McLeod County, Minnesota - Biographical sketches, 1917 (part 2 of 12)

Nelly, John MeNelly was born in Ireland of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and when a child accompanied his parents to the United States, they settling in Massachusetts. He grew to manhood and married in that state, after which he and his wife came west to Minnesota, locating in Wilmington township, Houston county, in 1856 or 1857. Here he built a log house and with an ox-team began to cultivate his land and develop a homestead. That he was a man of ability and much native force of character is evidenced by the fact that he served as representative in the lower house of the legislature three terms, and in the senate two terms. He was also a member of the State Board of Equalization and assisted in the laying out of townships. As a member of the Methodist church he helped to organize the church of that denomination in his township. He is still living, being now 86 years of age. His wife, who was born in New York of New England stock, is deceased. They had a large family of 11 children, William E, McNelly, father of William Oscar, was born in Houston county, Minnesota, and was educated in Caledonia Academy, at Caledonia, Minn. For some time he was engaged in teaching school. A man of considerable local prominence, he held various township offices. At the present time he is president of the co-operative creamery at Wilmington, also a director of the First National Bank of Caledonia. A leading member of the Methodist church, he has taken an active part in its enterprises. His first wife, Mannie, was a daughter of Charles and Samantha (Metcalf) Wright, her father being a native of Rhode Island, who located at Portland Prairie, Minn., about 1858 or 1860, and farmed there many years, also holding the office of postmaster. Mrs. Samantha Wright, his mother-in-law, was from Vermont, and was a descendant of an old New England family which traced its ancestral line back to the Mayflower pilgrims. Mrs. Mannie McNelly died in 1890 at the age of 33 years, leaving four children: William Oscar, subject of this sketch; Chester L., Mary E., and Charles E. William E. MeNelly was married, the second time, to Jessie Ratcliffe, of lowa, who bore him two children, Frank R. and Erwin B. William Oscar Mc- Nelly acquired the rudiments of his education in the country schools, afterwards attending the normal school and the Minnesota State University. He then taught school for two years, a part of the time in Houston county. Taking up the study of law in the University of Minnesota, he was graduated in 1906 and began the practice of his profession in Hutchinson in May, 1907, where he is now a prominent member of the bar. In 1908 Mr. McNelly came before the people as a candidate for the office of county attorney, but was defeated. In the spring of 1909 he was elected city attorney of Hutchinson, which city he served creditably for three successive terms in this position. Presenting himself again in 1912 for the office of county attorney, he was this time successful and has since occupied the office, being re-elected in 1914, by a largely increased majority. He is a careful and successful official with a record of suecess as a prosecutor. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, including the Encampment, and in 1913 was a delegate from Marvin Encampment, No. 48, to the state convention of the order held at Duluth. He is also a member of the State Bar Association, of the County Attorneys' Association, and of the Union Club, of Hutchinson, In Oct. 1909, Mr. McNelly married Mary Arneson, of Hutchinson, whose father John Arneson, a carpenter and contractor now deceased, was a pioneer settler in Hutchinson. He and his wife have two children, Evelyn Jessie and Marion Ruth.

Lewis Harrington, pioneer of Hutchinson, Minn., was born November 22, 1830, in Green, Ohio, son of John and Rhoda (Kee) Harrington. The branch of the Harrington family represented in the early settlement of Minnesota came to America from the southwest part of England in the 17th century. John Harrington, born Sept. 18, 1752, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, Disabled by a wound, he left the army and became a physician in Brookfield, Vermont. May 18, 1774, he married Deborah Wakefield. Their son, John, one of four children, father of Lewis, was born at Hallifax, Vt., Feb., 20, 1775, Soon after the death of Dr. Harrington in 1802, the family moved to Canada, settling near Lennoxville. There, Dee. 15, 1810, John Harrington married Rhoda Kee, a descendant of William Bradford, the second governor of Plymouth Colony. She was born August 8, 1780, at Ware, Mass. In the spring of 1817, John Harrington migrated te Trumball county, Ohio, where he cut a home from the wilderness and lived until 1857, when, with his wife, he came to Hutchinson to live with his son Lewis, where he died. John Harrington was a man of exceptional strength of character who made himself felt in all the activities of his community. When a member of the Ohio legislature he introduced a bill, the first of the kind on record, providing for lighting the cells in the state's prison evenings and furnishing the prisoners with reading matter. Lewis Harrington, son of John and Rhoda, was the youngest of seven children. Reared among the pioneers of Ohio, he attended Austinberg Academy and graduated in civil engineering at the Ohio University, Cleveland, in 1850. He was engaged in railroad work in Pennsylvania and Ohio till 1854, when he visited his brother William on the shores of Lake Minnetonka, Hennepin county, Minnesota. He decided to remain in Minnesota and during the following year served as county surveyor of Hennepin county. In the late autumn of 1855, at the home of Col. John H. Stevens, in Minneapolis, Mr. Harrington met the Hutchinson brothers, Asa, John and Judson. This meeting resulted in the forming of a party to visit the country west of the Big Woods in the vicinity of Glencoe, which had been started the year before. 'he trip was made by the way of Shakopee, Carver and Glencoe and on Noy, 10, in the beautiful valley of the Hassan, the townsite of Hutchinson was located. Log shacks were built and Harrington, with others of the party, remained here through the winter surveying the townsite, locating claims and roads. He was the first. postmaster, surveyor and hotelkeeper. December 27, 1857, Mr. Harrington married Ellen M. Pendergast, who was born in Durham, N. H., May 16, 1836. She came to Milwaukee in 1855 and with her brother, William W., came to Hutchinson in the spring of 1857, Two children were born of this marriage; Martha A., November 29, 1858, and William E., July 2, 1860. Mr. Harrington formed and was captain of a military company to defend Hutchinson during the Indian outbreak of 1862, helped build the stockade and resist the attack of Indians under Little Crow on Sept. 4, 1862. He was a member of the state legislature, 1866 to 1868, In 1883 and 1884 he engaged in locating timber land in the state of Washington. In the summer he took a surveying contract with the U. S. government, was opposed by the Indians but called a council and got their consent. He was 150 miles north of Seattle in August, 1884, when, returning to camp on the 14th, fell over a precipice and was killed, Lewis Harrington was born of a generation of pioneers, As one of the founders of Hutchinson it may be said that in all the enterprises for the right building of the community he was the central figure. A born leader, men naturally appealed to his clear judgment and good will. His influence is stamped on the community he helped to found and lives in its high ideals.

Ellen Myra Harrington. Mrs. Harrington was of New England birth and ancestry, the daughter of Solomon and Lydia Wiggins Pendergast. She was born May 16, 1836, in Durham, New Hampshire, in the "Old Garrison," a building that was once a block house, built for defense against the Indians, and which stood on land taken as a grant from the King of England by Stephen Pendergast, one of her early ancestors, Ellen M. Pendergast - to call her by her maiden name - was only 12 years old when she lost her mother. That her education was carefully looked after may be inferred from the fact that in April, 1854, she went to New Jersey to teach school, returning home in a year. In the fall of 1855, with her sister Martha (the late Mrs. W. T. Bonniwell) and her brother Harrison, she joined their brother, William W. Pendergast, in Milwaukee, where he had gone the year before. The last named, in November of that year, came with the Hutchinson brothers to Minneapolis. In the spring of 1857 she followed her brother to Hutchinson, arriving on May 5, She walked in from Henderson with a party of 15, in which there were only two women besides herself - Mrs. Kittridge, a bride from Bangor, Maine, and Bliza Chesley. Most of the men were from the cities and no better able to walk than the women. They stayed all night at what was then called High Island, New Auburn. There was just one house. The people had been there all winter and had eaten most of their provisions. The husband had gone to Minneapolis for more and the wife said the travelers could not stay or have anything to eat. They told her they had to stay and must have something to eat and had money to pay for it. They were given each a small dish of hulled corn, They came to Henderson up the Minnesota river from St. Paul by boat. From Henderson to Hutchinson there was not even a trail. Arriving in Hutchinson in the middle of the afternoon, the party was given a regular charivari by the few folks here, about 75 in all, and all males but six. Miss Pendergast soon found plenty of occupation. The first week she was here she cooked a barrel of flour (costing $23) for 30 men. By keeping the oven full of salt-rising bread, she could get enough for two meals, and by frying paneakes from 3 to 8 o'clock supper was provided. The house was her brother William's, on his claim, which was later the Charles Kuester place northeast of town, and a slough had to be crossed to reach it. It had two rooms, a main part shingled, and an ell, one story, covered with boards that had curled up in the sun, This was her introduction - and but a glimpse of it - to the place in which she was to spend the rest of her life. December 27, 1857, Ellen M. Pendereast was married to Lewis Harrington, Their first home was in a little frame building in which Mr, Harrington, the town's first postmaster, had his office, and which stood on the corner on Main street now occupied by the Baseman building, not long afterwards moving to the home in which Mrs. Harrington died. The account of the Indian uprising is given elsewhere in this volume, but Mrs. Harrington's part in the history of that time should be here referred to. To three women was due the decision to defend the town against the Indians rather than desert it and leave to be sacked and burned the homes reared at a cost of great hardship and endeavor. These women were Mrs. Harrington, Mrs. J ulia Ells and Mrs. Sarah Harrington. A paper had been drawn up for the organization of a military company. When many faltered, refused to sign, and were prepared to flee, these three grasped the paper and went among the men, and by earnest entreaties and by signing the roll first themselves, prevailed upon them to enlist and remain and defend Hutchinson. When the company formed in line these heroic women stood in the ranks and answered to their names. And later, on that terrible fourth of September, 1862, when the Indians were circling about the town, burning homes and massacring refugees coming in from the farms, these women went about as nurses among the wounded brought in from the bloody field at Acton, and as angels of hope and courage among the frantic and despairing women and children huddled together in the stockade. Who can measure the value of their heroism to the Hutchinson of those days? And during the stress of these times Mrs. Harrington also had the eave of her two little children of two to four years of age and of her aged mother-in-law. Very few now living knew 80 well and intimately the history of Hutchinson as she; of that history she had been a part and an important part. None treasured more highly than she all in that history that tells of the courage, the fortitude amid hardships of its people, and of their enterprise and progress in the prosperous later days of the town, Down to her last days Hutchinson was her pride, and her friendships among its people her comfort, and her alert and receptive mind and vigorous intellect, undimmed to the last, delighted in recalling the stirring events and interesting incidents of the past. She died February 28, 1916. Lewis Pembroke Harrington. This son of William B. and Sarah S. Harrington was born October 7, 1854. From eleven years of age his school opportunities were entirely with W. W. Pendergast. With that distinguished educator he caught the enthusiasm of teaching, as well as study, and when very young was himself a teacher. When the agricultural school and farm at Crookston was opened, L. P. Harrington was placed in charge of the school department. In 1910 he resigned from that position and moved to Creswell, Oregon. There he was prominent in organizing a land company which purchased farms and set out fruit trees. Very soon he was called into educational work in that state. In his many years of service as superintendent of schools of McLeod county, Mr. Harrington felt the need of improvement on what is called the "common school system." He conceived a plan to get out of the rut and interest pupils. He added an agricultural feature to the gchools that proved practical and of keen interest for its novelty as well as usefulness. For some years now he has been in the state work of Oregon, traveling and lecturing to the patrons of schools and to the pupils in behalf of progressive work. His services in this line are very successful, Now nearly 50 years a teacher, he has been also a hard student, and has been practical and progressive all the way. J uly 5, 1882, L. P. Harrington was married to Mary Groshong,, a lady of Me- Leod county. Nine of their children are living. Three sons are civil engineers; two of them in government work - Guy and Earle. Clifford, who had charge of a building of a section of the Gatun locks on the Panama canal, has since been engaged by English capitalists as engineer for a railroad in South America. That work is now suspended on account of the war. Frank M. is professor of agriculture in the Iowa College, horticultural department. Five daughters are at. home. Sibyl and Helen are teachers, Vera is an artist, and Florence and Jessie are in school. The present residence of the family is at Salem.

