Faribault City (part 1 of 2)

Faribault City

The silver wedding of Captain and Mrs. E. H. Cutts was celebrated on the 9tli of Januar}', 1880. There were al)out forty friends of the worthy oiiuple to congratulate them on arriving at the half-way station on the road to the golden wedding- The ancients considered silver to be the emblem of wisdom, while gold was the representative of love> and among the tokens of regard, the cake baskets, the butter dishes, and knives, enough of them were gold lined to signalize the beautiful correspondence of these two grand divisions of the human mind and which are so indispensable in married partners. Mrs. Cutts, on this occasion was arrayed in her original wedding suit, and after a repast, the joyous occasion was concluded with promises, with that inevitable //', to be there when the goldcu period shoxild roll around.

In this year J. D. Greene & Co.'s mill was revolutionized and transformed into a new process mill, and its capacity put up to between three and tour hundred barrels a day, of the very best of flour.

The railroad business in Faribault during this year was as follows: freight forwarded, 32,305,222 pounds; local charges, .$85, .516; freight received, 19,316,901 pounds, local charges, $48,364; ticket sales, $24,667.

The Faribault elevator was burned on the 10th of June, at a loss of !?65,000. It was built in the winter of 1865, was 52x162 feet, and had a storage capacity of 100,000 bushels. The losers were A. W. Pratt, Pratt and Eobinson. Hartford Brothers ife Tennaut, .T. D. Greene * Co., .lames Murphy, with numbers of farmers who lost from one to two hundred dollars worth each.

The Tear 1881

the parents of H. N. Crossett, of the United States Express. They were married in East Berkshire, Vermont, on the 30th of ,Tune, 1831. Beautiful gifts of cut flowers, a purse of gold from the Masonic brotherhood, of which he was one of the oldest members, and other tokens of esteem and regard were presented. As a sequel to this joyous occasion it must be added, that on the 16th of August following, Mr. Crossett's spirit took its flight, to a land unknown, beyond our mortal sight.

The Tear 1882

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Winter were treated to a surprise silver weddmg on the 20th of January. They were married in Amherst, Massachusetts, on the 20th of January, 1856, Miss Harriet N. Kellogg being the name of the bride. Several who were present at the original wedding were here at the ipiarter century reunion, amimg them being Mrs. Levi Nutting, James A. Winter, and Mrs. E. N. Leavens.

On the Ist of March a fire practically destroyed an old landmark in Faribault, Maj. Fowler's store, which was used as the first Deaf and Dumb school, and some other buildings were injured.

The Barron House was burned on the 17th of March; Hummel's photograph gallery and Joseph Thompson's confectiopery store, and the Postoffice apartments were also burned, but the contents of the office were safely removed. The loss ou the hotel was .IjaQiOOO, and then> were many personal losses. The hotel is rebuilding by G. E. Cole, J. B. Wheeler, and H. W. Pratt.

The City Government

Faribault was at first a town embracing perhaps a half of Cannon City, defined by an irregular line running diagonally across the original government township in a southeast and northwest direction. But, as elsewhere mentioned, it was finally, for the most part, restored to Cannon Cit-y, and three miles square was determined as the form and size of the city. In this way the government went on in an uneventful manner until the growing town began to realize that a city government was recjuired.

On the 22d of January, 1870, a meeting of the citizens of Faribault was held at the office of Gordon E. Cole. H. E. Barron was called to the chair, and J. C. Parshall was appointed secretary. A committee was appointed to take the subject of procuring a city charter into consideration, and report at a subsequent meeting. This committee consisted of the following gentlemen : Gordon E. Cole, T. B. Clement, and Hudson Wilson. About forty of the leading citizens were present, and several meetings were afterwards held to formulate the matter.

The requirements of tlie city were seen and appreciated by the State Legislature, and an act to incorporate the city of Faribault was passed, and approved by the Governor on the 29th of Febniary, 1872. The question of its acceptance by the jieople was submitted to a vote on the 2d of April, and accepted, and the first city government instituted by the choice of officers. The wheels of autliority which were then set in motion have been aluKJst noiselessly kept running ever since, and "Law and order everywhere prevails."

E. Barron. H. E. Barron was elected President of the board, and Henry E. Sime was appointed Clerk; Justices of the Peace, Joseph C. Mold, O.

The organization of the city government was a prominent milestone to mark the progress that had been made, and to show the direction in which it was moving.

The brief inaugural address of the Mayor-elect is here presented. He said: "I came to Faribault in October, 1855, and it has been my home ever since. Many of the voters, the business men, the wives, and the mothers of this young city were then pratting children in other States, or on the other Continent. The town itself, except as to the mere territory, was not in existence, having been subsequently entered as a town site by Judge Chatfield. The rapid settlement of the village commenced in the spring of 1856, and its location at siich an important point very soon assured its success, and it became the most promising place in .southern Minnesota. In 1857, Gen. James Shields, who had already been a United States Senator, by his influence in Washington secured this as a point to be provided for in the congressional land grant in aid of the Minneapolis & Cedar Valley railroad, which finally secured this most important railroad connection with the East. Early in the sixties our delegates in the Legislature secured the location of the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute in Faribault, and in due time the school was opened and the buildings erected. About the same time, in a humble way, was laid the foundation which has proved to be deep and broad, of the Bishop Seabury University, and we now point to these institutions with pride, and it becomes us as a city to cherish for them a friendly and fostering interest."

PuESENT City Government. - Mayor, H. W. Pratt; Board of Aldermen, Dennis Cavanaugh, Henry Chattee, Patrick Devrey, E. Kaul, J. F. Lindeman, A. J. Mennell, E. J. Moran, J. D. Shipley; Recorder, J. J. Byrnes; Treasurer, S. I. Pettitt; Justices of the Peace, J. J. Byrnes and James Hunter; Street Commissioner, R. M. Lynch; City Attorney, W. H. Keeley; Health Officer, Dr. B. Mattocks; Clock Tender, J. Andrews; City Printer, A. E. Haven; Pound-keeper, Reuben Randall; Chief of Police, J. D. Shipley.

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The Police Depaktment. - -The police, department was organized at the time of the institntion of the city government, in 1872. At first there were four members of the force. Moses Cole was Chief, and Henry Eoth, David Eeed, and James Hunter were patrolmen. Mr. Cole remained at the head of the force for two years, and then James Hunter was Chief for two years, and after him came S. C. Dunham and William Campbell. In the spring of 1882, J. D. Shipley was appointed^ and there arc still but four men on the force.

FiBE Department. - The fire department of Faribault is among the most efHcient in the State. It was organized in a small way in 1866, as a hook- and- ladder company, and it kept branching out and extending and consolidating, until it reached its present condition of competency. In 1866, a hook-and-ladder truck was procured, and as the .iepartment grew others were added, with hose carts, etc. In 187i, the first steam fire engine was purchased of the Sillsby Company, in Kew York, at a cost of iJI.OOO, and is considered the best kind made.

The department, as now composed, is made up of five companies, as follows: Engine Company, No 1; Niagara Hose Company; Young America Hose Company; Straight River Hose Company; and the Excelsior Hook and Ladder Company.

Each of these companies has a separate organization, with a foreman, two assistants, a treasurer, and secretary, all, however, amenable to the central department, the officers of which are: Chief Engineer, G. H. Palmer; First Assistant, J. F. Whalon; Second Assistant, William McCiinnis; Treasurer, Thomas Mee; Secretary, William Milligan.

The present equipment of tlie department consists of the Sillsby engine, a hook-and-ladder truck, and three hose carriages. The engine house is on the north side of Third, between Elm and Chestnut streets, and was constructed in 1876, at a cost of .'i?7,3Ul). The ground story is occupied by the engine, trucks, and other apparatus. The second story has a fireman's hall, neatly furnished, and city oflices. Indeed, the building is sometimes called the City Hall. It is of brick, is surmounted by a cupola with a bell, and is a creditalile building for a city of this size.

their "Hi! hi! hi!" made a tour of the village, stopping at every shop and store to seize buckets, whi<'Ii they hung upon their ])rimitive truck, and thus the first fire extinguishing apparatus was secured.

Post-office. - Alexander Faribault was the first Postmaster, and E. J. Crump was his deputy. The office was opened on Main street, opposite the location of the Arlington House. This was early in the spring of 185.5, and a mail route was established between St. Paul and Owatonna, with a weekly service. The first mail carrier was Mr. Davis, and afterwards J. J. Braokett, who was a well-known character; and for some time he could carry the whole mail in his pocket, as not unfrequently Mr. Hulett's iVcw York Tribune, would he the only paper received in a week.

The service under Mr. Crump was satisfactory, as he was a man of education, and of an accomodating disjjosition. After a time a Mr. Young became the deputy and acting Postmaster, and he severely tried the patience of those having business with the office. He was too indolent to rise from his chair and hand over a letter, so he would declare there was " nothing," and having thus committed himself he would stick to it until the next weekly mail came l)etore delivering it. After a time he was removed, and the office was located in the Moses Cole block, on the comer of Willow and Front streets.

In 1857, George S. Skinner was appointed Post master, and the office was then kept on the west side of Main, between Third and Fourth streets, in a building belonging to Skinner himself. The office was afterwards moved across the street, and he held the keys until the change of administration in 1861, when James Gibson succeeded to the position, and kept it eight years. Prescott Fish and Frank Roberts were at diffierent times his depTities, and did most of the work.

In 1869, J. S. Fuller was appointed, and he continued in the place until 1873, when E. N. Leavens was commissioned. He kept it in the same jilace for four years, when it was removed to the Barron House, between First and Second on Main street. This was burned on the 17th of March, 1882. By strenuous exertions and careful management nothing was lost, and the same evening the office was in running order at its present location, on Third between Main and Elm streets.

