The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1914-06-26
MANY OLD SETTLERS
HAVE PASSED AWAY
From 2. days Daily.

At the old settlers picnic held
yesterday in Sibley park officers were
chosen for the ensuing year as fol-
lows: President, c. A. Chapman: vice
president, Fred Kron: secretary, T.
G. Fowler; executive committee, j.
b. Coy, W. r. Jewson, Thomas
Hughes and Fred Kron.
James A. Williams of West Man
kato recited an original poem on
the subject. ITO the Flag"
Thomas Hughes read the memoir.
ial, and mentioned the settlers who
had died during the past year who
had been in the county for forty
years or more. Four OF these were
members OF the association. These
four were Robert 8. Pritchard, who
died November Is, 1918, and was
resident OF the county from 1855 until
his death. Andrew Swenson died
April (, 1914. and had been a resi-
dent of Blue Earth county since
1866. ..
George w. Neff. the Lake Crystal
editor. died February IA. 1914. after
living in Mankato and Lake Crystal
since 1856. Adam Arnold who came
to this county in 1861 died March
IL. 1914.
The others who have died during
the year and who were mentioned
i'm the memoial address were: Mrs.
Ann Pugh of Judson who died July
Is. 1913: William II. Watts. who died
&c
who died August 16. 1919: Mrs. Mary
Johnson. widow Of the late Robert
johnson OF Eagle Lake, who died
August 23: Miss Louise SLIDER, daugh-
ter Of Gottlieb Silber. died August 81:
Mrs. Rachael Roberts, died Septem.
Der 90: Lewis c. Taber OF James
town, October /; James Hendley,
October s.; Mrs. Peter Manage, DC.
tober 16; Mrs. Sarah A. Gates, No
vember z; Judson Jones OF Cleveland
who died November 90; William r.
Williams, the superintendent of Min.
neopa Park, died December "a; Peter
Kramer, December 2s.
Those who died during the year
1914 are Mrs. Phoebe Burt. January
16; Alvin r. Boxby, January q; Mil.
ton Porter. January 90; Mrs. Nancy
r. Griffith. February 10; Charles Z.
Slocum, March 4; Mrs. Henrietta
Otto, March IS: Mrs. Mary Jones.
March IS: Mrs. Elizabeth Magin.
March %; Mrs. ouimby. Larkin,
June s.
Besides these territorial settlers,
Mr. Hughes mentioned other per-
sons who had resided in the county
forty or more years. among whom
were: Richard Lewis, June q, 1913;
William S. Hughes, July 1, 1918;
Dexter A. Thayer, July is, 1913;
John Wilbur, July 20. 1913; Gilbert
r. Hall, September 6. 1913: Rev.
William Machno Jones, September |
%: Seymore J./Nims, October 6.
1913: E. r. Kennedy. october s,
1913; Mrs. Mary Jones. October Is.
1913: Edward Wigley. October %.
1913: Mrs. w. l.. Wilson, October
%. 1918; August Muske. October 81.
1918: Mrs. Nancy c. Nichols, Novem-
Der IL, 1913: Mrs. Hannah E. Darr,
November Is, 1913: Delos p. Young.
December 4. 1918: William z. Comp
ton. December. 6. 1913; Robert ].
Thomas. December II, 1913; Archi- |
bald McCullum, December IL: Charles
p. williams, December %; ]. A.
Presley, December %; Severt Kelly,
January Is: Mrs. Charles Burnett,
January %: Humphrey J. Williams,
February /: Mrs. Eleanor Thomas.
February Il; William w. Edwards,
February Is: Mrs. William ID. Owens,
March 3: Mrs. Margaret J. Thomas,
April II; Anthony J. Busch, April
%; August c. Malchow, May 5;
Captain L. n. Holmes, May Z; Dan
tel w. Brooks, May 90: w. b. Craig,
June .; John J. Griffiths. June 3.