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Born 1838
From History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota, by Rev. Edward D. Neill, and Outlines of the history of Minnesota, by J. Fletcher Williams (1881), Vol. 2: History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota / edited by Judge Isaac Atwater, Col. John H. Stevens (1895)
Charles W. Hughes was born in England, May 2d, 1838. He came with his parents, Thomas and Hannah Hughes, to America in 1849, and to Minnesota in 1853. Charles W. remained in St. Anthony, working with Daniel Bassett, one of the first carriage-makers in the pla(3e, one and one-half years. He and his brother Henry made claims in Benton county, remained one year, but were obliged to abandon their claims on account of scarcity of provisions. In the fall of 1859, he built a carriage shop near the suspension bridge, in Minneapols, and remained there imtil 1861, when he enlisted in Company D, First Minnesota Infantry, and served until mustered out in May, 1864. He participated in twenty-one engagements, some of them the hardest-fought battles of the war. In 1864 he joined Gen. Sully's expedition up the Yellowstone; returned in the fall and worked for the government at Fort Snelling, till the spring of 1865, when he came to Plymouth, bought forty acres of land, to which he has since added forty more, and has built up a good home. Married to Martha Hatcher, of Hennepin county. May lath, 1865. They have eight children.
Edward Hughes was born in England, October 18th, 1849. At the age of three years, his father and family came to the United States, and resided at Burlington, Iowa, until 1854, when they came to Minnesota. Here Edward grew to manhood, and farmer with his father until November 28th, 1871, when he was married to Sarah Day, of this county. They settled on the present farm in March, 1873. They are the parents of four children: George, Edward, Ada and Edna.
Joseph Jamme, one of the early settlers of Hennepin county, was born east of Quebec, Canada, May 16th, 1814. He lived with his parents on the farm until he reached the age of twenty-four, and in 1838, removed to the United States, residing in Maine, engaged in lumber business near Bangor. In 1853 he came to Minnesota, and spent two years lumbering at St. Anthony and on the river. In 1855 he made a claim of 160 acres, in what is now Plymouth, where he now lives. After residing on his claim one year, he returned to Minneapolis and engaged in lumbering until 1866, since which time he has resided in this town where he has a pleasant home twelve miles west of the city. He was married in Oldtown, Maine, to Miss Celeste Barber, of that place. They have had nine children, of whom six are living. Those living are: Addie P., Clara, Phoebe, Joseph K., Henry C, and Bernard G.
Alexander G. Jardine, a native of Scotland, was born in Ayreshire, on the 8th of October, 1847. At the age of fifteen he commenced to learn the blacksmith's trade, also worked for a time with Randolph, Elder & Co., ship buUders of Govan, Scotland. In 1869, he went to Canada; stayed one year, and then removed to Massachusetts, but afterward returned to Canada, and in 1879, he came to Plymouth, Minnesota, and established a blacksmith shop, where he is doing a thriving business. October 19th, 1880, he married, in Minneapolis, Miss Sarah, daughter of William and Ellen Allen, of Scotland.
John II. Jordan, a native of Prussia, was born January 16th, 1845. When seven years of age, he came with his parents to America. They landed in New York in the fall of 1852, and went to Newark, New Jersey, for a short time, and in 1853, moved to Illinois. In the spring of 1855, they came to Minnesota, and made a claim on section 18 of what is now Plymouth township, where they experienced, of course, their share of the hardships of pioneer life. In July, 1864, John II. enlisted in the 8th Minn. Regt. Vol., served nine months, and was mustered out at Port Snelling, May 16th, 1865. He returned to the homestead and lived, until his damage with Anna M. Weidenbach, which occurred in November, 1868. In 1871, he bought the farm where he now lives, Mr. Jordan has been active in all the public affairs of the town, also in promoting the causes of Christianity and education. He has been assessor for six years, also justice of the peace, and school officer for a number of years. At present he fills the office of town clerk. They have had six children, only three of whom are living: Anna, John and Alexander.
