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JOIIN CUNDY was born at St. George, New Brunswick, Jan. 14, 1814. He had a good common school education, acquired in his native province, and took up the business of lumbering, whichi he followed throughout his life. He came to Anoka, Minn., in 1853, just as the town was being started, and lived there until the time of his death. Mr. Cundy was married Nov. 16, 1837, to Mary E. Gilmor. Children: Wiliam E., Sarah M., Mary E. (Mrs. Alexander Graham, Spokane, Wash.), Olive L., and Frederick G.
WILLIAM E. CUNDY (son of John Cundy) was Forn at Char- lotte, New Brunswick, Aug. 13, 1838. He attended the schools at Baring, Maine, where he also got his first insight into the lumber business. In 1854 he came with his parents to Minne- sota, arriving at Anoka October 12th of that year. The family lived at the Fairbanks boarding house until a house could be constructed. Mr. Cundy first went to work at the saw mill of Dunn & Farnham, and worked successively for A. P. Lane, James McCann, Ammi Cutter. W. D. Washburn & Co. and Reed & Sherwood. He enlisted in April 1861, at St. Anthony in Company E. First Minnesota Regiment, and was discharged with his regiment at the close of the three years term. Mr. Cundy participated in the battle of Bull Run, and at Antietam, where he was wounded and captured. He was afterwards ex- changed and took part in both battles of Fredericksburg and the battle of Gettysburg. Mr. Cundy was married Sept. 22. 1864, to Alice D. Frost. Children: Ernest W., Alice S. (Mrs. Fred- erick Godecke). Narcissa L., George B. and John G.
JOHN CURRY (deceased) was born in Belfast, Ireland. Oct. 1816; of Scotch Irish extraction. Married Mary Hunter in
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May, 1845. Children : Mary J., John W., Nancy A., and Esther. Came to N. Y. fall of 1845, living at Dansville, N. Y., where all the children were born. Moved to Minnesota in 1856, settling on a farm in section 24, town of Grow. He died July 23, 1883. He was a Mason of high standing in the old country.
JOHN W. CURRY was born May 26, 1849, in Dansville, Liv- ingstone Co., N. Y. Came to Minnesota with his parents and family in June, 1856, and lived on the farm in sec. 24, town of Grow, until about 1903. Married Sarah E. Sheppard Feb. I, 1880. Children : Clara E., (died July 25, 1884), Ada J. Mr. Curry served on the town board almost continuously after 1880.
AMMI CUTTER (deceased) was born at Westbrook, Maine, May 23, 1819. At the age of twenty he went to Lovell, Maine, where he became sheriff of the county and also a member of the governor's council. In September, 1857, he came to Anoka, where he engaged in dry goods, grocery and lumber business, afterward adding the manufacture of four and pork barrels and pails and tubs. In 1862 he enlisted in the Seventh Min- nesota Regiment, and was afterward captain and assistant quar- termaster in the United States Volunteers. After the war he went through a series of disasters. His saw mill, sash and door and tub and pail factories, upon which there was no insurance, were burned, and his grist mill was swept away by a flood. He continued in the grocery business and later in the dry goods business, for some years. In 1879 he purchased the Sun and Republican,- and changed the name to Herald, which he sold after a few years to Alvah Eastman. Later he developed great talent as a megnetic physician, and opened an office in St. Paul. where he was very successful until his death, July 24, 1896. At the age of twenty-one he was married to Olive C. Eastman, who died in 1902. Children: Jennie R. (Mrs. A. Ross, Glen Ellen, Cal.), Henry H. (Palocedro, Cal.), Mary S. (Mrs. O. L. Cut- ter), and Charles H. (Oakland, Cal.). (See portrait, page 85.)
