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C. H. Winsor-attorney at law: established business in 1870; tried the first law-suit in this county: born in Elkhorn. Walworth county, Wis., in 1847: came to Canton, D. T., in 1870 and re- moved to this city in 1873.
John Zentel proprietor of Cataract saloon, also proprietor of billiard hall opposite Commercial House: born in Hessian, Ger- many, in 1845; came to America in August. '65 and settled in New York; in October, 1879, came to Sioux Falls.
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John Black -- general merchandise: born at Canton, O., in 1848: moved with parents to Freeport, Ills .: thence in 1871 to Tenn .; thence in 1873 to Salt Lake City, where he remained six years, when he removed to Rochester, Minn .; came to Elkton in the winter of 1880-S1; married to Jennie Powers, of St. Paul, Minn.
A. W. Blanchard -- general merchandise, firm of Morse & Blanchard; born in Vt. in 1854: moved to Iowa in 1872; thence to Dakota in 1876; came to Elkton in May, 1880. Mr. Blanchard was the first to engage in business in Elkton.
A. F. Henry -- general merchandise: born in Germany in 1845; came to the U. S., in 1852, and located in Wis .: thence to Minn., in 1878: came to Elkton in Dec .. 1880; married to Winnie Shep- pard. of Wis .. and has one son Marrion Fink.
Lonis Sawady -- was born in Prussia in 1854: came to Amer- ica in 1871, and settled in New York, where he resided two and one-half years: he then moved to Batavia where he remained four
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years; from there he moved to Swan Lake, Dakota, and shortly afterward located permanently at Marion Junction, where he is at present, postmaster.
John Ryan-was born in Ireland in 1843; came to America in 1851, and settled in Wisconsin; from Wisconsin he moved to Idaho, Montana and Colorado; from there to Texas; thence to Illinois; thence to Dakota in 1879; he was United States deputy marshal in a district in Texas.
Dr. W. W. Nutting- was born in Windsor county, Vermont in 1839; came west in 1877, and settled in Cedar Rapids, Iowa; he then removed to Iowa City: and in the fall of 1880, moved to Ma- rion Junction, Dakota; he married Jennie W. Ward, of Iowa City, Iowa; he has six children; W. W. Jr., physician in Mitchell; C. E .. traveling man; R. R., clerk in hotel: Cora I., teacher of music; Aggie E., and Minnie M.
Louis Schafer-was born in Wisconsin in 1852: in 1879 he came west and settled in Marian Junction.
Fred Roeber-was born in Watertown, Wisconsin, in 1853; in April, 1879, came to Dakota and settled in Cameron, and soon afterward moved to Marion Junction, where he was one of the earliest settlers; he has served as justice of the peace, school clerk and other town offices; he is now (1881) president of the village; he married Ernestine Gosskopf, of Wisconsin: they have one boy named William.
Henry Roeber-was born in Wisconsin in 1855; in May, 1879, he came west and settled in Cameron, Dakota; in October, 1879, he moved to Marion Junction, where he is now located, (1881).
T. C. Winn-was born in Wisconsin in 1854; came west in 1874, where he followed the harness business; he then moved back to Wisconsin; in 1879, he again came west and settled in Marion Junction; he has served as road supervisor here one term; he mar- ried Julia Walters, of Iowa; have one girl, named Maggie.
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W. S. Branch-was born in Ohio in 1854; came west and set- tled in Rochester, Minnesota, in 1876; moved to Dakota in March, 1880, and settled in Parker, and established his business.
H. H. Schafer-was born in Bavaria in 1845; came to Amer- ica in 1854, and settled in Iowa: from lowa he came here in 1867; he married Ada Tubbs, of New York state.
S. Hayward-was born in Wayne county, New York in 1829; came west in 1856, and settled in New Lisbon, Wisconsin: in 1874, he moved to Vermillion, Dakota; established business in Parker in 1879; he served in the army fifteen mohths; he married Sarah A. Harris, of Ontario county, New York; has six children, Mary E., Franklin E., Maria, Wallace, Nellie, and Willie.
