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HILL, D. C., plaining mill, sash, door and pump manufacturer. Born in Hillsboro county, N. H., May 7, 1830; moved to Massachusetts in 1850, and from that State emigrated to this city May 15, 1855. Married Anna S. Hall, Nov. 22, 1858. She was born in Hanover, N. H. F. Elmer, Mary E., Elizabeth G., and Arthur, are their children.
HOWE, ABRAHAM, JR., engineer at La Grange mill. Born in Madison county, N. Y., Oct, 16, 1836. In 1850, he moved to Kane county, Ills., and in 1852 returned to N. Y. Came to Red Wing, April 29, 1857. Mar- ried Mary H. Sexton, Nov. 2, 1859. She was born in Michigan, Oct. 4, 1836. Enlisted in Co. A, U. S. Sharpshooters in 1861, and discharged in the spring of 1862. Abraham is his only child.
HICKMAN, HENRY, proprietor of Hickman House. Born in Paris, France, Dec. 29, 1829. Emigrated to this country with parents, settling in N. Y .; thence to the States of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Came to this city May 4, 1856. Married Eva Waliver, who was born in Prussia. Henry, Martin and Oliver, are their children.
HELMEKE, H. J., manufacturer of wagons. Born in Germany, May 13, 1850. Emigrated to this country settling in Evansville, Ind., in 1853. Came to this county, settling on sec. 4, Hay Creek township, April 15, 1857; removed to this city Nov., 1869. Married Dora Matz, from Evans- ville, Ind., Dec. 4, 1875.
HOWE, ALLEN, dealer in groceries. Born in Westmoreland, Chester county, N. H., Nov. 14, 1824. At the age of seventeen he followed a seafaring life for five years, after which he went to California, remaining eight years ; thence to Cleveland, Ohio, where he married Ann A. Bick- ford, April 12, 1858. She was born in Dresden, Maine, December 2, 1829. Emigrated to this city in June, 1869. Hiram, Lizzie H., Allen William, and Walter, are his children.
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HAWKINSON. JOHN, dealer in groceries. Born in Sweden, April 9, 1827. Emigrated to this country, settling in Chisago county, Minn., in 1853; thence to this county, settling in the township of Vasa, in 1863. Came to this city in the fall of 1857, engaging in the furniture business, and in 1871 commenced his present business. Married Mary Peterson, November 4, 1858. She was born in Sweden. Beckey, Carl, William and Oscar Ludwick are his children.
HASTINGS, J. L., mechanic. Born in Chemung county, N. Y., February 24, 1835. Moved to Bradford county, Pa .; thence to Oil Creek, Pa., and to this county in 1865, but returned to Seneca Falls, N. Y .; thence to Auburn, N. Y .; thence to Portsmouth, Ohio; thence to Sedalia, Mo .; and in September, 1874, again returned to this county, where he has main- tained a continued residence in Red Wing. Married Mary Breese, of Chemung county, N. Y., February 24, 1859. Harry is his only child.
HOWARD. E. T .. superintendent Red Wing Stone Works. Born in Canada West, July 28, 1837. Emigrated to this country, settling in Rockford, Ills., in the spring of 1857. In 1860, moved to Ripon, Wis., where he married N. H. Hazen, June 18, 1861. She was born in Fond du Lac, Wis. Came to this city in the fall of 1864 Belle T. is his only child.
HASTINGS, W. T .. retired. Born in Elmira, Chemung county, N. Y., Sept. 10, 1810. He was engaged in farming in early life, but at the age of twenty-four commenced mercantile trade, and after twelve years was engaged in milling. He afterwards owned the Chemung County Bank. Was proprietor of the "Chemung County Republican, " and a member of the Philadelphia Republican Convention that nominated General Fremont for president, in 1856. In the fall of that year he was elected to the lower house of the legislature. Moved to Oshkosh, Wis., in 1858, and to this city Sept., 1859. Married W. N. Lybalt, in 1838. She was born in Bloom- ingburg, Sullivan county, N. Y.
HICKMAN. M .. billiard hall. Born in Germany, Sept. 5, 1828. Emigrated to this country with parents when quite young, settling in Buffalo, N. Y .; thence to Erie and Chautauqua counties, N. Y. Moved to Cleveland, Ohio; thence to Newcastle and Erie, Pa .; thence to Painesville, Ohio. Came to Red Wing, April, 1856. Married Sophia Wallauber, Aug. 9, 1857. She was born in Pa.
