1854; served in the Sev-
enth Minnesota Regt. in the Indian war, 1862; owned a store in
Homer after 1872. [76.]
Norton, W. H., banker, b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., in 1848; d.
in Northfield, Minn., in 1880. He settled in Northfield in 1868; found-
ed the Citizen's Bank, and was its president. [70.]
Norton, William Wallace, Congregationl clergyman, b. in Great
Valley, N. Y., March 18, 1822; d. in Northfield, Minn., Jan. 3, 1890.
He was ordained to the ministry in 1858; was pastor in Alexandria,
Minn., 1873-8; later was editor of the Independent in Northfield.
[144; 179 (Jan. 17, 1890).]
Norwood, Joseph Granville, educator, b. in Woodford county, Ky.,
Dec. 20, 1807; d. in Columbia, Mo., May 6, 1895. He was an assistant
to Dr. Owen in the geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minne-
sota, 1848-51, preparing reports and maps of parts of Minnesota; was
professor of geology and chemistry, and also was dean of the medical
department, in the University of Missouri, 1860-80. His biography and
portrait are in the American Geologist, published in Minneapolis, vol.
16, pages 69-74, Aug., 1895.
Nottage, George Wallace, journalist, b. in Sauk Center, Minn., Jan.
11, 1871; engaged in newspaper work after 1888; with his brother,
Julius P. Nottage, owned and published the Dodge County Republican
at Kasson after 1903. [50*.]
Noyes, A. P., farmer, b. in New York, June 27, 1825; served in the
30th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1865;
settled at Forest Lake, Washington county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1893. [30; 42.]
Noyes, Arthur H., judge, b. in Baraboo, Wis., April 15, 1854; was
graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1876, and from its law de-
partment, 1878; settled in Minneapolis in 1887; has since practiced
there, excepting 1900-02, when he "was United States judge for the
Second Division, District of Alaska. [25; 26*.]
Noyes, Charles Phelps, merchant, b. in Lyme, Conn., April 24, 1842;
served a short time in the civil war as a member of a New York regi-
ment; settled at St. Paul in 1868, and has since engaged in the whole-
sale drug business; president of the State Savings Bank; author of
"Noyes-Gilman Ancestry," 467 pages, 1907. [23;24; 25; 95*; 97; 218.]
Noyes, Daniel Rogers, merchant, b. in Lyme, Conn., Nov. 10, 1836;
d. in St. Paul, April 13, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1868, settling
at St. Paul; was the founder, in 1869, of the firm of Noyes Brothers
and Cutler, of which he was the senior member; was connected with
other lines of business, and with philanthropic work; was founder and
president of the St. Paul Relief Society. [3A*; 17; 23*; 24; 25; 28,
XII; 93*; 95*; 97; 98*; 99; 127B; 218; 237 (51*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 557
Noyes, Helon Fay, physician, b. Dec. 1, 1801; d. in Milwaukee, Wis.,
Jan. 15, 1872. He settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1855, and practiced
medicine there until 1870. [139.]
Noyes, John K., farmer, b. in Jonesborough, Maine, May 3, 1817;
came to Minnesota in 1856, and the next year settled in Fairhaven,
Stearns county. He opened the first hotel in the township, and after-
ward engaged in building mill-dams in different parts of the state.
[31.]
Noyes, Jonathan Loyejoy, educator, b. in Windham, N. H., June 13,
1827; was graduated at Yale College, 1852; after teaching for fourteen
years in education of the deaf and dumb, he came to Faribault, to
accept the superintendency of the Minnesota Institution for the Deaf
and Dumb and Blind, and filled this position during thirty years,
1866-96. [18*; 23*; 26*.]
Noyes, William H., journalist, b. in Vermont in 1851; came to Min-
nesota in 1896, and settled in Barnum; was a representative in the
legislature in 1901. [30.]
Null, Edmund, carpenter, b. in Canada, Jan. 25, 1833; came to Min-
nesota in 1857, settling in Union, Houston county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Num-ay E-nin-nee (Sturgeon Man), an Ojibway Indian, b. in the
Leech Lake reservation in 1846; d. at Cass Lake, Minn., April, 1901.
He was converted to Christianity and was baptized in the Episcopal
church in 1880; removed to the White Earth reservation; was influ-
ential with his people, the Pillager Ojibways. [237 (14*.]
Nussbaumer, Frederick, b. in Baden, Germany, Nov. 7, 1850; came
to the United States in 1876, settling in St. Paul; has been superin-
tendent of the city parks since 1891. [24; 25; 93A*; 96*.]
•Nutter, Frank H., b. in Dover, N. H., April 20, 1853; came to Min-
nesota in 1878, settling in Minneapolis; was landscape engineer for
the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners, 1883-1906. [85A.]
Nutting, George Barrett, Congregational clergyman, b. in Randolph,
Vt., March 11, 1826; d. at Black Mountain, N. C, Feb. 26, 1898. He
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1847, and at Western Reserve
Theological Seminary, 1850; was a missionary in Turkey, 1853-68;
came to Minnesota in 1869; was pastor in Brownsdale, Lansing, and
Hancock. [144.]
Nutting, Levi, b. in Amherst, Mass., Jan. 7, 1819; came to Minne-
sota in 1853, and located a claim to 160 acres where the city of Fari-
bault now stands. In 1865 he was a state senator, and for the next
several years was state surveyor general. [18; 70.]
Nydahl, J. L., educator, b. in Forde, Norway, Feb. 20, 1863; was
graduated from the college department at Augsburg Seminary, Minne-
apolis, in 1888, and from the theological department three years later;
professor at Augsburg Seminary after 1891. [148.]
558 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Nye, Cabboll Anderson, judge, b. in St. Croix county, Wis., Feb.
3, 1861; was graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1886;
settled in Moorhead, and has practiced there since 1887; was city
attorney five years, and county attorney of Clay county eight years;
was elected a judge of the Seventh judicial district, 1910. [22*; 24;
25; 26*; 30; 47*; 137*.]
Nye, Frank Mellen, congressman, b. in Shirley, Maine, March 7,
1852; removed in boyhood to Wisconsin with his parents; was admit-
ted to the bar in 1878; came to Minnesota in 1886, settling at Min-
neapolis; was prosecuting attorney of Hennepin county, 1892-6; rep-
resentative in Congress since 1907. [9; 17; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 27*;
137*.]
Nye, George M., b. in 1884 in Minneapolis, where he still resides;
engaged in grocery business; a representative in the legislature,
1909-11. [30*.]
Nye, Joseph M., b. in Quebec, Canada, Nov. 29, 1843; came to Min-
nesota in 1871; engaged in banking, and owned a drug store in Wells;
was superintendent of schools of Faribault county, 1894-1900. [39.]
Nye, Wallace George, b. near Hortonville, Wis., Oct. 7, 1859; came
to Minnesota in 1881, settling in Minneapolis; was in drug business
till 1893; was city comptroller, 1893-8; commissioner of public affairs
for the Commercial Club since 1901. [22*; 24; 25; 85A*.]
Nygren, Carl S., b. in Lake City, Minn., April 3, 1873; was grad-
uated at the School of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, 1896;
engaged in farming and stock raising; resides in Lake City; a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Nyquist, Nils, farmer, b. in Vermland, Sweden, in 1846; came to
Minnesota in 1869; settled near Eagle Lake, Blue Earth county; a
representative in the legislature, 1897-1903. [30.]
Nyvall, J. A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, March 12, 1861;
was educated in his native land, and was a teacher there; came to
the United States; was ordained to the ministry in 1895; settled in
Moorhead, Minn. [37.]
Oadson, John B., b. in Norway, Dec. 15, 1849; came to the United
States with his parents in 1850; settled in Lac qui Parle, Minn., in
1871, and engaged in dealing in farm machinery; was clerk of court,
1876-83. [32.]
Oakes, Charles Henry, pioneer, b. in Rockingham", Vt., July 17,
1803; was one of the earliest Indian traders, from 1825 onward, to
establish the business of the American Fur company in Wisconsin and
Minnesota. He spent the winter of 1825-6 on the shore of Leech lake.
In 1850 he settled in St. Paul, and for several years engaged with
C. W. W. Borup in banking. [18; 41; 93*; 94.]
Oakes, David, b. in La Pointe, Wis., in 1828; settled in St. Paul in
1850; was partly Indian, and was employed by his father in dealing
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with the Indians; enlisted in the civil war, and was killed in the bat-
tle of Pittsburg Landing, 1862. [94.]
Oakes, Thomas F., b. in Boston, Mass., July 15, 1843; engaged in
railroad business after 1863; settled in St. Paul in 1885; was presi-
dent and general manager of the Northern Pacific Railway after 1888.
[93*.]
Oakley, Clarence E., merchant, b. in Hempstead, Long Island, N.
Y., May 17, 1846; came to Minnesota in 1873, settling at Buffalo,
Wright county; has been a general merchant, dealer in real estate,
and president of a bank since 1885. [24; 25; 31.]
Oder, Levi, b. in Pennsylvania in 1826; came to Chatfield, Minn., in
1854; opened the first blacksmith shop there; served in the Second
Minnesota Regt., 1861-5, becoming captain in 1862. [52.]
Obert, M. C, miller, b. in Allegany county, N. Y., Sept. 30, 1840;
came to Minneapolis in 1857; settled at Big Lake, Sherburne county,
in 1880, where he constructed the Diamond Mill. [31.]
O'Brien, Christopher Dillon, lawyer, b. in County Galway, Ireland,
Dec. 4, 1848; came with his parents to the United States in 1856, and
to St. Anthony, Minn., in 1863; was admitted to the bar in 1870, and
has since practiced in St. Paul; was county attorney, 1874-8, and
mayor, 1883-5. [3*; 20; 22*; 24; 25; 93; 96; 127 A*, B; 137; 166A*.]
O'Brien, Daniel, b. in Kilkenny county, Ireland, in 1839; came to the
United States in 1858, and to Minnesota the same year; served in the
Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; owned a farm; was treas-
urer of Dakota county, 1877-83. [48.]
O'Brien, Dennis, b. in Ireland, July 7, 1839; came to America with
his parents in 1841; purchased a farm in Kandiyohi county, Minn., in
1870; helped to organize the Kandiyohi County Bank in 1880; Was its
vice-president, and had many other financial interests; resided in
Willmar after 1886. [35.]
O'Brien, Dillon, author and lecturer, b. in Kilmore, Ireland, July
1, 1817; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 12, 1882. He came to the United States
in 1857, and in 1865 settled in St. Paul, Minn. Here he published four
novels, and was also the first editor of the Northwestern Chronicle.
[22; 93A; 98*; 237 (1).]
O'Brien, Frank G., journalist, b. in Calais, Maine, May 15, 1843;
came to Minnesota in 1855 with his father, who settled at St. Anthony;
afterward resided in Minneapolis; author of ''Minnesota Pioneer
Sketches" (372 pages, 1904), and a book of poems, "Chimes of Cheer"
(425 pages, 1908). [85A*.]
O'Brien, Henry D., b. in Calais, Maine, in 1841; d. in St. Louis, Mo.,
Nov. 2, 1902. He came to St. Anthony Falls, Minn., in 1855; served
in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of
major; was postmaster at St. Anthony four years after the war, and
then removed to St. Louis. [237 (28*).]
560 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
O'Brien, James, judge, b. in Ireland in 1837; d. in Caledonia, Minn.,
Nov. 12, 1909. He came to the United States in 1850; studied and
taught at Notre Dame, Ind.; was admitted to the bar in 1868; settled
in Caledonia, Minn. In 1873 he was elected county attorney of Hous-
ton county. He was appointed chief justice of the Territory of New
Mexico by President Harrison. [29*; 61; 237 (56).]
O'Brien, James, b. in Michigan in 1845; settled in St. Paul in 1852;
served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was deputy
clerk of the district court of Ramsey county fifteen years, and was
county auditor, 1885-6. [94.]
O'Brien, James S., lumberman, b. in New Brunswick, Oct. 19, 1847;
d. at Grand Rapids, Minn., Feb. 24, 1904. He came with his parents to
Minnesota in 1853; resided at Stillwater, where he had large mer-
cantile and other financial interests. In 1891-3 he was a state senator.
[30; 104*; 105*; 237 (35).]
O'Brien, John D., lawyer, b. in Dublin, Ireland, in 1851; came to
Minnesota in 1863, and ten years later was admitted to the bar; re-
sides in St. Paul. [93; 238 (Aug. 6, 1897*).]
O'Brien, John D., dentist, b. in St. Paul in 1878, and resides there;
has been a representative in the state legislature since 1907. [30*.]
O'Brien, Richard Dillon, lawyer, b. in St. Paul, Aug. 15, 1874;
served in the Fourteenth Minnesota Regt. in the war with Spain, be-
coming second lieutenant; was graduated in law at the University
of Minnesota, 1900, and has since practiced in St. Paul; county attor-
ney of Ramsey county since 1906. [24; 25; 127A*; 137.]
O'Brien, Thomas Dillon, jurist, b. at La Pointe, Wis., Feb. 14, 1859;
came to Minnesota in 1863 with his parents, who settled in St. An-
thony; two years later they removed to St. Paul, where he still re-
sides; was admitted to the bar in 1880; was county attorney of Ram-
sey county, 1891-3; state insurance commissioner, 190.5-08; associate
justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota, 1909-11. [17; 22*; 23;
24; 25; 30*; 93; 93A; 98*; 100; 127A*, B; 137.]
O'Brien, William, journalist, b. In Galena, 111., Aug. 24, 1869; was
graduated at Notre Dame University, South Bend, Ind., 1892, and the
same year settled in Eden Valley, Minn., where he established the
Eden Valley Journal. [38.]
Ocobock, George W., merchant, b. in Minnesota in 1862; resided in
Norwood; was a representative in the legislature in 1901. [30.]
O'Connell, Richard H., banker, b. in Janesville, Wis., May 14, 1857;
came to Pipestone county, Minn., in 1878; engaged in farming until
1902; then removed to Pipestone and in 1908 to Ihlen, where he is
president of the State Bank. [71A.]
O'Connor, John, b. in Tarbert, Ireland, May 24, 1824; d. in St. Paul,
Jan. 9, 1883. He came to the United States in 1847, and to St. Paul
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in 1853; engaged in railroad construction, and later in hotel business.
[238 (Jan. 10, 1883).]
O'Connor, John J., detective, b. in Louisville, Ky., Oct. 29, 1855; came
to St. Paul with his parents in 1856, and has since resided there; was
a representative in the legislature in 1899; chief of the city police
and detective department since 1900. [24; 30; 93A; 98*; 100*.]
O'Connor, Michael J., b. in London, Eng., in 1833; d. in St. Paul,
Minn., April 5, 1911. He came to the United States when three years
old; settled in St. Paul in 1855; was captain in the Tenth Minnesota
Regt, 1862-5; was city clerk, 1870-9; owned an interest in the North-
western stock yards. [94; 174*; 237 (59*).]
O'Connor, Richard Thomas, b. in St. Paul, June 21, 1857, and re-
sides there; took the commercial course in the University of Notre
Dame, South Bend, Ind.; was clerk of the district court of Ramsey
county, 1887-95; U. S. marshal, 1895-9; has since engaged in banking
and brokerage. [23; 24; 25; 93A; 98*; 100*; 237 (30*).]
Odell, Charles W., banker, b. in Sweden in 1862; came to Minne-
sota in 1879, settling in Kandiyohi county; was the county sheriff,
1891-1902; cashier of the First National Bank, Willmar, since 1902; a
state senator, 1911. [30*.]
Odell, Peter A., b. in Calmar, Sweden, in 1838; followed a seafaring
life twelve years; came to the United States in 1864, and to Minne-
sota in 1867; settled on a homestead in Kandiyohi county; later re-
sided in Willmar; was sheriff of the county, 1879-90. [35.]
Odell, Robert Ransom, lawyer, b. in Newark, N. Y., Nov. 28, 1850;
was admitted to the bar in 1875; came to Minnesota in 1881, settling
at Minneapolis, where he has since practiced; was U. S. commis-
sioner, 1881-97. [22*; 23; 24; 25.]
Odell, Thomas, b. in St. Paul, March 25, 1882. He came to Fort
Snelling at the close of the Mexican war, and soon took a claim on
the site of a part of West St. Paul, being one of its earliest settlers.
Afterward he was a pilot on the river. [94; 237 (1).]
O'Donnell, James, pioneer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 1, 1848;
came to Minnesota in 1863; was he first settler in Clontarf, Swift
county, 1876. [32.]
O'Donnell, John, plumber, b. in Lancashire, England, Aug. 29, 1862;
came to the United States with his parents in infancy; settled in
Minneapolis in 1881; was state commissioner of labor, 1901-5. [26*;
30.]
Oefstedal, Andreas, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Voss, Norway, Sept.
1, 1855; came to the United States in 1871; was graduated from the
Theological Seminary at Madison, Wis.; engaged in missionary work
in Minnesota after 1881; was pastor at Fertile, 1891-2, and again after
1900. [37.]
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562 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Oestlund, Oscar William, educator, b. in Attica, Ind., Sept. 27,
1857; was graduated at Augustana College, Rock Island, in 1879: set-
tled in Minneapolis; was state entomologist of Minnesota, 1885-90;
assistant and instructor, animal biology, in the University of Minne-
sota, 1891-1906, and later assistant professor; author of numerous
scientific papers and reports. [7A; 127B; 169; 237 (53).]
Officer, Harvey, lawyer, b. in Monongahela City, Pa., :in 1834; was
admitted to the bar in 1854; settled in St. Paul the next year; was
reporter of the supreme court of Minnesota, 1857-64; was captain in
the Minnesota heavy artillery in the civil war; was attorney of Ram-
sey county, 1870-2. [93; 94; 98*; 115.]
Officer, W. H., miller, b. in Chandlersville, Ohio, April 25, 1823;
came to Austin, Minn., in 1869; was a state senator in 1879. [30.]
Ofsthun, Thomas T., lawyer, b. in Norway in 1859; settled in Min-
nesota in 1871; studied law at the University of Iowa; was attorney of
Pope county ten years; resides in Glenwood; was a representative in
the legislature in 1901-5. [30*; 169.]
Oftedal, Gustav M., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Stavanger, Norway,
Feb. 22, 1846; studied theology at Augsburg Seminary; was pastor in
Minneapolis, 1877-81; Alexandria, Minn., .1881-84; Richland county, N.
D., 1884-89; Trail county, N. D., 1889-1902; and in Minneapolis after
1902. [58; 148.]
Oftedal, Sven, educator, b. in Stavanger, Norway, March 22, 1844;
studied at the University of Christiania; spent several years in travel
in Europe; came to the United States, and in 1873 settled in Minne-
apolis as a member of the faculty of Augsburg Seminary; president
of its board of trustees and professor of theology since 1876. [58;
85A; 148; 149*; 169.]
Ogden, Benjamin Harvey, physician, b. in Three Rivers, Mich., Feb.
11, 1860; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1863; was gradu-
ated at Carleton College, 1881, and Hahnemann medical college, Phil-
adelphia, 1885; has since practiced in St. Paul; was professor in the
college of homoeopathic medicine, University of Minnesota, 1888-1909.
[23; 25; 127B.]
Ogden, Edmund A., soldier, b. at Catskill, N. Y., Feb. 20, 1810; d. at
Fort Riley, Kansas, in 1856. He was graduated at the U. S. Military
Academy; served in the Mexican war; became a captain in the quar-
termasters' department; was stationed for a time at Fort Snelling,
and was one of the original members of the church organized there
in 1835. [28, I.]
Ogden, John, educator, b. in 1823; d. in Seattle, Wash., July 23, 1910.
He was the first president of the Normal School at Winona, Minn.,
1860-2; served in the civil war; later resided in Minneapolis; author
of several text books. [237 (62).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 563
Ogle, Joseph C, M. E. clergyman, b. in Canton, Ohio, July 21, 1830;
d. in Owatonna, Minn., July 6, 1891. He was graduated at Jefferson
College, Pa.; was licensed to preach in 1860; came to Minnesota in
1875; was pastor at various places, being stationed in Owatonna in
1S87. [72*; 150; 180 (July 22, 1891).]
O'Gorman, Henry, lawyer, b. in Boston, Mass., April 8, 1847; came
with his parents to St. Paul in 1852; was graduated at the St. Louis
Law School in 1872, and afterward practiced in St. Paul. [68; 94.]
O'Gorman, John, b. in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1816; d. in St. Paul in
1872. He came to the United States in 1834, and to St. Paul in 1852;
was chief of police of that city. [94.]
O'Gorman, Thomas, R. C. bishop, b. in Boston, Mass., May 1, 1843;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1852; pursued his theological
studies in Prance; was ordained priest at St. Paul in 1865. He held
pastorates in Rochester and Faribault, and was president and pro-
fessor an St. Thomas College, St. Paul. In 1896 he was consecrated
bishop of Sioux Falls, and afterward resided in South Dakota. [26*.]
Ogulin, Anthony, R. C. priest, b. in Austria, Feb., 1862; came to
the United States in 1880; was ordained in 1884, and has since been a
pastor in Minnesota, being at Heron Lake four years, at St. Peter,
1888-90, and of the parish of St. Bernard in St. Paul since 1890. [146.]
Ohage, Justus, physiician, b. in Hanover, Germany, Oct. 13, 1849;
came to the United States in 1871; was graduated at the University of
Missouri, 1880; came to Minnesota, settling in St. Paul, in 1881; has
been professor of clinical surgery in the University of Minnesota since
1897; was city commissioner of health, 1899-1907. [24; 25; 68; 93 A;
127 (12*); 127B; 237 (46*); 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
O'Hara, Edmond, farmer, b. in Limerick, Ireland, Dec. 23, 1835; came
with his parents to the United States in 1849, and to Minnesota in
1866; settled at Fort Ridgely; was a representative in the legislature
in 1879. [30; 32.]
Ohlson, John, b. near Lund, Sweden, March 16, 1833; followed a
seafaring life several years; came to the United States in 1870; set-
tled on a farm in Herman, Grant county, Minn., the next year; was
register of deeds two years, and county auditor, 1881-7. [169.]
Ohs, Herman, hardware merchant, b. in Germany; came to the
United States in 1862, and to Rock county, Minn., in 1871; was a
minister in the Evangelical church twenty-three years; owned a farm,
and later a store at Beaver Creek. [71.]
Ojen, O. P., farmer, b. in Norway in 1847; came to Minnesota in
1866; resided at Shelly, Norman county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1899. [30.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
O'Laughlin, Martin J., b. in 1860; resides in Lake City, where he is
engaged in real estate business; was. auditor of Wabasha county, 1891-
5; was a representative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Olbeeg, Oscar N., merchant, b. in Christiania, Norway, Nov. 13,
1848; came to the United States in 1869, and to Minnesota the next
year; owned three stores, one of them being in Albert Lea. [53.]
Olcott, William James, mining engineer, b. in Detroit, Mich., Feb.
22, 1862; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1883; engaged
in managing mines on the Mesabi range; general manager, since 1902,
of the U. S. Steel Corporation mines; president of the Duluth, Mis-
sabe and Northern Railroad Co.; resides in Duluth. [17; 24; 31A.]
Old Bets (Aza-ya-man-ka-wan), Sioux woman, b. near Mendota,
Minn., in 1788; d. there May 1, 1873. She was a familiar figure in
the city of St. Paul, and lived chiefly by begging; was kind to white
prisoners during the Sioux outbreak, 1862; was converted to Chris-
tianity shortly before her death. [28, IV*; 94; 237 (1); 241.]
Oldenburg, John Adalbert, b. in Bjorneborg, Finland, July 14, 1862;
came to the United States in 1881; resided in Minneapolis, and was
European steamship agent after 1890; removed to Finlayson in 1896,
engaging an mercantile business and banking. [24; 42; 169.]
Olds, Frederic T., miller, b. in Mercer, Ky., Jan. 25, 1836; came to
Olmsted county, Minn., in 1857; and built at Rochester one of the first
mills in the county; removed to Tacoma, Wash., in 1883, where he
died. [66; 176 (June, 1887).]
Olds, George E., farmer, b. in Charlemont, Mass., in 1835; came to
Minnesota in 1857; resided at Granite Falls; was county surveyor
twenty years; was a representative in the legislature, 1895-7. [30;
38.]
Olds, Mark L., Episcopal clergyman, b. in Circleville, Ohio, Jan. 1,
1828; d. in Washington, D. C, Sept. 18, 1868. He was graduated at
Oxford University, 1847; served in the Mexican war; studied law in
Minneapolis; entered the ministry, and was ordained a priest in 1860;
was pastor in Hastings; removed to New Jersey in 1864. [238 (Sept.
25, 1868).]
Oleson, Tory, teacher, b. in Norway in 1849; when ten years old
came with his parents to the United States, and to Minnesota in 1862;
was graduated at the State Normal School, Mankato, 1872; engaged
in teaching, and after 1875 resided in New Ulm. [32.]
Oleson, John L., hardware merchant, b. in Sweden in 1860; came to
Minnesota in 1867; resides at North Branch, Chisago county; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Olin, David P., M. E. clergyman, b. in Montgomery county, N. Y.,
Dec. 26, 1852; came to Minnesota in 1875, settling in Red Wing; en-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 565
tered the ministry in 1886; resided in Dakota, and afterward at Heron
Lake and Lake Benton, Minn. [34.]
Oliva, Frederick, b. in Prairie du Chien, Wis., in 1816; d. in St. Paul,
April 27, 1909. He settled on the site of West St. Paul in 1847, where
he acted as clerk and scout, and was also an Indian trader. [94; 237
(6).]
Oliver, John, pioneer, b. in England, March 9,-1796; d. in Lakeland,
Washington county, Minn., in 1869. He came to the United States;
was a Boston harbor pilot thirty-three years; settled in Lakeland in
1848, where he owned a farm. [41.]
Olivier, John B., lawyer, b. in Berthier, Canada, Dec. 8, 1836; set-
tled at St. Paul in 1854; engaged in real estate business; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1859-60; served in the Eighth Minne-
sota Regt, 1862-5; was auditor of Ramsey county, 1872-3; was admit-
ted to the bar in 1873; in real estate business, 1883-90; judge of pro-
bate, 1891-5; and has since practiced law. [24; 68; 93; 93A; 94; 98*.]
Olivier, Louis M., b. in Berthier, Canada ,in 1819; d. there, July,
1862. He settled in St. Paul in 1850; was register of deeds for Ram-
sey county, 1853-7; dealt in real estate; returned to Canada in 1858.
[94.]
Olmstead, S. Baldwin, b. in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1810; d. in
Burnett county, Texas, Jan. 27, 1878. He came to the Northwest in
early manhood, and resided in Iowa and Minnesota; was engaged with
government contracts about Fort Ripley for a time; was a farmer at
Belle Prairie; was president of the territorial council, 1854; removed
to Texas at the close of the civil war, and settled on the farm where
he died. [114; 237 (1).]
Olmstead, Stanley Caleb, lawyer, b. in East Bloomfield, N. Y., Nov.
28, 1853; d. March 16, 1908. He was admitted to the bar in 1880;
came to Minnesota in 1887, settling in practice at St. Paul. [20; 24;
25; 93.]
Olmsted, David, pioneer, b. in Fairfax, Vt, May 5, 1822; d. at the
same place, Feb. 2, 1861. He came in 1848 to Long Prairie, Minn., when
the Winnebago Indians were transferred there, and established a trad-
ing post which he continued several years. He was a member of the
council in the first Territorial Legislature, 1849-50, being its first presi-
ident. In 1853, having removed to St. Paul, he became proprietor and
editor of the Minnesota Democrat, and was the first mayor of St. Paul,
1854. The next year he removed to Winona, and in 1857, on account
of ill health, returned to Vermont. Olmsted county was named for
him in 1855. [18; 28, III, IV, IX; 29; 93; 94; 114; 238 (Feb. 13, 1861).]
Olney, Frank P., lawyer, b. in Nokomis, 111., July 21, 1858; came
with his parents to Minneapolis in 1867, and later lived in Kandiyohi
county; was admitted to the bar in 1881; has resided in Benson since
1898; was county attorney four years. [38.]
566 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Olsen, Ingerval M., judge, b. in Norway, Jan, 4, 1861; came to Nicol-
let county, Minn., in 1865; was graduated at the University of Minne-
sota, 1887, and was admitted to the bar in 1893; settled at Sleepy
Eye, 1894; judge of the North judicial district since 1906. [30; 127A*.]
Olsen, Ivar A., b. in Norway; was a mariner, and in 1881 crossed
the Atlantic ocean in a fourteen foot boat, the voyage occupying fifty-
three days. He settled in Minneapolis in 1883, and engaged in real
estate business. [87.]
Olsen, John Wayenblaz, educator, b. in Copenhagen, Denmark,
April 28, 1864; came to the United States in 1871 with his parents,
who settled in Freeborn county, Minn.; was graduated at the Normal
College in Valparaiso, Ind., 1887; was superintendent of schools of
Freeborn county, 1891-1901; removed to St. Paul in 1901, and was
State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1901-09; dean of the Col-
lege of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, 1909; later engaged in
business. [24; 25; 26*; 30; 127B; 169.]
Olson, Andrew C, farmer, b. in Winneshiek county, Iowa, March
30, 1S66; came to Minnesota in 1868 with his parents, who settled in
Christiania, Jackson county, where he has since lived; a state senator,
1911. [30*; 62.]
Olson, August, M. E. clergyman, b. in Goteborg, Sweden, Nov. 10,
1827; came to the United States in 1853, and to St. Paul in .1866; was
pastor in several towns, and owned a home near Afton, Washington
county. [40.]
Olson, Bond, pioneer, b. in Sweden, July 18, 1837; d. dn Rochester,
Minn., Oct. 22, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and settled in
Zumbrota in 1857; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of captain; engaged in farming, and after
1900 was secretary of an elevator company. [237 (39).]
Olson, Carl Oscar Alexius, lawyer, b. an Long Parish, Sweden,
April 5, 1872; came to the United States when two years old; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1895, and from its law de-
partment the next year; has since practiced in Minneapolis; was a
representative in the legislature in 1899. [25; 26*; 30.]
Olson, Charles, pioneer, b, in Norway, Nov. 15, 1826; came to the
United States dn 1849, and to Minnesota in 1855; was the first settler
in Stevens county, 1866, and planted the first crop there; owned a
farm in Framnas township. [73.]
Olson, Edward, b. in Iowa county, Wis., April 16, 1863; came to
Minnesota in 1883; engaged in mercantile business at Hanley Falls,
1885-94; president of the Citizens' National Bank of Albert Lea since
1904. [53A.]
Olson, Hans, banker, b. in Norway, Sept. 18, 1848; came to the
United States in 1868, settling in Minnesota; owned a farm, and after
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 567
1894 resided in St. James; was vice-president of the Citizens' Bank.
[39.]
Olson, Herman L„ merchant, b. in Arvika, Sweden, June 10, 1837;
came to the United States in 1859, settling in Red Wing, Minn.; en-
gaged fourteen years in real estate business and loaning money; after-
ward owned a clothing store. [169.]
Olson, J. M., b. in Norway, May 11, 1834; came to Minnesota in 1854;
served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in the
hotel business, and opened the first store in Nicollet. [32.]
Olson, Louis E., b. in Amot, Sweden, July 7, 1856; came to the
United States in 1877, and settled in Minneapolis; was a bookkeeper,
and was prominent as a Good Templar, and in other temperance or-
ganizations. [169.]
Olson, Martin, merchant, b. in Norway, Sept. 18, 1850; came to the
United States, and to Kandiyohi county, Minn., in 1868; settled in At-
water in 1877, and engaged in general mercantile business until 1890;
president and manager of the Atwater Hardware and Machine Co.
[24; 25; 63*.]
Olson, Matiiias, merchant, b. in Norway, May 21, 1846; came to
America in 1868, and to Minnesota the same year; settled in Madelia
in 1870, and four years later opened one of the largest stores in south-
western Minnesota. [34.]
Olson, N. P., journalist, b. in Christianstad, Sweden, Feb. 23, 1854;
came with his parents to the United States when ten years old, and
later to Minnesota; engaged in publishing various newspapers in -this
state; after 1901 owned and edited the Anoka Free Press. [25; 43* J
Olson, Olaf, b. in Gagnef, Sweden, Dec. 3, 1858; d. in St. Paul, Jan.
31, 1902. He came with his parents to the United States in 1868, and
to Kandiyohi county, Minn., the same year; was a druggist in Will-
mar, and engaged in real estate and insurance business; was county
auditor, 1884-88; removed to St. Paul in 1898. [169; 237 (19*).]
Olson, Samuel, lawyer, b. in Willmar, Minn., Feb. 15, 1873; was
graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1895; practiced law
in Willmar, and was city attorney. [38; 137.]
Olson, Seaver Elbert, merchant, b. in Norway, Feb. 2, 1846; came
to the United States with his parents in 1858; settled in Minneapolis
in 1878, and established one of the largest department stores in the
Northwest; retired from that business in 1901; president of the Re-
liance Gold Mining Co. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 84; 87; 89; 169.]
Olsson, Peter, farmer, b. in Sweden in 1859; came to Minnesota in
1872; resided near Sherman; was a representative in the legislature
in 1899. [30.]
Onan, Warren, b. in Lancaster, Pa., July 20, 1818; served in the
154th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of colonel; came
568 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
to Minnesota in 1879, settling in Moorhead; owned a farm and en-
gaged in real estate business. [35.]
O'Neill, Daniel P., b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1853; came to Minne-
sota in 1872; settled on a homestead in Big Stone county, 1879, and
engaged in real estate business and farming; removed to Thief River
Falls, 1902; was a representative in the legislature, 1893 and 1899, and
again in 1911. [30*.]
O'Neil, John H., b. in Louisville, Ky., in 1854; engaged in railroad'
business eighteen years, and has kept a hotel at Park Rapids for the
last twenty years; was a representative in the legislature in 1901.
[30.]
O'Neill, Robert, b. in Ireland, July 29, 1811; came with his parents
to the United States when seven years old; came to Minnesota in
1850; settled on a claim in Eagan, Dakota county, in 1853; was a
member of the territorial legislature in 1857. [48.]
Ongstad, S. H., farmer, b. in Norway in 1859; came to Minnesota
in 1869; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1886; set-
tled in Otter Tail county; was a representative in the legislature,
1891-3. [30; 169.]
Onstine, Henry M., b. in Seneca county, Ohio, Sept. 14, 1838; came
with his parents to Fillmore county, Minn., in 1853; engaged in mer-
cantile business and milling in Whalan after 1870; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1876. [52.]
Opdahl, Ole I., farmer, b. in Norway, Jan. 5, 1852; came to Min-
nesota in 1865; resided near Mansfield, Freeborn county; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Oppegaard, John E., farmer, b. in Norway in 1862; came to Minne-
sota in 1872, and settled at Erskine, Polk county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1901. [30.]
Oppenheim, Ansel, b. in New York City, Jan. 5, 1847; was admitted
to the bar in Minnesota in 1878, and settled in St. Paul; has since
engaged in real estate business; vice president of the Chicago Great
Western Railway Co. [17; 22*; 24; 25; 93A; 98*.]
Oppenheim, James, author, b. in St. Paul, Minn., May 24, 1882;
studied at Columbia University; taught in the Hebrew Technical
School for Girls, New York city, 1905-7; author of books of fiction and
poetry, and of many magazine stories. [17.]
Oppenheim, Joseph, b. in New York city, Aug. 19, 1852; settled in
St. Paul in 1872, and engaged in wholesale millinery business; was a
representative in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Opsahl, Jens J., merchant, b. in Eidsvold, Norway, Dec. 21, 1865;
came with his parents to the United States in 1867, and to Minnesota
in 1869; engaged in mercantile and lumber business in Moorhead and
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 569
other places, and later resided at Bemidji; was a representative in the
legislature in 1907-09. [25; 30*.]
Orcutt, Nelson, pioneer farmer, b. in Allegany county, N. Y., July
31, 1836; came to Minnesota in 1857; served in the First Minnesota
Artillery in the civil war; settled in Alberta, Benton county, in 1867.
[31.]
O'Reilly, James, R. C. bishop, b. in Ireland in 1855; was ordained
in Dublin in 1881; came to the United States and to Minnesota; was
pastor successively in Lake City, Stillwater, and after 1889 in Min-
neapolis; became bishop of Fargo, N. D., in 1909. [146.]
O'Reilly, John P., cabinet maker, b. in I860 in Minneapolis, where
he still resides; was a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Ormond, Alexander Thomas, educator, b. in Punxsutawney, Pa.,
April 26, 1847; was graduated at Princeton College, 1877; came to
Minneapolis in 1880, and was professor of philosophy and history in
the University of Minnesota, 1880-83; has since been professor of
mental science and philosophy in Princeton College; resides in Prince-
ton, N. J.; author of text books. [17; 58.]
Orne, Edward A., dairy farmer, b. in Moultonborough, N. H., in
1844; came to Minnesota in 1865; settled on a farm near Faribault in
1872; was a represetnative in the legislature in 1907. [30*.]
Ore, Charles N., lawyer, b. in Princeton, Minn., 1877; was grad-
uated at Hamline University and the St. Paul College of Law; resides
in St. Paul; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Orr, Grier M., judge, b. at Pike Furnace, Pa., May 14, 1856; was
graduated at Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio, 1878, and the Cincinnati
Law School, 1883; settled in St. Paul in 1884; was judge of the munic-
ipal court, 1894-1902; judge in the Second judicial district since 1903,
presiding over the juvenile court. [24; 25; 27*; 30; 93; 93A; 96*;
100*; 237 (65*).]
Orrock, Robert, pioneer, b. in Scotland, July 15, 1805; came to
America in 1831; settled in Sherburne county, Minn., in 1856, being
the first resident in the township that bears his name. [31.]
Orth, John, brewer, b. in Rott, Alsace, May 20, 1821; came .to the
United States in 1849, and the next year settled in Minneapolis, where
he owned a brewery. He died on the railway train between Chicago
and Minneapolis, June 15, 1887. [60*.]
Orton, C. K., banker, b. in Dane county, Wis., in 1846; came to Min-
nesota in 1857; settled on a claim on the site of Ortonville in 1871, the
town being named for him. [32.]
Osborn, A. A., farmer, b. in Indiana in 1839; settled in Farmington,
Minn., in 1861; was a representative in the legislature in 1876-7. [30.]
Osborn, Henry Leslie, b. in Newark, N. J., July 5, 1857; was grad-
uated at Wesleyan University, 1878, and studied at Johns Hopkins
570 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
University, 1881-4; came to Minnesota in 1887, and has since been
professor of biology and geology in Hamline University, St. Paul;
author of numerous scientific papers. [7A.]
Osborn, Joseph E., musician, b. in Hille, Sweden, July 12, 1843; came
with his parents to the United States in 1849; served in the civil war,
attaining the rank of captain; engaged in newspaper work in St. Paul
and Minneapolis; clerk in the department of the state auditor. [169;
169A.]
Osgood, Benjamin Silsby, b. in Columbia, Me., Oct. 9, 1825; came to
Minnesota in 1857; operated sawmills and flouring mills in Hudson,
Wis.; removed in 1874 to St. Paul, where he has since engaged in
lumber manufacturing. [24; 25; 93A*.]
O'Shaughnessy, John A., b. in Stillwater, Minn., in 1866, and en-
gaged in the insurance business there; was a representative in the
legislature in 1899, and insurance commissioner of the state, 1899-
1901. [30.]
Osmundson, Osmund, b. in Norway, March 7, 1826; came to the
United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1856; settled on a farm in
Wheeling, Rice county; was a representative in the legislature two
terms. [30 (1873); 70; 169.]
Ostby, O. A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Grue, Norway, Feb. 19,
1862; came to the United States in 1881; was graduated at the the-
ological department of Red Wing Seminary; resided in Faribault,
Minn. [169.]
Ostby, Paul G., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Trysil, Norway, Aug. 12,
1836; came to the United States in 1868; studied theology in Mar-
shall, Wis., and was ordained to the ministry; was pastor of the
church at Mansfield, Freeborn county, Minn. [53; 53A*.]
Oster, Jean Antoine Anatole, R. C. priest, b. in France, June 4,
1834; d. in St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 5, 1910. He came to St. Paul in 1854;
was ordained two years later; was pastor at Clontarf, Swift county,
after 1878; returned to St. Paul in 1897, being spiritual head of St.
Paul seminary, 1897-1902; was pastor the next six years at Mendota;
in 1902 was appointed vicar general of the archdiocese of St. Paul.
[32; 146; 237 (22*, 45*, 59*).]
Ostkander, James, b. in Chenango county, N. Y., June 11, 1840; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Sixth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; was editor of the Journal in Caledonia after
1881. [61.]
Ostrom, Olof N., banker, b. in Christianstad, Sweden, July 29, 1850;
came to the United States in 1867; settled at St. Peter, Minn., the
next year, and engaged in building and mercantile business; resided
in Minneapolis after 1888, and was one of the organizers of the Swe-
dish-American Bank, and president of the Interstate Grain Company.
[20*; 90*; 169*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 571
Oswald, John Conrad, b. in Oberaach, Switzerland, May 20, 1824;
came to the United States in 1847, and ten years later to Minnesota,
settling in Minneapolis; bought a farm that has now become a part
of the city, and a few years later engaged in the wholesale liquor busi-
ness. In 1887-9 he was a state senator. [19*; 20*; 22*; 30; 58; 84*;
87; 174*.]
Other Day, John (Ampatutokicha), a Sioux Indian of the Wahpe-
ton band, d. at Fort Wadsworth, S. D., in 1869. He was noted for his
physical courage; was head farmer at the Yellow Medicine Agency;
rescued Miss Abbie Gardner, a white captive, from Inkpadoota's band,
after the Spirit Lake massacre in 1857; At the time of the Sioux out-
break in 1862 he was faithful to the whites, and conducted sixty-two
whites to safety. Afterward he joined Gen. Sibley's troops. [28, III;
33*; 116; 117; 118; 119; 120.]
Otis, Charles Eugene, judge, b. at Prairieville, Mich., May 11, 1846;
was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1869; settled at St. Paul
in 1871; was judge in the Second judicial district, 1889-1903. [24;
25; 30; 93*; 95*.]
Otis, George L., lawyer, b. in* Cortland county, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1829;
d. in St. Paul, March 29, 1882. He was admitted to the bar in Mich-
igan; came to St. Paul in 1855, and soon gained a prominent position
in his profession. He was a representative in the first state legisla-
ture, and a state senator in 1866; was mayor of St. Paul in 1867*
[18; 28, IV*; 68; 93*; 94; 137; 161; 162; 237 (6).]
Otterness, George H., b. in Wanamingo, Goodhue county, Minn.,
Feb. 5, 1870; when three years old came with his parents to Kan-
diyohi county; was graduated from the St. Cloud Normal School, and
in law at the State University, 1894; has been county attorney since
1905; resides in Willmar. [63*.]
Otterness, Iver G., farmer, b. in Houston county, Minn., in 1861;
has always resided there. In 1905 he was a representative in the leg-
islature. [30.]
Ottun, N. J., farmer, b. in Norway, Feb. 25, 1843; came with his
parents to the United States in 1850, and to Wanamingo, Goodhue
county, Minn., in 1854; engaged in teaching more than eleven years,
commencing in 1863; was a representative in the legislature, 1874-5.
[54.]
Oulie, Erik Nielsen, musician, b. in Odalen, Norway, Nov. 10, 1850;
received a musical education in his native land, and rose to eminence
in his chosen art; came to the United States in 1890, and two years
later settled in Minneapolis. In 1895 he was elected musical director
in chief of all the Scandinavian singing societies in the United States.
[22*.]
Ovri, E. J., b. in Norway, Jan. 25, 1860; came to the United States
in 1864; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1886, and
572 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Luther Seminary, 1889. He has charge of congregations in Otter Tail
county, Minn. [14S.]
Owen, David Dale, geologist, b. in Lanarkshire, Scotland, June 24,
1807; d. in New Harmony, Ind., Nov. 13, 1860. He was commissioned
by the U. S. government in 1848 to conduct a geological survey of Wis-
consin, Iowa, and Minnesota, $40,000 being appropriated for that pur-
pose; engaged four years in this work, assisted by J. G. Norwood, B.
F. Shumard, and others, and their quarto report was published in
1852. He made many other surveys, and in 1859 became state geologist
of Indiana. His biography and portrait are in the American Geologist,
published in Minneapolis, vol. 4, pages 65-72, Aug., 1889. [1; 3*; 4*.]
Owen, John H., b. in Cayuga county, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1825; came to
Minnesota in 1855; settled in St. Cloud two years later; was a car-
penter there, and afterward owned a door, sash, and blind factory.
[31.]
Owen, Robert P., miller, b. in Wiscasset, Me., Sept., 1828; came to
Minnesota in 1857; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; settled in Anoka in 1870; engaged in the grocery business seven
years, and later built the City mills. [31.]
Owen, Sidney M., journalist, b. in Ohio, Aug. 11, 1838; d. in Minne-
apolis, Feb. 2, 1910. He attended Oberlin College; served as first
lieutenant in the 55th Ohio Regt. in the civil war; engaged in mer-
cantile business in Toledo and Chicago; settled in Minneapolis in
1885 as editor of Farm, Stock and Home. He was twice the candi-
date of the Populist party for governor of Minnesota, in 1890 and 1894.
[237 (59, 62*).]
Owens, James A., b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1839; d. in San Diego,
Cal., Feb. 8, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1858; served in the Sev-
enth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain;
settled in St. Paul in 1870; was secretary of the city fire department;
removed to California in 1901. [237 (28).]
Owens, Jay, physician, b. in Genesee county, Mich., June 30, 1852;
d. in St. Paul, April 17, 1890. He was graduated in medicine at the.
University of the City of New York, 1877; settled in St. Paul the same
year. [68; 238 (April 18, 1890).]
Owens, John L„ inventor, b. in Wales, Aug. 10, 1832; d. in Minne-
apolis, Sept. 12, 1904. He came with his parents to the United States
in 1846; resided in Cambria, Wis.; in 1871 invented the Esterley Har-
vester; settled in Minneapolis in 1878; was president of a farm ma-
chinery manufacturing company. He obtained several valuable pat-
ents. [171*; 237 (35*).]
Owens, John Phillips, journalist, b. in Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 6, 1818;
d. at Taylor's Falls, Minn., Sept. 11, 1884. He came to St. Paul in
1849 and published the Minnesota Register, and later the Minnesotian;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 573
served as quartermaster of the Ninth Minnesota Regt, 1862-5; was
appointed in 1869 register of the U. S. Land office at Taylor's Falls.
[18; 27; 28, IV, X; 41; 93; 94; 171*; 237 (1).]
Owens, Thomas, b. in Oshkosh, Wis., Sept. 28, 1856; superintendent
of the Duluth and Iron Range railroad since 1892, residing at Two
Harbors, Minn. [25; 106*; 171*.]
Owre, Alfred, educator, b. in Norway, Dec. 16, 1870; came to the
United States, and to Minnesota in 1884; was graduated in dentistry
at the State University, 1894; was an assistant and instructor in its
dental college, 1894-8, a professor since 1900, and dean of the college
since 1905. [24; 127B.]
Oxford, William, pioneer, b. in Southampton, Eng., April 1, 1825;
came to the United States in 1849; settled at Crooked Creek, Houston
county, Minn., in 1852; owned a farm and a sawmill; was county super-
intendent of schools. [61.]
Ozias, Albert Newton, b. in Preble county, Ohio, July 2, 1849; was
graduated at the State University of Ohio, 1889; was principal of high
schools in Des Moines, Iowa, Columbus, O., and Racine, Wis., and since
1899 in Minneapolis. [85A*.]
Ozmun, Abraham, hardware merchant, b. in Tompkins county, N. Y.,
Aug. 31, 1814; came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Rochester; was a
representative in the legislature in 1859. [66.]
Ozmun, Edward Henry, lawyer, b. in Rochester, Minn., Aug. 6, 1857;
d. in Constantinople, Turkey, Dec. 9, 1910. He was graduated at the
University of Michigan, 1881, and the same year settled in St. Paul;
was a state senator, 1895-7; was U. S. consul at Stuttgart, 1897-1906,
and afterward consul general at Constantinople. [17; 22*; 27*; 30;
93; 237 (59*).]
Pace, William, farmer, b. in Sussex county, England, March 10,
1803; d. in Moscow, Freeborn county, Minn., Sept. 6, 1882. He set-
tled there in 1856, being one of the pioneers. [53.]
Paddock, William W., pioneer, b. in Cayuga county, N. Y., Nov. 4,
1828; d. in Mankato, Minn., March 7, 1911. He came to Minnesota in
1851, and was one of the first settlers in Mankato, 1852; engaged in
mercantile business. [83; 237 (67*).]
Paddock, Zechariah, b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., Feb. 6, 1824; d.
Aug. 27, 1895. He settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1858; was clerk of the
district court of Blue Earth county eight years. [45*; 83*.]
Paden, Thomas R., clergyman, b. in Washington county, Pa., Jan.
16, 1859; was graduated at Princeton College, 1883, and at Princeton
Seminary, 1886; came to Minnesota the same year, and after 1890 was
pastor of the church at Lake Crystal. [45*.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Page, Alfred Constant, b. in Whiteside county, 111., Oct. 6, 1865;
was graduated at Cedar Valley Seminary, Osage, Iowa, 1886; settled
at Austin, Minn., in 1888, and has since engaged in real estate and
insurance business; was admitted to the bar in 1890. [24; 79.]
Page, Emory H., Baptist clergyman, b. in Baltimore, Vt, May 25,
1818; d. in Minneapolis, May 5, 1888. He received his education at
Brown University and Union Theological Seminary; was a pastor
more than thirty-five years; came to Minneapolis in 1886, where two
years later he died. [19*; 141.]
Page, Harlan Winslow, b. in Tamworth, N. H., Jan. 2, 1838; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1861; settled in Austin, Minn., in
1866, where he organized the First National Bank, and was its cashier
sixteen years; removed to Northfield, and was financial and recording
secretary of Carleton College, 1885-1908. [128 (6*).]
Page, Henry G., b. in Rochester, N. H., March 9, 1832; d. in Fergus
Falls, Minn., June 20, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1870, and two
years later settled in Fergus Falls; owned a flouring mill there, and
was president of the First National Bank; was a state senator, 1876-8.
[30; 35; 237 (56).]
Page, John H., soldier, b. in Delaware; was commandant at Fort
Snelling, 1895-6; became brigadier general of volunteers in 1898. [11;
12.]
Page, Orin H., b. in Union, N. Y., Nov. 4, 1832; came to Minnesota
in 1854; settled on a farm in Pleasant Grove, Olmsted county; was a
state senator in 1879. [30; 66A.]
Page, Sherman, judge, resided in Austin, Minn.; was judge of the
Tenth judicial district of Minnesota, 1873-80. He became unpopular
on account of his arbitrary decisions, and in 1878 was impeached and
tried by the state senate, their verdict being an entire vindication.
[53A.]
Page, Zeno B., b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., Oct. 20, 1834; settled
in Mantorville, Minn.; engaged in mercantile business; was clerk of
the district court in Dodge county eight years; served in the First
Minnesota heavy artillery in the civil war, attaining the rank of first
lieutenant. [49.]
Paige, James, educator, b. in St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 22, 1863; was grad-
uated at Princeton University, 1887, and settled in Minneapolis the
same year; was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota,
1890, in which he has been a professor of law since 1896; author of
several text books. [24; 25; 127 (12*); 127B.]
Paine, Daniel L., journalist, and poet, b. in Richmond, Maine, Oct.
18, 1830; d. in Indianapolis, Ind., May 6, 1895. He came to Minnesota
in 1850; was employed at first in a logging camp, and afterward in
printing at St. Anthony. On account of his wife's health he removed
to Memphis, Tenn. [237 (9*).]
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Paine, Edward Gaylord, educator, b. in Perm Yan, N. Y., Jan. II,
1848; was graduated at the University of Rochester, N. Y., 1874; the
next year became principal of the Wesleyan Methodist Seminary,
Wasioja, Minn. [49.]
Paine, Frederick, merchant, b. in Providence, R. I., Aug. 28, 1837;
d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 15, 1907. He was graduated at Brown Univer-
sity in 1857; settled in Minneapolis in 1876. [121.]
Paine, James Martin, b. in North Anson, Maine, in 1834; d. in At-
lanta, Ga., March 23, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1856; served as
lieutenant in the Minnesota Mounted Rangers, and as captain in the
Second Minnesota cavalry in the Indian war, 1862-4; afterward en-
gaged in lumber business; resided in Minneapolis. [84*; 121; 156;
167 (March 30, 1900*); 174*.]
Paine, Milton J., b .in Bangor, Maine, in 1833; came to Minnesota
in 1852; served in the 20th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; after-
ward resided in Wisconsin until 1880; then settled in Campbell, Minn.;
engaged in mercantile business eight years; was county treasurer;
resided in Breckenridge after 1887. [35.]
Paine, Parker, banker, b. in Anson, Maine, in 1808; d. in St. Paul,
Aug. 17, 1875. He settled in St. Paul in 1853; was a director in the
Lake Superior and Mississippi railroad company; served one term in
the legislature. [94; 237 (1); 238 (Aug. 18, 1875).]
Paine, Samuel S., Baptist clergyman, b. in Anson, Maine, Aug. 10,
1831; studied at the theological school in New Hampton, N. H.; came
to Minnesota in 1861; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry as a
private, and afterward as chaplain, during the civil war; settled in
Ramsey, Anoka county, in 1903. [43.]
Painter, David Hugh, educator, b. near Newark, Ohio, Nov. 11, 1860;
was graduated at the Normal University, Ada, Ohio; came to Minne-
sota in 1S95, and has since been principal of the Adams school, Min-
neapolis. [26*; 85A*.]
Painter, Jonathan Ellsworth, educator, b. near Newark, Ohio, Nov.
29, 1862; was graduated at the Ohio Normal University, at Ada, in
1891. After 1893 he was supervisor of manual training in the public
schools in Minneapolis. [26*.]
Paist, William, pioneer, b. in South Charleston, Ohio, July 31, 1825;
d. in McLean, Ramsey county, Minn., Oct. 12, 1874. He came to Min-
nesota in 1855, settling in St. Paul; engaged in real estate business;
served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt., 1862-5, attaining the rank of
captain. After the war he settled on a farm in McLean township; was
secretary of the State Agricultural Society, 1872-4. [115; 166 (1875);
166A*; 237 (1); 238 (Oct. 13, 1874).]
Pallanch, Peter, miller, b. 'in Belgium, June, 1849; came to the
United States in 1868, and a few years later settled in Stearns county,
Finn.; after 1874 took charge of the Melrose flouring mill. [31.]
576 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Palmer, A. D., farmer, b. in Dodge county, Wis., in 1852; settled in
Ceylon, Martin county, Minn., in 1872; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Palmer, Benjamin Robinson, physician, b. in South Berwick, Maine,
March 15, 1815; d. in Sauk Center, Minn., May 6, 1882. He came to
Minnesota in 1856, settling in St. Cloud; was assistant surgeon in the
United States army, 1862-6, being stationed at Sauk Center and Ft.
Ripley, Minn.; lived afterward at Sauk Center, and had an extensive
practice. [18; 139.]
Palmer, Charles T., b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1844;
came to Rice county, Minn., in 1869, and two years later settled in
Faribault; owned a bookstore, and was clerk of the district court,
1876-88. [70.]
Palmer, Edward C, judge, b. in Vermont in 1825; was admitted to
the bar; settled in St. Paul in 1854; was judge of the Second judicial
district, 1858-64; prepared the revised statutes of the state in 1866.
[94.]
Palmer, Frank L., b. in Jackson county, Mich., 1861; came to Min-
nesota in 1888, and engaged in real estate and insurance business;
a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Palmer, George M., b. in Clayton, Wis., Nov. 17, 1853; came to Min-
nesota in 1868, and settled at Mankato in 1873; manager of the Man-
kato flouring mills, and president of the Hubbard and Palmer elevator
company. [23; 24; 25; 46*; 83*.]
Palmer, Heman Hosford, merchant, b. in Orford, N. EL, Nov. 1, 1831;
d. in Minneapolis, June 30, 1904. He settled in Zumbrota, Minn., in
1860, and afterward resided there. [54; 237 (35*).]
Palmer, Timothy Ruggles, lawyer, b. in Harper sville, N. Y., Dec.
3, 1856; d. in St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 3, 1908. He was admitted to the
bar in 1879; came to Minnesota in 1881, settling in St. Paul, and prac-
ticed law till 1902; later was president of the Minnesota Mutual Life
Insurance Co. [25; 93.]
Palmer, William B., b. in Waukesha county, Wis., Aug. 3, 1865;
settled in Winnebago City, Minn., in 1887, and was part owner of the
Winnebago City Foundry. [39.]
Palmes, Edward Samuel, b. in Litchfield, Conn., Nov. 17, 1811; d. in
St. Paul, Feb. 26, 1891. He settled in St. Paul in 1887, where he was
a merchant tailor. [124.]
Palmes, George, merchant tailor, b. in Le Roy, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1828;
settled in St. Paul in 1856. [93; 94; 99.]
Papke, John W., farmer, b. in St. Mary township, Waseca county,
Minn., 1869, and resides there (P. O., Waseca) ; a representative in
the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 0 i <
Paradis, Edouard A., journalist, b. in Lacadie, Canada, July 6, 1850;
came to Minnesota in 1875; owned and published the Plainview News,
1878-88; has since been editor and publisher of the Midway News,
Merriam Park, St. Paul. [24; 74.]
Pardee, Walter Stone, b. in New Haven, Conn., in 1852; was grad-
uated at the University of Minnesota, 1877; has since resided in Min-
neapolis, and during many years, since 1884, was city building in-
spector and architect for the board of education and the city water
works. [85A.]
Park, C. B., hardware merchant, b. in Windham county, Vt, Nov.
2, 1830; came to* Minnesota in 1865; owned a farm and a store at
Minnesota Lake, and in 1868 opened the first hardware store in Wells.
[39.]
Park, H. A., grocer, b. in Montrose, Pa., March 28, 1838; came to
Minnesota in 1858; settled in Red Wing; enlisted in the First Iowa
cavalry in 1861; later became first lieutenant of the Fifth Iowa cav-
alry. [54.]
Park, John W., b. in Vermont; settled in Steele county, Minn., in
1854; engaged in mercantile business in Owatonna; was register of
deeds, 1857-9; removed to Wisconsin in 1859. [72.]
Parker, Addison Jackson, b. in Arcade, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1839; served
in Wisconsin regiments in the civil war, becoming first lieutenant;
came to Minnesota in 1874, settling on a claim near Ortonville; was
county attorney of Big Stone county, and probate judge; engaged in
real estate and insurance business in Ortonville. [24; 32.]
Parker, Charles A., b. in North Clarendon, Vt., 1846; served in the
Seventh Vermont Regt. during part of the civil war; settled in Min-
nesota in 1863; resided at St. Paul Park, where he engaged in real
estate business; was a representative in the legislature, 1895-7. [30.]
Parker, Daniel G., journalist, b. at Mount Desert, Maine, April 2,
1831; d. at Port Arthur, Texas, Aug. 30, 1907. He came to Minnesota
in 1857, settling in Red Wing; was admitted to the bar the next year,
and removed to Albert Lea; served in the First Minnesota Engineers,
1862-5, becoming first lieutenant; published the Standard in Albert
Lea, 1865-78; later engaged in real estate business and dealing in
grain; held the offices of county attorney and county treasurer; re-
moved to Texas in 1903. [53; 237 (48*).]
Parker, E. B., farmer, b. in Madison county, N. Y., July 29, 1821;
d. in Garden City, Minn., Nov. 22, 1905. He came to Minnesota in
1865, settling in Garden City; was a representative in the legislature
in 1879. [30; 237 (39).]
Parker, J. H., lawyer, b. in Orland, Maine, Dec. 2, 1835; came to
Minnesota in 1856; was admitted to the bar, and was attorney of
Goodhue county six years; engaged in newspaper publication in Red
Wing; removed to Albert Lea in 1871. [53.]
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578 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Parker, Jesse W., d- in Onio in 1841; served in the army during the
civil war, attaining the rank of captain; was graduated at Columbian
medical college in 1869; taught music in Carleton College after 1884,
and became professor in 1887. [128 (1).]
Parker, Judson, b. near Concord, N. H., March 15, 1829; came to
Minnesota in 1857, settling in St. Paul; was in the U. S. postal serv-
ice, 1858-1901. [93A*.]
Parker, Lucius N., pioneer, b. in Chester, Vt., Dec. 11, 1823; came
to Marine, Minn., in 1841, and engaged in lumbering; removed to St.
Anthony Falls in 1849, and carried the mail between that place and
St. Paul. [41.]
Parkhurst, Stephen H., lawyer, b. in Stockbridge, Vt., Sept. 17,
1825; came to Minnesota in 1881, and settled in East Grand Forks;
was admitted to the bar in 1883; engaged in the practice of law, and
in real estate, loaning, and insurance business. [35.]
Parkhurst, William N., banker, b. in North Elba, N. Y., March 31,
1876; settled in Kasson, Minn., in 1902, and was cashier of the Farm-
ers' State Bank. [50.]
Parr, Samuel S„ educator, b. in Ohio in 1847; d. in St. Gloud, Minn.,
Feb. 23, 1900. He was graduated at the Normal School at Terre Haute,
Ind.; came to Minnesota; taught in Rochester, and later was for
eleven years superintendent of the city schools of St. Cloud. [177
(April, 1900*).]
P arrant, Pierre, came to Mendota, Minn., in 1832; was prohibited
in 1835 by the Indian agent, Major Taliaferro, from cominginto the
Indian country on account of selling whisky to them; in 1838 was the
first settler at Pig's Eye, named for him, and afterward called St.
Paul. [48; 93; 94.]
Parrott, George, merchant b. in Schoharie, N. Y., April 11, 1852;
came to Minnesota in 1880, settling at Owatonna; has engaged in hard-
ware business since 1882. [72.]
Parry, Edward Randolph, b. at New Hope, Pa., July 27, 1832; d.
near Philadelphia, April 13, 1874. He settled in Mankato, Minn., in
1857, and engaged in banking; served in the U, S. army in the civil
war, attaining the rank of major. [83*.]
Parry, Evan, building contractor, b. in Wales in 1828; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., Dec. 4, 1888. He came to the United States in 1847; set-
tled in Mankato in 1867. [171*.]
Parry, Henry I., druggist, b. near Cambria, Wis., Oct. 29, 1862;
came with his parents to Mankato, Minn., in 1868; was graduated at
the Chicago College of Pharmacy, 1885; owned a drug store in Man-
kato after 1890. [171*.]
Parry, John H., b. in Wales in 1830; came to the United States in
1849; engaged in mercantile business in Wisconsin; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1881; was bread inspector for that city after 1892. [171*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
579
Parshall, John Randolph, d. in Faribault, Minn., Sept. 10, 1902. He
came to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Sixth Ohio cavalry in the
civil war; settled in Faribault in 1865; was register of deeds in Rice
county two terms; was steward of the Minnesota Institutes for De-
fectives after 1892. [121; 237 (19).]
Parso, Frank, farmer, b. in 1836; d. in Windom, Minn., Nov. 20,
1900. He was one of the first settlers in Cottonwood county; served
in the army in the civil war. [237 (11).]
Parsons, J. P., Baptist clergyman, b. in Onondaga, N. Y., in 1800;
d. on a journey from the east to St. Paul, Nov. 13, 1851. He settled in
St. Paul in 1849, and was pastor of the first Baptist church there.
[28, IV.]
Parsons, S. D., b. in Naperville, 111., in 1833; settled in Mankato,
Minn., in 1854; served as quartermaster in the Second Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; engaged in real estate business and insurance;
was assistant clerk in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Parsons, Theron, b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1804; settled in
Mankato, Minn., in 1854, and laid out an addition to the city; removed
to California in 1869, and died there in 1893. [83*.]
Partridge, George, b. in Canada, May 8, 1835; came to Hastings,
Minn., in 1856; served in the 30th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war;
settled on a claim in Evansville, Minn., 1867, engaged in the man-
ufacture of brick after 1876. [35.]
Partridge, George Henry, merchant, b. in Medford, Minn., Aug. 21,
1856; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1879, and has
since resided in Minneapolis; secretary of the wholesale dry goods
firm of Wyman, Partridge & Co., since 1890. [24; 25; 127A*.]
Partridge, Sam, journalist, b. in Warwickshire, Eng., in 1830; d. in
Moorhead, Minn., Dec. 14, 1892. He came with a colony from England
to Hawley, Minn., in 1873; engaged in newspaper publication in Moor-
head. [166 (1893).]
Partridge, Thomas C, Baptist clergyman, b. in Ohio in 1816; came
to Fairhaven, Stearns county, Minn., in 1856, and was the founder of
the town. Later he removed to Orland, Indiana. [31.]
Passavant, Charles, b. in Germany, April 3, 1832; d. in St. Paul,
March 8, 1908. He came to the United States in 1854, and the next
year settled in St. Paul; was elected register of deeds for Ramsey
county in 1861; engaged in real estate and insurance business, and
after 1880 owned an interest in the St. Paul mills. [68; 94; 237 (51).]
Passon, John H., pioneer, b. in Ohio, July 9, 1830; settled in Wells'
township, Rice county, Minn., in 1855; served in the Eighth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; owned a farm, and in 1874 built the Grange
mill in Faribault; was a representative in the legislature. [70.]
580 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Patch, Edwabd, pioneer, b. in New York; came to St. Anthony in
1847; was a representative in the territorial legislature in 1850; en-
gaged in house-building. [59.]
Paterson, Andrew Bell, Episcopal clergyman, b. in" Amboy, N. J.,
Dec, 1815; d. in St. Paul, March 19, 1876. He was graduated at Rut-
gers College, and at Yale law school, and later at the General The-
ological Seminary in New York; became rector of St. Paul's church,
St. Paul, in 1857, and continued in this charge until his death. [237
(1).]
Paterson, Frederick Arthur Bryant, b. in Surrey, Eng., Jan. 1,
1855; came to the United States in 1875, settling in Fairmont, Minn.;
engaged in farming, banking, and after 1892 in real estate and insur-
ance business. [25; 39.]
Patrick, Bower Reynolds, Baptist clergyman, b. in Fulton, Mo., in
1871; was graduated at William Jewell College, Liberty, Mo., and in
theology at the University of Chicago, 1897; settled in Duluth, Minn.,
in 1897; was commissioned a chaplain in the U. S. army, with the
rank of lieutenant, in 1903. [38.] ___
Patrick, Fred Albert, wholesale merchant, b. in Marengo, 111., Nov.
8, 1857; settled in Duluth, 1891; has been president of a wholesale
dry goods company since 1900. [31 A.]
Pattee, A. W., b. in Mercer, Maine, in 1835; settled in Stillwater,
Minn., in 1871; engaged in mercantile and lumber business; was
mayor in 1896. [104*.]
Pattee, William H., physician, b. in Warner, N. H., Sept. 7, 1856;
settled in Pelican Rapids, Minn., in 1881; practiced medicine, and
after 1886 was part owner of a drug store. [35.]
Pattee, William Sullivan, educator, lawyer, b. in Jackson, Maine,
Sept. 19, 1846; d. in Minneapolis, April 4, 1911. He was -graduated at
Bowdoin College, 1871; came to Minnesota in 1874; was superintend-
ent of schools at Northfield; was admitted to the bar in 1878 at Far-
ibault; was a representative in the legislature in 1885; dean of the
College of Law, University of Minnesota, after 1888, residing in Min-
neapolis; author of several books on law. [17; 24; 25; 26*; 70; 85A;
127 (12*); 127A*, B; 137*; 237 (53*, 59*).]
Patten, William H., b. in Yarmouth, N. S., June 20, 1826; settled
on a claim in Le Sueur, Minn., in 1854; later engaged in trade; was
a representative in the legislature in 1864. [32.]
Patterson, Lester, wholesale grocer, b. near Alliance, Ohio, Bee.
24, 1841; settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1884; was president of the Man:
kato Gas and Electric Light Co. [46; 83*.]
Patterson, Robert, physician, b. in Grafton, Ontario, Aug. 21, 1850;
was graduated at Trinity Medical College, 1880; settled in Moorhead,
Minn., the next year, and in 1887 removed to Barnesville. [35; 91.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 581
Patterson, Robert H., b. in Athens, Ohio, May 10, 1846; came to
Minnesota in 18S4, settling at Minneapolis; has since been a manu-
facturer of hats, gloves, and furs. [23*; 24.]
Patterson, W. W., b. in Warsaw, N. Y., in 1831; d. in Nebraska,
July, 1893. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and engaged in real estate
business; served in the civil war, attaining the rank of colonel; re-
moved to Nebraska in 1869. [237 (2).]
Patton, George, merchant, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Aug. 24, 1802;
came to Minnesota in 1855; was one of the original owners of the
townsite of Lake City, moving there with his family in 1856, and was
long in mercantile business there, in company with his son. [18; 74.]
Patton, George Randolph, physician, b. in Allenville, Pa., Aug. 16,
1834; d. in Lake City, Minn., March, 1909. He was graduated at
Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, and in 1855 at the Miami Medical
College, Cincinnati. He gained a large practice in Cincinnati, where
he remained until failing health induced him to remove to Minne-
sota, settling in Lake City in 1872. He contributed many articles to
medical journals. [18; 74; 237 (56*).]
Patton, J. P., b. in Oswego county, N. Y., Oct. 17, 1842; came to
Minnesota in 1861; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; settled in Birch Cooley; was sheriff of Renville county. [32.]
Patton, William B., civil engineer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 14,
1860; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, 1880; settled
in Duluth, Minn., the next year, where he was both county and city
engineer. [38.]
Paul, Amasa C, lawyer, b. in Wakefield, N. H., Sept. 12, 1857; was
graduated in law at the National University, Washington, D. C, 1880;
came to Minnesota in 1884, settling at Minneapolis; has since engaged
in law practice, making a specialty of patents and trade-marks. [17;
24; 25; 85A*; 137*.]
Paulle, Leonard, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., April 23, 1855; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1872, and since 1875 has engaged in manufacturing store
and office fixtures. [23; 24; 25.]
Paulson, Jacob H., b. in Denmark, June 17, 1851; came with his
parents to the United States in 1866, and to Freeborn county, Minn.,
the same year; settled in Minneapolis; engaged in real estate, insur-
ance, and loaning business. [169.]
Paulson, John, farmer b. in Norway in 1846; served in the 46th
Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1865; re-
sided at Jackson; was a representative in the legislature in 1893. [30;
169.]
Paulson, John P., b. in Sweden in 1861; came to the United States
in 1880; settled at Two Harbors, Minn., in 1886; was employed by the
582 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Duluth and Iron Range Railroad Co.; was treasurer of Lake county,
18994902. [106*.]
Paulson, Martin A., b. in Toten, . Norway, Feb. 10, 1853; came to
the United States when fifteen years old; settled in Minneapolis; in
1883 organized the Century Piano and Organ Company, and was its
president. [169.]
Paulson, 0., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, April 26, 1832; d.
in Fargo, N. D., April 20, 1907. He came to the United States in 1850,
and four years later to Carver county, Minn.; served in the Ninth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war ; was graduated at the lisftbetaaii Sem-
inary in Paxton, 111., 1868; was pastor in Minneapolis six years, wmi
in Willmar eleven years; removed to Wisconsin, 1885. [149; 237 (43*).]
Paulson, Truls, b. in Sigdal, Norway, July 28, 1840; came to the
United States in 1859; served in the Second Wisconsin cavalry in the
civil war; engaged in farming and mercantile business at Spring
Grove, Houston county, Minn. ; was a representative in the legislature,
1883, and was postmaster of Spring Grove after 1890. [169.]
Paulsrud, Nels O., b. in Norway, July 22, 1847; came to the United
States in 1869, settling in Minnesota; resided in Crookston after 1887;
owned a farm, and was sheriff of Polk county, 1887-90. [35.]
Pauly, John W., cigar manufacturer, b. in Minneapolis in 1865, and
resides there; has been a state senatQr since 1907. [30*.]
Payne, Erastus C, Universalist clergyman, b. in Orange, Vt., Jan.
25, 1823; d. in Decoria, Blue Earth county, Minn., Jan. 26, 1892. He
was ordained to the ministry in 1845; settled in Garden City, Minn.,
in 1859; was register of deeds, and later county superintendent of
schools two terms; owned a farm in Decoria. [45*; 83.]
Payne, John, b. in Harford, Md., Dec. 22, 1826; came to Minnesota
in 1855, settling in Stearns county; engaged in farming, and later in
the manufacture of doors, sash, and blinds, in St. Clouci; and after
1868 resided on a farm in Rockville. [31.]
Payne, Luther, merchant, b. in Massachusetts, Oct. 9, 1815; settled
in Spring Valley, Minn., in 1875; engaged in mercantile business and
owned a livery. [52.]
Payne, William Wallace, educator, b. in Somerset, Mich., May 19,
1837; was graduated at Hillsdale College, 1863, and the Chicago Law
School, 1866; professor of mathematics and astronomy at Carleton
College, Northfield, Minn., and director of its observatory, 1871-1909;
founder and editor of the Sidereal Messenger, 1882-91, and of Popular
Astronomy since 1892; removed to Elgin, 111. [1; 7A; 17; 24; 25; 70;
128 (1, 6*).]
Peachey, George W„ b. in Wisconsin, Sept. 3, 1853; came to Minne-
sota in 1856; engaged in real estate and loaning business in Owatonna;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 583
was clerk of the district court twelve years; was a state senator,
1903-05; and secretary of the senate, 1909-11. [30*.]
Peacock, Joseph, b. in Canada, Jan. 19, 1840; settled on a farm in
Reno, Pope county, Minn., in 1865; was sheriff of the county, 1874-90,
residing in Glenwood. [67.]
Peake, Amasa Parker, b. in Crow Wing, Minn., Oct. 21, 1861; went
to California with his parents in 1866, but returned to Minnesota and
attended the Shattuck Military School in Faribault. After 1881 he
resided in Valley City, N. D., where he was president of the Consol-
idated Coal Co., and later of the Butte and Superior Copper Co. In
1909 he became adjutant general of North Dakota. [26*; 36.]
Peake, Ebenezer Steele, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Andes, N. Y.,
Jan. 15, 1830; d. in Valley City, N. D., Aug. 28, 1905. He came to Min-
nesota in 1855, and engaged in missionary work in the Minnesota river
valley; was associated with Dr. Breck and Mr. Manney in founding the
Episcopal mission in Faribault. In November, 1856, he became mis-
sionary to the Ojibway Indians. During the civil war he served as
chaplain of the 28th Wisconsin Regt. After the war he spent a few
years in California on account of his health; but after 1878 resided
in Valley City, N. D., Moorhead, Detroit, and Faribault, Minn., and
after 1901 in St. Paul. [26; 35; 152A*; 241.]
Peake, Giles, merchant, b. in New York in 1847; d. at Eagle Bend,
Minn., Sept. 18, 1904. He served, in the New York cavalry in the civil
war; settled in Minnesota; was postmaster at Wadena eight years;
later owned a store at Eagle Bend. [237 (35).]
Pearce, Michael, pioneer, b. in Butler county, Ohio, May 2, 1827;
d. in Chowen, Hennepin county, Minn., Oct. 6, 1897. He came to
Rochester, Minn., in 1854; removed to Lake Minnetonka in 1880, where
he engaged in fruit raising and the nursery business. [60*; 166
(1897*).]
Pearson, Alfred J., educator, b. in Sweden; came to the United
States when a year old; was graduated at Bethany College, Linds-
borg, Kansas, 1893, and studied later at Yale University; professor in
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn. [148.]
Pearson, Arthur H., educator, b. in Haverhill, Mass.; was graduated
at Amherst College, and at Andover Theological Seminary; became a
teacher in Carleton College, Minn., in 1880, and later was professor
of mental and moral philosophy. [128 (1).]
Pearson, J., physician, b. in Horby, Sweden, in 1845; came to the
United States in 1868, settling in Minnesota; was graduated at Rush
Medical College, Chicago, 1875; resided in St. Peter, Minneapolis, and
after 1886 in Duluth. [169.]
Pearson, J. F., farmer and merchant, b. in Clinton county, Ohio,
Aug. 10, 1835; d. at Howard Lake, Minn., July 4, 1902. He came to
584 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Minnesota in 1857, settling on a farm in Victor, Wright county; re-
moved to Howard Lake in 1869, and engaged in mercantile business
and dealing in stock. [31; 237 (19).]
Pearson, James C, b. in Richmond, Canada, in 1862; came to Min-
nesota with his parents when a child, and lived in Minneapolis after
1872; was a member of the fire department, and became a captain in
1892. [88*.]
Pearson, John, b. near Dayton, Ohio, July 21, 1836; served in the
39th Indiana Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain;
came to Minnesota in 1865; was a building contractor in Mankato;
removed to a claim in Grange, Pipestone county, in 1877, and later
was county auditor. [34.]
Pearson, Trued Granville, b. in Sweden in 1827; d. in Cannon Falls,
Minn., Dec. 22, 1905. He came to the United States in 1851; settled
on a farm in Goodhue county, Minn., in 1855; was a representative in
the legislature, 1870-1 and 1877-9. [29*; 30; 169; 237 (39).]
Pease, Charles R., b. in Fairfield, Me., March 8, 1855; settled in
St. Paul in 1879, where, with his brother, William W., he has since en-
gaged in merchant tailoring. [25; 95*.]
Pease, Edward A., b. in Fond du Lac county, Wis., in 1863; settled
on a farm in Redwood county in 1884, and was sheriff of the county,
1897-1900. [92*.]
Pease, Granville Slack, journalist, b. in Albany, N. Y., Sept. 15,
1845; came to Minnesota with his parents when eleven years old;
purchased the Anoka Union in 1866, and has since published it. [28,
XII; 43*; 155.]
Pease, Lauren Sexton, b. in Madison, Ohio, June 22, 1826; d. in
Faribault, Minn., March 25, 1901. He came to Faribault in 1856; en-
gaged in banking, and later in other financial enterprises. [237 (14).]
Pease, Levi B., educator, b. in Minneapolis in 1872; was graduated
at the University of Minnesota, 1898; was instructor there in assay-
ing, 1902-6, and later professor of metallurgy. [127 (14*).]
Pease, R. M. S., banker, b. in Norfolk, Conn., Jan. 12, 1822; d. in
Rochester, Minn., June, 1900. He was ordained a Baptist clergyman;
spent several years in pastoral work, and afterward engaged in bank-
ing; resided in St. Paul, 1857-63, and later in Minneapolis and Roch-
ester. [94; 141; 237 (11).]
Pease, William A., farmer, b. in Weston, Vt, Nov. 23, 1822; d. near
Chatfield, Minn., Dec. 16, 1903. He settled there in 1857; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1874. [237 (35).]
Peavey, Frank Hutchinson, b. in Eastport, Maine, Jan. 18, 1850; d.
in Chicago, Dec. 30, 1901. He settled in Minneapolis in 1884 and de-
veloped a very extensive grain elevator business, supplemented dur-
ing the last three years by a line of steamships for freighting grain
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 585
on the Great Lakes. He was well known for his public spirit and
many charities. [23*; 85A; 90*; 168 (Jan. 1, 1902*); 125; 237 (19*).]
Peck, Harrison Jay, lawyer, b. in Clarendon, Vt., Nov. 23, 1842;
served in the First Regt, Berdan's Sharpshooters, 1861-3; came to
Minnesota in 1864, settling at Shakopee; was admitted to the bar the
next year; was a state senator, 1883-5. [18; 25; 103*.]
Peck, Lewis S., farmer, b. in North East, Dutchess county, N. Y.,
Aug, 20, 1821; settled in Mantorville, Minn., in 1868, and removed to
Kasson in 1876; was a member of the State Board of Equalization,
1894-1901. [50*.]
Peckham, Joseph, Congregational clergyman, b. in Bolton, Mass.,
April 23, 1816; d. in Kingston, Mass., May 17, 1884. He was graduated
at Amherst College, 1837, and Union Theological Seminary, 1842; came
to Cannon Falls, Minn., in 1856; was a member of the state constitu-
tional convention, 1857, and a representative in the legislature, 1857-8;
returned to Massachusetts in 1858, and there was superintendent of
schools in Kingston twenty years, and was acting pastor in Plymouth.
[144.]
Peckham, Mrs. Mary Chase Peck, author, b. in Nantucket, Mass.,
July 15, 1839; d. in Ann Arbor, Mich, March 20, 1892. She was mar-
ried to Stephen F. Peckham in 1865; settled in Minneapolis in 1873,
where she devoted herself to philanthropic work. [4.]
Peckham, Stephen Farnham, b. in North Providence, R. I., March
26, 1839; studied at Brown University; came to Minneapolis, and was
professor of chemistry and physics in the University of Minnesota,
1874-80; special agent, U. S. census, 1880-5; official chemist of the
City of New York since 1898. [7A; 17.]
Pedersen, Anders B., merchant, b. in Sigdal, Norway, Oct. 28, 1838;
came to the United States in 1870, settling in Minnesota; resided in
Rothsay, Wilkin county, after 1879; owned a farm, a store, and had
other financial interests there. [35.]
Pedersen, Andrew Kjosnes, lumberman, b. in Selbo parish, Norway,
Dec. 28, 1845; d. in Appleton, Minn., Jan. 25, 1906. He came to the
United States in 1869, and settled in Minnesota. In 1880 he opened a
lumber yard in Appleton, and afterward made that place his home.
In 1892 he became president of the Citizens' Bank of Appleton. [22*;
167 (June 10, 1898*); 237 (39*).]
Pederson, Elias, Lutheran clergyman, born in Norway, June 14,
1865; came to the United States when fifteen years old; was educated
at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1895-1900; was ordained in 1900,
and was pastor at Adrian, Minn. [148.]
Pederson, Knud, farmer, b. in Norway in 1844; d. in Underwood,
Minn., Nov. 25, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1868, settling in Otter
Tail county; was a representative in the legislature, 1897-9. [30; 237
(35*).]
586 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Pederson, L. W., pioneer, b. in Norway, Jan. 23, 1847; came to the
United States in 1866; settled in Lake Park, Becker county, Minn., in
1871. Later he donated a part of his farm to the Lake Park Orphans'
Home, an institution under the care of the United Lutheran Church.
In 1902 he removed to Halstad. [44.]
Pederson, Mathias A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, July 31,
1869; came to the United States when one year old; was graduated at
Augsburg Seminary, college department, Minneapolis, 1893; studied
theology, and was ordained in 1896; was pastor in St. Paul, 1896-1900,
and in Calumet, Mich., 1900-1904; was a misisonary to India after 1904.
[148.]
Peebles, David Frederick, lawyer, b. at Crimson Springs, W. Va„,
Oct. 10, 1862; was admitted to the bar in 1887; came to Minnesota the
same year, settling at St. Paul, where he has since practiced. [24;
95*; 100; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Peebles, Thomas, b. in Ireland in 1857; came to the United States;
was graduated at Princeton College; settled in Minneapolis, and was
instructor in mental and moral philosophy in the University of Min-
nesota, 1883-8; has since practiced law and engaged in business. [127
(2*); 127B.1
Peet, Ed L., journalist, b. in Oneota (Duluth), Minn., Aug. 7, 1859;
spent much of his childhood in Anoka; owner and publisher of the
Journal, Grantsburg, Wis., after 1895. [43*.]
Peet, Emerson William, b. in Euclid (now a part of Cleveland),
Ohio, Oct. 16, 1834; d. in St. Paul, April 17, 1902. He was graduated
at Amherst College, 1856; settled in St. Paul in 1885, where he be-
came manager of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, and had other
extensive business interests and investments. [27*; 28, X; 237 (19*).]
Peet, James, M. E. clergyman, b. in Palermo, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1828;
d. in Anoka, Minn., Nov. 26, 1866. He came to St. Paul as a city mis-
sionary in 1855; worked in the Mission of Lake Superior five years,
and later was pastor in Anoka; was chaplain of a colored regiment in
the civil war. [150.]
Pehleb, John J., printer, b. in Winona in 1867, and has resided
there; was a representative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Pehrson, John, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, July 13, 1821;
came to the United States in 1854; was graduated from the theological
department of the University at Springfield, 111.; was ordained a
Lutheran minister; came to Minnesota in 1862; was pastor at Marine,
and at Norseland, Nicollet county. [32; 169.]
Peirce, P. M., pioneer, b. in Putney, Vt; came to Minnesota in 1856;
engaged in farming and in mercantile business in Winnebago City;
was a representative in the legislature in 1875. [39.]
Pelzer, Edward, druggist, b. in St. Clair county, 111., in 1845; came
with his parents to Winona, Minn., in 1857; engaged in the drug busi-
ness after 1867. [76; 78.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 587
Pence, John Wesley, b. in Warren county, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1830;
came to Minnesota in 1S65, settling in Minneapolis; was president of
the City Bank, owned much city real estate, and had extensive min-
ing and farming interests in other states. [58; 84*.]
Pence, Lampson, M. E. clergyman, b. in 1839; died in the army hos-
pital at Newbern, N. C, April 21, 1865. He became a member of the
Minnesota conference in 1860, residing at Red Wing; served in the
Eighth Minnesota Regt. after 1862. [150.]
Pendergast, Mrs. Helen L., b. in North Andover, Mass.; was mar-
ried to William W. Pendergast in 1858, and came with him to Minne-
sota; author of many short poems. [165.],
Pendergast, Solomon, merchant and banker, b. in Barnstead, N, H.,
Nov. 15, 1833; came to Jfiaaesota in 1856; settled m Sauk Center in
1861; engaged in mercantile business, and in 1881 established the
Bank of Sauk Center. [31.]
Pendergast, Warren Wendell, b. in 1875; d. in Hutchinson, Minn.,
Aug. 26, 1897. He was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1896; and the same year became superintendent of the experiment
station at Grand Rapids. [166 (1897*); 177 (Sept., 1898).]
Pendergast, William Wirt, educator, b. in Durham, N. H., Jam 31,
1833; d. in Hutchinson, Minn., July 17, 1903. He was graduated at
Bowdoin College, 1854; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Hutch-
inson, and engaged in teaching; was state superintendent of public
instruction, 1893-9. [22*; 30; 64; 95*; 127 (10*); 127B; 166 (1899*);
237 (28*).]
Pennell, Arthur E., journalist, b. in London, Eng., Dec, 8, 1859;
came to Minnesota while a boy; engaged in newspaper work in various
towns in Minnesota; editor and publisher of the West Concord Enter-
prise. [50*.]
Penney, Robert L., lawyer, b. in Watertown, Conn., Nov. 25, 1850;
was graduated at Cazenovia Seminary, 1872, and in law at Yale Uni-
versity, 1876; came to Minnesota, settling at Minneapolis, in 1880;
was a representative in the legislature in 1891. [22*; 24; 25; 90*;
137*.]
Penniman, Elijah Paul, printer, b. in Rochester, N. Y., April 10,
1847; came to Minnesota in 1883, settling in St. Paul; was with the
Pioneer Press Co., as foreman and assistant superintendent, 1883-
1910; afterward manager for the Volkszeitung Co. [241.]
Penniman, William A., physician, b. in Albany, N. Y., Oct. 18, 1802;
d. in Elizabeth, Pa., March 10, 1872. He was graduated at Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1827; settled in Minneapolis in 1856,
being the first homoeopathic physician there. [85.]
Pennington, Edmund, b. in La Salle, 111., Sept. 16, 1848; engaged in
railway service, 1869; was superintendent of the Minneapolis, St. Paul,
588 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
and Sault Ste. Marie (the Soo) railway, 1888-99; its general manager,
1899-1905; and later president of this railway company; resides in
Minneapolis. Pennington county, established in 1910 from the former
northern part of Red Lake county, was named in his honor. [24;
25.]
Pennington, James, lumberman, b. in Frederickton, N. B., July 17,
1839; d. in June, 1895. He settled in Stillwater in 1854; engaged in
lumber business there, and after 1861 owned a farm in Afton; removed
to St. Paul the year before he died. [167 (June 14, 1895).]
Bennington, John, farmer, b. in 1856 in Ohio; came to Minnesota
in 1865; resided near Randolph; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1899-1901. [30.]
Peregrine, Philip K., Congregational clergyman, b. in Wales, Feb.
24, 1824; d. in Custer, Minn., July 6, 1888. He came to the United
States when eighteen years old; entered the ministry in 1853; set-
tled in Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1868; removed to Custer, Lyon
county, in 1875. [143; 171*.]
Perin, Glover, physician, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov. 17, 1823; d. in
St. Paul, Dec. 13, 1890. He entered the U. S. army in 1847, as assist-
ant surgeon; became assistant surgeon general, with the rank of
colonel; retired from the army in 1887, and afterward resided in St.
Paul. [121.]
Perkins, Albert G., M. E. clergyman, b. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y.,
June, 1808; d. in Melrose, Minn., Jan. 15, 1880. He came to Minnesota
in 1857, and was pastor in many places, chiefly in the St. Peter dis-
trict. [150.]
Perkins, Alfred Darwin, judge, b. in Erie county, N. Y., in 1847;
came to Minnesota in 1868; settled at Windom; was a state senator,
1878-82, and judge of the Thirteenth judicial district, 1885-91. [30;
34.]
Perkins, C. C, lawyer, .b in Stowe, Vt, May 22, 1833; settled in
Faribault, Minn., in 1855; was admitted to the bar; was clerk of the
district court four years, [70.]
Perkins, Ellet P., b. in Stowe, Vt., July 24, 1836; d. in Minneapolis,
Sept. 7, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1855; served in the First
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1873; was in the postal service several years.
[237 (23*).]
Perkins, George D„ b. in Stowe, Vt, April 21, 1831; d. in Minne-
apolis, Oct. 10, 1901. He settled at St. Anthony, Minn., in 1852; built
one of the first stores there; shipped the first wheat from Minnesota.
[237 (14*).]
Perkins, Hubbard S., b. in Madison county, N. Y., in 1811; settled
in Goodhue county, Minn., in 1856; owned a farm, and after 1875 a
brick yard, in Pine Island. [54.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 589
Perkins, Irenus, b. in New Hampshire in 1817; came to Minnesota
in 1853, and two years later settled in Lakeville, Dakota county; owned
a farm and a grain elevator. [48.]
Perkins, J. B., b. in Broome county, N. Y., Aug. 21, 1843; settled in
Sauk Center, Minn., in 1866; engaged in farming and teaching, and
after 1S76 owned a drug store. [31.]
Perkins, Oscar F., lawyer, b. in Stowe, Vt, Jan. 4, 1830; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1854; came to Minnesota the same year, and in
1855 settled in Faribault; removed in 1876 to Northfield; was a state
senator, 1867-8. [18; 70.]
Perkins, T. H., journalist, b. in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, Jan. 21,
1837; came to Minnesota in 1865, and after 1869 was one of the pub-
lishers of the Goodhue County Republican; resided in Red Wing.
[54.]
Pert-ey, George Edmund, lawyer, b. in Lempster, N. H., Aug. 19, 1853;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1878; was admitted to the bar in
1883; came to Minnesota the next year, settling in Moorhead; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903-5. [24; 25; 30*; 35; 36; 47*;
137*.]
Pernin, P., R. C. priest, b. in France, Feb. 22, 1822; d. in Rochester,
Minn., Oct. 9, 1909. He came to the United States in 1864; was a mis-
sionary in Illinois and Michigan; settled in La Crescent, Minn., in
1878; was chaplain of St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester twelve years;
author of a book entitled "The Finger of God," relating to the great
fire in Chicago in 1871. [61; 146.]
Perret, Abraham and Charles. See Perry.
Perrin, Horace B., b. in Randolph, Vt., in 1843; came to Minnesota
in 1863; served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; set-
tled in Amboy, Blue Earth county, where he engaged in selling farm
machinery and agricultural implements; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30.]
Perrin, William, b. in Randolph, Vt., July 31, 1817; came to Minne-
sota in 1861, and two years later settled on a farm at Pleasant Mound,
Blue Earth county; was a representative in the legislature in 1878.
[30; 32.]
Perro, Joseph, pioneer, b. in Kaskaskia, 111., in 1818; d. in Stillwater,
Minn., Aug. 19, 1898. He settled there in 1844; was a river pilot
twenty-five years; afterward lived on a farm in Bay town, near Still-
water. [41; 237 (11).]
Perrot, Nicholas, explorer and fur trader, b. probably in Canada, in
1644; d. after 1718. He erected a rude fort and trading post near the
present site of Wabasha, Minn., in 1683, which was the first building
by white men in the area of this state. He was conspicuously inter-
ested in the early fur trade of Wisconsin. [28, II; 107; 113; 114; 146.]
590 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Perry (or Perret), Abraham, pioneer, b. in Switzerland about 1780;
d. in St. Paul, May, 1849. He settled in Selkirk's Red River Colony
about 1820; came to Fort Snelling, with other refugees, in 1827. When
the settlers were forced to leave the military reservation, in 1838, he
took a claim in what is now St. Paul, near Fountain cave. [28, IV.]
Perry (or Perret), Charles, pioneer, b. in 1816; d. in Mounds View
township, Ramsey county, Minn., April 23, 1904. He came to the site
of St. Paul with his father in 1827; owned a farm beside lake Johanna
after 1848. [237 (35*).]
Perry, Edwin G., b. in Wisconsin in 1862; came to Minnesota in
1901, and settled in St. Paul, where he is a lumber dealer; a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1909-11. [30*.]
Perry, Horace Greeley, woman journalist, named for the famous
New York editor, was born in 1872; learned the printer's trade, and
after 1891 edited the St. Peter Journal. [238 (Nov. 26, 1893*).]
Perry, Robert J., civil engineer, b. in Whitby, Canada, July 4, 1840;
d. at Hayden Lake, Idaho, Oct. 4, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1856;
was graduated at Hamline University; served in the Indian war,
1862-3; settled in Kasson in 1872, and owned a hardware store there
ten years; removed to St. Paul in 1882, and three years later to Man-
hattan, Montana. [237 (56).]
Perry, T. M., journalist, b. in Rhode Island in 1800; d. in St. Peter,
Minn., July 26, 1866. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and soon after-
ward settled in St. Peter and engaged in newspaper publication. In
1865 he established the St. Peter Advertiser. [32.]
Perry, Thomas M., journalist, b. in Wales in 1834; d. in St. Peter,
Minn., Aug. 28, 1907. He came to the United States with his parents
when a child, and to St. Peter in 1856; engaged in newspaper work,
being editor of several different papers, including the St. Peter Times
and the St. Peter Journal. [237 (48).]
Peteler, Francis, b. in Bavaria, Germany, April 19, 1828; d. in Min-
neapolis, April 18, 1910. He came to the United States in 1840; served
in the Mexican war; came to Anoka, Minn., in 1853; was captain of
a company of sharpshooters in the civil war, and attained the rank
of lieutenant colonel; was in command of Fort Abercrombie, 1862-3;
was owner of the Peteler Car Works, Minneapolis. [43; 237 (^2);
241.]
Peters, Joseph, b. in Empire, Dakota county, Minn., June 29, 1861;
engaged in farming there; was a representative in the legislature,
1903, and since 1907. [30; 56.]
Peters, Melvin George, b. in La Grange, Ohio, July 4, 1838; settled
on a farm in Concord, Dodge county, Minn., in 1863; later resided in
Mantorvile; was register of deeds in Dodge county, 1882-5. [49; 50*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 591
Peters, Theron R., Baptist clergyman, b. in Columbus, Ohio, May
1, 1847; d. Jan. 11, 1894. He was graduted at Denison University, and
at Rochester Theological Seminary; was pastor in Northfield and
Faribault, Minn., and was superintendent of missions for Minnesota,
1889-93; afterward was district secretary of the home mission society
for the Red River district. [141; 142*.]
Peterson, A. P., merchant, b. in Sweden, Sept. 7, 1851; came to the
United States in 1S61; resided in Carver county, Minn., and after-
ward in Cokato; was a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Peterson, Albert J., banker, b. in 1869; has resided in Dawson,
Minn., since 1890; a representative in the state legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Peterson, Andrew, farmer, b. in Sweden, Aug. 3, 1837; came to the
United States in 1858, and settled in Woodbury, Washington county,
Minn.; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a
representative in the legislature in 1879. [30; 40; 169.]
Peterson, Andrew, banker, b. in Utvigen, Norway, in 1863; came to
Minnesota in 1880; settled at Wheaton; engaged in mercantile busi-
ness, and in 1885 established the Bank of Wheaton; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1893. [30; 35; 169.]
Peterson, Andrew B., druggist, b. in Sweden, Sept. 7, 1851; came
with his parents to the United States in 1860; resided in Cokato, Minn.,
where he engaged in mercantile business, and after 1880 kept a drug
store; was a representative in the state legislature in 1876. [31; 169.]
Peterson, August, b. in Norway, Sept. 20, 1843; d. in Albert Lea,
Minn., March 15, 1904. He came with his parents to the United States
in 1854, and four years later to Minnesota; served in the Third Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; was register of deeds in Freeborn county
three years; engaged in farming, and later in real estate and insur-
ance business in Albert Lea. [53; 237 (35).]
Peterson, C. E., journalist, b. in Vadstena, Sweden, Dec. 19, 1859;
came to the United States in 1879, and to Minnesota in 1881; engaged
in newspaper work; after 1889 owned a Swedish newspaper in Minne-
apolis. [169.]
Peterson, Carolus, pioneer, b. in Norway, May 26, 1827; came to
the United States in 1866, settling in Minnesota; was the first settler
in Highwater township, Cottonwood county, 1867. [34.]
Peterson, Charles, b. in Sweden, March 9, 1840; came to the United
States with his parents when twelve years old; engaged in lumber-
ing, and owned a farm at Marine Mills, Minn.; was a representative
in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Peterson, Christian N., b. in Germany, April 30, 1859; came to the
United States in 1881; settled in Fairmont, Minn., the next year; en-
gaged in real estate, loaning, and insurance business. [34.]
592 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Peterson, Daniel, merchant, b. in Vexio, Sweden, Dec. 17, 1822;
came to the United States in 1853, and to Minnesota the same year;
owned a farm, and after 1883 resided in New London. [35.]
Peterson, Edward P., lawyer, b. at White Rock, Goodhue county,
Minn., June, 1855; came with his parents to Meeker county when
eleven years old; was admitted to the bar in 1882, and has practiced
in Litchfield since 1883; a state senator, 1911. [30*; 65; 169.]
Peterson, Prank, Baptist clergyman, b. in Stockseryd, Sweden, Nov.
19, 1847; came to the United States when four years old; served in
the Ninth Iowa cavalry in the civil war; was pastor in Worthington,
Minn., after 1875; resided in Minneapolis after 1881; became district
secretary of the American Baptist Missionary Union in 1891. [169*.]
Peterson, Prank A., b. in 1865; came to Minneapolis in 1881; en-
tered the fire department service in 1886; was a captain after 1891.
[88*.]
Peterson, Prank H., lawyer, b. in Baltimore, Md., Aug. 16, 1859;
was graduated at Western Maryland College, Westminster, in 1878,
and later in law at the University of Maryland; was admitted to the
bar in 1881; came to Minnesota in 1884, and settled in Barnesville the
next year; removed to Moorhead in 1890; was a state senator, 1903-9.
[30*; 35; 47*; 137*.]
Peterson, George W., lawyer, b. in Albert Lea, Minn., Feb. 25, 1872;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1893, and at George
Washington Law School, 1897; settled in Long Prairie, Minn.; was
attorney for Todd county, 1898-1905; was assistant attorney general of
Minnesota, 190741. [30.]
Peterson, Gunerius, farmer, b. in Norway in 1840; came to the
United States and settled in Minnesota in 1871; resided near Hector;
was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Peterson, H. A., b. in Vermland, Sweden, in 1861; came with his
parents to the United States when an infant; lived in Minnesota;
owned a farm at Sacred Heart, Renville county; was a representative
in the legislature in 1890. [169.]
Peterson, H. O., b. in Helgeland, Norway, June 23, 1849; came to
the United States when twenty years old, settling in Minnesota; en-
gaged in mercantile business in Minneapolis, and later dealt in real
estate and insurance; was treasurer of Hennepin county, 1891-2. [169.]
Peterson, Henry L, journalist, b. in Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 14, 1857;
came with his parents to Meeker county in 1867; learned the printer's
trade, and established the Litchfield Independent in 1876, of which he
has since been editor and publisher. [24; 65; 169.]
Peterson, James A., lawyer, b. at Alderly, Wis., Jan. 18, 1859; was
graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1884, and from its law de-
partment, 1887; has since practiced in Minneapolis; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1901. [22*; 24; 26*; 30; 169.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 593
Peterson, John, railroad contractor, b. in Vermland, Sweden, July
6, 1841; came to the United States in 1869, and settled in St. Peter,
Minn.; engaged in railroad construction until 1886, and afterward was
interested in the iron industries of northern Minnesota; was a state
senator, 1895-7; became collector of customs for the district of Min-
nesota in 1898, and removed to St Paul. [22*; 30; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Peterson, John August, Baptist clergyman, b. in Sweden in 1835;
d. in 1884. He came to the United States when eighteen years old;
was pastor in Carver county, Minn., 1859-65, in Blue Earth county
seven years, and after 1873 in Minneapolis; was a representative in
the legislature in 1873. [30; 169.]
Peterson, John Emil, b. in Wermland, Sweden, Jan. 6, 1868; came
to the United States in 1881, with his parents, who settled in St.
Peter, Minn.; was graduated from the commercial department of
Gustavus Adolphus College, 1889; was a bookkeeper, 1889-1901; set-
tled in Barrett, 1901, and engaged in milling; a representative in the
legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Peterson, John F., merchant, b. in Boras, Sweden, April 5, 1848;
came to the United States when sixteen years old, and to Minnesota
the same year; resided in Minneapolis after 1870; was register of
deeds for Hennepin county, 1887-91; organized the American Exchange
Bank in 1892, and was its president. [90*; 169*.]
Peterson, John P., b. in Lansing, Iowa, in 1859; d. in Worthington,
Minn., March 17, 1904. He came to Worthington in 1872; engaged in
mercantile and grain elevator business; was treasurer of Nobles
county three terms. [237 (35).]
Peterson, John W., b. in Smaland, Sweden, March 30, 1838; set-
tled in Chisago county, Minn., in 1856; served in the Sixth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; afterward resided in Vasa, Goodhue county,
where he engaged in farming; was a state senator, 1873 and 1891-3.
[29*; 30; 56; 169.]
Peterson, Lewis, b. in Denmark; came to Minnesota in 1868; set-
tled in Tunsburg, Chippewa county, in 1879, and opened the first store
in that town. [32.]
Petersen, Nicholas, b. in Germany, Jan. 26, 1851; came to the
United States in 1867; settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1879; was one
of the organizers of the Standard Brewing Co. ; was mayor of Mankato,
1901-3. [24; 25; 83*.]
Peterson, O. F., b. in Indiana in 1852; came to Minnesota in 1878,
and the next year started business in Hector, Renville county; was a
hardware merchant, and dealt in machinery and furniture. [32; 82.]
Peterson, O. P., Baptist clergyman, b. in Visby, Sweden, Feb. 10,
1860; came to the United States in 1881; was graduated at the Bap-
tist Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1884; was pastor in St. Paul after
1890. [169.]
594 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Peterson, Ole, b. in Norway, Feb. 16, 1832; came to the United
States in 1851; settled in Manchester, Freeborn county, Minn., in
1856; served in the 15th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was organ-
izer and president of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance Company. [53;
169.]
Peterson, Ole, b. in Norway, Dec. 20, 1835; d. about 1886. He came
to the United States; served in the civil war; settled in Minnesota in
1865; was the first sheriff of Pope county; was receiver of the U. S.
land office in St. Cloud; was one of the three first Scandinavian sen-
ators in Minnesota, 1871; was a representative in the legislature in
1883. [169.]
Peterson, Ole, farmer, b. in Dalarne, Sweden, in 1853; came to
Minnesota in 1870; settled in Bernadotte, Nicollet county; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1903-5 and 1909-11. [30*.]
Peterson, Peter, farmer and merchant, b. in Waldris, Norway, Dec.
17, 1846; came with his parents to the United States when a child;
served in the Seventh Iowa cavalry in the civil war; came to Minne-
sota in 1866; settled on a claim in Murray county in 1870; removed to
Slayton in 1885; was register of deeds two years, and a representative
in the legislature in 1884; was county treasurer, 1891-8. [34; 169.]
Peterson, Peter A., druggist, b. in Christiania, Norway, Jan. 24, 1855;
came to the United States and to Cannon Falls, Minn., in 1869; has
been postmaster there since 1889. [24; 25; 80*.]
Petersen, Peter T., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Aardal, near Stavan-
ger, Norway, Oct. 23, 1853; came to the United States in 1878; studied
at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1880 and 1882-86; has since been
a pastor in Grant county, Minn. [148; 169.]
Peterson, Samuel D., b. in Norway, May 11, 1849; came to Minne-
sota in 1856; resides in New Ulm, where since 1872 he has engaged
in the farm implement business; was a state senator, 1891-3, and a
representative in the legislature, 1901-5. [25; 30*; 32; 169.]
Peterson, Samuel George, journalist, b. in Denmark, July 3, 1866;
came to the United States when five years old, with his grandparents,
who settled in Renville county, Minn.; owned and edited the Glencoe
Register. t%2*.~\
Peterson, Soren, b. in Denmark in 1847; came to the United States
in 1869, settling in Blooming Prairie, Minn.; was treasurer of Steele
county, 1885-90. [72.]
Petersen, Wilhelm Magnus Herman, Lutheran clergyman, b. in
Ringerike, Norway, Nov. Ut 1854; d. April 20, 1899. He came to the
United States in 1862; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah,
Iowa, 1875, and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, 1878; was pastor In
St. Paul, 1878-94; later was professor of theology in the Luther Sem-
inary, Hamline, St. Paul; author of several books. [148; 169.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 595
Petri, Carl Johax, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Rockford, 111., June
16, 1856; was graduated at Augustana College, Paxton, 111., 1877; set-
tled in Minneapolis, 1878; was ordained in 1880; was professor in
Gustavus Adolphus College, 1884-88, and has since been a pastor in
Minneapolis. [85A*; 148; 169*.]
Petri, Gustave A., lawyer, b. in Rockford, 111., Sept. 21, 1863; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1890, and from its law de-
partment three years later; has since practiced in Minneapolis. [25;
169.]
Petrie, Albert H., lumberman, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 12, 1846;
d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 11, 1901. He settled in Minneapolis in 1892,
where he was manager of the Anoka lumber company. [167 (Sept.
8, 1893*, and Aug. 16, 1901).]
Petsch, Charles H., b. in Logansport, Ind., June 24, 1857; came to
St. Paul in 1868; was manager of the St. Louis, St. Paul and Minne-
apolis Packet Co.; engaged in railroad business, and was interested in
real estate. [98*; 100.]
Petterson, Fredrek, farmer, b. in Norway, Sept. 17, 1828; came to
the United States in 1857; settled in Zumbrota, Minn., in 1862; was a
representative in the legislature in 1875. [169.]
Petterson, Wilhelm Mauritz, educator, b. in Mandal, Norway, Dec.
16, 1860; followed a seafaring life several years; settled in Minne-
apolis in 1882; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary, 1884; has been
professor there since 1886, successively of languages, mathematics,
history, and Norwegian literature. He is author of a volume of Nor-
wegian poems, published in 1891. [85A*; 148; 169.]
Petteys, John H., farmer, b. in Camden, N. Y., March 9, 1835; came
to Minnesota in 1865, settling in Walcott, Rice county, Minn.; was a
representative in the legislature in 1877. [30; 70A.]
Pettijohn, Eli, pioneer, b. in Brown county, Ohio, Jan. 28, 1819;
came to Minnesota in 1841; was in U. S. government service for the
Sioux; removed to California, and there was the first manufacturer of
Pettijohn's breakfast food, since widely used; returned to Minnesota
and resides in Minneapolis. [241.]
Pettijohn, Elias S., b. in Huntsville, 111., Feb. 1, 1848; came to Min-
nesota with his parents in 1853; became superintendent of schools of
Nicollet county in 1875; was county auditor, 1876-90; cashier of the
First National Bank of St. Peter, 1890-1900; deputy state treasurer
after 1901, and treasurer, 1910, residing in St. Paul. [24; 25; 30; 32.]
Pettijohn, Jonas, b. in Highland county, Ohio, Nov. 5, 1813; came
to Minnesota in 1845; was an assistant with the missionaries to the
Sioux, T. S. Williamson and S. R. Riggs, at Lac qui Parle, 1845-52;
was government teacher for the Sioux, at Red Iron's village, 1859-62;
removed to Kansas in 1868; author of an "Autobiography, Family His-
tory, and Various Reminiscences," 104 pages, 1890.
596 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Pettitt, Alfred C, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Mercer, Pa., July
23, 1839; d. in Oronoco, Minn., Dec. 11, 1898. He studied medicine,
and practiced in Ohio and Pennsylvania; was surgeon in the army
two years in the civil war; settled at Fergus Falls, Minn., in 1883;
was ordained to the ministry in 1886; was pastor at several places,
including Maplewood, Fisher, and Oronoco. [153.]
Pettit, Curtis Hussey, miller and lumberman, b. in Hanover, Ohio,
Sept. 18, 1833; came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in Minneapolis,
where he has been interested in the manufacture of lumber and flour,
and in several other large business enterprises. He was a state sen-
ator in 1866 and 1868-71; and a representative in the legislature in
1874-6 and 1887. [19*; 59; 85A*; 174*.]
Pettitt, Silas I., grocer, b. in Dutchess county, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1829;
came to Minnesota in 1856; operated the first sawmill in Mantorville;
settled in Faribault in 1874; opened a grocery in 1879; treasurer of
Rice county since 1901. [25; 70.]
Petzet, Walter Friedrich Leopold Max, musician, b. in Breslau,
Germany, Oct. 10, 1866; was graduated at the Munich Royal Academy
of Music in 1886; came to the United States in 1887, settling in Min-
nesota; afterward spent three years in Chicago and New York, and
in 1894 returned to Minneapolis. He is a well known composer of
piano and vocal music. [22*.]
Peyton, Hamilton Murray, b. in Geneva, N. Y., March 17, 1835; was
graduated at Rutgers College, 1855; was in lumber business at Supe-
rior, Wis., 1858-74; removed to Duluth, Minn., in 1874; has since been
the head of a large manufacturing firm; president of the American
Exchange Bank since its organization in 1879. [20; 23*; 24; 25; 31A*.]
Pfaender, Albert, lawyer, b. in New Ulm, Minn., Sept. 9, 1873, and
has resided there; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1897, and later studied in its law department till 1899; a represent-
ative in the state legislature since 1909. [24; 25; 30*; 127A*.]
Pfaender, William, state treasurer, b. in Heilbronn, Germany, July
6, 1826; came to the United States in 1848, and settled in New Ulm,
Minn., in 1856, where he was postmaster and register of deeds. He
was senior first lieutenant in the First Minnesota Battery, 1861-2, but
returned north at the time of the Sioux Indian outbreak. Later he
was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the First Regt. Minnesota
Mounted Rangers, and afterward of the Second Regt. Minnesota Cav-
alry. In 1859-60 he was a representative in the legislature; in 1870-2
was a state senator; and in 1876-80 was the treasurer of the state.
Afterward he engaged in real estate and insurance business in New
Ulm. [18; 22*; 26*; 29; 32; 115; 174*.]
Pfaff, Jacob, miller, b. in Germany in 1825; came to the United
States in 1847, and to Minnesota in 1856; resided at Winnebago
Agency; was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
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597
Pfarr, John A., farmer, b. in Bavaria in 1827; came to the United
States in 1854, and to Minnesota the next year; settled in Kelso, Sib-
ley county; was a representative in the legislature in 1870. [32.]
Pfau, Albert R., judge, b. in Germany, Feb. 14, 1847; came to the
United States, 1849; was admitted to the bar, 1868; settled in Man-
kato, Minn., 1869; judge of the Sixth judicial district since 1908. [24;
30; 32; 45*; 46; 83*.]
Pfeiffer, H. F., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, Feb. 13, 1867;
was graduated at the Luther Seminary, Afton, Minn., 1891; and since
has been pastor in New Rome and Armstrong, Minn. [148.]
Pfenxikger, Jacob, pioneer, b. in Switzerland, Nov. 15, 1829; d. in
New Ulm, Minn., April 19, 1909. He came to the United States in
1853; settled in New Ulm in 1855, where he owned a flour mill. [237
(56).]
Pfotenhauer, Adolf Til, Lutheran clergyman, b. July 28, 1860, in
Germany; came to the United States in 1878; was graduated at Con-
cordia College, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1879, and Concordia Seminary, St.
Louis, Mo., 1882; was pastor for Johnson, Morris, and Graceville,
Minn., 1882-96, founding many congregations; removed in 1897 to Le-
mont, 111. [148.]
Phelan (or Phalex), Edward, pioneer, b. in Londonderry, Ireland,
in 1811; was probably killed while crossing the plains to California
in 1850. He enlisted in the Fifth U. S. Infantry in 1835; was dis-
charged in 1838, and settled on a claim in the present limits of St.
Paul. He was suspected of the murder of his business partner, John
Hays, for which he was imprisoned, but was released, apparently with-
out a trial. He afterward took other land claims, which he sold. In
1850 he was indicted for perjury, and fled west. Lake Phalen, in St.
Paul, was named for him. [28, IV.]
Phelps, Addison, b. in Ashtabula county, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1816; came to
Minnesota in 1855; settled on a farm in Prior, Big Stone county, and
also owned a store there. [32.]
Phelps, Boyd, M. E. clergyman, b. in Tyrrell county, N. C, Oct.
15, 1804; d. in Morris, Minn., March 17, 1886. He came to Mower
county, Minn., in 1856; was a member of the state constitutional con-
vention, and of the first state senate; united with the Minnesota con-
ference in 1859. [150.]
Phelps, Carrl\gton, banker, b. in North Colebrook, Conn., Oct. 3,
1847; was graduated at Yale College, 1870, and was admitted to the
bar in 1872; settled in St. Paul in 1874, where he practiced law; owned
a large farm in Morris after 1875, and was president of the First Na-
tional Bank there after 1885. [73; 220.]
Phelps, Edgar, lumberman, b. in Canada, Feb. 28, 1833; came to
Minnesota in 1865, and settled at Elk River in 1874, where he became
598 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
superintendent of the Mississippi and Rum River Boom Company.
[31.]
Phelps, Edmund Joseph, financier, b. near Brecksville, Ohio, Jan.
17, 1845; came to Minnesota in 1878, settling at Minneapolis; organ-
ized, with others, the Minnesota Loan and Trust Company in 1883, of
which he was secretary and treasurer; president of the Belt Line
Elevator Co. [20*; 24; 84*; 85A*; 220*.]
Phelps, Hervey H., lawyer, b. in Dodge county, Wis., Oct. 10, 1854;
was admitted to the bar in 1881; came to Minnesota the same year,
and two years later settled in Ada; was county attorney, 1885-90. [35.]
Phelps, S. S., b. in New York, April 5, 1840; d. in Waseca, Minn.,
March 11, 1884. He settled on a farm in Waseca county in 1865; after-
ward owned a sawmill. [29*; 75*.]
Phelps, Thomas W., farmer, b. in Steuben county, N. Y., April 28,
1829; settled in Olmsted county, Minn., in 1856; resided at Chester;
was a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Phelps, William Boyd, lawyer, b. in Evans ville, Wis., April 1, 1846;
served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was admitted
to the bar in 1872; settled in Duluth in 1886. [31A.]
Phelps, William Franklin, educator, b. in Auburn, N. Y., Feb. 15,
1822; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 15, 1907. He was graduated at Albany State
Normal School, 1846; taught in New Jersey until 1864; then came
to Minnesota, to accept the presidency of the first state normal school,
at Winona, which position he filled twelve years; was superintendent
of the city schools, Winona, in 1879-81 and 1883-5; removed to St. Paul
in 1886, and was secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, 1886-7. [1;
17; 24; 76; 100; 176 (April, 1886); 220; 237 (48).]
Phelps, William Wallace, congressman, b. in Pontiac, Mich., June
1, 1826; d. at Spring Lake, Mich., Aug. 3, 1873. He was graduated at
the University of Michigan, 1846; was admitted to the bar in 1848;
settled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1854, and opened a land office; was a
representative in Congress, 1858-9. [10; 28, X; 55; 56; 220; 238 (Aug.
7, 1873).]
Philbrick, Fremont W., merchant, b. in Fond du Lac, Wis., May 5,
1854; came to Rushford, Minn., when two years old; resided in Red-
wood Falls after 1879; engaged in mercantile business, and was mayor
several terms. [24; 92*; 237 (52*).]
Phillips, Alonzo, b. in Ohio in 1845; came to Minnesota in 1854;
settled in Minneapolis, and engaged in the livery business; was a
state senator, 1891-3. [30.]
Phillips, Frederick Boyd, lawyer, b. in South Sodus, N, Y., Dec. 21,
1876; came to Minnesota in 1891; served in the Fourteenth Minnesota
Regt. in the Spanish-American war, 1898; was graduated at the St.
Paul College of Law, 1902, and has since practiced in St. Paul, re-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 599
siding at White Bear; was a representative in the legislature in 1907.
[24; 30*.]
Phillips, George H., journalist, b. in Alexandria, Va., Sept. 16, 1816;
d. in Washington, D. C, March 21, 1886. He settled in Shakopee,
Minn., in 1854; with his brother edited and published the Valley Her-
ald, 18574860; was sheriff two years. [237 (49).]
Phillips, George M., b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., April 10,
1844; served in New York regiments in the civil war; came to Min-
nesota in 1871, and engaged in livery business in Mankato; was chief
of the fire department sixteen years. [83.]
Phillips, Hermon Wendell, lawyer, b. at Clay, Iowa, June 12, 1860;
was graduated in law at the University of Iowa, 1882, and settled in
St. Paul the same year; was assistant city attorney, 1885-98. [24;
93A; 95*; 98*; 100; 137.]
Phillips, James Henry, physician, b. in St. John, N. B., in 1854;
came to the United States when five years old; was graduated at Rush
Medical College, 1878; settled in Preston, Minn., the same year; was
a representative in the legislature in 1889. [30; 52.]
Phillips, Jay W., b. in Ohio in 1854; came to Minnesota in I860*
resided in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in
1901. [30.]
Phillips, John B., physician, b. near Kennett Square, Chester
county, Pa., March 23, 1821; d. in St. Paul, April 27, 1877. He was
graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1855; spent
two years in study and travel in Europe; settled in St. Paul in 1857;
afterward owned a farm at Cottage Grove; was state commissioner
of statistics, 1876-7. [29*; 30; 93; 139; 237 (1); 238 (April 28, 1877).]
