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DEXTER.
Dr. R. Simmons was the first physician in Dexter. He came in 1873, remained a few years, then returned to Indiana, his
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former home .. He was a graduate of the Cincinnati Medical Col- lege. The next physician to locate here was L. D. Johnson, who afterward moved to Grand Meadow. Dr. McCormick practiced here for a while and then moved to the Dakotas.
GRAND MEADOW.
The first physician at this point was Dr. Samuel Jenks, who came in 1872. He was a native of New York, and a graduate of Rush Medical College, Chicago, class of 1872. He was a well edu- cated successful physician. He remained till 1880, when he moved to the Dakotas .. The second physician was Dr. Wilder, who came in the fall of 1876, and was associated with Dr. Jenks, both in practice and in the drug business. He removed to Iowa City in 1878. He came from Wisconsin and was not a regular graduate in his profession. Dr. O. A. Case came to Grand Meadow in 1877. He removed from here in 1878. Dr. Remington came in the winter of 1881 and left the following summer. Dr. L. D. Jack- son located in Grand Meadow in March, 1879. He was born in Vermont in 1851, and graduated from the Rush Medical College in 1877. Upon coming to this county he practiced in Dexter be- fore coming to Grand Meadow.
ROSE CREEK.
Dr. Obadiah Wheelock, the first physician in Rose Creek, was born in New York in 1828, graduated in medicine at New York, and came to Rose Creek in 1872. He belonged to the eclectic school.
LANSING.
Dr. Josef Alloys was the first to practice medicine in Lansing. He came in 1857 and settled in section one. He was a Catholic - priest, and combined the duties of priest, physician and farmer. He moved from here to Chicago. Dr. R. Sonle came in 1865. His career is told elsewhere. Dr. Lafayette, a Frenchman, came to Lansing from Red Wing, in the fall of 1866. He was of the eclectic practice. After remaining here three years he went to Missouri.
LE ROY.
Dr. Jones came here from Pennsylvania in 1855, and settled on the Joe Mason farm. When Dr. Alsdorff came he gave up practice and in 1866 went to Missouri, where he took up farming. Dr. G. M. Alsdorff, an eclectic, came to LeRoy in 1864. He was born in Pennsylvania, November 24, 1824, and there remained
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until coming to Minnesota. When the new village was laid out, in 1867, Dr. Alsdorff opened an office, and the following year moved to the new location. Dr. Bingham, a graduate of the Rush Medical College at Chicago, practiced for a short time and then went to Lanesboro, where he died of smallpox. Dr. E. J. Kings- bury came from Decorah in 1869. He was born in New York state in 1832, and in 1854 graduated from the American Medical Insti- tute at Cincinnati. In 1855 he came to Mower county, preempted land in Bennington township, assisted in the organization of the town and became a prominent citizen. Subsequently he prac- ticed in Spring Valley and Decorah before coming to LeRoy. Dr. Corbitt came from Michigan in 1868, and remained here at inter- vals until his death in 1880. He was an allopath, and graduated in medicine at New York. Dr. C. W. Thrall came here from Wisconsin and entered into partnership with Dr. Kingsbury. He was a regular and a graduate of the Rush Medical College, Chi- cago. From here he went to LaCrosse. In the spring of 1880, Dr. F. C. Davy came here and became a partner of Dr. Alsdorff. After leaving here he attained considerable distinction as a chem- ist. In the spring of 1881, Dr. Aldenkirk, a homeopath, came here. Later he went to Iowa.
LYLE.
The first physician to locate in Lyle was Dr. A. Truane, who came in 1870. He moved from Lyle to Wisconsin. Dr. Tanner, a homeopath, came in 1870, and made a short stay. In 1881, Dr. M. G. Gordon, of Montreal, located here. He remained but a short time.
MOWER COUNTY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.
