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DANIEL SHANNON was born at Roscarbery, County of Cork, Ireland, about 1819. He worked as a laborer until he came to America about 1847. He worked as a longshoreman at New- buryport, Mass., and was married there about a year later to Ellen Smith. He removed to Minnesota about 1856 and took up 160 acres on Cedar creek in the town of Grow, where he remained until 1868, when he removed to a claim of 160 acres in section 14, town of Burns, where he has since resided. There are six living children: Mary E. (Mrs. William Duffee, Minneapolis), John (Anoka), Rebecca (Mrs. William Ward, Anoka), Julia A. (Mrs. Michael Mccarthy, Anoka), Daniel E., Dora E. (Mrs. John H. McDonald).
DANIEL E. SHANNON (son of Daniel Shannon) was born in the town of Grow, Anoka Co., May 7, 1863. At the age of five his parents removed to the town of Burns, where he has since resided. He owns 107 acres in section 14. He was mar- ried Nov. 4, 1903, to Margaret T. McDonald. He has been
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town clerk of Burns for twelve years, and a member of the school board some seven years.
HENRY E. SEELYE (son of Moses S. Seelye, Sr.) was born Jan 4, 1839, at St. George, New Brunswick. At the age of seventeen he removed with his parents to Minnesota, and in May, 1855, he went with his father upon his claim in sections 7 and 8 town of Oak Grove, and has since made his home there
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and on his own farm on the adjoining section 5. From 1855 to 1862 he was in the pineries and on the log drive. August 16, 1862, he enlisted at Fort Snelling, in Co. A, Ninth Minne- sota Regiment, and the company immediately started in pur- suit of the Indians who had been engaged in the massacre which had just taken place. At Camp Release (near the present site of
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Montevideo) 120 women and children were released about October. The company wintered at Fort Ridgeley, 1862-3. As soon as the grass started they went northwest as far as Bis- marck, fighting seventeen battles on the way. In the fall of 1863 the troops drove the Indians across the Missouri river. General Sully's command then took charge of the Indian fight- ing, and Sibley's command returned to Fort Snelling. About Nov. 1, 1863, the company went south. Half the regiment was lost at the battle of Guntown, Mississippi. Mr. Seelye was wounded and captured at that battle. He was a prisoner seven months and was then exchanged. He was mustered out May 29, 1865. Worked at lumbering several years. Kept a hotel at St. Francis four years, beginning in 1880, since which time he has lived on his present farm, known as Woodlawn farm. He has 80 acres in section 5. a part of the original Mckenzie claim. Mr. Seelye has been twice married. Aug. 16, 1865, he was married to Minnie Pease, who died five months later. His present wife was Jennie Bogart, to whom he was married Nov. 20, 1867. They have two children, twins: Jennie E. (Mrs. Am- adorus Morton ), Minnie E. ( Mrs. Edward Morton). Mr. Seelye is the earliest living settler of Oak Grove, having turned the first sod and assisted in building the first house in the town.
JUSTUS SEELYE (deceased) was born at St. George, New Brunswick, Nov. 2, 1814. He came to St. Anthony in 1855, and took a claim in Oak Grove, Anoka Co., in March, 1856, where he lived up to the time of his death, Nov. 13, 1897. He was married October 4, 1849, to Phoebe Reed. There are four chil- dren still living: Maria J. (Mrs. A. J. Woodruff), Julia A. (Mrs. Martin Bodine), Jessie (Mrs. W. W. Coburn), and Eva (Mrs. W. P. Boobar).
MOSES S. SEELYE, Sr., (deceased) was born in Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, in 1810. He went to California in 1849. He was a millwright, and he built mills and dams to turn the streams. Stayed in California five years. Returning to New Brunswick, he removed with his family to Minnesota in the spring of 1855, and in November moved to his claim in section 7, town of Oak Grove, where he lived until his death in June, 1869. He was married about 1835 to Eunice Linton (died in
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1868). Children: Rebecca (Mrs. George R. Longley, died about ISSS). Henry E., Eliza (Mrs. David Stewart), Moses S., John M. (died in June. 1864), George A., David Lorenzo (died in 1868).
