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P. S. Trros, a native of the state of New York, was born on the 18th of April, 1839, and engaged in farming pursuits till 1860, when he, like most young men sought his fortune in the West. He localed in Monticello, Wright county, working in a hotel for one year, then on a farm for one year, when he enlisted in the First Minnesota Regiment, serving for three years. After returning from the army, farmed till 1870, then engaged in the livery and stage business, in which he has continned to' this date. He married Miss Flora Hanalord in 1865. Their children are, Herman and May.
GEORGE GRAY, a native of Lockport, New York, was born on the 6th of March, 1836. At the age of sixteen went into a printing office in his native town, where he remained till 1857, when he came to St. Anthony and worked in the office of "The
St. Anthony Express" for one year. In a short time he established a semi-weekly paper called " The St. Anthony Advertiser," which he con- dueted for six months, then sold ont and came to Monticello and bought out " The Monticello Times," which had been started in 1857 by C. M. Kenton, being the first paper published in this place. Mr. Gray changed the name of the paper to " The Wright County Republican," the first is- sne appearing in June, 1858. After condneting the paper for about thirteen years, sold out to T. A. Perrine. Prior to this time Mr. Gray (in 1865) bought a newspaper office at Anoka and started " The Anoka Union," which he controlled for a year, then sold it to G. S. Pease, the present pro- prietor. In 1871 he moved to Reading, Mieli- igan, where he published a Republican paper called " Rongh Notes" for three years, then sold out and returned to Monticello and engaged in the mercantile business, which he still follows. He married Miss Elvira E. Gaskill on the 14th of June, 1858. Their children are, Carrie A., Charles W. and Lottie A.
DANIEL GRAY, a native of Topsham, Maine, was born on the 31st of December, 1820, residing in his native State till 1854, when he came west. He located in Monticello, and for the past ten years, his genial countenance has been visible at the drug store of Colonel Samuel Adams.
ELAM S. GIBBS, M. D., a native of Bradford county, Pennsylvania, was born on the 1st of May, 1847. He wentto Albert Lea, Minnesota, in 1865; tanght school one year, then gave his attention to the study of medicine, graduating from the Med- ieal College of Cleveland, Ohio, on the 23d oľ February, 1869. Then practiced medieine at Geneva, Freeborn county, Minnesota, for two years, then at Glencoe and Litchfield, two years in each place, and in 1875, came to Monticello, where he continues in the practice of his profes- sion. He married Miss Martha J. Brown, of Dun- das, Rice county, Minnesota, on the 22d of Feb- ruary, 1870. Their children are, Gertrude E. and Elsie C.
MYRON CLARK GOULD was born in Cook county, Illinois, where he lived till ten years of age, when the Family moved to Dakola county, Minnesota, locating on a farm twelve miles from Hastings. He enlisted, at the age of seventeen, in Company K, of the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer .Infantry. He was on one expedition to the l'lains; sta- fioned for one year at Alexandria, Minnesota, and
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went South in 1864. He was in the battle of Murfreesboro', Tennessee, and mustered out at Charlotte, North Caralina, in 1865. He then came to Kandiyohi county, Minnesota, where he lived on a farm until he moved to the township of Monticello. He has eighty acres in section twenty-one, which he bought in May, 1881. He was married to Miss Julia Minnick in September, 1869, who was born in St. Lawrence county, New York. They have six children.
FREDRICK HITTER, a native of Germany, was born in the year 1830; came to America in 1850, locating in New York for six years, working at the carpenter business. Then came to Maple Lake, Wright connty, and took a claim in section fifteen, farming and doing carpenter work until 1861 , when he removed to Monticello. In 1862, he opened a saloon and grocery store, and soon after added agricultural implements, which business he fol- lowed till 1870. Then sold his business and en- gaged in the mannfacture of lumber for four or five years, after which he opened a general mer- cantile store. He married Miss Wilhelmina Schultz in 1858. Their children are, William, Lonisa, Minnie, Fredrick, Annie, Julia, Flora, Herman, Harry, and an infant not yet named.
JOHN A. HOLLER was born in Ohio on the 12th of April, 1843. He was reared to farming pur- snits, and in 1860, came to Minnesota and settled on a farm in Big Lake township, Sherburne county, and four years later, eame to Monticello, locating on a farm four miles southeast of the village. After remaining in the latter place seven years, he removed to the village and was engaged in con- tracting and building until 1879. In the spring of 1881, he erected a temporary saw mill abont half a mile above Monticello, but intends erecting a permanent buikdling with an increased capacity, very soon. Mr. Holler was married in 1871, to Miss Mary E. Clark, of Maine. Their children are, Harry, George, Ernest, and John.
