The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-06-28

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in this to find pursuit for his son.
In 1859 he had an auction and commits
sion store, when he was closing out the
store. 1t will thus be seen that he
passed through all the vicissitudes and
changes incident to an active man in
the early days of frontier life.
Mr.. President, when [ view the life
of James Shoemaker, running it's
checkered thread through all our his
tory, there seems to rise before me the
shadowy forms of scores of those
brave and early settlers, who lived
their stormy lives, amid the stirring
and romantic years, covering the birth
of our city. Brave and strong men
were they, who battled with Indians
and numberless privations, to lay the
foundations of Mankato. On this occa-
sion, and in this presence some of them
rise before me, and seem to stand, as
If in the flesh, as [ summon their
shades to our memories.
There was Thomas Dunston Warren,
who would have been man of mark
in any community in which fate
might have thrown him. He died May
Goth, 1879. There was George Van
Brunt, who died in 1867, and from
these two pre-emptors came the title
deeds to most of the property in the
southern portion of our city. There
was Henry Jackson, who fell asleep
July 51st. 1857, and for whom Jackson
street was named. There was Atrial
Coy, a man of noble personality,
weighing $50 pounds. He died in 1855
and was buried at the foot of the three
oak trees which once stood on Cherry
street, some distance in the rear of
the lot on which the Mankato Savings
bank now stands, and his remains have
never been removed to this day, and
the exact spot of the grave is no longer
known.
There was James Hanna, an honest
and worthy man, who died May goth,
1856, and was buried on the very
mound where we are now gathered
for it was intended, at that time, to
establish cemetery in this place.
James Hanna's farm extended from
the slough to the Blue Earth river,
and embraced this mound. There was
George Cummings, who died few
years since in Wisconsin. He plated
Cummings addition to Mankato /"
1t was he who boosted that he had
we'll 20 feet deep, with % feet of water
in it. That was when the river over
flowed most of his addition. We recall
James T. Besser, of "Willard and
Besser's addition. He was a little,
jolly, registering fellow. Many of your
title deeds show his name. He left
here and went to the Indian territory
where, old and blind, he lived in a
cave and was an Indian DOCTOR
Twombley Bunker, who began pre-
emption on Bunker hill, and sold his
right to Ammi Coy, in whose name
the patent was issued, but the hill still
bears the name of Bunker. He was a
large man with his face much wary
There was Adam p Shigley, a true
frontier character, a trapper, an In
dian scout and horticuIturist. He was
rare specimen of the strong rough
| characters, who often seek adventure
on the frontier. Samuel M. Walker,
one of our earliest and best farmers, a
| true man and lifelong consistent
Democrat. Mr.. William R. McMahan,
our first physician, who died Nov. IA,
1900.
But l must not linger to sketch lead
| ing traits and characteristics of these
remarkable men. But let me remind
you, by their name and date of death,
of the brave men, who, as early set
tiers, lived and acted on the theatre of
life in our early years.
Gen. Lyman Mathews, who died in
| Montana, 1897; r. j. Sibley, died
| April 49, 1864 Dr. Morris r. Wicker
sham, Oct. 26, 1892; William Paddock,
Feb. 26, 1871; Asa White and Isaac
Marks, the latter dying Jan. %, 1885
Bartlett q. Coffin, Sept Z, 1900; DR..
R. Brooks, March 4, 1900; Joshua Bur
CESS, March %, 1899; Cornelius Wam-
pier, Jan. 81, 1898; DIR. w. w. Clark,
Jan. 1, 1878; Zacharia Paddock, Aug
81, 1895; Henry Shaubut, July 1S,
1895; John Shaubut. Sept 6, 1887; B.
F. Shaubut, March %, 1897; William
S. Sergeant, 1870; w. B. Smith, Sept
81, 1888; W. L. Coon, Feb. 10, 1888
Samuel Randall. July Z, 1882; J. B.
Swan, Jan. IL, 1901 Jacob Bierbauer,
March 4, 1896; William Bierbauer,
Dec. 8, 1898; Capt. William Reid. Feb
10, 1896 Gen. John E. Tourtellotte,
July %, 1891; Christian Hubb; Evans
Goodrich, July 3, 1899; Henry Good
rich, June 4, 1901; George Maxfeld,
Dec. 81, 1898; Wesley MaxfeId, May
IL, 1900; Leo Lamm, Dec. 26, 1898
John A Willard, Dec. Is, 1897; John
F. Meagher, June 10, 1897; John G.
Wise, Sr., Nov. II, 1907 George Peter
Hoer, Jan. ~, 1901 Abel Keene, May
%, 1901; William Bradley, June Is,
1899; Theron Parsons Grover c. Burt,
June 26, 1890; E. d. Bruner Edward
R. Parry; Geore Constance Wendall
Hodapp Henry Signs; Peter Frenzel
Alfeus F. Hawley JohnWilliam Hoer
| Harvey Bradley, Jan. %, 1877; A. H.
Coy DR.. A. u. Dornberg DR.. A. L.
Dornberg.
Nor should we neglect to recall the
| names and memories of some of the
noble women who so bravely endured
| the privations of frontier life, but who
are now beyond the stars: Mrs. An
geline Hinckley, Mrs. Sarah Maxfeld,
Mrs. Mary Paddock, Mrs. Louise
Shaubut Wampler, Mrs. Mary
Meagher, Mrs. Emily G. Reid, Mrs.
Marietta Crosbey, Mrs. Mary Hall, Mrs.
John Diamond, Mrs. Thomas Warren,
Mrs. John G. Wise, Mrs. Mary Nc
Mahan, Mrs. Laura Johnson, and Mrs.
Lucinia E. Fletcher.
These are some of the noble heroines
who graced and honored the scenes of
our earlier years, but who now, we
are happy to believe, are with the an
gels of God. What an army of splen-
did men and women have trod this
little stage of ours, with all their trials
their loves, their hopes, their contests,
their sports, their joys, their sorrows
We see by this, but partial list, that a
majority of ''Old Settlers are on the
other side of the River of Death
Peace to their ashes Over all their
frailties, we this day spread the man
tie of forgetfulness over the unnum-
bered virtues we scatter the flowers of