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The Second Regiment left Fort Snelling for the seat of war October 14.
Congress, which assembled July 4, having authorized the raising of 500,000 troops, a Third, Fourth and Fifth Regiments were apportioned to Minnesota's quota, besides one or two companies of Cavalry and Batteries of Light Artillery, Sharp- shooters, &c.
THE THIRD REGIMENT
was completed in October, and remained at Fort Snelling until March. Among the citizens of Saint Paul who served in its ranks, the following gained commissions :
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Ephraim Pierce, Second Lieutenant, promoted First Lieutenant, Adjutant and Captain, Company F; Otto F. Dreher, First Lieutenant, Company F, promoted Captain, Company A; John C. Devereux, Sec- ond Lieutenant, Company G, promoted First Lieutenant and Captain ; Damon Greenleaf, Second Lieutenant, Company I, promoted First Lieutenant and Captain; Hiram D. Gates, First Lieutenant, Com- pany K.
THE FOURTH REGIMENT
was organized in December. Saint Paul was largely repre- sented in its officers, as follows :
John B. Sanborn, Colonel, afterwards Brigadier and Major General ; D. M. G. Murphy, Quartermaster, promoted Captain, Company B; Dr. John H. Murphy, Surgeon; Geo. M. D. Lambert, Hospital Stew- ard, promoted Assistant Surgeon ; Rev. Asa S. Fiske, Chaplain ; Frank E. Collins, Quartermaster Sergeant ; Thomas P. Wilson, Commissary Sergeant, (afterwards Major of another regiment;) Wm. F. Wheeler, First Lieutenant, Company F, promoted Captain ; James Drysdale, Second Lieutenant, Company F, promoted First Lieutenant; John G. Janicke, Second Lieutenant, Company G, promoted First Lieutenant ; Edward H. Foster, Second Lieutenant, Company I ; L. B. Martin, First Lieutenant, Company K, promoted Captain ; Frank S. DeMers, Sec- ond Lieutenant, promoted Adjutant; Cheeseman Gould, Second Lieu- tenant, Company B, promoted First Lieutenant and Captain.
THE FIFTH REGIMENT
was recruited mostly during the winter of 1861-2, and was not mustered in until March, 1862. Our citizens who bore commissions in that Battalion, are as follows :
John C. Becht, Captain, Company E, promoted Major; Wm. B. Mc- Grorty, Quartermaster ; Dr. J. A. Vervais, Surgeon ; Rev. John Ireland,*
* Right Reverend JOHN IRELAND, D. D., was born at Burnchurch, Kilkenny county, Ireland, September 11, 1838. His parents came to America in 1849, settling at Chicago, where he attended school at " Saint Mary's of the Lake." Three years later, his father, RICHARD IRELAND, Esq., settled in Saint Paul, where he has since resided. In 1853, under the auspices of Bishop CRETIN, Dr. IRELAND left for France, to complete his studies, in company with Rev. THOMAS O'GORMAN, now of Rochester, Minnesota, and Rev. A. RAVOUX. The latter placed them at Meximeux, Ain, where Dr. IRELAND passed four years of preparatory study, and another four years with the Marist Fathers of Hyeres, Var, where he completed his theological course. In 1861, he returned to Saint Paul, and was ordained priest, by Bishop GRACE, on December 21. The next year he was commissioned Chaplain of the Fifth Minnesota Volunteers, and remained in service a year, resigning on account of ill-health. Since that date he has been pastor of the cathedral parish. On February 12, 1875, he was appointed by the Sovereign Pon-
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Chaplain; F. A. Cariveau, First Lieutenant, Company D; Killian Six, Second Lieutenant, Company E; Ross Wilkinson, First Lieuten- ant, Company F, promoted Captain ; David O. Oakes, Second Lieu- tenant, Company F, (killed, May 28th, 1862, at Corinth ;) W. A. Van Slyke, Second Lieutenant, Company G; Luther E. Clark, Captain, Company I; Alpheus R. French, Second Lieutenant, Company I, promoted First Lieutenant and Captain; Patrick Ryan, First Lieuten- ant, Company I; James Farrell, First Lieutenant, Company I.
