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J. F. Ferguson -- was born in Hamden, Maine, in 1857; in 1876 he came west and settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota; in 1879 he came to Dakota and settled at Lennox, where he has two land claims; has served as constable of Lennox township.
P. F. Haas-was born in 1852; Nov. 23d, 1880, he came to Lennox, where he located permanently. He married Miss Mattie Kedden. of Parkersburgh, Iowa, in 1878: they have one daughter, Grace C.
Nanno Smith-was born in Germany in 1850; came to Amer- ica in 1872, and settled in Freeport, Illinois: in 1873, he moved to Iowa, where he resided until 1881, when he moved to Dakota; he married Anne Frerich; have three children, John, Kate and Bern- hard.
H. C. Conklin-was born in Wisconsin in 1852; in 1859, he came west and settled in Minnesota; in 1874, he moved to Dakota where he settled permanently; he married Ray Miller, of Wiscon- sin; they have one child named Nora H.
John M. Munsil-was born in Utjea, Wisconsin, in 1852; in 1878, he moved to Iowa; in 1879, he came to Dakota, and the fol- lowing year embarked in the livery business; he married Emma E. Loope, of Wisconsin; they have one child named Burdette.
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Louis Butzer-was born in Germany in 1850; in 1871, he came to America and settled in Illinois; in the spring of 1881, he went to Minneapolis, Minnesota; the same fall he moved to Da- kota and settled in Lennox; he married Lena Seyfer; have one child named Clara.
O. P. Ashley-was born in Ohio in 1838; came west in 1855, and settled at Avoca, Wisconsin; in 1856, he was hauling ties and met with an accident by which he lost his leg; he then followed school teaching about twenty years; in March. 1880, he came to Dakota and settled in Lennox; he was clerk of the court one term, and register of deeds for the same length of time in Wisconsin; he also served as police justice; married Martha S. Vail, of Wisconsin; have three children, Eloise, Bessie and Florence.
PORTLANDVILLE.
A. P. Douglas -- was born in New York state in 1842; came west in 1874 and settled in Worthington, Minnesota; then moved Portlandville; served in the army one year under Gen. Sherman; participated in the battle of Nashville. He married S. E. Lam- bert, of Minnesota; they have three children-Clara, Alice, Har- vey and an infant.
V. G. Farnham-born in New York in 1844; came to Illinois in 1849, and to Portlandville, Iowa, April 1881, and established his present business.
W. T. MeGinnis-was born in Caledonia, Minnesota,in 1857; then moved to Hastings, Nebraska, where he was salesman in a dry goods and clothing store. In 1881 he came to Portlandville, Iowa, and is now a member of the above firm.
A. L. McGinnis-was born in Wisconsin in 1854; then moved to Minnesota: in 1876 he moved to Sionx City, Iowa, where he engaged in the fruit and confectionery business; from Sioux City he moved to Portlandville, Iowa. He married A. M. Anderson, of Minnesota. Have two children-Fern E. and Arthur L.
C. E. Robison -- born in St. Louis, Mo .: resided a number of years in Lawrence, Mass. Came to Portlandville Sept 1st, 1874, held office of post master nearly seven years, engaged in land and collection business in 1879, married Mary Anna Wood, of New Hampshire. They have three children, Edward, Martha F. and Elizabeth N.
C. Newman-born in Pennsylvania Nov. 1Sth, 1827. Came to Portlandville in 1874, married Phoebe Lyons Jan. 29th, 1852. They have four children-Mary E., Orland J. Emma L. and Edith.
Miss Anna Hampton-post mistress, born in Waterloo, Iowa, Oct., 1857. Was employed in teaching six years, first in Sioux
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county, Iowa, then in Dakota, and six terms in Portlandville dis- trict. Was appointed postmaster in July, 1881.
S. B. Gilliland-mail agent, born in Ohio, came to Iowa in the spring of 1867, settled on a homestead in Plymouth county, where he resided nine years, was elected to the legislature in the fall of 1873, representing the counties of Woodbury, Plymouth, Stone and Lyon. was re-elected in fall of 1875. Removed to Portland- ville in 1877, taking charge of the public schools. Was appointed mail agent June 1579, on the C. M. & St. P. Married Isabella J. Sheets Oct. 1868, they have four children-Frankie, Gracie, Ad- lyth and Samuel Kirkwood.