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Vale P. Thielman-born in Germany in 1843; came to Amer- ica in 1845, and settled in New York, where he received his educa tion: in 1863. he came west and settled in Illinois; from Illinois he came to Dakota in 1864, and settled in Sioux Falls; for some time afterwards he traveled up and down the Missouri in the em- ploy of the government; he was the first white male settler in Turner county: came there in 1869; he served in the military two and a-half years in this Territory and three years in the regular army; he was in the 147th Illinois, company D; was a member of the Territorial legislature one term: he has served in almost every capacity as county and town officer: was superintendent of inimi- gration for some time: he married Sarah J. Black, of Galena. Ill .; they have one adopted child, named Nora.
J. A. Hand -- was born in Akron, Summit county. Ohio, in 1845; came to Wisconsin in 1850 and settled in Columbia county ; he received his education in Wisconsin; in 1862, he moved to Ill- inois; he then moved back to Wisconsin in 1865; in the fall of 1866, he moved to Yankton. D. T., where he read law and was ad- mitted to the bar in 1869; the fall of 1869, he was elected district attorney; in the spring of 1871, he moved to Sioux Falls, Dakota, where he practiced law, and was appointed district attorney; in the fall of 1873, he moved back to Yankton, where he practiced law until 1876, when he was elected probate judge; in the spring of 1877, he was appointed register of deeds, of Lawrence county, in which capacity he served eight months; after that he practiced law in Crook City, until the fall of 1878; that fall he moved to Swan Lake, D. T., and the following fall he moved to Parker, where he settled permanently; he was the first attorney to locate in Parker: he married a daughter of the Rev. Dr. Hoyt, of Yank- ton; they have three children, Russell C., James A .. Melancthon R.
W. H. Heselton-was born in Skowhegan, Maine in 1850; came west in 1876, and settled in California, where he remained three years; in 1880 he moved to Parker, D. T., where he is now a resident.
Gustav Gilbert-was born in Norway in 1846; came to Amer- ica in 1864, and settled in Alamakee county, Iowa: he from there moved to Sioux Rapids and started that town; he was the first postmaster in Sioux Rapids; from there. he moved to Dakota: he married Carrie Hansen, of Norway; they have one boy, named Julius C. V.
C. H. Fay-was born in the state of New York in 1851; in 1859, he came west, and settled in Wisconsin; in 1869, he moved to Iowa, and from Iowa to Parker, Dakota; he married Emma Premo. of Wisconsin; they have three children, Lewis W., Mel- ville D., and Mabel L.
G. S. Rathbun-was born in Dane county, Wisconsin in 1849; in 1865, he moved to Floyd county, Iowa; he then moved to Lake
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Superior, and from there to Sioux Falls, Dakota; from Sioux Falls he moved to Parker; he served in the army seven months, in the 44th Wisconsin volunteer infantry, under Colonels E. G. Sims and Bissell.
L. Gilbert-was born in the state of New York in 1827; in 1857, came west and settled in Minnesota; in 1877. moved to Da- kota and settled in Parker in 1879; served in the army eight months; went in as lieutenant in the heavy artillery; married Miss Brand, of Madison county, New York; they have one child named Charles E.
M. T. Howard-was born in Gennesseo. Henry county, Ills., in 1853; in 1870. he went to Wisconsin; he then moved to Sioux Falls. Dakota, and from there to Parker: he was one of the first settlers of this town; has been deputy sheriff and constable at dif- ferent times; he married Julia M. Coon, of Wisconsin: they have two children. Lulu D., and Corrinne.
George Hatch-was born in Michigan in 1859; came west in 1873, and settled in Yankton, Dakota: in 1880. he moved to Par- ker where he established business; he married Christina Smith, of Parker, Dakota.
George W. Howard-was born in Gennesseo, Illinois in 1840; in 1862, he moved to Wisconsin and settled in Ft. Atkinson; in 1868, he moved to Edgerton, Wisconsin: in 1878, he moved to Sioux Falls, D. T .. and from there to Parker, where he is now located; He married Olive D. Coon, of Utica, Wisconsin; they have five children, Gladdys C., George W. Jr., Clarence S., Lucy and Mand.