MOSES S. SEELYE, Jr. was born at St. George, New Bruns- wick, May 24. 1844. In May, 1855 his father came to St. Paul, and the family lived at Richfield, Hennepin Co., during the summer. About Sept. 1, 1855, they canic to their new home in what is now Oak Grove. Mr. Seelye owns and still lives on his father's original homestead. He has 160 acres in section 7, town of Oak Grove. He was married May 14, 1870, to Clara Smith. Children: Bertha (Mrs. Albert H. Shadick, St. Fran- cis), Linton S., Florence, George E. (Minneapolis), Ella M., Eunice II., Jesse M. Mr. Seelye has held town and school offices about half of the time during his residence in Oak Grove.
JAMES SHORROCKS was born in Manchester, England, in 1813. He received a good common school education and learned the trade of a brushmaker. At the outbreak of the Civil War he offered himself as a volunteer, but was rejected at the medical examination. He settled on a farm in section 26, in what is now I inwood in September, 1862, where he has since lived. He was town clerk for many years while the town was still a part of Bethel. He was married to Martha L. Head. Children: Sol- omon H., Walter B. (enlisted in Thirteenth Wisconsin Reg- iment and died in Georgia in 1864), Adelia M. (Mrs. C. C. Capron, deceased), Samuel P., Sarah L .. (Mrs. Frank J. Daw- son), Henry A. and William James.
JOHN SHUMWAY (deceased) was born in Maine Dec. 31, 1806. He received a common school education and learned the trade of a carpenter. Ile came to Anoka county in 1850 and built a house on the bank of the Mississippi river opposite the present residence of l. A. Harthorn. He afterward lived in Champlin. He was married in 1837 to Betsy Trask. Children : Mary Elizabeth (Mrs. George W. Branch), Rebecca T. (de- ceased), Lucinda Jane (Mrs. George A. Foster), Rebecca S. (Mrs. S. S. Paine), Steward L. (New Whatcomb, Wash.), and John (deceased). Mr. Shumway died Oct. 15. 1896. (See group picture, page 44. )
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GEORGE M. SMALL was born in St. Stephens, New Brunswick, July 25, 1834. He came to Minnesota in 1855, and soon after settled in Oak Grove, where he lived until the outbreak of the Civil War. Aug. 13, 1862, he was mustered in as a member of Co. A, Eighth Regiment, and remained with that regiment until Feb. 2, 1864, when he was discharged for disability. He was then employed in lumber manufacture until 1872, when he removed to his present farm in section 23, town of Burns. Mr. Small was married to Rebecca M. Hill, who died Oct. 4, 1872, leaving one child, Relieffa A. Mr. Small's present wife was Mrs. Mary J. Andrus, to whom he was married Oct. 20, 1902. He has 200 acres in section 23. Mr. Small is an active member of the Masonic fraternity.
JOHN C. SMITH was born June 26, 1829, at St. George, New Brunswick. He worked at farming and lumbering until 1855, when he removed to Minnesota, taking a claim in sections 17 and 18, town of Oak Grove, where he lived until his death Dec. 26, 1899, with the exception of three years spent at Anoka. He was the first collector of taxes for the town of Oak Grove, and served six years as town supervisor and two terms as county commissioner of Anoka county. He was cruiser for the St. Paul & Duluth R. R. nearly twenty years. and government estimator of timber lands about four years. He was married Dec. 23, 1852, to Elzard R. Nutter. Children: Henry N., Mary J. (Mrs. J. J. McFeters, Anoka), Rosalia B. (Mrs. Lycurgus Weldon, Seattle, Wash.), Theodore J. (Athens, Isanti Co.), Eunice E., Annie M., E. Rosell.
WALTER L. SMITH was born July 4, 1871, at Maple Ridge, Isanti county. He came to Anoka County with his parents in 1875: living in Grow and Anoka. In 1898 he purchased 65 acres in section 30. town of Bethel, where he has since resided. He was married May 28, 1898, to Mary Ritzel. Children : Alice M., Casper W:, and Henry O.
WEBSTER R. SMITH was born in Bethel, Anoka county, Jan. 6, 1880. Moved to Anoka in 1888 and attended public schools until he graduated from the Anoka high school with the class of 1899. He is a devotee of baseball, tennis and sports of all kinds. Played with Anoka base ball team for six years. Was employed with T. T. Geddes for three years after leaving school.
