History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, Part 110

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago, H.C. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1264

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with much success. He also deals in coal and wood, owns eighteen horses and employs a number of men. His office is at 209-211 Broadway. Mr. Glardon is a director of the Modern Woodmen, in which society he has occupied all the chairs. He is a Democrat in politics, and the family faith is that of the Epis- copal church. William P. Glardon was married in April, 1883, to Caroline Lillienthal, of White Water, Wis., daughter of Will- iam Lillienthal, natives of Germany, who came to the United States in 1870 and located at Rome, Wis., where the father worked as a stone mason. Mr. and Mrs. Lillienthal now live at Palmyra, Wis. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Glardon has been blessed with six children: Jessie M., born July 28, 1884; Walter E., born October 14, 1885; Mollie, born May 3, 1887; Frances, born October 19, 1890; Margaret, born August 9, 1895, and Will- iam D., born August 9, 1898. The family residence is a pretty home at 468 Seventh street. Mr. Glardon has three brothers, all living in Red Wing. They are George, Walter and Frederick.

Frank M. Wilson, attorney at law, Red Wing, was born in New Albany. Ind .. March 30, 1845, son of II. B. Wilson, a native of Maine, and Mary J. Chandler Wilson, a native of Virginia. He came to Red Wing as a boy in 1858, and after attending the public schools, entered Hamline University. In 1862-63 he at- tended the West Point Military Academy, at West Point, New York. Later he took a course at the University of Indiana, at Bloomington, Ind, His law education was obtained in Milan, Ind., in the middle sixties, his preceptor being Steven Harding, afterward governor and chief justice of Iowa. Mr. Wilson then returned to Red Wing, where he has since practiced law. He was married in 1875 to Clotilde Marconier, by whom he has one son. Horace A .. born August 1, 1878. now a leading attorney of Seattle, Wash. Mrs. Clotilde Wilson died in 1879 and in 1883 Mr. Wilson married Emma Heising, by whom he has one son, Harry, born July 22, 1884. now of the firm of Angstine & Wilson, Red Wing hardware merchants. Mr. Wilson served in the legis- lature in 1893-95, was county attorney in the eighties and city attorney at various times. He has been a delegate to many con- ventions, both county and state. Hle belongs to the Masons and the Elks.

Arthur P. Pierce, the genial mayor of Red Wing. has occu- pied the mayoralty chair of the city for a longer period than any other man in its history. He is of New England parentage, born in Hudson. N. H., November 10. 1855, son of John Preble Pierce and Martha Ellen (Chase) Pierce. As a small boy he came to what was then the village of Red Wing and lived with his uncle, the banker. J. C. Pierce. He attended the schools of Red Wing and in 1875 graduated from the Shattuck School at

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Faribault. After a number of years as bank clerk in Zumbrota and also in the Bank of Pierce, Simmons & Co., of Red Wing, he started in the insurance business, which he has since continued, having an office on Main street. In 1893 he was first elected mayor and since that date has served continuously with the ex- ception of the term 1899-01, when E. H. Blodgett served: and 1901-03, when John H. Rich served. He was commissioned first captain of Company G, First Minnesota National Guards, at the organization of the company and remained in that office until Jume 13, 1887, when he was promoted to major. Subsequently he was promoted to lieutenant colonel, resigning in 1894. Later he again entered the local company and served as captain from January 6, 1902, to July 7. 1905, when he retired from the ser- vice. Mayor Pierce was the fourth president of the Commercial Club and in this capacity he has served several years. He has also been fleet captain of the yacht club for several years. In addition to these two organizations, he belongs to the Elks. He married Jennie C. Cummings, of Windsor, Vt. This union has been blessed with four children, as follows: George; Kate, now Mrs. Fred Seebach ; Marian, now traveling in Europe, and Ray- mond, who attends the public schools. Several years ago. Mr. Pierce was elected secretary of the Red Wing Building Associa- tion, a position he still retains. The story of the growth and development of Red Wing under his administration, as well as the account of the beautifying of the Mississippi levee, which was his pet project, is told elsewhere in this history with the records of the municipal government of the city.