C. G. Pratt-was born in Maine in 1848: came west in the spring of 1866, and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; he then moved to Southern Illinois, where he was connected with the I. C. R. R .. for twelve years: he then moved to Waterloo, Iowa, where he went into business; from Waterloo he came to Parker, Dakota; he was the first white man on the town site: he served in the navy the last year of the war; served as a clerk in the postoffice depart- ment in Milwaukee: he married Anna Harrington, of Oswego, N. Y .: they have two children, Robert and Alice.
Dr. A. L. Peterman-was born in Ripley county, Indiana in 1852: was educated at the Iowa State University: graduated in 1877: practiced his profession in Iowa, for two years and then moved to Swan Lake. Dakota; after the town of Parker started he moved there and settled permanently: he has been pension sur- geon the past year: is at present county coroner.
H. H. Vernon-was born in Ohio in 1847; came west in 1851; and settled in Illinois; then removed to Iowa, and from Iowa he came to Dakota where he settled permanently; he has served as justice of the peace one term: he married Ellen Berry, of Penn- sylvania; they have two children, Bertie T., and Ernest E.
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EGAN.
Geo. Bidwell deputy postmaster; born in Indiana. in 1855: moved to lowa in 1876: the following year he came to Dakota and settled in Moody county.
D. Bidwell -- merchant; born in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1822; moved to. Mich. in 1836; thence to Indiana and thence to lowa; came to Moody county in 1878; married to Abbie Roberts. and has two children, a son and daughter.
E. G. Boynton -- agent for John Paul, lumber: born in Cort- landt county. N. Y., in 1847: moved to Palmyra. Wis., in 1865; thence to Chicago, Ills., where he remained ten years in the lum- ber business, and was there during the Chicago fire; came to Dakota in Feb., 1879: married to Abbie E. Graves, of Cortlandt county. N. Y.
Alfred Brown-farmer; born in Huron county, Ohio, in 1820; located in Illinois, thence to Green Lake, Wis .; thence to Dodds county. Minn., and came to Moody county in 1878: married Mary Gilbert, of Conn., and has four children, A. L., F. D., Mary and A. G. Brown.
Geo. M. DeGroff -- attorney. Was born in Green Lake county. Wisconsin, in 1850. Came to Dakota in June, 1881. and settled in Egan; he is a graduate of the law department of Kansas State University.
W. E. Gessell-restauranteur; born in Indiana in 1858; came to Egan, November, 1880.
John Hobart-hardware; born in N. H., in 1832: moved to Fillmore county, Minn., in 1861; thence to Moody county, Dakota, in 1878; married Rebecca Miller, of Canada, and has one daughter Nellie L ..
Enos Karn-meat market; born in Lansing, N. Y., in 1847. Located in Kansas in 1806: thence to Minnesota; thence in spring, of 1880 to Egan. Married to Matella D. Thrall, of N. Y., and has one daughter.
Geo. R Lanning-editor Express; born at Belvidere, N. J .. Aug. 14th, 1844; moved to Iowa City, Iowa, in 1857; thence to Janesville, Clear Lake and Mason City; served two years and eight months during the war; returned to Mason City in 1870; thence to Garner. Iowa; thence back to Mason City: from the latter place to Lime Springs, Iowa, and from there to Roscoe. Moody county, D. T .. in 1878, where he started the Eagan Express. Has been en- gaged in the newspaper business twelve years. Married to Mary Knadler, at Mason City, Iowa, and has one son and three daugh- ters.
J. E. Schneider -physician and surgeon; born in France in 1846: his first location was in Milwaukee; thence to Utica, Minn.,
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where he lived fifteen years. Came to Moody county in 1877. Married to Olive E. Nash, of Ohio, and has three sons and one daughter.
S. S. Taylor-proprietor Taylor House; born in Bedford coun- ty, Pa. Came west in 1855 and settled in Blackhawk county, Iowa; thence to Jessup, Iowa, where he was for 22 years in the hotel business. Came to Egan, Nov. 25, 1880. Married to Anna Mar- garet Clark, of Pennsylvania, and has eight children, five sons and three daughters.
T. H. Vandergrift-agent for Corgil Bros., grain dealers. Born in Philadelphia. Pa., in 1842. Moved to Austin, Minn., in 1857; came to Sioux Falls in 1874; thence to Egan in the spring of 1881. Married to Agnes Dodge, of Wisconsin, and has two daughters.
