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JOSEPH L. GASLIN was born at Livermore, Androscoggin county, Maine, Nov. 27, 1836. At the age of two his parents removed to Reedfield, same state and in 1854 he went to Nelson county, Kentucky, where he joined two brothers in railroad contracting. In 1855 he came to Anoka county and purchased 400 acres of land in sections 6 and 7, Oak Grove township. He was married Nov. 14, 1859, to Celestia Jane Stevens, a teacher, who came from Danville, N. H., to conduct one of the neighborhood schools, and the family resided on the farm until 1894, when a home was purchased at Anoka. In 1902, however, they returned to the farm for a year. In the fall of 1904 they purchased a place in Champlin, on which they anticipate spending the remainder of their days. Children: Isabella (Mrs. Henry Bogett),William Elmer (died June 10, 1885). George A., Charles H. (died Oct. 15, 1866), Nettie (died Mch. 17, 1870), Ella Augusta (dien July 9, 1886), Hattie Nettie (died July 9, 1886), Walter (Oak Grove), Albert (Murphy, Oregon), Jennie Emma (Mrs. Arthur Twitchell, Forsythe, Mont.), Ethel (Mrs. Archie Norris, Bellingham, Wash.).
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

THOMAS TIMOTHY GEDDES was born at Frankfort, Ill., Sept. 9, 1860. In November. 1869, his parents removed to Anoka, where he received his education at the Anoka high school. After leaving school he was engaged as a clerk for H. S. Plummer and others. He has for many years been one of the leading clothing merchants of Anoka. He was married Aug. 25, 1886, to Emma Louise Dick. They have one son, Donald Dick Geddes.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

GEORGE GEDDES, Jr. (deceased), was born at Albany, New York, Oct. 5, 1836. The first business he engaged in was farming. In November, 1869, he came to Anoka, where he conducted a grocery for some years, and later was elected county auditor. He was married to Sarah D. Shaffer. Children: John B., Thomas T., Florence A., George E.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

AURORA W. GIDDINGS, M. D., was born at Williamsfield, Ashtabula Co., Ohio. He attended the high school and Allegheny College and the Buffalo Medical School, and graduated at the Albany (N. Y.) Medical School in 1854. The same year he came to Minnesota and to Anoka, where he has for fifty years been actively engaged in the practice of medicine and surgery. He has served as coroner and for nine years as chairman of the city board of health. He has also been chairman of the board of education at different times. Dr. Giddings was married Sept. 28, 1856, to Mary Ellen Simons. Children: Lena May (Mrs. Chas. E. Chase), George J., W. Augustus (died Feb. 5, 1865), Jesse G., Arthur E., Thaddeus P. and Paul. (See portrait page 61.)
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

ARANDA GIDDINGS was born Aug. 29, 1828, in Ashtabula Co., Ohio. He came to Anoka in 1865, and purchased a farm in the town of Anoka, where he has ever since resided.  He was married in 1854 to Eleanor Sterling. Children: William A., Ella (Mrs. Gilbert, Becker, Minn.), Harriet, Laura (Seattle, Wash.), Hugh A. (Beardslee, Minn.), Louisa (Mrs. J. E. Purmort, Cedar, Minn.), Joshua R. (Startup, Wash.), Grotius and Guida.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

HON. ARTHUR E. GIDDINGS was born at Anoka Oct. 2, 1867. After graduating from the Anoka high school he entered the University of Minnesota graduating in 1889, and from the University Law School in 1802. He was city attorney of Anoka two terms, and county attorney of Anoka county two terms. In 1898 he was elected judge of the district court of the Eighteenth Judicial District and re-elected in 1904. Judge Giddings was married Aug. 16, 1892, to Sibyl Belle Baker. They have two children, Paul Addison and Arthur Frederick.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