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With B. C. Smith he started Smith Bros. Clothing shop March Ist, 1904.
WILLIAM SMITH was born at Stow, Gloucestershire, England, Oct. 22, 1827. He came to America with his brother in 1849. He taught school one term in Monroe county, New York, and then moved to Michigan, where he farmed five or six years. In 1856 he removed to Kansas, and took an active part in the anti- slavery struggle, having his cabin burned seven times by border ruffians. He was with John Brown many times at Ossawatomic. He was a member of the first free state constitutional conven- tion of Kansas, which was dispersed by Colonel Sumner under orders from the Pierce administration. He was president of the Indianola squatters' court during most of his time of res- idence .. A few years later he and his brother took contracts for grading on the Winona & St. Peter railroad in southern Minne- sota, but the railroad company failed, and they lost everything they had. In August, 1867, he removed to Maple Ridge, Isanti county, where he was postmaster some eight years. He was also judge of probate of Isanti county one term. In 1875 he removed to Anoka county, living in the towns of Grow and Anoka several years. He has lived since 1883 almost contin- nously in section 30, in the southwest corner of Bethel. He was married in 1865 to Mrs. Sophronia A. Stearns. Children : Or- ville A. (died March 8, 1800), Alva John (died July 20, 1879), Walter L., Alice (Mrs. H. P. Aye, Ancka), Jonas F., Frederick IV. (died Sept 6, 1882), and Sabin.
ORIN SNOW was born in Newburgh, Maine, Aug. 1. 1829. In the spring of 1856 he came to St. Anthony and a little later to Anoka county, and took up 160 acres in section 18, town of Oak Grove, which he still owns, and where he lived until three years ago. He enlisted in 1862 in Co. A of the Eighth Minnesota regiment, and served until the regiment was mustered out in 1865. He served four years as county com- missioner and two terms in the state legislature. He was married in April, 1859. to Eliza Hutchins. Children : Charles B., Arthur L., Dana B. (Wyoming. Minn.), John A., Angie (Mrs. Albert Rickmire. Wyoming, Minn.), Arlita M. (Mrs. William Aney, Wyoming, Minn.).
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DEWITT CLINTON SOURS was born at Troupsville, Canan- daigua county, N. Y. He received his education at Hannibal, Mo., and then learned telegraphy. He came to Minnesota in 1879 and was appointed station agent for the Great Northern Railroad Co. at Anoka Sept. 12, 1886, which position he still holds. He was married in 1880 to Florence I. Thompson. They have one child, Le Roy.
GUY B. STEADMAN, D. D. S.
GUY BENJAMIN STEADMAN, D. D. S. Before engaging in the practice of dentistry in Anoka, Dr. Steadman had spent his whole life in the city of Anoka, excepting that portion occupied in taking the dental course at the Minnesota State University, where he graduated in 1904. As a ground work to his university course he received his training in the schools of Anoka, graduating from the high school in 1901. Dr. Stead- man has a well earned reputation as a musician, has taught the violin for eight years, and is a leader in musical culture.
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He was born at Anoka June 12, 1880. His dental parlors are located in the Phoenix Block, Anoka.
WILLIAM SOWDEN was born in Tavistock, Devonshire, Eng- land, July 14, 1829. He came to America at the age of fourteen and made his home at Stockbridge, Mass., where he learned the trade of a machinist. In 1856 he moved to Milwaukee and three years later to St. Paul, finally settling in Anoka in 1871. where he lived until his death Dec. 12, 1900. He was, during almost the entire period, superintendent of the Reed & Sherwood saw mill. Mr. Sowden was married Oct. 10, 1850, to Anna Webb, who died some years later. July 1, 1865, he was married to Maria Stocking. Children: C. T. (Louisiana), George (Min- neapolis). F. T. ( Montana), Mrs. J. C. Houston, Mrs. George Beardsley ( Fergus Falls), William (St. Paul), H. B. (Walker, Minn., James C. (Grand Rapids, Minn. ).
