Waseca County, Minnesota - Biographical Sketches - Reminiscbnses Op Early Days, 1905 (part 3 of 6)

Mr. James A. Root

was one of the pioneers of the West. He was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., Feb. 26, 1832. While yet a boy his parents removed to Ellicottville, Cattaraugus county, N. Y., where his mother died. His father's name was Joseph N. Root, and he died April 12, 1869, aged sixty-eight years and eight months, being a resident of the town of Byron at the time of his death. James A. came to Waseca county in 1859, his father and other relatives coming later. Miss Hannah Brisbane, daughter of the late Hon. William Brisbane, of Wilton, was married to James A. Root, Dec. 12, 1859. Mrs. Root was born in New York state, Delaware county, August 18, 1840. Ten children were born to them: Charles E., Feb. 27, 1861; Wm'. L., Jan. 29, 1863; Joseph S., April 16, 1865; Cora B., Aug. 26, 1867; Hattie M., March 4, 1870; James A., May 22, 1872; Maggie J., May 31, 1873; Freddie, July 2, 1877; Dora B., March 14, 1879, and Marvin L., Oct. 9, 1880. Freddie died August 24, 1877, and Marvin died Feb. 22, 1882. Mr. and Mrs. Root were among the first to plant a forest of trees about the house and barn. Their-timber lot shows what may be done in the way of providing timber and fuel for the future. Mr. Root died August 23, 1891.

Mr. Rezin Nelson

of twelve years he moved with his parents to Wisconsin. His father was a lawyer and died in the Badger state. In 1857, Rezin visited this county with his brother-in-law, James D. Andrews, but soon returned. August 9, 1862, he enlisted in the Thirty-second Wisconsin infantry and served until October, 1863, when he was discharged and came to Wilton where he farmed until Feb. 2, 1865, when he again enlisted, this time in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery, and went immediately to Chattanooga, Tenn. Here he remained until the close of the war. He then returned to Minnesota, and on the 18th of March, 1866, he married Miss Rhoda A. Sutlief, daughter of Asa G. Sutlief, deceased, the first white man to open a farm or settle in Waseca county. Rhoda was born in the town of Herman, Dodge county, Wisconsin, Sept. 18, 1848. She came to this county with her father when she was only six years of age and when the whole county was an unbroken wilderness of prairie and woodland. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson are the parents of seven children, born on the following dates: Lee B., Dec. 31, 1868; Rezin Jr., Feb. 15, 1871; Clarence W., April 13, 1S73; Mary, Jan. 22, 1876; Roy, Sept. 23, 1878; Volney F., Feb. 10, 1881; Nellie D., Aug. 20, 1884, and Rex, March 5, 1887. Mary died Feb. 22, 1882, and Volney died Feb. 5, 1882, two deaths the same month.

Mr. William Roddle

born June 2, 1822, in "Old England," came to America in 1840. He first stopped in Cayuga county, N. Y. From there he went to Onondaga county and thence to Tompkins county in the same state. From there he came West in 1844, and settled in Kenosha county, Wisconsin. In 1849 he married Mrs. Mary Green, a widow with three daughters. In the fall of 18C0, he came to Wilton with his family and purchased a farm near the old village of Wilton. His wife bore him three children: Wm. H., born Dec. 28, 1850; Ben. F., born April 9, 1854; and Ella, born Jan. 12, 1863. Mrs. Reddle died in Wilton, June 19, 1876. Miss Ella married Charles B. Root, Feb. 2, 1883. She became the mother of one son, Oren E., born Feb. 4, 1884. Her health was never of the best, and after a prolonged and severe illness, she died some three or four years after the birth of her child.

William H. Roddle learned the tinner's trade of P. C. Bailey, went to Brookings, S. D., some twenty-five years ago, engaged in the hardware business, was finally elected secretary of state of South Dakota, for two terms, and is now practicing law in company with Philo Hall, his half sister's son, who was also a Waseca boy. Benjamin F. is also a resident of South Dakota.

Dec. 17, 1879, Mr. William Roddle married Miss Emily M. Loder, who was born in Wisconsin October 26, 1852. Her father, John W. Loder, was also an early settler with his family in Wilton, Mr. Loder enlisted at the beginning of the Rebellion and died in 1S62 while in the army. I\:r. William noddle died Nov. 9, 1889. He was one of our best citizens.

Mr. Bubl Welsh

MR. BUBL WELSH, was one of the noted men of this county among its early settlers. He was Ivind and humane at heart, much beyond the average of men. He was liberal to a fault. In sickness or want or sorrow, he was always ready and willing to extend a helping hand. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade and first lived in Faribault having come hither from Wisconsin in 1854. He made his appearance in Iosco, as a carpenter, in 1855, and settled in the village of Wilton in the fall of 1856. Soon after his settlement in Wilton, work in his line being slack, he commenced to read law and practiced before justices of the peace. He was quite illiterate, but he managed to pick up considerable knowledge of law, and often won his cases against some more pretentious practitioners. He had one sad tailing - alcoholism - which he could never overcome long at a time. On Saturday, April 24, 1886, he died suddenly in a neighbor's wagon while going from Alma City to his boarding place in Freedom township. With more favorable environments, he might have been a more useful citizen and enjoyed life to a greater extent. He was a good man at heart.

MR. A. J. WOODBURY, came to Wilton in the fall of 1856 and built the iirst hotel in that place. His sons, George H., and Henry C, assisted in carrying on the hotel business until about 1882, when it was abandoned by them. They also carried on a farm in connection with their hotel business. The old gentleman was a native of Beverly, Mass., and was, born in 1808., The family lived for a time in New Orleans before commg to Wilton. A. J. Woodbury and Elizabeth Stratton were married in 1830, and only two sons were born to them. George H., enlisted in company F, Tenth Minnesota infantry, and served for three years. Henry C, a. man of much "cheek" but small brain capacity, made up in self assurance what he lacked in ability, being at one time judge of the municipal court of Waseca. Henry finally went to Jamestown, North Dakota, where he died some years ago. George was the exact opposite of Henry. He was a man. of ability and high character, yet modest and unassuming. After his return from the war, he married Miss Hannah Robbins, then of Otisco, and they now (1904) hve in Jamestown, North Dakota.

was one of the 1856 pioneer settlers in St. Mary where he still owns a valuable farm. He was born in Ireland, Sept. ,10, 1825, and came to America, March 7, 1862. He and Margaret Gill, she being also a native of Ireland, were married Oct. 10, 1855, and commenced farm life at once. They experienced many of the hardships and deprivations incident to frontier life, but overcame them all and enjoyed a competence at last. The following named children were born to them : Michael, Jr., Mary Ann, Kate, Neil, Maggie, Hugh, John, William and Lizzie. Mrs. McGonagle died some years ago, and Mr. McGonagle, at this, writing, 1904, is living with his were of the pioneers that came to this county in 1857. They located on section 13, St. Mary. Charles W. Johnston was born in Montpelier, Vt., March 9, 1834. Mrs. Johnston was born at Chelsea, Vt., Feb. 5, 1833. She is the daughter of Samuel Scri'oner, a native of Washington county, N. H. Her mother's name was Louisa Clark. Mr. and Mrs. Scribner had five children: Charles, who married Emma Horn; Geo. F., who married Abbie Chapman; Alzoa, who married S. D. Osterhout; Mary A., and Jane C. Mr. and Mrs. Johnston were married April 5, 1857. Five children were born to them: Nellie M. L., August 7, 1858; Alma S., May 22, 1860; Charles i<'., April 17, 1863; Willard C, June 29, 1866; and George S., May 28, 1869. Charles P. died March 25, and George, March 31, 1873, of scarlet fever and diphtheria. Charles W. Johnston, the father, died In California, Feb. 17, 1899, as elsewhere noted in this book.

Messrs. William And John Priebe

brothers, both deceased, came from Prussia and settled in St. Mary as early as 1860. Both were single men. Wm. Priebe married Miss Augusta Prechel, who came to Minnesota in 1855 with her brother, Gottlieb PrEchel. They were the parents of five sons and two daughters - all living but one, Gust Priebe, who was accidently killed in 1903, in Renville county, by a passing railroad passenger train.

William settled on section 22, town of St. Mary. John settled on section 10 in the same town, where he and his wife, by very hard work and close economy, saved quite a fortune. His wife's maiden name was Caroline Vondrie. John died in 1872. Wm. Mittelsteadt married his widow about a year later, and she died June 19, 1880. John Priebe left three children: August, who owns a large farm in St. Mary; William J., who lives in Waseca and deals in farm machinery; and Amelia, wife of Julius Mittelsteadt. August Priebe who owns the old homestead married Molvena Krienke, a native of this county, June 16, 1SS7. She is the daughter of August and Henrietta Krienke, of St. Mary.

Mr. Daniel T. Ballard

was born in England, Oct. 16, 1839. He is one of three brothers, all of whom settled in Waseca county at an early day. They came to America in 1856. Daniel worked his way West and arrived in Waseca county in 1858. He resided first in Iosco. He enlisted in Company F, Eighth Minnesota regiment in the fall of 1862, and was discharged the same year for disability at Ft. Snelling. In 1866, with D. A. Brwin and others, he made an overland trip to Montana, with ox teams. He returned in Nov. 1872, and settled in St. Mary. On the 17th of June, 1873. he married Miss Josephine Brossard, who was also one of the early settlers of the county.

Mr. Brossard was a very successful farmer. He sold his farm here some years ago and removed to the state of Washington, where he and his family now reside.

The Erwins

Mr. P. A. Brwin was one of the aged men that came to Waseca county at an early period in its history. P. A. Erwin was born in the Green Mountain State, in 1797, and served his country as a soldier in the War of 1812-15 with Great Britain. His wife, Jane Brwin, was Born In Ireland. She was a sister of Rev. James Erwin who was quite a noted Methodist minister in Northern New York about 1833. P. A. Erwin and his family settled in St. Mary about 1863. Mrs. Jane Erwin passed to the Great Beyond in September, 1867. Her husband lived to the age of ninety-two, when he, too, joined the silent dead, honored and respected by all who knew him.