Phillips, John R., physician, b. in Ontario, where he was graduated
from the College of Physicians and Surgeons; came to Minnesota in
1884; settled in Northfield; was a representative in the legislature,
1909. [30*.]
Phillips, Oliver H., journalist, b. in Rochester, N. Y., July 26, 1834;
d. in Dodge Center, Minn., Oct. 5, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1855,
settling in Wasioja; edited and published several newspapers, owning
the Dodge County Record after 1890, and residing in Dodge Center.
[35; 49; 50*; 237 (39*).]
Phillips, Robert D., M. E. clergyman, b. in Waterville, N. Y., Dec.
19, 1838; was graduated from Whitestown Seminary, N. Y., in 1860;
came to Minnesota in 1891; was pastor of several churches in this
state, and later resided in Ceylon, Martin county; was chaplain of
the House of Representatives in the legislature of 1907. [30*.]
Phillips, William D., lawyer, b. in Maryland, and was admitted to
the bar in that state; settled in St. Paul in 1848; was the first dis-
trict attorney of Ramsey county; was appointed by President Pierce
600 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
to a clerkship in a government department, and removed to Wash-
ington, D. C. [69; 93.]
Phinney, John Harding, pioneer, b. in Champlain, N. Y., Dec. 28,
1821; d. in Detr6it, Minn., May 1, 1890. He settled there in 1871; en-
gaged in mercantile business, and was sheriff of Becker county, 1880-
87. [44.]
Phinney, M. J., b. in Chester, Ohio; settled in Rock county, Minn.,
in 1874; owned a farm on the site, of Magnolia. Later he conducted
a grain elevator there. [71.]
Pickett, Eli K., farmer, b, in Alexander, N. Y., Sept. 27, 182$; d. in
Albert Lea, Minn., Feb. 25, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1860, set-
tling on a farm in Bancroft; served in the Tenth Minnesota regiment
in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; removed to Albert Lea
in 1901. [237 (51*).]
Pickit, Daniel, lawyer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Nov. 22,
1839; was graduated at Williams College, 1863, and Albany Law
School, 1865; settled in Henderson, Minn., the next year; was editor
and proprietor of the Sibley County Independent; was county attor-
ney several terms, and also county superintendent of schools. [32.]
Pidgeon, Carl A., b. in Guilford county, N. C, July 11, 1861; came
to Minnesota in 1884; was admitted to the bar in 1887; resided in
Buffalo, and was attorney of Wright county four years; was clerk of
the supreme court of Minnesota, 1903-1909, then residing in Minne-
apolis. [25; 30; 237 (36*).]
Pier, Lewis A., clergyman, b. in Vermont, Oct .7, 1855; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1863; was graduated at Butler University,
Indianapolis, in 1882; was pastor of the Christian church in Litchfield
after 1884; the same year established the Saturday Reviw, of which
he was editor. [65.]
Pierce, Anson, hardware merchant, b. in Charlotte, Vt, May 6, 1828;
settled in Lake City, Minn., in 1857; was treasurer of Wabasha county,
1873-7. [74.]
Pierce, Gilbert Ashville, journalist, b. in East Otto, N. Y.; d. in
Chicago, 111., Feb. 15, 1901. He studied law at Chicago University;
served in the Ninth Indiana Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank
of colonel; engaged in editorial work in Chicago; was governor of
the territory of Dakota, 1884-6, and was U. S. senator from North
Dakota, 1889-91; was owner and editor of the Minneapolis Tribune
after 1891; author of several novels and other books. [10; 121; 176
(March, 1892*).]
Pierce, James Oscar, lawyer, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., in 1836; d. at
Mound, Minn., April 12, 1907. He lived in the state of New York
during his childhood; studied law and was admitted to the bar in
Wisconsin in 1862; served in Wisconsin regiments in the civil war,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 601
attaining the rank of major; later resided in Tennessee until 1886,
when he came to Minnesota, settling in Minneapolis; was a lecturer
in the law department of the University of Minnesota, 1888-1907.
During his residence in Tennessee he served as judge of the circuit
court in Memphis eight years, 1878-1886. 28, XII; 121; 237 (48*).]
Pierce, Loren E., b. in Warren county, Pa., in 1836; came to Min-
nesota in 1858, and to Stevens county in 1876; owned a large farm,
and after 1877 engaged in mercantile business in Morris; was vice-
president of the Stevens County Bank. [73.]
Pierce, Nathaniel Horace, Congregational clergyman, b. in Dighton,
Mass., Oct. 15, 1827; d. in Minneapolis, June 1,5, 1891. He was grad-
uated at Marietta College, 1849, and Lane Theological Seminary, 1850;
was missionary among the Indians several years; was ordained to the
ministry in 1860; came to Minnesota, and was pastor in various towns,
including Dover, Marine Mills, Mazeppa, and Sauk Rapids; resided in
Minneapolis after 1886. [144.]
Pierce, R. B., b. in Litchfield, Conn., in 1831; d. near Tacoma, Wash.,
April 18, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1851; resided in St. Paul two
years, and had charge of an Indian trading post at Traverse des Sioux
three years; later lived in St. Peter, and from 1876 to 1888 in Mar-
shall, where he had charge of a grain elevator. [237 (14).]
Pierce, Samuel D., physician, b. in Greene county, N. Y., in 1810;
d. in Balaton, Minn., Dec. 29, 1898. He engaged in farming, and later
in the practice of medicine at Balaton. [180 (Jan. 11, 1899).]
Pierce, Squier Littell, lawyer, b. in Butler county, Ohio, March 6,
1832; was admitted to the bar when twenty years old; came to Min-
nesota in 1856, and settled in Wasioja; was county attorney, 1860-72;
practiced law in St. Paul, 1872-1900; resided in Dodge Center after
1904; author of "Di, a Story," 318 pages, 1891, [28, X; 49; 50*; 68;
93; 98*.]
Pierce, Washington, b. in Pennsylvania in 1831; d. in Minneapolis,
March 5, 1902. He served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; settled in this state in 1866; was connected with the municipal
court police force of Minneapolis after 1884. [237 (19*).]
Pierson, Azartah Theodore Crane, physician, b. in Morris Plains,
N. J„ Aug. 29, 1815; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 26, 1889. He was graduated
at a medical college in New York city in 1837; came to Minnesota in
the employ of the Indian department in 1850, and was with the Win-
nebago, O jib way, and Sioux tribes successively; later was chief drafts-
man in the office of the surveyor general of Minnesota; author of a
book, "Traditions of Freemasonry," published in 1866, and of other
masonic writings. [68; 94; 157*; 160; 162.]
Pigler, Charles, b. in Hungary in 1829; came to the United States
in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1857; settled in New Auburn, Sibley
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county, where he owned a sawmill, and in 1871 erected a flouring mill.
[32.]
Pike, Charles E., lawyer, b. in Calais, Maine, April 15, 1816; d. in
St. Paul, Dec. 27, 1899. He settled there in 1S88. In early life he was
prominent in politics, and was one of the founders of the Republican
party in Massachusetts. [237 (Dec. 28, 1899).]
Pike, Charles P., pioneer, b. in Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1828;
d. in Faribault, Minn., March 13, 1904. He settled there in 1861; en-
gaged in tailoring, and owned a clothing store. [237 (35).]
Pike, Joseph Brown, b. in Chicago, 111., 1866; was graduated at the
University of Minnesota, 1890; instructor there in Latin, 1892-4, assist-
ant professor, 1896-9, and professor since 1899. [127B.1
Pike, William A., educator, b. in Dorchester, Mass.; was graduated
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1871; was professor of
engineering in the University of Minnesota, 1880-91. [127 (2*); 127B.]
Pike, Zebulon Montgomery, soldier, b. in Lamberton, N. J., Jan. 5,
1779; d. in Canada, April 27, 1813. He entered the U. S. army in 1799,
and became a captain in 1806; conducted an expedition to the head-
waters of the Mississippi river, 1805-06; discovered Pike's Peak in
the Rocky Mountains the next year; was promoted to the rank of
brigadier general in 1813, and was killed while commanding an expedi-
tion against York (now Toronto), Canada. In 1810 he published an
account of his explorations in Minnesota and in the Southwest. His
journals and reports of these expeditions were more fully published in
1895, edited and annotated by Dr. Elliott Coues, in three volumes.
[1*; 3; 4*; 28, VII,* XII; 107; 114*.]
Pilling, Edward S., M. E. clergyman, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept.
4, 1858; d. in Minneapolis, June 8, 1898. He was educated at Drew
Theological Seminary; came to Minnesota, and was pastor in Minne-
apolis, St. Paul, Duluth, and other places. [151*; 238 (June 9, 1898).]
Pillsbury, B. F., b. in Merrimack county, N. H., March 29, 1831;
settled in Granite Falls, Minn., engaged in lumber business, and man-
aged a grain elevator. [32.]
Pillsbury, Charles Alfred, flour manufacturer, b. in Warner, N. H.,
Oct. 3, 1842; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 17, 1899. He was graduated at
Dartmouth College, 1863; came to Minnesota in 1869, settling in Min-
neapolis, where he at once became interested in flour manufacturing,
his mills being the largest in the world. He also established an im-
mense system of wheat elevators throughout the Northwest. He was
a- state senator from 1877 to 1887. [7; 19*; 20*; 22*; 23*; 27*; 84*;
85A*; 111*; 125; 168 (Jan. 12, 1883, and Sept. 20, 1899*); 221; 237
(9*); 238 (Sept. 18, 1899*).]
Pillsbury, Charles F., lawyer, b. in Kingfield, Maine, Jan. 31, 1828;
d. in New Portland, Maine, April 27, 1888. He was admitted to the
bar in 1854, and settled in Minneapolis the same year. [58; 221.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 603
Pillsbury, Fred Carlton, flour manufacturer, b. in Concord, N. H.,
Aug. 27, 1852; d. in Minneapolis, May 15, 1892. He came to Minne-
sota, settling in Minneapolis, in 1871, where he became connected with
the largest flour milling interests of the world. [3*; 20*; 22*; 23*;
84*; 111*; 168 (Nov. 27, 1891*, and May 20, 1892*); 221.]
Pillsbury, George Alfred, flour manufacturer, b. in Sutton, N. H.,
Aug. 29, 1S16; d. in Minneapolis, July 17, 1898. He settled in Min-
neapolis in 1878; was a member of the firm of Charles A. Pillsbury
and Co., and also president of the Northwestern National Bank of Min-
neapolis. He made liberal donations to educational institutions in
this state, notably to Pillsbury Academy in Owatonna, and also to
other charities. [20*; 21*; 22*; 23*; 27*; 58; 84*; 85A*; 111*; 141;
168 (April 14, 1884*, and July 22, 1898*); 176 (Jan., 1885*); 221; 238
(July 18, 1898).]
Pillsbury, John Sargent, governor, b. in Sutton, N. H., July 29,
1827; d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 18, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1855,
settling in St. Anthony, now the east part of Minneapolis; engaged
in the hardware business until 1875, and afterward in lumbering and
flour milling; was a state senator, 1864-8, and 1871-5; and governor,
1876-82. He was greatly interested in upbuilding the state univer-
sity; one of its chief buildings was donated by him, and is named in
his honor; and he was a member of the Board of Regents from 1863
until his death, being president of the board after 1891. [3*; 17; 18*;
19*; 20*; 22*; 23*; 26*; 27*; 28, IX*, X, XIII*; 30; 32; 41; 58; 68;
84*; 109*; 111; 113; 127A*, B; 221*; 237 (14*, 53*).]
Pillsbury, Mrs. Mahala Fisk, b. in Springfield, N. H., May 7, 1832;
d. in Minneapolis, June 23, 1910. She was educated at Hopkinton
Aca.demy and Sanbornton Seminary; was employed as a teacher until
1856, when she married John S. Pillsbury and came to Minneapolis.
Mrs. Pillsbury was prominent in church and benevolent work. She
was the originator, and most active organizer, of the Home for Chil-
dren and Aged Women, in Minneapolis. [23*; 84*; 174*; 237 (59*).]
Pillsbury, Mrs. Margaret S., b. in Bucksport, Maine, in 1817; d. in
Minneapolis, March 16, 1901. She married George A. Pillsbury in 1841,
and came with him to Minneapolis in 1878. Her husband died in 1898.
Mrs. Pillsbury was widely known for her philanthropies. [237 (14*).]
Pine, Oran Steadman, physician, b. in Underbill, Vt., Oct. 13, 1845;
served in New York regiments in the civil war; was graduated at Belle-
vue Hospital Medical College, New York, 1870; practiced in Aber-
deen, S. D., 1880-8, and since in St. Paul. [25; 26*.]
Pineo, William Byther, physician, b. in Columbia, Maine, April 22,
1858; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling at Minneapolis; was grad-
uated in medicine at the University of Minnesota, 1885; specialist for
diseases of the eyes, nose, ears, and throat. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 84.]
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Pinkerton, A. D., farmer, b. in Ovid, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1825; came to
Minnesota in 1853, and was one of the first settlers in Mower county;
built the first house on the site of Austin; afterward resided seven
years in Blue Earth county; settled in Victor, Wright county, in 1863;
served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [31.]
Pinney, Charles N., b. in Potsdam, N. Y., Sept. 28, 1831; d. in Ot-
tawa, Minn., June 10, 1911. He came to Minnesota in 1854; owned a
farm in Ottawa, Le Sueur county; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1878. [30; 237 (67*).]
Pinney, John S., journalist, b. in 1864; settled in St. Paul in 1886,
where he had charge of the American Press Association's office. He
was a prominent freemason. [163*.]
Pinney, William Jesmer, b. in Windsor, Wis., March 14, 1862; came
with his father to New London, Kandiyohi county, Minn., in 1866; be-
came part owner of a mill in New London, and of twenty grain ele-
vators; resided in Willmar after 1896. [63*.]
Pinney, William W., b. in Crawford county, Pa., May 8, 1834; set-
tled in New London, Minn., in 1866, practiced law, and engaged in
mercantile business; removed to Granite Falls in 1876, and purchased
a flouring mill. [29*; 32.]
Piper, George Frank, b. in Minneapolis, April 11, 1856; settled in
Mankato, Minn., in 1870; was manager of the Mankato Linseed Co.;
removed to Minneapolis in 1896, where he built a.n oil mill; treasurer
of the Midland Linseed Co. [24; 85A*; 168 (Feb. 21, 1900*).]
Piper, Johnston, b. in Pennsylvania in 1833; came to Minnesota,
settling in Le Sueur county; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt.,
1861-5; resided in Waterville where he owned a farm, kept a hotel, and
after 1880 engaged in the drug business. [32.]
Pirec, Francis, R. C. missionary, b. in Godic, Carniola, Austria, Nov.
20, 1785; d. in Laibach, Carniola, Jan. 22, 1880. He was ordained a
priest in 1813; came to the United States in 1835; was a missionary
among the Ottawa Indians in Michigan, and from 1852 to 1873 labored
mainly among the Ojibways in northern Minnesota; was a leader in
founding the Benedictine community of St. John's, Collegeville, and in
bringing German colonists to Stearns county; returned to Austria in
1873. [146.]
Pirz, Bartholomew, farmer, b. in Prussia, Aug. 24, 1819; came to the
United States in 1854, and settled in Eden Lake township, Stearns
county, Minn., in 1857; was a representative in the legislature, 1873 and
1875-7. [30; 31.]
* Pitcher/ Orin Ormsly, b. in Jamestown, N. Y., May 30, 1830; d. in
Mankato, Minn., March 20, 1902. He settled in Mankato in 1857; was
admitted to the bar in 1859; was county attorney four years, and a
representative in the legislature, 1868-9. [32; 83*; 237 (19).]
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Place, John I., lawyer, b. in Lena, 111., Feb. 10, 1851; came to Min-
nesota in 1875; was admitted to the bar in 1886; practiced law in
Wheaton; was county attorney, 1889-90. [35.]
Plaisance, Philip, b. in Quebec, Canada, Sept. 25, 1835; came to
Minnesota in 1855; purchased a farm in Wheatland, Rice county, in
1857; served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt, 1864-5; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature three terms. [70.]
Plath, Herman, b. in Germany, Dec. 5, 1827; settled in Brown
county, Minn., in 1857; served as lieutenant against the Indians, 1862-
3; resided in Iberia, where he built a sawmill, and in 1872 a flouring
mill. [32.]
Platt, David, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., in 1853; d. at Cannon
Falls, Minn., Oct. 23, 1904. He served as first lieutenant in the 10th
Wisconsin light artillery in the civil war; settled at Cannon Falls in
1873, and was proprietor of a hotel. [237 (35).]
Platte, William, traveling salesman, b. in Hamburg, Germany,
March 29, 1850; came to the United States in 1871; settled in St. Paul
in 1878; was president of the Concordia Singing Society. [100*.]
Plough, Alexander B., b. in Jacksonville, N. Y., in 1850; d. in St.
Paul, Oct. 27 ,1900. He came to St. Paul in 1888, and engaged in
railroad business; was vice president and general manager of the
St. Paul and Duluth railroad, 1891-9. [237 (11*).]
Plowman, George, b. at St. George, Ont, March 10, 1838; d. in Min-
neapolis, Feb. 20, 1902. He settled in Le Sueur, Minn., in 1856; served
in the Second Minnesota and other regiments in the civil war; re-
moved to Minneapolis in 1888; became an instructor in the engineering
department of the State University in 1890. [32; 121; 237 (19).]
Plowman, Henry, farmer, b. in Canada in 1837; came to Minnesota
in 1856; resided at Luce, Otter Tail county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1887, 1899, and 1901. [30.]
•Plummer, Henry S., merchant, b. in N. H., in 1829; d. in Anoka,
Minn., Oct. 14, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1852; resided at St.
Anthony Falls until 1874, when he settled in Anoka; was a member
of the territorial legislature in 1854. [31; 43; 59; 237 (28).]
Plummer, Le Vinne P., b. in Philadelphia, Pa., April 19, 1842; d.
in Minneapolis, Jan. 25, 1880. He came with his parents to Minnesota
in 1853; served in the First and Sixth Minnesota regiments in the civil
war, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; settled in Minneapolis
in 1866; was register of deeds of Hennepin county three terms; and
was afterward manager of the Evening Tribune. [60*; 237 (1); 238
(Jan. 26, 1880).]
Plummer, Wilson A., b. near Philadelphia, Pa., in 1846; d. in Min-
neapolis, Jan. 25, 1901. He settled in Minneapolis in 1856; served in
606 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Hatch's battalion, Minnesota cavalry, in the civil war; was register
of deeds in Hennepin county, 1892-6. [237 (11*).]
Plut, Alois, R. C. priest, b. in Austria, June 21, 1847; came to the
United States in 1864, and to St. Paul the same year; removed to
Scott county in 1866; has been pastor sino£ 1876 in several towns and
cities of southern Minnesota, being in Shakopee since 1900. [25; 32.]
Plymat, William Norton, lawyer, b. in Dover, Pa., July 13, 1845;
d. in Mankato, Minn., June 20, 1907. He settled in Blue Earth county,
Minn., in 1863; served in Brackett's battalion in the Indian war, 1864-6;
engaged .in farming and teaching in Mapleton, and in 1880 was ad-
mitted to the bar; removed to Mankato in 1892. [24; 25; 32; 45*; 237
(43*).]
Plympton, Joseph, soldier, b. in Sudbury, Mass., Feb. 24, 1787; d. in
Stapleton, N. Y., June 5, 1860. He served through the war of 1812;
was commissioned captain in the Fifth Infantry, 1821; was stationed
at Fort Snelling, 1821-6; served in the Mexican war, and was brevetted
colonel for gallantry at Cerro Gordo. He was commandant at Fort
Snelling, 1837-41. [11; 12; 28, I.]
Poe, William E., farmer, b. at Minerva, Ky., in 1836; came to Min-
nesota in 1857; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
"resided at Stanton, Goodhue county; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1889. [30.]
Poehler, Albert A., merchant, b. Oct. 26, 1869; attended the Shat-
tuck Military School, Faribault, and the State University; resides in
Henderson; a state senator since 1907. [30*.]
Poehler, Henry, merchant and congressman, b. in Germany, Aug.
22, 1833; came to the United States in 1848, to Minnesota in 1853, and
the next year settled in Henderson; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1858 and 1865; a state senator, 1872-3 and 1876-7; and a rep-
resentative in Congress, 1879-81; removed to Los Angeles, Cal. [10;
18; 24; 25; 30; 32; 84*; 85A*; 237 (53*).]
Poetz, Peter, farmer, b. in 1866 in Scott county, Minn., where he
resides; was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Poirier, Camille, b. in Canada, March, 1838; came to Minnesota in
1864, five years later settled in Duluth, and engaged in the boot and
shoe trade. [31.]
. PoLLEYS, J. W., b. near Halifax, N. S., March 11, 1826; was captain
in the 14th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war, and finally attained the
rank of lieutenant colonel; settled in Wells, Minn., in 1871, where he
was administrator of an estate. [39.]
Pollock, George C, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Ireland; came to
the United States in 1855; was graduated at Lafayette College, 1861,
and at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1864; came to Minnesota in
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 607
1882; was pastor in Mankato, Fergus Falls, and Litchfield; was chap-
lain of the state senate in 1903. [30.]
Pollock, John David, merchant, b. in Dearborn county, Ind., in 1825;
d. while traveling in Illinois, Oct. 5, 1891. He came to St. Paul in
1851. [94; 178 (Oct. 17, 1891).]
Pomboy, Jesse H., pioneer, b. in Hopkinton, N. Y., in 1821; d. in St.
Paul, July 31, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1845, and the next year
settled in St. Paul, where he engaged in carpenter work; built the
first frame house there, and also the first schoolhouse; had charge of
the construction of Fort Ripley, 1849-51, and Fort Ridgely, 1853-4; had
a lumber and wood yard in St. Paul. [93*; 94; 237 (11).]
Pond, Mrs. Agnes Carson, missionary, b. in Greenfield, Ohio, in 1825;
married the missionary, Robert Hopkins, and came with him to Minne-
sota in 1843; after Mr. Hopkins' death married in 1853 Rev. Gideon
H. Pond; resided at Bloomington, Hennepin county. [237 (15*).]
Pond, Charles Merrills, judge, b. in Walworth county, Wis., Feb.
28, 1846; was graduated at Ripon College, Wis., 1873, and Columbia
Law School, New York, 1875; settled at Minneapolis in 1875; was a
judge in the Fourth judicial district, 1890-7 and 1899-1905. [24; 25;
30; 84.]
Pond, Edward Robert, son of the missionary, Gideon H. Pond, was
born in an Indian village at Lake Harriet, March 17, 1840; thoroughly
learned the Sioux language when a child, and after 1863 was a teacher
at Crow Creek agency, Dakota; published a Dakota dictionary; set-
tled on a farm in Bloomington, Hennepin county, in 1871. [60*; 222.]
Pond, Gideon Hollister, Presbyterian missionary, b. in New Preston,
Conn., June 30, 1810; d. in Bloomington, Minn., Jan. 20, 1878. He came
with his brother, Samuel, to Minnesota in 1834, to engage in mission-
ary work among the Sioux, first at Lake Calhoun, and two years later
at Lac qui Parle. In 1839 he returned to his work near Fort Snell-
ing; was afterward government farmer there to instruct the Indians;
was ordained by the Dakota Presbytery in 1848; and later, when the
Indian tribes were removed, was pastor, 1853-73, of a white church
which he organized at Bloomington; author of several school books,
and also of hymns, in the Sioux language. [28, III; 32; 58; 59; 60*;
85*; 107; 131*; 154A*; 174*; 222; 237 (1).]
Pond, James P., b. in Vermont about 1822; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 11,
1891. He settled in St. Paul in 1854; was a hardware merchant
twenty years, and later engaged in real estate business. [28, VIII;
238 (Jan. 12, 1891).]
Pond, Samuel William, Presbyterian missionary, b. in New Preston,
Conn., April 10, 1808; d. in Shakopee, Minn., Dec. 12, 1891. He came
to Minnesota in 1834 as a missionary to the Sioux; labored with them
twenty years; and later was pastor of a Presbyterian church at Sha-
608 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
kopee thirteen years; author of "The Dakotas or Sioux in Minnesota
as they were in 1834" (Minn. Historical Society Collections, vol. XII,
1908, pp. 319-501), and of poems, "Legends of the Dakotas and Other
Selections" (152 pages, 1911). A biographic volume by his son, Sam-
ual W. Pond, Jr., of Minneapolis, entitled "Two Volunteer Missionaries
among the Dakotas, or the Story of the Labors of Samuel W. and
Gideon H. Pond," 278 pages, with portraits, was published in 1893.
[4; 28, XII*; 85; 103*; 131*; 153; 154A*; 178 (Dec. 19, 1891); 222; 237
(15*); 238 (Dec. 14, 1891*).]
Ponthan, Swan A., b. in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1859; came to the
United States in 1883, and soon afterward settled in St. Paul; was
city comptroller after 1890. [98*; 169.]
Poole, Charles Augustus, b. in Cape Vincent, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1849;
was graduated at Hobart College, and afterward at Seabury Divinity
School, Faribault, in 1876. Having been ordained priest, he was rector
of three parishes in New York, but in 1883 returned to Minnesota, and
was rector in Duluth five years; after 1888 was professor of systematic
theology in Seabury Divinity School. [23.]
Poorbaugh, John Milton, b. in Elkhart, Ind., March 17, 1852; set-
tled in Pipestone county, Minn., in 1880; engaged in railroad contract-
ing, and owned the Jasper stone quarries. [34.]
Poorbaugh, Philip F., b. in Indiana in 1856; came to Minnesota in
1881, and settled on the site of Jasper in 1888; built a hotel and livery
stable, and several business blocks, and was manager of the Jasper
Improvement Company. [34.]
Pope, Edmund M., merchant, b. in Penfield, N. Y., Feb. 21, 1837; d.
at Grand Marais, Minn., June 5, 1906. He served in the Northern army,
1861-5, attaining the rank of brigadier general; came to Minnesota in
1873, and settled in Mankato; was a state senator in 1887 and 1891;
was state public examiner, 1899-1902. [30; 121.]
Pope, Edward Ritchie, clergyman, b. in New Bedford, Mass., June
25, 1855; studied in Harvard College, 1872-5; was graduated at the Bap-
tist Theological Seminary, Morgan Park, 111., 1885; was pastor in Roch-
ester, Minn., 1887-93; has since been superintendent of Baptist mis-
sions for this state, residing in Minneapolis. [85A.]
Pope, Jacob Collamer, lawyer, b. in Vermont in 1850; settled in
Minnesota in I860; was attorney for Lac qui Parle county two years,
and for Kanabec county fourteen years; resides at Mora; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30; 32.]
Pope, John, soldier, b. in Louisville, Ky., March 16, 1822; d. in San-
dusky, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1892. He was graduated at the U. S. military
academy, 1842; conducted in 1849 an exploring expedition in Minne-
sota, which established the practicability of the navigation of the Red
river of the North. During the civil war, Gen. Pope was assigned to
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
609
the Department of the Northwest, and under his command the Sioux
outbreak in southwestern Minnesota was suppressed by the volunteer
state troops. Pope county was named in his honor. [1*; 7*; 11; 14.]
Pope, William Cox, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Philadelphia, Pa.,
April 21, 1841; was graduated at Racine College, 1862, and Nashotah
Theological Seminary, 1865; organized the Church of the Good Shep-
herd, St. Paul, Minn., 1868, and has since been its rector; author of
"Life of Rev. James de Koven" (102 pages, 1899), "William Sitgreaves
Cox" (185 pages, 1906), and "The Church in Saint Paul" (a history of
its Episcopal churches, 293 pages, 1911). [25; 241.]
Poppitz, Bruno, banker, b. in Wisconsin, Feb. 10, 1857; came to Min-
nesota with his parents; was president of the Heron Lake Bank after
1893. [39.]
Popplestone, A. M., miller, b. about 1842; d. in New Bedford, Mass.,
Nov. 8, 1897. He came to Minneapolis in 1879; was manager of the.
Crown Roller mill, 1882-5; then removed to Tennessee. [168 (Nov.
26, 1897*).]
Porteous, William Northcourt, physician, b. in Ontario, Canada,
June 20, 1857; was graduated at McGill University, in Montreal, and
studied medicine in Scotland and England; came to Minnesota in 1893,
settling in Minneapolis. [22*; 85A.]
Porter, Arthur Wesley, musician, b. in Chelsea, Mass., Nov. 14,
1851. He early showed unusual musical ability, and his voice received
fine training. In 1882 he settled in Minneapolis, where he had a high
reputation as a vocalist and teacher of music. [22*.]
Porter, Edward D., educator, b. in Tinmouth, Vt, Aug. 12, 1829; d.
in Columbia, Mo,, Jan. 5, 1895. He was graduated at the University
of Pennsylvania, 1851; engaged in teaching; was professor in the
Agricultural College of the University of Minnesota, 1880-7; after-
ward was dean in the Agricultural College of the University of Mis-
souri. [127B; 166 (1897*).]
Porter, Elijah, b. in Westfield, Mass., July 6, 1811; came to Lake
City, Minn, in 1859, where he published the Tribune; afterward was
postmaster there. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 20, 1891. |74; 124.]
Porter, James, contractor, b. in Pictou, Nova Scotia, April 13, 1822;
d. in Duluth, Minn., Jan. 29, 1906. He settled there in 1893. [237
(39*).]
Porter, Jerome E., b. in Macedon, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1842; was grad-
uated at Genesee College, 1863; was admitted to the bar in 1866; set-
tled in Mankato, Minn., in 1870; was judge of probate, 1872-80, and
municipal judge, 1882-94. [83*.]
Porter, Lemuel C, b. in Scipio, N. Y., April 14, 1823; settled in
Winona, Minn., in 1856; owned a sawmill and a steam flouring mill,
and was president of the First National Bank. [76; 168 (Holiday
number, 1887*, and April 17, 1891*).]
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610 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Porter, Miner, b. in Tompkins county, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1820; cL in
Blue Earth county, Minn., Feb. 4, 1903. He came to Minnesota in
1857; owned a farm and kept a hotel near Minneopa Falls; settled in
Mankato in 1872. [83*; 237 (28).]
Porter, O. S., b. in New York in 1830; came to Minnesota in 1863,
settling in Rochester; engaged in hotel business; was a state senator
in 1873. [30.]
Porter, Solomon, b. in Sweden, Dec. 31, 1844; d. in Willmar, Minn.,
Sept. 17, 1901. He came to the United States in 1854, and to Minne-
sota the same year; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; settled on a farm in Kandiyohi county in 1871; was county treas-
urer, 1883-97, and afterward dealt in real estate; resided in Willmar
after 1883. [63*; 237 (14).]
Porter, Thomas C, farmer, b. in Montgomery county, Pa., April 22,
1826; came to Minnesota in 1847, engaged in transportation business
chiefly until 1853, when he settled on a claim in Sherburne county;
removed in 1855 to Clearwater, Wright county; was a representative
in the legislature, 1881-5. [31.]
Portmann, William Claudius, physician, b. in Switzerland, June 7,
1858; came with his parents to the United States in 1869; was edu-
cated at Western Reserve College, Cleveland, Ohio; settled in Jack-
son, Minn., in 1886. [39; 62.]
Post, Garrison David, b. in Orange county, N. Y., Oct. 12, 1826; d.
in Lake City, Minn., Feb. 23, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1855, set-
tling in Goodhue county; resided in Lak& City after 1867, where he
engaged in grain business; was a representative in the legislature in
1889 and 1895. [30; 237 (48).]
Postlewaite, Albert Gayton, b. in Mifflin county, Pa., Jan. 28, 1845;
engaged in railroad business; settled in St. Paul; after 1884 was land
commissioner of the Northern Pacific railway. [93*; 98*.]
Potter, Calvin, b. in Beaver county, Pa., in 1825; d. in Windom,
Minn., March 22f 1902. He had a trading post with the Indians in ter-
ritorial days near Sauk Center. Afterward he lived in Goodhue coun-
ty; laid out the city of Red Wing in 1848; raised a company to serve
in the Indian war, 1862. [29*; 237 (19).]
Potter, D. E., merchant, b. in Washington county, N. Y., in 1836;
came to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Fourth Illinois cavalry and
other regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; came
to Minnesota in 1866, and settled in Waterville in 1877. [32.]
Potter, Edwin Graham, merchant, b. in Adams, N. Y., Oct. 26, 1852;
came to Minnesota in 1881, settling in Minneapolis, where he engaged
in the wholesale provision business, and in real estate and investments
since 1900; was a state senator, 1895-1901. {22*; 24; 25; 30; 90*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 611
Pottee, Mrs. Frances Boardman Squire, author and educator, b. in
Elmira, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1867; was graduated at Elmira College, 1887;
was married to W. Scott Potter in 1891; came to Minneapolis in 1900,
and taught in the East High School there; was successively instructor,
assistant professor, and professor of English literature in the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1900-09, resigning to become secretary of the
national woman suffrage association; author of a novel, The Balling-
tons (1905), and many magazine articles and stories. [17; 127B.]
Potter, Mark L„ b. in Bangor, Maine, Jan. 1, 1821; followed a sea-
faring life, and was captain of a ship in the Chinese trade; settled in
St Paul in 1871; invested largely in St. Paul property, and owned the
Merchants' hotel. [68.]
Potter, Maxson L., b. in Allegany county, N. Y., Feb. 18, 1832; came
to Minnesota in 1857, and two years later settled on a farm in New-
burg, Fillmore county; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war, attaining the rank of captain; later owned a blacksmith
shop in Mabel. [52.]
Potter, W. A., b. in Lake county, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1834; settled in
Spring Valley, Minn., in 1857, where later he owned the North Star
Iron Works. [52.]
Potter, W. E., b. in Connecticut, March 4, 1822; settled in La Cres-
cent, Minn., in 1862; was a representative in the legislature in 1870
and 1876. [61.]
Potter, William A., farmer, b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., June 28,
1839 ; served in the 82d Ohio Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank
of first lieutenant; settled in Amboy, Cottonwood county, Minn., in
1878; was a representative in the legislature in 1901. [30; 34.]
Pottgieser, Nicholas, b. in Germany in 1827; d. in St. Paul in 1880.
He came to the United States in 1846, and to St. Paul in 1853; engaged
in hotel business. [94.]
Pottgieser, Nicholas, Jr., b. in St. Paul, Feb. 26, 1854, and has spent
his life in that city; engaged in hotel, restaurant, and saloon busi-
ness; was a state senator in 1895-7. [27*; 30; 94; 100*; 238 (Nov.
30, 1894*, and Nov. 9, 1899).]
Potts, Mrs. Abrie Ann Steele, b. in Pennsylvania in 1821; d. in St.
Paul, Feb. 1, 1901. She was sister of the pioneer Franklin Steele; was
married -to Dr. Thomas R. Potts at Fort Snelling in 1849. Her hus-
band died in 1874, and during the later years of Gen. H. H. Sibley, her
brother-in-law, she presided over his household. [184; 237 (14).]
Potts, Thomas R.,' physician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 10, 1810;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 6, 1874. He was graduated in medicine at the
University of Pennsylvania, 1831; settled in St. Paul in 1849; was
elected city physician in 1866, and health officer of St. Paul in 1873.
[28, IV; 29; 93; 94; 139; 237 (1); 238 (Oct. 7, 1874).]
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Pound, J, S., b. in Evans, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1836; served in the Fifth
Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1868, settling
in Granite Falls; was county superintendent of schools, 1873-81. [32.]
Pound, Joseph Holland, pioneer, b. in Kent county, England, March
31, 1829; d. May 27, 1889. He followed a seafaring life eight years;
settled on a farm in Richfield, Hennepin county, Minn., in 1856; was
a representative in the legislature in 1870. [60*.]
Powell, Charles Francis, U. S. brigadier general, b. in Jacksonville,
111., Aug. 14, 1843; d. in St. Paul, July 30, 1907. He, served in a Wis-
consin regiment in the civil war; was graduated at the military acad-
emy, West Point; was employed in government engineering work;
resided in St. Paul after 1906. [237 (48).]
Powell, James Walker, Ml E. clergyman, b. in Dearborn county,
Ind., Aug. 15, 1822; d. at Spring Island, Minn., July 23, 1904. He en-
tered the ministry in 1845; settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1855; preached
in many towns in this state; in 1887 was instrumental iri building a
church in Blue Earth City. [51*; 237 (35).]
Powell, John N., Congregational clergyman, b. in Clinton, N. Y.,
Oct. 22, 1818; d. in Medford, Minn., June 27, 1877. He was graduated
at Hamilton College, and at Auburn Theological Seminary; came to
Minnesota in 1875, and was pastor in Medford. [143.]
P'owell, William, Congregational clergyman, b. in Wales, May 11,
1834; was ordained to the ministry in 1863; came to the United States
in 1872; was pastor in Blue Earth county, Minn., after 1881; settled in
Mankato in 1886. [171*.]
Power, Charles M., b. in Waseca county, Minn., Nov., 1859; came
to St. Paul with his parents in 1864; was secretary and treasurer of
the St. Paul Foundry Co., 1882-95, and has since been its president.
[24; 95*.]
Power, T. L., R. C. priest, b. in Ireland, March 17, 1830; came to
the United States in 1849; was ordained to the priesthood in 1856;
settled in Minneapolis in 1878, where he was pastor of the church of
the Holy Rosary. [58.]
Powers, C. S., b. in Canada, Sept. 9, 1826; settled in Fountain, Fill-
more county, Minn., in 1860; was a lecturer and newspaper writer;
was a state senator in 1879. [30; 52.]
Powers, Gorham, judge, b. in Pittsfleld, Maine, in 1840; served in
Maine regiments, 1862-5; was graduated at Albany Law School, 1866;
settled in Minneapolis the same year; removed in 1868 to Granite
Falls; was a representative in the legislature, 1879; has been judge
in the Twelfth judicial district since 1890. [30; 32.]
Powers, LeGrand, statistician and author, b. in Preston, N. Y,, July
21, 1847; was graduated at Iowa State University, 1872; became a
Universalist minister and held several pastorates, the last two being
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 613
in Minneapolis; was state commissioner of labor statistics, 1891-99;
removed to Washington, D. C; author of several U. S. census reports,
and other papers on economic subjects. [17; 22*; 30; 98*.]
Pratt, Albert Fxjixer, lawyer, b. in Anoka, Minn., Sept. 25, 1872;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1893, and from its law
department, 1895; was city attorney of Anoka, and county attorney
since 1901. In the Spanish war, 1898, he served as first lieutenant in
the 14th Minnesota Regt. [43.]
Pratt, Albert W., banker, b. in Chagrin Palls, Ohio, July 10, 1837;
d. in Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 21, 1910. He came to Red Wing in 1856;
was cashier, and later president, of a bank until 1908. [237 (62*).]
Pratt, Augustus F., Presbyterian clergyman, b. at De'ep River,
Conn., Oct. 2, 1816; d. in Blue Earth county, Minn., June 5, 1900. He
was graduated at Yale College, 1840; was ordained to the ministry in
1843; came to Minnesota in 1857; was pastor in Dakota county ten
years; removed to a farm near Mapleton, Blue Earth county, in 1867.
[153.]
Pratt, Cornelia Atwood, author, b. in Bryan, Ohio; was graduated
at Vassar College; was a newspaper writer, connected with the St.
Paul Globe; author of several books; resided in St. Paul. [17.]
Pratt, David O., b. in Anoka, Minn., in 1868; founded the Pratt
greenhouses there in 1899. [43.]
Pratt, Edward E., farmer, b. in Greenfield, Mass., June 7, 1834;
came to Minnesota in 1856, and settled in Bethel, Anoka county;
served in the Second Minnesota Light Artillery in the civil war; was
a representative in the legislature, 1887-8. [31; 43.]
Pratt, Ezra Cary, b. in Wells, Maine, Aug. 16, 1830; d. in Minne-
apolis, Nov. 3, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1855; established the
Pratt Express company in 1860. [156; 237 (19*).]
Pratt, Frank H., journalist and merchant, b. in Maine in 1835; d.
in St. Paul, March 25, 1884. He came to Minnesota in 1854, and en-
gaged in newspaper publication; served in the Second Minnesota
Regt., 1862-5, attaining the rank of captain; afterward engaged in mer-
cantile business in Sunrise, Rush City, and St. Paul; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1874. [41; 237 (1).]
Pratt, Henry C, soldier, b. in 1814 in Massachusetts; d. in Detroit,
Mich., Feb. 14, 1884. He was graduated at the XJ. S. Military Academy,
1837; was commandant at Fort Snelling, 1857-8; attained the rank
of lieutenant colonel in 1865; retired from the army in 1879. [11; 12.]
Pratt, Henry P., journalist, b. in Farmington, Maine, May, 1812; d.
in St. Paul, May 8, 1855. He settled in St. Paul in 1854; bought an
interest in the Minnesotian, and became one of its editors. [28, X.]
Pratt, Horace W., grain dealer, b. in Westfield, N. Y., Aug. 8, 1833;
d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 10, 1893. He was admitted to the bar in 1856,
614 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
and practiced law ten years; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in
Mantorville; removed to Qwatonna in 1867, and to Faribault in 1877;
was mayor of Faribault two terms; later removed to Minneapolis, and
was president of the Empire Elevator company. [19*; 20*; 70; 166A*;
168 (Feb. 3, 1893*).]
Pratt, James C, merchant, b. in Vermont, April 23, 1833; settled
in Faribault county, Minn., in 1860; engaged in farming, and later in
mercantile business in Blue Earth City. [51.]
Pratt, John C, b. in Montgomery county, N. Y., Jan, 4, 1830; came
to Minnesota in 1864; owned a farm; after 1884 resided in Fairmont,
and was probate judge of Martin county, 1887-98. [39.]
Pratt, John K., b. in Ohio in 1837; d. in Blue Earth City, Minn.,
March, 1868. He settled in Faribault county, Minn., in 1858, and was
clerk of court, 1865-8. [51.]
Pratt, Lemuel S., farmer, b. in Hebron, Maine, April 16, 1818; came
to Minnesota in 1856, and was one of the first settlers of Isanti coun-
ty; removed to Monticello in 1866. [31,]
Pratt, Leonard, b. in Foxcroft, Maine, Jan. 13, 1825; settled in
Princeton, Minn., in 1856, and engaged in exploring and surveying pine
lands. [31.]
Pratt, Martin V., pioneer, b. in Clinton, Maine, Nov. 10, 1833; d. in
St. Louis Park, Minn., March 19, 1891. He came to Minnesota in 1850;
served in Brackett's battalion in the civil war; owned a farm in Rich-
field, Hennepin county. [60*.]
Pratt, Robert, b. in Rutland, Vt, Dec. 12, 1845; d. in Minneapolis,
Aug. 8, 1908. He served in the Fifth Vermont Regt. through the civil
war, enlisting as a private and being commissioned captain in 1865;
came to Minnesota the next year, settling in Minneapolis; engaged in
the fuel business after 1877; was president of the German-American
Bank; was mayor of Minneapolis, 1894-8. [22*; 25; 27*; 85 A*; 121.]
Pratt, Stephen, pioneer, b. in Penobscot county, Maine, in 1828; d.
in 1887. He settled at St. Anthony Falls, Minn., in 1849; engaged in
lumbering and later in farming; served in the First Minnesota cav-
alry in the civil war. [41.]
Pratt, Willis H., physician, b. in Huron, N. Y., July 23, 1834; served
in the Fifth Michigan Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in
1871, settling at Stillwater; was a representative in the legislature in
1882; was surgeon of the State Prison twelve years. [20; 24.]
Pray, A. C, lumberman, b. in Androscoggin county, Maine, in 1838;
served in the 20th Maine Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota
in 1876, and settled, in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1893. [30.]
Pray, Otis Arkwright, manufacturer, b. in Livermore, Maine, Feb.
28, 1833; d. in Minneapolis, March 17, 1890. He came to Minneapolis
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 615
in 1857; built the first flouring mill on the west side of the river, and
numerous other mills later; was a manufacturer of mill machinery
and furnishings. [18*; 84*; 90*; 168 (Sept. 14, 1883*, and March 21,
1890*); 174*.]
Prendergast, Michael R., b. in Ireland in 1842; d. in St. Paul, Jan.
28, 1912. He came to the United States when five years old, and to
St. Paul in 1855; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
published the Courier in Le Sueur, and later the Henderson Democrat;
after 1873 engaged in plumbing and stove business in St. Paul. [94;
237 (59).]
Prendergast, Thomas A., b. in Ireland in 1849; d. in St. Paul, Minn.,
March 29, 1906. He came to St. Paul when a child; was city clerk,
1879-95; was president of the St. Paul Savings Bank; after 1904 was a
member of the water board. [237 (39*).]
Prescott, George Washington, b. in Chesterville, Maine, Oct. 20,
1826; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1850, and the same year
settled in St. Paul; was superintendent of public instruction, and was
clerk of the supreme court of the territory, 1854-7; later was clerk of
the U. S. district court; served as lieutenant in the Sixth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; became a Baptist clergyman in 1868; removed
to San Francisco, Cal., in 1892. [94; 157*.]
Prescott, Harry L., b. in Stillwater, N. Y., in 1850 ; settled in Brown's
Valley, Minn., in 1877, and opened the first store. [32.]
Prescott, Philander, fur trader, b. in Phelpstown, N. Y., Sept. 17,
1801; was killed in the Sioux outbreak, Aug. 18, 1862. He came to
Minnesota in 1820, settling near Fort Snelling, where he engaged in
a sutler's business and in trade with the Indians. His * 'Autobiography
and Reminiscences" are published in the Minn. Historical Society Col-
lections, vol. VI, 1894, pp. 475-491. [28, VI; 59; 85; 107; 154A.]
Prescott, Mrs. Philander. See Keehei, Mary. [237 (1).]
Presley, Bartlett, pioneer merchant, b. in Offerberg, Germany, in
1821; d. in St. Paul in 1883. He came to the United States when eight
years old; settled in St. Paul in 1849, where he engaged continuously
in mercantile business. [28, IV*; 237 (1); 238 (July 3, 1884).]
Pressey, Edwin S., Congregational clergyman, was graduated at
Williams College, 1885, and Union Theological Seminary, 1888; after
preaching in Illinois he came to St. Paul , where he was pastor of the
St. Anthony Park church, 1896-1909; removed to Orange, Mass. [237
(55).]
Pressley, Harvey M., clergyman, b. in Randolph county, 111.; studied
law; served in the army six months; was licensed to preach in 1877;
was pastor in Litchfield, Minn., 1889-93, and afterward in Marshall.
[178 (July 15, 1897*).]
Preus, Jacob A. O., b. in Columbia county, Wis., Aug. 28, 1883; was
graduated at Luther College, Decor ah, Iowa, 1903, and in law at the
616 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
University of Minnesota, 1906; was executive clerk of the governor,
1909-11; was appointed state insurance commissioner, 1911. [30*.]
Peibble, James T., teacher, b. in Kennebec county, Maine, April 19,
1828; came to Minnesota in 1856; resided in Hennepin county, and was
its first superintendent of schools. [43.]
Price, David C, dentist, b. in Lyons, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1828; d. in St.
Paul, Jan. 12, 1901. He settled in St. Paul in 1854. [94; 237 (11).]
Price, Henry H., printer, b. in New York in 1820; d. in St. Paul,
May 1, 1904. He settled in St. Paul in 1867; was foreman of the
Pioneer printing company many years. [237 (35*).]
Price, James D., b. in Newark, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1850; came with his
parents to Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1856; resided in Cambria;
author of many poems, and a frequent contributor to Welsh news-
papers and magazines. [171*.]
Price, Milo B., educator, b. in Newark, Ohio, Sept. 10, 1867; was
graduated at Denison University, 1892, and received the Ph. D. degree
at the University of Leipzic, Germany, 1896; engaged in teaching;
principal of Pillsbury Academy, Owatonna, Minn., since 1904. [17;
24; 25.]
Price, Robert D., M. E. clergyman, b. in Wales, Aug. 21, 1827; came
to the United States in 1850; was ordained to the ministry in 1854;
settled at South Bend, Minn., in 1856; had charge of various circuits;
after 1894 resided in Mankato. [46; 171*.]
Pride, C. F., miller, b. in Peoria county, 111., in 1856; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1865; settled in Blue Earth City in 1885,
wheye he was one of the proprietors of the roller mills. [34.]
Priebe, John, pioneer, b. in Prussia; d. in St. Mary township, Wa-
seca county, Minn., Aug. 25, 1872. He was one of the first settlers in
the township, 1856. [75.]
Prince, Frank Moody, banker, b. in Amherst, Mass., July 23, 1854;
came to Minnesota in 1874, settling in Stillwater; was cashier of the
First National Bank there, 1882-92; removed to Minneapolis in 1892,
where he was successively treasurer of the Minnesota Loan and Trust
Co., vice president of the First National Bank, 1894-1903, and its pres-
ident since 1904. [22*; 24; 25; 85A*.]
Prince, John Stoughtenbtjrg, pioneer and banker, b. in Cincinnati,
Ohio, May 7, 1821; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 4, 1895. He came to St. Paul
in 1854 as agent of the Chouteau Fur Company; afterward engaged
in insurance, real estate and banking business; was a member of the
constitutional convention of Minnesota, 1857; mayor of St. Paul, 1860-2
and 1865-6; and was president of the Savings Bank of St. Paul for
many years. [18; 19*; 20*; 28, IV, VIII; 29; 68; 93*; 94; 96; 98*;
237 (9*); 238 (Sept. 5, 1895*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES, 617
Pringle, Henry H., hardware merchant, b. in Batavia, N. Y., March
10, 1832; d. in Hastings, Minn., Sept. 21, 1879. He was graduated at
Hobart College, N. Y., in 1853; three years later settled in Hastings.
[48.]
Probstfield,* Randolph M., farmer, b. near Coblenz, Germany, Nov.
9, 1832; d. in Oakport, Minn., Sept. 10, 1911. He came to Minnesota
in 1852; settled in Oakport, Clay county, in 1869; was a state senator,
1891-3. [30; 37; 38; 47*; 237 (67*).]
Proctor, Barron, resided in Stillwater, Minn., a few years when a
young man; removed to New Orleans, but returned to Stillwater, and
engaged in flour milling, 1873-80; afterward resided in St. Paul. [41.]
Proctor, John Smith, merchant, b. in Cavendish, Vt, Feb. 26, 1826;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., March 6, 1897. He settled in Stillwater in 1849;
was warden of the state prison, 1860-8; was surveyor general of logs
and lumber for the first district after 1881. [18; 40; 41; 167 (March
12, 1897); 237 (11).]
Proper, Erastus Kidder, farmer, b. in Benton, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1825;
settled in Milton, Dodge county, Minn., in 1856; was a representative
in the legislature two terms. [49.]
Provencalle, Louis, French fur trader, came to this country before
1800; d. at Mendota, Minn., in 1850. He established a large trade with
the Indians on the Minnesota river, and maintained it for many years.
[28, I.]
Pryce, James Morgan, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Wales, April
15, 1826; was ordained to the ministry when twenty-one years old;
came to the United States; settled at South Bend, Minn., in 1867; was
pastor in Mankato, Lake City, and other places. He died at North
Bend, Wis., March 12, 1891. [171*.]
Pryor, John, pioneer, b., in Canada, May 23, 1842; d. in Hawley,
Minn., June 4, 1903. He came with his parents to Dakota county,
Minn., in 1854; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
settled in Hawley in 1875; engaged in mercantile business and milling.
[237 (28).]
Pryor, Luman Clinton, journalist, b. in Bay View, Wis., Jan. 8,
1864; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Minneapolis; publisher
of "Farm Implements" since 1892. [24; 85A.]
Pryts, Andrew, miller, b. in Sweden, March 28, 1841; came with his
parents to the United States in 1853; settled in Spring Valley, Minn.,
in 1868, where he built the Empire Mill. [52.]
Pugh, George W., b. in England, Sept. 17, 1818; d. in Rochester,
Minn., June 25, 1883. He came to the United States when six years
old; settled in Rochester, Minn., in 1861; was a representative in the
legislature in 1877. [30; 238 (June 26, 1883).]
618 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Pugh, Thomas M., b. in Cammes, Wales, Sept. 10, 1831; came to the
United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1855; settled on a farm in
South Bend, Blue Earth county; was provost marshal during the civil
war; was receiver of the U. S, land office in Fargo, N. D., 1874-83; re-
moved to Duluth in 1894, and engaged in grain and produce commission
business; was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1902, and has
been a state senator since 1903. [30*; 46; 171*; 237 (37*).]
Puhler, Frederick, journalist, b. in Germany, March 8, 1855; came
with his parents to the United States when a child; was graduated at
Cornell University, 1875; resided in Minnesota after 1877; established
the Norman County Alert in Ada in 1880, and afterward published the
Journal in the same town; was clerk of court, 1881-2. [35.]
Pumpelly, Samuel D., lawyer, b. in Mason county, Ky., May 20,
1841; served in the 16th Kentucky Regt, 1861-5, attaining the rank of
captain; was admitted to the bar in Kansas; came to Minnesota in
1876, settling on a homestead in Lincoln county; removed to Lake
Benton eight years later, and was county auditor, 1884-90. [34.]
Purcell, Edward, surgeon, b. in Virginia; d. at Fort Snelling, Jan.
11, 1825. He became surgeon of the Fifth Infantry in 1818, and ac-
companied that regiment to Minnesota in 1819. [28, III.]
Purdie, Thomas W., M. E. clergyman, b. in Lanarkshire, Scotland,
Sept. 3, 1835; d. in Freeborn, Minn., June 21, 1908. He came to the
United States when five years old, and to Minnesota in 1858; owned
a farm in Freeborn; was a representative in the legislature in 1860
and in 1878; joined the M. E. church and was licensed to preach in
1877; was ordained to the ministry in 1886. [30; 237 (51).]
Purdy, Milton Dwight, judge, b. in Mogadore, Ohio, Nov. 2, 1866;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1891, and from its law
department, 1892; settled in Minneapolis; was U. S. attorney for Min-
nesota, 1901-2; assistant attorney general of the United States, 1903-8;
and U. S. district judge for Minnesota, 1908-9. [17; 22*; 127A*.]
Purrington, Edwin, b. in Plymouth county, Mass., Sept. 9, 1832; d.
in Le Sueur Center, Minn., Dec. 28, 1910. He followed a seafaring life
several years; settled on a farm in Lexington, Minn., in 1857; was a
representative in the legislature in 1880. [32; 237 (67).]
Purves, Stuart Baixantyne, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Maryport,
England, July 3, 1862; came to the United States, settling in Minne-
sota; was graduated at Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, 1889; was
rector in Redwood Falls, St. Paul, and from 1894 to 1910 in Minne-
apolis; removed to Cincinnati, Ohio. [85A*.]
Pusey, Pennock, b, in Chester county, Pa,, Sept. 6, 1825; d. in Wil-
mington, Del., Feb. 16, 1903. He settled in St. Paul in 1854; was as-
sistant secretary of state, 1862-72, and private secretary to Governor
Pillsbury, 1876-82. He later lived in Wilmington, Del. [28, X; 29; 30;
68; 94; 237 (28).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 619
Putnam, Ernest Bolles, lumber dealer, b. in Eau Claire, Wis., Oct.
18, 1860; came to Minnesota in 1889, settling at St Paul as secretary
and treasur-er of the Brennan Lumber Co.; dealer in timber lands in
the Southern states and in California and British Columbia. [24; 25;
167 (Feb. 2, 1894*).]
Putnam, Frank E., lawyer, b. in Grafton, Vt, Jan. 9, 1S57; came to
Minnesota in 1885, settling at Wells; removed to Blue Earth in 1889;
was attorney of Faribault county, 1897-1903; a state senator since
1903. [24; 30*.]
Putnam, George Whittemore, merchant, b. in Sutton, Mass., Aug.
11, 1827; came to Minnesota in 1855, and settled in Anoka the next
year; was register of deeds four years, and county treasurer four
years; after 1870 engaged in the hardware business; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1877-8 and 1881. [30; 31; 43.]
Putnam, H. A., farmer, b. at Big Lake, Minn., in 1865; attended the
State Normal School, St. Cloud, and taught school a few years; re-
sides in Amor township, near Battle Lake; a representative in the
legislature, 1909-11. [30*.]
Putnam, Herbert, librarian, b. in New York city, Sept. 20, 1861;
was graduated at Harvard College, 1883; studied law, and was admit-
ted to the bar in Minneapolis in 1885; was librarian of the Athenaeum
and of the Minneapolis public library, 1884-91; of the public library,
Boston, Mass., 1895-9; and of the Congressional Library, Washington,
D. C, since 1899. [3*; 17.]
Putnam, J. M., banker, b. at Mount Sterling, 111., March 30, 1851;
settled in Lakefield, Minn., in 1901, and became president of the Jack-
son County State Bank. [62*.]
Putnam, James L., journalist, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in
1850; came to Minnesota in 1866; settled in Granite Falls, 1873; ten
years later established the Granite Falls Tribune, and has since been
its editor. [38.]
Putnam, Simon, Congregational clergyman, b. in Sutton, Mass., in
1822; d. in Afton, Minn., Sept. 11, 1864. He was ordained to the min-
istry in 1847; came to Minnesota in 1860; was pastor at Afton and
Lakeland; served as a private, and later as chaplain, in the Third Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war. [143.]
Putnam, William H., banker, b. in Danvers, Mass., Jan. 22, 1848;
came to Minnesota in 1867, settling at Red Wing; was a representative
in the legislature, 1903-09. [24; 25; 30*; 56.]
Pye, Charles William, lawyer, b. in Yorkshire, Eng., Sept. 10, 1846;
came to the United States with his parents when a child, and to Min-
nesota in 1856; was admitted to the bar in 1867; engaged in teaching
thirteen years; afterward practiced law in Northfield. [70; 70A; 137.]
620 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Pyle, David, pioneer physician, b. in Ohio about 1825; d. in Alabama
about 1884. He settled in McLeod county, Minn,, and in 1868 was a
member of the legislature; in 1869 was appointed government physi-
cian at White Earth; settled the next year on a claim in Audubon,
Becker county, and was the first county auditor. In 1873 he removed
to Alabama. [44.]
Pyle, Joseph Gilpin, journalist, b. in Calvert, Md., May 24, 1853;
was graduated at Yale, 1877; was a teacher in Shattuck School, Fari-
bault, Minn., 1877-81; engaged in newspaper work in St. Paul, 1881-98,
and in magazine and other writing since 1905; resides in St. Paul.
Quackenbush, Livingstone, banker, b. in Rensselaer county, N. Y.,
Oct. 11, 1840; settled in Le Sueur, Minn., in 1869; engaged in hard-
ware business, and in 1875 established the Le Sueur County Bank, of
which he was president. [32.]
Quaixey, Ole J., banker, b. in Winneshiek county, Iowa, May 31,
1852; came to Moor head, Minn., in 1877, where he was cashier of the
First National Bank. [35.]
Quam, Nels, b. in Havana, Minn., Feb. 16, 1859; came with his par-
ents to Kandiyohi county in 1878 ; studied at Augsburg Seminary, Min-
neapolis; engaged in farming at Lake Andrew, and was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1889; removed to New London in 1895,
where he engaged in mercantile business, dealt in real estate, and
managed a hotel. [30; 35; 63; 169.]
Quammen, Nels A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Bergen, Norway,
March 13, 1839; came to the United States with his parents when
eight years old; was graduated at Concordia College, St. Louis, 1866;
was ordained to the ministry the same year, settled in Eureka, Dakota
county, Minn., and took charge of the Christian Lutheran church*
[48; 169.]
Quebeb, Arvie, journalist, b. in Gotland, Sweden, Nov. 26, 1869; came
to the United States in 1886; engaged in newspaper work; assistant
manager of the Svenska Amerikanska Posten, in Minneapolis, since
1907. [169A*.]
Quehl, Paul, merchant, b. in Canton, Mo., Aug. 18, 1858; d. in St.
Paul, Sept, 16, 1907. He came to St. Paul in 1872; was connected with
the Decker Hardware Co. after 1878, and became its president in 1905.
[24; 100*.]
Quevli, Andres, merchant, b. in Norway, Jan. 8, 1832; d. in Win-
dom, Minn., June 7, 1911. He came to the United States in 1870, set-
tling in Minnesota; resided on a farm in Jackson county six years,
and then removed to Windom. [34; 237 (67*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 621
Quiggle, Michael S., b. in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1834; came to
Minnesota in 1857, and settled in Owatonna the next year, where he
dealt in farm machinery. [72.]
Quigley, J. P., M. E. clergyman, b. in Ohio in 1836; d. in Duluth,
Minn., May 6, 1872. He joined the Minnesota conference in 1868;
served on the Two Rivers circuit, and later was pastor at Taylors
Falls, Minn., and at Superior, Wis. [150.]
Quigley, John, physician and M. E. clergyman, b. near Warren, Pa.,
March 21, 1810; d. in Asheville, N. C, Dec. 21, 1886. He commenced
the practice of medicine in 1833; soon afterward became an itinerant
Methodist preacher; came to Minnesota, was pastor in Winona and
Minneapolis, and was presiding elder several years; later became a
temperance lecturer. [150; 237 (61).]
Quimby, Hosea F., b. in Racine, Wis., Feb. 6, 1844; d. at Easton,
Minn., Aug. 13, 1907. He came to Minnesota, and served in the Sev-
enth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; resided in Easton, Faribault
county; engaged in mercantile and grain commission business, and
in banking after 1894. [24; 39; 237 (48).]
Quinlan, Patrick, pioneer, b. near Norwood, Canada, Feb. 15, 1836;
d. near Richmond, Minn., March 10, 1905. He came to Minnesota in
1854, and was the first settler in Burlington, Becker county, 1868.
[44.]
Quinn, Hugh M., hardware merchant, b. in Adams county, Wis.,
May 26, 1854; came to Blue Earth county, Minn., when nine years old;
settled at Mapleton in 1886. [24; 45*.]
Quinn, James Almakine, physician, b. in Sangamon county, 111., Dec.
8, 1855; lived in childhood on a farm near St. Paul; was graduated
at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y., in 1880; practiced
medicine in St. Paul. [68; 93*; 98*; 100.]
Quinn, James H., judge, b. in Kilbourn City, Wis., June 23, 1857;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1863; resided in Wells, and re-
moved to Fairmont; practiced law after 1885; was county attorney of
Faribault county, 1889-97; judge of the Seventeenth judicial district
since 1897. [24; 30; 39.]
Quinn, Peter, b. in Dublin, Ireland, in 1787; was impressed in the
British navy in 1805, and served five years; escaped to Labrador, and
for three years lived with the Esquimaux; came to Fort Garry, and in
1823 to Fort Snelling; engaged in U. S. government service in Minne-
sota, was an Indian trader and interpreter, and in 1843 was appointed
Indian farmer; was killed by the Sioux at Redwood Ferry, Aug. 18,
1862, while acting as interpreter for Captain Marsh. [58; 59; 166A*;
241.]
Quinn, Thomas H., lawyer, b. in Berlin, Wis., Nov. 6, 1854; came
to Minnesota with his parents in 1865; was admitted to the bar in
622 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1877, and has since practiced in Faribault; was county attorney of
Rice county, 18S4-7 and 1891-3; was city attorney, 1896-1901. [24; 25;
26*; 70; 137*.]
Quinn, William Louis, b. near Fort Snelling, Minn., Nov. 4, 1828;
d. in St. Paul, Minn., March 5, 1906. He was the son of Peter Quinn,
the fur trader, and a half-breed Indian woman; was sutler's clerk,
scout, and Indian interpreter; after 1873 resided in St. Paul. , [537 (4*,
22*, 39*); 238 (April 29, 1894*); 241.]
Quirk, James, miller, b. in Grant county, Wis., July 18, 1849; was
graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1873, and from its law de-
partment, 1876; settled in Waseca, Minn.; later owned flouring mills
at Montgomery, Montevideo, and Waterville; removed to Minneapolis,
where he was treasurer of an insurance company, and also engaged
in banking. [168 (April 11, 1900*).]
Quist, P. M., lawyer, b. in Sailing, Denmark, Feb. 23, 1845; came to
the United States in 1868; settled in Willmar, Minn., in 1876; was
admitted to the bar; was attorney of Kandiyohi county six years;
removed to St. Paul in 1888; was Danish consul twelve years. [169.]
Quist, Peter P., b. in Rinkaby, Sweden, Aug. 18, 1854; came to the
United States with his parents, who settled in Nicollet county, Minn.,
1865; was a hardware merchant in Winthrop, 1882-1900; was post-
master, 1883-94; has been state weighmaster since 1901, residing in
Minneapolis. [22*; 24; 26*; 30*.]
Qvale, Gauthe Emil, judge, b. in Haugesund, Norway, in 1861; came
to the United States in 1878; settled in Minnesota, 1879; was admitted
to the bar in 1888; resides in Willmar; has been judge of the Twelfth
judicial district since 1897. [30.]
Qvale, Sigurdt Berger, b. in Norway, Dec. 18, 1864; came to the
United States in 1878, and settled at Willmar, Minn., in 1882; engaged
in mercantile business, and dealt in lumber after 1900; was mayor
four terms. [24; 63*.]
Rachie, Elias, lawyer, b. in Yellow medicine county, Minn., Nov. 4,
1875; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1896, and from
its law department, 1902; resides at Madison; was a representative in
the legislature in 1905-07. [24; 30*.]
Rackliff, Joseph, b. in Unity, Maine, Dec. 5, 1822; d. at Maple Lake,
Wright county, Minn., Feb. 12, 1876. He came to Minnesota in 1855,
and settled on the farm where he died. For several years he kept a
hotel there. [31.]
Radcliff, Abraham M., architect, b. in New York city in 1827;
opened the first architect's office in Minneapolis, 1857, and the next
year settled in St. Paul. [68.]
Radisson, Pierre Esprit, b. in France, about 1635; d. in England;
1710. He came to America in 1651, and lived with his parents at
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 623
Three Rivers, Canada; made two expeditions to the area of Minne-
sota for fur trading, with his brother-in-law, Groseilliers, in 1654-6 and
1659-60; by his writings and voyages, in 1665-70, contributed to the
founding of the Hudson Bay Co. [28, X; 107; 113; 114; 131; 146.]
Rae, Andrew, b. in Scotland, May 2, 1863; came to the United
States in 1882; settled in Jasper, Minn., in 1889, and was president of
the Jasper Stone Quarry Co. [71 A.]
Rae, Robert, Baptist clergyman, b. in Berwickshire, Scotland, in
1855; d. in Brainerd, Minn., Jan. 19, 1891. He came to the United
States in 1884; was pastor in New Auburn, Minn., and at Glencoe and
Sleepy Eye. [141.]
Raedeke, Heinrich F. C, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, May
2, 1848; was graduated at the Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.,
in 1871; has since been pastor at Carver, Minn. [148.]
Raedeke, Heinrich J., Lutheran clergyman, b. at Carver, Minn.,
Jan. 7, 1875; was graduated at Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wis.,
1895, and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1898; pastor at Chas-
ka, Minn., since 1898. [148.]
Rahilly, Patrick Henry, farmer, b. in Limerick, Ireland, March 8,
1832; came to the United States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1854, set-
tling six years later on a grain and stock farm near Lake City; was a
representative in the legislature in 1874 and 1878, and a state senator
in 1879. [18; 25; 29; 30; 74; 174*.]
Railson, Andrew, farmer, b. in Norway in 1834; came to Minnesota
in 1856, and settled at Lake Andrew, Kandiyohi county; was county
treasurer five years; receiver of the U. S. land office at Redwood Falls,
1884-7; a representative in the legislature, 1871 and 1893; and a state
senator, 1872-3. [30; 169.]
Rajewski, W. A., b. in Posen, Prussia, Nov. 25, 1847; came to the
United States in 1875, settling in Minnesota; owned a farm, and later
resided in Blue Earth City, and engaged in wagonmaking. [39.]
Rajgelj, Bartholomew, R. C. priest, b. in Austria, Dec. 21, 1848; d.
in Minneapolis, Oct. 18, 1888. He came to the United States in 1869;
entered the Benedictine order; was ordained a priest in 1873; resided
in Minnesota after 1870; was pastor in St. Paul and Minneapolis.
[132 (Nov., 1888).]
Rakowski, John G., pioneer, b. at Konigsberg, Germany, March 24,
1824; came to the United States in 1855, and settled in St. Louis coun-
ty, Minn.; served in N. Y. and Ohio regiments during the civil war;
returned in 1865 to his pre-emption claim on the site of Duluth, and
later engaged in the grocery business. [28, IX; 31; 31 A*.]
Ralke, Fred W., b. in Germany, Dec. 13, 1857; came to the United
States in 1863;- settled in Minneapolis in 1878; was a member of the
fire department after 1880, and was promoted to a captaincy in 1892.
[88*.]
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Ramaley, David, printer, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., Aug. 9, 1828; settled
in St. Paul in 1856; opened the first job printing office there, 1862; was
founder, with H. P. Hall,, of the St. Paul Dispatch, Feb. 29, 1868. [94;
241.]
Ramaley, Francis, b. in St. Paul, Nov. 16, 1870; was graduated at
the University of Minnesota, 1895; was instructor in medical botany
there, 1894-7; professor of biology in the University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colo., since 1899. [7A; 127 (10*).]
Ramberg, Henry, banker, b. at Blue Mounds, Wis., April 25, 1862;
came to Vernon, Dodge county, Minn., in 1888; cashier of the Bank
of Hayfield since 1895. [24; 50*.]
Ramberg, Johan Fredrik, merchant, b. in Ferna, Sweden, June 30,
1849; came to the United States when twenty years old, settling at
Rush City, Minn.; owner and president of the Rush City Roller Mills
since 1902. [24; 169.]
Ramberg, Karl. G., merchant, b. in Ferna, Sweden, July 20, 1847;
came to the United States in 1871, settling in Rush City, Minn.; en-
gaged in farming, and later in mercantile business. [169.]
Ramer, Abraham M., merchant, b. in Ripley county, Ind., July 30,
1851; came with his parents to Winona county, Minn., when four years
old; owned a store in Lewiston, 1882-92; removed to Winona, and en-
gaged in manufacture of confectionery since 1894. [24; 25; 76.]
Ramsett, Henry J., b. at Bad Axe, Vernon county, Wis., May 16,
1859; settled in Willmar, Minn., about 1880; has been clerk of the dis-
trict court since 1892. [24; 25; 169.]
Ramsey, Alexander, statesman, b. near Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 8,
1815; d. in St. Paul, April 22, 1903. He was educated at Lafayette
college; was elected to Congress, as a Whig, in 1842 ,and served till
1847; was appointed first territorial governor of Minnesota in 1849,
and held the office till 1853; made important treaties with the Sioux
in 1851, by which their lands in Minnesota west of the Mississippi
river were ceded to the U. S. government and thus opened to settle-
ment; was mayor of St. Paul in 1855; governor of the state, 1860-63;
U. S. senator, 1863-75; secretary of war in the cabinet of President
Hayes, 1879-81; president of the Minnesota Historical Society, 1849-63,
and 1891-1903; author of numerous papers in this Society's Collec-
tions. [1; 3; 10; 17; 18*; 20*; 22*; 23*; 2Q*; 27*; 28, IV*, X*, XIII*;
29; 30 (1903*); 32; 41*; 68; 93*; 95*; 107*; 109*; 113; 166A*.]
Ramsey, Mrs. Anna Earl Jenks, b. in Pennsylvania in 1827; d. in
St. Paul, Nov. 29, 1884. She married Alexander Ramsey, then a fellow-
member of Congress with her father, in 1845; and four years later ac-
companied him to Minnesota territory, of which he was the newly ap-
pointed governor. Her home thereafter was in St. Paul. [94; 107*;
237 (1*, 12*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 625
Ramsey, Justus C, b. in Pennsylvania in 1823; d. in St. Paul, Jan.
24, 1881. He came to St. Paul in 1849, his brother having been ap-
pointed governor of the territory; engaged in the grocery business
and real estate transactions; was a representative in the territorial
legislature three terms, 1850, 1853, and 1857. [94; 158; 237 (1); 238
(Jan. 25, 1881).]
Ramsey, William Wallace, pioneer, b. in Ohio, June 13, 1831; set-
tled on a claim in 1871 in Diamond Lake township, Lincoln county,
Minn., being the first settler in the town; was sheriff of the county
three terms; afterward resided at Lake Benton. [34.]
Ramsland, Ole T., merchant, b. in Norway, Oct. 16, 1853; came to
the United States in 1871, settling in Minnesota; engaged in mercan-
tile business at Sacred Heart after 1880; was a representative in the
legislature in 1905. [30*.]
Ramstad, L. L., merchant, b. in Norway in 1847; d. in Ada, Minn.,
July 14, 1883. He came to the United States when seventeen years
old; settled in Ada in 1877, and opened the first store in the town.
[35.]
Ramstad, Labs Olson, pioneer, b. in Toten, Norway, Aug. 13, 1849;
came to the United States in 1869, and to Minnesota the same year;
was one of the first settlers in Hamden, Becker county, 1870. [44*.]
Ramstad, Peter, b. in Norway, Jan. 24, 1851; came with his parents
to the United States when twelve years old; settled in Ada, Minn., in
1880; engaged in mercantile business, and was register of deeds of
Norman county, 1887-90. [35; 169.]
Rand, Alonzo Cooper, b. in Boston, Mass., Dec. 31, 1832. Before
coming to Minnesota he had been very successful in the Pennsylvania
oil region, «nd had discovered a new process of manufacturing gas
from petroleum. He settled in Minneapolis in 1872, and in 1878 was
elected mayor; was drowned in Lake Minnetonka, July 12, 1885. [18;
19*; 238 (July 13, 1885).]
Rand, Lars M., lawyer, b. in Bergen, Norway, Jan. 24, 1857; came
to the United States in 1875; was graduated at the Minnesota State
Normal School, Winona; was admitted to the bar in 1884, and the
next year settled in Minneapolis. [22*; 26*; 169.]
Randall, A. E., b. in Lockport, N. Y., in 1846; came to Minnesota
in 1860, and settled on a claim in Ortonville in 1876; was county
treasurer and sheriff. [32.]
Randall, Benjamin Hoyt, b. in Greenborough, Vt., Nov. 25, 1823;
came to Fort Snelling in 1849, and served in the territorial legislature,
1851-2; was sutler at Fort Ridgely, 1853-68. After the Sioux outbreak
he removed his family to St. Peter, in 1863, and after 1868 engaged
there in boot and shoe manufacturing; was mayor of St. Peter, and
county superintendent of schools; removed to Winona; president of
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626 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the Old Settlers' Association of Minnesota since 1910. [18; 32; 59;
114; 241.]
Randall, E. D. K., traveling salesman, b. in 1839; d. in St. Paul, Sept.
21, 1897. He settled in St. Paul in 1856; served in the Sixth Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war, and became first lieutenant in the First
Minnesota Heavy Artillery. [115; 237 (9*).]
Randall, Edward Hansen, railroad contractor, b. in Dovre, Norway,
in 1834; d, in St. Paul, Sept. 25, 1908. He came to the United States
in 1867; settled in St. Paul in 1872, and engaged in railroad construc-
tion on many northwestern lines. [237 (51).]
Randall, Eugene Wilson, b. in Winona, Minn., Jan. 1, 1859; was
graduated at the State Normal School in that city, 1879; engaged in
newspaper work and improving his farm near Morris until 1888 ; was
postmaster at Morris, 1891-5; was secretary of the Minnesota State
Agricultural Society, 1895-1907, residing at the State Fair Grounds,
St. Paul; dean of the department of agriculture, University of Minne-
sota, 1907-8; president of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co.,
St. Paul, since 1908. [24; 25; 26*; 27*; 73; 85A*; 127B; 166A*.]
Randall, Fbank L., lawyer, b. in Fort Ridgely, Minn., Sept. 30, 1856;
was superintendent of schools for' Nicollet county, 1877-80; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1880; settled at New Ulm in 1881; removed to
Winona and practiced there, 1885-1900; has since been superintendent
of the State Reformatory, St. Cloud. [24; 32; 77.]
Randall, Henry Raymond, physician, b. in St. Peter, Minn., Nov. 20,
1864; d. in Winona, Minn., Dec. 7, 1890. He was graduated at Rush
Medical College, Chicago, in 1887, and settled in Winona the same
year. [139.]
Randall, James A., pioneer farmer, b. in Madrid, N. Y., in 1822; d.
in Fremont, Winona county, Minn., Jan. 1, 1896. He settled there in
1855. [78.]
Randall, John Herbert, lawyer, b. in Auburn, Maine, Dec. 16, 1853;
d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 8, 1902. He was graduated at Bates College,
1873; came to Minneapolis in 1876; was admitted to the bar two years
later; was prominent in freemasonry, being past grand master of the
Knights Templar. [237 (19*).]
Randall, John J., b. in Ithaca, N. Y., July 6, 1829; d. in St. Paul,
Minn., March 25, 1891. He came to Minnesota, settling at Winona,
1859; engaged in the leather business, and afterward dealt in coal;
was U. S. revenue collector for the Winona district, 1866-73; state
railroad commissioner, 1873-4 ; warden of the state penitentiary at Still-
water, 1889-90. [76; 78; 166A*.]
Randall, John R., miller, b. in Steuben county, N. Y., in 1843; served
in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; came to Minnesota in
1882; settled in Duluth; was a representative in the legislature in
1903 and 1907. [30*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 627
Randall* L. O., b. in Vingaker, Sweden, Aug. 13, 1851; came to the
United States in 1872, settling in Mankato, Minn.; engaged in mer-
cantile business, and was county auditor, 1891-4. [169.]
Randall, Samuel, b. in Ohio, June 26, 1834; came to Minnesota in
1855, and to Mankato in 1859; opened the first lumber yard there, and
owned a clothing store after 1863. He died in Mankato, July 6, 1882.
K3*.]
Randall, William H., pioneer, b. in Roxbury, Mass., May 8, 1806; d.
in St. Paul, July 30, 1861. He engaged in business in New York
until 1846, when he settled in St. Paul. He purchased an interest in
the business of William Hartshorn, and also bought much real estate,
which soon became very valuable; was one of the proprietors of St.
Paul when the town was organized; but lost heavily in the panic of
1857. [28, IV.]
Randolph, Wareham G., farmer, b. in Ontario county, N. Y., April
28, 1816; came to Anoka, Minn., in 1853, and built one of the first
houses there; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
was sheriff of Anoka county two years. [31.]
Rank, J. G. C, b. in Germany in 1832; came to the United States
in 1852, and to St. Paul two years later; invented a broadcast seeder;
conducted the Farmers' hotel in West St. Paul. [94.']
Rankin, Albert W., b. in Canada, 1852; was graduated at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1880; was state inspector of graded schools,
1894-1905; professor of education, University of Minnesota, since 1906.
[127B.]
Ranney, William W., lawyer, b. in Newburyport, Mass., Nov. 29,
1830; was graduated in law at the Iowa state university, 1876; set-
tled at Grand Meadow, Minn., in 1878; removed to Austin in 1887;
was judge of probate for Mower county, 1887-1901. [24; 79.]
Ransom, Arthur Emmett, b. in Concord, Wis., Sept. 30, 1866; was
graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1888; came to Minnesota
in 1893, settling in Albert Lea, where he was connected with the whole-
sale grocery company of Ransom Bros. In 1895 he was chosen chief
of police of Albert Lea; and the next year became superintendent
and general manager of the Albert Lea Gas Machine Manufacturing
Company. [22*.]
Ranson, Stephen W., physician, b. in Kalamazoo county, Mich., May
13, 1843; came with his parents to Dodge county, Minn., in 1856; was
graduated at Chicago Medical College, 1870; afterward practiced in
Dodge Center, and owned a drug store. [49.]
Rapp, Charles Gustav, merchant, b. in Gremia, Sweden, in 1857; d.
in St. Hilaire, Minn., Dec, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1873; re-
sided in St. Hilaire; was a representative in the legislature in 1901.
[30; 35; 237 (35).]
628 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Rasdell, Melvin B., druggist, b. in Madison, Wis., Nov, 12, 1848; d.
in St. Clair, Minn., Sept. 14, 1909. He came with his parents to Bine
Earth county, Minn., in 1863; served in the First Minnesota Heavy
Artillery in the civil war; owned a drug store in St. Clair after 1877.
[237 (56).]
Rask, Halvor O., farmer, b. in Norway, Nov. 15, 1851; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1857; lived in Houston county until 1882, and
then removed to Norman county; owned a farm in Hendrum; en-
gaged in machinery business there, and was president of the State
Bank of Hendrum. [37*.]
Rasmussen, Halvor, b. in Norway, Sept. 26, 1841; came to the United
States in 1861, settling in Minnesota; resided in Moorhead after 1878;
was clerk of court, 1885-1900. [35; 47; 169.]
Rasmussen, Peder A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Stavanger, Norway,
Jan. 9, 1829; d. in Lanesboro, Minn., Aug. 5, 1898. He came to the
United States in 1850; was one of the founders of the Norwegian
Lutheran Seminary in Northfteld, Minn. [7.]
Rassier, Nicholas, farmer, b. in Losheim, Germany, Jan, 19, 1828;
came to the United States in 1852; settled in Stearns county, Minn.,
in 1854, and resided on a farm in St. Joseph, being one of the first
settlers there. [31.]
Rast, Gustav, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Pristad, Sweden, July 13,
1857; came to the United States in 1873; was graduated at the The-
ological Seminary, Rock Island, 111., 1884; pastor in Red Wing, Minn.,
since 1887. [148; 169.]
Rastor, Alois, R. C. priest, b. in Bavaria, May 18, 1859; came to
the United States in 1884; was graduated at College Abbey, St. Vin-
cent's, Pa., in 1888; settled in Millerville, Douglas county, Minn. [37.]
Rathbun, D. W., farmer, b. in New York in 1829; resided in Spring
Valley, Minn.; was a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Rauch, Charles, b. in Germany in 1812; d. in St. Paul. He came to
the United States in 1849, and to St. Paul in 1852; owned a saloon and
restaurant, and later a brewery; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1858. [94.]
Ravqux, Augustin, R. C. priest, b. at Langeac, in Auvergne, France,
Jan. 11, 1815; d. in St, Paul, Jan. 17, 1906. He came to the United
States in 1838; was ordained priest in 1840; visited the Sioux in 1841*2
at Traverse des Sioux and Lac qui Parle; returned to Dubuque the
next year, and printed a catechism and other religious books In the
Sioux language. In 1844, Father Galtier having removed to Keokuk,
the entire work of the Catholic church in this region was committed
to the care of Father Ravoux, until 1851, when Bishop Cretin arrived
in St. Paul. Author of "Reminiscences, Memoirs, and Lectures," 223
pages, 1890.' [28, IV*; 85; 94; 98; 145*; 146*; 237 (39*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 629
Rawn, Charles C, soldier, b. in Pennsylvania; d. Oct. 6, 1887. He
was commandant at Fort Snelling in 1879; attained the rank of major
in 1884. [11; 12.]
Rawson, L. H., merchant, b. in Uxbridge, Mass., Dec. 7, 1815; came
to Minnesota in 1873; settled in Delano; engaged in wheat buying;
was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Ray, James Dodge, contractor, b. in Great Barrington, Mass., April
24, 1821; settled in Duluth in 1865, and was instrumental in develop-
ing and improving the city. [20*.]
Ray, John H., banker, b. near Northfield, Ohio, Dec. 12, 1836; came
to Minnesota in 1857; owned a store at Garden City; removed to Man-
kato in 1865; was cashier of the Citizens' National Bank twelve years;
was president of the Mankato National Bank, and of its successor, the
Mankato State Bank, 1888-1903. [83*.]
Ray, John W., clergyman, b. in Chester, N. H., Dec. 23, 1814; d. at
Eureka Springs, Ark., April 19, 1901. He was graduated at Dartmouth
College, 1843; taught thirteen years; was ordained to the ministry in
1856; settled in Hastings, Minn., in 1867; afterward was pastor in
Lake City and Wabasha, and in 1893 removed to Minneapolis. [74;
153; 237 (14*).]
Raymond, Bradford Paul, educator, b. in Stamford, Conn., April 22,
1846; served in the 48th N. Y. regiment in the civil war; came to Min-
nesota in 1866, and attended Hamline University three years; was
graduated at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., 1870, and the Bos-
ton School of Theology, 1873; was pastor in several New England
churches; was president of Lawrence University, 1883-9, and of Wes-
leyan University, Middletown, Conn., 18894908. [17; 130*.]
Raymond, James Warner, banker, b. in Chicago, 111., April 25, 1841;
d. in Pasadena, Cal., Feb. 21, 1905. He served in the Seventh Ohio
Regt. in the civil war; engaged in wholesale grocery business and
banking in Dakota, and was territorial treasurer; settled in Minne-
apolis in 1887, engaged in banking business, and became president of
the Bank of Commerce in 1898. [90*; 121; 237 (35*).]
Rea, John Patterson, judge, b. in Lower Oxford, Pa., Oct. 13, 1840;
d. in Minneapolis, May 28, 1900. He served in Ohio regiments, 1861-4,
and was brevetted major; was graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan Uni-
versity, 1867; came to Minneapolis in 1875; was editor of the Tribune,
1876-7; was judge of the Fourth judicial district, 1886-9; and com-
mander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1887-8. [3*; 18;
20*; 22*; 27*; 30; 41; 58; 84*; 121; 137*; 237 (11*).]
Rea, Samuel C, lawyer, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 2, 1853; was
graduated at Princeton College, 1875; was admitted to the bar, 1878;
came to Minnesota in 1885; resided in Jackson, Worthington, and
since 1892 in Luverne; was county attorney of Rock county, 1896-1900.
[71A.]
630 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Read, Charles R., pioneer, b. about 1820 in England; came to the
United States when ten years old; served in the American army in
the Canadian rebellion, 1837-8, was captured by the British and sen:
tenced to be hung; was pardoned and returned to the United States;
in 1847 took charge of a trading post in Minnesota at the place after-
ward named for him Read's Landing. [74.]
Ream, Vinnie. See Mrs. Vinnie Ream Hoxie. [3*.]
Reaney, John H., b. in Pittsburg, Pa., May 11, 1836; d. in St. Paul,
July 12, 1882. He came with his father to Minnesota about 1852, and
erected a mill near St. Paul; afterward engaged in steamboat busi-
ness; was a representative in the legislature in 1878, and a state sen-
ator, 1879. [30; 161; 237 (1).]
Reardon, Timothy, building contractor, b. in County Cork, Ireland,
Jan. 10, 1837; came with his parents to the United States when an
infant; settled in St. Paul in 1856. [93*; 96*.]
Rebstock, E. W., b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, Oct. 22, 1832; came to
the United States in 1849; settled on a farm near Lewiston, Winona
county, Minn., in 1858; removed to Winona in 1876; was register of
deeds for the county three terms. [77.]
Records, Thompson Laban, b. in Shelby county, Ind., Oct. 27, 1843;
served in the 26th Indiana light artillery in the civil war; came to
Mankato, Minn., in 1866; settled in Sherburne in 1880; dealt in real
estate and practiced law. [39; 237 (45*).]
Redding, J. G., lawyer, b. at Beaver Dam, Wis., in 1849; was admitted
to the bar in 1871; settled in Windom, Minn., in 1882; was clerk of
court, and later county attorney. [34.]
Reed, Anthony, b. in Dighton, Mass., July 10, 1805; came to Minne-
sota in 1856; engaged in milling and farming near Hastings until 1867;
later resided in Hastings, and engaged in the grocery business. [29*.]
Reed, Axel Hayford, merchant, b. in Hartford, Maine, March 13,
1835; came to Minnesota in 1855, settled at Glencoe, and spent several
winters on the frontier in hunting and trapping; served in the Second
Minnesota Regt, 1861-5, attaining the rank of first lieutenant; after-
ward was in mercantile business at Glencoe during many years, also
owning several farms; was a representative in the legislature in 1870;
was president of the First National Bank of Glencoe after 1881. [18*;
29; 64*.]
Reed, George D., b. in Pennsylvania, 1861; removed to Faribault,
Minn., 1885; engaged in the fuel business; was clerk of the district
court for Rice county, 1899-1907; a representative in the state legisla-
ture, 1911. [30*.]
Reed, John Abbott, prison warden, b. in Grafton, N. H., Dec. 25,
1831; d. in La Crosse, Wis., Jan. 17, 1910. He came to Sterling, Blue
Earth county, Minn., in 1858; served in Brackett's battalion, Minne-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 631
sota cavalry, during the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; was
a representative in the legislature, 1867-S; was warden of the state
prison, 1874-86; later resided at Mountain Iron, Minn. [18; 30; 40;
121; 237 (62).]
Reed, Lathrop Edward, banker, b. in Worthington, Mass., April 12,
1830; d. April 5, 1901; He came to St. Paul in 1851; was associated
in the establishment of the First National Bank in 1863, and was
elected its vice president, 1873; was president of the Capital Bank,
1880-90. His death occurred on a railway train at Lexington, Ky., while
returning to St. Paul from the South, where he had gone in search of
health. l2St IV*, X; 68; 94; 156; 237 (14).]
Reed, Louis A., lawyer, b. in Mason county, 111., Jan. 23, 1855; came
to Minnesota in 1880, settling in Minneapolis, and in 1882 was admitted
to the bar. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 90*.]
Reed, Philemon P., mail carrier, b. in Garland, Maine, Jan. 11, 1851;
settled in Minneapolis in 1878; entered the postal service in 1884.
[237 (23*).]
Reed, Robert, b. in Pittsburg, Pa., March 2, 1845; served in Iowa
regiments during the civil war; settled in Minneapolis in 1867, and
engaged in the wholesale jewelry business. [23*.]
Reed, Sampson Augustus, lawyer, b. in Boston, Mass., Dec. 8, 1849;
d. in Minneapolis, May 31, 1908. He was graduated at Dartmouth
College, 1874; settled in Minneapolis in 1875, and was admitted to the
bar in 1877. [S5A*.]
Reese, Chables M., farmer, b. in Lillestrom, Norway, in 1851; came
to the United States with his parents in 1867, and settled in Minne-
sota. He was a representative in the legislature, 1885-9, and later was
state weighmaster at Minneapolis. [30; 63*; 169.]
Reese, Darius Franklin, lawyer, b. in Bernadotte, 111., Sept. 3, 1856;
was admitted to the bar in 1880; came to Minnesota in 1883, settling
in St. Paul; was clerk of the Supreme Court of Minnesota^ 1895-1903.
[24; 25; 27*; 30; 93; 93A; 95*; 100*; 111*.]
Reese, Timothy, b. in Wales in 1844; came with his parents to the
United States in 1851; served in the army, 1864-5; settled on a farm
in Judson, Minn., in 1871; ten years later removed to Lake Crystal,
and engaged in hardware business. [32; 45*; 171*.]
Reeve, Charles McCormick, lawyer and soldier, b. in Dansville, N.
Y., Aug. 7, 1847; was graduated at Yale University, 1870; settled in
Minneapolis, and was proprietor of a flour mill, 1888-95; was colonel of
the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt. in the Spanish-American war, 1898,
and attained the rank of brigadier general for gallant and meritorious
conduct in tbe battle of Manila; author, "How we Went and What we
Saw, a Flying Trip through Egypt, Syria, and the Aegean Islands," 397
pages, 1891. [17; 24; 123; 168 (Sept. 16, 1892*).]
632 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Reeves, Charles P., lawyer, b. in Madison, Wis., Feb. 3, 1856; d. in
St. Paul, Oct. 26, 1911. He was graduated at Cedar Valley Seminary,
Osage, Iowa, 1878, and in law at the University of Iowa, 1882; set-
tied in Glenwood, Minn., the next year; was county attorney of Pope
county, 1884-90-; was a representative in the legislature, 1S95-7, and a
state senator in 18994902. [24; 25; 30; 67; 237 (59, 6S) ; 238 (Dec. 5,
1894*).]
Beeves, M. D., Baptist clergyman, b. in Indiana, Nov. 16, 1816; d. at
Parker's Prairie, Minn., Sept. 11, 1906. He served in the Black Hawk
war; came to Minnesota in 1855; organized a Sunday School in New
Lebanon, and was ordained to the ministry there; afterward was pas-
tor at Spring Valley, Pleasant Grove, and other places. [237 (43).]
Register, Samuel M., b. in Dover, Del., in 1827; d. in Stillwater,
Minn., Oct. 10, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1850, settling in Still-
water; was a pilot on a river steamboat, dealt in pine lands, and en-
gaged in lumbering; was a representative in the territorial legisla-
ture, 1854-5. [40; 41; 237 (11).]
Rehse, George Washington, cartoonist, b. in Hastings, Minn., Sept.
2, 1868; has been employed on Minneapolis and St. Paul newspapers;
resides in St. Paul. [17.]
Reid, John H., journalist, b. in Christiania, Norway, June 27, 1873;
came to the United States when four years old, and was educated in
Minnesota; worked at the printer's trade eight years in Glyndon; after
1899 was editor and proprietor of the Clay County Herald, at Hawley.
[37.]
. Reilly, Philip, b. in Marshall county, W. Va., Dec. 15, 1843; d. in
St. Paul, June 10, 1897. He settled in St Paul in 1865; was president
of the John Martin Lumber company, and vice president of the St.
Paul National Bank. [95*; 167 (June 11, 1897).]
Reimestab, Theodor S., educator, b. in Jaederen, Norway, April 28t
1858; came to the United States in 1872; was graduated at Augsburg
Seminary, Minneapolis, 1880, and from its theological department,
1883; afterward was a professor there. [169.]
Reiner, J. K., physician, b. in 1812; d. in Stillwater, Minn., Jan. 20,
1874. He was one of the earliest settlers of Stillwater; was a state
senator, 1857-8, and 1863-4. [237 (1).]
Reiner, John H., jeweler, b. in Scott county, Minn., in 1860; resides
at Glencoe; was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Reis> George, b. in Dieberg, Germany, March 1, 1848; came with his
parents to the United States in 1852, and to St. Paul in 1855; engaged
in teaching and bookkeeping; was city treasurer, 1882-92; removed to
Buena Park, Cal. [98*.]
Reishus, Edwin S., farmer, b. in Dane county, Wis., March 4, 1852;
came with his parents to Fillmore county, Minn., in 1854; removed to
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 633
Lyon county in 1879; was clerk of court, 1886-94; was a state senator,
1895-7; was elected chief grain inspector in 1899. [30.]
Reishus, O. S., b. in Norway, April 6, 1843; came to Minnesota in
1854; served in the First Minnesota heavy artillery, 1864-5; lived on a
farm in Yellow Medicine county; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1872, and engrossing clerk in 1873; settled in Sacred Heart, Ren-
ville county, in 1881. [32; 38.]
REisHtrs, Tobias K., b. in Norway, May 10, 1843; came to Minnesota
when a child; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt, 1862-5; settled
in Normania, Minn.; was the first sheriff of Yellow Medicine county.
[32.]
Remley, F. X., miller, b. in Germany, Nov. 30, 1830; d. in Moorhead,
Minn., Dec. 8, 1905. He came to the United States in 1854, settling
in St. Cloud, Minn.; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; removed to Moorhead in 1878, where he was proprietor of a hotel
for fifteen years. [237 (39).]
Remore, J. F., b. in New York in 1826; came to Minnesota in 1856;
was one of the founders of St. Charles; was a state senator, 1877-8;
engaged in mercantile business in Marshall after 1878. [30; 32.]
Rempel, William P., b. in Russia, Sept. 6, 1856; came to the United
States with his mother in 1876, settling in Minnesota; resided in St.
James after 1881, dealing in grain and farming implements, and en-
gaging in banking after 1903. [24; 25; 34.]
Remund, Christian, pioneer, b. in Switzerland, Nov. 21, 1830; came
to the United States in 1850; settled on a farm in Blooming Grove
township, Waseca county, Minn., in 1855. [75.]
Renard, John, b. in Champagne, France, Aug. 12, 1838; came to the
United States in 1854; settled on a farm in Benton county, Minn., in
1866; removed to Sauk Rapids in 1873; was register of deeds, 1873-9,
and county auditor, 1879-86. [31.]
Reno, Jesse Lee, major general of volunteers, b. in Wheeling, W. Va.,
June 20, 1823; was killed in the battle of South Mountain, Md., Sept.
14, 1862. He served in both the Mexican and civil wars; made a sur-
vey in 1853 for a military road from Mendota, Minn., to the mouth
of the Big Sioux river. [1*; 3*; 4; 11; 14.]
Reno, John Christmas, steamboat captain, b. in Ohio, Dec. 30, 1822;
d. in Minneapolis, April 13, 1902. He settled in Minneapolis in 1856;
built and operated four steamboats on the Mississippi; was in com-
mand of a boat in the service of the United States during part of the
civil war; was -actively interested in making improvements in the
river, so that the Falls of St. Anthony might be the head of naviga-
tion. [84*; 85A*; 174*; 237 (19*).]
Renshaw, James Budden, Congregational clergyman, b. in Philadel-
phia, Pa., Dec. 10, 1848; d. in Pleasant Prairie, Wash., April 23, 1906.
634 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
He was graduated at Oberlin Theological Seminary, 1879; was pastor
in Hutchinson and other Minnesota towns ten years, and then removed
to Spokane, Wash. [144.]
Renville, Gabriel, Indian chief, b. at Big Stone lake, Minn., about
April, 1825; d. in Brown's Valley, Minn., Aug. 26, 1892. He owned a
farm on the site of Graeeville, Minn., in 1862; was friendly to the
whites during the Sioux massacre and war; was appointed by General
Sibley to be chief of the scouts defending the frontier, 1864-5; later
was chief of the Sisseton and Wahpeton bands of the Sioux; author of
"A Sioux Narrative of the Outbreak in 1862, and of Sibley's Expedi-
tion in 1863" (Minn. Historical Society Coll., Vol. X, pp. 595-618). [7;
28, X.]
Renville, Joseph, fur trader, b. near St. Paul about 1779; d. at Lac
qui Parle, March, 1846. He was the son of a French trader and a
Sioux; spent part of his boyhood in Canada under the instruction of
a priest; was employed by an English fur company; was interpreter
in Lieut. Pike's conferences with the Sioux, 1805-6; in the war of 1812
was a captain in the British army, and led a band of Sioux warriors
against the United States frontier; in 1823 was interpreter of the U.
S. government expedition under Major Long; established a trading
post at Lac qui Parle; was a friend to the missionary, Rev. T. S. Wil-
liamson, and aided in translating portions of the Bible into the Sioux
language. Both he and his wife accepted the Christian religion.
Renville county, established in 1855, was named for him. [28, I; 107;
114.]
Renville, Mrs. Mary Butler, b. at East Plattsburg, N. Y., in 1832;
d. near the Sisseton Indian Agency, S. D., Sept. 30, 1895. She was
married to Rev. John B. Renville, a Sioux pastor, in 1859 at Hazel-
wood, Minn. ; was held in captivity during the Indian outbreak of 1862 ;
lived at Beaver Falls four years; engaged in teaching and in mission-
ary work at Ascension, South Dakota, nearly twenty-five years. [178
(Oct. 17, 1895).]
Renz, F. A., b. near Baden-Baden, Germany, in 1825; came to the
United States in 1846, and to St. Paul in 1851; engaged in confection-
ery business; later owned a distillery and a brewery; was a represent-
ative in the legislature three terms; was register of the IT. S. land
office at Henderson in 1861; was city treasurer of St. Paul, 1873-82.
[94.3
Reque, Peter, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway; d. in Pope county,
Minn., in 1879. He came to the United States, and was ordained to
the ministry in 1869; the same year settled at White Bear Lake, Pope
county. [67.]
Reque, Styrk S., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Voss, Norway, Nov. 27,
1836; came with his parents to the United States when eight years
old; attended the Lutheran Theological Seminary at St. Louis; was
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 635
ordained to the ministry in Wisconsin; settled in Spring Grove, Hous-
ton county, Minn., in 1871. [61; 169.]
Rettenmaier, Meinrad, R. C. priest, b. in Germany, Dec. 10, 1864;
d. in Duluth, Minn., in 1891. He came to tbe United States in 1878,
and to St. John's University, Minn., the same year; entered the Bene-
dictine order in 1883; was ordained a priest in 1888; was pastor in
Minneapolis and Duluth. [132 (Oct., 1891*).]
Rettenmaier, Paul, R. C. priest, b. in Germany in 1853; d. in St.
Paul, May 25, 1895. He came to the United States in 1870; entered
the Benedictine order in Minnesota the same year; was ordained a
priest in 1875; was professor in St. John's College, and was pastor
at Melrose, New Munich, and St. Cloud, and also in North Dakota.
During the last few months of his life he was stationed in St. Paul.
[132 (May and June, 1895*).]
Reynhout, J. C, clergyman, b. in Holland, July 31, 1835; was a mis-
sionary in South America; came to the United States in 1869, and to
Minnesota ten years later; settled in Posen, Yellow Medicine county,
in 1879. [32.]
Reynolds, Benjamin Miles, educator, b. in Barnard, Vt., July 12,
1825; d. in Morgan, La., Jan. 12, 1908. He was graduated at Dart-
mouth College, 1852; came to Minnesota in 1877; was superintendent
of schools in Northfield, Faribault, and Fergus Falls; resided in North-
field after 1892, and was school superintendent of Rice county, 1893-8.
[70; 241.]
Reynolds, George H., lawyer, b. in Lamont, Mich., Jan. 26, 1853;
came to Minnesota in 1854 with his parents; was graduated in law at
the University of Michigan, 1875, and settled at Alexandria, Minn.;
removed in 1886 to St. Cloud, where he has since practiced. [24; 25;
26*; 137.]
Reynolds, Ira B., b. in Canton, N. Y., April 21, 1841; served in the
Third Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain;
settled in Le Ray, Blue Earth county, Minn., in 1865; engaged in farm-
ing, and was a local preacher in the M. E. church. [46*; 237 (16).]
Reynolds, Joseph, b. in Sullivan county, N. Y., June 8, 1819; d. at
Congress, Ariz., Feb. 21, 1891. He became a fur trader in Iowa, Wis-
consin, and Minnesota in 1850, and soon afterward engaged in grain
trade; established the Diamond Jo line of steamboats, plying between
St Louis and St. Paul; owned grain elevators in Winona and other
Minnesota towns. [77.]
Reynolds, Joseph E., journalist, b. in Lockport, N. Y., Nov. 1, 1863;
came to Minnesota in 1888, settling in Wadena, where he was part
owner and editor of the Pioneer; resided in Mankato after 1896; was
associate editor of the Mankato Daily Fress Press after 1902. [35;
83*.]
636 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Reynolds, Joseph Ward, lawyer and journalist, b. near Milibrook,
Canada, June 20, 1859; came to Minnesota in, 1878; was admitted to
the bar in 1880; settled in Herman; was county attorney, 1881-3; was
proprietor and editor of tbe Herman Enterprise. [35.]
Reynolds, Myron Herbert, educator, b. in Wheaton, 111., Nov. 5,
1865; was graduated at the State Agricultural College of Iowa, 1886,
and from its department of veterinary medicine, 1889; professor since
1893 in the State Agricultural College, University of Minnesota, resid-
ing at St. Anthony Park, St. Paul; author of "Veterinary Studies for
Agricultural Students," 246 pages, 1903. [24; 26*; 85A; 127B.]
Reynolds, Nelson R., lawyer, b, in New York; served in the 21st
Iowa Regt. in the civil war; settled in Luverne, Minn., in 1873; soon
afterward was admitted to the bar; was attorney of Rock county one
term. [71; 71A.]
Reynolds, Reuben, judge, b. in Covington, N. Y., April 25, 1821; d.
in Crookston, Minn., March 8, 1889. He came to Minnesota in 1855,
settling in Rochester; removed to Alexandria, and later to Detroit,
and to Crookston; was judge of the Eleventh judicial district, 1885-7.
[23*; 137*.]
Reynolds, Tertius, Congregational clergyman, b. in Plymouth, Conn.,
March 29, 1800; d. in New Haven, Olmsted county, Minn., June 25,
1863. He was graduated at Amherst College, and later at Auburn The-
ological Seminary; engaged in ministerial work more than twenty
years, and then on account of failing health settled on a farm in New
Haven. [66.]
Reynolds, William T., b. in Galena, 111., May 7, 1856; engaged in
railroad business, lumbering, and banking; settled in Minneapolis in
1897, and was a wholesale dealer in lumber. [167 (April 5, 1901*).]
Rhame, Mitchell Davison, b. in East Rockaway, Long Island, N. Y„
Oct. 12, 1846; came to Minnesota in 1872, settling in Minneapolis; was
professor of civil engineering and industrial drawing in the University
of Minnesota, 1873-80; district engineer of the C, M. and St. P. rail-
way since 1881. [241.]
Rhoades, Chloe A., b. in Dubuque, Iowa, about 1833; d. in Minne-
apolis, Oct. 12, 1901. She was the matron of Bethany Home, in that
city, from its opening until a few weeks before her death, a period of
sixteen years. [237 (14*).]
Rhoda, Albert, b. in Germany, Sept. 13, 1837; came with his parents
to the United States in 1856, and to Carver county, Minn., the same
year; served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled on
a farm in Burahamville, Todd county, in 1866; removed to Long
Prairie in 1884, and was county auditor fifteen years; engaged in bank-
ing since 1899. [24; 31; 237 (27).]
Rhodes, James C, physician, b. in Bridgewater, N. Y., June 24, 1824;
d. Stillwater, Minn., May 8, 1903. He studied medicine; settled in Still-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
637
water, Minn., in 1857; served as assistant surgeon in the First Minne-
sota Rangers and other regiments in the civil war. [40; 237 (28).]
Rhodes, William, b. in Devonshire, Eng., Feb. 21, 1825; d. in St.
Paul, Feb. 14, 1881. He came to the United States in 1843; settled in
St. Paul in 1859; was an officer in several steamboat companies, a
director in the Merchants' National Bank, and had other financial in-
terests. [93*; 237 (1); 238 (Feb. 17, 1881).]
Ribenack, Edwabd R., b. in Kilbourn, Wis., Nov. 26, 1868; settled in
Duluth, Minn., 1890, and engaged in hotel and restaurant business; a
representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Rice, Albert E., lieutenant governor, b. in Vinje, Norway, Sept. 24,
1847; came to the United States in 1860; served in the Fifteenth Wis-
consin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Minnesota in 1866; resides in
Willmar, and is engaged in banking and mercantile business; was a
representative in the legislature in 1870, and a state senator, 1874-5
and 1878-85; was lieutenant governor, 1887-90. [24; 30; 63; 127B;
169; 237 (13).]
Rice, Collins, pioneer farmer, b. in Claremont, N. H., March 16, 1814;
came to Minnesota in 1854, and settled on a claim in Lewiston, Winona
county; was a representative in the legislature, 1873-4. [30; 76.]
Rice, Cyrus C, farmer, b. at McArthur, Ohio, in 1837; served in Wis-
consin regiments in the civil war; settled in Minneapolis in 1872;
removed to Monticello in 1887; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1895. [30.]
Rice, Daniel, Presbyterian clergyman, died in St. Paul, April 5, 1889.
He was graduated at Amherst College, and at Lane Theological Semi-
nary; was pastor in Ohio and Indiana, and later in Duluth, Minn.; was
pastor of a Presbyterian church in Minneapolis, 1882-7, and afterward
was a professor in Macalester College. [238 (April 6, 1889).]
Rice, Edmund, congressman, b. in Waitsfield, Vt, Feb. 14, 1819; d.
at White Bear, Minn., July 11, 1889. He studied law at Kalamazoo.
Mich., and was admitted to the bar in 1842; served as lieutenant in
the Mexican war; settled in St. Paul in 1849; was president of the
Minnesota and Pacific Railroad Company; was a state senator, 1864-5
and 1873-4, and a representative in the legislature in 1867, 1870, 1872,
and 1877-8. In 1885-6 he was mayor of St. Paul, and in 1887-9 was a
member of Congress. [3; 7; 10; 18*; 28, IV*, VIII; 29; 30; 32; 41*;
68; 69; 78; 93*; 94; 176 (April, 1886).]
Rice, Ezra, banker, b. in Whitley county, Ind.; Dec. 23, 1845; served
in the 17th Indiana Regt. in the civil war; settled in Rock county,
Minn., in 1868; was sheriff two terms after 1873; owned grain ele-
vators, and was vice-president of the Security Bank of Luverne. [34.1
Rice, George T., farmer, b. in Hampshire county, Mass., Jan. 26, 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Langola, Benton county, in
1864, where he had a saw mill and also owned a farm. [31.]
638 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY' COLLECTIONS.
Rice, Henry Mower, U. S. senator, b. in Waitsfield, Vt:, Nov. 29,
1816; d. in San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 15, 1894. He came to Fort Spell-
ing in 1839; was agent of the Chouteau Fur Company, and assisted in
making several treaties with the Indians by which lands were ceded;
settled in St. Paul in 1849, and was elected a delegate from Minnesota-
territory to Congress in 1853; was re-elected in 1855; procured the
passage of an act enabling the territory to become a state, and was
author of the law extending the right of pre-emption over the unsur-
veyed lands of the territory. He was elected to the XJ. S. senate, and
served from 1858 to 1863. He donated Rice park to the city of St.
'Paul, and many lots to churches and public institutions. Rice county
is named in his honor. [1; 4; 7; 10; 18; 23; 28, VIII, IX*; 29; 41*;
98; 107*; 113; 114; 121; 124; 237 (3).]
Rice, Henry Nickey, physician, b. in Whitley county, Ind., Sept. 2,
1842; served in the 74th Indiana Regt. during the civil war; settled on
a homestead in Minnesota in 1866; studied medicine at Keokuk, Iowa,
and in 1885 was graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago; was
mayor of Fairmont eight years, and a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1877. [22*; 30; 34; 39*.]
Rice, J. B., b. in Vermont in 1830; came to St. Paul in 1856; was
conductor on what is now the Great Northern railway, and after 1868
was assistant superintendent. [94.]
Rice, J. S., b. in Ohio; came to Waseca county, Minn., about 1856;
resided in Wilton; was county treasurer, 1860-2; served in the army
in the civil war; afterward removed to Iowa. [75.]
Rice, John, b. in 1813; d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 12, 1902. He was one
of the first settlers at St. Anthony Falls; later owned farms in Rich-
land and Corcoran. [237 (19*).]
Rice, Leonard H., b. in Mitchell county, Iowa, March 19, 1869; came
to Hubbard county, Minn., 1881; resides in Park Rapids, is a miller
and owner of the electric light plant; a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1911. [30*.]
Rice, W. D., farmer, b. in Alabama in 1823; came to Minnesota in
1868, and the next year settled at St. James; was a state senator in
1873. [30.]
Rice, William C, M. E. clergyman, b. in Frankfort, 111., Aug. 3, 1840;
came with his parents to Olmsted county, Minn., in 1856; was grad-
uated at Hamline University, 1864; was pastor in several towns, and
presiding elder in the Rochester district one term; was editor of the
Rochester Post after 1883; was the first dairy commissioner of Min-
nesota, and assisted in organizing the State Dairy Association, [66;
130*.]
Rich, A. E., lumberman, b. in Maine in 1832; came to Minnesota in
1855; settled in Hastings; was a representative in the legislature in
1873. [30.]
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Rich, John D., M. E. clergyman, b. in Ohio, Nov. 19, 1817; d. in Colo-
rado, in 1888. He joined the Minnesota conference in 1856; was pas-
tor in Chatfield, Hastings, and many other towns, and during his later
years resided in Minneapolis. [150.]
Rich, John H., b. at Lake Geneva, Wis., in 1856; came to Red Wing,
Minn., in 1877; is president of the Red Wing Sewer Pipe Company,
and has many other business interests. [111.]
Rich, Justus O., M. E. clergyman, b. in Montgomery county, N. Y.,
in 1813; d. in Middletown, Conn., Feb. 16, 1899. He came to Minnesota
in 1856; owned a farm in Empire, Dakota county; was pastor at Farm-
ington in 1880. [48; 180 (March 29, 1899).]
Rich, Watson Wellman, civil engineer, b. in Dayton, N. Y., March
9, 1841; d. in Shanghai, China, Jan. 12, 1903. He served in the Fourth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; en-
gaged in engineering work for several railroad lines in Minnesota, and
after 1897 was chief consulting engineer of the Imperial Chinese Rail-
way Administration. [121; 130*.]
Rich, William W., b. in Wisconsin in 1853; was mayor of New
Brighton, Ramsey county, and a representative in the legislature in
1901. [30.]
Richards, Edward, journalist, b. in Jefferson, Pa., in 1829; d. in St.
Paul, Jan. 31, 1902. He settled in St. Paul in 1858, and engaged in
newspaper work; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; for many years was city editor of the Pioneer Press. [30; 237
(19*).]
Richards, F. S., pioneer, b. in Wethersfield, N. Y., April 21, 1822;
opened a store at Read's Landing, Minn., in 1850; afterward engaged
in farming, and was postmaster. [74.]
Richards, John Bunyan, merchant, b. in Remsen, N. Y., Dec. 15,
1857; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1868; senior partner of a
dry goods store in Mankato since 1885. [24; 171*.]
Richards, Richard W., b. in Oneida county, N. Y., July 14, 1838;
settled on a farm in Faribault county, Minn., in 1867; removed to Blue
Earth City in 1872; was county superintendent of schools, 1870-80 and
1882-6. [51*.]
Richards, Ross, b. in Michigan, March 16, 1848; served in the Third
Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1876; engaged
in training horses until 1880, when he took charge of a stock farm in
Le Sauk, Stearns county. [31.]
Richardson, A. O., farmer, b. in Howard county, Iowa, in 1853; came
to Minnesota in 1858; resided near Perham; was a representative in
the legislature, 1891-5. [30.]
Richardson, Ahira, b. in New Hampshire* in 1805; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 9, 1877. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and two years later set-
tled in St. Paul; was a prominent freemason. [159.]
640 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Richardson, Alvorado, b. in Franklin county, Maine, May 19, 1847;
d. in Minneapolis, Nov. 26, 1897. He settled in Minneapolis in 1865;.
engaged in logging, lumber business, and the manufacture of mill
machinery. [84*; 167 (Dec. 3, 1897*).]
Richardson, David, pioneer, b. in Roxburgh, Scotland, Dec. 25, 1821;
came to America in 1834; took a claini on the site of La Crescent,
Minn., in 1853; the next year opened the first store there; served in
the Third Minnesota Light Artillery and the First Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war. [61.]
Richardson, Harris, lawyer, b. in Lowell, Wis., Aug. 8, 1858; was
graduated at Yale University, 1881, and in law at the University of
Wisconsin, 1883; has since practiced in St. Paul. [24; 25; 93; 95*.]
Richardson, Henry Macauly, b. in Topsham, Vt., March 10, 1844;
served one year of the civil war in the Thirteenth Vermont Regt.;
came to Minnesota in 1867, settling on a farm in Haverhill, Olmsted
county; removed in 1881 to Rochester, and served as sheriff of the
county eleven years; was a representative in the legislature in 1893;
and was mayor of Rochester, 1894-8. [23; 24; 30; 66; 66A.]
Richardson, Jesse N., pioneer, b. near Halifax, N. S.; d. in Minne-
apolis, Nov., 1904. He settled on a farm in Richfield, Hennepin county,
in 1850; was a merchant after 1872. [237 (35).]
Richardson, Josiah S., physician, b. in Lowell, Mass., March 8, 1826;
was graduated from the medical department of Harvard College, 1848;
came to Minnesota and practiced medicine in Forestville, Roekford,
and Chaska, 1859-79; later resided in Perham. [35.]
Richardson, Louisa Holman, educator, b. in Massachusetts, March
1, 1861; was graduated at Boston University, 1883; Jaught at Carleton
College, Minn., 18854902, being elected professor of Latin in 1887.
[128 (1).]
Richardson, Nathan, lawyer, b. in Clyde, N. Y., Feb. 24, 1829; d. in
Little Falls, Minn., Jan. 9, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1854, and
the next year located at Little Falls, which then contained only three
log houses. He was many years register of deeds, and later judge of
probate, for Morrison county; for about ten years was postmaster of
Little Falls; and was a representative in the legislature in 1867, 1872,
and 1878. [18; 29; 30; 31; 41; 174*; 176 (Oct., 1891*, and Nov., 1892*) ;
237 (48*).]
Richardson, Philander Sanford, M. E. clergyman, b. in Payson, Vt,
Sept. 21, 1811; d. in Beaver, Winona county, Minn., March 21, 1891.
He entered the ministry when twenty-one years old; came to Minne-
sota in 1859, and was a pastor in the Whitewater valley. [180 (July
1, 1891).]
Richardson, Reuben M., b. in Circleville, Ohio, Aug. 8, 1816; d. in
Morris, Minn., March 16, 1898. He came to Minnesota in 1849; was a
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 641
member of the territorial legislature in 1852, of the senate in 1857,
and of the state legislature until 1866; was receiver of the U. S. land
office at Sauk Rapids; and was register of deeds in Stevens county,
1871-81; afterward resided on a farm at Morris. [73; 237 (9*); 238
(March 19, 1898*).]
Richardson, Walter Jay, physician, b. at Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 17,
1856; was graduated at Amherst College, 1881, and at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, N. Y., 1885; settled in Fairmont, Minn. [24;
39.] .
Richardson, William H. H., physician, b. in Cornish, Vt, Aug. 2,
1824; d. in Winona, Minn., June 3, 1874. He was graduated at Berk-
shire Medical College, Pittsfield, Mass., 1849; settled in Winona in
1867. [139.]
Riches, Charles W., physician, b. in Davenport, Iowa, June 27, 1854;
came to Minnesota in 1876, and settled in Carver county two years
later; owned a drug store and practiced homoeopathy in Cologne after
1881; was a Baptist minister, 1887-1901; later practiced osteopathy in
Anoka. [25; 32.]
Richter, Edward W., lawyer, b. in Waushara county, Wis., March 31,
1851; came to Minnesota in 1872; was admitted to the bar at Roch-
ester; settled in Owatonna, and was city attorney three years, and
county attorney, 1895-9. [23*; 72.]
Richter, Frederick, b. in Germany, Feb. 3, 1838; d. in St. Paul, April
23, 1897. He came to the United States; served in the First Wis-
consin cavalry in the civil war; settled in St. Paul; was sheriff of
Ramsey county six years; was a representative in the legislature one
term. [156.]
Richter, Gerhard, blacksmith, b. in Prussia, May ly 1843; came to
the United States in 1865, settling in Minnesota; after 1872 resided in
Melrose, engaged in the manufacture of wagons, and also in the sale
of farm machinery. [31.]
