Anoka County, Minnesota - Biographical sketches, 1905 (part 2 of 3)

Rel'ei. L. H.m.l was born at Patten. .Maine, Nov. 4, i860. He attended the schools and the academy of his native town, and before he attained his majority had acquired a pretty good idea of the lumber b>i5iness as it was carried on in Maine. In Aroostook county there are many starch factories, snd Mr. Hall also got an insight into the potato starch business before leaving Maine. Coming to Minnesota in 1882, he first engaged m logging on the Medway river in the northern part of tlie stite. There he becmic acquainted with Mr. Lehmd and interested him in the stnrch business. A large starch factory was built by ihcni at Anoka, and later Mr. Hall built other factories at Monticcllo. Noilh Branch and Harris. He also started a flourishing general store at North Branch. Failing health and the necc-sity for '-i'st. and an unfaithful employe, coupled with a disastrou'; lire, bronght business reverses, and the factories passed out (if Mr. 11, ill's hands, hut he continues to reside at Anoka. A more detailed account of the inception of starch making in Minnesota through Mr. Hall's initiative appears elsewhere. Mr. Hall wa> niarriod Oct. 17. i88g. ot Edith I. Stvw.-irt, a school

George Ketcha m Hagaman, M. D., is a graduate of the medical department of the Minn(^ota State University, class of 1903. His scliooling prior to entrance in the University was obtained in his native town, Pennington, Mercer county, New

Jersey, where he was born December 9, 1875, coming to Minnesoin in 1888 ami gra.duating in the class of 1895 of the St. Paul Central high .'^chi o!. During the last year of his university experience he occupied the position of inti>rne at Dr. Abbott's ITos]iit;!l, Miu'icapdhs. and the following year was interne at the St. Paul City and Cnunt\ Hospital. Prior to taking up the litud}- of medicine ii! a regular way he devoted his aspirations to ihc study of law at the same institution from which he later graduated in tije medical department. This was in 1898-9. On July 19, 1904, he was appointed cnunty ])liysician and county coroner, after a residence in Anoka only since June 7th. the same year. He is a menil)er of .\. O. U. \V. and Woodmen of the World, and is examiner for the latter. Dr. Hagaman was mar:ied to Mary Wilscn Fac4undus, September 14. 1904.

Bev.t.\.\iin F. H.\t.i, was born Aug. 7, 1854, at Patten, Maine. He attended the public schools and also Patten Academy, afterward engaging in farming and lumbering. He came to Minnesota, Apr. 29, 18S9, where he w^as a partner with his brother. Reuel L. Hall, in starch factories in Anoka, Chisago and Wright counties. He was n^irried Nov. 19, 1881, to Abbie Joy. Children: FJmer F. (Minneapolis). Herbert R.. Grace (died ]\Iay 4, i8S(,). lua vdied July 3. 1888).

Jo.-Krn S. FIali. was born at Falmouth, Maine, July i, 1827, where he conti'uied to reside until February, 1890, when he removed to Anoka, where he still lives. He was engaged in farming and lumbering in his native state. He was married in 185,2 to Caroline Lovejoy. who died Apr. 25, 1896. Children: Benjamin F., Lydia Ella (Mrs. Wm. Chase. Lead, S. D.), Frederick (died 1861), Emma J. (Mrs. E. C. Joy), Reuel L., Jo- .seph E. (Lead. S. D.), Ida Belle (Mr^. W. .\. Xye. Denver. Col.).

HiR.\M A. Harktngtox was born in Anoka Aug. 19, 1861. He spent a couple nf years in the early seventies in Maine, and six years ( i8^^9 to 1875) in South Boston. Mass.. where he took advantage of the schools in that place. He returned to Anoka late in the year 1875. where he has continuously resided ever since, except a year (1889) spent at Eugene, Oregon. He all but graduated from the Anoka Business College, being deprived of that pleasure only by the closing of the school. He was appointed on the police force during Mayor Goodrich's first term, and was chosen chief of police during the second term of Mayor Goodrich. He has served on the police force four years all told, up to Dec. 31. 1904, on which date he stepped into the oflice of register of deecN, to which he had lu^en elected on the

Republican ticket. Before his connection with the police force he had been in the coal and lime business, and was in a surveyir!g force for the Brook Park cut-off (now a part of the Great Northern). Mr Harrington has been married twice; first to Alpharetta Wheeler, in July, 1890, who died in February, 1896, leaving one.hoy, Charles Augustus; second, to Bessie F. Webber, and there have been born Horace Adelbcrt, Florence M., and Hiram Harv-v.

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Frank Hart was born in Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 23, 1854. He was educated in the schools in St. Faul, Minn. He came to Minnesota with his parents in 1856. In October. 1858, he came to Ham Lake, v.-hcre his father settled in section 6. He was census enumerator in 1880, 1890, 1895, and clerk of the district court from 1897 to the present time. He has been an auctioneer for abdut Iwotily year>. Imlding auctions all over Anoka county

JosiAH Hart (deceased) was born in Rutland, Vt., Aug. 27, 1807. The first business which he tok up was that of carpenter and builder. He came to Minnesota in 1856 and to Anoka Co. about October, 1858. He settled on section six in what is now Ham Lake, where he farmed and rais.^d stock. In 1864 iie was U. S. enrolling officer and held numerous town offices. His wife was Laura Butman. His only child was Frank Hart of Anoka.

Ai.oxzo C. H.wi'F.x (son of Rev. Winthrop Hayden) was born in Maine, and came to Minnesota with his parents in the summer of 185.1, settling at Elm Creek. In 1861 he enlisted in Company D of the First ^Minnesota Regiment, and was killed in the terrible charge of that regiment on the field of Gettysburg.

Rev. Wextwortu Hayden was born in Ma3'field, Sommerset Co., Maine, Oct. 28, 1813. He was educated in the college at Waterville, Maine, pnd entered the ministry of the Free Will Baptist church. In 1854 he came to Champlin, Minn., where he was pastor of the church for some years. From 1858 to i860 he served in tlie state legislature. He was married to Lavina Ames April 13, 1837. Children: Alonzo, Hiram, Melissa (Mrs. T. P. Hill), David. Charles Sirah (Mrs. John Pomeroy), Ella, Lilla (Mrs. Wm. Seelye), Edith (Mrs. John French). Mr. Hayden was a direct descendant of John .Vlden. He was one of the organizers of the Free Will Baptist church at ^Minneapolis, Champlin and Elk River.

b.'Ac H. H.ARTHORX (deceased) was born at Milfurd, Maine, Scpi. 18, 1822. He came to Anoka county in 1865 and soon after purchased a farm in the town of Ramsej', where he lived up to the time of his death. He was married IMarch 14, 1849. Children : Joseph Reed (died Feb., 1872), Charles B. (died Mar. 22, 1870), Isaac A., Cyrus M. (Portland, Ore.), Anni B. (Mrs. Orrin Pitman), Orrin A.. George W. (Tacoma, Wash.), Elsie A. (Mrs. Willi?.m Balow. Tower City. N. D.).

March 6, 1835. He worked in W. D. Washburn's saw mill from 1873 to 1889. During the years 1883-4-5 and 1896-7-8 he was a member of the board of supervisors. He served on the school board in 1805-6-7. Mr. Hefty was twice married. His first wife was Anna Wild, to whom he was married Nov. 15, 1875. His second wife was Agatha Wild, to v/hom he was married Nov. 10, 1878. Children. ]\Iaggie B., Rose K., and H. C. Dahlgren.

Isaac A. TT\rtuok\" (son of Isaac H. Harthorn) was born in the county of Penobscot, Maine, Dec. 27, 1854. He came to Ramsej', Anoka county, in 1865, where he has been a successful farmer. He has one hundred and forty acres of land in sections 27 and 34, about 80 of which arc u.nder cultivation. Mr. Harthorn has been town clerk for about twelve years, and

Christian Heil (son of John Heil) was born in the town of Columbus, Anoka county, Mardi 10, 1859. He worked on his father's farm in that town until he was of age, and in 1884 he purchased eighty acres in section 11, town of Columbus, wiicre he still lives. He also owns eighty acres near the Linwood line. He was married May 13, 1884, to Anna Moore, daughter of Charles H. Moore of Centreville. Cliildrcn : Jennie M., Florence G., Wildie B., and Henry C.

John Heil (deceased) was born in Germany in 1813. He came to America al)out 1847. He kept a meat market in Chicago several years, moving to St. Paul a few years later, where he also conducted a meat market. About 1857 he came to Anoka county, settling in the town of Columbus. He bought 160 acres on the shore of Howard lake and lived there until his death in 1897. He was married about 1840 to Marion Hoffman. Three children are still living : Christian, Anna and Emma (Mrs. Frank Hauble, Hugo, Washington Co.).

JoHX Newton Hexrv, M. D., was born at Johnston. Ohio, Apr. 28, 1822. He received an academic and college education, coming to Minnesota in 1872. In November, 1877, he located at Champlin, where he has been engaged in the practice of medicine. Was justice of the peace during 1903 and 1904. Dr. Henry was married Sept. 20, 1847, to Diana Mercliant. Giildren : Hulda (]Mrs. Lewis Van Dake). Harriet (Mrs. P. C. Richard son), William (deceased), John. Charles, Mary (Mrs. C. M. Goss), Jenny (Mrs. U. G. Herrick), Albert (deceased), James and Sumner (deceased).

David L. Herrick was born in Sandersficld. ^lass., Dec. 4, 1808. He was married Dec. 30, 1829, to Almira Cargill, following which time he lived in Ohio. In 1856 he came to Minnesota, settling in the town of Dayton, and remained there until about 1867, when he removed to Champlin. In 1898 he removed to Sauk Rapids, where he died Jan. 19, 1899. Mr. Herrick was twice married. His first wife died at Champlin, and about six years later he v/as married to Susan W. Fuller. He left three sons at his death : James X. B., Nelson and Ben.ianiin F.

James Van Burex Herrick was born in Sandcrstield, Mass., July 25, 1830. He v.'as educated in an academy at Chester, Ohio. The first business which he took up was blacksmithing. He came to Minnesota in October, 1854, and to Champhn in 1866, where he engaged in mason work, shoemaking and farming. He has been assessor and town clerk of Champlin at different times. He was married in 1852 to Martha S. Tuttle. Children : Viola (Mrs. E. N. Edwards), Rollin J.. Truman W., Nora (Mrs. Charles Wolley).

Nelson Herrick was born in Sandersfield, Mass., Feb. 11, iSti3. He was educated in the high school and Gauga Seminary in Ohio. The first business which he took up was blacksmithing. He came to Champlin in May, 1855. where he was employed in carpenter work. He enlisted Aug. 12, 1864^ in Company F, Eleventh Regiment, from which be was discharged at the close of the war. In 1853 he was married to Sarah Ann Talcott. Children: George, Lily (jMrs. Sannie! Goodrich, deceased), Ulysses.