OSCAR L. CUTTER (deceased) was born in Westbrook, Me., in 1846. He came to Anoka in 1865. He was a man of ex traordinary popularity, and served in some public capacity almost his whole life. He was county auditor several terms, judge of probate, deputy county treasurer, city clerk, alderman, mayor, city assessor, treasurer of school board, chief of fire department,
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and secretary of the state senate in 1887 and 1889. For some years previous to his death he was cashier of Anoka State Bank. Mr. Cutter was married about 1868 to Ella Butterfield, who died as the result of an accident, leaving one son, Marcus C. (St. Paul). His second wife was Mary S. Cutter, to whom he was married Jan. 1, 1878. Children: Carl (died Oct. 30, 1885), Harlan (died May 20, 1889), Edward B. and Ross. Mr. Cutter died Sept 4, 1898. Mrs. Cutter is at the present time clerk of the Board of Education. (See portrait, page 122.)
AZARIAH DAVIS was born in Butler county, Ohio, Oct. 23. 1819. He was reared on a farm and continued to follow farming until he came to Anoka in 1870. Here he was engaged chiefly in real estate and brokerage business, until the time of his death. Dec. 8, 1893. He was married Oct. 3. 1842, to Caroline Monday. They had one daughter, Mrs. B. D. Woodmansee.
GUSTAVE H. DOMNING was born in East Prussia, Germany, Sept. 3. 1850. He came to America and to Minneapolis in 1869. He worked at dairying two years, and afterward at mason work. He also worked two years in the North Star Woollen Mills. In 1889 he purchased forty acres in section 36, town of Blaine. where he still resides. He was married Dec. 14. 1874. to Car- oline M. Hohler. Children: George (New Brighton, Ramsey Co.). Carrie M .. Josephine (Mrs. Russell Austin), Julia (Mrs. Albert Hughes, New Brighton P. O.), Edward J. (First Avc. Hotel. Seattle. Wash.), Jacob O., Louisa A., Laura J., Frederick R.
ALBERT DOOIES was born in Cronnan, Holland, Scpt. 25. 1866. He came to St. Anthony with his parents in 1869, and moved in 1884 to the farm in the town of Fridley, where he engaged in farming and dairying and where he now resides. He was mar - ried Jan II. 1894. to Imma Algauer.
JAMES M. DOUGLAS was born at Riveire du Loup (now Louis- ville). about three miles from the St. Lawrence river, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, Jan. 17, 1828. About 1850 he went to Lowell. Mass., where he worked in the wood working department of a large cotton mill. In 1855 he came to Min- nesota, and located first at Winona, and a year later moved to Minneiska. in Wabasha county, where he made his home
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until 1869. He enlisted early in February, 1864, in the Tenth Minnesota Regiment, and a few days later was detailed for office work at Fort Snelling. He was in charge of the office during the summer. In September he was assigned to Com- pany F of the Fourth Minnesota Regiment, which he reached in time to take part in the battle of Altoona Pass, and was with Sherman in his march to the sea. He was mustered out with his regiment July 19, 1865. In 1869 he came to Anoka and opened a furniture and undertaking establishment, which busi- ness he continued until he sold it in June, 1903. He was a member of the city council one year and was elected mayor of Anoka in 1884. He was married Dec. 27, 1852, to Minerva J. Simpson. There are three living children: Frederick H. (Au- burn, Placer Co., Cal.), James E. (1814 Reid St., Los Angeles, Cal.), Kenneth V. (216 Winsted St., Los Angeles, Cal.).
WILLIAM MORRILL DOWLIN was born at Bradford, New Hampshire, April 24, 1838. He received his education in the schools at Bradford, the high school at Lowell, Mass., and Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. He came to Minnesota in the spring of 1866, arriving at Champlin in April, where he has been employed as bookkeeper and time keeper. He has been supervisor and was constable from 1874 to 1877. Mr. Dowlin was married July 2, 1870, to Louisa C. Kimball. Chil- dren : Winnie E., Susan (Mrs. Arthur J. Miller), Albert U., Charles M. and Floyd E.
ARTHUR Z. DOWNS was born at Champlin, Nov. 30, 1858. Re- ceived his education in the schools of Champlin and Dayton. About 1871 his father purchased a farm in section 16, town of Dayton, where he resided until 1900, since which time he has been a resident of Minneapolis. Mr. Downs has been twice mar- ried. His first wife was Cora Fullerton, to whom he was married Nov. 14, 1883, and who died Oct. 2, 1887, leaving one son, Joseph. His second wife was Helen R. Laflin, to whom he was married in 1891. They have two children : Clifford R. and Anna E.