There are three assistants in the office - the deputy, J. S. Bemis, Mrs. Nellie Williams, the mailing clerk, and Will. Wilson, who attends the general delivery.

In 1873, the amount of stamps sold was $5,000. Now the sales amount to .flO.OOO a year. It was made a mtmey order office during Gibson's term, and the whole number that have been issued is 41,000. The business of this department amounts to eighty or ninety thousand dollars annually.

Tliere is a daily mail to Waterville, ma Warsaw, a tri-weekly to Red Wing, one to Holden, and one to Rochester, and twice a week to Shieldsville ; these are by stage routes. By railroad there are two or more mails each way every day. The office is accessible, well-managed, and wellappointed, with Yale lock and other boxes. The mail is promptly delivered in a gentlemanly way, and gives general satisfaction.

Faribault may be said to be, to a large extent, a manufacturing city, its citizens realizing that mere trade in this age of the world is not the principal source of wealth and prosperity. The endeavor is made to notice the principal manufactaring and industrial enterprises, that the historian of the next generation may, by a comparison with what may be found then, appreciate what changes may have been wrought. The transformation that has taken place within a quarter of a century is most marvelous, and if progress in the future should be equally extensive and wonderful, a comprehension of the changes at the present time would draw upon the imagination in a way that the possessor of only the broadest idealty could honor. The purpose of this part of the work is not to give a business directory, but rather a bird's eye view of the material interests of the city, and without doubt many meritorious enterprises have been overlooked, but they can console themselves that they will grow into notice by real merit.

SxRAKillT RiVEK FLOURING MiLL. - This is usually called Greene's mill. It was originally built by Mr. Faribault and got in operation on the 1st of April, ISfi'i. In the building of this mill a large amount of energy and enterprise was displayed. Mr. Faribault was induced to go into the undertaking (|uite as much in the interest of the town as with tlic idea that it would be remunerative. It is one of the pioneer mills of the county, and in itself illustrates the progress that has been made in city and county.

In 1872, the mill was bought by Greene & Carnfel who immediately made extensive improvements and operated it until 1878, when an addition of 40x40 feet, four stories, was made, and a complete transformation effected at a cost of -130,000. Among other improvements a Corliss engine of 120 horse-power was put in, and the Hungarian system of reduction with corrugated porcelain rolls was adopted. The mill was run in this way until 1880, when, learning that there was still another system which was an improvement on this, another extensive reconstruction was made, and Stevens' corrugated chilled iron rolls were introduced. This machinery is made liy the John G. Noye Manufacturing Company, at Buffalo, New York. A great point gained, as is claimed, is in "granulating the grain without cutting it." The process of manufacturing flour is now very complicated, it is done by gradual reduction, the grain is squeezed a little at first, and what flour results is carefully sifted out, then it is squeezed again, and this process is repeated five or six times with variations in the manipulation, and three grades of flour result from all this handling. The wheat itself, after being received, goes through various machines to separate other grains or foreign substances and to thoroughly clean it.

This mill now has six porcelain sets, one large iron set, and six sets of Stevens' rolls, with the reels, the middlings purifiers, and other apparatus to make the highest grade of flour in the market. The choice brands are "Old Hickory" and "Olympia." The mill has a capacity of about 400 barrels a day. In relation to the water-power it may be mentioned that the fall is from twelve to fourteen feet.

Crown Point Roller Mill. - This mill was the incidental outgrowth of a saw-mill which was Imilt by Henry Riedell in 1856, at the corner of Fifth and Willow streets. The saw-mill was run by a portable steam engine and had a circular saw. In 1857, Mr. Riedell concluded to construct a gristmill, and so he ripped out the lumber for that purpose and put it up and got it enclosed the same year. W. H. Dike, who still resides here, and William Judd, now of Minneapolis, at this stage purchased the building, put in the machinery, and had it completed alid in running order in 1859. The mill Wits 30x40 feet, three storiea liigb aud bad four run of stones, with six reels, aud could make 100 barrels of flour a day, which was au enormous amount in those early days. The [lOwer was derived from an upright engine with two boilers aud two flues in each. In 1862, Blr. Judd sold out and the firm became Dike & Greggs. It was thus ruu until the year 1867, after which Mr. Dike run it aloue up to 1870. Previous to this time it was known as the "Rice County Mills." It is claimed that this mill was the first to ship Hour to New York from Minnesota, and that it was thus the jjioneer in the business which has become so cole issal in Minneapolis. The fir.st cousignmcnt of Hour was to Plummer & Co., in 1859, and the brand was ^'Cannon River Mills." It was what might be called a straight grade of flour. While Mr. Dike was sole owner he made an addition of an elevator to the mill with a capacity of 25,000 bushels.

lu the fall of 1871, Turner & Riedell leased the mill, and the following year the property was purchased by the present pi'oprietor, W. G. Turner, who increased its size and capacity and transformed it, in obedience to the milling revolution which was sweeping over the country, into a roller mill, and it now has three run of stones aud eight sets of corrugated rolls, with purifiers aud all the improved modern machinery for the manufacture of the finest grades of flour. The power is derived from au eighty horse-power engine, made at the North Star Iron Works iu Minneapolis, it being their first flouring mill engine. It now turns out 150 barrels of flour a day, and the mill is well managed by John N. Gwathmey, the head miller.

Faribault City Floueino Mill. - In 1877, Mr. J. S. Hillyer leased from A, L. Hill, in his furniture establishment, certain rooms, 30x50 feet and four stories in height, and a basement 50x100 feet, with sufficient power, and at cmce put in machinery for the manufacture of flour, consisting of three ruu of stones, and a cajiacity of 100 barrels a day. Iu 1881, George Tileston became an equal partner iu the concern, and it was transformed into a roller mill with eight sets of rolls and three run of -tones, two of which have been discarded smce then. It contains all the newly improved machinery for a first-class flouring mill and turns out 110 barrels a day, also Graham tlour, corn meal, aud feed. The best brand is "The Belle of St. Mary's." It is what may be called a custom, sale, and merchant mill, and its production has a wide reputation.

Faribault Grange Flouring Mill. - A milling company was organized aud incorporated in .luly, 187-t, with a capital of .'ii!:!O,O0O. The stock was owned by the farmers, and the following gentlemen were directors: G. W. Fox, John Thomson, Robert Hedges, John H. Passon, Isaac Hamlen, E. A. Rice, James Murphy, William Close, Patrick Healy, J. A. Mathers, S. M. West, N. H. Stone, and Joseph Goar; about forty farmers were stockholders. Six acres of land was purchased, and a mill was built and running in Sejjtember. It was 50x60 feet, a frame building three stories high with a stone basement, aud there was an engine hou.se 34x50 feet, aud a 125 horse-power engine. The mill had seven run of stones aud the machinery was fully up to those times. It could deliver about two hundred barrels of very superior flour per day, which ranked as such in the eastern market. The whole cost of the building aud machinery was about $30,000. This mill had a successful career until the Sth of November, 1876, when it was destroyed liy fire. J. H. Passon was president and general superintendent, and Miles Hollister, secretary aud financier.

Polar St.*.r Mills. - This mill was commenced soon after a mill was burned which occupied the same place, and is a three-story brick building with a stone basement, 60x62 feet. At first it had seven ruu of stones, and in about a year two more were added, and in addition to the water a steam engine of 125 horse-power was put in. The cost of the engine and house was about .S!(,000. The mill was built by a stock company, consisting of the following: T. A. Bean, William Tennant, A. P. Stary, Miles Hollister, T. B. Clemeut, L. R. Weld, G. W. Lewis, R. A. Mott, G. G. Gunhus, H. W. Bingham, and D. W. Humphrey. The company operated the mill until 1878, when it was leased by Bean k Tennant, who have since operated it. In 1881, it was transformed into a roller mill, aud it now has the ability to deliver 325 barrels a day. The company has kept the mill up to the modern standard of etticiency in order to produce the best flour. A cooper shop is in operation in connection with the establishment. The cost of the mill with the power was about 47,000. The old mill that occupied this site was built iu 1862, by Alexander Faribault and Henry Mehlhoru. It had two run of stones, driven by two wheels, and eight feet head of water - now there is eleven feet fall. The building was orig- inally frame, hut was veneereil over with brick. It was sold to Siiter & Baugs not long after it was built, who improved it somewhat. Sater subsequently sold his interest, and Mr. Baugs converted it into a five-run mill. In 18G7, it was sold to the Bean Brothers & Tennaut, and they operated it until it was burned on the 9th of Decern - er, 1876, at a loss of $25,000.

Matteson's Mill. - In 1865, H. M. Matteson aud Luke Hulett began the erection of a mill a few rods above the conflueuce of the two rivers. The size of the mill was 30x80 feet, and was adapted to four run of stones. The power was derived from a dam thrown acro.ss the river at the point meutioned, and was a combined mill and elevator. The firm continued as Matteson A- Hulett for eighteen months, when Matteson becanie the proprietor. This mill kept in operation, and in 1879 a set of rolls were put in. In 1880, another was added, and the capacity increased to one hundred barrels a day. The principal brands were "We Bet," "You Bet," and "Old Comfort." The mill was burned in 1881.

Kendall Mill. - In 1866, this mill was built by Louis Carnfel and J. D. Greene. In 1874, it came iuto the hands ©f Greene & Gold. Its location is on Fourteenth street and the Straight River. Water and steam are both used as a power, there being a head of six or seven feet. When the general revolution in milling was in full progress this mill, being exposed, caught the epidemic, and went through the change suooeasfully. There are the corrugated and smooth rolls, five of the one and three of the other, and one of porcelain. It turns out 150 barrels a day and has a storing capacity of 25,000 bushels. The flour i.s high grade.