HENRY H. HELM, one of the first settlers of Monticello, was born in Kentucky, on the 30th of November, 1801. While a small boy, the family moved to Indiana, and in 1854, to Monticello, Wright county, loenting on section thirteen, where he still resides. He married Miss Susan Martin, of Indiana, in 1833. Their children are, Elizabeth, William IL., Naney, and Clay.
WILLIAM H. HELM, a son of Henry H. Helm, was born at Logansport, Indiana, on the 24th of February, 1836. ' Ile came to Monticello with
his parents and was in the store of S. E. Adams as a clerk for some years. In 1860, went to Craw- ford county, Missouri, and when the war broke ont, enlisted in the Forty-eighth Missonri Volun- teer Infantry, serving eight months, when he was transferred to the United States Mail Service, in which he continued for fourteen years, running from St. Louis to Vinita in the Cherokee Nation. In 1880, he resigned his position in favor of his son, Harry N. Helm, who still occupies the place. After resigning his position, the subject of this sketch returned to Monticello, taking charge of the old home and caring for his father in his de- elining years. He married Miss Emma Smith, a native of Boone county, Illinois, in 1858. Their children are, Harry N., Jessie A., Cora E., Edwin M., William B., and Frederick L.
HENRY HITTER, a native of Germany, was born in the year 1835, emigrating to America in 1860, and locating in the city of New York, where he was employed in a butcher shop till 1869. Then came to Monticello, opening the first meat market in the place, and continues in that business. He married Miss Margaret Yenigen, of New York City, in 1861. Their children are, Rosa, Henry, Frederick, Augusta, Charles, William, Vietor, and John.
IRA HOAR, a native of Woreester county, Massa- chusetts, was born in the year 1803. He is one of the first settlers of this township, locating in Mont- icello, in section thirty-four, in the fall of 1854, where he still resides, engaged in farming, which has been his life's business. His wife was Miss Sarah Wagner. Their children are, Alfred W., Mary, William H., and Susan. His two sons, Alfred W., and William H., are farmers and live in the neighborhood. Alfred W. married Miss Josephine Jackson in 1869. They have two children; Charles A., and Arthur C. William HI. is single and lives with his parents.
WILLIAM IRVING was born in the village of Cochecton, Sullivan county, New York, on the 10th of July, 1809. "He was engaged in farming and Imbering, until coming to Minnesota in 1857. HIo located on a farm in the township of Monti- cello, where he Is given his attention to Farming. Ile married Miss Emily G. Mitchell in 1834, and they had three children, his wife dying in 1848. He was married again to Miss Sarah E. Calkin, who died in 1871, leaving two children. His present wife was Mrs. Lney A. Smith. They, also, have two children.
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1 CHARLES C. JACKSON, a native of Monticello, New York, was born on the 16th of November, 1852. The family moved to Pennsylvania, while Charles was a small boy, and in 1867, eamc to Monticello, Minnesota, where they located on a farm. Here Charles grew to manhood, and in 1873, went to the Red Lake Ageney, Beltrami county, remaining six years, farming and teanı- ing for the Government. In 1879, he returned to Monticello; bought the Merchant's Hotel, refitting, furnishing, and conducting the same till the fall of 1881. He married Miss Isabel Allen, daughter of Dr. C. P. Allen, now located at White Earth Agency, Becker county, on the 30th of November, 1876.
CHARLES JANNEY, a native of Linconshire, Eng- land, was born on the 9th of November, 1838. At the age of eighteen years, he emigrated to Canada, and in 1859, removed to Detroit, Michigan, where he followed milling for about five years. Then moved to Terre Haute, Indiana, for one year, then to Neoga, Illinois, working at milling till 1871, when he came to Monticello, and built a flonring mill. His two sons are connected with him in business, the firm name being Janney and Sons. He married Miss Angeline A. Woods, of East Washington, New Hampshire, in 1859. Their children are, Frank D., William R., and Gertie A.
DAVID JACKSON was born in Worcester county, Massachusetts, in the year 1815. In 1836, he went to St. Louis, Missouri, where he clerked in a store for one year, then to Hannibal, where he engaged in merchandising for eighteen years. Six years of this time he was Sheriff of the county. Then for about twenty years was engaged in a mercantile line in Nebraska, after which, in 1875, · he came to Monticello, where he now lives, engaged in agricultural pursuits.
