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FRANK L. GLOTZBACH
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committee from this district. In 1906 he was elected to the state senate for four years, and his advocacy of progressive measures has won wide approval. He is also chairman of the Democratic county committee at the present time. Mr. Glotzbach was mar- ried September 6, 1897, at Faribault, to Augusta Piepho, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Piepho, of Faribault. Mrs. Glotz- bach was born June 6, 1873. This union has been blessed with three bright children: Gladys Evelyn, born October 1, 1898: Cornelia, born May 19, 1901, and Frank L., Jr., born July 13, 1903. Fraternally, Senator Glotzbach affiliates with the Elks, Eagles, Odd Fellows. Knights of Pythias, the Maccabees, the Modern Brotherhood, the United Workmen and the Woodmen. He is also a prominent member of the Faribault Commercial Club.
John and Mary (Kissler) Glotzbach, parents of Senator Glotz- bach, were natives of Saxony, Germany. They came to America in 1854 and located in Natrona, Pa., where the father was super -! intendent for the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. He retired in 1890 and died at Springfield, Minn., January 17, 1892. The mother is still living, making her home in Sleepy Eye, Minn. John Glotzbach enlisted in 1861 in Company I, Seventh Pennsyl- vania Volunteer Infantry, and was mustered in at Pittsburg. serving during the war.
C. E. Graham was born in Orange county, New York, March 11, 1873. He is a son of Christopher C. Graham and Saralı Dusenbury Graham, both natives of New York. In 1838 his father moved to Stark county, Ohio, where he lived for five years. then removed to Bluffton, Wells county, Indiana, where he lived until 1865, when he came to Rice county, Minnesota, and settled on a farm in Wells township. Twelve years later he moved to Dundas, Minn .. where he lived until 1889, when he died, his wife following two years later. C. E. Graham was only a year old when his parents moved to Ohio. He attended school in Indiana. In 1865 he moved to Rice county, Minnesota, and settled on a farm in Forest township, where he has since resided. He mar- ried Sarah Van Emon, daughter of Cyrus and Massah Van Emon. Seven children blessed the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gra- ham. Eugene C., the eldest, is now a teacher of manual training in Davenport, Iowa ; Nellie A. is living at home with her parents : Grace, a teacher in California ; Florence and Walter, living near Hettinger, N. D .; Lulu, a nurse in Davenport, Iowa, and Ralph. the youngest son, died in infancy. In religious belief Mr. Graham is a Presbyterian. He is a Republican and a member of the Grand Army. For several years he served as member on the school board.
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John E. Greenville, a progressive farmer of Rice county, was born in Cannon City, Minn., September 3, 1865. His boyhood was passed on his father's farm, meanwhile receiving his educa- tion in the district schools. Afterwards he engaged in farming in Cannon City township, purchasing the home farm in 1891. which he has added to from time to time, now owning 125 acres of highly productive land, on which he still follows general di- versified farming. He is an ardent believer in the principles of scientific agriculture, and by adherence to these and hard work has built up one of the model farms of the county. Mr. Green- ville has other interests outside of those of his farm, being a stockholder in the Faribault Canning Company and in the Dean Creamery. In politics the Republican party claims his allegiance, and he is now serving as justice of the peace and as a member of his district's school board. All that pertains to the welfare of the community has his support. He is affiliated with the Modern Woodmen of America, and is also a loyal adherent of the Epis- copal church. April 3, 1889, he was married to Abbie Turner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Turner, of Cannon City. The father's decease occurred in 1892. The mother died in 1908. Mrs. Greenville passed away January 6, 1908, leaving four chil- dren : Hazel A .. Roy E., Helen J., and Charles C., all living at home. Peter and Jane (Mitchell), Greenville, parents of our sub- ject, were natives of Germany and Ireland respectively. They emigrated to this country in 1854, and immediately settled on a fifty-acre farm in Cannon City township, Rice county, Minne- sota, having their full share of the perils and hardships incidental to those pioneer days. The father died in 1900, the mother fol- lowing him to the Great Beyond in 1902.