Joseph B. Hick.man w:as born in Wayne Co., Pa., in April, 1833. He came to Anoka in 1865. He was married August 12, .i860, to Jane McTlveen. Children: Frank B.. William J., Mary A. and Mabel F. (Mrs. O. W. Brodhcad).

George Du.^can Hir.LiARn was born at St. George, N. B., March 7, 1862, and at eighteen came to Anoka with his grandparents. He graduated from the Anoka Business College about the year 1884. He was in the grocery business until 1890, since which time he has been a traveling salesman ten years with McCusick & Copelin, and later with Paris, Murton & Co., of Minneapolis. He wfs married in 1888 to Martha Gow. Children: J. Clyde, Florence and Catherine G.

Ard a. Hilton vv^as I)orn in Stark, Somerset county, Maine, in 7843. He came to Minnesota in 1872. He was deputy county auditor for several vears and in 1876 was elected register of deeds, serving several terms. In 1888 he engaged in the grocery business at Anoka, which was continued until 1901.

Charles N.xttiak Hinklev was -born in Dayton. ]Minn., Oct. 6, 1855. He attended the district school? until twelve years of age, the Minneapolis pul)Iic schools for three years and the State University for two years. In 1873 he came to Champlin, settling on a fjrm in section 25i- where lij still lives. He has held various lown offices since 1878, being chairman of the board of supervisors in 1884 and on tJie board again in 1892 and again chairman in 1902-3. He was married to Ruth Margaret Adcock Dec. 25. 1893. Children : INIarian Lucilc, Robert James, Charles Orange and Delia Louise.

Freem.vx C. Hog.vxs was born July 2, 1831, in Jamestown, N. Y., on a farm on the shore of Chautauqua lake. At six years of age he moved with his parents to Meadville, Pennsylvania, thence to Conr.oautville, where he lived on a farm until fifteen years of age, when he started to learn the shoemaker's trade. Worked at shot-making in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri. Returned to Penn.sylvania about 1853, and went into the shoe business near the old place, ^foved to Anoka m 1865, and carried on the manufacturing and dealing in shoes many years. In i860 he married Mrs. Rachel Elliot, a widow with three children, Washington. Catherine Salome (Mrs. A. G. Morgan), and .-\rthur J. Mrs. Elliot's maiden name was Sterling. Mr. and Mrs. Hogans have had two children, Luzern (deceased) and Florence Lorinda (Mrs. Irving Baker, Seattle). Mr. Hogans' grandfather settled on Gen. Van Rensselaer's lands in the county of the same name, where he leased of the ^^^n Rensselaers a farm for ninetN'-nine years.

Edwix p. Kugiies was born in Jackson county, Ohio, July 31, 1842. Taught school in Wisconsin and was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in 1866 and in Minnesota in 1877. He came to Anoka in 18S4, where he continued the practice of law. Was district attorney of St. Croix Co., Wis., for some years, superintendent of citv schools of Hudson, Wis., about 1869 and 1870; city judge for several years in Hudson, also city attorney of Hudson ; city attorney of Anoka three years, city justice of Anoka for several years, judge of municipal court of Anoka for one year. He was married Oct. 19. 1870, to Cecilia A. Andrews. One child was born, Mabel L. (Mrs. Paul Giddings).

John Hiinter was born at Antrim, Ireland, Jan. 19, 1844. He received his education in the schools in Livingston county. New York, and in Anoka county, Minn. In 1856, the family came to Minnesota, locating in the town of Grow, where Mr.

Hunter lived for many years on section 22. Aug. 20, 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, eighth Regiment, and was present in all the battles and skirmishes participated in by that regiment, including the Minnesota Indian war, the Nashville campaign and Johnston's surrender to Sherman. He received his discharge Aug. i, 1865. Mr. Hunter served seven years as county commissioner (1876-1883), and was supervisor and assessor twenty-eight years. He was married in 1875 to Addie Hank. Children : Forest H. and Bazel.

Moses Augustus Hutchins was born at Avon, Franklin Co., Maine, June 3, 1839. He attended school at Minot, Maine,^ and worked at milling. He came to Minnesota in 1856 and to Anoka Co. in 1872, where he has been engaged as a stationary engineer. He was married July 4, 1868, to Sophronia M. Taylor. Children: Herman A. (deceased), Horace B., Emma M. (Mrs. A. R. Woodmansee), Grace L. (Mrs. J. A. Wasson), Jessie E.,. Almon Neal, and Helen M. Mrs. Hutchins came to Anoka when a child and was one of the early teachers of Anoka county. She v/as the first normal school graduate in the county, having graduated from the Winona Normal School.

^Marshall L. Inman was born at ]\Iilford, Maine, June 15, 1848, at eighteen came to Minneapolis, and at twenty-three to St. Francis, where he farmed; later removed to Anoka, Where he is oiler in the Lincoln mill. Mr. Inman was married June 10, 1872, to j\Iary A. Wilbur, and there have been born : Marchie,. (Mrs C. A. Stewart, ^linneapolis), and John M.

John Ives was born July 31, 1838, at Aurelius, Cayuga county. New York. Less than two years thereafter his parents removed to Chautauqua count}'-, and in 1855 to Port Byron, same state. In the latter place he learned the tinner's trade, and was married there Sept. 13, 1859, to Polly M. Main. The following year the couple removed to Newark, same state, and in 1866 came to Anoka. Mr. Ives conducted a hardware and grocery store, in company with G. W. Church, but the latter afterward sold out his interest to G. Townsend. The store was located in the illfated block on Main street which was burned out March 13, 1869. After this Mr. Ives went to farming, and is now living about one mile east of Anoka on his farm. The children born are: Roy S. (Excelsior, Minn.), Stella (Mrs. H. Groat), Samuel,.

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Carl L. Johnson was born in Sweden May 21, 1862. He came to America in 1882, and found employment at Anoka with Peter Brant, having learned tailoring in his father's shop in Sweden. In :888 he went into business for himself, and now has a merchant tailoring establishment at Anoka employing from five to twelve people and also one at Cambridge. Minn., employing three or four. The Cambridge store is managed by H. C.

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Dahlgren. Order.s are received from St. Paul, Minneapolis and many other places outside the county. Mr. Johnson was a member of the city council in 1894 and 1895. He was appointed a member of the library board in 1903 and reappointed for three years in 1904. Mr. Johnson was married Nov. 2, 1887, to Alice Johnson, of Rockford, III, who died in June, 1891. He was married a second time in 1893 to Augusta B. Anderson. They have two girls, Rachel Cecilia and Maria Augusta Theresia.

Henry Clay Johnson was born in Milford, Indiana, March 10, 1856. In October, 1865, he came to Anoka county, and received his education in the Anoka schools. After leaving school he was a clerk in the Anoka postoffice for a number of years. Later he was employed for a time in a grocery and finally as an accountant. In this latter capacity he has been with the Pills- bury-Washburn Flour Mills Co. at Anoka for many years. He was elected alderman of the first ward of the City of Anoka in April, 1895, and re-elected in 1897. In September, 1899, he resigned, but was again elected to the same office in April, 1903, and still hold's this position. Mr. Johnson was married Sept. g, 1890, to Helen Burk. Two daughters have been torn to them, Mary and Gertrude (deceased).

Charles H. Johnson was born March 13, 1850, in Gainsville, Wyoming Co., N. Y. He came to Minnesota in March, 1880, and to Anoka March 6, 1888, where he nas conducted a photograph gallery. Mr. Johnson has been thrice married. His first wife was Alice Nourse, to whom he was married Mar. 14, 1876, and who died June 15, 1878. His second wife was Belle Lowell, to whom he was married Aug. 14, 1884, who died Dec. 19, 1897, leaving two children, Jay W. and Forest. Mr. Johnson was again married Apr. 22, 1900, to Lena Slayback.

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Ole Jesperson (deceased) was born in Norway, Aug. 26, 1845. Came to America in 1867, reaching St. Paul July 10 of that year. Settled on a farm in Ham Lake in 1874, where he lived up to the time of his death. He served on the board of supervisors about half the time he lived there and as county commissioner from the fourth district from Jan. i, 1895, to Jan. 1,

Peter William Jesperson was born at Fridley, Anoka county, Nov. 21, .1871. He attended the public schools and afterward the Minneapolis Normal College. He took up farming in section 33, town of Sethel. of which town he was chairman of the board of supervisors, and was also a member of the school board in district 53. He is at present travelling salesman for the J R. Watkins Medical Co., of Winona, Minn. Mr. Jesperson was married June 7, 1899, to Matilda H. Titterud, who died, leaving one son, Harris O.

Louis Jepson was born in Darum, Denmark, March 5, 1856. He came to this country in 1878, settling in Minneapolis. He was married in 1881 to Andrea Martha Borre, and moved to a farm in the town of Blaine, where he now lives, and where he has made a business of dairying and fine stock raising. He has been a member of the board of supervisors and was town treasurer fifteen years. Children: Maggie and Andrew.

John W. Johnston wa; born at St. George, New Brunswick, June 23, 1832. He received a high school education and engaged in farming and lumbering. He came to Minnesota in 1855 and three years later to Champlin. where he has been variously engaged in farming, lumbering, merchandise and meat market, and also in the hotel business. He was treasurer of school district 37 for a number of years. Mr. Johnston was married Nov. 3, 1861, to Rebecca L. Davis. Children: George W. (deceased), John F., Grace (Mrs. A. Bickford), Alice (deceased), Jesse Winn (deceased), Mav (Mrs. Thompson), Laura (Mrs. N. A. Nason), Belle (Mrs. C. T. Peppard). Frederick, Irene (Mrs. M. J. Donahue), Hester and Ruby D.

Fred W. Johonnett was born in Palmyra, Somerset Co., Maine, Feb. 17, 1842. Worked at farming until November, 1861, when he enlisted in Company E, Fourteenth Maine Infantry, m which he served unf,il February, 1863, when he was discharged for ciiyabilitv. }n '-lovember of the same vear he re-enlisted in Company I, SecMul Maine Cavalry, and served until December, 1865. He was in t!ic Department of the Gulf during the entire period. After the war he returned to Maine, and came to Anoka county in the spring of 1869. He bought ito acres in section 8, town of OaU Grove, where he still lives. He was married in December, 186S. tc Cynthia E. VVethern, who died Nov. 28, 1902. One daughter is living: Gertrude (Mrs. William O. Leathers). Mr. Johonnett was town clerk ten years. Has also served several terms as town treasurer and school director.

