St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-16

however. for the deadly diphtheretic
poison had penetrated the system, rem
dering human aid as naught. Up to
within half an hour of his death Mr..
PillSbury suffered the most eXcruciat-
ing agony. Then apparently all the
pain left him, and he passed away
peacefully. with a smile playing about
the lips. lie was conscious TO the last,
and babe farewell to his Borrowing, fam
lily and relatives who stood by his bed
side. Those present at the last mo-
ments were his wife and her mother
and father, DR.. and Mrs. Good
win, his father and mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. George A. Pillsbury and
DR.. Wilcox. His brother, G. a. Pills
bury, will arrive in the city this morn
ing. He was notified of his brothers
death by telegram which reached him
on the tram at Detroit, he being ell
route for home at the time. The funer-
al will occur at the residence, corner
Tenth street south and Third avenue,
this afternoon at 2:30, and will be
strictly private, owing to the nature of
the disease to which Mr.. Pillsbury sue
cumbed. The remains will be inferred
in the family vault at Lakewood, where
public services will be held, under the
auspices of the Scottish Rite MaSonS. to
which order he belonged.
Fred PiliSbury was born in Concord,
New Hampshire. thirty-eight years ago.
He grew to be man in his old home.
ami in 1872 deserted the cooling breezes
of The Atlantic coast for the more ex-
hilirating climate of the Northwest. He
has lived i'll Minneapolis ever since, and
that histwenty years residence here were
successful, is eXemplified in the mag
nificent fortune which he left behind.
He came to Minneapolis in company
with his uncle, j. s. PiIlsbury,
who afterwards became governor
of the state. The property
of the entire PilIsbury family was phe-
nOmenal, and Fred was not a Iaggard.
His uncle kept hardware store on
NicolIet avenue, directly opposite the
city hall, and Fred was his chief clerk.
In 1873 his uncle sold his store and Fred
was taken into the milling firm of G. A.
PillSbury Il Co., being made Junior
partner. From that time until his death
Dame Fortune smiled benignly upon
him. In 1889 the English flour syndi-
cate came to Minneapolis and formed
the Pittsburgh ashburn Flour Mills
company. limited, Fred, however, re-
tanning his interest in the concern. He
was director and chairman of the eX-
ecutiVe committee of the Northwestern
Consolidated Milling company: director
of the First National bank; director of
the Minneapolis Driving club; member
of the board of managers OF the st.
Cloud refOrmatOry. and also interested
in great many other institutions. In
1890 he was president of the state agri-
cultural association, and had the felicity
of making the annual show a thing
lo1rr RI ha NIL or0A In IOiIlcI,rr,
was a member of the First Baptist
church. whose pastor, DR.. Wayland
HOyt, will conduct the funeral services
at the residence today.
Aside from his vast milling interests
Mr.. Pillsbury was the owner off large
amount of real estate in the city, includ-
Ing his residence and grounds on Tenth
street south, which are among the
handsOmeSt in the city. He also owned
a fine stock farm of 120 acres at Lake
Mlnnetonka, OH which there is a cosy
little summer cottage and some finely
bred horsefleSh. He was a connoisseur
in horSefleSh, and aside from owning a
great many valuable animals, was fore
most among local horsemen in promot-
ing the interests of the various Twin
City racing associations. He also owned
a number of grain elevators and was in
tereSteQ In OtnerS, so tnaG taking 1t all,
in connection with his bank accounts,
he left very large fortune.
In 1878 he married Alice Goodwin.
Six children were born to them, two of
which died, the four living being three
girls and boy. That Fred Pillsbury
belonged to an illnstrious family will be
be seen from the following roster:
Father, q. A. Pillsbury, ex-mayor OF
Minneapolis; brother, c. A. PlllSbury;
uncle, John s. Plllsbury, ex-governor
of Minnesota; cousin, Frank Ii. Garlic
ton, of Cross. Carleton d Cross. In
fact Fred Pillsbury belonged to one of
the greatest family of millers in the
world. He was a Staunch Republican
and a Mason of the highest degree, be-
longing to both the Scottish Rite and
Knight Templar orders. Although he
had always been very busy man. his
library Will show that he was a great
reader. The library is filled with the
choicest literary gems, and the pages of
the majority of the volumes are we'll
thumbed. He had rare taste for art
also, and the Pillsbury collection of
paintings is one of the notable ones in
the city.