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JOHN F. PERKINS was born Feb. 24, 1842, at South Berwick, Maine. He worked first in a slate quarry. Was rejected on presenting himself for enlistment at the opening of the Re- bellion, but soon after found employment on the supply and ammunition train, where he remained in the government service during the war. Came to Minnesota in 1868; followed lum- bering and farming ever since; served on the school board in district 38. Settled in 1891 on the farm in section 9 where he now lives. July 17, 1875, he was married to Alice E. Varney. Children : Vernard T., Fay, Roy E., Almeda, Charles C,. and Arthur.
ARA E. PITMAN was born in Ramsey, Anoka Co., Nov. 3, 1853. At the age of sixteen he went to work in the pineries, working in the woods and on the river for about eight years. He then took a claim in Pope county, where he lived for six years. He now lives on his father's old farm in sections 25 and 36, town of Ramsey, where he owns eighty acres. He has been on the board of supervisors about ten years and a member of the school board about fifteen years. He was married April 7, 1883, to Carrie E. Farrington. Children : Max F., Hazel M., Paul D., Marion L.
HENRY S. PLUMMER (deceased) was born in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1829. At the age of nineteen he began his mer- cantile career in his native town. In 1852 he came to St. An thony, where he engaged' in mercantile business and was also interested in lumbering and in real estate. In 1874 he came to Anoka and established a dry goods store, and for many years was one of the leading merchants of the place. Mr. Plummer was married June 6, 1856, to Charlotte A. Ham, who died ten years later, leaving one son, Henry W. Mr. Plummer was again married in April, 1869, to Susie D. Stevens of Concord, New Hampshire. Children : Charlotte A. and Frank L.
HENRY W. PLUMMER (son of Henry S. Plummer), was born May 23, 1862, at Minneapolis, Minn. In 1875 he came with his parents to Anoka. where he attended the Anoka high school. After leaving school he was associated with his father in the dry goods business, and since the death of the latter has continued the business. He was married in 1888 to Hattie F. Beal. Children: Clare (died 1891), Julia, Flora (died 1896).
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CLARENCE B. PORTER (son of Richard B. Porter) was born at Anoka March 7, 1865, where he attended the public schools. He has been engaged in farming practically all his life. He has eighty acres just inside the city limits of Anoka and eighty acres in section 22, town of Ramsey. Both tracts are substan- tially all under cultivation. Mr. Porter has been county com- missioner for the past two years, his term expiring Jan. 1, 1907. He was married May 13, 1888, to Flora M. Wall. Children : Daisy M., Charles, Alice, Stella, Edna and Clarence Richard.
CLARENCE B. PORTER.
RICHARD B. PORTER, one of the pioneers of Anoka county, was born at Dansville, Livingston county, New York, Feb. 18, 1821. He attended the schools at Dansville and Orshon in that state, and became a farmer. He arrived in Minnesota territory Sept. 1, 1853, and Dec. 24, of that year began the construction of a house in section 34 of what is now the town
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of Ramsey. He worked on the first dam at Anoka; but in the fall of 1854 returned to New York, where he stayed until October, 1856, when he returned to Minnesota and soon after located at Paynesville, where he lived seven years. After the Civil War broke out he enlisted in Hatch's Battalion, and served throughout the war. In 1880 he purchased eighty acres of land just inside the city limits of Anoka, where he lived up to the time of his death. Mr. Porter was married Feb. 27, 1845, to Jane Henderson. Children : Catherine (died Sept. 27, 1893), Lunette (Mrs. John W. Hall), and Clarence B. (See portrait, page 57.)
STEPHEN JASPER POWELL was born in Seneca, Mich., Feb. II, 1845. He came to Anoka May 11, 1857, living here about a year and then moving to a farm in section 25, town of Grow. He enlisted in October, 1862 with Henderson's Com- pany of Mounted Rangers, served one year on the frontier in the Sioux Indian war; he then went south with Company I, Second Minn., Regiment, and served until the end of the war, including the march to the sea with Sherman. He served as supervisor and constable in the town of Grow and also served on the school board in district number eight. He was married to Adeline Haskell, Dec. 18, 1876. Children : William J., Wil- bur Hersey (deceased), June and Alfred.