Lewis C. Johoxnot was bnrn in Newport, Elaine, May 3, 1857. Spent four years at the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, !87C)-i883. Tn 1883 he came to Minneapolis, where lie became assistant superintendent of music of the Minneapolis public schools, .\fterward he took charge of tne music at the old Centenary Methodist and other churches. In 1884 he came to Anoka, where ho was director of the .\noka Choral Union three years. For the past fifteen years lie has lived in tlie town of Oak Grove. He has composed a number of vocal pieces, one of which, "The Girl Behind the Dough," was published in 1892. iNIr. Johonnot was married Jan. 13. 1903, to Harriet L. Seymour.

Edwin Josi-in was born in ^laple Grove, Sept. 25, 1872. Moved to Ham Lake with his parents, in which town lie has been engaged in farming. Aug. i, 1896, he married Grace Uren. Children : Alice, William and Gladys.

WiLLiA.M Penn Joslin was born at Lynboro, New Hampshire, Nov. 30, 1842. He grew up en a farm and learned the carpenter's trade. He came to Anoka county in ]March. 1881, and settled on a farm in section 28, in the town of Ham Lake. He was married Sept. 11. 1871, to Georgiana Morehouse. Children: Leona (Mrs. Adam Hollingsvvorth), William Edwin, Alice (Mrs. John Bell), Alta L., (Mrs. B. Meister), Levi K, Charlotte Elizabeth (Mrs. Edwin Lawson), Allen Marcellus, Helen May, Orrice Edna (adopted), and Clyde Remmington.

CvRENESS K.\RKER was boni Oct. 13, 1853, at Cobleskill. New York, wdiere he was educated and lived until 1887, when he came to Minneapolis. Here he was in the employ of Mr. Fletcher in the wholesale hardware trade. On the 5th of May, 1889, he came to .\noka and was thereafter in the employ of F. F.

Fletcher, a son of his MinneapoHs employer, for a period of nearly ten years, but on March 11, 1898, in conjunction with H. C. Loehl established the present firm of Loehl & Karker, hardware dealers. He was married Feb. 24, 1895, to Agnes O'Keefe. The family comprises Mr. and Mrs. Karker, Florence L. Kenney and Agnes Beck. Mr. Karker is guardian for the latter.

James C. Keillor (son of William Keillor) was born in the province of Ontario, Canada, July 4, 1860. Obtained his education in New Brunswick and worked on his father's farm until 1881, when he removed to Anoka Co., where he assisted his brother-in-law, James Hunt, in the management of the latter's farm in Ramsey until the death of Mr. Hunt, since which time he has had its sole management. Mr. Keillor now owns 80 acres in section 10, where he stilb resides. He was never married.

William E. Kefllor was born in Chatham, New Brunswick, Oct. 31, 1836, where he lived until the age of nineteen. He spent twelve years in Nova Scotia and Ontario, and then lived again in New Brunswick until 1891, when he removed to Anoka Co. He taught school in Canada for about seven years, and then his health failing, he went to farming, a congenial occupation which he has since follov,'ed. In 1901 he purchased forty acres in section 3, town of Ramsey, where he now resides. He was married Jan. 26, 1856, to Mary J. Crandall. Children: Mary E. (Mrs. James Hunt), Rebecca E., James C, Thomas T. (Albert, New Brunswick), Elizabeth J. CMrs. Herbert B. Crandall), Amelia J. (Mrs. Aibin Loucks, Malmo, Aitkin Co., Minn.), and Alfred L.

Frank Kelsey (son of Peter Kelsey) v/as born at Ashtabula, Ohio, Oct. 23, 1854. The next year his parents removed to Anoka county, settling at Round lake in what is now the town of Grow. From 1869 to 1880 he was engaged in brickmaking with his brothers, afterward spending five years in the mines in the Black Hills. From 1888 to 1893 he was in the grocery business, and from 1805 to 1900 was chief of police of Anoka. He is now engaged in raising small fruits on east Main street. He was married Sept. 1, 1881, to Ida Allen. They have three children : Guy, Stanley and Francis.

afterward moving to Pennsylvania and engaging in the manufacture of boots and shoes, and was married in 1851 to Lydia Sterling. About five years after this event he located at Round lake, and two years later at Anoka, where he went into the boot and shoe business, from whicli he later retired and engaged in the sewing machine business. He was a county commissioner in the early days. Children: Clarence (died 1853J, Melvin (died 1865), Lydia Jeanette (Mrs. W. P. Macomber, Wilton, N. D.) Ella (Mrs. Magson), Hiram A. (deceased) and Georgia (Mrs. Woodworth).

Peter Kelsev (deceased) was born in New York state in 1825. He came to Anoka county in 1855. settling at Round lake in what is now the town of Grow. He engaged in farming until 1862, when he removed to New York, returning in 1865 to his farm at Round lake, where he died the same year. His wife was Miss Lucy Giddings of Ohio, who died at Round lake in 1886. Children: Claudius L (Eugene City, Oregon), Minnie (Mrs. M. Burns, Grand Forks, N. D.), Porter, Frank, Frances (died 1894), Jackson (drowned in Round lake, 1883).

Charles Wood Kerr was born in St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 7, 1870. When an infant his parents removed to Anoka, where he received his education at the .A.noka high school. He has been for some years cmplo3'ed in the postoffice department. His home is in Minneapolis.

J.\MES Allen Kerr was born in .\llegheny. Penn., March 15, J838. He came to Minnesota Sept. 15, 1855, settling in Hennepin county, and followed lumbering for a livelihood. Oct. 5. 1861, he enlisted in Peteler's Minnesota Sharpshooters, which became Co. A of the Second United States Sharpshooters. He was wounded in the Wilderness and also at Petersburg. He was nuistered out Nov. 6, 1864. He c:me to Anoka county June 7, 1871, and worked at lumbering for some years. Mr. Kerr was married Aug. 4, 1868, to Emma Parslnw Ghostley. Children : Charles W. and Maude M.

Wtlli.\m F. Ktesel was born at Lingenhagen, in Pommern, Germany, June 10, 1859. Attended the common schools ; came to America at the age of twenty-four and spent six years in gardening near St. Paul, and then carried on a farm in Maple Grove four years, living meanwhile in Champlin. Tn 1895 he purchased a farm in section 35, town of Burns, where he still lives. He has 80 acres, about 45 of which are under cultivation. He was married. Feb. 21, 1886, to Rachel Blesi. Children: Anna M., Emma F., Katherine E., Rosa B., Frediline A.

EsTES A. Kjng was born in Charlton, Mass,. July 29, 1817. He early learned the blacksmith's trade, and having come to Anoka county in 1856 he started a blacksmith shop in Anoka two year later, continuing in that business until about 1875, when he went into the real estate business, which he followed until 1895. He held many school and town offices in the early days. He was twice married.. His first wife was Ann Mclntyre. who died leaving one daughter, Mrs. H. M. Lambert. His second wife was Lucy Buss, i:nd they had one son, Frank.. now a resident of Linwood. Mr. King died March 31, 1900.

Rev. Frederick R. Leach, pastor of the First Baptist Church, was born Feb. 14, 1864, at Hamburg, N. Y. At about twent> years of age he entered Hamilton (now Colgate) University where he remained four years, after which he attended the Rochester Theological Seminary, graduating therefrom in 1891. He was married in 1893 to Mary Gaylord. Children : Gaylord, Harold and Donald.

Charles LI. Leathers was born in Maine in 1836, and in 1854 came to Minneapolis and later located in Oak Grove. In 1861 he enlisted and served in Co. H, First Minnesota Regiment, participating in various engagements and being wounded at Bristow. At the close of his three years term of service he was mustered out with the regiment. In 1871 he was married to Ouisa Barrett. Children: Alonzo C. (died 1895), John W. (died 1893), George F. (deceased), Lucinda (deceased), Charles (deceased).

Gilbert H. Le.-^thers was born in New Hampshire, Dec. 12, 1824, in the town of Nottingham. At two years of age his parents removed to Maine. In 1854 he came to Oak Grove town ship, later removing to Anoka.

Henry G. Leathers was born in Oak Grove, Anoka county, Dec. II, 1858. He was educated in the Anoka high school and at Carleton College, Northfield, Minn. The first business which he took up was farming. In 1883 he started a general store at

St. Francis. IMr. Leathers has held various town offices and was appointed postmaster at St. Frarcis Sept. i. i(>04. He was married to Rose Earden Sept 19. 1888. Children: Robert E. and Blanche L.

Li.'THER H. Lkxxox (deceased) was born in Knox, ^lame. .\ngiist 9, 1814. He was reared in his native state and learned the trade of a carpenter and millwright. wOiich he followed the greater part of hir, life. In 1854 lie came to St. Anthony and in 1862 to Ancka. He served several terms as supervisor, assessor and member of the school board. He was married in 1837 to Diana C. Stront. Children: Priscilla N., Isaac P. (Minneapolis), Flora E. (Mr<. L. W. Gcrr\<W). and Emma H. (Mrs. F. H. 'i'ilden).

Hk.xrv E Lepi'er (deceased) was born in Watertown, New York. April 19, 1835. He lived wlien a boy in Ohio, coming to .Minnesota in 1857, but removing two years later to Missouri, and afterward to Kansas, where he was a salesman in a lumber yard. He came to Anoka in 1867, and conducted a dry goods store three years. He was county commissioner 1875 to 1877 and county auditor in 1879-80. He was married April 24, 1859, to Emily Gctchell. Children: Ella G., Cora E. (Mrs. C. J. Edgarton, deceased). Hcmer L., Alice C. (Mrs. Frauman), and William H.

Ricii.VRD M. Lov.'ELi. was born in Abbott, Piscataquis county, Maine. Dec. 2. 1828. He came to Minnesota in 185 1, and on the day of his arrival went with a batteau containing provisions from St. .Anthony to meet the log drivers on Rum river. He was married Sept. 26, 1853 to Sophronia M. Smith, and the next spring took up his residence upon a farm in what is now the town of Champlin. where he lived eight years. He then moved to Anoka, where he engaged in lumbering and carpenter work until 1897, when he returned to Champlin, where he lived until his death May 9, 1501. Of three children only one daughter, Mary, is still living. For the past twelve years Mrs. Lowell has been engaged in lecturing for Spiritualist organizations in several western states, and her local work for the past four years has been for the Band of Peace, Minneapolis. (See portrait, page 171.)

