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Automobiles, 4; motorcycles and bicycles, 6.
Frankfort. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 38; one year old and under two years, 69; two years old and under three years, 67; three years old and over, 521. Cattle, under one year, 483; one year and under two years, 366; two years and under three years, 244 ; cows, 1,070; bulls, 52; all other cattle three years old and over, 4. Sheep, 123. Swine, 1,440. Value of poul- try, $1,400. Number of dogs, 124.
Automobiles, 11; motoreyeles and bicycles, 4.
Franklin. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 88; one year old and under two years, 84; two years old and under three years, 93; three years old and over, 724. Cattle, under one year, 633; one year and under two years, 525; two years and under three years, 327; cows, 1,879; bulls, 40; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 138. Swine, 1,783. Value of poultry, $1,689. Number of dogs, 195.
Automobiles, 32; motorcycles and bicycles, 2.
French Lake. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 31; one year old and under two years, 50; two years old and under three years, 43; three years old and over, 525. Cattle, un- der one year, 562; one year and under two years, 451; two years and under three years, 255; eows, 1,245; bulls, 35; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 65. Swine, 552. Value of poultry, $1,349. Number of dogs, 110.
Antomobiles, 19; motorcycles and bicycles, 11.
Maple Lake. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 29; one year old and under two years, 39; two years old and under three years, 24; three years old and over, 420. Cattle, um- der one year, 313; one year and under two years, 387; two years and under three years, 188; cows, 969; bulls, 26; all other cattle three years and over, 3. Sheep, 150. Swine, 696. Value of poultry, $551. Number of dogs, 106.
Antomobiles, 3; motorcycles and bicycles, 0.
Marysville. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 39; one year and under two years, 57; two years old and under three years, 77; three years old and over, 533. Cattle, under one year,
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285; one year and under two years, 555; two years and under three years, 386; eows, 1,381; bulls, 52; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 113. Swine, 883. Value of poultry, $998. Number of dogs, 133.
Automobiles, 6; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 0.
Middleville. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 49; one year old and under two years, 75; two years old and under three years, 69; three years old and over, 758. Cattle, under one year, 610; one year and under two years, 417; two years and under three years, 240; cows, 1,411; bulls, 49; all other cattle three years old and over, 5. Sheep, 77. Swine, 1,493. Value of poultry, $1,807. Number of dogs, 183.
Automobiles, 5; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 0.
Monticello. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 68; one year old and under two years, 95; two years old and un- der three years, 79; three years old and over, 723. Cattle, under one year, 791 ; one year and under two years, 476; two years and under three years, 378; eows, 964; bulls, 50; all other eattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 304. Swine, 3,254. Value of poul- try, $1,866. Number of dogs, 74.
Automobiles, 11; motorcycles and bicyeles, 16.
Otsego. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 49; one year old and under two years, 65; two years old and under three years, 69; three years old and over, 527. Cattle, under one year, 483; one year and under two years, 365; two years and under three years, 236; eows, 988; bulls, 46; all other eattle three years old and over, 2. Sheep, 169. Swine, 777. Value of poul- try, $1,104. Number of dogs, 87.
Automobiles, 10; motoreyeles and bicycles, 5.
Rockford. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 55; one year old and under two years, 76; two years old and under three years, 59; three years old and over, 647. Cattle, under one year, 648; one year and under two years, 535; two years and un- der three years, 333; eows, 1,536; bulls, 80; all other eattle three years old and over, 7. Sheep, 88. Swine, 4,104. Value of poul- try, $1,091. Number of dogs, 164.
Automobiles, 15; motorcycles and bicyeles, 2.
Silver Creek. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 29; one year old and under two years, 39; two years old and un- der three years, 43; three years old and over, 570. Cattle, under one year, 266; one year and under two years, 359; two years and under three years, 143; eows, 1,313; bulls, 60; all other eattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 78. Swine, 661. Value of poultry, $1,086. Number of dogs, 130.