Frank Mortimor Harrington, the eldest son of William B. and Sarah S. Harrington, was born Jan. 19, 1844, in Green, Ohio. (He was eight years old when the tamily moved to Minnesota Territory. He was with the family in Hutchinson the summer of 1862, and did his duty as a soldier. That trouble over, he, with Kee Wakefield and several other eighteen year old lads, enlisted in Go. B, Ninth Minnesota Infantry. The regiment saw hard service from the first. On the frontier that Winter the storms were wild and the cold intense. Early next year, 1863, the regiment was ordered south and saw little rest or comfortable service to the close of the war. In the great battle of Nashville, Dec. 15 and 16, 1864, rank received a fatal wound in a charge the regiment made the first day. He lived nine days, dying on a floating hospital at New Albany, Ind., Dec, 24, not yet 21 years of age. Frank was a good boy 4nd a good soldier, honorable, brave, manly. His comrades have only good words for him, and he was the idol of his parents who never recovered from the shock of the bereavement.

William Edmund Harrington, president of the Citizens Rank of Hutchinson, was born in this city, July 2, 1860, only son of Lewis and Ellen M. (Pendergast) Harrington. His education Was begun in the public schools of Hutchinson, and in 1878 he entered the State University of Minnesota, from which he was Sraduated in the class of 1881. He then became a student in the la wdepartment of the University at Ann Arbor, Mich., and was graduated therefrom in 1883. At his father's death in the following year he took charge of the latter's interests. Soon after he purchased the bank at Hutchinson which had been Carried on by Dean Brothers but which not long after became the Citizens Bank. Of this institution he became president and a8 since continued in that office. Mr. Harrington has always resided in Hutchinson, except for a short period when he lived im Dakota, where he had land interests. He is president of the Telephone Company, and several other enterprises. He still has interests in farm lands and is a fancier of good horses. Mr. Harrington has served as mayor of Hutchinson and also as state senator from his district. As a public spirited citizen, he ig always willing to lend his aid and influence to any good cause and has been especially active in advancing the interests of the city and county in which he lives, Mr, Harrington is unmarried.

William H. Harrington, the eldest son of William B. and Sibylla Harrington, was born at Brighton, Iowa Territory, July 28, 1840. At that time the Whig campaign to elect Gen, Harrison president was red-hot and every Whig boy baby was named William Henry Harrison. In this case the victim never could write well enough to put in so many "H's," go he dropped one. The mother dying when the child was born, it was taken when a few months old back to the paternal grandparents in Ohio, and by them cared for while they lived - 17 years. The common schools of Trumbull county, Ohio, were excellent; it was admitted that none were better, and few so good in any state then or since; so if this boy did not get a good elementary education, it was not the school's fault. Coming to Minnesota in 1857 with his grandparents, he reached his father's home, Sunday, May 17. He remained there assisting in the farm work until his grandfather and he started for Hutchinson on foot - a distance of 50 miles. They carried heavy hand bagsage, the roads were muddy, the water high, At one place they waded a long distance in water up to the arms. At another place a roaring stream ran between them and some settlers at work on the other side. The latter felled across the stream a large tree on which the pilgrims crossed. The trip was made in three days and they reached Hutchinson near night, on Sunday, June 22d. Henry was soon at work with his uncle Lewis, surveying, in the mill, driving oxen, and making himself generally useful. The first week in August he was taken with the disease that proved fatal to his grandfather and aunt, and merely survived, after being very sick for six weeks. That winter, 1857-58 Henry went to the school taught by W, W. Pendergast, in the wing of the abandoned log hotel. No better school was ever taught in a modern fireproof building equipped with every school furnishing. After the death of John Harrington, and his daughter, Mrs. Fuller, Grandmother Harrington, the Fuller girls and Henry kept house ina building pot up by Lewis Harrington for Mrs. Fuller and her daughters, and which was the home of James Chesley when he died. Through that winter and the next summer, Henry Harrington did the business of the post office, which was kept in the house where he lived. The winter of 1858-59 Henry, Frank and Sibylla Harrington attended an academy at Ex- celsior. In the winter of 1860-61 Henry taught school at Minnehaha Falls, and at Graceland, on Lake Minnetonka, In the winter of 1861-62 he lay sick of a fever which proved long and severe. In April he went with the family to Hutchinson, Barly that summer there arose a situation peculiar to the history of townsites. The northwest quarter section 6, town 116, range 29, was entered by Henry Chambers, a member of the original town company, March 18, 1856. The same was cancelled by the government February 7, 1862. When the word came from the local land office at Forest City to the town company and they considered the matter among themselves, they decided to put the trust into the hands of Henry Harrington, let him file on the land, which was legally vacant and open to preemption, let him make the improvements required by law, get his title and then deed to all individuals their property, and the remainder in a blanket deed to Thomas Chesley, secretary of the town company. This plan was carried out, this trust. discharged upon honor, to the letter. No expense was charged to any citizen. That land, then as now, was the most populous quarter of the town, In the Indian trouble Henry did his his duty mainly on horseback. He and Andrew Hopper were given the job of scouting as far as they could ride in a day - a task that he would not have sought if he had not conceived boundless confidence in Andrew, his daring and his cunning. After the Sioux were driven away, Henry taught School in Carver county, and in Hennepin, until he went south in the Eleventh Minnesota infantry, a one year's regiment. Teaching school one winter in Illinois, he subsequently came back to Hutchinson and worked one summer with Emmett Taggart in masonry. Leaving in September, 1867, he went. to the St. Lawrence University where he graduated from the Theological School. Since then his work has been in Illinois, New York and Minnesota, He has been twice married, and has one child living in Chicago. The present home of W. H.

; William Bradford Harrington, the second son of John Harrington was born July 11, 1813. He was named William Bradford for the governor of Plymouth Colony, from whom he was a descendant through the Kee family. In 1853 Mr. Harrington settled near Wayzata. In 1862 he leased his farm and moved to Hutchinson. The Indian war now came on and

© Was one of the company of militia organized for defense 4gainst the Savages. After the battle Mrs. Harrington, with her children, Sibylla and Pembroke, went to Illinois and spent the winter at Oliver Holcombe's at Winnebago, Mrs. Holcombe Jeng a sister of Mrs. Harrington. The older son, Frank, went into the army. Mr. Harrington went back to his farm home, where he and David Ells cut wood that winter. In the spring of 1866 Mr. Harrington sold his farm and moved to Hutchinson there to take up his permanent residence. February 27, Sibylla married T. H. Pendergast. Soon after that event William Harrington purchased the partly completed building put up by Mr, Bunting for a hotel, that building being a wing of the Merchants Hotel conducted for so many years by the Jorgensens. The house was full of business from the first, and for some years thereafter. The flouring mill was built that year and there was a healthy growth of the town and country. In the fall of 1867 Mr. Harrington made an extended visit among the relatives and friends in Green, Ohio, his native town, He also visited the grave of his son at New Albany, Indiana, and that of his first wife at Brighton, Iowa. Returning to Hutchinson, and not liking the noise and turmoil of the hotel, he went out to cut railroad ties on a piece of timber he owned near Lake Hook, boarding with Solomon Pendergast. Having taken a severe chill in the woods, he was attacked by pneumonia, and in a few days his troubles were over, he passing away February 7, 1869. William B. Harrington was six feet, one inch tall, straight as an arrow, powerful and quick. In his school days he was easily master of any sport. In manhood he said that all he asked a hired man to do was half as much as he did. But his life was a hard one. When quite young he and his brother Steven were in the lead mines around Galena and Mineral Point. The loss of his wife when his son Henry was born was a crushing blow and was followed by an attack of chills and fever from which he never recovered, With the second wife (the widow Gilson, whom he married March 9, 1843) and son Frank, he left Ohio again and settled in Illinois; but again the fever and ague were So severe they soon returned to Ohio. In 1852 William and Steven Harrington went to New York and bought tickets for San Francisco. On reaching Panama they learned that there was no such line, no such steamer as represented. They had been swindled, with hundreds of others. Returning to New York, they commenced a lawsuit that continued for years, but they never recovered a dollar. Mr. Harrington's next move was to the west, he again yeaching Minnesota early in 1853, It would be difficult to find a more honorable, exemplary, kind-hearted man than William B. Harrington, With his superb constitution he would, under any reasonable conditions, have naturally lived to be ninety, ingtead of fifty-six.

