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N. Y., one year. He then returned to the preparatory depart- ment of Colgate as teacher, and for six years was principal of this department up to 1889. For one year thereafter he was treasurer of all departments of Colgate Academy. Later in that year he was chosen principal of Pillsbury Academy. Owatonna, Minn., which position he occupied until June, 1904. During the summer of 19044 Dr. Ford became a resident of Anoka, having purchased a half interest in the Pratt green-houses. Dr. Ford was married June 28, 1876, to Catherine E. Jones. Children : Elizabeth K. ( Mrs. Wm. A. Shedd, Belmont, Cal. ). James W., Jr .. Grace B., Paul B., Hugh P. and Neal K.
GEORGE ALFRED FOSTER was born at Fairfield, Maine, July 30. 1835. He attended the schools in his native town and came to Anoka Co .. Min., November 16, 1856. where he has ever since been engaged in farming in the town of Ramsey. He has served as town tresaurer and is still a member of the town board. He was married Feb. 10, 1861 to Lucinda Jane Shum- way. Children : Mary E. (Mrs. Jedlika), Minnie Jeanette ( Mrs. Raymond Goodrich, Champlin), Helen B. (Mrs. Frank Johnson, Champlin), Alice Maud ( deceased).
JAMES H. FRANK. M. D., was born in Lewis Co., New York, Jan. 1, 1853. He attended Fairfield Seminary, and graduated in medicine at the Minneapolis College Hospital in 1881-2, and at the American Medical College at St. Louis, 1882-3. He prac- ticed medicine first in Carver county, and afterward in Min- neapolis, and again in Carver county until 1894. when he came to Anoka. He served as health officer six years, coroner two years, county physician several years, on the board of pension examiners, and is physician to the State Insane Asylum at Anoka. He is also a member of the Anoka Library Board.
ANTHON C. FRAUMAN was born in Germany December 23. 1837. He came to America in 1863. and three years later to Minnesota, locating at Anoka, where he opened a small tailoring establishment. The business prospered, and in 18;r he added furnishing goods and ready made clothing. For many years he was one of the leading business men of the place. He was married in 1872 to Maggie Sanger. Children: Charles and George.
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ANDREW FREEBORN was born in Jonkoping, Sweden, March 6, 1837; came to America in 1869. Married in 1883 to Christine Swanson, and two years later settled on the farm in section 7, town of Ham Lake, where he still lives. Children: Hannah Elfie (deccased), Ada and Una.
The late ABRAHAM MCCORMICK FRIDLEY was born May I, ISI7, at Corning, Steuben county, New York. His parents were Pennsylvanians of German descent. After leaving school he was appointed at the age of twenty-one deputy sheriff of Steuben county, and was afterward collector of tolls at Corning. In April. 1851, he was appointed by President Fillmore agent for the Winnebago Indians, then at Long Prairie, Minn., with the rank of major. This appointment, as Major Fridley was always proud to explain, came not through a congressman or any political influence, but was the result of a personal summons to Washington by President Fillmore, who tendered him the position. In 1853 he removed to St. Paul and was elected sheriff of Ramsey county, in which capacity he performed the first legal execution in the territory, the hanging of an Indian convicted of murder. A little later he removed to Manomin (now Fridley), and was elected a representative in the territorial legislature of 1855 and also of the state legislatures of 1869- 70-71 and 1879, serving also four years as regent of the Uni- versity of Minnesota. For many years he was land agent for the great Northern Railroad Company. He was a personal friend of James J. Hill, and was frequently consulted upon matters of importance. Major Fridley was in many respects a remarkable man. He was a courageous and aggressive pioneer in the early days of Minnesota, and was very active in public life, and did a great deal for the development of the state. In politics Major Fridley had been a Whig, and later acted with the Democracy. In 1860 he was a delegate from Minnesota to the national Democratic conventions at Charleston and Bal- timore, and was always an influential man in the party. His son, Henry C. Fridley, still lives in the well built house con- structed in territorial days on the old homestead in the town of Fridley. (See portrait, page 163.)
