EZRA TRUESDELL
DEAD -
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PASSED AWAY QUIETLY MONDAY
AFTERNOON -
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Ezra
Truesdell is dead. About 4 o'clock last Mon
afternoon, surrounded by his wife and children and
friends and acquaintances, he breathed his last.
Conscious to the finish, a moment before the vital
spark went out he predicted that the end was near.
Death resulted from heart failure, super induced by
the grip and old age. He had been confined to the
house several weeks before his death, although it was
not until the last week that his illness became
serious. Then his illness assumed such an alarming
condition that his children were summoned. The
funeral occurred from the Presbyterian church at 2
o'clock Tues afternoon, Rev John Sinclair
officiating. A large number of the friends and
acquaintances of the deceased attended the funeral
and followed the remains to their last resting
place.**
Ezra Truesdell was born in Warsaw, New York, he being
one of a family of six, five boys and one girl. He
came from revolutionary stock, his grandfather on the
mother's side having been a drum major in Ethan
Allen's brigade in the revolutionary war. His father
fought against England in the war of 1812 and his
oldest brother was in Mexican war. Ezra Truesdell
was born in 1813. During his early years he attended
school but soon left the farm to learn the carpenter
trade. When but 17 years of age he assisted in the
construction of the celebrated bridge at Portage, New
York. Shortly afterwards he came to Medina County
Ohio where he met Miss Rachel Mabie with whom he soon
engaged to wed. The Ohio marriage laws preventing
they crossed over to Pennsylvania and were married,
going from there to the old home in New York, where
they lived two years and then returned to Median
county Ohio, where
Mr. Truesdell remained for 16 years, working at farming
and carpenter work. In the spring of 1859 he came to
Cannon Falls MN where he purchased a farm, which he
disposed of in 1865. He spent the next three years
in Iowa, Wisconsin and Minnesota and came here with
his family in 1869. He also ran a feed and flour
store in this city but at the time of his death was
unable to do heavy work. He leaves a wife and 8
children. He was the father of 13, three of which
fought for the Union in the Civil War - Gilbert,
Lafayette and Sylvester, the former giving his life
for the cause. His brother, Gideon Truesdell, built
the first six miles of railroad every built in
Wisconsin and was member of the Wisconsin
legislature. Another brother, Levi Truesdell, open
the first salt well in Michigan. Mr. Truesdell was
firm in his ideas. He loved and cherished
Republicanism. Born in its cradle, he afterwards
became one of its nurses. He, too, was an honest man
and no one can say that he willfully wronged them.
He had his enemies while alive, but in death even
they will not withhold the praises to which he is
entitled.