In the preceding paragraphs has been related the story of the early physicians of Mower county. The present-day physicians are nobly following in their predecessors' footsteps. The Mower County Medical Association was organized October 3, 1902. The meeting was called to order by Dr. W. S. Fullerton, state or- ganizer, and Dr. C. A. Hegge, the former being made temporary chairman and the latter temporary secretary .. The officers elected were: President, William Hollister; vice president, W. F. Cobb; secretary, C. A. Hegge ; treasurer, G. F. Schottler. The physicians present at the organization were: A. W. Allen, O. II. Hegge, C. A. Hegge, William Hollister, W. H. McKenna, F. Kimball Fiester, C. F. Lewis, H. F. Pierson, E. H Washburn-Rodgers, O. C. Marek- lien, George W. Gray, G. J. Schottler, W. W. Freeman, W. F. Cobb and W. A. Frazer. Since then the presidents have been: 1903.
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William Cobb; 1904, A. E. Henslin; 1905, H. F. Pierson; 1906, G. J. Schottler; 1907, W. A. Frazer; 1908, C. C. Leek; 1909, M. J. Hart; 1910, C. F. Lewis. The society has done much to sustain the ethics of the profession, to promote the sanitation of the county, to protect the health of the community and to guard against charlatanry in all guises and forms. The society is now constituted as follows : President, C. F. Lewis ; secretary, Clifford C. Leck, Austin; other members, A. W. Allen, Austin; W. F. Cobb, Lyle; A. N. Collins, Austin; W. A. Frazer, Lyle; G. W. Gray, Brownsdale; M. J. Hart, LeRoy; C. H. Hegge, Austin; O. H. Hegge, Austin; A. E. Henslin, LeRoy ; C. H. Johnson, Austin ; R. S. Mitchell, Grand Meadow; Homer F. Pierson, Austin; G. M. F. Rogers, Austin; G. J. Schottler, Dexter; E. V. Smith, Adams ; P. T. Torkelson, Lyle.
Other physicians in the county are: F. E. Daigneau, Austin ; W. H. McKenna, Austin; Alb. Plummer, Racine; C. B. Lynde, Rose Creek, and H. L. Baker, Waltham.
CHAPTER XXVI.
CIVIL WAR HISTORY.
Outbreak of the War-The First War Meeting in Mower County- Newspaper Clippings of Stirring War Events-List of Veterans Who Enlisted from Mower County, with History of Their Regiments-Honor Roll of Mower County Heroes Who Laid Down Their Lives for the Union-Col. Henry C. Rogers and His Record,-By Col. A. W. Wright.
When President Lincoln issued his call for 75,000 of the mili- tia of the several states to maintain the Union April 15, 1861, Mower county was but six years of age, as an organized county, and had a population of less than 3,500, all pioneers in a new state which became a part of the Union less than three years be- fore the outbreak of the war. It was a cruel time to take the men from field, store, shop and home. They had little on which to de- pend save the labor of their hands, and their families needed them. But an attack had been made on Fort Sumter, the flag of the Union had been fired upon, and the hearts of these hardy patriotic men and women were fired.
At this time Alexander Ramsey, governor of Minnesota, chanced to be in Washington and immediately sought Secretary
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Cameron, and in writing tendered 1,000 soldiers from Minnesota in defense of the government, which offer was presented to the presi- dent and by him accepted. The governor telegraphed these facts to the adjutant general of the state, with orders to make a call for troops. The call, however, did not reach Mower county in time for any of her sons to be included in the first regiment, except Allen Mollison, who is believed to have been the first man to en- list from Mower county.
The people were busy breaking farms and building homes and villages, and the magnitude of the secession movement was not realized. While the Minnesota Courier, the only paper published in Mower county, was filled with war news in every issue, the vital need of men to defend the union did not strike home to Mower county men until the fall. The Courier of May 8, 1861, contained the information that about twenty-five of the young men of Austin and vicinity had enrolled their names in response to their country's call, but no names were given in the published article. In June of that year, H. B. Kimball, Fred MeCormick and William Mills enlisted in the Mantorville company.
