Winona County, Minnesota - Biographical sketches (3 of 4 so headed), 1883 (part 2 of 3)

A. O. Slade, druggist and dealer in ])aints, oils, etc., City Drug Store, 22 East Third. This drug house is the legitimate successor of that established by S. N. Wickersham, and which was discontinued upon the death of his wife, when part of the stock was shipped to Philadelphia and the rest disposed of to F. Patton, an old clerk in the Piiiladelphia drug house of Fahnstock, of which the Wickersham establishment was virtually a branch. The business under Patton soon came to an abrupt termination by his leaving the citj, after placing the store in charge of his clerk, A. O. Slade, who notified the Philadeli^hia house of the facts. This brought Mr. Fahnstock again to Winona, and the drug stock was jjurchased by Messrs. F. C. Ewing and A. O. Slade, who reopened the house for business under the firm name of Ewing & Slade, October 16, 1872. This partnership continued until March 14, 1877, when Mr. Slade became sole proprietor and so continues. The drug house fronts twenty-two feet on Third street, is seventy feet deep, one floor and basement being occupied witli the business of the house, which employs two clerks, and is in a prosperous condition. Mr. Slade is a native of London, Enghmd. Came to America with his father's family in the summer of 1852, making a temporary residence of a few months in Brooklyn, and the same fall removed to Davenport, Iowa, from which city they came to Minnesota in 1859, locating in Fountain City. In 1863 the family came to Winona, which since then has been their home. Mr. A. O. Slade was educated in the public schools of Davenport and this city until 1868, when he commenced life as a druggist's clerk, and in which business he had had nearly five years' experience when he purchased an interest in the business he now exclusively controls. Mr. Slade is a member of the board of trade, of Winona Lodge, No. 18, A. F. and A. M., of Winona Chapter No. 5, and Coeur de Lion Commandery, No. 3, all of this city.

G. C. Boynton's Sons, successors to G. C. Boynton, wholesale fancy grocers, 31 East Second street and 11 Center street. This business was established in 1863 by G. C. Boynton, as a candy manufactory, corner of Front and Zumbro streets, where he built the first candy factory in Minnesota, and started out his peddling -wagons. To this business, in 1864, a stock of staple and fancy groceries was added, and the business removed to Hubbard's block, on upper Second street, thence to Holbrook and Webster's block, thence to Mues' block, upon its completion in 1871, where it remained nearly four years. Thence, in the spring of 1875, they removed to 62-64 Second street, where business was transacted until November 1, 1882, when the present more central location was taken. In the fall of 1874 the retail department of the grocery was discontinued, and in 1881 the manufacture of candy was abandoned, the business of the house being fancy groceries, cigars, and the agency of Joseph Schlitz' Milwaukee brewing-house. Their business house fronts on both Second and Center streets, has a frontage of 20 feet on Second, of 20 feet on Center, and a depth of 140 feet. Their basement for storage is the same size. Their refrigerator warehouse on Front street, just above the new waterworks building, has a capacity for six carloads of beer. They keep three salesmen on the road, employ a force of seven persons in the house, handle 3,000,- 000 cigars a year, and aggregate sales reach $250,000 a year. Trade extends all along the lines of the Northwestern railway and its branches in Minnesota and Dakota eastward to Green Bay, and all tlirougli southern Minnesota and southeastern Dakota. January 1, 1883, tlie grocery business of the house was entirely discontinued, the rapidly enlarging volume of their other trade determining their exclusive attention to its demands. Since this date the trade of the house has been exclusively in cigars and beer, and their salesmen now cover all the leading railway lines of the northwest as far as British Columbia.

The present members of the firm are H. P., O. J. & W. L. Boynton. G. C. Boynton was born in Canton, St. Lawrence county, New York, in 1824, died in this city May 18, 1875, and was succeeded by his sons. His father, Parker Boynton, born in 1 71)9, still Survives, was in this city until 1880 and is now living in Ohio, having almost reached his eighty-fouith year. G. C. Boynton was brought up in early life as a clerk in his father's store and on the lakes, starting business for himself in Ohio in 1840, when only sixteen years of age ; was afterward in grocery business in Pennsylvania, and came fi-om there to this city in 1863. The sons are all married and established in homes of their own in the city.

John Pickert, postmaster at St. Charles. - Mr. Pickert was appointed to this office in 1871, assuming charge of the office April 1 of that year, and holding it by successive reappointments until the present. When the office was first taken charge of by Mr. Pickert it ranked as one of the fourth class, and the commission issued from the. then postmaster-general, Creswell. In December, 1874, the office was raised to one of the third class, and the commission then issued bears the autograph of U. S. Grant, The sales of stamps, stamped envelo})es, etc., for the last fiscal 3'ear aggregated about $2,400; and domestic money orders to the number of 2,300 were issued, the receipts for same aggregating $30,000. John Pickert is a native of New York, in which state he was brought up on a dair}' farm, and there followed the business until he was twenty-seven years of age, when he went into Kentucky, having accej)ted the superintendency of a large cheese dairy for the Marshalls, of that state. Was there when the war broke out, and remained two } ears after that event, removing to St. Charles, Minnesota, in 1863. Here he was engaged in farming, one-half mile north of the business center of the city, and in various other pursuits until his appointment to his present office, a little over twelve years since. He has been prominently identified with the educational interests of the city ever since his residence here, and has been a member of the school board several terms. He was also chairman of the township board when the greatest number of volunteers for the United States army was raised in this township, by virtue of which enlistments St. Charles was practically relieved from military draft. As a Mason, Mr. Pickert has an enviable record at home and abroad, and the memory of his services as H.P. of Orient Chapter during seven successive terms was most pleasantly commemorated during the past winter by an elegant cane presentation. Mr. Pickert was married in 1849, to Miss S. A. Custer, of New York, and their thirty-fourth wedding anniversary was duly celebrated not long since. Of their nine children only one is now living, C. J. Pickert, at one time a teacher in the state normal school, and at present in Dakota.

Daniel Cook was born in the town of Greene, Shenango county, New York, February 9, 1834. His parents were Daniel and Sarah Cook. His father was a native of Massachusetts, and his mother of Connecticut. Daniel grew up on a farm and received a common school education. *In 1848 his parents removed to Steuben county. New York. From there in 1859 he came to Adams county, Wisconsin. August, ]862, he was mustered into Co. K, 25th Wis. Inf., at La Crosse. Was mustered out at the end of his term of service as a corporal. He was at the battles of Decatur, Eesaca, and was one of the few who defended so nobly a train against a horde of rebels at Glendale. In 1863 he came to St. Charles, this county, and two years later to Homer township, and from there to Wiscoy in 1876, where he now owns a well improved farm of 120 acres. He was married May 19, 1867, to Mrs. Eunice (Greenman) Birch, of Wisconsin. They have had three children, one of which is dead : Oliver Morton, born February 22, 1868, died December 6, 1880 ; Ella Louray, born March 3, 1874; Eddie, born September 15, 1879. Mr. Cook is a member of the Lodge of Sons of Temperance and of the Methodist church. He is a republican in politics, and in March, 1879, was the choice of the people for justice, and two years later was elected town treasurer.

A. O. Adams, dealer in clothing, boots and shoes, hats and caps and gents' furnishing goods, south end city, opposite Parrott's manufacturing establishment. This business was entered into by Mr. Adams in 1866, at which time he had been a resident of the city about three years, and the firm was known as S. Y. Hyde & Co. Mr. Adams' business operations had always been in company with others until October 18, 1880, when he moved to his present location and opened business solely on his own account. Business is good and gives employment to two persons. Mr. Adams is a native of Ashtiibula county, Oliio ; was educated in his native state until he was sixteen years of age, when he came west to Minnesota. Two years later, May, 1861, he enlisted in Co. G., 2d reg. Wis. Inf., particii)ated in the first Bull Run battle, and after seven months' service was discharged on account of sickness incurred in the army. As soon as his health was sufficiently restored to admit of his doing so, Mr. Adams returned to Minnesota, located at St. Charles, and entered the house of Hyde, Brougliton & Co. as clerk, with whom he remained three years, and on the retirement of Mr. Broughton became a partner in the house. In 1870 he married Miss Nelia Z. Smith, of St. Lawrence county, New York. They have three children, two of whom are attending school in this city. Mr. Adams and wife are active members of the Methodist Episcopal church of St. Charles, holding the offices of steward and trustee respectively. Mr. Adams is also a worthy frater of the A. F. and A. M., being the present W.M. of Rising Sun Lodge and P.S. of Orient Chapter, No. 19, R.A.M.

Gallup & Thomas, dealers in general hardware and farm machinery. This business was established by E. M. Gallup in 1881, and became Gallup & Thomas in 1883. They employ three persons about the premises, and during the busy farming season keej) four teams on the road. Business tor 1882 was fully twenty-five per cent in excess of previous year. Members of firm E. M. Gallup, W. J. Thomas.

Mr. Gallup is a native of Vermont ; came into St. Charles township in 1863 and was engaged in farming until he established his present business. He is married and has three children ; one teaching in the county, two attending school in St. Charles. Mr. Gallup is one of the city justices of the peace, chairman of the board of education and a vice-})resident of the board of trade.

Mr. Thomas is a native of Pennsylvania, a carpenter by trade ; came to this county at twenty-five years of age and worked at his trade in this city and vicinity until 1878, from which time, until the fall of 1882, he was principally at work in Tower City, along the line of the Northern railway. In January, 1883, he entered into partnership with Mr. Gallu}), and may be considered a fixture in St.