Bradner Ferguson-was born in Wyoming county, Pennsyl- vania, Feb. 20th, 1841; came west to Wisconsin, where he lived some time, then moved to Iowa-the North East county; thence to Wisconsin, thence back to Missouri, where he remained eight years; then went back to Pennsylvania; again removed to Iowa, and finally settled permanently, in April, 1880, in Portlandville; he served two years in the army; married Sarah L. Norris, of Pennsylvania; they have one child, named Luther D.
G. T. Johnson-was born in Burlington, Iowa, in 1858; went to St. Louis, and from there to Alton; he then spent two years in traveling and settled in Portlandville, Iowa, in March 1881.
Henry J. Muhs-was born in Germany, in 1851; came to America in 1854. and settled in Illinois; from there he removed to Minnesota in 1856; then moved to Elk Point, Dakota; in March, 1881, he came to Portlandville, where he settled permanently .- He is a member of the Masonic fraternity; married Minnie A. Northup, of Elk Point, D. T. Have buried one child.
Peter Muir-born in Montreal, Canada; came to the United States in 1878, and settled at Portlandville. Iowa; he married Hattie La Bar, of Canada. They have eight children-John, William, James, Peter, Mattie, Anna, Eliza.
J. A. Larkin-was born in Dubuque county, Iowa, in 1853; came west in 1876 and settled in Plymouth county, Iowa; was mail carrier between LeMars and this place for one year; married Margaret McGrath, Dubuque county, Iowa.
J. W. Strong-was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1832; came west to Indiana in 1861; thence to Iowa in 1865; thence to Dako- ta in 1879, and at Wessington Hills married Elizabeth Yanney, of Ohio; have seven children-Samuel, Truman, Sarah, Miranda, Elizabeth, Eva M. and David C.
R. H. Miller-born in Westchester county, N. Y., in 1836; in 1864 came west and pre-empted a homestead in the Sioux Valley, twenty miles north of Elk Point; he was one of the early settlers, and broke the first land ever broken in Lincoln county, and has been a resident ever since.
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Wm. R. Kidd-born in Canada in 1840; came to the U. S. in 1867; married in Plymouth county, lowa, to Anna E. Hows, on Feb 12th, 1881.
Henry Waterbury-was born in Westchester county, N. Y., in 1828; came west in 1867 and settled in Union county. Dakota; served in the army three years under Capt. Kellogg, in the " 17th Connecticut volunteers;" he is now (1881) member of the school board in Portlandville Iowa; he married Jane Brower, of Fairfield county, Connecticut; they have eight boys-George, Alexander, Henry L., Charles E., Alfred, Fred, Frank and Robert.
Lyman J. Gilbert-born in Union, MeHenry county, Ill., in 1859; came to LeMars in Nov., 1880, and to Portlandville, Iowa, March 1st, 1881.
CANTON.
Mrs. Maggie Bailey -- was born in Burlington, Vermont, in 1851; came to Dakota in 1874; in 1876 she was married to Hon. Mark W. Bailey, of Laporte, Indiana, who came west and settled in Wisconsin, where he held different positions of trust. In 1872 he came to Dakota, and studied law with Judge Smith, of Vermil- lion: in 1873 he moved to Canton; he represented his district in the Territorial legislature one term. While in the Black Hills he contracted a disease which was the cause of his demise. He will ever live in the hearts of his people. February 7th, 1879, Mrs. Bailey was appointed postmistress at Canton.
A. P. Dixon-sheriff of Lincoln county, D. T .; born in South America, May, 1833; came to Dakota in 1874; elected justice of the peace the same year, and in 1875 he was elected sheriff, which office he has held ever since. He married Hannah E. Ingham, Kanka- kee City, Ill .; they have five children, Emma, Elizabeth, Robert Andrew P. and Cyrus B.
J. Q. Fitzgerald-born in Ohio in 1829; came to Wisconsin in 1845; from Wisconsin he moved to Oregon; then moved back to Wisconsin; thence to Minnesota, and from there to Dakota; was a member of the county board, and town clerk in Minnesota eight years in succession; he married Maggie S. Martin, of Ohio; have two children, Emma J., and Elva A .; have buried two chil- dren, Nancy V., who died in 1856, and Fred A., died August 25th, 1873.