The first real war meeting in Mower county was held at "Headquarters," September 4, 1861. At about the same time Captain White, of Freeborn county, was in Austin, with the proposition that if Mower county could not raise a full company that the two counties unite. However, it was decided that Mower county could raise a full company, and the meeting for this pur- pose was accorded much enthusiasm. The meeting was called to order by Ormanzo Allen, and Milo Frary was elected chairman. On motion of L. A. Sherwood, B. F. Jones was named as secre- tary. Capt. R. P. Mooers made a speech, and on his motion a committee of ways and means was appointed as follows: W. B. Spencer, J. W. Fake, J. P. Jones, G. W. Bishop, Ormanzo Allen, S. W. Bostwick, J. Stewart, A. D. Brown, H. H. Heartley, George Conkey, E. S. Moodey and John Rowley. Ormanzo Allen, J. W. Fake and G. W. Bishop were appointed a central county com- mittee, and J. W. Fake was empowered to procure speakers to make a tour of the county. The following recruiting officers were appointed : R. P. Mooers, Lyle; J. P. Jones, Nevada; W. B. Spencer, LeRoy ; G. W. Bishop, Austin ; Lewis Hardy, Frankford; J. W. Stewart, Racine; A. D. Brown, Red Rock; A. J. Clark, Brownsdale; H. C. Rogers, Udolpho; H. Hartley, Lansing; W. Reed, Pleasant Valley ; H. Irgins, Adams.
As a result of this meeting a military company was raised and a meeting of the volunteers held October 13, 1861. B. F. Jones was elected chairman, and R. P. Mooers, secretary. The company was authorized to elect a first lieutenant, and the first ballot resulted in eighteen votes for W. B. Spencer, ten for G. W.
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Bishop, and one for R. P. Moores. On the next ballot, Mr. Spencer was elected over G. W. Bishop by a vote of 22 to 8.
On the morning of Tuesday, October 15, 1861, the military company that was afterwards known as the Mower County Guards, Co. K, Fourth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, left Austin, thirty-two strong, with the intention of joining the Third Regiment at Fort Snelling. Before departing the boys were ad- dressed by Rev. Stephen Cook. The personnel of the company was as follows: First lieutenant, W. B. Spencer ; privates, R. P. Mooers, P. E. Jenks, George Carrier, William Gifford, Henry Loomis, William Pace, Robert P. Tifft, Marion Lyle, A. C. Smith, James Morrison, A. J. Clark, Augustus Rose, Thomas Edelman, Samuel Parks, James Gray, Samuel Shutz, I. N. Morrill, George Mail, V. W. Houghton, T. J. Bishop, W. H. Bullock, Brayden Lincoln, John Frank, Samuel Surface, Horace Barber, S. C. Matthews, H. B. Bourgard, E. R. Earl, Eugene Parmeter, Nathan M. Thomas and Soloman Tallaman. Of the above I. N. Morrill and Hon. John Frank, at least, are still living.
During the week of October 23, 1861, several of the men came home on parole, five or six of them being under age, and seeking the written permission of their parents or guardians. At about this time the company was increased by the enlistment of Charles Hunt, George Baird, Caleb Powers, William Whitford, Charles Smith, Samuel Clayton and A. C. Houghton. The name Mower County Guards was given by General Sanborn.
September 10, 1862, the Mower County Rangers had been organized, transferred to the Seventh Regiment and sent against the Indians. The original officers were: Captain, H. C. Rogers; first lieutenant, E. W. Ford; second lieutenant, L. A. Sherwood; orderly sergeant, M. Whitford.
On October 15, 1862, a letter was received in Austin from Captain Mooers of Co. K, Fourth Minnesota Volunteer In- fantry, announcing the battle of Iuka, September 20, and the wounding of George S. Hutchinson, Aaron B. Morse, Isaac Dezotell, John E. MeCun, Saul M. Milhollin and Martin Kiefer. On October 3, 1862, before this letter reached Austin, Captain Mooers was killed at the Battle of Corinth. He was born in New York, came west in 1855, and gave up his profession as an en- gineer for farming in Lyle township. He was commissioned cap- tain of the Mower County Guards and killed in action.
January 6, 1863, the county commissioners divided Mower county into eight military districts as follows: 1-Adams and Ne- vada. 2-Lyle, Windom and Austin. 3-Lansing. 4-Red Rock and Udolpho. 5-Pleasant Valley and Grand Meadow. 6-Ra- cine. 7-Frankford and Bennington. 8-LeRoy.