David Middleton Neill, manager of the Red Wing Telephone Company, was born in Perthshire. Scotland, February . 2, 1852, and came to America with his parents, John and Margaret (More- land) Neill, in 1860. They 'located in Montgomery county, New York, where the father was a contractor for the structural iron works for one year, after which they migrated west and settled in Columbia county, Wisconsin, and engaged in farming. The father died in June, 1879, and the mother in 1903. David M. Neill received his education in the district school and later at- tended the high school at Portage, Wis. He then entered the drug store of Purdy & Merrill at Portage, with whom he re- mained eleven years, after which he went into the same business for himself at Big Stone City, N. D. In 1883 he sold out and engaged in the lumber business at Ortonville, becoming super- intendent of all retail yards for the Charles Betcher Lumber Company of Red Wing. In 1886 he came to Red Wing, where he held a similar position in the same firm. He became manager of the Red Wing Manufacturing Company in 1889, and subse- quently became president of the company. He severed his con-

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nection with the company in 1904 and organized the Red Wing Telephone Company of Red Wing, December 15 of that year, being elected secretary, treasurer and manager at its incorpora- tion. In 1908 Mr. Neill was elected president of the Minnesota Federation of Commercial Clubs and was re-elected in 1909. He has served as president of the Red Wing Commercial Club. and in September, 1909, was appointed by Governor Eberhardt as a member of the Governor John A. Johnson Memorial Commission. Mr. Neill was married May 20, 1875, to Alice A. Purdy, of Fox Lake, Wis .. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Purdy. and to them have been born three children : Edmund P .. July 26, 1877, now advertising representative of the Billings "Gazette and Journal" at Billings. Mont. : Victor S., born April 20. 1884. now engaged with his father as assistant manager and chief inspector of the Red Wing Telephone Company, and Margaret 1., born October 6, 1890, who is attending the Lutheran Ladies' Seminary. In politics. Mr. Neill is a Republican and in religion a member of the Presbyterian church. He was a member of the board of public works in 1907. and was one of the organizers of the library board, of which he was the first president.

Charles J. Sargent, cashier of the Goodhue County National Bank of Red Wing, was born in Mower county. Minnesota, Sep- tember 13, 1872, son of Millard H. and Elizabeth . (Decker) Sar- gent, natives of New York and Pennsylvania respectively. They migrated west in 1858. and located in Mower county. where they engaged in general farming. and where they still reside. Charles J. received his education in the public schools of his neighbor- hood. attended the high school of Austin and upon completing his studies entered the First National Bank of Austin, with which he remained until 1906, when he resigned his position as teller and came to Red Wing to assume the responsible position of cashier of the Goodhue County National Bank, which posi- tion he still holds. He is also secretary, treasurer and one of the trustees of the Goodhue County Savings Bank. During his resi- denee here he has shown his public spirit by associating himself with the Red Wing Commercial Club, and has taken an active interest in the Civic League, of which he was president in 1908. He is a member of the M. W. A., and belongs to the Presbyterian church, in which he takes an active interest. In September 4. 1895. Mr. Sargent was married to Katherine Fox, of Austin, Minn., and they have two children. Ruth A .. born September 30, 1899, and Ralph M .. born May 10, 1904. The family resides in a nice home at 718 East avenue.

Ole A. Strand, of Minneola township. now deceased, was a sturdy old Norse pioneer, born in Hallingdahl. Norway, in 1843. IIe came to the United States with his parents, arriving July 4,

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1856. The family located on section 34, Minneola township, and in the old homestead both parents passed away. Ole A. Strand was raised on the farm and until the outbreak of the Civil War, remained with his parents, or worked for the neighboring farm- ers. In August, 1862, he enlisted in Captain Williston's com- pany, which became Company G, Seventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. He was a bugler and served much of the time at brigade headquarters. At the battle of Nashville he carried dispatches amid scenes of the greatest danger. Ile was mustered out with his company, August 16, 1865, at Fort Snelling, and then returned to his farm, carrying on general farming and stock raising for the remainder of his life. Ile met an untimely death in Zumbrota, September 20, 1906, as the result of bursting a blood vessel during a runaway. Mr. Strand was married to Brethea Lysne, daughter of Ole T. Lysne, a native of Norway. Mrs. Strand was born in Norway in 1845 and came to this coun- try with her parents in 1856. being one of thirteen children. Mr. and Mrs. Strand had eleven children, five of whom are dead. The living are : Matilda A .; Alfred: Annie, wife of P. A. Hen- ning, to whom she has borne one -child, Orrin ; Selma, now Mrs. Woodbury; Oscar B .. a graduate of the law department of the Minnesota State University; Carl I., a graduate of the Zumbrota high school. Mrs. Strand is still living on the home place, which is managed by the son Alfred. During his life Ole A. Strand served many years on the school board of district 138 and was a thorough believer in education. He served some time as super- visor and was chairman of his township at the time of his death. He was a hard working man, thoroughly respected and well liked throughout the county and township.