Joseph N. Gardner was born in Platt county, Nebraska. Janu- ary 25, 1869. He is a son of Babel and Mary ( Harthorn) Gard- ner, his father a native of Indiana and his mother of Ohio. He was a farmer by occupation and moved to lowa sometime in the fifties, and in about 1863 moved to Nebraska, where he home- steaded 160 acres and farmed until about 1878, when he moved back to Iowa and located in Fredericksburg, Chickasaw county. where he farmed until 1893 and then moved to Volga City. From Volga City he moved to Albany, Iowa, then to Oelwein, Iowa, where he lives in retirement. The mother died in 1884. Mr. Gardner was educated in the public schools of Iowa and Ne- braska: after leaving school he worked on the farm until 1896. He took up butter making in the creameries and has continued in that line of work up to the present time. He is now employed as head butter maker of the Farmers' Co-operative Creamery at Nerstrand. He was married in 1899 to Hattie Jolliffe, daughter of Francis and Eliza Jolliffe. The mother was born in New
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York state and the father in England. He came to America and located finally near Prairie du Chien, Wis., where he farmed for a good many years and then moved to Iowa, where he still lives. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Gardner : Ilarold, living at home ; Reuben, now deceased ; Francis Lowell, died in infancy, and Robert, born December 30, 1908. In his political belief Mr. Gardner is a Republican. He is a member of the Bap- tist church, and has been a member of the Modern Woodinen of America.
G. C. Gilbertson, a successful farmer of Webster township, was born there December 10, 1869: is son of Gilbert Christoffer- son and Louisa Mohn, natives of Norway. His father was a blacksmith by trade and came to America in 1866 and located in Webster township, where he farmed and also worked at his trade. In latter years of his life he discontinued blacksmithing and gave all his attention to farming. He died in 1900. The mother still lives with our subject. Mr. Gilbertson received his education in the district schools of Webster township, which was supplemented by one year's schooling at St. Olaf's College, of Northfield, Minn., and two years at St. Ansgar, Iowa. Leaving school he followed the profession of teaching for four years, and then came on the old homestead, where he has carried on farming successfully up to the present time. In 1898 Mr. Gilbertson mar- ried Sophia, daughter of Ole and Ragnild (Heggnese) Jacobson, natives of Norway. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbertson have six children, named in the respective order of their birth : Louisa, Ruby, Vic- tor, Bertha, Paul, Luther, who are all at home.
Mr. Gilbertson affiliates with the Prohibition party. In re- ligious faith he adheres to the Norwegian Lutheran church. He is a public spirited citizen, and takes an active part in the local affairs of his community. He has served on the town board and is at the present time clerk of the school board and town as- sessor. He also took the United States census of 1910, and is a stockholder and treasurer of the Webster Co-operative Dairy Association.
Oliver Maxfield Henderson, a well-known druggist of Fari- bault, Minn., was born in Montgomery county, Illinois, May 12, 1871. Ile received the beginnings of his education in the district schools, completing this with a course in Eureka College, Eureka, 111., after which he taught school for two terms in Illinois. He then took up the art of telegraphy, receiving employment from the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway and the Chicago and Northwestern at different points along the line in lowa and South Dakota, until 1893, when he enrolled in the Northwestern. University School of Pharmacy, being graduated in 1894. Mr. Henderson then came to Minneapolis, where he clerked in a
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drug store until his removal to Faribault in October, 1896, im- mediately entering upon his duties as prescription clerk for J. B. Wheeler. He remained in this capacity three years and then bought out his employer, conducting the business as sole pro- prietor and owner ever since. Ilis drug store is known as one' of the best equipped and modern in this section of the state, carrying a full line of the usual accessories. In politics, the Re- publican party claims him as a member, and though he has never aspired to public office, he has always taken an active in- terest in the welfare of the community. Numerous fraternal or- ganizations count him a valued member, the Masonic order, be- ing past master of Faribault Lodge, No. 9; the Royal Arch Chap- ter : Knights Templar ; the Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Modern Samaritans: E. F. U .; and the K. O. T. M., in which he has served more than ten years as record keeper. He is also identified with the Commercial Club. June 7, 1904, at Faribault. he was married to Minnie M. Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lee Thompson, of Faribault. They have two children : Lee Oliver, born May 19. 1905, and Clyde Elmer, born June 30. 1908. The family residence is located at 302 Fourth avenue. South. Mr. and Mrs. Henderson attend the services of the Con- gregational church. David Benson and Ellen Petefish (Maxfield) Henderson, parents of our subject, were natives of Illinois, and his grandparents were born in Virginia. The mother deceased January 25, 1909.
