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COLONEL W. W. ROBINSON.
This gentleman settled in Wilton in 1856. He was born at Fair Haven, Vermont, Dec. 14, 1819. He graduated from Rutland Academy at the age of nineteen. He also took a course at the Norwich Military academy. He married Sarah Jane Fisk, daughter of Daniel Fisk, Feb. 5, 1842. At the breaking out of the war with Mexico, in 1846, he promptly enlisted and was elected first lieutenant, his commission bearing date June 12, 1846. Oct. 26, 1846, he was promoted to captain. At the close of the Mexican war he returned to Ohio, where he remained until 1851, when he made a trip to Wisconsin on a land speculation. In the spring of 1852, he went to California overland, being six months on the way thither. He remained in the "Golden State" until the fall of 1855, when he rejoined his family at Sparta, Wisconsin. As before stated, he came to Wilton, in this county, in the fall of 1856, where ne resided with his family. He practiced law to some extent while in Wilton and was prominent in local affairs. In 1859 he disposed of his property here and returned to Sparta, Wis. At the breaking out of the Rebellion he engaged in drilling men
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for the service, and on the 15th of August, 1861, was commissioned lieu- tenant colonel of the Seventh Regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry. This regiment, with four others, constituted the famous Iron Brigade. He was promoted to colonel of the regiment in February, 1862. He re- signed in July, 1864, on account of sickness and the breaking out of a wound received at Gainesville, in 1862. He participated in over thirty hattles and skirmishes. After a partial recovery of his health he engaged in lumhering at Chippewa Falls, Wis. In 1875 he was appointed U. S. consul at Madagascar by President Grant and held that position until the fall of 1886, when he resigned and returned to his family. At this writing, 1905, Mrs. Robinson is living at Seattle, state of Washington, in good health at the age of eighty-six years. Colonel Robinson died April 27, 1903.
MR. JOSEPH FROMLATH.
Joseph Fromlath was born in Stadel Baden, Germany, March 19, 1853. He came to Waseca, Minn., Feh. 1, 1871. He obtained employment for three years on the farm that he later bought of Mr. S. F. Repstein. The farm is situated on section twenty, town of Otisco, Minn., and was the home of Mr. Fromlath's family for many years. It was to this farm that, in the year 1876, he brought his bride, Minnie Frank, daughter of Ludwig Frank, of Wilton. Here were reared their six children: Caroline, horn May 4, 1877; George, horn July 29, 1879: Anna, born Jan. 19, 1SS1; Ed- ward, born August 16, 1887; Martha, horn January 18, 1893; Joseph, Jr., born March 19, 1904.
In 1904, Mr. Fromlath and family removed to North Dakota. Mr. and Mrs. Fromlath reside in the city of Lisbon; their older children are car- rying on a large farm near that place.
While a resident of this county Mr. Fromlath held at different times the offices of school director, town supervisor, treasurer of the Otisco Station creamery association, and county commissioner. At the time of his removal to North Dakota, he was one of the directors of the First National hank, of Waseca, and is at this writing a stockholder therein.
THE HONORABLE JOHN N. POWERS.
Hon. John Neil Powers was one of the early settlers of this county and a good citizen. He was horn of Irish parents, at Providence, Rhode Island, September 26, 1836, and with his parents, at an early age, moved to Woodstock, Illinois, where he resided until 1856, when he came to Blooming Grove, in Waseca county, Minnesota. In 1861, he enlisted in Company I, Fourth regiment, Minnesota volunteers, serving for three years. After being honorably discharged he returned to Waseca county, where he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1867. Here he practiced law for some time. He was married Nov. 2, 1868, to Miss Anna Josephine Conners. He removed to Morristown soon after, where he practiced law and also edited the first paper published in Morristown
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during 1876. He also published a paper at Waterville during 1877. He was elected to the legislature as a member of the house of representatives from Rice county in 1866. Mr. Powers died March 1, 1901, after having suffered from paralysis for a long time. He was survived by a widow, eight children, and two sisters. He was a very kind-hearted, good man. He was in no sense a money maker-much less a money schemer. Com- ing from the ranks of working men, he was always their friend and cham- pion. The world would he better if there were more such men.
