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THOMAS MAGSON was born in Lancashire, England, Nov. 13, 1845. On
leaving school he learned the trade of a gasfitter and tinsmith.
Before coming to America he accepted an engagement to go to Zante,
one of the Ionian islands belonging to Greece, in March, 1871, as
foreman in works for extracting oil from waste olives by chemical
process. He came back to England in 1872. He came to Minnesota and
to Anoka in 1881, where he worked at his trade. He served as city
clerk from 1896 to 1900 and as deputy county auditor from 1899 to
1905. Mr. Magson’s first wife was Sarah' Jane Ashworth, to whom he
was married June 10, 1869, and who died May 16, 1891. Children:
Sarah (Mrs. A. E. Norris), Annie (deceased), Thomas, Jane
(deceased), James, Amy, William, Harry. Mr. Magson was married
again Feb. 13, 1903, to Mary Ella Kelsey.
ANDREW MATUSHAK was born in 1839 in Germany; came to America in
1864; enlisted as a recruit in the First Minnesota Heavy
Artillery, serving nine months before the war closed. After the
war he returned to Minnesota, settling at Winona, where he
remained eight years. He was marired to Julia Scloska November 27,
1865; came to Anoka in 1877, settling soon after on the farm where
he now lives in the town of Blaine. Children: Celia, Francis
(died Aug. 1, 1893), John, Frank, Mary and Louis. Mr. Matushak
has been prominent in the town in the direction and management of
affairs, having acted as chairman of supervisors for a number of
years.
ALEXANDER MCALLISTER was born Aug. 9,
1861, in Harrisburg, Pa. In I885 he came to Grant Co., Wis., where
he remained six years, railroading and farming. In 1896 he took a
farm in Cottonwood Co., Minn., where he remained until 1902, when
he came to Anoka Co. He now lives on section 15, town of Ramsey.
He was married Sept. 8, 1897, to Rosina E. Pfeiffer. Children:
Phosa E., Jefferson I., John J.
GEORGE A. MCCAULEY (son of James McCauley) was born in the town of
Fridley, May 31, 1860. Six years later his parents moved to a farm
in the town of Grow, where he lived until 1884. In that year he
started in the grain, flour and feed business at Anoka, but sold
out previous to the great fire of that year. Soon after he again
engaged in the same business, and about 1893 he added
farm implements and fuel to his other lines, and also seeds and
building materials. Mr. McCauley was married in February, 1898,
to Mabel C. Whitten.
GEORGE A. MCCAULEY. bookkeeper for several years, and served as
county auditor from 1899 to 1905. He was married Dec. 25, 1880, to
Mary W. Gilpatrick. Children: Lester B., Lois E., Frank S. (de
ceased), B. Hazel, Harry L., Helen I., L. Bessie and Caroline B.
ANDREW J. MCKENNEY was born in Lowell, Maine, Feb. 20, 1829. He
engaged in lumbering in that state until 1850, when he came to St.
Anthony. In 1854 he came to Anoka county, and bought 120 acres on
Trott brook. During the Civil War he served in Hatch’s Battallion.
In 1855 he married Elizabeth Littlefield. Children: Melvin,
Evelyne, Leander, Wallace, Ella, Alma, Herman Urban, Milton.
ANDREW J. MCKENNEY was born in Lowell, Maine, Feb. 20, 1829. He engaged in lumbering in that state until 1850, when he came to St. Anthony. In 1854 he came to Anoka county, and bought 120 acres on Trott brook. During the Civil War he served in Hatch’s Battallion. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Littlefield. Children: Melvin, Evelyne, Leander, Wallace, Ella, Alma, Herman Urban, Milton.
CHARLES H. MCLAUGHLIN (son of Charles E. McLaughlin) was born at
Anoka, June 7, 1869. He attended the Anoka high school and
graduated from the Anoka Business College in 1888. He worked in a
grocery for a short time. He has dealt extensively in real estate,
in which business he still continues. He purchased the farm where
he now lives in 1900. Mr. McLaughlin was married Apr. 9, 1902, to
Ida Louise Edgarton. They have two children, Parker and Vera
DANIEL W. MCLAUGHLIN was born at New Sharon, Maine, July 12, 1831,
where his father owned a farm. His father died when he was twelve
years of age. He came to Minnesota in 1854, taking a claim in what
is now Champlin in September of that year. In 1856, in company
with Stephen Howes, he purchased the livery stable formerly owned
by Robert and Benjamin Shuler, which stood on the east side of
Ferry street just south of Main street. Later he worked as a
carpenter and afterward took charge of the lumber yard and office
of James McCann five years. After the sale of the mill he was with
W. D. Washburn & Co. one year, with the Anoka Lumber Co. nine
years and with Reed & Sherwood eighteen years. He served two or
three terms on the board of supervisors of Anoka before the city
was incorporated and two terms as alderman afterward. Mr.
McLaughlin has been twice married. His first wife was Sarah J.
New, who left five children at her death: Lila (Mrs. Thomas E.
