Part 7 (1/2)
JOHN MCKINZIE--Mr McKinzie was born at Inverness, Scotland, in 1818, and came to America in 1841 He located in Stillwater in 1846, and followed lu until 1856, when he removed to a farm in the Lyman settlement He married Rose Carlton in 1872 and removed to Miles City, Montana, in 1879
GEORGE MCKINZIE, a younger brother of John, ca and exploring In 1885 he was adjudged insane and sent to the St Peter's hospital, from which he was soon released He afterward visited California, where he was drowned in San Francisoby He was un was born in Prussia in 1821, and married to Arnebia C Silova, at Kemper, on the banks of the Rhine, in 1844 He came to America in June, 1847, and to Stillwater in 1848 Mr
Kattenberg opened a shop and engaged in the tailoring business By industry and close application to business, he prospered and secured a pleasant ho credits, and an unfortunate venture in lu, he lost 14,000, which effectually closed his business operations With characteristic honesty, he turned over to his creditors his homestead and all he had to meet his liabilities In 1880 he re hotel at the Falls House, on Bench street In October, 1886, he purchased the Dalles House of Mrs C B Whiting
JULIUS F BRUNSWICK--Mr Brunsas born in Switzerland in 1826; came to this country in 1846, remained a year in Illinois, and ca, far in pine lands Mr Brunswick applied himself closely to business and was successful Feb 29, 1859, he aret Darms, of Stillwater He died at his ho aand seven children
HENRY MCLEAN--Mr McLean was born in Washi+ngton county, Maine, in 1828, and in 1848 came to Stillwater, which has since been his ho In 1851 he h Burns caht years of age, lived in the province of New Brunswick until 1848, when he ca and far In 1850 he removed to St Anthony, in 1855 to St Paul, and in 1856 to Stillwater
SYLVanus TRASK--Mr Trask was born in Otsego county, New York, Nov
16, 1811 He secured a liberal education, and taught school several years in the state of New York He came to Stillwater in 1848, and in 1852 was married to Euphenia Turner, of St Paul He represented the Stillwater district in the first and second territorial legislatures, 1849-51 For s
ARIEL ELDRIDGE--Mr Eldridge was born in Hartford, Ver his e, New York In 1844 he came to the Wisconsin lead mines, at Platteville, and in 1848 to Stillwater, where he worked afterward at his trade of house carpenter until 1862, when he opened a book and stationery store He has held several city and county offices In 1849 he was e died in Stillwater, Oct 12, 1886, aged eighty-four years Mrs Eldridge taught the first school in Stillwater
[Illustration: E W DURANT A PROMINENT MINNESOTIAN OF RENOWNED REPUTATION]
EDWARD WHITE DURANT--Mr Durant is of Huguenot descent During the eighteenth century his ancestors lived in Massachusetts and were active participants in the agitation against English oppression
Edward Durant, Jr, an ancestor five generations froress of 1774 and 1775, and chairman of the committee on commercial correspondence He died in 1782 Others of the family filled prominent places, and were noted for their whole-souled patriotism
Mr Durant was born at Roxbury, Massachusetts, April 8, 1829 He received a common school education, and a year in the academy He came to Cincinnati in 1838, and in 1844 we find him with his parents in Albany, Illinois In 1848 he left his parents and came to Stillwater, where he worked three seasons on the river, running logs He then became a pilot on the St Croix and Mississippi rivers and continued in this business about sixteen years He acted as salesman for Hersey, Staples & Co so and a portion of the time as a member of the firm of Durant, Wheeler & Co The annual sales of this firm amount to over half a million dollars In 1874 he was a candidate on the Deovernor and in 1876 was president of the state Democratic convention He represented his district in the fifteenth, seventeenth and twenty-fourth state legislatures He was several years grand master of the Masons of Minnesota He has served as mayor of Stillwater, and often as a member of the council Mr Durant, as his record shows him, is one of the ood executive and business abilities Mr Durant was married Dec 29, 1853, to Henrietta Pease, of Albany, Illinois
OLIVER PARSONS--Mr Parsons was born in South Paris, Maine, and is also descended from Revolutionary stock He ca and far He reed in selling goods
He was married to C Jewell, April, 1855 Mr Parsons has ever been an exemplary man