Henry C. Loehl was born in Chicago May 25, 1855. In 1867 his parents removed to St. Peter, Minn. Before leaving school he had made considerable progress in learning carriage painting and frescoing. He was obliged to leave this business, however, upon medical advice. He then learned the tinner's trade, coming in 1875 to Anoka, where he has since lived. The firm of Loehl & Karker began business in the hardware line on Jackson

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Street in March, 1858, and moved to their present location in 1901. They carry a general stock of hardware and stoves. They also do plumbing and steam fitting and all kinds of tin and sheet iron work. Mr. Loehl was married August 30, 1879, to Alice C Phillips.

lar.d in 1864, thence to America three months later, coming to Minnesota in 1866, settling in St. Anthony, and later at Fridley. In the fall of 1867 he moved to the town of St. Francis, where his father took a homestead. On March 4. 1868, his father was killed on the railroad near what is now Northtown. and the family lived in Fridley and hter in Blaine, of which town Mr. Lyons is still a resident. Feb. 23, 1886, he was married to Celia Matushak. They have two children, James Vincent and Ella May. Mr. Lyons served as assessor of the town of Blaine twenty years beginning in 1878. Served on the school board several years. Mrs. Lyons has also served as treasurer of school district No. 47 for ten years. Mr. Lyons has owned the farm where he now lives in section 29 since 1881.

J.\.MES McArdle was born at the Firth of Forth, Dumfrieshire, Scotland, Oct. 4, 1856. He obtained his adiication in a private school in Scotland and in the pulilic schools of .Anoka He came to Anoka in November. 1869. In 1893 he settled on section 36, Ramsey, where he owns seventy acres, fifty-five of which are under cultivation. He worked at lumbering, in the woods, on t!ie river and in the Washburn mill from 1872 until the mill was closed. He has served as a member of the school Ixiard in his district. He was married April 20, 1885, to Mary J. Smith. Children : Mary Esther, Anna L,. Sarah C, James W., Irene E.. Edmund L., Helen M.. Joseph P.

J.wiEs McCann was born at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, July 6, 1814. At the age of seventeen he went to the state of Maine, where he was engaged in lumbering and farming for nearly eighteen years. In 1849 he went to California by way of the city of Mexico, remaining there two years and a half, engaging fifteen months in mining and afterward in mercantile business. In +he fall of 1851 he returned to Maine, and the following came to St .Anthony, wliere he engaged in the lumber busir.es. He was also a member of the company which built the first suspension bridge at Minneapolis - the first bridge thrown .across the Mississippi river anywhere. In the fall of 1854 he cam.o to what is now Champlin, where he took a claim, but continued his lumbering and logging interests on Rum river. In 1856 he rebuilt the dam, which had just been washed out for the second time. In i860 he purchased the water power and all the mills tlieu run by it with the exception of the flour mill. In 1863 he erected a second saw mill beside the old one, equipped with more effective machinery, consisting of a circular saw, trimmers, shingle and lath machines, giving a capacity of 20,oco feet per day. About 1871 he sold the water power and his entire milling interests to W. D. Wa.s'hburn & Co., after which he turned his attention principally to farming. Mr. McCann served one term as mayor of Anoka, and one term as county commissioner. In 1873 he was a member of the state legislature. Mr. McCann was three times married. His first wife was Abigail Brackett, to whom he was married in 1841. and who died a year and a half later. His second wife was Ruth S. Abbott, to whom he was married Dec. 17, 1845, and who died in June 1877, leaving two daughters: Ella (Mrs. Thurston) and Ada (Mrs. C. W. Sowden). In April, 1882, he was married to Mrs. Sarah A. Bodine. He died Feb. 8, 1883. (See portrait, page 124.)

J.-VMES McCauley was born in New Brunswick in 1832. At the age of eleven he went to live with his uncle at Machias, Maine. He engaged in lumbering for some years and in the fall of 1856 came to Minnesota and settled on a farm on Rice creek, removing thence to Crooked lake in tb.e town of Grow in 1868, where he lived up to the time of his death. Mr. McCauley was married in 1855 to Eliza McCormick. Children: William H. (died about 1878), James H. (Glenwood, Minn.), Charles E., George A., Fred (deceased), T. F., Eudora (deceased), and 'Louis.

George A. McCauley (son of James McCauley) was born in the town of Fridley, May 31, i860. Six years later his parents moved to a farm in the town of Grow, where he lived until 1884. In that year he started in the grain, flour and feed business at Anoka, but sold out previous to the great fire of that year. Soon after he again engaged in the same business, and about 1893 'le added farm implements and fuel to his other lines, and also seeds and building materials. Mr. McCauley was married in February, iSt^S, to Mabel C. Whittcn.

Selden McGaffey was born at East Lincoln, Wis., Oct. 17, 1857. The family came to Meeker Co., Minnesota, about 1858, and to Anoka in 1864, where he received his education at tlie Anoka high school. He followed the cccupation of a clerk and bookkeeper for several years, and served as county auditor from 1899 to 1905. He was married Dec. 25, 1880, to Mary W. Gilpatrick. Children : Lester B., Lois E., Frank S. (deceased), B. Hazel, Harry L.. Helen L, L. Bessie and Caroline B.

Andrew J. McKenney was iyorn in Lowell, Maine, Feb. 20, 1829. He engaged in lumbering in that state until 1850, he came to St. Anthony. In 1854 he came to Anoka county, and bought 120 acres on Trott brook. During the Civil War he served in Hatch's Battallion. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Littlefield. Children : Melvin, Evelyne, Leander, Wallace, Ella, Alma, Herman Urban, Milton.

Wallace J. McKenney (son of Andrew J. McKenney) was born in the town of Ramsey, Anoka Co., Nov. 9, 1862. He has lived on farms in the towns of Ramsey and Burns practically all his life. He now owns 130 acres in sections i, 5, 7 and 28 town of Burns. In April, 1504, he started a grocery at Nowthen, which has developed into a prosperous business. He was married in 1885 to Mattie Hillman. They have one child, Noble W.

Daniel W. McLaughlin was born at New Sharon, Maine, July 12, 1831, where his father owned a farm. His father died when he was twelve years of age. He came to Minnesota in 1854, taking a claim in what is now Champlin in September of that year. In 1856, in company with Stephen Howes, he purchased the livery stable formerly owned by Robert and Benjamin Shuler, which stood on the east side of Ferry street just south of Main street. Later he worked as a carpenter and afterward took charge of the lumber yard and office of James McCann five years. After the sale of the mill he was with W. D. Washburn & Co. one year, with the Anoka Lumber Co. nine years and with Reed & Sherwood eighteen years. He served two or three terms on the board of supervisors of Anoka before the city was incorporated and two terms as alderman afterward. Mr. McLaughlin has been twice married. His first wife was Sarah J. New, who left five children at her death: Lila (Mrs. Thomas E. Bennett, died Feb. 7, 1888), Stephen H. (Fernwood, Miss.), Harriet E. (Mrs. James Howie, died about 1894), and Edwin J. (died May, 1891). Mr. McLaughlin's second wife was Martha M. Fitch, to whom he was married May 14, 1870. They had one son, Frederick S., who died in 1875. (See group picture, page 74.)

Charles E. McLaughlin was born at New Sharon, Maine, in March, 1841. He came to Minnesota in 1855 and to Anoka county in 1858. He worked in the saw mills and lumber yards until about 1877, when he moved to a farm in Ramsey, where he lived until igoi, since which time he has lived at Anoka. He was married about 1867 to Emma Lane. Children : Charles H., Eugene, Lillian (Mrs. James McKusick), Leonard R., Benjamin and Ida May.

Eugene O. McGl.\ufi.in (son of John S McGlauflin) was born at Anoka Nov. 20, 1856. He received his education in the public schools and the Anoka high school, and was first em- ployed in lumbering. Later he was in the employ of Johnson & Kurd, sash and door manufacturers in Minneapolis, and in 1887, in company with P. C. Burfening, purchased a sash and door factory at Anoka. This business was conducted under the firm name of McGlauflin & Burfening until 1895, when the factory was destroyed by fire. While at Anoka Mr. McGlauflin served one term as alderman. He is now (1905) general manager of the Northwestern Lumher Co., with offices at Hoquiam, Washington. Mr. McGlauflin w^as married May 12, 1879, to NelHe M. Goodrich. Children: Eugene G. (South Seattle), Clarice, March and Kathryn.

John S. McGlauflin was born at Charlotte, Washington Co., Maine, Nov. 11, 1830. After leaving school he learned the trade of a blacksmith. He came to Minnesota and to Anoka in April, 1855, and found employment in Ford's blacksmith shop. Later he engaged in blacksmithing on his own account, which business he conducted for many years. Mr. McGlauflin has been twice married. His first wife was Sarah B. Harrington to whom he was married Dec. i, 1853, and who left six children at her death, Eugene O. (Hoquiam, Washington), George (San Jose, Cal.), Marilia (Mrs. Coburn, died April, 1883), Ida

B. (Denver, Col), John Roy (South Seattle, Wash.), Myra (Mrs. Edmund Huntley, Rush City, Minn.). Mr. McGlauflin's second wife was Alice R. Jordan, to whom he was married Aug. 10, i88r. (See portrait, page 67.)

Charles H. McL.\ughi.in (son of Charles E. McLaughlin) was born at Anoka, June 7, 1869. He attended the Anoka high school and graduated from the Anoka Business College in 1888. He worked in a grocery for a short time. He has dealt extensively in real estate, in which business he still continues. He purchased the farm where he now lives in 1900. Mr. McLaughlin was married Apr. 9, 1902, to Ida Louise Edgarton. They have two children, Parker and Vera

Arthur Hill McLe.\n (deceased) was born in New Brunswick in 1819. He came to Anoka in i860, and found employment at lumbering, which he followed for thirty-three seasons. He was married Dec. 17, 1840, to Anna Cundy. Children : Tobias G., Norman W., Warren (White Earth Reservation),

Norman William McLean (son of Arthur Hill McLean) was born at St. George. New Brunswick, Feb. 10, 1844. He attended the schools of his native town and learned the blacksmith's'trade. He came to Minnesota in 1867 and to Anoka a year later, where he opened a blacksmith shop and continued at that business for some years. He was the first constable of Anoka after the city was in corporated and was chief of police in 1888 and 1889. He also served two years as deputy sheriflf under J. C. Frost and two more terms in 1903-4. He was married in 1868 to Laura Maria Epps. Children: Maud (Mr.s. W. M. Bean), Charles P. and Norma T.

Charles Philo McLean (son of Norman W. McLean) was born at Anoka May 11, 1872. He worked ten years in the grocery of McCauley & Oakes. Oct. 15, 1900, he went into the grocery business on his own account, in which occupation he is still engaged. Since he has been in business he has given his work the closest application, having had less than a week's vacation at any one time. Mr. McLean was married to Elizabeth Goss Oct. 24, 1893.

Andrew M.vtush.ak was born in 1839 in Germany ; came to America in 1864; enlisted as a recruit in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, serving nine months before the war closed. After the war he returned to Minnesota, settling at Winona, where he remained eight years. He was marired to Julia Scloska November 27, 1865 ; came to Anoka in 1877, settling soon after on the farm where he now lives in the town of Blaine. Children: Celia, Francis (died Aug. i, 1893), John, Frank, Mary and Louis. Mr. Matushak has been prominent in the town in the direction and management of affairs, having acted as chairman of supervisors for a number of years.

