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MR. JAMES HAND,
born Feb. 22, 1835, in the state of Ohio, son of Cornelius Hand, settled in Blooming Grove, in 1856. His grandfather, Cornelius, of New Jersey, was a soldier in the war of 1812-15. James married Lydia A. Sprague Aug. 24, 1856. He enlisted in Company E, Minnesota heavy artillery Nov. 15, 1864, and served until Sept. 27, 1865.
MR. KEYES SWIFT,
a native of Fond du Lac, Wis., came to Blooming Grove in 1856. He was left fatherless at an early age and thrown upon his own resources. He owns a valuable farm and has accumulated a handsome property. He was married July 3, and has two children. £ In 1896, he was the Populist candidate for representative of this district.
THE REVEREND J. C. JAHN,
born in Prussia, July 1, 1839, came to America in 1846. He resided in Baltimore, Md., for a few years and then came to St. Paul. In 1861, he enlisted in the First Minnesota cavalry, and was in the battles of
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Fort Henry, Fort Donaldson, Shiloh, and Granville. At the last place he was wounded and made prisoner. He was afterwards paroled, and honor- ably discharged in July 1863. He was married in 1864, then studied for the ministry and was licensed to preach in 1870. He was pastor of the Blooming Grove M. E. church in 1886. He was the father of ten chil- dren.
MR. HENRY BEHNE,
who is now deceased, was born in Germany, near Hanover, April 29, 1839, and came to this country in 1853. He worked in Illinois until 1855, when he came to Minnesota. He married Hannah Muller, March 28, 1860, and settled down to farming. They had eight children: Henry W., Emma, (now Mrs. Henry Beck,) George, August, Mary, Ida, Willie, and Lewis.
THE REVEREND HENRY SINGENSTRUE,
horn in Oelber, Germany, Nov. 16, 1821, sailed for America in 1852, land- ing at New Orleans and coming north as far as Cincinnati. In 1854 he came to Red Wing, Minn., and bought a claim, remaining two years, when he was appointed missionary of the German M. E. church, a position which he neld for sixteen years. He married Salome Bider, a Swiss woman, in 1861. They own a little farm in Blooming Grove. Mr. Singenstrue was a pioneer in the church work of the state.
MR. CHRISTIAN KNAUSS
and family came to Blooming Grove in 1881. The parents came from Alsace, France, about 1846, and settled in Cook county, Ill. There were nine children in this family: John, Charles, Christian W., Henry, William, Bertha, Carrie (who died in Illinois), Benjamin, and Edward.
MR. JOHN L. BAHR,
born August 18, 1847, in Saxony, Germany. came to America with his parents in 1853, and resided in Waukesha county, Wis. In 1867 his fam- ily came to Deerfield, Steele county, where John L. remained until 1873. Having married Miss Julia Reineke, March 26, 1872, he began house- keeping on a farm in Deerfield, where he remained with his family four years. They then bought a farm on section 15, Blooming Grove, where they now reside with their children. They are leading members of the German M. E. church.
MR. ANDREW J. HENDERSON,
born in Scotland, Aug. 15, 1849, bought a farm in Vivian in 1SS2, and for a number of years was extensively engaged in raising cattle and horses. Of the latter, he chose the Clyde breed. He was very success- ful in the business, and a short time ago retired from his farm to a home in Owatonna.
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MR. HERMAN BALDUAN,
one of the wealthy farmers of Byron and New Richland, born in Germany Jan. 10, 1847, settled in Byron in 1877 upon a farm containing two hun- dred forty acres. He married Augustina Dumpka, of Dunbar, Faribault county, April 5, 1878.
MR. E. W. FISKE,
born March 8, 1851, in Oneida county, N. Y., came to Waseca in 1872. After following various employments, he engaged in the business of contracting and building. He married Miss Kate I. Bailey, daughter of Hon. P. C. Bailey, Dec. 21, 1880. They now reside in Helena, Montana, with their family of five children.
MR. JOHN W. JOHNSON.