EBEN F GILLISPIE, a young business man of Cambridge, Isanti county, has already won more than a local reputation for his character and ability, and is widely known as a pushing and energetic character, well worthy of confidence and respect. 
Mr. Gillispie was born in Anoka, Minnesota, May 21, 1868, and was reared on a farm after the fashion that obtained in Minnesota at that early day. His parents were of Scotch descent, coming to this country from the North of Ireland, and exhibiting the best traits of their sturdy race and blood. George C. Gillispie, the father of Eben F., was a farmer, and came to this country shortly after his marriage, making the outward voyage from his native land in 1854, and settling in St. Paul. He made his advent in Anoka county when it was a wilderness, and is remembered among the very early settlers of that rich and populous county. 
Eben F. Gillispie was the third member of a family of six children born to his parents, and was reared on the farm, obtaining his education in the log cabin school houses common to the time. There was no lack of farm work for him to do at a very early age. The ox-teams were to be driven, and his was a busy youth. When he reached the age of seventeen years young Gillispie left home to care for himself, first becoming a clerk in a store in Anoka, and then a railroad hand. For five years he followed lumbering, spending the winter season in the woods, and taking a full share in the hard work of a lumber camp. 
In the spring of 1900 Mr. Gillispie, then a stout and nervy lad of twenty-two years, took the contract for carrying the mail from Anoka to Cambridge, and he carried the first daily mail between those two points. He also ran a stage line on his mail route, and made many friends among the traveling public, a fact that stood him in good hand when he opened up a hotel a little later. In 1893 he started a livery barn in Cambridge, being the first to be established there, but meeting a considerable patronage from the first, showing that the need of it had already been felt before its establishment. In the spring of 1901 he sold out this livery interest. 
In the spring of 1889 Mr. Gillispie had built a large brick hotel, forty-four by ninety-four feet, three stories hight. It was the best building in the town and contained accommodations for some seventy-five guests. It was known on the road as the best hotel between Minneapolis and Duluth, and was provided with all the modern improvements. It was totally destroyed by fire on the night of July 18, 1901, the flames bursting out at two o'clock in the morning. In the spring of 1901 Mr. Gillispie, in company with J. Al Stoneberg, bought the harness shop in Cambridge, of which they are the present proprietors, and in which they are doing a very successful business. 
Mr. Gillispie was married in 1894 to Carrie Rathjens. She was born at Valparaiso, Indiana, and comes of German blood, her parents having both been born in Germany. Her father was a farmer. In the Gillispie family are three children: Maggie, who is six years old; George, who is three years, and Helen, who is six months. 
Mr Gillispie is a Republican, and was elected county sheriff in 1900. He takes an active interest in county politics, and his influence is a powerful factor in the results of the election. He is highly thought of throughout the county, and what he wishes has great weight.
~Source: Compendium of History and Biography of Northern Minnesota, Containing a History of the State of Minnesota: Also Biographical Sketches of Hundreds of Prominent Old Settlers and Representative Citizens of Northern Minnesota, G. A. Ogle, 1902.


GEORGE C. GILLESPIE was born in the county Armagh, Ireland April 8, 1825. He came to America in 1845. He lived on a farm near St. Paul for several years, and about 1861 he bought 80 acres of land in section 19, town of Oak Grove, where he still lives. He was married Mar. 15. 1849, to Margaret Henry, who died Apr. 17, 1902. Children: Margaret A. (deceased), Frank (died about 1863), Hugh (died about 1863), James H., George I. (Anoka), Eben (Cambridge, Minn.).
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

JAMES H. GILLESPIE was born in St. Paul, Minn., July 31, 1859 When about two years old his parents removed to section 19, town of Oak Grove. where he has since lived. He now owns 200 acres in section 19. He was married May 29, 1900 to Bessie Livingston. Children. Eben S. and Harold L.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

MICHAEL GOLDEN Sr., was born in Ireland. He came to America in 1852, and lived two years in Providence, Rhode Island. He lived three years at Woonsocket and one year at Blackstone, Mass. He came to Minnesota in 1856 and bought 160 acres in section 18, town of Centreville, where he lived almost continuously until his death in October, 1896. He was married in Ireland to Bessie Quinn. Children: Agnes (Mrs. Wm. Defoe, Everett, Wash.), John W. (Anoka), Rose (Mrs. Baptiste Cardinal, St. Paul), Patrick, Anna (Mrs. Vernon Parks), Theresa (Mrs. James O’Brien, California), Michael, Jr.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

MICHAEL GOLDEN, ]r., was born in Ireland, Oct. 28, 1849. Came to America to Providence, R. I., in 1852. Was there two two years and three years at Woonsocket. He came to Minnesota in 1856, and bought 160 acres in section 18, town of Centreville, in 1873, where he has since resided. He now has 320 acres, about 65 of which are under cultivation. He was married Aug. 5, 1873, to Ida Scott. Children: Harry M., Anna (Mrs. Edward Lentz, Oklahoma), George W., John J., Belle C., William, Rose L., Julia F., Bryan J.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

EDWIN S. GOELDNER was born in Keokuk county, Iowa, Jan. 23, 1867. He came to Anoka Dec. 25, 1872, where he attended the public schools. For ten years he was employed in the saw mills and then spent eight years at the cooper’s trade. Seven years ago he engage in the confectionery and news business at Anoka, which he still continues. He was city assessor for six terms, and in 1900 was United States census enumerator. Mr. Goeldner was married July 3, 1888, to Etta M. Simerson. Children: Harold (deceased), Garth and Gazelle.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