Gen. J. B. Pattee -- born in Vermont Sept. 29th, 1836; enlisted in U. S. A. in 1861, as 1st Lieut. 10th Penn. Vol. Inft .; served during the war and rose to Brigadier-General by Brevet; came to this Territory 1871.
J. Horn-born in Pittsburgh, Penn., in 1851; came west and settled in Dakota in 1871; he is at present (1881) city alderman of
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Canton, D. T .; has been married torice; his first wife was Mary L. Sims, who died in 1877; he then married Lizzie Babbe, of Monti- cello, Iowa; they have two children, Clara and Guy.
D. H. Hawn-born in Jefferson county, New York, in 1844; he came west and settled in Wisconsin. In 1869, he moved to Dakota, and is now the partner of J. Horn in the wagon and car- riage shop; he served in the army four years under Captain A. B. Wheelock; he was chairman of the first town board elected in the town of Dayton, D. T .; has also served as justice of the peace the past two years. He married Addie E. York, of Wisconsin; they have three boys, Fred R., and Frank J., (twins) and Arthur B. Mr. H. was one of the first settlers in Lincoln county.
Elling Opsal-Register of Deeds; born in Norway, in 1850; came to America in 1853, and located with his parents in Dane county, Wisconsin; removed to this county in 1872.
T. W. Hood-born in Penn., in 1853; came to Dakota in 1875, and located in Canton, and engaged in the drug trade.
G. Skarloedt -- born in Norway, in 1852; came to America in infancy, and with his parents located in Winneshiek county, Iowa; in the winter of 1880 he removed to Canton.
M. M. Clark-born in Prince Edward's Island in 1849; in 1859 he came to the United States and located in Grant county, Wis .; in 1863 he went to Hampton, lowa; he is a graduate of the Rush Medical College of Chicago; in 1875 he located at Beloit, one and one-half miles from this place, and engaged in the practice of medicine; in 1879 he canie to Canton, where he still resides. He married C. K. Reynolds, a native of Beloit, Wis .; they have two daughters.
E. M. Miles-born in Pennsylvania in 1853; came west in 1866 and settled in Broadhead, Wis .; in 1880 he came to Canton and engaged in the jewelry and music business. He married Gussie Stewart.
Hon. W. M. Cuppett-born in Bedford county, Penn., in 1843; came west in 1850 and settled with his parents in Clayton county, Iowa; in 1862 he enlisted in the United States army and was honorably discharged at Davenport, Iowa; in 1868 he came to Canton; in 1871 he was elected Register of Deeds; he has held public positions every year since; is at present Clerk of the Dis- triet Court. He married N. E. Martin, a native of Ohio, and they have two sons and one daughter.
M. E. Rudolph-born in Chicago, Ill., [Sept. 11, 1853; re- moved to Manchester, Iowa, in 1854; in 1869 entered the Union office at Manchester where he remained three years learning the printing business; in 1874 published the Cherokee Leader; gradu- ated from the Iowa State Agricultural College 1875; taught until 1880, when he entered the law department of the Iowa University
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where he graduated with the highest honors in 1881, being selected Valedictorian out of the class of ISS1; located at Canton in the' fall of 1881.
Oley Thompson-born in Norway, Oct. 11, 1842; came to Can- ton from Madison, Wis .; engaged in business in 1875; married Mary P. Fusson; they have one child, Clara Matilda.
Herman Woerz-born in Germany in 1842; came from Sioux City to Beloit; from thence to Canton in the spring of 1879; mar- ried Catherine Nonnemaker, of McGregor, la .; they have two children, Herman and Louisa.
G. W. Harlan-born in Rock Island, Ill .; came west from Clin- ton, Ia., in 1867; settled in Canton in 1870; been engaged in the hotel business four years; married Mary Kilrain, of Maquoketa, Ia .; they have three children, Emma, George and Nora.
A. R. Brown-was born in New Lexington, Ohio, Jan. 29, 1849; removed to Illinois in 1859; from thence to Harrison county, Mo., in 1865; in 1871 studied law in the office of Shanon & Brown, Bowling Green, Ohio; was admitted to the bar in 1873; began practicing in Missouri; in 1876 he was chosen cashier of the Exchange Bank, which he resigned and came to Canton in 1880, where he established the Lincoln County Bank.