John Meers was born in Plympton, England, Nov. 18, 1845. He came to Minnesota and to Anoka county, April 10, 1879, settling on a farm in section twenty-nine, town of Bethel. He was married Dec. 25, 1868, to Mary Ann Wyatt. Children: Henry W., Alfred F. and George W.

Thomas R. Messenger, manager of the Anoka branch of the North Star Shoe Co., was born Jan. i, 1847, at Askett, Buckinghamshire, England, where he received his education. He served his full apprenticeship of seven years at shoemaking. In 1872 he came to St. Paul, Minn., and spent two j'cars at White Bear lake to recuperate his health. He soon entered the employ of the North Star Shoe Co... and about 1897 came to Anoka. His residence is Lindstrom, Minn., but Mr. Messenger spends most of his time in Anoka, as may he surmised from his position. Mr. Messenger was married in 1883 to Adelaide Gauthier. The following children have been born: Marie Elizabeth (Mrs. A. E. Grout, Lindstrom, Chisago Co.), Elizabeth Sarah, and Rosabelle Julia.

Abel E. Merrill was born at Hiram. Oxford Co., Maine, Sept. 25, 1835. He received his education at the schools in Hiram, at Bridgeton Academy and the x\cademy of Great Falls, New Hampshire. He taught school two years and then worked for the Third Ave. Street Railvt'ay Co. in New York until 1862, when he enlisted in the Eleventh New York Cavalry. He was in the battle of Port Hudson, and was with about 20.000 cavalry guarding plantations and hunting bushwhackers up and down the Mississippi, mostly in Louisiana and Tennessee. After the war closed he was with a detachment which guarded the Freedmen's bureau in Tennessee for several months. He came to St. Paul in June, i86g, arriving in Anoka about Oct. i. He found employment at lathing and painting, and in 1875, moved to a farm in section 28, town of Ramsey, where he still lives. He has served as chairman of the board of supervisors two years and as town clerk about six years. Mr. Merrill was married June 20, 1858, to Hattie A. Ingalls. Children: Ida H. (died June 24, 1868), Fanny M. (died Dec. 30, 1867), Edwin E. (died June 6, 1868), Frederick O. (Anoka), and Arthur I.

Abr.\ham a. Merrill (deceased) was born m 1824 at Newberry. N. H., and when quite young spent several years near Quebec, Canada, but was later educated in Ohio, where he learned the tailor's trade. In 1856 he located at Maine Prairie, but later removed to Anoka, where his widow now resides. In 1862 Mr. Merrill enlisted in Co. A, of the Eighth Regiment, served through the war as sergeant, and was mustered out with the regiment July 11, 1865. Mr. Merrill was married in Illinois to Alia S. Mannan, and there were born to them: Rowell (St. Paul, Minn.), Sherburne (died Oct. 26, 1892), Edmond (St. Paul, Minn.), Almond (died Feb. 3, i8g6), Chas. Sherman (Burns, Minn.), May Sarina (Mrs. Frank Humphrey, Anoka), William H. P., and Lucinda M.

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lumbering. He came to Minnesota in November. 1855, and to Champlin Mar. 2"], 187 1. wlicre be farmed. Nov. 28, 1852, he was married to Syrena Pratt. Children: Emma (Mrs. S. R. Coleman). Etta (Mrs. H. P. Sylvester), Ruth (Mrs. E. J. Ripley), Ada (Mrs. Warner Lawson), George W., William F., Eva (Mrs. W. H. La Plant). Ewer, and Frank. (Mrs. E. J. Ripley and Ewer not living.) It was through the initiative .)f Mr. Miais that the M..*hodist Episcopal church of Champlin was organized, and he was class leader for a number of years.

Henrv C. Miller was born at Beaver, Penu., Aug. i, 183 1. He followed farming nearly all his life. He moved with his i)arents to Ohio and came to what is now Anoka county wlien nineteen years of age. He spent seven years in Anoka county and vicinity, trapping and hunting most of the time. .\ portion of this time was spent in rafting logs from Stillwater to St. Louis. He returned to Ohio in 1861 and married Sarah E. Saffles : moved to Illinois and-thence to Minnesota again. Enlisted in Co. B, First Minn. Heavy Artillery; .served at Nashville and Chattanooga until close of the war, about one year. Settled on the farm in section 30, town of Bethel in 1866. Children: Emma (Mrs. Ellis Usher), Mary (Mrs. Elmer Stearns), Lucinda (Mrs. Henry Day). William, John, Belle (Mrs. Barton Bridghan). Jennie (Mrs. Charles Ehvell). ]\Iaud (Mrs. Arthur Emrick), and Elmer

Tho.\i.\s ]\L\c;son was liorn in Lancashire, England, Nov. 13. 1845. On leaving school he learned the trade of a gasfitter and tinsmith. Before coming to America be accepted an engagement to go to Zante. one of the Ionian islands belonging to Greece, ir. March. 1871. as foreman in works for extracting oil from waste olives by chemical process. He came back to England in 1872. He came to Minnesota and to Anoka in 1881, where he worked at his trade. He served as city clerk from 1896 to igoo and as deputy county auditor from 1899 to 1905. Mr. Magson's first wife was Sarah Jane Ashworth, to whom he was married June 10, 1869, and who died May 16. 1891. Children: Sarah (Mrs. A. E. Norris), .\nnie (deceased), Tliomas, Jane (deceased), James, Amy. William. Harry. Mr. Magson was married again Feb. 13, 1503. to Mary Ella Kelsey.

Alfred Molander

went on the stage. Tlie dramatic companies with which h? played were touring mostly in the eastern states. He was with Herbert K. Belts, Amile Loosee, Frank D. Long, Wilson Theater Co., The Pike Theater Co., Havelin Stock Co., and others - in all about eleven years. Mr. Molander has also written several plays, one of which, a mcIodr:ima called "The Atlanta," was produced at Anoka for the benefit of the public library, and was a great success. Another play, "A Half Dozen Hearts," may be presented in the East in the near future. At the present time Mr. Molander is manager of the Burke Clothing Co. at Anoka. This business was begun in February, 1900, and in May, 1903, the clothing stock of T. G. McLean was purchased and added to the growing business.

Orange S. Miller (son of Robert H. Miller) was born in Waterford, Maine, Sept. 6th, 1849. Came to Minnesota with his father's family in the spring of 1854. His educational advantages were Hmited to the public schools of Champlin, which in his younger days were not of the best. He served two years as clerk in the U. S. land ofiFice at Greenleaf, Minn., in 1868-9. He was a member of the House of Representatives in 1883, was teller and assistant cashier in the Anoka National Bank from 1883 to 1900. Has been chairman of the board of supervisors and treasurer of Champlin several times. On Nov. 30, 1871, he was married to Miss Mary E. Wiley. They have one son, Arthur J. Miller, born May 7th, 1875, who is the present postmaster of Champlin. Mr. Miller is now president of The O. S. Miller Co., proprietors of the Champlin Flour Mill. (See group picture, page 173.)

Robert H. Miller was born in Denmark, Oxford Co., Maine, January 5, 1820. He was married in January, 1848, to Sarah R. Hill of Conway, New Hampshire, and removed to Waterford, Maine. Two children were born to them. Orange S. and Tliirza R. In 1852 Mr. M. came to St. Anthony, Minn., but the family did not come until the spring of 1854. He held a "squatter's claim" in what is now Minneapolis for a short time ; then sold his right and improvements and removed to Anoka in August, 1854, and erected the third house built there, which he soon sold, and on Novembr 12, 1854, moved across the river to Champlin, the next spring moving upon a claim in what is now Dayton township, which he pre-empted. In 1857 he moved into the village of Champlin, built a residence and shop ; having learned the carriage-maker's trade in early life, he carried on that business here several years. He also owned and conducted the hotel several years. He held the office of postmaster from i860 to 1867 and served several terms as assessor. Mr. Miller died at Champlin, August 27, 1886. (See group picture, page 1 73-)

Jacob Milliman was born in Berne. Switzerland, Nov. 16. 1816. He did teaming in his native country, coming to America in 1846 and working five years on a farm in New Jersey. He came to Minnesota in 1852, ariving at Rum river in A])ri! of that vear. There were then but three houses where .^nnka now stands, two of which were still unfinished. He found employment first on Neal D. Shaw's farm west of south Ferry street, and in the fall began to haul piling for the dam. He took a claim four miles up Rum river, where his son, Samuel C. was born. When the dam was huiit his farm was largely flooded and he pre-empted a farm cast of Round lake, where he lived nineteen years. He then moved to Isanti county, where he lived twenty-six years. He now lives with his son William in the town of St. .Francis. Mr. Milliman was married in 1851 to Ellen G. Lough. Cliildn-n : Sanuiel C, Jacob, James. Sarah, William and George.

Samuel C. Mii.lim.w (son of Jacob Milliman), was born at Anoka, March 10, 1S54. 'I'he next year liis fatlicr removed to Round lake, where he lived until 1873, when the family removed to Isanti county. Frc.m this time to 187Q Mr. Milliman worked at logging and lumbering with the exception of three years spent in the mines of Colorado. In November, 1879, he bought a farm in Sherburne county, Minn., where he lived until 1888, when he removed to Minneapolis, where he has since resided. In 1897 he was appointed to a position in the St.ate Grain Inspection Department, and is still connected therewith in the capacity of a flax sampler. He was married in March, 1879. to Millie A. Wilber. (Sec group picture, page yy.)

Nels Moberg was born in Ostersund, Sweden, July 22. 1845. and in 1866 began his apprenticeship at tailoring. In 1870 he came to Minnesota and June 20. 1873, to Anoka. In 1880 he commenced business on his own account as a merchant tailor, in which occupation he is still engaged. Mr. Moberg was married April 4, 1871, to Sigrid Johnson. Children: A. .\melia (Mrs. C. G. Gronberg), Nicholas P., I. Caroline (Mrs. G. E. Norcll), John A., Amanda S. and Oscnr E.

Nicholas P. Moberg (son of Nels Mol>erg), was born at Anoka April 12, 1874. He received his education at the Anoka high school and was employed in his father's tailoring establishment. He graduated from the cutting school at Chicago in 1902. Mr. Moberg has been city clerk of .\noki --ince October, 1901.