Ralph R. Hutchinson is a leading dentist at Faribault, Minn. He is a native of Rice county, and was born in Bridgewater township, March 15, 1874, and is the fourth of a family of five children born to Robert R. and Susan ( Patterson ) Hutchinson, who were married January 24, 1866, at St. Paul, Minn. Of their other children Arthur E., the eldest, is a civil engineer at Fari- bault; Burt M. is a bookkeeper at the Chase State Bank at Faribault : Olive 1. is married to Dr. M. O. Nelson, a dentist at St. Paul, Minn., and Ella B., the youngest, is deceased. The father was born at Montreal, January 27, 1839, to John and Isabella Hutchinson. He acquired his education in Montreal and in the public schools at Buffalo, N. Y. In the spring of 1858 he settled in Bridgewater township, Rice county, Minnesota, where he bought a partly improved quarter section of land, erected a house and other buildings and carried on general farming until 1862. He then enlisted as a private in Company C. Sixth Regi- ment, Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and entered the Union Army as first sergeant and rose to the rank of second lieutenant, then first lieutenant, and on August 19, 1865, was mustered out at Fort Snelling as captain of his company. Returning to Bridge-
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water, he resumed farming on an eighty-acre farm which he bought, but soon afterwards moved to Dundas and engaged in general merchandising. He settled at Faribault in 1889, and for a time was engaged in the real estate business. He also served as deputy county treasurer, and was bookkeeper for the Cereal Milling Company some four years, and in 1902 was elected register of deeds for Rice county and filled that office till Jannary 1, 1909. He also served as treasurer of the school board and as city assessor. He is a member of Michael Cook Post, No. 123, G. A. R., at Faribault, and with his wife is affiliated with the Congregational church. They have a pleasant home at No. 520 WVest Second street, Faribault. Ralph R. acquired his prelimi- nary education in the public school at Faribault. He supple- mented this with a course of study at the Northwestern College of Dental Surgery, of Chicago, where he was graduated in April, 1898, and since that time has been engaged in active practice at Faribault, where he has attained a leading place in his profession and established a large and lucrative practice.
Dr. Hutchinson is a Republican in political sentiment and in religious belief is a Congregationalist. He is active in fraternal organizations, being identified with the Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, and Unity Lodge, No. 45, A. O. U. W. He is also a member of the Fari- bault Commercial Club. Elected alderman from the Third ward (Republican) April, 1909, for two years. Married to Ella M. Hawk, June 11, 1910.
Dan Hagan, a successful business man of Northfield, is a native of Columbia county, Wisconsin, born May 22, 1869. His parents, John and Susanna Hagan, both natives of Ireland, on coming to America, settled at Portage, Wis., where the father worked at his trade as a millwright, and whence he later moved with his family to near Paynette, in Columbia county, where he and the mother passed the remainder of their lives. The son ac- quired his education in the public schools in Columbia county, and after leaving school engaged in farming there. Removing thence to Austin, Minn., he there spent some three years as proprietor of a stud of imported French Percheron breeding stal- lions, after which he was variously employed at different places. He finally settled on a farm near Dundas, where he spent three years, and whence he moved to Northfield and established a livery business, to which he has since devoted his attention. Bringing to his business the benefit of his varied experience, Mr. Hagan has made it eminently successful. He keeps in his stables from fifteen to twenty-five good horses and has a full supply of fine carriages and all the necessary equipment of a first-class, up-to-date livery establishment, reported to be one of the best
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in the country. Mr. Hagan has never held or sought public office, but is identified with the Republican party. In religious belief he is a Catholic. lle is a member of Northfield Lodge, No. 1796, of the F. O. E., and in all that relates to the welfare and betterment of social and community conditions shows a com- mendable interest. In 1895 Mr. Ilagan married Ella Britzes, of Fairmont, Minn., where the father was a clergyman of the Meth- dist Episcopal church. Mr. and Mrs. Hagan have two children, Clifford and Lillian, pupils of the Northfield public schools.