Automobiles, 15; motoreyeles and bicycles, 4.
Southside. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 33; one year old and under two years, 36; two years old and
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under three years, 51; three years old and over, 324. Cattle, under one year, 353; one year and under two years, 227; two years and under three years, 199; eows, 485; bulls, 15; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 535. Swine, 609. Value of poultry, $643. Number of dogs, 87.
Automobiles, 6; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 0.
Stockholm. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 52; one year old and under two years, 72; two years old and under three years, 68; three years old and over, 660. Cattle, under one year, 518; one year and under two years, 377 ; two years and under three years, 337; eows, 1,095; bulls, 24; all other eat- tle three years old and over, 4. Sheep, 94; swine, 1,361. Value of poultry, $1,614. Number of dogs, $130.
Automobiles, 16; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 3.
Victor. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 46; one year old and under two years, 88; two years old and under three years, 111; three years old and over, 609. Cattle, under one year, 356; one year and under two years, 404: two years and under three years, 220; eows, 1,328; bulls, 31; all other eattle three years old and over, 8. Sheep, 121. Swine, 767. Value of poultry, $2,063. Number of dogs, 156.
Automobiles, 17; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 0.
Woodland. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 59; one year old and under two years, 72; two years old and un- der three years, 73; three years old and over, 608. Cattle, under one year, 564; one year and under two years, 422; two years and under three years, 310; eows, 1,331; bulls, 64; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 44. Swine, 886. Value of poultry, $1,184. Number of dogs, 102.
Automobiles, 12; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 0.
VILLAGES.
Annandale. Horses, mnles and asses. Under one year old, 3; one year old and under two years, 7; two years old and under three years, 4; three years old and over, 89. Cattle, under one year, 15; one year and under two years, 21; two years and under three years, 43; eows, 53; bulls, 0; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 46. Value of poultry, $216. Number of dogs, 17.
. Automobiles, 41; motoreyeles and bicyeles, 7.
Buffalo. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 5; one year old and under two years, 2; two years old and under three years, 2; three years old and over, 109. Cattle, under one year, 36; one year and under two years, 8; two years and under three years, 5; eows, 94; bulls, 1; all other eattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 23. Value of poultry, $309. Num- ber of dogs, 1.
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Automobiles, 44; motorcycles and bicyeles, 21.
Clearwater. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 0; one year old and under two years, 1 ; two years old and under three years, 1: three years old and over, 35. Cattle, under one year, 1; one year and under two years, 2; two years and under three years, 0; cows, 19; bulls, 0; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 23. Value of poultry, $61. Num- ber of dogs, 12.
Automobiles, 16; motorcyeles and bieyeles, 1.
Cokato. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 6; one year old and under two years, 3; two years old and under three years, 4; three years old and over, 90. Cattle, under one year, 10; one year and under two years, 10; two years and under three years, 11; cows, 89; bulls, 1; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 1. Swine, 28. Value of poultry, $432. Number of dogs, 27.
Automobiles, 40; motoreycles and bicycles, 0.
Delano. IIorses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 5; one year old and under two years, 2; two years old and under three years, 4; three years old and over, 110. Cattle, under one year, 1; one year and under two years, 1; two years and under three years, 3; cows, 74; bulls, 0; all other cattle three years old and over, 10. Sheep, 0. Swine, 32. Value of poultry, $200. Num- ber of dogs, 21.
Automobiles, 28; motorcycles and bicycles, 1.
Hanover. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 3; one year old and under two years, 3; two years old and under three years, 3; three years old and over, 56. Cattle, under one year, 23; one year and under two years, 27; two years and under three years, 31; cows, 118; bulls, 3; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 5. Swine, 273. Value of poultry, $200. Number of dogs, 14.
Automobiles, 6; motoreyeles and bicycles, 0.
