The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-27
ONE OF THE PIONEERS

UNI UT IHE PlUNtEk0
| From Saturdays Daily.
In the death of Charles NJ Pome-
/ roy, which occurred at about one
/ o'clock, Wednesday,, December Is, the
spirit of the first white settler of
| Watonwan county was waited to the
Great Beyond Mr. Pomeroy had
| been confined to his bed for several
days with an attack of kidney trou-
BILE and he gradually grew weaker
and weaker until the end came to
relieve his sufferings.
Deceased was born in Cattaraugus
county, New York, May IA, 1928 He
came west in the fall of 1855, locat-
! ing in Blue Earth county, and in
the spring of the following year
crossed over the line into what is
now Watonwan county, and built the
| first house on, Watonwan county
soil, in which he made his home.
Mr.. Pomeroy was one of the
4 four men appointed by Governor
Ramsey to lay out the new county
! of Watonwan, whichs was establish
ed in the&year $780, and he was ap-
! pointed by the. governor to serve as
county treasurer of the new county.
! He enjoyed the unique distinction
of having held every county office
with the exception of that of sher-
| if. Besides this. he was perhaps
the Oldest justice of the peace in
the state having held. that position
! 70 Forty.
! In the year 1864 Mr.. Pomeroy
enlisted ,fint Company { &C. Eleventh
Minnesota Volunteer Infantry and
served until the end Of the war. He
/ took an active part in suppressing
! the Indian outbreaks of 1857 and
1862. At the time of his death he
was the Oldest resident of Watonwan
county. He leaves two sons, Luther
of Madelia and Charles of James
town, N. d. ~" 80 Ill., s.
Kirk Herrick, "a student at the
normal school, died at local hospi-
tai last night about midnight, after
three weeks illness. Mr.. Her.
rick was born in Lincoln county,
January p, 1887, and was graduated
from the high Ischools.aat Candy in
1908. He attended school at Oska-
loosa, Iowa, for one year after this
and then taught school for some
time At: the time of his illness
he was a student 1T the normal
school here and would have gradu-
ated this spring. He was married
August so, 1911. to Miss Ellen Han
sen of Hendricks, He was member
of the Methodist <chtirch at that
place and joined 1.-The Methodist
church here last fall. Mr.. Herrick
also held theI position Of local
preacher here and during the sum-
mer gave excellent service in the
surrounding county, churches and
school houses. He was highly cors
mended for his excellent work, with
the community extension workers
at their banquet held last Tuesday
night. EafG. w, Illis @...,
Mr.. Herrick /, was taken i'll just
three weeks before his death with
what proved to be tubercular men,
nights, and has been gradually fail
ing until death relieved him of his
suffering last night. Besides his
widow, he leaves Stepmother, a
father, four sisters and two broth
ers. The remains will be taken to
his old home near Hendricks for
burial
Mrs. Herrick wishes to thank all
the friends Of her husband who have
offered their sympathy and help dur,
ing. his recent illness and death.
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Charles N. Sempneit, aged eighty.
one, died. at his home at $40 Marsh
street, last evening after an extend
ed Illness, Mr.. Sempneit was born
in Germany in 1881 and came to
this country i'll 1858. He settled in
New York state anu lived there
for several years. He then moved
to the Red River Valley and from
there came to Mankato in 1904. He
leaves o wife, three sons and four
daughters. Two sons, Henry and
Louis, live in Colorado, the other in
Chicago. Two daughters, Mrs Charles
Moore and Mrs. Ed Moore, reside
in this city, another daughter, Mrs
John Greens, makes her home at
Laurel, and the other, Mrs. John
1 Rebe, lives at. Devils Lake, N. D.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon from the German Luther
an church, and the remains will be
laid to rest in Glenwood cemetery