May 12, 1863, the military election under the military act took
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place at Brownsdale, and resulted as follows: Colonel, B. F. Langworthy, Grand Meadow; lieutenant coloned, P. G. Lamo- reaux, of Lansing; major, Ormanzo Allen of Austin.
NEWS CLIPPINGS.
The newspapers of the period give us a true picture of con- ditions during the Civil war, and for that reason the following clippings relating to war affairs are here reproduced :
Minnesota Courier .- September 4, 1861. Contrabands in Town. On Friday last we learn that two negroes-fugitives from Missouri -- passed through town on their way to Canada. They were mounted on horses, which they took from their mas- ters to assist them on their journey. Those who saw them say they were fine looking fellows, and worth, perhaps, in Missouri from eight to twelve hundred dollars each.
November 27, 1861. Flag for Mower County Guards. The material was purchased in St. Paul by Mrs. B. F. Lindsey and Mrs. J. L. Clark, is all silk, and is said by the lady who made it up, and who has furnished several other companies, to be the finest one and manufactured of the best materials. The Guards promised to send it down by some of the company during the winter provided they remained at the fort and were not ordered south. On receiving the flag Mr. Martin, on behalf of the com- pany, Captain Mooers being absent, received the flag and re- turned the thanks of the company in a brief and appropriate speech, which was responded to by the company with three rous- ing cheers for the ladies of Austin, and the burning of the usual amount of powder. We think it no more than right that the ladies, who have given their time and energy in raising the money, by soliciting subscriptions to furnish the company with a flag, should at least receive a passing notice from us, and the thanks of our lady friends generally. We are of the opinion that if Mrs. Clark and Mrs. Lindsey had not taken the matter in hand, our company would today have been without a flag. They have done their part well, and from what we know of the ladies of Austin they will not soon be forgotten. The cost of the flag was $16.98.
August 6, 1862. Volunteering and Being Drafted. A volun- teer receives the full bounty-$25 advance bounty, one month's pay ($13) in advance, and $75 at the end of his time of service, together with the usual 160 acres of bounty land. Besides all this his family receives pecuniary assistance during his absence The drafted militia receive but $11 per month, and no money bounty. They can be held to service out of the state three months by order of the governor. Let no one, however, deceive
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himself with the idea that drafted soldiers will serve only three months, for after the militia are drafted, Congress can easily hold them to serve during the war.
August 13, 1862. "Private Bounty. Grand Meadow, August 7, 1862. I will give to every volunteer that may join any com- pany now forming in this county from Pleasant Valley, Grand Meadow, Racine, Frankford and LeRoy, a bounty of $2 for single men, and to every married man five bushels of wheat for the use of his family, extra. Volunteering to be from this date to August 31. Respectfully, B. F. Langworthy."
August 20, 1862. The citizens of Adams township have raised by private subscription, $142, to be paid in cash on or before two months, provided, however, this bounty will prevent drafting in Adams township.
Capt. E. W. Ford left this place on Saturday last for Fort Snelling with upwards of seventy men, all from this county, to be mustered into the United States service under the call for 600,000 men. Mower county will furnish her quota without re- sorting to a draft. On Sunday last four more started for the fort to join Mr. Ford's company, and we hear of several others who are ready to go, provided they can get into the company from this county.
The war meetings which have just been held at Austin, Frank- ford and Brownsdale were well attended, and the result is that Mower county has almost raised her quota. The three towns above named we believe are now exempt from the draft. The town of Lansing is awake and will this week, in all probability, raise the quota of that town. It is time for the other towns to be looking out if they expect to escape the draft.
