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HENRY FALING, a native of Knox county, Ohio, was born on the 9th of November, 1845. In 1856, his parents removed to Michigan, where, when thir-
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teen years of age, Mr. Faling hunted with the Indians; also assisting his father on the farm. In 1869, he visited the western territories, and the fol- lowing year, settled on the farm in this township, where he has since resided. During the first few years of his residence here, Mr. Faling derived his principal support from hunting. He was married on the 3d of August, 1873, to Miss Emily Harris. They have one son, Frederic.
CASIMERE GALARNEAULT, one of the pioneers of Sherburne county, was born on the 15th of August, 1829, in the parish of St. Edwards, Canada. He received his education at a private school, assist- ing his father on the farm, during his leisure time, until 1850. Then, coming to Minnesota, he was employed, for a time, in what is now known as the town of Haven, Sherburne cunnty, where he took a claim the following year. In the spring of 1864, he came to his present farm, in section thirty-four, being the first permanent settler of the township. Mr. Galarneault is a man well known throughont this, and adjoining counties, was elected County Commissioner in 1866, holding the office three years. In 1875, he was again elceted, and has since tilled the position. Mr. Galarneanlt has a farm of about four hundred acres, eighty of which are cleared. On the 8th of January, 1852, he was · married to Miss Margaret Malone. They have had eight children, three of whom are deecased ..
THOMAS HENNESSY, a native of Kilkenny county, Ireland, was born on the 22d of December, 1804. Assisting his father on the farm in his native town, umtil 1832, he came to America, and located nt Toronto, Canada. Remaining there but a short time, he began working on farms near Rochester, New York, in which place he learned the cooper's trade. He worked at his trade in Canada, then in Michigan, and three years in Illinois, after which he was employed on a farm, in the latter State, un- til 1868. Coming to Minnesota, Mr. Hennesy spent one year in Sank Rapids, removed to Ra- cine, Wisconsin, spending two and a half years, and returned to Minnesota. In 1872, he purchased the farm where he has since resided. He was mar- ried to Miss Margaret Murray on the 16th of February, 1836. They have had eleven children, only four of whom are living. .
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WILLIAM HARRIS was born in South Wales, on the 9th of November, 1823. Four years previous to 1841, he led n sailor's life, then came to Can- ada, where he was employed a part of the time on n form, und the remainder, on vessels on the
Lakes. Moving to Michigan, he remained until coming to Benton county, Minnesota, in 1866, where he still resides. Mr. Harris is at present Justice of the Peace. On the 28th of October, 1851, he married Miss Sarah Davidson. They have had ten children, five of whom are living.
C. C. HOLMES was born on the 11th of March, 1825, in Chautauqua county, New York. When he was eleven years old, his parents moved to Illinois, where he learned the carpenter's trade, also helping his father on the farm. In 1856, he came to Sauk Rapids, was engaged four years at his trade; and theu opened a general merchan- dise store, which, in connection with the Post- office, he carried on for nine years. Then, moving to Kandiyohi county, he remained for a year, and returned to Sank Rapids. After having visited Missouri and Kansas, he came, in 1871, to his present farm, in this county, on which he erected a saw-mill, and has since operated it.
GREGORY LINDLEY, a native of Montreal, Can- ada, was born on the 17th of July, 1844. When a boy, he learned the tanner's trade of his father, working at it, in his native city, till 1861. Then, he spent eight years traveling in the United States; working, sometimes at his trade, and some- times as sailor in a coasting vessel. In 1869, he came to his present farm, and the following year, was elected Town Clerk, having held the office every year sinee. Mr. Lindley was married to Miss Ellen Hughes, on the 16th of February, 1868. They have had six children; one is deceased.
FREDERICK LILJE was born in Prussia, on the 25th of September, 1835. When young, he learned the trade of wood-turner, at which he worked for three years. In 1852, he came to America, and en- listed in the Seventh Regular Infantry. Serving his time out, he again enlisted in the same regi- ment, and while stationed in the Southwest the Rebellion broke out, and the whole regiment were taken prisoners. They were finally exchanged, and Mr. Lilje served in the army of the Potomac, and in 1862, re-enlisted in Coinpany I, of the same regiment, serving for three years. In 1867, he purchased a farm in Maywood, Benton county, and five years later enme to his present farm. He was married to Miss Julia Ann Barnum, on the 4th of March, 1862. They have had nine chil- dren, and eight are living.
