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PHILLIPS, Frederick Boyd, lawyer; born at South Sodus, N. Y., Dec. 21, 1876; son of Rev. Robert D. Phillips (now chaplain Minnesota House of Rep- resentatives) and Jennie A. (Boyd) Phillips; came to Minnesota, 1891; edu- cated in common schools of Tracy, Minn .; Northern Indiana Normal School, Valparaiso, Ind .; graduate Law College, Valparaiso, Ind .. and also St. Paul Col- lege of Law, 1902, degree of LL.B., from both institutions. Has been engaged in practice of law since 1902. Enlisted as private in 14th Minn. Vol. Inf., 1898, Spanish-American War, promoted to corporal and served 9 months, until regiment was mustered out of service. Republican. Elected as representative 37th district to State Legislature, Nov. 6, 1906. Methodist. Unmarried. Recrea- tions: Fishing and boating. Office: N. Y. Life Bldg., St. Paul.
Residence · White Bear Lake, Minn.
PHILLIPS, George Myron, bank cashier; born at Freedom, O., April, 1845; son of Thomas G. and Delia (Hill) Phillips; educated in public schools of Ohio; unmarried. Was clerk in drug store, 1859-63; 2nd lieut. 128th Regt., Ohio Vol. Inf., Nov., 1863; mustered out of service as 1st lieut., July, 1865; en- tered bank as clerk, at Ravenna, O., 1866; removed to Faribault Minn., 1868, and continued in same business; has been cashier and director of The First
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National Bank, Northfield, since July 1, 1873. Republican. Congregationalist.
Member board of education, 1876-78; mayor of Northfield, 1880-82; member library board and charter commission, since 1900. Member G. A. R., Loyal Legion, Sons of Am. Revolution, Society of Colonial Wars. Mason (32°). Club: Commercial. Address: Northfield, Minn.
PHILLIPS, Hermon W., lawyer; born at Clay, Ia., June 12, 1860; son of Dr. Abel Palmer and Elizabeth (Jones) Phillips; educated in public and high schools of Jamestown, N. Y .; Chamber- lain Institute, Randolph, N. Y .; Law De- partment State University of Iowa, de- gree of LL.B., 1882. Has been actively engaged in practice of law in St. Paul since 1882; connected with the legal department of the city, 1885-1898. Re- publican. Member Masonic order. I. O. O. F., Modern Woodmen of America, Maccabees, Modern Harvesters. Mar- ried in St. Paul, Sept. 1, 1886, to Miss Arella Erickson Lounsberry. Office: Globe Bldg. Residence: 717 E. Geran- ium St., St. Paul.
PHILLIPS, William H., physician; born at Providence, R. I., May 5, 1871; son of William H. and Fannie (Lawton) Phillips; educated in public schools of South Bend, Ind .; came to Minnesota, 1889, and was a student in University of Minnesota. Began practice of medicine St. Paul, 1895. Address: Jordan, Minn.
PHINNEY, Charles H., real estate; born in Wisconsin, March 11, 1854; edu- cated in the common schools in Wiscon- sin and Minnesota. Has been a farmer and live stock raiser since beginning his active career; was member of the real estate firm of Phinney Brothers and later of the firm of Phinney & Co., now incorporated as the C. H. Phinney Land Co., of which he is president; president Goodland Lumber Co .; in sale of gen- eral merchandise since 1905 under the title of the Herman Cash Store. Bryan Democrat. Member Masonic order, Knights of Pythias, Modern Woodmen
of America.
Married to Miss Susie Hodgson. Address: Herman, Minn.