September 3, 1862. The draft is postponed until October 3. * * When we get the 600,000 men into the field who are now organizing for the war, thus swelling our grand army to over a million, we can sweep the rebels from the face of the earth in a month or two. We can then form a solid column of bayonets and cannon, reaching almost from the Atlantic to the Mississippi, and by one determined "forward march," drive all the traitors and rebels down into the gulf, like a drove of frightened swine. It will be a privilege to belong to that great army of the Union- a glorious thing to think of and talk about after the war, and for your children to be proud over through coming generations. "I was a soldier in the army of the Union that saved the Re- public," will be as proud a title to the respect of your country- men and of the world, as now is the claim of those few remaining veterans who can say, "I was a soldier in the army of the Revolu- tionary war, and fought under Washington."
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Mower County Register. March 2, 1865. The draft hangs by a hair! At any moment it may deseend upon us. How shall we avoid it? By going into the army in person or by proxy ; by going ourselves or sending substitutes. Where volunteering goes on briskly, the draft will not reach; where volunteering ceases, the conseription will be ordered to commence. Rouse, then, and let us make every exertion, and exert every energy for the recruit- ing of our army. By sundry alterations at the Provost Marshal's office, the town of Austin has to furnish under the last call for 300,000 thirteen men. We learn further that movements are now progressing for the purpose of raising a town bounty as an in- dueement to volunteer.
July 21, 1864. News from the boys of Company C, Ninth regiment: Through the kindness of Mrs. Stephen Chandler we have been shown a letter from her husband, which enables us to secure knowledge of the whereabouts of our liberty-defending patriots. Mr. Chandler is a prisoner in Meridan, Mississippi. Those of Company C yet prisoners are : Capt. E. W. W. Ford, A. Avery, J. Clark, William Breckon, Ludoviso Bourgard, A. Wheeler, Duane Philes, C. Steward, J. Woodbury, S. H. Ames, W. Lyons, Conrad W. McCaskill, I. Bisgrove, E. Riee, W. Rice, C. D. Rhodes, T. H. B. Vandegrift, John Barnett and Stephen N. Chandler.
January 28, 1864. Promotions. The following worthy promo- tions have been made in the Fourth regiment: First Lieutenant S. T. Isaac to be captain; First Lieutenant D. L. Wellman to be captain ; First Lieutenant C. C. Hunt to be captain ; Second Lieu- tenants Orlando Graham and S. W. Russell to be first lieutenants ; Orderly Sergeant C. W. Douglass to be second lieutenant.
In the same issue the announcement is made that Co. K, of the Fourth Minnesota regiment, has re-enlisted for "three years or during the war"-every man exeept two. The following is a list of members who re-enlisted: Captain-Charles C. Hunt. First Lieutenant-C. W. Douglass. Sergeants-Geo. Baird, Mar- ion R. Lyle, V. W. Houghton, Samuel M. Clayton. Corporals- R. S. Perkins, Stephen Maxon, John Mullen, S. E. Morse, A. M. Kenniston. Privates-W. H. H. Bullock, Henry B. Burgor, F. H. Belot, N. Barnes, A. Chapel, Jacob H. Epler, N. Frost, McConnell Fitch, John Frank, A. C. Hursh, A. O. Hollister, P. E. Jenks, M. Kiefer, W. S. Kimball, S. Mathews, C. Powers, E. A. Parker, John Rochford, S. Gifft, Geo. Thernott, Solomon Tallman, E. A. Whit- comb, O. H. Wiley. Up to this time, January, 1864, Mower county has furnished 275 men for the service. Geo. Baird became first lieutenant of the company, and for a considerable time had com- mand of the company.
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PRECIOUS RELIC.
