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A special meeting was held at St. Cloud, April 26, 1897, at which time H. J. Rosenberger was elected to succeed Sebastian Reichert, deceased, vice-presi- dent ; John Coates, J. E. West, C. F. Macdonald, H. J. Rosenberger and John Schaefer being appointed a committee to arrange for the next annual meet- ing to be held the first Tuesday in June.
The second annual meeting was held in the court house hall at St. Cloud, June 1, 1879. A paper was read by C. F. Macdonald on "Minnesota and Its Pioneers Prior to 1860;" another on the origin of the word "Sauk" prepared by Judge L. W. Collins, who could not be present, was read by George H. Reynolds ; a third paper, "Reminiscences of Early Days," was read by Captain J. E. West. Brief remarks were made by H. C. Waite, John L. Wilson, Joseph Capser, G. W. Benedict, J. H. Raymond, John Cooper, Dr. S. F. Brown and E. P. Barnum. A German poem, "An Early Settler Looking for a Wife," was read by Henry J. Rosenberger. The committee on obituary, J. C. Payne and C. F. Macdonald, reported sketches of the lives of three members who had died since the last annual meeting-Sebastian Reichert, John Rassier and C. F. Powell. Vocal music was rendered by a quartette consisting of D. H. Freeman, B. F. Carter, E. H. Jerrard and Fay Brigham. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: A. L. Elliott, Paynesville, president ; J. E. West, St. Cloud, first vice-president; Joseph Capser, Sauk Centre, second vice-presi- dent ; J. M. Rosenberger, St. Cloud, secretary ; J. H. Boylan, Paynesville, treas- urer. A dinner was provided by Barney Schmallen and served in a vacant store building on Fifth avenue, South. St. Cloud was selected as the place for holding the next annual meeting. The third annual meeting was held June 7, 1898, in the Davidson Opera House, St. Cloud. An address on "State Building in the West," was delivered by the Hon. Charles E. Flandrau, of St. Paul. Papers were read or remarks made by Martin Greely, Sr., of St. Cloud, founder of Maine Prairie ; Joseph Capser, Sauk Centre ; Mrs. Julia A. A. Wood, of Sauk Rapids; John Payne, of St. Joseph, and H. C. Waite, of St. Cloud.
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Amendments to the constitution were adopted whereby the name of the asso- ciation was changed so as to read "The Old Settlers' Association of Stearns and Adjoining Counties," and to extend the privilege of membership to any qualified resident of Wright, Sherburne, Benton, Morrison, Todd, Kandiyohi and Meeker counties. C. F. Macdonald, chairman of the obituary committee, reported the deaths of L. A. Evans, John A. Wimmer and Nic Keppers, mem- bers, who had died since the last meeting. Dinner was served at DeLeo's Restaurant. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: J. E. West, presi- dent ; Joseph Capser, first vice-president; A. L. Elliott, second vice-president; J. M. Rosenberger, secretary ; J. H. Boylan, treasurer. The attendance was seventy-nine old and new members. St. Cloud was selected for the next meet- ing.
The fourth annual meeting was held at the West Hotel, St. Cloud, June 6, 1899. C. F. Macdonald, chairman of the obituary committee, reported the death of John Riley. It was decided to hold the next annual meeting at Sauk Centre. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: P. Lamb, Sauk Cen- tre, president; N. Richardson, Little Falls, first vice-president; A. L. Elliott, New Paynesville, second vice-president; J. M. Rosenberger, secretary; J. H. Boylan, treasurer. Dinner was served at DeLeo's Restaurant, G. H. Reynolds acting as toastmaster. D. T. Calhoun was the first speaker. Following him papers were read by E. H. Atwood, on "Indian Massacre of 1862;" "The Sauk Centre Pioneers," by P. Lamb; "The Old Settlers as a Moral Factor," by James Jenks; "Journalism in the Sixties and Nineties," by C. F. Macdonald ; "The Transportation Question, Old and New," by H. C. Waite; "Early Poli- tics," by C. A. Gilman ; "The Old Settler as a Fighter and a Man," by Captain J. E. West; "Reminiscences of the Upper Mississippi," by N. Richardson; "The Sauk Valley," by John Payne. Total attendance, sixty-three members and twenty-four ladies not members-total eighty-seven.
