The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-07-05
MEMORIAL. ADDRESS -.
FOR DEAD PIONEERS
From Thursdays Daily.

settlers picnic, held at SlDley park
yesterday afternoon:
Since we last met sixteen mem
bers of our society have passed in
TO that great country, which lies
just beyond this present world, with
all its cares and anxieties and
where there is no such thing as
growing DID," In the following
brief obituaries of our departed
comrades ! have arranged the
names alphabetically.
Albert, George A., was born in
Germany in September, 1896. AT
the age of fifteen years he immi'
grated with his parents to America
and settled at Lancaster, N. Y. His
first advent to Mankato was in
1859 After sojourning in Califor-
MIA for time he returned to Man
kato in 1864. For the first two
years he ran a saw-mill, then pur-
chased a farm near the city, which
he conducted until 1891, when he re-
tired to town. He died June 80,
and surviving him is his wild
ow and six children. Mr.. Albert
was an honest, frugal, industrious
man, endeared to his family. and an
excellent citizen and neighbor.
Bennett Nathan, was born in Me-
dina county, not far from Cleveland,
Ohio, seyenty-seven years ago. He
was one of fourteen children, all of
whom grew to maturity. His father,
Moses O.. Bennett, was man OF
more than ordinary ability and char
acter, and the old home in Ohio is
still designated in his honor as
"Bennett's Corners" The family
migrated in the thirties to Kenosha
county, Wisconsin,, and thence in
June, 1856, to this country, locating
upon farms i'm Tivoli on the LIE
Sueur river. Here the father and
sons built and operated saw-mill
and laid out a townsite. Since the
day of the saw-mill Nathan Bennett
has devoted himself to farming, and
resided on the old TivOli homestead
until his death, on June 5, 1912. He
was a splendid citizen and always
took an active interest in all public
matters. He left surviving a wife
of a kind and indulgent husband
and father. -..s
Davis, Daniel p, was born in
Cardiganshire, Wales February l,
1886 He was son of the late
Mr.. and Mrs. David P. Davis OF
South Bend. When he was two
years of age the family emf
grated to Jackson county Ohio, and
thence i'm the spring of 1856 to this
county. Mr.. Davis took a claim in
the present town of Cambria, which
he still owned at the time of his
death, which occurred December Is,
1911 He went through all the hard
ships and trials of pioneer life, in
Guiding the great Indian massacre
of 1862 Through his energy and
thrift he became one of the sub
stantial land owners of the town
and won the respect and esteem OF
all his neighbors and friends. He
was married at Cincinnati, Ohio, in
March, 1864 to Miss Mary Jones,
who with seven children survive
him.
Dackins Edward, a native OF Liam
idloes, Wales, where he was born
December 20, 1888. In September,
1851, he came with his parents to
the United States and located first
at Utica. New York In the spring
of 1856, in company with his father
and brother, he removed to Blue
Earth county and the three pre-
empted claims in the present town
of Judson. January IA, 1878, the
subject of our sketch was married
to Miss Margaret Thomas. For a
number of years he lived on a farm
in Butternut Valley beside lake
still called by his name. Later he
purchased a farm on the Judson
bottom. where he continued to live
until his death, on January II, 1872.
He was a typical pioneer-honest,
industrious and self-reliant He help
ed defend the frontier in the great
Indian outbreak of 1862. He is sur
vived by a wife and six children.
Dukes, Aaron NJ one of the first
merchants of Mankato, died at Peru,
Ind, on July 5, 1911. Mr.. Dukes
was born October q, 1894, in Ran,
dolph county, Ind, and came to
Mankato in the spring OF 1851
Soon after his arrival here he en-
gagged in the general mercantile bus.
mess, and at various times plated
three additions to the city of Man
kato. During the Indian outbreak
Mankato About 1881 he removed
to Peru, Ind, where he had become
interested in a manufacturing plant
Mr.. Dukes was generous and public
spirited, possessed of splendid bust
ness qualifications and an excellent
character, always a boomer in the
best sense of that term.
.Keene, Madison, one of the first
settlers of Belgrade township, died
October 80, 1911. He was native
of Clinton, Maine, where he was
born May %, 1888, and where in
January 1854, he married Miss
Phoebe A. Eldridge. In June, 1855
he came to Mankato and preemptec
a claim in Nicollet county. In July
1861, he enlisted in the second Min
nesota and rendered valiant serv
ice for his country during the try
ing days of the Civil war. In 1885,
he retired from his farm to Man
kato He was an honest, industri
Gus man and patiotic citizen.
Heinzman, Mrs. Catherine, ma
tive of Germany, where she wa
born eighty-four years ago, she cam'
to this country in 1853 and tw'
years latef married the late Nicho
las Heinzman at La Sale, Ill. I'm
mediately after their marriage thu
young couple came to Minnesota an,
soon located on their homestead il
Lime township. Industrious, thrift
and God-fearing, she lived usefu
life and. DaSSed to her reward OF