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Granite Rock
Township Biographies |
William Comstock was born September 25, 1827, in Cattaraugus
county, New York. When he was a child the family moved to Ohio,
thence in 1840 he went to Wisconsin, and in 1847 to Iowa, where he
lived until coming in 1874 to Redwood county, Minnesota; he has 160
acres on section 22 of town 111. Mr. Comstock married Eliza A.
Miller, who was born June 7, 1834, in Michigan, and while young
accompanied her parents to Clinton county, Iowa, where she was
married. She is the mother of thirteen children; only five are
living: Nelson, Sarah A., David, Horace L. and Monroe.
Henry Gohrman was born in 1848 in Hanover. Came with his
parents to the United States: after living at Sauk City and Madison
about four years he removed to San Francisco; was educated at St.
Mary's College. After going to Maine, Massachusetts, Texas, Arkansas
and Indian Territory, he came to Minnesota: has lived in Winona and
Sibley counties, but is now located on his farm of 300 acres in town
111, Redwood county. Although but sixteen years old at the time of
the rebellion, he enlisted in Company A, Seventh California
infantry. In 1873 he married Martha F. Shields, a native of
Wisconsin. They have six children: Catherine, Alice B., Henry, Anna
A., Birdie E. and Mary A.
W. W. Howe was born February 22, 1840, in Kalamazoo county,
Michigan. Lived in that state and Wisconsin until 1869; after
passing three years at Rochester, Minnesota, he located at his farm
on section 2 of town 111. During the civil war he served one year in
Company K, 12th Michigan infantry. The wife of Mr. Howe, Sarah E.
Towle, was born in Maine; when thirteen years old she moved with her
parents to Green Lake county, Wisconsin, where she was married July
3. 1867. Their children are Archie E., Abby F., Mina B. and Elijah
J.
Mathew Parsons was born in Canada, where he grew up and
acquired his education. In 1875 he came to Minnesota; worked two
years in a saw-mill in Redwood, and afterward did some farming;
settled in town 111 in 1878, and now has a good farm of 160 acres on
section 22. Mr. Parsons' wife was Jane McPhee, born September 17,
1851, in Canada. She has borne him five children; The living are
Elizabeth A., May J., John E. and George A. |
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