Part 6 (2/2)

WILLIAM STANCHFIELD--Mr Stanchfield was a native of Maine, born in the year 1820, was or, Maine, in 1840, and ca a hotel on Main street, which was burned while he was in charge Mr Stanchfield died in 1850, leaving a ho subsequently hter, who becae Davis

THOMAS RAMSDELL--Mr Raland, Dec 28, 1820 He land and came to this country with his wife in 1843 He settled in Stillwater in 1844, and removed to his far apples and smaller fruits His wife died in 1851 His second as Jane Willey Mr

Raood citizen, reliable and trustworthy

CHARLES MACY--An orphan at thirteen years of age, Mr Macy's early life was full of changes, adventures and vicissitudes He was born in Canada East in 1821 He lived a so life until 1845, when he ca, and shortly after to Stillwater, where, in 1846, he made a claim which became his permanent home He was married in 1854

JONATHAN E MCKUSICK--There was no enial, pleasant, off-hand atherings

His remarks, full of wit and sentiment, would keep his audience in a pleasant fras his fund of anecdotes, historical incidents and re and entertaining Mr McKusick was born in Cornish, Maine, in 1812; wasin 1836, and came up the Mississippi on the ice, in December, 1845, to Stillwater, which he21, 1876 He took an active interest in the welfare of the city and heldthe war of the Rebellion, and in 1863 was appointed quartermaster with the rank of captain, which position he held until mustered out at the close of the war

JOHN MCKUSICK--Prost the pioneers of the St Croix valley, and deserving of special mention for his enterprise and public spirit, is the subject of this sketch He was born in Cornish, Maine, in 1815; received a common school education; came to Illinois in 1839, and to St Croix Falls in 1840, where he engaged in the lu theh to enable him to become part owner and builder of the first mill in Stillwater He has held many positions of trust He served as state senator in 1863-64-65 and 66

He was active in aiding to secure the land grant to build railroads into Stillwater, in the welfare of which city he has ever est proprietors, and ed a sound syste system

Mr McKusick was married to Phebe Greely in 1847, who soon afterward died He married his second wife, Servia Greely, in Nove, Newton, Chester and Ella Mrs McKusick died Feb 18, 1887

[Illustration: John McKusick]

WILLIAM MCKUSICK, a younger brother of Jonathan E and John McKusick, ca He was a member of the fifth territorial house, and a senator in the second, sixteenth and seventeenth state legislatures In 1870, with the fire saw mill at Houlton, opposite Stillwater In 1882 heStone Lake

NOAH MCKUSICK, another brother, ca soon, and died there in 1886

ROYAL MCKUSICK ca a large and respectable family

IVORY E MCKUSICK--Ivory E, brother of John and J E McKusick, was born in Maine, July 2, 1827 In 1847 he came to Stillwater, hich city he has since been per in the old ed in luuard, and served two years In 1864 he was in the service of the government, and helped build Fort Wadsworth, Dakota He served as surveyor general several years, and later has engaged in the forwarding and commission business He was married to Sophia A

Jewell, Feb 9, 1854 He is a man of probity and merit

CHARLES E LEONARD--The subject of this sketch was born Feb 25, 1810, at Worthington, Massachusetts His father died when he was four years old In his early life he experienced so to poor health was obliged to give up these employments He started West in 1846, remained awhile in Hancock county, Illinois, and in 1847 caed in mercantile pursuits He removed to St Anthony in 1850, to St Paul in 1855, to Point Douglas in 1866, to Sioux City in 1880, and to Princeton, Mille Lacs county, in 1881 Mr Leonard has held several official positions In 1852 he was appointed territorial treasurer, and in 1857, serving four years; was aof the constitutional convention He did so the Indian outbreak in 1862 He was married to Catherine Yendes, of Rodman, New York, January, 1835

DANIEL MCLEAN--Mr McLean was born in the north of Ireland in 1800 and came to America in his youth with his brothers He lived successively in Philadelphia, Indianapolis and St Louis, whence he embarked for St Croix Falls in 1839, in the e Coh industry and economy he accumulated a handsome fortune, which, at his death, he left to his heirs in Stillwater He was an upright christian man He died in Stillwater in 1873

ROBERT SIMPSON--Mr Siland, in 1815 He married Mary Ann Shelley in 1840 and ca two years in New York and other places, he ca until 1850, when he caed to the fir, and engaged in other branches of business He was a islature He is a quiet, unobtrusive gentlereatly esteemed by those who know him Mrs Simpson and an only child died in Stillwater in 1856

WILLIAM H HOOPER--This gentleman attained considerable notoriety in later life as an influential Morress from Utah from 1859 to 1868 He was a man of unquestioned ability and an eloquent speaker His plea for ”religious liberty,” ainst the Cullom bill, is said to have been one of the ress Mr Hooper was born in Warwick Manor, Maryland, Dec 25, 1813 In 1835 he ed in mercantile business In the panic of 1838 Mr Hooper and his partner failed to the a, the debt was entirely paid In 1843 Mr Hooper engaged in stea as clerk on the steamer Otter, on the Upper Mississippi and its tributaries, and ell known at Stillwater His boat in 1843 landed the mill irons for McKusick & Co's mill In 1844 he built the stea known as the Alex

Hamilton, of which he was part owner This was burned at St Louis in 1849, which left hirated to Salt Lake and there in his business enterprises greatly prospered Although he espoused Moramy He died in Salt Lake City

JAMES H SPENCER--James H Spencer came to Stillwater in 1845, a boy of sixteen His educational privileges had been limited, but he was ambitious and studious, and by his own unaided exertions acquired a practical business education He followed luent for fifteen years He was born in Boone county, Missouri, in 1829, and was married to Rose M Winters, in Stillwater, in 1869

JOHN T BLACKBURN--The brothers Blackburn were born in Cincinnati, Ohio, John, the elder, in 1823 He caed in lu His home has been at Stillwater, Marine, Taylor's Falls, and Shell Lake, where he now resides

JOSEPH T BLACKBURN--Joseph, the younger brother, was born in 1834, and in 1847 ca He has made his hoatic river, in Douglas county, Wisconsin, ten miles from Gordon Mr Blackburn enjoys wilderness life, is eccentric in manner, and attends strictly to his own business

HORACE K MCKINSTRY--We have no data of Mr McKinstry's early life

He came to Stillwater in 1846 His fahters, and son, John, who afterward hter of Anson Northrup Mr McKinstry was a justice of the peace in 1847 and 1848, and was engaged inyears

He removed to Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, a year or two after and died there March 12, 1884

SETH M SAWYER--Mr Saas born in Skowhegan, Maine, in 1822 He ca, and afterward engaged in building a saw mill in the firm name of Sawyer & Heaton In 1850 he was married to Eliza McKinstry Mr Sawyer left Minnesota in 1866 for an extended sojourn in the Southern States, and engaged in business there, but nothing is known positively of his present whereabouts

HENRY SAWYER--Henry, the younger brother of Seth, caed in mercantile pursuits for two years in partnershi+p with Horace McKinstry In 1856 he built the first stone block in Stillwater, on lot 2, block 27 In 1857 he built the Sawyer House, a four story hotel Mr Sawyer married Lucy Noyes He died in Stillwater, Dec 27, 1865, and his re cemetery, at Taylor's Falls

ALVAH D HEATON--Mr Heaton was the partner of Seth Sawyer in building the second saw mill in Stillwater He came to St Croix in 1847 and worked at the Osceolawith O H Blair and afterith Wm Kent He was a brother-in-law to Hon Cyrus Aldrich, representative in Congress from Minnesota In after years he removed to Idaho