Millers' Association Elevator. - This was jmt up iu 1881. The size is 32x60 feet, and oue hundred feet high. It has a capacity of 60,000 bushels. The power to work it is derived from the foundry near where it is located. Mr. J. D. Gr('ifU(!, one of the most enterprising millers in this region, built this elevator aud owns and operates it. In its construction due regard was paid to tlie most economical methods of handling the grain, and the latest devices that had proved valuable wore adopted. An enormous amount of grain is handled iu it iu the course of the year.

100,000 bushels was built, and this was operated until may, 1881, when it was burned. The present building was put up by S. W. Pratt. It is 30x50 feet, and reaches up eighty feet high; it has a capacity of 50,000 bushels. The power is derived from the engine that jmmps water to supply the tank at the station.

Faribault Woolen Mill. - 0. H. Klemer, in 1865, put a carding machine into an old wagon shop 18x20 feet, situated on Chestnut street between Fourth and Fifth, using a five horse-power steam engine. In 1869, a feed mill was put into the establishment, which, however did not ruu long. He then made cotton batting for two years or so, bringing the material from St. Louis. After awhile, as the business did not prove remunerative, it was suspended. Iu 1872, having meantime enlarged the building, a regular set of woolen machinery was put iu, for the manufacture of yarn. Iu 1877, .still other machinery was added, including three looms and other appliances for making cloth. The mill now has three cards, a spinning-jack, with 144 spindles, one wide loom, and three narrow ones, one twister, one shearing machine, one brush machine, one jig, one picker, with warping, washing and other machines for the manufacture of Haunels, blankets, yarns, and other woolen goods that are in active demand. Mr. Klemer is now building a stone factory, two stories and a basement, 44x100 feet, near the river on Third street, and will greatly enlarge the business.

E. M. Leach's Sash, Door, and Blind F.\ctory AND Planing Mill. - This is oue of the old establishments of Faribault, as it was first started in 1857, by L. C. Ingram, as a sash, door, and blind factory, using a wind-mill for power. Its location was uot far from the railway station. Sometime during the war it was moved up to Main street. In 1865, the concern was purchased by E. M. Leach, the present proprietor, and removed to its present location on Elm between Fourth and Fifth streets. Its capacity for business was at once enlarged by the introduction of a twenty horse-power steam engine aud considerable new machinery. The size of the building now is 20x80 feet, two stories, for the main structure, and two additions of a single story, covering stjll more ground thau the other. Iu the wood -working department about eiglit men are emjjloyed. There is also a feed-mill in connection with the establishment, au(J a lumber yard.

The Hazen Wind-Mill. - In the year 1875, Tliayer & Wintor established a fouuJry and niachiue shop near the Jeiiot, and iu 1878, the company commenced manufacturing the imprt)ved wind-mill invented by Mr. S. Hazen, of Hipon Wisconsin, which is supposed to be the very best yet arranged for all purposes for which a wind engine can be used. The works have a capacity of one thousand a year. The establishment was at lirst where the sugar refinery now is, but iu lS7It, the company erected the shops near the staticju. where the work is now carried on. In addition to the wind-mill work, a general jobbiug business is done in mill and other machinery. The Hazeu wind engine is iu extensive use in Iowa and Nebraska particularly. There is about .S'20,000 invested in the business, which is one of the most substantial in town. Another point in regard to this mill ought not to be overlooked in this sketch; it is prepared to repair and regriud the rolls of the new jjrooess system for flour making, the only one in the State, outside of Minneapolis.

Faribault Wagon Wokks. - This establishment is located on Elm, between Third and Fourth streets; heavy wagons and bob sleighs are manufactured, and has been in continuous operation since February, 1866, when it was started by William Frink who had bought out au old shop. He, immediately built a frame building 32x40 feet on the site of the present building, with a blacksmith shop adjoining, both two stories high. Mr. Frink run the establishment with different partners up to 1873, when G. W. Stafford became associated with him and the business was thus continued until 1882, when P. S. Bateman was admitted into the firm, the name of which now is Stafford and Bateman. They turn out about 150 wagons a year, and from 20 to 30 sleighs, all the work being of a very superior quality.

LiNDEMAN Bkotherh" Careiahe Factory. - This shop was commenced iu 1876, by the erection of a building 22x40 feet, on the corner of Main and Fifth streets. At first they did all of their own work, and met with such success that in 1877, au addition was made, 20x22 feet, and in 1877 still another. They now employ thirteen men. The projjrietors personally assist in the shop and superintend the work, which is confined to light carriages and sleighs which have an excellent reputation, and are sold all over the State. The business amounts to |45,000 a year.

Fahiiiault Carriagu Works. - There are three buildings connected with this enterprise, one is 22x45 feet, two stories, another 30x50 feet, a singlestory, and the blacksmith shop, situated on tiii^ corner of Elm and Front streets. It was commenced as long ago as 1858, by J. D. Denison, who at first did repairing, but finally enlarged it and began to set up farm wagons. In 1866, the manufacture of carriages and sleighs was commenced, and ([uite a business built up as there was no t)pposition in the city, and the amount of rejiairing done was very large. In 1876, Frink, Andrews & Stafford became owners and run it until 1878, wheu its present owner bought out the other members of the firm and now has the exclusive control. He is turning out large numbers of fine carriages and cutters, and doing an extensive rej)airing Ijusiness.

Adam Weyer's Wagon Factory. - In 1868, this shop was started in two small frame buildings on Willow, near Second street, under the name of Bieler & Weyer. In 1874, the present stone shop, 30x65 feet, two stories high, was built. About fifty farm wagons a year are now made here witli thirty or forty "bob sleighs," and there is a general blacksmith shop in the Ijuilding which turns out a large amount of work. Mr. Weyer is now the sole proprietor.

Faribault Furnithre and Chair Factory. - At first this was owned and operated by N. S. Flint. The business was commenced in 1807, on a small scale, in a building on the corner of Fifth and Buckeye streets, which was small and but three or four men were employed; a single luirse-power drove what little machinery there was. In 1870, a brother, M. M. Flint, became interested in the firm. He put in a steam engine and increased the capacity of the factory, and it has been doing a very profitable business. From twenty-five to forty men are employed, and from $30,000 to if!40,000 worth of furniture is turned off iu a year. The engine is of thirty-five horse-power. Iu 1870, great improvements were made in the establishment; among other things a saw-mill being put in. Mr. M. M. Flint is now the sole owner.

Wandell's Furniture Factory. - The manufacture of furniture was commenced here in 1856, on a small scale, and by hand. In 1857, some machinery was put in, with a six horse-power engine, and the business was entered into more extensively. The location was on Main between

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Third and Fourth streets. It was owned and oiierated by C. Wandell. In 1862, it was moved to the rear of the block and its capacity increased. lu 1872, a twenty horse-power engine was put in and new machhiery introduced. For some reason - a want of enterprise and business capacity - the establishment is in idleness and has been so for several years.

Hill's Fuenituke Factory. - One of the largest and most important manufacturing industries in the city is the above-named establishment, owned and operated by A. L. Hill. It was first brought into existence in 18.55. Mr. S. B. Brockway was one of the proprietors. It was located on the Hat near the river, on Willow street between Second and Third. At first it utilized a blind horse for power, and a circular saw and a turning lathe was all the machinery in use. One man only was at first employed. There was serious trouble in procuring lumber to build the mill, as men stood at the saw-mill awaiting their turn to snatch each board as it was cut. The first building was 20x30 feet, one and one-half stories high; the business was continued here eight years and then moved tr) a larger building on the corner of Third and Willow streets. This was in 1863, and he put in a twenty horse-power engine and employed from twenty to twenty- five men up to 1872, when the whole establishment was lapped up by the flames. The present building was soon constructed; it is 50x100 feet and four stories high, with au engine house 50x50 feet. In 1878, a Corliss engine of 125 horae-power was put in. The old engine is still used in the saw-mill which runs in connection with the factory, and which can cut up about 6,000 feet of lumber in a day. The factory is run to its utmost capacity and makes all kinds of furniture, except upholstered goods, and is a valuable institution in the city.

Cigar Factory. - In 1880, Philip Loeft'el commenced the manufacture of cigars in Batchelder's block, employing from eight to twelve hands, but he soon failed and Kaul k Filler bought the stock and continued the manufacture, removing the business to the corner of Second and Main streets. In the year 1882, M. C. Sheeran was taken in as a partner, and the business is now carried on by those parties. Tliey employ about ten men. Under the United States revenue laws this factory is No. 8 of the First district of Minnesota.

Fabibault Plow Comiwny. - A plow manufacturing company was organized in 1869. The active members were, John Mullen, Henry Chalfee, and C. A. Snyder. A main building, 35x100 feet, was put up, with an engine room, and the manufacture of a good pattern of a plow commenced and carried on for about two years. Then the shop was used for about five years as a general foundry and machine shoj), and afterwards transformed into a sugar refinery.

Faribault Iron Works. - W. P. Wiukley established this industrial enterprise eariy in the sixties, and the establishment was owned and operated by him until 1870, when it was purchased by A. Moore who still retains it. It is a well appointed shop with machinery for the manufacture of steam engines, and general jobbing work. A feed-mill is run in connection, that was put in operation in 1879. The establishment cost nearly $10,000, and employs a dozen men. Its location is north of the railroad station.

Straight Rivee Woolen Mill. - I. G. Beaumont and N. W. Blood put up a building on Willow street. Some wool machinery was put up and run by steam for about three years, when it was sold to Mr. C. H. Klemer. The building is now used as a sale stable.