BRACKETT'S BATTALION,
originally three companies, attached to the Fifth Iowa Cav- alry, was recruited in the fall of 1861. Commissioned officers from Saint Paul as follows :
Alfred B. Brackett, Captain, Company C, promoted Major and Lieut. Colonel; Henning Von Minden, Captain Company A, promoted Ma- jor; Albert T. Phelps, Captain, Company A; August Matheus, Cap- tain, Company A; Gustave Leue, Second Lieutenant, Company A; Joseph J. Buck, Second Lieutenant, Company A; Geo. A. Freud- enrich, Second Lieutenant, Company A; Adam Lindig, Second Lieu- tenant, Company A; Wm. Smith, Second Lieutenant, Company B, promoted Captain; Erwin Y. Shelley, First Lieutenant, Company C, promoted Captain ; Mortimer Neeley, Second Lieutenant, Company C, promoted First Lieutenant and Captain ; R. W. Peckham, Second Lieutenant, Company C; Charles H. Osgood, Second Lieutenant, Company C; Andrew J. Church, Second Lieutenant, Company C; Wm. B. McGeorge, Second Lieutenant, Company C, promoted First Lieutenant and Adjutant.
At the election, on October 9, the following officers were chosen : Senators .- JAMES SMITH, Jr., and J. R. IRVINE. Representatives .- HENRY L. CARVER, PHILIP ROHR, N. GROSS. Sheriff .- D. A. ROBERTSON. Treasurer .- R. A. SMITH. Register .- CHARLES PASSAVANT. Clerk of Court .- GEO. W. PRESCOTT. Attorney .- I. V. D. HEARD. Probate Judge .- J. F. HOYT. (HOYT resigned in1 862, when E. C. LAMBERT was elected.)
tiff, Bishop of Maronea, in partibus infidelium, and Vicar Apostolic of Nebraska, but, at the solicitation of Bishop GRACE, this appointment was recalled, and Dr. IRELAND was appointed to the Coadjutorship of the See of Saint Paul-consecrated December 21, 1875. Dr. IRELAND, since his priesthood began, has labored untiringly for the welfare of his flock, and is looked up to by them with the deepest affection. His labors · in the cause of temperance, which have been blessed with remarkable success, have gained him the gratitude of every good citizen. He is zealous in all good works, is an impressive and eloquent preacher, and, having attained a rank but few prelates reach at his age, a career of extensive usefulness is yet before him.
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EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1862.
The year 1862, was marked by several important events- among which were the Sioux massacre, the heavy levies of troops, the beginning of our railroad system, &c.
The principal legislation of the winter, affecting Saint Paul, was the creation of the Fifth Ward.
The second company of Sharpshooters was recruited this spring. Capt. WM. J. RUSSELL, First Lieut. EMIL A. BUR- GER, and Second Lieut. JOHN A. W. JONES, were citizens of Saint Paul.
The Legislature of 1862, did a work of great importance by infusing life into our dead railroads. The franchises, which the State secured by foreclosure sale in 1860, were con- veyed to new corporations. Work was commenced vigor- ously on the Saint Paul and Pacific Road, between Saint Paul and Saint Anthony, by Messrs. WINTERS & DRAKE,* and iron arrived early in the summer, sufficient to lay the track to Saint Anthony.ª
THE SAINT PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD
may truly be called a Saint Paul institution, and as such it has always been regarded. It was projected and started by Saint Paul citizens, and has been almost exclusively managed and officered by them. The company was first chartered by the Legislature, May 22, 1857, and en- dowed with a part of the Congressional land grant, under the name " Minnesota and Pacific Railroad," and authorized to construct a line "from Stillwater via Saint Paul and Saint Anthony to Breckenridge, on the Sioux Wood River, with a branch from Saint Anthony via
* ELIAS F. DRAKE, one of the pioneer railroad men of Minnesota, is a native of Ohio, in which State he lived until he came to St. Paul, in 1861. In early life he studied law, and practiced awhile, but was more interested in finance than law, and was appointed cashier of the State Bank of Ohio, which position he filled ten years. Dur- ing that period he served three terms as member of the Legislature, one of which he was Speaker. He was largely interested in works of internal improvement, embarking capital in several of them. Mr. DRAKE, in company with two other capitalists, (HIRSH- MAN & WINTERS,) in 1862, built the first railroad in Minnesota, from Saint Paul to Saint Anthony, which gave a start to our present splendid railroad system. Soon after, he, with some associates, took hold of the Minnesota Valley Railroad, and, in the face of great obstacles, completed it to Sioux City, Iowa, in 1872. Mr. DRAKE represented his county in the State Senate in 1874-5, with marked ability, and advantage to the State. He is known as one of the most able, sagacious, hard-working and resolute business men in our State.
