On July 12, 1875, the "Old Settlers' Association" was formed at Albert Lea.
Membership was limited to those who had been residents of the county, prior to January 1, 1859, with the provision that anyone who had been a resident for sixteen years or more could join the association at that time. The list below includes those who had joined prior to 1880. See this advertisement from the Albert Lea paper for the second annual meeting.
MEMBERS OF THE OLD SETTLERS ASSOCIATION WITH THE RECORDED DATE OF THEIR COMING.
1854.�E. C. Stacy, Mrs. E. C. Stacy.
1855.�John Colby, Hanibal Bickford, George Gardner, Margaret Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Botsford, Charles Peterson, T. R. Morgan, Christopher Michelson, M.L. Frost, Oliver Andrews, Mrs. Oliver Andrews, E. Hostetter, George S. Ruble
1856.�John L. Melder, Samuel Batchelder, Frank Ross, C. Narveson, J. W. Ayers, Charles C. Ayers, William Beighley, J. E. Simans, D. R. Young, Mrs. Addie A. Batchelder, J. H. Heath, William Pace, F. McCall, Mrs. F. McCall, William Freeman, Wiffing Wordsworth, Mrs. Wiffing Wordsworth, Ole Peterson, Gilbert Gulbrandson, A. W. White, A. M. Burnham, Mrs. J. W. Melder, Mrs. Mary B. Ayers, J. F. Jones, Mrs. J. F. Jones, P. E. Pace, John Murtaugh, John W. Murtough, Mrs. J. W. Murtaugh, Mr. and Mrs. Simans, Daniel Prescott, M. V. Kellar, Jacob Beighley, Mrs. Jacob Beighley, Ole C. Oleson, Hans Gulbrandson, John G. Godley, H. Peck, R. P. Gibson, N. S. Hardy, Mrs Aug. Peterson, John Freeman, A. C. Trow, Henry Loomis, Mary Loomis, William Morin, Nancy Frost, J. Stage, Mrs. John Stage, E. D. Hopkins, S. P. Beighley, J. B. Gordon, T. J. Gordon D.G. Parker, Charles C. Ayers, E.D. Porter, S. G. Lowry, C. O. Baarness, S. N. Frisbie, Mrs. Sarah Town, Mrs. Mary Vineland, Ed. Skinner, Frank Merchant, Anna Merchant, E. Eggleston, J. M. Boulton, J. C. Frost, Philip Herman, Mary English, Charley Thompson, Hanna O'Connor.
1857.�L. R. Luce, Richard Fitzgerald, N. C. Lowthian, Henry Thurston, C. J. Grandy, Mrs. C. J. Grandy, Herman Blacknier, Frank Barlow, A. C. Wedge, Mrs A. C. Wedge, Mrs. J. W. Heath, William H. Long, H. Eastrin. B. Schodd, James Lair, Mrs. James Lair, H. D. Brown, David Horning, Mrs. D. R. Young, Mrs. N. I. Lowthian, Alfred Lowry, F. W. Purdie, H. C. Lacy, Mathias Anderson, Timothy J. Shehan, John N. Wolhunter, Mrs. S. G. Lowry, A. K. Norton, Charles Norton, Mrs. Charles Norton, James Long, Mrs. James Long, Joseph France, S. B. Smith, W. J. Horning, John Wood, Daniel Dills, W. H. Long, Mrs. W. H. Long, Michael Sheehan, John A. Schoen, Mrs John A. Schoen, F. A. Blackmer, John Beighley, John Slater, N. H. Ellickson, M. O. Whitney, George Hyatt, E. M. Ellingson, Willard C. Marvin, Mrs. Willard C. Marvin, Reuben Williams, Mrs. Willard Eaton, Samuel Eaton, Henry Emmons, C. Kittleson, A. J. Anderson, Ole Narveson, N. C. Narveson, Samuel W. Borning, George McColley, J. Walaski, William Baker, Mrs. William Baker, H. A. House, William P. Spooner, Jacob Baker, William L. Lowry, Asaph V. Thomas, L. J. Thomas, Lewis Marpie.
1858.�Jason Goward, August Peterson, Ole Narveson, Rebecca A. Dills, Chester Holcomb. Mrs. Chester Holcomb, D. C. Calvin, William English, Francis Hall, Mrs. Jason Goward, B. J. House, O. F. Peck, Mrs. O. F. Peck, N. T. Sanbury, Mrs. N. T. Sanbury, Mrs. C. Boven, H. L. Webster, George B. Chamberlain, Mrs. George B. Chamberlain, Mary J. Horning, David Horning, John Johnson, William Norton, Milton Hewett, Charles Dunbar, Ole J. Jordahl, Mrs. David Colvin, Mrs. Emma Ward.
1859.�W. S. Hand, Mrs. W. S. Hand, Josiah Jones, Mrs. Josiah Jones, Maurice Russenger, Mrs. Eugene Walker, C. M. Hewett, Mrs. C. M. Hewett, Simeon Jones, Mrs. Simeon Jones, Mrs. Martha L. Thurston, Mrs. Sarah W. Edwards, William Fenholt, R. H. Boven, Mrs. E. Wanemaker, Asa Walker, Harriet J. Barden, Ole Narveson, J. Dunbar, John C. Ross, H. N. Ostrander, Freeman Briggs.
1860.�Mrs. Sarah J. Riggs, Charles G. Bickford, F. W. Drake, Gunwold Johns and. Jacob Larson.
1861.�E. F. Leonard, G. W. Bark, John Murphy, Mrs. Daniel W. Horning, Charles Mann, Susan Bartlett.
1862.�S. S. Challis, Mrs. A. J. Challis.
1864.�Ira A. Town, Edmund Town, James H. Chamberlain.
