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Johiel Harrington, farmer and stockraiser, is one of the most honored and respected citizens of Otsego township. He was born in Ottawa, Canada, March 29, 1838, son of William and Mary (Wood) Harrington, both of whom died in northern Michigan. William Harrington was a farmer and lumberman. In the family there were ten children: Sarah E. (deceased) ; Johiel, of Otsego;
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Hiram (deceased) ; Nathaniel, of Michigan; John (deceased) ; William, Rachael, Leonard and Mary, of Michigan; and Nancy, of Milaca, this state. Johiel Harrington moved with his parents from Canada to northern Michigan, and remained with his father until 1868. It was in that year that he came to this state, and located in Martin county. Some five years later, just as he was on the dawn of success, the grasshoppers devastated his farm, so he moved to Hennepin county. In 1878 he came to Wright county and bought seventy-two acres in section 30, Otsego town- ship. Ile has wrought many improvements, has a well-developed farm, and carries on general farming and stockraising. Mr. Har- rington is an independent voter. For some eight years he has served as a member of the school board. Mr. Harrington was married, April 13, 1863, to Julia Felt, born in St. Lawrence county, New York, April 24, 1841. Mr. and Mrs. Harrington have had five children : Mary Jane, Hattie, Hiram Orville, Capi- tola and Alberta. Mary Jane was born February 19, 1864, and died April 11, 1866. Hattie was born April 21, 1867, and married Burton Broughton, of Spokane, Wash. Hiram Orville was born January 15, 1870, and farms in Otsego township. Capitola was born June 24, 1872, and is the wife of George Hayes, of Everett, Wash. Alberta was born April 21, 1874, and is now the wife of Frank McKee, of Seattle, Wash. Mr. and Mrs. Johiel Harring- ton were entertained on their Golden wedding anniversary by their son, Hiram O. and his good wife, the date being April 13, 1913. About fifty guests were present. The reception commit- tee consisted of six sturdy lads and a like number of dainty lasses. They sang "Put on Your Old Gray Bonnet," and then the wedding march was played, after which Rev. Norman Butdorf performed the marriage ceremony, at the conclusion of which Mr. Harrington, to the surprise of the clergyman and the merri- ment of the guests, paid the wedding fee. The young people sang "Silver Threads Among the Gold," and then Rev. Butdorf, with appropriate ceremony and fitting remarks, presented the happy couple with a gold and silver table set, with the date of the wedding and the date of the anniversary engraved on each piece. The personal gift from the elergyman consisted of a wed- ding booklet, with the dates, and with space left for the signa- tures of the witnesses and the guests. Refreshments of ice cream, wedding cake and bride cake were served, and all had a most enjoyable afternoon. Pictures were taken, good wishes ex- changed, and the worthy couple then drove to their home two and a half miles away.
Milton T. Hamlet, farmer, Otsego township, was born in the township where he still resides, April 19, 1858, son of Dana R. and Elizabeth P. (Snow) Hamlet, natives of Maine, who arrived in Wright county April 12, 1856, pre-empted 160 aeres in section
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15, Otsego township, and here spent the remainder of their days, the father dying January 17, 1899, and the mother April 21, 1908, the latter having reached the age of ninety-one years. In the family there were five children: Anna E. (deceased) ; IIelen A. (deceased) ; Clarence A. (deceased) ; Elmer A., of Montieello ; and Milton T., of Otsego. Milton T. began life for himself at the age of sixteen years, and has devoted his time to farming, to rafting on the river, and to earpenter work. He now earries on general farming and stock raising on sixty aeres of the old homestead. Ile is a Republican in polities and has served as town assessor. Mr. Hamlet was married December 11, 1880, to Emma L. Perry, a native of Maine, and to this union there have been born three children : William R., of Monticello; Guy M., of Drain, Ore .; and Nellie E., who is attending the high school at Monticello. The parents of Mrs. Milton T. Hamlet were William and Sarah J. (Seavey) Perry, both natives of Maine. The mother died in that state, but the father eame to Wright county in 1870, and located in Otsego township, where he died in September, 1882. His business was that of a merchant. In the Perry family there were five children : Mary (deceased) ; Emma L .; Fanney (deceased) ; Fred ; and Alice, the wife of Lincoln Davis, of Otsego.