HOFFMAN, LORENZ, proprietor of steam brewery. Born in Germany, Jan. 26, 1835. Emigrated to this country in 1855, settling in Utica, N. Y. In 1857 he came to this city, where he married Elizabeth Ruder, June 2, 1864. She was born in Germany, July 8, 1840.
HARN, E. L., was born in Sidney, Shelby county, O., Aug. 24, 1836. Moved with parents to Elkhart county, Ind., in 1845. In 1851 he went to Chi- cago, and was engaged in milling until 1866, when he came to Minneapo- lis and engaged as head miller in the Island Mill a number of years, then in the Cataract Mill at the same place. In 1871 he went to Winona, where
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he was engaged in Otto Frost's mill two years, and in Sept., 1873, to this city, and has since been engaged as head miller in the mills of the Red Wing Mill Company. Married Miss Z. St. John, in Cass county, Mich., in April, 1865. She is a native of New York State. Their children are, Hattie B., Lottie M., Arthur, and an infant not named.
HANCOCK, DAVID, born in Royalston, Worcester county, Mass., April 22, 1812. Moved to Grafton county, N. H., when quite young ; thence to Montpellier, Vt., in 1832. Married in Bradford, Vt., Adeline Stearns, May 22, 1841. She was born in Alstead, N. H., June 14, 1816, and died in Montpellier, Vt., June. 13, 1853. June 3, 1854, the subject of this sketch came to this city, where he married O. M. Fields, May 22, 1854. She was born in Jeffries, N. H., June 20, 1828.
HODGMAN, A. E., was born in Hartland, Windsor county, Vermont, May 2, 1825. His life in that State was spent in farming and railroading, until the spring of 1856, when he moved to Pierce county, Wis., and worked at the trade of carpenter and joiner two years, and then engaged in farming until the fall of 1873, when he came to this city, where he has since been in the employ of the Red Wing Mill Company. Married Sarah A. Fuller, in Plainfield, Sullivan county, N. H., in the fall of 1853. They have four children, Benjamin F., Henry A., Jesse F. and Harland W. The family are members of the Presbyterian church.
HART, S. A., surveyor. Born in Lewis county, N. Y., July 29, 1818. Emigrated to Dubuque county, Iowa, in the fall of 1846, where he was engaged in the government survey through that State into Minnesota and this county, in 1853. He came to this city and permanently settled in 1854. Married Marietta Farnsworth, December 24, 1855. She was born in Chatauqua county, N. Y.
HEWITT, CHARLES NATHANIEL, physician and surgeon. Was born in Vergennes, Vt., June 3, 1836. His literary education was acquired at Cheshire Academy, Conn., and at Hobart College, N. Y. He received his professional education in the Albany Medical College, N. Y .; dates of grad- uation, M. A., 1857, and M. D. the same year. He was valedictorian in his class in the Medical College, and was also, for some time, a student in the Albany Hospital. Subsequently, he practiced his profession in Geneva, N. Y., until 1861, when he entered the Union Army with the rank of assistant surgeon, in the 50th New York Vol. Engineers, and for three years acted as surgeon for that regiment. He was also surgeon in chief of the Engineer Brigade, Army of the Potomac. Has been a member of the New York State Medical Society, and is now a member of the Minnesota Medical Society, American Medical Association, and of the Executive Com- mittee of the American Public Health Association. He is secretary of the Minnesota State Board of Health and professor of Public Health in the university of this State. He married Helen Hawley, April 22, 1869; she is a daughter of Dr. J. E. Hawley, of Ithaca, N. Y., who was professor
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of surgery in Geneva Medical College. Dr. H. came to this city in the spring of 1866, where he has since maintained a continued residence, and is actively engaged in the practice of his profession.
Ives, Robert R., grain, Red Wing.
