fHE STORY OF ST. PATRICK'S PARISH SHIELDSVILLE, MINNESOTA

By

MARYL. HAGERTY

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To the Pioneers of St. Patrick's Parish, Shieldsville, who vitalized their own time, this book is fondly dedicated.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We dare not hope that this work is without mistake. A few unpleasant incidents are forgotten, so be it. Our sources of information are, Histories of Rice County by F. W. Frink and Edward D. Niel, the newspaper files from the Faribault library, Church records, family records, and Land Office Rec­ ords. Thanks are due to Father Molloy for the church records, to Miss Sarah LeCrone for her valuable assistance at the library and to Miss Thelma Olson for her help in working out the details of this book. Miss Teresa Sullivan and Miss Rose Shields, officers of the Shieldsville Rosary Society, very graciously co-operated in preparing this work for the publishers.

"Breathes there a man with soul so dead Who never to himself hath said, 'This is my own, my native land.' Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned From wandering on a foreign strand? If such there breathe, go, mark hint well; For him no minstrel raptures swell; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim; Despite those titles, power and self, The wretch, concentered all in self, Living shall forfeit fair renown, And doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored and unsung.'' Srn \VALTER Scon in Lay of the Last Minstrel.

PREFACE

This book is dedicated to the memory of those great brave men and women who builded the parish of St. Patrick. Their tombstones standing in our cemetery cannot do more than re­ mind us that once they were and died in the odor of sanctity. Their full story of good deeds has to be remembered with grati­ tude and reverence by their children. How well we know how history has often been distorted -

we see how the historians give the honor of I st Admiral of the Navy to Paul Jones and not to Jack Barry. This book fills a much needed want in the history of this parish and community. A true account of the pioneers and their works, written by a granddaughter of one of them - exaggerating nothing, withholding nothing of the praise that was their due. Every parish is resurrecting the work of its pioneers so that their memory for God and Country may be perpetuated. Let not their memory be forgotten! Here is a monument to their good works more vital and enduring than cold marble, or bronze, or granite; a living monument inspiring us, their suc­ cessors to be as generous, and brave, and devout as were they. May God bless this book and rest the souls of those in whose memory it was written! "In memoria aetena erunt Justi." REV. J. J. MoLLOY Shieldsville, Minnesota. October 7, 1940.

CONTENTS

PAGE General Shields ...... 9 Irishmen Arrive ...... 1 o

The Big Wind...... 1 1 Lakes ...... 12 Chivalry ...... 1 3 Those Irish Names ...... 13

St. Patrick's Church...... 1 5 The Early Priests of Shieldsville...... 16

Captain Dodd ...... , ...... 2 3

The Indians ...... 2 5 Business 1856-1885 ...... 26 United States Mail...... 28 Rice County ...... 28 Townships ...... 29 Schools ...... 30 A Walk Through Shieldsville in the Long Ago...... 33 Villages Ordinances ...... 33 To Our Grandmas ...... 37 When Someone Took Sick ...... 38 The Woman of Quiet Dignity...... 39 The Monster in Lake Mazaska...... 40 The Robber Gang ...... 41 Our Civil War Veterans...... 41 Father Slevin ...... 42 Father Flemming ...... 46 Father Molloy ...... 47 Father Dudley ...... 49 Description of St. Patrick's Church...... 50 Father Buckley ...... 55 PAGE Entertainment ...... • • • 55 News Items ...... 57 A Few Weddings You May Remember ...... 59 Blizzard of 1888 ...... 60 Deaths ...... 62 Dan Patch Airline ...... 63 Our Odd Ways ...... 63 The Rosary Society...... 64 Music ...... 65 The Choir ...... 67 Drama ...... 67 The Fairies ...... 68 Do You Mind the Time?...... 69 Can You Identify This Monologue ...... 73 St. Louis Church, Wheatland...... 74 Psalm of Life...... 76 Biographies ...... 77 Det Siste Kapitel ...... 169 Contributors and Collectors ...... no GENERAL SHIELDS James Shields was born in Atmore, Tyrone County, Ireland, December 12, 18w. He came to America in 1826, studied and practiced law in Kaskaskia, Illinois. In 1836 he went to the legis­ lature of Illinois. In 1843 he was judge in the Supreme Court; in 1845 he was appointed commissioner in the Land Office. He be­ gan a military career in the Florida War as a lieutenant. In the Mexican War, President Polk made him a Brigadier General. For distinguished service at Cerro Gordo, where he was dangerously wounded, he was brevetted Major General. He was again wounded at Chepultepec. In 1848 he was appointed governor of Oregon Territory. He resigned and was elected United States senator from Illinois for six years. Then he came to Minnesota. He pur­ chased an interest in the town site of Faribault, and became the agent and attorney for the Faribault Company. Some political disappointment in Faribault made him get a team of horses and a carriage, and drive out ten miles to a little settle­ ment on the Dodd road in search of a new place to invest his money. The Dodd road was a military highway, between Fort Snelling and Fort Ridgely, and promised to be the main artery of travel. The nearest railroad was at Galena, Illinois. The first rail­ road came to Faribault in 1864. General Shields bought the N. E. ¼ of section 1, township 1 w North, Range 22, W. from Moses Latourelle, a half-breed Indian, for $500 in 1855. He sold shares in the town to John Tufts, R. W. Russ, F. W. Frink, and John B. Onstine. They laid out the town, and the streets running north and south beginning with \Vater Street, west of the church are: Water Street, Church Street, Cedar Street, Chestnut Street, Broadway, Walnut Street, Onstine Street, Slocum Street, Hickory Street, Pine Street, and Oak Street. The avenues were numbered. First Avenue is the Erin township line and there are eleven avenues. General Shields then went to St. Paul, and returned with Jere­ miah Healy, James Clarkin, Syl Smith, John Burke, James Cum- ( 9 J mings, John McManus and Owen Farley, all of whom settled in Erin. He then advertised in the papers in the East, and soon the Irish crowded in, with horses, oxen and cow teams and with some on foot, taking farms until by the fall of 1856 the township was well filled and the better quality farms all taken. F. W. Frink, who owned a fifth interest in the town, claims he made and lost a fortune in Shieldsville. General Shields lived in Rice county about three years. He was elected United States senator from Minnesota for the short term which ended in 1 860. At that time he went to California. He received an appointment as Brigadier General from President Lincoln, was assigned a command, and gained a victory March 23, 1862, at Winchester, where he was severely wounded. He had the distinction of being the only man who ever whipped Stonewell Jackson. In 1865 he went to live in Missouri, and in 1877 was elected to fill a vacancy in the senate, where he served until the end of that congress. He died rather suddenly June 1, 1879, at Ottumwa, Missouri. There are statues in his honor in the capitols at Springfield, Illinois, and St. Paul, Minnesota. A senator from three states, a governor of another state, a state supreme court judge, and a brigadier general.

IRISHMEN ARRIVE In the years 1855-1860 two hundred and fifteen Irishmen pre­ empted farms in St. Patrick's parish, in the four townships of Shieldsville, Erin, Wells, and Forest. This does not include the village men. Many were married and had a few small children with them; the others soon got married, and their progeny carry on on the same farms today. Too much praise cannot be given those brave people. They had a fine unbreakable moral fiber, which is still discernable in the sons of the pioneers. When they were right, they knew they were right, and kings or insects could not stop an idea once it got started. They had an unconscious faculty for making those who did not speak their language look like mist before the summer sun, and at times the language was none too elegant. They knew little or nothing about farming; they had no work­ ing capital, but they had willing hands and a great deal of pride.

[ 10 J They had crop failures, droughts, high interest rates, grasshop­ pers, Indians, and plagues like the diphtheria epidemic in 1872. Whole families died with it. Tuberculosis took scores of people, but the stout-hearted Irish remained undaunted. Through the years of discouragement they kept their courage bright. They had no roads, telephones, electricity, radios, rural mail delivery, daily papers, milking machines, or permanent waves. Why, they didn't even have springs on their beds, and the mat­ tresses were made of straw or com husks. There was no such word among them as plumbing! And we talk of hard times! A good fight now and then has its virtue; like thunder and lightning, it clears the air. "Peace at any price" was no slogan in Shieldsville. There was always something to argue about. The Far-downs and the Corkonians quarrelled with the Con­ namarras. The second generation brought the controversy up­ to-dare by promoting friction between localities here. The Dodd road lost its identity north of the church and when someone shouted, "Shieldsville, Kilkenny and the Dodd road, in peace and in war" it was high time to get your back to a wall, for it did not mean peace. The Erin township men stood as one against all outsiders. Someone would declare for Wellstown and his end of the country and the battle was on. The folks in Forest were so much in the minority that they were obliged to be nice, and they still are. (That is one for myself). Cupid finally took a hand. The Erintown girls moved up the Dodd road, the Wellstown girls moved to Erin, and the families now are so intermarried that if you touch one, you touch all, and today, Shieldsville means anywhere northwest of Faribault.

THE BIG WIND IN IRELAND January 6, 1846, was the night of the Big Wind in Ireland. It swept the ocean over the land, blew down houses, tore out trees and left destruction in its wake. This was followed by a great famine and persecution by the English. There was a blight on the potatoes and the English insisted on shipping the grain out of the country. The Irish were broken hearted and starving. Children ate grass, and it made their stomachs stick out till their little bodies were deformed. The United States sent food, and offered free passage to America. Much of the railroad construction in this tllJ country was done by Irish emigrants. America was glad to get people who could laugh without reason and fight without a pur­ pose. Owing to strife and oppression Ireland lost much of the best of her manhood - soldiers, writers, and leaders - to other lands. That was the condition which our folks left in Ireland. It took some of them three or four years to get to Shieldsville. Many of them had been around the United States (Patrick McGillan has been around the world) before they stopped here, but a very small percentage went away dissatified. What more could they expect than what they found here? Land was selling for $1.50 to $2.00 an acre. The material for building was free for the taking. Fuel was plentiful. For food they had deer, coon, squirrels, rab­ bits, ducks, geese, partridges, etc.; raspberries, strawberries, cran­ berries, grapes, honey and maple syrup. Sparkling spring water, cool and fresh, was found on most farms or a well was easy to get. LAKES In St. Patrick's parish are ten lakes: Cedar, French, Dudley's, Hunt's, Kelly's Big Mud, Little Mud, Rice, Mazaska and General Shields; and from here the infant Cannon river starts it journey to the sea. Besides the beauty and pleasure of these lakes, they furnish fish; the best fish that ever enhanced the beauty of a platter sawed off the end of a fourteen inch maple log. If all this was not enough, it was possible to make as much as ten dollars a day digging ginseng. No wonder our forefathers were pleased with their new home. In their wildest dreams they never hoped for what they found here. They knew that God and St. Patrick guided them on their way, and their first united effort was to build a church and call it St. Patrick's. They built three churches; one in 1856 or '57, one in 1880; and, when that burned, they built the present church in 1888. They organized the townships and school districts and sent men to the county board. They became Americans without reserve, and when the Civil War broke out they knew without hesitation wherein their duty lay. They lived in hopes that some day a railroad would come. Their great grand children can bor­ row their pet expression and say, "It's all for the best." Railroads are the least of our troubles now. [ 12] CHIVALRY Through the successful management of Brian Boru, when he was sole ard righ or king of Ireland, law and order has reached such a high degree in regard to observance of the law, that woman or stranger might roam through Ireland from coast to coast, and though possessing money, adorned with jewels, or blessed with beauty - if a woman - the traveler was safe from robber or as­ sassm. "No son of Erin will offer me harm, For, though they love woman and golden store, Sir Knight; They love honor and virtue more." If we had a queen, and she had jewels and beauty, she could travel through St. Patrick's parish alone, and be perfectly safe. If anyone's name has been left out of this record, the omission has been due to inadvertency, and not to any lack of pride in mentioning the names of Shieldsville's settlers.

THOSE IRISH NAMES It was Brian Boru who, for the preservation of Irish genealogy, decreed that every family should have a surname, there being no surnames in Ireland up to that time, about rooo A. D. "Names with a musical lilt and a troll to the111, Names with a body and blood and a soul to them, Sure and they are poetry, darling asthore." Brannigan, Flannigan, Gibney and Gilligan, Clarkin, Larkin, McGillan, McGeough Manley, Hanley, Minton, Crosby, McKenna, McDonnell, McDonough, Mayo. Madden, Murphy, Callahan, Nagle, Shields, Kelly, Reilly, Dunn, Carpenter, Harrison, Finnegan, Hagerty, McGinnis, Finley, Maroney, Brown. McCullough, McGarry, Langan, Hicky, Sullivan, Sweeney, Mahoney, Rouin. Gillespie, Morris, Griffin, Corbett, Culhane, Foley, Gavin, Byrne. Dwyer, Dooley, Dudley, Devitt, [13] Healy, Hunt, Cashin, Doyle, Roach, Meehan, Smith, McDermott, O'Connor, Pemrick, Mangan, Boyle. Lorem, Leahy, O'Brien, Gruber, Molloy, McBride, McEntee, Moore, McFadden, McBreen, Connors, Coffey, Lyon, Gormley, Maloney, Flynn, Sheridan, Burke, Conroy, Gorman, Kiernan, Collins, Gonser, Kain. McGuire, McManus, Donohue, Crowley, Quinlan, Martin, Casey, Wynn. Brazil, Curran, Breslin, Hurley, Hanlon, Hadin, Fox, O'Toole, Garrity, Sheehan, Lynch, O'Grady, O'Heam, Logue, Duffy, Carroll, Farrely, Ash, Cummings, Dow. Gaughan, McMahon, McEvoy, Keegan, Coleman, Powers, Mulcahy, Ward, Walsh, Kahleher, Cockran, Dolan, Delany, Devereaux, Perkinson, Ryan, Warren, O'Connell, Kerret, Nolan, Butler, McSloy, McCann, Devine, Freeman, Maher, McCarthy, Goggin, Shaughnessy, Stack, and Johnson. There is no end to this.

[14J ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH In the fall of 1856 word came to Shieldsville that Father Ra­ voux would visit the new settlement and say Mass at Hanlon's. The message was relayed from house to house, and it was decided that the missionary would get a purse. After Mass the priest in­ vited the men outside for a talk. They went out behind Hanlon's house, sat on a pile of logs, and heard that the bishop sent word to build a church. The purse of $25.00 which Father Ravoux had just received, was the first contribution. James Carpenter and George McDonnell were chosen to be the first trustees. They were given the plans for the church and the priest's house which the bishop had sent. Every man was told how many logs to bring in and he brought them. The logs were piled high near where the church was to be built, overlooking Mud Lake, which was a real lake then. The bishop expected a log church, but about that time a saw mill was started on Lake Mazaska, so the logs were hauled to the mill and made into lum­ ber. Carpenters came from St. Paul, and the building was com­ pleted in due time. The material in the church was donated, and the labor cost $800.00. The bargain was that the carpenters were to be paid after the pews in the church were auctioned, but when their work was finished, they locked the doors and refused to give up the keys until they were paid. The trustees were far from bested. Mr. Carpenter and Mr. McDonnell went to Faribault and mortgaged their farms to pay the workmen. As soon as the pews were sold they got their money back. Mr. Carpenter told this story to his daughters a short time before his death in explaining to them how it happened that his farm had ever had a mortgage on it. Father Ravoux had charge of the whole missionary district of Minnesota. Other Missionaries were Father Keller, Father Mc­ Manus, Father McCullough and Father Sales. No established record is available of the date of the first Mass. Before the church was built, the homes of Jeremiah Healy, Patrick Hanlon, and t 15] Michael Gevin were blessed by the privilege of being used as chapels. Father Robert came here in 1870 and left in 1880. Father Slevin arrived in 18 So and went to Faribault in 1900. Father Flem­ ming came in 1900 and died here in 1909. Father Molloy came in 1909 and we are happy to have him still with us. We are indebted to Rev. Arthur Durand, assistant pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart, Faribault, for this paper which he read at a meeting of the Rice County Historical Society in St. Patrick's hall, Shieldsville, August 15, 1939.

ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH Faithful Work Done by Shieldsville Priests Recounted m Paper The Early Priests of Shieldsville "As an introduction to the main paper of the program by Mrs. Mary Hagerty dealing with the general history of early Shields­ ville, I was asked to write something of the early priests of this community, and I will aim in a brief direct way to sketch the deeds and as far as I can, the lives, of the first spiritual guides of the pioneers who settled here. It is interesting to note in this regard that while the first settlers of Faribault were all Catholic French-Canadians the population soon represented many varied creeds. In other early settlements of the country, we find grouped more or less unconscientiously, settlers either all Protestant or all Catholics with perhaps a family or two of another belief as an exception. Thus in Morristown and Warsaw we early find a population almost entirely non­ Catholic, while in Wheatland and Shieldsville almost all are Catholic. Northfield reversing the setup in Faribault, was settled by Protestants but like it we soon find there a liberal mixture of creeds. Loyal Parishioners Applying this to Shieldsville, it explains why the spiritual life of that community is entirely the history of the Catholic Church there, its faith and its priests. These priests came first as mission­ aries radiating in the beginning from St. Paul, and later from Faribault which soon had a resident pastor. It was not long how­ ever before we discover here such an influx of settlers some, somewhat rough in manner but deep in faith, who thought [ 16 J ·'"/1/ J_II/ \' ;n.1 Jfl J~)

nothing of walking seven miles and more to come to Mass on Sunday or to come for instruction or to have their children bap­ tized, that the question of a pastor was soon an important one. The first of the missionaries to visit Shieldsville, preach and give sacramental consolation to the faithful as was his custom on such rounds, was the tireless Father Ravoux in the spring of 1855. To this visit is attached the potato patch incident, where the priest, as a thing not uncommon to himself, slept outside in Healy's potato patch for lack of room in the tiny cabin of the pioneer. Father Ravoux must have been impressed by the faith, the spirit of self-sacrifice and the increasing numbers of settlers here in Shieldsville for it could hardly have been on any other report than his own to the bishop of Dubuque to which all of Minne­ sota west of the Mississippi was then attached, that we find him returning the very next year with the orders and plans of Bishop Loras for the construction of the first church of Shieldsville.

Pioneer Missionary The life of Father Ravoux is too well known and too exten­ sive in known labors to be related here at any great length, for there is an abundance of material in regard to him in his "Mem­ oirs," in the St. Paul Seminary Historical Collections, and in numerous articles, letters and notes referring to him. Born in France, he came to Dubuque as a Seminarian with Bishop Loras in 1840. He was sent to his first mission at Prairie du Chien made up of Whites and Indians and it is here that he begins to learn the Indian language. The next year, in 1841, he is among the dreaded Sioux, going from St. Paul to Traverse des Sioux, now Mankato. Again in 1843 he daringly pushes out again to the western boundary of the present Minnesota to Lac qui Parle and Las Traverse. We find him visiting his bishop at Dubuque in 1843 then in 1845 he again pushes out to visit a few Catholic families among the farthermost tribes of the Sioux even to the Missouri river at Pierre now South Dakota. He is the lone priest out of St. Paul from 1844 when Father Galtier was sent to Keokuk, Iowa, until .18 5 1 when the first bishop of St. Paul, Bishop Cretin arrived in St. Paul. Mendota Headquarters Mendota was a favorite stopping place for Father Ravoux and from there he visits Fort Snelling and the Indians camped at the [ 17 J foot of the cliff below the fort. At Mendota his best friend is Jean Baptiste Faribault and time and again the missionary makes the rounds of the trading posts established by the three sons of the elder Faribault, Alexander, located near the junction of the Cannon and the rising settlements of the neighborhood, Oliver and David established at Chaska and Shakopee. On December 26, 1862, this zealous missionary is kneeling in prayer at Mankato with thirty-three of the thirty-eight Sioux Indians condemned to be hung whom he has instructed, converted, baptized and pre­ pared for a humble and resigned death in the Catholic faith; such was the man of God who first preached to, administered to the spiritual needs of and launched the building of the first church for the settlers of the new village of Shieldsville. The Church of Shieldsville was built in 1856 and Father Keller arrived in Faribault as resident pastor in February, 1858. Who conducted services here in Sheldsville during this interval? No records seem available but it is probable that one or the other of the following missionaries who were known to have come to Faribault during this period came also to Shieldsville to bless and open the new church and conduct services from time to time, Father Ravoux, Huerth and Oster. Father Keller was born at Hagenau, Alsace, France, April 17, 1823. He was one of seven young students recruited by Father Ravoux on a visit to France in 1853. Ordained by Bishop Cretin in i854 he was given the task of organizing the new St. Mary's parish of St. Paul in 1856. This being successfully accomplished he is sent early to Faribault in 18 58 as the first resident pastor of the church of Faribault newly erected after the fire of 1857.

Extensive Parish In his day title of resident pastor carried with it a rather sly sense of humor for Father Keller's parish extended from Rosemount on the north to Blooming Prairie on the south and from Kilkenny on the west to Pine Island on the east, and all settlements within these confines so that the resident priest was on the trails and roads more often than at home. Father Keller alternated his Sun­ day services taking the bigger missions in rotation and holding religious worship on week days in the places he had been forced to omit on Sunday. He traveled by wagon or buggy when the roads permitted it but more often it was on horseback or on foot [ 18] that he labored along through brush, mire and swamp road to visit his people. It was in this capacity of missionary from Faribault that he was connected with the new Shieldsville parish from 1858 until shortly before his transfer to the northern part of the state in 1 870, the year that Father Robert (pronounced Ro bear) arrived in Shieldsville as its resident pastor. However other priests had occasion to come to Shieldsville during this time. One of these was Father Sales who returned with Father Keller when the latter visited France in 1863. He remained only two years with Father Keller in the capacity of assistant and did his best, though just learning English, to serve all who came under his care. He proved a valuable aid for Father Keller too in the care of the increasing numbers of Canadians, Belgians and French that came to Shieldsville at that time from the neighborhood of French and Cedar Lakes, as well as the large settlement of French speaking people. It is probable that his acquisition of English was then sufficient to render him more useful elsewhere for he was transferred at this time, 1865 or 1866, to other fields of labor. There were times, too, when Father Keller was absent as when he went to France in 186 3 and at other intervals. At such times it is probable as I mentioned before that Shieldsville was visited by missionaries from St. Paul though no records remain of these visits except the tradition handed down from the old people.

First Resident Pastor Thus, although no records remain in the parish of Father Mc­ Cullough, who came to Shieldsville in 1867 it is known that he was the first resident pastor appointed here. However, the im­ pression is that he did not get along well in the new settlement and remained only three short years preceding the arrival of Fa­ ther Robert, who began a very successful pastorate of ten years, I 870 to I 880. John Claude Robert was born at Charbonnier Haute Loire, France, in 1828. He studied his classics at the Charteruse Petit Seminaire and entered the Grand Seminaire du Puy, near Lyons about 1849. While yet a Seminarian he came to St. Paul in 185 3 possibly accompanying Father Ravoux who had been in France for recruits that year. He was ordained by Bishop Cretin in 185 5 [ 19] and served the mission settlement of Little Canada, some ten miles north of the present Capitol. In r 857 he was appointed to Men­ dota where he remained eight years that is, until 1 865. At this time he took a two years leave of absence to visit France, r 865 to 1867. Upon this return he was given charge of the Watertown Missions and vicinity until his appointment to Shieldsville in 1870. Father Robert arrived in Shieldsville as pastor in the strength of his manhood, being 42 years of age. He was a stout, strong and squarely built man, weighing about 190 ponds. His eyes were dark as were his strong features and dark thick whiskers covered his face which he kept trimmed smooth. He had a strong will and a rather quick temper as the tardy at services and the slothful at learning soon discovered and still recall, yet he was jolly and sympathetic, unsparing of himself in the service of his people, all to all, without favorites and of an unusually industrious nature. Thus for instance he kept two or three cows and a flock of chickens as well as a fine horse, and for a time, a team.

Acquires Land Besides this he acquired a piece of land of some 40 acres or more covered with wood and just across the road to the east from Pat McKenna's boat landing on Lake Mazaska. Here in his free time he cut wood, grubbed and cleared the land. Whether he did this to lighten the burden of his sustenance on the parish or be­ cause of his love for the out of doors and his need for sturdy exercise or again to make some little profit that might enable him to visit once more his native France, I have been unable to ascertain, but one good effect it did have upon even the most swaggering and bellicose characters of the community in those early days of rough and vigorous life, was to maintain a very unquestioned respect for Father Robert's ability to take care of himself and to prove if need be the strength of his authority. In the first years of his stay he had charge of at least two mis­ sions attached to Shieldsville. These were Wheatland which so remained for many years and the other was a little church stand­ ing alone in a grove of timber about three miles to the east of Montgomery. A few Catholic families dwell in the neighborhood and the church was dedicated to St. Michael but it has now en­ tirely disappeared. Many times also when groups of families were too far from the churches he would say Mass in the homes and C20 J one can well imagine the effort that was made in those days of homespun, mill shirts, patches and corduroy trousers, to deck the humble home of the settler and deck themselves in all their best for Our Lord's Eucharistic visit upon the missionary's portable altar. Sympathetic Priest Father Robert I have said was a sympathetic priest. Many were the times when he could be seen struggling on foot across coun­ try, through the woods, when the roads were impassable during the spring to go visit the sick and the ailing. The old timers still recall how cheerfully and unhesitatingly he accompanied all who came to get him even by open sleigh in the bitter cold nights of winter, and on these visits when his administrations were com­ plete he thoroughly enjoyed the little lunch of homely fare to which he was invited. He preached with simplicity and ease in English, spoke in French when at Wheatland, teaching in a firm, practical and illustrative manner according to the occasion and the capacity of his listeners. Most of the families of Shieldsville were of course of Irish na­ tionality but before the Sacred Heart church of Faribault was built in 1879, many families of Belgian and Canadian, as well as of French descent came here. The long, swampy road to Faribault was far to walk and often difficult to travel and it may be that the bishop had these families in mind when he appointed Father Robert with his ability to speak French. Among these French speaking families were three families of Duchene, four of Dulac, Bernard Corbesier, Joseph Roi, the Joachims, the Meuniers, Le­ mieux, Jandro (Gendron), Thomas Laflame, Louis Chavie, the Boucher families, Jersoule, St. George, Vaillant, Mitchel Mathew, Bissonette, Francois Chapdelain de Collette, Fortier ForceHe, Desclusin, the Mehagnoul families and quite often even the French Canadians living on the south side of Cedar Lake, the Harpe and the Rousseau as well as others came to Shieldsville for religious services. Other families from Wheatland came on Sun­ day when there was to be no service at that place.

Erect Parish of Own However, all this began to change again in 1879 when the French and Canadians of Faribault were granted the permission to erect a new parish of their own. Many of the families spoken [ 21 J of, began at once to come to the new Sacred Heart Church of Faribault and gradually about all did so, since the roads had been improved much by this time. It seems possible that the Bishop had all this in mind in chang­ ing Father Robert in 1880 and putting Shieldsville under the guidance of a young priest of the same tongue as his people, the beloved Father Slevin. Before leaving, however, Father Robert realizing the need of a larger and better church for the old one made of green native lumber was too small and open to all weather, began to direct the accumulation of stone and the laying of the foundation of a new stone edifice. The men hauling wood to Faribault went to the quarry and returned with a load of stone for the new church. This was the last work of Father Robert in Shieldsville before being transferred to Chatham and missions in 1880. After five years he was again sent to Little Canada his first post, remaining from 1886 to 1890. After spending a year and a half at White Bear, being now advancing in age, he was given the somewhat lighter work of the chaplaincy at St. Mary's hospital in Minne­ apolis where he remained until 1903. Spent by his long years of labor which even his sturdy frame could no longer endure, he retired to France, his beloved homeland where he passed away in the year 1908 at the age of 70. Such is a brief sketch of the spiritual side of the life of the town of Shieldsville, of the Lord's husbandmen who planted, cultivated and harvested here in the vineyard of God before 1880, and as we visit the church near where the former humble one stood, or walk in the City of the Dead beside it, let us say a prayer for those whose ministrations to Shieldsville's pioneers rendered our ancestors' labors eternal through the touch of Faith." Our thanks to Father Durand for this contribution.

[ 22] CAPTAIN DODD William Dodd was born in Montclair, New Jersey, in 18n, and came to Minnesota about 185 1. He laid out the military high­ way between Fort Snelling at St. Paul and Fort Ridgely near St. Peter. It has been known ever since as the Dodd road, and though it was not much more than a well blazed trail, it was the road which led to Shieldsville and the one over which the pioneers traveled. Captain Dodd gets credit for hiking the whole distance from St. Paul to St. Peter. He was one of the founders of St. Peter and was killed while defending New Ulm in the Sioux war in 1862. The following stirring account of the battle of New Ulm, August 23, 1862, is taken from the Minnesota Historical Society collections: "The unfortunate incident in the day's battle that led to the death of Captain Dodd has never been correctly reported. In justice to the brave men who participated in that critical moment, a correct understanding should be had of the reasons that, at the time, seemed to make the undertaking imperative. It will be remembered that Lieutenant Huey had retreated to­ ward Nicollet in the morning, and all through the day we looked for his return with reinforcements, which really took place the following day. About five o'clock P. M., there appeared beyond the Indian line in the east, some forty or fifty men, marching in single file, under the command of an officer carrying the American flag. They were dressed in citizens clothing and had all the appearances of the reinforcements so anxiously expected. The Indians had again gained possession of the buildings on the avenue east, perhaps five blocks from the Dakotah House, and from that position were delivering a galling fire on our line. Immediately, on discovering what all thought to be our rein­ forcements, Captain Dodd, in a short, impassioned speech, volun­ teered to lead any that would follow, to the clearing of the avenue [23 J of Indians and joining our reinforcements beyond. Reverend Fa­ ther Sunrisen and Dr. Mayo both made brief speeches urging all to unite in support of Dodd. Some twenty men fell into line. Dodd and Shoemaker being mounted proceeded down the avenue. It was a movement of only a few minutes consideration and seemed to promise an important result. Captain Dodd wheeled his horse and reached a log blacksmith shop when his horse plunged forward and fell. Partially supporting himself, with others assisting, the fatally wounded leader was taken into the building. A temporary cot was provided where he was made as comfortable as possible. The building was loop-holed and a half dozen men were firing from it, as it was one of the important positions on our outer line. Dodd had received three mortal wounds and the horses ridden by Dodd and Shoemaker were both killed. The writer had witnessed from our hospital the whole movement, saw Dodd fall, and hurried to his assistance. There was little that could be done as he was in a dying condition, sur­ viving only about one hour. He appreciated his condition and met it courageously, giving me messages to his wife and to Bishop Whipple, with utmost coolness and consideration. Thus passed a courageous and heroic spirit, a man of large mental endow­ ments and one whose life had been full of stirring incidents." William B. Dodd deserves more than passing notice as he was one of the most energetic, fearless and reliant men among the pioneers of Southern Minnesota. He contributed largely to the settlement of that part of the state. "Lest we forget" - it may be well to remind the present generation of some of the services he rendered the state and his home town. He was largely instrumental in securing from the government the appropriation for the building of the Dodd road from St. Peter to Mendota. He superintended its laying out and construc­ tion. He located the townsite of St. Peter and from the first had the most supreme confidence in its future. He lived to see his wilderness claim develop into a thriving city and he would have succeeded in making it the capital city of the state had not his enemies resorted to the most infamous methods. He led two volunteer companies against the Indians, the first in pursuit of Ink-pa-tu-ka after the Spirit Lake massacre, during the years of 1853-4. He was at times acting United States Mar­ shall. He volunteered for service in the South during the Civil [ 24 J war but was rejected on account of impaired sight. He was one of the delegates to Washington that succeeded in making his city a chartered point in the Winona and St. Peter railroad. He was a ready and impressive speaker and held several positions of trust from the state.

THE INDIANS Sioux or Dakotah, means "joined together in a friendly com­ pact" and is equivalent to "E pluribus unum." "Sioux" is a nick­ name for Dakotah. The traders used the word so the Indians would not know whom they were talking about. The Wa-pay­ ku-tay, or leaf shooters, were a division of the Sioux who occu­ pied the country south of the Minnesota river and around the sources of the Cannon and Blue Earth rivers. The treaty of 1858, made in Washington, D. C., was a wild scheme to civilize the Indians. They were granted annuities and then the money was spent for them. Each head of a family was given eighty acres with a house, barn, well, stock, machinery etc. and these were paid for out of the annuities. This deal was not forced on the Indians, it was sold to them. About 160 Indians became annuity Indians. They were good people and tried to farm and live like the white men. More were "Blanket Indians" who felt that the whole idea was against na­ ture and that they were being cheated out of their God-given hunting grounds. There was a generous sum appropriated by congress to pay these Indians for extra work and most of the money was lost on its way to the Indians. Such things happen to this day. The shiftless ones moved into the homes of the thrifty ones for the winter and all this pressure was too much. It resulted in the horrible massacre of 1862. General Shields made some bargain with the Sioux under the leadership of Ishma by which the Indians were to live on the land known as the island between General Shields and Mud lakes. The Winnebago Indians lived around Cedar lake. lnk-pa-tu-ka was a No. 1 bad Indian. He was of the Wa-pa­ ku-ta division of the Sioux as were Little Crow, Ishma, Ma-za­ ku-ti and Ma-zu-ka. Ma-za-ku-ti was a smart aleck and fond of talking. He traveled with Ink-pa-tu-ka. Ishma was his son and Ma-zu-ka his grandson. Ishma was well known by the early set- [ 25 J tiers. He was one of the thirty-seven Indians hung at Mankato. Mr. Pat O'Brien went from here to Mankato to see lshma the night before he was hung. Ishma shook hands with Mr. O'Brien but would not speak. In 1857, the Indians here were so bold they were a nuisance. When the white men were not in their houses the Indians would enter and frighten the women by firing off their guns and steal­ ing food. The men of Shieldsville drove the Indians, kit and ka­ boodle, into Wells township and the Wells town men pushed them on. Ma-zu-ka was there and was a bold young scamp. He faced the music and said the Indians would not move a step till they heard from General Shields so he ran to Faribault and back with a letter in about the time it would take a good horse. He brought a message from Charles Shields, the General's nephew, but what the message was will never be known for his people were on the move when he got back and Mr. Carpenter tore the letter to bits and told the Indians to be on their wav. That is why there was no massacre in Shieldsvill~. Our grand­ pas did not wait for it.

BUSINESS-1856-1885 Delany Brothers started the first sawmill in 18 56. The grist mills were started by Dennis McEvoy in 1874. From the Fari­ bault Democrat, May 21, 1875: "McEvoy and Company are doing a good business at their mill and manufacture flour inferior to none in the county. The mill and all its appointments are of the latest improvements, put up after the plan of the Grange Mill of our city, and is of in­ finite value to this section. The sawmill adjoining is being run night and day, and at present is cutting lumber for the large store and warehouse which is in the process of erection by Matt Brown, our genial and enterprising Post Master and merchant." Faribault Democrat - Sept. 2 3, 1881: "The Maza.ska Flouring Mill at Shieldsville, Dooley and Ha­ mel, Props., has recently been undergoing repairs. New and im­ proved machinery has been added and the mill made first class in every particular. The proprietors are now ready to do custom work and guarantee satisfaction." Up to 188 2 there was a brick kiln in Shieldsville making [26 J enough bricks for the home demand. William Teck was the brick maker. The blacksmiths were: John Fox, who sold out early to Michael Cochran and Thos. Casey, and left for Minneapolis. John Fox did not like Shieldsville one bit. Then there were, James Stack, James McDonnell and Charley McKenna. James O'Connell ran a wagon shop. James McSloy was a weaver and made homespun cloth. Mrs. \,Valsh made the homespun called linsey woolsey; the warp was linen and the woof was wool. She also used the warp both ways to make towels, and she made rag carpets and blankets. Ann Maher made weather-defying gar­ ments out of the home spun. The merchants were: Hagerty Bros., Thomas Coleman, John Murphy and Matthew Brown, and Francis Maloney. They all carried a line of general merchan­ dise. Patrick McKenna was the proprietor of the North Star Hotel. The frontier stage ran from Hastings to Faribault. Goods were hauled from Hastings. The first wheat crop was hauled there with oxen, and the trip took five days. Wheat sold for 50c a bushel. In some seasons of the year, supplies were landed on the Mississippi at Reed's Landing at the foot of Lake Pepin. Ginseng was the manna that saved many a day. Times were hard in '57, '58, and '59. The money the pioneers brought with them was exhausted and it was hard to get more for there was no surplus crop. Ginseng buyers came from New York and Philadelphia and bought the root to send to China. Fortunately ginseng was plentiful and it was possible to dig $ IO.OO worth in a day. From the Faribault Democrat-May 21, 1875: "The farmers of this locality have generally finished putting in their small grain. Notwithstanding the backwardness of the spring, the area of land sown will come up to, if not exceed that of former years. Having been put in in good order it only needs a fair season to produce an abundant harvest. Grass as yet has made but little growth." The Cooper Shop was a branch of the cooper shop in Dundas where the Archibald mill took their products. The hoops which were made of small hickory trees were prepared here and hauled to Dundas. Hoop poles paid for more than one farm. Whoever invented metal hoops for barrels ruined the hoop pole business. [ 27 J The shop was near the lake and employed about twenty men. The Faribault Democrat, Aug. 2, 1881: "Everybody is busy gathering in the harvest. Some farmers have begun stacking. Wheat is an average crop here. It is rather light, but the heads are well filled, one containing as many as 20 grains. Work on the new church is progressing."

V. S. MAIL The first daily mail between Owatonna and St. Paul, via Fari­ bault, was in 1862. Stage route to Shieldsville twice a week, Mon­ days and Thursdays. It ran from Shieldsville to New Prague on \Vednesdays and Saturdays. P. McKenna contracted for both routes. In Erin: In 1856 a post office called Fowlerville Post Office was established at the home of Bartholmew Foley with Mr. Foley as Post Master. In 1857, John Smith was appointed Post Master and the Post Office was moved to his home in sec. 18 where it remained for eight years. Then Charles Cooke became Post Master at the home of Bernard Tague in sec. 16. A short time after that Edward Carrol was made Post Master and the office was in sec. 8. Four years later Edward Kiernan became Post Master. It was discontinued in 1880. There was a Post Office in sec. 29 Shieldsville. This one was known as The Diamond Post Office. The Post Office in Shieldsville ( called a Star Post Office) was attended at different times by Jos. Hagerty, Thos. Coleman, Matthew Brown, Patrick McKenna and Bridget Hanlon. Rural Free Delivery was established in 1900 and Parcels Post in 1912.

RICE COUNTY Rice County was formed in 18 55. At the first election in the fall of '5 5 the following officers were elected: Register of Deeds, Isaac Hammond; Sheriff, Charles Wood; Judge of Probate, Isaac Woodman. Board of County Commissioners, called the County Court, F. W. Frink, Andrew Story and George Pettit. [28 J In 1858, when Minnesota became a state, an act of legislature subjected the county government to a change. The management of county affairs was vested in a board of supervisors consisting of the chairmen of each township board - one member from each township. The first meeting was held on Sept. 14, 1858, and the roll was answered by: Webster, G. L. Carpenter; Rich­ land, L. Barlow; Wheeling, W. A. Pye; Northfield, Daniel Bowe; Walcot, Isaac Woodman; Cannon City, J. A. Starks; Bridgewater, B. Lockerby; Wheatland, Miles Hollister; Wells, Thos. Kirk; Forest, E. F. Taylor; Morristown, Isaac Hammond; Shieldsville, Joseph Hagerty; Erin, John Coniff; Warsaw, G. W. Batchelder. In January, 1860, Rice County was divided into five commis­ sioner districts each sending one representative to the County Board. Joseph Hagerty was County Commissioner from 1855 to 1868; Richard Brown from 1868 to 1872; J. F. Healy from 1872 to 1876; Michael Hanley from 1876 to 1882.