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O. G. Auley-jeweler; born in Norway in 1839; came to Amer- ica in 1861, and settled in Chicago; thence to Iowa; thence here; he married Julia Sanderson, also of Norway.
J. D. Andrews-propr of Madison House, Madison, Dak., es- tablished in July, 1880, by Wm. Lee; purchased by Mr. A. in Aug. 1881; born in Crawford county, Penn., in 1831; came west in 1855, and settled in Fon du Lac county, Wis .; removed to Wa- seca county, Minn., in 1857; came to Flandreau Oct., 1878, and kept the Valley House three years; married Eliza L. Nelson, a na- tive of Penn .; have four children, Luella, Addie, Nettie and Grace.
O. E. Batchelder-real estate dealer; born in Orange county, Vt., in 1837; came west in 1839, and located in Racine county, Wis .; thence to Trempealeau, Wis., and to Dak. in 1873; he married Martha Seymour, a native of New York: they have two sons and one daughter.
John Buckley-contractor and builder: born in Conn. in 1846; he went to Wis. in 1851 and lived there until he came here; he married Margaret O'Neil, a native of New York; they have one son and two daughters.
A. A. Broadie-druggist; born in Bremer county. Iowa, in 1856; from there he removed to Madison, D. T., and engaged in the drug business; he also deals in books, stationery, wall paper, and is a graduate of pharmacy: he married Miss Shephard.
W. B. Cameron-firm of Clark & Cameron; born in Canada in 1855: came west in 1868, and settled in Bremer county, Iowa; came to Dakota in 1879; married in Wisconsin. Mary G. Brewer, a native of Canada; they have one son.
M. L. Clark-merchant; born in Canada in 1851; he came to Chippewa Falls. Wis., in 1870; removed to Madison, D. T., in Jan., 1881.
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A. W. Clark-liveryman; born in Winnebago county. Wis., in 1852; in 1878, he came to Lake county and engaged in farming until spring of 1880; he married Mary J. Davis, a native of Can- ada: they have one child, Emily.
A. E. Clough-physician and surgeon and dealer in drugs; born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1850; came west in 1858, and located in Decorah, lowa: in the spring of 1878 he removed to this county. Mr. C. is a graduate of the Keokuk Medical Col- lege; married Mary Matheny; they have one daughter.
A. J. Cornelyson-furniture dealer: born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1860; came here in Sept., 1881, and established his present business.
J. J. Craney-prop. of Commercial House, established busi- ness in 1881; born in Ireland in 1842; came to America in 1845, located in New York city: came west in 1878, and located at Lu- Verne, Minn., and to this Territory in 1880; married Marian Ryan, a native of low ; they have seven children, four sons and three daughters.
J. W. Davison-pioneer merchant; born in Zanesville, Ohio, in 1853; in 1869 he came to Floyd county, Iowa; he removed to this point in 1880, and opened up the first stock of goods; he is also owner and proprietor of the town hall, and member of board of education.
Frank Drew-lumber dealer; born in Portage, Wis .. in 1858: in 1873 he removed to Yankton; he soon after returned to Wis., and in 1880, again came to Dakota, and settled in Madison; he married Lillian White.
J. J. Fitzgerald-merchant, established business in April, 1880; born in Kane county; came west in 1859, and settled in Decorah. lowa: came here in spring of 1880.
A. E. Faller -- Lake County Leader: born in Allegheny county New York, in 1850; came west in 1853, and settled in Columbia county, Wis .: from there he went to Mason City, Iowa, in 1870; thence to Calhoun county, Iowa, and in 1878, he removed to this county.
D. D. Froeliger- proprietor of ten pin alley; born in France, in 1852; came to America in 1872, and settled in Marshall, Henry county, Ill .; came to Jackson county, Minn .. in 1879; in July. 1881, he came to Madison; he married Charlotte Frances Miller, a native of Ohio; they have one child-a daughter.
N. Grosch -- merchant; born in Bavaria in 1836: came to America in 1852, and settled in Kenosha, Wis .: in '79 he went to Emmitsburg, Iowa, thence to Sheldon, and from there to Madison: he married Angeline Mischler, of Bavaria.