Mower county has a precious relie in the shape of a battle- stained flag, carried through the Civil war by the valiant Co. K, of the Fourth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry. Many Mower county people contributed for its purchase, and the silk was ob- tained in St. Paul by Mrs. B. F. Lindsey and Mrs. J. L. Clark, who went to St. Paul by stage to buy a flag, but finding none purchased silk ribbon and made one. It was presented to the company at Fort Snelling, before the regiment was ordered south. Following are the names of the men and women who con- tributed to the purchase of the flag: F. D. Lewis, Fernald Mor- gan, William Simpson, L. A. Sherwood, Ian Osdel, H. Sutherland, J. L. Smith, L. Stone, M. Graves, E. Chapin ; the Mesdames G. W. Bishop, R. L. Kimball, S. W. Paul, E. Parliman, J. S. Laey, J. Bo- dine. J. Stage, H. Allen, O. Allen, S. Smith, L. Hunt, G. W. Mitchell, J. L. Davidson, H. I. Holt, W. W. Cook, J. H. MeIntire, W. Brown, H. Jacobs, W. L. Kimball, Q. E. Truesdell, George Baird, J. B. Niles, Wm. Hunt, E. W. Ford, L. Piper, A. Galloway, D. B. Johnson, R. O. Hunt, B. F. Jones, O. Allen, E. D. Fenton, G. M. Cameron, O. Somers, T. J. Lake, L. N. Griffith, A. S. Everest, J. C. Aekerly, J. W. Fake, C. J. Shortt, J. B. Yates, G. H. Bemis, B. F. Lindsay, J. L. Clark, and the Misses Hattie Adams, Philenda Deming, A. J. Wheat, A. B. Albro, Lizzie Johnson, A. Loomis.
The flag was carried through the following engagements: 1862-Siege of Corinth, Mississippi, May; Battle of Iuka, Missis- sippi, September 19; Battle of Corinth, Mississippi, October 3 and 4. 1863-Port Gibson, Mississippi, May 1; Forty Hills, Missis- sippi, May 3; Raymond, Mississippi, May 12; Jackson, Mississippi. May 14; Champion Hills, Mississippi; Vieksburg, May and June; Mission Ridge, Tennessee, November 24 and 25. 1864-Altoona, Georgia, October 5; Savannah, December. 1865-Columbia, South Carolina, February 17; Bentonville, North Carolina, Mareh 20 and 21; Raleigh, North Carolina, April 14. Upon the company being mustered out of the service, this flag was placed in the keeping of Lieut. Geo. Baird by a vote of the company as a token of the regard of the members of the company for him, for many of whom he had been a personal friend, adviser and comforter, also because of his conspienous gallantry and bravery in the field.
FALL OF VICKSBURG.
When the news of the fall of Vicksburg was received at Austin, a grand jubilee meeting was held at Headquarters hall, on the evening of July 10, 1863. J. H. C. Wilson was called to the chair, and T. J. Lake appointed secretary. Speeches were
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made by Revs. Parker, Tice, Clark and Lake, also by Colonel Lewis, of the Twenty-eighth Wisconsin, who had just returned from the "seat of war," and Judge Ormanzo Allen. Colonel Lewis' speech was most interesting. Fresh from the army and having endured all the hardships of the war, he could talk as soldiers only can talk on such occasions, and his remarks pro- duced the wildest enthusiasm. He closed by saying "Copper- headism is worse than secession among the soldiers. When his comrades found he was coming north, each said, "Kill a copper- head for us!" Amid much enthusiasm the following resolution was adopted: "Resolved, That the soldiers of the Minnesota Fourth, always in the advance, and always victorious, have achieved for themselves honor and glory worth more than all the achievements that can be possibly made by the greatest and most distinguished civilian in the land, in the capture of Vieks- burg-the Sebastopol of Rebeldom."
ROLL OF HONOR.
In this connection has been compiled from the adjutant-gen- eral's report, the names of the soldiers, who enlisted from Mower county. If any are omitted, it is not intentional, for great care has been exercised in collecting this matter, and none have greater veneration for the brave soldier than the compilers of this volume. As the only possible way to ascertain the where- abouts of each soldier, is to depend upon the official reports as published under authority of the state, any mistakes in spelling names or the omission of them entirely, should be charged to such official reports.
Mower county was represented in the Union army as follows :
FIRST INFANTRY.
Allan Mollison, so far as known the only member of this regi- ment from Mower county, enlisted in Company G. When the call came for volunteers, Allan Mollison was a blacksmith in Austin, and the sole support of a widowed mother. He walked alone to Owatonna and there joined others. Then all walked to Fari- bault, to enlist in a company raised by Captain MeCunc. They marched thence to Fort Snelling and Mollison was mustered into service as a private in Company G, First Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, on his twenty-fifth birthday, April 29, 1861. He was afterward promoted to corporal.
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