D. A. Erwin, son of P. A., was born in the state of New York, Aug. 4, 1839. In September, 1862, he enlisted in Company D, Ninety-eighth New York infantry, and served until May 1863, when he was honorably discharged for disability. He remained in the state of New York until 1864, when he came to this county and Joined his parents in St. Mary. In 1866, in company with D. T. Ballard and others, he made a trip to Montana with ox teams in search of gold. After three years of unsatisfactory toil in Montana, he returned to this county where he has since made his home. He married Miss Orrilla Ketchum, daughter of Rev. Alvin Ketchum, deceased, Sept. 15, 1870. Mrs. Erwin is one of the pioneer girls of Minnesota, having come with her parents in 1856. They are the parents of nine children: Sidney, born Sept. 15, 1871, died Oct. 11, 1873; Claude, born March 26, 1873; Stanley, May 1, 1875; Grant, April 26, 1877; Roland, Jan. 27, 1879; Eugene, J&n. 17, 1882; Ray, Nov. 29, 1886; Ruth and Ruby (twins,) born Oct. 7, 1890. Ruth died March 13, 1900. The Erwins are of Revolutionary stock. D. A. Erwin's grandfather, David, who was born at Castleton, N. J., 1758, was four years in the Revolutionary War as a private; in the War of 1812 he was captain of a company and served until the close of the contest with Great Britain. His father, P. A., served in the War of 1812, and participated in the battle of Plattsburg, Sept. 11, 1814, where the British under General Prevost and Admiral Downie, were defeated by the Americans under Gen. Macomb and Admiral McDonough.

Mr. Julius Papke

now a retired farmer, was born in Prussia and came to America in 1861 with his family. He married Miss Eliza Buscho in Prussia, February 15, 1857. They first lived in Wisconsin, remaining there until 1865, when they located on section 26, St. Mary. Mr. Papke and wife were good farmers and accumulated a handsome property. They have been the parents of eleven children: Adolph, Melia, Augusta, Fred, John, Julius Jr., Sarah, Mary, Edward, Lewis and Ella. Adolph became a prominent far- born Feb. 15, 1848, In Prussia, came directly to Waseca county in 1867. He settled on section 9, and has become one of the wealthy farmers of the county. He has been married three times. His first wife was Caroline, widow of John Priebe, of St. Mary, by whom he had two children. She died June 19, 1880. Jan. 13, 1881, he married Augusta Fischer, who died March 20, 1884, leaving one child. His third wife was Mrs. Wilhelmine Leeck. He was town treasurer of St. Mary for a number of years, and is influential among his neighbors. He has also served as town supervisor for three terms.

Mr. Patrick Farley

a native of Ireland, was bom March 16, 1836, came to America in 1855, tarried a year in Albany, N. Y., then moved to Wisconsin where he lived until 1865, when he came to Alton, where he resided until 1887. He then bought a farm of Ed Brossard, in St. Mary, where he lived up to the time^ of his death, which occurred February 2, 1902. He married Miss Mary Ann Hagearty Feb. 2, 1870. She was born in Wisconsin in November, 1848. Eight children were born to them: Emma May, Thos. P., Wm. H., Edward, Nellie J., Katie, James and Sarah. An account of Mr. Farley's sudden death is noted elsewhere.

was a prominent citizen of this county during his life time. He was born in the state of New York, April 5, 1840. He was the son of John and Nancy Phelps and was reared on their farm. When Seth S. first came West, he lived near Portage, in Wisconsin. He and Miss Elspa Sutherland were married there Oct. 13, 1861. In 1865, Mr. Phelps visited Waseca county and purchased land where the family residence now stands. He then returned to Wisconsin to settle up his business. He moved hither with his family in 1866. In 1867 he became a railroad contractor and hauled freight from Waseca to Mankato, St. Peter, and New Ulm. He also had the contract for distributing ties along the railroad track as the road bed was completed west from Waseca. In 18G9 he took a contract to furnish a very large quantity of wood for the W. & St. P. railroad company. This business he followed for six or seven years. He put up a number of wood sawing machines and kept a boarding car for the accommodation of his workmen. His large and convenient farm residence now occupied by his widow, was built by him in 1869, and cost about $10,000.

The death of Mr. Phelps caused a sensation all along the line of the C. & N. W. railway in Minnesota. On the 11th of Mnrch. ISSt, he had been in Waseca on business and started to drive home late In the afternoon.

As he reached the crossing of the C. & N. W. railway just west of Waseca, he was struck by an engine and instantly killed, cut off in the prime of life. He left surviving him his wife, two daughters, and two sons. The two sons are married and live on the farm; Ellen, Mrs. Pitch, resides in Belview, Redwood county; Nancy, Mrs. Henderson, now a widow, makes her home on the farm with her mother.

Mr. Michael Gallagher

born in Marquette county. Wis., Peb. 22, 1858, is one of the prominent men of St. Mary. He came to Waseca county with his parents, Michael and Maria (Poley) Gallagher, about the first of July, 1863. On the 20th of October, 1SS6, he married Miss Ellen Lynch, who was born in St. Mary, Jan. 16, 1861. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lynch, were among the very early settlers of that town. Michael Gallagher, Sen., and his wife came to America in 1847, and first lived in the state of New York for seven years, and then moved to Wisconsin. The children of Michael, Sen., were six in number: Bernard, Rose Ann, John, Michael, Maria, and Celia. The last was burned to death when eleven years old, at the time the family residence was destroyed by fire. Mr. Gallagher senior, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Barden, at the advanced age of ninety-four years. His death occurred Sept. 24, 1903.

Mr. Hugh Healey

was one of the prominent early settlers of Iosco, having settled there in 1857. He was a native of County Mayo, Ireland, born in September, 1821. He came to America in 1849, landing in New York, March 31. He lived for some time in Pennsylvania. He married Miss Sarah Coleman, Dec. 14, 1852, and they reared a family of eleven children.

Mr. Christian Koester

was born in Alsace, France, July 31, 1832. His father died when his son was eight years of age. Christian came to America in 1853. He resided in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Michigan, but finally settled in Iosco, in 1864, where he purchased a farm. He married his first wife, Miss Catherine Eppingler, in 1858. She died March 9, 1873, leaving five children. March 22, 1874, he was again married, his bride being Anna Rudolph. He still resides on the old farm enjoying the fruits of a well spent life.

is another of the early settlers of Iosco. He married Miss Ann Lynch, at Lowell, Mass., in 1855, and they came to Iosco in 1856. Mr. McWaide was born in Ireland on Christmas, 1829, and came to America in 1849, accompanied by his sister, Ella. They landed in Boston after being on the water seven weeks and three days. Mr. and Mrs. McWaide have a fine, large farm of 280 acres with a large residence, and are possessed of all the comforts of life. Mr. McWaide has held many town offices and for several years has been president of the Waseca County Horse-thief Detectives. With this society he is very popular. Mr. and Mrs. McWaide have had five children, three of whom are living. Mrs. McWaide is the Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Lynch and one of a family of six children. Her brother, John Lynch, enlisted in 1861 and served during the war. He participated in many battles, and was especially commended for his bravery in the battle of Cedar Creek in the Shenandoah Valley.

The Honorable John Moonan

In this connection it is proper to correct a mistake made on page 41. It is there stated that Patrick Moonan settled in JanesvlUe in 1855. It should have read Iosco instead of Janesville.

Hon. John Moonan was born in the township of Iosco, Feb. 9, 1866, the year before the present city of Waseca was founded. His parents, who had lived in Iosco since 1855, moved to the village of Janesville about 1870, where they resided until November 22, 1882, when they removed to Waseca, and built what is now known as the Waverly Hotel. John is a graduate of the Waseca high school and studied law in the office of Lewis Brownell, Esq., being admitted to the bar March 21, 1887, by Judge Buckham. He at once took front rank at the bar of this county, and now has an extensive practice in this and adjoining counties.

Mr. Moonan was elected Mayor of Waseca in 1897, and served one term. He was elected and served as county attorney two terms - from Jan. 1, 1899, to Jan. 1903. He is now a member of the school board of this city and takes a deep interest in our educational affairs.

Mrs. Rosemary Breen Moonan is a daughter of the late Nicholas Breen, of this city. She was born in Iosco, in this county, in 1868, and came to Waseca with her parents when she was about four years of age. She is a graduate of the Waseca high school, and was for a time a teacher in one of the departments of the same school. She is a woman of marked ability and force of character. This county can't have too many such women.

Mr. George H. Goodspeed

Mr. George H. Goodspeed of Waseca, son of Henry Goodspeed, a Union veteran of the war of the Rebellion, was born in Barnstable, Mass., March 8, 1858, and came to Minnesota with his parents in 1872. His father died in 1876, leaving a widow, three sons, and two daughters. George was the oldest and upon him devolved the duty of carrying on the farm and business pertaining thereto.

On the 25th of May, 1880, he was married to Miss Orilla Justina Child, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Child. Orilla was born in Wilton, Dec. 15, 1861. Mr. and Mrs. Goodspeed aro the parents of three sons: Henry Erwin, dentist, of Waseca, born March 23, 1881; Claude Martin, born July 13, 1883; Frank Bradford, born Jan, 25, 1888. Claude is a sheep herder in Montana, and Frank is in the senior class of the Waseca high school at this writing.

George H. held the office of chairman of the board of supervisors of the town of Woodvihe prior to his removal to the city of Waseca. He was elected sheriff of the county in 1896, and again in 1898. In 1901 he opened up a small farm in the eastern part of Waseca. He soon after became foreman of R. P. Ward's large farm just west of Waseca, a position ne still holds at this writing.