Howard Lake. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 1; one year old and under two years, 2; two years old and under three years, 4; three years old and over, 73. Cattle, under one year, 2; one year and under two years, 5; two years and under three years, 2; cows, 43; bulls, 0; all other eattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 17. Value of poultry, $162. Num- ber of dogs, 16.
Automobiles, 21; motorcycles and bieyeles, 1.
Maple Lake. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 4; one year old and under two years, 6; two years old and under three years, 5; three years old and over, 71. Cattle, under one year, 10; one year and under two years, 20; two years and under three years, 8; eows, 90; bulls, 1; all other cattle three years old
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and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 38. Value of poultry, $60. Num- ber of dogs, 8.
Automobiles, 20; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 2.
Monticello. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 3; one year old and under two years, 2; two years old and under three years, 2; three years old and over, 83. Cattle, under one year, 3; one year and under two years, 4; two years and under three years, 1; cows, 34; bulls, 0; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 25. Value of poultry, $151. Number of dogs, 18.
Automobiles, 50; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 2.
Montrose. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 1; one year old and under two years, 4; two years old and under three years, 0; three years old and over, 44. Cattle, under one year, 11; one year and under two years, 8; two years and under three years, 2; cows, 87; bulls, 1; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 15. Swine, 130. Value of poultry, $177. Number of dogs, 26.
Automobiles, 17; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 0.
Rockford. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 0; one year old and under two years, 1; two years old and under three years, 2; three years old and over, 36. Cattle, under one year, 3; one year and under two years, 5; two years and under three years, 0; cows, 32; bulls, 0; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 19. Value of poultry, $97. Num- ber of dogs, 6.
Automobiles, 16; motorcycles and bieyeles, 0.
St. Michael. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 6; one year old and under two years, 7; two years old and under three years, 9; three years old and over, 79. Cattle, under one year, 37 ; one year and under two years, 31; two years and under three years, 13; eows, 162; bulls, 6; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 252. Value of poultry, $225. Nuuber of dogs, 23.
Automobiles, 11; motorcycles and bieyeles, 1.
St. Michael Station. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 3; one year old and under two years, 7; two years old and under three years, 7; three years old and over, 77. Cattle, under one year, 38; one year and under two years, 41; two years and under three years, 15; cows, 121; bulls, 4; all other eattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 135. Value of poultry, $217. Number of dogs, 17.
Automobiles, 6; motoreyeles and bieyeles, 0.
South Haven. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 3; one year old and under two years, 2; two years old and under three years, 6; three years old and over, 69. Cattle, under one year, 9; one year and under two years, 60; two years and under
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three years, 6; cows, 77; bulls, 0; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 38. Swine, 41. Value of poultry, $105. Number of dogs, 14.
Automobiles, 8; motorcycles and bicycles, 0.
Waverly. Horses, mules and asses. Under one year old, 4; one year old and under two years, 4; two years old and under three years, 3; three years old and over, 45. Cattle, under one year, 7; one year and under two years, 8; two years and under three years, 5; cows, 25; bulls, 0; all other cattle three years old and over, 0. Sheep, 0. Swine, 14. Value of poultry, $127. Number of dogs, 23.
Automobiles, 22; motorcycles and bicycles, 3.
There are 59 stallions, fine bred mares and race horses in the county. They are distributed as follows: Buffalo, 5; Clearwater, 2; Cokato, 3; Frankfort, 1; Franklin, 1; French Lake, 1; Maple Lake, 3; Marysville, 1; Middleville, 1; Monticello, 23; Otsego, 5; Rockford, 1; Southside, 2; Woodland, 3; Annandale Village, 1; Delano Village, 2; Maple Lake Village, 3; Waverly Village, 1.
CHAPTER XVI.
BIOGRAPHICAL REVIEW.
Facts in the Early Career and Later Success of People Who Have Helped to Make Wright County-Founders and Pa- triots-Names Which Will Live Long in the Memories of Residents of This Vicinity - Stories of Well-Known Families Who have Led in Public Life.