Benjamin F. Downing, son of Francis and Elisabeth Downing, was born in Franklin county, Ohio, January 24, 1816, and is of Scotch-Irish and English descent. When he was fifteen years old his father emigrated to Indiana, and settled in Tippecanoe county. He lived there five or six years and then removed to Laporte county, Indiana, wliere the subject of this sketch was married to Miss Malinda Baldwin, by whom he has had thirteen children. Sarah E., Mary Ellen, Cordelia L., Nancy A., Malinda M., Francis L., Oscar F., William A., Charles E., Jared A., Julia A., Gilbert P. and Isaac C, four of whom are dead ; Charles E., Gilbert P., Mary E. and Cordelia L. The rest are all living. Mr. Downing moved from Laporte to Jasper county in the year 1850, and settled near Rensselaer (tlie county at that time being thinly settled, but full of wild deer and game of all kinds), where he found, great sport in hunting, often killing three or four deer in one day. But his family being sick much of- the time with the ague, he emigrated to Minnesota in the year 1863, and settled first in the village of Homer, but subsequently bought land on Homer ridge, where he yet resides. His mother and father both died at his house, she at the advanced age of ninety years and his father at the age of seventj^-two. Mr. Downing had five brothers and four sisters. His father was in the war of 1812. Most of his ancestors were long-lived and religiously inclined, many of whom were ministers of the gospel, himself joining the Methodist church at the age of seventeen years. Mr. Downing has been a conscientious, hard-working, energetic and industrious man, believing that hard work is the only honest way of making a living. He is a good farmer and owns a nice farm near seven miles from the city of Winona, and is a republican in politics. Malinda Downing, his wife, the eldest child of Gilbert and Sarah Baldwin, was born in Gallic county, Ohio, March 12, 1822. She also descended from Scotch and Irish ancestors, some of whom lived to a remarkable old age, her great-grandfather Waddle living to over the age of one hundred years. None know mother Downing but to love her. She has devoted her life to the wants of others. In good works and in raising a large family she has done a mother's part, and for deeds of charity and kindness will long be remembered throughout her large circle of acquaintances.

bom at Grierade, near Berlin, Prussia, May 22, 1828. His education was completed at the age of fourteen, after which he assisted his father in his tarming operations till he was twenty ; at this age lie went to learn the business of brickmaking, which he has followed nearly ever since. On March 12, 1846, he married Justina Seefield, and two years later emigrated to America, settling on a farm at Lomira, Dodge county, Wisconsin ; here he also carried on the manufacture of brick. Mr. Zickrick was reared in the Evangelical church, and in 1851 began to preacli its doctrines, and has ever since labored in this manner. In 1864 he came to Minnesota and purchased a larm in Elba township, this county, where one of his sons now resides. For the iirst two years of residence here Mr. Zickrick was constantly engaged in missionary labor and traveled Irom place to place. In 1869 he purchased thirty-nine acres of land on Sec. 29, now within the limits of the city of St. Charles, on which he began, the manufacture of brick, and still carries on the same industry, making an average of nearly two hundred thousand bricks per annum. In 1870 he removed his family to the present residence, near the brickyard, and has since made his home here. He now preaches once a week in the Evangelical church ol this city, and occasionally in Dover, Quincy, and other neighboring localities. He recently spent six months in Winona, supplying the puljnt of a sick pastor. He has taken little part in politics ; has, iiowever, served as judge of election in the city several times. He was a democrat until Lincoln's candidacy, since which time he has supported the republican party. Twelve children have been born to him, of whom eleven are now living. Their births, marriages, etc., are indicated below: Michael J., June 20, 1849, lives at St. Charles; Edward W. F., March 21, 1851, married to Hattie Bair, resides on the old homestead in Elba; Mary A., August 1, 1852, married to Gustav Gick, i« a resident of St. Charles ; Minnie D. W., March 8, 1854; Gustav R, May 2, 1855, home in Nordland, Dakota; Julius T., October 13, 1856 (now conductor on railroad), married to Alice Tuck, lives at Zumbrota, Minnesota; Lydia M., January 31, 1858 ; Sarah E., September 23, 1859, is teaching in Elba; Peter S., February 15, 1861, died before two years old ; Jacob E., April 8, 1862; Richard B., September 14, 1863; Emma E., March 14, 1866. All are natives of Wisconsin except the latter.

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Godfrey Widmoyer, son of Gottlob and Catherine Widmoyer, was born January 11, 1832, in Strempeleach, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany. He attended school regularly eight years in Strempeleach. Left for America September 14, 1852, and landed in New York October 8, 1852. On landing in New York he worked nine months at the baker trade. Left New York city and went to Weisport, Pennsylvania, and remained there about five years, being employed at various occupations. Still anxious to come west, he came to Onalaska, Wisconsin, in the fall of 1858. Lived at intervals in Onalaska and La Crosse for the next four or five years. Moved to Dresbach in the spring of 1864. Worked in a sawmill three or four years ; at the same time opened his farm where he now lives. Mr. Widmoyer was married to Mary Sold, daughter of Adam and Eve Sold. She was born in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Widmoyer have nine children, all living. The two eldest, William and Mary, are married ; William, telegraph operator, lives in Dresbach ; Mary, now Mrs. Dalton, lives in Dakota, this county. The other children, Fred, George, Dealia, Gertrude, Jessie, Guy, and Edward, live at home. Mr. Widmoyer is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has always lived an upright and conscientious life, and is highly respected as a man and citizeu. By industry and economy he has made a good living and accumulated means to support him in his latter days.

Wesley Martin, of Homer, is the son of Asa and Elizabeth Martin. He was born in Stockton county, New York, June 24, 1818. His parents were natives of Connecticut, and farmers. His grandfather Martin was in the expedition which Arnold led against Quebec. His father Asa was in the war of 1812, and was present at the burning of Buffalo. The subject of this sketch was raised on a farm, and received a common school education. In 1822 his parents moved to GaUia county, Ohio. Here he experienced the vicissitudes of pioneer life. At an early age he went to learn the trade of a carpenter. In

1841 he removed to Boone coimty, Indiana, where he worked for a while at his trade. In 1845 he went into tlie mercantile business at Lebanon, Boone county, retiring in 1848. In 1855 he bought another stock of goods, which he closed out in 1859. He then bought a woolen and grist mill at .lamestown, Indiana, which he operated until 1864, when he sold out and came to Winona county, Minnesota, settling in Sec. 30, T. 107, R 6. He now lives on Sec. 32. He has held several town othces, and was the nominee of his party for the legislature. December 6, 1838, he wedded Mary King, of Gallia county, Ohio. They are the parents ot eight children now living, whose names, in the order of their birth, are : Henry M., Darius C, William F., Lineous L., Fares B., Elizabeth, wife of Smith Corben ; Esther A., now Mrs. Caleb Bourn, and Olive E., now the wife of Oscar Downing. Fares B. was born in Boone county, Indiana, in 1853. He was reared mostly on the farm, and his early education was received in the common schools, and completed with a course at the Winona high school. He was married in the fall of 1877 to Miss Jennie A. Smith, a native of the State of New York. He is now residing on a farm in the township of Plomer.

C. W. Seefip:ld, dealer in grain. This business was established by Mr. Seefield in 1872, at which time he rented an elevator of H. E. Broughton, and commenced operations as a buyer and shipper of grain. The following year, 1873, Mr. Seefield purchased the Broughton elevator, and since then, enlarging his operations from year to year, has become one of the heaviest buyers in southern Minnesota, owning ten elevators along the line of the Chicago & Northwestern railway, between Utica and Iroquois. In connection with this business Mr. Seefield does a heavy trade in coal, salt and flour, the latter the product of his steam flouring-mill at Nordlon, Dakota, with a capacity of sixty barrels a day. The capacity of his St. Charles elevators (of which he owns two, having a joint interest in a third) is about 45,000 bushels, and of the whole number about 130,000. To man these elevators he employs a force of thirtyone hands, and the aggregate bushels of grain handled the past season were about 900,000. Mr. Seefield is a native of Louisa, Dodge county, Wisconsin. He came to this county without capital in 1864, being at that time seventeen years of age, and was variously employed during the eight years that intervened before he commenced shipping grain on his own account. Three years of the eight were spent in the grain-house of J. Hempstead & Co., at tlie expiration of which time, in partnership with Ed. Birge, Mr. Seefield commenced operating in grain, and the results of his eleven years' operations speak for themselves. As a member of the masonic fraternity, and of the city government, as well as of the business circles of the city, Mr. Seefield ranks well. He is a member of Rising Sun Lodge, A. F. and A. M.; Orient Chapter, R. A. M., and Home Commandery, K. T., of Rochester; a member of the city council during several terms, and mayor of St. Charles in 1881 and 1882.

Lorenzo D. Mead, was born in Illinois in 1826. He was raised on a farm near Galena, Illinois, working and attending school when opportunity offered. When he reached his twenty-fourth year he purchased a farm in Wisconsin, which he retained and worked for some years, then sold out and removed to Crawford county, Wisconsin, where he purchased another farm, remaining some six years. He removed west to Minneiska in 1864, where he has remained ever since, being connected with the elevators and obtaining such other employment as offered. He has been twice married, the first time in 1850, to Miss Gertrude Bruce, who died in 1852, leaving one child, who also died a short time afterward; the second time to Miss Ellen Owen, in 1854, by whom he has five children.