The Honorable Henry Goodspebd

The subject of this sketch was born in Barnstable, Mass., Nov. 13, 1834, where he grew to manhood. He was the first man to enlist in Company E of the Fortieth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers under Captain Bearse. His health failed him to some extent, but he was admitted to the reserve corps and served until the 28th day of June, 1865, when he was honorably discharged. He was elected a member of the Massachusetts legislature, house of representatives, in 1871. In 1872 he came with his family to Minnesota and resided on a farm on the west side of Clear Lake, just northeast of Waseca. He was never a very rugged man, and died of consumption October 19, 1876.

He married Miss Temperance H. Parker in 1856. She was also a native of Barnstable, Mass., born July 15, 1836. For years prior to her death she suffered from cancer of the breast and side, and finally departed this life at Waseca, Dec. 9, 1896, at the age of sixty years, respected and mourned by all who knew her.

Mr. and Mrs. Goodspeed had five children: George H., Allen C, (deceased) Stanton W., Mrs. O. L. Smith, and Mrs. Elmer Herrick. Stanton and Mrs. Herrick reside at Glendive, Mont. The others are residents of this county.

Mr. Emil H. Prechel

This gentleman was one of the earliest settlers of St. Mary township. He was born in the town of Princeton, Wisconsin, April 13, 1855. His father, Mr. Gottlieb Prechel, started with an ox team and a covered wagon for Minnesota about the 1st of May following, in company with Martin, John F., and Gottlieb Krassin, Frederick Wobschall and Frederick Prechel, the last known as "Big Fred." Emil came a babe and was reared in St. Mary where he has ever since resided. He married Miss Alvina Lawin of the same town Nov. 26, 1880. Mrs. Prechel was born in Germany April 27, 1857, and came to America with her parents in 1864. They first lived in Wisconsin, near the city of Oshkosh, where they remained until 1878, when the family came to Minnesota, making their home on a farm near the south line of St. Mary township. Mr. and Mrs. Prechel have

The Honorable George A. Wilson

Judge Wilson was horn Jan. 22, 1856, in the town of Hammond, St. Lawrence county. New York. He did not come West to "grow up with the country" for he was fully developed in old St. Lawrence county, and must have come because the West at that time needed such a man. He moved to Janesville and captured first place in that village without a struggle. In 1894 he was a candidate for judge of probate against one of the most popular men in the county and was elected by a safe majority. In the campaign of 1904 he had the field all to himself. He married Miss Mary E. Wilson of Janesville July 3, 1895. Mrs. Wilson is also a. native of St. Lawrence county and is prominent in church and W. C. U. work.

Mr. Edward Bennett

was one of the early pioneers of Blue Earth county and our city of Waseca. He was born August 17, 1839, and moved with his parents near Mankato in 1856. In 1861, he enlisted in company A, Forty-fourth New York infantry and was afterward transferred to the One Hundred and Forty-sixth New York. He participated in nearly all of the battles of the Potomac, and was discharged as lieutenant July 26, 1865. He was married August 22, 1865, to Miss Eliza J. Brackett, of New Hampshire. In 1867 ',hey settled in Waseca and he engaged in the meat market business. In 1872 Mr. Bennett platted Bennett's Addition to Waseca, which still bears his name. He died after a long illness Oct. 16, 1898.

Mr. John W. Aughenbaugh, a member of the enterprising milling company of Everett, Aughenbaugh & Co., is a native of Ohio, born Dec. 25. 1846. HJs parents removed to Vandalia, Illinois, where they tarried about two years. They came to Minnesota in 1856 and settled in Freeborn. Freeborn county, where his father engaged In farming. When J. W. Aughenbaugh was only fifteen years of age he enlisted to serve in the navy. While in the navy he served on the lower Mississippi and along the Red River under Commodore Porter. After three >-ears' service in the navy he enlisted in Company B, First Minnesota, and served about two years in Virginia. At the close of the war he returned to Minnesota and entered the milling business at Faribault Aug. 25, 1865. He remained thus employed for four years, and mastered the millers' trade. He then entered a mill at Redwing, Minn., where he worked at his trade. He afterwards had charge of mills at Warsaw, Waterville and for a time ran a windmill at Freeborn. He came from Waterville to Waseca in

1877 and formed a partnership with Mr. William Everett, which continued until about 1888 when E. A. Everett, son of William, was admitted to the partnership. He married Miss Carrie Kocher, of Faribault, Nov. 18, 1868, and they are the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Harry Miller, and Mrs. G. W. Strong; and of one son. Master Dana. Mr. Aughenbaugh stands at the head of the flour milling business and knows all about the manufacturing of flour from A to Z.

Mr. Edward A. Everett

This gentleman was born in the town of Arena, Wisconsin, February 20, 1867, and sometimes remarks that he is two days older than Washington. His parents came to Waseca the following August and his father, Mr. Wm. Everett, commenced the erection of the first store building in Waseca. Edward is therefore a Waseca pioneer of the old school. He played marbles and fished and hunted and attended the village school until he was fifteen years old when he entered the school of schools, a business career with his father in the mercantile and milling business. He could shoulder as much wheat, pack as much flour, or shovel as much coal as the best man In the yards. By universal consent he soon became general manager of the immense business of the company, and throughout the state he is known as a safe and reliable business man. He is also president of the First National Bank of Waseca, having held that position since its organization. His mother's maiden name was Amelia S. Addison. She was the daughter of Dr. Addison, an English physician of note in Wisconsin. On the 2nd of September, 1890, Mr. B. A. Everett and Nettie Miller of Waseca, were united in marriage, she being the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Miller of Waseca. They are the parents of two cnildren, a son, William R., and a daughter, Constance Antoinette. In addition to his extensive milling business, both in Waseca and New Richland, he has large interests in Louisana and Texas in connection with the rice lands of those two states.

Mr. Guy W. Everett

brother of E. A. Everett, was born in Waseca, Sept. 21, 1876. He attended the public schools of Waseca for some years and then was a student in a school in San Francisco, Cal., during the sojourn of his parents in that city. Upon his return from California after the death of his father which occurred June 16, 1892, he took up work in the milling business of Everett, Aughenbaugh & Co. He was salesman on the road for some time and then took charge of the sales department of the business. He thoroughly understands his branch of the business, and gives it the most careful attention. He married Miss Esther Lewis, daughter of the late B. S. Lewis, of Waseca, June 15, 1898. They are the parents of one child, a daughter named Esther.

Mr. William Everett

MR. WILLIAM EVERETT founder of the Eaco mills, of Waseca, was born In New Jersey, near Newton, in the year 1828. There he lived until twenty-two years of age when he came West and lived at Hayworth. Wis. He married at the age of twenty-four and in May, 1859, came to Minnesota, with his family, and resided at the south end of Lake Shetek, Murray county. There he opened a farm and cultivated it until Aug. 20, 18C2, when the murderous Sioux Indians commenced the indiscriminate slaughter of men, women and children all along the western frontier. On that terrible day the little band of white settlers, consisting of some six families, were surrounded by a band of two hundred Sioux Indians, and the most of them either killed or wounded. Mr. Everett was shot in one leg and one arm and his wife and two little boys were murdered after having surrendered to the Indians. His little daughter, Lilly, was taken captive and afterwards recovered. Mr. Everett lost all his property, besides being ill for a long time of his wounds and exposures. He remained in the Mankato hospital till the following February when he went to Wisconsin. His loss at Lake Shetek was fully $5,000 of which he afterwards recovered of the government only $800. Mr. Everett then resided in Arena, Wis., and married Miss Amelia S. Addison, daughter of Dr. Addison, Oct. 29, 1865. In August, 1867, he came to Waseca and erected and opened the first mercantile house in the village of Waseca. He continued the sale of merchandise in this city until he commenced the milling business. By nature he was a very strong, robust man, but wounds and exposure at the time of the Indian Massacre so undermined his physical strength that he never recovered. He went to California for his health and died there June 16, 1892.

Mr. John B. Sullivan

MR. JOHN B. SULLIVAN, cashier of the First National Bank of Waseca, is a native of Xewburyport, Mass. His parents came to Minnesota in 1863 and lived on a farm In Dakota county, near Parmington, until 1872, when they settled in the town of Bath, Freeborn county. John attended the public schools of his neighborhood until about 1883-4 when he attended school at Winona and graduated from the Winona Commercial College. In 1885, he went to Kingsbury county, D. T., and opened a real estate and loan office at Lake Preston. For two winters he returned to Minnesota and taught school. In 1888 he bought a half interest in the Merchants Exchange Bank at that place, and in 1893 went into the flour milling business at the same place. He continued in the milling business until 1896, when he sold his interest in the mill and accepted the position of cashier of the First National Bank of Lake Benton. In 1901 he became interested in the Citizens State Bank, of Arlington, S. D., which was afterwards changed to a National Bank. About October 1, 1902, he, in connection with others, bought the Citizens State Bank of Waseca and changed it to the present First National Bank of Waseca. This insUtution began business under its new charter Jan. 2, 1903. Mr. Sullivan has been cashier of this bank since its opening. He is familiar with all the details of the banking business, and is very kind and obliging in all business and social affairs. He was joined in marriage with Miss Gertrude TJtley Anderson, Nov. 10, 1892, at De Smet, S. D. Mrs. Sullivan was born in Pryeburg, Maine, Peb. 16, 1875, and settled with her parents in South Dakota at an early day. Mrs. Sullivan, who was never very rugged, died of heart disease Sept. 3, 1904, leaving two little boys to the care of the father and a maiden aunt.

Mr. Eugene A. Smith

Among the very early settlers in the village of Wilton came Mr. E. A. Smith, brother of our county surveyor, Orson L. Smith. E. A. was born at Kingsville, Ashtabula county, Ohio, Dec. 26, 1833. He graduated at the Norwich University of Vermont in 1856, and immediately after came to Minnesota and settled in Wilton. He married Miss Sarah Ide, of that place, about 1861. He was an honorable and highly respected man. He died of typhoid pneumonia, Sept. 19, 1864, at Wilton, leaving a widow and one daughter. Miss Winnie, who is a resident of California at this writing. Mr. Smith had accumulated quite a property in real estate at the time of his demise.