JOSEPH DOWNS (deceased) was born at Orland, Maine, Jan. 15, 1823. He lived in Maine until 1853, removing in that year to Evans Center, New York, and came to Minnesota in 1854. He located upon a farm in the town of Dayton near Diamond
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lake, where he lived two winters. In the spring of 1857 he opened a hotel at Champlin, which he conducted for two years, and then lived on farms in Champlin and Dayton until the be- ginning of the Rebellion. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A, Eighth Minnesota Regiment, and remained with that regiment until the close of the war. After the war he returned to farming in the town of Dayton, and died there about 1878. He was married at Albion, Maine, to Anne Wiggins. Children : Octavia J. (Mrs. Stockton, died in June, 1885), Walter J. (Minneapolis), Nancy J. (Mrs. N. Colburn, Champlin), Arthur Z. (Minneapolis), and Ellen M. (Mrs. Walter Green, now living in Maine).
RUFUS T. DOWNS (deceased) was a native of Maine. He came to Minnesota in 1854, and purchased a fine farm on the bank of the Mississippi river in the town of Ramsey, where he lived during the remainder of his life. He served several terms as county commissioner, and during a portion of the - time was chairman of the board.
ZELOTES DOWNS (deceased) was born at Orland, Maine, June 15, 1814. He attended the academy at Bucksport, Maine, and on leaving school engaged first in lumbering. He came to Minnesota April 19. 1854, and lived for some years on a farm in the town of Brooklyn, Hennepin Co., whence he moved to Anoka in May. 1870. He was for a time in the hardware business at Anoka, and later purchased the old Trott farm in the town of Ramsey. He served as justice of the peace and clerk of the school board. Mr. Downs was twice married. His first wife was E. A. Burrill, to whom he was married Dec. 9. 1838, and who died in Maine. His second wife was Catherine Farnham, to whom he was married Aug. 31, 1852. Children: Carrie (deceased), Mary (Mrs. Livingston L. Estes, Brooklyn, Hennepin Co.), George (died in the army), and Flora (deceased).
JOB EASTMAN was one of the earliest settlers of Anok.t county, having arrived at Rice creek from his native town. Lovell, Maine, in the fifties. He was in the lumbering business until the late sixties, later conducted the old Kimball House at Anoka, and was after that in various enterprises. He was married Aug. 14, 1857, to Kate M. Kimball, at Conway. N. H.
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The following children were born: Alice (Mrs. Alvah East. man, St. Cloud, Minn.). Kate M. (Mrs. H. W. Gehr, Wadena, Minn.), Charles C. (Wadena, Minn.), Phillip K., (Wilton, N. D.), Robert M. (Chicago), John W. (Thief River Falls, Minn.). and Calvert S. (Wilton, N. D.).
ALVAH EASTMAN was born in Lovell Centre, Maine, Aug. 22, 1858. He received his education in the public schools and
ALVAH EASTMAN.
the academies at Fryeburg and North Bridgton, Maine. Came to Anoka in 1880, where he owned and edited the Anoka Herald until 1891. He was a presidential elector on the Republican ticket in 1888, member of the Minnesota legislature in 1889. and U. S. internal revenue agent three years. In 1892 he purchased the St. Cloud Journal-Press and established the daily edition. Mr. Eastman is receiver of the U. S. land office at. St. Cloud and president of the Minnesota State Normal Board. He
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was married Sept. 15, 1883, to Alice M. Eastman of Anoka. They have two children, Maurice W. and Katherine K.
CHARLES J. EDGARTON (son of Festus A. Edgarton) was born at Oriskey Falls, New York, May II, 1860. He attended the graded schools in Chicago two years and later the schools in Ramsey, Anoka Co. He came to Anoka Co. with his par- ents Apr. 9, 1874, settling in the town of Ramsey, and worked at farming from that date until 1886. After one year in a
CHARLES J. EDGARTON. Photo. by Johnson.
saw mill and one year in the Pillsbury-Washburn flour mill, he worked five years in the grocery of George Wethern. In the spring of 1893 he started in the grocery business on his own account in which business he is still engaged. He served as city treasurer from 1809 to 1901. " He wis married June 8, 1884, to Cora E. Lepper. Children : Ralph F. Karl O., Ruth (died Oct. 13, 1894), and Faith. Mrs. Cora Edgarton was born at St. Joseph. Mo .. Sept. 25. 1862. Came to Anoka in 1867, where
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she lived for thirty years. She graduated from the Anoka high school and taught school in the county three years. She worked in the grocery store with her husband eight years, and stayed and helped all the time she could outside of her housekeeping until her death Feb. II, 1903. She died very suddenly, having been sick only seven days.