ANDREW MCGEORGE WAS born in St. Stephen, New Brunswick, on the 27th of January, 1830. Residing there until twenty-three years of uge,
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he visited California, Mexico, and other western places, and, in 1859, returned to his native eity. In 1872, he came to Minnesota, and was two years in Clearwater, and four years in St. Cloud; theu, in 1879, located on his present farm in section twenty. Mr. McGeorge was married to Miss Lney A. Hastay, of New Brunswick, in Jan- mary, 1862. They have five children, Jessie A., Estella J., David L., Ansel, and Grace. One died in infancy and another at the age of twelve years.
FELIX PAKRANT was born in Canada West, on the 29th of November, 1847. In 1850, his parents came to St. Paul, where his father was foreman in a brickyard. Six years later, they removed to Sauk Rapids; remaining a year and a half, they came to St. Cloud, and took a claim. Then, after stay- ing in the latter place a short time, they removed to St. George, Benton county. In 1864, Mr. Par- rant enlisted in Company D, of Hatch's Independ- ent Battalion, serving some over two years. In 1867, he purchased his present farm, where he has since resided, with the exception of about five years' absence in the Government surveying party, in charge of General Barrett, in the Indian Ter- ritory, Dakota, and Minnesota. He was married to Miss Lavinia Latterell, on the 19th of March, 1871. They have had two children, only one living.
JACOB SISCELY was born in Canada West, on the 25th of January, 1830. When about seventeen years old, he learned the carpenters' trade, at which he worked until 1857, and came to Crow Wing, Minnesota, where, for four years, he was em- ployed at his trade. In 1862, he enlisted in the Minnesota Mounted Rangers, under General Sib- ley, serving for one year. Then, in 1868, Mr. Siseely came to his present farm, where he hms since resided, working a part of the time at his trade. He was married to Miss Mary Jane Mas- terson, on the 23d of April, 1854. They have had eleven children, eight of whom are living.
GLENDORADO.
CHAPTER LXXX.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION-EARLY SETTLEMENT-OR- GANIZATION - FIRST THINGS -- MILL - AGRICUL- TURAL STATISTICS-BIOGRAPHICAL.
This town lies in the extreme southeast corner
of the county, aud has an area of 23,040 aeres, of which 505 are under cultivation.
The surface is gently undulating, and mostly covered with tin ber and brush, except a small prairie traet in the sonthwest part. The St. Frun- cis river flows in a sontherly direction through the western portion of the town, and along its valley, the soil is a rich, dark loam, and produces excellent erops. The balance of the township has a elay soil, except on the prairie above mentioned, where it is ligliter.
The first settler in this town was Merritt Wise- man, who came in the spring of 1859, and made a claim on section thirty-two, where he still resides.
About the same time, John Jones settled near Mr. Wiseman, but he has since left the town. In 1866, A. L. Hart settled in the northern part, and was joined, two years later, by Ed. Allen. In 1867, Rev. E. H. Whitney became a resident; he now lives on section six. In 1868, the population was increased by the arrival of E. S. Southerly, George Clifford, Thorn Hanson, and others, and since then, the growth has been steady, though not very rapid, the population, in 1880, number- ing 211 persons.
Glendorado was set off from Maywood, and or- ganized on the 20th of September, 1868. The officers elected the first year were: Supervisors, Hiram Gilman, Chairman, and P. Holland; Clerk, James Smallen; and Treasurer, John Jones.
The first child born was Georgia Wiseman, in June, 1869.
'The first death was Thomas Smallen, also in 1869.
The first marriage was in 1870, the parties be- ing Thorn Hanson and Miss Mary Jansen.
The first school was tanght by Miss Laura Mitelich, in the winter of 1866-67, in an old frame house belonging to Merritt Wiseman.
A lumber mill was built by Ed. Allen, on sec- tion five, in 1876. The machinery is propelled by a forty horse-power engine, and has a daily ca- pacity of five thousand feet. A full line of wagon and sleigh timber is also prodneed at this mill. Seven men are employed when running at its full capacity.
The products of Glendorado, for the year 1880, were: wheat, 3,614 bushels; oats, 3,852 bushels; corn, 786 bushels; rye, 253 bushels; potatoes, 789 bushels; beans, 2 bushels; wild hay, 697 tons; wool, 196 pounds; butter, 3,625 pounds; cheese, 4,100 pounds; and honey, 220 pounds.