TOWNSHIPS Shieldsville township was organized at the first town meeting held in the village May 11, 1858. The town was named Shields­ ville in honor of General Shields. The first officers elected were: Supervisors - Joseph Hagerty, Patrick Cunniffe, and Patrick Smith. Constables - Patrick McKenna and Michael Hanley. Justice of the Peace - Timothy Doyle and James Roach. Assessor - John Finley. Town Clerk - John Gibbons. Erin township was organized May 11, 1858, at the residence of Patrick Ryan in section 22. Thomas Flannigan was elected chairman and William Kerrot secretary. A motion was made by D. Dooley to name the town "Mc­ Bride", then he made a motion to name it "Healy" in honor of Jeremiah Healy. Both motions were lost. Mr. Gorman's motion to name it "Erin" carried by seven votes. The following were elected: Supervisors - John Coniff, Timothy Foley, and Syl Smith. Assessor - Denis Dooley. Collector - John Gorman. [29] Justice of the Peace - Thomas Flannigan and B. Foley. Constables - Michael Richardson and John Smith. Overseer of the Poor - Charles McBride. Overseers of Roads - Patrick Ryan, Martin Duffy, and Ed­ ward Clarkin.

SCHOOLS The first business transacted by the County Court, January 8, 1855, was the organization of school districts r, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and ro. Number 3 was Shieldsville. The County Board ordered that the sum of $2.00 be appropriated from the county funds for each scholar and the money used for school purposes. District 32 evolved from number 3. General Shields donated one acre of land and Mr. Tuft built a log house 14x20. Mr. Bent~ ley was the first teacher. There were about 84 pupils in the dis­ trict but only 22 went to school. The first school officers were J. Hagerty, Patrick Hanlon, and Timothy Shields. In 1865 a new log school house was built and Mr. Wall was the teacher. In 1881 the present school building was erected at a cost of $ r ,ooo. In 1 888 while the church was under construction, this school house was used as a church. District No. 39 This district was organized in 1858 and a log schoolhouse was rolled together in this year in section 9, \Veils Township. The first school was held in this building by Isiah Roberts. The original building was used until it was burned in r 86 5, when one term of school was taught in Joseph Byrnes' house while another log schoolhouse was rolled together. In 1877, this building was dis­ pensed with and a new brick schoolhouse erected in the northern part of section 9 on one half acre of the Michael Brazil farm. In 1903 this brick building was razed and the present frame struc­ ture built. P. H. Shields, J. B. Shields, and George Rossez were the trustees at the time this schoolhouse was erected and the first term of school was taught in it by Miss Gertrude Skeffington of Hazelwood. The first families of the district were those of James Clarkin, John Hanlon, Michael Mahoney, Tufts, O'Tooles, Pat­ rick Hurley, John Hayden, John Casey, Joseph Byrnes, Peter Dunn, Dan O'Brien, Robert Dudley, Michael Brazil, Patrick O'Brien, Patrick Kelly, Mr. Chappius, Celestine Rossez, Vincent [ 30 J Lieb, William Cochran, and Ike Anderson. Only four persons of the first families that came here to settle are now residing in the district. They are l\fr. George Rossez, Mrs. George Rossez (The­ resa Dunn), Edward Rossez, and Mrs. J. B. Shields (Margaret Clarkin). Among the first teachers were Mary Brazil, William O'Connell, Christ O'Brien, Catherine O'Brien, Jennie McLaugh­ lin, Mary Doyle, Nora Fitzgerald, Bridget Fitzgerald, Mary Lee, Daniel Dooley, Thomas Nagle, Joseph Hanlon, Rose Ann Tague, Mrs. William Geiger, Mrs. George Lieb, and Mrs. John Casper. James Dudley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dudley, was a highly educated man who taught many years in the district. After the Spanish American War he entered the United States Teaching Service in the Philippines where he died a few years later. George Rossez served as treasurer of the district for forty years until 1937 when he resigned. Contributed by RosE SHIELDS.

District No. 46 District No. 46 was the first district to be organized in Erin Township. It had its beginning in a little log schoolhouse which was erected in the southeastern part of section 1 5 in the year 1857. The first officers of the newly organized district were Daniel Callahan, Patrick McEntee, and Edward Kiernan. The enrollment increased rapidly until in 1865, Miss Powers taught thirty pupils. In 187 2, Daniel Callahan donated land in the central part of section 1 1, where a frame building was constructed at a cost of $300. Miss Louise Dooley (Mrs. Corley) was the first teacher to distribute knowledge in the building. This second structure was destroyed by fire and the present schoolhouse was built in the summer of 1903 under the direction of James Hruska, Louis Francis, and John J. Sullivan as trustees. Miss Catherine O'Connors (Mrs. John W. Sullivan) was the first to teach in this building. Since then many Shieldsville girls have taught in Dis­ trict 46, among them Mary Dudley ( Mrs. Thomas Byrne), Mary C. Shields (Mrs. J. M. Delehanty), Jennie M. Hagerty (Mrs. James Dynes), Winifred Mahoney (Mrs. Vernon Sammon), Catherine Devitt (Mrs. Ernest Jarais), Mae McFadden (Mrs. George Reilly), Rose McFadden, Teresa Sullivan, and Evelyn Griffin (Mrs. Martin Mahoney). Mr. John W. Griffin has served on the school board in this district for fifty years. [ 31] District No. 49 The first school was taught in this district in 1 860 by Miss Bridget Fitzgerald. The school officers were Messrs. Dooley, Coffey, and Meehan. In 1863 Mr. E. Clarkin donated land in section 30, Erin, and a new school house was built. There were 12 pupils to attend. District No. 53 District 53 was organized in 1863 in a log house on Hugh Byrne's place in Shieldsville township. Mr. O'Connor was the first teacher. The officers were Patrick Smith, John Healy, and John McGancy. In 1866 a site was purchased in section 29 and a frame house was built at a cost of $600. That building was burned in 192 3 and a very up-to-date building replaced it. District No. 68 John Gorman's house was used as the first school with An­ drew Devereaux as teacher. Later Mr. Sheehan deeded the district a half acre and a school house was built. This was in 1858. In 1873 a new frame building was erected. District No. 70 Michael Delaney, James Carpenter, and James McDonnell or­ ganized this district in 1860. Miss Bridget Kelly was the teacher of twenty pupils. The school house was burned in 1864 and an­ other was burned in 1 879. District No. 71 School opened here in 1 861 with Miss Laura Snyder as teacher getting a salary of $ ro a month. District No, 84 This district was organized in 1859 with B. Hunt, T. Mul­ downey, and M. Gavin as officers. Miss Ann Muldowney was the first teacher and was paid $25 a month. District No. 69 The first school was taught in this district in the summer of 1859 in a log house on Anthoney Kelly's land by Miss Ryan. The winter term was taught by Anthony Kelly. District No. 98 Mrs. Phil McKenna was the first teacher and following is the roll call: Mary Remick, Kate Remick, Henry Remick, Willie [ 32 J Remick, Kate Mulvey, Bridget Mulvey, Maggie Mulvey, Mary Mulvey, Mary Marooney, Annie Marooney, Nell Marooney, Kate Brown, Johnny Brown, Pete Brown, Tisha Goodin, Pete Goodin, Joe Goodin, Mary Goodin, Louis Wadecamper, Theo­ dore Wadecarnper, Bertha Wadecamper, Victor Wadecamper, Kate Sullivan, Steve Sullivan, Ellie Sullivan, Jack Sullivan, Pat Sullivan, Hannah Sullivan, Mary Sullivan.

District No. 121 District 121 was organized in 1897. Mr. John L. Gruber donated an acre of land in section 31 Forest and a very neat school house was built. The first officers were John L. Gruber, Edmund Hagerty, and Thomas Greenwood.

District No. 123 District 123 is a joint district, half in Rice and half in LeSueur county. Martin Corbett gave an acre of land and the first teacher was Miss Alice McCauley. The first officers were Martin Cor­ bett, John Culhane, and James McGarry.

A WALK THROUGH SHIELDSVILLE IN THE LONG AGO We will start at 1st and Broadway and follow the path on the lefthand side. In the census of 1880 the village population was 118. And it was a village incorporated March 12, 1877. At the first election the following officers were chosen: President, Joseph Hagerty; Trustees, Thomas Coleman, Chris­ topher Knutson, E. B. McCann; Recorder, William O'Connell; Treasurer, Patrick Hanlon; Justice, Patrick McKenna; Constable, P. C. McCann.

ORDINANCE OF THE VILLAGE OF SHIELDSVILLE On Saturday, April 14, 1877, the council of the village of Shrieldsville met at the office of the village justice, Patrick Mc­ Kenna, and passed the following ordinances: First - Streets and Sidewalks Section one - The village council shall take the necessary measures for the construction and maintenance of suitable side- [ 33] walks and street crossings in said village. The expense of building such sidewalks and crossings to be taken out of the common fund of the village. Section two - Any person or persons who shall encumber the streets or sidewalks with any material or substance detrimental to the public good shall, upon being notified, proceed to remove same forthwith. And if such obstruction be not removed, the vil­ lage council shall proceed to have the same removed at the ex­ pense of the person or persons placing such obstruction on such streets or sidewalks. Section three - Any person or persons who shall damage side­ walks, shade trees, public wells, or pumps shall be punished by a fine of not less than two dollars, or more than twenty dollars, or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days or more than twenty days.

Second - Regarding T earns Section four - All horse racing or immoderate riding or driv­ ing in the streets is hereby prohibited; and any person or persons violating this section shall be fined in the sum not exceeding twenty-five dollars or less than five dollars. And if such a fine be not paid, the beast or beasts so ridden or driven shall be held to satisfy the amount of such fine. And it is further provided that any person or persons leaving a team untied in the streets shall be liable for all damages resulting from such neglect; said team or teams being held until payment for such damage is secured.

Third - Disturbing the Peace Section five -All riots, disturbances of the peace, and any­ thing tending to disturb the public generally are hereby prohi­ bited. Any person or persons so offending shall be punished by a fine of not less than two dollars and not more than fifty dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten or more than ninety days. Fourth - On License Section six - Any person or persons giving or dealing in spiri­ tuous, malt, fermented or vinous liquors in the said village of Shieldsville shall pay to the village corporation a license of fifty dollars. And any person or persons giving or dealing in such liquors in said village without having procured from the village [ 34] council said license shall be fined in the sum not less than fifty dollars or more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment in the county jail for not less than fifty days or more than ninety days. Fifth - Drunkenness Section seven - Any person or persons guilty of notorious or open drunkenness or brawling or obscenity in the streets or pub­ lic places shall be punished by a fine of not less than two dollars or more than fifty dollars or imprisonment in the county jail for not less than ten days or more than ninety days. April 14, 1877. The first dwelling we pass is the home of Patrick Hanlon. It is a very large house built on the brow of the hill with a view of Mud lake and of Lake Mazaska. It was in this house that the early missionaries said Mass before the church was built and it was here that Father Ravoux delivered the good news from the bishop that a church was to be built. Later on the Hanlons kept boarders. Their guests were the men who worked at the mill and at the cooper shop, and trans­ ients. Mr. Hanlon homesteaded the farm now owned by John Brown, therefore he hired a few men to work for him. If you ever hear some one say, "God help me, is this what I left Ireland for?" here is how it originated. Mr. Hanlon hired a greenhorn and sent him to bed early in he seemed to be very tired. Life began before dawn at Hanlons and when the new hand was asked to rise he began to moan and groan and murmur, "God help me, is this what I left Ireland for, to be getting up in the middle of the night to work. Wasn't I a fool to leave home?" He kept this up till Mr. Hanlon and the other men got sick of him and went to work. When they came in at noon, the martyr was still in bed but he got up right smartly and got his walking papers. The next house is down the hill a bit and Mrs. Kate Demmings and her son Frank live here. They are both teachers. This news letter taken from the Faribault Central Republican, September 26, 1875, reveals the calibre of Mrs. Demmings. "The Mitchel Library Club of Shieldsville has been in lively existence for the last four months. It was organized by a few young men, members of the Temperance Society, for their mu- [ 35 J tual improvement and has already done a great deal toward the realization of the objects for which it was established. Its mem­ bers think, rightly, that a few hours each week can be profitably spent for their intellectual improvement. The want of a library has been greatly felt, and for this the association above named, determined to give a ball, wishing by that means to raise funds to purchase books. The ball took place on Friday evening the 24th inst. It was indeed a pleasant time. Supper was given by Mrs. Demmings who by her generosity showed the young men that she was the formost advocate of intellectual improvement. Proof of interest and generosity were given by our merchants, Messrs. Coleman and Brown who bought tickets to assist the enterprise, though their business pre­ vented them from attending the entertainment." Mrs. Demmings is dead and Frank lives in Duluth. Now we pass Maloney's well and up a little grade and come to Matthew Brown's store and residence. Mud lake came to the back of the store and at that time had plenty of water in it. We cross 4th Avenue and get to McCanns' house. When the Mc­ Canns went to Minneapolis, Joe Bums and his daughter, Mary Ann, moved in. It was here that Mary Ann died. Next house is Dennis Dooley's. If you look in the window in the back room, you will see coffins. Be not alarmed, however, for that is Mr. Dooly's trade. As we stroll along up a little rise we reach James McSloy's place. He is a weaver and makes homespun cloth. The last resident at this place was Jos. Duhamel, Father Flemming's sexton. Cross 5th A venue and here is Thomas Culhane's house. He is a carpenter and his partner Jim O'Brien lives with him. Next to them is a store building erected by Timothy Shields and sold to Thomas Coleman, then to John Carpenter. We turn to the right on 6th A venue and on the corner is Bill O'Brien's place. He bought it from the McQuades. Two blocks further is the home of James O'Connell who married Maria Dunn. Next to them is the senior O'Connells. The family consists of William, Hannah and Mary. Turn south and go one block to 7th Avenue and to the right again one block and we are at St. Patrick's church. The church is north of where the present church stands and the reflection can be seen in the water of Mud lake. The cemetery surrounds [36] the church and the rectory is in the rear. Tall trees fill the space beyond here so let us return via the other side of the street. Back to Cedar and 6th Avenues and facing east we have on our right the blacksmith shop opened first by John Fox and later sold to M. Cochran and Thomas Casey. Next is a wagon shop owned by James O'Connell. Then the homes of Mrs. Brislan and the Grady Ladies. Turn north on Broadway and pass the school house of district 32. The first house on Broadway is the home of Mr. and Mrs. (Nellie O'Brien) Thomas Casey. They moved to Faribault and the name T. J. Casey still hangs above a blacksmith shop. His son, Tom, is the blacksmith. "Our Tom" died in 1925. Turn east on 5th Avenue and on the corner of 5th and Walnut is the home of Mrs. Ann Jane Devine. Further on are the homes of the Logues, the Tecks, and the McEvoys. At the end of the road we cross the street at O'Hearn's and pass the mill and the hall. Let's stop at the North Star Hotel and hear what the proprietor, Pat McKenna has to say. Here we find activity and plenty of it. Under one roof is a hotel, post office, barber shop, grocery store, ice cream parlor, and as Mr. McKenna is Justice of the Peace, a court room, and if needs be, a jail. Going north on Walnut we pass the cooper shop where hoop poles, which were hickory poles from one inch to three inches in diameter, were split and shaved and then sold to coopers in Faribault, North­ field, Dundas, and Morristown. Hoop pole money paid for a good many farms. Across the street is Ned Walsh's house. He is the mayor of Shieldsville. Mrs. Walsh is a weaver. She makes homespun cloth and also weaves carpets and makes towels out of the warp. On up to 3rd Avenue and over to Broadway and we come to the home of Francis Maloney. He was one of the very first of the pioneers. The last place is Hagerty's, first the store and residence of the Joseph Hagerty family, then a ware house, then John Hagerty's house and from there on barns and other farm build­ ings and we are back on 1st Avenue.

TO OUR GRANDMAS Here is a recipe for a good hot toddy from 1865. This was for the ladies. The men wouldn't take a chance on rusting their iron constitutions with- the water. Put two spoonsful of sugar in a glass. Dissolve this with hot water. Fill up the glass with Old Rye [ 37 J Whisky and stir it with a stick of peppermint candy. Eat the candy and a cookie or a cracker with this toddy, for if you eat and drink at the same time you will never get tight. Another idea for the ladies was stirring a schooner of beer with a hot poker. This was called mulled beer. These recipes took a sudden and violent change in 1880 when Father Slevin arrived. Our Grandmas did not "let up and light up a Camel" but they lighted up clay pipes. They kept three or four under the back lid of the kitchen stove, where they burned off as clean as new. They needed all the comforts and stimulants it was possible for them to get. It was not unusual for a woman to walk to St. Paul and carry home a load of provisions. Mrs. Sheehan rode a horse from Dubuque, Iowa, to her home in Erin. They did not wear slacks or shorts or think of such a thing. The long dresses and petticoats and hoop skirts they were burdened with must have been a terrible nuisance, walking through the woods. Mr. and Mrs. James Carpenter walked from their home to the Gavin home on the Dodd road with a baby to be baptized there by Father Keller. Mr. Carpenter wore a swallow-tailed coat of black broadcloth, white trousers, a silk hat, and patent leather slippers. Mrs. Carpenter wore a black satin dress with a train and trimmed with many ruffles and lace. The custom was for the man to walk about six feet ahead of the lady. They were crossing a stream, Mr. Carpenter in the lead with the baby, and being very careful on the slippery log, when Mrs. Carpenter called out to him and told him for his life not to fall in and drown the child. He stood still and told her to wait until he was safely across, and if she saw him slip, to say the words so the baby would be bap­ tized. Nothing happened. Style or no style, he was very sure footed. WHEN SOMEONE TOOK SICK How many of you were born in a hospital? No answer. Who was the attending physician? Not many answers. A lady in the neighborhood took all the responsibility, and didn't bat an eye about it. They were never paid. All they asked was the right of way. Many a night Grandma slipped out into the darkness and storm to work all night for whomever needed her. One woman was asked to go on one of those errands of mercy, and she refused. Said she was too busy, and kept on with her work. She went to dig potatoes for dinner, and the first stalks [38] she pulled up turned out to be a nest of snakes. She dropped the hoe and hastened to head off the stork. Never again was she called in vain. A certain man in our midst has fingers that are not exactly straight, but they work. When he was eight years old he stuck his fingers in the cogs of a fanning mill and broke two of them. His godmother was there and she set those little broken bones and tied wooden splints on them. That was all the fixing they ever got. That same lady put stitches in another boy's tongue when he fell on a stove and split it. She placed a cork between his teeth so he could not clamp them shut and went to work. And whose orphans were sent away from Shieldsville to an orphan's home? Not one to be found. But an army of orphans were reared here. Scarcely a home but at some time has_ harbored the harborless. Taking care of a child is a rare pleasure, but when one takes in an old man or an old woman who has soured on life, - well, that is different. This clipping from the Ladies Home Journal, March 1893, is a good description of our Shieldsville Pioneer Woman.

THE WOMAN OF QUIET DIGNITY By FLORENCE WILSON "She is not the arrogant, nor the supercilious one. She does not need to remind you of that consideration which is due her womanhood. She is gowned in quiet dignity, and finds this a robe in which no fault-finder can discover a flaw, and which in­ closes her like a protective armor against rudeness and impertin­ ence. She is not an uncomfortable woman - she does not put down with a look the gay laugh nor the innocent fun of those who are younger, but as the years have rolled on she has grown sweetly dignified, because it is the natural state of a woman of gentle manners. She is a power greater than one positively ag­ gressive - she can influence where much talking and many threats would not prevail. She can make the thoughtless girl think, and the under-bred, rude boy feel that his slang and rough manners are not, after all, as funny as he supposed them to be. Her dignity diffuses itself like the perfume of a rose - you de­ light in it as much as you respect it. It is a safeguard against all unpleasantness, and no one is foolhardy enough to attempt to break down a barrier which has its foundation so well placed. t 39 J It is gentle dignity. It is the perfect virtue that results from the mingling of gentleness and self-respect, with an atom of con­ sideration thrown in to make the different parts mingle perfectly and make a delightful type of womanhood."

THE MONSTER IN LAKE MAZASKA This item appeared in the Faribault Republican, Aug. 4, 1875. What Is It? "Shieldsville has a sensation in the shape of an aquatic monster, that inhabits the lake, whether sea-serpent, devil-fish, alligator or sturgeon or some monster yet new to naturalists, is to be deter­ mined. About two years ago an old man living in Shieldsville reported having seen some large fish, or animal, swimming in the lake, but as, like Tam O'Shanter, he was wont to get "inco fou", little credence was attached to his statement. About three weeks ago, however, Mr. Dennis McEvoy, one of the proprietors of the Shieldsville Mills, while riding with his wife near the shore of the lake, saw an object in the water which resembled a basswood log in color, but which was plainly seen making its way through the water. Mr. McEvoy subsequently saw the same object from the window of his house when it was swimming in the lake about thirty rods distant. The portion of the back then seen above the water was apparently about six feet in length, but due allowance being made for the distance, it must have been longer. The head and tail were submerged. The color was a reddish brown. Mr. McEvoy's miller and three or four others have also seen the same animal at different times lately. The people of Shields­ ville have occasionally missed geese that have mysteriously dis­ appeared from flocks sailing on the lake. The turtles have had to bear the blame for the spoilation but the people now begin to think the "What is it?" has taken them. As Barnum will be along soon, there will be a good opportunity for him to prospect in Shieldsville for a curiosity for his museum." There are people to this day who believe that story. Every so often this serpent is reported to have raised its weird head. Scien­ tific proof of its existence is lacking. This fact, however, has no weight with eyewitnesses who come forward at regular inter­ vals. Some say the creature is sixty feet long with a body like a camel and a little round head. It is futile to argue about it.

[ 40 J THE ROBBER GANG On Sept. 6, 1876, eight very handsome men, dressed in leather breeches, wide felt hats, flannel shirts, and gaudy handkerchiefs, rode down the Dodd road from the south. The horses and men were so spectacular that it was hard to believe that they did not step out of a story book. They were not ambling along to waste time. They had a mien that showed they had a definite purpose. At one place in Shieldsville a boy was pumping water into a trough and they stopped to water their horses. They rode on but the boy kept on pumping till the water ran out of the trough, and still he pumped and pumped, till his mother, who had not seen the horsemen, came and shook him and wondered to herself if he had lost his mind. The next day the men returned but they were not the same. One man was wounded, another missing and they were ill-tem­ pered. The posse from Faribault was having dinner in Shields­ ville, but they had left their guns in a spring wagon. Although they were out to get the James Brothers and Cole Younger for shooting and killing Mr. Heywood in Northfield, they were not foolish enough to come out of the house till the bandits were out of sight. For want of vigilance they forfeited their place in the records of the famous.

OUR CIVIL WAR VETERANS Third Regiment Infantry Company H - Private Michael Logue. Tenth Regiment Infantry Company H - Captain Dennis Ca­ vanaugh, Sergeant Patrick Byrne, Sergeant Andrew Devereaux, Corporal James O'Neil, Corporal Robert Hunt, Wagoner Thomas Murphy, Private John Buckley, Private Christopher Byrne, Pri­ vate John Callahan, Private David Tierney, Private Michael Han­ ley, Private John Leo, Private Patrick O'Brien, Private Patrick Smith. Eleventh Regiment- Joseph Gilsoul. First Regiment Mounted Rangers Company H - Timothy Collins. Bracketts Battalion Calvary Company A - Corporal Herman Wadecamper, transferred to Iowa Cavalry. These men went from Erin: Daniel Callahan, John Callahan, C41 J Charles Lipman, Tore Coran, Antoine LaDuc, David Tierney, James McLaughlin, John McBride, James O'Niell, Arne Logue, Michael Logue, Jerry Lyons, Thomas Grady, Herman Wade­ camper, John Meehan, Martin Kallaher, Andrew Devereaux, Den­ nis Mulcahy, Patrick Quinlan, Edward Martin. The following were Confederate soldiers: Michael Curran, Richard Devitt, Thomas Langan, John Lyons.

FATHER SLEVIN John J. Slevin was born March 4, 1855, in County Longford, Ireland. He attended St. Mary's Seminary and All Hallows Col­ lege at Dublin, and was ordained June 24, r 878. He then came to St. Paul, and the bishop sent him to Shakopee, where he built a parish house. In r 880 he came to Shieldsville, where he built two churches and a parish house. In stature Father Slevin was tall and well built, and when he was young, "as supple as a larch." His hair was very black and so were his eyes. He could speak volumes with those black eyes. A disapproving look from Father Slevin equaled a sound thresh­ ing from anyone else. In running, jumping, pole vaulting, and other demonstrations of athletic prowess he could, and did, outdo the winners, and would calmly walk away, brushing the dust from his hands. The man who drove his horse told me this story: "We were driving home from Faribault one night and over­ took a sleigh load of boys. They couldn't see who we were, and they refused to let us pass, and neither would they get out of the way. There were about eight of them in the sleigh box, and they were feeling pretty frisky. They laughed and made fun of me when I tried to pass them, and they would race their team, and get in my way, till I was very annoyed to say the least. Father Slevin told me to pull up close on the right side of them. I did, and he leaped from our cutter into the box with them and slapped them right and left. When they saw who he was you might think the Final Judgment Day had arrived. They got down on their knees and begged his pardon and promised never to do such a thing again. He told them if they didn't want to act like gentlemen on the highway they would not be treated like gentlemen and then he gave them a few extra open-handed slaps C42 J for luck. I was never annoyed by those boys again, even when I was alone." When people start talking about Father Slevin the conversa­ tion lasts for hours. Each one remembers some special kindness. Our troubles were his troubles and our joys were his joys. And he had a way with him that made us follow his advice. It has often been said that if Father Slevin told a Shieldsville man to jump in the lake, he would do just that. In 1900 Father Slevin was taken from us and sent to Faribault. In 1917 a great honor was bestowed on him. He was vested with the purple robes of Monsignor. Few have attained this office, and it is awarded only to those who have rendered long and faithful service, not only to the welfare of their own parish, but for the betterment of the entire community. The following is taken from Archbishop Ireland's address: "Need I tell you of the whole-hearted devotion of Father Slevin to you! Did you ever appeal to him for comfort or coun­ sel in vain? Has he not been a true friend to those both within and outside his fold? For those outside his spiritual jurisdiction vie with his Catholic people in doing him honor at this time of his solemn elevation. Glad we are that he whom we all know to be worthy has received such signal honor." He fell and injured his knee in 192 r, and for three years was unable to leave his home. He went to his eternal reward in 1924- From the Faribault Daily News-Nov. 26, 1924. Faribault Mourns the Death of Father Slevin - Funeral Friday Archbishop to Conduct Last Rites. Vicar General of Diocese Recognized as one of Farmost Men. Had Served in Rice County for 45 Years; Was Highly Esteemed by Everyone. The funeral for the Right Reverend J. J. Slevin will be held in the Immaculate Conception church Friday morning. Most Rever­ end Archbishop Dowling will be the celebrant of the pontifical high mass of requiem, assisted by the priests who have associated with the monsignor in his parochial work. Absolution will be given by the Archbishop, who will also preach the sermon. Office for the dead will be chanted by the priests commencing at ten o'clock, followed by the mass. Burial will take place at Calvary cemetery. The body of the deceased, vested in the robes of his office, t 4.3 J was placed in the reception room of the residence this forenoon where it may be viewed at any time until two o'clock tomorrow afternoon when it will be placed in the church. The body will be borne to the church in solemn procession. A guard of honor of the Knights of Columbus, Catholic Order of Foresters and Ancient Order of Hiberians, will keep the dead watch tonight at the residence, and tomorrow night at the church and Friday morning until the services take place. The public, it was announced, will be admitted to the church at any time. On Friday morning at eight o'clock before the services for the dead are held, a solemn high mass of requiem will be cele­ brated and all children of the parish will attend the early mass and receive holy communion for the happy repose of the soul of their beloved pastor. It is requested that flowers be ommitted. Solemn office at IO o'clock. Mass proper at IO: 30. The following priests will take part in assisting Achbishop Dowling at the mass Friday morning: Rev. Father Cahill, deacon. Rev. Father Maloney, sub-deacon. Msgr. Patrick O'Neill, honorary deacon. Msgr. J. A. Byron, honorary sub-deacon. Msgr. H. Moynihan, arch priest. Rev. Father A. Ziskosky, master of ceremonies. There will also be a large number of other priests assisting at the ceremony. Thousands of people are mourning today. They have lost one of their dearest friends. Monsignor J. J. Slevin, who died yesterday afternoon at his home at 2: 30, made a friend every time he met a person and he had been in this territory for 45 years, meeting people almost daily. For twenty years he was pastor of the parish at Shieldsville before assuming his duties at the Immaculate Conception parish here. Those were the early days in this territory, the days before the automobile and when there were not even many horses. Old settlers were talking today of the long tramps through the woods and over frozen lakes which he took when answering calls to the sick beds of parishioners and in cases when they did not belong to his flock, he was there, ready to encourage and help. C44J For twenty years he guided his people out there, coming to Shieldsville from Shakopee, where he served for a year and a half after the trip to America from All Hallows college at Dublin, where he completed his training for the priesthood at the age of 24 years. New Church Built Father Slevin had not been in Faribault long when the old church burned and in 1902 the structure which now stands on the hill was completed. Besides the duties of his parish, which was an exceptionally large one, Father Slevin always found time to visit the state schools and hospital and he became a great favorite of the school for the Feeble Minded and school for the Deaf. Father Ryan, assistant to Father Slevin, said yesterday that even up to this day, after three years absence from the institutions because of illness, the people there inquired for him and were anxiously looking for the day when he could make his visits again. Father Slevin, shortly after coming here, learned the sign lan­ guage of the deaf and dumb and for over twenty years he taught his group of deaf children at the state school.

Always on Duty He was constantly on duty all these years with the exception of four months' leave in 1914 when he visited his old home in County Longford, Ireland, where the only one of his family, a sister, still lives. He has three nephews living in St. Louis: Charles L., William and Frank Geraghty, and a niece, Mrs. Johnson also of St. Louis. Father Slevin's favorite sport was walking, and while enjoy­ ing his walks he would make many calls every day to homes of friends and parishioners. A hike to any one of the lakes near Faribault was a common occurrence and he dearly loved to visit the country, to learn of the welfare of his people living in the rural districts. Although he was not an avowed hunter or fisherman, he could uphold his end among sportsmen in discussing tales of field and lake. He was a man of robust stock, big boned and muscular, with never an ounce of surplus flesh, and he kept in condition and was always in athletic trim. [ 45 J Always Determined As told by T. J. McCarthy, who has known him since his com­ ing to tpis territory, he was the most determined man he has ever known and it was this spirit coupled with his perfect physical build, that made him the man he was in the early days in settling disputes when other means failed. He was respected for his wis­ dom among his people, for his fairness of mind, and also because he stood by his opinions when he decided on the right side. After coming to Faribault he adopted the habit of a walk to the down town section every morning, which he maintained up to three years ago, and because of this he had made the acquaint­ ance of every merchant on the streets and he knew the trend of business as well as that of agriculture, keeping exceptionally well posted on topics of the day. This made him a most interesting conversationalist. He died yesterday afternoon and the evening before he called for the evening newspapers and read them through." His personal bravery, determination, self-control, magnanimity and ability to handle men set him apart from the great mass of men, even though he lived among hardy pioneers. His kindliness, humility and fairness in all things made him beloved of those with whom he associated. The Father Slevin Club was organized in the summer of 1937. The members are women from the Immaculate Conception and St. Patrick's parishes. They pray to and for Father Slevin and their prayers are answered. They are confident that their dear friend is very close to God.

FATHER FLEMING James Flemming was born at five o'clock on Christmas morn­ ing, 1847, in Kilkenny, Ireland. We know the hour as he used to say the first Mass on Chirstmas day at five o'clock on that ac­ count. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 24, 1872. He labored successfully as pastor at St. John's, St. Paul, St. Canice's, Kilkenny, and at Shakopee. In 1900 he came to Shieldsville. Father James J. Flemming was kind and good and holy. He saw no evil in anyone. He knew the deep affection the Shields­ ville people had for Father Slevin and when he got orders from the bishop to take Father Slevin's place, he was scared to death. [ 46] He said he expected to find a high board fence to keep him out. There was no fence. Father Slevin taught us that a priest is a priest and Father Flemming was greeted with open arms. He was so gentle, and humble, and pious that he would not ask for funds, not even his salary, and though the majority of our parishioners willingly support the church and pastor, we are no more than human, and money was very elusive in those days so Father Flemming got along as best he could. His happiness was keeping others happy and comfortable. His means of transportation was one bay mare named "Maude". If she wanted to travel, she did, otherwise the trip was postponed. Her harness was kept on the newel post in the house so it would be warm. She was allowed to wander, foot loose and fancy free, and the window in Father Flemming's bedroom was kept open so she could stick her head in at any time and get an apple. No screen was ever put on there. Once, after Father Flemming'~ death, she found the window closed and she broke it but found no apple. Poor Maude, when her friend was gone she had a hard time. In 1909 there were an epidemic of pneumonia and Father Flemming wore himself out calling on the sick and dying. He died Feb. 29, 1909. His sexton, Joe Duhamel, died the same week. In his great love for animals Father Flemming had a barn built for the horses on Sundays. He couldn't think of having them tied out in the cold while their owners were at Mass. The "Horse Palace" was nice for the horses, but it would not do for a garage so it is gone. Father Flemming's sister, Catherine, was his house keeper while he was here. Other members of his family live in St. Paul and he is buried there. He made his influence felt in a powerful way. On his tongue was the law of kindness and what his friends love to remember is his impulsive, generous sympathy, his cheery, happy comradeship and his loyal and steadfast friendship.

FATHER MOLLOY Rev. John J. Molloy was born in the County Mayo, Ireland, and was educated at St. Patrick's college in Kildare. He was or­ dained at Maynooth in 1891 and a few months later came to America. He was assistant pastor at St. Patrick's in St. Paul from [ 47 J October 1899 to April 1900 and then spent one year at St. Mary's in St. Paul. The next three years he was assistant pastor at St. Anthony's in Minneapolis. He then organized St. Joseph's parish at Montevideo and was in charge there three years. The next two years were spent at St. George's parish at Glencoe and then nine years at St. Mary's, Willmar. He came to Shieldsville in 1909 and for the last thirty years has made a splendid record. Father Molloy faced a tremendous task when he arrived in Shieldsville. The place was sadly run down in need of repairs so he astounded us all by taking off his coat, rolling up his sleeves and going to work. Up to that time none of us knew that a priest's coat or a Roman collar were removable. He had the house re­ modeled, cleaned and painted. The church too was redecorated and the landscape worked over and improved. A new fence was built around the cemetery. To keep the young folks near home for entertainment a pavil­ ion was built in the grove and it proved to be such a success that Father Molloy was encouraged to build St. Patrick's hall. Much of the work on the hall was donated and every man in the parish was busy. The women raked their brains to think up ways and means to pay for the lumber and furnish the kitchen. It was a delightful change for the ladies of St. Patrick's parish to have a spacious kitchen to work in and to have a dining room large enough to serve 100 people at a time. Before the hall was built a stove was set up in the grove and the smoke never failed to blow toward the tables nearby, where the food was served. If rain fell on the 4th of July, it was just too bad. The hall over the dining room has been the scene of many a happy party where young and old enjoy themselves. The ladies finally got so conceited about the meals served in the hall that they published a cook book. Same book is to be found in nearly every one of these United States and there are a few in Canada. The Shieldsville cook book is a real one. When every family in Shieldsville got to own one or two cars, the Horse Palace lost its attractiveness and was removed and the space it occupied used for a parking lot. Today, thanks to our enterprising Father Molloy, who accepts second best from no one we have one of the best churches and rectories in the diocese. One of the reception rooms in the rec- [ 48 J tory was converted into a chapel and here daily mass, baptisms and other ceremonies are held. This saves heating the church in winter. Father Molloy's only aim is to bring out the best in his people and he spares no effort to keep standards high. His hobby is dabbling in agriculture. He has a dairy herd and a flock of chickens that are a joy to see. Here again he has a subtle way to set two good examples for his people. He donates a calf and a pair of chickens to be given as prizes at the bazaar and thereby teaches the art of giving. When the farmer who wins these fine animals has a chance to compare them at close range to his own stock, he sees what good breeding will do, even in the barn yard.

FATHER DUDLEY Father Vincent P. Dudley was born in Erin township in March 1894 to John and Sarah Healy Dudley. He started his education at his saintly mother's knee. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley were remark­ able for their piety and their home was an ideal one in which to foster a vocation to the priesthood. He attended school in district 32, Shieldsville and taught from 191 r to 1913 in rural schools and at the same time studied so that he was able to finish his high school work at St. Thomas college in 191 5. While at the college he was a star on the football team and was the hero of many a skirmish. He knows the thrill of being carried off the field in triumph on the shoulders of his team mates. He entered St. Paul Seminary in Sept. 1917 and in Dec. 1917 enlisted in the Army. His mother was not willing to sacrifice her son to Mars and she wished and prayed that he would be found physically unfit. He passed 100% and served eighteen months 1n the World War, eleven of them overseas. He spent thirty-five days in the front line trenches with nothing to eat but canned tomatoes and one night he was all alone without weapons. He was mustered out of the service in June 1919 and in Sept. 1919 he re-entered the Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood June 14, 1924, and at present is pastor of St. Clotilde's parish at Green Valley, Minnesota. He is tall, dark and handsome and too young to flatter. It is sufficient to say that all Shieldsville points with pride to her favor­ ite son, "Father Vit". [ 49] He was Chaplain of Oscar I. Mongeau post No. 742, Marsha11, Minnesota, in 1936. He belonged to the Machine Gun Battalion of the 351st In­ fantry. The following description of St. Patrick's church is the contri­ bution of Miss Teresa Sullivan.

ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH "The present Church of St. Patrick is the third church to be built in Shieldsville. The first church was built in 18 56 of native lumber. This building soon became too small to accommodate the ever-increasing congregation and in 1880 the people of Shields­ ville under the direction of Father Robert began to accumulate material for a new stone church, however, at this time, the Bishop saw fit to change Father Robert. He then sent to Shieldsville the revered Father Slevin under whose direction the construction of the church was completed in 1882. This structure cost $16,000 and had a seating capacity of 620 persons. A parsonage was also constructed at a cost of about $ 1,ooo. April 4, 1888, this building was struck by lightning and almost totally destroyed. Here was another building program for Father Slevin, which resulted in the completion of the edifice which still stands today. While the church was being built the schoolhouse in District 3 2 was used as a church. The present great stone edifice lifts its head majestically into the realm of storms - a monument to the faith and generosity of the Irish pioneer. The bell, the stone walls, and anything else of value which could be salvaged from the ruins of the burnt church were used again. To build a church in those days was indeed no small task. There was little money in the parish but God had blessed these Irish people with abundant natural resources and best of all with generous hearts. What God had given them they freely gave back to God. All the native lumber used in the struc­ ture was donated. Some contributed their time and services or what money they could. Others even mortgaged their farms to help in the work of God. The third church of St. Patrick was completed and occupied for worship in December, 1888. The First Mass was said on Christmas Day. The height of the stone work is 56 feet. The main building [ 50 J is 80 feet by 40 feet besides an extension of 20 feet for the sacristy. The tower, which is 14 feet by 14 feet, is topped by a cross meas­ uring 12 feet each way. The bell, which weighs 1450 pounds, was purchased from the foundry of J. S. Stuckart & Bros., St. Louis, Mo. It was shipped to Faribault and forwarded by team to Shieldsville. It bears the inscription: "Sanctus Patricius, Shieldsville, Minnesota, A. D. 1873." This bell is a very fine one. Its clear tones can be heard for many miles around. The church was redecorated under the direction of Father J\folloy. The decorator has very skillfully blended clear buffs, soft grays, blue, and rose beige with accents of brown to present an artistic wall treatment very pleasing to the eye. The apse, which is semi-spherical and ribbed in five tapering sections which meet in the roof is done in blue into which the artist has painted small cherubs which seem to be singing the praises of their King. In the central section and above the main altar is a painting of the Crucifixion. In the foreground is portrayed the God Man hanging on the "Tree of Calvary". Behold His pierced side, His thorn-crowned brow; blood streaming down His agonized face! Low in the background, the artist has depicted the city of Jeru­ salem over-shadowed by dark clouds and flashes of lightning piercing the air. Above the painting are the words, "Consumatum est." - "It is consumated." The walls of the sanctuary are decorated with the monograms "A Q" and "X P" crossed. "A Q" are the letters "Alpha" and Omega, the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet, and hence symbolize God, the Beginning and End of all things. "X P" crossed is called the "chrisma". These letters in Greek are named "Chi" and "Rho", and are equivalent to "Ch" and "R" and are therefore an abbreviation of the word "Christ". During the first centuries of our Christian era, Greek, not Latin, was the liturgi­ cal language. It is preserved for us in these monograms and also in the "Kyrie Eleison" of our Mass. Beneath this nestles the main altar of snowy-whiteness. Its tabernacle door, which is gilded, contains the raised impression of a chalice surmounted by a host, reminding us of the presence of our Eucharistic King. Over the tabernacle rests the crucifix. Above the crucifix is carved the likeness of a dove, which is the symbol of the Holy Spirit. On the lower portion of the table is [ 51 J the gilded image of a lamb bearing a banner. The lamb is the symbol of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Lamb of God, the Victim offered as a sacrifice for our sins. The banner denotes our Lord's victory over sin and death. On either side of the Lamb are carved ears of wheat and clusters of grapes, symbols of the Eucharist. The beauty of this altar is further enhanced by the use of many brass candlesticks. The two which appear most beautiful to the eyes of the people of Shieldsville are those which are shaped as clusters of grapes and ears of wheat. These candlesticks were presented to St. Patrick's church by Mrs. James Sherman (Rose McGinnis, now deceased) on her wedding day. On a pedestal to the right of the main altar, is a statue of St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland. In his left hand he holds his bi­ shop's crozier. In his raised right hand is a shamrock, which, tradition says that on a certain occasion, in his sermon on the Blessed Trinity, he plucked from the sward of Tara, making the triple leaf an illustration of his sacred subject, and an emblem of Christian Erin. This statue was bequeated to St. Patrick's church by Mary Ann Mullen. On a pedestal to the left of the main altar is a statue of our Lord, with arms extended, bidding us all take refuge in his sacred Heart. This statue was given in memory of the late Mary Mc­ Donough. To the extreme left of the sanctuary is the altar of the Blessed Virgin. The statue on this altar is the gift of Mrs. John Healy ( deceased) and shows our Blessed Mother as St. John describes her in his vision: - "on her head a crown of twelve stars" (Ap. 8: r.). St. Joseph's altar is to the right of the sanctuary. This altar is surmounted by a statue of St. Joseph shown with a lily staff. The lily, on account of its spotless whiteness, means chastity. According to an ancient legend, St. Joseph's staff bloomed into lilies as a sign to Mary that he, as she, had promised God he would always be a virgin. Nellie Sheehan is the donor of this statue. Upon the ceiling are inscribed the Eight Beatitudes reminding us of that greatest of all sermons - the Sermon on the Mount. Between the windows are painted the representation of pillars. These were made possible by the gifts of Rielly Bros., J. E. Mc­ Bride, William Kelly, and the Ancient Order of Hibernians. Others were donated in memory of some of Shieldsville's dear [52] departed, namely: J. and M. Harrison, J, and M. Mulvey, Frank Gibney, and Mary Griffin. From the beginning the Catholic church has made use of stained glass windows to teach men the principal events in the life of Our Lord and the saints and to inculcate religious truths. In St. Patrick's church these windows cost $ wo each. The lower portion of these windows is ornamented with the monograms "A.M." and "I.H.S." The letters "A.M" signify Ave Maria (Hail Mary). The letters "1.H.S." are usually explained as being the initials of 'Iesus, Hominum, Salvator" (Jesus, of men, the Savior). They may also be an abbreviation made by using the first three letters of the Greek form of the Name of our Redeemer, which, in Roman letters is Iesus - the capital long E in Greek being shaped like our letter H. Besides those monograms, the first window bears a represen­ tation of the towel with which Veronica wiped the Face of our Lord on His way to Calvary. This window was donated by James Hagerty. James McDonnell, Sr., is the donor of a window containing a symbol of the Unity and Trinity of God. Upon another window is depicted stone tablets bearing Roman numerals which represent the Ten Commandments - the Tables of the Law, given to Moses on Mount Sinai. This window is the gift of Thomas Flannigan. Denis Scott donated a window which contains a representa­ tion of the nails, hammer, lance, etc., which are the instruments of the Passion and remind us of the suffering of our Redeemer. A window donated by Thomas Brown, Jr., contains a repre­ sentation of Noah's Ark, which is a symbol of the Catholic Church. Patrick McKenna is the donor of a window containing a cen­ ser. A censer is a covered metal vessel suspended from chains, so that it may be swung to and fro. When incense, a granulated aromatic resin, is placed upon burning coal in the censer, it burns freely and emits a fragrant smoke. By its burning it signifies zeal; by its fragrance, virtue; by its rising smoke, prayer going up be­ fore the throne of God. "And the smoke of the incense of the prayers of the saints ascended before God from the hand of the angel." - (Ap. 8: 14-) Another window bears symbols of the three theological vir- [ 53 J tues - namely, the cross for faith, the anchor for hope, and the heart for charity. An anchor was a symbol of hope long before the beginning of Christianity, because it is the chief reliance of mariners in time of danger. During the time when lions and tigers awaited the praying martyrs, the possession of a cross was considered conclusive evidence of the "Guilt of Christianity." Yet, the faithful were longing to display their love of the cross, so they looked for and found a symbol in the anchor. The stem and the cross-bar make the cross plainly detectable to him who wants to see it. This window is the gift of James Carpenter. A window, donated by Patrick Hanlon, contains a crown and a cross. The cross is the most important of all Christian symbols. It is the sign of salvation, the sacred emblem of our redemption and of our holy faith - for on a cross our Blessed Savior died for us. A crown denotes kingly power. Another window contains a pelican, which according to legend feeds its young with its blood. It is an emblem of our Redeemer, who shed His blood for us, and particularly of the Blessed Eu­ charist, in which He nourished our souls with His body and blood. Daniel Callahan is the donor of this window. · The next window, donated by Cornelius Coleman, contains an eye, which represents the all-seeing Eye of God. Another window contains ears of wheat and clusters of grapes. These are symbols of the Holy Eucharist, the true body and blood of our Lord, under the appearance of bread, which is made from wheat, and of wine, which we obtain from grapes. This window also contains a chalice surmounted by a host. This is another emblem of the Eucharist. This window is the gift of Thomas Culhane. Thomas Burke donated a window containing a harp, which reminds us of the story of David, who played the harp so skill­ fully that the evil spirit departed from Saul leaving him refreshed. The Father Matthew's Temperance Society donated a window portraying a tree about which is entwined a serpent. This is the Tree of Knowledge, the story of which is told in Genesis. In going up the stairs to the gallery one passes a window con­ taining crossed keys with the papal tiara or triple crown. This symbol is emblematic of the power of the Pope, the successor of him who received from our Lord "the keys of the kingdom of Heaven." This window is the gift of the Library Society. [ 54] In the base of the tower and plainly discernible from the choir loft is a window containing a dove, which is a symbol of the Holy Ghost. St. Matthew said at Christ's baptism, "the heavens were opened to Him and He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon Him." This window is the gift of Patrick Hurley. Upon entering St. Patrick's church one must pass through the vestibule. There is a religious reason for the double doors and the gradual entrance to a Catholic church. As we come into the church we are to rid ourselves of the troubles of the world out­ side. The double doors and the vestibule entrance remind us of stepping from a noisy world into a quiet retreat with God. Above the main entrance is a window donated by Patrick Roach. This window contains a cross, an anchor, and a chalice surmounted by a host. There is a banner containing these words, "In hoc signo vincis" (In this sign you will conquer). What need have the people of Shieldsville for a magnificent cathedral or stately basilica? St. Patrick's church does indeed ful­ fill the words of the 25th Psalm - "I love, 0 Lord, the beauty of Thy house and the place where Thy Glory dwelleth." TERESA SULLIVAN

FATHER BUCKLEY For one year, 192 5-1926, Shieldsville enjoyed the privelege of having Father Denis Buckley as assistant pastor. Father Molloy was ill at the time. Father Buckley is now pastor at St. Thomas in LeSueur county and is a frequent and welcome visitor in Shieldsville where he has many friends.

ENTERTAINMENT To begin with there is the great out doors. In St. Patrick's parish we have our share of Minnesota's ten thousand lakes and that means fishing, boating, and skating. With our hills and dales we have a chance at skiing. Long ago everyone could skate and skaters by the hundreds flocked to the lakes. They even went so far as to dance a square dance on skates. Do you remember how Dennis Murphy could write his name on the ice? Indoors, euchre took first place while someone played a little [55 J tune on the piano. By and by a fiddle was produced and the fun began. Space meant nothing, the furniture was pushed back, and age meant nothing either, and good callers were plentiful. The dances were quadrille, waltz, schottische, polka, and two­ step until about 1911 and new dances are being introduced every day. May Heaven help us! John C. Carpenter bought the Coleman store in 1893. He made such a success of it that he was obliged to put up a new building for a store, dwelling, and hall and he named it "Music Hall." Mr. Carpenter also built a creamery. At first the only cream separator was at the creamery and the milk was hauled there to be sep­ arated and the skim milk hauled home again. (Don't ask what this had to do with entertainment, you should have been there). One man in each neighborhood took the load with his team and wagon and drove as far as six miles, Will Hagerty for instance. Before that time, milk was set in pans on cellar shelves and the cream skimmed off the next day. "Katie, don't forget to skim the milk" was heard the length and breadth of the land. I must tell you more about Music Hall. I hope whoever reads this can remember more than one good time he had there. New Year's night the Ladies Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hiber­ nians claimed for their own. Invitations in envelopes were sent to the very nicest people and had to be presented at the door. No admission without the invitation (and a dollar bill). At midnight supper was served. The menu would read something like this: Turkey, salad, mashed potatoes, scalloped corn, pie, cake, doughnuts, coffee and plenty of it. Kate Mulvey always made the fruit cake and she made enough for two hundred people and it was excellent cake. After supper the dance went on and the party was considered a failure if the guests left before dawn. The Catholic Order of Foresters gave the Easter Monday dance. They were fond of special features, like a minstrel show. Ted Murphy, Pat Brown, and Jack McCullough were good at black-face performing. John Brown (Spooner) took charge of the music and Henry Nagle was master of ceremonies. The Ancient Order of Hibernians held their annual picnic on August 15, and ended up with a dance in Music Hall. On St. Patrick's day the A.O.H. met at the hall, donned their regalias, and marched to the church to receive Holy Communion in a body. They were an inspiring sight to see. It must have been this [ 56 J parade that prompted Father Flemming to have a side-walk built from the church to the hall. On Christmas day the Temperance Society marched with Patrick Harrison carrying the banner in the lead. The Temper­ ance Society was organized May 19, 1872.

NEWS ITEMS In 1850 the population of Minnesota was 6,077. In the census of 1880 the population of Erin was 846, of Forest 853, of Wells, 1,100, of Shieldsville 781, the Village of Shields­ ville 118. Delaney Brothers started the first saw mill in 18 56. The grist mills were started by Dennis McEvoy in 1874- Rural Free Delivery came in 1900. Parcel Post came in 191 2. The telephone line was built in 1905. Trunk Highway number 2 1 was built in 1920. Electricity by the RE.A. came in 1938. Shieldsville township went Republican in 1938. Potato bugs came to Rice county in 1868. Patrick Harrison was the first Shieldsville man to own an auto­ mobile. In the early 1920's land was selling for anything from $100 to $300 an acre. One farmer flatly refused $400 an acre for his place. He said if the farm was worth that much to any one it was worth it to the man who had it. From the Faribault Democrat- July 13, 1883.

The Fourth of July at Shieldsville a Grand Financial Success - Over $500 Realized "The morning of the 4th dawned, and gloomily indeed appeared the prospect. But by and by a gentle zephyr dispelled the morning mist, the majestic king of day ascended his throne, arrayed in all the splendor of his royalty and smiled complacently on the assembling throng as it streamed in from Erin, from the Dodd road, from Shieldsville and Wells. The games and amuse­ ments of the day opened with an exciting and highly interesting horse race, between sixteen of the most famous and celebrated champions of the turf, among which was to be seen the most [ 57 J world renowned, Joe Hunt, who proved to be the hero of the day, winning ten straight heats. Among the many pleasant games might be mentioned one, introduced by Chas. McBride, which, not knowing a better name for it, we will call bowling on the green. The T.A. band discoursed some of its choicest harmonies at intervals during the day, which tended to liven matters con­ siderably. Many other interesting features could be mentioned but as this letter is already too long, we close by paying a well deserved tribute to Celtic Shieldsville, and be it said in honor of Old Ireland that not one of her sons in Shieldsville did dishonor her by getting drunk on the 4th of July, 1883. Logue."

July 20, 1888 "Saturday afternoon last, Thos. O'Donnel of Shieldsville went into the lot where he kept a bull and the animal charged at him, catching and tossing him into the air seven times, when O'Don­ nel managed to get hold of the ring in the bull's nose and hold him. August Carrity, who saw the affair, got a chain with a hook on the end after arming himself with a pitchfork, started to rescue O'Donnel. He succeeded in getting the hook through the ring in the bull's nose, and with the aid of the pitchfork, coaxed the brute to the fence and tied him up. Carrity then carried O'Donnel into the house and Dr. Rose was sent for. When the doctor ar­ rived he found that his patient was one mass of bruises, had a bad wound on the inner side of his thigh, that one rib was broken, and the end of the bone crowded through the lower part of his lung. The man is receiving all possible attention but is in a critical condition."

December 21, 1888 "The new church at Shieldsville will be occupied for the first time for worship on Sunday next the 2 3 inst. The ceremony of blessing the bell will take place at that time and Rev. Father Danehy of Faribault will preach the sermon. The new church is one of the finest, for its cost, in the state and a great credit to both the pastor and the people through whose untiring labors and sac_rifices it has been built to replace the loss of the one destroyed by fire." [ 58 J A FEW WEDDINGS YOU MAY REMEMBER 1881 1890 Hugh Hagen and Elizabeth Shields Ed Kiernan and Ellen Meehan Tom Cahil and Abbie Callihan Simon McGuire and Alice McCullough John Tague and Elizabeth McBreen John Kelly and Bridget Clarkin James Sherman and Rose McGinnis John Nee and Ann Mahoney 1882 1891 Tom Casey and Nellie O'Brien Pat Rouin and Katie Brown Francis Ahern and Johanna Reilly Jim McGarry and Kate Culhane William Dudley and Hannah Healy Dan Mulveyhill and Mary Rouin Mike Roach and Katie Kahlaher George Sanders and Mary Tague John McCarthy and Alice Quinlan 1883 James Fink and Bridget Judge Marrin Corbett and Clara Flannagan Will Carroll and Katherine Rouin Mike McGinnis and Mary Richardson Jerry O'Brien and Jane Healy John Corley and Louise Dooley Edward O'Dette and Catherine McGuire Bryan Morris and Mary Reilly 1884 Will Kelly and Bessie Callahan 1892 John Kelly and Nellie Dunn Tom Healy and Elizabeth Savage Bernard Finnegan and Elizabeth Boyle 1885 John S. Clarkin and Catherine Foley Joe Vilsmeyer and Annie Hunt William McDonough and Katie Dolan Joe Hanlon and Bridget Culhane T. L. Mahoney and Margaret Mulvey John Welsh and Mary Welsh Ed Brown and Mary Casey 1893 John Finley and Addie McCullough Peter Brown and Mary Mahoney Tom Montgomery and Mary Foley Owen Gibney and Julia Carpenter William A. Kelly and Mary A. Sheehan Dave Moore and Mary Marooney James McKenna and Catherine McKenna Peter Thom and Nell Mahoney Peter Byrne and Margaret Savage John Carpenter and Ellen Casey Tom Brazil and Mary Callahan 1886 Patrick Minton and Margaret Quinlan John B. Shields and Margaret Clarkin William McShane and Ann Meehan Tom Ash and Hannah Sullivan Frank Morgan and Bridget Quinlan Michael Keegan and Bridget Duffy John Gilligan and Hannah Griffin William Kane and Agnes Brazil Pat Dwyer and Alice McGarry Joe Sheridan and Margaret Brown Anthony Boyle and Mary Carpenter 1894 Martin Cavanaugh and Mary Judge Dan McKenna and Ellen Murphy Terrence Devitt and Mary Jane Crawford 1887 Walter Beers and Lettia Gooden Edmund Hagerty and Sarah McDonnell James McBreen and Kate Sullivan 1895 Dennis Sullivan and Nora Fitzgerald John Cahill and Katie Lorem John Greenwood and Elizabeh Gruber 1888 Joe Jeno and Allilia Remilliard George Pendergast and Nell Corbett J .McBride and Winnefred McDonough Dan Lyons and Kate Sullivan Tom Casey and Annie Marooney Edward Evans and Sarah Carroll Charles Sheehan and Mary Mulcahy John McCullough and Sarah Carpenter E. G. Matthews and Josie Murphy Joe Gast and Mary Sullivan John Morris and Bridget Reilly Thotnas Brown and Ann Hagerty 1896 1889 John O'Niell and Amanda Brown Ed Meehan and Elize Foley James Crawford and Mary Connors John Reilly and Bridget Mulvey Redmond Hanlon and Mary Brown [ 59] 1897 1900 Thomas McDonough and Bridget Welsh Patrick Morris and Mary Brown Thomas Port and Ann Gibney John McMahon and Margaret Hanlon Mike Owens and Ann Boyle John Welsh and Bridget Shields Elmer Stiles and Catherine Carroll Austin Healy and Agnes Sullivan William Gruber and Margaret Orth John Hanlon and Mary McKenna William Kane and Margaret Mullin George Rossez and Theresa Dunn 1901 James O'Donnell and Rose Ann Devitt Patrick Hanley and Katie Gillespie John Brown and Sarah McDonough Daniel Mahoney and Bridget Hanlon Andrew Manley and Bridget Kelly Timothy Foley and Hannah Mulcahy 1899 John S. Clarkin and Maria Kiernan James McFadden and Catherine Griffin Hugh Cassidy and Kate Meehan Michael Sullivan and Mary Healy James Matthews and Theresa Murphy M. Henry Nagle and Mary Byrne John Barrett and Mary Sullivan J. Mike O'Connell and Mary Murphy Milton Greenwood and Kate Shields 1902 Fred Tilman and Ann Hanley M. Crosby and M. Josephine Hagerty

BLIZZARD OF 1888 IN WHICH THREE ESCAPED DEATH RECALLED Six Less Fortunate Men Died In Minnesota's "Great Storm" The following, by the grace of God, is not a Shieldsville story. Its presence here is just to show the extra special care the Angels of God have over us. There was deep snow here in 1888 and it lasted till far out into April. People who tried to hasten to the church on the night of April 4, 1888, when it was struck by lightning, broke through the melting snow drifts and went down past their waists. It is also recalled that there was a bumper crop in 1888. Worthington, Jan. 15. -A half century has failed to erase the spectre of death in the 1888 Minnesota blizzard from the minds of B. F. (Ben) Young and Al Bloom of Worthington and John Bloom of Rochester who just missed being frozen in the storm. There is "no stretch to this story." Al Bloom maintained in telling how he, together with Young and his uncle, John, bur­ rowed themselves in a snow bank where they stayed all night and escaped the fate of six less fortunate settlers who lost their lives in "the great storm." Fiftieth Anniversary "It was along about 4: 30 in the afternoon of January 1 2, 1888, when the blizzard struck." Ben and Al reminisced at Young's home in Worthington this week on the fiftieth anniversary of [ 60 J the history-making storm. "John was helping us break open a road in Elk township about a mile and a half from Young's farm. The blizzard started sort of calm-like, big fluffy snow flakes fall­ ing as if somebody was dropping cotton balls down on us. "And then the heavens let loose in their most ugly mood," Al narrated excitedly. Ben was lucky he had on a light coat and some cotton mittens. But AI and John were out on the prairie in the fury of the storm without overcoats of any kind. Mild tem­ peratures that afternoon didn't call for heavy clothing.

Darkness Set In "It was impossible to see more than a few feet ahead of us, but we reasoned that if we drove the team between the plowing and a row of trees we could reach home all right. Maybe we would have made it if darkness hadn't set in. "After passing the old John Good farm, the horses weren't able to pull the sled through the snow, now drifted five feet deep, so we left the team in the grove, all three locked arms and struck out on foot. We were aiming to go directly into the wind and keep our path in a straight northerly direction. It wasn't as simple as that, however. A Strong Wind Hindered "Al and John, with their light clothing, were getting bitterly cold, and the strong wind was driving us off our course. After a time John broke down and said: 'Boys, this is all for me; I can't go a step further. We've got to get out of the wind.' "It was a desperate moment. We had heard of people burrow­ ing in the snow to escape the wind; here was our chance to_ test it. Digging with out hands and a willow stick in a bank at the edge of a grove, we scooped out a place large enough for all three of us. "Then followed hours of waiting in a damp, soggy snow cave. "We told stories to keep from falling asleep and to quiet raw nerves. When we thought it was morning we struck one of our precious matches and looked at Al's watch. It was only 12: 1 5 a. m. Hours turned into days and at 4: 1 5 we again consulted our timepiece. Matches were getting damp and lighting was difficult." Then more endless waiting. "The limbs of the trees above did not speak as wildly as before, and we concluded the wind had subsided. We stayed another hour to be sure, then broke through [ 61 J the snow above and were met by a - 3 1 temperature. It was still dark as a pocket but the stars shown brightly. "Boys, let's run. It's home or heaven in the next few minutes," John said in desperation. "We made straight for Ben's place, kicked up the door and fell inside, exhausted. Ben's wife took a butcher knife and cut off our under clothing as it was frozen to our sides. Ben cut the buttons off his frozen coat and stood it up in a corner. "I guess it was the old fashioned remedies that Mrs. Young knew that kept our faces from blistering. She took baked pump­ kin and smeared over our arms and faces. By nightfall our skin had turned black, but it didn't blister. Cold water and kerosene applications were applied for hours. "On a warm June day the following summer I was cutting hay in the meadow next to the grove when I happened to look up and it was as though I saw a hallucination," Ben recalled last week. "The snow and the wind and the squeaking limbs were all before me. A shiver ran up my back as though some one with an icy hand had touched my shoulder."

DEATHS

1885 1890 Mrs. Barnie Clark Mrs. Richard Devitt Mrs. Peter Ash Mrs. John Rouin Patrick Ryan Mrs. Thomas Minton Patrick McKenna, age 72 Patrick Sheehan Mrs. Mike Mulhall John Healy Nellie Coleman, age 17 1891 1886 Daniel Brown Martin Kahlsher John McManus, age 60 Thomas Minton Tom Cahill Margaret Clinane Owen McDonnell Mike Mulhall 1892 James Carpenter, Jr. Patrick Murphy 1887 Anna Grady Mrs. Jim Stack Mrs. Patrick Hurley Peter Byrne Mrs. Eugene McDonnell 1896 Mrs. Thomas Flannigan James Gilmore Mrs. John McCarthy William Mullin 1888 1897 Barnie Carpenter Celia Flannigan Mrs. Peter Dunn Charley McBride Mrs. Tim Shields James Manny William Kerrot [ 62 J 1898 Catherine McKenna, age IO Thomas Coleman Robert Dudley, age 68 James Cummings Mrs. Brislon 1899 Michael Dolan Edward Meehan James Donohue Tom Minton Bernard Tague Mrs. Roger Madden Mrs. Michael Logue Catherine Mulhall, age 29 Patrick McCullough, age 77 Mrs. Patrick Ryan Mrs. Bernard Morris Pat Donohue Cornelius Coleman Nellie Gillespie, age 27

THE DAN PATCH AIR LINE

From the Faribault Republican April IO, 1907. "The Minneapolis, Rochester & Dubuque Traction Company, alias the Dan Patch Air Line, is negotiating with the Owatonna authorities for a franchise. The company asked for a grant of 20 acres of land for shop purposes, but no definite promise of shops appears to have been made. The agent, Mr. W. P. Mason, how­ ever, intimates that 'the city which does the most for the com­ pany will get the shops.' " A numerously attended meeting was held at Shieldsville on Wednesday which was addressed by W. P. Mason. He read a letter from President Savage promising that the road will be built and electric trains running from Minneapolis to Hayfield before snowfall. Mr. Mason said that the company wanted no money from Shieldsville, but asks a donation of a 50 ft. right of way. Through limited trains will be run from Minneapolis to Chi­ cago at the rate of 80 miles per hour, and local trains, stopping at all stations, at 40 miles per hour; the passenger fare to be r ½ cents per mile for adults and ¾ c for children. It was also the intention to establish in Shieldsville the power plant and shops. A spur track from Cannon Lake will connect with Faribault. The meeting was enthusiastic and Mr. Matt Brown offered to donate the company 65 acres for the location of a power plant and shops.'' OUR ODD WAYS We have been requested to use this means to explain some of the unreasonable things we do in Shieldsville, for instance, why do the men leave the church before the ladies? It is a hangover. Long ago when they drove horses, the ladies waited inside where they were comfortable until the horses were ready, besides, the ladies have a little extra praying to do. [ 63 J Why do the altar boys take up the plate collection instead of ushers? · Archbishop Ireland sent word to Father Slevin that it was his pleasure to have a plate collection taken up in the churches every Sunday. It was understood that five cents would suffice on these occasions. The trustees, Messrs. Carpenter and McDonnell, who were willing to take up the other collections, refused to stick a box under peoples noses every Sunday for a nickel. How could they do that if a stranger were in their midst? Five cents to hear Mass in Shieldsville! Never! The collection boxes were put away and were not taken out again until Father Flemming's time but they have never been called a success. It is our spirit of hospitality. Our grown men dis­ like to ask for that nickel. Why does an evergreen tree make us act like tree worshipers? The 1855 men were obliged to destroy trees to make room for their farms. They cut them down and made huge bonfires. About 1885 Father Slevin introduced evergreens. He planted them in the cemetery and around the church. Up to 1900 the branches were used for palm on Palm Sunday. At Christmas they were used profusely in decorating the church. Their pungent odor brings back the scenes of our childhood. Evergreens made their debut in Shieldsville around the church and in the cemetery. It takes an idea a long time to get out of our heads. •

THE ROSARY SOCIETY The Shieldsville Rosary Society has been in existence so long that no one seems to know when it was established. Its purpose is to unite the women of the parish in prayer so that now and for­ ever they strengthen and support each other. A Mass is offered every month for the members, living and dead and three special Masses are offered for a member soon after her death. This prayer to Our Lady of the Rosary explains the spiritual advantages of being a member. "O Virgin Mary, grant that the recitation of thy Rosary may be to me each day, in the midst of my manifold duties, a bond of unity in my actions, a tribute of filial piety, a sweet refreshment, an encouragement to walk joyfully along the path of duty. Grant, above all, 0 Virgin Mary, that the study of thy fifteen mysteries [ 64 J may form in my soul, little by little, a luminous atmosphere, pure, strengthening and fragrant, which may penetrate my understand­ ing, my will, my heart, my memory, my imagination, my whole being. So shall I acquire the habit of praying while I work, with­ out the aid of formal prayers, by interior acts of admiration and of supplication or by aspiration of love. I ask this of thee, 0 Queen of the Holy Rosary, through St. Dominic, thy son of predilection, the renowned preacher of thy mysteries, and the faithful imitator of thy virtues. Amen." The use of the beads dates from the earliest centuries. The prayers embodied in the Rosary were composed by Christ Him­ self in the case of the Our Father, and by the Angel Gabriel, St. Elizabeth, and the Council of Ephesus in the 5th century, in the case of the Hail Mary. We are in very good company with those prayers. As a devotion, with its loving contemplation of the mysteries of the life, death, and resurrection of Our Lord it ap­ peals to rich and poor, to learned and ignorant alike, as Christian­ ity itself was meant to do. The ladies of the Rosary Society take charge of all parish dinners and entertainments for the church. The membership fees, which are one dollar a year go to supply the sanctuary and the altars and also to take care of small items in the parish house. The 1940 officers are: President, Miss Teresa Sullivan, Secre­ tary, Miss Rose Shields, Treasurer, Mrs. D. W. Hagerty.

MUSIC In October 1875 the Temperance Association organized a brass band and engaged H. C. Strait as leader and teacher. The mem­ bers of the band were: Jimmy Carpenter, John Carpenter, John Brown, Anthony Boyle, John McKenna, Barnie Carpenter, Tom Murphy, Pat Wall, Phil McKenna. The musical instruments were kept in the basement of the church and were destroyed when the church burned in 1888. Any daughter worth rearing was given a chance to learn mu­ sic. We learned to play "Home Sweet Home" on anything that gave back a tone, be it mouth-organ, piano, violin, mandolin or even a comb and a piece of paper. The boys were shy and would sneak away where no one would hear them and learn to fiddle up a tune. Their popularity quotient rose with their ability to [ 65 J fiddle. Our music teacher was an artist at the piano. No one liv­ ing could play "Woodland Echoes," "Robin's Return" or "Silvery Waves" as well as she could. We used to hold our breaths and listen for every little note and she never missed one. She had a song that used to send us away sobbing. We didn't want to be caught crying so we retired. I can see through the trick now. Here are the words. Wouldn't they take a tear out of a stone? Child In The Snow "The bleak wint'ry snow fell in showers, The night wind was bitter and cold; Each home was aglow with its fire-light, And mirth-loving stories were told. There came a light knock on the window, - Where comfort was known here below, - A pale little face was beside it, So pitiful out in the snow. Chorus- There trembled a voice at the window: "/ have not a home where to go," And still the dark night went on freezing Two bare little feet in the snow. Within, all were joyous and happy; - No sorrow had left there his dart; Still fainter the voice at the window, And colder the poor little heart. Two cold little hands were uplifted, A sweet little voice told its woe, And still no one came to the window, To lift the poor feet off the snow.

Chorus.- The daylight was slowly appearing; The watch from his shelter declared: "A cold bitter night for the homeless, How have the poor fatherless fared?" He found in the snow near a mansion, A dear little head lying low, - Those eyes looking up at the window, The bare little feet on the snow." [66] Another trick this lady had was one she used on Sunday even­ ings. The young men would come a-calling and to give them the subtle hint, "She sang the Song of Home Sweet Home, The Song that Reached My Heart," and the gate would slam. Some of the outstanding musicians who were welcome at any­ one's party were: Ed McCann, Jim Ronin, Johnny Brown, Tom­ my Brown, Dan McKenna, Ted Murphy with Pat Brown at the organ, Jack McDonnough, The Foley-McGillan orchestra. That is only a very few of them. Once Tommy Brown was playing for a dance and he noticed a crowd gathering in the far end of the hall. He knew that meant but one thing - a fight. He kept on playing and walked over to where the group was leaving for a dirt road. He went right along, still fiddling, but he changed the music from a waltz to a funeral march. The humor of the whole thing soon struck the crowd and they let the fight go and went back to the hall and had a pleasant evening. THE CHOIR Mary Hagerty organized and conducted the choir till her death in 1879. Then her sisters Nanna and Josie took up the work. Nanna was married in 1888 and moved away and Josie continued till 1904 when she moved to Faribault for a few years. Mamie Langan was organist till her marriage. Snee 19rn Mrs. Wm. Dudley has led the choir. Early choristers, and mighty fine were: Kate Harrison, Annie Crawford, Ida Massy, Charley, Dannie, and Jim McKenna, Mary Ellen McKenna, John Carpenter, John McMahon, Tommy Wons, Jack Ronin, Ned McCarthy, Nellie Sheehan, Mamie and Maggie Langan, Walter Beers, Tisha Goodin, Wm. Dudley.

DRAMA St. Patrick's day was the time for a home talent play. When they say "A good time was had by all," it means there was just as much fun back stage as there was out in the audience.

(67] THE FAIRIES Only one family was important enough to bring their banshee to Shieldsville. One of our well known pioneers declared he heard one when his grandchild was about to die. Some fairies are quite mischievous, others are good. The good ones are attracted to clean places and always bring prosperity. Did you ever see a dirty back yard behind a prosperous man's house? No, because the good fairies are there holding the flowers up to the sun to make them grow. The bad ones take the form of cut-worms, potato bugs and such; and they sleep in the roots of oak trees. If you let a baby sleep near an oak tree, they may take the growth out of him. The first crop of boys in Shieldsville wore dresses till they were twelve years old so the fairies would not take them. If they were fortunate enough to have curly hair, so much the better. They wore long curls too. The fairies would take the male chil­ dren but would not touch the girls. That is why the boys were dressed like girls- to fool the fairies. Sometimes a fine healthy child was taken away and a weakling left in its place. This was called a changling. It has been said that the road between the farm and the poor house is paved with tin cans. That is nonsense. The farmer has as much right to eat canned goods as the next one ( if he cans his own goods.) But if the farmer has bad luck it is because he is slovenly with the empty cans. He leaves them around for the evil fairies to lurk in. They thrive in rubbish. Then there are poockas. A poocka is a fellow sent back from Purgatory to take up unfinished business he neglected to do when he had a chance in this world. Did you ever see a horse, or a dog, or a chicken that reminded you of someone you used to know? Well, ten to one, that's a poocka. They are obliged to hang around till prayers enough are said for their poor souls. Remember that! In the dear dead days beyond recall, three old ladies lived in a house near where Healy's store is and they were nice old things and very pious. Their mother was dead and they had a picture of her before which they kept a vase of flowers and a lighted candle. A certain active young fellow whose name was "Eddie", got an idea that this old lady was good material for a poocka. He [ 68 J visited the three daughters and discussed the subject of poockas at great length. He carried in the wood for them and brought them flowers. The lady in the picture had a frilled cap like his mother's night-cap and she had a scarf around her neck. One evening the three ladies were seated around the fireplace and they heard a little tap-tap-tap at the window. They looked up just in time to see a white cap and a little white shawl disap­ pear. They immediately thought of their mother and became frantic. Every three days this apparition manifested itself. Once it dashed through the house and blew out the candle. The daugh­ ters did not say anything to the neighbors, for they wanted it clearly understood that their mother was a saint in Heaven. Eddie had a mouth organ and his only tune was "The Last Rose of Summer". His favorite place to practice was the roof of the barn where he could not be reached. One day he told his lady friends that it would be a good idea if he looked at their chimney and see that it was clean, for it would be awful to have a fire in the night. He fixed the chimney but he did not put the ladder away. That night a little white poocka was sitting beside the chimney playing "The Last Rose of Summer" on a mouth organ when he heard his father and another man at the foot of the ladder talking about poockas and wondering what effect a shot gun would have on one. Poor Eddie slid down the other side of the roof and down a rain pipe and ran home. A week later his mother asked how he tore his new nighty and he could not look at his father when he answered, "Things like that just happen." That was the last poocka seen in Shieldsville.

FOLKLORE DO YOU MIND THE TIME? Wherever you find the Irish, you find laughter and jokes. Whenever old timers get together these little tales are told over and over. They never wear out. "Self preservation is nature's first law," therefore we will use fictitious names. The events really took place. "One Hallowe'en night, must have been in '96, me and young Jim Brady, Ed Moore, and Bill Cary went over to Herman [ 69 J Speltz' and took his horses out of the barn and let them go in the pasture. Then we chased in the cows and harnessed them and left them tied in the stalls. If ever there was a mad Dutchmen, it was old Herman the next morning. We went from there to Jim Day's place and got the bell off his cows and ran around his house with it till we woke him up and then hit for his cornfield and right through it and over to Lem Harkin's and got him up to chase Day's cows. Day and Harkins were not on friendly terms so we left that job finished and went to Downey's with the bell. Downey was not a very sound sleeper and had been awake all night with the shingles. He knew that cows do not drop out of a clear sky and ring bells under old men's windows so he grabbed the musket and came to the door and yelled, "Clear out of here, ye rapscallions, there is hemp growing for ye." We waited for no more. We dropped the bell and never stopped running till we were home. We had enough fun for one night."

Did you hear about the time we fenced the graveyard and Mary Ann McCue was asked to contribute? Her answer was: "What ll'Jnsense is this? Who wants to break into a graveyard, and once they are put in there, did anyone ever get out?"

Then there was the time Father Slevin was going to Ireland and collectors went through the parish to get money for a going away purse. They went to Mrs. Campbell and she told them, "Heth, I'll give you nothing to send Father Slevin away. Not a cent. But I'll tell you what I will do. If Father Slevin is in a foreign land and has no money to bring him home, just let me know and I'm the lad that will send him his full fare, but money to take him away! Get out of my sight."

James was on his death bed and he told Kate he had a few bills she should pay. Kate turned away and said, "Oh, the poor man, he won't last long, his mind is wander­ ing." [ 70 J A few minutes later he told her about money due him, enough to pay the bills. Her mind wandered then and she said, "Glory be to God, sensible to the last, James, sensible to the last."

~ ~ ~ The little boys were late for the milking one night in early spring and tried to cover up their delinquency with a bit of good news so they dashed in where the irate father was at the milking and gleefully shouted, "Oh Daddy, we saw a blue bird." It was no good. Daddy roared, "Get at your milking and never mind the birds." Half an hour later he said to the lad nearest him, "Was the bird all blue?"

~ ~ ~ Here is one about our fastidious pioneer. Mr. Jay was proprietor of a hotel in Faribault where the Shieldsville wood haulers liked to get their noon day meal. Mr. Kennedy told of his day's experience when he got home. "I had me dinner at Jayses today and a lad asked me, did I have work for him. I had a mind to take him home with me so I asked him would he have dinner with me. That he did and gladly. Well bad manners from him, do you know what he did? He smashed his potatoes up with his fork then he took two soft boiled eggs and made smithereens of them on top of the potatoes, right forninct me very eyes. Do you think I want the like of him in me house?" ~ ~ ~ Rose Mary - "What kind of a track does a snake make?" Emily - "i don't know. I always make mine ahead of the snake."

