"JUDGE" TRUESDALE DEAD

Passed Away Quietly in Bed at Duluth, Minnesota

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     Sylvester Truesdell third son of the late Mr. & Mrs. Ezra Truesdell and known all over this section of the county as "Judge" Truesdell, passed away quietly in his room in a Duluth residence last Wednesday night or Thursday morning. Heart failure was the cause, according to reports received from Duluth.

      Mr. Truesdell retired the night before in apparent good health, and a few hours after the regular time for his arising on Thursday morning his door was forced open and he was discovered dead. There were no signs of any struggle over the passing away and Capt. Smallwood writes to A. B. Truesdell, a brother of the deceased, that it seemed as though death had come while the deceased was sleeping.

      The remains were taken charge of by a Duluth undertaker and the relatives after being notified, ordered the remains forwarded to this place. They arrived here Sat afternoon over the Northwestern and were met by a delegation of old soldiers from John S Marsh Post.  They were in good condition and it was decided to have the funeral Sun afternoon from the Methodist Church.

      A large number of old acquaintances of the deceased attended, the G. A. R. Post being present in a body and furnishing the pall-bearers.  The Church choir furnished the music and after Rev. Jones preached as appropriate funeral sermon the remains were taken to the Cemetery and placed in their last resting place-The Truesdell family plot. 

     Mr. Truesdell was born Oct 18, 1842 and was one of a family of 13, nine boys and four girls, being the third in age of the boys and one of three brothers that fought for the Union during the Civil War, one of the number dying in battle.  He was born in Ohio and with his parents came to Goodhue County in 1859 and in 1869 he moved with them to Redwood County, settling on the farm a mile southeast of the city.  He moved from this place to Duluth in 1891 and has resided there ever since.  Mr Truesdell was a single man. 

    The deceased was a member of Company F, Eight Regiment Minnesota Volunteers, that regiment being a part of the Third Brigade, 1st Division of the 23rd Army Corps. The Company was mustered into United States service at Fort Snelling Nov 18, 1862.  To this Company belonged James Stevens, now residing in Vesta and Matthew Wilson, now residing in Three Lakes.  The Company participated in the battle of Cedars, near Murfreesboro, Tenn, the skirmish near Murfreesboro, Dec 7, 1864, near Kingston NC, March 7, 8 and 9, 1865, the skirmish at Hickertown NC, March 31, 1864, at Tahkohokuta, Dakota, July 28, 1864, at little Missouri, Dakota, Aug 7 to 9, 1864, skirmish on the N. C. R. R. Tenn, Dec 2, 1864 and on Overall's Creek, near Murfreesboro, Dec 4, 1864.  Mr. Truesdell was wounded in the arm at the battle of the Cedars, Tenn and as a result of his service as a subject of epileptic fits.

reference: The Redwood Gazette, Redwood Falls, 23 September 1897, Front Page