Richter, Otto E., Lutheran clergyman, b. Sept. 25, 1870, in Ger-
many; came to the United States in 1885; was graduated at Concordia
College, Springfield, 111., 1895; was pastor at Melrose, Minn., 1895-1902,
and since at Loon Lake, Otter Tail county. [148.]
Richter, William, b. in Saxony, April 14, 1849; came with his par-
ents to the United States in 1856; owned a farm in Montgomery,
Minn.; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [30.]
Ricker, Enos Miio, journalist, b. in Riceville, Iowa, May 12, I860",
came to Minnesota in 1885, but two years later returned to Riceville,
and published the Riceville Recorder until 1890, when he removed to
Park Rapids, Minn.; bought an interest in the Hubbard County Enter-
prise, which he edited, 1892-99; removed to Fergus Falls in 1905. [22*;
25.]
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642 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Riddle, John Wallace, diplomat, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., July 12,
1864; was graduated at Harvard University, 1887, and studied interna-
tional law in New York and in Paris; was secretary of the U. S. lega-
tion to Turkey, 1893-1900, and later held other diplomatic positions;
was U. S. ambassador to Russia, 1906-09; resides in St. Paul. [17;
24; 237 (42*).]
Riddle, William Haldekman, b. in Pennsylvania in 1874; d. in Min-
neapolis, Jan. 23, 1897. He was graduated at the University of Kan-
sas, 1893, and at Harvard College, 1895; was instructor in mathematics
in the University of Minnesota, 1896-7. [127 (11*); 127B.]
Ridee, Heney Adelbebt, civil engineer, b. in North Adams, Mass.,
Jan. 16, 1851; came to Minnesota in 1878, and to Minneapolis in 1883,
in the employ of the Northern Pacific railway; settled at Little Falls
in 1886; was sheriff of Morrison county, 1895-1900; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1903-5; executive agent of the state game
and fish commission since 1909. [22*; 30*.]
Ridee, Samuel D„ farmer, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., March 2, 1849;
came to Minnesota in 1870; resides in Pelican Rapids; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1901. [30; 37.]
Ridley, Chaeles, journalist, b. in Wright county, Minn., April 29,
1868; settled in Osakis in 1888, and conducted the Osakis Observer.
[35.]
Ridpath, James, b. in Virginia in 1817; d. in Spokane, Wash., April
20, 1901. He settled in Minnesota and was a member of the first state
senate; removed to Dakota, and later to Washington in 1891. [237
(14).]
Riebe, John C, b. in Prussia, May 6, 1840; came to the United States
in 1860, and to Minnesota the next year; served in the Eleventh Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in farming and mercantile busi-
ness; resided in Glencoe; was a representative in the legislature in
1879. [30.]
Rieke, August V., lawyer, b. in Cairo, Minn., Aug. 15, 1865; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1898, and has since practiced in Fairfax; was
county attorney of Renville county, 1899-1903; was a state senator in
1903-05. [24; 30.]
Rieke, George, b. in Hanover, Germany, March 1, 1834; came to the
United States in 1855, and four years later to Cairo, Renville county,
Minn.; was the second settler in the township; married in 1864 Mrs.
Sophia Lammers, whose first husband was killed in the Indian mas-
sacre of 1862, and who was held captive with her children for six
weeks. [32.]
Rieke, Victob, b. in Germany in 1836; came to the United States in
1857, and to Minnesota two years later; settled in Cairo, Renville
county, where he owned a farm, and in 1872 feuilt a, mill, [32.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 643
Rieland, Hubert, b. in Prussia, Nov. 21, 1835; came to the United
States in 1847; settled on a farm in Oak, Stearns county, Minn.; was
a representative in the legislature in 1873-4 and 1878. [30.]
Rigg, Martin G., b. in Stod, Norway, Aug. 15, 1854; came with his
parents to the United States in 1865, and three years later settled in
Pope county, Minn.; was county treasurer, 1891-1900, residing in Glen-
wood. [169.]
Riggs, Ashley C, b. in Allegany county, N. Y., Sept. 14, 1828; came
to Minnesota in 1852; engaged in trade with the Indians at Big Lake,
Sherburne county; established a ferry at Monticello in 1854; after-
ward practiced law, and owned a farm. [29*; 31.]
Riggs, Charles Eugene, physician, b. in Williams county, Ohio, April
26, 1853; was graduated at the Ohio Wesleyan University, 1877, and
the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Baltimore, 1880; has prac-
ticed in St. Paul since 1881, being also professor of nervous and mental
diseases in the Medical College of the University of Minnesota. [24;
25; 93; 127B.]
Riggs, Stephen Return, Presbyterian missionary, b. in Steubenville,
Ohio, March 23, 1812; d. in Beloit, Wis., Aug. 24, 1883. He studied at
Jefferson college and Western Theological seminary, Allegheny, Pa.;
was sent as a missionary to Lake Harriet, near Fort Snelling, in 1837;
afterward removed to Hazelwood station, Lac qui Parle county, and
built a boarding school for Dakota children. His work was interrupted
by the Indian outbreak of 1862, in which Mrs. Riggs and his family
barely escaped with their lives. He was author of a Dakota Lexicon,
and translated the Bible into the Dakota language; also author of a
narrative of the work of himself and wife, entitled "Mary and I, Forty
Years with the Sioux," 388 pages, published in 1880, and many papers
in the Minn. Hist. Society Collections. [1; 3; 4; 28, VI; 85*; 223.]
Riheldafeer, John Gillin, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Beaver
county, Pa., Nov. 13, 1818; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 16, 1893. He was grad-
uated at Princeton Theological Seminary, 1848; was pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Fort Wayne, Ind.; came to St. Paul in 1851,
and founded the Central Presbyterian church, of which he was pastor
until 1864; was superintendent of the State Reform School eighteen
years; was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Redwood Falls, 1886-
91. [28, VIII; 68; 94; 153.]
Riley, Daniel L., lumberman, b. at Brasher Falls, N. Y., Jan. 8, 1837;
d. Dec. 14, 1908. He served in Wisconsin regiments in the civil war,
attaining the rank of captain; settled in Lakefield, Minn., in 1893,
and engaged in the lumber business; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1899-1902. [30.]
Riley, J. W., physician, b. in White county, 111., Jan. 18, 1833; was
graduated at Cincinnati Medical Institute, 1859; came to Minnesota
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the next year, and settled in Brownsville; was a representative in the
legislature in 1879. [30.]
Riley, Theodore Miles, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Carlisle, Pa,,
June 9, 1842; was graduated at Dickinson College, 1861, and at the
Theological Seminary of New York, 1863; was ordained priest in 1866;
settled in Minneapolis in 1876. [58.]
Rines, Henry, journalist, b. in Orsa, Sweden, in 1873; came to Min-
nesota when an infant; resides at Mora; was auditor of Kanabec
county, 1895-1905; has been a representative in the legislature since
1907; editor of the Kanabec County Times. [30*.]
Ring, A. H., b. in Sweden in 1865; came to the United States with
his parents in 1868, and to Minnesota the same year; settled on a
farm in Erdahl, Grant county, in 1887; was register of deeds in that
county, 1895-8. [57*.]
Ring, Christian I., judge, b. in Christiania, Norway, June 11, 1848;
came to the United States in 1869; lived in Luverne, Minn., 1877-81;
settled at Edgerton in 1881, engaging in lumber business; judge of
probate for Pipestone county since 1900. [24; 25; 34.]
Ring, John J., b. in Prussia in 1832; came to the United States in
1846; settled on a farm in Scott county, Minn., in 1860; resided in
Shakopee after 1874, and was proprietor of a hotel; was county treas-
urer, 1873-80. [32.]
Ring, Martin, b. in Bruff, Ireland, May 3, 1835; came to the United
States in 1855; settled in Minneapolis in 1863; undertook large con-
tracts for stone and mason work, and owned stone quarries in Man-
kato and in Pine county. [60*.]
Ringdal, Peter M., b. in Goodhue county, Minn., Feb. 10, 1861; was
a telegraph operator until 1889; resided in Crookston, where he was
a marble manufacturer and dealer; was a state senator, 1895-7; a
member of the State Railroad Commission, 1899-1901; and of the State
Board of Control since 1907. [24; 30*; 238 (Jan. 6, 1899*).]
Ringer, Charles W., b. in Monroe county, Wis., in 1861; came with
his parents to Minnesota when five years old, and to Minneapolis in
1877; joined the fire department in 1884; became a captain in 1892.
[88*.]
Ringnell, Carl John, physician, b. in Sweden, June 3, 1864; came
to the United States when eighteen years old; was graduated from
the medical department of the University of Minnesota, 1891 ; has since
practiced in Minneapolis. [169*.]
Rink, George, educator, d. in St. Paul, September, 1908. He was
graduated at the University of Strassburg, Germany; came to the
United States about 1870, and was teacher of German in the Central
High school of St. Paul, 1884-1908. [237 (51).]
Rinker, Andrew, civil engineer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa.f April 15,
1849; settled in Minneapolis in 1871, and was city engineer there, 1877-
92, and since 1903. [85A; 90*.]
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Riordan, Wiixiam, R. C. priest, b. in County Limerick, Ireland, in
March, 1838; was ordained in Dublin, 1869; soon afterward came to
the United States and to Minnesota; was pastor in Chatfield eleven
years, and since in Rochester. [66 A.]
Ripley, Christopher Gore, judge, b. in Waltham, Mass., Sept. 6,
1822; d. in Concord, Mass., in 1881. He was graduated at Harvard Uni-
versity, and later from its law school; came to Minnesota in 1855;
resided in Brownsville and Chatfield; was chief justice of the supreme
court of Minnesota, 1870-4; returned to Massachusetts in 1874. [136
(Vol. 67); 168 (April, 1892*).]
Ripley, Martha George Rogers, physician, b. in Lowell, Vt., Nov. 30,
1843; d. in Minneapolis, April 18, 1912. She married William W. Rip-
ley in 1867; was graduated at Boston University Medical School, 1883;
came to Minnesota the same year, settling in Minneapolis; founder of
the Maternity Hospital. |84*; 85A; 237 (68).]
Riss, Bruno, R. C. priest, b. in Ausburg, Bavaria, Oct. 17, 1829; d.
in La Salle, 111., Feb. 2, 1900. He came to the United States in 1852;
entered the Benedictine order the next year; came to Minnesota in
1856, and soon after his arrival was ordained a priest. He selected
the site of St. John's Abbey, and was one of the priests who estab-
lished a mission in Stearns county. In 1864 he removed to Pennsyl-
vania. [132 (March, 1900*).]
Ritchie, Harry Parks, b. in Wellington, Kan., March 2, 1873; was
graduated at the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, 1893, and
in medicine at the University of Minnesota, 1896; has since practiced
in St. Paul; served as assistant surgeon in the Thirteenth Minnesota
Regt. in the Philippine war, attaining the rank of captain. [25; 123;
127A*, B.]
Ritchie, Parks, physician, b. in Bainbridge, Ind., Dec. 15, 1845;
served in the 132d Indiana Regt., 1864-5; was graduated at Ohio Med-
ical College, Cincinnati, 1870; came to Minnesota in 1881, settling in
St. Paul; has been a professor in the College of Medicine and Surgery,
University of Minnesota, since 1888, and was its dean, 1897-1907. [24;
25; 93; 127 (12*); 127A*, B.]
Roach, Joseph, farmer, b. in Washington county, N. Y., in 1846;
came to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry
in the civil war; resided at Northfield; was a representative in the
legislature, 1891-3. [30.]
Robbers, Ludwig, b. in Prussia, April 14, 1832; came to the United
States in 1844, and to Minnesota in 1856; engaged in the saloon busi-
ness in St. Cloud; was a representative in the legislature in 1869; set-
tled on a farm in Haven, Sherburne county, in 1878. [31.]
Robbins, Andrew B., b. in Phillips, Me., April 21, 1845; d. in Rob-
binsdale, Minn., June 16, 1910. He came to Minnesota with his par-
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETT COLLECTIONS.
ents in 1855; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt., 1862-5; was rail-
way agent and banker in Willmar, 1870-81; general manager of the
Northwestern Elevator Co., 1882-1906; was a state senator, 1876, and
a representative in the legislature, 1895; was treasurer of the North
Side Street Railway Co. and the American Suburbs Co.; resided in
Robbinsdale, Minneapolis. [24; 26*; 27*; 30; 237 (59, 62*).}
Robbins, Calvin H., physician, b. in St. Lawrence county, N, Y., in
1840; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1859; studied medicine at
the University of Michigan, and at Keokuk, Iowa; settled in Wykoff
in 1875, where he practiced medicine and owned a drug store; was a
representative in the legislature in 1876. [52.]
Robbins, Daniel Miller, b. in Phillips, Maine, Dec. 12, 1832; came
to Anoka, Minn., in 1855; settled in St. Paul ten years later; engaged
in real estate business, and constructed a part of the Manitoba rail-
way; was president of the Northwestern Elevator Company after 1883.
[93; 95*; 98*.]
Robbins, J. L., b. in Windham county, Conn., March 4, 1836; settled
in Sauk Center, Minn., in 1864; was superintendent of schools there
three years; engaged in lumber business, insurance and real estate,
and owned and laid out an addition to the city. [31.]
Robbins, John Shaw, b. in Phillips, Maine, Dec. 28, 1848; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1855; settled at Willmar in 1873, where
he has since dealt in lumber, fuel, and farm machinery. [24; 63*.]
Robbins, Marcus, pioneer, b. in Wardsborough, Vt, in 1808; came
to Minnesota in 1859; resided in Jordan, and after 1873 in Wykoff;
owned a large farm. [52.]
Robbins, Silas C, b. in Franklin county, Me., Nov. 11, 1834; settled
in Anoka, Minn., in 1855; engaged in real estate business and build-
ing; served in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery during the civil
war. [31.]
Robert, Claude, R. C. priest, b. near Lyons, France, Sept. 18, 1828;
d. in Pradelles, France, May 22, 1908. He came to the United States
in 1854; was ordained priest at St. Paul; and was a missionary pastor
in this state; resided in Chatham, Wright county, after 1880, and later
was chaplain of St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis; returned to France
in 1904. [31; 146.]
Robert, Joseph, pioneer, b. in Carondelet (a suburb of St. Louis),
Mo., in 1826; d. in April, 1886. He came to Minnesota in 1846, and
engaged in the fur trade with the Indians in the Red river valley;
resided for a time in St. Paul; was interpreter of the Sioux and Ojib-
way Indians; aided in making treaties with them, and was recognized
as their friend. He was a brother of Capt. Louis Robert [94; 237
(1).]
Robert, Louis, pioneer, b. in Carondelet, Mo., Jan. 21, 1811; d. in St.
Paul, May 10, 1874. He was a fur trader on the Missouri river dur-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 647
ing his early life; settled in St. Paul in 1844, and engaged in trade
with the Indians. Later he was owner and captain of several steam-
boats. His real estate investments in St. Paul proved valuable, and
he amassed a large fortune. He was widely known for his generosity
and public spirit. His dwelling was the first frame house built in St.
Paul. [28, IV*; 32; 41; 68; 93*; 94; 237 (1); 238 (May 12, 1874).]
Robert, Mrs. Louis. See Millette, Mrs. Mary R. Turpin. [68; 237
(1).]
Robert, Nelson, b. in St. Louis, Mo., in 1830; d. in St. Paul, Sept.
22, 1877. He came to Minnesota in 1848, and conducted a trading post
with the Indians for his uncle, Capt. Louis Robert; later engaged in
steamboating on the Minnesota river, and after 1870 was a merchant
in Renville county. [94; 237 (1).]
Roberts, Charles H., b. in Huron county, Ohio, Oct. 24, 1842; d. near
Rochester, Minn., Sept. 29, 1907. He was graduated at the Northwest-
ern Normal School, Milan, Ohio; was superintendent of schools in
Rochester, Minn., 1869-77; afterward engaged in furniture business;
spent his last days on Oak Dale farm. [66; 237 (48).]
Roberts, George Franklin, physician, b. in Barnstead, N. H., March
25, 1848; was graduated in medicine at Monmouth College, 1872, and
at N. Y. Homoeopathic Medical College, 1881; settled at Minneapolis
in 1884; was professor of gynecology in the University of Minnesota,
1895-1904; member of the staff of Asbury Hospital. [24; 84.]
Rorerts, George R., farmer, b. in Chicago, May 22, 1837; came to
Minnesota in 1881; settled at Stephen; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30.]
Roberts, Griffith, clergyman, b. in Wales, Dec, 1817; came to the
United States in 1845; was ordained to the ministry in 1849; settled
in Cambria, Minn., in 1874; removed to Lake Crystal in 1888. [171*.]
Roberts, Harlan Page, lawyer, b. in Wayne, Ohio, Dec. 5, 1854; was
graduated at Oberlin College, 1875, and in theology at Yale University,
1878; was a pastor in Colorado, 1878-81; was admitted to the bar in
1882; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling at Minneapolis, where he
has since practiced law. [23*; 24; 25; 85A; 137*; 171*.]
Roberts, John W., clergyman, b. in Wales, March, 1830; came to the
United States in 1854; settled in Le Sueur county, Minn., in 1857;
was pastor in Judson after 1863. [171*.]
Roberts, Robert, b. in Wales, July 12, 1834; came to the United
States in 1856, and to Mankato, Minn., the next year; served in the
Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was business manager of the
Mankato Manufacturing Co., 1877-86. [171*.]
Roberts, Robert Mitchell, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Jonesboro,
Tenn., May 30, 1822; d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 8, 1894. He was grad-
uated at Washington College, Tenn., and later studied at New Albany
648 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Theological Seminary; was ordained to the ministry in 1849; was
pastor in Illinois thirty-six years; settled in Minneapolis in 1885. [153.]
Roberts, Saxe G. L., lawyer, b. in Dover, Del., in 1859; was grad-
uated in law at the Columbian University, Washington, D. C, and was
admitted to the bar in 1883; settled in St. Paul two years later; re-
moved to Pine City, 1891; engrossing clerk of the state senate, 1911.
[30*; 93.]
Roberts, Stanley Burroughs, clergyman, b. in Ontario county, N,
Y., Aug. 12, 1855; was graduated at Center College, Danville, Ky., and
in 1882 at the Presbyterian Theological Seminary, N. Y.; was a pastor
in New York state eighteen years, and since 1899 in Minneapolis.
[85A.]
Roberts, Thomas Sadler, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 16, 1858; came
to Minnesota in 1867 with his parents, settling in Minneapolis; was
graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1885; has
since practiced in Minneapolis; state ornithologist since 1890; pro-
fessor of diseases of children, University of Minnesota, since 1900;
author of papers on the birds of this state. [7A; 24; 85A.]
Roberts, William, clergyman, b. in Wales; came to the United
States in 1850; settled in South Bend, Minn., in 1855; owned a farm
in Judson, and was pastor of Carmel church; later returned to Wales.
[171*.]
Roberts, William C, pioneer, b. in Boston, Mass., May 12, 1835; d.
at the Soldiers' Home, Minnehaha, Dec. 25, 1904. He served in the
civil war, attaining the rank of captain; settled in Detroit, Minn., in
1871, where he engaged in hotel business. [44.]
Roberts, William Henry, merchant, b. in Chenango county, N. Y.,
March 22, 1830; came to Minnesota, settling in Carimona, in 1855;
removed to Lanesboro in 1868. [18.]
Roberts, William Milnor, civil engineer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa.,
Feb. 12, 1810; d. in Brazil, in 1881. He was chief engineer of the1
Northern Pacific railroad, 1869-79. [176 (Jan., 1884*).]
Roberts, William Preston, lawyer, b. in Montgomery county, Pa.,
June 16, 1845; served in Pennsylvania regiments in the civil war; was
graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1869; came to Minne?
sota in 1874, settling in Minneapolis; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1899-1902 and 1905. [25; 26*; 30*; 58; 85A*.]
Robertson, Daniel A., lawyer, b. in Pictou, N. S., May 13, 1813; d.
in St. Paul, March 16, 1895. He was admitted to the bar in New York
in 1839; came to Minnesota in 1850, settling in St. Paul; established
the Minnesota Democrat; was appointed colonel in the state militia,
1858; was a representative in the legislature, 1859-60; He founded the
state Horticultural Society, and organized the first grange of Patrons
of Husbandry in Minnesota. [23; 28, IV, VIII, X; 83; 94; 166A*; 237
(9*).]
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Robertson, Donald, druggist, b. in Hillsburg, Ontario, Canada, in
1859; came to the United States in 1883, and settled in Argyle, Minn.;
was superintendent of schools for Marshall county, 1895-8; has been
a representative in the legislature since 1907. [30*; 35.]
Robertson, Edward Peter, educator, b. in Rock county, Wis., Feb.
24, 1860; was graduated at Hamline University, 1885; joined the M.
E. conference, and was pastor at Morris and Marshall, Minn.,; was
presiding elder of the Winona district, 1893-9; later was president of
the Red River Valley University, Wahpeton, N. D. [17.]
Robertson, George O., pioneer, b. in Glasgow, Scotland, March 12,
1815; d. in St. Paul, April 15, 1897. He came to the United States in
1847; settled on a farm near Hastings, Minn., in 1857; removed to St.
Paul in 1879. [28, VIII.]
Robertson, John S., b. in Dundee, Scotland, in 1832; d. in Winne-
bago City, Minn., April 23, 1889. He came to the United States when
twenty-two years old, and to Minnesota in 1858; engaged in farming
at Bass Lake; settled in Winnebago City in 1869, and engaged in fur-
niture business. [34.]
Robertson, Ole L., b. in Norway in 1840; came with his parents to
the United States when two years old; served in the 38th Iowa Regt.
in the civil war; settled in Riverside, Lac qui Parle county, Minn., in
1872, and three years later became sheriff of the county. [32.]
Robertson, Orlando A., b. in Pennsylvania, Aug. 18, 1858; was grad-
uated at the State Normal School of Pa., 1880; came to Minnesota in
1883, settling in Campbell; was superintendent of schools in Wilkin
county, 1890-4; has since engaged in real estate and lumber business;
removed to St. Paul in 1899. [24; 25; 93A*.]
Robertson, William J. C, b. in Albany, N. Y., Dec. 12, 1806; d. in
Blue Earth City, Minn., in 1887. He settled in Verona, Faribault
county, in 1857; removed to Blue Earth City in 1862; was sheriff of
the county, 1864-5. [51.]
Robillard, Sylvanus W., physician, b. in Canada, Oct. 25, 1860; was
graduated at the University of Toronto; studied medicine at the Uni-
versity of Michigan; settled in St. Paul in 1889; was a representative
in the legislature in 1895. [25; 30; 100*.]
Robinson, Charles, b. in Allegheny, Pa., Sept. 11, 1839; came to
Minneapolis in 1857; was register of deeds for Hennepin county, 1878-
82. [58.]
Robinson, Clinton, b. in Saratoga, Winona Co., Minn., Aug. 7, 1878;
engaged in live stock business at St. Charles; a representative in the
legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Robinson, Daniel D., b. in New Hampshire in 1818; settled in 1871
on a claim on the site of Appleton, Minn. [32.]
Robinson, Edward Van Dyke, educator, b. in Bloomington, 111., Dec.
20, 1867; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1890; studied
650 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
in Leipzig, Germany, 1894-5; came to Minnesota in 1899, and was
principal of the Central High School in St. Paul eight years; professor
in the University of Minnesota since 1907, residing in Minneapolis;
author of numerous papers and pamphlets oh educational subjects, and
of "Commercial Geography" (455 pages, 1910). [17; 24; 25; 26*;
111*; 127B; 237 (46*); 238 (July 6, 1899*).]
Robinson, Elias H., pioneer, b. in Gardiner, Maine, in 1829; came
to Minnesota in 1853, and established a trading post at the mouth of
Crow river; owned a claim on the site of Dayton, Hennepin county,
and built a sawmill there. [58; 59.]
Robinson, F. C, b. in Phillips, Maine, March 1, 1839; was graduated
at Brockway College, 1860, and came to Minnesota the same year; set-
tled on a farm in Utica, Winona county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1878. [30.]
Robinson, George R., lawyer, b. in Millersburg, Mo., Aug. 28, 1843;
served in Indiana regiments in the civil war; came to Minneapolis in
1864; was admitted to the bar the same year; was attorney of Henne-
pin county, 1866-8. [137.]
Robinson, J. B., b. in New York; served in the 85th N. Y. Regt in
the civil war; settled in Redwood Falls in 1873; engaged in real estate
and insurance business, and was judge of probate, 1895-1900. [92*.]
Robinson, James, b. in Livingston county, N. Y., in 1840; served in
a New York regiment in the civil war; settled in Redwood Falls,
Minn., in 1872; was county register of deeds, 1878-81. [32.]
Robinson, John E. C, lawyer, b. in Clomwell, Ireland, in 1869; came
to Minnesota the next year; was graduated at St. John's University,
1888, and was admitted to the bar in 1890; resides in St. Cloud; was a
state senator, 1907-9. [30; 38.]
Robinson, Noyes C, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., Aug. 2, 1870; came to St.
Paul; engaged in real estate business; was captain in the Thirteenth
Minnesota Regt. in the Philippine war, and was promoted to the rank
of major in 1899. [123.]
Robinson, Sumneb Corson, manufacturer, b. near Bridgeton, N. J.,
March 21, 1831; d. in Minneapolis, July 18, 1903. He settled in Min-
neapolis in 1858; established a sash, door, and wood working factory
in 1876. [3*; 60*; 167 (March 23, 1900*); 237 (28*).]
Robinson, William R., b. in Tompkins county, N, Y., in 1821; d. at
Like Crystal, Minn., July, 1873. He was one of the first settlers at
Lake Crystal, 1854, and assisted in laying out the village. [32; 45*.]
Robison, Geokge F., b. in Carroll county, 111., Feb. 2, 1843; served in
the 134th Illinois Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1870;
engaged in farming; after 1878 resided in Wmdom; was county audi-
tor, 1889-90. [34.]
Robson, James A., pioneer, b. in New York, May 23, 1825; settled
in Geneva, Minn., in 1857, being one of the townsite proprietors; was
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county sheriff after 1S59, and resided in Albert Lea; became captain
in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in 1862, and the same year was acci-
dentally shot and killed by a member of the same regiment. [53.]
Roche, John, b. in Ireland in 1831; d. in St. Paul, May 11, 1891. He
came to the United States when an infant; settled in St. Paul in 1856;
was city comptroller twenty-seven years, after 1864. [94; 238 (May
12, 1891*).]
Rockne, Anton Julius, lawyer, b. in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1869;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1894; settled
in Zumbrota, owned a newspaper, and practiced law; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1903-9, being speaker of the House in 1909; a
s'ate senator, 1811. [30*; 56.]
Rockwell, G. W., farmer, b. in New York in 1841; came to Minne-
sota in 1860; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
owned a farm at Grove Lake, Pope county; was a representative in
the legislature, 1872-3. [30.]
Rockwood, Chelsea J., lawyer, b. in Burlington, Vt, Sept. 13, 1855;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1869, and lived in Garden City;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1879; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1881; was admitted to the bar in 1882. [90.]
Rodecker, William A., b. in Milford, Ohio, Oct. 28, 1859; came to
Minneapolis in 1878, and to St. Paul the next year; was connected with
the fire department after 1884, and was a captain after 1890. [96*.]
Rodenberg, George W., b. in Hanover, Germany, Nov. 12, 1861; came
to the United States in 1868, and to St. Paul in 1891, where he has,
engaged in life insurance business; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1907-09. [24; 25; 30*.]
Rodgers, E. D., blacksmith, b. in New York in 1832; came to Minne-
sota in 1857; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
settled in Freeborn; was a representative in the legislature, 1872-3.
[30.]
Rodgers, James, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Hammond, N. Y.,
Oct. 9, 1840; was graduated at Hamilton College; was a tutor in Tur-
key two years; was graduated at Union Seminary, N. Y., 1870; came
to Minnesota in 1873; was pastor at Parmington after 1875. [48.]
Rodgers, William, b. in Scotland; died in St. Paul, Nov. 11, 1896.
He settled there in 1876; was a representative in the legislature.
[163.]
Roe, Alva Dunning, b. in Dutchess county, N. Y., June 28, 1825; d.
in Minneapolis, March 20, 1908. He studied law, and was admitted to
the bar; afterward attended Union Theological Seminary; came to
Minnesota in 1866, and was pastor of Congregational churches at Afton
and Lakeland; was superintendent of schools of Washington county;
settled in 1881 on a farm in Stillwater; after 1894 was curator of the
652 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Minnesota Academy of Natural Sciences, Minneapolis. [40; 144; 237
(51*); 241.]
Roesler, William H., b. in Marquette county, Wis., Sept. 11, 1858;
d. irTWaseca, Minn., Feb. 24, 1904. He settled there in 1892; engaged
in lumber business, and owned a hardware store; was county treas-
urer, 1897-1900. [237 (35).]
Roetzer, Alexius, R. C. priest, b. in Bavaria; came to the United
States, and in 1856 to Minnesota; was missionary priest until 1858;
was in charge of St. John's College, 1858-9; died at St. Vincent's Ab-
bey, Pa„ Feb. 25, 1860. [132 (Sept., 1888).]
Rogers, A. B., civil engineer, b. in Orleans, Mass., in 1S29; d. in
Waterville, Minn., May 4, 1889. He was graduated at Yale College;
came to Minnesota in 1858; engaged in railroad construction after
1861; discovered two passes across the Rocky mountains, now occu-
pied by transcontinental railways. [32; 237 (2).]
Rogers, Arthur Curtis, physician, b. near Decorah, Iowa, July 17,
1856; was graduated at Earlham College, Richmond, Ind., 1877, and in
medicine at the University of Iowa, 1883; came to Minnesota in 1885,
and has since been superintendent of the Minnesota school for the
feeble-minded in Faribault. [7A; 17; 24; 25; 2Q*; 70A*.]
Rogers, Arthur Ross, lumberman, b. in Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 13,
1864; settled in Minneapolis in 1885; was graduated in law at the
University of Minnesota, 1891; president of the Rogers Lumber Co.
[85A; 167 (Dec. 14, 1900*).]
Rogers, Benjamin, tailor, b. in Bloomington, Ind., Jan. 22, 1835; d.
in St. Peter, Minn., Sept. 16, 1902. He settled in St. Peter in 1857;
was county auditor six years, and clerk of court four years; was sheriff,
1887-8. [32; 237 (19*).]
Rogers, Charles Frederick, merchant, b. in Barnstead Parade, N.
H., Nov. 17, 1831; came to Minnesota in 1860, settling in Lake City,
where he engaged in dry goods business. [18*; 74.]
Rogers, Sister Clare, b. in St. Louis, Mo., in 1807 ; d. in St. Paul,
Nov. 3, 1900. She was a sister in the Visitation order fifty-three years;
came to St. Paul with the first colony of the Visitation Sisters in 1870;
was appointed mother superior in 1881. [237 (11).]
Rogers, E. G., farmer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1833; served in the army,
1862-5; settled in Mendota, Minn.; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1877 and 1879. [30.]
Rogers, Edward G., lawyer, b. in St. Joseph, Mich., Dec. 8, 1842; d.
at West Baden, Ind., Nov. 14, 1910. He was graduated in law at the
University of Michigan, 1863; settled at St. Paul in 1866; was county
attorney of Ramsey county, 187S-9; was a representative in the legis-
lature, 1887; was clerk of the Ramsey county district court, 1895-1907.
[22*; 24; 25; 27*; 68; 93; 93A*; 95*; 137*; 237 (36*, 59*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 653
Rogers, George, Baptist clergyman, b. in England in 1823; d. at
Money Creek, Minn., Dec. 11, 1894. He came to the United States in
1873, settling in Minnesota. [166 (1897).]
Rogers, Henry C, secretary of state, b. in Vermont in 1834; d. May
8, 1871. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and settled in Brownsdale,
Mower county; was a state senator, 1859, and a representative in the
legislature, 1862; served in the civil war in the Ninth Minnesota Regt.,
attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel; was secretary of state, 1866-
70. [115; 237 (1).]
Rogers, Hiram, b. near Doylestown, Pa., in 1806; d. in St. Paul, May
25, 1879. He settled in St. Paul in 1856, and invested largely in real
estate, and had other business interests. [68; 94; 237 (1*); 238 (May
26, 1879).]
Rogers, John, b. in Ireland in 1827 ; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 27, 1902. He
came to the United States in 1845, and to St. Paul four years later,
where he was proprietor of a hotel. [3*; 93A; 98*; 237 (19*).]
Rogers, John, Jr., b. in St. Paul, Jan. 22, 1860; engaged in insurance
business there after 1883. [25; 93A; 98*; 100.]
Rogers, Joshua, b. in New York city in 1833; d. April 25, 1911. He
served in the Second Illinois cavalry in the civil war; came to Minne-
apolis in 1875; was connected with the construction department of the
Northern Pacific railroad; became city comptroller in 1898. [237
(23*).]
Rogers, Joshua M., M. E. clergyman, b. in Ohio, July 24, 1821; d.
at Ashton, Dakota, May 10, 1888. He came to Minnesota in 1856;
joined the Minnesota conference the next year ; removed to Dakota
in 1880. [150.]
Rogers, Josias N., b. in St. Joseph, Mich., Feb. 21, 1846; served in
the 39th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1866;
was admitted to the bar in 1867, and settled in St. Paul the same year;
was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [29*; 30; 68; 93; 98*.]
Rogers, Luther Zoan, b: in Maine, in 1837; d. in Waterville, Minn.,
April 27, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1857, and laid out the town-
site of Waterville, where he afterward resided as a merchant and
manufacturer; was a representative in the legislature in 1865, and a
state senator in 1871. [28, VIII; 32; 156; 237 (9).]
Rogers, Samuel J., clergyman, b. in Orford, N. H., Aug. 27, 1832; d.
in Minneapolis, May 3, 1910. He was graduated at Rutgers College,
N. J., in 1859, and Rutgers Theological Seminary, 1862; was pastor of
Reformed Dutch churches, 1862-79, and afterward of Congregational
churches, chiefly in Minnesota, residing in Minneapolis after 1889.
[144.]
Rogers, William, machinist, b. in Scotland, Nov. 29, 1847; came to
the United States in 1868; settled in St. Paul in 1879; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1893. [30.]
654 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Rohk, Philip A. N. V., Lutheran clergyman, b. Feb. 13, 1843, at Buf-
falo, N. Y. ; was graduated at Martin Luther College and Seminary,
Buffalo, in 1863; pastor at Winona, Minn., since 1866; president of the
Lutheran Synod of Wisconsin and other states since 1889. [148.]
Rohrer, Daniel, lawyer, b. in Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 29, 1828; d. in
Worthington, Minn., May 31, 1902. He served in Co. A, Col. Morgan's
Iowa Volunteers, on the Indian frontier in Minnesota, at the time of
the Mexican war, and came to Fort Snelling; was city treasurer of
St. Paul, 1854-9; served in the civil war; afterward resided in St. Paul;
settled in Worthington in 1878. [28, X; 237 (19).]
Rohweder, Hermann, musician, b. in Hoist ein, Germany, May 3,
1842; came to the United States in 1857, and to Winona, Minn., the
same year; taught music, and was leader of an orchestra; in 1887
platted an addition to Winona. [77.]
Roise, Paul H., merchant, b. in Norway, Aug. 21, 1848; came to the
United States when seventeen years old, and to Minnesota in 1874;
settled in Willmar. [35; 63*.]
Rolette, J\)e, b. at Prairie du Chien, Wis., Oct. 23, 1820; d. in Pem-
bina, Dakota, May 16, 1871. He was educated in New York; was em-
ployed by the American Fur Company at their trading post at Pem-
bina in 1840; established a cart route from the Red river to St. Paul,
extending the fur trade of that city into a large region in competition
with the Hudson Bay Co.; was a representative in the territorial leg-
islature, 1853-5, and a member of the territorial council, 1856-7. Dur-
ing the latter year occurred his notorious exploit of carrying away the
bill to remove the seat of government to St. Peter, and thus he saved
the capital to St. Paul. [108; 114; 176 (Feb., 1888*); 237 (3*).]
Rolf, Ernst H., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, June 20, 1837;
came to the United States in 1850; was graduated at the Theological
Seminary, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1858; was pastor in St. Paul, 1863-72, and
later in Hollywood till his death. [148.]
Rollefson, C. J., educator, b. in Fillmore county, Minn., Dec. 15,
1860; was graduated at St. Olaf College, Northfieid, Minn., 1890; and
afterward was a professor there. [149; 169.]
Rollins, J. V., b. in Lowell, Mass., March 29, 1857; came with his
parents to Minnesota; after 1890 was one of the proprietors of the
Winnebago City foundry and machine shops. [39.]
Rollins, J'ohn, b. in New Sharon, Maine, March 23, 1806; d. in Min-
neapolis, May 7, 1883. He came to St. Anthony in 1848, being one of
the first settlers there; engaged in lumbering, and built a steamboat.
[32; 41; 58; 59; 114; 237 (1).]
Rome, Robert Rasmussen, physician, b. in Denmark, March, 4, 1865;
came with his parents to the United States when four years old; was
graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, 1891; has been a
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 655
professor in the medical department of the University of Minnesota
since 1894, residing in Minneapolis. [85A; 127 (10*); 127B.]
Rondo, Joseph, pioneer, b. near Montreal, Canada, in 1797; d. in
Crookston, Minn., May 8, 1885. He came from the Selkirk Colony to
Fort Snelling in 1835, and settled on the military reservation, from
which he was ejected in 1840. He then purchased a claim on the site
of St. Paul. [28, IV; 94; 237 (1).]
Rooney, James, b. in New Richmond, Canada, Oct. 18, 1829; came
to Minnesota in 1854; engaged in logging and lumbering at Stillwater.
[41; 237 (5).]
Roos, Charles L., miller, b. in New Ulm, Minn., Sept. 29, 1861; was
manager of the New Ulm Roller mill after 1889. [168 (Apr. 19, 1899*).]
Roos, Christian, b. in Germany in 1831; came to the United States
in 1851, and settled in Mankato, Minn., two years later; engaged in
farming and operating a sawmill; after 1873 engaged in woolen man-
ufacturing. [32.]
Roos, Oscar, pioneer, b. in Vestergotland, Sweden, in 1827; came to
the United States in 1850, settling in Minnesota the same year; en-
gaged in lumbering ten years; lived at Taylor's Palls after 1860; was
register of deeds for Chisago county, 1860-70, receiver of the U. S. land
office, 1870-5, and county treasurer, 1875-83. [41; 169.]
Roosen, C. G., banker, b. in Germany in 1848; came to the United
States in 1872, settling in Minnesota; after 1880 resided in Delano,
where he established the Wright County Bank. [31.]
Roosman, William W., lawyer, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., Aug. 12,
1829; d. in Spokane, Wash., July 8, 1906. He came to Minnesota in
1857; served in the 153d Indiana Regt. in the civil war; settled on
the site of Detroit, Minn., in 1870, being the first settler there; re-
moved to Spokane in 1904. [35; 44*.]
Root, Charles G., b. in Remsen, N. Y., Sept. 27, 1845; was graduated
at Northwestern University, 1869; settled in Minneapolis in 1887, where
he organized the Northwestern Adamant Manufacturing Company, and
was its treasurer and general manager. [90*.]
Root, Fernando Wood, lawyer, b. in Guilford, N. Y., Aug. 7, 1855;
was admitted to the bar in 1880; settled in St. Paul the next year, and
since 1882 has been in legal service of the C, M. and St. P. Railway
Co. [24; 25; 85A*; 137*.]
Rose, Charles A., b. in Trenton, Ontario, in 1845; came to Minne-
sota in 1859, settling in St. Paul; served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt.
in the civil war; was custodian of the state capitol, 1887-99; and since
has been in charge of the distribution of state publications. [30.]
Rose, Francis M., physician, b. in Columbus, Ohio, March 25, 1841;
was graduated at Starling Medical College, Columbus, 1860; was sur-
geon in the 43d Ohio Regt. in the civil war; settled in Faribault, Minn.,
656 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
in 1868; physician of St. Mary's Hall and the State School for the
Blind. [24; 25; 70.]
Rose, Robert H., b. in Susquehanna county, Pa., June 30, 1831; d.
March 18, 1885. He came to St. Paul in 1855; was one of the town-
site proprietors of Belle Plaine; served in the army, 1861-6, attaining
the rank of major; engaged in real estate and insurance business in
Mankato after 1873; was a state senator in 1871-2. [32; 83*; 115.]
Rosebrock, Herman H., merchant, b. in Hanover, Germany, Nov. 10,
1838; came to the United States in 1857; settled in Owatonna, Minn.,
in 1865, and engaged in furniture business; was a representative in
the legislature in 1879-81. [30; 72.]
Rosen, Peter, R. C. priest, b. i» Orsfeld, Germany, Dec. 15, 1850;
came to the United States in 1876; was ordained priest in 1882 in Hol-
land; again returned to this country, spent eight years in South Da-
kota, and in 1890 came to Minnesota; was pastor in Fairfax and in
Heidelberg, and later in Madison; author of several books, one being
a short history of Fort Ridgely. [22*.]
Rosenberger, Henry J., merchant, b. in Cumberland, Md., Oct. 18,
1844; d. in St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. 15, 1910. He came with his parents
to St. Cloud in 1856, where he was a hardware merchant, and later a
manufacturer of farm machinery. [31; 237 (62),]
Rosenberger, John M., merchant, b. in Cumberland, Md., Oct. 15,
1842; d. in St. Cloud, Minn., April 8, 1903. He came to St. Cloud in
1856; engaged in hardware business there; was city treasurer, 1868-88
and 18974903. [31; 237 (28*).]
Rosenberger, William L., b. in Cumberland, Md., in 1853; came with
his parents to St. Cloud, Minn., while still a child; in 1874 established
a book and stationery store, and was also one of the proprietors of a
German newspaper. [31,]
Rosendahl, Carl Otto, b. in Spring Grove, Minn., Oct. 24, 1875; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1901, and later studied in
Germany; assistant professor of botany in the University of Minne-
sota, 1905-10, and a professor since 1910. [7A; 127B.]
Rosendahl, Paul H., b. in Hadeland Norway, Oct. 18, 1838; d* in
1880. He came with his parents to the United States in 1854;, served
in the army in the civil war; was register of deeds for Houston county
two terms, andwas a representative in the legislature, 1872-3. [30; 169.]
Rosenthal, John T., b. in St. Paul in 1881, and resides there; was
graduated at the St. Paul Law College, 1902; was a representative in
the legislature in 1905. [30*.]
Rosenwald, J. F., b. in Germany in 1860; came to the United States
when seven years old, and to Minnesota in 1877; resides in Madison,
where he is engaged in real estate and loaning business; was judge of
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 657
probate for Lac qui Parle county eight years; was a representative in
tr e legislature in 1903 and 1909. [30*.]
Rosholdt, Tollef, Lutheran clergyman, b. near Pine Lake, Wis., Feb.
11, 1846j was graduated at Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis,
in 1872; was pastor at Norwegian Grove, Otter Tail county,, Minn.
[169.]
Rosing, August G., b. in Vestergotland, Sweden, Sept. 1, 1822; came
to the United States in 1869, settling on a farm in Goodhue county,
Minn.; removed to Red Wing in 1888; has since been secretary of the
Minnesota Scandinavian Relief Association. [25; 169; 241.]
Rosing, Leonard August, b. in Malmo, Sweden, Aug. 29, 1861; d. in
St. Paul, April 14, 1909. He came to the United States in 1869 with
his parents, who settled in Goodhue county, Minn. After 1881 he re-
sided in Cannon Falls, where he had a large boot and shoe store; was
private secretary of Gov. Lind, 1899-1901; was Democratic candidate
for governor, 1902; was a member of the State Board of Control, 1905-
09. [17; 23*; 24; 25; 30; 80*; 100*; 237 '(22*, 56*); 241.]
Ross, Angus, banker, b. in Canada in 1844; came to Minnesota in
1865; settled in Luverne in 1877, and was president of the Security
Bank. [34.]
Ross, Newell A., carpenter, b. Jan. 16, 1845; settled in Princeton,
Minn., in 1869; was register of deeds in Mille Lacs county, 1877-90.
[31.]
Ross, Samuel, b. near Fairfield, Pa., Aug. 22, 1812; d. in Princeton,
Minn., Oct. 9, 1881. He settled in Princeton in 1855; owned a part of
the town site; built the first mill and the first blacksmith shop in the
county; conducted a stage route, and was proprietor of a hotel; was
a representative in the legislature in 1868. [31; 41.]
Rossbach, George A., physician, b. in France in 1813; was grad-
uated at Strasburg Medical College in 1833; came to the United States
in 1851; was surgeon of the Third Wisconsin cavalry in the civil war;
settled in Owatonna in 1871. [72.]
Rossee, John C, physician, b. in Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 2, 1840; was
graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in 1867; had
served in the civil war as surgeon and hospital steward in the 28th
Texas Regt.; settled in Brainerd, Minn., in 1871. [31.]
Rosser, Thomas L., b. in Campbell county, Va., Oct. 15, 1836; was
graduated at West Point Military Academy, 1861; served in the Con-
federate army in the civil war, attaining the rank of major general;
was graduated at Washington Law University, Lexington, Va., in 1866;
engaged in business as a railroad contractor after 1879; resided in
Minneapolis. [58.]
Roth, J. W. F., Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Cape Town, Africa,
where his father was a missionary; came to the United States in 1875;
studied at Northwestern College, Chicago; in 1878 became pastor of
the Presbyterian church at Canton, Fillmore county, Minn. [52.]
658 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Rothrock, John Lincoln, physician, b. near Mifflintown, Pa., July
12, 1863; was graduated at Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa.,
1885, and in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 1888; came
to Minnesota in 1890, and has since practiced in St. Paul; instructor in
the college of medicjne, University of Minnesota, 1898-1905, and clin-
ical professor of diseases of women since 1905. [24; 25; 127B.]
Rothschild, Joseph, wholesale milliner, b. in Germany in 1845; d.
in St. Paul, June 20, 1901. He settled in St. Paul in 1S80. [237 (14).]
Rouleau, Charles T., pioneer, b. in Canada in 1807; d. Oct. 5, 1865.
He was employed by the American Fur Company after 1829; settled
in St. Paul in 1845; engaged in lumber business; established the first
ferry at Anoka. [94; 174*.]
Rouleau, Charles T., Jr., b. in St. Paul in 1845; engaged in lumber
business; and later was a member of the St. Paul police force; was
senior captain after 1896. [94; 96*; 100*.]
Rouleau, Joseph, b. in Quebec, Canada, Nov. 2, 1834; d. in St. Paul,
Nov, 18, 1895. He came to Minnesota in 1855; served in the U. S.
artillery in the civil war; engaged in hotel business after 1870. [237
(7).]
Rounce, Joseph Samuel, Congregational clergyman, b. in London,
England, Oct. 4, 1814; d. June 15, 1892. He came to the United States
in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1857; was a home missionary at North-
field, High Forest, Lansing, Lyle, and other places. [144; 179 (Jan.
29, 1892).]
Rounds, John, Baptist clergyman, b. in Maine in 1822; d. in Minne-
apolis, March, 1888. He was graduated at Waterville College, and at
Newton Theological Seminary; was pastor in Masaschusetts, and later
in Northfield, Red Wing, and Minneapolis, Minn. [141.]
Rouse, Jacob, b. in Wapello, Iowa, Oct. 18, 1844; served in Illinois
regiments in the civil war; settled in Lynd, Lyon county, Minn., in
1870; engaged in farming and milling; was county treasurer. [32.]
Rouse, W. H., physician, b. in Chenango county, N. Y., May, 1828;
was graduated from the medical department of Michigan University,
1854, and came to Minnesota the same year, settling in Minneapolis;
served as assistant surgeon in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; later resided in Washburn, Hennepin county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Routh, George Edward, physician, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, July 23,
1847; was graduated at Miami Medical College, 1874; came to Minne-
sota in 1883, and has since practiced in St. Paul. [25; 93*.]
Roverud, Elling Knudsen, journalist, b. in Ringerike, Norway, Nov.
2, 1852; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1867; was graduated
at the State Normal School in Winona, 1876; published the Caledonia
Journal after 1890; was a state senator, 1895-1902. [27*; 30; 61; 169.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
659
Rowe, Alexander Montrayille, teacher, b. in Middlebury, Ohio, Dec.
24, 1842; served in an Ohio regiment during the civil war; was grad-
uated at Oberlin College, 1872; became superintendent of schools in
Little Falls, Minn., 1897. [26*.]
Rowe, Alwin, market gardener, b. in Germany in 1861 ; came to Min-
nesota in 1878, and settled in St. Paul; was a representative in the
legislature in 1905 and 1909. [30*.]
Rowe, John, b. in England in 1826; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 25, 1901.
He settled there in 1850; was a building contractor, and owned much
real estate. [237 (14).]
Rowe, W. F., journalist, b. in Belfast, Maine, in 1856; came to Min-
nesota in 1879; settled at Taylor's Falls in 1888, where he owned and
edited the Chisago County News. [23S (Dec. 28, 1893*).]
Rowell, Mrs. Ruth M. Cogswell, b. in New Hampshire; married
Warren Rowell in 1844, and with him settled in Homer, Winona coun-
ty, Minn., in 1853; became a minister in the Adventist church in 1856;
was pastor in Winona and Utica. [76.]
Rowell, William A., pioneer merchant, b. in Maine; was one of the
earliest merchants at St. Anthony, and afterward resided in Minne-
apolis. [59.]
Rowlands, Daniel T., clergyman, b. in Wales, May 23, 1823; came
to the United States in 1847; was ordained to the ministry about 1852;
was pastor at South Bend 'and Judson, Blue Earth county, Minn., 1871-
84; removed to Dakota in 1884. [171*.]
Roy, Peter, b. in what is now Itasca county, Minn., Feb. 23, 1828;
d. in Little Falls, June 21, 1881. His parents were both half-breed
Ojibway Indians. He engaged in farming in Morrison county, and
after 1866 kept a hotel at Little Falls; was a representative in the
legislature three terms. [31; 41.]
Royem, Esten I., b. in Merager, Norway, April 31, 1855; came to the
United States when fifteen years old, and to Minnesota in 1880, set-
tling in Warren; was auditor of Marshall county, 1882-90. [35.]
Ruble, George S., b. in Kishacoquillas Valley, Pa., Aug. 31, 1822; d.
in Albert Lea, Minn., July 2, 1886. He settled in Freeborn county,
Minn., in 1855, opened a farm, and laid out the town of Albert Lea;
served as captain in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers, 1862-3, and
as senior lieutenant in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, 1864-5;
lived for some years after the war in Chattanooga, Tenn.; returned to
Albert Lea in 1881. [23*; 53; 115.]
Rucker, Eugene, educator, b. in Olmsted county, Minn., April 19,
1862; was graduated at Western Normal College, Iowa, in 1886; was
principal of the Farm College and Business Institute at Wilder, Jack-
son county, after 1889. [34; 39.]
Rucker, Howard Lewis, educator, b. near Jacksonville, 111., Jan. 12,
1852; established many business schools, several being in Minnesota;
resided in Minneapolis, 1895-1901. [3*.]
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Ruckoldt, G. A., b. in Saxony, Germany, in 1833; came to the United
States in 1847, and to Minnesota in 1857; owned a farm in Rushford,
Wright county; was a state senator in 1873. [30.]
Rudberg, John, merchant, b. in Sweden, May 27, 1836; d. in Dassel,
Minn., April, 1903. He came to the United States in 1866, and to Das-
sel, Minn., the same year; engaged in farming, and after 1875 in mer-
cantile and lumber business. [65; 167 (April 24, 1903).]
Rudbekg, Lotus, merchant, b. in Sweden; d. in Dassel, Meeker coun-
ty, Minn., Jan., 1884. He came to the United States, and settled on a
homestead in Meeker county in 1866; engaged in mercantile business
in Dassel after 1872; was a representative in the legislature in 1877.
[30; 65; 169.]
Ruddock, Edwabd N., Congregational clergyman, b. in Buekland,
Mass., June 18, 1830; d. in Caldwell, Idaho, March 30, 1909. He was
ordained in 1858; came to Minnesota in 1883, and was pastor in Ap-
pleton and other places; lived in Glen wood, 1901-8. [67; 144.]
Rudolph, John C, banker, b, in Prussia, Dec. 27, 1828; came to the
United States in 1850; settled in New Ulm, Minn., in 1857; was county
auditor, 1860-6, and a representative in the legislature, 1868-9. [32.]
Ruegg, Henry, pioneer, b. in Strassburg, Germany, March 20, 1816;
d. in Mankato, Minn., Jan. 20, 1904. He came to the United States
when twenty-two years old, and to Minnesota some years later; served
as first lieutenant in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war;
settled in Tivoli, Blue Earth county, in 1866. [237 (35).]
Ruggles, Arthur Gordon, b. in Annapolis Royal, N. S., May 30', 1875;
was graduated at Cornell University, 1901; assistant professor of en-
tomology, College of Agriculture, University of Minnesota, since 1904,
residing in St. Anthony Park, St. Paul. [7A; 127B.]
RuLiFFSON, H. W., farmer, b. in New York in 1834; came to Minne-
sota in 1857; resided at Russell, Lyon county; was a representative
in the legislature in 1870 and in 1903. [30.]
Rumsey, Mrs. Matilda, teacher, came to St. Paul with the family of
Christopher C. Blanchard, her brother-in-law, in 1843; taught the first
school in St. Paul in the spring of 1845; was married, June 23, 1845, to
Alexander Mege, and two years later removed to Montrose, Iowa.
[28, IV.]
Runals, D. E., b. in Burlington, Pa., May 1, 1843; came to Minne-
sota when eleven years old; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war, attaining the rank of major; engaged in the sale of farm
machinery; and owned a farm in Osborn, Pipestone county. [34;
71A.]
Rundlett, Leonard W., b. in Brunswick, Maine; was graduated at
Bowdoin College, 1868; came to Minnesota in 1872; resided in St. Paul,
and was city engineer many years. [98*; 100; 237 (36*).]
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Rundstrom, Inez, educator, b. in Mississippi; was graduated at Au-
gustana College, Rock Island, 111., and studied later at Upsala, Sweden;
has been an instructor and professor in Gustavus Adolphus College,
St. Peter, Minn., since 1894. [148.]
Runge, August Henry, b. in New York City, Feb. 12, 1852; came to
Minnesota in 1873, settling in Minneapolis, where he was assistant
chief of the fire department. [26*; 88; 90*.]
Runge, Hartwig, physician, b. in Schleswig-Holstein, April 12, 1814;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., Oct. 5, 1902. He came to America in 1863; a
few years later settled in Stillwater, where he practiced medicine.
[237 (19).]
Running, Alexander, b. in Racine county, Wis., Nov., 1846; came to
Minnesota in 1878; owned a farm near Ada, and was auditor of Nor-
man county, 1881-5; afterward was a bookkeeper. [35; 169.]
Runsvold, J. D., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway in 1872; came
to the United States in 1887; was educated in Minneapolis; was pas-
tor at Two Harbors, Minn., after 1899. [106*.]
Russell, Benjamin Stillman, b. in Erie county, Pa.,, in 1822; set-
tled in Duluth in 1871, where he was general agent of a life insurance
company. In 1879 he removed to North Dakota. [26*.]
Russell, Charles P., merchant, b. in Burlington, Vt, Feb. 8, 1837;
came to Minnesota in 1856, settling at Winona; removed to Eyota in
1865, and has since engaged in mercantile and grain business and in
banking; was a representative in the legislature in 1879. [24; 30;
66.]
Russell, Henry, journalist, b. in Little Valley, N. Y., Nov. 19, 1857;
came to Minnesota in 1872, settling in Rushford; engaged in farming
and in teaching school, and after 1899 published "The Vidette" in
Spring Valley. [26*.]
Russell, J. M., lawyer, b. in Clay county, Ind., Feb. 13, 1852; came
to Meeker county, Minn., in 1877; settled in Litchfield in 1880; was
admitted to the bar in 1882; was county attorney, 1887-8. [65.]
Russell, Jeremiah, pioneer, b. in Eaton, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1809; d. June
13, 1885. He came to Fort Snelling, Minn., in 1837, and in 1848 set-
tled near Sauk Rapids, where he took charge of a store for trading
with the Indians; was one of the founders of the village of Sauk
Rapids in 1854, and removed there in 1857; was a representative in
the first territorial legislature. He established a newspaper, the Sauk
Rapids Frontierman, in 1855. Afterward he was treasurer of Benton
county several years, and county auditor one year. [18; 28* IX, X;
31; 41; 114; 131; 237 (1).]
Russell, John F., b. in Oswegatchie, N. Y., June 27, 1840; served in
the 16th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Houston county, Minn.,
in 1865; was county treasurer, 1876-82; resided in Hokah and Cale-
donia. [61; 238 (Oct. 7, 1881).]
662 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Russell, Sister Mary Agatha, founder of the convent of the Sisters
of the Visitation in St. Paul, b. in New York in 1811; d. in St. Paul,
May 2, 1891. She became a nun at Cascasca, 111., in 1836: founded a
convent of the order to which she belonged, in 1841, at St. Louis;
removed to St. Paul in 1873. [238 (May 3, 1891).]
Russell, Morris Craw, journalist, b. in Venango county, Pa., Feb.
22, 1840; came to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in lumbering, river pilot-
ing, and printing; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; published the Sentinel in Lake City; author of "Uncle Dudley's
Odd Hours," 296 pages, 1882. [25; 74*.]
Russell, Robert Donough, judge, b. in St. Louis, Mo., March 9, 1851;
d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 13, 1901. He was graduated in 1871 at Illinois
College, Jacksonville; was admitted to the bar in 1874; came to Min-
nesota in 1883, settling in Minneapolis; was city attorney, 1889-93;
and judge of the Fourth judicial district, 1893-7, when he resigned.
[20*; 22*; 84*; 90*; 237 (14*).]
Russell, Roswell P., pioneer, b. in Richland, Vt, March 15, 1820; d.
in Minneapolis, Feb. 21, 1896. He came, in company with Henry M.
Rice, to Fort Snelling in 1839; opened the first store in St. Anthony,
in 1847; later engaged in lumber and flour milling; was a represent-
ative in the territorial legislature in 1853; and receiver of the XJ. S.
land office, 1854-7. [19*; 29; 32; 58; 59; 84*; 94; 237 (9*).]
Russell, Sol Smith, actor, b. in Brunswick, Maine, June 15, 1848;
d. in Washington, D. C, April 28, 1902. This famous actor resided in
Minneapolis during his summer vacations many years, and owned
real estate there; was a brother of Judge Robert D. Russell. [3*;
17; 237 (19*).]
Russell, William, lawyer, came to Moor head, Minn., in 1883; was
court reporter of the Seventh judicial district fourteen years; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1889. [47*.]
Russell, William C, b. in Sherburne, N. Y., April 12, 1834; came
to Minnesota in 186-9, and the next year settled in Glencoe; was coun-
ty treasurer, 1884-92. [64.]
Russell, William V., M. E. clergyman, b. at Center Point, Ind., July
1, 1854; d. at Janesville, Minn., Aug. 26, 1892. He came to Minnesota
in 1887; was pastor at Walnut Grove, Le Sueur, and Janesville. [150;
180 (Nov. 9, 1892).]
Rustad, Edward, lawyer, b. in Columbia county, Wis., Nov. 26, 1867;
came to Traverse county, Minn., 1880; was county auditor, 1893-8; has
practiced law since 1900, being also the county attorney; president of
the National Bank of Wheaton; a state senator, 1911. [30*.]
Rustad, John O., farmer, b. in Fillmore county, Minn., Dec, 7, 1864;
was graduated at the Decorah Business College, 1886; resides in
Whalan; a representative in the legislature, 1909-11. [30*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 663
Rutherford, James, pioneer, b. in Elsdon, England, in 1812; d. in
Grant, Washington county, Minn., Sept. 14, 1874. He came with his
parents to the United States in 1818; settled on the site of Grant
(later named Mahtomedi) in 1849; owned a flour mill, and engaged
in lumbering and farming. [41.]
Ryan, Albert W., Episcopal clergyman, b. at Mt. Clemens, Mich., in
1856; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1878, and at Sea-
bury Divinity School, Faribault, Minn., 1882; became rector of St.
Paul's church, Duluth, in 1893. [38.]
Ryan, Daniel, b. in Michigan, Aug. 28, 1843; came to Minnesota in
1861, and six years later settled on a farm in Marshan, Dakota county;
was a representative in the legislature in 1875. [48.]
Ryan, Dennis Edward, merchant, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., March 28,
1862; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling in Minneapolis, where he
had a large business as a jobber and commission merchant. [22*.]
Ryan, Edward, farmer, b. in Clayton county, Iowa, in 1861; came to
Minnesota in 1872, and settled in Becker, Cass county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1901. [30.]
Ryan, John Augustine, R. C. priest and educator, b. in Dakota coun-
ty, Minn., May 25, 1869; was graduated at St. Thomas College, 1892,
and St. Paul Seminary, 1898; later studied at the Catholic University,
Washington, D. C, four years; professor of moral theology and eco-
nomics in St. Paul Seminary since 1902; author of "A Living Wage,"
346 pages, 1906. [17; 24; 93A.]
Ryan, Michael W., b. in Northfield, Minn., May 1, 1862; owned a
farm in Byron, Waseca county; was a representative in the legislature
in 1887. [75.]
Ryder, Joel G., farmer, b. in Erie county, N. Y., in 1833; d. at North
Branch, Chisago county, Minn., April 1, 1906. He settled in Sunrise,
Minn., in 1855; was a representative in the legislature in 1873; re-
moved to North Branch in 1880. [30; 38; 41; 237 (39).]
Ryder, John J., journalist, b. in Kentucky in 1863; resided at East
Grand Forks; was a state senator, 1899-1902. [30.]
Ryder, Merrill, merchant, b. in New Hartford, Conn., March 22,
1825; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 26, 1898. He came to the West in the fur
trading business, and after 1857 made yearly trips to Winnipeg to buy
furs. He opened a large store in St. Paul. [20*; 29; 93*; 94; 237 (9).]
Rynda, John, R. C. priest, b. in Moravia, Austria, April 9, 1859; was
ordained in 1883, and the next year came to the United States and
to Minnesota; pastor of St. Stanislaus parish in St. Paul since 1886.
[146.]
Rypins, Isaac L., rabbi, b. in Poland, June 24, 1862; came to the
United States in his boyhood; was graduated in law at the University
of Cincinnati, and in theology at the Hebrew Union College; was
rabbi in Evansville, Ind., 1889-99, and in St. Paul, Minn., since 1899.
[147.]
664 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Saaki, John, merchant, b. in Finland, Feb. 24, 1877; came to America
in 1887, and to Minnesota in 1892; resides in Sparta; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1905-07. [24; 25; 30*.]
Sabin, Dwight May, U. S. senator, b. in Manlius, 111., April 25, 1844;
d. in Chicago, Dec. 23, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1867, and the
next year settled in Stillwater, where he engaged in the lumber busi-
ness, and in the manufacture of machinery, engines, and cars. He
was a state senator, 1871-3, and a United States senator, 1883-9. [3*;
10; 17; 22*; 27*; 30; 40; 41; 105*; 237 (28*).]
Sabin, George F., lawyer, b. in Cheshire county, N. H., in 1844; was
graduated at Middletown Military and Collegiate Institute; served in
the 57th Massachusetts Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in
1871, and settled at Marine, Washington county; engaged in mercan-
tile business, and afterward practiced law. [40.]
Sabin, John Adams, b. in Guildhall, Vt., July 29, 1819; d. in St. Paul,
Jan. 6, 1899. He was paymaster in the U. S. army, 1862-6, having the
rank of major; settled in St. Paul in 1874, and engaged in insurance
business. [121; 237 (9*); 238 (Jan. 8, 1899*).]
Sackett, Addison L„ b. in Plymouth, N. Y., Jan. 5, 1839; served in
the 89th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1865, set-
tling at St. Peter; has since engaged in flour milling; was a state
senator, 1883-5. [24; 25; 32; 168 (Jan. 12, 1883).] *
Sackett, J. B., b. in Plymouth, N. Y., in 1835; settled in St. Peter,
Minn., in 1857; was county auditor, and register of deeds; after 1862
was U. S. revenue collector. [32.]
Sadley, John T. D., farmer and miller, b. in England in 1834; d. in
Princeton, Minn., Dec. 12, 1903. He came to the United States in
1852, and to Minnesota in 1S56; settled in Princeton in 1874; was a
representative in the legislature in 1883. [31; 168 (Jan. 12, 1883);
237 (35).]
Safuey, Agnes E., was educated in Iowa; settled in Cottonwood
county, Minn., and was county superintendent of schools, 1886-90.
[34.]
Sageng, Ole O., farmer, b. in Norway in 1872; came to Minnesota
in 1878; resides in Dalton; was a representative in the legislature in
1901-02, and a state senator since 1907. [30*.]
Saggau, H. A., b. in Holstein, Germany, 1861; came to the United
States in 1882, and to Minnesota in 1892, settling in Lake Belt, Martin
county; engaged in farming till 1900, and later in sale of agricultural
implements; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*,]
Samer, Edwabd F„ b.-near Baraboo, Wis., in 1867; came with his
parents to Minnesota, 1869; settled in Minneapolis, 1883, where he is
engaged in the plumbing and heating business; was a representative
in the legislature, 1909. [30*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 665
Sahlgaard, Hagbarth, banker, b. in Kongsberg, Norway, in 1844; d.
in 1892. He came to the United States in 1866; lived in St. Peter,
Minn., three years, and then removed to St. Paul; was cashier of the
St. Paul Savings Bank, 1872-82; was vice consul for Sweden and Nor-
way many years. [169.]
Sailor, Moses, farmer, b. in Monroe county, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1808; d.
Feb. 14, 1896. He came to Faribault county, Minn., in 1855, being the
first settler in the county. [39; 51*; 237 (34).]
St. John, Lorenzo S., farmer, b. in 1841; came to Minnesota in 1853;
resided at Granger; served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
St. Lawrence, James G., Episcopal clergyman, b. in Ireland in 1813;
d. in 1892. He was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1838; was
ordained a priest in 1841; came to the United States in 1879, settling
in St. Paul. [152.]
Saint Pierre, Jacques Le Gardeur, Sieur de, b. in Canada, Oct. 24,
1701; was commander of Fort Beauharnois, near the site of Frontenac,
Minn., 1735-7; was killed in the battle of Lake George, Sept. 8, 1755.
[1; 107; 146.]
Salisbury, Jonathan B., b. in New York in 1824; d. in Litchfield,
Minn., March 20, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and settled on
a farm in Meeker county; served in the First Minnesota cavalry and
other regiments on the frontier, 1862-6; was a representative in the
legislature in 1868; removed to Litchfield in 1876, and afterward was
employed in making government surveys. [65; 237 (14).]
Salkowske, Christopher, b. in Germany in 1844; d. in^ Sleepy Eye,
Minn., Jan., 1903. He came to the United States in 1866; settled in
Sleepy Eye in 1869, and engaged in mercantile business. [32; 237
(28*).]
Sallmon, William Henry, Congregational clergyman and educator,
b. in London, Ont, Sept. 6, 1866; was graduated at Yale University,
1894; traveled in Australasia, Egypt, and Palestine, 1897-1900; was
pastor in Bridgeport, Conn., 1902; was president of Carleton College,
Northfield, Minn., 1903-08; removed to New Haven, Conn. [4; 17; 24;
25; 237 (24*).]
Salls, E. E., b. in Wheaton, 111., in 1858; came to Minnesota in 1873,
and resided in Kasota; engaged in teaching, farming, and managing
extensive stone quarries; was a representative in the legislature in
1893. [30.]
Salter, Charles Cotton, Congregational clergyman, b. in New
Haven, Conn., in 1832; d. in Duluth, Dec. 20, 1897. He was graduated
at Andover Seminary, 1854; served as chaplain in the army in the
civil war; was pastor in Minneapolis, and in 1887 started the Bethel
work in Duluth. [143; 179 (Jan., 1898*).]
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Salter, Eri A. D., pioneer, b. in Lubec, Me.* Nov- 14, 1836; came to
Minnesota in 1850; settled in Atwater, Kandiyohi county, in 1870;
owned a store, a lumber yard, and a grain elevator. [63.]
Salzeder, Louis, R. C. priest, b. in Bavaria, Feb. 25, 1846; d. in
Wabasha, Minn., April 20, 1888. He came to the United States in 1868,
and to Minnesota in 1870; finished his theological course at St. Cloud;
resided in St, Paul, 1873-8, and later in Minneapolis. [58; 132 (May,
1888).]
Sample, Robert Fleming, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Corning, N.
Y., Oct. 19, 1829; was graduated at Jefferson College and at Western
theological seminary, Allegheny, Pa.; was a pastor in Minneapolis,
1866-87, and afterward in New York city. [1; 17; 58.]
Sample, Samuel Williamson, clergyman, b. near Eaton, Ohio, Jan.
26f 1855; studied at the Divinity School in Meadville, Pa.; organized
the People's Church, Minneapolis, and was its pastor, 1898-1901; re-
moved to Denver, Colo. [17.]
Sampson, Anthony, b. in Norway, Oct. 12, 1826; came to the United
States in 1853; was the first settler in New Richland, Waseca county,
Minn., 1856; was a representative in the legislature, 1877. [30; 75;
169.]
Sampson, Bernhard, farmer, b. in Sweden in 1840; came to the
United States in 1867, and to Minnesota two years later; settled at
Crookston in 1872, and built the first house in that town; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1881, and a state senator, 1887-9. [30;
35; 169.]
Sampson, Ever, b. in Manchester, 111., in 1844; served in the 32d
Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Arena, Lac qui Parle
county, Minn., in 1879, and opened the first store there. [32.]
Sampson, Henry, b. in Columbia county, Wis., Feb. 11, 1865; came
to Minnesota in 1887, settling at Elbow Lake, and has since engaged
in banking. [24; 25; 57.]
Sampson, John A., b. in Maine, June 17, 1846; d. in Excelsior, Minn.,
Jan. 28, 1898. He came to Minnesota when four years old; cultivated
a market garden at Excelsior after 1877. [166 (1898).]
Sampson, John A., farmer, b. in Sweden in 1850; came to the United
States in 1858, and to Minnesota in 1859; resides in Greenleaf, Meeker
county (P. O., Litchfield); was a representative in the legislature,
1895-7 and 1909-11. [30*.]
Sampson, L. F., merchant, b. in Franklin county, Maine, in 1843;
came to Minnesota when ten years old; served in the First Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; settled in Excelsior in 1864, and engaged
in mercantile business after 1876. [58.]
Sanborn, Benjamin Cressey, journalist, b. in Lowell, Mass., in 1841 ;
d. in Madelia, Minn., July 2, 1903. He came to Minnesota when twelve
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 667
years old; in 1871 established the Madelia Times, which he conducted
twenty-eight years. [237 (28).]
Sanborn, Charles B., merchant, b. in Sandwich, N. H., Sept., 1831;
d. in Minneapolis, Feb. 5, 1886. He settled in Minneapolis in 1857.
[60*.]
Sanborn, David, b. in Sanbornton, N. H., July 27, 1809; d. in Steele
county, Minn., April 6, 1885. He settled there in 1854, and was county
treasurer, 1855-8. [72; 224.]
Sanborn, Edward Payson, lawyer, b. in Epsom, N. H., May 19, 1853;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1876; settled at St. Paul in 1878;
was admitted to the bar the next year, and has since engaged in law
practice. [24; 25; 93; 98*; 224.]
Sanborn, John A., b. in Campton, N. H., Aug. 16, 1848; studied at
Dartmouth College; came to Mankato, Minn., in 1870, and two years
later engaged in the drug business; removed to Seattle, Wash. [32;
224.]
Sanborn, John Benjamin, lawyer and soldier, b. in Epsom, N. H.,
Dec. 5, 1826; d. in St. Paul, May 16, 1904. He was educated at Dart-
mouth college, and studied law at Concord, N. H.; came to St. Paul
in 1854, where he afterward practiced law, excepting when in the pub-
lic service. He was adjutant general of Minnesota in 1861, and organ-
ized the state troops at the beginning of the civil war; became colonel
of the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in 1862, and served through the war,
attaining the rank of brigadier general in 1863, and being brevetted
major general Feb. 10, 1865. In the summer of 1865 he conducted a
campaign against the Indians of the southwest, and ended the hos-
tilities by treaties. During the next two years he made numerous
other important treaties with the tribes of the Indian Territory, and
in 1867 was designated by Congress as a member of an Indian peace
commission. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1859-60
and 1872; and a state senator, 1861, and 1891-3; president of the Min-
nesota Historical Society, 1903-4; author of papers in this Society's
Collections, "The Sanborn Family in the United States" (with auto-
biography, 1887), and many published addresses. [1; 3*; 4; 17; 18*;
20*; 22*; 23*; 27*; 28, IV*, X*; 29; 30; 41*; 68; 93*; 94; 95*; 96*;
98*; 114*; 137; 224*; 225*; 237 (31*).]
Sanborn, John S., lawyer, b. in Coffeeville, Miss., in 1857; was grad-
uated at Yale College, 1871, and in law at the University of Cincin-
nati, 1873; was admitted to the bar the same year; settled in St. Paul
in 1883. [93.]
Sanborn, S. J., farmer, b. in Canada in 1837; came to Minnesota in
1856; resided in Hamilton; was a representative in the legislature in
1877. [30.]
Sanborn, Walter Henry, jurist, b. in Epsom, N. H., Oct. 19, 1845;
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1867; settled at St. Paul in 1870,
668 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
and was admitted to the bar the next year; judge of the U. S. circuit
court, Eighth judicial district, since 1892. [17; 23*; 24; 25; 93*; 95*;
98*; 137*; 224*.]
Sand, Alex, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, July 29, 1873; came
to the United States when twelve years old; was graduated at Gus-
tavus Adolphus College, 1894, and at the Augustana Theological Sem-
inary, Rock Island, 111., 1899; was pastor in Crookston from 1899, and
in St. Hilaire, Minn., after 1903. [148.]
Sandberg, Gustaf Pehb, dentist, b, in Saltkalla, Sweden, Feb. 17,
1861; came to the United States when twelve years old, settling in
St. Paul. [25; 169.]
Sandberg, John H., druggist, b. in Sweden, July 20, 1846; came to
the United States in 1868, and to Minnesota in 1876; settled in Cannon
Falls the next year; removed to Minneapolis in 1887. [54; 169.]
Sandell, Michael, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Strom, Sweden, Nov. 7,
1844; came to the United States in 1868; was graduated at Augustana
College, Paxton, 111., in 1871; was a missionary seventeen years; re-
sided in St. Peter, Minn., after 1891. [169.]
Sander, Fred, farmer, b. in Germany in 1847; came to the United
States and settled in Minnesota in 1855; served two years in the civil
war in Brackett's battalion; resided near Henderson; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1899-1902. [30.]
Sander, Theodore, b. in Pyrmont, Prussia, March 18, 1841; came to
the United States with his parents in 1850; served in the 27th Penn-
sylvania Regt during the civil war; settled in St. Paul and published
the Minnesota Staats Zeitung, 1866-77, and later started the Daily
Volkszeitung; was deputy state treasurer, 1879-90; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1895; deputy U. S. collector of internal rev-
enue after 1903. [25; 27*; 30; 68.li
Sanders, Mrs. Angeline M. Crosby, b. in Holly, Mass., Sept. 22, 1842;
d. in Santa Monica, Cal., Oct. 28, 1901. She settled in Winnebago City
in 1855, and taught the first school there; married William M. San-
ders in 1874, and ten years later removed to California, [237 (19).]
Sanders, Edwin Curtis, Baptist clergyman, b. in Ashford, N. Y., in
1827; d. in Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 29, 1908. He commenced to preach
when only twenty years of age; came to Minnesota in 1856, and was
pastor at Le Sueur till 1862; enlisted in the Tenth Minnesota Regt.,
and served against the Sioux and in the South until 1865, being pro-
moted from captain to major. After preaching at other places in the
state, he again became pastor of the Le Sueur Baptist church in 1874;
was chaplain of the state senate, 1876-8; spent the last eight years
of his life in Milwaukee. [18; 30; 237 (51).]
Sanders, Henry A., b. in Maine; was graduated at the University of
Michigan; taught in the Central High School of Minneapolis two
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 669
years; studied in Germany, 1895-7; was instructor in Latin in the
University of Minnesota, 1897-9; removed to the University of Mich-
igan. [127 (12*).]
Sanderson, Adelia E. Hotchkiss, physician, b. in Broome county,
N. Y., Nov. 4, 1829; was married to Henry H. Sanderson, April 25,
1851; came to Faribault, Minn., in 1854; removed to Osakis in 1866,
where she afterward practiced medicine, having obtained her medical
education in the office of Dr. Norton Johnson in Cannon City. [37.]
Sanderson, Hugh, b. in Moffat, Scotland, Oct. 10, 1823; d. at Dia-
mond Lake, Minn., Sept. 26, 1894. He came to Minnesota in 1862;
settled on a farm in Kandiyohi county; was county treasurer three
terms. [178 (Oct. 11, 18910 .]
Sanderson, Reuben H., b. in Genesee county, N. Y., in 1831; d. in
Lakeland, Washington county, Minn., June 16, 1893. He settled there
in 1855; was a representative in the territorial legislature in 1857.
[159.]
Sanderson, Tollef, b. in Racine county, Wis., Oct. 7, 1852; settled
on a farm in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1882; was county treasurer,
1889-93, and later engaged in banking; resides in Harmony. [24; 169.]
Sandford, Philander, lawyer, b, in Ontario county, N. Y., Sept. 25,
1827; d. in Red Wing, Minn., May 30, 1881. He was admitted to the
bar in 1853, and came to Minnesota the same year; resided in Red
Wing. [54; 55; 56.]
Sandmeyer, H. B., R. C. priest, b. in Westphalia, Germany, March
17, 1853; came to the United States in 1876; was ordained priest in
St. Paul; engaged in missionary work in Minnesota and Dakota, and
afterward was stationed at Sleepy Eye. [32.]
Sandon, Charles Henry, b. in Northampton, Eng., Oct. 7, 1844; came
to the United States with his parents; served in the First Wisconsin
cavalry in the civil war; settled on a farm in Jackson county, Minn.,
in 1866, where he lived 24- years; judge of probate, 1890-1910, residing
in Jackson. [24; 39.]
Sandvig, Ole J., b. in Dane county, Wis., Jan. 15, 1857; came with
his parents to Pope county, Minn., in 1861; owned a farm in Gilchrist
township; was county auditor, 1885-8, and resided in Glenwood. [67.]
Sanford, David, lawyer, b. in Egremont, Mass., May 31, 1825; d. in
St. Paul, Nov. 21, 1908. He was admitted to the bar in 1847; came to
Minnesota in 1853, and afterward practiced in St. Paul. [25; 68; 93;
94.]
Sanford, Henry F., farmer, b. in Pleasantville, Pa., June 2, 1845;
came to Minnesota; served in Hatch's Battalion, 1863-6; settled in
Sanford, Grant county, being the first settler in the township, which
was named for him; was county auditor, 1873-8, and again in 1887-90.
[35.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Sanford, Maria L., educator, b. in Saybrook, Conn., Dec. 19, 1836 ; -
was graduated at a Connecticut normal school; engaged in teaching;
came to Minneapolis in 1880, and was professor of rhetoric and elocu-
tion in the University of Minnesota, 1881-1909; lecturer on literature
and the history of art. [17; 127 (2*); 127A*, B; 176 (Sept., 1902*);
237 (15, 53*).]
San Galli, Charles, b. in Prussia, July 9, 1822; came to the United
States in 1849; settled in Waseca county, Minn., in 1869; was register
of deeds, 1880-4; resided in Woodville township. [75.]
Sardeson, Frederick William, educator, b. at Owego Mills, Wis.,
Feb. 22, 1866; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1891, and
later studied in Germany; was instructor in paleontology in the Uni-
versity of Minnesota after 1897, and has been assistant professor there
since 1905; author of geological papers and magazine articles. [7A;
17; 24; 127 (12*); 127B.]
Sargeant, John, M. E. clergyman, b. in Milton, England, June 3,
1852; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 6, 1895. He settled in Minnesota in
1888; was pastor in Princeton, Champlin, and Renville. [151*.]
Sargent, Charles J., banker, b. in Mower county, Minn., Sept. 13,
1872; was teller of the First National Bank of Austin, and after 1906
cashier of the Goodhue County Savings Bank in Red Wing. [56.]
Sargent, George Barnard, banker, b. in Boston, Mass., in 1818; d. in
Duluth, Minn., in 1875. He settled in Duluth in 1869, engaged in bank-
ing, and did much to promote the prosperity and growth of that city.
[23*; 26*.j
Sargent, George Washington, Congregational clergyman, b. in
Dover, N. H., Feb. 16, 1833; d. in Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 31, 1905. He
was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1856, and at Andover Seminary,
1859; was pastor in several states, being in Granite Falls and Clear-
water, Minn., 1880-90; removed to Iowa; resided in Cleveland after
1901. [144.]
Sargent, Gilbert J., b. in Danville, Vt, March 28, 1835; d. in Osakis,
Minn., Dec, 1902. He came to Faribault, Minn., in 1865; settled in
Douglas county in 1877; owned a farm, and was postmaster at Osakis.
[237 (28).]
Sargent, Joseph Augustus, lawyer, b. in Hallowell, Maine, Nov. 28,
1821; came to St. Paul in 1854; was admitted to the bar the next year;
practiced law at Carver until 1860, removing then to Chaska; was
successively county attorney, register of deeds, and judge of probate
for Carver county. [18; 29; 32.]
Sargent, M. Wheeler, lawyer, b. in Danville, Vt., in 1822; d. in
Winona, Minn., March, 1866. He was educated at Dartmouth College;
settled in Winona in 1853; was clerk of the district court, 1854-6,
[78.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 671
Sargent, William C, b. in Boston, Mass., Dec. 4, 1862; came to
Duluth, Minn., in 1878; became manager of the Lakeside Land Com-
pany in 1886; was sheriff of St. Louis county, 1897-1903. [23*; 25;
26*.]
Sather, Andrew O., merchant, b. in Norway in 1848; came to the
United States with his parents in 1852; settled in Minnesota in 1870;
was graduated at Winona Normal School, 1872; resided in Willmar
after 1884. J35; 54.]
Satterlee, Nathan D., physician, b. in Montgomery county, N. Y.,
April 3, 1823; was graduated at Fairfield Medical College, N. Y., in
1841, and later at Keokuk Medical College, Iowa; settled in Winne-
bago City, Minn. [34; 39.]
Satterlee, William Wilson, M. E. clergyman, b. at Laporte, Ind., in
1837; d. in Minneapolis, May 27, 1893. He was licensed to preach
when nineteen years old; was ordained in 1860; came to Minnesota
in 1863; was agent of the Minnesota Temperance Union, 1873-80, and
later was professor of scientific temperance and hygienic philosophy
in Grant University, Tennessee. [58; 85A*; 150; 180 (June 7, 1893).]
Sattre, Torbjorn A., Lutheran clergyman, b. near Rochester, Minn.,
in 1857; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1880, and
at Capitol University, Columbus, Ohio, 1885; returned to Minnesota
and was pastor of several churches, residing in Evansville. [37.]
Saufferer, John L., b. in Germany, Jan. 20, 1821; came to the Unit-
ed States in 1845; settled on a farm in Waseca county, Minn., in 1857;
was a representative in the legislature in 1873. [30; 75.]
Saugstad, Christian, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, June 13,
1838; came to the United States in 1854; studied at Augsburg Sem-
inary three years; was ordained to the ministry in 1872; settled in
Minnesota; after 1885 resided in Crookston. [35; 169.]
Saugstad, John, farmer, b. in Vernon county, Wis., May 14, 1871;
came to Minnesota the next year, and has lived in Polk county since
1880; settled in Roome (Climax P. O.), 1895; was a representative in
the legislature, 1907-09; a state senator, 1911. [25; 30*.]
Saulpaugh, Thomas, b. in Milford, N. Y., April 7, 1822; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., Dec. 31, 1892. He came to Minneapolis in 1881, and to
Mankato in 1888; engaged in quarrying and bridge contracting; built
the Saulpaugh Hotel, Mankato, in 1889. [83*.]
Saunders, Edward Nelson, b. in Geneva, Ohio, April 26, 1845; set-
tled at St. Paul in 1870, and has since engaged in coal business; presi-
dent of the Northwestern Fuel Co. since 1879. [24; 93*.]
Sausser, Michael C, b. in Pine Grove, Pa., Dec. 18, 1838; d. in
Princeton, Minn., May 23, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1876, and
settled in Princeton, where he engaged in mercantile business. [31;
237 (35).]
672 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Savage, Charles Albert, b. in Stockbridge, Mass., Sept. 4, 1866;
came to Minnesota when a child, and lived in St. Paul; was graduated
at Johns Hopkins University, 1895; was instructor in Latin in the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1899-1903, and since professor of Latin and
Greek, [127 (14*); 127B.]
Savage, Edward, lawyer, b. in Schenectady, N. Y., May 26, 1840; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1860; studied law at the Albany Law
School, and was admitted to the bar; settled in Minneapolis in 1880.
[22*; 25.]
Savage, George W., farmer, b. in Lenawee county, Mich., Feb. 7,
1844; served in the Eleventh Michigan Regt. in the civil war; came to
Minnesota in 1865; resided at Osseo, Hennepin county, engaged in
mercantile business, and later in farming; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30; 60.]
Sawtelle, Alonzo, pioneer, b. in Rindge, N. H., in 1815; d. in Min-
neapolis, Dec. 19, 1893. He settled on a farm in Minneapolis in 1856.
[179 (Dec. 29, 1893).]
Sawtelle, D. E., b. in Rockford, 111., in 1852; came to Yellow Medi-
cine county, Minn., in 1879; was one of the first settlers in Werge*-
land; engaged in grocery business in Canby after 1871. [32.]
Sawyer, Andrew Jackson, grain dealer, b. in Royalton, N. Y., Dec.
8, 18^4; d. in Minneapolis, March 3, 1892. He settled in Duluth in
1869, and opened a grocery store; afterward engaged in building and
operating the largest line of grain elevators in the Northwest; re-
moved to Minneapolis in 1887. [20*.]
Sawyer, Caleb, Baptist clergyman, b. in Swanzey, N. H., Oct., 1806;
d. in Viola, Minn., March 14, 1881. He came to Minnesota in 1856,
settled on a farm in Viola, Olmsted county; was a representative in
the legislature, 1867-8. [66; 66A.]
Sawyer, Charles Lincoln, b. in Lee, N. H., March 28, 1860; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1888, and in law at the University of
Minnesota, 1897; engaged in teaching in Minneapolis, 1892-99, and
later dealt in real estate; was a representative in the legislature in
1907-09. [24; 30*; 85A*.]
Sawyer, Dana P., b. in Vermont, July 29, 1839; d. in Summit, Steele
county, Minn., Nov. 28, 1900. He served in the Third Vermont Regt.
in the civil war; was one of the early settlers of Steele county. [237
(11).]
Sawyer, Edward, b. in Dover, N. H., July 11, 1836; settled at St.
Paul in 1866; has been connected with the business management of
several railways; since 1889 assistant secretary and treasurer of the
Great Northern Railway Co. [23; 24; 25; 95*.]
Sawyer, Henry, b. in Skowhegan, Maine; d. in Stillwater, Minn.,
Dec. 27, 1865. He settled in Stillwater in 1849; engaged in mercantile
business, and later owned a hotel. [41.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 673
Sawyer, Joseph A., lawyer, b. near Concord, N. H., Aug. 2, 1846;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1856; was graduated at Carle-
ton College, 1877; was admitted to the bar in 1881, and has since prac-
ticed in Owatonna. [24; 72.]
Scanlan, M., b. in Ireland, Sept. 25, 1840; came with his parents to
the United States; resided in Lanesboro, Minn., after 1S56; owned an
interest in a hardware store, and after 1876 engaged in real estate
and insurance business; was a representative in the legislature, 1869-
70. [52.]
Scanlon, M. Joseph, lumberman, b. in Lyndon, Wis., Aug. 24, 1861;
settled in Minneapolis in 1889, where he is interested in many large
lumber and other business enterprises. [85A*; 167 (Aug. 4, 1893*).]
Scannell, Patrick D., lawyer, b. in Listowel, Ireland, July 4, 1865;
came to the United States in 1880, and to St. Paul the same year; was
a machinist and engineer several years ; later engaged in newspaper
work; was graduated at the St. Paul College of Law, 1903. [24; 25;
100*.]
Scarvie, S. A., educator, b. in Christiania stift, Norway, July 16,
1863; came to the United States in 1873; lived in Minnesota; settled
in Norman county in 1885; was county superintendent of schools,
1891-2, residing in Ada. [169.]
Scattergood, Theodore, b. in Plymouth, Mich., Sept. 19, 1840; set-
tled in Mankato, Minn., in 1864; engaged in mercantile business, and
in the manufacture of agricultural implements; was county auditor,
1881-90. [32.]
Schaaf, Georg P. A., Lutheran clergyman, b. Dec. 14, 1849, in Ger-
many; came to the United States in 1868; was graduated at Concordia
Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1872; was pastor in Minnesota, 1873-91, at
Lewiston, Rochester, Claremont, and Potsdam; removed in 1891 to
William Penn, Texas. [148.]
Schadle, Jacob Evans, physician, b. near Williamsport, Pa., June
23, 1849; d. in St. Paul, May 29, 1908. He was graduated at Jefferson
Medical college, Philadelphia, 1881; settled in St. Paul in 1888; pur-
sued special medical studies in Europe, 1897-8 and 1899-1900; was
clinical professor of laryngology and rhinology, University of Minne-
sota, 1898-1908. [24; 26*; 93A; 127B; 237 (51*).]
Schaefer, Anton, commercial traveler and banker, b. in New York,
Nov. 28, 1854; d. in St. Paul, July 11, 1911. He came with his parents
to St. Paul in 1857; was president of the State Bank of Adrian, 1893-6;
was captain in the National Guard since the breaking out of the
Spanish war; state public examiner, 1907-10. [25; 30*; 237 (59*).]
Schaefer, Francis J., educator, b. in Kuellstedt, Saxony, Germany,
April 3, 1869; studied at the College of the Propaganda, Rome, 1883-92,
and the Catholic University, Paris, 1892-4; was ordained a priest in
43
674 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
1891; came to the United States and to Minnesota in 1894; was pro-
fessor of church history and New Testament Greek in St. Paul Sem-
inary, 1894-1910, and later rector of this Seminary; an organizer of the
St. Paul Catholic Historical Society in 1905, and has since been its
president. [146.]
Schaefer, George, pioneer, b. in Kirchhoft, Prussia, Sept. 24, 1824; d.
at Cold Spring, Minn., March 4, 1907. He came to the United States
when twenty-one years old, and to St. Cloud, Minn., in 1860, where he
engaged in hotel business, and later owned a brewery. [237 (43).]
Schaefer, Jacob, lumberman, b. near Strasburg, Germany, 1809; d.
March 9, 1885. He came to the United States in 1828; served as quar-
termaster in Ohio regiments in the civil war; settled in Minneapolis
in 1865, and engaged in lumber business; was county auditor, 1870-4.
[85A*.]
Schaefer, Peter, journalist, b. in Ulmen, Prussia, June 27, 1868;
came to the United States with his father in 1871; resided in Tower,
Minn., 1889-90; then settled in Ely, where he is postmaster and editor
and publisher of the Ely Miner. [37.]
Schaffler, Charles, b. in Germany in 1827; came to the United
States in 1852, and to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in hardware busi-
ness in Le Sueur; served against the Indians, 1862; was elected sheriff
of the county, 1872; removed to Flora, Renville county, in 1877. [32.]
Schain, Jacob T., merchant, b. in Christiania, Norway, April 5, 1852;
came to the United States and to Minnesota in 1868; settled at Brown's
Valley in 1880; was a representative in the legislature in 1899, and a
state senator, 1903-05. [24; 30.]
Schaller, Albert, lawyer, b. in Chicago, 111., May 20, 1856; when a
few months old, came with his parents to Hastings, Minn. ; was grad-
uated at St. Vincent's College, Cape Girardeau, Mo., and afterward
spent two years in study in France; was graduated at the St. Louis
Law School, 1879; has since practiced in Hastings; was county attor-
ney of Dakota county, 1880-90; a state senator since 1895. [23; 25;
30*.]
Schaller, J. C, miller, b. in Germany, June 30, 1838; came to the
United States in 1846, and to Minnesota ten years later; owned a flour
mill in Brownsville after 1866. [61.]
Schaller, Johann, Lutheran clergyman and educator, b. in St. Louis,
Mo., Dec. 10, 1859; was a missionary in Arkansas and Missouri; a pro-
fessor in Martin Luther. College, New Ulm, Minn., since 1889, and
president of the Teachers' Seminary. [148.]
ScHAPEK, William A., educator, b. in La Crosse, Wis., April 17, 1869;
was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1895; studied later at
Columbia University and in Berlin; instructor and later professor of
political science, University of Minnesota, since 1900, residing in Min-
neapolis. [24; 127B.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
675
Scheffeb, Albert, banker, b. in Rheinberg, Prussia, March 27, 1844;
d. in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 29, 1905. He came to the United States
with his parents when he was five years old, and to Minnesota in 1850;
served during the last two years of the civil war in Wisconsin regi-
ments; returned to St. Paul in 1865, and engaged in banking; became
president of the Commercial National Bank of St. Paul, 1887; was a
state senator in 1887-9. [20*; 28, XII; 30; 98*; 100; 237 (39*).]
Scheffer, Bertram, b. in Prussia in 1832; d. in St. Paul, March 21,
1883. He came to the United States in 1853, and settled in St. Paul
in 1873, where he was a bookkeeper. [237 (1); 238 (March 22, 1883).]
Scheffold, Ulric, R. C. priest, b. in Germany, July 21, 1872; d. in
Lacey, Wash., April 13, 1909. He came to the United States and was
educated at St. John's College, Minn., being graduated in 1892; was
ordained in 1897; was instructor in St. John's College, 1892-7, and its
principal, 1897-1901; removed to St. Martin's College, Washington.
[132 (1909*).]
Scheie, Andreas A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Vigedal, Norway,
Feb. 17, 1818; d. in 1885. He came to the United States in 1840; was
ordained to the ministry in 1855; was pastor in Fillmore county, Minn.,
1857-76; afterward resided in Ada. [169.]
Schell, August, b. in Germany in 1828; came to the United States
in 1849, and to Minnesota in 1856; was one of the founders of New
Ulm; built the first mill there, and owned a brewery. [32.]
Schell, Nicholas, Jr., merchant, b. in Germany, Dec. 24, 1854; came
with his father to the United States in 1869, and to Rolling Stone town-
ship, Winona county, Minn., the same year; engaged in teaching and
mercantile business. [77.]
Schell, Thomas C, physician, b. in England in 1823; d. in St. Paul,
Sept 2, 1882. He came to the United States in 1836; settled in St.
Paul in 1859. [68; 93; 237 (1).]
Schellbach, Louis H., lawyer, b. in Mower county, Minn., in 1864;
was graduated at the State Normal School in Mankato; settled in
Granite Falls; was a state senator, 1899-1902. [30.]
Schels, Sebastian, R. C. priest, b. in Bavaria, Aug. 7, 1855; came
to the United States in 1874; was ordained at St. John's College,
Minn., in 1884; was pastor in Barnesville after 1887. [35.]
Scherer, George W., b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 27, 1863; received
his education in Minnesota; was graduated at the Mankato Normal
School in 1891; engaged in newspaper work in Mankato several years;
was county superintendent of schools, 1893-8. [45.]
Scherf, Albert G., farmer, b. in 1863 in Goodhue county, Minn.; re-
sided near Red Wing; was a representative in the legislature in 1901.
[30.]
Scheunert, William, miller, b. in Saxony, Germany, Sept. 17, 1828;
came to the United States in 1851; owned the Daily mills in Yucatan,
Houston county, Minn., after 1881. [61.]
676 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Schifemann, Frederick C, b. in St. Paul, Nov. 20, 1870, and resided
there; was state oil inspector, 1901-3; removed in 1906 to Watertown,
S. D. [30.]
Schiffmann, Rudolph, physician, b. in St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 1, 1845;
served in the Eighth Missouri Cavalry in the civil war; was graduated
from the medical department of St. Louis University, 1867; came to
Minnesota in 1868, settling in St. Paul; removed in 1905 to Pasadena,
Cal. [25; 68; 93A.]
Schilling, William Frank, journalist, b. in Hutchinson, Minn., Nov.
11, 1872; learned the printer's trade in his native village, and was em-
ployed in various capacities in newspaper work in St. Paul and other
places until 1896, when he became editor of the Northfield News.
[22*.]
Schilling, William P., musician, b. in Germany, June 28, 1849; came
to the United States in 1870, and settled in Stillwater, Minn., the next
year; engaged in teaching music, and was leader of a band. [40.]
Schiltz, Peter, b. in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1814; came to the
United States in 1854; settled in Leavenworth, Brown county, Minn.,
in 1872, and built a mill there, [32.]
Schimmel, William, merchant and banker, b. in Westphalia, Prus-
sia, May 19, 1822; came to the United States in 1850; settled in. St.
Peter, Minn., in 1856, and was its mayor two terms. [18; 32.]
Schinz, Albert, b. in Neuchatel, Switzerland, in 1870; was graduated
at the University of Neuchatel, 1889; was associate professor of phil-
osophy there, 1896-7; came to Minnesota in 1897; was instructor in
French in the University of Minnesota, 189S-9. [127 (13*).]
Schlener, John Albert, merchant, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Feb. 24,
1856; d. in Hartland, Wis., Nov. 5, 1908. He came to Minnesota in
1857 with his parents, who settled in St. Anthony; was employed in a
book and stationery store in Minneapolis, 1872-84; and afterward was
proprietor in the same business there 24 years. [22*; 24; 25; 26*;
84*; 85A*; 87; 90*; 174*.]
Schlenker, Carl, b. in Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 8, 1869; was grad-
uated at the University of Michigan, 1892; assistant professor of Ger-
man in the University of Minnesota, 1900-5, and professor since 1905,
residing in Minneapolis. [127 (13*); 127B.]
Schleuder, Gustav, banker, b. in Prussia in 1841; came to the Unit-
ed States, and settled in Austin, Minn., in 1863; engaged in jewelry
business; president of the Austin National Bank. [24; 79.]
Schlick, Frank, Jr., merchant, b. in St, Paul, Oct. 27, 1858; attended
St. John's University; engaged in dry goods business since 1873; mem-
ber of the firm of Field, Schlick and Co. [24; 95*; 132 (Oct., 1892).]
Schlueter, J. W. Theodor, Lutheran clergyman, b. Feb. 18, 1872, at
Bremen, Germany; was graduated at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
Mo., 1893; was pastor at Fulda, Minn., 1893-98, and at Courtland, Minn.,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 677
1899-1904; later a professor in Concordia Seminary, Springfield, 111.
[148.]
Schmahl, Julius A., journalist, b. at Traverse des Sioux, Minn.,
Aug. 1, 1867; began newspaper work at Redwood Falls in 1881; was
owner and editor, with James Aiken, of the Redwood Gazette, 1892-
1906; was chief clerk of the House in the Minnesota legislature, 1901-
05; secretary of state since 1907, residing in St. Paul. [24; 25; 26*;
30*.]
Schmid, John Baptist, b. in Stadlern, Germany, Feb. 27, 1852; came
to the United States with his parents in 1868, and settled in Minne-
sota; removed to Springfield in 1890, where he owned a grain elevator,
and also engaged in milling, farming, and dealing in coal. [22*.]
Schmidt, Edgar T., physician, b. in Bloomington, 111., Aug. 22, 1855;
d. in St. Paul, Minn., May 17, 1903. He was graduated at Jefferson
Medical College, 1876; came to Minnesota in 1887, settling in St. Paul.
[93A*.]
Schmidt, Edward William, educator, b. in Decorah, Iowa, Nov. 26,
1866; was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1887; came to
Minnesota in 1888; taught in St. Olaf College, Northfield, and in Red
Wing Seminary; is much interested in archaeology, and has discov-
ered and mapped many Indian mounds. [56.]
Schmidt, Frederick Augustus, educator, b. in Leutenberg, Germany,
Jan. 3, 1837; came to St. Louis, Mo., in 1841; was graduated at Con-
cordia College in that city, 1857; entered the Lutheran ministry; was
professor in several educational institutions, being at Northfield, Minn.,
1886-90, and afterward at the Seminary of the United Norwegian
Lutheran Church, Minneapolis; removed, with the Seminary, to St.
Paul in 1906. [17; 24.]
Schmidt, Gottlieb, b. in Prussia, April 17, 1826; d. in Mankato,
Minn., March 30, 1896. He came to the United States in 1854, and the
next year settled in Mankato, and opened the first harness shop there.
[32; 83*.]
Schmidt, Jacob, b. in Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 9, 1845; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 2, 1910. He came to the United States in 1865, and to Minnesota
in 1872, settling in St. Paul; established the North Star Brewery in
1884, and was president of the Jacob Schmidt Brewing Co. [24; 25;
93A*; 237 (59*).]
Schmidt, Mrs. Mary Schwandt, captive of the Sioux, b. near Berlin,
Germany, March, 1848; came to the United States in 1858 with her par-
ents, who settled in Minnesota near Beaver Falls four years later;
was captured by the Sioux in the outbreak of 1862; was protected by
a young Indian woman named Snana, until released by white soldiers;
was married to William F. Schmidt in 1866; resides in St. Paul. Her
narration of her captivity is in the Minn. Historical Society Collections,
vol. VI, 1894, pp. 461-474. [28, VI*.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Schmidt, Paul Gerhard, educator, b. in St. Louis, Mo., May 14, 1876;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1897; secretary of St.
Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., since 1&07, and its acting president
since 1909. [17.]
Schmidt, Philip C, lawyer, b. in Ohio in 1853; came to Minnesota
in 1882, and settled in Duluth; was a representative in the legislature
in 1897. [30; 35.]
Schmidt, Rudolf, b. in Wimmis, Switzerland, Oct. 11, 1829; d. in
Concord, Minn., April 14, 1901. He came to the United States in 1849,
and to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in farming in Dodge county, and
later in banking. [49; 237 (14*).]
Schmidt, Wilhelm, b. in Germany in 1831; came to the United
States in 1853, and to Stillwater, Minn., in 1856; engaged in mercan-
tile business in Marine after 1869; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1880. [40.]
Schmidt, William, educator, b. in Hermannsburg, Germany, July
26, 1855; came to the United States in 1872; was graduated at Capital
University, Columbus, Ohio, 1876; was pastor eight years in Ohio;
since 1886 has been professor in Luther Seminary, Lake Phalen, St.
Paul. [17; 24; 148.]
Schmitt, Aaron F., physician, b. in New Trier, Minn., Feb. 12, 1870;
was superintendent of schools in Jackson, 1892-8; was graduated at
Rush Medical College, 1902; practiced at Wells, 1902-05, and later at
Mankato. [24; 39.]
Schmitt, Harrison L., lawyer, b. in Waverly, Iowa, Oct. 15, 1866;
was graduated in law at Northwestern University, 1893, and has since
practiced in Mankato. [24; 25; 45*; 46.]
Schmitz, Friedrich, violinist, b. in Dusseldorf, Germany, Aug. 26,
1867; studied music at the Cologne Conservatory five years. About
1890 he came to the United States, and in 1894 settled in Minneapolis,
where he was a successful musician and a teacher of the violin. [22*.]
Schmitz, Nicholas, R. C. priest, b. in Neidenbach, Germany, Jan.
12, 1856; came with his parents to the United States in 1868; was
ordained priest in 1882; was pastor at Rolling Stone, 'Winona county,
Minn., after 1890. [77.]
Schneider, Albert, botanist, b. in Granville, 111., April 13, 1863; was
graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Chicago, in 1887,
and at the University of Illinois, 1894; was instructor in botany in the
University of Minnesota, 1893; professor in the Northwestern Uni-
versity, 1897-03, and later in the University of California, Berkeley,
Cal. [17.]
Schneider, Joseph, miller, b. in Austria in 1831; came to the United
States in 1854; purchased a mill in Sheldon, Houston county, Minn.,
in 1875. [61.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 679
Schneix, A. M., merchant, b. in Germany in 1839; d. in San Diego,
Cal., Dec. 21, 1906. He came to the United States in 1856, and to Min-
nesota the same year; served in the civil war, becoming first lieuten-
ant in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt; resided in Hutchinson; was a
representative in the legislature in 1873. After leaving Hutchinson
he resided some years in Glencoe, and in St. Paul; removed to Cali-
fornia in 1888. [30; 237 (43).]
Schnell, Louis August William, merchant, b. in Prussia, June 18,
1851; came to the United States in 1867, and to Minnesota the next
year; was in grain business at Winona, 1870-6; has since resided at
St. Charles, dealing in grain and coal. [24; 76.]
Schober, Gottlieb, miller, b. in Germany, Nov. 27, 1834; came to
the United States in 1854, to Minnesota the next year, and to Minne-
apolis in 1861; owned an interest in the People's Mill, and later in the
Phoenix Mill. [60*; 168 (Dec. 18, 1891*); 174*.]
Schoch, Andrew, grocer, b. in Wurtemberg, Germany, May 10, 1850;
came to the United States in 1866, and soon afterward to Carver coun-
ty, Minn.; settled at St. Paul in 1871, and has since engaged in gro-
cery business. [24; 25; 68; 93A; 97.]
Schoeld, E., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Aug. 28, 1858; came
to the United States in 1890; was ordained in New York, and settled
in Wheaton, Minn., the same year. Later he owned and resided on a
farm tn Monson township, Traverse county. [38.]
Schoenbeck, J. P., b. in Sweden in 1825; came to Minnesota in 1853;
served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; resided in Norse-
land, Nicollet county; was a state senator, 1876-7. [30.]
Schoen-Rene, Anna E., musician, b. in Prussia; studied music at the
Royal Conservatory in Berlin, and later at Paris; came to the United
States in 1890; settled in Minneapolis, where she organized and led
the University Choral Unoin, 1894-7. [127 (11*); 127B.]
Schomer, Peter Henry, teacher, b. in Luxemburg, Germany, July 24,
1849; was graduated at Luxemburg College, 1866, and later at a college
in Bristol, Eng.; came to the United States in 1868, settling in Minne-
sota; engaged in teaching in Dakota, Ramsey, and Stearns counties.
[31.]
Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe, ethnologist, b. in Albany county, N. Y.,
March 28, 1793; d. in Washington, D. C, Dec. 10, 1864. He was con-
nected with U. S. government expeditions to Cass lake in 1820, and to
Itasca lake in 1832; negotiated an important treaty with the Ojibways
in 1836; was appointed superintendent of Indian affairs; author of
many works relating to the Northwestern Indians. [1*; 4; 28, VII*;
109*; 114*.]
Schoregge, H., physician, b. in Germany, April 18, 1816; came to the
United States and settled in Henryville, Renville county, Minn., in
1870; practiced his profession and was postmaster there. [32.]
680 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Schram, M., journalist, b. in Prussia, in 1S43; came to the United
States with his parents when ten years old; served in the Third Illi-
nois Regt. in the civil war; settled in Mazeppa in 1877, where he pub-
lished the Tribune. [74.]
Schreiner, Chrysostom, R. C. priest, b. in Jordan, Minn., Dec. 9,
1859; entered the Benedictine order; was ordained a priest in 1884;
was vice-president of St. John's University, 1885-9. [132 (Feb., 1891*).]
Schriber, Bishop Hovey, lawyer, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, March 8,
1863; was graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1884, and
settled in St. Paul the same year. [24; 25; 93; 93A.]
Schroedel, Andrew, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Bavaria, Germany,
Jan. 29, 1851; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 21, 1909. He came in childhood to
the United States; was graduated at the college of Northwestern Uni-
versity, Watertown, Wis., 1873, and Concordia Theological Seminary,
St. Louis, 1876; came to Minnesota in 1893, and was pastor in St. Paul,
1893-1909. [25; 237 (59*).]
Schroeder, A. M., b. in Winona county, Minn., Sept. 9, 18£9; resided
in Lakefield, Jackson county, and dealt in farm machinery; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903; clerk of the district court
since 1907. [30; 62.]
Schroeder, Fred, farmer, b. in Germany in 1839; came to the United
States in 1854, and to Minnesota two years later, settling in Stearns
county; was a representative in the legislature, 1895-7. [3(T.]
Schroeder, Henry, naturalist, b. in Germany in 1825; d. in St. Paul,
April 5, 1903. He came to the United States in 1858, and soon after-
ward settled in St. Paul; made a fine collection of stuffed animals and
birds. [237 (28).]
Schroeder, Jacob D., b. in Russia in 1858; came to Minnesota in
1873; was a photographer ten years, and afterward was manager of a
telephone company at Mountain Lake; was a representative in the
legislature in 1903. [30.]
Schrooten, John, farmer and dairyman, b. in Ilartford, Wis., April
9, 1850; came to Minnesota in 1886, settling at Waverly; removed to
Fairmont in 1900, and was treasurer of Martin county, 1900-1902; was
a representative in the legislature in 1907. [24; 30*.]
Schroth, Charles F., b. in Germany, Jan. 13, J.833; came with his
parents to the United States in 1836; settled at Winona, Minn., in
1856; owned a sash and door factory since 1865; was register of deeds;
in 1879 was a representative in the legislature. [24; 30.]
Schubert, Frank, b. in Austria, Dec. 10, 1828; d. in New Ulm, Minn.,
Nov. 24, 1904. He came to the United States when twenty-one years
old; settled in Milford, Minn., in 1867; was treasurer of Brown county,
1876-85; was editor of the Volksblatt five years; resided in New Ulm
after 1876. [237 (35).]
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Schulenburg, Frederick, b. in Germany in 1809; d. in San Diego,
Cal., May 30, 1894. He came to the United States, and in 1854 built
a sawmill at Stillwater, Minn.; removed in 1883 to California. [167
(June 8, 1894).]
Schuler, Charles P., b. in Buffalo county, Wis., Dec. 12, 1861; re-
moved to Winona, Minn., and engaged in bakery business, 1883-1903;
later a manufacturer of ice cream; a representative in the legislature,
1911. [30*.]
Schulten, C, druggist, b. in Munster, Prussia, April 4, 1831; first
came to America in 1849; later visited other countries; engaged in
trade on Lake Michigan several years, and in fishing and hunting
expeditions in the western states; settled in St. Cloud, Minn., in 1865;
engaged in general mercantile business two years, and afterward in
the drug business. [31.]
Schultz, Carl C, pioneer, b. near Berlin, Germany, March 6, 1829;
came to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in wholesale and retail boot and
shoe business in Minneapolis; after 1877 dealt in real estate, and still
later in lumber. [174*.]
Schulz, Carl Gustav, educator, b. in St. Peter, Minn., March 13,
1867; was graduated at Augustana College, 1888; was superintendent
of schools in Nicollet county, 1890-1901; assistant state superintendent
of public instruction, 1901-09, and later the head of this state depart-
ment. [24; 26*; 30*; 127A*; 169; 169A.]
Schulz, H. G., b. in Germany in 1853; came to the United States in
1868, and to Minnesota in 1872; settled in Waterville in 1877, where
he owned a hotel. [32.]
Schulz, Heinrich A. A,, Lutheran clergyman, b. at Watertown, Wis.,
April 1, 1858; was graduated at Northwestern University, 1878, and
at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1881; pastor in Faribault, Minn.,
since 1881. [148.]
Schulz, Waldemar, b. near Konjgsberg, Prussia, in 1860; came to
the United States in 1893; was an instructor in German in the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1899-1904. [127 (14*); 127B.]
Schulze, K. T., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany in 1842; came
to the United States in 1864, and to Minnesota in 1866; was pastor at
Courtland, Nicollet county, after 1873. [32.]
Schupp, Joseph, merchant, b. in Baden, Germany, March 7, 1831;
came to the United States, and settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1858.
[40; 41.]
Schurman, Charles S., journalist, b. in Prince Edward Island, July
9, 1857; settled in Minnesota in 1882; editor and publisher of the West
St. Paul Times since 1890; was a representative in the legislature,
1899-1902. [25; 30.]
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Schurmeier, Edward J., b. in St. Paul in 1858, and resides there; was
graduated at Berea College, Ohio, in 1879; studied law, but engaged
in the business of manufacturing wagons and carriages; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1895. [24; 25; 30; 93A.]
Schurmeier, Gustave T., b. in St. Louis, Mo., March 27, 1851; d.
July 27, 1898. He came to Minnesota with his parents, who settled in
St. Paul in 1852; was a partner in the shoe manufacturing firm of
Foot, Schulze and Co. [93A*.]
Schurmeier, J. H., b. in Germany, April, 1828; came to the United
States in 1848, and to St. Paul in 1852; owned a wagon and carriage
manufactory. [68; 94; 95*.]
Schurmeier, Theodore Leopold, merchant, b. in St. Louis, Mo,, March
14, 1852; came with his parents to St. Paul when only two years bid;
is a member of one of the largest mercantile firms in the city, and has
many other financial interests. [3*; 22*; 23*; 27*; 68; 95; 96*; 98*]
Schutz, John G., merchant, b. in Switzerland in 1854; came to the
United States, and settled in Minnesota the next year; resides at Mar-
shall; was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901, and a state
senator, 1903. [30.]
Schwager, John, farmer, b. in Switzerland in 1848; came to Minne-
sota in 1857; resided at Bethany, Winona county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1903. [30.]
Schwandt, Mary. See Schmidt, Mrs. Mary Schwandt.
_ Schwarg, Peter J., farmer, came to Minnesota in 1867; resides in
Dodge Center, and is postmaster; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1901. [30; 50.]
Schwartz, Martin, farmer, b. in Le Sueur, county, Minn., 1863; re-
sides in Ottawa; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Schweitzer, Peter, b. in Germany, April 27, 1835; came to the United
States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1861; resided in Mankato after
1870, and was sheriff of Blue Earth county, 1878-81. [32.]
Schweitzer, Philip Wendell, b. in St. Paul* March 9, 1858; was a
member of the police force after 1883; became chief of detectives in
1896. [96*; 100*.]
Schwerdtfeger, August, miller, b. in Germany, Nov. 13, 1830; came
to the United States in 1856, and soon afterward settled in New Ulm,
Minn.; later engaged in milling in Iberia, Brown county. [32.]
Scofield, Andrew Jackson, b. in Marathon, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1837; d. in
Ortonville, Minn,, April 10, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1855;
served in the Third Minnesota Regt in the civil war; owned a farm
several years, but in 1883 settled in Ortonville; was judge of probate
for fiig Stone county sixteen years. [237 (62*).]
Scofield, Edward J., lawyer, b. in Caledonia, Minn., Oct. 18, 1864;
was graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1887; practiced in
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 683
St. Paul one year, and at Elbow Lake since 1889; was county attorney
of Grant county, 1895-1909. [24; 25; 93.]
Scofield, James L., druggist, b. in Mount Morris, N. Y., in 1844;
came to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; resides at Cannon Falls; was a representative in the
legislature, 1893-5. [30; 54; 80*.]
Scofield, John Lozier, physician, b. in Stamford, Conn., July 23,
1811; was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, 1832; came to
Minnesota in 1855, and practiced medicine in Northfield, except in
1862-3, when he was assistant surgeon in the Fourth Minnesota Regt.;
was a representative in the first state legislature, 1857-8. [18; 70.]
Scofield, W. H., druggist, b. in Livingston county, N. Y., Oct. 15,
1840; came with his parents to Cannon Falls, Minn., in 1855; engaged
in the drug business after 1868. [54.]
Scott, Charles Peter, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 10, 1814; d. in
Stockton, Cal., June 10, 1888. He came to St. Paul in 1849; was a
plasterer by trade; later resided in Lakeland until 1860; was the first
to join the masonic fraternity in Minnesota. [156*; 158; 163*.]
Scott, Dred, b. a slave in Missouri about 1810. His master, Dr.
Emerson, was a surgeon in the U. S. army, and brought him to Fort
Snelling, Minn., in 1836. Afterward he sued for his freedom, and the
final verdict against him was famous as the "Dred Scott decision."
[3.]
Scott, Harvey, pioneer, b. in New Jersey in 1818; d. near Prairie-
ville, Minn., Aug. 11, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1854, settling in
Faribault; engaged in sawmilling and farming. [237 (14).]
Scott, Homer Clay, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in New Washington,
Ind., in 1868; d. Feb. 17, 1899. He was graduated at Hanover College,
1894, and McCormick Seminary, 1897; became pastor the same year
at Faribault, Minn. [153.]
Scott, Hugh Ralph, b. in Minneapolis, June 6, 1863, and resides
there; was educated in the public schools of Minnesota and the Uni-
versity of Michigan; was second lieutenant of Company L, 13th Min-
nesota Regt., and served in the Philippine Islands; auditor of Henne-
pin county, 1900-10. [25; 26*; 85A*.]
Scott, Louis N., b. in Petersburg, Ky., May 10, 1859; came to Min-
nesota in 1875, and settled in St. Paul; manager of opera houses in
St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Duluth; president of the Northern Display
Advertising Co. [22*; 24; 25; 98*; 99; 100*.]
Scott, Martin, soldier, b. in Bennington, Vt, June 17, 1788; d. in
the battle of Palo Alto, Sept. 8, 1847. He served in the war of 1812;
was commissioned captain of the Fifth Regt. in 1821; was with the
regiment at Fort Snelling, 1820-7, and was commandant there in 1837;
was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel. He had a great rep-
utation as a hunter and marksman. [11; 12; 28, I, III.]
684 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Scott, Robert B., journalist, b. in Calmar, Iowa, Feb. 13, 1865; learned
the printer's trade, and for five years worked at it in New Hampshire;
came to Minnesota in 1898, and engaged in newspaper work, founding
the Nassau Advertiser in 1903. [38.]
Scott, Robert L., b. in Ireland; came to the United States in 1848;
served in the Northern army in the civil war, having charge of an
army wagon shop, and later being sutler for the Second Minnesota
Battery; settled in St. Cloud, Minn., and engaged in wagon-making and
blacksmithing. [31.]
Scott, Robert Nicholson, soldier, b. in Winchester, Tenn., Jan. 21,
183S; d. in Washington, D. C, March 5, 1887. He was professor of
military science in the Shattuck school, Faribault, 1872-3. During the
later years of his life he was in charge of the publication of war rec-
ords in Washington. [1; 3.}
Scott, S. Arthur, b. in Wells county, Ind., Aug. 23, 1864; was grad-
uated at Eastern Indiana Normal School, 1884; settled at Long Prairie,
Minn., in 1886; engaged in real estate, loaning, and insurance business.