Thurman W. Morton was born July 13, 1833, in Addison, Vermont. Attended common schools in New York and Smithport Academy in McKean Co., Pennsylvania. He then learned the carpenter's trade with his father, and worked at carpenter work and millwrighting for about forty years. He came to Anoka county in August, 1857, and took a claim at Lake George in the town of Oak Grove, and lived there until the

Thurman W. Morton

Civil War broke out. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A, of the Eighth Minnnesota Regiment. The company was about eight months in pursuit of the Sioux Indians who took part in the massacre of 1862. Two severe battles were fought, one at Killdeer Mountain and the second in the Bad Lands. At the conclusion of the Indian war the company went south and took part in the battles of Murfrcesboro and Stony River. Mr. Morton was mustered out witli his company in August, 1865. He then lived at Anoka, following his trade until 1878, when he moved to his present farm in the town of Burns. He now owns 145 acres in section 24. about Co acres of which are under cultivation. He was married Aug. 13, 1855. to Rhoda Tripp. Children: Amadore, Frederick H. (Minneapolis), and Edward.

James F. Murphy was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, about 1831. Came to Minnesota about 1855, living during the summer at St. Anthony. He engaged in logging and lumbering a few years. In March, i860, he went to Pike's Peak, where he staid a year. Returning to Anoka, he enlisted in Co. A. Eighth Regiment, and served with that regiment throughout the war. In 1865 he bought a half interest in the shoe store which John McDonnell had just purchased from Kelsey & Kelley. A year later Thomas M. Ryan purchased Mr. McDonnell's interest, and the firm of Murphy & Ryan continued in the shoe business until Mr. Murphy's death, Dec. 26, 1878. He was married Oct. 29, 1859, to Susan M. McGuigan. Children: Mary C. (Mrs. Henry E. Faherty), Sophia (died in infancy), Annie (died in 1874), Aloysius P.. Eugene F. (Western Pa. Hospital, Pittsburg, Pa.), James F. (State Hospital, Pueblo, Col.).

John H. Niles, attorney at law, Anoka, is a graduate from Dartmouth (1880), and from the law department of the Iowa State University (1882). He was born in Bethlehem township, Albany county. New York, Nov. 27, 1857. His father died when lie was four years of age, and the family removed a few years later to Albany, where Mr. Niles graduated from the high school in 1876. After this he studied law in the ofifice of Hand, Hale & Bulkeley at Albany, juSt before his entrance to the Iowa State University. He spent one year in the hw office of Wilson & Lawrence, Minneapolis, and in the spring of 1883 came to Anoka and opened a law office, and has been in continuous practice ever since. In connection with his legal work he conducts an abstract office. Mr. Niles has been on the school board for eight years, and was president of this body for several years. He is secretary of the library board, and has taken an active part in the erection of the fine new library building. Mr. Niles was married Nov. 22, 1887, to Zale Ticknnr. and one

Charles A. Nelson was born in Sweden Dec. 17, 1861. He came to America and to MinneapoHs in 1881. He first found employment on a dairy farm, and for a short time in 1884 worked in Canada for the Canadian ' Pacific Railroad Co. Returning to Minnesota, he purchased a dairy in the town of Fridley, which he has conducted for eighteen years. He has been president of the Minneapolis Dairymen's Union several years, and was also treasurer of the Minneapolis Dairymen's Creamery. In i8g8 Mr. Nelson was elected a member of the board of county commissioners of Anoka county, and in January, 1905, became chairman of the board. He has also served as a member of the board of supervisors of Fridley and as a member of the council of the village of Fridley Park. He has always been a Republican in politics. Mr. Nelson was married Nov. 25, 1885, to Lizzie Dermott, who died in 1893, leaving four children : Nels A., Jennie L., Hattie A. (deceased), and Arthur W. (deceased). He was married a second time in 1894 to Amanda Danielson. Children: Bernard B., Raynidud 11., .\gncs A., Hattie C. E., Carl A. W. and Theodore.

Peter J. Nelson was horn in Sweden, June 16, 1869. He came to Minnesota in 1888, and after leaving school took up photography. April 18, 1903. he came to Anoka, and established a photograph gallery, which very soon acquired a thriving business. Mr. Nelson now has branch galleries at Princeton, Milaca and Lindstrom, Minn. He was married in May, 1895, to Mary Hanson. They have one soil Paul R.. born Nov. 28. 1903.

Hans Nelson was born in Sweden Jan. 25, 1846. He came to Minnesota about i8(:8, settling first in Minneapolis and afterward-at Anoka. His occupation has usually been that of a mechanic. He has also at times conducted religious services. He was elected a member of the Board of Education of the city of Anoka in 1903 and re-elected in 1904. He also served in the city council in 1891. Mr. Nelson was married in 1873 to Christine Swanson. Children : Theodore, Emil, Ella, Edwin Arthur.

Ch.\rles Le.-witt Noggle (deceased) was born at Freeport, 111., Tan. 16. 1842. He received his education in Illinois and Wisconsin, and after living two years in Kansas, came to Faribault, Minn., where he enlisted Feb. 14, 1862, in the Second Battery of Light Artillery. This battery was ordered south and participated in several hot engagements. Mr. Noggle was wounded three times the last time being at Stone River, Dec. 31, 1862, where he was shot through the body and a Dortion of the sesophagus carried away, necessitating the insertion of a silver tube, which he carried during the remainder of his life. In June, 1863, he was able to leave the hospital and came to St. Paul, where he had charge of an omnibus line for ten years. About 1874 he purchased the old Ford farm in section 36, town of Burns, to which his parents removed, Mr. Noggle coming there himself to live a few years later. He never entirely recovered his health, but took an active interest in public affairs. He was county commissioner four years and held various town and school offices. Mr. Noggle was twice married. His first wife was Emma Wallace, of Faribault, who died Feb. 10, 1870. His second wife was Anna L. Sproul, to whom he was married Dec. 26, 1882. Mr. Noggle died May 2, 1901.

Olof Norell was born in Sweden Sept. 24, 1845. and came to America in 1866. He worked for some years as a lumberman on the St. Croix river, and saved enough from his wages to enable him to attend school each winter, principally in St. Paul. In 1873 he came to Anoka, and after working a few months in the store of Cutter & Co., engaged in the grocery business on his own account. Within a few years he had the largest grocery in Anoka, and erected several good buildings. In 1885 he retired from the grocery business. He has spent his summers at Crooked lake for the past twenty years. Mr. Norell was

Alfred E. Norris (son of Alden W. Norris) was born in Oak Grove, Anoka Co., Aug. 3, 1861. He attended the public schools and worked on his father's farm in section 6. His father died in 1893, since which time he has farmed on the oM homestead. He has 240 acres in Oak Grove and Burns, about 100 of which are under cultivation. Mr. Norris has been town supervisor of Oak Grove four years and school district treasurer eighteen years. He was married Aug. i, 1889, to Sarah Magson. Children : Bernard A., Thomas Raymond, Nettie, Harold E., Amy, Mildred. Ada and EfFie.

Alden W. Norris was born in Maine, Oct. 3, 1815. He came to Minnesota in 1856 and bought 128 acres in section 6, town of Oak Grove, where he lived until his death July 30, 1893. He was at one time county auditor and held various town and school offices. He was married Feb. 25, 1842, to Sarah N. Gaslin. Children: La Forest G. (died June 18, 1884), Thomas A. (died Jan. 8, 1878), Henry H., Ada F. (Mrs. Francis T. Clark), Alden (died Nov. 20, 1877), Willis E., Alfred E.. and Hannah E. (Mrs. Guilford Frazer).

Willis E. Norris (son of Alden W. Norris), was born June 6, 1858, at Norris lake in the town of Oak Grove. He worked on his father's farm until seventeen years of age. He went to Minneapolis in 1879, where in partnership with D. D. Sherman he conducted a feed business for about eleven years. In 1897 he came to his present farm in the town of Burns. He has about 152 acres, 45 of which are under cultivation. He was twice married. His first wife was Clara L. Plummer, who died Nov. 15, 1893, leaving three children : Archibald B. ' Bellingham, Wash.), Hallie B. (Mrs Chester B. Pierce, St. Francis), and Roy P. Mr. Norris" second wife was Mary M. Steinmetz, to whom he was married June 6, 1503.

Erick Olson was born in Snulmark in the southwestern part of Sweden, Feb. 11, 1848. He worked on his father's farm until the age of twenty-one, when he came to Red Wing, Minn., near which place he remained about three years. He went to Minneapolis in 1872, and made that city his home until 1876, when he came to Anoka Co., and a year later purchased a farm in the town of Burns. He now owns 80 acres in section 11. He was married Oct. 12, 1877, to Sophia J. Olson. Children: Mary H. (Mrs. Charles J. Swar.son, Minneapolis). Charles H. (died May 31. 1502).

N. P. Ol.son was born in southern Sweden Feb. 2^. 1854. He came to America with his parents at the age of ten. After living two years at Lansing, Iowa, the family moved to Meeker Co., Minn., where his father took a claim. There he lived until sixteen years of age, when he took a course at the University of Minnesota. About his first newspaper experience was with the Litchfield Ledger. In 1876 he took charge of the Hutchinson

Enterprise, which he moved to Glencoe, where it is still published. Later he started the Meeker Co. Tribune. In 1894 he l>ecanie connected willi the Minneapoli.s Daily Penny Press, and was promoted to cilv editor and finally to managing editor, which position he luld until about the time the paner was discontinued.

N. P. Olson

He then started the Minneapolis Democrat, which he moved to Anoka in 1901, changing the name to Anoka Free Press. The paper gained rapidly in circulation, and was soon placed on an enduring basis. Mr. Olson was married Feb. 20, 1878, to Frederika Pfaflf. Children: Florence M. (died in October, 1003), Alice C. August H., Elmer W. and Fred H.

Rev. Samuel S. Paine was born in Anson, Somerset Co., Maine, Aug. 10, 1831. Attended first the common school and afterward the academy at Anson, finally taking a course at thj theological school at New Hampton, New Hampshire. Came to Minnesota in April, 1861, and lived first at Dayton village. During his stay there he had charge of a circuit of Free Will Baptist church organizations at Champlin, Trott brook, Dayton, Otsego and Orono. He enlisted in Company D, Second Minn. Cavalry as a private, and was shortly afterward elected chaplain of the regiment, in which capacity he served until the end of the Civil War. After the war he lived some twenty years at and near Fargo, N. D. He came to nis present home in the town of Ramsey in 1903. Mr. Paine has been twice married. His first wife was Mrs. Elizabeth Moore, who died in October, 1861. His second wife was Rebecca Shumway, to whom he was married Jan. 20, 1865. The living children are : Ella Frances (Mrs. O. Dickinson, Helena, Mont.), Almyra (Mrs. Otradovec, Anoka), Lula M., Edgar R.

Ira Wallace Patch was born in Prairie du Chien, Wis., Sept. 19, 1852. He was brought to Ramsey in infancy on account of the death of his mother, and lived with his grandfather, Cornelius Pitman. In 1881 he bought eighty acres of the old Pitman farm in sections 25 and 36. For about seven years he peddled dry goods, clothing, etc., all over the state. He was town clerk for six months, supervisor for two years, assessor for four years, member of the school board for about eighteen years, and town treasurer for three years. He was married to Anstress R. Ruffcorn Sept. 19, 1883. Children: Lewis (died Oct. 28, 1885) and Edith L.