Orion L. Davis, farmer, Otsego township, was born in Elk River township, Sherburne county, April 23, 1857, son of Joseph and Emeline (Spencer) Davis, natives of Maine, who came to Minnesota in 1851, located in Sherburne county for several years, eame to Otsego township in 1864, and secured 110 aeres on which they spent the remainder of their days. The mother died January 15, 1914, the father having passed away a few years before. In the family there were thirteen children: Salvina, wife of Samuel Bobo, of Milaca, Minn .; Lowell (deceased) ; Orion L., of Otsego; Susan, wife of Angust Hagan, of Superior; Lin- eoln, of Otsego; Albert (deceased) ; Hannah (deceased) ; Melissie, wife of William Kay, of Chicago; Arthur, of Monticello; Sumner, who is with Orion L. ; Nora, wife of Albert Williams, of Rochester, Minn .; and Arthur and Riehard, both of whom died in infancy. Orion L. Davis remained with his parents until fifteen years of age. He devoted several years of his young manhood to farming in Otsego township, to river driving, and to farming in Morrison county. In 1894 he returned to the home farm, and operated the farm and looked after his parents until their death, when he inherited their place. He owns 157 aeres, well improved, and earries on general farming, located in section 18. Mr. Davis was married November 29, 1883, to Sarah Kay, a native of Cook county, Illinois, and of English descent, daughter of Richard and Mary (Lofthouse) Kay, who settled in 1880 in Morrison county, this state, where the father now lives, and where the mother died. In the family there were seven children: William, of
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Chicago; Ellen, wife of Lee Osgood, of Little Falls, Minn .; John, of Washington ; George, of Little Falls, Minn. ; Samuel (deceased) ; Sarah, wife of Orion L. Davis; and an unnamed boy, twin of Ellen, now deceased. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Orion L. Davis are: Edna, now Mrs. Orin Peary, of Otsego; Jessie, now Mrs. Roy Pipin, of Otsego; Andrew, at home; Sadie, now on a homestead in North Dakota; and Minnie, Gertrude, Lewis and Lucy (twins), at home.
Alfred E. Borthwick, farmer, Otsego township, was born in the township where he still lives, June 13, 1867, son of Aleek and Lydia (Hicks) Borthwiek, the former a native of Prince Edward Island, and the latter a native of Illinois. The father came to America as a young man, and located in Hennepin county, near Dayton. In 1867 he settled in section 30, Otsego township, where he secured 100 aeres. The father and mother are both dead. In the family there were eight children : Mary (deceased), James (deceased), Alfred, Clara (deceased), an unnamed infant who died the day of its birth, Charles, Electa (deceased), and Lney. Alfred E. received his education in the distriet schools and was reared to agricultural pursuits. He received the home place by deed from his father. In 1892 he went to Idaho and remained two years, in the meantime renting his farm. He returned in 1894 and since then has successfully carried on general farming. Mr. Borthwiek was married January 25, 1897, to Estella Hum- phrey, daughter of John and Addie (Regester) Humphrey, and to this union has been born one son, Harry Alfred, who was born January 7, 1898.
Angus P. Praught, farmer, Otsego township, was born in Prinee Edward Island, Canada, March 26, 1847, son of Daniel and Cath- erine (Campbell) Praught, natives of Prince Edward Island, both now deceased. In their family there were nine children : John, Mary, Emma and Sarah (deceased) ; Catherine, of Prince Edward Island; Angus P .; Frank, of Prince Edward Island; Margaret, wife of Philip Curley, of Prince Edward Island ; and Joseph, who is on the old home place in Prince Edward Island. Angus P. Praught eame to Minnesota at the age of twenty-one years. After working in the woods some eight years he came to Silver Creek township and purchased 40 aeres in seetion 31. This he has increased until he now owns 240 aeres of highly improved land, on which he conduets general farming on an extensive seale. Hle is a Democrat, and the family faith is that of the Roman Catholie elureh. Mr. Praught was married June 14, 1876, to Sarah Walker, born in Chemung county, New York, daughter of Thomas and Marian Walker, natives of Ireland, who in the early fifties settled in Roekford township, this county, where both ended their days. In their famly there were six children : John, of Minneapolis; William (deceased) ; Sarah, wife of Angus P.