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Anoka, Saint Cloud and Crow Wing, to Saint Vincent, near the mouth of the Pembina River," &c. Among the names of the first Board of Directors (named in the act) were ALEX. RAMSEY, EDMUND RICE, R. R. NELSON, WM. L. AMES, CHARLES H. OAKES, F. R. DELANO, and other past and present citizens of Saint Paul. EDMUND RICE Was first President. The line was surveyed in 1857, and some grading done by SELAH CHAMBERLAIN that fall, but the panic, then raging, prevented much active work being done.
When the five million loan bill was passed, in 1858, work was resumed vigorously, and most of the bed between Saint Paul and Saint Anthony graded, when the failure of the loan scheme again compelled a stop- page of work.
In 1860, the mortgage given by the road to the State, as security for its aid, was foreclosed, and the bed, franchises, &c., became the prop- erty of the State, and so remained until March, 10, 1862, when the Legislature conferred them on EDMUND RICE, R. R. NELSON, E. A. C. HATCH, J. E. THOMPSON, WM. LEE, and others, with provisos that certain portions should be constructed by specified dates. The name of the corporation was also changed to "Saint Paul and Pacific Rail- road Company."
A contract was soon entered into, (March 11, 1862,) with Messrs. E. F. DRAKE and V. WINTERS, to construct the road from Saint Paul to Saint Anthony, and it was completed and running on June 28, of that year. The first locomotive was the "William Crooks,"* named in honor of the Chief Engineer of the road; it was run by WEBSTER C. GARDNER, who still runs on the same road; and J. B. RICE, at present Assistant Superintendent, was the conductor of the first train. Hon. E. RICE, the President, about that time, went to England, where he en- listed capitalists in the construction of the road, and sent back 3,000 tons of rails for its construction. Work was steadily pushed on the road during the ensuing year. On February 6, 1864, the road was divided into two companies-the part from Saint Paul to Breckenridge, and the Branch Line to Watab, being called the " First Division," un- der the presidency of GEO. L. BECKER, and the remaining portion, (Saint Cloud to Saint Vincent, Saint Paul to Winona, &c.,) being
* WILLIAM CROOKS was born in New York City, June 20, 1832. He attended West Point Military Academy, and learned the profession of Civil Engineer. He came to Saint Paul in 1857, as Chief Engineer of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, and was one of the men who helped carry through that enterprise in its dark and trying days. In honor of his services, the first engine which ever turned a wheel in Minne- sota, (1862,) was named for him. Col. CROOKS volunteered in the Sixth Regiment, in 1862; was commissioned Colonel, and commanded that fine battalion two years, resign- ing October, 1864. He then aided Hon. E. RICE in starting the " River Road," mak- ing two trips to Europe, &c. Col. CROOKS was a member of the Legislature in 1875, and has been re-elected for another term. He also served a term as member of the Board of Public Works of Saint Paul.
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called the "Saint Paul and Pacific." Recently, the Saint Vincent branch has been leased to the "First Division" for 99 years, and thus is now again virtually one organization.
On the Branch Line, the road was completed to Elk River, 39 miles,
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in 1864, and, on September 1, 1866, to Saint Cloud, 74 miles. On the Main Line it was completed to Wayzata in 1867; to Willmar in 1869: to Benson in 1870, and to Breckenridge, 217 miles from Saint Paul, in October, 1871. The road from Saint Cloud to Melrose, 35 miles, has also been completed, and from Glyndon to Crookston, 84 miles, &c,
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The officers of the Saint Paul and Pacific, (including both divisions at the various dates, ) have been : Presidents .- 1857 to 1871, Hon. ED. RICE; 1864 to 1875, (First Division,) Hon. GEO. L. BECKER, (the lat- ter also Land Commissioner.) Vice Presidents .- Hon. R. R. NELSON, to 1864, and W. B. LITCHFIELD, thence. Secretaries .- J. W. TAYLOR, HENRY ACKER, S. S. BREED, (1864 to 1875.) Treasurer and present Land Commissioner .- HERMAN TROTT. Superintendents .- First, WM. CROOKS ; second, W. B. LITCHFIELD; third, F. R. DELANO; fourth, E. Q. SEWALL. Chief Engineers .- First, D. C. SHEPARD; second, WM. CROOKS; third, CHAS. A. F. MORRIS. General Ticket Agent .- 1862 to 1875, JOHN H. RANDALL. General Freight Agent .- 1862 to 1875; JAMES W. DORAN. Attorney .- HENRY F. MASTERSON. The names of some of the old and faithful officers of this pioneer road have been very appropriately given to the flourishing towns along the main line.