PHIPPS, George, druggist; born at Leamington, England, Feb. 26, 1850; son of William and Elisabeth (Tappan) Phipps; educated in public schools; reg- istered pharmacist, at Baraboo, Wis .; married at Neenah, Wis., Oct. 14, 1880, to Alma S. Gillingham. Went into a drug store at Manitowoc, Wis., June, 1865, as an apprentice, and in Nov., 1869, took charge of a drug store for the same firm at De Pere Wis .; later bought the business and since that time has owned several drug stores. Was four years in wholesale drug business at Green Bay, Wis .; sold out in 1890, moved to St. Paul May, 1890, and filled position with Ryan Drug Co., in charge of a department for two years; in 1892 started in the food and remedy business, having originated the Prussian Heave Powder fifteen years earlier; organized
and is now at the head of the Prussian Remedy Co., as manager. Republican. Presbyterian. Mason. Club: Commer-
cial. Recreation: Traveling. Office: 20-24 East Chicago Av. Residence: 1920 Marshall Av., St. Paul.
PICKARD, Charles E., district mana- ger. Entered commercial agency busi- ness at Chicago, Ill., fall of 1870, and has since been identified with it; entered service of R. G. Dun & Co., Feb., 1873, at St. Louis, Mo., and was transferred to Chicago as clerk, advanced to posi- tion of manager, Keokuk, Ia., and was later transferred to Toledo, O., in same capacity; has been manager at St. Paul since 1902, with territory extending over Minnesota, N. and part of S. Dakota and Wisconsin. Club: Commer- cial. Office: Manhattan Bldg. Resi- dence: The Marlborough, St. Paul.
PIERCE, Arthur P., mayor of Red Wing; born at Hudson, N. H., Nov. 10, 1856; son of John Preble and Martha Ellen Pierce; came to Minnesota, 1862; graduate the Shattuck School, Fari- bault, Minn., June, 1875; married at Windsor, Vt., Sept. 27 1881 to Miss Jennie C. Cummings. In employ of Bank of Pierce Simmons & Co. for 10 years; has been secretary of the Red Wing Building Association since 1892. Also president Northwestern Telephone Co. Served in M. N. G., 15 years; was lieut. Col. 1st Regt .; organized Co. G, 1883. Republican. Mayor of Red Wing 6 years in succession and has again served as mayor since 1902. Episcopal- ian. Member B. P. O. E. Club: Com- mercial. Recreation: Launching. Ad-
dress: Red Wing, Minn.
PIERCE, Charles H., printer; post- master of Northfield. Address: North- field, Minn.
PIERCE, Ernest Boynton, registrar University of Minnesota; born at St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 20, 1879; son of Clar- ence De Sackett and Rhoda Mathilda ( Morton) Pierce; educated in district school Dakota Co., Minn .; Humboldt School, St. Paul; Mechanic Arts High School, St. Paul, graduating, June 1897; University of Minnesota graduating, degree of A.B. June, 1904. Has been registrar of the university since Aug. 1, 1905. Member Royal Arcanum. Mar- ried at St. Paul, Oct. 29, 1905, to Miss Ulla Jane Armstrong. Recreations: Track athletics, driving, hunting, fish- ing. Office: University of Minnesota, S. E. Minneapolis. Residence: 394 Dewey Av., St. Paul.
PIERCE, Joseph Alfred, stock broker; born at Indianapolis, Ind., June 2, 1882; son of Frederick A. and Effie M. (Hart) Pierce; came to Minnesota with parents, 1885; educated at University of Minne- sota. Began in stock brokerage busi- ness in Duluth, removing to Minne- apolis, 1903; junior member of the firm of Crandall, Pierce & Co., brokers, or- ganized spring of 1905. Republican. Member Alpha Delta Phi and Delta Chi fraternities. Unmarried. Club: Roose-
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velt. Office: Guaranty Bldg Resi-
dence: 170S James Av., S., Minneapolis.
PIERCE, S. F., mining engineer, in- ventor; born in Indiana, Nov. 29, 1857; son of Rufus and Mercy Jane (Bur- gess) Pierce; educated in public schools; married at Lockport, Ill., 1879, to Miss Harriet Zimmerman. Began active career in lumber business and was con- nected with the Tarrant & Ducey Lum- ber Co., Muskegon, Mich., until 1881, and the Pack Woods Lumber Co., Au- sable, Mich., until 1890; prospected in Minnesota and Lake Superior mineral regions, 1890-94; has been located in St. Paul since 1894 as mining engineer and patenting mine, railroad and coal sav- ing deviees. Member St. Paul Driving
Association. Office: Germania Life Bldg. Residence: 929 Hague Av., St. Paul.