JENNISON, GEN. SAMUEL P., was born in Southbridge, Worcester county, Mass., May 9, 1830. Received a preparatory collegiate course at Monson Academy, and in 1848 entered Harvard College, but only remained until the beginning of the junior year. He then studied law with Judge Asa Fowler, of Concord, N. H., and was admitted to practice in 1857, and in March of that year came to St. Paul, Minn., where he practiced law in partnership with Judge David Cooper, until Jan. 1, 1860, when he was appointed State Librarian, and also became private secretary of Governor Ramsey. On the 17th of June, 1861, he enlisted in the military service of the United States, and on the 5th of July was mustered in as 2d Lieut. of Co. D, 2d Minn. V. I. Was promoted 1st Lieut. and Adjut. Jan. 18, 1862, the day before the battle of Mill Springs. Accompanied the regiment until its arrival at Louisville, with the rest of Gen. Buell's army, in Sep., 1862; there he received an order from the War Department issued some weeks before, mustering him out and ordering him to report at St. Paul for promo- tion. On his arrival in St. Paul he was waited upon by Gov. Ramsey, who handed him a commission bearing date of Sep. 10, 1862, which made him Lieut. Col. of the 10th Regt. Minn. V. I. In this rank he served until the close of the war, commanding the regiment in all its Southern cam- paigns and battles. On the second day of the battle at Nashville, he was severely wounded in the head, at the very moment of the crowning success of the day. He was breveted Colonel soon after that battle, and Brigadier General at the close of military operations. He was honorably discharged, with his regiment, at Fort Snelling, August 18, 1865.
In a few weeks after being relieved from his military duties, he became an associate editor of the "St. Paul Daily Press; " but his wound becoming troublesome, by the advice of surgeons, the occupation was abandoned. He was for six months in 1866, manager of the celebrated Holmden Oil Farm, at Pithole, Pa .; but the title came into litigation, as the wells ceased to flow, and he returned to St. Paul. Soon after his return, Gov. Marshall tendered him the appointment of private secretary, which he accepted and held through 1867 and 1868, except during the sessions of the legislatures of those years, when he was chief clerk of the House of Rep- resentatives. In September, 1869, he purchased a half interest in the "Goodhue County Republican " of this city, and the following spring removed his family to Red Wing, where they have since resided. In 1871, he was elected Secretary of State, and re-elected in 1873.
Married August 2, 1858, at Concord, N. H., to Lucia A. K. Wood, who was born at Concord, June 4, 1838. Their children are : James, born January 26, 1860; Paul, February 24, 1868; Wellington, May 19, 1869; and Theodore, May 29, 1870.
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JOHNSON, REV. A., pastor of the Norwegian Methodist Church, Wing, was born in Norway, April 15, 1834, came to America in 1857, first settling in St. Paul, where he remained a short time and moved to Chisago county. In 1859 he joined the Minnesota Conference, and was appointed to Washington Prairie, Iowa, which was his first charge; thence in succession to St. Peter, Nicollet county; St. Paul; Newberg, Fillmore county; Washington Prairie, Newberg, Minn .; Forest City, and Decorah, Iowa; Plainview, Wabasha county, Minn., and to this place in 1877. Married Johanna Peterson, January 16, 1865, who died January 15, 1870. Married again, Matilda Lewis, in 1873. She is a native of Dane county, Wis- consin. Their children are Ada T., Sophronius G., and an infant not named. JENSEN. P. M .. dealer in agricultural implements. Born in Norway, June 25, 1846. Emigrated from his native country to Red Wing in 1871, when he engaged as clerk for Betcher & Alley, and in 1876 went into business with E. H. Alley. Married Mary Johnson in 1876. She was born in Norway, May 4, 1853. Andrius Martin Herman is his only child.
JOHNSON HANS. clerk of district court. Born in Lands, Prestegjeld, Nor- way, March 3, 1844. Emigrated to this country in June, 1853, settling in Allamakee county, Iowa, where he enlisted in Company I, 27th Ioa. V. I., Aug. 15, 1862, and honorably discharged June 16, 1865. Came to this county in 1867, settling in Zumbrota, where he married Julia A. Strand, June 26, 1868. She was born in Norway, Sept. 18, 1859. Julius M., Alfred O., Edwin C. and Wilford A. are their children.
JOSS. F., insurance, collections and abstract of titles. Firm of Williston & Joss, 91 Main street, born in Antwerp, Belgium, Jan. 4, 1833. Emigrated to this country in 1841, settling in St. Joseph county, Mich., and in 1856 came to this city, where he married Lovinia J. Hayes, March 20, 1863. She was born in New York city, July 25, 1838. Mary H. and Horace W. are their children.