THE SAINT PAUL AND CHICAGO RAILWAY.
Section 25 of the original charter of the Minnesota and Pacific Rail- road, authorized a line from Saint Paul to Winona. On March 6, 1863, a grant of swamp lands was made to it by the State. The city of Saint Paul subsequently gave a bonus of $50,000 to the line, and, on March 19, 1867, the Directors of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad resolved that it should be called the "Saint Paul and Chicago Railway." In 1864, Hon. E. RICE, President of the Saint Paul and Pacific Railroad, commenced active efforts to build the road. He went to England, en- listed the aid of capitalists, procured an enlargement of the land grant, and, in a few months, the road was under way, and progressed steadily until completed to LaCrescent, in 1872. Through eastern trains com- menced running in September, 1872, via Winona. The road bed was sold to the Saint Paul and Milwaukee road, of which it is the " River Division." The officers of the road have been : President .- EDMUND RICE, 1864 to 1875. Chief Engineers .- C. A. F. MORRIS, WILLIAM CROOKS, D. C. SHEPARD, and, at present, JOSEPH G. DODGE. Secre- tary .- HENRY ACKER, &c.
The city election took place on April 1, with the following result :
Republican. Democratic.
Mayor ........ D. W. Ingersoll. 853 John S. Prince. . 1197 Comptroller .. Edw. Zimmerman 815 Wm. Von Hamm. I216
Treasurer .. .. A. Armstrong, (Ind.,) .. 869 C. A. Morgan. II74 City Justice .. A. McElrath .925
N. Gibbs. 1106 Those in italics elected.
This summer, an important movement was inaugurated, that ultimately led the way for the Northern Pacific Railroad, by
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calling public attention to the desirability of the route via the Upper Missouri. A party of citizens formed an expedition to go to the gold mines in Idaho and Montana, overland, and started on May 14. They arrived safely. Meantime Congress appropriated a small amount for guidance and protection to emigrant trains. Capt. JAMES L. FISK was appointed to com- mand an expedition, and another train left on June 16, getting through safely. Most of our citizens who accompanied these expeditions, ultimately returned.
The call for 600,000 men, in July, was very disheartening. coming after the disasters in Virginia, but was bravely met. Meetings were called, funds subscribed to encourage enlist- ments, the city voted a monthly bounty to the families of vol- unteers, and with this stimulus five regiments were raised in a few days. Among our citizens who held official rank in these regiments were :
SIXTH REGIMENT.
William Crooks, Colonel; Hiram P. Grant, Captain, Company A, promoted Major and Lieut. Colonel ; F. E. Snow, Adjutant; Alonzo P. Connolly, First Lieutenant, promoted Adjutant; H. L. Carver, Quar- termaster; H. H. Gilbert, Second Lieutenant, Company G, promoted First Lieutenant and Quartermaster ; Dr. A. Wharton, Surgeon; Dr. J. W. McMasters, Assistant Surgeon ; Harry Gillham, First Lieuten- ant, Company A, promoted Captain ; Wm. T. Barnes, First Lieutenant, Company A; Jacob E. Baldwin, Second Lieutenant, (died, December 10, 1863 ;) Dana White, First Lieutenant, Company C, promoted Cap- tain; R. Schænemann, Captain, Company E; Christian Exel, First Lieutenant, Company E; Matthias Holl, Second Lieutenant, Company E, promoted First Lieutenant; Justus B. Bell, Second Lieutenant, Company E; D. H. Valentine, Captain, Company G; Chas. J. Stees, Second Lieutenant, Company G, promoted Captain; Geo. W. Pres- cott, First Lieutenant, Company G; A. C. Helmkamp, Second Lieu- tenant, Company G, (died, September 24, 1864, at Saint Paul ;) E. O. Zimmerman, Second Lieutenant, Company G; Fred. Norwood, Ser- geant-Major ; D. H. McCloud, Sergeant-Major; H. D. Tenney, Quar- termaster Sergeant; Wm. S. McCauley, Commissary Sergeant ; John H. Gillis, Hospital Steward, (died, April 8, 1864, at Saint Peter ;) George L. Van Solen, Hospital Steward.
