Part 50 (1/2)

DAVID BRONSON was born in Anson, Maine, in 1834 He clerked in Boston from 1850 to 1855, when he caoods, lu He was married in 1861 to Ianthe Davis

JOHN MALOY is of Irish descent He was born in Ireland, and erated to New Brunswick He caed in luhters The daughters are ; two of theon, and the others, James and Robert, in Stillwater

MRS SUSANNAH TEPass, _nee_ Burkhart, was born in Gerrated to America in 1847 and settled in Freeport, Illinois, where she was married, in 1849, to N Kimmick, and the same year came to Stillwater Mr Kimmick died in 1857 In 1860 she was married to Frank Aiple Mr Aiple died Nov 10, 1868 Dec 9, 1869, she was married to her present husband, Herman Tepass Her children are Mary, Herman and Frank Aiple

WILLIAM E THORNE came to Stillwater in 1853 He has been an attentive and successful ood citizen

EDWARD J buttS was born in Delaware county, New York, in 1832; graduated at the Albany Nor his minority, and some years after studied law (in 1861), and was admitted to practice in Brooiment and served his full time of enlistment In 1864 he was appointed clerk in the third auditor's office, Washi+ngton, which position he resigned in 1865 and came to Stillwater to practice his profession He served soe of probate in Washi+ngton county He was collector of internal revenue one year, and was eight years post his terusta Miller in 1856 Mrs butts died in 1869, leaving one son and one daughter Mr butts hters His oldest son is in the military school at West Point

A B EASTON was born at Mesopotamia, Trumbull county, Ohio, March 1, 1828 His parents were natives of Massachusetts, tracing their lineage to the Pilgrie of fourteen years he was clerk in a store, but at the wish of his parents, left the store and attended school, finishi+ng his studies by a course at the high school Soon after he again assumed the position of clerk, in which he continued two years, when, in 1855, he took charge of his father's hotel Two years subsequently he ca work as a coer_, A J Van Voorhes, proprietor During the absence of the proprietor Mr Easton was er Finally, in 1863, he and A B Stickney rented the paper, which they operated one year, then carried it on alone until 1865

During this ti the position of quartermaster, and on his return made Mr Easton foreman, where he continued until 1868 The St Paul _Dispatch_ had just been established, and he was connected with the interests of this paper until his return to Stillwater in 1869 Aug 6, 1870, he issued the first number of the Stillwater _Gazette_ His son William E was taken as a partner in 1876 Mr Easton and son have through their ability and industry made the _Gazette_ a readable, reliable and popular paper Mr Easton was married to Julia Burke, Oct 14, 1849 They have four sons and three daughters

EDWIN A FOLSOM was born in Exeter, New Hampshi+re, June 30, 1833 He spent or, Maine, where he was educated in the common schools In 1856 he came to Stillwater and for six years was book-keeper for Hersey, Staples & Co In 1862 he enlisted in Cohth Minnesota Volunteers, and was commissioned as captain He left the service at the close of the ith the rank of brevet colonel Returning to Stillwater, he served six years as county treasurer, and has since been engaged in luoods under the firm name of Bronson & Folsom He was married Oct 12, 1872, to Frances E Staples

JOHN B H MITChell--The ancestors of Mr Mitchell were Revolutionary patriots, originally Scotch covenanters, who settled in North Carolina, but who in after years freed their slaves and came to the Northern States Mr Mitchell was born Nov 26, 1820, in Monroe county, Kentucky His education was obtained chiefly in the printing office of H H Houghton, of Galena, Illinois He came to St Paul in 1852, and was e office In 1854, in company with T M Newson and others, he published the St

Paul _Daily Times_ In 1855 he located on a far the early part of the Civil War he was in Nashville, Tennessee, and reported proceedings of secession conventions to northern papers In 1863 he was elected a islature Mr Mitchell has filled other offices of trust

He was hter of David Fiske, of Baytown

JOSEPH SCHUPP was born in Baden, Gereneral business education and ca first at Buffalo, New York, and thence at Toledo, Ohio, whence he reed in themoderately, he extended his operations and nons several buildings and blocks, and conducts a heavy wholesale trade He was married in 1855 to Mary Fuller, of Toledo, Ohio They have three sons living, Joseph A, Thomas O A and Frank

CLIFFORD A BENNETT was born in Portage county, Ohio, Sept 7, 1841 He received a coe during the time that President James A Garfield presided over it April 24, 1861, he enlisted in Company D, Twenty-third Ohio Volunteers He was subsequently promoted to the staff of Gen W D

