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From time to time new townships were created until the original Sweet township was nearly legislated out of existence. In December, 18:9, its territory had been reduced to land comprising the present townships of Sweet, Altona and Aetna. On the eighth day of November the resi- dents of township 106. range 46 and the fraction of range 47. petitioned the coun- ty hoard for organization under the name Sweet township, leaving the other town- ships to shift for themselves. The peti- tion was considered December 3, but be- cause it did not contain the signatures of a majority of the legal voters of the pre- cinet. the board did not at that time au- thorize the organization. However, the matter was remedied later, and Sweet township with its present boundaries was created. Following is a list of those who received title to land in Sweet township under the homestead and timber enlture acts (not including pre-emptions) :5
James M. Bull (2), Sarah A. Craig (8), Silas Judd (20), Asa Van Allstine (10),
except such as were in the vicinity of Pipestone. which were to be assessed at $5.00 per acre.
4Did not qualify and C. H. Bennett was ap- pointed.
"This list and those for the other townships
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Adelbert G. Sisson (2), Thomas H. Kinney (30), George E. Beebe (34), George Feeney (8), Thomas E. Hosman (14), Charles L. Lockie (14), Maggie Colson (26), Charles H. Bennett (10), Emily T. Bennett (14), George W. Morrill (24), Heirs of Charles A. Sherwin (26), Samuel Hartley (6), Henry O. Whitehead (18), Job Whitehead (2), James Deverant (18), James C. Newburg (10), Garrison L. Jaycox (28), John W. Thomas (32), Donald M. Stuart (22-34), Joseph H. Crawford (6), Theodore W. Staples (18), Ernest L. Rork (6), John Clark (34), Asa Lawrence (8), Allen D. Ferris (26), Horace Gilmore (34), Ichabod B. Smith (28), John M. Poorbaugh (24r47), Joshua L. Odell (20), Jeremiah Harrison (22), Heinrich Winter (6), Duncan Stuart (22-4), Henry J. Conlin (14r47), John Klinsing (32), Miles Fleming (30), Newton Kinyon (10), William E. Wheeler (14), Frank G. George (14), John Glembin (32), Thomas Halpin (12r47), Theodore W. Staples (18), Wheeler Nesbit (28), Gottlieb Zellmer (24r47), Julius H. Nichols (26), John Stuart (8), William W. Whitehead (20), Thomas McNaughton (4), William Passer (30), Allen G. Lincoln (32), John A. Talbert (12r47), James Karney (20), Nelson W. Brown (18), Fred Nuffer (12r47), Theodore L. Malder (26r47), Oren D. Brown (24), Andrew Burch (2r47).
OSBORNE.
The first township organized with the boundaries as at present established was Osborne. In response to a petition of the residents, the commissioners declared it organized at a meeting on March 31, 1849. The first town meeting was held at the residence of E. W. Day on section 20 April 15. The name was suggested by William J. Dodd and was given in honor of that gentleman's cousin, J. C. Osborne, of Newark, New Jersey. Mr. Osborne presented the township with a large flag and a pennant upon which the
are taken from the records in the office of the register of deeds. The number in parentheses following the name designates the section on which the land was located. The seniority of title is maintained-the earliest appearing first on the list. The earliest title under the home- stead and timber claim acts was received in 1879.
Major D. E. Runals, of Osborne township. furnishes the following items concerning the early history of the precinct: The first breaking was done by George Ganfield in 1876. He also erected the first building in the township, a sod hut on the northeast quarter of section 32. in 1876. The same year another sod hut was erected by another settler on the northeast quarter of section S. The first frame building was put up in the spring of 1877 by A. D. Kingsbury on the southeast quarter of section
name was inseribed." The following re- ceived land patents in Osborne town- ship :
Albert A. Dodge (28), Peter E. Bradshaw (14), Ann HI. Day (32), John Casserly (10), Hiramn Allen (34), George D. Dodd (2), George M. Wright (18), Samuel M. Web- ster (20), Cornelius Delaney (14-12), Percy Cole (20), Samuel Cook (30), Valoo Moore (12), Alonzo D. Kingsbury (28), Elizabeth Dockstader (32), Leander Dickey (18), Ed- win W. Day (20), William F. Stockdill (8), William A. Moulton (12), John Harvey (24), Sardis H. Turner (8), Carlton C. Fuller (18), Henry K. Bateman (4), Havilat O. Gates (24), Charles Crippen (4), Justus C. Hatha- way (24), Charles E. McCall (30), Charles H. Kingsbury (32), Nelson R. Brayton (34), Harry R. Lamb (14), George H. Richardson (26), James Maniner (8), William Dodd (12), Willis Humphrey (30), Marcus H. Cox (6), Sarah J. Chapman Runals (34), George Premo (12), Charles E. McCall (30), Major D. E. Runals (22), Thomas J. Butterfield (20), William Lockwood (22), Willis E. Dailey (10), Johnson W. Stone (20), Myron H. Perrigo (6), Edward H. Hart (10), Wil- lis R. Terrell (22), Norman S. Toban (4), Carlton C. Fuller (18), Marie A. Baker (14), Charles W. Mitchell (34), Roy E. Gunsolus (32), John P. Ashbaugh (24), Herbert E. Stone (2),
BURKE.