Mathias Klausman was born Jime 12th, 1828, in Baden, Germany. He lived with his parents until twenty years of age, when he went into the German army for a time. In 1852, he emigrated to America, stayed in New York a short time, then removed to Ohio, where he was engaged in farming, and also freighting for the iron works, until September, 1864, when he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and Eighty-first Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. In 1866, he came to Minnesota, and settled on a farm in Carver county, where he Uved seven years, then sold out, and came to Plymouth; bought ninety-seven acres, on the east side of Medicine Lake; in 1874, he bought fifty-one acres more in section 23. He has a fleet of pleasure boats, and his place is one of the pleasantest on the lake, situated six miles west of Minneapolis. Mr. Klausman married Miss Frances Kreyer, of Germany, January 12th, 1855. They have three living children: Peter, Charles, and Frances.
Thomas Ottaway, a native of Devonshire, England, was born May 16th, 1828. When he had grown to manhood he took the superintendency of an extensive farm near his birthplace. The most of his time was spent in this business until 1869, when he brought his family to America. He was with Wilham King, at Lyndale farm, one year, then superintended the Wilmar farm, for five years, and in 1876 he bought a farm at Parker's lake, but sold in 1880, and bought where he now resides, one and one-half miles east of
Wayzata. Mr. Ottaway was married to Miss Mary E. Eowell, of England, August, 1 850. They are the parents of two children: Mary and Emily. Daniel C. Parker was born in Cumberland county, Maine, June 9th, 1823. When four years of age he went with his father's family to Ohio, and remained nine years; then returned to Maine. At the age of twenty-one he began ship-building, and was engaged in this business eleven years, helping build some of the largest sailing vessels of that time. On the 28th of May, 1851, Mr. Parker married Miss Hester A., daughter of Ira and Betsey Green, of Maine. In the spring of 1855 he came to Minnesota and pre-empted the farm where he now lives. In those days lumber was hard to obtain, and he built a log cabin, 20x30 feet, using bass-wood bark for shingles; he now has a fine large barn, and about the year 1870, he built his present residence. He has taken an 3,active part in all public affairs of the town; he was a member of the first schoolboard, chairman of the first town board, and was also a delegate to the first convention held in the state. They have had a family of seven children; only five are living.
James M. Parker, one of the pioneers of Plymouth, was born in Cumberland county, Maine, September 5th, 1820. He accompanied his parents to Kentucky, remained there one year and left on account of hostile Indians, removing to Cincinnati, Ohio, where his father engaged in ship-building. He remained there imtil 1836' when they returned to Maine. James lived-ith his parents until 1846, when he married Anna P. Ridley, and removed to Massachusetts, remaining one year. He returned to Maine, and in 1856, brought his family to Minnesota, and made the claim in this town, where he has since resided. His father preceded him one year. There were no roads at that time, and the Indians were continually passing to and fro. He has held all the ofllce of the township, and has been justice of the peace twenty-one years; has been postmaster at Parker's Lake for nine years. He has also been largely interested in the cause of education. Alfred A., George M., Ella J., Marietta M., Francis E., Dora A., Carrie E., Walter I., Ida A., are their children. Eugene E. died.
John H. Past was born in Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, March 23d, 1849. He came with his father to Minnesota in 1859, and remained until 1863, when they went to Delaware. In 1877, John H. returned to Minnesota, where he has since remained. Married Miss Margaret Rowan, of Pennsylvania, December 25th, 1864. They have had four children; only one of them is living.
Henry Prohl was born in Mecklenburg-Schweren, in 1827. At the age of sixteen he started in life for himself, and engaged in farming until 1858 when he came to this country, and to Minneapolis. After living there nine years, he bought the farm where he now Uves, on the south shore of Bass Lake. When he came to this country he was a poor man; now has a fine, well-stocked farm. He was married in Minneapolis, in 1859, to Dora Went, of his native place. They have had eight children, only two of whom are living: Charles and Henry.
. Radintz, one of the early settlers of Plymouth, was born in Prussia, June 29th, 1828. He remained with his parents until fifteen years of age, when he began life for himself, and was engaged as shepherd until 1852, when he came to America. He went to Sheboygan, Wisconsin, and thence to the Lake Superior copper mines for nearly two years. In October 1854, he came to what is now Plymouth, and made a claim of the farm where he now lives. He built a small log house and shaved out shingles for the roof. After remaining one year, he removed to Saint Anthony where he was engaged in well-digging for two years. In November 1857, he was married to Christina Snabel, of Prussia, and located on this farm, which he has since improved until it is a fine place. He has been treasurer of the school district and has done much for the cause of education. Of the fourteen children born to them, eleven reside with their parents on the farm.