ALBERT FULLER PRATT was born in Anoka, Sept. 25, 1872. He attended the Anoka high school, graduated from the Uni- versity of Minnesota in 1893, and from the University of Min- nesota Law School in 1895. He served as city attorney in 1899 and IGoo, as county attorney 1900-1906; as second lieuten- ant of Company B Fourteenth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry from May 8, 1898, to July 20, 1898; as first lieutenant of Com- pany H, Fourteenth Minn. Infantry from July 20, 1898, to Nov. 18, 1898. Married Nov. 26, 1897, to Olive Belle Graham. Children : Robert Graham, Lucia Fuller and Thomas Franklin.
DAVID O. PRATT (son of Elias W. Pratt), was born at Anoka in 1868. Attended the Anoka high school and grad- uated from the Anoka Business College in 1889. He studied engineering and worked in Goss & King's machine shop two years, then two years for the Anoka Boot and Shoe Mfg. Co., and two years in a grocery. He then drove the Standard Oil
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wagon nine years. He started the D. O. Pratt greenhouses in 1899. He and his wife worked exceedingly hard to get the business started, but it soon assumed large proportions, and Dec. 1, 1903 he sold a half interest to Dr. James W. Ford, who resigned the position of president of Pillsbury Academy at Owatonna to take part in the business. Mr. Pratt was married March 23, 1898, to Harriet E. Van Ness. They have one daughter, Helen Van Ness Pratt.
EDWARD E. PRATT was born in Greenfield, Mass., and edu- cated at the Academy at Barnardstown, Mass. He came to Minnesota in May, 1856, and to Bethel, Anoka Co., about Sep- tember, 1856, settling on a farm in section five. In 1881 he was county commissioner, and in 1887-8 a representative in the state legislature. He was married in 1868 to Frances E. Dyer. Children : Minnie S. (Mrs. C. A. Clowes), Harry G., Frank F., Jolın D., Charles L., Sumner W., Celia J. and Charles L. (de- ceased ).
ELIAS W. PRATT was born at St. George, New Brunswick, Aug. 18. 1834. He came to Anoka about 1360. and made this place his home until his death, March 29, 1902. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A, Eighth Minnesota Regiment, and served through the war. He was with Captain John S. Cady when the latter was killed by Indians and with Mr. E. S. Clinch, brought the body back to Anoka. He was married about 1855. Children : Mrs. Marie Gow, Mrs. Clara Middlebrook, Elmer, David O., Uriah and Elias.
JAMES T. PRIBBLE was born in Kennebec Co., Maine, April 19, 1828. He lived in this county until 1856, when he came to Minnesota, arriving at St. Anthony May 25. He has lived in Hennepin county constantly since that date being engaged in teaching and educational work during nearly the whole time. He was town superintendent of schools of the town of Brook- lyn, and when the law was changed became district examiner of schools. The law creating the office of county superin- tendent of schools was passed during the session of 1861-2. and under that law Mr. Pribble was appointed by the county commissioners as the first superintendent of schools of Hen- nepin county on Oct. 10, 1862. He served six years in this
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position. Since that time Mr. Pribble has been engaged in teaching school in Hennepin county until 1901. Mr. Pribble was married Nov. 25, 1854, to Almira L. Norris. Children : Edwin B. (North Yakima, Wash.), Ada J. (Mrs. C. F. Foster, Minneapolis), Charles A., David N. and Josephine (Mrs. Guy Boynton, Minneapolis).
MILTON B. PULLEN was born Nov. II; 1856, in Augusta, Maine. In 1867 he removed with his parents to Corinna, Wright Co., where he worked on his father's farm until 1878. In the latter year he went into the grocery business with R. H. Broat in Minneapolis, where he remained one year. He spent two years as a letter carrier in Minneapolis, and afterward was vice president and secretary of the Minneapolis Bottle Manufacturing Co. about two years. For nine years he was associated with A. B. Everts in the loan and insurance business, and then engaged in the same business two years on his own account. In 1897 he went on a farm at Minnetonka and in 1899 bought his present farm in the town of Ramsey. He has 160 acres in section 22, about 100 acres of which are under cultivation. He was married Oct. 4, 1882 to Mary J. Walker. They have three living children: Stanley C., Courtland W., and Forest K.