CHARLES H. FRIDLEY was born at St. Anthony (now East Minneapolis) July 19. 1848. After leaving school he learned
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dentistry with Dr. J. 1. Bowman of Minneapolis, and later took a dental course at the College of Pennsylvania. Sept. 22, 1880, he came to Anoka, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession. Dr. Fridley was married Nov. 27, 1884, to Ella M. Morton, who died Feb. 9, 1904.
JAMES C. FROST (deceased) was born at Rumford, Maine, Nov. 11, 1816. He came to St. Anthony in 1852 and to Anoka Sep !. 4. 1853, where he resided up to the time of his death. He was first employed on the dam, and then engaged in lumber- ing, leaving that_to enter the employ of the St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Co. as land commissioner, which position he held until 1873. He was a member of the territorial legislature, and upon the organization of Anoka county was appointed as its first sheriff. He was elected and re-elected sheriff so many times that he came to be looked upon as a permanent fixture in the office. He served four years as postmaster during the later eighties, and was then elected judge of probate, which office he filled until Jan. 1, 1895. His official career was the more re- markable from the fact that he was a lifelong Democrat, while Anoka county Is always been a Republican county.
Mr. Frost was married three times. Ilis first wife was Saralı Dearmnon, who died leaving one child, Alice (Mrs. Wm. E. Cundy). His second wife was Mary Arety, who died leaving five children : Abigail (Mrs. C. HI. Norton, Sioux Falls, S. D.), Belle (Mrs. Clark, Milbank, S. D.). Ada (Mrs. John Munson, Madison, S. D.), lda (Mrs. Frank Whitten, Anoka), and Maud (Mrs. Harry Parmeley, Sioux Falls, S. D.). Mr. Frost's third wife was Saralı Sloane, who still makes Anoka her home. Chil- dren : Lena S. (Mrs. L. J. Greenwald), and May (Mrs. S. Webber, Minneapolis). Mr. Frost died May 24, 1896. (See portrait, page 59.)
JOSEPH L. GASLIN was born at Livermore, Androscoggin county, Maine, Nov. 27, 1836. At the age of two his parents removed to Reedfield, same state and in 1854 he went to Nelson county, Kentucky, where he joined two brothers in railroad contracting. In 1855 he came to Anoka county and purchased 400 acres of land in sections 6 and 7. Oak Grove township. Hc was married Nov. 14. 1859, to Celestia Jane Stevens, a teacher,
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who came from Danville, N. H., to conduct one of the neigh- borhood schools, and the family resided on the farm until 1894, when a home was purchased at Anoka. In 1902, however, they returned to the farm for a year. In the fall of 1904 they purchased a place in Champlin, on which they anticipate spend- ing the remainder of their days. Children : Isabella (Mrs. Henry Bogett). William Elmer (died June 10, 1885), George A., Charles H. (died Oct. 15, 1866), Nettie (died Mch. 17, 1870), Ella
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Angusta (dien July 9, 1886), Hattie Nettie (died July 9, 1886), Walter (Oak Grove), Albert ( Murphy, Oregon), Jennie Emma (Mrs. Arthur Twitchell, Forsythe, Mont.), Ethel (Mrs. Archie Norris, Bellingham, Wash.).
THOMAS TIMOTHY GEDDES was born at Frankfort, Ill., Sept. 9. ISSO. In November, 1869, his parents removed to Anoka, where he received his education at the Anoka high school. After
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leaving school he was engaged as a clerk for H. S. Plummer and others. He has for many years been one of the leading clothing merchants of Anoka. He was married Aug. 25, 1886, to Emma Louise Dick. They have one son, Donald Dick Geddes.
GEORGE GEDDES, Ir. (deceased), was born at Albany, New York, Oct. 5, 1836. The first business he engaged in was farm- ing. In November, 1869, he came to Anoka, where he conducted a grocery for some years, and later was elected county auditor. He was married to Sarah D. Shaffer. Children : John B., Thomas T., Florence A., George E.
AURORA W. GIDDINGS, M. D., was born at Williamsfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. He attended the high school and Alle- gheny College and the Buffalo Medical School, and graduated at the Albany (N. Y.) Medical School in 1854. The same year he came to Minnesota and to Anoka, where he has for fifty years been actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. He has served as coroner and for nine years as chairman of the city board of health. He has also been chairman of the board of education at different times. Dr. Giddings was married Sept. 28, 1856, to Mary Ellen Simons. Children : Lena May (Mrs. Chas. E. Chase), George J., W. Augustus (died Feb. 5, 1865), Jesse G .. Arthur E., Thaddeus P. and Paul. (See portrait page 61.)
