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E. W. Miller attorney at law; established business in 1871; was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1835; came west on a visit in 1871 and located permanently; from Ohio he went to Pennsylvania; thence to Georgia; has been practicing law since he came to Elk Point; has been superintendent of public schools for two years; he married Ella E. Flanner, a native of Huntington. Pa .; have two children-one son and one daughter.
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John Mounsey-Groceries and liquors, Elk Point; born in Can- ada in 1837; came west in 1871, and settled in Elk Point; married Adeline Lalaune April 4, 1864; have four children, Adeline, Ephriam, Henry and Mary W.
M. W. Sheafe-Prop. Dakota Flouring Mills; this mill was built in the winter of '73 and '74, by J. W. Hoffman, banker, and one of the founders of Elk Point, at the cost of $22,000; it had three run of stone at the time it was built, but in 1877 it was bought by Mr. Sheafe, who, at the expense of $5,000, fincreased its capacity by another run of stone, so that now its capacity is 100 barrels of flour every 24 hours; and he added all the modern machinery for making the new process flour; Mr. S. has been awarded the government contract for furnishing flour to the In- dian Department for the past three years; he ships flour to all parts of the country, and also does a large exchange business, far- mers coming 30 and even 40 miles to exchange their wheat for flour; this mill ranks as one of the best mills in this part of the country; it is run by steam and therefore is not bothered either by laek of or too great a supply of water; Mr. Sheafe was born in Boston, Mass., in 1844, came west to Janesville, Wis .; from there he moved to Elk Point, Dakota, where he engaged in the lumber business, which was the first lumber-yard in Elk Point; he was the first man that ever shipped freight, by rail, into the Territory; he represented this distriet in the Territorial Legislature (in the Coun- eil) one term; was mayor of the city of Elk Point for four years; in polities he figures with the Democratie party; he served in the army one year, under Burnside and Foster, in " the Eighteenth Army Corps;" he married Cassie Hall. of Wisconsin; they have two children-Anna W. and William W.
G. B. Steckman-watchmaker; was born in Pennsylvania in 1839; eame west in 1861, and stopped in Iowa six years, and then moved to Dakota; he married L. E. Harper; they have one child, Helend, one and a half years old. Mr. S. was alderman in Elk Point four years.
F. Stroble-proprietor city meat market; was born in Germany in 1846; came to America with parents in 1851 and settled in Ohio; then moved to Sioux City, Iowa; thence to Dakota; made one trip through to Montana in 1865, and came back by the way of Salt Lake by team. He has served as city marshal of Elk Point two years: he married Mary Snyder, of Dakota, and they have three children, Hattie, Harry C. and Arthur.
F. W. Smythe-harness maker; was born in Huntingdon county, Canada, Nov. 10th, 1836; came west as far as Chicago in 1862; the year of 1867 he spent in Sioux City, Iowa; in 1868 came to this territory, where he settled permanently; on the 13th of October, 1859, he married Dormthilde Turcot; they have nine chil- dren-F. Diendonne, Anieet, Dion, Francis, Byron, Henry. An-
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toine, Josephine, Martin. Mr. Smythe has served as city and county justice for eight years.
Rev. Seymour Snyder-M. E. minister; was born in Salis- bury, Connecticut, April 23, 1837; attended Cornell college, and became a minister in 1861. At the age of eight years he moved to Illinois, where he remained nine years. He then removed to Iowa, where he resided until 1879, when he removed to Dakota. He married Miss Blanche E. Goo, of Dakota; they have one child, named Frank A. Mr. Snyder is a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows lodges.
P. Vail-carpenter and builder; born in Duchess county, New York, in 1826; he went to California in 1850 and returned in same year; again he went west as far as Colorado, and in 1870 he located at Elk Point; married Elmira Horton; they have two children- Joseph and Anne Mary.
Uriah Wood-teamster and liveryman; was born in Wiscon- sin in 1849; then moved to Minnesota, where he resided three years; then moved to Dakota and settled permanently. He served in the army three years, under General Sully; then traveled all through the west. He married Jennie H. Collins, of New Hamp- shire: they have three children-Eddie A., Gertie, Vernie.