PIERSOL, Justus A., banker; born at Warren, Ill., 1857; son of Jacob and Mary ( Brown) Piersol; educated in pub- lic schools of Gratiot, Wis., and in High School, Marble Rock, Ia. For many years engaged in farming and contracting; president Delhi Bank, since its establishment, 1902. Republi- can. Baptist. Member Modern Wood-
men of America. Married at Charles City, 1886, to Miss Lizzie Smith. Rec- reations: Fishing and hunting. Ad- dress: Delhi, Minn.
PIKE, Frederic Augustus, lawyer; born at Oshkosh, Wis., July 16, 1863; son of Charles E. and Mary (Bowles) Pike; graduated from Oshkosh High School, 1880, and from University of Wisconsin, degrees of A.B., 1885, LL.B., 1888. Has been engaged in general practice of law in St. Paul since 1888. Adjutant 2nd Regt., Wis. Nat. Guard, 1886; member of Assembly, Common Council City of St. Paul, 1892; assistant city attorney, 1893-95. Member of Ram- sey County Bar Association. Chairman Democratic city and county organizations of St. Paul and Ramsey County. 1904- 1906. Member Chi Psi fraternity (presi- dent, 1890). Democrat. Married at Owatonna, Minn., Dec. 4, 1895, to Stella N. Sheldon. Office: Globe Bldg. Resi- dence: 2312 Alden Av., St. Paul.
PILLSBURY, Charles Stinson, capi- talist; born at Mineapolis, Minn., Dec. 6, 1878; son of Charles A. and Mary A. (Stinson) Pillsbury; educated in Min- neapolis graded schools, Central High School, graduated, 1896, University of Minnesota, degree of B.S., 1900. Mar- ried at Minneapolis, Dec. 7, 1901, to Nellie Pendleton Winston. Began busi- ness career, 1900; stockholder Pillsbury Washburn Flour Mills Co .; president Sargant Land Company; vice president Sutton Land Company, Union Elevator Company Twin City Knitting Co .; direc- tor Northwestern Knitting Co., Wash- burn Co., Gull River Lumber Co, Swedish American National Bank. Operator in lands and lumber. Republi- can. Congregationalist. Member of the Chi Psi fraternity. Clubs: Minne-
apolis, Minikahda, Automobile, Lafay- ette, Town and Country, Roosevelt. Of- fice: Guaranty Bldg. Residence: 2200 Stevens Av., Minneapolis.
PINEO, Willard Byther, oculist and aurist; born at Columbia, Me., April 22, 1858; son of Benjamin Coffin and Cor- delia W. (Ramsdell) Pineo; educated at Oak Hill Seminary, Bucksport, Me .; Kent's Hill Seminary, Readfield, Me .; studied medicine with Dr. Charles Milli- ken, Cherryfield, Me .; graduated from Minnesota Hospital College and Medi- cal Department Minnesota State Uni- versity, 1885. Married at Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 28, 1884, to Sadie Kendall Cobb. Engaged in the practice of pro- fession since 1885. Republican. Con-
sulting eye and ear surgeon to Asbury and City hospitals. Member Hennepin County Medical Society and Minnesota and American Medical associations. Mason (33º), York Rite. Clubs: Min- neapolis; Lafayette (Minnetonka Beach). Office: Pillsbury Bldg. Residence: Holmes Hotel, Minneapolis.