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Praught; Thomas, of Minneapolis; Mary; and James, who died in infaney. Mrs. Praught taught school in Wright county seven years before her marriage. Mr. and Mrs. Praught have ten chil- dren : Donald J., born July 1, 1877; Raymond, born December 9, 1879; Marian C., born July 12, 1881, wife of John Talbot, of Hennepin county ; Frank J., born March 11, 1883; Mark E., born April 2, 1885; James II., born April 21, 1887; Amelia J., born April 27, 1889; William, born March 21, 1891; Victor A., born March 23, 1893; and Bertha D., born July 4, 1895. Raymond Praught married Clara Bean, and by this union there are two children : Clarence Harold, born August 1, 1908; and Francis Joseph, born May 13, 1910.
Conrad N. Nellis, farmer, Otsego township, was born October 1, 1881, son of John and Margaret (Stenglein) Nellis, natives of Germany, who came to America in the early sixties and located in Hennepin county, this state. In the family there were twelve children. Conrad A. Nellis left home at the age of fifteen, and supported himself doing railroad work summers while he went to school winters. In this way he passed through the high school and the State Normal School. Later he took courses in the Min- nesota School of Business at Minneapolis. Thus equipped, he took a position as a bookkeeper in a wholesale grocery house. Some two and a half years later he took a similar position with a dry goods house for some two years. Then for four years he farmed near Anoka. In 1908 he came to Wright eounty and pur- chased 80 acres in section 20, Otsego township. Here he devotes his time largely to berry culture and stock raising, making a specialty of full-blooded Holstein cattle. He is a Democrat in politics, and belongs to the Brotherhood of American Yeomen, the St. Joseph Society, and the American Federation of Musi- cians. The family faith is that of the Roman Catholie chureh. Mr. and Mrs. Nellis have had five children: Hazel, born March 13, 1904; Louis, born April 12, 1906; Grace, born July 23, 1908; Verna, born August 29, 1910; and Leo, born March 20, 1912.
Jerry Bouley, farmer, Otsego township, was born in Hennepin county June 14, 1870, son of Tales and Clementine Bouley, the former a native of Michigan and the latter of Quebec, Canada. In 1876 they eame to Wright county and located in Otsego town- ship. The mother died in May, 1910. The father is on a claim at Wilston, N. D. In the family there were eleven children : Jerry ; Laura (deceased) ; Clara (deceased) ; George and Edward (twins), who died in infancy ; Peter, of Dayton; George, of Vir- ginia, Miun .; Joseph, of Dayton; Vina, wife of C. Haley, of Dayton ; Leo, of Virginia, Minn., and a girl who died in infancy. Jerry Bouley was reared to agricultural pursuits. Even as a small boy he did a man's work on the farm and rafted logs on the river. At the age of sixteen he started work for a boom
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company on the river, and was thus employed for thirteen sea- sons. Later he purchased ten aeres of land. At various times he has added tracts of twenty-five, eighty and forty aeres, all in section 36, Otsego township, and he now has a well-improved farm with a sightly home and good barns. He snecessfully car- ries on general farming, and occupies an enviable place in the community. He is a Democrat in polities, and is now serving the township as supervisor. The family faith is that of the Cath- olie churel. By his first wife Mr. Bouley had five children: J. A., of International Falls, Minn .; Olive, of Dayton ; Clara, wife of Victor Blanchett, of Otsego; and Frank and Albert, at home. For his second wife, Mr. Bonley married Mary Rabsheand, and they have one child, Obeline. A danghter, unnamed, and Elmer, Leona and Arnold died in infancy.