Willis W. Hassan is a native of Renville county, Minnesota, and was born April 30, 1872, to Alden and Sarah (Platt) Hassan. His father, a native of Canada, came to Goodhue county, Minne- sota, when a boy, and for a time worked for different farmers, and later followed the same occupation in Rice county. Thence he went to Renville county in 1871 and settled on a tract of land : but the loss of his crops through the grasshopper plague led him to abandon it in 1874, returning to Rice county. In 1876 he established himself in the jewelry business at Rosemont, and in 1877 took up his residence at Dundas and opened a gen- eral merchandise store. Willis W. acquired his preliminary edu- cation in the public schools, then spent four years in the livery business at Dundas, after which he supplanted his early training by a course of study at a Minneapolis business college prepara- tory to engaging in general mercantile business. Since October 1, 1907, Mr. Hassan has been postmaster at Dundas under ap- pointment of President Roosevelt.
He is identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and is a member of the Modern Woodmen of America. In 1900 Mr. Hassan married Rosa, daughter of James and Louise (Strange) Ritchey, who were early settlers of Rice county. The father was a farmer and a veteran of the Civil War. Mr. and Mrs. llassan have two bright children, named respectively, S. Louise and Bernard Willis.
Henry B. Hamre, for many years identified with the drug business of Northfield, was born in Goodhne county, Minnesota, October 15, 1857, son of John and Emily ( Norland ) Hamre, na- tives of Norway, who emigrated to America in the early days, and were married in Minnesota. The father pre-empted a farm in Goodhue county, where they settled and engaged in farming for the remainder of their lives. They were the parents of ten children: Mrs. Cohner, of Chicago; Mrs. C. E. Bjorge, of Lake Park, Minn. ; Henry B., of Northfield, the subject of this sketch ; A. M. and John, of Granite Falls, Minn. ; Ole Hamre, who re- sides on the old homestead in Goodhue county; Mrs. Margaret Thoreson, of Goodhne county ; Mrs. Emma Severson, of Velva. N. D .; and two children who are dead. The parents are also
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dead. Henry B. received his education in the public schools, and in 1881 he came to Northfield and became a clerk in the drug store of Blackman and Kelly, remaining with them in the capac- ity of clerk until in 1902, when he purchased an interest, and in May, 1909, he bought the remaining interest, thus becoming sole owner of the store in which he had been a faithful employe for so many years. His store is up to date in every respect, and a full and complete stock of everything in the line of drugs and sundries connected with a store of that kind is kept, and make a specialty of compounding prescriptions. Mr. Hamre was mar- ried October 25, 1893, to Bertha M. Gilbertson, a native of Norway, from which country she was brought to America by her parents at the age of three years. They settled on a farm in Rice county. where the father died, but the mother is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Hamre are prominent members of the Norwegian Lutheran church of Northfield.
John Hutchinson, an enterprising business man of Faribault, Minn., is a native of Montreal, Canada. He was born February 1, 1840, to John and Isabella (Patterson) Hutchinson, natives of Ireland and Scotland, respectively. On coming to this country they settled in Canada. The father was a contractor and builder, and removing with his family to Buffalo, N. Y., in the fall of 1851, lived there till 1859. He then settled on a farm in Bridge- water township, Rice county, Minnesota. Both the father and mother died there, the former in 1887 and the latter in 1881.
John acquired his education in private schools in Montreal and public schools of Buffalo, N. Y., and grew up in his father's home, helping on the farm after settling in Minnesota. In 1862 he enlisted and entered the service as a private in Company C, Sixth regiment, Minnesota volunteer infantry, and rose to the rank of second lieutenant. He served in two campaigns against the Indians at the time of the uprising and massacre, first in the fall of 1862 and again in the summer of 1863, taking part in the battles of Birch Cooley, Wood Lake and others. The Indians captured, numbering nearly a thousand, were under charge of Corporals MeIntire, Miller and Hutchinson. Three hundred and eighty-five were sentenced to be hung and the sentence was car- ried out in the cases of thirty-nine, but as to the others it was commuted to a term of imprisonment. His regiment was ordered to the South in July of 1864 and he served there, participating in the capture of Forts Blakely and Spanish Fort, the defenses of Mobile, Ala., and other engagements until the close of the war, and was honorably discharged and mustered out of the service August 18, 1865. After his return home he engaged in farming for a time, but later turned his attention to mercantile business and saw-milling, and since March, 1883, has been engaged in the
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furniture business. For nearly twenty years he was associated with Mr. A. W. Stockton. Mr. Stockton died May 3, 1902. March 8, 1904, our subject purchased the interest of the heirs in the business, and in 1904 incorporated the present Faribault Furniture Company ; he is also president of the Faribault Roller Mill Company, and vice-president of the Faribault Loan and Insurance Company.
