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Born 1847, Cattaraugus county
From History of Goodhue County, Minnesota (1909), History of Dakota and Goodhue counties, Minnesota / (1910)
Foster B. Seager, the popular mayor of Cannon Falls village, was first elected in 1880 and has since that time served fourteen different terms. He was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, July 13, 1847, son of AYilliam N. and Sophia (Eldridge)' Seager. After receiving his education in the common schools of his native county he lived temporarily in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, locating in Cannon Falls July 22, 1869. He then farmer six years, and subsequently for a similar period engaged in the meat business, after which he took up his present business of raising fruit and vegetables and conducting a nursery. This business has constantly grown, and his place is now one of the finest of its kind in the county, his goods having a fine reputation throughout the state. He has a partner, AYilliam Tanner, and in addition to their nursery interests, these gentlemen annually buy from 1,000 to 3,000 sheep, which they fatten on their farms for the spring trade. Mr. Seager is also interested in the Cannon River Electric Power Company. He is a Democrat in politics, has served on the school board several.terms, belongs to the Masons and attends the Episcopal church. He was married January 9, 1879, to Susie Cross, of Cannon Falls, daughter of George H. and Olive (Noble) Cross, the former of whom died in 1905 and the latter in 1906. To Mr. and Mrs. Seager have been born two children: Clarence in October, 1884, and Marion in April, 1893. Mr. Seager 's service as mayor has been marked by progress and integrity, and the people of Cannon Falls have regretted the fact that he has not consented to serve continuously since his first election.
C. O. Bye, for over thirty years a well known business man of Cannon Falls, was born in Norway August 24, 1850, and there received his education, also attending the American schools a few weeks after coming to this country, September 3, 1872. From late in that year until 1877 he engaged in the tannery business in Northfield, Minn., and then came to this village, where he opened the Cannon Falls Tannery, which he has since successfully conducted. In 1894 he combined the tannery with a fur, wool, tallow, hides and pelt department, and commenced the manufacture of fur coats and robes, also doing remodeling and repairing. He now continues all these lines, having a large business, both wholesale and retail. A Republican in politics, Mr. Bye has
9 1 i HISTORY OF GOODHUE COUNTY served on the board of health and has been interested in a number of public movements. He was married July 25, 1877, to Ellen Johnson, a native of Norway, who came to America in 1872. Mrs. Bye died in the Rochester Hospital, August 20, 1900, leaving live children, one being dead. The children are: Carl, accidentally killed in St. Paul in 1906; Oscar, now of North Dakota; Clara, who keeps house for her father; Arthur, who works in the tannery: Gurina, who died in 1885, and Lena, who assists in her father's office. The family worships at the Swedish Lutheran church. Ole and Gunne Bye, parents of C. 0. Bye, spent all their life in Norway. The father, who for thirty-one years was a sergeant in the Norwegian army, died in 1895, and the mother passed away in 1890.
As printed in History of Goodhue County, Minnesota (1909). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Foster B. Seager, the popular mayor of Cannon Falls village, was first elected in 1880 and has since that time served fourteen different terms. He was born in Cattaraugus county, New York, July 13, 1847, son of "William N. and Sophia (Eldridge) Seager. After receiving his education in the common schools of his native county he lived temporarily in Illinois, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska, locating in Cannon Falls July 22, 1869. He then farmer six years, and subsequently for a similar period engaged in the meat business, after which he took up his present business of raising fruit and vegetables and conducting a nursery. This business has constantly grown, and his place is now one of the finest of its kind in the county, his goods having a fine reputation throughout the state. He has a partner, William Tanner, and in addition to their nursery interests, these gentlemen annually buy from 1,000 to 3,000 sheep, which they fatten on their farms for the spring trade. Mr. Seager is also interested in the Cannon River Electric Power Company. He is a Democrat in politics, has served on the school board several terms, belongs to the Masons and attends the Episcopal church. He was married January 9, 1879, to Susie Cross, of Cannon Falls, daughter of George IT. and Olive (Noble) Cross, the former of whom died in 1905 and the latter in 1906. To Mr. and Mrs. Seager have been born two children: Clarence in October, 1884, and Marion in April,
1893. Mr. Seager ’s service as mayor has been marked by progress and integrity, and the people of Cannon Falls have regretted the fact that he has not consented to serve continuously since his first election.
C. O. Bye, for over thirty years a well known business man of Cannon Falls, was born in Norway August 24, 1850, and there received his education, also attending the American schools a few weeks after coming to this country, September 3, 1872. From late in that year until 1877 he engaged in the tannery business in Northfield, Minn., and then came to this village, where he opened the Cannon Falls Tannery, which he has since successfully conducted. In 1894 he combined the tannery with a fur, wool, tallow, hides and pelt department, and commenced the manufacture of fur coats and robes, also doing remodeling and repairing. He now continues all these lines, having a large business, both wholesale and retail. A Republican in politics, Mr. Bye has served on the board of health and has been interested in a number of public movements. He Avas married July 25, 1877, to Ellen Johnson, a native of Norway, who came to America in 1872. Mrs. Bye died in the Rochester Hospital, August 20, 1900, leaving five children, one being dead. The children are: Carl, accidentally killed in St. Paul in 1906; Oscar, now of North Dakota; Clara, who keeps house for her father; Arthur, who works in the tannery; Gurina, who died in 1885, and Lena, who assists in her father’s office. The family worships at the Swedish Lutheran church. Ole and Gunne Bye, parents of C. 0. Bye, spent all their life in Norway. The father, who for thirty-one years was a sergeant in the NorAvegian army, died in 1895, and the mother passed away in 1890.
As printed in History of Dakota and Goodhue counties, Minnesota / (1910). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
Named in this biography: Cannon Falls (b. 1854)
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