The fifth annual reunion of the Old Settlers' Association at Sauk Centre, June 5, 1900, was a pronounced success. The members were cordially received and royally entertained. The business meeting was held in the city hall, after which the company adjourned to the Sauk Centre House, where the annual banquet was served. After Mayor Hogan had given over to the visitors the keys of the city, Frank Tolman was introduced by President Lamb as toast- master. C. F. Hendryx spoke on "Early Minnesota History;" William E. Lee on the "Early History of Long Prairie," and a paper by J. V. Brower on the experiences of the early settlers in Stearns and adjoining counties was read. Remarks were made by N. Richardson and William Nichols. J. R. Boyd con- tributed a poem. The obituary committee's report included sketches of John Payne, Henry Beumer, Martin Greely, Joseph P. Wilson and Dr. S. F. Brown. An invitation to hold the next annual reunion at New Paynesville was ac- cepted. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year : Frank Tol- man, president ; Daniel Chisholm, first vice-president; N. Richardson, second vice-president ; J. M. Rosenberger, secretary ; J. H. Boylan, treasurer.
The sixth annual reunion was held June 4, 1901, at New Paynesville, Frank Tolman, of that village, presiding, the meeting being at A. O. U. W. hall. The following officers were elected for the ensuing year: C. S. Benson, president ;
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Joseph Capser, first vice-president; N. Richardson, second vice-president ; J. M. Rosenberger, secretary ; J. H. Boylan, treasurer. It was voted to hold the 1902 meeting at St. Cloud. Dinner was served at Hanson's Hall by the ladies of the Episcopal Society, W. B. Mitchell acting as toastmaster. Music was furnished by the Zion Glee Club and Latterell's Orchestra. The principal paper was by Captain J. E. West, on "The Bright Side of Pioneer Life." This was followed by a paper on "Early Missionaries," by N. Richardson. Joseph Capser told something of early life at Sauk Centre. Six members have died during the year-E. H. Atwood, Mrs. Mary A. Kaufman, Coleman Bridgman, Frank Hurrle, Benjamin H. Winslow, Nathan Lamb. Following the banquet a ride was taken to Lake Koronis. The attendance was forty-four members and sixteen ladies.
More than one hundred of the pioneers, men and women, gathered at the Unity Church in St. Cloud, June 3, 1902, for the seventh annual meeting of the Old Settlers' Association. At the business session the report in favor of allowing any person who had been in Minnesota forty years to become a member of the association, was voted down by a large majority. The follow- ing officers were chosen for the ensuing year: John T. Marvin, St. Cloud, president ; Philip Beaupre, Sauk Rapids, first viee-president; Casper Capser, St. Joseph, second vice-president; J. M. Rosenberger, St. Cloud, secretary ; John Baitinger, Paynesville, treasurer. St. Cloud was fixed on as the place for the next annual meeting. Dinner was served by the ladies of Unity Church, after which an address of welcome was delivered by Mayor Robinson. The program included the following topics : "Pioneer Daughters," Mrs. Mary F Street; "Hotel Accommodations and Transportation Facilities in 1860," John Coates; "What I Know About Organizing Old Settlers' Associations," Joseph Capser ; addresses by H. C. Waite, Mrs. C. L. Atwood, and Joseph Cap- ser; reminiscences by Joseph Coates and Philip Beaupre (1845) ; "Pioneer Women," Mrs. George W. Stewart; poem, "Battle of Life," by H. C. Waite. Vocal music was furnished by the Ladies' Quartette of Sauk Rapids, and Charles H. Barden. The report of the obituary committee was read by C. F. Macdonald. (The records do not give the names included in the report.)