Adam A. Jewett, one of the prominent and energetie business men of Annandale, was born in Ean Claire, Wis., January 19, 1863, son of Aaron HI. and Jane E. (Emerson) Jewett. Aaron H. Jewett came to Wright eounty in 1862 and homesteaded a tract of land in seetion 8, Marysville township. A year later he was joined by the family. Adam A. was reared on this place. As he grew up he helped with the farm work and earned spend- ing money by digging ginseng, and cutting hoop poles, eord wood and ties. He received a good common school education, and in 1882 beeame a rural school teacher. In this profession he continued for six years. In 1888 he went into the grain business at Maple Lake, and so eontinned until 1903. From 1894 to 1903 he did the village good service as postmaster. He went to Pasadena. California, in 1903 for the benefit of his wife's health. In 1905 he entered into the grain business in Barlow, North Dakota, and there remained until 1910. In that year he came to Annandale and became manager for the Osborne Me- Millan Elevator Company. Aside from the splendid work he
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does in this line, he is extensively engaged in the implement business. In public affairs, Mr. Jewett has been especially active. At different times he has held all the village offices of Maple Lake, and for twelve years was on the school board there. For the past three years he has been village recorder of Annandale. For ten years he was township member of the Republican Central Committee. He belongs to Buffalo Lodge, No. 135, A. F. & A. M., and Barlow (North Dakota) Lodge, No. 106, I. O. O. F. For twenty-five years he has been a member of Maple Lake Lodge, No. 212, A. O. U. W., and has occupied all the offices in that lodge. Mr. Jewett was married in 1885 to Gertrude E. Past, daughter of John and Margaret Past. Mr. and Mrs. Jewett have seven children : Harry H., Calvin C. and Eva C., who live at home, and four who are dead.
Edward J. Brabec, successful builder and contractor of Annandale, was born on section 20, Woodland township, Wright county, July 17, 1877, son of Joseph and Anna (Pesina) Brabec. He attended the distriet schools and was reared to farm pursuits. In 1901 he went to Renville, this state, and learned the carpenter trade from H. H. Wilkins, architeet and builder. In 1904 he eame to Annandale, and engaged in his present business as a builder and contractor. He is an expert in his line, he takes a deep interest in his work, and many of the best of the modern houses in this vicinity stand as monuments to his honor, ability and mastery of his trade. He is a designer as well as builder, and his ideas are embodied in sneh structures as the residences of A. A. Zeeh, John Herzberg, Octavius Longworth and many others. Mr. Brabee was married in 1903 to Edith Klueas, daugh- ter of Fred Klucas, a pioneer of Waverly, in this county. In the Brabee family there are two children : Myrtle, born in 1904, and Luella, born in 1911. The family attend the Lutheran Church. Mr. Brabee is a member of the Commercial Club. Aside from his activities as a designer and contractor he has quite an extensive cabinet and planing mill, fully equipped with the latest machinery, where he is prepared to turn out anything in his line. He erected this mill himself and it is adequate in every particular.