GEORGE D. GOODRICH was born Nov. 4, 1852, in the town of Eddington, Maine. Came to Minnesota with his parents in October, 1856, the family settling about one year later in the town of Silver Creek, Wright county, where they remained until the Sioux outbreak in 1862. In 1864 the family moved to a farm in the town of Ramsey, Anoka county and three years later to Anoka, where Mr. Goodrich has ever since lived. Mr. Goodrich attended the .Anoka high school and graduated from the American Institute of Phrenology, N. Y. city. He owns a farm in Anoka county, and his work has been that of a farmer and educator, he having taught in common and graded schools and served as county superintendent of schools of Anoka county for sixteen years. On May 1st, 1879, he married Mary E. Molloy of Anoka. They have three children, Herbert, Mabel and Theodora.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

GEORGE HERBERT GOODRICH was born at Platteville, Wisconsin, July 8th, 1800. He received the finishing touches of his education at the Normal school at Platteville, and for some time taught school. He came to Minnesota in 1884, and two years later to Anoka, where as a member of the firm of Goodrich & Jennings he opened a drug store in the Bee Hive block. Two years later the firm purchased the stock of A. L. Peters and moved into the Norell block. In 1902 they bought the stock of H. L. Ticknor & Co., and moved into the Ticknor block on Main street. Mr. Goodrich is the manufacturer of the famous Hoff's German Liniment, which is now made in large quantities at Anoka and shipped to nearly every state in the Union. For a number of years the firm of Goodrich & Jennings has also owned and conducted a drug store at the corner of Nicollot avenue and Lake street, Minneapolis.. Mr. Goodrich has been twice elected mayor of Anoka, and for many years has been a member of the Library Board and is now its president. He was a member of the State Board of Pharmacy from 1895 to 190;, and served for four years as president of the board. Mr. Goodrich was married Aug. 22, 1888, to Mary A. Funk. Children: Herbert F., Edith, Edgar J. and Helen.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

REV. MOSES GOODRICH was born Oct. 24, 1817, in the city of New York. His father died when he was nine years old and he went to live with his uncle at Stockbridge, Mass., where he attended the common schools. In 1834 he returned to New York and two years later obtained employment in the dry goods store of A. T. Stewart & Co. In 1846 he graduated from New York University, and then spent two years in the study of theology at Clinton Liberal Institute, in Oneida Co., N. Y. He was pastor of the Universalist church at Concord, Mass., two years, and afterward of churches at Eddington and Kenduskeag, Maine. In 1856 he removed to Minnesota, and took a claim at Silver Creek, now in Wright Co. In 1864 he came to Anoka Co., and three years later became pastor of the newly organized Universalist church at Anoka, which position he retained until 1875. About 1870 he was elected county superintendent of schools of Anoka county, and served almost continuously in that capacity until his death in 1880. He was married Sept. 19, 1851, to Nancy Downs. Children: George D., Nellie M. (.Mrs. E. O. McGlauflin, Hoquiam, Wash.), Albert M. (Minne apolis), Rufus L. (died 1877). (See portrait, page 115.)
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

JOHN GOSS was born April 8, 1836, in Charlotte county, New Brunswick. After leaving school he worked as a lumberman and has followed that occupation continuously until the present time, having had logging crews in the Minnesota pineries for many years. He came to Minnesota in 1852, and to Anoka county in October of that year. He has served as alderman of the city of Anoka six years, and is president of the State Bank of Anoka. Mr. Goss was married June 22, 1851, to Irena Davis. Children: Farnham (Leroy, Minn.), Addie (Mrs. Wm. Giddings, Everett, Wash.), Judson M., Mary A. (Mrs. Erwin Davis, Mil aca, Minn.), Bertha (Mrs. James Berry), Eliza (Mrs. C. P. McLean), Henry, John and Guy.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

DAVID G. GOW was born at Chamcook, New Brunswick, Jan. 31, 1831. When a young man he worked about a year in his brother’s ship yard, afterward taking up lumbering, which he followed up to recent years. He lived in St. George, N. B., some fifteen years, coming in 1880 to Anoka, where he has since resided. Mr. Gow was married Oct. 26, 1854, to Mary Stewart. Children: D. S. Gow, Mrs. G. D. Hilliard, Mrs. Ward McCann, Mrs. H. L. Russell, Buffalo, N. Y., Mrs. Gertrude Greenwald, Mrs. James Grant, Boone, Iowa, Wallace S. Gow, Mrs. Louis Smith, Watertown, S. D.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905 