Adamı Hoffman-born in Germany; came to America when 20 years of age; he married Amelia Amsler in May, 1871; they have two children, Amelia and Edith.
Kennedy Bros .- This firm is composed of C. B. 'Kennedy and B. Kennedy; they were born in England in 1849 and 1851; came to America in 1854, and settled with their par- ents in Delaware county, Ia .; they attended school at Lenox College, Hopkinton, also at the Iowa State University at Iowa City, from which they both graduated in the law.
A. G. Vroman-born in Copenhagen, Lewis county, N. Y., in 1836; came to Canton from Dodge county, Minn., in 1879; he married Caroline Pratt, of Dane county, Wis., in 1858; they have two children, Walter and Ina.
SPRINGFIELD.
II. A. James -- general hardware; born in Concord, N. H .; moved to Illinois in 1855 anl engaged in farming; thence moved to lowa; and was for several years in the employ of the Union Pa- cifie R. R. Co .; thence to Yankton where he engaged in contract- ing and building; moved to Springfield in 1874, and engaged in the lumber trade; entered the hardware business in the fall of 1878. Mrs. James has also the only millinery and dressmaking establishment in the city.
John Fry-proprietor stove and tin store; born in Connecticut; came to Springfield in 1872 and engaged in business in 1873. Mr.
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Fry served his country four years in the 5th Conn. Regiment; was wounded in North Carolina just previous to the close of the war.
John A. Lee-came to Springfield. in company with his son George, in 1869, and each took a claim near where the town is now located, and sold to the Town Site Company, 240 acres where the town now stands. George Lee still resides at Springfield and is engaged in farming.
J. H. Stephens-dealer in furniture, harness and saddlery ; came to Springfield in December, 1873; was in the harness busi- ness at Yankton previous to coming to Springfield; carries the only stock of the kind in the city.
Robert P. Cowgill-meat market and provision store; came to Sioux City, Iowa, from Delavan, Wis., in 1875; moved to Spring- field in 1878, and engaged in his present business in 1881.
George Hefner-hardware; born in Detroit, Michigan, in 1856; came west to Iowa, and in 1870 settled in Yankton, where he engaged in farming machinery business; thence to Springfield in 1878, where he engaged in business as above.
Dr. Charles Curlin-proprietor city drug store; came to Springfield in 1879; is a graduate of the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Keokuk, Iowa.
A. F. McAuley-proprietor Pioneer Billiard Hall; came to Glencoe, Minn., in 1866; went to Ft. Stephenson in the employ of A. H. Wilder, of St. Paul, and remained there several years .-- came to Springfield in 1871. and engaged in general merchandis- ing; was postmaster under Hayes and Garfield, and resigned in 1881.
L. Schwerdlmann-born in Germany; came to the U. S. in 1867, and located in Baltimore, Md .; came to Springfield in 1880, and purchased the established business of F. G. Braun. Mr. S. has a store in Tyndall, Dak., managed by R. L. Wilson.
John Todd-editor of Springfield Times, son of Gen. J. B. S. Todd; came with Gen. Harney's expedition to Dakota in 1857; assumed control of the Times in 1881.
Bonesteel & Turner-general merchandise; business establish- ed by J. L. Turner in 1870, Mr. Bonesteel becoming a partner in 1871; they carry a stock in general merchandise of about $20,000, the firm also have two stores-one general merchandise, the other hardware, in Niobrara. Nebraska, under the management of Mr. Conesteel.
E. W. Monfore-groceries and provisions; born in New York in 1854; moved to Illinois in 1865; came to Springfield in 1872; engaged in his present business in April, 1881.
J. C. Klemme-firm of Sterling & Klemme, attorneys at law; was brought up in the dry goods business; came to Spring
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field in 1879, and engaged in the loan, general insurance and col- lecting business; is also city marshal.
J. C. Russell-billiard parlor and sample room; born in New York in 1841; came to Minnesota in 1856 and settled at Water- ford, Dakota county; enlisted in Co. G, 1st Minnesota Volunteers, in 1861; was wounded and captured at the first battle of Bull Run, and kept a prisoner a year at Libbey, Chattanooga and Saulsbury; was discharged in Feb., 1863, and re-enlisted in the 1st New York Veteran Cavalry, and was discharged at the end of the war; trav- eled extensively for four years in the West; settled at Springfield in 1869.
