Wabasha County, Minnesota - Chapter 94: Early Settlers - Continued, 1884 (part 2 of 6)

Geoege Hibner was born in Cattaraugus county. New York, September 18, 1825. Llis parents were David and Susanna (Parker) Hibner - his father a native of the city of New York, and his mother of Massachusetts. His youth was spent on a farm, until twenty years old, remaining at home. He worked on a farm in Allegany county for two years. Here he married P0II3" Pierce, who was born in Onondaga- county. New York, September 14, 1824 - this occurred July 18, 1847. After his marriage he worked a farm for six years in Allegany county. In 1853 removed to Wyocena, Columbia county, Wisconsin, and rented a farm on wliich he remained until the fall of 1859, when he came to Olmsted county, Minnesota. The next year removed to Plainview, and tarried another year, when he came to reside on the farm wliere he now lives, one hundred and sixty acres on section 22, in Highland, which he located while still a resident of AVisconsin. He has one hundred and ten acres of land under cultivation, and lives in a tine farmhouse. Has also added eighty acres to his original quarter-section. He has but one child living: Electa A. (jMrs. Wm. Safford), of Highland. A son, Ivan Artliur, died November IS, 1876, leaving one daughter, Ida Ma}', 8 years old, residing with her mother, Mrs. Effie (Freer), ot Plainview.

John Schmidt, merchant tailor and dealer in clothing and furnishing goods, corner Main and Pembroke streets. This business Mr. Schmidt established in 1866, and has conducted it successfully for the past thirteen years. He owns the premises he occupies, one lot east of the corner of Main and Pembroke streets, 25 X 90, and upon this he has erected his shop, a one-story brick, 20x45, the salesroom and Tryon's jewelry-store occupying the front thirty feet of the building, with the tailor-shop in the rear. Mr. Schmidt is a nature of Bavaria, learned his trade there, and followed it until 1852, when he came to America, settling in Milwaukee, which was his home until his removal to this city in 1861. Januaiy 16, 1856, Mr. Schmidt married Catharine Schrick. They have three children: Julius, born in Milwaukee in 1857, and now the junior member of the firm of Jewell & Schmidt, of this city ; Emil, employed in his father's shop, born June 5", 1860, and John, born December 26, 1861, at present a conductor on the Midland railroad.

Louis Young, hotelkeeper, Kellogg, is a native of Luxemburg, Germany, and was born March 10, 1843. In 1850 his parents, Peter and Barbara (Rausch) Jung, emigrated to America and settled on a farm near Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here, in the old log schoolhouse, young Lonis received a common English education. When seventeen years old he entered a grocery store at Grandville station as a clerk, and soon after went to Chicago, where he was employed as a barkeeper. In 1862, being then but eighteen years old, he entered Bat. M, 1st 111. Light Art., and served over three years as United States soldier. Participated in thirteen battles and fortytwo skirmishes, being twice slightly wounded, and was honorably discharged September 2, 1S65. The most important engagements wherein he was an actor were those at Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary' Ridge, Resaea and AUatoona. During his service he was confined in hospital eight months, his life being several times given u]i by his surgeon. Only his determination saved his life. After the close of tlie war he came to Minnesota, and shortly opened a hotel in Winona. January 16, 1868, he married Margaret Apelding, born in Luxemburg in September, 1848. Mrs. Young's father, Peter Apelding, is now one of the most substantial citizens of Rollingstone, Winona county. In 1872 Mr. Young came here and purchased the only building on the site of Kellogg. To this he has made additions, and is known to a large number of travelers for the excellence of his table. He was reared in the Catholic church, and adheres to the democratic party ; served as village trustee in 18S2-3. His otfspring were christened John, Mary, Henrj' and Louis.

Henry Davis Stocker was born in 1836, in Cabot, Caledonia county, Vermont, and inherited from his parents. Rev. Samuel and Jane D. Stocker, the determined spirit and marked characteristics of his New England ancestors. The genealogical history contains also a vein of the rugged teutonic element, thus combining in the descendants those traits of character which so strongly developed in Capt. Stocker. Most of his education was received in Massachusetts, from which he moved with his parents to McHenry county, Illinois. There in 1858 he commenced the reading of law in the office of Messrs. Joslyn & Hanchett, a prominent law firm of Woodstock, Illinois. In 1861 he left the law for the army, and assisted in raising Co. M of the 16th 111. Cav., which company he commanded until the battle of Jonesville, Virginia, January 3, 1864, where he and his whole company were made prisoners of war. In this battle Capt. Stocker was so severely wounded, having received two sabre cuts on the head, and two bullets in his body, that he could not be removed with his comrades, and he was left at a house near by the scene of battle, where he remained for two months. As his wDunds began to heal, he discovered the family under whose roof he was were in sympathy with the Union army, and although he was so ill that a rebel officer stripped him of his clothing, saying as he dragged his overcoat from under his wounded head, "Here, you won't need this much longer, and I shall," yet he longed to escape, that he might die, if indeed he must, under the shadow of the stars and stripes. With the aid of faithful negroes he was disguised and placed upon a horse, where they conveyed him to the Cumberland mountains and bid him, "Godspeed, massa." Notwithstanding the i-eopening of his wounds, and the many difficulties he met with, he i-eaehed the Cumberland river in safety, where another negro, with no small difficulty, obtained a boat for him. Alone the wounded man floated down the stream, until he deemed it safe to cross the country and gain the federal army, where the welcome he received more than compensated for his past sufferings. After a few months furlough, he joined Gen. Sherman's army, in his march to the sea, where he was assigned a position in Gen. Schofield's staff. He participated in the battles of Allatoona and Atlanta, and Kenesaw mountains. Owing to the severity of his wounds, which unfitted him for active field service, lie was assigned the position of provost marshal at Nicholasville, Kentucky, which position he held until December, 1S61-, when on account of the suffering which his unhealed wounds caused him, he was reluctantly compelled to accept an honorable discharge. Directly after his resignation he came to Lake City, where he has not only enjoyed a large and lucrative law practice, but the respect and commendation of his bar associates. Capt. Stocker is a member of all the Masonic orders. In politics is a stanch republican ; in religion attends and supports the Congregational church. In 1870 he was married to Mrs. Beulah Grant (also the daughter of a Methodist Episcopal clergyman), the result of this union being three children, Henry Davis, Frederic Henry and Mabel Gertrude, all living.

AuGUSTius Baset, restauranteur. Lake City, was boni in the Province of Hamburg, now part of Prussia, January 10, 1821. His father, Frederick, was a merchant and overseer of a farm, and the youthful Augustus passed his early life in a rural region. "When seventeen years old he began to learn the baker's trade. In the spring of 1854 he set out for the land of promise beyond the Atlantic, and landed at New York April 6. Proceeding to Canada, he found employment in a brass foundry, and set about acquainting himself with the strange language spoken all around him. Before the close of the year he found his way to Baltimore and secured emplo^-ment at his trade. In 1855, in partnership with a brother, he establislied a bakery at Watertovra, Wisconsin. In July of the following year he sold out to his brother and went to Sparta, in the same state, where he operated a bakery for three years, and afterward a farm for like period. In 1861 he became a resident of Lake City and began his present business. Five years later he built the handsome twostory brick-front which he now occupies. All sorts of fruits and confectionery are kept on sale, and a line business is done in feeding the hungry. April 19, 1856, Mr. Basey was united in wedlock with Miss Laney Orman, born in New York, of German parents. Three daughters have blessed this nnion, all at home, and christened Mary, Anna and Emma. The Lutheran church represents the religious faith of the family. In political matters Mr. Basey adheres to the democratic party. He is a member of the American Legion of Honor and the Equitable Aged Union, and insurance organization.

A. H. Bright, farmer, is descended from Henry Bright, a Pennsylvania Dutchman. Harmon, son of Henry, married Sarah Kean, both "to the manor born," and settled on a farm in Sadsbury, Crawford county. Here was born to them the subject of this sketch. May 12, 1S19. He received a farm training and common-school education. When nineteen he went out to farm labor and saved -enough from his wages so that he bought some land at twenty-two, a,nd went on it. In 1840 he married Catharine, daughter of William and Dorothy Poole, all of New York. In 1844 he went to Illinois and built a sawmill on Rock rivei", iifteen miles below Kockford. He was afterward in a sawmill in Janesville, Wisconsin ; farmed some years on Sugar river, west of Janesville. He became a resident of Minnesota in 1862, and resided two years on a farm in Belvidere, Goodhue county. Then he traded that property for one hundred and forty-five acres on section 9, Mazeppa, where his home has been evel- since. His domain now includes three hundred and forty acres in this township. He has dealt considerably in lands. He is a thorough republican, but meddles not with politics. On the unanimous vote of the town he once accepted the office of justice, but resigned before his term expired. Theologically he is a Freethinker. Alanson Porter, his eldest child, died at fourteen years of age. Priscilla J. (Mrs. Harry Dakes), lives at Oakland, California ; Hiram Juram Hydecooper, Eoberts Station, Wisconsin ; the rest reside in Mazeppa, viz : Ehoda Adell (Mrs. Orrin Boughton), Thaddeus Sobieski, William Henry Harmon, Sarah Catharine Elizabeth (Mrs. Jones Segar), Albert Rathboi-ne Frisby, and a son bearing the full name of Marquis de La Fayette.