[35.]
Scott, Samuel B., b. in Minneola, Minn., June 18, 1870; was member
of the State Dairy and Food Commission, 1901-5; was one of the organ-
izers of the Zumbrota Clay Manufacturing Company; postmaster of
Zumbrota since 1908. [56.]
Scott, Thomas Blythe, banker, b. in Grand Rapids, Wis., Nov. 1,
1863; came to Minnesota in 1889, and was president of the Northern
Exchange Bank of St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature in
1897. [22*; 30; 95*.]
Scott, Thomas W., miller, b. in Montreal, Canada, March 28, 1848;
settled in Minneapolis in 1873; had charge of the Humboldt mill after
1880. [168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
Scott, Walter A., b. Oct. 7, 1842; d. in St. Paul, March 4, 1903.
He engaged in railroad work after 1858; became general manager of
the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway; resided in
St. Paul. [95*; 237 (28*).]
Scott, Zar Delevan, b. in Plymouth, Mich., Oct. 25, 1848; was grad-
uated at the University of Michigan, 1873; came to Minnesota in 1874;
settled at Duluth in 1S80, where he is a lumber manufacturer, oper-
ating a factory for doors, sash, and blinds, and is also a dealer in tim-
ber lands. [24; 31; 31A.]
Scovell, Howard M„ banker, b. in St. Charles, Minn., April 22, 1861;
engaged in farming and railroad work until 1897; was cashier of a
bank in Iowa, 1897-1900; was vice president of the City Bank of Good-
hue until 1905; has since been president of the First National Bank
there. [56.]
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Scribner, L. C, farmer, b. in New York in 1851; came to Minnesota
in 1856; resided near Racine; was a representative in the legislature,
1897-9. [30.]
Scribner, M. H., teacher, b. in New York in 1845; came to Minnesota
in 1857; resided in Frankford, Mower county; was enrolling clerk in
the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Scribner, Martin Van Buren, journalist, b. at Springwater, N. Y.,
Aug. 4, 1839; d. at the Soldiers' Home, Minnehaha, Dec. 19, 1908. He
came to Mower county, Minn., in 1856; served in the Fourth Minne-
sota regiment in the civil war; engaged in newspaper publication in
various towns of southern Minnesota. [237 (51).]
Scriver, Hiram, merchant, b. -in Hemmingford, P. Q., Canada, April
22, 1830; d. in Northfield, Minn., June 1, 1890. He settled in North-
field in 1856; was a representative in the legislature in 1877 and 1879.
[30; 70; 70A*; 129; 238 (June 4, 1890).]
Scriver, Hiram A., banker, b. in Canada, 1860; resided in North-
field, Minn., and was graduated at Carleton College, 1881; was presi-
dent of the Citizens' Bank in Cannon Falls, 1887-93; removed to Min-
neapolis, where he has been president of the St. Anthony Falls Bank
since 1893. [24; 25; 80*.]
Scrutciien, Charles W., lawyer, b. of negro parents in Richmond,
Va., Sept. 11, 1866; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1894;
settled in Bemidji, Minn., in 1898. [137.]
Seabury, Channing, merchant, b. in Southbridge, Mass., Jan. 5, 1842;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 28, 1910. He came to St. Paul in 1860; was treas-
urer of the Northwestern Union Packet company, 1867-72; for the
next ten years was a partner in the wholesale boot and shoe firm of
C. Gotzian and Co.; engaged in wholesale grocery business after 1882;
was secretary of the State Capitol Commission, 1893-1908. [24; 68;
95*; 237 (59*).]
Seager, Foster B., nurseryman, b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y„ July
13, 1847; settled in Cannon Falls, Minn., in 1869; engaged in farming
and other occupations, and in later years owned a nursery; was mayor
of Cannon Falls fourteen terms. [56*.]
Seager, J. W., lawyer, b. in New York in 1843; came to Minnesota;
was admitted to the bar in 1869; resided at St. James; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Seals, T. D., physician, b. in Washington county, Pa., Oct., 1839;
served in the medical department of the U. S. navy, 1861-4; opened a
store at Minneota, Lyon county, Minn., in 1875. [32.]
Searing, Edward F., educator, b. in Cayuga county, N. Y., in 1838;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 22, 1898. He was graduated at the University of
Michigan, 1861; came to Minnesota in 1879 to accept the presidency
686 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
of the State Normal School in Mankato, and retained that position
until his death. [32; 45; 83; 177 (Nov., 1898*); 237 (9); 238 (Oct. 23,
1898).J
Searing, Edward Fraser, journalist, b. in Milton, Wis., Dec. 4, 1866;
cam-e with his parents to Minnesota in 1879; was graduated at the
State Normal School in Mankato, 1885; was editor and part owner of
the Mankato Free Press. [22*.]
Searle, Dolson Bush, judge, b. in Allegany, N. Y., June 4, 1S41; d.
in St. Cloud, Minn., Dec. 12, 1909. He served in the civil war; was
graduated at the Columbia Law college, Washington, D. C, 1868; set-
tled in St. Cloud, Minn., 1871; was city attorney six years, county attor-
ney £wo years, and U. S. district attorney, 1882-85; was judge of the
Seventh judicial district, 1887-1907. [18; 22*; 23*; 26*; 27*; 30; 132
(April, 1888*); 137*; 176 (Aug., 1887*); 237 (56*, 59*).]
Searle, Prank E., lawyer and banker, b. in Franklinville, N. Y., Feb.
21, 1853; came to Minnesota in 1873, settling at St. Cloud; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1876; became president of the German- American
National Bank of St. Cloud in 1886; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1889. [30; 31; 132 (May, 1888*); 176 (Aug., 1887).]
Searle, Olaf O., banker, b. in Fredrikshald, Norway, June 23, 1859;
came to the United States in 1881; settled in Minneapolis, where he
established a business as immigration and land agent, and also en-
gaged in banking. [25; 169.]
Searles, Jasper Newton, lawyer, b. in North Royalton, Ohio, Nov.
9, 1840; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1855; served in the
First Minnesota Regt., 1861-4, attaining the rank of captain; was grad-
uated in law at the University of Michigan, 1869; practiced first in
Hastings, and since 1881 in Stillwater. [20; 24; 25; 115; 137*.]
Seashore, Gilbert, physician, b. near Dayton, Iowa, July 14, 1874;
was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., 1896,
and in medicine at the University of Minnesota, 1902; practiced medi-
cine in Minneapolis; coroner of Hennepin county since 1908. [127A*;
169A.]
Seavey, Loring G., b. in East Machias, Maine, in 1847; came to Min-
nesota in 1866; owned a farm and a hotel at the mouth of Willow
river, Aitkin county. [31.]
Secombe, Charles, Congregational clergyman, b. in Salem, Mass.,
June 10, 1817; d. in Springfield, S. D., March 4, 1900. He established
the first Congregational church in Minnesota, at St. Anthony Falls, in
1851, and was its pastor fourteen years; removed to Dakota in 1881,
and was pastor in Springfield, 188199. [129*; 144; 174*; 179 (March
15, 1900*); 237 (11).]
Secombe, David Adams, lawyer, b. in Milford, N. H., May 25, 1827;
d. March 18, 18D2, He came to Minnesota in 1851; was a member of
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 687
the state constitutional convention, 1857, and a representative in the
legislature, 1859-60; was attorney of Hennepin county, 1871-2; resided
in Minneapolis. [18; 59; 137*; 174*; 239 (Feb. 26, I860).]
Secor, David, banker, b. in Putnam county, N. Y., Jan. 6, 1836; d.
in Winnebago, Minn., Sept. 14, 1907. He served in the civil war in
the Second Iowa Regt; settled in Winnebago City, Minn., in 1887;
was president of the Faribault County Bank, and part owner of several
other banks. [22*; 34; 39; 237 (48*).]
Sederberg, John, farmer and lumberman, b. in Sweden in 1853; came
to Minnesota in 1866; resided in Cambridge; was a representative in
the legislature, 1S95-7. [30.]
Sedgwick, Charles S., architect, b. in Castile, N. Y., May 9, 1856;
came to Minnesota in 1884, settling in Minneapolis, where he has
planned many -public and business buildings, churches, and residences.
[85A.]
Sedgwick, Theodore, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Stockbridge, Mass.,
Aug. 2, 1863; was graduated at Harvard, 1886, and at Berkeley Divinity
School, Middletown, Conn., 1890; was ordained priest, 1891; was pas-
tor in St. Paul, 190041; removed to New York City. [17.]
Seebach, Fred, grocer, b. in Germany, May 28, 1841; came to the
United States when two years old; served in the 24th Wisconsin Regt.
in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1873, settling at Red Wing;
county treasurer of Goodhue county since 1903. [24; 54.]
Seebach, Gottlieb, farmer, b. in Oakwood, Wis., Dec. 3, 1846; came
to Minnesota in 1867, and ten years later settled in Dexter, Mower
county; was county treasurer, 1893-1902. [79*.]
Seebach, Oscar, b. near Racine, Wis., Nov. 16, 1867; came with his
parents to Red Wing, Minn., the next year; was captain in the Thir-
teenth Minnesota Regt. in the Spanish-American war, 1898-9, and was
brevetted major for gallantry in the battle of Manila, where he was
wounded; was assistant adjutant general of Minnesota, 1901-05. [24;
30; 111*.]
Seedoff, Johan F., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Ostergotland, Sweden,
April 21, 1861; came to the United States in 1882; was graduated at
Augustana College, Rock Island, 1886, and from its theological de-
partment, 1888; was pastor in Center City, Minn. [169.]
Seefield, C. W., b. in Louisa, Wis., in 1847; settled in St. Charles,
Winona county, Minn., in 1864; owned ten grain elevators, and dealt
in coal and flour. [76.]
Seeger, John A., b. in Covington, Ky., Dec. 19, 1853; came to Min-
nesota when a child, and to St. Paul in 1868; was a contractor and
builder, 1872-1905, and has since manufactured refrigerators. [24; 68.]
Seeger, William, Sr., state treasurer, b. in Hamburg, Germany, May
12, 1810; d. in St. Paul, May 22, 1888. He came to the United States
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
in 1852; settled in St. Peter, Minn., where he owned a brewery; after-
ward engaged in mercantile business in Le Sueur five years; was in-
terested in bringing Russian and German colonies of settlers to the
state; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was treas-
urer of the state of Minnesota, 1872-3 ; removed to Chaska in 1876, and
engaged in mercantile and grain business. [32; 238 (May 23, 1888).]
Seeger, William, b. of German parents in Moscow, Russia, May 4,
1844; d. in Excelsior, Minn., May 4, 1908. He came to the United
States with his parents in 1852, and to Minnesota in 1857; served in
Brackett's Battalion in the civil and Indian wars; settled in St. Paul
in 1870; was the inventor and manufacturer of the White Enamel re-
frigerator. [237 (48*).]
Seeley, A., b. in Wabasha county, Minn., in 1S59; settled in Apple-
ton in 1879, and owned a book and stationery store. [32.]
Seeley, Francis Webb, adjutant general, b. in Ashtabula, Ohio, April
12, 1837; d. in Sawtelle, Cal., Dec. 29, 1910. He came with his parents
to Minnesota in 1852, and enlisted three years later in the regular
army at Fort Snelling. During the civil war he made an enviable
record for coolness and bravery, but was obliged to leave the service
in 1864 on account of impaired health. For the next twelve years he
was postmaster in Lake City; was a representative in the legislature
in 1868; and adjutant general, 1887-9. In 1889 he aided in the or-
ganization of the North American Savings and Loan Company, St.
Paul, of which he became president; removed in 1897 to Santa Bar-
bara, Cal. [20; 74; 121; 237 (67).]
Seeley, Isaac Casper, lawyer, b. in Plainwell, Mich., Jan. 22, 1843;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 18, 1901. He served in the Fourth Michigan cavalry
in the civil war, and was confined several months in Anderson ville
prison. At the close of the war he entered Olivet college, from which
he was graduated in 1868; studied law until 1871; and a year later
came to Minnesota, settling in Minneapolis; engaged mainly in insur-
ance and real estate business. [19*; 58; 84*; 90*; 237 (19*).]
Seely, Philander C, pioneer, b. in Cayuga county, N. Y., in 1823;
came to Faribault county, Minn., in 1857, and settled in the town of
Seely, which was named for him; served in the civil war; was sheriff
of the county one term; later removed to Blue Earth City. [51; 237
(29*).]
Seelye, Mrs. Elizabeth Eggleston, author, b. in St. Paul, Minn,,
Dec. 15, 1858; married Elwyn Seelye in 1877; resides at Joshua's Rock,
Lake George, N. Y.; author of many short stories and several books.
[17.]
Seelye, H. E„ b. in New Brunswick, Jan. 4, 1838; came to Minnesota
in 1855; served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt., 1862-5; owned a farm in
Oak Grov€ and kept a hotel in St. Francis, Anoka county. [31.]
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Seelye, Horatio N., b. in St. George, N. B., June 23, 1828; came to
Minnesota in 1856; was a building contractor until 1880, when he be-
came interested in a door, sash, and blind factory at Gull River, Cass
county. [31.]
Seelye, William E., building contractor, b. in St. George, N. B., July
22, 1847; came with his parents to Minnesota; served in the Eighth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in Brainerd in 1881. [31.3
Seevers, George W., b. in Coshocton, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1845; was grad-
uated at Oskaloosa College, 1865, and in law at the University of Mich-
igan, 1867; practiced in Oskaloosa, Iowa, until 1904; then removed to
Minneapolis, where he has since been general counsel of the Minne-
apolis and St. Louis Railway Co. [24; 85A*.3
Segelbaum, Sander, merchant, settled in Minneapolis in 1872, where
he established one of the leading dry goods stores in the city. [87.]
Seibert, George, musician, b. in Germany in 1836; d. in St. Paul,
March 29, 1897. He came to the United States in 1849; settled in St.
Paul in 1857; became the leader of the Great Western band and also
of Seibert's orchestra. [94; 99; 237 (9*); 238 (March 29, 1897*).]
Seibert, George C, musician, b. in St. Paul in 1868; d. there, Feb.
26, 1902. He succeeded his father as leader of Seibert's band, and of
the Metropolitan orchestra. [237 (19*).]
Seidenbush, Rupert, R. C. bishop, b. in Munich, Bavaria, Oct. 30,
1830; d. in Richmond, Va., June 3, 1895. He came to the United States
in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1867, where he was abbot of the mon-
astery of St. Louis on the Lake (now St. John's Abbey) ; afterward
was in charge of the Roman- Catholic churches in the northern part
of the state, being consecrated bishop in 1875. [1; 18; 132 (Sept.,
1890*, and June, 1895*).]
Seigneuret, H. A., b. in Sibley county, Minn., Oct. 14, 1855; resided
in Henderson, where he owned a drug store; was county auditor, 1881-
98. [32.]
Seigneuret, H. J., physician, b. at Fontainebleau, France, March 7,
1819; obtained his education in Paris; becoming a political refugee
from France, he settled in Henderson, Minn., in 1854; served in the
army as surgeon at the time of the Sioux outbreak, 1862; afterward
practiced in Henderson. [32.]
Setp, Albert N., lawyer, b. in Newburg, Pa., Jan. 13, 1840; served in
the army during the civil war; was graduated at Columbia Law Col-
lege, 1867; settled in Duluth in 1869, and the same year taught the
first public school there; was vice president of the Duluth Savings
Bank, 1872-6; was city attorney and county attorney. [31.]
Setter, Adolph, b. in Baden, Germany, in 1826; came to the United
States in 1847; was one of the founders of New Ulm, 1856; engaged
in mercantile and hotel business. [32.]
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Seiz, B. F., potter, b. in Brantford, Canada; came to Minnesota in
1883, settling in Red Wing; was sergeant-at-arms of the Minnesota
house of representatives, 1907-9, and assistant in 1911. [30*.]
Selb, John F., lawyer, b. in St. Paul, Dec. 12, 1872; was graduated
at the St. Paul College of law, 1902; was assistant corporation attor-
ney, and deputy clerk of the district court; was a representative in
the legislature in 1905 and 1909. [24; 25; 30*; 93A.]
Selby, Jeremiah Wilcox, pioneer, b. in Trumbull county, Ohio, in
1812; d. in St. Paul, April 11, 1855. He settled in St. Paul in 1849;
owned a farm on St. Anthony hill in that city; was a representative
in the territorial legislature in 1852. Selby avenue, in St. Paul, was
named for him. [94; 166A*.]
Selby, Mrs. Stella Beach Humphrey, b. in Hudson, Ohio, Jan. 23,
1824; d. in Washington, D. C, July 11, 1893. She was married to
Jeremiah W. Selby, a merchant, about 1846, and came with him to St.
Paul in 1849. After Mr. Selby's death, in 1855, she was married, in
1874, to Omar D. Conger, congressman and U. S. senator of Michigan,
and resided in Washington, D. C. [241.]
Selby, W. M., b. in Iowa in 1837; served in the army during the civil
war; came to Minnesota in 1868; resided at La Crescent, inhere he
was a carpenter and builder; was a representative in the legislature
in 1899. [30.]
Selden, Henry E., building contractor, b. in Portland, Conn., in 1835;
d. at Lake Minnetonka, Minn., Aug. 6, 1902. He setMed in Minne-
apolis in 1861; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
erected the public library building and many other prominent blocks
in Minneapolis. [237 (19).]
Sellwood, Joseph, b. in Cornwall, England, Dec. 5, 1846; came to the
United States while still a boy, and to Minnesota in 1888, settling at
Duluth; superintendent and president of mining companies and banks.
[23; 24; 25.]
Selover, Arthur William, lawyer, b. in Flatbush, N. Y., July 9, 1871;
came with his parents to Lake City, Minn., in 1879 ; was graduated at
the University of Minnesota, 1893, and as master of laws, 1897; set-
tled in Minneapolis; author of two law books. [85A*; 127A*.]
Semlino, Conrad Knute, journalist, b. in Valders, Norway, June 8,
1865; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1867; -was graduated at
Willmar Seminary, 1889, and in law at the University of Minnesota,
1905; settled at Halstad in 1896, and for seven years was editor and
publisher of The Reporter; clerk of the district court in Norman
county since 1906. [24; 25; 37; 134 (June, 1897*).]
Semple, Frank Bailey, merchant, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Jan. 24,
1851; d. in Camden, S. C, Feb. 17, 1904. He settled in Minneapolis
about 1884, and engaged in hardware business. [237 (35*).]
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691
Sencerbox, Jarvis Washburn, b. in Dutchess county, N. Y., Dec. 20,
1820; came to St. Paul in 1855; removed to Shakopee in 1858; was
register of deeds, county auditor, and clerk of court; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1871, 1873, and 1875. [30; 32.]
Seng, Robert H., b. in St. Paul, Dec. 31, 1860; engaged in business
as a barber, and later as a dealer in boots and shoes; was a member
of the St. Paul Lake Ice Co., 1881-5; county assessor of Ramsey coun-
ty, 1885-90; manager for a brewing company since 1899. [24; 25; 27*;
93 A; 95;* 100*; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Senkler, Albert Edward, physician, b. in England, March 8, 1842;
d. in St. Paul, Dec. 10, 1899. He was graduated at McGill Medical
College, Montreal, 1863; two years later settled in St. Cloud, Minn.;
removed to St. Paul in 1880; was professor in the college of medicine,
Jniversity of Minnesota, 1888-99. [68; 93; 127B; 238 (Dec. 10, 1899).]
Senn, John A., lawyer, b. in Switzerland, March 14, 1850; came with
his parents to the United States when three years old; settled in Min-
nesota in 1874; was admitted to the bar in 1876; after 1877 resided in
Sauk Rapids, and was county attorney two years. [31.]
Serkland, Sever Marinus, b. in Wisconsin, Sept. 5, 1866; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1868; resided in St. James, and was reg-
ister of deeds of Watonwan county, 1895-1904. [39.]
Setterlund, Alfred, b. in Vermland, Sweden, March 24, 1850; came
to the United States in 1869; settled on a farm in Wheaton, Minn., in
1878; was a representative in the legislature in 1891. [38; 169.]
Setzer, Henry Nolan, lawyer, b. in Montgomery county, Missouri,
Oct. 6, 1825; d. in Stillwater, Minn., Jan. 8, 1898. He came to Still-
water in 1843; resided mostly at Taylor's Falls; was a representative
in the first territorial legislature, 1849, and a member of the territorial
council, 1856-7; was warden of the state prison, 1857-60; resided in
Duluth, 1874-7, and then returned to Taylor's Falls. [18; 31A; 41; 42;
131; 156; 157*; 237 (9).]
Seubeet, John, R. C. priest, b. in Wimmelbach, Bavaria, Sept. 16,
1853; d. Sept. 28, 1909. He came to America in 1858; was ordained in
1880; had been pastor of Cologne and Norwood, Minn., since 1888.
[146.]
Sevatson, Eric, farmer and banker, b. in Norway in 1844; came to
the United States in 1864, and settled in Minnesota five years later;
resided at Christiania, Jackson county; was a representative in the
legislature, 1887-9, and a state senator, 1891-7. [30; 34; 169.]
Severance, Benton, farmer, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., in 1837;
came to Minnesota in 1857; resided in Nicollet county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1895-7. [30.]
Severance, Cordenio Arnold, lawyer, b. in Mantorville, Minn., June
30, 1862; was admitted to the bar in 1883; settled in St. Paul, and
692 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
since 1887 has been a member of the law firm of Davis, Kellogg and
Severance. [17; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 93; 93A; 98*; 100.]
Severance, Erasmus Cordenio, b. in Greenfield, Pa., Oct. 12, 1829;
d. in Minneapolis, June 15, 1904. He settled in Milton, Dodge county,
Minn., in 1856, where he owned a sawmill; later opened a lumber yard
in Mantorville; was county auditor six years, and a state senator in
1885-6. [49; 237 (35).]
Severance, Martin Juan, judge, b. at Shelburne Falls, Mass., Dec.
24, 1826; d. in Mankato, Minn., July 11, 1907. He was admitted to the
bar in 1853; came to Minnesota in 1856, locating at Henderson; em
listed in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in 1862, served till 1865, and at-
tained the rank of captain; afterward lived in Le Sueur until 1870,
then removing to Mankato; was a representative in the legislature
in 1862; judge of the Sixth judicial district, 1881-1900. [18; 23*; 28,
XII; 30; 32; 45*; 51; 83*; 115; 121; 136; 237 (43*).]
Severens, James Madison, judge, b. in Rockingham, Vt., Aug. 26,
1839; d. in Montevideo, Minn., Nov. 21, 1910. He was graduated in law
at the University of Michigan, 1867; settled at Montevideo, Minn,, in
1871; was postmaster, 1872-82, and auditor of Chippewa county, 1871-
87; engaged in banking, 1887-94; city clerk since 1895; county judge
of probate, 1897-1910. [24; 32; 237 (62).]
Severson, Samuel O., educator, b. in Mower county, Minn., Aug. 9,
1877; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary (college department),
Minneapolis, in 1899; student at the University of Minnesota, 1900-03;
professor in Augsburg Seminary after 1903. [148.]
Sew all, Joseph S., civil engineer, b. in Boston, Mass., in 1827; came
to St. Paul in 1854, and has since resided there; engaged in railroad
surveying, and also surveyed many lots and additions in St. Paul.
[94.]
Seward, Amos Dudley, b. in New Hartford, N. Y., April 19, 1815; d.
in Ventura, Cal., May 18, 1909. He settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1855,
where he owned a flour mill; was auditor of Blue Earth county, 1868-
76; removed to Ventura in 1883. [83*; 237 (56*).]
Seward, Mrs. Elizabeth Putnam, b. in Hamilton, N. Y., about 1850;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., April 10, 1902. She taught school in St. Paul;
married Victor C. Seward, editor and publisher of the Stillwater Mes-
senger, and after his death, in 1892, conducted the paper successfully
eight years. [237 (19).]
Seward, Victor Carleton, journalist, b. in Laketon, Ind., July 10, 1845;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., Oct. 11, 1892. He came with his parents to
Mankato, Minn., when ten years old ; owned and published the Still-
water Messenger after 1873. [40; 41; 124*; 155*.]
Seward, Virgil B., lawyer, b. in Indiana in 1854; came to Mankato,
Minn., in 1855; was admitted to the bar in 1878, and the next year
settled in Marshall; was a state senator in 1907. [30*; 32.]
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693
Sewell, William J., U. S. senator, b. in Ireland in 1835; d. in Cam-
den, N. J., Dec. 27, 1901. He came to the United States at an early
age, and resided in Minnesota, 1858-9, as resident director of the Bank
of the State of Minnesota, in St. Paul, organized by the Wall street
banking house of Sewell, Ferris, and Co., being the first chartered
bank in this state; afterward served in the civil war; was U. S. sen-
ator from New Jersey, 1881-7, and from 1895 until his death. [10;
237 (19*).]
Sexton, Allen G., lawyer, b. in Chemung county, N. Y., July 20,
1835; came to Minnesota in 1853; settled in Wright county in 1856;
served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was admitted
to the bar in 1880, and afterward resided in Buffalo. [31.]
Sexton, Asaph G., b. in Oneida county, N. Y., March 16, 1840; came
to Minnesota in 1861; resided at first in Faribault; settled in Alex-
andria in 1879; engaged in insurance and later in hotel business;
judge of probate for Douglas county since 1890. [37*.]
Seymour, Frank A., banker, b. near Syracuse, N. Y., in 1854; d. in
St. Paul, March 21, 1903. He came to Minnesota with his parents
when a child; was cashier of the Merchants' National Bank, St. Paul,
1883-97, and had other financial interests. [237 (28).]
Seymour, George M., b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., March 26, 1829;
came to Minnesota in 1858, settling at Stillwater; was a member of
the manufacturing corporation of Seymour, Sabin and Co., after 1874;
was sheriff of Washington county two years; was a representative in
the legislature in 1889. [30; 40; 41.]
Seymour, George W., druggist, b. in Susquehanna county, Pa., in
1828; settled at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1857. [40; 41.]
Shackford, Eben Lincoln, merchant, b. in Eastport, Me., in 1843;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 1, 1908. He served in the First Maine cavalry in
the civil War; came to St. Paul in 1871; was vice president of the firm
of P. R. L. Hardenbergh and Co., wholesale leather dealers. [237
(51).]
Shakopee (Little Six), a Sioux Chief, b. on the site of the town of
Shakopee, Minn., in 1811; was hung at Fort Snelling, Nov. 11, 1865,
for participating in the massacres of 1862. His father died in 1860,
and he became chief of the Shakopee band of the Sioux, numbering
at that time about 400. [238 (Nov. 12, 1865).]
Shaleen, John, b. in Sweden, Nov. 15, 1835; came to the United
States in 1855, and settled in Center City, Minn.; served in the Sixth
Minnesota Regt. in the Indian and civil wars; was sheriff of Chisago
county six years; was a state senator, 1878-9. [30; 169.]
Shaleen, Peter, b. near Vexio, Sweden, March 31, 1833; came to the
United States in 1855, settling in Center City, Minn.; served in the
Minnesota heavy artillery in the civil war; was clerk of the district
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
court, 1882-98. He was a fine musician, and gave to the famous Chris-
tina Nilsson her first music lessons. [169.]
Shandrew, John C., b. in Plattsburg, N. Y., Nov. 26, 1848; d. in St.
Paul, July 21, 1899. He settled there in 1875; engaged in insurance
business; was colonel of the Fifteenth Minnesota regiment in the
Spanish war. [238 (July 22, 1899*).]
Shanks, Edgar Beason, b. in Fillmore county, Minn.,. July 31, I860;
settled in Fairmont, and was auditor of Martin county, 1887-96. [39.]
Shanks, Michael Ezekiel Lewis, lawyer, b. in Virginia in 1836; d.
in Fairmont, Minn., April 2, 1901. He settled in Fairmont in 1866;
was county attorney several years, county auditor six years, and a
representative in the legislature two terms. [30; 39*; 237 (14).]
Shanley, John, R. C. bishop, b. in Albion, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1852; d.
in Fargo, N. D., July 16, 1909. He came to St. Paul, Minn., when five
years old; was graduated at St. John's College, Collegeville ; studied
in Rome, 1869-74; was ordained in 1874; was pastor in St. Paul, 1875-89,
and later was Bishop of Fargo. [146.]
Shannon, Charles E., lawyer, b. in Brown county, Ind., in 1848;
came to Minnesota when a child; was graduated at Groveland Sem-
inary, 1870, and was admitted to the bar in 1872; settled in Granite
Falls in 1876. [32.]
Shantz, Samuel E.,physician, b. in 1835; d. in St. Peter, Minn., Aug.
22, 1868. He was the first superintendent of the Minnesota Hospital
for the Insane, entering upon his duties there in 1866. [238 (Sept.
6, 1868).]
Shapleigh, Thomas Chase, b. in Maine, July 7, 1824; d. in Crook-
ston, Minn., Jan. 21, 1901. He settled in Detroit, Minn., in 1874, as
register of the U. S. land office; removed to Crookston in 1879, and
was clerk of court of Polk county. [35; 156; 237 (14).]
Sharp, Mrs. Abigail Gardner, b. in Seneca county, N. Y., in 1843;
came with her parents to Clear Lake, Iowa, in 1851; was taken cap-
tive by Inkpaduta's band of Sioux, at the time of the Spirit Lake mas-
sacre in 1857; was purchased and returned to civilization by two
friendly Indians under direction of Charles E. Flandrau, then In-
dian agent in Minnesota, after being in captivity more than two
months. Her narration, "History of the Spirit Lake Massacre," 314
pages, with her portrait, was published in 1885. [28, III.]
Sharp, James H., judge, b. in Lawrence county, Pa., in 1843; came
to Minnesota in 1869; settled in Moorhead in 1871, and engaged in
mercantile business twenty years; since 1901 judge of probate for
Clay county. [37; 38.]
Shaubut, Henry, banker, b. in Franklin county, Pa., March 22, 1822;
came to Minnesota in 1854, settling in Mankato; was landlord of a
hotel, and later a merchant, farmer, and banker. In 1887 he removed
to California, were he died July 18, 1895. [18; 32; 83*.]
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Shaubut, John J., b. in Franklin county, Pa., July 21, 1818; d. near
Mankato, Minn., Sept. 6, 1887. He settled in Mankato in 1856; engaged
in niencantile business and farming, and was vice-president of the
First National Bank. [32; 83*.]
Shaver, Benjamin Allen, b. in Rochester, Minn., Feb. 19, 1867; has
lived in Kasson since he was a few months old; assisted his father
in the publication of the Dodge County Republican, and after his death,
in 1898, was its proprietor five years; postmaster of Kasson since
1899. [24; 50*.]
Shaver, Ulysses Bishop, journalist, b. in Crawford county, Ohio,
Nov. 28, 1827; d. in Kasson, Minn., March 14, 1898. He settled in Wa-
basha about 1861, and removed to Kasson in 1867, where he founded
the Dodge County Republican. [18; 49; 50.]
Shaw, Albert, journalist, b. in Shandon, Ohio, July 23, 1857; was
graduated at Iowa college, 1879; studied history and political science
at Johns Hopkins university; was editor of the Minneapolis Tribune,
1883-90; established in 1891 the American Review of Reviews, and has
since been its editor; author of many articles, and of books on political
science and economics, and especially on municipal government. [1;
3*; 17; 176 (Oct., 1893*).]
Shaw, Francis W., pioneer, b. in New Hampshire, May 26, 1836;
came to Wabasha county, Minn., in 1855; owned a farm, and built the
first house in the western part of the county; served in the Fourth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; after 1878 engaged in mercantile
business at Jarretts. [74.]
Shaw, Hiram F., b. in Westfield, N. Y„ Dec. 17, 1827; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., Dec. 3, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1858; settled in
Mankato in 1864; engaged in the manufacture of carriages, and in
fruit culture. [237 (39*).]
Shaw, John C, b. in Exeter, Eng., April 10, 1829; was educated at
Sanders Military College; came to the United States in 1860; served
in the civil war; settled in St. Paul in 1870; was Minnesota state
librarian, 1873-7. [30.]
Shaw, John Melvil, judge, b. in Exeter, Maine, Dec. 18, 1833; d. in
Minneapolis, Dec. 6, 1897. He first came to Minnesota in 1852, but
afterward spent several years in Galena, 111., and served during the
civil war in a Wisconsin regiment, attaining the rank of captain. He
settled in Minneapolis, in 1866; was judge of the Fourth judicial dis-
trict, 1882-3. [18; 20*; 23*; 84*; 90*; 121; 237 (*9) ; 238 (Dec. 7,
1897).]
Shaw, Oliver Warren, banker, b. in Carroll county, N. H., July 19,
1834; came to Minnesota in 1868, settling at Austin; organized the
First National Bank the same year, and has since been its president.
[24; 65A*; 79.]
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Shaw, Thomas, educator, b. in Ontario, Canada, Jan. 3, 1843; was
professor in Guelph Agricultural College, 1888-93; came to Minne-
sota in 1893, and was professor of animal husbandry, University of
Minnesota, 1893-1904, residing in St. Anthony Park, St. Paul; editor
of The Farmer, 1903-8; author of several books on agricultural sub-
jects. [7A; 17; 23*; 24; 26*; 237 (24*).]
Shaw, William C, M. E. clergyman, b. in Vevay, Ind., Oct. 2, 1833;
d. at Read's Landing, Minn., Feb. 16, 1874. He was licensed to preach
in 1854; came to Minnesota in 1859; was stationed at various places,
including Hastings, Stillwater, Chatfield, Wabasha, and Read's Land-
ing. [150.]
Shea, James, merchant, b. in Ireland in 1844; came with his parents
to the United States in 1852; settled in Minnesota in 1870; engaged
in railroad work; resided in Glyndon, where he owned a hotel, and
after 1886 a general store. [35.]
Shea, John, merchant, b. in Joliet, 111., in 1839; came with his father
in 1856 to Steele county, Minn.; served in the First Minnesota Mount-
ed Rangers in the Indian war; resided in Owatonna after 1874. [72.]
Sheardown, J. M., lawyer, b. in New York, Jan. 10, 1831; settled in
Winona, Minn., in 1857; was admitted to the bar in 1860; served in the
Fifth N. Y. cavalry in the civil war; was clerk of the district court for
Winona county, 1877-94. [76; 77.]
Sheardown, Samuel B., physician, b. in Catlin, N. Y., Oct 7, 1826;
d. in Winona, Minn., Aug. 1, 1889. He was graduated at Geneva Med-
ical College, 1851; came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in Winona; was
surgeon in the Tenth Minnesota Regt., 1862-5. [139.]
Shearer, James D., lawyer, b. in Janesville, Wis., March 25, 1862;
was graduated at Iowa State College, 1879; came to Minnesota in
1883; was admitted to the bar the next year, and settled in Minne-
apolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1903. [24; 30; 85A*.]
Shedd, Charles, Congregational clergyman, b. in Rindge, N. H., Oct.
21, 1802; d. in Zumbrota, Minn., May 5, 1885. He was graduated at
Dartmouth College, 1826; came to Minnesota in 1857; was pastor in
Zumbrota, Mantorville, Wasioja, and Claremont. [129; 143.]
Sheehan, Timothy D., lawyer, b. in Iowa in 1864; was graduated at
the University of Michigan; was admitted to the bar in 1887, and set-
tled in St. Paul the same year; was a state senator, 1895-1902. [30;
241.]
Sheehan, Timothy J., b. in County Cork, Ireland, Dec. 21, 1835;
came to the United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1856, settling
at Albert Lea; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt, 1861-5; received
a captain's commission for his gallant defense of Fort Ridgely dur-
ing the Sioux outbreak in 1862; continued through the war in the
South, and in 1865 was brevetted lieutenant colonel; was sheriff of
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
697
Freeborn county, 1S71-83, and Indian agent at White Earth, 1885-9;
was deputy U. S. marshal, 18904907, residing in St. Paul. [17; 18;
23*; 24; 26*; 29; 53; 93A; 111*; 115; 241.]
Sheehy, Thomas Wallace, banker, b. in Limerick, Ireland, March
4, 1829; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 14, 1907. He came to the United States
in 1850, and to St. Paul in 1857; engaged in wholesale grocery busi-
ness; founded the State Bank of Montgomery, Minn., in 1890, and was
its president until his death. [32; 93A*; 237 (43).]
Sheets, Arthur W., journalist, b. in Randolph county, Ind., Oct. 9,
1851; came to Minnesota in 1871; engaged in newspaper work after
1876; purchased the Todd County Argus at Long Prairie in 1880. [35.]
Sheets, J. H., journalist, b. in Randolph county, Ind., in 1848; was
graduated at Ridgeville College, 1872; came to Minnesota, and was
superintendent of schools in Todd county; published the Todd County
Argus, and later the Big Stone County Herald; resided in Ortonville.
[32.]
Sheffield, Benjamin Belcher, miller and banker, b. in Aylesford,
N. S., Dec. 23, 1860; came with his parents to Faribault, Minn., in 1865,
and lived there forty years; was graduated at Shattuck School, 1880;
president of elevator and flour milling companies and of banks, resid-
ing in Minneapolis since 1905. [22*; 23*; 24; 26*.]
Sheffield, Milledge Benjamin, miller, b. in Cornwallis, N. S., May
2, 1830; d. in Faribault, Minn., Oct. 15, 1899. In 1865 he settled in
Minnesota, and soon established a large milling business in Faribault.
[23*; 26*.]
Sheire, Monroe, b. in Lexington, N. Y., May 11, 1834 ;d. at White
Bear Lake, Minn., July 23, 1887. He settled in St. Paul in 1860; built
many fine residences and business blocks; was also Ohe architect of
several churches and other public buildings in the state. [237 (1).]
Sheire, Romaine, building contractor, b. in Lexington, N. Y., Feb.
21, 1833; served in the First Michigan Regt. in the civil war; settled
in St. Paul in 1865. [68.]
Sheldon, Charles B., Congregational clergyman, b. in Williamstown,
Mass., in 1821; was graduated at Williams College, 1847, and studied
three years at Western Reserve Theological Institute; settled in Ex-
celsior, Minn., in 1855. [58.]
Sheldon, Crawford, b. in Dakota county, Minn., Sept. 25, 1863;
studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1887; practiced at Little
Falls, and later engaged in dairy farming; engrossing clerk of the
Minnesota house of representatives, 1911. [30*.]
Sheldon, Edmund Perry, b. in Bowling Green, Mo., Aug. 9, 1869;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1894; was instructor
in botany there, 1894-5; now a lumberman in Portland, Oregon. [127
(10*).]
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Sheldon, Theodore B,, banker, b. in Bernardston, Mass., Jan. 31,
1820; d. in 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Red Wing;
engaged in mercantile business four years, and afterward in the grain
business; was agent for the American Express Company twenty-five
years, and was largely interested in many business enterprises; was
president of the First National Bank of Red Wing, and of the Good-
hue County Bank. [22*.]
Shell, Daniel, b, in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1843; came to
Minnesota in 1872; engaged in real estate and insurance business at
Worthington; was a representative in the legislature, 1893-7, and a
state senator, 1899. [30.]
Shelly, William H., b. in New York in 1828; d. in Washington, D.
C, in 1886. He came to St. Paul in 1852, and resided there thirty
years; was well known as a local politician. [94; 237 (1).]
Shenehon, Francis Clinton, civil engineer, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y.,
Dec. 20, 1861; was graduated as an engineer at the University of Min-
nesota, 1895; was engaged on railroad, river and harbor works until
1910, when he became dean of the college of engineering at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota. [17; 127A*.]
Shepard, David Chauncey, b. near Geneseo, N. Y„ Feb. 20, 1828;
came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in St. Paul. After 1871 he was
prominent as a railroad contractor until 1894, when he retired from
active business. The several firms of which he was a member built
over 7,000 miles of railroads while he was connected with them. [23*;
24; 25; 93A; 95*.]
Shepard, Frank M., judge, b. in Bainbridge, Mich., July 16, 1860;
came to Minnesota in 1S83, settling in Green Valley, Becker county;
in 1894 removed to Park Rapids, where he engaged in real estate busi-
ness and insurance; was judge of probate for Hubbard county, 1901-
1910. [24; 44.]
Shepard, Irwin, educator, b. in Skaneateles, N, Y., July 5, 1843;
served in the 17th Michigan Regt. during the civil war; was grad-
uated at Olivet College, 1871; came to Minnesota in 1875, settling in
Winona as principal of the high school; was president of the State
Normal School there, 1879-98; has since been secretary of the National
Educational Association. [17; 22*; 24; 25; 177 (Sept., 1898*); 238
(April 7, 1893*).]
Shepard, John W., b. in Newtown, Coiin., June 29, 1847; came to
Minnesota in 1868, settling at St. Paul; was a dealer in men's furnish-
ing goods, 1869-77; has since engaged in real estate business and in-
surance. [24; 25; 95*.]
Shepard, William H., b. in New London, N. H.; came to Minnesota
in 1856, and settled in Mankato the next year, where he owned a drug
store, and later engaged in insurance business. [83.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 699
Shepardson, Daniel F., M. E. clergyman, b. in Erie county, N. Y.,
in 1829; attended the theological school at Evanston, 111.; entered the
ministry in 1854; commenced the publication of The Bible Standard
in 1872; settled in Wasioja, Minn. He was greatly helped in his min-
isterial work by his wife, Mary Ann Reeded Shepardson, who was also
a preacher. [49.]
Shepardson, George Defrees, educator, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Nov.
20, 1864; was graduated at Denison University, 1885, and from the
engineering department of Cornell University, 1889; professor of elec-
trical engineering in the University of Minnesota since 1891, residing
in Minneapolis. [7A; 17; 24; 127A*, B.]
Shepardson, Joseph H., Baptist clergyman, b. in Royalston, Mass.,
Dec. 31, 1831; was ordained in 1865; came to Minnesota in 1869, set-
tling in Becker, Sherburne county. [31.]
Shepherd, Joseph A., resided in Minneapolis, and was a dealer in
farm, implements; was a representative in the legislature in 1903.
[30.]
Shepherd, Nathaniel, b. in Thetford, Vt., Sept. 23, 1823; d. in War-
ren, Minn., Dec. 3, 1898. He settled in Minneapolis in 1877, and was a
fruit grower. [166 (1899*); 180 (Dec. 21, 1898).]
Shepherd, R. E., lawyer, b. in Sackett's Harbor, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1860;
came to Minnesota in 1880; was graduated in law at the University
of Minnesota, 1883; settled in Austin in 1887. [79*.]
Shepley, Louis E., b. in Syracuse, N. Y., Aug. f3, 1858; settled in
St. Paul in 1885; has been a contractor for street paving and sewer
construction, and also engaged in fuel business. [24; 95*.]
Sherburne, Moses, judge, b. at Mount Vernon, Maine, Jan. 25, 1808;
d. in Orono, Sherburne county, Minn., March 29, 1868. He was ap-
pointed judge of the U. S. District Court for the Territory of Minne-
sota by President Pierce in 1853; came to Minnesota the same year,
and filled that position until 1857, residing in St. Paul; removed to
Orono in 1867. Sherburne county was named for him. [28, X*; 95;
114; 157*; 168 (March, 1892*); 237 (21).]
Sherer, William E., b. in Allen town, Pa., in 1849; engaged in build-
ing flour mills in Minneapolis, and after 1883 was a traveling sales-
man for milling firms. [168 (Nov. 5, 1886*).]
Shebin, John Henry, journalist, b. in Canada in 1850; came to Win-
nebago City, Minn., in 1879; established the News in 1880, and in 1884
commenced the publication of the Press-News. [34; 39.]
Sherin, Robert, b. in Peterborough, Canada, in 1824; came to Min-
nesota in 1868, settling on a farm in Faribault county; resided in Win-
nebago City after 1872, and engaged in real estate business. [34.]
Sherman, Almon W., pioneer, b. at Monkton, Vt, May 9, 1803; d.
at Oak Lake, Minn., Dec. 30, 1869. He was one of the first company
of settlers in Otter Tail county, Minn., 1865, and three years later re-
moved to Detroit, Becker county. [44.]
700 " MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Sherman, Marshall, b. in Vermont in 1822; settled in St. Paul in
1849; served in the army during the civil war; engaged in painting,
and later in insurance business. [94; 98*.]
Sherman, Thomas West, soldier, b. in Rhode Island in 1813; d. at
Newport, R. I., March 16, 1879. He was graduated at the U. S. Mili-
tary Academy, 1836; was commandant at Fort Snelling during parts
of 1853-7; attained the rank of major general in 1870. [1; 11; 12; 13.]
Sherry, Owen, pioneer, b. in Ireland, May, 1815 ; came to the United
States in 1846, and to Minnesota three years later; was the first set-
tler in Ravenna, Dakota county, 1851. [48.]
Sherwood, George W., b. in Greenville, N. Y., April 3, 1833; came to
Minnesota in 1855, settling at St. Paul; was a building contractor, and
also engaged in construction of bridges and elevators; owns a large
farm where he raises thoroughbred horses. [23*; 24; 25; 93A*; 94.]
Sherwood, William Corning, b. in Dartford, Wis., Oct. 1, 1853; re-
sided in Duluth after 1882, and engaged in real estate and loaning
business. [23; 25.]
Shevlin, Thomas Henry, lumberman, manufacturer, b. in Albany,
N. Y., Jan* 3, 1852; d. in Pasadena, Cal., Jan. 15, 1912. He came to
Minnesota in 1886, settling in Minneapolis; was president of several
logging and lumber manufacturing companies; donor of the Alice A.
Shevlin Hall, University of Minnesota, built in 1906. [23*; 24; 26*;
85A*; 167 (June 7, 1889*, and Feb. 9, 1900*); 237 (59*).]
Shields, James, general, and U. S. senator of three states, b. in Ire-
land, Dec. 12, 1810; d. in Ottumwa, Iowa, June 1, 1879. He came to
the United States in 1826; studied law; served in the Mexican war,
attaining the rank of major general; was governor of Oregon terri-
tory, 1848-9, and a United States senator from Illinois in 1849-55; set-
tled in Minnesota in 1855; was one of the senators elected to Congress
when this state was organized, and served in 1858-9; removed to Cali-
fornia in 1859; served in the civil war; later resided in Missouri, and
was adjutant general of that state, 1877-8, and one of its U. S. senators
in 1879. [1*; 10; 70A; 114; 237 (63*).]
Shields, John S., farmer, b. in Ottawa, Canada; came to the United
States in 1859, settling in Minnesota; resided in Darwin, Meeker
county; was a state senator, 1887-9. [30; 65*.]
Shillock, Daniel G., lawyer, b. in Prussia in 1824; d. in St. Paul,
Aug, 18, 1878. He came to the United States in 1854, and to Minne-
sota four years later; settled in New Ulm; was president of the First
National Bank of that city; was a representative in the legislature two
years, and a state senator six years; removed to St. Paul in 1869.
[237 (1); 238 (Aug. 18, 1878).]
Shipman, Benjamin Jonson, lawyer, b. in Bast Haddam, Conn.,
Sept 29, 1853; was graduated in law at Yale University, 1876; settled
at St. Paul in 1883; author of several text books on law practice. [17;
24; 93.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 701
Shirley, Halyor L., banker, b. in Soler, Norway, in 1862; came to
the United States with his parents in 1869; was register of deeds for
Wilkin county, 1890-1902, and president of the Merchants' State Bank
in Breckenridge. [36; 38.]
Shissler, Ira P., b. in New Hagerstown, Ohio, Oct., 1844; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1869, and the next year was graduated in law at
the University of Michigan; settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1884; be-
came judge of the municipal court in 1894. [45*; 83*.]
Shoemaker, James, b. in Monroe county, Pa., June 9, 1823; d. in
Mankato, Minn., May 22, 1901. He settled in Mankato in 1857; went
the next year to the Rocky mountains to prospect for gold; returned
to Mankato, and was city assessor, 1878-94. [23; 83*; 237 (14*).]
Shoemaker, John P., farmer, b. in Chemung county, N. Y., in 1838;
served in the Seventh Iowa cavalry in the civil war; settled at Lu-
verne, Minn., in 1866; was treasurer of Rock county six years; was
a representative in the legislature, 1887-9. [30; 34.]
Shoemaker, Waite Almon, educator, b. near Willoughby, Ohio,
March 24, 1860; came with his parents to Minnesota when three years
old; was graduated at the State Normal School, St. Cloud, 1881; en-
gaged in teaching there, and in further study at New York University;
was superintendent of the city schools of St. Cloud, 1900-01; president
of the St. Cloud Normal School since 1902. [24; 26*; 177 (April,
1902*).]
Shonbeek, John P., farmer, b. in Sweden, April 16, 1825; d. in 1892.
He came to the United States in 1853, settling in Minnesota; served
in the army in the civil war; owned a farm in Nicollet county; was
a representative in the legislature in 1876-7. [169.]
Shook, Norman, farmer, b. in Dutchess county, N. Y., June 12, 1825;
came to Minnesota, and in 1864 enlisted in the First Minnesota Regt.;
settled in Westport, Pope county, in 1865; was judge of probate, 1875-
88. [67.]
Short, Andrew Jackson, pioneer, b. in St. Clair county, 111., in 1818;
settled at Marine, Minn., in 1843; engaged in logging and hardware
business in Stillwater; built mills at Point Douglas; resided in Hast-
ings after 1862. [41.]
Shove, Corneeius B., b. in Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 8, 1844; came to
Minneapolis in 1878, where he has since engaged in insurance; was a
representative in the legislature in 1903. [22*; 25; 30; 84*; 168 (June
14, 1895*).]
Shubert, Gustav Adolph, musician, b. in Eilenburg, Germany, Aug.
11, 1848; received a fine musical education in Leipsic; came to the
United States in 1884, and settled in Minneapolis; was leader of an
orchestra, and one of the most distinguished musicians of the state.
[22*.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Shulean, William W., b. in Center City, Minn., Sept. 5, 1859; dealt
in farm machinery in Cambridge nine years; was auditor of Isanti
county, 1889-92. [169.]
Shultis, Allen, farmer, b. in Columbia county, N. Y., Jan. 20, 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1855, and was one of the first settlers in Elmore,
Faribault county, 1856; was a representative in the legislature in
1859-60; was postmaster at Elmore after 1893. [38; 51; 237 (29*).]
Shumard, Benjamin Franklin, physician and geologist, b. in Lan-
caster, Pa., Nov. 24, 1820; d. in St. Louis, Mo., April 14, 1869. He was
graduated at the Medical Institute of Louisville, Ky., in 1842; was an
assistant with Owen in the geological survey of Wisconsin, Iowa, and
Minnesota, 1848-51, preparing reports and maps of parts of Minne-
sota; later practiced medicine in St. Louis, and was professor of
medicine in the University of Missouri. His biography and portrait
are in the American Geologist, published in Minneapolis, vol. IV,
pages 1-6, July, 1889. [3*.]
Shutter, Marion Daniel, clergyman, b. in New Philadelphia, Ohio,
Aug. 4, 1853; was graduated at the University of Wooster, Ohio, 1876,
and the Baptist Theological Seminary, Chicago, 1881; came to Minne-
sota in 1S81, and was pastor of Olivet Baptist church, Minneapolis, five
years; withdrew from that denomination, was afterward assistant pas-
tor of the Universalist Church of the Redeemer in that city until 1891,
and has since been its pastor; editor of "Progressive Men of Minne-
sota, Biographical Sketches" (514 pages, 1897); author of several
books on religious subjects, and Life of Rev. James Harvey Tuttle
(294 pages, 1905). [17; 24; 2^*; 84*; 85A*.]
Sibley, Caleb C, soldier, b. in Massachusetts; d. in Chicago, 111.,
Feb. 19, 1875. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy, 1829;
was commandant at Fort Snelling in 1841; attained the rank of brig-
adier general in 1865. [11; 12; 13.]
Sibley, Henry Hastings, governor and general, b. in Detroit, Mich.,
Feb. 20, 1811; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 18, 1891. He received a classical
education; became a partner in the American fur company, and in
1834, during one of his trips, reached the mouth of the Minnesota
river. The next year he built there, at Mendota, the first stone house
in what is now the state of Minnesota, and lived in it until his re-
moval to St. Paul in 1862, When Wisconsin was admitted into the
Union, its western boundary was fixed at the St. Croix river, leaving
the area west to the Mississippi river without a government. Mr.
Sibley was chosen to represent this district in Congress, and secured
the passage of an act creating the Territory of Minnesota. He was
delegate to Congress from Minnesota, 1849-53; was president of the
Democratic branch of the convention that in 1857 framed the state
constitution; was the first governor of the state, 1858-60; was a regent
of the State University, 1851-60 and 1869-91, being president of the
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 703
board of regents after 1876; was president of the Minnesota Historical
Society from 1879 until his death; author of many papers in this So-
ciety's Collections. When the great Sioux outbreak occurred, in Au-
gust, 1862, he was commissioned by Gov. Ramsey as general and com-
manded the white volunteer forces who soon suppressed the outbreak;
and in 1863 he led a campaign against these Indians in Dakota. His
biography, in 596 pages, by Nathaniel West, D. D., was published in
1889; and a memoir of him, by J. Fletcher Williams, is in the Minn.
Historical Society Collections, vol. VI, pages 257-310. [1*; 3*; 4*; 7;
10; 18*; 20*; 22*; 23; 28, III, IV*, VIII, XIII*; 29; 32; 41*; 56; 68;
93*; 94; 95*; 107*; 109*; 113; 114; 121; 127 (5*); 127B; 166A*; 176
(March, 1891); 184*; 237 (2, 66*).]
Sibley, Reuben J., b. in Ohio in 1814; d. in Mankato, Minn., April
13, 1864. He was ordained a minister in the M. E. church; settled in
Mankato in 1856; engaged in dentistry; was postmaster after 1861.
[83*.]
Sibley, Mrs. Sarah Steele, b. in Pennsylvania; was a sister of the
pioneer Franklin Steele; at an early age married Henry Hastings Sib-
ley, and lived with him at Mendota, Minn. [107*.]
Sidener, Charles Frederick, educator, b. in Huntsville, 111., in 1858;
came with his parents to Red Wing, Minn., when six years old; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1883; was instructor in
chemistry there, 1883-9, assistant professor, 1889-1904, and professor
of chemistry since 1904. [127 (2*); 127B.]
Sidle, Henry Godfrey, banker, b. in Dillsburgh, Pa., July 31, 1822;
came to Minneapolis in 1861; engaged in banking with his brother,
Jacob K. Sidle; became cashier of the First National Bank, and in
1888 was elected its president. [18; 20*; 84*.]
Sidle, Jacob Koontz, banker, b. in Dillsburgh, Pa., March 31, 1821;
d. in Minneapolis, Jan., 1888. He came to Minneapolis in 1857, and
started a private bank. Later, when the First National Bank of Min-
neapolis was organized, he was its first president. [18; 84*; 237 (1).]
Sieker, John Heinrich, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Bavaria, Oct. 23,
1838; was graduated at the Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pa.,
1860; was pastor in St. Paul, 1867-76; was president of the Minnesota
Synod, 1868-76; was pastor of the oldest Lutheran congregation in the
United States, in New York city, from 1876 until his death, Dec. 30,
1904. [148.]
Sigerfoos, Charles Peter, b. near Arcanum, Ohio, May 4, 1865; was
graduated at Ohio State University, 1889; later taught and studied
three years in Johns Hopkins University, receiving the degree of Ph.
D., 1897; was assistant professor of animal biology in the University
of Minnesota, 1897-1900, and has since been professor of zoology there,
residing in Minneapolis. [7A; 17; 24; 127 (12*); 127B; 237 (53).]
704 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Sigvaldson, Arnie, b. in Iceland, May 12, 1847; d. at Lake Benton,
Minn., Jan. 10, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1878, settling on a
farm in Lincoln county; was clerk of court of that county, 1899-1901,
residing at Lake Benton. [237 (14).]
Sikes, Simeon R., b. in Erie county, N. Y., June 27, 1849; came to
Minnesota in 1882, settling in Minneapolis, where he has since engaged
in the manufacture and sale of leather belting. [24; 167 (Jan. 12,
1894*).]
Sikoeski, Louis, merchant, b. in Poland in 1846; came to Minnesota
in 1869; settled in Winona, where he was city treasurer two terms;
was a representative in the legislature, 1891-3. [30; 77.]
Sikorski, Theodore, b. in Germany in 1841; came to Minnesota in
1S66; settled in Winona, and engaged in real estate business; was a
representative in the legislature in 1901 and in 1909. [30*.]
Silene, Christopher, Baptist clergyman, b. in Hassela, Sweden, Feb.
11, 1850; came to the United States when seventeen years old; was
graduated at the Baptist Union Theological Seminary, Chicago, in
1875; engaged in missionary work; was pastor in Duluth after 1890.
[169.]
Silliman, Reuben Daniel, judge, b. in Hudson, Wis., May 17, 1871;
was educated in St. Paul; was graduated in law at the University of
Michigan, 1894; practiced law in Duluth four years; removed to Hon-
olulu in 1898, and was judge of the First circuit, Hawaiian Islands,
1900-1; later in law practice in New York city. [17.]
Silverson, Charles, miller, b. in Germany, Aug. 8, 1850; came to
America with his parents in 1853; passed his childhood in Cincin-
nati, Ohio, and engaged in bakery business there; came to Minnesota
in 1886, settling at New Ulm, and has since owned the Eagle Roller
mill. [24; 168 (Nov. 18, 1892*).]
Simmons, Frank B., journalist, b. in Morrison county, Minn., Jan.
18, 1859; established the Leader at Long Prairie in 1883. [35.]
Simmons, Henry Martyn, Unitarian clergyman, b. in Paris, N. Y.,
in 1841; d. in Minneapolis, May 2Qf 1905. He was graduated at Ham-
ilton College, 1864, and later at Auburn Theological Seminary; was
pastor in Minneapolis, 1881-1905; author of several religious books and
pamphlets. [17; 237 (31*).]
Simmons, Jonathan, merchant, b, in Medina county, Ohio, March
29, 1851; came with his parents to Little Falls, Minn., in 1857; spent
several years in Louisiana, but returned in 1873; was a state senator
in 1878-9. [30; 31.]
Simmons, Jonathan O., physician, b. in Westfield, Ohio, Jan. 12,
1S21; settled in Little Falls, Minn., in 1857; spent several years in
other states, but in 1872 returned there. [31.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 705
Simmons, Jorgen, banker, b. in Norway in 1845; came to the United
States in 1854; lived in Red Wing, Minn.; served in the civil war;
after 1879 was cashier of a bank in Appleton; was a state senator in
1881. [169.]
Simmons, Ole K., brickmaker, b. in Norway, May 20, 1835; came to
the United States in 1856, settling in Minnesota; resided in Red Wing
after 1857. [54; 169.]
Simmons, Osman J., b. in Shelby county, Ind., Nov. 10, 1857; came
with his parents to Minnesota when a child; engaged in mercantile
and insurance business in Dexter, Mower county, after 1880; removed
to Austin, and was clerk of the district court, 1895-1907; has since
been postmaster of Austin. [24; 79*.]
Simmons, Thor K., banker, b. in Norway, Aug. 12, 1832; came to the
United States in 1853; settled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1856. [54; 169.]
Simons, Luman Clendenin, banker, b. in Glencoe, Minn., Nov. 10,
1866; was graduated at Stevens Seminary, Glencoe, 1885, and in law
at the University of Minnesota, 1895; settled at Red Lake Falls; was
a representative in the legislature, 1903-5. [24; 25; 30*.]
Simons, Orlando, judge, b. in Lyons, N. Y., Jan. 18, 1824; d. in St.
Paul, Nov. 9, 1890. He was educated at Elmira Academy, N. Y.;
studied law; settled in St. Paul in 1849; was elected justice of the
peace the next year; was judge of the Second judicial district, 1876-90.
[28, IV; 94; 137; 238 (Nov. 10, 1890).]
Simonson, Hans, b. in Norway in 1845; came to Minnesota in 1870,
settling in Minneapolis, where he engaged in the manufacture of sash
and doors; was a representative in the legislature, 1897-9. [30.]
Simonson, Ole O., b. in Normandy, Prance, in 1841; d. in Albert
Lea, Minn., Feb. 21, 1881; was register of deeds of Freeborn county,
1878-81. [53.]
Simonson, S". Otis, journalist, b. in Hartland, Minn., June 8, 1867;
learned the printer's trade in Albert Lea; owned a half interest in a
job printing business there, 1901-07, and has since added newspaper
publication; president of the Albert Lea Publishing Co., which pub-
lishes the Times-Enterprise. [53A*.]
Simonton, Edward, lawyer, b. in Searsport, Maine, in 1840; was
graduated at Bowdoin College, 1861; served in the army, 1862-70, be-
coming captain; was admitted to the bar in 1870, and settled in Min-
nesota the same year; resided in St. Paul. [93*; 97.]
Simonton, J. S., journalist, b. in Perry county, Pa., Nov. 16, 1840;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1857, and engaged in newspaper
work; published the Sauk Center Herald twelve years. [31.]
Simonton, S., b. in Perry county, Pa., Feb. 28, 1839; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1857; resided in Sauk Center after 1867, where
he aided in publishing the Sauk Center Herald. [31.]
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706 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Simonton, Thomas Davis, dentist, b. in Dauphin county, Pa., Jan. 25,
1831; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 14, 1907. He was graduated in 1852 from the
Baltimore College of Dental Surgery; settled in St. Paul in 1857. [237
(48*).]
Simonton, William A., journalist, b. in Sauk Center, Minn., Aug. 2,
1871; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1894; settled in
Glen wood, 1900, and is editor of the Gopher Press; assistant secretary
of the Minnesota senate since 1907. [30*.]
Simpson, Chables, physician, b. in Scotland in 1843; d. in Minne-
apolis, May 16, 1907. He came to the United States in 1858, settling
in Goodhue county, Minn.; was graduated at Hamline University, 1869,
and from the medical department of Columbia College, 1871; resided
in Minneapolis. [130*.]
Simpson, David Febgttson, jurist, b. near Waupun, Wis., June 13,
1860; was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1882, and from
the Columbia Law School, 1884; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling
at Minneapolis; was city attorney, 1893-7; judge in the Fourth judicial
district, 1897-1910; associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court,
1911. [22*; 24; 25; 30*; 137.]
Simpson, George Thomas, attorney general, b. in Winona, Minn.,
Sept. 27, 1867; was graduated at the State Normal School there, 1885,
and at the University of Wisconsin, 1890 ; was admitted to the bar in
1894; was city attorney of Winona, 1897-9, and county attorney, 1900-4;
assistant attorney general of Minnesota, 1905-09, and attorney general,
1909-11. [24; 30*.]
Simpson, Mrs. Isabella Margaret Holstein, b. in Lewisburg, Pa.,
March 25, 1837; d. in Winona, Minn. She married Thomas Simpson in
1860, and settled in Winona; was widely known for her charities and
noble character. The "Margaret Simpson Home" has been established
in Winona in honor of her. [78.]
Simpson, James Hebvey, b. in New Brunswick, N. J., March 9, 1813;
d. in St. Paul, March 2, 1883. He was graduated at West Point Mili-
tary Academy, 1832; was in charge of the construction of government
roads in Minnesota territory, 1851-6; attained the rank of colonel of
engineers; served in the army forty-eight years, becoming a brig-
adier general in 1865; retired from the service in 1880, and settled
in St. Paul. [93*; 238 (March 2, 1883).]
Simpson, James W., pioneer, b. in Virginia in 1818; d. in St Paul,
May 30, 1870. He came to Minnesota in 1842, and was employed at
the mission at Sandy Lake about a year; settled in St. Paul in 1843,
and engaged in commission business; was elected county treasurer in
1849. [28, IV.]
Simpson, John Clarence, b. in Marion county, Iowa, June 11, 1874;
studied at the Normal School, Valparaiso, Ind.; was secretary of the
Iowa State Agricultural Society, 1902-10; was elected Jan., 1911, secre-
tary of the State Agricultural Society of Minnesota. [241.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 707
Simpson, P., b. in Norway, May 14, 1842; came to the United States
when twenty years old; served in the 82d Illinois Regt. in the civil
war; settled in Lac qui Parle, Minn., in 1870; was sheriff of the coun-
ty, 1873-8. [32.]
Simpson, Robert, pioneer, b. in Sussex, Eng., in 1815; d. in Still-
water, Minn., in 1893. He settled in Stillwater in 1850; engaged in
mercantile business, and later owned a meat market; served two
terms as a representative in the legislature. [41; 237 (1).]
SiMrsoN, Thomas, lawyer, b. in Yorkshire, England, though of Scotch
parentage, May 31, 1836; d. in Winona, Minn., April 26, 1905. He
came to the United States with his parents while quite young; studied
surveying, and in 1853 took the government contract for running the
meridian and parallel lines in the southeast part of Minnesota Ter-
ritory. In 1856 he settled in Winona; was admitted to the bar in
1858; practiced law, engaged in many important business enterprises,
and was during many years president of the State Normal School
board. He was one of the organizers, and for seven years president,
of the Second National Bank of Winona. [18; 23; 28, XII; 41; 77;
78; 137; 174*; 237 (31).]
Sinai, Aaron, Jewish rabbi, b. in Germany in 1841; d. in Minne-
apolis, Sept. 9, 1903. He came to the United States in 1858; was in
charge of an orthodox Jewish congregation in Minneapolis more than
twenty years. [237 (23*).]
Sinclair, Amasa T., blacksmith, b. in Maine, March 3, 1839; d. in
Caledonia, Minn., Feb. 19, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1854; set-
tled at Pleasant Hill, Winona county; served in the First Minnesota
Heavy Artillery in the civil war; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1889-91. [30; 237 (48).]
Sinclair, Daniel, journalist, b. in Thurso, Scotland, Jan. 2, 1833; d.
in Winona, Minn., Nov. 20, 1907. He came to the United States in
1849; settled in Pennsylvania, and learned the printer's trade; came
to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Winona, where he published the Re-
publican continuously fifty years. He was postmaster in Winona,
1869-85, and was again appointed in 1890; was a representative in the
legislature in 1903. [22*; 27*; 28, X; 30; 77; 78; 155*; 237 (48*).]
Sinclair, Henry W., lawyer, b. in Cumberland, Eng., July 1, 1851;
came to the United States in 1876, settling in Minnesota; resided in
Fairmont after 1880, and was cashier of the Martin County Bank six
years; afterward engaged in real estate and loaning business, and
practiced law. [34.]
Sinclair, John Alfred, b. in Brampton, Eng., Oct. 24, 1852; came
to the United States in 1876, settling in Martin county, Minn.; re-
sided in Fairmont after 1878; owned a hardware store, and operated
a creamery. [34.]
Sinks, Noah, died in St. Paul, Nov. 23, 1901. He came to Minnesota
in 1857; resided in Shakopee, and later in St. Paul; was captain of a
708 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
river steamboat three years, and afterward owned a grocery store;
was city market master, 1889-90. [237 (19).]
Sisson, John R., b. in Wilbraham, Mass., May 22, 1815; d. in Wells,
Minn., Jan. 7, 1896. He settled in Faribault county, Minn., in 1863;
engaged in farming and later in mercantile business; was county sur-
veyor, 1866-70; resided in Seely, and removed in 1895 to Wells. [51.]
Sivkight, William W., b. in Hutchinson, Minn., Aug. 16, 1862, and
resides there; is a dealer in farm machinery; was a representative in
the legislature in 1895, and a state senator, 1899-1902. [30; 111*;
166A*.]
Sjoblom, P., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Halland, Sweden, March 17,
1834; d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 24, 1909. He was educated in Sweden;
came to the United States in 1866; was graduated from the univer-
sity at Porter Station, Ind.; came to Minnesota in 1869, and for sev-
eral years was pastor in Red Wing; removed to Fergus Falls; was
president of the Minnesota conference of the Augustana synod, 1877-
1902. [54; 169; 237 (56*).]
Sjoblom, Peter G„ journalist, b. in Gothenberg, Sweden, June 26,
1866; came to the United States with his parents who settled at Red
Wing, Minn., in 1869; was educated at the Universities of Minnesota
and Michigan; was professor in Augustana College, Rock Island, 1890-
4; was assistant secretary of state, 1901-3; was editor and publisher
of the Minneapolis Telegram. [30.]
Skarttjm, Kittel G., b. in Norway, April 3, 1852; came to the United
States in 1869, and the next year to Minnesota; settled at Lake Ben-
ton, 1879, and engaged in the drug business; a representative in the
legislature, 1911. [24; 30*.]
Skillman, Evander, miller, b. in German, N, Y„ May 12, 1838; came
to Wabasha county, Minn., in 1856; served as first lieutenant in the
Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in mercantile busi-
ness in Mazeppa, and in 1873 with his brother built a mill in Chester.
[74.] !
Skillman, Francis M., b. in Riverhead, Long Island, Nov. 23, 1812;
came to Minnesota in 1856, settling on a farm in Wabasha county;
built a flouring mill in 1873 near his home; was a representative in
the legislature in 1859-60. [29*.]
Skillman, Phil., lawyer, b. in East German, N. Y., Oct. 27, 1845;
came to Minnesota in 1856; served in the Third Minnesota and other
regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of first lieutenant; was
admitted to the bar in 1869; resided in Red Wing after 1875. [54.]
Skinner, George Eldridge, b. in Le Roy, N. Y., April 8, 1825; d. in
St. Paul, Sept. 21, 1895. He came to Faribault in 1856; was a mem-
ber of the first state senate; was commissioner of lands for three
railway companies in southern Minnesota; settled in St. Paul in 1880.
[18; 237 (9).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
709
Skinner, George W., pioneer, b. in 'Warren, Mass., Aug. 9, 3 815;
served in the Mexican war, and afterward engaged in business in that
country; came to Minnesota in 1858, settling on a claim in Bancroft,
Freeborn county. [53.]
Skinner, Harry G., b. in Saginaw, Mich., in 1872; settled at Two
Harbors, Minn., in 1890; engaged in railroad work; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1905. [30*.]
Skinner, James Davenport, b. in 1831; d. in St. Paul, April 23, 1881.
He was educated at Yale College; studied law, but engaged chiefly in
engineering; settled in St. Paul in 1855. [237 (1).]
Skinner, John F., physician, b. in Waukon, Iowa, June 4, 1854; was
graduated at Bennett Medical College, Chicago, in 1881; settled at Chip-
pewa Falls, Pope county, Minn., where he owned a drug store and
practiced medicine. [67.]
Skinner, Miron W„ merchant and banker, b. in Jericho, Vt, June
2, 1834; d. in Northfield, Minn., July 19, 1909. He settled in North-
field in 1856; was prominent in upbuilding the city, and was its mayor
four years. He was a trustee of Carleton College continuously from
its organization until his death. [70A*; 237 (56*).]
Skinner, William, farmer, b. in Bradford county, Pa., in 1830; came
to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Brown county; was a representative
in the legislature in 1876 and 1893. [30; 32.]
Skogsbergh, Erik August, clergyman, b. in Elga, Sweden, June 30,
1850; came to the United States when twenty-six years old; settled
in Minneapolis in 1884, where he was pastor of a church of the Swedish
Mission Covenant of America. [169*; 169A*.]
Skordalsvold, John J., journalist, b. in Meraker, Norway, Oct. 29,
1853; came to the United States in 1869, and to Minnesota the same
year; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary, 1881, and at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, 1888; engaged in teaching and in newspaper work
in Minneapolis. [169.]
Skyberg, Peder O., b. in Norway, April 18, 1851; came to the United
States in 1870, and to Rock county, Minn., two years later; resided
on a farm until 1883, and then settled in Luverne; was county treas-
urer, 1883-1908. [34; 71.]
Slater, Edward K., b. in Northwood, Iowa, June 28, 1877; came to
Martin county, Minn., in 1879; engaged in newspaper work, and in
operating creameries; served in the war with Spain, 1898, as second
lieutenant, Co. D, Twelfth Minn. Regt.; was in the state dairy and
food department, as deputy, 1903-05, and commissioner, 1905-09, resid-
ing in St. Paul; assistant professor of dairy husbandry, University of
Minnesota, since 1909. [24; 25; 30*; 127B.]
Slattery, Charles Lewis, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Pittsburgh,
Pa., Dec. 9, 1867; was graduated at Harvard University, 1891, and at
710 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the Episcopal Theological Softool, Cambridge, Mass., 1894; was dean
of the cathedral, Faribault, Minn., 18964907; removed to New York
City; author of several biographic and religious books. [17.]
Sleeper, Albert Lowell, b. in Fairfax, Vt, June 2-6, 1824; d. in
Brownsdale, Minn., Sept. 20, 1902. He settled in Brownsdale in 1862 ;
engaged in farming and mercantile business. [237 (19).]
Sleeper, O. A., merchant, b. in Lowell, Mass., Aug., 1851; came to
Brownsdale, Minn., in 1866; removed to St. Paul in 1887, and owned
a store in North St. Paul. [176 (March, 1888).]
Sleepy Eyes (Ishtaba), chief of the Lower Sisseton Sioux, b. near
the site of Mankato, Minn.; d. in Roberts county, S. D. His body was
removed many years afterward to the town of Sleepy Eye, Minn.,
which was named for him, and it was reburied under a monument
erected in his honor. He became chief about 1822; was prominent in
the affairs of his tribe more than forty years; was friendly to the
whites, and well acquainted with Rev. S. R. Riggs and other mis-
sionaries; signed several treaties, including those of Prairie du Chien
in 1825 and 1830, and of Traverse des Sioux in 1851. [18, X.]
Sletten, Paul C, pioneer, b. in Norway, Feb. 26, 1841; d. in Crook-
ston, Minn., July 8, 1884. He came to the United States in 1869; set-
tled at Oak Lake, Minn., in 1870; was clerk of the district court of
Becker county after 1873; became receiver of the U. S. land office at
Detroit in 1875, and held the same position in Crookston after 1879.
[44; 169.]
Slevin, John J., R. C. priest, b. in County Longford, Ireland, March
4, 1855; was ordained priest in 1878; came to the United States in
1880, settling in Minnesota; was pastor in Shields ville, Rice county,
1880-1900, and since in Faribault. [24; 70.]
Slingerland, Teunis, lawyer, h. in Cobleskill, N. Y., March 1, 1854;
came with his parents to Dodge county, Minn., in 1870; was graduated
in law at the University of Wisconsin; settled in Mantorville, where
he owns large real estate interests. [50*.]
Slingerland, Teunis S., farmer and banker, b. in Cobleskill, N. Y.,
March 22, 1823; came first to Minnesota in 1856, and was an extensive
owner of farm lands, mostly in Dodge county, before he brought his
family to this state in 1870; then settled in Wasioja, but in 1872 re-
moved to Mantorville, and in 1878 to Kasson; has since been president
of the First National Bank of Kasson ; also president of banks in Man-
torville and Hayfield. [18; 24; 49; 50.]
Sloan, George E., farmer, b. in Alburgh, Vt., in 1844; served in a
N. Y. regiment in the civil war; settled in Minnesota in 1868; was
register of deeds of Steele county, 1886-94; was a representative in
the legislature, 1897-9. [30; 72.]
Sloan, John R., pioneer, b. in Pennsylvania, Aug. 10, 1824; d. in
St. Cloud, Minn., Feb. 28, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1849; was a
pilot on the upper Mississippi river. [237 (35).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 711
Sloan, Levi, b. in New York, in 1822; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 22, 1854.
He came to Minnesota in 1849, and engaged in grocery business in
St. Paul; was a member of the territorial legislature in 1854. [158.]
Slocum, Charles H., journalist, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., March 15, 1836;
came to Minnesota in 1857, and engaged in newspaper publication in
various towns; owned and edited the Glencoe Register after 1887. He
was assistant clerk of the Minnesota legislature in 1870-3. [28, XII;
30; 64; 94.]
Slocum, G. O., b. in Rock county, Wis., Aug. 29, 1840; served in
Indiana and Illinois regiments in the civil war; settled in Albert Lea,
Minn., in 1875; was auditor of Freeborn county, 1879-83. [53.]
Slocum, Henry Gardner, pioneer, b. in Monkton, Vt., Sept 3, 1812;
d. in Wasioja, Dodge county, Minn., Jan. 18, 1881. He came to Min-
nesota in 1854, and settled on the site of Mantorville; afterward re-
sided in Red Wing and other places; drove a stage and was a mail
carrier. [49.]
Slotten, Andrew, b. in Norway, Sept. 16, 1840; came to the United
States in 1867, and to Minnesota the next year; settled in Minne-
apolis, and engaged in railroad work; was sergeant-at-arms in the
House in the Minnesota legislature, 1878. [30.]
Sly, Chester Mason, pioneer, b. in Lee, N. Y., July 1, 1832; settled
in Blue Earth, Minn., in 1860; owned one of the first threshing ma-
chines in the county; later drove a stage, owned a grocery, and for
ten years dealt in grain. [237 (29*).]
Small, Freeman K., pioneer, b. in Lubec, Maine, June 6, 1837; d. in
Bradford, Mass., March 12, 1903. During his early years he followed
a seafaring life; settled at Leech Lake, Minn., in 1870, and the next
year removed to Audubon, Becker county. [44.]
Smalley, Edward H., b. in Sheboygan, Wis., Nov. 13, 1852; was grad-
uated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1875; settled in Cale-
donia, Minn., in 1881; was county attorney of Houston county, 1889-90.
[27*.]
Smalley, Eugene Virgil, journalist and author, b. in Randolph, Ohio,
in 1841; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 30, 1899. He served in the Seventh Ohio
Regt. in the civil war; was connected with some of the most impor-
tant newspapers and magazines in the East, and in 1882 came to
Minnesota to write a series of articles on the Northwest for the Cen-
tury Magazine. In 1884 he established, in St. Paul, the Northwest
Illustrated Monthly Magazine; author, "History of the Northern Pa-
cific Railroad" (437 pages, 1883), and "A History of the Republican
Party" (426 pages, 1896). [22*; 27*; 176 (many autobiographic arti-
cles in Vols 9 and 10); 237 (11*); 238 (Dec. 30, 1899*).]
Smalley, P. J., lawyer and journalist, b. in Erie county, N. Y., Dec.
25, 1842; served in the Fourth Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was
712 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
admitted to the bar in 1868; settled in Caledonia, Minn., in 1875; was
owner and editor of the Argus after 1880. [61; 238 (May 14, 1886*).]
Smaixey, Victor Herbert, journalist, b. in New York in 1877; d. in
New Orleans, La., Dec. 19, 1910. He came to St. Paul with his parents
in 1882; engaged in newspaper work there, and in Washington and
London; was editor of the Northwest Magazine, 1900-1904, until it
suspended publication; after 1908 was press agent for the Orpheum
theater in New Orleans. [237 (59*).]
Smaixey, W., physician, b. in Vermont in 1849; was graduated in
medicine at Iowa State University; settled in Hector, Minn., in 1881,
where he practiced medicine and owned a drug store. [32; 82.~\
Smeby, O. H., Lutheran clergyman, b. at Rock Prairie, Wis., Jan.
31, 1851; was graduated from the college at Decorah, Iowa, in 1871,
and studied at the Theological Seminary in St. Louis; settled in Al-
bert Lea, Minn., where he was pastor of the Evangelical Lutheran
church. [53; 53A*; 169.]
Smith, A. J., b. in Ohio, June 16, 1843; d. in Henderson, Minn., Oct.
4, 1900. He served in the 42d Ohio Regt. in the civil war ; came to
Minnesota in 1866; was a veterinary surgeon at Anoka ten years; set-
tled in Henderson in 1885. [237 (11).]
Smith, A. J., b. in Somerset, Mich., in 1844; came to Minnesota
when ten years old; resided in Osseo, Hennepin county; engaged in
lumber business and insurance; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1877-9. [30; 58.]
Smith, A. M., wine merchant, b. near Kolding, Denmark, Feb. 4,
1841; early in life followed the sea; came to the United States a short
time before the civil war, and served in an Indiana regiment. In
1886 he settled in Minneapolis. He has published an "Encyclopedia
of Gold and Silver Coins of the World," and several other books; well
known as an antiquarian, and a collector of old and rare coins, an-
cient weapons, etc. [26*.]
Smith, Abner Comstock, lawyer, b. in Randolph, Vt, Feb. 14, 1814;
d. in Litchfield, Minn., Sept. 20, 1880. He was admitted to the bar in
Washington, D. C, in 1838; came to St. Paul in 1855; removed to For-
est City, Meeker county, in 1857, and to Litchfield in 1874. [18; 28,
X; 65; 158; 159; 237 (1).]
Smith, Adoniram J., educator, b. in Marion county, Mo., in 1846;
was graduated at Louisiana Baptist College; taught in Springfield,
III, twenty years; came to St. Paul in 1893 as principal of the Cen-
tral High School; was superintendent of the city schools, 1898-1900
and 1902-6. [237 (42*); 238 (June 2, 1898*).]
Smith, Andrew C, pioneer, b. in Chemung county, N. Y., in 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1853, and with his brothers built the first saw-
mill in Minneapolis (on the west side of the river) ; was a repre-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 713
sentative in the legislature in 1867; engaged in insurance business in
Rochester after 1868, and later had manufacturing interests in Penn-
sylvania. [66.]
Smith, Andrew J., banker, b. in Scotland, Jan. 4, 1839; came with
his parents to America in 1845; came to Sauk Center, Minn., in 1872,
where he established the first bank. [31.]
Smith, Ansel, b. in Grafton, Vt, Jan. 13, 1821; d. in Duluth, June
27, 1877. He came to Minnesota in 1850, settling in Chisago county;
was a. representative in the legislature, 1863-4 and 1866; was register
of the U. S. land office in Duluth, 1869-72. [31; 41.]
Smith, Bela Winfield, b. in Norwich, Conn., Nov. 1, 1861; came to
Duluth with his father in 1869; resided in Minneapolis after 1874;
engaged in the manufacture of sash and doors after 1879. [24; 167
(March 8, 1901*).]
Smith, Benjamtn Dayton, lawyer, b. in Vernon Center, Minn., May
27, 1860; was graduated at the State Normal School, Mankato, 1880;
was admitted to the bar at Mankato in 1883, and has since practiced
there; was county attorney of Blue Earth county, 1887-91. [24; 27*;
45*.]
Smith, Benjamin F., b. in Knox county, Ohio, July 4, 1811; d. Dec.
12, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1857; served as lieutenant colonel
in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was a state senator in
1869; was register of deeds for Blue Earth county six years; resided
in Mankato. [32; 83*.]
Smith, Birdsey Wooster, b. in Litchfield county, Conn., Aug. 8,
1829; settled in St. Paul in 1859; engaged in farming, and later in
the fuel business. [68; 124.]
Smith, Boston W., Baptist evangelist, b. in England in 1863; d. in
Minneapolis, Sept. 9, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1883, and en-
gaged in missionary and Sunday school work throughout the North-
west. [237 (51).]
Smith, Mrs. Catherine Fruit, pioneer, b. in Derry, Pa., Nov. 21,
1812; d. in Winona, Minn., June 2, 1888. She was married in 1833 to
Abner S. Goddard, and came with him to Winona in 1852. Her hus-
band died the same year, and in 1853 she married A. B. Smith. She
was the mother of ten children, only one of whom survived her; was
the third white woman to settle in Winona, and was well known for
her hospitality and generosity. [78.]
Smith, Charles A., merchant, b. in Winnebago county, Wis., Jan.
22, 1850; came with his parents to Minnesota; resided in Burnhamville,
Todd county, after 1868. [35.]
Smith, Charles A., merchant, b. in Waupun, Wis., in 1851; came to
Minnesota in 1878; resided in Bellingham, Lac qui Parle county; was
a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
714 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Smith, Charles Axel, lumberman, b. in the County of Ostergottland,
Sweden, Dec. 11, 1852; came to the United States with bis father in
1867, settling in Minneapolis; engaged in the grain and lumber busi-
ness at Herman, 1878-84; president of the C. A. Smith Lumber Co.,
Minneapolis, since 1893, having also many other financial interests.
[17; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 26*; 85A*; 87; 127A*; 167 (June 17, 1887*;
June 9, 1893*; and March 9, 1900*); 169*; 169A*.]
Smith, Charles B., M. E3. clergyman, b. Oct. 15, 1820; d. in Athens,
Tenn., July 11, 1899. He resided in Farmihgton and Minneapolis,
Minn., several years, and was especially active in the temperance
cause. [180 (July 26, 1899).]
Smith, Charles Hudson, Congregational clergyman, b. in Elgin, 111.,
Nov. 10, 1856; d. Nov. 10, 1889. He was graduated at Auburn Theo-
logical Seminary, 1881; was ordained to the ministry in 1883; was
pastor in Rochester, Minn., 1886-8; then removed to Massachusetts.
[144.]
Smith, Charles Kilgore, territorial secretary, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio,
Feb. 15, 1799; d. in Hamilton, Ohio, Sept. 2S, 1866. He was educated
at Oxford, Ohio, and was admitted to the bar; came to St. Paul in
1849, having been appointed the first secretary of the new territory
of Minnesota; was one of the most active founders of the Minnesota
Historical Society; resigned his office in 1851, and returned to Ohio.
[28, IV, ¥111*; 94; 156; 158*.]
Smith, Charles W., teacher, b. in Greenville, 111., Nov. 14, 1848;
was educated in Europe; came to Minnesota in 1870, and three years
later settled in Minneapolis; became superintendent of the city
schools in IS 75. [58.]
Smith, Chester Ryder, b. in St. Paul, Aug. 14, 1862; engaged in
real estate business there. [95; 124; 166A*; 238 (March 30, 1900).]
Smith, Christopher Holmes, dealer in real estate, Jt>. in Weston, Vt.,
July 14, 1834; d. in St. Paul, June 18, 1896. He came to Minnesota in
1872, settling in Windom; was a representative in the legislature in
1877, and a state senator in 1878; was receiver of the TJ. S. land office
at Worthington, 1881-5, and insurance commissioner for the state,
1891-6. [18; 30; 34; 98*; 156.]
Smith, Cyrus Little, journalist, b. in Dover, Ohio, Jan. 22, 1845;
served in the Eleventh Michigan Regt. during the civil war; settled
in Minnesota in 1865, and in 1891 became agricultural editor of the
Farmers' Tribune. [22*.]
Smith, D. Z., Moravian clergyman, b. in Georgia, June 21, 1821; was
graduated at the Moravian Theological College, Bethlehem, Pa., in
1841; came to Minnesota in 1862, and was pastor in Henderson, Chas-
ka, and after 1880 in Laketown, Carver county. [32,]
Smith, Dow S., b. in Stowe, Vt., April 29, 1867 ; came to Minnesota
when a child; was graduated at the State University, 1888; became
superintendent of the St. Paul City Railway company in 1893. [9$*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 715
Smith, Dbyden, lawyer, b. in Pike county, 111., March 10, 1826; was
admitted to the bar in Iowa in 1854; settled in Spring Valley, Minn.,
in 1860. [52.]
Smith, Ebenezer C, b. in Litchfield, Conn., in 1807; d. near Farm-
ington, Minn., in 1892. He attended Yale College four years, and later
studied medicine; settled in Lakefield, Dakota county, Minn., in 1858,
where he owned a farm. [48; 178 (March 10, 1892).]
Smith, Edson Rollin, banker and miller, b. in Shoreham, Vt, April
8, 1836; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Le Sueur; was a state
senator in 1869-70, and 1891-3. [18; 30; 32.]
Smith, Edward Barnum, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Dec. 31, 1837; d. in
Florida, Nov. 18, 1911. He served in the Sixth Ohio Regt. in the civil
war; engaged in insurance business many years at Buffalo, N. Y.;
came to Minnesota in 1892, settling at St. Paul; conducted real estate,
insurance, and loan business. [24; 25; 95*; 237 (59).]
Smith, Edward E., lawyer, b. in Spring Valley, Minn., May 5, 1861;
resides in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature, 1895-7,
and a state senator, 1899-1902. [25; 30; 85A; 137.]
Smith, Edward Slade, b. in Chemung county, N. Y., Feb. 28, 1827; d.
in San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 31, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1852,
and settled in Winona the next year; was interested in the Transit
railroad; owned a flouring mill, and much other property; in 1871 re-
moved to the Pacific coast, where he was connected with the North-
ern Pacific railway. [78.]
Smith, Eugene A., farmer, b. in Lenawee county, Mich., March 20,
1850; came to Minnesota in 1857; settled in Benson in 1877; was en-
grossing clerk of the legislature in 1879. [30; 32.]
Smith, Fay R., b. in Austin, Minn., June, 1858; was city treasurer
three terms, beginning in 1882; engaged in real estate business; re-
moved to Minneapolis in 1902. [111.]
Smith, Franklin R., physician, b. in New Jersey in 1809; d. in St.
Paul, Aug. 5, 1892. He was graduated at the University of Pennsyl-
vania in 1838; settled in St. Paul in 1855; practiced medicine there
until 1879. [93; 94; 139.]
Smith, Fred L., b. in Lee, Maine, July 2, 1843; came to Minnesota
with his parents in 1857; learned the printer's trade, and since 1871
has been president of the Harrison & Smith Printing Co., Minneapolis.
[24; 58; 85A*; 87.]
Smith, G. Sidney, teacher, b. in Groton, N. Y., June 4, 1829; was
graduated at the State Normal School in Albany; was principal of
the Adams school in St. Paul, 1862-7. [68.]
Smith, George C, educator, b. in New Hampshire in 1829; d. in St.
Paul, Aug. 2, 1898. He served in an Indiana regiment in the civil war;
settled in St. Paul in 1869; became principal of the Madison public
716 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
school the next year, and filled that position twenty-nine years. [237
(9*).]
Smith, George Milward, b. in Jefferson, Wis., Aug. 25, 1850; set-
tled at Duluth in 1874, and engaged in mercantile business; general
agent of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad since
1883. [23; 25; 31.]
Smith, George Ross, lawyer, b. in St. Cloud, Minn., May 28, 1864;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1893, and has
since practiced in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature
in 1903; judge of probate for Hennepin county since 1907. [22*; 24;
25; 30; 85A*.J
Smith, George T., miller, b. in Le Roy, N. Y., in 1841; settled in
Hastings, Minn., and engaged in flour milling; removed to Minneapolis
in 1870; inventor of important mill machinery and improvements in
the process of manufacturing flour. [168 (Holiday number, 1883-4*;
July 29, 1887*).]
Smith, Granvil W., b. in Bangor, Maine, in 1859; came to Minne-
sota about 1879; engaged in livery business in Stillwater; was chief
of police; was sheriff of Washington county, 1895-1902. [104*.]
Smith, Hansen E., banker, b. in the Duchy of Schleswig, Germany,
Dec. 6, 1867; came to the United States with his parents when two
years old; settled in Duluth in 1892; has since engaged in banking,
and in financing mining and other enterprises. [23*; 24; 25.]
Smith, Henry, farmer, b. in Green Lake county, Wis., Oct. 3, 1856;
settled in Belfast, Murray county, Minn., in 1880; was sheriff of the
county, 1885-90. [34.]
Smith, Henry Arthur, journalist, b. in Adrian, Mich., Feb. 12, 1844;
came to Dodge county, Minn., when ten years old; resided in Man-
torville, where he was editor and publisher of the Mantorville and
Kasson Express. He was the principal author of a History of Dodge
county, 1S84. [49; 50.]
Smith, Henry C, merchant, b. in Vermont, March 15, 1834; came
to Minnesota in 1855, and settled in Le Sueur the same year; was
postmaster twelve years, and county treasurer four years. [32.]
Smith, Herbert L., journalist, b. in Orange county, Vt, June 30,
1854; came with his parents to Lake City, Minn., in 1870; established
the Graphic in 1882. [74.]
Smith, J. M., b. in Warren, Pa., in 1854; came to Duluth in 1882, and
engaged in grain commission business, and later in insurance; was a
representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Smith, James, Jr., lawyer, b. in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Oct. 29, 1815;
studied law and was admitted to the bar in Ohio, where he practiced
seventeen years; came to St. Paul in 1856, and gained a large prac-
tice; was a member of the state senate, 1861-63 and 1876-77, and of
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the lower branch of the legislature, 1879-83. [18; 20*; 23*; 28, IV*;
30; 41; 68; 93*; 94; 98*.]
Smith, James, b. April 20, 1831; was the first settler in Spring
Grove, Houston county, Minn., 1844; removed to Caledonia in 1859;
served in the Minnesota Mounted Rangers, and in an Illinois regiment
in the civil war; engaged in real estate business, and loaning money;
published the Houston County Journal two years. [61.]
Smith, James Edwakd, Congregational clergyman, b. in Morrow
county, Ohio, May 16, 1850; d. in Everett, Wash., Feb. 3, 1909. He
was educated at Tufts College, Mass., and was graduated at Tufts
Divinity School, 1880; was pastor in Waseca, Minn., 1888-91, and in
Minneapolis, 1896-1906. [144.]
Smith, James Watson, b. in Phillips, Me., June 3, 1855; d. in St.
Paul, Dec. 15, 1908. He was graduated at Bates College, 1877; came
to Minnesota in 1888, and engaged in life insurance. [24; 25; 93A;
237 (51*); 238 (Nov. 6, 1898*).]
Smith, John, inventor, b. in Prussia; came with his parents to the
United States when eight years old; invented a threshing machine
and a plow; settled in Stillwater, in 1877. [40.]
Smith, John Brown, physician, b. in Canada, Oct. 30, 1837; came
to Minnesota when seventeen years old; served in the Tenth Minne-
sota Regt, 1862-5; studied medicine, and published many medical pa-
pers and books; settled in Redwood Falls in 1880. [32.]
Smith, John C, b. in Wayne county, Pa., 1842; came to Minnesota
in 1871, settling in St. Paul; engaged in steamboating and lumbering;
captain of the steamers Grade Mower and Hiawatha, plying on the
Mississippi from St. Paul to Minnehaha. [25; 93A*.]
Smith, John Day, judge, b. in Litchfield, Maine, Feb. 25, 1845; was
graduated at Brown University, 1872, and in law at Columbia Univer-
sity, 1878; served during the civil war in the 19th Maine Regt.; came
to Minnesota in 1885, settling at Minneapolis; was a representative
in the legislature in 1889, and a state senator, 1891-3; lecturer on
American constitutional law, University of Minnesota, since 1888;
judge in the Fourth judicial district since 1905. [17; 22*; 24; 25; 30;
84*; 85A*; 127 (12*).]
Smith, John H., merchant, b. in Waltham, Mass., in 1859; settled
in Detroit, Minn., in 1879; was a representative in the legislature in
1893, and a state senator, 1897-1901. [30.]
. Smith, Joseph G., banker, b. in Jefferson county, N. Y., in 1833; d.
in Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 23, 1909. He settled in St. Cloud, Minn., in
1867, where he engaged in banking thirty-six years, being president of
the First National Bank after 1895. [176 (Aug., 1887 ; 237 (51).]
Smith, Jotham Graves, b. in Westminster, Conn., Nov. 23, 1815;
came to Minnesota in 1855, and resided at first in Monticello; settled
718 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
in Minneapolis in 1863; owned a planing mill and sash and door fac-
tory; later engaged in real estate business. [84*.]
Smith, Lucas W., pioneer, b. in Caledonia county, Vt, Sept, 15,
1816; settled in Wadena county, Minn., on a claim near the site of
Verndale; founded the town and named it in honor of his grand-
daughter; built the first house there, and engaged in mercantile busi-
ness. [35.]
Smith, Lucius B., physician, b. in Beryn, Ohio, in 1824; was killed
in the civil war near Tupelo, Miss. He was the first physician at Tay-
lor's Falls, Minn., settling there in 1854. He served as surgeon in the
Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [41.]
Smith, Lyndon Ambrose, lieutenant governor, b, in Boscawen, N. H.,
July 15, 1854; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1880, and in law
at Georgetown University, D. C, 1882; came to Minnesota in 1885,
settling at Montevideo; was county attorney of Chippewa county,
1889-90 and 1903-09; lieutenant governor of Minnesota, 1899-1903; as-
sistant attorney general, 1909-11, and attorney general, 1912. [24; 25;
26*; 30*.]
Smith, Martin H., Baptist clergyman, b. in Jefferson, N. Y., Jan.
24, 1820; was graduated at Michigan Central College; came to Minne-
sota in 1856; settled on a farm in Sauk Center in 1861; spent several
years in Wisconsin, but returned to his farm in 1875. [31.]
Smith, Mathias, pioneer, b. in Sweden, Dec. 20, 1833; d. in Cam-
bridge, Minn., Feb. 29, 1904. He came to the United States when sev-
enteen years old, and to Minnesota two years later; settled in Isanti
in 1861; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was
county treasurer, 1868-87; engaged in mercantile business in Cam-
bridge after 1874. [237 (35).]
Smith, Mrs. Mattie E. Pierson, poet, b. in Concord, N. H.; came
to Minnesota in 1857; was married to Edson R. Smith in 1859, and
resided at Le Sueur; author of several poems. [165.]
Smith, Melville C, b. in Litchfield, N. Y., Oct. 8, 1833; came to Red
Wing, Minn., in 1854, and the next year settled in Minneapolis; en-
gaged in real estate business; removed to Lake City in 1863; was a
state senator in 1864; and soon afterward removed to New York city.
[237 (1).]
Smith, Nathaniel, clergyman, b. in Pawlet, Vt., Aug. 25, 1810; d.
in Hastings, Minn., Aug. 10, 1902. He was graduated from college at
Whiteborough, N. Y., in 1837; and from Oberlin Theological Seminary,
1840; was a home missionary in Illinois many years; came to Minne-
sota in 1892, to reside with his children. [143.]
Smith, Orren, steamboat captain, b. near Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug.,
1806; d. in La Crosse, Wis., Oct. 31, 1881. He bought the steamer Hero-
ine in 1835, and engaged in river commerce; was president of the
Minnesota Packet Company during many years. [28, VIII; 237 (1).]
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ri9
Smith, Oscar Moses, Congregational clergyman, b. in Java, N. Y.,
Dec. 20, 1827; d. there Sept. 13, 1908. He was educated at Yale Col-
lege, Yale Divinity School, and Andover Seminary; was ordained in
1863; was pastor in Monticello, Minn., 1869-75, and in Hawley, Minn.,
1879-98. [144.]
Smith, Peter, jeweler, b. in Germany, in 1819; came to the United
States in 1847; settled in Hastings, Minn., in 1855, and opened the first
jewelry store in Dakota county. [48.]
Smith, Peter Bentz, b. at York, Pa., Feb. 9, 1851; came to Minne-
sota in 1870, settling at Duluth; was in grain business there, 1870-4,
at St. Paul in 1875-9, and at Fargo, N. D., 1880-8; removed to Minne-
apolis, and was general manager of the St. Anthony and Dakota Ele-
vator Co., 1888-1907. [23*; 24.]
Smith, R. R., pioneer, b. in Middlesex county, N. J., March 24, 1826;
came to Minnesota in 1857; resided in Minneapolis, 1857-64; in Fari-
bault, 1864-79; and afterward in Worthington. He engaged in mer-
cantile business and farming. [174*.]
Smith, Robert Armstrong, banker, b. in Boonville, Ind., June 13,
1827; was graduated in law at the University of Indiana, 1850; came
to Minnesota in 1853, settling in St. Paul; was Territorial librarian,
1853-8; treasurer of Ramsey county, 1856-68; a representative in the
legislature in 1885, and a state senator in 1887-9; mayor of St. Paul,
1888-92, 1894-96, and 1904-08; and postmaster, 1896-1900. [17; 20*; 23;
24; 25; 30; 68; 93*; 93A; 94; 95*; 96*; 98*; 237 (30*).]
Smith, Robert Isaac, b. in Rensselaer county, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1838;
came to Rochester, -Minn., in 1857; served in the Ninth Minnesota
Regt., 1862-3, and afterward lived in Austin; was a state senator in
1876-7. [18; 30.]
Smith, Roderick, merchant, b. in Perth, Canada, Sept. 10, 1855;
came to Minnesota, and settled in Carman, Polk county, in 1882; owned
a farm, an interest in a store, and conducted a grain elevator. [35.]
Smith, Samuel George, clergyman, b. in Birmingham, Eng., March
7, 1852; came to the United States with his parents in 1858; was grad-
uated at Cornell College, Iowa, 1872; became a Methodist clergyman,
and has resided in St. Paul since 1879; changed to the Congregational
denomination in 1886, and established the People's Church, of which
he has since been pastor; professor of sociology in the University of
Minnesota since 1890; author of numerous papers and addresses. [3;
17; 24; 93A; 127B.]
Smith, Samuel L., lawyer, b. in Wililamsburg, Pa., in 1843; was
educated at Fairfield College, Iowa, and was admitted to the bar in
1866; settled in Duluth in 1882. [31A.]
Smith, Seagrave, judge, b. in Stafford, Conn., Sept. 16, 1828; d. in
Minneapolis, May 13, 1898. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and set-
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
tied at first in Hastings, but in 1877 removed to Minneapolis; was a
state senator, 1868-9; was a judge in the Fourth judicial district, 1SS9-
98. [22*; 84*; 85A*; 137*; 237 (9*).]
Smith, Sherman S., traveling salesman, b. in Boscobel, Wis., in
1865; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 4, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1887,
and resided in Minneapolis; was a representative in the legislature in
1901 and 1905. [30*; 237 (59).]
Smith, T. C, physician, b. in Pennsylvania, April 1, 1827; d. in Vil-
lard, Minn., Dec. 30, 1905. He settled there in 1883, being the pioneer
settler. He owned a drug store. [237 (39).]
Smith, Truman M., b. in Danby, Vt, June 19, 1825; d. in St. Paul,
Sept. 18, 1909. He came to St. Paul in 1851; owned a private bank,
and afterward was a commission merchant; removed to San Diego,
Cal., in 1887; returned to St. Paul a few weeks before his death.
[237 (59).]
Smith, Vernon Morton, b. in Stowe, Vt, Sept. 15, 1841; served two
years in Vermont regiments during the civil war; came to Minnesota
in 1873, settling in Minneapolis as a civil engineer; afterward engaged
in milling, and resided a few years in Lyon county; was appointed
chief of police of Minneapolis in 1892. [22*; 32.]
Smith, Vespasian, physician, b. in Mount Vernon, Ohio, Oct. 21,
1818; was graduated from the medical department of Western Re-
serve College, 1851; came to Minnesota and settled in Duluth in 1870;
was mayor, 1873-4; was appointed collector of customs for the port of
Duluth in 1876. [18.]
Smith, W. A., banker, b. in Iona, Mich., in 1868; came to Minnesota
in 1871; resided in Windom; was a state senator, 1903-5. [30.]
Smith* W. D., journalist, b. in Princeton, 111., May 22, 1857; was
graduated at the State Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa, in 1879;
engaged in teaching several years in Iowa and Minnesota; established
the Winnebago City Enterprise in 1893. [39.]
Smith, Walter Joseph, banker, b. in Eureka, Kansas, Oct. 5, 1870;
attended business college in Cleveland, Ohio; came to Minnesota in
1893, settling in Tower; removed to Eveleth in 1900; president of the
Miners' National Bank; elected state treasurer in 1910. [24; 25; 30*.]
Smith, Warren, merchant, b. in Barnstable, Mass., Nov. 15, 1821;
came to Minnesota in 1855; was in mercantile business successively
at Faribault, St. Mary, Wilton, and Waseca. In 1869 he was a rep-
resentative in the legislature. [18; 75*.]
Smith, William, farmer, b. in Herkimer county, N. Y., Oct. 5, 1817;
was steamboat captain on the Hudson river several years; came to
Minnesota in 1854, settling in Minden, Benton county. [31.]
Smith, William, b. in Canada in 1845; d. at Redwood Falls, Minn.,
Jan. 15, 1904, He came with his parents to Minnesota while a child:
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 721
owned a farm in Redwood Falls, and was mayor of the city after 1899.
[92*; 237 (35*).]
Smith, William C, b. in Boonville, Ind., July 2, 1833; served as a
drummer boy in the Mexican war; came to Minnesota in 1855; set-
tled in St. Paul in 1881; engaged in fuel business and steamboating;
became assessor of Ramsey county in 1891. [98*.]
Smith, William Copley, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Indiana
county, Pa., June 28, 1820; d. in Avalon, Pa., Oct. 15, 1897. He was
graduated at Jefferson College, 1848; was ordained in 1854; was chap-
lain in the army, 1863-5; came to Minnesota in 1883; was pastor at
Pine City, Hinckley, and other places. [153.]
Smith, William Henry, physician, b. in Denmark, N. Y., March 9,
1815; was surgeon in the army through the civil war; came to Min-
nesota and settled in Albert Lea in 1873. [18; 53.]
Smith, William Rudolph, b. in La Trappe, Montgomery county, Pa.,
Aug. 31, 1787; d. in Quincy, 111., Aug. 22, 1868. He was appointed, in
1837, a member of a U. S. commission to treat with the Ojibway In-
dians for the purchase of their pineries, which embraced a large part
of what is now the state of Minnesota. He afterward settled in Wis-
consin. [1.]
Smith, William Watkins, banker, b. in Oakfield, Wis., Feb. 24,
1857; was graduated at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis., 1881.
The next year he established the Merchants' Bank at Sleepy Eye,
Minn., which he conducted twenty years, until it was merged into the
First National Bank, of which he has since been cashier. [22*; 24.]
Smithson, Frederick, b. in Yorkshire, Eng., July S, 1825; came to
the United States in 1848; settled in Minnesota in 1863. He owned a
large farm in Kandiyohi county. [29*.]
Smout, Basil, hardware merchant, b. in London, Eng., in 1835;
came to the United States in 1853; served in the 23d Wisconsin Regt.
in the civil war; settled at Wells, Minn.; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30; 39.]
Smyth, Henry M., merchant, b. in Albany, N. Y., in 1819; d. in St,
Paul, Jan. 25, 1898. He settled in St. Paul in 1867, and engaged in the
hardware business. Later he was president of a printing company,
and engaged in manufacturing. [28, VIII; 237 (9.)]
Snana (Mrs. Maggie Brass), Christian Sioux woman, b. at Men-
dota, Minn., in 1839; attended Dr. Williamson's mission school, at
Kaposia, three years; married Wakeah Washta (Good Thunder) when
fifteen years old; became a member of the Episcopal church in 1861;
was living at the Lower or Redwood agency at the time of the Sioux
outbreak in 1862; purchased a young German girl, Mary Schwandt, from
her captor, and protected her until the white captives were released.
Afterward she removed to the Santee Agency, Nebraska, and married
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722 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
an Indian named Mazazezee (Brass). She died at the Santee Agency,
April 24, 1908. |28, IX*; 241.]
Snell, William Ward, Congregational clergyman, b. in North
Brookfield, Mass., April 3, 1821; d. in California, Feb. 27, 1901. He
settled in Rushford, Minn., in 1855, and was pastor there until 1887;
then removed to California. [52; 144.]
Snelling, Josiah, soldier, b. in Boston, Mass., in 1782; d. in Wash-
ington, D. C, Aug. 28, 1827. He was commissioned first lieutenant in
the Fourth Infantry, TJ. S. Army, 1808; served in the war of 1812; was
promoted to be colonel of the Fifth Infantry, 1819; took command of
Fort St. Anthony in 1820, and in the next two years erected its per-
manent buildings. In 1824 the name was changed to Fort Snelling in
his honor. In 1827 his regiment was removed to St. Louis. [3; 4;
11; 12; 28, I, III; 114.]
Snelling, William Joseph, author, b. in Boston, Mass., Dec. 26, 1804;
d. there in 1848. When his father took command of Fort Snelling, he
came and lived there seven years, becoming familiar with the Indian
languages and habits. After returning to the East, he wrote many
newspaper and magazine articles, and several books, treating chiefly
of Indian life and character. [28, I.]
Snider, Samuel Prather, congressman, b. at Mount Gilead, Ohio,
Oct. 9, 1845; served in the 65th Ohio Regt. in the civil war, and re-
ceived a captain's commission in the Federal army; came to Minne-
sota in 1875, settling at Minneapolis; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1885-7; and represented the Fourth district in Congress, 1889-
91. [10; 24; 27*; 30.]
Snodgrass, Edwin, b. in Wheeling, W. Va., in 1851; settled in St.
Paul in 1880, and has been employed by the John Martin Lumber
Company; was a representative in the legislature in 1897. [30.]
Snook, George W., farmer, b. in Maryland in 1822; settled in Rock
county, Minn., in 1882; was owner of more than four thousand acres
of land. [34.]
Snow, Arthur Herbert, judge, b. in Clinton, Mich., Sept. 20, 1841;
was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1865, and Albany Law
School, 1867; came to Minnesota in 1871, settling at Winona; was
county attorney, 1875-9, and city attorney several terms; judge of the
Third judicial district since 1897. [24; 25; 30; 76.]
Snow, Florenton E., b. in Massachusetts, April 16, 1834; d. in St.
Paul, March 26, 1895. He came west in the early 50's, and engaged in
steamboating on the Mississippi and Minnesota rivers; was clerk of
the state senate six years; afterward engaged in hotel business. [237
(9).]
Snow, George Dwight, banker, b. in Chesterfield, N. H., Sept. 21,
1830; d. in Le Sueur, Minn., Sept. 7, 1873. He came to this state in
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
723
1857; served Le Sueur county six years as register of deeds, and es-
tablished the first bank in the county in 1869. [18.]
Snow, Orin, farmer, b. in Newburgh, Maine, Aug. 1, 1829; d. in Oak
Grove, Minn., Sept. 19, 1908. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and set-
tled in Oak Grove, Anoka county; served in the Eighth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; was a member of the legislature two terms.
[43; 237 (51).]
Snure, H, H., hardware merchant, b. in Canada, Dec. 23, 1841; came
to Hokah, Minn., in 1865; was a representative in the legislature in
188.1; and was treasurer of Houston county, 1882-88. [61.]
Snyder, Cyrus L., b. in Somerset, Pa., Feb. 1, 1831; came to Minne-
sota in 1857, settling at Glencoe; was sheriff of McLeod county; served
in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. and in the 205th Pennsylvania artillery
in the civil war; resided in Minneapolis after 1865; was connected
with the Minneapolis Tribune, 1867-80; and later was Superintendent
of the Poor. [90*.]
Snyder, Fred Beal, lawyer, b. in Minneapolis, Feb. 21,- 1859; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1881; was admitted to the
bar the next year, and has since practiced in Minneapolis; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 18-97, and a state senator, 1899-1902.
[22*; 24; 25; 30; 85A*; 127A*; 137*.]
Snyder, Harry, educator, b. in Cherry Valley, N. Y., Jan. 26, 1867;
was graduated at Cornell University, 1889; came to Minnesota in 1891,
and has since been professor of agricultural chemistry in the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, residing in St. Anthony Park, St. Paul; author of
several text-books, and of numerous reports and papers. [7A; 17;
22; 24; 25; 26; 85A; 127B.]
Snyder, Simon Peter, b. in Somerset, Pa., April 14, 1826; came to
Minnesota in 1847; engaged in banking and real estate business;
owned and in 1857 platted an addition to the city of Minneapolis;
served in the Indian war of 1862. [58; 85A*; 174*.]
Soderlind, Andrew, physician, b. in Sweden, Jan. 31, 1861; came to
the United States when twenty-one years old, settling in Stillwater,
Minn.; was graduated in the medical department of the University of
Minnesota, 1890; has practiced in Minneapolis since 1892. [85A; 1^9*.]
Soderstrom, Alfred, journalist, b. in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1848;
came to the United States when twenty-one years old, and to Minne-
apolis two years later; engaged in newspaper publication; removed
to Warroad; author of a book on Swedish- American newspapers, 310
pages, 1910. [169; 169A*.]
Sohlberg, Olof, physician, b. in Ostersund, Sweden, July 6, 1859;
was graduated at the College of Ostersund, 1879, and in medicine at
the University of Minnesota, 1884; he came to the United States and
to this state in 1879; resides in St. Paul. [24; 25; 169*.]
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Solem, Anfin, journalist, b. in Norway, April 27, 1850; came to the
United States and to Minnesota in 1879, settling at Fergus Falls;
after 1884 owned and published the Ugeblad. [25; 35; 169.]
Solnee, J., pioneer, b. in Christiania, Norway, in 1831; came to the
United States in 1850, and to Mower county, Minn., about 1858; en-
gaged in mercantile business in Austin, 1868-1890. [111.]
Solum, Henry, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Spring Grove, Minn., Sept.
17, 1867; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1890, and
at Luther Seminary, 1893; was pastor in Renville, Minn., 1896-99, and
principal of the Willmar Seminary, 1899-1904. [38; 148.]
Somerby, Charles W., lawyer, b. in Leavenworth, Kan., in 1869; was
graduated at Princeton University, 1892; settled in Minneapolis the
same year; was admitted to the bar in 1895; was assistant attorney
general of Minnesota, 1899-1904. [25; 30 (1903).]
SoMERViLLE, George Washington, lawyer, b. in Ripley county, Ind.,
June 3, 1855; came to Minnesota with his parents when five years old;
was graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1879; settled at
Sleepy Eye, where he was county attorney, 1882-8, and city attorney
several years; state senator in 1899-1905. [22*; 24; 30; 32.]
Somerville, William, b. in Beaver county, Pa., Nov. 25, 1819; set-
tled in Viola, Olmsted county, Minn., in 1860, where he owned a farm;
was a representative in the legislature in 1872. [66; 166 (1895*).]
Sommer, Charles, pioneer, b. in Germany, March 29, 1827; d. in New
Ulm, Minn., May 14, 1903. He came to the United States in 1855, set-
tling in New Ulm; engaged in mercantile business; served in the In-
dian war, 1862. [237 (28).]
Sommereisen, Valentine, R. C. priest, b. in Germany, May 28, 1829;
d. in Hays, Kan., Jan. 25, 1897. He came as a missionary to the United
States in 1854, settling in Minnesota; was ordained a priest in 1856;
was pastor at Mankato, 1856-70. [83*.]
Sommers, George, merchant, b. in Hamburg, Germany, March 20,
1823; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 30, 1899. He came to the United States when
thirteen years old; settled in St. Paul in 1886. [238 (Jan. 31, 1899).]
Sonderman, Theodore, Moravian clergyman, b. in Cape Town, South
Africa; was educated in Germany; came to the United States in 1869,
and ten years later settled in Laketown, Carver county, Minn. [32.]
Soper, J. A., journalist, b. in New York in 185S; came with his par-
ents to Steele county, Minn., when a child; established the Owatonna
Herald, and after 1886 published the Journal and Herald, in partner-
ship with F. T. Drebert. [72.]
Sorensen, Sigvart, journalist, b. in Christiania, Norway, Nov. 18,
1849; came to the United States in 1866; settled in Minneapolis in
1891, where he has been editor of Scandinavian newspapers; author
of a History of Norway (1899, 353 pages). [169.]
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Sorenson, Oscar C. F., miller, b. in Denmark, April 3, 1850; came
to the United States in 1872, and to Dodge county, Minn., in 1873;
settled in Kasson the next year. [24; 50*.]
Sorknes, Halvob L., lawyer, b. in Solor, Norway, in 1870; came to
the United States when eighteen years of age, settling in Minnesota;
was graduated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1898; opened a
law office in Madison the same year; was county attorney, 1901-07.
[38; 127A*.]
Sorlien, E. H., b. in Norway, Jan. 16, 1846; came to the United
States in 1857, and to Minnesota the next year; owned a mill at Min-
nesota Falls after 1876. [32.]
Soule, Benjamin, miller, b. in Piscataquis county, Maine, March 16,
1820; came to Minnesota in 1854, and three years later settled in
Princeton; built and operated a sawmill and flouring mill. [31.]
Soule, Jesse H., pioneer, b. in Avon, Maine, in 1823; was one of the
first settlers in Grant, Washington county, Minn.; owned a farm; was
county superintendent of schools, and was a representative in the
legislature in 1864. [41.]
Soule, O. B., farmer, b. in Franklin county, Me., in 1855; came to
Washington county, Minn., when two years old, and has lived there;
was a representative in the legislature, 1895-7 and 1903. [30.]
Soule, Smith N., b. in Brownville, Maine, Feb. 22, 1852; came with
his parents to Princeton, Minn., in 1857; engaged in lumber manu-
facture and flour milling. [31.]
Soule, Tibbitts J., b. in Erie county, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1847; served in
a New York regiment in the civil war; came to Meeker county, Minn.,
in 1879; owned a farm in Greenleaf township; was county superin-
tendent of schools, 1886-88. [65.]
Soule, William H., M. E. clergyman, b. in Palermo, Maine, April 15,
1834; d. in Paynesviile, Minn., Sept. 16, 1891. He came to Minnesota
when twenty-three years old; united with the conference in 1860, and
was pastor in many towns in this state. [150; 180 (Nov. 18, 1891).]
Soulie, Paul, an Ojibway Indian, b. about 1806; d. near Bayfield,
Wis., Nov. 4, 1891. He belonged to the Buffalo Bay band of Ojibways;
was a well known voyageur in northern Minnesota after 1840. [237
(2).]
Soutar, George, builder, b. Aug. 6, 1851, in Scotland; came to the
United States in 1873, and settled in Luverne, Minn., 1876; erected
many of the best business blocks and dwellings in that city. [71A.]
Southerland, A. Hans, lawyer, b. in Sweden, Sept. 14, 1862; came
to the United States in 1882, settling in Cambridge, Minn.; was grad-
uated in law at the University of Minnesota, 1895; judge of probate
of Isanti county since 1905. [169A.]
726 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Southwick, Orin F., b. in Mooers, N. Y., Oct. 13, 1831; came to
Minnesota in 1859; engaged in mercantile business and fur trading in
Freeborn county; in 1870 settled in Wells, owned a store, and was
interested in real estate and banking. [39.]
Sotjthworth, A. D., b. in Oneida county, N. Y., Aug. 13, 1829; settled
in Wabasha, Minn., in 1870, where he engaged in farming, banking, and
insurance business. [74.]
Southworth, Eli, lawyer, b. in Mattapoisett, Mass., Sept. 4, 1844;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856; served in the Fourth Min-
nesota Regt., 1861-2; was admitted tot the bar in 1874, and settled in
Shakopee the same year; was city attorney eight years; secretary of
the State Board of Examiners in Law since 1897. [24; 103*; 137.]
Sowden, William, machinist, b. in Tavistock, England, July 14, 1829;
d. in Anoka, Minn., Dec. 12, 1900. He came to the United States when
fourteen years old, and to Minnesota in 1859; settled in Anoka in 1871,
and was superintendent of a sawmill. [31; 43.]
Spalding, William P., b. in Lowell, Mass., Nov. 1, 1823; d. in Brain-
erd, Minn., in 1891. He served in the Fifth Vermont Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of captain; came to Minnesota in 1870, and
engaged in railroad work; after 1881 resided in Brainerd, as claim
agent for the Northern Pacific railroad company. [31; 152.]