Mr. Orson L. Smith

for twenty-five years county surveyor of Waseca county, was born in the town of Perry, Lake county, Ohio, April 7, 1845. He attended the public schools of his county, and at the age of seventeen, in 1862, enlisted in Company K, Fifty-second Ohio infantry and served for three years. At the close of the war, he went to Montana and worked in the mining regions five years. He then enlisted in Company E, Second United States cavalry, and served five years under Gen. Crooks, the noted Indian fighter. The most serious fighting in which he participated was at the destruction of the "Crazy Horse" camp, March 17, 1876, near the close of his term of service. He was honorably discharged soon after, and came to Waseca county in December, 1876. In the spring of 1877, he bought the farm on the north shore of Clear Lake where he has ever since resided. He married Miss Ruth Mabel Goodspeed, sister of George H. Goodspeed, Nov. 28,1878. They are the parents of two daughters, Mrs. Herbert Star, and Miss Isadore T. Mr. Smith was first elected county surveyor in 1880 and has held that oflice continuously by re-election ever since. He has also acted as city engineer for the city of Waseca for many years.

Mr. Jerome E. Madden

Insurance agent and real estate dealer, of Waseca, was born in St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 14, 1854, and is one of the youngest old settlers in Waseca county. His father, Jerome Madden, deceased, came to this county in the summer of 1856, in compa^y with Patrick Kenehan, Terrence Lilly and thfeir families. .Jerome Madden, Sr., secured a half section of land in the township of Wilton which belongs to his heirs at this writing. The family moved to Faribault about 1864, and opened a hotel where the Rice county court house now stands. Mr. Madden sold out in Faribault about 1868 and came to Waseca and erected what was known as the Madden House. Jerome E. attended St. John's college, near St. Cloud, Minn., at a place now known as "Collegeville," for some time, and then went to Prairie du Chien, Wis., where he finished his school studies and graduated from St. John's college, at that place, June 2-t, 1875. Very soon after that he accepted the position of deputy auditor of Waseca county under Mr. Cronkhite. He held this position until the close of the year 1880. He then went to Faribault where he was deputy auditor of Rice county for two years. He next went to Deadwood, S. D., where he was employed as bookkeeper in the First National bank until the death of his mother which occurred in Waseca, August 30, 1888. Shortly after her death, he went to Ely, in St. Louis county, Minn., where he spent one year as bookkeeper in a store owned and operated by a large mining company, a hundred miles north of Duluth. He soon after returned to Waseca, and in 1895 opened a real estate, loan and insurance office. He also has a complete set of abstract books and furnishes abstracts in connection with his other business. His father died in Waseca, Nov. IS, 1895.

J. E. Madden and Miss Edith Bellm, of New Ulm, were united in marriage Feb. 9, 1899. Miss Bellm was born July 2, 1S72, in New Ulm, of German parents. Mr. Madden is a stockholder and one of the directors of the First National bank of Waseca, and a first-class business man.

Halvor K. Stearns

of New Richland, was born in Nomedal, Norway. Christmas Day, 1S36. At the age of seventeen he came to America, and lived in Rock county. W isconsin. Here he was married in 1860 to Miss Betsy Sevets, who was born in Norway in June, 1840. He came to Waseca county, accompanied by his wife and one child, in 1862, settling on a farm about two miles east of the present village of New Richland. He lived on his farm from 1SH2 to 1880, when he removed to the village of New Richland and opened a general merchandise store. He served as county commissioner from January, 1874, to December, 1879, with credit to himself and satisfaction to his constituents. He departed this life February 16, 1905.

Mr. Garrett Sheehan

of St. Mary, was born in County Cork, Ireland, about the year 1830. He came to this country in 1852, landed at New York and came immediately to Detroit, Mich., where an uncle resided. Shortly afterwards, he commenced work in the copper mines on the south shore of Lake Superior where he remained about two years. He also worked some time on the Sault Ste. Marie canal and afterwards in the Ontanagon, Mich., mines. He then started for Waseca county and arrived on election day in the fall of 1S56, his brother Dennis and Mr. James Brown having settled here a short time before. Mr. Sheehan made a claim on section 20, town of St. Mary, where he still resides. He married Miss Ellen Daly in the fall of 1858. She passed to rest October 13, 1903. At this writing, (1905) he has one son and three daughters. His son, James, is on the farm with him, as are also two of the daughters. The third daughter, Mrs. Wm. Wheelock, resides in "Waseca. Mr. Sheehan's experiences in hauling produce to the Hastings market in the early days, and with the Indians would fill much space. He was a strong, vigorous man, and few have done more than he in developing the natural resources of the country. He has two farms and has a competency for his old age.

Mrs. Susan E. Smith

Mrs. Susan K. Smith, widow of Hon. Warren Smith, deceased, died at the family residence, June 21, 1896, after a lingering illness of some twelve weeks. She was prostrated at first with grippe from which she was unable to recover. She was a sister of the well-ltnown merchant, J. W. Johnson, of "Waseca, and was born in Boston, Mass., August 8, 1S25. She married Mr. Warren Smith, October 9, 1853, and came to Minnesota with him in 1856. They first lived in Faribault, but came to St. Mary, in this county, in 1858, where they made their home until 1862, when they removed to Wilton where they resided until the fall of 1870 when they settled in Waseca. Mrs. Smith was a model wife, mother, neighbor, and citizen. She was thoroughly devoted to the welfare of her family and neighbors, and enjoyed the highest esteem of all who knew her. She possessed all the Christian virtues and graces. She left surviving a daughter, Mary L., a son, Hon. Charles A., four sisters, and two brothers.

Mr. Henry J. Meyer

This gentleman was born in Germany, February 12, 1832, and lacked only ten days of being seventy-three years of age at the time of his death. He came to Waseca county about the year 1860, and first lived in Wilton. He married Miss Justina Krassin, daughter of Gottlieb Krassin, April 1, 1861. They commenced married life on a farm in the south part of Wilton. He soon after sold that farm, and then bought and sold several in succession, finally settling in Freedom in the early seventies. October 15, 1873, his left arm was torn off in a threshing machine. He still carried on his farming operations, however, until a few years ago when he Duilt a residence in Waseca and turned his farm over to his sons. For about two years prior to his death, which occurred Jan. 30, 1905, he suffered from bladder trouble. He was the father of three children - Mrs. S. J. Krassin, Hon. W. H. Meyer, and Julius Meyer, all of whom, with his wife, survive him. Mr. Meyer was an energetic, prompt man in business, thoroughly honorable and upright in his dealings, and a good citizen.

The Reverend Father Hermon

THE REVEREND FATHER HERMON. This gentleman was one of the early priests of this county and officiated for a long time in the St. Mary parish, some thirty years ago. He was an earnest, eloquent worker and did perhaps more than any other one person to promote temperance and total abstinence among his church members. The principles of total abstinence, which he inculcated in the hearts of the young men of this county, have been of uncounted value to the people of the parishes where he officiated and to all the people of the county. While he sometimes erred, as a rule, he was a woricer for the right, and an efficient worker. He died Jan. 27, 1905, at St. Joseph's hospital in St. Jt'aul, of Bright's disease, at the age of sixty-five. His funeral was held in the Catholic church of Waseca, Jan. 29, 1905, Father Treanor officiating, and his remains were interred in the Janesville cemetery beside those of relatives gone before.

WM. H. STEARNS. This gentleman was the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Stearns, early settlers in the town of Otisco. He was born in that township in May, 1859. He resided the greater part of his life there, leaving the farm only a short time to buy wheat in this city for Everett, Aughenbaugh & Co. He spent a short time in the mercantile business in New Richland and then returned to the farm for awhile before settling in Waseca. He taught school lor a number of winters while engaged in farming. In the spring of 1884 he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Armitage, who survives him. One daughter, Monna, was born to them. After a prolonged and severe illness, he departed this life, Jan. 10, 1905. Some six years prior to his death, he underwent an operation for tuberculosis of a bone of one leg. The operation cost him the loss of his entire limb. He had not been in robust health since that time, but had been able to keep about and attended to light work until about a year prior to his demise.

Mr. Fred M. Papke

This gentleman was born In St. Mary, this county, September 17, 1866, Jir. and Mrs. Julius Papke, of Waseca, being his parents. He was a prosperous farmer, and one of the largest men, physically, in ^Yaseca county. He was a genial, good-hearted citizen, a kind father and husband. He owned a good farm on section 36, in Blooming Grove, and was a successful farmer. He died June 16, 1904, of pneumonia after a short Illness. His wife and two children - a son and a daughter - survive him.

Mrs. Jennie Weed Stearns

This lady, wife of Mr. George B. Stearns, of Otisco, died at her home, June 10, 1904, of Addison's disease of the kidneys from which she had been ailing for some time and for which she underwent an operation at the Mayo hospital in Rochester a few weeks prior to her death. Mrs. Stearns was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. F. Weed and was born on the home .farm in Wilton in 1859; she grew to womanhood in that part of the county and was married at the age of seventeen. With the exception of a few years in New Richland, she and her husband made their home in Otisco.

Four children were born to them: Edwin, who is married and resides in Waiseoa, being a fireman on the C. & N. W. railway; Charles, Floyd, and Walter, who are yet at home.

Tnis gentleman was born in Illinois, February 10, 1854. His father, Capt. Lewis McKune, who was instantly killed at the first battle of Bull Run, came with his family to Minnesota, and settled in Blooming Grove, in 1856. With the exception of a few years at Morristown, Frederick had been a resident of Blooming Grove to the time of his death. He married Miss Clarissa C. Gore, of Morristown, in 1883, and three children were bovn to them. Mr. McKune was elected county commissioner in 1900, and, although a very modest man, performed his duties with fidelity. His death from brain trouble occurred June 14, 1904. He had been sick for some time, but it was not generally known that his illness was oi a serious nature.