maiden name was Abigail Wallingford, and liis father's Christian name was Barney. From nine to sixteen years of age he dwelt with William R. Porter, a Baptist deacon, in Macedon, New York, receiving all his schooling during that time in the common school. lie then went to Canandaigua and was employed in chairmaking. His health being injured by this occupation, he went to Kirtland, Ohio, where he dwelt nearly two years. Here, at the age of nineteen, he was converted and joined the Methodist Episcopal church by immersion. His mother was a faithful Presbyterian and had him baptized at the age of seven. The teachings of his foster-father led him to insist on immersion, but he has since become convinced tliat this is not essential. In 1838 he settled at Lyons, Wisconsin, and after dwelling there nine years, during which he was licensed as an exhorter, he removed to Vermillion county, Illinois, and was there licensed to preach. In 1855 he came to Olmsted county, this state, and was soon compelled to take up land in order to sustain his family. He organized the first class in Rochester in the fall of this year. For two years he labored at (3ronoco, Pine Island, Mantorville. Greenwood Prairie, Center Grove, Wasioji, and numerous other points where there was hope of doing good. He was ordained, by Bishop Simpson, at the first organization of the state conference, and Center Grove was his first circuit point. After residing on a farm in New Haven for nine years he took up his residence in Chester, where he has a farm of one hundred and fifty aci-es. Here he dwelt till the fall' of 1883, when he moved to Lake City. He has labored as a local preacher and has officiated at a large number of funerals. He was married at East Troy, Wisconsin, May li, 1841, by Rev. James McKean, a brother-in-law of the bride, to Mi-s. Casandra Chenowith, nee Hunter. She was a faithful Christian wife and mother, enduring all the hardships of a pioneer minister's wife without a miirmur, and went to her reward Api-il 9, 1882. She became a member of the Methodist Episcopal church at a very early age. The second child of this union, Charles W., died August 9, 186-1, at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, four days before he was eighteen years old, having served nine months in the Union army. The others were christened and resid'e as here given : Mary A. (Mrs. D. K. J. Clark), Bigstone Center, Minnesota ; Emma (Mrs. W. A. Stevens), Lake City ; William P., Bigstone ; Frank W., Bigstone ; Owen H., Fargo, Dakota ; Carrie 1. (Mrs. C. A. Robinson), Chester. Mr. Moon and family saw some severe experiences in early years. Dur- ing the first winter thej were surrounded by Sioux Indians, and he traded a watch tliat cost him a cow for a watch-dog to protect his family in his absence. Becoming short of provisions, he traded another watch that he had for a riiie, with whicli he sliot seven deer. To secure potatoes and feed for his horse he was obliged to sell his buggy. Late in the fall of 1855, in trying to cross the Zumbro on the ice to reach an appointment at Rochester, he broke through and narrowly escaped with his life. One day in the following winter a couple set out from some distance away to find his cabin, in order to be married. Losing their way, they did not ari-ive till dead of night. The hut consisted of a single room. Mr. Moon got up and joined the twain in the presence of his family, who remained in bed, and the}' went their way rejoicing.

Clements Koxnig, blacksmith and farmer ; shop and six acres of land on Sec. 28, R. 11, T. Ill, and leases about eighty-five acres in vicinity. Mr. Konnig is a native of Hanover, learned his trade in his native place, and came to America in 1857, settling for some years in Illinois. In 1864 he came to this county, built his blacksmith-shop, and for the past nineteen years has followed his trade where he is now located. In 1859 he married Theresa Logan. They have six children, all at home, the elder boys working the farm, on whicli there are twenty-five head of stock, sixty-five acres of wheat, twelve aci'es of oats, and twenty acres of corn. The children's names are : Joseph, born March 22, 1861 ; Bendict, born August 21, 1867 ; Frank, born March 9, 1873 ; Emma, born April 1, 1875 ; Caroline, born June 17, 1877; Theresa, born November 12, 1879.

Jacob Gexgnagle, manufacturer and dealer in furniture. Second street, between Pembroke and Bailly ; business established where now conducted in 1864, and so continued. Mr. Gengnagle is a native of Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany ; came to America at seventeen years of age, learned his trade in Albany, New York, and after working there five years came west in 1855, spending one year in Dubuque, Iowa, and from that city to Wabasha in 1856. There being no opening for his trade here, Mr. Gengnagle turned carpenter ; worked at that ti-ade three years, then went to New Orleans, and was there at the time the war broke out. When Gen. Butler took possession of the city he enlisted, June 30, 1862, in Co. L, 3d Mass. Cav., and was in the service eighteen months, until disabled by a gunshot wound in the right elbow, and was discharged. Came to Wabasha, and the following year married Helena Affeld, of this city ; date ot marriage November 21, 1S65. They have three children, all attending school in this city : Charles, born October 17, 1866 ; Katie, born January 31, 1869 ; Jacob J., September 8, 1875. Jewell & Schmidt, hardware, corner of Main and AUeghaney streets. This house is the successor of that established in 1858 by Egbert & Robinson, on the corner of Walnut and Second streets. Mr. Egbert soon afterward became sole proprietor, removed his business to the corner now occupied by Jewell & Schmidt ; took in H. M. Dugan as partner, and continued trade until 1867, when he sold out to H. H. Jewell, who, in the previous year, had opened a hardware store near the corner of Main and Pembroke streets. Mr. Jewell consolidated the stocks, at the corner of Main and AUeghaney streets, did business there for one year with Mr. Dugan as partner, then purchased his interest, and as sole proprietor continued trade until November 1, 1882, when he sold out to the present firm and retired from business. Mr. Jewell i:)urchased the lots on which the present structure stands in 1868, but continued business in the old Egbert building until the spring of 1880, when the old frame was removed to the west side of the lot, where it now does duty as a warehouse, and the present hardware house was built. The lot fronts sixty feet on Main street and one hundred and three feet on AUeghaney ; the new building has a frontage of twenty-five feet on Main and sixty on AUeghaney, with entrances on both. It is a substantial, ornate, two-story brick, solid stone basement, sills and center-caps. The salesroom, 24 X 60, with an iron and glass front, is well arranged for business ; opening into the tinshop in the rear, 20x35 feet ; into the iron and nail room, 9x40 feet, and into a broad passageway from which the basement and upper storerooms are reached. The structure cost five thousand dollai-s, and was completed and occupied September 1, 1880. The basement is used for storage, and the upper story for offices and the rooms of the Ladies' Library Association. The stock of the house embraces a full line of shelf and heavy hardware, iron,*'; 'eel, nails, tinware, barbed wire and farmers' tools. The tinshop is under the direction of foreman Dieterle, who has been in charge of the manufacturing department during all the firm changes, for the past twenty-one years. The present firm are H. B. Jewell and Julius Schmidt, and they were both in the employ of the old house of H. H. Jewell for several years before they succeeded to its management.

' H. B. Jewell, son of H. H. Jewell, is a native of Massachusetts ; came to Wabasha with his father's family in 1864 ; learned his trade as a tinsmith in St. Paul, and came into the employ of the house in which he is now the senior partner, in 1869. April 3, 1880, he married Miss Ida V. Bunn. of this city.

Julius Schmidt is a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Came to Wabasha with his father's family in 1865. In 1873 he entered the house of H. H. Jewell ; learned his trade as tinsmith there, and continued in its employ until November 1, 1882, when the present partnership was formed.

Ira W. Belden, a son of Erastus Belden, a physician of Fillmore county, Minnesota, was born in 1S37. He received a common school education, after whicli he learned his trade of blacksmithing. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in the war against the Indians, and served fourteen months as farrier in his regiment. He then enlisted in the war of the rebellion and served one year, when, his health failing, he returned to make his home on the banks of the Zumbro. He is a resident of Zumbro Falls, living on the south side of the river, but his shop is situated on the north side. Mr. Belden was married in 1860, to Amanda Kaymond. Their family consists of seven children. The eldest son, aged nineteen, holds a good position on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.

Henry Schmidt, merchant, was born in Mecklenburg, December 19, 1844, and came with his parents to West Albany township, this county, in 1861. He was one of six children born to Henry and Mary (Henning) Schmidt, deceased. The first few years of his residence here were spent at various employments, and in 1871 he moved to Lake City. His first business venture was the establishment of a bakery, in partnership with C. Kuhn. One year later Mr. Schmidt secured entire control, and continued the business until 1877, when he formed a partnership with Mr. Kemp, and opened a line of general merchandise, on the corner of Washington and Center streets. From this stand they were driven by the fire of 1882, but soon afterward established themselves in their present quarters on Center street. He was married April 21, 1874, to Mary Burfiend, of Hanover. Two children followed this union, one of whom, Albert, is now living. Mrs. Schmidt died February 5, 1879. May 30, 1881, he was married to Clara Phillips (Tabor), a native of New York. In 1883 they opened a neat and commodious eatinghouse for day-boarders, and in connection with this a choice stock of cigars and confectionery. Mr. Sinitli is a member of Lake City Lodge, jSTo. 22, I.O.O.F., also of Mount Zion Encampment, jSTo. 7, and of Shiller Lodge, No. 7, Sons of Herman. In politics he is a republican.

James fl. Emery, practical horseshoer. Lake City, was born in Plymouth, Windsor county, Vei-raont, in 1822. He is the son of Dr. John W. Emery, who is now a resident of Michigan, and eightyfour yeai's old. Mr. Emery learned his trade in Boston, and took special veterinary lessons on shoeing from Dr. Varey, a veterinary surgeon of Boston, Massachusetts, and came west to Chicago many years ago. He there conducted a prosperous business till the outbreak of the late war, when he enlisted in the ISth 111. Cav., commanded by Col. Farnsworth. The three and a half years following was spent in active warfare in behalf of his country, in the army of the Potonuic. In 1865 he came to Lake City, opened up a horseshoeing and blacksmith-shop, and still continues the business. His wife, whose society he has enjoyed for the last thirty years, was Charlotte Gould, a daughter of David Gould, of Vermont, and is the mother of his two children, Laura, the wife of J. K. Clark, of Chcago, and Winslow D.