CHARLES E. GREEN (son of Thomas Green) was born in the town of Oak Grove, Anoka Co., Dec. 13, 1862. He was first engaged in farming and afterward taught school. He was register of deeds of Anoka county from 1893 to 1899 and judge of probate from Jan. 1, 1901, to the present time (1905). He was married June 8, 1898, to Harriet M. Kelly. Children: Harold Vincent, Maurice K., Lawrence J., and Donald F.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

CLARENCE D. GREEN (son of D. W. Green) was born Feb. 27, 1853, at Bernardston, Franklin Co., Mass. In 1857 his father moved to Dane county, and in October, 1860, to Minnesota and to Anoka county, settling on a farm in section 28, in what is now the town of Linwood. Mr. Green lived in Linwood until 1874, when he moved to Anoka, which has since been his home. He was register of deeds five years from 1883 to 1888. Since that time he has been engaged in the real estate business. Mr. Green was married Nov. 20, 1876, to Sadie J. Doe, who died Nov. 12, 1894, leaving two children, Ethel M. and George D. Mr. Green’s second wife was Mrs. Eudora De Lue, to whom he was married in 1896.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

D. W. GREEN (deceased) was a son of Benjamin Green, and his grandfather, Samuel Green, was a Revolutionary soldier, who was with Ethan Allen and the American force which captured Ticonderoga and Crown Point. His forefathers were among the early settlers in the colony of Massachusetts Bay. D. W. Green was born May 14, 1824, in Franklin county, Mass. He lived on the old homestead where his grandfather was reared and his father born until the age of twenty-one. In 1856 he came to Dane county, Wis., where he was engaged four years in farming. He then removed to Minnesota, settling in what is now Linwood. Mr. Green was the first town clerk of Linwood, and held various town offices. He was married May 13, 1851, to Miss C. M. Stewart.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

FRANK X. GREEN was born June 5, 1874, in the town of Grow. Attended school in district 19 and followed farming, settling on section 33, Oak Grove, in the spring of 1899. He was married in April, 1897, to Grace E. Perkins. Children: Thomas Fremont, Lon Vincent, Nathan Francis and Ralph William.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

JAMES V. GREEN was born Jan 22, 1865, in the town of Oak Grove. Attended school in district 19. Followed the business of farming to date, settling in section 34, Ook Grove, in 1894, and in March, 1903, began driving rural delivery route No. 1 from Cedar. Served as supervisor in the town of Oak Grove three years and on the school board in district 19 continuously since 1897. Mr. Green was married Oct. 16, 1895 to Mary E. Hunt of Dayton, Hennepin Co. Children: James Edward, Joseph, Mary Irene, Gertrude, Agnes Lucile, Rosemary. Joseph, Mary Irene and Agnes Lucile are living.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

J. G. GREEN (deceased) was born in Bernardston, Franklin Co., Mass. May 11. 1819. His ancestry is noted in the sketch of his brother. D. VV. Green. He worked on his father’s farm until of age, after which he was employed as farmer, carpenter and school teacher for a number of years. He came to Anoka county in 1863 and purchased a farm in the town of Linwood. Mr. Green served three years as county commissioner and was also postmaster and chairman of the board of supervisors for many years. He was married May 13, 1845, to Miss E. A. Moore.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

THOMAS GREEN (deceased) was born at St. George, New Brunswick, Oct. 30, 1830. where he worked at lumbering and farming. He came to Minnesota in 1855. About 1857 he took up 160 acres in section 24, town of Oak Grove. In 1861 he bought 160 acres in section 3, town of Grow, where he lived until his death, March 25, 1899. He was married Nov. 30, 1860, to Mary Gilligan. The following children are still living: Charles E., Jmnes V., John L., Thomas, Francis X., Emily G. (Mrs. Frank Murphy, Gateway, Mont.), William A., Alice (Mrs. Henry Stack).
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

WILLIS J. GREEN was born at Joliet, Ill., in 1857. March 21, 1891, he left his associations in Joliet and Chicago, where he had been railroading and conducting a railway contracting business and came to Minneapolis, and is now a traveling man for the International Stock Food Company. His family reside in the old Capt. Cady house near the foot of Third avenue, Anoka. Mr. Green was married in 1891 to Mrs. Clara Smith (nee Bacon) Mrs. Green has one daughter, Grace, now Mrs. J. C. Watson', Hobart, Indiana. Mr. and Mrs. Green have one adopted son, Harry A. Mrs. Mary G. Sanders, mother of Mrs. Green, is also a member of the family.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