PIPER, Charles Blaine,
physician; born in Perry Co., Pa., May 31, 1879; son of Marshall C. and Francis (Grazier) Piper; educated at Dickinson Seminary, Williamsport, Pa., B. S., 1897; College of Medicine, Syracuse University, M.D., 1901. Married at Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 6, 1903, to Lillian M. Rumrill. Resident physician Newark (N. J.) City Hospi- tal, 1901-03; member Home Office Medi- cal Staff of the Prudential Insurance Co. of America at Newark, N. J., 1903- 04; medical director of the Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance Co. of St. Paul, since 1904. Assistant surgeon, Battery A, Light Artillery, Nat. Guard of New Jersey, 1904-05. Member Psi Upsilon fraternity. Recreations: Amateur Photography, shooting, angling. Office: Minnesota Mutual Life Bldg. Residence: 422 Summit Av., St. Paul.
FIPER, George Frank, grain, lumber and linseed oil; born in Minneapolis, Minn., April 11, 1856; son of Jefferson and Mary Davis (McDuffee) Piper; edu- cated in common schools and State Nor- mal School of Minnesota, and one year at University of Minnesota. Began business career as manufacturer of lin- seed oil, at Mankato, Minn .; located in Minneapolis, 1896, and has become iden- tified with many large business enter- prises, among which are the following: Member of the firm of Piper, Johnson & Co., and Piper & Co .; director, secre- tary and treasurer Midland Linseed Co .; director Canadian Elevator Co., Winni- peg Elevator Co., Texedo Park Co .. (Winnipeg), Douglas Co., (Inc.), Hopkins Land Co., Empire Elevator Co .; director and treasurer Saskatcha- wan Valley Land Co., Saskatchewan Valley and Manitoba Land Co., Se- curity Bank of . Minnesota, vice presi- dent and director Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce; formerly member School Board of Mankato. Republican. Mason. Married at Mankato, Minn., Aug. 20,
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1883, to Miss Grace Brett. Clubs: Minneapolis, Lafayette, Minikahda, Chicago (Chicago). Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 2000 Pleasant Av., Minneapolis.
PLATT, Frank B., wholesale hard- ware; born in New Haven, Conn., Aug. 14, 1862; son of John and Josephine (Bowman) Platt; educated in public schools of Rochester, Minn .; married at Stillwater, Minn., June 26, 1893 to Miss Rose Hebensheil. Began business career at Rochester, 1879, with A. O. Ozmun & Co., wholesale hardware, and when the firm was merged with Farwell, Ozmun & Jackson, St. Paul, 1882, continued with it, and later with its successor, Farwell, Ozmun, Kirk & Co., becoming secretary of the company in 1905. Re- publican. Baptist. Member Independent Order of Foresters. Office: Jackson and 2nd Sts. Residence: 945 Lincoln Av. St. Paul.
PLONDKE, Frederic J., physician and surgeon; born in Grant Co., Wis., 1869; educated in common schools, Grant Co., until 1887; Fort Dodge Collegiate In- stitute, Fort Dodge, Ia., 1887-89; Metro- politan Business College, Sioux City, Ia., summer, 1889; Morningside College, Sioux City, Ia., 1889-94, graduating de- gree of B.S., 1894; Sioux City College of Medicine, graduating, M.D., 1893; Un- iversity of Pennsylvania, department of medicine, degree of M.D., 1898; post graduate course in medicine and sur- gery, London, Berlin and Vienna, 1905. Practiced medicine at Everly, Ia., 1894- 97; has been located in St. Paul since 1899; professor clinical pathology, Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, Ham- line University; pathologist to City and County Hospital; surgeon to Northern Pacific and Minneapolis & St. Louis railways. Member American Medical Association, Sioux Valley and Ramsey County Medical societies, past master St. Paul Lodge No. 3, A. F. and A. M .; member I. O. O. F., Knights of Pythias, M. W. A. Married at Jackson, Minn., 1896, to Miss Alberta E. McAuly. Clubs: Commercial (St. Paul), Commercial (Dayton's Bluff). Recreations: Hunting, fishing, driving, horse back riding, etc. Office: 800 E. 7th St., Endicott Arcade. Residence: 705 E. 4th St., St. Paul.