Hazen and served until mustered out at the close of the war He came to Illinois in 1865, read law and was admitted to practice in 1867; came to Stillwater in 1868, and for ten years was in the office of the surveyor general In 1878 he was elected clerk of court

SAMUEL MATHEWS was born in New Brunswick, July 7, 1832 His opportunities for schooling were limited, and he is practically self educated He came to Stillwater in October, 1856, since which ti in pine lands and in the mercantile business He is a member of the firm of Mathews & Jourdain, and has been quite successful in his business undertakings Mr

Mathews has been called upon to fill many positions of trust He has served over twenty-five years as ent of the Stillwater fire department He served four years as mayor of Stillwater, was county commissioner for twelve years, and for many years director in the First National Bank of Stillwater He was married to Elisabeth Foley in 1867 Their children are Samuel, Thomas, James, Mollie, Adie, Stella, and May

JOHN AND JAMES MATHEWS, brothers of Sa businessand lu

PETER JOURDAIN is a native of Canada He caed in lu He is a ed in dealing in logs and inthem into lumber Mr Jourdain has a family

JAMES ROONEY was born in New Richmond, Canada East, in 1829 He re thence to Stillwater in 1854 He engaged in luradually acquiring means and influence for independent work He is well situated, has a happy home and prosperous business

He was married to Elisabeth McGuire, of Stillwater, in 1863 They have five children

JAMES N CASTLE is a native of Sheffield, Sheffield county, province of Quebec He received a common school education; read law four years and was adht school part of the time at Afton until 1865, when he was elected county attorney of Washi+ngton county Mr Castle served as state senator in the eleventh, twelfth, twenty-first, twenty-second, twenty-third and twenty-fourth legislatures of Minnesota He settled in Stillwater in 1866

ABRAHAM L GALLESPIE was born at shi+loh, Randolph county, Illinois, in 1836 He came to Osceola, Polk county, Wisconsin, in 1850 In 1859 he moved to Stillwater, since which time, with the exception of a year spent in Colorado, and two years in the army as a member of Company D, Second Wisconsin Cavalry, he has followed the business of lus He has filled the position of alderman in Stillwater He was married to Adelia F Wilson, of Osceola, in 1860

JOHN C GARDINER caton county, Maine He was born Jan 5, 1822 On co to Stillwater he located on a ho for souard, which position he held until a recent date In 1845 he was married to Mary R Jack, Frederic and Albert L Mrs

Gardiner died in August, 1887

V C SEWARD was born July 10, 1845, at Laketon, Wabash county, Indiana He cae of ten, served an apprenticeshi+p at printing in the office of the Mankato _Independent_, subsequently attended the Western Reserve College, Ohio; and then became editor of the Cleveland (Ohio) _Leader_ He returned to Minnesota in 1869, and founded the Redwood Falls _Mail_ In 1872 he caer_ in company with S S Taylor He has had entire control continuously since, and has been successful in its ement He was married to Lily M

Lumbard, at Shakopee, Minnesota, in 1873

RALPH WHEELER, one of Stillwater's early citizens, co an the St Croix in 1850, and has been continuously engaged in the piloting, steainal proprietors of the opera house He was born in Chautauqua county, New York, in 1829 W H H Wheeler, brother of Ralph, has long been a prohter of Daniel Mears, of Osceola

EDWARD SCOTT BROWN, of the firm of Hersey, Bean & Broas born Feb

9, 1830, at Orono, Maine He received a good education in the common schools and at Foxcroft Acadeht, and in 1852 went to Puget Sound, Washi+ngton Territory, via Pana mills He returned to Orono in 1854, and in 1855 ca and ht business He came to Stillwater in 1873, entered the firm of Hersey, Bean & Brown, and in 1883 was appointed receiver of the Northwestern Car Works Mr Brown represented his district in the state senate of 1876

WILLIAM LOWELL was born in Concord, Maine, April 26, 1807 Mr Loas raised on a far after he enty-one years old, with the Coburns on the Kennebec river, and afterward took a vessel around Cape Horn to San Francisco, California, with a cargo ofof ready made houses He returned in 1850 by the overland route Two years later he came to Taylor's Falls, but in 1853 settled in Stillwater, where he engaged in lu as a partner of S M Sawyer He , Polk county, Wisconsin, and lived upon it three years He was interested in locating pine lands in company with the Colburns of Maine, on the St Croix waters He was a islature in 1870 He was married in Concord, Maine, in 1836, to Rhoda Heald She died in 1842, leaving two daughters In 1856 he was married to Mrs Elisabeth Rich, sister of Isaac Staples Mr Lowell died in Stillwater, July 15, 1873, leaving aand four children