Nicholas Roehl, a native of Prussia, was born February 21st, 1827. When Nicholas was ten years old, his father died, and four years later, he began teaching, which he continued four years. His mother died, and he engaged in farming for nine years. He was married January 22d, 1849, to Anna Mary Schneider, and in June, 1854, brought his family to America, and settled near Saint Paul. In April, 1864, he bought the farm in Plymouth, where he now lives, situated eleven miles west of Minneapolis, where he has built up a pleasant home. He has been supervisor and justice of the peace, and has also been assessor three years. Of the twelve children born to them eight are now living.
Jacob Roths, a native of Germany, was born August 6th, 1837. He remained with his parents until he reached maturity. He was married October 19th, 1865, to Katherine Nilles, of Germany, and in November started for America. He came directly to Minnesota and lived on Medicine Lake till January 1866, when he bought the farm where lie now lives. He has been treasurer of the township four years, also supervisor, and is chairman of the present board. He has a family of seven children: four boys and three girls.
As printed in History of Hennepin County and the City of Minneapolis, including the Explorers and pioneers of Minnesota, by Rev. Edward D. Neill, and Outlines of the history of Minnesota, by J. Fletcher Williams (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Charles W. Hughes was born in England, May 2d, 1838. He came, with his parents, Thomas and Hannah Hughes, to America, in 1848. Charles W. remained at St. Anthony, working with Daniel Bassett, one of the first carriage makers in the place, one and one-half years. He and his brother, Henry, made claims, in Benton CountjL and remained one year, but were obliged to abandon them, on account of scarcity of provisions. In the fall of 1859, he built a cai'riage shop, near the suspension bridge, in Minneapolis, and remained there until 1861, when he enlisted, in Company D, First Minnesota Infantry, and served until mustered out, in May, 1864. He participated in twenty-one engagements, some of them the hardest fought battles of the war. In 1864, he joined General Sully’s expedition up the Yellowstone. Returned, in the fall, and worked for the government, at Fort Snelling, till the spring of 1865, when he came to Ply’mouth, bought forty acres of land, to which he has since added forty more, and has built up a good home. He married Martha Hatcher, of Hennepin County, May lath, 1865, who died March 18th, 1882. They had eight children. He buried his wife in one of the real Minnesota blizzards, after which he was in poor health for some time. He sold his farm, removed to Minneapolis, and, after a while, married again, and has since left the State, and is seldom heard from, even by his own brothers.
Edward Hughes was born, in England, October 18th, 1849. At the age of three years, his father and family came to the United States, and resided at Burlington, Iowa, until 1855, when they came to Minnesota. Here Edward grew to manhood, and farmer, with his father, until November 28th, 1871, when he married Sarah Day, of this town. They settled on their present farm in March, 1873. They are the parents of four children: George, Edward, Ada and Edna.
Joseph Jamme, one of the early settlers of Hennepin County, was born, east of Quebec, Canada, May 16th, 1814. He lived with his parents, on the farm, until he reached the age of twenty-four, and, in 1838, removed to the United States, residing in Maine, engaged in the lumber business, near Bangor. In 1853, he came to Minnesota, and spent two years lumbering, at St. Anthony and on the river. In 1855, he made a claim, of 160 acres, in what is now Pl3miouth, where he lived several years. At first, after residing one year on his claim, he returned to Minneapolis and engaged in lumbering, until 1866, since which time he resided in Plymouth, on his farm, until 1882, when he left, and rented it, and removed to Minneapolis. He was married, in Oldtown, Maine, to Miss Celeste Barber, of that place. They have had nine children, of whom six are living, viz.: Addie F., Clara, Phoebe, Joseph R., Henry C. and Bernard G.