PLUMMER, H. S., physician; born at Hamilton, Minn., March 3, 1874; son of Dr. Albert and Bell (Steer) Plummer; graduated Spring Valley (Minn.) High School; University of Minnesota, 1892- 94; College of Medicine and Surgery, same university, 1894-95; Northwestern Medical School, Chicago, Ill., graduat- ing, degree of M.D., 1898. In practice at Racine, Minn., since 1898; member of the firm of Drs. Mayo, Graham & Co. Married at Rochester, Minn., Oct. 6, 1904, to Miss Daisy Berkman. Address: Racine, Minn.
PLYMAT, Walter A., lawyer; born at Mapleton. Minn., Dec. 25, 1877; son of William N. and Mary E. (Young) Ply- mat; educated in Mankato High School;
University of Minnesota, degree of B.S., 1899; Law Department, same university, degree of LL.B., 1901. Married at Mankato, 1904, to Miss Ida F. Robel. Began practice at Madelia, Minn., 1901; in practice at Mankato since 1902, as member of the firm of Plymat & Ply- mat. County attorney Blue Earth Co. Republican. Member I. O. O. F., B. P. O. E, K. P., M. W. A., A. O. U. W., F. O. E. Address: Mankato, Minn.
PLYMAT, William N, lawyer; born in Dover, Pa., July 13, 1845; son of Alex- ander and Emily Caroline (Bishop) Ply- mat; educated at Fox Lake (Wis.) Acad- emy; read law in office of Pfau & Free- man; married at Garden City, Minn., 1866 to Mary E. Young. Lived upon a farm in Blue Earth Co., 1863-79; began practice of law at Mapleton, Minn., 1880, later removing to Mankato; member firm of Plymat & Flymat since 1902. President Minnesota Northern Land Co .; director Mankato Citizens Telephone Co. Member Blue Earth County Bar Asso- ciation. Served in Co. B, Brackett's Battalion, Civil War, March, 1864, to June, 1866; also served in the North- west and on the plains and the Pacific Coast in Indian wars. Ex-member city council Mankato and formerly munici- pal judge. Republican. Episcopalian. Clubs: Commercial, Social Science.
Address: Mankato, Minn.
POCOCK, Alfred A., proprietor Hotel Ryan; born in Berkshire, England, 1847; educated in common schools of England; married at New London, Conn., 1904, to Miss Charlotte E. Huntington. Came to America, 1874; entered hotel business at Boston, 1874, continuing until 1894; in same line of business at Hartford, Conn., 1878-1904; has been a resident of St. Paul since Jan, 1904, and has been proprietor of Hotel Ryan since that time. Member Masonic order, Knights Templar. Shrine; B. P. O. E. Recreations: Hunting, horses and dogs. Office and residence: Hotel Ryan, St. Paul.
POEHLER, Alvin Henry, grain mer- chant; born at Henderson, Minn., Jan. 15. 1864; son of Henry and Elizabeth (Frankenfield) Poehler; educated at Henderson High School; The Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., graduating valedictorian, 1883. Began active career in banking and elevator business, Oct., 1883; filled position as teller in Bank of Gaylord, Gaylord, Minn., for 2 years, also in general merchandising with father at Henderson, Minn .. and in grain office, Minneapolis; located perma- nently at Minneapolis, 1887. Treasurer H. Poehler Co. (wholesale grain and seeds, Minneapolis and Duluth, estab- lished. 1855), Exchange Grain Co .; vice president Pacific Elevator Co., German Bank, Eureka, S. D. Capt. Co. B at The Shattuck School (military); mem- ber Gov. Johnson's staff, title of colonel. Democrat. Episcopalian. Trustee The Shattuck School. Member and director Chamber of Commerce (Minneapolis)
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Board of Trade (Duluth), Chamber of Commerce (Milwaukee). Scottish Rite Mason, Knight Templar. Married at Minneapolis, Feb. 19, 1896, to Miss Eu- genia L. Cole. Clubs: Commercial (charter member), Minikahda, Minne- apolis Gun, (Linwood and Artichoke). Recreations: Hunting, fishing, golf,
curling. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: 252 W. Franklin Av., Min- neapolis.