Je.sse Sumner's Planing Mill. - Several years ago a planing mill was started on the corner of Fourth and Buckeye streets, by Blr. Sumner. It run until in 1881, when business being duU it was removed to St. Paul. This was the mill that was built in 1857 by Clark & Weld, who brought the machinery from Vermont. It was a planing mill, and cost originally about .S4,400. Its location was at first north of Greene's mill, and was a frame building, 20x40 feet ; it run here for about seven years, and then was sold to Cole «fc Risen g. They operated it for about a year, when the machinery was sold to Jesse Sumner as above mentioned.

Lumber Yards. - When the country was first settling up, of course the lumber business was very active, and at one time ' there were seven lumber yards in active operation, all doing a flourishing business, but now there are only two. The present firms are A. Blodgett & Son, and E. M. Leach; the latter has a lumber yard in connection with his planing mill. Both of tuese firms do a good business.

and a year later returned to the former place. In 1847, they came to Minnesota, stojiped in Mendota three weeks and then to Faribault, where he was engaged by Alexander Faribault to take charge of his farm, hia wife teaching the Hious children in the mean time. A year later he returned to Mendota, bought a tract of laud which he improved, giving his two sons a farm from the same. His wife died in 1871, at the age of sixty-six years. Mr. Antoine now makes his home with his daughter, Mrs. Johuville. Of five sons and three daughters, but one son and two daughters are living ; Margaret, the eldest, married Fred. Faribault, youngest sou of Jean Baptist Fariliault, by whom she had four children; Agnes, Steme, Libbie, and Antoinette. Her husband died in 1867, and she married, three years later, Jean Baptist Johuville. The result of this union is one child, Freddie, now living in this city. The second daughter, Frezine, married George Faribault, a son of Alexander Faribault, and now lives at Fort Yates, Dakota. Antoine, the son, married Adelle Johuville, and has five children.

W. R. Baldwin was born in Elyria, Ohio, on the 12th of September, 1841, and when five years old removed with his parents to Connecticut, and located in Merideu, where he received bis education. His father was a merchant, and W. R. followed the same employment. In 18.'>(), the family retui-ned to Ohio, and in 1864, Mr. Baldwin married Miss Lyda Irvin, the ceremony taking place on the 12th of September. The issue of the union was one son, who is now dead. In 18G8, they came to Minnesota on account of the poor health of Mr. Baldwin and located on a fine farm just west of Faribault, on which he remained until 1881, then moved into the city, and retired from active business. In 1880, he was elected to the State Legislature for one term.

Ara Barton, who has been Sherifl' of Bice county, since 1876, was born in Charleston, Sullivan county. New Harajishire, on the 12th of April 1824. His father and grandfather were natives of the same State. When Ara was seven years old his parents removed to western New York, where he assisted his father on a farm. In 1851, he was united in marriage with Miss Louisa Fish, the Ceremony taking place in August. The union has been blessed with five children, four of whom are living. In 1857, Mr. Barton came to Minnesota and located in Dakota county, where he was one of the pioneers. He put in one hundred acres of wheat, the first in that jjart of the State. In 1862, he enlisted in the Minnesota Mounted Rangers, and served one year as Lieutenant in Company F. He then formed and was Captain of Company D, Brackett's battalion, which was engaged in war with the Indians. After his discharge he located at Northfield, Rice C(juuty, where he has since made his home when not a county officer. In the fall of 1875, he was elected County Sheriff and still holds the office. In 1859 and '60, he was elected to the State Senate from Dakota county, and in the fall of 1870 and again in 1872, was in the Legislature from this district. In 1873, he was a candidate for Governor against Mr. Davis.

G. N. Baxter was born in Onondaga county. New i'ork, on the 25th of February, 1845. Ten years later the family removed to Michigan, where G. N. learned the brick and stone mason trade of his father. In 1863, he came to Faribault and followed his trade, studying law at the same time with Batchelder >t Buokham until 1866, when he was admitted to the bar; afterward formed a partnership with Judge Lafayette Emitt, with whom he remained one year and has since been alone, having a large and profitable business, acquired through his energy and ability. He has an extensive library which cost about .'$4,000, and contains many valuable law books, He was Justice of the Peace five years, elected in 1866; County Attorney six years, elected in 1871, and was County Superintendent of schools in 1870.

Horace Everett Barron belongs to the Barron family who settled in New England in the early part of the eighteenth century. William Barron, the great-grandfather of Horace Everett Barron, was a .scout during the French and Indian war, and commanded a company from Lyndeboro, New Hampshire, in the Revolutionary war. The roll of his company, who first used their flintlocks at Bunker Hill, is now in the archives of the State department at Concord, New Hampshire. He lived and died at Lyndeboro. His family originated from Chelmsford, Middlesex county, Massachussetts.

Micah Barron, his eldest son, born at Lyndeboro, Massachussetts, adjoining Chelmsford, in 1763, moved to liradford, Orange county, Verin 1788; was an enterprising lumberman and farmer, and for twenty-three years was l^eputy Kherifl or Sheriff of Orange county. He was the man who was sent to ('anada to arrest Stephen

Buniiiigus, the notorious counterfeiter and desperado. IMicah Barron was at one time Colonel of a regiment of the State Militia, and rose to the rank of Brigadier-General. William Barron, son of Micah and father of Horace, was less than a year old when his parents moved to Bradford. The maiden name of his second wife, mother of Horace, was Hannah Davis Brooks, whose oldest brother, Samuel Brooks, died while member of the Canadian Parliament. His youngest son is now a member of the same Parliament. William Barron, like his father, had a taste for military affairs--, and rose to the rank of Colonel. He died in Hartford, Connecticut, in the eighty-sixth year of his age, as we gather from the "History of Bradford, Vermont," whence other facts are derived. President Harrison ajjpointed Colonel Barron United States Marshal for the district of Vermont. Horace E. Barron was bom in Bradford on the 2lKt of March, 1826, spending his boyhood on his fatlier's farm, and completing his education at the Bradford Academy. When about eighteen years old he joined the engineer party who made the first survey of the railroad from White Biver .Tunction to Derby Liue, and was thus engaged for four years, or till the road was completed and the cars run from White River to Wells River. In October, 1850, Mr. Barron pushed westward to Chicago, and for five years traveled for wholesale houses in that city, his trips extending over Illinois and portions of Michigan and Indiana. In October, 18.55, he came to Faribault, then an embryotic village, with several log cabins and two or tliree frame houses. During the winter following he pun^hased the site on which his hotel subsequently stood, and made preparations to build, which he did the next spring. His elder and only brother, William Trotter Barron, a graduate of the University of Vermont, and a lawyer of Chicago for several years, and judge of Cook county one or two ti'rms, was killed in 1862, l)y a collision on the railroad at Kenwood Station, near the southern line of Chicago. For two years our subject was engaged in looking after his property, returning to his hotel in 1864. In 187(1, Mr. Barron built the stately stone additiim to his hotel, 44x80 feet, and three stories above the basement, leaving the old frame building standing, using it for office, sample-rooms, w.ish-roonis, etc. It was one of the most spacious, airy, and inviting public houses in central Minnesota. This he leased in 1879, and in March, 1882, it was consumed by fire.

Mr. Barron has held a few offices in the municipality of Faribault, and in 1874, was a member of the Legislature, being Chairman of the committee of ways and means. He has been a Director of the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind, located at Faribault, for ten or eleven years; has been President of the Board most of the time, and since 1880, has been steward for the institutions.

In politics he was formerly a Whig; latterly he has been a Republican, occasionally attending congressional and State conventions - more to oblige others than to please himself. He is a strong partisan, more ready to work for the official elevation of his friends than of himself. Mr. Barron lived a single life till the 22d of February, 1876, when he became the husband of Miss Kate W. Gray, daughter of the late James L. Gray, many years a merchant on North Clark street, Chicago. They have had three childien (one pair of twins), and lost all of them. They attend the Episcopal cliurch.

Nathan Marvin Bemis, M. D., tlie first })hysician to jjermanently settle in Faribault, was born i in Whitingham, Windham county, Vennont, on the 25th of March. 1821, his parents being James Gilbert and Stata (Smith) Bemis. His ])aternal great-grandfather came from England, and his grandfather, Edmund Bemis, was an officer in the continental army. James G. Bemis was a farmer, with whom the son remained until eighteen years of age. At this period in life, with his heart set on being a physician, and with his father's consent, he commenced reading medicine with Dr. Horace Smith, of Wilmington, a town adjoining Whitingham, in the same county ; attended lectures and received his education at the Vermont Medical College of Woodstock; practiced three years at Shutesbury, Franklin county, Massachusetts; nine or ten at Cummington, Hampshire C( unty, same State, and in May, 1855, settled in Faribault. At that date only one frame house - that of Alexander Faribault, for whom the town was named - was completed; others were rising, and a few log cabins had been up a short time. Indians were abundant, and Dr. Bemis was the physician of two chiefs of the Sioux nation, Papa and Ked Legs. His rides, especially during the first ten or fifteen years, extended up and down the valle/ of the Cannon River and up the Straight ( which here feeds the (Jannon) a long distance. Probably few men of his profession in the State have ridden moro miles tliau he. In the territorial days of Miuuesota, road or uo road, regardless of the state of the weather, he promptly obeyed every summons, near or remote, whether to a wigwam or a white man's csibin, facing the perils of swollen streams, blinding snow storms, or a fearfully de- ])ressed thermometer. Latterly his professional eirewits have ordinarily been limited to the city and adjoining towns, younger men taking the longer rides. He has been successful pecuniarily as well as professionally, and fortunately can afford to curtail his business. Though quite elastic for a man past his three-score years, and though having uo deep wrinkles in his face, yet his long, almost snow-white beard and rapidly whitening head, indicate that "sap-eonsuniing winter's drizzling snows" are not only falling, but thickening in their fall. He does just enough business to afford him a healthful amount of exercise. His spirits are buoyant, and his social habits admirable. In early manhood Dr. Bemis was an abolitionist of the milder type, casting his first jjresidential vote in 1844, for James G. Birney. Of late years he has voted the republican ticket; has never been an office-seeker, and has strictly refused to accept anything of the kiu<l of a political nature. Among the Freemasons he is a Knight Templar, and Las been Master of the Blue Lodge twice, .-ind a Noble Grand in Odd-Fellowship three times. Dr. Bemis has been married since the 10th of February, 1842, his wife being Miss Emeline H. Adams, a native of Barre, Massaehii.setts, living at the time of her marriage at Heath, in the same State. They have had iive children, all living but (ieorge O., who died when only tiu'ee years old. The four living are all married but Ella J. Augusta E. is tlje wife of William T. Kerr, a commercial agent, residing in Davenport, Iowa; Joseph G. is a physician, educated in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City, and practicing in Faribault; and Mary C. is IIk- wife of Henry C. Preseott, agent for Seymour, Sabin & Co., manufacturers of the "Mmnesota Chief" threshing machine at Stillwater, Minnesota, their home being at Faribault.