WILLIAM JOHN SPEISER was born June 29, 1839, in Germany. Followed farming in his native country, and served in the German army from 1860 to 1856, seeing service in the war between Ger- many and Austria in 1866. Came to America immediately after his discharge in the fall of 1866, stopping first in Indiana, then in Michigan and Wisconsin and finally coming to Minnesota and to Centreville in the fall of 1868, settling on the farm in section 29 in October. 1874. He served on the school board in district 52 over twenty years. On the 22d of July, 1870 he married Ro- sina Messersmith of Wurtemburg, Germany. Children: Wil- helmina (deceased), Henry J., Henrietta (deceased), Matilda (deceased ), Rosa and Julia.
WESLEY JOHN SPRINGER was born Mar. 29, 1841, in Calais, Maine. He came to Minnesota about October 15, 1862, and to Anoka about the first of April, 1863. Here he worked at lum- bering, having been log inspector and scaler for the past forty years. For about thirty-six years he inspected logs at the Anoka saw mills for the Mississippi and Rum river Boom Co. during the summer months. During the winters he acted as state deputy scaler. For the past four years Mr. Springer has been devel- oping a farm near Annandale, Minn., his family, however, re- maining in Anoka, in the home which they have occupied for the last twenty-six years. Mr. Springer was married to Mrs.
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Mary Elizabeth Meagher May 10, 1868. Children: Prof. Frank Wesley (University of Minn.), Mattie Gertrude (Mrs. T. E. Hogan), Caleb Dorr (deceased), and Raymond D. N.
HENRY W. STERLING was born in Summerhill, Crawford Co., Penn., Sept 1, 1831. He lived for ten years in Illinois, coming to Anoka May 1, 1866. He followed the express business
HENRY W. STERLING.
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for about five years. Since that he has done teaming and farni- ing. Mr. Sterling was town supervisor of Anoka one year before the city was incorporated, deputy sheriff for three years, and for eight years a member of the board of county com- missioners. He was a delegate to the first Republican state convention, held at Pittsburg, Penn., in 1856, and has voted for every Republican presidential candidate since Fremont.
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He was married July 8, 1858, to Caroline L. Roe. They had one child, Tessa S. (Mrs. Leslie M. Hunt, died Mar. 22, 1891).
JAMES STACK was born in County Kerry, Ireland, in 1833. His first employment in America was in railroading. In October, 1856, he came to Anoka Co., and settled on a farm in section 12, town of Ramsey, where he still lives. He was a member of the school board for twenty years. Mr. Stack was married in September, 1857, to Catherine M. Glynn. Children : John. Margaret, Mary (deceased), James (deceased), George (de- ceased), Philip, Dorothy, Katherine, Henry and Hannah. Mrs. Stack came to Anoka July 18. 1853, her father settling on a claim included in the present Insane Asylum site, where her mother died Dec. 13th, leaving a son five days old, who was the first white child born in the town of Grow.
SAMUEL PATTERSON STARRETT was born Sept. 27, 1835, at Caledonia, N. B., and came to Minnesota in 1856, settling at Monticello, where he farmed for four years, and went to the copper country at Lake Superior. He enlisted for the Civil War in the First Michigan Volunteer Infantry, and served thirteen months. He was shot through the head and lost liis eyesight in battle, was taken prisoner and retained at Libby Prison for a time. He was soon after exchanged and dis- charged and returned to Michigan, where he was nursed back to health and strength. Again he returned to Monticello, where he was married June 2, 1863, to Jane L. Jordan of that place, the girl who remained faithful to vows made before the sad affliction. The couple spent three years in Michigan, but re- moved to Anoka in 1866. Mr. Starrett was appointed post- master Feb. 4, 1868, and served nearly five years. Children : Fannie A., Carrie L. (Mrs. F. A. Piper, Minneapolis), and Alice M.
FRED S. STEWART was born in Tonawanda, Penn., Feb. 6, 1862. Educated at the high school of Tonawanda. He came to Minnesota and to Anoka Co. Apr. 1. 1883, settling in section 12, Oak Grove. Taught school from 1883 to 1886; was ad- mitted to practice in state courts at Anoka Feb. 8, 1889; to practice in U. S. District Court Sept. 13, 1898, and in the U. S. Circuit Court Feb. 24, 1903. For two years he was city attorney
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of Anoka and for three years has been judge of the municipal court. June 30, 1888, he was married to Hattie O. Drew. They have one child, Harrie F.