POEHLER, Charles Frederick, grain; born at Henderson, Minn., Oct. 10, 1868; son of Henry and Elizabeth Poehler; educated in Henderson High School and at The Shattuck School, Faribault, Minn., graduating from the latter, June, 1887. Has been continuously identified with the grain business ever since the beginning of his active career, 1889. Secretary H. Poehler Co .; secretary and manager, The Exchange Grain Co .; treasurer and manager The Pacific Ele- vator Co .; director First National Bank, Le Sueur, Minn. Recreations: Hunting and fishing. Clubs: Commercial, Mini- kahda. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: Harvard Chambers, Minne- apolis.
POEHLER, Franklin Theodore, physi- cian; born at Henderson, Minn., Jan. 6, 1872; son of Frederick and Pauline W. Commick Poehler; educated in public and high school, Henderson, to 1889; University of Minnesota, graduating, de- gree of B. S., 1893; College of Medicine and Surgery, same university, M.D., 1896; New York Post Graduate School, 1900. Began practice of medicine, at Waseca, Minn., 1896; removed to Mor- ristown, Minn., 1896 and to Minneapolis, 1900. Professor of diseases of the chest, College Physicians and Surgeons, Hamline University; secretary and treasurer Hamline University Free Dis- pensary. Member Hennepin Coupty Medical Society, Minnesota State Med- ical Association. Member Sigma Chi, M. W. A., Mystic Workers. Married at Minneapolis, June, 1905, to Miss H. A. Wildes. Office: Syndicate Arcade. Resi- dence: 1508 Hennepin Av., Minneapolis.
POEHLER, Henry, grain merchant; born in Germany, Aug. 22, 1833; son of Frederick and Wilhelmine Poehler; edu- cated in public schools in Germany; came to America, 1848; married at Bridgeton, Pa., Sept. 15, 1861, to Eliza- beth Frankenfield. Is one of the pioneers of Minnesota; began business career at Henderson, dealing in general merchan- dise, machinery and grain, 1855; organ- ized the Pacific Elevator Co., 1881, and entered the grain commission business at Minneapolis, under title of the H. Poeh- ler Co., in which he still continues. He is now president of the H. Poehler Co., the Pacific Elevator Co., and director of the Exchange Grain Co. Has held a number of important public positions, among which may be named the follow- ing: Was postmaster at Henderson, 1855-61; member of the first legislature of Minnesota, 1857-58, also member of
the legislature, 1865; State Senator, 1872-73 and 1876-77; representative of the 46th Congress from the 2nd district of Minnesota. Democrat. Member German Reformed Church. Mason. Of- fice: Chamber of Commerce, Minne-
apolis. Residence: 1670 Winfield St./ Los Angeles, Calif.
POEHLER, Walter Charles, grain commission; horn at Henderson, Minn., Aug. 4. 1874; son of Henry and Eliza- beth (Frankenfield) Poehler; educated in Henderson High School, graduating, 1890; University of Minnesota, College of Literature, graduating, degree of B.L., 1894. Entered office of H. Poehler Co., grain commission, Minneapolis, as bookkeeper, 1894; removed to Eureka, S. D., and was cashier of the German Bank, 1897-99; returned to Minneapolis, Dec. 1898, as broker with H. Poehler Co .; became member of firm Aug., 1899, and took charge of Duluth office, July, 1902, in which he continues. Member
Sigma Chi fraternity. Married at St. Peter, Minn., Aug. 22, 1899, to Miss Isabel H, Davis. Clubs: Commercial, Kitchi Gammi, Northland Country, Du- luth Curling. Recreations: Golf, tennis, hunting. Office: Board of Trade Bldg. Residence: 814 1/2 E. 1st St., . Duluth, Minn.
