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Redwood Falls Township Biographies |
Edmund Fosgate was born in Herkimer county, New York, May 30th,
1825. Learned the trade of blacksmith, and in 1853 moved to Illinois
and lived in McHenry county, several years. In 1864, he came to his
present farm in the town of Redwood Falls. Married in 1850, Miss
Caroline C. Goodrich, native of St. Lawrence county, New York. They
have ten children: nine are living.
Ransom D. Gleason, native of Ohio, was born in Medina county,
March 17th, 1841. When he was fifteen, his father died, and he was
obliged to get his own living. About 1858, his mother and the family
went to Wisconsin, where he enlisted in the 4th Wisconsin cavalry;
served until the end of the war. Came to Redwood county in 1868. and
located a farm in Sheridan of 160 acres; has also, eighty acres in
the town of Redwood Falls. Married in 1869, Miss Elizabeth Case.
Mrs. Anne A. Jones was born in Rhode Island, September, 3d,
1824, and remained with her parents at Little Compton, until her
marriage with Henry D. Jones, in 1852. He was born at Hebron,
Connecticut, in 1830, and graduated in medicine from an eastern
college. He died July 3d, 1853, at Hebron, Conn. In January, 1855,
she married John M. Jones, and in 1858, they came to Minnesota and
located on a farm in Wabasha county. Mr. Jones enlisted in July,
1864, and in October, of the same year, died in hospital at Pine
Bluff, Arkansas. They had four children; the three youngest died at
Wabasha, and in 1871, the widow came to her present farm in this
town. Her only remaining child, Minnie C., died since they came to
this county.
O. C. Martin, was born in Lawrence county, Illinois,
September 24th, 1824. His parents removed to Moultrie county, where
he grew up. After finishing the preparatory course at Shurtleff
College, he entered that institution but did not finish the course.
He enlisted and served through the Mexican war and after his
discharge, engaged in farming in Illinois. In 1864 he came to
Winona, Minnesota, and soon after to the town site of Redwood Falls.
In company with Colonel McPhaill he built a saw-mill on Redwood
creek, which was the first private enterprise of the kind in the
county. He remained in the milling business until 1868, when he came
to his present farm. He was one of the first settlers. Has held the
offices of chairman of board of supervisors, justice of the peace
and county commissioner for several years. He was appointed justice
by Governor Miller, before the county was organized. Mr. Martin
married Miss Mary Jane Roney in 1850, and has six children, five
boys and one girl. |
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