John G. Payne was born March 27, 1832, at Smithfield, Rhode Island, and came to St. Francis, Anoka Co., in 1857, where he took up a claim but gave it up later. He enlisted in Capt. Cady's company of the Eighth Regiment, and was in the Indian campaign, and in the fall of 1864 went south with the company. Since the war he has been engaged as cook in several mining camps. Mr. Payne was married June 7, 1852, to Ann Rebecca Moore (died 1872), and the following children were born to them: Emma (Mrs. J. M. Reddy, Tacoma, Wash.),

Charles H. Page, now in the ice business at Anoka, was born at Burlington, Maine; March 15, 1845, where he spent his boyhood days, being educated in the schools of his native town. In 1868 he located at St. Paul, Minn., for a few months, but for about three years thereafter he changed about, and finally located in Anoka in 1872. For a period of three years here he followed lumbering, later entering railway service, continuing at this work until recently, when he engaged in the ice business. Mr. Page has been married twice ; first in 1876, to Abbie L. Chase of Wisconsin, who died in 1884, leaving one son, Guy C. Page, of Everett. Washington. On Nov. 12, 1901, Mr. Page was married to Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Connant (nee Hammond).

Simeon C. Page was born in Burlington, Maine, Dec. lo, 1847, and was married at Waterville, Maine, to Nancy Gonyer. He came to Anoka in 1881, and resided here continuously until his death, May 28, 1900. He was employed by his brothers in the lumber business after his arrival, and later acted as bookkeeper for Sawyer & Co. and M. J. Scanlon & Co. He also served one term as county superintendent of schools. Children: Irving, George, Viola, Margaret, May and Louise.

Granville S. Pease

Granville S. Pease was born Sept. 15, 1845, in Albany, New York. In 1857 his parents removed to St. Paul, Minn., where he attended a school taught by Harriet E. Bishop, an author of some note. His father, R. M. S. Pease, was a lineal descendant of Roger Sherman, and entered the banking business at St. Paul as a member of the firm of Bostwick, Pease & Co. - afterward Pease, Chalfant & Co. The firm weathered the panic of 1857, but the burden of losses finally became too great and the bank failed about February, 1859. Young Pease was then obliged to leave school and go to work, and he learned to set type in the office of The Mmnesotian, of which T. M. Newson was proprietor and Richard Bradley foreman. Later he worked for William S. King on the Minneapolis State Atlas, where he was employed until he came to Anoka, April 2, 1866. The Anoka Union was then about seven months old and was owned by a stock company. Mr. Pease purchased all the stock and became sole proprietor, a position which he has maintained through all the mutations and changes of nearly forty years. The Union's pungent paragraphs are frequently quoted in the daily press, and Mr. Pease has come to be one of the best known men in the state. He was president of the Minnesota State Editorial Asociation in 1892-3. Mr. Pease was married Oct. 17, 1867, to Lucinda Belle Jones, a daughter of T. G. Jones. They have four living children: T. G. J., Carrie A. (Mrs. U. S. Dick, Seattle, Wash.) Mary R. (Mrs. John F. Jackson), and Lura Belle.

T. G. J. Pease was born in Anoka July 12, 1870. He is a graduate of the Anoka high school and since leaving school has been engaged in printing and reportorial work. He is now local editor of the Anoka Union. Oct. 26, 1892, he was married to Mary Bertena Chase. Children : T. G. J., Jr., and Mary Bertena.

Herman G. Perske was born in Stettin, Prussia, Dec. 8, 1852. Attended the common schools of his native town. Came to America in September, 1872, and lived at Berlin, Wis., about two years and at Ripon, Wis., about four years. At the latter place he learned the cooper's trade. Came to Minneapolis in 1878. He had charge of a cooper shop in Minneapolis belonging to Michael Pauly employing some sixty-five hands. Was superintendent two years for David Syme, a manuafacturer of cooperage supplies at River Falls, Wis. Through the recommendation of Mr. Syme, he was employed in 1882 to take charge of the cooperage department of the Washburn Mill Co., at Anoka, which position he held almost continuously until the new mill was turned over to the Pillsbury- Washburn Flour Mills Co. about 1891. At that time he engaged in the cooperage business on his' own account, which he continued until 1897, when the continued depression in the miUing business and alHed industries compelled him to make an assignment. In i8g8 he was elected register of deeds, and filled the place with remarkable fidelity for six years.

Ed L. Peet was born at Oneota (Duluth), Minn., Aug. 7, 1859. His father, Rev. James Peet, was a Methodist minister, and the family came to P)r(i()klyn Center, Hennepin county.

the following year, and thence to Anoka. After several more removes they returned to Anoka, where the father died in 1866. Mr. Peet received his education chiefly at the Anoka high school, and worked variously as a printer, farmer and traveling showman in several states. He has been editor and part owne"* of several newspapers at Minneapolis and elsewhere in the state. About 1895 he purchased the Grantsburg Journal, Grantsburg, Wis., of which he was editor until January, 1905, when he sold the greater part of his interest in the paper. He has served two terms as president of the Northern Wisconsin Press Association, and in 1904 was chosen as a presidential elector for the state of Wisconsin, and was further honored with the task of delivering the vote of the state in Washington. Mr. Peet was married Nov. 25, 1893, to Nettie E. Montgomery. They have four boys.

Lieutenant Colonel Francis Peteler was born in Bavaria, Germany, April 19, 1828. and came to New York in June, 1840. He enlisted in Company A, Eighth United States Infantry, and was sent to Mexico. His uncle had been in charge of government forests in Bavaria, and lie was accustomed to the woods. Although but twenty years of age, lie was promoted corporal on the field of Vori Cruz, the adjutant who read the order being Pickett, afterward a Confederate general. Longstreet, another Confederate general, was first lieutenant of Company A. After the war Mr. Peteler lived in New York until 1853, and then came to Minnesota, finding employment in August on the Anoka dauL In tlie spring of 1854 he took a claim near Round lake. At the outbreak of the Rebellion he drilled recruits at Anoka in the St. Lawrence Hotel, and soon after received permission from the secretary of war to raise a company of sharpshooters, receiving his appointment as captain Sept. 17, 1861. This was the second body of troops to leave the state, and consisted of the most expert hunters and frontiersmen. It became Company A of the Second Regiment, United States Sharpshooters, of which Captain Peteler was made Lieutenant Colonel. After the second battle of Bull Run Colonel Peteler was granted a furlough on account of the Indian outbreak in Minnesota. During the winter of 1862-3 he was in command of Fort Abercrombie. After the war he purchased a farm in Bloomington, Hennepin Co., where he lived until 1871, when he began the manufacture of dump cars. In 1871 he graded the first six miles of tlie M. & St. L. Railway. He was president and owner of the Peteler Car Works at Minneapolis until Jan. i. 1905, turning the business over to his sons on that date. Colonel Peteler was married in May, 1853, to Margaret Heines. Children : Edwin, Philip, Frank C. (died Nov. i. 1903), Minnie (Mrs. Edwin Ellingsen, Bloomington Ferry), and Charles. (See portrait, page 9Q)

John F. Perkins was born Feb. 24, 1842, at South Berwick, Maine. He worked first in a slate quarry. Was rejected on presenting himself for enlistment at the opening of the Rebellion, but soon after found employment on the supply and ammunition train, where he remained in the government service during the war. Came to Minnesota in 1868; followed lumbering and farming ever since ; served on the school board in district 38. Settled in 1891 on the farm in section 9 where he now lives. July 17, 1875, he was married to Alice E. Varney. Children : Vernard T., Fay, Roy E., Almeda, Charles C,. and Arthur.

Ara E. Pitman was born in Ramsey, Anoka Co., Nov. 3, 1853. At the age of sixteen he went to work in the pineries, working in the woods and on the river for about eight years. He then took a claim in Pope county, where he lived for six years. He now lives on his father's old farm in sections 25 and 36, town of Ramsey, where he owns eighty acres. He has been on the board of supervisors about ten years and a member of the school board about fifteen years. He was married April 7, 1883. to Carrie E. Farrington. Children: Max F., Hazel M., Paul D., Marion L.

Henky S. Plummer (deceased) was born in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1829. At the age of nineteen he began his mercantile career in his native town. In 1852 he came to St. Anthony, where he engaged in mercantile business and was also interested in lumbering and in real estate. In 1874 he came to .A.noka and established a dry goods store, and for many years was one of the leading merchants of the place. Mr. Plummer was married June 6, 1856, to Charlotte A. Ham, who died ten years later, leaving one son, Henry W. Mr. Plummer was again married in April, 1869, to Susie D. Stevens of Concord, New Hampshire. Children : Charlotte A. and Frank L.

Henry W. Plummer (son of Henry S. Plummer), was born May 23, 1862, at Minneapolis, Minn. In 1875 he came with his parents to Anoka, where he attended the Anoka high .school. After leaving school he was associated with his father in the dry goods business, and since the death of the latter has continued the business. He was married in 1888 to Hattie F. Beal. Children: Clare (died 1891), Julia, Flora (died 1896).

Clarence B. Porter (son of Richard B. Porter) was born at Anoka March 7, 1865, where he attended the public schools. He has been engaged in farming practically all his life. He has eighty acres just inside the city limits of Anoka and eighty acres in section 22, town of Ramsey. Both tracts are substantially all under cultivation. Mr. Porter has been county commissioner for the past two years, his term expiring Jan. i, 1907. He was married May 13, 1888, to Flora M. Wall. Children: Daisy M., Charic?, Alice, Stella, Edna and Clarence Richard.

Clarence B. Porter

Richard B. Porter, one of the pioneers of Anoka county, was born at Dansville, Livingston county, New York, Feb. 18, 1821. He attended the schools at Dansville and Orshon in that state, and became a farmer. He arrived in Minnesota territory Sept. i, 1853, and Dec. 24, of that year began the construction of a house in section 34 of what is now the town of Ramsey. He worked on the tirst dam at Anoka ; but in the fall of 1854 returned to New York, where he stayed until October, 1856, when he returned to Minnesota and soon after located at Paynesville, where he lived seven years. After the Civil War broke out he enlisted in Hatch's Battalion, and served throughout the war. In 1880 he purchased eighty acres of land just inside the city limits of Anoka, where he lived up to the time of his death. Mr. Porter was married Feb. 27, 1845, to Jane Henderson. Children: Catherine (died Sept. 27, 1893), Lunette (Mrs. John W. Hall), and Clarence B. (See portrait, page 57.)