JOHN STEWART was born in Charlotte Co., New Brunswick, Feb. 15, 1838. He learned the blacksmith's trade and came to Minnesota in 1865, settling five years later at Champlin, where he turned his attention to farming. He was married Nov. 28, 1860, to Mary A. Goss. Children: James P., Augusta A., Gertrude L., Elmer F., Maud (deceased), and Clarence B.
JOSEPH STEWART was born March 17, 1851, in Yorkshire, Cat- taraugus Co., N. Y. His father died when he was three years old and his mother when he was nine, after which he was thrown upon his own resources. He worked on farms in New York state and attended school winters. His sister Frances was married to A. E. Nourse, and when Mr. Nourse came to Anoka in 1870, Mr. Stewart came with them. He worked twenty-one years almost continuously in the Reed & Sherwood mill, and worked in the pineries six winters. He took a home- stead in North Dakota in 1882, which he afterward sold. In IgoI he came to his present farm in the town of Burns. He has 80 acres in section 24. Mr. Stewart was .married Mar. 3, 1873, to Lottie E. Perkins. They have one living child, Ina.
DAVID STUART was born in St. George, New Brunswick, March 16, 1841. There he learned the blacksmith's trade and remained there until 1864, when he removed to St. Francis, Anoka Co., and the following year purchased 160 acres in sec- tion 5, town of Oak Grove, where he still lives. He has been a director of the school board several terms. He was married August 27, 1865, to Eliza Seelye. Children : John C., Leon L., Evalyn, William D. (Eugene, Oregon), La Sells D. (Murphy, Oregon), Eben C. (died Nov. 6, 1897).
SYLVANUS STOCKWELL was born in Sutton, Worcester Co., Mass., March 23, 1824. He received his education in his native state, coming to Minnesota in 1856, and arriving at Anoka May 3Ist of that year, where he has ever since resided. Mr. Stock- well has followed farming for a livelihood nearly all his life. He has served as coroner and deputy sheriff, and was the first
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county treasurer elected by the people after Minnesota was ad- mitted to the Union, serving in that capacity from 1859 to 1861. He was alderman of the city of Anoka from 1885 to 1887. Mr. Stockwell was married Feb. 15, 1853, to Charlotte P. Bowdisin (deceased). Children : Sylvanus Albert, William Wellington, Walter Lincoln and Charlotte S. (See group picture, page 74.)
S. A. STOCKWELL (son of Sylvanus Stockwell) was born at Anoka June 8. 1857. He attended the Anoka high school and taught school three years in Anoka county and counties adjoin- ing. He then entered the employ of the American Express Co., with whom he remained twelve years, removing about 1880 to Minneapolis, where he has since made his home. He was
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special agent of the Provident Life and Trust Co. four years, and in 1896 became general agent for the Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., which position he still holds. In 1890 he was elected to a seat in the Minnesota legislature, and served in the House of Representatives in 1891 and 1897 and in the state Senate in 1899, 1901 and the extra session of 1902. He was the Democratic candidate for Congress from the Fifth district (Hennepin county) in 1900. Mr. Stockwell was married Oct. 4. 1887, to Maud Conkey. Children : Ruth (died Dec. 26, 1899), Charlotte and Elizabeth C.
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CAPT. LEMUEL P. STORMS was born Feb. 25, 1831, at On- ondaga Valley, Onondaga county, New York, and was given his higher education at an academy at Fulton, New York. He came to Anoka in 1883, and was successively in the grocery business, farming, and later was county surveyor (1893 to 1896), and was also county superintendent of schools (1897-8). He enlisted for the Civil War August 5, 1862, and served as private and corporal in Co. A, 110th New York Volunteer Infantry. He also served as A. C. sergeant and second lieutenant in Co. F, First Engineers, Corps d'Afrique (afterwards 95th U. S. I.) (colored). He also served two years as lieutenant and five years as captain in the 48th Regiment N. G. S. of N. Y. (Co. B). He has filled several of the most important offices in the J. S. Cady Post, including adjutant, chaplain, commander, and at the present time (October, 1904) is quartermaster. Capt. Storms was married April 5, 1854, to Deliaette Matteson, and there have been born: Orie Delia (Mrs. Geo. H. Wyman), Lemuel Eldon, Arthur Boardman, Charles Harrison, and Ger- trude Elizabeth (Mrs. Wm. A. Ridley).