WILLIAM HENRY PULVER (deceased) was born in Columbus county, New York, Dec. 27, 1836. In 1855 he came to Iowa and the next year visited Minnesota. August 12, 1861, he enlisted in the Fourteenth United States Infantry, and served three years. Returning from the war, he resided five years in Baltimore, coming thence to Minnesota in 1869, and soon after- ward settled on a farm in the town of Columbus, Anoka Co., where his son, Philip A., still lives. He served one term as county commissioner and held various town and school offices. Mr. Pulver was married Oct. 29, 1862, to Catherine Gable. Children : William H., Peter S., G. W., Jacob E., Lydia (Mrs. Andrew Johnson, Forest Lake), Alice (Mrs. John Reioux, Forest Lake), Fanny (Mrs. L. W. W. Lippy, Seattle, Wash.), Philip A., Nora E., Ida L., Frank L. (Seattle), Harry (For- est Lake) and Guy L. (Forest Lake). Mr. Pulver died in March. ICO3.
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PHILIP A. PULVER was born Feb. 13, 1877, in the town of Columbus. With the exception of a few years spent in the states of Iowa, Wyoming and Washington, he has always lived on his father's farm. He has carried on the farm since his father's death in 1903. He was married June 1, 1904, to Nettie Servis.
ABNER D. PURMORT was born at Georgia, Franklin Co., Vermont, Jan. 24, 1830. He obtained his education in the schools at Franklin, Fairfax and Milton in that state, and taught school eight years in Vermont and Pennsylvania. He came to Minnesota in 1856, locating in Dayton township near the line of Maple Grove, where he farmed fourteen years. In the spring of 1871 he purchased a farm in sction 10, town of Bethel, where he lived until 1884, when he moved to Anoka, where he has since lived. He was postmaster at Maple Grove P. O. five years, also chairman of the board of supervisors and assessor of Dayton. He was town clerk of Bethel ten years. Mr. Purmort was married Apr. 1. 1854, to Ella A. Evans. Children : John E. (Cedar), Ada L. (Mrs. Frank Hart), Kate M. (Mrs. H. A. Shorrocks, Stacy, Chisago Co.) Lucy E. (died Sept. 4, 1893) Abner A., Pearl (died 1875). Mark E. (St. Paul), and Governor W.
ABNER A. PURMORT (son of Abner D. Purmort) was born June 1, 1868, in the town of Dayton, Minn. He was educated in the common school in Bethel and in the Business College at Anoka. For three years he worked in a grocery store, and then went to farming in Linwood. He removed to his present farm in section 36, town of Ramsey, April 1, 1901. He was married Nov. 29, 1900, to Jessie Holden.
GEORGE WIIITTEMORE PUTNAM (deceased) came to Anoka in April, 1856, from his native state, Massachusetts, where he was born Aug. 11, 1827, at Oxford, Worcester Co. He had obtained his schooling at the Sutton, Mass .. high school. He was in the lumber business with the firm of Cutter & Stowell for several years, and was interested in a pail and tub factory. In 1871 he engaged in the hardware business with E. T. Al- ling and W. Q. Adams, and later as a member of the firm of Putnam, Chesley & Lindsay. In 1857 he was appointed reg-
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ister of deeds holding that office four years. From 1869 to 1873 he was county treasurer, was a member of the legislature in 1877, 1878 and 1881, and . for fourteen years was county auditor. Mr. Putnam was married April 30, 1851, to Cath- erine Whitney Hall, and there were born: Kate (Mrs. K. G. Staples, Portland, Oregon), Carrie ('died Dec. '28, 1859) George Hall, Addie Lillian (died July 27, 1873), and Lena Whitte- more (Mrs. Chas. R. Russell, Crookston, Minn.). Mr. Put- nam died Dec. 23, 1898. (See portrait, page 106.)