J. A. Wallace-lawyer, was born in Davies county, Indiana, July 22d, 1842; immigrated to Illinois in August, 1865, remained there till the spring of 1869, when he moved to Dakota Territory, where he arrived the 5th day of May; he served in the army and was the third man to enlist in "Co. C" from the county from which that company went; this company was the 6th Indiana, (3 months' service) and was the first regiment from that state to par- ticipate in the Rebellion; he re-enlisted in " Co. G" of the 42d In- diana and served, until the last day of October, 1864, making three and a half years service. In 1868, at Hardin, Illinois, he married Martha L. Miller, daughter of Rev. M. Miller; they have three children dead and one son living, named Hubert, age 113 years .- Mr. Wallace has served two terms of two years each as county prosecuting attorney in this county, and served one term as a mem- ber of the territorial legislature (in the Council); he was also meni- ber of the school board for six years; was mayor of Elk Point one term and city justice four terms. He is the first attorney that ever opened a law office in Union county; he was admitted to the bar in 1866, and is a graduate of the Washington high school.
John R. Wood-liveryman, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1821; immigrated west in 1844; settled at Bristol, Wis., (near Kenosha) where he lived two years; he then moved to Col- umbia county, where he farmed four years; he then removed to Kingston, where he kept hotel two years; he then removed to Portage City, where he kept livery stable six months, and from there to Minneapolis, where he lived a year and
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a half; from there he moved to Elk Point, Dakota. He served in the army three and a half years, also his two sons; he married Evaline C. Farmer, of the state of New York. They have eight children-Charles H., Lorenzo, Uriah, Harriet E .. Margaret, Alfred (deceased), Mary J., Evaline C., Lottie J.
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F. J. Adams-firm of Adams Bros., harness, &c .: born in Cologne, Germany, in 1854; came to the United States in 1864 and located in New York City; thence to Mankato, Minn. Came to Brookings in April, 1880; married to Lena Kohl, of St. Paul. Minn., and has two sons.
C. Adams-firm of Adams Bros., harness, &c .; born in Cologne, Germany, in 1856; came to the United States in the spring of 1864 and located in New York City; thence to Mankato, Minn. Came to Brookings in April. 1880; married to Mary Johnson of Rapidan, Minn., and has one son.
E. E. Gaylord-Furniture, books and stationery; born in Ogle county, Illinois, in 1853: moved with his parents to the vicinity of Red Wing, Minn .; left Minnesota in the spring of 1880, and came to Brookings; married to E. A. Arden, of Massachusetts, and has one son and one daughter.
James Hauxhurst-County register of deeds; born in Queen's county, L. I .. in 1838; moved to Wisconsin in 1855; thenee in 1860 to Colorado, where he remained until 1866, returning to Wisconsin. From Wisconsin he moved to Iowa, and came to Medary, Brookings county, in 1871. From Medary he moved to Brookings. Was first elected register of deeds in 1873, which office he has ever since held; married to Ellen Jones, of Wisconsin, and has three daugh- ters.
C. W. Higgins. M. D., drugs, books and stationery-born in Jefferson county, Wis .. in 1849; moved in 1858 to Dodge county, Minn. Graduated at Hahnemann Medical College, Chicago, in 1876, and located in Adams county, Iowa; came to Brookings county in 1879, and located at Brookings at the starting of the town; mar- ried to Retta E. Stockwell, of Ills., and has one son and one daughter.
Geo. W. Hopp, editor and propr. Brookings County Press- born in Pennsylvania in 1854; moved with his parents to Iowa. Published the Corning Union, at Corning, Iowa. Came to Foun- tain, Brookings county, in December, 1878, where he started the County Press; moved with the Press to Brookings, Oct. 18, 1879. First issue of the Press at Fountain, Feb. 20, 1879; first issue at Brookings, Oct. 23, 1879: started the Kingsbury County News at DeSmet in March, 1880; the Hamlin County Times at Estelline
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Nov. of the same year, and the Lake Preston Times in Oct. of present year, of which papers he is still the proprietor; in June of present year, he started the Huron Tribune, in connection with J. W. Shannon. Mr. Hopp is also P. M. at Brookings, and was married to Edith McBride, of Brookings Co., in Nov., 1881.