Jacob Haessig is a well-to-do farmer of Plainview township. He was born in Alsace, Europe, January 6, 1838, on a farm twelve miles west of "Worth. John Haessig, his father, was a farmer and shepherd. Our subject received the customary education provided hj the German common school system. In 1859 Alsace was French territoi*;)-, and Napoleon III called upon her for her quota of soldiers for the Austrian war. A draft was ordered, but Mr. Haessig was lucky enough to escape it, and two years later he came to America, where he first found employment in the American House, at Cleveland, Ohio. He remained here but a few months, and then went to Elkhart, Indiana, where he did farmwork until the autumn of 1863, when he came to Minnesota, and bought a farm of eighty acres in Whitewater towpship, Winona county, from Judge Mitchell. In 1865 he bought John W. Studebaker's place in Plainview township, Wabasha county, and took up his residence thereon. He has since disposed of his Winona county farm, and now owns two hundred and forty acres of rich farming land, all in the township of Plainview. He was married March 26, 1869. to the widow of Franklyn Sylvester, a pioneer of 1856, by whom he has had three children : Helen E., Ida W. and Lafayette H. Mrs. Haessig had three chil- dren by her first husband, as follows : Jennie (Mrs. Skidmore), of Spink county, Dakota; Emma B. (Mrs. Cornelius Badger), of Waseca, Minnesota, and Arthur C. Sylvester, fireman on the Winona & St. Peter railroad. The Elgin cyclone of 1883 did some damage to Mr. Haessig's ferm buildings. Politically and socially Mr. Haessig has been quite popular, being a worthy member of Plainview Lodge, I.O.O.F., and was elected by the democratic party county commissioner in 1878, and served three years.

EoBEET K. Geay, gardner, Lake City, is a native of Butler county, and was born November 8, 1821. In about 1828, his parents, Joseph and Elizabeth (Richey) Gray, removed to Montgomery county, Indiana, and settled near Crawford sville, where the living members of the family still reside. Early in life our subject learned the trade of harness and saddle maker, and followed the business many years in the city of Crawfordsville. In 1865 he emigrated to Minnesota, making the entire trip with two teams and wagons in twenty-one days. On arriving in the borders of Lake City, he camped out a few days till he could secure a house into which to move his family. This done, he turned his attention to carrying out his plans - the purchase of a small piece of land - which he did, and began the business of market gardening. He was married in 1848, to Miss Charlotte Lupton, of Lafayette, Indiana, by whom he has reared a family of ten children, whose names are : Helen A. (now Mrs. R. Foss) ; Elizabeth A. (wife of P. A. Bartlett) ; Adda G. (married James G. Hammel) ; P. Verginia, Joseph W., Robert A., Charles C, Thomas G., Margarett I., Cecile and Vance I. Mr. Gray is a charter member of the I.O.O.F. of this city, and a quiet, unassuming citizen. His home is south of the railroad, on Lyon avenue, where he owns a neat little gardenfarm, and has resided several years.

Clarence A. Hubbard, cashier of Lake City Bank, Lake City, is a native of Ingham county, Michigan. He was born November 4, 1844, and is the son of John I. and Lucy L. (Smith) Hubbard, natives of the State of New York, and descendants of New England stock. His ancestors on his father's side figured prominently in the revolutionary war. Young Clarence reiiloved to Winona, Minnesota, in June, 1853, with his parents, who were among the pioneer settlers of that now prosperous city. In 1858 he returned to his native state, and entered upon an academic course of study in the city of Lansing, which he vigorously pursued till 1860. He then entered the State

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Normal at Winona, from which he graduated into tlie army at the outbreak of the civil war, serving with his regiment, 8th Minn. Vol. Inf., on the frontier during the Sioux war, and later on the staffs of Gens. R. N. McLaren and H. H. Sibley. At tlie restoration of peace, and Mr. Hubbard had received an honorable discharge, he settled in Lake City, and embarked in the grain and com.- mission business, from which he retired in 1869, and entered the banking house of C. W. Hackett & Co. (now the Lake City Bank), as cashier. This position he still holds, being also one of the board of directors. He is married and has one son. Will Adelbert, now sixteen years of age. Mr. Hubbard is a Mason and a Knight Templar, and is also a prominent member of the Congregational church, an active and conscientious business man, who is much appreciated by his fellow citizens.

Chauncey C. Coenwell, senior member of the hardware firm of C. C. Cornwell & Son, Plainview, was born in Erie county. New York, April 13, 1812. His father, Elihu Cornwell, was a farmer. His youth was chiefly passed in Middletown, Connecticut, to which place his parents removed while he was but an infant. His education was received at the common school. He learned the trade of shoemaker, and soon after formed a copartnership with his brother, under the firm name of H. D. Cornwell & Co., and engaged in the manufacture of boots and shoes. Two years later they dissolved tliis copartnership, and C. C. went to Willoughby, Ohio, and opened a similar factory there. Here he continued in the business until 1849, when, owing to ill health, which demanded a change of climate, he disposed of his valuable property in Willoughby, and removed to Lovell township, Dodge county, Wisconsin, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits. Here his health improved, and he spent the next sixteen years of his life. He came to Plainview in 1865, and engaged in the hardware business with E. B. Eddy, afterward with E. Dodge, and finally with his son, E. E. Cornwell. Mr. Cornwell is living with his second wife {)iee Elizabeth Welch, of Ohio). His first wife was a Mrs. Young, of Haddam, Connecticut, by whom he had four children, all living, as follows : Harvey, of Pine Island, Minnesota; Elizabeth (Mrs. Poole), of Winnebago; Alfred, in Castleton, and E. R., his present partner.

Geoege H. Geannis, manufacturer of and dealer in lumber. Lake City, was born in Madison county. New York, March 10, 1827, and is the son of Sidney S. and Elizabeth (Strobridge) Grannis, natives of Claremont, Xew Hampshire. Young Grannis was reared as a woolen manufacturer till the age of twenty-one, after which he turned his attention to producing improved machinery for wool manufacturing. He followed this business exclusively till 1857, when he became interested as a partner in a sawmill at Eed Wing, Minnesota, the firm being Grannis, Daniels & Co. In 1865 he removed with his family to Minnesota, and permanently located at Lake City, where he is extensively engaged in the business of manufacturing lumber, lath and shingles. His yearly cut is on an average about one million feet, for which he finds a ready home market. December 28, 1848, Mr. Grannis was united in marriage with Lucetta S. Blanchard, also a native of Madison county. New York. They subsequently became the parents of two children, George W. and Arthur B The former was married April 3, 1883, to Miss Grace Edwards, an estimable young lady of Stratford, Connecticut. He is now a partner in his father's business, and is an active and energetic young man. The family are members of the Congregational church, except Mrs. George W., who is an Episcopalian, and are co-workers in all enterprises which have in view the advancement of their adopted city.

Andrew Marshall, restauranteur, is a self-made man. His father, John Marshall, emigrated from England and settled in Boston, Massachusetts. Here he married Mary Patton, a native of that city, and here was born to him the son whose name heads this sketch, on October 21-, 1832. When Andrew was but ten years old, both his parents died, and from that time he cared for himself. He drifted to the south, and passed much time along the Mississippi river, earning his livelihood by any employment his hands could find. At one time he was tempted, by liberal wages, to work in a saloon, but he soon became disgusted with the company^ this forced him to keep, and he threw up his situation. Notwithstanding the snares that surround a life such as was his, Mr. Marshall contracted no bad habits, and suffers no regrets on that score. Since his arrival in Mazeppa his fortunes have somewhat advanced, and he is contented. On account of exposure while in the army, his eyesight was very materially injured, and entii'ely lost for over a year, but he contrived to earn a livelihood and has always been independent. On account of the loss of educational opportunities he was unable to take up a profession, and when about twenty-one years of age took up the cooper's trade, which he followed nearly all the time till quite recently. For five successive summers he sailed on Lake Michigan, working at his trade during the intervening winters. In 18G0 he was wrecked with a "hooker," which he owned, and intended to take through by way of the Fox, Wisconsin and Mississippi rivers to New Orleans. In the fall of 1861 he enlisted in the lith Wis. Vol. Inf., and was assigned to Co. K. This regiment served as skirmishers for the western army, most of the time in Missouri and Arkansas. In 1863 he was discharged on account of disability, and was laid up nearly a year at Neenah, Wisconsin, by blindness. When the inflammation of his eyes was partially relieved, his wife was accustomed to lead him to a cooper-shop, where he managed to earn enough to keep the wolf from their door. In 1865 he became a resident of Mazeppa, working at first for Ambrose Ambler, proprietor of the Mazeppa mill. For three years he worked at Forrest Mills, and entered the employ of the Mazeppa Mill Company on its accession to the mill property' here. In 1883 he opened a restaurant on First street, and is doing a fair business. He has been the owner of a residence here nearly ever since his arrival. As a just reward for the sacrifices made in its service, the United States government has granted him a pension. Mr. Marshall is a member of the Mazeppa Masonic lodge. He is a thorough republican, and orthodox in religion. He was married in February, 1857, to Emaretta Francisco, of Spanish and French parentage, born in Indiana. Their two ciiildren are at home, and were born as noted opposite their names : Warren, December 14, 1864 ; Mary, January 1, 1868. -

James G. Eichaedson, hardware dealer, Lake City, is a son of John and Selina Richardson, of Connecticut. The family dwelt for some generations in that commonwealth, and the subject of this paragraph was born in Berlin, in 1837. The family soon after removed to New Haven, where he was reared. At sixteen he began to learn carriagemaking, which he followed several years. In 1861 he went to Hilton Head, South Carolina, and carried on a mercantile trade there three years. He returned to Connecticut, and was married there in 1864, to Miss Adeline Judd, a native of that state. This couple set out for Minnesota on a wedding trip. While visiting friends in Lake City, Mr. Richardson met a Mr. Perrigo, who made him an advantageous business proposition. The hard-ware and machinery firm of Perrigo & Richardson was then organized, and the wedding trip of the junior partner was prolonged to a period of five years. He was afterward associated with a brother in the same line of trade, which has been continued to the present. Mr. Richardson has been active in fostering tlie schools of Lake City, and served some time on its school board ; was also mayor of the cit}' three terms. He was baptized in the Episcopal church when six years old, but is now an unbeliever ; was many years treasurer of the Episcopal Sunday school here. In political contests was always a supporter of republican principles.