W. L. Bentley, a native of Franklin comty. Vermont, was born on the 28d of Mai'ch, 1,S3;5. When eighteen years old he moved to Massachusetts and was employed in factories there for three years, then to Ohio and later to Kansas where he was connected with the Quartenuaster's department, engaged in shipping through Colorado,

New Mexico, and the southwestern States. He has been a resident of Minnesota since 1808, first locating in Mower county, where he married Mi.ss Annie Norton on the 28tli of December, 1K72. Four children is the result of this union. Mr. and Mrs. Bentley came here in 1872, and he was engaged in the ice business until 1871(, wlien he opened his present feed store.

John MidJoNoon Beuky, of the supreme bench of Minnesota, and a native of Pittstield, New Hampshire, was born on the 18th of September, 1827; liis parents being John Berry, merchant, and Mary Ann Brown m-e Hogan. The Berry family settled in southeastern New Hampshire, nearly, and p<'rhaps fully, two centuries ago. The maternal grandfather of otir subject was from Ireland. The youth of Judge Berry was devoted to tlie securing of an education; he spent bis last joreparatory year at Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; entered Yale College in Septem ber, 1843, when just sixteen years old, and graduated in his twentieth year. He began to read law at Concord, New Hampshire, with Judge Perley, afterward chief justice of that State; continui d his readings with Hon. Moses Norris; was admitted to practice at a term of the su])reme court held at Concord in July, ISfiO, practiced about two years at Alton, Belknap county. New Hampshire; came as far west as Janesville, Wisconsin, in the spring of 18.53; was in practice there two years, and then settled in Faribault, his home since then, with the exception of something less than a year spent at Austin, Mower county, his business being the jiractice of law till he went on the bench. He is a thorough legal and general .scholar, and ranks deservedly high among his profession in the State for his literary tastes and acquirements. He may be classed as a thinker as distinguished from a man of action. Judge Berry was a member of the territorial house in the session of 185(i-57, and chairman of the judiciary committee; was a member of the State Senate in 1863 and 1864, and chairman of the judiciary committee in that body also, and went ou the bench of the supreme court in January, 1865. He was re-elected in 1871. and his second term exjjireil with the year 1878. He was elected to his present position before the legal practice in this State had become extensive, and without the opj^ortunities for the practical work of his profession whiirh some of his associates have enjoyed; but he brings to the exercise of the high duties of his position a knowledge of legal prin- ciples acquired by careful and thoughtful reading, united to a broad and comprehensive judgment, and an inflexible integrity, which, disdaining petty technicalities and seeking for tlie intrinsic justice of the case, has i)laoed him second to no judge who ever held the office in this State iu popular estimation. His opinions are terse, crisp, and well written,and distiugushed rather for the enunciation of some great general principle which disposes of the case, than for minute discussions t)f minor and technical points. Judge Berry is a republican of whig antecedents, but has never been very active in politics. Ou the 2Cth of May, 1853, Miss Alice A. Parker, then of Roscoe, Illinois, but a native of Centerville, Ohio, became tlie wife of Judge Berry, and they have four oliildren.

A. S. Bloxam was born of English parents in riidgway, Iowa county, Wisconsin, iu June, 18.53, When thirteen years old be worked at the cabinet maker's trade, and at the age of fifteen years went to Dixon, Illinois, where be learned the gunsmith trade, and worked at the same there for eight years. In 1875, he came to Faribault, opened a store and shop, in which he put a small stock of guns, but has since greatly increased his stock to accommodate his rapidly growing trade. Mr. Blosam was married on tlie 1st of January, 1881, to Miss Martha M. Schmutz.

JoHAM J. Blank, one of the pioneers of Rice county and the first man to take a claim in Wiieeling, was born in Germany, on the 15th of September, 1821. He attended school until fourteen years old, then engaged at work on the farm and in 1843, emigrated to America, landing in New York, and came directly to Cook county, Illinois, where he conducted a farm ou shares. In 1844, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Veeh, and ten y.^ars later came to Rice county, Minnesota, and staked out a claim in Wheeling, in sections twenty -two and fifteen. He improved the land and erected a log house. In October, 1878, he sold his farm and purchased a residence in Faribault, corner of Thirteenth and Main streets, where he still resides. Mr. and Mrs. Blank have bsen blessed with nine children ; Delia, Mary, Wilhelmina, who died with the diphtheria in 18(54, aged thirteen years; Elizabeth, Caroline, Hannah, Sophia, who also died with diphtheria, in 1872, thirteen years of age; Matilda, who died of consumption in 1864, three years of age; and John Jacob.

A. Blodgett, an old settler of the county, and one of the leading lumber merchants, was born in Alexander, Genesee county, New York, on the 3d of May, 1831. He clerked for five years in a dry goods store, and when about I'ineteen years old went to New York city, where he engaged in a j^aint and varnisli sliop. In 1856, he came to Rice county, locating on a farm in Warsaw township, and in 1874, moved into town, engaging in mercantile purstiits. In 1880, he opened his present lumber yard under the firm name of A. Elodgett & Son. The junior partner, W. E. Blodgett, was born in Warsaw on the 16th of August, 1857, and received his education at the public scliools and at Shattuck School. He kept books one year in this place, and studied music two years in Minneapolis. In 1881, he became a member of the lumber firm above mentioned.

Gkegor Bjornktad was born in the stift of of Christiania, Norway, on the 17th of October, 1856. He was reared ou a farm, and when a young man engaged in buying and selling cattle- In 1870, he emigrated to America, came directly to Minnesota and located in Red Wing where he attended the public school two years. He subsequently worked eighteen months on a farm, and for six months clerked in a store. In March, 1882, he came to Faribault and became landlord of the Scandinj,vian Hotel, which he has since conducted.

Pabtick Byrnes, deceased, was born in Ireland and came to America when young, located in Wisconsin until 1863. then came to this county and settled in Walcott, where he carried on a farm. In 186.5, he move to this city, engaged in merchandising, antl was elected County Sheriff in 1871, on the Democratic ticket. He was defeated once after that by a small majority. His death occurred in April, 1878. John J. Byrnes was born in Winnebago county Wisconsin, ou the 15th of July, 1853, and came with his parents to this county. He attended the Catholic school, the public school, -Shattuck School, and St. John's College, in Stearns county. He then studied law in the office of Gordon E. Cole, and was admitted to the bar in 1876. He taught school a few months, and then formed a partnership with J. F. Walsh, in Henderson, Sibley county, which was soon dissolved, and Mr. Byrnes returned here. He was married on the 15th of October, 1878, Miss Olive La Rose being his bride. He is Justice of

E. H. Crrrs is a native ol' Portsiuoiith, New Hampshire, burn ou the iilat of May, 1831. Hii^ iincestors were aiiioug- the i)it)neersi)f that locality-, having settled at Portsmouth and on Outts' Island about 1040. When our subject was two and a-half years old the family moved to Vermont and located on a farm. E. H. attended Kimball Union Academy, at Meriden, New Hampahire, when he was thirteen years old, and two years later became a pupil at Thetl'ord, Vermont, and afterward at Norwich University, finishing the scientific course in 1849. He then studied for a civil engineer, worked at that for a year, and then ou his father's farm. In 1853, he came to \Vis(^onsin and in December of that year started cm the old Indian trail from Hastings to Mankato ou foot. Passing through Faribault into what is now Walcott, he staked out a claim ou sections tweuty-oue and twenty-two, then went on to Mankato. He soon returued to Wisconsin, and in February, 1854, came with two yoke of oxen and conmienced to improve his laud, being the first actual settler and building the first house in Walcott. In 1875, he removed into the city of Faribault, and now devotes his time to overseeing his farms in this and Lyon counties. In 18(12, he enlisted in the Eiglith Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Com})aiiy B, serving two months against the Sious. In June, 18(54, he was appointed Captain of Company O, of the Forty -fifth United States Colored Regiment, and served until the close of the war. He has had nine children, four of whom are living.

Thomas C.vurENTER was born in England in 1832, and learned his trade there. He came to Faribault in 1857, and the following spring entered into partnership with Alexander Smith, iu merchant tailoring. They have since added to their busiue.ss ready-made clothing and gents' furnishing goods, hats, caps, etc.