Alexander G. Jardine, a native of Scotland, was born, in A3weshire, on the 8th day of October, 1847. At the age of fifteen, he commenced to learn the blacksmith trade; also worked, for a time, with Randolph, Elder and Compan3L ship builders, of Govan, Scotland. In 1869, he went to Canada, stayed one 3"ear, and then moved to Massachusetts, but afterwards returned to Canada, and, in 1879, came to Pl3nnouth, and established a black smith shop, where he did a thriving business. October 19th, 1880, he married, in Minneaiolis, Miss Sarah, daughter of William and Ellen Allen, of Scotland. He sold out his business, and was afterwards killed b3’'the bursting of a grindstone. His father worked in the shop a while, then his brother, John H., took the business, and, after some time, bought a place, on the Watertown road, west of Par ker’s Lake, and built a shop, south of the road, and opposite his house. Still later, he bought twenty acres of land, of Morris Connelly, and built a picturesque cottage, with barn and other out houses, and a new shop, south of the road. He and his wife and children not only have a natural taste for music, but have improved it b3’' cultivation. Mention should be made of a tragic accident that happened to a man by the name of Denneson, a brother-in-law of the Jardines, who, while digging a well, near the southwest shore of the lake, lost his life, by the having of the well, bur3dng him in sand. He was dead when the debris was removed.
John H. Jordan, a native of Prussia, was born January 16th, 1845. When seven 3'ears of age, he came, with his parents, to America. They landed in New York, in the fall of 1852, and went to Newark, New Jerse3q for a short time, and, in 1853, moved to Illinois. In the spring of 1855, they came to Minnesota, and made a claim on section 18 of what is now PLmiouth township, where they experienced, of course, their share of the hardships of pioneer life. In JUI3",
1864, Jo IT enlisted in the Eighth Minneso I giment Volunteer Infantry, served nine months, and was mustered out, at Fort Snelling, May 16th, 1865. He returned to the homestead and lived there until his marriage with Anna M. Widenbach, which occurred in November, 1868. In 1871, he bought the farm which he still cultivates, though he has since bought land joining the main road, where he has built a new home. Mr. Jordan has been active in all the public affairs of the town, also in promoting the causes of Christianity and education, as he understands them. He has been Assessor for six years, also Justice of the Peace, and School officer a number of 3"ears. At present, he fills the office of Town Clerk, to the satisfaction of a majority of the voters. They have a number of children, of whom Anna, John and Alexander have reached the age of usefulness.
Mathias Klausman was born, June 12th, 1828, in Baden, Germany. He lived with his parents until twenty years of age, when he went into the German army, for a time. In 1852, he immigrated to America; stayed in New York a short time, then removed to Ohio, where he was engaged in farming, and freighting for the iron works, until September, 1864, when he enlisted in Company’ F, One Hundred Eighty-First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and served until the close of the war. In 1866, he came to Minnesota, and settled on a farm, in Carver County, where he liv'ed seven 3’ears, and then came to Plymouth, and bought ninety-seven acres of land, on the east side of Medicine Lake. In 1874, he bought fifty’-one acres more, in section 23. He had a fleet of pleasure boats. He has since sold most of his land, and it is included in what is now the village of Minneapolis Park, six miles west of the city. Mr. Klausman married Miss Frances Kreyer, January 12th, 1855. They have three living children, Peter, Charles and Frances.
Frank Kratz was born in Germany. Came to New York, where he married Anna Hughes. They came to Minnesota, and settled on wild land, just on the eastern skirts of the “big woods,” in Plymouth township, in 1855, and opened a fine farm, and made money, by industry and economy. Their children, besides John, a son of Mrs. Kratz, by a former husband, adopted and reared by his step-father, and who is now.living in Minneapolis, are: Augustus, Francis, one girl, who died young, George and Frederick. Francis is caring for his jDarents and taking charge of the large farm, but is, up to date, a single man.
Thomas Ottaway, a native of Devonshire, England, was born May 16th, 1828. When he had grown to manhood, he superintended an extensive farm, near his birthplace. The most of his time was spent in this business until 1869, when he brought his family to America. He was with Wm. S. King, at Lyndale farm, one year, then superintended the Wilmar farm for five years, and, in 1876, bought a farm at Parker’s Lake, but sold, in 1880, and bought where he now resides, a farm first owned by Francis A. Clay, and one-half mile east of Wayzata. Mr. Ottaway was married, to Miss Mary E. Ro\irel, of England, August, 1850. They were the parents of two children, Mary and Emily. Their mother has since died.
As printed in Vol. 2: History of Minneapolis and Hennepin County, Minnesota / edited by Judge Isaac Atwater, Col. John H. Stevens (1895). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Daniel C. Parker (b. 1823)
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