William D. Angell, druggist, was born in Edmiston, Otsego county. New York, May 23, 183.5. He is the youngest son of David and Huldah Angell, and grandson of Jonathan Angell, who was bom in Exeter, New York. David Angell was born on his father's homestead in Exeter in 1798, and is still living in Burlington, same county. The mother of William D. Angell died when he was but three months old, and his father afterward nuirried Abigail, daughter of Benedict Oatley, a soldier of the war of 1812. Mr. Angell helped his father to clear a farm in New York, and received a fair commonschool education. He remained on the same farm till 1862, when he paid a visit to the west. After spending nine months in Mazeppa, he returned to New York. In the fall of 1866 he again came to Mazeppa, and the ne.xt year opened a boot and shoe store. Here he was married to Miss Alice, daughter of Benjamin Southwick, of New York. Mrs. Angell was born in Pine Grove, Pennsylvania. Early in 1870, immediately after his marriage, he again took up his abode in New York, and remained six years. Since the spring of 1876 he has been a resident of Mazeppa, and engaged in the sale of drugs. In 1877 he built the store which he now occupies. From a small beginning, he has built up a successful business, and is a leading citizen of the village. He is a republican and a Freethinker.

Iea Ceane, Lake City, is one of the sixth generation of that name born in New Jersey, and first saw light at New Providence, in 1808, being a son of Joseph Crane. The family is of English origin, and dwelt for several generations at West Haven, Connecticut. The subject of this brief sketch was reared on a farm, and went to New York city to learn the tailor's trade when sixteen years old. Somewhere about 1830 he went to Crawfordsville, Indiana, where he pursued his occupation till his removal to Lake City in the spring of 1865. Here he kept a merchant tailor's shop eleven years, retiring from active life in 1876. His religion has always been the golden rule. Politically, has ever been a straightforward republican. At Crawfordsville he married Frances Matilda A. Wilhite, who was born in Kentucky, July 19, 1814, and died in 1S61. There were eight cliildren, ot whom six are now living. The j-oungest son, Edward, is at Granite Falls, Minnesota, in jewelry business.- Ann Elizabeth (Mrs. A. P. Watson) lives at Crawfordsville. Salena H. died here, aged thirty. Mary Isabel (Crawford), Crawfordsville. Sarah C. (Mrs. M^ R. Merrill), home here. Julia (IVIrs. F. H. Kellogg), San Francisco. The firstborn, a son, died in infancy.

Chakles Elwood Ceane was born February 22, 1850, and was, therefore, but fifteen years old when he came to Lake Cit}'. At eighteen he was apprenticed to George K. Saylor, jeweler, and served three years. In the spring of 1873 he opened a jewelry establishment, and soon found business growing so fast that he could not attend to it alone. Before the close of the year he took in his elder brother as a partner, and the business has steadily increased on their hands. In the fire of 1882 their store was destroyed by fire, but most of the stock was saved. They immediately proceeded to build the store now occupied by them, on the west side of Center street. It is a handsome brick structure, and contains a capacious fii-e-proof vault. The store and stock represent a capital of about fifteen thousand dollars. Mr. Crane is a member of the Jewelers' League, of New York city. Politically, he agrees with his father. December 26, 1878, he married Miss Cora, daughter of II. D. Wickham, one of the earliest business men of Lake City, and now a prominent resident.

James C. Hassinger, merchant, Lake City, is a grandson of Jacob Hassinger, who served in the United States army during the war of 1812. The latter was a native of Germany. W. H. and Catharine Hassinger, parents of James C, were natives of Pennsylvania, and the latter was born to them in Mifflin county in March, 1841. His education -was completed at a high school in Kishquiquillis Valley and the academy at Locke's Mills. On August 16, 1861, he entered the Union army, enlisting in the 49th Penn. regt., which served in the army of the Potomac. Mr. Hassinger was an actor in many serious engagements, among the most important of which may be mentioned those of Second Bull Run, Yorktown, the seven days before Richmond, Antietam, Gettysburg, battles of the Wilderness and Winchester. In the seven days' fight in front of Richmond he was made prisoner, and lay in confinement at Libby prison and Belle Isle four months. He was then exchanged and resumed active service. In October, 1864, he was honorably discharged, having served a term of three years and earned a retire- ment from tlie hardships of war. In the spring of 1S65 he came to Minnesota and rented and tilled a farm near Lake Citj for a year. He then entered the store of Patton & Sons, whom he served eight years as clerk. In 1874 he went into the grocery trade, and continued till May 1, 1883. On January 1, 1884, he became a partner with Stout & Dwelle, dealers in clothing, and the iirm is now Stout, Dwelle & Hassinger. This iiouse has an advantageous location on the corner of Center and Washington streets, and is doing a fine business. Mr. Hassinger was married October, 1867, to Mary E. "Wills, daughter of W. E. Wills, of Pennsylvania. Mrs. Hassinger was born in Ohio. Of five children given to this couple but two are living, namely, Atillia and Florence, aged fourteen and two years, respectively. Mr. Hassinger is one of the present city councillors, and a director of the First National Bank. He is a member of the Knights Templar, and attended the grand conclave in San Francisco in the summer of 1883 as a delegate. In politics he is a republican, and is a communicant in the Presbyterian church. He is prompt in action, and enjoys the respect due to men of cordial and sterling character.

David L. Philley, farmer and real-estate dealer, is a grandson of Remembrance Philley, who served through the revolution under Washington, and son of Isaac and Eliza Philley, of New York birth. The family name. is of Irish origin, but the mother of Remembrance was Scotch. David Philley was born .September 8, 1823, in McDonough, Chenango county. New York. He was reared on a farm and received a meagre common-school education. At twenty-one he began to teach and educate himself. He taught eighteen winters in all. He engaged there, as here, buying and improving farms and then selling them. He was married March 5, 1849, to Clarissa L. Eaton, who was born in Willet, Cortland county ; her father, John Eaton, was born in Utica. In 1856 Mr. Philley visited Mazeppa on a prospecting tour, and bought two hundred and forty acres of land. Some yeai-s later he took up permanent residence in this county, living some years on a farm in Chester. In the fall of 1874 he moved to Lake City. During the next season he built his present fine residence in Mazeppa, and occupied it as soon as completed. He is noXv the possessor of twenty-one hundred acres, of which thirteen hundred are in Lac Qui Parle county. Mr. Philley is a member of Mazeppa lodge, I.O.G.T., and is a Freethinker. His five children reside as follows : Melinda (Mrs. A. D.

Elaji Black is a grandson of John B. Black, who served in the colonial army during the revolution. John B., son of the latter, was a native of Bradford, Connecticut, as was his wife, Lydia. This couple settled on a farm in Smithfield, Madison county, New York, where the subject of this sketch was given to them on December 15, 1814. In 1S32 he went to Huron county, Ohio, and was there married, November 1, 1S38, to Amanda Harrington, a native of New York. In 1S56 he removed to Washington county, "Wisconsin, and soon after settled on a farm near Warren, Illinois. In 1863 he enlisted in the United States service, in Co. K, 31st Wis. Vols., and was discharged on account of ill health before the close of that year. In the spring of 1865 he again entered the service, in the 23d 111. regt, and was stationed at Kichmond, Virginia. In the fall of 1865 he settled in Mazeppa, and since 1873 has been in the employ of the Mazeppa Mill Co. Mr. Black is a Baptist in religious preferences, and a republican in politics. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. here. George, his eldest son, resides at Warren. All the rest are in Mnmesota; W. AV., here; James E., Luverne; the f)thers in Mazeppa. Helena (Mrs. Charles J. Arnold), R. W., Alice (Mrs. G. B. Franklin), Eva (Mrs. Charles Pehl).

William Wallace Black, son of the above, was born November 29, 181:1, at Monroeville, Huron county, Ohio. He received a good common-school education, meantime giving assistance to his father's farming operations. At nineteen he took up harnessmaking, which was his occupation for many years. On August 2, 1861, he enlisted in an independent battalion then forming at Galena, and subsequently consolidated with the 3d Mo. Cav. This regiment was employed in scouting in Missouri and Arkansas. In the summer of 1S63 Mr. Black was discharged, and re-enlisted in the following December, in the 17th 111. Cav., and was elected first lieutenant of Co. F. This regiment was commanded by the subsequent Gov. Beveredge, of Illinois, and saw hard service in Missouri. During most of the time the captain was absent on detached service, and the company was under command of Mr. Black. The history of the company states that it traveled by rail, steamboat and in the saddle, over fifteen thousand miles. At one time twelve hundred miles were made during fifty-nine days spent in the saddle. This was during the famous pursuit of the rebel, Gen. Price, during which this company led a charge ot four miles, in which twenty-two thousand rebels were driven back. The principal engagements were those of Allen Station, Eocalope, Booneville, California, Sedalia, Syracuse, Lexington and Utonia. When the company was mustered out, December IS, 1865, less than one-half of its original men were left. On April 19, 1866, Mr. Black became a resident of Mazeppa, and in the following fall bought an interest in a harness-shop. This he soon sold, and in the fall of 1S67 established the first harnessshop in Zumbrota. Alter two years of business there, he sold out and returned to Mazeppa, where has ever since been his home. He again opened a shop here, and conducted the business some years. In August, ISSO, he was appointed a postal clerk on the route between St. Paul and Breckenridge ; was soon transferred to tlie Midland railroad ; then ran between St. Paul and La Crosse, and now between the former city and Chicago. Mr. Black has always been an active republican ; has served often on local committees ; was several years town clerk and sujjervisor here ; has taken great interest in schools, and been most of the time an officer of the village district. He was four years master of the Masonic lodge here, and is also a member of the chapter at Zumbrota. On December 22, 1864, Mr. Black was united in marriage to Miss Dora Dudley, a native of Galena, Illinois. Her father, John Dudley, came from England. George W., the eldest child of this couple, was killed by the cars here on October 23, 1881. The other children were born as follows: Dora B., May 3,1868; Alice Eva, Januarys, 1871; Koy W., April 10, 1ST3; William W., September 11, 1875; Edgar D., January 23, 1878; GeorgianaM., November 4, 1882.

