Part 38 (1/2)

PATTEN W DAVIS was a native of Virginia He came to Stillwater in 1848, and soon after removed to Osceola Mills, where he lived two years In 1853 he removed to Sunrise, and was associated in business for two years with John A Brown He has held the positions of postmaster, town clerk, treasurer, county commissioner, supervisor, and assessor In 1876 he inia lady, and returned to his native state

JAMES F HARVEY was born in 1820, in Penobscot county, Maine He came West in 1847 and settled at Marine Mills In 1854 he removed to Sunrise and located in the northeast quarter of section 14, townshi+p 36, range 21, at as known as Goose Creek crossing His first wife, whom he had married in Maine, died shortly after their arrival at Sunrise, leaving one daughter, Maria, wife of Leonard Clark, of Stillwater Mr Harvey was ht, the mother of Mrs Floyd S Bates, Albert S and Frank E, of Taylor's Falls, and Ella Medora Harvey, wife of J A Shores, of Minneapolis

Mr Harvey died at his home in 1864 Mrs Harvey died at Taylor's Falls in 1871

FLOYD S BATES, originally from Maine, has been since 1854 a pro first at Sunrise, and in later years at Taylor's Falls He owns an extensive farm in Cass county, Dakota Of his three brothers, E Hines resides in Taylor's Falls, and J Herrick and Charles in Dakota Territory

ISAAC H WARNER was born in New York in 1830, was married in 1852 and caoods

He has served as postmaster, justice of the peace and held other positions He has three children His eldest, a daughter, wife of Samuel McClure, a lumberman of Sunrise, died February, 1885 Mr

Warner removed to Dakota in 1883

CHARLES F LOWE was born in 1815 in Concord, New Haiate education and came to Sunrise in 1855 He interested himself in real estate but devoted about one-half of his time to travel, of which he was passionately fond Heletters descriptive of what he had seen Hein a small boat in some of the waters of Florida, the boat was struck by a squall, capsized and Mr Loas drowned Mr Loas a member of the Minnesota constitutional convention

WELLS FARR came from New York State to Sunrise prairie in 1854, where he has since lived in a comfortable home, a successful farhters His oldest daughter is the wife of Ephraihter is the wife of Frank Dawson, of Lent Mr Farr died in March, 1888

JOHN G MOLD ca, hotel keeping and mercantile business He was the proprietor of the Sunrise City ed fifty years, leaving a o sons and two daughters

GEORGE L BLOOD, during his early life, was a seafaringthis ti a daily record of his journeyings Mr Blood had learned the trade of house joiner, but co, at which he was not successful In 1864 he removed to Taylor's Falls, where he died in 1869 His life was an exemplary one, and his death that of a Christian His family returned to their old home in Connecticut His two sons reside in St Paul

JOEL G RYDER came from New York to the St Croix and settled in the town of Sunrise, near the village, about the year 1855 He was energetic and able, and was called to fill many town and county offices He was a representative in the fifteenth state legislature

In 1860 he was married to Lizzie Perkins

JOHN DEAN was born in 18--; was married to Mary Draper in 1860; came to Minnesota in 18--; served some time as river pilot, and settled on his farm near Sunrise City in 1860 Mr Dean represented his district in the house of the twenty-first and twenty-second legislatures

TAYLOR'S FALLS

The village of Taylor's Falls was platted in 1851, a survey of lots having been made at that time by Theodore S Parker, of Stillwater

Additions werepopulation de was erected on as subsequently the northwest corner of River and First streets

In 1851 and 1852 some streets were opened, but with considerable difficulty, on account of the trap rock, which to be re Bowlders that could not be re a street to the upper stea was specially difficult There were no roads to the village, and the only means of travel was by steaovernment road was opened sometime in 1856 A post office was established in March, 1851, and a weekly mail was ordered from Stillwater Prior to this time a semi-monthly mail had been carried between the points named Of the office established in 1851, N C D

Taylor was first postmaster The office was in W H C Folso as deputy postmaster The successors of Mr

Taylor have been, Porter E Walker, Edward P Wye W Sey list for thirty-five years The location of the office was changed with each successive incumbent The mail carrier in 1851 was the Hon Warren Bristol, since then four times a representative and senator froislature, and United States judge in Arizona The radations from a semi-monthly to a semi-daily mail The mail has been carried in canoes or bateaux, on foot, on horseback, on steamboat and rail car It is now carried by rail Of the Baker & Taylor rist mill, was built by N C D

Taylor, W H C Folsom and the Day brothers, in 1852 It was several years later re man Brothers built a saw mill in 1857, with a capacity of 12,000 feet per day Several parties succeeded to the ownershi+p and control of the ood service for many years, it was abandoned Clark Brothers built a lumber and stave mill in 1868 After ten years this mill was reoods as early as 1848

W H C Folsoo House was built by Thomson & Smith in 1852, on the corner of Bench and First streets In 1870 the naed landlords

The Cascade House was built in 1853, on the corner of Walnut and Bench streets, by Richard Arnold It is no longer used The Falls House was built in 1870, on Bench street near Walnut, by Erastus Guard, and converted into a hotel in 1880, with Henry Kattenberg as proprietor, by whoe of Eugene Fitzgerald

The first physician was Lucius B Se was that of Charles D Turney and Cecilia Ring, Ansel S the knot We The first death was that of a three-year-old daughter of Ansel Smith, in 1852 Rev W

T Boutwell preached the first ser Episcopal ministers, Revs Breck, Myrick and Wilcoxson, alternated in holding services, but did not organize a society Rev Julius S

Webber, Baptist, preached occasionally in 1852 and 1853; Rev W

Miner, Congregationalist, in 1856 and 1857 became the first resident anized a society, the first in the village In June, 1859, Rev A M Torbet organized a Baptist society and served as pastor four years The society built a church in 1861 at a cost of 3,000

In 1860 the Swedish Evangelical Lutherans built a church on the corner of Mulberry and Government streets, at a cost of 1,500 Rev C A