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EDWARD ALLEN was born in Wayne county, Indiana, on the 14th of June, 1835, at which place he lived until 1856. Then coming to Minnesota, he settled twelve miles north of Minneapolis, where he resided until 1866, and came to Elk River, remaining two years. In the fall of 1868, he took a homestead on section eight, in this town, where he lived for five years. Living a few years in Maywood, he returned, in 1876, to his present home in section five, and built the lumber mills, as previously mentioned. Mr. Allen was one of the organizers of Glendorado township, and has since been Supervisor every year but four. Miss Caroline E. Thomas, of Ohio, became his wife, in March, 1856. They have nine children; Charles S., James R., Lydia C., Almeda, Lucinda B., Belle, Emily, Edward, and Esther.
PHILEMON HOLLAND, one of the earliest pioneers of this region, was born on the 22d of September, 1833, in Portsmouth, Massachusetts. In his carly childhood the family returned to Vermont, where Philemon remained until 1855. He then spent one year in Elk River, after which, with other early settlers, he took a claim in the present town of Santiago. In 1866, he located on section thirty- tour, in this town, where he has one of the finest stock farms in the valley, containing about sixty aeres of choice meadow, and fair improvements in upland. Mr. Holland was instrumental in the or- ganization of Glendorado, one of its first Super- visors, and has held offices every year since, until the present, when he positively refused to accept a nomination. On the 25th of August, 1860, he was married to Miss Lucy Hunt, of Michigan. They have four children; Mary, William F., Caro- line, and Hattie.
JouN HENRY, a native of Belgium, was born on the 25th of September, 1850. In the spring of 1869, he came, with his parents, two brothers, and one sister, to America. They came as far as Sauk Rapids by rail, then, with their goods, drove here, where they all live except the father, who died in July, 1879. In 1872, Mr. Henry married Miss Mary Perrott, and settled in section eight, where he still lives. They have four children; Matilda, Eliza, Joseph, and Anna.
SAMUEL URAN was born in Rutland county, Ver- mout, on the 6th of April, 1817. At the age of ddleven years, he removed to New York, and in 1854, to Illinois. Coming to "Minnesota in 1867,
he located at Maine Prairie, Stearns county, where he remained for six years. In 1875, Mr. Uran enme to his present home in section thirty-four, where he has since resided. On the 4th of March, 1846, he was married, in New York, to Miss Mar- garet L. Murray. She died on the 29th of April, 1867, leaving three children; Jonathan, now in Texas, George H., at White Earth Ageney, this State, and Mary E., who married Mr. A. P. Wins- low, and lives in Dakota Territory. Mr. Uran is this year Chairman of the town beard, and has, before, filled official positions.
ABRAHAM VOGAL, a native of Amsterdam, was born on the 27th of March, 1824. When young, he learned the carpenter's trade, in his native city, working at it until coming to America, in 1870. Coming directly to Gilmanton, Benton county, he remained for six years on a farm, and the fol- lowing four, in St. Cloud. In 1880, he came to his present farm, section thirty-two, where he has since resided. Mr. Vogal was married to Miss Jacounna Martens on the 30th of July, 1850. They have had seven children, two of whom are deceased.
MERRITT WISEMAN, the first settler, and first Treasurer of Glendorado, was born in Rutland county, Vermont, on the 5th of November, 1853. At the age of twenty three years, he came to Sauk Rapids, Minnesota; spending but two months he returned for two and a half years, to Vermont. The spring of 1858, finds him again in Minnesota, between St. Paul and St. Anthony in the summer, and at Sauk Rapids in the winter. The following year he came to Glendorado, Benton county, set- tling on section thirty-two, where he at present resides. At the time of the Indian outbreak, in 1862, he went to Illinois, returning to Sank Rap- ids, four years later, and the following spring, (1867,) to his farin. Mr. Wiseman was elected County Commissioner, of Bentou connty, in 1872, which office he resigned, two years later, and re- moved to Dakota. There he pre-empted one linn- dred and sixty acres of land, in what is now known as Jamestown. After a residence of three years, being Postmaster a part of the time, he re- turned to his farm in this county, where he has since lived. The two years preceding his removal to Dakota, he was lumber agent and land exami- ner for the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, and sinee his return, has been Treasurer of the township. In June, 1854, he was married to Miss Mary E. Gilman, of Glens Falls, New York.