Ralph W. Black, brother of last above subject, was born at the same place August 26, 1849. He was therefore in his sixteenth year when he came here with his father. At the time of his fathers enlistment he also engaged in the service as a drummer. As soon as he was fairly located at the seat of war he became anxious to carry a gun. In order to gain this end he kicked in the heads of the drum, for which he was incarcerated in the guardhouse. On his release, however, he was given a gun and carried it till his discharge. Shortly after arriving here he went to Red Wing and learned the trade of harnessmakei', which he has ever since followed,^ - here in Mazeppa since 1874. He is now manager of N. B. Smith's shop here. In 1875 Mr. Black was married to Miss Mary, daughter of Albert Braman, both of Connecticut. He has one daughter.

Eakly Settlers

Chaeles a. Arnold, farmer, was born in 1840, in the town of Eush, Jo Daviess county, Illinois. His parents were Adam and Anna M. Arnold, of Pennsylvania, and were among the pioneer settlers of that state. He was reared on a farm there, and married Helena Black, daughter of Elam, elsewhere sketched, January 25, 1862. On the 5th of August, same year, he enlisted in the 96th 111. regt., and joined the ai'my of the Tennessee, serving till June 28, 1865. Was in the following battles : Chickamauga, Buzzard's Eoost, Eocky Ford Bridge, Eesaca, New Oak Church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, Pearl Tree Creek, Atlanta, Jonesboro^ Franklin, Nashville. Although he received no wounds, his health was permanently injured, the effects being more apparent as time goes b}'. In the winter of 1860-1 he was here and bought land, which he afterward sold. After the war closed he took up his residence in Maze])pa, where he owns a house and two lots. He is an enthusiastic republican. Orthodox in faith. Has seven children, christened thus : Julia A. (Mrs. James Stull), lives in town of Mazeppa; Charles E., Edith M., Freddie H., Bertie Freeman, Wayne and Glenn.

John Megees, farmer, was born in 1812, eighteen miles west of the city of Luxemburg. He was married in 1837, to Anna Leid, and left his native land ten years later, settling in Sheldon, Wyoming county, New York. In 1865 he became a resident of Chester, where his wife died in April, 1881. His first purchase of land here included eighty acres on section 5, which is now in the hands of his youngest son. He afterward bought forty acres, that he now owns. At present he resides with his younger son. Himself and family are members of the Eoman Catholic church. There are three children : Nicholas J., Mazeppa ; John N. (see below) ; Anna (Mrs. William Janti), section 6, Chester.

John N. Megees, son of above, was born March 26, 1841. Has always been a farmer. Was twenty -four years old when he came with his father to Chester. He now resides on section 8, where he has eighty acres, besides that received from his father as above noted. In 1872 he married Justina Schroeder and is the father of six children, christened as below : Lena, Peter, Lucy, Mary, Louise and George.

Nicholas J. Majerus has made his honie in Minuesota since 1860, three years being spent in the service of his adopted country. He was born near the city of Luxemburg, September 29, 1839. On the day that he was eight years old, his parents hinded in New York, and he was reared on a farm in Wyoming county, that state. In 1860 he went to Michigan, and after staying there a "short time, came to Ked Wing, where he made his home till' he entered the army. On August 16, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G., 7th Minn. Inf., under Capt. Williston, and served three years and one da}'. For fourteen months the regiment was employed in fighting the Indians, and saw some lively skirmishing. In October, 1863, it joined the army of the Tennessee, and was active in several hard-fought battles. Among the principal ones were those of Tupelo, Tallehatchie, Nashville, and the Mobile forts. While in the army, he bought eighty acres of land in Belvidere, Goodhue county, but sold this on his discharge, and bought a quarter-section in Chester, on which he lived two years. After a residence of one and one-half years in Lake City, he became a resident of Mazeppa, in 1873. He bought the building on the corner of First and Walnut streets, where he is now in business, on July 28, that year, and moved here with his family next day. He is now the owner of two residences beside. He was married November 3, 1869, to Annie K. Groff, a native ot the same locality as himself. They have four children, whose names are : Clara G., Mary A., Justina and EUora. Mr. Majerus was reared in the Roman Catholic church. Has always voted the republican ticket. He is a member of the Masonic and Odd-Fellows' lodges in Mazeppa.

Ira W. Belden, blacksmith, is a grandson of Emanuel Belden, of English descent. Erastus, son of Emanuel Belden, was born in New York, and became a successful medical practitioner. He married Julia A. Lines, a native of the same state. On June 11, 1837, they dwelt at Eljn-ia, Ohio, at which time and place was ushered into existence the subject of this sketch. Thej' soon returned to Steuben county, New York, where Ira Belden was reared, attending the common schools till sixteen years of age. He then began a three years' apprenticeship at his trade, and after it was finished set off for the west. After a short time spent in Iowa, he settled at Frankford, Fillmore county, this state, and brought his parents there. His father died there in 1866, and his mother a year later, at Rochester. He was eight years constable at Frankford, and one terra deputy-sheriff. On tlie outbreak of the Sioux war in 1862, he enlisted in the Minnesota Kangers, and served fourteen months on the frontier, taking part in several encounters. He then joined the 6th Minn. Inf , at Lake Ponchatrain, and was with s regiment till its discharge, in November, 1865. The only severe engagements were those required in reducing the forts about Mobile harbor. Immediately after the close of the war he settled in "Wabasha county, and has been in this neighborhood ever since. For one year he tilled a farm in Bear valley. He is now in the employ of A. J. Taft, at Mazeppa. He has always been a democrat, but has not voted for ten years. In regard to theology, is a Universalist. He was married in 1857, to Amanda Raymond, a native of Green county, Wisconsin, and is the father of seven children, all of whom are at home. Their names are: Scott E., Ralph O., Otho, Iris and Ira (twins), Clyde and Lois.

Augustus W. Mathews, farmer, was born in Sumner, Oxford county, Maine, March 29, 1837. Both his grandfatliers were revolutionary soldiers. His father, Winthrop Mathews, was a native of Maine, as was his bride. Miss Mary Barber. Augustus Mathews was reared on a farm, and made good use of the educational facilities afforded by the common schools of the Pine Tree State. At eighteen years of age he took up carpenter-work in Massachusetts, leaving home to do so. This trade he followed several years. In April, 1861, at the first call for troops, he responded by enlistment, but his regiment {the 'lOtli Me.) was not mustered in until the following September. He participated in the battles at "Winchester, Cedar Mountain, South Mountain and Antietam, beside many less serious engagements. Nearly one-fourth of the regiment was lost at Cedar Mountain, and nineteen of his company of forty-six was lost. In the spring of 1865 Mr. Mathews became a resident of Mazeppa, where he continued to follow his trade, and for three years was engaged in the sale of machinery. He is now a member of the town board of supervisors ; is a democrat, and a Universalist. For ten years he resided on a farm of two hundred and forty acres, which he still owns, one mile from Mazeppa village in Zumbrota. In July, 1868, Mr. Mathews was married to Mirnette "Woodbury, who died February 25, 1880, leaving two daughters. Here are their names and dates of birth : Cora E., November S, 1S75 ; Susie M., May 14, 1878. On August 26, 1881, these children were provided with a foster-mother in the person of Rhoda B., widow of Anson L.

Carrier. (Mr. Carrier was one of the pioneer settlers of Mazeppa, taking a claim in 1855 on section 9, where Mr. and Mrs. Mathews' home is now. He was a native of New York, and married Rhoda B. Segar in 1868, having previously married Maria Tibbetts, who died in 1864. Mr. Carrier died June 17, 1878, leaving no offspring. He was a town supervisor at the time of his death, and had held the office several years ; was a stanch democrat, and was the candidate of that party for the legislature in 1877. He was defeated by a very few votes, notwithstanding the district is strongly republican. During the last six months of the civil war he served in the army.)

Lewis B. Mathews, farmer, is an elder brother of the above, and was born October S, 1832, in the same place, receiving the same training on farm and at school. From seventeen to twenty years of age he followed the sea, the first two years on a Newfoundland fishing craft, and subsequently on a West India coaster. He then spent four years in teaming and express business in Boston. In the spring of 1857 he came to Minnesota, and spent the summer on the government survey in the northern part of the state. The following winter was spent in Mazeppa, and next spring he engaged with the Dakota Land Co., of St. Paul, in locating and platting town-sites. For two winters following he taught the Mazeppa school. The year 1860 was spent in the market at Galena, Illinois. In 1861 he bought forty acres ot land in Goodhue county, near Mazeppa, and has ever since followed farming, residing a large part of the time in the village. In 1868 he bought a farm just east of the village, and now has three hundred and sixty acres, all on section 5. He has erected a handsome residence near Trout Brook, with barns and other farm buildings, and is prepared to enjoy life. He was twelve years justice of the peace in this township ; was elected assessor in 1864, again in 1868, and continuously ever since. In principle he has always been a democrat. Mr. Mathews was married on Christmas day, 1861, to Miss Adelia M., daughter of Joseph Ford. Their eldest child, Mina, is now the wife of Charles Walker, and resides at Rockford, Iowa. The rest are at home, christened as below : Addie, Lindsey L., Ettie M., Grace, Acsie and Max.