~ ~ ~ An old lady was very ill and perhaps her mind was wandering. A funeral passed her house and she had never recognized the virtues of the dear departed. She heard the church bell toll and she started to talk. "The church bell tolled. It told all night. Told how often it called that scamp to Mass and he didn't come. He will come this time for he is being taken. Away up high in the air nearest to God, the church bell told all the good and all the bad. That is quite a word. The church bell tolled." [ 71 J Mike was driving a young team to town one day and over­ took Jimmie with a basket of eggs. Mike invited Jimmie to ride and Jimmie put the eggs in the back of the huggy and climbed in over Mike getting his legs tangled up in the lines and pulling them out of Mike's hands. Away went the team. The two old men were badly frightened and the eggs were scrambled over the country side. Jimmy said, "Mike, I'd give a tousand dollars if I was out of dis rig dis minute." And ,\1ike answered, "Save your money, boy, when we turn this corner you'll be out and it won't cost you a cent." "' "' "' O'Rourke was a great hand to vote. He could not read or write, all he could do was mark the ballot but he was true to his friend, O'Grady. Once on election day the weather was bad, the mud was knee deep, and O'Rourke was having trouble with his rheumatism but all this was not enough to keep him from voting for O'Grady. When he got home that night, he heaved a sigh and said to his wife, "By jolly, I'm tired this night, Winnefred. ·what the hell did O'Grady run for today?" "' "' "' With all these lakes we must haYe at least one storv about fish, and this is a true story! · "Bob and I were skating on a little bke the day after it froze over. It was a shallow lake, the water \Vas about four or five feet deep in those dry years. The ice was an inch and a half or two inches thick and as clear and smooth as glass. We skated around looking at all the amazing things on the bottom of the lake and stunning a sunfish now and then with a hatchet when he ventured too near the ice. If you have never been successful at that trick, it is because you have waited till the ice was too thick. You must skate on thin ice to pull that one and the question is, "Will I get the fish or will they get me?" Well, we spied an old pickerel and shot at him. It didn't touch him, but he started to move and we took after him. We chased him from one end of that lake to the other and back for hours. If he went one way, Bob headed him and if he went the other, I was there. Finally he gave up, turned over and passed out. We cut a hole in the ice and got him. [72 J CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS MONOLOGUE? "Heth, I'm jist tired this night. It's been a long day. I went this morning early down to see Mary Little John. You know there has been an increase down there. Sure. Nice young one too with hair half a finger length long. I am spitting cotton, I am that tired but I have a wash tub full of news and I learned to tell fortunes with tea leaves. You have to drink the tea first. Oh, don't bother now it's too much work making tea but I am played out. I rode down with Thomasheen this morning, he is on the jury, you know. Trust him to find a nice lazy job. Last night he came home with his eyes like two burnt holes in a blanket. He said he never touched a drop, but the signs were on him. "Indeed," sez I, "I never saw you that way but you were this way." I took my parasol with me this morning for it looked like rain when I looked across the lake and the lantern was one I borrowed from James the last time I was down. Thanks for the tea, Josie, and God love you. To tell you the truth, my tongue was hanging out for it. This is good tea. Jere­ miah Healy knows his tea. He is better than Ed when it comes to tea. I'll tell your fortune now, Josie. Oh here is a little dog with his tail turned up, right at the top of your cup. See. That reminds me of Pompey. You know that is Liza Jan e's dog. Well, he went down to Mary Stone's and she had her churn sunning on the back porch and he crawled into it and went to sleep. Mary Stone is as neat and clean as a new pin and she near kilt Pompey. He will do no more sleeping there. I was out where they were cooking for the picnic. They had the chickens cleaned and laid out on a long table and I thought I would lose my life when I saw Father Slevin chasing a blue tailed fly off the chickens. He sees the like of that with the white of his eye. I'll have to bother you for another cup of tea. I talk so much I forgot to toss my cup. If I were you, Josie, I'd apply for the school. I know by the going on them ones had today they would be glad to have you. Thank you. That tea goes to my very heart. Whoever said, "Tea or coffee boiled, is tea or coffee spoiled is a fool, so he is. I like a good strong cup of tea. A good fist full in the pot and let it boil a little. There is them in this country that makes tea that would turn the eyes in your head. I'd as leave :[ 73 J drink a cup of lake water in dog days with the green scum on it. You know Peter came home tight last night and Julia went at him. He told her "Every dog has his day." "Yes," sez she, "and some dogs like you, takes two days." I better be beating music out of the Dodd road. They will be looking for me come sundown. Oh, I forgot to tell you that Rose Ann and her band of tinkers came to see me Tuesday last. That oldest girl is a limb. I'd take the hide off that one and nail it to the wall. The boy, you know is an omathan. He is spoiled, being the only boy with four girls. Rose Ann and I were having tea when he dashed in and asked his mother, "What's an onsha?" Rose Ann hushed him up and told him it was a gaum, why? Well sez he, "Katie said Jimmie is one." He meant my wee Jimmy and Rose Ann was fit to be tied. Good guide me, you are not lighting the light are you? Good-bye.

ST. LOUIS CHURCH, WHEATLAND The first mass celebrated in Wheatland was in 185 5 in Thomas Lambert's house in section 23 by Father Ravoux. Mr. Lambert donated ten acres in section 29 and a church was built in 1871. Father Keller of Faribault was the first priest to attend this parish. Later it became a mission of Shieldsville, at which time the priest went there and said mass every second Sunday. On this Sunday, there would be no mass in Shieldsville, therefore, this Sunday became known in Shieldsville as "Visiting Sunday". In 1906, St. Louis' parish became part of the Immaculate Conception parish in Lonsdale. The church was torn down in 1916 and Thomas Skluzacek bought all the land except the graveyard. There are about thirty unmarked graves beside the following:

Michael Mulhall, 1886, age 68 Joseph Remilliard, 1874 age 19 Catherine Mulhall, I 885, age 63 Frederick Caron, 1876, age 2 Stephen Benjamin, 1882, age 65 Camille Caron, 1876, Infant Daniel Sullivan, 1872, age IO Arthur Caron, 1900, age 36 Margaret Sullivan, 18 72, age 12 Henry Caron, 1901, age I Mary Turpin, 1876, age 45 Verne! Caron, 1905, age I Philomene Turpin, 1873, age 10 Clarbal Fabre, 1894, age I Amabe Chrispan, Wilfred Gabria, 1891, age IO Robert Wilby, 1860, age I Elmire O'Dette, 1900, age 69 Thomas Wilby, 1860, age 3 Margaret DeMars, I 891, age 67 Joseph J. Frazier, 1869, age 67 Gabrio - Eldie, Moses, Mary Ann, John, U. S. Scout and Emma, age I or 2 Ambrose Juaire, 1895, age 90 Mary V. Grignon, 1864, age 21 Hubert Juaire, 1878, age 82 Thomas Lambert, 1881, age 16 [ 74] Zemere Lambert, 1884, age 29 Jules Remilliard, 1910, age 60 George J. Benjamin, 1883, age 1 Lena Remilliard, 1906, age 21 Macy Gabrio, 1875, age 42 Margaret Berry Remilliard, 1883, age 28 Catherine McGay Morgan, 1869, age 69 Edward Lambert, 1901, age 74 Angeline Martin, 1875, age 67 Sophia Lambert, 1887, age 65 Domatild Montour, 1874, age 29 Lenore Lambert, 1900, age 60 Augustine Plaisance, 1877, age 85 Julie L'Heureux, 1887, age 70 Louis Gabrio, 1879, age 16 Antoine L'Heureux, 1887, age 64 Patrick Cody, 1880, age 71 George Barnett, 1898, age 11 Sarah Cody, 1885, age 77 Delina Carpenter, 1888, age 26 Michael Fitzpatrick, 1887, age 76 Rose Carpenter, 1890, age 26 Bridget Fitzpatrick Oliver St. Martin, 1889 Alexander Remilliard, 1911, age 15 Michael Lacy, 1904, age 82 Though the early settlers of Wheatland were mostly of French descent, yet there were also some of Irish descent as the follow­ ing names will prove:

David McCormick John Enright Patrick Cody John Lynch Patrick Kirk James Lynn Benjamin Bradley Michael Kavanaugh Joseph Martin Bernard Durham Patrick Littleton Peter O'Brien Thomas Barrett William Barrett Thomas Tierney James Thompson Thomas Reilly Thomas Horner Andrew Doran Celia Campbell John Brown Michael Fitzpatrick Thomas Kilroy Thomas Brown Thomas Keegan William L. Quinn Richard Brown Thomas Lawler James Giblin James Wilby Jack Frazier, a United States Scout in the Indian wars, was a noted hunter and warrior. He was part Scotch and part Indian. When Fort Ridgely was attacked by the savages, he made a heroic run through the lines in a bad storm and gave the alarm at Fort Snelling. He was an interpreter and assisted with the Indian treaties. General Sibley admired his fortitude so much that he placed a marker on Frazier's grave. Thomas Brown was born in Ireland October 22, 1827. He came to America in 1 848 and landed in Boston. He married Miss Ellen Brown in 185 1. They went to California and spent three years mining. They then returned to Massachusetts and worked in a tannery in Wabau. In March 1857 they came to Wheatland and located in sections 34 and 35. Mrs. Brown was a sister of Mat. Brown of Shieldsville. Their children are Michael, Thomas, Jo­ hanna, Patrick, Kate, and Mary. James Wilby was born in Ireland in 1817. He came to New York in 1852. From there he went to New Jersey where he farmed for two years. He then went to Manistee, Michigan, and worked in a saw mill. In 1854 he married Miss Bridget Branan. In 1856 he moved to St. Paul and the next spring to Wheatland. [ 75 J He built the first frame house in the township and hauled the lumber from St. Paul. Lonsdale is built on the Wilby farm. The children are Patrick, John, Mary, Thomas, Margaret, and Martin.

"Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time.

Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.

Let us, then, be up and doing, With a heart for any fate; Still achieving, still pursuing, Learn to labor and to wait." From "A Psalm of Life" by HENRY w. LONGFELLOW.

[ 76 J BIOGRAPHIES

ASH Peter Ash pre-empted r 60 acres in section r 4, Erin, in 1856. His brother Thomas came with him but went away again with­ out taking land. Peter married Mrs. Patrick Ryan's sister Ellen. They had two children, Thomas and Maggie. Thomas married Hannah Sullivan. Hannah died when their only child, Mary, was two years old and Thomas left Mary with her grandparents and went away, never to return. Maggie married Mr. March and after his death she married Mr. Gamon. Peter Ash shot a deer near Dooly's place in 1869 and sold it to Barnard and Tuttle in Faribault. The deer weighed 240 pounds. Mrs. Ash died in 1885. Mr. Ash spent the last years of his life in the village in a house across the road from the parish house. He died in 1904. BEERS Walter Beers came here from Northfield and married Miss Tisha Goodin in 1894. He was a carpenter by trade and many buildings here testify to his skill. He was a convert to the Catho­ lic church and soon became a member of the choir. They lived on the farm now owned by William Duffney and later bought the place in Forest where Ed Neuman lives. Their children are, Earl, Luella and George. All the family have moved away from here. BOYLE John Boyle, a native of Armagh, Ireland, went to work in Edinburgh, Scotland, and met Miss Ann Haney, who was a Scotch lassie born in Londonderry, Ireland. This couple met again in New York and were married in 1851. They moved to San­ dusky, Ohio, and lived in the same house with the Gilligans .. The Boyles moved to Freeport, Illinois, and from there to Shields­ ville in 1855, and again met the Gilligans. Mr. Boyle bought his [ 77] farm which was railroad land and paid $13.50 an acre for it. In the family were Anthony, who married Miss Mary Carpenter in 1886. They sold their farm to Joseph Sweeney in 1920 and are now living in Faribault. Mr. Boyle was a church officer, an officer in the Ancient Order of Hibernians and in the Catholic Order of Foresters. Mrs. Boyle was president of the Rosary Society, a position higher than which we have nothing to offer. Ellen spent most of her life in Pasadena, California, where she owned a millinery store. She became ill and returned to F ari­ bault where she died in 1935. Mary Jane married Patrick Dooley. She lives in Minneapolis with her daughter Mary Dooley. Ann and Elizabeth are twins. Elizabeth married Barnie Finnegan in 1892. Ann married Mike Owens in 1897. Three Boyle children died in infancy. BRAZIL Mr. and Mrs. Michael Brazil came from Vermont in 1856 and pre-empted a farm in section 9, Wells. Mrs. Brazil, Mrs. Joe Burns, and Mrs. Robert Dudley were sisters and Pat O'Brien was their brother. Those families lived within walking distance of each other. Mr. Brazil bought the first cookstove sold in Faribault by Capt. Cavanaugh and six men carried it and walked to Brazil's with it. The second generation of Brazils were: Mary (Sister M. Alvarez), Agnes (Mrs. William Kane), Ann (Mrs. Tim Healy), Elizabeth (Mrs. Joe Duby), John, and Joe, who died in 1870, Mike was a soldier in the Spanish-American war. He was with Dewey when he took Manila. After that he sailed around the world. He called himself "Yellowstone the Rambler". In 1904 he was nominated for the presidency of the United States. Mike is married and lives in Montana and has three children. Thomas married Miss Mary Callahan in 1893. They lived on the Brazil farm until his death in 1910. In their family are, Louis, a World war veteran, now living in Faribault. He married Miss Rosella McGinnis. Their family are triplets born in 1940. They are Laurence, Leonard, and Louis. Leonard died when he was three days old. They were the first triplets born in St. Lucas hos­ pital. Alvarez (Mrs. Albert Waskowsky) and Harold, who lives on his mother's farm, married Miss Marie Rouin and has three children, Gerald, Kenneth, and Miles. [ 78 J BRISLON William Brislon located in section 3 1, Forest, in 1860. He was killed by a train and Mrs. Brislon spent her last days in the vil­ lage. They had no family. William McGlynn bought the farm. Subsequent owners were Hugh Gilmore, Theodore Hirdler and, at present, William Wadecamper.

BROWN Mr. and Mrs. George Brown were the earliest of the early settlers. Mrs. Brown was the first white woman to come and she was kept busy baking bread for the pioneers. They pre-empted the S.W. ¼ of the N.W. ¼ of section 12, Sieldsville. About 1860 Mrs. Brown and a small child died and are buried on the farm. Mr. Brown fenced the plot, sold the farm to Dennis Murphy with the exception of the burial plot and left here. He was an Orange man. BROWN Mathhew, Richard, Michael, Ellen, Margaret, and Catherine Brown came from Limerick, Ireland, in 1847. They lived near Boston, Massachusetts, until about 1860, when they came to Shieldsville. They were educated in Boston and this gave a back­ ground of refinement to their personalities. They were well in­ formed and cultured above the average. Matthew bought a farm from Maurice O'Hearn and named it "Bruff" after their home in Ireland. He put up a fine set of buildings and raised high grade cattle and horses. He also built a store in the village - it is still there - and was the post master for years. He married Miss Nora Griffin of St. Paul and to them were born Patrick, the only one of the family who lives here now; Matthew, who is a farmer in Canada; Daniel, who died when he was a child; Mary, who mar­ ried Redmond Hanlon and moved to Canada; Nora, who is a nurse and lives in Minneapolis; Aurelia, who married Mr. High and lives in Minneapolis, and Joan, who died in 1918. Richard Brown married Julia Maloney; Michael married Brid­ get Healy; Ellen married Thomas Borwn, lived on a farm in Wheatland and then moved to Montgomery, where they both died; Margaret married John Murphy, (their story is elsewhere in this book) and Catherine, who married Thomas Sheehy of St. Paul. [ 79 J BROWN Thomas Brown, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Brown of Wheat­ land, nephew and partner of Matthew Brown, married Miss Ann Hagerty June 5, 1888. They are now living in San Marino, Cali­ fornia, with their family, Genevieve, George, Cecil, Joe, Emily ( deceased) and Helen. BROWN Peter, Luke, and Edward Brown were brothers, natives of County Mayo, Ireland, and came to America about 1 860. Peter was the first of the three to reach Shieldsville. He married Miss Bridget Larkin and bought her father's farm in section 24, Erin. To them were born Edward, who married Elizabeth Ward and who died in 1918; Mary Ann, (Mrs. L. DeForest) who lives in Spokane, Washington; Kate, (Mrs. Ed DeColan) who died in 1935 at Milaca, Minnesota; Bridget Agnes, (Mrs. Frank Breeze) who died in 1938 in Spooner, Wisconsin, and Peter who mar­ ried Miss Mary Mahoney. They lived here a few years and then moved to Spooner, Wisconsin. He died there in 1937, leaving three daughters and one son, Marie, Statia, Tessie, and Emmet. Thomas married Miss Hattie Garby. They live at Milaca, and the family are Annie, Ella, Tommy, and Arthur. John married Miss Sarah McDonough in Shieldsville in 1897. Mr. Brown was born in Erin township Feb. 5, 1864- He was one of the first scholars in district 98. He still lives in that district and has held a school office for many years. Their home is in Forest township. They are surrounded by their sons and their families and for peace and love and prosperity they can be held up for an example to the whole world. The three sons are Edward, who married Miss Catherine Mahoney in 1922 and has the following family: Helen, Ralph, Donald, Richard, Dorothy, Stella, Cyril, Irene, and Harold. They live on the Maher farm. Leonard mar­ ried Miss Mary O'Brien of Kilkenny and their children are Elaine, Vincent, Theresa, Leo, and Brian Dennis. John married J\1iss Marie Moore of St. Paul in 1928. Their children are Raymond, Eleanor, Clement, and Earl Arthur.

BROWN Edward Brown (Neddie) married Miss Mary O'Brien. They lived in St. Paul until 1871, when they came to Rice county and [ 80 J bought a farm in Wells from Terrence O'Toole. Neddie often said he could just as well have farmed Como park as he had an equal chance to it or what he took, but he was not sorry. Mr. and Mrs. Brown had four sons. Two died of diphtheria in 1880. Edward married Miss Mary Casey and moved to LeCenter. Michael H. was born in St. Paul in 1864, worked with his father as carpenter, mason, and farmer. He married Miss Anne Cum­ mings in October, 188z. They lived here until 1936 when they moved to St. Paul, where they now reside. Mr. Brown was an officer in school district 1 z 1 for years. "Mike and Anne" were kind and friendly neighbors, always ready to lend a hand in case of sickness or death. They were ardent Hibernians and also temperance advocates. Neither of them hesitated one minute in telling their own or their neigh­ bors' children when to get back on the narrow path. They are living to see their family to the third and fourth generation. Mary married Patrick Morris in 1900 and their family includes \Villie, Jimmie, Johnny, Tessie, Josie, Mamie, and Eddie. Mr. Morris died in 1913 and Mrs. Morris is now married to Mr. Wil­ liam Murphy and lives in Faribault. Edward married Miss Jeanette O'Brien and moved to Chicago. After her death he remarried and now lives in Denver, Colorado. James married Miss Marie Hoffman and lives in Minneapolis. William is on the police force in St. Paul. He is married and has two sons, Pat and Mike. Tessie married Owen O'Keefe and lives in Superior, Wisconsin. Josie married John McCullough and lives in St. Paul. Alice married James McDonnel and lives in St. Paul. Ann died when she was a small child. BROWN Luke Brown worked in Ohio as a stone mason. There he met and married Miss Ann McGlynn. They came to Minnesota in 1871 and bought a farm from his brother, Edward, in section 5, Wells. Mrs. Brown died in 1908 and Mr. Brown in 1918. They had one son and five daughters, John, Ann, Katie, Margaret, Amanda, and Elizabeth. John married Miss Nell Murphy. They were the parents of Frank, Luke and Edna Brown of Faribault. Mr. John Brown died in Montana in 1918. Mrs. Brown died in Faribault in 1938; Ann married Michael Sheridan of Faribault and after his death she married Wilfred Joachim and now lives in Montana. Katie married Pat Rouin and lived in Minneapolis un- [ 81 J til her death in 1903. In their family are Helen, Walter and Inez Rouin. Margaret married Joe Sheridan of Faribault. Their family lives in Faribault and are Cora, Frank, and Emmet Sheridan. Amanda married John O'Niel and with their family, Gordon, Margaret and Myrtle, lives in Faribault. Elizabeth married Cle­ ment O'Brien and lives in California.

BUCKLEY John Buckley chose a farm in section 21, Shieldsville, in 1860. His family were Dennis, John, Mary (Mrs. Daniel Savage), Marg­ aret (Mrs. Joe Gilsoul), Catherine (Mrs. Con Mahoney), and Ellen ( Mrs. Michael Manley). BUCKLEY Timothy and Jerry Buckley belong to another family as far as we know and are not related to the Shieldsville Buckleys. They came to Erin in 18 55 and moved to Basswood Station about 1870. Jerry married Margaret Sweeney. They had no family. Both are buried here. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Buckley are the parents of Mary (Mrs. Joe Richardson), who died January 29, 1939; John, who is married to Emma Dulac and lives near Faribault; Jerry, married to Mary Ellen McKenna and living in St. Paul, a retired railroad man. The Jerry Buckley family are Susan, Alma, Regina, Mary and Timothy. The elder Buckleys are buried in Shieldsville. These Buckleys were cousins of the Mulcahys. BURNS Joseph Burns came to America in 1851. He worked in Quebec, Oswego and Buffalo, New York, and in a stone quarry in Ohio. In 1855 he came here and located in Wells. In October, 1856, he married Miss Alice O'Brien. The family was Mary Ann, Joseph, EIIen, John, all deceased. Mrs. Burns died in 1864. Mr. Burns died about 1896. BURKE John Burke and Jeremiah Healey came here from Dubuque, Iowa, in 1855. Mrs. Burke (Mary McCarthy), Mrs. Healy (Han­ nah McCarthy), and Mrs. James McKenna (Eliza McCarthy) were sisters. Mrs. Burke's first husband was John McCarthy who died in New Orleans and by whom she had three children, [ 82 J Timothy J., Mary Jane (Mrs. Dennis Hagerty), and Jeremiah. The Burke family vvas Margaret and Catherine. John Burke pre-empted land in sections 34 and 35 in Erin. The hill north of Edgar McCullough's place was named Burke's hill because John Burke owned it. One very hot day in the summer of 1870 Mrs. Burke walked three miles to visit a sick friend. She was taken ill at her friend's home and died there that night. Mr. Burke took his two little daughters and returned to Dubuque. Margaret died when she was very young and Catherine grew up and married Hugh Rennels. She died in 1936. She was the grandmother of a lad named Dick Rennels, who spends his summers in these parts. BURKE Patrick, Thomas, and Mary Burke (no relation to John), came from Limerick, Ireland, to Horrigan, Wisconsin, in 1860 and bought a farm. Patrick married Miss Mary Jane O'Brien, a native of Wexford, Ireland; Mary married John Mulvey, a native of \Vest Meath, Ireland, and the two families came to Shieldsville in 7866. Patrick was a well educated man and taught school in Hor­ rigan. He bought a farm near French lake now owned by John J. Sullivan. The family: Martin, of Minneapolis; Thomas and Mary, deceased, and Patrick, who married Miss Ann Tierney of Kilkenny and who now lives in Enid, Montana. They still own a farm in Forest. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Burke and Thomas Burke have long gone to their well earned reward. BYRNE Five Fardowns came from County Monahan, Ireland, in the early fifties and settled first in Milan, Ohio. They were Hugh Byrne, Patrick Smith, Peter McDermott, Bernard Smith and Christy Burns. In 1 85 5 they came to Shieldsville and went six miles up the Dodd road and built five log cabins and numbered them. Then they drew lots to see who owned which cabin. Hugh Byrne drew the W½ of the SW¼ of section 29, Shields­ ville, and filed a claim on it. He married Miss Catherine Hanlon and their family: Bridget, who married Thomas McDermott; Margaret, who married Patrick Smith. Mary A. did not marry. She was post mistress in Kilkenny for many years. Peter married Margaret Savage. They had one daughter, Katherine (Mrs. Lar- [ 83] son), Peter died and Mrs. Byrne married John Hackett of Kil­ kenny. Patrick married Miss Mary Golden. They made their home on his father's farm and their family: Catherine, educated at Mankato Teacher's College, taught school a few years and married Ed Hanlon. She is now living in Chicago. Mr. Hanlon died in April, 1940. Mary (Mrs. M. H. Nagle) lives in Faribault. Hugh married Miss Mary O'Grady and lives in St. Paul. Martin died in 1928. Patrick, Peter and Ann live at home. Mrs. Byrne died in February, 1909. Mr. Byrne died in Oc­ tober, 1924. CAHIL

John Cahil, 1 804-1885, and his wife, Bridget Healy Cahil, 1815-1872, and their family were among the first settlers. Their home was on the island between Gen. Shields and Mud lakes. The daughters were Sarah and Mary. The latter married Charles Shields, a nephew of the general. Of the sons, Thomas was a lawyer and a teacher, who married Abbie Calahan, and William was a teacher and a great hand for pulling little boys' ears.

CALAHAN James Calahan and his family, John, Daniel, and Julia came to America in 1851. They lived in New York for five years. It was there that Daniel and Miss Ann Simpson were married. They spent a short time in Rock Island and Illinois and in the spring of 1856 came to Rice county and located in section 11, Erin. Dan and John were Civil war veterans. Dan was with Sherman in his march through Georgia. Dan's family was Abbie (Mrs. Thomas Cahil, Mary (Mrs. Thomas Brazil), Bessie (Mrs. William Kelly), and one son, Miles. Julia married Patrick Ryan, who was a Civil war veteran. They had five daughters: Mrs. Sam Manhart, Northfield; Mrs. Bridget McBride, later Mrs. Dafoe, St. Paul; Mrs. Barton, St. Paul, mother of George Barton, the sports editor; Mrs. Jim Flynn and Mrs. Dan Flynn. When Mr. Ryan died Julia married James Goggin, another Civil war veteran. They had one daughter, Julia, who married Lou Gilligan of Northfield. Her children are Mrs. Frank Langer, Mrs. James O'Donnell, Mrs. Niel Griffin, Raymond, Ethel, Lucille, Louis, and Samuel. Julia Goggin Gillan died in April, 1928. [ 84 J CARPENTER James Carpenter came here in 1855 with his father and secured land in section 3, Shieldsville. In 1857 he married Miss Ellen Cohey in St. Paul. During the winter, in the years preceding the Civil war, Mr. Carpenter and other men from here used to go to New Orleans and earn what they could working on the levees. Some of them were caught down there and became conscripts in the Confederate army. Mr. Carpenter helped organize school district No. 70 and held an office for years. He was also one of the first church officers and held that position while he lived. This is the gentleman who mortgaged his farm to pay for the work on the church. It was the only mortgage he ever put on his place. In Ireland, Mr. Car­ penter played a fife in "The Band from Kells." His home, located on the shore of General Shields lake where the infant Cannon starts its journey to the sea, was one of the beauty spots of the parish. The Carpenters were fond of music and flowers and had a keen sense of the joy of living. The family: Anna and Ellie were teachers. Now they spend the winters in Faribault and have a summer home in the village. James, who died in 1886 was a member of the Shieldsville band, Bernard married Miss Julia Gilligan of Northfield, had one daughter, Ellen Theresa. Bernard died in 1887 and Julia married Owen Gibney. Mary married Anthony Boyle. Sarah married John McCullough. John married Ellen Casey in 1893. He bought the general merchandise store from Thomas Coleman in the vil­ lage. About r 896 he built and operated one of the first creameries in this part of the state. Then he built a new store with living quarters in the rear and a dance hall overhead. He named his hall "Music Hall". The dances were conducted in a friendly orderly manner (you presented your invitation at the door). Mr. Carpenter was one of the leading members of the choir. The family went to live in Minneapolis in 1914. They are Mary, Paul, Frances, James, Laura, John, and Florence.

CARROL Edward Carrol of Tipperary and Miss Mary Murphy of Monohan were married in Ireland and crossed the Atlantic in a sail boat in r 849. They spent five weeks at sea, bringing their own food with them. They landed at New Orleans and traveled up t 85 J the Mississippi to Clayton, Iowa, and stayed there seven years with Mr. Carrol's uncle, O'Connell. Edward came to Rice county alone in the spring of 1856, pre­ empted land in section 8, Erin, built a shack, and plowed the re­ quired two acres. He left the plow stuck in the ground as a sign of his early return and in September, went to Clayton for his family. When they arrived they found everything, even the wooden parts of the plow, burned by the Indians. The Carrols lived with the Henry Conroys ( Mrs. Conroy and Mrs. Carrol were sisters) while the neighbors helped them build a new shanty. They lived and prospered on that same farm until they died, Mr. Carrol on December 14, 1900, and Mrs. Car­ rol on March 5, 1901. Of their family, William, Patrick, Mary, and John died in infancy. Michael was a carpenter and married Miss Mary Fitz­ gerald, a sister of Mrs. James Stack. She died many years ago. Michael died in 1932. In their family were Frank of St. Paul; Thomas, of Minot, North Dakota; James, of St. Paul; John, who died in Kansas City in 1915; Julia (Mrs. John Murphy), of Canada; Mary (Mrs. Ed Flynn), died in Kansas City in 1935, and Esther (Mrs. Muldoon), of Berkely, California. Sarah Carrol (Mrs. Evans) of Butte, Montana, is the mother of Mary, Henry, Elizabeth, and Francis Evans. Catherine Carrol (Mrs. Stiles), of Minneapolis, is the mother of Edward J. Stiles of St. Paul, and Mary Stiles (Mrs. Thomas Burns) of Minneapolis. CASEY Thomas, John and Timothy Casey were brothers and came here in 1856. They homesteaded land in section 5 and 7 in Wells. Thomas married Miss Catherine Kelly, a sister of Andy Kelly of Erin. They were the parents of Mary (Mrs. Ed Brown); Eliza­ beth (Mrs. O'Brien); Thomas, who married Annie Marooney in 1895; Joe, who married Grace Kelly; Nellie (Mrs. J. C. Car­ penter); Esther, Beatrice and John. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Casey, Sr., are buried here and the children have all moved away. George Patrichka owns their farm. John Casey and Elize Dudley were married here in the early days and went to live in Benson, Minnesota, but they left their hearts in Shieldsville. Once a salesman who was well acquainted here called on the Caseys in Benson and they kept him talking C86 J all night about Shieldsville. They told him they would welcome a dog if he came from Shieldsville. Mr. and Mrs. Tim Casey made their home in section 7, Wells. Their family was Ellen, Lizzie, Mary, Tressa, Tim and Tom. Tom married Miss Ellen O'Brien in 1882. They made their home in the village for a few years where Mr. Casey had a black­ smith shop. Mike Cochran was his partner and they used the shop started by John Fox in 1855. It was located across the street from Thomas Mahoney's house. Later they moved to Faribault and their son, Tom, carries on at the blacksmith business. Mr. Casey died in 1925. Mrs. Casey lives in Faribault. CASHIN Mr. and Mrs. (Mary Byrne) Thomas Cashin of Faribault bought the Robert Dudley farm in Wells about 1906. They were not strangers in a strange land, as Mr. Cashin lived here long ago and worked in Jim O'Connel's wagon shop, and Mrs. Cashin came from Kilkenny. She died in 1914. Their children are Anna, Edward, Thomas, Joe, Nora (Mrs. John Healy), and Mary ( Mrs. Art Reiter). Mr. Mashin has another son, Billy, by a second marriage. CASSIDY Peter Cassidy came here from Hastings about 1865 with his family, Patrick, Barnie, and Mary (Mrs. Deveraux). Patrick, Jr.'s, family was Hugh, Peter, John, Terry, Katie, and Maymie. Hugh, of the third generation, married Miss Katie Meehan in 1895 and their children are John, Maymie, and Nellie. Nellie and her mother died in 192 r. Maymie is Mrs. Terrill. John married Miss Inez Gillespie in 1938 and their son, Hugh, makes the fifth gener­ ation of Cassidys on the same farm in Erin. CEMINSKY Thomas Ceminsky, son of Frank Ceminsky of LeCenter, mar­ ried Miss Gertrude Morris, May 21, 1929. They have two chil­ dren, Mary Lou and Colleen Rose. Mrs. Ceminsky is a graduate of Bethlehem Academy and before her marriage taught school in Rice and LeSueur counties. CLARK Barnie Clark was one of the early settlers of Erin and from all accounts he kept his neighbors on their toes while his health CB7J was good. Where you find the Irish you will find laughter and pranks and in the midst of it characters like Barnie Clark. Bless his memory, he helped the pioneers keep up their courage and laugh at misfortune. He loved his horses and they loved him. He talked to them like they had human intelligence and encour­ aged them to speed up with such talk as "Get up, Barnie and Nellie, think of the nice time you will have dying and the long rest you will have afterwards." His family are: Jimmie, Maggie, Thomas, and Michael. Thomas married Katie Cassidy in 19ro and lives in Robbinsdale. Michael married Miss Mary Frechette, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund Frechette. They had one son, Michael, who lives in Faribault. Mrs. Barnie Clark died in 1885.

CLARKIN Edward Clarkin was born in County Cavin, Ireland, in 1825. With his brother, James, he came to America in 1847. After a short stay in Maryland they went to Virginia and spent eight years at mining and railroading. James, the adventurous one, was not in America long until he had an opportunity to enter the war with Mexico and enter he did. That was when he first met Gen­ eral Shields. The McBrides, who came from the County Meath, Ireland, also spent a few years in Virginia. Edward Clarkin and Ann Mc­ Bride were married in Virginia. In 18 55 in response to a message from General Shields, the Clarkins, McBrides and Syl Smiths came to St. Paul and thence to Shieldsville. The members of the Edward Clarkin family are: James ( de­ ceased), who was married to Miss Mary O'Connel of St. Thomas, Minnesota. Their four children, Edward, Mary, Richard, and Ethel, live in St. Paul. Peter ( deceased), who married Miss Mary Sheehan of Mont­ gomery). Their family were: Edward, Patrick, Anna, and Mary (Sister Marita, O.S.B.). John S. Clarkin (deceased), who married Miss Catherine Foley in Shieldsville in 1892. Their family, Gertrude and Mary, live in Minneapolis and John (Bunty), who lives on the farm his father owned in Erin, married Miss Nellie Hanlon, October 11, 1926. Their two daughters are Anna Marie and Bernadette. Mr. Clarkin is a World war veteran, Company A, 124th Engineers. Mrs. Clarkin (Catherine Foley) died in 1899 and in 1901 Mr. t 88 J Clarkin married Miss Marie Kiernan. Their children are Joseph and Ruth. John S. Clarkin died October 25, 1926. Richard (deceased) married Miss Catherine Lynch of Fari­ bault. They lived in St. Paul. Edward died when quite young from injuries from a runaway team. Julia married James Hickey of Montgomery. The family is Cornelius, Bert, Leonard, Florence, and Roy. Anna married Thomas Loughrin of St. Paul. Their one son, Vernon, lives in Boulder, Montana. Molly never married and works for the Northwest Loan and Trust Company of St. Paul. Michael married Miss Sadie Loughrin of St. Paul. They are now living in Chicago with the following family: Florence, Marion, Marcella, Bud. and Father William Clarkin. Thomas married Miss Hannah Hickey of Montgomery. Their home is in Erin township and for outstanding citizenship they rank high. Mr. Clarkin has always been active in township, school and church business. He has been a school officer for twenty-five years. Mrs. Clarkin exemplifies all that is good in a Catholic mother. In their family are: Mary ( Mrs. Thomas Meehan), who lives in Erin. She is a graduate of Bethlehem Academy, Faribault, and taught school before her marriage. John married Miss Mary McCullough in 1927. They have two children, Donald and Marie Terese. Cornelius died in 1936. Edward is a World war veteran and belonged to Company H, 34th Engineers, of Camp Dix, New Jersey. They spent most of their time at Gieves, France, the largest supply depot in the A.E.F. He married Miss Mary Roach, who died in 1928, leaving one daughter, Eileen, who is now a student at Bethlehem Acade­ my, Faribault. Edward is a trustee of the church and lives with his parents in Erin. James Clarkin was born in County Cavin, Ireland, November 1820. In 1847 he and his brother, Edward, migrated to Mary­ land. From there he went to Virginia where he worked at tailor­ ing for a short time. At this time the Mexican war was well in progress and "Jimmie", being of an adventurous spirit, enlisted C89 J in the United States army in which he served for seven years. He was sent to Mexico with General Zachary Taylor and while there met General Shields. In 1855 with General Shields, Jerry Healy, John Burke, Syl Smith and a few others he came to Shieldsville. He attended the first mass said in St. Patrick's Parish by Father Ravoux in the log house of Jerry Healy. This house was on the farm owned by Leo McCullough at present. He pre­ empted 160 acres of land in section 25, Erin Township. After­ ward he moved to Wells township and purchased , 20 acres in section 5, which is still owned by his daughter, Mrs. John Der­ ham. On August 6, 1862, he was married in Faribault by Father Keller to Mary McBride, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Mc­ Bride of Erin township. The family are Mary (Mrs. John Kohler) of St. Paul, Julia (Mrs. John Derham of Faribault, Margaret (Mrs. John B. Shields) of Wells township, and Bridget (Mrs. John Kelly, deceased). James Clarkin died on November 15, 1902, and Mrs. Clarkin died on October 19, 1905.

CODY Michael Cody lived in the southern part of Shieldsville town­ ship. The family were Edward, James, Maggie, Ann (Mrs. John Hacket), Catherine (Mrs. Thos. Dring), Mary (Mrs. Frank Kelly), Julie. (Mrs. Nicholas Powers).

COLEMAN Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Coleman and their family came from Ireland to Dunkirk, New York, in 1850. They went from there to Galena, Illinois, and in 1856 came to Shieldsville and pre­ empted the NW¼ of section 6. Mrs. Coleman, by a previous marriage, had a daughter, Margaret Sommers, who married John Corbett. The Coleman family was Thomas, born in Ireland in 1843, married Miss Ann Murphy in Shieldsville in 1863. They had two children, Nellie, and Jimmie. In 1876 Mrs. Coleman died and in 1877 Mr. Coleman married Miss Elizabeth Brennen of Kilkenny. Their family: Ed, Mary, Thomas, Elizabeth, Ann, and Peter. Mr. Coleman was a merchant in the village of Shields- [ 90 J ville and sold to J. C. Carpenter in the 9o's. Thomas Coleman and his father Cornelius, died in 1898. H onora Coleman married Daniel Culhane. James Coleman married Bridget McGinnis, a sister of Mike J\JcGinnis. Their family were John, Nora, and Bridget (Mrs. Joe Laffe). Mr. Coleman's second wife was Bridgid Cashin. Their two children were Nonie and Willie. CONROY Henry Conroy, whose wife was a sister of Mrs. Edward Car­ rol and Miss Sarah Murphy, arrived in 1856 and settled in section 15, Erin. In 1859 they moved to Faribault and opened a hotel. In a few years they moved to Minneapolis where they ended their days. One son, George was a policeman and lost his life while on duty. CORBETT John Corbett, native of County Limerick, whose wife was Miss Margaret Sommers, a half-sister of Mrs. Dan Culhane and Thomas Coleman, pre-empted the SW¼ of section 6, Shieldsville in 1860. The family: Nell married George Pendergast in 1888 and moved to Minneapolis where they spent their lives. She died there in 1938. Mary Corbett married G. L. Altier and moved to St. Paul where they now live; Michael, Bridget, and Margaret died in 1872 of diphtheria; Martin Corbett married Hannah O'Connel and after her death he married Miss Clara Flannigan in 1883. They made their home on the homestead chosen by John Corbett in the 5o's. For years and years there was no road to that part of the country. Martin served a good many terms on the town board but did not wish to put any extra burdens on his neigh­ bors in the form of taxes, so suffered in silence. In 1922-23 when the county became active in the building and maintaining of highways, Martin through his untiring efforts persuaded the county commissioners to build a fine highway to the western county line. It is a monument to Mr. Corbett and the people who live on that road bless his name when they think of the hills and hollows and sloughs and mud they had to labor through before the road was built. It will always be known as the Corbett Road. Martin also exerted his influence in organ­ izing school district No. 12 3 and donated an acre of land to be used for school purposes. He died March 25, 1925. t 91 J Mrs. Corbett is a well known politician and has a lively in­ terest in public affairs. She lives on the farm with her sons, Mar­ tin and Tom. Martin, Jr., is a graduate of Faribault high school and St. Thomas college. His wife's name was Miss Helen Balata and they have one son, Jimmie. John Corbett is a railroad engi­ neer. He married Miss Florence Cunningham and they have one daughter, Nellie. They live in Minneapolis; Will Corbett lives in St. Paul; Nellie Corbett, a graduate of Bethlehem Academy and Mankato Teacher's college, married Mr. A. L. Sheridan in 1937 and lives in Kilkenny. CONNORS Phil Andy and his son James lived in section 15, Shieldsville. James, Sr., died in 1890 and James, Jr., continued to live alone in the log cabin. He was very independent and scorned whatever savored of impecuniosity. Once he heard the priest say he would have to raise money to buy a new chalice and James said, "Fa­ ther, don't do that, here is money." And he handed him the price of the chalice. He died in 1926.

CONNORS Philip Connors bought the SE¼ of section 22 from Richard Leahy in 1864. Mr. Connors sold to Thomas O'Donnell. John Hanlon was the next owner and now Mr. Moravec holds forth.

CONNORS John Connors, brother of Mrs. Mulcahy, married Ellen La­ Vell and lived in Wheatland. In this family were Nell, Mike, Will, Jim, John, Tom, Julia, Mary (Mrs. James Crawford), Kate (Mrs. J. W. Sullivan), and Agnes (Mrs. Dave Connors). Mr. and Mrs. Dave Connors lived here some years ago and moved to Min­ neapolis. CORLEY John Corley was born in Ireland in 1842 and came to America in 185 1 with his parents. They lived in Pittsburgh at first where John was educated and where he taught school. His father died October, 1866, and John and his mother came to Rice county and located on a farm in section 30, Erin. He married Miss Marg­ aret Maloney in 1869 in Shieldsville. She died September 5, 1870. Later Mr. Corley married Miss Louisa Dooley. Their daughters C92 J are Mary, who married Frank Quinlan of St. Paul, and Louisa, who married Frank Novotny of Montgomery.