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They have three children; Georgia May, Obed W., and Phillip P.
DENNIS A. WHITE, one of the early pioneers of this region, was born in the city of Cork, Ireland, on the 4th of July, 1849. He received his edu- cation at the Christian Brother's Monastery, and in 1865, took an active part in the revolutionary movement, for which he was exiled, and in 1866, sought a home in America. He first came to Mis- souri, where he remained a year. Then coming to Minnesota, he took a homestead in the present town of Santiago, remaining there about five years. Mr. White then removed to the town of Palmer, remained until 1879, and held several town offices. In the latter year, he removed to this township, where he has since devoted his time to the culti- vation of his farm.
FREEMAN O. WILLEY, a native of Strafford county, New Hampshire, was born on the 6th of April, 1813. Living there, until nineteen years of age, he went to Massachusetts, where he re- inained until 1863. Coming west, Mr. Willey reached Dakota county, Minnesota, on his fiftieth birthday. Four years later, we find him in seetion thirty-two, of Glendorado township. Mr. Willey was a prominent man in organizing the town, and has held several terms of office. He married Miss Eliza V. Page, of Alexandria, New Hump- shire, in 1841. They have had seven children, and six are living; Fannie M., Susan H., Hattie A., Freemannah O., Clara M., and Freeman O. Liz- zie H., the eldest, married James P. Reed in 1865. In 1879, she died, leaving five children.
LANGOLA.
CHAPTER LXXXI.
GENERAL DESCRIPTION-BARLY SETTLEMENT - OR- GANIZATION - AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS - BIO- GRAPHICAL.
This town lies in the northwest corner of the county, and comprises npwards of two congres- sional townships, or 55,680 acres, 2,728 of which aro under cultivation.
It is well watered by the Little Rock river and . its tributaries, and the Platte river ulso flows through the northwest corner. A large portion of the township is an undulating prairie, although in the eastern part, the surface is diversified by a con-
siderable acreage of brush land and a small amount of timber. The soil is also diversified, ranging from a light sandy soil in the western part, to a elay loam in the east.
The first settlers began to arrive in 1853, and during that and the following year, quite a settle- ment was made. Prominent among those pioneers were, Alexander Paul, Robert Russell, George and Lewis Stone, George Donnelly, and John Higgins. In 1856, the population was increased by the ar- rival of Schuyler Flint and a number of others. The population now immbers, according to the last census, 312 persons.
This portion of the county was formerly known as Sand Prairie, but in 1858, Langola was organ- ized, and the first election held at the school honse on the second Monday in July. The first officers eleeted were: Supervisors, Henry B. Smart, Chair- man, Lewis Stone, and Sclmyler Flint; Clerk, A. B. Adams; Assessor, Jonathan Crosby; Collee- tor, Albert A. Morrell; Overseer of the Poor, Ren- ben Crosby; Constables, Albert A. Morrell and Oliver P. Dahly; and Justices of the Peace, A. B. Adams and H. B. Smart.
The Northern Pacific Railroad passes through this town in a northwesterly direction, and at Rice's Station, in the southern part, there was a village surveyed and platted in 1879. The proprietors were, G. H. O. Morrison and David Bngbec. The business of the place is represented by three stores, one hotel, one elevator, and one blacksmith shop. There is also a good school house there.
Viewed from an agricultural standpoint, Lan- gola is one of the best towns in Benton county, the yield of wheat in the year 1880, being upwards of seventeen bushels to the aere. Subjoined is an ex- traet from the agricultural report of the latter year: wheat, 33,345 bushels; oats, 12,616 bushels; corn, 2,585 bushels; barley, 299 bushels; rye, 490 bushels; potatoes, 1,630 bushels; beans, 35 bnali- els; cultivated hay, 4 tons; wild hay, 745 tons: wool, 684 pounds; butter, 15,400 pounds, and honey, 805 pomids.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
H. S. BOUGHTON was born on the 15th of July, 1839. When he was an infant, the family moved to New York, where they lived but n few years, and enme to Ashtabula county, Ohio; then to Ko- nosha county, Wisconsin, and in 1846, to Illinois, living in different parts of the State. In 1859, Mr. Boughton came to Minnesota, and took charge of the Morrison Hotel, in Clearwater, Wright county.