George Walters, a veteran of the Civil war, and early settler of French Lake township, was born in Kent, England, in 1840, son of Mathew Walters, who brought his family to America about 1846 and settled on a small farm near Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of fifteen, George Walters started out for himself. The outbreak of the Civil war found him still in Ohio. He enlisted September 5, 1861, in Battery B., First Ohio Light Artillery, under Captain W. E. Stannard and Colonel James Barrett. The regiment was assigned to the Fourteenth Army Corps. Among the battles in which Mr. Walters participated may be mentioned :
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Wild Cat Mountain, Ky .; Mills Springs, Ky .; Perryville, Ky .; Laverque, Tenn .; Stone River, Tenn .; Chickamauga, Tenn .; Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. Ile was discharged January 3, 1864, reenlisted January 4, 1864, and received his final discharge July 22, 1865. After the war he returned home, and then spent a year as a fur trapper near Manistee, Mich. From there he came to Minneapolis. It was in 1867 that he eame to the northern part of French Lake township and purchased forty aeres of land. He farmed there about seven years, then he moved to Corinna township, bought forty acres and there farmed about twenty years. Then he came to Annandale, where he has since lived. Mr. Walters is a member of Buzzell Post, No. 24, G. A. R., at Annandale. Mr. Walters was married in January, 1871, to Julia Whitlock, daughter of Ervin and Mary (Abney) Whitlock, who were married April 30, 1849. Mr. and Mrs. Walters have had seven children: Lottie, now Mrs. J. F. Gorman, of Maple Lake; James, of Annandale; Nettie, wife of Tad Ileaton, of Annandale; Blanche, wife of Ilugo Ernest, of Paynesville; Gertrude, wife of R. S. Webber, of Paynesville ; and two that died in infancy. Mrs. Walters is a member of the Advent Church. Ervin Whitlock, the early settler, came to Min- nesota in 1866. He was a veteran of the Civil war, having served as fifer in Company I, 84th Illinois Volunteer Infantry. He is now living at Annandale, at the advanced age of 94 years.
Phineas S. Rudolph, early settler and veteran of the Civil war, was born in Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, December 1, 1839, son of Abraham and Catharine (Rhoades) Rudolph. Abra- ham Rudolph was a farmer and sawmill operator. In 1876 he came to Wright county and purchased 160 acres of wild land in section 14, South Side township. Phineas was reared on the home farm in Pennsylvania. In 1861 he enlisted in Company A, 105th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served within forty- one days of four years. Ile went through the entire Wilderness campaign, and participated in the siege of Yorktown and the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court House, North Anne, Cold Harbor, Deep Bottom, and the nine months' siege of Petersburg, and was present at the surrender of Lee at Appo- mattox. After being mustered out at Braddocks, Pa., in July, 1865, he returned to Jefferson county, Pennsylvania, and engaged in farming on a seventy-acre farm which he had previously purchased. He was married December 27, 1865, to Letitia Groves, daughter of Daniel and Jennie (Cannon) Groves, farmers of that county. Mrs. Letitia (Groves) Rudolph died October 13, 1881. February 13, 1883, Mr. Rudolph married Mrs. Mary E. Patterson, daughter of Solomon and Leah (Butler) Nolf, farmers of Armstrong county, Pennsylvania. Mr. Rudolph remained ou the farm in Pennsylvania until 1888. In that year he came to
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Wright county and settled on eighty aeres in seetions 13 and 14, South Side township. He developed this place and continued to reside there until 1907, when he bought the sightly village resi- denee in Annandale where he now resides. He also has forty aeres of land in Stearns county. He has been justice of the peaee several terms, town elerk one year and school director ten years. He is a charter member and Past Master of Fair Haven Lodge, No. 182, A. F. & A. M., of Annandale, which he helped to organize when it was started at Fair Haven and before its removal to An- nandale. He is also a past commander of Buzzell Post, No. 24, G. A. R. By his first wife, Mr. Rudolph had eight children : William H. lives in La Crosse, Wash .; Annie M. is the wife of I. H. Winget, of California; Jennie K. is now Mrs. Newton Larson, of Paris, Mont .; John C. lives at White Salmon, Wash .; Amy is the wife of Fay Pieree, of La Crosse, Wash. By his second wife Mr. Rudolph had four children : Charles E., a dentist in Minneapolis; Effie, a nurse in Merrill, Wis .; Larne, now Mrs. C. A. Larson, of Harlow, N. D .; and Ceeil K., who is operating the home farm in South Side township.