JAMES F. QUIMBY was born Feb. 1, 1833, in Phillips, Frank- lin Co., Maine. Came to Minnesota in 1855, arriving in Still- water Nov. 17, and to Anoka Co. the following year. He followed lumbering, working in the woods and saw mills at Anoka. He was in the Woodbury saw mill some six or seven years. Came to his present farm in the town of Ramsey in 1862. He has 200 acres in sections 10 and 15, about 60 of which are under cultivation. He was married Oct. 4, 1871, to Char- lotte S. Rogers. Children: Julia R. (Mrs. T. Harry Rand), and Susan J.
HARRY RAND was born on a farm two miles south of Elk River, Sherburne Co. Feb. 11, 1868. Attended the common schools and worked at farming in Sherburne Co. until March, 1903, when he rented the farm of James Quimby in section II, town of Ramsey. He was married Feb. 11, 1901, to Julia R. Quimby. Children : James H. and Rebecca.
GEORGE L. RATHBUN was born Feb. 18, 1861, in Minneapolis, Minn. Attended the public schools in the town of Brooklyn, Hennepin Co. Worked on his father's farm until 1881, when he was engaged as a clerk in the grocery of Wesley Neill in Minneapolis. From 1882 to 1889 he worked almost continu- ously for the Washburn Mill Co. at Anoka. In the latter year he purchased a farm of 120 acres in sections 21 and 28, town of Burns, afterward selling it and purchasing 100 acres in section 29, which he still owns. March I, 1902 he entered the government service as rural free delivery letter carrier on route No. 2, Anoka. June 1I, 1904, at the Mankato meeting Mr. Rathbun was elected president of the Minnesota Rural Letter Carrier's Association. He was married Dec. 5, 1888, to Ida E. Bcan. They have one child, Dora E.
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GEORGE R. RICHARDS was born in Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn., May 8, 1861. Worked on his father's farm until the age of nineteen. In 1880 he came to Spring Valley, Minn. He worked at farming in different states until about 1897, after which he lived three years in Minneapolis. In 1900 he bought 74 acres in section one town of Burns, where he still lives. He was married May 7. 1890. to Elzina R. Livingston. Chil- dren : Sarah E., Ruth M. and Margaret A.
AMASA RICHARDSON was born in the northern part of Mas- sachusetts in 1810. When a small boy his father moved to Kennebec Co., Maine, where he received his education and engaged in farming until his removal to Anoka Co. in 1870. He lived on the farm now occupied by his son, C. G. Richard- son, until his death in 1900. He was married about 1835 to Sophronia Sanbourn, who was born in Freedom, Maine, about 1815. They had but one child, Charles G.
CHARLES G. RICHARDSON (son of Amasa Richardson) was born at Vassalboro, Kennebec Co., Maine, May 26, 1840. He attended the common school and afterward Vassalboro Acad- emy. Worked first on his father's farm. At the age of nine- teen he went out with a peddler's cart and followed the vocation of a peddler for some nine years. Then he began the wholesaling of notions and fancy goods, dealing with country stores and millinery stores. He came to Minnesota in 1869, locating first in Goodhue Co., and a year later moved to the town of Ramsey, Anoka Co., where he still resides. For the past twenty years he has dealt extensively in cattle, sheep and horses. He was county commissioner four years ,and has been assessor and town supervisor for many years. He was married Nov. 22, 1870, to Georgia A. Trask, who was a native of the same county in Maine as himself.
AUGUST RINGHAND was born July 12, 1850, in Zempelburg, East Prussia, Germany. Came to America in 1870. Spent three years in New Jersey and Pensylvania. Then went to Illinois, where he farmed for about fifteen years. Came to Anoka Co. about 1889 and two years later purchased 80 acres in sec- tions 10 and 16, town of Ramsey, where he still lives. He was married in 1871 to Susanna Miller, who died June 28, 1904.
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Children: William E., Mary (Mrs. James Prodger), Henry C. (St. Paul), Emma (Mrs. Henry Zopha, Osseo, Hennepin Co.), and Howard.
WILLIAM E. RINGHAND (son of August Ringhand) was born Jan. 23, 1872, in Cumberland Co., Pa. In 1873 his par- ents removed to Illinois, where he remained some fifteen years. Came to Anoka Co. in 1889. In 1902 he purchased 80 acres
JOSEPH RIDGE.
