History of Fillmore County, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, Part 71

Author: Edward D. Neill
Publication date: 1882
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The officers for 1882 are: Mayor, G. W. Hard; Aldermen, J. O. Brien, Ole Nelson, W. E. Bige- low, Henry Newman, and J. P. Tibbetts; Treas- urer, E. Lint; Recorder, F. E. Bennett; Marshal, John Garletz. It will be observed that one mem- ber of the board chosen at the first election still retains his position as an alderman.

PRESTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS.

The commencement of the project of the Preston graded schools was in the spring of 1865. The citizens, after discussing the matter, came to the conclusion that the plan was practical, and deter- mined to carry it through. On the 20th of March, 1865, notice was given to all concerned that there would be held a meeting to determine whether the enterprise met with the approval of all; for this purpose the polls were opened on Saturday the 1st of April, 1865, and the count showed that there were seventeen in favor of, and two opposed to the enterprise. Now that the measure had the approval of such a large majority, it became only a question of time as to when the matter would be finally closed up and Preston would have a graded school. A board of directors was appointed, who 'took the necessary steps to have District No. 45 re- organized as an independent district in due form. The following were the members of the first board of Directors elected: D. B. Coleman, President; N. P. Colburn, Treasurer; W. T. Wilkins, Secre- tary; S. B. Murrell, Thomas Quinn, S. M. Shuck. The school, in the meantime, was taught in the building now occupied by the Methodist Church.

At a meeting of the board on the 29th of May, 1867, it was determined by them to build a new

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schoolhouse, and at the same meeting decided to issue bonds to pay for material and for building the same. Thus the matter was closed up, and they at once issued bonds of the district to the amount of $5,000. One year later they issued ad- ditional bonds to the amount of $2,000, all bear- ing interest at the rate of ten per cent. The bal- ance of $3,000 was paid in cash, the building, when completed, having cost about $10,000.

The school has since proved an entire success, and under judicious management has prospered and grown to be a credit to the citizens of Preston who were the instigators of it, and pride of the county at large.

The school building is a large, square building, built of brick, and two stories high, with one gen- eral hall entry. The building contains three large, well proportioned rooms, thoroughly venti- lated, and each containing the necessary appa- ratus.

On the lower floor is found the primary depart- ment. This is presided over by Miss Jennie Foote, who is the latest acquisition to the teaching force of the school, this being her first term there. She has about eighty scholars to manage and in- struct in the lower branches of study.

Adjoining the primary department on the lower floor is the intermediate department, under the supervision of Mr. E. T. Clark. Mr. Clark has been employed in this department for the past two years, and has been engaged by the board for the ensuing term. This room enrolls about seventy scholars.

The second story of the building is occupied by the higher department, which is presided over by the principal of the schools, Prof. P. H. Brady. Mr. Brady is an able and industrious worker in the schools, and a marked evidence that his labors, as principal of the school, have been satisfactory and efficient, is found in the fact that he has been re- tained in his present capacity for the past six years, and engaged for the ensuing year. He has an able assistant in Mrs. G. A. Smith, who has also been employed in the school for the. past six years. This department enrolls about eighty-five soholars. The entire number of scholars enrolled is 235.

The following are the salaries paid the present teachers per month: Primary, $40; Intermediate, $40; Principal's assistant, $40; Principal, $100.

The following are the names of the Preston

school board for 1882: N. P. Colburn, Presi- dent; W. W. Fife, Treasurer; C. H. Conkey, Sec- retary ; W. W. Braden, J. O'Brien, and Thomas Quinn.

POST-OFFICE.

The Post-office was established in 1855, in Preston, the first Postmaster being Luther Pres- ton, in honor of whom the town was named. He was a millwright and a good mechanic, and a gentleman of honor and integrity, but during his administration there were some postal irregulari- ties; there was some robbing of the mails, which was traced to this office, and he was arrested and tried and sent to State Prison, although the belief is universal that he was not the guilty party. Taking all the facts and circumstances into con- sideration, which, however, it would be unpleasant to recapitulate here, it is certain that his remain- ing dumb before his accusers, and submitting to bear the punishment and obloquy of the crime, was an act of heroism which is as rare as it is shocking to our sentiments of justice. As a slight measure of reparation he was soon pardoned.