SEVENTH REGIMENT.
Wm. R. Marshall, Colonel, promoted Brigadier General ; Dr. Brewer
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Mattocks, Assistant Surgeon; Wm. H. Burt, Captain, Company C; Frank H. Pratt, Second Lieutenant, Company C, promoted First Lieu- tenant and Captain; Stephen C. Miller, Second Lieutenant, Company F, promoted Captain ; James Gilfillan, Captain, Company H, promoted Colonel, Eleventh Regiment ; S. Lee Davis, Second Lieutenant, Com- pany H, promoted First Lieutenant.
EIGHTH REGIMENT.
Dr. F. Rieger, Surgeon; Wm. Paist, Second Lieutenant, Company H, promoted Captain ; Egbert E. Hughson, First Lieutenant, Company H; John G. McGregor, Second Lieutenant, Company I, promoted First Lieutenant and Captain ; Wm. T. Rockwood, Captain, Company K; John I. Salter, First Lieutenant, Company K; Benj. W. Brunson, First Lieutenant, Company K; William Helsper, Second Lieutenant, Company K; R. Goodhart, Sergeant-Major; Edgar W. Bass, Quarter- master Sergeant.
NINTH REGIMENT.
Alex. Wilkin, Colonel, (killed at Tupelo, July 14, 1864;) John P. Owens, Quartermaster, brevetted Colonel; Dr. John J. Dewey, Assis- tant Surgeon ; S. P. Tomlinson, Hospital Steward; Thomas Van Et- ten, Second Lieutenant, Company I, promoted First Lieutenant and Captain.
TENTH REGIMENT.
Samuel P. Jennison, Lieutenant Colonel; Cyrus A. Brooks, Assist- ant Surgeon ; M. R. Prendergast, Commissary Sergeant; M. H. Sul- livan, Captain, Company H; M. J. O'Connor, Captain, Company K.
Hardly were these regiments raised, when the fearful Sioux massacre occurred on our frontier. The news of this event was received here on August 20. A volunteer cavalry com- pany was at once raised by our citizens, and started, with other troops, toward the scene of the massacre. Some of this company afterwards fell at Birch Coolie. Large numbers of fugitives from the western counties fled to Saint Paul for safety, destitute and panic-stricken, and many of them suffering from wounds.
On September 2d, occurred the tragic affair at Birch Coolie. The news was received here on the 6th, and it was truly one of the blackest days in the many gloomy ones of that year of disaster and trouble. In the conflict at Birch Coolie, 23 men were killed and 60 wounded. Among the Saint Paul men
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who lost their lives were : BENJ. S. TERRY, FRED. S. BEN- EKEN, GEORGE COLTER, WM. M. COBB, WM. IRVINE, WM. RUSSELL, JOHN COLLEDGE, H. WHETSLER, ROBERT BAX- TER, ROBERT GIBBENS. The bodies of these men were afterwards disinterred and brought to Saint Paul, where they were buried with appropriate honors.
ITEMS.
The Daily Union was established this fall, by F. DRISCOLL. In the spring of 1863, it was consolidated with the Daily Press.
The post-office was removed, in December, to the stone building on Third street, above Market.
On October 10, the Winslow House was burned down. The election this fall, November 2, resulted as follows :
Representatives .- WM. P. MURRAY, J. P. KIDDER, J. B. BRISBIN. Auditor .- WM. H. FORBES. Probate Judge .- E. C. LAMBERT. Coroner .- O. F. FORD.
NECROLOGY OF 1862.
Died, January 4, at Saint Paul, MICHAEL E. AMES, a well- known lawyer of our city. April 8, at Shiloh, Captain WM: H. ACKER, of Saint Paul. May 19, ALEX. BUCHANAN, ex- County Auditor. May 28, at Corinth, Captain DAVID O. OAKES. August 24, in Canada, LOUIS M. OLIVIER, formerly Register of Deeds. September 12, LAWRENCE P. COTTER, City Clerk. December 22, at Saint Louis, EDWARD HEENAN, formerly County Auditor.