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in section 15 town of Ramsey, where he still resides. He was married July 16, 1902, to Elizabeth Buchholz. They have one child, Helen B.
JOSEPII RIDGE was born at Sutton-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire, England, Sept. 3, 1838. Came to America in 1848. Stayed in Albany two years. The family moved to a farm in the Gen-
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nessee valley, where they lived four years. Then moved to a farm at Aurora, Illinois, where they lived ten years. In June, 1860, his father came to Anoka county, and located in the town of Linwood. He taught school at Bethel in the winter of 1860-I. He enlisted May 20, 1861, in Company H, First Minn. Regiment. He was never sick nor off duty a single day during his term of service. He was discharged with his regiment in 1864. He fired the first shot at Bristow Station and was in the battle of Bull Run. At Gettysburg he was detailed at division headquarters and so missed the deadly charge. Later he took part in the battle at Antietam. In 1864 he bought 160 acres in section 2, town of Bethel. He dealt in real estate consider- ably and lived on various farms in Bethel until his removal to the town of Ramsey about 1886. About 1892 he moved to Anoka, where he has since lived. In the spring of 1904 he formed a partnership with Josiah Vrooman in the manufacture of concrete sidewalks, and over a mile of the walk was laid during that season. Mr. Ridge was married Sept. 4, 1864, to Grace Mitchell. Children: Eva (Mrs. George McKeen, Maple Lake, Hennepin Co.), Walter B., Ada (Mrs. Wm. E. Bolls, New York city), George W., Addie E. (Mrs. John Woods, Oregon City, Ore.), Ella L. and Wayne.
DANIEL ROBBINS was born Jan. 21, 1807, in Winthrop, Maine. At the age of ten his parents moved to Phillips in the same state. He learned the tanner's trade, and came to Anoka in 1855. For a time he operated a portable steam mill near the mouth of Rum river. He afterward engaged in mer- cantile pursuits, and was in the grocery business for a number of years. Mr. Robbins was married Nov. 7, 1831, to Polly R. Shaw. Children: Daniel M., Emily F. (Mrs. John W. Henion), Andrew B., Hannah, (Mrs. H. G. Croswell), John S., Dora (Mrs. W. J. Miller, died about 1903).
SII AS C. ROBBINS was born at Phillips, Franklin Co., Maine, Nov. II, 1834. He received his education at the common school and high school at Phillips, and learned cabinet making. He also taught school. In October, 1854, he came to Minnesota, and in May of the following year he came to Anoka, and was employed in the first store in the place, which was then owned by R. Ball of St. Anthony. Soon after he took a claim in
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section 8. town of Grow, and also taught the school in the same town. Later he engaged in buying and selling horses and cattle, and was four years in the grocery business. Since 1895 he has been engaged in the manufacture of fracture splints. During the Civil War he enlisted in Co. E, First Min- nesota Heavy Artillery and served as corporal. He was also first lieutenant of state militia in 1863, and has been deputy sheriff, constable and on police duty at various times. He was county coroner two terms. 1894 to 1898, and a member of the Anoka city council from 1895 to 1899. Mr. Robbins has been twice married. His first wife was Roseltha Libby, to whom he was married in March, 1857 and who died April 16, 1871, leaving three children: Charles O. (deceased), Mary A. (Mrs. Eugene Coggins), and Carrie B. (Mrs. C. H. Moul- ton). His second wife was Ella M. Lishness, to whom he was married March 27, 1878. Children: Fannie I. (Mrs. R. F. Pomeroy), Silas Edwin and Frank Orlando. (See portrait, page 63.)
DAVID ROGERS was born in York county, New Brunswick, Oct. 5, 1829. He came to Minnesota in 1854, and worked that winter logging on Rum river. Took a claim in section 18, town of Oak Grove, about June, 1855. In 1861 he bought 165 acres in section 31, where he still lives. He was married Oct. 30, 1865, to Bethana Davis. Children: Ida M. (Mrs. David H. Rogers), George W. and Walter D.