Mr. Nicholas J. Brben Killed Instantly

Thirj gentleman, senior member of the firm of N. J. Breen & Sons, proprietors of the oatmeal mill, was instantly killed at Waseca, June 8, 1904, on the side track of the M. & St. L. railroad, at the Wood street crossing, near their mill. Freight cars were standing on the crossing, the rear end of the hind car being about half way across the sidewalk crossing. As Mr. Breen stepped upon the track, in going around the end of the car, the cars were suddenly shoved back. The bumper struck him and knocked him down. He attempted to get off the track upon his hands and knees when the wheels caught him at the waist and cut him in two - the skin only holding the body together. It is said that three cars passed over his body. One arm was badly broken as was one of his legs. Death must have been almost instantaneous.

Sympathetic citizens rolled the car wheel off the body and put the remains upon a stretcher, whence they were taken to the Comee & Pfaff undertaking rooms.

Mr. Breen was born in Dublin, Ireland, January 29, 1830. His parents died when he was twelve years old and he was cared for by an uncle who lived in county Wexford. While living there he learned blacksmith- Ing. When only nineteen years of age he came to America, first stopping at Binghampton, N. Y. In the fall of 1849 he came as far west as Milwaukee where he lived two years. In 1851 he opened a blacksmith shop at Franklin, Wis., where he lived until 1866 when he came to the town of Iosco where he opened a farm. This he carried on until about 1871, when he came to Waseca to live and erected a blacksmith shop on the corner of First and Elm streets. This he sold to the city for a city hall, June 14, 1888, and at once erected the oatmeal mill situated at the side of the M. & St. L. railroad tracks.

He married Miss Rose Anna McAnany, a native of New York city, in 1857, by whom he had seven children: Margaret M., John J., Thomas, Francis M., Agnes C, Mrs. John Moonan and Alice, all of whom reside In Waseca. Mr. Breen was one of our most honorable, upright, and reliable citizens. All his life he was a Father Matthew total abstinence advocate; a man well read and thoroughly informed, especially in matters pertaining to America and Great Britain. He was a prominent, devoted, and consistent member of the Catholic church, and if all men were such as he, there need be no fear of the Hereafter.

Mrs. Rudolph Bablbr

- This good woman died at her home in Merton, Minn., Monday, May 30, at the age of seventy-four years, of cancer of the stomach. She was born at Canton Glarus, Switzerland, In 1830. On February 16, 1853, she was married to Rudolph Babler and on February 27, eleven days after their marriage, they started for the United States, reaching Greene county, Wisconsin, May 1, 1853. There they lived eleven years, and then came to Minnesota to the town of Woodville, Waseca county, in 1864. They arrived on May 1 of that year and lived there until 1887, when they moved to Clinton Falls, where they lived until May 1903, when they moved to Merton. The deceased was a most estimable woman. She was the mother of eight children, six of whom survive her, as follows: Mrs. A. C. Sanders, Merton; Mrs. George Irvine, Woodville; John Babler, Humbird, Wis.; Christopher Babler, of Hennepin county; Mrs. William Biram, of Idaho; and Rudolph Babler, Jr., of Perham, Minn.

was visiting his daughter, Mrs. W. L. Biram. He was born in Switzerland Jan. 21, 1828. Mr. Babler was a good citizen, a kind husband and father, and an obliging neighbor.

Mr. Peterson was one of the prominent and influential men of Otisco. He was born June 25, 1825, in Smoland, Skarstad Socken, Sweden. At the age of twenty-eight, in the fall of 1853. he sailed for America, arriving at New York, Oct 20, 1853. He then journeyed to La Fayette, Ind., and entered the employ of a farmer named Murdock where he worked until the spring of 1857. In the month of March, of that year, he was united in marriage with Miss Britta Christina Peterson, of Chicago, and they at once came to Minnesota, arriving the same month. He settled on section 21, in Otisco where he resided at the time of his death. His first wife died in August, 1862, leaving one daughter, Miss Mary C. Peterson.

He Temained in Sweden a year, leaving there in June, on his return trip, arriving at New York, July 4, 1865. On the 18th of August following, he was united in marriage to Miss Helena Johnson, of Otisco. Ten children were born to them, of whom only four are now living. He died at his home in Otisco at the advanced age of seventy-three, April 25, 1898. ' His son, Theodore Peterson, was born in Otisco, Sept. 26, 1871. He is an active, influential young man. He was appointed deputy county auditor, by Auditor Bailer, in 1901, and still holds the position, giving general satisfaction to all concerned.

Mr. John Fratzke

This gentleman was one of our "Union veterans, and an early settler in the town of Freedom. He was a native of Germany, born Oct. 25, 1833. At the age of twenty years, he sailed for America on a sail ship, being nine weeks on the sea. He landed at New York, Jan. 3, 1854, and immediately came west as far as Princeton, Wisconsin. Three years later his parents, five brothers, and one sister, arrived at Princeton from Germany. He married Miss Gering in 1859. On the second day of December, 18C2, he enlisted as a private in Company A, Sixteenth regiment of Wisconsin Volunteer infantry to serve for three years or during the war. He went South with nis regiment the same fall. At Louisville, Ky., he was wounded twice. At Atlanta, Ga., he was in a hot place and received two gun shot wounds, one bullet passing through his left thigh and another through his left ankle. He was sent to the hospital and remained there five months. At one time the rebel firing was so hot that the hospital had to be moved seven times in one day. After his recovery, he again took the field, this time at the battle of Gettysburg, which continued three days and nights. At the close of the war he marched to Washington and passed the Capitol in grand review. He was soon after honorably discharged and returned to his home in Wisconsin. In 1866, he and his brother William and their families came with ox teams and covered wagons to the town of Freedom, then a new settlement. Two years later his wife died, leaving three small children. For three years he lived with his brother William in a log cabin 12x14 feet, with a clay r.oor. i'eb. 1, 1870, he visited Germany and there married Miss Gussey and returned to America in May, 1871. Three years later, his second wife died leaving a daughter, Hulda, and a son. Gust J., the latter only three weeks old. Gust J. was cared for and reared by Mrs. Henry Liferman. In 1875, Mr. Fratzke was again married, this time to Miss Mathilda Barbknecht. Mr. Fratzke was treasurer of the town of Freedom for seventeen years. In 1894, he moved into the town of Wilton where he died in 1896 at tne age of sixty-three years. He was an honorable, upright man, and a true patriot.

Two years after John and William came to Minnesota, their father and mother, three brothers, and a sister joined them. The father died at the ago of seventy-seven years; the mother at the age of sixty-six.

Wm. Pratzke still resides in Freedom. Carl Fratzke owns a large farm In Freedom, but resides on another farm near Cottonwood. Julius died in 1891 at the age of fifty-five years. Gustave, another brother of John, owns a large farm in Freedom, but resides in the village of Janesville and runs a general store. Another brother, Herman, is living in Ripen, Wisconsin. The only sister of the family married Mr. Ernest Miller, who owns a large farm in Freedom, while managing a store in Janesville where he resides with his family. John Fratzke had three sons by his first wife: Herman, a carpenter, who is married and lives in this county; William, who went to Wisconsin ten years ago, married and lives at Fox Lake; Charles, who left home at the age of fourteen years and has not been heard from since. John's daughter Hulda, by his second wife, at the age of twenty-one, married Fred Kelling, and died five years later at Janesville.

Gust J. Fratzke, the son by his second wife, married Miss Amy Lang, of Vivian, daughter of Mr. Herman Lang, one of the old settlers of that town. Gust J. ran a threshing machine for some time, and then moved to Janesville, at the same time becoming traveling salesman for a Minneapolis machinery company. After being with the company three years, he accepted a position with the J. I. Case company, of Wisconsin.

John Fratzke had three sons by his third wife^ - Ed, now in Texas; Henry, who is married and lives on a farm in Wilton; and Frank W., who enlisted Dec. 23, 1901, in the army of the United States and served three years. He was a private of Troop H, Sixth regiment of cavalry, and served the most of the time in the Philippine Islands. Near the close of his term he was stationed at Fort Meade, Souh Dakota. He enlisted at the age of eighteen years, and was honorably discharged on the 22nd of December, 1904.

of Blooming Grove, was born in Deerfleld, Steele county, Oct. 5, 1S66, and is the son of Mr. Conrad Reineke, now of Faribault. His grandfather, whose name was also Conrad, was born in the Province of Hanover, Germany, and came to Arnerica with his family about the year 1S53. They were eight weeks on the ocean. They first lived in Schonberg, near Chicago. In May, 1855, Conrad, Christian, and Henry Reineke, with their parents, started for Minnesota with ox teams and wagons. They arrived in Deerfleld about the first of June 1855, where Grandfather Conrad Reineke made a claim. Here the family made their home in spite of the hardships incident to pioneer life. Conrad Junior, father of H. W., was then about twelve years of age, having been born July 19, lS-13. Grandfather Conrad died in the early sixties. Conrad Junior enlisted in Company F, Third Minnesota, in 1863, and served until 1865. Conrad was married soon after his return from the army to Miss Otelia Wilkowski. They have ten children: Henry W., Anna, George, William, Albert, Louis, Hulda, Ernest, Rudolph, and Stella. Henry W. was married to Miss Winnie

Mr. And Mrs. Conrad Reinekb

Fehmer Oct. 23, 1900. She was born March 25, 1867. They have six children, one boy and five girls. H. W. has been secretary oi: the Deerfleld creamery association and prominent in all public affairs. His brother, Dr. George Reineke, lives at New Ulm where he practices medicine. William and Albert are well-to-do farmers in Blooming Grove. Louis is a farmer in Deerfield. Ernest is studying for the ministry in the German M. E. church. Rudolph is attending school in Faribault. Fred and Edward Reinfike, sons of Christian Reineke, of Deerfield, also reside in Blooming Grove. The Messrs. Reineke are all well-to-do people and very reliable.