"Bill Johnson," as he is familiarly called, was born in Provincetown, Mass., March 31, 1832. He came West to Faribault in 1856, where he was employed as clerk for his brothers-in-law, Fuller & Smith, until the spring of 1857 when he went to St. Mary, and for a time "hoomed" that ancient village. In 1858, after the first county seat contest, he moved to Wilton, and opened a store for the sale of merchandise in the firm name of J. W. Johnson & Co. There he remained ten years, when he came to Waseca and opened a grocery store, a business in which he is still engaged. He married Mary A. Marston, of Massachusetts, June 27, 1866. They have two sons, Edward P., married and an express agent at Fort Dodge, Iowa; and William M., single and American express agent at Waseca. J. W. is a local politician whom the office seekers generally consult.
PEOPLES STATE BANK OF WASECA.
This bank was organized in December 1880. The stockholders were W. G. Ward, C. H. Smith, A. F. Kelly, G. R. Buckman, Mrs. W. G. Ward, E. B. Collester, M. Madden, E. M. Broughton, W. J. Jameson, M. A. Green, and C. M. Star. The officers were: G. R. Buckman, president; A. F. Kelly, vice president; C. H. Smith, cashier; directors-Ward, Buckman, Brough- ton, Smith and Kelly. It started with a capital of $25,000. The capital was afterwards increased to $50,000, and again reduced to $25,000. The bank is now in a flourishing condition, with the following officers and directors: E. C. Trowbridge, president; D. S. Cummings, vice president; R. P. Ward, cashier; H. C. Didra, assistant cashier; R. P. Ward, D. S. Cummings, Marion Buckman, E. C. Trowbridge, E. W. Ward, and C. H. Watson, directors.
THE HONORABLE M. H. HELMS,
born Dec. 19, 1831, in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., came with his parents to Dane county, Wis., in 1845, where he resided until 1861, when he en- listed in Company E, Eighth Wisconsin infantry and was commissioned
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as second lieutenant. He served until Dec. 12, 1865, when he was mustered out, and returned to Madison, Wis., where he remained until 1868, when he came to Waseca. He married Miss Eleanor M. Dodge, Nov. 30, 1870. She died June 30, 1877, leaving two daughters, Vinnie M., now Mrs. Rausch, of Grand Forks, N. D .; and Jessie R., now the wife of Dr. Lynn, of Waseca. Mr. Helms ably represented this county in the legislative house during the session of 1891.
MR. CHRIS HANSEN,
a native of Denmark, born in 1845, came to America in 1869. He ar- rived at Waseca in 1872. For some years he was engaged in the saloon business, but now carries on a small farm north of Waseca, in Wood- ville. He has a family of bright and intelligent children. Aside from the business he followed, he is a good citizen.
THE REVEREND FATHER A. CHRISTIE,
a native of Vermont, born in 1851, came to Waseca about the first of the year 1878. When he was yet a child, his parents came West as far as Adams county, Wisconsin, where they remained until 1866, when the family came to Austiu, Mower county, Minn. Mr. Christie attended the public schools while a lad, and later attended the college of St. Joseph, near St. Cloud, Minn. He finished his school days at Montreal, Canada. He was a power for good works in Waseca, and remained here for a num- ber of years. He is now the very able bishop of Alaska. He was suc- ceeded by the Rev. Father J. J. Treanor, under whose management the present splendid church edifice was constructed.
MR. S. S. ROLLINS,
a native of New Hampshire, born May 1, 1836, son of Reuben and Lovina Rollins, came to Minnesota in 1855, first living on a farm in Houston county. He moved to Freedom in 1866. In 1860 he married Martha M. Elmore, who was born Oct. 31, 1843. They have been the parents of six children. Mr. Rollins is an ideal American citizen. For years he was clerk of his township and treasurer of his school district. He now resides in Janesville, having retired from active business.
THE HONORABLE W. G. WARD. (By his daughter, Mrs. D. S. Cummings.)