ARANDA GIDDINGS was born Ang. 20, 1828, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio. He came to Anoka in 1865, and purchased a farm in the town of Anoka, where he has ever since resided. He was mar- ried in 1854 to Eleanor Sterling. Children: William A., Ella (Mrs. Gilbert, Becker, Minn.), Harriet, Laura (Seattle, Wash.), Hugh A. (Beardslee, Minn.), Louisa (Mrs. J. E. Purmort, Cedar, Minn.), Joshua R. (Startup, Wash.), Grotius and Guida.
HON. ARTIIUR E. GIDDINGS was born at Anoka Oct. 2, 1867. . After graduating from the Anoka high school he entered the University of Minnesota graduating in 1889, and from the Uni- versity Law School in 1892. He was city attorney of Anoka two terms, and county attorney of Anoka county two terms. In 1898 he was elected judge of the district court of the Eighteenth Judicial District and re-elected in 1904. Judge Giddings was
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married Aug. 16, 1892, to Sibyl Belle Baker. They have two children, Paul Addison and Arthur Frederick.
GEORGE C. GILLESPIE was born in the county Armagh, Ire- land, April 8, 1825. He came to America in 1845. He lived on a farm near St. Paul for several years, and about 1861 he bought 80 acres of land in section 19, town of Oak Grove, where he still lives. He was married Mar. 15. 1849, to Margaret Henry, who died Apr. 17, 1902. Children : Margaret A. (deceased), Frank (died about 1863), Hugh (died about 1863), James H., George I. (Anoka), Eben (Cambridge, Minn.).
JAMES H. GILLESPIE was born in St. Paul, Minn., July 31, 1859 When about two years old his parents removed to section 19, town of Oak Grove, where he has since lived. He now owns 200 acres in section 19. He was married May 29, 1900 to Bessie Livingston. Children. Eben S. and Harold L. .
MICHAEL GOLDEN, Sr., was born in Ireland. He came to America in 1852, and lived two years in Providence, Rhode Island. He lived three years at Woonsocket and one year at Blackstone, Mass. He came to Minnesota in 1856 and bought 160 acres in section IS, town of Centreville, where he lived almost continuously until his death in October, 1896. He was married in Ireland to Bessie Quinn. Children: Agnes (Mrs. Wm. Defoe, Everett, Wash.), John W. (Anoka), Rose (Mrs. Baptiste Cardinal, St. Paul), Patrick, Anna (Mrs. Vernon Parks), Theresa (Mrs. James O'Brien, California), Michael, Jr.
MICHAEL. GOLDEN, Jr., was born in Ireland, Oct. 28, 1849. Came to America to Providence, R. I., in 1852. Was there two two years and three years at Woonsocket. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and bought 160 aeres in section 18, town of Centreville, in 1873, where he has since resided. He now has 320 acres, about 65 of which are under cultivation. He was married Aug. 5, 1873, to Ida Scott. Children : Harry M., Anna (Mrs. Edward Lentz, Oklahoma), George W., John J., Belle C., William, Rose L., Julia F., Bryan J.
EDWIN S. GOELDNER was born in Keokuk county, Iowa, Jan. 23, 1867. He came to Anoka Dec. 25, 1872, where he attended the public schools. For ten years he was employed in the saw mills and then spent eight years at the cooper's trade. Seven
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years ago he engaged in the confectionery and news business at Anoka, which he still continues. He was city assessor for six terms, and in Icoo was United States census enumerator. Mr. Goeldner was married July 3, 1888, to Etta M. Simerson. Children : Harold (deceased), Garth and Gazelle.
