The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-07-04
YEARS MoRTUARY RECORD.

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YEARS MoRTUARY RECORD.
Number of Old Settlers Passed Away
" Since Reunion Year Ago.
Attorney Thomas Hughes read the
eulogies on the members of the as
ISOLATION who have died during the
past year. Eight members of the
Territorial Settlers association have
passed on, and number of other
settlers who were not members of
| the organization but who We're in
the county during the days before
Minnesota was admitted as a state.
General James H. Baker, who was
born in Monroe, Butler county, Ohio,
May 6, 1929, died in Mankato this
year. General Baker graduated from
! the Ohio Wesleyan university in
1852 and two years later was elected
secretary of state in Ohio. He came
to Minnesota in 1857 and immediate
ly entered into the politics of TIN
state and in 1859 was made secre-
tary of State of Minnesota. In 1852
he was commissioned colonel of the
Second ! Minnesota Infantry in the
Sioux Indian war and was then sent
to st. Louis as provost marshal gen
eral of the department Of Missouri.
Later he was commissioned to brew
ct brigadier general for efficiency Of
service In 1871 he was appointed
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President Grant and served in that
capacity for four years. Later he
was made surveyor general of Min.
nesota and in 1881 he was elected to
the board of railway commissioners
and acted as chairman of that board
for two terms. He was statesman,
"a scholar and an orator of the high
est rank.
Charles Barney died at his home
in Lake Crystal on February % at
the age of eighty-one years. He
was born in the state of New York
and came to Blue Earth county in
1855. He joined a militia company
during the Inkpadutah Indian trou-
! BILE and took part in several skir-
mishes near Madelia. He retired from
his farm in 1903 and resided in Lake
lCrystal from that time until his
}death. 80
Mrs. Mary C. Barney, wife of A.
tC. Barney, of this city, died June 80,
1912. She was born in Randolph,
Vermont, March 81, 1S4S, and gradu-
ated from the Lawrenceville acad-
envy. She came to Garden City In
1857 and taught school for time.
She was one of the first students at
! the Mankato normal school. She
was married to Mr.. Barney in Sep
TENDER, 1871, and came to Mankato
to live in 1872. 1e--saa ft
Thomas Y. Davis was born in
/ Cardiganshire, Wales, January 81,
1899. He came to the United States
in 1851, locating in West Virginia and
later removed to Ohio. He came to
Blue Earth county in 1855 and iocat-
ed in Judson He retired to Man
kato in 1889 and died June 20, 1913.
He was one of the defenders of New
Ulm. being a member of Captain
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tWilliam Bierbauers company.
Milton Hanna was born in Rey-
noldsbury July 16, 1912. He came
Ito Mankato with his parents in May,
1883. In July 1861 he enlisted in
Company H Second Minnesota regi.
ment and served during the Civil
/ war. He took part in many battles
and distinguished himself for his brav-
cry. He was a prominent member
of the Mankato Fire department for
many years and was also an active
member of Wilkins Post, G. A. R.
His death occurred January 90,
1913, at the Old Soldiers Home.
Henry Hughes who was born in
Tredegar, Wales, June 4, 1888, died
! in Pasadena, CAL, August 10, 1912.
! He came to America in 1851 and to
Cambria, this county in 1855. In
1889 he returned to Mankato and re-
NAMED here until 1909, when he
moved to California.
Jenkin Williams was born in Brad
ford county, Pa. December 10, 1888,
and came to Minnesota In 1855, To-
eating in Cambria. He served as a
member of militia companies during
the Indian troubles and was made
captain of the Butternut Valley com
pany in 1863 He moved to Mankato
in 1892, but his wife died shortly
afterward and he lived his remain
ing year with his children. His
death occurred in Minneapolis May
!,22. 1873
w. H. Shepard who was a promi-
nent business man in Mankato for
many years, died in Chicago March
81, 1918. Mr.. Shepard was born in
New Hampshire, July IS, 1924. He
taught school in New York for sew
eral years and then engaged in jour-
nalistic work. He went to California
in the gold Push Of lS49 and cane
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