C. F. Putsch, watchmaker, jeweler, and dealer in small musical instruments and merchandise, 57 East Third street. This business was established by his brother A. Putsch, Jr., in 1874, on Center street, between Second and Third streets, and was removed from tliere to its present location in 1876. The following year A. Putsch, Jr., died, and the business passed into the hands of the present proprietor in 1878. He has one assistant in his business. C. F. Putsch was born in Portage City, Wisconsin, and came from there to this county witli his father's family in 1864; has resided within its limits ever since, and, with the exception of three years, in the city of Winona, where he received his education. He is a member of Oak Grove Lodge, Ancient Order of Druids, and also of the Winona Gun Club.

J. Baeeie, merchant tailor, 16 Center street. This business was established in 1864, on the corner of Main and Third street, and was removed to its present location in the summer of 1882. He manufactures custom work exclusively, and has built up a more extensive trade than is at all common in a western city the size of Winona.

Two cutters are kept constantly employed, and the establishment furnishes work for fifteen tailors. Mr. Barrie is a native of New York, and has been in the business he now carries on since entering the shop as a tailor's apprentice nearly forty years ago, at which time he was thirteen years of age. Has been in business for himself thirty-five years. From the east Mr. Barrie came to Fall River, Wisconsin, in 1850, and six years later to Waseca county, in this state, his health at that time demanding change of air and employment.

Frederick Deuzer was born in Ohio in 1843, and was brought up on his father's farm, working during the summer and attending school during the winter months. He remained at home until he was twenty-one years of age, when he came west, settling in the town of Whitewater, where he purchased a. farm of 142 acres, which he cultivated for some years, when he sold and purchased another farm. Selling again he bought the farm he now occupies in 1876. He was married in 1866, to Miss Mary Hostetter, by whom he had three children. He is a Presbyterian, and a democrat in politics.

DouD & Thomas, boots and shoes, hats and caps, trunks and gents' furnishing goods, corner Third and (Center streets. This business was started in 1879 at the corner of Second and Center streets, and removed to its present location in the spring of 1882. The storeroom fronts twenty-four feet on Third street, has a depth of one hundred and twenty feet, with a lateral extension in the rear 24X50, giving a little over four thousand square feet of flooringroom. They employ three persons and carry a stock of from $12 to $15,000. The members of the firm are R. T. Doud and W. W. Thomas.

R. T. Doud was born in the State of New York, in 1835, came to Michigan with his parents when quite young, and five years later to Illinois. In 1857 the family removed to Trempeleau county, Wisconsin, and R. F. Doud was there in business with his father under the firm name of Doud & Son (now Doud Son & Co., of this city) until his removal to Winona in 1865. Upon the organization of the Winona Milling Co. in 1879, Mr. Doud, who was a large stockholder in that concern, was elected secretary and still holds that office. In September of the same year, in connection with Mr. W. W. Thonuis, he founded the firm of Doud & Thomas, which has had a growing trade since its organization. Mr. Doud is married and has three children, boys. He is a member of Winona Lodge,

W. W. Thomas, the junior of the lirm, is a native of New York. Came to Winona in 1869, and was a clerk in the dry-goods liouse of his brother, J. W, Thomas, of this city, until he established himself in his present business. He is a member of the board of trade and its present treasurer.

J. P. ScHMiTz, collar and fly-net manufactory, north side Third street, between Walnut and Market. The building is a two-story brick, with basement, the basement and upper story devoted to manufacturing purposes. This business was established in this city in 1865, by P. J. Schmitz, brother of J. P. Schmitz, with whom the present proprietor learned his trade, and then in 1868 formed a partnership which lasted two years, when J. P. Schmitz left the city and spent two years traveling as a joarneyman, during which time he visited California. On his return was for a short time in partnership with his brother, then bought out his interests here in 1874, and has since conducted the business, which is gradually growing. The product of 1874 was about five dozen collars a week, and in that year H. W. Cooper was admitted partner, this business association continuing until 1878, since which time Mr. Schmitz has conducted business alone. He now employs a force of from 8 to 18 hands, according to season and the demands of trade, turns out from 12 to 15 dozen collars a week, and from 300 to 325 dozen fly-nets a season. Sixteen different kinds of collars are manufactui-ed, and trade extends into Iowa, Nebraska, Dakota and Wisconsin. In 1880 Mr. Schmitz took out letters patent for an improved collar cap, known as Schmitz's patent cap, which is meeting witli much favor wherever introduced. By this invention a smooth bearing surface always rests upon the horse's neck, the collar top is stiffened so as to retain its shape, all seams by which the horse's neck might be galled are done away with, and water perfectly excluded from the collar top without the intervention of extra caps, either leather or metal. It is a common-sense contrivance sure to meet a practical want. Mr. Schmitz was born in Chicago, in 1848, and spent some years in Wisconsin before coming to Winona in 1865. He is a member of Oak Grove Lodge, No. 15, A.O.D.

Second street, and removed to its present location in 1874. The business is both a jobbing and retail trade in books and stationery. The building he now occupies is 22 X 80, two stories above the basement, all devoted to his business. Trade extends along the line of the Winona & St. Peter division of the Chicago & Northwestern railway, and along the western end of the Green Bay & Minnesota railroad. Business gives employment to a force of si:'C persons, and shows an increase of about twenty per cent over sales of last year. Mr. Morgan is a native of Indiana, came witii his parents when quite young to Oquawka, Illinois, entered a bookstore in that place as a boy, and came from there to this city the same year that he established trade here, 1865. He is married, a member of the board of trade, also of the Methodist Ej^iscopal church, and has one child in attendance at the high school of this city.

Arthur Beyerstedt, grocer and dealer in provisions and naval stores, corner Main and Second streets. This business was originally established in the spring of 1865, on the levee at the foot of Main street, as a boatstore, sales being exclusively to rivermen, and was there conducted until 1870, when it was removed to its present location. The business house is 48x60, employs a force of six clerks and two delivery wagons, and its transactions show a steady growth from year to year, the increase of this over last year's sales being ten per cent. Mr. Beyerstedt is a native of Hamburg, Germany; came to America with his parents when ten years of age. The family settled in Davenport, Iowa, in 1856, and the following year removed to Wisconsin, the parents being residents of this city.

Pkter Peshon, farmer, was born in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1842. When he was nineteen years of age he emigrated to America, landing in New York in 1862. He went to Wisconsin, where he engaged in the service of a man who was purchasing horses for the government, remaining with him during the continuance of the rebellion. In 1865 Mr. Peshon took uj) his residence in Minnesota, buying the farm he now lives on. In 1870 he married Miss Jane Piffer, by whom he has had four children. Mrs. Peshon died in 1880. Mr. Peshon is a democrat and a Koman Catholic. He cultivates a good farm and is well res})ected and liked by those who know him. He has never held political office, preferring to attend to his own affairs rather than those of the public, though often solicited to do so.

1839, working on his father's farm and attending such schools as were in his immediate neighborhood until manhood. In 1864 he came to this country, joining a brother who was already settled in Iowa, where he remained a short time, when he came to Mt. Yernon, purchasing land and settling down. Mr. Speltz had but very little capital, but with perseverance and energy he has placed himself in the front rank of the many wealthy settlers of Mt. Yernon township. He erected and occupies one of the finest brick residences in the county, and his outbuildings are a model to his brother farmers. He is a representative German, and has always taken a very active part in public and political affairs. He was the democratic nominee for county commissioner, and has twice been elected chairman of supervisors, and has held other township offices. He married in 1866 Miss Anna Rivers, sister of Henry Rivers, Esq., of Rolling Stone, by whom he had five children. She died October 16, 1876, after a long and painhil illness, universally respected and beloved, which was evidenced -by an immense funeral, the settlers turning out en masse to do honor to her remains, forming a cortege of over one hundred teams. Hers was the first burial in the Catholic cemetery. Mr. Speltz was married again in 1878, to Miss Anna Geudinger, daughter of N. Geudinger, Esq., of Norton. He was the promoter of and very active in the erection of the Catholic church at Oak Ridge, and was one of the first communicants in the township.

Timothy Hess, of Witoka, was born in Herkimer county, New York, September 8, 1816. He is the son of Daniel and Margaret Hess, both natives of New York. They are of German descent ; his grandfather Hess was in the revolution, and his father was in the war of 1812 ; was at Sackett's Harbor under Brown. Timothy was raised on a farm, and educated in a common school. When he became of age he went to work on the canal, and soon had charge of a boat. Finally he bought a boat, and followed the business for twenty years. He was one of the men selected by the "F. and F." company to make the trial trip with a steam tug from New York city to Buffalo. September S, 18-18, he married Lucy Chapin, of Herkimer county. New York. They have six children, five of whom are living: Mary, Ellen, James, Cornelius, Daniel and Emma. Mr. Hess came to Minnesota in 1865, and settled on Sec. 2, T. 106, R. 7. Mrs. Hess is deceased.

brought up a tanner, working with his parents until his twenty-fifth year, when he came to America. He found employment at various occupations, farming, working on the railroad, and at day's labor, until 1865, and managed, by dint of economy, to save a few hundred dollars, with which he purchased forty acres of land in Mt. Vernon township. This he occupied and worked for ten years, selling out and purchasing a farm of 160 acres in Whitewater. He married, in 1860, a German lady. Miss Peshon, by whom he has had six children. Mr. Groesbeck has had many difficulties to contend with, and it has only been by dint ot frugality and perseverance he has attained his present prosperity. He is a Roman Catholic, and has no decided political views.