EZRA C. GREENFIELD was born in Edinburg, New York, in 1830. When a small boy his parents removed to Bleecker, Fulton County. In 1853 at Bleecker he married Miss N. J. Vanness. Four years later they removed to Illinois, where they remained until 1860, when they came to Minnesota and located at Anoka. Mr. Greenfield followed the trade of a plasterer during the greater part of the time that he lived at Anoka. He died Nov. 30, 1891, from the effects of a fall. Children: Edward, Frederick and Clarence.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

AARON GREENWALD was born Dec. 6, 1832, in Berks Co., Pennsylvania. He came to Minnesota about 1854 and a year later to Anoka, where. he found employment in the flouring mill. So far as known he was the first man in the country to tender his services as a volunteer under President Lincoln’s first call for troops. This was done on the same day the call was issued and before it became generally known. On April 26, 1861, he was mustered in as a member of Co. C. First Minnesota Regiment. He was killed at Gettysburg. Mr. Greenwald was married Sept. 15, 1857, to Anna Sweeney. He left two sons, William A. (died April 22, 1894) and Louis J.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

LOUIS J. GREENWALD (son of Aaron Grcenwald) was born at Anoka, Oct. 10. 1860. He attended the public schools and the Anoka high school. Upon leaving school he was employed as a clerk in the dry goods store of Woodbury & Co. Later he started in the flour and feed business on his own account, and was burned out in the great fire of 1884. Early in 1889 he entered the employ of the First National Bank at Anoka. A few months later the cashier fled with the bank’s money and the bank failed. Mr. Greenwald remained with the bank during the receivership, and assisted in straightening out the tangled accounts. He was then employed by the Anoka National Bank, and in 1895, upon the resignation of C. S. Guderian he became cashier, which position he still holds. Mr. Greenwald was married Nov. 28, 1891, to Lena Frost.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

WILLIAM A. GREENWALD (son of Aaron Greenwald) was born at Anoka Aug. 8, 1859. He received his education in the Anoka high school and took a course in pharmacy. He then entered the drug store of his step-father, H. L. Ticknor, as a clerk, and later became a partner in the business. He was married Sept. 25, 1889, to Gertrude Gow. Children: Erma Lou and Merry Gertrude. Mr. Greenwald died April 22, 1894.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

HANNIBAL G. GROAT (son of James W. Groat) was born at Anoka Jan. 3, 1855. He worked in the saw mills at Anoka until about 1870 and then worked five years as a millwright, after which he took up gardening and growing small fruits, which vocation he still follows. He was married Oct. 17, 1885, to Stella Ives. Children: James J., Harry G., Stella and Irma. (See group picture, page 77.)
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

JAMES W. GROAT (deceased) was born at Copake, Columbia Co., New York, May 25, 1824. He came to Minnesota in 1854, arriving at Anoka October 18th, and was employed in building the first hotel, which had been begun by George W. Branch and had been sold to Silas C. Farnham in an unfinished condition. He afterward worked as a carpenter and millwright, and built the first ferry boat which ran across the Mississippi river at this place. So far as known he was the second man in America to formally offer his services for the suppression of the Rebellion, Aaron Grenwald being the first. He was mustered in as a member of Co. C, first Minnesota Regiment, and was transferred to U. S. Cavalry Oct. 24, 1862. He was also a member of the first school board of Anoka. He was married to Rebecca G. VVillis. Children: Cadmus J. (Portland, Ore.), William H. (The Dalles, Ore.), Hannibal G. and James (died 1863). Mr Groat died April 27, 1895.
~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905

CHRISTOPHER S. GUDERIAN (deceased) was born April 7, 1833, in Prussia, and came to America in the fall of 1854. He spent four years in California and came to Anoka county in 1860. In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in Company A of the Eighth Mn-nesota Regiment, and afterward served as commissary sergeant of the Seventh Regiment and first lieutenant of the Eighth United States Heavy Artillery. After the war he took a farm in Olmstead county. but returned to Anoka in 1870 and two years later formed a partnership with M. V. Bean in the hardware business. He held the office of county treasurer several terms, and was also cashier of the Anoka National Bank for some years. He was married Aug. 24. 1862, to Phebe A. McFarlan, a native of New Brunswick, and there were born: Ida (Mrs. F. A. Campbell), Mary A. (died Jan., 1872), John C. (died 1874), Hiram A. (died ]an., 1872), Roscoe (died ]an., 1872), Henry Edward (Farmdale, Florida), Paul G., Fred A. (Cambridge, Minn.), Phoebe A. (Cambridge, Minn.), and John O. (died Aug., 1884).

~Source: History of Anoka County and the Towns of Champlin and Dayton in Hennepin County Minnesota, by Albert M Goodrich, Minneapolis, Hennepin Publishing Co., 1905