GEORGE HERBERT GOODRICH was born at Platteville, Wiscon- sin, July 8th, 1800. He received the finishing touches of his education at the Normal school at Platteville, and for some time
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taught school. He came to Minnesota in 1884, and two years later to Anoka, where as a member of the firm of Goodrich & Jennings he opened a drug store in the Bee Hive block. Two years later the firm purchased the stock of A. L. Peters and moved into the Norell block. In 1902 they bought the stock of H. L. Ticknor & Co., and moved into the Ticknor block on Main street. Mr. Goodrich is the manufacturer of the famous Hoff's German Liniment, which is now made in large quantities
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at Anoka and shipped to nearly every state in the Union. For a number of years the firm of Goodrich & Jennings has also owned and conducted a drug store at the corner of Nicollet avenue and Lake street, Minneapolis .. Mr. Goodrich has been twice elected mayor of Anoka, and for many years has been a member of the Library Board and is now its president. He was a member of the State Board of Pharmacy from 1895 to 1904, and served for four years as president of the board. Mr. Goodrich was married Aug. 22, 1888, to Mary A. Funk. Chil- dren : Herbert F., Edith, Edgar J. and Helen.
REY. MOSES GOODRICH was born Oct. 24, 1817, in the city of New York. His father died when he was nine years old and he went to live with his uncle at Stockbridge, Mass., where he attended the common schools. In 1834 he returned to New York and two years later obtained employment in the dry goods store of A. T. Stewart & Co. In 1846 he graduated from New York University, and then spent two years in the study of theology at Clinton Liberal Institute, in Oneida Co., N. Y. He was pastor of the Universalist church at Concord, Mass., two years, and afterward of churches at Eddington and Kenduskeag, Maine. In 1856 he removed to Minnesota, and took a claim at Silver Creek, now in Wright Co. In 1864 he came to Anoka Co., and three years later became pastor of the newly organized Universalist church at Anoka, which position he retained until 1875. About 1870 he was elected county superintendent of schools of Anoka county, and served almost continuously in that capacity until his death in '1880. He was married Sept. 19, 1851, to Nancy Downs. Children: George D., Nellie M. (Mrs. E. O. McGlauflin, Hoquiam, Wash.), Albert M. (Minne- apolis), Rufus L. (died 1877). (See portrait, page 115.)
GEORGE D. GOODRICH was born Nov. 4, 1852, in the town of Eddington, Maine. Came to Minnesota with his parents in October. 1856, the family settling about one year later in the town of Silver Creek, Wright county, where they remained until the Sioux outbreak in 1862. In 1864 the family moved to a farm in the town of Ramsey, Anoka county and three years later to Anoka, where Mr. Goodrich has ever since lived. Mr. Goodrich attended the Ancka high school and graduated from the Amer- ican Institute of Phrenology, N. Y. city. He owns a farm in
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Anoka county, and his work has been that of a farmer and educator, he having taught in common and graded schools and served as county superintendent of schools of Anoka county for sixteen years. On May Ist, 1879, he married Mary E. Molloy of Anoka. They have three children, Herbert, Mabel and The- odora.
DAVID G. Gow was born at Chamcook, New Brunswick, Jan. 31, 1831. When a young man he worked about a year in his
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brother's ship yard, afterward taking up lumbering, which he followed up to recent years. He lived in St. George, N. B., some fifteen years, coming in 1880 to Anoka, where he has since resided. Mr. Gow was married Oct. 26, 1854, to Mary Stewart. Children : D. S. Gow, Mrs. G. D. Hilliard, Mrs. Ward McCann. Mrs. H. L. Russell. Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Gertrude Greenwald, Mrs. James Grant, Boone, Iowa, Wallace S. Gow, Mrs. Lonis Smith, Watertown, S. D.
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JOHN Goss was born April 8, 1836, in Charlotte county, New Brunswick. After leaving school he worked as a lumberman and has followed that occupation continuously until the present time, having had logging crews in the Minnesota pineries for many years. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and to Anoka county in October of that year. He has served as alderman of the city of Anoka six years, and is president of the State Bank of Anoka. Mr. Goss was married June 22, 1851, to Irena Davis.
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Children: Farnham (Leroy, Minn.), Addie (Mrs. Wm. Giddings, Everett, Wash.), Judson M., Mary A. (Mrs. Erwin Davis, Mil- aca, Minn.), Bertha (Mrs. James Berry), Eliza (Mrs. C. P. McLean), Henry, John and Guy.