Harry L. Merrill, who for 33 years was superintendent, of the Hutchinson public schools, was born at Auburn, Maine, October 27, 1857, son of Albert L. and Esther (Littlefield) Merrill. Both his parents dying when he was three years old, he was reared by his paternal uncle, Jabez H. Merrill, of Auburn, Me., with whom he made his home until he had attained the age of twenty-two, His early education was acquired in the public schools of his native state. In 1876 he entered Bates College, at Lewiston, Me, where he was graduated in 1880. During the following two years he was engaged in teaching and in reading law in that state. In the spring of 1882 he came to Minneapolis and in April of the same year accepted the principalship of the schools of Hutchinson, and thus entered upon the long career as an educator that has made his name a familiar one in educational circles all over the State. Mr. Merrill made his appearance in Hutchinson on horseback, having ridden from Glencoe, then the nearest railroad point to Hutchinson. There was a stage line between the two villages, but bad weather had interfered with its operation, so Mr. Merrill took to the horse. Arriving here, he found a town of between 600 and 700 population, and a school that enrolled about 150 pupils and had three teachers, besides the superintendent. When he left the building at the close of the first day, he would probably have given a decided negative to anyone who had asked him whether he intended to stay there for 50 years or more; for, in fact, he had no such intention. His thoughts were still on the law, the study of which he intended to resume as soon as he could. William W. Pendergast had been at the head of the schools in Hutchinson until about a year before Mr. Merrill arrived on the scene, the interval having been filled by the superintendency of a man from New York, The year that Mr. Merrill began his duties was the year that the Minnesota high school law went into effect, giving special state aid and designating the character of the schools entitled to receive it. Hutchinson was among the first schools to go on the list. It is unnecessary here to trace their history; that has been done in another part of this volume. As Mr. Merrill went on with his work he found it more and more agreeable, and his love for it grew, so that gradually the idea of returning to the law faded from his mind. He also formed social relations which would have been hard to break. He liked the people, and the people - the parents of his pupils, and the pupils themselves - liked him. While he esteemed the training of the mind to be of high importance, he aimed still more at the development of character of true manhood and womanhood. The "honor system" was a principle in which he fully believed and consistently carried out. In speaking of the closing of his connection with the Hutchin- 80n schools the Minneapolis Journal, quoting a despatch from Hutchinson, said in its issue of June 6, 1915: "H. L, Merrill, president of the Minnesota Educational Association, and su- perintendent for over 33 years of the Hutchinson schools, will eloge his brilliant and fruitful career in the latter position on Monday" - June 7 - "by graduating a class of 72, the largest by 26 in the history of the local high school. Superintendent Merrill retires honored and beloved by the people of Hutchinson and the surrounding country. From nearly every home in the locality children have come to him for instruction, and some of the best known and most successful business and professional men in the state, and some of its most useful and admired women, have gone out from this schoo]. Mr. Merriil's election to the office of president of the Minnesota Educational Association, took place at St. Paul, in October, 1914, and it was remarkable for being unanimous, there being not a candidate or ballot against him. Believing that the school man should be an active citizen as well, Mr. Merrill has been president of the local Electric Light Company, secretary of the Telephone Company, president of the Commercial Club, a trustee of the Library Board and member of the City Council. He is a member of the Masonic Order and a Knight Templar. Has no church affiliations. Mr. Merrill was married June 30, 1886, to Martha A. Harrington, daughter of Lewis and Ellen M. (Pendergast) Harrington, of Hutchinson. They have one son, Lewis H. Lewis H. Merrill was born in Hutchinson, Minn., Oct. 4, 1887. He graduated from the Hutchinson High school in 1905. After a course of civil engineering at the University of Minnesota he has worked as civil engineer with the N. P., Chicago, Milwaukee, and the Luce Electric Lines, in Minnesota, the Dakotas and Montana.

The Hutchinson Family. Jessie Hutchinson, a patriotic New Englander of sterling worth, born in Milford, New Hampshire, married Polly Leavett, a lady blessed with a wonderfully sweet voice, who transmitted her remarkable talent to her children, Judson, John W., Asa B. and Abby L. As a concert troupe this family gave musical programs throughout the United States and the British Isles. For many years the family name was a household word in hundreds of towns and cities throughout the country, from the rugged and picturesque shores of Maine and the granite hills of New Hampshire, the old home of the Hutchinsons, to the broad and fertile prairies of Kansas and Nebraska. In 1855 they established the town of Hutchinson, The romantic story of the starting of this town is told in full elsewhere, John W. and Judson did not remain here permanently. Asa B, and Abby, the wife of W. W. Pendergast, made their homes here.

Asa B. Hutehinson came to Hutchinson with his brothers, and here established his home, A kindly considerate man, he helped many # poor settler with money and provisions, and throughout his life furthered every good cause that came to his attention. Even during the panic of 1857 he continued his tours, journeying through Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois, taking as admission fees any and all kinds of produce in lieu of the usual cash, and turning it over to the hotels and to the proprietors of the barns where his two-horse team was kept. Horace Greeley, the famous founder and editor of the New York Tribune, who was his personal friend, on hearing of this, wrote a two-column article on the subject, which was published in the Tribune. One season ASa, Lizzie, Fred and little Oliver Dennett made a concert tour from Bangor, Maine, overland to Hutchinson, with a two-horse team and carry-all, the trip taking about four months. In 1867 the "Tribe of Asa" finally settled in Hutchinson and began to cultivate their farm, living in a rented house in the village. In those days the Hutchinsons knew more about cash than trade. On one oveasion Mrs. Asa B. Hutchinson discovered that she was paying a few more cents a pound for butter, and few more cents per dozen for egy's, than the stores were paying for the same produce in trade, and on inquiry of the farmer's wife of whom she bought, was told that the reason she had to pay more was because she paid in cash, Asa B. Hutchinson continued to make his home on his farm during the summer months of each year. The remainder of each year was spent in concert work with his family in the east. He had married Elizabeth Chace of Nantucket, Mass., a Quakeress, and had three children: Abby, Fred and Oliver D. In 1873 the son Fred died on the farm at Hutchinson and in 1874 Mrs, Hutchinson died very suddenly after finishing a concert at Rushford, Minn. Asa B. and his son Oliver D., went east and joined John Hutchinson and his son in giving concerts through the New England states. They were thus engaged until 1879, Asa B. then located at Leadville, Colo., Where he built a hotel and residence remaining there until 1882. He then returned to his home at Hutchinson where he lived until his death on Thanksgiving eve, 1884. His daughter Abby married Samuel G. Anderson, a prominent citizen of Hutchinson April 9, 1873.

Oliver Dennett Hutchinson, in former years one of Hutchinson's best known and most highly esteemed citizens, but Whose home is now in Minneapolis, was born in Lynn, Mass., Jan. 15, 1857, son of Asa B. and Eliza (Chace) Hutchinson. As his father desired that he be with him on his concert tours, his Schooling was somewhat neglected, and his education was mostly picked up on the road. His regular schooling included two summer months in the log schoolhouse on what is now the public square of Hutchinson, a part of a term in the old white School house on the hill, one winter at Red Wing Collegiate

Institution, Minnesota, and one winter at Kents Hill, Maine. His musical career was begun at the early age of three and a half years, and was continued with his father after his mother's death till 1879. He then formed a concert troupe of his own, which he continued till 1881. It was at this time that he tried farming at Hutchinson, and though it cannot be said that he achieved a pronounced success, he at least attracted universal attention to his efforts, his farm and cornfield becoming noted for the crooked corn rows, which people came miles to see, This method of planting was intentional on his part, as he had heard somewhere in polite society that more corn grew in ervooked rows than in straight ones. He sueceeded in proving to his own satisfaction that farming was not for him. In 1882 he bought an interest in a drug store in Hutchinson and in 1885 purchased the entire stock, carrying on the business subsequently until 1889, in which year he became postmaster of Hutchinson. The year 1895 was devoted chiefly to concert work. In the following year Mr. Hutchinson removed to Minneapolis to become a traveling representative of the Northwestern Consolidated Milling Company for Michigan and Wisconsin, in which occupation he is still engaged, While in the drug business in Hutchinson he acted as librarian of the eirculating library, the books being kept in a room in the rear part of his store, Fora number of years he was a member of the Republican County Committee of McLeod county, and for a short time served on the State Central Committee, Among his other activities, he was captain of the state militia company at Hutchinson, manager of the baseball team and for awhile served as meat inspector. He was a member of the Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, and of the Masonic lodges up to and including the Commandery of Knights Templar. Oliver Dennett Hutchinson was married September 10, 1878, to Nelly Drew, of Portland, Maine, who was born in Gardiner, Maine, December 6, 1857, daughter of Joseph P. and Frances (Ware) Drew. Mr. and Mrs. Hutchinson have had a family of three children, Frederick D., born at Portland, Maine in 1879; Jesse Chace, born in Hutchinson, March 9, 1882; and Elizabeth, born in Hutchinson, Sept. 6, 1885. Frederick D. received a public school education at Hutchinson, and took a business course at the M. C. Patter Business College at Sheboygan, Wis., from which he received a diploma. In the boom days he was in business in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is now engaged in the insurance business in Bismark, North Dakota. Jesse Ghace Hutchinson acquired his education in the high achool, which he attended for three years, and at a business college, from which he was graduated. He is now engaged in the lumber business at Esmond, N, D. "A second edition of