Owing to the death during the year of the secretary, John M. Rosenberger, and the serious illness of the president, John T. Marvin, no call had been issued or arrangements made for the eighth annual meeting at the proper date, June 2, 1903. An informal meeting was held on that day at which C. S. Ben- son, J. E. West and W. B. Mitchell were appointed a committee to make all necessary arrangements for a meeting to be held June 16. The association met at the latter date at Unity Church, vice-president Beaupre taking the chair in the absence of President Marvin. At the business meeting the officers elected for the ensuing year were: John Coates, president; Philip Beaupre, first vice-president ; Robert Lyons, second vice-president ; M. D. Taylor, secre- tary; John Baitinger, treasurer. At the banquet prepared by the ladies of Unity Church, W. B. Mitchell acting as toastmaster introduced Mayor Robin- son, who extended a welcome to the ninety-eight old settlers gathered around the tables. P. Lamb told of "Some Old Settlers of Sauk Centre," and Frank Tolman did the same for some of the old settlers of Paynesville. Alderman
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John Schaefer read a paper on "Some Pioneer Aldermen of St. Cloud," and George H. Reynolds contributed a chapter on "Cyrus Beecham, Pioneer." C. F. Macdonald, chairman of the obituary committee, reported the following deaths: Thomas J. Cadwell, Dean Staples, Daniel Chisholm, Peter Lommel, Mrs. Julia A. A. Wood, John M. Rosenberger, George W. Smitten, John Rogers, Mrs. Eliza V. Sweet, Solomon R. Foot. St. Cloud was selected for the next meeting place.
Bad weather interfered seriously with the attendance at the ninth annual meeting of the Old Settlers' Association, which was held at Unity Church, St. Cloud, June 7, 1904. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: C. F. Macdonald, St. Cloud, president; Horace Webster, Wright county, first vice- president ; Frank Tolman, New Paynesville, second vice-president; M. D. Tay- lor, St. Cloud, secretary ; A. L. Elliott, New Paynesville, treasurer. H. C. Waite, for the obituary committee, reported the following deaths of members for the past year : John T. Marvin, president of the association ; John Winter, J. G. Huber, James Jenks, George T. Cambell, Mrs. Mary Bennett, George E. Fuller. At the conelusion of the banquet which followed, served by the ladies of Unity Chureh, with C. S. Benson acting as toastmaster, papers were read by Captain J. E. West on "The Pioneers of the Nineteenth Century ;" "The Louisiana Purchase," by C. F. Macdonald ; "Location and Some Characteris- ties of the Early Settlers," by C. A. Gilman; "A Pioneer Method of Making a Collection, or How I Got the Oxen," by A. L. Elliott; "An Indian Battle in the Yellowstone in 1844," by P. Beanpre. There were also brief and interest- ing remarks by W. L. Nieman, of Sauk Rapids, and by Major Randall, of Winona, a guest of the association, who had been a member of the second ter- ritorial legislature in 1851 and also a member of the constitutional convention. He gave an account of the making of the treaty for the removal of the Sioux Indians from the Mississippi to the upper waters of the Minnesota river, and also a sketch of Major Brown, who was prominent in the early days and was said by the speaker to have come to Minnesota with the troops as a fifer in 1818. The reading of C. F. Macdonald's paper was followed by the narration of an incident of the early days by Henry J. Rosenberger regarding "the poor- est man who ever immigrated into this part of the Lonisiana Purchase." This man, he said, arrived at the banks of the Mississippi river opposite St. Augusta, without enough money to pay the ferryman to take him across, so he tied his clothes in a bundle which he fastened on his head and swam the river. The current was so strong that he lost the bundle and landed on the opposite shore without even his clothes. This man, the speaker added, was John Hurrle, a member of this association, who died in 1900, well supplied with this world's goods. St. Cloud was selected as the next place of meeting, as was the case each suceeding year, and this by the expressed choice of the outside members.