Township 106 of range 44 was created by action of the county commissioners April 26, 1829, and named Erin. The first town meeting was hell at the resi- dence of Michael Moriarity on the north- west quarter of section 15. At a subse- quent meeting in the claim shanty of John Shea, on the southwest quarter of section 26, it was decided to change the name to Burke, in honor of Rev. Thomas N. Burke.7 The change was ratified by the county commissioners June 2. 1879.8
28. Ann Day taught the first school (private) in the township, and West Webster was the first public school teacher. The first church ser- vices were held at the home of E. W. Day. and that gentleman was the superintendent of the first Sabbath school in Pipestone county. The first white child born in the township was Kittie Finnegan, born in 1879. The second child born was Frank Kingsbury, born the same year.
7Rev. Thomas N. Burke. O. P., was born in Galway, Ireland. He was a renowned orator and famous lecturer in defense of Ireland. He visited America on a lecturing tour in 1871.
BFive hundred sixty acres of sod were turned in Burke township in 1878 and 940 acres in 1879 In the last named year the acreage sown to crop was as follows: Wheat, 460 acres; sou corn. 250 acres; oats, 85 acres; barley. 5 acres.
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Those who received land from the govern- ment in Burke township were as follows:
John Rice (26), John McNallon (26), Mag- gie J. Ditten (4), Henry King (30), Edwin Wilkins (4), Owen Kinsella (24), Benjamin H. Conrad (24), Ludwig Doms (12), Granger Hickcox (2), Isaae N. Converse (32), John 11. Councilman (24), Patrick Saunders (31), Warren A. Prall (8), Richard Shea (26), John Shea (26), George A. Miller (4), Au- gust Luhde (12), John Moriarity (10-18-22), Benjamin Rogers (32), Edward W. Bowers (14), Patrick Hartigan (34), John Wingie (10), Michael C. Mahoney (8), William H. Ryan (14), Thomas Shea (28), Cornelius Ryan (26), George W. Gleason (18), Daniel Duggan (20), Lorenzo D. Ishmael (18), Wil- liam H. Walker (10), William Doms (12), David Deits (10), Kasson Hickcox (2), John Delaney (30), James C. Delaney (30), Dennis Hennessy (S), John W. Smiley (20), Charles M. Pease (18), James Ryan (28), Phillip Brown (18), George W. Nash (24), Michael C. O'Mahony (18), James Delaney (28), John H. Larne (20), Heirs of William Ware (14), John C. French (4). Heirs of Ardin P. Goodman (12).
GRANGE.
The township of Grange was put under local goverment only after a lengthy squabble over a name. Among the names suggested were Upton. Heyburn and Clary. At an election for the purpose the name Clary was chosen, in honor of an early settler, but when the township was created by the commissioners April 26. 1849. in response to a petition by W. B. Brown and others, it was named Blaine. On June 2 the commissioners changed the name to Grange. The township was or- ganized at the first town meeting, held at the home of JJ. L. Humphrey on section 26 May 17. The following were granted land patents in Grange township :
Hamilton Wells (28), Sarah A. Frost (6), Lewis B. Metcalf (4), Stillman J. Perkins (26), Robert Hislop (18), Andrew F. Jack- son (32), Martin J. Easland (26), Bristow S. Clark (20), William W. Gray (34), Lorentz V. Ackermann (18), Andrew F. Johnson (32), James L. Humphrey (26), Ira Riddell (14), Warren MeCarter (22), Nelson Minet (24), Joseph Hatfield (2), Henry Montville (6), John Gilson (20), James T. Suffron (30), James Hall, Ir., (28), Henry H. Raph (10), Harry J. Hall (24), Addie J. Hoagland
(S), W. B. Brown (30-32), Luke Brown (20), Frank Montgomery (2), Silas E. Wharton (32), John W. Wells (28), Louis Zarn (22), Jchn E. Dannaker (28), Carl Boum (4), Christopher Buchholz (2), Charles C. Drew (20), Heirs of John D. George (S), Hosea T. Humphrey (34), Christopher J. Ross (10), James M. Bull (30), Flavia Montville (6), .Joseph B. Fate (S), John Lafferty (10), Samuel J. Hamilton (14), Thomas Ollerton (12), Ceylon E. Taylor (14), Sanford A. Montville (30), Jacob Zimmerman (12), An- son Pike (6), George A. Clark (32), Loski D. Peck (28), Peter Thornton (24), Hiram WV. George (8), John Weinkauf (2), Alexan- der T. Serrurier (10), Elizabeth Arrowsmith (12), Leon 11. Moore (18), Stephen Rice (4). John Weighill (26), Edwin F. Cheney (6), Nathaniel Lesher (4), Elmer Hatch ( 14).
