Part 50 (2/2)

ALBERT LOWELL was born at Concord, Maine, July 10, 1819 He was married Feb 5, 1850, to Miss Abby Reed, at Kendall's Mills, Maine

From this union there were four children, of who, Elmore, Charles G and Ernest Mr Lowell spent his early days in far on the banks of the Kennebec river In 1854 he came to Stillwater and settled on a farm near Lily lake, a portion of which fare of the noted Sawyer House in Stillwater, which he afterward purchased

Himself, Mrs Lowell and their son Elmore have by their invariable courtesy and close attention to business made this hotel one of the most popular in the State They sold and left the hotel, December, 1887

NELSON HOLMES VAN VOORHES, eldest son of Abraham Van Voorhes, settled in Ohio and beca his district in Congress

ANDREW JACKSON VAN VOORHES, the second son, born June 30, 1824, came to Stillwater in 1855, and in 1856 founded the Stillwater _Messenger_ and conducted it until 1868, excepting two years which he spent in the arislature in 1859-60, and served as clerk of the Minnesota supreme court for one year From 1863 to 1865 he served as quartermaster in the army, with the rank of captain He died in Stillwater in 1873

HENRY CLAY VAN VOORHES, the youngest son, was born in Athens, Ohio, in 1839, and ca the war he was a hteen ed for disabilities He afterward returned to the field with his brother, Capt A J Van Voorhes, but was not on active duty At the close of the war he returned to Stillwater, which has since been his home He was hter of John E and Gracia Mower In 1887 he went to Alaska

LOUISA, eldest daughter of Abraham Van Voorhes, was married to C A

Brohter, was married to D H Cutler, of Stillwater

C A BROMLEY was born in Plattsburg, New York, Oct 31, 1829 He came to Minnesota in 1851 He erected a fine livery and sale stable on Chestnut street in 1863 Mr Bromley served in the war of the Rebellion as captain of Company B, First Minnesota, and afterward of Company I, Sixth Minnesota Volunteers He was o He was

CHARLES J BUTLER was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, March 6, 1822

He was educated at the Western University of Pennsylvania He removed to St Louis in 1839, where he re, of Madison, Wisconsin, in May, 1846 The following July he went as paymaster's clerk, under his father, Maj

John B Butler, to Mexico, in the Chihuahua expedition, coed in the wholesale grocery business until the spring of 1849, when he disposed of his stock and went to California, where he engaged in ust, 1851, he ca with them until he was appointed secretary of the St

Croix Boom Company, which position he held until 1875 In 1856 he reate to the constitutional convention He served one term as mayor of Stillwater

In 1862 he served as first lieutenant under David Bronson as captain, and with S J R McMillan as second lieutenant, in the Chengwatana expedition sent fro in the Sioux insurrection He purchased the Nelson warehouse, and, with Capt Isaac Gray as partner, engaged in the towboat business until 1878 Of late years Mr Butler has been engaged in business ventures in Western Minnesota, but he still retains his residence at Stillwater Mr Butler has always been a lover of field sports and his prowess as a sportsman is well remembered by his old friends He has four children--two sons and two daughters

LEVI E THOMPSON was born in St Lawrence county, New York, May 5, 1829; educated at Troy Wesleyan See of fourteen; was ade of twenty, and, co associated with him at various tih He was hter of Albert Harris, an early settler of Stillwater Mr Thompson died Nov 8, 1887

GEORGE DAVIS was born in Lancaster, Massachusetts, Sept 22, 1832 He received a good school and academic education He removed to St Louis in 1852, and to Stillwater in 1853, where he served some years as a mercantile clerk, then as deputy sheriff, then ten years as sheriff of Washi+ngton county He also served as clerk of the district court, and in 1876 as county auditor In 1865 he was iana Stanchfield, of Stillwater Mr Davis died in 1879 and Mrs Davis in 1882, leaving five children

WM MONROE MCCLUER was born Sept 6, 1831, in Franklinville, New York

He graduated from Temple Hill Academy, Geneseo, New York, in 1850; studied law in Mosco York; graduated at the State and National Law School at Poughkeepsie in 1854, and, reed in the practice of his profession, in which he has been eminently successful In Novee for the First district, an office created by the legislature at its special session Judge McCluer served one term in the house of representatives He was a county, New York, Sept 27, 1858 They have one son, Charles M, practicing law in Stillwater

JOHN NICHOLAS AHL was born at Strasburg on the Rhine, Oct 7, 1807

After seven years' study he was graduated as a physician at Strasburg Medical College in 1839 He erated to America and located in Galena, Illinois, in 1843, where he practiced medicine some years He was married in 1846 to Lucretia Hartman In 1850 he reton Hotel (afterward changed to Liberty House), on south Main street He practicedin Stillwater until his death, which occurred in 1878

SAMUEL M REGISTER is a native of Dover, Delaware He is of French descent, and some of his ancestors took part in the Revolutionary War

He was born in 1827, and caed actively in business, dealing in lu He was at one time a member of the city council, and a representative in the territorial legislature of 1854-5 He was married to Minerva Causlin in 1856

J A JOHNSON was born near the city of Wexio, Sweden, April 24, 1842

In 1854 he e at Marine Mills, Washi+ngton county, Minnesota late in the fall of that year He re school a large portion of the time In the fall of that year he went to school at Dubuque, Iowa After co the course of study he learned the trade of loco in the eovernia and Tennessee After the close of the war, in 1865, he returned north as far as St Louis, Missouri, where he nes A Coler, of that city He has 5 children, 3 boys and 2 girls His health having been iovernment service, he returned to Marine in 1866, where he remained till Jan 1, 1874 In the fall of 1873 he was elected to the office of sheriff of Washi+ngton county, which position he held for six years, and has been twice re-elected without opposition Retiring froo, Dakota, and engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, in which business he has re his residence in the city of Fargo he has held various offices, such as alderman, member of the board of education, etc In the fall of 1884 he was nominated for the territorial senate and received a majority of 1,133 votes in Cass county, and 835 out of a total of 1,669 in the city of Fargo In the spring of 1885 he was elected o by over 300 ns in the political history of the city In 1886 he declined a re-election While sheriff of Washi+ngton county he devoted his leisure moments to the study of law, and was adh not in active practice his knowledge of law has been of great value to hied since that time

GOLD T CURTIS was born in Morrisville, New York, Aug 16, 1821 At the age of eighteen he graduated at Hae, New York, and entered upon the study of laith Judge Morrill, Chenango county, New York He co law at Belleville, New York, in 1850

During the saail Anderson, a descendant of Gen John Stark, of Revolutionary fame, and of the Protestant branch of the royal house of the Stuarts, some of whom came from Scotland to America in 1742 Mrs Curtis is a lineal descendant of the unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots Mr Curtis removed to Stillwater in 1854 and entered upon a lucrative law practice He was elected a member of the Minnesota constitutional convention In 1857 he was also noe, but was defeated by S

J R McMillan He was much respected and held so out of the Rebellion he enlisted in Company I, Fifth Minnesota, and was promoted to the captaincy of the company, but his health failed and he died in St

Louis July 24, 1862 His reht to Stillwater and interred with2, 1862

HARLEY D CURTIS, a native of New York and a brother of Gold T