POEHLER, William Adam, grain; born at Henderson, Minn., April 8, 1875: son of August F. and Emily C. Poehler; graduate University of Minnesota. Col- lege of Law, degree of LL.B., 1897. En- gaged in practice of law in Minneapolis, 1897-98; is now secretary and manager Pacific Elevator Co. Democrat. Mem- ber Chamber of Commerce, Sigma Chi. Unmarried. Club: Commercial. Rec- reations: Curling, ice skating and out door diversions. Office: Chamber of Commerce. Residence: Harvard Cham- bers, Minneapolis.
POETZ, Joseph A., druggist; born at Shakopee, Minn., Aug. 3, 1868; son of John and Catherine (Legal) Poetz: edu- cated in public schools and at Minne- sota Institute of Pharmacy; married at Owatonna, 1902, Isabel Chadwick. Began as clerk in drug store at Shako- pee and has been in drug business at St. Peter since 1896. Member State Board of Pharmacy since 1904. Democrat. Catholic. Recreations: Hunting and fishing. Address: St. Peter, Minn.
POIRIER, Octave Alfred, manufac- turer; born at Cedars, Canada, F. Q .. Aug. 25, 1856; son of Hyacinthe and Eulalie (Leger) Poirier; educated in parochial schools, Cedars, and at night school, Montreal. Came to St. Paul, 1874, and entered employ of Knapp, Stout & Co., Menominie, Wis., as ware- house clerk; resigned and took up land in Swift Co., Minn., 1878; entered imple- ment business and continued until 1887; on road in employ of Van Brunt & Davis Co., of Harison, Wis., until 1897; in employ of Dowagiac Manufacturing Co., as general agent at Minneapolis, until 1902. Invented shoe pressure for
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grain drill, incorporated the Poirier Manufacturing Co., of which he is vice president and secretary, and began man- ufacture of drills, 1902; invented steel ball adjustable and dirt proof disk bear- ings, etc. Republican. Catholic. Mem- ber M. W. A., A. O. U. W., K. P., U. C. T., A. F. & A. M. Married at Appleton, Minn., May 28, 1878, to Miss Mary Louise Poirier. Address: Gladstone, Minn.
POLK, Asa Davis, lawyer; born in Henry Co., Ind., Dec. 17, 1850; son of James W. and Sarah A. (Davis) Polk; educated in public schools of Iowa; three years at Iowa College, Grinnell; studied law in office of Judge Lyser, Montezuma, Ia., and began practice at Cherokee, Kas., 1873; removed to Cedar Rapids, Ia., and practiced as member of firm of Hemenway & Polk, 1876-82; came to Minneapolis, was member of firm of Bogg, Polk & Bishop, 1884-85; was alone in law business until Nov., 1900, when he located in Brainerd, where he has since remained. Now county attorney of Crow Wing Co. and city attorney Brainerd. Member of firm of Wood & Polk, manufacturers of lath. Republican. Member Masonic order, B. P. O. E. Married at Lexington, 111., Dec: 21, 1875, to Minnie E. Hayes. Club : Commercial. Recreation: Fish- ing. Address: Brainerd, Minn.
POMEROY, Julius Sherman, banking; boru at Brooklyn, N. Y., Oct. 3, 1867; son of Julius R. and Elvenah (Sher- man) Pomeroy; educated at Homer Academy, Homer, N. Y. Began active career in employ of Homer National Bank, Homer, N. Y., 1884, continuing until 1887; was with First National Bank, Cortland, N. Y., 1887-92; came to Minnesota and was associated with First National Bank, Winona, 1892-1902; removed to Chicago and was cashier National Bank of North America, 1902- 05; has been cashier Security Bank of Minnesota since 1905. Mason (32°), Knight Templar, Shriner. Married at Hornellsville, N. Y., 1892, to Miss Bes- sie L. Phillips of Minneapolis. Clubs: Minneapolis, Minikahda. Office: Se- curity Bank of Minnesota. Residence; 1924 Colfax Av., S. Minneapolis.
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