The Postmasters to follow him were: T. J. Eames, D. B. Coleman, W. B. Conkey, and B. S. Loomis, the present holder of the mail pouch key, who was appointed on the 1st of January, 1874.

The office was opened as a money order office on the 4th of October, 1867. The first order sold was to T. Kemp for $30, payable to J. W. Toms, La Crosse, Wisconsin. During that month twenty orders were issued. The stamps and envelopes now sold amount to about $220 a month. From a weekly service it now receives two or three or more mails each day.

MANUFACTURING.

PRESTON WOOLEN FACTORY .-- The construction of this mill was started by Wayback & Schweitzer in 1857, and commenced operations the next year in wool carding, and a wood-turning lathe was also put in. Mr. B. S. Loomis at first had charge of the mill. In 1861, it was leased by Wallace & Wheeler who put in machinery for manufacturing woolen fabrics and yarn. In 1863, the firm pur- chased the concern, and in 1869, C. A. Wheeler be- came sole proprietor.

In 1874, a feed-mill was added, driven by the same power as the other machinery, which is the south branch of the Root River, that furnishes here a fall of seven or eight feet. The establishment

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has been so managed that it is a paying property.

BRICKMAKING .- A brick-yard was established in 1856, by a man named Webb, from Canada. In 1859, the business passed into the hands of Alex- ander White. Beginning in 1861, Mr. F. Cole- man, since deceased, burned brick until about 1867. His widow still owns the property, but no brick have been made here since 1870. It had a capacity of 20,000 a year.

Another brickyard was established about 1864, by William Davis, with a capacity of 150,000 a year; it was in active operation three or four years. Mr. Shields took charge of the business in 1876, and has since that supplied the demand for brick.

In 1878, another yard was started, and run for about two years. These yards are west of the town, where there is good material.

THE PRESTON BREWERY .- This establishment was started in the year 1859, by Messrs. Somers & Lint, who managed it for several years, when it passed into the hands of Mr. J. Hach, who oper- ated it until about 1874, when Mr. Smith became the purchaser, and it is now in the possession of his widow. In the summer of 1878, it was closed, although at one time it was considered worth $12,000, which was refused for the property.

HOTELS.

MINNESOTA HOUSE .- Built in 1857. Mr. Joseph Ober is the proprietor.

THE STANWIX HOTEL .-- This was built at an early day by John Kaercher. It has been kept by var- ious parties at different times. At one time Fifield & Wilkins were the proprietors. In December 1866, Morse & Son took charge of it. In the fall of 1879, James P. Tibbetts became the proprietor, and the name was changed to the 'l'ibbetts House, and under his supervision it was remodeled and enlarged, and was under the care of Mr. N. B. Roberts until April, 1882, when Mr. Charley Wal- ter became proprietor. It is a large and commo- dious house.

RIDING PARK AND FAIR GROUNDS.

In 1872, these grounds were laid out by Judge Basset and others, upon land formerly owned by Mrs. Barbara Schweitzer, but now owned by the vil- lage of Preston, and consist of thirty acres. The property has been leased by the County Agricul- tural Society, which usually holds its annual fair here.

BANKING.

The first bank in this village was opened in the fall of 1866, by J. C. Easton, of Chatfield. It was managed by J. C. Braden, who was the cashier. In 1869, A. H. Butler and J. B. Viall opened a bank in the Treasurer's office, in which Mr. Easton had an interest, and at one time it was Easton & But- ler. In 1872, it ceased to do business, Mr. Butler having died. In 1873, Mr. J. C. Easton again opened a bank here, but it remained open but a few months. William Bradbury was the man- ager. In April, 1875, Henry R. Wells instituted the Preston Bank. Charles Webb is manager, Charles Schoenbaum, cashier, and Fletober Tink- ham, assistant. The bank does a large business.

LIBRARY ASSOCIATION.

About the 1st of January, 1867, a Library Association was started in Preston. The officers were: President, H. A. Billings; Vice-President, Reuben Wells; Librarian, J. C. Braden; Secretary, E. M. Murtrie; Treasurer, J. B. Viall; Directors, Rev. J. E. Burbank and D. B. Coleman. There is now a regular debating club here.