FESTUS A. EDGARTON (deceased) was born at Oriskey Falls, Oneida Co., New York, Jan 27, 1828. He received his edu- cation in the days when schoolmasters believed in whipping. He worked sixteen years for the state on the canal, repairing boats and building stone locks in the winters. He came to Minne- sota and to Anoka county Apr. 3, 1874, purchasing a farm in the town of Ramsey, where he lived until 1900, when he moved to Anoka. He died at Anoka in 1904. He was town clerk cf Ramsey eight years. His wife was Rebecca M. Smith, a native of Vermont. Children: Parker L., Frances E. (Mrs. Henry E. Storrs, Cleveland, O.), Franklin A. (Indianapolis, Ind.), Ida M. (Mrs. J. W. Wilson) and Charles T.
WILLIAM EBERLEY, manager for the Minnesota Potato Starch Co. at Anoka, was born June II, 1860, at Auden, Switzerland, where he received his school training. He was a farmer in his native country, but in 1882 came to Anoka, where he worked in the saw mills several years. In 1889 he took charge of the starch factory on the west side of Rum river, which position he still holds. Mr. Eberley was married in Switzerland in 1882 to Rochelle Jenning, who died Aug. 2, 1898. The children born to them are William T., Eugene E., and May M.
J. C. HERMAN ENGEL was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, Dec. 30, 1864. His education was received in the public schools at Anoka, to which place he came August 25, 1873. From 1879 to 1883 he was a clerk in a grocery store, and afterward en- gaged in the grocery business at Anoka on his own account as a member of the firm of H. Gaslin & Co., in which business he remained until 1888. In 1888 and 1889 he read law in the office of Hammons & Hammons and was admitted to the bar in September of the latter year. He has been engaged in the prac- tice of law at Anoka since January, 1890. Mr. Engel was court commissioner in 1890, and the next year was appointed judge
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of probate by Governor Merriam; in 1894 he was elected judge of probate and served three terms until 1901. He has been a member of the board of education since 1897, was treasurer of the board three years, and has been its president since Sep- tember, 1902. Judge Engel was married June 29, 1898, to Maud Thompson of Minneapolis. Children: Dorothea Mand and John Herman.
J. C. HERMAN ENGEL.
Photo. by Nelson.
JAMES T. ELWELL was born July 2, 1855, in Ramsey county, Minn., on a farm adjoining Hennepin county. When an infant his father removed to Morrison county, where he platted a townsite. There the family remained until the Indian outbreak in 1862, soon after which they removed to Cottage Grove, Wash- ington Co., where Mr. Elwell grew to manhood. After at-
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tending the common schools he took a course at Carlton col- lege at Northfield. About 1871 he invented a spring bed, and going to Minneapolis, began its manufacture on the present site of the Windom block. The business soon grew to large proportions, and extensive buildings were erected in East Min- neapolis. The Minneapolis Furniture Co., now owned by George H. Elwell, and the Mineapolis Bedding Co., owned by C. M. Way, the largest concerns in their lines in the West, were the outgrowth of that business. In 1882 Mr. Elwell platted El- well's Addition to Minneapolis, consisting of 240 lots, and later platted some 500 lots in subsequent aditions besides building some fifty or sixty houses thereon within a short time. A few years later he purchased immense tracts of marshy land in the eastern part of Anoka county. The wonderful trans- formation which took place in this region after Mr. Elwell had demonstrated the possibilities of drainage on a large scale is described elsewhere. Mr. Elwell was married in 1882 to Lizzie A. Alden. They have nine children: James T., Margaret, Ed- win S., Alden, Elizabeth, Ruth, Mary, Lawrence and Watson. (See portrait, page III.)