J. G. Clauk, one of the old settlers of this city, is a native of Franklin county, Massachusetts, born on the 4th of February, 1820. He was reared on a farm and when sixteen years old went to Brattleborough, Vermont, where he learned the carpenter trade, and with the exception of two years worlied at the same in that State for twenty-one years. On the 7th of August, 1849, he was joined iu wedlock with Miss Sarah Jane Miller, and the union has been blessed with one boy, Dwight E. Iu 1857, Mr. Clark came to this city and built a planing mUI which he operated with a partner

Captain ChabijEsA. Curtis, U. S. Army, Commandant of Sliattuck School, was born iu Hallowell, Maine, October 4, 1825. He graduated at Norwich University, Vermont, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1860. He served as military instructor of volunteers in Maine, from April, 18(>I to June of the same year, going to the Potomac with the Sixth Maine as instructor to the officers. He was commissioned a Secimd Lieutenant in tlie regular army, Ajjril 14, 18G2, and served in Virginia, Texas, and New Mexico, until the close of the relielliou. He then served in the Indian war with the Apac'ln'S and Navajos, in New Mexico and Arizona, iu 18(55 and 1866. Was j)lacedonthe retired list for wounds received in action December 15th, 1870. In 1866, the Captain married Harriette L. Hughes, aud in 1869, was detailed as Professor of Military Science and Tactics at Norwich University, serving iu that capacity until ] 1875, when he was elected ])resideut of the college. In 1880, he resigned and accepted his present jjositiou. He has had five children, four of whom are living.

Captain D. CiVANArciii, an early resident of the county aud a leading business man of this city, claims Canada as his native place aud his birth dates the 3d of December, 1838. He was reared to agricultural pursuits aud in 1856, came with his parents to this place aud continued tilling the soil until 1862, when he enlisted in the Tenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, Comjjany H. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant aud soon after to Captain of Company C, serving iu that office until the close of the war, when he was honoralily discharged. After returning to Faribault Captain Cavauaugh was engaged iu the milling business four years, and in 1871, opened a store in which he keeps hardware aud agricultural implements, doing an extensive aud successful business under she firm name of Cavanaugh & Co.

M. H. Cole was born iu Albany, New York, on the 24th of November, 1836, attended school there aud iu Cuop;'rstown uutil fourteen years old, then clerked for a time, after which he went to school untd twenty years of age. He then eugaged with the Boston & Albany Railroad Company uutil 1861, when he enlisted in the Forty-fourth New York Infantry as Second Lieutenant of Company E. His senior officer being absent, he acted as

Captain of the company for three years, was then discharged and re-enlisted in the Ninety-fourth New York Infantry, and was immediately detailed to the enrolling otEce of which he became head clerk at Hart Island, New York harbor, and served till the close of the war. He went to New York City and engaged as a commercial traveler, then came west, and after visiting different parts of the country came to Faribault in 1872. In 1875, he was appointed Deputy Register of Deeds, which oiSce he has since tilled with credit. Mr. Cole was married in 1875, to Miss Laura Wheeler, the adopted daughter of Mrs. John Nelson. They have been blessed with two children.

WiLr,i.\M Close is a native of Ohio, born on the 9th of Septemlier, 1827. When he was six years | old his parents sold their interests there and removed to Indiana, locating in the Wabash valley. In 1855, they came to Minnesota, and on the 12th of Juue of that year settled in Richland township where they were pioneers. William and his brother John helped to organize the place, and the former was the first school clerk, hiring Miss Debby Newcomb to teach the first school in his district. No. 21 ; was first Town Collector, and after the town was fully organized was elected Assessor. In the fall of 1870, he was a member of the State Legislature, and in 1871, was appointed Marshal and Enumerator for seven townships, comprising the east district of Rice county. While living in Richland he pre-empted land in Walcott, b>it sold a short time after and bought more in the former l)lace, remaining in the township engaged in farming for twenty-five years. In 1876, he came to this city, and resides on Eighth and Sycamore streets. In 1881, he was appointed Enumerator for the seventh ward of the city of Faribault. He is engaged in the insurance business for the St. Paul Fire & Marine Company and several other prominent firms. He was married on the 19th of August, 1847. to Miss Elizabeth Fiers, who has borne him nine children, of whom eight are living, four boys and two girls were born in liice county. Mr. Close served a short time as recruit in the first Minnesota Regiment.

Ctobdon Earl (jOle, for six years Attorney - General of the state of Minnesota, is a son of Lansing J. Cole, a physician, and Laura Brown; his parents living at the time of his birth, June 18th, 1833, at Cheshire, Berkshire county, Massachusetts. His great-grandfather was an early .-settler at Savbrook in that State, and moved thence into the western county. Gordon received his literary education mainly at the SufBeld Academy, Connecticut ; read law in the office of Governor Briggs, at Pittsfield, and then with Gauunell & Adams, and graduated from the Dane Law School, Harvard University, in 1854. He practiced two years in his native town; came to Minnesota in the autumn of 1856, and after spending two or three months at Chatfield, removed to Faribault on the 1st of January, 1857, having been in the practice of his profession here since that date. He has a deservedly high reputation in his profession, and for many years has held a leading position at the bar of the State, some good judges placing him at the head. He was the attorney that procured the payment of the State bonds last winter, (1881 and '82. | Everybody who heard him will admit that he has wonderful power before a jury, being self-poised, conscious of his (jwn strength, clear, forcible, and eloquent. In the autumn of 1859, Mr. Cole was elected Attorney- General of the State, and held the office three consecutive terms; was elected a State Senator, to fill a vacancy in the Eighth district, a short time before his third term expired; served one session and declined a renomination. He had previously been elected one of the Commissioners for revising the statutes, serving in that capacity about one year. For the last eleven or twelve years he has confined himself very closely to his professiim, doing an extensive and very remtinerative practice. He has also interested himself very much in local enterprises of various kinds. He is a trustee of Saint Mary's Hall, located at Faribault, an institution of learning for young ladies, under the direction of Bishop Whipple; and is chairman of a railroad committee, interested in building the Cannon Valley railroad from Red Wing to Mankato. He has been the attorney of the Iowa & Minnesota division of the Chicago, Milwaukee &. St. Paul Railroad Company since the enterprise was comjjleted. In politics, Mr. Cole has been a republican since there was such a party, and was chairman of a Fremont club in his native town in 1856, losing his vote that year by emigrating to Minnesota. During the forty or fifty ballotings for United States Senator in 1875, when at length the republicans dropped the names of Messrs. Ramsey and Davis, on one or two days Mr. Cole led on the republican side, the votes being divided among three or four strong men. We do not use the word candidates, for, in the case of Mr. Cole, be was nut a candidate - the act was sprung upon the Legishiture without his knowledge - though, had he been elected, he would hardly have refused to serve. He has the ability to till witli credit auv office whicli the people of Minnesota can bestow upon hini. He is a Eoyal Arch Mason, a vestryman in Bisliop Whipple's cathredal, and a trustee of the corporation known as the "Minnesota Foundation," which is designed to alford an income for the support of the bishop. Mr. Cole is living with his second wife, being first married in August, 1855, to Miss Stella C. Whipple, of Shaftsbury, Vermont, she dying in June, 1872; she had four children, three of them yet living. His present wife was Miss Kate D. Turner, of Cleveland, Ohio, chosen on the 14th of February, 1874.

Adolphe Craki, one of the early settlers here, was born iu Lower Canada on the 5th of February, 1829. He is of Scotch-French descent, lived ut home until 1852, then came to Shokopee and took charge of a farm of Mrs. Oliver Faribault. He also bad charge of a farm of Gen. Sibley's for a time, and in 1853, came to this place and conducted a farm for Fred. Faribault, near the junction of Straight and Cannon Rivers. He subse(|uently took land near Meudota, but in 1856, came here and engaged in the freighting business. In 1857, he was joined in marriage with Miss Julia Paquin, the ceremony taking place on the 18th of January. This was the first Catholic marriage preformed in the place, it being during the mis.sion of Father Kovoux. In 1862, Mr. Craig made a trip to Colorado and later visited Canada, and upon bis return settled on a farm in this county, which be carried on four years. Since leaving the latter he has made this city his home and is a prominent member of the Catholic church.

Major Michaei. Cook, deceased, was among the very early settlers in Faribault, and one of the heroic men who fell in the late civil war. He aided in building some of the first frame houses in this place, and was honored with a seat in the ten-itorial council and the State Senate - a self-educated man of a noble type. He was a son of Eicliard Cook, and was born iu Morris county. New Jersey, on the 17th of March, 1828; had a common school education; learned the carpenter's trade in New York City, and worked there as a jourueymiin several years, attending a night school while an ajiprentice. He early formed the acquaintance of Horace Greeley, who encouraged him in his struggle for knowledge. Major Cook came to F;iribault iu 1855. He was in the State Senate continuously from about 1858 to 18G2, and took a prominent ]xirt in legislative work. He was a diligent worker, with very few words, and stood well in the legislative body. Honesty in him was personified. In the the summer of 1862, he raised a company for the Tenth Minnesota; was made Captain of the company; was subsequently promoted to Major of that regiment, and killed in the battle of Nashville, Tennessee. The memory of very few deceased men who ever lived in Fariliault is more warmly cherished than that of Major Cook.

C. B. Case, one of the proprietors of the popular "bus" line, was born on the 21st of March, 1823, in Monroe county. New York, where his ancestors were among the first settlers. In hisycmth he attended the district schools, and when quite young commenced driving stage, in which business he has since spent most of his time, going to Chicago in 1840, and two years later to Missouri. During the Mexican war he was engaged iu shipping horses for the American government. He was afterwards general agent for the Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee stage line. On the 10th of January, 1855, he was married to Miss Hannah Harris, the ceremony taking place in La Grange, Tennessee. She was formerly from Litchfield county, Connecticut. For a time Mr. Case was in the livery business in Tallahasse, Florida, and during the war was agent for the quarter-master in the Confederate army, having charge of the transportations for the State of Florida. In 1865, he came north, and the following year to this city, where he has since been connected with the business, as previously mentioned. Mrs. and Mrs. Case have bad four childi-en, three of whom are living.