Joseph P. Drew," he is a great favorite with all classes and a splendid business man. Elizabeth Hutchinson, like her brother Jesse, attended high school for three years, and subsequently took a two-years' course for normal school piano teachers at Miss Caruthers' school in Chicago, She had studied the piano under Mary Frothingham, a pupil of Godowski, and later undey Mrs. Peck, who taught the Leschetizki method. In her early musical career she visited many musical schools and colleges, from coast to coast, studying different ways and methods of teaching and watching for the quickest and best results. On her return to Minneapolis she opened a studio and taught for several years, subsequently accepting a position as piano teacher at Graham Hall, a private school for girls, August 31, 1915, she became the wife of Frederic Herbert Fournie, of Minneapolis, in which city she now resides.

Joseph P. Drew was born in Athens, Maine, April 25, 1824, next to the youngest of a family of 16 children. His father a substantial farmer of that place was a prominent man in the community and a deacon in the Baptist church. In his youth, Joseph P. showed a great thirst for knowledge, and many a night he might have been seen sprawled on the floor before the big fireplace, studying his lessons by the light of the blazing pitch-pine knots. He and his brothers and sisters had to attend church twice on Sunday, as the father allowed no deviation from religious duties, At the age of 16, having graduated from the academy, and acquired a good knowledge of Latin and French, he began to teach in that institute, and was thus engaged until he was 21 years old, turning over his savings to his father, as was the custom in those days. After that he continued teaching until he had earned the price of a good suit of clothes and had sufficient money with which to leave home. Starting out with his worldly goods packed in an old carpet bag, and ten dollars in his pockets, he went to Gardiner, Maine, where he found employment as clerk in a general Store. At the age of 28, being very thrifty, he engaged in business for himself as a member of the firm of Fling & Drew, and two years later was married to Frances Ware. Moving to Portland, Maine, in 1858, he continued in the wholesale grocery business there until his death, which occurred June 9, 1884. He had achieved prosperity and left quite an estate. His wife, Mrs. Frances Ware Drew was born in Gardiner, Maine, July 25, 1830 and died July 16, 1916. She was educated in the common school and graduated from a seminary, There was a family of 11 children, eight of whom grew to maturity, All were very musical and possessed exceptionally 800d voices, township, was born in Salem county, New Jersey, Jan. 27, 1846, gon of Ezra 8. and Sarah Anderson. Ezra S. Anderson, 2 minister of the Baptist church, was 4 graduate of Bowdoin College, Hanover, New Hampshire. He was deeply versed in astronomy and meteorology, lecturing on these subjects and writing articles for the press. After a worthy and useful life he died in his native state in 1875 at the age of 88 years, his wife dying in 1880, at the age of 68 years- Samuel G. Anderson came to Indiana in 1862 and a year later located at Burlington, Ohio. In the spring of 1864 he enlisted in Co. A, 188th Ohio Vol. Inf., at Lronton, Ohio, and served one year, being the youngest man in his company. In 1266 he came to St. Paul where he became clerk on a steamboat for 4 year. After learning the miller's trade at Minneapolis he went to Greenleaf, Minn,, where he acquired a half interest in a mill, Im 1867 he came to Hutchinson where he started a mill and made the first barrel of flour in Hutchinson. Subsequently he returned to Greenleaf. In 1870 he founded the village of Granite Falls with John W. Waldron and built a mill, hotel and store, and Jaid out the townsite. Mr. Anderson sold out in 1871 and went to Litchfield, Minn., where he remained until 1873. That year, 1873, he started the Hutchinson Enterprise which he operated for six years. Then he purchased 320 acres of land in section 7, Hassan Valley township and engaged in farming. In 1874 he spent seven months in Holland, Europe. Mr. Hutchinson has done considerable prospecting, going to the Black Hills in 1877, to Leadville in 1879 and to Nome, Alaska, in 1904, He has been prominent in public life and has held many positions of trust and honor. In 1874 he was a candidate for the legislature and was defeated, but was elected in 1877. He was a delegate to the Republican State Conventions for twelve or fifteen years and served on the State Central committee. From 1884 to 1893 he was assistant superintendent of the document room in the senate at Washington, D. Cc. He has been president of the Contact Copper Co., of Contact, Nev., since 1905, and is one of the incorporators. He at one time owned Colonna, a famous stallion and raised S. G. A., a horse with a world's racing record, a half mile on ice in 1.01%. Mr. Anderson was married April 9, 1878, to Abby Hutchinson, only daughter of Asa B. Hutchinson, and a Graduate of the Boston Conseyvalory of Music. She died Jan. 7, 1884, at the age of thirty-four years. Five children were born to this marriage: Frederika, who died Dec. 21, 1875 at the age of twenty months; Samuel G., Jr., attorney and postmaster of Hutchinson; Elizabeth, now Mrs. Lyman i, Wakefield, of Minneapolis; Asa, who died in 1893 at the age of fourteen; and Chace, born Feb, 20, (882, now at Edgar, Mont., engaged in the mereantile business.

Sam G. Anderson, Jr., postmaster and attorney, was born in Hutchinson on the old Hutchinson homestead, July 7, 1875. He was graduated from the Hutchinson High school in 1894 and from the law department of the University of Minnesota in 1899, and on Jan. 1, 1900, engaged in the practice of law at Hutchinson. April, 1898, he enlisted in Co. A, 13th Minnesota Regiment, and served until February, 1899, being stationed in the Philippines from July to January and taking part in the battle of Manila, after which he was stricken sick with typhoid malaria and was invalided home. In 1908 he was elected county attorney and re-elected in 1910. In 1912 he was defeated for the same office. Feb. 1, 1914, he was appointed postmaster of Hutchinson which position he has filled with credit. He also continues his law practice. Mr. Anderson is a director of the Bank of Hutchinson, and secretary and treasurer of the Contact Copper Co., at Contact, Nev. Fraternally he is affiliated with the A. F, & A. M., the Scottish Rite and the Zurah Shrine. Mr. Anderson was married June 7, 1913, to Margaret Ames, daughter of A. H. Ames. Mr. and Mrs, Anderson have two children: Jane and Mary.

Perey (Elmer) Avery was born Sept. 23, 1877, in Pittsfield township, Lorain county, Ohio; fifth child of Franklin C. and Mary A. (Stone) Avery. At two years of age he came with his ptrents overland to a farm in Acoma township, on Cedar lake, McLeod county, the family home for four years; lived one year in Greenleaf, Meeker county, and came to Hutchinson in 1884, remaining here ever since. Jan, 1, 1897, he started learning the printers' trade in the office of the Hutchinson Leader, bought at that time by his brother, Carlos Avery from Burt W. Day. Jan. 1, 1907, at time of incorporation of the Leader Printing Co., publishers of Hutchinson Leader, he be- Came stockholder and secretary; has been secretary of the Company since organized and business manager most of the time since. He is a member of Temple Lodge, No. 59, A. F. & A. M., (master two years), Miriam Chapter, No. 27, O. B. S.; (Worthy Patron three years), Minneapolis Consistory, No. 2, 32d degree Masons, and Zurah Temple, Minneapolis, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