Mr. Blling Johnson

Mr. Johnson was born in Norway Jan. 6, 1840, and came to America in 1856, living first in McHenry county, 111. In Dec, 1859, he, with others, went into northern Wisconsin and chopped and cleared the timber from a public highway which was being constructed at public expense. From Dec. 2, 1859, to March 1, 1860, they camped out in the open air and slept in their working clothes. The only protection they had was a covering of evergreen boughs overhead and a bed of the same material with a big campflre in front. In March he went to work in the copper mines at Rockland, Michigan. From there he came to Dodge county, Minnesota, and in 1864 enlisted in Company H, Eleventh Minnesota Volunteer infantry. He served until June 26, 1865, when he was honorably discharged, and returned to Dodge county, Minn. There he engaged in the lumber business until 1872 when he came to Waseca and took charge of the Winona Lumber company's business in Waseca where he has since resided. He married Miss G. Anderson while yet In McHenry county. 111. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson are prominent and leading members of the Norwegian Lutheran church.

Mr. John A. Krassin

This gentleman is a native of this county. He was born in St. Mary township, Sept. 6, 1856. He followed farming until 1889, when he came to Waseca and went into the machine business with San Galli and Herman Lawin. About a year later he sold his interest in the machine business and commenced the buying and selling of cattle and hogs, the business in which he is now engaged. He was married to Miss Emma Lawin, then of St. Mary, March 29, 1887. Mrs. Krassin was born near Oshkosh, Wisconsin, April 25, 1865, and came to Minnesota with her parents in 1878. Mr. and Mrs. Krassin are the parents of five children - two boys and three girls. Mr. Krassin still owns his farm and other lands, in all about two hundred seventy acres.

Mr. Jerome Madden

St. Louis, Mo. He came to Waseca county with his family and settled in Wilton in 1856. He was the father of four sons and one daughter. Mary, now Mrs. Carroll of Waseca, was born in St. Louis, Mo., May 3, 1850; Jerome B. was born at the same place Dec. 14, 1854; Thomas was born in Lacon, 111., Jan. 18, 1857; Francis was born in St. Mary, Minn., Jan. 30, 1859; and James was born at the same place July 27, 1862. Thomas Madden is a resident of St. Mary; Prank is at Dedham, Wis.; and James is in Minneapolis. The mother died August 30, 1888, and Jerome, the father, died Nov. 18, 1895. Other facts are given under the title "Jerome E. Madden."

Mr. Roscob Percy Ward

Mr. Ward is the well-known cashier of the People's State bank of Waseca, and a son of Hon. W. G. Ward, deceased, who was one of the pioneers of the West and chief engineer in charge of the building of that portion of the C. & N. W. railway, known as the Winona & St. Peter brancn. R. V. was born in the city of Waseca, Jan. 5, 1872. He attended the city schools and graduated from the high school in the class of 1889. He then began the academic course at the State University of Minnesota; but, on the death of his father, which occurred Sept. 21, 1892, he was obliged to leave his university studies in order to look after the large business interests of his father's estate. He married Miss Daisy M. Cole of Minneapolis, Aug. 10, 1893, she being about his own age. They have one child, Emerson. Mr. Ward entered upon the duties of bank cashier in July, 1897, and under his administration, the business of the bank has been largely increased. In addition to his banking interests, he is largely interested in farming. He owns one of the finest farms in the state just west of Waseca. He has been alderman from his ward for a number of years and president of the city council for several terms. He resigned the office of alderman in the spring of 1905, having served less than half his last term.

Mr. H. P. Norton, who came to Minnesota in July, 1855, is a native of Richford, Tioga county, New York. He was born May 20, 1823. His father was a blacksmith. H. P. attended the public school of his town, learned his father's trade, and worked at home until he reached his majority. Por two years he worked at his trade as a journeyman. In the spring of 1846 he came West, arriving at Woodstock, 111., about the 1st of June. He remained there for several years, working at his trade, and then went to Chicago where he was employed in the railroad shops until 1856, when he came to Minnesota, arriving at Owatonna in July of that year. Here he found employment with "Uncle" Joel Wilson, the pioneer blacksmith, of Owatonna. He remained with "Uncle Joel" until fall, when he came to Wilton, then a new town, and opened the first blacksmith shop in that place. Those were the days' that tried men's souls, it was work and trust and trust and work, and barter and dicker and dicker and barter. Mr. Norton's books still show several hundred dollars of "trust" unpaid, but the "trusts" of those days were not like the "trusts" of to-day. His brother, C. O. Norton, also a blacksmith, joined him in 1857, and they carried on the business together for a long time. In 1859 H. P. Norton was appointed and elected to fill out the term of clerk of the district court, made vacant by the removal of Thos. L. Page. This oflBce he held until Jan. 1, 1862, when he was succeeded by H. P. West. He was then made postmaster of Wilton for two years, when he was elected register of deeds. He served two years as register, and at the same time held the position of agent for the American Express company. He was married at Woodstock, 111., March 2, 1863, to Miss Anna G. Kimball, an accomplished lady possessed of some property. They have one son, Charles N., who is married and resides in Waseca. In 1867, Mr. Norton and his wife became part proprietors of the First Addition to Waseca, and were among the very first to make their home in the new town. Mr. Norton still held the position of agent of the American Express company and opened the office in Waseca in the fall of 1867. In connection with the express business, he opened a real estate office, which he carried on until 1884, when he retired from active business. Mr. Norton was the first village marshal of Waseca and held various other positions of honor. His father's name was Amzi. He was a native of Connecticut and was born Feb. 12, 1783, and his mother was a native of the same state. They were the parents of ten children. At this writing - March 1905 - Mr. Norton is nearly eighty-two years of age and is remarkably well preserved. The picture accompanying this sketch, was taken March 13, 1905. Financially he is well fixed, and in every way he is surrounded with all that is agreeable and comfortable.

Colonel W. W. Robinson

This gentleman settled in Wilton in 1856. He was bom at Fair Haven, Vermont, Dec. 14, 1819. He graduated from Rutland Academy at the age of nineteen. He also took a course at the Norwich Military academy. He married Sarah Jane Fisk, daughter of Daniel Fisk, Feb. 5, 1842. At the breaking out of the war with Mexico, in 1846, he promptly enlisted and was elected first lieutenant, his commission bearing date June 12, 1846. Oct. 26, 1846, he was promoted to captain. At the close of the Mexican war he returned to Ohio, where he remained until 1851, when he made a trip to Wisconsin on a land speculation. In the spring of 1852, he went to California overland, being six months on the way thither. He remained in the "Golden State" until the fall of 1855, when he rejoined his family at Sparta, Wisconsin. As before stated, he came to Wilton, in this county, in the fall of 1856, where ne resided with his family. He practiced law to some extent while in Wilton and was prominent in local affairs. In 1859 he disposed of his property here and returned to Sparta, Wis. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he engaged in drilling men for ihe service, and on the 15th of August, 1861, was commissioned lieutenant colonel of the Seventh Regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry. This regiment, with four others, constituted the famous Iron Brigade. He was promoted to colonel of the regiment in February, 1862. He resigned in July, 1864, on account of sickness and the breaking out of a wound received at Gainesville, in 1862. He participated in over thirty battles and skirmishes. After a partial recovery of his health he engaged in lumbering at Chippewa Falls, Wis. In 1875 he was appointed U. S. consul at Madagascar by President Grant and held that position until the fall of 1886, when he resigned and returned to his family. At this writing, 1905, Mrs. Robinson is living at Seattle, state of Washington, in good health at the age of eighty-six years. Colonel Robinson died April 27, la03.

Mr. Joseph Fromlath

Joseph Promlath was born in Stadel Baden, Germany, March 19, 1853. He came to Waseca, Minn., Feb. 1, 1871. He obtained employment for three years on the farm that he later bought of Mr. S. F. Repstein. The farm is situated on section twenty, town of Otisco, Minn., and was the home of Mr. Fromlath's family for many years. It was to this farm that, in the yoar 1876, he brought his bride, Minnie Frank, daughter of Ludwig Frank, of Wilton. Here were reared their six children: Caroline, born May 4, 1877: George, born July 29, 1879; Anna, born Jan. 19, ISSl; Edward, born August 16, 1887; Martha, born January 18, 1S9:3; Joseph, Jr., born March 19, 1904.

In 1904, Mr. Fromlath and family removed to North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Fromlath reside in the city of Lisbon; their older children are carrying on a large farm near that place.

While a resident of this county Mr. Fromlath held at different times the ofHces of school director, town supervisor, treasurer of the Otisco Station creamery association, and county commissioner. At the time of his removal to North Dakota, he was one of the directors of the First National bank, of Waseca, and is at this writing a stockholder therein.

The Honorable John N. Powers

Hon. .Tohn Neil Powers was one of the early settlers of this county and a good citizen. He was born of Irish parents, at Providence, Rhode Island, September 26, 1836, and with his parents, at an early age, moved to Woodstock, Illinois, where he resided until 1856, when he came to Blooming Grove, in Waseca county, Minnesota. In 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Fourth regiment, Minnesota volunteers, serving for three years. After being honorably discharged he returned to Waseca county, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867. Here he practiced law for some time. He was married Nov. 2, IStiS. to Miss Anna Josephine Conners. He removed to Morristown soon after, where he practiced law and also edited the first paper published in Morristown during 1876. He also published a paper at Waterville during 1877. He was elected to the legislature as a member of the house of representatives from Kice county in 1866. Mr. Powers died March 1, 1901, after having suffered from, paralysis for a long time. He was survived by a widow, eight children, and two sisters. He was a very kind-hearted, good man. He was in no sense a money maker - much less a money schemer. Coming from the ranks of working men, he was always their friend and champion. The world would be better if there were more such men. MRS. CHARLES MUNSON. This lady is a daughter of the late James Jones, known as "Jones the joker," and came with her parents to Iosco in May 1856. Mrs. Munson was about five years old when her parents settled in Iosco, and has a very distinct recollection of the early days in this county. She has a vivid remembrance of the Indians, who made frequent visits to the farm and often camped in the vicinity. Her father, who died January 24, 1902, at the age of ninety-two years, was one of the iolliest of all the pioneer settlers of the county.