H. Gulstiue-lumber dealer; born in Norway in 1854; came to
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America in 1864: and located in Decorah; thence in 1878 to this conuty; he married Hannah Sivesvend, a native of Ohio.
A. B. Houts-liquor dealer; established business Aug., 1881; born in Indiana in 1842; came west in 1863 to Kansas; from there came here in 1881: married Mary M. Smith, a native of Illinois. They have two children-Minnie E. and Clara A.
P. H. Harth-dealer in gen. mdse .: born in Germany in 1842; came to America in his infancy with parents and settled near Mil- waukee, Wis .: removed to this county in Aug., 1876: married Mary A. Stevens, a native of Ohio; they have three children, two sons and one daughter.
E. W. Hart-agricultural dealer; born in York county, Penn., in 1849; came west 1878, and settled in Lake Co.
Wesley Hill-lumber dealer; born in Erie county, Penn., in 1835; came to Minnesota in '56, and settled in Blue Earth City, where he lived 15 years: from there he removed to Delavan, in same county, where he lived until he came here; he married Lor- etta Stone, a native of Ohio. They have two children, a son and daughter.
S. M. Jenks, M. D .- born in Ohio in 1846; came west in 1851; from there to Minnesota, and thence to Dakota; he is a grad- nate of the Rush Medical College. of Chicago; he married Marietta Tuttle, a native of Wisconsin; they have two sons and one daugh- ter.
Hon. Chas. B. Kennedy-abstract, land, loan, insurance and express agent: born in Maine in 1850; he came to Mower county, Minn .; removed here in spring of '78; married May E. William- son, a native of Maine: they have two sons.
T. Lannon-proprietor of billiard parlor; established Jan. 4, 1881; born in Ireland in 1853; came to America in 1861, and set- tled in Brooklyn. N. Y .: came west in 1877 and located at Flan- dreau; came from there here in Jan .. 1881.
William Lee-born in Washington county, New York, in 1840; came to Dakota in 1871, and settled in this county. Mr. L. is one of the pioneers of Lake county; he bought and sold furs in an early day, and can safely be said to be one of Lake county's oldest settlers: he married Sarah Walker. a native of Scotland, they have one daughter, Mabel.
A. M. McCallister-dealer in hardware, stoves and tin ware; born in Putnam county, Ohio: came to Avoca, Wis., in 1850; came to Dakota in 1880; located first at Herman: came from there here in Oct., 1880: married A. R. Dimock. a native of Penn .; they have three children. Blanche, Nellie and Bruce.
Alexan ler McKay-treas. of Lake county, and dealer in gen- eral merchandise; established business three years previous in old town of Madison; moved store, stock and all, here; born in Scot- land in 1833; came to America in 1859, and settled in Waterville,
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Le Seuer county, Minn .; lived there; then went to Estherville, Emmett county, Iowa, was in business there twelve years; then moved to Lu Verne, Minn., and put up the first frame building; came to this county in 1876; married Mary A. Hammonds, a na- tive of England; they have two sons.
H. J. Patterson-dealer in grain, flour, feed, wood and coal; established business in the spring of 1881; born in Pennsylvania in 1844; came west in 1865, and settled in Tama county, Iowa; came here in August, 1880; married Sophia R. White, a native of St. Joe., Mich .; they have one child, Willis W.
J. M. Preston-Lake County Leader; born in Bourbon county, Ky., in 1841; came to Dubuque. Iowa, in 1863, where he lived until 1878, when he removed to this county; he has been in the news- paper business most of the time since he came to the Territory, and at present is acting postmaster for Mr. P. H. Harth; he mar- ried Bessie Hall, of Ohio.
August Proehl-furniture dealer; born in Prussia in 1848; came to America in 1873, and settled in Mapleton, Minn .; thenee to Madison; he married Augusta Drefke. also of Prussia; they have five children, Annie, William, Louisa, Minnie and Otto.
C. S. Raymond-dealer in dry goods, groceries, hats, caps, boots, shoes, &c .: established business in Oct., 1880; born in Boone county, Ills., in 1848; came to Iowa in 1875, and settled in How- ard county; came here in the spring of 1880; married Martha J. Prindle, a native of Ills .; they have two children.
