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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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John was born in [[New Vineyard, Maine]] in [[1815]]. His family made the moved west and settled in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] where he met and married Gratia A. Remick. He and his brother, Martin, moved their [[family|families]] to the area around [[St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin]] and established themselves in the [[lumber]] [[business]] in [[1843]]. In [[1845]] John floated his family downriver on a raft made from the [[lumber]] that he would use to bulid the second frame building in [[Stillwater, Minnesota]], their new [[home]]. The Mower brothers built a house in the style of [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] in Arcola in [[1847]] and it is now on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. He died on June 11, 1879 and is buried in [[Fairview Cemetery]] in [[Stillwater, Minnesota]]. |
John was born in [[New Vineyard, Maine]] in [[1815]]. His family made the moved west and settled in [[St. Louis, Missouri]] where he met and married Gratia A. Remick. He and his brother, Martin, moved their [[family|families]] to the area around [[St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin]] and established themselves in the [[lumber]] [[business]] in [[1843]]. In [[1845]] John floated his family downriver on a raft made from the [[lumber]] that he would use to bulid the second frame building in [[Stillwater, Minnesota]], their new [[home]]. The Mower brothers built a house in the style of [[Greek Revival architecture|Greek Revival]] in Arcola in [[1847]] and it is now on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]. He died on June 11, 1879 and is buried in [[Fairview Cemetery]] in [[Stillwater, Minnesota]]. |
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==Political career== |
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John Edward Mower was elected to the fifth and sixth Territorial Councils and in [[1875]] he was elected to the [[Minnesota State Legislature]]. |
John Edward Mower was elected to the fifth and sixth Territorial Councils and in [[1875]] he was elected to the [[Minnesota State Legislature]]. |
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==Reference== |
==Reference== |
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Revision as of 15:14, 7 March 2006
John Edward Mower was a member of the Minnesota territorial legislature in the 1850s. On March 1, 1856 the second territorial Governor Willis A. Gorman honored him by giving the newly created Mower County his name.
Biography
John was born in New Vineyard, Maine in 1815. His family made the moved west and settled in St. Louis, Missouri where he met and married Gratia A. Remick. He and his brother, Martin, moved their families to the area around St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin and established themselves in the lumber business in 1843. In 1845 John floated his family downriver on a raft made from the lumber that he would use to bulid the second frame building in Stillwater, Minnesota, their new home. The Mower brothers built a house in the style of Greek Revival in Arcola in 1847 and it is now on the National Register of Historic Places. He died on June 11, 1879 and is buried in Fairview Cemetery in Stillwater, Minnesota.
Political career
John Edward Mower was elected to the fifth and sixth Territorial Councils and in 1875 he was elected to the Minnesota State Legislature.
Reference
"Mill on the Willow: A History of Mower County, Minnesota" by various authors. Library of Congress No. 84-062356