CRAWFORD Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Crawford and Mrs. Crawford's parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McSloy, came here from Stratford, Ontario, Canada, in r870. Mr. McSloy was a weaver and opened a shop in the village just north of where McFadden's oil station now is. He made home spun doth and blankets. The Crawfords bought a farm in section 9, Shieldsville. Sometime near the turn of the century they rented the farm and moved to Faribault where they ran a hotel, The American House. After a few years they gave that up and returned to the farm. They were precise workers and their farm was the very essence of neatness. They had six chil­ dren: William married Ann Connelly and bought a farm near his parents, where they lived until a few years ago when they moved to St. Paul. They are the parents of Mary (Mrs. Gruber), John, Emily, William, Anna, Thomas, Archie and Katheryn. James also bought a farm in the neighborhood and married Miss Mary Connors in 1896. They moved to Faribault about 1920. The family: Katheryn, Angeline, Frances, Ethel, Agnes, James. Thomas was a blacksmith of Faribault and lives there. Marg­ aret died in infancy. Mary Jane was a teacher before her mar­ riage to Terrence Devitt in 1894. Later she married Tim Healy. Catherine Ann (Tot) sang in the choir, taught school, and be­ longed to the dramatic club. She married Frank Gruber in 1905 and died in 1919. CROWLEY Mr. and Mrs. (Monohan) Andrew Crowley and their two sons, Pat and Jerry lived on section 20, Shieldsville. All are dead.

CULHANE Daniel Culhane located in section 6, Shieldsville, in 1857. He married Honora Coleman and they spent their lives on the same farm. Of the family Cornelius lives in St. Paul; John married Mrs. Margaret Casey of St. Paul. They are the parents of Mary (Mrs. Arthur Young), of Faribault and she has a son, Joe. Marg- [ 93] aret and Daniel also live in Faribault. John Culhane and his brother, Dan, lived on their father's farm until 1939 when they sold it and moved to Farmington; James Culhane married Kate Perkinson April 16, 1901, and lives in California; Thomas Cul­ hane (deceased) was a St. Paul policeman; Kate Culhane married James McCarry; Bridget Culhane married Joe Hanlon in 1887. They lived on Mr. Hanlon's father's place in the village, where the William Dudleys live. There are two Hanlon children, Daniel, St. Paul, and Mary, who died when she was three. Mr. Hanlon died when the children were small. Mrs. Hanlon was post mis­ tress in Shieldsville for a few years. She married Daniel Mahoney April 15, 1901. They had two daughters and they live in St. Paul. Mr. Mahoney died in 1936. The daughters are Mary and Jo­ hanna Mahoney. CULHANE Thomas Culhane, whose wife was a half sister to Jim Mc­ Garry, was a carpenter and lived in the village. The family has moved to other places to live. Frank Culhane of Kilkenny was their son. CUMMINGS James Cummings was born in Ireland in 1806. He married Miss Alice Kirk in 1845, and in 1846 they came to America. They lived in Quebec three years, then moved to Clinton, New York, and then to St. Paul, where he worked at the carpenter trade. In 1856 he chose a farm in Erin and never moved again. There were three children, William, Thomas, and Ann (Mrs. M. H. Brown). Mr. Cummings died in 1898 and Mrs. Cummings in 1899.

CURRAN Cornelius, Mike, and Johanna (Mrs. Mike Mahoney), with their mother, who was always known as Granny Curran, arrived in 1860. Mike went to work on the levees in New Orleans and was conscripted into the Confederate army. He was badly wounded in the war and was a cripple ever since. He died in a Confederate soldiers home. Mrs. Mahoney lived on the Dodd road. Cornelius went to Minneapolis. While Granny lived her home was on the south shore of Lake Mazaska.

[ 94 J DELANEY Michael Delaney came with James Carpenter in 1855. His farm was in section 1 o, Shieldsville. Later Mrs. Delaney and Ellen Cohey came to St. Paul and Mr. Delaney and Mr. Carpenter went to meet them. The Carpenters were married there with the De­ laneys for attendants. All returned to Shieldsville and lived happy ever after. Andy Delaney was a carpenter in the village and was no re­ lation to Michael. DEMMINGS Mrs. Kate Demmings and her son Frank came here in the early days and made their home in the village. They were both teachers. Frank now lives in Duluth. DEVEREAUX Andrew Devereaux was born in County Wexford, Ireland, in 1836. The Devereaux were of Norman descent and lived in Wex­ ford for centuries. Andrew came with his father, Patrick, to Canada in 1850, where he lived on a farm for five years, then moved to Iowa. Andrew left home to seek his fortune and lo­ cated in Erin. He taught school, worked on a Mississippi steamer, and was a volunteer in Company H, Tenth Minnesota Infantry. On June 3, 1866, he married Miss Mary Cassidy. The family were Robert, William, John, Margaret, Mary Jane, Catherine, and Bridget. They have all moved away from here. Mr. Jerry Keohen bought the farm. DEVINE Mrs. Ann Jane Devine and her family, Dan, Tish, and Ella lived in the village. Tish went to Dakota, Dan to Albert Lea, and Ella and her mother went to Minneapolis. Mrs. Devine and Dan are dead. DEVITT Richard Devitt was a Civil war veteran and came here after the war. Mrs. Devitt died in 1890. Their son Terrence married Miss Mary Jane Crawford in 1894, and their children are John, Archie, Catherine, Genevieve, and Josephine. John married Miss Mary Healy and they have two children, Dorothy and Robert. Archie married Miss Marie Kinnery of Kilkenny and their two children are Maurice and Rose Mary. Catherine (Mrs. Ernest Jarvis), [ !IS J lives in Faribault. Genevieve and Josephine are twins, both graduates of Bethlehem Academy. Genevieve is a teacher and Josephine is a nurse, a graduate of St. Joseph's school of nursing in St. Paul. Mr. Terrence Devitt died in 1906 and in 1910 Mrs. Devitt married Tim Healy. Other members of the Richard Devitt family were John, Mary, Eugene, and Rose Ann (Mrs. James O'Donnell).

DOHOVEN Timothy Dohoven was found dead in his claim shanty on sec­ tion 22, Erin. He was buried on his farm. Michaels Lyon bought the farm. DONAHUE Daniel Donahue came from Kerry, Ireland. He married Miss Julia Downey of Belle Plaine and bought a farm in Erin. In April, 1893, they moved to Wells on section 4- They moved from there to Faribault and then to Minneapolis where Mr. Dona­ hue died in 1920. He is buried at Belle Plaine. The children are John, who married Miss Margaret Ryan of Doyle; Frank and Florence, who practice law in Minneapolis; Mary, James, and William (deceased). DONOHUE Dennis Donohue and his son-in-law, Francis Maloney, came from Cork, Ireland, to Nova Scotia; then to New Castle, Maine, and finally to Shieldsville, in 1856. They took up adjoining farms in Erin but lived there only long enough to prove up. They made their home in the village. DOYLE John Doyle took a claim in section 10, Erin, in 1856. He died long ago. His son, Patrick, married Mary Ann McAnnally of St. Michaels and he, too, is dead.

DOOLEY

Dennis Dooley was born in Ireland in 1820. He was educated in Ireland and was a cabinet maker. He came to America in 1842. He married Miss Mary Allen in Quebec and lived there till 1856 when he took a claim in section 32, Erin. Later he turned the farm over over to the boys and moved into the village. Here he worked at light carpentering; and many a one is laid [96] away in a coffin he made. He had a keen sense of humor and made verses to suit all occasions. A young lady who was quite a musician and proud of it, passed his house one day and on her return trip he was ready with: "Music in her manners, Music in her prayers, Music in her petticoats As sbe flies up the stairs." The family are Etta, a St. Joseph nun, Sister Mary Angelica, Patrick, whose first wife was Jane McKenna had two sons, John and Dennis. Jane died and Patrick married Mary Jane Boyle. To them were born Anthony, Frank, Daniel, Joseph, William, Ed­ ward, Michael, and Mary. Louise Dooley married John Corley in 1883. Mary Ann mar­ ried Patrick McEntee. Daniel Dooley was a school master. Anthony Dooley, son of Patrick, is an auctioneer. He married Miss Catherine McLaughlin in 1919. They made their home on the Dooley farm in Erin till 1937 when they moved to Faribault. They are the parents of Robert (deceased), Vincent, Mary, Paul, Mark, and Catherine. DUDLEY Robert Dudley came to Wells township from Rutherford, Vermont, in 1858. Mrs. Dudley was Miss Anne O'Brien and she came from Vermont, coo. They were both natives of Queens county, Ireland. The family consisted of: James, who was edu­ cated at St. Thomas College, and taught school. He went to the Philippines after the Spanish American War to teach. He died there about 1904. William married Miss Hannah Healy and made his home on his father's farm till about 1909 when the family moved to St. Paul. Their children were born here, and are Rob­ ert, Alicia, Ed and Jeremiah (twins), James, John and Paul (twins), Roscoe, Harold, Ruth, and Marie. Rose (Mrs. Jim Mc­ Kenna), had one daughter, Mae (Mrs. Rossacker). Alicia (Mrs. \Villiam Geiger), of Faribault, died in 1940 and left two sons, Dudley and Fred. A daughter, Gladys (Mrs. Phil. McCarthy), preceded her in death. Eliza (Mrs. John Casey), moved to Benson in the early days. John Dudley was five years old when he came from Vermont in 18 58. He was educated at District 39 and farmed for a few [ 97 J years in Swift county. He married Miss Sarah Healy September 2 3, 1876, bought a farm on the shore of General Shields lake and they lived there to celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. Mr. Dudley was a member of the Temperanre Society, The An­ cient Order of Hibernians, and the Holy Name Society. Mrs. Dudley died April 20, 1931. Mr. Dudley died July 24, 1934. Their children were: Joseph, who married Miss Hannah O'Brien, lived here a few years and moved to Faribault. They are the parents of John, manager of the Red Owl grocery; Olive; Carmen; Do­ lores, and Vincent. William, son of John and Sarah Healy Dud­ ley, married Angela McBreen. They live in the village and are the parents of Jerome, Margaret (Mrs. Vernon Oppegaard), George, Angela, and Charlotte. George Dudley married Lillian Madden in 1932. They live on his father's farm and expect their sons, John and Gerald, to carry on the good work. Edward married Miss Margaret Nolan October 28, 1913. Their home is near Northfield and the following are their pride and joy: Mary, Joseph, Margaret, Edward, Francis, Dorothy, Mar­ cella, Robert, John, and Paul. Mary (Mrs. Thomas Byrne), lives near Kilkenny. Her sons are John, Vincent, and Francis. Anna (Mrs. John Smith) (See Smith). Hannah (Mrs. Thomas Mealia) and Helen moved to Faribault. Theresa, Robert, Paul, and Jeremiah are deceased. Vincent is a Roman Catholic priest.

DUFFNEY William and Wilfred Duffney came here from Wheatland about 1908 and bought farms in Erin. William's wife was Miss Mary Quinn, who died in 1931. Their children were: Lucille, Raymond, Evelyn, and Richard. Mrs. Wilfred Duffney was Miss Mary Kiernan and their children are Gertrude (Mrs. L. Huff), Florence, Malan, Jerome, Eileen, Edward, Leo, Alice, and Vin­ cent. The Wilfred Duffneys moved to the Immaculate Concep­ tion parish, Faribault, in 1937. DUFFY Martin Duffy, whose wife was a Geohan, came to section 7, Erin, in 1856. The farm afterwards belonged to Christy Reilly. (98] Their daughter, Ellen, an early teacher in Rice county, married Tom Martin. It was said that whoever learned spelling from Ellen Duffy could spell down the world. Bridget Duffy married Michael Keegan in 1886. There were two other daughters, Annie and Mary, and two sons, Martin and James. DULAC Mr. and Mrs. (Rosie Ward) Amab Dulac made their home in Shieldsville for a goo

EAGAN Patrick Eagan married Miss Julia Smith about 1895. They lived here a few years, then sold their farm to John Barret of Lons­ dale and moved to St. Paul. where Mr. Eagan died. He is buried at Mendota. Mrs. Eagan and the following family live in St. Paul: Maude, Margaret, Sylvester, Vincent, and Marcella. Joseph died in infancy. Ellen Eagan, a cousin of Patrick, was Father Robert's housekeeper. FINLEY Mike, Matt, and John Finley, and Mary and Pete Tuey came from Queen's county, Ireland. John Finley and Mary Tuey were married there in 1845, and in 1852 they all set out for America. They spent four years in New York state and in 1856 came to Shieldsville. John's farm was in section 3 on the west side of Gen. Shields lake, and in his family were: James married Miss Katie Nagle and after her death he mar­ ried Mary Martin. Their three daughters are Ann ( Mrs. B. Mc­ Geogh), of Canada; Mary (Mrs. Herb Winkley), and Alice of Faribault. Mr. and Mrs. James Finley died in Faribault. Ann married Owen Gibney. John married Miss Addie McCullough in 1885. To them were born Mary, Margaret, Joe, William, Gerald, and Raymond. They sold the farm to F. J. Hanzel in 1909 and moved to Faribault. Mr. John Finley served as county commissioner and school officer and was always interested in community affairs. He died in 1932. Mrs. Finley died in 1930. Matt Finley married Miss Kate Mulhall. They sold their farm here long ago and moved to Renville, Minnesota. They were the parents of Father Joseph Finley, Simon and Mary. Mike Finley went to live in Waterville. In his family were James, Kate, and Mary (Mrs. Pat Loftus). [ 100 J FINNEGAN Michael Finnegan of Carrickamacross and Miss Mary Good­ man of Beatmantown were married in Ireland and came to Amer­ ica to see what life had to offer in the early fifties. Seven of their children were born in New York. They moved to Freeport, Illi­ nois, where one son, Barnie, was born. In 1856 they came to Min­ nesota and settled first in Richland township where they made lifelong friends but they were not satisfied till they reached the tall timber on the south line of Shieldsville township. There they were happy till the end of their days. Members of their family were: Mary (Mrs. Olis), who died in Chicago in 1938; Margaret (Mrs. McCauley), died in Faribault in 1924; Peter married Miss Mary Dwyer and died in Faribault in 1914; John married Miss Kate Crosby of Kilkenny. He died in 1920; Patrick died in Fari­ bault in 1894; Annie (Mrs. Clifford) lives in Duluth; Michael mar­ ried Miss Elizabeth Healy. They lived in Osakis, Minnesota, where he died in 1934. Barnie is the only member of this family living in Shieldsville. He married Miss Elizabeth Boyle in 1892. The following is their excellent family: Mr. and Mrs. James Healy (Agnes) and chil­ dren, Regina and Leora of Kilkenny; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Fin­ negan and son Jack of Faribault; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Finnegan and children, Betty Ann, Wayne, and Milo of Willmar; Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lonien (Mae) and children, Janice, Philip, and Mari­ lyn of Faribault; John and Leo Finnegan reside at home. Mr. Barnie Finnegan has been an efficient member of the Shieldsville town board for years. FLANNIGAN Thomas Flannigan was born and educated in Ireland. He came to New York in 1844. From there he went to Providence, Rhode Island, and worked in a cotton mill in all its departments. He married Miss Ellen Hughs in Providence. In April, 1857, they came to Erin township. Their children were: Celia (deceased), Clara (Mrs. Martin Corbett), Eliza (Mrs. Thomas Griffin), Ella, a St. Joseph nun, Sister M. Dynesia, and Joseph who married Miss Kate McShane. FLYNN John Flynn lived on section 20, Erin, from 1857 till some time in the seventies when the family moved to Duluth. They were [ 101] Margaret, Andy, John, Mike, Dan, and Jim. The two last named married two Ryan sisters. FOLEY Timothy Foley was born in Cork, Ireland. He came to New York in 1845 and worked there as a stone mason, and went from there to Iowa to farm. He married Miss Donohue, a native of Wexford, Ireland. She was a decendant of the O'Donohues, vali­ ant knights of Ireland who upheld Christianity with gleaming swords. Mr. and Mrs. Foley came to Erin in 1860. Of their family: Eliza married Edward Meehan in 1 889. Both are deceased. Timothy married Hannah Mulcahy in 1901. They had one son, Bartie. Timothy is dead and Bartie and his mother are farm­ ing in Erin and doing a good job of it. Catherine married John S. Clarkin. Thomas married Miss Mary Schroud. They have four chil­ dren: Malon married Miss Leone McDonough in 1932, and their family is Bob and Loretta; John married Miss Vilma Vita; Ray­ mond married Miss Catherine Furlong, and Florence married Francis Roach in 1938. William married Miss Mary McGillan in 1910. Both have passed away and were the parents of Margaret, Mary, and Fran­ cis. FREEMAN Dave Freeman and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Freeman came here in 1920 from Willmar and bought a farm from Amab Dulac. Mrs. Freeman died in 1924 leaving a family of small children, Marie, Gertrude, Francis and the twins, David and Daniel. Dave Freeman is sexton of St. Patrick's church. GAUGHAN Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Gaughan came to Erin in 18 56. Their children were Phil, Henry, Mary, and Margaret. Henry married Maggie Ryan. Ellen and Judith Gaughan were of another family. Judith was Mrs. Anthony Kelly, Ellen married three times, first to William Nash, second to Mr. La Veil by whom she had one daughter, Ellen, and her third husband was Patrick Gaughan. GAVIN Michael Gavin came in 1855 and picked out a farm in section r r, Shieldsville. He married Miss Mary Ann Rogers. Their home [ 102 J was on the Dodd road and was one of the homes used by the early missionaries as a chapel. Their hospitality knew no bounds and traces of it show in their decendants. Surviving members of this family are Mrs. Mary Gillespie and Miss Kate Gavin of Fari­ bault. The deceased members are Bridget, who was a milliner and a partner of Miss S. E. Murphy of Faribault; Ann died in 1915; Rose (Mrs. D. F. Hagerty), died in July 1934; Nellie (Mrs. Hu­ bert Hallet); William married Miss Katherine Courtney. He was on the St. Paul police force for a few years and then moved here and lived on his father's farm until he died in 1929. Mrs. Gavin then moved to Minneapolis where she died in 1940. Their family survive but none of them lives here at present. They are Marion, Catherine, Irene, and John.

GIBNEY Owen Gibney was born in County Meath, Ireland, in 1839. He came to Canada with his parents when he was a child. He came, alone, to Shieldsville in 1872. His parents, Patrick and Ann Gibney, his brother, Christy, and two sisters, Ann (Mrs. Tom Port) and Bessie ( Mrs. Charles McBride), soon followed Owen. The Gibneys bought 260 acres on the shore of General Shields lake. Owen married Ann Finley in 1882. She died, and he mar­ ried Mrs. Julia Gilligan Carpenter. Their children: Frank E., corporal, 54th Pioneer Infantry, died overseas September 29, 1918. John and James and their half-sister, Ellen Theresa Car­ penter, live with their mother. Mr. Gibney died in 1932.

GILLIGAN John Gilligan was born in Northfield, May 17, 1865. He mar­ ried Hannah Griffin in 1893. John bought a farm in Shieldsville on which he and Mrs. Gilligan spent the rest of their lives. Mrs. Gilligan died in 1920. Mr. Gilligan passed away in 1939. Their children are Joseph and Mary. Joseph married Miss Mary Law­ rence of Montgomery. They reside in Faribault.

GILMORE Hugh Gilmore, whose wife was Maggie McKenna, bought a farm in section 31, Forest, in the eighties. They came from Toronto, Canada, and settled first at Basswood station and then came here. About 1900 they sold the farm here to Theodore C103 J Hirdler and moved to Faribault. The Gilmore family were Min­ nie ( Mrs. McGovern), Mary Ann ( Mrs. Woods), Isabella ( Mrs. G. G. Coffey), Agnes (Mrs. Barker), James, Hugh, William, Charles, and Edward. Nellie and Emily died when they were children. GILLESPIE Peter Gillespie came from Mayo, Ireland, in 1875. He bought a farm in section 17, Shieldsville, and married Miss Mary Gavin. Mr. Gillespie died in 1888, leaving six children. Mrs. Gillespie won the everlasting respect and admiration of all her acquaintances by the fortitude she showed in bringing up her family and man­ aging the farm. They were exce1Ient children and she had no black sheep to contend with, but she had plenty of hard work. These are the children: Mike married Nell Hackett and is a fruit merchant in St. Paul. Their two daughters are Irene and Catherine. Mary is a graduate of the Ancker school of nursing, was a nurse in the World war and is now employed at the Veteran's hospital in Minneapolis. Nellie married Walter Hagerty and lives in Anaheim, Canada. Thomas is unmarried and is a farmer near Anaheim, Canada. Peter married Miss Alice Byrne of Kilkenny in 1918. He dieci in 1925, leaving two daughters, Mary Alice and Helen. Mrs. Gil­ lespie moved to Kilkenny and is the post mistress there. Catherine married William Hagerty in 191 3. Her mother makes her home with the Hagertys. Anthoney Gillespie, a brother of Peter, came to Shieldsville and pre-empted a farm in 185 5. Then he returned to Ireland for his family. They lived some years in Illinois and did not arrive in Shieldsville till late in the century. Mrs. Anthoney Gillespie was a half sister of Barnie Hunt. In this family were: Patrick married to Miss Katie Hanley and lived in Shieldsville till his death in 1936. Their children are Evelyn, Inez (Mrs. John Cassidy), Eileen, Edward, Jerome, and Leonard. Katie Gillespie married Pat Hanley and moved to Chicago. Bridget married Martin Hanley. Nellie died in 1899. Anna mar­ ried Joe Sammon in 1909. Margaret married Leo Cassidy in 191 I. Tom married Miss Mary Hagerty of St. Paul. They had one daughter, Valeria. Tom died in 1919. Mary is the only surviving member of this family and she lives in Chicago. Her name is Mrs. Gilbertson. [ 104 J GREEN Charley Green suffered the loss of his hand in Shieldsville. He had an accident in the saw mill. This happened some time in the nineties. He was not a Catholic but became a great friend of Father Slevin and joined the church. After he left here he entered a monastery. GRIFFIN Patrick Griffin, a native of County Kerry, Ireland, came to St. Paul in 1855. In 1856 he married Miss Julia Moriarty, also a native of Kerry. In 1874 they moved to Erin township and bought a farm from Michael Gray in section 13. Mary, the oldest daughter, died in 1881. Patrick died in St. Paul in 1870. Martin and James live in Canada. Hannah married John Gilligan; she died in 1920. Kate married James McFadden and lives in Shieldsville. Edward J. lives in St. Paul. John W. Griffin, the eldest son, is living on the same farm his father bought in 1874. On June 11, 1895, he married Miss Mary Breslin of Hazelwood. Ten children blessed this union. The girls are graduates of Bethlehem Academy, Faribault, and the boys of the Faribault high school. Like their father, they live up to the highest ideals of an Irish-American Catholic family. Their names: William J., the oldest son, a World war veteran, died in the army in 1918. Patrick J. married Miss Addie Mc­ Donough and with their daughter, Mary Catherin, live in Fari­ bault, John J. married Miss Catherine McGuinnes, and operates his father's farm. Their children are Sheila, John, and Gerald. Neil D. lives in St. Paul. He married Abbie Gilligan of Northfield. Their children are Gail and Gladys. Anna married M. J. Mullane and lives in Minneapolis. The children are Joan and Jack. Ray­ mond married Evelyn McCullough. They own the John Rouin farm. Their family: Dorothy, William, Mary Joan, and Coletta Evelyn. Mary lives in Faribault. Evelyn married Martin Mahoney in 1934. Their family: Jimmy died in 1940; Janice, Lawrence, and Linus Martin. Agnes is a teacher and now lives in Minne­ apolis. Catherine is a registered nurse, a graduate of St. Joseph's hospital, St. Paul. She became an airplane hostess on the North­ west Airlines in June, 1940. Mrs. John W. Griffin died on May I, 1919.

[ 105 J From The Faribault Daily News, August 12, 1940. Catherine Griffin Named Stewardess For N.W. Airlines From checking temperature charts to checking flight sched­ ules and passenger lists is the step taken by Catherine Griffin, R. N., daughter of John W. Griffin of Lonsdale, in the past few weeks. Miss Griffin has recently relinquished a nursing career to become stewardess for the Northwest Airlines. Miss Griffin is five feet two inches tall and weighs 103 pounds. She has fulfilled the strict requirements for stewardesses on air duty, and has taken additional classes under the direction of Helen Jacobson, stewardess instructress at the Commodore hotel, St. Paul. Flying between the Twin Cities and Billings, Montana, and between Minneapolis and Chicago, Miss Griffin has recently been featured in much of the airlines' publicity. She is a graduate of Bethlehem Academy, Faribault, Minn., and of St. Joseph's hospital nursing course, St. Paul. Until her appointment to the airline, she had been a private duty nurse at the hospital. GRUBER John L. married Miss Maria McGlynn in Ohio and moved here some time in the 7o's. They chose a farm in Forest town­ ship. The farm was covered with choice timber and Mr. Gruber gave freely of it to build the church. He didn't have all the money he wanted to donate to the church so he borrowed some and gave that, too. The family: William married Maggie Orth in 1897. They live in Mankato and have four daughters, Ida, Helen, Camilla and Myrtle. Frank married Ann Crawford. Louis died in 1909. Lizzie married John Greenwood and lives in Moor­ head. Edward married Bridget Lorem and with their sons, John and Edward, live in Faribault. Ann died in 1930. John married Mary Crawford and lives in Faribault. They are the parents of Marie, Louis, Anna, Alice, Grace, George, Irene, and John. Harry married Laura Leahy of Hazelwood in 1928. Leonard married Margaret James of Garrison, North Dakota, and their family: Leonard, Josephine, Margaret Ann and Harry. Leo is not married. Mrs. Gruber died February 14, 1909, her birthday and the day her son, Louis, was buried. Both died of pneumonia. Mr. Gruber died in 1910. [ 106] GRUNDHOFFER Mr. and Mrs. (Cecil McCullough) John Grundhoffer are not pioneers. They are steamlined 1940 members of the rural person­ nel. The country is safe in the hands of young home makers like these two. They have two children, Francis Joseph and Elaine. GOGGIN James Goggin was a Civil war veteran. He married Mrs. Julia Callahan Ryan and to them one daughter was born. Her name was Julia and she married Louis Gilligan and went to live in Northfield. The children are Mary, Annie, Ethel, Abbie (Mrs. Niel Griffin), Lucille, Joseph, Louis and Sam. Mrs. Gilligan died in 1928. GONSER In 18 57 David and Adam Gonser, natives of Germany, came and pre-empted farms in Shieldsville township. A hill on the Dodd road is still called "Gonser's Hill." Adam laid out a town site where the town hall stands and marked the streets with cotton­ wood trees. The city was to be called Belle Fountain. The last of the cottonwoods was chopped down last winter.

GORMAN David and John Gorman took a farm in section 15, Erin, in 1857. John Gorman was one of the first township officers and it was his idea to name the town "Erin." They moved to Faribault in 1870 and established the Northwestern hotel. In the family were Dave, Mary, Nellie, John, Mike, Eliza, and Rose.

HADIN John Hadin and his wife, who was a Casey, came here in 1857. Mrs. Hadin died in the early days and Jim Dunn now owns the farm they lived on in Wells. After her death the family moved to Minneapolis. They were Mary Ann, Ellen, Margaret, Kate, Patrick, and Tom. Happy memories of those people linger in the neighborhood where they lived.

HAGERTY William Hagerty married Bridget Hagerty in County Mayo, Ireland, and gave the following family to America: Dennis, James, Abbie, Rose, Grace, Margaret, and Walter. [ 107 J William had no degree in medicine but he had a way with him that comforted the sick and when illness struck a home, he was sent for. In that way he earned the title of "Dr." For centuries it has been traditional in this family to alternate the names "Dennis" and "William" for the oldest son of the oldest son in each generation. William's oldest son, Dennis, came to Shieldsville in 1856. Before he came here, he worked on steam­ boats and ferry boats at Mendota. He married Miss Mary Jane McCarthy, who came from Iowa with her mother in 1855. Mrs. Hagerty died in 1899. Mr. Hagerty died in 1908. The family consists of: the eldest son is William, according to the old family custom. His home is on the farm his father pre-empted. In 1913 he married Miss Catherine Gillespie and they named the first son Dennis. There are two other sons though they did not come first, they are here and their names are Thomas and William. The daughters are Lucille and Dorothy. Both are graduates of Bethlehem Academy. Dorothy is at present a student nurse at Ancker hospital, St. Paul. Timothy Hagerty married Miss Margaret Wilby of Lons­ dale. He is a retired railroad engineer and they live in Anaconda, Montana. No progeny. Edward Hagerty is unmarried and lives on a farm in Shields­ ville township. He served a number of terms on the town board and is a very public-spirited man. Dennis W. Hagerty, 1880-1937, married Miss Mary L. Hagerty in 1911. They lived in Shieldsville township until 1919, when they bought the farm and summer resort on Lake Mazaska. The children are Joe D., educated in St. Paul and Faribault high school and now chief of staff at Ferndale Farm, and Rose Mary, graduated from Faribault high school, St. Teresa's college at Winona and St. Mary's school of nursing at Rochester, Minne­ sota. Josephine Hagerty married Michael Crosby in 1902. They live in Kilkenny. Rose Hagerty married John McGillan in 1916. She died in 1932. Margaret Hagerty married James Greer in 1914 and moved to Kilkenny. Jennie also lives in Kilkenny. She married James Dynes in 1922. [ 108] In 1857 James Hagerty, brother of Dennis, came and secured land in section 20, Shieldsville, for himself and his sisters. The sisters did not stay. James married Miss Mary Lennon. They be­ longed to this parish at first and James Hagerty donated a win­ dow in the church, but the Kilkenny parish has absorbed this family. One of the descendants was brought back when George Morris married Mary Hagerty in 1930. James was her grand­ father. His family was: William, Catherine, John, Thomas, Mar­ tin, Walter, and Mary Ellen. Patrick Hagerty, a cousin of Dennis and James ( on their mother's side), came here directly from Mayo in 1856. His wife was Miss Mary Sheridan and the children were: Dennis F., Pat­ rick, Catherine, Margaret, Mary Ann, and Ellen, who lives in Faribault. John married Mary Ann Healy. She died in 1939. The family: Ann (Mrs. Owen Traynor), Mary (Mrs. Thomas Gilles­ pie), Loretta (Mrs. Taylor), Patrick, John (deceased), and Thomas. Patrick married Kate McFadden in 19ro. They have one son, Joseph, and they live in Webster. Thomas belonged to the St. Paul fire department and lost his life in the discharge of duty. Dennis F. married Miss Rose Gavin. This man had what it takes from the day of his birth. In every history of Rice county, among the early events, is mentioned the birth of D. F. Hagerty in 1857. It is safe to say that this couple was loved by everyone who knew them. They were D. F. and Aunt Rose to all. Their home was an open house and the following poem will tell the story of their hospitality. The author is a modest creature and wishes to remain unknown. The Hagerty's Dinner Party February 1, 1914. The Hagertys gave a dinner that would make your eyes stick out, They invited friends and relatives for many miles about, There were Gillespies and Gavins and Hagertys ten and four, And if they had half the Hagertys, they would have as many more. They wanted to have a good time and fill each cup with joy, The only way to do this, is to invite Father Molloy. Paddy came from Webster, Bill and Cath came down the road, D. W. brought his family and he had quite a load. There were Kate and Bridget Gavin, even great grandma Gavin came, And for fear some would eat too much, they brought the good nurse, Mayme. Nell and Annie Carpenter and Ed Hagerty were there, (We think Ed and Annie would make a pretty pair). [ 109] Margaret and Mame Oarkin looked so very sweet, And when they went to dinner, they sat each side of Pete. There were Hagenys from every quarter, but none came from the Camp, Suddenly the door bell rang and Josie said, ''The walking's damp." So Pete Gillespie took his trotters and across the lake did go And in less than twenty minutes had greatgrandrna kissing Joe. Tom Gillespie took his mother, he said, "Ma, you look so fine, That I swear no other woman will get this boy of thine." Walter William came from Canada, away from Anaheim; He brought his mother with him, to pass away the time. Then came William Gavin with his daughter, Katherine, Oh, she is the fairest maiden that ever yet was seen. They sat down to a dinner that would fill your soul with joy, Especially when the prayers were said by Father John Molloy. 'Twould fill a book to praise the cook who cooked that dinner so great; When a dinner is over and eaten, who cares to know what we ate? When every appetite was satisfied, Marne Clarkin invited the pany out side And says she, "I'll take your pictures" Right at once they took their places, every one with Sunday faces - You may think this is a joke, but it's not, the kodak broke, Into "paices". But she fixed it up again, and left out the homely men. After that she got a few snap-shots I send to you. Mary took an old time pose of our beautiful Aunt Rose And now she has it framed upon the wall. Beside it hangs the picture of the best man in the town. You may wonder who is he and who can that good man be? Take this answer now from me, It's Mr. D. F. Hageny. Long life to you Dennis, Good luck to you Rose God bless your picture and God bless your pose. May your joys be as many as the sands of the sea, Is the wish of your friend who wrote this poetry.

D. F. died in 1929 and Rose in 1934. They spent their last years in Faribault. HAGERTY "Mun" (short for Edmund) Hagerty and his wife, Margaret Sinnot Hagerty, lived in Wexford, Ireland. Mun was a squire and a wealthy man. Those two never left Ireland but their family came to Shieldsville. In Ireland, the family fortune went to the eldest son, and John and Joe Hagerty, finding themselves on the wrong end of the receiving line, started out without the blighting influence of a defi­ nite purpose to see the world. They had many thrilling experiences before they reached the place where they wanted to stay. They were shipwrecked crossing the Atlantic, and nearly starved be­ fore they were rescued. The date of their arrival here is unknown as a fire destroyed the Hagerty home in Shieldsville in 1 888 and [ 110] all records were lost. They were here running a refreshment stand when General Shields came. James McKenna, a Monahan man, joined them in 1855. He immediately sent for his parents and sisters who had settled in Providence, Rhode Island. Ellen was the first to respond. She came in July, 1856, and on Christ­ mas eve, 1856, she married Joe Hagerty at Hastings. The next year the rest of the McKenna family came and John Hagerty and Ann McKenna were married in Faribault. About 1860, Marg­ aret Hagerty, a younger sister of John and Joe came to America. She married William Dilley of Northfield in 1863. In 1880, Thomas, the eldest son, and Mary, the eldest daughter, came with the money but it was not welcome in Shieldsville. Tom wanted to build a railroad from Faribault to Shieldsville but got no en­ couragement. He went away to California where he died. James McKenna married Eliza McCarthy and secured a farm near Montgomery. The Hagerty brothers ran a general store till 1870 when John sold his interest to Joe and moved to Goodhue county to farm. Mr. and Mrs. John Hagerty and all their family are buried in Belvedere cemetery, about six miles east of Goodhue. The children were Kate, John, William, George, Joe, and Mary. William was the only one who married and his family was John, Nora, Gertrude, and Ann. This is the record of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hagerty: John left home when he was a young man to seek his fortune and died in Washington in 1925. Mary Ellen died in 1879 when she was nineteen years old. She organized the first choir in Shieldsville. Her untimely death made her career a short one. Nanna married Thomas Brown and lives in San Marino, Cali­ fornia. Arthur is a railroad machinist and lives in Troy, Montana. Joseph was one of the first proprietors of the Globe store in Montgomery, was register of deeds in LeSueur county, married Miss Mae O'Keefe of Northfield in 1915 and now lives in Port­ land, Oregon. Their family are Catherine, Billy, and Bob. Paul and Thomas died in infancy. Josephine played a prominent part in the history of Shields­ ville. She was a gradute of Notre Dame Academy, Rochester. This Academy gave way to St. Mary's hospital after the famous [lll] cyclone in Rochester. Miss Hagerty was a student there at the time. She taught school in districts 32, 98, and 1 2 r. She taught music and was the organist and leader of the choir for many years. In 1919 she moved to Minneapolis and became matron at St. Mary's Hall. She now lives at 92 1 Afton road, San Marino, California. Edmund was born in Shieldsville August 7, 1866; married Miss Sarah McDonnell in 1887. They lived on a farm in Forest on the east shore of Lake Mazaska and established the summer resort known as Camp Hagerty. Sarah died in 1901 and Edmund in 1925. They were the parents of Mary (Mrs. D. W. Hagerty). John married Miss Bertha Lamberty and whose children are Gladys, Lester, Clem, George, Geraldine, Luverne, Donald, Jerome, Lucille, and Evenell. Gladys is Mrs. Luke Allen and her children are Lois and Mary Lou Allen. Joseph, 1893-1901. Grace, educated at Bethlehem Academy, taught school, and married J. Arthur Mahoney in 1922. Emily, a graduate of Ancker School of Nursing, St. Paul. At present she is superintendent of the Carle Memorial hospital, Ur­ bana, Illinois. We know it is bad taste to brag or boast and we present the following editorial written by the late Mr. Howard Bratton for the Faribault Daily News to show that Edmund Hagerty was a really fine man even if we did call him "Dad," and we, his chil­ dren: will always be grateful for the splendid tribute to his mem­ ory. Mr. Bratton was pretty fine himself.

"He Will Be Missed." "Big-hearted, whole-souled, Ed Hagerty has gone from his beautiful wooded shoreline at Lake Mazaska to a still better world. If kindliness, as Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote to his mother, is the highest virtue inculcated in the gospel of Christ, certainly this lovable man will have a notable place in the here­ after, for love of his fellow man was a dominant passion in his life here on earth. "Typical of the best strains of those light-hearted, yet militant Irish people, who have played so valuable a part in American life, Ed Hagerty was like that blessed character, whose house was by the side of the road and who was 'a friend to man.' Camp Hagerty is not even by the roadside, it is remote from highways, [ 112] for long years must have seemed buried in the wild tangle of its own scenic charm, yet how friends made pathways to his door! "All Rice county knew him and his eager activity in politics and public affairs gave him a far-reaching acquaintance among the leaders in Minnesota life for a generation. "He was himself of the little fraction of men who are natural leaders. He led by innate charm of manner, an instinctive friendli­ ness that softened a natural willingness to fight for what he deemed to be right, and he maintained his hold and influence by a sane and temperate revision of his views to meet changing con­ ditions in public affairs. He loved people yet was not afraid to risk personal friendship by speaking and acting courageously, and though he was often in political contests such was the buoy­ ancy and genuiness of his nature that he leaves no resentments be­ hind him. "How we shall miss him! Such rare spirits do not dwell among us every day." The senior Joseph Hagerty was born in Wexford, Ireland, in 1828, and died in Shieldsville April 15, 1900. Ellen McKenna Hagerty was born in Monahan, Ireland, May 8, 1832, and died in Forest at the home of her son, Edmund, January 25, 1917. That is one family of Hagertys and they were not related to the other family until 1911 when Dennis W. and Mary L. were married. HANLEY Michael Hanley came to section 19, Shieldsville, in 1857. He was a Civil war veteran, (Tenth Regiment, Company H), county commissioner, township officer, and school officer. He married Miss. Catherine Smith. The family: Thomas, John, Michael, Peter, Hannah, Patrick, who married Katie Gillespie; Annie married Fred Tillman; Mary married James O'Brien; Katie married Pat­ rick Gillespie, and Martin, who married Bridget Gillespie. Their family is John, who married Teresa O'Brien, and Francis, and Leonard. John has two sons, Dick Lee Allen, and Joseph Martin. Mrs. Martin Hanley died in 1920. HANLON Patrick Hanlon was among the earliest arrivals. He ran a hotel in the village. His wife was a sister of Joe Burns of Wells. Mass was celebrated in the Hanlon home before the church was built. [113] It was there the plans were made for the new church. Mr. Han­ lon also pre-empted land in section 30, Forest. The family was large but only three reached maturity. Kate married Pat O'Brien and moved to Renville where she is buried. Mary married Wil­ liam Byrne and moved to Wisconsin. Joe married Bridget Cul­ hane in 1885. Their son, Daniel, is the only surviver of the family. Mike Hanlon, Patrick's brother, was a carpenter. He lived with Patrick and did not marry. Redmond Hanlon and family, Patrick, Thomas, John, and Win­ nifred came from County Gal~ay, Ireland, in 1854- They settled first in Nashville, Tennessee, where Winnifred married Michael Mahoney. In 1862 they came to Shieldsville. Patrick married Miss Margaret O'Brien, Mrs. Pete Dunn's sister, and their family we regret to say have left this vicinity. They were: Redmond, who married Miss Mary Brown, moved to Canada and died there. John married J\tliss Mary McKenna and moved to Iowa. Margaret married John McMahon in 1900 and lives in Minneapolis. Thomas Hanlon returned to Tennessee in the early days. John married Miss Eliza Healy, a daughter of Jeremiah Healy. She was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and came here in 18 55 when she was a baby. They were married in 187 3 and to them were born Jeremiah, 1876-1908. Joseph, 1893-1893; Edward, who married Miss Katherine Byrne, lived in Dakota, Faribault, and Chicago where he died in 1940; Timothy, who married Miss Catherine Carrol and is on the police force in Faribault; Nora (Mrs. Michael Finnegan), who lives in Kilkenny; Henry, who lives in South Dakota; Wil­ liam, who married Miss Ethel Merril and lives in Faribault; Mary (Mrs. Thomas Leadon), who lives in Faribault; Raymond, who lives in Iowa, and Frank, who lives in Chicago. John Hanlon made his home a community center, and in the days when creameries were an innovation he built and operated one on his farm in Shieldsville township. He died in 1915. Mrs. Hanlon died in Faribault in 1923.