Jacob Yotta, farmer, has been a resident of Mazep]5a since 1874, at which time he traded a farm in Iowa for two hundred and forty acres on section 5. Mr. Yotta has been somewhat unfortunate since residing here, having lost four crops. That of 1882 caught fire from the engine of a steam thresher, and was consumed. Mr.

Other Important Personages

Yotta is a native of Germany, being bom in Ipstein, Bavaria, January 21, 1832. His wife Elizabeth (born Lutz) is a native of the same village, and was married to him in Iowa (whither he was brought by his parents at fourteen) on July 22, 1855. Mr. Yotta has always been a farmer, and never attended an English school a day. His natural intelligence, however, drove hira to a cultivation of the language of his adopted country, and he is better informed today than many native-born citizens. He has always been a republican. While within reach of the German Evangelical church, the family was united with it, and now attends the Congregational church at Mazeppa. The eldest child, Elizabeth, born August 10, 185S, married L. B. Stull, and lives within half a mile of her parents. The rest are all at home, and were born and christened as follows : Peter, November 17, 1860 ; William, January 19, 1863 ; John, August 20, 1865; Emma C, June 7, 1867 ; Jacob, November 28, 1870; Henry, January 28, 1873; Frederick C., July 1, 1877.

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Hon. Henky D. Wedge was born in Warren, Litchfield county, Connecticut, June 21, 1840. His father is Horatio Wedge, of Waupun, Wisconsin. The family removed from Connecticut to Wisconsin when Henry was in his fifth year, locating in the town of Chester, Dodge county. His education was obtained at a country' school and at the Waupun high school. He has taught school four terms, three of them in Minnesota. Soon after reaching his majority he went to Missouri, where he spent two years, but being still anxious to roam, he returned home and took a fresh start, this second time coming to Minnesota, where his father owned considerable real estate, situate on the rich and fertile Greenwood prairie. It was in the spring of 1866 that he took up his permanent residence on a portion of these paternal acres, on section 19, in the township of Plainview. He has been prospered in his chosen calling, and is now one of the wealthiest farmers in Wabasha county, owning about seven hundred acres of land, besides village property. Mr. Wedge resides on his farm in a fine brick house, erected in 1879, at a cost of three thousand dollars. Near him are located two brothers, George and James, and a sister, wife of Mr. Mallorj. Mr. Wedge is at present chairman of the township board of supervisors, is a republican in politics, and represented the people of the southern part of his county in the state legislature, in the session of 1879. He was married to Miss Helen L. Loveland, daughter of C. L. Loveland, of Dodge county, Wisconsin, January 23, 1863. Five children have been born to them : Eugene, Eddy, Herbert, Winnie and Minnie.

L. H. Whitmoee, grocer, corner of Second and Pembroke streets. This business was established by the firm of F. Stuelzel & Co., a little over three years since, and was only purchased by Mr. Whitmore last spring (1883). The stock is quite complete, and includes staple and fanc}- groceries, fruits, vegetables, ilour and feed. Business employs two clerks, and one deliverj'-wagon. Sales of flour are one hundred and fifty sacks per month, and fifteen tons of feed ; grocery sales lead all others in city. L. H. Whitmore is a native of New York ; came to Wabasha in September, 186.5, and in the following year, in connection with his brother, H. J. Whitmore, opened a flour, feed and grocery store on the corner of Second and Pembroke, now occupied by Drury. Business was continued until 1878, when H. J. Whitmore retired (to become postmaster of the city), and L. H. continued business one year and sold out ; was then engaged clerking in the postoflice and in the county offices until he resumed business at the present stand, which he subsequently bought. He tronts thirtj'-five feet on Second street, and has his storeroom in the rear on Pembroke. Mr. Whitmore was married in 1861, in Chenango county. New York, to Miss E. A. Holt. They have four children : Linn Whitmore, born July 15, 1863, at present assistant cashier in the Wabasha Bank ; C. H. , clerking in his father's store ; Gertie E., born July 15, 1874; Harry, born October 17, 1876.

Hugh Hall, brother of Samuel, was born in Ireland, in 1828. At the age of twenty-four he was married, and his prospects for a happy and prosperous life were flattering. In a few months, however, he was called to mourn the loss of his beloved wife. He removed to this country, and after residing in New York for several years, he came to Wabasha county, and in 1865 settled in this township. He married a second wife, whom he has also survived. Mr. Hall has a family of three sons. Mr. Hall is a member of a Presbyterian church, and is an honest, hospitable man.

Rev. James Trobec, pastor of St. Felix Catholic church, is a native ot Austria. His studies were pursued at his native university, where he completed his classical and part of his theological course, was ordained the following year at St. Paul, in this state. His first parish was Belle Plaine, Mori-ison county, the services being held in French, and the congregation a mi.xture of Canadians, Indians and half-breeds. In October, 1866, Father Trobec was assigned to the parish here, and has now been seventeen years in charge, during which time, as appears from the records of the church, his work has been eminently successful.

F. W. Winters, fijrmer, was born in Hanover, June 11, 1840. He was one of eight children born to Frederick W. and Christina (Hupp) Winters, the latter of whom is still living in this state. In 1852 the family emigrated to America, locating at Wheeling, West Virginia. Two years later they moved to Pike county, Illinois, and afterward to McDonald county. In 1865 they again sought a new home, this time locating in Chester township, on the tarm our subject now occupies. Here the elder Winters died in 1873. Mr. Winters was married December 16, 1873, to Fredrika Isensee, a native of Goodhue county. They have three children : Christina H., Henry C, Caroline E. He is a member of Lake City Chapter, No. 12, F.A.M. In politics, he is a republican. He now owns four hundred and forty acres of fine land, four hundred of which is improved. He also owns a business room in Winona.

Welcome AVallace Anderson, farmer, Zumbro, is a son of Levi and Harriet (Carpenter) Anderson, of New York, and was born at Rome, that state, June 3, 1851. His youth was passed on a farm there, with little opportunity for education. He is a man of natural endowments, and is a good citizen ; politically, a democrat. For six years he has served as town constable, making an efficient officer, and has several times captured offenders where others had failed. He came to this town in 1866, and was several years employed as a farm laborer. In 1875 he bought forty acres on section IS, where his home is, and four years later bought eighty more. He is now comfortably situated on a fine farm. October 12, 1873, he married Ellen C. Pryor, whose parentage is elsewhere shown. The births of their children is here given : Lessie May, November 24, 1874 ; Wallace Welcome, May 7, 1877; Edith K, January 25, 1879; Harriet C, January 29, 1881.

William H. Anderson, is a brother of the above, born in the same place March 12, 1846. He received a limited common-school education. All his life has been occupied in farming. When twenty years old he came to Zumbro, and was some time occupied in farm labor for others, and in renting land. In 1867 he bought eighty acres of land on section 19, and has lived thereon since 1869. This land he has cleared of the undergrowth which covered it, and has erected comfortable buildings. He is an independent democrat, and served the town two years as town constable. All his possessions have been accumulated by labor since his arrival here. December 23, 1867, he married Mary Etta L^-man, who was born in ISTorth Ferrisburg, Addison county, Vermont.

Abram J. Anderson, eldest son of this family, was born at Rome October 9, 1838. He had but brief opportunities for education, and left home at twenty to secure a home in the west. In August, 1858, he arrived in Zumbro and at once purchased one hundred and twenty acres on section 18. Four years later he sold this and settled where he now dwells, on section 19. Here he has one hundred and twenty acres, besides twenty acres timber in Mazeppa, a quarter-section in Lac Qui Parle county, and two lots in the village of Appleton. He was member of the board of supervisors in 1865, 1868-9, and chairman of that body in 1870-1-2-3-4-5-6-7. Politically he is a democrat. Se]itember 23, 1873, he was united in matrimony to Miss Melvina Mitchell, who was born in Sangerville, Maine ; her parents - Joseph S. and Lovina Mitchell - were of Irish and English origin. Mrs. Anderson is a Universalist, but her husband has no particular religious views - although not an atheist. Their children were born as follows : Mott M., July 20, 187-1 ; Blanche E., March 24, 1876 ; Lynn R, July 12, 1880; Jesse S., August 6, 1882.

James M. McMillin (deceased). Lake City, was born in Gallia county, Ohio, June 10, 1812. His great-grandfather, while on the way from Scotland to America, was shipwrecked and picked up by a vessel bound to Philadelphia. Two bi'others of this ancestor, who were in company with him, were set down in the same way, one in New York and the other in Canada ; and not until after the revolution were mutual discoveries of one another's whereabouts made. The Canadian resident entered the British army, and was made prisoner by the continental soldiers, and placed under guard of his brother ; and by conversation they discovered each the other's identity. The first mentioned of these brothers settled in Virginia, and was not discovered by the others till later. Samuel McMillin, son of the Virginian Scotchman, served as a soldier in the continental army. Edward, son of the latter, married Sarah Reed, and removed to Ohio in the earliest days of that territory, where was born to him the subject of this paragrapli. James M. McMillin was reared on a farm in Huntingdon township, Gallia county, and pursued liis father's vocation till 18i2. Macinda A., his wife, is a daughter of George and Nancy (Jackson) Stickleman, all of Virginian birth. Mrs. McMillan was born eight months after her husband, in Hottentot, Virginia, and they were united for life December 17, 1833. For six years Mr. McMillin was deputy-sheriff of Whiteside county, Illinois, and was kept constantly traveling in the discharge of his duty. He became a resident of Minnesota in 1862, and was engaged in farming four years in the town of Chester, this coimty, being postmaster at Bear Valley some time. He also served as justice of the peace during his residence there. The republican party is entitled to the credit of all his public act". Since 1866 Lake Cit}^ claimed him as a citizen. On the iii'Iieth anniversary of their wedding Mr. and Mrs. McMillin celebrated the occasion in a fitting manner, surrounded by their descendants and many old-time friends. They were presented with a handsome sum in gold coin. In religious faith this couple are Universalists. All save two of their children live in the city - the absent one's residence being noted below, the names appearing in order of birth : Alonzo C. ; John L. ; William Harvey ; Samantha J. (Judd);EmmaIl. (Mrs. Alonzo Mathews), Red Wing; Nancy Celestina (Mrs. W. E. Stringham), Fergus Falls, Minnesota. While splitting wood one evening in January, 188i, Mr. McMillin received a wound in the left eye from a flying stick, and the sight and substance of the optic were entirely destroyed. He appeared to recover steadily from the shock, although in great pain, but suddenly sank and passed away on the morning of February 17. He had partaken of breakfast with the family, but his system is supposed to have suddenly' given away under the strain upon it.