CORNET BAND.

A Cornet Band was organized in 1875. The fol- lowing musicians were some of its members: A. H. Kramer, C. H. Jacobson, M. C. Ford, L. A. Kingsbury, H. S. Loomis, G. H. Ward, J. R. Mur- rel, M. H. Anstett, O. B. Loomis, and Charles Webber.

LITERARY ASSOCIATION.

In 1876, an association for mutual improvement was formed. Among those interested were N. P. Colburn, Mrs. E. Benedict, Miss Ida Butler, Prof. J. Brady, H. S. Bassett, Mrs. F. C. Stowe, D. W. Sprague, Miss Florence Benedict and many others.

MASONIC.

PRESTON LODGE No. 36 .- The first meeting of the Lodge was on Wednesday evening, the 27th of March, 1861. . The following brothers were charter members: J. F. Marsh, W. M .; Abraham Kalder, S. W .; S. B. Murrell, J. W .; A. B. Tillot- son, T .; J. H. Calkins, Sec .; H. A. Billings, S. D .; Thomas Quinn, J. D .; Amos Rose, Ty .; H. D. Bristol, G. W. Willis, D. Dauchey, D. L. Bryant.

H. C. Marsh was the first applicant for the de- grees.

The second meeting of the lodge was on the 3d

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of April, 1861, when Charles E. Coloney, H. C. Marsh, W. F. Wilkins, and John S. Marsh received the first degree.

During the existence of the lodge there have been eleven Masters as follows: Josiah F. Marsh, William T. Wilkins, Harrison A. Billings, James C. Braden, Henry R. Wells, Abram Kalder, Henry S. Bassett, Giles A. Baker, W. W. Braden, and O. H. Jacobson.

The following brothers have been Treasurers: A. B. Tillotson, Thomas Quinn, Wm. W. Fife for four- teen years, and Charles Webb.

The secretaries have been: James H. Calkins, Wm. H. Roberts, A. S. Lindsey, Edwin J. Thomp- son, Abram Bergen, James Murray, Luther M. Ober, Charles H. Conkey, J. Burke Viall, Horace A. Todd, J. H. Larson, H. S. Bassett, L. M. Conkey, Abram Kalder.

The Chaplains have been: Harrison A. Billings, James H. White, Reuben Wells, M. D. Terwilliger, and R. Wells again for the past ten years.

The lodge has had a total of 219 members and the present number is 114.

The present officers are: O. H. Jacobson, W. M .; G. W. Hard, S. W .; M. C. Ford, J. W .; Charles Webb, T .; A. Kalder, Sec .; A. D. Gray, S. D .; M. F. Thiem, J. D .; E. Lint, Ty. This lodge has furnished two Grand Masters for the State, and has a good standing in the order.

PRESTON ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 32 .- Insti- tuted on the 16th of March, 1876. The following were the officers and charter members; H. A. Bill- ings, H. P .; W. W. Braden, K .; L. O. Hamre, S .; W. W. Fife, T .; L. M. Conkey, Sec .; H. R. Wells, W. B. Elsworth, A. Ferguson, J. A. Ross, John Finn, O. H. Case, D. Shears. It now has thirty- three members.

The officers of the chapter for 1882 are: A. Kalder, H. P .; L. O. Hamre, K .; R. Wells, S .; W. W. Fife, T .; L. M. Conkey, Sec .; O. H. Jacobson, C. of H .; G. W. Hard, P. S .; G. A. Love, R. A. C. The meetings are held in the Masonic Hall, and the institution is in a good condition.

ODD FELLOWS.

PRESTON LODGE No. 11 .- Instituted on the 21st of April, 1858, with the following as prominent officers: T. J. Eames, S. B. Murrell, Wm. W. Fife, David C. Kerr, and Abram Kalder.

Up to 1882 the lodge has had twenty-two Past Grands, and has initiated 203 members. The present officers are: George Renner, N. G .; Jacob

O. Hagen, V. G .; H. C, Poole, T,; George A. Love, P. S .; C. H. Jacobson, R. S. The lodge has a good hall, and own the whole building and lot with other property. It is in good financial con- dition with sixty-four members.