HENRY KREIS, a native of Baltimore county, Maryland, was born on the 15th of June, 1821. He attended school in the city of Baltimore till sixteen years of age, when he went to learn the tobacconist business, following it for two years; then learned the carpenter trade, which he followed for twenty-three years. In 1846, he entered the employ of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com- pany, building bridges and doing general carpen- ter work on their line till 1856. Then eamc to Monticello, where he has since resided, working at his trade till the fall of 1862, when he was elected County Anditor, which position he held till 1871. Then engaged in the hardware business, which he
still continues. He has been Justice of the Peace for the last ten years, also Chairman of the board of Supervisors for the last eight years, and is a mem- ber of the school board, and President of the Vil- lage Council. Was married on the 18th of June, 1844, to Miss Mary A. Burns, of Baltimore. Their children are, Anna E., Charles E., Robert B., Kate A., Emma R., Laura A., Minnie, Cora B., and Harry L.
CHARLES E. KREIS was born in Elysville, How- ard county, Maryland, in the year 1848. He came with the family to Monticello, Minnesota, in 1856. He learned the printing business with George Gray of this place, and was employed for about three years on the "Daily Times" at Minneapolis. He was appointed Postmaster at Monticello, in 1881. Mr. Kreis was married to Miss Sarah A. Helm, of Monticello, on the 19th of October, 1875. They have one child, Laurence B.
ROBERT B. KREIS, son of Henry Kreis, was born in Elysville, Maryland, in the year 1850. The family moved to Baltimore when Robert was a small child, and in 1856, to Monticello, Minnesota, where he has since resided. He commenced clerk- ing in the merchandise business when young, and in 1872, engaged in the hardware business in com- pany with his father. This copartnership contin- ued about four years when the partnership was dissolved, and he has sinee carried on a general store in the place. He married Miss Sadie B. Well- come, on the 19th of October, 1875. The fruit of this union is two children; Herbert R. and Rob- ert R.
AUSTIN KEEN, a native of Paris, Oxford county, Maine, was born on the 28th of February, 1815. His father was a carpenter and joiner and lumber- inan, and also carried on a farm. Austin grew to inanhood, and for some time after attaining his majority, engaged more or less in the various kinds of labor offered by the several different callings named, under his father's management, nntil 1858. After this date Mr. Keen moved to Anoka, Minne- sota, where he was himbering and farming for nine years, when he removed to Monticello and was engaged in agricultural pursuits for the same length of time. Then began the manufacture of wagons, which business he still continues. He married Miss Lney J. Lovell, of Somerset county, Maine, on the 10th of March, 1840. Their child- ren are, Alvin F., Minta, Melissa, and Laura.
JOHN H. LONGFELLOW, n native of Newbury- port, Massachusetts, was born on the 3d of June,
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1850. He eame to Monticello in 1869, and has made honse painting his business through life. He married Miss Susan J. Prime on the 24th of De- cember, 1873. They have two children, Albert R. and Samuel H. His wife died on the 23d of January, 1879.
JonN LUTHY was born in Switzerland in the year 1823. He came to Ameriea in 1853, and af- ter remaining about five years in Illinois, eame to Minnesota, and spent two years in St. Anthony and the same length of time in St. Paul, being employed at the trade of harness making. He eame to Monticello in 1866, and has since earried on a harness shop at this place. He has been Treas- urer of the Grange tor ten years, and Treasurer of the town for ono year. He married Sophia Marti in 1858. They had twochildren, Frank and Emma. Mrs. Luthy died in 1865. He married a second wife, Miss Anna Marti, in 1866. They have seven children; Frank, Louie, Matilda, Minnie, Charles, Albert, George, and Ella.
LEWIS LINDLEY, a native of New York State, was born in the year 1817. At the age of eighteen he went to Michigan, where he lived till 1859. He then came to Minnesota, loeating about two miles below the village of Monticello on a farm, where he remained for six years. Then went to Michigan for two years; after which he returned to Monticello township, and bought a farm in see- tion sixteen, on which he lived till 1876. Ho then removed to Rockford for about two years, after which he again returned to Monticello, and now lives in the village. He owns land in the township and gives his attention to farming interests. He married Miss Sylvia Fuller in 1839. They have two child- ren, John E. and Phobe.