Georgp: L. Camp was born in New York State in 1830, and came to Minnesota in 1851, finding employment lumbering, he remaining in the vicinity of Minneapolis and St. Paul until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he joined the gallant 9tli, and his regiment was one of the first to march to the relief of the settlers at the time of the Sioux outbreak, and was present with General Sibley's command in every engagement with the Indians, returning with his regiment in the fall of 1864. They were then sent to the front, and he took part in the engagements of Murfreesborough, Kingston, JSTorth C^arolina, and the surrender of General Johnson at Raleigh. After the war was over he purchased some land in Norton, which he aftei-ward sold, buying the farm he now resides on. He married, in 1866, Miss Bertha Stearns, and has two children. Mr. Camp is a prominent temperance man, and takes an active part in every temperance movement that has taken place in the town.

Carl Fink, farmer, is of German descent, having been born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1820, where he was brought up, and learned the trade of wagon-maker. He was married in 1842 to Miss Anna Heising, also a native of Pennsylvania. He followed his trade for some years at different points in Pennsylvania and Maryland. In 1848 he came west to Detroit, where he remained two years. His wife died here, leaving no children. In 1856 he moved to Wisconsin, i)urchasing a farm, which he worked up until 1865, when he sold out and removed to Whitewater, where he has since resided. He married a Wisconsin lady, Mrs. Bertha Felex, by whom lie has had four children. Mr. Fink is a Lutheran and a republican.

1828, where he attended school and worked on a farm. In 1849 married Miss Martha Bennett. By this marriage has had five children : Charlotte, born 1850, married Jerrj Rollings ; Rachael, born 1851, died September 21, 1856 ; Margaret, born 1853, married in 1875 Andrew Parker, of Big Stone county, Minnesota ; Theodore, born 1855, married in 1880 Ida Orantz, born in Sweden in 1855 ; Emaline, born 1857, died 1877 ; Mrs. Martha (Bennett) Garrison, died the same year (1877). Our subject in 1862 joined the 15th reg. of Ind. Vols., and was discharged the following year owing to ill health. In 1865 moved to Whitewater, Minnesota, where he purchased 200 acres of farm land in Sec. 5, T. 108, R. 10. Has been three times elected supervisor ; is a republican in politics and in religion favors the Methodist Episcopal church.

August Detrich, farmer, was born in Luxemburg, Germany, in 1830, and came to this country with his parents when he was five years old. They settled on the Western Reserves, Ohio, where Mr. Detrich remained until 1860, being employed mostly in farming. He enlisted in the army in 1861, joining the 67th Ohio Vols., and was with his regiment under Gilmore in the department of the south. He was slightly wounded at Fort Wagner, Charleston Harbor. He was made color-sergeant in 1864, and carried them through the fights of Bermuda Hundreds, Hatcher's Run, Fort Harrison and Dutch Gap. His regiment was part of the well-known 10th corps or Terry's fighting corps, which was subsequently consolidated with the 18th and made the 24th. He participated in all the fighting around Richmond and Petersburgh, and came up with his corps just in time to fire a farewell shot at Appomattox courf-house. His army record has been a grand one ; he bore his regiment's colors proudly aloft through seven engagements and never lowered them once to the foe. On the close of the war he moved west, purchasing land in Whitewater, where he still resides, enjoying the prosperity his labor has endowed him with, beloved by his family and respected by all who know him. He was married on the eve of his enlistment to a young lady whose patriotism was only equaled by her love, and who willingly surrendered him to his country's cause, and claimed him not again until rebellion's serpent-head was laid low in the dust. Mary Meyers, her name deserves to be recorded on the roll of those noble women who suffered so much that their country might live. Three sons have blessed their union, Abram, John and Sherman.

Charles Francis Dunkhorn is of Prussian descent, born at Detroit, Mlchia^an, in ISiO, and spent his younger days on his father's farm in the neighborhood of Ypsilanti, Michigan. He was one of the first young men of his town to enter the Union ranks, becoming a member of Co. C, 8th Mich., and serving during the entire rebellion, mustering out in 1865 as orderly sergeant of his company. He was twice wounded at Petersburgh and Hatchers run, though slightly, and only lost ten days' duty from sickness or disability during his entire enlistment.

Mark Willson is the only son of John I. and Mary Willson; was born at Newmarket, Ontario, February 27, 1820. In 1824 his parents removed to western Pennsylvania and settled in Sugar drove, Warren county, where the family resided until 1863. His father and mother both died and were buried at Sugar Grove. At an early age Mr. Willson engaged in the mercantile business, which he followed until his removal to the great west in 1863. At the age of twenty-one he was elected a justice of the peace, and continued to fill that office by re-election for a period of twenty-five years. He also filled the office of postmaster and various other local offices to the entire satisfaction of the community. In 1853 he was married to Elizabeth Hallock, of New York city. Disposing of his property in 1S63, he came west and settled at Hastings, Minnesota, where he had friends then living, and re-embarked in the business of a general dealer in merchandise. Here he remained until 1866, serving one year as mayor of that thrifty city. In that year he removed his family and business to Winona, where he has since resided. In 1868 he disposed of his stock of merchandise and engaged in the banking business, taking an active part in the organization of the Second National Bank, with which he remained connected as an officer several years. In 1877 he resigned his position, and with others secured a charter for the Merchants' National Bank, of which institution he has been president ever since. Mr. Willson is a staunch republican, and an exemplary and public-spirited citizen.

W. L. Nkvius & Bro., livery and sale stables, city omnibus and hack line, office corner of Johnson and Fourth streets. The principal stables of the firm are at this location, and occupy a lot fronting 140 feet on Fourth street and 60 feet on Johnson. The business has grown from a comparatively small stable of fifteen horses in 1872 to really metropolitan proportions. En addition to the premises above mentioned they occupy commodious stables on Johnson, between Third and Fourth streets, fronting the Huff House, and also on the northwest corner of Johnson and Third streets. Their livery stock consists of sixty head of horses, thirty-two carriages and buggies, three omnibuses and four hacks, to man which a constant force of twelve employes is required. To their enterprise is owing the establishment of a city omnibus line, which at the time it was put in operation was considered a decided risk financially. This omnibus line is maintained in winter as well as summer, and no *city of its size is better provided with transportation facilities of this kind than Winona has been of late years through the enterprise of this firm. They are as fully equipped for winter as for summer business, and when occasion demands the whole outfit is put on runners, as was the case during the winter of 1882-3 just closed. The members of the firm are W. L. Nevius and E. G. Nevius.

Mr. W. L. Nevius is a native of Pennsylvania ; married and has one child now attending school in this city. He was engaged in farming and live-stock operations until 1866, at which time he came to Winona from Knox county, Ohio, and opened a stable for the sale of horses on Washington street, between Second and Third, at that time known as the Bauder House stables. Having purchased the stables on the corner of Market and Third streets, now occupied by Mr. George Warren, Mr. Nevius removed his business to that location in 1869, and from there to his present stand in 1872. The business was exclusively a sale business until 1870, when the livery department was added, since which time it has been conducted as a joint livery and sale establishment. The sales of the first year, 1866, aggregated 200 head ; from that date until 1870 the annual sales were from 300 to 400 head, and in 1877 reached a total of fully 600 head. The theater of operations has very materially changed since 1866, at which time purchases were from Indiana and Ohio breeders with sales to Minnesota farmers. Later purchases were from Illinois and Iowa, and sales were made to settlers in the Red River country of the north and the lumbermen of the northern pineries. Since 1880 purchases have been made quite extensively from the horse breeders of Winona and adjoining counties, while sales have been pretty evenly divided between the agriculturists of western Minnesota and Dakota and the lumbermen. During the months of November and December, 1881, Nevius & Bro.- paid to the fanners of Winona and adjoining counties about $12,000 for horses, all of them purchased to supply the demand of the Eau Claire pineries. The purchases from the same sources during the corresponding months of 1882 were fully thirty per cent in advance of those above given for 1881. The firm also own considerable farming lands in the western portion of the state, from which, if necessary, they can draw supplies for the use of their stock at this point.

E. G. Nevius is a native of Ohio ; came to Winona in 1870, took charge of the livery stables of his brother, W, L. Nevius, in 1872, and the following year entered into partnership with him. Mr. E. G. Nevius is a member of Winona Lodge, No. 18, A. F, and A. M., Winona Chapter, No. 5, and of Coeur de Lion Commandery, No. 3. He was married in 1875, to Miss E. Simpson, daughter of V. Simpson, Esq., one of Winona's pioneer business men. They have three children.

James P. CBrien, farmer, was born in Ireland, in 1832, and came to this country while very young. His father settled in New York city, and James learned the bricklayers' trade. When he was twentj^-one he married Miss Kate Sullivan, and has a family of seven children. Mr. O'Brien followed his trade in different cities up to 1862, when he enlisted in -lOth regt. N. Y. Vols.; was wounded in the battle of Gettysburg, for which he now receives a pension. He participated in the seven days' fighting around Richmond under Mc(]lellan, and was in other severe engagements. He left the service with the rank of sergeant ; he came west to Elba in 1866, and has built most of the brick houses in the township. Mr. O'Brien also carries on farming to some extent, cultivating forty acres. Mr. O'Brien owns considerable property, and is much respected and liked.