David A. Adams, one of McLeod county's earliest settlers, who for many years took a leading part in the development of the county, and especially of the city of Hutchinson, of which he was one of the most prominent residents, was born in the vounty of Norfolk, England, February 26, 1838, son of George and Elizabeth (Goodrom) Adams. His father was killed in a storm while overseer on the estate of Sir Thomas Hare. David received his education in the schools of Downham, England, and when 13 years old was apprenticed to the carpenter's trade. After serving until he was 16 or 17, his master gave him the balance of his time, and he decided to seek his fortune in the United States. Sailing from Liverpool, October 14, 1854, he landed at New York on the 20th of November following. In the spring of 1855 he came west as far as Chicago, but remaining in that city only six weeks, he pushed on to Minnesota and located near Faribault, in Rice county, where he found work at his trade. In July, 1857, young Adams came to Me- Leod eounty with William Cook and his family, and resided with them on their farm two miles north of the village of Hutchinson until the following summer. He then moved to a farm south of Hutchinson, which was his place of residence until the Indian outbreak of 1862, When that occurred he moved into Hutchinson for safety, and although not a member of the Home Guards, did duty with them in the defense of the place, After the Indians had been driven away, Mr. Adams returned to Rice county, and in the winter of 1864 enlisted in Jompany B, First Minnesota Infantry. His vegiment was sent to City Point, Va., where it was incorporated with the Second Army Corps, serving under Grant and Meade. With this veteran body of soldiers Mr. Adams took part in all the fierce battles and engagements in which the corps participated, from the North Anna to Appomattox court house. After the suryender of Lee's army, which practically ended hostilities, and after participating in the Grand Review at Washington, Mr. Adams, now a young man of 27 years, returned to Rice county, Minnesota, but in the summer of 1866 he came again to Hutchinson, and shortly after took a farm of 80 acres in section 24, Lynn township, on which he lived for a number of years, accupied with its improvement. He then removed to another farm he had purchased in section 13, in the same township, which was his home until 1874. He was one of the organizers of Lynn township and was its first justice of the peace, holding that office during the entire period of his residence there. In 1874, when he left the township and came to reside in Hutchingon, he owned and controlled a fine farm of 560 acres, the result of his enterprise and industry - a remarkably good showing in view of hig opportunities and the lack of means with which he had begun only a few years before. When he made his permanent settlement in Hutchinson, Mr. Adams engaged in the real estate and loan business, in which he showed as much ability as he had displayed in farming, and soon became noticed as one of the rising men of the village. That he was personally popular may be gathered from the fact that in 1871 he was elected to represent his district in the state leg- islature, and served during the session of 1872. He was chosen one of the first board of trustees of Hutchinson, and also filled the office of village recorder for many years, In the mean- While he continued in the real estate and loan business, to which he added collections and banking, and was thus occupied up to the time of his death. As an instance of his public spirit, it may be mentioned that he was one of the four citizens who made a personal sacrifice to ensure the construction of the spur line of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway, from Glencoe to Hutchinson. It was necessary for the citizens of Hutchinson to raise a certain sum of money to pay the cost of the right of way and depot grounds, and a subscription was started for the purpose, Mr. Adams, and the three other citizens above referred to, in the meanwhile guaranteeing that the required amount should be raised. The total subscriptions, however, fell short by nearly $2,700, so it cost each of the four men, including Mr, Adams, $672 apiece. Mr. Adams erected the first brick residence in the village of Hutchinson, where he had valuable real estate interests. He was one of the organizers of the Bank of Hutchinson, serving as its president for many years, aided in making the annual county fair a success, and Served on numerous boards and committees. In fact, there were few things of any importance that took place in the village in which he did not have a hand, and his aid and influence were potent in securing satisfactory results. His death, which took place June 13, 1911, deprived the city of one of its most active and useful citizens, and was an event widely deplored. David A, Adams was married, in Hutchinson, May 24, 1868, to Ann M. Durrant, who was born in Norfolk, England, April 30, 1848, daughter of William and Maria (Goodman) Durrant. She had come to America with her parents and the rest of their family in 1856, and only five weeks after landing in this country, the father died in Syracuse, N. Y., at the age of 38 years. His wife long survived him, passing away in Faribault, January 8, 1893, when in her sixty-ninth year. Mr. and Mrs. Adams had five children: Mary C. E., who is the wife of Dr. - E. Bennion, a dentist of Hutchinson, and hag three children - Alice and Louise (twins) and Richard S.; D, Albert; A. Maria; Ella J., librarian of the Hutchinson Public library, and ! illiam D., who is engaged in the insurance business in Hutchmson. The family are members of the Episcopal church.

D. Albert Adams, son of David A. and Ann M. (Durrant) Adams, was born in Hutchinson, Minn,, December 21, 1882. He acquired his education in the excellent public schools of Hutchison, graduating from the high school in 1903, Commencing in the Bank of Hutchinson, now the Farmers and Merchants State Bank. On February 1, 1917, he became assistant cashier of the Citizens Bank of Hutchinson. One of the most able among the younger business men of the city, he also manages the estate left by his father, and for three years has served ag secretary of the McLeod County Agricultural Society, in which the late Mr. Adams was warmly interested. He was married November 29, 1906, to Ida M. Anderson, of Buftalo, Minn., and he and his wife are prominent and popular members of Hutchinson society.

Lloyd G. Pendergast, now engaged in the real estate business in Bemidji, Beltrami county, Minn., is justly entitled to a place in this work, as he is one of the earliest settlers of Hutchinson now living. He was born in Durham, N. H., June 12, 1842, son of Solomon and Lydia (Wiggin) Pendergast. His great-greatgrandfather, Stephen Pendergast, came from Ireland and settled in Durham, N. H., near the end of the 17th century. He built a garrison house for protection against the Indians, in which house the subject of this sketch was born. Lloyd G, Pendergast was educated first in the common school, subsequently attended the high school at Newmarket, N. H., and afterwards went to school to his brother, W. W. Pendergast, late superintendent of public instruction of this state. He came to Minnesota in April, 1857, locating in Hutchinson, where he remained until April, 1861. He then enlisted in Company D, First. Minnesota Infantry, being the first to enlist from Me- Leod county. October 28, 1862, he was transferred to the First U. S. Cavalry, with which he served until receiving an honorable discharge, June 27, 1864. In that year his father, with his second wife, moved to Hutchinson. In that year a sawmill was built in Hutchinson, of which Mr. Pendergast (our subject) became one of the owners. He later sold his interest and in 1867, in company with Lewis Harrington and C. W. Bonnewell, built the first grist mill and dam at Hutchinson. After selling out the mill he went to Cottonwood in 1870 and built a flour mill and saw mill. Then he again sold out and moved in 1880 to Eagle Bend, in Todd county, where he took 4 homestead. In 1899 he was appointed by Governor Lynd on the grain force at Duluth, being discharged by Governor Van Sant in 1901, From 1901 to 1903 he was locator of government lands in Northern Minnesota. In 1904 he was elected justice of the peace in Bemidji, being re-elected in 1906, In the same year he was nominated for lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket, with John A. Johnson, and was beaten, but received 103,000 votes. In 1908 Mr. Pendergast was appointed by Governor Johnson as custodian of the old capitol at St. Paul, and in 1911 was removed by Governor Eberhart. In 1914 he was elected to the House of Representatives from the 62d district, to serve in the 39th session, Mr. Pendergast is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic and of the Masonic Lodge at Hutchinson, which was founded in 1864 and of which he is now the only living charter member. He was married to Hannah Gregg, in Hutchinson, April 11, 1868, and has had nine children - three sons and six daughters - all of whom are living, except one.

Perley Parker Pendergast, cashier of the Citizens Bank of Hutchinson, Minn., was born in Hutchinson, January 20, 1868, son of William W. and Abbie L. (Cogswell) Pendergast, He comes of a family the members of which have been conspicuous in the history of Hutchinson and the vicinity. He was graduated from the Hutchinson high school in the class of 1886 and for one year thereafter was a teacher in the public schools of McLeod county. In January, 1887, he became a clerk in the Citizens Bank, was subsequently assistant cashier, and was made cashier in 1896. He served a year on the city council and has been more or less active in local affairs, his advice being esteemed as that of a good business man. In 1902 he was married at Tawas City, Mich., to Laurie Goldie, daughter of Peter and Annie (Sutherland) Goldie. He and his wife have six children: Webster, Robert, Malcolm, Dougias, Louise and Norman,

William W. Pendergast, one of the notable pioneers who founded the city of Hutchinson, was born at Packer's Falls, Durham, N. H,, January $1, 1833, son of Solomon and Lydia (Wiggin) Pendergast. His father, Solomon, was a greatgrandson of Stephen Pendergast, a native of Wexford, Ireland, who was a direct descendent of Maurice de Pendergast, a Frenchman, to whom lands were ceded in Ireland for victories there in the war between France and England. Stephen Pendergast emigrated to the Hampshire Grants (now New Hamp- Shire) in 1713, and in 1715 erected a blockhouse at Durham. In this blockhouse were born William W. Pendergast, his father, Solomon, his grandfather, Edmond, and his greatgrandfather. Stephen married Jane Cotton, a granddaughter of the celebrated John Cotton. Solomon Pendergast was born at Durham, N. H., a son of Edmond and Lydia (Murray) Pendergast, his mother being a descendant of the Murrays (or Moreys) of Scotland. He came to Hutchinson with his son, William W., on April 26, 1856, but soon went back to New Hampshire. In August, 1858, he returned and lived two years on the hill north of Hutchinson, after which he returned a Second time to New Hampshire. In 1864 he took a homestead in section 17, Hutchinson township, where he subsequently resided until his death, July 9, 1882. His first wife, Lydia