CLARENCE D. GREEN (son of D. W. Green) was born Feb. 27, 1853, at Bernardston, Franklin Co., Mass. In 1857 his father moved to Dane county, and in October, 1860, to Minnesota and
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to Anoka comny, settling on a farm in section 28, in what is now the town of Linwood. Mr. Green lived in Linwood until 1874. when he moved to Anoka, which has since been his home. He was register of deeds five years from 1883 to 1888. Since that time he has been engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Green was married Nov. 20. 18;6, to Sadie J. Doe, who died Nov. 12, 1894, leaving two children, Ethel M. and George D. Mr. Green's second wife was Mrs. Endora De Lue, to whom he was married in 1806.
!). W. GREEN (deceased) was a son of Benjamin Green, and his grandfather. Samuel Green, was a Revolutionary soldier, who was with Ethan Allen and the American force which captured Ticonderoga and Crown Point. His forefathers were among the early settlers in the colony of Massachusetts Bay. D. W. Green was born May 14, 1824. in Franklin county, Mass. He lived on the old homestead where his grandfather was reared and his father born until the age of twenty-one. In 1856 he canie to Dane county, Wis., where he was engaged four years in farming. He then removed to Minnesota, settling in what is now Linwood. Mr. Green was the first town clerk of Lin- wood, and held various town offices. He was married May 13, IS51, to Miss C. M. Stewart.
FRANK X. GREEN was born June 5. 1874. in the town of Grow. Attended school in district 19 and followed farming, settling on section 33, Oak Grove, in the spring of 1809. He was married in April, 1897. to Grace E. Perkins. Children : Thomas Fremont, Lon Vincent, Nathan Francis and Ralph Wil- liam.
JAMES V. GREEN was born Jan 22, 1865, in the town of Oak Grove. AAttended school in district 19. Followed the business of farming to date, settling in section 34, Ook Grove, in 1894, and in March, 1903, began driving rural delivery route No. I from Cedar. Served as supervisor in the town of Oak Grove three years and on the school board in district 19 continuously since 1807. Mr. Green was married Oct. 16, '1895 to Mary E. Hunt of Dayton, Hennepin Co. Children: James Edward, Jo- sephi, Mary Irene. Gertrude, Agnes Lucile, Rosemary. Joseph, Mary Irene and Agnes Lucile are living.
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J. G. GREEN (deceased) was born in Bernardston, Franklin Co., Mass. May 11. 1819. His ancestry is noted in the sketch of his brother. D. W. Green. He worked on his father's farm until of age, after which he was employed as farmer, carpenter and school teacher for a number of years. He came to Anoka county in 1863 and purchased a farm in the town of Linwood. Mr. Green served three years as county commissioner and was also postmaster and chairman of the board of supervisors for
CHARLES E. GREEN.
many years. He was married May 13, 1845, to Miss E. A. Moore.
CHARLES E. GREEN (son of Thomas Green) was born in tlie town of Oak Grove, Anoka Co., Dec. 13, 1862. He was first engaged in farming and afterward taught school. He was register of deeds of Anoka county from 1893 to 1899 and judge of probate from Jan. 1, 1901, to the present time (1905). He
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was married June 8, 1898, to Harriet M. Kelly. Children : Har- old Vincent. Maurice K., Lawrence J., and Donald F.
THOMAS GREEN (deceased) was born at St. George, New Brunswick, Oct. 30. 1830, where he worked at lumbering and farming. He came to Minnesota in 1855. About 1857 he took up 160 acres in section 24. town of Oak Grove. In 1861 he bought Ito acres in section 3. town of Grow, where he lived until his death. March 25. 1890. He was married Nov. 30. 1860, to Mary Gilligan. The following children are still living : Charles E., James V., John L., Thomas, Francis X., Emily G. ( Mrs. Frank Murphy, Gateway, Mont. ). William A .. Alice (Mrs. Henry Stack).
WILLIS J. GREEN was born at Joliet. Ill., in 1857. March 21, 1891, he left his associations in Joliet and Chicago, where he had been railroading and conducting a railway contracting busi- ness and came to Minneapolis, and is now a traveling man for the International Stock Food Company. His family reside in the old Capt. Cady house near the foot of Third avenue, Anoka. Mr. Green was married in 1891 to Mrs. Clara Smith (nce Ba- con) Mrs. Green has one daughter, Grace, now Mrs. J. C. Watson, Hobart, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Green have one adopted son. Harry A. Mrs. Mary G. Sanders, mother of Mrs. Green. is also a member of the family.