PRESTON ENCAMPMENT NO. 16 .- Was first insti- tuted in 1879, at Lanesboro, and in March, 1880, removed to Preston. It has twenty-eight mem- bers. The present officers are: Thomas Wright, C. P .; George Renner, S. W .; C. H. Jacobson, F. S .; G. A. Love, S.

PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.

PRESTON GRANGE .- This institution, when it was first organized, had quite a number of granges in the county, with a large membership, which included some of the best farmers and lead- ing men among the industrial classes.

At Preston the grange was instituted on the 3d of October, 1872, but as it is understood that the meetings have been discontinued the names of the officers will not be printed.

RELIGIOUS.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH .- This society has a good, susbtantial brick church, and a te- ported membership of sixty-one. At present there is no pastor, but the Sunday-school is kept up and occasional services are held.

ITS EARLY HISTORY.

During the month of January, 1864, the atten- tion of Rev. E. D. Holt, pastor of the Presbyter- ian Church at Chatfield, was called to the condi- tion of affairs in Preston with a view of organiz- ing a church there. They invited Rev. A. G. Ral- iffson, State Agent of Home Missions, to visit the place, which he did in February, 1864, and after a thorough and prayerful examination of the con- ditions and wants of the locality, decided to com- mence the preparatory work. Mr. Holt was ap- pointed to begin holding meetings in April, but he was taken sick and died, and a new arrange- ment had to be entered into, Mr. Ruliffson himself coming and laboring until June, 1865, when Rev. D. L. Kiehle, of Dansville, New York, commenced his labors among this people.

On Sunday, the 28th of July, 1865, the church was duly organized, the Rev. Mr. Ruliffson preaching the sermon. Jonas Conkey, E. J. Thompson, and Joseph Pickett, were ordained as ruling elders. The first communicants were the

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ruling Elders and William McIlvane, Jarvis Bill- ings, Thomas Watson, Catharine McMurtrie, Nancy Watson, Mary Preston, Louisa McIlvane, Ellen P. Thompson, and perhaps a few others. On the 4th of March, 1866, the church had a total membership of twenty-eight.

The society, as a legal body, was organized at the Court House on the 19th of February, 1866, and the following officers were duly elected: Dr. L. Redmon, President; A. Bergen, Secretary; Alexander Galbraith, E. McMurtrie, H. A. Billings, E. J. Thompson, and William P. Conkey, Trustees. On the 21st of February the articles of agreement were duly executed. At a meeting on the 30th of April, 1866, the trustees were authorized to buy a lot, and they were instructed to proceed to erect ?? church according to certain plans and specifica- tions. On the 7th of May the trustess reported that the lot was secured, and the Rev. Mr. Kiehle . was sent on a pilgrimage to his friends in the east, to secure funds to build the edifice. The church was finally completed in 1868, and occupied for public worship. On the 8th of November the church was dedicated and the whole Methodist congregation turned out, and the pastor, Rev. Mr. Shaw, assisted in the services.

Rev. D. L. Kiehle remained as pastor until the summer of 1875, when he was succeeded by Rev. S. F. Drew, who remained until July, 1881, when he, having resigned, surrendered charge of the church.

Previous to the time when this sketch com- mences, in 1856 or the next year, there had been services here by the Rev. Mr. Frothingham and Rev. Mr. Jackson, who, to some extent, prepared the way for those who followed during the next decade.

THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH .- The first regular appoinment for Preston was in 1856, when the Rev. John L. Dyer was stationed here by the Winona Conference, to which the village was and still is attached. The following is a list of the regular appointments from the first: John L. Dyer, Z. C. Norton, Nahum Tainter, Ira Elling- wood, James Door, James A. White, W. C. Shaw, M. D. Terwilliger, J. M. Rogers, A. B. Bishop, Bailey Blain, W. M. Bowdish, and J. J. Crist, who has been here since 1880. Rev. Ira Ellingwood, who was here in 1860, afterward joined the United Brethren. In 1864, when Rev. John Door was pastor, a parsonage was built, 16x24 feet, and one

and a half stories in height. In 1867, while Rev. James A. White was here, the village schoolhouse was purchased and fitted up for a church. While Mr. Bishop was here, in 1875, the parsonage was enlarged and improved. The records of the church show 100 baptisms. The whole number of marriages reported as solemnized by the various preachers is 139. The largest fee ever received was $15, and the smallest $1. In one case the minister mournfully reported that he rode sixteen miles on a cold, bleak day, and received $3. At another time the minister had a hard, rough ride of fifty miles, and was rewarded with $5.