MRS. CHARLES MUNSON.
This lady is a daughter of the late James Jones, known as "Jones the joker," and came with her parents to Iosco in May 1856. Mrs. Munson was about five years old when her parents settled in Iosco, and has a very distinct recollection of the early days in this county. She has a vivid remembrance of the Indians, who made frequent visits to the farm and often camped in the vicinity. Her father, who died January 24, 1902, at the age of ninety-two years, was one of the jolliest of all the pioneer set- tlers of the county.
THE HONORABLE GOTTFRIED BUCHLER.
Mr. Buchler was born in Baden, Germany, in 1836, the last day of Feb- ruary. His mother died when he was about a year old. He came to America with his father when Gottfried was eight years of age. They lived in Sheboygan county, Wisconsin, when that section was a wilder- ness of heavy timber. He helped to clear and cultivate the farm, and married there, carrying on his farm until 1868, when he sold his property there and came to Waseca that fall. He first opened a boot and shoe store, and afterwards added clothing-a business which he continued to the time of his death. In 1886 he was elected mayor of this city, and served one term. His administration was noted for its strenuous economy in all departments.
AS a business man, he was conservative, never a plunger, and he ac- cumulated quite an amount of property.
On Christmas morning, 1904, he arose apparently in his usual health; he ate his breakfast, smoked his pipe, and talked with his children as usual. About 11:30 a. m. he went from the kitchen into the dining room and sat down in his arm chair near the tahle. Evidently he took from a plate on the table a piece of candy, and when about to eat it, was sud- denly stricken. His daughter heard a peculiar gasping and went to his side. He gasped a time or two more and was dead without speaking. He had not been feeling very well for some days, a pain in the region of the heart being felt at times. But his doctor told him it was only the result of indigestion, and little was thought of it. His sudden death on Christmas morning was a painful shock to the community as well as to his immediate family. He left surviving, three daughters and two sons- Messrs. Louis and Edmund, and Misses Mary, Louise and Josephine, all of age.
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SUICIDE OF MATT CHRISTIANSON.
The Waseca Herald of April 1, 1904, contained the following:
Wednesday morning last, Mr. Raymond Doyle, business manager of the Plum Valley creamery, brought the sad news that Matt Christianson, of Vivian, was found upon the floor of his house, beside his bed, with a bullet hole in his head. The facts, as we hear them, are substantially as follows:
Some time ago Mrs. Christianson, fearing that her husband, in his bursts of passion or madness, would kill her, left her home to live with relatives or friends.
Christianson and a son thirteen or fourteen years of age, had heen keeping house by themselves. On Monday the father went to Mankato, to see his wife. Returning, he stopped at Minnesota Lake, bought a re- volver, and proceeded homeward.
In the meantime his son did the chores Monday night and went to stay over night with a neighbor boy. Tuesday morning the son, accompanied by the neighbor boy, returned to the Christianson house. Upon opening the door, a terrible sight met their astonished gaze. There upon the floor, covered with blood and with blood all around him, lay Christianson with a bullet hole in his head apparently unconscions, but still breathing. The terrified boys at once alarmed the neighbors, who soon gathered at the house, but no one seemed willing to attempt to do anything for the wounded man until a physician could be obtained from Minnesota Lake.
This is the same Christianson who, over a year ago, assaulted his neigh- bor, Ewald, with a loaded gun and who was himself thoroughly brnised at the time by young Ewald, who defended his father. Mr. Christianson was arrested at that time, heavily fined, and put under bonds to keep the peace. It is generally thought by those acquainted with him that he has been insane for a long time.
It also appears that Mrs. Christianson had commenced an action for divorce, on the grounds of cruelty.
Our vivian correspondent writes that the victim shot himself through the mouth, the bullet piercing the brain. This is confirmed by Coroner Blanchard who visited the remains on Wednesday, the man having died on Tuesday.
