MN AHGP Archives-Brown Co. 1882 Bios--Eden Twp.
Brown County biographies from the 1882 History of the Minnesota Valley, including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota

Eden Twp.


H. M. Ball was born near Elmira, New York, March 1, 1849. He moved to Fond du Lac county, Wisconsin in 1855; learned the trade of a carpenter, which he has made his principal business until recently. Came to the town of Eden in 1867; located permanently on his present farm of 130 acres in 1874. For the past three years has given his attention to importing and cultivating forest trees. Married in 1874 Miss Gussie Hartwick, who was born in New Jersey. William and Elizabeth M. are their children.


Henry W. Chase was born near Cleveland, Ohio, June 13, 1832. He was brought up in Michigan and in 1860 came to Minnesota, settled first in Houston county, where he farmed for six years, then came to Eden and located on a farm on section 32. Married in 1860, Ann Cleveland, who was born in Orleans county, New York. They have had eight children; five are living: one daughter is a school teacher.


James Clancy was born in Canada, October 24, 1827. In 1857 left his native place for the United States, locating in Sibley county, Minnesota. Came to his present farm of 160 acres in Eden in 1872; also owns 40 acres in Home. Married in 1850 Anna Cutting, a native of England. They have five sons and one daughter living. The eldest son, John M., has been teaching school for the past eight years, also owns a farm of 100 acres on section 24. He has held the office of town clerk two years.


Walter Doheny was born in county Tipperary, Ireland, in 1840. Soon after his birth his parents came to America and resided in Pennsylvania until coming to Minnesota in 1851. After remaining two years in St. Paul, they moved to Sibley county. He was in General Sibley's expedition in 1862, then enlisted in September, 1864, in Company B, First Minnesota artillery and served until June, 1865. Came to Eden in 1871; owns a farm of 160 acres. In 1868 he married Mary A. Reel. Of their eight children, six are living.


Oscar A. Dresser was born in Ohio, July 28, 1840. Accompanied his parents to Wisconsin while young but removed to Minnesota and Mankato in 1863, and to his present farm of 105 acres in Eden. He is the present chairman of the town board and has been for three years, also served as supervisor one year. Mr. Dresser married 1868, Miss Ella A. Day, who was born in New Jersey. They have had two children.


H.S. Eldred was born in Canandaigua,New York, November 25, 1837. Removed to Michigan in 1842, and to Wisconsin in 1859. August, 1862 he enlisted in Company G, 21st Wisconsin infantry: was severely wounded in the battle of Chickamauga, from which he was confined in the hospital thirteen months; at the close of the war was honorably discharged. In 1867 came to his present farm. He was instrumental in the organization of the town of Eden and has since held numerous offices. Mr. Eldred has two lots near Hamline University, to which he contemplates moving that he may better educate his family. Married Helen Cooley in 1860. They have five children. Mrs Eldred taught the first school in Eden.


Rev. L. C. Gilbert was born in Augusta, Madison county, New York, in 1805. He graduated from Western Reserve College, of Ohio, in 1833, and from Auburn Theological Seminary of New York in 1836. In Illinois in 1839 he began as a home missionary, and continued as such until his death June 8, 1878. He had located in Eden in 1874, and bought the farm on which the family still live. He was an earnest Christian worker in the Congregationalist church. One son, T. L. Gilbert, is carrying on the farm. In June, 1875, he married Jennie Grover. Theron R., Henry E., and Seth A. are their children.


George Hart was born near Liverpool, England, July 12, 1842. He learned the trade of silk weaving, and in 1857 immigrated to Wisconsin; came to Minnesota in 1859, and in April, 1868, located on section 11 of Eden; has served as assessor, chairman of town board and county commissioner. Enlisted in Company F, Fourth Wisconsin cavalry; was in active service until receiving an honorable discharge in June, 1865. Married in 1869 Ruth Jennings, who was born in Indiana. They are the parents of three sons and three daughters.


Jerome Hewitt was born near Berlin, Wisconsin, January 26, 1860. Soon after his birth the family removed to Houston county, Minnesota, and in 1865 to Eden; he remained with his parents until the spring of 1881, then moved to his farm of 120 acres on section 31. Married in 1877 Mary Hewett, who was born in Michigan. Eugene and Pearl are their children .


Eugene Leatherman was born January 6,1852, in Adams county, Wisconsin. He lived near the village of Oxford until the age of nine years, then moved to Green Lake county; came to Eden in i 1871. Until 1878 remained on the old homestead, then settled on his farm on section 4; has also eighty acres on section 16. Was married January 22, 1874, to Martha Adsit. George and Maud are their children.


Reverend Y. E. Loba was born in St. Louis, Missouri, December 21, 1853. His parents came from Switzerland to America, and were converted to the Mormon faith. His mother died while on the way to Utah; the father became an elder in the Mormon church; subsequently renounced the faith and went to Illinois, where he died March 18,1864. He entered St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum at St. Louis, but remained only a short time; soon after received forty dollars from Switzerland, which assisted him in going through the primary department of Olivette College, Michigan, and in 1876 he graduated. After spending two years in Ohio, he was commissioned to preach at Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. In 1880 organized the Redwood Academy. Mr. Loba is at present residing in Eden.


Wesley Luddington was born in Ithaca, New York, October 1, 1843. Accompanied his parents to Pennsylvania, in 1851, and in 1865 located on a farm near Kalamazoo, Michigan; remained until coming to Minnesota, in 1868. Came to his present farm in Eden, in 1869. The same year he married Miss F. C. Pound, who was born in New York. For twelve years before marriage she was engaged in teaching school. Five children have been born to them, four are living.


G. W. Robinson was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, February 28, 1856; accompanied his parents to Connecticut thence in 1860, to Indiana and to Minnesota in 1862; completed his education at Rochester, and for the past seven or eight years has been teaching during the winter seasons. Came to Eden in 1881, and is now renting a farm, but intends locating permanently in Sherman, Redwood county. His marriage with Miss Mary B. Simons took place in 1880.


David Sherman was born near Utica, New York, January 9, 1822. In 1836 he located with his parents, on a farm near Cleveland. In 1852 removed to Wisconsin and remained near Fond du Lac until coming to Minnesota in 1870; he has since resided in Eden. He married in 1840, Maria Claggett, who died in March, 1877. Mrs. Elizabeth Sherman, nee Ellis, became his second wife in November, 1879. By both marriages they have thirteen children. There are five generations of the Sherman family now living in Eden.


Henry Winter was born in Indiana, about forty miles west from Cincinnati, Ohio, October 8, 1845. When five years old he came west with his parents, who located in Wabasha county, Minnesota. He was in Brown county during the Indian outbreak, and soon after came to Eden. He has a farm of 160 acres on section 3. In 1869 he married Mary Hart, a native of Lincolnshire, England. They have one son and two daughters.

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