James H. Baskin -- proprietor Baskin House, Springfield, D. T .; was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1845; in June, 1865 he came to Dakota, where he settled permanently; in 1875 he married Miss S. E. Culver, of this place.
M. Griffin-was born in Ireland in 1822; immigrated to Amer- ica and is now (1881) postmaster of Springfield, Dakota; he was one of the early settlers of this town.
Mrs. Mary E. Love-proprietress of the Springfield Hotel, Springfield, D. T., was born in Burns, Livingstone county, New York, in 1835; in 1868 came west and settled in Illinois; in 1870 she came to Dakota and settled in Springfield in September of that year; has been twice married; has two children-Emma A. and Alonzo W. Barron.
Rev. Charles Seccombe -- was born in Salem, Massachusetts,in 1817; was educated at Dartmouth College and Union Theological School, New York; he graduated in 1850 and entered the ministry at that time; his first pastoral charge was at Anthony Falls, Min- nesota, in 1850; has been in the ministry work throughout his life; has been twice married; his first wife was Anna M. Peabody, of New Hampshire; he then married Harriet M. Tolman, of Massa- chusetts; they have five children-Samuel H., Harriet M., Emma R., Mary F. and Charles H.
EDEN.
S. B. Culbertson, P. M .- born in Danville. Livingston ecounty, N. Y .. in 1830; came west in 1856 to Decorah, Ia .; moved from there to Sioux Falls in 1872, and in 1874 came to Eden and established business; has been postmaster for six years.
L. T. Farley-born in Genesee county, N. Y., in 1836; came from Wisconsin here in 1868; he married Cora A. Warner; they have seven children, Roselle, Lillian, Corlie, Mabel, Florence, Luman and Wilford.
G. W. Mather-born in Bremer county, Ia., in 1858; came to this county in 1870; he married Ida Willmarth.
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S. P. Mackey-born in Dayton, Ohio, in 1852; been in this Territory since 1877, and came to Eden in 1881; he married Carle Batchel, of Lincoln county, D. T .; she died 30th of July, 1881.
Myron Odell-born in Troy, N. Y., in 1854; came here from Fondulac, Wis., June 19, 1874; he married Rosa C. Farley, March 24, 1880; they have one child, Roy.
Frank Odell-born in Fondulac, Wis., in 1857; came here in 1874.
James Parkin-P. M., Eden; farmer; born in England in 1839; came to America in November, 1867; he married Amanda Allen, who was a native of Chautauqua county, N. Y., in 1860; they have three children, Ollies, Stella and Roy.
L. Pritzkan-born in Russia June 26, 1855; came to Amer- ica December 1, 1876; came to D. T. April, 1874; he married Elizabeth Grad.
A. Snyder-born in Niagara county, N. Y., June, 1837; came to this place November, 1878; he married Hattie Allen, who was born in Allegheny county, N. Y .; they were married at Shell Rock, la., in February, 1871.
CALLIOPE.
Samuel S. Conrad-born in Indiana in 1845; came to D. T. in 1873; he married Mary Coopen, of Union, D. T .; they have three children, Daniel A., John C. and Nellie Jane.
M. Leggett -- born in Ohio in 1832: came here in 1872; he married Julia Eddelblut at Rocksbury, Ohio, in 1857; they have seven children, Alta, Mary, Wm., Katie, Harry, Dott and Eddie.
James Kennedy-born in Ireland; came here from Rutland, Vt., in 1867; he married Katie Leonard, a native of Vermont; they have seven children, Thomas, Mary, Susie, Winnie, John, James and Kate.
A. W. Heald-born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1850; came from there here in the spring of 1870; he married Ann Rosa Winters at Calliope; they have six children, Guy, Edwin, Walter, Levi, Alice E. and Arthur G.
Elisha Hodgin-was born in Ohio in 1839; came west in 1856, and settled in Linn county, Iowa; then removed to Clay county, Dakota; thence to Calliope, Iowa; served in the army three years under Grant and Sheridan; he married Elizabeth Ver- mon, of Iowa; they have three children, Harry M., George L. and W. E.