Our Vivian correspondent also writes that Christianson, a short time before, attempted to kill his wife with a butcher knife. It also appears that Mrs. Christianson, since that time, has been living wih a daughter at Mankato.
TRAGIC DEATH OF DR. EDWARD DOLAN.
Tragic in the extreme was the death by accidental poisoning of Dr. Edward Dolan, of Worthington, Jan. 8, 1904. Not feeling well Saturday night when leaving the farm house of a patient five miles south of Worthington, he reached for his medicine case, pulled out a bottle and drank a quantity of carbolic acid.
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He had made a mistake in the darkness, but with great presence of mind, poured several ounces of alcohol down his throat, but his efforts to save himself were vain. Doctor Dolan gasped out an order to his driver to hurry at full speed to' Worthington, and while the buggy rushed over the road he exerted every effort to save his own life. About a mile from town he alighted from the vehicle, intending to keep the vital spark alive by walking. He had walked but a few paces when he reeled and fell, racked with convulsions. Death ended his sufferings very soon and the driver brought the body into town. Doctor Dolan was about thirty- seven years of age and had practiced medicine at Worthington for ten or twelve years. He was born in Iosco and many of his relatives live in this vicinity.
At the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he left his large practice to serve as captain of Company H, Fifteenth Minnesota volunteers, and continued in the service until his regiment was mustered out. He left surviving him his wife and one son two years old.
PROFESSOR F. V. HUBBARD.
This gentleman was superintendent in charge of the schools of Waseca for nine years, having come here from Redwood Falls where he had taught for six years. He was highly esteemed and stood high among the schoolmen of the state. He had been one of the vice presidents of the State Teachers' association and an officer of the National Association ot Superintendents. He was suddenly killed at his home in Red Wing, August 27, 1901. He had been remodeling his house and was directing work with a horse scraper on the lawn. The driver had some trouble with the scraper, and Mr. Hubbard, who was in haste to be done, tried to help him. As Mr. Hubbard unhooked it, the load of dirt threw the scraper over suddenly and the end of the lever hit him in the back of the head, breaking his neck. He died instantly. He was forty-six years old. His wife and four sons survived him.
He was a graduate of the Whitewater, Wis., Normal school. He was one of the best teachers, if not the best, that ever had charge of the Waseca schools.
MR. JOHN DALTON.
This gentleman was one of the prominent farmers of Iosco, who set- tled there about the year 1866. He was born in Ireland, coming to this country in 1847, at the age of twenty-three. He worked on the Erie canal in the state of New York, and later resided some years in Illinois. before coming to Minnesota. He accumulated considerable property, having a fine farm and a pleasant home, at the time of his death. He died Dec. 8, 1899, at the age of seventy-five years.
MR. AUGUST F. GRAPP.
Mr. August F. Grapp, who stands at the head of the Grapp Furniture
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& Carpet company, was born July 26, 1841, at Ukermark, Prussia, where he was educated in the public schools and learned the trade of cabinet maker. At the age of eighteen, as is the law there, he entered the army and served in all four years-the last year, 1864-5, he saw active service in the war with Denmark. As soon as the war was over he came to Amer- ica, arriving in August, 1866. His parents had preceded him and resided at Fountain City, Wis., where he joined them. He worked at Fountain City a few months, and then came as far west as Owatonna. There he worked until the village of Waseca was platted in 1867, when he was one among the very first to buy a lot in the new town and build. He had on- ly $75 to begin with, but, nothing daunted, he purchased a lot on time, put up a small building with his own hands and opened a furniture store before the grain crop then standing on the plat had been stacked. The lot he then built upon is the adjoining lot on the north of the one he now occupies. From this small beginning has grown the immense business of the present firm. On the first of December, 1869, he was wedded to Miss Ottilie L. Roesler, who was born Sept, 17, 1852, in Michigan City, In- diana, and came to Waseca county with her parents in 1862, about the time of the Indian massacre in Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Grapp are the parents of nine children, eight of whom are living: Wm. L., born Dec. 14, 1871; Otto W., born Nov. 7, 1873; Albert E., born Sept. 6, 1875; Frederick C., born Sept. 27, 1877, and died July 19, 1885; Lydia A. R., born Feb. 14, 1882; John H., born Jan. 10, 1885; George L., born Aug. 17, 1887; Edward A., born Feb. 10, 1889, and Roy E., born Jan. 9, 1893. Wm. L. Grapp manages the popular store at Janesville, and Otto W. is at the head of their business at Redwood Falls. Mr. A. Grapp is one of the solid busi- ness men of Waseca, who has succeeded by hard work and attention to business.