Wiggin, having died of consumption at the age of 34 years, in May, 1850, he married Judith Matthews, William W. Pendergast attended the district schools of New Hampshire until he was 12 years old, and subsequently Philips Exeter Academy at Exeter, that state. He then continued his education in the high school at Springfield, Mass., still later attended Durham (N. H.) Academy and in 1850 entered Bowdoin college, where he was a classmate of W. D. Washburn and a fellow student of Melville W. Fuller. In 1852 he left college and taught school in Maine and Massachusetts till March, 1855, At that time he came west with his cousin, R. H. Pendergast and a friend by the name of B.S. Lenox.| They opened photograph galleries in Chicago, Milwaukee, Racine and Kenosha, operating all at the same time. In Milwaukee Mr. Pendergast met the Hutchinson brothers, Henry, Judson, John and Asa. They were on their way to start a town in Kansas. Mr. Pendergast, having been in Minnesota in 1856, was enthusiastic over its future and had decided to close out his interests in the photograph business (or daguerreotyping as it was then) in Chicago and elsewhere, and move to Minnesota, Consequently he tried to prevail upon the Hutchinsons to give up the idea of going to Kansas and to go in with him in starting a town in MeLeod county to the northwest of Glencoe, where the present town of Hutchinson is located today, it having been described by the Indians as a beautiful location for a city. It was brought about by two of the brothers, John and Asa, coming to Minnesota while the other two proceeded to Kansas as originally planned, Mr. Pendergast promised that as soon as he could dispose of his business he would follow and with his father and brother, T. H. Pendergast, joined them in the spring of 1856, walking from Carver. In the winter of 1856 and 1857 William Pendergast returned to Essex, Mass., and in the spring of 1857 came back with a party of 31 persons. That summer he returned again to Essex and married, on August 9, 1857, Abbie L. Cogswell, a daughter of Caleb Cogswell. They then came to Hutchinson, where Mr. Pendergast taught school in the old log tavern, having 20 pupils. His salary was $28 per month, but he sold the scrip for 25 cents on the dollar, He had charge of the Hutchinson schools for 24 years, and was also county superintendent from 1872 to 1880 inclusive. In 1882 he was clerk in the office of the state superintendent, assistant state superintendent from 1883 to 1888, was principal of the State School of Agriculture, 1888 to 1893, being the first incumbent of that office. In that year he resigned to become superintendent of public instruction, which position he held till 1898, when he rvetired to private life at his home in Hutchinson. For a time he was a member of the Home Guards, holding the rank of orderly sergeant. He and his wife had nine children: Elizabeth, now Mrs, Henry Greenberg, of Hillyard, Wash.; Edith M., born in 1860, who died at the age of 18: Edmond, who was an attorney and judge, of Okanogan, Wash., and died in 1916; Mary, wife of John A. Vye, a produce merchant of Minneapolis, who was secretary of the Agricultural College for 20 years; Perley P., of Hutchinson; Harry, born in 1872, who died at the age of two years; Sophia, wife of Harry White, an attorney of Oklahoma City; Warren W., who died in 1897 at the age of 22 years; and Ellen, now wife of Rev. Arthur Farnum, an Episcopal minister, of Pittsburg, Pa. William Wirt Pendergast died at the age of seventy years, July 17, 1903. He was a man Who understood and loved his fellowmen - a man to whom Strangers, as well as acquaintances, turned instinctively in their troubles, with the feeling that he could and would help them, as he invariably took pleasure in doing. Mr. Pendergast was rightly called one of "God's noblemen; kindly, genial, lovable, scholarly; firm in his convictions, lenient to a fault, but un- Swervingly devoted to high ideals of principal and character. (St, Paul Dispatch, Mar. 29, 1913). ""None knew him but to loye him

Abigail Lowe Cogswell, wife of William Wirt Pendergast, was born in Essex, Mass., Jan. 29, 1839. She was the only daughter of Caleb and Elizabeth (Burnham) Cogswell and was married when eighteen years of age, Aug. 9, 1857, and with her husband came to Hutchinson, McLeod county, to make her home. She had one brother, Daniel Webster, who spent a year in Hutchinson, but returned to Essex at the end of that time. Mrs. Pendergast died at the home of her daughter, Ellen (Mrs. A.W, Farnum) in St. Paul, Minn., Jan. 4, 1917, and was buried at Hutchinson, Minnesota. Mrs. Pendergast was a woman of Strong character, though modest and retiring in manner. Very Self-sacrificing, always putting herself last, always working for the happiness of others, gentle and quiet by nature, calm and Self-possessed.

Mary Abbie Pendergast, daughter of William W. and Abbie L. (Cogswell) Pendergast, was born in Amesbury, Mass., Dec, 17, 1865. She lived in Hutchinson, Minn., and taught school an district 54, McLeod county, for five terms, or two years, be- £inning in the fall of 1881, During the winter months she attended the Hutchinson high school, as District No. 54 only had school in the spring and fall. In March, 1883, Miss Penderfast went to St. Paul to accept a position as clerk in the office of the state superintendent of public instruction, where her father was assistant. This position she held for nearly ten years, resigning then on account of ill health. After a years' rest at her home in Hutchinson, she entered the Medical Department of the University of Minnesota, and while there was secretary to the dean, keeping the records of the departments of Regular Medicine, Homeopathic, Dentistry and Pharmacy. Her marriage to John Alexander Vye, October 2, 1895, occurred when she was 2 senior in college, and she immediately after took up her residence in St. Paul, Mr. Vye being then instructor in the State School of Agriculture. The following children have been born to them: Vidian Burnham, Sept. 16, 1897; Warren William, May 24, 1899; and Lloyd Lowe, May 31, 1902. All are living with their parents in the place of their birth, Mrs. Vye has been a member of various woman's clubs and societies, including the local Woman's Association of St. Anthony Park, the Industrial Sunshine Society and Woman's Christian Temperance Union. In the latter she holds the position of superintendent of the Temperance Education Department,

David H. Ells, one of the most notable pioneers of McLeod county, now passed away, was born in Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, August 5, 1823, son of Benjamin and Mary A. (Eaton) Ells. His mother died in 1839, when he was 15 years old, the father surviving her until 1863. David was reared in the land of his birth, where he remained until 1850. He then came to the United States, not settling in New England like so many of his countrymen, but locating in Walworth county, Wis. In 1860 he came to the recently founded village of Hutchinson, arriving October 18, Here he rented a farm near the village and engaged in its cultivation, being thus occupied for two years, At the end of that time the Indian war broke out and Hutchinson was besieged by the savages. Mr. Ells took his place among the defenders of the village, helping to build the stockade, and to defend it afterwards. After the Indian trouble ceased he located his family in Wisconsin, for a short time, while he worked at Lake Minnetonka and also at Minneapolis. In July, 1864, however, he returned to McLeod county, and not being able to perfect the pre-emption claim he had filed in 1861, he retook it under the homestead laws, and building a house on his land, moved into it with his family, April 18, 1866, and again started to cultivate the soil. For many years Mr. Ells resided on his farm in section 21, developing the land and erecting substantial buildings until he had one of the best homesteads in the vicinity. During the early years he had to endure all the hardships which fall to the lot of the pioneer, but he and his family survived these discomforts and in time reaped the reward of their industry and perseverence. His death took place on the homestead in 1898, Mr. Ells married J ulia

Mr. And Mrs. David H. Ells

A. Loomer, who like himself, was a native of Nova Scotia, born March 21, 1882. In 1901, about three years after her husband's death, Mrs. Ells with her family removed to Hutchinson, now a city, where she is still residing. Advanced in years, she enjoys good health both of mind and body. She is one of the few residents of Hutchinson now living who can recall the tragic scenes of the Indian uprising in 1862. She was one of the three ladies who first signed the agreement to Stay in the village and assist the defenders and during the attack she did her full part in all the useful work that a woman could do. Mr. and Mrs, Ells had four children, the third born of whom died in infancy. The others, who are all living, are: Joseph Edwin, of the firm of J. E. Elis & Co., harness dealers, of Hutchinson; Ruth Alberta, wife of W. D. Griffith, residing in Lynn township, near Hutchinson; and Ada Belle, wife of G. W. Phillips, of Detroit, Minnesota. Mr. Ells was a staunch Republican in politics, and though not an office seeker, was always ready to do anything to promote the interests of the community in which he lived. He was widely recognized as a 800d citizen and an agreeable neighbor, and had a wide acquaintance extending for miles around Hutchinson.

Joseph E. Elis, head of the firm of J. E, Ells & Co., of Hutchinson, Minn., dealers in harness, was born in Delavan, Wis., December 18, 1851. His parents were David TH. and Julia A. (Loomer) Ells, both natives of Nova Scotia, who were prominent pioneers of Hutchinson and the vicinity, coming here in 1860. The father was among the defenders of the stockade during the Indian siege, and Mrs. Ells bravely stayed in the fort, and with the other women who had not fled, did her part in assisting the defenders. David H. Ells afterwards farmed for many years in Hassan Valley township and became a prosberous citizen and one of the best known men in this part of the county. He died on his farm in 1898, and several years later the family moved to Hutchinson City, where Mrs. Ells is Still living. Joseph E. Ells was brought up on his father's farm, which constituted the southwest quarter of section 21, Hagsan Valley township, and here he resided until 1901. He then Save up farming and entered into his present business, buying the harness shop of Sam Stocking, in Hutchinson, which he has since carried on successfully, being now numbered among the prosperous merchants of the city. He is a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which e has passed all the chairs, having been past grand for several years. Mr. Ells was married December 31, 1902, to Mary Harmoning, of Hutchinson, who was reared by James Lewis, Now a retired farmer of this city. He and his wife are popular members of Hutchinson society.