Spalding, William W., b. in Bradford county, Pa., July 11, 1820; d.
in Duluth, Nov. 1, 1901. He settled in Duluth in 1869; built a store,
and later a hotel; was president of the Duluth and Iron Range rail-
road, 1874-83; discoverer of the prehistoric copper mines of Ontonagon
county, Michigan. [31; 237 (13*, 19*).]
Spangberg, M., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Dec. 25, 1841;
came to the United States in 1865; was graduated in theology at Au-
gustana College, 1875; three years later settled at Taylor's Falls,
Minn. [40.]
Spates, Samuel, M. E. clergyman, b. in Kentucky, Jan. 31, 1815; d.
in Red Wing, Minn., April 19, 1887. He became a missionary to the
Ojibway Indians in 1839, and worked among them at Sandy Lake,
Minn., and elsewhere; joined the Minnesota conference in 1856. [93A;
150.]
Spaulding, Charles Guy, b. in Lancaster, N. H., Oct. 6, 1836; came
to Minnesota in 1862, and to Blue Earth county, 1864; was a dealer in
grain and farm machinery in Mapleton; was a representative in the
legislature, 1882-6; was mayor of Mapleton five terms. [45*; 46; 168
(Jan. 12, 1883).]
Spaulding, Calvin L., banker, b. in Burlington, Vt, May 16, 1842;
served in the 18th Michigan Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank
of first lieutenant; came to Minnesota in 1879; settled in Brainerd in
1883, and two years later became cashier of the Lumbermen's Ex-
change Bank. [35.]
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Spaulding, Geobge, Congregational clergyman, b. in Frankfort, Me.,
May 15, 1817; d. in St. Paul, Oct. 26, 1896. He was ordained to the
ministry in 1848; came to Minnesota in 1863; was pastor in Marine
and in Marshall. [144.]
Spaulding, Salathiel M., physician, b. in New Hampshire, Dec. 5,
1839; settled in Minneapolis in 1867; was graduated at Hahnemann
Medical College, Chicago, in 1879; was professor of mental and nerv-
ous diseases, University of Minnesota, 1888-9. [84.]
Spaulding, William Augustus, dentist, b. in Stetson, Maine, March
7, 1842; came with his parents to Monticello, Minn., in 1856; served
in the Minnesota Second light artillery, 1862-5; was graduated at the
Ohio College of Dental Surgery, 1875; settled in Minneapolis; became
dean of the* dental faculty in the Minnesota College Hospital in 1886.
[84*.]
Speel, Alexander Ramsey, lawyer, b. in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1856;
came to Minnesota in 1872; was agent of the quartermaster's depart-
ment, U. S. army, in the South, 1880-6; afterward resided in St. Paul;
was admitted to the bar in 1887. [93.]
Spence, Joijn, farmer, b. in Le Sueur county, Minn., June 10, 1858;
resides near Montgomery; was a representative in the legislature in
1909. [30*.]
Spencer, B. H., b. in Maryland about 1812; d. on his farm in bangola,
Benton county, Minn., June 14, 1880. He came to Minnesota as sutler
at Fort Ripley; settled in Sauk Rapids in 1867; was auditor of Benton
county, 1871-9. [237 (1); 238 (June 17, 1880).]
Spencer, C. H., b. in Livingston county, N. Y., in 1851; settled in
Minneapolis in 1885, where he organized the Minneapolis Mutual In-
surance Co. [167 (Sept. 14, 1888*).]
Spencer, Edward Curran, physician, b. in St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 8,
1858; d. at Coronado Beach, Cal., Dec. 26, 1891. He was graduated at
Yale College, 1880, and St. Paul Medical College, 1882; began the prac-
tice of medicine in St. Paul the next year. [139.]
Spencer, Elman L., b. in Ohio in 1853; settled in St. Paul in 1889;
engaged in the fuel business; was a prominent freemason. [163*.]
Spencer, George H., b. in Breckenridge, Ky., Dec. 20, 1831; d. in
Montana, May 31, 1892. He came to St. Paul in 1852; was a trader
with the Indians at Big Stone lake after 1860; was wounded in the
Sioux massacre at Redwood agency in 1862, but was saved by a friend-
ly Indian named Chaska; afterward was a bookkeeper in St. Paul; re-
moved to Montana in 1887. [68; 94; 237 (1).]
Spencer, Herbert R., lawyer, b. in Ashtabula county, Ohio, in 1856;
was admitted to the bar in 1880; settled in Duluth in 1887; was a state
senator, 1895-7. [30.]
728 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Spencer, James F.# farmer, b. in Wisconsin in 1848; came to Minne-
sota in 1864; was register of deeds for Olmsted county, 1895-99; re-
sides in High Forest township; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1907. [30*; 66A.]
Spencer, James H., pioneer, b. in Boone county, Mo., in 1829; came
to Stillwater, Minn., in 1845; engaged in lumbering and exploring; was
state timber agent fifteen years. [41.]
Spencer, John B., pioneer, b. in Kentucky in 1821; d. in Alameda,
Cal., July 30, 1904. He came to St. Paul in 1849; engaged in building,
steamboating, and, dealing in real estate; resided in Duluth, 1869-72,
and built the great breakwater and dock there; returned to St. Paul,
and about 1892 removed to Alameda, Cal. [94; 237 (35).]
Spencer, Kirby, dentist, settled in Minneapolis in 1863; and died
there, March 10, 1870. He bequeathed the entire income of his real
estate to the purchase of books for the Athenaeum, now a part of the
City Public Library. [84.]
Spencer, Spier, pioneer, b. in Elizabethtown, Ky., Jan. 22, 1827; d.
Jan. 26, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1849; bought a third interest
in the townsite of Shakopee in 1853; engaged in farming; was one of
the founders of Blue Earth City in 1857; was treasurer of Faribault
county. [237 (49).]
Spencer, William Austin, lawyer, b, in Lenox, N. Y., in 1824; d. in
St. Paul, Sept. 29, 1897. He was graduated at Hamilton college; was
admitted to the bar; settled in St. Paul in 1856; after 1863 was clerk
of the U. S. district court. [94; 98*; 237 (9); 238 (Sept. 30, 1897).]
Spendley, Charles S., pioneer, b. in Binghamton, N. Y.; came to
Minnesota in 1856; settled on a claim near Zumbrota; served in the
First Minnesota heavy artillery in the civil war; in 1872 took a claim
near the site of Crookston, being one of the first settlers there; was
register of deeds, 1875-85. [35.]
Sperry, Albert Henry, b. in Livingston county, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1840;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1857; served in Hatch's Bat-
talion in the civil war; settled in Willmar in 1880, and engaged in
machinery business; owned a meat market, and later platted an addi-
tion to Willmar, called Homewood Park. [35; 63*.]
Sperry, Lyman Beecher, educator and lecturer, b. in Sherman, N.
Y., Feb. 19, 1841; studied in Oberlin College, 1860-3; was graduated
from the medical department of the University of Michigan, 1867;
was professor in Ripon College, 1869-73; came to Minnesota two years
later; was professor in Carleton College, 1875-84, and continued as a
non-resident lecturer of this college, 1884-1904; an explorer of the
Glacier National Park, Montana; author of several books on hygiene
and physiology; resides in Los Angeles, Cal. [17.]
Sperry, Wesley A., lawyer, b. in Farmington, Mich., March 15, 1847;
settled in Minnesota in 1871; was graduated in law at the University
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 729
of Michigan, 1873; practiced in Mantorville, 1874-9, and since in Owa-
tonna; was a state senator, 1895-7. [24; 30; 70A*; 72; 137.]
Spicer, John M., b. in Chamber sburg, Pa., Dec. 9, 1841; came to
Minnesota in 1860; settled in Willmar in 1871; engaged in mercantile
business and banking, was president of a railway corporation, and
had other large financial interests. [35.]
Spicer, Mason W., lawyer, b. in Willmar, Minn., April 23, 1873; was
graduated at Shattuck School, Faribault, 1893; and in law at the State
University, 1895; served as captain in the 15th Minnesota Regt. in
the Spanish war, 1898; practiced law in Willmar. [63*.]
Spiel, Joseph, b. in Germany in 1832; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 16, 1896.
He came to the United States in 1847; settled in St. Paul in 1853;
engaged at first in the grocery business, but afterward was city jailer.
[237 (9).]
Spielmann, Gerard, R. C, priest, b. in Bavaria, April 4, 1865; came
to the United States in 1882; studied at St. John's College, Minn.;
joined the Benedictine order in 1883; was ordained a priest in 1888;
wa's a teacher in St. John's College. [132 (July and Aug., 1888).]
Spinney, W. A., Baptist clergyman, b. in Nova Scotia, June 12, 1852;
was graduated at Madison University, 1877, and Newton Theological
Seminary, 1880; came to Duluth, Minn., in 1882, and removed to Owa-
tonna two years later. [72.]
Spivak, Casper, miller, b. in Bohemia in 1847; came to the United
States in 1865, and to St. Paul in 1866; settled at Sunrise, Minn., in
1869, and owned a flour mill there after 1884. [38*.]
Spooner, Lewis C, lawyer, b. in Erie county, N. Y., March 7, 1850;
came to Minnesota in 1875; was admitted to the bar the next year;
practiced in Litchfield four years, and in Morris since 1880, excepting
ten years in Chicago, 1886-96; has been a representative in the leg-
islature since 1907. [24; 26*; 30*; 38.]
Spooner, Marshall A., judge, b. in Lawrenceburg, Ind., May 18, 1858;
was graduated at Hughes College, Cincinnati, 1876; settled in Moor-
head, Minn., 1882; removed to Minneapolis, 1885, and to Bemidji, 1901;
was judge of the Fifteenth judicial district, 1903-08. [25; 137*.]
Spor, Alpheus, Episcopal clergyman, b. in England, about 1826; d.
in Rushford, Minn., in 1874. He settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1866,
and built St. John's Episcopal church there; removed to Rochester in
1870. [83.]
Sprague, Armanda, b. in Bedford, N. H., in 1797; d. in Minneapolis,
July 30, 1881. He served in the war of 1812. [238 (July 31, 1881).]
Sprague, Ara David, merchant, b. in Richfield, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1824;
d. in Caledonia, Minn., Jan. 11, 1909. He came to Caledonia in 1854,
and during many years engaged in mercantile business and banking.
[18; 61; 237 (51).]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Sprague, Benjamin Dexter, miller, b. in Bedford, N. H., Dec. 6, 1827;
came to Minnesota in 1859, and settled on a farm in Mower county;
was in 1864 one of the organizers of the company to build the Southern
Minnesota railroad, and was afterward its land commissioner; re-
moved to Rushford in 1867, and engaged in flour milling; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1863, and a state senator in 1864-5
and again in 1870. [18.]
Sprague, Cassius M., b. in Crete, 111., Dec. 11, 1846; came to Minne-
sota in 1854; served in the Minnesota Mounted Rangers and the Sec-
ond Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled at Sauk Center in 1865;
was in mercantile business fifteen years, owned a drug store in 1880-4,
and has since engaged in banking; president of the First National
Bank. [24; 31.]
Sprague, Jenks S., physician, b. near Cooperstown, N. Y., Oct. 14,
1800; d. in Hastings, Minn., Jan. 22, 1S79. He came to Minnesota in
1863, and settled in Hastings. [139.]
Sprague, W. T., b. in Jamestown, N. Y., in 1856; studied mechanical
engineering11 in Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N. J.; settled in Minne-
apolis in 1884, where he had charge of the Link-Belt Machinery Com-
pany's establishment. [168 (Nov. 12, 1886*).]
Spring, Christopher Lewis, b. in Posen, Germany, Dec. 23, 1836; d.
in Potsdam, Olmsted county, Minn., July 7, 1902. He was one of the
early settlers in that county. [237 (19).]
Springer, Albert E., b. in Lee county, 111., Dec, 28, 1856; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1862; owned a farm in Faribault county;
after 1885 resided in Delavan, where he dealt in lumber, doors, sash,
etc. [34.]
Springer, Frank Wesley, b. in Anoka, Minn., Jan. 18, 1870; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1893; instructor there in
electric engineering, 1895-9, assistant professor, 1900-07, and professor
since 1907, residing in Minneapolis. [7A; 127A, B.]
Springer, Moses, M. E. clergyman, b. in 1795; d. in Winchendon,
Mass., Dec. 21, 1865. He was a member of the Minnesota conference
after 1859; during the later years of his life resided in Washington,
D. C, and engaged in scientific work in the National Observatory
[150.]
Springsted, Wilbert W., druggist, b. in Hamilton, Ontario, June 20,
1875; came to Dodge county, Minn., in 1897; resides in Hayfield, where
he has a drug store and is owner of the Hayfield telephone exchange
[50*.]
Sprout, John, lawyer, b. in Attica, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1836; came to Min-
nesota in 1857; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin;
settled in Blue Earth City, and was attorney for Faribault county nine
years. [51*.]
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Spurr, Josiah Edward, geologist, b. in Gloucester, Mass., Oct. 1,
1870; was graduated at Harvard University, 1893; was an assistant
on the geological survey of Minnesota, 1893-4, and on the U. S. Geol.
Survey, 1894-1906; author of "The Iron-bearing Rocks of the Mesabi
Range in Minnesota" (268 pages, 1894), and of many other reports on
geology and mining. [7A; 17.]
Spurr, Nathaniel Redman, b. in Columbus, N. Y., in 1837; d. in St.
Paul, June 26, 1911. He came to Minnesota in 1859; served in the
Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in Morris in 1880,
where he dealt in grain; was county auditor, 1886-1903; removed to
St. Paul in 1903. [73; 237 (67*).]
Squire, Frances. See Potter, Mrs. Prances Boardman Squire.
Squires, Freeman A., pioneer, b. in Washington county, N. Y., Nov.
21, 1829; served in the Mexican war; settled in Faribault county,
Minn., in 1858; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry and in the
Minnesota heavy artillery in the civil war, attaining the rank of first
lieutenant. [39*.]
Squires, George Clarke, lawyer, b. in Greene, N. Y., in 1852; was
graduated at the law school of Michigan University; settled in St.
Paul in 1874; was admitted to the bar the next year. [93; 95*; 238
(Nov. 9, 1899).]
Squires, James Phineas, physician, b. in South Dansville, N. Y.,
Aug. 22, 1825; came to Minnesota in 1870, and settled in Austin in
1872, where he had an extensive practice. [18.]
Squires, Royal B., lumberman, b. in Parishville, N. Y., in 1844; d.
in Minneapolis, Feb. 11, 1900. He settled there in 1868. [167 (Feb.
16, 1900*).]
Stackpole, Andrew J., lawyer, b. in Dover, N. H., Sept. 20, 1831; d.
at Lake Crystal, Minn., April 22, 1902. He was admitted to the bar
in 1860; resided in Lowell, Boston, Kansas City, and Chicago; settled
at Lake Crystal, Minn., in 1883. [22*; 45*; 237 (19).]
Stacy, C. E., b. in Woodford, Vt, July 6, 1826; came to Minnesota
in 1868, and settled in Rochester; engaged in farming and also as a
contractor and builder; was a representative in the legislature in
1878-9. [30.]
Stacy, D. K., b. in Columbus, Pa., Nov. 16, 1842; came with his par-
ents to Minnesota when fourteen years old, and to Albert Lea in 1860;
served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain. [53.]
Stacy, Edwin Clark, lawyer, b. in Hamilton, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1815;
d. in Albert Lea, Minn., April 29, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1856,
and in 1860 settled in Albert Lea, where he held successively the
offices of county auditor, superintendent of schools, and judge of pro-
bate. [18; 29; 53; 53A.]
732 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Stacy, Edwin Page, merchant, b. in De Kalb, N. Y., May 31, 1831;
came to Minnesota in 1883, settling at Minneapolis, where he has since
engaged in fruit commission business. [22*; 24; 25; 85A*.]
Stacy, Francis N., journalist, b* in California, March 4, 1861; came
to Minnesota in 1866; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1888; was private secretary to Congressman John Lind, 1903-4; deputy
public examiner of Minnesota since 1905. [30.]
Stacy, James Newton, farmer and merchant, b. in North Adams,
Mass., March 10, 1839; came to Minnesota in 1856, and settled in
Franklin, Wright county; served in the war against the Sioux, 1862,
and afterward in the civil war until its close; lived in Monticello after
1867; was state senator, 1876-77, and a representative in 1879. [18;
30; 31.]
Stadtfeld, Nicholas, b* in Germany in 1837; came to the United
States in 1857, and to St. Paul the same year; became janitor of the
Madison public school in 1872, when the building was first occupied,
and filled that position more than thirty years. [237 (22*).]
Staede, Edward I. P., b. in Denmark, May 29, 1852; came to the
United States in 1876; settled at Mankato, Minn., in 1888, and was a
dealer in fuel and farm implements; removed to Walker in 1902, and
engaged in banking and lumber business. [25; 45*.]
Stafford, John W., M. E. clergyman, b. in England, Dec. 6, 1843 ;
came to the United States in 1857, and to Minnesota in 1861; entered
the ministry in 1867; was pastor in many towns, being located in
Rochester in 1881; was financial agent for Hamline University three
years, [66.]
Stahler, Enoch, miller, b. in Lockport, N. Y., May 25, 1836; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1873, where he had charge of the Dakota and
St. Anthony mills. [168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
Stahlmann, Chris., brewer, b. in Bavaria in 1829; came to the
United States in 1846, and to St. Paul in 1855; was a representative
in the legislature in 1871 and 1883. [94; 97.]
Stakemann, Jxjijus, b. in Lubec, Germany; d. in St. Paul. Having
wounded his antagonist in a duel, he fled to the United States in 1859;
served in the civil war; published at St. Cloud, Minn., Der Nord Stern,
a year or two; settled in St. Paul in 1887; engaged in newspaper work
and writing for magazines. [237 (2).]
Stalley, Fred, b. in England; came to Minnesota in 1873; engaged
in farming for a time, and later settled in Moorhead; register of deeds
for Clay county since 1909. [36.]
Stamm, Gborg, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Switzerland, March 20,
1865; was graduated at Luther Seminary, St. Paul, 1895; has been
pastor in Good Thunder, Rose Hill, and Princeton, Minn. [148.]
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Stamm, Gottfried J., physician, b. in Switzerland, Nov. 7, 1842; d.
in St. Paul, Sept. 15, 1907. He was graduated in medicine at the Uni-
versity of Bern, 1867; came to the United States in 1873, settling at
St. Paul, and practiced there through his life; was consul of Switzer-
land for Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Wyoming, after 1889. [24; 25;
68; 93*; 98*; 100; 237 (48*).]
Stamwttz, Carl G., miller, b. in Prussia, Nov. 17, 1831; came to the
United States in 1S58, settling at St. Anthony; after 1875 was part
owner of the Phoenix flour mill. [60*.]
Stanchfield, Daniel, lumberman, b. in Leeds, Maine, June 8, 1820;
d. at Fort Logan, Colo., May 23, 1908. He settled at St. Anthony in
1847; engaged in logging on Rum river, and in mercantile business at
St. Anthony; was a representative in the territorial legislature in 1853;
resided in Iowa, 1861-89; returned to Minneapolis in 1889. [28, IX*;
59; 167 (May 29, 1908)); 237 (34*); 241.]
Stanciifield, Henry, farmer, b. in Cumberland county, Maine, in
1827; came to Olmsted county, Minn., in 1855; owned a farm in Viola
township after 1870; was a representative in the legislature in 1876.
[66.]
Stanciifield, William, pioneer, b. in Maine in 1820; d. in 1850. He
settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1846, and engaged in hotel business.
[41.]
Stanford, Mortimer Hiram, lawyer, b. in Brockport, N. Y., Jan. 7,
1848; served as a musician in the Northern army during the last year
of the civil war; was graduated in law at the University of Michigan,
1871; has practiced in Duluth since 1892. [23*; 25.]
Stanley, David B., merchant, b. in Maine, Feb. 23, 1845; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1858; resided in Maine Prairie, Stearns
county, after 1867; was a representative in the legislature in 1878.
[30; 31.]
Stannard, Lucas Kingsbury, b. in Georgia, Vt., July 6, 1825; was
admitted to the bar in 1850; came to Minnesota in 1852, settling at
Taylor's Falls, where he practiced law and also engaged in mercan-
tile business and lumbering. He was a representative in the terri-
torial legislature in 1857, and also a member of the state constitutional
convention; a state senator, 1859-60; receiver of the U. S. land office
at Taylor's Falls, 1861-70; and a representative in the legislature in
1871. [18; 27*; 38; 41.]
Stansbury, Howard, explorer, b. in New York city, Feb. 8, 1806; d.
in Madison, Wis., April 17, 1863. He became a civil engineer and con-
ducted many surveys for the U. S. government, including an expedi-
tion to Great Salt Lake, 1849-51; and in 1856 was assigned to the
charge of military roads in Minnesota. [1.]
Stanton, Benjamin Irving, lawyer, b. in Wolfborough, N. H., June
9, 1853; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 13, 1898. He was graduated at Union
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
College; taught in the St. Paul High School, 1875-7; was graduated at
the Harvard Law School, 1880; practiced law in St. Paul after 1889.
[125.]
Stanton, Charles W., journalist, judge, b. at Pine Island, Minn., in
1862; was editor and publisher of the Appleton Press after 1885; was
judge of probate of Swift county, 1890-4; removed to International
Falls; judge in the Fifteenth judicial district since 1908. [30; 238
(March 8, 1897*).]
Stanton, George A., educator, b. in Horicon, Wis.; came to Minne-
sota with his parents in 1877; was graduated at Carleton College, 1881;
was superintendent of schools in Sauk Center after 1894. [26*.]
Staples, Charles A., merchant, b. in Waldo county, Maine, Feb. 17,
1843; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1854; served in the Fourth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; owned a farm in Meeker county,
and after 1883 engaged in mercantile business in Manannah. [65.]
Staples, Charles Francis, farmer, b. in St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 4,
1856; has resided on the same farm continuously; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1893-99; has been since 1901 a member of the
state railroad and warehouse commission. [24; 25; 27*; 30*.]
Staples, Franklin, physician, b. in Raymond, Maine, Nov. 9, 1833;
was graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York
City, 1862; came to Minnesota the same year, settling at Winona. In
1882-7 he was professor of the practice of medicine in the University
of Minnesota. [18; 22*; 29; 77.]
Staples, George L., merchant, b, in Maine; d. in Monticello, Minn.,
Dec. 18, 1869. He came to Minnesota in 1856; founded the town of
Brunswick in Kanabec county; engaged in mercantile business at Elk
River and Monticello. [31.]
Staples, Henry Loring, physician, b. in Wales, Maine, Sept. 21, 1859;
was graduated at Bowdoin College, 1881, and the Maine Medical
School, 1886; later studied in New York City and in Vienna; came to
Minnesota in 1888, and has since practiced in Minneapolis; instructor
in the college of medicine, University of Minnesota, 1890-6, and pro-
fessor of clinical medicine since 1896. [24; 127B.]
Staples, Isaac, lumberman, b. in Topsham, Maine, Sept. 25, 1816;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., June 27, 1898. He came to Minnesota in 1853,
purchased timber lands in the St. Croix region, and engaged in manu-
facturing lumber. In 1871 he organized the Lumberman's National
Bank of Stillwater, of which he was president. [20*; 21*; 28, IX; 29;
40; 41*; 42*; 104*; 105*; 167 (July 1, 1898*); 237 (2, 9*).]
Staples, Josiah, b. in Brunswick, Maine, June 20, 1826; settled in
Stillwater, Minn., in 1848; engaged in lumbering, milling, and steam-
boating. [41.]
Staples, Samuel, pioneer, b. in Topsham, Maine, in 1805; d. in Still-
water, Minn., Dec. 26, 1887. He settled in Stillwater in 1854; engaged
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in lumbering; removed to a farm in Marine township, Washington
county, in 1877. [40; 41.]
Staples, William, farmer, b. in York county, Me., May 27, 1815;
settled in Grow, Anoka county, Minn., in 1855; was one of the founders
of Grow. [31; 41.]
Stariha, John N., R. C. priest, b. in Carniola, Austria, in 1845; came
to the United States in 1867; was ordained priest in 1869; came to
Minnesota in 1871, and the next year became pastor in Red Wing;
later was bishop of Lead, S. D., which position he resigned in 1909,
and then returned to Austria. [54; -146.]
Stark, C. G., b. in Sweden in 1813; came to the United States in
1847, and to Minnesota in 1862; was one of the organizers of New
Sweden, Nicollet county; was elected register of deeds in 1868, and
again in 1876. [32.]
Stark, Edward W., merchant, b. at Fish Lake, Minn., Dec. 5, 1869;
was in general merchandise business in Harris, 1890-1905; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1901-03; judge of probate for Chisago
county since 1905, residing at Center City. [24; 30; 38.]
Stark, Lars Johan, b. in Lidkoping, Sweden, July 29, 1826; d. in
Harris, Minn., May 5, 1910. He came to the United States in 1850;
settled at Chisago Lake, Minn.; engaged in mercantile business and
farming; was a representative in the legislature in 1864 and 1874.
[38; 41; 169; 237 (62).]
Starkey, James, b. in County of Kent, Eng., Oct. 16, 1818; d. in
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Aug. 28, 1892. He came to the United States
in 1849, and settled in St. Paul the next year; engaged in milling and
railroad construction, and had charge of the first sewerage works in
St. Paul; was a representative in the first state legislature, and was
captain of a cavalry company in the civil war. [29; 41; 93; 94; 121.]
Starritt, Simon Peter, physician, b. in Hopewell, N. B., Oct. 9, 1847;
d. in Anoka, Minn., Jan. 3, 1883. He came to Minnesota in 1856 with
his parents, who settled in Monticello; served in Hatch's Battalion,
1862-5; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1875, and at
Hahnemann Medical College, 1878; settled in Anoka in 1880. [31; 84.]
Start, Charles Monroe, jurist, b. in Bakersfield, Vt, Oct. 4, 1839;
was admitted to the bar in 1860; served a short time in 1862 in the
Tenth Vermont Regt; came to Minnesota in 1863, settling at Roch-
ester; was attorney general of the state, 1880-1; judge of the Third
judicial district, 1881-95; and has since been chief justice of the Su-
preme Court of Minnesota. [17; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 26*; 30*; 66; 66A;
111*; 125; 137*.]
Statelar, Sylvester, b. in Ohio, March 14, 1817; d. in Warsaw, Minn.,
Aug. 28, 1911. He came to Minnesota in 1842; was government black-
smith for the Ojibway Indians at Crow Wing, 1847-62; later engaged
in farming in Warsaw, Rice county. [70A; 237 (67).]
736 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Staub, Clemens, R. C. priest, b. in Baar, Switzerland, Aug. 10, 1819;
d. at St. Joseph, Minn., in 1886. He came to the United States in
1849; was ordained priest in 1852; came to Minnesota in 1857, being
the first missionary to hold services in many places in Stearns county ;
had charge of Assumption church, St. Paul, thirteen years; afterward
was pastor of the church at St. Joseph, Stearns county. [31; 238
(April 24, 1886).]
Stauff, Carl Christian, physician, b. in Mecklenburg, Germany, in
1815; came to the United States in 1853, and the next year to Minne-
sota; resided in Wabasha, 1865-75; afterward engaged in the drug
business in Lake City. [74.]
Staxjff, Charles J., b. in Germany, Feb. 8, 1843; came to the United
States and to Wabasha county, Minn., in 1854; served in the Fifth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of first lieutenant;
was clerk of the district court of Wabasha county, 1870-1907, residing
in Wabasha. [24; 74.]
Staughton, Neville, civil engineer, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, June 7,
1832; d. in Winona, Minn., Sept 10, 1895. He built a portion of the
Northwestern railroad near Winona, and was connected with railway
interests to the time of his death. [156.]
Stay, Frank, b. in Canada, June 26, 1837; came to Minnesota in
1854; was in Yellow Medicine county at the time of the Indian out-
break in 1862, and only escaped after great exposure and suffering;
was the first settler in the town of Camp Release, Lac qui Parle coun-
ty, 1868. [32.]
Stearns, Charles Thomas, pioneer, b. in Pittsfield, Mass., Jan. 9,
1807; d. in New Orleans, La., May 22, 1898. He settled at St. Anthony
in 1849; was a representative in the territorial legislature, 1853-4;
removed to St Cloud in 1856; lived in New Orleans and Mobile after
1864, being register of a U. S. land office ten years. Stearns county
was named for him. [41; 156; 157*; 163*.]
Stearns, Halvor K., b. in Norway, Dec. 25, 1836; d. Feb. 23, 1905.
He came to the United States in 1854; owned a farm in Waseca coun-
ty, Minn., and after 1880 engaged in mercantile business in New Rich-
land. [75; 237 (35).]
Stearns, Isaac Crosby, farmer, b. in New Hampshire, Feb. 28, 1820;
d. in Zumbrota, Minn., Sept. 10, 1910. He settled in Zumbrota in
1857; was a representative in the legislature, 1859-60. [54; 226; 237
(62),]
Stearns, Ozora Pierson, jurist, b. in Be Kalb, Lawrence county, N.
Y., Jan. 15, 1831; d. in California, June 2, 1896. He was graduated at
Michigan University from the literary and law departments respect*
ively in 1858 and 1860; commenced the practice of law in Rochester,
Minn.; entered the army in 1862, as first lieutenant in the Ninth Min-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 737
nesota Regt.; in 1864 was commissioned as colonel of the 39th Regt,
U. S. colored infantry; at the close of the war resumed his law prac-
tice in Rochester; in 1871 was elected U. S. senator for the unexpired
term of Daniel S. Norton, deceased; removed to Duluth the next year,
and was judge of the Eleventh judicial district, 1875-94. [1; 3; 7; 10;
27; 30; 41; 121; 127 (5*); 127B; 226*; 238 (June 3, 1896).]
Stearns, Mrs. Sarah Burger, reformer, h. in New York city, Nov.
30, 1836; was educated at the State Normal School, Ypsilanti, Mich.;
was well known during the civil war as a worker of the Sanitary Com-
mission and a lecturer on behalf of soldiers' societies. She married
Ozora P. Stearns in 1863, and came with him to Minnesota in 1866;
was an active advocate of woman suffrage. [1.]
Stebbins, Alonzo Thomas, merchant, b. in Mansfield, Mass., Sept.
21, 1847; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1857; has engaged
in hardware business at Rochester since 1871; was a representative
in the legislature in 1889, and a state senator, 1895-7 and 1911. [22*;
24; 25; 27*; 30*; 66; 66A*; 157*; 227.]
Stebbins, Columbus, journalist, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 30,
1825; d. in Hastings, Minn., Dec. 21, 1878. Having owned and pub-
lished a newspaper in Indiana for eleven years, he came to Hastings
in 1857, and was editor of the Hastings Independent ,afterward the
Gazette. [18; 27*; 28, X; 56; 227.]
Stebbins, Jonas B., pioneer, b. in Brookline, Vt, Feb. 12, 1827; d. at
St. Charles, Minn., Nov. 27, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1855; set-
tled on a farm in Utica, Winona county; later resided in St. Charles.
[174*; 227*.]
Stebbins, S. S., b. in Genesee county, N. Y., in 1827; came to Minne-
sota in 1854, and obtained an interest in the land where the town of
Rushford now stands; later engaged in mercantile business in Rush-
ford. [29*.]
Stebbins, Sidney J., grocer, b. in Winona, Minn., Aug. 8, 1862; set-
tled in Morris in 1884, and two years later engaged in grocery trade.
[73; 227.]
Stebbins, Thomas Warren, carpenter, b. in Brookline, Vt, June 1,
1816; d. in Rochester, Minn., April 21, 1902. He came to Minnesota in
1857, and lived on a farm in Winona county eleven years; removed to
Rochester in 1877. [227; 237 (19).]
Stedjee, O. O., farmer, b. in Norway, Sept. 5, 1835; came to the
United States in 1854; served in the army in the civil war; settled in
Amherst, Fillmore county, Minn., in 1867; was a representative in the
legislature in 1879. [30; 169.]
Stedman, Squire B., b. in Lorain county, Ohio, in 1830; came to
Minnesota in 1860; settled on a claim in Cottonwood county that is
now part of the site of Windom, 1869; was sheriff of the county, 1874-
82. [34.]
47
738 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Steele, Mrs. Anna Barney, b. in Maryland; d. in Washington, D. C,
Jan.13, 1881. She married the pioneer, Franklin Steele, in 1842, and
with him came to Fort Snelling. [107*; 238 (Jan. 14, 1881).}
Steele, Franklin, pioneer, b. in Chester county, Pa., May 12, 1813;
d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 10, 1880. He came to Minnesota in 1837; be-
came sutler of Fort Snelling in 1838; took a prominent part in the de-
velopment of the water power at the falls of St. Anthony, and of log-
ging and manufacturing lumber there. In 1854 he built a suspension
bridge connecting St. Anthony and Minneapolis, which was the first
bridge to span the Mississippi river. [1; 28, IX*; 32; 41; 58; 59; 84*;
85; 107*; 114*; 166A*; 237 (1).]
Steele, James Richard, farmer and merchant, b. in Iowa City, Iowa,
Dec. 30, 1845; d. in Little Falls, Minn., April 8, 1906. He came with
his parents to Little Falls in 1854; had an Indian trading post several
years, and later engaged in mercantile business. [31; 237 (39).]
Steele, John, physician, b. in Pennsylvania in 1807; d. in St. Paul,
Dec, 1885. He was graduated at Jefferson Medical College; settled in
St. Paul in 1855; practiced medicine there twenty-eight years, and
later engaged in real estate business. [93; 94; 237 (30).]
Steele, John Andrew, physician, b. in Canada, Jan. 30, 1837; was
graduated at Berkshire Medical College, 1856, and the Homoeopathic
College of Pennsylvania, 1858; settled in Minneapolis the same year.
[84.]
Steele, John Henry, judge, b. in Longford, Ireland, Jan. 8, 1856;
came to America in boyhood; was admitted to the bar in 1883, and
came to Minnesota the next year, settling in Minneapolis; was judge
of probate for Hennepin county, 1893-6; was appointed a judge of the
Fourth judicial district, 1910. [24; 30; 137*.]
Steenerson, Halvor, lawyer and congressman, b. at Pleasant
Springs, Wis., June 30, 1852; came to Minnesota with his father's fam-
ily the next year; attended the public schools, of Sheldon and Rush-
ford; was admitted to the bar in 1878, and settled at Crookston in 1880;
was a state senator, 1883-5; a representative in Congress since 1903.
[17; 22*; 24; 25; 30*; 35; 37*; 38*; 81; 137*; 169; 174*.]
Stees, Charles J., b. in Dauphin county, Pa., in 1834; d. in San
Francisco, CaL, July 24, 1897. He settled in St. Paul in 1851; engaged
in the furniture business; served in the Ninth Minnesota and other
regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; spent twelve
years in California, but later returned to St. Paul. [68; 94; 122; 237
(9*); 238 (July 25, 1897*).]
Stees, John A., merchant, b. in Dauphin county, Pa., in 1839; set-
tled in St. Paul in 1856; after 1883 engaged in real estate business.
[94.]
Stees, Washington M., b. in Lancaster county, Pa., March 28, 1826;
settled in St. Paul in 1850, where he engaged in furniture business.
[68; 94.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 739
Steidl, Ferdinand J., judge, b. in Moravia, Austria, Aug. 27, 1857;
came to the United States in 1872 with his parents, who settled in
Iowa; was graduated in law at Drake University, Des Moines, 1883;
came to Minnesota the next year, and practiced successively in Wa-
conia, Chaska, Brown's Valley, and Wheaton; was judge of the Six-
teenth judicial district, 1899-1901. [24.]
Stein, Adam, pioneer, b. in Germany, Feb. 8, 1821; came to the
United States in 1850, and to Minnesota five years later; settled at
Georgetown, Clay county, in 1859; was employed by the Hudson Bay
Co., and owned a farm; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war. [47*.]
Stein, William A., b. in St. Cloud, Minn., May 22, 1867; resided in
Georgetown, Clay county; was register of deeds, 1897-1902. [47*.]
Steinaeson, Hallvard, educator, b. in Numedah Norway, in 1846;
came to the United States when twenty-two years old; was graduated
at a college in Osage, Iowa, in 1874; settled in Lac qui Parle county,
Minn., in 1879; engaged in teaching; was county superintendent of
schools three terms, and county auditor six years, residing in Madison.
[169.]
Stempel, F. A., b. in France in 1831; came to the United States in
1850, and to Minnesota in 1855; engaged in mercantile business in St.
Peter after 1867. [32.]
Stemsrud, Ole A., b. in Solor, Norway, Aug. 18, 1862; came to the
United States in 1880, settling in Madison, Minn.; was register of
deeds for Lac qui Parle county, 1887-92. [169.]
Stephan, Ernest Leonard, physician, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 28,
1869; came to Pine county, Minn., in 1880; was graduated in medicine
at the University of Minnesota, 1893; settled in Hinckley the same
year. [37; 38; 42.]
Stephan, Schwartz, merchant, b. in Prussia, Feb. 17, 1848; came to
the United States in 1869; settled in Langola, Benton county, Minn.,
in 1880, where he had a half interest in a general store. [31.]
Stephens, A. Marshall, b. near Pittsburg, Pa., 1840; came to Minne-
sota in 1865, and was professor of mathematics in Hamline University,
Red Wing, 1865-6; later was a pastor in Byron and Chatfield; was
graduated at the Hahnemann Medical College, 1884; practiced in Chat-
field, 1882-91, in St. Paul, 1891-4, and since in Red Wing. [24; 130*.]
Stephens, Andrew D., banker, b. in Carver county, Minn., May 27,
1855; settled in Crookston in 1883; cashier of the Merchants' National
Bank since 1891; was a state senator, 1903-9. [24; 25; 30*; 169.]
Stephens, Ebenezer, miller, b. in Chester county, Pa., March 3, 1847;
d. in Tipton, Iowa, December, 1886. He settled in Minneapolis in 1867;
became a partner in the firm of Crocker, Fisk, and Co., and had charge
of the Minneapolis mill after 1881. [154A*; 168 (Holiday number,
1884-5*, and Dec. 31, 1886*).]
740 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Stephens, J. F., miller, b. in Chester county, Pa., July 4, 1852; came
to Minneapolis in 1872; took charge of the Minneapolis mill in 1878,
and of the Pettit mill in 1881. [168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
Stephenson, Oscar, lawyer, b. in Southampton county, Va., May 12,
1830; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 8, 1881. He was graduated at the University
of Virginia, 1854, and the same year settled in St. Paul; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1859. [68; 237 (1); 238 (Aug. 9, 1882).]
Steppe, Herman, merchant, b. in Germany in 1846; came to the Unit-
ed States in 1871; settled in Fillmore county, Minn.; resided in Wykoff
after 1877, where he opened a furniture store. [52.]
Sterling, George H., pioneer, b. in Orleans, N. Y., in 1829; came to
Minnesota in 1853; settled on a farm in.Elysian, Le Sueur county, in
1856, being the second settler there. [32.]
Sterling, Henry W„ pioneer, b. in Summerhill, Pa., Sept. 1, 1831;
came to Anoka, Minn., in 1866; was deputy sheriff of Anoka county
three years. [43*.]
Sterrett, S. T., clergyman, b. in Illinois in 1825; came to Minnesota
in 1855; engaged in ministerial work until 1868; settled in Owatonna;
was chaplain of the House in the Minnesota legislature in 1873. [30.]
Stetson, Frank Loring, b. in Knox county, Maine, Dec. 19, 1853;
settled in Minneapolis in 1869, and soon became connected with the fire
department, of which he became chief in 1895. [22*.]
Stetson, Warren C, lumberman, b. in 1840; d. in Seattle, Wash.,
Nov. 14, 1911. He came to Minneapolis in 1855, and built the first}
dam across the Mississippi from Hennepin island; served in a Min-
nesota regiment in the civil war; engaged in lumber business in Min-
neapolis until 1888; then removed to Seattle. [237 (59, 68).]
Stevens, A. J., b. in Needham, Mass., June 13, 1833; d. in Winona,
Minn., April 27, 1881. He settled in Fillmore county, Minn.; removed
to Rushford in 1866, where he organized the Rushford Wagon and
Carriage Company; was county treasurer four years. [29*; 52.]
Stevens, Charles A., journalist, b. in New York city; settled in
Shakopee in 1856; served in the Second Wisconsin and other regi-
ments in the civil war; engaged in railroad business ten years; after
1877 published the Shakopee Courier. [32.]
Stevens, Charles L., journalist, b. in Macoupin county, III, Feb. 1,
1867; came with his parents to Marshall county, Minn., in 1883; studied
law, and began practice in Warren in 1894; has since been editor of
the Warren Register. [37.]
Stevens, E. W., M. E. clergyman, b. in Tompkins county, N. Y., Sept.
2, 1832; d. at Minnehaha, Minn., Aug. 13, 1899. He was educated at
Lawrence University, Wisconsin; engaged in the publication of tem-
perance newspapers several years; settled in Minneapolis in 1882.
[180 (Aug. 23, 1899).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
741
Stevens, Mrs. Frances Helen Miller, pioneer, b. in New York in
1827; d. in Minneapolis, May 15, 1902. She married Col. John H.
Stevens in 1850, and came immediately to Minneapolis, where her hus-
band was the first settler. Their home, the first house built in the
city, is now preserved in Minnehaha Park. [237 (19).]
Stevens, Frederick A., physician, b. in Mantorville, Minn., Oct. 28,
1860; was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, 1883,
and later studied in New York. He settled at Lake Elmo, Washing-
ton county, in 1887, and since 1899 has been physician and surgeon
for the Lake Elmo Sanitarium. [42.]
Stevens, Frederick Clement, congressman, b. in Boston, Mass., Jan.
1, 1861; was graduated at Bowdoin College, 1881, and in law at the
University of Iowa, 1884; settled in St. Paul in 1884; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1889-91; member of Congress, represent-
ing the Fourth district, since 1897. [10; 17; 22*; 24; 25; 27*; 30*;
93; 93A; 137.]
Stevens, G. Fred, lumberman, b. in Newboro, Canada, Jan. 15, 1867;
d. in Duluth, May 23, 1902. He came to Duluth in 1890; was appointed
by Gov. Van Sant in 1901 as surveyor general of logs and lumber for
the Fifth district of Minnesota. [26*; 167 (May 23, 1902).]
Stevens, George C, b. in Joliet, 111., Sept. 24, 1859; came to St. Paul
in 1887, where he had charge of several printing offices. In 1895 he
became state supervisor of printing. [30.]
Stevens, George G., b. in Oswego, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1818; settled in
Minnesota in 1856 on a farm that afterward became the town site of
Rushford; later engaged in banking and real estate business. [29.]
Stevens, Hamlet, banker, b. in West Hawkesbury, Canada, Aug. 16,
1830; came to Minnesota in 1856, and the next year settled in Meeker
county; was register of deeds, county treasurer, and county auditor;
resided in Forest City and Litchfield. [65.]
Stevens, Hiram Fairchild, lawyer, b. in St. Albans, Vt, Sept. 11,
1852; d. in St. Paul, March 9, 1904. He was graduated at the Univer-
sity of Vermont, and at the Columbia Law School in 1874, being ad-
mitted to the bar in Vermont the same year; settled in St. Paul in
1879; was a representative in the legislature in 1889, and a state sen-
ator, 1891-7; editor of "History of the Bench and Bar of Minnesota,"
two volumes, 1904. [20*; 22*; 27*; 28, X; 30; 68; 93*; 95*; 98*; 137;
237 (31).]
Stevens, John F., civil engineer, b. in West Gardiner, Me., April 25,
1853; was assistant city engineer of Minneapolis, 1874-6, and later lived
in St. Paul; was connected with the construction of various railroads;
was chief engineer of the Great Northern Railway Co., 1895-1902; sec-
ond vice president of the Rock Island system, 1904-5; chief engineer
of the Panama canal, 1905-7; and later was vice president of the N.
Y., N. H. and H. Railroad Co., residing in New Haven, Conn. [17; 237
(40*).]
742 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Stevens, John Harrington, pioneer, b. in Canada, June 13, 1820; d.
in Minneapolis, May 28, 1900. He served in the army during the Mex-
ican war, attaining the rank of captain in the Quartermaster Depart-
ment, and was commonly called colonel; settled in Minnesota in 1849,
building the first dwelling west of the Mississippi on the site of Min-
neapolis. He was a farmer, merchant, editor, and historian; was a
representative in the legislature in 1857-8 and 1876, and a state sen-
ator, 1859-60; author of "Personal Recollections of Minnesota and its
People, and Early History of Minneapolis," 432 pages, 1890; edited
the "History of Hennepin County," 497 pages, published with Atwater's
"History of Minneapolis," in 1895. During many years he was president
of the State Agricultural Society. [18*; 22*; 23; 28, X; 29; 32; 41;
58; 59; 84*; 85; 112*; 166 (1895*); 166A*; 237 (9*); 238 (May 29,
1900*); 240 (Nov. 22t 1861).]
Stevens, M. H., b. in Charlestown, N. H., in 1844; came to Minne-
sota in 1856; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
became connected with the St. Paul Dispatch in 1868; afterward en-
gaged in various newspaper enterprises; was reporter of the state leg-
islature in 1877. [30.]
Stevens, Marion S., lawyer and farmer, b. in Arkansaw, Wis., Aug.
31, 1854; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1864; was admitted
to the bar in 1879; has resided in Graceville since 1889. [22*; 24.]
Stevens, Norman Bronson, b. in Honesdale, Pa., May 15, 1828; d. in
Winona, Minn., Oct. 6, 1892. He settled on a claim on the site of Wi-
nona in 1855; engaged in fruit culture, and in the sale of farm ma-
chinery. [77*; 78.]
Stevens, Rtjfus C, journalist, b. in Cabot, Vt," April 5, 1824; served
as adjutant in the 104th Illinois Regt. in the civil war; engaged in
newspaper publication in various places; settled in Morris, Minn., in
1888, and purchased the Tribune. [73.]
Stevens, Simon, pioneer, b. in Canada, May, 1827; d. in Clearwater,
Minn., July 5, 1904. He came to Minneapolis in 1850; engaged in farm-
ing on the site of that city; pre-empted in 1855 the land where Clear-
water stands; platted the village and built the first house; removed
in 1858 to the farm where he afterward resided. He was one of the
party first exploring Lake Minnetonka, 1851, and built a sawmill there
the next year. [31; 59; 237 (7*, 35*).]
Stevens, W. H„ druggist, b. in Scipio, N. Y., May 22, 1814; studied
medicine; opened the first drug store in Faribault, Minn,, 1856. [70.]
Stevens, William H., b. in Pennsylvania in 1830; came to Minne-
sota in 1852; engaged in real estate business, and dealt in farm ma-
chinery in Winona; was a state senator in 1873. [30.]
Stevens, William Lewis, b, in West Waterville (now Oakland),
Maine, Dec. 17, 1853; was graduated at the University of Maine, 1876;
came to Minnesota in 1877, settling in Minneapolis; engaged in flour
business, being since 1884 an exporter to Europe. [85A*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 743
Stevens, William R., Congregational clergyman, b. in Worthington,
Mass., May 15, 1812; d. in Rochester, Minn., Jan. 15, 1867. He was
graduated at Williams College, 1841, and Lane Theological Seminary,
1844; was pastor in Rochester, Minn., during the last four years of his
life. [143.]
Stevenson, John H., pioneer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 26, 1807;
came to Minnesota in 1850, and settled at Clear Lake, being the first
settler in that township. [31.]
Stevenson, Lokan Charles, lawyer, b. in Oakland county, Mich., Aug.
20, 1861; came to Minnesota in 1883, settling at first in Mankato; re-
moved to Minneapolis in 1887, and was admitted to the bar in 1889;
was a representative in the legislature in 1901. [22*; 30.]
Stevermeb, Bernhard, pioneer, b. in Germany, May 3, 1820; d. in
Barber, Faribault county, Minn., Dec. 14, 1904. He , settled there in
1856, having come to America nine years before. [237 (32*, 35*).]
Steward, Oliver J., educator, b. in Saybrook, Ohio, July 7, 1848;
was graduated at Grand River Institute, Ohio, in 1872; came to Min-
nesota in 1876; engaged in teaching in Wright county; was county su-
perintendent of schools, 1877-83; resided in Buffalo. [31.]
Stewart, Charles Adams, physician, b. in Sandusky, Ohio, June 23,
1848; was graduated in medicine at the University of Iowa, 1870, and
at Western Reserve University, 1877; practiced in Ohio, Wisconsin,
and Chicago; settled in Duluth in 1887. [31A.]
Stewart, Charles N., b. in High Forest, Olmsted county, Minn., May
31, 1858; d. in Rochester, Minn., Feb. 18, 1901. He engaged in milling
at Stewartville; was sheriff of Olmsted county three terms, beginning
in 1892. [237 (14*).]
Stewart, Daniel, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Amsterdam, N. Y.,
July 17, 1811; d. in Minneapolis, April 30, 1897. He was graduated at
Union College, 1833, and Princeton Theological Seminary, 1838; came
to Minnesota in 1871, settling in Minneapolis, where he was pastor ten
years. [58; 153; 154A.]
Stewart, Fred S., lawyer, b. in Tonawanda, Pa., Feb. 6, 1862; came
to Minnesota in 1883, settling in Anoka county; taught school three
years; was admitted to the bar in 1889; judge of the municipal court
of Anoka since 1902. [25; 43.]
Stewart, George W., b. in Morrow county, Ohio, April 22, 1823; d.
in Omaha, Neb., in 1874. He came to Minnesota in 1854, and estab-
lished one of the first nurseries in the territory. During the civil war
he served in the army, attaining the rank of captain. [166 (1875).]
Stewart, George Warren, lawyer, b. in Bellevue, Minn., June 18,
1859; d. Oct. 8, 1911. He was graduated at the state normal school in
St. Cloud, 1882; was admitted to the bar in the same place in 1884,
and afterward practiced there. [22*; 24; 25; 137.]
744 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Stewart, J. Clark, surgeon, b. in Camden, N. J., Oct. 21, 1854; was
graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1875, and at the College
"of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, 1884; professor in surgery,
University of Minnesota, since 1886. [24; 26*; 85A; 127A*, B.]
Stewart, Jacob Henry, physician, congressman, b. in Clermont, N.
Y., Jan. 15, 1829; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 25, 1884. He came to St. Paul in
1855, and the next year was appointed physician of Ramsey county;
was surgeon general of Minnesota, 1857-63, and a state senator, 1858-9.
At the opening of the civil war he joined the First Minnesota vol-
unteers. He was mayor of St. Paul in 1864; postmaster, 1865-70; and
representative in Congress, 1877-79. [1; 10; 18; 28, IV*; 29; 68; 93;
94; 139; 237 (1).]
Stewart, Jesse I., settled in Wilton, Waseca county, Minn., in 1856;
was county treasurer, 1857-9, and a representative in the legislature
in 1860; removed to Oregon in 1879. [75.]
Stewart, John Truesdale, b. in Loda, 111., Jan. 13, 1868; was grad-
uated at the University of Illinois, 1893; was assistant on the U. S.
Geological Survey, 1897-1903; drainage engineer, U. S. Dept. of Agri-
culture, 1904-8; professor of engineering in the College of Agriculture,
University of Minnesota, since 1908, residing in St. Anthony Park, St.
Paul. [7A.]
Stewart, Joseph, soldier, b. in Kentucky; was graduated at the U.
S. Military Academy, 1842; was commandant at Fort Snelling, 1854-5;
attained the rank of lieutenant colonel in IS 79, and the same year re-
tired from the army. [11; 12; 13.]
Stewart, Levi Merrick, capitalist, b. in Corinna, Maine, Dec. 10, 1827;
d. in Minneapolis, May 3, 1910. He was graduated at Dartmouth Col-
lege, 1853; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Minneapolis; prac-
ticed law many years; engaged extensively in real estate business,
acquiring great wealth. [237 (59*); 241.]
Stewart, Solomon Prindle, merchant, b. in Williamstown, Mass.,
Aug. 28, 1823; came to Northfield, Minn., in 1857, where he engaged
in the dry goods trade until 1866, and later dealt in lumber. [18.]
Stickney, Alpheus Beede, lawyer and railway official; b. in Wilton,
Maine, June 27, 1840; came to Minnesota in 1861; was admitted to the
bar in 1862, and practiced seven years in Stillwater; removed to St.
Paul in 1869, and was contractor and superintendent of construction
of several railways; was organizer and builder of the St. Paul Union
Stock Yards and packing houses, 1882; president of the Chicago Great
Western Railway Co. since 1892; author, "The Railway Problem" (249
pages, 1891). [17; 20; 22*; 23; 24; 25; 95*.]
Stickney, Granville Mellin, lumberman, b. at Carthage, Maine,
Dec. 28, 1835; d. in Minneapolis, Oct, 17, 1874. He came to Minnesota
in 1853, settling in Stillwater; was register of the U. S. land office at
Taylor's Falls, 1861-5; removed to Minneapolis in 1865, and engaged
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
(45
in lumber business in partnership with W. D. Washburn. [237 (1);
238 (Oct. 21, 1874).]
Stickney, Samuel Crosby, b. in Stillwater, Minn., Nov. 19, 1865; was
graduated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1886; engaged
in service of the Chicago Great Western Railway Co., residing in St.
Paul; was general manager of this railway, 1894-1908. [17; 24.]
Stiles, A. M., farmer, b. in Steuben county, N. Y., April 10, 1838;
came to Minnesota in 1862; settled in Ashley township, Stearns coun-
ty, in 1866; was a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30; 31.]
Stiles, Henry E., farmer, b. in Montreal, Canada, in 1825; served
in the Eighth Wisconsin Light Artillery in the civil war, becoming
captain of his company; settled in Minnesota in 1873 in Becker, Sher-
burne county. [31.]
Stilson, Simon P., b. in Pennsylvania in 1819; settled on a farm in
Pipestone county, Minn., in 1880, on the site of Jasper. [34.]
Stilwell, Eugene Jay, b. in Newburg, Wis., June 27, 1849; came to
Minnesota in 1852 with his parents, who settled in St. Paul; engaged
in mercantile business; removed to Minneapolis in 1901; president of
the Minneapolis Paper Co. [24; 25; 166A*.]
Stimmler, Valentine, R. C. priest, b. in Alsace, Dec. 6, 1836; d. in
St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 16, 1908. He came to the United States in 1840;
studied at St. John's College, Minn., and was ordained priest in 1869;
was pastor in St. Paul, 1875-87, and in St. Joseph, Minn., 1887-92. [132
(1908); 146.]
Stimson, Albert, lumberman, b. in York county, Maine, Nov. 10,
1817; came to Minnesota in 1849, settling at first in Stillwater; was a
member of the territorial legislature, 1853-6; resided in Anoka after
1873. [31; 41.]
Stimson, Charles F„ lumberman and farmer, b. in York county,
Maine, April 19, 1822; came to Minnesota in 1848; engaged in lumber-
ing above St. Anthony several years; in 1880 settled on a farm at Elk
River. [31; 41.]
Stimson, E. J., farmer, b. in Vermont in 1825; came to Minnesota in
1857; settled in Brownsdale, Mower county; was a representative in
the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Stimson, Henry Albert, Congregational clergyman, b. in New York
city, Sept. 28, 1S42; was graduated at Yale College, 1865, and at And-
over Theological Seminary, 1869; was pastor of Plymouth Church,
Minneapolis, 1869-80; later was pastor in Worcester, Mass., 1880-6, St.
Louis, Mo., 1886-93, and of Manhattan Church, New York city, since
1896; author of several religious books. [4; 17.]
Stinchfield, Augustus W., physician, b. in Phillips, Maine, Dec. 21,
1842; was graduated in medicine at Bowdoin College, 1868; came to
Minnesota in 1872, and the next year settled in Eyota; removed to
Rochester in 1892. [66; 66A.]
746 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Stine, William B., b. in Greenville, Tenn., June 27, 1856; became a
telegraph operator, and resided in various places in Iowa and Minne-
sota; was clerk of the district court in Murray county, Minn., 1887-96.
[34.]
Stites, Charles W., lawyer, b. in Perry, 111., in 1855; settled in Min-
nesota in 1880; resided at Lake Benton; was superintendent of schools
in Lincoln county seven years; was a representative in the legislature,
1899-1901. [30.]
Stivers, Edgar, journalist, b. in Wasioja, Minn., Oct. 6, 1865; settled
in Dodge Center in 1890, where he has since owned and edited the
Dodge Center Star. [25; 50*.]
Stivers, H. C, journalist, b. in Pomeroy, Ohio, in 1849; came to Min-
nesota in 1857; served in the Second Minnesota Cavalry in the civil
war; resided in Brainerd, where he edited and published the Brainerd
Journal; was a representative in the legislature in 1891 and 1899. [30.]
Stobbart, Arthur James, lawyer, b. in Chatham, Eng., Dec. 31, 1872;
came to the United States in 1890, settling in Minnesota; was grad-
uated at Gloucester College, England, 1889, and in law at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, 1897; has since practiced in St. Paul. [25; 137.]
Stock, William J., druggist ,b. in Winona, Minn., Dec. 22, 1874; was
graduated from the department of pharmacy of the State University,
1895; resided in Melrose; was a representative in the legislature in
1905. [30*.]
Stockenstrom, Herman, journalist, b. in Sweden, March 13, 1853;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 25, 1902. He came to the United States in 1874;
settled in Minnesota in 1877; was editor of the Minnesota Stats Tid-
ning, Minneapolis, and of Skaffaren, St. Paul, and of other newspapers;
was assistant secretary of state, 1887-95. [30; 68; 169*; 237 (19*).]
Stocker, Henry Davis, lawyer, b. in Cabot, Vt., June 23, 1836; served
during the civil war in the 16th Illinois Cavalry, attaining the rank of
captain; came to Minnesota in 1865, settling in Lake City; was ad-
mitted to the bar the next year. [18; 20; 74.]
Stocking, B. F., b. in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1831; came to Minne-
sota in 1857; settled in New Auburn in 1870; owned a farm and en-
gaged extensively in bee culture. [32.]
Stocking, George, b. in Hartford county, Conn., Jan., 1816; was or-
dained a Methodist minister in 1848; came to Minnesota in 1857; re-
sided in Eyota, Olmsted county, 1858-64; afterward engaged in mercan-
tile business in Rochester, t^.]
Stockman, Benjamin, miller, b. in Leith, Scotland, in 1863; came to
the United States in 1892, settling at first in Winona, Minn,; engaged
in flour commission business in Minneapolis, 1896-8; has since been
manager of flour mills in New Ulm. [24; 168 (April 19, 1899*).]
Stockton, Albert William, miller, b. in Kosciusko county, Ind.,
March 30, 1844; d. in Faribault, Minn., May 3, 1902. He served in the
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 747
25th Wisconsin Regt. during the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1872,
settling in Faribault; engaged in the manufacture of furniture and of
flour; was a state senator, 1891-1902. [22*; 23*; 26*; 30; 237 (19*).]
Stockwell, Silvanus Albert, b. in Anoka, Minn., June 8, 1857; re-
moved to Minneapolis in 1883, and has engaged in life insurance since
1892; was a representative in the legislature in 1891 and 1897, and a
state senator in 1899-1902. [24; 25; 30; 31; 43*; 85A*.]
Stockwell, Sylvanus, farmer, b. in Sutton, Mass., March 23, 1824;
came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Anoka; was county treasurer,
1859-61. [31; 43.]
Stoddard, C. S., physician, b. in Kane county, 111., in 1846; came to
Minnesota in 1857; served in the Second Minnesota cavalry, 1863; was
graduated at the university at Aurora, 111., in 1871, and at Bennett
Medical College, 1874; practiced in Shakopee, and after 1879 in Red-
wood Falls. [32.]
Stoddard, Henry T., pioneer, b. in Alford, Mass., in 1822; d. near
Blue Earth City, Minn., April 27, 1891. He was the first settler in
Verona, Faribault county, 1855; resided on a farm there twenty-nine
years, and then moved to the farm where he died. [51.]
Stoddard, S. F., physician, b. in Farmington, Maine, March, 1844;
d. at Lake Crystal, Minn., Dec. 16, 1875. He served in the army in the
civil war; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1867; settled at Lake
Crystal in 1869. [139.]
Stoever, John Casper, journalist, b. in Germantown, Pa., Jan. 5, 1824;
came to Minnesota in 1854, and published the St. Peter Courier one
year; then removed to Henderson, where he published the Democrat
one year and afterward was in the real estate business; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1869, and later was IT. S. collector of
customs at Pembina for six years. [18; 28, X; 32.]
Stohr, Peter Charles, b. in New York city, Sept. 27, 1859; settled
in St. Paul in 1894; was general freight agent of the Chicago Great
Western railway. [95*.]
Stokes, James W., b. in Milwaukee, Wis., Dec. 25, 1856; came to
Minneapolis in 1871; is a paper hanger and decorator; in 1907 was a
representative in the legislature. [30*.]
Stolberg, Alfred P., lawyer, b. at Fish Lake, Minn., Dec. 4, 1876;
was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, 1899, and in
law at the University of Minnesota, 1902; was register of deeds for
Chisago county, 1903-8, and has since been county attorney; resides
in Center City. [42.]
Stolberg, Peter H., judge, b. in Skog, Sweden, in 1849; came to the
United States in 1868, and to Chisago county, Minn., in 1871; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1888; was county attorney of Chisago county
twelve years, 1889-1900; judge of the Nineteenth judicial district since
1907; resides at Harris. [30.]
748 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Stoll, Stanislaus, b. in Wisconsin in 1857; d. in Little Falls, Minn.,
July 27, 1891. He was educated at St. John's. University; settled in
Little Falls in 1880; was president of the Little" Falls Electric and
Water Company; was treasurer of Morrison county, 1883-90. [132
(July and Aug., 1891).]
Stomberg, Andrew Adin, educator, b. at Carver, Minn., March 29,
1871; was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1895, and studied
later at the Universities of Minnesota and of Leipzig until 1898; was
professor of history and political science in Gustavus Adolphus Col-
lege, St. Peter, Minn., 1898-1907; professor of Scandinavian languages
and literature, University of Minnesota, since 1907, residing in Minne-
apolis. [127B; 148.]
Stone, Alexander Johnston, physician, b. in Wiscasset, Maine, Sept.
7, 1845; d. July 16, 1910. He studied at Harvard, Bowdoin, and Pitts-
field medical colleges; came to Minnesota and settled in practice of
medicine in St. Paul; was professor in the college of medicine, Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1888-1910; was editor of the Northwestern Med-
ical and Surgical Journal nearly thirty years. [127B.]
Stone, Archibald A., merchant, b. in Ontario, Canada, Oct. 30, 1853;
came with his parents to Minnesota when three years old; engaged
in milling, and later dealt in hardware, farm machinery, and fuel; re-
sided in Morris. [24; 73.]
Stone, Azro A., lawyer, b. in Canada, Jan. 17, 1840; d. in St. Peter,
Minn., June 9, 1907. He came to St. Peter in 1854; served in the Sec-
ond Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was sheriff of Nicollet county,
1866-70; was admitted to the bar in 1874; was county attorney of
Nicollet county, 1885-1900 and 1902-07. [25; 32; 237 (43*).]
Stone, Clarence Edward, b. in Madison, Wis., in 1859; came to Min-
nesota in 1880, settling in St. Paul; was passenger and ticket agent
successively for the Northern Pacific, the St. Paul and Duluth, and the
Great Northern railways, and later engaged in selling timber lands;
a representative in the legislature, 1909-11. [30*; 163*.]
Stone,Emanuel Olson, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, April 13,
1860; came to the United States in 1875; studied at Augustana Col-
lege and Seminary, Rock Island, 111., and was ordained in 1894; has
since been pastor in Minneapolis, and is president of Minnesota Col-
lege. [17; 148; 169A.]
Stone, George Calvin, b. in Shrewsbury, Mass., Nov. 11, 1822; d. in
Duluth, Minn., Oct. 25, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1869, settling
in Duluth, where he became interested in the iron deposits of Min-
nesota, prospecting and opening mines, and in the building of the
Duluth and Iron Range railway. In 1880 he removed to St. Paul, but
continued in the active supervision of his enterprises in northern
Minnesota. [23; 28, IX; 93*; 237 (11*).]
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Stone, George G., journalist, b. in Petersburg, Jackson county, Minn.,
Aug. 22, 1867; learned tbe printer's trade in the office of the Jackson
Republic; settled in Pipestone in 1890, where he is editor of the Farm-
ers' Leader. [71A.]
Stone, H. Ward, banker, b. in Wisconsin in 1849; settled in Minne-
sota in 1870; was receiver of the U. S. land office at Benson eight
years, and later engaged in banking there; was a representative in the
legislature in 1897, and a state senator, 1903-05; removed to Minne-
apolis, 1910. [30.]
Stone, Heman Ward, miller, b. in Ontario, Feb. 19, 1828; d. in Mor-
ris, Minn., Aug. 22, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in
Scott county; owned a flouring mill and a farm in Darnen township,
Stevens county, after 1876; was a representative in the legislature in
1877-8. [30; 73; 237 (43*).]
Stone, J. J., physician, b. in Arlington, Vt, Aug. 17, 1827; came to
Minnesota and opened a farm in Wabasha county; served in the Min-
nesota Heavy Artillery in the civil war; settled in Argyle in 1882;
owned a drug store, and 1,500 acres of land in Marshall county, and
practiced medicine there. [35.]
Stone, Lane K., b. in Winnebago county, Wis., in 1849 ; was educated
at Lawrence University; came to Minnesota in 1869; founded the
town of Montevideo in 1871; engaged in mercantile business and bank-
ing; was a representative in the legislature in 1876-7 and 1880-1; re-
sided in St. Paul after 1882 and dealt in real estate; removed to Key-
stone, N. D., in 1895. [176 (March, 1888*).]
Stone, M. B., b. in Worcester county, Mass., in 1810; came to Min-
nesota in 1854, and settled on a farm near St. Peter; was a state sena-
tor in 1873 and 1876. [30; 32.]
Stone, Royal Augustus, lawyer, b. in Le Sueur, Minn., June 26, 1875;
was graduated in law at Washington University, St. Louis, 1897, and
practiced eight years in Morris; was assistant attorney general of
Minnesota, 1905-07; has since practiced in St. Paul. [24; 30.]
Stone, Ward, b. in Canada in 1856; came to Minnesota when an in-
fant; engaged in farming and milling in Morris; was a representative
in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Stone, William T., physician, b. in New York state, 1856; was grad-
uated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, 1882; practiced in St.
Cloud, 1882-96, and in Park Rapids since 1898; a representative in the
legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Stoneman, Mark Davis, dentist, b. in Grayson county, Va., Dec. 4,
1815; d. in Minneapolis, March, 1875. He was graduated at the Penn-
sylvania College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1838; studied dentistry
after 1858; settled in Minneapolis in 1863. [84.]
Storey, Alfred F., lawyer, b. in Galion, Ohio, Nov. 22, 1853; came
to Minnesota in 1873; was admitted to the bar in 1877; settled in Lit-
tle Falls in 1879; removed to St. Paul in 1888. [25; 31.]
750 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Storia, Lewis O., b. in Allamakee county, Iowa, Nov. 30, 1853; d.
in Moorhead, Minn., Aug. 12, 1884. He came to Clay county, Minn.,
in 1876; owned a farm in Eglon township; was county auditor after
1880. .[238 (Aug. 13, 1884).]
Storms, George E., b. in Oswego county, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1841; came
to Anoka, Minn., in 1872; was general manager of the Anoka Lumber
Company; in 1881 became part owner in a large factory of doors, sash
and blinds. [31.]
Story, Jacob, b. in Essex, Mass., March 21, 1822; d. in Winona, Minn.,
Feb. 22, 1895. He was graduated at Yale College, 1844, and Dane Law
School, Cambridge, Mass., 1846; settled in Winona in 1856; was judge
of probate twenty-four years. [76; 78.]
Stoughton, Alvin N., pioneer, b. in Weathersfield, Vt, in 1814; d. in
Owatonna, Minn., April 16, 1889. He came to Steele county, Minn., in
1856; engaged in mercantile business in Owatonna; was county audi-
tor four terms, beginning in 1865. [72; 179 (May 3, 1889).]
Stout, T., b. in Middletown, N. J., came to Minnesota in 1855; served
in the First and Second Minnesota regiments in the civil war, attain-
ing the rank of captain; engaged in mercantile business in Kenyon;
spent several years in Montana, but in 1880 settled in Lyon county,
Minn. [32.]
Stowe, Andrew David, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Readsboro, Vt.,
April 21, 1851; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856; was edu-
cated at the Shattuck School and Seabury Divinity School, Faribault;
was rector in Anoka, 1880-8, in Stillwater, 1888-1900, and of Christ
Church, Minneapolis, since 1900; secretary of the diocese of Minnesota
since 1885; chaplain of the state senate, 1911. [30*.]
Stowe, Emory C, merchant, b. in Sycamore, 111., in 1857; engaged
in mercantile business in Fairmont, Minn., after 1872, and also owned
several grain elevators. 126; 39.]
Stowe, Lewis, farmer, b. in Vermont in 1828; came to Minnesota in
1856; settled in Waterville; was a representative in the legislature
in 1873. [30.]
Stowers, C. N., M. E. clergyman, b. in Prospect, Maine, Sept. 24,
1835; d. in Minneapolis, March 2, 1896. He was graduated from col-
lege at Middletown, Conn., in 1860; engaged in teaching, and was presi-
dent of Upper Iowa University; came to Minnesota; was pastor in
Faribault and Minneapolis, and presiding elder of the Mankato and
Winona districts. [150; 238 (Oct. 30, 1887).]
Strafford, William, b. in England in 1833; came to the United
States in 1853; settled in Chatfield, Minn., in 1856; opened the first
brickyard in that part of the state, and also engaged in mercantile
business after 1881. [52.]
Strain, Bbonson, journalist, b. in Richmondville, N. Y., June 17,
1855; came to Minnesota in 1880; owne£ and published the Glenwood
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 751
Press, the Hancock Times, the Norman County Banner, and after 1884
the Battle Lake Review. [238 (Dec. 20, 1893*).]
Strait, George F., b. in Bradford county, Pa., March 22, 1832; d. in
Shakopee, Minn., June, 1887. He settled on a farm Scott county,
Minn., in 1856; later engaged in milling, and resided in Shakopee.
[32; 168 (June 3, 1887).]
Strait, Horace Burton, congressman, b. in Potter county, Pa., Jan.
26, 1835; d. while on a journey in Texas, Feb. 25, 1894. He came to
Minnesota in 1855, settling on a farm in Scott county; in 1860 removed
to Shakopee, and engaged in mercantile business; enlisted in the Ninth
Minnesota Regt. in 1862, was captain till 1864, and afterward major.
In 1866 he helped to organize the First National Bank of Shakopee, of
which he was president. He was a representative in Congress in
1873-9, and 1881-7. [10; 18; 27*; 32; 41; 103*; 115; 237 (3); 238
(Feb. 26, 1894*).]
Strait, Samuel Burton, b. in Bradford county, Pa., Dec. 14, 1813;
came to Scott county, Minn., in 1855; two years later platted the town
of St. Lawrence; owned a farm near Jordan. [32.]
Straka, Emil E., violinist, b. in Suez, June 10, 1866. His parents,
both being musicians, committed him when a few months old to the
care of his grandparents in Neuhaus, Bohemia. He received a fine
musical education in the Conservatory in Prague; came to the United
States in 1885, and soon afterward to Minnesota, settling in St. Paul;
director of the Grand Opera House orchestra. [22*.]
Strand, J. S., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Vandven, Norway, April
19, 1869; was educated at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis; was pas-
tor at Hanley Falls, Minn., 1894-98; at Lawson, Minn., 1898-1902; Mil-
waukee, Wis., 1902-04; and Ft. Ransom, N. D., after Oct., 1904. [148.]
Strang, George J., farmer, b. in Illinois, Feb. 22, 1845; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1854; served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; settled in Douglas county in 1866; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Strapp, Jeremiah J., b. in St. Paul, April 3, 1860; became a member
of the fire department when nineteen years old, a captain in 1885, and
has been chief of the department since 1905. [24; 93A; 96*; 100*.]
Strasen, Heinrich C. G., Lutheran clergyman, b. at Watertown,
Wis., Feb. 7, 1869; was graduated at the Northwestern University
there, 1887, and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1890; became
pastor at Janesville, Minn., 1890, and at Courtland, Minn., 1905. [148.]
Strate, Hans P., b. in Norway, Aug. 4, 1847; d. in Moorhead, Minn.,
Jan. 9, 1908. He came to the United States when a young man, and
was one of the pioneer settlers of Moorhead; was treasurer of Clay
county continuously after 1887. [35; 237 (48).]
Strathern, William, pioneer, b. in Scotland, April 5, 1829; came to
the United States about 1850, and settled in Rosemount, Minn., in
1853, being one of the earliest settlers there. [48.]
752 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Stratton, George H., b. in Chester, Maine, in 1835; served in the
Eleventh Maine Regt. in the civil war; settled in Brainerd, Minn., in
1879, and engaged in hotel business. [31.]
Stratton, Levi W., b. in Bradford, N. H., April 25, 1816; came to the
St. Croix valley in 1838, and took a claim on the site of Marine, Wash-
ington county, Minn.; settled in St. Anthony in 1852; built the first
bridge across Rum river at Anoka in 1853; removed to Excelsior in
1871, and died there in 1881. [29*; 31; 40.]
Strauss, Simon, merchant, b. in Germany, March 27, 1850; came to
the United States in 1876; settled at Albert Lea, Minn., in 1878, where
he engaged in clothing and men's furnishing business. [24; 53.]
Straw, Daniel, physician, b. in Piscataquis county, Maine, May 17,
1847; d. in Wells, Minn., July, 1891. He was graduated at Dartmouth
College, 1869; settled at Wells in 1870. [34; 152.]
Streckfuss, Johann Friedrich, Lutheran clergyman and educator,
b. Sept. 7, 1852, in Wiltshire, Ohio; was graduated at Concordia Col-
lege, Fort Wayne, Ind., 1871, and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.,
1874; was pastor at Young America, Minn., 1874-92, and later was a
professor in Concordia College, Springfield, 111. [32; 148.]
Streeter, Truman H., lawyer, b. in Rowe, Mass., Dec. 16, 1816;
studied law, and was admitted to the bar; came to Minnesota in 1868,
settling in Northfield. [70.]
Streetly, Charles C, b. in Galloway, Scotland, Feb. 26, 1832; d.
in St. Francis, Anoka county, Minn., June 17, 1902. He came to Amer-
ica in 1852, and to Minnesota in 1857; settled in St, Francis in 1866,
and opened the first general store there. [31; 237 (19).]
Streetly, William, merchant, b. in Galloway, Scotland, Aug. 9,
1850; came to America in 1865, and to Anoka, Minn., the next year;
owned a store at St. Francis after 1889. [43.]
Streissguth, T., merchant, b. in Wisconsin in 1856; came to Minne-
sota in 1870, and settled in Arlington, Sibley county; was a state sen-
ator, 1891-3. [30.]
Strickler, Ora C, physician and surgeon, b. in Markham, Ontario,
Jan. 7, 1863; was graduated in medicine at the University of Mich-
igan, 1885; came to Minnesota the same year, and has since practiced
in New Ulm. [24; 25; 2^.^
Stringer, Thomas C, M. E. clergyman, b. in Indiana in 1836; d. in
Faribault, Minn., March 27, 1886. He came to Minnesota in 1882, and
resided in Faribault, [150.]
Strobeck, Charles H., lawyer, b. in West Parishville, N. Y., Oct. 8,
1841; was admitted to the bar in 1865; came to Minnesota the same
year; settled in Litchfield in 1869. [65.]
Strom, Andrew, b. in Norway in 1820; d. in Hector, Minn., Nov. 20,
1902. He came to the United States in 1853, and four years later to
Minnesota; settled in Hector in 1878, and opened a drug store. [32;
237 (28) J
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Strom, E. D., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Zumbrota, Minn., June 9,
1871; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1891, and
Luther Seminary, 1895; was principal of the academy at Albert Lea,
Minn., 1897-1902, and afterward pastor in Red Wing. [148.]
Strom, Herman L., banker, b. in Norway, May 7, 1865; came with
his parents to the United States in 1879; settled in Jackson, Minn., in
1887; was postmaster, 1897-1901, and later was cashier of the Brown
National Bank. [62.]
Strom, O. A., was the first white child born in Butternut Valley, Blue
Earth county, Minn., 1858; opened a drug store at Bird Island in 1881.
[32.]
Stromberg, A. L., farmer, b. in Sandhem, Sweden, in 1843; came to
the United States when twenty-five years old; was manager of a
Swedish newspaper; owned a farm at Forest Lake, Washington coun-
ty, Minn., after 1877. [169.]
Strong, Charles Dibble, merchant, b. in Somersetshire, England,
June 19, 1808; d. Jan. 7, 1890. He settled in St. Paul in 1859, and built
up a large hardware business. [3*; 28, VIII; 68; 93*; 98*.]
Strong, E. B., b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., July 22, 1814; came to
St. Cloud, Minn., in 1860, and engaged in mercantile business; was
clerk of the district court, 1871-86. [31.]
Strong, Freeman Poole, merchant, b. in Boston, Mass., Jan. 15, 1847;
came to St. Paul in 1860; engaged in hardware business, 1863-97;
treasurer of the Sharood Shoe Co. after 1906. [24; 25; 95*.]
Strong, James Woodward, educator, b. in Brownington, Vt., Sept. 29,
1833; was graduated at Beloit College, 1858, and Union Theological
Seminary, 1862; came to Minnesota in 1865, and was a Congregational
pastor in Faribault five years; was the first president of Carleton Col-
lege, Northfield, 1870-1903, and is since president emeritus. [4; 17;
22*; 24; 70; 128 (1*); 179 (May, 1897*); 228.]
Strong, John H., carpenter, b. in Montreal Canada, Jan. 5, 1821;
came to Minnesota in 1856, and two years later settled in Athens,
Isanti county; was a representative in the legislature in 1872. [31.]
Strong, M., b. in Ontario; with his two brothers settled in Grace-
ville, Big Stone county, Minn., in 1881, and erected a flouring mill.
They also owned a sawmill at Hinckley. [32.]
Strong, N. E., b. in Ohio; settled in Plum Valley, Waseca county,
Minn., in 1856; was clerk of the district court, 1864-8; later removed
to California. [75.]
Strong, R. O., b. in Tompkins county, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1827; d. in St.
Paul, Dec. 4, 1903. He settled in St. Paul in 1857; engaged in the
carpet business, and after 1876 was chief of the fire department six
years. [68; 94; 237 (35*).]
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754 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Strong, W. H., pioneer merchant, b. in Susquehanna county, Pa.,
Feb. 23, 1827; d. in Spring Valley, Minn., Sept. 1, 1909. He settled in
Carimona, Minn., in 1854, built the first house, and opened the first
store there; was sheriff of Fillmore county; after 1880 resided in
Spring Valley, where he was president of a state bank. [52; 237
(56).]
Stronge, Joseph, manufacturer and merchant, b. in County Kildare,
Ireland, Aug. 6, 1863; came to the United States in 1882, and to Min-
nesota in 1887, settling at St. Paul; has since engaged in wholesale
millinery business. [22*; 24; 25; 93A.]
Strout, Silas C, b. in Maine, April 22, 1831; came to Minnesota in
1865; settled in Fairhaven, Stearns county, in 1868, where he engaged
in mercantile business and kept a hotel. [31.]
Struck, Carl F., architect, b. in Christiania, Norway, Jan. 27, 1842;
came to the United States in 1865; settled in Minneapolis in 1881,
where he built Normanna Hall and many other important buildings.
[90*; 169*.]
Struett, Louis, merchant, b. in West Baden, Germany, Aug. 24,
1847; came to the United States when eighteen years old, settling in
Minnesota; has engaged in mercantile business at Perham since 1873.
[24; 35.]
Strunk, Harman H., b. in Germany, May 14, 1818; d. in Shakopee,
Minn., Nov. 15, 1904. He came to the United States in 1835; settled in
Shakopee in 1854; owned a brewery and distillery, and after 1873 con-
ducted a drug store. [32; 237 (35).]
Stryker, John E., lawyer, b. in Catskill, N. Y., Oct. 30, 1862; came
to Minnesota in 1868; was graduated at Yale University, 1883, and at
Columbia Law School, 1885; has since practiced in St. ' Paul. [24;
25; 93; 98*; 137*; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Stryker, Peter, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Johnston, N. J., April
18, 1826; d. in Asbury Park, N. J., March 25, 1900. He was graduated
at Rutgers College, New Brunswick, in 1845, and later at a theological
seminary; was a pastor in New York, Philadelphia, and other cities,
and later of Andrew Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, 1884-90. [238
(March 26, 1900).]
~ Stuart, Absalom B., physician, b. in Williamsburg, Pa., Aug. 27,
1830; d. at Santa Rosa, California, July 30, 1887. He was educated at
Lewisburg University and Berkshire Medical College; settled at
Winona, Minn., in 1866; removed to California in 1876. [29; 139.]
Stuart, David A., lawyer, b. in Ireland in 1861; came to Minnesota
in 1885; was attorney for Cottonwood county three terms; resides in
Windom; was a representative in the legislature, 1909. [30*,]
Stuart, ^rank H., physician, b. in Savannah, Ga., Oct. 5, 1846; was
graduated at the Kentucky School of Medicine; came to Minnesota in
1878, and two years later settled in Ada. [35.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 755
Stuart, Thomas Evans, lumberman, b. in Wilmington, Del., in 1834;
d. in Minneapolis, May 1, 1899. He came to St. Anthony in 1850; en-
gaged in logging and lumbering, and during the last fifteen years of
his life was employed by the St. Anthony Water Power Co. [167 (May
5,1899).]
Stuabt, William H., pioneer, b. in New York; was the first settler
on the site of Crookston, Minn., 1872; with others platted the town in
1875; later owned a brewery. [81.]
Stub, Hans A., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, May 13, 1822;
d. in St. Paul, June 27, 1907. He came to the United States in 1848;
engaged in ministerial work in Wisconsin and Iowa; returned to Nor-
way for some years, but again came to America, settling in Minne-
sota in 1896; resided in Sacred Heart, and after 1903 in St. Paul. He
was the second Norwegian pastor to settle in the United States. [237
(48*).]
Stub, Hans Gerhard, educator, b. in Muskego, Wis., Feb. 23, 1845;
studied in Norway, 1861-65; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah,
Iowa, 1866, and at Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo.,
1872; was pastor in Minneapolis, 1872-78, and was president of Luther
Seminary, 1879-88; was pastor in Decorah, Iowa, 1896-1900; and has
since been a professor in Luther Seminary, Hamline, St. Paul. He
has done much work as an author, and as editor of the church news-
paper, "Kirketidende." [148; 149; 169.]
Stuckenkemper, Meinulph, R. C. priest, b. in Westphalia, Prussia,
Jan. 17, 1837; came to the United States with his parents when a
child; was ordained in 1861; came to Minnesota, and was pastor in
St. Paul and other places until 1881, when he removed to Grove town-
ship, Stearns county. [31.]
Studnicki, John, R. C. priest, b. in Poland, Jan. 13, 1860; d. in Web-
ster, Mass., July 25, 1889. He came to the United States in 1883;
studied at St. John's Seminary, Minn.; was priest at St. Cloud and
Browerville after 1887. [132 (Sept., 1889).]
Stumpf, John, farmer, b. in Prussia, Dec. 25, 1837; came to the
United States in 1849; settled in Pierz, Morrison county, Minn., in
1868; was a representative in the legislature in 1877-8. [30; 31.]
Stuntz, George R., civil engineer, b. in Erie, Pa.; d. in Duluth, Oct.
23, 1902., He came to the site of Duluth in 1852; was the first to
explore the Mesabi range. [237 (19).]
Sture, Andrew, merchant, b. in Skatelof, Sweden, Feb. 28, 1840;
came to the United States in 1866, and to Minnesota two years later;
owned a farm, and after 1889 engaged in mercantile business in Crook-
ston. [169.]
Sturgeon, R. A., physician, b. in Belfast, Ireland, June 7, 1830; owned
a drug store in Elliota, Fillmore county, Minn., and practiced there.
[52.]
756
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Sturgis, Samuel Davis, b. in Shippensburg, Pa., June 11, 1822; d. in
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 28, 1889. He was graduated at the U. S. Mili-
tary Academy, West Point, 1846; served in the Mexican war and the
civil war; was commissioned a captain in 1855, a major in May, 1861,
a brigadier general, Aug. 10, 1861, and was brevetted a major general
in the regular army for service in the battle of Fredericksburg, Dec.
13, 1862; continued in the army service until retired by law in 1886;
later resided in St. Paul. [93A*.]
Sturgis, William, b. in Canada, April 14, 1807; d. in New Smyrna,
Fla., April 20, 1901. He settled at Little Falls, Minn., in 1850; engaged
in mercantile business and lumbering, and built a large dam across
the Mississippi; removed to Little Elk river, where he built a saw-
mill and founded a village; went to California in 1862, and resided in
Montana and Michigan after 1873. [41; 237 (14).]
Sturtevant, C. C, b. in Warren, Conn., Nov. 30, 1813; d. in Minne-
apolis, May 30, 1893. He settled in Minneapolis in 1873, where he was
commercial editor for the Pioneer Press and the Tribune. [60*.]
Stuvebud, John H., b. in Telemarken, Norway, Oct. 11, 1848; came
to the United States in 1867, and settled on a farm in Canisteo, Dodge
county, Minn., in 1874; removed to Kasson in 1890, and dealt in agri-
cultural implements; was county treasurer, 1903-8. [50*.]
Subilia, H. A., b. in Italy in 1819; came to the United States in
1848; settled in New Ulm, Minn., in 1859; owned a distillery until 1862;
was deputy state auditor two years ; engaged in mercantile business,
1864-74, and afterward in milling. [32.]
Sublette, George Washington, civil engineer, b. in St. Louis county,
Mo., Dec. 24, 1849; was graduated at the State Normal school, Kirks-
ville, Mo., 1878, and later took a special course at the University of
Minnesota, 1885-90; was city engineer of Minneapolis, 1899-1903. [25;
26*.]
Sudduth, W. Xavier, b. in Illinois, 1853; was graduated at the Illi-
nois Wesleyan University, 1873, and the Philadelphia Dental College,
1881; studied in Germany and in Vienna, 1888-9; was professor and
secretary of the college of dentistry, University of Minnesota, 1890-2,
and its dean, 1S92-5. [127B.]
Suel, John, b. in Ireland, Feb. 13, 1820; d. at Credit River, Minn.,
Jan. 7, 1902. He came to the United States in 1848, and to Minnesota
in 1855, settling on a homestead at Credit River; was the first post-
master there. [237 (19).]
Sulerud, Chris. L., farmer and hardware merchant, b. in Eidsberg,
Norway, July 17, 1865; came to Norman county, Minn., in 1881; re-
sides at Halstad; a representative in the legislature, 1909-11. [30*,]
Sullivan, D. M., b. in 1857; resided in St. Paul, where he was super-
intendent of the Minnesota Transfer Company; was a representative
in the legislature in 1893. [30.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 757
Sullivan, George H., lawyer, b. in Stillwater, Minn., Dec. 20, 1867;
was graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1888, and has
since practiced in Stillwater; was attorney of Washington county,
1890-2, and city attorney, 1901-7; a state senator since 1907. [24; 25;
30*; 42; 137.]
Sullivan, John C, b. in Dodge county, Wis., in 1856; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1S80; entered the fire department in 1885, and became a
captain in 1895. [88*.]
Sullivan, John D., lawyer, b. in Peterboro, Ont, Nov. 25, 1862; was
graduated at the Peterboro Collegiate Institute; came to Minnesota,
settling in St. Cloud; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in
1886; was county attorney of Stearns county, 1890-1900; later was city
attorney; a state senator, 1911. [24; 30*.]
Sullivan, Michael H., farmer, b. in Waterford, Ireland, Aug. 20,
1827; d. in Hastings, Minn., Nov. 22, 1911. He came to the United
States in 1844, and to Minnesota in 1855; served as captain in the
Tenth Minnesota Regt, 1862-5; resided in Rosemount, Dakota county,
and later removed to Hastings; was a representative in the legislature,
1877. [30; 237 (59, 68).]
Sullivan, Michael J., cut stone contractor, b. in Minneapolis in
1869, and resides there; has been a representative in the legislature
since 1907. [30*.]
Sully, Alfred, soldier, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1821; d. in Van-
couver, Wash., April 17, 1879. He was graduated at the U. S. Military
Academy, 1841-; served in the Mexican war; was promoted to the rank
of captain in 1849; became colonel of the Third Minnesota Regt. in
1862; served against the Indians in the Sioux war in Dakota, 1863-4.
[1; 4; 112; 115; 237 (27*).]
Summers, Fred W., b. in Wisconsin in 1850; came to Minnesota in
1862; resided in Hutchinson; was a representative in the legislature
in 1889. [30.]
Summers, John, pioneer, b. in Scotland in 1830; d. in St. Paul, March
18, 1903. He came to the United States in 1852, and settled in St. Paul
in 1856; was a building contractor; owned the Windsor hotel. [237
(28*).]
Sumner, Edwin Vose, b. in Massachusetts; d. March 21, 1863. He
was a captain in the U. S. army, and led a military and surveying
expedition through Minnesota in 1845, passing from Fort Atkinson in
Iowa to Devil's lake, crossing the Minnesota river at Traverse des
Sioux. His report of this expedition was published as a document
of Congress in 1846. [11; 14.]
Sumner, J. R., b. in Greenfield, Mass., Sept., 1836; d. in Northfield,
Minn., July 30, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1856; engaged in farm-
ing and milling, and in 1888-93 owned a furniture store in Northfield.
[48; 237 (28).]
758 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Sumner, James Monroe, pioneer, b. in Genesee county, N. Y., March
17, 1817; d. in Iowa, June 13, 1873. He came to Fillmore county, Minn.,
in 1853, and the next year settled on a claim in Concord, Dodge coun-
ty, where he resided until 1872. His house was the first one built
in the town. [49.]
Sundberg, Bengt E., farmer, b. in Sweden in 1851; came to Minne-
sota in 1871; settled in Kennedy, Kittson county; has been a state
senator since 1903. [30*.]
Sundberg, S. W., clergyman, b. in Sweden, May 26, 1842; came to the
United States in 1866; was one of the organizers of the first Swedish
Mission Church in this country, 1868; settled in St. Paul in 1886.
[169.]
Sundby, CO., merchant, b. near Christiania, Norway, July 25, 1845;
came with his parents to the United States in 1861, and to Minnesota
the same year; engaged in mercantile business in Albert Lea after
1869. [53.]
Sunde, Paul O., merchant, b. in Norway, July 25, 1851; came to the
United States with his parents when five years old; settled in New
Richmond, Waseca county, Minn., in 1878. [75.]
Sunde, Reinert, banker, b. in Flekkefjord, Norway, Aug. 6, 1842;
came to the United States in 1868, settling in Minnesota; engaged in
mercantile business in Benson and Willmar; resided in Minneapolis
after 1881, was interested in lumber and real estate business, and was
president of the Scandia Bank. [169.]
Sundquist, John J., b. in Sweden, April 28, 1846; came to the United
States in 1869, and to Minnesota the same year; engaged in railroad
grading; in 1870 with others bought the site of Norwood and platted
the village; removed to Dassel in 1885, where he owned a store and a
photograph gallery. [65.]
Sundt, M. O., merchant, b. in Lofoten, Norway, Oct. 11, 1843; came
to the United States in 1869, settling in Minnesota; resided in Man-
kato after 1873. [169.]
Suplee, Thomas Danly, educator, b. in Philadelphia, April 17, 1846;
was graduated at Princeton in 1870, and studied at the Protestant
Episcopal divinity school in Philadelphia; in 1876 was professor of
Latin in Shattuck school, Faribault, Minn. [1.]
Sutherland, B. R., physician, b. in Poughkeepsle, N. Y., Nov, 9,
1852; was graduated at Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons,
1674; settled in Morris, Minn.,, in 1879. [73.]
Sutherland, Peter, b. in Forres, Scotland, May 12, 1832; came to
the United States in 1852; lived several years in St Anthony; was
later in the Indian trade at Leech Lake, 1859*63; afterward in Dakota,
at Fort Totten, bringing the Sioux to that Reservation, and was first
to sow and plant there; after 1875 was a wholesale grocer in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, about fifteen years; later resided in Minneapolis. [241.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 759
Sutlief, Asa. G., pioneer, b. in New York; d. in Wilton, Waseca
county, Minn., Oct. 13, 1871. He came there in 1854; being the first
settler in the county. [75.]
Sutphin, John B., b. in New Jersey, January, 1848; d. in Duluth,
Minn., July 15, 1908. He settled in Duluth in 1870; dealt in horses
and cattle, and in 1881 opened a meat market. During the last seven
years of his life he was state weighmaster. [31; 237 (51*).]
Sutton, Alvah A., M. E. clergyman, b. in Vermont, June 19, 1846;
d. in St. Peter, Minn., Feb. 15, 1876. He came to Minnesota in 1869;
engaged in teaching and farming near Paynesville; later was pastor at
Long Prairie and Brainerd. [150.]
Sutton, George H., b. in Plymouth, England, June 19, 1866; d. July
1, 1909. He came to the United States in 1884, and to Minnesota sev-
eral years later, settling in Austin and conducting the Depot Hotel;
was mayor of Austin, 1906-9. [65A*.]
Sutton, Isaac C, b. in Jay county, Ind., Nov. 8, 1844; served in the
Eighth Ind. Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1870, settling
on a farm in Todd county; removed to Browerville, where he owned
a store and a hotel. [35.]
Sutton, John B., machinist, b. in Susquehanna county, Pa., in 1850;
came to Minnesota in 1880; resided in Stillwater, where he had charge
of manufacturing engines for the Minnesota Thresher Manufacturing
Co.; was a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Svanson, August, b. in Sweden, June 1, 1848; came to the United
States in 1871, settling in Minnesota; was a blacksmith and carriage
manufacturer in Herman. [35.]
Sveen, Martinus B., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Birid, Norway, Jan.
9, 1860; came to the United States in 1881; studied at Red Wing Sem-
inary, 1882-85, and in theology at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis,
1885-8; was pastor in Benson, Minn., 1888-1904, and in Atwater, Minn.,
after 1904. [148.]
Svenoe, J. L., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Brono, Norway, Sept. 5,
1860; came to the United States in 1890; was pastor at Fergus Falls,
Minn. [169.]
Sverdrup, George, educator, b. in Balestrand, Norway, Dec. 16, 1848;
d. in Minneapolis, May 3, 1907. He was graduated from a Latin school
in Christiania at the age of seventeen, and completed his theological
course at the University of Norway in 1871. He made a special study
of Oriental languages, and after his graduation spent considerable
time in Paris, France, for the purpose of further investigating his spe-
cialty. He accepted a position as theological professor at Augsburg
Seminary, Minneapolis, in 1874, of which institution he became presi-
dent two years later. [148; 149; 169*; 237 (48*).]
Swain, Joseph Chipman, farmer, b. in Bradford county, Pa., in 1824;
came to Minnesota in 1856; resided at Elysian, Le Sueur county; was
a representative in the legislature in 1873 and 1889. [30; 32.]
760 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Swaine, Asa B., b. in Athens, Pa., in 1822 ; served as captain in the
30th Wisconsin Regt, 1862-5; came to Minnesota in 1865; resided in
Elysian, Le Sueur county. [32.]
Swaine, George D., physician, b. in Wisconsin,. Feb. 18, 1850; came
to Le Sueur, Minn., with his father in 1865; was graduated at Rush
Medical College, Chicago, in 1873, and practiced in Le Sueur. [32.]
Swainson, John, pioneer, b. in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1816; d. in
1890. He came to the United States in 1848; settled at Chisago Lake,
Minn., in 1854; was quartermaster, with the rank of major, during the
civil war; later resided in St. Paul, and engaged in real estate busi-
ness. [169.]
Swan, James B., b. in Medina county, Ohio, in 1836; came to Minne-
sota in 1857; was a farmer in Le Sueur county, and was register of
deeds and county auditor there; removed to Rapidan, Blue Earth
county, in 1866, and engaged in milling. [32.]
Swan, W. W., b. in Canada in 1825; d. in Le Sueur, Minn., in 1856.
He came to Minnesota in 1852, and the next year settled in Le Sueur,
being one of the townsite proprietors; was register of deeds, clerk of
court, and postmaster. [32.]
Swann, John R., merchant, banker, b. in Sweden, Jan. 13, 1853; came
with his parents to the United States in 1864, and resided in St. Paul;
settled in Willmar, 1871; removed to New Richland, Waseca county, in
1877, and to Madison, Minn., in 1891; president of the First National
Bank of Madison. [75; 241.] *
Swanson, A. J., merchant, b. in Carver county, Minn., in 1856; re-
sided at Cokato, where he engaged in business; was a representative
in the legislature in 1893. [30.]
Swanson, Albert W., journalist, b. in Hudson, Wis., Feb. 13, 1857;
came to Minnesota, and engaged in newspaper work; was editor of
the Royalton Banner after 1887. [238 (Dec. 26, 1893*).]
Swanson, Andrew, pioneer, b. in Sweden, Nov. 9, 1833; d. in Red
Wing, Minn., March 16, 1906. He came to the United States when
nineteen years of age; settled in Red Wing in 1857; engaged in various
lines of business; owned a furniture store during the later years of his
life. [54; 237 (39).]
Swanson, August S., florist, b. in Vanas, Sweden, Aug. 3, 1858; came
to the United States in 1881, and to Minnesota two years later; en-
gaged in business as a florist in St. Paul since 1888. [169A*.]
Swanson, Charles J., b. in Sweden, Oct. IS, 1850; came to the U. S.
and to Minnesota in 1869; has engaged in the manufacture of brick
at Fridley since 1875; has been a state senator since 1907; president
of the Northwestern Fire-proofing Co. [24; 30*.]
Swanson, Frank, b. in Minnesota in 1865; engaged in real estate and
insurance business at Cokato, Wright county; was a representative in
the legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 761
Swanson, S. J., merchant, b. in Carver county, Minn., in 1856; re-
sided at Cokato; was a representative in the legislature, 1893-5. [30.]
Swanson, Sievren, merchant, b. in Sweden in 1865; came to Minne-
sota in 1872; resides at Moose Lake; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Swanstrom, Emanuel G., b. in Sweden in 1837; d. in Duluth, Minn.,
May 22, 1910. He came to the United States in 1854, and to Minnesota
the same year; resided in Oneota, now a part of Duluth; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature, 1872-3, and a state senator, 1877-9; was
receiver of the U. S. land office, 1883-7. [30; 169; 237 (62*).]
Sward, P. J., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, April 1, 1845; was
ordained to the ministry in 1869; came to the United States in 1873;
became pastor at Vasa, Goodhue county, Minn., in 1878, and eight
years later removed to St. Paul. [54; 169.]
Sweabingen, John Thompson, b. in De Witt county, 111,, Oct. 14,
1854; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1857; was editor and pro-
prietor of the Fairmont News, 1885-7; was register of deeds for Mar-
tin county, 1889-96. [39.]
Sweabingen, William Henry, b. in De Witt county, 111., Sept. 11,
1840; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1857; served in the Ninth
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in farming, and built and
operated the first mill in Martin county. [39.]
Swedback, Erick John, lumberman, b. in Sweden, June 23, 1845;
came to the United States and to Minnesota in 1868; resided in Delano,
1870-97; removed to Bemidji in 1897; was a state senator in 1903-05.
[25; 30; 169A.]
Sweeny, Robert Ormsby, druggist, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1831;
d. in Duluth, Sept. 6, 1902. He settled in St. Paul in 1852; designed
the great seal of the state of Minnesota in 1858; was the first fish
commissioner of this state; later removed to Duluth, where for a time
he was in charge of the U. S. fish hatchery. [68; 94; 237 (19).]
Sweet, Daniel E., b. in Pennsylvania, April 10, 1838; d. at Siloam
Springs, Ark., Oct. 2, 1902. He settled on the site of Pipestone, Minn.,
in 1874, and founded the town; removed to Louisiana in 1886, and re-
sided there until a few weeks before his death. [71A*; 237 (19).]
Sweet, George W., lawyer, b. in Hartford, Conn., Sept. 20, 1823; d.
in Havre, Montana, March 14, 1898. He was appointed by President
Pierce to be register of the U. S. land office at Sauk Rapids, Minn.
Afterward he was attorney for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company,
and resided in St. Paul. Later he removed to Bismarck, N. D. [18;
28, VI, IX.]
Sweet, Mrs. Jannette E. De Camp, b. near Lockport, N. Y., July 29,
1833; was married in Ohio to Joseph W. De Camp in 1852; they came
to Minnesota in 1855, settling in Shakopee; removed in 1861 to the
762 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Redwood Sioux Agency, where Mrs. De Camp was taken captive by
the Sioux during the massacre in 1862, her husband being soon after-
ward killed. She was again married in 1866 to Rev. Joshua Sweet,
Chaplain of Fort Ridgely. Her narrative of her captivity is in the
Minn. Historical Society Collections, vol. VI, 1894, pp. 354-380. [28,
VI*.]
Sweet, John Cochrane, lawyer, b. at Fort Wayne, Ind., April 24,
1870; came to Minnesota in 1882; was graduated in law at the Uni-
versity of Minnesota, 1893, and has since practiced in Minneapolis;
was lieutenant in the Fifteenth Minnesota Regt. during the war with
Spain, 1898; was a representative in the legislature in 1901-02. [24;
30; 85A.]
Sweet, Joshua, b. near Ogdensburg, N. Y., in 1812; d. near Glencoe,
Minn., June 24, 1874. He was graduated at Dickinson college; studied
law, and afterward theology; became a chaplain in the U. S. army,
and was located at Fort Ridgely, Minn., eleven years; settled in 1867
on a farm near Glencoe. [29.]
Sweet, W. C, Baptist clergyman, b. in Otsego county, N. Y., in 1814;
was ordained to the ministry in 1838; settled in Forestville, Fillmore
county, Minn., in 1876; was pastor there, and after 1879 owned a farm.
[52.]
Sweet, William, clergyman, b. in Canada, in 1811; d. in Winona,
Minn., Dec. 13, 1888. He began to preach at the age of twenty; came
to Minnesota in 1852; resided in Winona and Brown counties; engaged
in ministerial work, and owned a farm in Albin. [32; 241.]
Sweetseb, Madison, b. in 1809; d. at Fort Wayne, Ind., Feb. 22, 1875.
He engaged in the fur trade in Minnesota in the employ of the Ewing
Brothers, 1832-52. [237 (1).]
Swendsen, Cael J., merchant, b. in Sweden, Feb. 14, 1862; came to
America in 1880, and to Minnesota in 1891; conducted general mer-
chandise business at St. James; was a representative in the legisla-
ture, 1907-09; president of the board of directors of Gustavus Adolphus
College; member of the State Board of Control since 1911. [24; 25;
30*.]
Sweney, William Montgomeby, physician, b. in Fulton county, 111.,
Nov. 6, 1849 ; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1850, and has lived
in Red Wing since 1852; was graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical
College, 1876; author of papers on archaeology, and contributor to the
History of Goodhue County, 1074 pages, 1909. [56*.]
Sweney, William Wilson, physician, b. in Milton, Pa., Dec, 18, 1818 ;
d. in Red Wing, Minn., Aug. 12, 1882. He was graduated at Rush Med-
ical College, Chicago; came to Minnesota in 1850, settling in St. Paul;
removed to Red Wing in 1852; served in the last territorial legisla-
ture. During many years he had a very extensive medical practice.
[18; 54; 55; 56*; 139; 237 (1); 238 (Aug. 13, 1882).]
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Sweningsen, Samuel, merchant, b. in Durand, 111., June 29, 1849;
came to Minnesota in 1871, and has since engaged in general mercan-
tile business at Austin; was clerk of the district court in Mower coun-
ty, 1882-95; a state senator, 1895-1902; postmaster of Austin, 1899-1907.
[22*; 24; 30; 79*.]
Swenson, Andrew, pioneer, b. in Sweden in 1817; d. July, 1887. He
came to the United States in 1850; was the founder of Center City,
Chisago county, Minn., 1851; owned a farm. [41.]
Swenson, C. L., banker, b. in St. Peter, Minn., Dec. 14, 1869; taught
school in Freeborn county two years; is cashier of the Citizens* Na-
tional Bank, Albert Lea; mayor of Albert Lea, 1907-9 and 1911. [53A*.]
Swenson, Henry A., civil engineer, b. in Chisago City, Minn., July
12, 1857; was assistant chief engineer of the St. Paul and Duluth rail-
road, 1881-90, and later connected with the engineering departments of
other railroads; had charge of the drainage work in Chisago, Wash-
ington and Isanti counties after 1902; resides in Center City. [42.]
Swenson, John, b. in Norway, Nov. 5, 1842; came to the United
States in 1868, and to Minnesota in 1872, settling on the site of the
village of Canby; owned the first store there, 1872-86; has since en-
gaged in banking, real estate, and grain business; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1883. [24; 32; 168 (Jan. 12, 1883); 169.]
Swenson, John August, b. in Moline, 111., May 12, 1860; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1861; attended Gustavus Adolphus Col-
lege three years; was employed in the office of the secretary of state,
1894-1906; and later in the office of the state auditor. He is a promi-
nent musician; organized the original Arpi Club, and has published
several volumes of music. [169A.]
Swenson, Laurits Selmer, b. in New Sweden, Nicollet county, Minn.,
June 12, 1865; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, 1886;
studied later at Johns Hopkins University; was principal of the Luth-
eran Academy at Albert Lea, Minn., 1888-97; was U. S. minister to
Denmark, 1897-1905; has since engaged in banking and other business,
residing in Minneapolis. [17; 24; 127 (10*).]
Swenson, Lars, b. in Hallingdal, Norway, July 10, 1842; d. in Min-
neapolis, Feb. 2, 1904. He came to the United States in 1857, with his
parents, who settled on a farm in Nicollet county, Minn.; served in
the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; in 1879 removed to Min-
neapolis; was a state senator, 1887-9; was manager of the Augsburg
Publishing House; treasurer of the Court House Commission from its
organization to the time of his death. [30; 169; 237 (35).]
Swenson, P. L., b. in Norway, Jan. 26, 1853; came to the United
States when four years old; resided in Nicollet county, Minn.; in 1878
opened the first hardware store in Nicollet. [32.]
Swenson, Peter P., b. in Sweden, Feb. 10, 1844; came with his par-
ents to the U. S. and to Minnesota in 1854; served in the army in the
764 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
civil war, attaining the rank of captain; settled at Minneapolis in
18S2, and has since engaged in real estate business; was sheriff of
Hennepin county, 1886-8 and 1890-2. [24; 169.]
Swenson, S., blacksmith, b. in Norway, Sept. 3, 1849; came to the
United States in 1868; settled in Waseca, Minn., in 1877; was county
auditor, 1884-90. [75; 169.]
Swenson, Sander, b. in Norway in 1840; came to the United States
in 1857, and soon afterward settled on a farm near St. Peter, Minn.;
served in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in
hardware business, and kept a hotel. [32.]
Swenson, Sven Gustav, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Smaland, Sweden,
June 10, 1859; came to the United States when sixteen years of age;
was graduated at Augustana College, 1884, and from its theological
department two years later; was ordained to the ministry, and settled
in Kittson county, Minn.; was county superintendent of schools, 1889-
90. [35.]
Swenson, Swen, farmer, b. in Hallingdal, Norway, Nov. 29, 1836; d.
March 9, 1905. He came to the United States when twenty-one years
old; owned a farm in New Sweden, Nicollet county, Minn.; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1887. [169; 237 (31).]
Swett, Owen Thomas, pioneer, b. in Limerick, Maine, Sept. 27, 1831;
came to St. Anthony, Minn., in 1856; engaged in mercantile business.
[174*.]
Swift, Henky Adoniram, governor, b. in Ravenna, Ohio, March 23,
1823; d. in St. Peter, Minn., Feb. 25, 1869. He was graduated at West-
ern Reserve College, 1842; studied law and in 1853 came to St. Paul,
Three years later he joined the company that founded the town of
St. Peter, which was his home during the remainder of his life. He
was a state senator in 1862-3; and, on the resignation of Lieut Gov.
Ignatius Donnelly, he was elected president of the senate. When Gov.
Ramsey, being elected to the U. S. senate, resigned his position as
governor, Mr. Swift succeeded him for the remainder of the term, 1863-
4. In 1864-5 he again served in the state senate. In 1865 he became
register of the U. S, land office at St. Peter, and held this position until
his death. Swift county was named in his honor, [18; 22*; 27*; 28,
III, XIII*; 109*.]
Swift, Lucian, journalist, b. in Akron, Ohio, July 14, 1848; was grad-
uated at the University of Michigan, 1869; came to Minnesota in 1871*
settling in Minneapolis; was employed by the land department of th§
Northern Pacific Railway Co., 1871-6; on the staff of The Tribune,
1876-85; was part owner and manager of the Minneapolis Journal, 1885-
1907; published The Housekeeper since 1895. [3*; 17; 22*; 24; 25;
84*; 85A*.]
Swisshelm, Mrs. Jane Gkey Cannon, b. near Pittsburg, Pa., Sept. 6,
1815; d. in Swissvale, Pa., July 22, 1884. She was a vigorous writer
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against slavery and in favor of women's rights. In 1857 she came to
Minnesota and established the St. Cloud Visitor; but its utterances
were so radical that a mob destroyed her printing office. She later
published the St. Cloud Democrat; was among the first to go to the
front in the civil war as a nurse, and rendered very valuable services ;
author of an autobiography, "Half a Century," 363 pages, 1880. [1; 3;
7; 27*; 28, X.]
Sykes, George, soldier, b. in Maryland in 1833; d. at Fort Brown,
Texas, Feb. 8, 1880, He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy,
1842; was commandant at Fort Snelling during parts of 1869-77; at-
tained the rank of major in the regular army, and was brevetted major
general of volunteers, 1865. [11; 12; 13.]
Taarud, Nils S., b. in Norway, June 6, 1842; came to the United
States in 1867, settling in Minnesota; was the first settler in Dovray,
Murray county, 1872; was county treasurer, 1883-90. [34; 169.]
Taber, John, b. in England in 1824; came to the United States in
1844; served in the Mexican war; settled on a farm in Vail, Redwood
county, Minn., in 1869, and built the first house in that township. [32.]
Taft, John B., farmer, b. in Maine, in 1826; came to Minnesota in
1856; settled in Washington county; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1889. [30.]
Ta-ha-ma (L'Orignal Leve), also called Bourgne or One-Eyed-Sioux,
Indian chief, b. at Prairie Aux Ailes (Winona), Minn.; d. at an ad-
vanced age, in 1860. He was prominent in making the treaty with
Pike in 1805; remained friendly to the Americans in the war of 1812;
was influential with his tribe. [28, I, III.]
Talbot, Francis, pioneer, b. in Ireland in 1835; came to the United
States in 1849; settled in Wabasha, Minn., in 1853; three years later
bought the stock of Alexis Bailly, and engaged in mercantile business,
dealing in hides and furs. [74.]
Talbot, Freeman, farmer, b. in Ireland in 1811; came to America in
1818; settled in Cleveland, Le Sueur county, Minn., in 1856; was a
state senator, 1872-3. [30; 32.]
Talbot, Thomas F., b. in London, Eng., Oct. 25, 1844; d. in Sleepy
Eye, Minn., Jan. 13, 1910. He came to the United States when nine
years old, and to Minnesota in 1860; served in the Sixth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; engaged in mercantile business in Sleepy Eye
after 1872. [32; 237 (56*).]
Taliaferro, Lawrence, Indian agent at Fort Snelling, b. in White-
hall, Va., Feb. 28, 1794; d. in Bedford, Pa., Jan. 22, 1871. He enlisted
in the army in 1812; was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant at
the close of the war; resigned his commission in 1819, and was ap-
pointed Indian agent at St. Peter's (afterward Mendota, opposite to
766 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Ft. Snelling), which position he held until 1840. He became U. S.
military storekeeper at Bedford, Pa., in 1857. His autobiography is
published in the Minn. Historical Society Collections, Vol. VI, 1894, pp.
189-255. [28, I, II, III, IV, VI; 114.]
Taixmadge, Alfred S., b. in Saratoga, N. Y., in 1841; d. in St. Paul,
Nov. 12, 1906. He came to St. Paul in 1883; was secretary of the Cham-
ber of Commerce many years; and engaged in real estate business.
[237 (43*).]
Taixman, David Newton, b. in Millbrook, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1872; was
graduated at Union College, 1893; came to Minnesota the same year,
settling at Willmar; has engaged in banking, telephone, and real es-
tate business, and owns a large stock farm. [24; 63.]
Tallman, George B., journalist, b. in Rock county, Wis., in 1849;
edited the Delavan Republican, 1875-81; settled in St. Paul in 1884;
was a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Talman, John, b. near Rochester, N. Y., July 30, 1851; came to Min-
nesota in 1879, settling in St. Paul; engaged with the Pioneer Press
twenty-two years, as a reporter and night editor, and the last two years
managing editor; later was with Minneapolis newspapers; has been
newspaper librarian of the Minnesota Historical Society since 1908;
author of many poems, and of chapters in the Life of Governor John-
son, 1910. [241.]
Tamm, James W., miller, b. in Logansport, Ind., Nov. 15, 1848; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1872; had charge of the Arctic mill, and later
the Phoenix mill. [168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
Tanner, George Clinton, Episcopal clergyman, b. in West Green-
wich, R. I., Jan. 21, 1834; came to Minnesota in 1857; taught the first
school in Winona; was graduated at Seabury Divinity School, Fari-
bault, and was ordained deacon in 1860; was ordained priest in 1862;
was pastor at Owatonna, 1867-87, and afterward was connected with
Shattuck School, Faribault; author of a history of the Episcopal
churches and missions in this state, entitled "Fifty Years of Church
Work in the Diocese of Minnesota, 1857-1907" (516 pages, 1909), the
genealogy of the Tanner family (two volumes, 1905 and 1910), and
several papers in the Minn. Historical Society Collections. [70A*;
152A*; 237 (49).]
Tanner, Henry S., physician, b. in England about 1830; d. in Amster-
dam, Holland, Aug. 19, 1881. He came to the United States, 1849; was
graduated at the Eclectic Medical Institute, Cincinnati. While prac-
ticing medicine in Minneapolis, in 1880, he volunteered to fast for forty
days, in the interest of science, under the observation of the Neuro-
logical Society in New York. The undertaking was successfully car-
ried out [1; 238 (Aug. 29, 1881).]
Tanneb, Hebbert, journalist, b. in Devon, Eng,; came to the United
States in 1866, settling in Carver county, Minn.; removed to Middle-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 767
ville township, Wright county, in 1871, and engaged in farming and
mercantile business; became editor and manager of the People's Advo-
cate, Howard Lake, in 1879. [31.]
Tanner, William A., b. in Pawtucket, R. L, Aug. 22, 1833; d. in
Minneapolis, April 27, 1902. He served in the 32d Wisconsin Regt.
in the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant; settled in Minne-
apolis in 1880; was well known in sporting circles, and was the head
of a syndicate that conducted gambling houses in that city. [237
(19*).]
Tanner, William P., b. in Columbia county, N. Y., in 1821; came to
Minnesota in 1855; resided at Cannon Falls, engaged in mercantile
business and farming, and was vice-president of the First National
Bank. [29*; 54.]
Tansem, John O., pioneer, b. in Norway in 1842; came to the United
States in 1861; the next year settled in Tansem township, Clay County,
Minn. [47.]
Taopi (Wounded Man), chief of the Farmer band of the San tee
Sioux, died in March, 1869. He was one of the first converts to Chris-
tianity at the Redwood mission on the Minnesota river, and at the time
of the Sioux outbreak, 1862, was friendly to the whites and aided in
the rescue of many. He is commemorated in a book, "Taopi and his
Friends, or the Indians' Wrongs and Rights," by Rev. S. D. Hinman,
Bishop Whipple, and others, 125 pages, with his portrait, 1869; and his
name is borne by a railway village in Mower county.
Tappan, Charles Langdon, Congregational clergyman, b. at Sand-
wich, N. H., June 26, 1828; d. in Concord, N. H., Feb. 23, 1902. He
was graduated at Amherst College, 1858, and Andover Theological Sem-
inary, 1861; was ordained an evangelist in St. Paul, Minn., in 1864;
was pastor in Owatonna, 1864-6; removed to Illinois in 1866; was libra-
rian of the New Hampshire Historical Society, 1890-5. [144.]
Tapper, John, b. in England in 1820; d. near Villard, Minn., March
6, 1909. He came to the United States in 1840, and to Minnesota in
1844, settling at Fort Snelling; assisted Col. John H. Stevens in build-
ing the first house in Minneapolis; was the first ferryman between
Minneapolis and St, Anthony; was toll-taker on the first suspension
bridge there, built in 1855. In later years he lived at Minnehaha Falls.
[41; 58; 59; 237 (23*, 51, 56*).]
Taralseth, Knud J., merchant and banker, b. in Norway, Nov. 2,
1848; d. in Warren, Minn., Oct. 14, 1905. He came to the United States
in 1872, settling in Minnesota; resided in Warren after 1882; engaged
in mercantile business, and was interested in several banks in neigh-
boring towns. [35; 237 (39).]
Tarble, Mrs. Helen Mar; see Mrs. Carrothers.
Tarbox, James C, judge, b. in Maine, April 10, 1857; d. in Minne-
apolis, May 14, 1908. He was graduated at Bowdoin College in 1879;
768 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
settled in Monticello, Minn., in 1881, where he afterward resided; was
judge of the Eighteenth judicial district, 1897-99. [237 (51).]
Tarbox, Jasper, pioneer, b. in Rushville, Pa., Dec. 10, 1838; d. in St.
Paul, Aug. 18, 1903. He came to St. Paul in 1865; engaged in the
wholesale boot and shoe business, and during the later years of his life
in insurance business. [237 (28*).]
Tasker, William, M, E. clergyman, b. in Sheffield, England, April 9,
1822; d. in Minneapolis, Minn., Jan. 5, 1892. He came to the United
States in 1842; entered the ministry in 1849; served in the army dur-
ing the civil war, becoming captain of a cavalry company; resided in
Minneapolis during the last six years, of his life. [180 (Jan. 20, 1892).]