Bennett, died Feb. 7, 1888), Stephen H. (Fernwood, Miss.), Harriet
E. (Mrs. James Howie, died about 1894), and Edwin J. (died May,
1891). Mr. McLaughlin’s second wife was Martha M. Fitch, to whom
he was married May 14, 1870. They had one son, Frederick S., who
died in 1875. (See group picture,
page 74.)
EUGENE O. MCGLAUFLIN (son of John S McGlaufiin) was born at Anoka
Nov. 20, 1856. He received his education in the public schools and
the Anoka high school, and was first employed in lumbering. Later
he was in the employ of Johnson & Hurd, sash and door
manufacturers in Minneapolis, and in 1887, in company with P. C.
Burfening, purchased a sash and door factory at Anoka. This
business was conducted under the firm name of McGlauflin & Burfening
until 1895, when the factory was destroyed by fire. While at Anoka
Mr. McGlaufiin served one term as alderman. He is now (1905)
general manager of the Northwestern Lumber Co., with offices at
Hoquiam, Washington. Mr. McGlaufiin was married May 12, 1879, to
Nellie M. Goodrich. Children: Eugene G. (South Seattle), Clarice,
March and Kathryn.
JOHN S. MCGLAUFLIN was born at Charlotte, Washington Co., Maine,
Nov. 11, 1830. After leaving school he learned the trade of a
blacksmith. He came to Minnesota and to Anoka in April, 1855, and
found employment in Ford's blacksmith shop. Later he engaged in
blacksmithing on his own account, which business he conducted for
many years. Mr. Glaufiin has been twice married. His first wife
was Sarah B. Harrington to whom he was married Dec. 1, 1853, and
who left six children at her death, Eugene O. (Hoquiam,
Washington), George (San Jose, Cal.), Marilla (Mrs. Coburn, died
April, 1883), Ida B. (Denver, Col.), John Roy (South Seattle,
Wash.), Myra (Mrs. Edmund Huntley, Rush City, Minn.). Mr.
McGlaufiin's second wife was Alice R. Jordan, to whom he was
married Aug. 10, 1881. (See portrait,
page 67.)
NORMAN WILLIAM MCLEAN (son of Arthur Hill McLean) was born at St.
George. New Brunswick, Feb. 10, 1844. He attended the schools of
his native town and learned the black smith’s trade. He came to
Minnesota in 1867 and to Anoka a year later, where he opened a
blacksmith shop and continued at that business for some years. He
was the first constable of Anoka after the city was incorporated and was chief of police in 1888 and 1889. He also
served two years as deputy sheriff under J. C. Frost and two more
terms in 1903-4. He was married in 1868 to Laura Maria Epps.
Children: Maud (Mrs. W. M. Bean), Charles P. and Norma T.
ALFRED MOLANDER was born at Helsinburg in the southern part of
Sweden Aug. 2, 1866. In 1870 his parents came to America, and he received his education in the
schools of Stillwater, Minn. He first took up mercantile business
but later went on the stage. The dramatic companies with which he played were touring mostly in the eastern states. He
was with Herbert K. Belts, Amile Loosee, Frank D. Long, Wilson Theater Co., The Pike Theater Co., Havelin Stock Co., and others
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all about eleven years. Mr. Molander has also written several
plays, one of which, a melodrama called “The Atlanta,” was produced at Anoka for the benefit of the
public library, and was a great success. Another play, “A Half
Dozen Hearts,” may be presented in the East in the near future. At
the present time Mr. Molander is manager of the Burke Clothing Co.
at Anoka. This business was begun in February, 1900, and in May,
1903, the clothing stock of T. G. McLean was purchased and added
to the growing business.
EDWARD MORTON (son of Thurman W. Morton) was born Jan. 1, 1866, at
Anoka, where he attended the public schools. He worked on his
father’s farm until 1882. He then went to Rosebud, Mont., where he
engaged in sheep raising with his brother Frederick, remaining
there three years. He then returned to Anoka Co., and has since
resided on his farm in the town of Burns. He has 120 acres in
section 24. He was married Oct. 18, 1894, to Nora Tripp, who died
in 1897, leaving one child, Morris. Mr. Morton was again married
March 17, 1901, to Minnie Seelye.
THURMAN W. MORTON was born July 13, 1833, in Addison, Vermont.
Attended common schools in New York and Smithport Academy in
McKean Co., Pennsylvania. He then learned the carpenter’s trade
with his father, and worked at carpenter work and millwrighting
for about forty years. He came to Anoka county in August, 1857,
and took a claim at Lake George in'the town of Oak Grove, and
lived there until the Civil
War broke out. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A, Of the Eighth
Minnnesota Regiment. The company was about eight months in pursuit
of the Sioux Indians who took part in the massacre of 1862. Two
severe battles were fought, one at Killdeer Mountain and the
second in the Bad Lands. At the conclusion of the Indian war the
company went south and took part in the battles of Murfreesboro
and Stony River. Mr. Morton was mustered out with his
company in August, 1865. He then lived at Anoka, following his
trade until 1878, when he moved to his present farm in the town of
Burns. He now owns 145 acres in section 24. about 60 acres of
which are under cultivation. He was married Aug. 13, 1855, to
Rhoda Tripp. Children: Amadore, Frederick H. (Minneapolis), and
Edward.
~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 |