SUPERINTENDENT H. A. PANZRAM.
Herman A. Panzram was born in Olmsted county, Minn., Oct. 1, 1877. His mother died when he was a babe, and he was adopted by his father's sister and her husband, Martin Helwig and wife, resident farmers of Free- dom. He remained in Freedom until 1885, when the family moved to Alton and thence to Janesville in 1888. He graduated from the Janes- ville high school and attended the State University one year. When the Spanish war broke out, he was one of the first of the patriotic young men to enlist in Company K, of this county. He spent the summer of 1898 in the service, being stationed most of the time at Chickamauga. He was . honorably mustered out in the fall. For the three and a half years fol- lowing, he was engaged in school teaching. In the fall of 1904, he was elected to the office of county school superintendent, and holds this po- sition at the present writing. He is also publisher of the Waseca County Teacher, and is thoroughly devoted to the cause of education. He was married to Miss Pansy E. Jenkins Oct. 4, 1905.
AUGUST GRAPP.
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MR. CHAUNCY E. PARKER.
This aged pioneer of the West died at the residence of his son, James E. Parker, of Waseca, March 23, 1904, of pneumonia, in his eighty-eighth year. He was born in the state of New York, in the month of June, 1816. When a young man, he started West and first lived near Ashtabula, Ohio. About 1850, he moved to Evanston, Ill., where the family remained until about 1857 when they removed to Marquette county, Wisconsin. His wife died about 1858. He remained in Wisconsin until 1885, when he came to Waseca where he resided with his sons. He was a well-preserved man and had enjoyed good health nearly all his life up to the time of his last illness. He left surviving him three sons and two daughters: A. H. and J. E. Parker, of Waseca; Orson Parker, of Pomona, Cal .; Mrs. Bort, of St. Paul; and Mrs. Hibbard, of Fond du Lac, Wis.
MR. C. H. BAILER.
Charles H. Bailer, the present efficient county auditor, was born March 19, 1861, in Schuylkill, Pa., and came to Minnesota, March 17, 1884, first stopping at Mankato but soon after going to Janesville. There he entered the store of Mr. Cordry as clerk and afterwards as partner. He remained in Janesville until the fall of 1900 when he was elected county auditor. He has been re-elected twice since, at the last election having no com- petitor. Sept. 25, 1888, he married Miss Emma Farnum, of Janesville, who was born in Minnesota May 7, 1866. They are the parents of three daughters and one son. Mr. Bailer followed farming, when not at school, until he became of age, when he was employed as clerk. He graduated from the high school of his town and also from a business college in his native state.
HENRY G. BLANCHARD, M. D.
Dr. H. G. Blanchard, son of Mr. Gustof Blanchard, one of the very early settlers of Winona county, was born April 17, 1868, in Winona county, Minn. When the doctor's parents first settled in this then territory, the Indians were numerous. The family lived fifteen miles west of Wi- nona, and his father, who was a carpenter by trade, worked in Winona and often made the distance on foot, sometimes carrying family supplies the whole distance on his shoulders. Doctor Blanchard attended the public schools of his county, took the academic course at the Grand Forks, N. D., university, and graduated from the medical department of the Minnesota university. He practiced medicine and surgery for some time in Hutchinson, afterwards in Minneapolis, and came to Waseca in 1898, where he soon enjoyed an extensive practice. On June 25, 1902, he was joined to Miss Catharine Kiesler, of Hutchinson, in holy wedlock. He has a fine suite of rooms in the First National Bank building and is supplied with all modern implements and appliances for surgical and other work in the art curative.