James V. V. Lewis, for many years a prominent member of the McLeod county bar, and one of the leading citizens of Hutchison, was born at Whitney's Point, Broome county, N. Y., July 1, 1846, son of John N. and Esther (Satterlee) Lewis. The father, a native of New York, was a minister of the Presbyterian church, serving churches in New York state, among others that at Whitney's Point, at which place his son James was born. On account of failing health, in 1851 he moved to Madison, Wis., and began farming at Sun Prairie. In the following year he organized a church at Lodi, Wis., to which place he moved and which he served for six years. He then retired and resided there until his death in the spring of 1883. James V. V. Lewis was five years old when he accompanied his parents to Wisconsin. In 1869 he was graduated from Beloit College, at Beloit, Wis., and with a good mental equipment began the study of law under Richard Lindsay at Lodi, Wis. Admitted to the bar in 1870, he came to Minnesota in the following year and began the practice of his profession in Hutchinson. It was not long before his ability was manifested and in 1875 he was elected county attorney, in which office he served two years. He was then elected probate judge, serving efficiently for four terms. Aside from his profession, Mr. Lewis took a keen interest in everything calculated to promote the development and prosperity of the community. In 1881 he became the first president of the village board of trustees. He was also a member of the school board for six years, and was treasurer of the McLeod County Agricultural Society for a number of years, taking a great interest in its work and helping to make a success of its annual fairs. As a member of the Masonic order, he took an active part in the work of the local lodge, His first ballot was cast for Horace Greeley in 1872. In his death which occurred May 22, 1899, not only the city of Hutchinson, but the county at large, lost one of the foremost and most useful citizens, one whose work will live when his memory has grown dim with the lapse of years. On January 20, 1874, Mr. Lewis was married to Hattie Tracy, a native of New Hampshire and a lady of trained musical ability. Mrs. Lewis acquired her musical education in Madison, Minneapolis and Chicago and was a teacher at the time of her marriage, at Jefferson, lowa. During the last 17 years she has been engaged in teaching the piano and organ. She resides in Hutchinson, where she holds the position of assistant librarian,

Carl G. Odquist, who has been engaged in the successful practice of law in Hutchinson for the last 21 years, and is one of this county's leading attorneys, was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, June 13, 1870. His father Gustav, now aged 70 years, who is a real estate dealer, has been a member of the Swedish riksdag since 1900. The mother of our subject, whose maiden name was Louise Johnson, is also living at the age of 70 years, Carl G. Odquist when a young man attended Gothenburg College, where he was graduated with the degree of A, B. in 1888. He then spent a year in Stettin, Germany, coming to the United States in 1889. His first six months in this country were spent in LaCrosse, Wis., after which he resided in Houston, Minn., till 1892. He then entered the University of Minnesota Law School and after pursuing the regular course, was graduated LL. B. in 1894, Beginning legal practice in Minneapolis, he remained there until March, 1895, and then came to Hutchin- Son, of which place he has since been a resident, He was county attorney of McLeod county from 1903 to 1909, city attorney 12 years, city clerk three years and a member of the school board from 1897 to 1900, serving efficiently in all these various positions. As a lawyer he is able and conscientious and has built up a good practice. Mr. Odquist was married, June 9, 1897, to Hattie Johnson, who was born in Houston, Minn., November 21, 1873. Her father, A. P. Johnson, who was 4 general merchant of Houston, died in 1894 when 59 years old, and his widow now resides with daughters in Tacoma, Wash, She is 65 years old, Mr. and Mrs, Odquist have had five children: Lee, who died in 1899, aged one year; Eila, who died in 1908 at the age of four years; Carl, born October 18, 1901, who is now a third year pupil in the Hutchinson high School; Roland, born March 29, 1906, and George, born October 20, 1907. Mr. and Mrs. Odquist are popular members of Hutchinson society, he being a personal friend of many of the leading citizens of the town and acquainted with practically all of them. He takes pride in all local improvements and has had Personal share in many projects for the betterment of the community,

S.J. Boelter, president of the S. J. Boelter Co-operative Com- Pany, dealers in general merchandise, located in the Harring. ton Block, Hutchinson, Minn., is one of the leading business men of this city. He was born in Goodhue county, Minn., May 19, 1874, a son of Michael and Gustine (Wendtland) Boetler, The father, a native of Germany, came to the United States in 1856, settling first in Wisconsin. From there he moved later to Middle Creek, Renville county, arriving there in 1860 and remaining until 1862. His parents, wife, three children and his brother John were killed by Indians, Michael being the Only one of the family to escape, which he did in company with le wife and three children of his brother John, by running to the woods, finally reaching Ft. Ridgely. They were present Mm the fort during its defense against the savages' attack,

Goodhue county. In the same year he married his brother's widow, Gustine Wendiland, by whom he had seven children, the subject of this sketch being the sixth born. Michael Boelter died in 1914 at the advanced age of 83 years. S.J. Boelter was graduated from the Faribault high school in 12892. He then became clerk in a general store at Kenyon, Minn., where he remained for a year and a half, subsequently working in Faribault for a year. He then became associated with his brother William F., who had $600 saved up from his earnings. He, himself, having no money, borrowed a like amount from his father, and together they opened a store at Kenyon, Minn., starting with a $1,000 stock of groceries and crockery. After remaining in business there four and one-half years, they sold out and bought a much larger store at Nerstrand, Minn., carrying a general line of merchandise, continuing there for two years, when their store burned, destroying one-half the block in which they were located. In the early part of the year 1903, they bought out a general store at Hutchinson, Minn., and soon after they had cleared up their Nerstrand affair, they both gave their attention to the Hutchinson store. After being here two years, they soon found their store too small for the large increasing business, and a new building was put up for them, known as the Harrington block, They moved into their new quarters during the summer of 1905. In 1906 they opened a branch store at Buffalo Lake, Minn., which they conducted for a term of three years, when they sold out. In 1909 S. J. Boelter purchased his brother's interest, subsequently conducting the business alone until 1914, at which time it was incorporated with a capital stock of $20,000.00, and officers are as follows: S. J. Boelter, president; Fred Martin, vice-president; Geo. A. Moore, secretary, and E. S. Boelter, treasurer. The company carries a large, varied and up-to-date stock and is doing a thriving and successful business. Mr. Boelter is a director in the Citizens Bank and the Bank of Hutchinson. He is a member of the board of edueation, being treasurer of the game two years. Religiously he ig connected with the German Evangelical church, having gerved as superintendent of the Sunday school five years. His fraternal affiliations are with the Masonic order. He was married April 4, 1909, to Emelie Kraus, of Chaska, Minn., daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Kraus. Mrs. Boelter's mother whose family name was Golisch, died in 1912. Mr. Kraus now makes his home with the Boelter family.

KE. J. Stearns, president of the Stearns Lumber Company, of Hutchinson, Minn., and one of the leading business men of the city, was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., November 16, 1856. His father, Jason W. Stearns, was a merchant and lumberman, who died April 3, 1869, when 49 years old, His mother, in maidenhood Chloe A. Holmes, died in 1877 at the age of 62. HE. J. Stearns acquired a good education, being graduated from the State Normal school at Potsdam, N. Y., in 1876. For one year he followed the profession of a teacher in New York state. He next engaged in the general mercantile business at Tower City, N. D, In 1885 he came to Minnesota, located at Hutchinson, and was engaged in teaching during the fall and winter term of 1885 and the spring term of 1886. In the fall of 1886 he became manager of the lumber yard of R. 1. Libbey. After remaining with Mr. Libbey for five years, Mr. Stearns purchased his present business from the Stillwater Lumber Company. It then included but one yard, but has since been go greatly expanded that now eight yards are occupied, located respectively at Silver Lake, Hutchinson, Plato, and Stewart, in McLeod county, and Hector, Buffalo Lake, Waconia and Young America, without the limits of the county, At Hutchinson the company has a fine modern building with brick front, 112 x 130 feet. In addition to lumber, they deal in paper, ime, cement, brick and sewer pipe. Mr, Stearns is a director of the Citizens bank and of the Bank of Hutchinson. A 32d degree Mason, Scottish Rite, he is also a noble of the Mystic Shrine. Religiously he is affiliated with the Congregational church. In 1882 Mr. Stearns married Mary McKee, of Rensselaer Falls, N. Y., whose father, James McKee, a shoe merchant of that town, is now deceased. Mrs. Stearns' mother Was in maidenhood Agnes Forsyth. Eight children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Stearns: Max, who is associated in business with his father; Gertrude, wife of Cal Sivright; Marion, wife of W. P, Dougherty; Spencer, employed in his father's lumber business; Lida Lou and Ward I, living at home with their Parents, and two others who are now deceased. Max Stearns, who married Susan Sivright, has two children, Hubert and Harriett. Mr. Stearns is one of Hutchinson's most active and enterprising citizens, successful as a business man, and with a large share of public spirit, which impels him to take an interest - often an active one - in whatever concerns the general good of the community, whether along moral or Material lines. It is to such men as he that every progressive town or city owes its development, and as he is but 60 years old, doubtless there is still much useful work for him to do, Thomas 'T, Sargent, whose death, February 28, 1916, de- Prived the city of Hutchinson of one of its oldest and most respected residents, was born in Parkersbur. » W, Va. August 22, 1828, son of Henry and Mary (Steel) Sargent. In his y Ounger days Mr, Sargent was captain of the "Tom Scott," a Steamer on the Ohio river, and at Louisa, Ky., met Rachel

Myers, to whom he was married March 20, 1854, She was a daughter of William and Matilda (Gividon) Myers. They located at Cattlesburg, Ky., where they remained ten years, during which time Capt. Sargent pursued his occupation on the river. In June, 1864, he gave it up, on account of his health, and came to Minnesota, taking a homestead in Hutchinson township, where he remained four years. He then moved his family to the village of Hutchinson and opened a cooper shop. He also conducted a drug store for several years, Was postmaster of Hutchinson eight years and served as probate judge eight years, retiring from active life in 1900, At his death, 16 years later, he had attained the advanced age of 87 years, His career had embraced two widely different phases of American life. From riverman in the South under the old regime, to farmer, merchant and public official in one of the great and then largely unsettled Northwestern states, was a sudden and radical change, but was beneficial, and Mr. Sargent goon found his place in the new community and made his strength and influence felt. He and his wife had four children: Wilbur, who died at the age of five years; Jettie, born July 15, 1862, who graduated from the musical department of tlamline University, taught music eight years in Hutehinson and is now Mrs. L. 0. Peppard, of Minneapolis; Lulu, wife of Harry Kline, a farmer of Dickinson, N. Dak., and Mary, Lulu was first married to A. E, Martin, a contractor in Minneapolis, who died in 1912. Of this marriage there is one child, a daughter, Jettie. Mrs. Thomas T. Sargent, who survives her husband, lives with her daughter, Mrs. Peppard. Lemuel O. Peppard, railroad contractor and bridge builder, was born at DeBert, Nova Scotia, March 17, 1862, son of John and Mary (Davis) Peppard. Coming to Minneapolis in 1881, he worked as carpenter seven years and then engaged in his present business of contracting, He was married March 16, 1886, to Jettie Sargent of Hutchinson, and they have one child, Albert, born December 6, 1887. Albert Peppard graduated from the medical department of the University of Minnesota in 1912, spent one year in the city and county hospital at St, Paul and then practiced 14 months with Dr. Head in the Donaldson building, Minneapolis. He moved to Devil's Lake, North Dakota, September 1, 1915, and is now engaged in medical practice there. He married Elizabeth Shrader, of Springfield, Minn., December 4, 1912, and they have one child, Lemuel, born August 25, 1915.