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He enlisted in Company E, of the Eighth Minne- sota Infantry, and served three years. After being discharged, he came to Sauk Rapids, and was en- gaged in mereantile pursuits until 1877, when he came to the farm on which he now lives. Mr. Bonghton has purchased a farm in Langola town- ship, on which he is making improvements. In October, 1859, Miss Ann Eliza Geer became his wife. They have three children.
J. F. BRADDOCK was born in Aroostook county, Maine, on the 9th of October, 1851. He was raised in his native county, engaged in lumbering most of the time until eoming to Langola, in 1875. Here he also followed lumbering until 1879, when he opened a blacksmith shop at Rice's Station, which he still continues, und is also engaged in the manufacture of sleds.
F. W. EARLE is a native of Newton Falls, Ohio, born on the 11th of December, 1855. At an early age, he removed with his parents to Dover, which was his home until 1863, when the family removed to Michigan, and resided until 1866, thence to Illinois, and remained until coming to Elk River, Sherburne county, Minnesota, in the spring of 1871. There he was employed in the humber bus- iness one year, then learned telegraph operating, and was afterwards employed as station agent at different points, and was also elerk in the general offices of the St. Paul & Duluth Railroad Com- pany, at St. Paul. From the latter position, he came to Langola, in February, 1878, and has since been engaged in mercantile business nt this point. He and his father have also built, and manage a hotel, at Riee's Station, which is capa- ble of accommodating one hundred guests, and has adjoining, stable accommodation for eighty horses. Mr. Earle tills the position of Town Clerk of Langola. He was married in 1877, to Eva Parsons, of New York State. They have one child, named Homer G.
SCHUYLER FLINT, one of the early settlers of Benton county, was born in Windham county, Vermont, on the 16th of June, 1814. He was rais- ed on his father's tarm, and previous to removing from his native State, was in the employ of a rail- road company for ten years. He came to Minne- sota in 1856, locating in Langola, where he has opened up one of the finest farms in this section, consisting of three hundred and ten aeres, one hundred and forty of which is in a high state of cultivation. Mr. Flint takes a deep interest in the welfare of his town; was one of the first Supervis-
ors of Langola, serving several years, and was Postmaster, five years; served as Assessor, Town Clerk, and school district Treasurer, at different times for upwards of twenty years, and was also County Commissioner, six years. He was united in marriage with An B. Mosher, of Windsor county, Vermont, in 1843. Of two children born to them, but one is living; Franeis S.
JOHN HIGGINS, also a pioneer of Langola, is a native of St. Lawrence county, New York, and was born on the 1st of March, 1836. At an carly age he went to Lewis county, New York, where he was raised among strangers, and was in the lumber woods six years. During the Mexican war, he served two years as Captain's boy, after which he returned to his native State and was engaged in lumbering until 1854, when he came to Minnesota and pre-empted a farm in Langola township, to whieli he has since added, until he now owns four hundred and seventy-five acres, seventy-five of which are under cultivation. Owing to the vicious and thieving propensities of the Sionx in his neigh- borhood, he let his farm remain without enltiva- tion for several years, and engaged in teaming trom St. Paul to the Indian agency near Crow Wing, for Major Harriman. In 1858, he assisted Anson Northrup in the transfer of the steamboat "North Star " from the Upper Mississippi to the Red River. Returning to Langola he was again engaged in teaming, until 1865, when he settled on the farm which he had located eleven years be- Tore. During the Indian ontbreak in 1862, he was on duty ut Fort Ripley, and also went will Sibley's expedition ucross the plains. Mr. Higgins has held the office of Supervisor, two terms, and School Director, six years. He was married in July, 1854, to Mary A. Crawford, of Scotland. They have two children; John C., and Jennie.
J. W. JOSLIN, one of the most energetic and prosperous farmers of Benton county, was born in Washtenaw county, Michigan, on the 2d of July, 1832. When nine years of age, he removed with his parents to Dane county, Wisconsin, and thence, after a six years' stay, to Richland county, in the same State, where the subject of this sketch was
engaged in the huber business for many years. In the fall of 1871, he came to Langolo township und settled on his present farm, which contains five hundred and sixty ueres, two hundred and tifty of which are muider cultivation, and largely devoted to stock-ruising. Besides attending to the multifari- ous duties of his farm, he tukes un active interest
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in township government, having held tho office of Supervisor for six years. Mr. Joslin was married in 1851, to Emeline Thompson, of Now York State. Of ten children, the result of this nnion, nine are living; Annette, Winfield C., Jane L., George M., Fred W., Albert H., Walter J., Gny, and Clara.