The tenth annual reunion called together nearly a hundred members of the association, including the wives of a number, at Unity Church, St. Cloud, June 6, 1905. The constitution was amended so that any person who resided in the state of Minnesota prior to the Indian outbreak of August 15, 1862, and who was at the time of application, a resident of Stearns or any adjoining county, would be eligible for membership. John L. Wilson and Philip Beaupre were
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made honorary members of the association for the remainder of their lives with all the privileges of the association and without the payment of any dues. It was further ordered that all members of the association who became resi- dents of Minnesota prior to 1850 be placed, with their wives, on the honorary roll. The report of the obituary committee, presented by the chairman, W. B. Mitchell, contained sketches of the lives of N. G. Grant, William Gordon, Wil- bur Fiske, Mrs. Mary L. Lambert, Levi A. Ball, N. H. Miner and Ezra G. Hicks, members who had died during the year. The election of officers re- sulted as follows: C. A. Gilman, St. Cloud, president; P. Lamb, Sauk Centre, first vice-president ; Robert Lyons, Clearwater, second vice-president; M. D. Taylor, St. Cloud, secretary ; A. L. Elliott, Paynesville, treasurer; C S. Benson, J. E. West, Robert Lyons, executive committee ; W. B. Mitchell was appointed chairman of the obituary committee, a position held continuously since, with the exception of one year. After the dinner served by the ladies of Unity Church, the program was given, which included the following papers: "Early Frontier Home Life," Mrs. John Payne; "Fifty Years in St. Cloud," H. C. Waite; "Chippewa and Sioux Battles," Harmon Becker; "A Trip to the White Earth Reservation in 1869," C. S. Benson; "Reminiscences of Early Days," by John L. Wilson; a paper giving incidents of the journey of his father's family to Stearns county in 1856, by Robert Lyons; and a paper by W. L. Nieman, telling of the first telegram received in Minnesota announc- ing the assassination of President Lincoln.
The following extract is taken from Mrs. Payne's paper: "From 1858 to 1862 wheat was worth thirty-five cents per bushel in trade. A bushel of wheat at that price would not go very far toward feeding and clothing a family. Calico then was from fifteen to twenty-five cents per yard. We had to dress plain and live plain and did not always have tea and coffee. We used substitutes, but were none the worse off for that. I made all of our wearing apparel, even to the little ones' shoes when they were small. After we got able to buy sheep, I made my own yarn, knitting it into stockings and selling what was left for two dollars per pound. My husband paid $120 for a yoke of old Red River oxen."
Unfavorable weather again interfered with the attendance at the annual meeting held at Unity Church, June 5, 1906. The election of officers for the ensning year resulted as follows: W. B. Mitchell, president; P. Lamb, first vice-president ; A. L. Elliott, second vice-president ; M. D. Taylor, secretary ; A. L. Elliott, treasurer. The obituary committee reported the death of the following members : Marcus Maurin, John Phipps, Casper Stein, Casper Pick, Nicholas Rassier, William H. Lyons, Thomas Jones, Mathias Hanson. Fol- lowing the banquet provided by the ladies of Unity Church, papers were read by Mrs. Charles Ketcham, on the early days in St. Cloud; by John Schaefer, giving an account of the settlement of his father's family in Stearns county, illustrated by a model of his original cabin; by C. F. Macdonald, entitled "Recollections of a Boy of Fifty Years Ago;" by Capt. J. E. West, telling "Where the Pioneers Slept;" by C. A. Gilman, on "The Origin of Our Old Neighbors, the Indians;" concluding with some early reminiscences by Joseph Capser.
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The twelfth annual meeting was held at Unity Church, St. Cloud, June 4, 1907. C. D. Grinols was appointed secretary pro tem in the absence of Secretary Taylor. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: H. C. Waite, president; O. B. Boobar, first vice-president; Harmon Becker, second vice-president; C. D. Grinols, secretary ; A. L. Elliott, treasurer. The report of the obituary committee, given by C. F. Macdonald, included sketches of the lives of the following members who had died during the year: Joseph Volz, David T. Calhoun, Mrs. Ada Benson, Philip Beaupre, John Cooper, Mrs. James H. Boylan, John H. Raymond, Mrs. Elizabeth Smith Raymond, Adam Yaeger, Mrs. Sarah Cornell. Following the banquet, at which George H. Reynolds acted as toastmaster, papers were read by Lewis Clark, giving some incidents regarding Watab and its people in the early days; by Robert A. Lyons, "The Early History of Lynden;" "The Reminiscences of a Young Old Settler," by George W. Stewart. These were succeeded by an informal social session with five-minute talks by Capt. J. E. West, John Coates, George Herberger, C. D. Grinols and C. A. Gilman.