The Honorable Gottfried Buchler

Mr. Buchler was born in Baden, Germany, in 1836, the last day of February. His mother died when he was about a year old. He came to America with his father when Gottfried was eight years of age. They lived in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, when that section was a wilderness of heavy timber. He helped to clear and cultivate the farm, and married there, carrying on his farm until 1868, when he sold his property there and came to Waseca that fall. He first opened a boot and shoe store, and afterwards added clothing - a business which he continued to the time of his death. In 1886 he was elected mayor of this city, and served one term. His administration was noted for its strenuous economy in all departments.

On Christmas morning, 1904, he arose apparently in his usual health; he ate his breakfast, smoked his pipe, and talked with his children as usual. About 11:30 a. m. he went from the kitchen into the dining room and sat down in his arm chair near the table. Evidently he took from a plate on the table a piece of candy, and when about to eat it, was suddenly stricken. His daughter heard a peculiar gasping and went to his side. He gasped a time or two more and was dead without speaking. He had not been feeling very well for some days, a pain in the region of the heart being felt at times. But his doctor told him it was only the result of indigestion, and little was thought of it. His sudden death on Christmas morning was a painful shock to the community as well as to his immediate family. He left surviving, three daughters and' two sons- Messrs. Louis and Edmund, and Misses Mary, Louise and Josephine, all of age.

Suicide Of Matt Christiaxson

Wednesday morning last, Mr. Raymond Doyle, business manager of the Plum Valley creamery, brought the sad news that Matt Christianson, of Vivian, was found upon the floor of his house, beside his bed, with a bullet hole in his head. The facts, as we hear them, are substantially as follows:

Some time ago Mrs. Christianson, fearing that her husband, in his bursts of passion or madness, would kill her, left her home to live with relatives or friends.

Christianson and a son thirteen or fourteen years of age, had been keeping house by themselves. On Monday the father went to Mankato, to see his wife. Returning, he stopped at Minnesota Lake, bought a revolver, and proceeded homeward.

In the meantime his son did the chores Monday night and went to stay over night with a neighbor boy. Tuesday morning the son, accompanied by the neighbor boy, returned to the Christianson house. Upon opening the door, a terrible sight met their astonished gaze. There upon the floor, covered with blood and with blood all around him, lay Christianson with a bullet hole in his head apparently unconscious, but still breathing. The terrified boys at once alarmed the neighbors, who soon gathered at the house, but no one seemed willing to attempt to do anything for the wounded man until a physician could be obtained from Minnesota Lake.

This is the same Christianson who, over a year ago, assaulted his neighbor, Ewald, with a loaded gun and who was himself thoroughly bruised at the time by young Ewald, who defended his father. Mr. Christianson was arrested at that time, heavily fined, and put under bonds to keep the peace. It is generally thought by those acquainted with him that he has been insane for a long time.

Our Vivian correspondent writes that the victim shot himself through the mouth, the bullet piercing the brain. This is confirmed by Coroner Blanchard who visited the remains on Wednesday, the man having died on Tuesday.

Our Vivian correspondent also writes that Christianson, a short time before, attempted to kill his wife with a butcher knife. It also appears that Mrs. Christianson, since that time, has been living wih a daughter at Mankato.

Tragic Death Of Dr. Edward Dolan

TRAGIC DEATH OF DR. EDWARD DOLAN. Tragic in the extreme was the death by accidental poisoning of Dr. Edward Dolan, of Worthington, .Jan. 8, 1904. Not feeling well Saturday night when leaving the farm house of a patient five miles south of Worthington, he reached for his medicine case, pulled out a bottle and drank a quantity of carbolic acid.

He had made a mistake in the darlmess, but with great presence of mind, poured several ounces of alcohol down his throat, but his efforts to save himself were vain. Doctor Dolan gasped out an Order to his driver to hurry at full spe6d to' Woi'thington, and while the buggy rushed over tne road he exerted every effort to save his own life. About a mile from Lown he alighted from the vehicle, intending to keep the vital spark alive by walking. He had wallted but a few paces when he reeled and fell, racked with convulsions. Death ended his sufferings very soon and the driver brought the body into town. Doctor Dolan was about thirtyseven years of age and had practiced medicine at Worthington for ten or twelve years. He was born in Iosco and many of his relatives live in this vicinity.

At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he left his large practice to serve as captain of Company H, Fifteenth Minnesota volunteers, and continued in the service until his regiment was mustered out. He left surviving him his wife and one son two years old.

Professor P. V. Hubbard

This gentleman was superintendent in charge of the schools of Waseca for nine years, having come here from Redwood Falls where he had taught for six years. He was highly esteemed and stood high among the schoolmen of the state. He had been one of the vice presidents of the State Teachers' association and an officer of the National Association of Superintendents. He was suddenly killed at his home in Red Wing, August 27, 1901. He had been remodeling his house and was directing work with a horse scraper on the lawn. The driver had some trouble with the scraper, and Mr. Hubbard, who was in haste to be done, tried to help him. As Mr. Hubbard unhooked it, the load of dirt threw the scraper over suddenly and the end of the lever hit him in the back of the head, breaking his neck. He died instantly. He was forty-six years old. His wife and four sons survived him.

He was a graduate of the Whitewater, Wis., Normal school. He was one of the best teachers, if not the best, that ever had charge of the Waseca schools.

Mr. John Dalton

This gentleman was one of the prominent farmers of Iosco, who settled there about the year 1866. He was born in Ireland, coming to this country in 1847, at the age of twenty-three. He worked on the Erie canal m the state of New York, and later resided some years in Illinois, before coming to Minnesota. He accumulated considerable property, having a fine farm and a pleasant home, at the time of his death. He died Dec. 8, 1899, at the age of seventy-five years.

Mr. August F. Grapp

& Carpet company, was born July 26, 1841, at Ukermark, Prussia, where he was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of cabinet maker. At the age of eighteen, as is the law there, he entered the army and served in all four years - the last year, 1864-5, he saw active service in the war with Denmark. As soon as the war was over he came to America, arriving in August, 1866. His parents had preceded him and resided at Fountain City, Wis., where he joined them. He worked at Fountain City a few months, and then came as far west as Owatonna. There he worked until the village of Waseca was platted in 1867, when he was one among the very first to buy a lot in the new town and build. He had only $75 to begin with, but, nothing daunted, he purchased a lot on time, put up a small building with his own hands and opened a furniture store before the grain crop then standing on the plat had been stacked. The lot he then built upon is the adjoining lot on the north of the one he now occ;ipies. From this small beginning has grown the immense business of the present firm. On the first of December, 1869, he was wedded to Miss Ottilie L. Roesler, who was born Sept, 17, 18&2, in Michigan City, Indiana, and came to Waseca county with her parents in 1862, about the time of the Indian massacre in Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Grapp are the parents of nine children, eight of whom are living: Wm. L., born Dec. 14, 1871; Otto W., born Nov. 7, 1873; Albert E., born Sept. 6, 1875; Frederick C, born Sept. 27, 1877, and died July 19, 1885; Lydia A. R., born Feb. 14, 1882; John H., born Jan. 10, 1885; George L., born Aug. 17, 1887; Edward A., born Feb. 10, 1889, and Roy E., born Jan. 9, 1893. Wm. L. Grapp manages the popular store at Janesville, and Otto W. is at the head of their business at Redwood Falls. Mr. A. Grapp is one of the solid business men of Waseca, who has succeeded by hard work and attention to business.

Superintendent H. A. Panzram

Herman A. Panzram was born in Olmsted county, Minn., Oct. 1, 1877. His mother died when he was a babe, and he was adopted by his father's ' sister and her husband, Martin Helwig and wife, resident farmers of Freedom. He remained in Freedom until 1885, when the family moved to Alton and thence to Janesville in 1888. He graduated from the Janesville high school and attended the State University one year. When the Spanish war broke out, he was one of the first of the patriotic young men to enlist in Company K, of this county. He spent the summer of 1898 in the service, being stationed most of the time at Chickamauga. He was . honorably mustered out in the tall. For the three and a half years following, he was engaged in school teaching. In the fall of 1904, he was elected to the oflice of county school superintendent, and holds this position at the present writing. He is also publisher of the Waseca County Teacher, and Is thoroughly devoted to the cause of education. He was married to Miss Pansy E. Jenkins Oct. 4, 1905.

August Grapp Mr. Chauncy E. Parker

This aged pioneer of the West died at the residence of his son, James E. Parker, of Waseca, March 23, 1904, of pneumonia, in his eighty-eighth year. He was horn in the state of New York, in the month of June, 1816. When a young man, he started West and first lived near Ashtahula, Ohio. About 1850, he moved to Evanston, 111., where the family remained until about 18.57 when they removed to Marquette county, Wisconsin. His wife died about 1S5S. He remained in Wisconsin until 1885, when he came to Waseca where he resided with his sons. He was a well-preserved man and had enjoyed good health nearly all his life up to the time of his last illness. He left surviving him three sons and two daughters: A. H. and J. E. Parker, of Waseca; Orson Parker, of Pomona, Cal. ; Mrs. Bort, of St. Paul; and Mrs. Hibbard, of Fond du Lac, Wis.

Mr. C. H. Bailer

MR. C. H. BAILER. Charles H. Bailer, the present efficient county auditor, was born March 19, 1861, in Schuylkill, Pa., and came to Minnesota, March 17, 1884, first stopping at Mankato but soon after going to Janesville. There he entered the store of Mr. Cordry as clerk and afterwards as partner. He remained in Janesville until the fall of 1900 when he was elected county auditor. He has been re-elected twice since, at the last election having no competitor. Sept. 25, 1888, he married Miss Emma Parnum, of Janesville, who was born in Minnesota May 7, 1866. They are the parents of three daughters and one sen. Mr. Bailer followed farming, when not at school, until he became of age, when he was employed as clerk. He graduated from the high school of his town and also from a business college in his native state.