P. C. Johnson, hardware-born in Norway, in 1856; came to the U. S. in 1867, and settled in Fillmore Co., Minn .; came to Brookings county in the spring of 1878, and to Brookings Feb. 20, 1880, where he engaged in the hardware business.
L. L. Jones-probate judge, contractor and builder; born in Ontario county, N. Y., in 1824; moved to Pennsylvania in 1839; thence to Chicago, Ills., in 1871; moved to Minnehaha county, Dakota, in 1878, and came to Brookings in the fall of 1879. Mar- ried to Elizabeth J. Hartwell, of New York, and has two sons and two daughters.
C. A. Kelsey, M. D .- firm of Kelsey Bros., farming machin- ery; born in St. Lawrence county, N. Y., in 1847; left N. Y. in fall of 1854, and went to Minnesota in the spring of 1856. Graduated from the Chicago Medical College in the spring of 1875, and loca- ted at Concord, Minnesota; came to Brookings county in 1878; lo- cated at Fountain and moved to Brookings at the beginning of the town. Married to Isabel P. Allen, of Maine .. and has one son and two daughters.
G. A. Mathews-firm of Mathews & Scobey, attorneys; born at Potsdam, N. Y., in 1852, and moved to Fayette, Iowa, in 1865; came to Brookings in 1879; married to Cora M. Thomas, of West Union, Iowa.
J. M. Miles -- editor and proprietor Sioux Valley Journal; born in New York in 1848; moved to Wisconsin: thence to Minnesota; came to Brookings in the spring of 1880; married Ella Greenwood, of Mankato, Minnesota, and has one daughter.
C. E. Mudget-firm of Mudget & Roddle, meat market; born in Vermont in 1852; thence to Chicago in 1859; thence to Wis- consin. Came to Canton, Dakota, and thence to Medary in July, 1879; came to Brookings in the fall of the latter year.
H. H. Natwick-firm of Natwiek & Diamond, attorneys; born September 13, 1853, in Dane county, Wis .; left Wisconsin in July, 1879, and came to Brookings county; married to L. M. Haskell, of Wisconsin.
F. H. Newton- county surveyor; born in Sherburne, N. Y., in 1843: moved to Hennepin county, Minn., in 1855; thence in 1875 to Zumbrota, Minn. Came to Brookings county in 1878; elected county surveyor in 1880; married to Mary A. Woodward, of Maple Grove, Minn., and has two daughters.
H. T. Odegard -- county treasurer and firm of Thompson &
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Odegard, farming machinery; born in Norway in 1847; came to the United States in 1866 and located in Wisconsin; moved to Wattenwan county, Minn., in 1877; thence to Brookings county, January 7, 1879; held offices of public trust in Minnesota.
C. P. Oefstos, firm of Magnusseu & Oefstos, general mer- chandise-born in Norway in 1843; came to the U. S. in the spring of 1872, and located in LaCrosse, Wis .; came to Brookings in July, 1881. Married to Mary Wolla, of Norway, and has one son and three daughters.
Geo. W. Pierce, groceries, provisions, and crockery- born in 1838 in Ohio; moved with his parents to Illinois; thence to Iowa, and came to Fountain, Brookings county, in the fall of 1878; came to Brookings and opened the first stock of goods in the place in November, 1879. Married to Delia L. Bartholomew, of Ohio, and has one son and two daughters.
B. F. Roddle, firm of Mudget & Roddle, meat market -- born in 1855 in Wisconsin; thenee to Minnesota; was city marshal of Wauseca, Minn., and held other offices in that county; came to Brookings in the spring of 1880. Married to Olive A. Stevens, of Wisconsin, and has one son and one daughter.
W. H. Roddle, hardware-born in 1850 in Wisconsin; thence in 1860 to Minnesota; came to Dakota in March, 1879, and to Brookings Oet. 13th, of the same year. Married to Fannie R. Stevens, of Wisconsin, and has one daughter.
