The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-02-22
OIL RESIDENT GONE.
Biography OF Joseph S. Englerth, a well
Known Citizen.

After many weeks of suffering,
Joseph S. Englerth died yesterday at
st. Joseph's hospital of cancer, aged
eighty-four years. He was taken to
the hospital at his request thirteen
weeks ago, and remained there until
his death.
Mr.. Englerth was born in Lancas-
ter county, Pennsylvania, March Sd,
1916. When five years old he was sent
to a country school. At the age of ten
he was placed in the care of an uncle
in Philadelphia, attending school I'M
til the age of 16. At IS years he was
bound over to learn the cabinet MAX
ing trade until 81 years of age. In the
spring of 1889 he travelled on foot to
Canton, Ohio, and worked at his
trade until September of that year.
Thence he journeyed to Greenboro,
Ind, where he set up in manufacturing
furniture for which there was great de-
mand. In April, 1S41, he married a
farmers daughter and bought town
property and lands which were then
low in price.
In the spring of 1862 Mr.. Englerth
journeyed across the plains with an OK
team to the Pacific colorado. After
prospecting the mines with no show
! of ever making board, he went to
Maryville, Cal, and worked at car
pentering at S. per day of ten hours.
After the completion of the building
he embarked on the steamer Columbia
for Portland, Oregon. The rainy sea
son or 'Oregon mists' had set in and
| Nov. 18th he resumed his trade in
making collins and all sorts of furni-
ture. In the summer of 1868 he worked
at building houses and in the winter
of 1854 he made furniture and
"batched" to save money.
In April, 1854, Mr.. Englerth embark
ed for Calf ornia, and in May took
passage east via. New Orleans to his
home in Indiana. In all this journey
he INDUCED in no tobacco, intoxicants
or gambling. After reaching home he
resided on his farm until the spring
of 1856, when he bought out a cabinet
firm and resumed his former occupa-
tion. He made cabinet ware and
shipped largely from Cincinnati. His
establishment was the largest in the
county. No man ever lost a cent
: I,o,.I hsyo H. rvn n ,np -h Ifl
unto others as he desired others to do
unto him.
In the spring of 1854 the deceased
made a tour to the North Star state,
searching for a change of location
and purchased of Henry Foster
at st. Clair, the quarter section called
Fosters corners in Mankato township,
paying Mr.. Foster 81, 500 in cash,
which was surplus money, not having
sold his Indiana property. He return
ed to his home in Indiana, and went
on with the industry until August 22d,
1864, when he made a sale of personal
property of So, 900, leaving the real
estate unsold in Michigan and Indiana.
He and his family emigrated by team
the fall of 1864 to the farm purchased
of Mr.. Foster. In the autumn of 1865,
he was appointed postmaster at
/ Tivoli, in which capacity he served
ten years and. seven months, resigning
in 1876 to go to the centennial at
Philadelphia. He was grange lecturer
seven years until the abandonment of
the order. In 1868 he was elected
justice of the peace, serving many
| years. He built a handsome dwelling
house on Lewis street in this city and
resided there about three years. Not
being satisfied with city life he moved
back on the home farm. He made
two trips to the Pacific coast, in 1881
and 1885. In 1878 he commenced fail
ing in health.
In 1899 Mr.. Englerth took a trip to
the Pacific coast, travelling e Wash
ington, Oregon and California and
made the voyage from Portland to San
Francisco by steamer. This was his
seventh ride on the Pacific waters and
his fourth pilgrimage in the coast
country. He was at this time SO years
old, but made the trip going and re-
turning without the use Of d sleeper,
and during his three months absence
was not sick nor at any time incapaci-
tated. In June, 1900, in company with
Mr.. and Mrs. James M. Swarts, he
took a trip through he Southern and
Eastern states to visit relatives.
The funeral will occur from the M.
E. church at Eagle Lake at $50
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. The re-
mains will leave the undertaking
rooms of John Klein & Co. at one
o'clock.