FOUNTAIN PRAIRIE.
'Township 108 of range 45 was declared organized by the commissioners June ? and named Upton. The first town meet- ing was held at the home of E. E. Link on section 28 June 14. The organization was legalized by the county law-making body June 28, 1829. Later the township was given the name Fountain Prairie. It was named by Charles Heath, one of the carly settlers, and was named after Mr. Heath's old home township in Columbia county. Wisconsin. Those who secured lands in Fountain Prairie township un- der the homestead and tree claim acts wore as follows :
James MeVey (4), Christopher Byrne (30), Thomas Olson (20), Louis Hirschy ( 18), Caleb Heath (32), Moses A. lleath (32), David W. Inman (24), Robert M. Doughty (26). Gilbert A. Ripley (14), Frank Vermil- ya (20), Louis Gilbertson (34), John Griffin (18), Ernest Schultz (10), James Hines (22), Alpha Snyder (S), Edwin Giles (26), Clark W. Smith (12), Egbert E. Link (22), Charles Heathfield (34), Chris Hogan (28), Cortland Vermilya (28), Joseph Simpson (4), ller- man Sass (14), Frederick Bussey (8), George P. Taylor (26), Thomas H. Marcel- Ins (6), William 11. MeLard (18), James Giles (20), Charles R. McLard (18), Nancy Pearson (32), Thaddeus R. Cummings (12), Orlo H. Jackson (26), Henry Clausen (14), Lewis Lawrence (G). Edward L. Andrews (20), Marx C. Siercks (24), Thomas Brown (8), Soren Hansen (30), Niels P. Ilanson (2).
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HISTORY OF PIPESTONE COUNTY.
ROCK.
Rock township, named after the river which flows through it. was also created June 2. The first town meeting was held June 14 at the residence of W. M. Ware on section 22. The organization was le- galized by the county board June 28, 1879. Government lands in Rock township were granted as follows :
Nelson Moore (28), Hiram O. Lillie (20), Edmund Haden (10), Mickael Gembal (14), Samuel Wyley (10), Goodlo T. Brooks (28), George Miller (4), Milton W. Ware (22), Victor Christensen (8), William Ware (22), William Ludke (10), Harriett A. Boomhow- er (20), Richard S. Wilkins (4), Stephen Grieves (6), Charles Ludke (8), William Foster (14), John Meier (34), Elmer Hatch (30), Wesley E. Stewart (4), Chester S. Cutting (26), Alexander Thompson (26), Amos B. Conant (22), James R. Morton (8-26), Edwin Hatch (28), Ezra E. Prall (28), James I. Garrett (18), Emma 1. Clews (20), Fritz Reikow (8), Frank Judevine (30), Eben C. Thomas (34), Harold B. Ellithorp (28), Charles Walter (20), Lorenzo D. Butts (22), Ira A. Marlette (14), Albert Quacken- bush (24), Lewis E. Ziegler (6), Gottlob Mokler (30).