D. T. Scott -livery; established business in September, 1880; born in Cataraugus county, N. Y., in 1838; came west in 1868, and settled in Yankton, Dakota; lived there until May, 1880. Married Dillian Mellord, a native of N. Y .; they have three children-two daughters and one son.
W. F. Smith, of firm of W. F. Smith & Co., Madison; Citi- zens' Bank-born in Franklin county, N. Y., in 1841; came west in 1855, and settled in Clayton county, Iowa. Came here in March, 1878; engaged in real estate; was appointed clerk of county in 1879.
H. A. Snyder, head miller Lake County Mill-born in Roek county Wisconsin, in 1852: removed to Clayton county, Iowa, with parents, and came to Dakota in June, 1881; married Mary L. Scott, a native of Ohio; they have one son ..
B. D. Sprague-grain dealer and owner and proprietor of Madison Mills; he is a native of New Hampshire, and came west in 1859; his first location was in Lansing, Iowa; he afterwards removed to Rushford. Minn., where he still resides.
F. L. Soper-attorney at law; born in Jones county, Iowa, in 1854; he came to Emmet county, Iowa, in 1877, and the fol- lowing year came to this county: he married Cassie ;Jones, a na- tive of New York.
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G. K. Tiffany, attorney at law-born in Canada in 1850; came to Dakota in 1880.
Frank W. Thaxter, cashier of Lake County Bank, Madison, Dakota, established in April, 1880- born in Lawrence county, Massachusetts, January 27th, 1852: came west in 1855, and set- tled in Faribault, Minn .; thence removed to Harding county, Iowa. Has been engaged in banking business ten years.
J. A. Trow, cashier of Citizens' Bank, Madison, Dakota- born in Green county, Wisconsin, in 1852; came to Dakota Ter- ritory in 1874 and engaged in teaching at old town of Madison; engaged in banking when this bank was established; married Eva N. Scoggin, a native of Wisconsin. Mr. T. was elected register of deeds in 1878, and re-elected in 1880.
J. M. VanDervort, proprietor of livery and feed stable-born in Clinton county, N. Y., in 1833; came to Fon du Lac county, Wisconsin, in 1848, where he lived until 1860, when he removed to Spring Valley, Minn .; in June, 1881, he came to this county; he married Jane Hutchinson, a native of N. Y .; have four chil- dren, three sons and one daughter.
J. G. Wadsworth, sheriff of Lake county-born in Erie county, N. Y., in 1828; came west in 1852 and settled near St. Paul, Minn .; in 1877 he removed to Lake county, Dakota; where he has since resided; in 1880 he was elected sheriff of this coun- ty, which office he still holds. He married M. A. Wainwright, a native of England, and they have two sons and two daughters.
W. W. White, president Lake County Bank, Madison, D. T .- born in Oneida county, N. Y., in 1842; came west in 1845 to Racine county, Iowa; removed to Cresco, Iowa, in 1868; thence here in 1878; been engaged in banking business since March, 1881; married Mary C. Selloway, a native of Racine, Wisconsin; they have two children, son and daughter.
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R. S. Alexander farmer and civil engineer; born in Bedford county, Pa., in 1824; located in Dubuque county, Iowa, in 1856; came to Dell Rapids in 1871; married to Esther M. Irvin, of Bed- ford county, Pa .; have had seven children, five of whom are living, two sons and three daughters. Mr. Alexander is one of the orig- inal town proprietors, is energetic and highly respected, and is pos- sessed of large landed interests in and about Dell Rapids.
W. G. Blow-farmer; born in 1837 at Avon, Mich .; resides within three and one-half miles of Dell Rapids; came to Dakota in 1874; was married in 1862 to Rebecca Smith, of the town of Pickerel Lake, Freeborn county, Minn. Mr. Blow was in Minne- sota during 1862, and passed through the horrors of the great In- dian massacre; when he came to Minnehaha county, there was but one house on the present town site of Dell Rapids.
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Henry Cobb-druggist; came to Dell Rapids in the autumn of 1880; born in 1847 in New York; removed to De Kalb county, Illinois, in 1853; located at Spring Valley, Wis., in 1874, from which latter place he came to Dell Rapids, entering largely in the drug and stationery business.
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