Peter Hannberg, watchmaker, was born in Sweden, February 11, 1827. He was early apprenticed to the watchmaking, and after learning his trade he worked for some years at Hellingsland, and other points in Sweden. In 1866 he came to this country, coming almost direct to Mt. Vernon. He was the first to erect a dwelling at Millville, Wabasha county, and has been closely identified with the prosperity of the township, in both Winona and Wabasha counties, lying adjacent to each other. He has been engaged in various businesses, carrying on limekilns, farming, mercantile, and now caiTies on his old trade of watchmaking. He was married in 1849 in .Sweden, to his cousin, Anna Hannberg, and has had one child. He is a Lutheran in religious convictions, and a staunch republican in politics. Mr. Hannberg resides on his own property, near to the town line of Minneiska, and is very popular with his countrymen in this and other townships.

E. G. Hill, justice of the peace. Mr. Hill is a native of Vermont ; came to Wisconsin in 1866, and to St. Charles the following September ; since coming here has not been in trade ; was the first assessor of the city after its incorporation, 1870 and 1871, and has served several terms as such ; has been justice of the peace over five years of that time, and is the present secretary of both the masonic bodies in the city.

Leander KoKTON was born in Starksboro, Vermont, July 10, 1825. He spent his youth at home, working on his father's farm in the summer time and going to school in the winter. At the age of twenty-six he married Miss Catherine Hill, and bought a farm near Starksboro, and lived on it four years, and sold it and bought another near Huntington, Vermont, and worked it one year. He then sold out farm and implements and moved back to Starksboro, and bought a sawmill and 300 acres of timber (hardwood and spruce). After running the sawmill about three years he sold out and moved to Kipton, and bought a farm and kept a dairy for eight years. About this time he caught the " Western fever," and after disposing of his farm and stock he was carried off by it to Pleasant Hill, Minnesota, where he arrived in March, 1866, and bought the S.W. ^ of Sec. 15, which he now owns and has under a good state of cultivation. Mr. Norton has six children : the eldest, Rollin, married Sarah A. Cooper, and now resides in the southwestei-n part of the township.

Nick Biever, postmaster, Oak Ridge, was born in Germany, 1846, and came to this country in 1852, going to Wisconsin, where he remained fourteen years fanning. He then removed to this township in 1866, where he purchased land and engaged in farming. In 1876 he removed to Oak Ridge, and was appointed postmaster, which position he continues to fill. He also carries on business as shoe and general store. He married Miss Susan Becker in 1867, and has had six children, one of whom has died. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. He was a member of the 2d Wis. Cav., and served under Banks, participating with his regiment in the numerous engagements of his command.

Center streets, in postoffice block. Law partnership formed January 1, 1877. Members of tirm, O. B. (xould and A. 11. Snow. Hon. O. B. Gould is a native of Brantford, Ontario ; received his early education in the common scliools of Ohio, and at the outbreak of the war was prepariugfor college at the Seneca County Academy, Kepublic, Ohio. Leaving school, he enlisted on September 25, 1861, in the 55th Ohio Inf. reg., and served with the army in West Virginia, taking part in all the engagements fought there until the fall of 1862. He was then with Pope's command in the Shenandoah, taking part in the second Bull Run fight, and after that engagement was with the ai-my of the Potomac until after the battle of Gettysburgh, though not in that engagement, having been wounded at Chancellors ville May 2, 1863, and taken prisoner after the battle. In about two weeks after being taken prisoner he was paroled, and as soon as sufficiently recovered was placed in command of the parole camp of prisoners at Washington, having been promoted second lieutenant April 22 of that year. The same fall (1863) he was exchanged and joined his regiment then on duty with Grant and Sherman's army in the southwest, taking part in the battles of Mission Ridge and Lookout Mountain. He marched with Sherman's army to the relief of Burnside at Knoxville, and the following spring took part in the great series of engagements lasting four months which resulted in the capture of Atlanta. Was with the army that ''marched down to the sea," and ])articipated with his regiment in the siege of Savannah, the battles of Averyboro and ]5entonsville, and was at Ealeigh when Johnson surrendered. After that event his regiment marched to Washington, where it participated in the grand review, and was then transferred to Louisville, Kentucky, where, with the rest of his comnumd, Capt. Gould was mustered out, July 11, 1865, after three years, nine months and seventy-two days of hard service. His first-lieutenant commission bears date March 19, 1864 ; his captaincy was obtained November 9, same year. Returning home, Capt. Gould read law in the office of Lee & Brewer, of Tiffin, Ohio, attended law lectures at Michigan University, graduating in 1867 and receiving his parchment. The same fall he located in Winona, and was mostly in practice without any partner until his association with Mr. Snow, nearly six years since. In the fall of 1880 Mr. Gould was nominated for state representative by the republican county convention, and returned by a majority of 300 in a district confessedly democratic by at least 300 majority. Was in attendance at the sessions of the general assembly when the state capital was burned, and also during the bond bill excitement, recording his vote against that measure, which was afterward declared unconstitutional by the supreme court. Was in the extra session of assembly that same fall (1881), and was one of the committee of arrangements upon whom devolved the prosecution of a certain district judge of this state, which resulted in his impeachment and remc'val from office. Nominated by his party for state senator in 1882, he made the canvass against ex-chief justice Wilson. Mr. Gould's name appears in connection with many of the industrial and educational institutions of the county. A. H. Snow is a native of Michigan, a graduate of its State University class of 1865 and of the Albany Law School class of 1867. Located for practice in Albany, but two years later removed to California and was in practice in San Francisco for twelve years prior to locating in Winona in 1871. Here he formed a law partnership with John Keyes, which ccmtinued until Mr. Keyes' death in 1876. The following January his present partnership was formed. He was city attorney in 1874; the same fall was elected county attorney, holding the office four years. He is the present attorney of the Winona Building Association ; married and has three children in tlie city schools.

J. Kendall, wholesale and retain dealer in drugs, oils, paints and glass, 17 East Second street. This house is the lineal successor of the old drug-liouse of Charles Benson, established in this city over twenty-six years ago, and which was successively Benson, Benson & Upham, Benson & Bingham, Benson, Bingham & Co., Benson & Kendall, and since 1875 J. Kendall. The premises now occupied by this business were purchased by Mr. Kendall in 1870, from S. N. Wickersham, who had occupied it as a drug-house until tlie death of his wife, when he discontinued business, shipped part of his stock to Philadelphia and disposed of the remainder to F. Pattou. The building is a three-story and basement structure, stone front, 20X100 feet, with an addition 40x20, fronting on the alley. The business of the house occupies two stories and the basement, and gives employment to a force of five clerks and one traveling salesman. The great bulk of trade is in lubricating, illuminating and paint oils, of which from 6,000 to 7,000 barrels are annually disposed of. The oil-house, corner of Second and Washington streets, has a capacity of 1,000 barrels. The house holds the agency of the Standard Oil Company, and extends its trade along the lines of the

Chicago & Northwestern railroad and brandies in Minnesota and Dakota, and also along the Green Bay & Winona road in Wisconsin. Mr. Kendall was born in Ithaca, New York, in 1822, and was in the drv-goods trade in that city twenty-five years before coming to Winona in ISfid Mr. Kendall's whole time is given to business. He is a member and director of the board of trade and chairman of its city committee.

John Latschi, grocer, 103 East Second street, has been in business in this city since May, 1867, and in his present location since the fall ot 1870, the same year in which he bought the ))roperty and built his stone building, a two-story brick, 25x80 feet, the lirst floor and basement occupied with his business, the uj)per story for family dwelling. The trade gives employment to a force of five persons and one delivery wagon.

Mr. Latsch is a native of Zurich, Switzerland ; came to America in 1854 ; settled in Dakota, Winona county, but only remained a short time, removing to Wisconsin, where he was engaged in farming until 1864. February 27th of that year he enlisted in the 25th Wis. Inf. ; was mustered in at La Crosse, and the following spring transferred to the 12th reg., with which he served until mustered out at Louisville July 1, 1865, having served with Sherman's army and pai-tici])ated in the march to the sea. Since coming to America Mr. Latsch has twice revisited his native country, once in 1873 and again in 1882. He is married and has three children, two of them assisting in the grocery house and one in attendance at the city schools.

Robert Burns, farmer, was born in Dundee, Scotland, in 1837, and came to this country when he was seven years of age, in care of his aunt, who had adopted him, his parents both being dead. She settled in Beloit, Wisconsin, where Robert received such education as the district schools afforded. When twenty years of age he struck out for the Pacific coast, determined to see as much of life as he could, and gain a fortune in the land of gold if possible. He wandered some four years, residing in different parts of California and in the Black Hills, Salt Lake City, Denver, and other western ])oint8. His health failing somewhat he returned home, where he remained a year. Regaining his former strength and vigor, he worked at farming in Wisconsin and Iowa, and finally, in 1867, he ])urchased the fine farm in Whitewater he now occupies from Mr. O. Medcalf The farm was in a very poor condition, and Whitewater but sparsely settled, and Mr. Burns had many obstacles to overcome ; but naturally being possessed of great energy and push, he determined to become possessed of one of the best farms that the heart of a farmer could wish, and he has succeeded, for few stock farms in the town can rival it. He married in 1866 Miss Kate E. Ellis, of Ohio, who is a most estimable lady, and who has shared with Mr. Burns the privations of an early settler, and has ably assisted him in the acquisition of the handsome competency he now enjoys.

H. G. C. Schmidt, wholesale dealer and importer of wines and liquors, T7 East Second street. This business was established by F. S. Holleysworth some sixteen years, and purchased by the present proprietor in 1881.