William Grosvenor Ward was born December 26, 1827, in Boonville, N. Y., the sixth child in a family of twelve.
Possessing an inquisitive mind, naturally studious and reflective, he readily absorbed all that the high school was able to offer, and at an early age was graduated from the Boonville Academy where he had earned his tuition by tutoring the younger pupils. Although excelling in his favorite study,-that of mathematics in all its branches,-much of his time was devoted to perfecting his knowledge of Latin and Greek.
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At the age of seventeen, having proved himself a brilliant scholar and already showing those traits of character which made him conspicuous in later years, to the great grief of his mother, who fully realized his natural ability, instead of entering, a sophomore, in Union College, he began the practice of civil engineering,-his first position being that of assistant on the Black River canal.
Rapidly rising in the profession for which he was so well equipped, he became in turn chief engineer and road master on the Long Island railroad during the construction of two new branches, and superintendent of car and engine repairs of the entire road with headquarters in the city of Brooklyn.
At this time, the year 1852, occurred his marriage to Martha E. Dodge. This union was blessed by a family of two children, Clarence T. and Annie L. Soon after he became first assistant engineer on the Lake Ontario and Auburn railroad, after which he was given a similar post- tion with the Utica and Black River railroad. With visions of better things in the opening up of new country, the year 1856 finds him turn- ing westward to take his place as chief engineer on the Watertown and Madison, (now Milwaukee & St. Paul) system, after which came the construction of the Oconomowoc and Columbus railroad.
The financial crash of 1857 which involved so disastrously the whole country, put a halt to further projection of railway systems, and Mr. Ward began the study of law in Madison, Wisconsin, with the firm of Wood and Blake. He was admitted to the bar and practiced only long enough to try one case when the war broke out, and he was appointed quartermaster in the Thirty-fourth Wisconsin. For three years after that, he held the appointment of postmaster in Madison. In 1865 he was called upon to sustain the loss of his wife who died in Jefferson. After taking his motherless children East to place them in the care of rela- tives, Mr. Ward returned West to resume railroading, this time as chief engineer in the construction of the Winona and St. Peter railroad. This line was completed in 1868. Investing largely in property in and about Waseca, he became one of the early promoters of resident industries. In 1867 ne was married to Ella C. Trowbridge, youngest daughter of the founder of Waseca. He built a home to which in time there came four children: Martha E., Roscoe Percy, Florence Trowbridge, and Earl W. Always an ardent politician, Mr. Ward spared neither pains nor expense in the support of republican candidates for office, generally taking an active part in the campaign. He was twice elected to the legislature as state senator, and was, in 1880, the republican candidate for congress, but, owing to party differences, was not elected.
In whatever place we find him, as a youth in studies and athletics; or in maturer years, directing the laying out of many lines of traffic, or pre- siding with unwonted grace and dignity in the senate chamber, Mr. Ward was ever a leader of men. His commanding presence attracted the be-
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holder whose attention was held by the eloquence and versatility of a ready talker. A constant student all his life, his mind was stored with learning,-science, history, theology, poetry, -- the best the great minds had to offer, all were his. His last days of suffering were lightened and uplifted by the ennobling sentiments inspired by long hours of com- panionsnip with his beloved books. In September, 1892, after a long illness, death brought him relief from pain.
The poor had lost a friend to whom they never turned in vain, and, if his enemies did not regret the sharp spur of his active animosity, his hosts of friends do not yet cease to mourn the loss of one who never wearied in deeds of kindness for those who merited his esteem.
MR. LUMAN S. WOOD,
was born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1836, and came to Woodville in 1857. He was one of the patriots of the "Old First Minnesota." He married Miss Fannie Lansdale in 1867, and in 1872 emigrated to Oregon where he now resides.