Dr. H. G. Blanchard, son of Mr. Gustof Blanchard, one of the very early settlers of Winona county, was born April 17, 1868, in Winona county, Minn. When the doctor's parents first settled in this then territory, the Indians were numerous. The family lived fifteen miles west of Winona, and his father, who was a carpenter by trade, worked in Winona and often made the distance on foot, sometimes carrying family supplies the whole distance on his shoulders. Doctor Blanchard attended the public schools of his county, took the academic course at the Grand Porks, N. D., university, and graduated from the medical department of the Minnesota university. He practiced medicine and surgery for some time in Hutchinson, afterwards in Minneapolis, and came to Waseca in 1898, where he soon enjoyed an extensive practice. On June 25, 1902, he was joined to Miss Catharine Kiesler, of Hutchinson, in holy wedlock. He has a fine suite of rooms in the First National Bank building and is supplied with all modern implements and appliances for surgical and other work in the art curative.

Frank B. Andrews, Attorney

FRANK B. ANDREWS, ATTORNEY. Frank B. Andrews, Esq., present county attorney of this county, was first urought to light" in the town of Wonewoc, Wisconsin, March 30, 1862. His parents removed from Wonewoc, Wis., to Wells, Minn., about 1871. He attended the Wells schools and studied law with his brother. Oct. 1, 1885, he was joined with Miss Jessie Smout in marriage and commenced life in earnest. In 1889, he was admitted to the bar by Judge Severance, at Blue Earth, and the same year moved to New Richland, this county. At the election in 1890, he was chosen county attorney and served acceptably one term. In 1902 he was again elected county attorney and re-elected in 1904. He is the father of five children: Florence, born in December, 1886; Robert, born in September, 18S9, died Oct. 14, 1905; Clifford, born in October, 1891; Catharine, born in July, 1897; Marian, born in April, 1904. In the performance of his duties as county attorney, he is very conservative, and takes extra precautions against extravagant expenses. Socially, he stands at the head of his class.

Mr. William Hoover

MR. WILLIAM HOOVER. This gentleman, who was one of the early settlers in Vivian, was born in Ontario county, New York, April 30, 1824. His parents moved to Bradford county. Pa., while he was yet a small lad. He remained there with his parents till Nov. 8, 1845, when he married Miss Susan Hill. He then engaged in lumbering. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are the parents of one daughter, now Mrs. A. T. Wolcott, of Waseca, and one son, who died at the age of seventeen years. Mr. Hoover was in the Wisconsin lumber work until 1862, when he came to Minnesota to section 27, Vivian, where, in 1864, he owned two hundred acres of farm land. He joined the army Dec. 17, 1864, enlisting in Company G, Fifth Minnesota infantry. He returned from the army in September, 1865, and resumed farming. Mrs. Hoover died Jan. 8, 1880. In 1885 he sold his farm in Vivian and came to Waseca where he has since resided. At this writing he is still hale and hearty although over eighty-one years of age.

Mr. B. J. Chapman

This gentleman was born in Madison county. New York, in 1S35; came to Wisconsin in 1856, to Rice county, Minnesota, April 16, 1S57. He built a claim shanty, which some one soon appropriated. He bought a yoke of oxen and paid down $50 which was all of his available capital. In his statement he says:

"My aunt, Mrs. Chapin, signed a fifty-dollar note with me to pay for the oxen. By the way she did not have it to pay. I got a few acres broken that year, and next year sowed it to wheat; but the wheat did not fill, hence I had nothing to harvest. I broke more land and sowed all to wheat the next year. I got it harvested, threshed, and put into a rail pen. Soon after the pen caught fire and the wheat was burned, except a part of it, which was badly smoked. After that I had better success.

Hon. P. C. Bailey

Within five years I had my farm of one hundred sixty acres paid for, one hundred twenty acres fenced, seventy acres broken, a comfortable house, etc. I then went back to York State but returned in 1863. The following year, 1864, I purchased the B. B. Stearns old farm in Otisco, and moved there In the spring of 1864. October 15, 1865, I was united in marriage with Miss Samantha Reynolds who was born in Grant county, Indiana, Sept. 17, 1846. She came to Minnesota in 1857 with her parents who settled on what is known as the McLaln farm."

Mr. uhapman Is one of the successful farmers of the county who has made his property, not by sharpness or shrewdness, but by hard work and economy. He is the father of two sons and four daughters. His oldest son, Gecrge, is on a farm in Stevens county. The younger. Orange, is attending school in Mankato. His daughters are Mrs. Thos. Ivers, of Byron; Mrs. Wm. Lust, of Olivia, Minn.; Mrs. Wm. Duncan, of Fairmont, Minn.; and Miss Lilian, attending school at Waseca.

This gentleman is the popular proprietor of the restaurant on the corner of Second and Wood streets. He was born in Norway, March 11, 1852; came to America with his parents in 1857, and lived for six months in Manitowoc, Wis. His parents then moved to Adams county, same state. He married Miss Emma Thompson, March 29, 1880, coming to Minnesota in 1882. Miss Thompson was born Dec. 29, 1856, near Madison, Wis. In the fall of 1882, he opened the Nicollet House in Waseca, which he conducted for four years. In the tall of 1886, in company with Fred Byersdorf, he opened a grocery store. In the fall of 1894, he sold his interest to Byersdorf, and traveled a year for a cigar house. In the fall of 1895, he commenced the business in which he and his family are now engaged. At the last city election he was chosen alderman from the First ward. He is th3 father of three sons and three daughters; Malinda, born in 1881; Anna, in 1883; Jalmar, in 1885; Clarence, in 1887; Bert, in 1891, deceased; and Eva, in 1894. Jalmar is attending the State University.

Mr. John Radloff

Mr. Kadloff, who was torn in Germany Oct. 7, 1834, came to America in 1854, landing at Buffalo, N. Y., where he worked ten years for one lumberman. In March, 1860, he married Lena Billiard who was born in the state of New York. They are the parents of three sons and three daughters. They settled on section 11, Vivian, in 1864, where they have since resided. Mr. Radloff is one of the oldest threshermen in the state, and has earned a great deal of money, very much of it being spent for machinery, repairs, and interest. He is one of the leading men of his townsnip.

The Honorable P. C. Bailey

to Faribault, Rice county, Minn., in 1856, and to Wilton, this county, in 1857, opening the first hardware store in the county with his brother-inlaw, H. P. West - the firm name being P. C. Bailey & Co. Some time after the death of Mr. West, J. H. Wightman became a partner, while he was at Wilton. At the starting of Waseca, Mr. Bailey and Geo. W. Watkins, under the firm name of Bailey & Watkins, put in the first hardware store, and Mr. Bailey has been connected with the store ever since, either as an active or silent partner. For a number of years past he and his firm have handled Standard Oil goods in this county. He has also been interested in the hardware business at Janesville with his brotherin-law, D. J. Dodge. Mr. Bailey married his first wife, Miss Avis Slocum, sister of Congressman Slocum, of the state of New York, in June, 1857, by whom he had two daughters, Kate and Gertrude. Kate married Eugene W. Fisk and lives in Helena, Montana. Gertrude married Mr. Franklin Williams. She died in August, 1S05, in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Bailey's first wife died in September, 1865. About two years ' thereafter, Dec. 27, 1867, ne married Miss Lurinda Dodge, whose parents were among the very early settlers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are the parents of a son and a daughter. Fred, born Nov. 7, 1870, is now married and engaged in the flour milling business, at Mitchell, South Dakota. Lena, born Dec. 5, 1872, is now Mrs. Armitage, of Waterville. Mrs. Lurinda Bailey was born April 12, 1850, at Owego, in the state of New York, and came to Waseca county with her parents about 1857. Mr. Bailey has not only been fortunate in business, but he has held a number of oflScial positions both of honor and trust with credit to himself. He held the ofiice of justice of the peace in early days, in Wilton, was elected to the lower branch of the legislature in the fall of 1861, and county treasurer in the fall of 1S63. He served as state senator during the sessions of 1877 and 1878. He was also county commissioner during the years 1895-6-7 and took a prominent and very useful part in the construction of the new court house. Mr. Bailey is a man who keeps his own counsel, but those who have been closest to him respect him most highly. Early in life he became a Master Mason and attained to the degree of Knight Templar. He is a man of sound financial judgment, and seldom makes a mistake in business undertakings.

came to Waseca when a boy about five years of age. He was born in Ireland in 1854. His mother died before he was two years old. Soon after his mother's death, his father, Lawrence McHugo, came to America and lived for a time in Janesville township. He then made a claim in Iosco, on section 34, in 1863, and permanently settled thereon in Nov. 1866, where Patrick now resides. Patrick McHugo and Miss Mary Kinney were married in November 1880. Her father was Michael Kinney, one of the very early settlers of Janesville, who died In Jan. 1897. Mrs. Mc- Hugo was born in the town of Janesville in 1858. She is the mother of four sons and three daughters. Mr. McHugo was an only son and Inherited his father's estate which he had helped to create. He was democratic candidate in his district for county commissioner in the fall of 1904 and made a strong run against an overwhelming republican majority.

[From the National Cyclopedia of American Biography.] Robert Laird McCormick, financier, was born on a farm near Lock Haven, Clinton county. Pa., Oct. 29, 1S47, son of Alexander and Jane Hayes (Laird) McCormick. The north of Ireland was the home of his remote ancestors - pious, industrious Protestants of Scotch origin. From that region his great-grandfather, John McCormick, emigrated to Chester county. Pa., in 1750. John McCormick became a private in the Revolutionary army.