William Haevey McMillin, barber. Lake City, is the third son of James M., and was born September 30, 1839, at Wilkes ville, Ohio, and was but three years of age when the family removed to Illinois. After he was eighteen years old he'cared for himself and worked at butchering three years. He came to Minnesota in 1S59, and assisted his brother in farming at Bear valley, attending school there one winter term. Eeturning to Illinois he was among the first to respond to the call of his country in its hour of danger. Entering Co. B, of the 13th 111. Vols., he saw a great deal of hard service in the western army. The following endorsement, which is found in red ink upon liis discharge, explains itself: "Said W. H. McMillin was with the command in the actions at Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Jackson, May 14- and July 10-16, 1863, siege of Yicksburg and assault May 22, 1863, Tuscumbia, Lookout Mountain, Mission Eidge and Ringgold ; has marched over thirty-five liundred miles and faithfully performed the duties of a soldier." Among other notable engagements in which he participated may be named Wilson's Creek, Pea Eidge, Buzzard's Eoost, Snake's Gap and Milligan's Bend. He was detailed in the Mississippi scouts, and for five months commanded a squad of seventy-five mounted men, doing excellent service, losing only three men while passing through many hot skirmishes. At one time, after being driven seven miles under the spur, his party of ten men was driven over a steep blufl^, where the horses slid down on their haunches, killing one man and a horse. After thus escaping, Mr. McMillin laid an ambuscade, and killed or captured nearly the entire force of rebel pursuers, eighty in number, being reinforced by two companies of infantry. After this he was detailed with nineteen comrades as body guard to Gen. P. J. Osterhaus, where he served till the close of the war. At Chickasaw Bayou his colonel, John B. Wyman, was killed by a sharpshooter, and " Sandy Bill," as our subjecfrwas best known to his comrades, crept through the bushes for fifteen rods and picked ofi the sharpshooter. Mr. McMillin was never wounded by a bullet, but was knocked down by the bursting of a shell in front of Vicksburg, and his head and neck partially paralyzed so that he was not tit for duty for some time. He was laid up with dropsy in the old marine hospital at St. Louis for three months at another time. Was never in the guardhouse or under arrest. While serving as body guard to Gen. Osterhaus he acted most of the time as dispatch-carrier. While on this duty on one occasion, he rode lialf a mile under galling fire, and thus saved two thousand comrades from captivity and the pangs of hell in Libby prison. Another time, with three companions, he charged over the rebel pickets, gained the blutf across Chickamauga creek, and after running a half-mile gauntlet, gained a covered bridge ; hero they placed their horses across the entrance of the bridge, and by firing beneath their bodies kept the the rebel cavalry at bay until artillery and reinforcements were brought to bear. In this movement the Union forces did not lose a man. Eeturning to Minnesota at the close of the war, Mr. McMillin engaged in farming a short time ; removed to Lake City and worked in a butcher-shop three years ; for past nine years has kept a barber-shop - last two with a partner. February 22, 1865, he was united in marriage with Miss Caroline Culver, who was born in Walnut, Illinois. They have one adopte^ daughter, Bertie, born July 16, 1880. Mr. McMillin is district G.D.M.W. in the A.O.U.W. He is chief of the Lake City Hook and Ladder Company, and has had many narrow escapes in the pursuit of his duty.

Louis Freiheit, farmer, was born in Worsetz, Prussia, December 1, 1835. He remained there on a farm till twenty-Hve years old, when he came to America, and engaged in farm labor in Green Lake county, Wisconsin. He came to Chester in 1866, and bought one-fourtli of section 11, which he has handsomely improved. It was unbroken when it fell into his hands, but is now under the plow, and graced with large and handsome buildings. At one time Mr. Freiheit was three thousand dollars in debt, but is now independent. He was a charter member of St. John's Lutheran church, and is now treasurer of that body. Politically, has always been a republican. He was married in June, 1871, to Angell Stemmenn, who was born in Hanover, Germany. Their children were born and christened as follows MJune 16, 1874, Henry; May 9, 1876, Emma; June 5, 1883, Lena.

Ferdinand Freiheit, farmer, is a brother of the last subject, and was born in the same place in April, 1815. In 1865 he emigrated to Wisconsin, and came thence to Chester four years later. He was engaged in farm labor till 1873, when he bought one-fourth of section 2. This was wild at that time, and he proceeded to subdue it. He has built a comfortable house and large barn at a cost of fourteen hundred dollars, and a granary that cost three hundred dollars more. January 1, 1877, he married Minnie Knaap, whose birthplace is within two miles of his own. He is a republican, and all his family has been baptized in the Lutheran church. There are four children, given as below: Clara, May 1-4, 1879; William, August 5, 1880; Theodore, July 5, 1881; Emily, April 12, 1883.

Capt. J. H. Mullen, attorney-at law, admitted to practice at the spring term of the district court, held in Wabasha, in 1883. Capt. Mullen, as he is universally called, came to this county in 1866,' the year after the war closed, and in which he had seen over four years of active service, having enlisted June 5, 1861, and being mustered out in August, 1865, as captain of Co. C, 12th regt. Conn.

Vol. Inf. The captain saw service with Gen. McClelhm on the peninsula ; was with Butler's forces at New Orleans, with Bank's command at Port Hudson, and on the Ked Eiver campaign; with Grant at Petersburg, and the battles around Richmond; then with Sheridan in the Shenandoah valley, returning with him to Petersburg, and participating in the closing struggle of the war at Five Forks ; was with the army in the grand review at Washington, and being ordered to Savannah, Georgia, did not go immediately north, but was in the service until August, when they returned home and were mustered out at Hartford, August, 1865. The following year, 1866, located in Wabasha, and has since been engaged in trade', merchandising and farming. His farming operations are carried on along the line of the Hastings & Dakota railway, where he has a tract of about thirteen hundred acres seventy miles west of St. Paul. April 15, 18.7-1, Capt. Mullen married Miss M. B. Downer, daughter of John B. Downer, one of the old pioneers of Wabasha county. Mrs. Mullen has a decided talent for painting, which has been to some extent cultivated, and work on canvass and silk is really artistic, and would do no discredit to a collection of genuine merit. Some of her decorative work on panels, in water colors, is exquisite in color and naturalness. Two children have been born to the captain and his wife : Carrie, born October 10, 1875; Downer, born May 20, 1880.

John Springer was the son of a German farmer and butcher, and was born in Cassel, Germany, May 11, 1844. He spent the usual time acquiring a rudimentary education in the common school of the Fatherland, and then learned the trade of blacksmithing, after which he entered the army to serve the allotted time, but at the close of the second year of his military life, he deserted, and took passage at Bremen for America. In the month of December, 1866, he landed at Castle Garden, and at once hastened west to Oakwood township, Wabasha county, Minnesota, where a brother was engaged in agricultural pursuits. He proceeded to erect a shop in Bremen, and worked at the forge here for four years, then worked in Winona for a few years, after which he again resumed his trade in the little shop at Bremen for another period of four years. The spring of 1876 he disposed of his Bremen property, and came to Plainview, where he opened a shop. Five years later he opened warerooms, and began to handle farming implements. He was married in 1870, to Augusta Beyer, daughter of Frederick Beyer, a pioneer farmer of

Zumbro township. Five children are the fruit of this union, viz Frank, Willie, Mary, Johny, Bertha. Mr. Springer was pes master at Bremen under President Grant's administration. Is a republican in politics, a member of the Plainview Lodge of Odd- Fellows.

Emric Polson, farmer, was born in 1S35, in Sweden. He is the eldest son of Paul and Julia Poison, of Sweden. He lived in Sweden, at home until twenty-two, when he came to America, and settled in Blinois. After three years he enlisted in the 8th 111. Cav., and served one and one-half years under McClellan and Burnside. He was discharged and came to Minnesota and enlisted in the 2d Minn. Cav., and served in Gen. Sulla's expedition to the Yellowstone and Bad Lands. After this remarkably long saddle service, he returned to Minnesota in 1866, and settled on his present farm, a quarter-section of fine land, nearly all cultivated. He is working into stock-raising as fast as possible. He was a member of the Grange. He is a member of the Norwegian Methodist Episcopal church. He is justice of peace and supervisor at present. In politics he has always been republican, and is one of our influential and enterprising citizens. He was married in 1879, to Sophia Johnson, a native of Sweden. They have eight children.

