Part 6 (1/2)

ALBERT HARRIS--Mr Harris was a native of Maine He was born in 1815 and married to Miss Greenleaf in 1841, who died in 1853 He ca one daughter, wife of the late Levi Thompson, attorney at law in Stillwater, and one son in California Mr Harris was a house carpenter and hbors

CORNELIUS LYMAN--Mr Lyeneration of the Lyland in 1631 He was born in Brookfield, Ver 11, 1792 He was married in Brookfield to Betsey Cushman and came to Illinois at an early date, whence he re house until 1844, when he re house until 1848 He then removed to his farm three miles above Stillwater, where, by industry and economy, aided by his faithful wife, he was able to build a coood old age they were removed by death, which clai January, 1864, and the wife in April They were members of the Presbyterian church from early life, and respected as citizens, honored as Christians Mrs Lyman was one of the excellent of the earth Mr Lyman had an inexhaustible fund of hu Many of his jokes were of the rarest description They left two sons, Cornelius Storrs and David Pride

DAVID B LOOMIS--Few men have been more active in business and public life than David B Looton, Connecticut, April 17, 1817 In 1830 he cae of fifteen, he engaged as clerk in a store and served in that capacity five years Mr Loo in Alton in which Lovejoy was shot and killed for the expression of sentiments which the nation has since been compelled to adopt In 1843 he ca In 1846 he was one of the four original owners of the Arcola mill, but in 1849 sold his interest to Mr Mower, and for four succeeding years was in charge of the St Croix boos and lumber In 1851 he was a member of the Minnesota territorial council, and was re-elected in 1853, serving in all four years, during one of which he was president of the council In 1853 he was one of a company that built a mill in South Stillwater He sold out in 1859 In 1861 he entered the army as lieutenant, Company F, Second Minnesota Volunteers, and was promoted to a captaincy He served three and a half years Stillwater has been his hoton county in the legislature

WILLIAM E COVE--The year of Mr Cove's birth is not known He cae to Nancy Edwards, elsewhere noted, was the second e He was by trade a house carpenter He reht first families, that of John Smith was one

Of this particular ”John Smith” little is known, except that he was sober and industrious, and, in 1848, moved to parts unknown

JOHN MORGAN--We have no account of the early days of Mr Morgan, except that he was a native of Pennsylvania He was living in Stillwater in 1845, in the employ of Churchill & Nelson In 1848 he was elected sheriff of St Croix county, Wisconsin In the same year he was married to Hannah Harnish He settled on a farm and kept a ”half way house” on the road frohby & Poere placed on this route In 1848 he obtained a charter froislature for a ferry across Lake St Croix at Stillwater This ferry changed ownershi+p repeatedly and was discontinued when the bridge was built

ANSON NORTHRUP--This gentleman, whose name was borne by the first steamboat ever launched on the Red River of the North, and who brought the first drove of cattle through from Illinois to St Croix Falls, deserves a conspicuous place in the annals of the Northwest He was born in Conewango, Cataraugus county, New York, Jan 4, 1817 His education was limited, but he was a y He lived in Ohio some years, and came West in 1838 In 1839 he drove the first herd of cattle through a wilderness country from the Wisconsin river to the St Croix In 1841 he removed his family from Ohio to St Croix Falls He ca on the steamer Indian Queen for the Falls

The stea the trip Above Prairie du Chien crew and passengers were obliged to cut wood to run the boat Mr

Northrup had hter of ards, one of the pioneers of Stillwater Charles H, their eldest son, was the first white child born at St Croix Falls In the spring of 1844 he moved to Stillwater, where he built and kept the first hotel in that place Fro with Mahony and Kent In 1849 he removed to St Paul, and built the American Hotel on Third street, east from Seven Corners In 1851 he removed to St Anthony Falls and built there the St Charles Hotel

In 1853 he removed to Minneapolis, and built the Bushnell House, the first brick building in the city Subsequently he becah Mr Northrup's genius tended chiefly in the direction of hotel building, his abilites in other directions were beyond question With equal facility he turned his hand to lureat steamboat enterprise was the attempted transfer of the steamer North Star by water from the Mississippi to the Red River of the North The boat was one hundred feet long by twenty wide, and of light draught

Starting fro of 1859 he perfor the Mississippi as far as Pokegae of water to float the boat over the height of land into some of the tributaries of the Red river The water was not sufficiently high The winter following he took the boat to pieces, and removed it by land to Red river, opposite the mouth of the Cheyenne, where it was reconstructed and launched, taken to Fort Garry and afterward sold to Mr Burbank This boat, its naed to Anson Northrup, was the first steamboat on the waters of Red river

Mr Northrup's political career coislature, 1857-58, he representing the counties of Morrison, Crow Wing and Mille Lacs in the senate

During the Rebellion he served as wagon master He lived in Texas three years, returned to St Paul, where he lived in 1874-75-76, and now lives in Bismarck, Dakota

ROBERT KENNEDY--Mr Kennedy, in 1839, located at Hol, now Fountain City, on the banks of the Mississippi, above Winona In 1844 he removed to Dakotah, where he kept a hotel in the old tamarack court house, built by Joseph R Brown In 1846 he kept a hotel in the Northrup House, Stillwater; in 1848 he kept the American Hotel, Shakopee Subsequently he returned to St Paul and kept a boarding house, and for three years the hotel known as ”Moffett's Castle”