F. C. MILLER, one of the first settlers of Oak Grove, Morrison county, is a native of New York, and dates his birth on the 26th of February, 1846. He was reared to agricultural pursuits, and in 1861, enlisted in Company G, of the Forty-ninth New York Volunteer Infantry, serving three years and seven months. On his return from the army, he lived in Pennsylvania and Michigan till 1867, then came to Olmsted county, Minnesota, remain- ing abont nine years. In 1876, Mr. Miller came to the town now known as Oak Grove, located a farm, and made it his home until coming to Rice's Station, in 1881. Since his residence here, he has been engaged in the hotel business.
GEORGE T. Rice dates his birth in Hampshire connty, Massachusetts, on the 26th of Jannary, 1832. His native county elaimed him as a resi- dent until 1850, when he went to Boston and re- mained six years, most of the time being spent in an architect's office, and keeping a restaurant. He then came to Minnesota, and carried on a farm in Washington county one year, when he sold it and removed to St. Paul, but after a short stay, went to Little Falls, Morrison county, where he was in the meat and cattle trade until 1862, three years of which he had a contract with the Government, to furnish meat for the garrison at Fort Ripley. He then located in Sherburne county, where he was engaged in wool-growing until 1864, when he removed to Langola and settled on his present farm. Mr. Rice owns Three hundred and twenty acres of land, one hundred and seven of which is under enltivation. The first few years on this farm were devoted to wool-growing and stock-raising, but latterly he raises stock and produce only. He also owns and operates a saw mill near his resi- denec. Mr. Rice has held the office of County Connmissioner two terms, Justice of the Peace fif- teen years, and Town Clerk one year. He was married in 1855, to Zernah F. Bryant, of Massa- elmsetts. The result of this nion has been five children, four of whom are living; Mary L., George L., Willis A., and Frank W.
T. J. SHARKEY was born in Floyd county, Iowa, on the 19th of December, 1860. He was renred in his native conuty and received his early educa-
tion, learning the business of telegraph operator. In January, 1880, he necepted the position of operator at Valley City Station on the Northern Pacific railroad, but was transferred in December of the same year, to Mnskoda, Minnesota, where he remained until taking charge of Rice's Station in Langola, in April, 1881. He is also agent for the Northern Pacific Express Company.
STEPHAN SCHWARTZ is a native of Prussia, born on the 17th of February, 1848. He grew to man- hood in his native country, and after serving the customary three years in the Prussian Army, came to America in 1869, and located at St. Cloud, Stearns county, where he was engaged in the meat business for nearly three years. He then went to Melrose and was in the meat and cattle trade until coming to Langola in August, 1880. Mr. Schwartz then formed a partnership with Mr. Lampert, under the firm name of Schwartz & Lampert, and opened a general store at Rice's Station, where they are now doing an extensive business. He was married in 1879, to Eliza Has- kemp, of Minnesota. They have two children; Barbara T. and Agnes.
M. R. TRACE was born in Crawford county, Pennsylvania, on the 24th of March, 1848. In 1857, he removed with his parents to Plainview, Wabasha county, Minnesota, where he received his early education, and taught school from 1865 to 1869. He then went to Meadville, Pennsylva- mia, where he took a course at the Commercial Col- lege and also attended Alleghany College at the same place. On leaving the latter institution, he returned to Wabasha county and taught school until 1872, then was teaching in Todd county about one yenr, after which he went to Melrose, Stearns county, and was Principal of the school at that place until 1875, and also held the office of Justice of the Peace. He was then Principal of the school at Sank Rapids for a number of yours, resigning the position in the spring of 1880. In the full of the same year he accepted the position of book-keeper in the general store of Wood & Gazette, at Rice's Station, where he is at present occupied. Mr. Trace was married in 1870, to Miss Nellie Stewart, of Crawford county, Pennsylvania. Of four children born to them, three are living; Verna M., Gertrude M., and Lois I.
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