MR. JAMES M. DUNN,
was born in Dumfrieshire, Scotland March 3, 1839, and came to America with his parents, Thomas and Isabella Dunn, in 1840. They first lived in Cattaraugus county, N. Y., and removed to Lee county, Illinois, in 1856, where the father was killed by a stroke of lightning Sept. 16, 1862. The family came to Minnesota in 1866. There were ten of the children, Ann, James M., Isabella (drowned), William, George T., Walter, John, Eliza, Andrew, and Isabella (second). In the spring of 1867, James M. bought eighty acres of land on section 36, Woodville, which was the beginning of what a few years ago, was the noted Oak Hill stock farm. He married Miss Matilda Turnacliff, daughter of Ferdinand Turnacliff, July 18, 1868. For many years Mr. Dunn was engaged in breeding pure-blood horses and cattle. He kept Percheron and French coach horses, and Short Horn cattle. The health of himself and wife finally became impaired, and a few years ago he retired from farming and now resides with his family in Waseca. They are the parents of six children, four of whom are living.
MR. N. J. LEAVITT,
another prominent cattle raiser and dairyman, born in Vermont, Nov. 19, 1841, came to this county in 1869, and bought the farm southeast of Clear Lake, in Woodville, now owned by George H. Wood. He enlisted in Company C, Eighth Vermont regiment Nov. 20, 1861, and served until Sept. 4, 1863. May 1, 1864, he married Lizzie P. Sterling, of Vermont, who was born Aug. 10, 1845. Mr. Leavitt's favorite cattle were pure- blood Holsteins. He removed from the county some years ago and re- sides In Minneapolis.
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MR. JOHN CURRAN,
of Woodville, a prosperous farmer, born near Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 28, 1847, came to Woodville, in this county, with his father's family, in 1874. He followed the saw mill business some seven years in the northern portion of the state before coming here. He finally settled on section 28, town of Woodville. He married Miss Mary Carmody Nov. 9, 1876, and they have a model home.
MR. JAMES CURRAN,
brother of John, learned the carpenter trade, hut follows farming. He was born near Milwaukee, September 11, 1857, and came to Minnesota in 1877. Some years since he married Miss Rose Burns, daughter of Mr. Barney Burns, of Wilton. He has held the office of town supervisor and is one of the prominent men of the township of Woodville.
MR. LOREN A. GAGE,
of Woodville, section 4, was born in the state of New York, April 11, 1838. As early as 1846, his father moved to Dodge county, Wisconsin, about five miles south of Waupun. Loren came to this county over forty years ago. His wife was Miss Catharine Collins, a native of Ireland. She died March 16, 1902, leaving no children. Mr. Gage lives on his little farm by himself and is an honest, upright man.
MR. THOMAS KENNEDY
is one of the prosperous farmers of Woodville. He was born in Ireland, May 28, 1848, the son of Patrick and Mary Kennedy. His parents brought him to America the same year, going to St. Johns, N. B. They spent three years there, two years in Vermont and then came West as far as Wisconsin. Oct. 11, 1862, Thomas married Miss Rose Reynolds, also a native of Ireland, born Dec. 28, 1844. Their children are John, Mary, Rose, Thomas, Bernard, Joseph, William, and Edward.
MR. CHARLES LOCKWOOD
was born in Connecticut, Dec. 2, 1824, and settled in Alton in 1865. In his younger days he was a seafaring man, having followed a sailor's life for ten years. He married Louisa Merrill Sept. 3, 1855. She was born in Erie county, New York, May 9, 1832. They were the parents of four children- one son and three daughters.
MR. GEORGE W. DUNHAM
was born in Fairfield county, Conn., Nov. 24, 1837. He came to the town of Alton, in 1866, and bought a farm on section 23 where he has since re- sided. He married Mary J. Lyon, Sept. 23, 1857. She was born in 1836 in Massachusetts. Four sons and two daughters have been born to them.
MR. TERRENCE HAMMEL,
who for many years was the assessor of Alton, was born in Ireland in
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1845. He is the son of James Hammel, who came to America in 1850. Terrence was married June 2, 1865, to Mary Smith, who was born in Ire- land in 1847. They settled in Alton in 1866. They are the parents of ten children-one son and nine daughters.