Tate, James N., b. in Fulton, Mo., Oct. 14, 1851; was graduated at
Westminster College, 1873; was superintendent of the Missouri School
for the Deaf; came to Minnesota, in 1896, and has since been superin-
tendent of the Minnesota School for the Deaf, in Faribault. [26*;
70A.]
Tawney, James Albertus, congressman, b. near Gettysburg, Pa., Jan.
3, 1855; came to Minnesota in 1877, settling in Winona; was admitted
to the bar in 1882, and practiced ten years; was a state senator, 1891-3;
a representative in Congress, 1893-1911, [10; 17; 20; 22*; 23*; 24;
25; 26*; 27*; 30*; 77*; 137*.]
Taylor, A. L., banker, b. in Saratoga county, N. Y., Feb. 2, 1840;
came to Minnesota in 1856; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; settled in Wells in 1870; was a dealer in fuel and grain,
and owned a farm; after 1894 was president of the First National
Bank. [39.]
Taylor, Alonzo Hamilton, b. in Monroe county, N. Y., July 30, 1834;
d. in Hudson township, Douglas county, Minn., May 1, 1902. He served
in the Fifth Iowa cavalry in the civil war, becoming first lieutenant;
settled in 1868 on the farm in Douglas county where he died. [237
(19).] ,
Taylor, Barnett, horticulturist, b. in Greene county, Pa., May 12,
1830; d. in Forestville, Fillmore county, Minn., Aug. 9, 1896. He set-
tled there in 1857, and established the first nursery in Minnesota. [166
(1896*).]
Taylor, Charles, lawyer, b. in England in 1827; d. in Morthfield,
Minn., Oct. 21, 1877. He was a representative in the legislature in 1863
and 1865. [237 (1).]
Taylor, Charles H., b. in England in 1846; came with his parents to
the United States when three years old; served in the 25th Michigan
Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1872, settling in Todd
county; was a railroad contractor; resided at Long Prairie. [237 (27).]
Taylor, Charles Henry, lawyer, b. in Wilmington, Vt, March 26,
1863; came to Minnesota in 1870; was graduated at Carleton College,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 769
1885; was admitted to the bar in 1887; practiced in St. Paul, and after
1909 engaged in real estate business in Los Angeles, Cal. [25; 93.]
Taylor, E. E., farmer, b. in Fayette county, Ohio, 1846; served in
the 112th Illinois Regt. in the civil war; came to Lyon county, Minn.,
in 1868, being the first settler in the town of Lyon. [32.]
Taylor, Electa B. Harwell, b. in Jackson, N. Y., Dec. 11, 1833;
came to St. Anthony with her brother in 1853, and the next summer
taught the first term of school in Minneapolis; later taught an Indian
mission school at Belle Prairie; married J. D. Taylor in 1857, and re-
sided with him in Monticello, and after 1877 at Crystal Lake, Henne-
pin county. [60*.]
Taylor, George A., banker, b. in Painesville, Ohio, June 1, 1836; set-
tled in Elmore, Minn., in 1880; organized the First National Bank in
1888, and is its president. [24; 237 (32*).]
Taylor, George L., b. in Mantorville, Minn., May 26, 1865; engaged
in mercantile business in Blooming Prairie and Kasson; county auditor
of Dodge county since 1903. [50*.]
Taylor, Jackson, farmer, b. in Mercer county, Ky., Jan. 9, 1819;
came to Minnesota in 1856, as one of the first settlers of Buffalo,
Wright county, where he was postmaster many years. In 1859-60 he
was a representative in the legislature. [18.]
Taylor, James Wickes, U. S. consul, b. in Starkey, Yates county,
N. Y., Nov. 6, 1819; d. in Winnipeg, Manitoba, April 28, 1893. He was
graduated at Hamilton College, 1838; studied and practiced law in New
York and Ohio; came to St. Paul, Minn., in 1856; during the civil war,
and later, was a special agent of the U. S. Treasury, for obtaining in-
formation on the relations of trade and transportation between the
United States and Canada. In 1870 he was appointed U. S. consul at
Winnipeg, and held this position until his death. He long engaged in
journalism, and published a large number of reports, addresses, and
pamphlets. [1; 7; 176 (June, 1893); 237 (9*); 238 (April 29, 1893*).]
Taylor, Jesse, pioneer, b. in Kentucky; was employed as a stone-
mason at Fort Snelling; was the first settler at Taylor's Falls, 1838,
where he owned a mill; removed to Stillwater in 1846, and resided
there until 1853; was a representative in the territorial legislature,
1851-2. [41.]
Taylor, John, b. in Canada in 1841; came to Minnesota in 1856;
engaged in real estate business in Le Sueur; was a representative in
the legislature in 1874 and 1903. [30.]
Taylor, Joshua Lovejoy, b. in Sanbornton, N. H., in 1816; d. in Ash-
land, Wis., April 27, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1840, settling at
Taylor's Falls; engaged in lumbering; pre-empted a part of the site
of Taylor's Falls; lived in California, 1849-56; returned to Taylor's
Falls in 1856; removed to Ashland in 1896. [40; 41; 237 (14).]
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Taylor, Murray J., journalist, b. in Charles City, Iowa, May 4, 1873;
came to Itasca county, Minn., in 1889; engaged in lumbering; in 1896
established the Itasca News at Deer River, and has since published it.
[37.]
Taylor, Myron D., judge, b. in Byron, Maine, Dec. 30, 1855; came
to Minnesota in 1858; was graduated at the University of Minnesota,
1878; was admitted to the bar in 1881; settled at St Cloud the same
year, where he was city attorney, 1886-98, register of the United States
land office, 1898-1906; judge of the Seventh judicial district since 1906.
L25; 30; 127A*; 137; 237 (40*).]
Taylor, Nathan C. D., b. near Concord, N. H., in 1810; settled at
Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1846, and engaged in mercantile and lumber
business; was a representative in the legislature two terms; wa»
treasurer of Chisago county eight years. He died at Taylor's Falls,
March 20, 1887. [40; 41.]
Taylor, Oscar, lawyer, b. in Lisbon, N. H., Feb. 10, 1832; d. in Leav-
enworth, Kan., Oct. 17, 1905. He settled in St Cloud, Minn., about
1860; served as captain in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers, 1862-
3; was a representative in the legislature in 1865; was attorney of
Stearns county several terms. [121; 237 (39).]
Taylor, Oscar Livingston, b. in Freeport, 111., Sept 1, 1858; was
graduated at Cornell University, 1881; settled at St. Paul in 1882, and
has since engaged in real estate business. [24; 25; 95.]
Taylor, Robert, b, near Glasgow, Scotland, Oct. 13, 1819; d. in Maple-
ton, Minn., June 4, 1882. He came to the United States ;n 1842; se-
lected Winona, Minn., as the location for a colony, and settled there
in 1852; three years later selected Mapleton, Blue Earth county, for
the location of the Minnesota Settlement Association. [45.]
Taylor, Robert, lawyer, b. in Canal, Pa., Oct. 1, 1837; attended Hills-
dale College, Mich.; served first as private and afterward as chaplain
in the Second Michigan Cavalry in the civil war; settled in Mantor-
ville, Minn., in 1864, and was admitted to the bar there; removed to
Kasson in 1879. [49.]
Taylor, Samuel Sargent, teacher, b. in Danbury, N. H„ March 8,
1835; d. in St. Paul, March 18, 1889. He was graduated at Dartmouth
College, 1859; settled in St. Paul in 1866; engaged in teaching in the
public schools. [68; 238 (March 19, 1889).]
Taylor, Simon, farmer, b. in Huntington county, Quebec, in 1831;
came to Minnesota in 1855, and settled on a farm near Dundas; served
in the civil war; was a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Taylor, William Henry Harrison, state librarian, b. in Richmond,
Va., Nov. 2Sf 1813; d. in St. Paul, Jan. 30, 1894. He was a nephew of
President Harrison; was colonel of the Fifth Ohio Cavalry, 1861-2, and
afterward president of the military commission of West Tennessee;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
771
came to Minnesota in 1867, on account of ill health, settling on a farm
in Brooklyn, Hennepin county; was appointed state librarian in 1877
and held that position until 1894. [18; 30; 68; 124; 237 (3).]
Taylor, William H, H., Jr., b. in North Bend,* Ohio, March 21, J 837;
served in an Ohio Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of cap-
tain; came with his father to Minnesota in 1867, and settled on a farm
near Minneapolis; removed to Stillwater in 1879. [40; 124.]
Taylor, William J., physician, b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., April
18, 1844; served in the 23d Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was
graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago; settled in Pipestone,
Minn., in 1876. [34; 71A.]
Taylor, Zachary, soldier and President of the United States, b. in
Orange county, Va., Sept. 24, 1784; d. in Washington, D. C, July 9,
1850. He was commandant at Fort Snelling, 1828-9. [1*; 11; 12.]
Teal, William, M. E. clergyman, b. in Halifax, Eng., April 12, 1824;
d. in Milwaukee, Wis., April 9, 1891. He joined the Minnesota confer-
ence in 1887; was stationed at Jackson, Tracy, Janesville, and Fair-
mont. [150; 180 (Oct. 14, 1891).]
Teas, Charles O., journalist, b. in Richmond, Ind., Feb. 4, 1844; d.
in Watertown, Minn., Jan. 14, 1902. He came to Minnesota when
eleven years of age; served in the First Minnesota Regt. and later in
the regular army, in the civil war; settled in Watertown in 1876; was
a railway agent, and after 1898 was proprietor and editor of the Carver
County News. [237 (19).]
Tebbets, A. H., Congregational clergyman, b. in New Hampton, N.
H., Sept. 9, 1847; was graduated at the Theological Seminary at Ban-
gor, Maine, in 1872; came to Minnesota in 1880, and was pastor in
Dodge Center and Claremont. [49.]
Teeple, Addison Venelle, lawyer, b. in Oxford, Ontario, May 25,
1843; d. in St. Paul, Sept. 3, 1892. He served in the Eighth Illinois
cavalry in the civil war, attaining the rank of lieutenant; came to
Minnesota in 1872; was admitted to the bar; was attorney of Stevens
county, 1872-4; settled in St. Paul, 1874; compiled a handbook of the
statutes of 1866; edited the Building Association News, 1878-80. [68;
121.]
Tefft, Nathaniel Stacy, physician, b. in Hamilton, N. Y., July 16,
1830; d. in Plainview, Jan. 20, 1905. He came to Minnesota in 1856,
settling in Minneiska, and in 1861 removed to Plainview; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1857-8 and 1861; and a state senator
in 1871. [18; 41; 74; 237 (35).]
Teigen, Lars O., farmer, b. in Norway, Nov. 27, 1864; came to Minne-
sota in 1868; taught school in Jackson county ten years; resides near
Jackson; was a representative in the legislature in 1905. [30*; 62.]
Teisberg, A. K., b. in Dane county, Wis., Sept. 20, 1849; was grad-
uated at Luther college, Decorah, Iowa; came to Minnesota in 1876;
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
settled in Fergus Falls in 1880; was editor of the Fergus Falls Ugeblad
until 1885, when he became connected with the state railroad and ware-
house commission. [30; 169.]
Telford, Alexander, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Troy, Ohio, Aug.
25, 1826; d. in Hastings, Minn., Feb. 22, 1893. He was graduated at
Miami University, 1855; was ordained to the ministry in 1858; came
to Minnesota in 1875; was pastor in Hastings three years, when poor
health obliged him to relinquish the work of the ministry. [153; 178
(March 2, 1893).]
Telleen, John, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, Aug. 4, 1846;
came to the United States in 1853; studied at Augustana College and
Seminary, and was ordained in 1872; was pastor in Des Moines, Den-
ver, San Francisco, and Chicago; resided in Minneapolis after 1902,
serving as superintendent of missions of the Augustana Synod. [148.]
Teller, E. S., b. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Oct. 24, 1821; d. in Anoka,
Minn., Oct. 4, 1888. He settled there in 1858; engaged in mercantile,
business, and later dealt in real estate. [43.]
Temple, Jonathan Peterson, farmer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N.
Y., in 1837; served in the 85th Illinois Regt. in the civil war; came to
Minnesota in 1869; settled at Morristown; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889. [30; 70 A.]
Temple, Judson C, farmer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1850;
came to Minnesota in 1865; resided in Morristown; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1893. [30.]
Tenney, William Mitchell, banker and lumberman, b. in Washing-
ton, D. C, Jan. 12, 1843; came to Minnesota in 1880, settling in Min-
neapolis, where he was a member of one of the largest lumbering firms
in the state. In 1883-6 he was cashier of the Security Bank. [20.]
Tenney, William P., barber, b. in Mercer county, 111., in 1847; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1856; served in the First Minnesota
artillery in 1865; settled in Redwood Falls in 1870; was county treas-
urer, 18994902. [92*.]
Tennison, John W., miller and merchant, b. in Nova Scotia, Nov. 19,
1838; came to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Monticello in 1876, where
he had a flouring mill, and after 1878 engaged in mercantile business.
[31.]
Tennison, Lars A., merchant, b. in Norway in 1842; came to the
United States in 1846; served in the First Minnesota Mounted Rang-
ers, and in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt, in the civil war; opened a
hardware and furniture store in Houston, Minn., in 1874, [61.]
Terrell, Henry K., auctioneer, b. in Waynesborough, Va., Oct. 30,
1808; d. when almost 100 years old, in Lake City, Minn., Sept. 23, 1908.
He came to Minnesota in 1851; settled in Lake City in 1857; platted
and sold a part of the townsite. [237 (51*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 773
Terry, Alfred, b. on the island of Malta, Dec. 3, 1842; came to
America in 1865; engaged in farming in Nobles county, Minn.; re-
moved to Slayton in 1879, and has since engaged in real estate busi-
ness. [24; 34.]
Terry, Cassius Marcellus, Congregational clergyman, b. in Clymer,
N. Y. ; d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 18, 1881. He was graduated at Amherst
College, 1867, and at Union Theological Seminary, 1870; was pastor
in St. Paul, 1872-7; spent some months in the South for his health;
after 1878 resided in Minneapolis. He was connected with the Geo-
logical and Natural History Survey of Minnesota after 1879. [143;
144.]
Terry, John Carlos, b. in Lebanon, Ohio, in 1824; d. in St. Paul,
Feb. 15, 1902. He served in the Mexican war in 1848; settled in St.
Paul the next year; engaged in lumbering and in newspaper publica-
tion, and was assistant postmaster eighteen years. [94; 98*; 167
(Feb. 28, 1902); 237 (19*).]
Terwilliger, Ezra A., M. E. clergyman, b. in Canada, March 9, 1835;
d. in Lenora, Minn., Aug. 21, 1876. He came to Minnesota in 1869; was
pastor in several towns in Fillmore county. [52; 150.]
Tew, Martin E., journalist and lawyer, b. in Winona county, Minn.,
Feb. 11, 1869; was graduated at the Normal school in Madison, S. D.;
after 1894 published the Clarkfield Advocate; was lieutenant in the
Thirteenth Minnesota Regt, and wrote a history of the campaign of
that regiment in the Philippine Island, 111 pages, 1899; was admitted
to the bar in 1900, and practiced law in Willmar; author, with Victor
E. Lawson, of the History of Kandiyohi County, 446 pages, 1905. [22*;
63*.]
Thacher, Joseph A., farmer, b. in Lubec, Maine, in 1825; d. in Zum-
brota, Minn., Oct. 24, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in
Zumbrota; was a representative in the legislature, 1862-5, and a stata
senator, 1866 and 1879. [30; 56; 237 (1).]
Thacker, George W., farmer, b. in Ohio, Jan. 1, 1840; came to Min-
nesota in 1862; served in the Second Minnesota Cavalry in the civil
war; settled in Glenwood, Pope county, in 1866; was a representative
in the legislature in 1885, and a state senator, 1887-9. [30; 67.]
Tharaldsen, I., Lutheran clergyman, b. near Trondhjem, Norway,
in 1847; was educated in his native land, but, after coming to the
United States, studied theology at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis;
engaged in home missionary work in the Red River Valley ten years;
then removed to Wisconsin; was pastor in Madison, Minn., after 1897.
[38.]
Tharalson, Andrew, b. in Norway, Jan. 9, 1846; came to the United
States in 1866, and settled in Minneapolis in 1869, where he engaged
in the grocery business; was a representative in the legislature in
1879. [30; 169.]
774 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Thauwald, Peter, baker, b. in Germany in 1850 ; came to Minnesota
in 1868; resides in St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature in
1899. [30.]
Thayer, Burdett, lawyer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1853; came to Min-
nesota in 1864; attended the University of Minnesota; resides in
Spring Valley; was county attorney of Fillmore county three terms;
was a representative in the legislature in 1883 and 1905-9. [30*.]
Thayer, Charles, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Connecticut, April
28, 1820; d. in Minneapolis, May 18, 1909. He engaged in missionary
work and as a pastor in Minnesota during fifty years. [237 (56).]
Thayer, Hiram Harrison, banker, b. in Westfield, Mass., Feb. 17,
1861; came to Minnesota in 1881, settling at Minneapolis; engaged in
banking, 1881-1904; president and treasurer of the International Stock
Food Co. [24; 25; 90*.]
Thayer, Samuel R., lawyer, b. in Richmond, N. Y., in 1837; d. in
Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1908. He was admitted to the bar in 1864;
was U. S. minister to the Netherlands, 1889-93; resided in Minne-
apolis. [237 (56).]
Theden, Gustav, journalist, b. in Sweden, Nov. 12, 1862; came to the
United States in 1880, and eight years later settled in Minneapolis;
was editor and part proprietor of the Minneapolis Veckoblad, a Swedish
newspaper; was a state senator in 1895-9. [22*; 30; 169.]
Thelejst, Lambert, R. C. priest, b. in Chicago, 111., Aug. 25, 1874; d.
in Pueblo, Colorado, March 8, 1900. He came with his parents to Min-
nesota when a child; was educated at St. John's College; entered the
Benedictine order in 1895, and was ordained a priest in 1899; was for
several years a professor in St. John's College; during the last year
of his life was a chaplain in St. Paul. [132 (March, 1900*).]
Theopold, F. A., grocer, b. in Lippe, Prussia, June 22, 1833; came
to the United States in 1852; settled in Faribault, Minn., in 1867.
[70.]
Thiebatjt, Camille, R. C. priest, b. in Lorraine, France, in 1868; was
ordained priest in 1892; came to the United States in 1896, and to
Minnesota the same year, settling in Brown's Valley. [38.]
Thielrar, H. F., merchant, b. in Germany in 1834; came to the Unit-
ed States in 1853, and to Rice county, Minn,, in 1857; served in the
army in the civil war; owned a store in Dundas after 1872. [70.]
Thiele, Louis, merchant, b. in Germanyln 1829; came to the United
States in 1857, and to Minnesota two years later; served in the Sixth
Minnesota Regt, 1862-5. His wife and child were murdered by the
Sioux in the Indian massacre. He engaged in farming, hotel business,
and after 1880 in mercantile business in Hector. [32.]
Thiele^, Peter C.» b. in Minneapolis, and resides there; was a mem-
ber of the city fire department, and later engaged in automobile busi-
ness; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 775
Thielman, Leonard, hardware merchant, b. in Prussia, Jan. 15, 1844;
came to the United States in 1858; served in the U. S. army and navy,
1861-4; settled in St. Cloud, Minn., in 1865. [31.]
Thimsen, N. Clausen, physician, b. in Blooming Prairie, Minn., June
28, 1871; was graduated at Keokuk Medical College, 1898; has since
practiced in Hayfield. [24; 50.]
Thoe, Fremont Jackson, farmer, b. in Vernon, Dodge county, Minn.,
Oct. 30, 1858; has resided there continuously; was a representative in
the legislature in 1889; a state senator, 1911. [30*; 169.]
Thoen, Jacob E., educator, b. near Decorah, Iowa, May 10, 1864; was
graduated at Luther College, Decorah, in 1892, and at Luther Sem-
inary, Robbinsdale, Minn., 1895; was pastor in Nebraska and at Wells,
Minn.; principal of Albert Lea Academy since 1903. [25; 148.]
Thoeney, Mathias, banker, b. in Switzerland, Sept. 14, 1837; came
to the United States in 1857; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; settled in McLeod county, and engaged in mercantile
business; was county auditor, 1873-83; and later was cashier of the
. First National Bank of Glencoe. [64.]
Thomas, David Owen, physician, b. in Nevern parish, Pembrokeshire,
Wales, Nov. 21, 1852; came to the United States in 1871; was grad-
uated at Bethany College, W. Va., 1878, and the Medical College of
Indiana, 1884; studied medicine also in New York and London, 1891;
has practiced in Minneapolis since 1885. [24; 26*; 85A; 171*.]
Thomas, Edward, Sr., b. in Wales in 1807; came to the United States,
and in 1855 settled in South Bend, Minn., where he died Feb. 5, 1868.
He taught in the public schools several years; also taught singing
schools, and practiced medicine. [171*.]
Thomas, Edward, Jr., clergyman, b. in Centerville, Ohio, in 1839;
came wtih his parents to South Bend, Minn., in 1855; served in the
Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war; was ordained to the min-
istry in 1894; was pastor at Mankato, Tracy, and other places. [171*.]
Thomas, Elisha Smith, Episcopal bishop, b. in Wickham, Mass.,
March 2, 1834; was graduated at Yale college, 1858, and at Berkeley
divinity school, Middletown, Conn., 1861; was elected rector of Seabury
Hall, Faribault, Minn., in 1864; afterward held pastorates in Minne-
apolis and St. Paul, 1870-87, and founded mission churches at Warsaw
and Morristown. In 1887 he became assistant bishop of Kansas. [1;
68.]
Thomas, F. H., teacher, b. in Madison county, N. Y., Nov. 13, 1844;
was graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, in 1865; served in the 16th
Connecticut Regt. in the civil war; settled in Chaska, Minn., in 1870,
and engaged in teaching. [32.]
Thomas, Harry, b. in England, Nov. 10, 1851; d. in Hibbing, Minn.,
Dec. 20, 1905. He settled there in 1890 and opened the Clark mine,
owned by the American Mining Co. [237 (39).]
776 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Thomas, Henry G., soldier, b. in Maine; d. Jan. 23, 1897. He at-
tained the rank of major in the regular army, and of major general
of volunteers in the civil war; was commandant at Fort Snelling dur-
ing parts of 1873-4. [11; 12.]
Thomas, John D., b. in Wales in 1831; came to Minnesota in 1869;
settled at Lake Crystal in 1873, was a hardware merchant, and en-
gaged in lumber business. [32.]
Thomas, John R., b. in Racine, Wis., April 20, 1853; came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1863; cashier of the Mankato National Bank
and State Bank since 1886. [25; 46; 171*.]
Thomas, John W., merchant, b. in Steuben, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1844;
settled in Winona, Minn., in 1866; removed to Minneapolis in 1883, and
has since engaged in dry goods business. [24; 171*.]
Thomas, Minor T., soldier, b. in Indiana in 1830; d. in St. Paul, Oct.
2, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1854; served in the First Minnesota
and other regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of brigadier
general; was afterward a civil engineer, connected with the St. Paul
and Pacific railroad. [237 (9).]
Thomas, Richard J., grocer, b. in Wales, April 3, 1826; d. in Man-
kato, Minn./ April 25, 1894. He came to the United States in 1848, and
to Minnesota in 1863; settled in Mankato in 1865. [32; 171*.]
Thomas, Uriah, journalist, b. in Morristown, Pa., Feb. 9, 1829; d.
in Doylestown, Pa., Oct. 14, 1865. He was graduated at Brown Uni-
versity, 1852; came to Minneapolis, 1855; engaged in real estate busi-
ness, and after 1859 owned a half interest in the Falls Evening News;
in 1863 removed to Beaufort, N. C, where he was Assistant U. S.
Treasury agent. [28, XII.]
Thomas, Uriah Davis, physician, b. in Jamestown, Ohio, July, 1828;
d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 16, 1911. He was graduated at the Physio-
Medical College of Cincinnati; settled in Minneapolis in 1873, and prac-
ticed medicine; was a frequent contributor to magazines, and wrote
and published many poems. [237 (67*).]
Thomas, William, lawyer, b. in Fulton, Pa., Sept. 10, 1840; d. in
Mankato, Minn., Oct. 24, 1909. He served in the 32d Pennsylvania
Regt. in the civil war; was admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania; set-
tled at Mankato in 1871; was one of the founders of the Citizens* Bank
of Mankato. [237 (56).]
Thomas, William L, educator, b. in Libertyville, 111., April 8, 1867;
was graduated at Northwestern University, 1895; studied two years
at Chicago University, and later taught two years in Duluth; was in-
structor in rhetoric in the University of Minnesota, 1903-04. [127*.]
Thompson, A. J. W., b. in Howell, Mich., Feb. 24, 1841; served in the
32d Iowa Regt, 1862-5; settled in Hastings, Minn., at the close of the
war; was assistant postmaster seven years, and county auditor, 1881-6.
[48.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
777
Thompson, Andrew, farmer, b. in Ireland, July 12, 1832; came to the
United States in 1857, settling in Rice county, Minn.; served in the
Sixth Minnesota Regt., 1862-5; was a representative in the legislature
in 1873, 1875, and 1879; resided in Collins, McLeod county, after 1880.
[30; 64.]
Thompson, Andrew, b. near Ekersund, Norway, Oct. 18, 1849; came
to the United States when nineteen years old ; owned a farm in Co-
lenso, Norman county, Minn., after 1871; was a representative in the
legislature in 1891. [169.]
Thompson, Andrew William, banker, b. in Newburg, Minn., Jan. 25,
1862; settled in Preston in 1881; organized the First National Bank
there, and was its president until 1902; was deputy state auditor, re-
siding in St. Paul, 1903-06. [24; 30; 111.]
Thompson, Benjamin, b. in Bucks county, Pa., May 12, 1813; d. in
St. Paul, April 15, 1881. He came to St. Paul in 1850, and engaged in
real estate business; aided in negotiating several important treaties
with the Indians. [94; 237 (1).]
Thompson, Benjamin B., b. in Bingham, Maine, March 17, 1833; set-
tled in Pulda, Murray county, Minn., in 1880, and the next year opened
a furniture store. [34.]
Thompson, C. Fred, hardware merchant, b. in New York in 1855;
settled at Redwood Falls, Minn., in 1878. [92.]
Thompson, Charles, pioneer, b. in Middlebury, Conn., Dec. 2, 1807;
came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in Mankato; engaged in loaning
money and in real estate business. [29.]
Thompson, Charles M., physician, b. in Scotland, July 7, 1844; came
to the United States when ten years old, and to Minnesota in 1859;
was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1870; resided in North-
field. [70.]
Thompson, Charles Telford, lawyer, b. in Glendale, Ohio, June 6,
1853; was graduated at Denison University, 1873, and studied the next
year at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland; was graduated at the
Law School of Cincinnati, 1876; came to Minnesota in 1878, and has
since practiced in Minneapolis. [24; 25; 90*; 131A.]
Thompson, Clark W., b. near Jordan, Canada, July 23, 1825; d. in
Wells, Minn., Oct. 11, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1853; engaged
in milling in Houston county until 1861; was Indian agent, 1861-5;
built the Southern Minnesota railroad from the Mississippi river to
Winnebago City, and afterward owned an extensive farm at Wells;
was a representative in the territorial legislature, 1855; member of
the state constitutional convention, 1857; a state senator, 1871; and
president of the State Agricultural Society, 1880-5. [51*; 166A*; 237
(1).]
Thompson, Cutler, b. in New York in 1830; came to Minnesota in
1855; settled in Fillmore in 1861, where he owned a farm, a gristmill,
and a sawmill. [52.]
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Thompson, Cyrus J., lawyer, b. in Castile, N. Y., in 1834; was grad-
uated at Michigan University, and was admitted to the bar in 1862;
settled in St. Paul in 1868. [93; 98*.]
Thompson, David, explorer, b. in Westminster (now a part of Lon-
don), England, April 30, 1770; d. near Montreal, Canada, Feb. 16, 1857.
He was in service of the Hudson Bay Co., 1789-97, and of the North-
west Fur Co. the next eighteen years; traveled in 1797 in northern
Minnesota from the Red river valley to Red lake and Turtle lake, on
the most northern tributary of the Mississippi, mapping these lakes
and streams. [1; 28, VII; 114.]
Thompson, Edward, lumberman, b. near Jordan, Ontario, March 8,
1827; d. in Minneapolis, April 29, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1851,
settling in Hokah; built the first sawmill in Houston county; was a
state senator, 1873-4. [18; 30; 61; 167 (May 7, 1909).]
Thompson, Edwin S., lawyer, b. in Delafield, Wis., in 1850; came to
Minnesota in 1869; was admitted to the bar in 1872; removed to Mon-
tana, but in 1886 returned to St. Paul. [93; 98*.]
Thompson, Frank B., b. in Portland, Maine, in 1852; came to Min-
nesota in 1869; settled in Brainerd in 1873, and engaged in railroad
work; was register of deeds of Crow Wing county six years, and was
county auditor, 1881-5. [31.]
Thompson, George, journalist, b. in Devonshire, England, in 1840;
came to St. Paul in 1883, and has since published the St. Paul Dis-
patch; also president of the Pioneer Press Co. since 1909. [17; 24;
27*.]
Thompson, George W., farmer, b. in Rice county, Minn., in 1864; re-
sides in Faribault; was a representative in the legislature in 1905.
[30*.]
Thompson, Henry, merchant, b. in Christiania, Norway, Nov. 24,
1845; settled in Cannon Falls, Minn., 1872. [80*,]
Thompson, Henry H., b. in Halifax, N. S., in 1856; settled in Min-
neapolis; joined the fire department in 1882; became a captain in
1888. [88*.]
Thompson, Horace, banker, b. in Poultney, Vt, in 1827; *d. in New
York city, Jan. 28, 1880. He settled in St. Paul in 1860, and was a
member of the well known banking house of Thompson Brothers,
which later became the First National Bank of St. Paul; was its presi-
dent after 1870; was also interested in railroad companies. [68; 93*;
95*; 237 (1); 238 (Feb. 2, 1880).]
Thompson, Hugh, banker, b. in HemmingfordfCanada, July 4, 1850;
settled in Fisher, Minn., in 1875, being the first settler there; owned
the townsite, and engaged in mercantile business, milling, and bank-
ing.- [35.]
Thompson, Isaac, pioneer, b. in Bennington county, Vt., Feb. 12,
1829; took a claim in Houston county, Minn., in 1853; six years later
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 779
settled in Houston township; was county surveyor several years, and
a representative in the legislature in 1S69. [61.]
Thompson, Iver, hardware merchant, b. in Fillmore county, Minn.,
Aug. 4, 1855; settled in Cyrus, Pope county, in 1883. [67.]
Thompson, J. J., b. in Madison county, 111., Aug. 28, 1834; settled
in Mankato, Minn., in 1863; engaged in the fur trade, in lumber busi-
ness, and afterward owned a brick yard; was county auditor, 1879-80;
removed to Wyoming in 1881; later resided in Carrico, Va. [32; 83*.]
Thompson, James, b. a slave in 1799; was owned by George Monroe,
and sold by him in Lexington, Ky.; came to Fort Snelling in 1827 as
the property of John Culbertson, a sutler; was purchased and freed
by Rev. Mr. Bronson; afterward was interperter of the Sioux; lived
in St. Paul until 1884, when he removed to Nebraska, and died there
Oct. 15, 1884. [94.]
Thompson, James, Presbyterian clergyman, b. near Springfield, Ohio,
June 1, 1801; d. in Mankato, Minn., Oct. 4, 1873. He was educated at
Miami "University, and at Lane Theological Seminary; settled in Man-
kato in 1854, and the next year organized the first church there. [83*.]
Thompson, James, b. in Union, Canada, Nov. 7, 1839; came to Min-
nesota in 1861, and settled in Lanesboro in 1869; owned an interest
in the Lanesboro mill, and in 1880 built the Anchor Oat Meal Mill.
L52.]
Thompson, James Egbert, banker, b. in Poultney, "Vt, July, 1823; d.
in St. Paul, May 28, 1870. He came to St. Paul in 1859; with his
brother Horace established, in 1861, a banking house which two years
later became the First National Bank of St. Paul. He was its presi-
dent until his death, and was also interested in railroad companies
and other financial enterprises. [93*.]
Thompson, James G., b. in Bennington county, Vt., May 17, 1833;
came to Garden City, Minn., in 1856; enlisted in the Ninth Minnesota
Regt, 1862, and was afterward captain of a colored regiment; was a
representative in the legislature in 1866. [32.]
Thompson, James Roland, civil engineer, b. in Garden City, Minn.,
March 3, I860; was surveyor of Blue Earth county, 1890-4; and city
engineer of Mankato, 1897-1907. [25; 83*.]
Thompson, John, farmer, b. in Norway, March 24, 1824; came to the
United States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1857; settled in New Rich-
land, Waseca county; was a representative in the legislature in 1873
and 1879. [30.]
Thompson, John, b. in Scotland, Jan. 28, 1829; came to Minnesota
in 1855; settled near Faribault; owned a farm, and engaged in lum-
bering; was a representative in the legislature in 1879-82. [30; 70A*.]
Thompson, John H., merchant, b. in Columbiana county, OhiOj Feb.
16, 1845; came to Minnesota in 1866; settled at Eagle Bend, Todd
county, in 1883. [35.]
780 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Thompson, John William, b. in England, July 27, 1827; d. in North-
field, Minn., April 26, 1910. He came to the United States in 1852, and
to Minnesota two years later; settled on a farm in Forest, Rice coun-
ty; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt, 1862-5; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1877-8. [30; 70; 237 (62).]
Thompson, Joseph Hayes, merchant tailor, b. in South Berwick,
Maine, Aug. 17, 1834; d. in Minneapolis, June 14, 1901. He came to
Minnesota in 1856, and was the first tailor to settle in Minneapolis.
He also had the first express office in the city. [22*; 23; 86; 156; 174*;
237 (14*).]
Thompson, Josiah, b. in Massachusetts in 1816; d. in Minneapolis,
June 8, 1890. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and was one of the origi-
nal settlers of Zumbrota, where he resided fifteen years; removed to
Minneapolis in 1871; engaged in insurance business, and dealt in real
estate. [19*; 238 (June 9, 1890).]
Thompson, Josiah, Jr., b. in Lowell, Mass., May 8, 1846; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Minneapolis in 1870, and
engaged in real estate and insurance business; was a representative
in the legislature in 1879. [24; 30.]
Thompson, Leonakd Kellogg, b. in Le Roy, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1861; came
to Minnesota in 1892, settling in Minneapolis; since 1905 president of
the Northwestern National Life Insurance Co. [24; 85A*.]
Thompson, Levi E., lawyer, b. in Gouverneur, N. Y., May 5, 1829;
d. Nov. 8, 1887. He was admitted to the bar in 1849; settled in Still-
water, Minn., in 1852. [40; 41.]
Thompson, Peter, banker, b. in Jerso, Sweden, Jan. 27, 1839; came
to the United States in 1850, and to Carver county, Minn., in 1858;
later resided in Worthington, where he engaged in mercantile business
and banking; was county treasurer, 1878-80. [169.]
Thompson, Peter E., merchant, b. in Dane county, Wis., Nov. 16,
1852; d, Jan. 20, 1905. He came to Minnesota with his parents in
1864; settled in Barnesville, and owned part of the townsite; was post-
master eight years; a merchant in Barnesville from 1878 to 1899, and
again after 1904; also dealt in real estate; was a representative in
the legislature, 1891. [35; 36; 169.]
Thompson, Richard Enos, lawyer, b. in Fillmore county, Minn.,
March 7, 1857; was admitted to the bar at Preston in 1881, where he
has since practiced; was a representative in the legislature, 1883-5,
and a state senator in 1895-1905. [22*; 24; 25; 30; 31; 169.]
Thompson, Setii W., banker, b. in Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1836;
settled in Luverne, Minn., in 1887, where he was vice-president and
manager of the First National Bank. [34.]
Thompson, Socrates A„ pioneer, b. in Ravenna, Ohio; came to St.
Paul in 1849, and opened the first meat market; the next year took a
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 781
claim in Ramsey county beside Lake Pleasant, and named the lake;
served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, [68.]
Thompson, Sylvester N., merchant, b. in Lamoille county, Vt, June
16, 1846; came with his parents to Minnesota when eleven years old;
served in the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers and the First Minne-
sota Heavy Artillery in the civil war; lived on a farm in Todd county,
1869-80; then settled at Grey Eagle. [35.]
Thompson, Thomas, b. in Shelby county, Ohio, April 21, 1832; set-
tled on a farm in Steele county, Minn., in 1855; served in the Second
Minnesota cavalry, 1863-5; was county treasurer, 1874-8; later removed
to Dakota, where he died. [29; 72.]
Thompson, Thomas A., b. in Vernon, Ohio; came to Plainview, Minn.,
in 1856; was a representative in the territorial legislature the next
year; was superintendent of schools of Wabasha county three terms.
[74.]
Thompson, William, banker, b. in 1832; d. in Hastings, Minn., July
26, 1902. He was one of the pioneers of Hastings; dealt in grain and
lumber, and was president of a bank. [167 (Aug. 1, 1902); 237 (19).]
Thompson, William M., merchant, b. in Chenango county, JNL Y., in
1829; came to Minnesota in 1856, being one of the first settlers in Lake
City; removed to Goodhue county in 1860; resided in Pine Island.
[54*.]
Thoorsell, John, b. in Sweden, July 28, 1848; came to the United
States in 1869, and to Minnesota in 1873; settled in Cannon Falls the
next year, where he manufactured furniture, doors, sash, blinds, etc.
[54.]
Thorkveen, Lars Paulson, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Gudbrands-
dalen, Norway, Feb. 20, 1857; came to the United States in 1880; was
graduated at Luther Seminary, Afton, Minn., in 1887; was ordained,
and the same year became pastor in St. James, Minn. [169.]
Thorne, John L., merchant and banker, b. in Devonshire, Eng., May
18, 1814; came to the United States in 1834; settled in Hastings, Minn.,
in 1856. [48.]
Thorne, Stephen, b. in Danbury, Conn., Feb. 28, 1845; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., May 16, 1909. He came to Blue Earth county, Minn., in
1877; was clerk of the district court, 1887-90, and afterward was clerk
of the U. S. district and circuit courts. [25; 45; 237 (56).]
Thorne, William, physician, b. in Devonshire, Eng., Jan. 22, 1820;
came to the United States with his parents in 1834; was graduated
at Buffalo medical college in 1850; settled in Hastings, Minn., in 1856.
[48.]
Thorne, William E., merchant, b. in Poughkeepsie, N. Y., March
16, 1817; settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1854. [40.]
Thornhill, French W., physician, b. in Ohio, July 18, 1843; was
assistant surgeon in the Eighth Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; was
782 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
graduated at Cincinnati Medical College, 1867; came to Minnesota in
1869, and settled in Spring Valley. [52.]
Thornton, Frank M., b. in Belfast, Ireland, Dec. 25, 1841; d. in Will-
mar, Minn., July 15, 1905. He came to the United States in 1849, and
to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, and became captain in a colored regiment; settled in Benson in
1870; owned a grain elevator and a hardware store, and was presi-
dent of the First National Bank. [32; 237 (39*).]
Thornton, Hiram, lawyer, b. in New York, March 19, 1826; was
admitted to the bar in 1860; settled in Anoka, Minn., in 1870; was
judge of probate and municipal judge. [31; 43.]
Thornton, P. H., merchant, b. in Ireland in 1842; came with his par-
ents to the United States in 1847, and to Minnesota in 1855; resided
in Maple Glen, Scott county; was a representative in the legislature
in 1879. [30.]
Thorpe, Lars Olson, banker, b. in Vikor parish, Norway, Dec. 24,
1847; came to the United States in 1864, and to Minnesota the next
year; cashier of the Kandiyohi County Bank, Willmar, since 1881;
was register of deeds for Kandiyohi county, 1875-81; and a state sen-
ator, 1895-7 and 1903-09. [22*; 25; 30; 63*; 169*.]
Thorpe, Mikkel Olson, farmer, b. in Hardanger, Norway, April 29,
1850; came to the United States in 1868; settled in Kandiyohi county,
Minn., in 1873; was register of deeds, 1887-92, residing in Willmar.
[63*; 169.]
Thorpe, Samuel R., M. E. clergyman and educator, b. in Batavia, N.
Y., in 1817; d. in Red Wing, Minn., July 19, 1863. He came there as
professor of mathematics in Hamline University in 1861. [130.]
Thorson, A., b. in Sweden, Feb. 13, 1823; came to the United States
in 1847; settled on a farm in Norseland, Nicollet county, Minn.; was
register of deeds four years. [32; 169.]
Thorson, Alice O., b. in Glenwood, Minn., about 1S72; engaged in
teaching music, and later taught painting and music in Pacific Luth-
eran University, Parkland, Wash.; author of a legend of Minnesota,
entitled "The Tribe of Pezhekee." [237 (18*).]
Thorson, Harold, banker, b. in Norway in 1843; came to the United
States in 1857, and to Minnesota in 1865; was president of the Bank
of Elbow Lake; resided in St. Paul and Elbow Lake. [57.]
Thorson, N, Anthony, educator, b. in Nicollet county, Minn., Dec.
22, 1881; was graduated at Gustavus Adolphus College, 1904; engaged
in teaching in Crookston four years; superintendent of schools for
Polk county since 1909. [36,]
Thorson, Sam, merchant, b. in Norway, June 9, 1856; came to the
United States in 1871; settled in Fisher, Minn., in 1877; engaged in
mercantile business there after 1886. [35.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 783
Thoeson, Thomas, real estate dealer, b. in Wisconsin in 1854; came
to Minnesota the same year; was "register of deeds in Watonwan coun-
ty nineteen years; resided at St. James; was a representative in the
legislature, 1895-1902. [30; 34.]
Thorson, Tory, lumber dealer, b. in Norway, Sept. 22, 1846; came
to the United States in 1855; served in the Second Wisconsin cavalry
in the civil war; settled in Pope county, Minn., in .1866; was county
clerk of court, 1871-84; engaged in lumber business after 1886; re-
sided in Glenwood. [67; 169.]
Throckmorton, Joseph, steamboat captain, b. in Monmouth county,
N. J., June 16, 1800; d. in December, 1872. He owned several steam-
boats and engaged in the transportation business between Galena and
St. Paul, and later on the Missouri river. [28, VIII.]
Thundale, Ole N., merchant, b. in Voss, Norway, in 1865; came to
Minnesota in 1885; resides in Harmony; was a representative in the
legislature in 1905. [30*.]
Thurber, Orrin, farmer, b. at Conneaut, Ohio, in 1829; came to Min-
nesota in 1855; resided at Chatfield; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1889. [30.]
Thurstenson, Berger, b. in Norway, Sept. 18, 1840; came to the
United States and to Minnesota in 1861; served in the Ninth Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; settled in Cokato in 1871; kept a hotel
until 1880; later engaged in real estate and commission business.
[31.]
Thurston, Daniel M., pioneer, b. in Scarborough, Maine, Oct. 31,
1801; led a seafaring life until 1840; came to Minnesota in 1855; kept
a hotel in St. Paul, and owned a farm in Lakeville; resided with his
son in Farmington in the later part of his life. [48.]
Thurston, Henry, pioneer, b. in Oxford, Mass., Jan. 19, 1833; d. in
Washington, D. C, March 5, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1857;
was principal of the Albert Lea school in 1869, and later was super-
intendent of schools for Freeborn county thirteen years; served in
the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; was employed in govern-
ment offices in Washington after 1890. [237 (39).]
Thurston, Irvin H., physician, b. in Licking county, Ohio, in 1828;
d. in Garden City, Minn., July 6, 1887. He was graduated at the Med-
ical College of Cleveland; came to Minnesota in 1857; was surgeon in
the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; resided in Garden City.
[32; 45*.]
Thurston, J. M., Baptist clergyman, b. in New Lisbon, N. Y., in 1825;
after laboring as a missionary in Wisconsin nine years, came to Min-
nesota and settled on a farm in Le Sueur county to recuperate his
health; was pastor of Maple River Baptist church; after 1878 resided
in Redwood Falls. [32.]
Thurston, John Henry, b. in Portland, Maine, Jan, 25, 1832; d. in
St Paul, Sept. 24, 1902. He settled in St. Paul in 1855; served in the
784 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; later resided in Farmington;
engaged in the drug business, and in wheat buying; returned to St.
Paul in 1894, becoming manager of printing for the railway mail serv-
ice. [237 (19).]
Thwing, Charles Franklin, Congregational clergyman and educator,
b. in New Sharon, Maine, Nov. 9, 1853; was graduated at Harvard Uni-
versity, 1876, and Andover theological seminary, 1879; came to Min-
nesota in 1886, and was pastor of Plymouth church, Minneapolis, until
1890; has since been president of Western Reserve University, Cleve-
land, Ohio; author of numerous books and magazine articles on re-
ligious and educational topics. [1; 17.]
Thygeson, Nels M., lawyer, b. in Martell, Wis., Sept. 11, 1862; was
graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1888; has since
practiced in St. Paul. [24; 93; 98*; 169.]
Thysell, Carl G., b. in Sweden in 1849; came to the United States
when eighteen years old, and settled in Minnesota; owned a farm in
Clay county; after 1887 resided in Hawley, and dealt in hardware and
furniture. [35.]
Tibbetts, J. E., physician, b. in New Hampshire in 1812; d. at Can-
non Falls, Minn., Oct. 11, 1882. He was graduated at Bowdoin Col-
lege; came to Minnesota in 1856; lived at Cannon Falls, and later at
Stillwater. [139.]
Tibbetts, James P., druggist, b. in Brewer, Maine, May 22, 1830;
settled in Fillmore county, Minn., in 1855; later owned drug stores in
Preston, Fountain, and Lanesboro. [52.]
Tibbetts, M. L., clergyman, b. in Indiana in 1834; came to Minne-
sota in 1848; became a minister in the United Brethren denomination;
was presiding elder in the Rochester district; resided in Eyota; was a
representative in the legislature in 1873. [30.]
Tibbetts, Moses A., b. in New Sharon, Maine, in 1828; came to Min-
nesota in 1855, and ten years later settled in Princeton, where he
engaged in the lumber business. [31.]
Tibbetts, Nathaniel, pioneer, b. in New Sharon, Maine, March 21,
1824; came to Minnesota in 1850; engaged in lumbering on the Elk
river; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt., 1862-5; settled in Aitkin
in 1871, and built there the first house in the county. [31; 41.]
Tibbitts, Abner, pioneer, b. in Maine; came to Lake City, Minn., in
1855; owned a third interest in the townsite; removed to New Mexico
in 1878. [74.]
Tibbs, George M., wholesale dry goods merchant, b. on Long Island,
N. Y., October, 1858; d. at Minnetonka Beach, Minn., Aug. 20, 1910. He
engaged in mercantile business after 1873; settled in St. Paul in 1891;
removed to Minneapolis a few months before his death. [237 (59*,
62).]
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Tice, David, M. E. clergyman, b. in Caistor, Canada, Nov. 12, 1829;
engaged in many business enterprises, and in 1857 entered the min-
istry; was pastor at Stillwater, Minn., and many other towns in Min-
nesota; resided in Minneapolis after 1880, and died there, Feb., 1905;
author, "Tekel, the Credentials and Teachings of Emanuel Sweden-
borg Examined," 309 pages, 1901. [40; 237 (35).]
Tichy, Francis, R. C. priest, b. in Bohemia in 1847; came to the
United States in 1873; studied at St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee;
was ordained priest in 1874; resided in St. Paul, 1877-80, and after-
ward was pastor in New Prague. [32.]
Ticknor, Herman L., druggist, b. in Great Barrington, Mass., Dec. 6,
1827; d. in Anoka, Minn., March 10, 1897. He settled in Anoka in 1855;
opened the first drug store there in 1864. [31; 43.]
Tidball, A., pioneer, b. in Mercer county, Pa., in 1823; came to Wa-
terville, Minn., in 1857, being the first settler there; engaged in mer-
cantile business. [32.]
Tiffany, Allen W., farmer, b. in Burlington, N. Y., July 8, 1827;
studied law and was admitted to the bar; came to Minnesota in 1856,
settling in Young America, Carver county; was a state senator in
1881. [32.]
Tiffany, E. A., b. in Buffalo, N. Y., May 23, 1847; came to St. Paul
in 1866; engaged in the book and stationery business in Mankato after
1880. [32.]
Tiffany, Francis Buchanan, lawyer, b. in Springfield, Mass., April
26, 1855; was graduated at Harvard College, 1877, and at Harvard Law
School, 1880; practiced six years in Boston; came to Minnesota in
1887, and has since practiced in St. Paul; author of several text books
on law. [17; 24; 25; 93.]
Tiffany, Mrs. Nina Moore, author, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio; was mar-
ried to Francis B. Tiffany in 1889; author, Pilgrims and Puritans
(1887), From Colony to Commonwealth (1889), and other books; re-
sides in St. Paul. [17.]
Tiffany, Otis Henry, M. E. clergyman, b. in Baltimore, Md.; d. in
Minneapolis, Oct. 17, 1891. He was graduated at Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pa., in 1846; was pastor in many cities, including Chicago,
Washington, Philadelphia, and New York; settled in Minneapolis in
1889. [121; 124; 150; 180 (Oct. 28, 1891).]
Tifft, Merrill C, b. in De Kalb county, 111., April 23, 1865; came to
Minnesota in 1879; was graduated in law at Ann Arbor, 1888; prac-
ticed in Long Prairie; deputy insurance commissioner for Minnesota
since 1908. [30.]
Tighe, Ambrose, lawyer, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., May 8, 1859; was
graduated at Yale College, 1879; was admitted to the bar in 1880; set-
tled at St. Paul in 1886; was a representative in the legislature in
1903 and 1907; author of text books of law. [17; *24; 25; 30*; 93.]
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Tilden, Josephine Elizabeth, b. in Davenport, Iowa; was graduated
at the University of Minnesota, 1895; was instructor there in botany,
1898-1903, assistant professor, 1903-10, and professor since 1910; au-
thor of "Minnesota Algae," vol. I, 328 pages, 1910, and many botanical
papers. [7A; 127B.]
Tileston, George, miller, b. in Hopkinton, Mass., Oct. 8, 1858; was
drowned at St. Cloud, Minn., August, 1895. He settled in Faribault,
Minn., in 1882, where he purchased an interest in a roller mill ; later
owned mills in several towns in this state, and resided in St. Cloud.
[70; 168 (Feb. 12, 1892*, and Aug. 30, 1895*).]
Tilforb, John H., physician, b. in Jefferson county, Ind., Nov. 28,
1841; served as assistant surgeon in the. 79th Indiana Regt. in the civil
war; was graduated at Indiana Medical College, 1872; came to Minne-
sota in 1879, settling in Windom. [34.]
Tillman, John, b. in 1860; d. in St Peter, Minn., April 29, 1901. He
settled in Martin county in 1871, and named the station where he
resided Triumph; engaged in mercantile business, and was postmas-
ter. [237 (14).]
Tillotson, William R., lawyer, b. in New Hampshire in 1856; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1877; was admitted to the bar in
1880; settled in Moorhead, Minn., the next year. [37.]
Timanson, Geokge, pioneer, b. in Norway, Nov. 14, 1826 ; d. in Spring
Grove, Houston county, Minn., Jan. 17, 1878. He came to the United
States in 1848, and settled on a claim in Spring Grove in 1853; was a
representative in the legislature. [61.]
Timberlake, Byron Harvey, b. near Salem, Ind., Aug. 17, 1861; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1883; was graduated in law at the State Uni-
versity, 1891; engaged in life insurance business; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1905-07. [24; 25; 30*; 85A.]
Timerman, William S., b. in Utica, N. Y., Oct. 25, 1830; d. in St
Paul, Sept. 1, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1866; settled *in St. Paul
in 1872, and engaged in the grain elevator business. [237 (9).]
TiMMONS, Isaac W., physician, b. in Ross county, Ohio, Oct. 11, 1833;
was graduated at the Homoeopathic Medical College, St, Louis, in
1870; settled in Winona, Minn. [77.]
Tindall, George E., M. E. clergyman, b. in Simcoe county, Ontario,
Dec, 23, 1861; entered the ministry in 1890, and the same year came
to Minnesota, settling in Ada; was pastor of various Methodist
churches, being at Frazee, 1899-1901. [37.]
TiNKCOM, James Ray, b, in Mayville, N. Y., Jan. 29, 1820; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., Nov. 14, 1908. He settled there in 1857; engaged in mer*
cantile business, afterward in drug business, and during his later years
dealt in real estate,. In 1873 he laid out an addition to the townsite
of Mankato. [29*; S3*; 237 (51*).]
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Tinker, William H„ pioneer, b. in Connecticut in 1813; d. in St.
Paul, March 4, 1904. He settled in St. Paul in 1849; opened a tailor's
shop; and later engaged in grocery business. [41; 94; 237 (35*).]
Tirrell, Chesley Billings, b. in Maine in 1836; d. in Minneapolis,
May 7, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1855; studied law, and was
admitted to the bar; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of first lieutenant; was clerk of the district
court of Hennepin county; and was a representative in the legislature
in 1873. [30; 90*; 121.]
Titcomb, Charles Graves, musician, b. in Nashua, N. H., March 20,
1844; served during part of the civil war in a Massachusetts regiment;
came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in St. Paul, and engaged in teach-
ing music; removed in 1909 to Los Angeles, Cal. [22*; 26.]
Titcomb, Joseph D., physician, b. in Maine, April 25, 1859; was
graduated from the Medical School of Maine, 1881, and from Long
Island College Hospital, 1887; settled in Duluth in 1890. [111.]
Titus, M. E„ b. in Cleveland, Jan. 12, 1849; came to Minnesota in
1862; spent several years in other states, but returned in 1879, settling
in Montevideo as cashier of the Citizens' Bank. [32.]
Titus, P. S., b. in New York, April 18, 1839; settled in Monticello,
Minn., in 1860; served in the first Minnesota Regt. in the civil war;
engaged in farming, and after 1870 in the livery and stage business.
[31.]
Titus, Thomas H., banker, b. in Phelps, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1842; came
with his parents to Minnesota; settled in Rochester in 1864; was
cashier of the Union National Bank after 1882. [66.]
Titus, Z. O., b. in Onondaga county, N. Y., July 8, 1834; opened the
first store in Lynd, Lyon county, Minn., in 1871; resided on a farm,
and was the second register of deeds in the county. [32.]
Tobey, Uriel Montague, b. in Sullivan, N. Y., May 21, 1826; d. in
Sauk Center, Minn., March 12, 1901. He came to St. Cloud, Minn., in
1862; removed to Sauk Center in 1876; engaged in the flour and feed
business, and owned a grocery store. [237 (14*).]
Todd, Frank C, physician, b. in Minneapolis, 1869; was graduated
in dentistry at the University of Minnesota, 1891, and in medicine,
1892; studied later in the Eastern states and in Europe; was clinical
assistant, 1894-8, and professor of diseases of the eye and ear, Uni-
versity of Minnesota, since 1898, residing in Minneapolis. [22*; 127B.]
Todd, Irving, journalist, b. in Lewisborough, N. Y., July 23, 1841;
came to Minnesota in 1861, settling in Hastings; has since been editor
and publisher of newspapers, being editor of the Hastings Gazette
since 1866. [18; 22*; 24; 25; 48; 56.]
Todd, James Edward, educator, b. in Clarksfield, Ohio, Feb. 11, 1846;
was graduated at Oberlin College, 1867; was professor of natural
788 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
science, Tabor College, Iowa, 1871-92; assistant on the Geological Sur-
vey of Minnesota, 1892-3; state geologist of South Dakota, 1893-1903;
assistant professor in the University of Kansas since 1907; author of
many geological papers and reports. [7A; 17.]
Todd, John Blair Smith, soldier, b. in Lexington, Ky., April 4, 1814;
d. in Yankton, Dakota, Jan. 5, 1872. He was graduated at the U. S.
military academy, 1837; was promoted to the rank of captain in 1843;
served in the Mexican war; was commander of Fort Ripley, Minn.,
1849-56; was an Indian trader in Dakota, 1856-61; was brigadier gen-
eral of volunteers, 1861-2; was delegate in Congress for Dakota, 1861,
and 1863-5; and was governor of Dakota Territory, 1869-71. Todd
county, Minn., was named for him. [1; 4; 7; 11; 12; l£; 112.]
Todd, W. P., b. in Vernon, Ind., in 1847; opened the first bank in
Willmar, Minn.; in 1878 bought the townsite of Brown's Valley; the
next year established the Bank of Brown's Valley. [32.]
Todd, William Elmik, lawyer, b. in Geneva, 111., Aug. 14, 1853; d.
in Mankato, Minn., Nov. 11, 1899. He was graduated at the University
of Wisconsin, 1877; was admitted to the bar in 1881, and settled in
Albert Lea, Minn. He died suddenly in the court room at Mankato,
[23*; 53A*; 137.]
Tollefson, Ellef L., b. in Norway, April 29, 1837; came with his-
parents to the United States when seven years old, and to Fillmore
county, Minn., in 1852; owned <a store in Newburg, and later in Mabel,
since 1876; has engaged in banking since 1893. [24; 52.]
Tollefson, Herman M., druggist, b, in Mapleton, Wis., Sept. 19, 1863;
resided in Kasson after 1866; established a local telephone exchange
in 1901. [50.]
Tollefson, Simon Richard, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Ibestad, Nor-
way, Jan. 15, 1865; came with his parents to the United States when
two years old; was graduated at Augsburg Seminary (College Depart-
ment), Minneapolis, 1887; studied theology, and was ordained in 1890;
pastor in Port Townsend, Wash., 1890-93; Seattle, Wash., 1893-96; and
in Minneapolis after 1899; editor of "Den Lutherske Missionar." [148.]
Tolman, Moody Cook, physician, b. in Vermont in 1824; d. in St.
Cloud, Minn., March 2, 1873. He was graduated in medicine at Dart-
mouth College, 1850; came to Minnesota in 1855; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1859-60; served as surgeon in the Second Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war; settled in St. Cloud in 1865, where he
practiced medicine and later owned a driig store. [31.]
Tomlinson, George Ashley, b. ih Lapeer, Mich. Jan. 26, 1868; was
educated at the University of Michigan; engaged in newspaper work
until 1893; then settled in Duluth, where he is president of the Duluth
Steamship Company and also other steamboat lines. [31A.]
Tomlinson, Harry Asiiton, physician, h. in Philadelphia, Pa., July
3, 1855; was graduated in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania,
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18S0; came to Minnesota in 1891, as a physician of the State Hospital
for the Insane at St. Peter; has been its superintendent since 1893.
[22*; 24; 26*.]
Tomlinson, Samuel J., journalist, b. in Lapeer, Mich., Sept. 18, 1842;
engaged in newspaper publication; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1893,
where he edited the Daily and Weekly Herald and the Weekly News.
[77.]
Tomlinson, William Henry, merchant, b. in Franklin county, N. Y.,
April 29, -1843; has engaged in hardware business at Le Sueur, Minn,
since 1871. [24; 25; 32.]
Tompktns, Daniel D., b. in Duanesburg, N. Y., in 1828; d. near
Byron, Minn., Jan. 18, 1899. He settled on a farm near Byron in 1862;
was a representative in the legislature in 1887. [180 (Feb. 1, 1899).]
Tompkins, Elias, b. in Stillwater, N. Y., Jan. 22, 1834; came to Min-
nesota in 1857; settled on a farm in Rich Valley, Dakota county; was
a representative in the legislature, 1878-9. [30; 48.]
Tompkins, isaac N., b. in Fond du Lac, Wis., Oct. 28, 1868; came
to Minnesota with his parents in 1872; engaged in newspaper publica-
tion several years; was auditor of Redwood county, 1899-1907, residing
at Redwood Falls. [24; 92*.]
Tondko, Lyman, miller, b. in Niagara county, N. Y., in 1842; served
in the 31st Iowa Regt. in the civil war; later owned the Cascade Mills
in Olmsted county, Minn. [66.]
Tonning, Johan Gerhard Arnt, musician, b. in Stavanger, Norway,
May 25, 1860; was graduated at the University of Norway; came to
the United States in 1887; settled in Duluth, Minn. [169.]
Tonning, Peter C, educator, b. in Norway, 1869; came to Minnesota
with his parents, who settled in Mower county; was graduated at the
state university, 1896; city superintendent of schools at Madison,
1896-1903, and at Willmar, 1903-10; was appointed assistant superin-
tendent of public instruction, 1910. [30*.]
Torbet, A. M., Baptist clergyman, b. in 1816; d. in Boston, Mass.,
March 5, 1900. He was pastor of the First Baptist church in St. Paul,
1854-9. [237 (11).]
Torgerson, Samuel, educator, b. in Waupaca county, Wis., June 18,
1856; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Moorhead; was superin-
tendent of schools of Clay county, 1884-90. [35; 169.]
Torgerson, T. H., farmer, b. in Norway, Sept. 8, 1850; came to the
United States in 1860, and to Minnesota the same year; settled in
Cuba, near Lake Park, 1876; was a representative in the legislature
in 1883. [38; 169.]
Torinus, G. A., lumberman, b. in Russia, Dec. 4, 1850; d. in Thomas-
ville, Ga., in March, 1887. He came to the United States in 1871, set-
tling in Stillwater, Minn.; was manager of the St. Croix Lumber Co.
[167 (March 18, 1887).]
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Torinus, Louis B., b. in Rositz, Russia, in 1825; d. in Stillwater,
Minn., June 2, 1883. He came to the United States in 1855, settling in
Stillwater; engaged in mercantile business and milling. [42*; 238
(June 5, 1883).]
Torpey, Martin L., farmer, b. in Louisville, N. Y., June 14, 1833;
served in the 106th N. Y, Regt. in the civil war; settled in Morals,
Minn., in 1871; was enrolling clerk in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Torrance, Eli,, lawyer, b. in New Alexandria, Pa., May 16, 1844;
served in the Ninth and the 193d Pennsylvania regiments in the civil
war; was admitted to the bar in 1868; settled at Minneapolis in 1881;
was commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, 1901-2.
[17; 24; 25; 137.]
Torrey, William B., lawyer, b. in Orange county, N. Y., Feb. 21,
1831; d. in Mankato, Minn., Nov. 20, 1904. He came to Minnesota in
1852, and to Blue Earth county in 1861; served in the Second Minne-
sota cavalry in the civil war; was admitted to the bar in 1878; was
clerk of the district court, 1882-8; was judge of probate after 1890;
resided in Mankato. [45*; 237 (35*).]
Torry, John W., farmer, b. in Jackson county, Mich., in 1840; came
to Minnesota in 1855; served in the civil war in the First Minnesota
Battery; resided near Manannah, Meeker county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30.]
Torson, Thomas, b. in Rock county, Wis., in 1853; d. in St. Paul,
Minn., Jan. 31, 1909. He came to Minnesota when an infant; resided
in St. James, where he was a real estate dealer; was register of deeds
for Watonwan county nineteen years, a representative in the legisla-
ture four terms, and a state senator in 1903. [30; 237 (51, 56*).]
Torvik, Ole L., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Strandebarm, Norway,
Oct. 31, 1863; was educated at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis; was
pastor in Abercrombie, N. D„ 1895-1901, and in Morris, Minn., after
1901. [148.]
Tostevin, J. F.» b. on the island of Jersey in 1823; came to the United
States in 1849; settled in St. Paul in 1855, where he established the
first marble works in Minnesota, [94.]
Tostevin, William R„ marble worker, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1854;
d. in St. Paul, Oct. 10, 1902. He came there with his parents when an
infant. [100*; 237 (19*).]
Tourtellotte, Francis J., physician, b. in Windham county, Conn.,
Dec. 26, 1835; was graduated at the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
N. Y.; was surgeon in the U. S. navy, 1863-8; settled in Winona, Minn.,
in 1869, and engaged in loaning business. [76.]
Tourtellotte, John E., colonel, b. in Windham county, Conn., July
3, 1833; d. in La Crosse, Wis., July 22, 1891. He practiced law in Man-
kato, Minn., 1857-61; served as captain in the Fourth Minnesota Regt
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in the civil war, and later became colonel. After the war he entered
the regular army, and attained the rank of major of cavalry. [S3*;
115.]
Tousley, John Wesley, M. E. clergyman, b. in Connecticut, Sept.
17, 1824; d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 31, 1899. He settled there in 1879.
[180 (Jan. 31, 1900).]
Tousley, Orson V., educator, b. in Clarendon, N. Y., March 11, 1834;
d. July 18, 1902. He was graduated at Williams College, 1854; studied
law and was admitted to the bar; came to Minneapolis in 1869; was
superintendent of the city schools, 1871-86. [58; 127B.]
Tower, Charlemagne, b. in Paris, N. Y., April 18, 1809; d. in Water-
ville, N. Y., July 24, 1889. He was graduated at Harvard College,
1830; studied law, and was admitted to the bar in 1836; practiced law
in Pennsylvania twenty-five years; was captain in the Sixth Penn-
sylvania Regt. in the civil war; was connected with the Minnesota
Iron Company and the Duluth and Iron Range railroad company,
and was thus instrumental in opening in 1884 the great iron industry
in Minnesota. The town of Tower is named for him. [3*.]
Tower, Charlemagne, Jr., lawyer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., April 17,
1848; was graduated at Harvard University, 1872; was admitted to
the bar in 1878; resided in Duluth, Minn., 1882-7, where he was presi-
dent of the Duluth and Iron Range railroad company; was U. S. am-
bassador to Austria-Hungary, 1897-9, to Russia, 1899-02, and to Ger-
many, 1902-8; resides in Philadelphia. [3*; 17,]
Towler, Silas Howell, laundryman, b. in Xenia, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1846;
served in Ohio regiments during the civil war, attaining the rank of
lieutenant; settled at Minneapolis in 1884, and engaged in wholesale
grocery business five years; has conducted the Minneapolis Steam
Laundry since 1889. [24; 26*.]
Town, Adolphus, Baptist clergyman, b. in Washington county, Vt,
in 1805; was ordained to the ministry in 1835; was one of the pioneers
of Steele county, Minn., 1855; resided in Owatonna. [72.]
Town, Ira Allen, lawyer, b. in Franklin, N. Y., April 2, 1848; was
graduated at Cedar Valley Seminary, Iowa, in 1873, and in law at the
University of Iowa, 1875; settled in Albert Lea, Minn.; removed to
Tacoma, Wash. [53; 229.]
Towne, Charles Arnette, congressman, b. in Oakland county, Mich.,
Nov. 21, 1858; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1881; was
admitted to the bar in 18S5; came to Minnesota in 1890, settling in
Duluth; was a representative in Congress, 1895-7, and U. S. senator,
by appointment, 1900; removed to New York city. [10; 17; 22*; 23*;
27*; 229*.]
Towne, Edward Penfield, lawyer, b. in Canandaigua, N. Y., June 16,
1867; was graduated at Union College, 1888, and Albany Law School,
1890; has practiced in Duluth since 1892. [23*; 24; 25; 31A.]
792 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Townley, John L., lawyer, b. in Ludlowville, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1853;
came to Minnesota in 1880; was admitted to the bar in 1882 at Fari-
bault, and practiced there six years; removed to St. Paul in 1888, and
to Fergus Falls in 1901. [25; 93.]
Townsend, Israel J., Episcopal clergyman, b. in Westchester county,
N. Y., April 25, 1825; d. in Fairmont, Minn., June 6, 1892. He studied
at the General Theological Seminary; taught in Nebraska several
years; came to Minnesota, and was rector in Austin, Blue Earth City,
Wells, and after 1884 in Fairmont. [152.]
Townsend, John, pioneer, b. in Luzerne county, Pa., April 2, 1818;
came to Minnesota in 1851; was one of the first settlers at Clear Lake,
Sherburne county, also at Lynden, Stearns county; and later built the
first frame house in Clearwater. He settled in Corinna, Wright county,
in 1866. [31.]
Townsend, Joseph Edward, journalist, b. in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 20,
1853; came with his parents to Belle Plaine, Minn., when four years
old; established the Belle Plaine Herald in 1881, which he has since
published. [25; 238 (Dec. 31, 1893*).]
Townsend, W. H., lawyer, b. in Genesee county, Mich., in 1850; was
graduated at the University of Michigan, and later from its law de-
partment; settled in Herman, Grant county, Minn., in 1887; was county
superintendent of schools one term. [57*.]
Townshend, J. H., b. in Elyria, Ohio, Sept. 28, 1846; d. in Stillwater,
Minn., June, 1888. He built and operated a flouring mill in Stillwater,
1872, and was president of the Union Elevator company. [40; 168
(June 29, 1888).]
Tozer, Albert, lumberman, b. in Canada, May 4, 1846; settled in Still-
water, Minn., in 1863. [40.]
Tozer, David, b. in New Brunswick, Oct. 25, 1823; d. July 26t 1905.
He settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1856, and engaged in lumber busi-
ness. [40; 41; 42*; 167 (Nov. 23, 1900*); 176 (June, 1902*).]
Tracy, Charles G., merchant, b. in Quebec, Canada, July 26, 1843;
served in an Illinois regiment in the civil war; settled in Glyndon,
Minn., in 1872; opened a hardware store in 1881, and has conducted a
store of general merchandise since 1888. [37*,]
Tracy, Marcus H., b. in Hancock county, Maine, May 26, 1859; set-
tled in Glenwood, Minn., in 1885, where he was a real estate, loan and
collection agent. [67.]
Train, Hamilton B., physician, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y„
April 26, 1825; d. in Hokah, Minn., July 28, 1891. He studied medi-
cine in Wisconsin, and also engaged in ministerial work there; set-
tled in Hokah, Minn., in 1857. [61; 166 (1892); 180 (Aug. 12, 1891).]
Trask, Amaziah, b. in Lincoln county, Maine, March 28, 1810; fol-
lowed a seafaring life, 1831-50; settled at Elk River, Minn,, in 1866,
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and in 1880 purchased the Sherburne House and afterward managed
it. [31.]
Trask, E. W., lawyer, b. at Little Falls, N. Y., April 15, 1847; came
to Houston county, Minn., in 1855; took a course of study at Michigan
University; was a member of the legislature, 1874; afterward prac-
ticed law at Caledonia. [29*.]
Trask, James Elisha, lawyer, b. in New Sharon, Maine, March 2,
1858; was graduated at Waterville Classical Institute, 1876, and Colby
"University, 1880; came to Minnesota in 1888, settling at St. Paul,
where he has since practiced law. [24; 25; 111.]
Trask, Sylvanus, b. in the state of New York, Nov. 15, 1811; d.
April 25, 1897. He settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1848; engaged in
teaching, and was clerk in the postoffiee; was a representative in the
first territorial legislature, 1849. [28, IX; 40; 41; 42; 114; 131.]
Trask, Wyman, lawyer, b. in Worcester, Mass., May 31, 1817; was
admitted to the bar in New York; came to Minnesota in 1855; and two
years later settled in Caledonia. [61.]
Tratjb, George E., journalist, b. in Mankato, Minn., April 4, 1866;
owned and published the Mankato Post after 1890. [45*.]
Traves, Frederick W., pioneer, b. in Oldenburg, Germany, Feb. 16,
1814; came to the United States in 1841; enlisted in the XJ. S. army
and was stationed at Fort Snelling, where he was discharged in 1846.
He settled on a claim on the site of East Minneapolis, and afterward
removed to St Paul. In 1850 he settled in Centervile, Anoka county,
being the first settler in that township. [31.]
Travis, John N., pioneer, b. in New London county, Conn., in 1826;
settled in Owatonna, Minn., in 1856, and started the first nursery in
Steele county; later resided in Chicago and Milwaukee several years,
but returned and lived in Owatonna. [72.]
Traxler, Charles Jerome, lawyer, b. near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Dec.
16, 1858; was graduated in law at the University of Iowa, 1882; came
to Minnesota in 1889, settling in Minneapolis; author of text books
on lien laws. [25; 85A*.]
Treacy, Michael, b. in Brighton, Mass., in 1844; d. in St. Paul, Dec.
18, 1900. He came to St. Paul when twelve years old; was employed
by the Pioneer Press Printing Co. twenty-three years; in 1882 became
a member of the Brown-Treacy -printing firm. [94; 237 (11*).]
Treadwell, John N., merchant, b. in Deposit, N. Y., in 1828; came
to Minnesota in 1855; settled in St. Peter in 1862; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1874-5. [32.]
Treager, William, b. in Decatur, Ind., Jan. 25, 1859; came with his
parents to Minneapolis when seven years old; joined the fire depart-
ment in 1876, and was promoted to a captaincy ten years later. [88*.]
Treat, George L., lawyer, b. in Janesville, Wis., Nov. 14, 1859; came
to Alexandria, Minn., in 1880; was admitted to the bar in 18S3. [25;
35.]
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Treglawney C H M E clergyman b in Brunswick N J April 20
1851 d m Valley City N D Jan 7 1893 He entered the ministry
when nineteen years of age came to the West m 1886 was pastor
m Bramerd and Alexandria Minn and in Manitoba and North Da
kota [180 (Jan 18 1893) 3
Trembly S D clergyman b m New Jersey June 2 1799 d m
Paynesville Minn June 28 1868 He was a Wesleyan Methodist mm
ister twenty three years but in 1867 organized a Congregational church
m Paynesville and was its pastor [143 ]
Trenham Milton A b April 5 1874 came with his parents to
Minnesota m 1875 lived m Alexandria engaged m teaching and in
newspaper work served in the Thirteenth Minnesota Regt in t&e
Spanish American war was assistant dairy and food commissioner
of this state 1905 07 [24 30 ]
Trenham Newton journalist b m Arnpnor Canada July 12 1869
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1875 lived in Alexandria and
owned and published the Citizen after 1896 [37 ]
Triebel Albert G merchant b m Peoria 111 May 13 1861 came
to Minnesota in 1884 settling at Stillwater where he has since en
gaged m wholesale grocery business [24 25 104* ]
Triggs Oscar Lovell teacher and author b m Greenwood 111 Oct
2 1865 was graduated at the University of Minnesota 1889 and after
ward was an instructor there was teacher m the English department
of the University of Chicago after 1892 author of numerous magazine
article® and of several books [17 ]
Tbisler C W farmer b m Ohio in 1840 came to Minnesota m
1868 settled m Whitewater Winona county was a representative in
the legislature m 1873 [30 ]
Trobec James R C bishop b in Austria July 10 1838 came to
the United States in 1864 was ordained priest at St Paul in 1865
was pastor in Wabasha 1866 87 and the next ten years in St Paul
has been bishop of St Cloud since 1897 [17 24 26 74 132 (Sept
and Oct 1S97*) ]
Troendle Lucas b in Germany m 1830 came to the United States
in 1854 and to Minnesota in 1872 settling at Mapleton where he has
since engaged in mercantile business [24 32 ]
Tbott Hermann pioneer b in Hanover Germany Feb 25 1830
d m St Paul Dec 29 1903 He came to Minnesota in 1856 settled
in St Paul m 1858 was land agent for the St Paul and Pacific and
Northern Pacific railroads removed to Washington state m 1890 but
nine years later returned to St Paul [174* 237 (35*) 241]
Trow Gardner O dentist b in Dodge county Wis June 19 1877
served in Wisconsin and Iowa regiments 1861 5 came to Minnesota
at the close of the war studied dentistry at Rush Medical College
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 795
settled in Cokato in 1876, where he practiced his profession and owned
a drug store. [31.]
Tbowbkidge, Charles Tyler, b. in Morris Plains, N. J., Jan. 10, 1835;
d. in St. Paul, Dec. 24, 1907. He served in the civil war, in which he
organized the first regiment of colored troops, and attained the rank
of lieutenant colonel; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Minne-
apolis as a brick contractor; was custodian of the old state capitol,
1901-7. [121; 230; 237 (48).]
Truax, Abraham, pioneer, b. in Canada in 1824; settled at Point
Douglas, Minn,, in 1848; removed to Hastings, and was sheriff of Da-
kota county; returned to Washington county in 1859. [40; 41.]
Truax, Albert H., contractor, b. Jefferson county, N. Y., June 25,
1843; came to Minnesota when ten years old; served in the Second
Minnesota Cavalry in the civil war; resided in Hastings; was a state
senator, 1883-9. [30.]
Truax, Caleb, pioneer, b. in Mohawk Valley, N. Y., in 1810; d. at
Point Douglas, Minn., in 1878. He settled there in 1849; owned a farm
and was a carpenter; was a representative in the territorial legisla-
ture. [41.]
Truax, D. B., pioneer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., May 25, 1818;
settled on a claim in Dakota county, Minn., in 1853; removed to Hast-
ings in 1867; was a representative in the legislature, 1866-7. [48.]
Truax, Daniel W., b. in Montreal, Canada, Dec. 23, 1830; came to
Minnesota in 1849, and settled on a farm at Point Douglas; later owned
a sawmill; was a representative in the territorial legislature in 1851;
removed to Hastings in 1861; engaged in the grocery business, and
after 1871 was a real estate dealer. [32; 48.]
Truax, Sidney J., pioneer, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y.; settled
in Hastings, Minn., in 1854; was a dealer in wheat, and after 1878 was
employed by the government as contractor for various river and har-
bor improvements. [48.]
Truax, W. B., b. in Oswegatchie, N. Y., May 25, 1818; came to Min-
nesota in 1853, settling in Hastings; engaged in farming until 1868;
was a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Truax, Walter Edward, physician, b. in Rochester, Wis., June 10,
1848; served in the 48th Iowa Infantry, and in the Sixth Iowa Cavalry,
in the civil war; came to Minnesota, and was railway station agent at
Little Falls and Moorhead; studied medicine at the University of Min-
nesota; has practiced in Breckenridge since 1880. [24; 31; 35.]
True, Jay W., publisher, b. in Lowell, Mass., Feb. 7, 1867; came with
his parents to Minnesota when two years old; was graduated at the
Mankato Normal School; was employed in the office of the Free Press
after 1896, and in 1902 became one of its owners. [46.]
Truelson, Casper Henry, b. in Schleswig, Germany, Oct. 20, 1844;
came to the United States in 1866, and three years later settled in
796 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Duluth; engaged in the grocery and general merchandise businesa
until 1885; was sheriff of St Louis county, 1887-8, and mayor of Du-
luth, 1896. 122*; 31.]
Truesdell, E. W., b. in Binghamton, N. Y., Aug. 16, 1854; came to
Minnesota in 1872; engaged in mercantile business until 1881, when
he settled in Sauk Rapids, becoming a partner in the Eagle Flour
Mills. [31.]
Truesdell, Seneca Ellis, journalist, b. in Geneseo, N. Y., Feb., 1852;
d. in La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 27, 1899. He was connected with the
Pioneer Press for twelve years, residing in St. Paul; removed to Wis-
consin a few months before his death. [238 (Dec. 31, 1899).]
Truesdell, William Albert, civil engineer, b. in New York city,
March 25, 1845; d. in Minneapolis, April 21, 1909. He was graduated
at the University of Wisconsin, 1867; engaged in railroad construc-
tion in Minnesota and other states; in 1883-4 designed and superin-
tended the construction of the arches that support Seventh street in
St. Paul over the St. Paul and Duluth railroad tracks; author of many
important papers and scientific articles. [175; 251.]
Trumbull, Albert J., b. in Day, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1836; d, in Merriam
Park, St Paul, Sept 13, 1897. He served in the 22d N. Y. Regt. in
the civil war; settled in St. Paul in 1865, and engaged in insurance
business. [122.]
Trussell, Sumner Lincoln, lawyer, b. in Hennepin county, Minn.,
Oct. 29, 1860; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1883;
was admitted to the bar in 1886; resides in Minneapolis. [60*.]
Truwe, Jacob, farmer, b. in Switzerland in 1835; came to Minnesota
in 1856; -served in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery in the civil
war; was a representative in the legislature in 1878 and 1897-9; re-
sided near Young America, Carver county. [30.]
Tryon, Charles John, lawyer, b. in Batavia, N. Y., Sept. 8, 1859;
was graduated in law at Columbia University, 1882; came to Minnesota
in 1886, and has since practiced in Minneapolis. {22*; 24; 26*; 137*.]
Tubbs, William, b. in Lodi, Ohio, Aug. 4, 1830; came to Anoka coun-
ty in 1858 as a surveyor; removed to Isanti county; settled at Elk
River in 1863, and at Monticello in 1870; built the first flouring mill
in Monticello; was county auditor of Isanti, Sherburne, and Wright
counties. He died in Monticello, Jan. 16, 1905. [18; 29; 32; 237 (35).]
Tucker, Ezra, M. E. clergyman, b. in Tunbridge, Vt, June 29, 1819;
d. in Red Wing, Minn., Feb. 16, 1892. He entered the ministry in 1850;
settled in Minnesota in 1856; was chaplain of a colored regiment in
the civil war; was pastor in several towns, including Chatfield, Can-
non Falls, and Litchfield. [150.]
Tucker, Henry F., farmer, b. in Norton, Mass., Sept 15, 1830; d. in
Park Rapids, Minn., May 31, 1901. He served in an Iowa regiment in
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 797
the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1883, settling near Windom; was
a representative in the legislature in 1891. [237 (14).]
Tucker, J. M., physician, b. in Orleans, N. Y., July 31, 1844; d. at
the Soldiers' Home, Minnehaha, April 8, 1901. He served in the Eighth
N. Y., cavalry and other regiments in the civil war, and attained the
rank of first lieutenant; settled in Hastings, Minn., in 1873; resided
in Fergus Falls, 1877-85; returned to Hastings in 1885. [121; 237 (14).]
Tuckeb, Otis Crandell, b. near Hoosick, N. Y., March 12, 1822; set-
tled in Winona, Minn., in 1861, where he owned a lumber yard and
dealt in real estate. [76; 77.]
Tuller, Charles A., b. in Jonesville, Mich., June 26, 1866; came to
Minnesota in 1885, to take a position with the Minneapolis Journal,
and has been since engaged in the business department of that news-
paper. [22*; 24; 25.]
Turnblad, Magnus, journalist, b. in Vislanda, Sweden, Jan. 28, 1858;
came to the United States with his parents in 1868, and to Vasa, Good-
hue county, Minn., the same year; engaged in grocery business in Red
Wing and Minneapolis, and after 1889 was editor of a Swedish news-
paper. [169.]
Turnblad, Swan Johan, journalist, b. in Tubbemala, Sweden, Oct.
7, 1860; came to the United States in 1868 with his parents, who set-
tled in Goodhue county, Minn.; came to Minneapolis in 1879, where
he has published the Svenska Amerikanska Posten since 1883; is a
prominent temperance advocate; has traveled extensively in Europe.
[24; 25; 26*; 85A*; 169*; 169A.]
Turner, Israel, banker, b. in England, March 17, 1843; came to the
United States in 1867; settled in Jasper, Pipestone county, in 1889, and
the same year established the Jasper Bank. [34.]
Turner, W. L.., miller, b. in Windham county, Vt, Feb. 13, 1824;
came to Minnesota in 1866, settling in Faribault; was proprietor of
the Crown Point Mill. [70.]
Turpin, Joseph, pioneer, b. in Montreal, Canada, about 1775; d. at
Mendota, Minn., in 1865. He came with a party of refugees from the
Selkirk Settlement to Fort Snelling in 1831, and built the first house
in the vicinity on the east side of the Mississippi. [28, IV.]
Turrell, Orlando B., banker, b. in Connecticut in 1835; came to
Minnesota in 1858; settled at Redwood Falls; was a representative
in the legislature in 1883-5 and 1891-3. [30; 32.]
Turrittin, John S., b. near Londonderry, Ireland, in 1835; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., Jan. 20, 1901. He came to the United States in 1846, and
ten years later settled in St. Peter, Minn.; served in the Seventh
Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; engaged in sawmilling, and later in
farming. [237 (14).]
Tuthill, Charles D., b. in Newburgh, N. Y., March 10, 1832; d. in
Blaine, Minn., Aug. 6, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling
798 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
in Dodge county; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regt. in the Indian
and civil wars; was a representative in the legislature in 1871; lived
in Anoka from 1882 to 1891, and then removed to Blaine. [237 (48).]
Tuttle, Calvin Austin, farmer, b. in Tolland county, Conn., Dec. 31,
1811; d. in Los Angeles, Cal., Nov., 1900. He came to Minnesota in
1838; aided in building the first mill in St. Anthony; was territorial
treasurer six years; settled on a farm at Two Rivers, Morrison county,
in 1867. [31; 41; 59; 237 (11).]
Tuttle, Chauncey D., b. in Vermont in 1816; came to Minnesota in
1856, and engaged in mercantile business in Hastings many years; set-
tled on a farm at Cottage Grove in 1876. [40.]
Tuttle, James Harvey, Universalist clergyman, b. in Salisbury, N.
Y., July 27, 1824; d. in New York, Dec. 8, 1903. He came to Minne-
sota in 1866, and was pastor of the First Universalist church of Min-
neapolis for twenty-five years, becoming pastor emeritus in 1891,
[19*; 22*; 84*; 237 (19*, 35*).]
Tuttle, Moses C, photographer, b. in Maine in 1830; came to St.
Anthony, Minn., in 1853, and the next year settled in St. Paul; was
first lieutenant in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; later
dealt in real estate. [94; 115,]
Tweeton, John G., b. in Norway, May 24, 1859; came to the United
States with his parents when twelve years old ; lived in Minnesota after
1877; settled in Barnesville in 1880, and engaged in the lumber busi-
ness. [35.]
Twtford, Willis H., physician, b. in Fayette county, Ohio, May 12,
1821; d. in Owatonna, Minn., Oct. 6, 1909. He was graduated at Star-
ling Medical College, Columbus, Ohio; was surgeon in the 25th Indiana
Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1864; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1867; resided in Geneva, 1873-97; removed
to Owatonna in 1897. [53; 72; 237 (56).]
Twiss, Abner H., farmer and physician, b. in Windsor, Vt, April 18,
1832; settled on a farm in Des Moines River township, Murray county,
Minn., in 1878; several years later commenced the practice of medi-
cine. [34.]
Twitchell, R. W., physician, b. in Weybridge, Vt., in 1823; was
graduated from the medical department of the University of Michigan,
1852; two years later settled in Chatfield, Minn.; served as assistant
surgeon in the Ninth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [52.]
Twohy, John, Jr., lawyer, b, in Copper Harbor, Mich., in 1854; was
admitted to the bar in 1882; settled in St. Paul in 1884; became judge
of the municipal court in 1890. [93; 95*; 98*; 100.]
Tyler, C. B., b. in Montrose, Pa., Sept. 2, 1835; came to Minnesota
in 1857; was register of the U. S. land office in New Ulm after 1873;
owned and edited the New Ulm Herald, 1875-8; removed to Tracy in
1880. [32.]
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Tylek, Ezka, settled in Steele, county, Minn.; served in the army in
the civil war; engaged in mercantile business in Owatonna; was reg-
ister of deeds for Steele county, 1874-86; removed to Duluth in 1887.
[72.]
Tyler, Levi S., b. in Greenfield, Mass., in 1848; came to Minnesota in
1882; settled at Tracy, where he was agent for the American Express
Co.; was a representative in the legislature in 1893. [30.]
Tyler, Milton R., lawyer, b. in Chittenden county, Vt., March 18,
1835; d. in St. Paul, March 16, 1907. He was graduated at the Univer-
sity of Vermont, 1858; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling in Fergus
Falls; removed to St. Paul in 1888. [20; 93; 237 (43*).]
Tynee, Daniel H., b. near Connersville, Ind., June 13, 1819; d. at
Medicine Lodge, Kan., Feb. 4, 1877. He settled in Mankato, Minn., in
1857; engaged in livery business; was sheriff of Blue Earth county
two terms, beginning in 1860; had charge of the execution of thirty-
eight Sioux at Mankato, Dec. 26, 1862. [83*.]
Tyrer, Ashley Macomber, lawyer, b. in Concord, N. Y., Aug. 16,
1843; came to Minnesota in 1868, settling in Albert Lea. [18.]
Ueland, Andreas, lawyer, b. in Heskestad, Norway, Feb. 21, 1853;
came to the United States in 1871, settling in Minneapolis; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1877. [169.]
Uhler, Jacob P., educator, b. at Easton, Pa., Aug. 26, 1854; was
graduated at Lafayette College, 1877, and the Lutheran Theological
Seminary, Philadelphia, 1881; has been professor of mathematics and
physical science in Gustavus Adolphus College since 1882, and its vice
president since 1896. [24; 25; 148.]
Uhlhorn, F. W., farmer, b. in Bischweiler, Alsace, March 24, 1835;
d. in St. James, Minn., Sept. 21, 1902. He came to the United States
in 1868, and to Adrian, Minn., in 1872; was judge of probate of Wa-
tonwan county, 1891-1902, residing in St. James. [237 (19).]
Uline, Calvin S., b. in New York in 1833; d. at Devil's Lake, N. D.,
May 19, 1902. He came to St. Paul in 1856, and resided there twenty-
six years; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, at-
taining the rank of lieutenant colonel; was treasurer of Ramsey coun-
ty, 1868-76; engaged in railroad business after 1871. [68; 94; 115;
237 (19*).]
Ulman, Mathias, b. in Germany, in 1822; d. in Mankato, Minn., Feb.
21, 1891. He came to the United States in 1847, and to Mankato in
1856, where he opened a hotel. [83*.]
Ulrich, Edward Oscar, geologist, b. in Cincinnati, O., Feb. 1, 1857;
was paleontologist of the geological surveys of Illinois, Minnesota, and
Ohio, 1885-97; geologist on the U. S. Geol. Survey since 1897; resides
in Washington, D. C; author of monographs of the Geol. Survey of
Minnesota, Vol. Ill, and many other reports and papers. [7A; 17.]
800 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Ulvestad, Martin, author and publisher, b. in Volden, Aalesund,
Norway, Dec. 24, 1865; came to the United States in 1888, and to Min-
nesota in 1891, settling at Minneapolis; engaged in printing; author
of several books, including an English-Norwegian Dictionary (1895)
and "Nordmaendene i Amerika, deres Historie og Rekord" (871 pages,
1907). [241.]
Umland, George F., druggist, b. in Germany in 1854; d. in St Paul,
April 10, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1873; resided in St. Paul;
was a representative in the legislature, 1899-1901. [30; 237 (19*).]
Unden, Jacob, pioneer, b. in Germany in 1821; came to the United
States in 1853, and to the site of Duluth in 1855; settled in Superior,
Wis., but a few years later removed to Duluth, being the earliest set-
tler of that city. [237 (52*).]
Underleak, Joseph, b. in Bohemia, Austria, March 13, 1854; came to
the United States the same year with his parents, who settled in Chat-
field, Minn., in 1856, where he has since lived; engaged in mercantile
and lumber business, later in banking, and since 1893 in practice of
law; was a representative in the legislature, 1893-7, and state senator,
1899-1902. [24; 30.]
Underwood, A. J., journalist, b. in Clymer, N. Y., May 26, 1832; d.
in Fergus Falls, Minn., Dec. 21, 1885. He came to Minnesota in 1854;
served in the First Minnesota and other regiments in the civil war;
was a representative in the legislature, 1871-2; settled in Fergus Falls
in 1873, where he established the Journal. [35; 237 (9).]
Underwood, Daniel, b. in England, Sept. 23, 1812; came to the Unit-
ed States in 1853, settling in Minnesota; owned a farm in Dakota
county; resided in Farmington after 1872; purchased the Pioneer Mills
in 1874. [48.]
Underwood, John M., railroad contractor, b. in Saco, Maine, July 12,
1841; served in Maine regiments in the civil war, enlisting as a pri-
vate and rising to the rank of captain; settled in Minnesota in 1868;
was a representative in the legislature in 1889 and 1895, residing in
Minneapolis. [30.]
Underwood, Joseph Merritt, b. in Palmyra, N. Y., Nov. 10, 1844;
came to Minnesota in 1862; and settled at Lake City in 1868; has since
engaged in nursery business; was president of the Horticultural So-
ciety, 1892-9, and of the Agricultural Society, 1910. [24; 166 (1897);
166A*.]
Untiedt, Henry, farmer, b. in Holstein, Germany, Feb. 16, 1856; came
to the United States in 1873, and to Minnesota in 1885, settling in
Sioux Valley, Jackson county; a representative in the legislature,
1911. [30*.]
Updyke, Stephen, clergyman, b. in the state of New York, Jan. 18,
1845; d. in Los Angeles, CaL, in December, 1907. He served in the
13th Michigan regiment throughout the civil war; studied at Hillsdale
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 801
College and Andover Theological Seminary; was ordained to the min-
istry of the Congregational church; settled in Dakota in 1880, where
he was prominent in religious and educational work. Later he came
to Minnesota and was pastor in Glencoe, New Ulm, and Waseca. Hav-
ing changed to the Protestant Episcopal church, he held a pastorate at
Pine Island. [237 (48).]
Upham, Geobge Bliss, h. in Woodstock, N. B., Sept. 3, 1817; came
to Minnesota in 1869, and the next year settled at Elk River; engaged
in selling agricultural implements and in insurance business; was
sheriff of the county, 1879-82. [31; 231.]
Upham, Henry Pratt, hanker, b. in Millbury, Mass., Jan. 26, 1837;
d. in St. Paul, May 1, 1909. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling in
St Paul. He at first formed a partnership with Chauncey W. Griggs,
and they engaged in the lumber business. In 1863 he entered the
banking house of Thompson Brothers as teller. Six years later, he
with others organized the City Bank of St. Paul, of which he was
cashier. This was consolidated in 1873 with the First National Bank,
of which Mr. "Upham was cashier until 1880, and later was president
until 1907. During thirty-three years, 1876-1909, he was treasurer of
the Minnesota Historical Society. [19*; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 68; 94; 95*;
98*; 100; 174*; 231*; 237 (56*); 238 (Sept. 23, 1893*).]
Upham, Warren, geologist, librarian, b. in Amherst, N. H., March
8, 1850; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1871; was assistant on
the geological surveys of New Hampshire, Minnesota, and the United
States, 1874-1894, coming to Minnesota in 1879; librarian of the West-
ern Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, 1895; since Nov. 1,
1895, secretary and librarian of the Minnesota Historical Society, re-
siding in St. Paul. Author of geological reports, with maps, for fifty
counties of Minnesota, in Volumes I, II, and IV, of the state survey,
1884, 1888, and 1899; "Catalogue of the Flora of Minnesota," 193 pages,
1884; "The Glacial Lake Agassiz," 658 pages, 1896, being Monograph
XXV of the U. S. Geol. Survey; "Groseilliers and Radisson, the First
White Men in Minnesota," pages 449-594, Minn. Hist. Society Collec-
tions, Vol. X, 1905; Vol. I, "Minnesota in Three Centuries," 390 pages,
1908; many other reports and articles on glacial geology and on his-
tory in magazines arid journals of societies; and joint author, with
Prof. G. F. Wright, of "Greenland Icefields," 407 pages, 1896. [3*;
4; 7A; 17; 24; 25; 30*; 93 A; 127A*; 231*; 237 (7*).]
Upson, Arthur Wheelock, author, b. in Camden, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1877;
drowned at Bemidji, Minn., Aug. 14, 1908. He was graduated at the
University of Minnesota, 1905, and resided in Minneapolis, excepting
times of traveling through the West and in Europe; author of many
poems and dramas. His collected poems, edited, with a biographic
introduction, by Prof. Richard E. Burton, were published in two vol-
umes, 1909. [24; 237 (51*).]
51
802 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Upton-, R. P., b. in Dixmont, Maine, in 1820; d. in Minneapolis, Nov.
29, 1S93. He settled in Minneapolis in 1850; was one of the company
that erected, about 1854, the first flouring mill in the state, called the
Minnesota mill, on Hennepin island. [237 (2).]
Urie, Horace G., journalist, b. in Stoughton, Wis., Nov. 29, 1859; set-
tled in Evansville, Minn., in 1882, where he published the Enterprise.
[35.]
Utecht, Auq. M., b. in St. Nicholas, Stearns county, Minn., Oct. 5,
1875; attended the State Normal School, St. Cloud; since 1905 in gen-
eral mercantile business at Richmond; a representative in the legis-
lature, 1911. [30*.]
Vail, Jefferson, soldier, b. in France; d. at Baton Rouge, La., Oct.
25, 1835. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy, 1821; was
commandant at Fort Snelling, 1832-3; attained the rank of captain in
1833. [11; 12; 13; 131.]
Vail, John, pioneer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1825; wwas the first set-
tler in Preston, Minn., 1853; sold his claim the next year, and engaged,
in farming in Bristol, Fillmore county, twenty-seven years; then re-
moved to Montana. [52.]
Vail, Patrick R., merchant, b. in Wisconsin in 1858; came to Minne-
sota in 1887; resided at Ely, and was its mayor; was a representative
in the legislature in 1897, and a state senator, 1907; removed to Vir-
ginia, Minn., and engaged in mining. [30*.]
Va^en, Henry, merchant, b. in Russia in 1826; came to the United
States in 1849; settled in New Ulm, Minn., in 1856; was the first treas-
urer of Brown county. [32.]
Valder, Hans, b. in Norway, Oct. 18, 1813; d. in Newburg, Minn.,
Jan. 27, 1901. He came to the United States in 1837, and to Minnesota
in 1853; settled in Newburg, where he had a farm and kept a hotel;
was a representative in the legislature in 1871. [52; 169; 170*; 237
(14).]
Valentine, Daniel Hillman, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1827;
d. in St. Paul, May 15, 1890. He came to .Minnesota in 1856, settling
in St Paul; served as captain in the Sixth Minnesota Regt., 1862-3;
later engaged in the wheat elevator business, also invested in St. Paul
real estate, and built the Valentine block on Wabasha street. [23; 28,
VIII; 98*; 115; 237 (2).]
Valentine, Ezra G„ lawyer, b. near Attica, N. Y., Aug. 9, 1847; was
graduated at Beloit College, Wis., in 1869; was admitted to the bar in
1877; settled in Breekenridge, Minn., in 1882; engaged in banking and
law practice. [35.]
Vallquist, Rudolph, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden, March 11,
1870; came to the United States in 1885; was graduated at Augustana
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 803
College, Rock Island, 1893, and from its theological seminary, 1896;
was pastor at Detroit, Minn., 1896-8; removed to Holmes City,' Douglas
county, in 1898, and had charge of three churches. [37.]
Van Alstein, B. M., b. at St. Catherine, Canada, Jan. 22, 1834; d.
at Princeton, Minn., April 9, 1907. He came to the United States in
1851, and three years later to Minnesota; resided in Minneapolis ten
years, then removed to California, but after 1877 resided in Princeton,
Minn.; engaged in mercantile business; was county auditor, 1885-97,
and afterward was judge of probate till his death. [237 (43*).]
Vax Barneveld, Charles Euwrx, b. at Doetinchem, Holland. Nov.
26, 1871; was graduated at McGill University, 1893; professor of min-
ing in the University of Minnesota since 1898. [7A; 127 (13*); 127B.]
Van Brunt, George M., pioneer, b. in Orange county, N. Y., June 16,
1821; d. in Mankato, Minn., Jan. 5, 1857. He came to Minnesota in
1852, settling in Mankato on a claim on the site of the city; built the
first sawmill in Blue Earth county. [83*.]
Van Brunt, Walter, b. in Beloit, Wis., May 21, 1846; came with
his parents to Minnesota when nine years old; settled at Duluth in
1869; was a commission merchant, manager of the Duluth Telephone
Co., and later in real estate business. [24; 31.]
Van Camp, George, b. in Montgomery county, N. Y., Oct. 4, 1833;
d. near Austin, Minn., Oct. 24, 1900. He came to Minnesota in 1859;
engaged in farming and grain buying, and later in selling medicines.
[237 (11).]
Vance, David E., lawyer, b. in West Barnet, Vt, Jan. 6, 1841; served
in the Ninth Vermont Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in
1866; was admitted to the bar in 1879, and has since practiced in
Winona; county judge of probate since 1901. [24; 25; 76; 77.]
Vance, William Reynolds, b. in Middletown, Ky., May 9, 1870; was
graduated at Washington and Lee University, 1892; was professor of
law there, and dean of the law department, 1903-10; professor in Yale
University, 1910-11; elected dean of the Law School, University of
Minnesota, 1911. [17.]
Van Cleve, Mrs. Charlotte Ouisconsin, b. at Prairie du Chien, Wis.,
July 1, 1819; d. in Minneapolis, April 1, 1907. Her parents, Lieut, and
Mrs. Clark, accompanied the troops who came to the present state of
Minnesota to establish the first military post, afterward named Fort
Snelling. Their destination was reached when she was a few weeks
old, and her childhood was passed there and at other army posts. She
was married, March 22, 1836, to Lieut, (afterward General) Horatio
P. Van Cleve. After resignation of his commission, they lived a few
years in other states, but in 1856 returned to Minnesota, settling at
Long Prairie, and five years later removed to Minneapolis, where Mrs.
Van Cleve afterward resided, greatly honored and beloved. She wrote
an autobiogragphy, "Three Score Years and Ten," 176 pages, pub-
lished in 1888. [23; 41; 58; 237 (43*).]
804 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Van Cleve, Horatio Phillips, general, b. in Princeton, N. J., Nov.
23, 1809; d. in Minneapolis, April 24, 1891. He was graduated at West
Point in 1831, and became second lieutenant in the Fifth XL S. In-
fantry. Having resigned his commission, he settled in 1856 at Long
Prairie, Minn. In 1861 he was appointed colonel of the Second Min-
nesota Regt., and served through the war, being mustered out in 1865
as major general. The next year he was appointed adjutant general of
Minnesota, and held that position from 1866 to 1870, and again from
1876 to 1882, his residence being in Minneapolis. [4; 7; 18; 30; 41; 58;
115; 121; 178 (May 2, 1891).]
Van Cleve, Samuel Houston, physician, b. at Ann Arbor, Mich.,
May 21, 1853; came with his parents to Minnesota, and to Minneapolis
in 1861, where he has since lived; was graduated at the College of
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, in 1880. [24; 58.]
Vanderburgh, Charles Edwin, judge, b. in Clifton Park, N. Y., Dec.
2, 1829; d. in Minneapolis, March 3, 1898. He was graduated at Yale
College, 1852; was admitted to the bar in 1855; settled in Minneapolis
the next year; was judge in the Fourth judicial district, 1859-82, and
associate justice of the supreme court for the next twelve years. [3*;
18; 20*; 22*; 23*; 28, VIII; 30; 41; 58; 59; 84*; 85A*; 111*; 131A*;
136; 137*; 168 (April, 1892*); 178 (March 10, 1898); 237 (9*).]
Vander Horck, John, b. in Prussia, May 5, 1830; came to the United
States in 1852, and to Minnesota in 1855; owned a store in St. Paul;
was captain in the Fifth Minnesota Regt., 1862, and, being in charge
of Fort Abercrombie at the time of the Sioux outbreak, repulsed two
attacks, Sept. 3 and 7; later engaged in hardware business in Minne-
apolis; was post trader at Ft. Sisseton, Dakota, 1877-85. [84*; 115.]
Vander Hokck, Max Posa, physician, b. in St. Paul, Aug. 5, 1862;
d. in Minneapolis, Dec. 5, 1911. He studied medicine in New York and
Philadelphia, being graduated at Jefferson Medical College in 1885,
and afterward spent three years in study in Europe; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1888, and was professor of dermatology in the University
of Minnesota, 1888-1911. [26*; 84*; 127A*; 237 (59).]
Vanderpoel, Florance Alberto, lawyer, b. in Newport, Wis., Aug. 13,
1856; was graduated at the University of Iowa, 1880, and from its law
department in 1883; came to Minnesota in 18S5, settling at Park
Rapids, where he has since practiced; was postmaster, 1897-1907.
[22*; 24.]
Vanderwarker, Isaac, pioneer, b. in Northumberland, N. Y., in 1819;
d. in Alta Vista, Lincoln county, Minn., March 15, 1909. He came to
Minnesota in 1856; was one of the first settlers at Austin; served in
the Fourth Minnesota regiment in the civil war; lived on his farm in
Alta Vista after 1877. [237 (56).]
Vanderwarker, John, pioneer, b. in 1822; d. in Minneapolis, Jan. 21,
1887. He settled in Minneapolis in 1856, and engaged in grocery busi-
ness. [238. (Jan. 23, 1887).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 805
Van Devender, G. W., farmer, b. in Cassopolis, Mich., Feb. 22, 1843;
served in the Second Michigan Regt. in the civil war, becoming first
lieutenant; settled, in Southside township, Wright county, Minn., in
1878. [31.]
Vandiver, John S., journalist, b. in Shelbyville, Mo., May 10, 1858;
d. in St. Peter, Minn., Aug. 21, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1884,
and engaged in newspaper work at St. Peter, Stillwater, and St. Paul;
became owner and editor of the St. Peter Journal in 1901. [100;
237 (19*).]
Van Doosee, Franklin, hardware merchant, b. in Randolph, N. Y.,
Nov. 17, 1834; settled in Rochester, Minn., in 1858; served as first
lieutenant in a company of Minnesota Mounted Rangers, 1862-4; after-
ward owned a hardware store. [66.]
Van Doren, Isaac N., b. near Eaton, Ohio, Sept. 18, 1837; came to
Dakota county, Minn., in 1856; served in the 13th Indiana Regt,
and in the Second Minnesota cavalry, in the civil war, attaining the
rank of first lieutenant; resided in Hastings after 1875, and sold agri-
cultural implements. [48.]
Van Doren, James K., merchant, b. in Steuben county, N. Y., Sept.
8, 1844; served in the First Wisconsin cavalry, 1861-5; settled in Her-
man, Minn., in 1879. [35.]
Van Duzee, Charles Alonzo, dentist, b. in Independence, Iowa,
March 10, 1860; came with his parents to Minnesota about 1865; was
graduated at the College of Dentistry of the University of Minnesota,
1890; during the Spanish war, 1898, was colonel of the Fourteenth
Minnesota Regt; resides in St. Paul. [22*; 24; 100.]
Van Duzee, Fred N., journalist, b. in Anoka, Minn., in 1867; d. in
Winona, Minn., Oct. 1, 1903. He spent most of his life in St. Paul;
attended the public schools there, and was graduated at Williams
College; was in editorial work on the Pioneer Press several years;
was managing editor of the Winona Republican and Herald after
1S98. [237 (28).]
Vandyke, J. A., educator, b. in Jasper county, Iowa, July 29, 1861;
was graduated at the University of Iowa, 1887, and the same year
came to Minnesota; was superintendent of schools successively in
Plainview five years, in Wabasha seven years, and after 1899 in Fer-
gus Falls. [37*.]
Van Dyke, J. H., b. in Albany county, N. Y., April 20, 1836; came
to Minnesota in 1857; resided at St. Cloud, and later at Alexandria;
was a representative in the legislature in 1883. [35.]
Van Dyke, James D., lawyer, b. in Summit, Wis., May 10, 1859; was
graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1881, and the same year
came to Minnesota; was graduated in law at the University of Wis-
consin, 1887, and settled at Long Prairie. [35.]
806 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Van Dyke, John, judge, b. in Hunterdon county, N. J., April 3, 1805;
was twice elected to Congress, and was one of the justices of the su-
preme court of New Jersey; removed to Minnesota in 1868, settling in
Wabasha; was a member of the legislature in 1871, and judge of the
Third judicial district in 1873-4. [29*.]
Van Dyke, T. S., lawyer, b. in New Jersey in 1S42; came to Minne-
sota in 1867; settled in Wabasha; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1873. [30.]
Van Etten, Isaac, adjutant general, b. in Orange county, N. Y., in
1828; d. in St. Paul, Dec. 29, 1873. He was admitted to the bar in
1851; settled in St. Paul the same year; was adjutant general of the
territory, 1852-8; member of the territorial council, 1853-4; state sen-
ator, 1857-8. 128} IV; 94; 237 (1).]
Vang, Peder S., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Feb. 13, 1860;
came to the United States in 1882; was educated at Augsburg Sem-
inary, Minneapolis, 1893-1901; was pastor at Crookston after 1901.
[148.]
Van Gorder, S. D., b. in Chemung county, N, Y., Nov. 4, 1837;' set-
tled in Winona, Minn., in 1856; engaged in lumber business and other
enterprises, and owned stone quarries in Wisconsin. [77.]
Vangsnes, Ole P., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sogn, Norway, Jan. 11,
1855; came to the United States, with his parents in 1866; was grad-
uated at Luther College, Deeorah, Iowa, 1875, and Concordia Seminary,
St. Louis, Mo., 1878; was for many years after 1878 a pastor in Min-
neapolis, and has served as president of the United Conference of
this synod. [148; 169*.]
Van Hoesen, Francis Bennett, lawyer, b. in Tully, N. Y., Jan. 8,
1839; d. in Alexandria, Minn., Jan. 27, 1907. He came to Minnesota in
1854 with his parents, who settled in Hastings; was graduated in law
at the University of Michigan, 1864; resided in Alexandria after 1867,
practiced law, and was president of the First National Bank; was a
representative in the legislature in 1872 and 1881, and a state senator
in 1883-5. [22*; 174*; 237 (43).]
Van Horn, James J., soldier, b. in Ohio; d. Aug. 30, 1898. He was
graduated at the U. S. Military Academy, 1858; was commandant at
Fort Snelling during parts of 1885-8; attained the rank of colonel in
1891. [11; 12.]
Van Hoven, Peter, b. in Holland/March 7, 1855; attended the Col-
lege of Hassel, Belgium; came to the United States in 1874; settled
in St. Paul, Minn., 1879, and engaged in the live stock and packing
business; a state senator, 1911. [30*.]
Van Ingen, John V., Episcopal clergyman, b. in Schenectady, N. Y ,
in 1806; d. in Clyde, N. Y., Dec. 1, 1877. He was graduated at Union
College, 1828 ; studied theology in New York ; settled in St. Paul as
rector of Christ church in 1854; was chaplain of the Eighth N. Y.
cavalry in the civil war. [237 (1); 238 (Dec. 6, 1877).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
807
Van Leent, J., R. C. priest, b. in Holland, Jan. 21, 1839; came to the
United States, and was professor in three different colleges; was pas-
tor in Faribault, Minn., after 1879. [70.]
Van Leuven, Henry C, journalist, b. in Schoharie county, N. Y.,
March 19, 1844; served in the army three years during the civil war;
was graduated at Osage College; settled in Spring Valley, Minn., in
1879, where he purchased and afterward published the Vidette. [52.]
Van Nest, Hiram, b. in Sandusky, Ohio, Jan. 27, 1831; d. Oct. 17,
1894. He came to Minnesota in 1850; settled in Minneapolis, purchas-
ing a farm which later was occupied by the central part of the city.
[85A*.]
Van Sant, Samuel Rinnah, governor, b. in Rock Island, 111., May 11,
1844; served in the Ninth Illinois cavalry through most of the civil
war; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1883; was a captain of steamboats,
and conducted a rafting and lumbering business on the Mississippi
river; was a representative in the legislature in 1893-5, being speaker
the latter year; was governor of Minnesota, 1901-05; has since resided
in Minneapolis. [4; 17; 22*; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 28, XIII*; 30; 111*;
174*; 237 (36*).]
Van Schaack, I. M., b. in Greene county, N. Y., in 1838; served in
the Fifth N. Y. artillery, 1862-5, becoming first lieutenant; settled in
Redwood Falls, Minn., in 1S72; was county auditor, 1876-85. [32.]
Van Slyck, Lorenzo, lawyer, b. in Canajoharie, N. Y., April 27, 1828;
d. in Hastings, Minn. He was graduated at Union College, 1849; was
admitted to the bar in 1850; -served in the 19th Wisconsin Regt. in
the civil war; settled in Hastings in 1864. [48.]
Van Slyke, William A., b. in Cherry Valley, N. Y., in 1835; settled
in St. Paul in 1854; served in the Fifth Minnesota Regt. in the- civil
war; engaged in grain commission business after 1866. [93*; 94; 98*;
100.]
Van Slyke, William Frederick, physician, b. in Cooperstown, N. Y.,
July 24, 1857; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 23, 1910. He came to St. Paul when
an infant; was graduated at Shattuck School, Faribault, and in 1883
at St. Paul Medical College; later studied in Vienna and Berlin, and
after 1886 practiced in St. Paul. [121.]
Vanstrum, John A., b. in Sweden, Nov. 5, 1838; d. in Hallock, Minn.,
Nov. 29, 1902. He came to the United States in 1855, and to Red Wing,
Minn., the next year; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of major; settled in St. Vincent in 1879; was
sheriff of Kittson county ten years, and register of deeds, 18914902.
[37*; 174*; 237 (28*).]
Van Tassell, William E., pioneer, b. in 1805; d. in Stillwater,
Minn., Oct. 14, 1877. He came to the St. Croix valley in 1841; seven
years later removed to another state, but in 1866 settled on a farm
near Stillwater. [237 (1).]
808 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Van Tuyl, Chables White, b. in Addisqn, N. Y., Dec. 17, 1859; en-
gaged in official service of the Union Pacific Railway Co., 1882-92;
came to Minnesota in 1893, settling at Minneapolis, where he has since
engaged in life insurance. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 85A.]
Van Valkenburg, George, pioneer, b. in Hudson, N. Y., in 1827; d.
at White Earth reservation, Jan., 1905. He came to Minnesota when
eighteen years old; engaged in hunting, trapping, and trading with the
Indians; was the first sheriff of Crow Wing county. [237 (35).]
Van Valkenbtjrg, H. W., merchant, b. in McHenry county, 111., Oct.
3, 1846; came to Minnesota in 1853; served in the Fourth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; settled in Farmington in 1871. [48.]
Van Valkenburg, Jesse, lawyer, b. in Sharon, N. Y., Dec. 31, 1868;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1894, and from its law
department, 1895; has since practiced in Minneapolis. [25; 85A.]
Van Vliet, L. S., b. in Chittenden county, Vt, May 26, 1830; was
adjutant quartermaster in the army during the civil war, having the
rank of major; settled in Lake City, Minn., in 1867; three years later
organized the First National Bank, and was its cashier. [74.]
Van Vorhes, Abraham, b. in Washington county, Pa., Dec. 2, 1793;
d. in Stillwater, Minn., Jan. 24, 1879. He came to Stillwater in 1849,
as register of the U. S. land office; was territorial auditor, 1852-3, and
a representative in the legislature, 1856; was surveyor of Washington
county several years. [18; 29; 40; 41; 42; 114; 157*; 232; 237 (1).]
Van Vorhes, Andrew Jackson, b. in Washington county, Pa., June
30, 1824; d. in Stillwater, Minn., Jan. 1(1, 1873. He came to Minnesota
in 1855, settling in Stillwater, where he commenced the publication
of the Messenger; was a representative in the state legislature, 1859-
60; served in the army as quartermaster with the rank of captain,
1863-5. [28, X; 41; 232; 237 (1).]
Van Voris, William F., b. in New York about 1841; settled in Min-
neapolis in 1884, where he was president and general manager of the
Minnesota Stone Co. [90*.]
Varner, Henry, miller, b. in Clinton county, Ohio, Nov. 13, 1825;
came to Jordan, Minn., in 1854; owned a farm and a flouring mill.
[32.]
Vasaly, Charles Edward, b. at Fort Ripley, Minn., Dec. 13, 1869;
resides at Little Falls, and has been editor of the Herald since 1895;
was mayor of Little Falls six years; register of deeds of Morrison
county, 1907-9; member of the State Board of Control since 1909. [24;
25; 30*.]
Vasaly, Louis, b. in Italy, Nov. 14, 1823; d. in Little Falls, Minn.,
May 3, 1904. He was graduated at Ticino College, 1844, and later at
the College of Pharmacy; came to the United States in 1863, and
served in the U. S. army; settled in Little Falls, Minn., in 1867; en-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 809
gaged in the drug business, and after 1875 owned a hotel. [31; 237
(35).]
Veblen, Andrew Anderson, educator, b. in Ozaukee county, Wis,,
Sept. 24, 1848; was graduated at Carleton College, Northfield, Minn.,
1877; engaged in teaching; was professor of physics in the State
University of Iowa, 1886-1905; resides on a farm near Stillwater,
Minn. [7A; 17.]
Veblen, Thorstein B., educator, was graduated at Carleton College,
Minnesota, 1880; was assistant professor of political economy in the
University of Chicago, 1900-1906, and has since been associate pro-
fessor of economics in Stanford University, California; author of sev-
eral books on social and economic subjects. [17.]
Vedder, Albert D., b. in Root, N. Y., Oct. 19, 1832; d. in Rochester,
Minn., Sept. 18, 1902. He came to Minnesota in 1858; resided on a
farm in High Forest; removed to Rochester in 1866; engaged in sell-
ing machinery. [237 (19).]
Veder, John T., grocer, b. in Schenectady, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1822; set-
tled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1857; served in Berdan's sharpshooters,
allied with the First Minnesota Regt., 1861-4. [54.]
Veigel, Adolph J., b. near Indian Lake, Blue Earth county, Minn.,
Nov. 30, 1872; became assistant postmaster in Mankato in 1898, and
postmaster in 1907. [46*.]
Veltum, Thomas, b. in Lemington, Eng., June 5, 1844; came to the
United States with his parents when three years old; settled in St.
James, Minn., and engaged in mercantile business; was president of
the First National Bank after 1892. [39.]
Verendrye, Pierre Gaijtier Varennes, Sieur de la, explorer, b. at
Three Rivers, Canada, Nov. 17, 1685; d. in Quebec, Dec. 6, 1749. He
served for a time in the French army, and later undertook to find a
passage across the continent to the Pacific ocean. He established
several forts on the way, one being Fort St. Charles on the Lake of
the Woods, built in 1732. He reached the Missouri river, and his sons
in 1742-43 advanced to the Rocky mountains; was planning to lead
another expedition when he died. [1; 113; 114; 131; 146.]
Verner, E. J., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Tuna, Sweden, March 27,
1852;' came to the 'United States in 1878; was graduated from the
theological department of Augustana College, Rock Island, in 1880;
was pastor at Chisago City, Minn., six years, a professor in Gustavus
Adolphus College, 1886-92, and afterward pastor at Kandiyohi Sta-
tion. [169.]
Vernon, Archibald H., lawyer, b. in Wisconsin in 1880; came to
Minnesota in 1886; resided in St. Paul; was chief clerk of the House
in the legislature of 1909; removed to Redwood Falls. [30*.]
Vernon, N. I., M. E. clergyman, b. near London, Canada, Sept. 8,
1873; d. at St. Hilaire, Minn., April 23, 1900. He was pastor in Hal-
810 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
lock, Minn., in 1899, and the next year was pastor at St. Hilaire. [180
(May 9, 1900).]