TOBIAS G. MEALEY, a native of Charlotte county, New Brunswick, was born on the 5th of Angust, 1823. He enjoyed the advantages of common schools, participating in the labor of a farm, and fumbering till 1845, when he engaged in merehan- dising till 1849. After this date he went to Cali- fornia, engaging in various interests, such as min- ing, merchandising, building, and humbering till 1852, when he returned to his native place and engaged in farming nud lumbering for three years. In 1855 he came to Minnesota, landing at St. An- thony on the 15th of November. In January following he came to Monticello and bought an interest in the first saw mill erected in the village. The following March he sold the mill and went into business with Martin Fox, in which he con-
tinued until the fall of 1858, when he sold his interest to H. F. Lillibridge, after which he engaged in farming for a time on his land near the village. In 1863, Mr. Mealey and Mr. Bradford bought out Mr. Lillibridge, sineo which time the firm names have been, Mealey & Bradford, Mealey & Long- fellow, T. G. Mealey, and now it is T. G. Mealey & Son. Mr. Mealey has filled the position of Jus- tice of the Peace, and Probate Judge. In 1872, was elected a member of the House of Represent- atives, and in 1873, was elected Senator from the thirty-second distriet, and in 1875, refused a nomi- nation for the same office. In 1877, he accepted the nomination and was elected Senator for two years, but owing to the adoption of the biennial session law, only served one year, but in 1878, was elected to the same ofliee for four years. In 1877, he gave his attention to the then imperfect tax law, and was instrumental in seenring our present statute, commonly called the "iron-elad tax law." He was a delegate to the St. Louis convention which nominated Tilden, and was one of the demo- cratie nominees for Elector in 1880. Was a repub- liean up to the fall of 1872, but in the Greeley campaign, went over to the democratic party, and has eo-operated with that party sinee that time. He married Miss Catharine J. Preseott in 1855. They have five children, two sons and three daughters.
ALEXANDER MITCHELL, a native of Maine, was born on the 16th of November, 1808. When a small boy, the family moved to Monroe, Maine, where Alexander took part in farming labor. In the fall of 1854, ho went to Illinois, where he re- mained till the spring of 1855, when he came to Montieello township, locating on section sixteen, where he lived till 1862; then sold his farm and bought another in section ten of the same town- ship, where he now resides. He married Miss Je- rusha Webber on the 2d of November, 1836. Their living children are, Frank, Henry, Albert, Augustus, Laura, Fremont, Dora, und Edward.
AUGUSTUS MITCHELL, a native of Bridgewater, Grafton county, New Hampshire, was born on the 24th of May, 1829. He enjoyed the advantages of a farmer's boy in school and social privileges. In 1854, he eame to Minnesota, locating on see- tion twenty-eight, in the township of Monticello, where he still resides. He married Miss Emeline L. Hanaford on the 9th of January, 1852. Their children are, Gertrude, Hortense, Luzerna E., Elnen E., and Lester.
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ROYAL MARSH, a native of Vermont, was born . on the 26th of April, 1815. When a youth the family moved to Tompkins county, New York, where he worked on a farm till seventeen years of age. Then learned the blacksmith trade, and in 1855, came to Monticello, where he opened a shop, doing the first work in this line in the county. He subsequently located on seetion twenty-seven, where he still resides. He married Miss Mary A. Scott, of New York, December 12th, 1839. Their eliildren are, Calista and Walker.
DANIEL MAST, a native of Bavaria, Germany, was born on the 30th of March, 1841. He emi- grated to America with his parents, landing at New York City on the 21st of March, 1847. The family located on a farm thirty miles south of Chi- eago, Illinois, where they lived till 1872, when they removed to a small place near the old home, where Mr. Mast's mother still lives; his father died on the 15th of October, 1875. Mr. Mast en- listed in Company C, of the One hundredth Illinois Volunteer Infantry, on the 7th of August, 1862. He was wounded at the battle of Chickamauga on the 19th of September, 1863. He laid in the hos- pital about six weeks, but returned to his regi- ment in time to participate in the battle of Mis- sion Ridge. He was in seventeen engagements besides numerous skirmishes, and was mustered ont with the regiment at Chicago on the 2d of July, 1865. He returned to his home in Illi- nois where he engaged in agricultural pursuits for some years. In the spring of 1872, he came to Minnesota, and bought a farm in Monticello township, where he lived for three years. Then sold out, and after a short time, bought one hun- dred and sixty acres in seetions twenty and twenty- one, where he now resides. He has one of the finest farms in the town. Mr. Mast married Miss Caroline Schramm, who was born in Ohio. Their children are, William L., Matilda M., John A. L., and Anna O.