Wentworth Eaton Sivwright, a retired merchant and prosperous citizen, residing in Hutchinson, Minn., was born in Kemptville, Nova Scotia, April 4, 1848, son of James M. and Prudence (Eaton) Sivwright. Both his parents were natives of Nova

Scotia, the father born in 1804, the mother a year later. James M. Sivwright was a Republican in polities from the inception of that party, casting his first vote for Abraham Lincoln. He settled, with his wife and family in DeKalb county, Illinois, where his death took place in 1878. While residing there he served in local office, being supervisor and a member of the school board. His wife died in 1880. They had a family of eight children: David, born in 1831, who died in 1915; Susan, born in 1833, who died in December, 1907; Eunice, who died in 1850; George, who died in 1913; Alexander, who died Jan. 13, 1911; Wentworth E.; James, who died in 1882; and William, who died November 26, 1867. Wentworth E. Sivwright was a young man of 18 years when the Civil war broke out. In 1862 he enlisted in the 105th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, which was attached to the First Brigade, Third Division, 20th Army Corps. Mr. Sivwright took part in Sherman's March to the Sea and was in many fierce battles, but escaped being' either wounded or captured. He was honorably discharged at Washington, D. C., June 17, 1864. After his return home he took a position with a large harvester company, but later entered the railway mail service, in which he remained for a short period. Appointed deputy United States marshal, he served in that position until 1893, in which year he came to Hutchinson, Minn. Here he engaged in the hardware business, which he followed for five years and then retired. Mr. Sivwright has always been a Republican politically. He has served as asses« Sor of Hutchinson, was United States census enumerator in 1900 and later acted in the same capacity for the state of Minnesota at Hutchinson. He belongs to several fraternal gocieties, including the Fred A. Harrington Post, G. A. R., having first; been a member of Porter Post, No. 2, of Sycamore, Ill, He became a master Mason (Blue Lodge) at Genoa, Ill., November 18, 1866, and later a Knight Templar. He is now a member of Glencoe Chapter, No. 38, R. A. M.; Meleta Commandry, No, 17, of Litchfield, Minn., also of the subordinate lodge, No, 109, of Hutchinson, In 1873 Mr. Sivwright Joined the Odd Fellows, becoming a member of Sycamore (Ill.) Lodge, No. 105. He is how a member of Hutchinson Lodge in which he is filling the office of financial secretary, having held same several years. With his daughter Bertha he belongs to local lodge, No. 27, of O. E. S. Sivwright was married March 6, 1867, to Ann Eliza Fulkerson, who was born in 1845, her father being a farmer 'm Illinois. She died in 1911, having been the mother of three children, Frank, George and Bertha. Frank is bookkeeper for the Minneapolis Steel & Machine Co., of Minneapolis, and resides in that city, George, born in Hutchinson, was for a umber of years cashier of the Bank of Hutchinson and ie now

Deputy Superintendent of Banks. He married Maude Kouwe, and they have one child, Dorothy, born in 1906, Bertha resides at home with her father.

John Benjamin, M. D., was born in England, January 5, 1823. He was educated in Chester and Liverpool, England, and resided in the latter city most of the time until 1849, when he came to America, settling in Boston, Mass. There he practiced medicine for five years before removing to Rockford, Il. On January 5, 1851, he married Elizabeth Garner of Liverpool. In 1857 at the earnest solicitation of many friends who were about to come here they moved to Hutchinson, Minn., taking the train to St. Paul and a boat from St, Paul to Carver, Minn, By a very tiresome and difficult journey from Carver by oxteam, Dr. Benjamin transported his household goods to Hutchingon in the spring of the year, when the mud was deep and the roads almost impassable. He had previously arranged to have a building constructed in Hutchinson, so that when he came it would be ready for him to move into. The contractor had requested the payment in advance, which was made; but when Dr. Benjamin arrived at Hutchinson he found the house had not been constructed, the lumber had not been sent out and the contractor was nowhere to be found; so that it remained for him to live as best he could until a house could be built, making it a double cost on account of the dishonesty of the contractor engaged. For a time Dr. Benjamin and his family resided in the village of Hutchinson, but later he secured a farm a few miles north of that place, and shortly before the Indian outbreak built a dwelling on the hill overlooking the Crow River Valley and the village of Hutchinson. During the winter preceding the outbreak there was a scarcity of food among the Indians and the Benjamins contributed to the support of the 12 braves in that vicinity, who called every day or so, When they could not procure food by hunting. Owing to this association with the Indians Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin acquived some knowledge of the Indian language and customs, which came in useful, as frequently they would come fuliy armed and carry their guns inside the house. On such oceasions Mrs. Benjamin even when alone, would insist upon them putting their weapons outside the house before she would supply them with food, which they would do reluctantly, Dr. Benjamin became well acquainted with several of the Sioux tribe, and especially with Little Crow, their chief, and an Indian called "Good Charley," He had a very good opinion of Little Crow, whom he believed to be honorable, just and upright, not wishing any trouble with the white men. He gaid, however, that the braves had threatened his life provided he did not join them in their uprising. Dr. Benjamin made sev- eral trades with Little Crow, exchanging hay and farm produce for skins, deer meat, etc. At one time the chief presented him with his photograph, showing him dressed in Governor Ramsey's clothes, which had been taken at the instance of the then governor while Little Crow was on a visit to St. Paul. This picture is still in possession of the family. Just before the depredations of the Sioux Indians began, Good Charley, who was on good terms with the family, visited the household and in no uncertain manner described the horrors that would be enacted when the Indians started on the war path, raising one of the boys by the hair of the head and making motions to illustrate the act of scalping. This warning unquestionably saved the lives of the family, as they at once took refuge in the stockade at Hutchinson, which was being constructed. Not having time to remove any of the household goods or any of the animals kept on the place north of the town, Dr. Benjamin returned to the premises two days later and found that, while the Indians had not broken into the house as yet, they had killed all the pigs and chickens and frightened off all the cattle. As there was evidence of Indians nearby, he remained but a few hours, secreting a few valuable things by digging a hole in the ground and carrying a few others with him to the stockade. Two or three days later the Indians visited the outskirts of the village and the Benjamin home was soon in a blaze, being the first to be set on fire by them. Before firing: it they took from it blankets and other useful Wearing apparel, including Mrs. Benjamin's bonnets and valuable apparel which she had brought from Europe, and which they put on their heads and wore while dancing around the fire. Dr. Benjamin, as he was the only surgeon in the stockade, was obliged to take charge of the sick and wounded as they were brought in, When Little Crow's body was brought into town on the fourth of July, he requested Mr. Lampson, who claimed the body, owing to the fact that he had killed Little Crow, to give it to him, so that he might present the unperishable parts to the state. The body was buried but was soon after, except the head, exhumed and stolen by some soldiers, who put it in a box with some stones and sank it in the river. The skull was taken by Dr. Benjamin and carefully prepared, preserving the scalp and skull. In a struggle with a soldier who Wanted to steal the scalp, a small part of it was lost, Dr. Benjamin being obliged to sever it with a knife he had in his hand, the soldier retaining: the smaller part. The Doctor afterwards loaned the skull ta a traveling phrenologist, who left town taking it with him and it did not come to light again until 15 or 20 years ago, when it come into possession of the Minnesota Historical Society and is now on exhibition at the State Capitol, together with that part, of the scalp secured by Dr. Benjamin and some of the bones of the body, which were later recovered. Like many other newcomers Dr. Benjamin brought with him provisions for a year or more. A greater part of them, however, were borrowed by the other settlers and never returned, nor any recompense made for them, so that in a short time he found himself reduced to the common level of a general shortage of food and clothing, The old kettle in which Little Crow's head was boiled to get rid of the perishable soft parts, was long preserved in the family home, Fairy Glenn Farm, together with other Indian relics. There were many narrow escapes among the defenders of the stockade, one or two of which the Doctor used to relate. A friend of his borrowed his gun in order to shoot some Indians he saw in the woods, but on emerging from the stockade a bullet from one of the savages' guns struck the stock, rendering it useless. Among the soldiers wounded, who were attended to by the Doctor, was A. H, Rose, who had a bullet in his body. The Doctor did not remove it but told him he would do so if it ever gave him any trouble. 'This it did not do, as Mr. Rose carried it for the rest of his life without inconvenience, recently dying at. Minneapolis. Afler the Civil war and the Sioux outbreak, Dr. Benjamin purchased the farm already referred to as Fairy Glenn Farm, and, giving up the practice of medicine, devoted himself to agricultural pursuits until his death, October 4, 1904. His wife Blizabeth died November 1, 1900, on the old homestead.