GRAY'
Gray township was created June 28, 1879, the first town meeting was held July 19 at the home of Andrew O. Gray on the southwest quarter of section 10, and the township was officially declared organized July 28. The precinct was named in honor of Andrew O. Gray; the first permanent settler in the township. At the first town meeting the following officers were elected and served as the precinct's first officials: L. D. Peck. Andrew O. Gray and E. S. Avery, super- visors: C. W. Fenlason, clerk; W. S. Bradford, treasurer: S. C. Bailey and Rod Campbell, justices of the peace : D. Young and H. Dickey, constables. The grantees of government land in Gray township :
William J. Taylor (18), Homer M. Wise (8), John Eagan (18), Charles W. Fenlason (14), Henry Stauffer (4), Hartson Dickey
(24), Daniel Young (30), Andrew O. Gray (10), Wilbur S. Wheeler (24), William H. Brown (6), Lewis C. Bailey (30), Samuel L. Bailey (18), Julius H. Nichols (20), Wil- liam L. Bradford (32), Warren J. Pratt (6) Delciett E. Gleason (28), Charles W. Maxfield (22), Harrison Dickey (10), Wil- liam D. Peck (26), Joseph H. Parker (20), Clarence E. Merrill (18), Robert Campbell (26), Joseph Clifford (34), William F. Lob- dell (34), Alonzo Staples (10), William Aust (12), Charles W. Embury (2), Henry Iron (22), Orville J. Taylor (8), Charles Smith (6), Horace G. Willey (12), Her- man Haney (2), Charles T. Howe (14), John Grass (22), Charles W. Bailey (20), Ogden Smith (14), Harriet N. Fenlason (14), Henry W. Pease (24), Marshall Har- rison (28), Emerson J. Gleason (12), Sam- uel Avery (28), Hiram A. Kennison (10), John 1. Bernard (8), George D. Gamble (22), William R. Erredge (32), Wiliam T. W. Erredge (32), James G. Bennett (6), James L. Helm (26), Samuel C. Furlow (24), Joseph E. Fargo (34), William Fry- barger (32), William Hill (12), Ambrose A. Bangs (14), James D. Harding (4).
ELMER.
The petition asking for the creation of township 105 of range 45 was presented to the county board July 28, 1879, and final hearing on the matter was set for August 28. At that time the township was declared created, and Saturday, Au- gust 30. was named as the date for holding the first town meeting, at which the name of the precinct should be chosen by bal- lot. Many of the first settlers came from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and the name of their city had many adherents at the elec- tion for choice of a name. At the meet- ing, held on the northwest quarter of section 20, the name Elmer was chosen. The following were the first officers of Elmer township: Fred Kurz. F. A. Bishop and William Tibbetts, supervis- ors; J. A. Lemmenes. clerk : John D. Ty- ler, treasurer ; William Bixby, M. Brom- ley and E. E. Clements, justices of the peace: C. G. Sercumb, S. Y. Sickler and Henry Paul, constables. Homestead and timber culture patents were granted in Elmer township as follows:
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Isaac C. Bertrand (12), Kinsey Maxfield (34), Harlan Trumble (28), Charles Krug- er (30), William Bixby (4), James R. Swaiu (22), Thomas J. Lynch (10), Joshua M. Littlefield (24), John A. Lemmenes (4-12), Jacob C. Noteman (24), Ferdinand Kurz (20), llenry Pane (20), Wendelin Shuck (20), Thomas Kennedy (14), Charles R. Wait (8), Harry P. Browning (12), Henry Denhart (14), Wiliam T. Sanborn (18), Mahlon Bromley (32), Charles Combs (6), William F. Tibbetts (10), Jul K. Braaten (22), Joshua C. Parriott (12), William H. Jones (26), Abbe C. Sanborn (18), Peder A. Roen (34), William Naylor (12), llolsten M. Moen (28), Samuel J. Premo (2), Owen T. Jones (6), Robert C. VanHoesen (26), Joseph L. Denhart (6), Giermun T. Hagen (22), Michael Floody (10), Harry E. Den- hart (22), David Rogers (34), Andrew LOW. ry (32), John 11. Denhart (4), Patrick H. O'Brien (2), George S. Waite (30), John Floody (24), Chris Peterson Velling (28), Daniel J. Denhart (22), Howard W. Foote (26), Charles M. Richards (18), William C. Ewaris (34), Robert Kennedy (10), Lars E. Korstad (28).
EDEN.