MERTON A. ELSMORE was born Apr. 5. 1871, at Machias, Maine, and at five years old was brought by his parents to Anoka. When seven years old he went to live with Azariah Davis, with whom he made his home until the latter's death in 1893. He has conducted a barber shop at Anoka since 1892. Mr. Elsmore was married in August, 1894, to Sarah Adams.
GEORGE B. EPPS was born April 13, 1863, in St. George, New Brunswick. Attended common school in St. George. Learned the trade of a stone polisher. There are very extensive quar- ries of red granite at St. George, and the polishing of this stone furnishes employment for the inhabitants. When about twelve years of age he shipped for a coasting voyage, and spent a year in seaman's work. Came to Minnesota about 1879. Followed logging and lumbering for about twelve years. Then worked in Reed & Sherwood's sash and door factory until 1901. In the latter year he purchased his farm in section 3, town of Ramsey, where he has since lived. Mr. Epps was married Sept. 25, 1886, to Adeline Cook. They have one adopted son, Harry.
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NICHOLAS FABER was born at Befort, Luxemburg, May 24, 1840. In August, 1852, he came to Minnesota. He enlisted April 19, 1861, in Co. A Pioneer Co. Mo. Vols. ; was mustered out in St. Louis, Sept. 1, 1861. He reenlisted in August, 1862, and served in Co. B, New York Massive Artillery; was taken prisoner near Kingston, North Carolina, in December, 1863, and was taken to Libby prison in Richmond, where he remained a number of months. After the war he came to Champlin, ar- riving there in 1866. He conducted a general store at Champ- lin for many years and was postmaster eighteen years. He also served two terms on the school board. Mr. Faber was married July 24. 1862, to Catherine Jane Kinser. Children : Harry F., Frederick N., John P. (deceased), Adonis J., Minnie C. (Mr3. James H. Milhollin).
HENRY E. FAHERTY was born April 1, 1863, in the town of Grow. Anoka county. He still lives on the farm in section 6 which his father purchased in 1860, and where he was born. Mr. Faherty was married June 15. 1892. to Mary C. Murphy. Children : James P., Joseph L., Susan M., Eugene R., and Lucy A.
JOHN W. FWIERTY was born in Newburyport, Mass., Sept. 22, 1855. Attended district school in Grow and Anoka high school. He was engaged in logging for W. D. Washburn & Co. and others up to 1892, when he moved upon his present farm in section 25. town of Burns. He has 160 acres, about 40 of which are under cultivation. He was married June 20, 1892, to Christina Daly. Mrs. Faherty is the earliest continuous resident of the town of Burns.
PATRICK FAHERTY was born in Arran, Galway Co., Ireland, in April, 1819. He came to America about 1839, and located first at Newburyport, Mass .. where he worked in ship yards. He came to Minnesota and to Anoka in the spring of 1856, and took a claim the same year in section 8, town of Grow, where he lived about five years, and then bought a farm on the west side of the river in section 6 of the same town, where he lived until his death. Oct. 20. 1894. . He was married about 1849 to Mary Faherty. Children : John W., Anna M. (died March, 1863). Joseph F. ( Anoka), Lucinda (Mrs. Chas. Bowers). Eliza
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died 1863), Edward (died 1863), Henry E., Margaret A. (died Jan. 1, 1885), and Agnes (died August, 18;7).
FRANK L. FOLSOM was born in Danville, Maine, March 13, 1858. Until the age of nineteen he lived on a farm, after which he went to Boston and worked in a furniture factory eight years. He came to Minnesota in 1884, and worked in Smith & Wy-
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FRANK L. FOLSOM.
man's sashi and door factory two years. About 1897 he entered the employ of the Cable Piano Company at Minneapolis, and in 1901 opened a branch store of the Cable Company at Anok, which business he still conducts. Mr. Folsom was married March 10, 1886, to Addie R. Moses. Children: Lester M. and Florence A.