Afterward he kept the Snelling House, and last the Bernard House

From 1853 to 1856 he was collector of custo that time the fees amounted to the enormous sum of forty six dollars and forty-two cents Mr Kennedy spent about thirty years as a landlord, in which capacity he was very popular

HARVEY WILSON--Mr Wilson was born in Corinth, Saratoga county, New York, December, 1815 He resided in his native county twenty-five years, then reed in surveying He came to St Croix Falls in 1843 and to Stillwater in 1847 He acted as J R Brown's deputy clerk of court, June term, 1847 He was appointed clerk of the first Minnesota territorial ter 13, 1849, in which office he continued until his death, Nov 3, 1876 Mr Wilson was married in 1851 toMary Stanchfield

ANDREW JACKSON SHORT--Mr Short was born in St Clair county, Illinois, in 1818 He came thence to the St Croix valley and located at Marine in 1843, and coathered logs as agent in Lake St Croix, rafted and run them below, but lost heavily and was in fact financially wrecked

He afterward engaged in the logging and hardware business in Stillwater In 1868 he built the falas, at a cost of 35,000 Mr Short made Stillwater his hos Much credit is due him for what he has accomplished When he came to the St Croix valley he could neither read nor write, but by energy, industry and native force of character, notwithstanding a few reverses, he has done far more than many other enial and social

JAMES D MCCOMB--Mr McCoton county, Pennsylvania, Feb 13, 1827, caed in mercantile business with John H Brewster three years, when he entered the fir the third member They did an extensive business for years They built the large stone store on the corner of Main and Myrtle streets Mr

McCoeneral's office, which position he held ten years He was surveyor general of logs and lue of the varioushim for the position He served as deputy sheriff in 1846 under James Fisher, of Prairie du Chien, and in 1847 under W H C

Folsorees in Odd Fellowshi+p He was married to Eliza T McKusick in Stillwater, March 4, 1851 Mrs McComb died in Stillwater Sept 17, 1885

WILLIAM RUTHERFORD--Mr Rutherford was born in 1823, in Stanton county, New York, and came to Stillwater in 1844 He married Christina J Holcombe, at Jackson, Mississippi, in 1849 In 1848 he removed to his farm near Stillwater, where he has since lived He has been quite successful as a farmer Mr Rutherford died March 15, 1888 His name will be remembered with honor

ALBION MASTERSON--Mr Masterman has also prospered as a farmer He was born in Franklin county, Maine, in 1823; received a common school education; was married to Eliza Middleton in 1848; came to Stillwater in 1844, and in 1850 re

8, 1886 Mr Masterman's life has been an industrious and exemplary one

JOSEPH N MASTERMAN--Mr Mastered in lu continuously He was born in Franklin county, Maine, in 1814, and spent his youth at hoe of sixteen years he moved to Schoodic, lived there fourteen years, when he married Alice M

Prescott, and four years later caton and Joseph P, reside in Stillwater Wellington is auditor of Washi+ngton county

MAHLON BLACK--Mr Black is of Scotch descent His grandfather was a naval officer during the war of the Revolution, and a soldier in the war of 1812 Mahlon Black was born in Hamilton county, Ohio, Oct 4, 1820 He spent his youth on his father's farm, and received a coe he began the study of e, but did not complete the course In 1842 he ca until 1846 In 1847 he was connected with government surveys, and the same year located in Stillwater He was a representative in the first, third, and last territorial legislature, also a member of the extra session in 1857 He was mayor of Stillwater in 1860-61 In 1862 he enlisted in a coned to the Army of the Potomac He was promoted to be captain, and provost marshal in the second division of the Second Army Corps, and one of Gen Gibbon's staff officers He was in fifty-four battles and skired on each side He ounded four tie at the battle of Petersburgh He served until the close of the war, and received a special and honorable discharge from his commander, Gen Smyth, on the face of which are recorded the names of the battles in which he participated In 1867 he removed from Stillwater to Minneapolis, where he has held the positions of land examiner and auditor of Hennepin county He has the distinction of being the first Odd Fellow initiated in Minnesota

Sept 21, 1850, he was h, of Pennsylvania

MORTON S WILKINSON--The record of Mr Wilkinson, though brief, is brilliant He was born in Skaneateles, Onondaga county, New York, June 22, 1819; received an academic education in his native town; read laas admitted to the bar at Syracuse, New York, in 1842; coan, and in 1847 ca lawyer northwest of Prairie du Chien, was the prosecuting attorney at Judge Dunn's court in Stillwater, June, 1847, and was a islature in 1849 He removed to St Paul in 1850, to Mankato in 1857, and in 1859 was elected United States senator In 1860 he was one of the commissioners to compile the state statutes In 1868 he was elected representative to Congress and at the close of the term was re-elected From 1874 to 1877, inclusive, he served as state senator from Blue Earth county Mr Wilkinson is an eloquent and forcible speaker, and a ical reasoner, and withal fluent He has been twice hter of Rev Lean HeWest They reside in Wells, Minnesota