The petition for the organization of the southwestern corner township of Pipe- stone county was presented to the county board August 25, 1849, and al a final hearing September 27 the township was duly declared created. The first town meeting was held af the home of S. B. Owens on the last day of September. The beautiful stretch of country comprising the township suggested the Garden of Eden to the pioneers, and they named the township Eden.ยบ The first officers were as follows: William F. Lange, chair- man; O. (. Ihlen and F. M. Chute, su- pervisors: S. B. Owens, clerk: Antone Johnson, treasurer: Carl Ihlen, assessor : J. Drew and J. Q. Foster, justices of the peace ; Warren Drew and Henry Nelson, constables ; Hans Thlen, poundmaster. Those who received land under the home-
""Richard O'connell distinctly recalls the meeting of the early settlers. of the township. held in 1879 to consider the matter of naming the town. The meeting was held at the house of Sam Owens. The pioneers did not hastily adopt the first name that was suggested. They considered the subject carefully and a number af names were proposed and rejected. Some of the names proposed were to do honor to in- dividuals who had been identified with the early history of the township; other names sug-
stead and timber culture acts were as fol- low> :
William McGowan (18), Cadwallader Williams (18), George Krapf (30), Thomas E. Dixon (12), Ilalvor K. Olson (34), Hen- ry G. Nelson (26), John E. Foster (34), Joshua Drew (20), Carl E. Nelson (26), Soren Larson (20), Alexander Carnegie (30-24r47), Earnest E. Tibbetts (2), Austin E. Sackett (12), Olaus C. Ihlen (4), Hans O. Hanson (26), Miller Page (18), Carl Johan Nelson (34), Horace Page (24r47). John Minaghan (4), Anders G. Holmquist (28), Fred L. Pedrick (24), Joseph W. Drew (32), Edward Coggins (14), Richard H. O'Connell (8), Hans Christopherson (10), Christian 1. Ring (14), John Carnegie, Jr., (12r47), Erick Nelson (28), Carrol Christo- pherson (10), Robert M. McGowan (12r47), George Fish (2), Henry R. Wells (6), John Dixon (14), Michael Conrad (20), Stephen N. Tucker (2), William H. Lange (6), Wil- liam B. Gilmore (10), Ole Nelson (34), Ole A. llalseth (4), Peter O. Karierud (24), Luna Abrahamson (18). Gultorm Gundvald- sen (24r47), Willis 1. Bulen (6), Simon F. Stilson (32), William F. Lange (6), John T. Johnson Aas (4), Henry Kahl, Jr., (8), Darby C. Dixon (22), Christian Mickelson (22), John Naizke (12r47), William J. Mc- Gowan (12r47), Heirs of Frank Smith (32), Henry H. Gregerson (14), Frederick Con- rad (30), Troles K. Anderson (24r47), Day- ton LaDue (26r47), Joseph H. Morgan (10), Ole H. Einung (28), Gustave Nelson (34), George M. Walkup (2), Magnus K. Steen (24), William C. Johnson (24), Affon A. Gilmore (12).
TROY.
The last township organized in 1829 was Troy. The petition was presented November 8, and at a meeting of the connty commissioners December 3 the township was officially created. The first town meeting was held at the home of D. B. Whigam December 13, on the south- west quarter of section 10, when the fol- lowing first officers were chosen: (. Il. VanSlyke. W. T. Cook and G. C. Hoff- man. supervisors : E. A. Rice. clerk : O. T.
gested pertained to some particular nationality. No such name could be agreed upon. At length Mr. O'donnell announced that he would pro- pose a name that would be broad and general nongh to satisfy all nationalities and all in- terests, and when he proposed Eden the sug- gestion readily found favor with the assem- Hled settlers, And so the township came to be called Eden."- - Pipestone County Star, Decem- ber 28, 1906.
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HISTORY OF PIPESTONE COUNTY.
Gilson, treasurer: D. B. Whigam and A1. J. Brown, justices of the peace: 1. P. Fitzer and R. Van Allen, constables. The name of the township was selected at a meeting held for the purpose at the home of Mr. Whigam.10 Patents to land in Troy township were granted to the fol- lowing :
Winsor Paine (24r47), Jacob Schottler (4), Andrew Pearson (8), Melvin W. Bur- dick (28), Frederick A. Gilson (14), O. T. Gilson (14), John Haynes (4), Daniel B. Whigam (10), Adolphus Paine (24r47), Ebenezer A. Rice (22). Albert E. Woodman (14), Charles F. Hoffman (28), Lafayette F. Stiles (24r47), Ethan E. Thornton (24), Cy- rus Dixon (30), Edwin R. Wood (2), Char- les H. Van Slyke (26), Henry C. Rigley (24), Otto Hartwig (24r47), Joseph T. Bris- tol (12r47), William W. Sweet (2), Joseph Wharton (20), Albert Griffith (12), Martha E. Houk (12), Levi B. Aldrich (8), James K. P. Fetzer (20), William T. Cook (4), Thomas O. Wilbern (24), Simon Price (30), John Henderson (6), James L. E. Jenkins (26), Lewis R. Ober (10), Frederick Jonas (18), Peter D. Halsey (6), Reuben H. Low- ell (22), Theodore Paselk (18), William A. Holden (20), Franklin Plank (24), William H. Harrison (26), Eugene Butman (12r47), Emma J. Butman (12r47), Andrew J. Brown (34), Charles E. Whaley (31), Alden A. Bartlett (28), Thomas Morrill (34), Samuel Harrison (26). Heirs of Samuel L. Bailey (30), Joshua 1 .. McFee (14), Rollin S. Good- ell (2), Theodore N. Plank (10), Samuel G. Thompson (12), Heirs of Purdy Hart (18), Danon Judevine (22), John Pearson (10), John C. Morrill (14r47), William J. Halpin (24r47), John D. Carroll (26r47), Higgins Harrison (6), Fred C. Fritsch (30), Lewis A. Zimmermann (4), Jessie Alfred et al (8), Louis A. Nims (22), John A. Ilaines (32), Edgar A. Morrill (28).