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SIMEON P. FOLSOM was born in Lower Canada near Quebec, Dec. 27, 1819. His father was a native of New Hampshire. S. P. Folsom came west in 1839, and settled first at Prairie du Chien. Not long afterward he was engaged as clerk for Henry M. Rice at Fort Atkinson. In 1841 he returned to Prairie du Chien and for several years acted as surveyor of county lands. In 1846 he volunteered as a soldier in the Mexican War, but instead of being sent to the front, was ordered to Fort Craw- ford for garrison duty in order to relieve the regulars, who were sent to Mexico. On July 25, 1847, he landed in St. Paul, and during the following winter purchased a half interest in the Rum river trading post from Patrick Caine and removed here with his wife about the middle of February, 1848. The fol- lowing spring he bought a barrel of potatoes at Fort Snelling for four dollars. He pared them rather thick, and having eaten the potatoes, planted the parings on a little patch of ground near his dwelling and raised forty bushels of potatoes. This was the first crop of potatoes raised in what is now Anoka county. In the fall he removed to Elk River, taking the potatoes with him for his winter's supply. Mr. Folsom surveyed the original site of St. Paul and also of St. Anthony. At the latter place he was given permission to use his own discretion to a considerable extent, and it is largely to his foresight that Min- neapolis owes her wide streets. Mr. Folsom is the oldest rail- road man in the state, both in years and time of service, having begun his career with Edmund Rice in 1854, some four years before the first track was laid. When James J. Hill secured possession of the old St. Paul and Pacific railroad Mr. Folsom was displaced for a time, but after a few years Mr. Hill sent for him, and he has been in the employ of the great railroad man- ager through all the mutations and changes which have since occurred. Mr. Folsom at the age of eighty-five is still one of the attorneys for the Great Northern Railroad. (See portrait, page 33.)
SIMEON A. FARRINGTON was born Sept. 28, 1825, at Stowe, Maine. He made his home there until the fifties, but traveled considerably from city to city as a musician. In the early fifties he came to Coon creek, where his wife's parents had located, his wife and two children following a year later. He
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had been married Jan. 28, 1848, to Mary Kimball, and the two children born in Maine were Florence (Mrs. Frank Herrick, Bayfield, Wis., died Sept. 1, 1903), and Carrie (Mrs. A. I. Pitman). Those born since are: May (Mrs. Wm. King, Skagway, Alaska), Alice (Mrs. Chas. Merrill, Burns), Simeon (died Aug. 2, 1863). The first year in Minnesota Mr. Farring- ton in connection with a partner, engaged in lumbering on the west branch of Rum river and was quite successful. He then went to Maine and returned with his family. He located at St. Anthony, and followed the profession of musician, play- ing much in theaters throughout the country in after years. In 1862 Mr. Farrington enlisted in Capt. Merriman's company, in the Sixth Minnesota Regiment, and was appointed principal musician by Colonel Crooks. He was with Col. Sibley in the Indian campaign, afterwards going to the south. After the war he was stationed in Kansas .. In 1867 he purchased a farm in Ramsey, where he lived until 1807, when he moved to Anoka.
WILLIAM WALLACE FITCH Was born in Mahoming county, Ohio, May 29. 1832. He was married in 1857 to Lucy J. Green- ough. In 1866 he moved to Anoka, where he resided up to the time of his death. April 19, 1900. He was judge of the Anoka municipal court for a number of years. He was a vet- eran of the Civil War, having enlisted in the First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery. Children: Orlo H. (died 1884). Caroline E. (Mrs. Frank Gordon, Blaine. Anoka Co.). Ora A. (Mrs. D. B. Allen, 2930 Tyler St., N. E .. Minneapolis).
JAMES W. FORD, Ph. D., was born at Lowell. Mass., Dec. 20, 1846, and was fitted for college in the Lowell high school, graduating in 1869. His course of study at this school, which usually covered four years in the experience of other graduates, was completed by Mr. Ford in just half the time. He was valedictorian of his class. He later attended Hamilton Uni- versity (New York), now Colgate University, and graduated in the course of theology in 1873, taking the three degrees, A. B .. A. M. and Ph. D., in two years' time. He taught Latin and sciences in the New London (N. H.) Literary and Scientific Institution one year. and Latin in the Cook Academy. Havana,
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