Geo. G. Rude, propr. Christiana House-born in Norway in 1856; came to the U. S. in 1870, and settled in Winneshiek Co., Iowa; thence in 1878 to Lyle, Minn .; came to Brookings Co. in September, 1878, and to Brookings in May, 1880. Married to Jenny O. Rebne.
T. G. Risum, sheriff of Brookings county-born in Roek county, Wis., in 1848; came to Brookings county in 1878; was appointed sheriff in the summer of 1880, and elected to that office in the fall of the same year. Married to Carrie Halverson, of Fillmore county, Minn., and has one daughter.
Hon. J. O'B. Seobey, firm of Matthews & Scobey, attor- neys-born in Seohirie county, N. Y., in 1854; thenee to New Jersey; thenee to Iowa; came to Brookings county, March 30, 1879, and to Brookings in the fall of that year. Married to Myr- tie Walker. of Minnesota. Mr. Scobey is the present member of the Territorial Couneil from this district.
W. H. Skinner -clerk of courts, real estate and loan agency ; born in Nova Scotia in 1851; moved to Nashua, Iowa, in 1869; came to Brookings county in 1873, and to Brookings in November, 1879; married to E. A. Laird, of Iowa, and has three sons and one daughter.
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G. L. Smith-druggist; born in 1856, in Dodge county, Wis .; moved with his parents to Wanseca county, Minn. Came to Me- dary. Brookings county, in May, 1877; thence to Brookings in November, 1879, where he immediately engaged in business as above; married to Gertrude Cook, and has one daughter.
J. O. Walker proprietor Brookings house; born in Trumbull county, Ohio, in 1835; moved to Wisconsin, and thence in 1863 to Minnesota. Came to Brookings county in 1877, and to the town of Brookings in July, 1880; married to Elizabeth Taylor. of Massachusetts, and has one son and four daughters.
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Rev. J. S. Bascom-pastor Congregational church, Vermillion, D. T. Was born in Chicago in 1845; was educated at Beloit col- lege, Wisconsin; graduated in 1866; and also a graduate of Chi- cago theological seminary in 1870. His first locations were at Odell and Peru, Illinois. From there to Vermillion, Dakota, in 1880. Married Lora E. Whitney, a native of Massachusetts; have two children -- Mabel P. and Harry W.
L. H. Barron -- Vermillion, D. T. Born in Mount Morris New York, in 1844; he came to Dakota Territory in 1876: married Miss Yeomans in 186S.
J. W. Belcher-was born in Tompkins county, New York, in 1846; came west in 1879 and settled in Turner county, Dakota, where Parker is now located.
C. C. Bridgman-was born in Hardwick, Vermont, in 1846; came west in 1874 and located in Vermillion, Dakota; served in the army in the 1st Vermont artillery, in the army of the Poto- mac, under Colonel Warner. Has been county superintendent of Clay county. Dakota, three terms (six years). Was also superin- tendent in Vermont two years, and followed teaching six years. Has been deputy postmaster the past seven years. Married M. E. Hayward, of New Lisbon, Wisconsin.
F. N. Burdick-was born in Windham county, Vermont, in 1834. Graduated in medicine at the University of Vermont, in 1859: came west to Sycamore, Illinois, in 1862; then went into the army and served nine months as assistant surgeon of the SSth Illinois. After that he moved to Elgin, Illinois, where he prac- ticed medicine three years. From there he moved back to the east and practiced medicine in the city of Pittsfield until the latter part of 1869, when he embarked in the newspaper business in Lancas- ter, Pa. Then went to Philadelphia where he ran a greenback pa- per called The Labor Tribune. until the campaign in the fall of 1872. In 1873 he moved to Vermillion. D. T., and is now editor of the Vermillion Republican, and also practices medicine. Since he has been in Vermillion he has been United States examining
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surgeon; was chairman of the Vermillion delegation to the Terri- torial convention.
A. I. Charrlin-born in Sweden in 1840; came to America in 1870, and settled in Iowa, then moved to Missouri; from there back to Iowa, and from Iowa to Dakota. Served in the military in Sweden, five years. Married Annie Martha Anderson, of Norway ; have four children-Ole, Johnnie, Albert and Julius.