James D. Grover, Zumbrota, is a native-born son of this county, having first seen the light of day in Zumbrota, Mareh 29, 1872. Since that date he has continued to make his residenee in the village of his birth. His parents, Barker C. and Lizzie Grover, came here in the early post-bellum days. The former was born in Bethal, Oxford county, Maine, in 1840, and there in 1863 married Lizzie Rose, who was born in Plymouth, Mass .. in 1840. Together they came to this eounty in April, 1868, and here B. C. Grover became a prominent resident, taking up farm- ing and the livery business. He has served in the legislature and held many other positions of public trust and honor. James D. attended the graded and high schools of Zumbrota and took up work in his father's stable, in which employment he has since remained, being now part owner of the stable, the firm name be- ing B. C. Grover & Son. The subject of this sketch served five years in the national guard and has been constable eight years. IIe

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votes the Republican ticket, and belongs to the Masons and the Woodmen. Ile was married. May 25, 1904. to Elina S. Stageberg.

A. G. Henderson, for twenty-five years a prominent clothing merchant of Red Wing, was born in Stavenger, Norway, Janu- ary 6, 1844, and there received his boyhood education. At the age of thirteen years he came to America and remained for a considerable period. In 1875 he engaged in the clothing busi- ness in Red Wing and after twenty-five years of active commer- cial life, retired. He died September 23, 1907, as the result of a stroke of apoplexy. - Mr. Henderson was interested in various business enterprises, and had a part in starting several of the important industries in the city. He was shrewd and frugal, and thus accumulated a fortune estimated at between $300,000 and $500,000. He had the faculty of looking into the future, and was a thorough believer in Red Wing as a future commer- cial center. Mr. Henderson is survived by two children, Mrs. L. M. Koons, of Minneapolis, and George Norman, also of that city. J. Adolph, another son, died in the spring of 1909.

William Hennings, a hard working farmer of Goodhue town- ship, was born in Germany, April 15, 1845, and there received his education. He came to America in 1857 after the death of his mother, with his father, and assisted on the home farm until 1868, when he purchased eighty aeres in Goodhne township, where he has since continued to reside. He has increased his Goodhue farm to 24612 acres and in addition to this owns a half section elsewhere. Ile carries on general farming and stock rais- ing on a large scale, having met with considerable success. He has served one term as supervisor of his township and six years as a member of the school board. Mr. Hennings votes independ- ently, and belongs to the I. O. O. F. By his wife, Catherine, whom he married September 17. 1871, he has had eight children : Annie Maria: Frederick ; Sophia; W. IT .: Louisa C .; Lena II. ; (. G. and John L. Frederick and Maria Viet Hennings, parents of William Hennings, were natives of Germany, where the latter died in 1857. Soon afterward, the father came to America and settled in Featherstone township.

Albert W. Pratt was born in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, July 10, 1837, son of Richard and Sarah (Fitch) Pratt, who located in that place in 1835. The father was a native of Massachusetts and the mother of New York state. At Chagrin Falls, Richard Pratt engaged for many years in the boot and shoe business. For a time he lived in Keokuk, lowa. but later returned to Cha- grin Falls, where he died in 1868. His wife died at Hamilton, Ill., in 1872. Albert W. received his early education in the schools of his native town, and for several years was employed in the postoffice at Painsville, Ohio. He came to Red Wing in

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1856 and was commissioned by Judges Il. and E. T. Wilder to sell land warrants, and loan money to new settlers, who took advan- tage of the pre-emption law. In this capacity he continued until 1857, when the land office was removed to Henderson, Minn., Mr. Pratt going with the office and following the same business until the Indian outbreak of 1862, at which time he was ap- pointed a member of the board of state auditors, to adjust claims made by the whites for property impressed by the state to enable them to fight the Indians. Locating again in Red Wing in 1863, he entered the office of Judge Wilder, at the same time working in the bank of Pascal Smith as clerk. In 1865, when the banking business of Mr. Smith was disposed of to the First National Bank, Mr. Pratt became connected with the latter institution, serving as bookkeeper until 1868. In 1868 with J. C. Pierce and T. K. Simmons, he organized the bank of Pierce, Simmons & Co .; Josia C. Pierce was the first president, and Mr. Pratt the cashier. Upon the death of Mr. Pierce, Mr. Pratt succeeded him as presi- dent, occupying that position until January, 1908, when he re- signed and retired. In addition to his banking interests, Mr. Pratt opened what he called "The Old Book Store," on Bush street, which he later sold to Arthur D. Danielson, the present proprietor. A Democrat in politics, Mr. Pratt has always been interested in public affairs, and for many years he served as treasurer of the city. He is a member of the Episcopal church and belongs to the Elks. The subject of this sketch was married at Painsville, Ohio, November 8, 1860, to Agnes V. Russell, of that place. Four children have blessed the union. Traey W. is general manager of the large cotton and oil works at Hunts- ville, Ala. Henrietta S. is the wife of Ralph Taber, a literary man of some note. Russell A. is manager of a bottling establish- ment at Sheffield, Ala., and Arthur P. is in charge of the Coca- Cola Bottling Company in New York City. Mrs. Pratt died in Red Wing in 1897.