Mr. Schmidt is a native of Nassau, Germany ; graduated at the University of Bohn, and was for a season in the employ of the government there with the surgei-y corps of the mining department. Came from Germany to America in 1848, to Boone ville, Missouri, from which point he made the overland route to California in 1850, remaining until 1862. The family settled in Booneville, and there Mr. Schmidt made his home, with the exception of the twelve years spent in California, until his removal to Winona in 1867. Here he was engaged in furniture manufacture from 1867 to 1870, and in the grocery business from 1870 to 1881. He has the agency for ten of the principal trans- Atlantic steamship lines, and, as notary public, having full acquaintance with the regulations of the German government, transacts business for German emigrants with European parties. He is a member of the I.O.O.F. fraternity, and for the thirteen years prior to 1881 was secretary of this lodge, his present business engagements compelling him to decline that office. He keeps one traveling salesman on the road and two employes in his store ; is married and has five children, four of them attending school.

H. J. O'Neill, grain dealer ; office on west side Center street, between Second and Third streets. Mr. O'Neill is lessee of the C. & N. W. Railway Company's elevator at this point, and his Winona business consists solely in handling grain in transitu from western stations to the eastern markets. Grain is bought all along the lines of the road to its western terminus, and of the crop of 1881 700,000 bushels passed through his Winona elevator. But little wheat is handled, operations being largely in barley. The elevator has a capacity of unloading, cleaning and discharging 2,000 bushels per hour, employs a force of from ten to twelve hands, and is fiir- nished with engines of 100 horse power. Mr. O'Neill is also owner of the Minneiska elevator just beyond the county limits, in Wabasha county.

Mr. H. J. O'Neill is a native of New York State ; came to Minnesota fifteen years since, and during that time has been engaged in the grain trade at Minneiska and this point.

C. L. Pottle, superintendent of the Ellsworth Flouring Mills, Minnesota City, Minnesota, was born in the State of Maine, in the year 1844, of American parents. Received a collegiate education at Kentshill College, Maine. His youth and early life was spent on a farm. In 1867 he was married and removed to Minnesota, where he taught school for a time, until he took charge of the Ellsworth mills, in which capacity he has remained ever since. Mr. Pottle is one of the most social and agreeable of men, and by strict attention to business has amassed a very handsome competence, and is one of the successful business men of the county. Mr. Pottle is a republican in politics and a member of the A. F. and A. M.

Dajmiel W. Stone, capitalist, is a son of Joshua Stone, a teacher and lumberman, who was born on Long Island ; he married Chloe Morehouse, of Rhode Island, and settled on the St. John's river, in Douglas county. New Brunswick. Here was born the subject of this sketch on September 18, 1805. His parents soon moved across the state line into Maine, and here he received the limited education afforded by the common schools of that time and locality. On reaching manhood he purchased a farm, which he tilled during the summer, and spent his winters lumbering. He was married October 5, 1831, to Mary A. Harris, who was born at Machias, Maine, January 5, 1814 ; her parents, Samuel Harris and Mary Gallup, were also born in Machias. Mrs. Stone died at Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, June 18, 1856. She was a member of the Baptist church. Five children survive her, as follows: Samuel W., born January 14, 1833, married Harriet E. Pike, and lives at Aurora, Dakota ; Mary E., born May 14, 1836, married Jonathan Burrington (now deceased), afterward married James P. Duncan, and resides at Rich Hill, Missouri ; George W., born May 27, 1843, lives in Montana, a hunter by occupation ; Melvin L., born August 3, 1848, married Alice Barnett, and lives at Rich Hill ; Nehemiah, born September 1, 1850, also a hunter in Montana. Mr. Stone removed to Sun Prairie, AVisconsin, in 1845, and was one of the successful pioneers of that region. At forty-five years of age he began'work as a stonemason, and followed the occupation for some time ; he also engaged in carpenter work, and built many houses complete from cellar to garret. In 1868 he sold his Wisconsin property, and after spending some time in prospecting, purchased his present home in St. Charles in the fall of that year, and has dwelt here ever since. He now owns three stores in the city, from whose rental a portion of his income is derived. On July 22, 1862, he married Attaresta, relict of Samuel R. White; she was born in Thompson, Connecticut, in January, 1816 ; her fathei^ Asa Burgess, was born in Plymouth, Massachusetts, and her mother, Millie Town, was a native of Thompson. Three children of Samuel R White are living: Ellis T., born October 12, 1843, married Desire Kearney, lives in La Salle county, Illinois ; Millie A., born December 31, 1844, married Charles W. Hall, dwells in Alden, this state ; Orman S., born January 3, 1847, married Dolly Terris, resides at Long Prairie, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Stone are members of the St. Charles Baptist church, in which the former has been a deacon for the last six years. He has always been a democrat in politics. He was a town supervisor during the greater part of his residence in Sun Prairie ; has been alderman of this city four years, and in 1874 was mayor.

John Yon Rohk, druggist and dealer in paints, oils, etc., northeast corner Main and Second streets. The drug-house of which Mr. Yon Bohr is the successor was established by L. Wienand & Co., in May, 1857, in an old frame building still standing on the north side of Second street, between Walnut and Market. After about six montlis the business was removed one block west and across the street, and there continued until 1867, when it was changed to its present location, and there conducted until the present. The original company were L. Wienand and H. B. AVedel, and so continued until Dr. Wedel sold his interest to his partner, and entered the United States army in the 4th Minn, reg., in 1862. L. Wienand continued the business until 1865, when he died and the stock was sold to Dohmen Schmidt & Co., who after one yearV management of afiairs sold out to Dr. Wedel, who had returned from the army. The new firm was AVedel & better, and so remained until Dr. Wedel bought out his partner in 1869, continuing business alone until January 1, 1881, when he sold out to- John Yon Bohr. The house does a good general trade, a fine

John Von liohr is a native of Niagara county, New York, where he was educated and partially fitted for business, having spent three years as druggist's clerk in the city of Buffalo prior to coming to Winona in 1868. He entered the drug-house of Benson & Kendall in the spring of 1869, and was with that house eleven years, one year as partner, before establishing his present business. Mr. Von Rolir is married and has foun children. He is a member of the Philharmonic Society of this city.

Louis Sounkll, dealer in grain, elevator situated south side Chicago & Northwestern railroad tracks ; capacity, 15,000 bushels; erected in 1880, at a cost of $5,000 ; size 26x66, with office 16x 12. Mr. Schnell is a native of Berlin, Germany, from whicli country he came to America in 1867, and to this county one year later. From 1868 until 1870 Mr. Schnell was in this city handling grain for J. Hempstead & Co. He then removed to Winona, and until 1876 was with the grain-house of C. G. Miller & Co. (afterward Ott(; Sontag). In 1876 returned to St. Charles and was one year in partnership with C. W. Seefield & Co., at the expiration of which time he rented the horse-power elevator of C. E. Kendall & Co., which operated until it was destroyed by fire in 1878. Mr. Schnell then made arrangements to build an elevator for himself, which he completed and occupied in time to handle the grain crop of 1880, and in which he is now doing a successful grain trade. His. elevator is worked by a steam-engine of about eight-horse power, gives employment to a force of from two to three hands, and shipments for 1882 were fully thirty-three percent in advance of previous year. These shipments are principally of barley and oats to the Milwaukee and Chicago markets. Wheat shipments, owing to the short crops of the past two or three years, are comparatively light. Mr. Schnell is married, is a P.M. of the A.O.U.W. and also a member of Winona Grove, No. 6, A.O.U.D.

Nicholas Schell, Jr., teacher and town clerk, was born in Luxemburg, Germany, in 185-4, emigrating to America with his parents in 1869, when his father settled in Rolling Stone. Mr. Schell was a pupil of the high school, Winona, and also attended several terms at St. John's College, Stearns county, Minnesota. Finisliing his education, he embraced the profession of teacher, moving into tins township and taking charge of the school at Oak Ridge, which he still continues to teach. He was elected town clerk in 1879, filling that position ever since. He married, in 1880, Miss Marj Kimmell, daughter of the late Nicholas Kimmell, of Rolling Stone. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church, and votes with the democratic'party.

Julius F. Boschee, farmer, is German by nativity, and came to the United States in 1849, when he was about twenty years of age. He resided for some years in New York city, working in a brewery. He also worked for a year in Cleveland at the same business. He worked on a farm in Summit county, Ohio, until the breaking out of the rebellion, when he entered the service, joining the 19th Mich., serving with that regiment and being with them at the battle of the Wilderness. Having been detailed into the pioneer corps he contracted rheumatism while building a pontoon bridge, and was shortly afterward mustered out of service, under a disability discharge. He was married in 1865, at Akron, Ohio, to Miss Anna Blumenthal, by whom he has had five children. In 1869 he purchased the fine farm he now occupies in Whitewater. He has gone extensively into stock-raising and is considered an authority on all matters pertaining to stock. He is a Lutheran and a republican.

Winona Shoeing Shop, Heller and Perrott, proprietors ; Third street near court-house. This business was established in 1862, by George Warren, who was at that time in livery business, on tlie east end of the lot on which the shoeing shop now stands. The shop was at that time but half its present size, having been enlarged by the present proprietors in 1882. This property was sold by Mr. Warren in 1871, to D. J. Pettis, who sold to T. J. Heller, March 24, 1875. The present partnership was formed in 1882, when the shop was enlarged and an additional forge was put in, making three fires. The business of the firm is steadily increasing, gives employment to four men. They do a general blacksmithing business, but special attention is paid to horse-shoeing, and they now do the greater part of the fine shoeing done in the city.