HORATIO M. PRIME, a native of the state of New York, was born on the 4th of March, 1841. When he was abont fifteen years of age the fam- ily removed to Monticello, Minnesota, where Hora- tio worked on a farm for abont five years; then went to St. Paul to learn the harness maker's trade, where he remained till 1862. After this date he went south, and was in the employ of the Government, working at his trado. Returning to this Stato, he worked at different places till the spring of 1880, when he returned to Monticello
and opened a harness shop, which he is now oper- ating. He married Miss Sarah Lowe, of Winona, Minnesota, on the 1st of January, 1869. Their children are, Jesse L. and Mary.
LEMUEL S. PRATT was born in Hebron, Oxford county, Maine, on the 16th of April, 1818. He engaged in farming and lumbering until 1850, when he removed to Iowa. After living six years on a farm in Allamakee county, he removed to Isanti county, Minnesota. Was one of the organ- izers of Isanti county in 1857, and also one of the first settlers of that county. In 1858, he removed to Anoka, where he resided till 1866, working on a farm. Then removed to Monticello and located on section fifteen, where he still resides. He mar- ried Miss Nancy McClure, of Maine, on the 15th of Mareh, 1844. Their living children are, Lem- uel W., Thomas F., Ada F., Martha E. and Maria M., (twins) and Charles G.
JOHN B. PARVIN was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the 2d of January, 1823. When he was seventeen years of age, the family moved to Chester Hill, Pennsylvania. Soon after, John went to Williamsburg, New York, and was clerk- ing in a store till 1846, when he enlisted and went to the Mexican war, serving two years in Califor- nia. After receiving his discharge, remained in California until 1849, then returned to Williams- burg, engaging in merchandising for one year; then went to Montgomery county, Pennsylvania, working on a farm till 1857, when he came to Mon- ticello, and was farming until 1862. He then en- listed in the Eighth Minnesota Volunteer Infantry, and served three years. He returned to Monti- eello and farmed till 1872; then moved to Wadena county for two years, after which he returned to Monticello, where he now resides. He married Miss Sarah How, of Maine, in 1870. Mrs. Parvin hns a millinery store in the village.
GEORGE W. RIGGS was born on the 7th of May, 1827, in the state of New York. When he was ten years of age, the family removed to Iowa, where George grew to manhood and worked on a farm till twenty-eight years of age. In 1855, he came to Minnesota, and located on section twelve, in Lower Town, building a shanty in which the family lived one year. The next year he built his present house and bought an interest of his brother in the ferry, which has since been owned and operated by the brothers. He has been Presi- dent of the Lower Town organization for a mim- ber of years, and served as a member of the School
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Board. Ho married Miss Almira D. Bell, of Du- bugne county, Towa, in 1853. Their children are, Barney B., Franklin C., George W., Charles L., Charlotte L., William R., and Olive B.
ASHLEY C. Rraus, a native of Allegany county, New York, was born on the 14th of September, 1828. In 1852, he came to Minnesota, and was engaged in bridge-building through the summer. In the fall he went to Cold Spring City, Stearns county, where he spent the winter trading with the Indians. The following spring he went to Big Lake, Sherburne county, and established a trading post, but after one year, came to Monti- cello and located on section twelve, Lower Town. He built the first ferry across the river in 1854, of which he still owns one-half. In company with Moritzious Weissberger, surveyed and platted the village of Moritzious in 1854. For some years he practiced law, and has been a Justiee of the Peace. Married Miss Deborah Honghton on the 26th of May, 1862. Their children are, Eli H., Andrew J., James H., Burt, Alma, Ashley C., Annie, and Heber K.
JOHN B. RICH, a native of Waldo, Maine, was born in the year 1826. When he was twelve years of age, the family moved to Penobscot county, where he worked on a farm, and afterwards taught school for a few winters, till he came to Monticello, Minnesota, in 1854. He took a claim in the town- ship and lived on it till 1871. Then for a few years engaged in freighting and staging. In 1875, opened a restaurant and confectionery in the vil- lage of Monticello. He was Town Clerk for one year, in 1876. He married Miss Sophia K. Spaulding, on the 26th of September, 1855. Their children are, Mary L., Edson C., Carrie E., Mabel 1., and Edna.
JAMES NEWTON STACY, son of Ezra and Clar- issa (Gleason ) Staey, is a native of North Adams, Massachusetts, where his birth occurred on the 10th of March, 1839. When about six years of age, he removed with his parents to Virginia, now West Virginia, where he received such educational advantages as the common schools afforded, mean- time assisting his father in farming and lumber- ing. In 1856, the family eame to this State and located in the present town of Franklin, in this county, and during the first three years James spent a portion of his time in explorations, and also made considerable improvement on his claim, which he afterward seenred by pre-emption and purchase. In 1859, he gave his attention to sur-
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