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FRANK B. ANDREWS, ATTORNEY.
Frank B. Andrews, Esq., present county attorney of this county, was first ' wrought to light" in the town of Wonewoc, Wisconsin, March 30, 1862. His parents removed from Wonewoc, Wis., to Wells, Minn., about 1871. He attended the Wells schools and studied law with his brother. Oct. 1, 1885, he was joined with Miss Jessie Smout in marriage and com- menced life in earnest. In 1889, he was admitted to the bar by Judge Severance, at Blue Earth, and the same year moved to New Richland, this county. At the election in 1890, he was chosen county attorney and served acceptably one term. In 1902 he was again elected county attor- ney and re-elected in 1904. He is the father of five children: Florence, born in December, 1886; Robert, born in September, 1889, died Oct. 14, 1905; Clifford, born in October, 1891; Catharine, born in July, 1897; Marian, born in April, 1904. In the performance of his duties as county attorney, he is very conservative, and takes extra precautions against extravagant expenses. Socially, he stands at the head of his class.
MR. WILLIAM HOOVER.
This gentleman, who was one of the early settlers in Vivian, was born in Ontario county, New York, April 30, 1824. His parents moved to Brad- ford county, Pa., while he was yet a small lad. He remained there with his parents till Nov. 8, 1845, when he married Miss Susan Hill. He then engaged in lumbering. Mr. and Mrs. Hoover are the parents of one daugh- ter, now Mrs. A. T. Wolcott, of Waseca, and one son, who died at the age of seventeen years. Mr. Hoover was in the Wisconsin lumber work until 1862, when he came to Minnesota to section 27, Vivian, where, in 1864, he owned two hundred acres of farm land. He joined the army Dec. 17, 1864, enlisting in Company G, Fifth Minnesota infantry. He returned from the army in September, 1865, and resumed farming. Mrs. Hoover died Jan. 8, 1880. In 1885 he sold his farm in Vivian and came to Waseca where he has since resided. At this writing he is still hale and hearty although over eighty-one years of age.
MR. B. J. CHAPMAN.
This gentleman was born in Madison county, New York, in 1835; came to Wisconsin in 1856, to Rice county, Minnesota, April 16, 1857. He built a claim shanty, which some one soon appropriated. He bought a yoke of oxen and paid down $50 which was all of his available capital. In his statement he says:
"My aunt, Mrs. Chapin, signed a fifty-dollar note with me to pay for the oxen. By the way she did not have it to pay. I got a few acres broken that year, and next year sowed it to wheat; but the wheat did not fill, hence I had nothing to harvest. I broke more land and sowed all to wheat the next year. I got it harvested, threshed, and put into a rail pen. Soon after the pen caught fire and the wheat was burned, except a part of it, which was badly smoked. After that I had better success.
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HON. P. C. BAILEY.
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Within five years I had my farm of one hundred sixty acres paid for, one hundred twenty acres fenced, seventy acres broken, a comfortable house, etc. I then went back to York State but returned in 1863. The following year, 1864, 1 purchased the E. B. Stearns old farm in Otisco, and moved there in the spring of 1864. October 15, 1865, I was united in marriage with Miss Samantha Reynolds who was born in Grant county, Indiana, Sept. 17, 1846. She came to Minnesota in 1857 with her parents who settled on what is known as the McLain farm."
Mr. Chapman is one of the successful farmers of the county who has made his property, not by sharpness or shrewdness, but by hard work and economy. He is the father of two sons and four daughters. His oldest son, George, is on a farm in Stevens county. The younger, Orange, is attending school in Mankato. His daughters are Mrs. Thos. Ivers, of Byron; Mrs. Wm. Lust, of Olivia, Minn .; Mrs. Wm. Duncan, of Fairmont, Minn .; and Miss Lilian, attending school at Waseca.