Vervais, Joseph A., physician, b. in Terrebonne, Quebec, May 22,
1822; d. Oct. 19, 1869. He was graduated from the medical depart-
ment of Geneva College, N. Y., 1843; settled in St. Paul in 1856; was
assistant surgeon in the Fifth Minnesota Regi, 1862-3, and in the
Second Minnesota cavalry, 1864-5; was physician of Ramsey county,
1858-9. [68; 93; 94.]
Vessey, Robert B., b. in England, Feb. 9, 1830; came to the United
States in 1848; settled on a farm near Shakopee in 1855; conducted
a hotel after 1864, and engaged in mercantile business after 1874.
[32.]
Vibert, Fred D., journalist, b. in Quebec, Canada, Nov. 14, 1874; came
to Cloquet, Minn., in 1886; engaged in newspaper work, and since 1898
has published and owned the Pine Knot at Cloquet. [38.]
Victor, Charles A., journalist, b. in Sweden in 1861; came to the
United States in 1879; settled in Wyoming, Minn., in 1884; removed
to Lindstrom in 1888; owned and published two newspapers there,
one in the Swedish language; was secretary and treasurer of the
Lindstrom Mill Company. [38.]
Viele, Henry K., lawyer, b. in Albany, N. Y., in 1820; d. in St. Paul,
Aug. 8, 1881. He came to Minnesota in 1869, and settled in St. Paul
the next year, [237 (1); 238 (Aug. 9, 1882).]
Vierling, George Henry, pioneer, b. in Germany, Jan. 2S, 1821; d.
in Shakopee, Minn., Jan. 21, 1901. He came to the United States in
1850, and to Minnesota in 1854; settled on a farm near Eagle Creek,
and nine years later removed to Shakopee. [237 (14).]
Viesselman, William, b. in Wisconsin in 1851; came to Minnesota
in 1872, and settled in Fairmont; engaged in farming, in the drug busi-
ness, and in banking; was a state senator, 1899-1902. [30; 39.]
Vigen, A. T„ farmer, b. in Norway in 1857; came to Minnesota in
1870, and settled in Otter Tail county two years later; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1895-7. [30.]
Vigestad, Andrew J., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, May 5,
1862; came to the United States in 1887; was educated at Augsburg
Seminary, Minneapolis, 1895-1900; was pastor at Little Falls, 1900-
1903, and later at Benson. [148.]
Vilas, Calvin Dickinson, physician, b. in Antwerp, N. Y., May 1,
1822; was graduated from a medical college in Woodstock, Vt., in 1846;
settled in Lake City, Minn., ten years later. [74.]
Vilas, Levi M„ judge, b. in Chelsea, Vt; d. in St. Paul, Aug., 1889.
He was graduated at the University of Wisconsin, 1863, and at Albany
Law School the next year; settled in St. Paul in 1887; was judge in
the Second judicial district, 1889. [93; 137.]
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Villard, Henry (Heinrich Hilgard), b. in Bavaria, April 11, 1835;
d. at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., Nov. 12, 1900. He came to the United States
in 1853, and was afterward widely known as a financier. As principal
owner of the Northern Pacific, he completed the first northern trans-
continental railway. [3; 176 (May, 1888*, and Dec, 1899*) ; 237 (14*).]
Vii^laume, Eugene, b. in St. Michel, France, Aug. 2, 1853; came to
the United States in 1861, and has since lived in St. Paul; in 1883,
with his brother Victor, he established a sash, door, and box factory.
[24; 25; 167 (Feb. 2, 1894*).]
Villaume, Joseph, pioneer, b. in France in 1812; came to the United
States in 1848; settled in St. Paul the next year; engaged in trade
with the Indians, and later in hotel business. [68.]
Villesvik, Hans J., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, July 2, 1864;
came to the United States in 1888; studied theology, and was ordained
in 1891; was pastor in Marshall county, Minn., 1891-93; Polk county,
1893-1900; Ironwood, Mich., 1900-02; Barnes county, N. D., 1902-03;
and Bagley, Minn., after 1903. [148.]
Vincent, George Edgar, educator, b. in Rockford, 111., March 21,
1864; was graduated at Yale University, 1885; traveled in Europe and
the Orient, 1886-7; vice principal of the Chautauqua System after
1888; successively instructor, professor, and dean, University of Chi-
cago, 1895-1911; president of the University of Minnesota, 1911. [17;
237 (53*).]
Vincent, James A., b. in Oriskany, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1853; settled in
Minneapolis in 1880; engaged in milling, and after 1892 in insurance
business. [168 (June 14, 1895*)-.]
Vincent, T. G., physician, b. in Plainfield, Vt, in 1850; was grad-
uated at Hannibal Medical College, Chicago; settled in Mankato,
Minn., in 1878. [32.]
Viren, N. A., settled in Kandiyohi county, Minn., in 1858; removed
to Litchfield in 1869; opened a wagonshop; was register of deeds of
Meeker county eleven years. [65.]
Virtue, John, farmer, b. in Ireland in 1835; came to the United
States in 1852, and to Minnesota in 1859; resided at Owatonna; was
a representative in the legislature in 1893. [30.]
Virtue, Leonard, b. in Clinton Falls, Minn., April 2, 1865; engaged
in flour milling in Owatonna, 1890-1907; later was a farmer in Bloom-
ing Prairie; a representative in the legislature, 1909-11. [30*; 70A.]
Vitttjm, Willis Hall, physician, b. in Baraboo, "Wis., in 1855; d. in
St. Paul, Minn., Dec. 29, 1910. He was graduated at Rush Medical
College, Chicago; settled in St. Paul in 1886; author of many poems,
which were collected and published in a volume of 122 pages a few
weeks before his death. [121; 237 (59*).]
Vivian, G., physician, b. in Wales, March 7, 1839; came to the United
States in 1847; was graduated at Bellevue Medical College, New York,
1866; settled at Alexandria, Minn., in 1869. [35.]
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Voak, J. E., physician, b. in New York in 1829; was graduated at
Syracuse Medical College, 1855, and at the Homoeopathic Medical Col-
lege, Philadelphia, 1866; settled in St. Paul in 1880. [68; 93.]
Vogel, Frank J., merchant, b. in St. Paul, April 12, 1857; removed
to Spring Lake, Scott county, in 1882; was a representative in the
legislature in 1895. [30.]
Voigt, Frederick, miller, b. in Germany in 1829; came to the United
States in 1854, and to Hastings, Minn., two years later; purchased the
Ramsey flouring mill in 1877. [48.]
Vollmer, Felton, b. in Germany in 1846; came to the United States
in 1852, and to Minnesota five years later; settled in Le Sueur in 1866,
and published a newspaper; removed to Wins ted Lake, McLeod coun-
ty, in 1871, and engaged in milling; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1877, and a state senator, 1883-5. [30; 64*; 168 (Jan. 12,
1883).]
Vollmer, Henry B., farmer, b. in Switzerland in 1846; came to the
United States in 1858, and settled in Minnesota the same year; re-
sided at Lakeland, Washington county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1889 and in 1905-07. [30*; 42.]
Volstad, Halvor K., b. in Norway, Oct, 14, 1826; came to the United
States when twenty-seven years of age; three years later settled on a
farm in Lyle, Mower county, Minn.; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1878. [30.]
Volstead, Andrew J., congressman, b. in Goodhue county, Minn., in
1860 ; studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1884, and settled at
Granite Falls; was county attorney of Yellow Medicine county four-
teen years; has been a representative in Congress since 1903. [9;
17; 24; 30*.]
Von Baumbach, Frederick, secretary of state, b. in Prussia, Aug. 30,
1838; came to the United States with his father in 1848; served in the
Fifth Wisconsin Regt. during the civil war, attaining the rank of
major; settled in Douglas county, Minn., 1867; was secretary of state
of Minnesota, 1880*87; was auditor of Douglas county, 1872-78, and
1889-99; resides in Alexandria. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 35; 37; 38; 68; 238
(Nov. 9, 1899).]
Von der Weyer, William J., b. in Germany in 1859; came to Minne-
sota in 1864; settled in Minneapolis, and engaged in dry goods and
millinery business; was a representative in the legislature in 1899.
[30.]
Von Ende, August, b. in Germany in 1829; d. in Minneapolis, June
12, 1902. He came to the United States when seventeen years old;
cam« to St. Anthony in 1855, and owned a hotel; later engaged in real
estate business. [60*; 237 (19*).]
Von Lehe, R. C, farmer, b. in Hanover, Germany, in 1863; came to
Minnesota in 1874; resided at Le Sueur; was a representative in the
legislature, 1897-9. [30,]
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Von Rohr, Philip, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb.
13, 1843; d. in Winona, Minn., Dec. 22, 1908. He was ordained to the
ministry when twenty-one years old; settled in Winona in 1866. [77;
237 (51).]
Von Wald, Christian, b. in Wisconsin in 1851; came to Minnesota
in 1864; was a representative, from Holden, Goodhue county, in the
legislature in 1901. [30.]
Von Winpffen, L. F., civil engineer and architect, b. in Alsaee-Lo-
raine, April 26, 1841; entered the military service of Prussia in 1862,
and became captain of engineers; came to the United States in 1874,
and was employed in the government coast survey; settled in Winona,
Minn., in 1S78. [76.]
Voreis, Benjamin Franklin, lawyer, b. in Marshall county, Ind.,
Dec. 31, 1853; d. in Fairmont, Minn., Dec. 1, 1901. He was admitted
to the bar in 1878; settled in Fairmont, Minn., the same year. [22*;
34; 237 (19).]
Vorse, William, wagonmaker, b. in New York, Oct., 1808; settled
in Clearwater, Minn., in 1855, where he at first cultivated a farm, but
after 1861 resided in the village. [31.]
Vose, Josiah H., soldier, b. in Massachusetts; d. near New Orleans,
La., July 15, 1845. He served in the war of 1812, and was promoted
until he became colonel in 1842. As captain of the Fifth Infantry, he
accompanied the military expedition in 1819 that established Fort
Snelling, and was commandant there, 1827-8. [11; 12; 28, III.]
Vought, Jacob, pioneer, b. in Westchester county, N. Y., Jan. 21,
1810; was the first settler in Amherst, Fillmore county, Minn., 1853.
[52.]
Vought, Martin L., journalist, b. in Montour county, Pa., Jan. 14,
1861; came to Minnesota in 1881; after publishing newspapers in sev-
eral towns he settled in Wadena, and purchased the Tribune. [35.]
Voxland, George H., farmer, b. near Kenyon, Minn., 1876, and resides
there; was graduated at St. Olaf College, 1894; a representative in the
legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Vye, John A., b. in Fair Haven, Minn., Oct. 28, 1867; has been secre-
tary of the college of agriculture, University of Minnesota, since 1891,
residing in St. Anthony Park, St. Paul; author of "Farm Accounts, a
Manual for Farmers/' 141 pages, 1906. [127B.]
Wabasha (more correctly, Wapashaw), the hereditary name, mean-
ing "red leaf," of the chief of a band of Sioux Indians whose home
was on the Mississippi river near the site of Winona, Minn. (See
Winona.) The first of the name is said to have received, in a visit
to Quebec about the year 1764, presents of a red uniform and red cap
from the British governor, whence his own people, on his return, gave
814 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
to Mm this name. Three successive Wabashas were prominent- chiefs.
Biographic sketches of each, by Hon. C. C. Willson, are given in Minn.
Hist. Society Collections, Vol. XII, 1908, pages 503-512. [28, I, II, V,
VI, VIII, IX, XII.]
Wacek, John, b. in Bohemia in 1860; came to Minnesota in 1868;
settled in New Prague, where he engaged in real estate and insur-
ance business; was a representative in the legislature, 1891-3. [30.]
Wachholz, Henry F., merchant, b. in Carver county, Minn.; d. in
Glencoe, Feb., 1S85. He settled in Glencoe in 1878; built the City
Hotel, and five years later engaged in mercantile business. [64.]
Wack, Henry Wellington, lawyer, author, b. in Baltimore, Md., Dec.
21, 1867; came to Minnesota in 1889, and was a writer for the St. Paul
Globe and Dispatch six years; removed to New York City, and with
Charles Hallock founded the Northwestern Field and Stream, 1896;
author of several books of travel and essays. [17.]
Wade, Edward Francis, b. in Union, N. J., Feb. 28, 1839; d. in Fair-
mont, Minn., Aug. 27, 1910. He served in the 30th and 46th Wiscon-
sin regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; came to
Minnesota in 1872, settling in Martin county; engaged in farming
three years; was clerk of the district court, 1881-90; has since engaged
in real estate business in Fairmont. [24; 25; 39; 237 (62*).]
Wadleigh, T. J., b. in Unity, N. H., March 4, 1821; came to Minne-
sota in 1855, and engaged in farming; resided in Plainview after 1877,
where he owned a furniture store. [74.]
Wadsworth, H. E., journalist, b. in Wyoming county, N. Y., in 1844;
served in the 30th Wisconsin Regt, 1862-5; came to Minnesota in 1S69;
was postmaster of the legislature in 1873; was one of the proprietors
of the Valley Blossom, published in Montevideo, after 1881. [30; 32.]
Wadsworth, Henry, merchant, b. in New Haven, Conn., June 29,
1832; came to Minnesota in 1870, settling at Glencoe, where he has
since engaged in hardware business. [24; 64.]
Wadsworth, Marshman Edward, geologist, b. in Livermore Falls,
Maine, May 6, 1847; was graduated at Bowdoin College, 1869, and after-
ward taught in Minnesota; was assistant geologist of this state, 1886*
7; author of many papers on geological subjects, including a report
on the igneous rocks of northern Minnesota, 159 pages, 12 plates, pub-
lished in 1887 as a bulletin of the state survey; was state geologist
of Michigan, 1888-93; later a professor in the Pennsylvania State Col-
lege and in the University of Pittsburg, Pa. [1; 17.]
Waerner, Ninian, journalist, b. in Norrkoping, Sweden, Dec, 12,
1856; came to the United States in 1884; was editor of a Scandinavian
newspaper in Minneapolis after 1801, and author of many poems.
[169.]
Wagener, John, b. in St. Paul, April 21, 1862, and has lived there;
was graduated from the St. Paul Business College; was a grocer,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 815
1880-94, and has since dealt in fuel and real estate; was city treas-
urer, 1893-4, and sheriff of Ramsey county, 1896-9. [24; 25; 95*; 100*;
111; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Wagner, Charles H., physician, b. in Wyocena, Wis., Feb. 12, 1853;
came with his parents to Minnesota in I860; was graduated at the
Homoeopathic Hospital College, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1873; settled in
Spring Valley, Minn., the same year. [52.]
Wagneb, Christoph, b. in Prussia, Nov. 7, 1842; came with his par-
ents to the United States when five years old; served in the Ninth
Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; owned a farm, and later engaged in
lumber business in New Richland, Waseca county, Minn.; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1881. [75.]
Wagner, George L., physician, b. in Germany in 1835; settled on a
farm in Charlestown, Redwood county, Minn., in 1868; studied and
practiced medicine; was postmaster several years. [32.]
Wagoner, P. W., farmer, b. in New York in 1843; came to Minnesota
in 1880; settled in Donaldson, Kittson county; was a representative
in the legislature, 1891-3. [30.]
Wah-bon-ah-quod (White Cloud), an O jib way chief, b. near Lake
Superior in 1829; d. at White Earth Agency, Minn., Oct. 7, 1898. He
became head chief of the tribe in 1868, and removed with his people
to the White Earth Agency on June 14 in the same year. He was
friendly to the whites, and upheld the government schools. [Ill*; 241.]
Wahl, H. S., physician, b. in Perth, Canada, Aug. 19, 1860; was
graduated from the medical department of Northwestern University,
Chicago, in 1884; came to Minnesota, and in 1887 .settled in Winona.
[77*.]
Wahlblom, Charles. See Wallblom.
Wahlstrom, M., b. in Sweden, Nov. 28, 1851; came with his parents
to the United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1861; was graduated
at Augustana College, Rock Island, 111., in 1877, and at the theological
seminary there in 1879; was a missionary to the Comanche Indians
one year; resigned on account of failing health, and became a pro-
fessor in Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter. [32; 149; 169.]
Wahlund, G., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Sweden in 1856; came to
Minnesota in 1882; was editor of the Vart Hem, published in Minne-
apolis, and pastor of the Swedish Lutheran church at Spring Lake,
Isanti county; was a representative in the legislature, 1891-3. [30;
169.]
Wait, Asa A., b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., in 1834; d. in Water-
ville, Minn., in 1874. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and two years
later settled in Waterville; was one of the proprietors of the town-
site of Wilton, Waseca county; was a representative in the legislature
in 1871. [32.]
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Wait, John, miller, b# in Canada, Dec. 8, 1841; d. May 14, 1903. He
came to Minnesota in 1862; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; engaged in mercantile business at Long Prairie, and
later owned a flouring mill; was register of deeds for Todd county
three terms. [35; 237 (28).]
"Wait, Ransom, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in Lewis county, N. Y.,
in 1823; engaged in home missionary work after 1857; served in the
51st Wisconsin Regt., 1865; came to Minnesota the same year, and in
1871 settled in Lyon county; resided in North Dakota, 1883-90, and
thence returned to Minnesota; was instrumental in organizing four-
teen churches. [32; 153.]
Waite, Chester, pioneer, b. in Albany county, N. Y., in 1806; d. in
St. Cloud, Minn., May 19, 1868. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and
settled on a farm near St. Cloud. [237 (1).]
Waite, Edward Foote, b. in Norwich, N. Y., Jan, 15, 1860; was grad-
ueted at Colgate University, 1880, and in law at Columbian Univer-
sity, Washington, D. C, 1883; came to Minnesota in 1888, settling in
Minneapolis; judge of the municipal court since 1904. [85A.]
Waite, Franklin Harper, judge, b. in Wardsborough, Vt., Feb. 27,
1813; d. in Mankato, Minn., March 4, 1883. He was admitted to the
bar in 1836; came to Minnesota in 1860, and settled in Mankato; was
judge of the* Sixth judicial district, 1870-4; and a state senator in 1878.
[18; 30; 32; 51; 83*; 237 (1); 238 (March 6, 1884).]
Waite, Harry Bradley, lumberman, b. in Chicago, 111., July 23, 1865;
came with his parents to Minneapolis in 1880; was a traveling sales-
man several years, and later engaged in the manufacture of lumber
in Minnesota and in Washington; resides in Minneapolis. [25; 8 5 A*;
167 (Dec. 7, 1900*).]
Waite, Henry Chester, lawyer, b. in Rensselaerville, N. Y., June 30,
1830; was graduated at Union College, 1851, and was admitted to the
bar in 1853; came to Minnesota in 1855, settling in St. Cloud; was
register of the U. S. land office there, 1865-9; was a member of the
state constitutional convention, 1857; a representative in the legis-
lature in 1863; and a state senator in 1870-1 and 1883-5. He owned
flouring mills at Cold Spring and Clearwater, Minn. [18; 31; 41; 168
(Jan. 12, 1883); 237 (62*); 241.]
Wakazoo, Joseph, Episcopal clergyman, an Ojibway Indian of the
Ottawa tribe, b. in northern New York about 1830; died near Red
Lake, Minn., July, 1910. During the civil war he served in a Michigan
regiment; came to Minnesota, and was ordained a deacon in 1887;
was pastor at the White Earth reservation more than twenty years.
[237 (Q2)J
Wakefield, J. L., physician, died in Shakopee, Minn., Feb. 17, 1874.
He was graduated at Harvard College; settled in the Minnesota Val-
ley in 1862. During the Sioux outbreak in 1862 his wife and children
were held in captivity by the Indians. [23S (Feb. 19, 1874).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 817
Wakefield, James Beach, lieutenant governor, congressman, b. in
Winsted, Conn., March 21, 1825; d. at his home in Blue Earth, Minn.,
Aug. 26, 1910. He was graduated at Trinity College, Hartford, in 1846;
was admitted to the bar in 1851; came to Minnesota in 1854, and set-
tled two years later in Blue Earth City; was a representative in the
legislature in 1858, 1863, and 1866, being speaker the last year; was a
state senator, 1867-9; lieutenant governor, 1876-80; and a member of
Congress, 1883-7. In 1899 he presented the greater part of his library
to the Minnesota Historical Society, a gift of 1,100 volumes, the larg-
est private gift ever received by its library. [18; 27; 30; 34; 41; 51*;
233; 237 (32*, 62*).]
Wakefield, John Allen, lawyer, b. in Pendleton, S. C, Jan. 22, 1797;
d. in Lawrence, Kansas, June 18, 1873. He served in the war of 1812;
was admitted to the bar in Illinois; settled in St. Paul in 1849, and
kept a hotel there; removed in 1851 to Iowa, and later to Kansas.
[233; 237 (1); 238 (June 28, 1873).]
Wakefield, Joseph Lawrence, merchant, b. in Providence, R. I.,
March 26, 1854; came with his parents to St. Paul in 1856; settled in
Litchfield in 1883, where he opened a store. [65; 233.]
Wakefield, S. R., physician, b. in Trumbull county, Ohio, April 18,
1822; was graduated at Willoughby Medical College, 1846; served as
assistant surgeon in the 71st Ohio Regt. in the civil war; came to
Minnesota in 1866, settling in Monticello. [31; 233.]
Wakefield, William L., pioneer, b. in Cherryfield, Maine, in 1833
d. in Minneapolis, June 17, 1903. He came to Minneapolis in 1854
engaged in trade with the Indians, and in lumbering on Swan river
served in the First Minnesota Regt., 1861-4; settled in Aitkin in 1881,
where he opened a hotel; later removed to Sandy Lake, and conducted
a store there fifteen years. [31; 237 (28).]
Wakelin, Scakgall, b. in England in 1822; came to the United
States in 1852; settled in Duluth in 1871, where he was proprietor of
a hotel. [31.]
Wakeman, Mrs. Antoinette van Hoesen, author, b. in Cortland
county, N. Y., Dec. 4, 1854; became a newspaper correspondent, and
is author of several novels and magazine articles ; resided in Hastings,
Minn., and removed to New York City. [17.]
Wakeman, John (Big Thunder), a Sioux Indian, half brother to
Little Crow, b. about 1835; is said to have taken part in the Sioux out-
break in 1862; afterward resided in the British Possessions; died near
Morton, Minn., April 23, 1902. [237 (19).]
Walbank, Samuel Seddon, b. in Devonshire, England, April 3, 1833;
came tp Duluth in 1872, and was a physician and druggist there. [18.]
Waldeland, Erik, publisher, b. in Christiansand, Norway, Jan. 15,
1861; came to the United States in 1882, settling at Decorah, Iowa;
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818 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
removed to Northfield, Minn., in 1887, and to Minneapolis in 1S90,
where he has since been manager of the Augsburg Publishing House.
[85A.]
Waldron, Isaac, Baptist clergyman, b. in Clifton, Canada, Nov. 20,
1812; was ordained to the ministry in 1843; came to Minnesota in
1858; settled in Northfield in 1874. [70.]
Waldron, John M., b. in Pharsalia, N. Y., in 1836; came to Minne-
sota in 1862, settling in Minneapolis; was register of the U. S. land
office at Litchfield, 1866-74; was a state senator, 1874 and 1877-8. [29*;
30.]
Wales, Charles E., b. in Minneapolis, Minn., and resided there;
was president of the Pioneer Fuel Company, and later engaged in real
estate business. [22*.]
Wales, William W., pioneer, b. in Iredell county, N. C, March 14,
1818; came to St. Anthony in 1851; was a member of the territorial
council in 1856; engaged in the business of paper hanging; during
the civil war was employed in the Freedman's Bureau in Mississippi;
after 1884 engaged in missionary work, much of the time in North
Carolina, residing in Asheville, N. C. [58; 59; 60; 174*.]
Walker, Alfred Edgar, physician, b. near London, Ontario, Dec. 3,
1862; studied medicine at the Western University, 1886-9, and was
graduated at Bellevue Medical College, New York, 1890. The same
year he came to Minnesota, and has since practiced in Duluth. [22*;
24.]
Walker, Asa, b. in Vermont, May 31, 1813; d. in Aug., 1887. He set-
tled in Carlston, Freeborn county, Minn,, in 1859; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1863. [53A.]
Walker, Charles, b. in Alleghany county, N. Y., Aug. 28, 1822; set-
tled in Sauk Center, Minn., in 1866; engaged in farming and practiced
law; was a representative in the legislature in 1874. [29*.]
Walker, Fletcher L., lumberman, b. in Minneapolis, Feb. 16, 1872;
was graduated in engineering at the University of Minnesota in 1896;
became treasurer and manager of the Red River Lumber Co., and set-
tled at Akeley. [167 (Aug. 2, 1901*).]
Walker, Mrs. Harriet Granger Hulet, b. in Berea, Ohio; was edu-
cated at Baldwin University, and in 1863 married a fellow student,
Thomas B. Walker; came with him to Minneapolis; has been promi-
nent in many philanthropic societies and charities. [3*; 84*.]
Walker, Hiram, miller, b. in Croydon, N. H., Oct. 9, 1825; settled
in Rushford, Minn., in 1854. [52.]
Walker, J. F., miller, b. in Lake county, Ohio; settled in Holt, Fill-
more county, Minn., in 1869, and the next year built a mill near
Whalen. [52.]
Walker, John Samuel, b. in New Albany, Ind., Jan. 4, 1832; came
to Wabasha, Minn., in 1854, and was pilot on the Mississippi river.
[74.]
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Walker, Orange, pioneer, b. in St. Albans, Vt., Sept. 4, 1803; d. in
Marine, Minn., Aug. 17, 1887. He came to the St. Croix valley in 1839,
with a company of settlers from Marine, Illinois, and was one of the
founders of the village of Marine; was postmaster there about twenty-
five years; was a representative in the legislature in 1859-60. [18;
40; 41; 42; 237 (1).]
Walker, P. E., b. in St. Albans, Vt., in 1816; settled in Marine,
Washington county, Minn., in 1856; was county superintendent of
schools six years. [40.]
Walker, Platt Beauregard, journalist, b. in Ohio in 1843; d. in
Scranton, Pa., Jan. 26, 1906. He studied law and was admitted to the
bar; entered the Confederate army, and was employed in the secret
service in the northern states; was arrested and paroled, but never
discharged, and thus was, in fact, a prisoner of war during the rest of
his life. He founded the Mississippi Valley Lumberman in Minne-
apolis in 1876, and published it twelve years. [237 (39).]
, Walker, Thomas Barlow, lumberman, financier, art connoisseur, b.
in Xenia, Ohio, Feb. 1, 1840; was graduated at Baldwin University,
Berea, Ohio; came to Minnesota in 1862, and undertook the surveying
of the St. Paul and Duluth railroad line; commenced in 1868 the pur-
chase of immense tracts of pine lands, and later built and operated
the largest lumber mills of this state. He resides in Minneapolis, and
maintains at his home a very valuable and choice art gallery to which
the public are freely welcomed. [3*; 17; 19*; 20*; 21*; 22*; 24; 25;
26*; 27*; 36; 41; 58; 84; 85A*; 90*; 111*; 167 (Feb. 2, 1894*; May
31, 1907*); 237 (33*).]
Walker, William E., b. in Toronto, Canada, June 16, 1862; settled
in Crookston, Minn., where he owned a planing mill and was a build-
ing contractor. [35.]
Walking Buffalo, a Sioux of Wabasha's band, one of the successive
sub-chiefs who were also called Red Wing. The Indian village at the
head of Lake Pepin was named for him, and the present city of Red
Wing on the same site retains the name. [28, L]
Wall, Ambrose, b. in Cayuga county, N. Y., Dec. 7, 1852; came to
Minnesota in 1879, and the next year settled on a farm in Manan-
nah; was auditor of Meeker county, 1887-8. [65.]
Wall, Oscar Garrett, journalist, b. near Logansport, Ind., June 25,
1844; d. at Friday Harbor, Wash., Aug. 11, 1911. He came with his
parents to Minnesota in 1855, settling in Chatfield; served in the Fifth
Minnesota Regt, 1862, and later was a member of McPhail's cavalry.
In 1874 he became editor and proprietor of the Lanesboro Journal;
afterward was in newspaper work in Ortonville, Red Wing, and Min-
neapolis; removed to the state of Washington in 1905; author of
"Recollections of the Sioux Massacre [and the] Sibley Expedition of
1863," 282 pages, 1909. [29*; 52; 237 (67); 241.]
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Wall, W. W., b. in Cass county, Ind., Aug. 16, 1858; came to Minne-
sota when a child; owned and edited the Lanesboro Journal after 1888;
was appointed secretary of the state dairy and food commission in
1901. [30.]
Wallace, Asa M., b. at Marble Rock, Iowa, Oct. 29, 1868; engaged
in newspaper work in Minneapolis, 1885-92; editor of the Standard,
Fairfax, Minn., since 1902; assistant state fire marshal, 1911. [30*.]
Wallace, Carleton Lyma^:, lawyer, b. at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., in
1866; came to Minnesota in 1871; was graduated in law at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, 1897, and settled in Minneapolis; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1899-1902, 1905, and 1909; a state senator, 1911.
[30*.]
Wallace, James, educator, b. near Wooster, Ohio, March 12, 1S50;
was graduated at Wooster University, 1874, and traveled in Greece to
increase his knowledge of the Greek language; came in 1887 to Min-
nesota to accept the professorship of Greek and Old English in Ma-
calester College, St. Paul; and in 1894 to 1906 was president of the
college. [17; 25; 26*; 93A; 131A*.]
Wallace, James Graham, b. in Bogota, Colombia, Nov. 27, 1863, his
parents being American missionaries; was graduated at Washington
and Jefferson College, 1882; came to Minnesota in 1883, settling at
Minneapolis, and was a traveling salesman for several lumber com-
panies; was an organizer of the Wallace-Ballord Lumber Co. in 1900,
and has since been its president. [24; 167 (May 11, 1894*).]
Wallace, James P., banker, b. in Washtenaw county, Mich., Jan. 6,
1844; settled at Pelican Rapids, Minn., in 1882; established a bank,
and has been successively its cashier and president. [24; 35.]
Wallace, William, b. in Essex county, N. Y., in 1832; came to Min-
nesota in 1863, and established the first hardware store in Granite
Palls, 1875. [32.]
Wallace, William Adelbert, pioneer, b. in Adams, N. Y., Aug. 25,
1833; came to Minnesota in 1856, and took a claim in Steele county;
served in the 21st Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; in 1865 bought
the townsite of Rice Lake, Dodge county; removed to a homestead
in Marshall county in 1878, and opened the first farm in that county;
afterward resided in Warren. [35.]
Wallblom, Charles, merchant, b. in Smaland, Sweden, March 5,
1842; came to America in 1866, and to Minnesota in 1867 ,settling at
St. Paul, where he has since engaged in furniture business; was a
representative in the legislature in 1893. [24; 25; 30; 93A; 169.]
Wallikg, Plymptoh Ayers, physician, b. in Columbus, Pa., Jan. 11,
1850; was graduated in medicine at the University of Buffalo, N. Y.,
1876; came to Minnesota in 1882, settling at Park Rapids, where he
practiced sixteen years, and since 1898 has been a druggist [22*; 24.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
821
Wallmakk, Andrew, b. in Falkenberg, Sweden, in 1826; came to the
United States in 1854, settling at Chisago Lake, Minn.; engaged in
farming; was register of deeds for Chisago county nineteen years.
[41; 169.]
Wallmakk, Otto, merchant and real estate dealer, b. in Sweden in
1830; came to the United States in 1854, settling in Minnesota; re-
sided in Chisago City; was auditor of Chisago county, 1861-78; was a
state senator, 1887-9. [30; 41; 169.]
Walseth, Joachim, lawyer, b. in Trondhjem, Norway, Aug. 17, 1849;
came to the United States in 1867; engaged in teaching in Minnesota;
settled at Fisher in 1882; practiced law in Fertile after 1893. [37.]
Walsh, Edmund M., b. in Essex county, N. Y., March 2, 1851; came
with his parents to Minnesota when six years old; settled in Crook-
ston in 1872, and built one of the first houses there; engaged in mer-
cantile business; was postmaster twelve years, and after 1886 was
clerk of the district court. [35.]
Walsh, Edward J., R. C. priest, b. in County Kilkenny, Ireland,
March 25, 1875; was shot and killed by a parishioner in South St. Paul,
Minn., May 29, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1894; was ordained
priest in 1900; was pastor in St. Paul and Minneapolis, and in South
St. Paul after 1905. [146.]
Walsh, George H., lawyer, b. in Canada, Nov. 24, 1845; came to Min-
nesota with his parents when ten years old; engaged in newspaper
work in St. Paul, 1861-2; served in the Tenth Minnesota Regiment,
1862-5; published the Plaindealer in New Ulm, 1870-3; removed to
Grand Forks, N. D., in 1874, where he published a newspaper and
studied law; was a member of the legislature in North Dakota, 1880-
96; owned a farm of 1,200 acres; settled at Cass Lake, Minn., in 1899.
[37.]
Walsh, J. D., b. in Canada; settled in Duluth in 1880, and estab-
lished the American Steam Boiler Works. [31.]
Walsh, Matthew, miller, b. in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1841; came to
the United States in 1861, and settled in Minneapolis in 1864; learned
the miller's trade, and had charge of the Cataract mill after 1871; was
treasurer of Hennepin county, 1884-5. [168 (Oct. 17, 1884*).]
Walsh, Richard A., lawyer, b. in St. Paul, Jan. 9, 1862, and resides
there; was admitted to the bar in 1883; was a representative in the
legislature, 1891-3. [30; 93.]
Walter, Eugene, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Halberstadt, Prussia,
May 27, 1847; was graduated at the University at Halle; came to the
United States in 1873; settled in Brownsville, Minn., in 1880. [61.]
Walther, C. Ferdinand W., Lutheran clergyman, b. Jan. 20, 1868, at
Wyandotte, Mich.; was graduated at Concordia College, Fort Wayne,
Ind., 1888, and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., 1891; pastor at
Egan, Dakota county, Minn., after 1895. [148.]
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Walther, Edward, physician, b. in Germany, July 8, 1835; came to
the United States in 1856; later returned to Germany and studied med-
icine, graduating in 1860; has practiced in St. Paul since 1871. [25;
68; 93.]
Walton, Swan, b. in Christianstad, Sweden, Dec. 20, 1840; came to
the United States in 1866, and to Minneapolis in 1868; was a member
of the police force, became captain in 1899. [88*.]
Walton, W. M., Episcopal clergyman, b. in India, Aug. 22, 1862; was
educated in England; came to the United States in 1881; was grad-
uated at Seatmry Divinity School, Faribault, Minn., in 1898; was or-
dained priest the next year; settled in Cannon Falls. [80.]
Walton, W. S., b. in Ohio; d. in Vienna, 111., Dec. 23, 1900. He
served in the 34th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of
captain; was agent for Appleton's publishing house; settled in Min-
nesota in 1872, and published the Wabasha Herald seven years; after-
ward again traveled for publishing houses. [74; 237 (14).]
Walz, Michael, b. in Lee county, 111., Oct. 13, 1854; came to Min-
nesota with his parents in 1860; settled at Perham in 1879; has since
engaged in mercantile business, banking, and real estate; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1903 and 1907. [24; 25; 30*.]
Wamdetonka, a Sioux chief. See Big Eagle.
Wan ata or Wanotan (The Charger), chief of the Yankton tribe of
Sioux, b. about 1795, fought against the Americans in the war of 1812;
was a renowned warrior; died after 1837. [28, I.]
Wandel, James H., b. in Holstein, Germany, Nov. 24, 1862; came to
the United States in 1879; resided in Pine City, Minn., after 1888;
engaged in mercantile business; since 1894 register of deeds for Pine
county. [37.]
Wang, Kntjt J., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Hardanger, Norway, May
9, 1866; was educated at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1887-98;
was pastor at Windom, Minn., 1898-1904, and later at Hills, Minn.
[148.]
Wangenstein, John J., architect, b. in Vang, Norway; came to the
United States in 1882, and soon afterward settled in St. Paul; re-
moved to Duluth in 1889; was superintendent of construction of the
U. S. custom house and postoffice there. [169.]
Ward, Albert L., banker, b. in Conewango, N. Y., Jan. 14, 1842;
came to Minnesota in 1864, settling in Fairmont, where he practiced
law and engaged in banking; was county attorney three terms, and
postmaster many years; president of the Martin County National Bank.
[21*; 22*; 24; 39.]
Ward, Alfred, merchant, b. in England, Feb. 22, 1818; d. in Holt,
Fillmore county, Minn., March 5, 1879. He settled in that county in
1867, and in 1871 opened a store in Holt [52.]
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Ward, Anthony, steamboat captain, b. in Illinois in 1815; d. in Wi-
nona, Minn., March, 1902. He resided in Winona after 1894. [237
(19).3
Ward, Gershom Bennett, banker, b. in McHenry county, 111., April
10, 1852; d. Dec. 10, 1908, in Alexandria, Minn. He was educated at
Northwestern University; came to Minnesota in 1870 and settled in
Alexandria, where he engaged in banking after 1876; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1901, and a state senator, 1903-05. [22*;
24; 25; 30; 237 (51*).]
Ward, John Qttincy Adams, b. in Cadiz, Ohio, Dec. 23, 1827; d. in
St. Paul, Sept. 19, 1881. He settled in St. Paul in 1854, took charge of
the job printing department of the Minnesotian, and was afterward
connected with the Pioneer. [237 (1).]
Ward, Josiah Jerome, Presbyterian clergyman, b. in East Bloom-
field, N. J., March 9, 1813; d. Feb. 6, 1897. He settled in Kasson,
Minn., in 1877. [49; 153.]
Ward, Reuben Morgan, b. in Conewango, N. Y., May 6, 1832; d.
while on a journey to Chicago, April 9, 1891. He came to Minnesota
in 1864, settling in Fairmont, and was the first merchant there; was
a state senator in 1882. [39*.]
Ward, William Grosvenor, b. in Oneida county, N. Y., Dec. 26, 1827;
d. in Waseca, Minn., Sept. 21, 1892. He came to Minnesota in 1865,
and was for a time engaged in railroad construction; afterward set-
tled in Waseca, of which town he was one of the original proprietors,
and built its first flouring mill; owned a large farm and other real
estate adjacent to the town; was a state senator, 1873-4 and 1887-9.
[23*; 30; 75*.]
Wardell, John M., b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., Nov. 20, 1839;
served in the 60th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in
1866, and settled at Tracy, where he engaged in lumber and furni-
ture business thirty years; president of the Citizens' State Bank after
1904; proprietor of the Springdale Stock Farm in Redwood county.
[24; 32.]
Ware, Alfred Kirkland, b. in Waterloo, Iowa, Aug. 23, 1863; came
with his parents to Minnesota in 1876; settled at Northfield in 1899,
where he has engaged in stock raising; was a representative in the
legislature in 1905. [24; 30*; 70A.]
Ware, Frank N., banker, b. in Wellesley, Mass., May 9, 1850; came
with hfs parents to Minnesota in 1867; was cashier of the bank of
Amboy, Blue Earth county, after 1891. [45.]
Ware, Robert Leslie, b. in Bridgeton, N. J., May 1, 1866; came to
Minnesota in 1886, settling in St. Paul, where he has since engaged
in loaning and real estate business. [22*; 24; 95*.]
Ware, William H., clergyman, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1837; d. in
St. Paul, April 7, 1894. He served in the army in the civil war; was
824 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
a minister in the Methodist denomination seventeen years; became a
Presbyterian minister in 1883; was pastor in several towns in Minne-
sota, including Wilmot, Brainerd, and Cloquet. [153; 178 (April 26,
1894).]
Warner, Anne. See French, Mrs. Anne Warner.
Warner, Charles F., physician, b. in Genesee county, N. Y., Aug. 30,
1832; was graduated at Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, in
1854; resided in Mankato, Minn., after 1869. [32; 46*; 83*.]
Warner, Charles H., came to Minnesota when three months old
with his parents, who settled in Wright county; taught school, studied
law, and was admitted to the bar; published the Aitkin Age several
years; was superintendent of the State Immigration Department, 1905-
6; resides in Aitkin, engaged in farming and banking; a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Warner, Elting F., b. in New York in 1836; d. in Walla, Walla,
Wash., Dec. 16, 1911. He settled in St. Paul in 1857; was manager
of the Northwestern Express Co., and later was superintendent of the
American Express Co. After 1883 he engaged in lumber business;
removed to Seattle, Wash., in 1902. [94; 237 (59).]
Warner, Eli S., b. near Rochester, Minn., June 6, 1856; lived thirty
years in Garden City; removed to St. Paul in 1886, and has since en-
gaged in life insurance; was a representative in the legislature in
1885, and again in 1895; U, S. surveyor general of Minnesota since
1902; treasurer of the McGill-Warner Co., printers. [24; 27*; 30.]
Warner, Elias, farmer, b. in Stavanger, Norway, in 1848; came to
the United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1871, settling near
Lamberton, Cottonwood county; a representative in the legislature,
1911. [30*.]
Warner, Fenton George, b. in Dodge county, Minn., Feb. 18, 1865;
lived in St. Paul after 1879; engaged in insurance business after 1888;
was state oil inspector, 1903-5. [30.]
Warner, Frank, lawyer, b. in Jefferson, Ohio, May 27, 1831; d. in
Carver, Minn., Jan. 20, 1904. He was admitted to the bar in 1854;
came to Minnesota the next year; was a member of the state consti-
tutional convention; settled in Carver in 1859; was county attorney,
1S62-8. [32; 237 (35).]
Warner, George Freeman, b. in Warnersville, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1827;
d.' in Hollywood, Cal., June 25, 1903. He came to Minnesota in 1856,
and the next year settled in Minneapolis; engaged in furniture busi-
ness twenty years, and later was president of the Diamond Iron Min-
ing company. [84*; 90*; 237 (28).]
Warner, Gustav M., hardware merchant, b. in Green Lake county,
Wis., July 20, 1854; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1862; set-
tled in Sherburn, Martin county, in 1885. [34.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 825
Warner, John M., b. in Redding, Conn., Sept. 1, 1828; d. in St. Paul,
Aug. 20, 1901. He came to St. Paul in 1856; engaged in mercantile
business, and later in real estate. [94; 237 (14).]
Warneb, Lucten, b. in Granby, Mass., Feb. 22, 1837; d. in St. Paul,
Nov. 20, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1865; engaged in mercantile
business in Chaska, and after 1874 in the manufacture of brick and the
erection of buildings, residing in St. Paul. [25; 93*; 237 (48).]
Warner, Nathan, b. in Ashtabula county, Ohio, March 4, 1830; came
to Minnesota in 1866; settled in Buffalo, Wright county, in 1879; was
a representative in the legislature, 1875-6 and 1878. [30; 31.]
Warner, Nathaniel Freeman, undertaker, b. in New York city, April
18, 1848; d. in Minneapolis, Sept. 8, 1901. He came to Minnesota with
his father when eight years old. In 1869 he crossed the plains in
the survey for the Northern Pacific railroad. Later he settled in Min-
neapolis, and engaged in the undertaking business. [22*; 87; 237
(14*).]
Warner, Ransom D., b. near Syracuse, N. Y., March 3, 1818; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1866, where the next year he built the first
paper mill in the state. [84*.]
Warner, Reuben, merchant, b. in Fairfield county, Conn., July 13,
1831; d. in St. Paul, Feb. 28, 1905. He settled in St. Paul in 1856;
engaged in the wholesale dry goods business. [93; 93A*; 94; 95*;
98*; 100; 237 (35*).]
Warren, Albert Puffer, lawyer, b. in Lowell Mass., April 10, 1855;
came to St. Paul in 1868, where he lived forty years; was graduated
at Dartmouth College, 1874; was admitted to the bar in 1877, and prac-
ticed law seven years; later engaged in wholesale manufacturing, and
was secretary of the Foot, Schulze Co., boots and shoes; removed in
1909 to New York city. [24; 68.]
Warren, Charles F., journalist, b. in New Boston, N. H., May 25,
1829; served in the 48th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to
Minnesota in 1877; engaged in farming; established the Cottonwood
County Citizen in Windom in 1883. [34.]
Warren, Edwin Alonzo, chemist, b. in Leicester, Mass., Nov. 29,
1846; came to St. Paul in 1876, and has been superintendent of the
chemical department of Noyes Brothers and Cutler. [100*.]
Warren, George Henry, b. in Oakfield, N. Y., Jan. 16, 1845; was
graduated at Genesee College (now Syracuse University), 1866; came
to Minnesota in 1867, and settled at Minneapolis in 1872; has engaged
in surveying and real estate business. [85A*.]
Warren, Gouverneur Kemble, soldier, b. at Cold Spring, N. Y., Jan.
8, 1830; d. in Newport, R. I., Aug. 8, 1882. He was graduated at the
XJ. S. Military Academy, 1850; served through the civil war, and was
brevetted major general of the regular army in 1865; later served in
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MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
the U. S. engineer corps, becoming lieutenant colonel of engineers in
1879; conducted surveys of the upper Mississippi, Minnesota, and Wis-
consin rivers, 1866-82, with headquarters in St. Paul, Minn., and pub-
lished numerous reports of the progress of this work. The River War-
ren (the Glacial forerunner of the Minnesota river), outflowing from
the Glacial Lake Agassiz, was named in his honor. [1*; 3*; 4*; 11;
14.3
Warren, J. E., lawyer, b. in Rhode Island, Sept. 15, 1841; was grad-
uated at Franklin Academy, Dover, N. H., in 1857; came to Minnesota
the same year, and engaged in teaching and mercantile business; set-
tled at Howard Lake in 1874; was admitted to the bar in 1876; after-
ward owned the People's Advocate. [31.]
Warren, John Esaias, b. in Troy, N. Y.; d. in Brussels, Belgium,
July 6, 1896. He came to St. Paul in 1852, and was for a time U. S.
district attorney for the territory; was mayor of St. Paul in 1863. He
traveled extensively, and wrote books on Spain and Brazil. [28, VIII;
68; 69; 96; 237 (6).]
Warren, Ostrander, b. in Ulster county, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1834; d. in
Minneapolis, Sept. 8, 1902. He served in the 88th Indiana Regt. in
the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1869, settling on a farm; after
1878 resided in Marshall, where he engaged in cabinet making. [237
(19*).]
Warren, Quincy C, physician and farmer, b. in Vermont, Feb. 27,
1842; came with his parents to Minnesota in 1855; served in the
Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war ; settled on a farm in Lake
Grove township, Pope county, in 1867; commenced the study of medi-
cine in 1874. [67.]
Warren, Thomas Dustin, b. in Ludlow, Vt, Feb. 2, 1814; d. in Man-
kato, Minn., May 20, 1879. He settled in Mankato in 1853; engaged in
real estate business. [83.]
Warren, Truman A., pioneer, b. at La Pointe, Madeline Island, Lake
Superior, April 19, 1827; d. at Red Lake Indian Reservation, Oct. 31,
1888. He was partly of Indian blood; was educated in New York;
came to Minnesota in 1851; engaged in trade, and in government serv-
ice among the Ojibway Indians. [44.]
Warren, William Whipple, b. at La Pointe, Wis., May 27, 1825; d.
in St. Paul, June 1, 1853. He came to Minnesota in 1845, settling at
Crow Wing; afterward removed to Two Rivers; was familiar with the
Ojibway language from childhood, as his mother belonged to that tribe;
was educated in an Indian mission school, and later at the Oneida
Institute, near Utica, N. Y.; acted as Indian interpreter; was a repre-
sentative in the territorial legislature, 1851; author of the "History
of the Ojibway Nation," published after his death by the Minnesota
Historical Society as Volume V of its Collections, 535 pages, 1885.
[28, V*; 114.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 827
Warriner, Joseph T., b. near Richmond, Va., Dec. 27, 1306; settled
in Chatfield, Minn., in 1868, and engaged in mercantile business. [52.]
Wasgatt, David Perry, b. in Mt. Desert, Maine, April 6, 1830; d. in
Winnebago City, Minn., Sept. 16, 1894. He came to Minnesota in
1871, settling in Winnebago City; engaged in real estate and loaning
business. [39.]
Washburn, Cadwallader Colden, lawyer, b. in Livermore, Me., April
22, 1818; d. at Eureka Springs, Ark., May 14, 1882. He came west in
1839 to Davenport, Iowa; was a member of Congress, 1856-61, and
1867-71; served in the Federal army during the civil war, attaining
the rank of brigadier general; was governor of Wisconsin, 1872-3;
erected an immense flouring mill in 1876 in Minneapolis, in which, first
in this country, was introduced the "patent process" and the Hun-
garian system. In his will he bequeathed $375,000 for the establish-
ment of an orphans' home in Minneapolis. [1*; 3*; 4; 19*; 20*; 23*;
41*; 84*; 234; 237 (1); 238 (May 15, 1882).]
Washburn, Emma H., physician, b. in Mower county, Minn.; was
graduated at the Woman's Medical College, Chicago, in 1887; resided
in Blooming Prairie, and after 1891 in Austin. [79*.]
Washburn, Francis M., Congregational clergyman, b. in »Wayne-
town, Ind., Aug. 25, 1845; came with his parents to Vernon Center,
Minn., in 1857; was graduated at Western College, Iowa, in 1874; en-
gaged in teaching and in ministerial work; was pastor in Mankato,
1894-6; later resided in Soquel, Cal. [83.]
Washburn, Frederic Leonard, educator, b. in Brookline, Mass., April
12, 1860; was graduated at Harvard University, 1882; was professor in
the Oregon Agricultural College, 1889-95, and the University of Ore-
gon, 1895-1902; has since been professor of entomology in the Univer-
sity of Minnesota and state entomologist, residing in Minneapolis;
author of many scientific papers and reports. [7A; 17; 24; 85 A;
127A*, B.]
Washburn, George, b. in Orleans county, Vt, March 15, 1838; served
in the 16th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1873;
engaged in farming; settled at Pelican Rapids in 1883, and was post-
master there after 1889. [35.]
Washburn, Jed L., lawyer, b. in Montgomery county, Ind., Dec. 26,
1856; came to Minnesota with his parents when only a few months
old; was admitted to the bar at Mankato in 1880, and practiced there
ten years; has practiced in Duluth since 1890, making a specialty of
corporation law. [17; 22*; 23*; 24; 31A*; 83*.]
Washburn, John, b. in Hallowell, Maine, Aug. 1, 1858; settled in
Minneapolis in 1880, and has since engaged in milling and dealing in
grain; president of the St. Anthony Elevator Co. [24; 85*.]
Washburn, Reuben, M. E. clergyman, b. in Essex county, N. Y., in
1824; entered the ministry in 1846; came to Minnesota in 1868; was
828 t MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS,
pastor in Owatonna after 1887, and died there, Aug. 23, 1890. [72;
150.]
Washburn, Sanfqrd S., lawyer, b. in Bethel, Vt, Dec. 27, 1854; came
with his parents to Mower county, Minn., in 1857; was admitted to the
bar in Waseca, and practiced law there three years ; settled in Austin
in 1887; was judge of probate, 1891-1902. [79*; lll.[
Washburn, Stanley, journalist, b. in Minneapolis, Feb. 7, 1878; was
graduated at Williams College; engaged in newspaper work in Min-
neapolis, and was war correspondent in the Far East and India; re-
sides in Minneapolis, where he is a director in several large business
corporations. [17; 24.]
Washburn, William Drew, TJ. S. senator, b. in Livermore, Me. Jan. 14,
1831; was graduated at Bowdoin college, 1854; studied law, arid began
practice in Minneapolis in 1857; was surveyor general of the state,
1861-65; representative in Congress, 1879-85; and U. S. senator, 1889-
95. He has largely engaged in lumber and flour manufacturing, and
has been president of the Minneapolis and St. Louis and Minneapolis,
St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie railway companies. [1; 2*; 3; 10; 17;
18*; 19*; 20*; 22*; 23*; 24; 25; 26*; 27*; 29; 30; 31; 32; 41; 58; 59;
84*; 85A*; 111*; 168 (Jan. 25, 1889*); 176 (Nov., 1884*); 234.]
Washburn, William Drew, Jr., b. in St. Paul, April 3, 1863; was
graduated at Yale University, 1888; engaged in newspaper business,
and later in real estate and railroad contracting; resides in Minne-
apolis; was a representative in the legislature in 1901-2 and in 1905
and 1909-11. [30*; S5A; 234.]
Waskey, Frank Hinman, b. in Lake City, Minn., April 20, 1875;
lived in Minneapolis during his youth; went to Alaska in 1898, and
became president of the Nome Gold Quartz Mining Co.; was the first
delegate in Congress from Alaska, 1906-7. [17.]
Waste, J. P., physician, b. in Greenwich, N. Y., Feb. 17, 1837; was
graduated at Cleveland Medical College; settled in Plainview, Minn.,
in 1865; was a state senator, 1871-3. [30; 74.]
Waterman, Chauncey N., judge, b. in Rome, N. Y., 1823; d, in Wi-
nona, Minn., Feb. 18, 1873. He was graduated at Hamilton college,
N. Y., in 1847; after taking the law course at Harvard University, he
practiced with C. H. Berry in Corning, N. Y., and with him came toy
Winona in 1855. The partnership continued till 1872, when Mr. Wa-
terman was elected judge of the Third Judicial district. Thirteen
months later he died of pneumonia. [18; 78; 237 (1); 238 (Feb. 20,
1873).]
Waterman, Harrison B., lawyer, b. in Worcester, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1820;
was graduated at Cazenovia Seminary; was admitted to the bar in
1844; settled in Winona, Minn,, in 1852. [76.]
Waters, F, L., b. in Kent, Ohio, May 1, 1851; came to Mankato,
Minn., in 1878, to construct the Hubbard mill, and two years later
bought an interest in it. [32.]
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829
Watieb, Oscar A., physician, b. in Quebec, Nov. 14, 1855; was grad-
uated at Victoria University, 1878 ; settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1880.
[40.]
W atkins, George W., hardware merchant, b. in Orange county, N.
Y., May 27, 1820; came to Minnesota in 1855; resided in Waseca, and
with others owned and platted Clear Lake City, now a part of Waseca.
[75.]
Watkins, Joseph Ray, b. near Cincinnati, Ohio, Aug. 21, 1840; d. in
Kingston, Jamaica, Dec. 21, 1911, He came to Minnesota in 1862; re-
sided in Plainview, 1871-85, and later in Winona; was president of
tha J. R. Watkins Medical Co., and of the Winona Savings Bank.
[23*; 24; 25; 77*; 111*; 237 (68*).]
Watkins, Victor Moreau, b. in Newburgh, N. Y., June 17, 1838;
came to Minnesota in 1879, settling in St. Paul, and engaged in bank-
ing; was business assistant of Amherst H. Wilder after 1880; presi-
dent of the Wilder Charity. [24; 25; 93 A.]
Watrous, John S., died in California in 1897. He came to Minnesota
from Ashtabula county, Ohio, and was the speaker of the first state
legislature of Minnesota, 1857-8; was register of the XL S. land office
at Buchanan, St. Louis county, 1859-60, and then returned to Ohio.
[31A]
Watson, Alexander, b. in Morayshire, Scotland, April 10, 1826;
came to the United States in 1852, and to Minnesota ten years later;
settled in Preston in 1865, where he opened the first boot and shoe
store. [52.]
Watson, Charles Poole, Congregational clergyman, b. in Martin,
Eng., May 29, 1824; d. in Greeley, Colo., Feb. 19, 1887. He was grad-
uated at Hull College, 1843, and came to Canada the same year; was
chairman of the committee that organized the first Young Men's Chris-
tian Association in America; was pastor at Wabasha, Minn., 1881-2,
and afterward at Tracy and Sleepy Eye; removed to Colorado a few
months before his death. [143; 144.]
Watson, Daniel T., pioneer, b. in Waterford, Maine, in 18,06; d. in
Lakeland, Minn., July 1, 1894. He came to Minnesota in 1856; and
the next year engaged in the lumber business in Lakeland. [167 (July
13, 1894).]
Watson, George H., b. at Sing Sing, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1843; came to
Winona, Minn., in 1866; resided in Chicago, and since 1884 in St. Paul;
engaged in insurance and real estate business. [95*.]
Watson, Jabez Poole-, hardware merchant, b. in England, Sept. 26,
1839; settled at Marshall, Minn., in 1873, and died there Jan. 24, 1909.
[237 (51*).]
Watson, John Jay, b. at Creek Locks, Ulster county, N. Y., May 1,
1850; settled in St. Paul in 1875, and has since engaged in insurance
and real estate business. [24; 25; 93*; 95*.]
830 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Watson, Robert, pioneer, b. in Dundee, Scotland, Sept., 1825; came
to the United States when twelve years old, and to Minnesota in 1S50;
owned a farm at Cottage Grove, Washington county; was a represent-
ative in the territorial legislature, 1854; later resided in Northfleld.
[70.]
Wattam, George S., physician, b. in Ontario, Canada, July 10, 1856;
was graduated at Albert College, 1881, and in medicine at Victoria
University, 1884; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling at Warren,
where he has since practiced. [24; 35.]
Watters, Frank L., miller, b. in Kent, Ohio, May 1, 1851; d. in Mor-
ton, Minn., Sept., 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1878, settling in
Mankato; removed to Morton in 1891. [168 (Sept. 10, 1897*).]
Wattner, A. A., merchant, b. in Norway in 1839; came to the United
States in 1860, and to Minnesota in 1875; settled in Canby in 1878.
[32.]
Watts, William, judge, b. in Stanley, Ontario, Canada, June 9, 1850;
was graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1877; settled in
Crookston, Minn., the next year, and practiced there twenty years;
judge in the Fourteenth judicial district since 1899. [24; 25; 30.]
Waub-o-jeeg, Ojibway chief, b. about 1747; d. in his native village,
Chequamegon, in 1793. He led his tribe in seven successful battles
against the Sioux, and was a noted hunter. His favorite daughter
married a white man, Mr. Johnson, and many of their descendants
still live in the Northwest. [28, V.]
Way, Edwin F., farmer, b. in Lempster, N. H., Nov. 2, 1831; settled
in Claremont, Minn., in 1855; served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; was a representative in the legislature in 1877. [30;
49.]
Way, George O., b. in Sullivan, N. H., in 1829; came to Minnesota
in 1854, settling in Claremont; was a representative in the first state
legislature; removed to Waterford in 1877, and had charge of the
copper shops of the Cannon River Manufacturing Company. [48.]
Way, Henry, pioneer, b. in Muncie, Ind., Oct. S, 1838; was one of the
first settlers in Otter Tail county, Minn., 1865; removed in 1868 to
Detroit, Becker county; later resided on a farm in Audubon. [44.]
Weaver, Edgar, b. in Milton, Wis., in 1852; was educated at Milton
College; settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1879, where for 21 years he
was general agent of the J. I. Case Threshing Machine Co.; was presi-
dent of the State Agricultural Society, 1895-7; has been auditor of
Blue Earth county since 1900; was a member of the State Capitol
Commission, 1896-1907. [22*; 24; 25; 27*; 83*; 166A*.]
Webb, Charles, b. in Clinton county, N. Y., July 11, 1848; served
in the 16th N. Y. cavalry in the civil war; settled in Preston, Minn.,
in 1873; engaged in insurance business, and had charge of a bank.
[52.]
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Webb, Henry Pusey, merchant and banker, b. in Blue Earth county,
Minn., Aug. 29, 1868; resides in Sandstone, and was mayor three terms;
has been a representative in the legislature since 1907. [24; 30*.]
Webb, Isaac W„ b. in Salem, Ohio, in 1831; d. in St. Paul, Jan., 1905.
He came to St. Paul in 1854; engaged in real estate business. [Ill;
237 (35).]
Webb, John Russell, educator, b. in Brownville, N. Y., Aug. 6, 1824;
d. at Benton Harbor, Mich., Sept. 10, 1887. He was graduated at the
New York state normal school, Albany, in 1846, and first introduced
what is known as the "word method" of teaching children to read.
He came to Minneapolis on account of failing health, and resided
there about ten years, removing in 1861 to Michigan. [1.]
Webb, Joseph A., came to Minnesota in 1878; died in Minneapolis,
April 27, 1880. He was a prominent physician in Cincinnati; taught
in a medical college, and was superintendent of an Ohio hospital for
the insane. [238 (April 28, 1880).]
Webb, Martin L., merchant, b. in Ohio in 1845; settled in Pine Is-
land, Minn., in 1858; served in the Fourth Minnesota and other regi-
ments in the civil war; owned a farm, and after 1877 a store. [54.]
Webb, Wilber S., physician, b. in East Troy, Wis., Aug. 12, 1859;
was graduated at Northwestern Medical University, Chicago, in 1884,
and later at Rush Medical College; settled in Worthington, Minn., in
1889. [34.]
Webb, William, Jr., b. in Wilmington, Del., Dec, 1844; came to Min-
nesota in 1857; settled in Sterling Center; served in the Second Min-
nesota Regt, 1864-5; was a representative in the legislature, 1876-7.
[30; 32.]
Webber, Benjamin F., judge, b. in Shapleigh, Maine, in 1834; d. in
New Ulm, Minn., Dec. 3, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1868; settled
in New Ulm in 1872; was county attorney of Brown county, 1874-83,
and judge of the Ninth judicial district, 1883-1906. [30; 237 (43*).]
Webber, Charles C, b. in Rock Island, 111., Jan. 25, 1859; came to
Minnesota in 1881, settling at Minneapolis, and has since dealt in
farm machinery and agricultural implements; president of the Deere
and Webber Co. [23; 24.]
Webber, Charles Loring, b. in Racine county, Wis., Sept. 15, 1842;
d. in St. Paul, April 4, 1900. He served in the 19th Wisconsin Regt.
in the civil war; settled in Redwood county, Minn., in 1867, and en-
gaged in farming and mercantile business; removed to St. Paul in
1891. [32; 122; 237 (11); 238 (April 10, 1900).]
Webber, Edward J., b. in Wheeling, 111., April 2, 1858; came to Min-
nesota in 1882, settling in Fergus Falls. He engaged in horse-shoeing,
afterward in the sale of agricultural implements, and became vice-
president of the Citizens' Bank. [22*.]
832 Minnesota historical society collections.
Webber, Marshall Bailey, lawyer, b. in Raymond, Wis., Aug. 2,
1850; wag graduated at Hillsdale College, 1875; , settled in Winona,
Minn., the same year, and was admitted to the bar in 1877; has since
practiced law there, giving especial attention in recent years to cor-
poration law. [22*; 23; 24; 25; 76; 77*; 137.]
Weber, Charles, physician, b. in Germany, Feb. 12, 1829; d; in St.
Cloud, Minn., in 1881. He came to the United States in 1847; was
graduated at Hahnemann Medical College; settled at St. Cloud in
1862, where he had a drug store and also practiced medicine, [31.]
Weber, Henry, merchant, b. in Fort Wayne, Ind., July 28, 1852; came
to St. Paul when only a few months old; was register of deeds of Ram-
sey county, 1895-6. [27*; 94; 95*.]
Weber, William Frederick, merchant, b. in Prussia, Jan. 12, 1824;
came to the United States in 1839, and to Hokah, Minn., in 1857, where
he was postmaster many years. He was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1872. [18; 61.]
Webster, Charles Carroll, b. in Cabot, Vt, May 1, 1824; d. in Min-
neapolis, Nov. 5, 1893. He was graduated at Vermont University,
1851; cam® to Minnesota in 1856; was admitted to the bar in 1858;
was register of deeds of Goodhue county, 1860-6, and resided in Red
Wing; was a representative in the legislature in .1869, and was auditor
of Goodhue county, 1876-82; was a member of the school board in Red
Wing twenty years, being its president ten years; removed to Minne-
apolis in 1890, having been appointed clerk of the U. S; circuit and
district court. [54; 238 (Nov. 6, 1893); 241.]
Webster, Elbert M., lawyer, b. in Waukesha county, Wis., Aug. 10,
1853; was graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1875;
came to Minnesota the same year, settling at Glenwood; was county
attorney of Pope county sixteen years; was a representative in the
legislature in 1907. [24; 25; 30*; 67.]
Webster, Hendrick Gordon, druggist, b. in Plymouth, N. H„ in 1847;
came to Minnesota in 1880, settling in Minneapolis. 122*.}
Webster, Henry, b. in Orono, Maine, April 4, 1852; came to Minne-
sota in 1874, and settled in Princeton five years later, where he en-
gaged in logging and was a wholesale lumber dealer; removed in 1899
to Minneapolis. [24; 31.]
Webster, I. Daniel, physician, b. in Lancaster county, Pa., Dec. 12,
1865; came with his" mother to Mankato when four years old; was
graduated at Swarthmore College, 1887, and in medicine at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, 1890; returned to Mankato in 1891, where he
has since practiced. [46.]
Webster, John, b. in Wexio, Sweden, Dec. 20, 1848; came with his
parents to the United States when five years old, and to Nicollet coun-
ty, Minn., in 1857; engaged in farming until 1891, and has since been
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 833
county treasurer, residing in St. Peter; was a representative in the
legislature in 1885. [24; 25; 169.]
Webstee, Mathew, b. in Yorkshire, Eng., Oct. 14, 1828; came to the
United States in 1855; settled in La Crescent, Minn., ten years later;
built the Toledo Woolen Mills. [61.]
Webster, S., b. in Jefferson, Ohio, Oct., 1833; came to Minnesota in
1855; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt, 1863-5; settled in Mar-
shall in 1872; owned a farm, and was sheriff of Lyon county after
1873. [32.]
Webster, William Franklin, educator, b. in Clearwater, Minn., May
23, 1862; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1886; prin-
cipal of the East Side High School in Minneapolis since 1893; author
of textbooks. [17; 24; 26*; 85A; 127A*.]
Webster, William W., merchant, b. in Canada, April, 1832; came to
Minnesota in 1857; served as captain in the Third Minnesota Regt. in
the civil war; resided in Clearwater. [31; 115.]
Wedge, Albert Clark, physician, b. in Lewis county, N. Y., Aug. 18,
1834; d. in Albert Lea, Minn., Oct. 23, 1911. He was graduated in
medicine at the Western Reserve University, 1857; came to Minne-
sota the same year, settling at Albert Lea, where he practicd in 1857-
62 and after 1865; served during the civil war as surgeon in the Third
Minnesota Regt.; was a representative in the legislature, 1870-1, and
a state senator, 1879-81. [23*; 24; 30; 53A*; 121; 237 (37*, 67*).]
Wedge, Henry D., b. in Warren, Conn., June 21, 1840; settled on a
farm in Plainview, Minn., in 1866; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1876. [74.]
Weed, James, pioneer, b. at Mount Washington, Mass., Jan., 1810; d.
in Winona, Minn., Oct. 3, 1902. He was a pioneer settler in Illinois,
and later in Wisconsin; resided in Winona after 1882. [237 (19).]
Weed, James Henry, b. near Racine, Wis., Aug. 31, 1845; came to
Minnesota in 1864, and to St. Paul two years later; has since engaged
in fire insurance. [24; 93.]
Weego, Peter, b. in Sweden, Oct. 1, 1831; came to the United States
in 1853, settling in St. Peter, Minn.; served in the Fourth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war; was auditor of Carver county, 1864-72, and its
treasurer, 1876-92. [32.]
Weeks, C. Lewis, lawyer, b. in Ypsilanti, Mich., Jan. 20, 1871; came
to Minneapolis with his parents in 1882; was graduated in law at the
University of Minnesota, 1894; practiced in Minneapolis; special as-
sistant attorney general since 1907. [30*.]
Weeks, Thomas Edwin, dentist, b. in Massillon, Ohio, May 5, 1853;
settled in Minneapolis in 1880; was a professor in the dental depart-
ment of the University of Minnesota, 1888-1901. [3; 25; 84; 127B.]
Weide, Charles A. B., b. in Germany in 1833; came with his parents
to the United States the next year, and to St. Paul in 1853; engaged
in mercantile business, and later dealt in real estate. [93 A; 94.]
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834 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Weide, John A., b. in Madison, Ind., in 1844; came with his parents
to St. Paul in 1853; engaged in mercantile business, and later opened
an art studio and school. [94.]
Weigel, Frank, miller, b. in Germany in 1831; came with his parents
to the United States when an infant, and settled in Minnesota in 1855;
engaged in milling in Dayton and Anoka, and after 1884 in Wadena.
[35.]
Wehand, Theodore, b. in Brown county, Wis., Jan. 15, 1849; came
to Minnesota in 1864; resided in Jordan, and after 1879 in Shakopee;
owned the opera house and a flour and feed store; was sheriff of Scott
county eleven years. [103*.]
Weiler, Carl, Congregational clergyman, died in New Ulm, Minn*.,
Nov. 23, 1889. He studied for the ministry in the Lutheran church
in New Ulm; was ordained in 1889, and was pastor of the Congrega-
tional church in Winthrop. [179 (Nov. 29, 1889).]
Weinant, Peter, farmer, b. in Germany in 1838; came to the United
States in 1852, and to Minnesota four years later ; resided in Cor-
coran, Hennepin county; was a representative in the legislature in
1877. [30.]
Weinman, Joseph, lawyer, b. in Bavaria, Sept. 8, 1826; d. in Minne-
apolis, April 9, 1912. He came to the United States in 1847; studied
law, and was admitted to the bar in 1854; came to Minnesota in 1856;
was county attorney of Carver county five years, residing in Benton;
served as first lieutenant in the Ninth Minnesota Regt., 1862-4, giving
aid to the village of Hutchinson during the Indian outbreak; resided
in Minneapolis after 1885, engaging in real estate and insurance busi-
ness. [237 (68*).]
Weir, George A., farmer, b. in Robertson county, Tenn., in 1833;
settled near Winnebago City, Minn., in 1857; was surveyor of Fari-
bault county four terms. [51.]
Weir, Jo L., lawyer, b. in Robertson county, Tenn., in 1821; settled
on a claim near Winnebago City, Minn., 1857; was attorney for Fari-
bault county, 1859-60; returned to Tennessee in 1867. [51.]
Weis, Harry F., banker, b. in Parkersburg, W. Va., in 1866; came
to Minnesota when ten years old; resides at Le Sueur, where he is
cashier of the First National Bank; has been a state senator since
1907. [30*.]
Weiser, E. J., banker, b. in Decorah, Iowa, in 1866; was graduated
at Northwestern University, 1888; ten years later established the Citi-
zens' Bank at Ortonville, Minn., and was its president; after 1902 was
cashier of the First National Bank of Ortonville. [38.]
Weitbrecht, George Frederick, educator, b. in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept.
1, 1849; was graduated at Antioch College, 1874; studied at Harvard
University, 1874-5; came to Minnesota in 1875, settling in St. Paul;
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 835
taught in the Central High School; principal of the Mechanic Arts
High School since 1890. [241.]
Welch, Abraham Edwards, b. in Kalamazoo, Mich., Aug. 16, 1839;
d. in Nashville, Tenn., Feb. . 1, 1864. He was first lieutenant in the
First Minnesota Regt.; was taken prisoner, paroled, and served as
major against the Sioux in 1862. Later he was major in the Fourth
Minnesota Regt., and died from the effect of wounds received at Vicks-
burg. [130.]
Welch, Alfred, dentist, b. in Glastonbury, Eng., Nov. 12, 1822; came
to the United States with his parents when nine years old; settled in
Winona, Minn., in 1858. [76.]
Welch, George O., physician, b in Boston, Mass., Aug. 9, 1860; was
graduated at Boston University, 1887; spent a year in study in Europe;
superintendent of the State Hospital for the Insane in Fergus Falls
since 1892. [38.]
Welch, John Harvey, merchant, b. in Royalton, N. Y., March 21,
1833; came to Verona, Minn.," in 1857; was register of the U. S. land
office, Winnebago City, 1861-7; and later engaged in the hardware
business in Winnebago City. [18; 34; 39; 51; 237 (34*).]
Welch, Thomas, banker, b. in Kilkenny, Ireland, in 1830; d. in St.
Paul, Feb. 20, 1893. He came to the United States at fifteen years
of age, and in 1853 settled in the newly platted town of Henderson;
opened the Sibley County Bank in 1875; was a state senator 1887-9.
[18; 30; 237 (2); 238 (Feb. 20, 1893).]
Welch, Victor John, lawyer, b. in Madison, Wis., Oct. 8, 1860; was
graduated in law at the University of Wisconsin, 1880; has practiced
in Minneapolis since 1882. [22*; 24; 26*.]
Welch, William H., jurist, b. in Connecticut about 1812; was grad-
uated at Yale College, and later at its law school; settled in Minne-
sota in 1850; resided in St. Anthony, and afterward practiced law in
St. Paul; was judge of probate of Ramsey county after 1852; chief
justice of Minnesota, 1853-8; removed later to Red Wing, where he
died, Jan. 22, 1863. [69; 94; 168 (March, 1892*); 238 (Jan. 23, 1863).]
Weld, Allen Palmer, lawyer, b. in North Yarmouth, Maine, May 13,
1839; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1859; was admitted to the
bar in 1867; settled in St. Paul in 1886; removed to River Falls, Wis.
[93.]
Weld, Charles E., b. in Cornville, Maine, June 16, 1856; came with
his parents to Minnesota the next year; settled on a farm in Mur-
ray county in 1879; was county auditor, 1887-1902. [34.]
Weld, Frank Augustine, educator, b. in Skowhegan, Me., Dec. 10,
1858; came to Minnesota in 1882, and engaged in teaching at Farm-
ington, Zumbrota, Fergus Falls, and Stillwater; president of the State
Normal School in Moorhead since 1899. [24; 26*; 36; 177 (Sept.,
1898*).]
836 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Wellcome, Florado H., banker, b. at Stevens Point, Wis,, April 2,
1858; came to Minnesota when two years old; was graduated at Hush
Medical College, Chicago, 1879; practiced medicine the next five years
at Granite Palls; has since engaged extensively in banking, being pres-
ident of many banks in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and North Dakota; re-
sides in Minneapolis. [24; 32.]
Wellcome, J. W. B., Sr., physician, b. in New Portland, Maine, June
4, 1825; d. in Sleepy Eye, Minn., April 8, 1906. He came to Minnesota
in 1858, settling in Garden City; was surgeon in the Tenth Minne-
sota Regt. seven months. In 1874 he removed to Sleepy Eye, where
he established a large practice. [22*; 32; 237 (39*).}
Wellcome, Michael, clergyman, b. in Minot, Maine, in 1815; came
to Minnesota in 1866; became presiding elder of the Second Advent
church in 1873; settled in Monticello in 1876. [31.]
Welles, Edward Randolph, Episcopal bishop, b. in Waterloo, N. Y.,
Jan. 10, 1830; d. there, Oct. 19, 1888. He was graduated at Hobart
college, 1850; was ordained priest, and began his work at Red Wing,
Minn., in 1858, where he remained until he was elected in 1874 to the
episcopate of Wisconsin. [1; 3.]
Welles, Edwin P., lumberman, b. in Wethersfield, Conn., in 1835;
d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 14, 1904. He came to the Mississippi Valley in
1855, and ten years later engaged in the lumber business; settled in
Minneapolis in 1894; was treasurer of the Brainerd Lumber Co. [167
(June 22, 1900*); 237 (35).]
Welles, Henry Titus, lumberman, b. in Glastonbury, Conn., April 3,
1821; d. in Minneapolis, March 4, 1898. He came to Minnesota in
1853, settling at St. Anthony Palls, and engaged in the manufacture
of lumber; was afterward president of the Northwestern National
Bank, held important positions in the city government, and was in-
fluential in the development of Minneapolis; author of several pri-
vately printed books, including "A Miscellany" (addresses and essays,
560 pages, 1896), and "Autobiography and Reminiscences" (two vol-
umes, 1899). [20*; 23*; 32; 41; 58; 59; 84*; 174*; 237 (9*).]
Wellington, Cyrus, lawyer, b. in Albany, N. Y., Feb. 22, 1844; served
three years in the Ninth Iowa Regt. during the civil war; settled in
St. Paul in 1888, and formed a law partnership with W. W. Erwin.
[20; 98*.]
Wellington, Leland H., b. in Winnebago county, Wis., March 28,
1859; engaged in farming in Scott, Stevens county, Minn., after 1877;
was register of deeds for that county, 1885-90. [73.]
Wellman, David L„ pioneer, b. in Grafton, N. Y,, Sept. 17, 1832;
d. in Hobart, Minn., Feb. 13, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1857;
served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; settled in the township of Hobart, Otter Tail County,
in 1871. [37; 237 (43*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 837
Wellman, Datid W., pioneer, b. Sept. 28, 1825; d. in Los Gatos, CaL,
Aug. 20, 1898. He settled in St. Paul in 1855; was a civil engineer;
served in the Third Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; removed to California in 1892. [237 (9*); 238 (Aug.
21, 1898*).]
N Wells, Alpheus, merchant, b. in Canada, Aug. 12, 1839; came to
Minnesota in 1859, and settled in Herman in 1878. He was interested
in two banks and also in mercantile business. [35.]
Wells, Charles Luke, educator, b. in Boston, Mass., June 23, 1858;
was graduated at Harvard College, 1879, and Cambridge Episcopal
Theological School, 1882; was ordained priest the next year; was
professor in Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, Minn., 1888-92; as-
sistant professor, and later professor, of history in the University of
Minnesota, 1894-99; removed to New Orleans, La., as dean of its cathe-
dral; author of "The Age of Charlemagne," 472 pages, 1898. [127
(9*); 127B.]
Wells, Delos E., Presbyterian clergyman, b. Jan. 16, 1832; d. in
Minneapolis, July 18, 1896. He was graduated at Williams College,
1854; studied theology at Auburn and Lane Seminaries; was ordained
to the ministry in 1860; came to Red Wing, Minn., in 1867; was pas-
tor in Minneapolis after 1882. [153.]
Wells, G. C, M. E. clergyman, b. in Colchester, Conn., in 1819; d.
in Minneapolis, May 31, 1873. He joined the Minnesota conference in
1871, settling in Minneapolis. [150.]
Wells, Henry Addison, b. in Pompey, N. Y., in 1835; d. in Paynes-
ville, Minn., Feb. 23, 1906. He came to Minnesota in 1865; was a
merchant in Plainview nine years, and in Appleton after 1874; was a
representative in the legislature, 1891-2; settled in New Paynesville,
in 1892, and owned a grocery store there. [237 (39).]
Wells, Henry H., banker and merchant, b. in Canada in 1851; came
to Minnesota when twenty-one years of age; settled in Morris; was
president of the Stevens County Bank; was a representative in the
legislature, and later a state senator. [35; 73.]
Wells, Henry Rooers, lawyer and banker, b. in Luzerne, N. Y., June
23, 1834; came to Minnesota, and was admitted to the bar, in 1857;
settled at Chatfield in 1858; removed to Preston in 1865, and prac-
ticed there until 1910; was president of the Bank of Preston; removed
to California. [18; 24; 157*.]
Wells, James O., dentist, b. in Newberry, S. C, Feb. 13, 1871; d. in
Minneapolis', Aug. 24, 1908. He was graduated at Newberry College,
1892; came to Minnesota in 1898; was graduated in dentistry at the
University of Minnesota, 1899; was instructor and professor in its
dental department, 1898-1908. [85A; 237 (51).]
Wells, Mark, pioneer, b. in Deerfield, Mass., 1829; d. in Grand
Forks, N. D., Jan. 18, 1908. He was one of the party of five explorers
838 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
who came to Faribault, Minn., in 1853; served in the Eighth Minne-
sota Regt. in the civil war; resided in Faribault until 1893, when he
remove^ to Grand Forks. [237 (48*).]
Wells, Reuben, lawyer, b. in Jackson, N. Y., Nov. 17, 1802; d. in
Preston, Minn., July 6, 1892. He was admitted to the bar in 1856, and
the next year settled in Fillmore county, Minn.; resided in Preston
after 1863; was county attorney two years, and a state senator, 1861-2.
[18; 52; 180 (July 20, 1892).]
Wells, Robert Joseph, lawyer, b. in Dane county, Wis., Oct. 4, 1856;
came to Minnesota in 1878, settling in Wilkin county; owned and cul-
tivated a farm of over one thousand acres ; was admitted to the bar
in 1888; was twice elected clerk of the district court; engaged in news-
paper work two years; was a representative in the legislature in
1901-9; resides in Breckenridge. [22*; 30*; 137.]
Wells, Ruetjs P., banker, b. in Canada, April 27, 1834; settled in
Belle Plain e, Minn.; served in the Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, attaining the rank of captain; resided in Herman after 1883,
where he organized the Grant County Bank. [35; 115.]
Wells, Thomas B., Episcopal clergyman, b. in Columbia, S. C, in
1840; d. at sea, Aug. 4, 1891. He was graduated at Yale College, 1859,
and later at Berkeley Divinity School; was rector in Painesville, Ohio,
seventeen years; settled in Minneapolis in 1880. [152.]
Wells, William Stewart, miller, b. in Elmira, N. Y., June 26, 1839;
came to Minnesota in 1857; served in the Second Minnesota Regt.,
1861-4, and was very severely wounded in the battle of Chickamauga.
In 1868, in company with others, he built the Forest Mills, near Zum-
brota> which he operated many years. [18; 54.]
Wellsandt, C, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, Oct. 22, 1857;
came to the United States in 1892; was graduated at the Luther Sem-
inary, St. Paul, 1894; has been pastor in Billings and Belle Plaine,
Minn. [148.]
Welsh, George, b. in Ontario, Canada, in 1863; d. in St. Paul, Nov.
29, 1911. He came to Minnesota, settling at Morton, and engaged in
real estate business; was state immigration commissioner since 1907.
[237 (59*).]
Welsh, William, b. in St. Paul, Oct. 16, 1859; joined the fire depart-
ment in 1884, and ten years later was promoted to a captaincy. [96*.]
Welter, Peter John, merchant, b. in Germany in 1870; came to Min-
nesota in 1883; resides at New Market; was a representative in the
legislature, 1907-9. [30*.]
Welz, Frederick R., b. near Berlin, Germany, Sept. 10, 1833; came
to the United States in 1874, and to Minnesota in 1882, settling at St.
Paul; engaged in hotel business, and was manager of the Hotel Ryan,
1893-1904. [24; 25; 93 A*; 95*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 839
Wendell, Joseph H., lawyer, b. in Oakland county, Mich., Jan. 25,
1841; was graduated in law at the University of Michigan, 1873; set-
tled in Buffalo, Minn., in 1874; was attorney of Wright county, 1875-81.
[31; 38.]
Wendelschaefer, G. C, pioneer, b. in Germany, Aug. 10, 1833; d. in
Le Sueur Center, Minn., Jan. 3, 1906. He came to the United States
in 1853, and three years later settled in Le Sueur county, Minn.; was
a representative in the legislature in 1884, and was county treasurer
six terms. [237 (39*).]
Wentzel, August, b. in Prussia, April 1, 1843; came to America in
1863; settled in Crookston, Minn., in 1876; was one of the proprietors
of the Northwestern Marble Works, and also owned a farm. [35.]
Wentzel, Charles, b. in Prussia, April 18, 1841; came to America
in 1863, and to Minnesota in 1870; settled on the site of Warren in
1874; engaged in farming, and later sold his land as a part of the
town of Warren. [237 (15*).]
Wenzell, Henry Burleigh, lawyer, b. in Newton, Mass., April 21,
1853; was graduated at Harvard University, 1875, and the Harvard
Law School, 1882; settled in St. Paul the next year; compiler of the
General Statutes of Minnesota, two vols., 1894, and reporter of the
Minnesota Supreme Court since 1895. [17; 24; 25; 93.]
Werner, Nils Olson, banker, b. in Kristianstad, Sweden, Jan. 19,
1848; came to the United States in 1868, and in 1870 settled in Red
Wing, Minn.; was admitted to the bar in 1871, and practiced seven-
teen years; removed to Minneapolis in 1888, and has since engaged in
banking; president, Scandinavian- American National Bank. [22*; 23;
24; 25; 26*; 90; 169*; 169A.]
Werner, Schurer Walter Louis, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Sweden,
Sept. 22, 1858; d. in St Paul, Feb. 18, 1904. He came to the United
States in 1893; studied at Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, Minn.;
was ordained a priest in 1898; was rector in Litchfield, Cokato, and
St. Paul. [181 (March, 1904*).]
Werner, Wigo, b. in Osterdalen, Norway, May 4, 1856; came to the
United States in 1877; engaged in grocery business in Brandon, Minn.,
and was postmaster there. [35.]
Werring, Horatio, merchant, b. in Cornwall, Eng., Feb. 24, 1849;
came with his parents to the United States in 1853; settled on a farm
in Home, Brown county, Minn., , in 1866; opened a store at Golden
Gate in 1877. [32.]
Wesbrook, Frank Fairchild, educator, b. in Brant county, Ontario,
July 12, 1868; was graduated at the University of Manitoba, 1887, and
in medicine at McGill University, 1889; studied medicine and surgery
in England and Germany, 1892-5; professor of pathology and bacteri-
ology in the University of Minnesota since 1895, and dean of its Col-
840 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS
lege of Medicine and Surgery since 1906 resides in Minneapolis [3A
7A 17 24 85A 127 (10*) 127A* B]
Weschcke Carl physician b m Prussia March 4 1831 d m New
Ulm Minn Oct 13 1906 He came to New Ulm m 1860 engaged m
the practice of medicine and m 1865 opened the first drug store there
was mayor of New Ulm nine terms [32 237 (34* 43*) ]
Wescott James pioneer b in Cumberland county Maine Oct 22
1823 d at Wescott Minn May 4 1910 He came to Minnesota m
1854 settling on a claim m Eagan Dakota county served m the First
Minnesota heavy artillery m the civil war was treasurer of Dakota
county 1860 2 Wescott station (usually spelled Westcott) was named
for him [48 237 (Q2) ]
Wescott William H farmer b in Eagan Dakota county Minn,
April 5 1870 resides at Wescott (P O address St Paul) a repre
sentative m the legislature since 1907 [24 30* 56 ]
Wesseling Ignatius R C priest b in Meppen Germany Nov 16
1849 came to the United States m 1870 studied at St John s College
Minnesota was ordained priest m 1875 settled in Pierz Morrison
county in 1878 [31 ]
Wesi A E teacher b m Jefferson county Wis m 1846 came
to Minnesota in 1869 helped to organize the town of Mulligan Brown
county 1871 taught at Golden Gate 1875 81 [32 ]
West Chaelfs L merchant b in Chautauqua county N Y, March
30 1846 came to Minnesota in 1857 has engaged in dry goods busi
ness since 1873 residing m Austin was a representative m the legis
lature 1897 9 major on the governor s staff after 1891 and colonel
since 1901 [24 25 30 65A, 79* ]
West Elijah P farmer b m Genesee county N Y Sept 21 1824
came to Minnesota m 1854 resided m Yucatan Houston county was
a representative m the legislature m 1865 and 1879 [30 61 ]
West Knoch E miller b in Allegany county N Y July 4 1823
canre to Minnesota m 1860 settled on a farm in Pope county in 1875
and became proprietor of the Lake Amelia mills [67 ]
West, J P b in Waterbury Vt in 1839 was admitted to the bar
in 1860, came to Minnesota in 1871 and settled m Wells, was a rep
resentative in the legislature two terms and a state senator 18767
[30, 51]
West John b in 1840 d in Minneapolis Feb 2 1901 He served
m the Second Minnesota Regt and in the Second Heavy Artillery in
the civil war, was a member of the Minneapolis police force and later
turnkey at the county jail [237 (14*) ]
West, Johk, b in Warwickshire Eng Oct 7 1847 came with his
parents to the United States in 1854 was a railroad engineer eigh
teen years settled in Barnesville Minn in 1886 where he owned a
hotel [35 ]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES 841
West, John Kingsbury, b m Pittsfield, Mass , Jan 27, 1847 , was
graduated at Williams College, 186S, settled m Detroit, Minn in 1880
where he engaged m real estate and loaning business [23 ]
West, Josiah Elam, merchant, b in Greene county Ohio Dec 13,
18&3, d in St Cloud, Minn, Nov 9 1911 He came to Minnesota m
1853, and the next year settled in St Cloud served in the Seventh
Minnesota Regt , 1862 5, attaining the rank of captain , was postmas
ter of St Cloud, 18b9S6, constructed a dam across the Mississippi
river in 1885 6 [18, 115, 176 (Aug 1887), 237 (68*) ]
West, Stiles M , b m Lenox, N Y , June 21 1841 , came to Mmne
sota m 1859, served in the Second Minnesota cavalry in the civil war,
attaining the rank of first lieutenant, owned a farm and mill m War
saw, Rice county, was a representative in the legislature m 1878
[30, 70A]
West, Willis Mason, educator, b m St Cloud Minn , Nov 15 1857
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1879, was superintend
ent of schools in Duluth, 1881 4, and in Faribault 1884 91 professot
of history in the University of Minnesota since 1892 residing in Mil
neapolis, author of Ancient History of Charlemagne (564 pages 1902)
Modern History of Europe (651 pages, 1904), and other books an<i
papers on history [17, 24, 127B, 237 (53) ]
Westcott, E Wirt, photographer, b m New Berlin, N Y in 1838,
came to Minnesota in 1857, owned a farm in Concord after 1860, was
a representative m the legislature 1873 and 1875 [30, 49 ]
Westcott, Erastus, Baptist clergyman, b m Milford, N Y April 27,
1816, d in West Concord, Minn, Sept 5, 1901 He was ordained to
the ministry in 1839, came to Rochester, Minn, m 1857, was a pas
tor in southern Minnesota more than thirty years, and was mstru
mental in organizing many churches, and m founding Pillsbury acad
emy, Owatonna [49, 141, 237 (14*) ]
Westerlund, Brynolf, Lutheran clergyman, b Feb 1, 1867, in Swe
den, came to the United States in 1887, was graduated at Gustavus
Adolphus College, St Peter, Minn, m 1897, and at the Theological
Seminary, Rock Island, 111, 1901, was pastor in St Paul [148]
Westfall, Charles B , Sr , b in Factoryville, N Y , in 1862 , came
to Minnesota m 1879, settled at Beardsley in 1882, owned a line of
seventeen gram elevators on the Great Northern railway, established
banks, and dealt in real estate [38 ]
Westfali Willi \m Plaisted, lawyer, b m Onondaga county, N Y,
July 17, 1866, was graduated at Syracuse University, 1888, settled in
St Paul the same year, was admitted to the bar m 1890 [24 25
137, 238 (Nov 9, 1899) ]
Westfall, Wilson P, b in Newark, N Y , m 1833, d in St Paul
June 3, 1885 He engaged in banking in Minneapolis several years,
removed to St Paul in 1877, where he represented a life insurance
company [238 (June 4, 1885) ]
842 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Westman, Gtjstavus, merchant, b. in Sweden, Jan. 28, 1&28; d. in
Cannon Falls, Minn., Feb. 5, 1887. He came to the United States in
1853, and settled in Cannon Falls four years later; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1876. [54; 237 (1).]
Weston, Charles Galen, b. in Chelsea, Mass., April 25, 1858; was
graduated at the Harvard Medical School, 1882; came to Minnesota
in 1888, settling in Minneapolis, where he has since practiced; was
the city physician, 1893-99. [24; 85A.]
Weston, Edmund C, farmer, b. in Smithfield, N. Y., April 30, 1838;
served in the 48th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; came to Minne-
sota in 1878; resided at Paddoc^; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1899. [30; 37.]
Westphal, August, b. in Prussia in 1813; came to the United States
in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1857; settled in New Ulm, where he
taught the first term of school; engaged in farming; was county super-
intendent of schools five years, and county treasurer two terms. [32.]
Wethern, B. R., farmer, b. in Maine in 1849; came to Minnesota in
1854; resided at Moose, Beltrami county; was a representative in the
legislature in 1899. [30.]
Wethern, Benjamin, merchant, b. in Maine in 1801; came to Wis-
consin in 1851, and to Minnesota in 1872, settling in East Granite Falls.
[32.]
Wethern, David Y., b. in Maine, March 30, 1824; was murdered near
Willmar, Minn., May 16, 1871. He opened the first store in Granite
Falls on the east side of the river, 1869. [32.]
Wettstein, Frank^ furniture manufacturer, b. in Prussia in 1838;
came to the United States in 1867; settled in Red Wing, Minn. [54.]
Weum, Mons T., merchant, b. in Norway, March 20, 1857; came to
the United States and to Minnesota in 1870; was proprietor of gen-
eral merchandise stores in Norcross, 1880-3, and Georgetown since
1883, and of a clothing store in Moorhead since 1893, also engaging
in banking; removed to Minneapolis in 1902, there engaging in man-
ufacture and importation of men's furnishings; president of the First
State Bank of Moorhead. [24; 25; 47.]
Weyerhaeuser, Frederick, lumberman, b. in Niedersaulheim, Ger-
many, Nov. 21, 1834; came to the United States in 1852; engaged in
the lumber and grain business in 1860, and now controls the largest
lumbering and timber interests in the country. Since 1891 he has
resided in St. Paul. [3A*; 17; 23; 24; 25; 95; 111*; 237 (50*).]
Weyl, William, farmer, b. in Germany, July 23, 1830; came to the
United States in 1850, and to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Le Sueur;
served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the Indian and civil wars;
was a representative in the legislature in 1879. [30; 32.]
Weymouth, Daniel F., lawyer, b. in Orange county, Vt, June 22,
1818; was admitted to the bar in 1844; settled in Marshall, Minn., in
1874; was county attorney two years. [32.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 843
Weymouth, Luther, pioneer, b. in Abbott, Maine, Oct. 15, 1833; d.
in Frazee, Minn., Aug. 26, 1885. He settled in Becker county in 1870;
owned a hotel, and was the first postmaster in Frazee. [44.]
Whaley, P. A., b. in Benton, Wis., in 1853; engaged in lumber busi-
ness in Minnesota fifteen years; later was treasurer of North St. Paul.
[176 (March, 1888).]
Whaley, Samuel, lawyer, b. in Benton, Wis., May 12, 1855; came
to Minnesota in 1855; was admitted to the bar in 1876, and has since
practiced in St Paul. [25; 93.]
Wharton, Alfred, physician, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 5, 1835;
was graduated at the University of Pennsylvania, 1854, and from its
medical department, 1857; settled in St. Paul in 1857; was surgeon
in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war; retired from the prac-
tice of medicine in 1885. [24; 93.]
Wharton. Benjamin, Baptist clergyman, b. in 1820; d. in Pipestone
City, Minn., June 18, 1880. He was a pastor in Minnesota more than
twenty years. [141.]
Wheat, J. M., physician, b. in New York in 1825; was graduated at
Albany Medical School, 1853; came to Minnesota in 1856; settled in
Lenora, Fillmore county; was a representative in the legislature,
1876-7, and a state senator in 1878-9. [30; 52.]
Wheat, John Nutting, physician, b. in Hadley, Mass., Jan. 16, 1818;
d. in Austin, Minn., July 23, 1903. He was graduated at the Homoe-
opathic State Institute, Cleveland, Ohio; settled in Austin in 1856.
[237 (28).]
Wheaton, Charles Augustus, b. in Amenia, N. Y., July 1, 1809; d.
in Northfield, Minn., March 13, 1882, He came to Minnesota in 1860,
settling in Northfield, where he published the Northfield Journal sev-
eral years. [70; 70A*; 237 (1).]
Wheaton, Charles Augustus, physician, b. in Syracuse, N. Y., March
17, 1853; came to Northfield, Minn., in 1861, and to St. Paul in 1870;
was graduated from the medical department of Harvard University;
practiced in St. Paul after 1877; was professor of surgery in the State
University, 1888-1902, and professor emeritus since 1902. [3*; 93*.]
Wheaton, Charles S., lawyer, b. in Orange county, Vt., in 1849; was
admitted to the bar in 1872, and soon afterward settled at Elk River,
Minn. [31.]
Wheaton, Daniel Thompson, b. in Barre, Vt., Jan. 21, 1845; was
graduated at Dartmouth College, 1869; came to Minnesota in 1871;
settled at Morris in 1876; county surveyor of Stevens county, 1877-1910.
[24; 73.]
Wheaton, Harry H., b. in Vermont, Jan., 1852; came to Elk River,
Minn., in 1874, and engaged in mercantile business. [31.]
Wheaton, John Francis, lawyer, b. of negro parentage in Hagers-
town, Md., May 8, 1866; was graduated at Storer College, W. Va., in
844 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS
1882, and in law at Howard University, Washington, D. C, 1892; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1893, and was graduated m law at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota, 1894; was a representative in the legislature in
1899. [22*; 30.]
Wheaton, Robekt A, physician, b. m Northfield, Minn, m 1863; d
m St Paul, Feb. 13, 1898 He was graduated at Carleton College, and
later at Harvard Medical College; settled m St Paul in 1892 [238
(Feb 14, 1898*).]
Wheeler, Almon L., b. in Stockbridge, Wis, Jan 30, 1851; estab-
lished a brickyard m Mankato, Minn , in 1887 , owned a large farm m
northern Minnesota. [46 ]
Wheeler, C. A, b in Yates county, N Y., Aug 4, 1825, settled in
Preston, Minn, in 1861, and later purchased the Preston Woolen Fac-
tory. [52.]
Wheeleb, George R., merchant, b. m Quebec, Canada, Dec. 30, 1839;
came to Minnesota about 1868; settled at Chippewa Falls, Pope coun-
ty, m 1870, engaged in milling and mercantile business, and owned
part of the townsite. [67 ]
Wheeler, Henry W., pioneer lumberman, b. in Oneida county, N. Y ,
in 1821; d. in Duluth, Minn, March 19, 1906 He came to Minnesota
m 1854, and the next year settled in Duluth; built the first sawmill
there in 1856. [237 (39) ]
Wheeler, Horace, farmer, b m Vermont in 1822; settled m Canton,
Fillmore county, Mmn, in 1859; was a representative m the legisla-
ture m 1873. [30 ]
Wheeler, Jerome W., banker, b. m Kenosha, Wis., Jan. 15, 1863;
came to Crookston, Minn, in 1885, was president of the First National
Bank there after 1895. [36; 38*.]
Wheeler, John Brown, merchant, b. m Northbridge, Mass, May 8,
1822, d. m Faribault, Minn, Aug 29, 1901. He settled in Faribault m
1856; first opened a drug store, but afterward added groceries, crock-
ery, etc ; retired from active business m 1889. [23*; 70, 237 (14).]
Wheelfr, John William, b. in Filkins, Eng, Oct 1, 1836; settled m
St Paul m 1885; entered the fire department, and two years later be-
came its master mechanic. [96*.]
Wheelfr, Olin Dunbar, b. in Mansfield, Ohio, May 1, 1852; attended
Allegheny College and Cornell University; was topographer with Major
Powell's survey of the Colorado river, 1874-9; came to Minnesota in
1882, settling in St Paul; head of the advertising department, North-
ern Pacific Railway Co, since 1892; author of "The Trail of Lewis and
Clark," two vols , 1904, and of the Wonderland series of N P. Ky.
publications, 18934906. [17.]
Wheeler, W. H. H., merchant, b in Chautauqua county, N. Y , March
24, 1842; came to Minnesota in 1852, and ten years later settled in
Stillwater [40 ]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES 845
Wheeleb, W J, merchant, b in Kentucky, Nov 18, 1819, came to
Minnesota m 1856, settled at Castle Rock in 1880 [48 ]
Wheelock, Habky Max, journalist, b m Fredoma, N. Y , June 14,
1859; came to Minnesota m 1874; settled at Fergus Falls in 1882; has
engaged in fire and life insurance since 1890; editor of Wheelock's
Weekly since 1895. [24; 35]
Wheedock, Jared D , physician and farmer, b m Montpelier, Vt ,
Sept. 28, 1820; studied medicine at the college at Woodstock, Vt , set-
tled m 1855 at Clearwater, Minn , being the first physician m Wright
county. [31 ]
Wheelock, Joseph Albert, journalist, b in Bridgetown, N S , Feb
8, 1831; d. in St. Paul, Minn, May 9, 1906 He came to St. Paul m
1850; was editor of the Real Estate and Financial Advertiser, 1856;
was commissioner of statistics of Minnesota, 1860-61; founded, with
others, the St. Paul Press in 1861, and after 1862 was editor of that
newspaper and its successor, the Pioneer Press In 1871-75 he was
postmaster of St Paul He was very active in establishing the system
of parks and boulevards in that city [1, 17, 23; 27*; 28, X, XII*,
68; 94; 95*, 121; 166A* ]
Wheelock, Lewis Losenzo, lawyer, b in Manns ville, N Y , Nov 12,
1839; d. in Owatonna, Minn, May 31, 1907 He served three years in
the army during the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; was
graduated at the Albany Law School, 1869, came to Minnesota the
same year, and afterward practiced m Owatonna, was a state senator,
1876-7. [18; 24; 30; 70A*; 72*; 121; 1V7*, 237 (48*) ]
Wheelock, Ralph Wright, b m Oberlm, Ohio, Sept 24, 1860, en
gaged m newspaper work in Ohio, South Dakota, and Minneapolis,
was receiver of the U S. land office m Mitchell, S D, 1889-1894, pri-
vate secretary to Governor Eberhart since 1909 [30*; 85A ]
Wheelock, Seth, pioneer, b. in Burnllville, R I, Aug 14, 1818, d in
Milton, Dodge county, Minn, Aug 27, 1870. He settled in Milton in
1855, and owned a farm [49 ]
Whilldin, John Stites, physician, b in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1837,
d in St Paul, Nov. 23, 1882. He was graduated at Amherst College,
1859, and from the medical department of the University of Pennsyl-
vania, 1861; was surgeon in a Pennsylvania regiment in the civil war,
later engaged m mercantile business; settled in St Paul in 1882.
[139; 238 (Nov. 24, 1882) ]
Whipple, Charles Henry, son of Bishop Whipple, b in Adams, N
Y , June 12, 1849 , spent his boyhood, after the age of ten years, in
Faribault, Minn , was educated at St. Paul's School, Concord, N H ;
was cashier of the Citiens' National Bank, Faribault, 1871-81; in the
paymaster department, U S Army, since 1881 ; brigadier general, as
paymaster general, since 1908, residing in Washington, D. C. [17 ]
Whipple, Georgf B , Episcopal clergyman, brother of Bishop Whip-
ple, born in Adams, N Y, June 26, 1830, d m Nantucket, Mass, July
846 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
19, 1888. He studied at Hamilton College; settled in Faribault, Minn.;
was ordained priest in 1864; was missionary to the Hawaiian Islands,
1865-73; returned to Faribault, taught in Seabury Divinity School, and
was pastor of the Cathedral. [70; 160; 181 (Sept., 1888); 235.]
Whipple, Henry Benjamin, Episcopal bishop, b. in Adams, N. Y.,
Feb. 15, 1822; d. in Firibault, Minn., Sept. 16, 1901. He obtained his
education and was ordained in his native state; was rector at Rome,
N. Y., and at Chicago, until in 1859 he was consecrated first bishop
of Minnesota. Under his care were developed the Episcopal schools
at Faribault, and extensive missions among the Ojibways and Sioux.
Bishop Whipple had great influence with these Indians, and their con-
fidence in him was indicated by the name of "Straight Tongue," which
they gave him as a member of the U, S. government commissions for
dealing with these tribes. He also greatly developed the work of his
church throughout this state; author of "Lights and Shadows of a
Long Episcopate" (an autobiography, 576 pages, 1900), and numerous
published sermons and addresses. [1*; 3*; 4*; 7; 17; 18; 23*; 26*;
28, X*; 29; 70; 70A*; 111*; 125; 152; 152A*; 185*; 235; 237 (12*,
14*).]
Whipple, William Jay, pioneer, b. in Troy, N. Y., Jan. 12, 1839; en-
gaged in newspaper work; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1869, where
he owned and published the Herald twenty years; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1872; was postmaster, 1885-90. [24; 78.]
Whistles, Joseph N. G., soldier, b. in Wisconsin in 1822; d. April
20, 1899. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy, 1846; was
brigadier general of volunteers in the civil war; was commandant at
Fort Snelling, 1877-8; became a colonel in the regular army in 1883,
and retired from the army in 1886. [11; 12; 13.]
Whitakeb, Ephraim H., pioneer, b. in Muhlenburg county, Ky., June
24, 1820; came to Marine Mills, Minn., in 1843, and settled on a farm
in Point Douglas, Washington county, in 1847. [241.]
Whitall, Ellis G., lawyer, b. in Virginia; d. in Galveston, Texas,
in 1867. He was admitted to the bar in Richmond, Va.; resided in
St. Anthony, Minn., 1849-51, being the first attorney there; removed
to Missouri; served in the Confederate army in the civil war. [84.]
Whitcomb, Geokge Carlos, b. in Bolton, Vt, Dec. 28, 1821; d. in Min-
neapolis, June 18, 1901. He came to Minneapolis in 1856, and later
settled on a homestead in Meeker county; served against the Indians,
18Q2^, being a captain in Hatch's Battalion during the later part of
the time. [174*; 236*; 237 (14*).]
Whitcomb, Iba S., farmer and miller, b. at Danville, 111., Oct. IS,
1826; d. at Byron, Minn., Oct. 10, 1899. He settled in Kalmar, Olmsted
county, Minn., in 1855; served in the Eleventh Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war. [QB; 180 (Oct. 25, 1899); 236.]
Whitcomb, Oelan Pliny, state auditor, b. at Granville, N. Y., Dec.
18, 1831; d .at Mankato, Minn., Feb. 7, 1898. He settled on a farm in
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 847
Rochester, Minn., in 1855; was county treasurer, 1861-9; was state
auditor, 1873-82. [30; 236.]
White Cloud. See Wah-bon-ah-quob.
White, Albert Beebe, b. in Holbrook, Mass., Sept. 11, 1871; was
graduated at Yale College, 1893; was assistant professor of history
in the University of Minnesota, 1900-07, and professor since 1907. [127
(14*); 127B.3
White, Asa W., pioneer, b. in Chenango county, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1 S26 ;
d. in Albert Lea, Minn., Jan. 12, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1856,
and settled on a farm in Freeborn county; served in the Fourth Min-
nesota Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of captain; engaged
in mercantile business in Albert Lea, and during later years in farm-
ing. [29; 53A; 237 (38*, 43*).]
White, Clark R., lawyer, b. in Wyoming county, N. Y , in 1827; set-
tled in Pine Island, Minn., in 1856; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1861 and 1874. [54.]
White, Daniel E., hardware merchant, b. in Washington county,
Wis., in 1863; came to Minnesota in 1887; resides in Claremont; was
state senator in 1907-09. [25; 30*.]
White, David Graham, pioneer, b. in Mansfield, Mass., Feb. 5, 1824
d. in Hutchinson, Minn., May 12, 1907. He came to Minnesota in 1855
served in Company B, Minnesota Mounted Rangers, in the civil war
settled in Hutchinson in 1864. [237 (43).]
White, Frank Thurston, lawyer, b. in East Burlington, 111., April
9, 1866; came to Minnesota with his parents in 1872; was graduated
in law at the University of Minnesota, 1894; settled at Elk River; was
county attorney of Sherburne county ten years; was a representative
in the legislature in 1907-09. [22*; 24; 25; 26*; 30*.]
White, George Quincy, b. in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 14, 1839; d. in
St. Paul, March 28, 1897. He served in an Illinois regiment in the
civil war; enlisted in the regular army in 1867, becoming major; re-
tired on account of ill health in 1870; settled in St. Paul in 1881, and
engaged in insurance business; was recorder of the Loyal Legion in
Minnesota, 1885-97. [121; 122; 237 (9*).]
White, George T., b. in New Hampshire; was killed in the battle of
Nashville, 1864. He came to Minnesota when twenty-one years old;
was a representative in the legislature in 1859-60; was elected treas-
urer of Waseca county in 1862; was captain in the Tenth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war. [75.]
White, Harrison, merchant, b. in Boston, Mass., April 30, 1841;
served in the Sixth N. Y. cavalry and other regiments in the civil war,
attaining the rank of colonel; came to Minnesota in 1877; settled at
Beaver Creek, Rock county, where he built the first store and owned
a grain elevator; since 1896 has been a dealer in farm machinery and
848 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
real estate in Luverne; a representative in the legislature in 1907 and
1911. [30*; 34; 71; 71A.]
White, Henry Kibk, b. in Bangor, Maine, April 6, 1842; d. in Alex-
andria, Minn., Dec. 17, 1908. He served in the Sixth Maine Regt. in
the civil war; came to Douglas county, Minn., in 1870; settled in
Alexandria in 1874; was county treasurer four years, clerk of the dis-
trict court nineteen years, and postmaster, 1905-8. [237 (51).]
White, J. A., b. in Rome, N. Y., July 21, 1835; came to Minnesota
in 1866; engaged in teaching; was superintendent of schools in Lyon
county. [32.]
White, J. C, hardware merchant, b. in Ireland in 1837; came With
his parents to the United States when four years old; settled in Min-
nesota in 1865; was a merchant in Waseca after 1870; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1883. [75,]
White, John Williamson, lawyer, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., June 27,
1842; was graduated at -Princeton University, 1865, and in law at the
University of Pennsylvania, 1867; has practiced in St. Paul since 1880.
[25; 93 J
White, Jonathan, merchant, b. in Alabama, N.»Y., May 12, 1841;
came to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Second Wisconsin Megt. in
the civil war; settled in Kasson in 1866, and engaged in mercantile
business. [49.]
White, Lewis E., lumberman, b. in Marshall, Mich., in 1854; d. in
Chicago, 111., Sept. 30, 1897. He settled in St. Paul in 1881; removed
to Cloquet in 1891, where he afterward resided. [167 (Oct. 8 and 15,
1897*).]
White, Lyman P., b. in Whiting, Vt., in 1811; d. in Brainerd,, Minn.,
Aug. 29, 1902. He settled in Brainerd in 1870, and engaged in real
estate business; laid out the townsite of Brainerd and other towns on
the Northern Pacific railroad. [29*; 31; 41; 237 (19*).]
White, Milo, merchant and congressman, b. in Fletcher, Vt., Aug.
17, 1830; came to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Chatfield; was a state
senator, 1872-6, and 1881; and a representative in Congress, 1883-7.
[10; 18; 25; 27*; 30; 52; 66; 66 A*.]
White, Nathan Dexter, b. in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1822; settled
at Beaver Creek, Renville county, Minn., in 1862; suffered much from
the Sioux outbreak that year, and was obliged to abandon his home;
returned to his farm there in 1865, and after 1873 owned a flouring
mill. His wife, who was taken captive by the Sioux in 1862, wrote a
paper on her captivity, published in Vol. IX of the Minnesota His-
torical Society Collections. [28, IX*; 32.]
White, P. Xavier, R. C. priest, b. in Montreal, Canada, Dec. 25, 1834;
d. in Tonawanda, N. Y., Sept. 26, 1891. He was ordained to the priest-
hood in 1862; was admitted to the Benedictine order in 1877; was a
professor in St. John's University, Minn., after 1875. [132 (Oct.,
1891*).]
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849
White, Siiubael F., lawyer, b. in Marshall, Mich., June 17, 1841;
served in the 28th Michigan Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank
of captain; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1864, and at
Albany Law School, 1867; was judge of the circuit court and a state
senator in Michigan; settled in Duluth in 1883. [31 A.]
White, Solon Marx, b. in Hokah, Minn., July 16, 1873; was grad-
uated at the University of Illinois, 1896, and in medicine at the North-
western University, 1897; professor in the medical department of the
University of Minnesota since 1900, residing in Minneapolis. [7A;
85A; 127B.]
White, Truman S., b. in Oxford, Ohio, Sept. 23, 1841; d. in St. Paul,
Minn., Oct. 14, 1911. He came to Minnesota, settling at St. Paul, in
1855; served in the 93d Ohio Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank
of captain; engaged in the wholesale paper and stationery business
in St. Paul after 1866. [25; 94; 237 (59*).]
White, W. C, lawyer, b. in New York in 1846; came to Minnesota
in 1872; engaged in teaching three years; was admitted to the bar
in 1875; was superintendent of schools in Sibley county two years;
settled in Hector in 1879. [32.]
White, William Gardner, lawyer, b. in South Hadley, Mass., Sept.
30, 1854; was graduated at the Harvard Law School, 1875; came to
Minnesota in 1884, and has since practiced in St. Paul; secretary of
the Minnesota Society of Colonial Wars. [22*; 24; 25; 93; 93A; 95*;
98*; 137; 238 (Nov. 9, 1899).]
White, William H., farmer, b. in Bennington county, Vt., July 17,
1835; d. in Farmington, Minn., Oct. 12, 1906. He came to Olmsted
county, Minn., in 1862; served in the First Minnesota Regt. in the
civil war; settled in Farmington, 1865; was a representative in the
legislature, 1877, and sheriff of Dakota county, 1878-82. [237 (43).]
White, William W., b. in Oneida county, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1828; came
to Minnesota in 1861, and settled on a farm in Walnut Lake township,
Faribault county; removed to Blue Earth City in 1869; was county
auditor, 1869-86; later resided in Owatonna, and in 1900 removed to
Villard. [51*; 237 (29).]
Whited, Clarence A., b. in Huron county, Ohio, Dec. 17, 1848; came
with his parents to Olmsted county, Minn., in 1861; owned a farm;
was county auditor, 1881-8. [66.]
Whiteman, Alonzo Jay, real estate dealer, b. in Dansville, N. Y.,
June 19, 1860; was graduated at Hamilton College, Clinton, N. Y., in
1881; came to Minnesota in 1882, and settled in Duluth; was a repre-
sentative in the* legislature in 1885, and a state senator, 1887-9. [30.]
Whiteman, Russell, physician, b. in Essex, N. Y.; d. in Anoka,
Minn., Feb. 26, 1893. He was graduated at Union College, Philadel-
phia, in 1844; came to Minnesota in 1857, and settled on a farm in
Meeker county; removed to Anoka in 1864, where he practiced medi-
cine. [31; 43.]
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850 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Whitford, Edmond Adelrert, lawyer, b. in Kansas in 1860; came to
Minnesota in 1862, and settled in Hastings; was attorney for Dakota
county; was a representative in the legislature, 1901. [30.]
Whitford, Joseph, b. in Canada; came to Minnesota in 1854; set-
tled on the site of Fergus Falls in 1858, and gave the town its name;
engaged in blacksmith work, and in freighting by flatboats on the
river; was murdered by the Sioux in 1862. [237 (18).]
Whiting, Charles B., b. in Litchfield county, Conn.; d. in 1873. He
settled at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 18*55, and with his brothers, Selah
and Erastus, engaged in mercantile business. He was register of the
U. S. land office four years. [41.]
Whiting, E. P., farmer, b. in Erie county, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1828; came
to Minnesota in I860, settling in Farmington; was a representative in
the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Whiting, Eber K., b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., in 1833; settled
on a farm in Claremont, Dodge county, Minn., in 1856; served in Wis-
consin and Minnesota regiments in the civil war, attaining the rank
of captain; was sheriff of Dodge county two terms; resided in Dodge
Center after 1887. [49.]
Whiting, Edward F., b. near Rochester, Minn., Oct. 10, 1861; re-
moved to a farm in Custer, Lyon county, 1882; engaged in the sale of
farm implements and in undertaking business at Balaton since 1901; a
representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Whiting, Erastus D., physician, b. in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1811;
d. at Taylor's Falls, Minn., in 1880. He was graduated at Ohio Med-
ical College, Cincinnati, in 1834; settled at Taylor's Falls in 1855; was
a representative in the legislature, 1862-3. [18; 40; 41.]
Whiting, Sam, b. at Hempstead, L. I., N. Y., in 1816; d. at New Brigh-
ton, N. Y., July 30, 1882. In early life he accompanied an Arctic expe-
dition in search of Dr. Kane; later was captain of a steamer plying
between New York and Liverpool; came to Minnesota, and was editor
of the Winona Argus in 1854; was editor of the Winona Republican
in 1855, and of the Times in 1858; was captain of the steamer Marion,
which was captured by the rebels at Charleston, S. C> [28, X; 165.]
Whitlock, Friend J., lawyer, b. at Saratoga Springs, N. Y., March
10, 1820; d. in Belle Plaine, Minn., July 29, 1887. He was admitted to
the bar in 1847; came to Minnesota in 1855, settling at Belle Plaine;
was a representative in the legislature. [29*; 32; 166A*; 237 (1).]
Whitman, Allen, b. in East Bridgewater, Mass., in 1836; d. in St.
Paul, Nov. 7, 1881. He was graduated at Harvard College; settled in
Minnesota in 1872; engaged in teaching, and afterward was clerk in
the ofilce of the state public examiner. [237 (1).]
Whitman, Alvah F., physician, b. in Saratoga county, N. Y., Nov.
29, 1830; was graduated from the medical department of the Univer-
sity of Michigan, 1S65; settled in Spring Valley, Minn., in 1868. [52.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 851
Whitman, Ax son G. C, b. in Bethel, Maine, in 1851; settled at Lake
Crystal, Minn., in 186S; was editor and business manager of a news-
paper. [32.]
Whitman, Charles, b: in Tompkins county, N. Y., Dec. 20, 1838;
came to Minnesota in 1856; served in the Second Minnesota battery
in the civil war; settled on a farm in Lincoln county in 1881, and was
sheriff, 1887-96. [34.]
Whitman, George A., banker, b. in Winona county, Minn., in 1866;
became assistant cashier of the first National Bank of Tower in 1888;
later was president of the First National Bank at Eveleth and of the
State Bank at Tower. [37; 38.]
Whitman, O., teacher, b. in Buckfield, Maine, Sept. 13, 1831; was
graduated at Waterville College (now Colby University), 1862; settled
in Red Wing, Minn., in 1870, and was superintendent of the city
schools. [54.]
Whitmore, Frank C, b. in Livingston county, N. Y., in 1845; set-
tled in Montevideo, Minn., in 1872; engaged in mercantile business, and
owned a wheat elevator and a flour mill. [32; 168 (July 21, 1893*).]
Whitmore, Henry B., miller, b. in Maine, May 5, 1851; d. in Minne-
apolis, May 15, 1901. He came to Minneapolis in the early 70's; was
among the prominent flour manufacturers of that city. [168 (May 15.
1901*); 237 (14*).]
Whitmore, Henry I., pioneer, b. in Columbus, N. Y., Aug. 17, 1836;
d. in Wabasha, Minn., Nov. 14, 1905. He settled there in 1859; engaged
in mercantile business; was postmaster, 1882-6. [237 (39).]
Whitmore, J. M., b. in New York in 1852; was graduated at Lima
Seminary, 1868; came to Minnesota in 1872, settling in Montevideo;
engaged in insurance business. [32.]
Whitmore, John, b. in New Haven, Conn., in 1864; was graduated
at Yale College, 1886; was instructor in physics in the University of
Minnesota, 1887-9. [127 (2*).]
Whitney, A. A., b. in Oswego county, N. Y., Aug., 1846; served in
the 81st N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; settled in Melrose, Minn., in
1871, where he had charge of an extensive lumber business. [31.]