After the transaction of some routine business at the thirteenth annual meeting held at Unity Church, June 2, 1908, the following named officers were elected : Harmon Becker, president; O. B. Boobar, first vice-president ; Lewis Clark, second vice-president ; C. D. Grinols, secretary ; A. L. Elliott, treasurer. The report of the obituary committee included three members who had died since the last meeting, viz .: John A. McDonald, Thomas Carlin, Nathan Richardson. F. L. Randall strongly urged the necessity of the state of Min- nesota providing a suitable building for the use of the Historical Society in which to preserve its records, and it was voted to present the matter to our legislative delegation at the proper time. After the banquet, with Judge Collins presiding, the following program was presented: "Early Recollec- tions of Sauk Centre," by O. B. Boobar; "Early Transportation," by Lewis Clark ; "Early History of Rockville," by Hubert Hanson.
The fourteenth annual session was held at Unity Church, June 1, 1909. The report of the obituary committee was read, giving sketches of the lives of Harmon Becker, Mrs. Mary E. Ketcham, Mrs. Margaret Metzroth Wald- man, James F. Bradford, Barney Murphy and Cyrus Smith, who had died during the year. The officers elected were: O. B. Boobar, Sauk Centre, presi- dent; G. W. Stewart, St. Cloud, first vice-president; Samuel Young, Maine Prairie, second vice-president ; C. D. Grinols, secretary; A. L. Elliott, treas- urer. A resolution was adopted providing that in order to retain membership in the association the annual dues must be paid regularly and that the name of any member in arrears for more than one year would be stricken from the roll. After the dinner the program was given with George W. Stewart, toast- master. The subjects were : "Pioneer Days Among the Boys," C. L. Atwood; with papers by Mrs. Mary L. Street and Mrs. Brennan.
Over one hundred old settlers and their relatives assembled at the Pres- . byterian Church June 7, 1910, for the fifteenth annual meeting. The obituary committee reported the deaths of John L. Wilson, Henry J. Rosenberger, Robert A. Lyons, John Schaefer, Philoman Lamb, Mrs. Maria D. Waite, Wil- liam F. Hicks, Mrs. Hester Gilman and Samnel Lee, with biographical sketches
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of each. The officers elected for the coming year were: John Zapp, presi- dent; Joseph Coates, Sauk Rapids, first vice-president; George Herberger, Sauk Centre, second vice-president; C. D. Grinols, secretary ; J. H. Boylan, treasurer. The banquet was served by the Ladies' Aid Society of the Presby- terian Church, C. F. Macdonald acting as toastmaster. Interesting historical papers were read by Mrs. Eunice N. Stickney, George Herberger, A. W. Gor- don and Mrs. Wayland Miller.
The attendance at the sixteenth annual meeting, held June 6, 1911, at the Presbyterian Church, St. Cloud, was not large, but those present enjoyed the renewal of "auld acquaintance" and secing some new faces. The report of the obituary committee included sketches of the lives of Solomon Pender- gast, George H. Reynolds, Mrs. Cordelia Grecly, Mrs. Mary M. West and Mrs. Mary Winslade. The officers elected for the ensuing year were: George Herberger, Sauk Centre, president; Joseph H. Coates, Sauk Rapids, first vice-president ; Benjamin H. Winslow, Maine Prairie, second vice-president ; C. D. Grinols, St. Cloud, secretary ; J. H. Boylan, Paynesville, treasurer. John Coates, C. F. Macdonald and D. H. Freeman were appointed to serve as an executive committee. Resolutions of regret at the absence of Capt. J. E. West, H. C. Waite and A. L. Elliott, detained at their homes by sickness, were adopted, and they were unanimously elected honorary life members of the association. The dinner was served by the Ladies Aid Society of the church, after which the following program was given, W. B. Mitchell presiding : Historical paper by Joseph Capser, Sauk Centre; "Pioneer Maine Prairie," by Mrs. Addie J. Stickney; an original poem dedicated to the old settlers, by Mrs. C. C. Tobey, Sauk Centre; "The Sioux Massacre," C. F. Macdonald.