MR. B. SIMONS.
This gentleman is the popular proprietor of the restaurant on the corner of Second and Wood streets. He was born in Norway, March 11, 1852; came to America with his parents in 1857, and lived for six months in Manitowoc, Wis. His parents then moved to Adams county, same state. He married Miss Emma Thompson, March 29, 1880, coming to Minnesota in 1882. Miss Thompson was born Dec. 29, 1856, near Madison, Wis. In the fall of 1882, he opened the Nicollet House in Waseca, which he con- ducted for four years. In the fall of 1886, in company with Fred Byers- dorf, he opened a grocery store. In the fall of 1894, he sold his interest to Byersdorf, and traveled a year for a cigar house. In the fall of 1895, he commenced the business in which he and his family are now engaged. At the last city election he was chosen alderman from the First ward. He is the father of three sons and three daughters; Malinda, born in 1881; Anna, in 1883; Jalmar, in 1885; Clarence, in 1887; Bert, in 1891, deceased; and Eva, in 1894. Jalmar is attending the State University.
MR. JOHN RADLOFF.
Mr. Radloff, who was born in Germany Oct. 7, 1834, came to America in 1854, landing at Buffalo, N. Y., where he worked ten years for one lumberman. In March, 1860, he married Lena Billiard who was born in the state of New York. They are the parents of three sons and three daughters. They settled on section 11, Vivian, in 1864, where they have since resided. Mr. Radloff is one of the oldest threshermen in the state, and has earned a great deal of money, very much of it being spent for machinery, repairs, and interest. He is one of the leading men of his townsnip.
THE HONORABLE P. C. BAILEY.
Philo C. Bailey, horn in Onondaga county, N. Y., Oct. 15, 1828, came
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to Faribault, Rice county, Minn., in 1856, and to Wilton, this county, in 1857, opening the first hardware store in the county with his brother-in- law, H. P. West-the firm name being P. C. Bailey & Co. Some time after the death of Mr. West, J. H. Wightman became a partner, while he was at Wilton. At the starting of Waseca, Mr. Bailey and Geo. W. Watkins, under the firm name of Bailey & Watkins, put in the first hard- ware store, and Mr. Bailey has been connected with the store ever since, either as an active or silent partner. For a number of years past he and his firm have handled Standard Oil goods in this county. He has also been interested in the hardware business at Janesville with his brother- in-law, D. J. Dodge. Mr. Bailey married his first wife, Miss Avis .Slocum, sister of Congressman Slocum, of the state of New York, in June, 1857, by whom he had two daughters, Kate and Gertrude. Kate married Eu- gene W. Fisk and lives in Helena, Montana. Gertrude married Mr. Franklin Williams. She died in August, 1905, in St. Louis, Mo. Mr. Bailey's first wife died in September, 1865. About two years thereafter, Dec. 27, 1867, ne married Miss Lurinda Dodge, whose parents were among the very early settlers of the county. Mr. and Mrs. Bailey are the parents of a son and a daughter. Fred, born Nov. 7, 1870, is now married and en- gaged in the flour milling business, at Mitchell, South Dakota. Lena, born Dec. 5, 1872, is now Mrs. Armitage, of Waterville. Mrs. Lurinda Bailey was born April 12, 1850, at Owego, in the state of New York, and came to Waseca county with her parents about 1857. Mr. Bailey has not only been fortunate in business, but he has held a number of official positions both of honor and trust with credit to himself. He held the office of justice of the peace in early days, in Wilton, was elected to the lower branch of the legislature in the fall of 1861, and county treasurer in the fall of 1863. He served as state senator during the sessions of 1877 and 1878. He was also county commissioner during the years 1895-6-7 and took a prominent and very useful part in the construction of the new court house. Mr. Bailey is a man who keeps his own counsel, but those who have been closest to him respect him most highly. Early in life he be- came a Master Mason and attained to the degree of Knight Templar. He Is a man of sound financial judgment, and seldom makes a mistake in business undertakings.
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