MR. PATRICK MARKHAM
settled near Alma City in 1867, on section 34, in Alton. He was a native of Ireland, born Dec. 25, 1805. He came to Canada when a young man. A sketch of his life and death appears elsewhere in this work.
MR. M. S. HOPKINS
and family came to the town of Alton in 1867, and made their home on section 25. Mr. Hopkins died Sept. 25, 1871, and Mrs. Hopkins passed away June 3, 1882.
MR. H. M. HOPKINS,
son of M. S., was born in Ohio, Nov. 15, 1845. He has followed farming all his life, buying land in Alton in 1866, and carrying on farming until a short time ago when he sold the farm and removed to Minneapolis, where he now resides. He is an unmarried man of a somewhat poetical temperament.
MR. ANDREW HOGAN,
born in Ireland in the year 1835, came to America in 1856, landing in New York, and going thence to Ohio, where he remained until 1858 when he moved to the town of Janesville. In 1874 he went to live in Alton on section 3. He was married to Mary Handerhan in 1860, and they are the parents of three sons and three daughters.
MR. JAMES A. VAUGHN,
son of Edward and Mary Vaughn, born in Ireland in 1831, came to the United States in 1838 with his parents, and in 1873 moved to Alton. His parents died in Illinois-the mother in 1861, and the father in 1866. James married Catharine O'Lochlin in 1859. She was born in Ireland July 26, 1843, and her parents-Mr. and Mrs. John O'Lochlin, came to this country in 1863. Mr. Vaughn is the father of four sons and four daugh- ters.
MR. GEORGE HOFELD,
horn March 4, 1838, in Germany, came to the United States in 1854, and to Freedom in 1868. He remained on the farm in Freedom until 1877, when he sold it and entered the mercantile business in Alma City. He is an old school teacher, having taught some thirteen winters in all. He has held a number of town offices and Is a reliable man. He was mar- ried to Anna Huff, of Michigan, July 5, 1868, and they have had five chil- dren, tnree sons and two daughters, one of the sons dying in infancy.
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MR. FRANK FIELD,
a native of Illinois, horn Nov. 1, 1855, came to Freedom June 6, 1864, when only a lad. His father is John H., born in 1834, March 19, also a resident of Freedom. Frank Field and Martha A. Boston were married in 1880. She was born in Wisconsin Feb. 23, 1850, and is a capable woman.
MR. WILLIAM ORCUTT,
now deceased, was born in Ohio, March 17, 1840, and came to Minnesota at an early day. He was a poor lad and commenced to earn his living at twelve years of age. June 29, 1861, he enlisted in Company C, Second Minnesota volunteer infantry, and served three years. He settled in Freedom, in 1866. He married Miss Mary Morrirson, June 1, 1869. She being Louise Connor, by whom he had two daughters-Dora Belle, born April 31, 1876, and Anna Louise, born May 1, 1878.
MR. F. W. BROMAGHIN.
This gentleman, born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., June 29, 1820, set- tled in Freedom in 1866. He came a poor man, having with him a feeble old father, a sick wife, eight children and only $19 in money. He had no house of any kind. It was the scarce year in Minnesota with high prices: wheat $2 per bushel, potatoes $1, pork $25 per barrel, and butter from 25 to 50 cents per pound. He finally bought a small board shanty for øb0 on credit, and managed to pull through and pay for his land in the course of six or eight years. He served in the Union army from Feb. 27, 1864, to July 27, 1865.
THE HONORABLE JOHN WILKINSON,
a native of Wisconsin, born Feb. 28, 1846, hought a farm in section 4, Freedom, in 1866. He married Miss Mary Morrinson, June 1, 1869. She was born August 1, 1851. They now reside in Janesville. Mr. Wilkinson served in the house of representatives during the sessions of 1897 and 1899.
MRS. MARY (HEALY) HAYDEN.