John O. Braun, stoek raiser and farmer, Otsego township, was born in Germany, February 8, 1857, son of Jolin A. and Margareta (Nen) Braun, natives of Germany, who came to America in 1879, and located in Gleneoe, Minn., where the father died and where the mother still makes her home. In the family there were eight children : Mary, wife of Peter Rech, of Glencoe; John O .; Matthew (deceased) ; Margaret (deceased) ; Michael (deceased) ; Jacob, of Glencoe ; Elizabeth, wife of Michael Seifert, of Glencoe; and Peter, also of Glencoe. John O. Braun remained with his parents until he was twenty-six years of age. After his marriage, he was assisted by his father in buying eighty aeres. After op- erating this farm eighteen years he purchased 222 acres in see- tion 32, Otsego township, and seetion 5, Frankfort township. He lias a fine farm, an excellent line of improvements, and a full equipment of tools and machinery. His specialty is the raising of pure-blooded stock of the Holstein breed. Mr. Brann has been treasurer of the school board of his distriet for ten years. He belongs to the German Catholie Benevolent Society, and the family faith is that of the Roman Catholic church. Mr. Brann married Mary Agnes Donnay, born in Holland, October 24, 1861, daughter of Henry and Cecelia (Kolen) Donnay. Mr. and Mrs. Braun have had ten children : John A., of Frankfort township, this county; Margaret (deceased) ; Henry (at home) ; William, of Anoka county ; Michael (deceased) ; Peter (deceased) ; Matilda, wife of Homer Gimau, of Anoka county; Cecelia, Catherine and Fritz, at home.
Nathaniel Mooers, pioneer, was born in Candia, N. H., Jann- ary 26, 1816, and was married October 2, 1844, at Buffalo, N. Y., to Maria Van Evra, a native of Montgomery county, New York. In early manhood he was a stone cutter, but ill health compelled him to give up that trade. At the time of his marriage he oper- ated two passenger packets between Albany and Buffalo on the Erie canal. Ile carried the governor of the state of New York
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from Buffalo to Albany, 365 miles, in twenty hours and had a congratulatory letter from the governor on the occasion, as it was at the time the quickest trip made over the length of the canal, with horses as the motive power. The trip was made in the summer of 1843. He afterward engaged in the meat busi- ness and in farming. It was in 1855 that he came to Minnesota, and after reaching Wright county, staked out a claim on what afterward became known as Mooers' Prairie, near what is now Cokato. He then returned to New York state. In 1856 he again came to Minnesota, and located for a year at St. Anthony, a part of what is now Minneapolis. In 1857 he took up his resi- dence on his claim in Wright county. He erected a log cabin, cleared and broke the land, and there made his home until the Indian outbreak of 1862, when he took his family to Rockford village and rented a farm in the township of Rockford. In 1866 he purchased a farm over the line in Hennepin county, where he died February 24, 1874. After his death his wife remained on the farm about three years. Then she sold out and moved to Rockford village. She died at Monango, Dickie county, North Dakota, September 7, 1897.
Calvin Mooers, Sr., retired, now living at 305 Fifteenth avenue, North, Minneapolis, was born in the village of Root, Montgomery county, New York, July 7, 1845, son of Nathaniel and Maria (Van Evra) Mooers. He received his education in the state of his birth, and in 1857 was brought to St. Anthony in this state. A year later he came to Wright county with his parents, and assisted them in developing their claim near Cokato. On this farm he remained a year after the family went to Roekford. July 27, 1863, he enlisted as a private in Co. B, Hateh's Inde- pendent Cavalry, and served three years on the frontier against the Indians. June 10, 1866, he was mustered out with the rank of sergeant, and joined his parents in Hennepin county, where, in the meantime, they had moved. It was in 1872 that he became associated with the St. Paul & Pacific Elevator Company. As agent for this coneern he was one year at Howard Lake, three years at St. Joseph, and two and a half years at Cokato, near which he had spent the days of his youth, and where he had known the rigors of pioneer endeavor. After leaving the employ of the elevator company, he erected an elevator of his own at Howard Lake, and engaged in business for himself as grain buyer and dealer in lime, lumber and building material. After three years he sold out to the St. Anthony & Dakota Elevator Company, went to Minneapolis, and associated himself with the Northwestern Elevator Company, owning a chain of elevators along several lines of railroad. With this company he worked in Minneapolis a year, and then for three years acted as traveling superintendent. Then he engaged in farming at Crary, N. D.