T. J. Heller has resided in this city since 1869. He learned his trade with George McNutt, of Stockton ; came to this city and was two years in the employ of the Winona Carriage Works, and after one year's work in the city shops as journeyman blacksmith rented the premises he bought two years later and established himself in business. He is a member of St. Joseph's Catholic church, and of the St. Joseph's Benevolent Society as well.

Z. Perott is a native of France, and came to Canada with his parents when but eighteen months old. Removing to the New Enghind states, he learned his trade in Providence, Rhode Island, and coming west settled in Winona in 1871. He is a member of Prairie Lodge, No. 7, I.O.O.F. - *

E. F. CuKTis, grocer, 15 East Third street. This business was established June 1, 1869, just across the street in Richardson's block, thence to the corner of Center, same block, and to its present location in 1879. This business was conducted as a retail trade until 1873, then in connection with J. C. Black as wholesale and retail until Mr. Black retired two years later. Since 1875 it has been principally retail, although some jobbing is still done. Six clerks and two delivery wagons are kept constantly employed. Mr. Curtis is a native of Connecticut ; left the home farm at twenty-one years of age, and previous to coming to Winona in 1869 was traveling salesman for a New York boot and shoe house. He is a director of the board of trade, and quite extensively engaged in stock-farming.

F. FiLiTZ was born in Germany, 1839, coming to this countr}^ in 1864, going west to Wisconsin, where he rented a farm, working it for five years, when he moved up into Mt. Vei-non, and purchased the farm he now occupies. He was married in 1872, to Miss Louisa KuUer, by whom he has had five children. She, after a long and painful illness, died December 6, 1882, aged thirty-eight years, universally beloved and respected by all who knew her. Mr. Filitz is a Lutheran in religion and a democrat in politics. He is thoroughly respected and liked by his neighbors.

Smith Brothers, brass and iron founders, west side Walnut street, between Third and Fourth. Tliis is a new enterprise, commenced in 1881 by two industrious mechanics with limited capital, who had learned their trade in the foundry and machine shops of W. M. Hurlbert, of this city, and concluded to establish business for themselves. They occupy a lot fronting 40 feet on Walnut street, with a depth of 120. Their casting house is 24x40 feet, with a small addition for engine and cupola. The engine for blowing purposes is of seven-horse power, and their cupola has a capacity of from 2,500 lbs. to 3,000 lbs. of metal. Ten persons find constant employment, and the contents of the cupolas are run off three times a week. Business is steadily increasing, and larger quarters will soon be required for their operations. Tlie members of the firm are J. F. and M. M. Smith. They are the sons of Matthew and Mary

Smith, and came to this city witli their widowed mother and their grandparents, all of whom form one household. The grandfather is still living, aged almost ninetj-one years. The grandmother died in 18T2, aged eighty-seven, after a married life of sixty-eight years. J. F. Smith is a native of Iowa ; M. M. Smith, of Illinois.

Antoine Fabeie, farmer, is a native of the Province of Quebec, Canada, having been born at St. Hilaire in 1840. His parents were poor, and the small farm they tilled hardly gave sustenance to their large family. Antoine had to work early and late for a bare livelihood, and had no time to procure any schooling. He left home when he was sixteen and went lumbering up the Ottawa. This vocation he followed for a number of seasons. In 1862 he came west to Minnesota with a gang of other French Canadians to cut logs. In 1867 he worked among the farmers in Elba and Whitewater. In 1870 he rented a farm of forty acres, whicli he finally purchased and now occupies. He married, in 1870, Miss Bertha Jonson, and has a family of three, two girls and a boy. Mr. Fabric is a Roman Catholic and independent in politics.

Martin Hagan was born in Homer, Cortland county. New York, August 22, 1841, and was educated in the common schools of that county, and remained at home with his parents until 1862, when he entered the army with the 29th N. Y. Inf He participated in the battles of Malvern Hill and Fair Oaks, Williamsburgh and Glendale. He returned to New York after the war and married Miss Jenne Judd. He came west in 1870, buying land in Whitewater, where he has remained ever since. Mr. Hagan is a very successful farmer, and one of the most extensive wheat growers in the county.

Otto Sontag, dealer in grain, hides and wool. This business was established in 1870, in an offit^e and warehouse on the levee, on the present site of the Winona Mill Company's mill. Capacity of warehouse 15,000 bushels, with rented storerooms of double that capacity. Shipments were made by river to La Crosse, there being then no outlet by rail to the eastern markets. In 1873, on the completion of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad to this point, Mr. Sontag occupied a warehouse on the tracks of that company with a capacity of 20,000 bushels. This was one of the old-time warehouses, with an elevated bridge upon which teams were driven and the grain dumped into bins. In 1877, in connection with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company, he built the elevator which now stands on the track of that road just east of the passenger depot. It is a frame structure, 30 X 50 feet, modem style, with a liandling capacity of 30,000 bushels and a storage capacity of 50,000 bushels. Originally shipments of grain were largely in wheat, but of late years shipments of barley have rapidly increased until they fully e(pial those of wheat, the 1882 barley crop being somewhat in excess of that of wheat. Of the 1881 crop Mr. Sontag handled 135,000 bushels of wheat and 100,000 bushels of barley; that was a short crop, however, as high as 500,000 having been handled by him in a single year. Prior to August, 1882, was largely interested in hides, in company with G. H. Krumbeck, of this city, sales of single lots rising as high as $20,000. Is at present dealing only in local hides, the product of Winona butchers, of which the sales are about $1,000 per month. Wool sales, which since 1875 have been quite heavy, were quite light for 1881, the business of that year's clip aggregating about 20,000 pounds. In 1878, when the Winona Mill Company bought the river front, Mr. Sontag removed his office to the west side of Walnut street, between Second and Third, in a brick structure 20x40, two .stories and basement, the latter used for curing hides. He has connection by telephone with the City Exchange, and has also a private line communicating with his elevator. Mr. Otto Sontag was born in the Duchy of Brunswick, Germany, in 1841 ; came to America with his parents and located in Milwaukee in 1848. After some experience as a merchant's clerk, in 1862 he formed his first acquaintance with the grain trade as clerk in a grain house. This business he has followed for twenty years, twelve of them in this city. December 16, 1866, Otto Sontag married Miss Roselia Schorse. They have five children, four of them in attendance upon the city schools.

Jacob E. Peterson was born in Sweden in 1841, and came to this country in 1860, coming almost direct to Minnesota. He used to work at $4 a month farming in Sweden, and managed to save enough, with the aid of a little borrowed money, to pay his passage to New York. He found employment with different farmers between New York and Detroit, gradually working himself west. In 1864 he was working lumbering, and in 1870 he bought land in Elba. He was married at Winona in 1868, to Miss Johnson. He is a thorough farmer and is possessed of a great deal of energy and enterprise.

supplies, at 14 West Third street. This house was established by the present proprietor in 1870, and his present location taken in 1877, in which year he built his present business house, a two-story and basement brick, 24x80 teet, the whole occupied by his business, which shows an increase of about thirty-five per cent over operations of last year. He carries a very complete stock of all goods required in his line, equal in variety to any house in the state, and employs an average force of eight workmen. His largest contract this season has been in connection with the new waterworks of the city. Mr. Toye is a native of Scotland ; learned his trade in New York, and has now been a resident of the city over twelve years. Was elected county commissioner for the second district in 1881, and is now in ofiice. Is married, and has one child in school.

J. W. Dyckson, attorney-at-law ; ofiice southwest corner of Lafayette and Second streets. Practice established in this city about twelve years since. Mr. Dyckson is a native of New York ; graduated from Allegheny City College, Pennsylvania, class of 1860 ; read law in the ofiice of Thomas George, Newburg, New York ; was admitted to practice in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1862. Practiced in Newburg from 1862 to 1867, and for the following three years in New York city. Came to Winona in 1870. With the exception of one year as the partner of Chief-Justice Buck, of Idaho, and one year with George Robinson, Mr. Dyckson has had no law partnerships in this city. He was city attorney during 1881, and his criminal practice is equal to that of any attorney in the city.

Joseph Richmond was born in Alaska, La Crosse county, Wisconsin, October 4, 1856. His youth was spent on a farm with his parents, where he diversified his time with hunting, fishing and going to the common school. At the age of seventeen he hired out to work on a farm. He followed this for several years, chopping wood in the winter seasons. He has sj^ent several winters in the pineries of Wisconsin with profitable results, and invested the proceeds in land in Pleasant Hill township. Mr. Richmond is a - young man of sterling qualities, and will undoubtedly become one of the leading men in the township.

David S. Babcock, farmer, was born in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, September 1, 1850, and was one of a large family. He did not enjoy many advantages as a boy, but had to help work a large farm as soon almost as he was able to walk. He managed, however, in spite of many obstacles, to procure a very good edu- cation, and succeeded liis own teacher in cliarge of the district ecliool, which he taught some years. When he was twenty years of age he married in Wilkesbarre a young lady, Miss Mary Jane Kungle, and with a capital of $1,500 the young couple struck out west, and after pro8})ecting some months finally concluded to settle down in the beautiful valley of the Whitewater. He bought a tine farm and went to work, and succeeded in the comparatively few years he has been in the township in accumulating quite a snug fortune. Mr. Babcoc'k is yet a young man, but he is rapidly making his mark, and will at no very distant day be in Winona's fi-ont rank of wealthy farmers and representative western men. He is an Episcopalian, and in politics a strong republican. He has a family of two sons, John and Alfred, bright youths, John being considered quite a musical phenomenon, while Alfred as a mathematician is only excelled by his teacher. Mr. Babcock is thoroughly esteemed by his brother farmers throughout the county.