Stephen Jasper Powell was born in Seneca, Mich., Feb. II, 1845. He came to Anoka May 11, 1857,' living here about a year and then moving to a farm in section 25, town of Grow. He enlisted in October, 1862 with Henderson's Company of Mounted Rangers, served one year on the frontier in the Sioux Indian war ; he then went south with Company I, Second Minn., Regiment, and served until the end of the war, including the march to the sea with Sherman. He served as supervisor and constable in the town of Grow and also served on the school board in district number eight. He was married to Adeline Haskell, Dec. 18, 1876. Children: William J.. Wilbur Hersey (deceased), June and Alfred.

Albert Fuller Pratt was born in Anoka, Sept. 25, 1872. He attended the Anoka high school, graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1893, and from the University of Minnesota Law School in 1895. He served as city attorney in 1899 and 1500, as county attorney 1900-1906; as second lieutenant of Company B Fourteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry from May 8, 1898, to July 20, 1898 ; as first lieutenant of Company H, Fourteenth Minn. Infantry from July 20, 1898, to Nov. 18, 1898. Married Nov. 26, 1897, to Olive Belle Graham. Children : Robert Graham, Lucia Fuller and Thomas Franklin.

David O. Pratt (son of Elias W. Pratt), was born at Anoka in 1868. Attended the Anoka high school and graduated from the Anoka Business College in 1889. He studied engineering and worked in Goss & King's machine shop two years, then two years for the Anoka Boot and Shoe Mfg. Co., and two years in a grocery. He then drove the Standard Oil wagon nine years. He started the D. O. Pratt greenhouses in 1899. He and his wife worked exceedingly hard to get the business started, but it soon assumed large proportions, and Dec. I, 1903 he sold a half interest to Dr. James W. Ford, who resigned the position of president of Pillsbury Academy at Owatonna to take part in the business. Mr. Pratt was married March 23, 1898, to Harriet E. Van Ness. They have one daughter, Helen Van Ness Pratt.

Edwarh E. Pratt was born in Greenfield, Mass., and educated at the Academy at Barnardstown, Mass. He came to Minnesota in May, 1856, and to Bethel, Anoka Co.. about September, 1856, settling on a farm in section five. In 1881 he was county commissioner, and in 1887-8 a representative in the state legislature. He was married in 1868 to Frances E. Dyer. Children: Minnie S. (Mrs. C. A. Clowes), Harry G.. Frank F., John D., Charles L., Sumner W.. Celia J. and Charles L. (deceased).

Eli.vs W. Pr.\tt was born at St. George, New Brunswick, Aug. 18, 1834. He came to Anoka about i36o, and made this place his home until his death, March 29, 1902. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A, Eighth Minnesota Regiment, and served through the war. He was with Captain John S. Cady when the latter was killed by Indians and with Mr. E. S. Clinch, brought the body back to Anoka. He was married about 1855. Children : Mrs. Marie Gow, Mrs. Clara Middlebrook, Elmer, David O., Uriah and Elias.

James T. Pribrle was born in Kennebec Co., Maine, April 19, 1828. He lived in this county until 1856, when he came to Minnesota, arriving at St. Anthony May 25. He has lived in Hennepin county constantly since that date being engaged in teaching and educational work during nearly the whole time. He was town superintendent of schools of the town of Brooklyn, and when the law was changed became district examiner of schools. The law creating the office of county superintendent of schools was passed during the session of 1861-2. and under that law Mr. Pribble was .ippointed by the county commissioners as the first superintendent of schools of Hennepin comity on Oct. 10, 1862. He served six years in this position. Since that time Mr. Pribble has been engaged in teaching school in Hennepin county until 1901. Mr. Pribble was married Nov. 25, 1854, to Almira L. Norris. Children: Edwin B. (North Yakima, Wash.), Ada J. (Mrs. C. F. Foster, Minneapolis), Charles A., David N. and Josephine (Mrs. Guy Boynton, Minneapolis).

Milton B. Pullen was born Nov. ii; 1856, in Augusta, Maine. In 1867 he removed with his parents to Corinna, Wright Co., where he worked on his father's farm until 1878. In the latter year he went into the grocery business with R. H. Broat in Minneapolis, where he remained one year. He spent two years as a letter carrier in Minneapolis, and afterward was vice president and secretary of the Minneapolis Bottle Manufacturing Co. about two years. For nine years he was associated with A. B. Everts in the loan and insurance business, and then engaged in the same business two years on his own account. In i8q7 he went on a farm at Minnetonka and m 1899 bought his present farm in the town of Ramsey. He has 160 acres in section 22, about 100 acres of which are under cultivation. He was married Oct. 4, 1882 to Mary J. Walker. They have three living children : Stanley C, Courtland W., and Forest K.

William Henry Pulver (deceased) was born in Columbus county. New York, Dec. 27, 1836. In 1855 he came to Iowa and the next year visited Minnesota. August 12, 1861, he enlisted in the Fourteenth United States Infantry, and served three years. Returning from the war, he resided five years in Baltimore, coming thence to Minnesota in 1869, and soon afterward settled on a farm in the town of Columbus, Anoka Co., where his son, Philip A., still lives. He served one term as county commissioner and held various town and school .offices. Mr. Pulver was married Oct. 29, 1862, to Catherine Gable. Children: William H., Peter S., G. W., Jacob E., Lydia (Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Forest Lake), Alice (Mrs. John Reiou.x, Forest Lake), Fanny (Mrs. L. W. W. Lippy, Seattle, Wash.), Philip A., Nora E., Ida L, Frank L. (Seattle), Harry (Forest Lake) and Guy L. (Forest Lake). Mr. Pulver died in March, icov

Philip A. Pulver was born Feb. 13, 1877, in the town of Columbus. With the exception of a few years spent in the states of Iowa, Wyoming and Washington, he has always lived on his father's farm. He has carried on the farm since his father's death in 1903. He was married June i, 1904, to Nettie Scrvis.

Abner D. Purmort was born at Georgia, Franklin Co., Vermont, Jan. 24, 1830. He obtained his education in the schools at Franklin, Fairfax and Milton in that state, and taught school eight years in Vermont and Pennsylvania. He came to Minnesota in 1856, locating in Dayton township near the Hne of Maple Grove, where he farmed fourteen years. In the spring of 1871 he purchased a farm in sction 10, town of Bethel, where he lived until 1884, when he moved to Anoka, where he has since lived. He was postmaster at Maple Grove P. O. five years, also chairman of the board of supervisors and assessor of Dayton. He was town clerk of Bethel ten years. Mr. Purmort was married Apr. i, 1854, to Ella A. Evans. Children: John E. (Cedar), Ada L. (Mrs. Frank Hart), Kate M. (Mrs. H. A. Shorrocks, Stacy. Chisago Co.) Lucy E. (died Sept. 4, 1893) Abner A., Pearl (died 1875), Mark E. (St. Paul), and Governor W.

Abner A. Purmort (son of Abner D. Purmort) was born June I, 1868, in the town of Dayton, Minn. He was educated in the common school in Bethel and in the Business College at Anoka. For three years he worked in a grocery store, and then went to farming in Linwood. He removed to his present farm in section 36, town of Ramsey, April i, 1901. He was married Nov. 29, 19CO, to Jessie Holden.

George Whittemore Putnam (deceased) came to Anoka in April, 1856, from his native state, Massachusetts, where he was born Aug. 11, 1827, at Oxford, Worcester Co. He had obtained his schooling at the Sutton, Mass., high school. He was in the lumber business with the firm of Cutter & Stowell for several years, and was interested in a pail and tub factory. In 1871 ho engaged in the hardware business with E. T, Ailing and W. Q. .\dams, and later as a member of the firm of Putnam. Chesl?y & Lindsay. In 1857 he was appointed reg- ister of deeds holding that office four years. From 1869 to 1873 he was county treasurer, was a member of the legislature in 1877, 1878 and 1881, and for fourteen years was county auditor. Mr. Putnam was married April 30, 1851, to Catherine Whitney Hall, and there were born : Kate (Mrs. K. G. Staples, Portland, Oregon), Carrie ('died Dec. '28, 1859) George Hall, Addie Lillian (died July 27, 1873), and Lena Whittemore (Mrs. Chas. R. Russell, Crookston, Minn.). Mr. Putnam died Dec. 23, 1898. (See portrait, page 106.)

James F. Quimby was born Feb. i, 1833, in Phillips, Franklin Co., Maine. Came to Minnesota in 1855, arriving in Stillwater Nov. 17, and to Anoka Co. the following year. He followed lumbering, working in the woods and saw mills at Anoka. He was in the Woodbury saw mill some six or seven years. Came to his present farm in the town of Ramsey in 1862. He has 200 acres in sections 10 and 15, about 60 of which are under cultivation. He was married Oct. 4, 1871, to Charlotte S. Rogers. Children: Julia R. (Mrs. T. Harry Rand), and Susan J.

Harry Rand was born on a farm two miles south of Elk River, Sherburne Co. Feb. 11, 1868. Attended the common schools and worked at farming in Sherburne Co. until March, 1903, when he rented the farm of James Quimby in section 11, town of Ramsey. He was married Feb. 11, igoi, to Julia R. Quimby. Children : James H. and Rebecca.

George L. Rathbun was born Feb. 18, 1861, in Minneapolis, Minn. Attended the public schools in the town of Brooklyn, Hennepin Co. Worked on his father's farm until 1881, when he was engaged as a clerk in the grocery of Wesley Neil! in Minneapolis. From 1882 to 1889 he worked almost continuously for the Washburn Mill Co. at Anoka. In the latter year he purchased a farm of 120 acres in sections 21 and 28, town of Burns, afterward seUing it and purchasing 100 acres in section 29, which he still owns. March i, 1902 he entered the government service as rural free delivery letter carrier on route No. 2, Anoka. June 11, 1904, at the Mankato meeting Mr. Rathbun was elected president of the Minnesota Rural Letter Carrier's Association. He was married Dec. 5, 1888, to Ida E. Bean. They have one cliild, Dora E.

George R. Richards was born in Kent. Litchfield Co.. Conn., May 8, 1861. Worked on liis father's farm until the age of nineteen. In 1880 he came to Spring Valley, Minn. He worked at farming in different states until about 1897, after which he lived three years in Minneapolis. In 1900 he bought 74 acres in section one town of Burns, where he still lives. He was married May 7. 1890. to Elzina R. Livingston. Children: Sarah E., Ruth M. and Margaret A.

Am ASA Richardson was born in the northern part of Massachusetts in 1810. When a small boy his father moved to Kennebec Co., Maine, where he received his education and engaged in farming until his removal to Anoka Co. in 1870. He lived on the farm now occupied by his son, C. G. Richardson, until his death in 1900. He was marriea about 1835 to Sophronia Sanboufn, who was born in Freedom, Maine, about 181 5. They had but one child. Charles G.