Part 7 (2/2)

Left alone in the world and dependent entirely on his own exertions for a livelihood, he learned the carpenter's trade, learned it well, and followed it industriously through life Mr Watson was born in Lyco county, Pennsylvania, Sept 13, 1823, and came to the St

Croix valley in 1849 He lived a few years in Hudson, and then re many fine structures He was married in 1860 to Frances Lyman, of Stillwater

REV ELEAZER A GREENLEAF was educated at Bangor Theological Seminary

He came to Stillwater in 1846, and becaanized north of Prairie du Chien, excepting at Fort Snelling and soes Mr

Greenleaf was , Maine, in 1838 He becareat sufferer in the later years of his life He died in Stillwater in 1878 Mrs Greenleaf died in Minneapolis in 1881

J B COVEY--Dr J B Covey came to Stillwater in 1844 He was born in duchess county, New York, in 1784 He practiced medicine many years in Missouri He died in Stillwater in 1851

JOHN SHAESBY was born in Warwick, England, in 1811; came to America in 1836, to Stillwater in 1848; removed to St Croix county in 1850, thence to St Joseph, to Rush River and to Baldwin in 1874, where he died in 1880, leaving two children and hisin cohter was the wife of Capt Isaac Gray

JOHN S PROCTOR--Mr Proctor is of English descent, and was born in Cavendish, Windsor county, Vermont, Feb 26, 1826 He was favored with a common school education In 1846 he came to St Louis, Missouri, and served as mercantile clerk until 1849, when he ca and mercantile pursuits He was a member of the firm of Short, Proctor & Co, hardware merchants In 1860 he was appointed warden of the Minnesota state prison, which office he held until 1868 In 1860 he was also appointed secretary and treasurer of the St Croix Boom Company He performed the duties of both positions, but continued to serve the boom company twenty years His experience and reliability made him aleneral for the years 1881 to 1884, inclusive Mr

Proctor was hter of John Lockwood, of Prairie du Chien, in 1854 They have one son, Levi

BARRON PROCTOR, brother of John S Proctor, ca man, but after a few years removed to New Orleans, whence he returned to Stillwater, and in 1873 engaged in flouras one of the firm of Cahill, Townshend & Co He disposed of his interest in 1880 Mr Proctor was hter of Socrates Nelson andof John A Hanford He lives in St Paul

HENRY WESTING is a native of Hanover He erated to America in 1840 and came to Stillwater in 1848 He commenced his business career as a day laborer and by industry, perseverance and tact, rose to a position of wealth and influence He died in Stillwater, Feb 26, 1885,qualities of character

THOMAS DUNN was born in 1823, in Queens county, Ireland He e at Miramachi, on the northeast coast of New Brunswick He came thence to Maine, where he spent two years He came to the St Croix valley in 1846, located in Stillwater, where he has since lived and been engaged in lu He is the owner of a valuable land property at Yellow Lake, Burnett county, Wisconsin He has been a member of the Catholic church since infancy

CHARLES J GARDINER was born at Charlotte, Maine, in 1826, and ca and far He served as surveyor of the First Minnesota district five years He was married in 1853 to Pamela Jackman They have five children

SAMUEL STAPLES was born in Topsham, Maine, September, 1805 He came west from Brunswick, Maine, in 1854, and located in Stillwater, where he died, Dec 26, 1887 He is the elder brother of Isaac, Silas and Winslow Staples He leaves a(his second wife), two daughters, Mrs E A Folsom and Mrs G M Stickney, and two sons, Josiah and Winslow, besides a step-son, Willialy

JOSIAH STAPLES, son of Samuel, was born in Brunswick, Maine, June 20, 1826 He received a good coe of thirteen his family removed to Penobscot county, and later to the province of New Brunswick, but returned to Maine in 1840 In 1848 he caed inoperations, and, latterly, in steahlin in 1853 His children are six sons and one daughter

JOEL M DARLING was born in Madison county, New York, in 1842 He came to Galena, Illinois, in 1840, and to Stillwater in 1848, where he engaged in far the Civil War in Company F, Seventh Minnesota, and has since been pensioned for disabilities incurred in the service He is unmarried He lives in South Stillwater

EARLY RIVER PILOTS

JOE PERRO--”Big Joe” as he was fa-hearted as well, honest, e and honesty He was fearless and pro the part of the weak and oppressed We were once passing together up Broadway, St Louis, e passed a peanut stand A s the peanut vender to give him back his money, to which appeal the peanut vender was obdurate We halted Joe Perro organized a court, heard the testi change the fully withheld a dime due the boy

Joe decided in favor of the boy and ordered the vender of peanuts to pay him the ten cents He replied insolently: ”It is none of your d----d business” That was enough to kindle the azine of Joe's wrath A sudden blow of his fist, and the man was prostrate on the sidewalk and his peanuts and apples scattered The last seen of the discomfited streetwith the boys for the possession of his scattered fruits, and casting an occasional vengeful glance at the towering for slowly froe, and a native of Kaskaskia, Illinois He has been a resident of Stillwater since 1844

JAMES MCPHAIL--Mr McPhail, as his nae He was born in Inverness, Scotland, in 1824, and ca pilots on the waters of the Mississippi and St Croix He settled in Stillwater in 1848, was married to Eliza Purinton in 1849, and died in St Louis in 1857 Mrs McPhail died in Stillwater in 1885 They left no children

JOHN CORMACK--Mr Cor on the St Croix in 1845 He was married in 1860 to Miss Jackins He made his ho which time he served as pilot He died at Princeton, Mille Lacs county, in 1885

JOHN HANFORD--Mr Hanford was a St Croix river pilot in the '40s He hter of Socrates Nelson, of Stillwater He died at Stillwater Mrs Hanford subsequently married Barron Proctor

JOHN LEACH--Mr Leach ed in piloting on the St Croix; subsequently he removed to Stillwater In the later years of his life he has been blind

STEPHEN B HANKS--Mr Stephen B Hanks, formerly of Albany, Illinois, piloted the first raft fro rafts and steamboats until 1885

SAMUEL S HANKS--Sa in the '40s, and is still active

A the early pilots on the St Croix and Mississippi rivers were Antoine Lapoint, Augustus Barlow, Richard Whiting, Jae M Penny, and Daniel McLean