Lawrence Williaji Appel, a Highland farmer, resides on a fine farm of two hundred and forty acres in West Indian Creek valley. He was born in Baden, Germany, September 17, 1842, his parents being. Adam and Catherine (Eckert) Appel. In 1845 Mr. Appel, Sr. , died of yellow fever in Texas, and two years later the widowed mother emigrated with her family to Mercer county, Pennsylvania, where she engaged in agricultural pursuits. Lawrence working on her farm summers, and attending winter schools until he reached his twentieth year, when he went to Franklin county, Pennsylvania, and learned the blacksmith trade, which he followed in the oil regions and railroad shops for several years in Meadville, Pittsburgh, Sharon and Middlesex. He was in Pittsburgh at the time the raider Morgan menaced the peace of that city. While on a visit to his brother Stephen, in Highland, in August, 1866, lie was induced to open a blacksmith-shop, near what was then known as Hampe's Mill. In 1869 he bought the farm where he now resides, from E. Lathrop. November 11 of the same year he was married to Mai-- garetAr villa, daughter of George and Elizabeth (Brawley) Harncame, natives of Pennsylvania, and Wabasha county pioneers. M. Appel

EvANDER SiciLLMAN, miller, has been a resident of Wabasha county since the spring of 1856, at which time he came here with his parents. The latter were natives of Suffolk, Suffolk county, New York. The family is of Dutch descent. The great-grandfather of this subject, Thomas Skillman, had a son, Thomas, whose son, Francis M., married Jerusha Rogers, and dwelt thirty-two in the in the town of German, Chenango county. New York, where he tilled a farm and taught school during the winter. Here was born Evander Skillman, on May 12, 1838. He was given a commonschool education, and a farmers training. In October, 1861, he enlisted in the 3d Minn. Inf , and was made first lieutenant of Co. G. He was soon commissioned regimental quartermaster. At the battle of Murfreesboro, in July, 1862, he was made prisoner with the regiment, but soon paroled. Returning to this state, he went on an expedition against the Sioux, on Red river, and was in several skirmishes with them at Fort Abercrombie. After being exchanged, he returned to the south, and was detailed in the early spring of 1864, as quartermaster of the 113th U. S. regt. of colored soldiers. He participated in the capture of Vicksburg and Little Rock, and in the battle of Fitzhugh's woods, on the White river. After the close of the war of the rebellion, Mr. Skillman served on the Texas frontier, and was discharged on April 6, 1866. In the fall of that year he opened a general store at Mazeppa, which he sold out six years later. In 1873, in partnership with a brother, he built Trout Brook mill, on section 19, Chester, and has operated it ever since. He lias thirty-four acres of land where the mill stands, and eighty acres near by, which he tills with the assistance of his sons. When only twenty-one years old, he was elected town superintendent of schools ; while in Mazeppa, he was two years village justice ; has also been elected justice and town clerk in Chester several terms. His political preferences are republican, and religious ideas liberal. He is a member of the Masonic order. In 1865 Mr. Skillman was united in marriage to Edith, daughter of Elijah Lout, of Mazeppa. They have five sons, born as follows : Francis E., April 28, 1867 ; Murray E., February 10, 1871 ; Stephen P., June 22, 1873 ; Foster, May 10, 1879 ; Dwight, December 23, 1881.

emigrated to America. He first went to Michigan, where he resided for several years. In 1868 relatives in Highland township, in Wabasha county, induced Mr. Powers and his family to come to Minnesota. The same year he purchased from Edward Nash the farm on section 7, Highland, on which he now resides, and whicli. by hard labor and with the assistance of his sons, John and Patrick, he has greatly improved, one hundred and thirty-four acres of the quarter-section which comprises it being now in a high state of cultivation. The death of Mrs. Powers occurred here February 16, 1879. There were seven children born to this couple, three oi whom, namely, John, Patrick and Margaret, reside with their father at home. Mr. Powers and his family are members of the Oakwood Catholic church. In politics father and sons are alike independent.

Oliver Gibbs, Jr., horticulturist, Lake City, whose name is familiar throughout southern Minnesota, and as well known in the office of the executive of State as in the humble cottage of his nearest neighbor, was born in the State of Vermont in 1832. He is a son of Oliver and Zilpha (Thomas) Gibbs, and on the paternal side a Ijneal descendant of Israel Putnam. Like his father, he was reared on a farm, where his time was divided between agricultural labor and attending the common country schools of the Green Mountain State. He learned the printer's trade in the office of the Rutland (Vermont) "Herald," and first started in business for himself at Prescott, Wisconsin, in the publication of the "Transcript" in 1855, in company with Charles Young, now of Minneapolis. He also served Pierce as clerk for five years previous to the outbreak of the war, and in 1861 enlisted as battalion adjutant, 2d Wis. Cav., under Col. C. C. Washburn. After about one year's field service he was transferred to a confidential clerkship under Sec. Stanton, which he resigned in 1869 on account of failing health, contracted while in military service. The same year he removed to Minnesota and permanently located in Lake City, where he at once engaged in horticultural pursuits. He is now in his third year's service as secretary of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society, being elected at their last meeting, in January, 188-1, by acclamation. He was the representative of this state at the nineteenth biennial session of the American Pomological Society at Philadelphia, in September, 1 883, where he was awarded and returned to Minnesota the Wilder silver medal for the best collection of apples and grapes from any part of

North America. In 1884 lie was appointed United States commissioner to represent the State of Minnesota at the cotton centennial and world's exposition at New Orleans, Louisiana. The most important part of Mr. Gibbs' official duty as secretary of the State Horticultural Society is the compiling and editing of their annual report, a bound volume of five hundred pages. This is at present the only society connected with agriculture in Minnesota which, under the auspices of the state, publishes an annual report. Mr. Gibbs was married June 2, 1856, to Miss Rose Martin, a native of Vermont. Their children's names, in the order of their birth, are : Zilphia M., wife of Ed. R. Converse, of Palatine, Illinois; Lottie, now a clerk in the pension office at Washington ; Nettie May, now Mrs. Frank Jackson, of Lyon county, Minnesota, and Maggie and Oliver, Jr. , at home.

Hon. Henry Baumgakten is descended from German parents, and was born in Germany November 16, 1848. His education was obtained in the common schools of his native country, and the balance of his youth was spent in the usual duties of farming. When about twenty years of age he came to this country and settled at first at Reedsburg, Wisconsin, in the summer of 1868. At this place he was engaged in farming. In 1874 he removed to Wabasha and worked one year for Lucas Kuehn, and started in the hotel business in 1878, having carried on the same until the present with good success. In 1883 he was elected representative from this district to the general assembly of the State of Minnesota by the democracy of Wabasha county, and was a member of the engrossing committee. In 1874 he was married to Emma Scholtz. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. and Turn Verein.

Myron Augustine Baldwin (deceased). The demise of this highly-esteemed citizen was to Lake City what the death of President Garfield was to the nation. He was born in Sheldon, Wyoming county, New York, May 21, 1832, and died of cerebro-spinal fever in Lake City, February 23, 1881. His parents, Eleazer and Rachel (Martindale) Baldwin, removed with their family from Sheldon to Varysburg in 1843. The next year the father died and the family returned to their farm in Sheldon, and kept together till 1851. Mr. Baldwin, then in his nineteenth year, engaged as a clerk in the store of Hon. Wolcott J. Humphrey, and in 1854 went to Wallingford, Vermont, to serve in the employ of his uncles, Edwin and WiUiam Martindale, the former of whom he in time bought out, and thus commenced business for himself. His mercantile pursuits were continued in Wallingford till 1868, when he sold out, and with a view to recuperating his failing health, removed to Minnesota, permanently locating in Lake City. Here he soon regained his health sufficiently to embark in active business pursuits, and from that time till overtaken by his last illness he was one of Lake City's most active and esteemed citizens. November 1, 1873, he was made a director in the Lake City Bank, and in 1876 transferred his interests to the First N"ational. He was then made one of its directors, and before the close of the same year was made its president. In April, ISSO, he was elected mayor of the city as the people's candidate. During his residence in this city liis principal vocation was dealing in livestock, and onlj' those who were his intimate friends could form an adequate conception of the magnitude of the business transacted under his personal supervision. With this great strain of mind and body, and with a physical constitution insufficient to endui'e the labor which his exti-aordinary brain devised, it was evident to those who best knew him that his work was too great for him. Nevertheless he remained in the business harness till but a few hours before his -death. Upon the announcement of his death the flag on the council chamber was placed at half-mast, and as a further mark of respect the business-men throughout the city closed their doors on the day of his burial, and formed one of the largest funeral processions ever witnessed in this city. The directors of the First National Bank met and passed the following resolutions :

Whereas, our immediate associate and friend, M. A. Baldwin, the president of tliis bank, was removed by death on the twenty-third of this month from our number ; therefore,

Resolved, that we recognize in this an agreeable companion and a valued and honored friend, and that we desire in this manner to testify to our high appreciation of his character and worth as a man, and to his ability and integrity in his official trust :

Resolved, that while deeply impressed in contemplating the shadow of gloom his absence must bring to the home late so securely happy in his presence, that we hereby extend to the widow and son our most heartfelt sympathy and condolence in this their hour of sorrow.

The Ancient Order of United Workmen, and the Temple of Honor and Social Temple passed similar resolutions of respect and condolence, making them a matter of record, and at the same time presenting the widow with certified copies. Mr. Baldwin had been twice married; first, in 1863, at Wallingford, Vermont, to Miss

Marella Townsend, whom he lost by death about a year thereafter. His secoTid marriage was in 1866 to Mrs. Anna E. Sweet, a daughter of Smith Emery, Esq., of Newport, Vermont, who witli their only child, Myron Alpheus, still resides in Lake City.

James P. Martin, Lake City, is a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, and was born October 31, 1845. He is a son of James and Catharine (Gorman) Martin, who were also born in the State of New York, of Irish ancestry. Mr. Martin was reared on a farm, where his early youth was spent at school and agricultural pursuits. A few years of his early manhood was employed in di'iving stage. He was married to Miss Julia F. Hart, a native of St. Lawrence county. New York, in 1868, and in the spring of the same year came to Lake City, and the same year took a position as foreman in the large livery and sale stable of Mr. W. E. Perkins. He is still with Mr. Perkins, and is interested with him in introducing some very fine and valuable fast horse stock in this county, among them some of the best blood for trotting in the United States. In 1878 he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land in Chester, which he rents. Mr. Martin has three children, Lizzie May and AVillie J. (twins) and Frank, in attendance at the city schools.