Elmer & Tenney, photographers, and dealers in frames and photographic and artists' materials, 18 Center street. This business was established by Howard & Tenne}^ on the south side Second street, between Lafaj^ette and Main streets, and was removed to its present location in 1874. The house became Elmer & Tenney in 1879, at which time E. S. Elmer purchased the interest formerly held by Howard. Their house fronts 24 feet on Center street and has a full depth of 150 feet. The basement is used for packing and storage, and the upj^er story for light storage, the operating rooms being all on the first fioor. The firm employ a force of eight hands and do quite an extensive jobbing trade in frame and photographic stock. They are now making a specialty of Minnesota and Wisconsin scenery, and in this work are successfully rivalling the best competition of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Of their snow views for the exceptional winter of 1880-1 they have sold over 25,000, and their cabinets hold some of the most charming natural views to be found in the whole range of northwestern scenery. The present members of the firm are E. S. Elmer and C. A. Tenney.

Mr. E. S. Elmer is of Connecticut ancestry, w^as born in Whitestown, New York, and was connected with the Rand Ironworks, of Detroit, for ten years : eight of them as cashier of the house, before coming to this city, where for the past three years he has been the financial head of the house with which he is now identified.

in 1869, and there learned his trade as an operating photographer. In 1871 he removed to Winona, and in the same year established himself in business in this city. Mr. Tenney is a married man and has one child in the kindergarten department of the normal school.

OscAK Jacobs, born in Sweden, 1840, came to this country in 1861. Mr Jacobs' parents were very poor, and when he landed in New York he was penniless, could not read or write or speak English, but he was a young man of nerve and push, and he tramped into New Jersey and worked several months for his board. At Somerville, New Jersey, he got work in a blacksmith shop, remaining there several years and learning the trade. He never used tobacco or drank, and saved his wages, employing a portion of them in paying a teacher to teach him reading and writing. In 1872 he came west, settling in Whitewater, farming and working at his trade. In 1870 he married Miss Christiana Linestrom, and has three children. In addition to his farm and blacksmith shop in Whitewater he has just purchased a large shop in Plain view, which he wilt carry on in connection with his brother. He is a Lutheran and a republican, and a prominent officer in the Good Templars.

The Jewell House, corner of Johnson and Second street, is owned by Y. Simpson, and leased by S. F. Sherwood. The house as oi-iginally constructed, a three-story brick, 40 X 80 feet, was built by F. G-. Siemers in 1871, and by him sold to Y. Simpson in 1874, who the same season rebuilt, doubling the size of the structure. It now fronts eighty feet on Second, has an equal frontage on Johnson, and is most conveniently arranged for travelers with the office, reading-room, commercial travelers' sample rooms, dining-rooms, billiard rooms, all on the ground floor and opening directly on the street. The house contains fifty guest-rooms, is well furnished, employs twenty servants, and is growing in popularity with the traveling public as its increasing patronage attests. S. F. Sherwood, lessee and proprietor, is a native of New York, was in the hotel and livery business in Danbury, New York, from 1869 to 1872, then came to Winona county, where for three years he was engaged in running a supply store in connection with the brick yards of Sherwood & Johnson, at Dresbach. He then accepted a situation as traveling salesman for a wholesale grocery house in Chicago, and was on the road in that capacity for six years, when he leased the house he now runs, bought its furniture and took possession January 15, 1882. The lease is for five years, with a privilege

CiiAs. IIiLLK, jobber and retail dealer in hides, wool, pelts, leather and findings, 54 East Third street. This business was started by Mr. Hille in 1872, on Lafayette street, between Front and Second, and there continued one year. He then bought the lot he now occupies, fronting twenty feet on Third street, 140 feet deep, and erected a two-story and basement brick, 20 X 70 feet, into which he moved his stock in the same year, 1873. He employs three hands, and keeps one team constantly on the road. He handles in a season about $40,000 worth of hides, pelts and furs ; $30,000 worth of leather and findings, and from 7,000 as high as 20,000 pounds of wool. His trade extends eastward to La Crosse and Merillan, westward to Dakota and along the Minnesota Southern to Houston. Mr. Hille is a native of Brunswick, Germany, from which country he came to America for a permanent residence in 1868, having spent the closing years of the late war, 1864-5, in the United States. He had an extensive acquaintance with continental Europe, before coming to America, and after his arrival here from 1868 to 1870 was traveling for the "Herald" publishing house of Milwaukee. He then engaged in tannery business at Wabasha, coming from that place to Winona in 1872. He is married and has one son in the city schools. Mr. Hille is a member of Winona Lodge, No. 18, A. F. and A. M., of Winona Chapter, No. 5, and of Cceur de Lion Commandery, No. 3, all of this city. He is also affiliated with Humboldt Lodge, No. 24, I.O.O.F., is connected with the Philharmonic Society, and a member of the board of trade.

Maire & Shank, harness-makers, carriage-trimmers and dealers in harness, leather trimmings, trunks and horse goods. Place of business three doors south of bank. This business was established by the present ])roprietors in 1878, under the linn name of Shank & Co. The proprietors are both skilled workmen, and the business has steadily prospered since its establishment. They own their storeroom and shop, a neat one-story frame, 22x46 feet, carry a good stuck of goods, and the business constantly employs from three to live persons. The members of the firm are Henry Maire and J. G. Shank. Mr. Maire is a native of Dodge count}', Wisconsin, learned his trade there, and came to St. Charles in 1872, and was a journeyman in John Welch's harness shop until starting his present business. Mr. Maire is a member of the LO.O.F. fraternity and warden of the lodge of that order in this city. Mr. Shank is also a native of Wisconsin, born in Washington county, learned his trade at Hartford, and came to St. Charles in 1877 to establish himself in business, which he did the following year, after working one year in the shop of N. H. Smith.

Peter, son of Christ and Christina Keinortze, was born December 14, 1844, in Kalln on the Rliine, Prussia. He went to school winter and summer from the ages of six to fourteen years. Learned the trade of shoemaker in Prussia, at which he has worked ever since. Lived in Prussia until he started for America in 1865, landing in New York April 15 in the above year. Worked seven months at his trade in New York city, when he left, November, 1865, for Chicago, where he continued to work at his trade one year and two months. Still more anxious to see and learn more of the great west, he left Chicago and arrived in north La Crosse, Wisconsin, January, 1867. Being a first-class workman, he readily found employment in the boot and shoe shop of a Mr. Grover, an Englishman. Mr. Reinortze was employed by Mr. Grover for two years, when he had a better offer tendered him in La Crosse. Here he continued to work at his trade for several years. He was married to Miss Apelona Hoffman, of La Crosse, in 1870. He opened and ran a boot and shoe shop in Dakota in 1873. In 1876 he moved his shop to Dresbach, where he has found constant employment. He is now building a shop in Dakota, preparatory to returning to this village again. Mr. and Mrs. Reinortze have had seven children, two of whom are dead and five living. Besides making a good living for his family, Mr. Reinortze has accumulated some property. Tiie people of Dakota are glad to have such a skilled workman in their midst, and he may be assured that his skill and genius as a workman will be amply rewarded while in that village.

H. O. Larrabee, dentist, East Third street, over Cummings & Vila's shoe-house. Mr. Larrabee is a native of Leicester, Vermont, born August 31, 1837. Left home at fifteen years of age, and was merchant's clerk in Albion, New York, until 1857, when he returned to Peru and was in business there until 1860. Leaving home a second time for Albion he entered the dental office of Briggs & Doolittle in that city, completed his studies, which he had previously pursued to some extent, and in 1861 removed to Delevan, Wisconsin, where he was in practice ten years. After the great Chicago fire of 1871 he opened an office in that city, at 348 Wabash avenue, and was in practice there until the close confinement of years proving detrimental to health, he accepted a situation as traveling salesman tor a drug-house, and was so employed until 1877, when he resumed the practice of his profession in this city, to which he had moved in 1873. Mr. Larrabee has three children: (jne daughter, wife of E. K. Tuttle, Berlin, Wisconsin ; one son in the office at Byron, Minnesota, and one daughter in high school.

John W. Short, hotelkeeper, was born in Union county, Indiana, in 1832, and his earlier years were mostly passed on his father's farm. Schools were scarce in Indiana in those days, and he only received one month's schooling ; but being a youth of energy and ambition he managed to acquire, by self-tuition, a fair English education. When he reached manliood he rented a farm in Illinois, which he worked for some years. On the breaking out of the rebellion he enlisted in the 17th 111. reg., participating in all of the engagements of his command, notably those of Belmont, Missouri, Fort Donaldson, Pittsburg Landing and Chickamauga. He consequently saw some of the most severe fighting of the war. He remained with his regiment until its three years of service had expired. There were but seventy-five men left of the full regiment that went into the service, and they to a man re-enlisted, and Mr. Short was one of the number of this gallant band. Mr. Short remained in the service while there was a gun to be fired, and was mustered out at the close of the war with a record that any patriot might be proud of. He returned to his farm, where he remained some years, and then he went to Hamilton, Illinois, where he was engaged in the hotel business for some time. He removed to Minneiska in 1873, working at carpentering and warehousing up to 1880, when he became proprietor of the American Hotel. A year later he took possession of the National, which he now conducts. In 1861 he married Mary Short, daughter of William Short, of Kentucky, and has had two children. Mr. Short is a man of sterling integrity and much respected. He is very ])()pular as " mine host," and is widely known throughout the adjoining townships.