Winthrop Chandler-born in Courtlandt county, New York, in 1810. He came to Wisconsin in 1841; in 1856 he removed to Iowa; thence in 1877 to Dakota; he married Margaret Grant in 1857. Mr Chandler was engaged in the practice of law at Dubuque, Iowa, for some time.
H. A. Copeland-judge of probate; born in Greenseth, Ind., in 1827; came to Dakota in 1871; has been judge of probate since 1877; married Elizabeth Head in 1849; they have six children.
C. C. Eves-was born in Morgan county, Ohio, in 1839; came west in 1851, and located in Muscatine county, Iowa. Served in the army four years and two months. under Col. Hatch, in the 2d lowa cavalry, in the army of the Mississippi; served under Gens. Grant, Sherman and others. Married Rebecca Lyon, of Indiana; have three boys-Lincoln L., Henry H. and Clyde C.
J. W. Grange-was born in Iowa in 1847, June 20th; came to Dakota in 1872; married Frances Oakley, a native of Wisconsin ; have one child, named Harry.
H. E. Hansen-register of deeds; born in Norway in 1841; came to America in 1861. His first location was in Chicago, but he soon after removed to Columbia county, Wis. In 1862 he en- listed in the 23d Wisconsin volunteer infantry and served until close of war. Came to Dakota in 1872, and settled in Vermillion; was elected to his present position in 1876; married Lena Aiston, a native of Norway; they have two sons and two daughters.
N. Hansen-was born in Luxemburg in 1848; came to America in 1862 and settled in Dubuque. Came to Dakota in 1872; he has served as town treasurer three years, and was city alderman three years. He married Amelia Zink, of Wurtemberg; they have two children-Charles T. and Albert.
Jonathan S. Hart -- was born in Canada West in 1843; came to the United States in 1855; settled in Columbia connty, Wis ; from Wisconsin he came to Dakota in 1874; married Marietta Woodworth, a native of Minnesota; have three children -- Carrie O., Manda M., Charles A.
Frank E. Hayward -- was born in New York in 1853; came west with his parents in 1858, and settled in Wisconsin. From Wisconsin he came to Vermillion, Dakota; married R. C. Bradford, of Elgin, Illinois; have lost by death, one child.
Alfred Helgeson-was born in Sweden in 1850; came to Amer-
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iea with his parents in 1852, and settled in Wisconsin. Went to Philadelphia, where he received his education and studied the drug business. From there went to New York, where he lived five years; then moved to Dakota, arriving there in 1877.
Conrad Hunn-was born in Milwaukee, Wis., in 1856; came to Dakota in. 1876. Went into business August 30, 1881. He formerly ran a meat market in Springfield, D. T. Married Nora Robson, of Dakota; have one child, named Bell, aged six months.
Sivert Johnson - born in Norway in 1852; came to America in 1873, and settled in Vermillion, Dakota. Married Caroline Skonhovd, a native of Norway; have one son, named Justin E.
Hon. John L. Jolley-born in Montreal, Canada, in 1840; in 1857 he came to Columbia county, Wisconsin; in 1862 he enlisted in the 23d Wisconsin volunteer infantry, and served until 1865; he theu came to Vermillion and was engaged in the land office until 1873. Although not an office-seeker, Mr. Jolley has been a mem- ber of the legislature, two sessions in the house and two sessions in council. He married Harriet J. Grange, a native of Iowa. They have one son and two daughters.
A. H. Lathrop-was born in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1842; then moved to Sioux City, Iowa, and from there to Dakota, where he arrived in 1868. Served in the army thirteen months in the 43d Wisconsin volunteers, under Byron E. Paine; was sergeant during the time; has been register of deeds in Vermillion. Married Mary E. Winslow, of Wisconsin. Have four children-Clara. Hattie, Mary, Dora.
Ed. Lackous -- was born in Norway in 1846; came to America in 1861; settled in Storey county, Iowa. Business transacted at the rate of $600 per month. Has served in the official capacity of city marshal and road overseer. Married Julia Lewis, of Norway; have five children-Minnie, Stewart, Lena, Ed., infant.