HARRISON John Harrison with his wife (Anthony Pemrick's sister) came from Mayo with their family, Patrick, William, Michael, and Katie, in 1847. They lived in Canada, New York, Wisconsin, and arrived in Shieldsville in 1859 in a covered wagon and a team of [ 114] oxen. They bought a farm from Mr. McCutcheon for $5.00 an acre. The place was pre-empted by Patrick Laughren who left it without building any houses, so the Harrison family lived in the covered wagon until a log house was built. The family passed their lives here and are buried here. Katie was Father Slevin's housekeeper. Patrick was the only one who married. His wife was Miss Ella Maloney. Mr. Harrison was an enthusiastic member of the Temperance Society and while able, carried the banner at the head of processions. Clara (Mrs. Martin Hackett), of Fari­ bault is the last living member of the Harrisons.

HICKEY Bert Hickey and Katie Meehan were married in 1928 and bought a farm in Erin township. Their two children are Marie and Robert. HEALY Mr. and Mrs. (Hannah McCarthy) Jeremiah Healy were na­ tives of Cork, Ireland. They came to Shieldsville via New Orleans and the Mississippi river, lingering a few years in Dubuque, Iowa. The Healys, the McCarthys, and the Burkes came to St. Paul in 1855 and there they met General Shields who conducted them to the land of plenty of wood, hay, and water. Mr. Healy chose a farm on General Shields lake, the farm now owned by Leo McCullough. They brought a family of small children with them and the cabin was pretty crowded, but not too crowded to welcome Father Ravoux when he was a missionary. The Healys were proud to have their home used for a chapel and to have Mass celebrated there. The story of Father Ravoux sleeping in the potato patch does not ring true. No Irishman, let alone Jeremiah Healy, would allow a priest to sleep outdoors when he had a roof to offer. In the Healy family were: Ed and Jeremiah (twins), born in Dubuque; Ed married Ellen Smith; Jeremiah married Theresa O'Brien. They moved to Faribault and built a store in 188 3 on Third street. The name and date are on the store. Ed taught school, was county commissioner and county treasurer. His sudden death in 1905 was a cruel shock to his legion of friends. The Healy brothers were held in high esteem for their honesty. Mrs. Jeremiah Healy died in 1905, and after Ed's death, the store was sold and Jeremiah and his family moved to Minne- [ 115 J apolis, where he died in 1924. Mrs. Ed Healy died in Faribault in 1916. Timothy Healy married Annie Brazil. Tim was one of the best entertainers ever known in Shieldsville. There was no malice in his jokes and where Tim was hilarity reigned supreme. They lived in Faribault till Mrs. Healy's death in 1900. In 19ro Tim Healy and Mrs. M. Jennie Devitt were married. One of Tim's grandsons, Thomas Healy, lives in this parish at present. John Healy was a farmer and spent his life on his father's fann. He married Miss Hannah Ryan and to them were born: Austin, who married Miss Agnes Sullivan in 1902. They had one daughter, Evelyn. After Agnes' death, Austin married Mrs. Mar­ garet Hanlon McMahon. He died in 1940. William died in 1939; Joe and Ray are married and live in Minneapolis; Art married Miss Alice McGeogh of Kilkenny. They lived here eight years and with their family, Bernard, Mary Alice, and Margaret moved to Minneapolis. John Healy died very suddenly in I 92 r. Mrs. Healy moved to Minneapolis where she died in 1935. Sarah Healy was the first white child born in Erin township. She married John Dudley. Mary Healy married Peter Brennan and spent most of her life in Kilkenny. She died in St. Paul in 1938. Nellie Healy was a teacher. She married Christ Boulger of Northfield. She died in St. Paul in 1939. Eliza Healy was born in Dubuque, Iowa, and came here when she was a baby. She married John Hanlon and lived many years in Shieldsville. She died in Faribault in 192 3. Hannah Healy made history when she rescued Miss Smith. The following clipping from the Faribault Democrat, July 2, 1875, tells the story: "A young lady by the name of Sally Smith was accidently drowned in Shields lake Saturday afternoon. She was bathing with a younger sister, Mary, and two other girls, the Misses Healy. The Smith girls getting beyond their depth, went down. Miss Hannah Healy, being a good swimmer, succeeded in saving the younger of the Smith girls but the other went out of sight. The cries of the girls brought to their assistance Mr. Tim Healy and others but the body was not recovered till the next day. "The brave effort of Miss Hannah Healy in saving one of the drowning girls is worthy of all praise." [ 116] Hannah married William Dudley in 1882. They lived in this parish till 1906 when they moved to St. Paul, where they both died. Hannah died in 1940, the last member of a grand family, and Mrs. Gieger, who was the last member of the Robert Dudley family, took ill at her funeral and died a few days later. It is singular that such a thing should happen as the two families were so closely united in Shieldsville. The Healy family were known far and near for their hos­ pitality and good humor. They were famous for their good na­ tured wit and their immense kindliness. They were never known to criticize their neighbors or laugh at the other fellow's expense. They had a faculty for having good clean fun without embar­ rassing anyone. Thomas and John Healy (brothers) took land in sections 31 and 32 in Shieldsville township in 1860. They were not related to the Jeremiah Healy family. Thomas had two daughters, Ann (Mrs. Thomas O'Donnell) and Bridget (Mrs. Bartholmew Mc­ Govern). John Healy's family figured more in the history of St. Patrick's parish. They were Mary Ann (Mrs. John Hagerty), who died in 1939; Jane (Mrs. Jerry O'Brien); Elizabeth (Mrs. Michael Finne­ gan); Bridget ( Mrs. Mike Brown) ; Michael, who married Min­ nie Miller, and Thomas, who married Elizabeth Savage in 1892. He was a carpenter and his excellent work lives after him. He went to his eternal reward in 1936. Mrs. Healy followed in 1938. Their children were Raymond, who married Miss Catherine Greer of Kilkenny and who lives in California. They have one son, Jackie. Mary (Mrs. John Devitt), has two children, Dorothy and Robert; John married Miss Nora Cashin and is the present merchant of Shieldsville. He is ready, willing, and able to serve all comers. He is a church officer and was a school officer and holds the respect of all who know him. Their family is: Edmund, a graduate of Bethlehem Academy, Billie, Bob, Helen, Marie, and Marian (deceased). HIRDLER Arthur Hirdler married Hattie St. Dennis in 1912, and bought the place in the village where the Hagerty brothers settled in the early 5o's. Gladys, Alice, Earl, and Robert blessed this union. [ 117] HUNT Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Hunt, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Hunt, and Mrs. B. Hunt's half-brother, Anthony Gillespie, came here in 1855. Mr. Gillespie homesteaded a piece of land and went back to Ireland to return years later with his family. Patrick Hunt bought a farm in Forest township and lived there until he sold it to John Manny some time in the 7o's. His family consisted of Frank, Johnny, Bill, Jim, Richy, Maria, Mag­ gie, and Nellie. Pat Burke now owns the farm. Bernard Hunt chose a place in section 14, Shieldsville, on the east shore of the lake which was named for him. They came in a covered wagon and before their cabin was built they lived in it. John Hunt, their oldest son and the first white child born in the township, was born in the covered wagon. Other members of the family were Mary Ellen (Mrs. Thos. Loftus), who died in California; Ann ( Mrs. Joe Vilsmeyer), who died in Minne­ apolis in 1940; John who married Rosie Ward and died in Rhame, North Dakota, in 1938; Thomas, who married Agnes McDonald of Faribault, died in 1927. (His family are Edward, Ray, Leo, Inez, Agnes (Mrs. Ernest Moreau), Irene (Mrs. Art. Hayes), Doris (Mrs. Joe Duffney), Jack, and Earl; Bernard Hunt, who married Mary King in 1889, died in 193 5. (The family: Louise and Peter died in infancy, Susie married Edward Kalien in 1920, Billie married Volberg Quill, Bennie lives at home with his moth­ er, Walter died in 1903); Frank, who married Catherine Holland (she died in 1933; they had eight children, Helen (Mrs. Cassidy), Blanche, Mary (Mrs. Peroutka), Mabel (Mrs. Spoors), Roy, George, Clement, and Clarence). Bernard Hunt, the first, died in 1901. Mrs. Bridget Clark Hunt died in 1897. HURLEY Patrick Hurley came to section 32, Forest, in 1860. Mrs. Hur­ ley died in 1892. There were two sons who died in their youth. Mr. Hurley died about 1904. The daughter, Mary, left the farm in 1904 and moved to Faribault where she died in 1935.

HURT Charles Hurt came here from Thief River Falls in 1920. Mrs. Hurt died in March 1923. Mr. Hurt died in October 1924. There [ 118 J were ten children but Joe is the only one who lives here now. Jimmie married Miss Mary Doran and moved to a farm near Waseca. Gertrude (Mrs. Yearheart) lives in Waterville. Helen (Mrs. Yearheart) died in 1937. Carrie (Mrs. Shultz) lives in Fari­ bault. Celia (Mrs. Zenzen) lives near Faribault. George lives in Henning. Victor, Anna, Ed, and Joe are not married.

JENO Joseph Jeno came from Belgium. He married Alilia Remilliard of Wheatland in 1895. The living members of the family are: Idell (Mrs. Hector Plaisance) of Owatonna, Arthur, Cordelia (Mrs. Frank O'Neil) of St. Paul, Alice (Mrs. Pophal) of Fari­ bault, Helen, Eugene, and Fred, all of Wells.

JUDGE William and James Judge lived in section 15, Shieldsville. William's family consisted of Thomas, William, Catherine, Brid­ get (Mrs. Fink), and Mary (Mrs. Martin Cavanaugh). James married Mrs. Bessie Gibney McBride. She had two chil­ dren, Charley and Annie McBride. After her death the Gibneys took Annie to rear and she was known as Sissy Gibney. The Judges kept Charley and he was called Charley Judge. KAIN

James Kain settled in section 20, Erin, in 1857. His son, Patrick, was a well known plasterer in this vicinity.

KALIEN Ed Kalien is not Irish but he is a favorite with his Irish neighbors. He married Miss Susie Hunt in 1920. The children are Doris, Donald, Rose Mary, and Patricia Ann.

KELLY Andrew, Frank, and Catherine Kelly came to section 26, Erin, in 1856. Andy's family, Frank, Richard, Andy, Mike, Mary, and John, have left here and the farm is sold. Frank married Miss Cody and their family, too, have left here. They were, Frank, who moved to Canada, Mike ( deceased), who married Nellie Dunn in 1884. He was a millright and lives in Minneapolis. Another Kelly family came here later and bought a farm near [ 119] the town hall in Shieldsville from Nicholas Powers. They left here about thirty years ago. In this family were, Tom, Nell (Mrs. Harry McElwain), Mary (Mrs. Pat. Manning), Patrick, and a niece, Grace Nolan ( Mrs. Joe Casey). And there was the Patrick Kelly family, who came to section 8, Wells, in 1863. There were Mary Ann (Mrs. William Meyers), Margaret (Mrs. P. Cunningham), Martha (Mrs. D. Webb), James, and John. John married Bridget Clarkin in 1890. They made their home on the farm the senior Mr. Kelly bought, and the following family blessed them: Francis married Susan Mc­ Kenna and they live in Minneapolis. Florence (Mrs. John Mc­ Kenna), lives in Faribault. Catherine (Mrs. James Katra), lives in Faribault. John married Eleanor Welsh and lives in St. Paul. James lives in Wells township. Mr. John Kelly died in 1932. Mrs. Bridget Clarkin Kelly died in 1936. Mr. Patrick Kelly was over a hundred years old at the time of his death in 1922. Anthony Kelly settled in Erin township in 1856. As far as we know these four Kelly families are not related to each other. Anthony was born in Ireland in 1814. In May, 1840, he married Miss Judith Gaughan. Five years later they came to America and located in Indiana where he worked on the railroad. In 18 56 the Kellys and the Gaughans took up land in Erin. Mr. Kelly served on the town board, and on the school board. He was the first teacher in district 69. The oldest daughter died in Ireland and a son died in Indianapolis; two children died of diphtheria in 1870. Those who figured in the history of Shieldsville were Bridget ( Mrs. Michael Sullivan), Thomas, Kate ( Mrs. H. R. Drumm), Joseph, and William, who was the last of the family to live here. He married Mary Ann Sheehan in 1885. They lived here until the family were grown up and then moved to St. Paul where Mrs. Kelly now lives. Mr. Kelly died in 1933. Their children were William, George, Mae, Katie, Evelyn, and James.

KERROTT William Kerrott was born in 18w on a farm between Newry and Loughbrickland in County Down, Ireland. He came to Amer­ ica in 1835, and to Minnesota in 1856. Mr. Kerrott was the first town clerk in Erin and later was Justice of the Peace, and he held school offices. Mrs. Kerrott went to visit friends in Chicago shortly after they came here and she died there. There were six [ 120] boys and two girls in the Kerrott family, but only one grew up here. His name was Hugh. He and his father went to live in Chi­ cargo in the nineties. William Kerrott was taken back here for burial in 1897. Hugh and his two sisters, who were nuns, were the only mourners. KIERNAN Edward Kiernan was born in the County of West Meath, near Old Castle, Ireland, in May, 1819. He received his early education in the schools of his native land. Immigrating to America in 1847, known in Irish history as the "Black 47'' by reason of the famine which drove people of Ire­ land by the thousands to our shores, he landed in New York, where he remained for a short time, then continuing westward as far as Illinois. On November 1, 185 1, he was united in marriage to Miss Bridget W. Kelly in the then small town of Elgin. Four years later, they came north as far as Hastings, Minnesota, where they settled on a tract of government land, upon which they lived for ten years. An interesting historical event occurred during their pioneer­ ing days in Hastings - the Indian Outbreak in 1862. No harm was suffered at the hands of the Indians, as Mrs. Kiernan realized that an appeal can be made even to our dusky Indians by way of the stomach. When they appeared at her door, she had just taken a batch of bread from the oven. One by one the Indians filed in and each took a loaf. They then left, much to the relief of Mrs. Kiernan, as she was alone with small children at the time. Mr. and Mrs. Kiernan arrived in Erin township in May, 1865, and purchased a farm upon which they lived until Mr. Kiernan's death, November 13, 1913. Mrs. Kiernan died in Faribault on October 27, 1918. Their children numbered ten, three dying in infancy. The surviving members were Thomas, Bernard, Edward, Elizabeth, Ann, Bridget, and Maria. Thomas attended school in Hastings and at Carleton College, Northfield. He taught in Rice, Scott, Carver, Stearns, and Dakota counties, was County Superintendent of Schools in Carver county for two terms, and was also County Surveyor in Carver county, Minnesota. He died March 25, 1924. His children are: Edward, Laura, Thomas, Jerome, and Mary. Bernard took up photography, which profession he followed for several years. He then settled in Fremont, Nebraska, and was [ 121] employed by a railroad company there. He later moved to Omaha, where his widow and children, Stewart, Arthur, and Rachel still reside, he having passed away October ro, 1928. Edward, Jr., was closely associated with his father in the agri­ cultural field, which he left to reside in Faribault around 1920. He married Miss Ellen Meehan. Their children are John, who married Cecil Roach, Edward, Thomas, Mary ( Mrs. Wilfred Duffney), Martha, and Nellie (Mrs. La Blanc). Elizabeth Kiernan Halbe lived at Chokio, Minnesota, with her husband Fred, until his death in 1919, when she moved to Mor­ ris. She remained there until her death in 1934. Their children are Francis, Henry, Edward, Mary, and Alice. Sister Mary Gerald Kiernan (Ann) received her academic education at Bethlehem Academy, Faribault. Upon entering the Dominican Order on August 15, 1887, she began teaching the grades and high schools of the East and Middle-West. She at­ tended the Catholic University in Washington, D. C., in 1919 and 1920, where she received her B.A. degree. She celebrated her Golden Jubilee August 15, 1937, and passed to her reward Febru­ ary 11, 1938. Sister Mary Theodosius Kiernan (Bridget), entered the Dominion Order in April, 1888. She also received her academic education at Bethlehem Academy. Taught in the East, Middle­ West, and South. She celebrated her Golden Jubilee August 15, 1938. At present, she is at the Mother House at Saint Clara, Sinsi­ nawa, Wisconsin. Maria Kiernan Clarkin attended Bethlehem Academy, taught school in Rice and LeSueur counties until her marriage to John S. Clarkin on November 12, 1901. Since his death on October 25, 1926, she has resided in Minneapolis. Their children are Joseph and Ruth. Edward, Jerome, Mary, John, and Edward Kiernan and Ed­ ward Halbe were in service during the World War. LANGAN Thomas Langan, a Civil war veteran, came here in the seventies and married Miss Mary Scott. The sons, Dennis and Thomas are unmarried. The daughters, Mary married John Hicky of Mont­ gomery. She is dead. Margaret married James Quinlan of St. Paul. One of her sons, Joseph, was ordained to the priesthood in St. Paul in June, 1939. [ 122 J LARKIN Mr. and Mrs. Edward Larkin were natives of Mayo, Ireland. On their way to Shieldsville they delayed a year or so in Illinois and arrived here in 1860. They chose a home in section 24, Erin. Peter Brown bought the farm from Mr. Larkin and married his daughter, Bridget. Margaret married Thomas Marooney. Ann married Maurice O'Heam. Lizzie married Dick O'Hearn. Mary, Edward, and Thomas returned to Illinois. John became a priest, Father John Larkin of New York. Jennie Lind, the Swedish nightingale, sang in his church.

LEADON John and Michael Lead on were brothers. Michael came here first. He married Miss Mary Mulvey. He bought a farm from his uncle, Barnie McKenna, and entered into all the worth while activities of the community. He held offices in church, school and township; was a member of the A.O.H., the Temperance Society, and the Third Order of St. Dominic. Shieldsville lost a good family when the Leadons sold their farm and moved to Morristown, South Dakota. Our consolation is that their hearts were here for Mr. and Mrs. Leadon and their daughter, Josephine, were brought here for burial; Mr. Leadon in 1927, Josephine in 1918, and Mrs. Leadon in 1939. Other members of the family are John, Gene, Rose, and Katie (Mrs. Jim Gallagher), live in Taylor, North Da­ kota; Mike married Miss Louise King and lives in Yakima, Wash­ ington; Barnie married Miss Ruth McDonnell and lives in Monti­ video; Tom married Miss Mary Hanlon and lives in Faribault; Anna (Mrs. Henry McDonald), died in St. Paul in 1936; Martin married Miss Mary Minton, who died in 1933. He lives in St. Paul. The John Leadon family came from New York. There were three in the family, Tom who died in 1910; John and Mary. Mr. Lead on was born in 1848 and died in 192 1. Mrs. Celia Leadon was born in 18 5 1 and died in 1929.

LEAHY Richard Leahy came to section 32, Shieldsville, in 1856. They left here in the early days and moved to Warsaw. Their children are Frank, Louise, and Emily. Mr. Leahy died in 1894. Mrs. Leahy died in 1911. When they moved away from here they sold the [ 123] farm to Phil Connors who sold to Thomas O'Donnell. It was on this farm that Mr. O'Donnell had the accident with the bull and was unable to work so sold to John Hanlon. Mr. Moravec owns the place now. LOFTUS Thomas Loftus married Miss Mary McKenna, a sister of Mrs. Joseph Hagerty, in 1860. Their farm was the one now owned by Patrick Burke in Forest. They moved from here to Minneapolis and the surviving members of the family now live in California. Mr. Loftus was married twice. The first family is Ella, James, Kit, Mary, Joe, and Thomas. The second Mrs. Loftus was Mary Ellen Hunt and her children are Ralph, Emma, Margaret, and Matilda. LOGUE Michael Logue homesteaded a farm in section Io, Erin, in 1860. His family included Mrs. Barnie Sheridan, Mrs. Dolan and two sons, James and Hammond. Mr. Logue's second wife was Mrs. John Riley. She had two daughters, Cassie and Ann (Mrs. Drake). LOREM Michael Lorem homesteaded in section 4, Shieldsville, in 1856. His wife was Miss Kitty Moriarity. The children were: John, who died December 9, 1938; Michael, who died about 1910; Julia (Mrs. Dan Wall), of Faribault; Bridget (Mrs. Ed Gruber), of Faribault; Katie (Mrs. John Cahil), of Faribault; Mary (Mrs. John Warren), of Faribault; Margaret, who died in 1940; Jerry and Jimmie. LYONS Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lyons and two sons, John and Jerry, left County Kerry, Ireland, in 18 55. They moved a year after to Indiana and then moved to Illinois. In 1 860, the family moved to Rice county, Minnesota, and pre-empted land in section 1 5, Erin. When the Civil war broke out, John was working in the South and joined the Confederate army. Jerry was a soldier in the Northern army. -Another story of the "Blue and the Gray." They both died long ago. Daniel Edward Lyons was born in Illinois in 1857. He married Miss Catherine Sullivan in 1888. To them were born: Mary, Han­ nah, Theresa, Maurice, Catherine, Ellen, Daniel, and Helen. The [ 124] four latter are deceased. Daniel died in Faribault in 1905. His widow married Edward O'Grady of Grand River, Iowa. Thomas Lyons sold his place to the Gibney's. He was no rela­ tion of the Michael Lyons family. MADDEN Roger Madden came from Galway in 1824. Ann Cauley was born in Sligo in 182 5. They came to America, met in Shieldsville, and were married in 18 56. Roger pre-empted a farm in Shields­ ville and his descendants still call it home. They had two sons, Thomas (1861-1919), and John (1863-1921). Thomas died dur­ ing the flu epidemic which followed the war. Mrs. Madden died in 1899 and Mr. Madden lived until 191 r. John married Miss Esther Wilson of Kilkenny on September 15, 1896. The Wilsons came from Antrim, Ireland, and lived in New York, Pennsylvania, before coming to Minnesota. This union was blessed with five children. Anne (1897-1914) was a student of Bethlehem at the time of her death. Joe and Rollie operate the farm at home. Lillian married George Dudley. Vivian, a graduate of Bethlehem, lives at home. MAHER Edward, Michael, and Ann Maher with their father took land in section 35, Erin, in 1 860. Ann made suits of homespun for men and boys in the early days. After the Mahers left the farm, she kept house for Father Fleming in Kilkenny and St. Paul. The Maher home was on the road to St. Paul and was a right handy place for travelers to spend the night. Their hospitality was well advertised. Edward Brown lives on the Maher place. None of this family ever married so the name is just a happy memory. They were good natured, easy going people and loved all their neigh­ bors. Ed was the last to die. He was sexton at St. Dominic's Church in Northfield at the time of his death, about 1914. MAHONEY Michael Mahoney and the Hanlon family, natives of Galway, Ireland, settled first in Nashville, Tennessee, where Michael and Winifred Hanlon were married. Two of their children died and are buried at Nashville. The two families came to Shieldsville in 1862. The Hanlons bought farms in Shieldsville township. [ 125 J The Mahoneys settled in section 32, Forest. Their children are John, who married Margaret Morrissey of Faribault, died in St. Paul in 19 37; Ann ( Mrs. John Nee), lives in Minneapolis; Margaret (Mrs. Herbert Tait), lives in California (she has a son and a daughter. The son, Rolly, lived here in 19w and 19n); Nora (Mrs. Max Nehotte), moved to Perham where Mr. Nehotte died and the family moved to Minneapolis where Mrs. Nehotte died in 1936; Mary (Mrs. Peter Brown), lives in Spooner, Wisconsin; Catherine died when she was seven years old; and Thomas L. Mahoney. Thomas L. spent his life in this parish. He attended school in district 39 and after district 121 was organized he held a school office for years. He married Miss Margaret Mulvey in 1892. Their home was in Forest. Mr. Mahoney died in 1938. Mrs. Mahoney brought up a large family and did a great deal of work at home but she always had time to visit the sick and wake the dead, and do all and more than her share in contributing and helping with church dinners. She belongs to the Rosary Society and the Ladies Auxiliary to the Ancient Order of Hiberni­ ans. It has long been a custom with her to donate an excellent pair of down pillows to the annual bazaar. Mrs. Mahoney was very generous with her reminiscences of pioneer days. Her recollection of the burning of the church in 1888 is most interesting. She says the winter held on that year and she and her father went to Shieldsville, across the lake on the ice with a team and sleigh, on that 4th of April. They returned home about lamp lighting time (maybe 4 P. M.), when the storm broke. They heard the thunder and saw the church burning. They saw the tower fall and Mrs. Mahoney says she never wants to hear a church bell strike the ground as that one did, again. The Mulvey farm is about one and a half miles, as the crow B.ies, from the church. In the Thomas L. Mahoney family are: Arthur, who is a World War veteran, 349 Infantry, Company B, 88th Division. (He was fifteen months in the army and spent nine months overseas). He married Miss Grace Hagerty in 1922 and to them were sent Eddie Tom, Bob, Margaret, Emily, Mary, Bernadette and Terese (twins), Patricia, and Rita; Genevieve (Mrs. William Nord­ strom), St. Paul; Loretta (Mrs. John Moore), Minneapolis; Wini­ fred (Mrs. Vernon Sammon), Faribault; Catherine (Mrs. Ed [ 126] Brown), Shieldsville; Ralph, who died in 1918; and Martin, who married Miss Evelyn Griffin in 1934. They have three children living, Janice, Lawrence, and Linus and Jimmie, who died in 1940. Another Michael Mahoney, whose wife was Johanna Curran, settled in Shieldsville township in section 11. As far as we know the two Michael Mahoneys were not related. In the Shieldsville family were: Mary, Jerry, William, Ann, Thomas, Julia, Dan, and Ellen. They have all left here and most of them are dead. Jerry, Tom, and Dan will be vividly remembered as they were part and parcel of every activity while they were here. Jerry was one of Shieldsville's favorite sons. He could skate, dance, play cards, and was a very successful farmer. He never married and was rated as an A1 housekeeper and cook. He was very fond of music and his favorite of all was "My Wild Irish Rose." He died about 1928. Tom spent his youth in Alberta, Canada, making a fortune. In his declining years he returned to the scenes of his childhood and built a home in the village. He died in 1938. Dan married Mrs. Joe Hanlon April 15, 1901. They are the parents of Mary and Johanna Mahoney of St. Paul. He died in 1935· Mr. and Mrs. William Mahoney of Roscurbery, County Cork, Ireland, lived in Kentucky a few years before they came to Shieldsville in 18 56. In their family were Cornelius, a Civil war veteran, James, and Julia (Mrs. John Buckley). MALONEY Francis Maloney was one of the very first pioneers in Shields­ ville. He and his wife, Miss Mary Donohue, were natives of Cork, Ireland, and were married there. Mrs. Maloney's parents came with them to America, first to Nova Scotia, then to New Castle, Maine, and then to Shieldsville. They pre-empted a farm in sec­ tion 19, Erin, in 1856, but stayed there just long enough to prove up. They then moved to the village where they ran a general store. When the new church was built, Mr. Maloney donated the statue of St. Joseph. Said statue has since been replaced. In the Maloney family were: Frank and Joe who died in infancy; Julia (Mrs. Richard Brown); Ellen (Mrs. Patrick Harrison); Mary (Mrs. James McCabe), of Hazelwood; Margaret (Mrs. John Corley); John and James. C127 J James married Miss Ann Maher of Hazelwood in 1873 and took up the activities of the farm in Erin. The Mahers came from Tipperary in 1864- Of their family only two are living, Mark and Julia, and they make their home in Montgomery. Francis, Irene, Ellen, and Annie have passed away. Mark is a World War veteran and to him we are grateful for a fund of information about the early settlers of Erin township. His ?,est for living and his interest in his old friends and neighbors is refreshing. MANGAN Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Mangan were natives of County Clare, Ireland. They met and were married in New York and lived in the East several years before coming to Minnesota. Patrick was a stone mason. Their first home in Minnesota was in Hastings. Mrs. Mangan (Margaret Mahoney), was a sister of Mrs. Charles McGuire and no doubt Mrs. McGuire influenced the Mangans to move to Shieldsville in the sixties. They bought a farm from Patrick Gauhan in Erin. It was covered with timber and Mr. Man­ gan had to work hard to clear the land and put up buildings. Eight children were born to them. They were: John, Thomas, Michael, Annie (Mrs. McGrath), and Ge~rge are dead. Mary lives in St. Paul. Simon and Joseph live on their father's farm. Joseph mar­ ried Miss Katherine Keefe of Sycamore, Illinois, in 1918. They are the parents of Joseph, Thomas and Mary, a graduate of the Montgomery high school. George married Miss Anna Lally of De Kalb, Illinois, in 1916. In July, 1940, they were both injured in an automobile accident on the Lyndale highway. His injuries were fatal and he died in the Faribault hospital July 18. Mr. Patrick Mangan served many years on the town board and on the school board. He was a straightforward, honest man whose word was as good as his written bond. His sons and daugh­ ters followed well in his foot steps. He died in 1895. Mrs. Mangan died in 1900. MANLEY Michael Manley settled in Shieldsville township in 1857. His wife was Ellen Buckley. In the early days, wood was just a nuis­ ance and was gathered as needed to use for fuel. Mr. Manley astounded his neighbors by splitting up a big pile of wood and has the honor of being the man who introduced wood-piles into [ 128] Shieldsville. It will not be many years until some one distinguishes himself by being the last man to have a woodpile in Shieldsville. The Manley family consists of: Anthony, John, Michael, Andrew, Mark, Thomas, Martin, and Ellen. MAROONEY Thomas Marooney came from County Clare, Ireland, in 1860 and homesteaded the S.W. ¼ of section 30 in Forest. He married Miss Margaret Larkin. Mr. Marooney had the first frame house in his neighborhood and he hauled the shingles from St. Paul with a team of oxen. In the family were Mary ( Mrs. Dave Moore), died 1941, of Faribault; Annie (Mrs. Thomas Casey), deceased; Nellie (Mrs. Jim Rouin), of Minneapolis; and John, who died in Arizona in 1930. MANNY Jim, John, Christopher, and their sister, Bridget Manny came here from Stillwater in 1875. John bought the John Hunt farm and Jim bought the Thomas Loftus farm in Forest. The farms are now owned by Patrick Burke and operated by Thomas Chlan. The Mannys brought three Indian children with them. They are J oho, Mike, and Lizzie Estes. Lizzie married Jim Roach of Wells township. MARTIN There were two families of Martins. Bridget (Mrs. John Quin­ lan), and Catherine (Mrs. Neddie Martin), were sisters. The Martin home was in section 2 1, Erin. The family: Tom married Ellen Duffy; Pat married Ella Timpan of Waseca; Charley died; Mary married Jim Finley; and Alice married Richard Murphy of Faribault. McBREEN Thomas McBreen's family consisted of John, who married i\Jary Doyle, Fanny (Mrs. McGuire), Elizabeth (Mrs. John Tague), Margaret (Mrs. Schroud), Mary (Mrs. Patrick McGil­ lan), Annie (Mrs. Maloney), George, and James. James married Miss Kate Sullivan and their children are Arthur, Roger, and Angie (Mrs. William Dudley). James died in 1900. Mrs. Mc­ Breen and her family then moved to Minneapolis. A few years later she married Mr. Jim McGee. They moved back to Shields­ ville in 1914 and built the house now owned by Ed St. Denis. They are both dead. [ 129] McBRIDE Charley McBride and Miss Sarah Martin were married in Mon­ ohan, Ireland, in 1830. Two years later they came to Minnesota and lived in New York till 1856 when they came to Minnesota and homesteaded in section 9, Erin. (The third and fourth gen­ erations of McBrides still own the farm). Mrs. McBride died in 1858 and is buried in Shieldsville. They had eight children: John, Mary Ann ( Mrs. Kelly), went to California; Katherine ( Mrs. Meehan); Rose (Mrs. Madden); Margaret (Mrs. Reilly); Sarah (Mrs. Lefevre); Charley married Miss Bessie Gibney. They had two children, Annie and Charley. When Charley McBride died, Bessie married James Judge, and then she died and left two chil­ dren. The Gibneys adopted Annie and she was called Sissie Gib­ ney. The Judges took Charley and he was known as Charley Judge. In 1861 Mr. McBride married Mrs. Alicia Mulhall Keegan, who had two children, Mike and Eliza (Mrs. Dan O'Brien), of Faribault. Then, there were six more McBrides: Thomas, Nellie, Simon, William, Johnny, and Jim, whose family still flourishes in Erin. They are: Mary (Mrs. John Meehan since 1939); Charley (de­ ceased); Loretta (Mrs. Joe Moran), of St. Paul; Helen in Cali­ fornia; Simon, who married Ethel Shoen in 1934; (they have two boys, LeRoy and Lyle, and one girl). Jim McBride's first wife was Miss Winifred McDonough. She died in 1907 and a few years later Mr. McBride married Miss Mary Gallagher of Janesville. They had two children, Erin and Joseph. When Charles McBride came in 1856, he drove with one of the first teams of horses to land in Erin. He also brought the first pair of geese. He was a notorious joker and to get even with him, some one told Mr. Neill when he was writing a history of Rice county that Charley McBride brought a pair of rats that stowed away in his trunk. He hired and paid the first teacher in Erin, and school was held in his house. He was a public spirited man and will live long in the memory of those who knew him. James E. McBride (no relative of Charles) came from Meath, Ireland. When he first came to America he went to Virginia. He was among the first settlers in Erin and bought a farm from Mary Powers in section 3 1. We have no information about Mary Powers. The McBrides brought three children with them from [ 130] Ireland. They were Mary (Mrs. James Clarkin), Anne (Mrs. Ed­ ward Clarkin), and James, known as "Big Jim McBride" on ac­ count of his size and terrific strength. "Big Jim" married Miss Bridget Monohan. They were the parents of James E. whose wife was Kathryn Keegan of Northfield. They had no family. Both are deceased. Rose Ann, daughter of "Big Jim," was a famous cook and did her best work when she had an order for one hundred pies or cakes. She was chef at a sanatorium at Lake Pokegama for years and also held positions in hotels. She was large in stature and large in principle and like all good sized people, very good natured. She was the largest woman who ever lived in Shieldsville and Miss Gladys Hirdler is the smallest. The two were very dear friends and even roomed together when Miss Hirdler was in high school. They brought down the house one night when Gladys threatened to throw Rose out the window. Moreover, there was a difference of about forty years in their age. When Rose died, she bequeathed her farm to St. Patrick's Church. She never married, so the Mc­ Bride family came to a stop. McCANN Ed and Clem McCann were brothers who operated a wagon shop and made furniture in the village. Some of the chairs, tables, cupboards, and rockers they made are still in existence and it seems nothing but fire can destroy them. Ed's children were Cora, William, and Charles. Clem married Miss Mary McDonnell. Their children were Jennie (Mrs. Breckenridge), Laura (Mrs. Louis McGinnis), Ed­ die, and Jim. The McCanns moved to Minneapolis. McCARTHY Three McCarthy sisters came here in 1855. Hannah was Mrs. Jeremiah Healy, Eliza married James McKenna, Mrs. Hagerty's brother, and Mary was a widow, Mrs. John McCarthy. She had two children with her, Timothy and Mary Jane. Mrs. McCarthy married John Burke. Their story is on another page. When Tim­ othy became a man he went to live in Faribault and married Miss Ann Burns. Mary Jane married Dennis Hagerty. John McCarthy was of another family and not related to the above family. His wife was Miss Monahan, a sister of Mrs. James McBride. They had three daughters, Mary, Nellie, and Katie, a [ 131 J Benedictine nun, Sister M. Felicitas of St. Mary's Hospital, Du­ luth, and one son John, who married Miss Alice Quinlan in 1891 and lived in St. Paul. He died in 1930. After their parents' death, Mary and Nellie sold the farm and moved to Faribault where they died. McCULLOUGH Patrick McCullough was born in Montreal, Canada. He mar­ ried Miss Margaret Ann McAllister in Vermont, moved to Bloom­ ing Grove, Minnesota, and from there to Faribault. In r867 they moved to a farm in Erin on the shore of General Shields lake. There were nine children in their family: Lizzie (Mrs. John Dow), lived in St. Paul. Her childreen are John ( deceased), Steve, Louis, Paul, Oscar, and Mae. Mrs. Dow died in Spokane, Washington. Nellie (Mrs. P. D. Smith), lived in Montgomery, and in Ho­ quim, Washington, where she died. She had six children: Ed, William, Mae, Eva, Frank, and Jay. Mary (Mrs. Eugene McDonnell), lived on a farm in Erin. She -vvas the mother of George, John and Mary (Mrs. John Dardis, deceased), McDonnell. Mr. and Mrs. McDonnell are dead. William died in British Columbia. His family was Arthur, Gert, Mabel, and Harriet. John resides on a farm in Erin. He married Miss Sarah Car­ penter. Their four children are Mollie, deceased; Leo, who mar­ ried Miss Mayme McDonough and whose daughters are Marian, Celeste, Eileen, and Grace; Robert, who married Miss Catherine Sullivan of St. Paul in 1939 and is in business in Montgomery; Evelyn, (Mrs. Ray Griffin), lives on a farm in Erin. Their four children are Dorothy, William, Mary Joan, and Coletta Evelyn. Alice (Mrs. Simon McGuire), lived in Faribault and died there. Gladys and Hubert McGuire are the children. Addie (Mrs. John Finley), lived on the Finley farm and in Faribault. They had six children: Mary, Margaret, Joe, William, Gerald, and Raymond. Edgar, the youngest of the Patrick McCullough family, owns and operates a farm and a summer resort on General Shields lake. He married Miss Margaret McGuire and their eleven children are John, Annie, Mary, Cecelia, Patrick, William, Agnes, Arthur, Loretta, Edgar and another child who died in infancy. [ 132 J John married Miss Josie Brown and lives in St. Paul. Their children are Edgar, Alice, Josephine (deceased), Jackie, Michael, and Rose Mary. Annie married James McGinnis and since her husband's death December 12, 1927, lives in Faribault with her two daughters, Margaret, and Marie. Mary married John F. Clarkin. They live in Erin and their children are Donald, and Mary Terese. Cecelia married John Grundhoffer. Their children are Joseph and Elaine. Patrick died March 31, 1938. William and Agnes are unmarried and live in Faribault. The other members of the Edgar McCullough family are deceased.