Mr. Hutchinson has filled numerous official positions, and always with credit and to the satisfaction of the community. He is a Republican in politics, and as long ago as 1872 was sent to the state legislature. He has served on the local school board, and for three years was president of the board of trade. In re- ligious faith he is affiliated with the Congregational church. In 1866 Mr. Hutchinson married Lucy Drought, who died in 1875, leaving two children, viz. : Lu Ella, who is married to Charles L. Bishop, and May Bell, who makes her home with her father. In 1879 Mr. Hutchinson married Eunice E. Spicer, who died in 1898, leaving one son, Thomas C., who makes his home with his father. In 1902 Mr. Hutchinson married Anna G. Brown, and they have one child, Henry R.
Oscar M. Harstad was born in Eskog, Norway, May 28, 1877, and is the next to the youngest child of a family of ten chil- dren born to Ole and Mary Harstad, who came from Norway, their native land. in 1880 and settled at Sioux City, Iowa, where the father worked as a mechanic till his decease, November 17, 1888. The mother, who still survives, lives with her children. The other children of this family are Ole O., Henry O., Edwin O., Mary M., Charles O., Mathilda MI .. Oliver, Alma and Sophia.
Oscar M. attended the public schools in Sioux City, and beginning as a cash boy when he was eleven years old, worked up to the position of shipping clerk in the mercantile house of Messrs. Martin & Co. When he was twenty-one years old, keep- ing up the work of his position, he also pursued a course of study in the commercial department of the Sioux City high school, graduating in 1900, after which he was made a clerk and later promoted to the position of buyer of linens and domestic fabrics. After eighteen years of faithful service in this house he, on May 16, 1908, resigned his position, and on June 20 following opened at Faribault the up-to-date dry goods house of which he has since been the popular proprietor. Mr. Harstad is a thorough business man and adheres to a fixed policy of carrying only first-class goods that will sell on their merit, a policy the wisdom of which is shown by the success that has attended him since settling in Faribault. Mr. Harstad has never sought or desired any office. He is a Republican in political belief, and in his religious convic- tions adhered to the faith of the Lutheran church. He is an
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active member of the Commercial Club of Faribault. Mr. and Mrs. Harstad have three children, named respectively Mildred Eldora, Helen Margarite and Frances Dorothy.
William H. Holden, the well-known musician of Faribault, Minn., is a native of the village of Youngstown, Niagara county, N. Y., his date of birth being May 8, 1844. Here he acquired his education in the public schools and passed his boyhood, en- listing at the age of eighteen, August, 1862; he enlisted in Com- pany E, 129 New York Infantry, as chief musician. The name of the company was later changed to the Eighth New York Artillery. He served till May, 1865, when they were dismissed from the service of the United States at Bailey Cross Roads, Va .. and later from the state service at Rochester, N. Y. He then re- moved to Youngstown and clerked in a general store one year, going west in 1867 and following the cooperage trade at Apple- ton, Wis., remaining here one year. Then practiced his trade in various western towns till 1870, when he moved to Owatonna. Steele county, Minn., going to Rochester, Minn., one year after- wards, and then back to Owatonna, in 1874, where the cooper- age business continued to engage his attention for the next fifteen years. He had given much time to music ever since his army days, becoming recognized as an artist of very decided ability, and in 1889 he was offered the position of instructor of music in the school for the blind at Faribault, which he has filled with much credit to himself and the institution ever since. He has entire charge of the orchestra department. Mr. Holden is a staunch adherent of the Republican party, and is at present serv- ing his second term as alderman of the Fourth ward of Faribault. He is also affiliated with post No. 123 of the G. A. R., in which he has served as commander, and the American Order of Union Workmen. December 28, 1869, he united in marriage with Rachel Turner of Youngstown, N. Y., who died in 1882, leaving three children, viz: John, who died in 1898; Mabel, now of Sid- ney, Mont., and Grace, of Waterville, Minn. He was married a second time, in June 1899, to Margaret Turner, a half-sister of his first wife. Her decease occurred December 2, 1908. Joseph and Susan (Miller) Holden, parents of our subject, were natives of New Hampshire, where the father followed farming till his removal to Youngstown, N. Y., then taking up the cooperage industry till his death in 1868, his wife preceding him by two years.
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