Otto Remmler, whose efficient service as alderman from the first ward in Red Wing has done mueh to advance the interests of the city in the past twelve years, was born in St. Louis, Mo., February 10, 1869, son of Adolph and Helena Remmler. He at- tended the Catholic parochial school and the public schools of Red Wing, after which he entered St. John's College at College- ville, Minn. Subsequently he attended the Maryland Military and Naval Academy at Oxford, Md., and completed his schooling with a commercial course. After leaving school he was em- ployed by August Beek & Co., the B. & T. Tobacco Company and the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. He is now manager of Remmler's Brewery, in which capacity he has demonstrated his business ability. Mr. Remmler is known for his good fellow-

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ship and is prominent in fraternal circles, being a member of the Red Men, the Elks, the A. O. U. W., the Sons of Herman, the Sons of Veterans, the United Commercial Travelers, the United States Brewers' Association, the Red Wing Commercial Club and the Red Wing Yacht Club. IIe is a Republican in politics and has served as alderman from the first ward since 1897 with the exception of 1903-4 and 1907-8. Mr. Remmler was married May 27, 1892. to Rosie C. Bremer. of St. Paul, Minn. Mr. and Mrs. Remmler have one daughter, Elsie, born November 23. 1893.

Rev. Chauncey Hobart, now deceased. was born in St. Albans, Vt., June 9, 1811, son of Calvin and Sarah Hobart, who were natives of New England. He came with his parents to Schuyler county. Ill .. in 1823, where his father built the first cabin, and here Mr. Hobart was educated by his parents, who had both been teachers before their marriage. In 1831 he enlisted as a private in Captain Fellows' company, in General Duncan's brigade of volunteers, in the first -campaign of the Black Hawk war, and later was enrolled as a non-commissioned officer in Captain Hol- lingsworth's company, Fourth regiment, of General Whiteside's brigade, where he served for a time. In 1834 he was converted and became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was licensed to preach in September, 1836. His first appointment was on the frontier in lowa and he served as pastor of churches in many towns of Illinois, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In 1849 he came to Minnesota and was stationed at St. Paul, and was presiding elder of the Minnesota district of the Wisconsin con- ference. In 1850 he took charge of the district, which included all of Minnesota and Wisconsin west of the Wisconsin river, continuing four years. He was stationed at Milwaukee one year, and returned to Red Wing in 1855; in 1857 he organized the Lake City circuit. In 1858 he was presiding elder of Prescott dis- triet, and in 1861 was chaplain of the Third Minnesota Volun- teer Infantry. Ile resigned in April, 1862, and served as pastor and presiding elder in Wisconsin and Minnesota until he retired from active work. In 1875 he served at Red Wing as pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church for two years. Rev. Hobart was twice married. His first wife was Betsey C. Ticknor, whom he married April 13, 1834, and died January, 1867, and in April, 1868. he married Harriett A. Duncan, of New York city. She died February 17, 1898.

Mrs. Harriet A. Duncan Hobart was born in the north of Ire- land in 1825 and in the early days came to this country, where she engaged in teaching school in New York city for twenty-five years. During this time she was also principal of a school for fifteen years. She was married to Rev. Chauncey Hobart in 1868. Mrs. Hobart was a great advocate of temperance and worked

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faithfully and with great zeal in the W. C. T. U., being president of the Minnesota union from 1881 to 1894. In recognition of her faithful service in the W. C. T. U. they have placed a panel memorial window to her in the new First Methodist church at Red Wing; the other panel in the same window was given in memory of her husband by James and Mathew Norton, of Winona, Minn. Active in missionary work, Mrs. Hobart served in the state offices as secretary and treasurer at different times and spoke in the interest of the union, all the time traveling ex- tensively and almost up to the end of her life. She died Feb- ruary 17, 1898.