McDERMOTT Thomas McDermott was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Mc­ Dermott who came from County Monohan, Ireland, and settled on the Dodd Road in 1856. Tho~as married Miss Bridget Byrne. For many years he was host at The LeSueur House in Faribault. They lived in St. Paul, Kilkenny, and on a farm in Shieldsville, now owned by Ed Hagerty. Their children are Katie, Mary, Margaret, Peter, James, Annie, Bridget, Julia, and Allie, who lives in Kilkenny McDONNELL The McDonnells came from Louth, Ireland. Their first years in America were spent in New Orleans. There they worked on the levees and finally came up the Mississippi to St. Paul and then to Shieldsville in 18 56. There were two brothers, George and Jim (Red Jim) and Red Jim's brother-in-law, Black Jim. Red Jim was my grandfather and he told us this way about their leav­ ing New Orleans: "And there! says I, to myself, 'We're going wherever we go,' But where we'll be when we get there, It's never a know I'll know." Red Jim (we called him Grandpa Jim) was born with energy and willingness to use it. He married Black Jim's sister, Rose. The McDonnell's chose adjoining farms in section 5, Shieldsville, and there they stayed. Rose died in 1870 and left a family of small [ 133 J children. They were John, James, Mary, Owen, Sarah, Lawrence, and Rose. James married Miss Mary O'Connell and had a blacksmith shop in Montgomery and Shieldsville. Their children are Annie, Joe, Will, Larry (deceased), Arthur (deceased), Emmit, Theresa, and Agnes. They moved to Minneapolis some years ago and it was there that James met his death in a street car accident in 1926. John went to Winnipeg, Canada, in his youth and never be­ came very well known here; Owen died in 1886; Mary married Noah Canton and moved to Messena Springs, New York. She had five daughters and died in 1930. Sarah McDonnell and Edmund Hagerty, my parents, were married in 1887. She died in 1901. Lawrence married Miss Elizabeth Hutchinson in 1894. Their children are Mary (Mrs. Niel Ricky), and James (twins). James married Miss Alice Brown in 1919 and is on the St. Paul police force; Edmund died in Elgin, Illinois, in 1935; George married Miss Mary Cooney of Kilkenny and lives in St. Paul. Charley lives in Morris, Minnesota. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence McDonnell are dead. Rose married Owen Collar and lived at Morris. She died in 1936. Grandpa Jim's second wife was Mrs. Catherine Simpson Fer­ guson, widow of James Ferguson and sister of Mrs. Patrick Hur­ ley. They were natives of County Monahan, Ireland. As Mary Hqrley called her "Aunty," she was known to everyone as "Aunty McDonnell". I always thought she was a very old, old woman and I find that at the time of her death she was fifty-one years old! Black Jim McDonnell married Miss Bridget Reilly, a sister of Bryan Reilly. In their family were James, who married Miss Eli­ zabeth Mulveyhill and lived in Minneapolis. He died in 1926; Patrick married Miss Catherine Rouin. They also lived in Minne­ apolis. They are the parents of Sister M. Donald who is well known at Bethlehem Academy. Patrick died in 19w; Bridget married Michael Varley and though her home is not very far from Shieldsville, she belongs to the Immaculate Conception parish, Faribault. Eliza was a Dominican nun, Sister M. Herman. She died in 1937· [ 134] Mary married Clem McCann and lived in Minneapolis; Christy married Elizabeth McShane. They lived here a few years, moved to Faribault, and then to Spokane, Washington, where he died in 1928. Mrs. McDonnell died in 1939. They are the parents of Father Christy McDonnell S.J. George McDonnell was a gentleman, unafraid. He had the mein of a noble man so he was promptly nick-named "Lord George." He had a big, white gate in front of his place which was a land mark. In giving directions to travelers, it was custom­ ary to say, "so many miles this way or that, from the Lord's gate." He was a trustee of the first church, a position which he held till he died. It was he who mortgaged his farm to help pay the carpenters who built the first church. He also voiced his objec­ tions to plate collections. He had one son, Eugene, who married Miss Mary McCullough and their children were George, John, and Mary ( Mrs. Dardis). McDONOUGH Mr. and Mrs. Patrick McDonough came from Canada in 1866. They settled in section 19, Erin. They had eight children. William married Miss Katie Dolan in 1892. They lived in Erin till Mrs. McDonough's death in 192 3. Mr. McDonough and the following family then moved to Faribault. William and John married two Hartman girls; Addie married Patrick Griffin and is Mary D. Catherine Griffin's mother; Annie and Mary are dead. Eliza married Patrick Kelly. They live in Minneapolis and have one daughter, Loraine. Winnefred married James McBride. She died in 1907. James married Mrs. Rosie Welsh. They are both dead. Henry died in 1928. John married Irene Carland and lives in Minneapolis. Sarah married John Brown. Thomas married Miss Bridget Welsh in 1 897. They lived in Erin till 1906 when they bought the Peter Orth farm in Wells, where they resided until their deaths, Thomas in August, 1934, and Bridget in 1938. Tom McDonough was a town officer, a school officer, held office in the A.O.H. and was always on a committee for some public welfare. He was the first maintenance man on Trunk Highway No. 21 between Faribault and Shields- [ 135 J ville. They had seven children: Mary (Mrs. Leo McCullough), Stella (Mrs. Joe Leahy), of Hazelwood, Leone (Mrs. Malon Fo­ ley), John, who died in 1913; Earl, who married Miss Car­ men Rossez in 1934. He holds a position with the State Highway Department and lives in Faribault. They have two children, Dick and Jean; Thomas married Miss Ardyce Edwards of Waseca. They live in Montgomery. Leo lives on the home place and carries on the McDonough tradition of being the first on hand to aid a fellow man in distress. He holds a school office and was a tffwn officer. McENTEE Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McEntee and their family, Patrick, Hugh, \Villiam, and two daughters came from Ireland in 1852. They lived in Virginia and St. Paul before coming to Rice county in 18 56 and taking up land in Erin. Patrick married Miss Mary Ann Doo­ ley in 1869. In 1900 they moved to Washington. Their children were William, Patrick, and Agnes. William is a graduate of \Vest Point Academy. Patrick belonged to Company G. in the Spanish­ American War. He is dead. Hugh and William are dead. The daughters lived in St. Paul and Chicago. McEVOY Mr. and Mrs. Dennis McEvoy were very prominent people in Shieldsville in the early days. They homesteaded a place in Erin and in 1865 moved to the village and in partnership with O'Hearn and Hagerty, built a saw mill. In 1877 a grist mill was installed. They had two daughters, Bridget and Mary. Bridget died and Mary became a nun. McFADDEN When the McFaddens came to America they went to Cali­ fornia in the Days of '49. Later they came to Minnesota and set­ tled in Webster township. In 1901, James, who was born in California, came to Shields­ ville and married Miss Katie Griffin. They lived in Lonsdale, and in Forest on a farm they bought from Mary Hurley. They are now operating an oil station in the village. Their children are Mae (Mrs. George Reilly), Catherine, Rose, Susie, and James, who is the president of the Shieldsville Ice Company. [ 136] McGARRY James McGarry and Kate Culhane were married in 1891. They lived and died in Shieldsville township. Their sons are James, Michael, and Daniel. McGEOGH John McGeogh (Squire McGeogh) settled in section 32, Shieldsville, in 1860. His first wife was Jane Bremmen and they had two children, Joe and Mary Ann. Mary Ann became the wife of Barnie McGeogh and though they lived in Shieldsville town­ ship, they belonged to the Kilkenny parish. John McGeogh's second wife was Miss Alice Martin and that family is John, Alice, and Ann. The McGeoghs came from the county Monahan, Ireland.

McGILLAN Patrick McGillan left the county Monahan, Ireland, in his youth and travelled around the world, spending several years in New Zealand. Mr. and Mrs. McGillan came here in the seventies and had their first home in Wells on the south shore of lake Ma­ zaska. Later they bought a farm in Erin where their posterity still holds forth. They had a son, John, and a daughter, Mary. Mrs. McGillan died when these children were small and Mr. McGillan married Miss Mary McBreen. Mary (Mrs. William Foley), died in 1934. John married Miss Rose Hagerty in 1916 and to them were born Edward, Margaret, Gregory, Kevin, Mary Jane ( de­ ceased), and Felice. Mrs. John McGillan died in 1932. Patrick McGillan died in 1926. McGINNIS The McGinnis family came from Blackstone, Massachusetts, in 1860. Mary married Edward Welsh, Rose married James Sher­ man in 1881 and on their wedding day they presented a pair of brass candle sticks to St. Joseph's altar. They are still in use. In 1883 Michael McGinnis and Miss Mary Richardson were married. They made their home in Erin while they lived. Their family was John and Catherine (deceased), Rosella ( Mrs. L. Brazil), of F ari­ bault; Loretta (Mrs. R. Brown), of Montana; Agnes (Mrs. Miles Hunter), of Farmington; Marie (Mrs. Steppan), of St. Paul; Wil­ liam lives in Canada; Edmund married Miss Evelyn Duby of Faribault. He died in 1937 and left the following small children: Jeane, Carmen, Michael, and Edmund. [ 137] McGLYNN v\lilliam McGlynn and his mother bought a farm from William Brislon in Forest. Mr. McGlynn was a plasterer and stone mason. They sold the farm to Hugh Gilmore and Mrs. McGlynn re­ turned to Ohio. Other members of the McGlynn family were Mrs. Luke Brown and Mrs. John L. Gruber. William died in St. Paul in 1913. McGUIRE Mr. and Mrs. (Ann Mahoney), Charles McGuire were born in County Clare, Ireland. They came to America on the same boat with Mr. Patrick Hanlon, who settled in the village. The farm they pre-empted is now owned by the Roaches. There were nine children and their names were Patrick, Charles, and John, who died in infancy; Thomas married Miss Alice Moran; Simon married Miss Alice McCullough; and the girls were Mary Ann (Mrs. Tom McNeely); Kate (Mrs. Ed O'u>ette); and Margaret ( Mrs. Edgar McCullough). McKENNA Patrick McKenna and Miss Ann McGahey were married in Monahan, Ireland, in 182 5. In 1845 they came to America with four children, James, Mary, Ann, and Ellen. They located in Providence, Rhode Island, where the whole family found work in the textile mills. In 1 85 5 James left Providence and came to Minnesota and went into business with the Hagerty brothers, John and Joe. He wrote to his family and encouraged them to follow him. Ellen was the only one interested, and although her family begged her on bended knees not to take such a hazardous trip; she braved all the dangers and set out alone. She came as far as Galena, Illinois on the train, and from there to Hastings, Min­ nesota, on a boat, and by stage coach to Faribault in July, 1856. She heard so much campaign talk for James Buchanan on the journey that by the time she reached Shieldsville she was a con­ firmed Democrat, and had very evil ideas about the Republicans. She came, she saw, she fell in love, and Christmas Eve she and Joseph Hagerty, with Mary Sheehan - who afterwards married Patrick Murphy - for bridesmaid, drove a team of horses and a wagon to Hastings and were married. Say what you have a mind to, but I call Ellen "The Pioneer of all Time." From the time she came to this country till the day [ 138] she died, January 25, 1917, she managed everyone and everything, and did a good job of it. She was fearless with her opinions, and gave advice or other aid wherever it was needed. She nursed the sick and waked the dead and gave freely of whatever she owned. May God reward her. She was my grandmother. The McKenna family soon followed the two adventurers and ended their days in Shieldsville. Ann married John Hagerty; Mary married Thomas Loftus; James married Eliza McCarthy and moved to St. Michael's parish where they are buried.

McKENNA Another Patrick McKenna with his wife Catherine and family, Patrick, James, Philip, Mary, and Catherine, left Tyrone, Ireland, in 1850 and came to Stratford, Canada. The only connection be­ tween the two McKenna families that we are aware of is that they are both Fardowns. That, however, is a strong tie. Patrick came to Shieldsville in 1856. His first home was in the S.W. part of Shieldsville township. Later he moved into the vil­ lage. Shieldsville would have been dull indeed without Pat Mc­ Kenna. He owned a few farms here and there, ran a hotel, a post office, grocery store, was Justice of the Peace, school officer, and township officer. His home was often a court room and some­ times a jail. He was the only Republican in Shieldsville township. His wife, Susan, was a saint. They had six sons and four daugh­ ters. Philip died in infancy. John married Miss Ann Collins of Belle Plaine. They had one daughter, Maizie, who married Pat McKenna, a World War veteran and proprietor of a very popular summer resort on Lake Mazaska. John died in 1927. Mrs. McKenna died in 1936. James married Miss Rose Dudley. Their only daughter, Mary, is Mrs. Rossacker of Minneapolis. James and Rose are dead. Charley was a blacksmith. He died in 1925. Edward, a painter, died in 1906. Daniel, a barber and musician, married Miss Nellie Murphy in 1894. He died April 3, 1911. Mrs. McKenna then moved to Canada with the family, Ora, Daniel, Patrick, and Joseph. The daughters were Kate (Mrs. John McKenna), Ann (Mrs. Garret Byrne), Jane (Mrs. Pat Dooley), and Mary Ellen (Mrs. Jerry Buckley). Mrs. Buckley lives in St. Paul, the only surviving member of a very interesting family. [ 139 J Mr. and Mrs. Pat McKenna were so pleased with Shieldsville that they wrote pleading letters to their family in Stratford, Can­ ada, urging them to come. In 1869 James and their aged parents, Patrick and Catherine, came. The other brother, Philip and the sisters with their families arrived a little later. James purchased land bordering on Lake Mazaska about a mile and a half from the village, from the Curran family who owned a quarter section and were selling it in smaller farms. "Granny Curran" kept ten acres next to James McKenna's and today "Granny Curran's well" is a land mark on Trunk Highway No. 2 I. James cut the timber off and cleared his land for crops. He brought a fine team of English horses with him from Canada. Cutting and selling timber was the chief occupation in those days and it was common to see a hundred teams on the lake in winter hauling cord wood to Faribault. Each team had sleigh bells on and the women waiting at home could tell the sound of their own bells some distance away. In 1885 James McKenna married Catherine McKenna who left Tyrone, Ireland, in 1882 with her brother, Patrick. They had six children: Mary Ann married James Moore in 1910. They have one daughter, Catherine May, who married George Greer of Bloom­ ington in 1934. The Greer children are George and Donald. James married Miss Ruth Norris of Minneapolis in 1930. They live with his mother in the homestead and have three children, Mary Catherine, Susan Ann, and James. These children have great fortune in having their pioneer grandmother, the nicest little lady who ever lived. She is one of the very few early settlers left. John married Florence Kelly in 1925. They live in Faribault and have two sons, John, and Paul. Susan married Francis Kelly and lives in Minneapolis. They were married October 12, 1920. Katie died in 1898, age ro years. The senior James McKenna died in 1901. Mr. and Mrs. (Mary Wall) Phil McKenna, her brothers, Pat, and Wish Wall, Mr. and Mrs. (Kitty McKenna) Ed Rouin and their family, and Mr. and Mrs. (Mary McKenna) John Rouin came from Stratford, Canada, to join the McKenna family. Phil bought a farm in Wells adjoining the one his brother James owned and the Rouins located in Erin not far from the village. [ 140] Mrs. Phil McKenna was a teacher and soon found plenty to do. She was the first teacher in district 98. They had six children; James married Miss Mary McMahon and moved to Minne­ apolis; John lives in Minneapolis; Mary married John Hanlon and lives in Iowa; Philip was a Pullman conductor and lived in Chicago; died in 1941. Mike is married and lives on a farm near Stillwater; Katie died in 1918. McMAHON Michael McMahon came here from Faribault in 1880 and opened a wagon shop in the village. He invented the thimble skean on the wagon wheel and a certain kind of plow. One of his ideas was used by the Wright Brothers in building air planes, but all these inventions gained nothing for Mr. McMahon. It was after his death that credit was given to him. The patents were stolen from him. He died in Minneapolis. Mrs. McMahon was a nurse and is remembered for her kindly ways. Their family was Mary (Mrs. Jim McKenna), John, who married Margaret Hanlon, and Elizabeth. John was a cigar maker and had a shop in Shieldsville in the gay nineties. He is dead.

McMANUS John McManus came to Erin in 1855. He married Miss Eliza Kelly who was a sister of Andy and Frank Kelly and Mrs. Tom Casey. This was one of the first weddings in Shieldsville and was performed by Father Ravoux. When the time came to place the ring on the bride's finger, there was no ring so Father Ravoux took the key out of the door and used it for a wedding ring. This story must be true for it is told wherever tales of early Rice county are told. There was no family. MEEHAN Mr. and Mrs. (Ellen Rooney) Thomas Meehan were early settlers in Erin. The family consisted of Mrs. Edward Kiernen, Mrs. William McShane, Mrs. John McShane, Mrs. Hugh Cassidy, Thomas Meehan and Edward Meehan. Thomas was married to Miss Mary Kennedy in 1898 and lived in Erin till 1924 when they moved to St. Paul. Their children are Mary, Ralph, Roy, and Sadie. Mr. Meehan died in March, 1939· [ 141 J Edward Meehan and Eliza Foley were married in 1889. They are both dead and left their family to carry on the Meehan tradi­ tions in Erin township. They are Thomas, John, Kate, and Mary. Kate is Mrs. Bert Ricky; Mary is Mrs. Frank Grundhoffer; John married Miss Mary McBride in 1839; Thomas married Miss Mary Clarkin and they are the parents of Edward, a graduate of the Minnesota State Agricultural College, Lucille, a graduate of the Montgomery high school and of the St. Cloud Teacher's College; Marian, Rita and Gerald at home.

MINTON Mr. and Mrs. (Bridget Casey) came from Mayo, Ireland, and took a claim in section 2 1, Shieldsville, in 1856. In their family were John, Mary, Lawrence, Patrick, Kate, Ellen, Matthew, and Thomas. Mrs. George Shields is the only survivor. Ellen was a nun, Sister M. Perkicitus of the Order of St. Joseph. Lawrence married Miss Mary Garrity. They were the parents of Florence (Mrs. George Walowak), Loretta (Mrs. O'Keefe), and George Minton. Patrick married Miss Margaret Quinlan in 1893. They live on his father's farm and their children are John who died in 1918; Mary (Mrs. Martin Leadon), who died in 1933; Margaret (Mrs. George Memmer), of St. Paul, and Emmet who married Miss Mary Doren of Marysburg. Emmet is a World War veteran and lives with his mother on the original Minton homestead. His children, the Mintons of the future are Robert, John, Mary, and Kathleen. Patrick died in 1941.

MOORE David Moore was a convert to the Catholic church and like most converts was a better Catholic than those who were for­ tunate enough to be born in the faith. He would have been a good man in any church. He married Miss Mary Marooney in 1893. Their home was in Forest, eight miles from church but they were never known to use distance or weather as an excuse to miss Mass. Mr. Moore met with a fatal accident in the winter of 1932. A load of hay tipped over and he fell off and was killed. Mrs. Moore died in September 1940. Their adopted family is Mike Moore and Agnes (Mrs. John) Derham. C142 J MONTAGUE Mr. and Mrs. Montague lived here for a few years and Mr. Montague taught school. Later he became a prominent lawyer. Their son, James, was born in Shieldsville in 1876. About 1881 they moved to Crookston. James practiced law in Crookston. Since his admission to the bar he has been county attorney for twelve years, was appointed district judge upon the retirement of Hon. William Watts April 1, 1934, and was elected at the general election in that year. The Montagues come here occasionally to visit old friends. MORRIS Bernard Morris was born in 1833 in Fermana County, Ireland. When he was twenty-three, he and his sister, Mrs. Mary Ann Kelly, came to America. He married Miss Bridget Reynolds at Providence, Rhode Island, in 18 56, and came to Hastings, Minne­ sota. Nine children were born in Hastings. They were Mary Ann, Margaret, Ellen, Bernard, John, Cath­ erine, Thomas, Patrick, and William. Mr. Morris was a plasterer and found much to do in the fast growing town. During his stay the first Catholic church in Has­ tings was erected. In a history of that parish, published in 1933 his name appears with other illustrious ~rishmen who gave freely of their time and labor in the erection of the church. They came to Erin in 1875 and bought a farm. Mrs. Morris died in 1898. Mr. Morris died in 1907. Six of the children survive. They are Mary Ann, Mrs. Wright Dunham, of Lakeville; Ellen, Sister M. De Paul, of St. Agatha's Conservatory in St. Paul; Thomas and Catherine, Mr. Frank Mc­ Ginnis, of Minneapolis; William of Aurora; and John of Shields­ ville. Bernard Morris was born in 1862. He married Miss Mary Reilly in 1891. They had one daughter, Gertrude (Mrs. Tom Ceminsky). Mother and daughter are graduates of Bethlehem Academy. Mr. Morris died in 1936. John Morris married Miss Bridget Reilly in 1895. Their farms are in Shieldsville township, and in 1939 they retired and bought a home in the village. The following family blessed their union: Agnes, Maymie, Joseph, Olive, and George. Agnes is Mrs. John Coughlin of Montgomery. Her children are Olive Marie, and Morris. C143 J Maymie lives at LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Olive is Mrs. Don Kroska, she has two children and lives in St. Paul. George married Miss Mary Hagerty of Kilkenny in 1932 and their children are Kenneth, John, and Shirley Mae. Joe married Mrs. Theresa Farnan Byrne in 1939. Her two sons are Kenneth and Jerry Byrne. Patrick Morris married Miss Mary Brown in 1900. They lived here and in North Dakota where Mr. Morris died in 1913. Their children are Willie, Johnny, Maymie, Tessie, Jimmie, and Eddie. They made their homes else where and Mrs. Morris is Mrs. W. Murphy of Faribault. The Morris family as a whole are the salt of the earth and are among the staunchest supporters of St. Patrick's church and all its activities. MULCAHY Michael Mulcahy was born in Cork, Ireland, and came to Amer­ ica in 18 5 2 and travelled as far west as the railroad would take him, which was to Galena, Illinois. He was a butcher in Galena till 1857 when his mother, Mrs. Mary Mulcahy and his three brothers, Tim, and Dan, and Dennis came to America and the whole family came to Minnesota and took a homestead in Erin. Tim married Kitty Morarty. They had one son, Jerry, who fell down stairs and was killed in 1920. Tim died November 7, 1864, and Kitty married Michael Lorem. Dan married Mrs. Clinane. Their family was Hannah ( Mrs. Tim Foley), Mary Ellen (Mrs. Jerry Sheehan), of Montgomery, and Jerry of Faribault. Michael, and Tim, and their mother died within three weeks in the fall of 1864. Dennis married Miss Mary Connors of Wheatland, June 18, 1867. They were married in. Shieldsville by Father Sales. They lived in Erin eight years and then moved to Basswood Station where they still own a farm. Mr. Mulcahy died April 18, 1916. Mrs. Mulcahy lives with her daughter, Hannah, in Faribault and is ro7 years old ( 1940). The family is: Mary (Mrs. J. B. Morris), Jerry, Nellie, Han­ nah, and Michael who died December 15, 1917. Mrs. Mulcahy recalls this incident in her life in Shieldsville. Mr. Mulcahy had fine horses and often accompanied the priest, [ 144] Father McCullough, on sick calls at night and other hard trips. They went to Faribault one day in April and while they were in town the Cannon river rose so high that fording it was very dangerous. (This was before there was a bridge built). The men were riding the horses and Father McCullough knew it was time to resort to prayer. Mr. Mulcahy didn't stop to pray but plunged in and rode across. Father McCullough prayed as he never prayed before and when he knew Mr. Mulcahy made the trip across in safety, he followed. MULDOWNEY Timothy Muldowney was one of the first school officers in District 84. His daughter was the first teacher and received $2 5.oo a month. They sold their farm to Mark Sheridan and moved to Dakota. Mr. Sheridan sold to Peter Gillespie in 1875. MULLIN vVilliam Mullin once lived in Shieldsville township on the shore of Rice lake. They have all moved away or died and we have very little information to offer. One of the daughters, Mary Ann, will be remembered as she donated the beautiful stame of St. Patrick we have in the church. Francis was an express man in St. Paul and died there in 1938. Other members of the family are Eddie of the A.E.F., Kate, William, Maggie, John, Agnes, and James. MULVEY John Mulvey was born in West Meath, Ireland. He came to America and worked in New York and New Jersey before buy­ ing a farm in Horrigan, Wisconsin. There he met and married Miss Mary Burke. Her brothers were Patirck and Thomas Burke. In r 866 Thomas Burke came to Shieldsville and bought the farm now owned by John J. Sullivan on French lake. He built a log cabin and the following year Patrick Burke and his family and the Mulveys came. The latter bought a farm in Forest from Richard O'Hearn. The Mulvey daughters are Mary, deceased, (Mrs. Michael Leadon), Bridget (Mrs. John Reilly), who lives in Faribault, Margaret (Mrs. T. L. Mahoney), living in Forest, and Kate, living in Faribault. MURPHY The Murphys flocked to Shieldsville by the dozens. The place could better have been called Murphysville. Each family is a unit C145 J by itself and not related to the other Murphys. There were seven Murphys whose given name was Thomas. We cannot say which family arrived first, all we can say is that being a Murphy, they had something to live up to and they all did. James Murphy and his two sons, Patrick and Bartholmew, came to section ro, Shieldsville, in 18 56. He also owned the land which is now church property. He sold some of this land to General Shields who donated it to the church. Mr. Murphy then donated the land for a cemetery with the understanding that no one would ever have to pay for a grave in Shieldsville. More land had to be added to the first cemetery and that changed the bargain. Mr. James Murphy married Mrs. Rogers, the mother of Mrs. Michael Gavin. Patrick married Miss Mary Sheehan. They had one daughter, Ann, who married John Duignam and lives in St. Paul.

~ ~ ~ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Murphy and two children, John and Ann, came to section 2 2 in Shieldsville in 1856. Ann married Thomas Coleman in 1863. She died in 1876 leaving two children, James and Nellie Coleman. John married Miss Margaret Brown, sister of Matthew Brown. They bought Tim Shields' general store and served the pioneers with a full line of general merchandise. In 1876 they moved to Faribault and conducted a store there. In 1882 they moved to Montgomery and went into business with T. J. Sheehy. In 1887 they moved to Kilkenny where they opened a grocery store and where they spent the last years of their lives. They are buried in Shieldsville. Their family consists of Matthew, John, William, Richard, Thomas, Nora, Ann, and Mary. John (Ted) married Miss Lucy Collins and lived on his grand­ father's farm until a few years ago when his health did not per­ mit him to do heavy work and the family moved to Faribault. The children are, Catherine (M:rs. George Kinnery) of Kilkenny, Lucy, John, and Hubert of Faribault. Thomas married Miss Mary Meyer of Jordan. They had one son, Leo. Mrs. Murphy died in 1918 and her sister, Mrs. Frances Huff came to care for her nephew, who was just one year old. She is still doing it. Mrs. Huff is a widow and has a son, Leonard, and daughter, Agnes ( Mrs. Harold Cummings) both of Minne­ apolis. [ 146] The other members of this Murphy family live in other locali­ ties. Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy and their family, Mary (Mrs. Ed Carrol), Sarah, and Lac came from Monahan, Ireland, to Bide­ ford, Maine, and then to section 16, Erin, where they lived for forty years. Sarah went to Faribault and opened one of the first millinery stores of that place. She could dance or sing or sell hats and tell you straight from the shoulder what she thought of you. She died in 1924. Personalities like hers are rapidly disappearing as the fron­ tiers become past history. In Lac Murphys family were William, who married Mrs. L. Minton. Mary, who married Mike O'Connell in 1899. John (Dude Murphy); James, and Thomas who died when he was 17.

~ ~ ~ Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy came to section 12, Shields- ville, in 1857. They had six children and in 1870 every one of them died with diphtheria. Seven more were sent to them and they are Thomas, Julia, Dennis, Nellie (Mrs. Dan McKenna), Josephine (Mrs. E. G. Mathas), Theresa (Mrs. Jim Mathas), and Jack who married Julia Carroll. In 1865 Dennis Murphy came and bought a farm joining his brother's. Mrs. John Nagle was their sister. Dennis had one daugh­ ter, Mary. Besides these families we find on the list of pre-emptions: William Murphy, section 5, Erin, 1860. Thomas Murphy, section 5, Shieldsville, 1857. Thomas Murphy, section 2 3, Shieldsville, 18 56. John Murphy, section 27, Shieldsville, 1858. MULHAUL Michael Mulhaul and his sisters, Mrs. McBride and Mrs. Mat Finley, came to section 8, Shieldsville, in 1860. NAGLE John Nagle was born in Ireland in 1830. In 1840 he came to New York. He met and married Miss Bridget Murphy in New York and in 185 5 they came to Shieldsville and settled on section 11. Mr. Nagle was a special friend of General Shields and was always loud in praise of the General's diplomacy in dealing with [ 147 J the Indians. There were five sons and one daughter in the Nagle family. Dennis died in infancy. Katie married James Finley. She died in May 1882. The other sons were Richard, Thomas, John and Henry who married Miss Mary Byrne. They have moved to Faribault and are the parents of John, Mary, Clem, Gerald and Eileen Nagle. NEHOTTE Maximilian Nehotte married Miss Nora Mahoney. They lived on the M. Mahoney farm in Forest and in 1914 bought a farm near Perham, Minnesota. Mr. Nehotte died there and Mrs. Ne­ hotte and the children moved to Minneapolis where she died in 1936. The children are Sylvester, Cyril, Clara, Lucille, and Eli­ nor. NEUMAN In 1940 Mr. and Mrs. George Neuman bought a farm from Mrs. Mary McCollum in Forest and joined St. Patrick's parish. They have one daughter, Betty Jo. Mrs. Neuman is a nurse. O'BRIEN Patrick O'Brien came from Vermont in 1855 and settled in section 8, Wells. He came with the Dudleys, Bums, Brazils, and Dunns. Surviving members of his family are the Misses Alice and Molly of Faribault, Mrs. George Cunningham of Walcott, Stephen L. of Madison, South Dakota, Arthur of Fort Shaw, Montana, Michael of Lynden, Washington, and Edward of Che­ lan, Washington. Bernard and William are dead. O'BRIEN Mr. and Mrs. Daniel O'Brien lived on section 4, Wells, and their children attended school in district No. 39. In 1870 they moved to Faribault. The sons were William, Mike, Daniel, Frank, and James. The daughters were Mrs. Joe Dee, Mrs. John Dee, and Mrs. Frank Sheeran. O'BRIEN Stephen O'Brien came from Ireland with four sons, Patrick, Dan, John and Jim, about 1858. His second wife was Miss Marg­ aret Roach, and to them were born Thomas, Mary ( Mrs. Sulli­ van), Nellie, Lizzie and Kate (Mrs. O'Grady). When the Civil War broke out, the boys of the first family [ 148] enlisted. Patrick was only seventeen. Stephen went to St. Paul to bid them adieu and walked home. On the way he became ill and got no further than Maher's, the place now owned by Ed Brown. He was put to bed and cared for there and died before morning. It was too bad he took it so hard as the boys returned and lived to fairly good age. They did not make their homes here. Patrick married Katie Hanlon and had many friends here. It was he who went to Mankato to visit the Indian, Ishma. His home was in Renville, Minn. His daughters were educated at Bethlehem Acad­ emy, Faribault. Thomas of the second family married Miss Veronica Leo:ffler and their family is well known here. They belong to the Kilkenny parish. Mrs. Leonard Brown, Mrs. John Hanley and Mrs. Thomas Hagerty are their daughters. Mrs. Stephen O'Brien married John Fitzgerald and they are the parents of Nora and Willie Fitzgerald. O'BRINE Dennis O'Brine was born in Ireland and came to America in 1848 and settled in Massachusetts. He married Miss Johanna Cul-­ man and moved to Ohio, where six children were born. They were John J., Mary, James, Dennis, Johanna, and Michael. In 1862 Mrs. O'Brine died and in 1863 Mr. O'Brine went back to Massachusetts and married Miss Ellen O'Hara, an accomplished young lady and a good mother to his children. In 1867 Mr. O'Brine came to Shieldsville, then went to St. Paul where he made a contract with the Great Northern Railroad Company to build a rail-road fence from St. Paul to Delano. He completed this work and in 1869 brought his family to Rice county. He purchased a farm in section 2, Erin, and built a log house. He soon enlarged his farm to 240 acres. The two youngest children, Johanna and Michael received first Holy Communion and Confirmation in St. Patrick's church, Shieldsville. In 1882 Dennis O'Brine sold his farm and moved to Traverse county. He and his sons bought farms there. Mr. O'Brine deeded five acres and his son, Dennis, deeded five acres to the church at Collis. Mr. O'Brine died in 1889 and is buried at Collis. The last of the family, James and Michael live in Minneapolis. James O'Brine and Kate Dunn were married in Shieldsville. C149J October 2, 1938, Dennis O'Brine's granddaughter and her hus­ band, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Hogan of Collis, Minnesota, were presented with Papal decorations and the Beni Meriti medals. Mrs. Hogan has been church organist for thirty-six years, and her husband is credited with maintaining the physical fabric of the church and other good works. O'HEARN Richard and Maurice O'Hearn were interested in saw-mills. They owned several farms where the timber was heavy and sold them when the logs were cut. Richard married Miss Elizabeth Larkin. Their family were: William, Kate, Lizzie, Annie, Richard, and Johnny. When they left here they went to Kilkenny. Maurice married Miss Ann Larkin. They sold their farm to Matthew Brown in 1866 and moved to Ellsworth, Minnesota. Their children were Agnes, Maurice, Lizzie, Eddie, and Willis. OWENS Michael Owens came from Huron, South Dakota, and married Miss Ann Boyle in 1897. They bought the Boyle farm on French Jake and lived there till 1930 when they retired and moved to Faribault where Mr. Owens died in 1932. Their children are John Boyle of Janesville, Wisconsin. He is married and has one son, Michael Owens; Loretta married Eugene Woods and lived in Kentucky two years when Mr. Woods died and she returned to her mother. Mr. Woods is buried in Shieldsville. Loretta died July 26, 1938. Agnes Owens and her mother live on their beautiful lake side farm. PEMRICK Anthony Pemrick and Ellen Conroy were married in Balling­ robe, Ireland, and left there with a few small children in the 18 5o's. A child died at sea and was buried there. Other children were: Patrick, who married Katie Leofler; James, who married Salina Duchene; John married Anna Olson; Ellen married Charles Edmundson; and Bridget, now dead. She married Joseph Larkin; Mary married Charles Vasterline; Catherine married Mr. Ed­ mundson; Peter is not married. Anthony married Kate Dwyer in 191 r. Anthony and Peter live in Shieldsville township. Anthony's [ 150 J family is: Florence (Mrs. Robert Archambeau), Mary, Francis, and Teresa. POWERS Nicholas Powers married Julia Cody, a daughter of Michael Cody. They lived in Shieldsville township and sold their farm to Thomas Kelly when they moved to Anoka. Their sons are John and Jim. Nicholas Powers died at Anoka and is buried here. QUINLAN John Quinlan married Miss Bridget Martin and established their home in Erin. The school near where they lived will always be known as Quinlan's school. Six daughters and one son made their home headquarters for merriment. Mrs. Quinlan kept young by seeing the funny side of any situation, and was often mistaken for one of the girls. She lived to a ripe old age and to her dying day she never forgot how to smile. No wonder she was dear to the heart of all who knew her. Mr. Quinlan knew it was the manifest duty of every gentleman to keep the woman in his house in good humor. The daughters are Mary, Julia, Kate, Bridget, Alice, Margaret and the son is John. Margaret is Mrs. Patrick Minton and the only one of this delightful family living in Shields­ ville. The Patrick Quinlan family lived in Erin but they moved to St. Paul long ago. They were Frank, Jimmie, and Mary Ann. Frank married Miss Mary Corley.

RILEY

Thomas Riley pre-empted land in section 2 3, Erin, in 1860. He had two sons, John and Luke. Luke married Miss Margaret McBride and left here many years ago and settled in western Minnesota. Their sons are John and Luke. John married Henry Smith's daughter, Mary. They had two daughters Cassie and Ann (Mrs. Drake). John Riley died and Mrs. Riley married Mr. Logue and spent the rest of her life in the village. REILLY Bryan Reilly was born Nov. 1, 1824. At the age of nineteen he came to America, landing at New York. He later moved to Columbus, Ohio, where he married Miss Bridget Donohue Nov. [ 151 J 3, 1855. Two children were born in Ohio, John and Johanna. In June, 1860, they came to Minnesota and purchased a farm in Erin township from Martin Duffy. Mr. Reilly died in 1913 and Mrs. Reilly died in 1920. Six children were born in Erin. Terrence married Miss Mary Kennedy of Montgomery. They lived their lives in Erin and had two sons, Bernard and George. Bernard married Miss Marie Trezinsky and with their seven children, Francis, Donald, Jack, Mary Ann, Richard, Kathleen, and Terrence live in St. Paul. George married Miss Mae McFad­ den and lives on his father's farm. Their children are, Luverne, Eugene, Elaine, Jimmy and Nancy. Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Reilly are dead. Christopher Reilly died in 1908. He was an enthusiastic member of the A.O.H. and the Temperance Society. Mary (Mrs. Bryan Morris), and Bridget (Mrs. John Morris), need no introduction in Shieldsville. They are members of the Rosary Society and the L.A.A.O.H. and have held office in both. No committee is complete without their names and they are a power to be reckoned with and long may they reign! Bernard married Miss Annie Carrol of Kilkenny. They moved to Rochester in 1914 with their two sons, Buzz and Tim. Mrs. Reilly died there about 1923. William married Miss Cora Carrol of Kilkenny. They had one daughter, Mary. They lived on the Bryan Reilly farm till a few years ago; Mr. Reilly's poor health compelled them to move to Faribault where he died in February, 1939. Mrs. Reilly died in 1941. John married Miss Bridget Mulvey in 1889. They lived in Forest till farm work got too much for them. They are now living "The life of Reilly" in Faribault. Their neighbors miss them, but we know they left their hearts in Shieldsville. John died in 194r. Johanna married John Ahern of Northfield and lives in Minot, North Dakota. RICHARDSON Mr. and Mrs. Michael Richardson were married in Ireland and came to section 28, Erin, in 1860. They had ten children among whom were, Mary (Mrs. Mike McGinnis), and Joe who married Mary Buckley. The first Mrs. Richardson died and Mr. Richard­ son married Mrs. Horrigan whose children were Mag, Den and Dade. The third family was Willie, Mike and Dave. Dave mar- t 152 J ried Kate Hughs. They lived here when they were first married and are now living in Northfield. ROGERS The Rodgers family, Tom, John, Mary Ann, and Rose with their widowed mother came to Shieldsville township in 18 58. Tom took land in section 1 2 and John in section 1 7. Mrs. Rodgers married James Murphy, Mary Ann married Michael Gavin, and Rose married John Riley. Then Tom and John Rodgers and the Riley's gave up their claims here and drove to California in a covered wagon and a team of oxen. They led a cow behind the wagon and although she lived many years after making the trip, her feet were worn off when she got there. ROACH Thomas and James Roach took up land in section 17, Shields­ ville, but left it and moved to Wells. ROACH Patrick and Michael Roach came from Wexford, Ireland, about 1880. Another brother Tom went on to Washington. Pat and Mike came here to visit their cousins, the Sheehan's. Mike fell in love with Katie Kahlaher and that settled it. They were married April 17, 1883. They lived in section 21, Erin, where Mike died in 1928. It was easy for Mike Roach to fall in love with Katie Kahaler. If anyone ever knew when to do the right thing at the right time, Katie did. Her children and grandchildren gathered around her and she held their hearts in the palm of her hand. She died in 1940. This is the Roach family: Martin, Thomas, John, Edward, Mary, Cecil, Art, Francis, Mike. Martin lives in California, John lives in St. Paul, Cecil (Mrs. Ed Kiernan), lives near Stillwater, Mike married Miss Leone Adams and they live in Faribault. Their children are Catherine, Lucile, Mary Alice, Raymond, Helen, Arnald, Phylis, and Richard. Art, a World War veteran, married Miss Margaret Mahoney in 1920. They had two children, Leo and Marcella. Leo died in 1935. Marcella is a graduate of the Faribault high school in the class of 1940. They live in Wells. Francis married Miss Florence Foley in 1938. Tom and Francis live at home. C153 J ROUIN John Rouin and Ed Rouin were brothers and came from Canada in 1856 to section 36, Erin. They were married to sisters, John to Mary McKenna and Ed to Kitty McKenna. In John's family were, Jim, John, Morris, Maggie, and Kate. Jim married Miss Nell Morony. He will long be remembered for his ability to "fiddle up a tune." He lives in Minneapolis, the only one left of the family. Mrs. Rouin died in 1890. Mr. Rouin, later Mrs. James McKenna. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rouin left here many years ago and went to Minneapolis. In their family were, Patrick, Catherine, Julia Ann, Mary, Margaret, Louise, Theresa, and Edward.