ALBERT STIMSON--A native of York county, Maine, Mr Stimson spent there his early life, and, after a few years in New Brunswick, ca in his native state and on the St Croix He served as surveyor general of the First district, Minnesota, three years He was a member of the Minnesota territorial councils of 1854 and 1855 and a member of the house in 1853 He was mayor of Stillwater one year, alderton county From 1870 to 1872 Mr Stimson was a citizen of Kanabec county, which county he helped organize, and of which he was one of the first commissioners His present residence is Anoka
ABRAHAM VAN VOORHEES--Mr Van Voorhees' ancestors were patriots during the Revolution, and lived in New York and New Jersey He was born in Washi+ngton county, Pennsylvania, Dec 2, 1793 He was reared as a fares were limited ”The Major,” as he was faes he had received in youth were very few, and that his desires and ambitions were far beyond his means to satisfy and fulfill, and he remarked with justifiable pride: ”And what I a nerves and will power; God has always sustained iance to Hi studious and industrious, he acco, and became well versed in the sciences, and an acute reasoner In 1832 he removed to Athens county, Ohio, where for five years he devoted himself to mechanical pursuits and the study of the sciences In 1837 he removed to Athens, and beca Valley Gazette_, and retained the editorshi+p six years While living in Ohio, he served as county treasurer, county surveyor, islature, and state senator In the latter position he served four years In 1849 he was appointed by President Taylor register of the United States land office at Stillwater, which place he held until 1853 In 1852 Gov Ramsey appointed him territorial auditor He was a representative in the territorial legislature of 1856 and of the state legislature of 1859-60 He was one of the co the capitol and university lands He was posthty years of age acted as surveyor of Washi+ngton county Such is a brief record of an unusually active and useful life Maj Van Voorhees was a thoroughly good citizen and christian gentle and Republican His church membershi+p was in the Presbyterian church, of which he became a member in 1832 In 1817 he was married to Mary Workman Voorhees He died at his hohty-six years, and was buried with christian and masonic honors
MICHAEL E AMES, an attorney from Boston, ca lawyers of the Territory He was urbane and dignified, both in society and at the bar He was a char conversationalist, and such a ready and fluent speaker that it was a pleasure to listen to hi be remembered He ice married, but his domestic life was by no means a happy one He died in St Paul in 1861, his life, no doubt, shortened by inteenial and witty to the last
JOSEPH BONIN is of French descent He was born in Montreal, Canada, Aug 26, 1820 He was aret Bruce in 1851 The writer first met Mr Bonin in Stillwater in 1845 He was then in the employ of John McKusick He had spent much of his life on the frontier as an e incidents and perilous adventures Mr Bonin located at Baytown at an early day
During the Rebellion he was a member of Company B, First Minnesota Heavy Artillery
MARCEL GAGNON--Mr Gagnon was born in Lower Canada, Aug 17, 1825 On arriving at manhood he came to the United States, and was an employe of the American Fur Coing in lu In 1863 he enlisted in the Minnesota Volunteer Independent Battalion, and served three years Mr Gagnon is a polite, pleasant, hard working and independent man
SEBASTIAN MARTY was born in Switzerland in 1809, came to America in 1836, to Stillwater in 1845, and located on a farm in section 32, town of Stillwater, non as the Jackman homestead In 1850 he made his home in section 30, town of Lakeland, where he resided until his death, Nov 3, 1885 His as formerly Christine Mahly honest and reliable man
JOHN MARTY was born in Switzerland in 1823 He learned the art of oods in France He ca after settled on his farm in Baytown
He was married to Anna M Henry, in St Paul, 1852
ADAM MARTY--Mr Marty was born in Switzerland in 1839 In 1846 he carandparents to America and located at St Louis In 1849 he came to Stillwater and learned the printer's trade He was employed one year by John McKusick He enlisted April 29, 1861, in Company B, First Minnesota Volunteers, was severely wounded at the battle of Gettysburg, and honorably discharged He resides in Stillwater, where he has held responsible positions, and has taken a deep interest in the Grand Army of the Republic, of which he has been post commander
MICHAEL MCHALE--Mr McHale came from Ireland in 1836; located first in Quincy, Illinois; then, 1840, in Galena; in 1842 in Potosi, Wisconsin, and in 1849 at Stillwater He was interested in a saw mill (McHale & Johnson's), and operated also as a contractor in prison work He was married to Rosanna McDermott in Wisconsin, 1847 She died in 1856
GEORGE WATSON--Mr Watson is, in common parlance, a self-made man