Whitney, Albert Gideon, b. in Brooklyn, Minn., May 14, 1860; en-
gaged in teaching, and later in real estate and insurance business at
Sauk Center, 1880-97; has since resided at St. Cloud. [24; 31.]
Whitney, Benjamin F., b. in Allegany county, N. Y., Dec. 24, 1836;
came to Princeton, Minn., in 1856; engaged in farming and hotel busi-
ness; served in the Second Minnesota Cavalry, 1862-5; afterward
owned a feed mill and a wagon shop. [31.]
Whitney, C. H., b. in Cumberland county, Maine, Jan. 16, 1836; came
to Minnesota in 1863; took a claim on the site of Marshall in 1869,
and was one of the proprietors of the town; built a hotel there in 1872.
[32.]
852 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Whitney, Chabl.es Colby, journalist, b. in Salmon Falls, N. H., March
20, 1S46; served in Massachusetts and New York regiments through-
out the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1880, settling at Marshall.
where he has since published the News-Messenger; was superintend-
ent of public printing of the state of Minnesota, 1895-1902. [24; 26*;
27*; 30; 32; 155*.]
Whitney, Frank I., b. in Calais, Me., 1850; was general passenger
and ticket agent of the St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Manitoba railway
and its successor, the Great Northern railway, 1888-1906; later the
general manager of the North British Development Co.; resides in St.
Paul. [17; 24.]
Whitney, Franklin, b. in Cumberland county, Maine, Sept. 21, 1830;
d. in Oak Grove, Anoka county, Minn., Jan. 19, 1899. He settled there
in 1856; was postmaster thirty-nine years; served two terms in the
state legislature. [43.]
Whitney, G. H., b. in Brooklyn, Minn., Nov., 1856; worked in a mill
two years, and afterward engaged with his brother in insurance busi-
ness in Sauk Center. [31.]
Whitney, George Alonzo, merchant, b. in Rindge, N. H.; served in
the Sixth N. H. Regt., 1861-2; came to Minnesota in 1878, settling in
Wadena; owned and edited the Northern Pacific Farmer, and after-
ward acquired large property interests; was a state senator in 1897.
[27; 30.]
Whitney, George S., b. in La Crosse, Wis., Dec. 9, 1858; was grad-
uated at the Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., 1879; settled at Fari-
bault, in 1885, and engaged in insurance business; was register of
deeds for Rice county, 1901-3; major of the Twelfth Minnesota Regt.
in the Spanish-American war, 1898; assistant adjutant general of Min-
nesota since 1905. [24; 30*.]
Whitney, George Washington, physician, b. in Bridgton, Maine,
April 12, 1834; d. in Chicago, May 22, 1901. He attended Dartmouth
College, and was graduated at Bowdoin medical school in 1857; was
one of the first settlers in Lyon county, Minn.; engaged in mercantile
business, and after 1870 was county superintendent of schools. [237
(14).]
Whitney, Harry Edward, educator, b. at Fort Covington, N. Y., Sept.
4, 1851; attended Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., 1866-71; was grad-
uated at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn., in 1S74; has since been in-
structor in languages at Shattuck School, and was its head master,
1902-5. [17; 24; 70A*.]
Whitney, Joel E,, photographer, b. in Maine in 1822; settled in St.
Paul in 1850. [94.]
Whitney, Joseph Clinton, b. in Springfield, Vt, April, 1818; d. in
Minneapolis, May 1, 1896. He was graduated at Oberlin College, 1845,
and Union Seminary, N. Y., 1848; the same year settled in Stillwater,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 853
Minn., where lie was pastor of the Presbyterian church; was pastor in
Minneapolis, 1853-7; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war, having the rank of captain; resided afterward in Minneapolis,
and engaged in real estate business; was a state senator in 1867. [32;
41; 58; 59; 131A; 153; 154A*; 237 (9*).]
Whitney, Wilson, Baptist clergyman, b. in Readfield, Maine; was
graduated at the University of Chicago, 1871 ; was ordained to the min-
istry the same year; was general missionary for Minnesota, 1881-4, and
was twice pastor in Mankato. [83.]
Wiiitta, Thomas, pioneer, b. in Cornwall, England, Aug. 4, 1845; d.
in Ely, Minn., Aug. 6, 1907. He came to the United States when a
young man; was employed in mining several years; was one of the
first settlers in Ely, and was judge of the municipal court there. [237
(48*).]
Whittemore, Don Juan, civil engineer, b. in Milton, Vt., Dec. 6, 1830;
was chief engineer of the Southern Minnesota railway, and afterward
of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway; had charge of the
construction of bridges over the Mississippi river at La Crosse and
Minneapolis. [1.]
Whittemore, J. G., b. in Washington county, Maine, in 1838; d. in
Glenwood, Minn., in 1882. He came to Minnesota and resided in Da-
kota county; in 1863 enlisted in a Minnesota regiment, but soon after-
ward became first lieutenant in a colored regiment; settled in Glen-
wood; was auditor of Pope county six years; was a state senator in
1873, a representative in the legislature in 1874, and later a state
senator two years. He practiced medicine for a time, but engaged
chiefly in mercantile business and banking. [30; 67.]
Whittemore, Nathaniel K., physician, b. at Temple, Maine, Jan. 1,
1848; was graduated at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, 1872, set-
tled at Elk River, Minn., the next year. [31.]
Whittemore, William K., merchant, b. in Machias, Maine, May 6,
1831; led a seafaring life, and became captain of a brig; settled in
Glenwood, Minn., in 1882, and owned a store. [67.]
Whittier, Albert, b. in Grafton, N. H., April 17, 1828; d. in Farm-
ington, Minn., Aug. 25, 1901. He came to Minneapolis in 1856; en-
gaged in cabinet making, and later owned a farm at Empire. [237
(14*).]
Whittier, Prank Albert, b. in Minneapolis, June 22, 1860; spent
his early life in farming at Empire, Dakota county; was agent for the
state prison and the state reformatory, 1895-1902; superintendent of
the state training school, Red Wing, 1902-12. [24.]
Whittlesey, Charles, geologist, b. in Southington, Conn., Oct. 4,
1808; d. in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct. 18, 1886. He was graduated at the
U. S. Military Academy, 1831; studied law, and engaged in newspaper
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work in Cleveland; was an assistant with Dr. Owen in the U. S. gov-
ernment survey of the region around lake Superior and the upper Mis-
sissippi river, 1847-51; was colonel of the 20th Ohio Regt, 1861-2; pub-
lished in 1866 his "Report of Explorations in the Mineral Regions of
Minnesota during 1848, 1859, and 1864," 54 pages. His biography and
portrait are in the American Geologist, published in Minneapolis, vol.
IV, pages 257-268, Nov., 1889. [1*; 11; 14.]
Whytock, John, judge, b. in New York in 1835; was admitted to
the bar in 1860; served in the Northern army in the civil war; set-
tled in Albert Lea, Minn., in 1876; was attorney of Freeborn county two
terms, and judge of the Tenth judicial district, 1893-8. [30; 53.]
Wichman, William, farmer, b. in Minnesota in 1860; resides at
Beaver Falls; was sheriff of Renville county ten years; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*.]
Wicker, Geoege, journalist, b. in Clark county, Wis., March 17, 1877;
came to Minnesota in 1877, and to Hayfield in 1895. In partnership
with John Johnston, he owned and published the Dodge County Tran-
script after 1899. [50*.]
Wickersham, Moses R., b. in Greensboro, Ind., Jan. 8, 1815; d. in
Mankato, Minn., Oct. 27, 1892. He settled in Mankato in 1856; opened
the first drug store, and practiced medicine. [83*.]
Wickey, J. C, b. in Germany, Nov. 21, 1833; came to the United
States in 1853, and to Minnesota in 1856; owned a farm at Cannon
Falls; was a representative in the legislature in 1878. [20*.]
Widell, Gustaf, b. in Sweden, April 28, 1862; came to Mankato,
Minn., in 1882, and was a stone cutter; has been in business of con-
tracting and quarrying since 1894. [24; 83*.]
Widsteand, Feans Herman, b. in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1824; d. in
1891. He came to the United States in 1855; settled in Minneapolis;
founded a Socialist colony in Wright county, Minn., called the Fairest
Community, which was a failure. In 1880 he removed to Litchfield
and published a newspaper named Rothuggaren. [169.]
Wiedemann, Ewald, b. in Leipsig, Saxony, in 1843; came to the
United States in 1866, and to Minnesota in 1871; settled in Clay coun-
ty ten years later, where he owns a farm of 4,400 acres. [47.]
Wieland, Ernst, b. in Germany; came to the United States in 1849;
settled in Duluth in 1878, and opened a tannery. [31.]
Wightman, J. H., merchant, b. in New York, Feb. 3, 1822; came to
Waseca county, Minn., in 1857; owned a farm, and engaged in mer-
cantile business in New Richland. [75.]
Wigley, Richard, b. in Wales, Feb. 14, 1833; d. in Mankato, Minn.,
Sept. 2, 1902. He came to the United States in 1857, and to Minnesota
the next year; settled on a farm in Judson; removed to Mankato in
1892; was a representative in the legislature in 1S85. [171*; 237
(19*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 855
Wikie, Nels E., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Dec. 8, 1842;
came to the United States in 1865; was educated at Augustana Col-
lege; was ordained to the ministry in 1869, and the same year became
pastor of the Evangelical church in Eureka, Dakota county, Minn.
[48.]
Wilberton, Lawrence G., physician, b. in Hornellsville, N. Y., April
18, 1853; was graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Philadelphia,
1880; has since practiced in Winona, Minn. [24; 77.]
Wilcox, Alfred Gould, journalist, b. in Madison, Ohio, March 31,
1841; d. at Hugo, Minn., June 6, 1900. He served in the 105th Ohio
Regt. in the civil war, becoming captain. [121; 166 (1900*).]
Wilcox, Alvin H., civil engineer, b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y„
Jan. 21, 1834; d. near Brainerd, Minn., June 29, 1908. He came to Min-
nesota in 1869; engaged in surveying in the Red River Valley; was
treasurer of Becker county six years, and auditor five years; owned
4,000 acres of land, and a large lumber mill; resided in Frazee; was
a representative in the legislature in 1901; author of "A Pioneer His-
tory of Becker County," 757 pages, 1907. [30; 35; 167 (July 3, 1908);
237 (51*).]
Wilcox, C. N., miller, b. in New York, Aug. 5, 1829; came to Minne-
sota in 1859, and owned a mill in Stanton township, Goodhue county,
after 1867. [54.]
Wilcox, Prank James, banker, b. in Taunton, Mass., Sept. 8, 1848;
came to Northfield, Minn,, in 1858; was graduated at the University
of Chicago, 1874; was treasurer of the State Agricultural Society,
1882-92 and 1898-1907; removed to Cowiche, Wash. [25; 166A*.]
Wilcox, Hamilton H., physician, b. near Jefferson, N. C, Dec. 28,
1850; was graduated at the Medical College of Ohio, 1882; came to
Minnesota in 1877, settling at first in Glenville; removed to Albert Lea
in 1883. [26*.]
Wilcox, J. W., journalist, b. in Henderson, Minn., in 1861; engaged
in newspaper work in various towns, and after 1886 was manager and
part owner of The Hub, published in Gaylord, Minn. [238 (Dec. 25,
1893*).]
Wilcox, James Franklin, Baptist clergyman, b. in Westminster, Vt,
Sept. 29, 1806; d. in 1890. He was graduated at the Theological Sem-
inary in Newton, Mass., 1836; was ordained to the ministry the next
year; settled in Northfield, Minn., in 1858. [70; 141.]
Wilcox, M. R., b. in Monroe county, N. Y., in 182j6; studied and prac-
ticed medicine in Ohio; settled in Henderson, Minn., in 1857; was clerk
of court of Sibley county twenty-three years. [32.]
Wilcox, Montreville Russell, physician, b. in Henderson, Minn.,
Jan. 7, 1869; was graduated in medicine at the University of Minne-
sota, 1897; was demonstrator of physiology there the next ten years,
856 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
and assistant professor of physiology since 1907, residing in Minne-
apolis. [127 (12*).]
Wilcox, Ozias, merchant, b. in Crown Point, N. Y., March 30, 1824;
d. in Plainview, Minn., Jan. 1, 1876. He came to Minnesota in 1856,
settling on land where part of Plainview now stands; was one of the
founders of that town, and there established a large mercantile busi-
ness. [18; 74.]
Wilcoxson, Timothy, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Stratford, Conn.,
Feb. 20, 1818; d. in Connecticut, 1884. He came to St. Paul in 1850,
and engaged in missionary work; was rector of Christ's church two*
years; settled in Hastings in 1855; held the first services for the Epis-
copal denomination in Hastings, Red Wing, Faribault, and Northfield.
[48; 152; 152A*.]
Wilde, Francis F., lawyer, b. in Vienna, Austria, in 1851; came to
the United States when a child; was admitted to the bar in 1865; has
practiced in St. Paul since 1874. [25; 93.]
Wilde, Norman, educator, b. at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y., June 12, 1867;
was graduated at Columbia University, 1889; studied in Germany, and
at Harvard University, 1891-4; professor of philosophy in the Univer-
sity of Minnesota since 1900. [7A; 17; 24; 127 (13*); 127B; 237 (53).]
Wilder, Amherst Holcomb, b. in Lewis, N. Y., July 7, 1828; d. in St.
Paul, Nov. 11, 1894. He came to Minnesota in 1859, settling in St.
Paul, where he engaged in mercantile business, and also in stage and
steamboat transportation. Later he was interested in building nu-
merous railways in Minnesota and adjoining states. By his will, and
by the later wills of his widow and daughter, Mrs. Appleby, the Am-
herst H. Wilder Charity was founded, providing a fund of about
$3,000,000, of which the income is used to aid the worthy poor of St.
Paul. [18*; 28, VIII; 68; 95*; 98*; 237 (6, 9); 238 (Nov. 12, 1894).]
Wilder, Eli Trumbull, lawyer, b. in Hartford county, Conn., Nov.
27, 1813; d. in Red Wing, Minn., June 3, 1904. He settled there in
1856. [54; 181 (Dec, 1903*); 237 (35).]
Wilder, Mrs. Fanny Spencer, philanthropist, b. in Utica, N. Y.,
Sept. 18, 1837; d. in St. Paul, April 5, 1903. She was married in 1861
to Amherst H. Wilder, and came to St. Paul; was prominent as a
social leader, and was greatly honored for her philanthropies. Her
large fortune, with that of her daughter, was chiefly devoted to the
establishment of the munificent Amherst H. Wilder Charity, yielding
a large income to be perpetually used for the worthy poor in the city
of St. Paul. [237 (28).]
Wilder, George R.» merchant, b. in New York in 1856; was gradu-
ated at the Normal School at Mankato, Minn.; resided at Amboy, Blue
Earth county; was a representative in the legislature in 1901. [30.]
Wildes, Mark L., b, in Maine in April, 1828; came to Minnesota in
1857, settling in Washington, Le Sueur county; served in the army,
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 857
1862-3; was superintendent of schools in Le Sueur county; engaged in
farming in Blue Earth county after 1880. [32; 241.]
Wildt, P. W., b. in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1843; d. there in Sep-
tember, 1904. He came to the United States in 1869; settled in Wa-
seca, Minn., in 1874; was employed by the State Dairy and Food Com-
mission, 1891-5; was assistant secretary of state in 1895; returned to
Denmark in 1899. [30; 169; 237 (35*).]
Wiley, John A., railroad conductor, b. in Morrisburg, Canada, Aug.
26, 1854; d. in Tracy, Minn., Dec, 1900. He engaged in railroad work
from the age of fifteen until one year before his death. [237 (14).]
Wiley, Robert C, carpenter, b. in New York, July 12, 1827; came to
Minnesota in 1853; founded the town of Excelsior, Hennepin county;
after 1870 resided in St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature
in 1878-9. [30; 68; 94.]
Wilkes, Mrs. Eliza Tupper, Unitarian pastor, b. in Houlton, Maine,
Oct. 8, 1844; was graduated at Central University, Iowa, in 1866; mar-
ried William A. Wilkes in 1869; was pastor at Rochester and Luverne,
Minn., and later in Los Angeles, Cal. [17.]
Wilkes, Louis Deane, b. in 1852; d. in St. Paul, May 10, 1909. He
settled in St. Paul in 1884, as manager of the Equitable Life Insur-
ance Company. [237 (56*).]
Wilkin, Alexander, territorial secretary, b. in Orange county, N.
Y., Dec, 1820; was killed in the battle of Tupelo, Miss., July 14, 1864.
He studied law and was admitted to the bar; enlisted in the army at
the beginning of the Mexican war, and was commissioned captain;
settled in St. Paul in 1849; was secretary of the territory, 1851-3; en-
listed in the First Minnesota Regt. in 1861, and afterward served in
the Second and Ninth Minnesota regiments, being colonel of the lat-
ter. Wilkin county was named in his honor. [28, IV*; 41; 69; 93*;
94; 98*; 115; 237 (65).]
Wilkin, Mrs. Matilda Jane Campbell, educator, b. in Washington
county, Maine, Jan. 27, 1846; was graduated at the Massachusetts
Normal School; settled in Minneapolis in 1870; taught in the city
schools three years; was graduated at the University of Minnesota.
1877; was instructor there in German and English, 1877-92, and assist-
ant professor of German since 1892. She married G. F. Wilkin in
1882. [127 (2*); 127B.]
Wilkin, Westcott, judge, b. in Goshen, N. Y., Jan. 4, 1824; d. in St.
Paul, May 12, 1894. He was graduated at Princeton College, 1843;
studied at Yale Law School, and was admitted to the bar in 1846; set
tied in St. Paul in 1856; was judge in the Second judicial district,
1865-91. [28, VIII; 30; 41; 93*; 94; 98*; 121; 124*; 237 (9*).]
Wilkins, Peter, merchant, b. in Germany in 1819; came to the
United States in 1837; settled in New Auburn, Sibley county, Minn.;
was a representative in the legislature in 1859-60. [32.]
858 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Wilkins, W. W., farmer, b. in Fairfax, Vt, Aug. 25, 1833; settled in
Medford, Steele county, Minn., in 1854; served against the Sioux in
1862; was a representative in the legislature in 1872-3, and a state
senator, 1879. [30; 72*.]
Wilkinson, Albert, merchant, b. in Dubuque, Iowa, Dec. 15, 1853;
settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1875; with the firm of Griggs, Cooper
and Co., of St. Paul, since 1883; removed to Newport, and later to Si.
Paul. [25; 40.]
Wilkinson, George, b, in England in 1818; d. in Red Wing, Minn.,
March 21, 1896. He came to the United States in 1851, and to Minne-
sota two years later; settled in Red Wing in 1855; was a building
contractor and farmer, and later engaged in real estate business.
[54; 167 (March 27, 1896).]
Wilkinson, John, merchant, b. in Liverpool, Eng., in 1843; d. in St.
Paul, Jan. 18, 1907. He came to the United States when nine years
old; was educated at Red Wing, Minn.; removed to St. Paul in 1882,
and engaged in wholesale dry goods business. [25; 93A*; 237 (43).]
Wilkinson, John, farmer, b. in Wisconsin in 1846; came to Minne-
sota in 1866; resided near Alma City; was a representative in the leg-
islature, 1897-9. [30.]
Wilkinson,' Melville Cary, soldier, b. in New York, Nov. 14, 1835;
d. at Leech Lake, Minn., Oct. 5, 1898. He served as a volunteer in the
civil war, and in 1866 entered the regular army; attained the rank
of major; was killed in a skirmish with the Pillager Indians. [7;
121.]
Wilkinson, Morton Smith, U. S. senator, b. in Skaneateles, N, Y.,
Jan. 22, 1819; d. at Wells, Minn., Feb. 4, 1894. He was admitted to
the bar in New York state; came to Stillwater, Minn., in 1847, being
the first practicing attorney in Minnesota; removed to St. Paul in
1849, and practiced there until 1857, when he removed to Mankato;
was United States senator, 1859-65, a representative in Congress, 1869-
71, and a state senator, 1874-7. [10; 18; 27*; 28, VIII, IX; 29; 30;
41; 51; 69; 83*; 114*; 131; 237 (3).]
Wilkinson, Volnet S., b. in Ohio in 1835; served in the Ninth Illi-
nois Cavalry in the civil war; settled in Duluth in 1869, and engaged
in mercantile business. [31.]
Willard, Charles Andrew, judge, b. in St. Johnsbury, Vt., May 21,
1857; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1877, and in law at the
Boston University, 1879; came to Minnesota in 1882; was associate
justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, 1901-9; has
been U. S. judge for the District of Minnesota since 1909; resides in
Minneapolis. [17; 237 (53*).]
Willard, Daniel Everett, b. in Nile, N. Y., Aug. 22, 1862; was grad-
uated at Alfred College, 1888; was professor of natural sciences in the
North Dakota Normal School, Mayville, N. D., 1895-1903, and of
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES.
859
geology in the State Agricultural College, Fargo, N. D., 1903-10;
geologist of the Northern Pacific Railway Co., residing in St. Paul,
Minn., since 1910; author of "The Story of the Prairies or the Land-
scape Geology of North Dakota," 256 pages, 1902. [7A.]
Willard, Henry, Congregational clergyman, b. in Troy, N. Y., Sept.
11, 1830; d. in Chicago, 111., June, 1904. He was graduated at Dart-
mouth College, 1851, and Andover Theological Seminary, 1858; came
to Minnesota the next year; was pastor at Zumbrota, Plainview, and
Mantorville; later removed to Chicago. [49; 241.]
Willard, John A., b. in Trenton, N. Y., Nov. 9, 1833; d. in Mankato,
Minn., Dec. 15, 1897. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling in Man-
kato, where he at first practiced law, but afterward engaged in rail-
road construction, the manufacture of linseed oil, and other business
enterprises; was for twenty years president of the First National
Bank of Mankato. [21*; 23; 83*; 95*; 238 (Dec. 16, 1897).]
Willard, Myron G., b. in Oneida county, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1842; was
graduated at Hamilton College, 1868; was admitted to the bar the
same year, and settled in Mankato, Minn.; practiced law until 1885,
and later engaged in manufacturing, real estate business, and insur-
ance. [25; 32; 46; 83*.]
Willard, Swante J., b. in Sweden, July 10, 1828; d. March 18, 1903.
He came to the United States in 1853, settling in Vasa, Minn.; was
auditor of Goodhue county twenty-four years; resided in Red Wing
during his later years. [54; 56*; 169; 237 (28).]
Willcuts, Levi Monroe, b. in Fountain City, Ind., Nov. 10, 1861; set-
tled in Duluth in 1886, and engaged in real estate business; collector
of customs of the port of Duluth since 1897. [23*; 24; 25.]
Willey, Samuel, physician, b. in Boston, Mass.; d. in Bayfield, Wis.,
Nov. 21, 1872. He was graduated at Cleveland Medical College in
1849; settled in St. Paul in 1852. [93; 139; 237 (1); 238 (Nov. 23,
1872).]
Willford, Joseph Lewis, b. in Green county, Wis., July 10, 1849;
came to Duluth in 1870, and the next year settled in Minneapolis;
engaged in the manufacture of flour-mill machinery and supplies. [25;
85A*; 168 (Feb. 20, 1901*).]
Williams, A. D., physician and Baptist clergyman, b. in Benning-
ton, Vt., in 1826; was graduated at Rochester University, 1855, and
Rochester Theological Seminary, 1857; came to Minnesota in 1866,
and engaged in home missionary work at Faribault; resided in Brook-
lyn, Hennepin county, after 1870; was pastor there two years, and
later practiced medicine. [58.]
Williams, C. H., painter, b. in New York city in 1834; settled in St.
Paul in 1853; was chief of the fire department, 1856-9 and 1863-4. [94.]
Williams, Charles D., physician, b. in Newark Valley, N. Y., May
12, 1812; d. in St. Paul, May 7, 1882. He was graduated from college
860 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
at Fairfax Court House, Va.; commenced the practice of medicine in
1833; settled in St. Paul about 1862. [237 (1).]
Williams, Clara, singer, b. in Wales; came with her parents to the
United States when a year old; lived in Kansas, Wisconsin, and Min-
nesota; studied music in Minneapolis, and was well known as a choir
singer. In 1893 she was engaged to sing at the World's Fair, Chicago,
and went from there to London to continue her musical education,
[171*.]
Williams, Cornelius, physician, b. in Kentucky in 1863; came to
Minnesota in 1864; settled in St. Paul; was a representative in the
legislature in 1893. [30.]
Williams, Daniel, clergyman, b. in Green Lake county, Wis., Dec.
11, 1851; came with his parents to Fillmore county, Minn., in 1866;
was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1878, and at Princeton
Theological Seminary, 1881; was a home missionary for the Presby-
terian church in Dakota and Iowa. [171*.]
Williams, David, miller, b. in Chester, Eng., in 1830; came to the
United States, and settled in Minneapolis in 1875; was head miller in
the Northwestern mill after 1880. [168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
Williams, E. D., b. in Tomlinson, Maine, in 1808,; d. in Winona,
Minn., Nov. 30, 1872. He settled there in 1856; conducted a hotel, and
was president of the Winona Gas company. [78.]
Williams, Ebenezer B., b. in Turin, N. Y., March 6, 1847; came to
Mower county, Minn., and settled on a farm near Lansing; was state
dairy and food inspector after 1891. [79*.]
Williams, Griffith, b. in Wales, Nov. 23, 1822; came to the United
States in 1848; settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1865; was a building
contractor and owned a farm. [171*.]
Williams, Henry H., b. in Roxbury, Mass., Aug. 9, 1806; d. in Waldo,
Florida, Aug. 9, 1893. He came to Minnesota in 1855; resided in Sha-
kopee, and after 1870 in Mankato; was proprietor of a hotel; removed
to Florida in 1878. [83*.]
Williams, Henry L., lawyer, b. in Farmington, Maine, in 1837; d. in
Los Angeles, Cal., June 7, 1904. He came to St. Paul in 1854; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1862; removed to California about 1894. [28, X;
98*; 237 (35).]
Williams, Henry h.t lawyer, b. in Boston, Mass., in 1857; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1878; came to Minnesota in 1884, and resided in
St. Paul; was a representative in the legislature in 1889. [30; 93;
9S*.]
Williams, Henry Lane, b. in Hartford, Conn., July 26, 1869; was
graduated at Yale University, 1891; director of athletics in the Uni-
versity of Minnesota since 1900, and instructor in its medical depart-
ment since 1902. [85A*; 127B.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 861
Williams, J. B., merchant, b. in Jefferson county, Pa., April 22, 1833;
came to Houston county, Minn., in 1852, and three years later opened
a store in Sheldon. [61.]
Williams, J. B., M. E. clergyman, b. in Bethel, Conn., Dec. 27, 1833;
d in Wasioja, Minn., April 3, 1871. He came to .Minnesota in 1867,
and was a preacher on the Hader circuit, and later in Wasioja. [150.]
Williams, J. P., lawyer, b. in Maine; d. at Fergus Falls, Minn., Aug.
5, 1899. He settled there in 1870; was judge of probate, county attor-
ney, and for four years was state railway commissioner. [238 (Aug.
6, 1899).]
Williams, J. W., b. in Dodge county, Wis., May 26, 1848; came to
Minnesota in 1872, and the next year settled in Marshall; engaged in
hardware business; was a representative in the legislature in 1878,
and was also county treasurer, and clerk of the district court. "[30;
32.] .
Williams, John, b. on Prince Edward Island, Dec. 18, 1853; settled
in Willmar, Minn., in 1879; engaged in carpenter work, 1879-85; in
milling, 1885-94; in mercantile business, 1894-96; and was president of
a telephone company after 1897. [35; 63*.]
Williams, John Fletcher, librarian, b. in Cincinnati, Ohio, Sept. 25,
1834; d. in Rochester, Minn., April 28, 1895. He was graduated at the
Ohio Wesleyan University, 1852; came to St. Paul three years later;
during the next fourteen years engaged in newspaper work, being
connected with the various papers published in St. Paul; was secre-
tary and librarian of the Minnesota Historical Society twenty-six
years, 1867-93; author of many papers in this Society's Historical Col-
lections, and of its Volume IV, "History of the City of St. Paul and
County of Ramsey," 475 pages, 1876. He was a prominent Odd Fel-
low, and during twenty years was Grand Scribe of the Grand Lodge in
Minnesota. [3*; 18; 20; 28, VIII*, X; 41; 93; 94; 98*; 124; 171*;
237 (9*).]
Williams, John J., b. in 1832; d. in St. Paul, April 10, 1901. He
settled in St. Paul in 1855; was city clerk two terms. [237 (14).]
Williams, John P., lawyer, b. in New Portland, Me., June 21, 1846;
studied law at the University of Michigan; settled in Fergus Falls,
Minn., in 1872; was county attorney after 1874. [30.]
Williams, John T., b. at Bryn Mawr, Wales, May- 12, 1828; d. in
Mankato, Minn., May 20, 1898. He came to the United States in 1848,
and to Minnesota in 1854; settled in South Bend, Blue Earth county,
and engaged in real estate business; was clerk of the district court
in 1857, and county treasurer in 1861; resided in Mankato after 1858;
was sergeant-at-arms of the state senate, 1870-1; was appointed U. S.
consul to St. Helen's, England, in 1878. [83*; 171*.]
Williams, Joshua, hardware merchant, b. near Newville, Pa., April
5, 1843; d. in Minneapolis, Aug. 4, 1896. He resided in Minneapolis
more than thirty years. [154 A*; 178 (Oct. 29, 1896).]
862 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Williams, Martin, journalist, b. in Ohio in 1823; d. in Minneapolis,
Dec. 10, 1891. He came to Minnesota in 1853; engaged in newspaper
work, chiefly in St. Paul and Minneapolis; was quartermaster in the
army; was associated with T. S. King in the Minneapolis department
of the Pioneer Press, 1880. [28, X; 58.]
Williams, Milton M., b. in Litchfield, Mich., Oct. 1, 1848; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1857; resides in Little Falls, where he was
president of the Little Falls Water Power Co., 1887-1903, [24; 27; 237
(63*).]
Williams, Nelson, b. in Canada, April 25, 1825; d. in Minneapolis,
Dec. 30, 1899. He settled in Minneapolis in 1870; engaged in- real
estate business, and was vice-president of the Germania Bank. [60*;
238 (Dec. 31, 1899).]
Williams, Samuel B., b. in Massachusetts, June 26, 1822;/ d. in Owa-
tonna, Minn., Dec. 8, 1901. He came to Steele county, Minn., in 1860;
settled in Waseca in 1867, and engaged in buying wheat; was a state
senator in 1879; later removed to a farm in Meriden, Steele county.
[30; 237 (19).]
Williams, Stephen B., b. in Attleboro, Mass., Dec. 20, 1837; d. in
Minneapolis in 1894. He was educated at Providence, R. L; settled
in Minneapolis in 1880; was assistant pastor of the Westminster Pres-
byterian church after 1887. [178 (Jan. 10, 1895).]
Williams, Thomas Hale, librarian, d. in Minneapolis, March 9, 1901,
He was the founder of the Athenaeum Library in Minneapolis in 1859,
which finally became a part of the Minneapolis Public Library; served
twenty years as librarian, treasurer, and director, without compen-
sation. He called a meeting of librarians in Philadelphia in 1876, at
which the American Library Association was formed. [237 (14*).]
Williams, Ulysses Geant, physician, b. in Chicago, III, March 24,
1864; came to Minneapolis in 1883; was graduated from the medical
department of the University of Minnesota, 1889; practiced in Min-
neapolis. [85A; 171.]
Williams, W. H., printer, b. in Lexington, Ky., Nov. 2, 1858; came
to Minnesota in 1884, settling in Minneapolis; was state commissioner
of labor, 1905-9. [30.]
Williams, Watson W., journalist, b. in Blairsville, Pa., Dec. 1, 1840;
d. in Minneapolis, July 27, 1904. He came to Minnesota in 1864; en-
gaged in newspaper publication in various towns, and in 1878 pur-
chased the Freeborn County Standard, in Albert Lea. [53; 237 (35).]
Williams, William, Baptist clergyman, b. in Wales, Jan. 4, 1800;
d. in Harrisburg, Pa., in 1888. He came to the United States when
twenty-two years old; was ordained to the ministry in 1835; settled
on a farm in Judson, Minn., in 1855; organized a Baptist church there
in 1858; resided in Pennsylvania after 1866. [171*.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 863
Williams, William Herbert, lawyer, b. in South Bend, Minn., June
17, 1857; was admitted to the bar in 1885; has since practiced in St.
Paul. [25; 171*.]
Williamson, Alqnzo Potter, b. in Philadelphia, Pa., April 28, 1854;
was graduated there at the Hahnemann Medical College, 1876; was
superintendent of the State Hospital, Fergus Falls, Minn., 1890-2; prac-
ticed in Minneapolis, 1892-1904; was professor and dean of the college
of homeopathic medicine, University of Minnesota, 1894-1904; has
since been medical superintendent of the Southern California State
Hospital, Patton, Cal. [127B.]
Williamson, James Franklin, lawyer, b. in Osborn, Ohio, Jan. 9,
1853; was graduated at Princeton University, 1877; came to Minne-
sota in 1881, settling at Minneapolis; has since practiced law there,
making a specialty of the laws of patents and trade marks. [24;
85A*; 137*.]
Williamson, John Poage, Presbyterian clergyman, b. at Lac qui
Parle, Minn., Oct. 27, 1835; was graduated at Marietta College, 1857,
and Lane Theological Seminary, 1860; has since been a missionary to
the Dakotas or Sioux in South Dakota and Nebraska; resides in Green-
wood, S. D.; author of books in the Dakota language, and of an Eng-
lish-Dakota Dictionary, 264 pages, 1902. [17.]
Williamson, S. C, b. in Malone, N. Y.; came to Steele county, Minn.,
about 1855, settling in Clinton Falls township; later removed to Owa-
tonna; was sheriff of Steele county, 1860-2; a few years afterward re-
turned to New York. [72.]
Williamson, Thomas Smith, Presbyterian missionary, b. in Union
District, S. C, March, 1800; d. at St. Peter, Minn., June 24, 1879. He
was graduated at Jefferson College, Pa., 1820, and at Yale Medical
College, 1824; practiced medicine nine years; studied at Lane Theo-
logical Seminary; was ordained by the Presbytery of Chillicothe, 1834;
came to Minnesota, as a missionary to the Sioux, in 1835; assisted in
organizing the first church in Minnesota, May, 1835, at Fort Snelling;
established mission stations at Lac qui Parle, at Little Crow's village
near St. Paul, and at Yellow Medicine. After the mission property
was destroyed in the Sioux outbreak of 1862, he resided at St. Peter.
He translated the Bible into the Sioux language; author of numerous
papers in the Minn. Historical Society Collections. [28, III, VI; 85*;
107; 113; 154A*; 237 (1).]
Willim, William, b. in Woolhope, Eng., June 26, 1821; d. in Still-
water, Minn., Feb., 1895. He came to the United States in 1838, and
soon afterward settled in Stillwater; built the first lime kiln in Min-
nesota, 1847; afterward was a contractor for brick, stone, and plaster-
ing. [41; 237 (9).]
Willis, Charles F., engineer, b. in Hartford, Conn., July 10, 1852;
settled in Fergus Falls, Minn., in 1883, and was chief engineer for
the city water works. [35.]
864 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Willis, Charles L., lawyer, b. in Erie, Pa., Aug. 18, 1819; d. in St
Paul, June 29, 1898. He was graduated at the Harvard Law School,
1847; came to Minnesota in 1850, settling in St. Paul, where he prac-
ticed law and had real estate interests. [28, IX; 94.]
Willis, Grove W., lawyer, b. in 1811; d. in Winona, Minn., Aug. 22,
1897. He was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in 1848; settled in
Winona in 1853; removed to Chatfield the next year, where he was
clerk of court five years; returned to Winona in 1873. [78.]
Willis, Henry B., b. in Milan, Ind., Feb. 5, 1851; came with his par-
ents to Minnesota in 1867; engaged in life insurance business; after
1891 resided in Minneapolis, and became vice president of the National
Mutual Life Association. [26*.]
Willis, John Willey, judge, b. in St. Paul, July 12, 1854, and resided
there; was graduated at Dartmouth College, 1877; was admitted to the
bar in Minnesota in 1879; was judge in the Second judicial district,
1893-9. [24; 25; 26*; 68; 93; 93A; 94; 98*; 100*; 127A*, B; 137; 238
(Nov. 9, 1899).]
Williston, William Chapman, judge, b. in Cheraw, S. C, June 22,
1830; d. at Goodhue, Minn., June 22, 1909. He was admitted to the
bar in 1854; settled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1857; served in the Sev-
enth Minnesota Regt. during two years of the civil war, enlisting as
a private and rising to the rank of captain; was a representative in
the legislature, 1873-4, and a state senator, 1876-7; was judge in the
First judicial district, 1891-1909. [23*; 25; 30; 54; 115; 137; 237 (34,
56*).]
Willius, Ferdinand, retired banker, b. in Bremen, Germany, Feb. 16,
1830; came to the United States in 1853, and settled at St. Paul in
1855; opened a bank in 1856; was president of the German-American
bank, 1873-83; was an organizer of the State Savings Bank in 1890,
[24; 94; 95*.]
Willius, Gustav, retired banker, b. in Bremen, Germany, Nov. 25,
1831; came to the United States in 1856, and to St. Paul the same
year; engaged in banking; was president of the National German-
American bank, 1884-89. [24; 93*; 94.]
Willman, Cornelius, R. C. priest, b. in Bavaria, Oct. 11, 1828; came
to the United States in 1852; was ordained in St. Paul in 1856; settled
in Hastings in 1880. [48.]
WiLLouciiiBY, Amherst, pioneer, b. in Rutland, Vt, in 1815; d. in St.
Paul, Dec. 6, 1S77. He settled in St. Paul in 1849; established the first
stage line in Minnesota; later owned a farm in Dakota county. [238
(Dec. 7, 1877).]
Willrich, Gebhard, lawyer, b. in Gilten, Hanover, Germany, May 27,
1853; came to the United States about 1869, and settled in St. Paul in
1882; was a representative in the legislature in 1889; judge of probate
for Ramsey county, 1895-8. [27*; 30; 93; 95*.]
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Wills, Henry, pioneer farmer, b. in Illinois in 1829; was one of the
first settlers in Franconia, Chisago county, Minn.; removed to Osceola,
Wis., in 1886. [41.]
Wills, J. C, b. in Chicago, 111., Oct. 3, 1852; came to Mankato, Minn.,
when fourteen years old; was teller of the First National Bank there
after 1870; later engaged in mercantile business in McPherson. [32.]
Willsey, William H., miller, b. in Schoharie county, N. Y., in 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1851; settled in Owatonna in 1857; was sheriff
of Steele county, 1858-60; later engaged in mercantile business and
milling, and was vice-president of the Farmers' National Bank. [72.]
Willsie, M. J., b. in Clinton county, N. Y., July 24, 1842; came to
Fillmore county, Minn., in 1856; served in the 139th Illinois Regt. in
the civil war; owned a farm in Canton; was engrossing clerk of the
Minnesota House of Representatives in 1881. [52.]
Willson, Chakles Cudworth, lawyer, b. in Mansfield, N. Y., Oct. 27,
1829; was admitted to the bar in 1851; first came to Minnesota in
1856; settled at Rochester in 1858, where he has since practiced law,
and has also engaged in farming; was reporter of the Minnesota Su-
preme Court, 1892-5, editing volumes 48-59 of its Reports. [18; 23*;
24; 66A; 241.]
Willson, E. D., b. in Louisville, N. Y., Nov. 7, 1842; came with his
father to Minnesota; engaged in farming; settled at Minnesota Lake,
Faribault county, and dealt in flour, grain, and farm machinery. [39.]
Willson, Mark, banker, b. in Ontario, Canada, Feb. 27, 1820; came
to Minnesota in 1853, and settled in Winona three years later; engaged
in mercantile business and banking, and was president of the Mer-
chants' Bank of Winona. [76; 77.]
Willson, Samuel, merchant, b. in Norwich, Vt, Sept. 19, 1820; set
tied in Mantorville, Minn., in 1857. [49.]
Wilson, Alexander, tinsmith, b. in Shippensburg, Pa., Sept. 6, 1813;
d. in St. Paul, Nov., 1887. He settled in St. Paul in 1855; was a prom-
inent Odd Fellow. [237 (1); 238 (Nov. 29, 1887).]
Wilson, Alpheus A., b. in Guilford county, N. C, Nov. 17, 1841;
served in the 36th Indiana Regt., 1861-4; came to Minnesota in 1865;
settled in Redwood Falls two years later; was county treasurer, 1880-
86. [32.]
Wilson, C. M„ b. in Ohio in 1842; came with his parents to St. Paul
in 1851, and resided there; served in the army, 1861-5, attaining the
rank of major; engaged in real estate business, and later in railroad
and harbor construction. [94.]
Wilson, Crawford W., pioneer, b. in Wayne county, Ohio, July 27,
1835; was the first settler in Elmore, Faribault county, Minn., 1855;
removed to Iowa in 1872. [51.]
Wilson, E. S., clergyman, b. in Ohio, in 1834; was a Presbyterian
minister many years, but afterward joined the Episcopal church; be-
came a professor in Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, Minn. [70.]
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866 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Wilson, Edgar O., b. in Kasson, Minn., Sept. 8, 1875, and resides
there; was county superintendent of schools, 1901-6. [50*.]
Wilson, Edward, b. near Bergen, Norway, Oct. 30, 1846; came with
his parents to the United States when eleven years old, and to Min-
nesota in 1859; was graduated at the Winona Normal School, 1871;
engaged in mercantile business in Kasson. [49.]
Wilson, Eugene McLanahan, congressman, b. in Morgantown, Va.
[later W. Va.], Dec. 25, 1833; d. in Nassau, Bahama Islands, April 10,
1890. He was graduated at Jefferson college, Canonsburg, Pa., in 1852;
was admitted to the bar in 1855; came to Winona, Minn., in 1856, and
the next year settled in Minneapolis; served as captain in the First
Minnesota Mounted Rangers, 1862-3; was a representative in Con-
gress, 1869-71, and a state senator in 1879. |?7; 10; 18; 29; 30; 41
84*; 90; 114; 115; 121; 174*.]
Wilson, Feank M., lawyer, b. in New Albany, Ind., March 30, 1845
came to Minnesota in 1858, with his parents, who settled at Red Wing
was admitted to the bar in 1868; was a representative in the legisla-
ture in 1893; has been city attorney of Red Wing since 1888. [24
30; 54; 56.]
Wilson, Feank T., judge, b. in Sinclairville, N. Y., Sept. 6, 1856
was graduated at Cornell University, 1881; settled in Stillwater, Minn,
1883, where he was superintendent of the city schools, and has prac«
ticed law since 1893; was judge of probate of Washington county, 1897-
1907. [24; 25; 104*.]
Wilson, Geoege, pioneer, b. in Canada in 1842; d. in Detroit, Minn.,
Dec. 6, 1895. He served in New York and Indiana regiments in the
civil war; owned and conducted a hotel in Detroit after 1872. [44.]
Wilson, Geoege Potteb, attorney general, b. in Lewisburg, Pa., Jan.
19, 1840; came to Minnesota in 1860, and commenced the practice of
law at Winona in 1862; was a representative in the legislature, 1873;
attorney general of the state, 1874-80; removed to Minneapolis in 1887;
has been a state senator since 1899. [23; 24; 25; 30*; 85A*; 137*.]
Wilson, Geoege S., contractor b. in Vermont in 1852; came to Min-
nesota in 1859; resided in Richfield, Hennepin county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature in 1893. [30.]
Wilson, Geoege W., lawyer, b. in Newport, Ohio, Oct. 2, 1844; was
admitted to the bar in 1870; came to Minnesota ten years later; set-
tled in Worthington; was attorney of Nobles county two terms, and a
representative in the legislature in 1903. [30; 34.]
Wilson, Halsey W., publisher, b. in Wilmington, Vt, May 12, 1868;
settled in Minneapolis, and established a large book publishing busi-
ness, closely related with the State University. [127A*.]
Wilson, Habey W., journalist, b. in Sparta, Wis., in 1876; came to
Olivia, Minn., in 1899, where he purchased and afterward published
tho Olivia Times. [38.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 867
Wilson, Harvey, pioneer, b. in Corinth, N. Y., Dec, 1815; d. in Still-
water, Minn., Nov. 3, 1876. He settled in Stillwater in 1847; was a
civil engineer; was clerk of the district court from 184S to the time of
his death. [40; 41.]
Wilson, Herbert Couper, educator, b. in Lewiston, Minn., Oct. 24,
1858; was graduated at Carleton College, Northfield, 1879; has taught
in Carleton College since 1887, being assistant professor of astronomy,
1887-1900, and later associate professor of mathematics and astronomy
till 1909 and professor and director of the observatory since 1909; as-
sociate editor of "Popular Astronomy" since 1894. [7A; 17; 24; 128
(1).}
Wilson, Hill H., farmer, b. in Ireland, Nov. 1, 1840; came to the
United States in 1854; served in the 16th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war;
settled in Minnesota in 1874; resided at Alexandria; was a represent-
ative in the legislature, 1887-9. [30.]
Wilson, Horace B., b. in Bingham, Maine, March 30, 1821; d. in Red
Wing, Minn., Jan. 31, 1908. He was graduated at Maine Wesleyan Col-
lege, 1840; settled in Red Wing, Minn., in 1858, as professor of math-
ematics and civil engineering in Hamline University; served in the
Sixth Minnesota Regt. 1862-5, helping to suppress the Indian outbreak,
and later in the South, being captain of his company; was state super-
intendent of public instruction, 1870-5; a representative in the legis-
lature in 1877, and a state senator in 1879-81. [23*; 28, XII; 30; 41;
54; 56; 115; 130; 237 (48).]
Wilson, Hudson, banker, b. in Concord, Ohio, Nov. 10, 1830; d. in
Faribault, Minn., July. 26, 1903. He came to Faribault in 1857, and
engaged in banking. On the organization of the Citizens' National
Bank, in 1871, he became its president. He was a representative in
the legislature in 1889. [18; 23*; 30; 237 (28*).]
Wilson, Hugh Patterson, lawyer, b. in Crawford county, Pa., Dec. 3,
1819; d. in Bathgate, N. D., Jan. 2, 1908. He came to Minnesota in
1854; bought and platted an addition to Plainview in 1857; was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1866; removed to Dakota in 1881. [74; 237 (48).]
.Wilson, James, b. in Scotland in 1810; d. in Shakopee, Minn., Oct.
22, 1903. He served in the Mexican and civil wars; settled on a farm
at Prior Lake, Minn., and later was station agent there for the Omaha
railway; resided in Shakopee after 1889. [237 (28).]
Wilson, James K., b. in Newark, Ohio, in 1838; came with his father
to St. Paul in 1851; served in the First cavalry in the Indian war,
and was a U. S. scout; attained the rank of major; was called "Jack,
the Scout." Afterward he resided in Minneapolis. [94.]
Wilson, John D., b. in Pennsylvania, Dec. 5, 1835; d. in St. Paul in
1876. He came there in 1855, and was employed in the postoffice until
1860; served in the Second Minnesota Regt. in the civil war. [237
(1); 238 (March 2, 1876).]
868 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL. SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Wilson, John L., b. at Columbia Falls, Maine, Feb. 24, 1820; d. at
St. Cloud, Minn., Jan. 3, 1910. He came to Minnesota in 1851, and" was
one of the first residents of the town of St. Cloud, 1854; was a rep-
resentative in the territorial legislature in 1856-7, and in the state
legislature in 1870. [29; 31; 41; 237 (15*, 56*).]
Wilson, Joseph P., pioneer, b. in Columbia Falls, Maine, March 16,
1823; d. in St. Cloud, Minn., Feb. 18, 1900. He served in the army
during the Mexican war; settled in Minneapolis, and at first engaged
in mercantile business; was a member of the territorial legislature,
1856, of the constitutional convention, 1857, and of the state senate,
1864-5; was one of the original townsite proprietors of Northeast Min-
neapolis, St. Anthony Park, St. Cloud, and Alexandria. 122*; 29; 58;
237 (11).]
Wilson, Louis Blanchakd, b. in Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 22, 1866; was
teacher of biology in the Central High School, St. Paul, Minn., 1888-
96; was graduated in medicine at the University of Minnesota, 1896;
was senior demonstrator in pathology there, 1897-1904, and an assistant
professor since 1904; pathologist and director of the laboratories of
St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, Minn., residing there, since 1905. [7A;
127B.]
Wilson, Olivee C, b. in Washington county, Wis., May 19, 1849;
has owned a farm in Hazel Run, Yellow Medicine county, Minn., since
1872; was a representative in the legislature in 1891; president of the
Norwegian Mutual Fire Insurance Co. since 1895; postal address, Gran-
ite Falls. [24; 169.]
Wilson, Samuel Bailey, lawyer, b. at Price's Branch, Mo,, May 12,
1873; came to Minnesota in 1891; was graduated at the State Normal
School in Mankato, 1893, and in law at the University of Minnesota,
1896; has since practiced in Mankato. [24; 25; 26*.]
Wilson, Sidney B., b. in Steuben, Maine, June 2, 1855; came with
his parents to Minneapolis when two years old; joined the fire de-
partment in 1877; later engaged in grocery business, but was again a
fireman after 1885, and was made a captain in 1889. [88*.]
Wilson, Thomas, jurist and congressman, b. in Tyrone county, Ire-
land, May 16, 1827; d. in St. Paul, April 3, 1910. He came to the United
States when twelve years old, and was graduated at Alleghany college
in 1852; was admitted to the bar at Meadville, Pa., 1855; came to Min-
nesota the same year, settling at Winona; was a member of the con-
stitutional convention, 1857; was judge of the Third judicial district,-
1858-64; was associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme court in 1864,
and its chief justice, 1865-69; was a representative in the legislature,
1881; a state senator, 1883-5; and a representative in Congress, 1887-9;
removed to St. Paul in 1892, and until his death was general counsel
of the C, St. P., M. and Omaha Ry, Co. [1; 3; 10; 17; 23*; 24; 41;
78; 95*; 127B; 136; 168 (April, 1892*); 238 (Nov. 9,1899).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 869
Wilson,v Thomas Perry, b. in Connecticut in 1842; came to St. Paul
in 1856; served in the Fourth Minnesota and other regiments, attain-
ing the rank of major; opened a plumbing establishment in St. Paul;
was quartermaster general of Minnesota several years. [94; 95*.]
Wilson, Thomas W., b. in Virginia in 1803; d. in 1878. He was
active in drilling men for the Mexican war in Ohio, and was called
general; settled in St. Paul in 1851; engaged in real estate business.
[94.]
Wilson, Thomas Weems, banker, b. in Sinking Valley, Pa., Dec. 1,
1839; was graduated at the commercial college at Pittsburg, and soon
became cashier of the First National Bank at Sparta, Wis. In 1866
he came to Minnesota, and with Erastus Byers organized the Bank of
Minneapolis, of which he was afterward the president. He resided in
Minneapolis, and laid out several additions to the city. [19*.]
Wilson, Wilford L., b. in Cazenovia, N. Y., Feb. 14, 1815; d. in St.
Paul, Aug. 26, 1901. He was graduated at Yale college, 1842; became
an anti-slavery lecturer; settled on a farm near St. Paul in 1856; was
private secretary to Governor Davis, and afterward was appraiser of
customs, 1876-93; was noted for his many philanthropies. [68; 93*;
94; 166A*; 174*; 237 (14*).]
Wilson, William H., miller, b. in Ogdensburg, N. Y., in 1848; came
to Minnesota in 1870; was a merchant in Windom six years; removed
to Luverne, and was proprietor of the Roller Flouring Mills. [34.]
Wiltsie, M. J., b. in Canada, July 24, 1842; came to Minnesota in
1856; served in the 139th Illinois Regt. in the civil war; settled in
Lenora, Fillmore county, and engaged in farming; was assistant clerk
in the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Wimmer, Simplicius, R. C. priest, b. in Upper Bavaria, Dec. 10, 1844;
d. in Collegeville, Minn,, Aug. 5, 1905. He came to the United States
in 1868, settling in Minnesota; joined the Benedictine order; became
priest in 1872; was pastor in several towns of this state; was profes-
sor of moral theology in St. John's College, 1890-5, and later was pastor
in New York three years. [132 (1906).]
Winchell, Alexander Newton, b. in Minneapolis, Minn., March 2,
1874; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1896;* studied
in Paris, France, 18994900; was professor of geology and mineralogy
in the State School of Mines, Butte, Montana, 1900-7; professor of
mineralogy and petrology, University of Wisconsin, since 1908; author
of papers on the Boundaries of Minnesota, in the Minn. Hist. Society
Collections. [7A.]
Winchell, Horace Vaughn, geologist, b. in Galesburg, Mich., Nov. 1,
1865; was graduated at the University of Michigan, 1889; was assist-
ant state geologist of Minnesota, 1889-91; was in charge of the explor-
ations of the Minnesota Iron Co., 1892-3; resided in Montana, 1898-1906,
being the geologist for the Anaconda Copper Mining Co.; was chief
870 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
geologist for the Great Northern Railway Co., 1906-8, and removed to
Minneapolis; author of many papers on geology an'd mining. [7A; 17.]
Winchell, Newton Horace, state geologist, b. in North East,
Dutchess county, N. Y„ Dec. 17, 1839; was graduated at the University
of Michigan, 1866; was assistant in geological surveys of Michigan
and Ohio, 1869-72, and examined the copper and silver deposits of New
Mexico; was state geologist of Minnesota, 1872-1900, and was also pro-
fessor of mineralogy and geology in the state university. In the sum-
mer of 1874 he accompanied Gen. Custer's first expedition to the Black
Hills. He published Annual Reports on the Geological and Natural
History Survey of Minnesota, 24 vols., 1872-1900, and Final Reports of
this Survey, six vols., 1884-1901; was chief editor of the American
Geologist, Minneapolis, 36 vols., from its beginning in 1888 until it
suspended publication in 1905; has had charge since 1905 of the De-
partment of Archaeology, Minnesota Historical Society, being com-
piler and author of "The Aborigines of Minnesota," 761 pages, 1911.
[1; 3*; 4; 7A; 17; 24; 58; 84*; 127 (2*); 127A*, B.] .
Winchester, George C., merchant, b. in Madrid, N. Y., Jan. 31, 1851;
settled on a claim in Polk county, Minn., in 1878, and four years later
built a store in Warren. [35.]
Windberg, Kntji), M. E. clergyman, b. in Norway, Oct. 6, 1861; came
to the United States when fourteen years of age; began farming in
Minnesota; was graduated at Garrett Biblical Institute, Evanston, 111.,
1897; settled at Stephen, Minn., 1898, as pastor of the Scandinavian
Methodist church. [37.]
Windom, William, statesman, b. in Belmont county, Ohio, May 10,
1827; d. in New York city, Jan. 29, 1891. He received an academic
education, and studied law; came to Winona, Minn., in 1855; was a
representative in Congress, 1859-69, and U. S. senator, 1871-81; was a
member of the cabinet of President Garfield, in 1881, as secretary of
the treasury, but retired on the accession of President Arthur; was
again U. S. senator, 1881-83. On the inauguration of President Har-
rison, in 1889, he was re-appointed secretary of the treasury, and held
the office till his death. He died very suddenly, from heart failure,
just after making an address at a banquet of the New York Board of
Trade. A volume entitled "Memorial Tributes to the Character and
Public Services of William Windom, together with his Last Address,"
161 pages, was privately printed in 1891. [1; 4; 7*; 10; 22*; 23*; 27*;
41; 78; 113; 238 (Dec. 13, 1863; May 20, 1880; June 2, 1880*),]
Windom, William Lincoln, lawyer, b. in Sterling, 111., June 1, 1860;
was admitted to the bar in 1881; settled in Duluth in 1896. [23.]
Wing, Homer C., miller, b. in Cass county, 111., in 1858; engaged in
milling in Hokah, Minn., and Minneapolis, and later was one of the
proprietors of the Blue Earth City roller flouring mills. [34.]
Wing, Joseph S., merchant, b. in Lisbon, 111., March 28, 1852; came
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 871
with his parents to Red Wing, Minn., in 1855; engaged in mercantile
business after 1873. [54; 169.]
Wing, Marcus, farmer, b. in Webster, Mich., in 1841; came to Min-
nesota in 1864; resided at Rock Dell, Olmsted county; was a repre-
sentative in the legislature, 1873, 1877, and 1889. [30; 66.]
Wing, O. J., farmer, b. in Norway in 1843; came to the United States
with his parents in 1847, and to Goodhue county, Minn., in 1856; was
president of the First State Bank of Zumbrota; was a state senator,
1895-7. [30.]
Wingeb, Charles O., merchant, b. in Winger, Norway, June 24, 1854;
came to the United States in 1872; settled on a homestead in Grant
county, Minn., in 1878; engaged in mercantile business in Herman
after 1882. [24; 35; 57*.]
Wingerter, Placidus, educator, b. in Bavaria, Oct. 20, 1859; came to
the United States, and studied at St. John's College, Minn.; entered
the Benedictine order in 1880; was ordained to the priesthood in 1883;
was pastor at St. Martin, and at Minneapolis; in 1894 became a pro-
fessor in St. John's College, and the next year was appointed sub-prior
of St. John's Abbey, Collegeville, Minn.; taught in the Greek College
in Rome, 1899-1904; returned to America, and has since been one of
the faculty of St. John's College. [132 (Sept., 1895, and 1908).]
Winje, Eric L., b. in Norway in 1850; came to the United States in
1869; settled in Minnesota, and engaged in farming in Sparta and
Granite Falls; clerk of court of Chippewa county, 1882-6; removed to
Duluth in 1887. [32; 169.]
Winkjer, Joel G., b. in Moe, Douglas county, Minn., Dec. 31, 1870; was
graduated at the State Agricultural School, 1893; engaged in creamery
work, 1895-1906; was assistant dairyman for the U. S. Department of
Agriculture, 1907-10, and resided in Crookston; was appointed state
dairy and food commissioner, 1911. [30*.]
Winkley, Albert A., b. in Warsaw, Rice county, Minn., June 27,
1857; lost his left leg at the age of eleven years; invented and pat-
ented an artificial leg; engager! in manufacture of artificial limbs in
Faribault and later in Minneapolis; returned to Faribault in 1891,
where he has since engaged in livery business. [70A.]
Winona, a Sioux woman, cousin of the last chief named Wapashaw,
both of whom were prominent in the events attending the removal, in
1848, of the Winnebago Indians from Iowa to Wapashaw's prairie
(the site of the city of Winona, Minn.) and thence to Long Prairie in
Todd county. This name belonged, says Prof. A. W. Williamson, in
any Sioux or Dakota family, to the "first born, if a daughter, diminutive
of wino, woman;" and similarly the name of the "first born child, if
a son," was Chaska.
Keating narrates impressively the death of a Dakota maiden named
Winona, who threw herself to death from the precipice known as
872 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
'"The Maiden's Rock," on the east shore of Lake Pepin, in preference
to being married, as her parents requested, to one whom she did not
love.
Winship, George B., journalist, b. in Saco, Maine, in 1847; came to
Minnesota with his parents when ten years old; served in the Second
Minnesota cavalry in the civil war; settled in Caledonia in 1877, and
established the Courier; removed to Grand Forks, Dak., in 1879, where
he published the Herald. [61.]
Winship, Josiah F., b. in Mason, N. H., Sept. 29, 1839; settled in
Winnebago City, Minn., in 1865; engaged in mercantile business; was
postmaster twelve years; and judge of probate of Faribault county,
1893-1900. [39.]
Winslow, James Harvey, b. in Benezett, Pa., Nov. 25, 1836; came
to Minnesota in 1859; settled at Long Lake, Hennepin county, in 1885;
engaged in lumbering, farming, and dealing in real estate in Minne-
apolis. [60*.]
Winslow, James M., b. in Vermont in 1825; d. in San Francisco,
Cal., Oct. 28, 1885. He settled in St. Paul in 1852; built a mill, and
afterward erected large hotels in St. Anthony, St. Paul, and St. Peter.
To him belongs the credit of first introducing telegraph service into
St. Paul. A few years later he removed to California. [94; 237 (1).]
Winston, Fendall Gregory, contractor, b. in Courtland, Va., May 1,
1849; settled in Minneapolis in 1873; has engaged in surveying and
constructing various railways. [20*; 24; 84*; 85A*.]
Winston, Philip B., contractor, b. in Hanover county, Va., Aug. 12,
1845; d. in Chicago, July 1, 1901. He served in the Confederate army
during the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1872, settling in Minne-
apolis, and two years later joined with his brothers, Fendall G., and
William O. Winston, in forming one of the largest railroad contract-
ing firms in the world; was also interested in mining operations in
Montana, and in various financial enterprises in Minneapolis; was its
mayor in 1890-91; was a representative in the legislature in 1893 and
1899. [20*; 22*; 30; 84*; 85A*; 90*; 237 (14*).]
Winter, Mrs. Alice Ames, author, b. in Albany, N. Y., Nov. 25, 1865;
was graduated at Wellesley College, 1886; was married to Thomas
Gerald Winter in 1892; author, "The Prize to the Hardy" (1905), and
"Jewel Weed" (1907); resides in Minneapolis. [17.]
Winter, Andrew, grocer, b. in Germany in 1839; d. in St. Paul, May
15, 1904. He came to the United States in 1856, and the next year
settled in St. Paul. [237 (35).]
Winter, Andrew, b. in Germany in 1847; came to the United States
in 1866; settled in Granite Falls, Minn., in 1878, and engaged in the
hardware business. [32.]
Winter, Edwin W., b. in 1845; engaged in railroad business; settled
in St. Paul in 1881; was president of the Northern Pacific railway com-
pany, 1896-7. [176 (July, 1S96*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 873
Winther, Paul, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, March 18, 1862;
was educated at Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, 1883-90; was pas-
tor in Morris, Minn., 1890-1901, and in Minneapolis after 1901. [148.]
Winyan (Elizabeth), a Sioux woman, b. near the site of Mankato,
Minn., in 1831; d. at Fort Bennett, N. D., Feb. 20, 1890. Her father was
head soldier for the chief Sleepy Eye. She was one of the first con-
verts to Christianity under the mission work of Drs. Williamson and
Riggs. During the outbreak of 1862 she befriended the whites. After-
ward she was a missionary among the Sioux in Dakota, having charge
of a station on the Sheyenne river after 1875. [179 (March 28, 1890*).]
Wixzer, Charles, pioneer, b. in Saxe-Weimar, Germany, June 14,
1845; came to the United States when seventeen years old; served in
the 173d N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; settled in Minnesota in 1869,
taking a claim in Jackson county; was the first settler in Weimar, and
named the town for his home in his native land. He was a represent-
ative from Heron Lake in the legislature in 1907. [30*; 34; 39.] -
Wirt, George W., miller, b. in Lake county, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1828; set-
tled on a farm in Oronoco, Minn., in 1863, and also owned a half inter-
est in a flour mill. [66.]
Wirt, Noah, clergyman, b. near Philadelphia, Pa., April 25, 1798;
d. in Oronoco, Minn., July 25, 1869. He began to preach in the Church
of the Disciples at an early age. [66.]
Wirth, Augustin, R. C. priest, b. in Lohr, Bavaria, March 17, 1828;
d. in Springfield, Minn., Dec. 20, 1901. He came to the United States
in 1851; was ordained the next year; was pastor at Mankato, Minn.,
1871-4. [83.]
Wirth, Carl, physician, b. in Rhein-Hessen, Germany, in 1845; came
to the United States in 1870; settled in St. Paul in 1885. [26*.]
Wirth, George, architect, b. in Bavaria, Germany^ in 1851; came to
the United States in 1869; settled in St. Paul ten years later. [68.]
Wise, Charles E., journalist, b. in Mankato, Minn., Oct. 23, 1860;
business editor of the Mankato Review, which his father established
in 1869. [46.]
Wise, John Claggett, journalist, b. in Hagerstown, Md., Sept. 4,
1834; d. in Mankato, Minn., Nov. 17, 1900. He came to Minnesota in
1859, settling in Mankato, where he edited and published the weekly
Record until 1868. The next year he established the Weekly Review,
and in 1892 commenced the publication of the Daily Review. In 1885
and again in 1894 he was appointed postmaster of Mankato. [22*;
23*; 28, IX, XII; 32; 45*; 83*; 237 (3, 11); 238 (Jan. 3, 1894*).]
Wiseman, Merritt, pioneer, b. in Rutland county, Vt, Nov. 5, 1832;
came to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Glendorado, Benton county, in
1859, being the first settler in that township. [31.]
Wiser, Philip Kimball, jeweler, b. in Cambridge, Ohio, Feb. 29,
1840; settled in Mankato, Minn., in 1866; was receiver of the U. S.
land office at Tracy a few years. [83.]
874 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Wisniewski, Lawrence, b. in Poland, Aug. 4, 1855; came to the Unit-
ed States in 1868; settled on a farm in Benton county, Minn., 1877;
was county treasurer, 1897-1906; resides in Foley, and is in banking
business; a representative in the legislature, 1911. [30*.]
Wist, Johannes B., journalist, b. in Trondhjem stift, Norway, April
6, 1864; came to the United States in 1884; settled in St. Paul; was
editor of the Nordvesten. [169.]
Wiswell, James A., lawyer, b. in Windham county, Vt, Sept. 15,
1828; d. in Mankato, Minn., Dec. 28, 1883. He was graduated at Union
College, Schenectady, N. Y., in 1853; was admitted to the bar in 1856;
came to Blue Earth county, Minn., the next year, and settled in Man-
kato in 1864. [32; 83*.]
WiTHERSTiNE, Horace H., physician, b. in Herkimer county, N. Y.,
April 14, 1852; came to Minnesota in 1872, and engaged in teaching;
was graduated at Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1886, and has since
practiced in Rochester; was a state senator in 1903-09. [24; 30; 66;
66A.]
Withrow, Samuel, merchant and farmer, b. in Uniontown, Pa„ Oct.
28, 1812; settled in Oronoco, Minn., in 1855. [66,]
Witte, William, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany, Feb. 17, 1868;
came to the United States in 1889; was graduated at Capital Univer-
sity, Columbus, Ohio, 1892; was a pastor at St. Peter, Minn., twelve
years, and became professor of languages at the Luther Seminary, St.
Paul ,in 1904. [148.]
Wittmann, Cornelius, R. C. priest, b. in Bavaria, Oct. 16, 1828; came
to the United States in 1852; joined the Benedictine order in Penn-
sylvania; came to Minnesota in 1856, and was ordained to the priest-
hood the same year; was pastor in St. Cloud, and was the first presi-
dent of St. John's College; later was pastor in other places in Min-
nesota and the West [132*.]
Wohlhuter, William, farmer, b. in Minnesota in 1862; was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1903, 1905, and 1909; resides in Albert
Lea, and is manager of the local telephone exchange, [30*.]
Wold, John L., merchant, b. in Sibley county, Minn., in 1877 ; re-
Sides at Twin Valley; was a representative in the legislature in 1907.
[30*.]
Wolfer, Henry, prison warden, b. near Munith, Mich, March 23,
1853; came to Minnesota in 1S92 to accept the position of warden of
the state prison at Stillwater, which he has since held, except an in-
terval of about a year and a half in 18994901. [22*; 24; 25,]
Wolff, Albert, b. in Germany, Sept, 2B, 1825; d. in St. Paul, Nov.
25, 1893. He came to the United States as a political exile, and to
Minnesota in 1853; engaged in newspaper publication, and was editor
of the Volkszeitung after 1877. [28, X; 94; 237 (2).]
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Wolff, August, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Germany in 1826; was
educated in Berlin, and entered the ministry there; came to the United
States in 1863, settling in Minnesota; was pastor in Scott and Isanti
counties fourteen years, and after 1877 resided in Good Thunder, Blue
Earth county. [32; 45*.]
Wolff, Henry B., b. in Wayne county, Pa., Jan. 9, 1842; came with
his mother to Minnesota in 1855; settled in Morris in 1871, where he
dealt in grain and farm machinery, and owned a large farm. [73.]
Wolford, Peter, financier, b. in York county, Pa., Feb. 3, 1812; d.
in Minneapolis, Jan. 16, 1894. He came to Minnesota in 1857, settling
in Minneapolis; engaged at first in banking, and afterward in nego-
tiating mortgages and loans. [20*; 60; 237 (3).]
Wollan, Casper T., merchant, b. in Norway, March 5, 1848; came
to the United States with his parents in 1860, and to Pope county,
Minn., in 1868; resided in Glenwood. [67.]
Wollan, Gustav B., b. in Glenwood, Minn., Sept. 21, 1877; was grad-
uated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, in 1897; engaged in newspaper
publication in several places, being managing editor of the Barnesville
Record-Review in 1908. [36; 38.]
Wollan, Michael A., merchant, b. in Norway in 1844; came to the
United States in 1860, and to Minnesota the same year; settled in
Glenwood in 1868; was register of deeds, 1870-4, and county auditor
six years; was a representative in the legislature in 1877 and 1887-8.
[30; 67; 169.]
Wollan, Nels B., farmer and merchant, b. in Norway, March 18,
1835; came to the United States in 1857; was one of the first settlers
in Pope county, 1867; was one of the organizers of Starbuck, and
owned the first store there. [67; 237 (31).]
Wollaston, Percy, banker and merchant, b. in Leeds, Eng., Dec. 21,
1825; came to the United States in 1848; afterward returned to Eng-
land, and went to Australia, but came again to this country in 1876,
and settled in Minnesota; resided in Fairmont, was proprietor of the
Merchants' and Farmers' Bank after 1882, and also owned a store.
[34; 39.]
Wolverton, Jacob A., b. in Hunterdon county, N. J., Aug. 15, 1832;
d. in Minneapolis, Oct. 31, 1901. He settled in Minneapolis in 1859;
engaged in mercantile business, and later in real estate. [237 (19*).]
Wolvin, Augustus Benjamin, capitalist, b. in Cleveland, Ohio, Oct.
16, 1857; began as a cabin boy on the great lakes in 1867, and became
master of a vessel when twenty-one years of age; settled in Duluth in
1888; was vice president and general manager of the Pittsburg Steam-
ship Co. until 1904, and later president of the Zenith Furnace Co. [17 ;
24; 25.]
Womer, Parley Paul, Congregational clergyman, b. in Osceola, Pa.,
May 29, 1870; was graduated at Ohio Wesleyan University, and at
Yale University in 1895; pastor in St. Paul, Minn., since 1907. Author
876 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS,
of the following books: The Relation of Healing to Law, 1909; A
Valid Religion for the Times, 1910; and The Coming Creed, 1911.
[241.]
Wood, Adam John, farmer, b. in Canada, March 9, 1816; came to
Minnesota in 1855, settling in Otsego, Wright county; was a represent-
ative in the legislature in 1903-5. [30*; 31.]
Wood, Arthur De Lacey, editor, b. at Sauk Rapids, Minn., May 15,
1855; d. in Buluth, Nov. 7, 1911. He began work in a printing office
when fifteen years old; established thirty-two newspapers in Minne-
sota, the Dakotas, and in frontier districts of Michigan and Wisconsin;
resided at Two Harbors, Minn., during his last years, publishing the
Iron Port Advocate. [237 (68*).]
Wood, Charles, pioneer, b. in Randolph, Vt., Aug. 1, 1811; settled in
Rice county, Minn., in 1854; owned a farm in Wells; was county sheriff
two years, and a representative in the legislature two years ; owned
an interest in a mill after 1863. [70.]
Wood, Charles G., merchant, b. in Franklin county, Vt., April 22,
1840; served in the Eighth Vermont Regt. in the civil war, becoming
first lieutenant; came to Minnesota in 1866, and settled in Sauk
Rapids in 1871. [31.]
Wood, E. B., b. in Randolph county, Ind., May 19, 1846; received a
college education; served in the army, 1863-6; settled in Todd county,
Minn., in 1882; was county attorney fifteen years; was captain in the
Fourteenth Regt., U. S. V., in the Spanish-American war, 1898; was a
state senator, 1903-5. [30.]
Wood, Edward H., lawyer, b. in Spencer county, Ky., in 1835; d. in
St. Paul, March 13, 1907. He was educated at Oberlin College; came
to Minnesota in 1856; was admitted to the bar at Taylor's Falls in
1859; served in the Seventh Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, becom-
ing lieutenant* later settled in St. Paul. [93; 94; 237 (43*).]
Wood, Eugene, b, in Berne, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1838; came to Minnesota
in 1877, settling at Austin, and engaged in mercantile business; has
been register of deeds for Mower county since 18S6. [24; 65A; 79*.]
Wood, Fred B., b. at Ames, N. Y„ June 14, 1866; came to Minnesota
with his parents in 1877, and lived at Austin; engaged in real estate
and insurance business; was captain in the Twelfth Minnesota Regt.
in the Spanish-American war, 1898; adjutant general of Minnesota
since 1905. [25; 30*.]
Wood, George A., b. in Canada in 1852; came to Minnesota in 1870;
was graduated at the State University, 1878; engaged in hardware
business in Ortonville. [32.]
Wood, George Ingersolt, Congregational clergyman, b. in Stamford,
Conn., May 20, 1814; d. in Washington, D. C, Jan. 9, 1899, He was
graduated at Yale College, 1833, and Union Seminary, 1838. His niin-
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 877
isterial work was chiefly in Connecticut, but he was pastor in St.
Cloud, Minn., 1867-9. [144.]
Wood, George "Weston, physician, b. in Canada, May 8, 1842; was
graduated at McGill College; settled in Minnesota in 1873, and was
surgeon of the Shattuck School; was a professor in the State Univer-
sity, 1883-7; resided in Faribault; was a state senator, 1887-9. [30; 70.]
Wood, J. C, b. in Canada in 1855; came to Minnesota in 1870; set-
tled in Ortonville in 1878; was postmaster, and engaged in hardware
business. [32.]
Wood, James D., journalist, b. in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., in 1834;
served in the Second Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war, attaining the
rank of captain; settled in Owatonna, Minn., in 1866, and established
the Democrat; the next year removed to St. Paul, where he was con-
nected with the Pioneer, and after 1874 with the Dispatch. [30 (1877).]
Wood, John E., Baptist clergyman, b. in Gloucester, R. I., April 14,
1825; d. in Detroit, Minn., Feb. 1, 1905. He entered the ministry when
twenty-five years old; became captain of a company in the 21st Con-
necticut regiment in the civil war; came to Minnesota in 1871; was
pastor in Detroit, St. Cloud, and other places. [44*.]
Wood, John Q. A., lawyer, b. in Chichester, N. H., in 1815; was grad-
uated at Union College in 1843, and was admitted to the bar in 1846;
settled at Sauk Rapids, Minn., in 1854; was county attorney eleven
years. [41; 165.]
Wood, Joseph C, lawyer, b. in Michigan in 1864; was graduated in
law at the University of Michigan; came to Minnesota in 1873, and
resided at Wilkin; was a representative in the legislature, 1897-9. [30.]
Wood, Mrs. Julia A. A. Sargent, author, b. in New London, N. H.,
April 13, 1825; d. in St. Cloud, Minn., in 1903. She was married in
1849 to Mr. William H. Wood, and came with him to Sauk Rapids,
Minn.; aided him in establishing The New Era; contributed many
articles and poems to Eastern magazines, and was author of several
novels, written under the nom de plume of Minnie Mary Lee. [29*;
41; 165; 237 (28).]
Wood, Lorenzo G., farmer, b. in Onondaga, N. Y., in 1823; came to
Minnesota in 1881; resided in Warren; was register of deeds and
county surveyor of Marshall county; was a state senator, 1891-3. [30.]
Wood, Owen J., lawyer, b. in Lake county, Ind., in 1853; was admit-
ted to the bar in 1874, and two years later was graduated at Rloom-
ington University; settled in 1879 in Montevideo, Minn.; was county
attorney several terms. [32.]
Wood, Robert C, b. in Rhode Island; entered the U. S. army as as-
sistant surgeon in 1825, and the next year became surgeon; was at
Fort Snelling, Minn., in 1829, and went in an open boat to Fort Craw-
878 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
ford, Wis., where he married the eldest daughter of Zachary Taylor,
and returned with her to Fort Snelling. During the civil war he was
assistant surgeon general. [131.]
Wood, William, pioneer, b. about 1830; came to Springfield, Minn.,
in 1856, and opened a store there, being the first white settler in Jack-
son county. He was killed by the Sioux Indians a few months later,
in the Inkpaduta massacre. [62.]
Wood, William H., b. in Loudon, N. H., Feb. 2, 1817; d. in 1870.
He studied at Dartmouth College, 1839, and was graduated at Union
College, 1843; was admitted to the bar in 1845; settled in Sauk Rapids,
Minn., in 1851; established and edited The New Era; was a represent-
ative in the legislature. Afterward he was president of a college in
Kentucky, but died after holding the position one year. [18, XII; 29*;
41.]
Woodard, Fkancis Reuben, physician, b. in Madison, Ohio, July 15,
1848; came to Minnesota in 1858 with his parents, who settled in Roch-
ester; was graduated at Rush Medical College, 1879; commenced prac-
tice at Claremont; removed in 1881 to Minneapolis. [26*; 85A.]
Woodard, Hartson F., lawyer, b. in Dunham, P. Q., June 21, 1847;
was admitted to the bar in 1869; settled at Fergus Falls, Minn., in
1882. [25; 35.]
Woodard, William W., b. in Geauga county, ©hio, Aug. 6, 1851;
came with his father to Minnesota in 1865; engaged in the drug busi-
ness at Wells ten years, was editor of the Wells Advocate five years,
and postmaster ten years; owned and published the Free, Press in
Mankato after 1880. [32.]
Woodbridge, Frederick James Eugene, educator, b. in Windsor, Can-
ada, March 26, 1867; was graduated at Amherst College, 1S89, and
Union Theological Seminary, N. Y., 1892; was professor of philosophy
in the University of Minnesota, 1894-1901; has since been a professor
in Columbia University, New York City. [17; 127 (9*; 10*); 127B.]
Woodbridge, William Starkweather, b. in Brookline, Mass., June 30,
1845; d. in Los Angeles, Cal., March 24, 1911. He served in the First
Arkansas cavalry in the civil war, 1862-5; settled in Duluth, Minn., in
1870; was president of the Duluth Paper and Stationery Co.; in 1878
established the Lake Superior News. [121.]
Woodbury, Albert, b. in Groton, Mass., Aug. 5, 1835; was wounded
in the battle of Chickamauga, and died in the hospital, Oct. 29, 1863.
He settled in Anoka, Minn., in 1858, and engaged in flour milling; was
first lieutenant of the Second Minnesota Battery in the civil war.
[43.]
Woodbury, Charles T., b. in Columbus, Ohio, April 17, 1839; came
to Anoka, Minn., in 1862; engaged in milling, lumber business, and
insurance. [43.]
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Woodbury, Dwight, b. in Charlton, Mass., Oct. 26, 1800; d. in Anoka,
Minn., March 18, 1884. He came to Anoka in 1855, invested largely in
real estate, and also owned a water power and mills at St. Francis;
was a representative in the legislature in 1863. [31; 43.]
Woodman, L. C, b. in 1825; came to Minnesota in 1859; engaged in
farming and owned a lime kiln at Clinton Falls; settled at Owatonna
in 1882; was liberal in his donations to Pillsbury Academy and to
church work. [72*; 237 (49*).]
Woodmansee, Benjamin De Witt, b. in Butler county, Ohio, Feb. 9,
1840; d. at Eureka Springs, Ark., April 9, 1897. He came to St. Paul
in 1867, and until 1886 was manager of the St. Paul Driving Park As-
sociation, and of Commodore Kittson's establishment that succeeded
it. Ill health induced him to try a change of climate, and the last
few years of his life were spent largely in travel. [23; 43; 68.]
Woodruff, G. C, M. E. clergyman, b. in Lewis, N. Y., Dec. 16, 1807;
began to preach in 1826, and continued in this work seventy-five years;
resided in Magnolia, Minn., after 1893. [237 (15*).]
Woodruff, G. S., b. in Hartford, Conn., Oct. 7, 1825; came to Minne-
sota in 1855; built a mill in Tracy in 1881. [32.]
Woodruff, Phtlo, b. near Binghamton, N. Y., April, 1815; d. in Fari-
bault, Minn., April 21, 1887. He came to Minnesota in 1855, settling
on a farm near Waseca; was a representative in the legislature in
1864. [166 (1888).]
Woods, Albert Fred, educator, b. at Belvidere, 111., Dec. 25, 1866;
was graduated at the University of Nebraska, 1890; was employed in
the United States Department of Agriculture, 1894-1910; since 1910
dean of the College of Agriculture of the University of Minnesota, St.
Anthony Park, St. Paul. [7A; 17; 127A*.]
Woods, Charles Henry, lawyer, b. in Newport, N. H., Oct. 8, 1836;
d. at Hot Springs, Va., April 16, 1899. He was admitted to the bar in
1862; served as captain in the 16th N. H. Regt. in the civil war; set-
tled in Minneapolis in 1866; was the first city justice, being judge of
the municipal court, 1867-9. A biographic memorial volume, 90 pagesj
containing tributes of many friends following his death, was published
in 1900. [58; 84*; 121; 237 (9*).]
Woods, Samuel, soldier, b. in Indiana in 1812; d. in Oakland, Cal.,
Sept. 22, 1887. He was graduated at the U. S. Military Academy in
1833; was commandant at Fort Snelling, 1848-9; attained the rank of
colonel; retired from the army in 1881. He conducted an expedition
in 1849 from Fort Snelling to the Pembina settlement for the purpose
of selecting a site for a military post, his report being the House Ex.
Doc. No. 51, First session, 31st Congress. [11; 12; 13.]
Woods, W. H., physician, b. in Ohio in 1823; was graduated from a
college at Euclid, Ohio; came to Minnesota in 1856; resided in Owa-
tonna, Le Sueur, and after 1879 in Montgomery. [32.]
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Woodward, A. P., physician, b. in Danville, Vt, Nov. 28, 1852; was
graduated at Boston University, 1873; and the next year settled in
Cannon Falls, Minn. [80.]
Woodward, Charles, Episcopal clergyman, b. in England, July 3,
1821; d. in Rochester, Minn., Nov. 9, 1891. He came to the United
States in 1829; was graduated at Geneva College, 1844, and the Gen-
eral Theological Seminary, 1847; came to Minnesota in 1857; was
rector in Minneapolis and Rochester, and later was a missionary in
southeastern Minnesota. [152.]
Woodward, Charles A., physician,* b. in Danville, Vt, Sept. 3, 1853;
was graduated at Boston University, 1878, and the same year settled
in Glencoe, Minn. [64.]
Woodward, Forrest E., b. in Buena Vista, Wis., Dec. 27, 1852; came
with his parents to Cottage Grove, Minn., in 1856; owned large farms
there and in North Dakota; was interested in banks in St. Paul, and
owned a store, grain elevator, and feed mill in Langdon. [42*.]
Woodward, Franc Roswell Emerson, newspaper correspondent, b.
near Hopkins, Minn., Sept. 6, 1868; spent his early years in Minne-
apolis, where he entered on newspaper work; was afterward employed
on various metropolitan papers; went to Cuba in 1895 in the interests
of the New York World, and as a war correspondent had much influ-
ence in arousing sympathy in behalf of Cuba; afterward returned to
Minneapolis; author of "With Maceo in Cuba," and several other books.
[22*.]
Woodward, Philip Grenville, merchant, b. in Orange, Mass., Aug. 20,
1837; served in a Massachusetts regiment in the civil war, attaining
the rank of captain; first came to Minnesota in 1858; resided in Min-
neapolis and in South Dakota, and after 1894 in Anoka, Minn., owning
there a dry goods and shoe store. [43.]
Woodworth, George L., teacher, b. at Southside, Wright county,
Minn.; was educated at the State Normal School in St. Cloud; was
principal of the Minnesota State Reformatory, and after 1894 taught
at Ashby. [57*.]
* Woodworth, Granville, building contractor, b. at Bridgewater, N. Y.,
Aug. 4, 1832; d. Aug. 4, 1904. He settled in Rochester, Minn., in 1857.
[237 (35).]
Wooldridge, C. L„ farmer, b. in Clearfield county, Pa., in 1854; came
to Minnesota in 1860, and resided at Kedron, Fillmore county; was a
representative in the legislature, 1893-5. [30.]
Woolley, John Granville, lawyer, lecturer, and journalist, b. in
Collinsville, Ohio, Feb. 15, 1850; was graduated at Ohio Wesleyan
University, 1871; studied law at the University of Michigan; settled
in Minneapolis in 1878; entered the lecture field as a temperance advo-
cate in 1888; became editor of The New Voice, N. Y., in 1899; author
of many books for temperance; was candidate for president of the
United States on the Prohibition ticket in 1900. [17; 58.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 881
Woolson, L. B., physician, b. in Plainfield, Vt., Sept. 7, 1812; came
to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Atwater, Kandiyohi county, in 1871;
practiced medicine, and owned a drug store. [35.]
Woolsten croft, Benjamin W., journalist, b. at Jefferson Barracks,
Mo., Feb. 22, 1846; served in the Sixth Iowa cavalry, 1862-4; came to
Minnesota in 1867, settling on a claim in Nobles county; resided in
Fulda after 1879, and published the Murray County Republican; was
judge of probate of Murray county, residing in Slayton, 1895-1909. [25;
34.]
Woolsten croft, John S., journalist, b. in Clayton county, Iowa, Dec.
23, 1848; served in the Sixth Iowa cavalry in the Indian war, 1864-5;
came to Jackson county, Minn., in 1868; settled at Heron Lake in
1881; owned and managed a hotel, 1888-1908; was editor and pub-
lisher of the Jackson County Times after 1896. [62*.]
Woolworth, Seth B., journalist, b. in Westfleld, Mass., in 1830; d.
in St. Paul, Oct. 18, 1895. He settled in St. Paul in 1866, and engaged
in newspaper work. [237 (9*).]
Wording, William Edward, banker, b. in Castine, Maine, Jan. 21,
1812; was graduated at Colby University in 1836, studied law, and was
admitted to the bar in 1845; settled in Plainview, Minn., in 1880. [74.]
Workman, Harper M., physician, b. in Circleville, Ohio, May 14, 1855;
was graduated at Chicago Medical College, 1878; settled in Sleepy Eye,
Minn., in 1881. [32.]
Works, Henry Silas, b. in Ludlow, Vt., July 28, 1833; came to Min-
nesota in 1864; served in the Ninth Illinois cavalry during the last
year of the civil war; owned a farm, and engaged in lumber business
in Kasson. [49.]
Works, Samuel D., b. in Troupsburg, N. Y., Feb. 3, 1862; came to
Minnesota in 1897, settled in Mankato, and engaged in the lumber
business and also real estate and loans; a state senator since 1907.
[25; 30*; 46.]
Worst, David, farmer, b. in Pennsylvania in 1837; came to Minne-
sota in 1871; resided in Redwood Falls; was a representative in the
legislature in 1876-7. [30.]
Worthingham, William, settled in St. Anthony in 1849; took a claim
there in 1851; was the first mason in the settlement. [59.]
Wrabek, Francis, b. in Bohemia, Oct. 26, 1844; came with his par-
ents to the United States in 1855, and to Le Sueur county, Minn., the
same year; was postmaster at New Prague; was a representative in
the legislature in 1879. [30.]
Wright, A. L., pioneer, b. in Franklin county, Mass., March 1, 1828;
came to Minnesota in 1853, and settled in Medford township, Steele
county; built the first house and planted the first crop in the county.
[72.]
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Wright, Andreas, Lutheran clergyman, b. in Namdalen, Norway,
Sept. 13, 1835; came to the United States in 1860; was ordained to
the ministry in 1870, and the next year became pastor in Fillmore
county, Minn.; resided in Rushford. [169.]
Wright, Arthur Winfield, lawyer, b. in Ashtabula c©unty, Ohio,
Sept. 17, 1861; came to Minnesota in 1875; was admitted to the bar in
1888, and has since practiced in Austin; was, major in the Twelfth
Minn. Regt. in the Spanish War, 1898. [25; 79*.]
Wright, Benjamin F., d. in Utica, N. Y., June 6, 1840; d. in St. Paul,
Minn., Feb. 5, 1905. He was graduated at Union College, 1862; served
in the 146th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war, attaining the rank of major;
studied law; settled in St. Paul in 186t; was principal of the High
School ten years, and superintendent of the city schools, 1881-89; after-
ward engaged in life insurance business. [68; 93A*; 121; 131A; 237
(35).]
Wright, Benjamin Franklin, judge, b. in Durham, Maine, Aug. 27,
1861; was graduated at Colby University, Waterville, Me., 1883; was
admitted to the bar in 1885; came to Minnesota in 1887, and settled
at Park Rapids in 1891; judge in the Fifteenth judicial district since
1909. [25; 30.]
Wright, C. J., farmer, b. in Vermont in 1853; came to Minnesota in
1861; resides at Fergus Falls; was a representative in the legislature
in 1909. [30*.]
Wright, Charles B., died' in Philadelphia, Pa., March 24, 1898. He
engaged in banking and railroad business in early life; was the fourth
president of the Northern Pacific railway; built the Western Railroad,
a line between St. Paul and Brainerd, which was later a part of the
Northern Pacific system; was the founder of the city of Tacoma,
Wash. [176 (April, 1898*).]
Wright, Charles Dyer, banker, b. in Orwell, Vt, Nov. 8, 1850; came
to Minnesota in 1869; was employed seven years in the office of the
U. S. surveyor general in St. Paul; settled in Fergus Falls in 1876;
was mayor in 1885 and 1888; president of the First National Bank.
[24; 25; 35; 37.]
Wright, Charles Edgar, b. in New York city, Oct. 13, 1840; came
to St. Paul in 1860; became a member of the fire department in 1885,
and a captain in 1888. [96*.]
Wright, Charles F., M. E. clergyman, b. in Canfield, Ohio, in 1814;
d. at Redwood Falls, Minn., Oct. 5, 1871. He came to Minnesota; was
stationed at St. Anthony, and later at Lynd; had charge of the Red-
wood Falls circuit. [150.]
Wright, Charles N., miller, b. at Westernville, N. Y., Nov. 24, 1851;
settled in Minneapolis in 1881, and two years later took charge of the
Crown Roller mill. [168 (Holiday number, 1884-5*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 883
Wright, Charles T. (Nashotaii), Episcopal clergyman, b. near the
site of Little Falls, Minn., Feb. 28, 1850, son of the Ojibway chief,
White Cloud; was elected chief of his tribe after his father's death in
1898; was ordained an Episcopal deacon by Bishop Whipple in 1877,
and resided at Leech Lake twenty years; was educated at the White
Earth Reservation, under the instruction of Rev. J. A. Gilfillan; studied
at Seabury Divinity School, Faribault, 1889-92; was ordained a priest
in 1908; now resides near Cass Lake. [237 (15, 54); 241.]
Wright, Edwin M., pioneer, b. in Ontario, Canada, Jan. 18, 1836;
was educated at Lawrence University, Appleton, Wis.; came to Otter
Tail county, Minn., in 1857; resided in Stearns county, 1863-73; was
admitted to the bar in St. Cloud in 1865; was a representative in the
legislature in 1872; removed to Fergus Falls, where he practiced law
and engaged in farming; was attorney of Otter Tail county one term.
[176 (Oct., 1886*).]
Wright, Franklin Randolph, physician, b. in Canton, 111., June 15,
1866; was graduated in dentistry at the University of Minnesota, 1890,
and from its medical department, 1894; has been one of its lecturers
and an instructor since 1895, and a professor since 1909, residing in
Minneapolis. [85A; 127A*, B.]
Wright, Fred Beriah, lawyer, b. in Columbia, Coos county, N. H.,
Jan. 17, 1856; was graduated at the Boston Law School, 1882; came
to Minnesota in 1883, settling in Minneapolis; was a representative in
the legislature in 1907-09. [24; 25; 26*; 30*; 85A*; 137*.]
Wright, Frederick P., merchant, b. in Pittsburgh, Pa., Jan. 25, 1854;
came to St. Paul, Minn,, in 1872; was mayor, 1892-4; president and
treasurer of the Wright, Barrett and Stilwell Co., wholesale stationers,
since 1894. [24; 237 (6, 30).]
Wright, George B., b. in Williston, Vt., June 21, 1835; d. at Fergus
Falls, Minn., April 29, 1882. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and first
settled in Minneapolis; engaged in locating lands for a railroad com-
pany and for settlers; was the founder of Fergus Falls in 1871. [35;
237 (1).]
Wright, George F., journalist, b. in Hartford, Conn., June 24, 1861;
came with his parents in 1877 to Minneapolis, where he has since re-
sided; was a representative in the legislature in 1895. [30.]
Wright, Isaac P., b. in Kentucky, Dec. 15, 1822; d. in St. Paul, Feb.
9, 1903. He settled in St. Paul in 1850; was a carpenter and builder;
in 1857-62 owned a grocery. [94; 98*; 237 (28*).]
Wright, J. Lyman, farmer, b. in Tioga county, N. Y., April 25, 1829;
came to Olmsted county, Minn., in 1854, and settled in Cascade town-
ship; was county treasurer two terms. [66.]
Wright, J. R., banker, b. in Wisconsin; settled in Rock county,
Minn., in 1880; engaged in farming, and later in the drug business in
Hills; in 1892 helped to organize the Rock County Bank, and was its
cashier. [71*.]
884 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Wright, John, Episcopal clergyman, b. in Wilmington, Del., Nov. 20,
1836; was graduated at Union College, 1863, and at Union Theological
Seminary, 1866; was ordained a priest in 1867; was rector in Boston,
Mass., 1874-87; settled at St. Paul in 1887, where he has since been
rector of St. Paul's Church. He is a specialist and lecturer on Egyp-
tology and bibliography; author of many treatises and books, including
Early Bibles of America, 1892, Early Prayer Books of America, 1896,
and Some Notable Altars, 1908. [17; 24; 163*.]
Wright, Jonathan Wesley, b. in Russell county, Va., July 14, 1851;
came to Minnesota with his parents in 1865, settling in Meeker county;
attended the state normal school at St. Cloud; was county superintend-
ent of schools, 1879-87; assistant register of deeds, and postmaster of
Litchfield since 1893; was a state senator in 1907-9. [22*; 30*.]
Wright, S. M,, b. in Grafton county, N. H., in 1839; was inspector
of customs in New York, 1870-7; settled in Lakeville, Dakota county,
Minn., in 1877, and conducted a grain elevator. [48.]
Wright, Sela Goodrich, missionary worker, b. in Oberlin, Ohio, July
21, 1816; d. there July 9, 1906. He was ordained at the Red Lake Mis-
sion, Minnesota, in 1849; was employed in government service for the
Ojibway Indians, 1849-62; engaged in work in the South for the Ameri-
can Missionary Association, 1862-67, and in Indian Agency work for
the U. S. government at Leech Lake, Minn., 1867-91. [144.]
Wright, Simon N., b. in Addison county, Vt, April 27, 1820; d. in
Sauk Rapids, Minn., April 16, 1901. He came to Minnesota in 1857, and
settled in Sauk Rapids in 1870; was at first in charge of the railroad
station; was treasurer of Benton county, 1878-88. [31; 237 (14).]
Wright, Thomas, b. in Cayuga county, N. Y., May 23, 1818; settled
in Winona, Minn., in 1856; engaged in real estate and loaning business.
[76.]
Wright, Warren W., b. in Franklin county, N. Y., July 11, 1823; d.
in St. Cloud, Minn., Feb, 2, 1902. He followed a seafaring life, 1833-53;
came to Minnesota in 1856; was railroad station agent at St. Cloud
after 1867. [31; 237 (19*).]
Wright, William Henry Sterling, b. in Ireland in 1842; d. in St
Paul, Nov. 28, 1907. He settled in St. Paul in 1882; engaged in rail-
road service; was very prominent in freemasonry. [237 (48*).]
Wright, William Mason, Congregational clergyman, b. in Ohi6, Nov.
26, 1848; d. in Missouri, May 23, 1899. He was ordained to the min-
istry in Minneapolis in 1880; was pastor in Clearwater, Breckenridge,
and Paynesville. [144.]
Wroolte, T. S., farmer, b. in Norway, March 11, 1830; came to the
United States in 1858, and to Minnesota in 1864; settled in Delavan,
Faribault county; was a representative in the legislature in 1879.
[30.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 885
Wulling, Frederick John, educator, b. in Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 24,
1866; was graduated at the N. Y. College of Pharmacy, 1887; came to
Minnesota in 1892, to organize the department of pharmacy in the
University of Minnesota, and has since been dean of that department.
He is a prolific writer, having published standard text books and over
four hundred papers, essays, etc. [7A; 17; 24; 26*; 85A; 127 A*, B.]
Wurst, Maximilian, R. C. priest, b. in Wilflingen, Wurtemberg,
Germany, Oct. 12, 1855; came to the United States in 1870; was or-
dained priest in 1878, at St. Paul; was afterward pastor in Wabasha
and Le Sueur. [26*; 32.]
Wuttke, H., b. in Germany, March 30, 1845; came to the United
States in 1870; settled in Sauk Center, Minn., in 1874, where he estab-
lished a carriage factory and blacksmith shop. [31.]
Wylie, Arthur Rufus Trego, b. in Condit, Ohio, 1871; was gradu-
ated at Harvard University, 1893, and in medicine at the University
of Minnesota, 1906; psychologist of the state school for the feeble-
minded, Faribault, Minn., 1898-1902, and first assistant physician there
since 1906. [7A.]
Wyman, George Henry, lawyer, b. in Chester, Maine, Aug. 24, 1852;
was graduated at Bates College in 1877; was admitted to the bar in
1881; came to Minnesota in 1884, settling in Anoka; was county attor-
ney six years, and afterward city attorney; a representative in the leg-
islature in 1905. [22*; 30*; 43*; 137*.]
Wyman, James Thomas, manufacturer, b. in Millbridge, Maine, Oct.
15, 1849; came to Minnesota in 1868, and settled at Minneapolis in
1871; was superintendent of a sash and door factory, in which he be-
came a partner; president of the Metropolitan Bank, 1890-1903, which
he had helped to organize; was a representative in the legislature,
1893, and a state senator, 1895-7; was president of the Board of Re-
gents, University of Minnesota, 1905-08. [20; 22*; 24; 25; 30; 84*;
85A; 127A*; 167 (Jan. 25, 1901*).]
Wyman, Oliver Cromwell, merchant, b. in Anderson, Ind., Jan., 1837;
came to Minnesota in 1874, settling in Minneapolis; established a
wholesale dry goods business under the name of Wyman and Mullin,
which firm name was changed in 1890 to Wyman, Partridge, and Co.
[22*; 24; 85A*; 90*.]
Wyvell, Henry G., lawyer, b. in Michigan, in 1868; came to Otter
Tail county, Minn., when a child; settled in Breckenridge in 1886;
was admitted to the bar in 1889, but afterward studied two years at
the University of Minnesota and was graduated at law there in 1891;
was county attorney for Wilkin county, 1894-1904. [38.]
Wyvell, John, b. in England, Oct. 14, 1838; came to the United
States in 1859, and to Minnesota in 1870; settled in Breckenridge in
1886, and engaged in furniture business. [35.]
886 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Yale, Charles Banks, b. in 1856; d. in St. Paul, Nov. 26, 1902. He
was general claim agent for the Great Northern railway after 1886.
[237 (28).]
Yale, D. E., hardware merchant, b. in St. Lawrence county, N. Y.,
April 15, 1844; came with his parents to Minnesota; settled in Can-
non Palls in 1875. [54.]
Yale, Stephen M., b. in Guilford, N. Y., Aug. 15, 1857; settled at
Minneapolis in 1892; engaged in the manufacture of sash and doors.
[24; 25; 85A; 167 (Dec. 21, 1900*).]
Yale, Washington, b. in Patterson, N. Y., March 30, 1807; d. in Min-
neapolis, April 23, 1897. He engaged in mercantile business in New
York; visited Minneapolis in 1857, and invested in real estate there;
after 1871 made that city his home. [84*; 85A; 237 (9*).]
Yale, William Hall, lieutenant governor, b. in New Haven, Conn.,
Nov. 12, 1831; came to Winona, Minn., in 1857, where he long resided
and practiced law; was a state senator in 1867-8, 1876-7, and 1895-7;
was lieutenant governor, 1870-4; and a representative in the legislature
in 1899. He removed to St. Paul in 1900; and has been marshal of
the State Supreme Court since 1905. [18; 22*; 29; 30; 41; 77; 127
(10*).]
Yanish, Edward, b. near Vienna, Austria, Nov. 25, 1852; came to the
United States in 1864; lived in Oshkosh, Wis., and attended the high
school and a business college there; was admitted to the bar in 1882;
came to Minnesota in 1883, and settled in St. Paul the next year; en-
gaged in cooperage manufacturing; has been postmaster of St. Paul
since 1907. [241.]
Yanz, Frank, b. in Germany, June 17, 1837; came with his parents
to the United States; engaged in mercantile business in Hastings,
Minn., after 1870. [48.]
Yardley, Wade Hampton, lawyer, b. in Lock Haven, Pa., Oct. 11;
1861; was graduated in law at the University of Pennsylvania, 1885;
settled in St. Paul the same year. [24; 93.]
Yates, F. B., b. in Indiana in 1848; was graduated at Depauw Uni-
versity, Green Castle, Ind.; came to Minnesota in 1874; settled at Still-
water, and was secretary of the St. Croix Lumbermen's board of trade
and deputy surveyor of logs; was a representative in the legislature
in 1897. [30.]
Yearian, Charles B., merchant, b. in Richland county, Ohio, Sept.
15, 1836; served in the 81st Illinois Regt. in the civil war; came to
Fillmore county, Minn,, in 1873, and settled in Spring Valley in 1880.
[52.] *
Yearly, S. M., lawyer, b. in Cheshire county, N. H., Oct. 15, 1827;
was admitted to the bar in 1850; came to Minnesota in 1856, settling
in Owatonna; was the first county attorney of Steele county; removed
to Minnesota Falls in 1874. [32.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 887
Ylvisaker, Johan T., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, Nov. 10,
1858; came with his father to the United States in 1S68, and to Min-
nesota the same year; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa,
in 1877, and at Concordia Theological Seminary, St. Louis, Mo., in
1880; settled in Bancroft, Freeborn county, Minn., in 1881. [53.]
Ylvisaker, John T., educator, b. in Norway, April 24, 1845; came to
the United States in 1*871; was graduated at Luther College, Decorah,
Iowa, in 1874, and at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, in 1877; was pas-
tor two years in Goodhue county, Minn. ; since 1879 professor of the-
ology in Luther Seminary, formerly at Madison, Wis., now at Ham-
line, St. Paul; author of numerous pamphlets, and of many articles in
the church newspaper, "Kirketidende." [148; 169*.]
Yoerg, Anthony, b. in Bavaria, Germany, Oct. 5, 1816; d. in St. Paul,
Minn., July 7, 1896. He came to the United States in 1845, and to
Minnesota in 1849, settling in St. Paul; established a brewery in 1850
at the upper steamboat landing, and in 1871 removed this business to
West St. Paul. [93A.]
Yoerg, Anthony, Jr., b. in St. Paul, Sept. 7, 1854, and resides there;
is engaged in real estate business; was a representative in the legis-
lature in 1903. [24; 25; 30; 93A.]
Youmans, Earl S., lumberman, b. in New York state in 1825; d. in
Winona, Minn., April 23, 1909. He settled there in 1857; owned large
lumber interests, and during his later years was president of the First
National Bank. [237 (56).]
Youmans, William Jay, physician and journalist, b. in Saratoga, N.
Y., Oct. 14, 1838; d. at Mount Vernon, N. Y., April 10, 1901. He was
graduated from the medical department of the University of New York,
1865; settled in Winona, Minn., in 1869, and practiced medicine there
three years; became associate editor of the Popular Science Monthly,
and removed to New York. [1; 76.]
Young, Alice, educator, b. in Bloomington, Ind., June 1, 1861; en-
gaged in teaching in California and in Duluth, Minn.; was graduated
at the University of Minnesota, 1896, and was instructor in English
there, 1895-1900; now dean of women in the University of Montana.
[127 (10*); 127B.]
Young, Austin Hill, judge, b. in Fredonia, N. Y., Dec. 8, 1830; d. in
Minneapolis, Minn., Feb. 13, 1905. He was admitted to the bar at
Prescptt, Wis., in 1860; removed to Minneapolis in 1866; was elected
city attorney in 1871, and the next year was appointed judge of court
of common pleas; was a judge of the Fourth judicial district, 1877-91.
[18; 20; 22*; 30; 41; 58;. 84*; 137; 237 (35); 238 (April 6, 1883).]
Young, Charles F., merchant, b. in Germany; came to the United
States in 1855, and to Wabasha county, Minn., in 1857; engaged in mer-
cantile business in Lake City after 1865. [74.]
MINNESOTA HISTORICAL, SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Young, Edward Blake, lawyer, b. in Newton, Mass., Jan. 14, 1864;
was graduated at Harvard University, 1885; settled in St. Paul the
same year, and was admitted to the bar two years later. [24; 25; 93.]
Young, Edward T., attorney general, b. in Sibley county, Minn., Oct.
27, 1858; was admitted to the bar in 1881, and practiced in Appleton,
1881-1904; was a representative in the legislature in 1889 and 1893; a
state senator, 1895-1902; and attorney general of Minnesota, 1905-09,
residing in St. Paul. [24; 30*; 32.]
Young, Elbert A., merchant, b. in New York city; settled in St. Paul
in 1871. [95*.]
Young, Eugene W., b. in Randolph, N, Y., June 12, 1852; came with
his parents to Minnesota in 1865; wa,s graduated at Carleton College,
1879; was a teacher in Rochester, and later engaged in insurance busi-
ness in Minneapolis. [66.]
Young, George Brooks, jurist, b. in Boston, Mass., July 25, 1840; d.
in St. Paul, Dec. 30, 1906. He was graduated at Harvard University,
1860, and at the Harvard Law School, 1863; came to Minnesota, set-
tling at Minneapolis, in 1870; was associate justice of the Minnesota
Supreme Court, 1874-5, and in 1875 removed to St. Paul; was reporter
of the Supreme Court, 1875-92, editing volumes 21-47 of its reports.
[18; 20; 23; 24; 28, XII; 68; 93; 95*; 98*; 136; 137*; 168 (April,
1892*); 237 (43*).]
Young, Harry H., journalist, b. in Virginia in 1825; d. in St. Paul,
Feb. 10, 1896. He came to Minnesota in 1859; resided in Henderson,
Red Wing, and Rochester; engaged in newspaper publication, and later
was secretary of the state board of immigration. [28, X; 68; 176
(June, 1885*); 237 (9).]
Young, Henry Albert, merchant, b. in Gailsbach, Germany, Dec. 9,
1845; came to the United States in 1863, and settled in Minnesota at
Read's Landing; removed in 1866 to Lake City, where he has since
engaged in mercantile business; wask mayor in 1892-3; became presi-
dent of the Citizens' Bank in 1898. [23; 25; 74.]
Young, Henry J., physician, b. in Rochester, Vt., June 9, 1831; served
as surgeon in Wisconsin regiments during the civil war; came to Min-
nesota in 1867, settling in Waseca. [18; 75.]
Young, James Carleton, capitalist, b. in Marion, Iowa, July 29, 1856;
was graduated at Cornell College, Iowa, 1876; settled in Minneapolis
in 1891; has traveled extensively in America and abroad, has accumu-
lated a large property by real estate investments, and owns a choice
library. [17; 20*; 24; 25.]
Young, James D., b. in Lawrence county, Pa., April 14, 1834; came
to Minnesota in 1855; served in the Eighth Minnesota Regt. in the civil
war; engaged in farming until 1871; then settled in Delano, and con-
ducted a hotel and a livery stable. [31.]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 889
Young, James W., b. in Canada, Dec. 25, 1837; served in the Second
Wisconsin cavalry in the civil war; settled in Dresbach, Winona coun-
ty, Minn.; owned a store and a hotel. [76.]
Young, Julius, b. in Baden, Germany, Feb. 28, 1845; came to the
United States when a child, and to Minnesota in 1859; served in the
20th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled in Owatonna in 1866,
owned a jewelry store, and after 1882 dealt in musical instruments.
[72,]
Young, Milo N., farmer, b. in West Middlesex, Pa., in 1854; came
with his parents to Minnesota when two years old; resides near Royal-
ton; was a representative in the legislature in 1907. [30*.]
Young, Robert B., miller, b. in Mercer county, Pa., in 1814; came to
Minnesota in 1856; was first lieutenant and afterward captain in the
Fourth Minnesota Regt. in the civil war, 1861-3; after 1875 owned a
flouring mill at Two Rivers, Morrison county. [31; 115.]
Young, Stewart, b. in Tompkins county, N. Y., Jan. 2, 1844; served
in the 140th N. Y. Regt. in the civil war; settled in Rock county, Minn.,
in 1872, and resided on a farm until 1886; was county auditor, 1887-90,
and removed to Luverne. [34.]
Young, Thomas L., millwright, b. in Mercer county, Pa.; came to
Minnesota in 1872, and two years later settled in Litchfield. He con-
structed more than sixty-five mills. [29*.]
Young, William Collins, architect and builder, b. in Fenner, N. Y.,
Aug. 10, 1826; served as captain and major in the Eighth Wisconsin
Regt., 1862-5; came to Minnesota in 1865, settling on a farm near the
present site of Waseca, and seven years afterward removed to that
town, of which in 1876 he was appointed postmaster. He was a rep-
resentative in the legislature in 1870, and a state senator in 1871. [18;
75.]
Young, William Eri, lawyer, b. in Adams county, Wis., Oct. 26, 1861;
came with his parents to Minnesota in 1864; was graduated at the
Mankato Normal School, 1881, and in law at the University of Iowa,
1882; has practiced in Mankato since 1887; was city attorney six
years; was a member of the state railroad and warehouse commis-
sion, 1905-09. [24; 25; 30; 45*.]
Young, Winthrop, banker, b. in Waterford, Vt., Sept. 17, 1817; d. in
Minneapolis, Minn., July, 1896. He settled in Minneapolis in 1857, and
made investments in pine lands; engaged in banking in 1878, and was
president of the Farmers' and Mechanics' Bank, and also of the Com-
mercial Bank of Minneapolis. [20; 237 (9).]
Younger, Bob, b. in Missouri, Oct. 29, 1855; with his brothers was
a member of an outlaw band of desperadoes, and participated in the
Northfield, Minn., bank robbery, Sept. 7, 1876; died in the state prison
at Stillwater, Sept. 16, 1889. [237 (16).]
890 MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY COLLECTIONS.
Younger, Cole, b, in Jackson county, Mo., Jan. 15, 1844; was a mem-
ber of Quantrell's Guerrillas in the civil war; later belonged to a party
of desperadoes who were concerned in many raids and robberies. In
1876, after the party had robbed the bank at Northfield, Minn., and
killed Mr. Heywood, the cashier, he was captured and sentenced to
prison for life; in 1901 was paroled by the State Board of Pardons, and
later was pardoned. [237(16*).]
Younger, James, b. in Jackson county, Mo., Jan. 15, 1848; with his
brothers, Cole and Bob, and others, was concerned in many robberies,
chiefly of banks and railway trains; participated in the robbery of the
bank at Northfield, Minn., was captured and condemned to imprison-
ment for life; served in the state prison at Stillwater, 1876-1901; was
paroled by the State Board of Pardons, being liberated from prison
July 10, 1901; committed suicide in St. Paul, Oct. 19, 1902. [237 (16*,
28).]
Younggren, Oscar, b. in Wisconsin, May 1, 1863; came to Kittson
county, Minn., in 1880, and was sheriff, 1889-98; resided in Hallock.
[35.]
Younglove, Norton C, grocer, b. in Steuben county, N. Y., April 27,
1834; settled in Rochester, Minn., in 1856. [66.]
Youngquist, John A., educator, b. in Sweden, Oct. 12, 1860; came to
the United States with his parents at the age of twelve; was gradu-
ated at Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, Minn., in 1890, and has
been a professor there since 1892. [148.]
Ytrehus, Christopher K., Lutheran clergyman, b. in Norway, June
20, 1856; came to the United States in 1884; studied theology at Augs-
burg Seminary, Minneapolis, and was ordained in 1888; was pastor
in La Crosse, Wis., 1888-1898; Hillsboro, N. D., 1898-1903; Farwell,
Minn., 1903-04; and Alexandria, Minn., after 1904. [148.]
Ytterboe, Halvor T,, educator, b. near Calmar, Iowa, Nov. 27, 1857;
d. Feb. 2Qt 1904. He was graduated at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa,
in 1881; was a professor In St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minn., after
1882, and acted as its financial agent. [133 (June, 1898*, and March,
1904*); 149; 169.]
Zapp, John, b. in Schoenecken, Germany, June 10, 1830; came to the
United States in 1854, and to Minnesota in 1856; was register of deeds
in Stearns county, 1861-89, living at St. Cloud; has since engaged there
in real estate business. [18; 24; 25.]
Zardetti, Otto, R. C. bishop, b. in Switzerland, Jan. 24, 1847; d. in
Rome, Italy, May 10, 1902. He was ordained a priest in 1870; settled
in the United States in 1881; was the first bishop of St. Cloud, Minn.,
1889-94; resided in Rome after 1897. [132 (Nov., 1889, and June,
1902*).]
MINNESOTA BIOGRAPHIES. 891
Zeigler, Lee Woodward, artist, b. in Baltimore, Md., May 7, 1868;
studied at the Maryland Institute and Art School; contributed draw-
ings to Life, New York, 1889-94; has illustrated de luxe editions of
several authors; came to Minnesota in 1910, as director in art for the
St. Paul Institute. [17.]
Zelch, John, farmer, b. in Hesse, Prussia, Sept. 27, 1860; came to
St. Paul with his parents the next year; resided on a farm near Cot-
tage Grove, Minn., after 1882; was a representative in the legislature,
1891-3 and 1905-9. [27*; 30.]
Zeleny, Anthony, b. in Racine, Wis., April 20, 1870; came to Hutch-
inson, Minn.; was graduated at the University of Minnesota, 1892; in-
structor in physics there, 1897-1906, and assistant professor since 1906;
author of a text book and scientific papers. [7A; 127B.]
Zeleny, Charles, b. in Hutchinson, Minn., Sept. 17, 1878; was grad-
uated at the University of Minnesota, 1898; associate professor of
zoology in the University of Indiana, 1907-9, and the same of Illinois
since 1909. [7A.]
Zeleny, John, educator, b. in Racine, Wis., March 26, 1872; lived in
Hutchinson, Minn., during his youth; was graduated at the University
of Minnesota, 1892; was instructor in physics there, 1892-6, and later
associate professor, becoming the head of this department in 1908.
[7A; 17; 24; 127B.]
Zenius, Conrad C, music teacher, b. in Prussia, Nov. 20, 1830; d. in
St Paul, Minn., July 25, 1872. He came to the United States in 1853,
and to Minnesota in 1856, settling in St. Paul; was organist of the
Cathedral and of St. Mary's Catholic Church. [93A.]
Zich, August F. W., Lutheran clergyman, b. June 12, 1868, at Stet-
tin, Germany; came to the United States in 1872; was graduated at
Northwestern University, Watertown, Wis., 1890, and the Theological
Seminary, Wauwatosa, Wis., 1893; was pastor in Dexter, Mower county,
Minn., 1893-96, and since 1896 at Sleepy Eye, Minn. [148.]
Zickrick, Michael, clergyman, b. near Berlin, Germany, May 22,
1823; came to the United States in 1848, and to Minnesota in 1864;
owned a farm, and manufactured brick in St. Charles, Winona county;
was pastor of the Evangelical church there. [76.]
Zier, Edward B., physician, b. in New Albany, Ind., May 19, 1857; d.
in Minneapolis, Dec. 9, 1901. He was graduated from the medical de-
partment of the University of Louisville, 1877; spent the next four
years in study in Vienna and other European cities; came to Minne-
sota in 1881, settling in Minneapolis; was a representative in the leg-
islature in 1895. [20*; 27*; 30; 84*; 237 (19*).]
Zieske, John C, b. in Prussia in 1842; came to the United States
in 1854; served in the 18th Wisconsin Regt. in the civil war; settled
in Sleepy Eye, Minn., in 1873; engaged in the harness trade; was a
representative in the legislature in 1881. [32.]
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Zimmerman, Charles Alfred, photographer, b. in Strasburg, Alsace,
France, June 21, 1844; d. in St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 23, 1909. He came
to the United States in 1848 with his parents, who settled in St. Paul
in 1856; served in the Sixth Minnesota Regt, 1862-5; was a well known
writer and illustrator for magazines, and had one of the largest photo-
graph galleries in the Northwest. [23*; 68; 94; 97; 237 (59*).]
Zimmerman, Edward, merchant, b. in Strasburg, Alsace, April 26,
1821; d. in St. Paul, July 27, 1866. He came to the United States in
1848; settled in St. Paul in 1856. [28, IV*.]
Zimmerman, Edward Oscar, traveling salesman, b. in Prance, Sept.
29, 1842; d. in St. Paul, Aug. 7, 1908. He came to the United States in
1848, and to St. Paul in 1856; was lieutenant in the Sixth Minnesota
Regt. in the civil war. In 1873 he established a large photographic
business. [94; 237 (51*).]
Zimmerman, J., farmer, b. in Germany in 1825; came to the United
States in 1849, and to Minnesota in 1856; settled in Le Sueur; was a
representative in the legislature in 1877. [30.]
Zoch, Herman Emil, musician, b. in the province of Posen, Prussia,
April 16, 1857; was graduated at the Royal Conservatory of Music in
Leipsic, 1876; came to the United States in 1883, and a year later set-
tled in Minneapolis, where he was highly regarded as a teacher of
the piano and concert performer. [22*; 24; 26*; 85A*; 90*.]
Zollman, Frederick W., lawyer, b. in Le Sueur, Minn., June 1, 1860;
came with his parents to St. Paul in 1864; was graduated at North-
western College, 1881; was admitted to the bar in 1886, and has since
practiced in St. Paul. [93; 100; 23S (Nov. 9, 1899).]
Zuel, William W., farmer, b. in Fulton county, N. Y., Aug. 25, 1842;
served in the 64th Illinois Regt. during the civil war, attaining the rank
of captain; came to Minnesota in 1865, and settled on a claim in Spring-
field, Cottonwood county, in 1871. [34.]
Zurcher, Alfred, physician, b. in Switzerland, Sept. 5, 1850; came
to the United States in 1874; settled in Stillwater, Minn., in 1876. [40.]
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