E. SABINE ROGERS was born at Brownsville, Maine, Oct. 5, 1839. At the age of fifteen he came to Anoka, where he at- tended the schools and learned the trade of a carpenter, settling later on a farm in section 21, town of Grow. He has been a member of the school board the greater part of the time since 1861, was chairman of the board of supervisors in 1876-8, and town clerk from 1891 to 1895. Mr. Rogers was married Nov. 20, 1867, to Frank Isabelle Legg. The following chil- dren are still living: Harriet F., Charlotte C., Mary E. (Mrs. Frank Rand), Frank S., Harrison D., Wallace A., Charles W.
THOMAS M. RYAN was born in Ireland, Dec. 25, 1847. He came to Anoka in 1863, and soon after became the partner of James F. Murphy in a shoe store. After Mr. Murphy's death in 1878 he continued the business alone. In the spring of
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1896 he was appointed postmaster at Anoka, which position he held until his death Feb. 11, 1897. Mr. Ryan was twice married. His first wife was Margaret Green, who died in 1877, leaving two daughters, Emily and Margaret. He was married in 1879 to Mary Kinna. Children: Cecilia and John.
HANS SANDERSON was born near Christiania, Norway. In his native country he worked at the butcher's trade and at lumbering. He came to Quebec in 1878, and to Anoka Co. two years later. He lived in the city of Anoka until 1893, when he bought his present farm in Ramsey, where he owns 160 acres. In 1853 he was married to Gertrude Belspid. Chil- dren: Mary A. (Mrs. John Phalen, Minneapolis), Alexander (Everett, Wash.), Eric (Anoka), Anna (died Aug. 5, 1890), Ole C. (Anoka), Hans A., George H., Julius, and Eliza (died 1881).
JULIUS SANDERSON (son of Hans Sanderson) was born in Christiania, Norway, March 27, 1877. He graduated from the Anoka high school in 1899, and attended the University of Minnesota for two years. He came to the town of Ramsey in 1881. He worked on his father's farm in Ramsey for about two years and taught school one year.
WILLIAM E. SCANLON was elected mayor of the city of Anoka at the spring election of 1903, and was inducted into this important office April I. He was born Sept. 13. 1873, at Lyndon, Juneau county, Wis., and graduated from the high school of Mauston, Wis. He taught school for some time, and came to Minnesota March 1, 1893. On June 28, 1897, he came to Anoka and has been a resident of the city ever since. He has been for some time and is now in the lumber business, being a member of the firm of Scanlon-Gipson Lumber Co., Minneapolis, catering to both the retail and wholesale trade. Mr. Scanlon was married Nov. 30, 1899, to Mary A. Foley, and Mary, Irene and Helen have been born to them.
JACOB SCHWAB was born at Mohlen, Berne, Switzerland, Mar. 24 1837. He learned the trade of brickmaking, and came to Minnesota in 1857. He was a school director at Osseo, Hennepin Co., in 1868, and in Otter Tail Co. in 1872, and was county commissioner of Otter Tail Co. from 1873 to 1876. He
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came to Anoka Co. July 26, 1877, settling in section 14, town of Anoka, where he served successively on the school boards of districts 2 and 50 for some eleven years, and on the board of supervisors three years. He enlisted Oct. 9, 1861, in Co. B, Twelfth U. S. Infantry, re-enlisted in 1864 in the same com- pany, and was mustered out as Q. M. sergeant Mar. 18, 1867. He was wounded at Gaines Mills and again at Tolopteny creek, Va. To Mr. Schwab's efforts is due the organization of school district No. 50, he having given much time to the matter and to the building and equipping of the school house. He was married Dec. 28, 1867, to Angeline Myers. Children: John J., Henry H., William B., Clara A. (Mrs. Harry Taylor), C. O., and Nelly E. (Mrs. Lee French).
HENRY HUMBOLDT SCHWAB (son of Jacob Schwab) was born Jan. 9, 1870, at Brooklyn, Hennepin Co. He was educated in the common schools of Anoka county and the Anoka Business College. The family came to Anoka Co. in July, 1877, settling in section 14, town of Anoka. Mr. Schwab worked at farming and later taught school. Since July, 1902 he has been clerk of school district 16. He was married to Alvina J. Jentsch Nov. 8, 1899. Children : Erma Margrete, and Bernice Winnie.
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