JOHNSON BROS., druggists. Peter O. Johnson, the senior member of this firm, was born in Norway, in 1845. Moved to Canada in 1861, and to this city July 4, 1862. Married Mary Reikart in 1875. She was born in this county. M. O. Johnson, the junior partner, was born in Norway, Jan. 14, 1848. Commenced their business in 1872.
JOHNSON, EDWARD. proprietor St. James livery stable. Born in Norway, Nov. 14, 1848. Came to this country, settling in Wisconsin, in 1858, and the following spring moved to Wanamingo township, this county; and came to this city in 1864. Married Kate H. Festado, Dec. 12, 1870. She was born in Norway. Henry Burnett is his only child.
Jaehnig, Bruno, physician, Red Wing.
Josephson, A., clothing, Red Wing.
Johnson, Peter I., plasterer, Red Wing. Jacobson, Jacob, groceries, Red Wing.
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JELLINECK, FRANK, manufacturer and dealer in cigars. Born in Knut- tenburg, Bohemia, Nov. 4, 1848. Came to this country April 21, 1863, settling in New York city; thence to McGregor, Iowa, April, 1868; and in Sept., 1875, came to this city. Married Carolina Walter, March 10, 1874. She was born in Dubuque, Iowa, April 30, 1856. Mary M., born Oct. 4, 1875, and Emma, June 4, 1878, are the names and births of their children. Johnson, Fred., groceries, Red Wing.
Jamieson, A., contractor, Red Wing.
Jacobson, A. M., merchant tailor, Red Wing.
KAPPEL, JOHN, manufacturing of wagons. Born in Germany June 25, 1839. Emigrated to this country in 1847, settling in Milwaukee, Wis .; thence to Waupun, Wis., and to this city, July 7, 1855. Married Maggie George, May 10, 1868. She was born in the State of N. Y. John G., Fred. G. and Mary Lillie, are their children.
KAPPEL, MICHAEL, manufacturer of wagons and carriages. Born in Germany, December 7, 1836; emigrated to this country, settling in Mil- waukee, Wis., in 1847; thence to Washington county, Wis., and returned to Milwaukee in 1854; thence to Waupun, Wis., and came to this city in 1865. . Married, in 1863, Mary H. Brow, who was born in Germany.
KEMP, DAVID, city marshal. Born in Washington county, Maryland, March 28, 1832. Moved to Martinsburg, Berkley county, Va .; returned to Washington county, and on August 6, 1871, settled in this city. Married Margaret Day, December, 1857. She was born in Martinsburg, Berkley county, Va., January 1, 1833. Mr. Kemp was elected to his present office in April, 1875. George W., Laura, Anna, David and Olla, are his living children; lost two, Catharine and James.
KRUGER, THEODORE, harness manufacturer. Born in Germany, June 5, 1847. Emigrated to this country in 1851, settling in East Saginaw, Mich .; thence to this city in 1862. Married Elizabeth Knoth, Oct. 15, 1871. She was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, November, 1850. Rickey, Krist and Theodore, are his children.
KELLOGG, J. D., photographer. Born in Danby, Tompkins county, N. Y., July 20, 1839. Emigrated to Whitewater, Wis., in 1844; thence to Watertown, Wis. Came to this city June, 1868. Married Carrie A. Fields, Oct. 28, 1876. She was born in St. Albans, Vt., October, 1849. Fred W. and Madge S. are his children.
KAYSER, M., dealer in furniture. Born in Luxemburg, Germany, Jan. 14, 1835. Emigrated to this country settling in Green Bay, Wis .; thence to this city in January, 1865. Commenced his present business in 1867. Married Katrina Bocrshenger, in 1862. She was born in Prussia. They have eight children.
Kellogg, I. S., druggist, Red Wing.
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Kirn, W. F., saloon, Red Wing.
Knight, Christ, hotel, Red Wing.
Koch, E., grocer, Red Wing.
Kessenger, George, boots and shoes, Red Wing.
Kempe, J. A., dry goods, Red Wing.
Kingman, F. T., merchant, Red Wing.
LENT. CHARLES H., was born in Sing Sing, Westchester county, N. Y., September 15, 1851. When thirteen years of age he went to learn the trade of file cutter, and remained two and a half years. He was then engaged three years in a brick yard, then a number of years on a boat on the Hudson River, and in April, 1875, he came to this city, where he has since resided. He is now in the employ of the " Red Wing Mill Com- pany."