WILLIAM A. STONE was born in Sidney, Maine, September 28, 1829. He came to Minnesota in 1856, settling first at Silver Creek, Wright county. In 1870 he purchased the Nathan Shumway farm in the town of Ramsey, where he lived until a few years ago, removing thence to Anoka. Mr. Stone was married August 1, 1852, to Caroline D. Drew. They have two daughters, Mrs. Edgar A. Hibbard and Mrs. Howard H. Bra- deen.
WILLIAM STREETLY was born in Gallowav. Scotland, Aug. 9, 1850. He came to America in 1865, staying one year in St. Johns, New Brunswick, and the next year coming to Anoka. He spent four years exploring lands and with the engineering party surveying the proposed route of the Northern Pacific railroad. He then entered the store of his brother, C. C. Streetly, at St. Francis. In 1889 he started a general store at St. Francis, which he still conducts. He was elected county com- missioner of Anoka county in 1886, and served six years. Has been town clerk of St. Francis since about 1892. He was married in 1883 to Ella E. Murray. Children: Chas. C. and Robert.
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CHARLES SWESO was born in Domgarden, near Berlin, Ger- many, July 8, 1844: came to America in 1858; worked in Chi- cago until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion, when he enlisted in the Tenth Illinois Cavalry, and served something over three years, being in active service a good share of the time, including participation in the battle of Nashville. He returned to Chicago and came to St. Paul in 1866 and took a homestead in the town of Burns in 1868, finally settling on a farm in section 8, where he lived until 1902, when he moved to Anoka. He was married to Clara Johnson Apr. 7, 1870. Children : Edward (died in July, 1873), Emma, Fred, George, Albert and Leonard.
HORACE W. TAYLOR was born in the town of Stark, Som- erset Co., Maine, Nov. 21, 1816. After becoming of age he went to New Brunswick and engaged in logging and lum- bering. In 1850 he came to Minnesota and settled on the west side of Rum river at what was called the Upper Ford, where the old Red river trail crossed the river. When the land was surveyed he found himself on a school section, and he moved across to the opposite side of the river to the land now occupied by the insane asylum buildings, selling the buildings he had erected on the west side to Harvey Richards, who pur- chased the land. He continued to work this farm until his death April 15, 1893. He was married in June, 1842, to Susan E. Branch. Children: Sophronia M. (Mrs. M. A. Hutchins), Alexia A. (died 1872), Georgia C. (Mrs. Judson Davis), Avis M. (Mrs. B. F. Ortman, Buffalo, N. Y.), Horatio R. (Syr- acuse, Kan.), Etta M. (Mrs. C. E. Hughes, died Jan., 1894), Horace B. (Portland, Ore.), Verne W. (Bellingham, Wash.). (See group picture, page 74.)
MATTHEW F. TAYLOR was born at St. George, New Bruns- wick, Jan 2, 1837. His grandfather was a native of Massa- chusetts and served with the patriot army through the war of the Revolution. He afterward moved to Maine, where his son Matthew was born. Matthew Taylor enlisted in the war of 1812, and served as a captain of artillery throughout that war. In later years he removed to New Brunswick, where the subject of this sketch, Matthew F. Taylor, was born. At the age of fourteen young Taylor came to Minnesota, reaching
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Rum river Nov. 3. 1851. With three others he measured off a claim in what is now the town of Dayton in 1855, and as soon as he became of age filed upon it. He still lives on land ad- joining his original claim. May 23, 1861, he enlisted in Co. E of the First Minnesota Regiment, and served until the original regiment was mustered out May 6, 1864. He was in the en- gagements at Fair Oaks, Savage Station, Glendale, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Antietam, Fredericksburg (Dec. 13, 1862), Fredericksburg (May 3, 1863), Gettysburg, and some ten smaller battles. He was wounded at Antietam, and in the terrible charge at Gettysburg, was so severely wounded that he was unable to do further duty as a soldier. Mr. Taylor was married in November, 1865, to Helen A. Tilton. Children : Henry L., Alden F., and Arthur L. (South Park, Seattle Wash.). (See portrait, page 49.)
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