AARON GREENWALD was born Dec. 6. 1832, in Berks Co .. Pennsylvania. He came to Minnesota about 1854 and a year later to Anoka, where he found employment in the flouring mill. So far as known he was the first man in the country to tender his services as a volunteer under President Lincoln's first call for troops. This was done on the same day the call was issued and before it became generally known. On April 26. 1861. he was mustered in as a member of Co. C. First Minnesota Reg- iment. He was killed at Gettysburg. Mr. Greenwald was mar- ried Sept. 15, 1857. to Anna Sweeney. He left two sons, William A. (died April 22, 1804) and Louis J.
LOUIS J. GREENWALD (son of Aaron Greenwald) was born at Anoka, Oct. 10. 1800. He attended the public schools and the Anoka high school. Upon leaving school he was employed as a clerk in the dry goods store of Woodbury & Co. Later he
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started in the Hour and feed business on his own account, and was burned out in 'the great fire of 1884. Early in 1889 he entered the employ of the First National Bank at Anoka. A few. months later the cashier fled with the bank's money and the bank faile.l. Mr. Greenwald remained with the bank during the receivership, and assisted in straightening out the tangled accounts. He was then employed by the Anoka National Bank, and in 1895, upon the resignation of C. S. Guderian he became cashier, which position he still holds. Mr. Greenwald was mar- ried Nov. 28, 1891, to Lena Frost.
WILLIAM A. GREENWALD (son of Aaron Greenwald) was born at Anoka Aug. 8, 1859. He received his education in the Anoka high school and took a course in pharmacy. He then entered the drug store of his step-father, H. L. Ticknor, as a clerk, and later became a partner in the business. He was married Sept. 25, 1889, to Gertrude Gow. Children : Erma Lou and Merry Gertrude. Mr. Greenwald died April 22, 1894.
HANNIBAL G. GROAT (son of James W. Groat) was born at Anoka Jan. 3, 1855. He worked in the saw mills at Anoka until about 1879 and then worked five years as a millwright, after which he took up gardening and growing small fruits, which vocation he still follows. Ile was married Oct. 17, 1885, to Stella Ives. Children : James J., Harry G., Stella and Irma. ( See group picture, page 77.)
JAMES W. GROAT (deceased) was born at Copake, Columbia Co., New York, May 25, 1824. Hle came to Minnesota in 1854, arriving at Anoka October 18th, and was employed in building the first hotel, which had been begun by George W. Branch and had been sold to Silas C. Farnham in an unfinished condition. He afterward worked as a carpenter and millwright, and built the first ferry boat which ran across the Mississippi river at this place. So far as known he was the second man in America to formally offer his services for the suppression of the Rebellion, Aaron Grenwald being the first. He was mustered in as a mem- ber of Co. C, first Minnesota Regiment, and was transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24. 1862. He was also a member of the first school board of Anoka. He was married to Rebecca G. Willis. Children : Cad:nus J. (Portland, Ore.), William H. (The Dalles,
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Ore.), Hannibal G. and James (died 1863). Mr. Groat died April 27, 1895.
CHRISTOPHER S. GUDERIAN ( deceased) was born April 7, 1833, in Prussia, and came to America in the fall of 1854. He spent four years in California and came to Anoka county in 1860. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in Company .\ of the Eighth Mn- nesota Regiment, and afterward served as commissary sergeant of the Seventh Regiment and first lieutenant of the Eighth United States Heavy Artillery. After the war he took a farm in Olmstead county, but returned to Anoka in I870 and two years later formed a partnership with M. V. Bean in the hard- ware business. He held the office of county treasurer several terms, and was also cashier of the Anoka National Bank for some years. He was married Aug. 24. 1862, to Phebe A. McFar- lan, a native of New Brunswick, and there were born : Ida (Mrs. F. A. Campbell), Mary A. (died Jan., 1872), John C. (died 1874), Hiram .A. (died Jan., 18;2). Roscoe (died Jan., 1872), Henry Edward (Farmdale, Florida), Paul G., Fred A. (Canı- bridge, Minn.), Phoebe .\. (Cambridge, Minn.), and Jolin O. (died Aug., 1884).
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