LINDBOE, O. K., physician and surgeon. Born in Norway, November 14, 1851, and came to this country in 1867, settling in Chicago, where he commenced the study of medicine in 1870; graduating at Rush Medical College, February 21, 1877. Went to California in 1867, returning in 1870. Came to this county in 1874, returning to Chicago to graduate.
LOVEGREN, N., sr .. manufacturer of wagons. Born Sweden, Sept. 16, 1815. Emigrated to this country, settling in Boston, Mass., in 1841. Came to this city in 1860, where he has been identified with the manufac- turing interests of Red Wing, having commenced that business fifteen years ago.
LEWIS, MARTIN B., was born in Yates county, New York, November 20, 1820. After receiving an academical education he engaged in the mer- cantile business in his native county until 1856, when he came to this city, and was for a few years engaged in the dry goods and real estate busi- ness. Having had the advantage of a theological education as well as a thorough religious training at home-his father being at one time a pro- fessor in Yale College-he, in 1860, gave up a successful business to engage in the work of harmonizing the Sabbath School interests of the different religious denominations of this State. To successfully carry out his noble undertaking, he has traversed every portion of this State, organized over 600 Sabbath Schools, and brought within the pale of this time-honored institution from twenty to twenty-five thousand scholars.
He still resides in Red Wing, and with unabated zeal perseveres in the work which his Master has given him to do, annually visiting, encouraging, and assisting hundreds of Sabbath School organizations in different portions of the State.
He married Emma H. Williams in Washington county, New York, in 1848. She is a native of Orange county. Their children are Charles W., who died while a student of Hamline University, in this city, in 1865, aged 16 years; Wm. M., who was born in 1852, graduated at Ripon College, Wis-
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consin, in 1877, and is now a student in Union Theological Seminary, New York; Emma H., who died June 4, 1855; George W., who was born in 1857, now a student in the State University, Minnesota; Mary M., who died in 1865, aged one year; Anna D., born in 1868, now attending school in this city, and Theodore L., who died in 1871, aged eight months.
LUCE, W. L., wholesale and retail dealer in groceries. Born in Lawrence, Mass., in 1856. Came from his native country to Red Wing with his parents in 1856. Commenced his present business Sept. 15, 1877.
Ladd, H. J., dry goods, Red Wing.
LYON. W. P., saloon. Born in Monroe county, N. Y., Ang. 18, 1829. Married Ethelda C. Barager, Jan. 15, 1854. She was born in Wayne county, N. Y., Sept. 23, 1829. Mr. Lyon emigrated to Kendall county, Ills. ; thence to Pierce county, Wis., in 1856. Enlisted in the 30th Wis. V. I., from which he was honorably discharged. Came to this city in 1865.
LYONS. JOHN, retired. Born in Ireland, in 1826. Came to this country settling in the State of N. Y., and emigrated to Belle Creek township, this county, in May, 1856. Removed to this city in 1858. Married Katherine Blee.
Lowater, E. P., groceries, Red Wing.
Lawrence, J. A., books and stationary, Red Wing.
Landaner, R., wholesale liquor dealer, Red Wing.
LAUVER, ISAAC, contractor and builder. Born in Union county, Pa., June 20, 1832. Moved to Mifflin county, Pa., in 1850. Came to this city Aug. 10, 1855. Enlisted in Co. E, 3d Minn. V. I., Oct. 10, 1861; re- enlisted January, 1863; honorably discharged Dec. 10, 1865. Commenced his present business in 1875. Married Helen Olhstrom, Aug. 16, 1866. She was born in Norway, April 17, 1842. Ida, Augusta, Minnie, May and Lillie Belle, are their children.
Linne, F. J., groceries, Red Wing.
Lindquist, M. Q., jeweler, Red Wing.
Lawrence C. M., book and stationery, Red Wing.
Lindgren, Gustaf, boots and shoes, Red Wing.
Lilly blad, Gustaf, groceries, Red Wing.
LINDBERG, HOKAN, C., dealer in imported ale and porter. Born in Sweden, Oct. 16, 1844. Emigrated to St. Paul, Minn., in 1869, where he resided until 1872, when he moved to Minneapolis. In 1874 he came to this city. Married Sophia Bjornquist, Oct. 25, 1874. She was born in Sweden, Oct. 27, 1848. Carl Victor, born Aug. 10, 1875, and Minnie, Oct. 8, 1877, are the names and births of their children.