August E. Engstrom, former county superintendent of schools, now deceased, was born in the western part of Sweden, near the city of Skofde, March 22, 1851, and came to this country in his seventeenth year, direct to Red Wing, where he secured employ- ment, but as he was of small stature and not endowed with great strength, he found the work too hard. Being ambitious to make something of himself in the new country, he entered Carleton Col- lege in 1871, where he took the entire seven years' course, work- ing his way through and graduating with honors in 1878. He was elected principal of the schools of Cannon Falls in the fall of the same year, which position he held for three years, when he was chosen to a larger field, that of county superintendent of schools, being elected in the fall of 1881. This position he held con- tinuously up to the time of his death, October 12, 1899. Prof. Engstrom was modest and unassuming in his manner, and his death was sincerely mourned by all throughout the county. He was married to Mary A. Conley December 27, 1880, and to them was born seven children : Carl Conley. born October 1, 1881, was a photographer at Cannon Falls and died June 24, 1904. leaving his wife, Clara Bissell Engstrom, and one daughter, Caryl; Fred- eriek A., born June 15, 1883, is a physician and surgeon, praetic- ing at Clitherall, Minn .; Mildred L., born April 3, 1885, is a teacher in the schools of Fergus Falls; Paul A., born November 16, 1886, manager the photograph gallery at Cannon Falls ; George W., born June 8, 1889, is foreman in the printing office of the LeSueur "Sentinel," at LeSueur, Minn .; Lawrence E., born February 19, 1893, is a junior in the high school at Cannon Falls, and Glenn M., born April 29, 1896, attends school. Prof. Engstrom was an honored member of the Masonic and A. O. U. W. fraternities and in politics was a Republican. He was also a con- stant attendant of the Congregational Church.

Edward William Schmidt, whose researches in archaeology, originally undertaken as a matter of recreation, have proven a valuable addition to the knowledge possessed by scientists in regard to the pre-historic occupation of Minnesota, was born at

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Decorah, Iowa, November 26, 1866. At the age of six years he began to attend parochial school in St. Louis. While living at Madison, Wis., he entered the Northwestern University at the age of thirteen years. When sixteen years old he entered the Uni- versity of Wisconsin anl graduated with special honors in Greek in 1887. In the fall of that year he started the study of theology under Doctors Boekman and Schmidt. On New Year's day, 1888, he started teaching at St. Olaf's College and in 1888-89 again at- tended the University of Wisconsin at Madison, receiving the degree of Master of Arts. From 1889 to 1904, with the exception of one year when he taught mathematics and physics at St. Olaf College, he taught at the Red Wing Seminary. From 1904 to 1908 he occupied the chair of biology at St. Olaf's and then ac- cepted the chair of English theology at the Red Wing Seminary, teaching chiefly church history and exegesis. He has repeatedly spent his summers at the Universities of Wisconsin and Chicago, and has thus added greatly to his depth as a scholar and his value as a teacher. As a matter of recreation he became interested several years ago in geology and archaeology, and in studying the latter subject has discovered and noted some 1,700 Indian mounds hitherto not observed by scientists. He has also made valuable contributions of Indian relies to the state museum and his contributions of articles to the subject of the pre-historie occupants of this county have been most valuable. His article of "What the Mounds Tell," which appears in this volume, is a valuable addition to the knowledge possessed of the archaeology of this region. Prof. Schmidt's religious affiliations are with the Ilauge Synod of the Norwegian Lutheran church. Ile was mar- ried on Thanksgiving day, 1892, to Inga Elizabeth Eisteinsen. daughter of Rev. 1. Eisteinsen. To this union have been born five children: Frederick Ingvald, born October 14. 1893; Robert Eugene, born January 27, 1896; Inga Edwina, born January 22, 1899; Roy Orpando, born December 13, 1901, and Herbert Will- iam, born February 23, 1903. Rev. I. Eisteinsen, the father of Mrs. Schmidt, was a well known clergyman in Hauge's Synod and was the first principal of the Red Wing Seminary. Mrs. Eistensen resides with her daughter.

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History of Goodhue County, Minnesota, Part 110

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn Publication date: 1909 Publisher: Chicago, H.C. Cooper Number of Pages: 1264

Author: Curtiss-Wedge, Franklyn
Publication date: 1909
Publisher: Chicago, H.C. Cooper
Number of Pages: 1264