H. N. Ceossett is a native of Canada, born on the 15th of June, 1832. When four years old he moved with his parents to Vermont, where he received his education. For eight years he was engaged in mercantile pursuits in Albany, New York, and there be was married on the 0th of April, 1857, to Angeline E. Hawley. In 1858, they came to Juneau, Dodge county, Wisconsin, where Mr. Crossett clerked one year, then entered the employ of the American Express Company, as local agent; was soon made route agent, and located at dill'erent places in the State.

He came to this city iu tlie employ of the company, and iu 1869, was made Division Superintendent for -the United States Express Company, and now has under his supervision Minnesota, Wisconsin, southern Dakota, northern Iowa, and northern Illinois. Of seven children born to the union, five are living.

Henkv Chaffee was born in Berkshire county, Massachussetts, on the 9th of April, 1827. He was reared on a farm, and when eighteen years old entered a store, in his native county, as clerk. In IS.'ifj, he came to this place and opened a grocery store; two years later pre-empted a claim in Waseca county, but continued to reside here. He now owns a well-cultivated farm of four hundred acres about a mile and a half south of this city. Mr. Chafl'ee was married in 1871, to Miss Charlotte Carter, who has borne him three oiiildren. From ISOd to 1872, he operated a saw and stave mill in Wells township, and has since been a member of the Walcott Milling Company.

S. L. Cbockeu was born in Genesee county, New York, on tlie 12th of December, 1845. He attended the common schotjls and completed his education at Batavia Academy, in his native State. He then engaged as clerk in a drug store in Hillsdale, Michigan, for over two years; then, after following the same employment in Butl'alo, New York, one year, he came to Hastings, Minnesota, and in 1868, to Faribault. After clerking for a time he purchased a drug store of W. T. Hunter, and now has a full line of drugs, medicines, and fancy goods. Mr. (.Jrocker was joined in matrimony on the 2d of Novenal)er, 1876, witli Miss Carrie Mee. He has been Alderman for four years.

J. C. N. CoTTitELL was born iu Canada on the 2Gth of February, 1827, and is of English parentage. He attended school near home, and finished his education in Brownington, Vermont. In 1849, wlicii but twenty-one years old, he went to California, where he opened a store on Feather Riv(!r, witli a stock of general merchandise and miner's supplies. He was there three years and met with great success; then returned to Canada and opened a store in London. He was united in marriage on the 2d of September, 1856, with Miss Elizabeth Clinton. In 1857, tliey removed to Minnesota and located in this ])lace, where Mr. Cottrell opeuL'd a hardware store opposite the Barron House, but in 187(), went to Chicago where

Thomas Bukk Clement, Senator from Rice county, is a son of Frederick and Olive Blallory Clement and was born in Manlius, Onondaga county, New York, on the 19th of June, 1834. His paternal ancestors were early settlers in Dutchess county, New York, his great-grandfather being a member of the continental army, who was taken and held captive for some lime on a British priK<m ship. Thomas lived on a farm till sixteen years old, with such education as a district school furnished ; commenced business as a clerk in the store of his elder brother, Stephen M. Clement, at Fredonia, in western New York; went into trade there for himself at nineteen years of age. He removed to Faribault in January, 1864. Here he traded four years; organized the First Naticjual Bank of Faribault iu 1868; was made its president and still holds that position. It is regarded as "ne of the soundest institutions of the kind in the Cannon valley. Mr. Clement was a member of the Minnesota house of representatives in 1875, Mayor of the city in 1877, and a member of the State Senate in 1878. During the first session that he attended he was Chairman of the committee on insurance, and of the committees on finances, and banks and banking. He makes a wise and prudent Legislator. He is one of the directors of the institution for educating the deaf and dumb and the blind, and has held other local offices of trust and responsibility, being at one time Chairman of the board of County Commissioners. He is a republican, but not a strong party man. Blind zeal of any kiild never led him an inch. He is wedded to business much more than to politics, and office seeks him or he would never be found in official positions, either in the city or out of it; yet he is a public spirited man, one of the leaders in local enterprises, proud of his adopted home, glorying in her progress and jjrospects, and shirking no responsibility which his fellow-citizens insist on his assuming. He is a solid man in business and moral as well as financial standing. Mr. Clement was first married in May, 1856, his wife being Miss Emma Johnson of Fredonia, New York; she died in 1865, leaving one child. His present wife was Miss Ellen F. Johnson, sister of his lirst wife, chosen in 1867; he has two children by her.

of Minnesota, anil located in Walcott, where he married Miss Augusta Uurston in 1858. Mr. Ohesroun is a cabinet maker iu the employ of M. M. Flint.

Thomas Donoiiiie, a native of Ireland, was born in Wexford county, on the I5th of February, 1847. His parents died when he was young, and when eighteen yeara old he came to America, clerked in New York City six months and then to Cincinnati, Ohio, in a hotel. Mis.s Bridget Quinn became his wife on the 13th of May, 1871. They came to Faribault the same year and he opened a saloon, but a few years later added a stock of merchandise and in 1879, erected a brick building which he occupies with general merchandise and a saloon. Mr. and Mr.s. Donahue have a family of five children.

H. T. Detert is a German, born in Prussia on the 1st of July, 1837. He came to America when seventeen years old and located in St. Louis, Missouri, where he learned the hamessmaker's trade. In 1863, he enlisted in the Thirteenth New York Cavalry, Company H, and served till the close of the war. Mr. Detert was married on the 1st of July, 1866, to Miss Caroline Speck. They have had nine children, eight of whom are living. At the close of the war, Mr. Detert located in St. Louis and opened a harness shop, which he conducted till 1870, then came here and soon after engaged in the same business, manufacturing horse collars which have the name of being the best in the market, the demand having grown so rapidly he intends to manufacture more extensively. He is also the inventor and patentee of a neck collar pad, which has a large sale.

I. N. Donaldson dates his birth the 10th of December, 1841, in Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, where his ancestors were among the pioneers of that section, taking a prominent part in the early history and development of the county. When he was eight years old his parents moved to Wells county, Indiana, remaining until 1862, and then came to this county, locating in Bridgewater. The subject of this sketch assisted his father on the farm till 1871, then engaged in the mercantile business in ccmipany with his brother, at Dundas. In 1875, he was appointed Postmaster; in 1877, elected Register of Deeds, and is now serving his third term in that office. On the 31st of January, 1872, while on his way to business he met with an accident on the railroad track, the cars running over his right leg whicli made amputation necessary. Mr. Donaldson was joined iu marriage on the 12th of November, 1861, with Miss Sarah A. Decider. The union lias boon blessed with six children.

H. N. Dale, M. D., one of the pioneers of Cannon City, was born in Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, and removed to White county, Indiana, when but five years old. He attended an Academy near his home until eighteen years old, then became a pupil at the Asbury University, where he remained two years, and subsequently engaged in teaching school and studying medicine. He entered the office of Dr. Haymond at Mouticello, Indiana, and shortly after grudiuited from the Eclectic Medieval Institute at Cincinnati, Ohio. In the fall of 1856, he removed to Cannon City and commenced practice, and in 18G7, came to Faribault. In 186S, he spent one winter in Cincinnati, Ohio, in the Medical schools and Ho.spitals. The winter of 1875 and '76, was spent in the Chicago schools, and the entire years of 1870 and '77, in attendance at Rush Medical College and Cook County Hospital. In 1879, Dr. Dale w-as married to Mrs. E. M. McCauley. He has been County Coroner two terms and County Physician three years since coming t<i this city.

L. W. Denison, M. D., was born in Clarksvillc, Madison county, New York, on the 17th of December, 1819. His father died when our subject was eleven years old, after which he worked at the mechanic's trade in Whitestown and vicinity two years; then studied medicine in the former pl.ice and at Brookfleld. He attended lectures iu the medical department of the New York University, also in Vermont, where he received a diploma. After attending lectures in Buffalo. New York, he came to Jefferson county, Wisconsin, in 18-19, and practiced two years, then went to CaHfornia, where he remained until 1855, when he came to Faribault. In September, 1855, Miss Julia Franklin became his wife. Mr. Denison practiced liis profession until the last few years, since which time he has been engaged in mercantile juirsuits, also has some fine farming land in this vicinity. He has been twice elected to the Legislature, and an active member of the school board since 1857, besides holding local offices. He is the father of four children, three of whom are living.

New York, on the 5th of August, 1810. When twenty years of age he commenced learning the wagonmaker's trade, and afterward opened a shop in his native pUxce. He was married on the 15th of August, 1883, to MissChloe Cutely, a native of Massachusetts. In 1848, he removed to Onondaga county and in 1856, came here working at his trade in the first shop of the kind in the place. The same year he erected a building for a shop, and iu 1858, built ii second, which was the beginning of the Faribault carriage works of the present day. He owned aud operated them till 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Uenison have had four children, of whom two are still living.

J. J. Dow, Superintendent of the Blind Institution, was born iu India, on the continent of Asia, the 15th of February, 1848, his father being a missionary from East Givermore, Maine, to that country. M. Dow's ancestors were among the early New England settlers. J. C. Dow, the father of the subject of our sketch, was a Free-will Baptist minister, aud returned to Maine while .J. J.was an infant, where the latter grew to manhood. In 1863, he enlisted iu the Second Maine Cavalry,' Company F, serving two years. In 1866, became to Olmsted county, Minnesota, where his parents had pieviously moved, aud thi-ee years after entered Carleton College, from which he graduated in 1874. He and Miss Myra A. Brown, who became his wife on the 25th of December 1874, composed the first graduating class from the above College. He then became Superintendent of the public schools of Austin, Minnesota, and in August, 1875, became principal of the department for the blind in the Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Institute. In 1881, he was made Superintendent of the Blind Department, when it became an institution of itself. He has since filled the office with credit to himself and makes the Asylum an honor to the State. He has a family of four children.

