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Brown, elsewhere referred to Mr Brown came here in 1848, and made substantial improvements He died in 1886 His fahton also settled here in 1884 Mr

Houghton was killed at the New Ulm massacre in 1862

JOHN QUINCY ADAMS NICKERSON was born in New Salem, Franklin county, Maine, March 30, 1825 He received an acade in Maine In 1849 he came to St Anthony Falls, and in 1853 settled at Elk River, which then contained but one house, a hewed log structure, which he, in company with B F

Hildreth, purchased for a hotel The house has been enlarged froe of Mr Nickerson

He has besides e, and has dealt in village lots He was appointed postmaster at an early day He has filled various responsible offices, a them that of county treasurer and town and county supervisor He was married to Julia A Farnham, of St Anthony Falls, Oct 2, 1852 They have five children

HENRY BITTNER was born in Bavaria in 1799; came to America in his boyhood; enlisted in the United States Army in 1835; served in the Mexican War; was present at the battle of Buena Vista, and when the A feat, carrying a dispatch froh the Mexican lines to an Aet for the bullets of the Mexican Army, but arrived at his destination severely wounded He was discharged on account of his wounds In 1855 he came to Clear Lake andthe late Civil War, but was not received on account of age and disability He died at his home at Clear Lake in 1885

FRANCIS DE LILLE, of French descent, was born in Canada in 1782 He came with his family to St Anthony in 1848, and in 1852 to Elk River, where he occupied the first house built in the lower town He settled on a farm, where he lived the remainder of his life He died April 18, 1874, under peculiar circumstances He was a devout Catholic, and died suddenly in the church while kneeling during a part of the service

Hisand youngest son reside at the old homestead

MRS DE LILLE, formerly Catharine Queenan, of Ireland, is one of the oldest settlers of Sherburne county She has eight children living, Mary F, nes; Elisabeth, married to Peter Trump of Taylor's Falls; Harriet, wife of Joseph Holt, of Taylor's Falls; Joseph F, Rosanna and Sarah, all married

HOWARD M ATKINS was born in New Sharon, Franklin county, Maine, May 11, 1838 His father was stricken down by lightning, leaving hi care of the family Hoas near his father and was struck senseless by the sa, he set himself earnestly and seriously to the duties of life, performed his allotted tasks about the household, and succeeded in obtaining a good high school education He came to Princeton, Mille Lacs county, in 1856, studied law and was admitted to practice in Mille Lacs county in 1863

Subsequently he practiced law five years in St Cloud He came to Elk River in 1876 He has held official positions in Mille Lacs, Stearns and Sherburne counties Mr Atkins has acquired an honorable position through his own exertions and richly deserves the respect of his fellow citizens He was inia Sinclair, of Illinois They have two sons and four daughters

B F HILDRETH was born in Milford, Maine, March, 1822 He learned the trade of a blacks did part of the creork of the first steamer launched on the Mississippi above the falls Since then he has engaged chiefly in lu In 1850 he was married to M E Farnham, of St

Anthony He removed to Elk River in 1873

SAMUEL HAYDEN was born Oct 12, 1806, at Madison, Maine He came to Livonia, Sherburne county, in 1856 He has a fahters, residents of Minnesota His brother, the Hon

Wentworth Hayden, was a member of the constitutional convention of 1857

The writer of these sketches had known Mr Sa hi an ox tea man of twenty-one, and the writer was a boy of ten Sixty years later they ed h for the es so wide a chasm

JOSEPH JEROME settled in the town of Haven in 1846, and is therefore a the first of the pioneers In 1848 he sold his property to Saan

JOSHUA O CATER came from Stafford county, New Hampshi+re, and was one of the earliest settlers of the town of Haven, where he still lives

J F BEAN also came from New Hampshi+re to Sherburne county, and is now a resident of Livonia, and postmaster at Lake Fremont

J H FELCH, of Maine, an early settler of Livonia, is now living at Elk River

JAMES BRADY came to Palmer in 1855 He died about 1868

JOSHUA BRIGGS settled in Palmer in 1855, and died there in 1881

ROBERT ORROCK, for whoood old age, January, 1885

JOHN G JAMIESON died at Elk River in 1869

A B HEATH reon in 1873, where he still lives

DR B R PALMER, for whom the town of Palmer was named, was a resident of Sauk Centre and died there in 1885