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Still later he erected and conducted elevators at Crary, Grand Forks, Hamilton and Neche, all in North Dakota. In time he disposed of these, but still continued farming. In 1897 he re- turned to Wright county and purchased the creamery at Rock- ford. After conducting this for three years he sold out to the farmers. Then he moved to Monticello, where, after conducting a creamery two years, he retired. In August, 1914, he rented his property at Monticello, and moved to his present residence in Minneapolis. Mr. Mooers has been a prominent man in all the places in which he has resided. In Monticello he was justice of the peace. At Crary, N. D., he was justice of the peace and town clerk. While on the farm at Crary he superintended the building of the School for the Deaf, situated at Devil's Lake, N. D., and under appointment by Gov. Eli C. D. Shortridge, served four years as one of its trustees. He is now a member of Chase Post, No. 22, G. A. R., Minneapolis; he and his wife are members of the Territorial Pioneers' Association, and his wife is a member of the Women's Relief Corps. He has also been connected with the Masonie fraternity forty-one years. Both himself and wife have been members of the Order of the Eastern Star for nearly twenty years. Mr. Mooers was first married, May 1, 1868, to Elvira V. Ferrell and to this union were born four children: Reginald Grant, born May 24, 1869, is now a traveling salesman living in Chicago. Elsie Maria, born Sep- tember 16, 1870, is now wife of Albert M. Powell, a real estate and insurance agent of Devil's Lake, N. D. Charles Everett, born July 3, 1872, is now a physician at Seattle, Wash .; George William, who was born February 27, 1874, and died June 21, 1913, at Devil's Lake, N. D. He was a bonanza farmer and in the real estate, loans and insurance business. At his death he was presi- dent of the Board of Education and head of the Order of United Workmen of North Dakota and the district comprising two other states in the northwest. Mrs. Elvira V. (Ferrell) Mooers died March 10, 1874. Mr. Mooers was married May 1, 1877, to Mary Jane Northrup, born in Granville, Washington county, New York, March 17, 1847. By this union there were born five children: Alida Elvira, born September 2, 1880, is the wife of William J. Drew, of Hasty, Minn. Calvin, Jr., born February 11, 1883, is manager of the Mooers Butter Company, located at 1507 Wash- ington avenue, North, Minneapolis. Florin Jefferson, born March 29, 1885, is butter maker for the Mooers Butter Company. Frank Burt, born August 12, 1887, is salesman for the same concern. Martha Elizabeth, born August 8, 1892, is secretary and treasurer of the company. Collectively they form the Mooers Butter Company.
Abel C. Northrop and his good wife, Elizabeth (Weaver) Northrop, eame to Minnesota in 1856 and located at Greenwood,
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in Hennepin county, for about a year and a half. Later they came to Wright county and located in Rockford township, where they became prominent and successful citizens. Mr. Northrop died January 24, 1883, and Mrs. Northrop March 25, 1899. In the Northrop family there were six children: Mary Jane and Martha Jane were born at Granville, N. Y., March 18, 1847. Mary Jane is the wife of Calvin Mooers, Sr., of Minneapolis, and Martha Jane died in May, 1914. John Henry was born October 15, 1850, and is now in Utah. George C. was born Janu- ary 24, 1853, and died August 18, 1911. Frank Burt was born July 14, 1861, and died May 12, 1884. Sidney A. was born May 16, 1870, and died August 31, 1870.