A. E. Lee-was born in Norway in 1847. Came to America in 1850, and settled in Madison, Wisconsin. Came to Dakota in 1869, and settled in Vermillion. Married Annie Chappell, a na- tive of Wisconsin; have one child, named Jessie.
John Ledene-was born in Sweden in 1846; came to America in 1868, and settled in Vermillion. Married Hannah Nelson, a native of Sweden; have one child, named Carrie S.
C. F. Lotze-was born in Ohio in 1851; came west in 1875, and settled in Michigan; thence to Vermillion, D. T., in 1879, where he embarked in the jewelry business. Was in Vermillion at the time of the ice gorge, and suffered great losses by the same.
Martin J. Lewis -- banker; was born in Orleans county, New York, in 1843. He came to Columbia county, Wis .. in 1845, with his parents; in 1869 he removed to Vermillion and in company with Mr. Thompson engaged in merchandising, which business he
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continued until 1875, when he engaged in the banking business with Messrs. Inman and Thompson, establishing the bank of Ver- million.
A. B. Lowrie -- was born in Scotland in 1845; came to Amer- ica with parents in 1846, and settled in New York; then moved to Pennsylvania; thence to Wisconsin, Fondulac county; and from Wisconsin to Dakota in 1872, and settled at Riverside; came to Vermillion in 1880. Served four and one-half years in the army, under Col. C. C. Washburn. Married Della G. Wilbur; have three children-Susie G., Bell, Frank R., (Sophia, age 8 years, died February, 1881.) Mr. L. is also one of the proprietors of the City Flouring Mill.
H. J. H. Lunde-born in Norway in 1847; came to America in 1869; settled in Whitewater, Wis .: came to Dakota, August 8, 1877. Married Frina H. Thoresen.
James H. Lynch-was born in Galena, Ill., in 1853; in 1868 he moved to Dakota; in 1876 he went to the Black Hills, where he has been engaged in mining and dealing in mining stocks until the present time, 1881. He married Mary J. Lackey, of Canada, Province of Ontario. He has served three years as deputy sheriff in the Black Hills, and also three years as deputy assessor in that place.
George. H. McDonald -- sheriff of Clay county, D. T .; was born in Scotland, eight miles from the city of Glascow, in Len- noxshire. August 17th, 1846; came to America and settled in Buffalo. N. Y .: from Buffalo he moved to Canada: thence to Iowa; thence to Dakota, and settled in Vermillion. Have been appointed for a time U. S. Deputy Marshal for district of Dakota; has been city marshal here for three years; deputy sheriff three years and sheriff three terms. He married Sarah Burk, of Milwaukee, Wis. She is a daughter of Bernard Burk of Wis- consin.
J. E. Norelins-was born in Sweden in 1857; came to Amer- ica in 1869, and settled permanently in Dakota.
A. S. Oakley-was born in Cayuga county, New York, in 1825; came west in 1853; came to Vermillion, D. T., in 1869; married Sarah A. Bellman ; have two children-Frances O. and Charles F.
William A. Paul-was born in New York in 1833; came west to Wisconsin, 1845: in 1878 moved to Dakota; served in the army three years and two months under General Pope's division; was a non-commissioned officer; married Ruth Hopkins, of Wisconsin; have three children-Alice M., Eva M., Henry Arthur.
William Pendergast-station agent, Vermillion: was born in Polo, Ogle county, Illinois, in 1860; came west with parents and settled at Rockwell. Iowa. Came to Dakota in February, 1880;
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first stopped at Canton and Sioux Falls, and in September, 1881, came to Vermillion.
Andrew Pickett-was born in Canada, in the Province of Ontario, 1834; came to Dakota in 1869, and settled in Clay county; married Ellen Knowles, of Maine; have three children-Annie M., Eleanor J., John F.
George G. Porter-was born in Maine, Nov. 30, 1842; came west in 1867 and settled in Dakota in 1868; served in the army 21 months, in the 8th Maine infantry, was in the commissary depart- ment most of the time. Has been county commissioner three years, also a member of the city council. Married Julia Russell, a native of Vermillion, D. T .; have two children-Orville G. and an infant.
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