There is a Sunday-school and regular service each Sunday.

GERMAN EVANGELICAL ASSOCIATION, ZION CHURCH .- The first preaching was in 1857, by Rev. Leonard Vonwald, of Wisconsin, in private houses. There is a regular conference with four districts in the State, and Zion Church belongs to the Mankato district, the only one in the county . It was organized in 1858, Rev. George Vonshen, of Wisconsin, was the first pastor, who remained until 1860. Afterwards Rev. W. Stegner, Rev. H. Kleinsorge, Rev. T. N. Long, Rev. Mr. Vonwald, Rev. George Jahn, Rev. John Trehmell, and Rav. Mr. Knebel officiated. The present pastor is Rev. J. L. Stegner.

A small stone church was built in 1859, and a new brick church in 1875, at a cost of $3,000. It also has a parsonage. There is a membership of 112 here and in outlying stations.

GERMAN LUTHERAN EVANGELICAL .- During the early days of this congregation, meetings were held in the Court House. In 1875, the church was built, and dedicated on the 1st of August. Rev. M. Reck, Rev. S. Hertrich, and Rev. O. Hark- man, have been pastors. Rev. F. Kuete is the present minister.

ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC .- The first service was in 1857, in the house of Mr. J. O'Brien by Rev. Father O'Farrell, and from that time services were irregularly held until October, 1878, when the church was regularly organized, and they built a church at a cost of $2,000. There is an actual membership of forty persons. The first pastor was Rev. Father McDavid. Rev. Father Cogan is the present priest.

CEMETERIES.

Lastly in the history of Preston we come to the burial places and find that there are three within the corporate limits.

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ST. JOSEPH'S CEMETERY .- This is in charge of the Catholic church, and was laid out in the fall of 1879, the first burial being the remains of Mrs. Anton Ibach, in November, 1879. The lot con- tains two acres, and is located in the northeast quarter of section six. The land was bought of Michael Metcalf. Before this was set aside as a cemetery, the Catholics buried their dead in Cari- mona.

GERMAN LUTHERAN CEMETERY. - This adjoins the other on the east and also contains about two acres. In 1861, it was first used as a burial place. Mr. Jonas Conkey was the first to have his mortal remains deposited on this spot, and many others have followed him here.

THE HILL CEMETERY comes next to be des- cribed. There is no organization and hardly a name for this picturesque spot, on the hill across the river where it is located. The remains of Mrs. Johan Kaercher, in 1858, was the first to be interred here, and now there are about twenty headstones, showing Preston's loss and immortality's gain.

Quite a number of individuals and incidents connected with the history of Preston, are men- tioned in the general article on the county and in the current events, where they may be perused by the reader who is disappointed in not finding them here.

BIOGRAPHICAL.

JOHN BRADY was born in Columbia county, Wis- consin, on the 14th of January, 1851. He was reared on a farm and attended the public schools until entering the State University. After com- pleting his education he came to Minnesota and taught school in Winona and Wabasha counties until 1874, when he ceme to Fillmore county and had charge of the high school of Preston for two years. He then engaged in Rushford, and in 1877, was elected County Superintendent of Schools, hav- ing since filled the office with much credit to him- self and satisfaction the public.

J. S. BENEDICT dates his birth the 22d of July, 1822, in Onondaga county, New York, where he was reared on a farm. When twenty years old he went to Ohio and was engaged in the hotel busi- ness for several years. On the 29th of May, 1842, he was joined in wedlock with Miss Elizabeth J. Smith, of Lima, Livingston county, New York. They had one child, a daughter, born in July, 1846, and died in August, 1881. In 1850, Mr. Benedict made a trip to California and worked in the mines

for three years, then returned to Ohio and resided on a farm. He afterward lived in Wisconsin, and for seven years had charge of a hotel, coming to this place in 1864. For several years he was en- gaged in the livery business, and in 1877, bought the Preston and Isinour's stage route which he has since continued.