William J. Dixon, a well-to-do and influential farmer of Rock- ford township, where he owns a large tract of land, was born in Frankfort township, May 28, 1868, son of James Dixon, the pioneer. IIe was educated in the district schools and has devoted his life to farming, starting out for himself at the age of twenty- one. In 1889 he and his brother, Thomas Dixon, started farming on a tract of 2911 acres in Rockford township. Both were good farmers and good managers, willing to toil early and late, and by judicious purchases they were enabled to increase their traet to about 700 acres, beautifully situated on the banks of Dean lake. In 1912 the partnership was dissolved by mutual consent and the land divided, but it is still operated practically as one farm. Good crops and a high grade of live stock are raised. William J. Dixon has been unusually active in township affairs, and has won much eredit for the efficient manner in which he has served the neighborhood. He was on the first board of the Buf- falo Co-Operative Creamery, and is now its president. He is one of the directors of the Farmers' Co-Operative Store at Buffalo. For nine years he has been a supervisor of Rockford township, and for a long period he has been a member of the school board. His home is a modern brick building, and his barns and other buildings are of the best. He is a useful citizen, and is highly esteemed throughout the county. Ilis success has been merited, and in bringing his own place to so high a degree of perfection he has also assisted in the general development of the county. In addition to the tract of 400 aeres which constitutes his home farm, he is the owner of a tract of eighty acres on section 14. William J. Dixon married Anna Leerssen, daughter of George Leerssen, and they have seven children: Sarah, Ethiel, Julius, Barbara, George, Edith and Arthur. All are being given an ex- cellent education, and the oldest daughter is attending Hamline University.
Rollin O. Crawford, a substantial and respected citizen of Rockford township, was born in Orleans county, New York, Sep- tember 7, 1844, son of Oshea and Marietta (Standish) Crawford.
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Oshea Crawford was a Free Will Baptist elergyman. From New York he came west to Ohio, and there died at the age of thirty- two. His wife was a deseendant of the Massachusetts Standishes. In the family there were five children, Hiram, Oscar, Rollin O., Oshea, Jr., and Viola. After the death of the father, the noble mother, desiring to secure a homestead for her children, came to Wright county in 1857, and located on eighty aeres in Rock- ford township, purchasing the claim rights of a Mr. Hamilton. She moved with her small children into the log cabin which stood on the place, and started to rear her family in the wilderness. Times were hard and provisions were few, and her strength and resources were taxed to the utmost. For a time her brother, Florentine Standish, was with her, but he was soon called away and she was left alone with the children. She farmed with the aid of a yoke of yearling steers and two cows, and got in what erops she could. Fortunately, when times were the worst, the ginseng buyers came into the county, and the family were enabled to gather ginseng and raise a little ready cash. Later the mother married Alby Bueklin, a native of Michigan, and moved onto his farm, leaving the homestead to Rollin O. She died in Rockford, February 1, 1913, at the age of ninety-two years. She has been a faithful mother and a true woman, and held the respeet and esteem of all who knew her. Rollin O. Crawford came west with the rest of the family, and has lived on the same place since 1857. When the war broke out three of the sons enlisted. Hiram went into Co. H, Third Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and died at Louisville, Ky., as the result of illness contracted in the army. Oshea, Jr., enlisted in the First Minnesota Heavy Artillery. Rollin O. went into Co. H, Third Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served three years and eleven months. He was captured at Murfreesboro, was imprisoned about two months, was parolled, went to the Northwest against the Indians, and was later again sent Sonth. At the Battle of Fitz Hugh Woods, Arkansas, he was wounded in the arm. After the war he returned home and resnmed work on the home place. He has been very successful, has increased the original acreage until he now owns 157 aeres of good land, and has erected comfortable and substantial build- ings. In spite of his years he is hale and hearty, a vigorous, energetie and popular citizen. While he has carried on general farming and raised diversified erops, he has in recent years made a specialty of thoroughbred Jersey stoek. As a friend of edu- cation he has served on the school board for many years. He has always stood for the best things in the community, and no one is more highly regarded than he. Mr. Crawford was married February 22, 1868, to Maria Swartont, born in Saratoga county, New York, July 11, 1846, daughter of Kramer and Charlotte (Birch) Swartout. Mr. and Mrs. Crawford have ten children :
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