St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-09
"Mhat is Death, father?"


When the strife and toll are DER;
The angel of God, who, calm and mild,
Says we need fight no more;
Who, driving away the demon band,
Bids the din of the battle cease;
Takes banner and spear from failing hand,
And proclams an eternal peace" fgF5s a
WILLIAM FREEBoRN.
Mr.. Freeborn was born in 1916; came to
St. Paul in 1S4S; at one time owned con
siderable property in the city and county;
was a member of our city council; removed
to Red Wing in 1853 where he had large in
terests; also at Cannon Falls; was mem
Der of the legislature in 1854-5-6-7; and
Freedom county was named after him. He
was known as one of the trio
of Freeborn, Daniels and Moss,
but in 1862 he emigrated to the
Rocky mountains, and finally settled in Cali
fornia. He was man of progressive and
speculative ideas, energetic, always schem-
ing, andha happy faculty of getting other
parties interestedin his enterprises. He was
a quietly spoken man, of rugged ppear-t
ance; self-possessed, and never was afraid to
venture.
DAVID LAMBERT
was native of Connecticut; lawyer; a
speaker; an editor, and man of considerable
ability. He settled in st. Paul in 184S, and
took appointment part in the Saltwater con-
vention. Domestic difficulties drove him to
drink, so that his brain became disordered,
and he put an end to his brilliant career by
jumping from the 1oof of a steamer while on
its way from Galena to st. Paul, and died at
the age of thirty years.
HENRY C. RHODES.
rThic mama IN Da,,1 1910
and remained here only a short time,
being connected with David Olmstead.
He owned some property on the corner of
Fourth and Jackson streets, where he had
store and dwelling house, but finally returned
to Indiana, and died in California.
W. C. MORRISON
was born in New York. in 1915; came to st.
Paul in 1S48, at which time he says there
were only sixteen families He mined for
lead in Galena at an early day, and built the
first brick store on jackson street that had
marble window caps and door jams He
was in trade here number of years and fl
nally accepted the position as right-of-way
agent for the Manitoba road, and though
somewhat advanced in years, he performed
his duties well and made some
money. Mr.. Morrison is thick set man,
and unostentatious in manner, and as a
business man, energetic. He lives
on part of the acre he bought of
"Father Hoyt'' for $40, on Jackson street,
where he has made it his home for over
quarter of a century. He has several sons
grown to manhood, one of whom is with
Overpeck, the livery stable dealer on Fourth
street The youngest son, Samuel, studied law
with Gov. Davis, and is now practicing in the
city. Mr.. II. is quiet, pleasant gentleman,
and very generally esteemed by those who
know him.
VIM. b. BROWN
was a lead miner at Galena, and
on moving to st. Paul, purchased
the property on the corner Of Wabashaw and
Third streets, now known as the Warner
block. In 1853 we were offered this pro-
perty for 81, 700, and upon it stood a small
building occupied by the Marshall brothers,
where they sold Sligo iron and other hard
ware. The same property would probably
you buy it!' asks real
estate dealer. Well, for several
reasons: First-We did not think the prop
erty was worth the amount asked. Second
We did not then think st. Paul would ever
grow to reach 100000 people; and Third
We hadn't the money. And so the years
have come and gone; the city has continued
to grow; real estate has constantly advanced;
and even wise men, and monied men, and
sagacious men, and business men, have
all been deceived in their estimation
of the value of real estate in the present
busting, growing, solid, tangible city of
Saint Paul, less than forty years ago a place
of nine cabins and fifty inhabitants Why
didn't the people of that pariod buy and hold
all the land then in sight Echo asks,
"why?"