ALTONA.
On February 10. 1880, the citizens of the northwestern vorner township poti- tioned The county board for organization. and at a meeting February 28 the poli- tion was granted. The organization was
1"The meeting was held in Mr. Whigam's kitchen. and among those present were Major E. A. Rice. F. L. Plank. L. R. Ober, O. T. Gilson, John Haynes. D. R. Woodman, Al. Woodman and Mr. Whigam. Considerable dif- ficulty was encountered in making the selec- lion, each one present suggesting a name after some one of his family or his old home in the east, and rach name was rejected. The meet- ing was deadlocked until the name Troy was suggested by Atr. Whigam. That name was adopted by unanimous vote; Mr, Whigam's
perfected at the first lown meeting. held at the home of George Hill on section 11 early in March. The name was selected by ballot at that time. Land patents were granled to early sellers of Altona town- ship as follows :
Carrie P. Crum (8), Morgan L. Wood (2), Robert W. Davidson (24r47), Emil Joerim (2), August Lindal (24), Alfred W. Ander- son (24), Gustaf Johnson (14-24), Wilhelm Kruschke (20), Albert E. Harris (12), Mar- illa M. Barrows (34), Marshall C. Barber (34), Charles W. Riley (12r47), John Rit- chie (6), Darwin W. Stockley (18), August Bartelt (20-24r47), Frances D. Hoppin (26), Frank Ellis (12r47), Anders M. Anderson (14), Sophia Heilig (10), David C. Loney (24r47), George H. Bliven (26), Milo C. Milliren (8), John S. Harrison (22), Ann S. Carpenter (10), Eliza I. Mckown (32), Herman Poitratz (18), John J. Tones (32), John S. Harrison (22), Joseph M. Owens (6), Henry O. Anderson (24), Erwin S. Bromley (30), Charles Jacoby (30), Fred Pottratz (24r47), Daniel Thompson (30-32), Joseph Sears (12), Charles Heilig (8-28), William Crook (18), Louis Buchholz (12r47), Mathias J. Becker (34), August Haper (26r47), William O. Lehmann (32), Edgar F. Nular (12), William E. Mckown (28), George A. Sutton (4), William Kruse (2r47), Gustaf Anderson (26), Andrew L. Ely (22), Theodore Pottratz (14r47), Thom- as Kelley (6), Amos Shepherd (12), Hokan Johnson (22), John L. Wagner (34), Louis E. Ileilig (4), Lars C. Jorgensen (36), Al- fred W. Anderson (24), Christian T. Mork (12r47), Fred Petschon (20), Emery Has- ner (32), Oliver Roscoe (23), Buri Whit- man (2).
AETNA.
All the townships had now been put un- der local government except the one in the northeast corner. The residents of that territory presented a polition June 15, 1880. and the county commissioners look favorable action July 19. The elec- tion to choose the first town officers and to select a namo was held al the residence
rook stove furnished the name, When the de- liberations had reached a state where it seemed impossible to agree, the owner of the stove happened to see the name Troy on the hearth. the stove having been manufactured at Troy. New York, and he was struck with the idea that that was a good name. The stove instru- mental in supplying the name of the township had a history of its own. It was the first stove sold by the first dealer in Pipestone county and came from the store of William Wheeler, of Pipestone.
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HISTORY OF PIPESTONE COUNTY.
of Charles Lavalle, on the southwest quar- ter of section 22, on August 14. The vote favored the name Aetna, which was sug. gested by A. F. Reynolds in honor of Acina Johnson, a stop-daughter of Christ (ilbertson.11 Those who received patents to land in Aetna township were as fol- Jows :
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