The seventeenth annual meeting of the association held June 4, 1912, in the Presbyterian Church, attracted a large attendance. After the usual routine business, the report of the obituary committee was read, chronicling the deaths of Mrs. Olive Tilton, Sidney A. Irish, Nicholas J. Weber, A. L. Elliott, Mrs. Ellen Lamb, George W. Stewart and Josiah E. West. The fol- lowing officers were elected: Joseph H. Coates, president; Julius Payne, first vice-president ; George S. Warner, second vice-president; C. D. Grinols, secretary ; J. H. Boylan, treasurer. John Coates, C. F. Macdonald and D. H. Freeman were appointed the executive committee. Horace P. Bennett and Benjamin H. Winslow were elected honorary life members. Resolutions of sympathy for H. C. Waite and Mrs. Mary S. Hayward were adopted. After the dinner furnished by the Ladies' Society of the church, the session was resumed and the regular program given with C. F. Macdonald toastmaster. A paper of reminiseences was read by Warren Hasty. A paper prepared by Mrs. R. L. Lambert, of Royalton, was read by Mrs. Mary F. Street. William E. Lee, of Long Prairie, talked very entertainingly of early days in Todd county, his home. Short talks on appropriate subjects were given by Jacob Staples, O. B. Boobar, John Coates, Conrad Herberger, George Warner and C. F. Macdonald.
The old settlers gathered in goodly numbers June 3, 1913, at the Presby- terian Church, St. Cloud, for their eighteenth annual meeting. The report of the obituary committee showed that the following-named members had
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died during the year, a sketch of the life of each being given: Casper Capser, Henry Chester Barrett, Nehemiah P. Clarke, Loren W. Collins, Mrs. Mary S. Hayward, Henry Chester Waite and Benjamin H. Winslow. The officers elected were: Julius Payne, president; R. M. Van Dervort, first vice-presi- dent; William T. Clark, second vice-president; Clinton D. Grinols, secretary ; James H. Boylan, treasurer. John Coates, C. F. Macdonald and D. H. Free- man were appointed executive committee. Following the dinner served in the church parlors by the Ladies' Aid Society, the program of entertainment was given, with C. F. Macdonald presiding. A paper was read by Mrs. R. L. Lambert, giving the experiences of Mrs. Charles Hunter at Fort Snelling dur- ing the war. A paper was read by Lyman W. Ayer, of Belle Prairie, the first white child born in Minnesota. Mr. Ayer was made an honorary member of the association. Impromptu remarks were made by D. H. Freeman, C. F. Mac- donald and others.
The nineteenth annual meeting was held June 2, 1914, at the Presbyterian Church, and in the absence of the president, was called to order by First Vice-president R. M. Vandervort. On account of the illness of the chairman of the obituary committee but one death was reported, that of Mrs. Olive J. Boobar of Sauk Centre. Mrs. D. H. Spicer, of St. Cloud, the first white woman to be married in Stearns county, was elected an honorary member for life. The officers for the ensuing years were : R. M. Vandervort, Fair Haven, president ; A. L. Gordon, Rice, first vice-president; John Kaufman, St. Cloud, second vice-president ; C. D. Grinols, St. Cloud, secretary; J. H. Boylan, Paynesville, treasurer. After the dinner served in the church parlors the association reassembled. The only regular paper on the program was one written by W. B. Mitchell and read by C. F. Macdonald, "Reminiscences of Territorial Days." Miss Margaret Whitney recited, with musical accom- paniment, James Whitcomb Riley's "That Old Sweetheart of Mine," and "The Cornstalk Fiddle."
At this meeting as well as those which had preceded it the program was interspersed with vocal and instrumental music. Among those who contrib- uted to this feature of the exercises were Louis Rosenberger, Charles Frink, H. Sydow, H. C. Ervin, Jr., H. E. Gribenow and Prof. P. E. Kaiser, Mrs. E. T. Davidson, and Zama Taylor, Louise Taylor, Doerner Sisters, Constance L. Gilman, Marie Hanson, Zelah M. Freeman, Isabelle Rosenberger, Clara Rosen- berger, Rose Brennan and Lena G. Miller.
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