EVENTS OF THE YEAR 1863.
The city election (April 7) resulted as follows :
Union.
Democratic.
Mayor. . . J. H. Stewart. 838 John Esaias Warren .. 920
Comptroller . T. M. Metcalf. .736 C. H. Lienau. 1024 Assessor C. T. Whitney 796 John F. Soens 938 Surveyor . G. A. Johnson . . . 805 C. M. Boyle 957
Street Com'r. G. Rank. . 807 Fohn Dowlan 938 Attorney . S. M. Flint, (on both tickets, ) 1730
Those in italics elected.
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This season commenced the memorable drought which ex- tended over the years 1863 and 1864. The low water was the worst result, seriously affecting trade on the river.
Gen. SIBLEY's expedition to the Missouri occurred this year. Col. MILLER was in command of the headquarters here. In July, LITTLE CROW was reported killed.
On July 6, a torch-light procession, fireworks, illumination, &c., took place in honor of the victory of Gettysburg.
HATCH'S BATTALION
was organized during this summer. The following citizens of Saint Paul bore commissions :
E. A. C. Hatch, Major; Charles H. Mix, First Lieutenant, Com- pany A, promoted Captain ; Allen T. Chamblin. Captain, Company A; Geo. A. Freudenreich, Second Lieutenant, Company A; Wm. H. Ensign, First Lieutenant, Company B; James E. Cochrane, Second Lieutenant, Company C, promoted First Lieutenant; Mark T. Berry, First Lieutenant, Company E.
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also bore on its rolls the following names of our citizens :
' Andrew J. Whitney, Commissary ; Dr. J. A. Vervais, Surgeon ; Dr. Charles J. Farley, Assistant Surgeon ; Joseph S. Thompson, Sergeant- Major; Horace W. Moore, Hospital Steward; John Ledden, Second Lieutenant, Company H; Frank C. Griswold, Second Lieutenant, Company M.
Captain H. H. WESTERN was commissioned in June, First Lieutenant of the Third Battery.
ORIGIN OF OUR BANKING SYSTEM.
The year 1863 was marked in our financial history, by the establishment of the First National Bank, on December S. This, the pioneer national bank of our State, was one of the earliest established in the country. Its original stockholders were : J. E. THOMPSON,* President ; HORACE THOMPSON,
* JAMES E. and HORACE THOMPSON were born in Poultney, Vermont, in 1822 and 1827, respectively. While young men, they removed to Georgia, and entered into busi- ness there, remaining until 1859, when they settled in Saint Paul, and engaged in the banking business, with great success, becoming the leading bankers of Minnesota.
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Cashier ; T. A. HARRISON, Vice President ; CHARLES SCHEF- · FER, Assistant Cashier ; W. M. and H. G. HARRISON, and J. C. BURBANK, Directors. H. P. UPHAM was appointed
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Teller, and WM. H. KELLY, Book-keeper. Its present officers are : H. THOMPSON, President ; L. E. REED,* Vice Presi-
JAMES E. THOMPSON was suddenly cut off, in the prime of life, on May 28, 1870, but not until he had established a reputation as one of the best financiers in Minnesota, and one of the first men in our city. HORACE THOMPSON is also one of the ablest and most influential capitalists in our State, and one of our most liberal and public-spirited citizens.
* L. E. REED was born in Massachusetts, in 1830. His parents removed to Ravenna, Ohio, when he was three years old, and he lived there until 1851, when he came to Saint Paul. Mr. REED engaged in the banking business, in our city, at a very early day, being connected with the THOMPSON BROTHERS in 1862, and, subsequently, with the First National Bank, when it was established, in 1863. He afterwards became a part- ner of WM. DAWSON, under the name of " DAWSON & COMPANY," and continued four years, after which he was Vice President of the City Bank, for three years. In 1873, he was elected Vice President of the First National Bank. Mr. REED, though a modest
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dent ; H. P. UPHAM, Cashier ; W. W. HOYT, Paying Teller. Capital, $1,000,000. Surplus, $250,000. -
The Second National Bank was established April 10, 1865. Its officers are : E. S. EDGERTON, President ; D. A. MON- FORT, Vice President ; G. R. MONFORT, Cashier ; W. B. BELL, Teller. Capital, $200,000.
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