A. Tibbles-was born in Washington county, Ohio, in 1859; came to Iowa in 1869; then he moved back to Ohio, where he re- mained three years; March 25, 1881, he came to Calliope, Iowa, where he settled permanently.
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Wilson Miller-was born in the State of New York in Feb- ruary, 1853; came to Wisconsin with his parents in August, 1856; in February, 1879, he came to Calliope, Ia., where he settled per- manently; he also deals in live stock; at the present time (1881) he has eighty-five head grazing on the prairies of Western Iowa.
Wm. Reese -- was born in Pennsylvania in 1817: came west to Carver county, Minnesota. in 1856; then moved to Calliope, Ia., in 1874; he served as Town Treasurer and School Director in Minnesota for several years: he married Elizabeth Mathews; his second marriage was with Matilda Cleaster, of Minnesota.
H. H. Rudd-born in Onondaigua county, N. Y., in 1833; came here from Joliet, Will county. Ill .; married Nancy Shoemaker. of Illinois, in 1860; they have five children, Minnie R., Ettie, Hattie, Maud B. and Bell A.
L. H. Bailey -- born in Black Hawk Co., Ia., in 1855; came to Calliope May, 1881: married Lydia A. Blackford in 1875; they have two children, Lewis H. and Mandie R.
David Stephen -- born in Aberdeen, Scotland; came to D. T. in 1872; came to Calliope in the spring of 1880; he married Mar- garet Gibson in 1868; they have six children, Lillie, Mary, David, Maggie, Nettie and Cora. Mr. S. has also a store at Sunny Side, D. T., eighteen miles west, and resides there.
D. O. Stone-editor of the Sioux County Independent, Calli- ope, Ia .; born in Ohio in 1864; has lived in Calliope 13 years; proprietor of the Independent, and the youngest editor in the state of Iowa.
Harrison Way-born in 1839; came here in 1880 from Syra- cuse, N. Y.
WATERTOWN.
J. B. Alexander, firm of Alexander Bros.,-born in Cass county, Mich .. in 1845; moved to Red Wing, Minn., in 1866; came to Watertown in the spring of 1879; elevator erected in the sun- mer of 1879; married to Melissa Odell, of Vandalia, Mich., and has three sons and one daughter.
M. D. Alexander, firm of Alexander Bros., grain elevator- born in Cass county, Mich., in 1853: thence to Red Wing, Minn .; thence to Watertown; married to Mary Odell, of Vandalia, Mich., and has two sons and one daughter.
G. E. Bartlett, blacksmith-born in N. Y. in 1838: moved to Wis. in 1849; came to Watertown in April, 1879, and engaged in business as above; married to Frank E. Tripp. of Hingham, Wis., and has four sons.
W. L. Beals, firm of Ulrick & Beals, Proprs. Central House- born in Mass. in 1845; came to Watertown in March, 1879; mar-
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ried to S. A. Farrington, of Me. The Central House was erected in the spring of 1879.
J. Bennett-physician and surgeon; firm of Bennett & Briggs; born in York county, Pa., in 1814; moved with parents to Oxford, O .; thence to Illinois in 1845: thence to Sparta, Wis., in 1856; came to Watertown in May, 1879; married to Julia Shelley, deceased, of Connecticut, and has one son and two daughters; bis pres- ent wife was Mrs. Emma Malmus, of Vicksburg, Miss .; he has re- cently platted the north addition to Aberdeen, D. T., from land owned by him adjoining that town. The Doctor was an old-time abolitionist: was eight years clerk of the circuit court and ex-officio recorder in Illinois, and a member of the Wisconsin legislature in 1859 and 1869, besides having held other responsible public posi- tions.
Geo. B. Bennett-Watertown and Jim River Stage Line; born in New York in 1836; moved to Bureau county, Ills., in 1855; went to Colorado in 1859; returned to Illinois in 1860; thence en- tered the army during the Rebellion; returning from the army, en- tered the service of the Western Stage Co., with headquarters at Des Moines, Iowa. In 1863 went west to Ft. Randall and Fort Benton; came to Dakota in April, 1880.
C. H. Bradford- general merchandise; born at Minneapolis, Minn., in 1857; came to Watertown in May, 1880, and engaged in business as above; married to Anna Larson, of Kasson, Minn.
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