Moser, Bennville, retired farmer, Red Wing.
Maginnis, John, farmer, Red Wing.
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MEIER, REV. JOHN, was born in Westphalia, Germany, in 1854. Com- pleted his classical education in Paderborn, Prussia. Came to America in 1875 ; finished his theological studies in St. Johns College, Minn., and was ordained priest, July 1877 ; was placed as curate to Father J. N. Stariha, Red Wing, where he officiated until Sept. 1, 1878, when he was placed in charge of the parish of St. Marys, in Belvidere township. Mc Rostie, P. N., marble works, Red Wing.
MARTINSON, CHARLES O., dealer in hardware. Born in Norway, December 16, 1843. Emigrated from native country, settling in Chicago, May, 1866, and in August of that year came to Red Wing, where he married Luckris Olson in 1871. She was born in Norway. Olena Matilda and Karn, are his children.
McLAREN, REV. ROBERT F., pastor of the Presbyterian Church, Red Wing, was born in New York City, February 1, 1842. Moved to Fall River, Massachusetts, with parents, in 1854, and prepared for college in the high school of that city. Entered Brown University, at Provi- dence, Rhode Island, in the fall of 1859, where he completed the junior year. He then spent a year in teaching, and graduated at Union College, Schenectady, New York, in 1864. He then attended the Theological Seminary at Alleghany City, but finished his theological course and was ordained at Toledo, O., in the fall of 1868. He then labored for a few months in Maumee City, in the surburbs of Toledo; then pastor of the Presbyterian Church in the city of Delaware, O., four years; thence in the fall of 1873 to this city, where he has since resided in his present capacity. Married November 27, 1873, Miss Sara L. Glover, of Delaware, Ohio. They have one daughter, Miriam, born January 16, 1876.
MERRITT, DAN S., printer, was born in Newburgh, Orange county, N. Y., May 11, 1816; commenced his trade in the Newburgh Gazette office in 1830; served four years; went to New York city, worked two years under instructions. Emigrated to Kalamazoo, Mich., in 1837, then a place of about 300 inhabitants. That fall he commenced the publication of the Kalamazoo Whig; continued its publication until the fall of 1838; sold out and purchased an interest in the Kalamazoo Gazette; remained in the Ga- zette office until the fall of 1840, when he disposed of his interest and went to Flint, Genesee county, Mich., and in 1844 commenced the publication of the Genesee County Democrat; sold out in 1848 and went to Clarkston, Oakland county, Mich., where he married Mary A. Millard, and, with his wife, emigrated to Chicago. Mrs. M. was born in Painesville, Ohio. Took the foremanship of the Prairie Farmer; remained there until 1851; returned again to Kalamazoo, thence to Pontiac, Mich., where he, in company with James C. Hutchins, purchased the Pontiac Jacksonian, and removed the press and material to Red Wing, Goodhue county, Minn., and in July, 1855, issued the first number of the Red Wing Sentinel; continued its publication until the spring of 1856; sold the office to Alexis Bailey, and
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the first of January following, in company with his old partner in the printing business, opened the Kelly House in Red Wing. Sold out in the spring following and purchased the Red Wing Gazette, then owned by Ben- nett Bros., and immediately changed its title to the old familar name, Sen- tinel, and continued its publication until 1860, when he again sold out, and went to farming in Hay Creek Valley. Not being much of a farmer, did not make much of a success at farming; disposed of his farm and returned to Red Wing, thence to Marquette, Mich., and assisted in estab- lishing the Lake Superior News; remained there two summers and returned to Red Wing and took an interest in the Volunteer, to which the Sentinel had been changed. Disposed of his interest in the Volunteer, and, with his family, in April, 1864, removed to St. Paul. In 1866, with Alex. John- ston, Esq., went to Hastings and assisted in establishing the Hastings Union. Returned to St. Paul, and in 1873, went to Delano, Wright Co., Minn., and commenced the publication of the Big Woods Citizen; remained there about one year, and again returned to St. Paul where he, with his family, now reside. Their children are Ida, now Mrs. Stadelman; Eva, now Mrs. Green; Zoa, now Mrs. Remick; Dan, Merit M., Clarence, Clara and Mary A.
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