Of this lady, later Mrs. Henry Converse, the following is related in tie "History of Steele and Waseca counties:" "Mrs. Converse had an ex- perience in the Indian troubles in 1862. It seems that she and her first husband, Mr. Hayden, then lived in Renville county. Hearing that the savages were murdering people within five miles of them, they fled from their house and their neighbors from theirs. When they had gone but a short distance, Mr. Hayden returned to the house for something or other, and was killed by the red fiends, who had just arrived. Mrs. Hayden and the neighbors pushed on as rapidly as possible, but they were over- taken by the Indians; the men with them were hutchered, the women and children taken prisoners. Mrs. Hayden leaping from the wagon, with her child in her arms, ran and hid in the woods till night, and then
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walked to Fort Ridgely, eighteen miles distant, where she found protec- tion." She married Mr. Henry Converse in 1863, and lives in Freedom.
MR. JOHN E. GEARY,
born in Scotland, July 28, 1840, came with his parents two years later to America and resided in St. Lawrence county, N. Y. He enlisted in Com- pany A, One Hundred Forty-second N. Y. infantry, and served until June 15, 1865. He married Eliza Fields, March 14, 1867, and they settled in Freedom the next November, where they have since resided.
MR. SAMUEL HODGKINS,
a veteran soldier and farmer, born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., June 15, 1839, son of William and Almira Hodgkins, enlisted May 1, 1861, in Company K, Eighteenth N. Y. infantry, and served until May 28, 1863. The following August 7, he again enlisted, this time in the heavy artil- lery, and while in that service received severe injuries. He was mustered out in September 1865, having served over two years in the artillery com- pany. He married Lucretia Ackerman Dec. 28, 1865. He carried on his father's farm until 1870 when he came to Freedom, arriving April 7, 1870, and then bought eighty acres of land for $500. He has since added to it until he has a large farm-half a section or more. He is a man of very decided opinions and is prominent in the community where he lives.
THE HONORABLE OTTO HANSON,
a prosperous farmer of Otisco, born in Norway, March 16, 1850, came to the United States with his parents in 1867, and settled in Otisco. His mother died in 1869, and his father in October 1885. Otto married Miss Ellen Thompson, of Wisconsin, March 15, 1874. He owns a large farm with fine buildings, cultivated groves and fruit trees. When he came to America he owed $35 for his passage. He first worked three weeks for a farmer for $5 and his board. How many young men would do that to- day? He worked through haying and harvest for $13 a month. During the winter he worked for $5 a month and board. And thus he labored faithfully for what he could get until to-day he possesses a competency He worked out among farmers by the month until 1873, when he bought an eighty acre farm on section 24, Otisco. This he cultivated for three years and then sold it. He then purchased the quarter section where he now resides.
Mrs. Hanson was born in Hadeland, Norway, Oct. 23, 1851, and came to America with her parents in 1861. They were thirteen weeks and three days on the ocean. Seven children, four boys and three girls, all living, have been born to them. Martin O., horn July 7, 1875; Helma S., Sept. 1876; Emill Theodore, May 19, 1879; Minnie, Jan. 16, 1880; Henry O., Jan. 13, 1885; Selmer, Nov. 5, 1887; and Ella C., Jan. 28, 1892.
Mr. Hanson has the confidence to a marked degree of those who know him. He has been school director, town supervisor or chairman of the
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board for twenty years, president of the Farmers' insurance company for twelve years, and representative in the legislature in 1889. He is one of the trustees of Augsburg Seminary, Minneapolis, and a director of the First National bank of Waseca. Besides his large farm in Otisco, he owns two farms in Western Canada.
MR. BENJAMIN L. BALLARD,
son of the late Daniel Ballard, was born in St. Mary, where he now resides, June 7, 1877. He spent the years 1899, 1900, and 1901 in Montana. With the exception of these years his home has been in St. Mary. He married Christine Johnston Sept. 24, 1903. She was born in Scotland, Nov. 3, 1877, and in 1881 came to America with her parents, who settled in Mil- waukee, Wis. Mr. and Mrs. Ballard have one son, born Dec. 22, 1904. Mr. Ballard is an industrious, frugal farmer.
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