ROSSEZ George Rossez is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Celestine Rossez of Faribault. In 1897, he married Miss Theresa Dunn and established a home in Wells. In their family are three boys, Earl of Atlanta, Georgia; Claude, and Joseph, at home. All are gradu­ ates of the Faribault High School. Their daughters are: Lor­ raine (Mrs. Clarence Misgen), of St. Paul, Carmen (Mrs. Earl McDonough), of Faribault, and Marie, at home. The girls are graduates of Bethlehem Academy.

RYAN

Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Ryan came to section 22, Erin, in 1857. Their children were Hannah, Patrick, Maggie, and Agnes. Han­ nah married John Healy and for many years was a devout mem­ ber of St. Patrick's church. She was so pious that in thanksgiving for a favor she prayed for she bought a statue of the Blessed Cir­ gin and presented it to the church. She died in Minneapolis in 1936. RYAN These Ryan families were not related to each other. Patrick Ryan and Julia Callahan were married in the early days. He was a soldier in the Civil War. Their daughters are Annie (Mrs. Dan Flynn), Abbie (Mrs. Jim Flynn), Mary (Mrs. George Barton), mother of the Sports editor in St. Paul, Nellie (1st Mrs. Fred Revier, md Mrs. Sam Manhart), Bridget (1st Mrs. Tom McBride, md Mrs. Defoe). t 154 J SAVAGE The Savages located in Shieldsville township in 1856. John and Dan were brothers and Timothy was their cousin. Dan's farm was in section 20. He married Mary Buckley. Their children were Hannah, who married Jerry O'Brien, their daughter, Hannah, is Mrs. Joe Dudley; Lizzie married William Street and moved to Crookston; John is dead; Mary and Michael (Bob) were the last to go. Mary died in 1914 and Bob moved to Faribault where he died. Timothy Savage owned a farm in -section 28. He married Miss JVIargaret O'Brien. They had thirteen children and Mrs. Savage lived to see her 94th birthday. She died in Minn ea pols in 19 35. The family was: Margaret married Peter Byrne and after his death she married John Hackett and lives in Kilkenny. Lizzie married Tom Healy and died in 1938. Nell married John Devery of Faribault and died in 1940. The others were Annie, Katie, Mamie, Lottie, Julia, Dan, Will, Tim, Frank, and Tessie. This family has left Shieldsville. All we have is the memory of their friendly ways. Mr. and Mrs. Savage moved to Faribault when the children were young. SHIELDS The General and his nephew are not related to the other Shields families. They came from Tyrone. Charles, the nephew, was born in 1835 and died in 1895. He married Miss Mary Cahill, who was born in 1840 and died in 1908. Their family, Sarah, Alice, Mary and James. James is the only surviving member. The deceased are buried in our cemetery. James lives in St. Paul. SCOTT Dennis Scott came from County Clare, Ireland, and arrived in Shieldsville shortly after the Civil War. He bought a farm in Wells from the O'Hearns. His daughter Mary his only relative, married Thomas Langan. Mr. Scott was 95 years old when he died in 1895. SCHMITZ Frank Schmitz, son of John and Ellen O'Brien Schmitz, of Forest, married Anna Shields in 1925. Ellen O'Brien's father, C155 J John O'Brien, was one of the first men in Rice county to plant an orchard. Frank lives on Grandpa O'Brien's farm, but new orchards flourish there now. Their children are Mary and Joseph.

SHAUGHNESSY Daniel Shaughnessy and Miss Julia Pomeji were married in 1939 and that year made their new home on John Reilly's farm in Forest. STACK James Stack was one of the very first blacksmiths in Shields­ ville. His shop was about the location of John Morris' house. When he was quite an old man he married Mrs. Goggin. They set a record for old age marriages. No other couple of such an advanced age have ever been married in Shieldsville. By his first marriage he had two children, Julia and James. Julia married Jeremiah Mahoney; and after his death, she married Joseph Rockwell. She died in 1897. James married Miss Fitzgerald. They had three children, Julia, Hannah, and William. James is dead and his children have moved away from here. He was his father's partner in the blacksmith business and continued the work after his father's death.

SHEEHAN Patrick Sheehan came from County Wexford, Ireland, arriv­ ing in Erin township in 185 5. He chose a farm in section 8 and gave ½ acre to school district number 68. In his family were Thomas, Mary (Mrs. Wm. A. Kelly), Kate (Mrs. P. J. Ryan) and Nellie. Nellie died in Minneapolis a few years ago. While she lived here she was a member of the choir and an enthusiastic church worker. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sheehan have passed to their eternal re­ ward years ago. SHERIDAN

Charles Sheridan came from Ireland in 1 864 with his brothers, Owen and James. Charley came to Shieldsville and bought Mrs. Demming's home. The brothers settled in Faribault. Charley's friends were legion. His home ties were not very binding as he never married so he used to work at plastering, carpentering or mending shoes, but his best trick was fishing. He took life easy t 156 J and was always happy. He loved to tell stories and was never known to repeat. His ghost stories sent many a youngster home before sunset. All his dogs, regardless of breed or sex were named "Jimmie" and all his cats were "Stevens." He had a cute way of telling the boys to go home when he got tired telling them tales of dear old Ireland. He would look at his watch and say, "Well boys, it's nine o'clock, time for honest men to be in bed and rog·ues to be traveling. Do you go home?" He has gone home. He died in 1914 and never left a bitter thought with anyone. SHIELDS Timothy Shields was born May 21, 1816 in Parish Rahara, County Roscommon, Province of Connaugh, Ireland. He came to the United States in 1863. By trade he was a tanner and cur­ rier. He lived in Mass., R. I., Wis., and Georgia. In 1850, he mar­ ried Miss Ellen Ranahan in Berkshire County, Mass. They moved from there to a farm just outside of Milwaukee on the famous plank road. There was a 20 mile road leading to Milwaukee made of solid planks, a forerunner of the present paved high­ ways. In the fall of 1856, they located in Shieldsville, where they kept a store for a short time. They moved to Faribault in 1871 and ran a hotel for two years and then moved to Stillwater. They returned to Shieldsville in 1878 and bought a farm on the Dodd Road and remained there until they died. The family consisted of John, James, Charles, Lizzie, Annie, Bridget, Mary, and George. George and his family still live on his father's farm. George married Miss Kate Minton and their children are: Mary (Mrs. ]. M. Delehanty), Agnes (Mrs. Felix Blais), Timothy, Gertrude (Mrs. Wm. Kritta) and Joseph. George was born in Shieldsville and remembers many places and events which are fast fading into the past. We have him to thank for much of our information. Timothy Shields and the following Charles Shields were brothers. Charles Shields came from Roscommon County, Ireland, in 18 39. After establishing a residence in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Mr. Shields sent for his wife, Catherine Muldown Shields, and his little daughter, Ann. For a short time the Shields family lived in Pittsfield going from there to Providence, Rhode Island, where [ 157 J Mr. Shields was occupied in the shoe industry and tanning busi­ ness. In 1844, they moved to Whitewater, Wisconsin. There they were engaged in the hotel business. In 1856, they moved to Rich­ land County where they operated a farm near Richland Center. Patrick H. Shields, the eldest son of Charles and Catherine Muldown Shields was born at Whitewater, Wisconsin, Septem­ ber w, 1846. He married Bridget Aspel January 28, 1875. Bridget Aspel Shields was born in Cayuga County, New York, July 1851. She was the daughter of Micheal and Anastasia Con­ nors Aspel, who came from County Wexford, Ireland, on their honeymoon in 18 50. The Aspels resided in New York for a short time. In 185 4, they moved to a farm near Cazenovia, Wisconsin. At the time of his marriage, Patrick H. Shields was employed by a furniture company in Richland Center. Later he entered the field of agriculture. In November 1883, Mr. Shields with his wife and four small daughters moved to Minnesota. They settled in Wells township on the farm now owned by Mrs. Oscar Hanson. While a member of St. Patrick's Parish, Mr. Shields and several other men assisted Father Slevin in organizing the Father Mat­ thew's Temperance Society. Mr. Shields was a charter member of the Ancient Order of Hiberians. He served as town official in different capacities in the township of Wells for a period of twenty years. Mrs. Shields, who was a charter member of the Ladies' Auxili­ ary of the Ancient Order of Hiberians, has long been remem­ bered in Shieldsville for her charitableness. Despite the cares and burdens of a large family she was never too busy to go upon an errand of mercy; whether it be to cool some fevered brow, to usher that "little bundle of joy" into the world, or to speak word of consolation to some poor soul about to embark on his "last journey." The Patrick H. Shields family moved to Ottertail County, Minnesota, in the fall of 1911. Here they settled on a farm five miles southeast of Perham in the little country parish of St. Joseph. Here Mrs. Shields died of a paralytic stroke July 7, 1914. Patrick went to his eternal reward January 15, 1933. The bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Shields were laid to rest in the family lot in St. Joseph's Cemetery. To this union were born ten children: [ 158] Catherine, who married Milton R. Greenwood, now resides on a farm near Richville, Minnesota. Anastasia, who married John J. Sullivan, now lives in Wells township. Mary Ann died at the age of four years and was buried in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Malathon Creek, Wisconsin. Bridget married John F. Walsh and now resides in Faribault. Elizabeth lives on the farm near Perham. Anna, who married Dennis W. Walsh, lives in Erin township. Charles P., who married Regina Berns, is engaged in agricul- ture near Perham. Nora married John P. Sullivan and lives near Expanse, Sas­ katchewan, Canada. Martin M., who is a World War veteran, with Elizabeth owns and operates the farm in St. Joseph's Parish. Mary married Henry M. Berns and resides in Cherokee, Iowa. John B. Shields, the third eldest son of Charles and Catherine Muldown Shields was born February 26, 1851, in the village of Monches, Waukesha County, Wisconsin. In November 1883, he came to Minnesota and purchased a farm in section 4, Wells township, on which Mrs. Shields still resides. On January 20, 1886, he was united in marriage to Margaret Clarkin in St. Patrick's Church, Shieldsville. He was a charter member of the Ancient Order of Hiberians and also a member of the Total Abstinence Society. He died July 9, 1919. The children number six. Rose resides at home. James P., since April 1917, is a member of the Minneapolis Fire Department. During the World War he served in the United States Army from April, 1918, to December, 1918, in Camps Dodge and Grant. He was a member of Company D, 3 13th Engi­ neers. He was in training in the Officers Training Camp at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois, when the Armistice was signed. On February 15, 1919, he married Margaret Foley of Minne­ apolis. Their children are John, James, Gerald, Mark, and Eugene. Leo L., of St. Paul, served from February 26, 1918, in the World War. He was overseas from May 26, 1918, till June 1, 1919. On February 14, 1922, he married Julia Belline of Minne­ apolis. Their children are Margaret, Mary, Leo, Joseph, Marie, Anne, James, and Julia Catherine. [ 159 J Anna married Frank Schmitz. Joseph B. married Catherine Greer of Kilkenny. They reside in Rockford, Illinois. "Galloping Joe," as he was known, was a football player, track man, and professional baseball player. During his track career at Faribault High School and Shattuck Military School, he broke many records. Francis resides on and operates the family homestead.

SMITH Sy Ivester Smith was born in Ireland in 1814. He and his father Martin Smith came to New York in 1842. He married Miss Sarah Brady in 1851 and in 18 5 5 came to Shieldsville with General Shields. They took land in section 2 5, Erin. Mr. Smith was one of the most active pioneers we had. He never wore socks or mittens and hauled wood to Faribault without regard to temperature. He was the first man in Rice county to own a grindstone and the world wore a path to his door when there was an axe to grind. In the family were Julia (Mrs. Pat Eagan), Mary (Mrs. Keams), Ann, Matthew, and Mary A. who died in infancy in 1855 and whose funeral was the first in Shieldsville. Her grandfather, Martin Smith, was the second. Sarah E. was accidentally drowned in General Shields lake in 1875. Mrs. Eagan is the only one of the family now living. She lives ia St. Paul. In Shieldsville long ago a person's popularity was measured by the number of teams in his funeral procession. Eighty was con­ sidered excellent. Sy! Smith had one hundred and four. Bernard and Patrick Smith were with the Fardowns from Monahan who staked their claims along the Dodd road. Bernard married Miss Bridget Crosby. They had one son Patrick. Patrick Smith married Miss Kate McKetrick. All those people came in 1855. In the family were Ann (Mrs. Lannon), Catherine ( Mrs. Michael Hanley), Alice ( Mrs. Dick Owens), Ellen ( Mrs. P. J. Byrne), Kilkenny, John B. married Elizabeth Doyle of Kil­ kenny, Patrick married Margaret Byrne and made his home on his father's farm. Their decendants are James of Faribault, Ann (Mrs. Harlan) of Waterville, Mary (Mrs. Owens) of Montana, Kate (Sister M. Patricis) Order of St. Dominic. John married Anna Dudley in 1919 and lives on his father's farm, the only member of that family living here. C160 J His children are Joseph* Rita, Margaret, and Mary. Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Smith had many virtues and are now gone to their eternal reward. * Joseph married Joyce .,Schuller ., of., Morristown in 1940 . Henry Smith and his family came from Blackstone, Massa­ chusetts, in 1861. Their home was in section 27, Erin. In the family were Ellen (Mrs. Ed Healy), Mary (Mrs. John Riley), Margaret (Mrs. Bill O'Brien), and John. SULLIVAN Patrick, John, and James Sullivan and their parents came from County Kerry, Ireland. They first lived in Massachusetts. From here they emigrated to Merle, Wisconsin, where they were en­ gaged in the construction of railroads. In 1856, they came to Rice County, Minnesota, bringing with them their horses and much of their equipment. Thus it was that the Sullivans were some of the first to bring horses into this part of the country. Patrick Sullivan, with his wife, Catherine Deneen Sullivan, settled on a farm in Erin township now owned by Mrs. Vranek. It was here the elder Sullivans died and were laid to rest in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Patrick was an active member of the Father Matthew's Temperance Society. Catherine Deneen Sullivan died January 16, 1908. Patrick passed away August 1915. Both were buried in Shieldsville. Their children numbered fourteen. Hannah married Thomas Ash in 1886. They moved to Hy­ wood, Minnesota, where Hannah died about the year 1888. They had one daughter, Mary. John died in 1876 at the age of 21. Patrick died in 1878 at the age of 18. Thomas died in boyhood. Thomas, the second, died in infancy. Mary married Joseph Gast. They resided in Faribault for a time where Mr. Gast was a cigar-maker. Later they moved to Minneapolis. Here Mr. Gast died in 1920 and Mrs. Gast died in 1933. Both were laid to rest in St. Lawrence Cemetery, Faribault. Born to this union were three children: John, who resides in Minneapolis, Fred and Gertrude, now deceased. Catherine married Daniel Edward Lyons. Several years after Mr. Lyons' death, Catherine married Edward O'Grady and now resides in Grand River, Iowa. [ 161 J Ellen died in Minneapolis, March 1900 and was buried in Shieldsville. James died and was buried at Expanse, Saskatchewan, Canada, ll1 1923. Margaret married Bernard Gast. They resided in Faribault where Mr. Gast was employed as a tailor in the firm of Carpenter & Smith. Later they moved to Minneapolis where they now live. Their children are: William, Catherine, Hubert, Francis, and Harold. Michael married Mary Healy. To this union was born one son who died at the age of one month. Mary Healy Sullivan died in 1904. In 1908, Michael married Emma Derro. They lived in Erin township for several years. They then moved to Expanse, Sas­ katchewan, Canada, where they now reside. The children are: Harold, Bernice, Irene, Dorothy, Clarence, Evelyn, Eloise, Roy, and Helen. Bernice married Patrick J. Cady and now resides in Minne­ apolis. Agnes married Austin Healy. She died July z, 1907. To this union was born one daughter, Evelyn (Mrs. Lawrence Steer). John P. married Nora Shields. They lived on the old home in Erin township until 1915, when they moved to Expanse, Sas­ katchewan, Canada. Their children number ten: Eileen, Lenore (Mrs. John Delgarno), Mary (Mrs. Joseph Braton), Lester, Margaret (Mrs. John Krueger), Angeline, Donald, Allen, Doris, and Kenneth. John Sullivan, brother of Patrick, with Bridget Kennedy, his wife, settled on the farm in Erin township now owned by Wil­ fred Duffney. Here John died January 1884. Later Mrs. Sullivan went to Joliet, Illinois, where she lived with her daughter, Marg­ aret, until the time of her death in 191 r. She was laid to rest be­ side her husband in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Shieldsville. To this union were born nine children: Mary, whose first husband was Michael Molan, later married Dennis Enright. She died at Northfield, Minnesota, and was buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Minneapolis, in 1934. Catherine married James McBreen. Several years after Mr. McBreen's death, Catherine married James McGee and resided in the village of Shieldsville. She died at her home here in May, 1916. [ 162 J Stephen married Margaret Carey at Rich Valley, Minnesota. Margaret Carey Sullivan died April 3, 1921. Stephen passed away in 1939. Both were laid to rest in Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul. Their children are John, Roger, Margaret, Mabel, Marie (Mrs. John E. Doyle and now deceased), and Stephen. Ellen married Cornelious O'Neil. They lived at Brainerd, Min­ nesota. They are now both deceased and buried at Brainerd. John W. married Catherine O'Connors. They lived in Erin township for several years and later moved to Faribault. Their children number five: Ambrose (now deceased), Ethel, Mary, Catherine, and LeRoy. Roger died in 1912. Hannah now resides in Minneapolis. Margaret married Charles Beasley. They lived for many years in Joliet, Illinois, and now reside in Ridgewood, New Jersey. After John and Patrick Sullivan established residences here their brother James, returned to Massachusetts. Here at Bonnes­ ville, he married Johanna O'Brine. Johanna O'Brine Sullivan came from County Kerry, Ireland, with her brothers, John and Patrick, in 1865. The O'Brine's made their home with an aunt at Bonnesville. Johanna found employ­ ment in the textile mills of Massachusetts until the time of her marriage. In 1869, James Sullivan and his bride came to Minnesota and settled in section 2, Erin township. Here Mr. Sullivan died De­ cember 18, 1904. Mrs. Sullivan went to her eternal reward No­ vember 20, 1917. Both were laid to rest in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Johanna, having been denied the advantages of an education, could neither read nor write, yet she was a keen business woman. No one dared to short change her until merchants began selling articles for 49c and 98c. Then she could never see where all her money went. A treasured heirloom in the Sullivan family is a quilt in the possession of Mrs. John Barrett. The material for this quilt was woven by the hands of Mrs. Sullivan the year she came to Amer­ ica and during her employment in the mills. The same year she pieced and quilted it. At the John J. Sullivan home may be seen the trunk which Mrs. Sullivan brought from Ireland. To this union were born three children: Mary married John J. Barrett and now lives in Lonsdale. Mr. [ 163] Barrett was a mail-carrier for many years and now serves his village in the capacity of mayor. Patrick died June 17, 1929, and was buried in Shieldsville. Patrick was a carpenter by trade, having contracted many jobs in different parts of Minnesota, South Dakota, and Canada. Dur­ ing the World War, he was employed by the government in pro­ jects at the DuPont Plant, in Wisconsin, and at Paris Island, South Carolina. John J. married Anastasia Shields. They resided on the old home in Erin, later known as the Elder Grove Dairy and Stock Farm, until 1924 when they moved to the Burke Farm on the north shore of French Lake, in Wells township. Their children are Teresa, Agnes (Mrs. George Duchene), and James P. Another member of the Sullivan household was Mrs. Sulli­ van's brother, Patrick O'Brine. He came to Minnesota with Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan in 1869 and made his home with them until the time of his death, March, 1876. John O'Brine, Mrs. Sullivan's other brother, after spending some time in Massachusetts, emigrated to Michigan. There he died July, 1876. Two years later, his widow, Annie Lally O'Brine, with her three little girls, Minnie, Nell, and Margaret, came to Minnesota. They also made their home with the James Sullivan family. Here Mrs. O'Brine died and was laid to rest in St. Patrick's Cemetery, Shieldsville. When very young Minnie O'Brine went to Minneapolis where she found employment. She died, April, 1825. Her body was laid beside her mother's in St. Patrick's Cemetery. Nell O'Brine married Albert Bourseau. They resided in Boston, New York, Minneapolis and Chicago. Mr. Bourseau was em­ ployed by a piano company as a polisher and finisher, being transferred by the company several times. Nell died November 7, 1933, and was buried in Mt. Carmel Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois. To this union were born two children: Raymond, who now resides in Chicago, and Lester, now deceased. Margaret O'Brine married Leon Haycock. They lived in Los Angeles, California, where Mr. Haycock was employed as a chemist. Margaret died at Holy Angels Hospital, September 1, 1927. [164 J SWEENEY Joseph Sweeney and his wife, Julia McManus Sweeney, came from Dougherty, Iowa, in 1920 and bought Anthony Boyle's farm. Mr. Sweeney died December, 1927. The children are Ed­ ward, now deceased, who remained in Iowa, James, Olive, John, and Emery. TAGUE The Bernard Tague family lived in Erin township. Rose Ann was a teacher, Mary married George Saunders in 1891; John mar­ ried Elizabeth McBreen in 188 r. Bernard Tague died in 1890.

TECK Mr. Teck was in partnership with Dooley and McEvoy in the mill in 1877. His son Willie was accidentally drowned in Lake Mazaska when he was nine years old. He is buried near Pat Mc­ Kenna's house. The Tecks lived there and Mr. Teck had a brick kiln between his house and the lake. He made enough bricks to supply the home demand, but the clay was not the best for brick making, therefore that enterprise was abandoned.

THEISS Mr. and Mrs. Albert Theiss and family, Luella, Elmer, Roger, Ellerd, Marlene and Mr. Theiss' brother Ben Theiss live on the Matthew Brown farm in 1940.

TRCHKA The 1920's brought Mr. and Mrs. (Julia David) George Trchka to the town of Forest. George is an enterprising farmer and he soon spotted the Michael Mahoney farm and bought it from Joe Remilliard. To them were born: Robert, Fred, Marilyn, Georgeleen, The­ resa. George is one of the Bohemians whom we predict will some day be a "McTrchka" for he is a regular member of this parish and contributes generously to St. Patrick's church.

WADECAMPER Herman W adecamper was a native of Germany and came to Erin township to stake a claim in 1856. He was a Catholic and a member of St. Patrick's parish and took a leading role in all enter­ tainments for the church. He had a magic lantern and he put on [ 165] shows in Shields' hall. He called himself "Jack o· the Lantern" by which name he is still remembered. He was a Civil War veteran, first a corporal in Company A, Brackett's batallion Cavalry and later transferred to an Iowa Cavalry. The members of his family were Louis, Victor, Bertha, Theo­ dore, William, Rudolph, and Julius. Victor lives at Erskin, Minnesota, hale and hearty at the age of eighty. He is a Spanish American War veteran and fought side by side with Theodore Roosevelt. Julius was the last of the family to live in this community. A few years ago he turned the farm over to his son, John, and moved to a farm in Bridgewater where he died. Two of his sons belong to St. Patrick's church, they are William and Rudolph. William married ,\tliss Salina Tupa in 1928. Their children are Arlene and David. Rudolph (Dick) married Miss Katie Spartz in 1927. Their children are Rudolph, James, and Carmen.

WARREN Mr. and Mrs. James vVarren came from Wisconsin in 1860 to section 32, Erin. Their sons were John and Bat. They buried two fine children in Wisconsin. John married Mary Lorem and their children were Jimmie and Mike. Bat married Miss Mary Connelly. After his death she married Phil Ritchie. WASKOWSKY Albert W askowsky and Alvarez Brazil were married in 19 19. They are now living in Faribault with the following family: Miles, Cyril, Mary Lou, Blanche, and Lawrence.

WALKOWIAK George Walkowiak and Florence Minton were married in 1918. Their children are Joe, William, John, Mary, and Rita.

Here is a list of names of people about whom we have very little information to offer. John Fox, blacksmith, left here early and went to Minneapolis. Owen Gromley, owned village property in early days. [ 166 J John Coniff, first county commissioner from Erin. Patrick Cunniffe, first Shieldsville town board. Timothy Doyle, first Shieldsville town board. John Gibbons, first Shieldsville town board. John McGancy, first school board in district 53. John Johnson of Tyrone, Ireland, died in 1857. David Keating, Erin, 1857. Patrick Lawler, section 5, Shieldsville. Patrick Laughrin, pre-empted the Harrison place. Patrick Laughlin, section 32, Shieldsville. Patrick McGrievy, Erin, 1856. Mark Sheridan, sold his farm to Peter Gillespie. Patrick McNulty, section 8, Shieldsville. 10th Reg., Inf. Co. C. Charles Nash 1857. Charles O'Connor, section 34, Erin, 1857. Michael O'Niel, section 30, Erin, 1857. John O'Connell, section 2, Erin, 1857. James Forn lived near Boyles in Shieldsville. Edward Wynne, section 17, Erin, 1856. A great fighter. The best fighter in Erin. They have gone and left no word.

WALSH Edward Walsh came here in 1857. He owned a farm and also village property. When the village was incorporated he became mayor. He was a good natured joker and his memory lingers in the hearts of his many friends. He married Miss Mary McGinnis in 1865. Their children are James, Mary, Rose, Bridget, Dennis, Nellie, Kate, Maggie, and John. Bridget (Mrs. Thomas McDonough), Maggie (Mrs. Peipho), and Rose (Mrs. Jim Donough) are dead. Nellie (Mrs. Arnold Schmitz) lives in Helena, Montana. Kate (Mrs. Sneller) lives in Minneapolis. John who married Miss Bridget Shields lives in Faribault. Dennis who married Miss Anna Shields lives in Erin.

YOUNG Arthur Young and Miss Mary Culhane were married in 1935. They live in Faribault and have one son, Joseph. [ 167 J ZENZEN Clarence Zenzen married Miss Celia Hurt, Oct. 18, 1938. Al­ though the Zenzen's belong to the St. Lawrence Parish in Fari­ bault, Mrs. Zenzen w1ll be remembered in Shieldsville, having been a member of the D. W. Hagerty household for 16 years. They have one son, Jimmy. ., ., .,

My Best Friend Told Me She read the book and said, "Why you never mentioned the fact that the Shieldsville people are Catholics." She reminded me of the day I took some guests to Faribault to Mass. With the three Catholic churches in mind, I asked what church they wanted to go to. Mrs. Higgins answered, "Arrah, God love you, the Catholic Church, of course. What other church is there?"

[ 168] DET SIDSTE KAPITEL* Many of the first families have left St. Patrick's parish and are gone to live in Faribault, the Twin Cities, and other places. The parents are laid to rest in our cemetery and we have only their names on the tomb stones to remind us that they were once lead­ ing citizens among us. People of another nationality are buying the farms that were pre-empted by Irishmen. These new people are mostly Bohemians. The Irish have always had a fascinating power over people of other races settling among them so that they become completely fused with the population and grow to be more Irish than the Irish themselves. Witness: On St. Patrick's day, 1938, a home talent play was put on in Lonsdale in the Bo­ hemian language and the name of the play was - "My Wild Irish Rose." We do not know what John Barret, the mayor of Lons­ dale, had to do with it but Father Bastyr is telling around that St. Patrick was a Bohemian. Instead of "McGinnis," "Casey," "Hanlon," "Hurley," "Mul­ vey," "Kelly," and a number of others we find "Jindra," "Pat­ richka," "Uhlir," "Trchka," "Chlan," but wait-. In a few years they will be "O'Trchka," "McHacek," "McUhlir," and the little children will have black eyes and red hair and a long upper lip, and will talk with a bit of the brogue.

THE END * This word is the contribution of B. R. Halvorson and in his language means "The Last Chapter." Good-bye now.

C169 J CONTRIBUTORS AND COLLECTORS vVe thank the following contributors and collectors whose generosity and good will made the printing and publishing of this book possible.

MONTGOMERY Busta's Barber Shop...... 1.00 Messrs. folm McGillen and fohn Grttnd- Montgomery Dry Cleaners .25 hoffer, Collectors Ed F. Uhlir .50 P. J. Malone. 1.00 Citizen's State Bank ...... $5.00 J. A. Kaisersatt. 1.00 Pany's Hardware Co...... 5.00 Ruhland Food Store. 3.00 Bauer and Son, Meats 3.00 Fred Washa's Store. . 3.00 Dr. Joe McKeon...... 2.50 Dr. M. V. Havel. 1 .oo Mladek & Charles...... 3.00 Tupa's Pharmacy 2.00 Novotny & Wandra. . . . . 2.50 H. E. Westerman, lumber. 5.00 Coast to Coast; Thomson. . . 2.50 Franke' s Bakery 1.00 Quality Food Store...... 2.50 Pexa's Drug Store 2.00 Bentley Motor Sales . . 2.50 W. J. Krinek, Jeweler. .50 J. F. Janutka. . . . . 3.00 Joseph J. Trnka...... 50 Montgomery Co-op...... 1 .50 Dr. A. A. Bodaski. 1.00 Factor Bros., Meats...... 1 .oo Dr. Henry Kucera.... r.oo Ronald Novotny, Electric 2.00 Dr. Frank J. Pexa...... 1.00 Joe Dvorak ...... 1 .50 Vinda Soulek .50 Kohout's Harness ...... 1.00 Minnesota Valley Canning Co. Seifert Furniture ...... ,75_ by M. M. Malone. 3.00 Patrichka, Cleaner ...... I.00 Joe and Joe 1.00 Montgomery Oil ...... 50 :-,/oreen's Beauty Shop. .25 Frank Novotny...... 1.00 J. Brass Rail .50 Bob Hanek ...... 50 Eddie's Shoe Store. .25 A. Edel...... 50 J. Frank Wisdorf . . . I .oo Joe G. Hruby ...... I.00 J. F. Keohen...... 2.00 Motor Inn Garage ...... I.00 Ted Grundhoffer ...... 1.50 DUNDAS AND NORTHFIELD J. J. Franta...... 50 .Wessrs. Leonard Brown and Frank Della's Cafe ...... 1.50 Schmitz, Collectors Albert Stanek ...... I.OD W. E. Lehman ...... Farmers Co-op. Elevator Company, Ulbreicht Hardware ...... 1 .oo Lee A. Tschann, Manager. $1.00 Dvorak & Kotek. . . 1.00 Dundas Lumber Company, Karl Al- Joe Kohout ...... 50 bers, Prop., Dundas. . 1 .oo Alba Hotel ...... I.00 L. L. Babcock, Grain and Feeds, Neil Meild .50 Dundas . . . 1 .oo Dr. Loyhed Richter...... 2.00 De Mann & Sons, Dundas 1 .oo George Retka I.OD Dundas Food Market, W. I. Thiel- George Dvorak ... .25 bar, Prop...... 1.00 Thomas Pexa C. C. Wagner, Dundas. 1 .oo Dr. Vollmer 1.00 G. F. Grunert, Hardware, North- Wm. Stanek I.DO field r.oo Loyhed Squiers .50 LONSDALE Louie's Cafe I.OD A Friend I.00 Messrs. folzn Griffin and Thos. B. Dr. Fred H. Wiechman ..... I.OD Meehan, Collectors Joe Schotz r.50 Nohava Hardware and Implement Elftrnan's Cafe I.00 Company . . . . . $3.00 F. J. Korbel. r.50 State Bank of Lonsdale...... 2.00 [ 170 J Schultz's Variety Store. . . . . r.50 H. E. Voegel Creamery.. 2.00 Chlians Red Owl Grocery. . . 1 .oo Koelle Hardware ...... 2.00 Lonsdale Oil Company...... 1.00 Thos. H. Quinn, Attorney. . 1.50 Lonsdale Hardware Company. . . . . I .oo John Coughlin, County Attorney. 1 .50 Hlavac Drug Store..... 1.00 Stub Kennedy ...... 1.00 Dr. S T. Kucera...... 1.00 Phil McCarthy 1.00 J. G. Herrman... . . 1.00 Jim and Joe. 1.00 Joe Cihla, Blacksmith . . . 1.00 A.H. Heine, Register of Deeds .... 1.00 Frank Novak . . . . 1.00 Elmer Heck, Clerk of Court ...... 1.00 Dr. Lexa ...... 1.00 Jos. S. Machacek, Soil Conservation Lonsdale Creamery Company. I .oo Board ...... 1.00 Edward J. Barta...... 60 Albert Flicek .50 F. V. Matejek. 1.00 De Mann & Sons, Chevrolet Garage .50 By Miller, Men's Wear. 1.00 Mayer Leather Store. . . 1.00 MORRISTOWN Clarine Bros., Flowers. 1 .oo 1\1essrs. George Morris and Emmit Swenson's Central Drug Store.. 1.00 Minton, Collectors Joseph T. Beltz & Co., Stationers. 1.00 Frank Wilkowske ...... $1.00 Frank Moran, The Furnace Man ... 1.00 Sam Tramel . . . 1.00 Kopple Hallock, Attorney. 1 .oo Roy F. Meehl. 1.00 Dr. S. B. Haessly. . 1.00 G. C. Schult... .50 Faribault Paint Shop, J. D. Osterhaus. .50 Andrew Rossett 1.00 Dr. R. P. Flood.. .50 C. M. Wall, Hardware ...... 1.00 E. R. Taylor...... 50 St. Paul Clothing House...... 1.00 Ernest Nordmeier . . . .50 The Leader ...... 1.00 Lyon's Shoe Store...... 1.00 FARIBAULT Dusek's Bakery ...... 1 .oo Messrs. James Gibney, James Sullivan, Thibault & Van Hoick, Barbers. 1.00 Francis Shields and Joe Hagerty, Payant's Drug Store...... 50 Collectors Walt Rernmey ...... 50 Frank McCarthy ...... $10.00 Joe Fritsch ...... 50 Security National Bank. . . 10.00 Bieter's Bootery ...... 50 Herb Winkley ...... 3.00 Nellie Villers, Dressmaker...... 25 Leo Shandorf ...... 3.00 Emily Heiden, Millinery...... 25 Archer Young ...... 3.00 Schlick's Drug Store...... 25 Ochs Bros. 3.00 Evans & Co...... 25 Earl Poirier 2.50 Clyde W. Sears...... 25 Harold Ollhoft 2.00 Bert Murphy 2.00 VILLAGE OF SHIELDSVILLE Kaul's Food Market. 2.00 Collected by Mr. John Healy Francis J. Hanzel, Judge of Probate 2.00 and fas. McFadden Clem L. McCarthy, County Auditor 2.00 Dandelet Bros., Jewelers. 2.00 John Healy ...... $1.00 Albert Rodewald, Groceries. . . . 2.00 Ted Hirdler ...... 1.00 A. J. Kraska, Jack Spratt Foods. 2.00 Jas. McFadden ...... 1.00 Betty Orne's Bake Shop, Louie Frandsen . . . . . 1.00 G. K Nilsson ...... 2.00 Pat McKenna ...... 1.00

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PAGE PAGE Ash 77 Finley ...... 100 Beers ...... 77 Finnegan ...... ror Boyle ...... 77 Flannigan ...... IOI Brazil ...... 78 Flynn ...... 101 Brislon ...... 79 Foley ...... 102 Brown ...... 79 Freeman ...... 102 Buckley ...... 82 Gaughen ...... 102 Burns ...... 82 Gavin ...... 102 Burke ...... 82 Gibney ...... 103 Byrne ...... 83 Gilligan ...... 103 Cahil ...... 84 Gilmore ...... 103 Calahan ...... 84 Gillespie ...... 104 Carpenter ...... 85 Green ...... 105 Carrol ...... 85 Griffin ...... 105 Casey ...... 86 Gruber ...... ro6 Cashin ...... 87 Grundhoffer ...... 107 Cassidy ...... 87 Goggin ...... 107 Ceminsky ...... 87 Gonzer ...... 107 Clark ...... 87 Gorman ...... 107 Clarkin ...... 88 Hadin ...... 107 Cody ...... 90 Hageny ...... 107 Coleman ...... 90 Hanley ...... rr3 Conroy ...... 91 Hanlon ...... II3 Corbett ...... 91 Harrison ...... r 14 Connors ...... 92 Hickey ...... rr5 Corley ...... 92 Healy ...... rr5 Crawford ...... 93 Hirdler ...... II7 Crowley ...... 93 Hunt ...... II8 Culhane ...... 93 Hurley ...... IIB Cummings ...... 94 Hurt ...... 118 Curran ...... 94 Jeno ...... 119 Delaney ...... 95 Judge ...... u9 Demmings ...... 95 Kain ...... u9 Devereaux ...... 95 Kalien ...... 119 Devine ...... 95 Kelly ...... 119 Devitt ...... 95 Kerrott ...... 120 Dohoven ...... g6 Kiernan ...... 121 Donahue ...... 96 Langan ...... 122 Donohie ...... g6 Larkin ...... 123 Doyle ...... g6 Leadon ...... 123 Dooley ...... g6 Leahy ...... 123 Dudley ...... 97 Loftus ...... 124 Duffney ...... 98 Logue ...... 124 Duffy ...... 98 Lorem ...... 124 Dulac ...... 99 Lvons ...... 124 Dunn ...... 99 Madden ...... 125 Dwyer ...... 99 Maher ...... 125 Eagan ...... 100 Mahoney ...... 125 [ 173 J PAGE PAGE Maloney ...... 127 Neuman ...... 148 Mangan ...... 128 O'Brien ...... 148 Manley ...... 128 O'Brine ...... 149 Marooney ...... 129 O'Heam ...... 150 Manny ...... 129 Owens ...... 150 l\1a.rtin ...... 129 Pemrick ...... 150 McBreen ...... 129 Powers ...... 151 McBride ...... 130 Quinlan ...... 151 McCann ...... 131 Riley ...... 151 McCarthy ...... 13 1 Reiliv ...... 151 McCullough ...... 132 Richardson ...... 152 McDermott ...... 133 Rogers ...... 153 McDonnell ...... 133 Roach ...... 153 McDonough ...... 135 Rouin ...... 154 McEntee ...... 136 Rossez ...... 154 McEvoy ...... 136 Ryan ...... 154 McFadden ...... 136 Savage ...... 155 McGarry ...... 137 Shields ...... 155 McGeogh ...... 137 Scott ...... 155 McGillan ...... 137 Schmitz ...... 155 McGinnis ...... 137 Shaughnessy ...... 156 McGlynn ...... 138 Stack ...... 156 McGuire ...... 138 Sheehan ...... 1 56 McKenna ...... 138 Sheridan ...... 156 McMahon ...... 141 Shields ...... 1 57 McManus ...... 141 Smith ...... 16o Meehan ...... 141 Sullivan ...... 161 Minton ...... 142 Sweeney ...... 165 Moore ...... 142 Tague ...... 165 Montague ...... 143 Teck ...... 165 Morris ...... 143 Theiss ...... 165 Mulcahy ...... 144 Trchka ...... 165 Muldowney ...... 145 ,vadecamper ...... 165 Mullin ...... 145 Warren ...... 166 Mulvey ...... 145 \½skowskv ...... 166 Murphy ...... 145 ,va!kowiak ...... 166 Mulhaul ...... 147 Walsh ...... 167 Nagle ...... 147 Young ...... 167 Nehotte ...... 148 Zensen ...... 168

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