S. C. BARTON, an active resident and one of the leading business men of this county, was born in Clinton, Kennebec county, Maine, on the 9th of February, 1818. When he was eight years old his father died, leaving his mother with a family of six children, in destitute circumstances. S. C., the eldest, was employed by farmers in the vicinity of his home until the age of eighteen years, when he commenced learning the millwright trade in Waterville, in the same county. He migrated to Michigan in 1839, when there were not one hun- dred miles of railroad on the entire route. The following year he went to St. Louis, Missouri, and thence to Illinois where he had charge of the first Hlouring mill erected at Springfield in that State. In 1843, he went to Wisconsin, and soon after, in company with D. R. Burt, built a flouring mill at Waterloo, near Potosi, which they operated for several years. In 1849, he became a victim of the gold fever then prevailing, and crossed the plains to California, where he was engaged in mining for two years with very good success. He then re- turned to Grant county, Wisconsin, and engaged in milling near Platteville with N. W. Bass, for whom he had formerly built a flouring mill. In 1855, he moved to LaCrosse which was his home for about eight years, being engaged in real es- tate business. In 1864, he made another trip west, going with an ox team to Idaho where he re- mained for two years, then returned to LaCrosse. He subsequently took charge of the building of a large saw-mill at Hannibal, Missouri. In 1867, he came to Fillmore county, and erected, at Rush- ford, a flouring mill for B. D. Sprague, in which he afterwards became a partner. He retained this interest for several years, and at the same time, in company with J. C. Easton, owned and operated a flour-mill at Peterson. The later was burned in 1877, with no insurance, after which Mr. Barton had charge of the Peterson steam mill, with A. H. Kramer as a partner. In 1880, he took a running interest in the Kramer mill near Preston, and is also one of the leading men in the Creamery now being built at the latter place.

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NATHAN PIERCE COLBURN, son of Abel and De- borah (Phelps) Colburn, was born in Hebron, Grafton county, New Hampshire, on the 22d of December, 1825. His father was a soldier in the last war with England, and his maternal grand- father, Samuel Phelps, participated in the revolu- tionary war. The subject of this sketch attended the common schools of Campton and the village of Plymouth, New Hampshire, until he was about fifteen years of age, when he removed to Quincy, Massachusetts, and was the following year appren- ticed to George Badger, of Reading, at the cabi- net-maker's trade, which business he followed for nearly twelve years in Reading and Boston. Ill health, resulting from close confinement during the day, and perhaps too close application to books during the evenings, compelled him to abandon the business, and in 1854, he was ap- pointed Deputy Sheriff of Middlesex county, which position he held until he removed to Min- nesota in the fall of 1855. In the winter of 1855- 56, he and his brother, Joseph R. Colburn, built a steam saw-mill at Waukokee, one of the first mills. of the kind in Fillmore county, and was engaged in the lumber business until the spring of 1857. Having, while Deputy Sheriff in Massachusetts, spent all his spare time in reading law, and hav- ing a liking for it, he sold out his interest in the lumber business to his brother in April, 1857, and resumed his reading in the law office of H. C. But- ler, Esq., of Carimona, and was admitted to the bar at Preston, in October, 1857. In June, 1858, he removed to Preston with his family opened an office and has remained there ever since in con- stant and successful practice, except one year spent in the army. In early life Mr. Colburn had a taste for military affairs, and at the age of twen- two-years was elected Lieutenant of an Infantry company in Reading, Massachusetts, which he as- sisted in organizing; at twenty-four he was pro- moted to Major of the Fourth Regiment of Infan- try; and at twenty-five was elected Colonel of the Seventh Regiment which position he held about five years, and until his removal to the West. This regiment was spoken of in the reports of the Adjutant General during those five years as one of the finest and best disciplined in the State. In 1861, Col. Colburn was tendered the appointment of Major of the Second Minnesota, but as he could not consistently accept at that time, declined the appointment. In August, 1862, he raised and or-

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History of Fillmore County, Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, Part 71

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Author: Edward D. Neill
Publication date: 1882
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