Part 42 (1/2)

Croix Falls, the trip occupying two days I made a pine timber claim on an island opposite the ht companions in birch canoes, I stopped at Marine andto build a saw mill We then proceeded in our canoes to Galena, where we took passage on the Ariel for St Louis, landing there November 10th, after an absence of two months, more than half of which had been spent on the water We reported favorably, and, organizing a company of thirteen at Marine settleot ourthe winter, and embarked on the Fayette, May 4, 1839, for the point afterward known as Marine Mills, Minnesota We arrived May 13th and commenced at once to work upon the projected mill, which was completed Sept 1, 1839 I remained at the mill until March, 1841, when I relas in 1843, and moved upon it in April of that year In 1844 I built the Union House, the first frame house built in the territory now embraced in Minnesota At Gray Cloud I acted as justice of the peace I was appointed deputy sheriff by Sheriff R D

Lester of Crawford county, and held the office until Minnesota Territory was organized My first wife died in Nove three sons, Edwin A, John H and Emmet M In 1865 I was married to Electa Barnes, of St Paul In 1872 I res, July 11, 1887

WILLIAM B DIBBLE was born in the state of New York in 1815 He spent part of his early life in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama and Illinois

He came to the St Croix valley in 1839, and was one of the founders of Marine, Minnesota, frolas in 1844, and established ferries across Lake St Croix to Prescott, and across the Mississippi river to Hastings He also engaged in far He ice married, first in 1844, to Eliza McCauslin, who died in 1847, then to Mary Wright, ith nine children, survives him Mr Dibble died in 1884

GEORGE HARRIS was born in Pennsylvania in 1824 In 1827 his father re the Black Hawk War while acting as sentry At the age of eight years George co on a farm, and continued nine years He then removed to Missouri and reed in lulas, where he still resides His family consists of a wife (formerly Alice White) and seven children

HARLEY D WHITE was born in Orange county, Vered in selling goods; reoods in partnershi+p with Daniel Hopkins, and settled on a farlas in 1847 Some years later he removed to Beattie, Kansas He was married to Mrs E Tainter, of St

Croix Falls, in 1849 She died in 1850, leaving a daughter, as adopted into the fahter becaht in the public schools of St Paul for a period of eighteen years, and with her earnings purchased a home for her foster parents Mr White married a second ti in Ala in Kansas Mr White died in April, 1888

THOMAS HETHERINGTON was born in Northue of sixteen years and to Point Douglas in 1849 and settled on a far his fareat esteeht man by those who knew him

JAMES SHEARER was born at Paled in the mercantile business from 1837 to 1843, when he sold out and went to Canada He ca He held various offices of trust in the county and town

He served as county commissioner for 6 years, postmaster 2 years, chairman of town board of Denmark for 4 years, and town treasurer 12 years Mr Shearer was married to Minerva J Taylor, March 6, 1866

Their children are Marcus, Martha and Irvin

SIMON shi+NGLEDECKER was born in Germany in 1815; came to America in 1831 and located in Ohio, where he worked nine years as a farmer He removed thence to Illinois, then to St Louis, and in 1845 ca In 1848 he located on a farlas, which is still his hoht children

CALEB TRAUX was born in Mohawk valley in 1810 He became a citizen of Montreal and was there las in 1849, where he followed the business of farmer and house carpenter He was a representative in the fourth territorial legislature He died at his hohters

ABRAHAM TRUAX was born in Brooklynn, Canada West He cas in 1850 While there he was elected sheriff of Dakota county He returned to Point Douglas in 1859, where he still resides He was married to Mary Lahey in 1859

Mrs Truax died in 1867, leaving five children

GEORGE W CAMPBELL was born in Canton, New York, April 8, 1810 He received a common school and acadee W the care of the faement of the estate He was aret Harriet Robinson He caed in far He was a representative in the first state legislature, 1857-58 Mrs Caed seventy-four years

She had been a member of the Episcopal church for sixty years Six of her seven surviving children with the aged husband and father attended the funeral Mr Campbell died in 1887

FOREST LAKE

This town includes townshi+p 32, range 21 The surface was originally covered with hardwood timber, interspersed ild meadows; the western part with oak, maple, poplar and tamarack The first settlers were Louis Schiel, Wilson, Rice and Cyrus Gray Later cae was that of Francis Cartwright to Mary Long, in 1865 The first child born was Rebecca Simmons The first death was that of Frederic Veith, in 1867 In 1873 the first school district was organized A Methodist church was organized in 1876 by Rev Adaanized in 1879 A post office was established in 1868; Michael Marsh, postanized in 1874; W D Benedict, A C York and George Simmons, supervisors; Louis Schiel, clerk

FOREST LAKE VILLAGE

Was platted May, 1869, in the northwest part of the town, by Luther Mendenhall, agent of the Western Land Company, and surveyed by B W

Brunson It is beautifully located on the shore of Forest lake and is rapidly beco a popular place of resort for summer tourists and pleasure parties The lake is almost separated into three distinct parts by points or capes It is five miles from the northwest to the southeast extremity and is nearly two miles wide at the widest point

Its shores are well tiravelly slopes The indications are that the lake was once ing twenty feet The south lakes have also higher banks The lake covers territory in sections 8 to 15, inclusive, of townshi+p 32, range 21

CAPT MICHAEL MARSH is a native of Wese, Germany, and has resided at this lake nineteen years He has done much to make it attractive as a place of resort He has built a hotel with seventy-five rooms for the accommodation of summer visitors, and has placed a steamer, the Germania, upon the lake Capt Marsh was hters

GRANT

This toas organized in 1858, under the naed to Grant It coe 21 The soil is a sand and clay loaravel subsoil The surface varies froinally well timbered hite, black and burr oak White Bear lake lies partly within the townshi+p, occupying about 1,200 acres Other and s