Albert A. Thayer, genial proprietor of the Annandale Hotel, was born in Adrian, Mieh., December 28, 1848, son of David B. and Catharine (Warren) Thayer. David B. Thayer was born at Malden Bridge, N. Y., being taken to Adrian, Mich., at the age of two years. There he attended school and grew to man- hood. In 1854 he came to Hennepin county, this state, located in Brooklyn township, near Osseo, and died in 1874. Albert A. Thayer was brought to Hennepin county at the age of five years, attended the distriet sehools, and was reared to farm pursuits. As a boy he experienced all the rigors of pioneer life. During the Indian fright he kept the horse harnessed day and night in order that the family might flee at the first alarm. In 1864, then only sixteen years of age, he enlisted as a musician in the Seventh Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and saw southern serviee for seven months. He was mustered out at Fort Snelling August 16. 1865. After his father's death he operated the home farm until 1878. Then he went to Fair Haven, in Stearns county, and took the contraet for the star mail route between Fair Haven and St. Clond, a distance of twenty miles. Hle operated a daily stage over this route for ten years. At the same time he eondueted the Star Hotel at Fair Haven. In 1890 he moved to Annandale. For four years he had charge of a livery, and in 1894 he went into the hotel business. In 1895 the hotel burned, and he at onee ereeted the Annandale Hotel, which he still owns and manages. Ile has a good trade, eonduets an excellent place, and is justly popular, both with the traveling publie and with the people of the county. Mr. Thayer is quartermaster of Buzzell Post, No. 24, G. A. R., at Annandale. Albert A. Thayer was married in 1869
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to Mary Colbern, of Osseo, Minn. She died in 1875, leaving two children : William, now at MeNaughton, Wis., and Le Roy, now at Clarissa, Minn. In 1880 Mr. Thayer married Carrie Hill, daughter of Horaee and Eliza Hill. Horace Hill was a pioneer and came to Forest City, Meeker county, in an early day. In 1862 the Hill family moved to Monticello to take refuge from the Indians, who were killing settlers to the westward. Mr. and Mrs. Thayer have five children: Elsie May is at home; Effie is the wife of J. E. Walters, of Annandale; Bert Il. is eashier of the State Bank of Annandale; Martha is in the postoffice at Belgrade, Minn .; Agnes is a student at the State Normal sehool at St. Cloud.
Jacob Lambert, pioneer and veteran of the Civil war, was born in Switzerland, November 6, 1844, son of Sulpes and Made- line Lambert. Jacob Lambert came to America in 1851, and spent his boyhood in New York state. He was there when the Civil war broke out, and loyal to his adopted country, he enlisted in the Third Battery, New York Light Artillery, serving from his muster in at Albany, in 1862, until his discharge in August of the same year. Ile participated in the battles of Beaufort and Marlsborough, and in minor skirmishes. After his discharge he moved to Fond du Lac, Wis., and lived there one year. Then he moved to Green Bay, in the same state. It was in 1866 that he came to Minnesota, and homesteaded seventy-five aeres of land in seetion S, Albion township. With him eame his sister, now Mrs. Nancy Deehaney, of Annandale, who has reached the age of 81 years. When Mr. Lambert first took his land it was covered with woods. Ile moved into a log cabin and started to establish for themselves a home in the wilderness. As time passed, their farm contained 131 aeres and beeame one of the best in the neighborhood. The place is fully developed in every' respeet, the home is modern and the barns are commodious, while the equipment is of the best. Mr. Lambert has taken an interest in education, and served for some time as treasurer of his sehool distriet in Albion township. He was also roadoverseer for a considerable period. In 1898 he retired and moved to Annandale and built a good home. He is a member of the G. A. R., and attends the Catholic church. Mr. Lambert was married in September, 1876, to Eugenia Logeais, daughter of Eugene Logeais, of Albion township. She died in 1889, leaving one son, Eugene, who lives on the home farm in Albion. bike his father before him, he is an energetie, eapable man, and is well liked throughout the community. He married Stella O'Brien. They have four children : Aaron, Sidney, Darius and Engene H. In Angust, 1898, Jacob Lambert married Mrs. Mary Strom, born in Ramsey county, September 12, 1858, daughter of Joseph Pepin and Matilda Morrisette. Her paternal grandfather, Pepin, home-
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