P. G. Denningbe, M. D., is a native of Berlin, Germany, born on the 20th of January, 1848. His fatlier, .\doli)h, was a Lutheran minister. In 18G'2, the family emigrated to America, located in Washington county, Wisconsin, and P. G. entered tlie Northwestern College at Watertown. In 1869, he began the study of medicine at the Homeopathio Hospital College in Cleveland. Ohio, then entered the ollice of Dr. D. H. L. Bradley at Horicon, Wisconsin. In 1871, he came to Eyota, Olmsted county, and commenced practicing. The same year he married Miss Susie Wagner, the ceremony taking place on the 12th of June, and in 1876, they removed to Spring Valley. He graduated from the Hahnemann Homeopathy College of Chicago in 1878. His wife and two children died the previous year of diphtheria, and he again married cm the 16th of May, 1878, to Miss Cora Gunwald, who has borne him one child. He came to this place iu 1881, where he has a steadily increasing practice.

Rev. James Dobbin, of the Shattuek school, under whose good management and supervision it has grown to its present prosperous condition, and to whose energy is due most of the success of the institution, is a good man in a good place. He was born in Washington county. New York, on the 29th of June, 1833, and reared on a farm. When eighteen years old he left home and prepared for college by studying at Salem and Argyle, working his way up by his own energy and industry. In 1855, he took charge of the school at Argyle, where he remained till 1857, then entered Uni(m College, graduating in 1859. He came to Faribault aud taught in the first parish school one year, then returned to New York and once more conducted the Argyle Academy, and one year later the one at Greenwick. In 1864, he returned to this place and commenced the study of theology at Seahury Divinity School. In 1860, he married Fannie I. Leigh, the ceremony taking place on the 12th of December. She died after five years of married Hfe, on the 29th of December, 1865, leaving one daughter. In April, 1867, Mr. Dobbin oommeuced his charge of Shattuek school, to which he has since given his whole time and has made it a credit to the State. He was ordained as minister of the Episcopal church in May of the latter year. He was again married on the 9th of April, 1874 to Elizabeth L. Ames, who has borne him one child, a son.

Majou William H. Dike, a resident of Minnesota since 1857, and one of the most energetic business men of Rice county, is a native of Rutlaud county, Vermont, being born at Pittsford on the 18th of May, 1813. His father, Jonathan Dike, for many years High Sheriff of that county, was born iu Chittenden, Vermont. His greatgrandfather was in the first war with England, and his father in the second. The latter reached Plattsburg while the battle was progressing, l)ut not in season to take part in it, and re-

E. Kai'l, a native of Germany, was born in Prussia, on the 3d of Marob, 1839. \lc was reared on a farm, and in 1865, came to Americ^a, locating in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1806, iie went to Cassville, in tlie same State, and clerked until 18G8, then came here and started in business for himself, opening a stock of general merohandi.so. On the 2d of Feljruary, 1871, he was married to Miss Mary E. Misgen, who has borne him six children. Mr. Kaul now carries on a grocery store and saloon, and is engaged in the manufactnre of cigars. He has been Alderman of the first" ward four years.

M. H. Keeley was born in Rathguile. conuty Wexford, Ireland, on the 17th of March, 1854. In the fall of 1858, his parents, with their family of seven children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the youngest, left their native country and came to America, settling near St. Thomas, in Western Canada. After some years passed at St. Thomas, Sandwich, and Chatham successively, they moved to Beloit, Wisconsin, in 1865. After passing a few terms in the High School at Beloit, Mr. Keeley entered the celebrated Congregational College, located in that city, taking a full classical course. He remained in that institution till he completed the Freshman year, and in 1869, was sent from thence by his pai'cnts to prcjsecute his studies at the excellent Catholic university of Notre Dame, Indiana. There he graduated in 1872, receiving his bachelor degrees in arts, and for the two snbse(|uent years taught in the institution. Meantime his family had moved to Waseca county, Minnesota, whither, iu the summer of 1874, he followed them, with a view, however, of returning to his Alma Mater the same fall, where he had made arrangements to continue teaching. Being prevailed upon to remain in Minnesota, and having cancelled his engagement to teacb, he began reading law in the ofiBcc of Hon. John H. Case, in Fiiribault, and was admitted to the bar iu 1877, since which time he has been engaged in the practice of his profession. In 1878, his Alma Mater conferred on him the degree of Bachelor of Law, and some years prior, the degree of Master of Arts.

On the 26th of June, 1879, Mr. Keeley was united in marriage to Miss Katie F. Cavanaugh, a young lady of tine accomplishments, a graduate of St. Clara's Academy, Siu.sinawa Mound, Wisconsin, and a universal favorite iu the best social circles, the marriage taking plaeio at Mitchell, Mitchell county, Iowa, the ceremony being performed by Itev. Fathers Sanders and Ounii, of the Koraan Catholic church.. Immediately after his marriage, Mr. Keeley, who, up to that time was apsociated with Mr. Case, opened a law office of his own, and has since done a good business. He has been City Attorney of Faribault tlire(^ successive years, and still holds that office. In religion he is an uncomiu'omising Catholic, without being a bigot; in politics a staunch Democrat, witliout being a partisan.

A. D. Keyes was born in Acworth, Sullivan county, Xew Hampshire. He first attended the common schools, tiien graduated from Kimball Union Academy in 1868, having the Valedictory of the classical course, and in 1872, from Dartmouth College. On the 17th of August, 1872, he married Miss Mary E. Weston, a graduate of Kimball Union. Poor health compelled him to come west, and he began the study of law in the office of (t. E. Cole and was admitted to the bar in 1873. He practiced in the same office until 1879, since which time he has been alone, doing a fine business. F.e h.as held severallocal offices and in 1881, was elected to the oHice of County Attorney which he still holds.

C. H. KijEMEK, a native of Berlin, Germany, was bom on the 20th of Jauuary, 1824. His father died when O. H. was but five years old, leaving a family of ten children. Om- subject learned the turner's trade and in 1848, came to America and engaged in farming in Dodge county, Wisconsin, a short time, then worked at his trade in Watertowu, in the latter State, until 1857, when he moved to Goodhue county, Minnesota, and engaged in farming seven years. In 1864, he came here, worked at his trade one year, then started a carding mill with one carding maohine. He has increased his business until he now is ])roprietor of the Faribault Woolen Mill.

Fred. Kkeft was born in Hanover, Germany, on the 8th of October, 1834, and engaged .at the batcher trade in his native country. He emigrated to America aboiit 1856, located in Chicago, Illinois, where he engaged in business, and while there married Miss Sophia Messe. In 1859, he removed to Wheeling, Eice county, where he was one of the fir.st settlers; engaged in farming fourteen vears, then came to Faribault and opened a saloon, which he has since conducted. He is the

J. W. KoLLMANN, a native of Germany, was born in Hanover on the 2Gtli of August, 1849. He attended school aud clerked iu his native place and in 1807, came to Quincy, Illinois, where he remained three years, then went to St. Louis, Missouri, and followed the same employment till 1874, when failing health comjielled him to change climate. He came to Faribault and clerked for A. W. Mueller. On the 21st of January, 1875, Miss Mary Wiechers became his wife. They have one child, Beata. In 1877, Mr. Kollmann bought out the large stock of dry goods of A. W. Mueller and in 1881, o])eued a clothing store opposite his dry goods house, taking O. Vogl as partner in the latter business, the firm being Kollmann & Volg.

E. N. Le.wens, the efficient and obliging Postmaster and one of the pioneers of Faribault, was born in Putnam, Connecticut, and when two years of age removed with his parents to Webster, Massacliusetts where his fatlier had charge of the machinery in a cotton mill. When seventeen years of age E. N. commenced clerking in a general merchandise store and in 1853, married Miss Eunice Darling. Two years later they came to Faribault and he engaged to clerk for Mr. Barron iu the old "Barron House," and in the fall of the same year opened a clothing store. He was identified with the mercautile interests of the city until 1862, when he joined the Sibley expedition against the Indians, serving as sutler of the Tenth Minnesota Infantry, going with the regiment to St. Louis and through their extensive campaigns till the close of the war. He was made Quartermaster of the regiment in 1804. After his discharge he returned here, where he was a commercial agent five years. In 1858, he was elected first Representative from this district, and in 1873, was appointed Postmaster, which position he still holds.

Joel L. Levi, a member of the firm of Levi Bros., was born in Clear Spring, Maryland, on the 9th of September, 1855. His father was a merchant and Joel was reared to that employment. In 18(53, the family moved to Goshen, Indiana, and three years later to Oskaloosa, Iowa, where our subject clerked until 1877, then came here and opened his present clothing store, also carries a stock of hats, caps, etc. In 1878, his store was destroyed by fire, but he immediately rebuilt. His brother, Morris L, lives in Iowa.

place, was born iu Washington county, Vermont, on the 22d of April, 1830. He remained on a farm until of age, then came to Illinois and two years later to Iowa. In 1855, he removed to this place, and for five years was engaged in various occupations. In 18G0, he visited Colorado, was his home for four years. He then returned to this place and became a partner in the sash, door, and blind factory, under the firm name of Ingram & Leach. In 1881, he became sole owner of the factory and the lumber yard in connection with it. Miss Caroline Stowel became his wife in November, 1866, and of nine children born to them, seven are living.